Patrick and the People - 11/15/2024 Patrick and the People - LIVE!

Episode Date: December 2, 2024

Guests: Mike Paramore, Chad Sledge, Chris Bailey, EC Haynes

you You Not like seeing a steeple, you damn well know they're one of the people. Nobody breaks us, nobody made us, and no one can take this cause we got their fix. We are the people, we are the people, we are the people, don't mess with us. Let's go. All right, good morning. It is Patrick and the People, and it's the Friday edition, man. Hold on one second. We're getting some folks assimilated here. Give us just a moment. Scooch over this way, Mike.

See up here on the monitor there, you can see yourself. Yeah. All right. Bring that mic down here. Yeah, like that. All right. Yeah, there you go. You good? I'm comfortable. Oh, yeah, that's good. Good. That chair should be comfortable. It's supposed to be, man. What's going on, everybody? Man, let me introduce the people this morning to my right here. You know them? You love them? It's the piercing master of Conway, Chad Sledge. How y'all doing this morning?

Welcome, buddy. How you doing, man? Doing great. Hell yeah. Did you get some piercing done yesterday Conway, Chad Sledge. How y'all doing this morning? Welcome, buddy. How you doing, man? Doing great. Hell yeah. Did you get some piercing done yesterday? Yes, sir. Yeah, man. Popping some holes.

Yeah, yeah, popping some holes. Yeah, he was. And then to my left here, performing at the Looney Bin tonight and tomorrow, for that matter, it's Mike Perrimore. How you doing, Mike? Pretty good, man. I'm just feeling happy that you guys got me on here. Man, I'm glad to have you on here, man. Yeah, tell me a little bit about Mike Paramore. Tell folks about you and a little bit about who you are, where you've been,

what you've done. I am a mama's boy from Cleveland, Ohio. Oh, okay. I just learned the other day Cleveland's right by Canada. What is it? That's what I hear. I mean, there's a lake in between there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's still there. Giant body of water between there. But I think you, I mean, I guess. Depending on where you smoking.

Right, right. That's right, that's right, that's right so you're a mama's boy from cleveland mama's boy from cleveland ohio who has no business being the center of attention i have no idea how i became a comedian no no i was not it definitely was not on the menu wasn't definitely something i wasn't looking forward to doing what uh what did when you were growing up as a kid what did you think you might be oh i was going to the nfl you were going to the nfl yeah i know i was going to the nba spectacular athlete were you oh man i was spectacular what happened uh my knees man do you know my brother-in-law had the same thing he he had a very potential pro baseball career and he he hurt his knee, and that was that. Yeah, my knees weren't spectacular.

Your abilities were, but your knees didn't have that. They were normal knees. Yeah, I get that. No, I found out my knees weren't that good in the military. I don't like running. I know that much anyway. All right, well, let's talk about what's going on here, get you a little bit of news, get you into the world and see what's happening. So today is a clean your refrigerator day.

You know it's overdue. Why don't you get it done? It's nasty. Okay. It is. You know it is. You know you got the stuff all spilled in the drawer and on the shelves. I don't even know how it spills, but it does.

We don't clean it up forever. Just gets sticky and nasty. Get that shit up. Don't start to show off triggering people. That's right. That's exactly how I like to do it. Manuel, welcome to Patrick and the People. That's right.

Let's see. Let's talk about who's outrun the Grim Reaper. Beverly D'Angelo. You know her from National Lampoon Vacation. That's the mom. 73. Johnny Lee Miller from Train Spottings, 52. Sam Waterston from Law & Order.

He's one of the old dudes. He's 84. He's real old. Let's see. Rapper E-40 is 57. His given name, by the way, his government name, Earl Stevens. Yeah. Now you snitch it.

Yeah, that's right. That's right. Nickelback's Chad Kroger has made it to 50. The Shins drummer, Jesse Sandoval, is 50. And Wu-Tang Clan's late ODB. ODB. He would have been 56. Old Dirty Bastard.

Yeah, man. That was a good time. Try that again. What did you call them? ODB? Wu-Tang? Wu-Tang. Wu-Tang Clan? Wu-Tang, yeah. I heard it too. Yeah. I heard it too. Hold on. What did you call them? ODB? Wu-Tang? Wu-Tang. Wu-Tang.

I heard it too. Hold on. What did I do? You made it one word. Wu-Tang. You like it furtherated more. I got you. I'll remember that, Mike. You got to respect all the pieces. You want to say Wu-Tang.

I got you. You say Fu-Tang. All the pieces and parts. I appreciate you. I was expecting all the pieces and parts. Okay, all right. I got you. I appreciate you being here, Mike. You're going to keep me on my toes. I see that. I like that, man. That's good. All right, let's talk about a little news here.

Okay, Elon Musk says that he'll get no compensation for work heading the new Department of Government Efficiency under the new administration. The tech billionaire wrote on X that it will require tedious work. He expects to make lots of enemies. He'll be working with Vivek Ramaswamy to lead this. This also comes after they posted looking for potential employees at a Mar-a-Lago event. Ramaswamy said, I don't know if you've got to know Elon yet, but he't bring chisel he brings a chainsaw Oh a chisel he doesn't bring a chisel he

brings a chainsaw I'm thinking a weed man I'm thinking he's bringing some of that chisel baby Chisel and some Wu-Tang Yeah some Wu-Tang Man listen you're with me already Mike I like you man Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue, Billy Porter, some of the performers this year for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In other news, they're still doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day

Parade. Have you ever gone to any kind of parade like that, Mike? No, I actively avoid parades. Yeah, me, I would be. It's way too much joy in a concentrated area. I like joy, but it has to be spread out. Yeah, that's just too much and too confined a place.

All right. Chad, you a parade guy? No. No, I never rolled out of bed for any parade in my life. No, no. But maybe when my son was small, you know, like. Like when were they through candy or something? Yeah, like in kindergarten and stuff like that.

Okay. No. Okay. Let's see. Okay. Oh, yeah, man. one where they threw candy or something yeah like in kindergarten and stuff like that okay uh let's see the uh okay oh yeah man teenagers do crazy things one idaho teen stunt takes the case tristan myers 18 he was driving his ford bronco 16 year old passenger three others along for the ride everything good then for some reason he whipped out a lighter and set Myers armpit hair on fire. Why would you do that? Because you're teenagers.

Never mind. This one makes me laugh. I feel like you could have stopped that story at Idaho teen. Yeah. You could have just guessed it. We all would have. Everything that came after that is like, duh. You're right.

Idaho teen. Yeah. He after that is like, duh. You're right. Well, clearly. Hire a whole team. Yeah, he lost control of the Bronco. They wrecked. They're okay. Everybody's fine. But he's in big trouble. Let's see.

Okay. Yesterday, President Trump announced more nominations. He announced he was nominating Robert F. Kennedy, RFK, to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Some people like it, some don't. So what? Next. Let's keep moving.

Yesterday, the federal government's all-domain anomaly resolution office, what a name, released the 2024 report on UFOs, UAPs, whatever they call them now. They detailed 757 incidents over the last year, 174 still unresolved. The report lists 21 cases where they need deeper investigation and says hotspots for sighting and incidents include nuclear sites, the Middle East and East Asia. They have still found no evidence of anything extraterrestrial. You a believer? Huh? Are you a believer? Come on, man. Stop it. Asia, they've still found no evidence of anything extraterrestrial. You a believer?

Huh? Are you a believer? Come on, man. Stop it. You don't believe there's nothing out there? Yeah, I don't know. I absolutely think there's something out there. I just don't think it's zipping around in a drone on our planet.

You know, I mean, come on, man. It's probably China or somebody's got some kind of drones they use and we just don't know how they work. You know how that goes, man. You're taking your planet for granted. You think there are aliens living under the ocean? I don't. I don't. I think they're living amongst us. Oh, man.

Like Michael Jackson was? Some people might seem like aliens. I've seen some pretty weird people. Okay. That opens me up to the possibilities. All right. Let's see. It was announced yesterday.

Alex Jones InfoWars was bought at the auction by The Onion. That's a satirical news website. That's kind of hilarious and ironic. The Onion's bid for the site and all of InfoWars' property. They say they plan to turn it into a satirical site, mocking all types of conspiracy theories that Jones had become known for. That is a brilliant acquisition. That's absolute God level marketing right there. I'm sure that dude, Alex Jones, is crying, but it's funny to me.

Because it works for the onion? Well, because the onion's taking it over you know the info wars was a uh very conspiracy driven uh far right uh type site that promoted a lot of uh wacky stuff to be honest with you and it got a lot of criticism and he got basically sued out of existence and uh so it's bankrupt and a satirical news site bought it you know the onion just puts out fake news literally that's what they put out you know the fbi conducted an early morning raid yesterday at the new york city apartment of polymarket ceo shane copeland they seized his phone and other devices the company's markets correctly predicted

the election victory through bets made on the race. Not clear if there's an actual investigation or what's going on. He wasn't arrested. He wasn't charged. They just came in, raided him, and got his phone. So that's, you know. While talk of banning pharmaceutical ads has circulated around the incoming administration, the FDA is making moves to clear them up.

Starting November 20th, new guidelines go into effect requiring drug companies to make their ads clear and more direct when they explain the risk and side effects. Well, and it seems like they're pretty clear. And at the end of every commercial, it goes to a damn list of them. I feel like they go out of their way to make sure it's not clear. You think to make sure it's not clear. Exactly. Okay. That person talks faster each and every time.

It becomes like those car commercials at the end. Yeah. Micromachines. Yeah. Like an auctioneer at the end. All right. So you want them to slow down and tell you a little bit more about how you'll die or get bleeding or ulcers or whatever. Anal leakage.

Yeah, that's always a great one to hear. I just always hate the one side effect that is double the reason why you're taking the medicine. Yeah, no, and they're always... This is for antidepressants. One of the side effects may be super duper depression. Yeah, suicide. Suicide. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute. It seems like the wrong gamble, doesn't it? It, suicide. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. It seems like the wrong gamble, doesn't it? It's like, wait a minute. So the pill makes it worse? Yeah, it could, potentially, for somebody. Yeah. Most of you will do okay, but one of you will want to kill yourself when you take it.

I don't know. Federal officials said they stopped a terrorist attack in Houston. The FBI announced they prevented a Texas man carrying out an attack. Anas Saeed, charged last month trying to provide material support to ISIS, arrested in an apartment complex where he planned a 9-11-style attack. He had created propaganda for ISIS, considered attacking the military, discussed researching locations, layouts of synagogues, all kinds of stuff. So luckily they got him and he's not blowing anything up except the bathroom in his stall. All right.

Hey, this is some great news. The Gary Sinise Foundation, you know Lieutenant Dan. He recently gifted retired U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Hargis, a Purple Heart recipient, and his family a custom-built mortgage-free home in Tennessee. It's designed with accessibility features. The new home accommodates the veteran's particular needs following severe injuries he sustained during his fourth deployment in Afghanistan. Through the donations, they provide wounded veterans with homes that offer greater independence and ease their daily lives. Hey, I'm very thankful that Gary Sinise is doing

this. It's really awesome. But my question is, why is the government not doing that? Right. I mean, shouldn't they be doing that for them? I mean, they did it for us right. I don't know maybe I'm crazy. The city of St. Paul is other good news here. On Tuesday announced it's eliminating 40 million dollars in medical debt for 32,000 residents. They partnered with an organization called Undo Medical and city and state leaders the shared residents will soon get letters informing them their debts have all been cleared and funded through this rescue plan. The mayor, Melvin Carter, called the initiative a win for everyone, says it's only the beginning. That's pretty cool.

I mean, everybody would like to have their debts paid off, you know. How is it like really easy to get sick in Minnesota? Is he wondering why they're paying him off there? Why is it Minnesota? Did I miss something? I don't think that I think they go different places let's see in uh 2018 uh they let an effort go still in St. Paul same area yeah maybe Minnesota is real bad you know maybe they're real sick right there it's just like the city's like, our bad, our bad. Yeah, yeah.

We'll take care of this. Screw the veterans, but we'll take care of this. All right, let's see. We already know who the big winner is going to be tonight before Jake Paul and Tyson step into the ring, right? Both of them? Because they're getting fat-ass paychecks. Yes.

Paul revealed he'd be banking about 40 mil. Tyson says he'll get 20. Let's talk about some other fight numbers. 31, that's the age difference between the two fighters, 31 years. 47, that's the number of fights Tyson had before Paul was born in 1997. 24 years since Tyson last professionally fought. Don't count the Roy Jones Jr. exhibition. That was unsanctioned.

This is sanctioned. Let's see, 22, that's the number of first-round stoppages in Tyson's career. And they were stopping it because he was beating that ass. Yeah. 235, that's the odds Paul is favored to win by, or negative 235. Three, the number of fights Paul had against professional boxers. He's two and one. And his only professional loss, a split decision against Tommy Fury.

What do you think about this fight? We've talked about it all week long, but what do you think about this? Are you interested, excited, not? What? I'm interested if Tyson takes it serious. Yeah. Something tells me he's not going to. So I'm kind of not.

No. I think that I do understand that. But I think it's going to go a little different way. I think Jake Paul is too excited. Yeah. Too enthused. Yeah. He's going to hit Mike a couple of real good times harder than Mike thought he might.

And Mike's going to be Mike Tyson all of a sudden and rip his head off. Yeah. Now, I'll say this. I think Mike has a harder battle just pronouncing the letter S than he does Jake Paul. You know, I'm just saying. Yeah, no, I do think that even if that's not a guarantee, it's way too much of a risk. Like, Jake wants to be insane.

Like, you do know he might, like, at some point realize, oh, you know, like, I'm Mike Tyson. Yeah, no, I think he will. And listen, I saw a picture of the dude yesterday, and I don't know. I saw him at the weigh-in, too. There's no fat on his body. I mean, the dude looks amazing. Like, his muscles have muscles and

have muscles yeah like he's probably got a bicep on his penis at this point you know what i mean i mean it's unbelievable dude that is a huge risk well i you know i certainly they win with money but uh to me if jake paul wins what'd you do you beat 60 year old mike tyson right if jake paul loses well you just got your ass beat by 60-year-old Mike Tyson. You know what I mean? Tyson's in a lose-lose. You lose to him

and that's not going to be very good for your career. No, definitely. I don't know that his career... Everybody was saying it'll go on, but I'm not sure. When it's like, yeah, you beat up an old dude. Or even in Tyson's case, you just beat up a nobody. Well, in Tyson's case, everybody in the, listen,

every single person on the planet, you will finally hear the planet yell at one time if he knocks that, if he clacks that dude's teeth. Everybody, that's what everybody wants to see is Jake getting knocked out. You'll hear me. Really? Hell, yeah, everybody wants to see that, man. Listen, he's been clowning forever, man.

I'm not saying the guy's not athletic. I'm not saying he's not strong. Look, he's got a five-inch reach advantage on Tyson, 76 versus 71. He's three inches taller, I think. Three, four inches taller than Tyson. So he's got reach. He's got height. He ain't got that power. Do you honestly think Tyson's going to take it serious, though?

Yes. I think if he gets hit enough, he will. I think about the first two rounds, he might not. And then he's going to get pissed. Jake is going to be showing off. Yeah, that's what I mean. Jake's going to be out there running his mouth. He's going to be showing off. Yeah, that's what I mean. Jake's going to be out there running his mouth. He's going to be doing those funny dance moves, you know,

trying to break dance and acting like he's better, you know, and Mike's going to go, okay, player. I got you. Let me show you a little something here. I'm going to dust this off. You know that's an inner psychopath somewhere. Like, why would you get in a ring with that dude? Like, you've seen him unhinge in the ring at least twice.

No, and Evander Holyfield's had it a few times. At least twice you've seen him lose his mind. Why would you get in the ring with that? I would not. Did you see the ear guard that Fake Paul was wearing? No. He had an ear guard so he wouldn't bite his ear after the day in the press conference. Oh, whatever. I saw him get slapped like a bitch.

Yeah. I saw that happen. You know? Crazy, man. They say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. So, it's frustrating to some fans. The NCAA feels the need to explore expanding the men's basketball tournament. Purists say that the field of 64 is how it should be always and forever. In 2011, the NCAA decided there was more money in adding four other play-in games featuring teams that had zero to no shot at getting past the first round. Now the president, Charlie Barker,

says that 96 teams won't be happening anytime soon, but there's room to go to 72 or 76. And that would mean more revenue for the NCAA. But at some point, you have to not let some teams in. You understand that, right? You can't let them all in. Jesus. Bronny James, they say, is being treated differently than the rest of the G League.

Bronny James has been treated differently since he got drafted. What are you talking about? Bronny James has been treated differently since he was born. Well, that's probably true, too. But I'm saying, man, look, this kid, God love him, man. I mean, he seems like a nice kid. But he wasn't NBA ready. He should have stayed in college, made some NIL money.

But look, I mean, he's there, kind of, sort of. He's going back and forth. Even if you feel like he's not supposed to be in the league and he just got into the league because of his dad, I still think that's an amazing story. No, it is an amazing story without a doubt but i think it must be an amazing amount of pressure to you know to to be brony james and and to be following lebron uh who i mean look he's 22 years in he just had back-to-back triple doubles this week for god's

sake well here's what here's the plus side for brony. Nobody thinks that he is his dad or as good or even the potential to be. Even when we talk about Bronny James being in the NBA, it's in relation to being LeBron James' son. It's not even on his own. Nobody's excited about Bronny. That's LeBron James' son. You know what I'm saying? Look, my son, he's 21, 22, I'm sorry.

And he is a huge LeBron fan. Like, he's followed LeBron from the time he was conscious, basically. You know what I mean? Because, I mean, LeBron's in 22. My son's 22, you know? And so I nonstop tell him how much better Bronny's going to be. I'm like, the only reason they won't let him like, the only reason they won't let him in, the only reason they won't let him in, Tyler,

is because they know he's going to show up LeBron and make him a punk-ass kid. He's scaring the death of Bronny. So, yeah, he's going to send him back to the G League because he's going to score 50 points a night easy. Even if this is a tool to celebrate LeBron's longevity longevity i'm still down with it no i'm i don't know he'll fly he'll get his little money and he'll flame out it ain't like he's about to like you know he's spotting the lead or something no but he could be pretty good i mean look uh

scotty pippen jr's good uh ron harper son's coming up uh well those guys are those guys are like athletes though bronnie's know brownie's it's brownie's gonna have a tough time because brownie doesn't have any like very demonstrative skills like he doesn't like what is he gonna do well to earn his spot you know i'm saying like yeah he doesn't he's he's not a point guard but he's he's too small to be anything else. Right. That's kind of true. What about his next sundown? They say he's pretty legit. He's supposed to be an athlete, but he's funny looking. I don't trust it.

He's funny looking. What do you mean? I mean, he's just funny built. Like, he's lanky. Yeah. And he has glasses. I don't. Stigmatisms just don't do it for me.

I get it. I understand. I have a stigmatism. My man. That's't, I don't, stigmatisms just don't do it for me. No, I get it. I understand. I have a stigmatism. That's hilarious though. All right, let's do something a little different here. Thanksgiving for dummies. That's me. Thanksgiving, also known as the crappy holiday between Halloween and Christmas, is devoted

to the five F's. Food, family, farting, football, and taking shots of fireball when no one is looking. Traditionally, Thanksgiving is supposed to be like this. May I have more stuffing? Pass the cranberry, please. Good job, honey. But since the whole family's assembled, it's also a good time to drop bombshells.

I'm gay. We're pregnant. With a black baby. Your father is leaving us. Is he cancer? No, I've got another family. Yikes. Looks like it's a good time for another shot of fireball.

Then the next day at 6 a.m., everyone goes to the mall to wrestle other white people for bargains. Back away from the scarf. You want a piece of me? This has been Thanksgiving for Dummies. Well, there you go. That says it all, doesn't it? Let's do a couple spots here that we need to get done. If you're looking for a vehicle, how about a late model, low mileage vehicle, go to Fitz Auto.

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Check them out. They've got two locations in Conway. Crazy J's for all your vape and smoke needs, baby. Right. Listen, I'm very excited because after the show today at about 10 o'clock, I'll be getting a phone call from a federal penitentiary. Now, normally, that would not be an exciting thing. But today's case, it's Joe Exotic that we'll be interviewing. And, man, I had a couple things to talk to him about already,

but when I saw this story, I was like, oh, yeah, we're going to talk about this today, I can promise you. Joe Exotic. Wait, what? What? Do you know who the Tiger King is, Joe Exotic? Yeah. Yeah.

What do you mean? You have an interview with him? Yes. The real one, too. Yes. Well, what? Well, just because. Because I want to talk to Joe Exotic, man.

He's in prison. It sounds fun. Listen to this. I'm going to tell you why. This is great. He's released an artificial intelligence porn clone to pleasure his fans as he remains behind bars. You were like, I got to talk to that guy. Oh, hell yeah.

I got to talk to this guy. This is the new chapter in his career. According to Joe's website, he receives letters daily from people all over the world seeking personal and intimate relationships. The crazies, since the prison Joe is serving his time, doesn't offer conjugal visits. He created a different opportunity. The Tiger King came up with a creative way to satisfy fans who yearn for more of him. And I know many of you do. The statement added, effective immediately.

Joe Exotic is proud to announce the Joe Exotic AI clone now available 24-7. It does include full nudes for everyone's wildest adult fantasies and happy endings. Joe said, I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to finally offer my fans the satisfaction and attention they deserve. Whether you like the little one or the big one, the Joe Exotic AI clone is going to please you from basic companionship to full erotica. It says the Joe Exotic AI clone is the first of its kind amongst global celebrities and advanced technologies. As for future endeavors, Joe said, well, you'll find out.

Man, even in prison, first of all, you can make bank. How do you not want to shower after reading that? Well, I shower before I can. That just made me feel so gross and dirty for some reason.

So you wouldn't want to take a look at this. What is an AI clone? So some people are going to pay. Yeah, it's like an OnlyFans, an AI OnlyFans. That's not, but that's not him though. Well, he says it is. He says it's his clone. It's close enough for the wackos.

This is one of the reasons i love white people see you guys oh man believe so strongly in things and it's things that would not exist without you that's no it's hilarious man it's hilarious uh the guys look he's a wacky dude let's be honest he's you know he uh during pandemic, everybody, you know, because everybody went indoors at the same time, basically, was watching that show, you know. And so everybody got hooked, everybody got interested in it, or a lot of people did, you know.

So it all technically was going to end up at his digital penis at some point. Yes, yes. It was definitely headed to his digital penis, if you ever watched the original series. His life was definitely headed to his digital penis if you ever watched the original series it was his life was about tigers and his penis hey that's it man you know and he's a crazy dude he's a funny guy though he's got a lot of uh humor to him what do you what do you think about this one chan i think it's gonna be an awesome interview man yeah no it definitely is gonna be an awesome interview. Sure. Who do you call?

How did this even happen? What's the number to try to interview the Tiger King? Who do you call? What number? Who did you email? He's got to try to interview. I know somebody on the inside with Joe. We reached out to that somebody, and that somebody said, yeah, I can get to Joe for you. And he did. Yeah. You never, you never can tell which, uh, which of

your folks are going to be the ones that are resources. You might think someone in prison can't help you wrong. They sure can, you know, and they help get us hooked up with that. You know, you, you never know where you're going to land an interview from, man. You used your powers to interview the Tiger King. Yes. I leveraged my great powers and resources in the penitentiary to the long arm of Patrick in the penitentiary to make Joe exotic, you know. Some commissary. That's right.

Put a little ice cream on the books. You know what I mean? It's a great, great story, man. I find it quite funny. Speaking of that, you brought up his penis, his digital penis. Why would you put that on

me live? You mentioned it. I love to use that as a segue. It cannot be edited. I did not I did not at any point bring up the Tiger King's penis. I didn't say digital penis. Did you say digital penis?

No, that was the conclusion we were building. That was the story, the climax of the story. So pun intended. It was a digital, flaccid penis of Joe Tiger exotic. Yeah, that's right. Well, penis owners, beware as freezing weather is coming. You know, the winter months are no joke.

You may not have heard of winter penis, but it's a thing apparently. You never heard of winter penis? I'm black. That's right. That's fair. That's fair. That's fair. You know, I understand.

Actually, I don't. But I mean, you know. I have a little bit to spare. Yeah, okay. Now, winter penis may sound like an urban legend created to scare people into wearing thermal underwear. But according to medical experts, it's a real thing. I remember seeing it, but Dr. Donald Grant and senior clinical advisor at the Independent Pharmacy

explained that winter penis is the body's temporary response to drops in temperatures. It says everything shrinks so it stays warm. You know, is that, I mean, does it have to be called winter penis i mean is that necessary i mean it's just cold isn't that all that is you're cold it's terrible design flaw why would god do that flaw you think that's a design flaw yeah it's like where would you put it otherwise you got to need a pocket for it with females in like water and we can't oh oh oh it's a terrible design flaw yeah are you in cold water it hinders the romance you're in cold water i guess maybe we're liking a are you just a chlorine

in a forest yeah what's wrong with them i'm a hopeless romantic well why can't you do that because it it'll you said you it'll shrivel up. You're black. I'm talking more for the people. Oh, you're speaking for the people. My bad. I apologize. Yeah, no, I didn't know you were speaking for them.

That's my bad, though. All right, well, let's say one more thing here that you need to be warned about. that you need to be warned about. Doctors have warned against prolonged vigorous bedroom antics after treating a patient with a potentially deadly injury to the genitals. The 53-year-old, good for you, Don. The 53-year-old suffered inflammation in the main vein that runs along, which led to life-threatening blood clots. He had a Viagra-fueled sex session the previous night,

which caused swelling of the undercarriage. Yeah, it says the skin warm to touch and tender, visible bulge as a result of fluid buildup. The man has not been named, treated with drugs. He did make a full recovery in a few weeks, but they're using his case as a warning. They're saying, listen, you can't be going, you know, four, five, six hours. Okay, you got to stop. Yeah. No, he didn't go to pound town. He bought pound town.

You know what I mean? He bought the thing. Redid it. Renovated it. You know, dressed it up. Said, hey, we're here. All right, let's do something different. Yeah, I know, right?

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I did not like the timing of that. No, it was great. I refuse to be intimidated. Oh, man. Okay. That's right. That's what we do here. I says, Mike.

Are you a cruise guy? Have you ever gone on a cruise? Do you like cruises? I actually work cruises very, very often. Do you really? I work cruises very often. That is awesome, man. Yeah.

How long have you done that? Right before the pandemic is when I started, 2019. Really? Yep. Well, that didn't go well. No? But after that, we started back up, 2022 maybe. I started doing it again.

So still trying to get back into the swing of things. But yeah, no, I love it, man. I's a you get to see the world for free yeah i mean so how do you like that versus a regular comedy stage is it just the same no it's it sucks your soul out it's terrible no it's all bad no no no well well let me it's the difference between like a uh on a in a comedy club it's designed for what's about to happen. Right. To be off the walls and be, oh, I got you. All the way down to the video that's being played before you go up, the intros, the hype, like it's for that.

Right. You know what I mean? On a cruise ship, you're one of the things the ship offers. Yeah, you're just in the mix. You know what I'm saying? You're one of the pieces of entertainment that the ship offers so people it's free people come in and out and yeah you know it's kind of they it's not you're not the show right right right you're just you're you're doing a show right now so everybody doesn't go to the buffet at the same time that's it that's

that's kind of true isn't it that's hilarious they literally no i the schedule for the shows and entertainment on a cruise ship is 100 based on feeding these monsters wow 100 that's hilarious you know i've been on many many many cruises i've never thought about that 100 that is wild man what what else everybody everybody everybody going to the same place at one time. Sure. Well, that makes sense. So they spread stuff out.

Just so, so many things start at a six was when the buffet opens. Right. So everybody don't rush up there when it opens. Right. So they want me to get the cold food. I got it. I get it now.

Okay. Yeah. Nice. It's just crazy. I do. But, but like I said, beautiful places.

Uh, I love water. Water is my thing. Okay. Yeah, no, it's just crazy. But like I said, beautiful places. I love water. Water is my thing. It calms me anytime I'm going through something or I need to calm down or just get in touch with myself. Water is my go-to. So I love, I like cruising. Yeah, okay. Okay.

Now, Chad, you've been on a cruise before, right? Yeah, I've been on three or four probably. Three or four of them even. All right. What was the best one probably jamaica jamaica yeah mexico okay there's one more cayman cayman out of grand cayman yeah yeah now or do you when you go do you enjoy the hot tub you like to get in that every now and then chill out relax a little bit again eye contact too much relax a little bit again eye contact too much you want me to scoot a little closer would that make you feel better i'm just saying it's a subject matter and then it's a direct eye context the body language it's just unsettling so i've found mike's button and i'm on it

in his head we're in free right now but uh honestly uh i don't think i'm a hot tub dude i like the sauna i like the fact that i can people say you go in there and then you you just kind of gain 15 pounds instantly but it's also like readily available like healthy stuff right right there so i actually eat better and work out more and like well yeah that's all right there for you i mean it's pretty easy yeah like yeah if i'm at home i gotta do a lot of stuff no i don't want to and then i might have to walk to the gym and that's that's too much working out then yeah what is it double leg day what are we what are we doing can i ride can i get an escalator but yeah so i what's an escalator to work out i'm more and i'm one of those people that like i'm simple like i'll give me a good spot to sit and look and i'll just stare at the water for

like an hour i can get that actually i i like it now do you uh you and your wife do you enjoy the hot tub on the cruise no No, not on the cruise. No? No. Like, if I had one at the house, I might, but there's something about that. I don't know. They're nasty. They say they're nasty.

Yeah. Well, here's something that might back that up. Outbreaks recently of Legionnaire's disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs. That's right. Private outdoor hot tubs on the balconies of two cruise ships were pinpointed as the source of multiple infections between November 22nd and June of 24. That's according to the CDC. They said that the hot tubs were the source of exposure and two outbreaks of Legionnaire's disease among cruise ship passengers. and two outbreaks of Legionnaire's disease among cruise ship passengers. Hot tubs can foster Legionella bacteria due to warm temperatures,

which are ideal for bacterial growth. Bom, bom, bom. Get in the hot tub, everybody. Jeez. Man, listen, the only thing that's missing is some STD swirling around in there. That's actually hard to believe because I've seen them do this with a gallon of chemicals in each hand. Yeah, just dumping it in there. It's hard to believe anything survives in there.

It is hard to believe. Including the people. Yeah, no, you're probably right. You're probably right about that. That's going to be a lot of industrial bleach that they're putting in there for sure. Something in there. You said they're putting something in there. It was nuts, yeah.

All right, let's talk a little bit more about your career, Mike. I want to talk about how long have you been doing comedy? I, man, wow, probably, what, 13 years? 13 years. Wow, man. That's amazing when you think about it. That's insane. What did you about it that's insane what did you do before that a little bit of everything i was not a good uh job person

probably too much eye contact sometimes the timing is off that's all i'm saying no i um i i literally did not have a job for a year i've never had a job for a year until i started working on cars really cars and comedy was only jobs i have for longer than a year so literally every because i was so here's my thing right so i would get a job and then uh i i'm super competitive so i want to be the best at that job yeah so i would spend like six months just becoming the best and getting all the accolades and then and then afterwards i would get once i figured it out, I would get bored.

So it would get more and more lax. And then by month nine or ten, I am full-fledged doing something each day that could get me fired. And then I end up fired before the year. You know, I can kind of understand how that might happen, where you might get bored easily. If you're a sharp person, it gets mundane after you kind of figure it all out you know it can be mundane and it's hard to push through that yeah no i just think i'm lazy i appreciate the vote of confidence yeah i just think it's no no no it will no that's honestly that's true because that was how it was in school

like i like people thought i was like they actually tried to make me repeat the third grade. Really? Fourth grade. Fourth grade? Yep. I actually failed. Technically, I failed the fourth grade. Really?

But my dad wouldn't let them. Fail you? That. He said, nope. My dad was like, he's not dumb. He's just stupid yeah well i was add so i get it so my dad uh was like no put him in put him in the fifth we'll make sure you know we'll make sure you get it so yes i did i kept you know my dad is very big and strong so i

did what he told me to do yeah i, I understand that. I do understand that. I never failed another grade, but yeah, nah. How did you discover stand-up? I mean, for yourself, not just on TV, obviously. Oh, well, I was, like I said, NFL. I was very talented. Hurt my knee, laid up, and to get me off of the couch everybody was like uh it's an improv group that they wanted to go okay and i was like and that's like we don't have you get up there and like they're just trying to get me out of the house and uh so we end up going um

and it was actually kind of cool i actually am to, to this day, still a giant fan of improv. It's a real unique talent. It's different than just regular stand-up, for sure. And then they wanted, which now I know doesn't correlate like you just said, but they wanted me to audition to be a part of the improv team by doing a stand-up set, five-minute stand-up set. Really? Okay. Yeah, it was weird.

Yeah, it's an odd try out but okay and so uh my friends ended up talking me into it i did it it went very well uh it went well and i got off stage and i was like i am never doing that again yeah that was it was horrifying my heart has never beat like that. I'm not a center of attention type of person. Yeah? No, I'm not at all. It's very weird that I do what I do for a living.

That's funny. It's kind of contradictory to what your nature is. But it was just kind of a snowball effect. My little sister happened to be at that show. And my little sister is the exact opposite of me. She takes over whatever room she walks into. And she told my church that I am a comedian. Like I'm a fool. Like I'm a, she told my church I'm a comedian.

Oh, she told them you were a comedian. Not that I did comedy for five minutes total in life. Yeah, that you were a comedian. That I was a comedian. That's how she set you up. And then my church would ask me to host things. Oh. And say no to Jesus.

It's hard. It's hard to tell him no. You know, I've tried. Then one thing led to another. Then my friends had signed me up for this competition at the local comedy club. And I found out by them calling me the day before to confirm my spot. I'm like, ooh, you have the wrong number. I have no idea what you're talking about.

It sounds like your friends often wanted you out of the house. Yes, it is a correlation. And then I ended up finishing second in that competition, which one of the prizes for finishing second was automatic made into another competition a couple hours south in Cincinnati, Ohio. I did that competition. I finished second in that competition. Oh, wow.

Which the prize was a week of hosting work at the comedy club. So it was like, it was just a snowball effect. It stair-steps you into it. I was doing comedy for like two years before I tried to do comedy. Yeah. That's funny. That's funny. Now, obviously, in doing it the amount of time you've done, you've probably, you know, performed on a variety of stages, big, small, everywhere. You probably rubbed elbows. What has been thus far in your career?

Your I can't believe I'm standing next to this person having a conversation moment. Chappelle. Oh, yeah. That is a huge one. Chappelle is an Ohio guy. Yes, he is. And Dayton, Ohio is probably about an hour and a half away from me, probably. No, wait. Probably an hour and 45. But Dayton is close to where he lives. Yeah. And Dayton has a funny bone.

And I performed at the Funny bone quite often in Dayton. And one day, him and Charlie Murphy, well, no, Charlie Murphy was. Charlie Murphy. Charlie Murphy was headlining the club. Okay. And I think I came up just to, I may have been hosting, I don't know. But I was there, and Chappelle popped in. And he's just sitting at the bar with Charlie Murphy after the show. The GM of the bar serving drinks.

And everybody's kind of gathered around. Like, I'm right behind Dave, right? Yeah. And we're just having everybody just clowning. And I got a couple in. Like, I made Dave Schifield laugh. That's awesome. Like, twice.

That's like the banner moment of a life. You can go ahead and kill me right after that. I'm done. I think I want to add that to my intro at the Looney Bin. Yeah. I made Dave Chappelle last twice. Not once. Twice.

Twice. That's amazing, actually. I mean, what an amazing moment. Not only that, but Charlie Murphy, who I'm a huge fan of Charlie Murphy. I miss that dude from comedy still. He was a good dude, too. Yeah. I believe that. He was a good dude just that dude from comedy he was a good dude too yeah i believe that they do just like off stage he just he was a normal dude like yeah like your uncle at the

cookout man he's one of those guys who just had uh an organic funny about him i mean everything he did anything he said the way he you know his face just everything lent itself to him being funny uh and and eddie murphy was my big inspiration when i got into stand-up you know i did stand up i've done it i guess 14 15 years and um i was probably 13 when i saw delirious the red jumpsuit eddie and it was filthy it was there's nothing in that set you could do today on a comedy stage without being asked to leave. And yet, it was hilarious to me at the moment, you know. And I was like, man, I want to be that guy. You know, I want to be funny like that.

I never made it funny like that. But, you know, I made it here. But, yeah, that's a great, you know, Dave Chappelle came here. I saw him perform. And I say that, Dave Chappelle's the only comedian that could come, spend two hours, get my money, barely do a set, and me still love it. You know, he was, I don't know how high or drunk or whatever, you know, whatever he was full on, but he barely did a set. He would come in and out of doing a set, but mainly he was just running his mouth just talking no dave chappelle has passed that that threshold of needing to be funny no he really does he just needs to be there he he half of his set is a monologue yeah yeah it really is now yeah yeah it is uh but you sit there and you but he did um one thing he

said uh i think it was, uh, he was talking to somebody else famous, like an interview between, oh, I think it was Will Smith or whatever. Okay. But he was saying that, uh, you don't need to be funny 100% of the time, but you do need to be interesting 100% of the time. That makes sense. Compelling.

Yeah. Yeah. So I think he's very, very leaned into that. I can understand that. I can. I can. Who inspired you comedy wise when you know, in what you do? Any any comedian that made it by being funny, by being a comedian and not to knock anybody who made it any other type of way but like a guy who just like all I do is stage funny and I'm famous for it like like you know Sebastian I don't cry the uncle whether you think he's funny or not the way he made it this that's the to me that's the authentic dream of

comedy to make right away Bill by the grind bill burr is similar to you know like he he made it he but and it started just with stand-up it was just specials yeah like so you you mean not the more modern internet way of making it onto us internet with or getting a break in a tv show or something like that but just like i became famous because of these jokes okay yeah no that's great that's kind of cool to me. You mentioned Will Smith. What was your take on the Will Smith, Chris Rock thing at the Oscars? I blame Jada. Yeah, me too, really.

I think it's all Jada's fault. I think she might be a succubus. Because, like, if I knew, like, that my home life wasn't going to be okay, I would slap a dude on stage, too. You know what I mean? Yeah. He's just passing the violence on. I don't know if you watched the video.

Will Smith laughed. Yeah, he did. Like, Will Smith was going to let it go. And then she looked at him. And then Jada was like, nah, get it. And then she wanted to go, I don't know why he did that. Did you know why he did that? Because can't, did you know why he did that? Cause he instantly flipped out with an angry flip out.

Like he wasn't mad at Chris, right? He was mad at Jay. Like he was, cause he was screaming at the top of his lungs. When he was walking up. It was an ill-proportioned response. It was the weirdest, most surreal thing from the Fresh Prince. He was tired of, he was tired of whatever Jay was saying or whatever Jay was talking about. But this was laughing. He was tired of whatever Jada was saying or whatever Jada was talking about. He was really slapping her.

He was like, keep my wife. He was overly dramatic because something... I blame Jada. Alright, alright. Let's scoot you in and get him on the camera here. How you doing, man? Well, I'm great.

Good, good, good. Introdu introduce yourself to everyone uh i'm chris bailey i'm just a local comic here in little rock well all right well chris uh meet mike paramore nice to meet you mike how are you doing what up yeah uh thanks for coming in today man how you been uh i've been all right i've been all right yeah uh where where all are you performing the uh you're doing this uh open at the looney you're doing uh the joint where are you performing? Are you doing this open at the Looney? Are you doing the joint? Where are you going? I've been mostly at the joint here recently. Okay.

I go to any open mic that they have pretty much around the town. I've ventured out northwest Little Rock, down south a little bit. Yeah. I was just in Memphis not too long ago with Big Dre from around here. I don't know if you guys know him. I know Big Dre. I know who it is. He took me out there and got me on a show out there.

And it was a sold-out show, and it was a really great time. I bet it was, man. I bet that was a lot of fun. It's good to have people like that to mentor and help you out and kind of help you get there. Absolutely, absolutely. I think that makes or breaks a comedy scene, at least in your area, whether or not you have those veterans, you know, kind of to uplift you

as opposed to, I guess, back in the olden days with up-and-comings, you know, people would just keep you down because it was a big competition type thing. You know, I don't know. I can't speak to that. type thing? You know, I don't know. I can't speak to that. I think that comedy is probably like most any business that is cutthroat.

And there are a lot of cutthroat people out there, you know, whether you're a singer and it's other singers, whether you're a salesperson, it's other salespeople. Sometimes you just have cutthroat people and sometimes you have good people um have you uh in in comedy mike in the scene do you feel like that comedians uh mentor lift up other younger comics coming up or is it more competition than uplifting um i think that's per person per perception i i've definitely had some guys who really had my best interest at heart in my opinion. And I had some people that was like, nope, he's too funny. Don't talk to him.

Yeah. You know what I mean? But I don't think it's industry-wide either way. I just think it's whatever, like the luck of the comedians you run into. Yeah, no, it kind of is. the luck of the comedians you run into. Yeah, no, it kind of is, you know, and in this area, there's not as many as there might be, you know,

in other cities like Cleveland or, you know, LA, Dallas, Memphis, wherever it may be. But, you know, we have great comedy here and we have some great comedians here. But, well, I'm glad. Are you enjoying, how long have you been doing stand-up? I hit my three-year mark back in september okay um i'm enjoying it it's probably the longest thing if you want to look at a creative aspect yeah and a performance aspect is literally the longest thing i've ever committed time to

uh i've never done anything consecutively this long in my entire life outside of maybe you know a job right i've never really enjoyed a job you know i understand that yeah no i not many of not many do i don't think the job job anyway all right yeah well let's do something a little different here and now another first world problem oh I broke my chip in the dip. Use another one to scoop it out. Oh, I broke that one too. That sucks. I know.

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know so but i mean what if you're 14 what if you're 12 what if you're nine if you're like nine or eight i i'd be more for it but like 16 i think by that age you're pretty much seen yeah in nowadays society you know all right what about you mike you think uh social media should be banned across the board yeah just period how are you going to advertise your comedy period absolutely i don't i hate advertising i hate telling people to come see me uh it's a it's tough yeah no it is but it's pretty useful for that and i social media has its pros and its cons, but I could do without. Yeah.

No, I can understand that. Are you a big social media guy, Chris? I am, but, like, as, you know, you need it to promote stuff. As a function of the business. Yeah, as far as, you know, ingesting it myself, probably the most I do is YouTube. And even nowadays, if you just ing just YouTube, I guess you're kind of out of the loop because YouTube's been around for, you know, since 2006. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, you go back to email blasts. Email blasts. Oh my God. You know what? Uh, I, I, I, I don't use social media the way I once did, and I think most people don't use social media the way they once did.

When Facebook, MySpace were first out, people were just excited to find their friends, and that was it. You just wanted to be able to go on a computer and say hi to someone and go, God, they get that message and they can say hi back. That's crazy. But now we're kind of past all the novelty of it, high back that's crazy but now we're kind of past all the novelty of it and uh i think that uh you know you realize that social media is inhabited by a lot of assholes and you're like yeah i don't want to be there so much anymore you know but you do it as a matter of business uh it very much

emboldens people it does it does embolden people doesn't it keyboard gangsters yeah i feel like if you're gonna type something it should come with your address i know that this i agree with this i do agree with i do think that you shouldn't be able to have an alias i think you gotta have your name and your address right there you know and uh and that way i can show up and whoop that ass if you decide to run your mouth online you know i think that's always thought that too about cars like i felt like your cell number or your car phone number should be on the side of your car i used to let you know when you're fucking out yeah no that's it's perfect my very first joke i ever did was along that line it was like i think your license plate should be

your cell phone number so i can call you and tell you to get the out of the way. You know, nowadays have like the Instagram tags on their car. So you got to do this inbox. Oh, like a hashtag on the car. Yeah, they have that. Really? That's crazy, man. Now, I don't need all that.

Don't don't scan my car and tell me anything. I'll run you off the damn freeway. Now it's AI. now we got to worry about if it's really Cynthia from HR oh is it really yeah right right right right Joe exotic naked or is it I don't know yeah hey if you're gonna let me tell you this if you're gonna go digital right if you're gonna make yourself into a digital clone, you're going to enhance that a little bit, aren't you?

You're going to give yourself a little bit more, you know, a little bit more muscle, a little bit more girth, a little bit more, you know. You said we're not going to see authentic penis. Well, I don't know. I can't speak to what authentic penis looks like, Mike. Can you? Are you an expert? I'm not an authentic penis identifier i don't know i only

know my own that's it the beginning and the end of my penis knowledge and i barely want to look at it to be you know you know i look at it as a message you have no problem looking me in the eyes no i like looking you in the eyes my pair more i like that mike paramore if i say his last name, it makes it worse. Since you're a gazer, that's the problem. Yeah, no, I do that. I'm a gazer. You're right about that.

That's a hilarious observation. It really is, man, because I will do that on you. I will put that long-ass eye contact on you and make you look away. Oh, man. Okay. All right. Let's do something completely different. Let's do this.

This is the segment. Not like the other. People do stupid shit. You say, oh, brother. Hey, it's not a copy or a clone of any previous bit. But if you think so, hey, we don't give a shit. Yeah. Whackadoo.

In the news. That song is still number one on iTunes right now. So you can download it, share it with your friends. It's great. It's great it's great everybody loves it i think uh i just got a call a couple days ago from adele asking me if she could do a version of it they're gonna remix it yeah she wants to yeah she does don't ask how adele got my numbers not your business um stand-up comedian stephanie uh diagostini was stunned when she realized that her own apartment was featured in a TV show she was watching.

She turned on the reality show Couples Therapy to unwind only to see what looked exactly like her apartment on screen. She said, how is this happening? She quickly recorded a TikTok video comparing the apartment details, including the New York Cosmos sticker on the electric box, to the set on her screen. And the video quickly went viral, got about 3 million views. Her video sparked hundreds of reactions on TikTok, with viewers calling it a glitch in the Matrix. And comparing it to the Truman Show and the Black Mirror episode, Joan is Awful, where a woman realizes her life is dramatized in real time, kind of Truman Show. The discovery caught the attention then of Couples Therapy producers,

who later confirmed that they shot scenes in her exact unit. So yeah, it says that people were joking that they filmed while I wasn't home, but I only moved in a month ago, so it must have been the previous tenants. That would be weird, though, to turn on and see your own apartment in there, stickers and all. I would think I was owed money of some sort. Yeah. I wouldn't be mad.

I'd be like, cha-ching. Cha-ching. At my house. All right. Let's see. After surviving a life-threatening electrocution. Oh, wait. No, I've got to save that for later. That's bad.

Hold on. I'm not talking about that now. An Abilene, Texas man, Casey Miguel Renaldo Reyes-Sorredes, attempted to rob a family dollar by pretending to have a firearm and demanding cash from the register. When the employees informed him the register wouldn't open without a purchase, he attempted to buy nail clippers. But the clerk quickly closed the drawer and threw off his plan. He left the store but was apprehended and charged with robbery and resisting arrest.

Well, he didn't get away with anything. Why are you charging with robbery when he didn't get anything? Come on, he failed already. Daniel Kozlowski arrested at the football field at Edward Waters University in Florida during a game after he ran on the field, prompting school police and Jacksonville Sheriff's Office to tackle him. EWU wide receiver Johnny Jones was on the field when it happened. He said the players quickly got rushed off the field. He said, I thought he had a bomb. I thought he was going to try and tackle one of the players on the field.

He faces a bomb. I thought he was going to try and tackle one of the players on the field. He faces multiple charges. I guess, you know, this day and age, you know, it used to be when someone would run on the field and streak or do whatever they do, you'd just think, oh, this is an idiot. Now you've got to think, man, is this guy trying to kill me? I like watching him get tackled. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the last two stories were white dudes. Well, you know it was.

Why were you even wondering that? Did you have to? Well, one of them was Spanish, but he's probably white passing Spanish, you know. Yeah, no, you knew. Come on, man. You know that already. All right, check this out. Here's a good one.

And you never know. Andy Tilly and Dean Goh, they're dedicated volunteer workers in Lincolnshire who pick up litter. They were surprised to find an unusual item in one of their cleanups, a pair of fake boobs left on the roadside. In addition to that, they discovered everything from a full catheter bag to vintage litter, like a 21-year-old potato chip packet, nipple clamps and stilettos they've uh filled over 4,000 bags with trash this year alone now this is in england uh often deal with verbal abuse and litter thrown at them by passing motorists oh my god stuff like they're just at one person's house like that just sounds like one person's really like crappy house that's funny

uh man i give it like they throw litter at them when they're picking litter up i mean i thought people here were rude but then maybe in england they're ruder than i know i think we'd be lucky if i just got litter thrown at me to be honest because it feels like i get more than just litter thrown at me now yeah Yeah? Honestly, yeah. Why do people throw things at you? I mean, you're looking at me right now, haven't you? Can you see why? Well, I haven't thrown anything at you, have I? No, not yet, not yet.

I don't understand. I did, when you walked in, kind of think you had a punchable face. Not that I wanted to punch it, but I was like, if somebody did want to punch a face, they that I wanted to punch it, but I was like, if somebody did want to punch a face, they probably would choose yours. Yeah, that's what you were thinking to yourself. You type three faces. Okay. All right. All right. Yeah. Let's say, I don't even know what to say. I don't even know where to go from there, man. Okay. Don't look at me in the eyes. That's usually where you go from here. That is where I go. I like that. I find comfort there, man. Okay. Don't look at me in the eyes. I'm not. That's usually where you go from here. That is where I go. I find comfort there, Mike.

I find comfort in the pools of your eyes. Dwayne Johnson's action movie, Red One. It's a Christmas action movie. Hits theaters today with an underwhelming 33% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with many critics questioning who exactly the movie's for, calling out some subpar CGI. But while promoting it, he recalled seeing Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer on IMAX and had an epiphany that his Christmas movie should be shot the same way. Social media didn't think that was the case.

They said, honestly, laugh if you want to, but I aspire to have a fragment of this delusional confidence the rock has. Well, I wouldn't say delusional. I mean, he's very rich. So, I mean, say what you want. I mean, he's making money, you know, more than you're making sitting there typing that. They do make odd choices, though.

They do. They do make odd choices. Like, that's an odd choice. How did you get Chris Evans to do that as well? He plays Jack Frost, like a renegade detective of some sort. I don't even understand the whole Chris Evans phenomenon. You know, he's all right. i guess uh captain america he's okay but i i don't i it's no robert downey jr role he's like a piece of pretty dude so like yeah is he i mean i don't you know we're just talking about eye contact now

like a pretty deuce. No, no, it's fine. I'm glad you're comfortable saying that. That's right. He's no Hemsworth. That's for damn sure. All right. All right.

All right. Well, it is, without further ado, it is time to do the rant. I cannot put it off any further, so I need to get this underway. So you might want to strap in your seatbelt there, Chief. It's time to go. We're going to do this. He's Patrick. He's an angry SOB. Patrick, are you freaking kidding me?

Patrick, right here on PA TV. Suck it, suck it, suck it. All right, we've got a lot to get to. Let's get to it. People Magazine has named John Krasinski the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive. Krasinski was revealed to be the newest winner of the honorable title on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Krasinski, best known for starring as Jim Halpert in The Office for nine seasons, and then he directed and starred in the 2018 horror smash A Quiet Place.

When asked for a comment, he said he thinks he's being punked. Oh, no, bro. There's no zero chance that you're being – are you freaking kidding me? There's a 1,000% chance you're absolutely being punked. Where is Ashton Doucher at? Hell, I'm still mad at him for robbing my lacunas from me. Ashton, you know she called me first until your dorky ass Slender Man self showed up, but whatever. I still need you to jump out and tell me and John that this is just 30 pounds of shit

in a 10 pound bag. Tell me that this is not the joke of all jokes that John Cracknado or whatever his name is, is not the sexiest man alive. Hell, I saw a dude at Circle K this morning who's definitely better looking. And that's the dude that asked me the critical question. Is that all, sir? Yeah. And now I wish I'd said, hell no, you beautiful bastard. Let me get a price on you so we can cock block Captain Average John Crackpipes. Because as many of you all know, look, beauty may be relative, but it ain't that relative. You could have nominated 70-year-old Chunky Denzel and it'd make more sense. You could have nominated Chris Hemsworth while on the shitter and that would have beat John. You could

have Bradley Cooper on a nine-day bender, no shower, no toothbrush, wearing a pink outfit that's way too tight and has a brown stain in the back. And he would still be John Crack Toastin'. Somebody let me in on this. How did we somehow, someway end up with this Johnny Average white boy? Where did you even conduct this poll? The Cataract Clinic? John Crackanacky is about as sexy as well-cooked spam. No matter what you do, how good you prepare it, it's frickin' spam.

No one thought maybe Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan. By the way, you know what the B stands for? Michael B. All up in them guts, Jordan. You can't even spell John Krasinski's name, and yet he beat out The Rock and his Johnson. Yeah, I think somebody's been bribed. We need a DOJ investigation. Next up, big box retailer Costco announced it's recalling 80,000 pounds of butter this week now you might think oh it's been contaminated but oh no no it's not expired or contaminated with harmful bacteria but because they forgot to add a warning label on the product that says contains milk and they didn't want to face a lawsuit well you know you

got to be careful. Are you freaking age kidding me? I learned how butter was made in elementary school. And so did every other kid on the planet since like 1975, there's a tribe in the middle of the ocean. Who's never had contact with mankind. They know butter is made with milk. And so what if you, if you don't know what happens, what if you're lactose intolerant, angry pea, here's a clue. No one in history of the world died drinking homo milk. Doesn't matter if it's 1%, 2% or whole homo milk. And I don't mean the milk's 2% gay. I mean, it's homogenized. You know what does happen to a severely lactose intolerant person? They spray the tank. They get

that Arkansas on delay, a little dishonorable discharge. And because of that, a handful of weak sticks who can't handle that spicy ass milk end up blowing shrapnel from the soup grenade. Well, Yankee my wanky, how can I save myself? I don't know. Maybe go down to the store. I heard rumor of an old recipe they've got called Pepto-Pismol. Take some, bitch.

I mean, the bottom line is once you move moved past brewing that deuce juice, get yourself cleaned up, reach down and tug your nuts, man. Stop getting mad that you accidentally had some milk. No one feels sorry for you and your Thanksgiving miscarriage because people who sue because the butter didn't say it had milk in it. Well, let me just end on this. If they got the chocolate lightning and blow mud until they die, they had it coming. Okay, bottom line. And finally, sex dolls exist for a reason. As technology gets more sophisticated, so will they. So it stands to reason that they should work as advertised.

The only way you're going to know is if professionals out there take one for the team and put them to the test. With that in mind, Doll Authority, they're a manufacturer of sex dolls, is on the lookout for a sex doll product tester and trainer. The job requirements are pretty straightforward. It's a remote gig. You'd be required to test various sex dolls, assess their quality, help improve the interactions. All right, people who's needing a good job here. I know some dudes saying, hey, I can get paid to have a little fun. What could go wrong? Bro, listen to me now. I know you're tempted by the silicone siren, the plastic boo nanny, that rubber

rocket docket, but my brother, your penis is running a Jedi mind trick on you. Yeah, you can possibly get paid to bang the Megan made of milk cartons and even enjoy said pounding of PVC Patty. But what you won't ever enjoy is an actual homegrown hoo-ha attached to a real life woman. Because it doesn't matter if you're John Krasinski, the sexiest man alive. When your date says, what do you do for a living? And your answer is, I hump fake women all day. She'll laugh at first because she thinks it's just a bad first date joke. But when she says, seriously, what do you do? And you're like, no, no, I, I hit it from the

front, the back, the side, flipping gyps, Santa's magic sack, the Wisconsin windshield wiper. The next thing you're going to see is her reaching for the pepper spray. Not only is she going to light you up like Diddy at a feminist festival, you know, she's going to... Look, bottom line is this. Chicks are naughty Nadine. Who's down to wingman or whisker biscuit into your fictional female playground and share time with a lady who goes in the dishwasher after you're done. But those odds aren't on par with...

are on par with golfing with Jesus and dropping an eagle on him. It ain't happening. Whatever. If you're going to do it, at least be considerate. Get a few of those swimming pool patches for when you tear that ass up. That's wrong. I'm sorry. That's enough of that. I'm done. I'm done with it today. All right, everybody.

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looking for a local mortgage guy, that's one that I recommend. All right, let's get back to it then. Welcome to Patrick and the People. If you're just tuning in, I've got Chris Bailey over here, a up-and-coming local comic. Chad Sledge, the piercing master in Conway. Yeah, check out Piercings by Chad. And then joined by Mike Paramore, a famous comedian and Looney Bin performer tonight.

You need to get out there and see him. What time do shows start tonight? 7.30 and 10., 7 30 and 10 tonight. And then you do a couple of shows tomorrow as well, right? That's right. Awesome. Seven to nine 30 on a website. We got internet, we got social media. Stop putting this pressure on me. The time is the pressure for you. That's, that's, that's the one that broke you yeah uh look man uh what can they expect when they come see you perform what kind of energy do you bring to the table um i'm i i'm conversational man i'm i'm you're a crowd worker

aren't you if if yeah i really the audience kind of dictates my show. You know what I mean? Not in a way of, like, talking to them, you know, if I don't have to. But if, you know, they won't stop talking or if the vibe goes there, then I don't mind making it conversational. But I'm more of an observational comedian. I'm more of an observational comedian. So I'm going to tell you what I saw, what to talk about, what things that have happened to me. I suck at lying.

Anything I talk about on stage either happened to me or somebody I know. Yeah, it's legit. Yeah, most everything that I ever have done in stand-up is pretty real life. I mean, it's just easier to remember the real-life stuff instead of manufacturing it. I can't make it so, yeah, I'm not a good liar, man. No. So when you do crowd work, or let me ask you this. Have you ever been in a, you were talking about having people who talk.

Have you ever had to do a stand-up set in a place where they have TVs and pool tables, stuff like that? Oh, yeah, all the time. I mean, uh, yeah, that's kind of the grassroots of, of comedy. Everybody had to do that. Uh, it battled a battle of the environment and, uh, it doesn't, it doesn't go well. I didn't master it. No, it's very difficult to master that. That's what you're asking. No, it was, it was soul sucking all the times I've done it. Yeah, no, it's always tough. If they won't turn off the TVs or shut the pool tables down, you're in for a long night.

I can promise you that's almost always the case. I did a college that was, well, because colleges, you know, that's also soul-sucking. But you've got to do it if you want to be a full-time comedian. You know what I mean? Like you can't be a full-time comedian just doing clubs unless you're a famous, famous top 1%. That's right.

So you got to do cruise ships and colleges and stuff like that. And yeah, colleges are routinely soul-sucking. Like you have to adjust your expectations. Like normally you know when you get a laugh and your beats to your jokes. And so you expect that. And when you don't get that, you know it's get a laugh and your beats to your joke, you know. And so you expect that. And when you don't get that, you're kind of like, you know, it's not going well. But college is different.

Like you just can't pay attention to what you normally get. The goal for a college is just to leave without wanting to jump off of something. So that's hilarious, really. As long as you can keep your self-esteem intact for as long as possible, that's the goal. So what changes there? What about that environment is so different in the way they receive it? It's similar to cruise ships as to, like, when you go to campuses, it's not like they paid admission to get in.

Half of the kids are in pajamas. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, right. They just rolled out of band work over there. It's not like they paid you know admission to get in half of the kids are in pajamas you know what i'm saying yeah right they just rolled out of band right over there like it's not like they paid admission you know it's just one of the things that's just another amenity that's on half of them is there because they're getting credit in a class to go there you know like they don't want to be there so you you you have to win them over so you have a little bit of a hostile environment from the moment you start a little bit man speaking of and we've talked about this a couple times, and you brought up Bill Burr earlier.

He's high on my list of amazing comedians. And I've always liked Bill Burr, but the moment that really won me over for Bill Burr was that moment where he went on stage, and they were doing the outdoor show, and the audience had been beating every comedian up that came out and have you seen that one where he comes out and he just flips it on him and just starts telling them they're all pieces of shit yeah man that's that is uh that's one of the most masterful turns i've ever seen in my life yeah yeah that's the danger of uh of a creative person not giving a damn that's right

once you get us to that point where we don't care it's gonna be a doozy no you're right about that uh chad growing up who were your favorite comedians to watch like eddie murphy richard pryor all the ones i sent them and watched yeah no me too yeah my mom didn't want me watching any of them but no the language was wrong she she wanted me to watch bill cosby because that was safe yeah mom you were wrong eddie murphy is the kids movie guy bill cosby was raping everyone mode not everyone just some just a few just a few while they were sleeping they didn't even know really what's the big deal they were sleeping i mean you wouldn't know anyways like having a dream right it's cosby he's done a lot for the world i think he deserves man listen i grew up watching that dude i really did i grew up with picture pages and and watching

bill cosby and fat albert so this is not my joke this is somebody else's joke and i can't uh i can't remember the person's name which is probably a good thing but they were like really creative people you know what i mean like michael jackson like if you had to choose between michael jackson's movies and like a couple of boys, would you... You know what I'm saying? Wouldn't you sacrifice Michael Jackson's music?

Wouldn't you sacrifice a couple of boys? I mean, if you're going to get beaded and all that. I don't want to not have beaded. I mean, those boys might not be talented so yeah that's terrible i love it that's not my joke no no i definitely not but you write

my people no that's great uh chris who were your inspirations as a comedy growing up um well the very first person i seen do stand-up was dana carvey i saw his uh stand-up special his hbo stand-up special and that was an inspiration for me even though that's the one where he uh ends up on the piano chopping broccoli yeah exactly exactly yeah uh but i've never taken any like inspiration as far as how he does comedy right right uh honest but honestly like you mentioned you mentioned bill burr uh shane gillis is also on one of my cops uh very good up and rising right now i mean he's uh his trump impression is uh you know it's spot on yeah it's pretty great to be honest with you yeah i like shane g Gillis. He's a very unassuming comedian, and I appreciate that style. Who's another comedian that you liked a lot

when you were young? I don't even know if I did a whole bunch of stand-up when I was young. When I started paying attention to stand-up, it was more for movies. So I would see the movie, and then I would be like, oh, that person does a stand-up set, and more from movies like so i would see the movie and then i would be like oh that person does a stand-up set and i'll go see okay i mean now you know i'm pretty in in gross

with it like i'm pretty there like i'm like i i do a lot of comedy research and i like a lot of like under like mostly underground people would be my favorite like yeah like like people like todd berry you know i knew todd berry is yeah he's a great comedian i love todd berry yeah no he's a very funny guy um who else did i like dean edwards like it's it's i like i'm i'm deep in it now no yeah yeah you know i get it you're in the deep gut yeah you know i i uh i love comedy i've always always loved it since I was a little kid. And I think it's just an amazing art form that it's terrifying and fun to do at the same time. You know, and it seems like you think that you never get terrified again, but you do, you know, from time to time. And you're like, oh, God, am I doing this?

Am I doing this? Every single time I go on stage right before i am a wreck yeah i'm an absolute wreck but what does it take about 30 seconds a minute and that's all gone uh probably my second laugh yeah however long it takes me to get my second laugh because i the first one is like oh well they may just be laughing at me. Right. Okay. So, but by the second laugh, I'm starting to calm down. It's like, okay,

I'm, I think I'm gonna make it. Now what, what, let's say that, and I know that you obviously prepare and do all that, but what have you got lost on stage in the joke? Do you ever,

have you ever had that moment where you're just all of a sudden you don't remember where you were headed? No, I don't think so. I mean maybe if I'm going back between crowd work and my jokes and going back and forth. I used to get hung up on that sometimes.

But you mean just like losing your whole Just in general, just wherever you get to talk. Did you general just wherever you that you know you're just you get to talk and you have a particular particular like drug that you preferred before you went on stage no no i learned i could not do that no i'm not sometimes my thoughts just leave me no no no i i'm just curious uh you know how you know i mean things you do i mean you might get lost if you get distracted or something like that. But usually by that time, you know you're set.

You know what I mean? So, like I said, you know your beats. Even if you want to add to them, you still, you can only get but so lost. Right. Because you know where you're headed. Right. Yeah, no, and that's the right answer. All right. All right. you know where you're headed right yeah no and that's the right answer um all right all right so

as far as um other people that you may have worked with that uh you know were like wow man it's exciting to work with who are some of the other uh comedians you've worked with exciting to work with um i enjoyed working with john lovitz he's a psychopath is he he seems like a really fun guy really he's super weird is he yeah he seems weird super weird he he introduces himself as though he like doesn't want to be there and then he invites you for pasta yeah yeah yeah he's literally he literally like i said hey john he was like yeah and then he was like we're gonna get pasta come on that's hilarious and then he just and we and then we sat and uh we ate pasta he talked about golf for 30 minutes that's what he talked about he talked about golf for 30 minutes yes he didn't

he didn't need me in the conversation but he still he still he talked about golf so he was he was kind of cool was he pretty nice in general he was oh he was a great guy he's a good guy yeah yeah he didn't he's a good guy he was weird yeah which i don't think anybody would be surprised by that right he seems weird anyway some comedians are really or even actors whatever they're as weird as they seem and others it's more of a put on you know No, John's weird. But he's really weird. But, man, he was so funny back in the day on SNL.

I used to like that. Now, I don't think SNL is nearly as good as Chappelle, but I love some of the SNL, particularly in the 90s. I liked a lot of that. I don't think it's as funny right now. Did you ever watch, or are you too young to watch in living color oh yeah absolutely i was yeah i was there was a very that was before me having an interest in kind of stand-up but i uh i definitely watched that yeah that was a staple yeah that was great yeah that was the first time you really got to see comedy on an improv level for black people.

So we were all about it. It turned into a little party. Every skit was quotable. Yeah. Now, the Wayans brothers, we're going to let him in, please. Oh, he did? People don't realize In Living Color only had four seasons. Yeah.

That's how iconic it was. It was four seasons, and we can't stop talking about it. It gave birth to everything. Well, I mean, he- It launched, and every single person on there became a superstar. That's really true. You know what I'm saying? For the most part, yeah, even Bobby Lee.

Every person on there became a superstar wait was he was mad tv wasn't it my bad on that my bad on that sorry bobby yeah every person in there became a star and then it was uh uh and then it uh birthed all of those sketch shows and like well keenan ivory wayans and the williams clan you know kevin keenan you know they they were the force behind it when it started and then damon uh you know, Homie the Clown, that became huge. And then he's gone on to do multiple TV shows. Matter of fact, I think he's starting a new one now. He's still getting paid.

Oh, yeah. All those ways. Damon is kind of a genius. Jim Carrey, he was struggling in his career immensely. Yeah. And somehow he got cast by Kenan, and that really launched him into the stratosphere. Yeah. And he was pretty damn amazing.

He was kind of a savant when eyeing talent because he let a lot of everybody just kind of go off the top. A lot of the stuff was just, I mean, they would have loose scripts, but a lot of that just kind of go off with the top a lot of the stuff was just i mean they wouldn't have loose scripts but a lot of that was just them being in the moment yeah yeah no and and phenomenally uh so as well so yeah that that's amazing uh uh we've got uh a great musical guest coming up uh let me uh put you in this chair come over here man let me get this guy over here man so we can visit with him a little bit very excited to have you in this chair. Come over here, man. Let me get this guy over here, man, so we can visit with him a little bit. Very excited to have you in here, man.

Everybody's wondering, what's going on? What's going on? It's big stuff, man. It's big stuff. It's big stuff. It's E.C. Haynes, baby. I'm glad to see people, like multiple people found this place. Yeah, no, it's remote, isn't found this place. Yeah, now it's remote. Yeah. Yeah, especially in the dark. Even like coming here, I'm like, did I do bad last night? Am I about to get Am I about to be

executed? Yeah. No, I've had a lot of people say that. Okay, so get on the mic here and you just have to get to it like this, man. So this is E.C. Haynes. How are you, sir? I'm great this morning. How are you doing?

Man, I am phenomenal and even probably more excited than you are to have you here, man. Tell folks about yourself, E.C. Man, I am a Little Rock native, 35 years. Born in Arkansas. I'm a Skokie Creek native. I was raised in Oklahoma my young life. I'm sorry. Finished high school here at Parkview class of 92 um went to school with uh the mighty mighty derrick fisher oh yeah he was class every day he was just a great guy but um i'm an artist i'm a

hairstylist i'm a painter i'm an actor a writer and you do a lot of things you're kind of a renaissance man uh you know you've been if i'm not mistaken and correct me if i'm wrong but i think it was a few years ago i think i came to your your studio your shop uh is it in the heights area it it right now i've actually i'm closer to retiring than i was okay yeah i've moved my shop to my house i mean i am in the heights right yeah but that's where yeah okay yeah i knew i had to have been there before yeah it's awesome man um but you know i love music i play music with a lot of great people i've done a lot of great shows i've opened for some amazing people amazing you know major acts yeah who's the your favorite one you've worked with honestly the nicest guy that i work

with uh well there are two guys brett brett michaels from poison he was awesome but steve lance for a man from autograph he was really phenomenal guy he was a great dude really yeah man i i tell you what they had uh you know uh i guess a lot of hits overseas but here they had one really big hit turn up the the Radio, but it was phenomenal. I mean, they were a big, big band. He recently had some, I don't want to really throw his business out there, but it's a positive thing. You know, he had some old bandmates trying to destroy the name

and take it away from him, and he'd started. So I flipped him with someone in L.A., and they got his stuff together, but he owns all the rights now to autograph. Okay, well, good for him, man. So they're touring and doing. So he's doing a lot of positive stuff. Well, that's awesome. That's awesome to hear.

That's great to hear. So you've played all over the country, I'm sure. Man, I went for Ted Nugent. I went for Jackal, you know, Hart. Henry played Riverfest a couple of times down there, and that was pretty cool. Yeah, man. But had a rock band at one time. Used to have a reggae band. And now I got funk band yeah yeah my band now we're hindsight groove hindsight groove

is the name you should have already been dancing i know that's right i know that's right now uh you're going to be performing tonight right yeah we're going to be playing uh at the four quarter bar north of the rock four quarter bar north lower is that an argenta is that where it is it's between fourth and fifth street okay all right the theater next to the uh now is it is it you or is it your band playing who how's it what's happening tonight it's the whole band it is okay um my son he's uh you know he's he's he plays percussion that i have daryl johnson on drums tim anthony from afro dj he's playing keys, Steve Barnes on bass, and Mighty Mighty Stephen Compton from Interstate Buffalo.

That's awesome, man. That's awesome. So what kind of show would people expect when they come to see you, man? We play the cuts, man. We play the groove tracks. Anything from Rick James, Duran Duran to, you know, funk stuff. Yeah, you're going to keep the party going is what you're telling me. Yeah, you keep the party going.

Yes, sir. All right. All right. Well, what we're going to do here is we're going to take a brief intermission and I'm going to get EC set up to do an acoustic performance and we're going to enjoy the hell out of that. And I'm going to do my best to keep Wayne out of the camera while we do it this time. All right. So just stay tuned for just a minute, okay? you I'm going to set up on our camera angle here for you so that you can... Oh, hold on.

I'm going to mess that up. I'm going to push that and then... Okay, let's go here. Well go here bear with me I'm trying to figure out which one of these move the damn thing hold on oh there we go there we go there we go okay oh yeah there that's that's good or look Okay. I did it. Actually, we're all walking outside, John, because I have all our verses and everything. Is that what it is?

All right. We're ants on the ceiling. Just keep eating, right? Just keep eating. All right. That's what I tell my boy, Dad. Get after it, E.C. All right. I'll do a little tune I wrote about my lovely city, Little Derek, too. Get after it, E.C. All right.

I'll do a little tune I wrote about my lovely city, Little Rock, Arkansas. All right, here we go. Sometimes the morning rain passes by. The sunrise you gave again for a piece of the sky. I got my coffee ground stood around and I'll be heading downtown

from the west side. Come from the north side, wind at my back and I'm engaged in some things change. Approaching my beautiful city, and that's kind of strange. The Arkansas River, dancing with the sunlight. When the sun goes down, I'm sticking around. I'm talking about Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. It's got that old town soul.

Talking about Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. From the hills to the dirt roads. And it's Little Rock, Arkansas That I love From my family roots On the wings of a snow white dove Yeah Yeah. Yeah.

I headed down south now That old familiar route Heading to that lake in a boat Spinning about Coming in from the east side And the light shines on hard When the sun comes up I'm sticking around When the sun goes down

I'm still in love with her And I'm talking about Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. It's got that old town soul. I'm talking about Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. From the hills to the dirt roads. And it's Little Rock, Arkansas, my love. From my family roots, on the wings of a snow-white dove. Thank you, brother.

Oh, hell yeah, man. That was great. Hold hold on let me get the camera line back up here come on over and scooch back over this way that way we can talk to you a little bit more that was fantastic ec man thanks man that's great so you guys uh you've been doing this you said a long long time scooch over here where you look up here at the there you go all right oh yeah there you go so you've been doing this quite a while man i have um it's just one of those things in my life i'm a music collector man i i collect records i've got over 4 000 of the greatest cuts in the world really all thriller no filler and um it's just my mom's a musician my grandfather on my native side he played violin my uncle myself not my son but a big part of my

life so it's kind of challenging to teach yourself to play guitar and become hit man trying to stay here trying to stay here trying to stay here trying to stay up so you probably had you know instruments in your hand from the time you work it not necessarily a more some more of a singer you know I didn't So you probably had instruments in your hand from the time you were a kid. Not necessarily. More of a singer. I didn't really pick up the guitar until I was – I messed around a little bit in my early 20s, but I really didn't get serious until I was close to 28, 30 years old. Okay.

Well, you were pretty good at it. You know, got turned on. A buddy of mine, Neil Kelly, he's probably my biggest inspiration. He's a lefty that plays a righty upside down, truly. Really? Wow. That's why. I was on the bottom.

And he tried to teach me at one time. We all lived together. And it was confusing because he's doing this position and the guitar flips over into another position and I just lost it. So I continued to take shots. So it didn't really make that much difference. So I got myself together, you know. But when I really got serious, I mean,

within six months of really charging hard, I played my first show at Ernie Biggs opening for Valentine's Day, you know, getting the night started off. And I did that for several years, Halloween and St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day. Those are my shows at Ernie Biggs, you know, when I started off as a solo artist and but it's grown a lot. No, no, it definitely has. I mean, I know that you've been a notable performer here for a long time.

So, you know, you were on the road traveling and performing with all kinds of stars. And how gratifying was it to play on some of those stages and, you know, make those audiences just have such a great time? It's one of those things that you can describe as definitely a top euphoria, something you can't compare to anything else. And just when you have an audience that never seen you before, never heard you before, respond to you in such a positive way. And, you know, in the middle of a breakdown, you start teaching the song and they're singing it back to you. And they don't know who you are but i think the craziest thing is when you get off the stage and you're signing autographs for an hour and a half two hours after the show at some motorcycle rally if you you know ted newton's about to get on and

and you're still signing autographs i mean they don't know who you are but um and uh that is a surreal feeling i've actually been interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine twice. Really? Once here, but they've never released our story when we were with, when we were four on the floor. Yeah. Rock band. And we won a big contest, you know, beat a lot of bands in town.

Yeah, four on the floor was a big band around here for a long time, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah, sure. Was Charlie Page and Mike Dugan and original players, Al Martin, but, you know, Luther Hamilton. Do you know, you may know a buddy of mine, Dane Hawkins. Yeah, absolutely.

I was at Dane's house the other day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he's a good player, too. He's, man, we sit down and play a lot. He and I actually played a show at the Prospect Bar and Grill on Cavanaugh one time. We sure did. Yeah, the two of us. We had 150 people in that place.

Man, that's great. He's a funny guy, man. One of the funniest. Yeah, I've known him a long time. We used to work together. He's been building, making axes and stuff, like reconditioning these old heads from the 30s and 20s and stuff and putting the handles on the stuff.

He's a collector, but yeah, he's a great guy. Yeah, no, he really is. He really is. So you said you played with Ted Nugent, huh? I bet that was a crazy show. I bet he puts it all on the line, man. Yeah, but you know, he's kind of strange, man. He wouldn't talk to nobody.

Really? None of us. He wouldn't even. Really? No, not at all. I'm surprised to hear that, man. I mean, at the end of the show, you know, he's up there riffing and tearing it up, and he starts dissing drinkers and smokers and whatever.

Cock knockers and whatever the hell's going on. I mean, he's, you know, his logo was a big middle finger with him riding on it, you know, with his middle finger. So he was cussing everybody out and told them how much of a loser they are after they've done made him a millionaire. And he left that Tar Reign and walked off stage. I was kind of shocked.

I would be shocked by that too. That seems. I didn't get a chance to flip him off myself. You know what I'm saying? No, man. Come on, Teddy. Come talk to us, baby. You know, it's sad when you see somebody so talented, you know,

get so disconnected from reality like that. Well, you know, apparently, you know, he's better than all of us, and he lets you know about it, you know. And, you know, he's an amazing guitar player. I mean, God, he's a legend. But you can't change your attitude if that's how you feel. Right now, I mean, it's hard to keep folks coming around if they look down on you, you know?

Well, I mean, he still sells out shows. People still know he's going to get out there. It's just like Don Rickles. You know he's going to wear you out when you get to the audience. Right, right, right. You're still going to go see him anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's true.

I would probably still go see him again, you know? I mean, I just would. He was that good. No, man, I liked him, you know, when I was a kid. You know, some of the songs I liked quite a bit. And he's a great guitar player. Who else did you perform with that you like? You know, Cody and Blower from Hinder. We got off the stage and they were backstage and they were like, man, you guys are rock, man.

I mean, you know, because they're they're they're not they're not particularly a live band back then. This is in 2009. You know, I mean, they're you know, they're studio guys. And being from Oklahoma, you know, we had a lot of common talk about them, but they're pretty nice guys. But the drummer from Heart, you know, he was really cool, you know, come up and talk to us. But, man, more than anything else, Brad Michaels was really, the year that he was in the diabetic coma that January, he was in a coma, he was in Little Rock that May playing. Yeah.

And us and we pulled into the amphitheater, and he's up on the stage like 3 30 in the afternoon he's up on stage warming up you know he's got a few people standing out there but we pull in we walk up on the stage and uh he gets done throws his guitar to his tack and he comes up he's like how you guys doing man i'm brett i mean just most genuine yeah lucky to be alive thankful to be a live person that i that i probably ever eye to eye with i mean yeah to know someone that's that close to death it's weird because uh i'll be honest with you when i was young i i didn't like poison uh i felt like they were the you know forgive me for saying the posers of the rock world you know uh but the longer i've been alive and the more i've seen him i do like

him you know i i think he seems – and that helps. The best part about that is he always takes you to the skating rink going really fast. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That's right. Gen X went to the skating rink, kids. We didn't know that.

That's damn sure true, man. Were you down here at 8 Wheels? No, you weren't. You didn't live here then. Yeah, you were in Tulsa. Skate world in Tulsa, man. My dad would drop us off. Now, back in the day, you're talking in the 80s, you know, in 85, you know, 86.

My dad would give my brother and each of us a $20 bill back then. That's like giving somebody $200. That's a lot of money in that time. He's like, call me about 30 minutes after they close. Yeah. I mean, it was hilarious, you know. And he lived on the pretty good side of town and different from where I grew up, you know, opposite side of town.

So the DJ's walking up, you guys need a ride or something? Nah, here he is. There he is. He was like, y'all have fun. And then we rode back home. But, you know, that's how I got to meet girls from around the city. He's like, let me buy you some nachos. 50 cent nachos.

Yeah, that's right. That's right. No, I mean, it was the end place to be man but you'd always feel outclassed by the the one guy that could skate every direction he'd be on one leg spinning around going backwards yeah yeah you know killing the limbo and you're like man i'm just trying to couple skate bro come on i had to severely up my skills just so i could skate fast enough to play cup of butt on do you do you think that um not just being biased of the generation but do you think that the 80s was a different kind of musical period than anything else maybe severely different

because i mean you had you know you have the movement from the 50s to the 60s and even in the 60s you went from doo wop man to to sabbath yeah i mean that was a major big deal but in the 70s it got heavy but in the 80s totally different it didn't borrow anything from any time period any decade of uh uh of music history at all period yeah i mean like even when the guys you know even when you get straight cats some of these other cats doing these rockabilly kind of things it was still kind of cool because it was rock and roll but you got it was the synthesizer changed everything i was watching hysteria the making of hysteria just yesterday

how humble those guys were just how strong of a team they are you know man we talk about that a lot that is uh pound for pound my favorite band in the world i'd say they're pretty phenomenal and you know joey elliot he was like you know their goal was to become the best band in the world and he says during a time period we were and you know and in a way they were right i mean um to stay together that long and have that many people still humble and strong and commit that is exactly what you know a real true band is i think that that what they they did a couple things well uh number one i think they connect with fans and and they're very sincere and authentic about it and and they

do a lot of that but but to answer your question about the 80s and definitely the domination of uh the the entry originality um it really kind of opened the globe up you know uh more to we're european music i mean look at craft work you know from europe and then there was a lot of djs that came out of japan that had some tracks out there you know and in soviet union you know and that's what the birth of i guess techno really kind of yeah the euro trash uh as they call it uh depeche mode or even the r b songs had guitar riffs i mean you know you got hamio you know slicing leads in there and making conditions and so many people but it was just it was a really strong it was a real

experimental time is how i see the 80s because i it seems like it was the most diverse and the most equal across the board in music, because you had pop, you had country, you had rock, you had R&B. Everybody was represented and represented well and very uniquely so, you know. And so it was such a different time frame of the way music was done. I just giggled to myself and just thinking to myself, I wish Elvis would have continued his life, because I would have would have wonder how weird he would have gotten in the 80s Never know and then Then you get completely surprised, you know how punk transitioned into the 80s and still you know, it just don't know. You just never know. And then you get completely surprised, you know,

how punk transitioned into the 80s and still, you know, it still made a definite movement early. And the near most famous unknown band, the Ramones, you know what I mean? Yeah. You know, just how cool that was. But yeah, definitely the 80s was a strong, they say that, I believe that, you know,

a hundred years from now, they're going to look back and say the 50s to the 80s was was a renaissance period do you know what i mean just like it was yeah absolutely you know you got art technology yeah music yeah culture everything did shift in that solid solid concentration of major difference from where it was i mean if you go all the way back to the renaissance period that's how that was too. It was very radical. So yeah, 80s were definitely... Yeah, and it was such a strong transition from... Because for so long

pop, pop rock dominated charts. And that was a huge... When I was at 12, 13, 11, 12, 13, Rick Springfield was the biggest guy in the world to me. I got a comment on Rick Springfield. One of my girls I used to work with, she lived next door to me in a duplex.

She grew up with him in California. Really? And I'm like, you're crazy. Then she shows me this picture of her with her T-step bangs in high school when Rick was, you know, he lives across the street. So I, you know, I've always kind of, you know, chained it off a little bit. But not too long ago, i was in my house i was cleaning some stuff i was mopping the floor waxing the floor and uh this rick springfield concert came on pluto and i watched it man it was actually an amazing he was a very good performer

no he was a great performer in the time i didn't really realize yeah and just you know it just so stereotypes squash all stereotypes no no people squash all that there was, you just, you got to go check it out for yourself. You know, you deserve it. But it was a big transition because, you know, Rick Springfield was Pop Rock, of course, but he was dominating charts. He was killing it. And then it all happened.

You know, Quiet Riot came in. Twisted Sister came in. Def Leppard came in. Motley Crue came in. The Roses came in. The Roses, that was a little later, but yeah. But these guys, it went to the hard rock pretty bad. Like the bands that fell through the cracks,

like Mr. Big and Slaughter and Striper and all these bands, they're still around, they still do stuff. Yeah, hell yeah, they do. Dennis Stone, you know Dennis Stone? Yeah, of course, producer. We always talk about Crocus, you know. Oh, yeah. They were huge for a minute.

His dad, Butch, you know, they did Black Oak, Arkansas for the beginning until they retired. But, you know, we talk about bands like Crocus and stuff. Dennis is a killer guitar player himself. He's like, let's do an ACDC tribute band. I'm like, yeah, let's do it. I told him, I said, we should call it Bon Scot scotch bond scotch that's pretty good it's pretty good name bond scotch i like that i like that yeah but you never know it could still happen okay all right so vocally speaking uh who who did you know when when you listen to other vocalists who

inspires you who makes you go man i want to push myself more um i gotta start with songwriting first david bowie is probably my favorite songwriter he's yeah yeah he's one of these deep you know just like the song ashes to ashes you know i mean that's just the one of them obscure songs obscure music but as far as singing goes man i've been inspired by so many my mom's a singer i mean she mean, she, you know, she was, she loved Barbra Streisand, you know. My dad did too. She wanted to be a country star, and my mom had the looks, she had the talent, but just never

got the break. She won talent shows, she won airtime, she won recording time, and just never had that break because, you know, you gotta have those connections. But my mom inspired me a lot to sing, and we would harmonize together, but growing up when I realized where my voice is man i would probably have to go more r&b more into al green marvin gaye oh yeah yeah it's tough right there james brown i mean modern day absolute

favorite artist of all time is james brown oh my god do you love uh i'll tell you a modern day artist that i really like who I think has a similar rasp and that's Anthony Hamilton. I saw Hamilton down at the river when he came here. I guess it was last year. Yeah. Yes, absolutely. He's absolutely phenomenal.

If you're not listening. Teddy Swims is coming up. Teddy Swims is huge right now. Yes, he absolutely is. But it's good to see those great voices and those sustain us without any autotune, without no bull crap, just like straight up. Yeah. If you haven't listened to Anthony Hamilton, trust me when I tell you,

go look it up. Absolutely. Listen, I'll give you an easy one. Start with the song Charlene. Yeah. Just start there. That's an easy one to start with. All right.

And once you listen to that, if you haven't heard it, you'll be hooked. Because that dude, when I tell you he's got the voice. Making music. Oh, my God, man. start with all right and once you listen to that if you haven't heard it uh you'll be hooked because that dude when i tell you he's got the voice making music oh my god man that has to be asked yes absolutely so good artist man yeah but i definitely lean toward the r&b side of my inspirations and you know it's just you remember albie sure absolutely you know um that was probably one of my greatest makeout tapes i had night and day baby i had a suzuki samurai with two mtx 15s in the back that's hilarious it's on you know yeah yeah yeah that's great that's great we thought we were

really pushing the bass with things like depeche mode now you know you get these subwoof sounds that are crazy but uh yeah that's that's funny man but back in Now, you know, you got these subwoof sounds that are crazy. But, yeah, that's funny, man. But back in the day, you know, with the mini truck life and all those big giant speakers with the stereo competitions, I wish they would kind of come back. The mini truck life, man. Oh, my God. They still have stereo competitions. Oh, yeah.

But I have seen some mini trucks lately, you know, rolling around. When I was in Oklahoma City not too long ago, there were about 10 of them in the line going, I'm like, that looks like history right there yeah yeah you know man yeah you'd have guys with those little mini trucks and you know you saw our bodies a little had the hammers on it oh wow and reverses yeah lime green there'd be nothing in the back except in the back seat but the area except speakers woofers things like that you just wish you'd go back one time and you just hit Guyer Springs, man, about 1987, 88. Just to check it out. Just to see it one more time with all those trucks, man, all that stuff. Yeah, we did cruise a little bit of Guyer and military both because I was a Benton Bryant guy.

High Tower used to harass everybody. Yeah. It's scary, but you still go, there's a Sasquatch coming. Saline County was always tough. You had to be careful over there, man. I mean, these kids don't do stuff. They don't do stuff like that, man. I mean, it was fun just to go hang out, man, at Reesers or, you know,

Parking Lot Oak, you know. Yeah. But, you know, there's so many things have changed. Like, for example, you know, we didn't know why we hated kids in Benton when we went to Bryant. We didn't know why we hated them. We just hated them because they were Benton. Right. Now that's all changed. You know, my kids, by the time they were in high school, social media, they were friends with kids at every school in central Arkansas. So they didn't have that same rivalry feeling and that, you know, the us against them feeling that we did.

You know, it was a real different time because you didn't have the internet to reach out and talk to people or anything. You just, you know, you just knew they were from Benton and that was the wrong place to be from. You know, that was more like my life in Oklahoma growing up. Like our rival towns, like Ben and Brian type situation. And West Tulsa is so deep kind of on the edge that these little towns are real close. And those are our rivals.

We'd go fight, you know, after Friday night football game, cruising around and do stuff like that. But I got to Arkansas and it was a culture shock to me because none of that was going on. Because it's not a desert? Well, it was a different, well, you well you know it's actually a beautiful city it's not really a desert where i lived but um it's i get to little rock and it was you know i moved here the year 1989 friday the 13th when they had the riot at central high school oh okay i moved here that saturday morning uh-huh so i

wanted to go to central you know part of the history you know and all of a sudden we turn the news on mom's like yeah you ain't going to go so um being a fighter she's like you're definitely not gonna go to school there so i'm being an artist i'm a painter i paint murals i paint yeah that's cool i went to parkview you know and yeah that was my life then and you know you you're going to school with some thugs still but they're smart thugs. You know what I'm saying? I mean, we were the first, our class was the first class in Arkansas to receive a million dollars in scholarship money. Really? Back in 1992, that was the first class to do that.

1992, that was a big music year. That was the year The Chronic came out. That was the year Pearl Jam 10 came out. So grunge and hip hop were evolving strongly at that time. But also, you you know you had all those other r&b bands that were still out there you like you know uh i'll tell you what probably one of my biggest and favorite influences was gerald lavert that guy oh man yeah that man yeah gerald lavert's great singer man i love all those boys to make a rainbow cry yeah no he's absolutely wonderful man it was it was sad that he died so young he was only 42 when he passed away real heart attack man sure yeah yeah no i i liked all those

uh bands there's like a midnight star you know freakazoid well man halloween night i just dj'd a party at the prospect bar um cavanaugh and i spun all vinyl man i was playing i was playing midnight star and i'm playing where are you lover and playing Egyptian lover baby oh my god soviets the Prospect Bar, um, Cavanaugh. And I spun all vinyl, man. I was playing, I was playing Midnight Star. And I'm playing Egyptian Lover and playing. Egyptian Lover, baby. Oh my God. I was playing American Soviets and playing, you know, New York, New York. I mean, these kids were like, why this? They were dancing, but they didn't know what was going on.

They were like, this is weird, but I like it. I'm going to keep going. All of a sudden, the boogie boys come on. Fly, girl. Yeah. Fly, girl. Yeah. And then mixing in the was not was and jumping

off into you know the flock of seagulls and i was mixing all these things up was not was they what was the uh what was their big rubber band rubber ball what was the name of that your love is like something like that i remember when i was like who's been me right around yeah yeah i know that one yeah for sure yeah that's pretty good stuff But the 80s were definitely some strong music. And, you know, it's been influencing, like, all the kids now. It hits them like the 60s hit me when I was a kid. You know, one of the greatest things my mom gave me besides life itself was a radio when I was a little kid. And I would definitely listen.

Unless it was Wolfman Jack on AM radio. And just hear some doo-wop, you know. Oh, man, that's the whole reason that I got into to the radio business is because you know i grew up in that vintage era where you know you you listened to the top 40 because that's how you knew what songs were cool i always wanted to be on the radio i always wanted to be a jock myself as a kid my friend and i would would take road trips when he would invite me with his family and uh we're sitting in the camper in the back of the truck you know you're listening live too you know right and like our next song coming up was recorded let's see back in the day it would tell you when it was recorded where it was recorded you recorded it you know and this

did those those things are lost now i don't know if they just don't have time for it just don't do it or just cock i don't know you know i'm not sure but i mean it's it's always cool to have a quick reference and you know that's how the jocks were back then. That's how I learned so much about music Well, me too, me too. Who did what so No, you're exactly right. As a record collector you look at the band members and all sudden you look them up and all sudden Oh, they had they play with these people and that people and that people.

Yeah, yeah. Next thing you know you're turned on to you know, Roy Ayers and then you're turned you're listening to you know You're listening to Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howell somehow. And you realize how many people play with Santana and how many records that are spread out from him as an umbrella and what's gone down from him. And it's just, you know, it's amazing. Music is true magic to me.

You know what was interesting then, too, is you didn't know what bands looked like until you, well, if they were on the album, you might see them there. But you didn't have any other point of reference, you know? It's so sad when they dis-kissed, when they came out when they came out with you know lick it up they had no makeup on like put the makeup back on yeah well they needed to put the makeup back on to be honest with you it was it was rough you know everybody went damn gene simmons is ugly you know my son i'll keep him cultured he's a hip-hop artist himself oh yeah he's ghostface q on soundcloud and itunes and

and uh we might need to have him in here man he's coming up soon we're about to start working with some people in phoenix and um are you really yes absolutely man these guys love his music you know he's he's he's high functioning autistic diagnosed at two years old you know he grew up and not having a whole lot of friends but man he uh he knows how to keep a damn beat, though, doesn't he? He knows us, you know? And I treat him like nothing special. I mean, you still got to wash your ass. You got to brush your teeth like everybody else. You know what I'm saying?

That's right. So, you know. And the world needs more of that. He's a very smart kid, a super good-looking kid. And he's so humble and normal. And then he gets on the microphone, becomes this character, and it's just hysterical. He's bringing back that hysterical rap, you know, when it't when it was dougie fresh you know i mean yeah yeah yeah

one line hits you start giggling you're on you know so um but he's he's uh he's coming up strong yeah i i think that's another thing too that that uh that that separates gen X a little bit from other generations because ours was super unique in that we liked everybody. We had nothing to lose, too. We liked everybody, though. I mean, it didn't matter what genre, what color, what background. We just liked people. It didn't matter.

I still tell my young people to come and get cuts. I'm like, we had one radio station that played all of it. You got Danny Freaky, get cuts. You know, I'm like, you know, we had one radio station that played all of it. You know, you got Danny Freaky, you know, then you have Captain Antonio, and all of a sudden, Tommy Dog would come on the radio, you know, and then all of a sudden the message would come up, my Melly Mel, you know, Grandmaster Flash, and then I would go right back to Phil Collins. You know, but it played everything.

You know, so it was just one of those deals. It was either country, that, or classical, you know. And it was exciting to be, you. It was either country that are classical. And it was exciting to be, you know, I felt like I was, I was, you know, and now that I look back, I did, I witnessed the birth of rap, you know, for the most part and, and, you know, with sugar hill gang and then the fat boys and then, you know, it just kept going and going. And it was a phenomenal time to experience, you know, the birth of that genre and, and to watch how it's evolved and grown and changed. experience, you know, the birth of that genre and, and to watch how it's

evolved and grown and changed. And, you know, one of the reasons that they spent so long over the past few years dominating the charts is I feel like hip hop has, has probably been the most inventive and incorporating new sounds, new music, new styles, new things into it. Well, the greatest thing is having the classics to sample from. I mean, let's go James Brown one time. I already mentioned him. He's my favorite artist. Even in my senior year of high school, you know,

we had to do our final paper on a famous African-American. And I'm like, well, we got enough culture in this class. Why can't we do somebody of our own culture? Because I want to do my paper on Jim Thorpe. Yeah. You know? So she goes, here's this list. um i'm gonna call it by name taft burden is a buddy of mine from high school and he was sitting over there and he's he's he has to sit in front of

the teacher because he's a clown right like the rest of it that was me so here goes this list of names you know and um she goes i'm gonna call your name out and i want you to tell me who you're doing your paper on right about your name and she gets to me and I'm like, the person I want to do is not on this list. And he says, everybody's on this list. I said, your mom ain't on this list. He was like, oh, man. But anyway, I told her, I said, you don't even have Miss Jane Pittman on this list. You know, the first black woman to drink from a white fountain in the middle of Montgomery, Alabama, did not get beaten to death.

You know, she goes, do you want to do your paper on her? Nope. I said, you don't even have Bob Marley on this list. I? She goes, do you want to do your paper on her? Nope. Nope. I said, you don't even have Bob Marley on this list. I mean, oh, do you want to do it? Nope. Well, who do you want to do? And everybody's looking at me.

I said, I want to do James Brown. She goes, James Brown, what did he do? Same guy. Taff jumps up. Ow! Does the spin. I said, that's what he did. He's the most sampled artist.

He's the most celebrated artist. I said, if he didn't scream in that microphone, Paul McCartney would have never screamed in that microphone. Do you know what I'm saying? There's no way he would have done that. Wilson Pickett was inspired by James Brown. There's a lot of great things that happened, but he, you know, the music, funky drummer and a lot of other, you know,

Sex Machine, all those songs have been sampled so many times in hip hop because Public Enemy, I mean, they were the first group that I think that would in concert would sample live records so they got live records playing while they're in concert while they're sampling yeah i mean illa cool j did a little bit yeah but public enemy was flat out straight up terminator x yeah i mean he was a badass dj holy moly was he cool yeah i loved uh public enemy man yeah yeah i remember when i got fear of a black planet i was just like I felt like somehow I wasn't even supposed to listen to it, you know? And I was like, but I am. And I loved it, man. You know, going political, you know, you know, there was a situation that happened.

And that's not my post. Don't believe the hype, you know, put it on, man, to call him out. But, you know, there was a lot of great, great music that happened in the 80s, man. And then the 90s transitioned into, it kind of brought, Lenny Kravitz, for example. You know, Lenny Kravitz, you know, he tried to have a career in the 80s and it just didn't work out. Right. He turned to the name Romeo Blue.

He was doing something else. Yeah, yeah. So when he found his sound, I mean, a friend of mine turned me on to Lenny Kravitz. Let Love Rule, first time I heard that, I'm like, that changed my life. Yeah, no, that's a damn good song. It immediately brought me, that's like a combination of sly stone jimmy hendrix it was everybody peter frampton at one time like as far as the story goes you know i mean just writing like that it was wow man lenny kravitz amazing artist and he's still relevant still hip to this day

yeah now he i guess he is still uh hip to this day he was a a great artist for sure. Yeah. The 90s really changed though because you know, in the 80s, they were people were, you know, you had like, for example, Twisted Sister, you know, we're not going to take it. They were pissed, but it was still fun. Right. Okay. They were pissed. They were still having a good time about being pissed. The 90s shifted that the tone of music shifted to a much darker you know uh tone than the 80s had it was it was dramatic the kids man people just on the kids a lot these days and but they're really into this vintage stuff they're in cassette tapes right now yeah i knew albums they's selling cassettes?

Walmart has got, they sell cassettes. Why would you want to buy that? I don't know. It's the worst form. They like the music in hand. They want to record stuff and go, I got mixtape. Oh, my God. That's one of the worst forms of recording you can get is a tape. But the main thing is, you know, it's 2009.

LP sales have been dominating CD sales, you know, for, you know, 2009. Yeah. Which is great. You know, at my shop, I've always played records. And people come to the salon and be like, man, look at all these records, you know. But it inspires kids. It inspires the young people to pick the record up. The music is in hand.

And that is the only true permanent format of music today is a lp yeah no you're right actually it'll still play you know you're right if you can't you know if you don't have any uh no computer you can't if it crashes it's gone your stuff's gone but there's all your records you know yeah you know the other day we were uh we we had to uh we moved and so uh i got my stuff out of storage and uh moved it back you know home and uh so we're going through some of the boxes and and this is stuff that's been in storage for i don't know three years now and so you don't even remember what you put in there and i pulled out this this big binder of cds wow and i just looked at it and i looked through them all and i, I can't throw it away.

I don't know what the hell to do, man. I've got mine, man. I've still got mine. I mean, I've got like 1,000 CDs in this binder, and I'm like, I don't even know what to do with them. I mean. Bill Edgington from Arkansas Recording and CD Exchange. I want to just shout out to him, man.

I mean, that guy right there is just saying, he's been in business for 40 years. Yeah, they've been there forever. And 50 years then um but my friend neil used to work for him and gave him this box of cds and it's still at my house and this box is uh about half as long as this table half as wide as this table and it's got it's got a thousand cds in there people you've never heard of in your whole life probably copies of this and that i've listened to some of it but it's overwhelming but i still

have tons of it you know what we could damn there do the whole ceiling the cds in here man yeah i used to find new musicians with the discount bin at discount records uh if you remember discount right of course um i still have records that i bought from this kind of yeah when i was in junior high wow i still have them yeah what was the do you remember the first album you bought with your own money? I would probably say it had to be a 45 of Hold On Loosely, about 38 special. 38 special, baby. That was a big, big song. I rode my bicycle to the record store, bought it, and I had it on the handle of my bicycle

and rode it back home. That's great. But, you know, that's probably the first record i actually remember 45 single um okay album wise man boston don't look back was the very first record actually purchased the full album the the first album i bought was minute work business as usual oh wow that's awesome yeah yeah that was the first one i spent my own money on one of my favorite records i bought when i first raised his machine first album I mean, I still have that and and that's cool rip. It still sounds great. Yeah now I Am a big rage against the Machine fan. I like those guys a lot. The sound is amazing Well, that's you know, that's the killer part about my band now is this we have everybody loves

our drummer He loves rock he loves metal. He loves R&B. He likes reggae. You know, Tim Anthony, he can play anything. He can play anything. Yeah, that's great. You know, and Barnes, you know, he's a jazz guitarist, so he can solo and flip and fill in on anywhere. You know, Steve Barnes, he's a tech player.

You know, he's a technical guy. And my son, he's an amazing percussionist. But myself, I mean, I know a million songs. Right. Because I love it. Yeah. You know, you know, because I love it. Yeah. It's just, you know, I've had a reggae band. I've had a rock band.

No, I think I know music until I meet someone like you. And I know music very well, but you know music, I can tell, more than I do even. And I appreciate your passion for it. My father was an avid record collector, and he was, you know, my mom was an entertainer. And he's, you know And he's a music lover. So I would get Johnny Hooker and B.B. King and Marvin Gaye at mom's with the hood. And I go home, and mom's playing country and rock. So it's the Eagles, and it's Barbra Streisand and some of these other things that she loved. But it'd drive me nuts until we'd go to Dad's house

and he'd just want to crank it up. I'm like, I would lay right there by the speaker and just let it blast, man. Pick it up, man. But I loved to listen. Like I said, all night long, I would listen to the radio. That was, you know, then, that was the impressions for you. I only have eyes for you. 1958. Recorded it and, you know,

the songs. Yeah, no, that's exactly that. Played out. I mean, just, wow. No, and it was so cool in that time to listen to djs and you know hear them do their thing and and that inspired me to want to do it you know and uh obviously i did you know yeah which is cool which is cool indeed all right let's uh let's do something a little different can we manners for men when walking with a lady, after you, always walk between her and the street for safety. And the reflection off the store windows

will enable you to see her butt. Oh, they're having a sale. This has been Manners for Men. Fist bump. Dick punch. Alright. punch all right listen up now i'll tell you a story without a doubt it's kind of gory it's the worst news you could ever hear things just like this make you fear. Lying lunched on a dumb guy's knee. Or a big hard fuck drowning some honey.

Why you laughing? Why you laughing? This shit ain't funny. Nope. Definitely not funny. This is the worst news in the world, man. You don't want to even hear it. But you're going to hear it.

All right. The music world, you may know, was stunned to even hear it. Here we go. But you're going to hear it. All right. The music world, you may know, was stunned by the death of former Iron Maiden frontman Paul D'Anno. He was only 66. The horrible news is, well, now we know what killed him. If there is a bright side to it, it's that apparently he didn't suffer. He said, we received permission from Paul's family to bring you the news that his cause of death after the results of the autopsy, his sister Cheryl and Michelle confirmed that he had a tear in the sac around the heart and blood filled inside from the main aorta artery, and that caused his heart to stop.

But it said his death was instantaneous and painless. It just ended, you know but uh there you go if you wanted to know about what happened with iron maiden uh that's what it was at least it wasn't drugs this time that's good news right true okay um man uh after surviving a life threatening electrocution for 4160 volts, think about that a minute. Left him with severe burns, a 5% chance of survival. John Pendleton from West Palm Beach, Florida, now embraces his scars with pride. The accident happened in 2019.

He was working as a rock miner. He said, I was hit by 4,000 volts. It entered the right side of my head and left on the side of my neck. He spent nine days in a coma, underwent repeated surgeries, had muscle graft from his back placed on his head to aid his recovery. He said, when I saw myself for the first time without bandages, I could actually see my own skull. Throughout his long recovery, his wife was by his side even administering silver nitrate treatments to prevent keloid growth on his head. She encouraged him to share his journey on social media where he found a big community. But, I mean, look, he's out here trying to get people to feel better about life.

And, man, that's rough, man. I mean, that's a lot of stuff's a lot of uh that's a lot of stuff to deal with right there that's down there jiggawatt yeah it is it is that's some back to the future shit you could have powered the delorean on that and got to you know 1983 or something all right uh let's say go here then um oh yeah police shot and killed a man who allegedly tried breaking into a south phoenix home monday night yeah up around and find out bro yeah uh officers responded to a call about an armed home invasion they saw a pickup truck with a suspect carlos fragosa possibly inside leaving the area

trying to stop it a brief chase ensued before the truck crashed into a big brick wall. The driver and adult male got out of pickup, gun in hand. Officers gave commands to stop, and as the man continued to run towards the home, reached the driveway, raised the gun towards officers, and you know what that resulted in? He became Swiss cheese in that moment. So yeah, deputies say they found two handguns and another rifle in the pickup, and he was the one involved in a home invasion earlier in the day. You don't understand the animosity of why they won't get on the ground. Anybody. I mean, the cow says get on the ground, get on the ground.

He's going to shoot you. Yeah, no, it does seem like the smarter decision. I mean, come on. Just listen, let him figure out nothing's going on, and you're going to get set free. You're going to move on. I've've been pulled over i'm a long-haired tattooed darkie myself dude i can handle the police officer man it doesn't matter if it's a female male black white and it's like you're just be genuine nice and you know hell if you're not messing up you're not messing up it's just good to you know try to be calm and humble as you can be, you know, but sometimes.

But, you know, your mouth gets you in trouble. Your mouth will get you in trouble. What is it? Your mouth will write a check your ass can't cash. No, it does sometimes. You know, people want to be mad right off the bat and have a chip on their shoulder. Yeah, why are you pulling me over? I don't know, because you can't drive, bitch.

That's why. The women that get slammed down, some of thesemas or something i mean these mouthy women i mean you know yeah you've been drinking so what you know chill out you know you know stand there and tell you what i once said something like that to my wife and it was about three days before i woke up i said chill out huh i know you've been, chill out, huh? I know you've been drinking. Chill out. Bam. No, I'm kidding. She would never do that. Wake up, knee in the shade. Let's see.

Yeah, right. A Maryland mom of a newborn daughter unfortunately died Monday after suffering fatal injuries involving a golf cart. Mary Blassetti, 32, is a passenger. And this is in Annapolis. She was thrown from from the cart suffered life-threatening injuries and died two days later but she had great views when she died you know what i mean nice views to look at as you're losing your uh this is extremely tragic unfortunate situation hearts go out to everyone the driver of the golf cart 32 year old woman from Crownsville. No information about the driver, so I don't know if she's in any trouble, not in any

trouble, or what. You just don't expect to die on the golf course. You know what I mean? Crownsville. That's the flag right there. It's happening. You're right. Let's see. We've got another one here. Oh, yeah.

We were talking. This is an update here. A human head washed ashore at a popular South Florida beach. Kid's probably playing soccer with it. Miami-Dade police investigating the incident after a beach worker in Key Biscayne discovered that head early morning behind the Key Colony 2 Oceansound condos. Not the Key Colony Oceans Ocean Sound condos. Not the Key Colony Ocean Sound 2 condos. The police have not been able to identify the specifics regarding the head. They're unaware of the age or the sex. One must have been floating around a little while in the ocean.

If you kind of get... My glasses have fallen off. Yeah. Probably had some crabs gnawing a little bit. Do you remember like in the 80s, like 80s, 90s, like up in Vancouver and Portland area, there were feet washing up on the beach? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.

There was dozens of them. Yeah, I know. And they never found out why. Well, it's the bodies. Yeah, well. It'd be a foot in a shoe. They could find some random shoe and it'd be a foot in it, you know? I don't know if that was, you know, if it was a product of shipwreck or ship, you know, things, or if it was the serial killer generation.

Because, you know, the 80s, 70s, and 80s, that was when serial killers were liberated. Right, that's true. They really used to scare the hell out of me. My mom had me scared to death I was going to be abducted, man. Hell, that was an unnatural fear of mine until I was about 25 and realized nobody wants to abduct your fat bald ass yeah well i grew up in government housing in west tulsa and you know it was always never go by yourself anywhere you know right just you know can never van that's when that started you know don't get in the van hey that's true like you every day at the house you know and it is it is when they start talking about don't if someone offers you candy don't take it yeah don't candy

It is when they start talking about don't. If someone offers you candy, don't take it. Yeah, don't take the candy. Man. But, you know, you were more afraid of outsiders than you were someone robbing you in your own neighborhood. Oh, yeah. No, no. I mean, absolutely. You were.

Serial killers proliferated. Give me your money. I'm going to tell your brother. He's going to kill your age. Right. Yeah. That's right. That's right.

Yeah. Now, you ain't following me. Get out of here, man. Get out of here, man. You can't jump all of us. I had a dude that jumped me at school. And we're half the size. You can't jump all of us, man.

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? I had a dude that whooped my ass, and I had it coming. But he whooped my ass at the end of the street. And I went to the bigger kids, and they caught him a couple days later and circled back. But that's the way it was back then, you know? Well, like I said, trying to stay hip. I was trying to stay here but i was a little kid so i always

made friends with older guys too oh yeah basketball court all these black guys playing ball every day we're out there watching play and uh what happened to you man so also man was that right you know they go over there and pat him down you know so yeah it was always good. Yeah. Back up. Man, yeah. It was a different, different time, wasn't it? It was a different time. It was a different time. You know, I used to fight a lot. My mom used to tell me, she goes, why do you fight so much?

And I'm like, well, it's not my fault. You know what I mean? I was always a sawed-off, short, little, wide kid. Yeah. People just think you want to see how tough you are. Yeah. So, you know, I told Mama, I said, Mama, people were allowed to fight since the beginning

of time first of all it's nobody's business why these two people are fighting in the first place and if you can actually pound somebody down and know that you get your a kick and not go to jail some people would stop talking that smash yeah i mean it's to shoot people over things they say they're in the victorian era yeah but i mean if you could actually throw fists right now at a bar and some guy no you're not going to jail you're not going to jail you're not throwing out you know i'm just man just it's somebody else's business why no dude's got tuned up a lot in that time frame you get tuned up yeah you someone would clobber you yeah and now i i've i've talked to people i've been i keep mentioning where i grew up in Tulsa, but, I mean, we still had greasers walking around.

We still had older dudes, you know, that were in their 50s with four-inch fold cuffs and cigarettes in their shirt, you know what I mean? And grease, you know, sleep back, ride Harley. Absolutely, yeah. I mean, they still lived around there. Yeah. I mean, the Outsiders was filmed in the neighborhood

I used to live in where my dad lived for a while. Where Johnny killed those kids at that park. We used to play there all the time. Oh, really? That's cool, man. The kid that the house that that pony boy and all them stayed at was my friend mark's house wow he advised to come over the house one time after you know joining us for playing with my dad his fly balls and you know the needle pin needles and hitting so he's like you guys want to go over the house so my brother and i go over there and we're looking at him looking at the house looking at that fence I was like, is this the outsider's house?

And he goes, yeah, man, they filmed that movie here. Wow. That's wild. So that lot right next to it, man, you should throw the football mark all there. That's funny. How cool is that, man? It's a small world. I mean, it's two degrees.

It always is. I have to tell you that I don't have – and you've helped a little bit. I want you to know that. I'm going to give you an A for helping Oklahoma a little bit today, because I have a real bad taste in my mouth for Oklahoma in general, because it's the worst drive I ever had. Driving from- Where'd you drive to?

To Kansas. No wonder. You definitely lost society and everything that's around you. It's like Cactus, Old Derek, Cactus, Old Derek. It's like they should put a vending machine with a gun on the side of the freeway so I can just end it. But here's something weird about Oklahoma, too. And I don't know if it's still this way. But we laughed so hard.

And I think I talked about it in my stand-up. They had these picnic areas right on the side of the freeway. I'm like, who the hell is stopping to eat on the side of the freeway? Like, I hope nobody runs over us. Wow. I mean, it's literally right beside it, man. Rick can take the whole family out. Yeah, you would.

You'd be sitting at a picnic table. Rick just wiped the whole family. Boom, done. My dad, you know, full-blood Muskogee Creek native, he would say, bring us a roll of red and a loaf of bread, and we're straight. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I know that's right. I know that's right.

That's a good way to end the show right there. A roll of red and a loaf of bread, man. It makes me appreciate my Arkansas because I was actually born here, and I was born in Hemer Springs, Arkansas. No one believes me because there was no darkness up there, you know, in Cleveland County. Yeah. And my dad, you know, that's the closest place. That's another story about my father because there you know in cleburne county yeah and uh my dad you know we that's the closest

place that's another story about my father because you know he there's a reason why we were there and yeah doing some of the things so um well we'll have you back on to talk about that again yeah i'd love to have you back and um but you know it makes me appreciate arkansas more now and and my whole life because I still live. I still love here and I don't want to move away. And if I ever do, it'll be somewhere tropical and I'll be. Oh, that's right. I know that's exactly.

They're going to end the world. I'll end it in paradise, brother. Yeah, I'm going to end it somewhere warmer. I know that's right. Umbrella in my drink. Yeah, that's right. With an umbrella in my drink. Swim past the breakers and watch the world die.

That works for me. That works for me, man. Listen man listen i want to thank everybody man listen i i i cannot stress every day enough how much i appreciate you guys um how amazing you're the best fans the best supporters the best folks ever and just keep spreading the word keep telling people we are growing at crazy numbers every single day. I mean, it's, it's at a point now I can't even keep up and it's because of you. Thank you. So thank you to all of you because you make it what it is. It is the people. I'm just a mouthpiece that gets to turn the light on, you know? So thank you guys. I hope you have a great weekend and we'll see you next time around. Okay.