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love it. How about that? All right? Does anybody? I was not a big Willie Walker fan. Oh, I don't like it at all. I was even when I was a kid. When I was a kid, I liked it, But when I got older, I was like, it is weird. I was kind of indifferent, licking the wall and stuff. Well I still do that, right, but it was it was just weird, right, So then they when they remade it a couple of years ago with Johnny Deppt, I was like, well, I'm not watching that.
And now they have a prequel, Willy Wonka, where it's a musical and I'm sure it's done well. Uh, but parents in Scotland stand Scotland call the cops. Usually parents in Scotland take care of their own business. They called the cops after an underwhelming Willy Wonka experience. Now I can relate to this because something like this happened when I worked for a rock station and they had a computer sale at the fairground. Can I chase the squirrel?
Requite? Sure, chase it. How come the grandpa's laying in bed being lazy? You know, I'm so sick, But all of a sudden they get the golden ticket and now he's got all the energy in the world to go. And you know, yeah, every weekend where I spend way too much time in bed, yeah, I actually bring him up. Just to lend on their motivation. There was a story about a woman another squirrel, and she was on disability, couldn't do anything until she entered a tree throwing
contest and won. I saw that these people are not smart all right. Parents are so angry at a lackluster Willie Walko inspired experience in Scotland end up calling the cops. Tickets on to the event cost forty five dollars apiece. They were promised a paradise of sweet treats, but was nothing more than a
sad, virtually empty warehouse. Now. I remember doing a live broadcast for one of the rock stations and we had this computer get a get a laptop for one hundred dollars, get a PC for one hundred and fifty dollars, and these were you know whatever. So we get there and I walk in and it's all you've ever been back in the engineering room where they have all the leftover computers and stuff that are like ten fifteen years old, dust all
over them. Yeah, and they and actually when you turn the computer on and it makes it sounds like a coffee maker. That's all they had was this junk and like two tables in all of like the west wing of the of the fairgrounds. And I called my boss and I said, they're going we need to pull the van out from here because our callings on it. They're gonna jump us. I mean, these people they paid money. So
uh yeah, so we did. We actually left that broadcast, but people trying to rip people out did I did a gig for them that weekend too, and more importantly, so two stories number one. I did the radio commercial for him, and when I was reading the copy, you know how they say, uh VCRs, they'll say something like, you know, uh, I don't know coffee maker twenty five dollars VCRs ten. They're not saying ten dollars, are saying ten, as in, we've got ten VCRs for
sale. But it's very deceptive. So anyway, part of my deal was shocker, we're not gonna pay a cash, We're gonna pay you in trade. So you'll have two hundred dollars pay. So I walk in there. I walked in there and there's nothing but crap in your thing. So I go over and I found like this jeweler that's there selling all this, you know, fake jewelry, and there was the biggest, gaudiest fake watch I've
ever seen in my life. And I was dating a girl named Bonnie, you'll remember her, yeah, And it was her birthday, so I bought her one of these as a gag gift, and I gave it to her in front of her family. It was so ugly. She was so uncomfortable. She turned red and start crying. That's why she hated you. So then I didn't let her off the hook. I said, we didn't like the big clock. She did still, so I said, yeah, it probably does. But anyway, I didn't let her off the hook. And
I said, we got go out to dinner tonight. And I was holding her hand up, showing the showing everybody the restaurant look at her birthday watch. When the waiter came over, he'd leave us. I'd hold her hand up and go, we'll be timing you. We''ll be timing you. Well, she was so uncomfortable, I let it go out. At least she was a big fan of me. Yeah, so so I let it go untill that. Oh by the way, if you're missing if you think we're missing a voice on the show today, we are our very own seaman Johnny
Cruise. He's on an eighty cruise. He just he just texted, uh, so he is listening. They're driving down to go to this cruise. So this story is for you, Seeman Johnny, who's actually going to the sea shipworker reveals what did what to know when your ship has ice cream parties? Free ice cream parties on the cruises? Okay, ice cream party? Right? Yes? Yes, yes, meet Dara Star Tucker. What Dara d A r A? Is that Lara Star Tucker? Dara Star d A
r A Dearra. I want to write Darrah Tucker a poem, but I don't know what runs with Tucker. It's two rs on the Star, so I wonder if she's related to Kenneth ken Starr, the old banner President, the guy that written for not having sex with that woman not having sex with that woman in the White House. Anyway. The singer who's worked on cruise ships for years, has revealed the spooky reason that a ship will throw free
ice cream parties. Okay. The singer estimates that out of the four cruises, at thirty thousand people each cruise, ten people have died on each cruise. What what? Yes? I thought that was a high number. Two backup? Okay, thirty thousand people on a boat. That's not true, not even an aircraft carrier. Aircraft carrier five thousand total her career then, yes, has to be thirty thousand people total? Correct out the thirty thousand people. Ten people died. She says, what are you saying? She
says she will Chamberlain's X or something. No, but she says, oh, are they moving dead bodies in there? The morgue on each ship can house seven people. After that they start have to move in desserts out of the freezers to accommodate for the dead bodies. So whenever you're on a cruise ship and they start offering free frozen desserts, more than likely that's what's going on. They ripped The Daily Mail reached out the cruise ships for comments on
this. They didn't respond back. However, a crew medic did and said, yes, I could confirm the morgue in ice cream correlation. Just like the Goonies, the fat kid smells ice cream. That's how they find the dead body. Remember Dave, I'm not asking Dwight because he's never seen the seen it. But you know, I told Susan, we got to watch this. I gotta see the good. He stopped and goes ice cream. I haven't seen it for so long, and then they find the dead body
in there. So are these people that are like old and fat and out of shape, just having heart attacks after a buffet or something. It's got to be right. Well, I believe that people die on these cruises because it's exactly right. It's exciting. Plus there's very old people go on these
trips. Man. I got to tell you something though. Yeah, if Seman Johnny winds up dying on this cruise, ILL feel absolutely horrible because we could have taken we could have taken on insurance policies on him, or gotten free ice cream. Maybe Mike Reno will do mouth to mouth Mike Reno from Lover Boy. What's the Oh yeah, yes, well a morbid facts. Yeah, Cliffy are our very good friend. That was the prosecutor on the the bus crash. Yeah, he said they had to use the Kroger.
I mean there was there was like twenty something or thirty something victims, so they had they didn't have facilities, so Kroger drove their freezer trucks down and uh and loaded them up. And he said they took a real chance that Kroger didn't you know, wouldn't you know, get in trouble or whatever. Like people seeing it on the national news that Kroger is putting dead in these places where they had food, but that was the only choice they had.
Here's what I'll say about Paul Ridgewowski is every time we've interviewed and we've talked, if we've talked about that, he knows every single name that was personal for him, as it should be, as it should be. He knew every name, he knew parents' names, the whole bit. Well, today it's February twenty ninth, happy birthday. If you're twenty years old, you're technically five. Is that right for you? It's a leap here. Tomorrow's a leap here. Yeah, No, tomorrow's a leap here. Oh so
it's not today. No, today is twenty eighth, homie. You'll hold this story for tomorrow, man. Yeah, all right, well leap here the story. You can only do that story every four years. Boy, that's right. Now. I got a lot of pressure on me. Not only do I have the pressure of announcing this major guest announcement tomorrow. We are doing it? Are we doing it? Do you want to do it? Now? Let's do it. We'll go ahead, get over now here we go, baby, tomorrow this show only, please welcome our guest at
eleven thirty. Don't see Thomas Howe a ka Tommy, how he's speechless? I knew you'd be speechless. I got him, baby, I got him. We mean it. No, I'm serious, baby. You think the kid can't get things done? I got him, baby, and you two are speechless. Who's the best booker on the show? Dammit? God? Uh yeah? Okay, so what does he have to talk about? Okay? Wait? Man, Look, I took a day off the last time he was on so I could avoid the whole thing. But now you're throwing
on me twenty four hours before. But what you missed last time is he's in a mini series with his we we bouncing around with geez. Miss that you talked about his ding dong. He's not gonna sing, is he. Best news is he has a new song out for the Love of Pete, and there's also a way where you can go meet him and watch the outsiders. What's the name of the new song. It's a secret. It's the guy looks so old he makes Doc Brown me that way. Man, dude,
what are you talking about on He's only your older than me? Man. Oh hey, I've got a song. He's gotta wonder why you love him so much? Because he's gotta wonder like I'm booked again. He's the one that called me because Eric Roberts ghosted him. Here's his here's his new song. No, please don't. Eric Roberts and I had a falling out. Let's just take the reins. I remember, jealousy is not a good color for you. Here. Hang on, Oh yeah, the guy get
the guy can talk to crows. He's like Mark Singer to him. You look a little board, tokal crow. We look cruely. It's a lot like the Chris Farley interviews he's doing on Saturday Live. Remember when you were in the Outsiders. I think that's a great question. You're really good. I think he's grown as a vocalist. Here's another in your song stop it. It's called Gentleman Jack looking for a placement, sponsorships, sh er, oh boy, I'm promoting his album kill yeah, just because you two are
jealous of Tommy how Yeah. Yeah. This is the sixth time he's been on the show. Okay, hang on from Karen on Dixie Highway. Oh my gosh, I can't believe you guys landed Tommy how wait, oh Dwight, that's not real. Shindy shindy and shyly says, wow, that's why I listened to the show. Big names like Tommy Howe. Can't wait for the notice it's women. After the we Wei segment, he's making names up.
Dave, I'm not all right, So you're gonna make your notes for this wonderful interview tomorrow for the sixth interview with the same guy in your Southern Comfort hot tub tonight. Probably that's what I'll do because we always listen. Keep it going, because that's the soundtrack of my Southern hot tub. I say, honey, get in. We're gonna listen to Tommy Howe and drink some tequila. Oh yeah. Hey, folks, if you don't have your own hot tub, get one and get it now. Go to the best
that Southern Comfort Hot Tubs. They have a hot tub for every family. Think you can't afford to one, Think again, how about this hot tubs starting as low as sixty five dollars a month plus they have twelve months, same as cash. That's what Susan and I did. It's a vacation right in the backyard. And by the way, you want to worries of twenty twenty four just to mount away. You get it, getting that hot, warm water, hit those massage and jets, and it's gonna take the world
away for you. Plus it's a perfect way to reconnect with the ones you love and listen to the classics, the classics like Tommy Howe. Stop laughing, man, it's my commercial. Can't wait. What time is the interview? Oh? So we want to mark this is eleven thirty eastern because I know when we cover the whole state and somewhere in central time, I do not want people missing this. It's eleven thirty eastern. Come see your papa,
Come to Papa. Come on, I'll be careful out there. Plus, it is a lot colder than it has been the last couple of days. That weather was crazy last night, a lot of lightning and all that, so it could be some flurries possible a little bit later. So the temperature dropped about thirty degrees in just a couple of hours. So bundle up out there. Okay, thank you Uncle Tony. Americans think a thank you. That's what Dwight says. I don't need a raise. No money is
nothing if I don't get a thank you. A new survey finds that two in five workers US adults don't feel appreciated by their bosses. Hang on one a second, Hold on, oh lgna uh huh oh just put it on my thank you okay? By sixty one percent. Whish they were recognized more for their work they do. We used we used to have a boss that had a little post it note and it said work to do w iok. And he would he would post it on your desk. What did I say?
What to do? Well? Worked like he's did misspelled work to do? Like oh like a northern accent kind of thing. This guy no stop yeah so he so yeah, so he would. But I caught his calendar when he would leave his office. I would normally go around and rifle through his desk like a good employee. That's how you found out what everybody makes you. And his little calendar, his calendar was out, and I noticed that he would pencil in, you know, ten thirty five compliment Tony.
Then the next day it was a complicated compliment Harley whatever. And so I said, I said, I don't know if that is a good boss or how cheesy and cheap that is. I do know this because we were working with Duke Meyer, Louisville's famous duke at the time rhymes with puke. Do you know how much Duke got paid? Yeah? Twenty thank yous a day. Wow. I know that's a lot of but he deserved it. He
was the best. If you ask, these people are lying. Everybody wants to be recognized, But I would not take that over money, of course not. I don't know. While fifty two percent would like to get that appreciation in the form of a raise, even more fifty five percent would prefer having a personalized form of gratitude at worked than a raise. I don't get either. D five percent, I don't get either. These are gen Z Baristas? Right? Did I make that coffee right? Please tell me I
made the coffee right? Please? Please tell me. I don't know a second. Please don't stop call the prostate. Stop called the prostate Portle. This is not with that prostate. You like that one kid in class. I have to disrupt everything. Let me pour my drink. If you're just joining us, we will remind you that Tommy Howe will be our guest. To me, our Tommy how Let me control my emotions. What's the matter with you, dude? I book an a lister and both of you guys
are all down in the mouth talking around. I'm literally just gonna go hey, talk about the outsiders, and then push away. The guy was in so Man too. Okay, it's probably not a good thing to remember. Hey Tommy, you remember so Man? Yeah? Well you I'm going to work on jud Nelson. Uh oh lord, oh my gosh. Why does he always got to one up me? These include one on one conversations, fifteen percent, being recognized as employee of the month. Remember when they did
that to the old building. I know how I'll raise morale. We'll having an employee of the month parking spot nine. Want a firm handshaken? Thank you, sir. I would take sexual favors from certain bosses. What about a Jelly of the month club? That's good too. Winning a team based award five percent or shout out on messaging apps? Wait wait, walk in from work and your wife goes, honey, how to go today? Do
we have enough money to move me moll into the proper home. No, not necessarily, but we did get this team award right here and a shout out on Facebook. I think we all want to pad on the back every once in a while. We've just gotten so used to just not getting any of that stuff. You just move on. Would you rather have a swat on the rear end? If it was done playfully, it's different who's doing the swating? I am came here. How you try to support a guy?
All right? How about this? How about a baronel's peach? If I said, you know what, here's a Baronel's pizza, that's a great reward. Now you're getting somewhere. If you want to inspire employees, here's what you do, baby, You have a Baronel's pizza party that wins him over time. Why are you talking to Okay, first, it's Tommy Howe. They do now make fun of that. They're like, oh, the business was two million dollars off. Guess what the employees get a pizza day
or an ice cream social Say you're welcome, Say you're welcome. I'll take a Baronel's pizza over raise any damn day, baby too. Well, because of course it is the biggest pizza you're gonna find, best pizza in the universe. NASA scientists they've been trying to recreate the Mama Cares for forty years. They've been trying. One guy jumped out of the window. He was so frustrated. His name was Frank, But anyway, I digressed. Listen.
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I gotta thank you at work today. Well you can't just say thank you and the system is fixed. Algar Air is more than just an HVACT. They do a fantastic job with their heating in air, there's no doubt, and they have the rainforest munification systems. But algar Air they're around forever. They also do plumbing, so if you have issues with the bathroom, the toilet, the water heater, doesn't matter, pipes, they got you fixed up at all. Guy or Air at two four four ninety nine ninety nine.
If your job today was to make sure you call the HVAT guy or the plumber, then I got you covered right now. Two four four ninety nine, ninety nine. So legitlyly you can go home. Legitimately you could go home and say to your wife, which she says, did you call the h FAT guy or the plumber? And you go yep. And then you can look at the camera, wink at me and go thanks Tony, and hopefully she says legitimately like you did. Two four four ninety nine,
ninety nine. Legitimately, balldre air all right back after this news radio eight forty wha. It didn't have to squeeze it, but you did. But you did, but you did, and I thank you. Enjoy this podcasters,