KSR - 2025-05-21- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk all the latest news, taxing on tips, and your calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Come on out for lunch. I already got some folks here. My man's already gotten his order. How about that? 11-03. Food's already out, ready to rock. Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, Matt Jones, and Shannon the dude. One person writes, Matt, I think you're wrong on the way on the tips.

It should be limited to the service industry, plus only $25,000. Well, we'll see. I mean, maybe. Again, I'm probably for it. I just think it's important, like, when we talk about issues. Like, it's easy to say you're for something. You've got to see how it'll play out in practicality. Like, what's actually going to happen?

And I think the tips thing is interesting. If they limit it to restaurants, okay, well, what about people who get tips that work at a hotel? Should they not be part of it? What about landscape? Mo and launch, should they be part of it? Well, if not, why? And then once you open it up to that stuff, the abuse thing, I think, becomes, think about a realtor. What if they just say, all right, my payment to you for a realtor is $100,

and the rest is my tip for you doing such a good job? I'd say, let's go, let's do it. I know you would. That gives you kind of a perverse incentive, right? And so I think that's just the thing you have to think about. Now it seems every job is asking you for a tip. Yeah, I mean, it comes up in a lot of things. What are we going to say?

I got another angle I wanted to ask you about. It's hard for servers to get a mortgage, like with Stockton Mortgage, because most of their income they make is on tips and they can't prove it. That's right. I guess if it's taxable income, they could prove it trying to get a mortgage. That's a very good point. that would be but again in the moment are people going to think about when they have to get a mortgage down the line or are they going to think i can have more cash in my pocket right now they're going to say i want more cash in my pocket right now right i mean that's what at least what i would do yeah they've usually got plenty of cash but there's no way to show it prove it when it comes to trying to apply for it so i mean i still am probably for it i just i just i was i was surprised it was unanimous you can't they can't get a hundred senators to agree on anything and they they did that which is even ran paul you know i mean i was i was just uh i was just uh i was just uh i was just uh i was just uh i was just a little surprise. Last night, before we go to the phones, I watched four games of sports at the

same time. Did you? Yes. And all four of them went not the way I wanted them to go. Okay, first of all, the Reds lost the Pirates one-nothing. There's nothing worse than watching the Reds score, no runs. To the Pirates? It was raining, it was disgusting. There were kids throwing candy, what do you call it, cotton candy in their face, and everybody was getting wet, and we still lost one to nothing. The pitcher's pitched really well for the Reds, but when you don't score a run, you don't score a run. I'm already mad at Terry Francona. We got our two hottest hitting guys on the team are left-handed, pitchers right-handed, into the game. Will Benson and Gavin Luxe are sitting there.

They can check in. Check in. That's a basketball term. But they can, what are you saying, baseball? Sub-in. Sub-in. Pitch hit. They can pitch hit, exactly. And they don't put them in. And they leave Connor Joe, who I didn't even know was on the team until last night. They made him hit, and he was terrible. and we end up lose. Will it, Will Benson is in like 400 in the last seven games, so we lost.

So that made me mad. Plus it looked miserable in Pittsburgh. Look miserable. They were like 18 people at the game. So that was that. Then the basketball. I was kind of rooting for Julius Randall and them and Oklahoma City. I kind of think, Drew, they're just going to run through the whole series.

Like, I just, I don't think Minnesota, they just don't have enough ways to score. And Oklahoma City's defense is so good. I thought Minnesota was giving them a series. then after I saw that defense last night, I kind of like, maybe not. If you tell me, Julius Randall has 20 points in a half, and they still lose by 26 points. That's not a very good sign, right?

In Oklahoma City just has so many guys that can defend that they're throwing at Edwards right now. He didn't have a great game. Yeah, he was awesome in the first half, and then Shea was awesome in the second half. So now I'm over two. Hockey, my hurricanes got demolished in game one, like just destroyed, not just five to one.

Like, they couldn't score. It was a disaster for moment one. I didn't enjoy that. And then the game I ended up watching the most is I watched Caitlin Clark, who's a lot of fun to watch, I have to say. A lot of fun to watch. They lost. You know, I was in Europe during the whole Caitlin Clark's thing last summer,

so I didn't really get to see it. Really fun to watch. But they lost too, to Ryan Howard and Brittany Griner, who play together in Atlanta. You know, I don't, Katie Clark has a lot of haters, but she is fantastic. She is. Does she have a lot of haters? It feels like who hates her?

I guess maybe the other players. Other fans of other teams. Yeah, I feel like she's pretty popular. I mean, she's probably the most popular women's player. Little girls love her. Yeah, who? She's the most popular women's basketball player ever, isn't she? Yeah, who would be more than her?

Who? Lisa Lesse, yeah, but I don't know if, I mean, not as many people knew who she was. I mean, again, my mom would know who Caitlin Clark is. Like, I don't know if she would have known who Lerce. Lisa Leslie was in her day. That stat that she's one game away from the 20 points 10 assists already. She's number two all time, and number one played like 400-something games, and she's played like 40. That is crazy.

The thing that I can't believe, so I look this up during the game. And if you know the answer, don't say it. But if you do know, or if you don't know, then you can guess. I want you to guess. Do you know how much Caitlin Clark makes? But don't say it if you know. No, I don't know. Do you know?

I don't know. Shannon, do you know? No. Do you know, Mario? All right, I want you all four to guess. What does Caitlin Clark make a year in Sally? There are 40 WMBA games, and she was the number one pick in the draft, so you know there's a rookie scale. Mario, what do you think she makes a year?

80,000. I'll say 170,000. I was going to go 1.5. 1.5 million, okay. 250,000. Well, the one person who must know is Mario. It's $78,000. Good grief.

Wow. That's it. $78,000. This woman is one of the most famous athletes in America now. And is one of, if she may not be the best, but she's one of the five or six best players in the league. She makes $78,000. I was shocked. I mean, I thought it would be like $200, $1.5 million, a little off, right?

That's over the salary cap for teams. It really is. is a $200,000 something, like $220. So that's why all these ladies go play overseas because they make more money overseas. Well, that's why Brittany Griner and those women ended up in Russia, because in Russia they were playing like half a million dollars a year for the women to come play a couple months in Russia. So there's like these Russian oligarchs that run teams,

and they would pay these American women like tons of money to come play. Now they've stopped doing that, obviously, because Britney Griner got arrested, so now they're like, I'm not going there. Why does she get in the league max then? If it's 220, why is she... Because there's a rookie scale. Like, you know, the rookies make less. She'll get that next year then.

Well, it's like a four or five-year deal before she does. She'll eventually get it. But when you think about the fact that every arena she plays in, she sells out, and it's mostly because of her. $78,000, to me, is insane. And I've seen it wasn't it just recently she, like, paid the fine for her teammate? And they still have pretty significant fine. I feel like WMBA funds should be much lower knowing their salaries,

but she clearly making most of her money on endorsements if she's able to have the wealth that she does because it's not coming from that rookie deal. I feel like, though, those women are getting completely screwed by that. Completely. I mean, I'm sure when they signed it, like attendance was bad and all that, but now all these games are getting record ratings and they're still getting 70. That was just an amazing amount. Been a rookie deal for five years.

I mean, what kind of deal is that? For four years even, two years. sane. It's insane to me that that's the amount of money they're going to be like the old Boston Celtics players working on farms in the summer. They do have other jobs. All these women do other things in the offseason because they have to. Is Caitlin Clark

going to door dash? Maybe. I wonder what she made at Iowa her last year in Iowa. She probably made a ton of of money there. Well, that's one of the reason these women are going to stay in college for four years if they're really good. They will make more in college than they will make in the WMBA.

Right? Georgia Amor, I am certain, made more money this year than she will make in the first year of the WMBA. I'm sure that's true. Yeah, and if they don't have endorsements, that's an all right salary for someone, but a professional athlete with all those eyeballs on them, you'd think it'd be more. So it was interesting to me in watching that game last night. Who's next? Diane.

Diane, go ahead, Diane. Hello, everybody. Back to the deal about paying taxes on tip. I was a career server, and I wanted to clarify several things I think would be. interesting to our public. First of all, Matt's comment about the minimum wage is you work a slow day and you make $5, they have to pay minimum wage. That is true over a period of a week. That's true. So you're right about that. You have one very, one very slow day and you make nothing or two even. You're screwed at the end of the week, okay? Because most of the time,

that's not going to happen, very rarely. Secondly, people need to. pay taxes on tips so they can pay into Social Security. You're exactly, now she makes a very good point. This is like your point about, hang on just a second, man. Let me, no, hang on, just hang on. Let me pace the show, and I'm glad to let you talk. Well, that's where I don't want you to interrupt me. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Your point about getting taxable money for a mortgage, same thing's true about social security. If you don't report it, it won't go towards your social security a long time from now. However, the natural inclination is for somebody to go, well, I need the money now. I'll worry about Social Security later. So, I mean, very few people sit, Drew, and think about what's going to happen to them in 25, 30 years, right? Yeah, it's changed a little since I was serving. There's more cash.

But the end of the night when you'd clock out, it would say, what did you make? And say you made 200, but you don't think long term. It's harder now because the credit cards. Yeah, credit cards. Go ahead. And I never did that, by the way. Well, then the two things that are kind of connected, when you are a server and you check out at the end of the night, they're going to have a total of credit card tips, and they're going to have how much you had in cash. Now, you have sales.

So you have to pay the full credit card tip. You have to report the full credit card tip. Yeah, but not anymore. Not anymore. This is the point of this bill. This bill would let you take the credit card tips and not be charged tax on it. Well, I'm talking about now, but let me finish, about the taxes on tip. But with cash tip, by law, you're only required to pay tax.

You only require to report 10% of it. Even though we are now basically a cashless society, the best way to help a server is pay cash for your bill. Then anything you tip them, they only have to pay 10%. They only have to report. 10% of it. Then the last thing I'll say is Ryan's comment about the mortgage thing. And getting a mortgage when you're a server, the biggest challenge is no matter how many hours a week you work, that type of work is always considered part-time. And you have to work a

minimum of two years consistently, part-time work before they will use your income for the mortgage. Yeah. Well, I appreciate to call. That's exactly right. And again, this is not, I'm not here to argue with the thing. I'm just pointing out what has happened and there will be you know, there will be ramifications. People ask sometimes Matt, how do you get through

all the noise in news to find out what's important? And I think that's a really fair question because so much of politics now is I like this person, I hate this person, I hate this person. I hate this person. And it becomes like about the people and not the policy. Right

now, Congress is debating this budget, which will decide probably the next 10 years of our future as to taxes and many, many things. And most people don't even know. They're like voting on them before they've even read them. It's amazing. And this tax thing is part of it. I just, but this is something that will obviously affect people like right immediately. And I just want the only reason I brought it up. She has some good points. I think she thought it was non-interrupt day. Yeah, she was appreciating your call. I know.

I felt like I was being scolded, Shannon, but I needed to go ahead and let her finish. Yeah, yeah. When old women call in, I know that's your soft spot. First of all, she's not old. Why do you guys say that people are old? You're the one that always say, you don't know that she's old. She's not an old. See, I'm the one that's considered to be mean, and Shannon says things like that.

No, I do. That is my soft spot. Older women, I feel like it's rude. Well, no, you call her old for. Yeah. I said older. I said older than me. That's not the same as it.

Who's next? All right. Let's go to, speaking of old people, Bob and James Taylor. Oh, goodness. 859-280-2020. Bob, you got a minute. I'm going to have to go to break. Oh, I want to give you 30 seconds.

Is it time for a dedicated UK basketball museum? Craft Center is pretty much the museum now. But I think we need something like back when they had it in Rupp Arena. Or at least I can say a couple more fans. Here's something I don't say a lot. Bob and James Taylor and I agree with you. I do think we need a UK basketball museum. I also think that it's going to make it very hard to happen

because we gave all that stuff away. I mean, it's one of the great, in my opinion, tragedies of the UK basketball is when they closed that museum, whoever was working at UK at the time said we don't want this stuff. So remember, it was a private foundation, right? And once they closed it down, they didn't have anything to do with it. and they offered the university the stuff back,

and the university said no. And so they just gave it away. So there are private people all over Kentucky that have these pieces of UK basketball history, and it kind of drives me crazy. And I know some of them, and I think they treat it with respect, but now it's all over the place,

and you're missing. I mean, imagine if the Hall of Fame just gave away all their baseball memorabilia, and then you try again later to put it back together. It's like an egg. can't put it back together, you know? It was very sad how that all played out there at the end. But Kentucky, UK, definitely needs some sort of museum showcase.

I mean, Oscar Combs has got, of some great stuff locked in like a storage unit. Oscar Combs has stuff. I've talked about how the heavy hitter has stuff. I mean, there's more. Bob, what do you have? You don't have any. What do you have, Bob? Oh, man, I got all kinds of stuff.

Give me what you're both. I can say, Bob, what do you have? I'm his man, floor. UK basketball museum. I've got a t-shirt with my picture on it with when they had the 100th anniversary. That does not see if they were on the museum.

You honestly think a picture of you needs to be in the museum? No, no, no, no, Matt. Anyway, we need to get that. We need to get all the stuff back and have another dedicated. You do not need any. Does he listen to him? This is what I get. He makes one good point, and then he's like,

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I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. 859-2802287. We just got a message from the Jalen Low folks. They're going to postpone the interview until next week. So there you go. I'm anxious to hear from him.

I mean, there's a lot of expectations on his shoulders. He's going to be the guy driving the car next year, and I really don't know a lot about him yet. One person right. Matt, I listen to the. Matt Jones podcast after I accidentally started the other one, which wasn't as good. Yeah, the other guy got a boost yesterday, don't you think? I really enjoyed you talking to Beaumani. I like you in the long-form interviews.

You do need to change the name of it, though. I think I do. I'm going to give myself through the weekend. I think I'm going to call it interrupted with Matt Jones. There's already three Matt Splaining, so I don't think I can do that. You like that one, right? Interrupted with Matt Jones. What do you think?

I think that's the one. I liked Matt Splanting, but if there are others, we don't want more confusion like we had yesterday. We did have a lot of confusion yesterday. But we still had significant numbers of people that, like, kind of shockingly high numbers. So there'll be two more this week. Next week, Drew doesn't know this. He's going to be on for an episode. All right.

Heads up. So just so you know. Where are you in the theme song? Well, the problem is there's no theme song unless somebody writes it specifically for me. I can't use it on the podcast. So, you know, maybe somebody will write one that catches my fancy and we can do, but I can't, you know, there's not going to be anything I can put on that people will know that is allowed on the podcast, at least right now.

If only we knew a musician who's plugged into the show right now. I've offered to have Shannon do it, and he hasn't written anything. You're releasing a new song. You want me to, like, write one specifically with lyrics for you, interrupt it. Yeah. I think that would be good. Like, you know, the song can be called interrupted. Yeah.

I can use it on the show, and you also can use it in your things. Like, it doesn't have to be about Matt Jones, but just the title's interrupted, and then you write what you feel. Okay. All right. Does that sound like something? I think it sounds a great idea. It sounds like something to me.

ESPN is sending Myron and I to the CMA Fest for our show. Oh, man. Which is crazy. You know what you're going to do? Myrime McHuff has never been to a country music concert. He has never been to Nashville. and they're sending us to the CMA Fest to do the Matt Meiern show in two weeks. I've never been to CMA Fest.

I've heard it's like wild. Is that true? I went to CMA Fest while the Preds had a home game in the finals. In Broadway, it felt like the actual concrete was bouncing when you walked on. I'm not kidding. There were so many people you could literally fill the ground move underneath your feet. Just shoulder to shoulder everywhere. Yeah, they're trying to book all these bro country singers,

which I might have to act like, oh, hi, hey, Parker McCollum, nice to talk to you today. But I am excited to go to CMA Fest. I don't know why they're taking us there. I really don't. But we're going to be there Sunday, June 8th, or 9th, whatever it is. Not sticking to sports, it seems, on ESPN. Yeah, they want us to do it, so I said, sure.

You're going to break out the cowboy hat? Oh, for sure. This is definitely. I mean, if there was ever a time to bring out the cowboy hat. But you've been, so you say it's fun. I mean, like I said, the Preds had a game going on. It's probably double the crowd. but it is very crowded.

We have scheduled. We are interviewing Shibusi. Yeah. There you go. What are you going to ask Shibuzi? I don't know. What's going on, Shibuzi? What have you been up to?

He's been in the club getting tipsy. That's not it. Shibuzy is. Everybody in the club getting tipsy. Yeah, he stole it from Jake 1. Wait a minute. Ask him why he stole it from Jake 1. I thought the song was.

That never mind. Who's up next? I wanted to hear yours. I didn't. I thought everybody in the club getting tips was a different person. That's Jayquan, and Shibuzi stole it and made it country. It's a country song now. I haven't heard the country song.

I've heard it, but I thought it was something else. Anyway, who's next, Shannon? Luke. Luke, go ahead, Luke. 859-280-2287. Hey, Matt, I just wanted to give a shout out. We had some friends from UK who got married this past weekend in Phoenix, Alec and Jordan. Pretty sure they're on their honeymoon right now.

the plus-sized park hoppers in Disney on the T-cups. But also just wanted to say one more thing there. Just kind of curious on the UK performing and the transfer portal. Yes. I really don't understand how we're going to lose a nine-time SEC champ in Lexington legend, Stone Cold Willow to Cincinnati. I just really like to hear your thoughts on that. Yeah, Stone Cold Willow, who famously nearly injured Nerlins Noel before he got injured,

is leaving. I wish Stone Cold the best. You have been buddies with him forever. He's leaving Lexington. I will say, I saw him last November, and he gave me a big hug, said he's leaving. I've seen him several times since, including two weekends ago. So I don't know if he's still leaving, but he's right where we left him. It's like the John Cena goodbye tour.

I went out downtown two weeks ago, and Willow was one of the first people I saw on the sidewalk. So I don't know if he's actually gone yet. By the way, there was a report yesterday. Kentucky spent the most money in the transfer portal. You good with that? Good with that. I'm on with Mark Pope. We should spend the best.

We should, you know, be at top of all the categories because we are Kentucky. Do you want us to always, like, spend the most? Yes. Yes. So no saving of money. I'm like, Drew, it ain't my money. What we're saving it for? Yeah.

No, I mean, I generally agree with you. This is the song I thought was everybody in the glove getting tip. This is the original. This is Jayquant. And then Shibuzis, I thought, was he countryed it up. Well, I can't wait to interview him about it. We'll take a break. We're right back.

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Like, this is, yeah, I know this song. I don't like it, but. There's a party downtown. That's good. It's good. So I'm interviewing him. I just know my baby won a Birkin. So Shannon, we're there Sunday morning.

Drew has the list of people that are playing. I have some of my absolute favorites. We're going to be close to the stage. So these are there going to be the people you're going to hear in the background while we do Matt and Mike. There's a lot of people playing. So I'm just going to name the ones that stand up. Just during my time.

Our friend of the program, J.D. Shelburne, is 1130 while you're on the air. Okay. He's lead off of it. He'll be on the spotlight stage. Dasha. Are you familiar with Dasha? She's got a great song called Austin. Get stuck in your head.

Is she different than Keisha? She's like the country, Keisha. Okay. Kesha. Okay. Okay. Uh, look up Austin.

Darryl Worley is, I love Darryorley. He's a 1205. Isn't he? Have you forgotten? Have you? Yeah. You love that song.

I do. About our Panagon. I love that song. He's on the Dr. Pepper stage. I like Darry warily a lot, actually. Now, that makes me happy. Gabby Barrett,

I feel like that's a person. Clearly, because I'm looking at her, but she's seeing something. You're married to her, right? No, that's happy. Gabby Barrett,

I feel like she has a big song. Maybe not. Okay. 1255, my guy, Mason Ramsey. Wait a minute, that's the kid that yodels, right? Yodal-L-L-A-H. I don't know how old he is now. Might be weird.

I was a big fan when he first came out. He's the kid that yodeled at Walmart, right? I think so, yeah. Okay. But you talk about American Dream. You yodel at Walmart and you end up playing the CMA Fest. So you got to talk to Mason Ramsey. Let me go down a little farther.

Coles Wendell, another friend of the program. The Coleswendo. You tried to fight him once. No, I didn't try to fight him. He was just very weird. Tell Cole, I said hello. Former Timor of Interaction, have lots of those. After your show, though, it starts getting good.

Obviously, as the day goes on, Zach Top is there that night. What time is Zach Top? He's at 8 o'clock. You and Myron can go have a few beers on Broadway. Yep. All right, I'm going to that. 8.30.

Now, okay, so he's there Sunday night. Sunday night. So you'll be done with your work. Myron and I are going to hang out, and then we're going to go see Zach. It's a big gap between your show and Zach Top where I don't know most of these people. That's okay. Now you got me excited.

If I get Darrell Worley and Zach Top, it's worth the trip. Also, Dirk's Bentley. His wife's very nice. And it ends with Luke Brian if you want to go see some Luke. Zach Top, that's a good get, though. He and Mason Ramsey stand out on that list. We talked yesterday about the engagement of Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson. It looks to be real.

Now, what do you think about this edition? Did you hear about his boat? No. You know, his boat was called eight rings because he's won eight rings. Two is a defensive coordinator of the Giants and then six is the head coach of the Patriots. He called it eight rings. Someone Shannon has painted. They have changed the name of the boat to one plus eight rings for her state championship cheerleading.

And her engagement ring. And her, well, I don't know. That would be two. Oh, my goodness. He has changed the name of his boat to add her ring to the number. Is that not amazing? Man, it is every day. I mean, everything that comes out becomes more and more crazy, and I love it.

And so it's now called one plus eight rings. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at a video of it. One plus eight rings. Oh, my goodness. There's no end of this. Blink slice if you need help. you act like though you all wouldn't do this if it was i mean you guys watched i don't know that i can

think of anything for any of you that's quite this extreme but there's no doubt in my mind ryan does similar things he just doesn't tell us and i you know but one plus eight rings is pretty there's something else what does he not or what does she not have control over at this point does bill have like a a room he can go to do you think she did man do you think he's He demanded a pre-nup. What do you think the pre-nup situation? She would have wotted it up and thrown in his face. This is love.

What's you talking about? He is doing whatever she says. So you think there'll be no pre-nup? No. I think she'll talk him out of it. Sounds like she's got complete control of that man right now. Wow. I love it.

One plus eight rings. One plus eight rings. Who's next? Who's next? Derek. Derek. Go ahead, Derek. I had a comment about...

Okay. But she could put it on her account. I don't have to put it on my account. You see what I'm saying? Like, I think that would be... That would be the way I would do it. You're going to have a joint account? I'm not going to have a joint account.

No, I do think when people have a joint account, when I see a joint Facebook account, that tells me all I need to know about the man. Like, that tells me who runs the relationship. I mean, that is a very, very clear and obvious But if it's his idea, maybe he wants it. Yeah, that's not why. That's not why I have.

But go ahead. There's only one here. Drew? Yeah, the only one. Drew and a lot of experience. All right. Appreciate to call. Go ahead.

He's experienced. Ryan, do you, does it, somebody was saying yesterday that they thought you sounded angry when Shannon made fun of you for your marriage is not working. Are you okay with those, with that comedy? I'm okay with it. I mean, I live through it. It may be who I am today. I'm proud of who myself.

I laugh at myself. Yeah. That's okay, though. You know, they say third times a charm. Noche Linda Farms, June 20, 25. We started receiving beef from Nocee Linda Farms' newest harvest, and it would make a great Father's Day gift. When is Father's Day?

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You're going to grab him as they come by? I think Shibuzy is scheduled because Myron requested him because Myron said he didn't want to be the only black person there. So he requested Shibuzi and asked if he could come. So that's the... It's a big good. Are you going to tell Darryl Wurley that you haven't forgotten? I haven't forgotten Darryl Wurley. I genuinely really like Darryl Wurley.

And I have a couple stories I can talk to him about. So I'm excited about that. Let's go over a couple of news things before we go. They just decided to not ban the tush push, good or bad? I'm okay with it, but I thought they were going to ban it. It seemed like there was such a rallying cry in the NFL to get rid of it, but I'm okay with it. I'm okay with keeping it.

Don't change the rule just because they found a good way to get it. It's just a boring play, unfortunately. Thank you, fellas. It's just a boring play. Otherwise, I'd be fine with it. It's just a little boring. But nevertheless, they're keeping it. Boogie Flan commits to Florida.

Some people say this might make Florida. contender for preseason number one. Would you say Florida is a power program now under Todd Golden? I mean, obviously they won a title. Do you think they're going to be consistently really good again? They got some guys coming back. I feel like he's going to make a huge jump playing for Todd Golden. I mean, we saw how good Walter Clayton was playing for him.

I think Bougie Flann's going to be a star. Is that going to be a bad look for Cal? Yes. If Boogie Flan goes in conference and becomes very good? I got to admit, this kind of surprised me. I mean, you know, Arkansas allegedly has all that money. and yet he's going to leave after, you know, when he was hurt, he wanted to come back and kind of, you know, fit right in.

He wasn't going to get picked in the first round. No. I mean, ultimately, that's, you know, he came back for many reasons, but the biggest reason was he wasn't good, and Arkansas was better without him than they were with him. So he's coming back because he has to. But I actually agree with Drew. I think he's going to be good next year. I think Todd Golden has shown that dudes like that he can make it work.

I think he's going to be really good, and it's going to be all. awkward for Arkansas fans if any of their three guards don't, if DJ doesn't make a big jump or if one of the freshmen don't play well, they're going to be looking across the conference. Like, why didn't we keep him instead? Because I think it was a decision by Cal to roll with the other three. Which gets me to my third thing. Arkansas fans, Arkansas media, I've noticed starting to complain that Cala Perry won't talk to the media, has no access, and nobody knows what's going on.

I mean, I hate to say, I told you so, Drew, but I think we kind of told them so. We heard a little bit that middle of the year. Part of it is they're frustrated because they were losing. I think they forgot pretty quickly once they went on that run late in the season. But there was a time early last year where they were like, does Cal even live in Fayetteville? Like, no one ever sees this guy. And that's just who he is these days.

That's who he is. Like, that's what you get when you sign on to him. Ryan, Sesame Street has been bought by Netflix. There had been some talk it might go away because Trump might cut funding to PBS. Netflix has bought it. and now Sesame Street will live on on Netflix. Do you like that? Makes me feel good, really, you know,

because that's what we all grew up on. I grew up on it every day watching Sesame Street. We only got like three channels. All right. Let's play a game here. Between you three. All right. It is name a Sesame Street character.

Let's see who gets knocked out first. Ryan. Cookie Monster. Drew. Oscar the Grouch. Shannon. Elmo. Elmo.

Ryan. Big Bird. Drew. Bert. Bert. Shannon. Ernie. Ryan.

Count Dracula. Okay. What was the big thing? Snuffle Luficus. Yeah. I'm going to give you credit for Snuffaloficus. Well done. Shannon.

I'm trying to think of who's even left now. Oh. Kermit. Was Kermit a part of that? Kermit was a Muppet. That's different. All right. So you're out.

So now it's down to you two. Sesame Street characters, Ryan. Julio. Javier, Jose. What was the Hispanic? The new Hispanic one. Well, I mean, you can't just keep guessing the Spanish names. Do we know?

No. I can't remember his exact name. Okay. So, Drew, if you get one, you win. I've hit a wall. No more? As far as I could. You got no more?

Zero. Do you know one? I think we named them all. Oh, I know one. Okay. No, no, he was a Muppet. Was Grover on there? Grover.

Yeah, Grover's Sesame Street. Yeah. Grover's Sesame Street. Nice. So there would have been one more. So you two tie for first. There's got to be more where Michigan. I feel like Grover was a very...

You said count, right? I know two. Okay, go for it. Bert and Ernie. We already said those. They said Bert and Ernie. Thanks for listening. Oh, I didn't know you guys said Bert.

Like second round picks. I like how confident he was in Bird and, he was so excited. And we had already said Bert. Mario, did you watch Sesame Street? Do you know any? All right. Finally, HBO Max is putting out a documentary, two-hour documentary on the life and times of Pee-wee Herman.

I'll watch. I kind of think that's going to be good. I have to say, because you know, you've got this man. He was like a really good comedian. He does this one character, which then becomes his life. Like he was like a comedian. He was in the groundlings, like the people that went and did Saturday Night Live and all that. He was part of that group.

He did one character as a joke one time, got a TV show from it, and it became his life. And for the rest of his life, they didn't call him Paul Rubens. They called it. Everybody called him peewee. They'd scream at him on the street, peewee. Then, of course, he had that time that he did that thing and that thing when things were happening, and that made it kind of bad. They canceled his show, and then he had to live the rest of his life as this man that everyone called pee-wee

and knew that he had done with his pee-wee some things in the thing. Some big adventures. So, I mean, he did have some big adventures. I think that'll be an interesting documentary, don't you? Young girl and I have been counting down the days. I believe it's tomorrow. It comes out tomorrow. We will absolutely watch it.

I'm really excited to see it. You've been counting down the day? Yeah. You got a P-Wing countdown. Hang on just a second. I just wondered if you were going to watch it. You're telling me you're counting down the day? We were sitting there watching it when we saw the trailer come on.

They were like May 22nd. Like, okay, we're watching that. You know the day. It's coming out. I think so. He's got a dry raceboard on his refrigerator. He's counting down the days. I was going to have a hard time talking to watching.

My man has an alarm clock situated for when it comes on. Okay. I can't compete with that. I'll definitely watch it. Do the little dance. I watched another peewee documentary on Netflix last night. the new Brett Farv ones out. That's got a little little bit about his pee-wee in too.

I recommend watching that one, Shannon. That's your boy. A little bit of a cream. It's going to be really good. I do too. I think it's going to be really good. Like, I think he has a very fascinating life. It would be as if you took, I mean, a modern day equivalent would be as if you took a person

like, I don't know, when Will Forte was on Saturday Night Live, and he did one skit where he acts like a child and then that becomes his whole life. and that's all he ever does. I think that's interesting. Watched a lot of Pee Wee Playhouse because of my Gavin was young and the other girl's son was young.

That was kind of what was popular during that day. A lot of sexual innuendos in Peewe's Playhouse. There's a lot of it's very adult centric if you watch it. Another person like this is Larry the Cable guy. I didn't know for years and years that that was a character. I mean, I knew he was like being exaggerated, but I didn't know he's not like that at all. he's just a guy, and then he played this character, and does anyone know his real name?

No. Do you know his real name? No, but he's, like, stuck in it. Do you know his real? And the thing is, now, he has to spend his whole life going, get her dude. And he's not even, I don't even know if he's even Southern. I've seen him at, like, golf tournaments, no cameras around, but he still has to be Larry the cable guy.

Imagine if every time you had to go out, you had to go, and that wasn't who you were. I mean, he's made a lot of money, so I'm sure he's fine, but, like, that's, I think that's interesting, don't you? I know nothing about him other than Larry the Cable Guy. If he was a comedian stand-up guy before that, I'd know nothing about his career. His name's Daniel. His name's Daniel, and he goes by Larry, and he has, like, if you listen to him before he did the Larry the Cable guy, I think, he just has a normal voice. He's just a person. Well, kind of along the same line, Jim Varney from here in Lexington.

Perfect example, yes. Did Ernest, and all of a sudden, that's all he was was Ernest. Yeah, everybody just won't even go. And I think if I know the story right, he did it first for a car commercial in Tennessee. No, for in Lexington. In Lexington, okay. It was for a Lexington car commercial, and he ended up making a career out of a character he created for a car commercial. Yep.

That stuff is interesting to me. All right, who's up next? Tim. Tim, go ahead, Tim. What's going on, guys? A couple things here. The WNBA lost $50 million last year, and they pay these women exactly what they can afford to pay them for four months. But see, that seems ridiculous to me, because if the WMBA, which at times last year was getting higher ratings than virtually every other sport, especially when Caitlin Clark played, if they can't, if they still find a way to lose $50 million, then that's a problem with their business model.

Because they've, I mean, they're getting- I follow the league, and I can name 10 players. I can probably name 10 players. Okay, but to be honest with you, you're not the, you're not the, you know, you're not the target demographic. You know, they're not trying to get you. They're trying to get younger people and women. I get it. Matt, have you ever thought about, like, you've excelled at what you've been doing for the last 20 years? And now when we're talking about the museum stuff, like maybe it's time for Matt Jones to do something that elevates him into maybe not just a personality level, but just something like building a museum for Kentucky athletics or Kentucky basketball or writing a book that caps.

is what it's like for a farmer to be shooting baskets on the side of a cliff in 1984. You ever think about that? I don't have the money to put up on it. It's not where your best talent is served. Yeah, well, yes. I mean, I do sometimes think I appreciate the call that, you know, there are more things to do. But at the same time, you also have to know what you're good at. And I've written books.

I'll write some more books. I don't know if I don't have the money to put up a museum. We're in our museum right now. This is it. This is kind of a little bit like a museum. But, you know, yeah, do I sit and think about, oh, are there other things I should be doing? Sure. But ultimately, the point of life is to be happy and enjoy yourself.

And I really enjoy it. I'm in a better place than I've been in 15 years. So I got, you can't help but be happy about that. Plus, how are you going to do a museum? You can't hang anything up. Everything is just, everything on the ground. You would pay $20 to just walk around. Tell me about Stockton Mortgage.

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