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And we begin. Hi there, friend. Welcome. Let's get started. Check your weather forecast for today. As you can tell, as you step out front, it's going to be a different tone today. It's going to be a little bit cooler. And we do have rain expected throughout the course of the day. To what level, I'm not really sure. Some light rain here and there.

Maybe some showers, then maybe straight ahead rain. We'll just see. It depends on where you are. But today's high temperature around 70 degrees. It continues tomorrow. It continues on Thursday as well. Friday, maybe we get a break and just have some afternoon showers and a little bit warm with a high of about 80. And then by the time we get into the weekend, it's fully in Saturday. Same thing, mid-80s. So we do have a chance of rain off and on over the next few days. Just a heads up on that. Hello.

Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. Today is Tuesday. It is May 13th. Good morning. We're going to start with this story. Two ATM skimming devices were discovered at two different PNC ATMs at the Wawa located at 3520 Bethlehem Pike in Southerton. One device was found and then removed on Monday, May 5th. And then the second device was located and removed on Sunday, May 11th.

Authorities don't know how long the devices were on each of these machines. And anyone who has used either of the machines between May 1st and 11th should check their bank accounts and report any unauthorized activity to their bank and local police department.

The Hilltown Township Police Department is currently investigating the devices and they're working with Wawa to obtain video as soon as possible so they can track down any people. You had a situation, right? It was a local... Right here. Right over here. You said you as well, Nick? Did you have that? At Belmont? Yeah. No, I didn't have that problem there.

Is that your Wawa person, the one in Southerton? No, no, it's a little ways away, but I mean, I have gone there before, but not to where I had to go, uh-oh. Yeah, that sucks, man. If you hear that you've used the ATM and you find this out. I mean, and if we're talking ATM, we're talking your bank card. Yeah, yeah. You got to change that.

You know, I mean, if you're afraid of somebody getting in there and just taking your cash straight up. So we have a separate account that is solely for the ATM so that, you know, that's when you're going to get cash out. So you're not going to obviously wipe you out. But I love that they have the chip tap areas now, like on the Wawa ATMs. So you can operate them that way, which is cool, as opposed to the possibility of a skimmer being replaced and swapped out for, you know, somebody to steal your stuff. Yep.

Also, yesterday, Hamas released Idan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza. Alexander was only 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and took him to the Gaza Strip.

The militant group called it a goodwill gesture and hopes to restart efforts to end the 19-month war. Alexander was among the 251 people who were taken hostage in a mass attack on October 7, 2023, that began the war. 58 hostages remain in Gaza, although only about a third of them are believed to be alive.

Most of the rest of the hostages were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals. And Alexander's family said that they had, quote, received the greatest gift imaginable. News that our beautiful son, Edan, is returning home after 583 days in captivity in Gaza.

And then finally, New Jersey Forest Fire Service officials have announced that the Jones Road wildfire is 100% contained. A little more than two weeks after the blaze was first reported. More than 15,300 acres were burned and two people have been charged in connection with the wildfire.

Joseph Kling, who is 19, was taken into custody on April 23rd and later released to home detention with an ankle monitor. Authorities also arrested an unnamed 17-year-old boy and both have been charged with arson, aggravated arson, and hindering apprehension. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, both men are accused of setting a stack of wooden pallets on fire and then leaving that area without extinguishing the bonfire. Dude, and pallets burn fast.

big they do if you ever set those things on fire they really take off a lot of times they'll use them for full bonfires yes cling and the teenager are also accused of giving false information about how the fire started and officials believe that the blaze was new jersey's largest wildfire since 2007 so the story years ago when you set the field on fire yeah what was that what did you do so a friend of mine and i used to do this thing and we were kids we were

grade school we were probably in fifth grade something like that you were a little pyro totally yeah absolutely playing with matches all that stuff so we would take a cardboard box just like a regular you know amazon safe size standard mid-sized box and we would take hot dogs and we would wrap them in foil okay throw them in the box yeah light the box on fire

And then when the box burned all the way out, you open up the foil, it was these perfectly cooked hot dogs, man. Oh, so you guys were cooking. Oh, totally. It wasn't ours and you were making dinner. You got yourself a meal right there. To be honest, I should do that again sometime. Yeah.

I could just do it in my fire pit at home. Do you want to test it here? Let's go to the roof. I don't have a history with that at all. I would love to. If we could get away with burning something out in the parking lot, I would do that in a heartbeat because you just open it up and they were perfectly cooked and we were like, man, we really figured something out here. We need to let the chef community know.

And then, yes, members got away from us and it lit this field on fire. And we spent, I don't know how long, we were panicking. Yes. So we stomped that fire out with our shoes. And I didn't realize it until I got home. But the soles of my shoes had completely melted. They were Nikes like that first year the Nikes came out, the white canvas Nikes. Oh, yeah, yeah. And I ruined them. Wow. Just absolutely ruined them. Yeah.

Yeah, it was bad. Yeah. And you start, there's no panic like that when a fire's starting to get away from you. God. It's like, oh, would you just, oh, no, no, no. Please, no. Yeah, this is the end of everything right here. Everything, the world will end. Dad is going to kill me. Just let me die before my dad finds out. Immediately what I thought. When you would do the hot dogs, were they in the bun?

No, no, there was no bun. Just a plain old hot dog in foil. We do that at camp sometimes. Sometimes with the bun, sometimes not. The delicate part afterwards, obviously, is that the foil is really, really hot, but you want to get to that hot dog because you're hungry and you've been waiting for it. You kind of burn yourself a little bit as you're peeling it apart to get to the dog. Maybe at camp out for hunger weekend.

do that. Yes. When we're outdoors. Have a big open fire cookout for hot dogs. Are we going to ask if they'll let us light a fire in the parking lot? You think they'll let us do that? I think so. They love us here. They love us here. Nobody works here anymore anyway. That's true. Absolutely. All right. In sports this morning. Ball sacks are yummy. Ball sacks are yummy. What the f*** is that?

The Phillies lost to the St. Louis Cardinals. 3-2 last night at the ballpark. What the f*** is this?

What the f*** is this?

After a season filled with injuries and a record of 24-58, the Sixers snagged the number three pick in last night's NBA draft lottery. The San Antonio Spurs got the number two pick, and the Dallas Mavericks had the number one overall pick. In addition to the number three pick, the Sixers also hold the number 35 overall pick in the 2025 draft. Last season, because of all of the injuries, the Sixers set an all-time NBA record by using 54 different starting lineups throughout the season.

In the NBA playoffs, the Knicks pushed the defending champs, the Boston Celtics, to the brink of elimination. The Knicks won Game 4, 121-113 last night in New York and now lead that Series 3 games to 1. Game 5 is tomorrow night in Boston. In the Western Conference, the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Golden State Warriors, 117-110. In San Francisco, they lead that Series 3-1. Game 5 is tomorrow night back in Minnesota. In the NHL playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes won again, beating the Washington Capitals 5-2 last night in Raleigh. The Hurricanes lead the Series 3-1. Game 5 is on Thursday night in Washington.

In the late game, the Oilers shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Edmonton. The Oilers lead that series 3-1. Game 5 is tomorrow night in Las Vegas. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs. And that's what I have for you in sports this morning. Thank you very much, Nick. So here we are together gathering on a Tuesday. And of course, we have a chance to win a Preston and Steve a tattoo today. So it's easy to do. You go to the contest page, WMMR.com.

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Get on that. Just go to WMMR.com and get signed up. We would love for you to walk away with that prize today. Speaking of prizes, we have a pair of box seats for the show that MMR rocks with the Hooters. Saturday, May 17th. And it's part of their 45 Alive 45th anniversary tour. It's the first time they play the Met.

So it's Word of the Week. We'll get that done at the end of the program. We also have a couple of guests on the show today. We're looking forward to meeting a new friend, a gentleman by the name of Adam Cesar. We were talking about him the other day. He's the author of this series called Clown in a Cornfield. And actually, that's the movie. And the movie was fifth in the weekend box office. It was doing well. It's an indie. He's written a couple of books in this series, from what I understand. And it's really taken off. And they're working on...

You know, maybe making this a full... You never know, dude. It might be... There's already three books out. Nightmare on Elm Street. Yeah. Yeah. Film-wise, I'm saying you never know. That franchise. Or it could turn into, you know, the Terrifier series. Absolutely. And he's local. So we're going to meet him. He's stopping in the 8 o'clock hour this morning. And our good friend Tom Papa is checking in. And he has his Grateful Bread tour.

And he's going to be at the Miriam Anderson Hall, the Kimmel Center, not until November 8th. But we'll talk to him. Obviously, he's got a chat about sourdough bread. He sent me a bread starter with very little, with no information. Well, we thought it was actually like an attempted anthrax or ricin. We didn't know. Didn't know what it was. And it was this mystery package. And so he'll give us a little rundown on what all it takes to be a sourdough bread baker and cook.

It's very laborious. There's a lot to it. You're literally, you're keeping a component alive. Yes. I mean, and I failed. I failed at it. So, yeah, it's difficult. But the yield, what you can get on the other end of your efforts is wonderful. Yeah. So we'll chat with Tom around 9 o'clock this morning. And also a reminder, a couple things coming up.

I wanted to make sure we get this out there, and I'm going to hit this kind of hard today. But we have our live broadcast at Kenan's Irish Pub for the official opening of Jersey Shore. It's a week from this Friday. Dear God. We're getting prepped for that. One of the things we want to do again, because it's been such a great success over the past couple of years, the seagull screech off. Yeah. And so if you are one of these people who can do a seagull impression, and you want to have a shot at winning some free stuff, and we always give away seagulls.

cash and great prizes while we are doing this live broadcast. You need to reach out to Marissa. You can text her at marissa at wmmr.com. That's Marissa with one S. And we'll get you signed up. We'll get you up on stage. We'll have you do your stuff. And we will see what the crowd thinks of you. And you might walk out of there a winner, but you'll definitely, hey, it'll be a story to share for the summer. Dude, there's some impressive vocal skills out there. I mean, and the decibel level is awesome.

Off the charts. And dress the part as well. Feel free to use your creative side visually as well to make the crowd fall that much more in love with you. So the seagull screech off is going to be a part of what we're doing. We're planning a few other things that we will reveal when we get there. We should want, for posterity's sake, Preston, record some of those meetings.

And play them down the line. I had a friend over last night. And I'm like, let me tell you about the meeting we had today. These are the things that I talk about at work. Yeah, this is our job. Yeah. And yeah, it was an eye opener. We're very well respected in our field. We are. That's who we are, kids.

I'm seeing that guy this weekend. Are you? Yeah, yeah. Hey, you think you can come out and do a little trick at the live broadcast for us? It is for charity. This is a guy, for those who don't know, in Nick's fraternity who took a dump in the middle of the floor in front of everybody and said, I'm well-respected in my field. And then he wiped his ass on someone's leg, right? Yeah, on Stu's leg.

And he is well-respected in his field. Yeah, I mean, he's done really well for himself. And when I texted him and told that story a week or two ago, he's like, I'm glad I can provide content for you guys. Another thing is starting tomorrow, we will begin Preston and Steve's Coolest Teacher of the Year Award. It returns, and we will announce a different school at 6.15 around this time-ish tomorrow.

every day and then we will put it up to you the students to vote and then the following day we'll give you 24 hours and the following day we are going to announce our winner and the winner will get the official presidency of coolest teacher of the year coffee mug a 50 duncan gift card an order of duncan's six dollar meal deal for a whole vibe as well and it's all good so obviously our sponsor is duncan on that we're excited to have them on board so that

starts tomorrow too and we got a host of other things but i'm not going to go through them right now because we have uh we got to take a break we gotta come back in a second we gotta get into the entertainment report so we'll do that right now please spend some time with us today on this tuesday morning i know we could all use a good hang together so let's make that happen we'll be right back

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, sir. We're going to give away, by the way, a prize for Stupid Question. A pair of tickets is MMR Rocks. It's called Experience the Second City, 65th anniversary tour. So it's Second City, you know, the improv group, the sketch group, and they're going to be at Live Casino.

It's the Live Event Center, two shows, Saturday, July 26th. It's going to be great, man. And the question that I posed to you is a very easy one. What kind of cans did Andy Warhol famously paint? Ah. All right. So you need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333.

And we'll send you a link. We'll see if you can get through. So make sure that you do that now. Text the word ZOOM 610-660-9333. What kind of cans did Andy Warhol famously paint? I got some birthdays to mention while we wait for your call to come in. Today being the 13th day.

Actress Lena Dunham turns a year older. Yeah, I just saw her recently. She was speaking at something. She was the it girl for a while with the girls on HBO. But I think she's gone quiet or silent as they say. Radio silent. Yeah, there was a story I saw that she's got some kind of project going on. I'd forgotten what it was. She is 39 years old today. The great Harvey Keitel.

He's turned a year older today. Man, Harvey Keitel is 86 years old. He's older than my parents. Former Marine? You saw The Bad Lieutenant, right? Where he has one of these pleasures himself. It's an awful scene. It's so creepy. He is indeed, in that movie, a bad lieutenant. So, when he's pleasuring himself to what

He pulls these people over, these two girls over, and he makes them do these sexual things. And you just see kind of him on the side of the car. And he'll arrest them or shoot them or whatever if they don't do what he says. It's awful. So he's like evil. He's evil. He's a bad lieutenant. He's a bad guy. Wow.

Great actor. Bad character. Yes. Great actor. He was the pimp and taxi driver. He turns 86 years old today. And Steve, he was in Little Nicky. Little Nicky. He was Satan. Yeah. Are we the only ones that liked that movie? Maybe. Yeah. Maybe. I did enjoy it. I really enjoyed it. It's Robert Pattinson's birthday. There we go. The Batman.

And a damn good one. And he turns 39 today. And obviously, Twilight was the big, big breakout for him. And Harry Potter was a big move for him, too. You know, he's really good in a movie I like. I don't know if it's a guilty pleasure, but Water for Elephants. Yeah, I didn't see it. Yeah, really good. But that next Batman movie, they say, will be out in 2059. Only 2059. That's it? So he turns 39 years old today. Actress Debbie Ryan. Yeah!

Yeah, she was Jessie on Hey, Jessie. Man. And a few of those other shows, Suite Life on Deck and Wizards of Waverly Place. And then she ended up with Hey, Jessie. So you guys are all very well versed in that because of the kids, right? Yeah. Yeah, I didn't watch it on my own ever, Steve.

She is super cute. Is she good? Yeah, most definitely. And she's married to Josh Dunn, the drummer of 21 Pilots. No kidding? Yeah, they've been together for a while. So she turns 32 soon.

years old today. It's Buckethead's birthday. Buckethead is like a gun for hire. He's a shredder. The guy can absolutely rip on guitar. His real name is Brian Patrick Carroll. I don't know who he's playing with right now, but yeah, he wears that KFC bucket on his head. He was with GNR for a hot minute, right? It's that plain white mask. He prefers to be...

Somewhat anonymous. Well, that's the thing. That's the thing. The problem is, well, his talent speaks for himself. So he's not like one of the band members in Ghost where they can swap them out. He is a singular talent. Correct. Right? So he can keep wearing his bucket. Yep. He's 56 today. Darius Rucker. Who do you get to blow for? Ruckerhead.

Great singer, man. And I was a little bit bummed out that I did not get a chance to see them when they were at Freedom Workers Pavilion last summer. I really... It's a guilty pleasure, man. They got beat up pretty bad. And the main reason is because they were so popular that they just got beat to death. So quickly. Yeah. And it can happen. You can get burnout. But I think a great band. And now he's a...

big time country star. He's killing, you know, whenever I hear him and I hear Hootie and the Blowfish, I always think of, Nick, that Friends episode. Oh yeah, where half of them can afford to go to the show. Yeah, to go see Hootie and the other half couldn't because you know those Hootie tickets are expensive. So he turns 59 years old today. The amazing talent that is known as Stevie Wonder is

is a year older today. He is just, he's almost not human, how talented he is. I forget who he was paired with, but he just played at the Grammy Awards, and the dude has not lost anything. And vocally, he's pretty much right there. I think I shared the story with you guys before, but my dad saw him perform on the roof of a building near the airport. That's a dangerous thing for Stevie Wonder. Well, he had somebody getting him up there and getting him down.

But he was little Stevie Wonder at the time, and he was, you know, I think 14, 15 years old. And...

uh even then you know my dad was like this is just an unbelievably singular talent yeah it looks like him and herbie hancock there we go wow he turns uh 75 years old today uh stephen colbert is a year older and he is clocking in at 61 years old today i love that guy yeah he's great his earlier stuff is um god um i'm forgetting the the show with uh

Where he was the principal. Strangers with Candy? Strangers with Candy. Yeah. Hilarious stuff. And Preston, if you ever get the chance to watch the documentary about the Dean and Carvey show. Oh my God. And all this incredible talent. Colbert was one of the people attached to it. And then it just failed. But it's hilarious. Okay. So he turned 61 today. And the last birthday is an NBA star. NBA star. Hang on. Hang on.

Loud music. Sorry about that. It's okay. He is 64 years old today and the bestest buddy of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Yeah, his daughter is a world-class soccer star. Doesn't really care for him all that much. No, they're not tight. No. He's an odd dude. He is 64 years old today. All right, we are going to go via Zoom to someone to see if we can get an answer to today's question. And we're going to go to

Joshua. Yo, Josh. Good morning, bud. Good morning, Steve. Good morning, my man. All right. So what kind of cans did Andy Warhol famously paint? Campbell's tomato soup. Yes, Campbell's soup can. All right.

Very good. Hang on, bud. You're going to go see the Hooters. It's a really cool show. Or no, that's later on. That's our word of the week. However, you get to go to the Second City 65th Anniversary Tour. And it's Saturday, July 26th. And they bring the most influential and prolific comedians.

comedy empire in the world to live event center and it's two shows 4 p.m. 9 p.m. take a start in 1999 more information at live casino Philly dot com so congratulations Joshua we are going to take care of you sir got some entertainment stories got to get to right now Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet have been getting even closer the pair recently made the red carpet debut but it hasn't ended there a source told us weekly she and Timothee have gotten really serious and it was a big step they are practically living together at this point and

As he stays at her house often when he is not working and has been fully integrated into her life. The source adds that everything is going really well and she is proud to stand by him. I don't know what it is. I can't understand it, but I don't mind them as a couple. No, I mean, they're both...

Yes. And he's really talented and seems like a pretty cool person. She seems supportive. Yeah. So the couple have been dating since 2023, though they've kept their romance relatively quiet, only recently stepping into the spotlight together more and more. Quick question. Obviously, you've been married for a long time, as have I. I mean, are we obliged to be retroactively Insta-official? I mean, you know...

Since it's never been made official. Maybe. Is there a protocol lapse? I've never really considered that, but maybe there is. I got to get on that. Maybe I'll do that later today. I don't know. She was sitting courtside at the Knicks game last night, Knicks-Celtics game at the Garden. And whenever there's a Knicks playoff game, especially at the Garden, I just find myself looking at the sidelines for all of the celebrities. And I don't know if she was there with Chalamet or not last night, but she was watching the game courtside.

Kim Kardashian added some new bling to her extensive jewelry. The reality star shared her Mother's Day gifts on her Instagram story, gushing over a necklace. She says, St. West gifted her, saying, it's for me and all my kids. The piece features five silver chains with charms that went linked from Amazon.

They form a heart that says, I love you. And Kim called it the cutest, most creative thing ever. It's adorable. Now, her eldest child, North, also got into the jewelry action, giving Kim a nice diamond anklet. The kid's got some money. Yeah, I guess so. Featuring each of her kids' birthstones. She said, it's so cute. Did you buy this for me? She was spinning the anklet around to show off the gems for North, St. Chicago, and Salm.

My guess is she bought those things and had them give it to her. While both gifts are packed with sparkle, Kim admitted the necklace is, quote, still my favorite gift. I love it more than my children. Kelly Osbourne is not...

Keeping mum about society's obsession with weight, especially hers. Speaking at Beecher Vitality Happy and Healthy Summit. I wish I was there. She said, we live in a fat phobic world. And in that despite her battles with addiction, she said, I got more crap for being fat than I did for anything else.

Kelly reflected on the harsh judgment she's faced, saying, you'll never read an article about me that hasn't got a comment about my weight. She opened up about struggling with her weight and revealed that she tried everything from surgery, medication, diet and exercise. But things only clicked once she shifted her mindset around health. She said, it's not just as simple as change your diet and move.

You have to change your brain. You have to come to peace and acceptance about where you are in your life before you can start. If you change your brain, are you technically you then at that point? Yeah, it might be somebody else that you actually are. Abby Normal. Kelly previously revealed her drug addiction started young after being prescribed opioids at just 13 years old. So let me ask you this. I'm going to...

dovetail you in to the Kelly Clarkson story. You had a major weight loss a while ago. How often are you... Is your weight loss brought up to you when you encounter people? So only when it's fresh. So I put a few pounds back on, not like a noticeable amount, but at the beginning of the year, I was like, okay, time to reset. Time to get back on the healthy train. And I've dropped close to 30 pounds between the first of the year and now. So...

Like every time I run into people at the MM barbecue all day long was, wow, you look great. Right, right, yeah. And so on. So it only comes up after fluctuating out and then back in. Well, a 30-pound loss is a substantial loss. Yeah, yeah. But I mean, like Casey's getting it all the time for sure. Every day. Because he looks fantastic. Are you ever annoyed by it? No. Yeah. No, not really. But like, you know, the annoying part is people ask, well, how'd you do it? You know? Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, it comes down to diet and exercise, ultimately. Yeah. But anyhow, she says, I mean, with her, I guess it's when they write articles, it always comes up somehow or another. The once tubby Kelly Clarkson. Yeah, stuff like that. Former hippo. You can't write that. I meant to mention this yesterday, but her recent renown didn't help much for the beauty pageant stage, Jordan Hudson...

Headline-making girlfriend of Bill Belichick came up a little bit short in her quest for Miss Maine USA. She came in third place during the finals of the event in Portland on Sunday, even with Belichick cheering her on from the audience. Is that going to matter to the pageant voting people that Bill Belichick is the boyfriend? Do they really think that was going to... She apparently was trailing in the...

There was a popularity category or something. Yeah. And she was like, by factors of like four or five. This is a step down from her second place finish at the same pageant in 2024. She did, however, take home the pageant's style award earlier in the competition. I don't know, man. It's subjective. It's people placing a vote. Yeah. They might personally bristle at her a little bit and go, nah, not going to give my vote to her. I don't think I knew you could do pageants two years in a row. I felt like you did it once and then you're done. But I guess...

She found a loophole or whatever? No, I think it's a circuit. You can enter from what I've heard. Can you win two years in a row? I think once you win, you're out of it. They're required, though, to wear a sash with the name of their favorite movie on it. I have a feeling that once you claim a state title...

You can't go back and do that again. You know what I mean? That's why I left the pageant, Piz. You probably get one shot at being Miss USA, but you have to win the state first. But maybe you can keep trying it at the state level until you win. I wonder how cutthroat it is now because it always used to be cutthroat. There was a comedy movie called Smile about the circuit. It was very funny, but it showed just how vicious it was. I wonder if it's gotten better or worse. I don't know.

People Magazine caught up with Robert Irwin at the Steve Irwin Gala over the weekend when the conversation inevitably turned to his recent photo shoot for Robert and Bond's Made for Down Under underwear campaign. And it's apparently caught the attention of a whole new set of admirers. The kid is cut up. He's looking great, man. He's in great shape. He's not a kid, I mean, but he's a young man.

But he looks fantastic. He said, oh my gosh, the DMs are a dangerous place right now. I've been giving the DMs a wide berth. And his reasoning for posing in his undies was strictly altruistic in nature. He said of the campaign, this has added this new element to my message.

I've always been about animal conservation, positivity, all that. But now, health and fitness. You can see the dingo in my shorts. Yeah, but the dude's in great shape and he's a good looking guy. So, you never would guess by looking at him that that is Steve Irwin's son. You know, though, he's got the same charisma as Steve Irwin. Does he? Yeah, and he goes on the talk shows. He's got the same thing going on. And I believe he's on this new Dancing with the Stars coming up. Okay.

So Renee Zellweger's man and Christina Hack's ex-husband, Ant Anstead's custom automobile business is struggling. People magazine reports that Anstead's Radford Motors filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy following a court hearing last Thursday. And this follows the company filing a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code last October.

I'm kind of sick of these people, aren't you? So Chapter 7 bankruptcy can include the liquidation of a company or the sale of a debtor's non-exempt property and the distribution of the proceeds to creditors. And at present, it is unclear whether Radford is officially closing its operations or not.

As a result of the new filing, and neither the company nor Ansett have spoken publicly about it. Which chapter is it where you don't have to pay anything back and it doesn't affect your credit one bit? That's chapter zero, from what I understand. Madonna is working on her very own Netflix series. The pop icon has teamed up with Deadpool and Wolverine director Sean Levy to develop a limited series based on her life.

And this series is not related to Madonna's other big project about her life, the long-delayed movie being developed by Universal. That movie, which was set to star Julia Garner, was put on an indefinite hold back in 2023 when Madonna kicked off her Celebration World tour. You know, I bet this happened because they wanted her song for the Deadpool Wolverine movie. Oh. And so they reached out to her. I bet they started up some line of communication, and that's why you see this now. Maybe. Maybe.

Work on the Netflix series is just getting started and it's not confirmed what period of Madonna's life will be focused on. Was it Like a Prayer? Is that what they used it? Yeah, at the end of the movie. And Ryan Reynolds, when he put it in like 10 years ago, when he started writing this, he was like, this is the perfect song. I want to use it. And they'd use that choral version of it, which is beautiful.

But they didn't have her permission. So they get to the final editing of the movie and it's like, oh yeah, we need to reach out and make sure that Madonna is cool with this as well. Is that the one you broke your leg to? Like a Prayer? Yes. I think it was. It was? I was just curious if you have flashbacks whenever you hear that song. That's one of the less danceable Madonna songs, right? No, he gets going. Oh, that's right. Also, add a lot of alcohol, Steve, and you can dance to anything. Yeah, that's true.

However, word is that Garner could end up playing the queen of pop in this series. So we will see if that comes to pass. By the way, she has ratcheted back on whatever she had done cosmetically. I saw her recently and she de-grilled that whatever the hell she had done with the teeth. But she's also got the eyes thing going on and a few other things. But the grills, that's just not working. It doesn't look good. Not working. Not working.

Snoop Dogg teaming up with NBC once again. He is rocking in the new year with Snoop Dogg's New Year's Eve special. It's set to air from Miami on December 31st starting at 1030.

The special runs for two hours, promising a fun-filled night featuring big performances, surprise collabs, and more. Could he ever have imagined, like my wife, every time she sees Snoop Dogg on TV, oh, I love that guy. Could you ever have imagined when he was starting his hip-hop career that this is where it would be? No, God no.

Jen Neal, the executive vice president, said Snoop Dogg's energy, influence and ability to bring people together promises an unforgettable night. We're thrilled to partner with Snoop and bring his epic event to the audiences across the country once again live from Miami. We're a step closer to getting to the Legally Blonde prequel series.

During Prime Video's up-front presentation in New York City yesterday, it was announced that Elle would premiere this summer. The series would unveil the high school experiences that led to Elle Woods being the iconic law student that we met in the first two Legally Blonde films. Lexi Mindtree is going to be playing young Elle. June Diane Raphael will play her mom. Tom Everett Scott is the dad.

Then you have the rest of the cast filling out. Do we know this girl? Have we ever seen her name before? Sounds familiar, the name. Lexi Mindtree? I don't know. I've never heard of her.

Nick will look it up and see if we can find out if she's been in anything notable at this point. She looks like... She does. What's her name? Reese. Reese, yeah. Yep. Scroll down a little bit, Nick, and let's see what some of the top choices are. The Murdaugh Murders and Law & Order Special Victims Unit 1 episode. Your two favorites case. Yeah, no, I mean, but the Murdaugh... Is that that South Carolina...

They were a well-to-do family. I guess so. And he is now serving time for murdering the family.

All right, let me see. What else did I want to mention to you guys? Oh, so the Office sequel series, The Paper, has officially gotten its premiere window now. Oh, really? Yeah. So the new show will hit Peacock in September. And a first look photo from the series has also been shared online. Eagle-eyed fans noted that Domhnall Gleeson is featured in front, standing on top of a desk while The Office alum Oscar Nunez sits in the background.

And as you might expect, the paper is set in the same universe as The Office, featuring the documentary crew that followed around Dunder Mifflin in the original series. The crew now follows a Toledo newspaper, which is called The Truth Teller. Yeah. And a publisher trying to revive it. So that's the story behind that. I wonder when something gets labeled as, you know, like a sequel to The Office or from that same gene pool. Yeah. If there's an automatic backlash from their own fan base or so...

firmly committed to the office that they have a lot more to prove to that audience. There was pushback after Carell left, and there were great episodes when Steve wasn't on. I really liked a lot of the things that Ultron was. Oh, James Spader. Yeah, James Spader, geez. They should have had Ultron on the show. The same thing with Parks and Rec. Parks and Rec was the same group of producers and writers, but because they were being called...

Office light initially, and then they developed their own audience. All right, we got one last story here. NBC has announced that it will be commemorating 100 years of broadcasting with a variety special spectacular. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler broke the news at the NBC Universal Upfront presentation yesterday. They said, hosted by a mix of legendary NBC alumni and today's biggest stars, the night will be filled with memorable music performances, comedy,

comedy tributes, behind-the-scenes stories, and surprise reunions. I can't wait to say, oh, was that on? And they'll say, you'll be hearing stories, no, you'll be hearing more soon, but I can guarantee this, because it's twice the age of SNL, it's going to be twice as long as the SNL anniversary special. That's right, six hours of a fun decade-by-decade look back.

No other details were offered, but the special should be just that. NBC has presented some of the most iconic programming in television history, including Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Cheers, Star Trek, The Office, many, many, many, many more titles as well. I wonder network-wise over the course of television history, I mean, CBS was revered early to the game, but there was a time when NBC...

Just dominated. I agree. That was the big, as far as I was concerned, that was the big network. Yeah. So they've got a lot. All right. We're ready for clips. Case, are we playing these up here? That'd be good. Voxpro? Rock on. All right. So Joan Rivers, a dead, funny, all-star tribute.

is filled with celebrity tribute stories and videos. And here Melissa Rivers shares a special moment that won't make it to the screen. Backstage and everyone's kind of hanging out and doing this. Everyone mills around. Every time a clip of my mom came up, everyone stopped and watched. And we all walked away saying the same thing, which is still the funniest person in the room. Joan Rivers, a dead funny all-star tribute, airs tonight. You can see that on NBC. Here's our next clip.

Nathaniel McIntyre joined the cast of All-American as KJ, Beverly High's new transferred quarterback. And in this clip, he talks about how much harder he is working and what he will bring next season. When watching all these amazing actors and these...

these films or on television and i knew i wanted to be on that level i knew i had to put in the work because i feel you know preparation builds confidence and that confidence creates great performances i don't i don't want it i don't think i want to see it season seven seven of all america seven comes out today on netflix by the way what the hell i know i know these shows are just they just exist yeah they've been there they got fans i guess so

All right, there you go. That's the entertainment report for you this morning. Welcome to the show. If you're just joining us here, friend, we are happy to have you. I would like to mention this. I'm going to hit this a lot of times today because we want contestants and we're kind of last minute for getting the planning together, but we're excited for another live broadcast for the official opening of the Jersey Shore. Kenan's in North Wildwood.

It's a week from this Friday. But we want to do the seagull screech off again. And we got prizes to give away for this. So there are some people that have an uncanny ability to imitate a seagull. You know you can do it. And we want to get you up on stage to give us your short, quick impression of the seagull. And maybe it's exciting enough that the audience will love it and you'll walk away with a prize.

What you need to do is email Marissa and tell her you're interested in it. And you can just email Marissa at WMMR.com. That's Marissa with one S. And then we will pull you up on stage. You will do your ungodly loud noise in front of everybody in the audience. They love it.

by the way. The audience loves it. And by the way, there's no version of the seagull that's wrong. You may have a contemplative seagull. Oh, sure. You may have a loud seagull. Whatever kind of seagull you do, we want to hear it. Yeah, there are definitely different calls that those seagulls make and whatever version of it you want to hear.

Throw out there to the world. We want to have up on stage and you might walk away with some cool stuff. So let's get this happening. Text Marissa or not text her. You can email her. I'll give her your number. Marissa at WMR.com and we'll give you her personal phone number and you can text, call.

Slide into her DMs on IG. Whatever you want to do, man. But anyhow, we need contestants. We want to make sure. If you know someone who has this ability, even if they don't listen to the President Steve Show, bring them to the party. Come on, man. Let's do this. Let them know about this. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment. Tom Papa is joining us today.

Author Adam Cesar, who lives in the area and has had this very successful series, Clown in a Cornfield. It's the number five movie in the country right now. He is stopping by today. We've got some stuff to get to. We'll be right back. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you, Nick. Tom Papa on the program later on. We also have author Adam Cesar joining us. But right now, my head is just filled with all these ideas. My mind is a raging torrent.

Flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. The stream of consciousness, sir. All right, and the first thing on my mind is a quick thank you. Oh, really? Yeah, I want to thank listener Bob.

Bob Mraz because he sent us a backup telephone to use until we get our phones up and running. Now, Steve, we have the candlestick phone. Yeah, but we have an improvement? Well, yeah, and unfortunately it came in a packaging that is so elaborate that I haven't taken it out of its packaging yet. Oh, I love it. And it is from Moe's Tavern. Oh, that's great. And it's a prank phone. Now, I'm going to hit a button. We'll see what happens. I don't even know where the speaker is. I don't know if you'll be able to hear this or not, but...

from Mr. Ron, first name Moe. All right, anyway, the audio, it's a little low. I think the speaker's on the bottom. Case is going to try and open it up, but it's the prank calls that obviously Bart does to Moe's Tavern. So thank you, Bob. I appreciate that. And yeah, it's better than the phone we have right now, so we'll take it. Word is,

The phones are operating right now, but there are a couple things we have to work out before we can actually use them. We were tinkering around with it off air, and it's not quite ready. So maybe tomorrow we're going to play around with it. We're on the precipice. We believe we're going to have something. Yeah, we may have a technological breakthrough. Absolutely. Again, if you haven't heard or if you haven't heard from friends and family,

Our goal is to talk to people outside of this building. That is correct. And we think we can do that. You don't have to. Are you sure? Yeah, it's okay. We'll mess with it later. I want to move on to something else. So thank you. We appreciate that, bud. All right. So the stream of consciousness nerds. Over the last few years, one styling trend has dominated the red carpet.

carpet circuit more plainly than any other in recent memory and that is the naked dress. What is this? A gown built on the suggestion of exposing its wearer's nudity and the Cannes Film Festival which opens today by the way.

The organizers, according to the website, they have posted this. Nudity is prohibited on the red carpet as well as any other area of the festival. And the decision, which will have a direct impact on the ever-growing naked dress trend, has been taken for decency reasons. Now...

I don't know if it means the flesh-colored material. I don't think it's that. I just see that regularly. I think what we're talking about is literally see-through stuff. Yeah, sheer. Sheer. And so there's a picture of Florence Pugh that Nick pulled up. And, I mean, she's not wearing a bra. Yeah. And she's wearing a completely sheer pink top. And you can see her nipples.

I don't have a problem with that. That photo, by the way, is on CNN.com. Oh, okay. All right. I guess they're bending the rules a little bit. I'll say this. You would figure France would be a little bit European sensibilities. I think you'd see that in a full beaver. Well, I think what they're trying to stop, though, Steve, is... Or lure beaver. Is what happened with Bianca Sensori. Oh, yeah. She was literally...

naked. Yeah, with just a sheer thing on top. She was full on, naked underneath, no underwear. And so I think they've realized that it's gotten to a limit, that it's just a bit much. It looks, it's too much. It is too much. I mean, listen, great, you want to walk down naked, but it's just

I don't know. It's not really fashion, you know what I mean? No, no. And they want to keep it that way. So just last year, model Bella Hadid arrived in a Sandy Brown St. Laurent number with a completely sheer halter neck top, also by St. Laurent, was photographer Nadia Lee Cohen's

slinky see-through by the way i love that word slinky a slinky one of my favorite toys see-through knit dress worn to the premiere of the film of the shrouds how did that slinky jingle go it's slinky it's slinky everyone wants a slinky you're gonna love the slinky okay one of the lyrics is girl and a boy and then the other lyric ends with toy okay

Yeah, that's it.

So, yes. A few days later, actress Vicky Creeps. Or Cripes? Cripes. It's Vicky. And she's naked. K-R-I-E-P-S. It's either Creeps or Cripes. I'm going with Cripes. Maybe it's Creeps, which are delightful. Oh, I love Creeps. Vicky? It's Vicky. It's Vicky. It's Vicky. It's Vicky. It's Vicky.

Boy, this is the old school. It was invented in Delco. What's that? In Clifton Heights, Delco. It's slinky, it's slinky. For fun, it's the best of the toys. Do you know who wrote this jingle? Edgar Winter. Edgar Winter. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

We're looking at what somebody has done with a slinky and they've turned slinkies into the wheels of this vehicle. If you ever had both ends of the slinky...

Get connected to each other. It was a nightmare to get them apart. So this is bull crap. It was a paradox. Like, how do you do this? But hang on. One of Delaware County's shining achievements is the slinking. And it was accidental, really. That's awesome. Yeah, because there was like a machine shop or something along those lines. Actually, Nick, I think, pulled it together. We need a spring that can walk down the stairs, Ted. Here's what I used to do with the slinking.

is we had a stairway that was open to the... It was almost like a vaulted ceiling in our living room. So I would stand at the top of the stairs and I would hold the slinky and it would stretch all the way out, all the way down to the ground. And if you would flick it with your finger...

It would make like, it would make these like laser sounds. Yes. And I would take the microphone from my cassette recorder and I would hold it inside the Slinky and it sounded like Star Wars. Star Wars. That's really cool. That's kind of how they did some of that. I believe it. Well, you used it for sound applications. Yeah. That's interesting from like a musician's perspective.

Yeah, Richard and Betty James, they founded James Industries in Clifton Heights, like Casey said, selling them for a buck each. Casey, they originally sold and demonstrated gimbals. You guys remember gimbals? Absolutely. In November of 1945. Do you know, it was originally supposed to be an ED medication, and they found that it had this application as well. It's bizarre how the ED medication has developed like that. It just becomes everything wonderful. Yeah. It's Blinky, it's Blinky, it's Blinky.

This is the one I remember. Okay, I've had enough of that.

We're talking about fashion, right? Yeah, we're talking about fashion. They don't want slinkies on the red carpet of Cannes. No. So Bella Hadid was wearing a slinky outfit. So anyhow. And then somebody showed up in a stretch Armstrong tuxedo. And then it was Vicky. Cripes. Uh,

who went for a transparent boudoir-themed Armani Priyev gown. Boy. It's unclear, however, if any of these dresses would be permitted at this year's festivities, given the reveal varying degrees of undress. In fact, naked dresses are not created equal, at least not equally exposed in. And instead of providing clarity and guidance around these choices...

The added clause in the con dress code potentially raises more questions. What is their definition of nudity? So they didn't make that clear. So Halle Berry showed up recently at an event and she had basically a strip over her private area. Really? Over the cooter, as they say in France. And that caught some heat. So my question is, Marissa, I don't know. I don't think you've ever worn anything like this. But none of this stuff seems like it would be particularly comfortable to wear.

Yeah, but on the contrary, like nudity is in. Like people are just kind of letting it flow. So a lot of these younger actresses too are just kind of like throw a little tool on me and I am just confident and comfortable and let it go. You just pointed at me. What do you want to talk about? What do you think I want to talk about? Marissa's outfit. Oh, no, no, no, no. That's not what I'm doing. And a barbecue. Did I look hot? You looked hot, Marissa. Yes, you were showing a little, yeah. A little? A little, a lot. Okay.

It'll look good on you. I was covered down to my toes. I let a little cleavage out. Cleavage. With Frankenstein shoes. Noted. This is just on the heels of you saying that nudity is in. But also, the other thing is on Instagram, these people, these women are doing this thing where there's flat out like a bouquet of flowers. And you're looking at the flowers, but really...

Beyond the flowers, like their nipple is hanging out. And they're also doing it with unshaved privates. Yes. This is a trend. And I started to put it together that this is the modus operandi here. That this is the whole thing. I saw someone who had painted a woman holding a picture. Like, what is this about? Holding a picture of Pikachu. Yeah. And she's holding a picture that she painted. You look down at the bottom of the Pikachu picture. Mm-hmm.

You can see her bush. Yep, exactly. It's this little sneaky thing that they're doing. I think it's kind of fun. Yeah, it's dirty. Yeah, actually, speaking of barbecue, Dorothy was wearing a sheer top. You could see all of her tattoos. Did you notice that? She had a bra on. I didn't even know she did a set. Yeah.

Have a great show. Even better, there's a photo of you with her. Oh, my God. No, but yeah, she was wearing a sheer top in this trend that you could literally see all of her tattoos through it. This I see is not... It's...

Sort of similar, but we're talking if she had just the sheer covering and no bra on. That's what we're talking about. But still, this kind of look is in. This was the onstage thing. She might post a photo of this shirt on with just some tape on her nipples. All right. So the updated guidance, which is one of two major changes to the dress code alongside a ban of voluminous outfits with a large train.

may have been influenced by, like I said earlier, that Bianca Sensori thing. Have you ever tried to pull a train? Like an actual locomotive? No, I have not. How do you get down up the steps at Cannes? So anyhow, they're making some changes on that. So we will see that reflected in the red carpet starting today.

All right, I got other things on my mind, people. The stream of consciousness nerds. All right, so if you need help focusing, science says that the right music might do the trick. And for one neuroscientist,

That magic tune is Bach's Goldberg Variations. Classical calming and lyric-free melodies tend to boost concentration, especially if you make a habit of listening to the same track every time you need to get into the zone. So you train yourself. That said, your ideal focus playlist may depend on your brain background and whether you have ADHD or not. I listen to music to think, actually.

Do you really? Oh, yeah. If there's a whole bunch of chatter going on, I can't concentrate. So I need to have music in my headphones or have headphones on or whatever in order to be able to think properly. So do you listen to instrumental music? Sometimes. Songs you know? Both. Yeah. I mean, it really depends on mood and whatever. But if I need to buckle down and concentrate on stuff, headphones are.

Music. Well, this holds true because in the morning when Nick is writing stuff, he's listening to music in case he's preparing the show. He's listening to music and as what you just said, I'm watching an episode of the Goldbergs. Oh, that's what you're doing? Yeah. This morning as I was doing my prep,

I was reading this story. Yeah. And so I put on Bach's Goldberg Variations. Oh, I heard that. Yeah, that's what I was listening to. Did it help? I liked what you were listening to. It was actually nice. Yeah. I mean, Bach's a genius. Yeah. Bach. Yeah. Is a genius and the music is awesome. But it also, I have to be in the right mood for classical music. I can't hear it all the time. More often than not, yeah.

The slight murmur of conversation, whether it be like talk in the background, very low. That can help you? I can think. Okay. I probably prefer more, I guess, of the ADD to not have other things that distract me. So quiet probably gets it done for me more. So I have Marissa grab some Bach Goldberg variations. Oh, I'm thinking of the TV series. No, no. Bach? The Goldbergs. Oh, the Goldbergs. Gotcha. No, this is...

This is what I was listening to while I was getting stuff ready today. So one study published in the Journal Scientific Report found that listening to calming music helps students focus while studying better. And typically a moderate level of arousal, not too high, not too low, is best for sustained attention. I have a little wood. Look, he's got a boner.

Bach was known as pretty much the boner king when it came to classic. That means choosing music with a slow to moderate tempo, with moderately predictable pitch and rhythmic structure, and lower levels of chaotic noise and dissonance, such as screaming.

Like Slayer. I don't know. You know, I used to listen to music a lot more. Even when I work out at home, and I work out a lot, you know, my setup and everything, and weight training, more often than not, Preston, it's something I really don't want to pay attention to that won't distract me. Like, I'll put on QVC or some channel or...

A History Channel thing. Something not too engaging that just provides room noise that I can get it. But I used to always crank up music. And I don't do that anymore. My favorite times to listen to music now is either while I am cooking...

or relaxing sitting outside. Those are the two times that I really love having music on. So my favorites are in the car, but my absolute, absolute favorite is at night when I'm going to bed. I will go up maybe a little bit earlier and I will listen to music in the dark

Like I used to when I was a kid. Oh, okay. And then I think about my manifesto. Whenever I'm by myself doing something, whether it be out shopping, running errands, or doing yard work or housework, I love throwing headphones in and just listening to music. Do you know what? I just found press in my... The first I...

pod that we got. Both you and I got, remember years ago, Y100. Of course, it doesn't work and the cord is rotting coming out of it. But that was my revelation. Oh, yeah. And getting back into listening to music with your eyes closed and in the dark and everything, that's my favorite way to listen. And listening to whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want. Exactly, yeah.

And, you know, downloading it for free or paying for the prescription or subscription or whatever. Casey, you mentioned yard work and like gardening and the lawn. I do that as well. Do you guys, Preston and Casey, do you guys ever listen to music while on the golf course?

Yeah. You do? That became acceptable about seven, eight years ago. Okay. And so, yeah, I've got a speaker that's also a GPS and it will give me yardages and things like that. But, yeah, you can put on music while you're playing. Mostly Kesha? Mostly Kesha. And Cisco. Is it Blue Tees? Is that what you use? What's that? Is it your speaker? Is it called Blue Tees? No, it is Bushnell. No, that's what Mama Smurf asks. Okay.

A couple of blue tees. Blue tees. You know what I can't stand is when, Steve, when people are hiking and they have speakers out on the trail. I don't like it, Nick. I agree. It's a pet peeve of mine, but boy, does it drive me freaking nuts. Let me ask you, more often than not, hiking...

I like to hear the nature. Yeah, most of the time. I like to think. If it's a hard hike, I like music because it helps me get up to the top of the mountain. Sometimes music in the headphones is good for me to just drown out the pain of the hike. Your own screaming. Exactly. But a speaker on the trail, no, don't do it, man. People don't around you wanting to hear what you're listening to. You can wear headphones and if you're concerned about

being able to hear what's around you and being aware of your surroundings, you can get those bone induction headsets and you can still hear people coming up or if there's, I don't know,

I don't know, an animal or whatever that you need to be aware of. You can still hear your music and still hear everything else. And it doesn't bother anybody. You should definitely do that. Am I working around the house, cleaning out the garage, doing the basement stuff, is listening to books? Oh, yeah. See, I can't do that. I need a little more focus. Driving is where I need to listen to audio books. But when I'm doing a task, it's music. But I wish I could do that. I wish I could knock out more of my books.

while I'm doing stuff. I actually look forward to when I set up the Christmas decorations, I will listen to A Christmas Carol outside the house. I love it. The book? Yeah, the book. Oh, okay, nice. So it says you should not listen to loud, busy disco or techno music. Disco? Classical music that's soothing and...

Classical music that is soothing and peaceful, hopefully without lyrics, supports focus rather than something that can additionally distract you. That said, the experts explain that there isn't a one-size-fits-all guideline when it comes to music and productivity that works for everyone. They say the effects on music...

of a music on individuals arousal and emotional response is highly variable across individuals the same piece of music can give rise uh to completely different emotional reactions depending on the individual listener there's probably no one genre of music that can help with focus for everyone so you got to find your zone let me ask you this i'm full of questions today what um is there a song do you go through periods where you find yourself going to a song

and over or more often than not. And I can tell you, I'm in one of those loops right now. Yeah. Where quite often at night, Vanessa Carlton...

Thousand miles. Yeah. That's a great song. And I can't, I'm like, it makes me feel good to hear it. Well, good. And then I'm listening in, there's a part, and I think about you, Preston, as my hands are down my pants. No, I think about you. There's a drumming background thing that's going on that's pretty complex. Oh, yeah. It's a really good drum part. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's really cool. So part of that rhythm kind of sucks you in, huh? It just makes me...

It makes me feel good and stick with it. Yeah. It really melts my butter. Just like Rod Stewart. Please. Rod Stewart really melts my butter.

It makes me so wet. It makes me so wet. Yeah. Rod Stewart makes me wet as a swamp. Oh, my God. You could surf out of my private parts. That commercial made it to air. Melt my butter. Rod Stewart really melts my butter. It makes me completely incontinent. I wonder if he can find that. It's got to be on YouTube, right? It's got to be. Yeah.

The way music affects someone's ability to focus depends on their listening history, what genres they are most and least familiar with, and their social and cultural identity as well. So related to this points to a study that shows that young adults with ADHD tend to prefer listening to stimulating music. So for them, this type of music could help them focus better. But for people who don't have ADHD, more calming music is more likely to help them focus. Do you default to...

Do you default to more often? I default to more calm music or like a Mazzy Star. I have a playlist I call Evening Chill. Yeah. And it is my favorite playlist. And it's cool, but everything is a little bit more moody, a little down tempo. It doesn't mean it's not happy. It's not depressing music. But that's when I slide into...

I am comfortable now. Right. This is great. Where are the edibles? Where are... Yeah, totally. Yeah, exactly. Oh, yeah. All right. I got other things. Other things on my mind. The stream of consciousness, sir. Completely unrelated stories. Ripped from today's headlines. Like this one. Igloo is expanding a February recall over one million of its 90-quart flip-and-toe rolling coolers after the company says it has received reports...

Of 78 fingertip injuries, 26 finger amputations, bone fractures and slashes. Is it one of those ones that, I don't even know how to describe it. It's a rolling cooler. Okay. Nick would have to look it up and find a photo. Here it is, Casey. We found a photo of it for you. This is the 90 quart flip and toe rolling cooler. Okay.

Wow, this seems pretty easy to use. So the company is recalling an additional 130,000 coolers in the U.S. over the same issue. And according to the recall expansion, the cooler's toe handle can pinch users' fingertips, causing hazards of tip amputation and or cuts. Customers are advised to stop using the coolers immediately. I mean, at a certain point...

I guess it could happen, you know, as you're on a beach or whatever. But do you really need to be instructed how to pull a cooler? Marissa, can you do me? Can you indulge me? There is a song called.

It's very, very short. It's from They Might Be Giants, and it's called Fingertips. All right. If you can find that. It's literally like three seconds long. Oh, I got it. All right. So anyhow, it'll play wonderfully with this particular story. So, yeah, Steve, I don't know. It has to do with when you're using the handle. I guess it's the toe handle. And somehow or another...

There's a pinch part in there and you can get caught in it. People have lost their fingertips? Yeah, man. I'm just getting pinched. Because you look at it in case. It basically looks like a bar and two supporting bars and you grab onto the handle and you pull it. I'm assuming it's the black one on the back side. That's what I'm assuming as well. But there must be a point on there that we can't really see. Oh, there's the other side that has a guillotine blade. Well, they may want to reconsider that.

Why did we put this on? Here's how you identify the recalled coolers. Manufactured date before January 2024 can be found imprinted on the bottom of the cooler in a circular pattern. Customer should find an arrow pointing to the manufacturer month and the last two digits of that year. Recalled coolers have a toe handle. Igloo is printed on the side of the coolers. This is how you identify this. It came in a variety of colors.

And the affected Igloo coolers were sold at Costco, Target, Academy Sports, and Outdoors, Dick's, and other retailers nationwide. And they were also sold online at Igloo's website and Amazon. Igloo's are one of those things that I love. I'm like, oh, and every time I see a good one, I'm like, oh, I would love that. And then I'm like, I don't need another cooler. I have so many coolers. Me too. I finally got rid of a couple of them. I don't need them, and I want one as well. Here's the fingertip song. You guys ready? Yeah. Here we go.

Fingertips. Fingertips. Fingertips. That's it. That's it? All right. Beautiful. That's the whole song. Let's keep that in there. Well, hang on to that, because you have not a finger. Right. And we need another finger drop just for the hell of it so they can play together at any point in time. Not a finger! Fingertips. Fingertips. Fingertips. Not a finger!

Thank you, Marissa, for that oh-so-tiny clip. I'm a Yeti man when it comes to coolers, and they're so expensive. They're unbelievably overpriced, but they are the most effective cooler I've ever owned, and you can have one in a car for a week, and it'll still be cold when you open it up.

That I dig. So customers with the effective models are advised to contact Igloo for a free replacement handle. But Casey, I was in the same position. I'm cleaning out my basement. I'm like, we have like six coolers. You guys are beach people though. Yeah, but when's the last time we've had a party where we needed six coolers? Like never. Like never. And honestly, like so many people have so many coolers that like if you really needed that many, you could just ask to borrow one. Do you use them at home? Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, so what we do is I bought a whole bunch of large tubs from True Value and throw ice in them and then that's what you do. And you can stack them better. Last year, Pacifico gave me the coolest cooler I've ever seen. Oh, did they give you beer too? At the beach house, they gave me some beer too. I love Pacifico beer. But yeah, it's this big yellow cooler with the Pacifico logo on it. And Casey, it's kind of like a Yeti cooler. It's one of those that'll, you know, it'll... Ice will last for...

Dazed in there. Does Stanley make a cooler? I don't know. Because they have the Stanley Cup, right? I think so. And it was all the rage. I'm not judging, but I do find it funny that people have, like, Yeti stickers on their cars. Really? Yeah. Like, you're Yeti proud? Yeah, you love your cooler that much, or your tumbler that much. See, you're a cooler man. Well, I think it's... And I don't have one, Casey, but I think it's like...

a national park sticker or you're an outdoor type or a Subaru type. Because we use our Yeti anytime we go camping, anytime we're outdoors for a stretch. It's, I don't know, it's indispensable. And actually, we use our Yeti quite a bit for tailgates and stuff. It's great for that kind of thing. That's our beach cooler. I mean, you were talking about things being cold over hours and hours. And yeah, the ice that we put in the cooler in the day

is still there. It's pretty amazing. I'm drinking out of a Subaru Yeti right now. I'm like all about Nick. Nick pulled up a Stanley cooler, Steve. Yeah, they do have them. They don't have a bunch of them. They do have some smaller ones and they do have one 30-quart cooler that looks like the biggest one. Mrs. Roper loves it. She loves it. All right. Let me see. There's something else I got. The stream of consciousness nerds.

So, some users of Reddit have been called out by a new AI-powered algorithm designed to identify online trolls.

And of all the interesting data, the algorithm came up with, perhaps the most fascinating was a group of Reddit users that were deemed the disagreeers. The disagreeers. Now... Sounds like one of your characters. These... Yeah. I'm the disagreeer. The disagreeer. So, these were users found mostly in politically charged subreddits as well as some sports and gaming theme pages who...

I know this will shock you, whose primary motive was to find people to disagree with, confront, and or mock. Yeah. Yeah. So there are people who just live to be contrarians. Yeah. Who just live to have the...

The converse opinion on every goddamn thing. And here's the thing, Steve, is the disagreeers also seem to have no interest in a debate or conversation. They just want to jump in, post their alternative viewpoint, and then get out of there. You know what they're called? Bomb throwers.

That's what they do. They jump in, throw the bomb, and run. Yeah, no interest in waiting for a reply to their bit of wisdom or whimsy. They just like to throw that out there and just, it's, you know, yeah, it's like throwing a bomb. Yeah. Hey, throw your bomb, get out of there. Get out of there. And don't worry about the... It's like, Igloo's the best cooler, I'm out of here. Yeah, or just, you know, that sucks. You suck.

and then they pull out. And you guys ever watch What We Do in the Shadows, the TV show? Just one or two episodes. It's a really very funny show and there's a character on that show and he actually was an actor that was on The Office and he did that for a stretch. He was a bomb thrower, Steve, and he would go into these online chats and the way that he would reply to people, I'll see if I can find it and send it over. You guys would appreciate it. It's very germane to this conversation and it's freaking hilarious. But they derive, well,

What I don't understand is creating an algorithm that's going to do that or doing it, you know, troll or sometimes a lot because computers can just keep bombarding sites with contrary posts and opinions automatically. So I don't know where the pleasure is in that. Yeah.

Yeah. All right. Another story. We'll probably have to move along after this, but the stream of consciousness. So new college grads getting ready to enter the job market. Wallet Hub has some highlights of the best and worst places to start a career in 2025. So they used, they ranked 182 U.S. cities on 25 key metrics to help recent college graduates find the best spot to start their careers. I wonder if, if,

If anybody thinks about career in those terms of... Of where's the best place to start a career. Of what city. Instead of, this is the job I want to do. I want to be here because I have friends or family members or because of the climate or whatever it may be. If they look at something, okay, this is the best place that they say to start your career. Right, you're saying step a level back. I'm going to...

Yeah. Because I don't know what, but I think that will give me the most career options. Yeah. Or I'm going to go into finance and Manhattan is my city to go to. Yeah. Or that you read a study online that says, you know, Charlotte is a great place to begin your career in real estate. So go there. You know, I'm just making that up. No. It's not. Is it? But wouldn't that be wilder than it was? Yeah.

But I wonder because, I mean, I, when I was entering the workforce, when I was entering into radio, I'm like, I will go wherever anyone will hire me. I do not care if it were to be in my hometown. Great, bonus, awesome. But I just want a job and I want to get my foot in the door and I'll go anywhere. I will tell you something that I encountered early on. You know, I was up in New York and I was on the radio in the embryonic stages of my radio career. And when I left and I was down here,

Well,

People say, why don't you? It's the number one market in New York. I'm like, yeah, but New York radio is terrible. So I was going against the stream. And it seems to have worked out. But everyone up there who was telling me to stay in New York is no longer in the industry. Yeah, my goal was to eventually get to a major market. Yes. But starting out, I'm like, hire me, anybody. You did foot modeling. Absolutely. Anyway, I did that too. Dude, do you know if OnlyFans existed back then? Yes. What?

a massive star I would be by now. You could... Honestly, I didn't even... I'm not even joking. On a basic level, if you were told you had pretty rockin' feet...

I don't know. I would have done that in a heartbeat. Yeah, of course. By the way, I have a OnlyFans foot story coming up in the Bizarre File, so we'll get to that in a moment. All right, so anyhow, back to the story. They ranked 182 U.S. cities on 25 key metrics to come up with the best place to start your career. They rated cities and everything from housing affordability to the average monthly starting salary to availability of entry-level jobs.

Topping the list, Atlanta, Georgia. They're saying Atlanta, Georgia is the best place in the country to start a career. So it is the number one for professional opportunities, and it is fifth for quality of life. So it averages out. And then you have, so here's the order. Austin, Texas is fourth overall, but it's number one for quality of life. So that's how they've ranked these things in the average amount. So Atlanta is number one, followed by Georgia.

Orlando, Florida. Orlando is second. If I were to move to Florida...

which I have no plans of ever doing, Orlando would probably be where I'd want to go. And I know it's a massive tourist trap, but it is. Every time I've been there, I've had a good time. Access to the parks. Now, would you go down there to be a gator hunter? Hell yes. Damn, Skippy. I'd hunt gators and snakes and iguanas and whatever else they got running around. All them varmint critters. Melts my butter. Gators really melt my butter.

Number three is Tampa, Florida. Wow. Florida really coming through. Yeah. Which is wild because the housing market is really taking a dump there right now. People are leaving in droves. Four is Austin, Texas. Like I said, then Miami. So yeah, a lot of FLA. Number six is Charleston, South Carolina. I got Charleston too. Follow.

Followed by, yeah, you were there not long ago, right? No, no, no. I just, I have a song. You have a Charleston song? Yeah. Oh. The Charleston, yeah. The da-da-da-da-da-da. Everyone's coming to Charleston for career opportunity. So Charleston is... Charleston really melts your butter. Charleston is ranked sixth. Then you have Richmond, Virginia.

Salt Lake City, Utah. These are all places that I would not really initially put on a list. I think we need Salt Lake City, the song from Book of Mormon as well.

Is there? Yeah. We'll have to get that. Columbia, South Carolina. That's interesting. And number 10 is Pittsburgh on the list. To me, if your career was VCR repair, this is where you would go. Yeah. I don't know. But it's wild that they made the list this way, that there are the most, what they're saying, career opportunities. Yeah. Generically. So part of that, Steve, is also being able to afford real estate and housing. So that's why, I mean,

Manhattan, forget it. Sure. There may be tons of job opportunities. It's impressive, yeah. You know what I've heard also is really skyrocketing as far as expense goes? I was talking to a friend of mine the other day.

Boston is through the roof right now. Boston's always been pretty heavy. But I mean, it's like worse than Manhattan from what I've heard. I'm going there this weekend. And so I'll let you know what prices are. I'm taking my son, Ben, or my bun, Sen, is going to college there next year. He's going to Northeastern University. And I've not visited the campus in a really long time. So we're going up to visit it. I love Boston, but I haven't spent a lot of time there in a while. And I'll be spending a lot of time there over the next four years, I guess.

And it's a great, great city. But I've not ever had to worry about the prices. So we'll see what it's like. I was looking at housing prices because Casey was looking at a couple of schools in Boston. And one of them was Emerson. And that's right near the city center. So I was like, oh, if she went there, maybe invest in some real estate now. And she could live there and charge rent to a roommate. Right, right. And I looked at the prices. It's heavy duty. Oh, no. Dude, and my youngest, Caleb, wants to get into...

sound engineering for stage shows with dreams of living in New York, New York City. And I'm like, I want to encourage this. But I'm also like, oh my God, where you're going to live if you end up there. I kid you not, a $2,000 a month apartment that was basically an area of

under the staircase of another apartment that had no bathroom. You had to go down the hallway. It's unbelievable. Two grand. Unbelievable. It's crazy. Wow. All right, well, this list is out. If you're young and you're getting ready to head out and start your career, best and worst places to start in 2025, and that is through WalletHub, if you want to take a look at that. All right, we got to close up shop.

on this segment. The Stream of Consciousness Nerd. A reminder that we're getting started with Coolest Teacher tomorrow, so we'll make an announcement around 6.15 a.m. and we'll randomly choose a school and we'll have the students vote for

on who the coolest teacher is and we got some cool prizes to give away and we'll tell you about those duncan is one of our sponsors for that um so we're excited to get that underway again and we're also excited for the live broadcast at keenan's uh for the opening of the jersey shorts brought to you by course banquet it is a week from this friday unreal uh and we need contestants for our seagull screech off we're gonna need contestants for all kinds of stuff when we get down there but this one we need to do in advance

So if you're interested, you can do an impression of a seagull doing its call. We want you on stage. It's turned into a really fun moment during the live broadcast. But you need to get a hold of us ahead of time. You can reach out to any of us, and we'll make sure we filter it over. But you can go directly to Marissa at WMMR.com. And there's video up on PresidentSteve.com of past...

if you want to get an idea of what you can do. But if you want to bring something new and innovative, we want to hear it. Yeah, and if you know someone who's good at this, let them know about it too because we've got great prizes to give away while we are at the event. We're going to take a break. Come back in a second. We'll get to the bizarre files, so hang out. What's going on in the world of rock? You'll find it at WMMR.com, your one-stop outlet for all the rock news you need to know. WMMR.com.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, Nick. Before we get to the B-File, real quick, I got a chart out. Our buddy Sap Sapio requested one and said, Hey, just want to thank you guys for the show, for a phenomenal experience with getting the opportunity to perform on the side stage.

at the MMRBQ this past weekend. Both Oak and I had a blast and will cherish the memory forever. There was an insane amount of talent on that stage and we were honored to be able to share it with them. We could not have done this without the support of our friends, family, and of course the YouTubers. YouTubers!

They came out in droves to support us, and we had a ton of fun hanging out with everyone. Could you please send a nice, big, juicy shout-out to everyone who voted for us in the YouTube community? We love you all so much. And he said, and thanks for the butt pinch, Nick. Sap and oak. So here's a shout-out.

for you guys. And thank you. I mean, thank you to everyone, but also to our YouTube community has become this real hub of fans. Yeah. They're rabid about their fandom and especially over the past couple of weeks where we've had to deal with here and Kathy and personnel and all the problems and everybody's just been

way supportive and cool and we appreciate you guys continuing to uh to support us and we love you very much sap and i have a nice little ass history together because the first time i ever met him uh i saw his ass i was uh rappelling down the side of the building in center city philadelphia for a stunt and uh he was mooning me as i was descending and so we were reminiscing and laughing about it this weekend and it was cool to meet oak i don't think i'd met him before but they harmonized really well up on stage uh and uh and i've really come to love that because

that beginning of the show for us because the side stage is a lot of fun and just so much talent out there. Great. All right. Thanks, y'all. Let's do the beat file. Here we go. Now, WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre File. Bizarre.

Brought to you this morning by Barlow Auto Dealerships. For honest pricing and dedicated service, visit Barlow Chevrolet on Route 130 in Delran or BarlowChevrolet.com. Barlow Chevrolet, together, let's drive. So a family in Fort Myers had an unexpected visitor when an alligator appeared on their porch on Friday morning. Damn alligator.

Bit my hand. Oh, my God. The sheriff's office shared a video on Facebook showing an alligator on the porch. And it was a big one in the Tortuga community. I'm pregnant. What? Did I bang an alligator? Appearing to be trying to enter the home. Deputies were able to safely secure the alligator off the property and load it into a pickup truck. And it was then turned over to a trapper.

Multiple gator encounters have been reported in Florida recently, and some have turned deadly. Earlier this week, I reported on a woman that was attacked by an alligator while she was on Lake Kissimmee with her husband. Yes. And during a different encounter, a Florida deputy quickly sprang into action when a gator was spotted at a high school, but he was able to successfully wrangle the hissing alligator. Hello? I'm pregnant. You saw that footage. This wasn't the one that was ringing.

Yeah. Okay. It was on the front porch. The way that it... I'm surprised it could do that and bend up the way it did. Yeah. I didn't realize they were that flexible in that direction. Got some leverage somehow or another. But yeah, it was weird. All right. Here's a story I teased earlier. Something's afoot in the South Jersey Assembly race. Rebecca Holloway, a Democratic candidate running for state assembly in South Jersey, was found selling photos of her feet...

On an adult content website for people with foot fetishes. If ever we needed Kathy, it's now. I know. Holloway, a single mom and home health aide, joined the race in New Jersey's third legislative district against two Republican incumbents.

Her campaign site doesn't mention this side gig, but she's open about it online, calling it her, quote, slutty era. I'll fight for you while you pleasure yourself to my feet. And promising more spicy content after the election on November 4th. Listen, if that works. Sure. Why not? The site based in Canada. Elect me and I'll show you my ass. The site based in Canada lets her post feet pictures for subscribers. Her opponent, Assemblyman Joseph G. Roberts Jr.,

Called it a distraction from real issues like taxes and housing. Elect me and I'll bang an alligator. She's trying to become part of a group of candidates that wants to flip the district blue or at least get their foot in the door. So in New York City, a performance artist, Kevin Carpet, caused a stir by lying wrapped in a carpet on busy sidewalks and letting people walk over him. Wow. You know what this reminded me of, right?

Do you remember back in the day we had Carpet Boy? That's right! Yeah. We brought him out to an event. We did a Mardi Gras party or something and we had people walk on him. That was his fetish. He enjoyed it. So this guy set up near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, staying still for hours as some stepped on him. Others took photos and many argued about his act. Some called it creative art, saying it made people think about public spaces, while others found it creepy or unsafe, with one woman calling it perverted.

Disgusting. The NYPD got complaints, but didn't stop him since he wasn't breaking any laws. As I recall, the carpet boy, so this guy actually has a little bit of what appears like a carpet or a tarp over him. I thought he might have been rolled up like in a carpet. But carpet boy was really kind of wore like a gimp mask to me. And so people would just stand on him. Carpet, who's done this for three years, says that

It's about human connection and trusting strangers. It's beautiful. Social media posts. Why don't they do this for company retreats? Showed mixed reactions with some praising his boldness and others saying that it blocked the sidewalks.

All right, listen to this douchebag, man. You guys will remember this story. A man previously in prison and paroled after a series of violent road rage attacks where he assaulted several people in Southern California was arrested in Hawaii on accusations of another road rage incident. Nathaniel Walter Rademach.

Doesn't this guy, like, carry a tire iron? He did in California. All right. So, Diane Ung, the

the mother involved in the incident said that she was teaching her teenage daughter how to parallel park when his Tesla sped past him. Ung alleged that Rademark almost clipped her daughter with his car and in response the daughter yelled out, slow down. Yeah. Okay, nothing inflammatory, just slow down.

Well, Servan's video showed the Tesla driver make a U-turn and yell at the 18-year-old whose baby was asleep in the car, mind you. Rademach demanded she repeat herself, you know, say that again, before reaching in the car and punching her daughter in the face. Ung got out of the car to defend her daughter, said, I had a coffee in my hand, my iced coffee from McDonald's. I threw it at his car and he came running across the street and struck me with a Superman punch right inside my face.

Ung said that she fell to the ground before Rademark took off in his car. Now, his recent arrest comes less than a year after he was released from prison for attacking eight people with a metal pipe in Southern California in 2023 in conversations that began when he was in his Tesla. He was sentenced to five years in prison but was released less than a year later. Doesn't Hawaii have the highest incidence of road rage? I don't know. Video surveillance captured Rademark's attack.

in Glendale, California in 2023 when he stopped his car in traffic, got out and struck another car with a pipe. Other victims had similar stories of a man in a Tesla who would randomly attack their vehicles with a pipe. He was dubbed the Tesla Road Rage Guy. Gloria Allred, an attorney representing several of the L.A. victims, said the latest alleged attack was inevitable, adding that Rademach

could be extradited to California for violating his parole. She said this is someone who apparently remains dangerous and who has not learned his lesson. Yeah, we talked about this guy at length before. This dude's an absolute psychopath. He does not deserve a license. He's going to murder someone. He's a rager. He's just without a question a rager. There's no attack like a Radamek attack. Radamek attack.

All right, one last story. An Amazon delivery driver is out of a job after, and I think she's very well respected in her field. After delivering some nasty packages to two homeowners in Los Angeles, one homeowner saw home security footage of the female driver taking a dump on the front porch. Come on.

He shared it with TV station KTLA, which aired it. The video showed the driver dropping off a package and dropping their shorts to leave behind the stinky delivery. Oh, I forgot one. And then the shocked homeowner also got video footage of a soiled paper towel that was left in a planter just outside of the property. Another homeowner came forward with their own footage after seeing the one on TV, showing the same driver...

on their property. Amazon said that they are disturbed by the videos and that, quote, we immediately identified the driver and they are no longer delivering on behalf of Amazon. Well, this is disgusting on so many levels, but she's standing right in front of garbage cans. Yeah. You know what? Take a dump in your hand and then throw it in the trash can. That's what a civilized person would do. Come on. That's what a civilized person would do. All right. And that is what I have.

In the bizarre file for you right now. All right. I'm going to hit this again. And like I said, I'm going to hit this a lot over the next few days because we want to have this contest happen and we need contestants for it. At the official opening of the Jersey Shore a week from this Friday, Canaan's in North Wildwood, where we'll be broadcasting live from, we're going to have again our seagull screech off.

So if you do a great Seagull impression, we want to get you on stage. Only take a couple of seconds and you might walk away. We've been, we've given away cash. Absolutely. We need to start allocating the prizes that we have. We haven't done that yet, but we have cash and bikes and all kinds of really cool tickets and things like that. Good stuff. That we will be giving away. So it's a chance to win something cool. Maybe become a legend in front of your family and friends and a huge audience of thousands of people.

But if you have that talent, if you can do an impression of a seagull, we need you to reach out to Marissa. And you can email her, marissa at wmmr.com. Email any of us. We'll make sure that it gets in the right hands. But if you know someone as well who can do this, who's legendary for their seagull impression...

Let us know because we want them to sign up for it. Are you working on Lori? I need to get in touch with her today because my friend kind of inspired me to pitch this idea to you guys. And she does a great. Is she a ringer? Well, she's watched the video of the years past and she doesn't think she can do it as well as the people that we've seen. But it might be a whole new slew of people this year. That's right. It doesn't mean that she can't beat that crew. So I'm going to reach out to Lori and see if she'll be there for me. All right. All right.

Her name is Lori Chapman. If you know her, tell her she needs to do it. How about that? Pressure her today. Pressure on that. All right, we're going to take a quick break. When we return, we are going to have author Adam Cesar in the studio. And if you're familiar with Clown in a Cornfield, it's number five in the box office right now. He's the guy that wrote the books I'm based on. And he's from Philly. Yes, he is. That's awesome. So we'll come back in a moment. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you, sir. So our next guest, who is in our studio this morning, wrote the source material for a film that is number five in the country right now. It's called Clown in a Cornfield. It's a series of books, and he lives right down the street from us here in Ballackinwood. Right, right down the street. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Caesar. Hey!

Hey, welcome Adam, nice to see you. It's great meeting you. Talking a little Stephen King. Yeah, you and Steve were doing the movies, you and I were doing books, so we got a lot to chat about, obviously. A little bit about your history, so originally from New York? Yeah, I'm a Long Islander. Okay. Me too. There we go, I knew that about you, Steve. What age did you move to here?

After college. Okay. Yeah, I fell in love with a Philly girl, so it was kind of like, you're moving down here. It's happened to so many people. Yeah, yeah. Spent some time in Boston, but yeah, now Philly's the place. And you were a teacher, right? You were teaching for a while? Yeah, I taught for mostly in Boston, but I taught for a year down here too. Okay. Yeah, and just...

It was the kind of impetus for the Clown of the Cornfield books, the switch, because I was writing and publishing adult horror novels for a good long while. And then talking to kids and being a teacher, I was like, why am I not writing teen books? Why am I not writing books that speak to this generation? Because they sort of blend. I mean, the Goosebumps series, they have another run that's sort of that...

Yeah. A little bit more visceral, a little bit... So it's a transitional thing. I mean, you're basically building your fan base for the future to come, you know? Yeah, yeah. And I think I have a lot of adult readers, too, who are always kind of surprised at what you can get away with in YA books. Like, these are...

Know that it's an R-rated movie, Colin. The Cornfield's an R-rated movie. And know that if your kids are reading them, if you didn't know, sorry, but they're R-rated books. Yeah, yeah. So I was reading about you, and you come in more from like The Scream, Kevin Williamson's, Wes Craven, Stephen King, sort of that sort of thing. And what I found funny, and this will speak to you, Preston, your father, not big R-rated,

on horror, but a big Stephen King fan. Yes. And that happens a lot. I think even people, my wife is not a big horror fan, but a big Stephen King fan. Yeah, I think King kind of reaches across that aisle, like he's such a cultural...

institution that I think like yeah my dad is a huge movie guy he used to kind of take me out of school just to go see movies which is awesome like I grew up a big movie person and he his one genre that he doesn't really like is horror yeah that kind of became my thing you know kids

kind of search for that niche where it's like, this could be mine. So what do you think about the parallels that are drawn, the obvious parallels? You have Clown in a Cornfield. It's a clown. It's corn. You have it. You have children of the corn. People kind of make that connection. How does that sit with you? I like it because I like people making that connection and then immediately within the first 15 pages of the book or the first few minutes of the movie being like, oh, it's not what I thought it was at all because it's not a supernatural thing. It's not, you know, it's this...

It's more John Carpenter. It's more Wes Craven than it is Stephen King. It's a slasher. Straight up slasher. Straight up slasher with a few twists. In movies, when you're watching slasher films, you have your classic jump scares, right? Sometimes they're warranted. Other times it's a freaking pigeon or a cat or whatever. How can you...

in the written form, create a jump scare? I don't think there are jump scares in books, but I do think there are kind of, like, jump scare stand-ins. And there's, like, that idea of, like, dramatic irony and, like, knowing something a character doesn't know. There's, like, a cliffhanger on the end of a chapter. Or, like...

making you think something horrible's happened when something hasn't. There's all kinds of little different tricks that I've learned in the almost 20 years I've been doing this to replicate that. And I think books are books and movies are movies, and that's kind of what's so great about this movie is that Eli Craig...

brings his own thing to a pretty faithful adaptation. But it's still his. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Big cult movie. Has the sensibility. Horror mixed with a bit of comedy. And critically, the movie is very well received. And it

Because it walks, I think, a nostalgic horror angle. Yes. For some people, it'll resonate that way. And for people who are unaware of Camp Crystal Lake or unaware of other early movies in the genre, it could go back, as some people may not be aware of, the early Scream movie. You're setting in motion...

a new lore and legend and this has all the earmarks of a franchise potentially well there are sequel books but that's thank you for saying that because that's very deliberate on my part I didn't want to write a book that was very referential and you had to have a lot of knowledge coming into it because they are teen books and I wanted teens to be able to be like this could be your first horror novel and then I think what's so great about the movie and what Eli's really this line that he's walked with kind of retro horror is that

parents are going to go. It's an R-rated movie, but you should bring your kids. Parents are going to go and they're going to be like, oh, this gives me the nostalgia for this genre. And then kids are going to be completely unaware of it and be like, this is my thing. This is a new thing for me. Even though it is and it isn't. And I just...

It's really nice. It's really nice hearing from, honestly, families and people who are bringing their kids. It's cool. By the way, Adam is going to be at the Colonial Theater tomorrow night. There's a screening of the film and is also doing a book signing. All right, so let's set the stage of this story for those who are not familiar with Clown in the Cornfield, if you would, please. It's about a young woman from Philly. Her and her dad kind of suffer this big tragedy, and her dad needs a change in his life. He's a doctor, so he takes a job in a small town in Missouri called Kettle Springs.

They get down there and things seem to be up. There seem to be tensions between the young people of the town and the older folks of the town. And just as she's starting to get comfortable, this town's mascot, which is a clown, a guy in a clown mask, starts knocking off.

her new friends. Is this Frendo? Yeah, Frendo the Clown, who is a corn syrup mascot. Okay. In the vein of like Ronald McDonald and Crinkles the Clown and stuff like that. Love it, love it, yeah. Yeah, I got it. So it's a farming community, I assume. Exactly, yes. And the corn comes from there and it's important. It's an important symbol to them. Yes, it's economically important to the town and they're now on hard times because the factory shut down. So there's all these different layers of...

Where does this fall in? So is this the clown in a cornfield? Is that...

Because I know you've written a number of books. And you said there are three books with the fourth on the way in this series. I should be writing book four right now. But yeah, this is an adaptation of just the first book. And then there's two sequels so far. Frendo Lives and Church of Frendo. And things get really weird in the sequels. I love it. So it is no easy task to strike success because the clown thing, while universally scary...

We've had some high-profile ones, obviously. We've had Pennywise, and we have Terrifier. Art the Clown. Art the Clown. But it's got to be really good, you know what I mean, to break into and to resonate with an audience. I think we're not trying to come for art's bag, you know what I mean? We're trying to do our own thing, and I think the film succeeds. I think the books are just...

because they are that whodunit slasher, because it's a mask, because it really could just be... It's Michael and Jason and all these different mask slashers. People talk about Batman, and I'm a massive Batman fan. What do you got? Show me your version of it. I want to see it. No one thought...

after, you know, when Art the Clown, all these clowns have been done, killer clowns. But you were weaned, I think, I was reading about you, one of your first frightening images. You were a fan of Spawn. Yes. And I assume Clown. Oh, yeah, the violator for sure. Yeah, absolutely. So that said, it is a...

generational fear of clowns and it'll always be something to go through but is it it's got to be a challenge and exhilarating at the same time to put your thumbprint on this we'll try and yeah yeah i i i'm i'm you know i've been living with friendo for like seven years now because it takes a long time the book came out in 2020 and take i was writing it longer before that um so yeah just trying to have him be his own thing his own slasher um is is is important to me

So before the film options came along and you have this book, you've freshly written this, you finish it, this is the product I want to get out to the world. I meet people all the time that

that are writing books. And the overwhelming majority of them, nothing's going to happen. I mean, you know, finding a publisher and all that. So tell us just a little bit, a thumbnail version of what is that? It's like sending this out. You send out your book,

to, I assume, as many publishing houses as you can and then just wait to hear what comes back? It is that sometimes, but I've been very lucky in that. I started from pitching people at conventions, editors, for books I hadn't even written yet. And I'd worked in the small press. I'd worked in self-publishing for years and years and years. So I'd kind of built a context list. And when this book came about...

My agent and the Temple Hill who ended up making the movie was involved very, very early. So it was this weird waiting game of like the book came out in 2020 and knowing that there's quote unquote a movie in the works, which you're a movie guy. The deal was made basically. The deal was made pre-publication of the book. That's amazing. But being a movie guy, as you know, Steve, you read headlines all the time of like this is getting adapted into a movie. And then they...

you know, we'll believe it when I see it. Like even I, you know, I got off the plane in Winnipeg to watch them shoot and I was still like, well, they're making a movie, but who knows? Right. You know, they could, they could dump it for a tax break or something like that. So like, yeah, I'm very, very lucky in that, you know, you were saying it's the number one new movie in the country, number five overall. Like it's, it's, this has been a weird week, a real surreal week. Um,

By the way, there's a conga line of solid horror that's been coming out. Eli Roth, a while ago, did Thanksgiving Day. And it was, again, sort of a similar sort of thing. But everyone, I love the way you're all able to interpret the material because everyone loves, at least a lot of people...

like me love to be is scared and love the whole the whole thing that married with the nostalgia I have you so listen let me go back to a point that I think is prominent here for talking about Stephen King and we talked about this earlier Clive Barker one of my favorite writers is

a blurb for the book, which was, it says, an author who knows how to make us afraid. That's pretty awesome. How did you secure that? That was through HarperCollins, the publisher. I did not know he was reading the book. I didn't know that was going to be a thing.

I mean, he's Hellraiser. Yeah, Hellraiser. Nightbreed. Books of Blood. Yeah. It changed my life. I mean, I grew up as a huge fan of his, and I was able to... We talked about Monster Mania. Yeah. About two weeks after he gave that blurb, he was a guest at Monster Mania, and he had like a two-hour line. So I was like, I'm going to wait in this line, and I really got to thank him. And he stopped his whole line. He sketched a beautiful piece of art. Oh, wow. And he was just so complimentary about the book. And it really like, you know...

being able to put that on the book cover for a book that came out in 2020 when a lot of bookstores weren't open, it really saved...

It saved the book. You know, Stephen King had put on, I think, an early Clive Barker book, The Future of Horror. Yeah. And so it's a wonderful thing for authors to be able to pass this to each other if they, in fact, believe in the plot. Yeah, I mean, yeah. I think hopefully one day I'll be able to... I don't think I'm there yet, but hopefully one day I'll be able to pay it forward with a blurb like that. But we'll see. I mean, you could be the greatest writer in the world or the greatest filmmaker or the greatest painter, but if nobody sees it or reads it or whatever, like, it doesn't matter, right? So when...

When did you feel like you started to have a bit of an audience where you felt like, you know what, there's some traction here and I might even be able to develop a career out of it. You can be a great writer and that might not be your job. This is your job. Yeah, and for a number of years, even while I was writing Clown in the Cornfield, I had a full-time job. It was...

It's so weird when you're a writer and you're selling your own stuff and you're going to conventions and selling books out of the trunk of your car. That's always been enough for me. That's always been, I feel like if I had two readers or if I have 2,000 readers, I always feel very gratified and so thankful for them. That's great. But I'm just very blessed in that it worked out that I

can do this now yeah you're the ceo you're the intern you're the mail room like you're doing all of that right and so like your pr you know and uh and you're the creative mind right so combining all of those at the same time is just exhaust it can be exhausting yeah well before this i should i made the pr joke but now now i have the people at ifc and rlj who are actually like helping me like

get on stuff and put the books out. And it's amazing. Yeah. So it's a lot of... You have to wear a lot of hats. You have to be your own biggest cheerleader. But it's very, very cool to be able to...

not do so much of that now. I still do plenty of it. I mean, anyone who's looked at my TikTok or Instagram is like, this guy never writes a book in his life. He's just always doing this. Any idea how many copies have been sold of the books? That's a really good question. Tens of thousands of The Clown of the Cornfield. Less of the other titles, but yeah, like a lot. I'm wondering how the movie Doing Well has boosted it. Yeah, I mean, even just...

Even just in the first, because we have a movie tie-in cover now. So that's in Walmart and Target, which is, these are places that I've never seen my work before. So just to watch that, I have a little chart on my phone just to see that number, see that thing spike in the last three weeks has been insane. By the way, totally unrelated question, but do you get carded when you go to bars and restaurants? Oh, I do, yeah. You look like you're 19 years old. Oh, thank you. All of you, by the way.

I'm 37. Wow. Dude. Dude. That's, that's, no, that's kissing me off. I'm sorry about that. You have a three-year-old? I have a three-year-old. She makes me feel old. She's making me feel older now. I was feeling very youthful. I was feeling 19 until three years ago. Now I don't feel that anymore. Oh, God.

I wanted to ask you, so you, you know, with the Clive Barker and Stephen King and other, you know, people in the horror genre, and you're obviously a hardcore fan, who have you gotten to meet? Who has interacted with you of that realm that has blown you away? Um...

Has that happened yet? The other day, this is more of a movie thing, but the other day, Barbara Crampton from Reanimator went to the LA screening of the film and tagged me on Instagram and stuff like that. I was like, thank you so much, Barbara Crampton. She's in my DMs being like, it was a wonderful movie. It's just like that kind of thing. I've had a few interactions like that where I'm like,

wow, like a 15 year old Adam would not believe this. Yeah. Pretty, pretty cool stuff. Well, to that point. So, so Stephen King and you are the, the, the literary side, obviously, but it's, it's, there's a synthesis now and Stephen King, you know, a, a,

screenwriting and eventually directed. Is this something that is a possibility for you as well? Are you asking if I'm going to have my maximum overdrive? Yeah, maybe. Let's see. Let's see how things go. I just think we're in a really good place right now in horror fiction where

Not just film and not just direction where it's like, this is like kind of a golden age for, for litter. It is. Do you, do you have an end in mind for a friend? Oh, or we're just going to let him keep going. That's the great thing about slashers is that like anytime you've ever, anytime a franchise says final, uh, there's at least two more sequels after that. So, um, that's, that's where I'm not gonna, you know, people, the third book came out and people immediately started calling it a trilogy. And there's like an epilogue in the third book that very clearly, uh,

like pitches a fourth book so like i'm just gonna my my thing is i want to keep writing them until i don't feel like i have a good idea you know what i mean like i i will go until um if i can't think of a thing that makes me happy writing it i i won't want to do it you're trying to force it exactly yeah but what's what franchise or what i don't want to throw anybody under the bus but what what franchise overstayed its welcome by your reckoning

And I know there's a couple. That's the thing. There's always a chance. Even if I don't like the last one they made, you know, like Nightmare on Elm Street is my favorite. It's probably my favorite franchise. And those movies are all good. Like, all the sequels are good. I don't... I'm not a huge fan of the remake. I don't like the sequel.

Someone's got to untangle those rights and bring Freddy back. Because instead of overstay, I'm really missing Freddy Krueger. I really want that to come back. And even Jason, even the ones that are not the most fan-liked ones, I've still found stuff to enjoy in all of them. There's something. Yeah, because I liken it to the old analogy about even bad pizza is pretty good. Yeah, for sure. And horror movies are the same way. Give me something...

Just give me anything. The one thing I always ask, and let me ask you since this is what you work in, just...

Something that pisses me off in horror is if the book or movie does not follow its own rules that it set up in the beginning. That drives me out of my skull. I know exactly what you're talking about. Yeah, I like that. And that's what's great about writing a slasher franchise is that there's no directors, there's no extra writers coming on. I kind of have this kind of hermetically sealed...

All the Clown and Cornfield books are me. I don't have producers whispering under my shoulder. They're not handing it off to someone else. I just get to do... What you want. I get to keep it consistent. Yes, yeah. Did you have an editor do anything? Oh, yeah, of course. So it is a collaborative process in that sense. My editor is Dave Linker at HarperCollins, and we have plenty of discussions about it. But there isn't like...

With movies, it's like, oh, let's fire that guy and bring in a new one. They can't really do that with me here. Right. You're it. When it comes to the author-editor relationship, I mean, they work for the publisher, right? The editor does. So they can have final say of, you need to do this or else we're not going to go with this. I mean, they probably don't flex that muscle much because you want the creative juices. I have a very nice relationship with my editor. Okay, good.

these books get weirder and gorier. And again, they are for a teen audience, so we do push some stuff. But the most I'll ever get is my other being like, are you sure about the flesh eating? And then I'll be like, yeah, it really needs to stay in. It's really important to the plot. And then it stays in, you know? Well, that's always the thing. Argue for your image. I wanted to ask you pertaining to the book and the actual layout of a book. Because I know in graphic novels...

You know, it's very cinematic. And a page turn can mean something. Is in the actual text...

You know, I know this sounds stupid, but you're talking about a jump scare in case you were talking about that. Is that mechanism employed in the actual page layout of a book? There's been one or two times where, you know, working with different departments in editing, like, I'll get, like, a PDF and I'll be like, you know, it would be great if we had a break here. Like, you know, there's been one or two times where I've tried to employ that. I'm not...

I think they're also experts going into that thing. Sure. In layout and copy editing and stuff like that. So I think there is a thought to it, but I think it's also just trying to design an aesthetically pleasing book that's nice to hold in your hands. Right, yeah.

Well, listen, it's obviously you're doing wonderful. The film is a hit and the books are a hit. And you've got this event at the Colonial tomorrow night. So the movie Clown in a Cornfield is going to be screened. Are you doing a Q&A or anything or just a book? Yeah, I'll be doing a Q&A. They're basically going to have to kick me out of the Colonial. I'll set up with signing books and stuff. And you're a fan. You do Blobfest, right? Oh, yeah, I've.

I think my daughter's been every year at Blobfest since she's been alive. That's the way to catch how you raise a child. I love it. I go every year. Down at the Colonial, they also have Horrorthon, which is an Exhumed Films 24-hour horror thing. And then they do X-Fest. It's just 12 hours. I do...

all this stuff. Awesome. I love it. All right, well, go and see Adam at the screening tomorrow, seven o'clock, Q&A, book signing as well. And it's just so great that you've had the success. You're right down the street from us, so we're very happy for you, ma'am. Thank you so much for having me. We'll talk to you soon again, I'm sure. Excellent. Thank you very much, Adam Caesar, guys.

Clown in a cornfield. Go and see it. We're going to take a break. Come back in a moment. Our buddy Tom Papa will be joining us shortly, so stick around.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thanks, Zig. By the way, put a pin in the topic of things that people have left at move-out day. Oh, my God, yes. We talked about that before. Yes. And what you can end up claiming that people just leave when they move. That and something horrific that seagulls were doing with humans on the beach. That, too. We got a number of things to get to. But more importantly, our next guest is ready to go. It was a little while back. I received a fairly plain-looking message.

Manila envelope. You call that Manila? Yeah. Manila envelope. Manila envelope, yes. And it had a vague note in it with some type of material in a plastic bag. And I see it. I'm dialing Homeland Security. It just said from Mr. Papa. Yeah.

And I assumed that it was a sourdough starter, but it could have very well been anthrax or something like that. At that point... I didn't know what it was. I wish Tom Papa decides he is sick of us. No, but it turns out it was indeed a sourdough starter. And we had the man who was going to be in town...

At the Kimmel Center for the Grateful Bread Tour, Casey and our wives are going to go to that show. We're all set for that. We're going to have dinner and a show. It's going to be awesome. November 8th is when that is. You can get tickets. You can go to his website or you can go to ensembleartsphilly.org. Our friend, Tom Papa is joining us once again. Good morning, Tom. Nice to see you, sir. Nice to see you. Sorry, I know we tried to...

a little earlier because of the mystery that came into your possession. Yes. I heard you were frightened. A little. I heard that people were confused. I don't understand why I said I was going to send...

Sourdough starter? Yeah. It was just, there was nothing in it but a note that says, from Mr. Papa, and I was like, okay, I think I know what this is. Mr. Papa sounds like a Quentin Tarantino, you know, reservoir dog, so we're meeting with Mr. Papa today. Yeah, then you get one more clue, and it's like, meet me downtown. And then what I did, Tom, was immediately I looked up, okay, sourdough starter. I pulled up, you know, YouTube videos.

And nothing that I found looked like what you sent me either. That would set me into more confusion because the starter that I was looking at was the kind that was already hydrated and breathing and living and growing and that whole thing. I didn't know that you could do this like, I guess, a dehydrated sourdough starter, right? Yeah, it's kind of fossilized. Yeah.

If you just leave it, it kind of turns into like a chip in a way. I didn't know that. May I ask, because I, listen, I'll freely admit it. You sent me one and I ended up John Wayne Gacy-ing that son of a bitch. But it's there. Can I bring it back from the dead? In the jar? What is, what's the... It appears to be dried up and almost like chippy like what Preston has.

Yeah, I bet you could. Yeah, just take a little tiny chip of it and mix it with some water. Okay. And see what happens. All right.

So I went ahead and I looked up, you know, how to go about this process of making bread, which you've been now doing for years and have come to a level of expertise that you're probably comfortable with. Because what I've learned is this is a lot of trial and error in this. And it is not...

I thought, okay, yeah, Saturday, I got Saturday open. I'll knock that out. No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no. Dr. Frankenstein had it easier. Multi-day, multi-week maybe process for this, Tom? I like how you get this dried sourdough starter in a bag and it says Mr. Papa on it. And you have my number. Yeah.

I reached out to you. But you decide to go to the internet and talk to strangers and take out the Encyclopedia Britannica. Right.

You're a busy man. You're a celebrity. I didn't want to bother you. I did text you and it's a couple days to get back. And I was like, okay, I'll kind of figure this out. It's like calling De Niro for his sloppy Joe mix. So what did you do with it? I haven't done it yet. I wanted to talk to you first. Okay, good. Because I started to look up things and it was, man, there are very specific things. Number one, you need like a digital scale and you have to weigh out five grams exactly. Oh, okay.

And then you have to train and teach this stuff how to come alive and hang on to it. Tickle it. See it tickling. Into its ear. Nothing. Is the hardest part keeping it away from bad bread that might influence it?

Yeah, if it eyes any kind of store-bought bread in a bag. But after watching a little bit of this, I have realized how this can be an obsession for some people because you really are nurturing something. You're bringing something to life. You know what I mean? Yes, exactly. And that's why this way of delivering the sourdough starter is so exciting because

Because they've actually found what you have, like this chip of my sourdough starter, they've actually found from thousands of years ago.

Some of like the first bread ever made. And it's in that chip form. And they've actually gotten this primitive sourdough starter back to life and then made bread out of it. That's insane. And the one thing I couldn't stop thinking about, Tom, as I looked up the process of making sourdough bread, I'm like, who in the hell thought of this? I mean, how many trial and error experiments

years did it take? And why did this person stick with it and eventually say, God damn it, I'm going to get it there. I'm going to get it. It's very complex. Think about everyone in your little village is eating this

kind of a cracker. Yeah. That's all they've got is they've got this cracker and they're looking at each other and like, this is good, right? Yeah. Happy birthday. Enjoy your cracker. And then somebody has a bowl of flour and water and all of a sudden this yeast from the atmosphere goes in it and they look over and it's

bubbling yeah and it's active and it's bubbling they don't know why they don't know that there's even a thing called yeast but there's yeast wild yeast has gotten into the bowl and is eating and farting and becoming all gaseous and then somebody makes the cracker with that stuff and a big fluffy loaf comes out and everybody's like wait a minute

Finally, we can admit that cracker sucked. Generations have been eating this and saying it was good. We had it on the holidays. And somebody makes bread and that

that's why people went nuts and just started making it forever. I mean, bread is such a, such a, an essential part for, for, for how long for, for humanity, the ability to do that. And I have to ask you because you are, you make demure from this, but you, you're, you're definitely an expert. Your, your game is, is renowned. Your sourdough game. Uh, what, where, where would you say, where, where are the innovators? Where's the,

best sourdough one could sample coming from these days? Oh, man. The best thing to do is find a small artisan bakery that is known for their bread. Like in L.A., there's these places like Bub's Bakery in Termini. And not Termini. That's you guys. Yeah. And Lodge Bread. And the reason you find the small ones is those people are sourcing bread

Real artisanal wheat, organic wheat. And they've repopulated their farms with the original wheat from that area. And it's happening all over the country. And literally, the wheat is making the huge difference. And it makes these earthier, better, deeper, more flavorful breads.

It's not just enriched flour that is like it can technically make bread, but there's no real flavor to it. So if you find these small guys and you find out where they're getting their wheat. Now, I know this is a lot to have to really like bread to want to do this. Yeah. They have weed where you live. Yeah.

And if you go to the small shops and you say they're really into it, they're going to be using the right stuff. And that's going to make all the difference. When I was a kid, I was told San Francisco was like the hub of great sourdough. Yeah, yeah. And they still do. And they say that there's different regions that the natural yeast from the region kind of...

influences the flavor. People go back and forth whether that's true or not. I think it's got to be true. That region was making this amazing sourdough bread for decades. There's got to be something to it. Should I be prepared to fail on my first outing? Is that standard the way it goes? Yeah, probably. You're not going to kill it. The good thing about bread, it's like bad pizza on the road. It's like

Even in its worst form, it's going to be amazing. Yeah, true. It'll come out flat like a Frisbee. Well, this doesn't look like the bread I see in the bakery. And then you put some butter on it. You're like, I think I'm a genius. Do you take a stab at others, at other types of bread other than sourdough? Or is this? Yeah, you know, sourdough is kind of sourdough is just the term because you're using the natural ingredients.

the yeast that I sent you. And from that, you're not just making like a loaf that's just sour. You,

You change up the balance and, you know, you make some olive loaf and you make ciabatta and you make different things. You're just using that as the yeast. Is there sort of a bloods and cribs divide? Like are the pumpernickel boys all over the sourdough? Don't bring up the pumpernickel boys because they have been nothing but trouble. And, you know, they act like they're your friends, but they...

There's been a lot of times when my sourdough will take those little plastic things that keep the plastic bags together. Right. Square things. And it'll cut a pumpernickel. It'll cut him up good. Yeah. Like a shiv. Yeah. I love it. The bread wars have begun. So what you got to do is take some of the stuff that I sent you. Okay.

and just put a little bit of water in it. Okay. Just make it into a mush. All of it, or just take maybe half of what you gave me? Yeah, half. Okay. Yeah, in case it screws up. Yep. And then add some water to it, and get it into a liquidy paste. Okay. Once it's that, once you've gotten that, and add a little bit more water, you stir it up. Once you have that, which will make, like, you know, a couple hours...

Once you have that, then you're going to transfer it to a small bowl and put equal amount of flour and water in it. You're going to put like 100 grams of flour or a cup or two if you don't have a scale and the same amount of water. Okay.

And then you're going to mix that together and leave that on the counter covered and see if it starts getting active. And if it does, then you're in business. Now we've got a starter that's cultivating and it's like it's come back to life. It came from my kitchen, was paralyzed.

And now it's sent to your house. And now we've got... It's active and ready to make bread. It's like sea monkeys. And from that point, you contact me. And I'll tell you the amounts. Or I'll email it to you of the exact amounts to actually make the bread. Okay. Done and done. Listen, it's a thing of beauty. I mean, we just...

mouth-watering pictures on your Instagram of what you do. We're getting a new kitchen, so I think I'm going to take a dive into trying to try this again and take it out for a spin with proper equipment. So this has been your deal.

What did you do to the kitchen? We're going to get new appliances and everything. Because we've been in the house. Let me ask you this. I don't know why it's a DIY show. But we were told when we moved in to live, the room you do not screw with immediately is the kitchen. You live in it. See how you use it before you move in.

you know refurb it and redo it to know how you use it and maximize it that way so we're at that point now and so we're going to get actual equipment we can use that doesn't just spark and smell like ozone oh that's so exciting yeah yeah so is there a particular oven that you recommend

Oh, man. I have a Viking. Yeah. I have a Viking and it's big. And the other day, though, you know, I have to get it serviced. I just like I've been running this thing into the ground for 10 years. I have to have someone come and clean it up and tweak it. I was making bread the other day and it wasn't getting hot enough. And yeah, I think I've got to clean the

I don't know. The Jets or if I knew what it was, I would have done it. I got to call it. Yeah. You don't want to screw around with it. I'm going to fix my own oven. Yeah. Are you like somebody who has a garden and they're just having to unload all of their tomatoes to everyone? Do you end up gifting bread a lot because you're making so much of it?

Yes, for the bread, 100%. I make too much of it and I'm kind of the weirdo in the neighborhood that just shows up like assuming everybody wants it. Who's the more weirdo? The bread guy or the pickle guy or, you know, people, I guess as we get a little bit older, we start to find our things, you know, like smoking meats and

I embrace the bread guy. I think if somebody comes and gives you tomatoes or something from the garden, you're like, well, nature grew this. If you're a little hesitant with the

With the bread, you're like, well, this guy had his hands all over it. This guy was deep. This was under his nails. All stuff to consider. Yeah. We were just talking earlier about music being something to help you focus when you're doing a task. And when I'm in the kitchen, I'm cooking. That's when I like to put music on. Do you listen to music when you're making your bread?

Yes, yes. Music is a huge part of when I'm in the kitchen. What gets you in the zone? What genre? On Sundays, which, you know, I'm always coming off the road on Sundays and come to the house and I cook Italian, you know, like Sunday, proper Sunday dinner. And that's just Rat Pack, Sinatra, Dean Martin. Yeah, love it. And man, it's so good. On Sunday, I put in...

60s Italian music, like music from Italy. Wow. From the 60s. Wow. And that was good for a little bit. It was like, you know, and then after a while it gets a little kind of corny. Right. And you're like, all right, give me Sinatra. What am I doing here? When you're thinking about slipping a Mickey to Joey Heatherton, you know you've gone too far down too deep. Right.

Actually, we had one of your friends on the show a couple of weeks ago, Chris Thiel, from Nickel Creek and stuff like that. Oh, yeah. He's great. Yeah. We just had, I don't know. I would listen to that. That would get me in a bread-making zone, I think. Yeah. Mandolin. That should be your album, Songs to Make Bread By.

Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad. I know. Yeah, I put on a little Jerry Garcia band has been making the rotation a lot lately. Well, we noticed the Grateful Bread tour, which we love. Yeah. It's great. And I wanted to ask you, you know, material-wise, the last time we were talking, your last special was so great, but everyone commented, and we did, that it seemed like a more loose, cannon-y sort of Tom. A little edgier. A little edgier. Have you...

in the way you're writing, have you progressed down that path? Are you now Lenny Bruce? Or where are you falling comedically, would you say? Yeah, it's still pretty clean. But it's definitely getting a little more odd, I would say. Yeah, are you enjoying that? It's getting a little weirder. My friend the other day, I played The Beacon in New York last week, and...

my buddy went out with me after and he said uh he really like regularly loves the new act he goes there's a lot of funny characters showing up now oh wow i was like what do you mean he goes you know just like all the different people that are making appearances in your in your act there's a lot of oddballs coming into town that's gotta be is that liberating or is that i mean not that you were ever restricted i mean obviously you've been creative and doing stand-up for years and your stuff is great but

you're known for a style and I think after a while, it's not like you're going ape-ass crazy, but you're veering a little bit. Yeah, yeah. No, definitely. It's, you know, there was a lot of, there was a lot of monitoring like the growth of my family and where my kids were at and, you know, that kind of thing. And,

And I always said, like, I don't want family to devour my act. But it's so funny that it just, the majority of it was family. And now they've made the conscious decision that they don't love me and they've moved out. They decided that? Why would I keep honoring them in my stand-up? Wow.

Yeah, so now I'm talking about the guy across the street that wets himself and walks around. I'm waiting for the Bob Fosse movie with you, like, standing center stage with a cigarette in the dark and hunched over with a beard and just pissing and moaning about the guy who pisses himself. They left. They left me.

So, yeah, it's definitely getting a... It's definitely... It is a lot of fun. You know, each stage was fun. But this stage is definitely... It's cool when you can just kind of talk about anything. That's great. And kind of open it up. Yeah. And the Grateful Bread Tour was named after a listener of my radio show. You know, I'm always talking about bread, as you can see. And he named it. Someone, a listener, gave...

suggested the name and I was like, oh, that's pretty perfect. I started talking on stage. You'll see it in depth if you come to the show. I talked about how I'm not great at being an adult. And I'm working on it. But I'm not that great being a grown-up. I always screw things up that other men kind of seem to handle. And I said I locked my keys...

in my car at a Grateful Dead concert, which is totally true. I locked my keys in my car before cell phones. And I was like, I mean, think about how humiliating it is to watch thousands of people whacked out on LSD

Get in their cars and go home before I could. Like they have their act together more than I do. And I have to wait for all the traffic to leave and the tow truck to finally have an opening to come in. And he just looked at me like, what is wrong with you? I'm like, I'm not good at this. Tom is going to be at Kimmel Center November 8th is when the Grateful Bread tour starts.

uh is going to be coming down um i i love uh you know your breaking bread uh podcast and and i love seeing the post i follow you on instagram um do you have any upcoming um interviews or anything um on the show you want to mention yeah we've got uh next up i think we have uh mike berbiglia is coming on and then uh um cedric the entertainer he's coming on

And, yeah, those are the next couple of ones. You do that at home? No, I have a studio near my home. As you know, whatever can cut down the commute is really the key to life. Yes. You know, people come out. We have Matt Damon and Seth Rogen and all these great people. And people are like, wow, that's...

must be a cool where you do that. And no, it's an office building. It's me and a bunch of dentists. But it's close to my house. So that's why I'm doing it. If we listen carefully, can we hear drilling in the background? Yes, you could hear drilling. You could hear people crying as they're going to their therapist. I have to ask you this. You just mentioned Matt Damon. And I, and,

There is a, again, no one can, there's no rhyme or reason to the randomness of TikTok and or, you know, Instagram. But I don't know if you've seen clips from behind the candelabra.

popping up. Specifically, the one I'm seeing a lot now is Rob Lowe. The Doctor. The Doctor. Where Michael Douglas as Liberace is telling him how he wants Scott altered. But I'm waiting for your clips to pop up as well. Apparently, people have discovered this movie again. What's so frustrating about that clip is the beat right before it. I'm on the couch across from them. Oh, okay.

And I just have like one or two lines and I'm out of there. But I'm like, oh man, why couldn't they just let it breathe? Artistically, not for me, but artistically. We'll post that clip extended. We'll just post it on ours and get it out there. Put it into the ether.

Just to get my fancy pants on there would be great. I have these great flowered, blue flowered pants. It's great. Oh, it was the best. Me and Dan Aykroyd walking around like two queens. Have you ever had to sit down with Rob Lowe? Because that's a fascinating guy.

No, I haven't. I did have his son on, though. His son and him have a Netflix show, and his son is really funny. Oh, yeah. His son makes fun of him all the time, just right to his face. Yeah, their dynamic is hilarious.

And he was on my podcast and Rob's not even there and he's just ripping his dad apart. He thinks he's good looking. Come on, old man. Were you a fan of those? The Rat Pack? Of course. Oh my God, Breakfast Club.

I was just... Yeah, that whole era was just so... It just hit me at exactly the right time. I was in high school when Breakfast Club came out. Yeah. And I remember being with my girlfriend after the movie and we were parked and really talking about our feelings. I graduated... At Breakfast Club and I'm like, this is a good movie, but man, I'm not getting a second base tonight. I graduated in 86 and that's when that movie came out. So it is my... It's right in the heart. It hits...

right in my life. Did you see the documentary of the... It was great. Andrew McCarthy. Oh, of the Brad Pack. Andrew McCarthy. Excellent. Great. Yeah. It was great, but it was kind of weird, right, when he went to like...

When he went to... Judd Nelson? No, no. The Sheen, Charlie Sheen. Oh, Emilio Estevez. Emilio Estevez. That was an uncomfortable scene. Yeah. He realized, by the way, he did a... Just recently did a whole Breakfast Club reunion. And I think he realized that that might have resonated a little weird. And in that presentation, he says...

I was getting the feeling that people thought I didn't like these people and I had to come out, come here and say, no, these are friends and lifelong friends. And, and that I, yeah. And that I was, but so maybe it resonated with you that way. I thought it, I thought it was a great exchange. He seemed like sort of surprised that it still had the longevity that it has. Yeah. I mean, it definitely, you know, someone from 30 years ago was like, remember? And they're like, yeah, I don't know. Yeah.

I've had 20 children since then. We had six months on a movie together, I guess. Yeah, but it's a size break. Yeah, but it was very cool. I wonder if that'll happen again, like if there's even the capacity to have...

Like a group of young people affect a whole generation. I don't know. Friends did it, right? But one film, one two-hour piece or even an hour and a half piece of visual art to resonate like that, it's tough to say if that happens anymore. Yeah, I know. Because not everybody shows up to watch. But I guess Barbie and...

Some of these movies kind of break through. Maybe it'll happen. One of the things, and you touched on that for a moment because you said, you know, somebody I just worked with for six months or so. One of the things that that documentary, I thought, brilliantly illustrated was we, as the consumer of these films, like to believe that these people are really good friends and they continue on this relationship. But like Andrew McCarthy was saying, like, I haven't seen them since we wrapped the movie. I mean, you know, we're associated forever, but I really don't.

I know. Yeah, you really want to believe it. You really want to. And you watch them for so long. I had Jason Alexander on my podcast and I was like, so where do you and Jerry hook up and go out to eat? And he was like, who?

When we rapped, we rapped. Yeah, it's funny because he has his own podcast now and some of the guests he's having on are those very people he worked with. Like, I haven't seen you since the show wrapped. And it's part of the deal. You got to move on. Yeah, everybody thinks that it's going to be like, you know. But as a viewer, you desperately want to know that they're all...

You know, that's why show business is so magical. It really does work. It is kind of an illusion. I had Ed Helms on and he said to me, you know, when we did the hangover, that hotel room, when we all woke up the next morning, he goes, that was in Burbank. That was in a studio. And I was like, this is why show business is so great. I completely bought that you shot that whole thing at like Caesars in Vegas. Yeah.

I'm in the business. I should know all of this, but I was like, a studio? You know, you raise a good point, though. And I've heard this theory proffered on more than one occasion recently, is that

The age of the star, the celebrity, the magical, oh, what are they like? I bet they hang out. I bet they do this. That has been basically kneecapped by social media where you're seeing where they are. Where you're seeing constant updates on where they are. And they're kind of doing stuff that you do. Oh, there he is pumping gas. It's like it extracts the illusion. Do you know what I'm saying? I know. The coolest...

Matt, my buddy Matt Damon does not have social media. Yeah. And I'm telling you, it's I think it's why he's remains one of the biggest stars. I think you need that mystique. You need to you don't need to know everything about everybody's moves. Yeah, it's it's there's something magical about that because then you think about them and you you form your own idea of what they're doing. Yeah. And that adds to the mythos.

Yeah, if he was posting him sitting in my kitchen while I'm mixing bread, I'm not going to put him in my next movie. All right, so follow-up question about Matt and Ed Helms and you and Beyond the Candelabra, which takes place in Vegas. Where did you guys shoot that?

Oh, we shot a lot of it in L.A. If you say Little Rock, I'm going to die. Did you shoot any of it in Vegas? There was none in Vegas. We did it in. Oh, yes, we did do in Vegas. Yeah, we did. You know what? We did it in where Elvis used to perform. Oh, the. Yeah.

The Hilton? Yeah, yeah. Right. Oh, the Flamingo Hilton. The Flamingo Hilton, right. And they still have the showroom. It's like that hotel's kind of fallen in disarray. That room was built for him. It was one of the first rooms. It was built for him, and it was cool. So yeah, we did a bunch of stuff in Vegas, but backstage, that was the big piece of when he's doing the big...

Yeah.

and like wait so like you everybody was just like leaning on them like trying to get a little elvis dust on them magical pole yeah wow yeah that's wild yeah pretty wild uh by the way marissa this is a doubling back from a conversation earlier but we have found some 60s italian music to play uh here tom so let's see if this is what you would make bread too

It sounds familiar, this type of thing. Yeah.

Yeah, I can see. Ten minutes and I'm good on this. This song reminds me of Gail Bedecker cooking in his... Oh, yeah. Breaking Bad Guy. Yeah. But that's what he would listen to when he was baking in his apartment. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right about that. That seems like... Yeah, that doesn't seem like bread music. It's like slapping meatball meat. Yeah. Yeah, that's perfect. Your wife walks in, what are you doing? Wow.

All right. Well, listen, we do have to we got to wrap. But I want to remind everybody, Tom, back in town at the Kimmel Center. It's a little ways off November 8th, but you want to get your tickets now. Casey and I are already grabbing ours on Sambal Arts Philly dot org to see the Grateful Bread tour. And between now and then, we'll get updates on my progress, Tom, and I'll let you know how I'm doing.

Let me know about the goo. I will. I definitely will. Step one is the goo. That's the next tour name. Let me know about the goo. Yeah. Let me know about the goo. All right, man. Sitting near you. You guys are the best. We'll talk to you soon. Thank you. Tom Papa, guys. I've got a brand new bag. And you hear me.

He's my favorite comedian. He's just the best. I absolutely love his shows, his book, a couple of his books I've read. And he's just right in the heart of my type of comedy. But super nice guy. And now I'm going to try out his bread. Nice. Give it a shot. We'll chronicle it. Yeah. But it's a multi-step process for sure. So we'll get around to that eventually. Do we want to talk about Seagulls and or Move Out Day? We don't know.

We're going to wrap. Maybe we can touch on that later. Why, were there texts or anything coming in? Yeah, and we chatted about it before the Tom Poppins. I wrote them down in case we needed to talk about it. Maybe we can touch base on that stuff tomorrow. I do want to mention the Seagull Screech-Off again. If you have that ability to

simulate the sound of a seagull screeching. And there are a few different types of calls that seagulls make. We'd love to have you up on stage at Kenan's for the official opening of Jersey Shores a week from Friday.

And you could win some prizes. And our friends from, of course, Banqueter are sponsoring. We have other contests, obviously, that we'll be doing that morning. And we'll just be getting in summer mode, man. We are getting in beach mode and all the things that come along with it. We need it, I think. We need it, dude. Most definitely. All right. We're going to break and come back in a second. And we will supply you with some Bizarre File stories when we return. So make sure you stay put. We'll be right back.

Is your phone an app hole? You know, full of useless apps taking up space. Well, get rid of them and get the WMMR app. You can listen to us wherever you go, get important alerts and so much more. Because, after all, the world needs less app holes. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you, Nick. Real quick, butt plug is for our buddy, Cast Iron Kyle, who sent this in. There's a...

Small Hot Sauce Festival is for a charity event at Bent Iron Brewing this weekend in Hamilton. It's in Mercer County. And he said we have a category of hot sauces.

Hot Sauce judges that are all first responders in the proceeds from the judging submissions are going to St. Barnabas Burn Center. Oh, wow. Ben Tarn is brewing. It's a great new brewery. He said the owners listen to WMMR. They love the Preston and Steve show. It's this Saturday from noon to 8 and $10 to enter. And it's a family-friendly event. Food trucks, live music, hot sauce, and fun. And they're brewing some spicy beers for the event as well.

So Kyle wanted to give a little plug-a-rooney for that, so I figured we'd do that. All right. Did you call him Castile Kyron? Did I say Castile? Not right now, but when we had him on. Probably. Castile Kyron. We've been on a roll lately. Yeah, what was the one I did? Oh, yeah, it was Pope Leon. Yeah.

Instead of Leo. Were you guys listening to the... Leon! To the Casey... Oh, yeah, from yesterday? Yeah, the Fisher cat thing? And then I messed up. We had Rebecca from Larkin Poe on, and I called her Lincoln Poe or something stupid like that. There's...

Oh, boy. There's plenty of that going around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So if you've been in the same, you know, frame of mind, we're all in sync together. All right, I do have Bizarre File. Bizarre. WMMR presents Preston and Steve's Bizarre File. Bizarre.

Brought to you by Dermatology Associates of Plymouth Meeting Research Department, seeking volunteers for an alopecia areata clinical trial. Adults and kids 12 and older with 50% or more scalp hair loss are eligible, and you can learn more at PlymouthMeetingDermatology.com. All right. This story has elements of both Casey and Nick in it.

A former Royal Marine has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling, and running more than 8,000 miles. Wow! His name is Mitch Hutchcraft. He started by swimming the English Channel on September 15th.

I'm going to throw up. And then the 240-day challenge concluded when he topped the world's highest mountain on Sunday. Listen to what all this guy did. So his team said that it was the world's longest ever ascent of Everest from sea to summit. The 31-year-old said the achievement was more magical than I could have ever dreamed. He said, it's been tough. It's very tough. And the most difficult thing that I've done, but I couldn't be happier and more proud of finishing this epic adventure. So after swimming,

21 miles of the English Channel from Dover, Hutchcraft cycled about 7,456 miles from Europe to Degas, India. He then ran 550 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal before starting his 223-mile trek to Everest base camp. Hutchcraft said that he had dreamed of completing the climb since he was eight years old. He said, never in a million years.

I think that this would be how I'd get here. He said, I just want to inspire others to believe that whatever they're dreaming, however small, they just need to get out there and smash it. You can make it onto the bizarre file. In his previous challenges, Hutchcraft has rode 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. He has cycled 3,100 miles across North America as well.

Superhuman. He's had a full knee reconstruction and was once told that the surgery would make it impossible to even join the military, let alone complete the challenge of this magnitude. He has been raising money for SAVSIM, which is a wildlife conservation organization dedicated to providing mental health support to veterans and others affected.

from post-traumatic stress disorder and similar issues. But I've never heard of anybody doing that. And the finish, the last feat was summiting Everest? It said that he summited it, yeah. Nick, he swam to the summit. That is insane. Yeah, it said it concluded when he topped the world's highest mountain. So I assume he went...

Past base camp. Yeah. But you would have to get there and you'd have to wait a couple of weeks before you did that. Yes, especially if you're coming from sea level. So really, that's not much of an achievement. If you're getting a chance to rest. All right. So this happens every now and then. This one's in Seattle. A driver is dead after jumping from the Ship Canal Bridge while attempting to flee the scene of a crash early Saturday morning. The incident happened around 148 a.m. when a trooper spotted a vehicle speeding near the bridge.

As the trooper approached, the vehicle attempted to flee but quickly caused a three-car collision. Now, despite the damage from the crash, including the loss of the right front tire, the vehicle continued briefly before coming to a stop on the side of the barrier of the bridge. The driver then got out of the car and then he jumped over the barrier in an attempt to escape, but he did not survive the fall to the street. Oh, my God.

So it was one of those things where you think you're just jumping over and there's going to be ground there. And all of a sudden there's like, you know, 30, 40, 50 feet and you fall and you die. A passenger in a vehicle was taken into custody. Happened around here one time when a guy thought he was jumping over a barrier to go to the bathroom. Yes. And he was on a bridge and didn't know it. So don't ever do that.

This is really weird. A number of federal judges are increasingly concerned over growing numbers of fake pizza orders sent to their homes. I hate fake pizza. It started in February. No, I mean like the pizza's real. Oh, no, I'm sorry. This is rubber. And...

Who does this? Started in February, and the number of unsolicited deliveries could be in the hundreds. Most of the judges targeted have been involved in high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies. The rash of deliveries is being investigated as an attempt to intimidate judges by the U.S. Marshal Service, which has started keeping track. The Trump administration is currently battling more than 200 legal challenges in its policies. But you don't hear of the old...

fake pizza delivery thing much. No, there used to be kind of a standard in junior high and high school. All right, this is a terrible story and it involves a fall as well. Excuse me, a Colorado snowboarder who fell nearly 50 feet from a chairlift at Keystone late last year ended up dying recently. Now, Donovan Romero was 32 years old and he passed away earlier this month. His mother, Tenette Romero, is now advocating for change. She wants restraining bars to be required on ski lifts.

at resorts and the hope, she says, is that no family has to go through the same pain that they went through. She said her son recently picked up snowboarding again. In December, he went to Keystone Ski Resort with a friend. About 45 seconds into a chairlift ride, he accidentally fell. He was trying to hold onto the side arm of the chair but couldn't hang on and the fall resulted in face fractures. He broke most of his ribs and punctured both lungs. Ultimately, it led to his death. So a lot of them do not have the bars? No, they have the bars

but it's up to you to use it if you want to lower it or not. So you need it to get on. It needs to be up and to get off. It needs to be up. So some people just leave it up, you know, and I've done that before. It's, it's stupid. Um,

But the mom said, I do know that Donovan had a choice that day. Donovan could have chosen to pull the safety bar down. He didn't. She was also surprised to learn that there are no actual requirement to use the bar. She said, I can't process. There are no regulations about sending people as high as 60 feet in the air without without a requirement.

to make sure that they are properly restrained. And now she wants to see a change in that. I mean, because they could maybe issue, you know, revocation of your lift path if they see you with the lift bar up past a certain mark. So they need to, I think it's a good idea. I think they should absolutely. The ratio of those kind of lifts as opposed to like the toe thing.

The T-bars, I mean, those are just for short runs. And so when you're going up like, you know, half the mountain, you have no choice. Sometimes you take a gondola. But it depends on how far you're going. Usually it's at the very tip top and you're going from one small area to another that you do the T-bar thing where you put between your legs. But it's like wearing a seatbelt. I mean, you're just safe if you put the bar down. Yeah, exactly.

All right, and then we'll do one more quick one, and we will wrap up. I don't want to end on with that because that's some dude that shot some guy. Let's go to something a little lighter and a little nicer. It's why I like to end them this way. All right, this isn't nice, but a Jacksonville, Florida woman, 43 years old, was arrested on Thursday for injecting people with mystery mail-order facial filler in her apartment with no medical license.

The Department of Law Enforcement called her a back alley beautician. Oh, she talks like that, too. She ordered the unknown filler and treated clients in her neighborhood at home. And it's unclear what the filler was, how many people she injected or if anyone had any bad reactions to the filler.

The woman faces charges for practicing medicine without a license. Yeah, you do need a license for that. Was released from jail on Friday. Experts warn that people should only get such procedures from licensed dermatologists to avoid risks, which is always good advice. So many don't. So many don't. It's weird. Like butt enhancement, all that stuff. Yep, and

And that is what I have in the bizarre file for you this morning. All right, before we take a break, real quick plug for an event I'm a part of for the 10th year. It is the 10th annual Laurel House Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. And it's going to be on the 31st of this month, which I believe is Saturday. It is. And we are headed to lovely Ursinus,

The Arsinus Campus, which is Casey's alma mater. That's where Casey went to school, right? That is Dredge. Yeah. You were spot on. I love it when you return from the dead from time to time. Oh, I love to come back from the dead. So the Walk a Mile event is on the 31st. You can go to wmmr.com, I believe, and you can join Team WMMR. Oh, we've got a website now. If it's not there, you can go to laurel-house.org. I'll make sure we get that up on our website if it's not there yet. It is a really wonderful place.

good feeling event it is uh it's always a lovely walk and uh it's lovely i purchased my shoes a while ago preston because i just can't rock those stilettos anymore no no they're hard to it takes some some years of practice all right so we'll take a break we'll come back in a second lesson question the trash and the music news are up next stay there

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Yet another MMRBQ artist they played last year. Boom is the name of that song. It's 14 minutes after 10 with Preston and Steve Schultz. Currently getting some rain in the Ballackinwood area, and it's kind of the theme of the next few days. High temperature of 70, rain off and on today.

Actually fairly steady. And then tomorrow, showers expected. High 66. Thursday, showers expected. High 75 degrees. And then on Friday, just some rain calling for that in the afternoon. Then we start breaking up like that. Maybe we have a little bit of hope that it won't rain at all on Friday. That'd be nice. We'll see about that with a high of about 80 degrees.

Heads up on that. It's lesson question time. We're going to give away a $50 Rita's gift card. And the, let me see here. The question we'll go with is from around 8 to 10 this morning. What did the alligator say to the person when that person opened his front door?

That was from the Bizarre File. We had a Bizarre File story of an alligator that ended up on somebody's front porch. Here's the story. You need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Make sure you save that in your contacts. That way we won't have to be texting us and you can just have it there ready to go. But if you know the answer to that...

Click on that link that we'll send you. All right. 610-660-9333. We'll send you that Zoom link. Click on that and we'll get you in the running for that. I mean, I'm looking at a new phone right now. It's sitting right next to me. It's amazing.

But we don't know how to use it yet, so it's more involved than your standard tone. So we'll get this up and running, but if you happen to know what the alligator said to the person when that person opened his front door, then get in touch with us now. We'll do the trash while you're doing that. The trash business is a goldmine. 93.3 WMMR.

With Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. And this morning is brought to you by A.D. Moyer, trusted expert since 1939. A.D. Moyer Lumber is your professional source for decks, windows, doors, kitchens, millwork, and more. Visit them on the web at admoyer.com. What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, believe it or not, fire festival organizers are looking to sell the rights to use the name fire festival to other large-scale shows.

In fact, the law firm brokering this deal just sold the words childhood cancer to a toy company. Former playmate Holly Madison saying ex-Zack Baggins cheated on her multiple times during their relationship. Madison had been his biggest supporter, often boasting to her friends that her boyfriend pretends to hunt ghosts. Boo!

And finally, Sophia Richards, the daughter of reality star Kylie Richards, getting dragged online for continuing to use weight loss medication despite being skinny. Sophia is clapping back, saying it's always been her dream to form a black hole by collapsing in on herself. And that's the only thing.

All right. Thank you, Steve. So, you know, as is the case, it's going to take a little more time before we get a winner. So I'll ask that question again. What did the alligator say to the person when that person opened his front door? So text the word Zoom to 610-660-9333. Sam is holding up his index finger on the other side of the glass. We're number one. No, he's not saying that. Oh. He's saying, hang on a second. Oh, sorry.

I believe that we will have someone in just a moment. And looking up on my monitor here, as soon as I see visual confirmation, I will go to that person and see if we can get an answer. So it is Ron, I believe, who we're going to check in with. Ron. Hey, Ron, how you doing, man? Guys, Zooks. Guys, Zooks. Zooks, Ron. Okay, so what do the alligators say to the person when they open their door? I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

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And the news comes just days after Soundgarden was now inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Right. So the Prince of Darkness also confirmed this will indeed be his last performance live due to his various health issues, including his ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease. He said, I'd love to say never say never, but after the last six years or so, it's time. He said, I lived on the road for 50 odd years.

And I've kind of gotten used to not picking up my bags and getting on the bus again. I don't smoke dope or do any of the rock star lifestyle anymore. I'm kind of like a homebody. I never go out. I never hang at bars and I don't drink. He said, so what the F is there out there for me? I like making salads or bread. Listen to this though. He said, I hate going shopping with my wife. I feel like stabbing myself in the neck after a half an hour. Yeah.

He said, but it's time for me to spend some time with my grandkids. I don't want to die in a hotel room somewhere, and I want to spend the rest of my life with my family. That makes sense. He's putting the time. Do you like shopping with your spouses? Actually, well, sometimes. I like food shopping. Okay. Any other shopping? Well, okay. The hardware store is not bad. A hardware store? A hardware store?

Casey's making all kinds of mystery noises this week. A hug? A hug? What's a hard one? I need a hug. A hug? Do you have a hard one, Sparta? But once you talk about clothes and things like that, no. No.

I am actually a good co-shopper depending on the stores that we're going to. And the stores that we're going to, if it is closed shopping, I prefer they have some sort of seating for the male counterpart. I either shop or browse. Oh. My wife is capable of browsing and shopping at the same time. And I don't...

Ain't nobody got time for that. Right. Yeah. Are you a hunter when it comes to shopping? I don't. What does that mean? Instead of browsing. Like, you know what you're getting. You go in, you get it, and you get out. Yeah. Same. And I'm also like, hey, man, let's kill, like, two birds with one stone. Why don't you go and do that stuff over there? I'll go grab this stuff over there. Ain't nobody got time for that. Why? I'll grab that stuff over there. That way, we won't be here as long. Oh, you're interested in making an efficient? We'll bet. We'll bet.

Yeah. No, I know what you mean. Same way. I love efficiency. And that's why when we do go food shopping, we'll like divide and conquer. Absolutely. I'll take half the list. She'll take half the list. We'll knock it out and get it done. I got to admit, when we go do our Costco, and BJ's actually shopping, I'm right with Claire. I love because part of my fun is to put stuff in the cart that she does not want. Right. So Costco's kind of a different animal. We'll do the whole store.

Yes. At Costco. Yeah. Together, walking around because you never know what kind of jumbo thing you'll want to get. I always, it is a ritual for me to put like a 50 pound bag of rice into the cart and her to say, take it out. Yep. I think I've only been to Costco one or two times and I know you guys rave about it. I'm not, I'm not a member. Yeah. I want to go spend more time there because you guys always rave about going. So I just learned about another like Costco food hack. Oh yeah. You go get a hot dog.

Get a slice of pizza, take the cheese off the pizza, wrap it around the hot dog, and have a heart attack.

But enjoy yourself while you're doing it. We have like an eight-pound beef tenderloin sitting in my fridge right now. From Costco? Yeah. Yeah. They have great steaks. I know. They have a big butcher shop. Excellent steaks. Their entire butcher section is great, but we're going to cut that up into fillets tonight for a delayed Mother's Day get-together. And what time should I come over? I will start that around right after conference call. Make sure you're there by 1 a.m.

So anyhow, next story in music news. Oh, yeah. Willie Nelson's Farm Aid, the longest-running concert for a cause, will mark the 40th anniversary of its advocacy by family farmers, or for family farmers, with an all-star festival September 20th. And this time it's going to be at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Nelson will be joined on the bill by fellow Farm Aid board members Neil Young with his band Chrome Hearts,

John Mellencamp, not Joan Mellencamp. This is Joan Mellencamp, everybody! Dave Matthews, Nick. Yeah, he's done it a lot. With Tim Reynolds. He and Willie are really good friends. And yeah, Dave has done a lot of the Farm Aids over the years. And Margo Price with the full day lineup. Also set to include Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rayliff, and the Night Sweats. Trampled by Turtles and several others and more artists to be announced.

Since Nelson introduced the first Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois in 1985, the nonprofit behind the festival has raised nearly $80 million to promote a strong, resilient family farm system of agriculture while also building connections in the battles against climate change and social injustice. Nelson said family farmers are the heart of this country.

And we depend on each other for good food and strong communities. For 40 years, Farm Aid and our partners have stood with farmers, supporting them to stay on their land, even when corporate power, bad policies, and broken promises make it harder to keep going. He said this year, we're proud to bring Farm Aid to Minnesota.

To celebrate the farmers who sustain us and to fight for a food system that works for all of us. Family farmers aren't backing down and neither are we. I think it's interesting that they change locations so frequently. It was in Indiana for a stretch. It was in Camden one year. I saw it there. Dave Matthews played that time. Jerry Lee Lewis was on that bill. Hmm.

and Willie, of course, and Mellencamp. So, yeah, I guess they just kind of figure out where a good venue might be from year to year, and sometimes they stick there for a couple years, and sometimes they go to a new one the following year. Well, it's been around long enough that Jerry Lewis himself could have been on the bill, yeah. Yeah. Complaining!

Side note that has nothing to do with anything, but my daughter has a really good friend, and her name is Lily Nelson. And I have misheard that so many times, and the best was when I heard in my ear that they cast Lily Nelson as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Ha, ha, ha.

And I was like, they did? Like, okay. Coming to Camden, Lily Nelson and Joan Millingham. I mean, the parents must have known, right? They named her Lily? It has to be. It has to be. You'd have to be completely devoid of any public...

culture knowledge to not know what that was going to do. There's that band out there called Bob Villain, which is a great name. I love that too. But at least on three different occasions, I have heard Willie Nelson when in fact it was Lily Nelson. I'm like, Willie Nelson's going to be Dorothy? You see him in the dress. I mean, he has the braids. Oh, that's Annie. Anyhow,

My man Geddy Lee has narrated a short film as part of the See the Good movement, an anti-hate campaign starring global celebrities who promote tolerance among young Canadians. The campaign comprises a series of celebrity-narrated videos encouraging youth to change conversation on social media by celebrating diversity in all its forms.

The videos feature inspiring stories of people from marginalized cultures and visible minorities around the globe who had advanced humanity with innovations, discoveries, and human rights initiatives. Others see the good advocates include Gene Simmons and Disturbs David Draymond. That's right. Lee has a deeply personal connection to the Holocaust, of course. He is the son of Holocaust survivors Morris and Mary Weinrib, who were both survivors of Auschwitz.

And Lee has spoken about his parents' experiences and have had a profound impact on his identity and artistic journey. Doesn't Simmons have family that goes back to? I'm not sure if they were in internment cancer. Not Steve. Very well could have been. Similar age. So in a November 2023 interview,

Lee had asked for his opinion on the tension and now between free speech and rising hate that we see all over the world. He said, people are smart. People should be able to discuss things. The death of discourse is not good for the human race.

It's not good for improving things. It's through discourse and through educating each other about the things that are important to have a good, safe, peaceful life. That cannot go away. And when you see that starting to happen, it scares me.

It scares me a lot. And I'm put in mind of what was going on in Germany before World War II. There are danger signs all over the world right now, and that worries me a lot. Steve, you're right. Gene was born in Heimwitz, and he was born in Israel. I knew that, but what I didn't know when you were spot on, his mom was born in...

Hungary. And she was in Nazi concentration camps from November 44 until Liberation Day in May of 1945. Wow. Yeah, Getty's family story is incredible. It's just an unbelievable telling of survival, not survival of the TV show or the band.

But anyway. I'm going to tell you about Survivor. They could see the eye of the tiger. Oh, you meant. Yeah. I'm sorry. That's okay. Thank you for chiming in, Gene. I'll find my way. I'm just happy that you're a part of the conversation. Enjoy Joan Mellencamp. And Lily Nelson. Lily Nelson.

One last story. Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine were on a co-headlining tour called The Poisoned Ascendancy, playing their classic albums in full. Now, Trivium's bassist, Paolo Gregoletto, said that the tour is ending early because Bullet For My Valentine's frontman, Matt Tuck, didn't want to continue. What? They had planned more shows in South America and Oceania, but those got canceled. Uh,

Greg Aletto shared his frustration on livestream saying both bands were excited at first, but Tuck pulled out over after plans were made. And Trivium Bullet for My Valentine also unfollowed each other on social media, hinting at a falling out. What the hell, Greg Aletto? The North American tour starting in January will be the last for this joint project. I'm not that familiar with Trivium. I just know the name. They have a solid fan base. I know that.

All right, that's the last story in Music News. So we have one last break to take. We're going to come back in a second, wrap up the program, get our letter of the day for the Word of the Week prize, find out who won Tattoo's Day, and we'll see what Pierre's got in store for you, too. We'll be right back.

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WMMR.com. And it's always available, like right now, on your computer or phone or whatever. And we even made a catchy little jingle so you remember it. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Have a great show, Dorothy.

93.3 WMMR, Dorothy, Tombstone Town. If you don't know the story, we were backstage at MMRBQ. Dorothy came back from meet and greet. We all talked to her, got pictures. She was very sweet. We are crazy busy on MMRBQ day, and we're running around. We don't really get to see the bands. And as she was walking out of the backstage area, I go, have a great show, Dorothy. And Casey goes, break a leg. And then Marissa comes over and goes, she already played.

They already did their set. Those dumbasses. But, but the next set happens. I'm like a moron. Next time we get her on, we need to tell her that story. I will apologize toot sweet. If we have her on again. I mean your next show. Yeah, yeah. That's what I was talking about. Wherever you're going to next. This show, you killed it here, but obviously your next show. I would like to thank our guests who are on the program today. We had author Adam Caesar. Yay!

He has written the Clown in a Cornfield series. And they've now made it into a movie. And it's most likely going to be a series of films. And, um...

The movie was the top new movie in the country over the weekend. It's ranked at number five at the box office, and he lives right down the street. Right down the street, yes. And it was cool to talk to him. Good guy. Stars Rising. Very nice guy. And he's written, there's three books so far in the Clown in a Cornfield series. Influencer is the new one. And he was kind enough to autograph mine right here. Yeah, likewise. So thank you very much, Adam.

And then we had Tom Papa. And Pierre, you'll like the name of his tour. It's called the Grateful Bread Tour. Love that. And he'll be at the Marian Anderson Hall, the Kimmel Center, November 8th. And you can get tickets at ensembleartsphilly.org. And he was telling me how to make sourdough bread this morning. So we'll get to that eventually.

How you doing, man? Great. How was the show last night? Oh, my God. Wolfgang Van Halen, Mammoth. It was so special. I don't know. We probably had close to 200 people in the little foundry, the club upstairs above the Fillmore. Perfect. Which is perfect for small events and smaller bands.

Excuse me. And we just had this great crowd. And it was like, I mean, they had the lights down low and it was standing room only. People came up and I was able to chat with the crowd before we started. The band came on and played a bunch of songs. Then they went off. Then Wolfgang and I sat down on stage and

and talked. He had done an event for one of our stations up in Jersey the day before, and so his manager was going, yeah, they'll have a chance to talk with him. I said, how long will I have to go? Like five, six minutes. They go, that will simply not work. I mean, I'm not a master of those early morning TV interviews. Senator, how are you? Did you sleep with that woman? And we'll be right back to show you how to bake pies right after this.

You can't do that. Those people are masters at that. You guys have longer form to stretch out, but I can't do like a two-minute interview. And so we ended up probably chatting about 20 minutes, 25 minutes. And when they finished the management, people came up, oh, now we get it. Yeah. And he really kind of came out of his shell and...

It was just a lot of great moments. We'll go into those more. We'll probably air that next Thursday. Ryan's off for the next couple of days. But we got... They played great. They came back on and did another song after that. And they were thrilled. And talked about the barbecue. And he gave more shout-outs to Gavin Rossdale for saving the day. And it was a lovely, lovely event. Really nicely done. Great. So that was fun. Also...

A side note, nothing to do with that. You were just talking about how you love to go food shopping with your wife? Yeah. Yeah.

I cannot stand going food shopping. Oh, man. I love shopping shopping. Shoes, clothes. You're not... Chachkis. You don't really cook either, do you? This is true. But I mean, the idea of getting there, pulling into the lot, getting the cart thing, going around, lugging all the stuff into the cart, then going to check it out and lugging it all out of the cart, then lugging it into the bags, then lugging the bags back into the cart and into the cart and into the house and then unlugging it all into the place where it's going to reside until it's eaten. It's...

It's just too much. You know, my son has checked you out quite a few times. He has, yes. He works at a local grocery store and every now and then he'll be like, yeah, I checked out Pierre again today. So when you go grocery shopping at that store, do you buy like prepared stuff already or do you buy raw ingredients? What are your... You know, veggies, I mean, lots of fruit, that sort of thing. But I don't cook, as Preston mentioned, so I do...

There's these organic entrees. Amy's is one of the companies that make them. And, you know, so if it can be cooked in seven minutes in a microwave, I'm there. But you get really healthy, nutritious food that way. And that's... But, I mean...

When most people come up, what's in your refrigerator? Because I go till there's nothing left because I dread having to go. And, you know, my nephew was staying with me for a few days. He goes, there's nothing in your refrigerator. I said, I'd better go to the dreaded market. I thought that's where John from Sequoia kept his clothing.

John kept it in my oven. Oh, in the oven. John was staying with me and made my oven, which I have never, as I have a brand new oven, I've never used it other than to heat pizza. And so it's perfectly, beautifully new. And he stored stuff in there while he was with me. Oh, my God. No, I love food shopping, especially produce. I love, love the produce section. It's just so much better.

beautiful fruit and vegetables there. It looks great to me. It's arranged and everything. It's erotic. It can be. Well, cucumbers are very sensuous. Mine's bigger than this.

But anyway, well, to each his own. That's what makes the world go round. That's it. There you go. All right, we need a letter, my man. Here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. All right, and the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter. A is in Arizona.

Excellent. We will give away a pair of box seats as MMR rocks the Hooters on Saturday, May 17th, making their debut performance at the Met in Philadelphia. You can be there to kick off their 45 Live, 45th anniversary tour. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. Before we find out what you have going on, Pierre, we need to award a prize. Today's Tattoo's Day. And we would like to congratulate Mr. Joseph Debit of Northeast Philadelphia. Woo-hoo!

And we're going to give him a $350 gift certificate from Floating World Tattoo and Piercing, 1729 South Street in Philly. For artwork samples, visit floatingworldtattoos.com or you can, of course, check them out on Instagram at floatingworldtattoo. So Joseph's going to get all Preston and Steve inked up. Congratulations to you, sir. And thanks for listening. So what's going on today? Well, I'll have a regular pair. You got the box seats for the Hooters. I'll have a regular pair for the show coming this Saturday at the Met.

It's funny how things just never stop. No sooner does the Emma Marbecue end, then we've got the Wolfgang thing, then we've got big concerts coming, and you guys have the Blood Drive on the media horizon, and Kenan's. I mean, it just is boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Sometimes you need to stop and smell the...

Anyway, on the program today, blocks of Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and Stevie Wonder. And we will have those Hooters tickets to give away and have some fun on Double Shot Tuesday. Love it. Thank you, my man. I want to thank our sponsors, Preston and Steve shows from Marathi today by Duncan and

And the President's Teacher runs on dog and also brought to you by Acme Markets. Fresh foods, local flavors, and worldwide stereo. You can score jaw-dropping deals during their annual tent sale. It's only at Worldwide Stereo in Montgomeryville. I believe that's this weekend. Tomorrow on the program, Wednesday, so Fox Good Day. We'll say hello to the gang there. Our good friend Frank Caliendo is popping in. He's got a show coming up. He's going to promote that, so we'll spend some time with Frank. And then right after that, Maynard.

James Keenan. Cool. Tool and Pussifer and all the other things that he does is going to be joining us. Are you kidding? No. Wow. So that'll be really cool. That's cool. That is it. We are done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day and we will see you tomorrow, friend. Bye-bye. Justin and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Bing, der. Doo, doo, bee, do. Doo, da, da, doo, di, ba, do, do. Ba, boo, ba, ba, di, da, di, doo, ba.

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