The Harland Highway - 961 - Life Coach Dr. Debbie Thymer. Harland admits he's a FLASHER. Crazy news story.

Episode Date: September 24, 2018

Life Coach Dr. Debbie Thymer. Harland admits he's a FLASHER. Crazy news story. And, lets all show a little compassion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, boys and girls, it's your host, Harlan Williams, and I am the host of The Highland Highway Podcast. All right, that was a bit over the top, but why not? It's the 90s. Hey, everybody, Harland Williams here. Welcome to the Harland Highway podcast. Great to have you on board, or if you're making love on broad. Hello. What a show today. Oh, my God, I'm finally admitting it.

On today's show, I've been keeping this secret a long time. I am a flasher. Okay, I know I might be getting into trouble saying that out loud, but I'm going to finally talk about it today on the show. I'm a freaking flasher. Okay? There, I said it. Way to you hear my confession.

I'm a little scared, but I've got to get it out of my system. Also, Dr. Debbie Timer is here today. She's going to be taking phone calls. She's a life coach and a therapist, and she just likes to help people. So we'll be taking calls from all over the country, Dr. Debbie Timer Life Coach. Also, a crazy news story. The things that some people do to their children is insane. Wait to you hear the crazy news story.

You're going to freak. And then lastly, we're going to talk about taking care of each other emotionally. Because that's what we do right here. of the Harland Highway. I have an announcement to know. You're about to go down the Harland Highway. Lock the door. I don't want to be a product of my environment.

Shut up. I want my environment to be a product of me. You're riding down the Harlan Highway. So, put off the fuck to get all. I can get off. I can get off. Maybe. Maybe not.

Maybe fuck yourself. Ha! You're a cantaloupe. Tideon. Tudda Tidon. All right, hold tight on the Holland Highway show. I'm ashamed, big daddy. That's why I'm a drunk when I'm drunk I can stand myself.

Keep leading on that tutor, Charlie, and you're gonna get a shot in the mouth. Act like a man! I wasn't really sure what was going on. You're listening to Harlan Williams. The rest is bullshit and you know it. Hi, I'm Dr. Debbie Timer, and I'm your life coach. I am my baby's mother's sister's daughter, and it's time to get a life. your life

Well, hello everybody, I'm Dr. Debbie Timmer, and welcome to the show where today we'll talk to people all over the country about issues and dilemmas pressing their lives, creating challenges, and putting up blocks and obstacles and obstacles and obstacles and obstacles. and I am your life coach and I will talk you and walk you through all your questions and concerns and dilemmas if you will so be prepared to get open and honest and call in with your questions

or your confessions or whatever's on your mind whatever you think Dr. Debbie Timer can help you with in your life. life. So let's open up the phone lines and go all over the country. And let's start with, it looks like we have someone from, oh, this looks like Buffalo, New York.

Go ahead, you're on the air with Dr. Debbie Timer. Hello? Hello, how are you? Hi, Dr. Debbie Seiber. Hello, and what's your name? Um, my name's Karen Bindelblast. Karen. Bindleblast.

Karen Bindleblast? Okay, and what, what can we talk about with you tonight? Karen Bindleblast? Dr. Debbie Timer? Yes. I like water chestnuts. Um, I beg your pardon, child. I like water chestnuts, Dr. Debbie Timer.

Okay, um, I'm not sure what that means. It means, I like water chestnuts. Okay, let's move along to our next caller. I wasn't finished, Dr. Debbie. Okay, let's stop the mentally insane, retarded laughing. child stop the goddamn laughing let's just move on to another call i like watered chestnuts dr debbie farmer let's hang up and move on to another call okay

okay good let's see looks like we have a call from Rochester, New York, just up from Buffalo. Let's go ahead and plug that call in. Hello, Rochester. You're on the line with Dr. Debbie Thimer. Hello, Dr. Debbie. Yes, and who is this? Yeah, this is Paul Davidson from Rochester, New York.

How are you tonight? Well, I'm very good, sir. It's good to hear your voice, and how can we address something going on in your life? Well, boy, oh boy, Dr. Debbie, this is a little awkward for me, a little hard to talk about. Well, that's why we're here. That's why we set up the phone lines tonight, David. We want people to open up, and there is a certain amount of anonymity, anonymity, anonymity. Anaminity?

Yes, on the phone lines. Well, okay. Ah, boy, oh boy, I guess I should just blurt this out. Well, whatever it is that you want to talk about, the best thing is it's like, you know, walking into a cold lake or jumping in a cold pool, just jump right in and once you're in, once you're acclimated, it's really not that bad.

Okay, well, God. Here we go, Debbie. Uh, I don't know if this is legal. in every state. I don't know if this is illegal. I don't know. Well, why don't you tell us what it is, and we can determine that. Okay, I am

a a flasher. I'm sorry? I am a flasher, Dr. Debbie. There I said it. It's out there in the world. Oh, my God. I'm so... Just calm down. Well, we know this is a big step, and flashing

is a symptom that many people have. I know. I've seen it before. I've witnessed it, and I just don't know if it's right. Well, I can tell you right now, sir, that before I get into the rights and the wrongs, why don't you tell me, give me an example of when you'd flash, where you flash. Well, I don't really have a spot, Dr. Debbie. I will do it out. in the street i've done it during the day i've done it at night i've done it right out in in plain sight and i'm worried i get nervous my heart starts racing every time i flash i feel like i feel like oh my god am i my is this legal am i going to get caught what do people think i mean

well sir it's you know we live in a society where there are people with very different fetishes different practices and we applaud you for opening up about this it's not easy there are others like you out there in society I know like I said Dr. Debbie I've seen them and I don't know if I was inspired by them but I'm just trying to do something that I feel is good well flashing is, I'm afraid to burst your bubble, not good. Well, you know, this is where I get into a dilemma. That's why I've called you, Dr. Demi.

Why isn't it good? Why shouldn't I do it? And my big burning question is, can I go to jail? Is it illegal if I get caught? Well, okay, let's open the legal playbook. And the answer is yes. It is illegal. And if you do flash someone, you will go and do some jail time.

Oh, God damn it, Dr. Debbie. You know, I just... When was the last time you flash someone? Well, it was yesterday, and it was just around sunset, and I was, you know, coming down the street, and I just started doing it compulsively, and I thought, look at all these other things. people out here. I'm going to flash them.

Well, so you did it. You did it for a group. Oh, yeah. I must have flashed, you know, 20, 30 different people. I mean, just all in a row. Boom, boom, boom. Flash, flash, flash, flash. And I'm feeling guilt. I'm feeling anxiety. My hand is sweating on the steering wheel. I'm like, should I be doing this? Well, I'm sorry, you're on the steering wheel? Oh, yeah. I just gripped the steering wheel. I'm thinking, oh, my God, am I going to get pulled over? Pulled over for flashing?

Yes, pulled over for flashing, Dr. Debbie. I mean, you know, like I said, I don't know if it's legally doing it. And I think I'm doing a service to people, you know? Flashing people, sir, is not a service. Pulling your private parts, whether you're standing on a street corner or behind a bush or behind the wheel of your vehicle, you do not expose your. your genitalia to strangers. Uh, what?

You heard me, sir. You do not pull out, and hear me well. You do not pull out your penis, or your testicles, in front of complete strangers and flash them. What, penis? What the hell are you talking about, timer? I don't think we should be playing games here, sir.

I think you know what I'm talking about. You have been pulling out your penis and flashing people. What the hell you're talking about, Thimer? Sir, I'm talking about what you're talking about. I said I'm flashing people, you pervert. Sir, do not raise your voice. You did say you were flashing, and I told you it is inappropriate and illegal.

There could be children. Well, yes, I actually saw many children in some of the vehicles. past. Oh my God. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't give them a heads up that there's a police officer waiting down, you know, a mile down the road waiting to give them a ticket. I'm sorry? Well, I don't, you know, I don't want them to get a ticket. They're speeding by me. I saw the police officer hiding with his speed gun, you know, behind a billboard. And I know what he's doing because if I was called the other way, I'd want someone to flash their lights at me. So I didn't get a speeding ticket.

I'm sorry, flashing your lights? Yes, flashing my lights so that, you know, the people coming at me know there's a cop there waiting with a radar gun and so they don't get a ticket. There I'm thinking, is this even legal? Is this? Wait a minute, I thought you meant you were pulling out your penis. What the hell is wrong with you, Simon? What are you, jerk jacked up on porno? I'm not jacked.

You said you were flashing and it was inappropriate, sir. Yeah, I was flashing my headlights. Trying to prevent people from getting a ticket warning them that there was a cop down the road with a speed trap. What the hell? Where's your mind that you, perverted sick fuck? Would you watch your language, sir? I was under the impression. You led me to believe, why don't you just go to the local Walmart?

by an electric vibrator, go home and start playing with yourself, you sick pig? Sir, I am not a sick pig. I was under the assumption when you said you were flashing strangers, you were pulling open a trench coat, and you were pulling out my penis, look at you, what kind of life coach are you? An X-rated, pervert life coach? Sir, I... You are one-sip fuck timer.

I hope you get a black guy from a fucking muck. Okay, okay. I thought that that idiot said he was flashing and he made it sound like he was Hang up, but thank you for listening, good Christ in fucking heaven, get, hang up the lines, I need a break. Fucking asshole, fuck me tender to next Thursday. Jesus Christ, flashing his goddamn headlights. What kind of fucking idiot? Oh, mighty flasher. Yes, I admit. Hey, everybody.

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Okay, I don't know how many of you have done this where you're driving down the road or the highway or what, to any kind of surface street. And you're heading one way. And on the other side of the road, you see a cop set up with a speed trap. They got the old radar gun, and they're just waiting for people coming the opposite way to you, unsuspectingly, to speed right through their speed trap. And then, you know, those people don't have a chance.

You know, the cops watching them. He's picking them up on radar. He's watching his little gun, you know, 50, 60, 70, 80 miles an hour. And so the people coming down the road just don't have any clue that they're being ambushed. So when I was a kid, when I was a young inn, I remember it was like common courtesy, common protocol that when you were coming down the highway and you saw. a speed trap, that what you did, whether it was daytime or nighttime, you did what we call flashing your high beams or your headlights. You just kind of grab the light switch and you just start flicking it.

And so people heading towards the hidden cop see your lights flashing and everyone kind of knew the rules of the road. They're like, oh, that's that flashing light from the park. person coming the other way is an indication that the po-poe are hiding in the road road. And they're going to light you up and give you a nice fat ticket. And so recently, you know, I did it. I was a few weeks ago, I was driving along. I was on a road.

And it was just outside of a town. And there was a cop car. I see all these cars coming and I pass the cop car so the cop car can't see my headlights because I'm going the other way and I start feeling guilty. I almost feel like I have a moral civic duty, an obligation to signal the unsuspecting citizens

who are rolling towards the cop. It's almost like a fly heading towards a spider web. It's like you don't want the fly to get caught. you want to warn that fly to slow down or divert and so I started flashing and it was kind of weird because I felt kind of good I felt like oh I'm the messenger boy you know it's like I'm I'm the guy running through town warning everybody there's trouble up ahead and then I'm feeling kind of good about myself I'm all you know inside I'm like oh those people love me you know I'm I'm getting approval from strangers.

I'm getting lifted up on the shoulders of strangers who approve of me, who appreciate me. People I've never met, people I don't know, and here I am saving them hundreds of dollars. Flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash. I'm your little light flashing buddy. I'm going to save you money. I'm helping you. I'm like Paul Revere riding through town on the horse. The British are coming.

The British are coming. The speed trap is coming. The speed trap is coming. And so I'm feeling real good about myself. And then I start thinking, you know, I don't really see people doing this anymore. I can't remember the last time somebody flashed me. I can't remember when somebody talked about being flashed or flashing. And so then I started thinking is illegal.

Like if a cop saw you flashing your lights, can you get a ticket? But then I thought it's that whole game of, he said, she said, like, okay, how do you know what I was flashing my lights at? I could have been testing my lights. Was I flashing my lights? I don't remember flashing my lights. So I don't know if it's illegal or legal, but then I was feeling a little guilty. and then you start getting into the, you know, the element of the distance. Okay, so the first few guys that drove past me, I didn't flash at all.

I was like, oh, I should tell, you know, that's the phase where I'm thinking about it. So I'm driving along. I see the cop. I keep driving past him. He's on the other side of the road. Now cars are coming towards me. And I'm thinking, do I do the right thing? Do I flash?

Do I let them know? But by this time about three or four cars have passed me and I'm trying to grapple with the guilt and the legality and the moral issue. And then I get through that and I go, okay, I'm going to warn them. So now the first four people kind of didn't get flashed and they're possibly screwed. But now I'm flashing everyone that's coming my way. And in the back of my head, I'm thinking, and what if one of them's a cop?

What if I'm flashing all these cars and one's a cop and he lights me up? He goes, what the hell are you doing, man? I would just letting everyone know that your partner down there has got a speed trap and he's going to give him a ticket.

You son of a bitch. You're a narc. I'm giving you a ticket for being a narc, you little freak. You know? And then after a little while, you go through this kind of euphoria where you feel like you're the messenger,

you're helping everyone, you're being the good guy, and you're thinking everyone driving by is thinking, what a great guy. Oh, what a, what a pal. That guy just warned me, he doesn't even know me, and he flashed me,

and he let me know there's a cop. And when you're doing that, you're thinking, okay, they're going to see the cop within about half a mile, right? But then you keep going, and you start going, God, I'm kind of like a mile

past the cop now and I'm like two miles and you think at what point do you stop flashing and you go well I guess I'm at the point where I'm like two miles it's maybe it's a bit too far and then you kind of guiltily stop flashing

and then you start thinking well that guy's probably going to get a ticket because I didn't let him know but you know I didn't want to flash him two three miles down the road and he's he puts his brake lights on now He's waiting and waiting.

He's like, where the hell is this cop? This guy just flashed me. I don't see a cop. And then he speeds up again because he thinks he's, you know, there's no cop. And then, sure enough, three, four miles down the road, there's the cop. And then the guy's mad at me because my flashing timing was all screwy. He's like, why, why that asshole flashed me so late? Why did I, you know, you know.

So now you got this little flashing dance, flash dance, right? And you've got to decide who gets the flash, who doesn't. And so there's all kinds of emotions where you go through this thing. Do I do it? Don't I do it? Am I guilty? Am I breaking the law? What a great guy I am.

Finally I have to stop. Oh, no, I'm going to, you know, you're just like juggling all these emotions. It's a very interesting thing. But like I said, I don't know if people do it anymore. Can you guys think of the last time anyone flashed their headlights at you? Or better yet, can you remember a time when you flashed people going the other way? Does it even happen anymore? Do we just live in a world?

I was like, oh, screw them. Do you get the feeling nowadays a lot of people in this kind of volatile world we live in, that people are almost like kind of happy? They're going the other way. and instead of helping their neighbor and flashing, they're going, ha, ha, ha. That sucker's about to get a ticket. What a loser.

That dork's about to get lit up and get a $140 speeding ticket. Ah, sucker. Did you get the feeling that maybe that's the mindset of people these days? As opposed to the old days in the 60s and the 70s when people were, howdy neighbor? Can I help you unload your groceries from your car? Nowadays it's like Unload your groceries

What do you want me to throw my back out and sue you? Sue you for back pain damages? So I don't know. Maybe you want to call me and tell me. Let me know where you stand. Are you a flasher? Or are you a sadistic, gleeful ticket person?

So there you go. That's why I. kind of got the idea for the Dr. Debbie flashing bit. And I don't care what anyone says. I'm going to do my civic duty. And when I'm out in public, I'm going to keep flashing. You can thank me later. The Harland Highway.

Crazy news stories. That's weird. It's strange stuff. I make you crazy. Yep, it's time. It's time for some crazy news stories, boys and girls. I'm almost hesitant to read this one, man. I mean, this one, let me just read it,

and you'll see why I was hesitant. Here's the crazy news story headline for today. Mother arrested after a temperament. to saw off head of autistic son because she felt overwhelmed um

two words babysitter what the hell I mean can you not go have a coffee can you not have a Xanax can you not have a timeout I mean you know well there's a solution

let's sad a kid's crying again Someone give me the saw. Tell you what, I'll make him quiet if his vocal cords and his windpipe aren't connected to his mouth. I'll just cut his head off. Mommy, he'll have a nap, and then we'll go get some ice cream. This is just crazy. A Maryland mother was arrested for allegedly trying to saw off the head of her autistic son because she felt overwhelmed and was worried he would grow up to be a burden to society.

Good Lord. Aren't you considered a burden to society when you're cutting babies' heads off? Is that possibly fall into that category there, Nutcake? Christina Petrie, 46, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse, and second-degree child abuse for an incident involving her 11-year-old autistic son. Do we even need the child abuse charge? Like, once you just get to attempted first degree murdered, you really need follow-up charges? I think cutting a kid's head off is pretty clear.

Like, murder is killing, and abuse is abusing. If somebody's been murdered on their dead, the abuse just doesn't really matter. Anything following the murder, Just doesn't really matter because there's no one left. And this is the... I thought it was a young little baby, an 11-year-old kid? That's a long time to hang around.

Oh, God, the kid's been around for 11 years. I think it's time. I think it's time. Little Billy lost his head. It said the incident began when Petrie's son came home from school and went into his room to play video games. The boy's mother appeared a short while

later with a bone saw in hand and that's why he was not doing his homework. I would have said I'm doing it now, Mom. That's not a bone saw in your hand, is it? Because I'm crunching numbers over here. I'm writing an essay. I'm reading Shakespeare. I'm doing

a science experimented. That's definitely not a bone saw in your hand, is it, ma? That's when Petrie pinned the boy down and then allegedly jammed the cutting tool against her son's neck and began moving it back and forth multiple times. Oh, my God. The small child managed to get loose from the grip of his mother, who, according to her, is 5'5.6 and 175 pounds. Man, that's a tough kid.

That's a strong kid, man. That guy might want to get into the wrestling Olympic wrestling games. Get on the team, man. You're 11 years old, and you out-wrestle your mother with a bone saw on your neck. You got some mad skills, bro. Petri allegedly confessed to her husband who admitted the deranged woman to Men's Star Montgomery Medical Center where she reportedly said she felt overwhelmed

and she feared that both her sons would grow up to be a burden to society. And as a result, quote, they needed to die. Are you starting to kind of feel that movie Halloween at all? You get the feeling this might be the Michael Myers of the female set? Man, well, what? whatever happened to get the kid to a counselor, send the kid to daycare.

Did we skip right over that? Maybe buy a bottle of Xanax for the kids, you know? Maybe they won't be such a burden on society when they're a little stoned. And I don't know, but when was the last time you felt burdened by a kid playing video games in his bedroom? I mean, you know, that's a kid in a wooden room, a box. He's not bothering me If I was the neighbor, I'd be like, you know what? I haven't seen your son in a while I sometimes I see him through his bedroom window playing video games. What a great kid

Whatever you do, don't saw his head off, okay? Just I don't mind him playing video games It's quiet, it's peaceful yet please don't saw his head off. Okay, well, I see you have a bone saw in your hand Go ahead and do what you want there. They're your kids Petrie also reportedly said she tried to kill her kids again when asked why she was at the hospital. Oh, wait, wait, no, hold on. Petri also reportedly said she tried to kill her kids again when asked why she was at the hospital,

but a search of her name in the District Court of Maryland records only turned up the March 12th case. Oh, so I guess this had happened before. Police say they met with the boy days after the attack and noticed several thin lines with the skin broken and some scabbing. Police said they also noticed cuts on his left shoulder and red marks between his shoulder blades.

Okay, now I'm starting to think this is. Forget about the guy from Halloween. Michael Myers with the knives. How about the leather face? From the Texas chainsaw massacre. When you're making fine cuts between shoulder blades, that's the sign of a butcher, man. That is the sign of someone getting ready to carve up a cow carcass.

This woman, maybe she was just hungry. Sure, her last name's Petri or Dalmer? What the hell? Wow. So anyways, on a serious note, thank God those kids are okay. And on a real serious note, be careful who you're hiring as your babysitter. And when they come to the door, make sure that they don't have a freaking bone knife in their hand.

Lord! I like water chestnut. That's Dr. Debbie Farmer. He whee! Hello? Hello? Hey, Harlan. It's Lonnie again.

so my message got cut off the first time so yeah first time caller enjoy the show love your comedy saw you in Cleveland laughed the entire time so Casey from Wisconsin the land of cheese

you know was feeling sad and you gave him some inspirational wisdom if you will and that's great, and you seem to always have something wonderful to say to people and seem very intellectual. My joke for Casey is, has he ever smelled mothballs? If so, how did he get their little legs apart?

Thank you, Harlan. I hope Casey enjoys the joke. I hope people enjoy the joke and look forward to seeing you in the future. Bye. Chicken chalming, baby. I like what a chest that's Dr. Debbie Farmer? Hey, Lonnie.

Thank you for calling back. Lonnie had called in a while back a few podcasts ago. And before that, before Lonnie had called in, another caller had called in, and he was feeling down, and he left a message saying that he was going through a rough patch, and he asked me if I had any advice or any thoughts that, you know, could help him maybe get through his low period.

And so I rifled off a few thoughts and ideas and tried to be a little inspirational for the gentleman and lift his spirits. and Lonnie had called in to respond to that whole episode, and in the middle of her phone call, she got cut off. So I had asked Lonnie to call back and finish her message. So there she did, true to her word, Lonnie called back. And in her effort to lift the spirits of the listener, Lonnie laid down her own little joke to put a smile on the listener's face, The guy that was feeling down, so we got the little mothball joke.

And a real treat. So, Lonnie, thank you for getting back. Thank you for your concern for your fellow pavement ponder. And offering your support and your humor and all the rest of all your good wishes. That's what it's all about, man. When somebody falls down, man, you've got to reach down and lend a hand and help pick him on up. um that's actually a good question do you do you do you do you help your friends are you are you one of those people that gets in there and likes to help or are you an avoider are you like oh god

darrell's darrell's feeling down again i think i'll just i won't call them for a couple of days i'll avoid darrell for a little bit for the next little while is that is that you or are you one of these people where you're like oh god darrell darrell i've got you know what i'm gonna call darrell up and take him out i'm gonna take him out for lunch or dinner i'm gonna i'm gonna meet up with them or i'm gonna console him oh darrell let's talk buddy let's talk are you one of those people what are you are you a runner and a hider or are you a run toer and a helper and if you're thinking about it and you're not happy with your answer, maybe you've got to change your ways.

Maybe you've got to dig down and think about, gee, what would happen if I needed somebody? What would happen if I was feeling down? And everyone ran away from me and no one wanted to talk to me and nobody wanted to hear my despair. You'd be kind of hanging out there all alone, man. and then you might spiral even deeper. And I know sometimes it's a heavy trip, right,

to get involved with your friend's baggage and their emotions. But sometimes just to have a listening ear is all someone really needs. So think about that in your world, your circle of friends and family. Is there someone out there that might need a loving ear? Is there someone you know that might need to sit and talk and look in your eyes and have a coffee and maybe have a cry? Or get some emotional baggage out or just talk? And you've been like avoiding or you've been kind of putting it off or you kind of know you should be that person but you're not doing it. You're not stepping up.

I always look at it like this and I don't need to be morbid. but think about those days where you have you ever been in the hospital or you ever been sick and you got to get to the hospital or you even think about your dying days when you're laying in your hospital bed if that's the way you go and the people that you love the people that you knew the people that you know the people you thought were your friends they show up they show up at the hospital and they grab your hand

and they pull up a chair and they look in your eye and they're just there for you to come for you. Even though they can't stop it, they can't take away your pain. If you're dying, they can't stop the hands of time. But just to know that they walked in the door and they were there. They felt for you.

They feel for you. And that's maybe the core of our human experience. That might be the ultimate core, the essence of the human experience. Because as you know, all the material stuff fades away. When you get sick, when you go down for the count, oh boy, nothing can help you.

Your fancy car or your bank account or your flashy clothes or your new teeth or whatever you got going. The only thing that's really there is the touch or the voice of a friend of someone who cares about you, someone who loves you. So just, you know, don't be afraid to reciprocate. Big word there, reciprocate the love and the emotions and the wants and the needs, because that's the human engine right there.

So just something to think about if you've been negligent or you've kind of let your friends and family down in the past or someone you could sense someone needed you. And yeah, sometimes maybe it's burdensome, sometimes maybe it's like, oh, God, do I got to go out and hear this for an hour or two hours and I'm not mentally equipped to deal with someone else's baggage. But sometimes you've got to put your own needs off to the side or behind you and be there.

You ever heard that term? Just be there for someone else. And just let them loose, man. Let them let you be their sounding board. Let them dump it all out on you. and sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's rewarding and sometimes it's not about you. It's just about them.

So you let them have their moment and even if it's uncomfortable or tedious, whatever it may be, put what you think it is to the side and let it be about them. Let them talk, let them communicate, let them emote, let them express, and be a friend, be a caring, loving fellow human being, and be there for them, and know that they'll hopefully be there for you. And if there's nobody there for you, you got me. I'm right here I'll listen to your phone call

I'll make a little comment for you like I did for Chad or like our last caller just left a little joke a little showed some concern some compassion I'm not lecturing I'm just throwing it all out there it's part of the human experience

starting to sound like Dr. Debbie timer here all of a sudden I like water chestnuts, Dr. Debbie Farmer. Roger, would you stop playing? Turn it off. Stop playing that. I was having a serious moment here with the listeners. Stop that annoying Karen Bindleblast or whatever the hell her name is.

God. I like water chestnuts. Okay, Roger, enough. You know what? You just did one too many, and I'm going to stop the show. We're going to end it right here. You can thank Roger, gang. Here I was getting all deep and talking about sharing and giving.

Then we get, you know, Karen Bindleblast or whatever name is. That's okay. But I'm not going to end negative. I'm going to end positive. I've got some exciting news. Oh, yes, some exciting news. Here's a big announcement. You ready?

And people have been waiting for this for a long time. So here it is. If you're a fan of my cartoon, my Disney Jr. Cartoon, the Puppy Dog Pals, a show that I created and write on and creatively produce and do voices on and all that stuff, the second season is set to launch. Ready, drum roll, please. Here we go. The 18th, yes, very soon. We're talking about three, three, four weeks from now. October 18th, season two, all new episodes, all every episode new.

And the first season, we did like 50 episodes. And the show's going over so well that this time they've ordered 60 episodes. Can you believe it? So 60 brand new episodes of Puppy Dog Pals, and then even better news, good Lord, they just announced, Disney announced they're ordering a season three. And I don't know how many episodes that one is yet, but I bet it's in the same wheelhouse, but we'll find out a season three. Are you kidding me? Oh, ho! So for those of you with youngsters and little kids and junior kids

That still don't have their headsawing off yet Please check out puppy dog pals on Disney Jr. And I'll tell you what, just so you adults out there who have kids They're like, oh God, not a little kid's cartoon Well, most adults who watch the show actually really enjoy it Because it's not a little condescending show It's actually fun, and we try to throw in a little bit of sneaking a little bit of humor for the adults. And it's done so well, and everyone on the team at Disney does such a good job with the show.

It's unbelievable, and I'm beyond grateful that we're going to do a season three, and we did a season one, and season two's coming out. I mean, I'll tell you, when I first pitched this idea to Disney years ago, I would have been happy of one episode played and here we go we're going to be, you know, heading towards up over a hundred. It's just, it's beautiful. And the best part is that children and kids are really loving it

and it's enriching their lives and it's bringing them joy and laughter and fun and adventure and it's just, it's really, I don't know, It's one of those things where you go, gosh, my life's worth living, you know? When you create something that reaches out and touches so many people, I mean, this cartoon is played in over 140 countries around the world. I go on airplanes, I see it on airplanes, I go to other countries, I see it playing in other countries.

It's all over the Internet. It's all over, you know, digital platforms. like, you know, on your television. It's just amazing. So I count my blessings, and I'm glad that everyone's enjoying puppy dog pals. And here's another little secret announcement. I am currently working on some new shows.

Oh, yes. You think I was going to stop at puppy dog pals? Not a chance, see? I am currently working on some new shows that I've created. I can't tell you what they are or where they are yet. But they are in the works, ladies and gurgle-nargans, and I am going to hopefully be able to keep the content coming for you and your youngsters over the many next generations.

So I'll keep you posted when these new projects get closer to fruition. But we are working on them. The wheels are in motion. and I will keep you informed as more details emerge. And, you know, the reason I kind of hold this stuff back is the places that I work with, they like to kind of have control over when and how information comes out on their project. So I can't just blurt it out and say, oh, this is exactly what I'm doing. And they kind of like to, you know, ramp this stuff up and do press releases.

and there's a whole choreography to getting the word out on project. So I kind of have to watch my step that I don't, you know, spill the beans too early. But what's fun about that is I get to tease you guys with it. Just give you little pieces. But today was a good day. I gave you lots of news. I gave you the date October 18th for season 2 and that we have a season 3. And the other stuff, like I said, I'll keep you in the love.

loop as it moves forward, okay? Okay. What other announcements do we have that aren't cartoons? How about October 18, 19, and 20? Yours truly will be at the Spokane Comedy Club in Spokane, Washington. How about that? October 18, 9, 20 Spokane Comedy Club. And then November 1, 2, and 3, guess what? I'm back in Washington again at the Tacoma Comedy Club.

Hello, Tacoma. And then November 15, 16, 17, I am in Irvine, California at the Improv. The Improv Comedy Club, that's the same club where I filmed my Carmel Corn the Pug, Kick Em in the Kibble Special, which, by the way, if you haven't got it yet, it is available. It is now streaming at Amazon Prohibit. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can go log in and you can rent Carmel Corn the Pug. It's my stand-up comedy special that I did as a dog, if you can believe it. You can buy it for like $9 or you can rent it for like $3.

And if you're looking for a good laugh and if you've never had a chance to watch a pug, a 6'2 pug do an hour of stand-up comedy, You haven't really started to live yet, so check that out on Amazon Prime. Wow. Also, if you don't have our app, it's free. You can go in your cell phone and download the Harlan Highway app and listen to our podcast wherever you may be. It's totally free. You get the 50 latest episodes of the podcast,

and if you want the whole collection, almost 1,000, a thousand episodes of the Harlan Highway, by golly, just go to our website, Harlan Williams.com and click on the podcast link, and you can become a premium member. For $20 a year, you get almost a thousand episodes of the Harlan Highway. Can you believe it? Good Lord. So check that out. Also go to harlan williams.com.

Check out the comedy schedule I told you about. You can pre-order your tickets at the website. You can also visit our store. We have a great store at the website. You can order fun merchandise, and we will mail it out to you. All right? So there you go, everybody.

Kumbaya, make sure you're tuned into your friends and family. Be there for them and hope that they'll be there for you. And, uh, sweet loving to all. And that's it for today. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you next time, gang. And until next time, no flashing. And of course, chicken, chow, maine, baby.

Chick-chic-chia-chia-chia-chia-chia-chia-cha-chia-chia-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha. Thank you.