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You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. With Preston Elliott. I'm just getting warmed up. And Steve Morrison. And it absolutely will not stop, ever. Plus, Hazy Boy. When you're the most annoying sound in the world. Nick McElwain. That last one goes out to Nick. And Marissa Magnata. Care to join me for a glass of breakfast wine? And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. What?

Sun is up. You're ready to go. And gang, it is going to be a beautiful day today. Glad you're sharing it with us. Let's dive into that weather forecast.

Nothing but sun and we're going up to about 80 to 82, maybe even 84 degrees. And then tomorrow, sunshine high, about 88 degrees. And then Thursday, high of 90 degrees. And then Friday, pretty much in that same territory. So we are really heating up over the next couple days. Just a heads up, get yourself ready for that. And now, Kristen and Steve's News Update.

Today is Tuesday, June 3rd. Good morning. Police believe an argument led to a deadly shooting in Center City, Philadelphia. It happened around 2.30 in the morning on Monday in the 200 block of South K-Mac Street near the heart of Sunday's Pride celebrations.

Police responded to calls for gunshots and found 31-year-old Derwin Matthews Jr. in the alleyway. He was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Investigators say the suspect was caught on video running south on KMAC Street towards Locust. The president of Philadelphia Black Pride, Jason Bowman, said...

The pain is unbearable. Derwin was a protector. Derwin was someone that always made sure that everyone was good. He was a lot of energy, a lot of life. He was a chef. And after a night of partying and celebrations, pride on K-Mac Street, Bowman said that he gave Matthews a hug and a kiss goodbye only a minute or so before he was shot.

He said, I had no idea that was going to be the last time I hugged him. At one point on Sunday night, a large police presence moved into Center City as officers worked to clear crowds following the festivities. The suspect is believed to be in his late teens or 20s and was wearing a beige shirt, gray shorts, and light sneakers.

Forecasters from the National Weather Service predict another above-average hurricane season for this year. Predictions are for somewhere from 13 to 19 named storms with winds of more than 38 miles an hour. Hurricane season runs from now until November 30th and could see 6 to 10 of those storms developing into hurricanes with wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which provides a report each year, warns that coastal and inland residents should prepare. Laura Grimm of the NOAA and the administrator said, as we witnessed last year with significant inland flooding from hurricanes Helene and Debbie, the impacts of hurricanes can reach far beyond coastal communities.

NOAA is critical for the delivery of early and accurate forecasts and warnings and provides the scientific expertise needed to save lives and property. A warmer ocean is partly to blame for the above-average predictions as warm waters provide the fuel for developing storms. Climate change continues to heat up the ocean, allowing storms to develop more quickly and pack a larger punch worldwide.

With higher wind speeds, New Jersey officials also used the Tropical Meteorology Project as a guide, which this year puts the probability of a hurricane impacting the Garden State at about 9%, although the possibility of a major hurricane hitting the state is only 1%. Do you remember cyclically, I recall that there would be more of an occurrence of hurricanes going further north?

years ago and that's seemed to have changed over the past couple of years I know these things sort of ebb and flow as it goes yeah I'd be interested to see what the trends are like that Steve but yeah last year obviously the South got nailed yeah

My sister being one of those people who was out of home for a while. And yeah, Florida got bombarded. And obviously we had that stuff in the Carolinas that was totally unexpected. It would seem that every time they would predict one of these, we stood a shot at getting hit in the Northeast. And it seems to have been happening less and less over the past couple of years. Yep.

Following widespread cuts of federal workers, the agency is still working to staff all necessary positions. Former National Weather Service meteorologist Brian LeMair told reporters, I don't think the current situation is sustainable because burnout can happen very easily if there are high frequency of high impact weather events.

Legal star running back Saquon Barkley was announced as the cover athlete for EA Sports Madden 26 football game. The Super Bowl winning running back rushed for 2005 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. Quickly became a beloved member of the fan base. And yesterday, Gino Steaks changed the name of their restaurant to...

Staquon. In honor of Barclay being named Madden's cover athlete, although the name change will only last for this week. So is the curse, it means nothing if you've already won the Super Bowl, correct? Is that sort of the predicate? The curse also means nothing. It means nothing. Yeah, I mean, if you were to go through the stats of like the last 13 cover people. It holds no water? It holds no water. All right. Like, like.

Christian McCaffrey is only the most recent one. Tom Brady was on the cover. He threw for like 5,000 yards and 43 touchdowns. Patrick Mahomes, same thing. AFC, it means nothing. It means nothing. But we already have the Super Bowl under the nose. We already got the Super Bowl under the nose.

matter. There we go. Yeah. Barclay, who is the reigning associated press offensive player of the year, is coming off of one of the best seasons for running back in NFL history. Rushed for 2,504 yards over the regular season and the postseason, breaking the single season record.

Fans hung around Geno's all day, waiting for Saquon to arrive yesterday afternoon. He went inside, tried his hand at making some cheesesteaks as fans watched with excitement. The manager of Geno's, Anthony Rossi, said, We love Saquon, we love the Eagles, so we're privileged to have him here.

Rossi added that EA Sports worked quietly to transform Geno's into Staquans. And they started around 10.30 last night. I hope they keep it for a while. They're going to keep it for about a week. So they kept it under wraps. Nothing was supposed to be leaked or anything. So even the employees didn't know, apparently. Wow. Pretty cool little move. All right, in sports this morning. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!

Balls back for Yomi. Balls back for Yomi. What the f*** is that? The Phillies were off last night. They opened up a series in Toronto tonight against the Blue Jays. They didn't lose, Case. And it's a win!

But they still have lost four games in a row. They're now in second place in the NL East, a game and a half behind the New York Mets, who actually have won four straight. Christopher Sanchez will get the start tonight. The first pitch is scheduled for 7-0-7. In the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers will face each other in the Stanley Cup Finals. Game one is tomorrow night in Edmonton. The puck will drop at 8 o'clock. Game one of the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the Thunder is on Thursday night in Oklahoma City. Tip-off will be at 8.30. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs. Hey, hey, hey.

And that's all I have for you in sports this morning. Thank you very much. Nick pulled up the Instagram account for the Inquirer. It's Philly Inquirer Sports. And it's got a picture of steak wands. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I look at the very first comment that catches my eye. It just says, Gino sucks.

Welcome to Philly. Welcome to Philly. Come on, man. What else would you expect? Good day, friend. Like I said in the weather forecast, today is first shorts day for me at work. Shorts at work. I'm wearing pants like an a-hole.

Yeah, I'm so mad at myself. You've worn shorts, though. You've already worn shorts. You've definitely done the short singer already. Welcome Preston to the club. Thank you. I know Steve's been the year-round guy lately. There'll be a basket of cheer on your desk later on to commemorate for joining. But yeah, I decided to look at the forecast. I'm like, 80, yeah, that's kind of my marker. That's where I'll go shorts. How good does this feel? Like yesterday afternoon, there's something that just...

And either you get it or you don't. But I was out walking outside. I'm like, this is it. We need this. We deserve this. It was a perfect day to spend about three hours out in your driveway. You know what I mean? Oh, we're going to hear about that later. Oh, that's right. He threw the brakes on this little car repair story we're going to hear about in a bit that you described as totally Casey, correct? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Casey going to Casey. You know what I'm saying? You just got to swim.

Bird's gonna fly. Casey going to Casey. All right. Well, maybe we'll find out about that a little bit later on. But nonetheless, it's going to be beautiful today. So enjoy it if you can. We do have a guest who's joining us. We have Steve Guttenberg. Yes. Steve Guttenberg is going to be on the show. Yes. Mahoney. Mahoney.

Which, I love these movies. I love Dinah. I love Cocoon and all that stuff. But this is a departure role that he's playing in this new movie. Yeah, it's called Kidnapped by a Killer, and it's the Heather Robinson story. Is he the killer? He is the serial killer. Wow.

It's a true story, a true guy, and the story's amazing. This woman grew up and started to research her past, found out that the uncle that she loved was actually a serial killer who had killed her mother, her biological mother, stolen her as a baby, and gave to his family to raise.

It's crazy. So it's unbelievable. So it's based on a true story? Based on a true story. Wow. All right. So we'll talk to Steve Guttenberg, former nice guy, now murdering psycho. Yeah. But he was in Philly not that long ago. He was making some videos. He was just walking downtown. He's been living in Manhattan since the fires, since the Palisades fires. Oh, yeah, yeah. Because he was out on the streets when that event was set in place. Right, right, right. We'll talk to him about that. We also have Tattoos Day today. So if you're interested in getting some Preston and Steve ink, you can.

If you win today, but in order to do that, you have to enter. It's easy. You go to the contest page at WMMR.com. I got it right. I did it. You're doing it. I bet you it's the shorts. I normally tell people to text because we've been doing that for years. But now we just go to WMMR.com and you get signed up there and you'll be in the running for a $350 gift certificate from Floating World Tattoo and Piercing.

Make sure you check them out, 1729 South Street. And, of course, you can go to Floating World Tattoos or find them on Instagram and see some of the handiwork. All right, before we move on any further, we have an announcement to make.

Somewhat clouded. Indian water. That is okay. So it's Perky Omen Valley is the high school. That's Hall and Oates. That's Hall and Oates. Perky Omen. Somewhat clouded. Indian water. Slipping down a mountain street.

Is that about the Perky Omen Creek? Yeah, I mean, that's where they're from, right? Wow. All right. Well, anyhow, we have an announcement to make. The coolest teacher. That was a school that was chosen yesterday. And we would like to congratulate Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber.

The Gimbers, Steve. Amber Gimber. That's a great name. Is an English teacher and she is also instructing learning support at Perk Valley. And that is pretty much all I know about Ms. Gimber. So...

If you know Amber Gimber, let her know. She is the winner of the coolest teacher of the year gift. We are going to give her a $50 gift card from our sponsor, Dunkin'. And we are also going to give her the presidency of coolest teacher of the year coffee mug to have and to hold from here on. So congratulations, Amber Gimber. That rolls off the top. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber. All right, so let her know, and we would love to hear from her this morning if she has a moment to call us. All right, we have another...

School to pick. It's you, Case, right? Oh, yeah. I'm here. All right, Case. Remind me to tell you something after this, too. I don't think you can talk Amber Gim. On air. All right, here we go. I like to stick my hand all the way in. Yeah, but it's weird. We heard. It's fun. All right, here we go. I seriously...

I have an issue. I can't stick my hand in there and not like... No, you want to be fair. You want to give everyone a shot. Okay, here we go. My daughters are going to be mad at me for this one. All right. The next school for coolest teacher is Gwyned Mercy! Gwyned Mercy! I assume this is Gwyned Mercy Academy. Woo!

Wedding Mercy Academy. Wedding Mercy Academy. You guys are now voting. You have 24 hours. You're one of the last schools. This is the final week that we're doing it. We're just picking two more schools after today, and that's it. So, congratulations, first and foremost, because you guys get to tell us who you think made the biggest difference in your life as a student. So, it's simple. You just text the word TEACHER.

To 610-660-9333. We will send you the voting link. All right, 610-660-9333. And then once you get the voting link, you can enter the teacher's name. That's how it works. And we give you 24 hours. So if you go to Gwinnett Mercy Academy High School, let them know. Let the staff know. Front office, whomever you need to, spread the word. And they will get the word out to the student body. And then we will get a nice, accurate answer.

you know, survey of who should win this prize. So let's get you on that. Make sure that you do that right now. All right, Case. Yes. Yeah. So I forgot who it was and I need to find this, but a listener made a montage of all the times that,

And I mean, for years of doing this, of this promotion of when I would say, and it's time to pick another school. And you would hit the sound effect button. It was the burp. It was the burp. Did you hear that? No. Oh, my God. He put it on a SoundCloud press and I found it and I saved it.

It's over and over and over and over and over. And what we need to do is it also includes a lot of dialogue. So we need to edit it down. There's some work that needs to be done on it. There's a whole bunch of links of a lot of Casey moments over the years. So, yeah, it's going to require some work. Who is it, by the way? You know? I'll find it. Okay. It is. It's hilarious. Okay. Our coolest teacher's on the line right now. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber. Amber Gimber.

Amber Gimber. Yes, I love it. Students, do that today when you see Ms. Gimber. All right, let's talk to her right now. Amber Gimber, are you there? You guys have to redo the chant. You said my name wrong. Oh, no. What is it? No, it's Amanda. Amanda. It says Amber right here. Amanda Gimber. Amanda Gimber.

I'm sorry we messed that up. No, you know what? People do it. They take the beginning of Amanda and the end of Gimber and they squish it together and they get Amber. People are like, wow. Listen, you're very accommodating, but I would not stand for that. You are Amanda and you are proud. We're flexible teachers, you know? That's right. Amanda, how long have you been teaching at Perk Valley? This is year 10. Oh. Year 10. That's a milestone year for you. Excellent. And how long have you been in the business?

15. Okay. And what area are you from? Because a lot of, many teachers that we've spoken to have ended up teaching at the high school they went to. Is that your case? It is not my case. I was a Bloortown Bear. So still local to Peavey. Okay. And you've been teaching English and it says learning support. Can you tell us about those subjects? Yes.

Yeah, so I have been doing, I guess, ELA for like 10 years. Learning support is a little bit newer for me at the high school, so I've only been doing that for two years, but I really love it. Nice. What would you say is the thing that makes the students gravitate towards you? What have they told you makes you the most rockinest teacher in school?

I think just like connecting with them and getting on their level and making them feel seen and heard and valued and supported and just the relationships that I build with them. That's an important thing. A lot of times when you feel alone in school, if somebody reaches out, it makes a vast difference. So good for you for doing that. Yeah. And also, Amanda, as far as English goes, it's a, it's a, you know, it's one, it's a subject I did not excel very well in. And I think that, uh,

You know, some of the classics kind of pushed me away from I wanted something a little more contemporary and current. Do you include some of that into your curriculum?

So we have to do everything that's board approved. But we, I mean, we do To Kill a Mockingbird. I don't know. It's a great book. You know, if you can't get behind, and you would, I think like some of the more dusty ones that they make you read are kind of what Preston's talking about, but not To Kill a Mockingbird. What is the one that...

Okay, it's the end of the year. You can admit it. Which is the book you least like to dive into and teach? Othello, for sure. Othello. When we do, the story of Othello is incredible. It's a great story, but the Shakespearean language is super tough. And for kids that don't love to read and struggle to read, then the Shakespearean language, I think it's just more of a struggle, but...

It is a great story, and we're doing Night right now, Elie Wiesel's memoir. Oh, wow. And that's really incredible. That is amazing. I've read that. That is tremendous. Yeah, you know, a lot of times, if you can, Shakespeare is, I think, a lot of times is better watched, performed,

At least you can get some of the context. A lot of times just reading it on the page is a little... Yeah, take them to go see Denzel Washington on Broadway. Those tickets are only like $500 a pop. Well, yeah. The tickets were like thousands and thousands of dollars. But we do watch the... Who's the guy from...

Wait, yeah. Keanu Reeves, Matrix? Oh, no, no, no. Laurence Fishburne was in Othello. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's the one that we'll show the kids as we go. Okay. All right, well, that's the way to do it. Well, whatever you're doing, it's working. Yeah, so Amanda, what's up this summer? What are your plans?

Going to the store. Going to Florida. And doing a few weeks of summer school, actually, because, you know, just can't get enough. Hopefully reading some non-contemporary novels for fun. All right. There you go. Yeah, spending time with family and friends.

Well, enjoy. And clearly the students think a lot of you. So that's got to make you, you know, go into the summer with a little bit of a smile on your face. And we're happy to pass along the prize to you. And our friends, Duncan, are the sponsors. We're going to give you a $50 gift card. And we will also give you the one and only Preston and Steve, coolest teacher of the year coffee mug to have forever.

Thank you so much, guys. I appreciate you. You got it. Congratulations. Let's hear it for Amanda Gimber. Not Amber Gimber. And the next school is Gwinnett Mercy Academy. And you can now vote. And maybe your teacher will be joining us on the program tomorrow morning. All right. We have to take a break right now. So we will return in just a second. And we'll get into the entertainment report. Stay with us.

WMMR loves new toys with cool blinking lights and stuff. However, our phone system was last state-of-the-art in 1983.

But now, we can say we've joined the 21st century with one number for voice calls and texts. What is that number anyway, huh? 610-660-9333. Hey, welcome to the Preston and Steve podcast, which is brought to you by Acme Markets. Hungry and in a hurry? Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Acme.

fresh foods, local flavors, and the official grocery partner of the Preston and Steve show. Thanks for listening to our podcast. And thanks to Steven Singer for being the official jeweler of the Preston and Steve show. Now back with more of the Preston and Steve show podcast. My thanks for a stupid question. We'll give away as prize today. A pair of tickets is MMR rocks. Matt McCusker's the American teenist tour.

I love that title. Saturday, August 16th, Ovation Hall in AC at the Ocean Resort, Ocean Casino Resort. Here's a question for you. What is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles in surveying? All right, let's see if you know the answer to that. What is used, what instrument is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles in surveying? Looking for a very specific answer here. 610-660-9333. Call if you know the answer.

I'm going to go through some birthdays while we get ready for you. We'll start with musical ones. From Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter is 86 years old. 86. Yeah. I always liked Mott the Hoople. I had a friend who was a fanatic for Mott the Hoople. All the young dudes. Yeah. You know, all the young dudes. It's a Bowie song, but it's great. Yep.

Yep, so this is, yeah, this is not the Hoople. Yep. All the young dudes. Ian Hunter turns 86 years old today, so happy birthday to you. We also have Terry, or Kerry King from Slayer! Slayer!

He turns 61 years old today. And by the way, he's the guy that plays the guitar solo on No Sleep Till Brooklyn. Yeah? From the Beastie Boys, yeah. I didn't know that. Happy birthday, Kerry King, 61 years old. Steve from the TV show Happy Days and her own musical performance is Suzy Cuatro. Ah, Leather Tuscadero. Yeah, she turns a year older today at 75. I saw a documentary about her that was actually really good. She had like a real...

rock career. And this was kind of a lark. Yeah. And yeah, but she's got, there's a lot more to her than I, that's how bored I was. I watched a documentary on Suzy Quatro. One of the things I remember about her too, Steve was on WKRP in Cincinnati on the studio door. There was a Suzy Quatro poster. Right. That was on there for a few seasons. So she's 75 today. Denise Williams. Let's hear it for the boy.

Yeah. Huge hit. Super catchy song. When I hear this, it's kind of like when you smell something, that is the sense that will kind of bring a memory back. Is that lucid and clear? Where do you go back to when you hear this? I go back to the pool, Ridley Township Swim Club. I am there. I am at a splash party, dancing on the sun deck. You're not teaching a guy in a cowboy hat to dance? I am not. Oh.

So, oh, is that from Footloose? Footloose, yeah. She is 74 today. And the last birthday is Anderson Cooper's birthday. Anderson Cooper turns 58 years old. So happy birthday, everybody, on this show.

Third day of June. All right, let's see if somebody knows the answer to this question. What is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles in surveying? And we are going to check in with Thomas to see if we can get the answer. Thomas, good morning. Good morning. All right, Thomas, what's it called? The thing that is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles in surveying, please.

Is it a Theodolite? Theodolite, yes. That is correct. It's a Theo, Steve. Theo! So, just a quick story, Preston. The guy who was the klepto in my neighborhood growing up, his casual friend who went over to his house one time, in his room was one of these things. I'm like, where'd you get that? Who's it found it? No, no. No, you don't just find that. You stole that. Yep.

It's either a Theodolite or a Theodolite. I'm not sure how you pronounce it. Don't cook tonight. Call Theodolite. Yeah, Theodolite. Theo, cook me something! All right, so we're going to set him up with a pair of tickets to see Mount Cuskers, the American Teenest Tour, Saturday, August 16th, Ovation Hall and Ocean Casino Resort AC. Tickets are on sale now at theoceanac.com. I've always wanted to...

look in one of those. I'm sure it's just like a little periscope. That's what my klepto friend obviously wanted to do. Oddly, I've always been interested in surveying and I would kind of like if I were to have a fallback career, I think I might want to be a surveyor. I kind of feel you on that. You use the instrument, you take the readings. You're outside. You get to play with the Theo Delight. What's not to love? Theo!

All right, so Blake Lively, we're going to start with her, is trying to walk back to emotional distress claims in her lawsuit against Justin Boldoni, but not entirely. Boldoni's lawyers argue in their new filing she's trying to, quote, have it both ways by dropping the claims without prejudice, which means she could refile them later, while also refusing to hand over her therapy records. Are we seeing what is the beginning of...

I think working towards a settlement and all this stuff. I don't know. Maybe. I mean, there's movement. Yeah. Who knows? It's too much. I don't think she could have anticipated how far this would go and how detrimental it would be in public perception about her. But the actress's legal team had fired back, calling the filing a press stunt.

and saying that they're simply streamlining and focusing the case. They emphasize that she still alleges emotional distress under other active claims like sexual harassment and retaliation. The court now has to decide whether to force Lively to release her medical documents or dismiss the dropped claims once and for all. Claims are scurrilous. Shiloh Jolie, the 19-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, debuted a new nickname, which is Angelina.

Shy, S-H-I, during a dance performance at a Los Angeles event for designer Isabel Marantz's collection launch with Net-A-Porter on May 29th. So I was watching the evening news last night and this did not make it. No. Somehow this story. Shiloh choreographed a dance for singer-songwriter Luella's song Naive and used Shy. No.

As her choreography credit. And this comes after she legally dropped Pitt from her name in August of 2024, becoming Shiloh Novelle Jolie. She filed for the name change on her 18th birthday, hiring her own lawyer. Now, her sister Vivienne also dropped Pitt in a playbill for The Outsiders, where she worked as a producer's assistant. Is debuting your new nickname a thing now?

I don't know. Because I would like to debut my nickname. I want to be known as the Wombat. The Wombat. Wow. Steve, the Wombat. Sounds like something Gary Lauer would make up for. The Wombat. You're shotgun though, right? I'm shotgun, yeah. Shiloh's move follows her partner's finalized divorce in December of 2024. Now, Jack Wagner has gotten married. He and Michelle Wolf have tied the knot.

Is Michelle Wolfe... The comedian? Yeah. Is that the same gal? I don't think so. She's way older than her. He's much older, yeah. Wow, is there an E at the end of Wolfe? No, W-O-L-F. So the wedding was confirmed by the bride who shared a photo from the big day on social media writing, we did it, married in front of our little family. Not her. Okay. Different one. The actor hasn't posted anything yet about the union, but according to Wolfe's post,

They started dating in 2021 and went public with their romance that same year. So he was on, what was he, Melrose Place? He was also on General Hospital. Bold and the Beautiful. Bold and the Beautiful. And what was his quasi-hit? Oh, uh... All I need is just a little more time to be sure what I feel is in all of my mind. That's the one.

So he was previously married to Christina Wagner from 1993 to 2006, briefly engaged to Heather Locklear in 2011 as well. Interesting. So let me see what else I have here for you. Yeah, you know what? I saw this story yesterday. Our buddy Mark Maron, his WTF...

with Mark Maron podcast is ending after 16 years. I saw this. I think he's, what I was reading is he's just, he's tired of doing it. Tired of doing it. Yeah, so he announced the news on his Monday show saying it's nice to be able to end things on our terms. We started the show on our terms. We grew it on our terms and we will end it on our terms. He and his producing partner, Brendan McDonald, made the decision together. He said, explaining that, um,

the pair behind the two-team groundbreaking podcast, are simply burnt out. To open his show, he said, WTF will turn 16 years on September 1st.

16 years, it's a long time, and it's a long time to do anything. And John Mulaney was his guest at the time. He said, all of a sudden, you're old and you realize you've been doing something for a long time. And this started in the old garage. No one knew what a podcast was. I was coming out of a horrendous divorce. I was wanting to figure out how to continue living my life. Things were not looking good for me. He said, when Brandon and I started this thing, all we knew was that

We were going to do it every Monday and Thursday, and there was no way to make money. There was no way that we knew how to build an audience or anything. We were just doing it in the garage in the beginning that was just a garage filled with junk, and it slowly evolved into the show that became what you listen to twice a week, 16 years.

We've been doing this, and we've decided that we had a great run, and now, basically, it's time, folks. It's time. WTF is coming to an end, and it is our decision. How much do you think he's made off of that? I mean, I don't even know. I don't even know how you... Well, I'll tell you this, and this is the truth. The people who got to it first, and he was one of the absolute first. Yeah. They're the ones that make and continue to make the most money off the podcast. Yeah, yeah.

I don't know what platform he's on. You know how Rogan had Spotify to pay all that money. So I don't know if he had a similar situation. But it's incredibly, it's one of the most popular podcasts out there. He has to be making, he has to have monetized it quite a bit. Yeah, he has his own site where he archives a lot of podcasts. And people can subscribe and get it earlier than it's released. Okay, so that's his business model. Yeah. Got it.

We should get him on. We'd love to talk to him. I love having that guy by here. Every time he's been by, I really enjoy the conversation. The final episode will be sometime in the fall. And Marin said that they will try to have as many people on as possible before they end what he called the home stretch. Thankfully, we both realized together that we're done.

There was no convincing or pushback, arguing. We were done and it's okay. It's okay for things to end. He said this was a show that started when there were no podcasts and now there's nothing but podcasts. It's true. And again, to those ones who got in early, they're the ones that continue to dominate. I think he can take a break.

break if he wants to come back and revisit reactivate it or do special shows he can do that but it's funny that you made mention about it literally was in his garage his cats would periodically wander well when he had Obama by was it still in the garage it was in his modified brand new better garage yeah it was still part of his house that was a surprise

that nobody saw coming. Yeah. That Obama did it and it really changed the game for Marin. Yeah. He became huge after that. I was lucky enough to have dinner with him a couple years ago and he's just the nicest guy. He's really fascinating. I've been a fan of that podcast for a long, long time. My wife has listened to every single one. He puts it all out there when his fiance died a couple years ago. It just is awful and tragic and then he talked about how awful and tragic that was. He's just one of the best. Do you know what was one of the wild ones to listen to is when he

his friend, Louis C.K. Yeah. And he was as honest as you could be. I mean, that's what I think really got him and secured his place in the legendary, if there's a legendary realm of podcasters. Yeah. When did we start ours? Was it 2005? We were right out of the gate. Yeah, because I had to explain to Bill what a podcast was. Sure, but still early 2000s.

quote-unquote tech. I mean, it was an early format. And the original, he said, you know, we'll just put up the 10 best minutes of the day. And I said, well, listen, we both said, Preston, if someone wants to come and seek out the show, put the whole show up. You know, give them something that they can listen to in the afternoon and maybe through attrition will become the show they listen to in the morning. So his show is turning 16, ours is 20. We're making just as much money as he is. Yeah, it's unbelievable.

So he said this doesn't mean that he won't ever have a talk or appear on a podcast again, but he's looking forward to starting another chapter in his life.

And he had thanked his iconic podcast fans while teasing his new chapter, which includes his new Apple show with Owen Wilson. It's called Stick, and that's coming out Wednesday. Yeah, it's about golf. And the documentary focused on him called Are We Good as well. So he's got some stuff coming up. And he's also working on a new comedy special for HBO, which is going to be out at some point this year. Yeah, that Stick series looks very Lasso-esque. Yeah, yeah. I really hope they do golf again.

I hope it'll be fun for golfers to watch. I like him as an actor, I think, way more than I do as a stand-up comedian. He's very good as a stand-up. I would agree. But he is a really good actor. Yeah. And his podcast and his interview chops are top level. So we're working on getting him on, just talking with some...

People that know him. And then also, we were giving away Matt McCusker tickets during Stupid Question. We'll have him on tomorrow. Oh, awesome. Excellent. That all literally just happened. We'll get to the bottom of why he doesn't like me. Volleyball game. All right. I have some breaking news. What? Yeah, this is breaking news. I can't not. Breaking news. Breaking news. Pass this along to you.

Sidney Sweeney has confirmed that she is loving being single. Yes! We are at a gym outside of the Pentagon Gym. What are you hearing about Sidney Sweeney's love of being single? Oh, it's legit, Tom! Thank you. She loves being single after ending her six-year relationship with Jonathan DeVino.

She was speaking to the Sunday Times and she said, I'm learning a lot about myself spending more time with my friends. I wonder if when you reach that level of, whether it be the guys that she's been with, when you're at that level of attractive, do you occasionally look down and go, yeah, look at me, look in the mirror. I don't know. Yeah, do you just savor it?

I've never had that. Steve, I could never give you an accurate answer to that question. I run past the mirror. Oh, God. Just look at me. Just look at me. You hold your hand up to the side of your face. I am a human being.

All right, so this has been breaking news. I just saw you. I saw that head-butting. I'm like, are you serious? Are you kidding me? Well, the funny thing was it took so long to confirm that she was not going to marry this guy that she had been with for a long time. Right. I have two things about the show King of the Hill. One of them is...

incredibly tragic. An actor named Jonathan Joss, who is best known for voicing John Redcorn. I love that character. Yeah. He was shot and killed this weekend in San Antonio. I saw that, yeah. 59 years old. Police found him near a roadway and attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A suspect, his neighbor, Sigfredo Alvarez Queja, has been arrested and charged with murder.

There's an investigation, obviously, that's ongoing. He had a decades-long career appearing in shows like Walker, Texas Ranger, Ray Donovan, Friday Night Lights. The creators, Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, and Selden Patterson of King of the Hill said his voice will be missed at King of the Hill and we extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family. So I don't know anything outside of why the incident happened or why this guy murdered him. He was a recurring character on Parks and Rec as well. He played this Native American chief,

And his intent always was to intimidate white people by evoking imagery of what Native Americans were. So he's like, I'm pretty sure there'd be a curse on this land. I know one thing about white people is that they love Rachel Ray and are afraid of curses.

Yeah, we'll have to find out what they find out in the investigation past that launch. A couple other quick things about King of the Hill. There's a revival that's happening, and now we know when it's happening. It'll drop on Hulu on August 4th.

and the show ran from 97 to 2010. It's expected to be a continuation of the show. They'll acknowledge all the time this passed as Bobby, who was a middle schooler during the original show, is now all grown up. Oh, so they're not going to do that stuck-in-time sort of thing. Nope, they're actually going to move it

forward. I enjoyed the show. I thought it was funny. There was some conceits that they had like his adoration for Chuck Mangione. Yeah, that is a funny show. So the notes for the show say after years of working propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn the retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends. So we'll see how that pans out.

I know we're already running way late here, but I wanted to add a couple more quick things. You have to. That's the reporter in you. Yeah, it's me. You get some leads, you have to make sure people know. All right, so Mark Hamill has confirmed he has no plans to return to Luke Skywalker in future Star Wars projects, not even as a Force ghost.

He said, I have my time. I'm appreciative of that. But I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters. His comments come as Lucasfilm is working on a film centered on Daisy Ridley's Rey set after the rise of Skywalker. And that film will follow Rey's efforts to rebuild the Jedi Order based on Luke's teachings. So some fans had assumed that Luke could pop up in some form, whether that be as a Force ghost or as a flashback. He was...

He was kind of pissed off about the way Luke Skywalker ended up being in the most recent trilogy. He thought, you know, there was a trade-in on some of the...

heroic aspects of the character. And so he definitely had his issues, which he made known in public. I don't know if that's going to affect things proceeding from here on in. But yeah, he's not a fan. When they did show him, when he first showed his face at the end of the one movie, was it The Force Awakens or whatever it was? Right. Or the one before that. And you saw it with Sam, it was like, whoa! Oh my God! Yeah.

Uh, so yeah, uh, he is not going to be in it in any way, shape or form according to him. And then the last thing that I was going to mention, um,

The Crawley Estate has weathered all of history's greatest and most tragic events over the last 15 years, spanning six seasons, 52 episodes, and two big screen dramas. But now it's almost curtain time with Downton Abbey, the grand finale, arriving this summer. The teaser promises new beginnings from the family in the 1930s and even showed a sweet moment of Lord Robert.

touching Downton's walls. Lord. We're doing a crossover with Bachelor in Paradise. Signaling the end of an era. Downton Abbey, the grand finale, enters theaters on September 12th. That'll be it. That, uh...

That show died a number of times and came back. It's pretty amazing. It's pretty evergreen. I started watching that show with my ex-wife. Wow! It was like a 2010. It was a great show, but Steve, you're right. It started and stopped so many times. Is this a movie now? Is this a TV show? I don't know. It was well done. Is this a TikTok video? Yeah.

All right, do we have clips? We do, and I handed it to you earlier than I normally do. Here, you know what? No, go ahead, hit the drum roll. Oh, it's right there. Oh, my God, I see it. Yeah, hit the drum roll.

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune is a new spin on the iconic game. I get it because you spin the wheel of the game. With the original host in here, Pat Sajak talks about what makes the show great. I think people actually like watching the celebrities suffer a little bit, you know, big stars and all this. He can't figure that puzzle out either, just like me.

But they all try really hard. I mean, they take the game seriously. You know, we first talked about doing Celebrity. I wondered about that. They're coming on to plug something in the game with an afterthought. But like everybody else, they watch the show. They know the show. And they take it seriously. And we appreciate that. Yeah! Anybody else have a spin ID for Wheel of Fortune?

No. I don't even know what that is. So every night during one of the segments, they will reveal two letters and then a bunch of numbers. And that is your spin ID. Oh, we do have it. Okay, you do? Yeah. And so I have it. And they send you an email every day letting you know whether or not you've won. Thus far, I've not won. Okay. No, neither have we. In fact, we forgot we had it. Yeah. But I have my spin ID. And it's nice of Wheel of Fortune people to send me the email every day to let me know that I've lost. And let me know when you win. I will. All right, here's our next clip.

The new adventure competition show Destination X sends contestants on the road of a road trip of a lifetime with no idea of their location. I know, I love this. Jeffrey Dean Morgan talks about how he was convinced to do the show. Being the host of the show, I think, is something very new for me. It's about challenging myself and doing something different and new. And I think NBC sold me on the idea of...

Me being me, which is a little bit of a... I'm a little bit of a loose cannon, occasionally. He should host the show as Negan. Yes, totally. New episode of Destination X airs tonight on NBC, and the loser gets their head bashed in with a barbed wire-laden... They all kneel down at the end. I like it. Yeah.

Wow, him as a game show host. That's wild. And I don't know, but Casey, I love that concept. I would be all in on you don't know where you're going. Right, right. I love that type of thing. In fact, Rochelle and I still want to do one of these mystery trips that are easy to sign up for. And they... You send them information about what your hobbies are, what types of things you like, you know, cold weather, warm weather, blah, blah, blah. And you don't know until the day you're leaving where you're going and what you're doing. And they give you an itinerary and everything. I love that idea. You're going to Harlem!

Belizeville, Pennsylvania. I live there. The travel will be easy. Yeah, I don't know what destination. So it looks like it almost looks like, you know, MTV Road Rules. Yeah, they say these adventures only. It looks like they're going high end. Yeah, like big time high end on yachts and stuff like that. I would love to see that. He breaks out the bat, though, with the barbed wire. Yeah. Caves in his skull at the end. Yeah. Yeah. Let's have some excitement.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Marissa. Just a last-minute warning. The big friggin' deal with Maury's Piers is about to run out. They are out of the thousands of tickets that were available for this. They are almost sold out, and you end up saving a lot. So Chuck was just telling us about this yesterday. They're really moving. Same-day ride and water park combo tickets from Maury's Piers for $70. It's a $50 savings per ticket. It's unlimited rides on three piers, both water parks.

the whole day. And if you buy a family four pack, you end up saving 200 bucks. And chances are, you're going to not just buy one ticket. No. You're going to buy a few of them. So you may as well save...

big time on this, but they're going to run out very, very soon. So go to WMMR.com slash deals and take advantage of it before it's gone. I couldn't believe how many we've burned through so far. I mean, they're really selling. Casey and I are actually going there this Friday. We're going to be shooting a commercial. The past several years, at the beginning of the summer, we shoot a commercial for Maury's because he and I, we have houses down in Wildwood Crest, so that's our spot. Going to Maury's, so we're kind of pseudo-spokespeople for the

for the chain, and we love going there. We always have a blast, and wait till you see what we have in store for this year. So who's your camera? Who's your video person? Nick Murphy. Ah, there you go. Our good friend. He's done all of them. Well, not all of them, because actually we had Kyle do one or two as well. But it should be fun, but take advantage of that deal before it is gone. So yesterday, I was chatting with Casey as we were doing a conference call last evening to get ready for the show today, and you know,

When we join, we're like, hey, what's everybody doing? Casey's like, oh, I'm at an auto zone.

what are you doing over there? I'm getting a battery. I'm going to try changing a battery in my car. I thought you were just going to buy the battery and take it somewhere and have them put it in for you or something like that, but you don't know you were going to put it in. Is this in your Jeep? No, it was in the Outback. Okay, so you're going to replace the battery? Yeah. In fact, I sort of attempted to do that a couple of months ago. I got a call from my son early on a Saturday morning

He was staying in Philadelphia by the art museum. He's like, I think there's something wrong with the car. I'm like, okay. So I go and I jumpstart the car. As it turns out, he left the light on. The dumb light? The dumb light overnight. And so he was going to leave yesterday to take his tuxedo back after graduation. And it just sucked because...

it was the worst timing ever. Cause my, my, uh, daughter, um, had a audition. She was auditioning for summer stage last night. And so she needed to be somewhere. He took the tuxedo back. Uh,

And my son goes to get in the car and the battery's dead. By the way, to jump in for a moment, I didn't think the dome light thing still did that. Neither did I on a new car. They used LED lights. Yeah. Much less power needed to run those things. And I also thought over time, they will automatically turn off on some cars.

Because I remember that being a regular thing you had to be aware of when you would leave your car back in the day, back in the 80s, 90s, whatever. If you left your dome light on, dead battery the next day. Because the battery is five years old at this point as well. Still though, that's not a surprise. So here are two things. So the battery was completely shot?

So a couple of months ago, no. I jump-started it. It was fine. I went to like a Pep Boys AutoZone. I said, do you think I need a new battery? They're like, no, you're probably okay. So we left it. Who did you talk to, Manny, Moe, or Jack? It was all three of them. I was like, oh, my God. All of you? You guys were all there at the same time. So this time...

I knew that the battery... And so I tried to jumpstart the car yesterday. Nothing. It just didn't. It wouldn't start. So I was like, okay, so the battery's done. You know, here's one thing I like about myself because there's so much that I dislike about who and what I am. All right.

But what I do like about myself is that I am willing a lot of times to go outside of my comfort zone and try new things. You 100% are. And I admire that in you as well. And so... Now is the time to make things worse. After I called my brother-in-law who owns a hometown auto and is a mechanic in Conchahokan, once he didn't answer...

I was like, okay, I think I'm going to have to do this myself. Right? So I went to an auto zone around the corner from my house. And I was like, all right. I just YouTube. I told you, Preston. I'm like, I watched a two-minute YouTube video. I'm like, I can do this. I can totally do this. When he said he was doing it, I was like, oh, wow. Okay. I was like, I tried that once before and I messed it up. Listen. And if I recall correctly, and I'm not 100% sure, Casey, but I thought that when I removed the battery without taking...

preemptive steps or something like that. Like, you know how these things have all the onboard computers and all that stuff now that it had disconnected from that and it futzed something up. And not only that, the housing thing alone that holds the battery in place, like I couldn't even figure that damn thing out. So you raise good points.

Yeah. Very good points. Years ago, I could swap out a battery. No problem. Easy. Pop it on out. Now what they do is they secure it in there with these things and there's a lip and there's this thing and it's like a game. It's like, you know, like one of those puzzle boxes to get it out of the goddamn car. You take off all the pieces and it looks like you got it all off and you start pulling it up and you're like, it's not going. Come out of here. What is happening? Yeah, I ran through a little bit of that. Okay. All right. All right.

Yeah, I did all that. Everything that you're talking about right now tracks 100%. Preston, I didn't even think about the computers in the car and me messing that stuff up. That wasn't even a thought until you said something to me about that last night. I'm like, oh, no.

Like factory and reset and stuff like that. You would assume that in this case, I would assume on a tech level that simply removing the battery and putting a new battery back in, that there would be some sort of safety for your settings. Some might change if you swap out the battery supply. But for the most part, you'd get back a running car. To me, just the way the batteries sit now in modern cars is a

Hey, before you tell your story, can we hear from Ryan here about what happened to him? This sounds worse. Yeah, this was a concern of mine. Okay. And so this is fine. Should I go to him? Go to him. Because this will totally sync up with the story. All right, I'm going to go to Ryan. Hey, Ryan, you're on the air, buddy.

What's up, bitch? Yo, bitch, tell your story. Yeah, so kind of similar. I thought it would be fairly easy to change the battery in my car. And I, you know, plug the positive to the negative and the negative to the negative. Oh, no. No, I did it backwards. Yeah. And I plugged the negative to the positive. It ended up completely...

rupturing the computer system in my car. It's 2019, so it's not that old. And then, so I had to take it to the dealership. I guess what they do now, manufacturers, is that you have to take it to the dealership so that they can re-sync the battery to the car, to the computer system. Okay. Ended up costing $6,000 in damage. Oh! So are you saying you basically blew out your computer system?

It blew the fuse, like a major fuse in my car, and it also blew up the AC compressor, which turns on the AC. So I have no AC in my car right now. Oh, man. It was an alternator. You paid six grand and you still don't have AC?

I did not get the AC fixed, so it ended up costing me $2,000. I still have to get the AC fixed. Wow. So it's $4,000 to get the AC fixed. I don't have that right now, so I'm going to live with the windows. Yeah, roll the window down. That's old school. I spent years. That was my AC system. Man, so therein lies...

A warning to people tinkering with cars. Hey, I have a quick question because this was a concern of mine yesterday as I was swapping things out. If you get shocked by a car battery, like...

can you do major damage to yourself or is it mainly just like a, well, yeah, it's just, the fear used to be is if you, you're screwing around and you hook things up the wrong way, you could, the battery could explode. Okay. Yeah. But like, I'm not going to get electrocuted. So when you, when you touch those, uh, you know, if you're jumping a car and you touch the two connectors together and you know, it sparks, um,

That looks like that would hurt a lot. Okay. I don't think it'll kill you. Okay. So you hurt a lot. I mean, it depends on what your heart condition is, I would imagine. I think you would be imbued with the powers of a spider.

Obviously, I don't want to get hurt a lot, but that's not my concern. My concern is actually dying. I mean, literally, at one point, I said that because Seamus was in the driveway. I'm like, yo, dude. I'm like, just kind of watch because I'm- I love you. I'm about to go do something. I love you. I love you. No, but I was like, if I'm going to get shocked, I, you know, just- Yeah. I don't want to be like- Yeah.

He's like, Dad, don't do that. I was like, no, I'm just saying. I'm like, I'm about to do something. If I get shocked, I might need you to save my life. These are all the things, Preston, when you first get a car and you're learning all the stuff, like when you're adding radiator fluid and you have to wait until everything cools down. Don't open that cap. Yeah.

Yeah. All right. All right. So let's hear your story. There's not really much of a story. I will tell you, I got the battery. Okay, no, there is a little bit of a story. I'm at AutoZone and the one thing my brother-in-law told me is like, don't chance on the battery. He goes, you know, like...

spend the money on the battery. Because if you don't, there are some really cheap, terrible batteries out there. So I'm like, okay. So I'm at the AutoZone. The guy is giving me my options of batteries. I end up getting the best battery. And he brings it out. And I'm looking at it. And the battery has these two prongs at the top. Obviously, there's a positive and then there's a negative. And he points out to me. He's like, all right, that's your positive. That's your negative. And I'm looking at it. And I'm like...

I'm like, hang on. I'm like, how come it doesn't, this battery, the brand new battery doesn't have these things on it that the old battery has? And he's like, oh, well, you have to take those off of the old battery. I was like, well, I didn't even realize that. He's like, I have tools. So I was like, oh, okay. So I have to take this little attachment off of the top, the positive prong and another attachment that was on top of the negative prong. And then I had to put them on top of the new battery. Okay. Okay.

I'm not a mechanic, so I'm not using the proper lingo. I didn't think this was overly technical. I don't even know how to describe it. But I...

I just I didn't know that these things that were that were on top of the old battery came off. I thought they were permanently at this point. Are you reconsidering your your attempt at this point? I am because I didn't know that that these came off of the old battery and onto the new battery. I thought when I took the battery out of the car, it was good and we were good to go. So anyway, so I had to take these things off that ultimately attach the battery to the car.

All right. So I'm putting these on, and then I go home, and I install the battery into the car. Okay. Okay. So when you're taking the car battery out, the YouTube video I said is you detach negative first, then positive. When you put the battery in, you attach positive first, then negative. Hey, I have a follow-up question real quick before we proceed. When we were on the call, I said, did you...

watch a video specifically for a subaru outback replacement no i just watched a home depot i would have thought maybe you would have gone and followed up and found a video specifically model yeah that model because i guarantee you there is one on how to replace a battery for your specific model car i will tell you that the video that i watched uh even it was fine it was everything that i needed to to watch the subaru roadside assistance

Possibly. I do. Yeah. And I think you get it because you and I both bought our cars from Rafferty. Yeah. And I would have called them at this point. Yeah, because it's all about you at Rafferty. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, anyway. All right.

I mean, yeah. Casey, no, it's not about you. All right. Listen, I get the battery out. I put the new battery in. I attach the positive to the positive, the negative to the negative. There's no sparks, no nothing. I'm like, we are good to go, right? And I'm like, all right, guys, moment of truth. I sit in the driver's seat. I press the foot on the brake. I'm like, oh, it's got no give. Doesn't feel right. Doesn't feel right. Okay. And I hit the little button. Nothing. Not a tick, tick.

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I was like, okay. All right. I have a portable unit that I can jumpstart a car with. I got this when my son's battery died a couple of months ago. So, all right. Let me go grab that thing. I put that and I'm like, all right, maybe I need to jumpstart the car.

Right.

At least I'm getting something, right? A little... You know, and then, like, you know, lights are kind of on in the car. I'm like, okay, so there's a little bit of juice. There's power here. A little bit. Nothing. I'm like... So I take the battery out, and, like, I must have taken this battery in and out of the car two or three times. And then I was like, I...

I text my brother-in-law. All right. I texted my brother-in-law and I'm also racing against the clock because I wanted to go see my nephew and my best friend's son play in a lacrosse game. And so I call him. He doesn't answer. I sent him a text. Nothing. I'm like, oh,

My brother-in-law is at the lacrosse game. This is his, my nephew is his son. I'm going to go to the lacrosse game, right? So I go, I go to the Marple O'Hara, Marple O'Hara lacrosse game, by the way, Marple won 19 to one. And I sit next to my sister. My brother-in-law's not there. I'm like, God, how do you get there if your car's not running? I have, I took my wife's car. Okay. All right. So I go, my sister's there. My brother-in-law's not there. And so I tell her, I'm like, yeah, the whole battery thing. So she texts him. She goes, Casey's here.

he needs help with his battery. So Dave calls me, and I'm on the phone with him, and I'm telling him everything. And then he's like, do you have the positive on the positive and negative on the negative? I was like, here, I go...

Well, here's the thing. I'm like the guy from AutoZone told me that this was positive and that that was negative. I didn't actually visually look to see if I was putting the positive on the positive and the negative on the negative. I just the guy from AutoZone told he goes, dude, if you put the negative on the positive and positive, he's like you like that. That guy just called. Yeah. He's like, you need to leave right now. And so you the listeners don't know about my brother in law. He is a jokester.

I can't tell if he's effing with me or not. Right. So I'm like, I'm like, Dave, I'm like, are you serious? Are you, are you, are you being Dave right now? You know, he's like, no, he's like, I'm being serious. I'm like, okay, I gotta go. So I raced home totally expecting my car to be in flames in the driveway. And I get there, car's not in flames. Thank God. And I go to take the battery out, uh, and just to check to see if the positive or on the positive negative on the negs. Uh, Marissa, do you have that picture? Okay. Okay.

A lot like what happened with the ceiling fan at home where the battery and the remote control had a little plastic thing on it. Excuse me.

When I took the battery out, the negative prong had this sleeve on it. A plastic cap on it. You put it over the cap? And I put this little attachment over the cap. Okay. I don't want to interrupt you here, Casey. Yes. And I could see myself easily, easily making the same mistake as you. Half of the texts that are coming in saying he left the cap on, didn't he? People saw this coming a mile away. A mile away. Because I guess it's a pretty easy and common mistake.

from AutoZone saw me putting this thing on top of the guy. The guy assumed you'd take the caps off. He was right there. He saw me not take the cap off. Here's

Here's a text that says, don't always trust the guys at AutoZone, by the way. I was a manager at AutoZone for 20 years, and one of my employees installed a battery backwards and fried the entire company. Fried the entire car, cost the company $5,000. That's just a text that I saw coming in. I have left this cap on the entire time. Now, the car started. Okay, I got everything fixed. But here's the other funny thing is...

A, the little sleeve that the battery goes in. I forgot to put that back over the battery. So that's gone somewhere. That's still that's in my garage and not in my car. That's not the end of the world. You don't always need to have it in that little sleevy thing. But the other thing is, is the last nut that was putting on the battery.

Is now somewhere in the engine. I have no idea. I dropped it because I was so nervous because when I put that little thingy over the thingy, it kept sparking. So I was like, am I going to get shocked? Am I going to get so I was being like delicate and ginger? And by being so delicate and ginger, I dropped the nut.

into the engine. And now it's still there. And then I had to go try and find another nut somewhere. Thankfully, I had one that fit the little thread. This is the story like when my cousin Vinny, when he's talking about accidentally dropping the thing, goes down into the manifold. You're effed. That's just it. That's the general. I would recommend against doing any work on your car like this. Well, now I know how to do it. So I'm a car battery expert, guys. How much money do you think you saved by doing it yourself?

Probably nothing. Just curious. No, it wasn't about saving money. It was about I need to get this done now because people need cars. Okay. All right. I wasn't sure if it was about saving money or not. Okay. So we got tons of texts coming in. We got lots of calls coming in. Nick, there was one a moment ago about a guy who had said, yeah, he was a...

It says, 10 plus years Chrysler mechanic. Nowadays, you're correct about disconnecting a battery. Can reset certain modules in the car. For instance, one of our cars, if you disconnect the battery and reconnect it, you have to relearn the electric power steering. Jesus. If not, you have a bunch of lights on, the car dinging at you over the years just to change batteries. Ridiculous.

And then he also said plenty of times accidentally would be turning a wrench or ratchet and the other end accidentally hits the other battery post. Yes. And poof, sparks and smoke. But I let go immediately. If you stand there holding the connection, yes, ouch, is what he said. So hang on a second. I'm going to go to bunch calls. I have Paul. Hi, Paul. You're on the air. Good morning, buddy. Hey, good morning. Hey, Devon. You guys at work. How are you? All good, my man. So you wanted to comment on getting shocked from a battery?

Okay. All right.

Not fatal. Yeah.

With the car battery on the mattress like that. It's kind of Hollywood BS. Okay. All right. That's what I was curious. I thought about lethal weapon immediately. That's what I thought. Yeah. All right. Now, yeah. You have a question for Paul? Yeah, Paul. Because when I was trying to put the, you know, I attached the positive to the positive. And then as I was going to attach the negative to the negative, it was sparking. And that's what freaked me out. And that's why I ended up dropping that nut into the engine. Yeah. Will I get shocked from that? Yeah.

Slightly. And that's also what goes along why they tell you to take the negative off first and put the negative on last. Because the negative terminal of the battery is actually, that cable connects to the chassis of the vehicle. The ground. So the whole body and chassis becomes the ground. Yeah. So if by chance you touch the positive terminal to the negative terminal or...

the fender, anything metal, while that negative's connected, that will make a short. Also, that's why they have wrenches that are designed for batteries that are not metal. They're made of either a plastic or some other insulated material. That makes sense. They don't have an inadvertent contact, which could cause it.

Yeah, years ago when you were jumping a battery, they would tell you to take one of the clamps and clamp it to the chassis of the car. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so that was the negative one. The negative, right. Hang on, we have a bunch of mechanics. Let's go to Dante. Yo, Dante, morning, man. Good morning, Nick. Good morning to see you. What's up, bud?

Uh, yeah, like the guy that was just calling, uh, it's not necessarily the sparks that'll get you, uh, your little zap. Uh, it's more what they call amperage is what will, uh, get into you and that's what could kill you. But, uh, the, those sparks that you see, uh, when you touch the negative terminal, it, you, you won't get hurt by that. Okay. Have you had it happen to you before?

Oh, yeah. Every time I change a battery. Oh, that's awesome. Put the positive terminal on. Yeah. You put the positive terminal on first. Then you...

Once you go to put the negative terminal on the battery, there's just a little spark that happens. But, yeah, that is very normal for that to happen. Okay. You know, I'm still reeling from the fact that Rambo and Lethal Weapon lied to us. Yeah. Because I always thought that that was an absolutely appropriate torture method. Yeah. You get a car battery, some clamps, hook it up to the nipples, and you're all good. Yeah. Now, I remember that from Lethal Weapon. Endo was the guy who distributed that to him. I should have called your brother-in-law. Yeah.

Let me see here. I have other mechanics. We're going to go to Noah next. Hi, Noah. Good morning. Good morning. How are you guys doing? Good. What's up, man? You wanted to offer up a little advice for Casey here or some general knowledge? Yeah. So I actually, I'm a technician at Acura. And so for our newer vehicles, actually, if you put a battery that isn't a factory one in, you could potentially set lights on in the car.

So the car will register the battery as not being an appropriate battery and you'll keep getting notifications. Exactly. So whenever anybody asks me about their car and it's battery related, I usually recommend for them to get a

a factory battery installed. So, you know, it's funny. So for example, like I have a camera and if I don't use Sony batteries, an alert will pop up in the window of the, on the screen that I'm not using a Sony battery. So, um, is this, is this just a way to make sure the business is coming their way? Would there be a suitable battery that would replace it and work fine? Or is just a deal you're going to have to, um, put up with these notifications? Yeah.

Other batteries would work fine. I think it's more or less the manufacturers wanting the customer not necessarily to work on their own car that may still be under a warranty. Why? It works so well for Casey. Hey, Noah, what are those things called that go on top of the prongs that ultimately connect? They're just...

So they're just, it's just like an eyelet. It's like a battery cable. But depending on like for our cars, we actually have a battery sensor on the negative side of the cable. So there's connectors and stuff that go to it. And then you have to reset the audio system, which is simply you hold the power button for it. But again, it depends on the manufacturer. All of them are different.

So, Noah, that's my question. You're driving any car within the past couple of years, 10 maybe I'll say, you're driving a computer is what you're driving. And you have all of these things, you have all of these sensitive systems that are, you know, relaying to each other. Anytime you start dabbling with anything electric on the car, it's not going to go well. Am I correct in saying that? The casual mechanic should not F around with a car that is fairly recent.

No, not at all. There's all the systems. So let's just give an example quickly. 2010 Acura MDX has maybe six or seven computers within the system or in the car. A brand new 2025 MDX has about 60 or 70. Holy hell.

And Noah, also, you as a mechanic, there are certain procedures that you guys can follow to put the cars into a specific mode to access things. Like you might have to put, you know, you put it in an accessory mode and then you have to flip the left blinker up and pull this and do that in a certain sequence to access stuff. Isn't that the case a lot of times? Yeah.

Yeah, so we have one, our actual scan tools that we can hook up to the car and look at certain systems. But stuff for our touchscreen things, you can hit a certain specific button together in a sequence. And it'll bring up a completely different diagnostic section that only we can access. It's pretty wild. It is wild. And we are not meant to know that. No. And we will screw it up. Not at all. Yeah.

It makes it, listen, you just have to sort of acquiesce to this and realize, leave, let the mechanics, let the technicians do it because I think, yeah, you can try to save some bucks and you're going to, and if you can, certainly, uh, you know, and you have the knowledge, but otherwise it, to me, there's always something that's going to get effed up if you start tinkering around under the hood. Yeah, very well could. Yeah. And it's, and,

Right. Right.

All right. Good to know. Excellent. All right, Noah. Thanks. We appreciate it, man. All right. So, yeah, there's a lot there. Real quick. One more caller because she's been on hold for a long time. She's worked in a battery factory. It's Mary who's joining. Hey, Mary. Good morning. Morning. What's up, Mary? I just got off of work. Oh, all right. Nice. Are you working a battery factory? Yeah.

Yes, I do. I've been there for 25 years. Wow. Okay. I worked third shift. I've worked in the different departments. The little prong thingies, Casey, are called terminals. Terminals. Terminals. There you go. All right. Not prongs. That's the prong thingies, the little things on top that you were connecting to. And yes, you left the terminal protector on, which happens all the time. Right? This is a common thing. So are you actually working on the batteries themselves? Yes.

Yes, I actually assemble them. Okay, and you make sort of generic batteries, or do you make for a particular dealership, or do you make batteries? We make for, yeah, we're out in Kutztown. I don't really want to say a name. No, no problem. Because I don't know. But, yeah, we make for AAA, Walmart, AutoZone, Walmart.

Napa, Ozark. Hey, Mary, what does an average battery weigh these days? Those things are heavy. Average car battery could be about

20, 25 pounds. Okay. Feels even heavier. It's heavier, yeah. Wow. Completely pulled. Now, the bigger batteries, what we call our glass mat batteries, which are the higher end ones, they can be up to 75, 80 pounds. Jesus. Damn. All right. All right, Mary. Thanks for checking in. We appreciate it. Take care. You're welcome. All right. We'll see you. Wow.

All right. Well, there you go. All right. What did she say those things are called? Germinals. Germinals. All right. See if I can remember that next time. All right. Well, now it's in your rearview mirror. All right. You're a regular mechanic. The mistake you made was pretty simple. So that's, I thought we were going to have a worse story this morning.

So did I. I thought it was going to be worse. I thought it would be fire. I thought death. But the one thing I say, the mistake you made was trying to do it at all. That was the mistake. It was just my brother when he was saying...

dude, you got to go home now. I was like, oh my God. Oh my God. I got to go. But as you said, Casey, one of the things that you admire about yourself and I think that's okay to say is that you will step out of your comfort zone and give it a shot. So now you have learned this time and next time if you do this, then you're not going to have a problem. Just remember never to step out of your comfort zone. So well, listen, now I know I can change a car battery. I know that I can ish.

I think I could be better next time. I can do ceiling fans and sconces on walls. I can do that. All right. All you got to do is you got to find that mystery nut floating around in your engine somewhere. Right. Which is going to scrape away a wire and cause that fire you're looking at.

Oh, my God. All right, well, thank you for your texts and calls. We appreciate it. This has been a Casey moment, and we love sharing it with you. Yes. All right, we're going to take a quick break. Hey, later on the program today, Steve Guttenberg. The one and only. Will be joining us a little after 9 o'clock. We'll be back with the Bizarre File, so you stay right where you are. Analog. Great for music. Total crap for phone service.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thanks, Miss. Before we get to the beat file, I missed a couple of shards, and I've got to make good on those. And this is from one of our own, Brendan, in our digital sales group, department. That's the word I'm looking for. Battalion.

Brendan O'Neill is his name. He sent me an email and said, hey, it's long hair Brendan from the digital sales department across the hall wondering if you could give a gnarly shout out to my best buddy Eric who just had his 25th birthday this weekend. So I was supposed to do it yesterday. Eric is the ultimate friend.

and is one of the few people who can truly make me pee myself laughing. We've been through everything together, from surviving high school to concerts, movies, beach trips, and even a few near-death experiences. Wow. But he's always had my back, no matter what. Eric's been listening to your show religiously for years, and it's actually the reason that I'm working here. He forwarded me the job posting after hearing for an ad of the open position on MMR, so anything I've screwed up in the past year and a half, it's his fault. If you could give him an extra...

hearty shout out Monday. I know that would make his birthday extra special. So here we go.

That's a heavy one. Sorry, I missed it yesterday. All right, there's another one. It says, good morning, guys. Sorry to bother you at work. I would like to request a shout-out from my son-in-law, Brandon Ertel. He starts an awesome job on June 2nd. I'm so proud of him. Also, he is awaiting the arrival of his third child on July 23rd, my grandson. Wow, two big life things. In tradition of our family to attend the MMRBQs together, please let him know that

We love him and are so proud of his achievements with a big juicy shout out. Thank you. That's from Janine Robidoux. He said, she listens at St. Mary's Hospital Lab. Fellow Lab Rats United listening to WMMR. And she says, in honor of Kathy. Hey, bitches. Hey, what? So here you go.

And then another one that I missed says, hey, I was hoping you could do a shout out for my five-year-old son, Jack. His last day of pre-K is Wednesday, May 28th. So I'm way off by this. Unless I already did this. I don't remember. I don't remember this. And since he has started pre-K, we have...

Been able to listen to the show every morning, but with summer camp and then kindergarten, he won't be able to listen as much. He absolutely loves listening to you guys. And one of the things he says when we get in the car in the morning is, can we listen to my show? Wow. And he loves Steve's Michael Jackson impression.

He was bummed that one day you guys were doing a Zoom for the kids in the car and he wasn't able to call in the show to show you his drumsticks and skills. Thanks for being a goodish influence on him. That is from Amanda Campbell. This one's for you, buddy. I'm going to blow my own ring out. There's your chart. And then one last thing. Marissa sent this to me. I thought this was great. With our coolest teacher yesterday from Interboro High School, we had Bob Lavery win. Bill.

Oh, Bill, I'm sorry. Bill Lavery and 2SP Brewing Company on their social media congratulated him and offered him, they made up this big graphic, to come by the tap room for a beer on them. Oh, wow. And that's what it looks like. Look at that. That's terrific, man. It says, President's Eve coolest teacher, congrats to the coolest buck ever.

And it says, Bill Lavery, Allied Health Teacher, Bob and Interboro. See, it says Bob there. Yeah, so Bob is the brewer at 2SP and he went to Interboro. Oh, okay. It says, Bob and Interboro alum has your tab if you can make it in this week for a beer. Go Bucs. So I thought that was kind of fun. That's excellent. For them to do that. So, hey, if you want to offer up some stuff,

some added things for our coolest teachers. That's on you, gang. You can absolutely do that. And speaking of coolest teacher, the next school is Gwinnett Mercy Academy. You can vote by texting the word teacher to 610-660-9333 and we'll send you the link. But Marissa found this bit of information about Gwinnett Mercy Academy High School.

Their flag football team won the Pennsylvania flag football championship. Oh, wow. And they received a very special surprise, a visit from Jalen Hurts to celebrate their championship. And there was a picture with them and Jalen. So I thought that was awesome. We work with Jalen, you know. We sell Window Nation windows. Oh, that's right. You guys get to vote on those. Oh, man, and there's another one. All right. I'm sorry. I'm trying not to get bad.

backed up on my shorts. Listen, there's a whole bunch. Yeah, you'll have some sort of rupture. It says, hey, hi, Presby, long-time listener here. Since Y100 days, I'm writing with a very special request. I'd like to surprise my mom, Maureen, better known these days as Moo Moo, to her grandkids, with a wet, juicy shout-out for her birthday on June 3rd. About 15 years ago, I introduced her to your show, and she's been completely hooked ever since.

We started as what started as something I listened to during my morning routine turned into a full-blown obsession we now share. At this point, we practically speak our own language. It's made entirely of Preston and Steve quotes. And then in parentheses, she puts Nell being Tad Tad. We've made some amazing memories together over the years, like attending Camp Out for Hunger, giving blood to the eye bleed. And your show has been a constant source of joy, ridiculousness, and bonding for us. So this year, I'd like to make our birthday even more special with the Juicy Chardonnay.

which I know would absolutely make her day. Thanks for being a part of our lives in such a real and amazing way. You guys rock. Thank you. And that is from Jackie Dockard.

There was a chart out for you, so thank you guys. Many years ago when we opened the floodgates with the charts, we didn't know how it was going to go. But you know what? It's really nice to be able to provide these little special mentions for people. Yeah, and I do float in and out of them, so I apologize if I don't get to them on time or not. I do my best. I apologize.

All right, let's get to the Bizarre File. Bizarre. WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre File.

Brought to you by Ada Home Service. Ada. Adam Home Services. I just say it at home. You're covered with next day repairs and tune-ups at adamhomeservices.com. All right, conveyor belts for luggage are not places to play. That rule is not necessarily known by two-year-old boys who, for that matter, are too young to read the warning signs posted.

against riding the baggage conveyor system. And that may be why a toddler entered the checked baggage conveyor belt system in Terminal A at Newark Liberty Airport. Quick action by Port Authority Police Department cops.

Prevented what could have been a dangerous situation for a small child. It happened on Wednesday around 6.30 p.m. at the JetBlue counter. A mother was interacting with the agent behind the counter when her two-year-old managed to get onto the conveyor belt next to and behind the counter. And the president of the police department's union, Frank Conte, said...

It was something that happened in the blink of an eye. The conveyor belt leads directly into a chute and into the terminal's luggage screening system, which is exactly where the toddler plunged to. So I've never wanted to ride that one. The one that I want to ride is the actual luggage return. Some Port Authority officers who'd happened to be within earshot of the third floor of the terminal sprang into action. Two cops were able to move into the system immediately. The fact that they were a pair was vital. Conte said there was a split in the belts.

One officer went towards one direction, one went toward the other direction. One of them was able to observe the child as they were approaching one of the x-ray units utilized to analyze luggage contents. Just before reaching the x-ray, the officer nabbed the toddler and pulled him to safety. The toddler's grandfather expressed appreciation to the cops who pulled him out of the luggage system and said that the boy and his mother are fine. The Staten Island family successfully flew to Tampa for vacation, the grandfather said, but it appeared that

The most memorable trip for them was the one taken before they boarded the plane. So in Die Hard 2, when they go and they have to fight on the luggage conveyor belt, the luggage has gone through. What they indicate in movies sometimes lie that there is a sort of a large, almost amusement park level conveyor belt system. There is. They're shooting off into different ways. There definitely is. And if you fell off that, you'd die. Absolutely.

A Long Island homeowner found a body in his backyard swimming pool as he was opening it for the season last Sunday. I get upset if I find like a rabbit or something. The Eastman. Dead human. Shoreham man rolled back the cover and made the shocking discovery. Police are investigating and say that an autopsy is needed to determine the identity of the victim and the cause of death. Neighbors are trying to make sense of it.

Investigators are working to determine if there's a connection to another mystery that led to a manhunt last fall in the same neighborhood. A guy named Matthew Zoll was wanted in connection to the stabbing death of his father, Joseph. Wow. Nearby. Police searched the area for weeks in November, but Matthew Zoll was never found. And it makes perfect sense because once you cover those things over, you don't want to open until late spring. When you close the pool at the end of the season, do you get everyone out of the pool? Not necessarily. Okay.

The police commissioner said we are currently waiting for a DNA analysis to confirm that. But, you know, based on all of the ancillary evidence that we were able to uncover, we were investigating that strong possibility. Police said it appears the body had been in the water for a while. That's messed up. What's the, what dead stuff have you found in your pool? Oh, usually mice. Okay, we had a little bunny which...

I was trying to save this thing, and it was a nightmare, and he has a little grave site on my garden. And a snake. Yeah, mice, frogs, and snakes. Pretty much that's what we've found. An Edmonton senior is beaten and bruised but alive after being attacked by a moose in his yard. A moose? Why don't you forget the moose? Not this guy.

For a moment. A female moose and her calf had been roaming North Saskatchewan, the River Valley, and East Edmonton. If it's a female, is it a Mussolini? Near Hei Koo Son's house for the past few weeks. And that is until the mom got a little closer to him. While working in his backyard last Saturday, the 75-year-old came face-to-face

with Mama Moose protecting her calf. He said, we made eye contact and then she just ran at me. He said he can't believe that he survived a moose attack. He said, my experience? Horrible. I'm a lucky guy. I'm still standing here talking to you. He suffered three broken ribs, a bump on the head, and two black eyes along with a large gash in his leg that needed stitches.

Son's neighbors saw him after the attack and called an ambulance. What, did you get beat up by a moose? He said, so I got some first aid, got some bandages, or his neighbor did, taped him up a bit for his leg, and then my wife called 911. EMS responded, took the patient to the hospital in stable condition. Now, Edmonton police said over the past few days,

There have been intermittent moose sightings in southeastern Edmonton. And unfortunately, the calf that was with the mama moose was hit in a collision with a vehicle overnight. Alberta Fish and Wildlife said the calf did not survive. So it's just a cow now that we are trying to relocate. They're impossibly huge and weird because they have what are kind of spindly legs holding up these things. But they're just once they get pissed, forget it. They're very powerful animals.

All right, and then finally, we will do one more story. A British Airways cabin crew member was arrested at London Heathrow Airport after colleagues discovered him dancing naked in a business class lavatory during a transatlantic flight. This is a crew member. So he was in the bathroom with the door closed or...

Yeah, he's dancing, looking at the mirror. He's doing the tuck. The incident occurred on a San Francisco...

On a San Francisco to London service prompting an investigation into suspected drug use aboard the aircraft. So the steward disappeared from his duties during meal service. Did you spot a dick? During meal service on this busy flight. I spot a dick. Flight attendants initiated a search of the Airbus aircraft when the crew member failed to report for his assigned responsibility serving food and beverages to passengers. Now colleagues discovered his absence.

It's dancing time.

The discovery shocked the cruise supervisor. It's not a lot of room to dance. Who immediately took action to address the situation. Well, he was in the real luxurious part. Oh, so he's probably voguing. He had plenty of room. Flight attendants quickly clothed the steward using spare pajamas designated for first class passengers. They then escorted him to premium cabin section where they secured him in a luxury seat for the flight's duration. Secured him.

British Airways management contacted authorities during the flight...

Alerting police to the incident and law enforcement officers met upon his arrival. Wow. Yeah, he felt the need to get naked and dance. So, Preston, you alluded to it, but are the bathrooms in first class that much bigger or that much nicer? So, this is one of those big double-decker aircrafts. So, I would imagine on a craft that big, their first class has got to be tricked out pretty well. They're so cramped and just...

regular airplanes. Oh, yeah. You can't do a damping in there. Dude. Yeah, it's a nightmare, especially if you actually need to sit down and get to business. Yep. It's like a coffin. All right. That is, like I said, the B-file. So we're going to take a quick break. We will come back in a moment, a little later this morning, a little less than an hour from now. Steven Guttenberg is going to be joining us. We've got some other things coming up, too. Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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like peak physical conditioning because you've been lifting batteries well i'm also playing in the nrg flag football tournament on wednesday so i gotta get my arm ready okay yeah get it ready hey um got an email uh from someone named marissa mignotta hey and uh no she she actually sent me this idea for a topic of conversation but i'm just gonna read what she wrote

And we'd love for you to chime in. She said, I got served a video below and she sent me the link to it. It features a couple with bags packed ready for a big trip. It reads, us six months ago. Let's quit our jobs to travel and maybe we can become travel influencers. And in the video, the couple spins around. The video freezes. It changes to like a scary black and white. And then it says,

We only gained 150 followers. We only influenced our family and friends. We are preparing to look for jobs again. Oh, man. And Marissa said she checked the profile thinking, all right, maybe they have hundreds of thousands of followers. And this was like a flashback to the beginning of their journey. Nope. They have 4,100 followers. And they were very humble in sharing this whole thing. But it just apparently did not work for them. And I'm wondering how many people out there have...

have taken a run at being an influencer and maybe you're just getting started or it it came and went you realize it was too much work or you weren't able to find an audience or it wasn't what it was cracked up to be uh or maybe you're doing well or did you quit your job or you're trying to do both at the same time so i want to open it up to any of these discussions uh

610-660-9333. You can call or text that number. If you are an influencer, if you've tried to become an influencer, what that whole thing is about. And by the way, what number...

of followers means you are a successful influencer or not. So here's the truth with all this. We're still in the early stages of this, relatively speaking, as a form or an outlet or whatever these vague terms are. No one really knows for sure what qualifies. If you say you're an influencer and you have 10,000 followers, okay, maybe. I think there are a lot of people who

looked at this out of the gate. And especially, I think, during COVID, there was a mad rush because everyone said, you know, we've talked to a number of comedians and entertainers who got massive followings because everyone was just scrolling and wanted the distraction. So I think there's probably a lot of these cases. Doesn't mean you can't

You can't, you know, have something that hits. But I was reading a an article that said the likelihood of getting a like a hit account that generates real capital or that you have an online presence through TikTok or so on and so forth.

Is becoming more and more as likely as getting a hit TV show. Yeah. Because you're competing against such a massive wealth of people who are doing exactly the same thing. And you have to be constantly uploading things. All the frigging time. You need to put up photos and videos like...

All day, every single day in order to keep that momentum going. Have you guys seen that? Because there was this guy just a couple of weeks ago, ended up on my feed. And I know a bunch of people that follow him now, but he did the same thing these people did. He quit his job.

And he's like, I'm going to do this. I'm going to do it. I'm going to sail across the ocean. We're really doing it. We're really doing it. So this guy, he's never sailed before. And so but like he's currently right now in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And it actually did work for him. Like he ended up getting tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of followers. What does that did work for that guy? And you have to then then comes the question, what does that translate to as far as income?

What does that translate to as far as reliable income and how much your output, how much does the work level have to skip up to keep that income? Steve, I think about influencers the same way I think about podcasters. Like there's a million of them and the best ones are the ones that provide great content. Yes. And if they don't do it consistently and if they don't put in the effort, it's not going to last for them for a long period of time. But I've seen a few.

that have found a way to get through the noise and be noticed. And when they are, to me, it's really remarkable. And I'm talking specifically about Fit Dad CEO. Yeah, he's great. Dave is his name. He's local. And I started seeing his feed before I have ever had any idea that he was from our area, that he was an Eagles fan, that he's friends with Matt Rovine. It was one of those things where I'm like, oh, this guy's just good. And

Just because it was good, that started ending up in my Instagram feed. And now I'm like, oh, actually, I know this person. So the metric that has always worked in your favor, can you deliver quality content, right? Here's a text. It says, man, I have a friend who's been trying for like 10 years and even has a podcast. He constantly pushes his podcast forward.

but it sucks there you go and i can't break it to him i don't watch but pretend to he gets offended but uh by it but i don't have time and it's not entertaining and that's my point exactly like if you're not putting out good content you know people aren't going to listen they're not going to watch and they're certainly not going to follow you and now i was wondering if we'd hear from our friend cast iron kyle and he texted in and he says i went for it about five years ago

I love it. And the greatest part about it is helping people use their family heirlooms and make people laugh. So he does cast iron skillets is his specialty. And some people have them as family heirlooms.

And he says, I went from 3,500 to 72,000 followers in about three and a half years. And I'm in the eight and a half million views quarterly range. But I'm not sure what kind of money Kyle is making from this and if it's become successful or not in that regard. And it seems like with Kyle, he parlayed something that he already does well.

well, he's really good at his job and he does these interesting things and he was able to parlay that. And he makes fun videos. He makes fun videos. Yeah, but he works at it, man. That dude puts in the hours and he works specifically on Instagram in order to increase his following. Here is a text that says, my wife does stenography on TikTok and has 14,000 followers. He says she doesn't get anything from it, but she does that. And then there's one that says, I hit my first million view video last week.

And I'm now actively trying to really make this a thing. I don't know who that is. Maybe it was a follow-up, Nick. I'm not sure. But anyway, was that from Kyle as well? I don't know. It might be. Listen, so I was watching. I've mentioned this before. A TED talk from this social influencer. He had 14 million followers.

on a single video. And when it came down to the monetary benefit to her of that, it ended up just being like a couple of grand. So that's nothing to sneeze at, but you'd figure 14 million people saw this frigging thing and that's all you're getting? Yeah, if you're not doing it consistently and...

And that, Steve, is not enough to turn it into a full-time job. Or a full-time salary. My son loves TikTok like most 18-year-old kids. And he loves the NBA. And the other day, he created a video from the Knicks Pacers series. And it was really well done. It was really well edited. He liked making them. It's fun for him. And it ended up getting a million views on TikTok. And I'm like, wow, man. That's really cool. For whatever reason, this hit the algorithm. And it connected. And it ended up in my wife's feed online.

Right. And so she just ended up watching it because it was something that had done well. And then the algorithm takes over. It really is. That's that you're at the whim and the sway of that algorithm clicking in. And everyone is in pursuit of that algorithm noticing what you've done. And there are tricks and things that people will swear are guaranteed to get you that attention. And most people will admit at the end of the day, no.

You give your best shot and hope for the best. I would really... I'd love to hear from people who have taken a shot at it and it's just like, oh, this didn't work. I tried really hard. It reminds me of the Albert Brooks movie, Lost in America, where we're going to go off the grid. We're going to get an RV. We're going to go down the upper road. I mean, you hope for success. You don't want to see anybody fail. But you got to be...

You got to be cautious diving in. Hey, is Fit Dad calling us right now? I texted him to see if he was tuning in because he's been listening a lot lately. Yeah. Dave, are you there? Yeah, I'm here. Hey, how you doing, man?

Good. I'm great. The kids are off the door to school, so my ears were buffing. Well, listen, we were just talking about influencers. If people take a shot at it, there was a video that Marissa saw of this couple, and literally they quit their jobs. They're going to travel. They're going to be travel influencers. They did it after six months. They gained 150 followers. And I'm...

And I don't know if they're going to hang it up now or what, but they were just showing their results and how disappointing it can be. When you started out, did it happen by accident? No.

Yeah, I mean, I had already had my social media for a while, so I was kind of using it for businesses that I was building. And when I got sick of those, like right before COVID started, I was kind of just doing it for fun. And then I realized that there was an opportunity there when a couple of videos took off. And so it was by accident, but I kind of took the results that I got from that and started to realize, you know, where I could do better. And so it was an accident, but then I kind of took

cooked a bad result from that and made an intentional. Let me ask you, Dave, over just a couple of years from that first initial rush, you know, you're jet clamping and crude is coming out of the hole in the ground and you're like, here we go, to now, how has it changed as far as monetary respects? You know, is it a wide sort of variation in how lucrative things can be? What is, I don't mean to pick

pick into your finances, but how is it? How consistent? What's your take on people who are looking to get into this to make money? So, I mean, if you're, if you're, as soon as I get there, as soon as I saw there was an opportunity there, you know, I, I saw it and I ran with it. But as far as the monetary part of it, it's now, right now where we're sitting at, it's the market has slowed down and it's a couple of different factors, obviously. Um,

companies aren't willing to pay what they were paying before. Um, last year was one of my, my biggest years as far as what I brought in. Um, but there's just, it's almost an over saturation of the market now. And now we have a lot of these like younger, uh,

I think creators that are coming in, and I don't just mean like younger age-wise, I'm saying like the people who are new, who are excited, who are basically accepting anything that these brands are sending them. Ah. Making it hard for us, like kind of like the seasoned kind

content creators and influencers to argue with these companies and these brands and say, well, no, you were paying me this before. And they're going, well, we got 10 of you willing to take 25% of what you're making. So it's more of like, you have to, you have to be able to show your value more than just like a number that they're bringing. Um, so yeah, it's, it's a, that's a, that's a topic that I could talk about for a couple of hours. I'm like,

You're right, Dave. The industry is cannibalizing itself and it's spreading to traditional media as well. All this stuff, all these people, all these places for advertisers to spread their money all over the place.

is not really helping the industry. It's kind of hurting it. Do you know, we're seeing, Davis, we're seeing sort of a return, like, for example, in our industry, people realize, listen, if you're talking about influencers, we've been on the air for years. We've never been placed in a situation where we've been forced to advertise or endorse something. When we put our name to something and we say we're using a product, it's something we use and actually promote.

So we've never been in a situation where we've compromised. Yeah, like blue chew? Yeah, all the time. Nick has a boner. You can drive. I'm chewing it right now. But to that point, he's not saying, I'm Nick. You know, I use this. Yeah.

So but I mean, this is part of the deal. And so in that in that in that realm, they're seeing that advertisers are seeing there's there's something to be be said of the relationship you with your account, with your with your videos. You have a relationship with your fan base that means something. And so even though even though things are being diluted now with this glut, things have a tendency to recorrect. Do you feel that?

I do. And it's funny because even just you mentioned the compromising of working with brands. My whole thing when I started taking these brand collabs was I wanted to make sure it was...

something that my audience actually would benefit from. Yeah. The brand that I'm actually using. Exactly. You know, I just did one recently and, and I must've gotten, I mean, it was just yesterday I posted it in my Instagram stories and people were asking me like, do you actually use this brand? Like, do you actually use this product? And I'm like, and I had to make another video just telling people like I actually use this every single day. And so, yeah, there, there, I mean, there's, there's a bit of, um,

I feel like panic a little bit, especially starting the year there was. And I saw a lot of people promoting things. I was kind of like, really? That doesn't really seem on brand for you. Right. But, you know, it is what it is. And, you know, I try my best to try to steer clear of that. And at some point, I've actually...

I think lost money because I just, I'm not willing to compromise with these brands when they're saying like, we need you to say this and we need you to do this. And I'm like, that's not my style. Right. So they, you know, if it's not going to work both ways, I will sometimes pass on a lot of this.

stuff and it does it's losing money but at the end of the day it's not something that my audience is going to watch and it's going to be a lose-lose for both of us yeah that's smart all right well listen dave we're going to move on to some other calls real quick you got a dad joke before we uh let you go

Oh, man. I think I told one in the chat. It was, what did I say? How much does an influencer weigh? I do not know. An Instagram. An Instagram. That is a dad joke. Yeah. All right. Dave Uggleton, thanks, man. Good to talk to you. Fit Dad CEO. We'll catch up another time. All right. Thanks. Yay!

His content is always top-notch. He's got 1.7 million followers. And he works it, man. Listen, here's a text. It says, I work for a travel agency. We've worked with influencers. The last two times have been terrible. From my standpoint, there are so many out there who are just looking for free stuff and they didn't hold up their end of the agreement.

I'm not going to pretend it's an easy job because it's a full-time job. And I couldn't do it. And the market is inundated with so many influencers just trying to get the views in any way possible. That's from Allie who's checking in. And there's one ineluctable fact that happens. Like, for example, I'm probably subscribed to...

I'd say 380 YouTube channels. Oh, wow. Many of those are like, oh, I like this subject, click subscribe, and I haven't been back ever since. So while you're looking, those numbers will look impressive.

You only have so much time during the day. I'm not rifling through all 371 accounts to see what's going on. It is a hit or miss kind of thing. And that's why it can be tough. It's the entertainment industry. It is, absolutely. If you take a shot at going to California, living the dream the way it used to be, and most people would be sent home with...

carrying their bags back and the same thing can happen with this wild frontier. I know the perfect analogy, Preston. You get to stay at home if you do it. Perfect analogy?

You think you can replace your car battery. You have all the best intentions. And before you know it, you left the cap on. Steve, I learned two things from you earlier this morning. The first mistake was that you tried. And number two, never step out of your comfort zone. Exactly. Salient advice. I'm a life coach. Let's go to, let's see. I'm going to go to Drew, who's checking in. Hi, Drew, you're on the air. Good morning.

Quit yapping and listen. That's really good. Shut up. That was excellent. What's up, Drew? Hey, this is Drew from Deconstructed Love. I did those abstract caricatures of you guys. Oh, we love those, man. They were great. Here's this one. I'm glad you guys like them. Thank you so much. Yeah.

So, yeah, I'm just calling in to share my experience because, you know, I'm not at a million followers, but as somebody who every day puts in the effort to just promote my work and, you know, just try new things, whether it's like,

you know, influencer material or whatnot. It's just every day I'm just kind of motivated to try something new. And that's the part that I think is important. You know, you shouldn't look at it from a monetary perspective. Like, you should look at it from, am I enjoying this? Drew, so would you say, and we've had a number of people who've managed to really...

work out unless the percentage balance which is you love something you do it as um it augments what you do but it is not the focus and crux of what you do obviously you're an artist and that's your thing but you can use them symbiotically as opposed to i'm going to derive my entire income from this if you go in with that as your intent that's going to be a little bit problematic would you agree with that

Exactly. You know, if your if your mindset from the get go is I'm trying to make money, you're kind of running into a problem from the start because you're focusing on the wrong thing. You know, it's about, you know, it's not just about doing something that you're happy doing. It's about exploring and seeing what it is that other people enjoy seeing you do. No, you're right. Go ahead. Go ahead.

All right. What I was going to say is like, if, if all you're thinking about is, is this making me money, you're just kind of going to get frustrated all the time because like, you're not going to pull in what you expect right away. Right. And if you're not willing to, you know, explore new things to try and help, you

you know, boost your views or likes or whatever, you know, then you're just going to like run into more problems and you're going to get burned out on frustration. I wonder how many people owing to what started all this started with the best of intentions and did not realize how much work is involved. Yeah. Like you've got, it's almost, it's almost like a beast you have to feed all the time. Yeah.

It's its own job. Yeah.

But if, you know, as I said, if you're expecting so much right away, you're not going to like you're not going to benefit from it. All right. Thank you, Drew. Good to talk to you, man. Appreciate it. And then take care. Thank you. Hand me this note and says, if you influencers listen up.

If you're an Instagram influencer, tag the Preston and Steve show and we'll do a big reshare blitz supporting our local influencers. There you go. So tag us or make an original post that mentions us or something like that. We can do that, right? Why the hell not? Sure, why not? We can do anything. And then follow back Friday. Let's bring Netpack. Oh! Yes! Remember that? Yeah. That was from a thousand years ago. That was Twitter, right? That was a Twitter thing. All right, hang on. Let me go to...

Oh, man, we got a lot of calls. We don't have much time because Steve Guttenberg is waiting. Line two? Is that the one? I was going to say this one. Line, what is that? Bryce. Oh, over here. I'm looking over here. All right, let's go to Bryce. Hi, Bryce, you're on the air, bud. Good morning. Good morning, Gadzooks. Gadzooks, what's up? Hey, so I was just calling in because I know you guys were talking about the influencer stuff. And when I was in college, we used to post TikToks all the time. I was a student athlete, so we did it the past time.

And when I was like trying to post and trying to get popular and trying to get views, I would search up like the algorithm and try to figure out the best time to post to see when it would stick to the algorithm. I always thought it was very interesting that you can look that up. Like if you go on to like Google, you can be like, when is the best time to post on TikTok or when is the best time to post on Instagram Reels?

And the one time we did with my friend Kellen, he posted and he got like 300K views on like a football post that we did. We just ended up finding it at the right time. So you believe it was just a question of timing when you posted that and that's what made it click?

Yeah, and I agree with what Drew was saying earlier, too, with, like, how, like, posting that stuff and, like, trying to get the money out of it. Like, we were all broke college students, so we would just do it for fun. Right. But, like, my friend who got that 300K views, like, he ended up making a good 100 bucks off of it. And then...

So, like, it's nice money for sure, but, like, it's not something you can live off of. Right. No. I agree with what you guys are saying. That's a different animal. No, you're right. Thanks, Bryce. Appreciate it, man. Yeah, and if you're banking on that, if you're like this couple that kicked off this conversation, if your idea is we're going to become influencers, we're quitting our jobs, we're going to travel and do all this, yeah.

Take it up for a spin for a little while first on a less expensive and less committed route. And if it works for you, God bless you. Yeah. But yeah, it's a little bit of a risk. Like our friend Sarah. Sarah Ren. She's a little influencer. She's doing well. She's kind of working her way up. She influenced us. Most definitely. All right. So if you are an influencer, yeah, do this. Tag us. Make an original post about the President Steve Schoen. You're a listener or whatever. And we will do a reshare blitz.

supporting our local influencers because we wish you luck, man. We do, yeah. It's tough. All right, we got a break. Sorry to keep this so short, but we have to come back in a second because Steve Guttenberg is going to be joining us. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us, friend.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Marissa. We're waiting for a check-in from Steve Guttenberg. Haven't heard anything as of yet, so we'll hang tight a moment. I did have a couple of things. I told you I was backed up on shorts. All right. So I have shorts and butt plugs. So step right up, everybody. Like any good show. We got something for everyone. I got this from Tom Dakota, also known as El Padre.

And he wants me to send a bubbly shout out to YouTuber WiscoGirl90 for publishing her first book. It's called Pirate's Daughter, A Shattered Realm. And he said, I barely have the capacity to finish reading an entire book, let alone write one. So I wanted to send her a shout out for this amazing accomplishment. If you or any of the listeners are interested, the book is being released on July 1st.

Thank you so much. And Ray John. So here is a shark. That's great, man. She's one of our treasured YouTubers. I just looked it up on, it's available on barnesandnoble.com. The Pirate's Daughter, Shattered Realm, paperback for only $14.99. So do a quick Google search and you can get it yourself.

It looks like an artwork. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it looks kind of spacey and piratey, Steve. Oh, I like spacey and piratey. And actually, she herself had emailed and she wanted to get a shout out for herself. Well, we're not going to do that because you got one already for you. But I'm saying she doesn't need to do it for herself. She doesn't need to do it for herself. People are throwing her love anyway. Yes, yeah. But she did say...

in her email that she says, as an adult with an intellectual disability, I never thought that I would be able to self-publish my own work to be an indie author. So we're very proud of you, Wisco Girl. Absolutely. All right. And yeah, that's awesome. It's a huge undertaking. And how supportive that YouTube community is is a wonderful thing. All right, I got this as well. This is from Keith Conley. He says, hey, the reason I'm reaching out is to see if there is any way that

You guys can help me get eyes on a GoFundMe for my stepdaughter's best friend, Steph DeGarmo. Over the weekend, Steph lost her brother suddenly. Oh, my God. He was the main provider and caretaker for her and her disabled mother. And now at 22, his share of the responsibilities all will fall on her.

She's a great girl with a really good heart, but she is really struggling. We're doing what we can to help her out, but unfortunately, it's not nearly enough. I've never really gotten directly involved with anything like this, so I'm not sure what their show's policy is when it comes to these type of things. So if it's possible that there's a way to share the link to the community page or any possible social media, that would be amazing. I would totally understand if you can't because you get requests all the time. Either way, I thank you for your time and appreciate you all. Have a good flight.

Keith Conley, he says. But yeah, that's got to be hard, man. Now at 22, she's going to have to handle taking care of the mom and handle all the financial responsibilities. So do we have that up, Nick? Yeah, Keith emailed me as well. So it's on the community page of PrestonAndSteve.com. All right. Here's another one. It says, I was hoping I could get a shout out from my pal, Iulanda. Iulanda S. She is a... Oh.

Now I'm Yolanda. Oh, now you're Yolanda. She's a local indie author specializing in spicy smut books. What? Her first novella, we have all these authors, is called The Aster Affair. And she's doing her first signing ever in Atlantic City on June 14th at the convention center. Tickets are on Eventbrite. It's called the Aces Wild Author Reader Event.

What could we possibly offer authors to listen to? She'll be there with dozens of other offers as well, and I couldn't be more proud of her. So Chloe wants a chart out to Ayolanda.

I know Yolanda. Yolanda. That's it. I'm sorry. Yolanda. I got that wrong. Yolanda. All right. And then I guess we're not getting Gutenberg. I'm trying. I'm trying to find that. We'll move on to something else. Is this a whole new phone? Oh, wait. Somebody's calling. This could be the man of the hour. All right. We'll see. Or at least this hour.

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There is your plug. You've cleaned out a lot. He's on the line. He's not playing a character like that, like Mahoney in this one. This is a scary-looking show. Yeah, it's based on a real story, too. Yeah, it's called Kidnapped by a Killer, the Heather Robinson story. And man, did they do a physical transformation for him in this. Please welcome the one and only Mr. Steve Guttenberg. Yeah!

to our program. Good morning, Steve. Good morning. I thought you were going to have 100 people there with an audience. It sounded like only 20. No, no. It's just a handful, but we project, so it's what you're hearing. Preston was mentioning, and we were kind of amazed at

This is a real person, a reprehensible person that you're playing, John Robinson, and a serial killer and kidnapped the baby of the woman that he killed and then led to her believing that he was her legitimate uncle. I'll let you handle the rest of that. But I was just immediately blown away. We both were about how physically you're hunched over. You look...

nothing like we've seen you before in a role that's really nothing like we've seen you before in. So while you're playing a reprehensible human filth like this guy, is it still as an actor something that's very exhilarating?

Well, I'm so appreciative to Lifetime and my managers and agents that believed in me that I could play this role. I've played villains before, ballers and actually Veronica Morris, but...

Playing a serial killer, you usually only play one in your career. And if you're lucky to get a part like this. And playing John Edward Robinson was just such a high for me. The research on him was just disgusting. I had to, after about two hours of watching videos and reading about what his...

actions were. I had to take a break because this guy was a really heinous human being. But the playing of him was thrilling.

I had a great makeup team and hair team. We did an hour and a half of makeup every day. I gained a ton of weight for the part. We changed his skin. He had eczema. And I learned I wanted to get a new walk for him and a posture for him. And I started thinking about what would...

somebody who was so horrible, so horrible, what would his physicality be? That he had to be so disfigured. This is a disfigured person. So this disfigurement

I wanted to be in his outward physicality. So it was terrific. It was terrific to play him. And of course, it's a true story. And it's a horrible person. So I was thrilled to play it. And it's a great part for me. Steve, I'll give the thumbnail version of the story. And if you need to fill any blanks, please do so. So this gentleman kills a young woman.

takes her baby, manages to convince the authorities to have this child, I guess, be accepted and adopted by his own brother, which is then she's raised and is led to believe that you, the killer, your character, the killer is her actual uncle. And did I get all those details right? Yeah.

Yeah, you did. Yeah. And so at some point as she ages and this clears things up, he goes to jail and she realizes this. At what point, where in the story does this go? Because we see her grow to adulthood in the trailer and everything. Yeah, she's about 15, 17 years old when she finds out that her mother and father aren't her mother and father. And then she finds out that her uncle...

is a serial killer. And it's horrible. It's like a story of resilience for Heather Robinson that I'm so astounded by her and I admire her that she's gone on and built a life for herself. But it was very, very disconcerting, of course, to know that this is what

happened to this poor woman. But it made for a really interesting story. And I think that the audience is going to love it. The trailer is

And the movie itself is terrific. Well, listen. In that sort of subject matter. You know, listen, we're drawn to these things. These true crime, it's just something. People love murder. They do. They do. But the truth of the matter is. They love murder. They do love murder. The truth is. What do you mean murder?

More murder. They love it. People, let me tell you something about people. My dad used to say,

You know, when someone is a jerk, they believe them right away. People believe them right away. Oh, he's a total jerk. I met him for three minutes. He's a complete jerk. And I know all about him. He's a total... I was going to use a terrible word. He's a jerk. But when you're a nice person, people don't believe it. Can he really be that nice? Is he that nice? I don't believe that he's really that nice. I actually don't think so. But if you're a jerk, I believe it right away. He's a jerk.

At least he's honest about it. Yeah, at least he's honest. Yeah. So people love terrible people. You know, nice people on television are kind of boring. Yeah. But, you know, you get a murderer, you know, and Tony Hopkins kills people. It's fantastic. It is something we're drawn to. I want to see that movie. Yeah.

Let me ask you... How wonderful life is on TV. Let me ask you, as you're learning this character... Does Jimmy Stewart murder? No. As you're learning this character and finding out about him, and you're... Because it's twofold. You want to have accuracy to a lot of the story, but it is a movie. And so you kind of have to find your way to play this guy. And you're trained as an actor. But to me, that would seem...

almost really hard to, you don't want to find, if you could find humanity in a character like this, or how do you approach that? How do you see a character like this? Well, you know, I did my research and the research was just so painful. As I said, it takes, after a couple of hours, I had to take a break each time because he was so heinous. But playing him was painful.

and not exhausting at all. It was, you know, I kind of look at it as like an architect who usually builds nursery schools and

you know and then now he has to build a prison you know at first you know doing the research on it it's a terrible place but then it comes down to concrete and metal yeah let's build we have to build these buildings same thing with the part you know i had to create the part and i had great makeup and and director and wardrobe and tons of people helping me so it worked out great

All right. A real quick question. I know, obviously, this premieres on Saturday, June 7th. So we're going to see this on Lifetime Network. I'm very much looking forward to. I want to segue over to something else we saw on your Instagram account. Not that long ago, you were walking through Center City, Philadelphia. And what were you doing in town, Steve? Yeah, I was in Philadelphia for a Comic-Con and I really enjoyed it for a for, you know, a show. And I really enjoyed myself there.

I love Philadelphia. My nephew actually goes, I was there also to see my nephew. My nephew works, my nephew Jack Lynch, who was his birthday yesterday. Hey! Yeah, happy birthday, Jack Lynch. And I had dinner with him and his girlfriend, Sarah, one night, that night. So that was a, it was a really great reason to be in town. I get to see him and his girlfriend. Nice.

Excellent. You're living in New York right now?

I'm living in New York now, right? Yeah, exactly. I have a house in Pacific Palisades, but we got severely damaged by the fire. Right. Yeah, we were watching you in those videos, helping out, trying to clear the streets. That was pretty amazing. Oh, thanks. I just happened to be there at the beginning of the fire, and I couldn't leave. No, you got a lot of good karma points. Wherever karma points are reckoned, you've got a nice stash. Yeah.

I hope so. Well, listen, Steve, we're looking forward to this. Like I said, this looks really, really compelling. I was not familiar with the story and it looks like you're really bringing some, you know, a wild presentation to this horrible character and we can't wait to see it. So it's going to be on Saturday, 8 p.m. on Lifetime Network. But it's great to talk to you and thanks for checking in with us. We appreciate it.

Absolutely. Thanks for having me. You got to take care of yourself. Steve Goodman, gang. And so, yeah, so as he was saying, as Steve was saying at the top, you should see when you watch the trailer for this, you're like, dude, I wouldn't have pegged that was him. No way. Yeah. Totally different. Yeah. So it's messed up. All right. Anyway.

Let me see. What you got? Something else I was going to mention. With the warmer temperatures and it actually feeling like summer this week. And you're wearing shorts today. I joined the Shorts at Work Club today officially. This day, June 3rd, was the first day. I wrestled with it a couple times, but it was still just a little bit on the chilly side. But you and Casey have been... Nick, have you worn shorts? I have, but today I made the mistake of going jeans

But I am looking forward to it. I'm going to cut the grass today because it's going to get so hot and gross for the rest of the week. I'm going to get it done before it just gets nasty out. Well, I saw this article about the headline was how to give your kids an old school summer in 2025. Oh, this is interesting. Can I ask? Step one, get kids. Is camp involved on this list? No, it's more at home. Okay.

Um, but there is one thing that says camping in the backyard. Oh, that's fun. Yeah. I did that as a kid. I did too. But the first tent that we got, my, my dad, God bless him. Uh, miss him dearly. He spent the night out in the tent with us that quote unquote night, uh, you know, in an old style pup tent. And, uh, you know, we were about, I'd say a good 70 feet from the back door.

And so we were really roughing it. I was just saying that nobody camps in their backyards anymore. We used to do that all the time. I have a few friends that have done it with their kids recently over the last few years. A few years ago we did it. Like little kids are you talking about? Yeah, yeah. No, I'm talking about high school kids. When we were in high school, we used to camp out in the backyard all the time. Really? Yes.

Yeah, and then just go wreak havoc on the neighborhood and stuff. The best is we were camping in my backyard, and my cat was an outdoor cat. My buddy, Brian, he was leaning against the wall of the tent. I know what's going to happen. And the cat just sees this wall moving, and we don't know that the cat's out there. And just all of a sudden, you just...

and you see my buddy get attacked and he's like what the hell he's getting pounced on from the outside the tent he's attacking his head or whatever yep that'll happen so southern living editors and fans said that they have some ideas on how to create the old school feeling this year should we camp in the studio oh sure we could do it set up a tent the whole thing campfire yeah I don't know about a fire Rodney would love that

But here are some suggestions. If you have anyone you want to add, let me know. It says, chasing down the ice cream truck.

We weren't allowed to have, the ice cream truck was banned in my neighborhood. Why? I guess a couple of parents didn't like their kids asking them to buy ice cream on it. And so they actually went and spoke to the ice cream company and said, don't drive down our street. You're not allowed down here. No. You're not allowed down here. No, unless you take a consensus amongst, you can't just work unilaterally to get rid of the ice cream, man. We had Mr. Softee. We had Bungalow Bar. We had Good Humor. Mm-hmm.

We had a whole bunch of them come through. We frigging loved them. Yeah. At one point, press, the ice cream truck drove through. We were buying ice cream and the lady who, she came out and started yelling at the ice cream truck, telling him to get out and never come back. Get it, get it. Go get it. Yeah.

We had an ice cream truck that came to our pool. We didn't have a pool growing up, but we belonged to the Y. And there was the Great Valley YMCA. And the smart guy that ran that ice cream truck would park in the parking lot. The kids would come running out. That, to me, core childhood memories. I loved doing that. I actually was thinking, I was talking to my wife about it and my son recently about joining a pool club. There's not a lot of them around.

And they're not cheap, but I don't have a pool, and I would love to go to a pool more often in the summertime. Sure. Conestoga's rough.

right around the corner from you. All right, is that on 320? Yeah. Yeah, all right. She drove past that a week or two ago. There's also one, Casey, called Martin's Dam. That's sort of down towards King of Prussia. And they both look really nice. I went to Martin's Dam when I was a kid. A lot of people from my high school went there, but I've not been to the Conestoga one. By the way, speaking of the ice cream truck, so we very rarely in our neighborhood would have the ice cream truck. I mean, now, currently. Oh, really? Well, yeah. Do you have a lot of kids? Once we moved down the shore...

Five, six times a day. Yes, for sure. Maybe seven or eight times a day. Yeah, yeah. Honestly, it's all day long. And how many times do you avail yourself? Not that much anymore. At first, yeah. A couple times a day. There's the one truck that you call and they come, right? Yeah. Big Top Surfing Sunday. They've been at Camp Out for Hunger for food trucks and fireworks. And Monster Cone is another great one. All right, so here are other things that you can do to give kids an old school summer.

Make homemade treats. Yay! We're making homemade treats. Oh, man. We did it all the time. We did it all the time. Give us an example. Frozen popsicles. My mom would make apple juice popsicles, orange juice popsicles. She'd add a little bit of sugar. My mom's a great cook. Would you do Kool-Aid? No. We weren't allowed Kool-Aid in the house, Steve. So it had to have some kind of natural ingredients, but she would sweeten them up. Okay. I see.

It's interesting, the not allowed stuff. They don't allow the ice cream truck down your street. You're not allowed Kool-Aid in your house. You can imagine when the first videos we rented as kids, well, as young men, were deep throat and jaws. There was not a lot we weren't allowed to do. So...

Yeah, it says dust off the ice cream maker, find a freezer popsicle tray, and teach the kids how it's done. By the way, getting an ice cream maker, we just got one for the holiday season for Christmas. And man, that is great. Isn't it? Creamy, damn good ice cream. But it sits in the closet. That's one of those things where you get it and you love it. I know what you're going to say, Preston. They're fantastic. You just don't use them enough. No, what I was going to say is, Nick, sometimes you make a batch.

and you eat some of it, and you put it in the freezer, and then that sits in the freezer for a long time. Oh, right. You kind of forget about that, too. But, no, the ice cream is excellent. Yes. Homemade ice cream, I think. All right, here's another one. Running through the sprinkler. Hey! We're running through the sprinkler. Man, my neighbors had the coolest sprinkler. It was like a little clown head, and it had a little top hat, and the sprinkler would make the top hat go off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's from Mrs. Clown, right? I don't know.

So we're running through the spring. Steve, what are you doing over there? Clown head. You're getting clown head? Yeah, that's right. There's makeup all over my pelvis. We used to have, because we didn't have a pool. One neighbor got the pool and then my friend Brian and he was besieged by friends and everyone was showing up with flippers on at the door. What do you want to do today? So what we did have is we had the slip and slide and the water weenie.

which we loved. You guys had the water weenie? Yeah. Just flopping around like a big old weenie. By the way, the other day at Costco, and they had this hanging from the ceiling. They had a big, big ass inflatable slip and slide, essentially. Really? Yes. It looked awesome. They needed a lot of room to do it, but it was pretty damn cool. Marissa, you're kind of nodding. Is that...

You've done that or you want one? No, I saw a video the other day that was like when your wife sends you to Costco and it was just that dude had set it up to connect to his pool. And he did a running start and just ran across that slip and slide right into the pool. That's crazy. Slip and slides, man. Yeah, that one is good because it's inflatable. So the last time I slip and slide...

Slip and slid? And slid. It was at TH Properties. Live broadcast. Yeah, it's been that long. And I hit my thigh on a rock. Yeah, man, there's no cushion. And I had a gigantic bruise on my thigh. So that's why this one from Costco has like the fan in it. It's incredible. But if you have a steep hilt.

To do this on? You'd fly. That's bad. You'd fly. Our old neighbors, I told you about our neighbors. We used to live in a flag lot and the ones behind us, they had a very steep, big drop off in the front. Nice. And once a year, they would take this

huge plastic tarp and put it i mean it was gigantic and they would they wouldn't just wet it down they would put like soap on it yeah to really make it slick and that thing was bad it was almost a death trap weren't they supposed to do the world's largest slip inside here and then they were and then they they aborted that we were very much looking forward to that it was going to be in the i think it was going to be down the parkway down the parkway yeah yeah all right uh

Here's another one to make it feel like old school summer. Washing the cars in the driveway. Yay! Washing the cars in the driveway. I like doing that too. Hey, we're mowing the lawn. Dude, Steve, after I mow the lawn... Hey, this is just work. Mow the lawn.

Then wash the car. Hose yourself off. We're cleaning the house. We're cleaning our rooms and vacuuming. That's a good summer day. What the hell is going on? Scooping out the gutters. Hey, we're making phones for Apple. We're weeding. Hey, we're sweating in this shop. What's going on?

So it says it's literally good, clean, fun. And while the little ones might complain about it having to do work, they'll probably enjoy it more than you think. As a kid, I liked doing it, washing the car. Any chance to break out the hoses and have, you know. Oh, I still like to do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you do that thing where you hold your chest up to the window and press it? Only if somebody's on the inside of the car.

I actually taught my kids a game that we made up when we were kids yesterday. Change the battery? Change the battery. No, after I got done changing the battery, I celebrated. No, we played slam ball. Slam ball? Slam ball. Slam ball? Yeah. It's just basically baseball or wiffle ball, but instead you use a tennis ball and a tennis racket.

Oh. And it was. God, you could hit that a mile. Did you have a field? So when growing up, the street was lined with trees. You had an inflatable field. Even if you hit it really, really far, it would eventually hit the trees. And that was part of the game is trying to catch it.

as it was like bouncing through the branches. Yeah, that's standard slam ball rules. Must have a robust tree line. But you have to keep it, you know, the ball has to stay in the street. If it lands on the sidewalk or the curb or whatever, it's a foul ball. We used to play just vacant lot baseball all the time. Where I grew up, there were still vacant lots that were, you know, parcels that the neighborhood hadn't expanded. Yeah.

And we would just meet you in the vacant lot. Yeah. Meet in the lot. You know, it was like Sandlot. Yes. It's funny. Regular baseball. Did you have a decent sized yard in your house that you spent the most time in as a kid? Uh,

It's okay. Okay. Not giant, but decent size, yeah. We had a decent size yard, and many was the time we'd be out in the frigging street. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Like, you know, we're in Brooklyn or something, but you gravitate towards the street, especially for street hockey and things like that. Always great stickball. Other things you can do for old school summer, it says throwing water balloons. Yay!

Another way to cool off on a hot day. Water balloon fights are a staple of good old school summers. And now you can buy those sets where you put the hose on, turn it on, and it fills up like 20 of them in one shot. Yeah, it's pretty amazing. That's how you do it. Because the biggest pain in the ass about water balloons was filling those suckers up.

Do you know what's been a real revelation of the electric square guns? I've got two that are like machine gun level square guns. Yeah, Jimmy's got a couple of them. Yeah, yeah. Senior assassins. They're great. They just suck up the water. You have a bucket. And their accuracy, they're pretty damn good. Here's another old school summer activity, catching bugs. Yay!

We're catching bugs. I had my butterfly stage and my lightning bug stage. Yeah, definitely lightning bugs and caterpillars. I don't know if I caught any other. Small children. Yeah, like I wouldn't. I mean, other critters out there like frogs and worms and stuff like that. We would definitely catch. But I'm glad you guys said lightning bugs because that's what I grew up calling them. Some people use fireflies. I think firefly is a cool name.

But lightning bugs were always just what we had. And they were always amazing. I felt bad for the butterflies, so I let them go pretty quickly. We murdered so many lightning bugs. I know. You take that phosphorescent glowing stuff? No, we hit them with wiffle ball bats. We would wait for the sun to go down. It would be dark. We would just go hunt lightning bugs. I probably have murdered hundreds.

It's a game that's really not a healthy game for you or for the lightning bugs, for that matter. But yeah, Casey, we'd knock them out of the sky. We'd do the same thing, except with senior citizens. You could use a tennis racket if need be. Why are you doing that?

You lived this long to now deal with all this? I fought an NGO. All right, lightning bugs. Are they always green, the little light? I think it's yellow. I think it's yellow as well. You probably have a defective one. Well, listen, it's like a tennis ball. It's a tennis ball. Tennis balls, some people look at it and say it's yellow. Other people look at it and say it's green. I say it's yellow. I say yellow. Yeah. But yeah, in case they don't flash other colors. They will spell out your name if you...

blue or anything like that. I told you guys we had our friends from Sweden over. We had a bunch of young guys in their young 20s. Right. And we were sitting around our fire pit in the back and Axel was one. He's like, what is that over there? And we're like, oh, those are lightning bugs. He's like, oh,

I have heard of these before. I've never seen them. He was like freaking out. I was like, yeah, they're pretty cool. And I still, when you see a big field of them, that is pretty impressive. I love that when it happens. It's got to be the right conditions. All right, here's another old school thing you can do for summer. Setting up a lemonade stand.

I've already seen a few of those pop up and I always have to stop. You have to. When kids do that, I find it adorable. I'll take a sip of it and I'm like, that's tasty. It's like way too sugary. We either do lemonade or a gyro stand. We actually shave the meat and everything? Wow. It says in the right location with enough customers, this could make your kids some extra spending money. Turn it into a teaching moment and let them figure out the cost of this.

supplies and how much they profit. But every now and then, if they're sitting out there with candy bars and stuff, they're all melted and squished by the time you get them. It's such an adorable thing, though. I always go and, even if I don't eat the stuff, I just support it. It's so cute. We already said camping in the backyard, and the last thing on this list is building a fort.

We're building a fort. For an old school summer. Did you ever build a real deal like a tree fort? Well, we talked about making tree houses. Yeah. Not that long ago. Right, right. Yeah, we did. But I mean, you needed three trees together and you'd take two by fours and make a triangle and then do slats across them. Yeah. I just want to take this time to apologize to all of my neighbors growing up because I was a little hellion. But one of the things that I love doing, especially when I was like young high school age, I

pool hopping. I loved it. So you did that? I never did it. Yeah, we did it all the time. If a kid did it to you now, what would your reaction be? Shotgun. I honestly would have to talk myself off the ledge, Nick. You'd be angry? Yeah, but I

I would go, okay, hang on a second. You did way worse when you were a kid. Yeah, you did that when you were a kid. Same exact response, Casey. I would consider doing it as an adult. So there's kids who are riding their bikes through my lawn and stuff. And I'm like, what the hell?

It was just so wild. I was like just, I look out the window and there's a kid riding their bike like right through the middle of my lawn, which there's no reason to do that. And then I saw a kid riding a bike through a neighbor's yard yesterday. And again, like I, my initial adult reaction is like, what the hell is that kid doing? But then I got to go, he's just being a kid, being a kid. Why don't you call up your older brother and go over and. Yeah.

Beat those kids up. I don't know why they're riding on your lawn. It seems kind of weird. For me, the pool hopping thing would be, you know, a kid gets injured in your pool. Yeah. You know, I mean, and you have so we have a special fence. We have a cover. We have all this stuff. Like I said, one of the things I live in mortal fear of is someone breaks in and gets injured or dies or drowns in our pool. You're thinking like an adult. Yeah, I know. We were thinking like children. The best is I came home one night after a long night of

pool hop and my dad's like, so what were you doing tonight? I'm like, I don't know. I was just hanging out with my friends. He goes, chief of police was here. I was like, oh. I was swimming in my neighbor's pool without their permission. If you are going to pool hop, maybe do it where the people don't actually know you by

You know? Sure. Did you ever see a movie with Burt Lancaster from years ago? I doubt you guys have seen it, but it's called The Swimmer. It's about a guy who is in the beginning of the movie. He's in a suburban area. He looks and he notices that there are pools in every backyard and that he could ostensibly swim home and goes from pool to pool to pool throughout the movie. But what you realize is that his life has fallen apart and he's just...

It's kind of a sad, dour movie. But it is kind of a cool concept that he is kind of swimming home. Here's a real quick text. It says, fun fact, lightning bugs or fireflies are Pennsylvania's state bug. Yeah, I looked up all of our state things. And then wait, hold on. There was one more. And it says, the big carpenter bees. We would hit those with a six-inch spackle knife and the sound they would make was hilarious. Ha!

That sounds like a phone. I tell you what, man. The splat as they die was just a scream. They won't sting you or bite you, but they will wreak havoc on a wooden deck. They have already started on mine. They have? Yes. And we had to get the exterminator out to spray for them because I'd seen these big holes and I saw one crawl into it. I'm like...

kidding me. And they're like perfectly round holes. You think that you've actually taken a drill and done it. We had to get a trap. They sell them at Lowe's or hardware stores or whatever for those. Really? Yeah, yeah. And by the way, Preston, those traps are highly effective. They really work. So we did a Lowe's trip. We've been at Lowe's quite a bit over the last few weeks. But yeah, we got one there and it works

They're good for him. Great question, because I've heard on multiple times when we did have a straight-up wooden deck when we were in Maniunk that there's really no effective way to get rid of them. You're saying that there is this trap and everything? The trap works. All right. I got rid of them. Steve, they would...

We have like three different types of siding on the exterior of our house, which is a giant pain in the ass. I don't want to fix that tomorrow. But in our garage, there's wood siding underneath the roof and they would bore up into it. So we hung a trap down from that part, that slat in the garage. They collect in there and the trap works really effectively. I'm getting one on the way home today. You just let it go? Like you take them to a farm? Yeah. With other bees. Right. Because.

and live and eat all the wood they want. They can feed off the dead bodies of the pets that were left there. Did you know that the state beverage of Pennsylvania is milk? Milk? Uh-huh. The state dances to polka. Pennsylvania.

We got the lightning bugs. We got the milk. The state fossil is the trilobite. Oh. The trilobite? I love those. That's the smallest of the fossils. That was my favorite fossil. Well, we're in old state. What's your favorite fossil? Trilobite, obviously. They were from Pennsylvania. What about the flower? I think it's a mountain laurel. Yeah, mountain laurel. Mountain laurel. Oh. I thought you were about to say the flower was your favorite fossil. I'm like, that's boring. Yeah.

Yeah, what do you want to be? Laura Dern or Jeff Goldblum? Why did a cougar just walk in? It was a mountain lion. Oh, gotcha. I didn't hear him say that. State food of Pennsylvania? It's got to be a pretzel. Chocolate chip cookies. Yeah, hey! You would think that would be something more towards where the toll house was. That's our state food? Yes, sir. Wow.

Okay. All right. Well, we've learned a lot. Yes. More than we needed. And our state soil is hazelton, whatever the hell that means. Oh, the state dances polka. Yeah. So we'll drink some milk, dance a polka, and eat our chocolate chip cookies. And hit carpenter bees with wiffle ball beans. Oh, well, it makes sense. The state beverages milk.

Chocolate chip cookies, cookies and milk. It's perfect. All right. It's well thought out. And with this song, we will wrap things up now, friend. These are old school summer things you can do in Pennsylvania or any state. There's a wonderful nostalgic...

to what you just mentioned on that list. Those are all wonderful memories. Totally. All right, we're going to take a quick break. Come back in a second. We'll get into the bizarre file when we return, so stay with us. WMMR presents the 20th Annual I Bleed for Preston and Steve Blood Drive.

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We're going to start with a big news story, actually. Did you guys see that Mount Etna erupted in Sicily? Yes, I'm just watching the video this morning. It's wild. And you can see tourists fleeing as a huge column of gas and ash escaped and spewed into the sky. It was the volcano's largest eruption in four years, the experts said. Footage shared to social media showed people running for their lives down the mountainside of Europe's largest and most active volcano.

There's an interesting term I'd never heard before, and it's one of the reasons I bring up this story. A gentleman by the name of Stefano Branca, director of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, said...

Such intense volcanic activity had not been recorded since February 2021. The agency said the volcano was experiencing strong strombolian explosions. Delish. Strombolian. It's raining. It's raining meatballs. That has to be where that comes from, right? Where stromboli, the name has got to have some kind of volcanic origin to it, I'm guessing. So a strombolian explosion is a type of eruption.

And it was experiencing some growing intensity. So ash has been falling in the Piano Vittori area, the statement said, and they have since announced that the eruption is over. According to the Volcanic Discovery website, prior to the eruption, there were volcanic tremors which began around 10 p.m. local time and reached...

Their peak shortly before 1 a.m. So Stromboli is an island that's just north of Sicily. It's a volcanic island. And so it's in the same volcanic chain as Mount Etna. So the Stromboli type of explosion comes from the name of that island. And that's also where the food is from. Wow. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Toulouse warned that a volcanic ash plume had reached an altitude of 6,400 meters. They were fearing it would cause a lasagna slide. Oh, no.

Actually, isn't the Stromboli, we met the guys down in the beach. We did. Yeah, yeah. And they named it after the movie, which was named after this island. God, I would love a lasagna slide. Yeah. I love lasagna. I do, too. The idea of that much lasagna. Oh, my God. Makes me really happy. Well, not to go off on a tangent here, but when they make what they call like the world's largest this, and it just is a bunch of different lasagnas put together, there was a place that actually did, I forget what town it was, but made a...

Like one single sheet? Yes. Wow. It was amazing. So they downgraded the threat level to yellow late Monday afternoon for the volcano. There was a buzz in the air Friday in northwestern Washington State. Carpenter bees! Well, 250 million honeybees escaped a commercial truck that had overturned. The truck hauling an estimated 70,000 pounds of honeybee hives.

Rolled over at about 4 a.m. close to the Canadian border. It appears the driver did not navigate a tight turn well enough, causing the trailer to roll into a ditch. Bees! Bees! Bees in the car! Bees everywhere!

Deputies... Were they sting crazy? County, public works, employees, and several bee experts responded to the scene. The box hives later came off the truck and local beekeepers swarmed to help recover, restore, and reset the hives. The plan actually is to allow the bees to return to their hives and find their queen bee in the next day or two, according to the sheriff's office.

The goal is to save as many of the bees as possible. Public advised to avoid the area on Friday. And sheriff's deputies dove into their squad cars at times to avoid being stung. Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating over 100 crops, including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus, and melons. And bees and other pollinators have been declining for years. Experts in blade...

blame insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change, and lack of diverse food supply. So when my wife got into the beekeeping and she picked up her bees, she had basically like a thousand plus bees in a container in her car and I'm like, can you imagine? I'd be a little nervous. Yeah.

A Modesto, California man is accused of breaking into a woman's house and then biting and licking her toes while she slept. The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said this happened shortly after midnight on May 21st.

Christian Anguiano allegedly began stalking the woman at her job in February, though other employees at the business confronted Anguiano on multiple occasions. Investigators said his behavior escalated to the point that he would follow the woman home after her shifts and sleep in his car outside the residence. Like having your background? Witnesses reported that Anguiano...

tried checking doors to the home in the week leading up to the incident and attempted to gain entry. Toesucker! Positively identified as the suspect through witness statements and surveillance footage on the night of the incident after he allegedly put the woman's toes in his mouth. What?

He is accused of trying to get into bed with her. The victim was able to push him off and retrieve her phone and call 911. He fled the scene but was located near the woman's home the next day and taken into custody. You had a similar story years ago about a woman who was woken by a guy sucking on her toes. Yeah, it happens. He was booked into the county jail. He's facing a whole litany of charges. A bail set of $325,000.

All right. Out of the United Kingdom, a business called B&Q was forced to apologize after it advertised a storage unit as, quote, easy to assemble even if you're a girl, according to reports.

The do-it-yourself shop listed a flatback bamboo bathroom shelf on its website with information easy to assemble the cabinet even if you're a girl. Let me tell you how easy this is to assemble. Even if you're learning disabled, you can assemble this right now. Or a girl.

Or maybe you're an amputee. The remark had come from a third-party seller and apologized for any offense caused. A tall storage cabinet is perfect for saving space. Slim design to fit almost in any corner, the information read. Three shelves provide plenty of storage to keep essentials organized and neat. And the cabinet door provides added privacy. Easy to assemble the cabinet, even if you're a girl.

How many eyes do you think that went past before it went out the door and everyone nodded and said, oh yeah, that's good. We can go with that. It comes after the do-it-yourself shop launched a do the lift thing campaign to showcase tradeswomen breaking down barriers. The project is

wanted to highlight the new movement of women in trades while spotlighting the barriers preventing more girls and women entering the field. But a B&Q spokesperson said, we apologize for any offense caused by this inappropriate description. A product offered by a third-party seller. This listing has now been removed. That happens from time to time. The third party will slap on something that the manufacturer will be like, what in the hell are you doing? Even bitches can do it. Yes.

And that is where we will end the bizarre file. All right. We will take another break. We'll get back in a second. Lesson question is queued up next. And we'll get trash music news as well. So make sure you stay with us.

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Thank you for listening to the 93.3 WMAR's Drive, Preston and Steve's radio program at 10.17 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. We'll get our winner for Tat Tuesday in a little bit. We're not too far off in that, but we've got it.

Some other things to give away between now and then. One of them being a lesson question prize. So let's get right into that. We're going to give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks the revivalist. And they're going to be playing September 26th, Parks Casino Excite Center. And tickets available at parkscasino.com, but we will give them away now. If you can answer, all right, don't do this often, but it was just a few minutes ago and I can't help it.

What geological disaster is likely to follow a strombolian volcanic explosion? It was like 15 minutes ago. What geologic disaster is likely to follow a strombolian volcanic explosion? If you do know the answer to that, call 610-660-9333. We'll see if you can get on and answer and win that prize. So good luck to you. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR.

with Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. 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. And you can visit them on the web at admoyer.com. What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, actress Leighton Meester explaining her decision to distance herself from a

pop music album she released in 2009, Meester said she refused to sell out by producing music people enjoyed listening to or wanted to buy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Actor David Lim admitting that while he's disappointed by the cancellation of the series SWAT, he's excited for the spinoff coming in the fall. Lim says people will finally get to know about the men and women of Tactical Weapons and Tactics or TWAT. Oh, my God. And finally, Rachel Lee Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr., this is pretty wild, are going to star in a new Christmas movie being labeled as an unofficial sequel to...

to She's All That, which was filmed 26 years ago. Producers say the movie will candidly acknowledge the passage of time and will be titled What the Hell is That? Come.

Who did you mention will be in that, Steve? Rachel E. Cook. So Rachel E. Cook will be in that. Freddie Prinze Jr., yeah. I haven't seen her in a long, long time. Yeah, actually, she looks good. Love it. And he does as well. Let's see if you know what the geologic disaster is likely to follow. A strombolian volcanic explosion. And we're going to go to Dave. See if he knows. Hey, Dave, good morning. Good morning.

Morning. You guys rock. Thank you, Dave. Appreciate that. All right. What geological disaster is likely to follow a strombolian volcanic explosion? A lasagna flower. Yeah. Yeah.

Lasagna Slide. That is correct. Hang on, and we are going to set you up with tickets as MMR rocks. The revival is Saturday, September, I'm sorry, not Saturday. It's September 26th. Parks Casino Excite Center. Tickets for all upcoming events at parkscasino.com. Must be 21 or older. Parks Casino, this is how you win. Now, Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yes!

I never thought this would happen, but music news story we're going to lead with is about Rick Astley. What? Rick Astley's hit song, Never Gonna Give You Up, has officially passed one billion streams on Spotify. You know who drove that? Yeah, the Rickrolls. Of course, yeah. So the track...

First came out back in 1987 as part of Astley's album, Whenever You Need Somebody. And it has become one of the most popular memes around the internet over the years with people tricking their friends and accidentally playing the music video. And the singer shared in a statement saying, I never could have imagined back in 1987 that Never Gonna Give You Up would still be going strong decades later. Reaching one billion streams is something I never dreamed of.

And to everyone who's ever listened, I thank you. Do you know what's been sort of a revelation is how much more nuanced and varied his musical capabilities are. He's actually a solid musician and songwriter, and he's done work with a lot of other musicians. Yep, and he's got a very powerful voice. Yeah. A very skinny guy. The original thing was that it just seemed like a fake voice. I could just know that voice was coming out of that body. Yep. I'm gonna say goodnight.

All right. Paul McCartney and Steven Tyler ran into each other in New York City this week. Get out of the way! Yes. You old lady! Oh, it's Steven.

TMZ was able to spot the two rockers who bumped into each other outside of the Surrey Hotel on the Upper East Side. Surrey. In a totally random coincidence. It's Joey Behar. Steven Tyler. Paul made his way over to Tyler and the two had a quick chat before the Beatles member made his way into the hotel and that was it. Just a random quick meetup of two music icons. Wow, yes. Tears for Fears.

Have added six more shows to their Las Vegas show at Blue Live Theater in Fountain Blue, Las Vegas. One of my favorite bands of all time. The new batch of shows, part of their limited engagement, Songs from a Nervous Planet, will take place September 24th through October 25th. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. They're in my list of best concert experiences ever. Their concert at the Beacon Theater in New York was one of the greatest concerts I ever saw. Nice.

All right, and then finally, I have some mentions about, well, some events coming up. Dorothy, the Redemption Tour with special guest Eddie and the Getaway. I thought you were going to say Eddie and the Cruisers. Nope. Will be happening Tuesday, September 9th at Music Fest Cafe in Bethlehem. And tickets go on sale this Friday at Ticketmaster, 10 a.m.

Also, MMR Rock's Paul Reiser. Mad About You and Stranger Things and all that. We've had him on the show before. Great stand-up for years and years. I assume it's a music performance because he's an accomplished pianist and songwriter and singer, actually. Saturday, November 15th at the Keswick Theater. Huh, I didn't know that. Yeah, he wrote the Mad About You theme. Oh, yeah. That's him singing on it. What? Yeah. Wow.

And also, he and Michael McDonald are really good friends. He actually talked him into writing his memoir and helped him out with it as well. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. at keswicktheater.com. That's one I might go see. Paul Reiser wrote the song Jeremy for Pearl Jam. That I had no idea about. I got an idea. And then Ben Burley of Breaking Benjamin Unplugged featuring Lacey and Josh Strum. That show will be...

Thursday, July 17th at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. And tickets also go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. And you can get those at theborgata.com. So a lot of interesting shows coming up in the area. All right. There you go. That's what I have amusing news for you. We're going to take another break. When we get back, Ryan Shutterworth in for Pierre again today. And he'll get the letter of the day for us. We'll find out what he's got going on as well. We'll be right back. Stay with us.

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To get a head start, join us for our first ever visit Delco live broadcast series. Brent Porsche will be at Plum Street Mall during Dining Under the Stars in Media, Wednesday, June 4th from 3 to 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds benefits Casey's team and families behind the badge. For details and registration info, click events at WMMR.com. 93.3 WMMR. Booting Philly. First.

Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Great day. 93.3. Nothing to get in the morning. It's a great day. And bringing us up to 1031 on this Tuesday morning. Warm today. We mentioned it a few times. Over 80 degrees. Top out as high as 84 degrees.

And lots of sunshine tomorrow, sunny high 88. And then Thursday will be in the 90s, part of the cloudy skies. And it's going to kind of stay up in the 80s for a while, at least the short foreseeable future. So we'll see how that works out. But warm nonetheless today. Congratulations again to Amanda Gimber from Perky-Omen Valley High School. She was the latest school teacher announcement that we made. And tomorrow we have Gwinnett.

Mercy Academy that we will announce the winner for. And if you are a student, you can text the word teacher to 610-660-9333 and we'll send you a voting link and you can vote. And possibly your favorite teacher will end up being the one that wins tomorrow morning. Let's see. Also wanted to thank Steve Guttenberg for being on the show today. And he was promoting Kidnapped by a Killer.

The Heather Robinson story. And he plays this serial killer that kills this woman, essentially gets her baby, and then manages to convince his brother to adopt that baby. The child is raised thinking that this is her family. And actually, the murder is right there the whole time of her mom. It's pretty psychotic. And he looks incredibly psychotic.

Freaky. Intense for Steve Guttenberg. But it's a true story. And that guy was a serial killer, went on to murder four or five more women. So that's on Saturday on Lifetime, if you were interested. Ryan Shuttleworth. Hey, friends. Joining us today. Nice to see you again, Sock. Pleasure to be seen. Is it indeed warm out? It is nice. It is better than the cold. I'm not a big fan of the cold or especially the snow. So I would like a little bit of spring, but I'll take summer. What the hell.

Yeah, a little bit more spring would be nice, but I know Pierre hates it when we vault right into summer weather. But listen, technically, it's still spring. I can roll the windows down and enjoy the day. There you go. Speaking of the Duke, he'll be back tomorrow, right? Tomorrow, yes. Okay, but you've got the reins today. So they tell me. Let's do the letter, and then we'll find out what you've got coming. Yes, sir. All right, here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR.

Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve show brought to you today by the letter. R as in ravioli. All right, we're going to be giving away a pair of padded passes. Pair of padded passes for the NASCAR Cup Series. Great American Getway 400, Sunday, June 22nd at Pogonah Raceway, including access to the media party.

and Chalet Village as well. And it's time to start your summer as NASCAR returns on June 20th through the 22nd to the Tricky Triangle at Pocono. More information, you can get your tickets. Head to PoconoRaceway.com for that. Before we find out what Ryan has going on, that's the wrong button to hit. It is Tattoo's Day. It is. So, let's do that. And we want to congratulate Mr. Joe Morgan. Yay!

of Blackwood, New Jersey. Joe is going to get a $350 gift certificate for Floating World Tattoo and Piercing 1729 South Street in Philadelphia. Check out their artwork samples at floatingworldtattoos.com or go to instagram.com

and do a quick search on floating world tattoos, and you will find them. And we thank them, and we congratulate you. All right, what's up today, dude? All right, double shot Tuesday, so we'll get double trouble of all your favorite bands. Tickets for Queens of the Stone Age next Friday down in AC. The workforce blocks include the police, some Soundgarden, and Rob Zombie. Also, it is a very special heavy metal birthday. We'll have some fun with that later on as well. Find out who it is in a little while. Thank you, Ryan. All right, now the music. All right.

President Steve's Show brought to you today by Dunkin'. And the President Steve's Show runs on Dunkin'. Also brought to you by Acme Markets. Fresh foods, local flavors, and family and company jewelers. Digitize gift cards and get dad a unique gift this year. Familyjewelers.com. Tomorrow on our program, Wednesday, we'll check in with Fox Good Day. And we'll have comedian Matt McCusker on the program. And we'll find out why he hates me.

He doesn't. He doesn't. I know. It's a story that goes way back, but it should be kind of fun. So we'll get into that and some other things. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow, friend. Bye. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR.