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#71 - WHAT IS YOUR SLEEP SCORE?
What happens when a road trip to Missouri turns into a comedy of motion sickness, wildlife surprises, and a navigation system relying on a sleeping passenger? Buckle up for a whirlwind adventure as we recount our family vacation escapades, from the unexpected warmth of underground caverns to the chaotic joys of audiobook-led detours. With a dash of Harry Potter humor and a sprinkle of road trip unpredictability, this episode promises more laughs than you can shake a golf cart at. And wait until you hear how a cave bar became the highlight of the trip!
Amidst vacation stories and scenic drives, we hit the brakes to chat about sports heartbreaks and the quirky side of retail nostalgia. Philadelphia fans, you might find solace in our shared exasperations over recent playoff woes and team management decisions. Then, let’s fasten our seatbelts for a nostalgic tour through defunct retail stores that tug at your heartstrings. Whether it’s the allure of Kmart's Blue Light Specials or the longing for Toys R Us, we reminisce about the shopping adventures that shaped our past, contemplating which store we’d resurrect if given the chance.
Mixing humor with heart, we also uncover bizarre state laws and share some outlandish news stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction. From forbidden snoring in Massachusetts to siblings discovering their hidden family ties, each tale promises a blend of surprise and sentiment. And just when you think you’ve heard it all, a Tetris triumph and a pizza store caper will leave you on the edge of your seat. Join us as we navigate through these eclectic stories, celebrating the eccentricity of everyday life and the unexpected turns that make our journeys memorable.
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Yeah, we got this new bed sleep number and what's really awesome is you know you can adjust each side. This isn't an advertisement, right, you adjust each side for your own personal comfort. But what else it does, harry, is it gives you your own sleep score and it tells you when you're restless, like when you're moving around, when you're sleeping or when you're out of bed. So now, like you know, the girls wake us up. You get out of bed and it'll say, hey, you're out of bed for however long it was. But you think, like you know, you're married with young kids. Do you find something to argue about? Right, something to hold over the other person? The other morning, one the other morning, I get up and look at sabrina. I was like how'd you sleep? She goes. I don't know, I slept all right. How did you sleep like? I slept pretty good. I feel pretty good about myself. She was well, you better feel good about yourself, mr 81. I was like what do you mean? You know the rating is zero to 100. Say 81, she goes. Hmm, look at mine 74. I was like 81. She goes. Hmm, look at mine 74. I was like now we're comparing sleep numbers of how great we slept. Come on now.
Speaker 1:Hello friends and welcome to another episode of the Trout Stream. I am Harry Troutman and with me, as always, is my co-host, I am Paul Troutman. So pick up a pole, cast a line and join us on the stream. On episode 71, we will discuss our favorite athletes to wear 71, hand out our golden trouts and eels of the week and, of course, much, much more. Paul, audience listeners, welcome to 71. 71. Man, it's nice getting over that hump of 70. Now you got 71 in there. We're solid. I can't wait for 75 now. I'm just like itching. 75 is a good one. That's three quarters, three quarters, as always. I want to give a huge shout out to our listener in Thurmont, maryland, and Belmar, new Jersey. Thanks, elmar. Yeah, we know, belmar, belmar. Buddy, we didn't record.
Speaker 1:Last week you were away on a family vacation. I was Much needed, much needed. It looked like a great time. It was a fantastic time. This was probably one of the best vacations we've taken and the first time it was just the five of us.
Speaker 1:You did something I dream of doing one day when you drove the golf carts in the cave. Oh, yeah, I, oh, I want to do that. So bad, yeah, the, uh, the caverns, that table rock, I think it was called. Yeah, yeah, it was the one with the bar inside. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I didn't know that.
Speaker 1:So as soon as you pull up, and it was like, if you want a drink, stay to the right, if you don't want a drink, stay to the left. And I'm like, and I'm that guy riding, the guy in front of me is in the middle. I'm like, where am I going? Let's right. And then I drive by. I, I gotta start your kids with me. Better make it two. It was a good time. Now, don't dive into it too much. It wasn't as much cave and cavern as it was paved road, okay, but it was still good. Scenery, like the scenery was good. And then they're setting up for A lot of things were setting up for Christmas Lights, weird time of year.
Speaker 1:It was a weird time of year, but it was also perfect Because it wasn't the Christmas rush, smart. So, yeah, they do it big, figuratively and literally. I wish I did something as exciting as you. I bought furniture, man, and it's getting. I've got to get it delivered and that's it. That's my exciting news. I's that's my exciting news. I mean, that's very exciting. I'm a huge fan of new furniture. Uh yeah, new couch, new chair. Oh man, is it a good chair? I'm finally, after five years of being with my now wife, I'm finally getting my chair. You're getting the good chair. I'm getting getting my chair. You're getting the good chair. I'm getting the good chair. Oh man, I'm so excited, dude, I'm very excited for you. Simple dude, simple person. We have this big sectional. You've seen, it Takes up half our living room. It was great, it served its purpose.
Speaker 1:The warranty expired and a lake gave out all within a week. Ah, that'll happen. It's like they knew, yeah, and like I sensed it. I, I looked for wires or something to like explain it. Like maybe they detonated a little switch and the leg gave, nope, tiny little firecrackers out of it. That's dude, that's what I'm saying it was. It was just like the warranty. Oh, it expired four days ago. How? It's a time-release bomb, like from the minute you scan it beep, it knows it activates. There we go. That's smart. It's like I don't know one of those funny comedy movies where he's got the countdown on his chest of the bomb, except for it's like microscopic and he can't find it. Yeah, four days, how Gross. But we get all that new furniture and that's it. Man, that's the most exciting thing.
Speaker 1:How was your vacation other than the caverns Vacation? Was, I don't know, as they say, legit or is it too legit? I had the time of my life. It was very good.
Speaker 1:We went up like on Sunday to Branson, missouri area. It's about six, six and a half hour drive for us. So Sunday we left early and we went halfway Arkansas, little Rock, arkansas area. We got a little Airbnb for the night. We can drive the whole six. We got a little Airbnb for the night. We can drive the whole six hours, but it was mainly for the girls. Yeah, you got two little ones, that's, that's tough on them.
Speaker 1:Stayed at a little shack, went up next morning my bride gets a little motion sickness, you know. So I'm like all right, let's find the easy straight way. She was no sick to seeing her out and my thing is, if I take these curves faster, we'll get to Missouri faster. You know, less motion sickness. Until at one point she looked at me she was do you mind slowing it down a little bit? I said I got you dear. So we drove up there and, uh, as we're pulling up to this.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the resort area got a little cabin on the lake table, rock lake, huge. I did not realize how big it was. Yeah, uh, saw five deer and I'm like, wow, that's the most deer I've ever seen in my entire life and I've been on a hunting lease for several years. Yeah, I was like, oh, cool, well, my numbers have gone up. Pretty cool. Deer, good looking, all you know, five does crossing the street. I was waiting for the buck, but no sign of him. Oh, let's see.
Speaker 1:We went to the caverns. We went to an actual underground cavern, terrifying. Yeah, andrew and I did one Penn's Cove or something, crystal Cove, we did one. And it was actually really cool because there's three flights of stairs all connected straight up. Yeah, straight line. One set of stairs equaled what it was. The length was three.
Speaker 1:Oh, and I did not want to climb. I could not breathe down there. You know there was plenty of oxygen, right, I could not breathe. And then she looked at me and goes I'm scared, I don't want to climb that. And I was like, oh, yeah, no worries, uh, we can stay right here and I'm just like hyperventilating, thank god, as the cave is running out of oxygen. Yeah, uh, we, uh, we talked about it earlier today like man, if we would have known what it was like inside, we probably wouldn't have done it. I'm glad we did. Yeah, but having a three-year-old in, I hate to say months, but between a year and a half and a two-year-old most people say 20 months Terrifying. Coolivia wants to be independent.
Speaker 1:Yes, at one point you're on a catwalk. It's a pretty deep cave, and they tell you about these lakes, lakes, and they found a second lake, you know, and like the nineties, uh, that's their estimating is about a hundred foot deep. Oh, at least clear, beautiful, beautiful water. Uh, and the other one is about 75 to 80 foot deep and we're about 30, 40 feet above it and I have Piper and the death lock pinned to my chest. It was pretty tight in there, 40 feet above it, and I have Piper and the death lock pinned to my chest. It was pretty tight in there. And then he went to the back. It was pretty nice, it was about an hour tour or so, so it wasn't terrible. It was the five of us and an older couple and our tour guide, so it wasn't terrible.
Speaker 1:We get to the end, we're coming back and I'm letting everybody go in front of me, right, cause it's gotta be the lead wolf in the back. Make sure nobody falls and gets hurt. And then, uh, I had Piper. So I was really taking my time and I slipped in mud Right at the end, like slowing down, and I slipped in the mud and I clinched Piper. He was talking like I was going down for getting a first down. I tucked her in and there's rocks everywhere, so I cradled her to where she doesn't get hurt and my knee went in all the mud and I was like, ah, we're good, a little frightening.
Speaker 1:Was it cold? It was hot Really. Yeah, for some reason this cave was hot, like not blistering hot, but it was Normally. They're cool. No, that was warm for some reason when we did ours. I mean the tour guide really really loved pointing out the stalagmites and stalactites. Yeah, you know, if they're touching and not touching and if there's the upper and the lower, I'm just like, all right, cool, I guess, all right. Yeah, people didn't appreciate my Harry Potter reference. What's the difference between a slag mine and a slag tight? When Haggard goes, the life has a T. I thought it was hilarious. It was hilarious Considering that on the drive up and back Instead of listening to music or Whatever.
Speaker 1:I downloaded the first Harry Potter book. We've been reading at home, so we're reading that first book. Once we're done reading it, we're watching a movie. We're going to do that through the whole series. We listen to it for the car ride. I don't recommend, I recommend it, but I don't watch the movie. We're going to do it through the whole series. We listen to it for the car ride. I don't recommend. I recommend it, but I don't, because as the driver, I turn my GPS sound off and I pay attention on the way there.
Speaker 1:It was like one of the third day where we're heading back to the cabin and I'm driving and I'm enthralled in this book, but it is when it's getting good. I'm like here we go and somebody goes. I think you were supposed to turn back there. Yeah, you right, you right. I can't even lie. I've never been here. I've never been here, but I know a shortcut, don't worry. Yeah, I got a back road. What do you got to do is go down here, do a? U, and that's my shortcut.
Speaker 1:First time I went back to Pittsburgh, ange fell asleep in the passenger seat, which is fine, except her phone was also the GPS and she turned that off because she knew where she was. Ah, yes, yeah, she woke up, I mean just in time for the exit, and she goes hey, this is your exit. And I was like, okay, and I was like what happened to the GPS? She goes, I turned it off. I knew where I was and I was like I don't. Yeah, that really helps when you're sleeping. I've never been here, right, so luckily we got that figured out. But yeah, I know where I'm at Pontius U does. Yeah, you, sleeping past your seat does not help me. Oh, when I'm doing 90 in the left lane and my exit is in 200 feet, I'd like a little bit more of a heads up.
Speaker 1:We were at the Charlotte Roval is where they take the Charlotte race course and they turn it into a road course. I took the 14. You did. You took the 48. There was about 30 seconds before the green flag dropped and we texted each other and said, hey, man got to make a pick. I was not able to do any research, I was not able to look up who won last year and I just went with the 14. You said 48 because he did do good at Chicago. That was a very smart pick by you. Yeah, he's got road courses down. He's got road courses down. We'll talk about it a little more later.
Speaker 1:Except the 48 got disqualified, finishing dead last, leaving you with one point. It did Very proud of that one point. So you came in last, which means I beat you, and I received one point. You finished second to last Not our proudest pick-ems week, I don't know, but it doesn't matter, because I beat you. What are the odds of that ever happening again? To where? Like well, you're going to get wrecked or something? I'm checking them. Like, here we go, bowman's up front, I don't care. Like Bowman doesn't finish dead last because your guy was second to last at that time. Yep, we're solid. And then after the race he got disqualified. I was like, yeah, be kidding, dead last. I don't know, I got 171. This one's tough for me because he was with us for so long, he was so good, but he will not retire.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, jason Peters left tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. Then he goes. Where'd he go after the birds? Dallas, did he go right to Dallas? Dallas, I think he went right to Dallas. Oh, and then he started repping Dallas real heavy, saying this is my city after he spent years and years in Philly, which you don't do no, I'm sorry you don't do that. And then now he's on Seattle's practice squad.
Speaker 1:The man has to have some debt. He's got something, man, he's got something going on. He was one of those guys that if you cheap shot our quarterback, he's taking your head off. Oh, he is one of the best lines of all time. I mean, he is the bodyguard. He is the bodyguard when Nick Foles threw the pick against Redskins formerly Redskins, now Washington Commanders and somebody get a cheap shot on him and he went and laid them out physically pummeled them and he said my quarterback is the president, I am Secret Service. And that was the most chilling statement I've ever heard from a lineman, especially in Philadelphia. Mm hmm, you want to go to war? Yeah, we love you even more. And then you.
Speaker 1:Then he signs Dallas and then somewhere else. And again Seattle's practice. Yes, let it go. Buddy, yeah, he, you hit his quarterback. He's got them hungry eyes to come get you. That's it. That's all I got for 71.
Speaker 1:Speaking of hungry eyes, I'm going to sit with the NFL Current player, the new Jason Peters, the new bodyguard, the Mr, if a rumble breaks out and he steps out in front of it. He just yells hey, baby. And everybody just stops Trent Williams. Trent Williams is a scary dude, very scary dude. Yeah, somebody tries to talk trash to him. He said you don't own me and he's going to light you up. I mean, he was holding out this year until one of his teammates got shot and he goes. No, I think I'll stay.
Speaker 1:I'm moving on from current players to a retired player, seven-time All-Pro with Seattle Seahawks, the one and only Walter Jones. Walter Jones is a legit lineman. He is another one. It was I'll go Walter Jones, jason Peters, trent Williams in that order, you know, from oldest to newest, earning that bodyguard moniker. In the still of the night you can still picture Walter Jones laying people out and I'm going to move my last 71 here. Get away from the NFL, keep the end. Go HL National Hockey League. He is overloaded on points. Couldn't stand his face If he ever stepped foot in Philly. Be a whole line of people that want to wrestle him.
Speaker 1:Evangie Malkin, number 71, pittsburgh Penguins. He's too good. Like him and Crosby together. I mean I don't like Crosby. I don't care what Wayne Gretzky says about him. I don't like Sidney Crosby Never have. What are you going to say about Sidney Crosby? I don't care what Wayne Gretzky said.
Speaker 1:I'm going to save it for episode 87, my thoughts and feelings about Sidney Crosby. Right now, I'm just going to bash Malkin, even if he does listen to it. It's a respect thing, right? This is not my favorite player. It is a highly respected. 71. I feel like the end of Anchorman, right? You know it was Vince Vaughn's character. I hate you, ron Burgundy, but I respect you. Right, malkin? I hate you but I respect you. You know it's funny.
Speaker 1:You're also wearing a yellow Bass Pro hat tonight, so I feel like you're trying to tell me something. No, it was just the clothes hat I had. So I had my trashing shirt on. So I just grabbed a hat off the top because it was not going to be another hat, and I'll get to that later. You can pick up your trial stream shirt at our Facebook page. Oh, nice little plug there. Nice little plug, selfish plug, I don't care, plug away, dude. Head over to our Printify shop what? Where we have new merch up all the time, all the time.
Speaker 1:But speaking of all the time, let me jump into my draft picks. Number 71 overall, harry, I've only got one from the National Football League 2011. Dallas Cowboys selected DeMarco Murray. Okay, that was a very good draft pick by them 71 overall. He was the rushing leader of the Cowboys. He was there for a couple of years Comes to Philly, flop Left Philly, and then he was out of the league, so he was done. I think the Cowboys set us up and bravo to them. Hey, good on them.
Speaker 1:You mentioned Res wrestling earlier. Hulk Hogan is 71. Hulk Hogan is 71 years old. He is. Maybe that's why I'm wearing a yellow hat, harry. Oh, you are a real American. Yes, I am. Also, I have Tim Allen. Cool, I say, tim Allen, what do you think of? First, home Improvement, santa Claus, buzz Lightyear no, no, buzz Lightyear's at the bottom, not the bottom, but it's not my go-to Home Improvement's number one. And then the Santa Claus Okay, I respect it. Yeah, jeff Goldblum, also 71. My gosh, jeff Goldblum is a fine wine who's only getting better with age. His characters are all similar and I wonder if it's actually just him. Cindy Laufer 71. Girls just want to have fun, harry, they do. And last but not least, pierce Bronson. James Bond 007. Goldeneye, goldeneye, goldeneye.
Speaker 1:Oh man, that game came back out on the Switch I think they re-released it for the xbox and the switch and you can go online and play people online. It's the same same game. What, just online? Yeah, bro, I have a switch. Do you have a switch? Yes, buddy, why don't we get some games and like actually play games together? Funny story when Greg was here visiting and they went to the store and they're like, because her work trips they always stay at the same Airbnb that's full of games and has a Switch, so she plays all the time on her work trips. And she's like, hey, what if we get one? And I'm like, well, if you can find one, I know it's hard to find. And she's like, actually, I'm at the store right now and I found one and I got extra control and all this stuff. I'm like, alright, dude, that's awesome. We played it for several weeks and then these last 11 weeks have been super busy. We really haven't pulled it out, so we're gonna get back to it. You should, you should, we can, uh, we can have family game. You know how much I love Family Game Nights.
Speaker 1:Nascar Car 71 1,178 races. And are you ready? The streak is finally over. Oh, broken the streak. Like I said 1,178 races, 44 wins oh snap, that's a lot more than I thought they had. Yeah, dude, that's very. Like I said 1,178 races, 44 wins oh snap, that's a lot more than I thought they had. Yeah, dude, that's very. I'm glad the zero streak is over. Say, where are you tonight? Car number 71. Not on the track, but they have 44 wins in their career. That's good. That's top 20, I bet. I bet all time in wins.
Speaker 1:If it was one individual driver, I don't think it was. Yeah, it probably wasn't. I'm not gonna lie to you. I just googled the stat and that was it. I didn't see who was driving. Yeah, I'm not gonna fluff our fans right now. No, I would apologize for lying to him, but it's too late to apologize.
Speaker 1:So, like I said, we were at the Charlotte Roble. Kyle Larson won. Again, he did. I don't like road courses. Let's talk about Alex Bowman. I'm in. He went around a curve and literally went airborne. Yes, pieces flew off his car, which is not good in NASCAR because every part does something. Yeah, every part matters, every part matters. So when you lose parts, it's not good. And then he got disqualified. But he got disqualified for being underweight Disqualified. Put him in last, took all his points which took him out of the playoffs. Yeah, moves Joey Logano in, of course. Of course.
Speaker 1:Hendricks comes out on Monday says, says we're not fighting it, why? Well, they give a, you have a minimum, or you know the weight, you gotta be minimum weight and they get a 17 pound buffer. Or they have the standard weight and you got 17 pound buffer. Higher or lower, obviously, you don't want to go higher. So most of these cars are probably 16 pounds underweight. Right, I believe that they were 16 and a half, 16 and three quarters. They were technically 16.71 pounds under, so they're 71. And so, whatever they lost, put them under that buffer and I bet you, if you fight it, they're going to inspect the car Even farther. They're going to really inspect your car to be like, okay, what fell off? And let's see how much that is. Where did it go? Hey, what is what fell off? And let's see how much that is. Where did it go? Hey, what is this illegal modification? Smart, now, instead of having four teams in the playoffs, they have zero, yep, and I believe that's why.
Speaker 1:Oh well, why don't we? Why don't we pull in Kyle Larson? Why don't we pull in the five car. Why don't we pull in the 24 car? And why don't we pull in the five car? Why don't we pull in the 24 car? And why don't we pull in the nine? Let me pull in the race. See that, and let's all see that. You are all sitting at 16.71 pounds under Smart.
Speaker 1:But, with that being said, it was an all right race. I watched it, it was all right. I think it was all right. Like another watched it. It was all right. It was all right. Like another. Kyle Larson, run away with it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm taking Joey Logano this week. Oh, you're taking the double deuce. I'm taking the double deuce. How can you not? Yeah, this momentum, this change of life altering event, possibly? Thank you, alex Bowman, come on.
Speaker 1:Alright, so this is where I'm torn. But uh, oh man, my whole game plan changed. I got to look at who I picked already. I'm going to go with Hail Mary. Here we go. Harry, the one, the only I have somebody for later. I'm not going to use them for later. I'm going to use them now.
Speaker 1:The number 5 machine. Kyle Larson. Okay, I did not see you pulling him out this early. I have a method to my madness, because whoever wins Vegas is going to win the championship. Yes, I agree with you.
Speaker 1:So where do we stand, points-wise, win-wise, with our playoff standings? Harry, we've done six playoff races. You and I have only picked for five because Watkins Glen, we just wanted to enjoy it on his road course. You've done six playoff races. You and I have only picked for five because, watkins Glen, we just wanted to enjoy it. It was a road course. You have four wins to my one Point total.
Speaker 1:I'm leading with 110 points to your 108. It's that tight. You're probably going to get wins, because now there's 10 races in the postseason. Yeah, you get one more. You lock it up, but you don't lock up the points. I don't lock up the points, so that's going to be fun. Have any of my drivers won the race? None of our drivers have won the race yet.
Speaker 1:All right, good, good, good. So it's a true 110, 108. It is, that's exciting, tried and true. That is exciting. Hey man, normally this is where I kick it to the bracket. But we're not running a bracket today. We have one going on our Facebook page. Do Facebook at the trout stream. Hop over there. But we're not running a bracket today. We have one going on our Facebook page. Do Facebook at the trout stream? Hop over there.
Speaker 1:I'll give you a little insight, little teaser it is favorite Thanksgiving side dish at your house. Now with this one, though, harry, there's going to be a little bit of a little tweak. The goal is we want to have it done before Thanksgiving episode. Yes, because we want everybody to get that Thanksgiving Thrive In their belly. You know, we all got that thrive in their belly. I think about Thanksgiving 366 days of the year, even if it's not a leap year. I got them hungry eyes. But the winner, whichever side dish wins, whoever nominated it, will receive free TroutStream swag. I love it. Yeah, I'm in. I'm so in, I'm so excited.
Speaker 1:We might be putting out more polls than we normally do, uh, trying to get this bracket moving, but we will come back next week. We will announce the matchup and I'm looking forward to it. The size of the bracket is dependent on our fans. Right, if I got 16 entries, I go 16. If I got 32, we'll go 32, right, I'm not looking for a specific number Now. Has anyone put down fluff, another sandwiches yet? Not yet gonna happen, I feel it. Yeah, I'm in.
Speaker 1:We've had some very interesting submissions. Mark has the best one so far. Mark does have the best one. He might get the first zero votes, or he might get the first zero votes or he might get the first upset. I don't want to ruin it. I want to talk about it on the air. Like I said, go to our Facebook page, check it out, look at the responses, add yours. We look forward to it. We appreciate it. We appreciate everyone who's already commented it. The pet peeve bracket is over. It is so. Now I can get upset. Mm-hmm, now we can bring back In full. You're already scratching your head. Oh, I am the heels of the week. Oh, I'm in. I am so in.
Speaker 1:I'm going to let you go first, because we both. I think there's only one eel for us. Yeah, there's only one. We have one shared, one share. I know I tend to lead the show. I need a drink for this one, but I feel like your wording for this will be far better than what I could say because, again, we don't curse, we don't use profanity, we don't do too negative too often.
Speaker 1:Now we try to be uplifting and positive. That's our shtick, you know. Family-friendly, adult conversation with the kids around. That it's okay. Yeah, but I'm going to give you the floor and I'm going to let you go ham on this eel, the biggest eel I'm talking. Six foot, 300 pounds of slime, disgusting meal.
Speaker 1:For 162 specific days, our joy has been through the roof. There's a certain holiday, end of March, beginning of April, that we look forward to and, I believe, should be a national holiday. When that national holiday comes around, you pick a side and you stick with it for 162 days. You wear their colors with pride. You wear a shirt, a jersey or a hat, the same hat you've been wearing since 2007. And here it is 2024. Do the math, quick math. Public tells me. It's what? 17, 18 years To be disappointed, two years in a row to finally be the number.
Speaker 1:I'm going to ask the Philadelphia Phillies to get my eel and I'm going to build this up. They've been the number one team for 90% of the season. Dave Portnoy, at the All-Star break, put all of his chips in one basket. The Phillies are winning the World Series. Tom Smoltz John Smoltz, not Tom John Smoltz has said they are the best team in baseball. They have the best offense. They have the best starting pitching. You clinch the division, you clinch the first round by the number two seed. Everybody knows it's going to be Phillies, dodgers, nlcs. Here we go and what happens in your first playoff series playoff series you get smoked by who else? The New York Mets. When you got Kyle Schwarber, nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper that's three of the nine hitters, the only ones that are producing. How many million dollars? Millions of dollars in contracts are on that starting lineup that did not hit the ball one time in play, did not get a single base hit. Everybody's so big on the Phillies wagon right now that Netflix has a documentary coming out tomorrow our tomorrow, october 18th the Trey Turner standing ovation.
Speaker 1:That happened August of 2023, which turned his season around and kept him lights out for the regular season up until playoffs. I don't even want to watch it anymore. I was excited for this documentary. I'm on vacation with my family and I'm barbecuing. I'm at the grill flipping some steaks, sabrina's cooking the potatoes. We literally had a dinner of just steak and potatoes. By the way, that should be a golden trail Phenomenal dinner. And I got the game on my phone because it's on Fox and the cable company and Fox right now I have a dispute. That should be a separate deal. Why can't I just watch Fox on DirecTV. I don't care about your disputes.
Speaker 1:It's playoff baseball right now and I'm watching it on my phone and I'm just moaning and groaning and I said some things I probably shouldn't have. Thank goodness the kids weren't earshot. But Thank goodness the kids weren't earshot. But Sabrina comes up and goes what's wrong? Like who died? Like is there something going on in the world right now? Is World War III starting? Why are you so upset? The Phillies lost. You win one game in a best of five series. 90% of our shows we record Were on episode 71, I'd say at least 60 episodes ahead of Philly's Headline. Not tonight, Not for a very long time. Philly's Headline, philly's Headline. I'm going to mail you Like five eels, mainly the closers and all the hitters that you know, the star players, philadelphia Phillies. I'm going to mail you like five eels, mainly the closers and all the hitters that you know, the star players that can't hit the ball.
Speaker 1:Heartbreak after heartbreak after heartbreak in the city of Philadelphia. And I thought this year it was all going to change. I thought it was it, man. I thought this was a year that I was going to tell my kids about, I'm telling my grandkids about, I would tell my neighbors about I go to church on Sunday. They were like, does anybody have anything to say? And I'd be like, yeah, I need a microphone. The 2024 Philadelphia Phillies that's going to be my story.
Speaker 1:We knew heartbreak, harry. I remember 1993, joe Carter, and we got the Flyers losing in 2010 to the Blackhawks in overtime. We had the Eagles losing to the Chiefs on last-minute on a legit hold. We have the Sixers losing to the Raptors On Kawhi Leonard's double bounce, which I still think it has something to do with Space Jam. There's no way a ball bounces like that. The amount of heartbreak we've had, not only in our lifetime of Philadelphia sports, but in the last three years, is enough to drive people insane. I'd always rather my team be the Chicago White Sox than deal with this pain. Yeah, I think it would almost be easier.
Speaker 1:If you're just like our team sucks it is what it is Then our team be good and just fail miserably. Don't get my hopes up, don't tease me and then just fail. Here's the thing. Here's what really gets me upset. It wasn't game five. Bottom of the of the, you know, top of the ninth. The Mets walk it off. We can't. You know what I mean. They get to go ahead, run and we can't walk it off. You know, score ends in four to three. Mets win. All right, we fought our hearts out. It sucks we lost, but we've made the Mets the Mets look like a good team. We made the Mets look like juggernauts.
Speaker 1:And then it comes out Are you ready for this? It comes out that the Mets pitching staff told their pitchers just throw fastballs down the middle, they can't hit it. Yeah, so we already have six, and this is going to be my seventh deal going to the Phillies. It's not the Rob Thomas signing that I'm mad about, it's the entire coaching staff was re-signed. A whole nother year, yeah, including our hitting coach. Nope Trash. Here's another yield Again heartbreak, heartbreak's, heartbreak, dude. I get it, but to sit here and think that this year was going to be different, this year was going to be special, like this was a special year. Man, for what? For what? Yeah, enough about the Phillies, enough about them breaking our hearts. Don't go breaking my heart. You know there's something I wouldn't even if I tried. No, the Phillies tried and they did. But love is strange, harry. That's all I got to say about that EO. I got another EO.
Speaker 1:This goes out to our trip, a part of our trip, not the entire trip, just one part of the trip. So we're downtown Branson you ever been? No, nah, you should go, you should go Great time. They call it the. So we're downtown Branson you ever been? No, no, you should go, you should go Great time. They call it the Jesus Vegas or the Church Vegas Very clean, nice area. So we're walking around and so whenever we deal with salesmen, sabrina and I have the tactic we were looking for a new car several years ago. She goes and looks and we have a sign. And that's where I become the intersector right, I deflect. Our sign usually is hey, there's a salesman coming our way. You know, that's, that's our sign, great sign.
Speaker 1:So we go into this information booth. It's like a store, there's a whole strip of stores and we go into one and they have the brochures you know, your visitor information brochures, and that's how we planned a lot of our trip. We just plug a handful of those. That looks like a fun activity. Oh, escape rooms in the area that kids five and under are free, absolutely. I got two of those, oh, which, by the way, I'll get into that later. So, anyway, we go to the information booth. Sabrina goes right for the brochures and I said I got you dear. I walk in.
Speaker 1:There's a guy I'll make him a name, james. He walks up to me hey, what are you looking for? I said, well, we're here looking at brochures. See what we can do in the area with our kids this, that and the other. We've done our research so we know the big items. We're looking for the fillers. He goes I'll come over here to my the counter and he shows me a map and he's circling stuff and playing. He goes oh, you can do.
Speaker 1:He was trying to sell me on the golf cart ride, which we already had booked. Try selling me on riding the train, this, that and the other. He goes what if I tell you I can give you $150 right now? I said you're gonna give me $150. He says, yeah, it'll be a piece of gift cards. The only way to get that is you gotta sit through a seminar and you gotta take all these events that we already were doing. But I had a book through him and I looked at him and I'm like you're trying to sell me timeshare right now In Branson, missouri. You want me to buy timeshare when all we did was come in here and get brochures.
Speaker 1:So this one just goes out to that slimy timeshare salesman. I get, man, I know you got bills to pay. You got mouse to feed. I'm not even goingologize for how I feel. Like no, not happening, disgusting. Like I wanted to go fishing At Table Rock Lake To hope that I get an eel, leave it on the rod and just drop it in their store and leave.
Speaker 1:I'm like bro tune in episode 71. You'll understand why. Probably not the best advertising, but I just feel like timeshares in general should be illegal. They should be Also like a salesman comes up to me hey, what are you looking for? I literally just want some brochures for some activities for my kids as filler, because we have everything else booked. He should be like cool man, here's some things. Yeah, if I say I'm highly interested in getting a timeshare in this area, bang, light bulb, let me sell it to you. I mean, here's the question, though Was Branson, missouri, like the timeshare-able place it is? There's time, I mean, it's a good vacation spot, but I'm not getting a time share anywhere. You can tell me I get a time share in Hawaii. Cool bees, bro. Not happening. I've only been to Missouri once. It was for two days, I think.
Speaker 1:We were um, me and her, me and my buddy were driving to Dallas. I had a 1990 F-150. He had a 93 F-150. Oh, he had the upgrade. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, actually, he had manual windows and locks and I had power windows and locks. Whoa, not to brag or anything, yeah, uh-oh.
Speaker 1:So we stopped in Indiana or Illinois where fireworks were completely legal and, being 19 and 20, we decided to stock up as one would Makes sense. Yeah, so we're driving down this gravel road and we're racing and our trucks are older and beat up, man and they're they're different vehicles than what are made today and they take a little bumping. I spit him out. He almost ends up in the in the in the lake. So we, he, you know, I stopped, make sure he's okay, I stop, make sure he's okay. I'm not that big of a meme-y. So how does he get me back? He's throwing firecrackers at my truck while we're driving side by side, which is fine because I have firecrackers.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so we're flicking firecrackers back and forth while driving Down a gravel road next to a lake in Missouri, until I realized I had 15 gallons of gasoline in the back of my truck Three five-gallon cans Completely full, because neither one of our gas gauges worked. So we ran out. We had to be prepared, obviously, to which then I lock it up and he's like ah, did I get you? And I was like, no, I have 15 gallons of gas. This wasn't smart.
Speaker 1:Yeah, later on that night the whole town gets together for a softball game. The whole town. Now you're driving in, the population says 198. Oh yeah, the whole town's there. Now we got a case of apple juice on the hood of the truck. Oh, yeah, of course. And I got a carton of snacks. Yeah, let's go with snacks. So you got apple juice and snacks. And I'm counting my cash money. And while I'm counting, I hear a man go well, you got apple juice, you got snacks and you got cash. You're going to be smart tonight, right? Mind you, I've never been here. I've been in this town for 12 hours.
Speaker 1:I look up there's a man wearing a shirt that says sheriff, with a hat that says sheriff, with a badge on his hip that says sheriff, oh yeah. To which I then go yes, sir, I will be perfectly good tonight. And he goes. I don't believe I know you and I go. I'm staying at so-and-so's house right up the road there. I said we are traveling through, stopping by, making sure she's okay and I will be out of town tomorrow. He goes you better, and that's all. That's all that was said. That's a good time. That was a great time.
Speaker 1:I miss those days. You could. It was one of those. Like I, I pooped myself, yeah, but then I could tell that it was a different world and everyone was just cool and calm about it. That town was so weird dude, like if you got to a quarter tank of gas you had to go to the gas station Because you weren't going to make it. I'm not laughing, I shouldn't have laughed. I'm sorry, this is horrible. I haven't like a hundred years ago. So it's okay.
Speaker 1:But uh, there was a train derailment you kidding and it wiped out like half the town and that's why there's only like 200 people there to this day. Oh good, because all the stores and everything got wiped out. There was a massive fire. I mean to be fair, in the early 1900s it seemed like every town burnt to the ground at one point. Yeah, between 1900 and 1930, every town had a massive fire. So that was this town. It just happened to be because of a train. Well, that's new. Yeah, the train went right through the middle of town. It was perfect for commerce and everyone was happy. And then, until they want a train, when a train lays over on its side to take a nap, that's an issue. It's going to take some stuff with it. Yeah, yeah, that's an issue. It's going to take some stuff with it. Yeah, yeah, great town, though I'd like to go back and visit.
Speaker 1:I don't know the name of the town. Even better, yeah, I just remember population 198. Like it had the placards on it. Someone adjusted that constantly. Yeah, you had to fix it. Betty just had a baby. Bing Martha is not going to be here tomorrow.
Speaker 1:Oh, let's go ahead and swap those numbers back out. Did you guys hear the Johnsons moved out? That's six people off the total. Great, great. Somebody. Give off the total. Great. Somebody, give me the eight. Apparently, they want running water all the time, all the time. Yes, oh, greedy people. They wouldn't be able to flush the toilet after nine. Who does that? Why aren't you sleeping? It's after nine.
Speaker 1:The sun went down. You go to sleep, done, you pee outside like the rest of us. Come on, now, it's for the environment. Now we got the eels out of the way, harry, let's go and let's lift up some spears. Let's go into our golden trouts, harry, I got two golden trouts I'm going to pack up. Well, the first one.
Speaker 1:As I previously mentioned, we didn't escape them while we were in old Missouri and we picked this specific one because they said kids five and under are free. Because really, what help are a three-year-old and between a year and a half two-year-old? What help are they really going to be in an escape room? Olivia was a massive help by holding the flashlight and at one point shined it directly in my eyeballs so I couldn't see anything Right. And Sabrina goes hey, what's the clue? And I said I don't know who's going to be able to read it first, me or Olivia. I don't know who's going to be able to read it first, me or Olivia. So just the fact that they were cool about it, five of us in there, sabrina and I, just taking turns watching the babies, and I was like, okay, you know.
Speaker 1:Then the dresser almost fell on Olivia because they didn't trial proof of room. And I say dresser, I mean really it's just an end table, her height still, so her age is the dresser For me. My height is a six-foot dresser is going to fall on me Terrifying, but also like weight comparison, I think I'm good. I'm surprised, but it was pretty awesome. Then we got out and a decent time, and my next one goes out, harry. Here's the real reason. I'm wearing a Bass Pro Shop hat today.
Speaker 1:My golden truck goes out to Johnny Morris Founder, owner, president, ceo. The man of Bass Pro Shop and everything he has done In Missouri For Table Rock Lake and Cedar Lodge and the canyons. Everything we did had his name attached to it. I mean, I sent you the picture of Arnie's barn, of a barn that's on his property that we had lunch at Like. That picture is from our lunch menu, a Mexican restaurant inside the barn. I'm like, what is Arnie's barn Like? Who comes up with this name? It was Arnold Palmer's family barn that he grew up in in Latrobe, pennsylvania, and when I say it was his barn, it was the barn from Latrobe Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1:Johnny Morris had his team from the Ozarks go up there, number every piece of wood, disassemble the entire barn, drive it down to his property and reassemble it. The barn was up for like was a 150-year-old barn by the time they got it and then they did a testing to see how old the lumber was and it was 100 years older than it was standing, so the wood's like 250 years old. That's awesome. Like also, you know, I was reading that all bass pro shops now are classified as museums, so that you know it's tax-free for him, him.
Speaker 1:But the amount of conservation, everything this dude has done, the canyon, the cavern, the place where we rode the cart, we went on a hike there and it's up to six miles from the gate, all the way to the back, and in the back there's like elk and bison Preserved back there, spoiler alert. We went maybe a mile With these kids. And in the back there's like elk and bison preserved back there, spoiler alert. We went maybe a mile with these kids. But there's stream and waterfalls all over and like I'm like a little kid because I'm walking up there and then you got the polarized glasses on so you can see into the water a little better.
Speaker 1:I'm like, hey, there's fish right here. Hey, there's fish right there. Hey, look at that turtle. Hey, look at this. And I'm pointing everything out to the kids. Like man, I just want to go fishing right here If you don't catch a fish there. You should never pick up a pole ever again.
Speaker 1:Fair Johnny Morris man, golden Trout, I mean. No, he has a lot of other awards. Does he really win a Golden Trout? Yes, he does. Yes, he does. I've heard interviews with him before, so this goes out to the entire Bass Pro Shop PR team that is listening to us right now. We would love to have your boss on our show, absolutely. I got a quick one. They don't pay us. So, like I don't want to say their name, but Ange and I, like I said we went to go get furniture, the to say their name, but Ange and I, like I said we went to go get furniture.
Speaker 1:The salesman we dealt with was the polar opposite of your timeshare. Dude. That's a good day, full-time, collected from Adam. What do you need? Ange? Obviously well-prepared. She goes I want to look at this, this, this and this.
Speaker 1:He walks around the store. He goes there's that, there's that, there's that, there's that. Put your hand up, I'll be right over. So we walked around. We looked at this. That didn't like it, didn't like it. Found another option. My hand was at my shoulder.
Speaker 1:Adam was right there, but not in a creepy way, oh, okay, like, just like, hey, what's up? You guys have a question, you need anything? And we were like, yeah, we thought this, uh, this couch had this cool feature and he goes. Oh, it does, just this water model doesn't. He goes, but yours, if you want this, it will. And I said, oh, all right, thank you. And I said, oh, all right, thank you. And he goes. All right, just let me know, no pressure, no upselling, no, nothing. And I was like I wish every salesman was like Adam. You probably get more commission that way, probably Because there was a salesman with the slick back hair and the, you know, the used car salesman, as I call them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, not Adam. Adam just walked right up and was like, hey, guys, you need something, you just let me know. And you've said it a couple of times on the show, but like you don't really review things. And they asked me for a survey about Adam and I just raved about him. He's perfect, he's the perfect salesman man. So, adam, here's a golden trout buddy. Good job, buddy, proud of you.
Speaker 1:All right, harry, it's time. It's time for Bunny State Lost Subsist today, this week, brought to you by Charismatic Chuck's Bail Bond. Look, man, you're ever in trouble and need help getting bailed out. Chuck will be there with the greatest attitude, like a perfect salesman, to get you out. Let's review, harry. You're sitting at 41 and 36. Still positive, still positive. Are you ready? I'm ready In this state. Why are you laughing already? You didn't even read it yet, I know. All right, I'm ready.
Speaker 1:Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. Oh man, and they stayed. Our dad would not be able to sleep there. Your options are Wyoming Virginia, massachusetts. Wyoming Virginia, massachusetts. Listen, I was going to say an older state. This feels like an old law. So that puts out Wyoming, but that leaves Mass and Virginia. This is so tough, dude, I'm going to go Massachusetts.
Speaker 1:Final answer Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. The state of Massachusetts, oh my God, you don't want to know. You want to know why. Yes, you want to know what my reasoning was. I want to hear it's just, it's just the. It's so stupid. It was just the sheer size of the state. I was like oh, people in massachusetts, because it's smaller, are closer together, so you don't want to hear people snore. Virginia, farmland open. You're not going to hear your neighbor snore, but in Massachusetts you're closer together. I'm not going to lie to you. It's pretty logical. It's pretty logical, right, very logical and Wyoming. Like I said, this feels like a 1700 law, right, probably In Wyoming. They didn't even know. Feels like a 1700 law, right, probably In Wyoming. They didn't even know it existed yet. Yeah, yeah, so the park didn't go there yet. And again, wyoming. Two spread apart Very true, 42 and 36. Are you ready for your next one? Still positive, yeah, what? Well, I've got a funny one.
Speaker 1:It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle. There is no talk of any other written script, with the exception of comic books. Okay, your options are Michigan, oklahoma, nevada, nevada. What reaction? Says Oklahoma, it being so weird? Says Nevada, michigan Is weird, says Nevada, michigan is comic books. I am going to say Oklahoma. Final answer the hell's quit fast in a hurry, are you sure? Alright, it is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle. Why is it so? In the state of Oklahoma, harry went 2-0 this week. Oh, you wouldn't know why.
Speaker 1:I say I don't care if you're reading the Bible and driving, but you're not reading no gosh dang Comic book. I will tell you that Reading a good word while doing 65? I'll write my book. All right, you want to read Batman? Get out of this town. You want to read about Krypton? Missed it? I don't think, so I do declare. I said get on, get. Gator's cousin up in Oklahoma is going to kick you out of there. Clay Hoss is pissed.
Speaker 1:He sounded like foghorn leghorn up there, dude. I said foghorn leghorn is someone at work. And they said who. I said I'll say what. I was like the rooster from Looney Tunes. They're like, yeah. I was like, yeah, rooster from Looney Tunes. They're like, yeah. I was like, yeah, foghorn leghorn, they go. They looked at me and they go Harry, how do you know his name? I said how do you know? Yeah, it's a foghorn leghorn. You only have to hear it once in your life and you'll know it forever. I'm sold. Yeah, they had no idea what I was talking about.
Speaker 1:I used to get in trouble at work because I used to talk like him on the radio. That's great. Oh, yeah, I would call in, but I'd call for a status change or whatever. I'd be like I'll say I'll say I do declare that this jet is ready to go. They're like what are you doing? I mean, well, I was declaring it, so, uh, it makes it true. Yeah, it's got that. Look like. What are you saying? Yeah, I don't know who you were.
Speaker 1:Are you having a stroke? There's a gnat right here Looking at me like I was having a stroke. I've been watching this gnat the whole time on your screen. It's just been dive bombing your computer this whole time. It's been like a little. It's been this cool side show I was enjoying and then you were playing with a string Trying to fight it. I'm trying to have a serious conversation about foghorn leghorn. This wants to fight it. I'm trying to have a serious conversation about Foghorn Leghorn. He just wants to attack me. We're watching it the whole time. We've been recording. I do declare. I just think he's dive-bombed me out of somewhere, probably one of the characters from Gone with the Wind coming at me. She's like the wind just dive-bombing in here.
Speaker 1:Oh, buddy, it is time for America's favorite segment, pwn Paul's Weird News. Here is your host, paul. Hey, thanks for that shout-out, harry, out here on the streets, I got some interesting, weird news for you this week. You got a best friend right. That's not me, yeah, we all do. Sabrina's my best friend. She's my only friend. That's us. But how about this?
Speaker 1:We got a story here of best friends discovered, after years of being best friends, that they were in fact sisters. And now they learned they have a brother. You know, a decade ago, a woman named Cassandra posted on social media because she really thought her and her two friends might be related. So they did the DNA test. Right, they all just do you and I have done it, everybody does it Boop, boop, swab the nose, spit in the cup, whatever you got to do DNA test and it confirmed that her best friend is her biological sister. So, you know, in 2021, she found out that her friend Julia that she met in 2013, while working in a restaurant together Like, what are the odds that you work in a restaurant together, you meet up, become BFFs? Boom, eight years later, you're my sister.
Speaker 1:And then they took another DNA test and they found out they have a brother who was Madison's childhood friend. It's her brother. Like, so she has two friends that she grew up with. Boom, turns out they're related. I mean, the best line I was reading their news article about it, the best line talking about her brother. She goes oh wow, that's me with a beard. Is that how you became friends? Because he had a beard.
Speaker 1:But Madison and her brother, you know, they met when they were in elementary school. They grew up 15 minutes apart, like they grew up together. They both were adopted from Dominican Republic. So they went to adopt in Tennessee and got split up from there but nobody had proof that they were brothers or sisters Like. So they were asking for years, they assumed, but nobody had proof. So DNA tests proved that they were brothers and sisters. So they were asking for years, they assumed, but nobody had proof. So DNA tests proved that they were actually related. So that's pretty wild to me. Like you were, she had these two friends that she obviously was, you know, connected to and like flocked to them. Like you guys are my friends, I know it reminds me of Tommy Boy. Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers got a hug, brothers got a hug. Turns out they're related. So I think that not only is that weird news, but that is wholesome, wholesome, weird news of the week.
Speaker 1:Let's move on from that to how about this? Harry, a teenager claims first ever rebirth Tetris. What do you mean rebirth Tetris? Hasn't Tetris been out? They haven't made any updates. It's been the same game for a hundred years. Yes, you are absolutely correct, but a US teenager is the first person to get the classic video game Tetris to reset to level zero after beating it.
Speaker 1:A 16-year-old, in 82 minutes, successfully cleared level 255 on Tetris. The game's highest Can't go past 255. What happens when you beat level 255? We now know. You go back to zero Right on your old 1990 red Ford F-150 you had. Once you hit a million miles, it went from 999-999 and rolled over to zero.
Speaker 1:This is what he did in Tetris. That's very weird. Nobody's ever seen that. Probably Nobody's ever probably said they've seen it. What's impressive is he did it in 82 minutes. You give me 82 minutes.
Speaker 1:In a game of Tetris you're going to have a broken controller Because I'm going to die so many times. I'm just going to make it mad Because the zigzag piece I want to go straight up and down and it's still laying flat. You know I'd have the gap save with a long, straight stick to go down and nope, zigzag piece blocks it. In 82 minutes I'm going to have him be five times and I'm throwing a controller at somebody. So I feel bad for anybody who's within chord length of me. You probably are going to get hit. I mean, I was reading a story.
Speaker 1:I don't know if he was playing on the original Nintendo or if it was like a modified system. I think the only way for the record to count it has to be an original nintendo, right? I mean game created 1984, right, as soviet engineer has to only be played on some nintendo. This weirdness like who plays a game long enough to realize that it resets to zero, I'm trying to think dude, I don't, I don't mind video games. I don't think I've ever played 82 minutes of video games, not with, with, like friends, like I've been at video game parties growing up. You know what I mean. Yeah, split screen, yeah, halo back in the day. Or Smash Brothers, smash Brothers, big Smash Brothers guy, yeah, uh, I've played 82 minutes.
Speaker 1:But it's been sports games, yeah, like if I play MLB the Show, I don't know if I want to play. Or NCAA 14, when you know in 14, I could play that for a while. Yeah, especially when you're in a build, a career mode, absolutely yeah. Now NASCAR season I think I played like half a season one night, right, and Angela was away and she was like do whatever you want. So I played NASCAR Right as one would, and you got to restart it on your drafting track. So you spin the whole field out. You're like, well, that was best fun. Good, let me start this one over. Speaking about starting it over, we got a gentleman who we like to start his whole day over.
Speaker 1:This gentleman was a gun-wielding suspect trying to rob a Marco's Pizza in Texas and he got a little bit more than he asked for, harry, and by then I mean he got beaten up by the employees. The old employees in Texas rightfully so took justice in their own hands. Man, I can imagine Foxconn, they weren't standing there. Guy comes in with a gun. Give me all your money, I say. I say I say I do declare you in the wrong store. Oh, richard Curtis, who's 19,? We can say his name because these are public files right here. He was charged with aggravated robbery, which is hilarious. He's charged with aggravated robbery.
Speaker 1:He allegedly walked into a pizza shop in Austin on a Thursday night, approached an employee, said don't say anything, it's empty in your drawer. They showed him that he had a gun in his waistband. Like what are you doing? Just show your gun in your waistband. Like what are you doing? Just showing your gun in your waistband? I don't know if it's real or not, but then they called the old quick-thinking employee, grabbed him, put him in a chokehold while his coworkers called the police.
Speaker 1:And then, while the employee was fighting with the suspect, the managers lifted his shirt up, got his gun and then they proceeded to pummel him. He was like the manager pulls the gun, tries shooting the suspect. He tried, oh, which is kind of wild to me, but the gun didn't fire, so the gun wasn't working. The manager then decided to pistol whip him and, uh, senseless, his mugshot is not very pretty. It seems like they focused on one area above his left eyebrow. Oh, oh. So this will be a lesson to you kids Don't go robbing anybody, especially in Texas. No, that's it for me, out here in the streets. Back to you.
Speaker 1:Studio T Buddy, I am ready to pack it up. Oh man, it's been a good one, it has been a good one, it has been a good one. So earlier today we post. I mean, I feel like we're plugging our socials, so it's not intentional, but you posted on our page. You can only bring one battery. Are you ready for the list? I'm ready.
Speaker 1:Borders, toys R Us, mm-hmm, blockbuster Video, radio Shack, sears. Hollywood Video, circuit City Payless. Big K, kmart oh my gosh, I can only bring back one. You can only bring back one. You can only bring back one. Who are you bringing back? A very tough decision. For me it has to be Toys R Us. Toys R Us, yeah, me too.
Speaker 1:Not everyone agrees with us. No, that's surprising. You know who got a lot of votes and I was kind of like blown away. Hollywood Video T-Less. Actually, I was kind of like blown away. Hollywood video Payless. Actually, I don't think, hold on, I'm, I'm looking. Yeah, not one vote for Hollywood video. Why would you remember Hollywood video, not blockbuster, first off, but payless got a lot of votes.
Speaker 1:A lot of people said payless, payless, shoe source. I mean, yeah, sounds good to me. I don't know, payless would be good, not number one Seems weird. I might have it. Number five, there's nine, I might have Payless, number five, yeah. And then you know they mentioned the new shoe smell, which Payless did have a very unique smell. It did A lot for Borders.
Speaker 1:I mean, isn't there still Borders? Barnes Noble now, barnes Noble's now, maybe it's not the same, I don't know. No, wasn't Borders the that had like the music section, yes, and then Borders has like a big board game section. Oh, you mean there? Yeah, which I think is, I think is very cool by Barnes Noble. It's pretty cool. Yeah, barnes Noble. By us has a Starbucks, so get some coffee. Prove Barnes Noble by us has a Starbucks, so get some coffee.
Speaker 1:Prove some books that I will purchase and never read. That's a pastime of mine. I bought a whole Kindle for that. Ah, yeah, I go. Well, that looks like it'd be a good read for somebody else. I mean not to go on a tangent here, but I was reading this murder mystery and it got too scary for me. No, because I liked reading at night. And then, like it was like, oh, the child drew an illustration and I wasn't expecting to see said illustration. Oh well, that'll happen At 1130 at night, with the soft glow of my Kindle, that'll happen. Scared the crap out of me. I was like, all right, well, I guess I'm going to have nightmares tonight.
Speaker 1:I bought a seven-part series because I read the first book and was like I love this so much, so I bought the other six, I let Sabrina's dad borrow them and then they went back on my bookshelf. That was a year ago. I read a book that was supposed to be a four-part series and they only released two. So I stopped reading it before it got too good because I would never know the ending. That's a bummer. That is a bummer. A couple of votes for Radio Shack. I think that one's pretty good. That's a solid answer.
Speaker 1:Some people said Sears. We weren't a Sears family growing up, so that's tough. Yeah, we had the Sears down in the Concord Mall. Yeah, the only reason we went in the Sears was to get into the mall or get tools or craftsman tools. You're right, I'm going upstairs with that, my first paycheck. When I was 15, I was born we went to Delaware because it was tax-free shopping and I knew the exact price of my 351-piece tool set, which I have about 80% of that still. Oh, nice, that's my tool set, that's in my tool chest and I bought it at 15. Wow, I just bought a 298-piece set from Lowe's Cobalt. There you go. I've used it like 17 times already and I love everything about it. Yeah, one for Blockbuster. Yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 1:Like I said, hollywood didn't get a boat. Circuit City didn't get a boat, which I thought was weird. You think it would, but it didn't get a vote, which I thought was weird. You'd think it would, but it didn't. Maybe our audience are Best Buy people that could be it, probably. But the biggest winner was the big K Kmart. Yeah, blue Light Specials it's hard to beat the Blue Light Special. Yeah, blue light specials it's hard to beat the blue light special. It's hard because it was affordable. But I mean, I still have a shirt in my closet from kmart. Yeah, for me they had a nice big and tall section. I am both bigger and taller. I'm the definition of big and tall, yes, so I always respected them for that Always had good prices.
Speaker 1:And then Walmart came Took our children, yeah, burned our houses, poisoned our crops, and then there went Kmart, kmart's gone. I do still see an old Kmart in Westchester still standing, the sign's still up. Really, I'm like, come back. I was in California, left my buddy's house, we were hanging out the night before, you know, crashing his couch and driving home, and I see somebody standing in the corner, you know, the flag spitters back in the day said Kmart, 50 to 80% off, closing sale. And I was like what are you talking about? T-mart, t-mart's closing? I think it was more surprised. We had one, uh. So of course I followed the sign and I get there and, sure enough, it's 50 to 80 percent off the entire store.
Speaker 1:So I immediately sprint to the tool section, Because Kmart and Sears were like a team Yep. So they had the craftsman deal. So I sprint to the craftsman section and I was too late for that. I was like, oh, that's a bummer. So I'm like, hmm, it's like November, it's before Thanksgiving. So I'm like, hmm, it's like November, it's before Thanksgiving. So I'm like holiday shopping, here we go. And so I did some good shopping.
Speaker 1:And then I found the sleds, the long sleds, you know you can fit like two or three people on. They were going for like a dollar and a quarter a piece. Oh, you gotta buy two at least. I bought three. Well, I could buy three, I don't know because, like, I went to go grab two and the third one came with and I was like, well, you want to join your buddies? No, man, a lot of shopping done. I got a lot of shopping done that day and I spent like 14 cents.
Speaker 1:We know we do have all these now we do good stuff, not the same as carmart, the carmart. You guys change car right? Geez, it's not the same as Kmart. Kmart, it's not the same as Kmart. Jeez, it's not the same as Kmart at all. No, because Kmart was legit brands, but it only scratches that itch it does.
Speaker 1:I think the only Kmart I've ever been in was the one down in the Tri-State Mall yeah, yep, that one. I said the one in California. And then Havasu, where Reagan used to live. There was one there Really, like recent Within, like the last six, seven years or so, I was driving to town I was like, is that Kmart still open? And I just parked and walked inside. I mean, I had to go check it out, like you're not gonna, yeah, kmart's open, you're going. And, uh, I don't remember buying anything. It was just one of those Nice little let's walk around.
Speaker 1:Joe Boxer, I was trying to think Of the brand. Yeah, that's a brand I've heard a lot of times, joe Boxer, yeah, and Arizona Jeans, arizona Jeans, the Champion shirts, champion. I'm trying. And Arizona jeans, arizona jeans, the Champion shirts, champion. I'm trying to think of brands that I remember strictly from Kmart. I think that's pretty much it.
Speaker 1:Route 66 jeans Yep, yep, those are the cool jeans, though Route 66, yes, yeah, shaq shoes. That's the first place I saw. Shaq shoes yes, the highest selling NBA player shoes. Gotta love what he did there. Mm-hmm, you gotta bring back Toys R Us Sears. You know borders, all that stuff is cool. Radio Shaq, obviously, but like, what do I need from Radio Shack? I have it on my phone. That's the problem. Amazon has killed a lot. Respectfully, I love Amazon Plus, just technology. I don't need a Walkman or a camcorder or an ECR anymore, but what do I need? Toys R Us? Toys R Us you know why, harry. It's a real cool place to be a kid and see same page, yeah.
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