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# 66 - GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66
Have you ever found yourself reminiscing about the past while discovering surprising connections to the present? We kick off episode 66 of The Trout Stream with a nostalgic journey down memory lane, recalling the days of Route 66 jeans from Kmart. We then give a special shout-out to our listeners from Chattahoochee, Tennessee, and Stafford, Virginia, before diving into a fascinating discussion about the 66th highest-grossing movie of all time, Finding Nemo. As we explore the significance of the number 66, we shine a spotlight on athletes like J.A. Happ and Mario Lemieux.
Our enthusiasm for the Olympics takes center stage as we celebrate both traditional and new events, from shot put to skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing in Tahiti. We transition from sports to culinary delights, sharing our love for Brazilian steakhouses and their irresistible salad bars, blending humor and personal anecdotes to create a fun and relatable conversation. Whether you're a sports fan or a foodie, this segment promises a mix of excitement and mouth-watering cravings.
Wrapping up the episode, we embrace the lighter side of life with hilarious grievances and unexpected stories. From wedding guests served instant ramen to a melting wax statue of Abraham Lincoln, we share our amusement and curiosity. We highlight memorable moments like Dylan Cease's first career no-hitter and dive into the results of our latest pet peeve polls. As always, we encourage our listeners to follow us on social media, share the podcast, and cheer for Team USA. Join us for a laughter-filled and engaging episode that promises to keep you entertained from start to finish!
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Speaker 1:Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Trout Stream. I am Harry Troutman and with me, as always, is my co-host. I am Paul Troutman. So pick up a bowl, cast a line and join us on the stream. On episode 66, we will talk about our favorite athletes to wear 66, hand out our golden trouts and eels of the week, continue our biggest pet peeve bracket and, of course, much more To our listeners.
Speaker 1:Listeners, welcome back to our new listeners. Welcome to paul. This is 66. 66 just call us diasprosium, the 66th element, because we're a very rare earth element in the lanthanide series with a metallic silver luster. That is us. I am going to be honest, I have no idea what you just said to us, obviously, because us that can read. That's prosium. That's us. It sounds like you're a pro, so huge shout out to our listener from chattahooka, tenn, tennessee and Stafford Virginia. Thanks for checking in. I'm glad that we're shouting out our listeners. It's pretty cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, route 66. No, athletes like jump out, right, no, but Route 66 jumps out. Route 66 is big, but here's a kicker it's not Route 66 the road for me. Ooh, you're about to have a blast from the past. It's the Route 66 Gene Company. I don't know if they were a Kmart only brand, but I know you got them at Kmart. Oh yeah, 100%, they're probably a Kmart brand. We looked good in them. We did. I remember as a kid Route 66, those were the jeans. We were cool.
Speaker 1:Obviously, we start our episode with athletes to wear, whatever number episode we're on. Yeah, I'm also a huge fan because we are going to hit even like right now. I'm struggling to think of athletes off the top of my head. Obviously, google works, but that's not what we want. We want what comes to mind. I know you have a couple.
Speaker 1:So we're going to introduce the 66th highest grossing movie of all time Finding Nemo. Finding what? 66. I thought it was higher. I thought it would be higher. I thought it would be higher. I. Now this is I find Nemo top 50. This is according to IMBD, yep, the International Movie Database. Yep, yeah, database, don't fight us. No, that's an official Website, but yeah, 66. It's an official dot com. Mm-hmm. Finding Nemo. That was 03 website, but yeah, it's 66. It's an officialcom. Mm-hmm. Finding Nemo. That was 03, 04, 03.
Speaker 1:Came home I had joined, came home from I don't know if it was the first Christmas because I was in tech training, so it was either Christmas or it had to be Christmas. It was Christmas time in 03. I was home and I slept a lot. Yeah, I wonder why Every time Finding Nemo would come on, I'm like, cool, I was asleep. It wasn't until many years later. I was like why does everybody watch this movie? I always fall asleep, realizing that I was just exhausted. Yeah, yeah, you were pretty much worked to the bone. Yeah, great movie. It still gets referenced all the time it does. They made a sequel out of it. Meh, that's how I feel about that sequel. Meh, same, I like Frank the Octopus. That's about it. But moving on, let's keep with tradition.
Speaker 1:66. I got one. Oh, ja Happ on the first pitcher. Yeah, what was it? 07-10, 07-09. I know he was there for the World Series teams, both of them 08-09. Maybe he left. 10 after the NLCS collapse would not be surprised. Yeah, that's all I got. I was pulling deep, dude, I was pulling real deep. 10 after the NLCS collapse Would not be surprised. Yeah, that's all I got. And that was pulling deep, dude, that was pulling real deep, I got two. I had these two in my mind and they are listener submissions. Let's go with the first one.
Speaker 1:Great ice hockey player. He respected Wayne Gretzky so much he took the 99 and flipped it upside down to where the 66 won. The only Mario Lemieux, the Penguin. If he would have been healthy his whole career and didn't have that pause in his play, he'd be higher up on the list of stats. But the dude's got a couple cups. Yeah, you can't be no. And I think he handled one of the best wingmen of all time, a Yamir Yager. Yeah, facts Again.
Speaker 1:We've mentioned it before. Real quick, before you move on, full circle moments. I'm going to Pittsburgh this weekend and we're talking about a great Pittsburgh hangman so weird. So every time it happens, it's just so weird to me Just how it lines up. It's crazy. Wasn't a fan, right, in the heat of the moment? One of those instances where I respect him. Now that he's gone, I respect what he did on the ice. Yeah, I respect him. Now that he's gone, I respect what he did on the ice. Yeah, I got Derek Jeter, chipper Jones, greg Maddox Right, the guys that used to just dominate, especially the guys that played for the Braves who would dominate Phillies in the 90s when we were kids watching.
Speaker 1:But anybody from Pittsburgh If you're good, I think you're trash, with the exception of Sidney Crosby. He's still trash and the Pirates are so irrelevant. Yeah, blake's Neil now in McCutcheon, but McCutcheon played for Phillies. And then you got Paul Skeens. What did I say? Blake Snell, blake Snell, blake Snell is a pitcher two times so young with Padres, I think. Now I don't know where I pulled that one out of. That was a good one. You dug deep S for the last name. I got it. I'm getting a little excited for a Golden Trouser later. Yeah, and so Mary the Mew, you got to respect the guy. My other 66. Also fan submission. This one was in my head, those head.
Speaker 1:Those of you that have watched the Disney classic Invincible. You may remember a scene where Vince Papali is on the punt team and a defensive big lineman grabs him and said look at my knuckles. If they're white that means I'm blitzing, but if they're not white it means I'm laying back. That is a real life man. His name is Bill Bergey, number 66. One of the greatest Philadelphia Eagles of all time. How did I forget about Bill? I don't know, but I'm sorry, the fact that he is an invincible going against Vince Papali. You're not going to, not, you're not going to, not, you're not going to, not. There's a lot of flaws in that movie anyway. But Because you know where Vince Papali is from, harry, I should, I don't. He is from the greatest county in the country. He's from Delco. He's from Delco, delco, delco, delco. He in the movie, he's bartending in Philly. Really, he's bartending.
Speaker 1:I think it was like Brookhaven, really. Yeah, I drive through Brookhaven to go to work. I know you do. That's why I brought it up. No big draft picks this week. No, 66 is a meh. That's why, honestly, honestly, I wanted to bring in the movies because, also, nascar 66.
Speaker 1:I did, I did write this stat down. You ready, I'm in. I do this every time. You remember ice age? Yes, you remember when sid wakes up and he finds out his whole family left. Yeah, and he's like. I do this every year. That literally plays in my head every time I close our show sheet. Yeah, I literally wrote this stat down, just so I wouldn't forget it. You ready for this NASCAR 66. Which is not a bad number? No, it's a good looking number. I think it is 810 races, right, so it's fairly popular.
Speaker 1:One win In 1962, by a man with two first names Larry Frank. I would not have guessed Larry Frank. I was thinking like Bill John Carl Paltz, that's what I think. He goes by the name of Chance Michael. Okay, that's Two names.
Speaker 1:Justin, have you ever seen the TV show Catch-22? Based off of a book? It's World War II stuff. There's a character in there, major. Yeah, that clip came over my TikTok because they were like we need you at the briefing, sir, I'm a sergeant. Yeah, I'm a sergeant. You're telling me your name is Major. Actually, it's funny, sir. My dad was a bit of a comedian. My middle name is also Major. Okay, fine, you're now a Major Major. So great. Classic NASCAR.
Speaker 1:We were at Indy. This is going to be quick flash and in a hurry. We're just going to talk about the end. Really, denny had a great day. A lot of guys had a great day. I beat you In standings, you beat me in points and that's really not good. Kyle Larson got the win, in my opinion. I'm a Kyle Larson fan.
Speaker 1:The yellow should have been plump. Oh yeah, the yellow should have came out before the white flag. 100%. I don't like to agree with Denny Hamlin on many things, but he was right on his show and he said the yellow should have been Thrown in between 3 and 4 and NASCAR. I don't know what happened. 8 seconds is a lifetime in NASCAR. And he said the yellow should have been thrown in between three and four and NASCAR. I don't know what happened. Eight seconds is a lifetime in NASCAR. Especially, we mentioned we talked about it earlier in the year for people who may not follow NASCAR as much as we do We've had some of the closest finishes in NASCAR history this year yeah, history. So we're talking eight seconds here.
Speaker 1:If there was eight seconds of silence on this podcast, you'd probably turn it off. Yeah, I would. I'd probably fall asleep right now. So you're telling me they couldn't make a decision in eight seconds. It's your job to think and it was a huge track and I was putting consideration when Ryan Priest is in the wall on the inside retaining wall that we throw the flag, and then I think it was. He started moving and was dumping oil around or something. That's a. I think it was that one.
Speaker 1:But then Ryan Blaney I don't know if you listen to any of his in car audio I love NASCAR guys because when they get out of the car in front of the camera it's a the Menards Mustang Ford did pretty well. They're like, they're my sponsors of Cheez-It, eiffel Tower, stanley Mugs and PBR. But when you listen to their in-car camera, I can't even repeat what they said because we are not an explicit show. Yeah, even it's. Can you believe this, please? Like oh, wow, okay, I did that. Blaney said they gave it to the golden boy, kyle Larson. And then Kyle heard that comment and he just went Thanks NASCAR. Yeah, yeah, he thanked NASCAR.
Speaker 1:You know what I like when Kyle Bush or, I'm sorry, kyle Larson wins a race Is because his wife Shotguns a beer in victory lane every time. Heck, yeah. And then when he won the championship two years ago, all the cameras panned to her Because she has done it before, but it wasn't until he got big. I think it might have been his first year at Hendricks that, like, the cameras caught her or something. But then when he won the championship, she had a tall boy and just went all right, like her husband is up on stage getting his trophy and everybody's like in their ball gown.
Speaker 1:It was a black tie affair. Oh yeah, it's a huge event. It's a huge event. And there she is just boop shotgun and a beer. Oh yeah, it's a huge event. It's a huge event. And there she is just boop shotgun and a beer. Oh man, it's so great. It's just funny to me. She won't be shotgunning any more beers for the next two weeks, cause NASCAR is taking a break.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, nascar is currently on NBC. And what is NBC covering for the next two weeks? The Olympics. Usa, we're the best and we know it. Yeah, no, I'm kidding. I hope everyone, everyone does have a good time.
Speaker 1:As I get older, when I was younger, I definitely wanted the most medals, yeah, but now that I have matured like a fine wine, like a good 1998 Mad Dog, 2020. Yes, I realized just how awesome the Olympics are and what they represent, and that is super dope. Yeah, don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome, but USA needs to win everything. Oh poop, I'm still a red-blooded American, sir. Yeah, 100%, like, as long as we beat out China, russia and everything, I'm happy. Kumbaya, don't get me wrong. Yeah, I want to see someone punch someone in the mouth for a cold. 100%, 1,000%. And there's not boxing. I don't want to watch that in boxing. No, those crazy cyclists that race on that crazy slope track. I don't know the name. I'm so sorry. I feel almost like I'm being disrespectful, but yeah, I want to see one of those guys just go at it. Yeah, hardcore swinging.
Speaker 1:What event are you looking forward to the most? That's tough Big Javelin guy. Oh, shot put. I like shot put because they're big guys, yeah, and not chiseled out of marble guys. Big, yeah, it's just big, they're beef, they're beefy dudes, like they're not the physique guys like all the other sports. It's like big dudes, mind you. They can lift a car. Yeah, I'm not denying their athletic ability, but I think it's just because they look like a normal guy. Yeah, they're not shredded, they don't have six-packs. I think that's what makes it so cool. Like the US S curling team, which looked like a bunch of group of dads who accidentally got invited and won. I guess I'll figure it out. So that's what I like about the shop with guys yeah, and they had one too many beers that get together next to learn the league and they're like oh great, they're representing the United States of America.
Speaker 1:How did I get here? So there's some new events this year Skateboarding, right, instead of X Games, now it's the World Olympics. There's sport climbing. I think it's a rock climbing thing or something. Surfing Like fast climbing, I think so it's just sport climbing. I read it and it said climbing, surfing. I know what surfing is. Where are they surfing? In Paris, I don't know you surfing in paris, I don't know you know what I mean. But, like, how do you judge surfing if not everybody? I guess, same way you would in hawaii and stuff. Like, everybody gets similar waves. But how about my new favorite olympic sport called breaking? Go on, it is the o, breakdancing. That's right. Bring out your cardboard box, throw a little mixtape on and look a spin around on your head three times. We are breakdancing. Totally forgot, by the way.
Speaker 1:I did a quick Google search, quick Googling Tahiti, tahiti. I did a quick Google search, quick Googling, tahiti. Surfing is taking place in Tahiti. Oh, so they're not even anywhere near so like, when they're done? They got to fly to Paris, I guess that would be the thing. But here's the thing, it's the French Polynesia. Ah, that's why is tahiti a french owned, or once owned, probably? Yeah, see it. Probably all connects. Don't worry, it only costs thirteen hundred dollars to get there one way from philadelphia.
Speaker 1:Let's go where to eat. Tahiti. Just, that's the first place where to eat Tahiti. That's the first place when to eat in Tahiti. This is why I love Google. And then, don't worry, it has 4.3 stars. Oh, okay, all right, I prefer 4.5 and above, but Pange and I prefer the dollar symbols Somewhere in the 2 to 3 range of dollars.
Speaker 1:Yes, please, we'll be looking at a restaurant. If it has four, I'm like it's too many monies and we don't go there. Yeah, makes sense. Or date night we will go to the more monies spot. A special occasion night? Yes, yeah, you know what I've been craving. I know we're going on a little tangent. You know what I've been craving A going on a little tangent. You know what I've been craving a brazilian steakhouse. Oh, death by meat. Chance sent us a snap, us a snap. Probably sent it to you too. It was a couple weeks ago, and he was at a brazilian steakhouse and I was like, yeah, oh, it's for rowan's birthday. Oh, rowan, you lucky dog. They had me roll me out of them, right, just thinking about it right now.
Speaker 1:What I don't like about why are we talking about this? What I don't like is how good the salad bar is, though there's a great salad bar that when I went to fogo to chow for my birthday two years ago, the salad bar was why did you look at a salad bar? I don't know. I thought I thought it was a right. I've never been there. It was. It was a lot of pressure. I'm very confused right now. Yeah, I went. It was more. I think.
Speaker 1:If I remember correctly, ange wanted to go to a salad bar and she's come with me, and I was like, all right, okay, teamwork makes a dream work. I got it. Yeah, that, yeah, I'm saying no, I get it Respect. And so I'm looking. I'm like, wow, this stuff actually looks really good. So I did get a little plate. It was really good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, my appetizers they're usually beef, and my main course is extra beef With a side of beef. Yeah, what are your vegetables? That's a good joke. You got there, buddy. We all laugh and then boom, more beef.
Speaker 1:So getting back on track here. No, nascar, in two weeks we got the Olympics. We're excited. We're going to give out an eel already for the Olympics. It hasn't even started. The Olympics haven't even officially started yet. There's an eel already by a country you probably wouldn't even think would ever do something bad. No, but before the negative, let's go with the positive. Let's move on to our golden trouts. Boom, golden trout. Time, harry. Trouts that are golden, big things, big dreams. This one is generic. This goes out to a very large corporation. Mine, harry, goes out to Amazon Prime Day. Ooh, come on, but also they're going to get an eel. Okay. So, amazon Prime Day.
Speaker 1:There's some things I've been looking at, trying to spring it back in the house in order doing a little remodeling, redecorating, man. A lot of stuff is on sale. Saved, saved, saved is a good chunk of change. However, my eel side is we spent more on everything else. Right, we got extra. Everything's on sale. So you're like, oh man, I'm saving all this money, but if we would have stopped at just what we needed, we would have saved money. Yeah, but that's tough because you're spending money to spend money, right, which is good. We got packages coming for days and to get some mustache wax on sale. So I feel good. Dude, I'm telling you I can't wait till we do video shows as well, because this thing is just so great. Yeah, feels good. Golden Trout also goes out to my mustache, because the other day my AC was really hot, harry, I was sweaty, turned the AC on and I could feel the AC blowing into my mustache. You're ridiculous. Me I feel like Burt Reynolds felt In Smoky and the Bandit that's what I felt. Like T-top yeah, I thought about cutting T-tops into my truck and Sabrina had convinced me, no, so I put the saws all back.
Speaker 1:As I get older, I want a beater that I can just do Dumb stuff to. Yeah, absolutely. I want a convertible Pickup can just do dumb stuff to. Yeah, absolutely I want a convertible pickup truck. In fact, I worked with a guy when I was 15, 16 bussing tables and that's what his dad did after he retired. He would convert any car into a convertible, like professionally. Oh, yeah, I got a sawzall. I got a sawzall. No, I got a soft top and a blue tarp. Yeah, it would make anything into a convertible. And then everything would just be a soft top after that, obviously. But yeah, roll bar, everything, that's pretty cool, that's a great job. Yeah, we'd only do one a month and he'd make enough money Plus his retirement to live. Yeah, yeah, when I have an early to mid eighties Chevy square body, big motor convertible, I'm going to make I'm making it happen one day. Geo tracker? Just wait till 1985.
Speaker 1:Chevy C10 goes on Amazon prime day. I'm jumping on it. I got a golden trap but I am going to I'm going to pee back off your eel of Amazon prime. I got a pair of headphones that have just been sitting in my cart. I just got to buy it. I don't know why I won't buy them. I think because technology online scares me a little bit, because you don't know how the quality is going to be or whatever. And I got a notification saying hey, these headphones on your cart got a prime day special. Their sale price was more than their normal sale price for their prime day special. Ah, so you gotta be careful. You gotta play the game, dude, but not being too negative. We're going out with another golden trout here.
Speaker 1:Jeopardy host alex trebek, yes, will now be memorialized on a us stamp. The stamps will have the question or, I'm sorry, the statement this naturalized uS citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy for 37 seasons. And then the answer who is Alex Trebek is printed upside down beneath the clue oh, so it looks like a normal, as you see on your television blue and white question or statement. I got to get that right Statement and then the answer, of course, is Sir Alex Trebek. Blue and white question or our statement. I got to get that right statement. And then the answer, of course, is sir Alex Trebek. Thanks, johnny, that's a good one. Alex Trebek deserves it Without question. That's it.
Speaker 1:I hope Pat Sajak gets one while he's still alive. I hope Pat Sajak gets one while he's still alive. I hope Pat Sajak gets one. But also there's letters missing in his name, like the A is missing. That would be great.
Speaker 1:We will mail the Postmaster General that suggestion. You could do two, vanna White and Pat Sajak. Yeah, you could. And then literally just do the A. Yeah, you know what. They need us. The mail system doesn't need us. Yeah, if anybody has contacted the Postmaster General, please direct them to us and we'll take care of it. Yes, we will write them letters because apparently, for some weird reason, they frown upon email. I get it Because government can track email. And and they frown upon email, I get it Because government can track email. And then, of course, the last one, quick flash in a hurry. It's not Phillies, but it's still impressive.
Speaker 1:Dylan sees the San Diego Padres throws his first career no-hitter. That's awesome, dude. No-hitters are great Without any major league, triple, double, single, minor, what doesn't matter. A no is a no and it's impressive. I love no hitters.
Speaker 1:There are people that are going to go to games and be like, oh, this game is boring. But every single game I go to I sit there and watch and a lot of times you have a 1, 2, 3 first inning and you're like, here we go, here we go, and then, nah, somebody gets a hit. I don't think I've been to a game where here we go and then Nah, somebody gets a hit. I don't think I've been to a game where Anybody's gone more than maybe six innings. Like you would have a hit, yeah, the six. Like the, even the best pitchers. The sixth inning is seems to be where it, where that one sneaks the gap or Yep, whatever the case may be, and that's where it starts to crumble. Big congrats to Dylan. No small feat, buddy. Let's keep it moving. Let's keep it rolling.
Speaker 1:It is time for the biggest pet peeves bracket. Are you ready? Are her fans ready? Are they ready? You're driving dude. Hit the gas and let's go. Let's fire it up. All right, buddy, driver's seat. I got this thing in high gear. High pull results.
Speaker 1:Let's go with the biggest blowaways, starting from the top left region, those that know it as the Tabasco region. It's treating customer service poorly for standing away at stores, harry. This one was closer than I thought it would be, but also I don't know. I was conflicted on this one, so I don't know what I thought it was going to be, but 88 to 12. 88 to 12. Once again, treating customer service poorly is moving on. Okay, I agree with it. Yeah, next time we see treating customer service poorly be going head to head with the winner of people who are always late versus those with no manners. I love when I put the randomizer on these polls because I have no idea where they're going. I can never predict our audience, and that's what makes it fun. Speaking about fun, let's go to the bottom right region, harry. Let's cut all the way across. We just had Tabasco. Give us some tapatio in our system.
Speaker 1:We have slow drivers in the left lane Going against People, waving at each other at a four-way stop. Both are annoying as can be. Both are slowing me down from getting home a lot of the time too. So I think that's what irritates me is are you slowing me down from me getting where I want to be and getting home. Okay, that makes sense, because if it's on the highway and you're left and get out of my way, I feel like ludicrous. I want to get home but also four-way stops in my neighborhood, I'm like I start going. If you want to get mad you should have went already. Or just go back down to DMV and take your driver test again to understand who has priority. So the resounding 88 to 12 slow left lane drivers is moving on. They both have the same stats. They both have the same stat. Ew, 88 to 12. The next time we see left lane drivers we'll be going against the winner of not returning carts at a grocery store versus speakerphone in public. I'm excited for all of that I am.
Speaker 1:Now let's go to the bottom left region, the Texas. We have distracted drivers, those that would rather be on their phone than drive, pay attention to their phone Texting, most likely, and what they're going against? Group text, harry, if you had to choose which one is a bigger pet peeve, you don't see why group texts bother people so much. It's not the group text that bothers me, it's when people want to have a personal conversation within Distracted drivers. Hands down, I almost get distracted watching everyone else be distracted. Yeah, I get that. I just started honking my horn at people Like I'm not your dad, I'm not going to yell at you, but at the end of the day, I think it's great. When I see someone scrolling on Facebook, yeah, not even texting, you're just looking at social media or like Instagram or something In the left lane doing 70 miles an hour. Yeah, what? All right, I got voice to text. Yeah, I just don't text. Yeah, I just do voice to text. But 72% of our listeners followed. Harry. Distracted driving is moving on.
Speaker 1:Next time we see distracted drivers that we go against the winner of hearing someone else's headphones versus rude slash not tipping servers? I hope not. Tipping goes very far, so we can show people that you are not a good person. Yeah, true, but how about this one, harry? Come from the top right region, frank's Red Hot. We have loud chewers against slow walkers. Both sound like zombies, like those are zombie names.
Speaker 1:This one was very close, harry, 57-43. Yeah, much closer than I anticipated, much closer. Yeah, where are you going? Loud Chewers, loud Chewers, 100% right? Yeah, I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I'm not even joking. I, it would just make my skin crawl. Yes, my mustache wouldn't leave my face. 57% of our listeners voted for loud chewers. Loud chewers is moving on as a biggest pet peeve. Next time we see it, it would be going heads up against the winner of people who don't use their turn signal First.
Speaker 1:Know-it-all slash one-uppers. This bracket just gets my blood pumping, and not in a great way. No, it makes me want to punch somebody. Yes, so stay tuned for the polls. The brackets will be coming up here shortly. Like I said, most likely going to drop them before the show airs, just because I like dropping a little bit early, because we already know the matchups Right, these ones are already preset. We already know the matchups Right. Right, these ones are preset. We already know these matchups. Plus, it just makes it fun, man, like, the longer they're up, the more boats we get. Just make sure you share Bye, just share with everybody.
Speaker 1:Harry, what is your favorite price of things? Amazon Prime? What's your favorite price? My favorite price? Favorite price? My favorite price $9.99. Ah, mine is free. $99, and that is the exact price it takes to hit the and share button for all of our polls.
Speaker 1:I think we're gonna start getting into battles that get nasty. Oh yeah, it's gonna be my I'm excited. Or Holyfield, yeah, I love it. Yeah, all right. But that's enough of the polls, all right. We've already explained enough to them. We've already told them how to like it, how to share it, how much it costs them.
Speaker 1:Let's be like Bob Seger and turn the page. Let's move on Sticking with pet peeve, right, things that annoy us, things that get under your skin, things that make you want to just rage. Eels of the week what do you got? I didn't have one, and I keep saying it because eels, we mentioned the start of the show and they are a big part of our show, but with the pet peeves brackets pissing us off already, I try to go light on the eels right? Yeah, as we were setting up to record and talking, we got a news break. And here on this show, we're not a breaking news podcast, no, obviously, we record several days before it comes out Breaking news the Canadian soccer team's head coach was just let go for cheating in the Olympics, using a drone to record private practices Wow, all the way up in Canada.
Speaker 1:That's what I said. I have a Neal coming later. That's coming from a country with least suspect of cheating as they're riding their moose eating their gravy fries, yeah, talking about how nice they are to everyone, yeah, but you're too busy cheating up there, too busy flying a drone Cheating Recording practices. They took the Bill Belichick technique to a whole new level. Bill Belichick has retired. He doesn't have a team, so he's probably an ambassador for somebody. He probably went up to the Canadian team and was like you guys really want to win. I have an idea. You just got to know what they're doing.
Speaker 1:And let me tell you, technology has come a mighty far way since my day. Yeah, it's a little far way since my day. Yeah, it's a little far, but that's it. Because, like I mentioned earlier, the great thing about the Olympics is everyone coming together. America's still going to win the most, but it's about everyone coming together, hip-hop, hooray, being nice, being great.
Speaker 1:And why do you get a cheat? Yeah, man, really, it's just soccer anyway. So the thing is that the Canadians came out and said that they'd let him go. It wasn't the Olympic Committee. More of a self-aware thing, I get that, but it's still. I just this. So stupid, why I don't get it? Man, really just stop cheating, stop all right, but I'm gonna jump in here. It's really annoying. Here's my eel. Whichever government agency was trying to hide something with this whole Microsoft shutdown Last week.
Speaker 1:I'm not conspiracy theorist. That's the fault. I love conspiracy theories, you do. I love them. Like Sabrina's are throwing her eyes. I sent Harry everything I can find. Not that I love them. Like Sabrina's are throwing her eyes. I sent Harry everything I can find. Not that I believe them.
Speaker 1:All the reason I like conspiracy theories it's a good story. It's a plausible story, not true story, not a false story. Plausible, it's like reading a fiction book. Right, can Harry Potter happen? I don't know. And they're been to Scotland to see Hogwarts because I don't know. I've never been to Scotland to see Hogwarts Because I don't know what they do over there in the United Kingdom. There could be wizards over there. By the way, the wizard castle in the United States is in Boston. I had to look that up and figure it out. I don't know. But it goes out to the government agency that decided to shut down all the Microsoft products.
Speaker 1:One, because I also work for the government and mine didn't go down. Really, yeah, mine didn't go down, so I had to continue doing my job. No, yeah, I didn't get to stop. I had no idea Until going back to my previous cold drought in the year of Amazon Prime Day. I had no idea Until going back to my previous contract of Amazon Prime Day.
Speaker 1:I had some things arriving for special people here and they got delayed because of it. It literally was in my town, it was at my post office, but because the whole server and everything went down, they couldn't process my stuff. Luckily it wasn't time-sensitive. I'm just impatient of us Americans. Right, this is the point. Yeah, and the fact that it shut down most of the airlines and everybody got delayed and the delays are still, like people are still reeling from those delays. Just because you're trying to hide government secrets, you don't have to shut all of Microsoft down. Bill Gates, that's what I do for a living. I deal with air freight. It is a nightmare. Yeah, it's still a nightmare. Oh, I know, but I understand where you're coming from. Our last and final Leo. Ooh Dum, dum dum.
Speaker 1:We know stadiums and centers and football fields get renamed all the time they do. Here in Philadelphia we've been very lucky. Since its inception it has been Lincoln Financial Field. Yes, since 2003, 2004. Since its inception, it has been Citizens Bank Park Since 2004. The Wells Fargo Center oh yeah, it has been Citizens Bank Park Since 2004.
Speaker 1:The Wells Fargo Center oh yeah, previously the Wachovia Center, I forgot about that. Previously, the First Union Center, nah, doesn't sound good. No, the Wachovia Center did sound far. Wachovia Center, why? So? Basically how it worked, is that First Union? And I don't know All the time I had what it was before First Union. First Union was bought out by Wachovia, yes, so then they just threw their name on it. And then Wachovia was bought out by Wells Fargo, so they threw their name on it. Wells Fargo has decided to not renew the naming rights for the Wells Fargo Center, so it will be a great mystery on who it is. Wachovia Center, man, I think that's got to be one of the coolest names, because it goes hard it does.
Speaker 1:Why is every single Philadelphia professional sports or the four professional sports teams within the city I'm not including the Union, because I don't know the name of the Union Stadium off the top of my head Subaru Stadium, subaru Park, that's right. Okay, so they don't count. But why are the other ones, financial institutions? I was just sitting here thinking about that, especially Lincoln Financial, field, because I've never even heard of Lincoln Financial. I've heard of Citizens Bank. I've heard even heard of Lincoln Financial. I've heard of Citizens Bank. I've heard of Wells Fargo yeah, but Lincoln Financial, you tell me Lincoln Financial.
Speaker 1:The next thing coming out of my mouth is Field. Yeah, I see commercials during this season, but I wonder if it's almost like an investment property for them. Yeah, we'll put in X, but we get Y back. I don't know how the again. I don't know how that structure works. I don't know how that deal works. No, but it's so cool Because if a bank wants to advertise and put a big name on my house, I'm okay with it if you're going to pay me.
Speaker 1:But Wachovia Center would probably be up there with cool names of all time, there's only one. That is the greatest stadium name of all time Veterans Stadium. The greatest stadium name of all time. Veterans Stadium, not sponsored by anybody. That's what I'm saying. Why do we need sponsors on stadiums? I don't know. By the way, I'm pretty sure in mom and dad's garage there's like one more bag of concrete from Veterans Stadium. I just hope it's not a stupid name. At the end of the day, that's all I know. Smoothie King has a couple the Wawa. I'll take the Wawa Center. Come on, wawa has enough money, they do.
Speaker 1:I think the biggest problem we're going to face is you have concerts and all that there, of course, but the Sixers are planning to move out. They're trying to move out. But if you make it the Wawa Center, and then you'd be like, hey, the Pittsburgh Pirates have sheets in their jersey. Fine, you can have your name on a jersey, we have an entire center. Boom, flyers, come out the ice now, coming out to the Wawa setter ice. And then boom, you know what? I couldn't wait, see, I want Wawa because I want the Flyers announcer, jim Jackson With his iconic voice.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because I can hear him say welcome to the Wells Fargo Center, but now welcome to the Wawa Center. Ah, the stuff dreams are made of, man. Because I'm telling you I can hear it right now in my head. Me too. Just him. All our Flyers fans know exactly what I'm talking about. I can hear right now in my head. Me too, just him. All our Flyers fans know exactly what I'm talking about. That way he introduces every game. All right, buddy, it is time we're moving on to America's favorite segment, pwn Paul's Weird News. Here is your host, paul. Hey, harry, thanks for the shout out here on the streets.
Speaker 1:I've got two stories for you this week that are weird, so here's one where I don't know, testimonial from, I attended the quote tackiest wedding Tacky wedding. I've been in a couple weddings, as many as I thought I would be. By the time I was 38, I thought I'd like I'd be at a lot of weddings and I've only been to less than 10. Same, yeah, maybe I just don't have any friends. That's probably it. I also haven't been to a lot of funerals, which I feel like is a good thing. No, that's a positive thing. I've been to a handful, but not a lot. Anyway, there's a penny-pinching couple. They promise a real dinner and then they didn't.
Speaker 1:So when an article says hangry wedding guests hangry, yes, what's coming? A pair of hangry wedding guests are airing their grievances online after attending the nuptials of childhood pal Right, their childhood friends getting married. You are just blissful, you love them. Congratulations on your wedding day. And you go. Hey, when you go to a good wedding, right, there's going to be good food. Yeah, absolutely Good food. Good times Not always drinks, but right, good food, good times.
Speaker 1:Now these childhood friends are like oh man, we've been talking about this day for a long time, I'm ready to get some good food, only to be served instant ramen instead. Oh, instant ramen at a wedding. Listen man, I know there's people out there that I've officiated five, six, seven weddings now. Yeah, never ask anything in return. I love. Yeah, never ask anything in return. I love. Yeah, it's not about all that, it's not about the food, it's not about the venue, it's not about the dress, the rings, whatever. Just you found your person, let's celebrate. Yeah, but don't you dare tell people they're going to get a great meal and serve them ramen noodles, instant ramen.
Speaker 1:The invite asks chicken or fish. Oh no, the invites said chicken or fish and on the day of the wedding they received instant ramen. So if you're getting chicken or fish, do they have chicken packs and fish packs of ramen? In the back they got the pink shrimp and the orange packs of chicken. Don't get me wrong. I got a bunch of ramen in my pantry right now. Absolutely, I love stuff. Not for a formal dinner. I could see professional ramen. I've never even had professional ramen. I hear it's one of the best foods you can ever eat. The flavors are amazing, but instant. If they would have made their ramen with some chicken or beef broth instead of water, okay Okay. Throw some veggies in there, all right, okay. Or I Throw some veggies in there, all right, okay.
Speaker 1:Crack an egg in it, oh my gosh, just the right amount of water. You microwave it for two minutes. After two minutes you pull it out of the microwave. You try and stir it up a little bit. You crack an egg In the microwave for another minute. Pull it out, stir it up, chef kiss. Actually, what I was doing, harry, for a while was I was putting one egg in after two minutes and stirring that in and then cracking another egg, leaving it on top for the last minute. When's the last time you had your cholesterol checked? That was a while ago, considering how many years ago it was at, because I don't have eggs in my house anymore. But fair, fair, yeah. Fair should balance.
Speaker 1:But let's move on from a wedding faux pas to, uh, something that has happened that's caused a lot of jokes a washington dc statue of abraham lincoln made out of wax. Well, washington DC experienced higher temperatures than normal, higher than anticipated. What happens to wax? When it's warm outside, harry, it melts, yeah. Unfortunately for this statue, it was only Abraham Lincoln's head that melted. Yeah, yeah, head that melted, no. So a six-foot-tall replica of our 16th president, the one after the worst president of all time. It was installed in February in northwest Washington, right In February, dc, you still got a chance for it's still freezing, right, still, cold, still. If I'm putting a statue out in DC, you still got a chance for, it's still freezing, right, still, cold, still. If I'm putting a statue out in DC, I'm picking February. Yeah, yeah, it's below 40, right, high might be 42. The artist put it out.
Speaker 1:She told in an interview the artist the public art piece was always intended to melt. It was always intended to melt. It's symbolic. It was installed on a shady tree so it would survive summer. Okay, it's supposed to gradually melt throughout the year, some kind of symbolic thing. The fact that the temperature's topped over 100 degrees, harry, and it zeroed in on what they say, is Abraham Lincoln's weak point, not me. Read some of the jokes His head melted, I get the artist's idea.
Speaker 1:Let it melt, whatever. Didn't think this one through they. No, did not think this one through. No, because the way it melts is like it didn't like like melt as in turn to goo. It's like the neck region got really weak and his head fell back, so like it looks like dad sleeping in a chair. Or yeah, he's at fourth theater.
Speaker 1:Come on, what are you doing? I guess I don't know. What is that? Almost 150 years later, can we joke about it still, yeah, I think we're all right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's bad artwork. Let's be honest here. It's terrible artwork like the sculpture look great. But come on, now get your act together. But that's it for me.
Speaker 1:Out here in the streets. It was a short, easy little trip out here today. Back to you, studio T short, sweet to the point, but still another great segment. But are you ready to pack it up? Pack it up, pack it in packing up the truck. It's where we go off the rails. Let's be honest. Yeah, it's really fun. Like I put the show sheet down. I, yeah, it's really fun. Like I put the show sheet down, I put everything down, I put everything away and we just talk and it's super fun and we talk about something random and I can't wait for you to tell people this. We talked about the microsoft fallout and how mail didn't get delivered and we had to wait two, three days give or take.
Speaker 1:How about this story, harry, out of Michigan, where a woman received a 100-year-old postcard in the mail? Oh, which is wild. When old Brittany went to go check her mailbox one morning, it was flooded with the usual junk. Right, we all get the flyers and the coupons, and the progressive and Geico and every insurance company is trying to get you to come over. But within that miscellaneous stack of flyers and occasional bills, something caught her eye. Oh, what caught her eye, harry? How about a faded green one-cent George Washington stamp postmarked October 29th 1920? So in front of the postcard it was a Halloween postcard, had an illustration of a black cat with some pumpkins, a witch, an owl and broomstick.
Speaker 1:It was Halloween time and so Brittany had to go through, and my favorite part about the start was that she had to decipher the faded cursive. So does she not know cursive? Or was it really faded because it's a hundred year old pencil, faded cursive. So does she not know cursive? Or was it really faded Cause it's a hundred year old pencil? But it was reaching out saying dear cousins were quite well, but mother has awful lame knees. It is awful cold here. Don't forget to write us. So after doing some digging, she went to Facebook for the town page saying hey, anybody know these people? Right, they have any family.
Speaker 1:Turns out, nobody did, except for this librarian who now he did his own genealogy and he got really excited. He's like I know what I'm doing now. So he went back to the 1920 census and he found some names. I realized that Roy lived in the same address. Oh, but they were originally from Canada. They moved to the United States in 1887. Oh, he's doing all this research. Then he's like oh, he built a family tree, but he doesn't look like Roy who was made out to, and his wife had children and then the one who sent it remained unmarried.
Speaker 1:And this guy's been interested in genealogy since 1976. He knows how to figure out some stuff here. Oh, he knows this stuff Right. And he says it's a mystery. And who doesn't love trying to solve a mystery? Give me some good mystery and I'll do some digging. Right, call me Scooby-Doo. Yeah, bro, right. Right, call me Scooby-Doo. Yeah, bro, right. So they enlist the help of their friends, other people who have the same interests. It's basically a mystery puzzle. Harry Solve this puzzle with no picture, these few clues, but like. How did it end up in her mailbox nearly 100 years later? Was it stuck to something else, harry, what do you do? That's what I don't understand. What did the post people do?
Speaker 1:Peekaboo, this story is ongoing because this is breaking news. This is recent stuff. So there's a team of people out there doing genealogy trying to find Roy and any descendants to get this 100-year-old postcard to him. Now Roy's long gone. I don't have to tell you that when you come to the United States in 1887 and you get a postcard 40 years after that, well, 33 years later, and here it is 100 years, unless Roy is 180 years old. I'm sorry, but I complain not getting my Amazon two-day delivery in two days. Roy waited for that postcard forever. Now you're sitting there back in those days. I'm like, all right, I'll send you a postcard. And they don't send you a postcard, you don't get it in the mail. You're like, screw you, you think I'm writing you anything? That's just wild. So we're going to follow this story. Yeah, I'm just so dumbfounded that they still delivered it. Yeah, they still delivered it after all these years.
Speaker 1:The one cent stamp, but I guess because because the timing, the fact that it was postmarked in 1920 means it went through the post office, so somewhere between where it was sent from, right, so in the town that it was at, it got stuck, like it probably got stuck to the side of like a container. Where, where did it get stuck for a hundred years that it was still found usable and viable? Right, where did it get stuck for a hundred years that it was still found usable and viable? I've talked about it before where it took a month for me to get a birthday card from Pittsburgh to where I live. Yeah, and I can tell that it got caught in a belt or something. Yeah, and that's that could be it. I don't know if they had belts in 1920. That's what I'm saying. So where was it? Yeah, I don't know how they had belts in 1920. That's what I'm saying. So where was it? Yeah, I don't know how they kept their pants up either. I don't know those mailmen, except for mine.
Speaker 1:I'm going to leave a tip in our mailbox here soon because she has been working overtime with the amount of stuff we ordered on Amazon Prime. We did not order a single thing on Amazon during Amazon Prime, we didn't order a single thing either. We ordered a lot of things. Now we didn't order anything. I'm proud of you. Like I said, the only thing I was waiting on were my headphones. That aren't even expensive and I could just order them For me. That's a kicker. I could just buy them whenever you want. It's pulling the trigger. Yeah, is that you don't want buyer's remorse, exactly Because I bought the headphones I'm currently using and they are absolutely garbage? Yeah, I will never say a name but Schmanischmanic Kick rocks.
Speaker 1:What happened to you? You used to be great. You used to be great. You used to be audio leaders. Yeah, you used to be up there. Now you're something that Brookstone has overtaken. Now you're just somebody that I used to know. Radio Shack went out.
Speaker 1:So don't even get me started on Circuit City. Do you even remember going into a Circuit City? Yeah, I don't think I do. I don't remember. I think there was one right there by the Tri-State Mall. Was it there? Or there was definitely one down past the Concord Mall? Yeah, there too, that was a Circuit City for a good bit. That was like one of the last ones it was. Yeah, a mall is somewhere that we used to go shopping in the 90s. The mall was our Amazon of the 90s.
Speaker 1:Ew, that's a weird way to think about it. Yeah, think about that. I just thought about it right now. That's disgusting. I don't know if I like that. Yeah, you know. What I do.
Speaker 1:Like, though, is I saw something, and it was talking about old-timey photos. I I saw something and it was talking about old timey photos. I think I sent it to you. Instead of how there's old timey photos when you go out to like fairs and the malls and stuff. Now I wish, instead of that, it'd be 90s, like glamour shots, why not? Yeah, like, oh, you guys want to kick it old school here we go. Here's some Aquanet, and here's some glamour shots. Purple lightning bolts behind you Go. I was going to say here's some teal and magenta the official colors of the 90s and then you're going to do three poses and only one's going to be solid and the other two are going to be faded in.
Speaker 1:Do you own a pair of jean shorts that go to your shins? Don't worry, we have some in the back. We got you covered. Yeah, long jean shorts work. Weird, just yeah, long jean shorts were weird. Just wear jeans at that point.
Speaker 1:Nothing says cool and refreshing. Not cool as in style, cool but comfort-wise. Cool and refreshing Like a cool breeze on your ankles. My shins get sweaty sometimes, harry. Is it cold in here? Or is it just my ankles? Just your ankles?
Speaker 1:Because you also wore tube socks. Yeah, 100%. So, pretty much. Oh, dude, I remember the great happening of tube socks to ankle socks, and if you were still wearing tube socks, you were a weirdo. Yeah, and meanwhile I'm the type of person I was like these are just my socks. Yeah, these are what I wear. My mom bought me 50 at a time. Yeah, if you really want to be cool, you had to fold it in half when you put them on.
Speaker 1:But again, that wasn't comfortable. I don't, I would never do it. No, I tried. One time I was like, oh, I mean, I heard somebody do this. No, with our big old feet trying to get in shoes. Anyway, you're like that's not a tough decision.
Speaker 1:I was going to say, with our big feet and our weird ingrown toenails, yeah, all the time when we were kids, man, that was painful. We had weird feet. Do have weird feet, boy, this was fun quick. This was quick was fun quick. This was quick. This felt really quick. It did. We're getting back in the groove it. We are six good number. I know we're skipping segments here and there, but we are. We're just trying to get back in the feel of it. Yeah, and I'm excited with that.
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