Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - TMLX11: Toronto Mike'd #1164

Episode Date: December 3, 2022

In this 1164th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and a cast of thousands celebrate the festive season at TMLX11 at Palma's Kitchen. FOTMs contributing to this episode include, Humble, Fred, Mike Eppel, Larry Fedoruk, Peter Gross, Brian Master, Ben Rayner, David Quinton Steinberg and Blair Packham, who performs live. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

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beautiful Palma's kitchen for TMLX11. My co-host for the day, my friend, Elvis. What's up, Mike? Elvis, thanks for being here, buddy. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Why didn't you grow the beard

for the holidays? The beard. I'm looking at a beard. I shaved off the beard for Movember. Oh my goodness. And it's already growing back so fully. I wish I could do that. Well, testosterone. Alright, let's spend the next 90 minutes discussing whether you've listened to the

following episodes of Toronto Mike. When was the last time I was on? Was I on last time? Festivus. It was last Festivus, so let's just do a hard no for every single episode since then. Hard no.

Not even Dave Thomas? No, but ask me how many other episodes of any podcast I've listened to. Well, surely you're listening to The Produce Stand. None. Zero. I've listened to no podcast since surely you're listening to the produce stand. None. Zero. I've listened to no podcast since last festival. Figure it out.

Well, you're going to listen to this one because you're here and I'm glad you're here. So far, it's amazing. So you've already cracked open a Great Lakes beer. Yeah, I love Great Lakes. Can I crack one as well? Do it. We are now beginning TMLX 11.

It's a great crowd, so let's describe the scene. We're in a new room that's actually in development, so this is not yet ready for prime time, but it's ready for TMLX 11. It sounds about right. Because that's not prime time. That's like earlier in the evening. Well, you have me as a co-host.

But it actually is going to be great when they finish it, but it's very functional, and it's pretty full. There's a lot of great FOTMs here. Yeah, this is a good crowd. I think this is bigger than last time I was at Palma Pasta for one of these. In terms of more people. Think about the people who haven't even arrived yet. VP of Sales, Lieve

Famke, Juan, like some big names are still coming. Peter Gross. VP of Sales. We have so much to talk about Elvis. Is anyone from Ridley Funeral Home here? Right now, there's a parade on Lakeshore,

Santa Claus Parade, and Brad Jones is participating in that. I think he might be playing Santa. I don't know. But then he's going to make his way here.

Gotcha. Spoiler alert, there's fucking kids here. Jesus Christ. He can't be everywhere. I think we've established that. Even he knows that. Okay, so everyone here

in attendance, this is very important. All the Great Lakes you can drink is in a blue bin by the wall here. Right behind Humble Howard is a blue bucket full of cold beer. Help yourself come early, come often, enjoy. Thank you, Great Lakes, for providing the beer. Isn't that amazing? They're amazing. They're OGs too, right?

They've been around since day one. They're the first. Yeah, they're awesome. Good people too. Yeah, I mean, I was there. I took Jarvis. So hello to Jarvis. Jarvis, say hi to everybody.

I'll get you on the mic later. You enjoying your palm of pasta, buddy? Is it good? Thumbs up or down? Oh, he's loving his palm of pasta. So I took Jarvis to hockey at Mimico Arena and then it was a practice. So I bailed and I went to GLB

and I just grabbed all this beer and ice and this bin and they're like, good luck at the event. So supportive. Did you see Leaf great David Clarkson when you were at Mimico? No? He wasn't there? He was so amazing. He was serving the beer, I think.

Can we just reflect on how great his career was here in Toronto? How many Toronto Maple Leaf goals did he get? Zero. No, I don't goals did he get? Zero. No, I don't know. That's not true. I don't know. Let's pretend it was 10, okay?

I celebrated each one like it was a Stanley Cup winning goal. He became amongst the most polarized Leaf ever, right? Him, Larry Murphy, probably top five. But Larry Murphy, at least Larry Murphy went on and had good years with the Red Wings. Clarkson was done. It's not a question as to whether or not they were good afterwards. My point is that they were good before they got here, and then when they were here, they stunk for whatever reason.

And then it just so happens that Larry Murphy actually was good, and we didn't give him a chance or had a bad coach for him or whatever, and just Dave Clarkson was done. So a little housekeeping before we get to our first guests who are already on the microphones. And we've heard one voice already. But yes, the beer is plentiful. It's in that blue bucket.

Help yourself. Thank you, Great Lakes. But everyone here is getting Palma Pasta. They make it here. You can go get a voucher here on the side table. There's a voucher.

You go line up and you can get any meal you want completely on the house. So thank you to the Petrucci family and for Palma Pasta for hosting us and for giving everybody some fresh, delicious pasta. Isn't that amazing? Anthony is amongst one of the best human beings on this planet. Anthony is a really good dude. And yeah, I love the fact that he supports this podcast and the community

the way that he does. Thank you, Palma Pastas. Support them. Buy something on your way out. Thank you, Great Lakes. There's two gentlemen on the mics right now. To my left is a gentleman named what do I call you, Langer? That works, yes. I like your t-shirt. I'm seeing it now.

Nirvana cassettes, it looks like. CDs. Are those CDs? Okay. Nirvana cassettes, it looks like. CDs. Are those CDs? Okay, close enough. Jim Lang has really let himself go. No offense. If Jim Lang ever looked this good, okay, come on. Hockey Hall of Famer Michael Lang.

Of course, he was the... Top shelf. Is that Scratch My Back with a Hacksaw? Yes, exactly. Exactly right. Lots of great Mike Lang. So Michael Lang is here. To your right, Elvis, is the great FOTM. He was on the program

just a couple of weeks ago. Al Grego. Welcome, Langer and Al. Thank you. So, Elvis, I know you don't listen to Toronto Mike, but... But I know these gentlemen. Do you know why they're starting the show today? Because they're fans of the podcast. Well, that is true,

but that's not the reason. And Al contributed $5 worth of cable rental. I will reimburse him. I will reimburse him. I'm drinking it right now. Al did help with the speakers so that people can hear us and we're not just in the headphones. Al Grego and Michael Lang are at their 11th

TMLX event. Oh, these are the only two guys who've been to all of them. I'm assuming 11 is how many of these things you've had? Yeah, this is number... This is TMLX 11. These gentlemen are at their 11th event. There was a third gentleman. We'll shout him out now.

No, we won't. Yes, we will, because he was 10 for 10, but he could not make it today. Can I have a guess as to who it is? I can't remember his name. I should know. Rush guy. Yeah, I was going to say the McDonald's guy. Rush Mike.

Oh, he's not going to be here. I'm going to reuse this for James Edgar later. That's too bad. He's a good dude, too. He might be 10 for 11. Okay, so Langer, you're at your 11th event. You're 11 for 11. I'm a 100%er, yes. I am also 100%.

Excellent. I'm at my 11th event. People always overlook that. But Langer, I'm so honored you'd come to all 11. Like, you're an exclusive company. It's actually, I have a song for this. I'm, come on, Mike, tighten up here. And that song will introduce our next guests, actually.

How about this? And then there were two Come on, Mike. Tighten up here. That song will introduce our next guest, but how about this? And then there were two Right now we have to stop somewhere. How far to go? I don't care. Just when I thought you'd leave it blue, you'd come around out of nowhere.

Just when I thought you'd leave it blue, The song is called Then There Were Two. Al, thank you for coming to your 11th event, and thank you for helping with the speaker setup here. That's above and beyond. You're welcome. I'm happy to be of service. Not to be confused with Ian's service.

Ian's service is here, everybody. We'll get him on very shortly. Did we ever determine if it was Ian or Ian's service? I was jokingly saying Ian's service. Like, I am at your service. It's Ian. It's Ian. It's Ian. Do you think it's like Ian Ziering?

Yeah, yeah. Do you know he co-starred with Toy Spelling on Nano 2 and 0? Did he really? Is Fearless Fred going to be here? Or what's his name? The guy that you have a big beef with? Let's move on. There's so many.

You have to narrow it down. I have a long list of enemies, but I have some friends here. So thank you, Langer. Thank you, Al. Any words you want to share with everybody while here. So thank you, Langer. Thank you, Al. Any words you want to share with everybody while you have the mic, Langer? I do want to... Mike Langer. See what I did there?

Yeah. Ridley Funeral Home. Why aren't they here? He's coming. Brad Jones is coming. Why? Do you need a pickup? They're at the Santa Claus parade.

Are they actually in the Santa Claus parade or are they just expecting a lot of people to die at it? I think they serve hot chocolate to the community. Okay. They're actually lovely people. Laced with arsenic. No, come on, Elvis. They're at 14th and Lakeshore, and they're amazing.

Oh, by the way, for the people in recovery, I have good news. People in recovery. Yes, there's Great Lakes, but Anthony just brought some waters if you need a water. Oh, I love people in recovery. Okay. So I'm going to put

a couple of new people on the mic. I might have you back. Okay. So Langer, enjoy the show. Get yourself some pasta. Enjoy.

You got the Great Lakes lager there. Yes. Enjoy. And Al, any words you want to share? Can you shout out your fantastic

Moneris podcast? Sure. Yeah, listen to Yes, We Are Open season three just finished and it's an award-winning podcast, people.

I mean, you have to listen. You won awards for that. I did. I won nothing. Where do you do it, your podcast?

I travel the country and interview people, lovely people like Stephanie Wilkinson, who's in the room here somewhere. Who will be on these mics soon.

Yeah. Love it. Thank you. I'm also very concerned. I want to know how long would your son's timeout have been had he given the thumbs down to the podcast?

I would have just said he put his thumbs up. There's no cameras on it. Yeah, but there's witnesses in the room. So Jarvis, how long would his timeout have been? Everyone knows the rule. What happens at a TMLX event stays at a TMLX event. Unless I record it, and that's a different story. That's true. But he does love it.

And he's here for a few hours here. His mom couldn't come because his mom, my wife. Your mom sounds like you're divorced, right? It also sounds weird. We've had this conversation before when couples call themselves mom and dad. I have an ex-wife, and I have two kids. And I'll say, oh, yeah, James' mom. And that's how i'll refer to james's mom michelle's mom you're just qualifying her yeah that's all yeah but this is uh jarvis's mom also my wife

is not here today she was going to take pictures so that means and she's here she's home with morgan who didn't feel well so jarvis is going to be our official photographer jarvis don't forget your duties buddy duties i said duties jarvis don't forget your duties, buddy. Duties? I said duties. Jarvis, don't forget to take pictures of everybody, okay? Put thumbs up if you can hear me. Okay, thank you, Jarvis. Thank you, Langer. Thank you. Speaking of award winners, another one

just walked in. Can you be... Who is... Okay. We can only see the ass end. I know. The great Larry Fedorek walked in. We're going to talk to him soon, but first, I'm going to invite to the microphones. See if they recognize their audio cue. Humble Howard Glassman. Have a seat, my friend.

Stick on those cans. Fred Patterson. I'm witnessing a hug. I wanted love. I needed love. Elvis always seemed so excited to see me. You guys were at my wedding and sat at the same table. We did, yes.

I don't remember much of your wedding. That was the greatest. The wedding? That's right. That's why we have the water for you, Mr. Glassman. That's right. I appreciate that. There was a time that all that beer wouldn't have been enough. That would have been breakfast.

That's right. It would have had a shot of vodka in it. That was a good wedding. And we're still married. It was fine. Except for the speeches. Me and you? Okay, the speeches were pretty good.

Those were fucking awesome. No, I meant one in particular. You know, there's no, as far as I know, there's no audio evidence of that speech. Like, if you weren't there, you missed it. In my brain, I replay it back every day. You know, Anthony Petrucci likes to talk. He gets excited. He's not here right now, but he'll be here in a minute.

But he likes to tell me the story of he was in the kitchen with the palm of pasta. That's right. And Howard came in and wanted seconds or thirds, and he said, he goes, Howard was blitzed. Yes. You know, there's no audio of it, but I think we've all told the story enough. There's probably nobody that doesn't know the story

word for word. If you don't, I was drunk, I went in the kitchen, I made remarks about a certain nationality, but that seems okay nowadays. Hey, Elvis. Let's get right to it, Elvis. I'm 100% okay with it. Are you?

Are you okay? I don't know about that. I'm okay. You seem fine with the anti-Semitism, but Philippine, I mean, come on. Not true, everybody. Not true. Oh, yeah.

I can smell it. I denounce anti-Semitism. Oh, do you? I'm staunchly anti-anti-Semitism. Okay. Well, that didn't take long. I thought I'd start off quiet, Fred, and then just kind of work up to something.

I have questions about Howard's ticker, speaking of Ridley Funeral Home, but first I want to... Yes. I want to know, how did we get Fred Patterson to leave his comfortable Brampton basement? Freddie P., everybody!

Mike. For you. Honestly, a lot of these events have taken place when I haven't been in the city. Or at a time when coming down the 410 is life-threatening. So everything lined up today. Everything lined up today. Come out on a Saturday when I'm not doing anything and

I phoned Howard and I said, we should do this. No, no, that's not what I was going to say. Tell the fucking truth. You're here because Dahl said, get some biscotti. Alright. Alright. Exposed. You know what, Mike? We are here because we wanted to support you.

And as I said on the show yesterday, Fred and I admire what you've done so much and all the people that support you. And we thought, you know what? It's a chance to come say hi to our friend Anthony and to be part of this event. And that's why we're here. If Mike ever works for you, pay him on time, and he'll do anything for you. Seriously.

Anything. That's the secret. That's the secret. But guys, it's been an absolute pleasure and honor to be producing your show for the last... We started in, like, November or October 2019, so this is year... What's that math, Elvis? You're good at this.

Year four? 17 years. I thought you were going to ask me because you know my people are good at math, Mike, as you know. We're into year 12. You're into year 12, absolutely. So Fred, I actually, okay, good.

I have, that's for later. I have a surprise for that gentleman, that diminutive man. Okay, so Fred, I'll be back to you. Yeah. Peter Gross. You's for later. I have a surprise for that gentleman, that diminutive man. Okay. So, Fred, I'll be back to you. Peter Gross. You take your time. Fred Patterson, I believe, and Fred, I don't want to put words in your mouth. You can speak for yourself, but you were inspired when you wrote those great sports commentaries on CFNY that I used to love.

You were inspired by the writing that Peter Gross would do on City TV, right? Absolutely. Peter took sports and took it to a different level, a different feel, some humor, and yes, I was very inspired by that. Love it, I love it. Howard, let's cut to the chase here. I feel like lucky you're anywhere, let alone here.

Like, you're alive, brother. It's so funny, Patterson sees where I park and he goes, did you park in the handicap spot? So for those who He's applied for his sticker. All right, so for those who are not listening to Humble and Fred... Yeah, which is mostly the people in this room, actually. I know YYZ Gord listens every day.

I see him on the Facebook stream, so I know he's there. And Hamilton Mike? Okay, there's a bunch of Hamilton... Look, Paula listens. There's a bunch. Hi, Paula. So for those who need to catch up on their humble and Fred and everybody should listen.

Howard, can you tell us what happened? You're supposed to be in Mexico right now. I didn't think you could be here because you'd be in Mexico. What happened? Today I got a notice on my phone I was telling Ian Service, our buddy, that I got a notice I was supposed to fly to Cancun today. No, but this is fun too.

No, this is great. No, it's quite warm up here. Okay, what happened? I had a medical issue two weeks ago today. I woke up and I went next door to one of our dear friends, formerly the sales manager of Humble and Fred Radio, and I said, hey, I think I'm passing out. And he's like, really? I said, don't worry about it. They'll finish your breakfast, and he sat down, and he had his cereal, and his lady friend said, no, no, no, you, you should take Howard, because they started to pass out in their living room. I have what's, most people have heard about it, it's called an arrhythmia,

I have tachycardia, and it's, anyway, I went to the hospital, and I had a bunch of tests, and they told me to come home to Canada, and I felt, literally, I feel great. I've been on some medication now two weeks ago. Today I started it. Now I feel great. And the problem is I don't know what's caused it. Stephanie Wilkinson and I were kind of troubleshooting the issues. But part of the thing is I was at a place at 60,

Freddie's been there, at 6,200 feet elevation. It's very dry. And maybe, as Stephanie said, my heart was working a little bit harder and you don't really feel it and then it triggered this thing that I already have, this existing condition. And that's kind of the quick version

of what happened to me. So you're higher there and you're used to being high. Yeah, not that high though. Shout out to Canada Cabana. Okay. What did it... So I can't...

Is this a humor-based program, or is this... When does the real talk start? Elephants and Stars is here. That's all I care about, Elephants and Stars. I should have wore that T-shirt. Maybe I'll change it. Anyway, that was my thing, and I'm going to go to a doctor next week,

and hopefully they'll be able to tell me if I should continue this medication or do I need a surgery. But either way, I would love to go back to that. Freddie's going there in a couple months and it's really one of the most, I don't know if anyone here has been to Mexico, but it's like no other part of Mexico I've ever been to. Which part? What's the name? It's called San Miguel de Allende and it's four hours north of Mexico City, which is another reason it was a little unnerving because I, you know, I can order

a beer and I can order food in Spanish, but I couldn't understand what they were saying about my heart. And no one around me except the cardiologist spoke any English, very, very little. And so they would be talking to me and I'd be like trying to get the Google Translate out to see if that word meant I was going to die anytime soon. So yes, that's what's happened to me. Thank you, Michael. I'm glad that you're not dead. You sound strong. Thanks.

You look good. So I'm hoping we get another, you know, 50 years of humble and friend. That's my hope here today. Well, thank you, sir. So do I. Just so you know, San Miguel is like being in Europe, but a lot cheaper.

Yes. So it's not so much Mexico. It's just pretty cool. It just is. Restaurants, culture, just the feel, the vibe. It's European. You know, you guys should start. But without the European prices.

We should do what? You should start like a travel podcast. That is a great idea. Where you guys talk about these things. You mean one that's specifically for older people that want to still have some energy when they travel? Could I produce that show? Yeah.

Spoiler alert. Coming soon. Coming soon, everybody. Woo! Hey, quick production note. So Jarvis, you forgot to do your job because my wife was going to be the photographer and she couldn't make it.

And now Jarvis is a photographer. But Jarvis, can you hear me? Put up your hand if you can. So you can take some photos of my guest. I want a photo of Fred and Howard on the microphones here. And now Jarvis is a photographer. But Jarvis, can you hear me? Put up your hand if you can. So you can take some photos of my guest. I want a photo of Fred and Howard on the microphones here. He's like, no, no. No, no, here's the thing. His mom told him what I said at the wedding

and he's like, no effing way. I'm taking a picture of that guy. Thanks. That man's going to be there. Oh, that's right. That's why Monica's not here because you know she's still pissed at me. Okay, big time honor that you guys made the trip.

I was almost embarrassed to ask you, but you both were eager to come, and I hope you get a chance to chat up Anthony, because I know he'll be happy to see you. And just so you know, I'm sure Anthony would take care of you guys anyways, but there are vouchers for free meals. You can get yourself fresh pasta for free.

You can drink beer. There's a blue container full of beer back there, Freddie P. Listen, man, that's all we wanted to say. Mike, we don't need to, you know, Elvis, we're going to give it all back to you here in a second. Don't feel like you need to, if there's nothing else to be said, we're happy

just to support you. You got a bunch of big, real famous people here, Gross and Fedorik and all your fans. Look how good Ian's service looks. Like he's lost an actual... He's a lot younger than we are. Oh, no. Everyone's younger than we are.

But, yeah, thanks for inviting us. Honestly, thanks for coming, man. Honestly, everybody, humble and friendly. And if you're not listening, this is a great podcast and I don't say that because I was into it

before I produced it. It's a great show. You guys do it four days a week and every morning at 7.30 you're live on your Facebook channel so people should check out some Humble and Friend. And again, I'll just underline what Howard just said. Thank you

very much as the producer and the guy who is there to solve every single problem we might have. We thank you. And just before we leave, it's so funny because I know most of the audience has checked out, but Elvis is checking his fucking phone. He's like, how much longer is this going to go on?

Thank you very much, everybody. I'll tell you what I was doing. My wife texted me because she knew that you were here. She wants a picture of me and you. Let's call her. You could do that. You want a phone right now? Phone her on speaker. I would like my marriage to last. I'm not doing that.

You're one of those. I would like my marriage to last. I'm not doing that. You're one of those. I know my role. That's a good one. Thanks everybody and thanks very much Mike. Humble Howard. Freddie P. Legendary morning show. And now they're a great podcast everybody.

What a way to start things off. And this is the song I play because if you listen to Humble and Fred, it opens with Tighten Up by the Black Keys. See, I did some prep. I was... Humble reminded me that I probably should play the role of co-host and shake people's hands when they come on the stage. Or maybe a fist bump.

Yeah, yeah, that too. Since there's probably a million viruses flying around this room right now. So if I'm making out with people here, is Vinnie Dombrowski going to be signing autographs for people? The lead singer of Plout? Sponge? Sponge, yes.

We are doing this again. He looks exactly like the fucking guy from Sponge. Right? Look at him. I don't know the guy from Sponge, but I know Hamilton Mike looks good. He's not Hamilton Mike. He's Vinnie Dombrowski.

So I think I'm going to go. I have a feeling this gentleman might need to leave soon, so I want to get him on. But Peter Gross, do you want your grandson on the other mic? Oh, there's a little person here again. It's up to you. It's up to him. I'm sorry, Peter.

Okay. So then Peter Gross, get comfortable here, and I'm randomly going to pick somebody to sit with Peter Gross. Ian, do you want to jump on this mic? I'm going to, this is a big moment. Sham is here from StickerU, everybody. Get your stickers at StickerU.com. Okay, yeah.

Dude, it does look like him. It's exactly him. Okay, this is a big moment, everybody, so please pay attention. Thankfully, I'm recording it, so if you miss it, you can catch it later. Quick housekeeping notes, and I'll be repeating this throughout the show, but lots of beer in the blue bucket back there.

Help yourself to a fresh craft beer from Great Lakes. Everyone who is here gets a complimentary pasta meal, and there's tickets at the table here. I think YYZ Gord is passing them out. He's a good man. Peter, let me hear you on the mic. This is me on the mic. You can take the cage and move it closer

to you. So, joining you. I just want to hear if Ian sounds good. Ian? Do I sound good? Yeah. Stu's not here, so you're not Tim today. You're just Ian. Stu's out of town. I didn't write the tag. Peter, firstly, I'm happy to see you.

There's quite a babble going on here. Did you win? Did the Dutch win? Okay, Lieve Funke is here, and the Dutch won today. She's very excited. That's some big World Cup. You know, that's amazing because they play in those wooden shoes. You know, for 90 minutes. It's incredible. So ignore the noise. There's a big crowd here, and they should all be paying attention to what's about to noise. There's a big crowd here, and they should all be paying attention

to what's about to happen, because it's a big moment. So it was a big moment when Humble and Fred jumped on the mics, but I'm going to play something now that Peter Gross is here. Peter, listen closely. When you think about it, is there anything as important, as prestigious, as uniquely impressive as induction into the Friends of Toronto, Mike, the FOTM Hall of Fame?

MVP of the Stanley Cup? Eh, there's one every year. Academy Award? Any phony can get one. In fact, when Artem Padapoutian was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine earlier this year, he actually said, this is nice, but why have I not heard from Toronto Mike? So to learn that Peter Gross is the next inductee into the FOTM Hall of Fame is a seminal moment in the cultural zeitgeist. Gross, who casts a shadow that is sometimes five and a half feet, has made in this constituency an entertainment footprint much larger than the size seven sneakers he always wears. As a weatherman, a sportscaster, and astute observer of the human condition, Gross has served

the media since the mid-70s. Peter Gross is a man so skilled in his craft that he can deliver sports casts in his sleep. And to emphasize the significance of this latest honor, consider the brilliant and influential people who are not in the FOTM Hall of Fame. Steve Paikin, Ron McLean, the beautiful Ann Moroskowski, hockey great Jim McKinney, sportscasting superstar John Gallagher. Neither Deanie Petty nor Jeannie Becker are in the FOTM Hall of Fame. And when Canadian superstar performer Jim Cuddy learned he was not a candidate, he was moved to tears. Congratulations to Peter Gross, the next inductee into the FOTM Hall of Fame. Now, would someone please wake him up?

Now would someone please wake him up? I love you got him to record his own obituary. Shout out to Brad Jones from Ridley Funeral Home who just walked in here. I'm having an out-of-body experience. So let me make sure I point out what I hope everybody caught there, but the fifth inductee into the esteemed FOTM Hall of Fame is you, Peter Gross. Congratulations, Peter. I'm number five.

Five, yes. You're number five. For those of us who don't listen to the podcast, who are the other four? And this comes with an annual retainer? All the pasta you could eat, brother. You just come by, I'll get you a lasagna. Oh, did I record that?

I should put it within reason. What have we done? I threw a caveat. The first inductee into the Hall of Fame was Ed Conroy from Retro Ontario. The second was Mark Weisblot from 1236. Is Mark Weisblot here? No. Of course not.

He's up for a walk. Yeah. How do I get all this shit? He's in the fucking Hall of Fame and he's not here. I'm here. See, if you listened, I'd put you in first. I'm here. Then, of course, it was a duo entry. We put in Cam Gordon and Stu Stone.

Neither are here. So the only member of the Hall of Fame who's actually here is you, Peter Gross. Congratulations, buddy. Actually, easier to get into the FOTM Hall of Fame than the Hockey Hall of Fame. Anyone with 50 bucks can get into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Right. Buy a ticket. I like that.

Now, Peter, how honest do you feel like being right now? You tell me. Can we talk about you know what? If you like. Sure. Ask the question. I'll give you the answer. about you know what?

If you like, sure. Ask the question, I'll give you the answer. I recently heard through the Grapevine that you have taken another job, like a side gig, to help pay off some debts and to make some extra money.

And you, and this Grapevine I heard it from was you, by the way. Am I clear here? Okay. Let's just let the record show that most of us work to pay off debts and to get more money. Okay. So let's just let the record show that most of us work to pay off debts and to get more money. Okay. So Peter, what have you been up to lately? Cause you didn't want to talk

about it. Cause you said you felt some shame here and I was, I never said I felt shame. You tell me you're on the mic. Yeah, there is the, the, the, the elephant in the room is, what is this brilliant, popular, wonderful broadcaster doing door dashing? Door dashing. So you deliver food to people. But I sat on my ass for three and a half years after being shown the door at CFJ. I mean, I had the loveliest three and a half years of my life, sleeping in every morning, working on the podcast, doing the down the stretch newspaper, working about eight hours a week. But you need to make more money. But the debt started to pile up.

To me. Yeah, I owed you money. The TMDS invoices piled up. My ex, Graham's grandmother, said to me, you know, why don't you, I think she suggested Uber, but as things worked out, DoorDash. Are you going to do that later today? No, no, no. Oh, you're taking the day off. I drive Monday to Friday.

I try and make $1,000 a week, and I've done that for each of the last 10 weeks. Nice. That's good. Yeah. And the strange thing is, it's kind of fun. I'm getting a kick out of it. Well, I think you should be proud that you realized you needed to make more money, and you're willing to work for it.

I love it. Has anyone come to the door in various stages of undress? Apparently, this is a popular internet thing. Besides Elvis. Have you seen this on the internet? Just briefly. Briefly? Well, yeah.

Fat guys in underwear, you know. Well, maybe that's on the internet too, but I'm not looking for that. But there are things on the internet where there's attractive ladies. There was a beautiful black woman with a very loose blouse a few weeks ago. Okay. No, I mean. I haven't been invited in. There's like a whole thing where people come completely naked

to the door. And the whole purpose is to... No, actually, Peter delivers it completely naked. The whole purpose is to record the person's reaction. And then put it on the internet. So, be on the lookout for that. Yeah, so maybe that'll happen. Wow. So, it's possible one of us will order something from DoorDash

and Peter Gross will be at the door. I love it. I'm going to start using DoorDash. I thought of you a couple weeks ago because I was sent to, I think it was 2nd Street. Is there a pizza place at 2nd Street in Lakeshore? Let's go with yes. A guy ordered pizza from 2nd Street

in Lakeshore going to 42nd Street. So all I had to do was turn left. And the weird thing was he came running down the stairs to get it. Amazing. And the other bizarre, the most bizarre delivery I've had. Candidate Kev is here. It was getting near midnight one night, and I needed one more fare to make my night. And I got called to 7-Eleven.

And I go into the 7-Eleven, and they're laughing because they had one chocolate bar in a little bag. And I got $8.50 for delivering the one $2.90 chocolate bar. Wow. The chocolate bar probably costs more than that with the delivery fees and taxes and everything too, right? Well, I got $8.50, but DoorDash charges sometimes twice. Wow, wow, okay.

So did the guy pay $15? That is one high deal. Listen, that's amazing. I was once in an Amsterdam hotel room, okay? And I remember it was like 3 in the morning and I woke up starving. I was so hungry. And I was like, I can't sleep, I'm so hungry. And I opened the mini bar fridge thing and there was i remember it's like three in the morning i woke up starving like i was so hungry and i was like i can't sleep i'm so hungry and i opened the mini bar fridge thing and there was a

snickers bar and i wolfed it down and that snickers bar ended up being eight euros and i remember thinking oh my goodness eight euros for a snickers bar like who am i daddy warbucks like that's amazing but this store this is more expensive you just expense that though well what i didn't understand i don't know if i didn't know. Why didn't the guy order five chocolate bars? I almost turned around. I drove away and I said... And that man's name was David Schultz. Peter, okay, how do you feel

about being in the Hall of Fame? That's exciting. Were you surprised to hear the news today? It came out of the blue. It was the last thing I expected. So can I tell you, Elvis? There was no reason for me to anticipate this was going to happen. And Ian will appreciate this, but when I thought of this idea,

because I was thinking, oh, my God, it would be hilarious if Peter Gross is the voiceover for the induction speech to put Peter Gross in the Hall of Fame. Like, I was thinking, this is amazing. And in my mind, I'm like, oh, I can't wait to hear Peter Gross induct Peter Gross in the Hall of Fame. Like, I was thinking, this is amazing. And in my mind, I'm like, oh, I can't wait to hear Peter Gross induct Peter Gross.

But then when it happened live, I thought there'd be, like, people standing up. I thought people would be cheering. Well, no one's fucking listening. That's part of the problem. We're going to listen later.

That's all. No one's listening. But Ian, that's a pretty good bit, right? To have Peter Gross induct Peter Gross in the Hall of Fame. One day, Ian,

you'll be in the Hall of Fame. You know, kudos to you as a comedian, Mike, because there's nothing like a comedian pointing out and the Hall of Fame. Fantastic. One day, Ian, you'll be in the Hall of Fame. You know, kudos to you as a comedian, Mike, because there's nothing like a comedian pointing out the creative genius of his own bit. It's quite good. Well, look, I wanted to make sure Ian thought it was funny. I did.

I loved it. Okay, so I'm now looking. Actually, I got word from the Great Moose Grumpy that we were running out of Palma Pasta vouchers, so we're getting more. We got eight left. Okay, because Elvis needs one, too, but we need someone to come and go get it for you. But Jarvis, are you taking

photos, big guy? Jarvis, did you see Alice is here? Jarvis is so unplugged over there. Zero fucks to give. I love it. I love it. Jarvis, can you hear me? Why would you ask this child to do this? He's playing a game. Hang on. Well, Jarvis is here because his mom is home

with his little sister. There's no reason for him to do this. He's about to get more gems. Let him get the gems. Okay. So, Peter Gross, congratulations. You're in the FOTM Hall of Fame. I realize now that I want everybody on the mic, so we're going to start cooking with gas. But get yourself some pasta.

I do have a little announcement. Oh, anything. Yeah. On the mic. On the mic. About 12 minutes ago, Mike Apple called me because he's on his way. Wow.

And he was panicking that he was going to miss Humble and Fred. So tell Humble and Fred not to leave until Mike Apple gets here. Howard and Fred are my love. Well, I did.

I did. And if anybody can get pictures of people, I don't have my photographer with me, so just the more pictures you can send me later, the better.

But we can go down now and get food? Yeah. There should be YYZ the better. But we can go down now and get food? Yeah. There should be YYZ Gord. You have a voucher? Go get food and then come back.

Then corner Humble and Fred and tell them they can't leave until Apple gets here. No, they're aware of that which is why they're... But we need to blockade the door. Okay.

You have such command of the audience, Mike. Did you ever... You asked everyone to take pictures and everyone just sat there and stared at you. I thought I'd see flashbulbs going off everywhere.

Like no one has a fucking camera. Like in the movies or whatever. Mike. Mike, did you ever do a podcast? He's yelling at me. I'm right here. Did you ever do a podcast with Apple? Yes.

Oh, okay. Bojana was swooning when Mike Apple, because she's like, I know you from Breakfast Television. She was so excited to see her. One look at that man, and people do swooning when Mike Epple, because she's like, I know you from Breakfast Television. She was so excited to see her. One look at that man and people do swoon. And I got to see him at a Blue Jays game this last summer, Mike Epple. I see him Monday through Friday on Breakfast Television.

Do you still love Sid Sixero? I never did love him, but I do enjoy his commentary. But you're a big fan. Yeah, my son describes him as the man who's angry on TV, which I find very appropriate. He's just angry about everything. It's great. I would like you to interview Sid and Tim for that matter.

I've invited them. I know. Thank you, Peter Gross, Hall of Fame member, everybody. You know what? Every minute we get to share this planet with Peter Gross is a great minute. Seriously, your mom is still healthy and sharp as a tack, right?

Okay, Brad Jones, there will be no pickup today. Peter's going to live forever. I love it. I love it. Okay, Ian Service, what a great member of the FOTM community you are. I mean, you help keep our podcasts available and quick to download.

And we thank you for your service, Mr. Service. He's an OG as well, right? Ian Service is an OG? Oh, yeah. But he's not 10 for 10. How many have you missed? All of them. No, but he's been here since day one.

And this is not the first time that Ian and I have shared a microphone either. We were both in the basement. Both in the basement. Before it was rearranged and everything. Correct, yes. And I think both of us made fun of Stokely as well. Yeah, James Edgar. Stokely and his poor audio performance in that basement.

Kidding, of course. Shout out to Andrew Stokely who couldn't be here because he's in Europe, I think. He's a good dude too. Yeah, he's a good dude. Do you think I hang around assholes? Yes. Well, you hang around me. I mean, there's a... Not that often, if you noticed. That's a good dude. Do you think I hang around assholes? Yes. Well, you hang around me. I mean, there's a...

Not that often, if you noticed. That's true. That's true. Thankfully. So, for the record, though, as the great Mike Epple walks in the door... Wow. Mike Epple, everybody. Where's Bojana?

Alice, actually, and Shem know Bojana. Bojana is madly in love with Mike Epple here for Breakfast Television. It's a big deal. Okay? It's a big deal. So... He looks different in real life. Like, shorter or taller? Taller deal. He looks different in real life.

Like shorter or taller? Taller. He looks much taller in real life. He's in front of these John Deere tractors and stuff when he's on BT, and so he's sitting down. He looks taller. I can't believe. Very attractive, man.

I haven't played my intro music for Mr. Edgar here. Hold on. I just love that sound. It's a good sound. Now, I know you Rush fans, you like the deeper cuts. This is like the radio hit. It's like, Mike,

don't embarrass me with the radio hit. I'd rather have Working Man, actually. I'd rather hear Working Man, actually. What do you want me to lift up? This cage? Oh, right. Because people you want me to lift up? This cage?

Oh, right. Because people like to lift the mic. How's that? How's that, Mike? Get right on it. James, you missed a TMLX event once, right? Yes, I did. So you're 10 for 11?

Yes, and it's unfair. It was a cheat. You guys cheated to make it to 100. How did we cheat? Tell me, please. You could have moved it like two days. I would have been there. Oh, I should have moved it for you, James.

Yeah, you should have. I think you should have. Why could have moved it like two days. I would have been there. Oh, I should have moved it for you, James. Yeah, you should have. I think you should have. Why did you miss it? I was in Meaford. I would have had to ride my motorcycle for two hours, hang out for an hour in the park, and then ride my motorcycle back. We should point out, this was a park one.

It was a park one. Was it rainy? A little sprinkly. It was raining where I was. We were having downpours. The pictures of the TMLXZs or whatever this is of you guys in the park is quite amusing.

I really enjoy it. It looks like a really poor person's scout troop. We've actually got it down now where there's going to be fire without a fire. Where's the Kayla, right? Okay, so there's three types of TMLX events now. There's the summer, late, like end of summer blowout at Great Lakes Brewery. Like those.

I love those. TMLXX was that. There's the park ones, which we're going to try to do like every May, I think. We're going to meet in a park. Those are, you know, they don't get as big a crowd because you don't get to eat, but I do bring Great Lakes. Yeah, you just stare at people in the park. We all chat and we connect and it's actually really nice actually.

You wouldn't understand. No. But then there's this, which we tried to make an annual event. We had one in December 2019 at Palma's Kitchen and it was amazing. And then the next December was something called COVID-19. It was canceled and then another one was canceled. This is the first chance we've had to do another event inside. I do enjoy these, but I

enjoy them more being here than if I was in the audience, I think. So let's... Just because I have no idea how to interact with human beings anymore. I love co-hosting with you. It's very challenging. Later we'll do a reset and tell people who the hell you are. Because I get these notes

when you come on, like, who is this guy? If anyone is here who writes Mike a note and says, who the hell you are. Because I get these notes when you come on. Who is this guy? Who are these people? If anyone is here who writes Mike a note and says, who's Elvis when I'm on the show? It won't be this crowd. It's the Apple reviewers. I'll let you know who I am. James, can you let us know how you're doing, man?

Is it a new puppy? We do have a puppy, yeah. She's six months old. Her name is Pepper. She's quite insane. What kind of dog? Because I have a seven-month-old puppy at the moment. She's a rescue. She's mostly shepherd,

but she supposedly has some mastiff and possibly boxer and who knows what else. Her mother was rescued pregnant in northern Manitoba in the early spring and brought down to Toronto. She had her pups.

And they were desperate to move her on. The foster home couldn't keep her anymore and they couldn't find a place. So they reached out to my wife because we were looking for her. Why isn't she here today? Because she became a big fan of mine. She is a big fan.

She's got a really, really bad back. Oh. And in the last week, yeah, she can't even move. That's a good excuse. She's not going to be here. Now you're shaming people for not showing up. I was ready to pounce. I love it.

I wanted to actually say that San says hi to everybody that she knows. Hello, San. Which is most of you. She's not really here. I'm just waving in a general way. And yeah, she wishes we were here, but she can't be. Well, happy holidays to you, Mr. Edgar. You're a valued member of the community.

We love you, man. I'm sorry, the screw job where you were at Meaford and I planned that at the party. Yeah, I think that was just... Michael Lang made me do that. That's what I think it was. It was Lanner and...

Right up there with Bret Hart getting screwed by Shawn Michaels. No, it's just like Trump being screwed out of that election. Get out of my microphone. That's it for James. I know he's joking. So thank you, James. Mr. Brad Jones, can you take James's spot here?

Ian, please tell us how you're doing, man. You are in great shape. You mentioned you put on a couple of pounds and you've lost all that extra weight. Yep. I got rid of all the COVID crap it's all good and covid crap meaning the poundage you put on by like eating too much palma pasta is that possible too much palma pasta for sure yep definitely uh and then now like more biking more more movement salads for lunch did you get your palma pasta yet today no i did not yet okay okay but i will don't you want me to tell you the boring part so

you know when to go get the food like when you're at a movie and you find out what time you should go pee? The last movie I saw was Bandits, so... Shout out to Bandits and shout out to future FOTM, Jan Arden! There was no lull in that movie, though. There was no

moment to catch a pee break when you're watching Bandits, but Ian, you know what I think of you. That's why I pay my invoices on time, right? Like too fast, yeah. Too fast. I get the invoice from Ian, and sometimes I'm like, I'm giving him twice as much.

He's a good guy. But thanks so much for this, man. We're going to catch up later for sure. I'm going to get all these great people on. So I'm going to catch up with Brad in a second, but I would love it if... You're eating right now, Hamilton, Mike. So, Lucas, could you sit here?

And then I went... And by the way, this is important. If anybody is here and has to leave, go like this, like a 10-minute warning, because I'll put you on the mic before you go, because sometimes people leave, and I'm like, oh, I wish. Is Lucas the young man that we fell in love with last time? Yes.

Okay. I've got the context. But firstly, and I'm glad he's here because I know, do you know, Brad, the Santa Claus parade closed off Lakeshore. I was at Mimico Arena until like 9.45, and then I picked up the beer and I couldn't get to my home. The cops wouldn't let me go south of there. It's a busy day down there.

I had to park north and it was pouring, by the way, at this time, I should point out. You guys don't have to feel sorry for me. But I have Jarvis and us Hawkins. We're carrying everything and then I had to bring all the gear. It was quite the effort to be here.

You guys have no idea how lucky you are to have this moment here. But Brad Jones, shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. How are you doing, buddy? I'm doing pretty good. It was a busy day down on the lakeshore in South Etobicoke and, you know, what we call New Toronto because Elvis loves that. I was just

going to say, see this fucking guy says South Etobicoke like a normal person and then he throws in the goddamn New Toronto. You know the neighborhood's called New Toronto. Yeah, yeah, sure it is. Mimico, whatever. Somebody introduce Elvis to Google Maps. Come on, it's right in there. He listens to the Elvis episodes we just found out. I do.

Or you've told him about what I say. No, Brad listens, legit listens. Very good. Also, I want to let people know Brad Jones has a great podcast that I co-host. You know, this life's undertaking. He doesn't know anything, Brad. Very good. Yeah, because Elvis doesn't listen to mine. I good. Yeah, because Elvis doesn't listen to mine. I listen to his, but he doesn't listen to mine.

Jocini's here! Okay, I'm going to have to speed this up. Everybody, put up your hands if you've listened to an episode of Life's Undertaking. Brad Jones is... Look at this. See this? Are you looking at this? That's pretty amazing. That's pretty amazing. And that was not arranged. This is all organic.

You guys, if you haven't heard it yet, Life's Undertaking with Brad, like sometimes it's about life, sometimes about death, sometimes about the ceremony of it all. Sometimes it's, you never know what it'll be about. Like community, it really like leaves me. When I finish recording with you, Brad,

I feel better about everything. Like is there something about your tone and your messaging that just calms me right down? I don't need Cana Cabana when I got Brad Jones. I work with a guy who consciously thinks about death purposely so that he can focus more on life. He might be a good guest. Look at that.

It's kind of weird. Kind of weird. He talks about it very openly. Is he a serial killer? No, he's not. He's kind of weird. Kind of weird. He talks about it very openly. Is he a serial killer? No, he's not. He's actually a really good dude. But yeah, he consciously thinks about death every day. It's one of those great things.

You learn to live your life with no regrets. No regrets. The great Tom Cochran Jam. Future FOTM, Tom Cochran. Brad, you're welcome to stick around a bit. I have a song for this gentleman. We did fall in love with this gentleman at TMLX5. Ah.

Do you know the song, Elvis? No. Did we know Lucas before, or did he just show up last time? I can't remember. And by we, you. You really don't know this song. You knew me before. Well, Mike did. Yeah, you. You really don't know this song. You knew me before. Well, Mike did.

Yeah, Mike. Mike. Lucas with the lid off, everybody. Lucas, Ionetta. Yes. I nailed it, right? Yeah, nailed it. First time.

I've been practicing for weeks. Oh, thanks. Tell me when we first discovered each other. Remind me. I think it was when you had Ingrid Schumacher on the podcast. That'll do it. Yeah. And I think because I had been listening to her, I said, who is this Toronto Mike that

Ingrid is coming on the podcast, on his podcast? And then lo and behold, you kept bringing people on that I listen to regularly. Name check some of them. Let me hear some names. May Potts. Love May Potts. Daryl Henry and Tish Eyston you had recently. Correct.

Fabulous, fabulous people. Roger Ashby. Roger Ashby. I listened to the Larry McInnes episode. Oh, that was really good. Really recent, yeah. And that was great. So just genuine, amazing radio people.

Do you listen to the Festivus episodes, Lucas? Okay, I think I need to. Yeah, okay, there's going to be another one December 23rd. You are coming over on December 23rd, right? It's in my calendar in perpetuity. Because I need it. And I'm not going to disclose why I need Festivus more than ever in 2022. Content.

But when I release the news soon, you'll understand why it's more important than ever that I have you in my basement so we can kick out thematic jams. Blair Packham, everybody! Where's your driver? She's not here? Because I was going to put her on with Larry Fedorek,

but, oh, she buffied. I got the Buffy symbol. Okay. You don't know what that means? I don't know what that means. That's okay. B got the Buffy symbol. Okay. You don't know what that means? I don't know what that means. That's okay. Buffy. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

How are things? Are you working in radio, Lucas? Yes. So since you last saw me, I'm not at Rogers anymore. I'm not with Darren anymore. I'm actually at 105.9 The Region. And I have a message for you. Wait, wait.

Can I guess? Yes, go ahead. Is it from Ann Romer? Yes, it is. Oh, my you. Wait, wait. Can I guess? Yes, go ahead. Is it from Ann Romer? Yes, it is. Oh, my God. Yes, it is. What's the message from Ann Romer? So, I saw Ann on Thursday because she comes in a couple times a week to record for her weekend show.

And I said to her, hey, you know, I'm going to see Toronto Mike on the weekend. I'm going to TMLX. She noticed right away. She was like, oh yeah, his listener event. So she recognized it. Where is she? So where is she as in, where is she today? Yeah. She's probably at the movies if I had to guess. She's not here.

No, she's not here. And she said to say hi to you and you're the best and to give Mike a hug, but maybe that'll be weird, especially in COVID times. I'll take a hug. First of all, I give mike a hug but maybe that'll be weird especially in covet times i'll take a hug i'll take first of all i'll take a hug from uh and romer in the spanish epidemic the spanish flu epidemic but you're gonna give me a hug later sure like proxy yeah i like your shirt that's garfield yeah i was a big garfield guy as a kid i I had the books. Oh, yeah. Shout out to Jim Davis. Yeah, amazing.

And congrats for getting a gig in radio. Yeah, sure. You're in radio, buddy. Thanks. I love it. I can't complain. Okay, there's some radio veterans in this room right now. Okay, wait.

We got to talk about Matt with one T, though. Why one T? Like, what's the deal with this? Okay, hold on. So let's do this. Mr. Jones, we're going to get Matt on because he's buddies with Lucas. But everybody, what a pillar of the community since 1921. Thank you for your support.

Love these guys. Love you, Brad. Ridley Funeral Home, everybody. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. We used to shout out something funny when we talked about them. I can't remember. No, if someone says someone died, I usually shout out Ridley Funeral Home. Oh, yeah, that's right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's been a lot of that the last couple of years. Unless it's a fresh death. Like if someone says, oh, my dad died yesterday, I don't do the shout out Ridley Funeral Home. I'll do that. It's disrespectful. I'll do that. You can do that.

Yeah. All right, Matt, you're taking Brad's spot. Then we're going to cook up gas. We're going to cook up gas. I have a that. You can do that. Yeah. All right, Matt, you're taking Brad's spot. Then we're going to cook up gas. We're going to cook up gas. I have a lot of people I want to talk to. By the way, while we get the reset here, thank you, everybody, for coming. This is a full room. This is amazing.

Thank you so much. Unbelievable. Canada Kev is here. Are you high right now, Canada Kev? He is. Okay. Canada Kev is high right now. He's going to come in and shout out Canada Cabana.

All right. I'm posing for a photo. Cheese. Matt, how do you know Lucas? Since high school. Where's your missing T? Well, you know, it's short form, right? So it's Matthew.

Yeah. And you went with M-A-T. Even though everyone else went with M-A-T-T. You said, I'm going to be the guy who goes with one T. Yeah, Matt is the gen of names. I've always known him as Matthew. When they have gen with two Ns. See, the thing is, is everyone asks, Matthew, one T or two T?

I'm like, who spells it with one T? Who fucking asks you two Ts or one T? You know what? In Sweden. Serial killers. In Sweden, we know it's Matt's. Sandin. We're not there.

We're here. But you see, the thing is, when it's short form, I'm not going with two Ts. I'm writing the minimum I can. He's saying valuable time without the extra T. I refuse to believe that people are asking you how to spell Matt. Okay, you want to know even better? My last name is Droz. Every time, I'm like, how do you spell that?

Droz. Like, Droz a picture. Oh, I'm like, how do you spell that? Draws. Like, draws a picture. Oh, really? Really? Yeah. That's a fucking great handle. Even you asked. That is a great fucking...

Even you asked. Well, because it's the fucking headphones and shit. Oh, okay. But Matt, that's a great handle. That is a wonderful... But no one's asking Matt how to spell Matt. It's not happening. I don't know.

Who knew there could be this much debate about a first name? We know it's a short form. In fact, Matthew is more unusual than Matt. So, Lucas, you've known Matt since high school. Yes. Last time you were here and you stole our hearts at TMLX5, you were accompanied by two friends. I see one in the room right now.

Yeah, Brother Neo is here. So, Brother Neo, by the way, very active participant in a very secret DM group we have with FOTMs. Good to see you. And I always felt like his, is it your wife or girlfriend? Girlfriend? Why would you ask that in front of all of these people?

She's like, I'm his fucking girlfriend, dickweed. Maybe now is the time. Do you want to come on the mic and make it like, pop the question? Only his girlfriend would like to be on the microphone, please. Amazing. Okay, so where's Giovanni?

He is working. He works at the hospital now, so they called him in for Credit Valley. I'll be there in a half an hour. You're going to record with him. You're going to take the mic to Credit Valley. But, yeah, he said to say hi, and he was sad he couldn't make it. Thank you, Lucas, with the lid off. Man, I'm so glad you came back here.

Oh, likewise. Did you get pasta? Yes. I'm so full. You don't drink, right? I do, but not like I have to drive after. You don't have to get hammered. You can have half a beer.

Someone needs to get me home, you know? Yeah, now you're pressuring people to drink. You're making this guy feel bad for not proposing to his girlfriend, and now you're making this guy drink beer. No, I just noticed the girlfriend's so much better looking than he is. You want to put a ring on that. Yeah. I feel bad for not proposing to his girlfriend. And now you're making this guy drink beer. No, I just noticed the girlfriend is so much better looking than he is. Like you want to put a ring on that. Yeah. One more thing for you, Mike, because I asked Kevin Frankish about you because I work with Kevin on a daily basis now.

It's FOTM Kevin Frankish. Name dropping over here, Lucas. Look at him. He's been in the radio business for two months and he's already mentioned three people. He said you're the best and yeah, he says say hi. Okay, we. Look at him. He's been in the radio business for two months and he's already mentioned three people. He said you're the best and yeah, say hi. Okay, we love Kevin Frankish. You know who else is there? Jim Lang is there. Yes.

And Sunil Joshi? Yes. I don't see Sunil often because he's in in the morning and I'm usually in the afternoon. He's got the bait in broadcasting. He's great too. Lucas, what do you do at the region? Production coordinator, so a little bit of everything. Oh yes, thank you. everything. Oh, yes. Thank you.

So thank you, Lucas. I got to get some more people on. Thank you, Matt. I hope I get to get a big hug later. Thank you so much, Matt, with one T. Amazing. Can I get Tom and YYZ Gord on the mic? Are you willing to come on?

Is Tom willing to come on the mic? Is Tom short for something? I'm not sure. Tomothy? Don't trip on those wires. Okay, this is awesome. Thanks so much, man. Honestly, you're one of the good ones there.

He's two for two. By the way, everybody who wants some investment advice, The Advantage Investor from Raymond James Canada is a fantastic podcast that you should listen to. Yes, thank you Jarvis for taking some photos. I got some handsome guys on the mic.

Come on. YYZ Gord, how many events have you been to now, if you had to say? Oh, thank you, Humble. Honestly, he's amazing. I think that guy's great. His ticker almost, well, it needs to be put back in rhythm, and I'm glad he's here. Okay. I believe it's four.

Okay, good. I might have been at more than four, and look at this guy. He's got a's here. Okay. I believe it's four. Okay, good. I might have been at more than four and look at this guy. He's got a fucking t-shirt. I don't get anything. Maybe it's five. It's two parks, one palm or two... You do the park ones. Do I get extra credit for the Beltway beers?

Benway beers is more... That's not a TMLX event. Or Langer and Dalgrego. Are we allowed to say that? Benway beers? Beltway That's not a TMLX event. Or Langer and Dalgrego. Are we allowed to say that? Oh, the Langer came out, so... Benway beers? Beltway beers, isn't it? Oh, Benway beer.

No, we get under the Benway, which is a... Oh, I see what you're saying. I'm big on park beers. Yeah. Like... Yeah, park beers are good. I know. It's illegal, you know.

Is it? Yeah. It's a gray area, I think. I don't think it's gray. I think it's Dragon Way. It's gray. Actually, she might make? Yeah. It's a gray area, I think. I don't think it's gray. I think it's black and white. It could change the laws. Actually, she might make an appearance. Amber Morley, shout it out.

Tom, is this the first time you've been on a Toronto Mic microphone? Absolutely. Okay. So get right on that thing. And you're married to YYZ Gord. I have heard that, yes. He retired, okay? I'm not going to tell stories at a school here, but he was retired and you were traveling everywhere,

but he's got a new job. Does it upset you at any level that you can't travel like you used to? It really didn't work that way. He was only retired during COVID, right? So we weren't traveling while he was retired. Yeah, the retirement actually stopped my travel. Because it shut off the funding source for the travel. So we, and COVID's kind of scaled it back too.

And before we started recording, we were chatting about what was your last trip. And you actually forgot about your trip to Amsterdam and Paris. That's how much traveling you're doing. I just can't always remember the last trip. But I do remember being there. Do you remember your last trip? It wasn't your trip to Amsterdam. I just can't always remember the last trip, but I do remember being there. Must be nice, Elvis. Do you remember your last trip? It wasn't your trip to Amsterdam. I remembered it. Las Vegas was my

last one, but I did... That's a work trip. I did 65 flights in 2019, and then the band-aid got ripped off. It was weird. My last personal trip was to the Bahamas in 2019. But you remember it. Yeah, my last personal trip was to the Bahamas in like 2019. But you remember it. Yeah.

Yeah. I remember it. Barely. You two are both. I'm going to just, so YYZ Gord, you're an active key member of the community. I love having you as an FOTM. And I love your T-shirt right now, the Toronto Mike T-shirt. Like it means so much to see that. I can't believe it. I'm so, like, tickled pink.

But Tom, and I'm not going to just, not going to talk out of school here. I'm going to remember what's public consumption. Let me just say that you're secretly a wonderful pillar of this community as well, like a little less public about it. My job is lurking, yes. He's a professional lurker, but I know he's always there, and he's always got those words of wisdom when I need it. My job is lurking, yes. He's a professional lurker, but I know he's always there, and he's always got those words of wisdom when I need it. I had some tough times, and he was right there. So I just want to say thank you, Tom. Absolutely. Always here for you. Love this guy. And what did they put on your shirt? 442 Hubby.

What does the 442 mean? It's YYZ, dude. Jesus Christ. Doesn't it look like 442? It's a little bit like that. Who wrote that? You know who this guy is. Yeah, but it look like 442? It's a little bit like that. Who wrote that? You know who this guy is. Yeah, but I didn't know. It looks like 442. I was given a name tag.

I put the name tag on. What do you want to do? That does not look like YYZ. Tom, are you Thomas or Tomothy? Or what is Tom short for? Tom Hilligan. Thomas. Weird.

That's so strange. Last question before I get two new FOTMs on the mics. There's so many people I want to talk to. Last question is, what was going to... Oh, yeah. Last question is for get two new FOTMs on the mics. There's so many people I want to talk to. Last question is, what was going on? Oh, yeah. Last question is for Elvis about you guys. Primarily Gord here. The airport.

This is also a Rush song for James Edgar, but the airport. YYZ or YYZ? It's YYZ. Yeah. Of course it is. Absolutely. But you've said YYZ today. It is.

Because every time I said YYZ, Gord yelled at me. Now, I don't know what the true answer is. Absolutely. But you've said YYZ today. It is. Because every time I said YYZ, Gordon yelled at me. Now, I don't know what the true answer is, though. If you work in the airline industry or you're actually part of making planes land and stuff, I'm going to guess they say YYZ. I would imagine they use American English. That's my guess. Okay. But bottom line is, whatever he wants.

Oh, yeah. Good point. Vinny but bottom line is, whatever he wants. Oh yeah, good point. Vinny Dombrowski's making a good point here, lead singer of Sponged. Well, let's get him on. Let's get him on. Thank you, Gord. Thank you, Tom. Love you guys. Thank you. Mike, you and your son can take the mics, actually. It's a really good point he's saying. When you say YYZ

over microphones, that could sometimes be misinterpreted as B or another letter. But if you say YYZ. I'm going to start calling him YYZ, Gord. There you go, YYZ over microphones, that could sometimes be misinterpreted as B or another letter. But if you say YYZ. I'm going to start calling him YYZ, Gord. There you go. YYZ. It's YYZ for sure.

Hamilton Mike. Yes. I saw you at the last Palmas Kitchen event in December 2019. How are you doing, buddy? I'm good. Survived the pandemic like everybody else. Tell us who he looks like again. Vinny Dombrowski.

All right. Let's settle this. Lead singer. Oh, he showed me a picture. Yeah us who he looks like again. Vinnie Dombrowski. All right, let's settle this. Lead singer. Oh, he showed me a picture. Yeah, it does look like you. Really? My son's like, no way. Your dad is the lead singer

of a really good band from the 90s. That looks like me? Really good. Yeah, yeah, it does. Hold on, this gets better. Absolutely. Look, he's got like

a funky snake ring on too. Like he's kind of rebellious. Oh, Mike, tell him what this ring is. Does your dad ever wear a chain from his wallet to his belt? That's a tragically hip ring. No, tell him what this ring is. Does your dad ever wear a chain from his wallet to his belt? That's a tragically hip ring.

No, he never does that? What is it? I can't see it. The headstones. The headstones. Well, you know, he did bail on me, so I forgot about that.

Yeah, that's his PR. I know, I know. But when you're 65 and you're wearing a ring like that, I mean, like, come on. Oh, 60. Okay, thanks. Ouch.

Ouch. He's younger than we are, Elvis, I think. Actually, me and Mike are the same age. Oh, we're the same age. Okay. So I'm younger than both of you. Hold on. Actually, me and Mike are the same age. Oh, we're the same age. Okay. So I'm younger than both of you. Hold on. I need to talk to Junior. What is your name, young man?

Hugh. Hugh. Hugh Dillon. Exactly. You named him after Hugh Dillon. Pretty much. This guy named his kid after Hugh Dillon. And remember, project right into that mic. But did your dad drag you here, or were you happy to come here?

I wanted to come to him. You wanted to come. Do you listen to the podcast? No. See? He's my friend. It's not even in the background when your dad's driving somewhere or something. Like, no.

Kind of. Sometimes. So if you had a message for the world who's listening right now, like you have this mic, this is going to be shared with the universe. What message would you share with the world? Mr. Hugh. You've got nothing there. There's nothing in the chamber there. Sounds about right for this podcast.

Ouch. That's Vinny with somebody else. Okay, this is a photo of a non-FOTM. I think he might be fighting in the Ukraine right now. Mike Bullard, everybody. I was just going to say the troll that shall notOTM. I think he might be fighting in the Ukraine right now. Mike Bullard, everybody. I was just going to say the troll that shall not be named, but you know.

He's in the Ukraine? I think so. That sounds about right. Mike, I got to call you on something. You missed a perfect opportunity. Lucas is sitting here with his Garfield shirt. All right? We enjoyed a lovely meal.

Oh, lasagna. From Palma Pasta. Yeah, yeah. You missed the tie-in. Garfield's favorite food. You know why? I'm multitasking, Hamilton Mike. You know how many balls I have in the air right now?

I'm calling it out for Palma Pasta here. It's amazing. I'm hanging on by a thread here, okay? In fact, because so many bodies, it's a bigger turnout than anticipated, and I want everybody on. But I want to thank you for listening, Hamilton Mike. You're a great member. On Twitter, I love following you. I'm on Twitter until it burns down, man.

I'm going down with the ship. The key to Twitter, get a third-party app. I don't see any ads. I don't see none of those crazy tweets. Which one? Well, shout out the one you like. I use Echo Phone Pro myself. Five bucks, one-time payment, and literally the feed is just your feed.

I don't know if I can do that. You don't get Elon's tweets or any of those crazy other people's tweets. Yeah, I'm good at blocking people, actually. But I'll never block you, Hugh. If you ever get on Twitter, you follow me, I'm going to follow you back. Dude, love your t-shirt. Glad you're here. You're the second youngest person in the room, and you are now an FOTM.

Hamilton Mike and Hamilton Hugh, everybody. Hey, Elvis, I look forward to your Animal Festival episode. Thank you, sir. I don't even know where to go next. How about David Schultz and Mike Epple? Can we do that? Can David Schultz and Mike Epple come on together? Did David Schultz go home?

Could you come on a mic? I like how you were looking at me like I was producing the fucking show. I was like, who's going to go next? I don't know. Epple's been summoned. But if you're talking to Freddie P, I can get somebody else. I see Epple's chatting with Freddie P. Maybe I can get somebody else. I see Apple's chatting with Freddie P. Maybe I'll get somebody else.

But we've got to get Schultz on. Come on down. You want to come on? Cheer radio. Come on. Right now we can do it. We can do it quick. We'll do it quick.

So Apple, he's going to do two minutes because I just realized who he is. I had no idea who he was. Okay. I just wanted you to know who I was. Yeah. So sit down and just tell us quickly what this is. I'll just tell the world.

I heard from a guy. I'm like, who's this guy? I hear from this guy, and he's like, I got an internet radio station called Cheer Radio. Muddy Marvel. That's who I am. Muddy Marvel? That's why they call me on the air. I love it.

Muddy Marvel. This is Muddy Marvel. I like Marvel. I've been wondering if Muddy Marvel was going to show up. Okay. Yep. So, Cheer Radio, an internet station, literally play.radioking.com slash radio slash cheer radio. And you're like, can we air Toronto Mic'd episodes on our radio station?

Yep. And I'm like, are you going to edit it? You're like, no, we're going to drop it in as it is. I'm like, go nuts. There you go. So, I see tweets and it'll be like, oh, what's a new one? Ted Wallachian. Yep, he's tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.

He's going to air your interview that you did, number 465. Okay, so Ted Wallachian on Toronto Mic is going to be on Cheer Radio tomorrow. Yep. So, dude, I do have a lot of people I've got to get to, but I'm glad you're here. Yep. This is your moment. What would you like to say to the FOTMs listening right now? Well, first of all, you do a great service.

Okay, I'll give you more time. I'll give you more time. Well, I've got your attention. Yeah, you do a great online radio interview podcast, and I've always admired what you've done, and I've always had a passion for radio and I've been a, I've always had a passion for radio.

I used to be on the Fan 590. What did you do at the Fan 590? Because you know Schultz used to be on the Fan 590. How, what years?

Maybe I might know you. Oh God. Lots of years. How long time ago? I was there from 92 until about 95. But what were you

doing? I was an on-air op but I was doing behind the scenes stuff and i was the sports doctor on there that's what i would do shout out to roger lejoie there roger yeah i speak to him every once in a while there you go wow then i went to cfrb did again some background stuff but then i was on the air with a show on 640 called the enterprise toronto radio

show okay and then um you know through the years I've been a producer, basically behind-the-scenes guy. And then on 740 last year, 2019, we did a show called the Enterprise Toronto Radio Show. Okay. But now I'm an online radio station, Cheer Radio. Cheer Radio. Just Google the ultimate radio of Toronto,

and you'll find it. We play the top 1,000 artists and their songs of all time. And you'll play Toronto Mic'd episodes top 1,000 artists and their songs of all time and you'll play Toronto Mic'd episodes and that's what we do so if you don't like the convenience of hearing Toronto Mic'd

on demand come to Cheer Radio you might stumble upon something it's kind of neat I like it that's really good glad to meet you Marv

absolutely did you get pasta? I just arrived so I'm going to enjoy the Palma Pasta for those who have just arrived there is a bin

a bucket full of beer. Everybody help yourself to Great Lakes. Langer is showing you the beer. That's in the blue bucket. And we have water if you are in recovery. And we have palma pasta. Everybody gets like a voucher for a free meal downstairs. All right, that's good.

And you know what I'll give you? But this is a rough draft. I'm going to last give you a gift. You're the first person to get it. My top 1,000 artists and their songs of all time. Is Rusty number one? Oh, this is something. You gave me a few suggestions.

They're definitely on there. For example, the band. We could have a lot of fun with this, Mike. Or at least I could. Artists that were similar together. Oh, Elvis is 47. Spoiler alert. Too high.

So there it is. We're counting them down. We're at 880 on the countdown there, but you've got it. I got a question about that because Toronto Mike mentioned a song earlier that kind of made me feel old. He said, oh yeah, we're going to play Tighten Up by the Black Keys. And I'm thinking, wait a minute. I'm so old when you say the song Tighten Up,

I'm thinking Archie Bell and the Drells. So which version are you playing? I couldn't hear the question. Sorry, I apologize. He's going to Google it later. He's going to get back to you. And after Elvis Googles it here. Okay, so thank you, Marv.

I'm going to put Mike Epple in this seat right now. And everyone, we're going to get to everybody. I am so honored everybody's here. Look at this crowd, Elvis. Paint a picture. Paint a picture of everybody. There's a lot of people in a really broken down room. Pretend it's finished. It's a broken down room on the top

of a random building in Mississauga. Palmer's Kitchen, everybody. Go to Palmer's Kitchen. This is fantastic. This is great. This guy just shows up. I don't know who he is. He's got a radio station. We never know who's going to be here. He has a business card. Look at that. I know. He came prepared. That guy just came. He did.

By the way, we're going to get a live musical performance in about an hour and change from the great Blair Packham. He's going to play a festive song for us. Make sure if you got to leave in five minutes because you got to, I don't know, get to your kid's hockey game or something, look me in the eyes and show me like a sign, like a 10-minute warning because I'll put you on before you have to go.

We're going for at least another hour and change here? This is noon to three. You didn't know that? Holy moly. It's always been noon to three. You should read the fine print. I should have listened. So Mike Epple's here.

We're going to get to you in a moment. But Dave Schultz, you were in my basement a couple, maybe about a month ago. I don't know. I've lost track. But you play the role of Red York in Every Spring a Parade Down Bay Street. That is correct. You're great in that role. That's the role you were born to play.

Yeah, I'm the best. Yeah. Now, wait a minute. Before you carry on with this, I do have a question about your son, who's bobbing about. Jarvis, are you taking photos, buddy? No. So I need to ask you, Mike, are you a Minnesota Viking fan or a Nebraska fan?

Why? Well, I assume you named him after Jarvis Redwine, for crying out loud. I named him after Pulp. Who else would you name him after? Jarvis Cocker from Pulp. What? See, another sign of my age. Common people.

Big jam, but for Gen X. I thought it was because David Clarkson's middle name was Jarvis. Is that true? I think so. Is that true? Okay, the true story is, real quickly, is my daughter Michelle saw a street sign for Jarvis when we were going to see Selena Gomez at the Air Canada Centre. And she said, Jarvis, and then that stuck. Like, she pulled it out of the street sign for the street Jarvis. And then beside that was a sign for Captain Morgan's Rum, and she said, Morgan.

And we actually held on to that, and now we have a Morgan, too. I see. Well, this audience is a little younger than I thought because the Jarvis Redwine joke sailed right over. Well, you know what? No one's listening. That's the other problem. You've got about a 20% audience share here. They're going to listen after Mike. I'm not

digging at the podcast. Bob McCowan would feast on a 20% audience share. Well, he would, yeah. 80% of your audience is feasting on the food and the beer. Yeah, free beer, free food. Not so% on you. Well, he would, yeah. 80% of your audience is feasting on the food and the beer. Yeah, free beer, free food. Not so much on you. And what I like about the FOTMs, and you guys are both an FOTM, of course,

Mike Epple and David Shields, but I like that it's a community. People are catching up. You didn't have to bring me up here to put me in the FOTM Hall of Fame, did you? You have to record your own intro. So if you haven't done that, you're not in. Yeah, do a DoorDash

order. That gets us Peter Groves back. And then you can do it. Okay. So I do want to shout out, because Gare Joyce has arranged another recording of Every Spring a Parade Down Bay Street. So Mr. David Schultz will be back in my basement on Tuesday. I can't wait to see you there. Tuesday at 2 o'clock.

Everybody, if you want to see David Schultz, come over. So you guys make sure you download that one. I've read the script. It's amazing. Even I'm going to to see you there. Tuesday at 2 o'clock, right? Everybody, if you want to see David Schultz, come over. So you guys make sure you download that one. Don't drop that address. I've read the script. It's amazing. Even I'm going to be in this one, but no Hebsey, just me. That might be why it's amazing. So Schultz, back in your...

No Hebsey. He was good. He did Saul Corman. He was good. He's not here, so I can say that. Yeah, but he might listen. Okay, he's good. Is Saul still...

Saul never sounded so different. Saul's not with us, right? Saul has been to Ridley Funeral Home. He passed on to Ripley Funeral Home, right? The big tailor shop in the sky. I said Ripley, but believe it or not, he's dead. Okay. Schultz, see, this is important. Back in your Globe and Mail

days, you often covered the Rogers deal for NHL hockey, and you wrote a book about it. Yes, I did. And it's a great book, by the way. Hockey Fight in Canada, available on Amazon, by the way. Just Google me.

Google David Schultz. Okay, so there's some talk on Twitter and thereabouts about what happens when this deal ends. How many years left in this 12-year deal? Do you know? There are three, I believe. It's up in 2025. And the NHL

will be damned lucky to get anything close to the original amount of this deal. Remind us, was it $4 billion? What the hell was that deal? $5.2 billion Canadian. Well, that was 12 years. That was going to be my question. Now that we're a few more years into it, has anything

changed? No, from when he wrote the book. Oh, yes. Good point. No, since I wrote the book? Has it gotten worse? No, it's still a disaster. Has it gotten worse, though? I think it's about the same amount of disaster as it was then.

And I kept thinking, like, when I wrote the book, it still had seven years to run. So that was a little more than half. Right. seven years to run, so that was a little more than half. So you kind of thought, okay, as long as the Leafs get good, which at that time it looked like they were, you might be able to pull this thing out of the fire, but no one saw, the Leafs did in fact

get good, but they were in too good of a division, they can't get out of the first round of the playoffs, so the playoffs is where the TV guys make their money. So it's still a disaster. And yeah, so when this comes up for bids again, I think the big question is how many bidders are there going to be?

The buzz on the internet with, I think it's mostly fans in the United States, is the regional blackouts. People hate the NHL for blocking out regional games, and you'd have to wonder if that will affect any future deal. You know, it might, because I will say this. When I was working, I saw plenty of hockey, because I was a hockey writer. So, yeah, I was aware that people weren't happy with regional blackouts,

but frankly, I really didn't give a shit. But now that I'm retired and I went and bought myself the NHL package on Rogers, yeah, now I get kind of apoplectic about the regional blackouts. Wow, I'm fascinated by the idea that maybe it's too rich. Would CBC take a bid and try to get some? It would divide it, right? It won't be like a one guy getting all. Okay, if Gary's going to sell it for $1.99, the CBC might take a look. Yeah, it'll be too rich for their blood.

That's kind of in their price range. But you have to think right off the bat. This thing was such a disaster for Rogers. Are they going to turn around and bid on this again at the same price range? I'm not commenting on this. No comment from Mike Epple, please. I'm sure Mike loves his employment. Why give it up?

They treat me very well. I have no complaints. Epple's an innocent man. I would say, yeah, and knowing Gary Bettman, he's going to be expecting, at the very least, well, not so much knowing Gary Bettman, knowing the NHL owners, they're going to expect the same money or more. I mean, that's the way they're used to doing business. Right.

But the problem is, this is a bit of a unique case because Rogers madly overpaid. But the thing, TSN was willing to pay the same amount of money. It's in the book. It's great. But TSN is so angry about, they felt they got screwed over by Gary and the NHL. So you got to wonder, are they going to be willing to bid again and bid the price up? Wow. Maybe, maybe not.

But then again, 12 years later, there's probably going to be a whole new leadership at TSN. Maybe they don't forget. I mean, Apple TV could be a player as well. That's the other thing which I got into a bit in my book at the end. I talked to a guy who was a big shooter in Canadian TV, is now in kind of the movie business. And I said, you know, are they going to be able to keep these prices up? And he said, yeah, they might. There's going to be a whole, and mind you, he was telling me this in 2018.

And mind you, he was telling me this in 2018. There's going to be a whole new series of players like DAZN, Amazon, Apple TV, all those streaming services. Maybe they get in on it. And he said it's already happening in 2018. They're telling the networks, hey, when that contractor of yours is up, we're going to be there. So that, I would imagine, if I were Gary Bettman, that's what I'd be trying to hang my hat on because, you know, you can't be sure that TSN is going to want to get in after what happened to them. Rogers got burned very badly. So are they going to want to get in? And the CBC just doesn't have the kind of money that it's, you know, the NHL is looking for.

So they only get back in like they got back in the Olympics when Rodgers and Bell declined a bit. That's the only way they got the Olympics back. My mother is 83 and a huge fan of Toronto FC to the point where if I miss one game on TV and can't talk about it, she tells me that I'm a bad fan. Now I have to go teach my mom

how to use fucking Apple TV to watch MLS next year. Like, please, this can't happen. This cannot happen. I'm all for the streaming, but how old people need to be able to, and technology, you know, people just can't handle technology. There's a lot of old people in this room that figured out podcasts.

What podcasts? What's a podcast? Hey, I share your pain. I'm still trying to explain to my wife how streaming works, and we cut the cord six years ago. Okay, so wait. So before I say goodbye to the great David Schultz, although I'll see him Tuesday,

by the way, you talked about the Rogers deal and the shitstorm. It's interesting to note that Strombo, I just talked to him yesterday, Strombo's going to be on uh x's and uh-ohs with mary jo eustace this is happening tuesday i know i look at you like you know what i'm talking about but i don't some people here know what i'm talking about but david shows when i know and schultz is not one of them but david uh because you you have so much to offer in this like space of like media and in and who's going to have the hockey and all that.

I know you're happily retired. I see your pictures from PEI. I see you're happily retired. But have you considered, I don't know, coming out of retirement in some side hustle with a podcast or a blog or something where we can get your take on what goes down when this NHL deal is up. Well, the only other line of work I considered was stand-up comedy, which unfortunately pays about as much as the journalism biz these days. I went from one place where they expect you to work for free to another, and so here I am. But if anybody wants to write a really big check, hey, I'm your guy.

Okay, and if I need to find out what's going on I can call you up and we can put you on Toronto Mike to give us an update for some beer and some pasta. Oh sure, and if I don't, I'll just make it up. Done deal. David Schultz everybody. Love this guy. If you

haven't heard David Schultz kicking out the jams, go find David Schultz kicks out the jams. By the way, leave a fumka. Do you want to take David Schultz's spot? Are you available to talk? Okay, get over there. If you don't mind. By the way, you took quite a chance leaving me

this deep into a free beer event to get me up here, but I think he got away with it. Well, I was hoping it would lubricate things. Mike Epple. Hey-o! Hello! I got, who is it? Peter Gross said,

I just got off the phone with Mike Epple. Yes. He wants to meet Humble and Fred. Which I did. And, you know, Humble was going to leave. I know. We had to, like, corner him. I had to literally pick up the pace

on the 407 coming across the city from the Whitby home office. I'm so honored you came all the way from Whitby. Did anyone here come from further away than Whitby? Me. Anybody? A couple of people. This is crazy. Craig, we're going to get you on the mic next.

I've got to find out where you came from. True story, I was listening to Humble and Fred's podcast earlier in the week and they dropped the tale that they were going to be here first off the hop this morning. Yeah, Thursday. They say that was the big surprise, the big reveal. See, I knew Howard was coming. I did not know Fred would get out of this ramp to make it.

So this is my opportunity to come and meet the two gentlemen. So did you have some time with those two gentlemen? I did. I'm a big fan of their podcast. Can you come back with me because my neighbor Bojana would like to ask you some questions. If you don't mind. That's a long drive. I'm a big fan of their podcast. Can you come back with me because my neighbor Bojana would like to ask you some questions. If you don't mind. That's a long drive.

How long a drive is that? It's about an hour. It's an hour door to door, 407, pay the money and avoid traffic. You're such a dick. Who? You know that I come from further away. You think Apple's a dick? No. Where did you come from?

Mike, it's crazy. I didn't know that you were in Whidbey. My family and I watch you every single morning. There's only two people here that my wife would like me to take a picture with. You're the second. We watch you every morning. Thank you. And we're in Oshawa. From the basement office. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Crazy.

Surrounded by my tractor collection and living the dream. My son comments on your tractors every morning on how angry Sid Sixero is. He calls him the angry man on TV. He can rant with the best of them, that is for sure. That's for sure. No, listen, I've really enjoyed working from home, the whole thing.

It's been great. Actually, for me personally, not everybody likes working from home, and they like going into the office. I like working from home. I do. Do you choose to work from home an hour? I do. Can you go back? No, I totally do.

And they're cool with you doing that? Absolutely. Because it really doesn't sound any different. It sounds studio quality. I don't have any windows. Right. It doesn't sound like I'm in the bathroom with Echo or anything of that nature. Mr. Apple, so you came all the way here from Whitby.

Yes. Why did Karl Hanske not come all the way from like a block away from you? Because he's on vacation. Oh, is that right? Yes, he's on vacation. Well, that is a good excuse. Yeah, he's out. He's away.

Michelle Butterly. I know Lucas knows Michelle Butterly. It's the same reason Hepsher's not here. That is a good excuse. Hepsy would not miss this event, but he is in the States golfing. He's having a week at Einhurst. Spectacular. Mr. Apple, did you listen to every spring

a parade down Bay Street by any chance? I can't say that I did. It's in the Toronto Mike feed. You've got to check it out. Look, I have so many back issues that I have to get caught up on. Am I too prolific? Look, I'm just in the whole X's and O's phase right now. I'm to get caught up on. Am I too prolific? Look, I'm just in the whole X is a nose phase right now.

I'm trying to keep up with that and the fact that Strombo's coming on and I'm going, what is the connection? So Mr. Fedor, you're not leaving. Are you leaving? Okay, five minutes. He'll be back. I want to get him on for sure.

The fact that Strombo's coming on? Yeah, he's the next guest. We're going to drop that Thursday. Okay. Mary Jo Eustace and Strombo are going to chat about everything. I see. So you're up to date. Yes. Okay, everybody in attendance, who here

has heard the most recent episode of Toronto Mic'd which was actually episode three of X's and Uh-Oh's? Alright, Tim, the guy we call Tim. Okay, a lot of hands up in the air. Amazing. Elvis, later I'll fill you in but it's quite the story. I had a call last night from a valued FOTM

who wanted to know what exactly happened with Dean McDermott. I told him, I'm getting along fine with Dean, but I do have a bad track record with Dean. Like, I have Dean issues. Oh, yes, you do. You do. I did not know who Dean was until I saw it on your blog. Well, because you're not a TMZ guy. Yeah, I went down a rabbit hole

and I was like, wow, who is this guy? See, the show called Hamilton Mike, I know you can't hear him because I didn't have a video, but he says there's a show called Power Play. He played a hockey player. I know, I never watched that. That's right. Gosh. Well, anyway, that whole thing,

that entire thing has been there. Hamilton Mike is going to beat up Elvis. Oh my goodness, no. Epps, anyway, that whole thing, that entire thing has been there. Hamilton Mike is going to beat up Elvis. Oh, my goodness, no. Epps, man. Yes. You missed, did you catch Peter Gross? I can't remember if he was still here. So what happened was I was all ready to leave this morning, and then that storm blew through.

Did you have the- It was crazy. I drove through the crazy sideways rain. It was crazy. Yeah. So I kind of delayed my start a little bit because I thought my daughter's home and she's going back up to Peterborough. And I thought, all right, I'll wait until this all blows through. And then I got postponed.

So I missed the grand reveal, unfortunately. But I'll pick it up on the rebroadcast of this. And make no mistake, later Blair Packham is going to play for us. So I hope you stick around. I hope I have a chance to talk to you afterwards because, man, you're a valued FOTM. Your episode was great. I love the feedback. Thank you.

And we both love Peter Gross. Yes. And if you missed it, Peter Gross was inducted in the FOTM Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame. Big deal. That is huge. You play your cards right, sir. Is he number two?

Five. Five now. Oh, my goodness. Retro Ontario, Mark Weisblatt, Stu Stone, Cam Gordon, and Peter Gross. Peter Gross. What an exclusive group that is. That is the Mount Rushmore. Okay.

Now, I'm going to cycle in some more bodies here because we got a big musical closer. But thank you for being here, Mike Epple. Thank you. I'm going downstairs to buy some pasta. Go get some. Okay. Thank you for supporting the sponsor. No, I want to take some home because I don't get out here very often.

I urge everybody to do that. It's dinner at my house as well tonight. Literally the last time I went past the Metalworks studio two blocks from here. Yes. I was out here. It's interesting that Pat Tabler, the development with him yesterday. He's no longer with Sportsnet. I have a picture of me, Pat Tabler, Dwayne Ward, and Brighton Rock at Metalworks recording an album all organized by Bruce Barker.

FOTM Bruce Barker. And that is one of my favorite pictures of all time. Love it. What instrument do you play? Well, I do play the piano and or a keyboard, but I had no role in the recording of that album. Tim, you're going to take the Apple seat. Yes. Remember, everybody warn me if you have to leave in five minutes because one day Rob Del Mundo once left

because he had another engagement and I missed him and it's been haunting me ever since. So don't leave here today, Rob. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be part of the podcast. Thank you so much. Mike Apple, everybody. Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy Festiv buddy. Thank you so much. Mike Epple, everybody. Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy Festivus.

Thank you, Mike. I hope I catch up with you later. Lieve Femke, tell us what happened in that World Cup match. The Dutch, who were they playing? The US. So it's a knockout round, right? So win, you go on. Lose, you go home. Who won? The Dutch! Congratulations!

Congratulations! Good. I don't want anyone in our... Screw the States. I was rooting against them no matter who they played. Elvis is a big soccer guy. Such a bold statement to cheer against the United States in soccer. I root against the US. I love

the fact that they think that they should win because they're the United States and it's just glorious to see them lose every single time. It's fantastic. Elvis, big soccer fan. Levi Fumka, you did miss one event, one TMLX event, because you were biking in... Shame. Netherlands?

No, from Paris to Bruges. It was our 10-year wedding anniversary. Have you seen it in Bruges? Yes. What a movie. Have you seen it in Bruges? I don't know what that is oh colin farrell's in this thing it's amazing it's amazing i don't know if i've ever told you

this is one here yeah okay one close your ears okay leave a fumka what a key cog in the fotm wheel like you are so valued you're here to help with name tags if i need some help with something you're there i did ban you as a judge for pandemic fridays but that's because i have to do what's right for the the program but man uh we love you leave a fumka thank you i was a little afraid that something was going to be brought up while some people were here. And I'm very glad that it wasn't. They're not going to listen to this. We can say it now.

Oh, okay. Do you think Humble and Fred will listen to this episode? No. Okay. So tell everybody. Why don't you rip them apart then? I literally work for them. I'm getting shrapnel all day about not listening to this show.

You give me no money. I'm here. I give you my talents. I love you shrapnel all day about not listening to their show. You give me no money. I'm here. I give you my talents. I love you. Leave a phone call. Just tell everybody. Larry Fedorik promises not to tell them what he hears here. So, I used to listen to Humble and Fred.

And Mike would be on. And Mike's helping them out. But they would turn around and just shit on him all the time. So when Humble and Fred were going to go on the podcast, Mike's podcast, I said, why don't you ask them why they always shit on you? And he's like, I can't say that, but you can say it if you record something.

Yeah, if you record something, I'll play it. Yeah, so I recorded a little thing asking humble and fred why they always shit on tron and mike and out of that mike got a job okay so yes yes so thank you for that uh quite the methodology but hold on so so the episode had issues this is uh like october 2019 if you want to go back. It's when Humble and Fred came over in October 2019. And there were issues along the way with both Humble and Fred getting to this moment where I play the clip of Lieve Fumke

saying you treat Mike like shit or something like that. And then it was like, that was like, it was a whole disaster. Fred was yelling. There was a whole bunch of activity. But then like the next day, Howard said, let's have brunch. And we met for brunch. And yeah, out of that brunch, I became producer of Humble and Fred. So you're welcome. You are the spark, the catalyst. Thank you, Lieve Funke. And remind everybody who doesn't know, Lieve Funke is a Dutch term, right? What does Lieve Funke mean? A lovely darling. So you're a lovely darling. Yeah, literally. Yeah

This by the way, I gotta get moves on this. Yeah, but maybe you should take leave a spot because look at this She's giving us water. So this she's brought me beer water. Oh, can you get me a burst? There's no more burst really Okay, I love how you look at your son like he drank the last burst or something. You're like, Jarvis! No. I have a burst in the car, but this is above and beyond. Would you do that? Oh my god.

Where's the car? YYZ is going to show you where the car is and you're going to get me a burst. Bring some more bursts too. Zed, Mike. Zed. YYZ. He will yell at me if I say YYZ. I would say YYZ. Okay, so Lieve Fomka, just thank you for everything.

You're welcome. Like, amazing. Just, you're wonderful. And I see Steph is actually eating. So Canada Kev, you take the Lieve spot. Then when Moose gets back, she takes your spot. But I look to my left. I saw you, Tim, at the Bandits premiere.

Yes, you did. And you might be better known as... I learned when Blair Packham arrived. He's going to play for us in less than an hour. Blair Packham is typically driven by Sharon Taylor, the program director for CFDR in the early 90s. And I don't know if Sharon Taylor likes it when I call her Blair's driver.

I actually think she dislikes it. I should stop doing it. But you're okay if I refer to you as Paul Burford's driver. Absolutely. Where's Paul, by the way? Paul, unfortunately, couldn't make it today. Brock was supposed to bring him out. Brock, his son.

Brock Lee from Sunshine and Brock Lee, another FOTM. Yep. And, unfortunately, he wasn't able to make it. But he does send his best regards, and I did send a couple of pictures back, and he thanked me very much. Speaking of pictures, Jarvis, you've taken no pictures. You are the... You have? Do we have a picture of Mr. Tim?

Tim Herron? He just got here. He didn't break. Tim, so you came to Vandits. What did you think of Vandits? It's Two Stones movie, everybody. Actually, it was quite interesting. Twists and turns.

Well, it was a little bit like Pulp Fiction. Whoa! And I don't mean that... Because it went through a number of different iterations. It's not linear. It is definitely not linear. But it was fun to be around when we did the red carpet. Yes.

And some of the people that were introduced who were friends and family of Stu and Adam Rodness. Adam Rodness, yeah. And you get to meet some of the people whose names you hear and don't necessarily know the faces. And I had an opportunity to sit next to one of Tony... Tony Nappo. Tony Nappo. F-O-C-M Tony Nappo, who wanted to be here,

but couldn't fit into his schedule. Yeah, one of his close friends. I sat next to him. So you didn't sit beside Tony, one of his friends. No, no. You got to sit next to Tony, or you got to sit next to... You were sitting up in that row with all the... I was beside Adam's mom.

Okay. Adam Rodness' mom. Did you notice snow was there? Yes. Like, did you notice that in real time? So, Ian Service, we didn't talk about this, but we were like, you wanted to go say hi to snow and, okay, so I'm getting a special important news.

Okay, so here's what I'm going to do. You're going to cycle me out? Perfect. I'm going to put Larry Fedorek in your seat. Well, thank you. But, Tim, I want you to know that not only do you drive Tim, and not just driving, not Tim, you're Tim. Paul Burford, who created Just Like Mom. But when I needed a DVD player to play the Star Wars movie, because Roger Christian, of course, everybody knows,

FOTM Roger Christian designed the Millennium Falcon and the lightsaber. R2-D2. R2-D2. Amazing. You drove over a portable DVD player. You're amazing. Send me in, coach.

I think you're amazing. Send me in, coach. Love this guy. Thanks for your support. I hope I can say hi to you after this. Absolutely. Thank you, Tim, everybody. For those of you keeping score, we have Tim, Lucas, and Mike Epple

as the three top guests with the most name drops in the conversation. You know, I love name drops. Yeah, you guys, all three of you, did a really good job of that. Yeah, well, Jim Cuddy told me I was good at dropping those names. Okay, there you go.

How ironic. Everybody, I had the great Al Grego on the microphone at the very beginning of this podcast, and Al Grego won some prestigious podcast awards, and I'm insanely jealous. I've won no podcast awards. This gentleman to my left, in addition to being a radio superstar,

is now a podcast superstar, winning awards. Everybody, Larry Fedorik. Tell us exactly what you won. What did you win? So when I started my first podcast, I was eight, which was around 2019.

I met you around that time. Mike and I have this weird connection. We met, and then we realized that my daughter's best friend's husband is your best friend. Okay, wait, wait, wait. Okay, here's how it works.

Your daughter's best friend is married to a very good friend of mine. That same person I found out last week, he's looking at me now, is dear longtime friends with Joe Louis. So it's very possible that Joe Louis, who will be on a mic shortly,

is dear friends with your daughter. See how that works? It's very possible. And then, so then I meet Mike. Kelly Fedorik? Do you know Kelly Fedorik? Okay. But you both have someone in common, Tara.

So then I meet Mike, like 2019, somewhere in that area. And I'm going to do a podcast and we're going to work together on getting that out there. And I think I'm on your podcast. I invited you over because you're Larry Fedorek and I wanted to talk about CFTR. So I get over there and I was like, yeah, where'd you come? And I'm like, oh, I live up at so-and-so area. And it turns out we, for about two years, lived in the same building.

Yes. And never met. So I had a in the same building and never met. I had a home with a wife and two kids and then I left that home and I rented an apartment in your apartment and then I got a new home with my new wife who I now have two kids with. Are you keeping track?

I'm in the same place. It's like the same building. Larry slept with your ex-wife? Is that what happened? Joe, Joe, you can't go. I'll put you on and I'll put Kevin on after you. You two switch spots. Kevin, I'm going to get you in a minute. Kevin's a good guy.

Because Joe's leaving. Yeah, so this guy in the same hood costs. So we'll connect you guys. I know you're going to go, but that's when I started my first podcast that actually got nominated for Best Personal Series uh you do okay let me just say it uh i was eight you do a i used to go for bike rise and i'd queue up my and i loved it charming it's like the wonder years i would say a little bit of wonder years with a little bit of stand

by me yeah but a lot of larry and it was. And then when that ended, I was sad, but you started. So that's the one that won the award. I was eight. Okay. And your new podcast, which I listened to, I can literally show you. It's all queued up later that same life. Yeah. Which will win an award next year, I'm sure. Well, it was, I got not,

I was lucky enough to get nominated for four awards and I went over four at the awards thing this year. You didn't win. Romanuk won. Yeah, I know. You're better than him. That's what I kept telling him.

No, I got nominated for four. I didn't win any, and that's fine. I'm happy with where this podcast has been doing it for a year and a half. I'm happy with it was transitioning from I was 8, and now it's kind of got its own space and voice after a year and a half. I'm happy with... It was transitioning from I was eight, and now it's kind of got its own space and voice after a year and a half. It took me long enough. It's great.

But it did, and I'm pretty happy. You know what I like about it? Pretty happy with it. If there's something going on, and something is flying around the zeitgeist, and it's like, okay, this is a thing I should know about, but I'm kind of like, I need a 101 primer on what is the deal with this thing.

Yeah, like quiet quitting. Quiet quitting is a good example. People are like, what's quiet quitting? And I was like kind of into that, so I did a podcast on it. And you package it together because much like Peter Gross, you have a way of packaging this content together where I catch up and kind of get the A to Z on quiet quitting in like 15 minutes or 20 minutes.

And it's your voice, which is great, and you do a great job. People should subscribe to Later That Same Life with Larry Fedora. Thank you. Thank you so much. And by the way, I had a big plan with you and Sharon Taylor, and she's not here. So Blair Packham will explain where she is when I get him on the mic. He might be

my last guest. Thank you, by the way, man. I know you gotta go. Thank you for everything. Love your sweater. Thank you. I have way, man. I know you've got to go. Thank you for everything. Love your sweater. Thank you. I have an episode next week about a Christmas story and its Toronto connection with a guy who wrote a book on it and we're going to talk about it next week.

It does. And actually, where I used to work in St. Catharines, there's a St. Catharines connection to that movie as well. The school. So St. Catharines, Toronto, and Cleveland, I think. I know Cleveland's got a good connection there.

And that movie is going to be 40 years old next year, by the way, just to make you feel all old. There you go. I already felt old.

It's okay, Larry. Larry, honestly, one of the greats. Larry Fedorik, everybody. Okay, so I'm going to do something here which I think is fun.

Shem, Shem, come on this mic because I want to connect you two. And you know why. This is going to be a moment, everybody, but only for me. You guys won't care.

Okay. Joe, you are an FOTM because you were the gentleman who was traveling around the world with his family when the pandemic hit. Yes. Okay, get close.

Help me up a little. Elvis is my microphone mover guy. That better? Mute. Yeah me up. Elvis is my microphone mover guy. Is that better? Mute. Yeah, Joe. How are things? I know you went traveling a lot of the summer, but I guess it was less eventful. There's no pandemics. No pandemics. Life's good. No new ones. Not that we know of, anyways. Yeah, life's good. We went traveling last summer. We're going to hopefully travel again this summer. We'll see where life takes us. And for those who don't know, you were my first best friend.

Yes. Many, many, many years ago. We met in junior kindergarten at St. Cecilia's near Runnymede and Annette. Yes. More Hyde Park-ish. You think so? Okay, yeah. Somewhere between Hyde Park and Annette.

Do you actually know this fucking guy? Guys, go to Google Maps. Look up St. Cecia's and tell me how close it is to like we're gonna meet it's really close i left it after grade one because i went to pious so but joe stuck it out there and joe you were the guy who introduced me to like pastitsis and maltese culture uh littleta, that's the junction area that the school is in. And you're amazing. Your family, and we coincidentally,

and this is going to tie in with Shem in a moment, but when I moved to where I live, and we're not going to dox me with like addresses or whatever, but I found out five blocks away my first best friend was living.

I had no idea. Well, not only living, we bought the house two weeks before you announced you bought your house. Yeah, and we had no idea. And then you're living, we bought the house two weeks before you announced you bought your house. Yeah, and we had no idea. And then you're ready for this? This is going to be great. So, one day,

me and Jarvis, I think, we see this guy, he's picking the cherries or berries off a tree and he's eating them. They're nacho cherries. Okay, we're like, you can't eat these freaking cherries, but this guy's eating them. He must know something we don't. We're scared to eat this stuff.

You know, who in Toronto picks stuff off a tree and just eats it, okay? In front of your house. And I see this guy doing it, and I'm like mesmerized by this magical creature. Like, he's eating the cherries off the tree in Toronto, and he lives across the street from me. And I look at him, and I'm looking closer at this guy,

and I'm like, I know this guy. I went to high school with this guy. This is Shem from Michael Power. You, me, and Joe from TO all in the same graduating class at Michael Power. That's right. That is correct. That's the moment.

You're all supposed to go, what was... Shem, are you the person who has the signs in front of their lawn that says where you can park? Is that you or is that a neighbor that's a neighbor I think directly in front of my car I'm like two houses over yeah you know where he lives next to Laura Dyken's dad so Laura Dyken from TSN right

that's right famous podcaster famous yeah it's funny because Jason Portwondo comes over to do the Donovan Bailey show and he used to do those horse racing broadcasts. Shout out to Peter Groves down the stretch. Shem, you're also with StickerU.com. What amazing support from StickerU, man. Let's give it up for StickerU.com, everybody.

I'm so glad you're here. You didn't bring any kids though, just you and Alice? Yeah, just me and the wife and an old friend of mine, Manfred back there. Okay, I'm going to get him on soon. That's Elephants and Stars. Does anyone see me wear a t-shirt? I wear lots of t-shirts.

But a black t-shirt with a yellow star. It looks like, what's the Hamilton, the musical. But it's an elephant in there. That is Elephants and Stars. We're going to get you soon. How do you know Manfred? Funny story.

Manfred and I used to work together about 15, 18 years ago at Field Packard. Do you know he's a great musician? He is apparently a fantastic musician. Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low tells me he's a great musician. Apparently he had a whole bunch of offers from really large labels that he turned down. I don't believe that. He thought he could do better. And now he's here. Now he's on the TMDS label.

Did you get your pasta? Not yet. You get it. It looks good. Go downstairs, line up with your thing. You get the free meal. And you can, it's delicious. You'll love it.

Yeah, it looks like a great place. Looks like they've got nice food. Palma's Kitchen. Awesome. Shem, you're awesome. Power, class of 93. Is that what we are? and joe when was the last time you saw shem well probably a couple of weeks ago yeah we see each other in the streets we don't have a choice i'm like oh there's that guy again hide hide no that's joe gotta talk to him oh my god well dude first look uh go to joe

first joe it's amazing all these years later. I know. Still together. Amazing. This guy's amazing. When did you rekindle the relationship? High school. No, no, no.

But there are two rekindlings. As adults. Like how long have you known Mike? Joe brings something up interesting. In his second relationship. We were tight for three years, like best friends. And then I changed schools. And we lost touch for a bit.

And then in grade nine gym, we're lining up. And he goes, do you remember me? And I'm like, like best friends. And then I changed schools. And we lost touch for a bit. And then in grade nine gym, we're lining up. And he goes, do you remember me? And I'm like, it's Joe. He's right there at power. I had no idea he was going to power. He's right there. And then we graduate. We go our separate ways.

And then, like I said, about nine years ago, I realized Joe's in my hood. Nine years ago. And the rest is history. Now he's in FOTM. And do you still call him your best friend like you're five no I say my first best friend your first best friend right

how many best friends have you had since well you're my best friend right now how does it feel not to be a best friend of Toronto Mike I'm a very hurt

I met Shem in grade nine by the way and Shem you wrote the nicest thing in my yearbook man I always said that Shem guy is a great guy

I always liked you always liked you you were very nice too thank you You were very nice, too. Thank you, man. You were very nice. So I got a question. Yeah. I got a question.

Does that make me a BFOTM? Best friend of Toronto Mike. Yes. There we go. Uh-oh. Exclusive. First reaction from the crowd after three hours is when... Joe, do you want to shout out your son real quick?

Who's also, by the way, ready for this? Lucas, is he gone? Lucas went. Lucas, did you see this guy's shirt? Yeah, I know, we're twins. Someone take a picture. Jarvis, I need a photo of Mateo and Lucas because they both have Garfield shirts, okay?

So you go make that happen, okay? This guy's doing great work. Shout out to Jarvis. Is he getting paid for his gig? There's other young people here, too. Yeah, free rent. Hugh was here from the beginning, but now there's another young person there.

Okay, that's Mark Carey's son. And there's Mateo. Okay, so thank you, Shem. Thank you, Joe. Thank you. I've got to get some more bodies up here. Lots of people I want to get to. So who did I kick out?

Canada Kev. You can come back now. Thank you. So many people I want to get to. Man who did I kick out? Canada Kev. You can come back now. Thank you. So many people I want to get to. Manfred, do you want to pop on this one? Okay. Come to my left. Are you getting this guy?

This guy put his jacket on. I don't know if you want him on or not. Brother Neil? Brother Neil, are you leaving now? It looked like it. He's putting his jacket on. Yeah. Put Brother Neil on.

You want to jump on and say hi? See? Look at me producing the show. No. I need to know. People are supposed to put up their hands. Well, they. You want to jump on and say hi? See, look at me producing the show. No, I need to know. People are supposed to put up their hands. Well, they don't want to interrupt. They're being humble. Okay, so here's what we're going to do.

Very nice. Quick production note. Yes. When people want to leave on. All the people who want to come on, we're going to get them on before 2.40, and then we're going to put Blair Packham on. Gotcha. And he's going to play us.

Sorry, you're giving me permission to just interject whenever I want. Yeah, and I got a song for Perry Lefkoe, who's in this room right now. And when he comes on, I got a song for him. It's going to be amazing. Great name. Brother Neil. Great name. Friend of Lucas.

That's how I met you. Lucas Iannetta. And, of course, Giovanni, who has to work. He'll appreciate the shout out. How you doing, Brother Neil? I'm good. Good. It's good to see you.

You confuse a lot of FOTMs because people think your brother Bill, because his real name is Neil. Don't you hate him too? Isn't that another guy you hate? He's like my blood brother. Are you kidding me? You hate, there's guys that have weird names in radio that you hate. He's confused with Fearless Fred.

You're thinking of Fearless Fred. I don't hate Fearless Fred. He just has me all wrong. Fred is listening. Every time I stir that pot, I love it. So pissing. Who gave this guy the co-hosting duties? Where's Stu Stowman?

I was waiting for Elvis to say, you know, Joe's the summer me. You know the reference? Elvis is the new... That was good. That was good. So Brother Neil, life is good for you? I didn't mean to put you on the spot over there.

It's too late. None of my business. But she's beautiful, and she's going to leave you if you don't propose. I'm just letting you know because I care about you. This really took a fucking right turn. How many beers has he had? Jesus.

Leave the guy alone. He's just trying to come to a podcast recording. I'm just being funny. He paid $25 to be here. And this is a short drive for you, right? You live like next door or something. Yeah, I remember that from last time. TMLX5.

Okay, so I'm going to cycle through a bunch of people in a half an hour. But everybody, Brother Neil, great FOTM. Any words of wisdom? And I can't believe that I'm on the mic with Canada Kev. The Canada Kev. Never met him in person, but it's great to see you. Great to see you too. Okay, Canada Kev.

This is Brother Neil from the DM group. That's right, the DM group. Very good. Elvis quit Twitter, so he can't get in that DM group. I was never really on it to quit it. You were there. I used to tag you. I was there.

I was there. I was there. I was there. I was there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll see you on LinkedIn, Elvis. All right. Merry Christmas.

You're gone. Happy Festivus. I have Merry Christmas. Thank you, Brother Neil. What's your name again? What's your name? We're wife's girlfriends. Lindsay.

Oh. Lindsay, nice to see you. I always see you. You're like a- I hope you get something big and shiny for Christmas. A partner of an FOTM. Manfred, you got it now. Canada Kev, you come out for the Canada Cabana episodes of Toronto Mic.

I see you're amazing on those. He sparks one. We go in the backyard, and he lights one up on the recording, and he talks about how great Canada Cabana is. Also, what band did we... I should know this. What concerts have we been to? Who was sparking up?

This is why you always have to ask. What concert did we go together again? Because you forgot. Yeah, Black Crows. Black Crows was awesome. Stu was there. Black Crows, Best Cannabis. And Barenaked Ladies were you there?

And all good. Or no, you weren't there. No, you know what? Wasn't you. Somebody else. Not as cool as you. I'm so sorry, buddy. Oh, yes.

Because you're great. You're great, Canada Kev. Any thoughts and words of wisdom for anybody this holiday season? I mean, I love the holiday season, but I went to a killer concert last night with another friend of Toronto Mike who brought me into this group, which is... Oh, Andrew Ward. Andrew Ward. Yes.

Why is he not here? I love that guy. Because he got his free time to come out with me last night. So he buffied on you. Which you know is rare because he normally buffies on me. He buffies on you a lot. He did not buffy last night. I think I get tickets when he buffies on you.

Exactly. It happens. Buffy means bailed because he bailed on Tears Are Not Enough. Gotcha. We got that story from Terry David Mulligan. You'd love that episode. I don't know if you'd heard, but I know you don't listen. No, I don't listen.

Canada Kev, I love you. I actually need you, when she finishes the photo, you're going to give Moose Grumpy your seat. For sure. We got to thank Moose Grumpy. Dude, you're the best. I want to catch up with you after this recording. Alright, I may be here, I may not. We'll see. You better be here.

Everybody, elephants and stars make great music. This gentleman, Manfred. Thank you. I didn't dox you there, right? We can call you Manfred? You can. Okay.

Dox you. Jesus. How you doing? I wear your T-shirt all the time. Thanks. I appreciate that. I think our T-shirts are actually much more popular and well-known than we are because a certain segment of musicians and friends and influencers

seem to have them. Because it's cool, because it's the Hamilton, but it's not. It's a cool riff on it. Yeah, it's also, I learned after the fact, a direct rip-off of the Apple iMovie icon, which I didn't realize until many people pointed it out. Small little ma and pa shop. They won't even notice. They won't notice.

They won't notice. So you make great music and you had Ron Hawkins producing. Is that your most recent release, Ron Hawkins? No. Who I'm going to see tonight, by the way. I'm going to see Lowest of the Low tonight at Lee's Palace. Anyone else going to be there? A lot of people.

We actually were lucky enough to open for them in Hamilton a couple of months ago. Is that a dream come true? Yeah, for sure. Because he doesn't even let me open his mail. No, I'm obviously a huge fan of that band, so to play with them was a big honor. And they couldn't have been nicer about it. In answer to your first question, we put out a different record this year that was produced by Ian Blurton. F-O-T-M, Ian Blurton.ton he was wonderful he was a great guest i loved him well he's super did we

talk about you on that episode we did right you did um the thing about ian uh there's many things to love about ian aside of his music but the the diplomatic way he uh handled the question about working with us on your show because it's probably no secret that we're not really the kind of band he would listen to for pleasure. So you were like, oh, you worked with Alice Vincent Starrs. What was that like?

And I mean, in my mind, I was listening to that going like, I don't really want to hear his answer to that. But he was great. He was like, oh, they work really hard. And they... They try really hard, yeah. He said, they work really hard. You know, we just like different things.

He said, you know, they like bands like Buffalo Tom. And then he went, ugh. And I thought, wow, like Buffalo Tom taking some friendly fire there. They didn't even do anything. Wow, that's harsh, man. But Ian Blurton is great. You're great.

Listen, I know, because I'm looking at the clock now, and there's so many people I still want to get on. Sure. You've been tweeting some cryptic stuff about coming off of something and battling. Are you comfortable telling me what that's about, or is that for a private convo later? No, I mean... I mean, Twitter's pretty public.

Yeah, I mean, I didn't get into super detail. So I had a health issue a few years ago, and part of the treatment for it was... I was on a fairly heavy narcotic for a couple years. Is this an opiate? What is this? It's not an opiate per se. Like, it's not Oxycontin or anything like that. But it's a fairly strong narcotic.

And I went to my doctor and I said, I don't want to be on this anymore. I'd like to figure out how to get off it. And so we put a plan together and we started doing it. And, you know, there's obviously any time you go off a heavy narcotic, there's a period where you're not going to be feeling as great as maybe you were or would like to. But, yeah, I'm kind of on the other side of that.

I think we're doing a little better. Good for you, man. Yeah, hopefully. Because you look good. You look strong. strong you look healthy I didn't know you were buddies of my friend Shem uh well yeah I mean he actually not only you two founded Hewlett-Packard right yes he well also what when I was leaving Hewlett-Packard I was just a mat leave replacement okay um Shem said oh you should there's this other job here called solutions architect you should go be be that and I said I don't know what that is I don't know the first thing about that and he Okay. Shem said, oh, there's this other job here called Solutions Architect. You should go be

that. And I said, I don't know what that is. I don't know the first thing about that. And he was literally like, it doesn't matter. Just go. Just go apply. And I got it. Elvis was like a recruiter forever. You still do something like that. I just want to congratulate Manfred on his Matt leave, excuse me.

And you also made Mike say something nice about a guy named dean for the first time in this podcast so congratulations what did i say i missed it what did i say dean dean something rather first of all i like dean mcdermott and i are friends okay you said a dean name and you said something positive whereas every other dean you hate i'm not sure i did i'll have to review the you did you said dean something a dean came up in this conversation probably i pay attention to this well there's so many of them i can't keep track of them not as sure I did. I'll have to review the tape. You did. You said Dean something. Dean came up in this conversation. Probably. I pay attention to this. Well, there's so many of them. I can't

keep track of them all. Not as many name drops as Lucas and you, though. I like name drops. Blurton was name dropped. Ron Hawkins. These are some of my favorite musicians. Yeah, and we'll have... Dude, you're great. I love your music and I love your t-shirt. Thank you. I like the t-shirt maybe more than I like the music. Just kidding. The music's great.

I'm just goofing on you. I might have a good name to drop go ahead not today but oh he's gonna tease me of a big name um i'll dm it to you i'm not i i sent them a note today saying hey i'm gonna see toronto mic is it all right if i say this thing yeah and they didn't answer so it'll be who produces the next record in in january we're just you should shout it from the rafters, man. You should say the name right now. Oh, believe me. I would love to, because it's in that realm of Blurton and Hawkins and someone I've admired for a very long time.

Do you have a guess, Moose? I took a stab at the door. No guess. Is it Bob Rock? What's going on here? It's Better. Better? Well, for me, it's Better.

Wow. What do you think? Is it Mutt Lang? That's a teaser. Is it Mutt Lang? I can tell you. I'm comfortable telling you off the air, but I don't want to want them to be mad at me. I don't want to get you in trouble. Enough people are mad at me. He's tickling our undercarriage right now.

That's what he's doing. Okay, here's what we're doing. I hope you stick around. So when I wrap this up at three, this recording, I want to chat with everybody more freely. Sure. Thank you for being here. Everybody, listen to Elephants and Stars. They sound amazing.

Thank you. And you're a great guy, Manfred. I love following you on Twitter, too. And I'm glad you came out, man. Yeah, wouldn't miss it. I haven't seen you since that backyard visit a couple of summers ago. That's right. That was a really fun time for us.

So Rob Del Mundo is going to take your spot. Here we go. And I'm going to give a shout- summers ago. That's right. That was a really fun time for us. So Rob Del Mundo is going to take your spot. Here we go. And I'm going to give a shout-out here. Thank you to Elephants and Stars. Moose Grumpy, you take care of me. I have to thank you because you help with the name tags. You get us beverages. Did you go to the car and get some beer?

What happened there? No, we had some other help. Okay, but YYZGuard, whatever. But you're super helpful, and I want to thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, Moose Grumpy, everybody. Moose Grumpy's here.

And you brought your husband and your son, and are they here still, or did they bail? They're downstairs. Because they said, I can't take this anymore. Hubby was enjoying it. Was very happy to see Peter Gross and Mike Epple.

Two big megastars. 16-year-old, not so much. 16-year-old does not appreciate the humble in Fred. No. That's the 16-year-old's loss. Moose, we went on a few dates this summer. Can we talk about that? Of course.

We went to see an anti-Semite. Yes. Excellent concert, but I think... But you know what? I didn't know he was an anti-Semite until after I saw him. We took a lot of backlash for seeing him.

So if I could undo it, I would do it. I would undo it. But yeah. I'm lost. Who's the anti-Semite that you went to go see? What's his name again? Roger Waters. Oh.

That has been known for years. I know, I didn't know. I actually, sometimes I don't know things. I don't know things. Like I missed out on a Queensryche song that everyone knows

and loves and I had no idea. I missed it. Silent Lucidity? Yes. You don't know that song? He doesn't. Does he talk about this

on the podcast? I know, I know. This guy's in love with it because Al Grego kicked it out. I missed it. I don't know, man. I think I was turning on hair metal. Does he talk about this on the podcast? I know. This guy's in love with it. This is why. Because Al Grego kicked it out. I missed it. I don't know, man. I think I was turning on hair metal. Does he seriously not know Silent Lucidity?

If you're a Queensryche fan, you hate that song because that's the only song people know about Queensryche. So this is 1990? Are you kidding me? Is it 90 or 91? I don't know a year. You don't know what song. My taste said...

Okay. Just before we move on. Okay, listen. This is the greatest part of the whole podcast. This is better than brewery. This is amazing. No one knows that. No, I want to ask you about another song and we'll let it brew in the background

before I build it up. But I do want to ask you about a song. But I have, so as far as our date at the concert. Did I get the second base? I can't remember. But I have, so as far as our date at the concert, we do have... Did I get to second base? I can't remember. But I have... Did you get as far as Larry Fedorko did with his... Fedorek.

Fedorek, sorry. With his wife. It's Bernie Fedorko. Yes, Bernie Fedorko. That's what it was. Yeah. But I have one guy in my life that can do extras for me out in the public, and we experienced it that night. Hey, oh.

I did. Stephanie will continue coming up. Stephanie Funk is like, what is happening? Everybody's got a guy. I have one guy, and that is somebody at Scotiabank that can get good seats. Wow. We actually got almost front row for the anti-Semite.

Yeah, I have never been closer to an anti-Semite in my life. Yeah, yeah. Well, that you know of. I mean... You know, fuck Nazis. Can we say that, everybody? Fuck Nazis! If I had known five years ago, I'd be having to shout, fuck the Nazis.

Okay. And I also got Mike confiscated at security. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shout out, Kana Cabana. Tell that story real quick, quick. I want to put Leslie in the moose seat. Go ahead. So Mike has now

experienced cannabis from Canada Cab and Canada Cabana. So I brought edibles that night for the concert and gave them to Mike outside and we go through security. My edibles make it through. Mike gets his confiscated.

It was buried in my fanny pack, if I can call it that. Is this really happening? Yeah. And the guy goes, you can't bring these in. And I said to him, I said, you know,

that's legal now. And he said, well, you can't bring beer in either. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Is it? I've been around, I've not been around since Festivus

and all this happened. They sell beer there. They don't sell cannabis. Yeah, you can't buy cannabis. No, it's fair. That's fair. Is it? I've been around. I have not been around since Festivus. They don't sell beer there. They don't sell cannabis. Yeah, you can't buy cannabis. No, it's bullshit, right? Yeah. This is crazy. Canada Kev says it's bullshit. We can't bring guns in either.

That's different. But you can buy beer in there. You can't buy cannabis. So why can't you bring it in? I bought my first handgun at the Air Canada Centre for the record. Okay. Quickly, before it goes in, I want to talk to Rob. But this song...

I once kicked this song out as a screen-enhanced jam. Fantastic song. A song, actually, this is a good example of a song that meant nothing when it came out. And then when you listen to the song with the visuals on YouTube. With Wendell Clark's All Heart montage. It immediately went from not even on the radar. Zero to hero. To one of the greatest songs of all time.

Would this be eligible for screen enhanced jams? Absolutely. Fucking right. Thank you. So Cam Gordon and Stoose Jordan, if you're listening at home elvis is 100 on board with this song yeah the song has this made zero blip on the radar of any metallica song ever and they have quite a few i didn't hear it until i watched the all heart video of wendell clark okay fair i didn't buy the album fair or silent lucidity okay moose

Fair. Or silent lucidity. Okay. Moose, you're amazing. You are turning 50 years old on Monday. You don't look a day over 49, if you ask me. Wow. Thank you. You look amazing.

Everybody, happy birthday Moose Grumpy. You don't know the song? Happy birthday Moose Grumpy. Happy birthday Moose Grumpy. Happy birthday Moose Grumpy. Happy birthday Moose Grumpy.

Thank you. Happy 50th birthday Monday Moose. You're wonderful. Thank you. And thank you Elvis for making the long trick. Yeah. North or Oshawa right? You still there? You didn't bring that up when... What's his name was on there? Whippy Mike?

He's over there. Whippy Mike, shout out. So thank you, Moose. Leslie's in the Moose seat. Rob Del Mundo, I missed you at a TML accident. It haunted me. I saw you there and I'm like, I had a mental note. Get Rob on the mic. And then you were gone. It haunted me. I'm right here,

mate. How you doing, buddy? You got a nice Argos? We won the Great Cup. Shout out to the Argos. We did Argos. But yeah. I can now reveal, I was working on something with Enoch. Enoch won not only MVP of that Great Cup, but Greatest Canadian. I guess they have an

award for Best Canadian. Yeah. Greatest Canadian. Yeah, Greatest. Yeah, greatest Canadian. Terry Fox and Enoch, okay. And it's Mamboa, right? Yes. Enoch Mamboa. I had a chat with Enoch because he came on Donovan Bailey's podcast,

Donovan Bailey Running Things, and we were chatting, and I almost had it where he was going to come in with his two awards, and I was like, I found out Mike Rogoski wasn't going to be here, and Steve Leggett wasn't going to be here, and I realized all the CFL fanatics weren't going to be here.

And I kind of lost some interest in it all. But you're here and you're a big CFL guy. I should have had this happen. Absolutely. Okay. Awesome. And you're still going to Leaf games? I am.

Last one I went to was the one when they beat New Jersey. New Jersey had this, what, 15, 16-game winning streak until the Leafs beat them on the Thursday of the 17th there. So, yeah. Mitch Marner's going to set the Leaf record for point streak. I think they'll do it, yeah. I mean, it's like you and I grew up in the era of Daryl Sittler when he had that 18-game winning streak.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, come on, buddy. I'm older than you, buddy. I'm telling the truth. I'm older than you, buddy. I'm telling the truth. I'm older than you, buddy. What year did Sittler leave the Leafs? Well, he was traded from the Leafs on January 24, 1982. So it's like right around,

83 is the year I discovered pro sports. Like, I just missed it, I think. It's my loss. My loss. Yeah. My loss. Dude, remind us how we can read your great stuff about the Maple Leaf maple leaves in hockey

yeah so if you go to the hockey news.com i contribute to a stan fishler's fishler report which comes out on mondays and fridays so yeah my news uh the newsletter that i write for has been uh bought out by the hockey news.com thn.com but uh yeah that's how i can to answer your question read the leaf stuff love what you write i love your contributions oh so you're the guy do you know leslie from the dm group i do she was right here um i'm over here over here i'm over here oh hello and wake up robbie we're both eastenders too right i believe so i'm in scar. I live near the zoo. And yourself, I'm sorry. Leslieville. Well, okay.

Leslieville's not really where I live, but the opportunity's here. If I can give a shout-out to Black Lab Brewing. Yeah, I live around the corner from there. Dog-friendly brewing, which is not in direct competition with GLB, who has awesome stuff, but Black Lab Brewing's my favorite dog-friendly

brewery, so they don't know I'm doing this. I didn't know if it was going to happen, but Black Lab Brewing, it's my favorite dog-friendly brewery, so they don't know I'm doing this. I didn't know if it was going to happen, but Black Lab Brewing, You know this show is sponsored by Great Lakes Brewery, right?

I do. Like, they literally brought, like, what more do they have to do for you? There's four, two fours, and ice over here by Mark Carey, FOTM Mark Carey,

I'm going to talk to you soon. And I said, not in direct competition. I know, I know. You can love more than one brewery, guys. Rob Del Mundo, we love you. I got to swap you out for Joe Louis.

A lot of people I want to get to, but thanks for coming, buddy. This means a lot to me to see you here. Thank you. Lucas is leaving too. Okay, Merry Christmas to you, buddy, and love the Garfield. I love you. Rob Del Mundo, everybody. We're going to get Joe Louis settled.

I have an interesting serve for him. Leslie Villan, I saw you at some TMLXs in the past. I think this is number three for me. You're third, so you're three for 11, but you came late to the party. I kind of came late to Toronto Mic'd. I mean, that's the party, Leslie. I know, but I was trying to think back

to maybe the first episode I listened to, and it might have been FOTM Kevin Frankish. Hey! Because he had posted something on Twitter about going on to talk about his official exit from City TV and how all that went down. Because we got fed a bunch of bullshit. Right. And then he came clean.

Yeah, and that's, I think, how I discovered you, and I've been listening ever since. And we got, in fact, Lucas, who just left, gave me the hello from Kevin Frankish, but you're a welcome member of the community. I teased it before, and it will happen, but your sister will be on Toronto Mic. But just remind everybody who your dad was,

because I think this is really cool. And at some point when Gallagher, Dan Gallagher, not Dan, Danny Gallagher. Danny Gallagher. Not to be confused with Dan Gallagher. Danny Gallagher, not Dan, Danny Gallagher. Danny Gallagher. Not to be confused with Dan Gallagher. Danny Gallagher came on. I played clips of your dad, but remind us who your dad was. So my dad was one of the first broadcasters for the Montreal Expos

back in the late 60s and into the 70s, along with Dave Van Horn. His name was Russ Taylor. Russ Taylor. Yeah, and so he was one of the two first radio guys. Like, I know people like the Brian Gersteins of the world who grew up in Montreal, loved the Expos. When they found out you were the daughter of Russ Taylor,

like, this is a big deal. Big deal. Well, I guess to some people, you have to be of a certain age. Like, I'm probably about 10 years older than you are. But because he died in 1977, most people who kind of knew the Expos in later years would not really know who he was. So let's do this.

Okay, shout out your sister who will be on Toronto Mike because I promise you... I'm working hard to get her on Toronto Mike. We almost did it. It's going to happen. But when she does come on, I will play more clips. I want to play some clips of your dad and talk about your dad again.

But that's quite the family lineage you have there. So my sister is Carolyn Taylor. Got her start at Second City here in Toronto. And most people probably know her from Baroness Von Sketch. They did five seasons of Baroness. And now she's working on a solo project. And that's why she's been really hard to nail down in terms of

coming on the show. I just saw her on Thursday and she's busy editing the new show. It's going to be on Crave in the spring. Amazing. And I'm going to check that out on Crave. I love Crave. And we're going to get your sister on and I'm really honoured you came all the way from the East End. I mean, not as East as this guy, Elvis,

who came from the super East End. I also have to tell you that you are actually the reason why my Twitter handle is now called Leslie Villian. It had been Latisha, and you could never pronounce it. Say it again. You kept saying Lady Chad or something like that. I hated it. I actually hated it. I know, and I was like, okay, I've got to change.

It was just a family nickname I'd had for like decades. But I can't say brewery. Can you say it? I just want to say RIP Gallagher. Shout out to Bradley Funeral Homes. Right. I thought you were giving us a breaking news. John Gallagher had left the...

No, no, no. Gallagher the comedian. Oh, Gallagher. I thought you were talking about... No, no. RIP Gallagher. Who's the guy from Spin? The guy who did the Argos?

Dan Gallagher. Yeah, not him. Not him. No. Gallagher the Who's the guy from Spin? The guy who did the Argos? Dan Gallagher. Yeah, not him. Not him. No, Gallagher, the comedian. Because he left us early. Shout out to Ridley. And last I checked, what time is it, everybody? 226.

John Gallagher is still with us, everybody. Long live John Gallagher. Yeah, shout out to him. Okay, Gallagher. Okay, I don't get it. Leslie, thanks for coming out. I'm now going to burn. Thank you so much for being here. Amazing.

Craig, do you want to come on? Leslie, seat. Joe Louis, what do I say to you? I didn't know you had another name. I thought your name was Joe. It's not Joe. Get right on that mic, big guy. Right on it. So, okay, a little history for everybody is you're the guy who was haunted, so to speak,

by Stu Stone because you live on a street that he made a movie about and you had all these annoying people because of that movie. Stu Stone is my mortal enemy because of this. You and Liz Brio. That's another situation. Is Liz here? Is Liz here? No.

Man, you're a great FOTM man. Love it when you show up at these things. Okay, use his mic to ask him the question. My question is, did your mother like Vandits? What was her opinion? Did your mom go to Vandits? Hold on, let's do this. Yeah, so we were at Vandits. But your mom was there? I went with my mom. That's so sweet.

I brought Tony Nappo's cousin was there. Wow. Anyway, I think mom kind of lost it at the bathroom scene with the feigned blowjob with the fingers. Is this the Jan Arden scene? That was a bit weird. Wow.

Sitting next to my mom when that happened. I was very uncomfortable. Had to turn my head the other way. Wow. And pretend that I didn't think it was funny. But it was definitely funny. You know what? Okay, so where do I go next?

I'm going to just point... You can't be in a movie with a fake blowjob scene next to your mother. It's just very weird. Thanks, Stu. Thanks for nothing again. See, you already hated Stu. Now you really hate Stu.

You really hate... Stu, by the way, everybody's in Georgia right now filming a documentary series on wrestlers, so he can't be here today. Joe Louis, i did find out last week i mentioned it earlier but i found out that you you must have saw on instagram i interacted with somebody uh larry fedorek's daughter's best friend and uh you said how do you you listen to charlotte mike she's like yeah we go way back she's married to a good buddy of mine i played slow pitch with for like 15 years. Alex. Alex Patino. That's right. Who I invited. He could have come here today

but he had better things to do. I'm glad you're here, man. I love seeing your face. You're a great FOTM. Joe Louis. And I'm only here because of another great FOTM, Carlo D. Tell Carlo to take... He won't come on? Carlo's too good for that. Hold on. Joe Louis,

looks like your name is John. That's correct. Is that short for something? Because I feel like it's not obvious. Is it short for something? You know what Joe Louis are? Those cakes. No, John.

His name is John. Going back to the Matt joke. It's not that funny. Jonathan House. I didn't know you were John, though. You don't know it. Until I was told by Carlo. It's on this tag.

I found out last week when our mutual friend said, hey, you were John, though, until I was told by Tara. It's on this tweet. I found out last week when our mutual friend said, hey, you know John, and I said, I don't know John. Who the hell is John? That's his Christian name. Nobody knows him by John. I had no idea.

Like, I still don't know Oliva Funka's name. I like it that way. Prefer to be a mystery. Moose Grumpy? Who the hell? You know, that's how I like it. Moose Grumpy.

But meanwhile, there's a Stephanie Wilkinson. Full name. Like, there's no nickname there. We have to fix that. We got to get Steph on the mic, you know, that's how I like it, Moose Company. But meanwhile, there's a Stephanie Wilkinson. Full name. Like, there's no nickname there. We have to fix that. We've got to get Steph on the mic, actually. Joe Louis, you're amazing, man. I'm going to burn because hopefully Blair Packham didn't go home. Blair Packham's still here. Put up your hand.

Where did he go? He's playing us out. He's behind us. Oh, he's behind us. Okay. He's playing us out so we can't lose him. Craig, talk to me, brother. Good to see you. This is your second TMLX event? It's actually the second here, but I attended one at Great Lakes. I attended three. I knew that.

Three, five, and now 11. And remind me, how did you discover Toronto Mic'd? Well, I discovered it a long time ago. In fact, it was so long ago that James B. wasn't famous yet. Hey, Craig, do you want to take a mic? Do you want to take a mic? Yes. No. Yes, if you do, come on over right now.

Keep going there. Sorry, I'm multitasking. But anyway, I thought you might ask that, so I actually went into the feed, and it was around the beginning of 2015, so the podcast was very different then because there were no sponsors. Okay, that was pre-Great Lakes, because Great Lakes was the first one. Yeah, I think it was later in 2015. 2015 so the podcast was very different than these were no sponsors okay yeah The first one yeah, I think it was later in 2015 So I went that means because I started in 2012 so I went three years without a sponsor pretty much Yeah, how much I love this you yeah, you definitely didn't because I remember when you got Great Lakes

Do you remember when Elvis was my co-host after Rosie left? No, basically yeah, no when you got Great Lakes. Do you remember when Elvis was my co-host after Rosie left? No, but basically yeah, no, I think it was very brief. I don't remember that either. Well, I didn't start listening until after about episode 100. So I would hear Elvis maybe a couple times a year, but he was kind

of a contributor, but he wasn't regular. Do you have a favorite episode of all time? And why isn't Wally Johnson? No, actually, you know, I'll cite one from several years ago. It was T.J. Connors. Okay, that's a, yeah. And the reason I wanted to mention that one, it was very unique because it did,

it was legitimately like a two-hour plus show because you were covering two careers. And he would do imitations of Scruff for me, so I felt like I had Scruff in the room. Yeah, and that ending there, I remember you were going to close it out, and then he had quite a story to tell about how he complained a few weeks before he died about some guy getting sick on the train or something.

Yeah, remember Scruff died in... Scruff is quite the life, quite the life. Yeah, he died in that hospital up in Haleybury. Okay. And what happened was, and then TJ added, he says, I got a story, he says, someone told me after Scruff died

that when he got to Winnipeg, he'd complained that the train was late because some guy got sick on the train and the irony of it, because sadly, Scruff got ill and they had to take him off the train in Haleybury and he died in the Haleybury hospital. Wow. Yeah.

You know, TJ's back on the air in St. Catharines, but he does it from Winnipeg. Yeah. It sounds like cheating to me. Is he doing real estate in Winnipeg? Yes. As a gentleman who's going to be on the mic soon, Brian Master is doing here in Toronto.

Brian Master, legendary Chum FM. This guy, man, when he shares these pictures of him hanging out with these rockers in the 70s, it's amazing. I spoke with Brian at TMLX3 because he was blown away by the fact that I heard him on the radio. He was a 13-year-old in Welland. Yeah, he's a big Seahawks guy. So, Greg, Craig, sorry. Thanks for checking in, man. Awesome to see you. Hey, Kevin,

did you want to come on this mic? Yes or no? The man is waiting. So let's get the Oh, okay, he'll come on for two minutes. I thought you said in two minutes. I'm trying to keep track here. Greg, introduce yourself to everybody. Greg Winson, right? Yes. Get closer to that mic.

How did you discover Toronto Mic? And how many TMLX events have you been to, right? Yes. Okay, get closer to that mic. How did you discover Toronto Mic? And how many TMLX events have you been to, sir? I probably discovered the blog, unfortunately, back when the news about Martin Street came out. 2009. And then, I don't know, I think probably the David Marsden episode was the first one I listened to,

and then it gradually just became a regular listener. I pretty much listened to every episode. I love you, man. Seriously. Elvis, take some notes here. The much listen to every episode. I love you, man. Seriously. Elvis, take some notes here. The man listens to every episode. How many other podcasts do you listen to, Greg? Well, lately, Mike does so many,

I don't have time to listen to others. So you listen to multiple Toronto Mike podcasts then? Just that and Hebsey and a few others. See, he listens to more than one. I listen to none. You can't be insulted by that. Greg, and how many Toronto Mic'd events, sorry, how many Team Alex events have you been to?

I think I've been to four. Okay, amazing, amazing. And have you been on the mic before on a Toronto Mic'd episode? No, it's the first time on the mic. This is your first time. Yeah. What do you want to tell the universe? This is a big moment.

There are millions of people listening to you right now. What say you? Oh, boy. No pressure. I don't know other than just thank you for all of the entertainment. The laughs, especially during the pandemic. Like with, you know, I love when Elvis comes on. I love when, I love Stu.

Wait, wait, wait. Slow down, slow down. Yeah, yeah. Slow down. I don't miss that. Greg's going to be the first makeout victim after the show. Real talk. This is absolute real talk.

I'll put a bit of music in. A Little of Elvis is one of his favorite bands. Greg's going to be my mistress for Christmas. This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Thank you, Mike. No joke. So back in the day, I'd have Elvis on, and that was great. But then lately, like in the last four or five years, when I have Elvis on, I get people are like a little angry.

Like I'm having Elvis on and I'm like, get used to it because Elvis is going to be in my basement every Festivus until one of us ends up at Ridley Funeral Home. That's right. That's right. I think Elvis is great. And I ride or die with this guy, right? Yes.

Greg, you agree with us. Oh, absolutely. And you're another Argonauts fan. Yes, yes. Fucking A, Greg. I should have got Enoch here. He's a busy guy, though. He's negotiating a new contract with whoever's the highest bidder.

But congratulations to your Argonauts. Did you get some pasta? I did, yes. Was it delicious? It was, yeah, of course. Did you get some beer? I did. Was it delicious?

Of course. All the right answers from Greg. Thanks so much. I've got to get five more bodies on, and then I'm going to get Blair Packham on, and we're going to chat him up. I see he's warming up in the bullpen here. Thanks so much for being here. Greg Winston, everybody. I love Greg.

Greg is the best. I love Greg as much as you do. I love this guy, too. I love that Argo sweater. Hey, Anthony Petrucci. Anthony Petrucci. Do you want to sit here for a moment? Okay. Hold on here.

Kevin, talk to me, brother. Have you been to any TMLX events? Yeah, the last one that was here, 2019. Okay, so the pandemic messed up our plan because we had a wonderful... We were downstairs in 2019. And then Anthony Petrucci said, The pandemic messed up our plan because we had a wonderful, we were downstairs in 2019. Yeah. And then Anthony Petrucci said, you're disturbing the customers. Get your asses upstairs.

That's right. We'll talk about that in a minute. But we wanted to do it every year. And then the pandemic came. Do you remember the pandemic? I do. A little bit. Did you ever have COVID?

No, I think I'm the same. I'm knocking on this wood too. My friend Elvis got knocked on his ass by COVID-19. That's a shame. And he had it when he sat beside me at a TFC match. He almost, yeah. Because that was the weekend. Yeah, yeah. We went on a Friday.

We went to TFC. And you were in bed all Saturday. No, you didn't know it, obviously. Sunday. I was in bed all Sunday. Okay. For 14 days. It kicked my ass. So anybody You know, you didn't know it, obviously. Sunday. I was in bed all Sunday. Okay. For 14 days. It kicked my ass.

So anybody who says that they didn't have symptoms or was like, just three or four days. Yeah, sure. 14 full days for me. What would I do? I have too many episodes to record. I can't go down for 14 days. Yeah, people think I'm important at work, too. I'll shut down the internet if I'm offline for 14 days.

It's crazy. What would Mary Jo Eustace do? What would Mary Johnson do? Or whatever her name is. Molly Johnson. Whatever. Molly. Come on, man.

Respect. Respect Molly. Listen to this now. They're all fucking fans of Molly Johnson now. She's got the order of Canada. You're all on Mike's side. I'm the only one on Molly's side. So, Kevin, my friend, do you have a favorite episode of Trautermite?

I remember when it first came out, you had Ann Roszkowski on. Yeah, that was a great episode. It was a while ago, yeah. She came back for a sequel. Yeah. And the second one was good, too. Much like Terminator.

I like the first one. Second one might be better. Terminator 2 is way better than Terminator 1. I said it might be better. Yeah, it's not might, though. it's not might, it's definitely better Art is subjective shout out to Art Bergman is he here today? No, he's in Alberta

Kevin, love seeing your face anything, say anything we share a birthday you know what, I'm sad now not because you shared a birthday with me I've been wanting to say hi to you forever there was another FOTM who listened to every episode named Sean Hammond I'm sad now. That's me. Not because you shared a birthday with me. I've been wanting to say hi to you forever, but now I find it's fine. Okay. There was another FOTM who listened to every episode named Sean Hammond.

Not me. Okay? He's about 50, I'd say. Every single time my birthday came around, Sean Hammond would send me the tweet, Happy birthday, brother. We both celebrate today. June 27th, anyway. Yeah, absolutely. This past June, I didn't get the tweet, but I had a tweet from him about Tragically Hip two days prior. Okay. June 25th. Yeah, absolutely. This past June, I didn't get the tweet,

but I had a tweet from him about Tragically Hip two days prior. So June 25th. So what did you always like about having your birthday was the best part about that? Well, hold on. I've got to finish this sad story first. Come on. Come on. We're all sad right now.

Sean Hammond, the day before his birthday, the day before I would have got that tweet from this guy who listened to every episode of Toronto Mike. Passed away suddenly. Dropped dead, 50 years old. Healthy guy, hiking everywhere. It was like, man, I think I'm in good shape because I bike

everywhere. Brad Jones is at my doorstep. He's ready. Shout out to Ridley. I'm going to say, are you on Twitter? Yes, sir. What's your handle? Kevin Mahon.

Okay. I'm going to take a note. We DM each other once in a while. Yes, yes, of course. I'm going to make sure I wish you a happy birthday next year. You do, anyways. I was just going to say, what's cool about having a birthday at the end of June is school's out. School's out, birthday.

Yeah, I'm fine. I mean, you don't choose your birthday. Like, I'm fine with it. I like it in the summer because you can have an outdoor thing or whatever, a barbecue or whatever. My only thing is there's Father's Day. I've got the four kids. And there's my anniversary, which is June 15. And then there's my birthday.

So you've got these three things in a two-week span. Yeah, get it all. Like, three barbecuesues, like you just combine them. That's true. So it's like you sort of miss out there. So there I am complaining about my birthday. Can we talk about Howard's speech at your wedding again? Okay, so thank you, Kevin. I'm going to get somebody else in that seat here. So many people I still have to get to. VP, you want to sit down? Okay. Thanks, buddy. Thanks for coming. That means a lot to me that Kevin came out, man. That's a good guy right there. Is this the VP of sales that's coming up here?

This is VP of sales, but first, Perry, you and your, I actually am very impressed that you brought an old Toronto Star writer with you and I got a music for you. You're going to both come on after these two, okay? You'll come on, right, sir? This is exciting to me. This is exciting to me.

This is exciting to me. Anthony Petrucci, your family, the Petrucci family, owns and operates Palma Pasta. You, I heard we ran out of, like,

did we need to get more, like, vouchers or something? We did. We did. And you, you charged me double for those? Absolutely. What happened there?

It's gonna be on your tab. Dude, you fed us all. Like this room was full. This guy fed us all. Where's my son? You know what? My son is missing. Oh, Jarvis. He's busy

taking photos and drinking the rest of Burst. Did you give my son Fanta? He's got it. He's drinking it. It's going to be bouncing off the wall. Jarvis, who gave that to you? Silence is golden. It's not good for a podcast, though.

Anthony, so many things I want to say to you. One is thank you for fueling the real talk and sponsoring Toronto Mike. Thank you, Palma Pasta, for sponsoring. My pleasure. My pleasure. Palma Pasta, for sponsoring. My pleasure. My pleasure. Palma Pasta. Is this the end of our friendship now because I bought your kid a... Oh, you bought that?

Uh-oh. He told me you could have it. Uh-oh. He told me you could have it. I have four kids. Three of them are sweethearts, just so almost too obedient and just so wonderful. This guy tests everything. This guy got to keep my good eye on this guy.

Okay. Shout out to Jarvis. Jarvis, you want to do a duet with Blair Packham? He's coming up soon. Anthony Petrucci. So thank you for sponsoring. Thank you for hosting us today. We all had a great time and the food was delicious.

Although Elvis and I never got any pasta, right? I was asked. I wasn't asked. I i declined for now no one offered me any pasta yeah well you're working thank you you're welcome thank you anthony and uh humble's long gone because he said he had to leave you can't stay too long but uh you were the guy we used to chat on toronto mic about how uh elvis not elvis he was at that wedding by the the way, but Howard was hammered, and he made that speech where he got himself banned from the Philippines. Is that correct? Quite a speech, but the lead up to that was even better. Do you recall?

Do you want to share it with us? We catered Mike's wedding. I paid for it, by the way. I just want to point out. It took a little bit longer with service and everything. And one of the, I think, servers had broken her arm. So I had to go into the kitchen

and help serve the meal. And it was late getting to Humble's table. So Humble decided to come in and he decided to serve himself. So he grabs one plate and he starts grabbing. He goes around the table and he starts

serving and everybody's just standing there watching it. But he was wasted, right? He was drunk. He was drunk. So he does it a second time and I think one of the lead servers says to me, she goes, who was that guy? And I said, I don't know who he was. She goes, but he said your name. And I said,

well, I don't know. I introduced myself before. She goes, tell him. If he comes in here again, I'm going to cut his nuts off. That's a free vasectomy. So I'm praying that Humble's going to come in one more time. You should have called him in. Oh, my God. Howard, can you get in here?

I need you. And she was a handsome man, so I knew she would have roughed him up. She had biceps. I didn't know that story, but one of my few memories that I remember from that wedding was Anthony working. I was like, what the hell is going on with Mike

inviting people to his wedding and then putting them to work? Because I didn't put two and two together. I didn't actually know at the time that you were working. You know what it's like? I was like, why is Anthony serving? This doesn't make any sense one of them was down so i decided to step in and just go to the kitchen and that were and it was his not that i paid for him to serve but it was his food like he took his pride in it yes of course i came to appreciate it after but in the moment i'm like why is anthony doing i want to let the world know i love this guy anthony petrucci and i love palma pasta and if you want authentic italian

food everybody before you leave today as freddie p would say spread your cheeks and buy some palma pasta delicious dude thank you so much thank you guys thank you great room is this room going to be finished for next uh december it will be ready okay it's almost ready it will be ready. It's almost ready. It will be ready by next December. I got Blair Packham in the wings. So I need Perry Lefkoe to come on a mic. And I need Norris from the Toronto Star. But after I check in with the VP of Sales. I'll be quick. Yeah, you gotta be quick.

Yeah, yeah. Thank you, VP of Sales. I couldn't do this without you, man. Well, I think you could, but thank you. I probably would do better without you, actually. You know why? Eight, currently eight sponsors. Ask me how many VP of sales closed.

The same amount as it was last time I think we checked in. The same amount as you closed, Elvis. Listen, it's hard out there for a salesman. It's hard. And you are amazing. And I mean, you were going to drive me here. I was going to drive you here. Because Jarvis and Morgan have swimming,

and we're a one-car family, and Monica was going to take him to swimming, and you were going to get me here, Because Jarvis and Morgan had swimming. Yeah. And we're a one-car family. Yeah. And Monica was going to take him to swimming. And you were going to get me here. And then Morgan was under the weather. Yeah. So Monica stayed home with Morgan. Yeah.

And I took Jarvis and I could drive myself. These are the stories that keep people coming back. You got a puppy that you had to take to... This is the real talk. How is your dog doing? He's doing great. He was a superstar pupil at... How old is your dog?? He's doing great. He was a superstar pupil at Puppy Dog. How old is your dog?

He is four months old. He's a great... You have a puppy. Elvis apparently has a puppy. Yeah. Who is the other person with a puppy? Remind me. Joe.

No, James Edgar. James Edgar. James Edgar has a puppy. There's James Edgar. And Joe Louis has a puppy. Puppies everywhere. Everybody's having puppies. John, short for Jonathan.

Yeah. Or Jono, from Jono Vision. Could be Jono, yes. FOTM. VP of sales. I got to tag chat you up afterwards. We'll talk. We'll talk.

We have a toast thing to talk about. There's a toast situation. Yeah, there is a toast situation. There's a teaser. All right, I'm going to get out of here. You get out of here. Merry Christmas, everybody. Come on this side.

I'm going to boot this guy. You're a VIP. He's got his Toronto Star sweater on. Everyone, VP of sales. And then Stephanie Wilkinson and Brian Master and Mark Carey and then Blair Packham. It's going to be amazing. You should do a show

with that guy. VP of Sales, I do shows with him. We kicked out hip jams on the anniversary of Gord's passing. We do things. Hold on, I have a song for this. So while our special guest Norris puts on his headphones, I want to play a song. And I want you guys to watch my friend FOTM Perry Lefkoe's face

as I get this thing brewed up. Do you want me to start crying? Yes. That's the whole point. Watch Perry's eyes. By the way, now I've got Perry in stereo. I'm going to start crying. All right. We all paid to see some tears, Perry. This is a song from Napoleon Dynamite right at the end of the Tetherball scene, if you've ever seen it. And I know the guys who did the song, become very close friends with them.

When in Rome. Okay. That's the name of the guys who did the song, When in Rome. All right. Fun fact, I kicked it out actually at the last toast. Might be the last toast ever. Remind me to talk about that later. How you doing, Perry Lefkoe?

I'm doing fine. I just wish Stu was here, but he stopped doing his wrestling thing. He's in Georgia. I chatted with him last night, actually, on another matter, but he was supposed to send me audio to play, but he never sent it. So, I don't know. Dude, you and Stu Stone,

man, we've told the story a million times, but you had a relationship with a famous actor. Tell me about that actor who's no longer with us. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. But tell me about the name of his horse. This is the best. Do this. Like greatest hits.

Give me this one. And then introduce your friend. I'm afraid after this song, my mind's gone into a different place. I have no idea what you're talking about. Why does this song make you cry? Because I know the guys, right? What can I say, right? I love that film, Napoleon Dynamite. I know

the guys from Rusty, but when I hear misogyny, I don't cry. The word says it all, okay? By the way, thanks for having me on when the place was cleared out, okay? Anthony split. Norris and I live right around the corner from here we always go to palma pasta norris introduce norris this is norris mcdonald is my friend my

mentor and if you want to see me cry i'll cry right now do it i'm waiting i'm getting a moment i'm getting verklempt okay so anyway norris uh has played a big role in my career as a journalist specifically writing about the automotive industry, because he used to be the editor of the Wheel section, one of the most profound storytellers I've ever met. Where's my photographer? Get Norris. Moose! Moose! We need a picture of Norris on the mic.

This is a big deal. Norris, how are you doing, sir? How are you doing? I'm doing fine. And listen, congratulations. Great show. And a pleasure to be here today. Did he have to twist your arm to get you here?

Not really. He just heard there was free food. Not really. That always does it. He said, come, we'll have sandwiches. Yeah. What did you eat, by the way? What did you get?

As a matter of fact, I got a drink. Well, you're missing out, buddy. There's some nourishment down there. However, I'm delighted because I'm Dave Heppel. I've been listening and watching him for years. Oh, Mike Heppel? Mike Heppel. Sorry. It's great because Dave Schultz and Mike Heppel merge, and they become like a Oh, Mike Epple? Mike Epple, sorry.

It's great because Dave Schultz and Mike Epple merge and they become like a transformer, Dave Epple. And I worked with Dave Schultz. Okay, at the Globe. At the Globe and Mail, you know. He was there forever. When they said, okay, guys, we're going to have involuntary buyouts,

he leapt six feet in the air. He had never had such energy. He was very excited. Since you were the editor of Wheels, is that what it was? Yeah. Wow. What's your favorite car? What's your... My personal favorite? Yes, if you could have any car right now.

Chevrolet Corvette. What year? Oh. But there's a new one just out. And so consequently we're looking at 2022. Oh, really? 2023, yeah. Gotcha.

Everybody says Lamborghini and Ferrari and all the rest, but give me good North American iron, you know. And color. Do you have a favorite color? Red. Yeah, it's got to be red, right? By the way, Toronto star writer Ben Rayner just walked in right now. And for a minute, I thought Ed Vedder was here.

Just for a minute. Ed Vedder. First of all, you know it was 12 to 3, right? This guy walks in at 2.51. We're still getting the full Blair Packham. Norris, thank you for being here, buddy. You're now an FOTM. You're a friend of Toronto Mike.

Well, thank you very much. And I hate to say it, I've been dominating this. No, no, no. We've never heard from you before, and I've heard way too much Lefkoe. Lefkoe. I'm always happy to put over Norris. As they say in wrestling, great guy.

Who's the guy from the Partridge family? Who am I forgetting his name? What's his name? I believe it's David Cassidy. David Cassidy. I knew that, by the way. Way to go, man. David Cassidy had a horse,

and you said, David, you should name it Peter the Gross. That's right. That's a true story. That's right. David Cassidy, everybody, had a horse named Peter the Gross because of this gentleman to my left.

Sometimes I get a sweet in the... Wait, is that a song by David Cassidy or is it a shout-out? No, man, I think that's a great story. And you're a great guy. Every time my phone rings, I see it's Perry Lefkoe. I know I'm in for a treat. Even though your brother told me... Listen, your brother said...

By the way, Ben Rayner, I'm Elliot Lefkoe's brother. Elliot Lefkoe's brother. Okay, there you go. Elliot Lefkoe told me, he goes, Mike, I love the show. He gave it five stars on Apple. He says, I'm not going to do the show. Okay, I love the show. I have a million great stories, but I'm not going to do the show.

So maybe at a Hanukkah party, whatever's going on in the Lefkoe family, can you find out what that's about? He's saving it for his book. Sorry, buddy. Okay? And I'm writing it. Perry, your brother's got a shitty name. Oh, Uranet, you won the name game for sure.

Love it. To be clear, I am surrounded by Perrys right now. By the way, can I plug my podcast or is that not allowed? Does it involve anyone who might be related in any way to my co-host for Hebsey on Sports, Mark Hebbshire.

Might be. Anyway, I do a podcast with Jim Taddy every Saturday, usually at noon. Now it's at 5 o'clock today. Yes Guy show. Very proud of it. We recently celebrated our 100th anniversary. And Stu Stone's been on there. I'm sorry?

Stu Stone has been on your show. Stu can be on there for as many times as he wants. Yes, he has. Is there a second part to this question. Yes, he has. Is there a second part to this question? Yeah, I think it's neat that I co-host a show with Mark Hebbshire. You co-host a show with Jim Taddy. Imagine

we combine the shows. We have a sports line reunion. A tag team match. Yes, we could do something like that. Let's do it, buddy. I'm not the one who runs the show. I'm just a sidekick, okay? In the passenger seat. I've been working on that far too long,

but a few final guests before the great Blair Packham is going to come on, catch up, and perform for us, which is amazing. But thank you, Perry Lefkoe, man. You're a good FOTM. Love it. And thank you for bringing Norris, great Toronto star writer.

I love your sweater, buddy. I was going to say, I always take the opportunity to plug the product. Love it. And again, might be triggering my friend Ben Rayner here, Ben, but we're going

to get you on in a minute, Ben. You walked here or biked? From poor credit. Okay, this gentleman walked here. That's why he showed up fashionably late. So thank you, because I want to get Stephanie Wilkinson and Mark Carey on. You don't mind, right? Stephanie Wilkinson is going to come on. She's an OG.

Thank you guys so much. Norris, that's amazing to hear from you. And Perry, stick around afterwards. We'll chat. Remember, you're a sweetheart. Ciao. Alright, thanks, man. Ciao, Bella. Take off your... Thanks, man. We'll chat. Remember, you're a sweetheart. Ciao. All right. Thanks, man. Ciao, Bella. Take off your... Thanks, man.

Amazing. Amazing. See, we got to get the final people on so we can get to Blair. I enjoyed the spice from Perry today. That was good. He's a little spicy. He always brings the heat. He always brings the heat.

Hey, Mark Carey, you're coming on? Yeah. You don't want to? Yes or no? Get over here. Quickly. Just say hi. Hi. Come on. Your daughter wants to hear you on the Yeah. You don't want to? Yes or no? Shh. Get over here. Quickly. Just say hi. Come on. Your daughter wants to hear you on the radio. We won't tell her. Stephanie Wilkinson, always a pleasure to see you. You're like literally like Ontario Blue Jays is down the street from here, right? Right. Just around the corner. And was there an event there? Yes. Was it more important than this event?

This morning we did the shoebox project, so we put together just over 200 boxes that will be donated to the shoebox project and to local homeless shelters. Well, that is more important. That's amazing. So congratulations to what you're doing there at Ontario Blue Jays. David Quinton Steinberg is here.

Wow. Okay. Amazing. Do you want to shout out any major leaguers? Like, are you allowed to do this? If you're not, tell me. But can you shout out any major leaguers that have been through the facilities

at Ontario Blue Jays? Like, you don't have to. Wink if you can't do it. I feel like... I wish there was video for this. Because there are major league baseball players that we all root for that you've seen at your facilities.

Yeah, well, Zach Popp is... Zach Popp! Let's bury the lead here. Keep going. Yeah, he's doing his off-season stuff with us right now, and we haven't seen... Well, I'm getting there. She's getting...

Moose Grumpy's very demanding. She wants to hear what the Guardians... Jordan Romano, he's... Jordan Romano, Jordan Romano. But only the Toronto Blue Jays close her. Yeah. He will likely turn up at some point this winter. Josh Naylor.

That's a big name, Josh Naylor. Bo Naylor. Yeah. Bo Naylor. You hear these names? Seriously. Elvis's son is a big baseball player. Huge.

Modeled after Bo Bichette. Right? Yes. He loves Bo Bobachette. Right? Yes, he loves Bobachette. The funny, the story about Romano in the East End is that he was cut

from the Whitby baseball team and everyone likes to trash Whitby baseball because they cut Romano when he was like a third baseman or something as a kid. Well, Michael Jordan

got cut too, so absolutely. Okay, Steffi, I mean, that's a lot of big names you already dropped, but you are an OG. Before there was a podcast you were a supporter of the blog and you were a big i know a big humble and fred fan i'd see you at those events and you got to catch up with those guys

earlier today were you here in time okay good good good good good good good good good love having you here one of the broad squad members we should should take a moment really quickly to just remember a couple. I almost feel like I could cry talking about it, actually. We did lose a couple of members. So Sheila Kadisiewicz we lost, and then we also lost Becky Dinwoody. So no, just we miss them. They were key members of the family that we lost. Definitely.

And you were particularly close with Sheila, right? You and Lieve Fumke and Moose Company? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I am sorry for your loss, because we miss Sheila Knisiewicz. I could tell because I could feel the tears coming on. You can't fake that. That's a real deal there. Okay.

So thank you, Stephanie Wilkinson. Always amazing to have you here. And your support means so much. And you brought the cupcakes at TMLXX, which was just awesome. Awesome. You're awesome. But Brian Master is going to take that seat. Brian is going to sit there.

That was kind of heavy, but is it bad for me? I know, because I had to stop the tears. Should I say shout out to Ridley if you don't want to? See, I purposely didn't. You know, my instinct was to do do that and then I said no. Yeah, so I just did what you... You can be the... I'll do that. The bad cop. I can be the good cop.

Mark Carey, did you run here today? This place is so far. Well, where are you coming from? I feel like I'm in Oakville. This guy came from North Oshawa. Can people even get the signal for the podcast this far out? Do they have internet here? You mean?

You brought the whole family, so let's shout them out here. Heidi behind the Great Lakes. You're not drinking any, are you? No. No. She's the same age as Jarvis. Jarvis? Hot blonde over there.

Wow. For Jarvis, not for me. Shout out your family that are in attendance here today. Max. Max, nice hair. Speaking of Beau Bichette, he's got good flow. Okay, and what's your daughter's name? Mia.

Okay, Jarvis wants a phone number, I think. And your wife is here, too? Michelle, yeah. Get closer to that mic, Mr. Carey. Come on, we wants a phone number, I think. And your wife is here, too? Michelle? Get closer to that mic, Mr. Kerry. Come on. We don't want to miss a minute. I think she's downstairs. Okay, she's shopping. Okay, thanks for coming, buddy. Any big, like, I know I talked about this on the podcast, but if people missed it,

you did a race which was 100 miles, not kilometers, guys, miles, and it wasn't like a flat surface where you're running 100 miles. It was a trail with ups and downs. And to me, I don't think I could do it. But you did that, man. Yeah, I mean, this year I did two of those.

And the most recent one was in Quebec in the mountains south of Montreal. And yeah, it took me 32 hours. So wait, wait, slow down. Did you sleep? No. So I don't think I could even be awake 32 hours. Caffeine.

I need to know this. Not only are you going to run 100 miles and it's going to be a tough 100 mile run but you're not going to sleep. At the end of this race, are you like a poo, like a hummingbird? What's going on? I finished it at

noon or 1pm.m and i thought well i'm gonna try to stay up until the night yeah like when you do a flight yeah when you do a flight like yeah but uh like 5 p.m i'm like i'm just shaking i can't do this so i i slept for an hour and this isn't dangerous yeah that hour went by in like three minutes but max are you worried about this like I feel like that's a risk. I would be scared. You're gonna like I don't know, die? No? It's not risky? Shout out to Ridley Kuehler.

Like should I make a call to Brad? I'm gonna get you a discount. Max, I'm gonna get you a discount, okay? Tell your mom I got a discount for that. He doesn't need the discount when he's dead. It's fine. His family does. That's why you never give the discount. No, Ridley doesn't give the discount when he's dead it's fine his family does that's why you never give the discount no ridley doesn't give the discount so for those who don't know mark carey is an fotm he came on to talk about a run he did around the city of

toronto to raise money for red cross during the pandemic so thank you for doing that and then i saw that and i said oh that's cool but i can't run around the city can i bike around the city and then you said let's do a bike run around the city. Can I bike around the city? And then you said, let's do a bike ride around the city, like the perimeter, which is what, 135 kilometers or something like that? Approximately, yeah. And we did that, right? Yeah. It's a slightly modified route to the run because we ran along the beaches and that doesn't really work.

Right, you can't bike on a beach. But it was almost the same and, yeah, it was good fun, except for Steeles. Yeah, Steeles is tough. I lost you on Steeles. You're a better runner, but I'm a better biker. So amazing. And did you guys get your pasta? Did everybody get a free pasta?

I had the pizza. And I have to tell you, it reminds me of the pizza from a place called La Stazione. Oh, okay. Wow. That's a deep cut right there. Shout out to the professor. And Deemer, I feel like. And Linda with two Ds.

All this is super inside stuff. No one knows what you're talking about. I know, but I do, and I appreciate it. We go way back, me and this guy. We go back to the 90s, okay? It smells like sour and all that. But dude, thanks for coming. I've got to get one more guy in your chair. And if you stick around, I'll be done in a minute.

We're going to have some amazing Blair Packham to take us home but thanks for sticking around thanks for being here it's great to see you in the family and make sure I say hi to your daughter your daughter is over there hiding behind the beer but your wife Michelle before you go by the way Juan did you want to come on a mic

you sure okay this is it guys who is here who did not knock it on a microphone and wants on the mic? Anybody? Okay. So that means it's time. I'm going to check in with the great Brian Master, but we're going to have Blair Packham.

Dave, maybe once, okay, one of you can get comfy here. Maybe David gets here. And then let me chat up Brian Master. Do you remember Brian Master from Chum FM? Yes, okay, I'll find out more when you get on the mic. So David Quinton Steinberg from the Mods. Do you know who's on my show this week? Who?

Doug McClemon. Oh, we love Doug. Oh, he was. He's coming on, like, Wednesday. Yeah, he still hasn't come on yet. He's on Wednesday. So you made the arrangement. Or Ben Rayner. Of course. Ben Waltz in here. So Ben, you're going to jump on

after Brian Master. We're going to make Blair wait. Blair came here with a guitar. He's going to take us home. He's like, Mike, you told me we're going to be done at 3. I just looked at the clock. It's 3.03. I can only do so much, Mike. I'm trying. I didn't know so many people would come up. I can only do so much.

So let's talk to Brian. Brian, how's life, buddy? Great. How are your Seahawks doing? They're doing well. I think they're second in their division. The new quarterback, Geno Smith, is terrific. What happened to the old quarterback?

Yeah, what did happen to Russell Wilson? Must have been the altitude in Denver. Yeah, that did not work out, right? No, it's not working out But anyway one of the best things I mean the Seahawks have They've gelled this team has gelled But the best thing is Pete Carroll is at the helm still

Yeah he's great So I just need to do full disclosure here Because I want to find out about what's going on In your professional life But I need to let people know That Sammy Cohn is not only like my friend to my left, he's not only a rock and roll drummer

with the Watchmen, but he's drumming up results also as a real estate agent. So, if anyone, and again, Brian Master, also a great real estate agent and one-time sponsor of the program, but Sammy Cohn will take any real estate questions at Sammy.Cohn,

K-O-H-N.ProperlyHomes.ca. And how are you doing? Like, you left radio after 50 years to focus on your career as a real estate agent. How's that going for you, Brian Master? It's going well. I'm with Zocasa, Team Zocasa. We got bought by EXP Realty a couple months ago. And all the training and all the opportunities

are just terrific. The market is really interesting right now, as any realtor will attest to. And lots of information coming down the pipe next week because the Bank of Canada is going to announce their final rate for the year, whatever that may be. But, you know, nobody knows what's going to happen. However, if you have the wherewithal, it's a great time to buy a house. Do you miss radio?

I do sometimes, yeah. I miss the people. However, if you have the wherewithal, it's a great time to buy a house. Do you miss radio? I do sometimes, yeah. I miss the people. Especially, I was talking to Greg earlier on. Is it Greg or Craig? Craig. And he used to listen to me when I was at Sehow in Welland. Okay.

A long time ago. And that was the time. Imagine this concept. You put a station together. First of all, you get a great transmitter, a great site. You come up with a format, and you hire people. You hire them for their personality and their wherewithal with either talking or musical knowledge. Yeah.

And you set them free. But you have a live shift, four-hour shifts around the clock, live 24 hours a day. What a concept. Okay, I had Larry McInnes on the show last week. Do you know Larry? Very much. For very well, I should say. He talked about what it was like at 1050 Chum and Chum FM and everything. Yeah, it was heady.

What happened then? I have to ask. Is it just the cable companies got in the way? What's going on? You can speculate until the cows come home, but basically I think somebody saw, wow, there's a cash cow here. We've got to exploit it, but we'll exploit it our way. Yeah, we need to try.

Formats came in, pigeonholing music. I mean, I remember at Chum FM in the early days, like in the 70s, early 70s, you'd play Moody Blues, and then you'd do a book review. And then you'd play, I don't know, Beethoven's Fifth and then you'd play Bill Haley and the Comets. It was all... Free format. Yeah, but then when it got formatted and niched, then the numbers come up

and anyway, I don't miss the rigmarole. I'm disgusted by the way big companies treat people that supposedly work for them and help them get where they are. But that's a whole other story. It just felt like back in the day when you could talk to Mr. Waters or whatever. You could have a conversation with the owner,

where today you're literally a number in this huge conglomerate with multi-divisions. You can't go in the corner office and chat up the owner of Chum FM today. Can I tell you a quick story? Of course. I had left Chum FM to go to Q107. And my girlfriend and I at the time, we were at Big Learty's restaurant just a few days before Christmas. And Mr. Waters, his wife Marge, and the kids were there having dinner.

Yeah. And I went over to say hello and wish them a Merry Christmas. And he looked at me and said, Brian, where were you today? And I said, I was, you know, I'm not there anymore. I'm not at Chum FM. He said, I don't know, but I know you're not there, but where were you today? And I said, I was, you know, I'm not there anymore. I'm not a Chum family. He said, I don't know, but I know you're not there, but where were you today? Today's the day I have drinks in my office, Christmas drinks, and I expected you to be there. Wow. And I said, and I said, but I'm, I quit. And he said, look, even though you quit and gone somewhere else,

you'll still be a member. You're still a member of the Chum family. And that really, yeah, it's just a different, yeah, big difference. Anyway, how's the podcast business? Oh, man, going great. You kidding me? This turnout for TMLX11, it just blew my mind. Fabulous. My buddy Elvis at the helm here. When Brian Master makes the trek, dude, just happy to see you. Oh, good to see you, too.

And you're in Mimico, so I feel like I'm biking these trails. Why don't I see more Brian Master? Now that things are opening up, come on back. We'll go to the Birds and Beans again. Love to. Love Birds and Beans. Absolutely. So thanks for being there.

I'm going to get Ben Rayner on, speaking of great musical things, because I realize I'm over time here. But thank you, Brian Master, everybody. Thank you, Mike Boone. The legend, Brian Master. Thank you. Man, I love your photos, too.

Share as many photos as you can. You get these great rockers, and there's Brian with his long hair. Back when he had darker hair. Yeah, long curly hair. Thanks. Man, he's amazing. So, Ben, you get on here, because I want to...

Blair is our closer, man. You know what? Coffee is for closers only, Blair. You know that, right? Ben Rayner. I apologize. And by the way, David Quinton Steinberg, if you have any questions for the great Ben Rayner,

who I know you're very familiar with, but I feel like, do you guys know each other? We don't know each other. We don't. Have a moment to get the answer. We know of each other, I think. But Ben would probably know. Well, it depends how long you've been around.

But I was in the mods. I played with Stiv Bader's and the Dead Boys. I played in New York and L.A. I played with the J Bader's and the Dead Boys. I played in New York and LA. I played with the Jitters. I listened to a lot of Dead Boys. I played with the Jitters. I played with Strange Advance. The Jitters? I never heard of the Jitters. Did you say the Jitters? I played with the Jitters twice.

They fired me twice. But yeah, I played with Stiv for two and a half years. Well, I'm pleased to meet you. And I do apologize for waltzing in. I'd given up. I miscalculated my walk. Yeah, you did. You're lucky I'm still recording. You're lucky I'm just terrible at time management

because no one left behind. If there's an FOTM who wants on the mic and they're not on, I'm going to just go as long as it takes. You know what? At Great Lakes, we have a hard deadline. There's a license that expires at 9pm or something. Not here. What's Anthony going to do? He's going to call police and get me out of here like i'm gonna just go okay because i want to talk more to david i want to get blair on but here you are

you're the anti-penultimate guest on this tmlx11 it's an honor here's the big question how the hell are you doing i'm good i'm actually like i I've had to confront the fact that I'm very happy recently, and then I'm not. Well, that's terrible news. Yeah, I know. Though I've had, like, a couple of weird ecstatic moments where I'm just, like, sitting on a lake in the woods going, am I happy? And then I feel

guilty about it, because I wasn't happy for a long time, but lately I've found a pretty good balance. Do you feel guilty for being happy? Well, I'm from England, so that I've found a pretty good balance. Do you feel guilty for being happy? Well, I'm from England, so that's like bred into us. It's like, you know, you're supposed to be happy. I know, but I feel like it's so...

I didn't realize... By the way, it was awesome to see Norris, but I didn't realize how miserable I'd gotten at the end of my tenure at the Star, the Toronto Star, Just because things were changing and my job was ending and stuff. Yeah.

And now that I've found a way to stay connected to music and still write and do other stuff, and I've realized that I don't have to do one thing and have my daughter... Does your voice start deeper? Yes. Tell me about your daughter.

No, no. It was like a month. Today's December 3rd. She'll be six on January 3rd. It's like, so I've got this weird thing where I work in a record shop for like a few days a week. I write.

I hang out with my kids. Yeah. And I go to shows because I want to go to shows instead of because Imagine Dragons is playing and I want to jump in front of a bus. That sounds like hell. No, no.

It's like, no, and I... I think Elvis is a big Imagine Dragons fan. Sorry, Elvis. Sorry. Hey, Ben, Ben, I have a question. When you work in the record shop, do you get all judgy about what people are buying? Oh, I'm totally that guy.

Like High Fidelity? Yeah, exactly. I love High Fidelity, the book. No, I'm... I'm approachable. So hearing you now, like catching up with you, which by the way reminds me, you need to come over to the TMDS studio

for another jam-kicking catch-up, like a longer one, because we don't have enough time today. I sent you a text. Did you? When I said I'm not going to make it. Oh, I haven't checked the phone in a long time. I forgot about the QEW.

Several hours, actually. Yeah. But you're here, and the fact that you might actually be happy, I could cry with tears of joy right now. This is such a, how far you've come from that descent that you described in your first visit to my backyard.

You were actually the first person I publicly told about that grave descent. In fact, I was at the locus of that descent today on my walk up, and I think maybe that was part of closing a loop. But I will come over to your place

and hang out in the backyard anytime. I got the Great Lakes. But yeah, I just appreciate what you do, Mike. You're a great interviewer. And when I totally got turned around and forgot about the frigging expressway and had to backtrack on my long walk. Wow, I've got to check these texts out here.

What's going on? But when I was like, oh, I'm at Palma Fosta, I'll walk in, even though it's 12 minutes to the hour. You're like, I know he said we shut down at 3, but he's a known liar. Let's try this. Because I could not not come say hi, because you're a known liar. Let's try this. I could not not come say hi because you're a good egg.

Okay, well, when I wrap up, I want to hear some beautiful music from Blair Packham to take us home. I can't wait for this. Stick around for that, Ben, and then we'll catch up after when I'm tearing down this shit. Ben Rayner, everybody,

who might be happy. This is breaking news. For a minute, I thought, like I had Chuck D on the show. I said, did I just get Eddie Vedder too? Like that's the, I'm finished. I'm just excited that, I'm excited there was another Imagine Dragons fan

in the crowd. So exciting. I don't think you heard him correctly. Okay, so now we need the great Blair Packham because there's no one left, right? No man left behind or woman or any. Do I stay for this? I stay up here? Yeah. Really yeah really why wouldn't you i don't know there's four mics okay why would i kick you out now i would have kicked you out a long time ago right you should have

so we're gonna have on the mic david because you're gonna play drums okay yeah he's got drums okay this is happening everybody this is how do you want to do it you need to stand oh al grego This is the gentleman I hired to take care of my audio. Al Grego. Host of the Prado stand. There's some D-gens in the crowd. At least one

Dutch-loving D-gen. David's so far away. Well, your mics are... The timing will be okay? yeah do you want me to lean back or something take over blair you know the show blair packham everybody he was with the jitters he was on q107 he's a great fotm who does a wonderful impression of mark weisblatt maybe you should give us a little of that i I'm disappointed your driver's not here

because I was going to connect her. So I'm actually going to recede into the background, which is a term I attribute to you. You can say anything and then David's your man and I'm going to lean back a little bit. Jesse Brown. More. David's your man and I'm going to lean back a pelvis Jesse Brown More Whoever was wearing these headphones has a very big head Okay I'm going to wear

David's wearing headphones Toronto Mike Should we do just one song Give me your best Because we're over time I wanted to be somewhere at 3.30 And here I am at 3.16, everybody. But there's still people,

I believe there's, there are still people in the room who haven't been up here, Mike, before I play. Who? I don't know. Oh, Jarvis. Yeah, exactly.

Jarvis, do you want to jump on this mic and just say hi to everybody? Because you did a great job. Quickly. I was kidding, but okay. So get right in front of that. Okay, I know you don't have headphones, but you can hear my voice, right? So get right in front of that, okay? I know you don't have headphones, but you can hear my voice, right? So get right in front.

How you doing, Jarvis? Good. You're my third born, right? Yeah. We better get the other kids in here before I play. Last moment here. Thank you so much. Did you take some photos?

How many photos? You don't have to know. Stay on the mic. How many pictures approximately? You don't have to give me a real number. Like, I haven't took much. How many? Like, 29, maybe?

29 photos, exactly. Okay, shout out to Jesse Barfield. How many of those, uh... You played a video game? Was it distracting you? Was it so bad? You had a good time the last three hours? Well, uh...

There was another six... There was another eight-year-old in the room, by the way. Just so you know. So, say happy holidays, Merry Christmas-year-old in the room, by the way. Just so you know. So, say happy holidays, Merry Christmas, everybody. I'm low-brattery, so I can't take any more pictures. Oh, that's right. Okay. Yeah, I know.

Your mommy was going to take the pictures, and then she had to stay home. But you filled in, and thank you for being my right-hand man. I love you, buddy. I love you, too. Okay. Okay. All right. David's got a sticker there man. I love you, buddy. I love you, too. Okay. Okay.

All right. David's got a sticker there. That was Jarvis, everybody. Now, I will now recede into the background. Jarvis, there's a whole busload of people out there you could get on the mic before. Like, why push things? Why rush? You know?

The floor is yours, Mr. Packham. Take it away. I've only been waiting for about an hour, but okay. Yeah. All right. All right. I'm going to been waiting for about an hour, but okay. All right. All right, I'm going to play the expected song. No, you're not playing one either. You're playing eight. Yeah, that's true.

I've got eight or nine. And the doors are locked. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. This is my friend David Steinberg, who can get you out of any legal trouble. He's a lawyer who also plays the drums very well. Oh, but the reason we're here is to raise funds to buy him more drums,

because he's only got the one. I can only imagine. No, you've got to do that, but then when you come around on the toms, you hit the one drum for real and then pass by. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Okay. All right, here we go. Okay. Alright, here we go. Alright, thank you

Toronto Mike. Mike. Thank you Toronto Mike. Toronto. Toronto. Alright. I've been a fool Played it dumb I should have played it smart Used my head but not my heart I must have been

Crazy played it hot I should have played it cool Now I'm not my head but not my heart I must have been crazy played it hot I should have played it cool Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools Oh, everybody said you were an easy mark It was a cinch to catch your eye Just a matter of getting your attention And acting suggestive and not being coy or shy. I've been a fool, played it dumb.

I should have played it smart. Used my head but not my heart. I must have been crazy, played it hot. I should have played it cool. Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools. Yeah, when I was alone and I would think of you, I always knew what I would say. But whenever I'd see you, I'd shiver or say something silly

or just look the other way. And instead of even trying, I'd just shut up and look for an excuse to say goodbye I've been a fool played it dumb I should have played it smart use Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools. Oh yeah. I didn't understand what was wrong with me. Didn't understand what was making me shy. I knew I had to choose.

I didn't want to lose. But how can I win when I'm too scared to try? All my friends said I should call you up, you'd be sure to see the light. Just a matter of picking up the phone book and looking up the number and calling you up that night. But instead of trying harder, I just choked up and hung up the receiver when you said hi. I've been a fool, played it dumb, should have played it smart, used my head but not my heart. I must have been crazy, played it hot, I should have played it cool, now I'm just the last

of the red hot, fuck, fuck, should have played it cool Now I'm just the last of the red hot fu-fu-fools Played it dumb, I should have played it smart Used my head but not my heart I must have been crazy Played it hot, I should have played it cool Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools. Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools. Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools. Wow. Wow. Blair Packham, everybody, with David Quinton Steinberg on drums.

Amazing. Wow, what a way to take us home. Do we have a moment before I play Lois to the Low? Who I'm going to see tonight. Catch up with you. So maybe you take the green cabled microphone and pass the blue one to Elvis. Or you take that away. Okay.

We're getting organized here. That was amazing. I loved it so much, man. You played TMLXX and now you played TMLX11. It's hard to get rid of me. You're the best. Who'd want to get rid of Blair Packham? Love this guy. Amazing. I saw a few hands.

Wait, Ian, do you got to go? Oh, man. Thanks a lot, Ian. Thank you. We'll talk because I actually have a bigger plan for us. Okay. I've got big plans for Ian's service tonight. Okay. It's Ian, isn't it?

It's Ian's service. Ian Ziering and Tori Spelling. Oh, remind me to tell you that Tori Spelling's there. Oh, boy. So how are you? Not anybody else. Just Elvis. Okay.

We're wrapping up here in two minutes here with Blair. How are things going for you? Things are great. Things are terrific. I'm still playing every Wednesday night downtown Toronto on the Danforth, and I'd love it if you'd come out and say hi. It's free, and it's easy, and it's early for people like me. It goes from 7 till 9.

So, Ben Rayner, you should come out. It'll be fun. Ben, this guy. It's at Sauce on the Danforth, which is between Greenwood and Coxwell on the north side of Danforth. So it's a four-hour walk. You're good. It's easy.

I love how Ben walks everywhere. I think that's cool. There you go. You can get there for the beginning of my set, start walking, and be home by the time I'm done. Amazing. Blair and David, how are you doing, buddy? I'm good, man.

It was a very interesting week. What happened? As an entertainment lawyer. Well, I'm working on this film right now. This just came into my mind because I thought you'd get a kick out of this. Yeah. Rebel Wilson is the star.

Sure. Australian, right? And we're just doing her deal and her agent said to me, if you can get the contract over to us like ASAP, Rebel would like to review it on the plane going back to Australia. And I said, really? She's going to review her

own deal? And he said, yes, she's an attorney. Wow, I didn't know that. Neither did I. Wow. Okay, you're really hobnobbing with, you know, I just hang around Tori Spelling in the gang, but you're hobnobbing with the rich and famous. Dude, I'm huge. You know that.

He might have, that might have been the biggest name drop, I think, of all the names. Oh, no, no. Michael Wilson? Yeah, David can go way higher than that. How's Alex Lifeson for you? He drums on the new Envy of None. He wasn't here. I'm talking about the people who are on the microphone today

of the names that got dropped... So Elvis, if you listen to Toronto Mic'd, there are multiple episodes of David Quinton Steinberg on. In fact, on that note, before I play this out, we need to schedule another Blair Packham David Quinton Steinberg. I need more lasagna. I need more

lasagna. He hasn't eaten since... If only we were at a place that had more Palma Pasta lasagna. I haven't eaten since If only we were at a place that had more Palma pasta lasagna. I haven't eaten since the last time I appeared. Okay, well, yes. We're all going to eat here after I stop recording this episode because I am starving. I haven't eaten since breakfast.

I've had two beers. Eat your arm. You've been working out? It's not my arm. Those aren't pillows. Shout out to the late great John Kennedy. You would love the that's an episode you. Those aren't pillows. Shout out to the late, great John Candy. You would love the, you know, that's an episode you're going to listen to. The Thomas, I had the two Thomas brothers on. You'll love it.

Dave Thomas and Ian Thomas. Oh, John Candy. Shout out to Ridley Fino Holmes. Yeah. We lost him far too soon. I want to thank everybody who actually stuck around because we're over three hours deep now. Thank you guys for coming to TMLX

11. Oh my god. Look at that. Three and a half hours deep. Look at the crowd. Seriously, I think that this crowd right now is bigger than the entire crowd last time we were here. And better. Well, we were downstairs, so it's hard to tell. There were customers and there were FOTM.

I'm trying to give you a compliment. Okay, thank you. It was a good thing. Maybe the Toronto Star article put me over the top. Did you know about this? It was the Toronto Star article? Somebody sent Elvis the Toronto Star article. Oh, no.

About you? I think someone sent that to me. And that! That brings us to the end of our 1,100. Does anyone know what number this was? This is our 64th show. Woo! You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike.

Elvis is only on LinkedIn, and he's not under Elvis either. Do you want to disclose? No, I'm not on anything. He's incognito. I'm not on anything. He's not on anything. either. Do you want to disclose? He's incognito. He's not on anything. Our friends at Great Lakes Brewery are at Great Lakes Beer. Palma Pasta is at

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Canna Cabana are at Canna Cabana underscore. And Sammy Cone Real Estate is at Sammy Cone, K-O-H-N. See you all Monday when my special guest is Ray Don Chong. Maybe the one who doesn't realize There's a thousand shades of gray Cause I know that's true Yes I do I know it's true Yeah I know it's true

How about you? Are they picking up trash And they're putting down ropes? And they're brokering stocks The class struggle explodes Put down. Stocks to class. Struggle explodes. And I'll play this. The best that I can. Maybe I'm not.

And maybe I am. But who gives a damn. Because everything. Is coming up. Rosy and gray., the wind is cold But the smell of snow Warms me today And your smile is fine

And it's just like mine And it won't go away Because everything is rosy and gray Well, I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain And I've kissed you in places I better not name And I've seen the sun go down on Chaclacour But I like it much better Going down on you

Yeah, you know that's true Because everything is coming up Rosy and green Yeah, the wind is cold But the smell of snow Warms us today And your smile is fine And it's just like mine

and it won't go away cause everything is rosy now everything is rosy and everything is rosy and great yeah guitar solo