Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Carrie Olver: Toronto Mike'd #1286

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

In this 1286th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Carrie Olver about her years at TSC, The Weather Network, and her dad, Fergie Olver. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, The Moment Lab, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

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I just got you a, it's not a beer, but it is from Great Lakes Brewery. It is a vodka soda. And if you wish to open that, now is the time, but do it right in front of the microphone, Carrie Oliver. Okay, let's hear this on a hot day. Here we go. Okay. Oh, you know what? It's refreshing me just listening to it.

I brought my own straw. Okay. You're amazing. You don't leave home without a straw. Listen, when you have a daughter who's an environmental scientist, you never. Who has this daughter? I have this daughter. You have a daughter old enough to be an environmental scientist.

Oh, I do. And I have a 31-year-old son. Really? Yes. We're going to learn so much about you today. Oh, my gosh. Yes. Okay.

I'm going to crack open a, what do I have? A sunny side. It's a delicious IPA I enjoy in the summer. So cheers to you here. Cheers. So can I ask, is this a straw because of like this lipstick? A little bit. Yeah. These are like tips, like how not to mess up your lipstick okay but they do say a straw gives you wrinkles around the lips so i'm trying to mitigate it you know really okay yeah with a few creams but i and i did bring you

some by the way cream so we'll get into that okay don forget. I want to make sure you get a little TSC gift bag. Oh my God. I've been hoping you'd bring some TSC swag. So since you are giving me some TSC stuff, not only are you going to enjoy that beer, that cold beer right now on a hot, hot day in Toronto, but I will send you home with some fresh beer from Great Lakes Brewery.

And with that fresh craft beer, you know about selling stuff, right? This is like your world. I'll also sell you, I'll send you home. What are you going to sell me? I'm nervous because I'm in front of the goddess of this. Like how can I perform in front of Terry Oliver? But I do have a large lasagna for you in my freezer,

courtesy of Palma Pasta. I can't wait because this is the first time I've ever had a Palma pasta. So looking forward to it. Okay, they're in Mississauga, Oakville. So when you fall in love with this lasagna, you know where to go to find more. Did you talk to your friend, Kim McDonald,

since she made her Toronto Mike debut? All right, Kimmy sent me this lovely text, not only about you, but about the pasta, about the lasagna. She tweeted about it too. I know, she about the lasagna she tweeted about it too i know she loves the lasagna she said that um you were lovely a gentleman oh my god both of those things all those things oh she gets and i met no pressure i know you've got the card so that's the card

and i i said to her at the end of it so okay so carry all carry over your friend kim mcdonald who made her debut like it was number 1280 or something she at the very end i'm wrapping up and then she says she pulls out this envelope and i'm like oh is that for me and it's a birthday card because literally we were an hour away from my birthday because we we did it at night and then i said how did you know like who told you did a mutual friend tell you and kim says she listened to old episodes of Toronto Mike and I mentioned it to Michelle Mackey. Do you know Michelle Mackey? I sure do.

Coincidentally, I bumped into her on my birthday. So the very next day, she was doing a live hit like from Mimico on the waterfront and I rolled by her and then I stopped and chatted her up and we talked about you. We talked about Kim. Like it's like I'm in this family now, but Kim McDonald gave me a nice birthday card.

She learned about it from my episode with Michelle Mackey. Well, I heard that 1280 was, dare I say, a piece of shit. You could swear. A little piece of shit. Because you can't swear on the, give me the correct letters again. TSC. Yeah, the shopping channel. So we were the shopping channel and now we're today's shopping choice.

Commonly referred to as the shopping channel. Now I'm from the old school, so I still as the shopping channel now i'm from the old school so i still say the shop why the change like um can you give some insight into that management and then you know as it sort of rolled through tsc i think maybe to modernize it a little bit but it's always been a beloved it's the shopping channel yeah but so you can still say the shopping channel like i won't get in trouble no you won't get in trouble because that's what i think i would shopping police will not come and get in trouble. No, you won't get in trouble. Because that's what I think I would call it. The shopping police will not come and get you.

Oh my goodness. But you got some swag for me later. I do. A lot of ground to cover. I wanted to know if you talked to Kim since her appearance because we talked a lot about you. I had no idea when I booked you on Toronto Mic'd, I had no idea that you were friends with Kim McDonald

who was also booked on Toronto Mic'd. Long time friends. So she brought to the attention the Just Like Mom episode with Paul. Okay, so let's talk. Okay, so this is how it happened. And that's how it happened. So Kim, who follows me on Twitter, I do this thing like on this day. And I'll be like, on this day in 2017.

That was an old episode. Master T came over and we talked about much music, whatever, whatever. So that's an example, right? So then I think, of course, on the third anniversary of the Paul Burford episode, Paul said this about me. I've kept it loaded up, but I rarely play it anymore. But this is what Paul

said about me. But Mike, you're a big number in Toronto. You really are. So thank you, Paul Burford. He's a good FOTM. But Paul Burford came on, and we talked about the origin of Just Like Mom. Right. Because he's a creator of Just Like Mom. Fun fact for those who don't remember, the original host of Just Like Mom was not my guest's father.

Nope. Nope. Bergie Oliver. And again, we have some of the stuff we have to talk about here, Carrie. So one thing is, do people think, because the co-host of Jess Like Mom is not your mother. I'm so glad that you brought this up. So we have not talked. I bet you people think Catherine Swing is your mother.

But the math doesn't work if you bother to do it. Well, I'm glad you did the math because no, she is not my mother. I have two half sisters from Catherine, Alison and Emily. And Alison is the little girl who said bye-bye in the extra or intro or whatever it was. But she was the little girl, which often they thought was me. So yes, my mother is Georgia. They might. They might.

Okay. So your mother is Georgia. Yeah. So is Catherine Fergie's second wife? Second wife. Okay. So we're just catching up on all the details here. Of course, we're going to dive into Fergie over later in this conversation.

Can I digress for just a second? Yeah, sure. Because you said Master T. Now, just randomly pick the name of the 1000 FOTM. How can you have brought that up and not know? I mean, the very you're married to Master T. Yes, he's my ex-husband. My first, my audition at Much Music. Slow down. No, he's not my ex-husband. Because I'm easily fooled. Okay, so gullible, a small city, you know, six degreeshusband. Because I'm easily fooled. Okay. So. Very gullible. Small city, you know, six degrees of separation.

But I did an audition for Much Music. And my audition for Much was interviewing Master T. Wow. So full circle moment. Okay. Literally, this is happening a lot lately. Maybe because I do have like a mild case of brain damage like it's nothing you treat nothing to worry about but i think it has untapped this ability to like just know names like like somehow you and kim got in the calendar and we'll explain how you got in with paul burford

in a moment but like i had no idea you guys were besties this is happening a lot so when i was thinking of the i don't know 900 guests in toronto mic history i randomly just picked was thinking of the, I don't know, 900 guests in Toronto Mike history, I randomly just picked a name of the 900 that was banging around in my head. And I said, I'll go with Master T just because I'm going to just do an example of what I do on this day when I tweet this stuff. And you're telling me when you audition for Much Music, which you didn't get that gig. I didn't get the gig. Why not?

I thought I was pretty good. I mean, I'm still on my demo today. Do you still have the audition tape? I want to hear it. You know, it was funny because I was looking through old tapes and I was trying to find some really cool tapes, which I'll have to ask my dad one day if he'll ever release. And it was a 50th birthday for Paul Beeston.

And all the players got together and they did it. And then it was a 50th birthday for my dad and they all did a separate tape. And then Gillick's, his retirement. Yeah. I think it was played on the Jumbotron, but they produced a video with a lot of players. So I've got to dig those tapes. Is it on VHS? I think it's on VHS.

Fergie's Attic? Yes. Yes. Well, let's get it. I know. Because I think a lot of people would be interested in it. Well, there's an FOTM Hall of Famer who goes by the name

Retro Ontario, and he takes old cassettes and he digitizes them and shares them with the world. He shared a lot of footage of Just Like Mom, for example. Like, let's free these tapes. Let's do it. We have to. We've got to put them on YouTube, so I have to just pry them out of their hands. Where does your father live these days? Okay. He's in Hamilton, Stony Creek area.

He's doing well. He's turning 80. Well, that's my next question because I want to give credit to many people ask this question, but Paul Hawkyard wants to know, how is your dad doing? Well, he's doing great. So he just took a break after he was let go and at the very end and then that was about it and then suzy his wife now she got a little ill and so he you know did what did what people do and took care of each other and uh you know and we're gonna bring him out of retirement a little bit. Okay. You'll get the first interview. Okay. This is exciting.

Okay. So we are, I want to just say, I want to talk about you. Then I want to revisit your dad. Sure. So before you escape here, uh,

Paul, about just to finish the rest of Paul Hockyard's, uh, question that came in, he goes, I think the prevailing question will be, how is your dad? That's an all caps,

by the way. How was your dad? Because to a certain generation and i'm in this generation uh proud gen xer here fergie was a part of our families uh news sports especially the blue jays i had an affinity for just like mom i watched a lot of just like i think i was just in the wheelhouse like demographically speaking you never went on it though i was never on it okay but my friend Bob Ouellette was on Just Like Dad. So I guess they periodically did Just Like Dad.

And FOTM Hall of Famer Mark Wiseblood famously was on Just Like Mom. We're still looking for that footage though. I'd love to see it. I gotta find that footage. Okay. Kim McDonald is on Twitter and she sees that I tweet about Paul Burford's anniversary.

On this day in 2019, Paul Burford dropped by and we talked about Just Like Mom. Paul Burford had a custom made Just Like Mom sweater. It was a great moment. And shout out to Tim Heron who drove him here and was great too. So shout out to Tim. But Paul Burford, great on Toronto Mike.

I played that sound clip of Paul calling me a big number in the city. So then I guess Kim says, hey, you should listen to this because it's about Just Like Mom. I played that sound clip of Paul calling me a big, a big number in the city. What did you, so then I guess Kim says, Hey, you should listen to this. Cause it's about just like mom. What did you think of the Paul Burford episode of Toronto Mike? Well,

I thought it was really generous to dad. So I was really happy to hear that. And it was, you know, just brought back a lot of memories, a lot of old stories and just that time. And I was just about a teenager when it started to happen. So I was kind of leaving the nest and all of that.

But, you know, went to a number of tapings and so on. But it was good to hear Paul's old stories. And it was just really nice to dad. So and I appreciate that. I appreciate that you addressed that video that's out there. And this is all teasing because we are going to revisit all of this. We're going to revisit the video. We're going to talk about everything.

I found it interesting because I just assumed you grew up in Toronto because your dad was at CFTO TV. But you predate that, I suppose, because you're from Moose Jaw. Well, okay. So for about a couple of months. Yeah. So dad was, he got, he was signed with the White Sox.

And so he was down in anaheim and um well he was an ant okay so he he grew he was born in weber take your time we have several hours for this carrie yeah right i don't want to bore you too much so weber in saskatchewan he was born in weber and then started to play ball in high school. He was scouted and then went down to, his parents moved to Anaheim so he could continue playing ball and such. But then he ended up coming back once he got released. And then he and my mother, and then I was born in Moose Jaw and that's where he started his career. And this is Georgia.

Georgia. Not the geography, like not the state. Not as in Georgia. Right. Yeah is Georgia. Georgia. Not the geography, like not the state. Not as in Georgia. Right. Yeah, Georgia. So George and Fergie are married and living in Moose Jaw? Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. By the way, I produce Humble and Fred. Humble Howard Glassman is from Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw is, did you know that Al Capone, do you know about the Al Capone story? No. Okay. So Al Capone's caverns, this is where he made all of his hooch. And then they trained it out to Chicago or Chicago to Moose Jaw,

but then that was a big distribution center. So it's a big sightseeing tour. Shout out to Moose Jaw. I'm looking for an excuse. So I was married to a woman from Saskatoon, and I still never got to Saskatchewan. You're kidding. Well, she seemed to hate it.

Like, I'm not going on my own. I went back to do a show. I was doing a spa show. So I went back to do one there and it was, it was, it was great to see the hometown, you know. I went to the house that we were, that we lived in. My dad was a potato farmer. My mother was a potato farmer there for a while so you're you're uh

several years younger than humble Howard Glassman but he talked his dad ran like a clothes store in like Moose Jaw where you'd buy like you know slacks and stuff right so I don't know maybe the potato farmers and the slacks sellers met in the hooch okay in the hooch but you know Capone yes I love the history of Moose Jaw are you kidding me some people think I should be Moose The slacks sellers met. And the hooch. Okay. And the hooch. And Al Capone. Yes. I love the history of Moose Jaw. Are you kidding me? Some people think I should be Moose Jaw Mike.

Like I would consider it. Well, it was funny because I mentioned it on the air the other day and I didn't realize it's a Moose Jawvian if you're from Moose Jaw. Moose Jawvian. Moose Jawvian. I think I knew that. Like I feel like that's one of the many things unlocked when I got my brain damage is I know this now. For the record, Carrie, I feel fantastic.

Okay, good. Never felt better. I just will mess up pronunciations and I'll screw up a few fun facts. But I think that's what I was doing before the blood clot. Okay. So what did you think of Kim's performance on Toronto Mike? Because if you do well today, I'm going to schedule a future episode with you and Kim together on Toronto Mike. Well what did John Lennon say? Do I pass the audition? Is that what

I'm supposed to say at the end? That's what John said yeah. Okay well pass the audition. No pass the audition. Probably pass the audition. And you want to make the rich people shake their jewelry and then the poor people in the back clap. Ding ding ding. I can't believe you said that too. Someone said that to me two days ago. One of the, one of the witty things John said that's on tape still is like the poor people in the back clap and the rich people just shake your jewelry, shake your jewelry in the front. Yeah.

Um, and you know, a thing or two about jewelry, a little bit, a little bit, just a little bit. I heard some things. Hopefully some good things.

No, you're kidding. Kim's a rock star. She's fabulous yeah I thought what she did which I found amazing and why I like the episode is because yes there was funny and there was biography if you will

like information like we're learning about you being from Moose Jaw etc and there was also this like hefty dose of real talk with Kim where she walked us through her entire experience with breast cancer from like symptom to diagnosis

to treatment to decisions. And the way she talked about it, like if I had a loved one who had just been diagnosed with breast cancer, I would be like stop what you're doing because I'm about to ruin. I'd be like get your butt to that episode of Toronto Mike. You can skip the fun at the beginning if you want,

but listen to Kim talk about that because there's something really calming and comforting to hear Kim talk about what she went through. She's truly, and all joking aside, I mean, she's my hero without question. To watch her, what she did and what she went through

and how she has helped people and and spread the word and genuinely gotten involved is is really heroic honestly and i know she would never say that or think that even about herself and even more to that is that i was really against when she went on the air to talk about her weekly chemo when she did her radio appearance or what have you, right? Her guest spots. I thought, how can you do, like, you have no idea what you're going to face. Like, how can you go through this? And she said, you know, that's what's going to keep me going.

And it was the pouring out of people's love and support that made an enormous difference to her recovery. And her blog, which is still live. Yeah, for sure. And her candid photos and yeah, like the sunflower tattoo she got. Oh my gosh, to look at that on a billboard in Dundas Square, unbelievable. And she just did it without a care in the world. I'm going to do it.

I'm going to show it. I'm going to be, you know, I'm just going to be me. And it was just so brave. So you have like, those are big shoes to fill. So you can't match the Kim McDonald. I'm never, I'm never even going to try. I'm not going to try yourself. Okay. So I'm trying to, so like what makes you get into media in the first place? And I know you talked about, you know, you tried to get a much music. So like, what's your first media gig like take me back uh okay probably well it was the shopping channel for sure I mean I did a few voiceovers here and there just for a few things dad was doing all those years ago but then never thought I would be in television I mean even though why didn't you think that I'm

literally lost in your eyes right now oh why would you think I'll never be in television? Because I just never, I just never had any aspirations or goals to be in television. I didn't go to school for it. I didn't do any of that. And it was just by chance that a cousin of mine who was coincidentally working for my dad on Just Like Mom, she came from California and she was working.

She said, you know what? They're auditioning at the shopping channel. Do you want to come down for an audition? I wasn't working. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I went and that was it. And I think I got the job because I wasn't afraid of being in studio because I kind of grew up around it. Right. It was demystified for you. It really was. And I think that that's the big hurdle for people to get over in the auditions because I'm terrible at auditioning.

Well, you know what helps? If you have all these media people into your basement for like 90 minute chats and then you realize they're just people. And sometimes they're really underwhelming people. Like, oh, this is an underwhelming human being. I hope you don't say that when I leave. I'm going to rave about this episode. Okay, good. But I'm going to just take this excuse because we talked about how you never thought you could be on TV.

And I'm guessing you're in your 20s when you get this shopping channel. Yeah. Yeah. Early 20s. 22, 23. Okay. So as you might know, because I saw you interact on Twitter with this individual, but I got to get these names right.

This is important. So I'm going to my notes now. Oh no. Len Lumbers. What a name. Is there any chance len lumbers is his real name i don't know but len you are a sweetheart yeah i was i was so appreciative of this because it rocked my world i don't even know how to say this this is amazing oh my gosh i'm

gonna read it first okay so len lumbers is one half of the twitter team at Dave Steve today. So if you love Dave Steve, as I do, and if you love the Blue Jays and nostalgia for the Blue Jays, follow at Dave Steve today. Len Lumbers, one half of the team.

Follow Len. Follow Len, yeah. At Dave Steve today. Steve is I-E-B, okay? A lot of people think it's E-I-B. No, it's I-E-B. Okay. This is what Len wrote. Pure happenstance Steve is I-E-B, okay? A lot of people think it's E-I-B. No, it's I-E-B. Okay.

This is what Len wrote. Pure happenstance. As one half of the At Dave Steve Today team all watch Dave's old games with an archivist's eye. The moment stuck, and I'm about to play the moment, because it's so charmingly off the wall.

And heck, Toronto Mike's mention of your appearance rattled the memory bank. So let's listen again. Not the greatest quality because it's digitized from an old VHS tape, but let's listen to this. You don't think about it. See the office started.

He went two or three months doing almost nothing. There's Carrie Oliver enjoying herself here. My daughter with her sunglasses and tan. Was she 19? Just a few days ago. Oh, a rifle. She couldn't. Now, why did you want to keep her away from Kelly Gruber?

She wanted so badly to meet Kelly Gruber. And you say, now you're too young. Now Woodmar arranged to have her come out and get introduced to Kelly. Going to make a lot of money someday. You can have a daughter. Can support you the rest of your life on Kelly's money. What's wrong with that? She's too young for those kind of things.

This is the awkward silence, by the way. This is the awkward silence, by the way. Speaking of Kelly Gruber, there he is in center field. That ball bounced over his head as we've had to change Mosby's out of the ball game. I love the awkward silence, like literally awkward silence in the booth. And then Kelly Gruber's in... Like, what the hell?

It must be a spring training game. It was, it was. Like, what's Kelly Gruber doing in center Like, what the hell? It must be a spring training game. It was. It was. Like, what's Kelly Gruber doing in center field? Oh, my gosh. Did Kelly ever play center field in the regular season? Okay. You're not asking me that, I hope. No, I mean, I don't remember Kelly ever playing any time in center field.

But, okay. It's spring training. What do you got to do? What do you got to do? But that... You're, like, just turned 19. Yeah. The camera goes right on you, like, and you're smiling and you look great.

And you got the shades on. I got the 80s hair going. Like, what a moment. And this is, like, I don't you, like, and you're smiling and you look great. And you got the shades on. I got the 80s hair going. Like, what a moment. And this is like, I don't know, 92 maybe? I don't know. Something like that. Okay, I don't go with that. So, did you want to meet Kelly Gruber?

The short answer is yes. Okay. It is. Did your dad... I had a massive crush. I had a massive crush on Kelly. Are you kidding? I'm 19 years old.

These guys are in spring training. I mean, come on. They're in their 20s. I mean, of course I had massive crushes. But your dad's right to keep you away from Kelly. Okay, I was told I was never going to be locker room talk. So that was it. I was so mad at him.

So mad at him. Not that I wanted to be locker room talk. I mean, don't get me wrong. But I thought, you know, this might be a good fit. I mean, subsequently, as it turned out, maybe it was best that I didn't. Right. Oh, yeah. We've all heard stories. Let's just leave it at that. But at the time, and Al Widmar, I mean, we called him Uncle Al because just the best human being on the planet. So he was so sweet. And I mean, Kubik is the best human being on the planet. So he was so sweet. And I mean, Kubek is the best.

Yeah, Kubek's still with us too, by the way. Because we haven't heard from Kubek in a while. This is my era. The most brilliant guy. Okay, but your dad protecting you from Kelly Gruber is really sweet because he doesn't want you to be another notch on the Gruber bedpost or whatever. That was pretty much it.

Yeah, of course that's it. I'm a father too. I got a 19-year-old daughter too. I'm keeping my 19-year-old away from Kelly Gruber bedpost or whatever. That was pretty much it. Yeah, of course that's it. I'm a father too. I got a 19-year-old daughter too. I'm keeping my 19-year-old away from Kelly Gruber as well. Well, like I say, as it turned out, it was pretty good. But I resented him for that one for a long time. That's wild. And I think it's amazing that this is a spring training game.

Yeah. I guess it's on CFTO, I guess. Am I right? No, I don't know if it's tsn maybe yeah right could have been i think it's tony and tony and dad did tsn together thank you that's why you're here so tony kubek and your dad fergie oliver covering the spring training game somebody records at the vhs and here we are decades later and len lumbers who is looking for dave steve clips because he posts them on at dave steve today on twitter comes across it takes a mental note oh there's tsc's carrie

oliver as a 19 year old and look at this moment interesting there's an awkward silence what a moment and then suddenly it all converges because finally episode280 whatever we're at six and finally Carrie Oliver's on Toronto Mike and suddenly this clip will be aired on and saved for posterity on this podcast that's an amazing happening it's a full circle moment it's absolutely crazy I treasure that clip now to have something like that for myself is beautiful so thanks huge shout out to len len lumbers i still think it's a fake name because lumbers is like wood like a bat is made of wood right like oh you'd be like you carry the lumber see that's why you're so brilliant who told you that was that kim mcdonald that was kim mcdonald remember i'm still trying to pass the audition

here yeah well you're doing well so far okay so, good. So, you auditioned for TSC, which was then known as the Shopping Channel. Well, actually, no. Let me correct you. I don't know anything about the Shopping Channel. I will confess. Can I confess? Yeah. I've never seen the Shopping Channel. I don't know where it is. Okay, you want to turn it on. Because I don't want to, I don't consume anything. Like, I'm not going to, forget it. Well, you can do it online. I'm not going to consume anything there

either. Like, I just don't consume things. Oh, you don't know that. Okay. Listen, I could go in your kitchen. I could go in your kitchen right now and you would have something from the shopping channel like some of the products that we sell for sure oh maybe my wife might have bought something at some point okay so and i bet she didn't do it on easy pay i'm gonna just pretend i know what that means okay so let's let's let's walk through this okay 1990 this is when you begin working for... This is your life. Yeah. Well, what's the relationship between the Canadian Home Shopping Channel there and the American Home Shopping Network? Oh, okay.

So it was... Is that a good question? No, that's a good question. I'm out of my comfort zone here. Yes. It's nice to see you fidget a little. I mean, I've... That's why I've got my Great Lakes beer, delicious craft beer.

Yeah. And I'm loving my lemony drink. Vodka soda with citrus. Oh, it's beautiful. Okay, good. Very refreshing. It's hot out there, right? Yeah. Scalding hot.

Scalding hot. Scalding. Does the heat bother you? Yes, when it's humid heat. You know, like desert heat, yes, I'm down for. But that humidity is gross. It's wet. It's gross. It's like... Why do I like it so Yes, I'm down for. But that humidity is gross. It's wet. It's gross.

It's like, ugh, it's sticky. Why do I like it so much? I don't know. A lot of people like you, sensible people, you're like, oh, I don't want to be, it's like you're in a soup or something. Yeah. Like it's sticky and hot. Are you out biking and stuff?

I biked 30K today. Oh my gosh. But I did change my shirt when I got home because I'm like, I can't sit with Carrie Oliver in my sweaty shirt. That's very kind. I'm looking out for my guests. Okay. when I got home because I can't sit with Carrie Oliver in my sweaty shirt. That's very kind. I'm looking out for my guests. Okay, so CHS, it was called the Canadian Home Shopping Club at the time.

And there was some initial, I think, partnership with HSN down in the States. But I was sitting there and, you know, was hired there, was there for a couple of years. I'm kind of cocky. I'm in my 20s. And I'm like, I saw it on the air and I thought, oh, I could go do that. Dad has a house, spring training around Dunedin, that place is in Tampa, the studios. Boy, that might be a good fit, I thought to myself. And so I sent down a tape. They hired me. I went down and started working with them for

about a year. And then I came back. Because at that point I thought I was going to have kids and I didn't want and I decided I didn't want to raise my kids down there. You didn't want to have Americans. I kind of didn't. Which is fair. You know, and I thought, no, maybe it's better up here.

Well, you want them to be raised with the metric system. Yeah, kind of. You know, I kind of wanted the school system. Tens and hundreds and thousands. This is much more sensible. I don't know why they resist. It's so hard. Oh my goodness.

Yeah. How come everything gets politicized? Like I was having this chat the other day that cycling became politicized. Climate change became politicized. Right. The metric system is politicized. It makes all the sense in the world. The rest of the world has adopted it, more or less.

And America sticks to their imperial, whatever their system's called. Because no one's going to tell them what to do. Right. It's like the same reason they will drop the U in the word color. It's just like, no. This is our way or the highway.

So the metric system has been politicized in the USA. Well, also, how about mauve and mauve? That one always drives me crazy. What about foyer and foyer? That's ridiculous. Just say foyer. Too French. We will be socialists if we say foyer.

It's okay to say that. You can't say serviette and napkin? Do they have Chesterfields in the States? I think they have sofas. Okay. I'm pretty sure. You would know. Okay.

Oh, I think sofas. By the way, sofa's so good for you. Sofa's so good. So you're at the shopping channel. I'm just checking out because I did pull some clips to kind of. Oh, you did not. Yeah, just a few. But I want to know why

everybody has worked with you at the weather network when you're a shopping channel veteran like explain to me this this this how did that like how did that be okay well i mean how did that be okay is that grammatically correct so i was down there for i I was, you know, in the whole shopping world, TSC and all of that, and HSN for about 10 years. And then I did my, then I did a show after that. I kind of, I left and I left for a product and, you know, I became a brand and all of this kind of thing. And so when that sort of stopped, I was doing a different show and we were traveling around. And then I thought, I need a nine-to-fiver and i really took it very casually like as they were hiring at the weather network i was lucky enough to get the job but then i thought oh my gosh what am i doing like i didn't

realize the science and the geography and you're not a meteorologist. I wasn't a meteorologist. And neither is Kim. But she plays one on TV and I used to. Okay, here's another name I'll drop on you. Did you know, was Mike Hannafin there at the time you were at the Shopping Channel? He was maybe earlier. No, maybe earlier. That's okay. I'm just trying.

Mike Hannafin's the guy who said, hey, Kim McDonald should come on Toronto Mike. And then I'm like, you're right. That's basically what I said. You're right. Okay. So you're at the, so what years approximately are you at the Weather Network? 90, mid 90s?

Or sorry, what am I saying? Yeah. Mid 2000s. Mid 2000s. Right. So around 2003 to 2013-ish, 10 years. And in that 10 years, I mean, the first six months, I was a mess. Learning the geography.

I mean, geography was the key. You needed to understand this country. Shout out to Esri Canada. They know their geography over there. You've got to know your geography. That is for sure. And Murph, I mean, he was teaching me airport codes.

from Sloan. This is Chris Murphy from Sloan. He was teaching me airport codes. So that was... Can I ask you about our airport code?

Yes. I mean, I'll do my best here. Okay, because there's an FOTM. He comes to many, many events.

I quite like the guy, but he goes by the name YYZ Gord. Isn't it YYZ? Is it YYZ or YYZ when you're referring to Pearson we always said YYZ I mean I did so he's right

I I yes it just pisses me off but I but why well that's a Z here well I guess Z28 Z28 what do you say

okay well you say Z103 but it should but you, that's like saying, why don't you say ZZ Top? Because they've decided it's ZZ Top. Right, right, right. But I'm just asking out loud why it's not YYZ. I don't know.

What's the wash song called? YYZ? YYZ. It's got to match the code. Yeah. And the code's YYZ. YYZ. You've just changed my whole perception of everything.

It's YYZ. I just had a mind blow moment. It's YYZ. Oh, my gosh. And reading the metars? codes yyz yyz you've just changed my my whole perception of everything it's yyz is that a mind blow moment it's yyz oh my gosh and reading the metars are you kidding me so you're reading the airport codes and and how much uh you know what the cloud deck is and minus and forth and all this sort of stuff anyway my it was such a learning curve and i'm so glad i did it because you know i always thought weather was a little bit of more fluff and it's not not when you understand it and you know it it is a science especially now I mentioned climate change like now oh yeah life or death uh weather now well I realized you know I mean it really hit me when the Calgary floods happened and just the importance of in real time talking to people you know when you've got tornado warnings and all that's going down and you're getting children calling into the um

to the weather line we had a live hotline and nobody was home and asking for information because the the phone number was up on screen i mean mean, it was pretty intense. I can imagine here. I did pull a more joyful clip. Okay, this is you and an FOTM. So by the way, if I haven't said it yet, you Carrie are now an FOTM. Oh, thank you. Friend of Toronto Mike. Okay, you are likely to pass this audition.

Here's another. Likely, but not 100%. Likely. Well, we haven't finished yet. Okay's another fotm let's listen to this clip so we'll just start at the desk see how it goes okay and i could i could leave you and then you could throw it to me at the wall yeah cody here throw up a map throw up a map here we go your weather watch is continuing and we have a host in training. Mr. Rick Mercer is joining us today.

Learning how to do the weather. I certainly am. Now, with snow coming in... Commuters on the western end of the GTA... He's going to read the news for us in a second, too. Do you know what we're going to teach him how to do? We're going to teach you how to use the code of strength. Commuters on...

Sorry. No, look. Take a watch. We're going to do a split screen. Okay. Now touch. Touch anywhere. No, look. Take one. Watch. We're going to do a split screen. Okay. Now touch. Touch anywhere. Oh, it's windy in Ottawa.

In Peterborough, it's windy. Let's do some thunder squash. In Niagara Falls, it's windy. I'm going to leave... Nothing going on in Sarnia. If you're in Sarnia, tweet me. Tell me what's going on in Sarnia, because right now, according to what's the name of the computer?

Codestrator. Hal says nothing's going on in Sarnia. I'm going to leave you to do the news right now. Commuters on the western end of the GTA polished up their winter skills this morning. A narrow streamer off Lake Ontario brought heavy snow. And in Montreal, well, it's cold, but at least the roads were a little bit on the clearer side. Let's take a look at what's going on in Ontario. Rick Mercer has just

floated into the radar. Oh my gosh, that's creepy. He's landing the weather wall. Snow the size of cereal. Snowflakes the size of cereal. It's a weather buffet. This would be the most terrorizing weather event that you would ever have. Rick Mercer floating around with some lake effects. Oh, that's... If you're wondering what he's doing, see, this wall is green in behind us,

and he's got this green... Invisibility cloak. This is like a Harry Potter cloak. And as you can see, it works quite beautifully. I like it right over his head. I mean, that works quite beautifully. I like it right over his head. I think that works quite beautifully. Now, what would you consider high winds? Oh, 8,200 kilometers an hour?

And that's what we're seeing in Gander today on the North Shore. 100 kilometers an hour. You don't want to land in 100-kilometer-hour winds. Stay tuned. We'll be right back. Carrie, talk to me about this. Oh, my gosh. I sound like a control freak on there. Well, I think you're trying to create some decent content out of that bit. What really happened that day was nobody told me he was coming.

Right. And I got ambushed. Right. You did pretty well. I did my best. You held your own. I could sense you were trying to create something you know something out of this bit and i don't think rick was particularly interested well you know he's doing his show

but i mean you know all of a sudden i get ambushed the camera crew comes in he comes flying in the door and then that was it and you know you you were you were live and you were alive so a lot of fun i mean are you kidding me? He was great. So why do you leave the Weather Network? How long are you there for? 10 years. You know, you're actually in there for like a long time, not just a good time.

Yeah, pretty much. You know, I'm loyal. So after that, I went back to TSC and they asked me back and I thought that was a good place for me to be because all through that I was still, um, I had a jewelry brand and,

uh, I was still talking jewelry at the other networks around the world. So I was going to Tokyo, I don't know, every six weeks. Wow. Yeah. Tell me about this jewelry.

Like, I think you still have it. I do not. It it was i was representing a jewelry brand it was called chateau d'archand okay yeah it was fun well i knew you had jewelry stuff going on i wasn't sure the details but okay cool so you come back is this where you host a spectacular spas or spas was in the middle so spas was you're so busy i need to know what's going on in your life here, Carrie. I've squeaked out 30 years in this business, luckily.

Knocked on wood. So, you know, don't tell anybody I don't have a real job. In between TSC the first time and let's say, yeah, the Weather Network. So in between there. That's when I did Spectacular Spas. And we did 72 shows and syndication still, I think. But it was a lot of fun. I mean, I got to travel around the world to the best spas.

So is that what you were nominated for? You got a Gemini Award nomination in 2003. Yeah, for the spa show. Okay. Yeah. But you lost to that damn Debbie Travis, right? Debbie, yes, I did. Yes, I did.

She was lovely, but yeah. She'd already garnered a few awards that night. I thought she could have just let one go. Okay. Well, listen, they don't always get these things correct. Right. Okay. I'm with you.

I'm with you. I worked my ass off on that show you kidding it was so lean the budget there was next to nothing we were producing them for under 10 grand a show and just sort of in a van going from down by the river yeah pretty much you know 10 grand a show sounds like a lot of money here you should see the budget over here oh my goodness okay so that was quite trouble a shooter an audio come on and they gotta pay you too and they gotta pay me out of that like i wasn't making anything anything someone's holding the camera you don't have to do that right no no but you know it was sort of interesting because digital was coming into play then and so we were shooting all on beta cam. And when you walked into a place

and if you shot with a small digital camera, you really weren't taking it all that seriously. So it was kind of interesting. You still needed the big camera, the big equipment. Like just a phony big camera, even though you're doing it all on like a little tiny digital thing. Right.

That's fun. That's like the transition period. It was totally the transition period. It was like around 2003, four, around there steve leggett writes in if you're speaking to carrie oliver steve you know i'm speaking to carrie oliver because i literally promoted i'm speaking to carrie oliver okay uh you could ask if she has any stories and before you answer because it ties into what kim mcdonald sent me but steve is looking for stories about Joan Rivers on TSC. Kim, just to piggyback on that, wants to hear the great story Richard Branson told you and

how it was working with Joan Rivers. So here, take some time. You're feeling comfy. You're enjoying your vodka soda. Let's hear stories. Are you trying to get me drunk? I'm trying. Okay.

Richard Branson told you something. Look, I'm no Kelly Gruber, okay? Yeah, well, let's just leave that one alone, okay? I was young and stupid. Let's just put a stop right to that. Richard Branson told you something. I need to hear what Richard Branson told you. And then please talk to us about the late, great Joan Rivers.

Go, Carrie. All right. Richard Branson was you, and then please talk to us about the late, great Joan Rivers. Go, Carrie. All right. Richard Branson was super cool. I mean, I had gone to a World Wildlife Federation conference, and so he was there talking, as Bo Derek was, and giving their talk. She's a perfect 10, you know. She is. Perfect.

And she's a 12 in person, trust me. Wow. So giving a talk. It was polar bears. It was about, you know, the environmental issues, of course. And I asked him, I created this thing called Weather VIP. And I really loved this little segment because this segment was, I thought, what does everyone talk about? Everyone talks about weather.

And yes, celebrities talk about weather too. So I really wanted to get the stories, their craziest kind of weather story. And Richard Branson had, of course, the adventure of a lifetime, had the best one yet where his hot air balloon sort of lost steam and he ended up in the jet stream. And the jet stream ultimately saved him. And they ended up, you know, in Alaska or somewhere, you know, ultimately saved him. And they ended up, you know, in Alaska or somewhere, you know, way up north. And, you know, all was good. I mean, he was very casual about it. And I thought that is the craziest story I had ever heard in my life. So it was a very cool weather moment. Absolute. Yeah, this guy would have great stories. And that's a great one. But

when I think, oh, no, to switch over to Joan Rivers now. So Joan Rivers, of course, comedy legend. Oh, and she's a star. She is a star. She's a star. 100%. She's a star. Also kind of like a shopping channel legend.

Oh, completely. For those of us who don't necessarily tune in, even we know about her in the shopping channel. Gosh, what is the movie? What is the movie that they, Jennifer Lawrence played her? It was about shopping channels. It was about QVC.

I will find out. Bradley Cooper was in it. Come on, people are, they're shouting out the name. Okay, so Joan, when I say she was such a star, Joy. Thank you. So that was, I cheated everybody. such a star, like joy. Thank you.

So that was, I cheated everybody. I Googled it. Joy Magnano. Yeah, Mangano. Mangano. Sorry, Magnano. It's been a long time. She would come up and sell in Canada.

And of course, you know, she made a huge name for herself south of the border, but it was about her journey and getting that product out there and sold. the border, but it was about her journey and getting that product out there and sold. And so it was Melissa Rivers playing Joan in the movie because Joan was the big deal at QVC. So when Joan, when I say she's a star, she would walk in the room and I don't know, it was like she had a key light with her. You know, she just emanated that superstar quality. And she, you know, she, you had to be tough and on your toes with her because she would go tete-a-tete with you just about your wit and fun and all of that. You said tete-a-tete, right?

Yeah. Did I? Is that right? That's correct. Just a bad joke. Okay. Okay. Head-to-head?

She would go head-to-head? You were just like foyer, fo joke. Okay. Okay. Head to head. Should we go head to head? You and Joan Rivers shared the screen. Yes. Yes. And so we sold jewelry and clothing and so much fun with her. She was nice to you? Super nice. And I mean, so down to earth.

So there was a big problem going on with her book. And I can't remember exactly what it was. But it was kind of boycotted a little bit at some of the stores. And there was a Costco that was selling her book. And it was a Costco just down the street from where we were. So she thought, okay, I'm getting in the car. I'm running over to Costco. And I'm going to do this.

And I'm going to go talk to the manager of Costco. So she does. And she takes her team. She takes her hair person, her makeup person, her model, and they all go over. And so they bring out a tray of hot dogs, Costco's signature meal. So one of the guys, one of the makeup guys, he's thought, I'm not eating it. I'm not eating, I'm not eating a hot dog. Joan just went up one side of him and down the other. He came out, he presented him, you know, you with this, you eat it, right?

Anyway, she was a huge philanthropist. I mean, she bought a whole brand new kitchen for one of the makeup women. I mean, she was just lovely. Well, that's a story I did not know. Yeah, just one of the most lovely people and giving people, and people didn't really realize that about her. Well, no, that's why you're on Toronto Mike today, because you're going to set the record straight. Although I only heard pretty good things about Joan Rivers.

Yeah, yeah. She's a pretty good rep. I mean, talk about tough, but yeah, for sure. But you know who was really interesting was Ivana Trump. Oh, see? Why didn't Kim ask about Ivana Trump? Come on, Kim. Well, Ivana Trump was a one-man show.

She would come in, there would never be people. Okay, but you mean Ivana is not, one-man show. She would come in. There would never be people. So Ivanka is the daughter. Yeah, no, no. This is the original. She's now the deceased ex-wife of Donald Trump. Yes, yes, yes. So she had a skincare and jewelry line.

So she would come in to sell. And no, there would be never an assistant, an associate, or whatever. She would come in and do it herself. And she worked constantly. And she was in charge. And I butted heads just a little bit. But it was ultimately getting the job done. There was a mutual respect.

Completely. There was a professional respect, most certainly. And a girlfriend of mine went on the Trump Princess on the boat, and she used to call it the dinghy. The dinghy. And then what she used to say about Donald, about the Donald, she said, you know why he doesn't wear the jeans? Because he has an ass this big.

Now we're talking. It's a quote. It's a quote. Dish more dirt like that, and you will definitely get rebooked for that special chemical am i being too sugary not enough dirt no you're doing great so uh so those names we talk about richard branson joan rivers ivana trump is there any other uh notable i do have another clip i have a well i have a clip i want to play a view on tsc which i was you're so effective at this like so i like i said i don't actually watch the shopping channel i'm not against the shot or whatever what's

it called again tsc today's shopping today's shopping i want to talk to the marketing person you decided to make that change okay don't get me started please please but you work there today yeah i don't want to get you in trouble thank you you be good cop i'll be bad cop thank you come on like let's get let's get real here, okay? So TSC, so TSC, I watched, went to YouTube and I watched some

Carrie Oliver on TSC because I wanted to see how you do your thing. And you, I can't even use that expression. That's actually inappropriate. You can't talk about selling like ice cubes to an Eskimo. That a that's an inappropriate it is to say in 2020 yes it is so it's interesting how we have these like idioms yeah that we just learn as kids and they get implanted and then you're like as you're about to say it you say yeah you keep about to say this idiom and you're like

oh like that's not cool it's like i haven't thought of this idiom in like 25 years last time i thought of it i probably said it but no you can't say that that's that's not cool. It's like, I haven't thought of this idiom in like 25 years. Last time I thought of it, I probably said it, but no, you can't say that. That's it. That's something you can't say, but you can sell anything. You're very good at this.

This is why, how many years now at the shopping at the TSE? Sorry. Oh, I've been doing it for 30 over 30 at this point. How long will you run? Oh, we'll see.

We'll see. As long as they'll have me. As long as they'll say now they heard that they heard that. They have the negotiating power. Yeah. So you made a big mistake there. I'm leaving next week. You need to let your Rogers overlords or whatever, you need to let them know,

you could take it or leave it. If that compensation's not sufficient, Oh, there's just so much else happening. Yes, of course. All right, I'm just looking out for you. Okay. Thank you. Do you want to be my agent?

Yes, but I do take 90%. Oh, that's a bit steep. It's very expensive. Okay. Thank you. So do you want to be my agent? Yes, but I do take 90%. That's a bit steep. Very expensive. Okay. This is you selling a hose and I actually, Oh my gosh, I can't believe you have that of all things. The worst clips are on YouTube.

Is it bad? Okay. On that note, I need to, I used to feel safe. You feel comfortable. There's someone obsessed with you on YouTube from the Weather Channel. Are you aware of your appearance?

They're just obsessed. I did notice it, yes. It's very disturbing, actually. It is a bit disturbing. Here's Carrie in this outfit. Here's Carrie in open-toed shoes. It's super creepy. It's very creepy.

I'm sorry that you have to endure that. You're much more than a pretty face. Thank you. But I want to know how I can buy this hose. Okay, let's listen here. Tangle. Chad's magic hands. You know, it's not.

All right, I will grab the hose this time. This just works. I mean, watch the kinks disappear. If you've ever owned a hose before, you know the frustration of hoses. The thick ones, the expensive ones are so stiff and rigid they're hard to deal with they're hard to wrap up they're hard to put away they're hard to move they're hard to slug around and they all kink they all tangle and they all will lose

pressure when they kink this is the only hole it looks like it's gonna kink that it no matter what look at the case right there that's worth it it's a small price to pay for such a cool hose to try out. I don't know when you don't see the video. I mean, you know, I've blown more than that at the fast food restaurant, you know. Are you kidding? What do you buy for $30 anymore, Chad? Not much. You can't even get a case of beer for that.

That's for sure. Isn't that the truth? I know. I like this ripartee you guys going back and forth about what you can get for $30. Oh, Chad is fabulous. Okay, so you're talking about, the funny thing is this combination of like handling this thick hose with the kinks. Like it's just quite the perfect storm, I suppose. It is the perfect storm, but it's, I also dislocated my shoulder on the air.

So there's lots of that happens live. Would you do as many hours as I do live? What did you do to dislocate your shoulder? I was selling the Total Gym and I thought that I was stronger than I was. And great product, by the way, longest selling gym piece of equipment on the air today. But I did something very foolish. And so I was looking- I like how you added this caveat. There has to be a caveat. If you do buy this and use it, you will not dislocate your shoulder. Yes, because I don't want to diss it.

It's a great product. But I. You literally dissed it. You dislocated. I did. But I mean, I was on the air. It's not like it was private, you know? Right.

So I sort of did a, you know, like a bicep press or a chest press. And it just went. Oh my God. I don't even want to think about it. Yeah, just right into camera. I separated my shoulder which is a very different injury. Oh, most painful thing I've ever done. But the dislocated sounds really scary.

It just hangs there. I looked straight into camera and said and just said, I think I hurt my shoulder. I'll be right back. Wow, what a trooper. And then I went off into the kitchen set. Oh, I think we went to emergency. No, I went off in the kitchen set and then I got wheeled out by an ambulance.

You know, I love the producers, you know, when you have your IFB and talking to you, just breathe, just breathe, you'll be okay. It's like the voice of God, you know, just coming down in those IFBs. Okay. I have two words for you. Yeah. Hello, gorgeous. Oh, thank you. I'm just reading the movie. you know just coming down in those ifbs okay i have two words for you yeah hello gorgeous thank you i'm just reading it was a beauty show yeah we did it for years i mean it was just

a really uh great place to launch small beauty brands and it was ideal so yeah we had some fun with that for many years can i play another clip yeah Can I play another clip? Yeah. Funky. That's me playing, by the way. Hi, everyone. I hope you're staying safe and well.

This week, we're going to talk about wrinkles. Playing the CD, maybe. The wrinkles you don't have yet, but probably will have. Get the soundtrack. We've got four great products coming up, so let's dive in. This is truly a five-star favorite, Levito Eye Cream. This is the alert eye cream. This has been rated by Elle magazine as one of the top five beauty products on the entire planet.

This is the epitome of clean beauty, plant-based hyaluronic acid, which really gets into the skin and starts to pop up fine lines and wrinkles. I'm trying to demystify it. It's vegan. So I watch this and I'm like, now I get it. Like, I know why this works. See, good. It's compelling. Like, it's like, here's my money.

Just take it. Well, when you only have a couple of minutes and you really have to, you got to, you know, give all the benefits right up front. I don't mean to, I'm fading it down. It was a few minutes, but it's just to give us a taste of you basically given this beauty advice. You know, the thing is, when you have people bringing in products and everything, their whole life has gone into that. You know, the development, the work, their money. It's an enormous launch point for them. And you have to really take that into consideration when you're doing it. Now, it's easy to sort of say, oh, there's a million of them out there, but this is a person's story.

And they're usually doing it because of a tremendous motivation of something personal. So, I really value that and respect that. What are you doing, Carrie, on August 31st? A little less than two months from now. I'm celebrating my son's birthday. Your son's birthday is August 31st? Yeah. What's his age?

31. Oh, sorry, he's 32. Pardon me. You should know this. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But this is also the day Diana passed. In 1997.

I think so. I remember this. Why, what are you doing on the 31st? Okay. Are we doing something together? Well, now I realize your son's birthday might mess up our plans. Oh, no. I was going to invite you to TMLX 13.

We're going to have the 13th Toronto Mike Listener Experience at Great Lakes Brewery in Southern Etobicoke. And Palma Pasta is going to feed us. And Great Lakes is going to buy us a drink. And it's going to be wonderful. 6 to 9 p.m. Stick it in the calendar. You can always bring your son to Great Lakes. He's a grown man.

I'm sure he's got other plans. Well, you never know. But for sure. Yes, of course I'm down. So, okay. So then let me say that's August 31st. Okay. That's TMLX 13.

The very next night, it's called Getting Hip to the Hip, an evening for the Downey Wenjack Fund. This is September 1st at 7.30 at the Rec Room. If you go to gettinghiptothehip.com and you use the promo code FOTM10, numeric 10, so FOTM numeric 10 you can save 10% on tickets I'm going to be there, Carrie

there's a Tragically Hip cover band there's a whole bunch of great activities planned Jamie Dew and the gang at Getting Hip to the Hip have this big like live recording of the finale it's going to be awesome, so I'm inviting you to that, FOTM10 saves you 10% You heard it here, I'm down you to that. FOTM 10 saves you 10%.

You heard it here. I'm down. That's it. Getting hip to the hip.com. And on that note, for the first, this podcast, which is 11 years old now, this is the first time in my calendar there's been a member of the Tragically Hip scheduled to be in person. So sitting in that seat, Paul Langlois is scheduled for mid-July. So that's kind of exciting.

I feel special in here now. Well, I didn't feel special before. Whoops, pardon me. I can't believe it. Master T has been here, okay? Master T has been here. He married the voice of Roxy. So he had a keyboard.

He married the voice of Roxy, right? So that's why when you said I was married to him, I had that one brief moment. Oh, you actually might have believed me on that. I was gullible for a moment. and then I remember that he married Roxy. No, it was a big, you're kidding me, a big deal. An auditioning for much music. I mean, it was brand new.

They just didn't think I was hip enough, I guess. So this is in the mid 80s? Must have been. Okay. So I'm thinking this is like Michael Williams, Steve Anthony, Erica M era. Yeah. Yeah. Must have been.

Christopher Ward. Yeah, for sure. J.D. Yeah, yeah, must have been. Christopher Ward. Yeah, for sure. J.D. Roberts. J.D. John. John Roberts. John Roberts. Fox News. Yes, yes.

And then his wife is Kira, I believe. If you say so. I think, you know, big CNN reporter. I don't know if she's still there. Michael Williams is scheduled to make his Toronto Mike debut also on August 31st. So I guess Michael Williams and then I'll haul ass to Great Lakes for TMLX 13. Okay, so before I play this clip, actually, yeah, it's another baseball clip

with your dad, actually. You're not actually part of this clip, but I did threaten to go back to your dad. I do want to revisit that here. Do you have, before I go on, is there a Richard Simmons story? A Richard Simmons? Richard Simmons would come in.

He would know the color of my lipstick. He would know the shade of color from Mac. He was a very interesting person. But one of the best parts about it is that he included everyone. I mean, he absolutely included everyone. No matter what they were doing, whether it was someone at the front desk or, you know, whatever, the crew. He was great at that. But to do to work with him in a still motion kind of situation was insane.

I mean, he was, you know, everything that you see. He had phonetic energy. Phonetic energy, crazy energy. You know, if he wasn't sitting on your lap, he was dragging you down the hall to go do something. If he wasn't sitting on your lap, he was dragging you down the hall to go do something. It was pretty, pretty intense, but really ultimately one of the most amazing guys.

But one of the nicest people I'd ever met was Ed McMahon. Hi-oh! I know! He was just so fabulous. Ali McGraw. I mean, these are the old- Love means never having to say your name. Right. You look a little bit like Ally McGraw.

Oh, thank you. That's a big compliment. And that's with Ryan O'Neill, right? Yes. Yeah, I've seen this movie. I mean, these are the old people that used to come on. Well, the, I mean, the former. Old, oh yeah, older relative. I don't know. That doesn't sound right, does it?

That's Summer of 42, right? Oh, yeah. Summer of 42. So I would always, when I catch it on Late Great Movies, I'd always hear this beforehand. The following program contains adult themes, nudity, and coarse language.

Viewer and parental discretion is advised. Just wanted to shout out the voice, Mark Zanley here. Okay. So we're going to, uh, turn the channel here from the great, well,

you're still at TSC. Right. You're still kicking ass, taking names. You're going to be there a long time because you are the face of that channel. Well, I mean, yeah, I've been recognizable there. I mean, it's really nice because when you go out,

people, you know, they put that station on. It's not like the Weather Network. You know, it's the station that stays on in the background. It's the station that's always there. Your voice is always... It's interesting you were at both because they are similar. Yeah. They are really similar in that regard. And because I still do the voiceovers,

I mean, it's not that I'm doing new ones, the old ones from 15 years ago about your local forecast is still running. I'm not paying you for that anymore. I am going to be your agent. Yeah, thank you. Because we got a big problem.

I know. So yeah, I think people just feel agent. Yeah. Thank you. Because we got, we got a big problem. I know. So yeah, I think, you know, people just feel that kinship with you. And so, you know, people come up and talk to you like,

Oh my gosh, look at what I'm wearing. This is what I bought. Well, I'm sure there's a Canadian, someone in Canada is going through something. And then it's like, I don't know,

three in the morning on a, on a, I don't know, Tuesday. Totally. And they're tuning in and they're finding comfort. And this is, you know, Kim kind of expressed this, but it's like there's a comfort in the soothing voice,

that familiar voice kind of reaching out over the airwaves without a doubt. Yeah, and it's a conversation, you know. You're trying to have that conversation with people at home. Well, they're talking to you. You just can't hear them. Right. I always have their voice in my head, though. Well, you should see a doctor about that.

I'm worried about that. Okay. A couple shout outs and then we're gonna go Fergie time and we're gonna find a I have a big question about Fergie all right okay so deal with it this is gonna be exciting well lots going on yeah here I do want to shout out the moment lab they specialize in public relations and they have a team of experienced professionals who know how to craft a story that resonates with your audience to generate positive media coverage. I'm happy to introduce anyone listening to Matt and Jared at the Moment Lab and you can learn more about

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Do you like the Watchmen? No. You don't. What is your jams before we go to Fergie here? It's sort of, you know, 80s hair metal and stuff. Okay. No shame in it love it what are you listening to yeah like i mean you know a little deaf leopard what can i say i went to vegas to see them you know love just love all

that deaf leopard life you know went to katie perry and in uh vegas vegas puts on some of the great shows because you feel a little bit more are you a Bon Jovi girl? I was more so back then than I am now but I did have what about Poison? not Poison but you know what's interesting no definitely not White Snake

Tani Kattan she was my babysitter what? she was my babysitter I know I waited all this time to tell you you just surpassed Kim she was my babysitter. What? She was my babysitter. I know. I waited all this time to tell you. You just passed Kim. Okay. You just surpassed her. She was my babysitter. How can that, how does that happen? I don't know. I lived at York Mills

and Don Mills. Citadel Village it was called when I was a kid. And she was my babysitter. This might be the biggest mind blowing in the history of the podcast. Right. And then she was on the front of the car. I don't know what kind of car it was, but you know, rolling around the front of the car. Of course. It what kind of car it was, but rolling around the front of the car. It was Trans Am.

I have no idea what it was, actually. Oh, my husband has a Trans Am. We have a 79 Trans Am. Do you believe that? That's why you married him. No, actually it wasn't. Why did you marry him? How many marriages you got under your belt?

I've got two. Two. So you're on your second marriage? I'm on my second marriage. Oh, I'm on my second marriage. It's not a big number. Yeah, I mean, of course. But we met on eHarmony when it just sort of was coming out But when we met on eHarmony,

when it just sort of was coming out and his, imagine you're on eHarmony and you're surfing around and there's Carrie Oliver from TSC. I just thought, you know, I don't, I'm not a bar chick. I'm not, you know,

not saying nothing. It's nothing wrong with that. Seinfeld. Right. Shout out to Jerry Seinfeld. Shout out to Jerry. But, uh,

I just, I thought, how am I going to meet people? And it worked out. And it worked out. But he had a picture of him and that to Jerry. But I just, I thought, how am I going to meet people? And it worked out. And it worked out. But he had a picture of him and that Trans Am. And I thought, why in the world am I dating

or going to even attempt to date the guy with the red Trans Am? But you did. Poor Tim. Tim goes, hey, you going to talk about me? Even his red Trans Am is going to kill me. Does Tim like craft beer? He loves craft beer. He will be very happy about this.

He'll be glad you dropped by. Yes, he will. Does he have a mullet? No, but he does have a wee ponytail. Is it like a rat tail? Yeah, he's got like a little, you know. He's learning so much about you, Carrie Oliver. Yeah, a little braid.

And we're just warming up here. Should I start recording now? is the mic on? hang on is the mic on? I went over to see squiggly lines just in case we are actually recording this

we can't get too comfortable here you're the one who has to worry about your corporate overlords I work for myself that's right I love TSC I know you do you're great on that channel. Thank you.

Now that I know it exists, I'm going to start buying that hose. Well, I hope you do. And the products. The video of the hose before you get back to the place and do your little pitch there.

The kinks really did, like the kinks were like, because I just cleaned my green. This is exciting news. The bionic hose. You need it. I just washed my green bin today because it's hot out there

and the green bins have organic waste in it and I was cleaning them after they were picked up. I was thinking, oh, my hose is kinking. I was thinking of that kinkless hose that Carrie Oliver was talking about. I was thinking, Carrie's right. What do you get for $30

nowadays? Then that guy you were with says something about going... Me and my oldest daughter went to Harvey's yesterday. You go to Harvey's now, you're to Harvey's now you're out 30 bucks. I worked at Harvey's. I dressed burgers at Harvey's. Again, full circle moment. Harvey's makes your hamburger

a beautiful thing. You worked at Harvey's? Of course. That's my favorite of the fast food. I would agree with you on that. Lots of lettuce and mustard on a cheeseburger. So good. I just swim in mustard these days. Like I just put mustard on everything.

Just love it. Okay. All right. Back to the subject. I'm sorry. I just got a visual. Back to the subject of the matter. I eat a lot of foods, but I don't get fatter.

Let me see. I'm slim. My hair is well trimmed. And when I'm low key, I throw on a brim you ready i'm ready it's important okay so you listen to paul burford on toronto yes and you it was must have been nostalgic for you to hear very because not a lot of programs these days there's a lack of just like mom content out there these days but i'm diving deep i'm like paul take your time you're such a good Thank you. There's another episode you might want to listen to later with Kate Wheeler. Do you know Kate Wheeler?

I do not, but a huge shout out to Kate Wheeler. Thank you so much for being so supportive. So Kate was on and we learned she was, I don't remember the title over there, but she was like, I don't know, something to do with the kitchen at Just Like Mom. She was working on the program in uh agent court and kate and i we talked about the video which we're going to talk about soon in greater detail and uh kate kate and i agreed on that video and kate went to bat for your dad kate knew your dad very well and kate was disgusted at what some you know you know people are saying about your dad based on a like a youtube

supercut from about i don't know 13 14 15 years ago i don't know we all know a video i'm talking about and if you don't know a video you probably just well now we've just brought attention to it fabulous that's called the streisand effect and when you were coming on i was thinking about the streisand effect but like i'm out of fucks to give on this like uh i feel like we gotta like just tackle this thing head on well something that really drove me a little crazy was i was driving in the car then jim richards had said something i know and he's lovely and i'm a big fan but he they were being nostalgic about old game shows and it came up and then he sort of alluded to the video. Right.

And I thought, that's really irresponsible of you. And so I sent him a note, and he was very apologetic and lovely. But it's out there, you know, but he said it. And it really- It has damaged your father's reputation. It has, and it's really upsetting for me. And I get the occasional dms that are not pleasant no because they're they're tossing around words like the p word etc and

attaching it to your father and based 100 on this super cut that's completely out of context i want to dive into it yeah i want to dive into it i uh was a jim Richards. He did it. But the. Yeah. I mean, I hate Kate was lovely. So Kate Wheeler did go to bat for your dad. And Kate worked with your father. And of course, Paul Burford went to bat for your dad as well. And they were very close in the just like mom days. Of course.

OK. And before you say goodbye here today, I just make sure I play one more blue J clip because you're not in this one. Okay. So we've established off the top, just to set the table for your, your, your, your,

but your father, we established off the top that people think of Fergie Oliver. Then they think of Catherine swing who was miss Canada, by the way, but you know that of course, and they were the husband, wife duo that we remember hosting Just Like Mom, even though not the original host.

The guy named Steven was the first guy one year, and then it came Fergie Oliver and Catherine Swing. I watched this a great deal. And I'm checking my notes here. Okay, so I'm going to let you address the video here. I actually pulled the clip, but I won't play it unless you want me to. I don't know if you want me to play it or not,

but I actually pulled that clip. But this clip that made the rounds 15 years ago or so on YouTube makes it look, your father, the way it's super cut and it's slow-mo's and you get this weird sound effect that comes in, it makes it look like your dad is basically... Kissing kids. ...inappropriate with the young girls on Just Like Mom. But please, you know I don't edit this show.

So just address the video and talk about these, you know, these allegations against your dad in this video. Well, the allegations are completely ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. And I don't, you know what is amazing to me is I don't understand why, why somebody would do such a thing. Like, I don't understand what it would take for someone to be, you know, I don't know if he's felt wronged in some way or she or whoever has done this, but it is absolutely

shocking. I mean, I grew up, I mean, in this environment, nothing like this was ever prominent or prevalent or evident or any of it. And it's so saddening to feel the effect of it because there is an effect. There is a family, there are people, there was an iconic career that has been unfortunately tainted with something that is complete crap. So what do you do with that? You know, and that's why I felt really compelled because I've never spoken about it. I just felt really compelled to say something because when I heard that episode, I thought, thank you so much for being supportive and addressing it head on.

But it really sort of got my goat when I heard Jim talk about it. And I thought it, you know, it was time. So thank you. I appreciate it. Well, I'm of the opinion that your dad was done dirty by this super cut,

this heavily edited out of context, super cut. Yeah. And for people to just watch that super cut and then, you know, you know, many people's guttural reaction will be like, Oh,

what a creep kissing these young girls. It was aard dawson you know he he was who he was he was the richard dawson of that era that was that was sort of the measure uh and how to be a a game show host right so richard dawson he was kissing everybody and doing that. And that was just sort of of the time. And not to excuse or to, you know, create or any of that, but it was very, very innocently done. And at the time and at the moment, it was a very popular show. I was watching. Now, I was trying to think about, like, how does this come to be

where today, like, the legacy of Fergie Oliver is tainted by this, you know, you know, however minutes, a few minutes, this video. It's so sad. It is very sad. But then I was thinking about conflation, okay? Because this happens quite a bit. I was just listening to this very deep dive into the bluesman Robert Johnson, okay? deep dive into the bluesman Robert Johnson, okay? Anyways, this is all to say that they conflated a story that actually was Tommy Johnson,

and they conflated the story about, you know, Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil to become the best guitarist in the world. Like, there's this famous myth around it, but it was a Tommy Johnson, and it gets kind of applied, and then through oral history, it kind of changes or whatever. And I was thinking, this supercut uh you know 80s game show host kissing young girls seems to arrive around the time north america becomes aware of a british

game show children's entertainer named jimmy seville okay so i don't know if you know this name jimmy said i do not you wouldn't know him except because he's now notorious and infamous. He's dead now. But it came to light that Jimmy Saville was absolutely a pedophile. And the behavior of Jimmy Saville, it's grossly inappropriate in a million different ways with children and dead people. And I won't even go into the details.

Except Jimmy Saville, there's like a popular documentary about him on Netflix, which is why a lot of North Americans have been... Or maybe not. Like, well, you know, just, you know, you can watch. But so a lot of North Americans have just, because we don't know Jimmy Savile in North America. He was a British, but he was super famous in Britain.

Like this guy was a big deal in Britain. And now we know him because he's infamous or whatever for what he did but there seems to be a little bit of a conflation going on where they kind of took this brush that was very true terrible things jimmy seville was doing in england and kind of started to apply it in different spots and i i feel like fergie oliver got caught up in that with the supercut that it's oh jimmy seville style even though of course the actual behaviors i mean for the record i'm gonna sound like a lawyer now but there's never been anyone in the

history of just like mom who's come who said your dad did anything inappropriate right this is so like the facts are you know there's a reason that you don't go to fergie's wiki page and and see these allegations because it's all, it's all speculative. Thank you. Sensational because of that super cut. So for his legacy, and again, again,

you said he's doing all right. Yeah. He's going to be 80 in a couple of weeks on the 17th. Okay. Well, that's okay. So for, for his birthday,

for his birthday, would Fergie make his Toronto Mike debut? Well, I'm going to. You're going to pitch him? I'm going to pitch him. We're going to pitch him hard. He hasn't done any press, any media, nothing. And so you will be the first guy.

You'll be the first guy. Am I fair in this guess? I'm feeling like when the video surfaced and people started sharing it, that your dad chose to lay low because he was so embarrassed by this. I don't know if that was the choice necessarily. I mean, you know, he had things going on in his life,

but I can't imagine it, it helped. Let's just put it that way. I mean, he was, he was busy and Susie got sick and, and what have you, but yeah,

it's really didn't help. Can I, okay. So, and I'm going to play a clip. I'm not going to play the super cut that we're alluding to. Thank you. But I am going to play something else that came up on this day in Dave's team,

the Twitter account that had you as a 19-year-old trying to meet Kelly Gruber. Just because your dad's doing it. I think we forget the legacy of your dad with regards to blue Jays baseball. I mean, I was a huge fan of the drive of 85 and then I follow the team through the world. I'm still a fan,

but I was like for 10 years, I was obsessed with blue Jays baseball and they were very, very successful. And they ended up winning two world series. Well, those were the good years. Wow. What,

what year we were so, so, so spoiled, but your dad was a big part of Blue Jays baseball at that time. So let me just play this. A big 10-1 Blue Jay lead over the California Angels. A Jimmy Key done for the night as Dave Steve gets set to pitch the eighth inning here at Skydome.

The Jimmy Key gets his fifth win against six defeats as the Jays trounce the Angels 10-1. For the third time in your career, you have been put in the bullpen, and I know this is probably the first of the three times that you weren't unhappy about the move. Well, Fergie, I got some work to do, and I guess that's the place to go and do it. You know, I had some moments in the starting rotation where I had some decent gains, but that would all fall apart with one inning, one pitch, or what have you. So now I'm in the bullpen, and I got to go in there and just make the best of it

and continue to work on my location, my release point, and sharpen my pitches. That's the big thing, is it location? Yeah, basically. I think the release point is something that I have to work on, get it consistent with all my pitches, and then the location will be there. And tonight was a step towards that. Can you describe the frustration of Dave Steve this year? Well, it's been rough, Berger.

I think combine that with coming back from the surgery, and I had great expectations of myself. I didn't feel that that was any kind of setback. I was in great physical shape coming into the season. I just had to fine-tune my stuff, and maybe I came up a little too early. I don't know, but I felt like I was pitching okay at times. Well, when you look back, I mean, you undergo a back operation. There's not too many guys that can come back and be a big success.

Well, I don't know, Fergie. I was hoping I could. Yeah, and we were too. Well, thanks. All right. Good luck. Thank you. Okay, let's go upstairs, and here's Ken Daniels.

There's a nice little nostalgic clip of Dave. Best interviewer ever. I really do believe that. Well, he was great, and again, I was a Just Like Mom watcher as well. I kind of missed, like, I know he was a CF, this is why I want to talk to him, because I want to talk about his years at CFTO and sports and stuff.

And I kind of missed that. So like for me, Fergie Oliver is Blue Jays baseball and Just Like Mom. So there's so much there I want to talk about because he was such a key part of our small media universe back in the day. Are you kidding? I grew up at CFTO.

I mean, that was Harvey Kirk babysat me. Harvey Kirk. I mean, I used to fall asleep on the Canada AM set. I used to put up scores using magnets on the scoreboards. The poker games that went on in the newsroom, the cigar smoking environment, It was the suspensions. You know, my dad got suspended on the air for coming back from a party and then going on the air one night. Really?

Oh, yeah. Now it's coming. Yeah, he came back. That's why the vodka soda is there. Yeah, he just came back from a bar mitzvah and went on the air and got a little loose. And Pat Marsden. Pally.

Of course, I grew up with Pat. I mean, he called me Carrie Berry. Well, these stories, okay, keep going. I want to hear these legendary names, but Pat Marsden no longer with us. So I'll just say this officially to you, his daughter. And how many kids does Fergie have? There are six of us.

Wow. Yeah. That's a reality. Well, yeah, four biological two steps. So, okay. Okay, cool. So I would love to get your father

on Toronto Mic'd for just a deep dive into his, basically, yes, at the end, we'll touch on the video, but I mean, I want to talk about his years at CFTO. I want to talk about the Blue Jay stuff.

I bet he's got a million and one great Blue Jay stories I want to talk about those $50 bills those $50 bills went a long way the 50s and sometimes hundreds okay as long as they were crisp yeah but I know there's stories where other journalists would come on and they would ask George Bell for a little interview or something George and my dad were buddies where's the cake where's the money maybe he set everyone up for, you know. I think they were all like. They were pretty pissed, yeah. Because Fergie, yeah.

So those who don't know, and we talk about this often on Toronto Mike, but Fergie would give a $50 bill to the, George Bell, for example. For sure. For the interview. Yeah. And so they would,

but he was genuinely buddies with everybody and the opening day games the opening day parties at his place at harbor terrace were legendary so it would be a very big deal so i would tell your dad yeah you know he can take as long as he wants uh you know i know he's in hamilton stoney creek Creek. So I would do it remotely with the guy. I'd rather do it here. Yeah. But I'm just telling you, it's one of those rare people. I would do it remotely, but I would rather do it here.

And on his schedule, and you can get comfy there, we just record a chat and he's going to get a fair deal. Well, I'm going to tell him what a wonderful time I had. So I'm sure that will entice him. That's exciting to me because I just booked Harold Hossain on Toronto. Oh, nice. And that's got me very, very excited. But how was this for you, Carrie?

Any big stories you're thinking on your drive here? You're like, I want to make sure I shout out this person or this story. I don't want you to like be driving home and I forgot to tell this story or I wanted to talk about this. Are you feeling good about everything? I think so. I mean, of course I'm feeling good about it, but I mean, you know, just that the days at CFTO, you know, when I think back at those days and growing up in those halls and the people, I mean, you know, Gord Martineau was doing the news and Tom Gibney and Dave Duvall.

So how long, so when was Gord Martineau doing the news? Oh, I can't remember the years, but I mean, I was, I was probably, I was under 10. Yeah, I was under 10 years old. Because he's in Montreal and then I have,

he's at City TV, of course. Yeah. But then, why do I think he goes to Global? And then I think he's back at City TV. But you're telling me he's at CFTL. Well, he was, I mean, way, way, way back then. Sure. Yeah. then yeah court or no one of the great canadian but it was that sense of what that

newsroom was like with the sports desk i mean them writing their own scripts and the the the gambling and the parties and the poker games i need to get the stuff on the record amazing it was so fun. I mean, obviously as a kid, that sounds ridiculous saying that, but it was, when I look back in retrospective with these eyes,

it was quite a time in life for sure. And so, and a friend of mine who was actually a friend, well, I'm not going to name names because then, you know, I can't really name names, but I had sort of said that they were referred to, Pat and Dad, as the Rat Pack of the North. And they were, you know, going off to Vegas.

You have to make this happen because I can't get Pat Marsden on Toronto Mike. No. Not going to happen. Of course. I have to get Fergie over. I need to capture these stories. I need you to capture these stories. I need you to capture these stories because I want him to write a book.

I would love for him just to dictate a book to someone, but we've got to get it on tape. And we've got to get those videotapes released. The ones with, you know, I've got the 91, 92 Blue Jays

dressed up as Chippendale dancers. We've got some really great stuff. He's probably going to kill me. No, he won't kill you. But that clip I just played, you know, you hear the voice of Ken Daniels who's an FOTM, but you hear Don Chevrier for a moment. Oh, Chevy. Yes. Like, I can't get

him on Toronto Mike D either. Oh, you want Chevy? Yeah. Well, you can't. No, I know. I know. He's passed. It's not going to be possible. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. But you were great, Carrie.. I know. He's passed. It's not going to be possible. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. But you were great, Carrie. You were fantastic. And you have passed the audition.

There will be a Toronto Mic'd episode with Kim McDonald. Kim MacDonald. I always want to say MacDonald. Kim MacDonald and Carrie Oliver. And there will... You give me the... You just slide into my DMs with the notice or something. Don't you worry.

You'll be the first one to know. Let me know when Fergie's ready to talk because I think you need to address the video head on because it's out there. I agree. And that's the thing I really want to get to drive home is for sure. Let's address it head on.

It's so ridiculous. And this cancel culture these days is just ridiculous. ridiculous. And that brings us to the end of our 1,286th show. You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike. Carrie, tell us all the

wonder. I know you're on Instagram. You're also on Twitter, but what is your handle on Instagram? At Carrie Oliver. And now I OLVER. See, I had to correct many people this last week. Thank you for that. I was wondering. Cause I know,

because I watched, I know it's Fergie Oliver. And then he was like, Oh, Fergie Oliver, Carrie Oliver. He had credit cards with eyes in them. I mean,

he didn't care. That was one question that came in. It's like, what, where is that? Eye. People tell me I spell my name wrong. So all the time.

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I'm ready. I used to sell cemetery plots. You were holding on to that. We almost ran out of tape here. Thank you. So you worked at Hervey's and you sold cemetery plots. Yes, I did. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home.

Wow. At Ridley FH. On Ridley. On the phone. Wow. At Ridley FH. On the phone. On the phone. That was my first sales job was on the phone selling cemetery plots. Can this be edited? Can we cut this out? No.

Especially because I got the song underneath it. Forget it. It's all baked together. Oh, no. See you all Thursday when my special guest is Ed Keenan from the Toronto Star. We'll unpack everything that unfolded in our municipal

election. We'll talk about Mayor Olivia Chow. We'll talk about who didn't win. We'll talk about everything. See you all then. Breaking. We're coming back, everybody. Hold on here. Don't hurt yourself there on the that I can Breaking, we're coming back, everybody. Hold on here. Don't hurt yourself there on the mic there.

Carrie, we're coming back. We're coming back. We forgot. You were going to give me something on the air. And then as we're like saying goodbye here, I remembered I never got anything from you, Carrie Oliver. But what did you want to give me? I brought gifts because you can't work at TSC,

today's shopping choice, without giving gifts. And that's what I wanted to do. So I know you're an outdoor enthusiast. So I wanted to make sure we took care of your skin because you spend so much time out there. And I don't do a good job taking care of my skin. That's why it looks like I'm 80 years old. Your skin looks very good. Your skin looks very good,

but it can always look better because I wanted to give you a collagen booster from Beekman 1802. I need a collagen booster. Okay. And then we also have an eye balm. Just, you know,

fine lines and wrinkles. We want to take care of those. That's a little MSM. That's a German brand. Exclusively a TSC. L'Occitane. I'm going to be so handsome. You're going to feel like you're in Provence, France. Because that is all lavender. Beautiful shower gel.

Wow. And then more of these soaps. Smells good. These are great for men. I know you will appreciate them because you'll wash your hair, your body, everything from Beakman 1802. Everywhere. I will think about you while I scrub myself with your soaps.

Oh, thank you. That's so nice. I knew we were getting along. And then your whipped body cream as well. And then hang on, I got one more thing. Oh, and then a cleanser. That's it. Listen, there's more where that came from, Mike. Thank you, Carrie Oliver. And thank you, TSC.