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Hello, everybody. WMMR Philadelphia. I think you're sleeping. Housekeeping, you want towels? Towels need sleeping. Housekeeping, you want me for a pillow? Please go away. Let me sleep for the love of God.

You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR with Preston Elliott. You will listen to every damn word I have to say! And Steve Morrison. Words are like bullets. Loss. Casey Boy. Lay off me, I'm starving! Kathy Romano. I'm going to destroy everything!

Nick McElwain. I'm just not the hero type. And Marissa Magnata. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. All right, it is on. It is happening. It is a Monday. It is indeed true. And welcome, friends. Preston and Steve Radio Show set to go. Let's take a look at the weather forecast.

We got a decent looking day today. Some clouds are going to be appearing in the latter portion of our day and maybe a slight chance of a sprinkle, but I wouldn't get dizzy about that. I think we're going to be okay. High of about 82 degrees. Tomorrow, cooling off the rain expected. High of only 69. And then Wednesday, still remaining a little bit cool. If you want to call 70 cool, some morning showers and then the high 70. Thursday, we'll be back up into the mid 70s. And yeah, we do have a chance, slight chance we'll get rain each day. Hello.

Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. We're going to have to get a new intro soon. Good morning, friend, and welcome. Today is the 12th day of May. Let's begin. Officials in Washington Township, New Jersey, are trying to determine what caused a massive explosion that killed a man and a woman and destroyed a home. It happened around 2 a.m. yesterday morning.

The explosion was caught on surveillance video showing the flames and the explosion woke up neighbors from blocks away and also damaged a neighbor's home. One of the neighbors, Jill Ralph, said that she and her husband and their dog managed to wake up and get out safely. She said, I've never seen anything like that before. The house was engulfed in the flames.

Multiple agencies are involved, including the Washington Township Police Department's Detective Bureau and the New Jersey Division of Fire Marshal. It seems to me that that has happened a little bit more often in the past five years or so. And with footage now, because of ring camps and stuff like that, and Preston...

I don't know if you're like me, but even the slightest whiff of something, I'm like a bloodhound around the house. Like, what is that? Where's that coming from? Yeah, there was one time where I smelled something and I called our gas company. Right. Because we have propane. So we actually have a tank that's buried on the property.

And they said, okay, you should turn it off if you're smelling something. So I went out there and they told me how to do it. Problem is you can't just turn it back on. You have to have them come out and do it. Oh, really? And what they were telling me was that with propane, when it starts to get low, for whatever reason, that month we had used a lot or that series of months we had used a lot and the propane had gotten low.

And the agent, the stuff that they put in there to create the scent so you can actually smell it gets a little bit concentrated and it can give off like a false scent. Oh, boy. Yeah. And so there wasn't like a leak or anything like that. Right, right. But for some reason, that stuff had – I don't know if when we turned on the gas, it was more powerful, you know, when cooking on the stove or whatever.

And so it kind of freaked me out a little bit. I was like, I got the hell out of the house. Dude, I'm right with you. We had a time years ago, they were working on my street. It was Rochelle and Maniunk. And they cut the gas line or they were doing something. And you could smell it all around. And...

And people were making calls and they're like, no, no, no, everything's fine. Everything's fine. No, something's wrong. And then they shut down everything. I mean, and this was during a cold snap, by the way. So, yeah. So we were heating our house with the inverters in the house. But man, oh man, I was like, because that's a fear. You see this footage all the time. It's like,

These houses blow to bits. Yeah, can't mess around with that stuff. All right, at least eight people were injured yesterday morning when a SEPTA trolley on the Norristown high-speed line struck a bumper at the end of the tracks near the Norristown Transit Center. According to officials, the crash happened just before 10 a.m. along Lafayette Street.

One person suffered serious injuries, although the conductor was not hurt. And all of the injured passengers were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. And the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the incident.

And finally, a new section of the Schuylkill River Trail, which will be known as Christian to Crescent, will open later this week. The project costs about $48 million and has taken a decade to finish. The plan will eventually connect Center City with the Grays Ferry neighborhood in South Philadelphia. And the trail officially opens on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Yeah, so there's this bridge that has been built to extend this trail.

And I was driving down 76 and for the first time, and it's not like I, you know, this is the first time I've driven down that stretch. But you never noticed this. But I never noticed it. Where is it? The giant columns right by like 30th Street Station. Oh, okay. Just beyond that. I'll explain it a little bit. So the new half mile segment stretches between Christian Street and Graysbury Crescent.

creating access to an area that had been cut off by industrial infrastructure. The trail will be open for walkers and bikers along a path on the Schuylkill River as well as under the Schuylkill Expressway. And so the main feature of what Casey's talking about is a 650-foot-wide cable-stay bridge with two tall towers, and at night the bridge is going to light up.

Oh, I love that. So they're going to do something similar to, I guess, what they did with the South Street Bridge. But this is a little bit more dramatic because it's taller and it's got a really cool feature with those towers. So the new trail section is part of the National East Coast Greenway, which will create a 3,000

thousand mile walking and biking path from Maine to Florida. That is wild. Is that not insane? Yeah. I just got back into skipping, so I'm thinking I might go out for a good skip. Steve, I don't know if you have plans on Thursday, but maybe the grand opening could feature Steve Morrison skipping. Yes. Wouldn't it be great if there's like a big crowd of people and about 50 yards in front of everybody is Steve just skipping along and leading the

We need security. All right, so you're saying Thursday, but I had heard it was the 17th. There's a soft opening on Wednesday. The grand official opening is on Thursday. Okay, all right, so what did I hear on the news about the 17th then? They're probably doing multiple events. Multiple events? They usually do that.

That sort of roll out. Well, because when I first heard about it, I was like, oh man, I got to wait until Saturday to get on that thing. Because I do want to ride my bike from the very, very tip of it all the way. Would you ever at some point, Case, take on all 3,000 miles? Would you ever do? It's part of like a bucket list. A bucket list thing of like, you know, when I graduate from working. Congratulations, by the way. I know you're excited about it. Julie Jerkoff. Casey Jerkoff.

I mean, essentially that's what that is, right? Julie Jerkoff. Forgive me. You're graduating from working. Yeah. I might have written the date down wrong. The soft opening is Wednesday. The official grand opening is on Thursday. So I don't know what I wrote in news there. Okay, excellent. All right, well, let's get to sports, people. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!

Ball sacks are yummy. Ball sacks are yummy! What the f*** is that? The Phillies won again. Yeah, they did! Beating the Guardians 3-0 last night in Cleveland. Kyle Schwarber homered twice to tie Aaron Judge for the Major League lead and extended his on-base streak to 46 games dating back to last season. They did!

Zach Wheeler struck out eight over seven innings, and the Phils went 5-1 on a road trip through Tampa Bay and Cleveland. Schwarber hit a solo shot in the second inning and then added a two-run home run in the eighth for his 14th of the season. The Phils are back home tonight. They're going to open up a series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Christopher Sanchez will get the start in the first pitch.

We'll be right back.

In the late game, the Pacers raced out to a 41-point first-half lead and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 in Indiana. The Pacers now lead that series three games to one. Game five is tomorrow night in Cleveland, and the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champions. Yeah, all right. Thank you very much, Nick, and we welcome you to a Monday morning, friend. It is 20 minutes after 6 o'clock, and we are happy to be joining you. We do have a new Word of the Week prize this week. We're going to give away a pair.

of box seats as mmr rocks the hooters saturday may 17th and it's going to be their debut performance at the met and we are going to be setting you up with those tickets it is part of their 45 live 45th anniversary tour tickets are on sale now via ticketmaster we'll get the letter of the day for the word of the week at the end of the program that new song that uh they debuted with pierre i love it nice yeah um

We also want to reiterate the fact that we are less than two weeks away from opening the Jersey Shore and a live broadcast at Kenan's North Wild. But yeah, we've had some things going on in our world, and this has just come up upon us. So listen, we're going to have a great time. We're going to have a jam-packed crowd. We're going to have contests and prizes.

And we're going to officially usher in summer. It's presented actually by sort of a new sponsor. Yeah. We've had Coors Light over the past several years. This year, it's Coors Banquet. Yeah. That is our sponsor. And it is a banquet, isn't it? It is a bit of a banquet that we will be having. So...

The night before the broadcast as well, the MM Army is going to be at Kenan's as well from 7 to 9 p.m. And they're going to have cut the line passes and VIP table for people with a bucket of Coors Banquet that you could possibly win. So if you're headed down.

on Friday, make sure you stop by Kenan's at night too. Yeah, Casey and I are going to be at that on Thursday night as well. It does not say that here. We've got to straighten that crap out. Alright, so we have a lot to get into because the MMRBQ was over the weekend. We had such a good time. We've got to recap some of that. You've got some stories to share. You can definitely email, text, whatever. We're like this close to getting a phone. I know. We're like this close. I think maybe tomorrow.

So we're working on that. We have to... I notice your candlestick phone is gone. Is that a step forward? It's a step forward. It's in preparation, Steve, to... We need that space. To launch forward into, you know, the technological advancements that have arrived over the past few days. So just you, the casual listener, just so you know...

We are here in Ballackinwood. We will have the ability to talk to people in other towns. Yeah. In fact, other states. Yeah. Dare I say the world. It's possible. Yeah. It's all entirely possible. But we'll let you know when that is up and running. So with that, let's take a quick break. We'll come back in just a second. The Stupid Question Entertainment Report. Yeah, that's up next. We'll be right back. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show pod- Hey! Welcome to the Preston and Steve Podcast, which is brought to you by Acme Markets. Hungry and in a hurry? Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Acme. Fresh foods, local flavors, and the official grocery partner of the Preston and Steve Show. Thanks for listening to our podcast, and thanks to Steven Singer for being the official jeweler of the Preston and Steve Show. Yes. Alright, thanks Nick. So, stupid question this morning, we're gonna give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks.

experience the Second City, which is the 65th anniversary tour on Saturday, July 26th. They bring the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world to the live event center for two shows, which is really cool. Yeah. And so it's going to be at Live Casino Philly. I've had a chance to see Second City. My son and I went to Chicago. It was awesome.

I wonder if they're bringing, I mean, they have obviously a bunch of performers. Right. But if they're bringing like their core touring performers. That's a good question. Casey had told me, he's like, yeah, I know it's just kind of like the thing to do when you go to Chicago. But trust me, go, went, laughed my ass off all night. It was so much fun. All right. So we'll give you tickets if you can answer this question. I got this courtesy of Matthew Hegarty who sent me the question. So thank you, Matthew. And I never knew this.

The number 53 on Herbie, Herbie the Love Bug, was used because a producer on the film was a fan of what L.A. Dodgers player? Yeah. Never knew this. Let's see if you know the answer to this. All right, so the number 53 on Herbie was used because a producer on the film was a fan of what L.A. Dodgers player? So if you know the answer to that, you have to text the word Zoom. All right.

Maybe one more day of doing this. Hey, hey, hey. To 610-6609-333. We'll send you the link and then we'll see if you can answer that question. Do they get extra points if they're actually in a Volkswagen Beetle, Preston? Why not? Yeah. Yeah. And we can prove it via Zoom. We can prove it, yeah. All right. So today is the 12th day of May. We got a bunch of birthdays to go through. We're going to start with Malin Ackerman. It is her birthday today. Love her. Love her.

Always met. The name... We had her on one time. She told us exactly how to pronounce her name. It's Malin. She said like a mall. Malin. And then Ackerman. I've just been... I saw her boobies yesterday. Oh, did you? Yes. I am watching...

The show Billions. I told you I like to have an exercise show. And so there's seven seasons. I'm going to get tons of material out of it. Tons of time. And yeah, she gets a neck of time. She sure does. And she's prominently featured in the first two seasons. And then she just kind of disappears. Oh, no kidding. For no reason. I'm in the first season right now. Yeah, and she's...

really good in it. I like her a lot, but for, yeah, I don't think they wrote her off. They got divorced, but she was still the father to the kid, or the mother to the kids, or whatever. Anyway, she's just not in it for as long as I wanted her to be. Watchman, she's great in that. So good in the Watchman. Bunch of stuff. She's 47 years old today. It's Stephen Baldwin's birthday today. Oh, yeah. Usual Suspects, Biodome. Biodome alone, which is f***ing

You f***ing suck a mother f***er. Fuck it off. Get back. Dude, I didn't know we had that. We just got it. We just got it. One more time. You f***ing suck a mother f***er.

Knock it off. Get back. You know the story about that scene? Yeah. No. They all kept getting the giggles. Okay. Like no one could get the lines right. And they were laughing and somebody farted. Yeah. It might have been Benicio Del Toro. He was cracking everybody up. They were all sleep deprived. And so they just decided, look, this isn't working.

We got to take a break. And they took a break. And apparently, I forgot who the director was usual suspects. Oh, God, it is Brian Singer. So he's eventually he's like, we'll just use what we have. Like they didn't come back and finish shooting it. And so all those giggling moments and stuff were not supposed to happen in that scene. That makes it more left it in. Yeah, they ended up realizing, oh,

Oh, they're kind of thumbing their noses at the cops. Yeah, exactly. And it actually interprets well. Wow. It's a pretty cool scene. I love that. Stephen Baldwin is 59 today. Jason Biggs. Ah. American Pie fame. Scooby-Dooby-Doo. Scooby-Dooby-Doo. I mean, that's not him, but it's the same movie. Yeah, magic.

Casey's favorite moment. I like the movie Loser. Yeah, very good movie. He's 47 today. Actor Gabriel Byrne, speaking of the usual suspects. Gabriel, you suck a motherfucker. Knock it off, get back. He's in that scene as well. Excalibur. Yeah, oh God. Love it. Yeah, so he's 75 today. Emilio Estevez turns a year older.

Yep. My favorite movie of all time. And has developed into quite a good director. In fact, there's a new movie that was part of that Delco Gives Back. Um...

Oh, yeah. It was at the Meadey Theater. I guess it was the same night as Dining Under the Stars. Right, but that's his new movie coming out. I believe he directed it, but he's really good. He came in here with his dad, who he directed in a movie. That was so cool. And also, the cast, for the first time since the movie came out, The Breakfast Club recently reunited in Chicago at a con.

It was really, really cool to see. So he is 63 years old today. It's Tootie's birthday. Tootie! Kim Fields turns 56 years old today. I didn't realize until later on in life how actually very attractive she is. Yes. Like Tootie was not one of my favorites on the show. She was the youngest on the show. She was like the kid. She became very buxom. Yeah, and just pretty.

So she turns 56 years old today. Happy birthday to Tate. Tate! The great Rami Malek. Bohemian Rhapsody. Night at the Museum. And as my shows for exercising, not that long ago I watched The Pacific. Oh. And he's in that. And he is like... He's really good. He's like...

mean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is wild because you don't really see him as that way. What was the movie that just came out where he is this... The Amateur. The Amateur. It's a revenge movie. Anybody see it? Not yet. No. He uses his wits, Preston. He turns 44 years old today, Robbie Malek. It's Ving Rhames' birthday today as well. Oh, wait.

No, man. I'm pretty f***ing far from okay. Oh, got the squeals in the background. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

You hear me there, redneck? And also, not only Pulp Fiction, the voice of Arby's. Yes. We have the meats. He is 66 today. The very beautiful Emily Van Camp. Yes. Turns a year older. Captain America, Falcon and Winter Soldier. She and he kind of had a little thing going on. Yeah, then she kind of became a little, she turned a little bit. Yeah, she hasn't been featured in the last two movies. I was surprised because it looked like they were setting stuff up with her. She was also on, talk about,

I think the show was called Revenge, where she was plotting against a family that had ruined her family. She turns 39 years old today. She was, yeah, Peggy Carter's niece, right? That's right, yeah, yeah. Musically, it's Billy Squire's birthday. Billy Squire turns 75 years old today. Steve is doing his hand movements from the song Rock Me Tonight.

Which is that video. He knows. It's so cringe. It is. It is ridiculous cringe. And I thought Billy Squire was awesome. I loved a lot of his songs. Oh, this is it. Yeah. Steve's doing the snapping. I thought this was a decent song. It is. It's just the video killed it. It killed it. Well, it's...

For all intents and purposes, killed his career. But the guy, you're right, Preston, could write a song, could write a book. Yeah, he's 75 years old today, Billy Squire. Then a true virtuoso musician, performer, singer, songwriter, Steve Winwood. Oh, my God. One of my all-time favorites. A year older than him. What a talent, man. I saw him open for Tom Petty at the arena in Lehigh Valley where the Phantoms play. Yeah. Oh, man. And he was the opener.

Really great night of music. There is video footage of him at 16 years old singing a Ray Charles song. And you're looking at this guy going, how is that voice coming out of that body? Well, so he's not just the voice. He's the composer, the musician. And you can go through traffic. And you can go through his solo stuff. And you can go through Blind Faith. I mean, amazing stuff. Happy 77th birthday to the great

Steve Winwood. And then last birthday, it's Tony Hawk's birthday. Tony Hawk turns 57 years old today.

What was the name of his video game? I can't remember. Pro Skater. Pro Skater. And that's what this song would play. For me, when I played, the aces, bades was on a constant loop. So people don't realize, they may not realize if you're of a certain age, just how pivotal his video games were to making the video game industry what it is today. They were huge. By the way, I was talking to Dave Fairman of Fairman Skate Shop in Westchester, and he has all...

all of this old gear, like autograph stuff. And I was like, Tony Hawk, he's like, you're damn straight, you know? And it's all going to auction like soon. No kidding. Yeah. Did you guys see that documentary about him? No, I hear it's good. It's really, really good. He went through a real tough time, but he was so on top. There's a scene that they show him, Steve, where he is

He had so many trophies that he had like trash cans filled with trophies that he was just throwing away. Wow. Like they meant nothing to him. Not like us. Because he just won every single thing. Like he was so far ahead of his time. Wow. A super cool guy, 57 today. Meanwhile, my trophy from winning field day back in 1986 is literally still in my house. Still prominently.

featured over the fireplace yeah all right all right we got a stupid question we're gonna see if you know the answer to this um in herbie the love bug the number 53 on herbie was used because a producer on the film was a fan of what la dodgers player we got joe who's joining us via zoom this morning hey joe how you doing man good good morning how are you good morning to see you joe we're good all right so do you know which la dodgers player inspired the number 53 on herbie the love bug

Don Drysdale. Yeah, that's right. Absolutely. Well done. Hold on, bud. We're going to set you up. You just got yourself a pair of tickets to ZMMR Rock's Experience the Second City. It's the 65th anniversary tour, Saturday, July 26th. And they're being the most influential and prolific at

comedy empire in the world to live event center for two shows, 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets start at just $19.99 and more info available at livecasinofilly.com. So hang on, Joe. We will take care of you, my man. We got a bunch of things to get to in the entertainment report, but I'll mention the box office. Thunderbolts won at...

33.1 million. So they held on there and Sinners continued to do really well, hauling in 21.1 million to take second place. It's now past the 200 million mark in North America. That's a good sign, man. Approaching a global take of 300 million, it continues to draw in audiences week after week. A Minecraft movie was 3

Third with $8 million, enough to push it past $900 million globally. And rounding out the top five, The Accountant 2 took fourth with $6.1 million. And Clown in a Cornfield, written by a Philadelphia native, took fifth place with $3.7 million. Adam Cesar. And we'll have him in studio tomorrow. The guy who wrote that. Oh, nice, nice. Looking forward to that. All right, so got a bunch of things. Taylor Swift.

has been subpoenaed by Justin Baldani's legal team in his legal battle with Blake Lively over alleged sexual harassment and defamation related to the movie It Ends With Us. I also have a little add-on that's a local flave to Taylor Swift at the end of this story. But her team has criticized the move, saying that it's designed to use Taylor Swift's name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case. And that's

Pretty much true. The only connection she has to this is that she was referenced by Blake Lively as one of her dragons. Yeah, it was, it's stupid. It was a text message. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Baldani has, so he, you know, she accused him of sexual harassment and a smear campaign, or he has previously accused Baldani.

They keep going back and forth on this stuff. So the original thing was that she was smearing him for his impropriety, so to speak, and he's going back at her, and there's such a morass of crap. But the initial, she was saying that basically to him, he and his people shouldn't mess with her because she has her dragon. Yeah, exactly. But I mean, now he is claiming that

That is some type of harassment. Which is just stupid. I mean, the fact that she texted that to him did not, you know...

I don't think that's what dragged them in. I think he did this. You know what I mean? I don't know. Not unless you had real dragons. That would be a threat. Yeah. So anyhow, that continues. But here's an interesting little tip. Taylor and Travis were spotted at Tallulah's Garden on Washington Square on Sunday, yesterday, celebrating Mother's Day with their moms and other family members. Apparently, Jason and Kylie were there, too.

And across 7th Street, people were in Washington Square. They were reading their books and newspapers and walked their dogs, and they didn't even know. It's pretty wild. That was going on in Tallulah's Garden right there. I wonder what the pre-setup to that is. I mean, were they as bold? They couldn't have just done that out of the blue. No. No, it's Mother's Day, dude. Right. Even though it's them, they had to have set that up ahead of time. The outing described as a resurfacing...

was notable to celebrity watchers because Swift and Ebo had last been spotted out together months ago. They shared all sorts of items, including strawberry French toast and chocolate croissants, according to an onlooker. So they had just a lovely day, a nice Mother's Day. When they say chocolate croissants, the croissant itself is never chocolate. No, there's chocolate in it. Which is, my chocolate croissant, by the way, is one of my absolute favorites. Yeah. Yeah.

They're good. There's something about that chocolate in there that's different than other chocolate. It's all croissant-y. Yeah, it makes it better. I love it. It's like usually a darker chocolate. Yeah, it's good stuff. All right, moving on. Tom Hardy is getting real about his health struggles. I'm sorry. Chocolate croissants. Is getting real about his health struggles.

And the toll to his action-packed career and what's happened to his body. In an interview with Esquire, the Venom star said, I got dizzy today, admitting that he had to take some meds just to get through the interviews. He joked that his body is, quote, falling to bits now.

rattling off a list of issues. He said, I've had two knee surgeries now. My discs herniated in my back. I've got sciatica as well. And he said, I have plantar fasciitis. Where did that come from? Reflecting on the action star grind that he lives, he said, there's only more, more, more of what? Stomach ulcers, blood pressure, adding that maybe it's time for him to chill out.

The actor is even exploring homeopathic approaches with bespoke tinctures and said he's considered using stem cells. He said, I think if it comes out of the wire and it seems the sensible thing to do and I take advice. And now approaching 50 years old, Hardy said that he's ready to shift gears, eyeing roles in things like King Lear. And he said, I'm the baby and I have to grow into that type of thing.

But yeah, he's really, he's beat his body up pretty bad. Yeah, man. So he's hurting. Mother's Day is extra special for Amber Heard. She revealed that she is welcoming, or has welcomed twins. Mother! The actress took to her Instagram on Sunday to celebrate the completion of the family. She said, I've strived to build for years. Her newborn daughter, Agnes, and son, Ocean, joined their big sister, Una. Una.

Una. I guess that's how you say that name. O-O-N-A-G-H. I'd say Una. Yeah. Yeah. In their growing family. Mother's Day, she said, Mother's Day 2025 will be one I'll never forget. This year, I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion of the family that I've strived to build for years. Today, I officially share the news that I've

that I welcomed twins into the herd gang. My daughter Agnes and my son Ocean are keeping my hands and my heart full. When I had my first baby girl, Una, four years ago, my world changed forever. I thought I couldn't possibly burst with more joy. Well, now I'm bursting three times three. I have to imagine Agnes is probably a family member's name that they're honoring. Agnes is a name you do not hear much these days. We talked about this last year that

the older names are starting to make their way back around. Yeah, Agnes definitely would fall in that category. It's kind of cyclical, but yeah, I think that we're starting to see even more of that happening, especially if you start to get a couple of celebs naming kids with those, it'll take off. So is this surrogate babies, or do we know where the... I don't know. I'm assuming surrogate.

So she is, let me see, Nick. You know, it doesn't say. It says... Never heard about her being pregnant. No. Her rep said, following the birth of her twins, Amber is delighted to welcome the twins and complete her family. Mama and babies are enjoying every minute and...

Ooga. Ooga. Oona. I'm sorry. Does she happily run... Running the show. Ooga. Ooga. Ooga. Ooga Chaga. Ooga. Ooga. Ooga Chaga. And does she have a partner currently? Do we know? Or is it... I... Flying solo? I don't know. All right. She's with Han Solo. She's dating Harrison Ford. Well, she was with a woman for a long time. Yeah. And then with Johnny. And I don't know what her status is currently. Do not know. I miss you, baby. All right. This was kind of interesting. Pope Leo...

His brother is giving fans a peek behind the scenes of how Cardinal Robert Prevost got ready for the big moment. So Leo is his Pope name, but Robert Prevost is his giving name. So apparently his brother told NBC Chicago, I said, are you ready for this?

Did you watch the movie Conclave so you know how to behave? And he said he had just finished watching the movie. So the Pope watched Conclave in preparation for this. And he added with a laugh that it helped lighten the mood before the actual Conclave. John admitted the family was just as shocked as everyone else, saying, I didn't believe it, and Rob didn't believe it, and I should say Pope Leo didn't believe it at all.

Leo might not have much time for movies anymore, but his brother shared that they still make time for Wordle and Words with Friends. You're just playing Wordle with the Pope? To help get his mind off of life in the real world. So in the Vatican, it's my understanding they do have a theater, right? And they will screen, I mean...

I would think so. That should be one of your perks. I got to believe in the Vatican. They have all the creature comforts that they have. Don't you think they have a bowling alley or something like the White House does? I would assume a ninja coffee machine. Yeah. Yeah. Come on, man. A Keurig. These things are very convenient. Clean this frigging thing. All right. So last week we were supposed to have Stephen Amell on and it was a full on, uh,

No show, like we didn't hear anything at all. Well, NBC has canceled the spinoff series of the beloved USA Network courtroom dramedy of Suits LA, and that's what he was on to promote with us. That shows me they don't have a lot of faith in it. The first season will conclude with its forthcoming May 18th finale, the 13-episode NBC series brought back original stars. Gabriel mocked as Harvey Spencer. David, I'm not going to go through the whole thing. No?

Suits LA, however, launched with a focus on a new set of lawyers led by Stephen Amell as entertainment lawyer Ted. After legal drama exploded on Netflix in 2023, creator Aaron Korsh decided to expand the Suits universe with a franchise-second spinoff setting the story on the West Coast. So, yeah, it's done. So, you know, the thing is, it's...

The first one wasn't popular when it first came out. It became popular during the pandemic. Yeah. And so, I mean, that's no time to give this series. Well, it wasn't popular, but it also wasn't like on a major network. It was on Netflix, right? No, no. I mean, that's where it became popular. It was on Netflix. It was on USA Network. USA Network, which, you know. Yeah.

I forget, but this was on NBC. Yeah, correct. And so they tried to give it like the big old... Yeah, the big network push. The big old whoop-dee-doo. But Suits LA did not share much in the resurgence of its Source series. Netflix had an opportunity to purchase the spinoff show, but the streamer passed on it. Now, NBC also canceled sitcoms Lopez vs. Lopez and Night Court. Oh, man.

Friday, too, which we were really pulling for. They ran for three seasons apiece, as well as The Irrational and Found, which I'm not familiar with. We know why they canceled that. NBC will host its Upfront on Monday at Radio City Music Hall, and the network is Cleaning House

for when the NBA returns to its airwaves this fall. Now, on the heels of that, while they were doing that, ABC was announcing the renewal of several of its shows. So, NBC canceled five. ABC is renewing some, but there's a difference. Well, NBC slash five scripted

series, ABC revealed it's bringing back five unscripted series. So, American Idol, America's Funniest Home Videos, Celebrity Jeopardy, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, and Shark Tank. Those are all huge hits. It's not a big stretch. No one was biting their nails over those. And I do like most of those. You know, the...

What's happening, though, is that primetime television, really, there's not a lot of scripted stuff going on at all. I watched a few episodes of The Irrational. That was the Jesse L. Martin one. It was a really good show. But, Steve, you're 100% right because I never dedicated – I didn't set aside time to watch it. It was never appointment viewing. It just was on. I was like, oh, I kind of like the show and I like him. But am I coming back week to week? No. So is it that –

That the American public is just more dialed in to reality television than scripted series these days? I think we're just more dialed in to not... It's what they're offering. It's what you're being offered.

Yeah, but also they just want on-demand viewing, right? When you want it how you want it. When you want it how you want it, and when you want it how you want it, you're not going to network stuff. Yeah, 9 p.m. on Thursday. So you're saying any way you want it, that's the way you need it. But I've watched some shows that seem pretty network-y, right? But then they'll throw in a boob. I'm like, okay. Tonight a boob at 9 p.m.

Yeah. Half a nut. Even I'm watching The Pit on Max and it has... It's good. It is good. It's good. But it has like ER, like NBC, ABC, CBS vibe to it. And then they throw in something that they can never throw on network television. I'll tell you how it works. It's interesting because you don't see... I don't see a lot of people taking network shows...

And then porting them over and delayed watching them. Do you know what I'm saying? It's harder for people to get... People who watch a lot of streaming stuff or watching stuff on Apple or everything. I think they don't go to the network stuff as readily as they do just live in that streaming. Do you know what I'm saying? You're not going to watch The Irrational the way that you watch Last of Us. Right. It's not like it becomes water cooler stuff. And I can't think right now of any network television show that I'm watching.

So if you think of the last big buzz show, and we cycle to them so quickly because they come so fast and furiously, White Lotus. White Lotus was fueling a lot of conversation. And still compare that conversation to something like Lost when it seemed like everyone was talking about it. Nick, do you consider something like Jeopardy a network show?

No, it's like syndication. Yeah. No. No, like I consider, you know, ER or Friends or Seinfeld, you know, those to me were network shows. By the way, Press, The Pit, I'm watching it and I was like four. So pitted. So pitted. I was like four episodes in before I realized, I'm like, oh, hang on a second. This is the same day. Oh, wait, hang on a second. The entire season is just one shift in that ER. Oh, no kidding. It's kind of like 24. Okay. Where each episode is one hour of the shift. Oh.

It's really, really well done. That one's on the list. I'm going to get to it eventually. I get so many suggestions from so many people, but chose to watch. You know, it's almost like that scene where Bruce Wayne throws the batarang at the Flash, and it's passing by, and he decides at the last minute to catch it. That's how these shows come by. You're like, I'll let it go. All right, so ABC is re-upped, but the reality shows still, those draw. Those definitely draw.

All right, and then one more story. This is for you and me, Steve. Return to Silent Hill. Oh, yeah. Is officially on the way, and director Christopher Gans is back behind the camera for what's being called a fateful adaptation of the beloved horror game Silent Hill 2. That's a great game. So it is. And if you want to talk, I remember when I first...

I was playing that one, Preston. My wife could not be anywhere in the house. Scared her. Because of that...

It is the most moody. And there are scenes where you're sweating bullets. And they just really nailed it with that game. Yeah, and there's like this, like you're saying, Steve, like this industrial drone. It's almost like Eraserhead with this sound. And it's a wild game. Communications over the radio. I never finished it because I got stuck on one spot, one boss, the pyramid head guy. And I couldn't get past him. And I had to quit.

But anyhow, Guns told Variety that Return to Silent Hill is an adaptation created out of deep respect for a true masterpiece of a game. The movie will follow Jeremy Irvine as James Sunderland, who's drawn back to the eerie Silent Hill by a letter from his lost love Mary, played by Hannah Emily Anderson. Fans of the games will know what's in store. Terrifying creatures and a town transformed by an unknown evil, according to the official synopsis. I'll tell you what, the two movies that they did were pretty good.

But I'm always up for another crack at it. All right. We got some clips. And I'm playing them from the huckers. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

So we've seen the first nine hours of 24 in 24 last chef standing and there are 10 competitors that are left. And here, Chef Kelsey Murphy describes the premise of the Food Network show. Here we go. It is a wild and crazy food competition show and it is 24 chefs.

24 straight challenges in 24 straight hours. The clock does not stop. It is a wild ride. Shut the f*** up! 24 and 24, last Chef Standing streams today on Max. Here's our next clip.

A decade after the passing of Joan Rivers, the comedy community revisits her legendary cabinet of jokes and adds their own personal spin to reflect today's social and cultural landscape. And here, comedian Randy Rainbow talks about his love for Joan. Here we go. From a very young age, fell deeply in love with her because she reminded me of my grandmother. Jewish...

New York energy, sassy, everything and everyone aggravated her, but she was endearing about it. And she cursed a lot. So I fell madly in love with her. Yeah! Joan Rivers, a dead, funny, all-star tribute, airs tomorrow on NBC. Yeah, she had this old file cabinet that she kept all her jokes in. It was actually a...

A massive cabinet. Yeah. So she had like, there was like a wall in her house with multiple cabinets. And Preston, every joke chronicled, dated. I mean, like almost like, almost looked like the cards in the library. So I guess people are going to go in and do their versions of her jokes. Yeah. Which is pretty cool. Yeah. I mean, looking at it right now. It was amazing. Yeah. Wow.

All right, there you go. That's your entertainment report for this morning. Hey, a couple things I want to mention. We have rapidly approaching. Listen, we've been very distracted for the past few weeks, and we apologize for that, but that's the way life has been lately for us. And so we're kind of late to promoting a couple of things.

But we are going to do The Coolest Teacher. Something we would have already had up and running by now. Yes. But it may be a shorter version of it this year, but we are definitely going to get to it. And probably the latter portion of this week, we'll get that underway. So, yes, teachers.

I want to acknowledge you once again. So we will be getting that rolling at some point this week. We want to get you set for that. And the Kenan's Live broadcast. That's coming up. You've been hearing the promos. We haven't talked about it much, but we are definitely doing the party, the official opening of the Jersey Shore. Coors Banquet is our sponsor this year. We had Scott Kenan in the studio a couple weeks ago just to get us primed for that. But we will be broadcasting live from Kenan's Irish Pub in North Wildwood.

a week from this Friday. Oh, my God. And we hope you'll be there to share and celebrate because we're looking forward to it. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in just a moment. Hang out for a spell, friend. We'll be your co-pilot in this morning. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thanks, Nick. We're going to recap MMRBQ a little bit later on the 8 o'clock hour. Hopefully, you'll be joining us for that. But real quick, so we write a lot of notes here when we're on the air. Sometimes we can't talk. We'll jot down notes and stuff. So I'm making notes constantly. And I wear my security tags, the keys that we use to get into the doors around here around my neck. I've got a laminate and a whole thing, an MMR. Right.

And on it, I have a Sharpie that I keep hanging there all the time. Felt-tip pen because it's great to make notes. And I've got it right there hanging around my neck all the time. Well, mine, I think I lost it at MMRBQ over the weekend. And so I feel naked without my Sharpie. So sometimes when you need a pen or a Sharpie, you got to go around and steal one from somewhere. It's tough. So Marissa went and she got me one.

And I'm going to hold this up to you and you tell me who's Sharpie you think this was. Nick, that's disgusting. Yeah. Wow. He is a chronic pen cap chewer. Chews the F out of it. And this has the little, you know, what would you call this thing? The holder? The clip? I don't know. The clip? Yeah. The clip. The clip.

is mutilated. And this is a Jackie Bam Bam special. Which is fine if that is his and solely his. Now, he was chewing pens that were kind of like community studio pens for the longest time. That's not right. That ain't okay. No, because you're gerbing up other people's pens. All right, so I'm going to hook this onto my... Is that a good enough hook, though? I know. Well, Marissa wrote me a note and said, this will get you through today. Okay.

So I have this for now. But thank you, Marissa. I appreciate it. You have to use Sharpies? You can't use Farpees? Fake Sharpies? No, I need the real deal. Okay. I need the actual... Because I handed you three different Farpees and they weren't good enough for you. No. Who makes Sharpies? Bic makes Sharpies? I believe so. I thought they were their own company. Sharpie makes, yeah. They're like the Kleenex of Sharpies. But I, yeah, I need an actual, you know,

pointy, sharpie. I don't like the other ones. I'm kind of a neighboring guy for a lot of things, but then lately I've been noticing that when it comes to soda, I'm like, Fiat Coke is just fine. What was that? Fiat Coke. Really? No, I can't do knockoff soda. I don't really drink soda anymore, but I wouldn't dare do a knockoff soda. Anyhow, I thought you would find that interesting. Maybe you didn't. Maybe you think it's stupid. That's fine, too. Mother's Day was yesterday.

We are... All right. Mother! We did a pseudo Mother's Day because Parker works on Sundays. And so what Rochelle wants for Mother's Day is for us to cook dinner for her and have a family dinner. So we're going to do that on Tuesday. Yesterday was like Mother's Day light for us. Right. So we ended up hanging out and doing some fun things because Carter came home and it was kind of a pseudo Mother's Day. So that was pretty cool. But on the...

On the heels of Mother's Day, this is a story about a mom. Steve sent this to me last week, and I thought it was kind of interesting, and I wonder how these kids will be treating mom on Mother's Day. So this woman has revealed that she charges her tween daughter's rent...

And even slaps on a fee if they pay late. And it's sparked a bit of a debate when she posted this on TikTok. It's a video that went viral on TikTok. The woman is from Arkansas. Her name is Taja Ashaka.

And she broke down her kids' sleeping setup. So she revealed that she had turned their bedrooms into mini apartments. She added a doorbell, a mailbox, an apartment number on each of the doors.

And when she explained that she makes them both pay rent each week and charges them extra if they're even one minute late while paying, the people that watched the videos were a bit divided on this. She also confessed that she does random inspections to make sure their apartments are clean enough. And if they aren't up to their standards, they are hit with more penalties. So I was thinking about this as I'm reading about this because she's not breaking the bank with what she's charging them. No.

And you know what? Early on, early on, I'm wondering, as life plays out, things work out the way they're supposed to work out. But I think if you want to instill in someone an appreciation of money and responsibility, this does have benefit. I agree. Do you agree? Yes. I do agree with you on this. And Rochelle and I, when the kids were growing up,

We tried. Okay, not this. Not this model. But we tried to have a structure. Right. We bought bulletin boards. Right. We put up schedules. Here's how it's going to be. Yeah, from here on out. This is how... These are the rules of the house. Right. Dude, each time we did that, it didn't last a week. I know. Not a week. I know. And so, like, we never had... I remember times asking for allowances and then my mother...

Listen, we still ended up doing chores and stuff like that. But I wonder, not that I had a flagrant disregard for what money meant. And we've always been aware of that and how to save your money and so on and so forth. But I think if you're wanting to learn how to function in the real world, to get that knowledge of how to pay for an apartment and stay up on things and sweat out a deadline. And people say, well, that shouldn't be something the kids are worrying about. But I wonder if in adulthood...

You're going to be... You probably would be less inclined to be worrying about that stuff because you plan better. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, maybe. You said tween daughters. I'm sorry. What age is that? You know what, Casey? It doesn't say. They're teenagers. I don't know why it says tween. They're not almost 20. Okay. So they do...

do have jobs and they can afford i don't know i'll give it let me give you a little more yeah all right or do you want to comment listen i understand if you want to teach them a lesson i mean i've thought about this quite a bit you know um not about this particular thing it's just about you know like when uh your kids get a little bit older right say they've graduated high school right and they're still living at home i never got charged rent but i had friends that did um

I would say, like, okay, if you're going to bank this money and then eventually give it back to them, you know what I mean? Well, that's... It's like, you know, like, we're going to be your savings account. This is an investment. My guess is that's probably what's going to happen at the end of all this. I think the mom's keeping it. Yeah, she's gambling it. I mean, every day, especially in the summertime when we were home and off school, we had a chore list that we had to, you know, my dad would write down a chore list every day and we had to get those things done.

by the end of the day. And you did them, right? Yeah, but I had two brothers to help. Casey, when I moved back home

post-college pre-graduation for me, early 20s, my dad was like, all right, it's time to start charging rent. And I was fine with that because I was in my early 20s. So I didn't mind that call. And Steve, for me at that point, it was the first time I had really been charged rent. And it was. It was a good lesson. You've been living free forever. Now you're in your 20s. You've got to be responsible for something. You have to. But 20s is different than teens. So question about that. Do you think that was...

Your parents needed help with some money or they were trying to teach you some type of lesson? No, it was lesson. Okay. Yeah, because we have, you know, our kids are starting to age and I would never charge them rent. I want them to save every bit that they can to prepare for...

what they're going to need financially in the real world. Well, they work in your sweatshop. Of course. Speaking of that, in a follow-up, the mom of two explained that her girls get paid weekly for helping out at their mini golf business that she runs. And she said that they hand out golf gear, they clean and engage with customers, but she didn't divulge how much they make. She said that they are required to give her $5 per week for rent and another $5 for utilities, which includes gas, water, and electricity. I mean, she's not

See, they're not hosing them. It's rent controlled. But it's due on Fridays at exactly 9 p.m. And if they're late...

they get their phone taken away for one day and they have to pay an extra dollar. That's a good lesson. Right? Anytime you take a phone away from a kid, they're going to pay attention. And if they fail to pay rent by their second notice, the punishment goes up to three days with no phone and a $5 fee. If they get a third notice, Joe Pesci shows up. No, she said they'll be evicted from their room and they have to fork over an extra $10. And being evicted means they have to sleep on the couch forever.

in their old game room with no access to toys or electronics. So let me say this. This to me does not seem radically austere. And, you know, it's funny because as a kid I'd probably go, you know, oh, come on. But in retrospect, looking back...

A little bit more of this. My parents raised me phenomenally well. I had a great childhood growing up, and we learned our lessons, and I'm not going to second guess. But maybe a little bit more of this might have prepared me for some things in life that were a bit of a shock as I encountered them. So I can see this program working. Yeah, I find it to be wholly unnecessary, but they have, I assume that...

They have lessons in mind and, you know, they're impending adulthood or whatever. Like, you know, I just I don't I don't I don't think it's necessary. I think people are going to be able to figure it out. My parents thought like they gave us the option and we did figure it out. And I've you know, I think I think they're going to be.

My guess is these kids will be a little bit better off because of it. I wish that Rochelle and I would have had the discipline to stick with something like this. But we do. Dude, I hear you completely. My parents would do the same thing because they love you. And they don't want to see you. You don't want to see. You don't want to muck things up. And also, you're doing things. And you forget what the goddamn board is with the thing. And

So it all, you know, it's hard. And with the chores as a parent, I still, I still cave. I still, I'm like, well, I'm not going to ask him to do that. I'm out there mowing the lawn. And honestly, really. It's my own fault. You have an adult son. I have child labor. But when it comes down to it, I'm like, he's just going to do a terrible job. And I can't like the lawn, you know, Steve, it's my baby. It is.

And I was like, you know, mowing last week and there's all these sticks. There's this one tree that I have in my backyard that Steve, I honestly, I don't even know how it still has sticks in there because they fall so often. And I'm like, I got to get him to pick these. I'm like, no, he doesn't. No, because he's going to do a terrible job. But okay, let me tell you where it might be okay. He goes out and does a substandard job, but you're...

making it the way you want it to be is going to take way less effort. So you end up working a lot less. He does most of the work, at least. Maybe he'll eventually figure it out after a while. I had a job basically since I was in sixth grade. I had paper routes and all that sort of stuff. And then when I was a senior in high school, I worked for my father. I made $100 a week. He kept $50 of it.

And then gave me 50. But like that 50 that he that he kept went towards my senior week thing. And did he tell you that at the time? Yeah. OK, so you knew you were putting money away in the bank of dad. Yeah. All right. All right. We're going to go to via Zoom. We have Laura who's checking in and wants to share a little bit about her story. Hi, Laura. Good morning. Good morning, Casey. I love your outfit. Thank you. I'm playing in the drive for autism golf outing today down in Delaware.

I'm a special education teacher. Excellent. All right. So your parents charge you for rent? They sure did. And they don't listen to the show, which is great. So I can't really say how I feel right now.

But I was really, really pissed. I was like first or second year of college. I just broke up with a boyfriend who I thought I was going to marry. Come home like so sad. And they charged me $200 a month. And I was like so mad at the time. But now I do see the value. I mean, I've had a job since I was 15. They made me pay for my cell phone, my car insurance, any like non-

basically at the time, they made me pay for. And I was always really bitter. But now that I'm a mom and an adult, like I feel like it makes sense. But you have to pick and choose your battles a little bit. Yeah, yeah. And were they solely, Laura, were they solely doing this so you would learn the method, the rhythm, how to pay for expenses? I don't know. I feel like they still did.

I don't know what the reason was. I think because they saw me as an adult and that I was staying at their house. But yeah, the cell phone, I mean, it was like the flip phone with the prepaid card that you had to do back in the day. You know, what you're saying makes sense because, listen, I get it. Yeah.

It's weird because I would argue against it and for it at the same time, because a little bit of structure, a little bit of understanding, I think goes a long way. And you don't just default to, well, mom and dad are going to take care of it. You know, I think it's instilled in me appreciation for everything that I have. And I work really hard for what I have. And I don't take things for granted. And I'm still pretty frugal. So I feel like.

I feel like that has just instilled in myself from having to pay for everything from a very young age. Yeah, so you're kind of making a case for this in some form or another. Yeah, I think so. I'm still a little bitter. I turned out well. You turned out well. Laura, do you have kids? I do. I have two kids. They're seven and nine. Do you think you'll do the same thing if that is the case when they're adults living in the home?

Dude, no. There you go. It's all over the place though. You see it and you understand it, but you don't think you're going to do it. This ultimately goes back to the nature versus nurture thing. I don't necessarily think that

One supersedes the other. I think there is a nature and nurture. It's not nature versus nurture. What I'm trying to say here is

the kid's going to be the kid no matter what. You know what I mean? Yeah. But you can still teach that kid lessons and you also got to be a parent. No, I'm not disagreeing with you, but like, you know, it's a fine line and there's no right answer. Um, Laura, how much did your parents charge? If you don't mind my asking. Um, it was $200 a month at the time. It was like 2010, 2011. Do you think that that was too much? Yeah, because I was also paying for college. I got no help with college. Um,

I was paying my own food to live. Wow. Do me a favor and pull over to the side. We're going to call child services. Because we didn't know about the college thing. Yeah, is there a statute of limitations? All right, Laura. I was in college. And now that I have kids, it's like I'm like Preston. I've done the chore chart. I've done all the...

the things. I got them a Greenlight account and my son at seven years old was like, well, if you don't do your chores, then you don't get the money. And he's like, I don't care. Here we go, man. Laura, thank you so much. We appreciate it. But yeah, man, if she was paying for her own college too and her own food. Come on, mom and dad.

I mean, I think that's the lesson right there already that you're paying for your education. If you're pulling all that together, you're learning then responsibility. But I mean, at a certain point, if you're 25 and up and you're living at home, you know, in your 20s, obviously, kicking in a few bucks is only, I think, appropriate. Sam, could you bring up our next Zoomer if Victoria is available because she wants to check in and has a daughter who she's making sure...

gets the financial information they need. So hi, Victoria, you are on with us. Good morning. Hi, good morning, you guys. Thank you so much. All right. So you have a daughter and you're trying to teach her a lesson, right?

Well, not so much. My daughter, she is a freshman at Upper Moreland. Okay. And they have a class that the children have to take. It's called personal finance. They have to take it in order to graduate. Man, I wish we had this. I wish I had. Listen, I got, again, my parents did a great job. I probably could have done with a course like this. Yes. Right. So basically with this class, they teach, I mean, they teach them how to

They teach them how to interview for a job, do a resume, balance your checkbook, car insurance, renter's insurance, home insurance, how to get an apartment. So she had to do like a whole setup where they had to learn all this stuff, even like identity theft, like the whole nine.

So she did a whole budget, whole setup. Wow. And now the teacher says, basically, like the project is, okay, you're 18. You graduated high school. You're out of the house, basically. Let's say the parents say, okay, you're done. Bye. Here's what you need to do. So she sets up this whole budget.

And then he does what he calls the monkey wrench, which is, you know, life, life happens. And he may say, okay, well, your house got burned down. So now you got to buy a new house or you lost your job. Now you can't afford your apartment. Now you got to find something cheaper, you know, something like that. And all. And I mean, it was, it was really good. And like Steve, like you said, I wish I had something like that. So let me ask my, my mom did that for me. Like, you know, she showed me, okay.

When I was going to college, all right, you're filling out the FAFSA form. Here's your checkbook. And here, you're going to file your own taxes because now you're working. At least my mother showed me that stuff. You know what's funny? I don't know if I could pass. I've been living life for decades. And I don't know if I could pass that course right now. No, no, no, no. I couldn't. Now, me either. Now, Rochelle would have to help me. She'd have to cheat. I'd have to cheat with her. She'd sit at the kitchen table doing your homework with you. Totally. Wow.

Wow. Yeah. I mean, I think it's good. It's a requirement for them to graduate so they can take it anytime. So I told her, I'm like, sign up for that class now, get it done and over with. Sure. We're sitting here saying this would have been a great idea. Yet I know high school me. And I would have been in that class going, why are we doing this stupid stuff? Let me tell you, my mom, my daughter was she's she's pretty studious. Yeah, she gets her job. She gets the work done.

And basically, in the class, if the teacher, if he likes you, the monkey wrench isn't as bad.

And if he doesn't like it, then he's like, give me the works. What I like is that this is required to graduate, right? So this is a course you have to, but it is encouraging. I mean, these skills, I'm sure, Preston and I would have been pissing and moaning right next to you about this. But you get it. At least you get an idea, just to have an idea of what you're going to encounter. I mean, those things that you do in life, like every couple of years when you're, when

you know, registration or whatever. These things that you don't do all the time. I always go like, oh God, I'm such an idiot. Can I do that online? All these things you don't know. So something like this, I think is a great preamble to life. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I mean, I'm all for it. I say, hey, take it. And even my husband and I are like,

Oh, man, I wish we had some money. All right, Victoria, thank you so much. We appreciate it. When I was a kid, my dad really instilled financial responsibility for me and my brothers. We learned a lot. We learned about credit card payments and all that kind of stuff. And I'm always grateful to him for that. He taught me more than I could ever learn on my own. But I remember, I think I probably shared this with you guys before. I remember getting to college.

And my friend Brian had a credit card. And he's on his own for the first time. He had a credit card statement. And it would show up in the mail. And I'd be like, I don't feel like paying this this month. So he would literally just throw it in the trash. Month after month after month. And I was like, Brian. He's like, no, no, no. You can pay it eventually. I was like, that's true. You can pay it eventually. You have to pay something every month. And his credit was ridiculous.

for the first half of his 20s because he just threw his credit card statement away every month and didn't pay the bill at all. Oh, my God. Yeah, I've been down that path, man. Do you remember... So when I was in high school, Stephen, they probably did this too as a... And I didn't take whatever class this was, but to teach you about parenting, they would give you... They gave people an egg. Yeah. To walk around with. You had to have it for a certain amount of time. And the egg, you had to take care of it. And if you broke the egg, if something happened to it, then...

Clearly, you were not taking care of it. I never had that class, but they did have it in my school. Yeah, so I didn't either, but I remember seeing people doing that. And if there were a way to do this type of class of instruction on real life finances and things like that, if there was a way to

to put it in practical terms like that to give you something like okay here's how much money you have and it has to be you know you have to manage it properly over this course of time and if by the end of this you don't i mean you know like maybe they like arrest you or something i don't know so here's what we do i see a version of scared straight just you and me and we go you think you know how to do your insurance you don't we have to have our

wives do it. So you better listen. Do you know where your bank book is? I don't know. What's your name? Stand up. Give me your shoes. You ever pay your car insurance? I don't. My wife does.

We're pathetic, man. No. We're just... What? We're smart. Are we? Yeah. Well, we kind of won, didn't we? Stand up. Give me your shoes. Okay. Until you are caught and have to figure it out on your own. I know. They're buried under, like, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. That's why I just, you know, there's a gun with a bullet in it. If anything happens to Claire, I'm like, okay, I know where to go. I'm more afraid of Michelle or... Michelle of... Oh, my God. Shut up. We are. Of Michelle being gone forever.

than me you know you know my fear of dying yeah if i'm left on my own you know my god you're gonna look like steve martin and the jerk holding a lamp yeah that's all i need wow all right we have uh jen who is joining us next via zoom good morning to you jen morning how are you doing good all right so you have two kids and you are you're gonna do a charging thing right

Yeah. So my oldest graduated high school 2023. We waited till January of 2024 to start charging him rent. So he would be charged $100 a month. Plus he had to pay his own car insurance. Okay. So at the time it was $250. January this year, it was $1,000.

His insurance went up because unfortunately he had a little fender bender. Okay. His insurance went to $150,000. So he pays $150,000 for insurance and $150,000 for his rent. And to us, we're taking that money for rent and obviously putting it aside for him. Okay. But...

It's also teaching him money management. Yes. He does not ask us for any money. He doesn't ask us to give us time to pay rent late. He is always on time. He works full time. He takes extra hours. But it's teaching him to be an adult. This is him transitioning from a child, an adolescent, to being an adult. That's a great idea. Jen, does he know that you guys are going to return this money to him?

He does. Okay. He does, but he's not in a rush to move out. Right. When I was 19, I moved out, not because I was kicked out, not because of anything else. I wanted to move out. And

You know, it was hard for myself and my boyfriend, who is now my husband still. But we learned. Yeah, yeah. It wasn't a thing of, you know, we didn't have anywhere else to go. We wanted to do this.

And I want both of my kids to have that sense of accomplishment, earn what you get. Nothing is just given to you. Let me ask you, do you sense that they are feeling a sense of accomplishment? Do you think it's taking hold? You know, how are they processing this? Do they feel put upon or do they feel that in the long run they can see the merit to what you're doing?

I mean, like, you know, when I say, hey, you got to go cut the grass and then I get the him haul and, you know, whatever. But it's like, you know, one day you will have a house. You will have your own place to live. Yeah. We'll have to take care of these things. So why not start now? It's a great idea. My husband did it.

for all of your life. There's no reason why you can't spend 20 minutes and go cut the grass. And also, you're just not going to get along with your kids all the time. And you got to be the parent some of the time. And every now and then, they're going to hem and haw. And just think about when you were a kid and you were hemming and hawing and bitching and moaning about your parents telling you to do stuff or whatever. It's just the role of being a parent. Sometimes you have to be a bit of a badass and a disciplinarian. It's something that both of my parents instilled in my sister and I. You are your child's parent first. That's right.

be their friend's second. And I'm very lucky that my parents were my parents first. And now not only are they my parents, but they're my friends as well. And I want to have that relationship with both of my kids. The best tutorial I ever saw was this documentary called Sybil.

And that mother, no, go nuts. Because sometimes you can be oppressive and you can cause a lot of issues. But I think in the long run, if the kid gets it and understands what's happening, see, that's the thing. And so you're kind of in that middle area trying to figure out, is this working? Is this not? It seems like it's working with you.

Well, for us it is. I mean, there's other things like, you know, when I was their age, I didn't have health insurance anymore because I got kicked off of my parents' health insurance. Nowadays, it's a little bit easier. You can stay on until you're

21, 23, 26 years old. Yeah, I think it's 26. Right. So, and I, not to brag, I have pretty good health insurance compared to other people. So I would rather have them still on. Yeah. So things get taken care of for them. But, you know, things are so much...

harder for us than it was for them. It's like they can't even read a map, you know? Yeah, you're right. That's so true. My youngest is going to a tech school, so he's actually learning a trade where other kids don't learn that kind of stuff.

You know, the other caller was talking about classes. Both of my kids took financial literacy when they were in high school. I would have died. And it was teaching them what's better. Should you fill up your tank of gas in the car or go buy a new pair of sneakers? Which do you need or want more? Which is going to extend your, you know, dollar further.

So, I mean. Yeah, no, it's all good. It's all valid. Jen, not related to this, but is that your son or your husband that's wandering around aimlessly in the house behind you there? He's been in and out of the camera like six or seven times now. That's my husband. He's getting ready for it.

He's taking his time. He's just kind of meandering a little bit. I'm glad he's had his clothes on the whole time. He's in the other room going, she's on the phone again. What the heck are you talking about? All right. Thank you, Jen. We appreciate it. Some sage advice there. Actually, that is a great idea. I didn't think about that of maybe, because my oldest, Parker, lives at home and we're going to help him out, help him save up a nest egg. But a

a great idea, and we're helping him learn about investing too, but a great idea is to get through that ritual of

paying these bills to us, but we take that and move that towards saving and investment and the money will come back around. But that ritualistic going through and I guess, do you even write checks anymore? My mom does. Okay. My mom's big on the check and the checkbook and all that stuff. I want to play something for you real quick because A.J. Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles, he spoke at his alma mater. He went to Ole Miss and he spoke to the graduating class

This is a really quick speech. And it talks about like, you know, you're your own person. Like, you know, like you have to advocate for yourself. But this is this is really good. It's really, really good sage advice. OK, now here's the real game. You are your own operation. Your discipline is your product. Your name is your brand, your habits or your investments. Nobody's coming to build it for you.

And nobody's coming to rescue you when it gets hard. Success is at home, and it's rent. Rent is due every single day. That's it. Rent is due every single day. This is all about you. I'm going to go to Bruce. I don't know what the hell he's doing over here. He's checking an oil on a new home. We had a bird's eye view of somebody checking a dipstick on a car or something. Hey, Bruce, how you doing, man?

Hey, what's up, guys? It's actually Yogi again. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Good to see you again, man. What's up? Oh, nothing. You know, I'm hearing all these people talk about how great and all these opportunities they had in high school and stuff. You know, I didn't really... I went to school in Philly. We didn't really get much past, you know, hey, make sure you pay your bill. And that was about all we got. But, uh...

like financial programs or anything like that. You know, now I'm 30. I'm still living at home. Like don't have a job to help me do anything. I didn't go to college or nothing.

I mean, you can see I got to work at U-Haul for oil and stuff. Yeah, that's fun. It's a fine job. I have the money and do all the stuff. Oh, yeah, I get the job done. I'm hearing all these parents. All I do around the house is what I can. I don't make a ton of money, so I just help pay half the Costco food bill. Or if I need to go out and go grab something, my mom's...

You know, busy, I'll go grab that for dinner or this, that, the other thing. I'll pay for like pizza one night or stuff like that. Right. I just try and help out where I can. Let me ask you something. I was wondering if you are, there's also a part of it that as you're living at home, you're living here, you should be doing these things. I wonder if there's a downside of cultivating the idea that everything I do around here, I should be paid for.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, no, I get where people say that. But at the same time, you know, I'm not 14. I have a job, you know. Right, right, right, yeah. Doing this stuff around the house, like emptying the cat box, I just do it. I don't expect to get paid for it. Right, right. Because there are just some things you're going to do in life. It's part of sharing the house. Sharing the household chores. You got to pull your weight. I don't know. Talk to my agent. My sister pays a little bit. She helps pay the water bill. But, you know, I mean, we do what we can where we can. Right, right, yeah.

I got to tell you, one of the lower points of my life, I was 24 years old. Bruce, thank you, by the way, but we're going to let you go, okay? Appreciate you checking in, man. Woodstock 99. I had a full-time job at this point. I worked with you guys. I didn't make all that much money. I wasn't smart with my finances or whatever, and I had to ask my dad. I had to borrow money from my dad to go to Woodstock 99 for work. I remember you telling me about that.

I felt like such a failure that I didn't have the money to go. And I was, you know, essentially, I didn't have to pay for my Woodstock ticket. You know, I was going up as a representative of Y100. And I had to ask my dad for money. I sobbed because I just felt like...

Less than a man. You should have been further along by then, you felt. Oh, I had that. I had that with my dad when I had to do the same thing. And I was tearing up because I'm like, I am a failure. And my dad, thank God to his credit, said, yes, you are. Yes, you are. It's important that you come to the realization.

But by your failure, I realize my life has been an achievement. You know what sucks, Casey, when you're in your 20s and you have to do that because I was in a similar boat or whatever. And I had friends who had graduated from college who were already making good money. And they were taking vacations and didn't have to borrow money from their dad to go to Woodstock 99 or whatever. And that's a struggle. There starts to be a separation at that age where people get out of school or whatever they're doing, whatever trade they might be in.

And they start making money and you don't have any. That's a really tough divide to navigate. And I really tried not to like compare myself to my contemporaries. But I worked with one of my contemporaries in Matt Cowper. Matt Cowper and I, we graduated. We went to college together. We graduated together. And I was pulling into work and my mom's old 89 Buick Skylark and he's in a Porsche Boxster. I'm like, what the F am I doing with my life? Because he got into sales. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Look at him now. Look at him now. Still sick. Still sick. Still sick after all these years. Sick and selling you. Yeah.

All right. Well, anyhow, I think I listen. I think that this woman is taking it to a certain. Well, maybe the smidge too far. But I like the idea of setting up kids early on to learn these things. These life skills are going to need down the road. And I listen. We tried doing something similar. And Rochelle and I just didn't have the discipline to stay on it. Yeah, neither, man. It's hard. It's hard, man. You're already working a full time job. And you watch TV shows. You watch TV shows. I mean, come on.

There's so much entertainment out there. I'm halfway through this series. God. In your defense, you have to watch TV shows for your job. This is true. Thank you for that rationalization, Casey. I appreciate it. All right. Anyhow, thank you guys for chiming in. We do appreciate it. Hey, I want to remind you about an event that is coming up. It is on the 31st. It is the 10th annual...

Laurel House, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. I'm hosting it again. Steve, you've been a part of this event. Absolutely. I'm going to try to make it to this one. It's a great event. So laurel-house.org. If you would like to join Team WMMR, I would love it. And if you can, it'd be great. It's a Saturday. We're going to be on the Ursinus campus. Awesome. Beautiful campus. And come out and join, of course.

Laurel House is helping assist people who are victims of domestic abuse. So it's a wonderful cause and we'd love to have you on board. All right, we're going to take a quick break and come back in just a moment. Some bizarre file stories are indeed on the way. And oh, we have the Ghostbusters here. The Philadelphia Ghostbusters. I know. We'll talk to them in a second. Stay with us. It's a scientific fact. People like free shoes.

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Brought to you this morning by Pro Team Collision. If you find yourself in an accident, trust the pros at Pro Team Collision, your trusted auto body repair shop located in King of Prussia. You can go to proteamcollision.com. We'll begin with a story out of Nebraska. An Auburn man is facing two felonies after being accused of attacking his neighbor and her seven-year-old daughter, Winifred.

With a lightsaber. With a lightsaber. Yes. Sheriff's deputy said Aiden White admitted to striking the woman and her child. According to court documents, White stated that he had, quote, become upset with the victims because their rent was going to be raised due to them keeping the thermostat set high.

It was too high. It was too high. All right. The rent's too goddamn high. Deputies seized the lightsaber. Now, they described it as, because I was curious what type of apparatus he was using, higher quality device made of metal and thick plastic that was about three and a half feet long. Was he, in fact, a Jedi? They didn't indicate that. You know, deputies said that the device could cause significant pain and injury.

When you used to strike someone. It'll cut you right in half. Yeah. What is that? Padme? Is that what you're called? Padme was Queen Amidala. Then what is... Padawan. Padawan. Thank you. You're a Padawan. He had a lot of midichlorians. Maybe he's a couple short. Midichlorians. He just came right... He thought he deserved to be... Methichlorians. Yeah. Methichlorians. Yeah.

The affidavit said the victims and witnesses all said that White has a propensity for violent outbursts. You will pay your rent now. And stated that he previously chased a neighbor down the street with an axe. Wow. I guess he was... Old school Game of Thrones. Yeah, maybe that. Then he found Star Wars.

White is facing charges of felony child abuse and second degree assault, and he is due in court on June 3rd. Hey, here's a great Mother's Day story. Three people were injured Sunday when a fight broke out and shots were fired at Big Ed's restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. Yeehaw!

And it was around 11.50 a.m., so you were right in the heart of brunch. Everybody enjoying their brunch? Officers responded for shots fired at Big Ed's. Two people were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries related to the fight, and a third person suffered a graze wound. Who ate all

bacon. Police said that there was no active threat to the community and no arrests have been made, which is very interesting. Was that like your brunch, Nick? It was the exact same thing. We also went to Big Ed's. Gunplay? Ron, he's got a gun. Amanda Lewis.

Who was a customer said people were punching, hitting and throwing chairs and hitting people with chairs. And next thing you know, there's shots being fired. I'll find you and I'll shoot you. In a video, a man pulled out what appeared to be a gun as the fight broke out and fired three shots at the ground. Shortly after the shots were fired, the man punched a woman in the face. Here we go. Did he yell dance varmint by the way? You would only hope.

That if he's shooting into the ground that he would be saying that. And a video man pulled out what appeared to be a gun as the fight broke out and fired three shots at the ground. Happy Mother's Day! Lewis said that she was in the restaurant with a group of ten people along with her husband and two children and said that her daughter left her shoes inside the restaurant as she and the other customers ran out. Who takes their shoes off in a restaurant? One man said that he brought his grandchildren to Big Ed's after church only to be met by chaos.

Always a good time at Big Edge. Set of investigations ongoing and additional information will be released. All right. So you're there with your family enjoying yourself and this happens and then you're like, we need to get the F out of here. Yeah. You haven't paid your bill. Do you get in trouble for that? I don't think so. I think all bets are off if there's a full blown melee at Big Edge. Maybe that policy is posted on the wall. All right.

A woman, this is in Pennsylvania, a woman in Lower Allen Township is facing charges after reportedly stealing hundreds of dollars worth of candles from CBS.

And police said that two women stole a total of 51 candles from a CBS location. Love those candles. Listen to this though. They were valued at, when all said and done, $993. Jesus Christ. What kind of candles are those? The women allegedly hid them under car seats in their shopping carts.

Um, in February, 2022, a neighboring police department reported to lower Allen township that they had made a similar arrest involving one of the women that matched the description of one of the suspects at CVS. Uh, police were reportedly able to identify the women through video surveillance. And one of them was a 27 year old Asia Perazzo Rosello. And a warrant has been issued for arrest and stealing 51 candles. All right. And then we'll do another story and wrap it up because we have guests we're going to talk to. Uh,

In Kansas, this is a really weird story. A man is in custody after allegedly resisting arrest and attacking police officers and his own dog during a violent struggle at a Lawrence gas station on Wednesday. Police responded to a disturbance just before 3 p.m. at Casey's General Store. Employees reported that the man was refusing to leave the store's bathroom and had brought a dog inside with him. When officers arrived, they found the man naked, police said.

Police say the man refused to comply with commands and began fighting officers who tried to arrest him. Officers used a taser twice, but the man continued to resist arrest. The man allegedly bit his own dog's ear and neck and refused to release his grip.

Police said several officers suffered minor injuries. One officer was treated in the hospital for a bite wound, allegedly infected by this guy, too. Jesus. Or inflicted, I should say. The dog suffered minor injuries. He was transported to the Lawrence. I want to press charges. Humane Society for Evaluation and Care. But this dude was out of his freaking mind, obviously. All right, and there you go. That is what I have in the bizarre file for you this morning. All right, we have some guests standing by. There is an event that is coming up.

May 16th to the 18th at the, it will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. It is the Philly Fan Expo. Yes, it's a big event. And we would like to welcome a group of people who have come out to our camp out for hunger. We love their support. We have the Philadelphia Ghostbusters. Good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you today? Doing wonderful. So this is Dan Ritchie who is joining us. And I actually, years ago, I ran into Dan at Penn Medicine in Radnor.

And we started talking and he started telling me about the Ghostbusters and what they do. And he's like, man, we go to these charity events. We have a lot of fun. And I was like, well, you got to come to the Camp Out for Hunger. And sure enough, you guys did. We did. Yeah, it was a great time. Because of you guys, we got really on board with the Camp Out for Hunger and helping out everyone.

And we get a really good response from the people we see and meet. And they're just... Oh, you came out in force. You guys really bring it big time. It's great to see. Everyone loves it. I'm going to mention everybody, by the way. We have Dan who's here. We have Vinnie Marone who is here. And we have Dan Von Doom. The most badass looking setup I've ever seen here. Mike, is it Rika? Rika.

And Shelby Smith. Yay! Our Ghostbusters. So you guys are going to be at the Fan Expo. Yes. And what's going on there? What would you like to share with us? So this weekend, we're going to be there. We're going to have our Ghostbuster car. We're going to have all kinds of fun games for the kids. We're going to do some ghost hunting, Ghostbuster training, slime making. But there's all kinds of fun things this weekend, like from Star Wars, which I was...

laughing over the lightsaber thing. Right. But there's all kinds of, the community event for kids to come out, all kinds of interactions, all the celebrities. There's from Star Wars, from Doctor Who, from...

Star Trek. It's a big genre event. The comic book gurus are going to be there as well. I helped them put together their podcast. If you love all things what would be classically referred to as nerdy or pop cultural, you're going to love this event. Hey, are there rivalries amongst groups who have their interest in certain genre spots like Star Trek?

Star Wars people don't really mix well with the Star Trek people, stuff like that. Not necessarily, not mean-spirited. I mean, it's not like Anchorman where you guys are going to have a fight out in the middle of the street or anything. Or bite your dog while you're naked in the bathroom. Well, there are certain groups out there. They have their own chapter. There's the 501st, and then there's the Rebel Alliance. So they try to...

you know, do their own thing. And there's some turf war there, but it's still like a Bloods and Crips kind of thing. Kind of. Yeah. So we know that obviously there's a, you know, Star Wars, Star Trek are kind of opposite ends. What's the other side of Ghostbusters? Is there an anti, not anti, but you know,

Who rubs you the wrong way? Who do you hate? We don't rub you the wrong way. Or a bunch of pussies. Or do the real horror people look at the Ghostbusters and go, ah, that's cute. Yeah, sometimes. But no, we get along with everyone. We actually try to use the mood slime to make everyone feel good. All right, good. You're a force for goodness. Yeah, no, we do our best to get along. We get along with everyone. Everyone, you know, we love Star Wars and Star Trek and Back to the Future and all that stuff. You see that kind of things there.

We try to get along with everyone, spread the good vibes. In all your years doing this and being a part of this culture, who would you say represents the most ravenous fan base? What show, what movie, what property creates the most committed...

borderline psycho fan base. Is it Star Wars? Star Wars. Yeah. Star Wars. 100%. There's no pleasing some Star Wars fans. Well, there's not. I don't even like to call myself a Star Wars fan, and I am, but it's like, I like Star Wars. Don't you?

I liked all the other movies. Don't hate me. Hey, after the first Ghostbusters movie, what is the best in the franchise? Is it any of the recent ones? Is it Ghostbusters 2? What are your thoughts? That's a good question. I really liked Ghostbusters Afterlife. It really hit home. I'm not trying to spoil anything, but like...

that movie made me cry. The last scene. You don't say that for a Ghostbuster movie. You don't walk out like, I just cried. Should they have stopped there? No, I don't think so. I think they have a lot of potential. They're coming out with a new animated series on Netflix soon. So I think that's going to get kids back into it more. I mean, when we're out and about, kids are like, what is this? This is so cool. Or I just saw this movie with my parents. It's like,

Parents are showing their kids all the time these things. Right. And then that's the cool part because there's generations of it. And it's one of those things that isn't big as Star Wars, but you still have this community of people that love it. The second film is crap, not a lot, but I think it's solid. I think it's really good. No, Ghostbusters 2 I think is fantastic. Actually, I'd watch that more as a kid.

As a kid. Okay. Oh, yeah. All right. So what do you guys going to, what do you want to highlight about the event, about you guys and your appearances? So this weekend we are, we are out raising money for the Covenant House in Philadelphia. Great. It's a shelter for kids.

of all ages all genders all races um i think that we we decided that that was a good it's a good time right now that it's needed and to help those kids out um we've done past events i mean obviously we've done the fellow abundance and that's we're going to continue after this um we've done things for like autism speaks uh juvenile the walk for diabetes um we've done like

uh, shelter, like, uh, no kill, uh, shelters. Yeah. Um, so we always try to pick out something that's like good for the community. And we want to like make awareness for that during our time when we're doing conventions or just out and about. And, um,

Well, if people have an event coming up and they would like the Philadelphia Ghostbusters to show up, what's a good way to reach out to you guys and maybe have you come out? Yeah, so you can reach us on our Instagram page. It's Philadelphia Ghostbusters or our Facebook. It's the same thing. You can shoot us an email at

as well we can be contacted there's actually a really cool website um for finding ghostbusters in your community so porn hub oh my god ghost hub um no it's uh because i saw some ghostbusters stuff going on there and i don't know that's pretty wild um it is hold on you guys know the website the who you gonna call or something what's that new who you gonna call

It's like, yeah. No, I think it's called whoyougetacalled.com. You can actually find a Ghostbuster chapter in your region. Oh. So there's obviously chapters around the country. Oh, it's multiple chapters. Global, right? Yeah. It's like AA. Kind of. There's so many different chapters. We even have like our brother-sister chapter, the Delco Ghostbusters that we do a lot of events with. Yep.

Yeah, they're fantastic. So there's a website you can go to and you can find all kinds of things for like birthday parties or just events coming up. And we believe it's whoyougoingtocall.com? Whoyougoingtocall.com, I believe so, yeah. Okay, that's awesome. Yeah, it's been... I didn't know that. Yeah. And the whole charity thing started like, you know, we started this thing 16 years ago and we went to a screening to go see Ghostbusters and we all just showed up and we didn't know each other. Get out. Yeah, we were just dressed up and

And then we were like, you actually showed up to a screening of Remains of the Day and you're all dressed up. Yeah. My, uh, the, the guy who started this, his name was Nate Parrow. And he, uh, he's like, I really want to do some good. And there's this, this other Ghostbuster chapter in Arizona and they raise money for like hospitals. And I was like, why don't we do that? Yeah. So that's where it all came from. Great. And so the recipient this time around Covenant House. Yes. Great. Yeah. Awesome. We're really excited about this one. All right.

All right. Well, the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend is when Philly Fan Expo. And it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You guys going to be there every day? Every day. Yeah. And we'll be doing for the kids. There's actually like a whole slime lab event.

They get to make it and they take it home and then get it all over their couches and rugs. Kids love slime. They do. Absolutely love it. Excellent. All right. Well, Dan, thank you guys for coming by here. No, thank you for having us, guys. We'll put the word out and we'll see you at Camp Out for Hunger, right? Absolutely. Come back in. We'll see you then. So thank you to Vinny, Don, Mike, Shelby, and Dan, Philadelphia Ghostbusters, for stopping by this morning. So with that...

We'll take a quick break and come back in just a moment. We've got to relive some of the MMRBQ stories that we have. So we'll take a break and come back with that. Make sure you stay with us. 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. Thank you, Nick. So, a week from Friday is our live broadcast at Kenan's Irish Pub, the official opening of the Jersey Shore, Eggs with Peg. And, Marissa, I apologize ahead of time. I know we don't have this set up or anything, but we talked about off-air last week of doing the Seagull Screech-Off again. Yes. So, I just want to float that out there that we're going to be looking for screamers.

to be a part of this contest, Marissa? I've already got a few lingering feelers out there, so if anybody just wants to email me, marissa at wmmr.com, that's how we can start our... But you have to email a video of yourself screeching. You do? That's what we did last year. Okay, then that's what we're doing. We didn't just blindly say, we trust you, we think you can screech. It's a very precise talent, but what we have learned as we see these things coming from around the globe, I would say that we have...

world caliber screechers right here in this area. Absolutely. The question is, will you be able to finally convince Lori to do this, Preston? I don't. You know, I got to check on that because that's where my idea was, came from my friend Lori Chapman. I'm calling you out, Lori. I think she gives a little stage fright.

And I think she could get up there and do that. I don't know if she'll win or not, but she's great at it. People take us really seriously. Do you remember we had a kid who obviously couldn't come into Keenan's because Keenan's is 21+. We brought a microphone out to the sidewalk and he did it from out there. He was so good. He was damn good. Yeah. All right. So email Marissa if you think you'd like to participate in that, if you're actually going to be there.

And it's ended up becoming a really popular thing that we've done. But we need to make sure we have people in advance ready to go. And we'll have great prizes. We always have great prizes to give away. In fact, can I tease one? Oh, my God. Yes. Are we doing the his and hers? Is that what we ended up doing? Yeah. His and hers, beach cruisers.

Zippy's, which is the bike shop that Casey and I go to in Wildwood. Good bikes! Scott over there has offered up two bikes. And I love beach cruisers, man. They're just so fun to just take a nice leisurely ride. So we're going to be doing that. And then we've got cash prizes and other things. And we're working on our contest. We're a little late

to the game getting things set up, but we'll let you know as soon as we have it all ready to go. I mean, the Beach Cruisers, that's like a $900 prize right there. Stake them up. It's giving us some cash to give away. It's going to be...

Well, part of the reason for the sort of fumbling nature and everything's going to come together. It'll be great because we've had the MMRBQ in September the past couple of years. And this year, obviously, right on top of this. So it's been a little with everything else going on. Well, yeah, we had a major change on the show. So there's there's been a lot going on behind the scenes. So like that's why we haven't gotten a coolest teaser yet. But we're working on putting all this stuff together. Speaking of MMRBQ, it was on Saturday. My God, was it amazing.

I think that maybe was the best weather ever for an MM barbecue. Like, I wore long pants. I was comfortable. I wasn't sweating my ass off. You could have worn shorts and be totally comfortable. It was just...

just pristine as far as the weather went. Three years in a row where each year we've said this is the best year ever. So clearly God approves of the MMRBQ. It was excellent. And from beginning to end, and again, it was just wonderful. Literally not a cloud in the sky. And it was, uh, from the time that I got there all the way through the evening, uh, it was comfortable. It was wonderful. I don't know what the final ticket sales were, but there were a few moments where I was, um, we were lucky enough to go up on stage, which we can do, uh,

you know, an MMORPG, and I was looking out at the lawn. The lawn was packed, and then for three days grace, I went out on the lawn, and the lawn was packed. And I can't remember it being that crowded in an MMORPG. Like, it was a really good-looking, full crowd at that venue. Well, I can tell you, when I got in there, and I got in there fairly early, the lot was...

Yeah, yeah. And there was a ton of tailgating, which is a perfect time for tailgating. And then I met up with our friend Jim Sutcliffe, who was there, and I was saying, to me, anyone who's playing it close to the best, wondering what the weather's going to be like, so I said, what's the walk-up been like today? And he said, it's good. And then at that point, we were pacing ahead of last year. Okay, good. Yeah.

Yeah, so our day pretty much started with the side stage. And, you know, we all met up ahead of time and just kind of got ourselves prepped. Marissa did all this great prep and having everybody's names and information ready to go so we can introduce them properly. When we got over to the Preston and Steve Show side stage,

And already, before we even began, there was a good group of people that were just kind of hovering in that area and getting ready. I'm like, oh, this thing has started to really take off. And then by the time we started calling people over, I look out and it was just...

an ocean of people across in front of us. It was excellent. I mean, honestly, so that whole area there on that side where we were all the way back as far as the eye could see and what would happen in biblical Cecil B. DeMille fashion, Preston, when the band finished up on the main stage, the pilgrimage would occur around the corner and come into that area and fill it in and it was great. Yeah, and we had some

awesome performers this year. We had in our roster of people to sing, we had one 16-year-old, two 13-years-old, and one who was an 11-year-old. And, you know, we were like, okay, let's try some younger participants out this time. I don't know where we made that decision, but I guess enough of the entries came in. Good votes. Yeah, it was votes and all of that. But we, the kids, were...

wowed the audience. The youngest was 11-year-old Ethan. He was the last one to go. The last kid to go. He did separate ways from Journey and was eating it up. He was wearing makeup and a metal vest and all this stuff. He came running up screaming. Cameron was the other one, I think. There were two Ethans and a Cameron. Yeah.

And listen, I watched all of the audition tapes. I knew that they had the chops. Who was the 16-year-old? She was fantastic. I don't remember names. Courtney? Courtney, yeah. So there's a solid roster of very talented people. And again, as we've told, and I think it'll be evidenced if you get to watch any of the video of this year, that audience is pulling for you, man. Oh, my God. They want you to kill it. We talked to them ahead of time in case he gave them a little pep talk.

and was like, hey, I know you're nervous, but just get it. Trust me, these people are supportive. No matter what you do, they're going to back you up. And they sure do and did. And each and every single one of our singers just was... Did you see the stars in their eyes? The stars in their eyes? I mean, they were so happy to be there. And every one of them, even though many of them have been performing and performed multiple times, to have that group that large. And then, of course, there's that...

that grassy knoll, so to speak, that's to the right. That was filling in. Yeah, I went up... I'm sorry, Casey. I went up on that, Steve, so I could look down and watch from up on high, and I love going up there. You get great views of the city. It's really nice views of the bridge and the river, so it's a really pretty spot to watch any of it, but it's a great place to watch the crowd, and the audio up there of that side stage is fantastic, so you can hear everything that's going on up there as well. I...

There were a couple of moments when the kids were singing when I saw how proud the parents were. Oh, yeah. Beaming, crying. Like, that just made me feel so good. Yeah. And we dedicated the performances to Kathy. Yes. And the crowd started this really awesome Kathy chant, which was wonderful. So at that point, the question was...

is Kathy going to be able to make it? She said she was. Obviously, we know everything that went down and so that's where we were. But everyone desperately was asking, was she going to make it? And so at that point, we didn't know, but the crowd was deaf. Singers were getting up and dedicating it to Kathy and it was fantastic. Yeah, Sammy Vile. Sammy Vile. That was the last thing he said when he finished up. He did Rebel Yell. He did a great version of that. And there were some cool songs. Casey, who was... Cozer was her name. Yes. Did a version of...

of Radiohead's Creep. And I'm like, okay, it's a great song, but it's kind of down-tempo, and it was a beautiful, bright, sunny day, and I'm like, I didn't know how it would play out. Oh, my God. She belted it. It was wonderful. And thank you to Sidearm. Oh, my God, they're good. The best backing band in the world. They're so good. And here's how good they are. They had to pivot. So I mentioned Ethan, the one kid, did Separate Ways.

And so they're just a three piece guitar, bass, drums. That's it. But for a song like Separate Ways, it's a big keyboard part. So they had a sequenced keyboard on a track that was going to play.

the keyboard part and they had it on an iPad and they had it hooked up and our friends from Battle Royale were there and they did a great job. But anyhow, he started to play the keyboard and I see him and the audience is here, the kid's on stage and he's like, I'm hitting it. It's not coming through. We don't hit it. And then Ryan from Sidearm just took his guitar and he played the keyboard melody. And I talked to him later. I'm like,

do you know that he's like dude i just made it up right now i'm like that's why you guys are amazing ryan is a shredding guitarist by the way i love watching him play guitar when uh when uh sweet child of mine uh right that's that's how he did the brain fart there but yeah uh again they and which goes on for a long time or was it welcome to the jungle

Yeah, because I was standing next to the bass player and he's like, I forget how this song goes. But you would never know. They were so good. It was just perfect. Those performances were excellent. Yeah, so in years past, we would do the Blumpkin and that's where we'd meet and take pictures with listeners and all that. So now the side stage has sort of taken its place.

And I just want to apologize to anybody that I didn't get to talk to or anybody that I was in mid-conversation with that I had to leave said conversation to go say hi to somebody else. It is a busy time. Yes. But I really do appreciate and love you guys. And I wish I could hang with all of you. But I was just kind of like bopping from person to person. I'll apologize as well because as I'm standing there, I'm trying to watch the people sing too because I want to see the performance. And somebody would come over. Doodle!

listen to you guys this is why i wouldn't hurt him like yeah awesome great hang on a second i want to see that i want to meet you but i also want to see these performers as well and i go like a slap shot of liz neff and song but anyway um i apologize if i did brush you off because but i did want to see those performers uh but we had a chance to meet so many cool people oh and marissa and i were hanging out with baby uh geese too oh they were did you see the baby yeah i took

I took a video and posted it up. So Casey and Ryan Shuttleworth and I were watching the baby geese go by. And then Casey got to tell the porch to geese joke, which is terrific. Are you serious? Yeah, I don't speak porch to geese.

It's on my Instagram and Marissa's Instagram. There's baby geese video. I'll tell you what, though. The one thing you need to know. It's like if you encounter bear cubs and the mom is there. If you encounter baby geese and the mama geese is there. Angry. Yeah, angry. They were being pretty. I was surprised, too, because I got pretty close. I'm like, mom is going to come attack me. And she was cool. They're rock geese. She said, I got my eye on you. Yeah. Yeah, I'm glad you were there, Preston, to warn me of that. It's like the first time I saw a moose. Yeah.

Like she was going to run towards him and I'm like, don't. By the way, I was talking to Casey about this. The battleship is further away now, right? It's farther off of where it used to be. Preston, two years ago when we were hanging out there, they kept shooting off the cannon. And it was right next to where we were. I think that they've moved it further away into the

river. Okay. And I don't know how you get out onto the battleship. There used to be that walkway and I don't know what it is anymore. To my eye, it seemed kind of where it was, but you might be right. I don't know. All right, so we did the side stage and just had a ball. And then, oh my God, then Fat Mez came on. Right. And so...

Chuck D'Amico has been talking these guys up for over a year to us. They play a lot of shows in Jersey, and I'd never seen them live before. So they came up, and they opened up with a few original songs. Great stuff. I was like, yep, you're right, dude. And these kids, they've been together. I call them kids. They're in their young 20s. They've been together for, I think Chuck was saying 12 years, 13 years. So the drummer was like 12 years old when he started in this band. They were kids.

Their original material is really, really good stuff. They're going to break. They're going to break big. And I'll tell you this. I'm standing there and I'm looking. I keep seeing this guy and I'm like...

I know this guy. And I'm like, yeah. And then, no, no. And you know, the thing where you see somebody out of their element, you're like, okay. It was Reverend Bob Levy. Yeah. He was the guy. We've had him on the show. He's great. His son's in the band. His son's in the band. Yeah. I didn't realize that. He's a bass player. I got to talk to him for a little bit. But Press, when we were watching them play, you were like, man, he reminds me of Paul McCartney.

I said, yeah, you can tell this guy is a Paul McCartney fan, the way he plays bass. And so I told him that you said that after their set. He's like, he's the whole reason I even do this. I saw them perform and he goes, I stopped what I was doing and this is what I do now. But catchy, hooky songs, right? Yeah, he plays just like them, which is impressive. Yeah, speaking of which, singing, I'm sorry, Sleeping with the Fish is great.

Just go download that song right now because they were playing it and I was like, this is great. They had three-part harmonies going on. It was catchy. And then they said the name of the song. I was like, boop, boop, boop. And I just downloaded it right then and there. Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Yeah, you don't even have to use a phone. You just go boop, boop, boop. So watch a few songs from that set. And then listen, another thing about MMRBQ and us is...

is that we are moving around a lot. So the chance to stop and sit and spend some time watching a band, we don't get a lot of that. So unfortunately, we missed out on some stuff. But as we headed back, I think it was around this time that Wolfgang Van Halen was doing a quick hello to the staff backstage. So we went back there and I showed up just in time for a group picture. And I thought...

I thought, because sometimes it happens this way. You do the picture. Yeah. Ben says, thank you. And then they leave and they go back to their dressing room. They hang out for a bit. Well, Wolfie just kind of just hung out. Yeah. And I think it was Marissa was saying to me, like, go over and talk to him. I didn't want to say it. I kept nudging you. I was like, just go hang out.

Hang out. It's your moment. So I did. I kind of nudged in on Pierre's conversation that he was having with him. But I know Pierre's going to get some more time tonight. Tonight, Pierre Presents is happening this evening. So I went over and I just kind of snuck in and I told him...

There's, at the end of the song, Another Celebration at the End of the World, there's this little two-note thing that the band does at the very end. Like this. And it's a nod to a Van Halen song called So This Is Love. And I mentioned to him, and I'm like, dude, that was so cool you did that. He's like, yeah, we got to throw some stuff in there like that every now and then. So we kind of vibed on that for a moment. But I'm telling you, this guy, it was almost...

He was almost like talking to one of our interns. Like just kind of happy to be here and to be a part of all this excitement is the vibe I was picking up from him. Very, yes. So I was seeing the way he was interacting. I didn't get to speak with him, but Preston, very humble, very approachable. Yeah, but I mean, you have no indication of the nuclear talent that...

that he has. No ego. He could be a jerk, but he is not. And so, Alice in Chains, if you did not know this, their drummer, Sean Kenny, got sick on Thursday, like really sick. He had a heart condition. Yeah. It was like a, it was an emergency thing. It wasn't life-threatening, but it was bad enough they ended up having to cancel for the MMRBQ. And in fact, they've canceled all the rest of the month. And so, in a last-second fill-in, Bush said,

stepped up. They were in Nova Scotia and apparently they have the same management and they, Alice in Chains management, I think reached out to him or maybe Pierre did. Wolfgang's management. I'm sorry. Yeah. Sorry about that. Yes. Wolfgang's management reached out to Bush and they flew in and did the show. But Wolfgang had offered to, if Alice in Chains wanted to,

He was going to go and learn all the drum parts for their set, and he was going to play drums for Alice in Chains. He offered to do that. I asked him about it. He's like, yeah. He's like, man, we could make this happen. It could probably happen. I bet it would have been great. But I mean, everyone was stunned that Bush, they were in Nova Scotia.

Right. That's what I heard. And that the fact that they were able to swing it and Live Nation and everybody working together and Jim and Jen and everyone involved with it were able to mobilize like down to the last second and get Bush into town to perform. They did a reconnoitering of the bill and the way it was moving. But it was like.

I mean, what could have been cataclysmic felt like they really didn't miss a beat. It was, you know, I was talking to Jen Corsilli, who works with Live Nation, and it was a really, really interesting peek behind the curtain as to like, you know, what they do. And apparently there was a series of shows in Ohio that, you know, it's all under like the same bill.

And she said that the list of bands is just never-ending. And they were just kind of going through routing and all that sort of stuff. And that's where they ended up finding Bush. Chevelle was another one. But the fact that Bush didn't even think about it. They're like, yeah, we'll be there. We'll just hop on a jet. She said they passed over Bush because there's no way. There's no way that that's going to happen. And then they say, well, yeah, we'll do it. I mean, that's very cool. That means...

They have a great relationship with WMR. They have a great relationship with Live Nation. And when Bush comes to shopping, I mean, you know, they got up and did what Bush does. They went right into what you wanted to hear. We saw Gavin backstage right when they arrived. He came walking up by the area that we were in. We were all just like, dude, thank you. Thank you.

And he was all smiley and waving. He's like, you know, giving us a thumbs up. No problem. So it was excellent. Speaking of thank yous, thank you to Newman University. They were filming on site as well. And so we're going to get some great video from those guys. I don't know if the worst part of the day was me touching Wolfgang Van Halen as he was walking by me. And Nick's like, did you just touch Wolfgang? I was like...

I did. I probably shouldn't have done that, right? But I was so excited because he and Slash's son had fist bumped. And I was like, Slash and Eddie Van Halen's son. I'm like, that's so cool. That wasn't your worst moment. No, it was. We had co-worst moments. Okay, so what were your worst moments? I'm not privy to these. So we're in the backstage area.

Now, we've been running around all over the place. I know. We'll listen to Marissa. Uh...

We're in the backstage area. We had been running around, bopping around from this place to that place and have no idea who's on stage at the time. I didn't even know what the lineup was, what time bands were playing. Dorothy comes back to do a meet and greet with the staff and take pictures. And so we pop over there and say, hey, I'm Preston. You've been on my show. Oh, yeah. Super nice. Very, very nice. We do some pictures.

And then a couple other groups were doing pictures. We had wandered over to this kind of common area, me and Marissa and a few others. And I see Dorothy is done and she's walking away and she's heading out into the hallway back where the dressing room is. And I go, Dorothy, have a great show. And I go, break a leg. And Casey says, break a leg. And she kind of turns around and gives this kind of funky look. And I'm walking in the hallway and Marissa turns to me and goes, dude.

Dude, she already played her thing. She already had been on. And here I am, one of the senior members of the radio station, the event, our event, saying have a great show. I meant tomorrow. Tomorrow's show's good. Yeah, future endeavors. I meant to say you had a great show.

But he said it too, so we're both idiots. It was endearing. Was it? What did you say? She looked like a million bucks. But she didn't look like someone who just played on stage. She didn't. Fresh as a daisy. Very pleasant. And honestly, at a certain point, there's no way to know because sometimes you'll come back

and if our station is on, they might be playing a song that you think is one of the bands that are playing. I was talking with my friend Chelsea and she was watching Dorothy on stage and she was like, there were moments where I wasn't listening at all to the music that Dorothy was playing because of how stunning she is. Chelsea was like, I couldn't stop...

staring at what a gorgeous person Dorothy is. And then it was also really nice for me to see Sarah Parker was backstage. Sarah and Dorothy exchanged hugs, and they were, it looked like they were old friends. It was really, I don't know, it was really nice. Sarah's tight with a bunch of people, so Frank, the guitarist from Mammoth, from Wolfgang's band, apparently they're good friends. We stayed and talked to that guy for like 30, 40 minutes, and he was super nice. We were having some great conversations and invited us to come out to his bar. Oh, wow.

in Vegas. It's called the Hard Hat. The Hard Hat Lounge. It's like an old school blue collar industrial right near the Punk Rock Museum. So we were talking about that. He was giving us hair care products. I complimented him. That's kind of how the conversation started. I was like, I just need to say your curls are amazing. And he's like, oh my gosh, this is day two. Do you think so? It's a new product. And then he kept looking at me. He's like, Austin,

I'll stay and talk, but if you guys have to go, it's okay. He's so sweet. There should be a whole hair care line from the MMRBQ. Totally. We did bop out onto the side of the stage and we watched Mammoth play. It was me and Casey and Nick. They were amazing.

I walked back, I go, hey, Preston, Mammoth's on stage. Do you want to go check him out? And I started walking back to the stage, and I'm like, well, Nick and Steve are right there. I'm like, hey, Nick and Steve, Mammoth's on stage right now. Leave you guys out. So Casey and I were standing next to each other, and Preston was a few feet away. And I was telling Casey a story about I got to go see Pearl Jam on the side of the stage.

20 years ago 2006 or 2008 I was super super lucky And I was very excited about it So we were on the right side of the stage When we were watching Wolfgang Van Halen And Mammoth And when I had the experience with Pearl Jam It was on the left side of the stage So I'm pointing across Steve To the right side of the stage Just showing Casey where I was His arms stretched all the way out I'm just pointing like this So

This stagehand comes walking by and apparently my point was offensive to him. He throws my hand out of the way and I was like, oh man. Because stagehands are so serious about their jobs. And I felt bad. I was like, I guess I shouldn't be pointing at this particular scene. No, no, no. It wasn't that. It was not that. He was getting from point A to point B and to go where he needed to go was right where your arm was sticking out. Okay.

And so he's working. Yeah, yeah, sure. Stop lying. So he's working. He's walking intently. But I think you were pointing with your left arm, Nick. So you kind of had, he might have been out of your peripheral vision. Okay, yeah. And I saw him go by and knock Nick's arm up and walk on. And I just look at Nick and I point to my eyes and his. And I'm like, I saw every second of that, man. Yeah.

No pointing on stage when the stagehands are around. I'll tell you what was also, all of that, seeing everybody, getting to say hi and thank you for supporting the show and supporting everything, especially with all the stuff that's been going on lately. And Preston, again, another bumper crop of first-time concerts.

for a lot of people who were there, which was great to make the MMRBQ their first show. It was pretty amazing. Lots of people. So during that whole time, we're going to play some audio from the event as well here in just a moment. But during the whole thing, there was this kind of undercurrent of, you know, is Kathy going to be here? Is she going to make it? Because we were really hoping that she would.

to come out and feel the love and to do MMRBQ with us as we've done for all these years together. And so she had texted me. She's like, I'm going to try to make it. And I was sending her videos and pictures of people wearing shirts and chanting her name and stuff like that. And so, yeah, sure enough, she showed up. And we were hanging out in the backstage area for quite a while, just catching up with each other and having a couple of drinks and relaxing and everything.

And then, you know, we're like, you know, you got to come out and help us bring somebody on stage. We were tasked with doing the stage announcement for Bush, which is really cool. And so she came out and joined us for that. And the crowd went nuts. They absolutely loved it. It was terrific. I know it's been captured on video. And she came out and she had, there was a plan, but she just started running.

Weeping because it was so beautiful. And thank you for showing your love for Kathy. I know she appreciates it. We certainly did. We ended up going down, me, Marissa, Kathy, and Pierre went down into the pit for Bush. Yeah, yeah. And watched the set. That was fantastic. I mean, like, I haven't heard...

swallowed and i don't know how long uh and chemicals between us and you know that's what happens sometimes you you don't go to see a band live and you and you you know basically just hear one or two songs that they're most well known for like you know machine head and uh and uh glycerine and stuff like that but they were pulling out i'm like oh my god yes yes we were digging it marissa all hits pressing when was the last time you were in the pit of a concert

Just in a barbecue. Yeah. Oh, my God. It was just so fun just sharing that moment with you guys. And then there was like four kids in front of us who were probably 12 years old. And their dad was behind just kind of keeping an eye out. They're like, guys, don't bump into Pierre. I was like, no, bump in. We want to get this thing going. Yep. Pierre was loving it. And then apparently Gavin, and there's video of him.

I don't know how, where he ran up to to get there, but he ended up on the lawn. He does that all the time. Really? He's on so many bush shows that I've ever been to. Yeah, Gavin always ends up in the crowd. Yeah, so Pierre looked and he's like, he's about to do it. He's going to do it. And so he just stepped right off the stage and then went through the pit and through the outside, ran up the side of the...

aisle there and then just ran out and kept going. Sometimes he'll stop in that little in between the 100 level and the 200 level and just do a small circle. But when I saw video later, he went all the way out into the lawn, went all the way across. People were following him. It was really cool. He was like, wow, it's really full out there. And apparently he wasn't feeling well. That's what Pierre was telling us. The word was he was really under the weather or maybe his voice was giving him some trouble. And so...

He looked wide awake and spry to me, man. He was all in on the show. He turned it on. There was no indication from the times we were seeing him that he was feeling under the weather. This whole thing of going out there, going into the crowd, what a moment. And you mentioned Jen from Live Nation. That's his M.O.,

To do this. But I mean, that is a ballsy move to keep singing, to keep moving. Yeah. It's just, you don't see a lot of artists go to this level to get out to the people. And it was actually kind of a momentous evening because somebody you wouldn't know, there's a guy that had been working at the venue for, I don't know how long, Hank had been there. I'm sorry. Kurt Voss. What the hell am I getting Hank from? Kurt, yes. From the day it opened. From the day it opened. 32 years. Oh.

His last show was the MMRBQ. I mean, this is the guy that we've seen there for ages. Right. Great guy. And yeah, he's always been really, really hospitable and helps out with pretty much anything and everything. He kind of ran the show back there. I think Hank is taking over. That must be it. I don't know where the hell I got Hank from. Anyway, but it was cool that it ended with the MMRBQ. Yeah, yeah. Were we officially the first...

Yeah. Event of the season? Yes, sir. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's some great photos on the WMMR Instagram account, and there's one of Dorothy where she looks like a million bucks, and Scott Stapp commented on it. Oh, get out. Yeah, that she looked, that she ate a little fire emoji. No kidding. Yeah, right here, Preston. All right, yeah. Yeah. Sure enough.

You know, and also, just everybody back there running everything, Eric Simon and Rodney and the engineering staff and Chuck, you know, Chuck D'Amico, who is, you know, the program director. Obviously, we love him dearly and he's always thrust into these things and has had to deal with a lot that he...

was originally not, I'm sure, stuff he was envisioning, but to pull this together and to quietly make everything come together the way he did was kind of monumental. Just to go back for the comments, this is a little related, but Sarah talked to Wolfgang, I think about a week or two ago, and she asked him about the beginning of his latest song that there's like a shout out and it's a throwback to an old Van Halen song.

And they didn't know exactly whose voice it was on the Van Halen record. Well, Sammy Hagar commented on the post and acknowledged who it was. He's like, oh, yeah, it was this old guitar tech named so-and-so. Yeah, it's just like how crazy the Internet is. You're connecting to Sammy Hagar that easily. Yeah, Sammy wrote, that would have been Don Landy saying, take one, the engineer of OU812, so cool that Wolfie did that. Oh, that's great.

That was on Sarah's post, right? Yeah, it's on the WMR page, and she was talking to Wolfie. Such a nice guy, man. Yeah, he was. I hope nothing but the best for him. Absolutely. I mean, he's... Listen, his star is rising. I mean, it's already there, but he's going to go even further. All right, do you guys want to hear some audio? Yeah. From MMRBQ? Is this on VoxPro, Marissa? Yeah, I got it right up here. You got it up here. All right, so...

So Wolfie had to thank Gavin for stepping up. So here's a clip of that. So I want to give a huge shout out to Gavin and Bush for saving this whole show. And also best wishes to Sean. I hope he gets better. Alice in Chains. Love them.

But man, Gavin saved the whole day. We wouldn't be here without Bush showing up. So thank you guys. Yeah, that was really cool. And speaking of Gavin, he gave an update on Alice in Chains when he was up on stage. So I had to write Jerry Cantrell earlier on. I told him I wanted to check in how Sean was doing. And I told him to tell you that he's very sorry that he could not be here tonight with you. But he had to look after his brother. And so they're back in Los Angeles figuring that out.

He told me to have a great time that you were the greatest crowd and I was very grateful for that. Nice. Yeah, that was really nice. I love it. So some stage announcements from the show or from the staff.

We had mentioned Kurt Voss a little while ago, the general manager of the FM Pavilion. And Pierre gives him some love on stage. For over 30 years, this establishment has been here. All the big summer shows come here. And there is a gentleman, tonight happens to be his very last show, Kurt Voss. We want to bring him out. He doesn't want to come out.

Say something. Thanks for coming, guys. It's been my pleasure. Thank you very much. Kurt Voss. If you have ever been to this venue and had a great time, you have this man to thank. Who's that? This is a rock and roll hero. This is Kurt Voss. And that's Chuck D'Amico, our program director. Thank you, Kurt. Nice.

And then, Pierre, thanks to the audience for supporting MMR and throw some love to Kathy. I haven't heard this one. Oh, no. We couldn't do this without you. MMR wouldn't be alive if it weren't for you. 57 years in a business where radio doesn't stay alive in many towns. Thanks to you for all the years. MMR is still alive and still well. And we even got to say goodnight to Kathy Romano tonight, which was amazing.

When Preston and Steve came out and took their bows, Preston said, I think someone's missing. And they brought out Kathy to take her final bow. Thanks for all the love you've shown to her. She's incredible. She's so moved by it. We've seen a lot of signs and T-shirts tonight. So it's been a great evening, but it is not done yet. So please refresh. We're a few minutes away from our final band. Their name is Three Days Grace. Thanks for coming.

And yes, there was our stage announcement. We have the whole thing, actually. Oh, there you go. So I haven't heard this back. I hate hearing back when I do these things. Happy birthday. I told Nick, thank you to Jim Sutcliffe, who had set us up. I go, hey, got any beer stashed in that back room? He's like, no, but I will do it. And he stocked it for me.

And... Could be a liability. And so I... No, I only had two. Yeah. Because I told Nick, I'm like, one more and I'm happy birthday. I mean, these are pounders too. These weren't, you know, just single serving beers. But I did have a little bit of a buzz on when we went out there. But let's play this. This is the whole thing. Good evening.

We're the Preston and Steve Show. Thank you guys for being here this evening. Hey, guys. Thank you so much for being here today. We love you for supporting the station, for supporting the Preston and Steve Show, and we want you to have a fantastic time. Yep. Just a quick introduction. I'm Preston Elliott. This is Mr. Steve Morrison right here. Nick McElwain. Marissa Magnata. Casey Boy Foster.

But I think we're missing somebody, aren't we? Who are we missing? Kathy! Kathy! Kathy! Kathy! Wait a minute! Look who it is! Kathy Romano! Oh, man. You guys are the greatest fans in the world. You gave me so much joy for 22 years. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, my gosh. I love you guys so much. All right. Up next, boy!

Nice. Sort of appropriate she got to scream Bush in front of a whole bunch of people. Totally. I lost it. It had been a good 24 hours since I'd cried, so I needed that another...

dozen tears or whatever it was I mean it was wonderful but emotional it caught her off guard it did the plan was she was going to come out and it was going to be and she was I mean obviously it's emotional but she got waylaid by that that one specifically if anyone has video please send that over to us yes because we were obviously up there and we'd like to have video from the stage I mean from the audience it was much louder the reaction was huge that was a special moment a very special moment but

All in all, man, this is one of the most fun MMORPGs I've had a chance to attend. It was just a great day. Everybody was in such a great mood. The unsung hero is the person who...

opted to put a sectional back there backstage on this big couch. Yeah. Holy Christ, is that a godsend? Are you sure the unsung hero isn't the person to put 40 pounds of french fries in a bucket for you? Oh my God, I got to tell that story. So all day, Chick-E's is all, you know, I think they're on both sides. Yeah, there's Chick-E's and everyone's walking around with these buckets of like crab fries.

And I'm like, and I really didn't get to eat. I had a little bit of apple pie and a coffee, which I think is most humans would subsist on for an entire day. You're moving around. Obviously, in heavy training, I picked the diet of champions. And as I'm leaving, I'm going to go and get my crab fries. And they had two containers, and the one seems too small, by my reckoning.

And so I go, okay, I'm going to go for the big one. Nick? Yeah, I know. And it's like I'm folded in now. My adoration for the crab fries is apparent to everyone working behind the counter. I've basically given a TED Talk on why they're so fantastic.

That'll be $38. $38. How many things of cheese do you get with that? Oh, they ran out of cheese. But it didn't matter. It didn't matter because I just wanted the crab fries. I actually prefer the sans cheese. And I go over and the guy starts basically using a snow shovel to put them into the bucket. And I mean, I'm eating them in the car. I'm eating them at home. Sharing them with Claire if she wants. But you tend to realize something. If it's just two people at home...

and you have $38 worth of crab fries, you don't really finish them. So what you paid for is half a bucket of cold fries that you throw out.

But it was $38. Worth it. No, it's not. That's crazy. There was a woman that was talking to you, Steve, over at the side stage. And I heard it. I didn't see what happened. But she dropped her full beer. Yes. Right in front of you. And I was talking to her later. She's like, I just dropped my beer in front of Steve. I go, yeah, 16 bucks on the ground now, right? She's like, I know. I know.

All the vendors, all the people who are like the advertisers of the station, Steve Wilson, you know, supplying food back there. Everybody that was anyone who supports the station and everybody who makes what happens happens.

happened. They were having a great time and it was so great to see them. We loved it. How was everyone's feet by the end of the night? Mine were good. Yeah. I wasn't wearing your comfortable shoes. Yeah. Marissa's dress, which by the way was phenomenal. You look excellent Marissa. But it was kind of tight and she had tall heels and she just...

I don't get that. You did look fantastic. We got to take a break. I'm sorry. Sorry to hear that your feet were killing you. Thanks to everybody who was part of MMRBQ. It was excellent. One for the ages. We absolutely loved it. We do have to take a break right now. We'll be back in just a moment. Make sure you stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thanks, Nick. By the way, I got to thank this listener, Lisa, who sent me a text earlier this morning. I was talking about needing a Sharpie. And she goes, I've got one. You can borrow it. You can stop by my junk drawer and grab it.

And she had sent a picture of the junk drawer sled from Cardboard Classic. Which had a big-ass Sharpie in it. I think it worked, too, didn't it, Sharpie? You know what? I think it did, Steve. I absolutely think it did. Let me see here. I was going to mention something else. I forgot what it was. Marissa just brought this. Did you just bring this in to me? Am I announcing this? Okay, I guess so. It says official...

Connoisseur News. Oh. Breaking news. Breaking news. Connoisseur. It says later today, the Michelin Guide.

In partnership with the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, we'll announce that our fair metropolis, along with Boston, will now be included in the newly minted Michelin Guide Northeast Cities Edition. Wow. And we will join Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., which have been part of the guide for years. Why weren't we? And an announcement of the full list of selections for 2025 restaurants.

is expected at the annual Michelin Guide Northeast City Ceremony to be held at some unspecified later date. I remember reading that, Steve. There was a reason, and I don't know what it is. Marissa probably does. But why there were cities, big major cities like Philadelphia, that weren't included in the Michelin Guide. I think it's because somebody bald-tapped Lonnie Michelin. Probably. Lonnie. No, I think they just rolled it out in different areas. And I'll be honest, I know a lot of chefs that didn't necessarily...

weren't annoyed that it wasn't here because it kind of changes the scape a lot. Philadelphia is already highlighted. Been out in Denver a lot and they are a Michelin city so it really does change people's scope of restaurants and how people consider attending restaurants and picking which ones to go to. But I mean it's really exciting. It's more highlight for the city and restauranteurs around the world. I guess we use more like the James Beard Awards as a guide for restaurants.

fine dining and stuff like that. I just love the story of it. It literally was from Michelin the tire. They would make a guide for people who were on the road to go to restaurants. Eventually, over time, they started to lean more towards fine, fancy, expensive dining. I had been using the Merkin guide, but the restaurants are not as good. I just wanted you to be on top of this. Thank you very much. I just trust Marissa whenever I'm

She's our source. Oh, most definitely. If I want to have, you know, somebody's coming to town and they want an awesome meal, then I definitely check with Marissa. Even though you're from the Burbs, she'll talk to you. Yeah, even though it's out in the Burbs. I think we have an emergency Delicious City podcast recording now that this is happening. Marissa, if people want to hear Delicious City, how do they do that? Oh, you can follow

you can follow us on Delicious City Podcast on Instagram and anywhere you get podcasts, you can find us, deliciouscitypodcast.com. We also, by the way, wait, we have a tailgate coming up. It's May 29th on a Tuesday and proceeds from the tailgate are going to my American Heart Association funding. So if anyone's interested, we have these awesome collabs that are happening, Mike's BBQ,

Gelato, Surfside, Kenwood Beer, all these great people are coming out. So come on out and hang out with us. So it's a tailgate for what? A Phillies game. A Phillies game. Okay, cool. Yeah, the Phillies Braves. All right. Thank you, Marissa.

I saw this interesting thing this morning, actually. And it's something that elite athletes do. It's called deload. Are you guys familiar with this? He's taking it dumb. No, not that. I mean, that can be considered a deload. Deload, yes. So...

I've not heard. I wonder if this is like a tapering thing. And you're an elite athlete. I'm not an elite athlete, but I have competed in many different sports. And it was just...

When you say that, it makes me think of like when I was swimming, right? And when we got towards like Catholic championships, you would taper for a week, which for us meant like you would like literally wear clothes to practice, like in the pool. Like you would wear pantyhose and shirts and create a drag. I'm sorry.

Pantyhose? So you would dress in drag and swim? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, you would dress... You would wear pantyhose and shirts to create more drag in the water. It was harder to swim. I'm divine! Well, okay, so that's making it more difficult. This is the opposite of that. This makes things easier. So to fight fatigue, it's almost like... It's similar to, but not quite exactly, when a boxer trains, they train very hard for months. Yes. But...

leading up to the fight that week, they back off of their training. They relax a bit. Exactly. And they build up a little more. Yeah, relax a bit. Take a big dump. I'm deloading, Mickey. You're deloading. Don't come in. I'm deloading. That's right. It stinks. You don't want to come in here. It stinks. I'm deloading. So, to fight fatigue. Don't come in, Mick. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha.

That's a three-footer. Unbelievable. It's tapered at the end. So to deload, to deload, it's to fight fatigue and to keep training as well. So this sounds good to me because it says you can use that in your own habits as well. You don't have to be an elite athlete. That's why I found this kind of interesting because when I've worked really hard for the past four months and exercised

regimen to lose weight. That was my main goal. And I've hit my goal. And so now if I keep that up, I don't need to lose any more weight. I don't need to stay on that. So I need to taper it back a little bit. And this is kind of a way of doing that in a different way. You take a short break

usually a week or so, and you ease up on the routine, rest and recharge, and then you can go back to your regular routine. So this is similar to in any weight training, in case you and I are in the club with that, to take a break. The rest is as important as the workout itself. In fact, more important. Now, I will not skip...

like a week, but I will taper, using the word taper, off a bit and just reduce weights and make it a little easier to do it. Because you're constantly grinding yourself down, as you said, Preston. If you're working at a certain level, you'll just completely fatigue out and you'll crash. So this isn't exclusively about exercise. It says, for example, if you paint or

or studying a language every day. You might skip it for a week or do it less intently, like stretching lightly or reviewing or sketching lightly or reviewing simple words. And this helps your body and mind recover from built-up tiredness, prevent you from stalling,

and keeps you motivated as well. The same thing might be like practicing a musical instrument, I was going to say. Yeah, most definitely, because that's the way I do it. I will go hard on practice for like a month stretch, and then I kind of lose interest, and then I'll fade away from it, and then a couple months later I'll dive back into it. And what I really should be doing is like taking a week break and then coming right back to it. Yeah, so would this work for golf?

Oh, no. You have to constantly be doing that or you will lose the ability to play. I picked the one. I picked the one sport that will not benefit from this. That's what I'm thinking about. Yeah, anyway, it's practice every day if you can. So it says you don't stop completely, though. Try lighter activities like walking instead of running. And deloads can be planned every few weeks or taken when you feel burnt out or worn out over the whole thing. Deload.

They're not about giving up, but about staying strong for the long haul. That's right. And this strategy borrowed from strength training can help you stick with habits like exercising or eating healthy without burning out. If I'm doing something, I'm doing something, I'm trying to learn a program, I'm learning putting tech together or anything that I do that is, or even just anything. If I'm building something, an Ikea piece of furniture,

I will do, I guess, a mini deload. I'll walk away, take a breath, maybe revisit it the next day. And just because I think I am more productive if I know, okay, now I need to pause. And I think sometimes people just soldier through and I think it'll work against them sometimes. Is there anything that you would like to achieve that you know is going to be difficult and take a long time and you're hesitant to do it

For that reason, maybe. I want to do a triathlon, like a full triathlon. It is a massive bucket list for me. But I know it would take a long time and it would probably hurt quite a bit. I just don't think I could get through the run at the end. I think the swim and the cycling, I could...

do no problem. But a marathon at the end of that? It's just... It's tough. It's tough. Yeah, I mean... But listen, you can try it and then if you fail, then, you know, that's it. Then I'm a failure. You're a failure, yeah. I mean, like, I'd like to learn another language. Yes. That's hard to do. Can you fake it? Very, very... I could. Yeah, there you go. It depends on what level of the language you want to learn. I mean, you can...

You're never going to make the PGA Tour, Preston, but you can enjoy golf, right? You're never going to probably be fluent in French or Spanish, but you can be passable. You can learn some of the language and speak the language in Mexico or Spain or whatever. So it really depends on what level you want to achieve any of these goals. Can you combine them? Can you play golf in a different language? I don't want to climb Mount Everest, but I would like to get to base camp at some point in my life. And that's like 19,000 feet. That's a real commitment. It's a commitment of time and money and energy. But I have no desire to make it to the summit of Everest. So how many...

How much time would you take to plan for something like that? A couple years? Yeah. I mean, not just plan, you know, the flights and all those things, but I mean, to get yourself physically ready for that. Yeah, I mean, two years at least. Yeah. And then the commitment itself of being there, probably two months, maybe more. Quick question. So if you're just because I like that idea as well. The idea of being there and near would be something amazing to me. I would be in orbit.

Would you have to go through as rigorous a process of climatizing for base camp? Yeah, that's what I've heard. Really? Yeah, so when I did Kilimanjaro, which was more than a decade ago at this point, the only time I really started to feel it was above 15,000 feet. But when you get to base camp at Everest, you have to go up and back and then up and back quite a bit because...

Base camp is at like 19,000 feet. It's insane! I've said this a million times, but when you're flying into Kathmandu, you're at 30,000 feet and that's where the summit of Everest is. You are flying at 30,000 feet and that's where you would hike to if you're trying to make it to the summit. So, Press, getting back to the language thing, you got the Rosetta Stone and just listen to that. The real one. Yeah, instead of...

Instead of listening to audio, because I know you like your audio books and stuff, but what if that was your thing that you committed yourself to? Yeah, maybe. I mean, that'd be a good way to go about it. Don't learn the language. Just simply listen to the tapes. Just listen to it? Yeah. I'm getting nothing out of this. I've always wanted to, but I know that I will fail.

if I don't get to use that language consistently. And so I just know. And for me, the best thing to do is if for a second you don't think you're going to be good at it, never do it. Well, the reason, the one I would choose would be Spanish. And I think there's a lot of opportunities to use that. And traveling to, you know, Spanish-speaking countries is not that difficult from the United States. No. And also I have family members that speak it, so I could call and converse with them and...

So my brother does that because his wife is from Brazil and he's been learning Portuguese. He's been learning French for some reason. I'm like, bro, what? What are you doing? So he speaks Portuguese? He does, actually. Wow. I think... What did you say, Nick, earlier? Like passable or whatever? Yeah. I mean, like, there are...

all sorts of levels of knowing another language. You can listen to somebody speaking that language and understand what they're saying. You could speak in conversation and, you know, ask for directions to the bathroom and where the biblioteca is. You know, like, it depends on what you want to do. If you want to just go visit that country and not be a moron, you know, I bet a year of Spanish would make you feel pretty good about it. But he uses Duolingo? Sure. Yeah, that's what my son uses for Mandarin. Oh, okay. Yeah, my son's going to Shanghai and...

I'd like to be... If I take on something like that, I'd like to get to relative fluency. If you do a Duolingo or any of those, the Babbel, you can do it once a day. And like Casey said, do it instead of an audiobook for a month. Try...

one of those apps. Do you know what's happening though is the way the tech is going, you will, you'll basically, what we're talking, you know, you've seen Star Trek with the universal translator. Yeah. You know, that is going to be a thing. So the importance is having a little bit more latitude with where you travel and being able to converse with,

the people or if it's a genuine desire to learn the language. It's not necessarily that I want to be able to go somewhere and be able to communicate. I would like to hear what other people are saying and be able to understand them as opposed to just saying something into my phone and then saying, here's what I'm saying. Can you help me? Do you know what's an interesting sort of thing that relates to this?

They are starting to, and I think I mentioned, I showed you guys, there's a video that I made of me speaking Mandarin, and my mouth is moving properly with it, and I used software to do that. They are now releasing, one movie just came out, which is basically a science fiction from Sweden, that is where the actors were called back to get voice samples, and the AI generated them speaking English,

With their lips moving and it's virtually undetectable. That's cool. So I think they did the same thing with Godzilla minus one. So that they're basically the same actors voicing it or sampled with their consent.

and you're getting them speaking your language with the mouths moving correctly. Okay. It's pretty wild. I don't hate that. Yeah. I mean, if you want to see a great foreign movie, but subtitles aren't your thing and you don't like overdubs, that could be pretty cool. Wow. But anyhow, I thought that was kind of an interesting...

the deload, and it led us on to learning things and spending a lot of time. But even though if you are in the process of working on something, according to this particular study, it's a good idea to take a break every few weeks and taper way back. I like that philosophy, yeah. So my son had a rugby match yesterday at a school in Scranton, St. Gregory's, and I was deloading there.

and they just have like one people bathrooms. Oh, you're doing that kind of deload. Okay, yes. A guy walked in on me. I locked that freaking door. You know, it's an old, old school building. It's got one of those little... And the guy came in? Yeah, a little thing that goes across. I'm just sitting there. Uh...

Believe it or not, I wasn't even that embarrassed. I was hoping that I didn't know the person when I came out of the bathroom. I did. Sorry about what you're about to walk in on. Hang on. What do you mean it's got a thing going on? Like that little latch that goes across. It's a latch. Yeah, it's a little latch. And I put that across.

I probably should have gave a little jiggle because I didn't. Oh, you must be crapping. So the door opens right to you in there doing your business. That's it.

Front row. You are never, I mean, you are never as vulnerable or it's just, and everyone does it, but you just feel like such a rube. Oh my God, yes. Yeah. This is what I look like when I do this. That's why we've said this before in a full metal jacket. That's why I could never be in the Marines. Well, there's many reasons I could never be in the Marines. Starting with pooping in front of everybody. But pooping in front of everybody is one of the big reasons. Yeah.

Yeah. Just write that on the form. Can't poop in front of others. Yes. If the draft ever came back and they asked you, I'm sorry, I can't do this. Physically, you're 100% fit, but it says here you can't poop in front of others.

I wonder if there's a legitimate scientific fear. I'm sure there is. Written down of that. Defecation in front of strangers. I guarantee there's something like that. I'll tell you what. My cats manage to push the bathroom doors open when I'm in there in my bathroom. And if Claire walks past, I have to go, I didn't ditch the cat. You know, I'm not a public exhibitionist. There is. It's called Parco Prisis. Ah.

Maybe that's what I was trying to say. Because I still have no idea what the hell I was talking about. Parcoprisis, also known as shy bowel or psychogenic fecal retention. Wow, I like that one. I like the sound of that. Psychogenic fecal. I'll take two of those in a fresca. Psychogenic fecal retention.

It's a psychological condition characterized by difficulty or inability to defecate in public due to fear of perceived scrutiny. Well, really? I think we all have this. Yes. I think that that is an innate... But what if you're well-respected in your field? I didn't let you be respected in your field. Two people I can think of that don't have that fear. Ah. Mm-hmm.

One chick lives in Delco and then Nick's friend. Yeah. Oh, this is true. We used to have a, when I was growing up, we had a downstairs bathroom. And I remember vividly being on the toilet. Like, you know, I was outside playing with my friends. Sure, yeah. And then I had to go inside and everybody is just on the other side of that window playing like football in my side yard. And I hated that.

Yeah, you know, a lot of, we talked about this, but a lot of the earlier designs, in fact, it led to massive disease issues in Philadelphia, but a lot of the earlier designs because of the plumbing arrangement had the bathroom attached.

right there in the kitchen, adjacent to the kitchen. And so, you know, when people are sitting there having their breakfast and you're blowing it up in a room through a thin door, no. I do the rounds around here to find a bathroom that is not occupied. I mean, there's... I hate it. There's two stalls and then there's a couple of urinals. But in order... If I got to sit down and...

I have to deload, as Rocky would say. I prefer to be alone. And so therefore, I'm right in this camp. I'm alone. I deload alone with nobody else.

I just prefer it that way. I think you're not alone on that one. Yeah, clearly there's a condition. This has been a treat to talk about this, but we have to take a break. So we're going to do that very thing. We will come back in a moment, and we will share some bizarre file stories with you, my friend. So thank you for being patient. We'll be back in just a moment.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Nick. Case, you had some Eagles info you wanted to pass along. Yeah, so they haven't released the entire NFL calendar yet, but the Eagles being the reigning Super Bowl champions, they're going to kick the season off on Thursday, September 4th.

At home, against the Cowboys. That's pretty wild. What a great way to start the season. Listen, I'm not a big fan. Of the Cowboys? Obviously not. There aren't many things in this world that I hate more than the Cowboys. Yeah, there is. Cowboys fans that aren't from Dallas. But anyway...

What was I going to say? I'm a Sunday 1 o'clock football guy. I love Eagles games at 1 o'clock on Sunday. Standard, right? Thursdays, I can get through those, go into those games. It's harder to go to a Sunday night game or a Monday night game and then have a regular week of work after that. But a Thursday night game, I can get down with. Them playing basically the first game of the season, it just means...

They're champs, baby. They are. They are. Labor Day is early this year. Labor Day is Monday, September 1st. And so that's why this game is so early, Thursday, September 4th. And then we get the full schedule release later this week. I think it's Wednesday night. And when we get that, that will allow us to help figure out when Camp Out for Hunger is going to be because we have to plan Camp Out for Hunger around the Eagles schedule every year. Does that mean Christmas will be earlier this year? No. Christmas is still the 25th. Damn it. Okay.

When are they going to start moving that around? And then tonight is the NBA lottery, so we find out what pick the Sixers could get. I hope they don't get the same crap that the Flyers got. If they end up with hockey players, it's going to be a disaster. No, no, no. The Flyers, before the lottery, they were projected to be the fourth pick because they had the fourth worst record in the league.

and they got the sixth pick. Honestly, with the Sixers, Casey, it doesn't matter which pick they get. They're still going to be terrible. Well, no, see, there is... That's the new trust of process. They've gotten so many number one picks that they've butchered over the years. Yeah, but Cooper Flagg would be nice. But what I don't understand about the Sixers... So the Sixers have a...

They have a draft pick that is protected. And if they pick beyond, let's say, pick number six, I think it is, then that pick will go to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Do they run the risk at all of not getting their first round pick? You know, the problem here is I had to hear Preston say the same stuff all morning. Guys, if we start hitting on this panel, I'm like, oh, man.

You lost me. I'm gone. All right. Well, let's just do the bizarre file. All right. But thank you for the update. Yeah, we appreciate it. I do appreciate it. All right, here we go. Now, WMMR presents Preston and Steve's Bizarre File.

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I'll explain. Please. I'm curious. According to a report by Greek City Times, a woman turned to the AI chatbot for supernatural guidance in a modern twist on tessiography, which is the ancient art of reading coffee grounds or tea leaves to predict the future. You've heard of this before. I've heard of reading tea leaves, yes. So married for over 12 years, the mother of two uploaded photos of her and her husband's coffee cups,

Hoping the chat GPT would interpret the patterns in the grounds. What she reportedly received in return was devastating. The AI told her her husband was cheating. Oh my God. With a younger woman. No. Who is intent on tearing their family apart. So the bot allegedly revealed that her husband's cup showed that he was destined to be with a mysterious woman with the initial E.

While hers indicated betrayal and a threat to her household. She said, the husband said, I got a call from a lawyer. And he appeared on a local TV show, dismissed the claims. Yeah, it's the coffee grounds thing. And said his wife had a habit of chasing viral trends. But this time, things escalated quickly. He said, I laughed it off as nonsense. Sweetie, you're a moron. But he said she took it seriously.

And she asked me to leave, told our kids that we were getting divorced. And then I got a call from a lawyer. And that's when I realized this wasn't just a phase. So, I mean, it's bad enough if you're if you're going to go ahead, you know, like a psychic is going to tell you these things. But but now you're uploading pictures to chat GPT. Yeah, but this is his out. This is the door is open. That's wrong. And so and he is.

Last summer, locals in villages close to a small forest were left terrified after a series of attacks by a strange animal that ate the intestines, liver, and lungs of dogs.

What? So this ferocious creature is believed to have killed 11 dogs in Cambodia, devouring the remains of nine of them between May and June 18th. Is it their version of a chupacabra? It might be. So villagers caught a glimpse of a mysterious animal prowling around outside of their homes. A local woman named Mies Mun advised officers that she came across an unusual sight at approximately 1 a.m. After stepping outside her house with a flashlight, the 62-year-old spotted two animals resembling black bears

which fled at once. And some weeks later, it was announced that the animal had been captured by authorities and beaten to death by residents. Let's beat it to death.

Problem solved. Well, we got it. What do you want to do? I say we beat it to death. I like the way you're thinking, Pong. Clarified that the attacks had been the first of their kind in the area, sharing how once authorities learned of the gruesome incidents... Bring the car spy. We'll examine what we can. We beat it to death. An investigation was immediately launched. Set it on fire. It appeared that the animal was... And this is the conclusion they came to. Some sort of dog...

So it was some sort of dog that was attacking and eating the intestines and internal organs of other dogs. Yeah, and it was living out of the forest. Although the beast finally had been caught, they warned that those in the area needed to remain vigilant and keep an eye on their children and to report any unusual animal sightings to the authorities without delay. We can confirm if we don't know what it is, we'll immediately kill it. You guys remember me talking a couple of months ago about my son, my brother.

My younger brother lives in New Hampshire and they have the things up there called like Fisher Cats or something. Yes! So there's been talk of Fisher Cat sleddings in Delco. Mass transit? No, probably just traveling through creek beds or whatever. But apparently they had introduced them into the... Thank you. You heard that, right? Yeah, we did. Introduced them. It's really kind of an impressive story.

I'm trying to get emotional. Told you guys I was a raw nerve these days. Oh, my God. It's your brother. It's your son. He's graduating. He's retiring. He's coming to New Hampshire. And then now they're in Delco. Case, man. Yeah, it's all right. Dude, it could have been any one of us. All right, so. It could have been. I just want you to know because I'm worried for you.

So we got people crapping on cars, we got a pope, and now we've got some kind of mystery fishing head. Like badger or wolverine or something? Are they particularly predatory? They're aggressive towards smaller animals. They look kind of like a wolverine, Steve. A little bit like that. I think they're in the weasel family. It's scaring me!

Thank you for that, by the way. And yet, at that point when it happens, there's this little dance that occurs. Do I acknowledge it? Do I not? And then you started laughing. You know what's kind of upsetting about the Fisher cat? It doesn't even eat fish. What? No, it was named after the word fish, meaning European polecat. You're just nothing but a European polecat. That's a bizarrely specific partner. Uh-huh. Wow.

Anyway. All right. Anyhow. This follows recent reports from Mexico where mysterious remains reportedly resembled a werewolf were found in the rural area of El Tunel. After hearing eerie screams in the dead of the night, a group of petrified locals headed out at dawn to investigate, searching a wooded area. And it was there that they made a nightmarish discovery. The remains...

of a bizarre beast around the same size as a sheep with strange fur and teeth lay on the ground. Most intriguingly of all, the animal appeared to have hands just like a human but with claws where its fingers should have been. So conceivably this thing could play the piano. According to one local report,

But it can't play it right. It never plays the song right, Preston. When the locals... Oh, no. I know what you're talking about. Anyway, when the... He always misses that one note. Always misses that one note, yeah. When the locals went to see it, they found an animal the size of a lamb with a rare jaw fur with hands resembling a human, but instead of... What's a jaw fur? It had claws as well, so... Oh, no. Oh, no.

See? And somebody comes in and teaches him. You stupid rabbit! Like this! Stupid rabbit.

She thought it was a rabbit. So it looks similar. All right. Anyhow, you know the rest. All right. One last story and then we will wrap it up. Let's see. We need a short one here. You know what? I saw a super short story. Yeah, this was it. And there are very little details on this, but this is, I think somewhere in England, HSHS St. Vincent Hospital announced that 14 women and they are infant center nurses and they are

all pregnant and expecting babies of their own. Do you ever see Children of the Damned? No. It's a classic science fiction story and it was actually remade. John Copper to make it. It's Village of the Damned. What happens is they are impregnated by an extraterrestrial force

And these kids grow up and they have telepathic and telekinetic powers. It's a really terrifying horror movie. And this is in the English town. I'm not saying this is that. And this is in the English town of Green Bay, Wisconsin, by the way. They speak English there. Amy Braden, director of the hospital Women and Infants Center, said this is an incredible full circle moment for many of our nurses, some of which are about to become first time moms themselves. So 14 of them are pregnant at the same time.

They said that the women are already baby experts and now they will have first-hand experience as mothers. So I thought that was kind of interesting. All right, and there you go. That's where they have them. I understand. New Hampshire is where my brother's son lives. All right. We're going to take a break. When we get back, we'll have a lesson question for you. We'll get trash and music news as well. So stay put. We'll be right back.

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Counting crows on 93.3 WMOR. No, black crows. I'm waiting. Black crows, not counting crows. Sorry, I made the mistake of eating right before going on the mic again. And not only does it throw my mouth off, it throws my brain off too. And they're the cashews, so I'm going to choke on something. I got Casey this big bag. I know, I see it. Of unsalted cashew nuts. I got them at Costco because Casey likes to snack on cashews.

Nuts. Nuts. Yeah. And so now I've gotten on board with that, and I need to think these things through. Don't do it right before you go on the air. I don't know if I would be able to resist. I love cashews, and good source of protein. Oddly enough, there's a fair amount of calories in them, but they're still really good. All right, rank the crows for me. Black, counting, Cheryl. Ooh. Okay, that's actually a very good one. Yeah, black Cheryl counting for me.

Yeah, all right. Okay. I think I'd go counting first. Then Black, then Cheryl. I think I'd give Black Crowes the edge just because of their bluesy nature. Yeah, yeah. That's your jam. A little more raw. Yeah. But then I'd... And I love... I think Cheryl Crowe is one of the most talented musicians...

Period. But for personal preference and what I like to listen to, I'd go, I love Counting Crows. And then I'd do Sheryl Crow. Well, I'd do Sheryl Crow anyway. Counting, Black Crows,

And then Crows in general. Actually, there's an up-and-coming band called the Crowboys. They're creeping up right there. The Crowling Stones? What genre are the Crowboys? I think August and Everything After is a perfect record.

It is. It is. Yeah. It's brilliant. All right. Glad we got that all worked out. Okay. What we are going to do is we are going to ask a lesson question and we're going to give away a $50 Rita's gift card. If you can tell me before their 2025 guide was released, which member of the Michelin family got ball tapped? All right. So here's the story. And I think this might be maybe with a little luck.

The last day that we're going to do for less in question is Zoom because the phone calls are much, much quicker for us to do. But we'll see how it works out. You have to text the word Zoom to 610-660-9333. We'll send you a link.

And then you will click on that link. And then you will maybe join us to tell us the answer to that question. But you have to do that. Text ZOOM to 610-660-9333. And the question again is, before their 2025 guide was released, which member of the Michelin family got ball tapped? If you heard that earlier, and you know it was around 930, get in touch with us now. We'll do the trash while you're getting set. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR.

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What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, Jennifer Aniston's alleged stalker, Jimmy Wayne Carwile, was evaluated last week to see if he was mentally fit to stand trial. Carwile reportedly did well on the Fullstein mental state exam, but blew it when he attempted to eat the computer. Ah!

Jimmy! Khloe Kardashian's new look has many saying she's now the spitting image of her mother, Kris Jenner. Of course, many are pointing out that it's perfectly natural for a daughter to look like her mother after half a million dollars worth of surgery. Oh, my God. And finally, Pornhub.

Hosted its seventh annual award show at the Saddle Ranch Club in Hollywood on Thursday night, the Pornhub Awards features the only in-memoriam section during which the audience is encouraged to masturbate. Wow. That's your Hollywood trick. All right.

I've been made aware that nobody knows the answer to that question. What? Sometimes we've got to nudge you a little bit. All right. So I'm going to hit that again and text ZOOM to 610-660-9333. If you happen to know, before the 2025 guide was released, which member of the Mission family got ball tapped. All right. And we'll go ahead and do music news while we're waiting for you to get through if you can. Preston and Steve's Music News.

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Somebody texted in, what about Crow Bot? Oh, yeah. Remember Crow Bot? They were from Pottstown or Pottsville? Yeah, Pottsville. They had some rock and beers, right? Yeah, but I wouldn't put them in there because there's no W in the crow. Okay, fair enough. All right, so let's see. Disturbed lead singer David Draymond. I believe we have audio in this case. Proposed to his girlfriend Sarah Uli on stage at their Sacramento concert. I love you so much. Emotional, man.

at the Golden One Center on Friday. During the show, part of their Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour, Draymond brought Yuli out after performing the Sound of Silence and asked her to marry him in front of thousands of fans. So let's live that moment. Here we go. I love you more than anything I have ever loved in this world. And it would be the absolute pinnacle of my life and my existence. Yes!

So she said yes. Don't you totally pick up on Gene Simmons vibes from the way that David Draymond talks? Absolutely. His delivery. He's a super nice guy. Lucky, you're my favorite chicken. The thing is, that's lucky. That's who he was supposed to.

Clunky, you're my favorite chicken. The boss move is proposing on stage. But he's a, you know, for a guy who always appears dour and down, he's pretty... He's funny. Yeah, he's funny. Nice guy. You know, about a year from now, I'm dumped, that bitch. So she said yes. The crowd cheered wildly. The moment captured by band photographer Britt Bowen happened before the song The Light. Draymond, who divorced his ex-wife...

Lina Yada in 2023. We're not going to talk about her. Met Yuli after using Tinder. Wow, that's a Tinder success story. He seems like he is also, I think he's admitted he's went through a lot and he's on a better place now.

Metallica played a concert at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia on Thursday, the home of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Fans went wild jumping to the band's hit, Enter Sandman, which the Hokies have used as their football team's entrance since 2000. The

And the crowd's energy was so strong, it set off a nearby seismograph. Wow. Making it look like a small earthquake, similar to what happens at Hokie Games. Actually, Jim Antes' son was in the marching band at Virginia Tech. No kidding! Which is like... Did Jim ever go perform Yoda live? I don't...

Happy to see this event, are you? Jim Ant has one of our head salespeople managers does a mean Yoda. And he shares it with us every now and then. I crack up when he sends those to us, man.

This was the first time Metallica performed the song in the stadium and about 60,000 fans made it a big deal. And by the way, we're going to have Metallica tickets to give away all week. That's coming up. It's Memorial Day weekend, right? Memorial Day weekend. We have tickets for, I believe, the Sunday show. That's when it's everything Metallica. They're rolling in with all their events, right? Yeah.

All right, and just to follow up on Alice in Chains, of course, they weren't able to play the MMRBQ. Drummer Sean Kinney got sick on Thursday. It started when Kinney had non-left threatening medical emergency after a sound check in Uncasville? Oh, yeah, that's in Connecticut. Connecticut, yeah, the Mohegan Sun is there. Oh, okay, all right, yeah. So there's the venue within that casino. So they had to cancel that show that night, and then MMRBQ was two days later.

And they not only canceled MM BBQ, all shows for the month have been canceled. So it's serious enough that they're having to take this time off. The band said they followed doctor's advice. And while Kenny needs care now, he should be okay in the long run. They apologized to fans and thanked them for their support. And they said that Kenny's health comes first. So refunds were available for the canceled shows. And obviously we had Bush.

Step up and fill in, which was just phenomenal that that happened. All right, one more story, and then we'll get our answer to the lesson question. For iconic Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, the show must go on, even if it means using an oxygen mask. In a video shared to TikTok, the iconic heavy metal singer held an oxygen mask to his face and inhaled deeply while standing backstage, dressed in his trademark black leather and studs.

And at one point, the 73-year-old held up one hand in the devil horns and mouthed the word, metal. The text overlay said, what do you do when you're at 2,640 feet altitude performing for 15,000 fans and singing at the top of your lungs? Metal is what he wrote. Wow. While it is not clear where or when the video was filmed...

Well, Halford recently opened up a metal hammer about why Judas Priest won't be performing alongside the Ozzy Osbourne tribute. He said, I had no idea it was happening. He had noted that Priest had already committed to playing the Scorpions.

60th anniversary show when Black Sabbath's last concert was announced. He said it all got announced and was a big deal. Scorpions and Priest. And I suddenly get this call from Sharon Osbourne. Said, Robbie, I know you have this gig with the Scorpions. Could you consider coming over and doing a thing with Ozzy and the guys? He'd love to see you.

And he said it was absolutely gutted to be missing an event. But there was already another big event that was going on. Did you say 60th anniversary? That's what it says here. And I found that hard to believe. Yeah, that's what it says. So he said, all my mates are going to be there. Great bands and artists. It's a wonderful and epic moment for Sabbath and heavy metal. It reemphasizes that Birmingham is where metal came from. All right. We are going to see if somebody does indeed know the answer to the lesson question.

And that was before their 2025 guide was released. Which member of the Michelin family got ball tapped? And we have Ashley, who we're checking in with. Hi there, Ashley. Hey, guys. How you doing? You guys rock. We love you. Thank you, Ashley. Okay, so which member of the Michelin family got ball tapped? Was that Lonnie Michelin? Lonnie Michelin. Yep. That's correct.

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Billy Idol, 93.3 WMMR, everything that rocks, still dancing. He played MMRBQ last year. Yeah, that was fantastic. And it's funny, it wasn't that long ago. It was a fall show, right? Yes, yeah. That's why the MMRBQs seemed like they were just back-to-back. Because, you know, circumstances led to us having it.

in the uh spring uh this year which is uh cool it's great i i kind of like the fact that it that it moves around a little bit but a lot of it has to do with what bands are available and time frames and all that so that's why we don't have a you know a specified 100 here's the mmrbq date correct me if i'm wrong but a large portion of the reason why we did it in may was for allison chains was it not yeah yeah yeah and uh oddly enough

Not on the bill this year. But Bush really came through and made that a super special night. So we enjoyed the hell out of it. Real quick, thank you to our friends in the Philadelphia Ghostbusters. They stopped by today in full Ghostbuster regalia. And they are at the Philly Fan Expo this weekend. Pennsylvania Convention Center. And they're a long time participant. And they do a lot of charity events. Dan, the spokesperson who was there,

I was just telling us they love going and they love raising money for worthwhile causes. So if you need to get a hold of them, you can do a search on Philadelphia Ghostbusters on Instagram or on Facebook and add them to your event. You've done it before, Steve. Who are you going to call? Dot com. Yeah. Speaking of charity, I want to give a giant shout out. Congratulations and a thank you to the over 11000 donors.

in the Delaware Valley who donated to Delco Gives on Friday, or actually Thursday into Friday. Last year, they raised over $1.7 million, and they wanted to get over $2 million this year, and they did it.

it. We did it. Wow. Nice. We raised over $2.1 million, so thank you so much. There's 306 organizations that are going to benefit from your generosity, so thank you to that. And I also want to give a shout out to the gang at Autism Delaware. They're doing their annual Drive for Autism golf outing today. I need

Headed there a little bit later on, Artie Kempner and the whole crew at Autism Delaware, they're just top notch at what they do. And there is actually, if you want to do a search online, they have really, really great items that are being auctioned off and raffled off. And you don't have to be there to do it. Yeah, dude. You can just do it online. And Artie and that crew, they could go.

Good stuff. Yeah, really good stuff. Excellent. All right. Thank you, Case. Pierre Robert is here. He survived the MM barbecue as well. We did. We did it. Preston was in the pit. Yeah. Damn right. With Marissa and Kathy and myself for Bush, and that was so fun. That was. And it was just a great day. You know, from start to finish, you know, a wonderful moment. I must acknowledge you guys when you guys went out.

And I was going, this is interesting. And you had Preston and Steve and Casey and Nick and Marissa. And then Preston said, I think someone's missing. And then you called out Kathy and Kathy came out and to a roaring round of applause, very theatrically, beautifully done and took a bow. And that was a lovely way for her to, you know, kiss everyone and give them an audio visual kiss, if you will. And.

It was just a very classy moment. Oh, thank you. We loved it. I was really glad she came. It was totally up to her. So we're happy that it ended up happening. And she had fun and she came into the pit with us. Yeah. And it was a fun day all the way around. We had a ball. Absolute ball. Yeah, I was there till security kicked us out. No doubt. We were finishing up our final broadcast and there were so many great moments. But, you know, I have to say that Bush...

was the moment because not only several bands acknowledging Gavin, including Mammoth, Wolfgang said from the stage, you know, this event is saved by Gavin Rossdale and Bush. And again, when you consider what they went through, they got when the, so the thing was Saturday, they got the news late Thursday night. Would you be, could you do this?

And they had just finished up a whole string of Canadian dates, but they were...

I don't know the exact area or town, but they were right on the border of Nova Scotia. They were that far north. I mean, come on. And I'll have a little interview with Gavin that will run a little later on. Oh, cool. Because I went back to say a quick hello to him and Chris Traynor, his amazing guitar player. But I said, can you just give me an idea logistically what it took? Because his people were saying, don't do this. You don't need to do this. And he goes, it's MMR.

We got to do it. And they drove seven or eight hours in, I don't know, what kind of vehicles or a big van or a tour bus? Because they were, tonight's the first night of the U.S. tour.

somewhere in New York State. But they drove for seven hours, then chartered two airplanes. Can you imagine, I mean, the cost of that at the last minute? It's crazy. To fly from near Nova Scotia to Philly, got in, had three hours to do a quick little sleep at their hotel, if you call it that, and then come to the gig. And Gavin had a cold, some kind of infection,

So he was on steroids that he took and just so he could feel better and you couldn't notice it at all. Well, and also let's keep in mind too, they didn't have their equipment. Right. That was, you know, I mean, I think they were using a man's drum kit. I'm not 100% sure. It said Bush on the drum kit. Yeah, I know, but you can slap a,

a name on a drum head real easy. I don't think it was, I don't think they had enough time to get their stuff down here. Well, he told me that some of their crew came on the plane with them. So I imagine maybe they took their favorite guitars or something like that. Sure, yeah, or something like that, yeah. But I mean, I suspect you're right that a lot was borrowed because it was that quickly put together. Wow. And they were so toasted at the end of it, but so happy that they did it. So I give them the extra Pierre's Good Citizen of the Day Award. Oh,

Absolutely. It's quite an honor to get that award, right? And Mammoth is still in town to the degree that we're going to have our session later on this evening. Yeah, it's a long night for you as well, right? Yeah. It'll be very cool because when I said, you know, thank you guys for being here, Wolfgang said...

you know what, you guys have been there for us right from the start. And baby bands never forget that. Particularly if your station stays with them. And so he was very cognizant of that and very happy to be at the event. Nice. Excellent. It was a great day. Great day. We're going to get out of the way and let you do your thing. How about we get the letter of the day? Don't leave first.

All right, you ready, my man? Yeah, sure. All right, here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve show brought to you today by the letter. The letter C as in chew it and do it. All right, chew it and do it, Nick.

By the way, I'm sure you'll see Pierre at this event, a pair of box seats for MMR Rockin' the Hooters this weekend, Saturday, May 17th, making the debut performance at the Met in Philadelphia. So you get in one of the special boxes, and you'll be there to kick off their 45 Alive 45th Anniversary Tour. And tickets are on sale now via TicketMesta.

What's happening on the show today? Well, I'll also have a pair of tickets for the Hooters for that show. And we have Linkin Park and Steve Winwood for his birthday today. And some Mammoth and various MMRBQ flashbacks throughout the day as well. So it's going to be a fun day. Love it. Thank you, Pierre. And thank you to our sponsors. President Steve's Show brought to you today by Dunkin'. President Steve's Show runs on Dunkin'. Also brought to you by Worldwide Stereo scored jaw-dropping deals during their annual tent sale. Only at Worldwide Stereo in Montgomeryville.

And also brought to you by Acme Markets, fresh foods, local flavors. Tomorrow, we got some cool stuff happening. Tattoo Tuesday, so we'll give away a free tattoo. We will also have Tom Papa joining us. Nice. He's going to walk me through the sourdough bread making process. Right. Because he sent me a sourdough starter.

And we will also have local author Adam Cesar, who has done this film Clown in Cornfield. And it's a movie that's in the top five in the box office this weekend. And he wrote these novels and is becoming very successful, which is really cool. So we'll meet him. That's it. We are done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day, friend. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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