Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - #TMLXX: Toronto Mike'd #1105

Episode Date: September 2, 2022

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Today was TMLXX. That's the 10th Toronto Mic'd listener experience, celebrating 10 years of Toronto Mic'd. I say today because as I record, it's 11.54 p.m. I literally just arrived home, and I'm recording this intro because I have the feed. I'd say the raw feed from the board at TMLXX. Which took place on September 1st from 6 to 9 p.m. At Great Lakes Brewery.

It was an amazing night. And it sounded great if you were there. And thank you to, I think we counted 100 unique FOTMs. Who made an appearance at TMLXX. But I plugged my board into the feed. If you will, I want to thank the great Al Grego for his help with the audio. Like I said, if you were at the event tonight, it sounded amazing and it was an amazing night. Even Mother Nature cooperated. Amazing night. Even Mother Nature cooperated.

But this audio you're going to hear, which is the raw feed from the night, isn't awesome. It's not what you're used to. They weren't my mics. There were three mics and there was a bit of an echo effect as it picked up multiple feeds. And well, what you hear is what you get.

And if it's not up to your standards i won't judge you for skipping but it was such an amazing night i wanted to keep a uh you know audio archive of what went down tonight because it really touched my soul it was perfect but it won't sound perfect. You'll know what I mean in a moment, but I want to thank Cam and Stu for judging the Mind Blow competition, which you'll hear about a half an hour into this recording. I want to thank Meredith Lizowski for getting things started with a wonderful song. I want to thank Rob Pruce for bringing his keyboards

and for just entertaining the shit out of us. Like, wow. Thank you, Rob. I want to thank Blair Packham. Amazing. Great stories. Great music. And

special guest Danny Graves who sang a few jams to take us home. Oh my God, lead singer of The Watchmen. Dream come true. Magic night. I wish this audio turned out better than it did.

But this is what I got when I got home and took a listen. So you can hear what I have. And again, I apologize for the potato quality of this recording of our wonderful live event

at TMLXX. Morgan, who are you looking for? He's right there with your mommy. Don't be late for soccer. Mark Carey has arrived. Okay, get a beer. Great Lakes, thank you for the beer.

Get some pasta. Paul, good to see you, buddy. Where's the Just Like Moms sweater? Okay, well, I expected to see it. Please go and get it. Does that mean Broccoli is here? Oh, my goodness. Sunshine and Broccoli's own Broccoli. Nice to see you, buddy.

Nice to see you, buddy. Goodness, sunshine in broccoli zone, broccoli. Nice to see you, buddy. Welcome, everybody, to the 10th TMLX event. This is TMLXX. Man, what amazing weather we've got. I don't fret about what I can't control, but this is amazing. What a perfect night. And look at all these people. There, Peter Gross is eating his palma pasta. Nice to see you, Peter. You know, Mike Epple is at a table a couple back there. Yeah,

he's back there. Two tables behind you, Mr. Epple. Okay, I'm going to open up with a few fun facts, and then Meredith Lizowski is going to play a song for us to open things up. And then we're going to give way to Rob Pruce. So let me give you a few fun facts. This week marks the 10th anniversary of Toronto Mike. It's been 10 years of Toronto Mike, so thank you all for listening. This here is our fifth TMLX event at Great Lakes Brewery, so a big thank you to Great Lakes for hosting and for buying us all our first beer. Make sure you get your first beer from

this handsome gentleman over here. He'll take care of you. This is the third time that Palma Pasta has fed all of us at a TMLX event. And I have some exciting news that TMLX11 is going to be at Palma's Kitchen on December 3rd at high noon. Is Canada Kev here? I was going to look at him when I said hi. Oh, you're going? Okay, so my daughter Morgan, I almost, I'm a terrible dad, and you can all know it now, because I'm missing her big soccer match tonight, because I didn't know it was going to go on tonight, and I booked this a long time ago. So Morgan, and Morgan has six goals in her last two matches, everybody. Go, Morgan, go. Jarvis, you might want to go too, and that's my lovely wife, Monica. Thank you, Monica. Go, Morgan, go! Jarvis, you might want to go, too.

And that's my lovely wife, Monica. Thank you, Monica. Come back later. So, we're going to be back at Palmas on December 3rd. Now, a very important world call before we get to some tunes. Because heading into today's TMLXX, only three people other than

myself have appeared at every single Toronto Mic Listener Experience. So here's a little roll call. Is Al Grego here? Al is here, everybody. Al is 10 for 10. That's amazing. Is Langer here? Michael Langer is here. Langer, why are you wearing that Watchmen t-shirt? Is something going on later? That's a secret buddy. Okay, Langer is 10 for 10.

Is Rush Mike here? Rush Mike, oh my goodness! So these three have quite the rivalry going. All three are 10 for 10. Is Rush Mike here? Rush Mike. Oh, my goodness. So these three have quite the rivalry going. All three are 10 for 10. A big round of applause for Al, Mike, and Mike. Oh, you're all Mikes. Okay, shout out to Langer and Rush Mike.

Big round of applause. Is anyone here making their TMLX debut? So this is important. Okay. So Peter Gross, that's your son? What's his name? Roger? Welcome.

Who else? Okay, I know. He said he was shy. But Steve and Judy, who I met at a Blue Jays game earlier this summer, if Steve doesn't deliver a mind blow later about how we interacted, I'll deliver it for him, but it's going to be wild. So welcome to your first TMLX event. Who else is making their TMLX debut? Amber Morley, running for city council in Ward 3. So if you're a Ward 3 resident, you know what you got to do. Thank you for coming, Amber. Anyone else here? I don't want to miss anybody. Okay, Laura is here. That's Tim's daughter. I think she was dragged here.

Were you dragged here or are you here on your own volition? Okay. She's here for the free palma pasta. Okay, anyone else coming to their... Okay, Andrew Applebaum is here from Toronto Legends. The legend himself, Andrew Applebaum and his wife, Vicky. Amazing. And I can't believe he's making his Toronto Mike debut because he's a super FOTM.

But Mike Epple is here. Where's Bojana? Where's Bojana? Okay, not here. Mary, I know you're being shy back there, but Mary is making her Toronto Mike debut. Great to see you. And Meredith, of course, who's going to perform here in a millisecond. I know she hasn't been to one of these things,

but Meredith recently made her Toronto mic debut, and she's going to play a song to open things up here. I want to let people know the amazing Mind Blow competition, the inaugural Mind Blow competition is 7-ish. So we're going to hear some tunes, and then we're going to roll right into the Mind Blow competition. The inaugural Mind Blow competition is 7-ish. So we're going to hear some tunes and then we're going to roll right into the Mind Blow competition. It's not too late to come up with one. I blew Morgan's mind

a couple of years ago when I told her that the raisins that she loves and the grapes that she loves, they're the same fruit! She couldn't believe it. Okay. By the way, on a serious tip before we get to some great tunes, is Garnet here?

Peter, is Garnet coming? Do you know? Negative. Okay. I just wanted to make sure we all remember that a great FOTM who was here last August for TMLX 8 and always had a smile on her face, and we miss her quite immensely, but I wanted to shout out Becky Dinwoody. Beck is no longer with us. We lost her.

And we miss her. We wish she was here. So a moment for Beck. Some say I'm the Colonel Tom Parker to this woman's Elvis. Who wrote this? Okay. Speaking of Elvis, by the way, is Elvis here by any chance?

Elvis had a long drive. He's not here. Maybe he'll show up later. Quick mind blow to warm you up before the inaugural mind blow competition at 7-ish. Did anyone here see the Baz Luhrmann film about Elvis? Okay. In that film, Colonel Tom Parker

has a Dutch accent. Right? He talks with a Dutch accent. Where's Levi Fumka? Oh, hiding in the... Okay, no, you don't have to... I said Dutch, so I thought I'd shout you out because you're Dutch. Okay, that's all.

Great job, by the way, with the name tags. It turns out Tom Parker actually had a southern U.S. accent, so that's a bit of a mind blow. They'll get better at seven-ish. Meredith, where are you? Meredith Lizowski. Okay, I'm excited. I'm the Colonel Tom Parker here.

Come here, Elvis. You got a guitar? Okay, you're set. So I will be quiet. I want to listen to Meredith and then Rob Pruse and then the Mind Blow competition is seven. But thank you all for coming.

Amazing. What a turnout. Hello, everybody. I'm Meredith Lozeski. Thanks to Mike for having me. This is awesome. So nice to meet all of you today. Awesome. I'm going to play you a tune from a record that I just released in June. And Mike was gracious enough to have me on the

podcast recently. I was able to talk a little bit about some of the stories from the record. And yeah, I'm just really excited to be here. It's okay. We're good. Thank you. All right I'm gonna play you a tune from the record. This one's called No Reason. Trouble had a best Trouble had a heart No way to wait for hours No way to make a start make a start After all the time I put there Oh I was running

I was afraid If there ain't no chance for reason Then I am the one to blame I'm learning to run so fast In a place that is so stark Gathering my healing And burning to the stars

And after all the time I put there And if there ain't no chance for reason Then I am the one to blame. guitar solo I'm tired of looking back At things I haven't done well the time is now

I gotta get it done after all the time I put there I was running I was afraid There ain't no chance for reason

And I am the one to blame And if there ain't no chance for reason Then I am the one to blame Thank you. Thanks, Mike, for having me. Oh, sorry. I'm Meredith Lazowski. Thank you. Perfect. Awesome.

You're amazing. Thanks. FOTM Meredith Lazowski, everybody. Amazing. So Rob Pruce is going to start playing keyboards for us. If you haven't heard the Rob Pruce episode of Toronto Mike, get on it. It's amazing. It's fresh. Stu Stone is here, everybody, with Trudy.

Wearing his Pearl Jam shirt. Love it. I want to thank some people, though, because it takes a village. It takes a village to get this done. So I want to thank some people. Okay, Al Grego. Where's Al Grego? He's behind me.

Al's amazing. I need speakers, and I need to be able to have musicians. And he's like, yeah, I'm going to help you set up a cool setup. Al's my audio guy. You're amazing, Al. You know that? Al Grego, everybody. Like the podcast.

Oh, yeah. He's got a podcast about, don't tell me, Letter Kenny and Shore Z and if those two shows are your jam then you want to listen to the Produce Stand or is it the Produce Stand?

It's the Produce Stand The Produce Stand He's got a great podcast Who inspired that podcast? Just kidding, he's got a great podcast. Who inspired that podcast? I don't know. Just kidding. It's okay. Somebody named Mike, right guys? I want to thank a few more people real quick here before I get out of the way. Lieve Fumka has been amazing with the name tags.

Honestly, Lieve Fumka. The name tags, amazing. Thank you so much. And, I mean, the help I get from just all the broad squad. Can I call you that? That's your name. I didn't give him that name. I just want to make that clear. Oh, the late great Sheila.

Another fallen soldier. We miss Sheila as well. Moose Grumpy, you've been amazing. Help. Stephanie Wilkinson is amazing. Can I ask what's going on with the cupcakes? This is amazing. I didn't know about this.

They're butt cakes? Oh, I like that. So who's behind this endeavor? Okay, Stephanie Wilkinson. Please, Stephanie, you're amazing as well. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Every flag has a hashtag. Every flag has a hashtag. Fun fact.

Oh, by the way, take as many pictures as you can, as much video as you can, and tweet it or share it with the hashtag TMLXX. Then I can find it later. Okay, Rob, I'm going to let you play, and I'll say more boring words later. Larry Fedorek is here, everybody. Larry Fedorek, he's got a great podcast.

Later, that same life. Larry Fedorek is here, everybody. Larry Fedorek, he's got a great podcast. Later That Same Life. Larry, I biked to the episode about quiet quitting today. I'm quietly going to quit this podcast. Goodbye, everybody. Okay, so Rob, anything you want to say? I feel like I'm providing dinner music, but you've already eaten. So I'm providing dessert music. Okay.

Because I normally play with like singers and bands and stuff so i'm gonna sort of like i call it tinkling the ivories because i just like my friends say sometimes that i've got like music tourettes where i'll play like five seconds of a song and then five seconds of another song so i'm gonna just like play things and just ignore me that's really what makes me happy so the piano's up here and i'm up here but just do your thing and if you happen to listen, that's cool. Because I don't know exactly what I'm going to do. Except this first song, I'll tell you a little bit about the first thing I want to play.

Because the reason I love Toronto Mike when I discovered Toronto Mike was because he makes me feel nice and nostalgic for Canada. Because I've lived in New York for 21 years now. But everybody that goes on the show makes me homesick and makes me love all the things I grew up loving about our great home and native land. And so there's musical

things that I feel like... I played it for you at your house a little bit. It's my... And I played this a thousand times today for my sister and every time I started the song she went crazy because it makes me happy just to play the opening chord. when I play it, you'll know why I don't know it very well, but just starting it makes me happy. I'm going to set you up to stop microphone on. Yeah, sure.

Because I might need to shut up. Because when I do it again, out of the blue. It just makes you happy, right? I know. Okay. I learned to play that when I was like 11, I guess, when it was on the radio. It goes very nicely into... If Gowan were here... Thank you. It's like Tetley T or something, right? And they're all in the key of C, which is nice. Thank you. Thank you. Another one in the key of C. Thank you, thank you.

I used to play in this band called Honeymoon Suite. Another song in the key of C went like this. Thank you. Thank you. What does it take? Thank you. I used to play this show called Mamma Mia, which was all ABBA songs. Have you heard of ABBA? ABBA. So this was a song from Mamma Mia and from ABBA.

There's a million ABBA songs I could play, but... If you want to sing along, let's do it. Thank you. Mama Mia. They have this other song they call... I had a drummer beat that. Gourmet Thank you. Abba. Okay, I'm going to play a couple of songs from my band, The Spoons. And I have these little tracks that I sort of put together. So it gives me a little bit of a beat for a couple of songs from my band, The Spoons. And I have these little tracks that I sort of put together. So it gives me a little bit of a beat for a couple of songs anyways. And makes me feel not so

alone, because I like that. There's a bug on my keyboard. Hold on. Hey there. Brent. Hold on. So this song is the title track off of our second album, which we released almost 40 years ago, actually. So this fall, it's going to be 40 years since we released it.

It's called Arias and Symphonies. I made a track off the record, so I'm basically playing along with myself, karaoke style, but no vocals. So it's just me and the band. Hold on. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Round of applause, Rob. I'm sorry, I'm talking all over you. Rob, that was amazing, honestly.

Don't go too far. Our time is good. Okay, good. I'm watching your clock. Yeah, somebody's got to watch this clock, okay? I've had a few great legs beers. Okay. Look at this crowd.

Somebody do a head count. Who's good at math? Any accountants in the audience? Over 10. Over 10, Al says. Okay, I think we're... Somebody do a head count and then get back to me. Ladies and... Name tags.

How many name tags have you given out? Well, like, I did 60. Okay. And I ran out of the nice ones. So you're over 60. We're over 60. That's been confirmed. Okay.

It's compelling audio here. Okay. This is exciting because we're going to have some... okay it's compelling audio here okay this is exciting because we're going to have Shem and Alice are here Shem stand up here I wanted to say much love to StickerU stickeru.com an amazing

partner of the program for years helping to fuel the real talk who here is from Canna Cabana? Where's Johnny? Who's Johnny? He said, Johnny, out there? Okay, they're hiding, but they were here a minute ago.

They'll be back. They'll be back. Oh, he's talking. Somewhere they're hiding. Okay, we have a couple of big deals that are gonna come up here and judge the inaugural Mind blow competition. I hope a bunch of you. I hope all of you have been working on your mind blows. Did you see? Linda's here the original Foss Hold on because I want to announce the two celebrity judges

Am I allowed to name your day job? Can I say it? I don't know. You're a very private man. He got engaged and got mad at me when I mentioned it on... Oh, don't talk about that, he said. Okay. My toast co-host.

Welcome to the stage, Cameron Charles Gordon. Did I get that right? Is it Charles? Cam Gordon, everybody. Okay, guys. I hope everybody had a couple of Great Lakes beers because this is a big deal. The man had a voice in My Pet Monster. He was in Donnie Darko.

Oh, my gosh. Naomi Parnas is here. Parnas, Parnas, either or. Get a beer, get a name tag, get some palma pasta, and make sure you have a mind blow. He was the star of Faking a Murderer. He also directed Faking a Murder a murderer he had a rap song with jamie kennedy called rolling with saget stew stone everybody so everybody i gave full control of the winners this is cam and stew's decision we're gonna get all the mind blows they're gonna offer a little real-time commentary and analysis. And at the end, we'll have winners and actual prizes. There's actual prizes. Say hello to the FOTMs at TMLXX.

Like we're going to say hello? Yeah, you, Cam. And then these are like everyone's a winner type participation prizes. I have something here Cambrio's here there you go Cambrio

just in time that's Cambrio's music big run in awesome so Mike's got a sack here well it's been worked on yeah can you guys hear us yeah

because we were told Mike told us that Cam Can you guys hear us? Yeah? Because we were told, Mike told us that Cam, he told Cam and I that we would be able to come here and get blown, mind blown by all of you. So hopefully you've got your fun facts and your mind blows. Because somebody's going to win Mike's phone. No, what's the prize? Rob's keyboard. Up for Christ. Okay, there's a few grand prizes. The winner can choose, and then second place can choose,

and then third place gets what they get. But there's also participation prizes. But I have a gift pack from Canna Cabana. Uh-oh. Okay. Mom, you better have a good one. I have, once Anthony arrives, I have a $50 gift card.

David Ryder and Chris Brown are here, everybody. Oh, my God. This is happening. Okay. A gift card from Palma Pasta. Thank you, Palma Pasta, for feeding everybody at this event. There's a gift card there.

And Brad Jones, are you here? Stand up, Brad. Where are you, Brad? Where am I looking here? Brad Jones from Ridley Funeral Home. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. He's got a prize pack that's pretty awesome, too. What's that prize pack?

It's like a 10-minute purse ride. So I'll be there. I'm the host of the most. But if you guys have the fun. Who's first to share a fun fact with everybody? Who's going first? Hebsey, I love you, buddy. Hebsey, you've got to...

Hebsey's full of fun facts. I hear them every Friday morning on Hebsey on Sports. A golf anecdote. Dave Steeb stuff. Come on. Amber Morley, everybody. Amber, F-O-T-M, Amber-m amber come on my mic here there you go nice to meet you ever ever thank you this is not a fun fact i don't well kind of um it's more of a

mind blow and i just learned it recently you may or may not know but the first organized hockey team in canada in the late 1800s was an all-black hockey team in Canada in the late 1800s was an all-black hockey team in Nova Scotia. Wow. Did you know? Not in the history book, just saying. Thank you, guys, and check out AmberMorley.com if you live in Ward 3. Thank you.

I'm into it. Well, content is over, folks. We've got a winner. Who's going to want to come up after that? Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home on this segment. So, gentlemen, what is your analysis? What do you think, Cam? Of that Mind Blow by Amber?

I like that that's a Mind Blow, but that's also like history right there. Is it new to you? Did you know this? I did not know that. I did not know it either. I did not know that. I think it's awesome. Excellent.

Amazing. All right, who's going to compete with Amber? Who's next for the Mind Blow contest? Okay, we got... Okay, VP of Sales, everybody. Okay. We couldn't do it without the VP of Sales. Come on up, man.

Tap the mic before you talk. Hot mics. Hello, hot mics. Hot mics. You actually could do it without me very well, but I thank you for saying that. Oh, he's getting prepared. Join me, if you will, on a journey through the history of country, western swing, and jazz music

that will bring us to a very familiar and happy place, at least for some of us. James Robert Wills was born on a Texas cotton farm in 1905. His father was a champion fiddler, and young Jim took up music early, playing the fiddle and the mandolin. He left home at the age of 16, drifting from town to town, picking up work as both a barber and a fiddler. Sorry, a fiddler. A fiddler, that's correct.

Not a diddler, a fiddler. He joined a minstrel show where, since there was already a Jim, he decided to go... Sorry, what's a minstrel show? A minstrel show. We won't get into that. Fair. Yeah. After a few months, Bob Wills started a new band, the Wills Fiddle Band,

which turned into the Aladdin Laddies, and then the Light Crust Doughboys, and then the Playboys. After moving from Texas to Oklahoma, they became Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. In the early 1940s, after hearing the dual guitars in Burt Phillips' band, he loved the sound and hired both guitarists, Cameron Hill and Jimmy Weeble. Jimmy Weeble was a key member of the Playboys as they gained popularity,

but he eventually left to fight in World War II. Stay with me. We're almost there. Should we take an ad break? Canna Cabana. Stamps.com. Shout out to Ridley Fumeral. Upon his return from the war,

Jimmy Weibel began playing with jazz greats like Benny Goodman, and in 1959, he accompanied Frank Sinatra on his tour of Australia. In the 1960s, he saw Jimmy working as a studio musician playing on movie and TV soundtracks,

and by the late 60s, he began teaching and mentoring young guitarists. Here's where it gets cool. In 1972, he took on a student from Grant High School in the San Fernando Valley. Uh-oh. Jimmy introduced that student to orchestration techniques. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

And encouraged him to become a studio musician. I think I know where this is going. Jimmy's protege got his first studio gig in 1977 at the recommendation of some high school friends. By the way, Tyler's just reading Wikipedia here. No, no, no, I wrote this. I wrote these words myself. The one who added it to the page.

I didn't want to forget any details. This is incredible. On the recommendation of some high school friends who had played on the previous album by Boz Skaggs called Silk Degrees. Boz hired this guitarist to play on his next album. And following those sessions, that guitarist, Steve Lukather. Yes! Okay. The man! And his friends, joint forces in the official band of Toast and Pandemic Fridays, his next album and following those sessions that guitarist steve lucather yes okay the man and his

friends joint forces in the official band of toast and pandemic fridays toto that's a great fun bob wills thank you there you go i'll take my prize on the side thank you that was incredible honestly i'm i will say that was really boring, but he nailed the dismount. On brand for the band, for some. That was good. I like it. I thought that was great. That blew my mind. Brought up the nose at the end. Well, I don't know. It's between hockey and Toto.

Anybody else? I mean, somebody's got to come up here with a fun fact or a mind blow. Here we go. The Langer Banger, everybody. By the way, if someone needs to mic up Blair Packham in 1236 back there, I would kill to hear what they're talking about. I could probably do an impression of it. Okay, I'll try not to bore you like VP just did.

Shots fired. No, it was good. It was good. Does everyone remember a newscaster from City Pulse? Sportscaster, Catherine Humphries. Sure. Okay. So, two mind-blowing facts about her.

Number one, her father, throughout the 80s and 90s, owned the Oshawa Generals. Oh, okay. And number two, her ex-husband, they got divorced, and the father of her children is Perry Lefkoe. Is the drummer of the Tragically Hip, Johnny Faye. Wow. That's pretty cool. Okay, that's pretty good. Thank you.

Thank you. Johnny Faye. Wow. That's pretty cool. Okay, that's pretty good. Thank you. Thank you. Her banter with Mark Daly was really good. I enjoyed that.

Who likes banter? But here, is that a mind blow to anybody in this audience? Is there anyone here who didn't know she was married to Johnny Faye? I didn't. I didn't. I actually knew that. We all knew it. Come on. We expect better from Langer.

Peter Gross. Firstly, while you come to the stage, Peter, did you work with Catherine Humphreys? Yeah. I hired Catherine. Whoa, whoa, whoa. He hired Catherine Humphreys. I'm the mic, dude.

Okay, save all that. Whoa, whoa, whoa. He hired Catherine. On the mic, dude. Okay, save all that. Okay, I know you got it. How you doing, Peter? Okay, here's the story. When was that? Right on the mic. Early 90s, maybe? And she was working in the spaghetti business.

Wait, is this a sequel to the last one? Yeah, this is not my Mind Blow story. I'm just filling in the spaghetti factory. Wait, is this a sequel to the last one? Yeah, this is not my mind-blow story. I'm just filling in the spaces. She was working. I'm not good with mics. She was working in the spaghetti factory, and I had a reporter, Damien Goddard. Anyone remember Damien Goddard? Oh, yeah.

He tried to pick her up by impressing her with the fact that he worked at 680 News. And she had some interest in sportscasting, so she ended up coming in about once a week for a year. And I helped her as much as I could. She went off to, I think it was Huntsville, some radio station in Huntsville. much as I could. She went off to, I think it was Huntsville, some radio station in Huntsville. And then a couple of years later, she videotaped an audition at City TV and she asked me to look at it. And I looked at this audition that Captain Humphreys had done and I said, that is better than anybody on the air right now. And City TV held it for, it was about nine months. They didn't hire her for nine months because they were on the verge of hiring

some former Olympic athlete. And they got into a mess because they realized Catherine was so much better. His name was Ben Johnson. It was a woman, actually. Too soon. Anyway, long and short is they eventually made the right decision

and hired Catherine. And she did some wonderful stuff. And then got together with the drummer and had some... Sex. But that's not my mind. Mike has told me that I can't use any story that I've said on his podcast, so I can't tell the story about sleeping with the six-foot fashion model.

Okay. Jeannie Becker? No, she's not six feet. No, but that's another story. I can't tell the story about doing coke with Jeannie Becker in the limousines. I can't tell the story about how Al Pacino stole a movie role from me, which is also true. But I'll tell this one. Here's my mind-blown story.

I directed Martin Short in a movie. Whoa. True story. Is everyone impressed with that? What movie? Was it a porno movie? My last, around 1985, at City TV, Moses allowed me to shoot a half-hour movie

called Butterbump and the Eighth. And on the list of the top 100 greatest movies of all time, it's right between Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather 2. This was in 1985? About 1985. I may have auditioned for that. There were three leads in that movie. Nancy Dolman, this beautiful, beautiful woman that I actually went to high school with, who was married to Martin Short, an actor named Jonathan Welsh, who was in a series called ENG, people might have seen it.

I remember that, on CTV, right? And we hired this, the script asked for a young boy, about a 12-year-old boy named Sean Robers. He blew us away when he auditioned. Anyways, Nancy was married to Marty Short. Marty showed up one day on the set. I think she had two children, two babies. Okay. So it just struck me, well, Marty's here.

I'm going to ask him to play a scene. It was a racetrack story. Perfect. We wanted to have our lead actor walking into the track and a disgruntled better coming out of the track you know slapping his form into the hand

of the guy going in that's kind of a tradition if you're leaving the track and you've lost all your money you give your racing form to the next guy and we had to do the take three or four times because Marty would do a piece of business. He actually fell into a garbage can at one point.

Like a stick, like a creamer. That's my claim to fame. That's good. I like that. I directed Marty short in a movie. Thank you. It's not nothing. I have a mind blow, too. The way that it feels for Cam to hang out with me, that's how I feel when I get to hang out with Peter.

So, I thought that was good. I think Mike's got a mind blow? Yeah. I've never felt so tall. I like these mics. This is how Cam feels all the time. Totally.

Totally. Okay, so That's how Cam feels all the time. Totally. Totally. Okay, so what do we think of Peter Gross? Did I miss the analysis? I think he's great. I thought that was cool. Peter Gross, everybody. He directed Martin Short.

He did Coke with Jeannie Becker. That was a different kind of mind blow. I thought that's what this was. Okay. Who's next? Who wants to follow Peter Gross? Leslie. Here we go. Let's give it up for Leslie,

whose sister is going to come on Toronto Mic'd. That's a fun fact. And maybe you could blow minds by reminding them who your dad was. Yeah. Leslie from Leslieville, too, which I like that. Nice to meet you. This is going to be a bit of love for Stu, actually. I'll take it.

I have to say, Stu, for, you know, your musical tastes far exceed your age. Yes. Right? And I always appreciate the stuff you talk about on Toast. Thank you. And previously, like like Pandemic Friday. So I became a Stewstone fan during the Yacht Rock episode. Perfect.

Yeah, absolutely. So my fun fact will kind of come somewhere between VP of Sales and Langer. It will be kind of. All right. All right. So on the May 19th episode of Toast, number five. Yes. It was songs from bands with more than one singer or some other obscure rule that Mike devised.

Yes. At the one hour and 25 minute point of that. Precision. Yeah. Stu kicked out the jam Color My World by Chicago. Yes. So fun fact, it was from their second album, Chicago 2, in 1970. But in 1976-77, I played that song with 80 other grade 7 students on the ukulele.

So this is a fun fact. That's pretty cool. But then Stu also made the mistake of saying that Terry Caff died in a car accident. Oh, that's not true. You corrected yourself and said that he accidentally shot himself, which is true. But then you missed a really key, important fun fact. And this is my mind blow. Okay.

That Terry Caff's widow went on to marry Kiefer Sutherland. Really? Whoa. Wow. That's a mind blow. That's my mind blow. She's almost Canadian. And their daughter is also an actor who is on Veep.

Wow. Her name is Sarah Sutherland. There you go. I think that's everything I have. Yeah, that's it. That was great. Thank you, Steve. That was great.

She got that woman married well twice. Totally. That's a legit mind blow. I liked it. I liked it. Yeah, she played to her audience, okay? She wants to win that can of cabana.

She better play to her audience. You know what we haven't been doing? The participation. Participation, not consolation. We have a bunch of Twitter items.

I feel like these have become a mainstay of TMLX, the fun football. I don't know if this is such a good idea. It's kind of like the t-shirt cannon. A little bit. Why don't you do the long bomb like the Doug Lutie type cannon. There you go. Look at that.

I think Mike's drunk. Only 46 more footballs. Okay, we've got another mind blow here, Mike. Enough. This is a simple one related to

a recent episode. I learned that Sigourney Weaver's father is actually Sylvester Pat Weaver, who is an executive for NBC. Cut the mic! Wait, no is executive for NBC. Cut the mic!

Wait, no, no, no. That was it? Okay, it's on. Wow. Okay, because I shared the fun fact with Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo that Sigourney Weaver's dad was Dennis Weaver.

Okay. Which is not true at all! Who's Dennis Weaver? dad was Dennis Weaver. Okay. Which is not true at all. Who's Dennis Weaver? Pizza pasta made perfect. Where's Anthony? Okay, they were asking me, he was asking me, why do I say pasta? Isn't it pasta? But what is the correct? Anthony Petrucci from Palma Pasta says it's pasta.

It is pasta. Pasta. Jim says, why not pasta? What was that Mike Bullard mind blow the other day? Or that Frank Fattier's daughter wrote for the Carol Burnett show. I think Perry had a

legit mind blow. Unlike what just happened. Yeah. Mike, that was stick. Mike, Mike, come on. Do you want to give me the introduction or do you want me to just reveal who I am? Oh, no.

Ladies and gentlemen, producer, personality, great guy, author. Multiple best-selling author. Multiple best-selling author. I have posed for photos with many of his books. Perry Ruffco, everybody. He forgot to mention that I do a radio show with Jim Taddy.

Yes. Saturday at noon called The Yes Guy Show, and I'm only allowed to say yes guy once because Jim told me that's all I'm allowed to say. My fun fact, mind-blowing, whatever you want to call it. On the mic? Okay. I'm going to say two words, and if this doesn't blow your mind,

you people don't know anything. Frank D'Angelo. Okay. Is he here? No, he's not. I used to work for Frank D'Angelo, then I was paroled. Okay, so that's why I'm here today. My mind-blowing fact was actually brought to light by Mike over there when I appeared on his show. How he figured this out and how he knew it, I'll have never, I don't know, right?

Back in around 1976, 77, I was working across the road from the ports, which you may or may not remember, and I was parking cars. There was a girl that walked by me, a really good-looking girl, and one day I mustered up the courage to say, would you like to go out with me? And she said yes, and it was a rather normal kind of date. Then it was around 1982, I was working for the London Free Press, and the girl that I had dated that one time ended up being on the cover of Playboy. This is a true story. Her name is Leanne Lee. How he knew that, I'll have no idea, but this is 40 years ago that I dated a girl who ended up becoming a playmate. It sounds like, what's that song by?

Jay Giles Band? That's Jay Giles Band. This is the truth, okay? Sure. So did that blow your mind or do I have to go back to the Frank D'Angelo song? So sorry, Mike dug that up? Mike dug that up. Like the dark web or something?

I don't know where he found that out. Like, he could have said anything about me. He brought up that. So, okay, once and for all, how did you find that out? You want a good Perry Lefkoe mind blow? Real quick here? Okay, so I'm at TMLX5 at Palmer's Kitchen. Perry's there.

Great to see you there, by the way. Perry gives me a book. He wrote a book with Ed Olchuk. I'm like, this the way. Perry gives me a book. He wrote a book with Ed Olchuk. I'm like, this is great. I've got a book. He takes a photo of me in the book, and then he takes the book back! How do

we make money off freebies, okay? You're going to get a free funeral out of all this. Come on, man! That's a good mind blow. That was good. All right, so did I... Yeah, that was good.

I mean, I can't relate to... I date girls that are on the cover of Now magazine, so I can't relate. I think that's a good mind blow. That's a shoot. That's a shoot. I think you did good, guys. Well done.

Good stuff. All right, Brad Jones I think you did good, guys. Well done. All right, Brad Jones is coming to the stage, everybody. He's also donated one of the prizes. This man hosts his own podcast called Life's Undertaking. Oh, yes! Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home! Ridley Funeral Home! Let's all clap for the funeral home. Well, you know what they say, right?

As long as you can see me when you come in the door and I just can't see you. Perfect. So, this is a shout out to Palma Pasta. Death and Pasta. So, quite a few years ago, some of you might have actually seen this movie, but the poster was out, and it said

people need it. The date is August 24th, 2022. And it's called Solvent Green. So, if it wasn't for Palma Pasta, maybe i'd be serving you oh oh is that the mind blow no that's that's part of it but no you should just be thankful yes wow but um so i don't know if anyone here is a flat earther

anyone here a flat earther so i here a flat earther? Woo! So I've got some proof for you that the earth is not round. Uh-oh. So I read somewhere that the earth is 70% water. Correct? Yes. That water is not carbonated, correct? No.

So the water is flat. So is the earth. flat. So is the earth. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. That joke died. Good thing we're already lined up perfectly for the car ride. Some more Kyrie Irving.

What else have you got? We've got a big legend, ladies and gentlemen. Big Daddy Kool himself. Fresh from the Tour de France. Irving is busting a cut. Oh, we've got a big legend lately. Oh, look at this. Ezri. Fresh from the Tour de France. Sure. I bite here, so I want to tour Mike. There you go, Team Ezri.

Yeah, Team Ezri, Geography Corner. Love it. And a slight geographical part of this mind blow relates to Mike specifically. So I have seen Mike out in the wild four different times not at tmlx's so uh most recently i ran into him at the blue jays game we got a nice photo with your daughter that was a lot of fun and previous to that a few years before was at the paradise where we saw the reporters. That was there as well. I think Tyler was there

and there was a few other FOTMs that were around. So that was the second time. Previous to that, Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade, which was a lot of fun. I think they're putting that back together this year and that should be a real good time.

Now, when you've introduced me to people before, you'll often mention, oh yeah, the first time I met Mike was at the Lakeshore Santa Claus parade. But you forget the first time we actually met. Uh-oh. Wait a minute. Which was about six months before.

Your grossest party. In the change room at Memorial Pool. That's where we met the first time. That is absolutely right. Is he a shower or a grower? It was early on a Saturday morning. You were picking up one of your kids from swimming lessons, and I was dropping one of mine off.

And that's where we met. We said, hey, you're the guy who does the podcast. Met in a minute. There we go. What a mind blow. There we are. Perfect. That's not bad.

Thank you. That's not bad. Thank you. That was pretty good. Next up, Cam's going to tell us the time he saw Elvis Stoico at a post office. It was future shot. Elvis is a Toronto legend. Right, Andrew? We have another. There you go.

Laura. And I just want to say, Laura's dad is Paul Burford's personal chauffeur. Oh. And Paul Burford, this is a mind blow. Paul, are you here? I see, okay, he's in the washroom. His son, Broccoli, is here. Before you come on, Laura, the mind blow that

you all know is that Paul Burford co-created Just Like Mom. Yeah. Woo! Alright, Laura, come on. Try to top that. Okay, I wanted to do a choose-your-own-adventure thing,

so I've got two potential stories. So the first one is City TV related, and the second one is about a haunted doll. Okay. So do we want City TV or haunted doll? Yeah, City TV. City TV? City TV.

Possibly both. Let's hear how one plays out. Showcase showdown rules. So I was interviewed on City TV when I was four years old. So I accidentally spilled boiling water on myself when I was four, back when humidifiers were with boiling water. So I have a scar on my arm. Oh, wow.

So I spilled the humidifier on myself. So I had to go to SickKids Hospital and have a skin graft. Oh, wow. So I spilled the humidifier on myself. So I had to go to SickKids Hospital and have a skin graft. Oh, boy. And I was one of the first patients in the new ward of the hospital at SickKids Hospital. So I got to ride in a Fisher-Price tractor, and I was in the paper. And then I was interviewed on City TV. Wow. I had my mom.

I was one of the first patients in that way. Who interviewed you? Do you know who it was? I was not. Like Lauren Honigman? My brain was a lentil. Okay. You My brain was a lentil at that point. You were four and burned. So that was a claim to fame.

Do you want to do the haunted doll? Because that one went over so well. Yeah, we're going to do the haunted doll. By any chance, were you interviewed by Peter Gross? He was the other kid. He was the second kid in the ring. Peter Gross. He was the other kid in the, he was the second kid in the, in the ring. Peter Gross, host of Down the Stretch, Toronto, no, Ontario's definitive horse racing podcast. Laura, let's hear about this haunted doll.

So I went to Florida in January 2020, just pre-COVID, and I i went down to key west and has anyone been to key west key west is known for a lot of weird things so they have a ghost and graveyards tour and one of the parts of the tour is going to oh my gosh we got a trophy over there um so one of the parts is you have to go visit robert the doll so there's this little area. You get taken to this old fort. And I think Chucky or something was based on this doll. So apparently it was a doll that was given to a child in the 1900s. And eventually the boy kept blaming things on the doll, but eventually a lot of weird stuff happened.

And eventually it was donated to this tour. So when you go in, you have to say, hello, Robert, when you enter the room. You have to ask Robert if you can take a picture, and then you have to say goodbye, Robert. So I hope I'm not being cursed or anything by talking about him. But there is a haunted doll in Key West that I'm very scared of. I don't really believe it goes to this day.

A pandemic happened shortly after. Well, let's hear for the Sick Kids Hospital story. It was really good. No, that was good. I'm scared of dolls, to be honest with you, so that sounds awful. Laura, those were

some wonderful, fun facts, but I just want to congratulate Morgan. There you go. Who scored a goal tonight and won this trophy. Morgan, congratulations. Come get your trophy.

Dottie snatched it out of her hands. She asked me to hold it up. She asked me to hold it up, Cameron. Do you want to say any words? That's a cool trophy. And to think I didn't want her. Oh, my goodness. Oh.

Mike. The second round, they're charging him for the second. That's kind of a mind blow. He had a deal that won, but then Monica sold me on the second. Love you, Morgan. I'm glad I was jumped at. Play him off. No, no, no, no. Okay, who I was drunk that night. Get him off. Play him off. No, no, no, no.

Okay, who's next? Steve's got it. Steve. Okay, Steve. This mic is yours. Steve, I hope it's what I think it is. Is it? I don't know what you think it is.

You know what I think it is. Here's the mic, Steve. I'll be quick. Episode 400, my wife and I thought, you 400 my wife and i thought you know what let's have a drinking game every time mike tries to pronounce jewelry brewery or women we'll have a shot episode 402 my wife said you know what what we can't keep up this pace we're gonna pick one word it's women so about ago, we said, we can't keep up this pace. I emailed Mike and I said, Mike, the plural of woman is not woman.

The plural of woman is women. Rhymes with Steve Simmons. Think of the song, It's Fun to Go Swimming, with bow-legged women. Mike emailed me back five minutes later. Is that Popeye the Sailor Man? Five minutes later, Mike emailed me back, and he said, for over 40 years, I've struggled with this, and I have solved this immediately. Mind-blowing. Yeah okay that's good. That's not bad. This man saved my life. Steve, honestly

because I was taking the first syllable W-O-M and I was just adding men to it instead of man and it would sound the, but he said you just change the first syllable to WIM, like W-I-M, basically, right? Nobody told me that. They didn't teach me that at St. Cecilia's. They didn't teach it to me at St. Pius X. I didn't learn that at Michael Power.

Or UT. Those summers at the C&E. Honestly, now I nail it every time, Stu. Did you know that? It's women. I was just going to say, it sounds like you've been playing a drinking game by yourself today.

And you're winning. And I want to thank Steve's wife. Wife? You're married? She's not just your girlfriend, Judy. She's a wife. Okay. Judy, I had my daughter with me, who's in Montreal right now. I hope you're listening, Michelle. Okay. My a wife. Okay. Judy, I had my daughter with me who's in Montreal right now.

I hope you're listening, Michelle. Okay. My other daughter. Okay. So Judy, in front of my daughter, said that meeting me at the Blue Jays game was a bigger deal to her than when she met Paul McCartney. Whoa. Is that true, Judy? It's true.

She said it. Wow. Judy, are you Judy? It's true. She said it. Wow. Judy, are you okay? I think that alone wins Judy first, second, and third place. She needs to say it. It's hearsay, and so she says it. Okay, who's next? I got prizes.

Who's next? Now we're all warmed up. Babe, you got a mind blow? You sure? Okay. Jim is here, everybody. Pickups for Jim, making his second appearance at a TMLX event. What's up, Jim?

Hey, Stu. Good. First of all, I think we should get a round of applause for Mike, Palma Pasta, and Great Lakes for all the free food and beer. I also want to say a shout out to everyone serving food to everyone too. This should not go unnoticed. Thank you. That hockey story is looking good. Good.

And I guess my original mind blow was that Peter Gross and I are twins, but that'd be a lie. Then I thought maybe I'd go with Stu, Cam, and I are triplets, but that'd be a lie as well. What else you got? What I got, who likes chicken here? Is there people that like chicken?

Who likes chicken, he's asking, guys. What's the deal with chicken? chicken here? Is there people that like chicken? Who likes chicken, he's asking, guys. What's the deal with chicken? So my mind blow is we're currently close to the main intersection of Royal York and Queensway, and

literally, I guess, down the stretch from here, Peter Gross, at Queensway in Dixie, Colonel Harlan Sanders, not Colonel Tom Parker, had a house in Mississauga. He lived there from 1965 to 1980 before he passed away. So I guess every time you pass KFC, you might think, wow, Colonel Sanders is from Toronto

guy. Well, he moved here. I didn't know that. He spent like eight years here or so. Fifteen years, I guess. Yeah, give or take. Anyways. That's pretty good.

That's my mind. There you go. Colonel Sanders, everybody. There you go. Okay, we're going to cook with gas. I mentioned this man co-created with Fergie Oliver. Okay, very special guest just arrived, everybody. Co-created with Fergie Oliver. Okay, very special guest just arrived, everybody. Co-created with Fergie Oliver, just like mom.

Welcome to the stage, Paul Burford, everybody. F-O-T-M, Paul Burford. We need like Rob to play. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. like Rob to play the... I created the show. I created it. No, Fergie got the money

and I created the show. That's okay. That's okay. For the record, I directed Jeannie Becker in a student film. And I went out with Alice Denham, who was Playmate of the Year. Is this just a theme? Anybody else?

However, here's my mind blown. It's a curious kind of thing. Now, last week I was on with Roger Christian on Mike's show. Right. And Roger was the set decorator, won an Oscar for set decorator on Star Wars. And so a few years ago, Roger and I were talking about things,

and I invited him to come up to the University that I was teaching at and to do a night on cellars. And then I said, but you know what?

Because you invented the lightsaber, we've got to do something with the lightsaber. And he didn't have any lightsabers. So, we went to Walmart. We went to two different Walmarts to try and find a lightsaber

that he was happy with. Because he designed it in a very particular way. And he wouldn't accept those. So finally he went to Toys R Us. And he examined the lightsabers. And we ended up buying two lightsabers.

I bought them. And then on the way out, there's a clerk. I'm just saying to the guy, no, this is going to be hard for you to believe, but the guy who invented the real lightsaber that's used in Star Wars, that these sort of toy, this is him right here. So you got something to tell your friends about. Anyway, that's my mind-blowing.

That was pretty good. Okay. That was pretty cool. My mom uses Walmart bags when she goes to Costco. Isn't that true? That's a mind blow. Kind of a mashup. Sticker U had a bunch of stickers people were enjoying. Are there any left?

Morgan's asking. Okay, go to this gentleman right here. That gentleman, you know that song, Mona and the Children? left? Morgan's asking. Okay, go to this gentleman right here beside, yeah. That gentleman, you know, remember the song Mona and the Children? You remember the song? Mona and the Children. Maybe I gotta get him up here to sing it. That's the gentleman who recorded it. Douglas Cameron. Mona and

the Children, everybody. Okay, we gotta wrap up the Mind Blows so we can hear some Blair, and then a very special guest has arrived to take us home at 8.30. Who's left? Levi, come on. Any more swag left? Well, I'm going to give out the gifts.

We're going to cook up gas here. Did you get more stickers? The kids love stickers. Thank you, StickerU. Thank you. So, Mike. Hold on, hold on. Okay, sorry.

Touch it before you talk, because I can smell it. Red hot mic. That's short. A little more. There, okay. So my condo building has elevator screens, and they have fun facts on them every day. Oh, okay.

So this is what I learned. That in every scene in Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup. Oh. That's my mind blow. Was that like paid? I don't know.

It's kind of a statement. I don't know. I just have a fact. Don't ask follow-up questions. Sorry. John. You just have a fact. Don't ask follow-up questions. Sorry. John, you're the last one. Okay, this is it. And then we're going to get some prizes. I had a mind blow, but I guess it can wait. Stu, we love your mind blows.

Okay, so Moose Grumpy's going to go. Then we're going to give out some prizes. Then Blair Packham's going to sing for us. Yes, Morgan? Morgan wants one of the prizes. Then Blair Packham's going to sing for us. Yes, Morgan? Morgan wants one of the prizes. What's your mind blow? Can of cabana? Do you have a mind blow?

I don't have one. Neither does your daddy, so that works out. This is going to be good. No, it's not. Requested by Mike. Okay, okay. Mike and Monica are obviously second marriage, and Mike and Monica have an age difference. My husband and I also have the same age difference, which is seven years.

But I understand, Monica, you were late 20-ish. I was 16 when I met my husband. Oh, boy. Ooh. When you bring home a 23-year-old when you're 16, it's not popular. Where's that hockey story? Yeah. This is getting crazy.

Let's get those guitars warmed up. In June, we celebrated 32 years together. Wow. Next year is our 25th wedding anniversary. Wow, muzzle toe. There you go. According to Mike, it's Elvis and Priscilla all over again. I like it.

There you go. Any 16-year-olds here tonight? Thank you. Oh, wow. Thank you, Priscilla. Can I just do a quick mind blow? I have a really quick mind blow that I think I'll share. This isn't entered into the competition,

but it involves my mom who's here. Guys, Trudy, my mom, the star of such films as Faking a Murderer. So I have a sister named Carrie who was a child actor, and she was in, you know, gem and Barbie commercials. And she was in catalogs and consumer distributing Christmas catalogs and whatnot. And one day she was working with a baby girl that would not stop crying in this photo shoot. And they were modeling, I guess, for some girls uh baby clothing right right and the girl would not stop crying would not stop crying so my sister says to the photographer oh I have a

brother in the car and he kind of looks like a girl and uh so my mom went I guess those days you could just leave your son in the car uh I hope that the window was open. But she went and got me from the car, and they put me in this pink girl's thing, and I ended up doing this photo shoot, and literally that was my first acting job, was playing a baby girl in a catalog commercial. So thank you, Mom, for getting me out of the car that day. That's my

mind blow. Mark Hebbshire. Late entry. Late entry. Wait a minute. He's a ringer. The legend. The host of Hebbsy on Sports. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. We're live. I get the co-host with this wonderful man. We're live

on his YouTube channel. Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Mike Hemsher, everybody. Good story. That's a good story. Thank you. Thanks for having me. I didn't want to be the first one today to tell my story. Does this come off?

It can. There you go. There you go. Everybody mercury? You've got people that don't know mic technique to come up here, right? It's like GGL in here. I want to tell you a story. Is your very left arm present?

How about like this? So here's the story. Someone mentioned the Tragically Hip earlier, whoever it was. Oh, right. And Johnny Faye, who's the father of Catherine Humphrey's children, that she didn't bear. But that's another story. Ooh.

Wow. Which you failed to include. Jesus. Now we're going down a real rabbit hole back. So if we're going to go down a tragically hip rabbit hole, we may as well now. Our great host here, Mike, unfortunately, for him, when I had Rob Baker of The Hip on my show,

I promised Mike that I would let him ask a question and talk to him, and of course I got so excited myself that I didn't, so my apologies for that. Here's the Tragically Up story. I'm in California. They're opening for Page and Plant. You ever heard of those guys before? Good show. From Fred Zeppelin. So they're opening for Page and Plant and while they're opening, the guys from

these guys, they seem to like the guys from the Tragically Hip. They're nice fellows. You know, good Canadian boys. And the guys in the hip are thrilled that Page and Plant even know who they are. And so they're doing a show in Oakland at the Oakland Coliseum. And they're opening for Page and Plant, the Tragically Hip. And I'm there

with their manager, Jake Gold, and we're driving to the venue, and we realize as we're driving, there's this long lineup of cars, oh, about a mile long, trying to get into the Page Plant show, and we're lined up with these cars, and we're not going anywhere, and these guys have got a show to do in about 20 minutes, and I'm driving the car, and Paul Langlois, one of the guitarists who has long black hair who, if you wanted to could be confused with Jimmy Page if you happen to be dealing with someone

who maybe didn't know exactly who Jimmy Page was and you were in a hurry to get to a venue and you had to pass a thousand other cars you're going around over a double line with cones past a thousand cars with people going, get out of here, you can't pass us.

We're lined up for Page Plant. And so in this Lincoln Continental that I had rented, in the front seat with black hair flowing is Paul Langlois of The Hip. They don't know who The Hip is. And I go, Jimmy Page, it's Robert Plant

in the back, Zeppelin. And I just keep driving. Perfect. I keep on driving, and the guy waves like this. And Paul Langlois goes, I don't think I'll ever be confused with Jimmy Page ever again. There you go. It makes the show. Everything's all good.

As we're leaving, head of security comes. Taps me on the shoulder. Says, I heard what happened. I said, what? He goes, you tried to pass off that guy as Jimmy Page. I'm going, your guy knew what he was in, right? And the guy says,

sorry, buddy. He says, and then he asked for an autograph from Paul. And he says, could you sign it from Jimmy Page? Which he did. And we got the guys into the band, and that's the only story I have for tonight. The rest I'll do on the podcast tomorrow, okay? I don't want to give everything away.

That's the story. So you two could look like Jimmy Page if you had long black hair and you went like this. That's funny. I used that trick to get into the pickle barrel. I pretend I'm with 1236, and we just skip the line. Dude, you remember here? 1236 is here.

Wouldn't that be a mind-blow if he would get up on this stage? I think he's taking a walk now. See, that's why I wanted the photo. Did you go for a walk? Is he here? Do you remember Stu? Oh, he's right at the back. He's lurking.

He's back there. Get up here, man. Can we get a photo of you and Stu? Yeah, we've got to do a photo. Mark Reisblatt from 12.36 is here. Come on, guys. Come on. Mark.

Stu, do you remember your first visit to my studio? Yes. Do you remember who you bumped into? When I opened the door to leave and Mark Hemsher was standing on the other side, I was floored. And that's when you had that respect for me that you've never lost. Yeah. Basically, if it wasn't for Hemsher. We're going to give out prizes.

You two have to think on this. We need a top three. I know, you didn't know. You guys were given some great warnings. So here are the three prizes, okay? Hold on, I have to put the mic in the... Like this? Like that? Okay, I'm going to read this.

I have a $50 gift card from Palma Pasta, courtesy of the Petrucci family. I also have, stand by. I don't have notes on what it is. I have a Canna Cabana gift pack. And this is pretty intense. I'm going to read it because Canna Cabana they have some people here today who can give it in person. I'm just going to let you know.

Stand by everybody. I also have a Ridley Funeral Home gift pack which Brad Jones will hand out to the big winner. So Stu and Cam are thinking about the winners right now. Okay, this is what you get with the Canna Cabana gift pack. You get a bong.

Uh-oh. You get a grinder. Canada Cab, are you listening? You get a hand pipe. You get a lighter. This is big. A vape option that's valued at approximately $120. Holy jeez.

How much a vape option is this? Yeah. You get lumber papers. You get papers. You get leaf cones. You get a rolling tray. You get a toque. You get an ashtray.

Is Kareem here to win this? And you get a t-shirt. So who are our big winners? And the first winner can choose what they want from the three prizes. Okay. And then the second place can choose what they want from the three prizes. And then the second place can choose from the remaining two. Shouldn't we go backwards? Like the first place should be the last person announced?

But they're going to be like third to choose, though. Yeah, but because it doesn't work because I need them to pick. Why don't we decide the prize we want to give out? Can we do that? Yeah, I just think that. Okay, fine. Also, we have a hard stop at this. Yeah, yeah. We've got to go.

Cam, you want to give us a third place prize? What is third place? Yeah. Okay, Ridley Funeral Home will be third place. Second place will be Canna Cabana and Palmapost is first place. Okay. So, who's... The value of the Canna Cabana is the highest, so this should be number one.

Amber sold me on that. Palma Paz is now number two, and Ridley's three. Okay, well, the Ridley Funeral Home, shout out to Ridley Funeral Home for just a fantastic service they provide for the community. And the sponsorships that they provide for Mike to keep the podcast and the lights on so his daughter can afford soccer. This is pretty awesome. Like it's, this is like a zipper hoodie thing, a Ridley Funeral Home sweater. There's a two, there's some.

All right, announce the third place winner. Okay. $200 off a pre-funded memorial service. I'm not kidding. $500 off. Brad, this is two gifts or what? Where are you, Brad? off a pre-funded memorial service. I'm not kidding. $500 off. Brad, this is two gifts or what? Where are you, Brad? What's expiry date on that? Is it two gifts?

No, it's one. It's all one. That's $700 off a pre-funded service. Who's third place? Steve Luther. I can't say the name. Lukather. That's number three.

Who was that? Is Steve here? Morgan, you want to say something? You got robbed, man. Third place. Just talking to celebrities, Danny. There you go. You got this Ridley Funeral Home.

Tyler, that's amazing, man. And your funeral will cost $700 less for your family thanks to the gift card. Use it wisely. You want to pass it? Okay, here's yours. That's actually really awesome, man. Okay, second place winner.

Morgan's going to give you... Oh, that's actually... No, that's actually mine. Tim Horton's gift card. Oh, that's a credit card. Who gave me a Tim Horton's gift card? I love you. I'm going to check it out.

Okay, it's this. That's a $50 gift card at Palma Pasta. You're going to give it to? You go. Do the honors. Cam wanted to award this gift card to the gentleman who told us the Walmart story with the lightsabers. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a great winner over here, Mr. Buford. Paul Buford, who helped Roger Christian.

He actually created the show. And Roger Christian created a lightsaber. Yes. Also like lifetime achievement for just like. Paul, enjoy responsibly. Make sure you invite Broccoli over for that meal. Totally. I feel like the third place prize.

Perfect. Okay, who's first place? And then I'm going to get that person's name and address and get them their Kanakabana gift pack. Who is it? I don't have anything more to give out. Well, we were going to give it to Peter Gross, but we figured he's partied enough.

So we're going to give it to the Hockey Story, ladies and gentlemen. Our first place winner Amber Morley wins the Kanakabana gift pack. That's a bar. When are those elections coming up? Soon. October 24th.

Thank you, Cam Gordon. Thank you, Stu Stone. Great judging. I'll see you guys at Toast. Yes, and you'll see us at the after party. Yes. And you'll see me and 1236 are going to go for a walk. Make sure we get a photo of Stu Stone and 1236.

Blair Packham, my friend friend what a pleasure it is this gentleman only recently came into my life but he's already become a valued FOTM who completely gets this program I can't wait to sit back and listen he's going to take us to about 8 20 then I'm going to say a few more boring words. Did you want to say something Morgan? And then we have a very special guest taking us home tonight. I can't wait. Blair Packham everybody! Big hand for Blair!

Thank you everybody! Thank you Mike. It Thank you, Mike. It's a real delight to be here. I really do get the show. And I really like it a lot. I love it, actually. And I had a great conversation with Mark Weisblot. Which, if you heard the episodes that I was on,

you would hear my impression in your head right now. But I might wait. I don't wait. Anyway. I'll save it. I'll save it. I'll save it. So, this is a song that I wrote about the guy who wrote the Monster Mash. Now, I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, not another song about the guy who wrote the Monster Mash. I know. But I'm trying to make mine different It's about the concept of the one-hit wonder Which for some reason we find funny I don't find it funny I think they had a hit Why is that funny? We should celebrate them, whoever they are Imagine Bobby Boris Pickett in a parking lot,

Sarasota, Florida. The evening there is not too high. It's Halloween night, 1992. Bobby Boris Pickett for the pickup man you're having just to make a splash but they cannot

tonight as they all shake hands crank up the chords to the monster

mash 20 people are so glad some for their beer as Bobby

is introduced and for the millionth time In thirty years The monster's revived And let loose You can clap along And they clap For the one who won

And laugh at the tune They know And they dance And they sing to the song That they first heard so many years ago He's wearing Frankenstein grease paint And old suit and boots Standing on a makeshift stage It's a nightmare gig and it's not too cute

But his ventures do so and Bobby bears down. Trying to clear out the crowd, he starts reminiscing. As the band goes from bad to worse. Some moron yells out, hey, shut up and sing. So Bobby launches into the verse. sing. So Bobby launches into the verse. Putting this band of malignant boys

who are younger than his son. Bobby shuffles his feet and finds his voice and with no inference the crowd sings along. They clap for the one hit wonder.

Clap at the tune they know And they dance and they sing to the song That they first heard so many years ago Bobby will joke that it's all been a lark But thirty years on He's still trapped in the dark This Hollywood gang More famous or more dead Don't hang out with him no more

So Bobby Giggs instead When I wrote this song No more. So Bobby kicks instead. When I wrote this song for Bobby Pickett, who wrote the Monster Mash, I sent him an email. This was when email was new, so it took a while to get to him. And I sent him an email and I said, hey, I wrote a song about you. I wonder if you want to hear it. And I got an email back the next day because it took a while. And it said, Mr. Pickett is not currently recording new material. And I thought, no, I wrote a song about you, not for you to record. And I said that to him in a reply. I wrote

in all caps because I was mad. And I said, I wrote a song about you. And all I know is if somebody wrote a song about me, I'd want to hear it. And the next day, I got an email that said, bring it on. And it had his snail mail address. So I sent him a CD You may remember those And About three months later he died Now I'm not suggesting I'm not saying it had anything to do with my song But

But if anybody asks you how he died And they laughed For the one hit one But if anybody asks you how he died... Many years ago And they laughed At the one-hit wonder Well, what the hell Have they ever done? Have they ever hit the heights And had a string of hits? Well, the one-hit wonder Had one The one-hit wonder

Had one At least the one-hit wonder Had one God damn The one-hit wonder Thank you very much. I got a tune, eh? I got a tune, eh? Apparently if you leave your guitar out in the sun for a while, it goes out of tune. So, Mark Weisblot. Mark Weisblot, on the first episode after my first appearance on Toronto Mike,

he was talking about my appearance, because that's what he and Mike do. Thankfully, I wasn't in the Ridley Funeral Homes segment. But he was talking about it and he said, I don't know exactly why anyone would think that Jitters were commercial prospects in the 1980s. And I thought, yeah, fair enough. I get that. But I'm going to play a Jitters song anyway. That was the band I was in in the 1980s

that Mark was thinking we didn't have a commercial. This got to number four on Much Music. Okay, Mark? My body's soaked My body shakes And it's no better In these dreams about you When you're flying Round my room Dancing on my tomb

Saying I won't live Without you Oh, I'll believe In love till the fever breaks. I was strong, but got stung. I was bitten by the bat to get you. And now you are a drug. I can feel it in my blood.

Just enough to never let me forget you Oh, I'll believe in love till the fever breaks I'll do whatever you need I'll do whatever it takes I'll do whatever I can get to make it through and burn till the fever breaks first your lips

then your lips one shade brighter and they would have exploded you made promises to me but the only one I've seen is the sweat in which my face is coated. Oh, I'll believe in love till the fever breaks. I'll do whatever you need.

I'll do whatever it takes. I'll do whatever it takes I'll do whatever I can do to make it through and burn till the fever breaks Yeah, maybe you're my illusion A picture that I have drawn But you're gonna be real to me Till someone proves me wrong I'll do whatever you need I'll do whatever it takes

I'll do whatever I can do To make it through and through Until the fever breaks. I'll do whatever I can do to make it through and burn till the fever breaks. Yeah. Thank you. So then Mark Weisblatt said no. Okay, I'm not going to...

Sounds like I'm obsessed with Mark. I just met him for the first time since we were at U of T Radio together in the 70s. Mark has taken it personally that I have said that we're the same age. We're not. He's at least two or three years younger than me. Which will enrage him as well, by the way. He's at least ten years younger than me. There. We've straightened the record out. I would like to dedicate this one to my friend Sharon. And then I've got to get a special guest up to play.

That's going to be fun. With her breasts spilling out of her dress She thanks God for all her success And a list of producers and stylists and users And her men who were trained to say yes She paused and we tried to find flaws But found we were quite at a loss she was so very perfect

and probably worth it if having her meant breaking the law she tried to go on with her list but the music swept her away they call her

an opportunist but it's meant in the best way before we get farther along I'll declare the intent of this song It's not

an indictment for all the excitement generated by beautiful blondes No, it's not some morality tale In the end, the beautiful fail And like dumb adolescents

They get taught a lesson And the homely always prevail It's almost as if there's a list. There's not room for everyone. Only the opportunists can step up and claim what they've won. The journalists all knew the deal Beneath the academy sign They shouted, how does it feel? And the cameras whirred and they whined

The publicist pointed and directed. She was next in line. She accepted her opportunity. With her breasts filling out of her dress She thanked God for all her success And I'll bet God enjoyed that She clearly employed what he gave With such generousness

Staring into the abyss There's only the chosen few Only the opportunists And maybe not me Nor probably you. Ladies and gentlemen, it is last call.

I just had the order from Mike Boone. He didn't say please, he didn't say hey, would you? Hey, would you announce last call? He just yelled at me. Announce last call. So it's last call at the bar, ladies and gentlemen. Great thanks to Great Lakes Brewery, by the way. This is a lovely evening. Really nice meeting you all. Or the ones of you I've met. Who knows? Maybe the horrible ones are yet to come. I don't know. So far, so good, though. I'm gonna do one more song.

And I want to invite my friend Rob. Rob Pruess to come play. Rob Pruce, ladies and gentlemen. Honeymoon Suite, The Spoons, and he played on this record. Those were the days. Yeah, he's got to prepare. He's got to get in the right mental zone

I want to thank Mike Boone for having us out as well give him a round of applause would you please and of course Mark Weisbott because we just do that let's give him a round of applause as well we just do that I almost did it not quite Rob you ready round of applause as well. We just do that. We just give up. Anyway. See, I almost did it.

Not quite. Alright. Rob, you ready? I'm ready. Alright. I must have been crazy playing it hot. I should have played it cool. Now I'm just asking the red hot fools. Oh, everybody said you were an easy mark. It was a cinch to catch your eye. And looking up in the sky, calling you up at night. But instead of even trying, I just shut up and hold an excuse to say goodbye. But not my heart I must have been crazy Playing hot So plain and cool Now I'm just the last of the red-hot fools Yeah, when I was alone And I would think of you

I'd always do 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, should have played it smart, used my head but not my heart. Must have been crazy playing it hot

Should have played it cool Now I'm just the last to move it I do lose, oh yeah I do understand what was wrong with me I do understand what was making me shy I knew I how to choose. I knew I would lose. But how could I win when I'm pissed and dry?

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. I don't know. I used my head but not my heart I must have been crazy playing it hot Should have played it cool Now I playing all the parts from the record that I haven't heard since we made the record. All the parts he played on the record. So there's a dance that goes along with this one, and I'm really hoping that Mike Broome will do the dance for us,

because he's ready. It only involves one arm, but that's the thing. So I'm going to show you. If Rob will keep playing the riff, I'm gonna the last of the red hot Bugs, bugs, fools, red dogs I should have played it smart Used my head, got my heart

I'm a stupid, crazy, red hot I should have played it cool Now I'm just the last of the red hot fools Now I'm just the lastascal, throwin' hot fools I'm just a rascal, throwin' hot fools I'm just a rascal, throwin' hot fools Give him a round of applause. Really, those are parts I haven't heard in 30 years. Yeah, exactly. Whoa. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Blair Packham.

F-O-T-M, Blair Packham. That was amazing, buddy. Honestly. And Rob, did you know you played on that jam originally? I never forgot, even though Blair did. All right, what time are we at now? 820? Oh, gosh, it's atomic time here. Oh, my goodness.

So thank you, thank you. I will say a few words at the very, very end as we close out. We've got to get out of here by 9. If you're interested, there is an after party. James Edgar is here, everybody. Say hi, James. You're 9 for 10, right? Who else here is 9 for 10? Moose Crumpy, you're 9 for 10.

And Andy Pandy, who's 9 for 10 because we had TMLX 5 at noon, Pandy, who's 9 for 10 because we had TMLX 5 at noon, and she said that was too early for her to get out of bed and show up anywhere. Noon! Noon! 12 noon! It was a Saturday, she says. Oh my goodness. Who else is 9 for 10? Anybody? Do you want to say something, Morgan? She feels like you.

Do you want to say anything? No. Sure? Tell them what you did, your fun fact about last night. What? You lost a tooth. Yeah, I lost a tooth. I lost a tooth.

Morgan lost a tooth last night. That's a mind blow for you. Yeah. That's a mind blow for you. Yeah. So thank you so much for coming out tonight. It was a great night, both weather-wise. What? She just wants to go on my shoulders again. Hey, 1236, make sure we get a picture with Stu Stone before you disappear, okay?

I really want to get that picture. You know what I'm feeling like? I'm so glad this gentleman's here. I think I annoyed him just enough time that he gave in and said, all right, all right, I'll do it. But what a sweetheart. As you know, most FOTMs are sweethearts. But Danny Graves from The Watchmen is a particularly amazing and awesome sweetheart.

By the way, the motel bar, Dufferin and Queen, like right there at the edge of Parkdale. That's the motel bar. If you ever want to go see a Winnipeg Jets versus Maple Leafs game, that's where you go. In a minute. Danny, would you mind taking us home, man? I'm so honored you're here, everybody. Danny Graves is here, everybody. FOTM, Danny Graves.

You come down there, I'll carry you. Watch your court. Hello, folks. I'm just going to switch this up. All right, let's try it. Still hear me? Apparently there's a pandemic going on, so I figured, you know, why not? Well, there's one in Parkdale, and I don't know if it, is it all the way out west here, too?

So, we haven't played this before, but we're going to try it. It's our first time. There's a lot of words, but at least I don't have to play piano at the same time. So... I was a highwayman On the coast roads I did ride Sword and pistol by my side Then a young needle lost her bubble to my trees is so by my side Many a man lost a bubble to my trade

Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of 25 But I am still alive I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide. With a sea-eyed tip-eye.

A sailor stood around The hall of Mexico When a laughter Burnt me a sailor blow When the odds broke off They say that I got killed But I am living still I was a dam builder

Across the river Deep in the white Where steam and water Didn't collide A place called Boulder On the wild Colorado Thank you. through the doors no sound but I am still around and I'll be back again and again and again

and again and again and again and again I fly a starship Across the river deep and wide And when I reach the other side I find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again

Or I may soon be a solo driver free Still I will remain Still I will remain And I'll be back again And again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again That was great. Thank you, Rob. Wow, you should hear me play it on the piano. It was better that way.

I need to try this thing out because I'm not a great piano player, so it needs to be of a particular... It is weird. It is. But I'm going to try. There we go, nice one. There we go, perfect. Close it up in here. I'm going to throw this back on that after this too, so however you want to work it. Alright, I'll give it a shot.

Yeah, a little bit, just a little bit up. Touching down It's a frozen town Look around I'll be wrong I fell down Nothing changes Nothing changes Except the red lights Nobody changes

Nobody changes Won't see them tonight Everybody Got around Everybody got around Everybody in Trinidad Feeling like we one-legged man Always made to take a stand Any day now I'd walk home

Any day now Any day now I'd walk home Yeah God will come I walk in Just slap it off All the headstand familiar faces help me shake the cold off Everybody gather round. Everybody drink it down. Feeling like a one-legged man.

Always made to take a stand Any day now it will come Any day now Any day now it will come Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Sounds like, oh You've never noticed You ever notice You're so tired of ice and snow Got you running Chasing something What it is I'll never know. Anything now it will come. Lots of speeders out there. Anything now it will come. Lots of speeders out there. It will come.

It will come. It will come. Thank you, folks. All right, I'm going to play one more song. Thank you, folks. Alright, I'm going to play one more song. Or sing one more. Maybe two, I don't know. We'll see. Let's see how I feel at the end of this one. I can't play the piano very well,

so it's just going to be my voice for the next little while. There is a young cowboy who lives on the ridge. His horse and his cattle are his only companion. He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons. Waiting for summer, this pasture to change. And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire, thinking about women and glasses of beer. Closing his eyes as the doggies retire, he sings out a song which is soft but it's clear. As if maybe someone could hear. So good night, you moonlight ladies.

Rock up my sweet baby James. The deep greens and blues Are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down In my dreams And rock our By sweet baby James And now the First of December

Is covered in snow So as The turnpike from Stockridge To Boston The Berkshires seem dreamlike And so as the turnpike from Stockridge to Boston The Berkshires seem dreamlike on the counter that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway A song that they sing when they take to the highway. A song that they sing when they take to the fields.

A song that they sing by their home in the sky. Maybe you can't believe it if it helps you to sleep. But singing works just fine for me. So good night, you moonlight ladies. Rock up, my sweet baby James. The deep greens and blues are the colors I choose. Won't you let me go down in my dreams And rock-a-bye, sweet baby James

I just gotta think if I remember all these words. This gentleman on stage right mentioned that I sang this song, so I'm going to try and sing it again. I might repeat the first verse in place of the third verse. We'll see how that works. I live near Hollywood down in the canyon. It's a good life if you're winning a killer if you're not my wife

I left last night couldn't stand another fight studio's done fired me my future's been shot by the three martini lunch things will get better soon I've got a hunch, the three martini lunch.

Racing another afternoon, punching a hole in my life. I came from the backwoods, my prospects seemed real good. For actor or director director the future looked bright But I ran in with the bad crowd Since that's just been down Alone in the canyon My only companion The three martini lunch

When things will get better soon. I've got a hunch. Three martini lunch. Wasting another afternoon. Funching on a hole in my life. Yeah, I know what they're saying. Yeah, I'll never get back again I push my luck this time

And I'm on the skids But I know what I'm doing I just can't stop doing it Me and my companion Helping to ruin it The three martini lunch Things will get better soon I've got a hunch

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Oh, yeah. I don't know. You should just plug it into this. It's okay. I'll use this one. Everybody, another round of applause for Danny. Danny Graves. The Motel Bar in Parkdale.

They serve great lakes there. Honestly. Dream come true. Danny Graves, the Motel Bar in Parkdale. They serve Great Lakes there. Honestly, dream come true. Oh my goodness. Beautiful. So, I just wanna do a few more thank yous and then one big blanket thank you. But so much help, I mean, 10 years of Toronto Mic'd. Ian Service, are you still here?

You're Ian Service. Ian Service, what a tremendous, you're like the tech background. I said Spotify move over, I've got Ian Service. So thank you, Ian, for all your help over the last several years, and we couldn't do this without you. VP of Sales, are you out there? Okay, VP of Sales. Honestly, buddy, whenever I have an idea, I get to meet you in your gazebo for a Great Lakes beer and run it by you, and then I leave thinking, damn, I'm smart, but I'm not smart.

You're the one who made me think I was smart, so thank you. His real name is Tyler, by the way. And all your work on the Mikeumentaries, I get more compliments about the Mikeumentaries, and I'm like, thanks very much. VP of sales is the brainchild behind most of these, so thank you so much, buddy. VP of sales is the brainchild behind most of these.

So thank you so much, buddy. Again, a few unsung heroes, but I want to thank once again Lieve Fumka for the name tags. Like, you printed the Toronto Mike logo on these things. There's hashtags. Watch the cord, babe. Okay, you're just awesome, and I thank you so much.

She was fired as a judge, but she's still a good person. Thank you to Moose Grumpy, one of the broad squatters. Always a tremendous help. Stephanie Wilkinson, those cupcakes. I hope there's one left. Is there one left? I want one of those if there's any left. Morgan's going to get me a cupcake.

Wait, you're going to get me a cupcake? Get me a cupcake. So thank you, Stephanie. Stephanie Wilkinson was a great FOTM before there was a podcast. Okay, fair enough. You're very nice. Okay, Morgan's bringing me a cupcake. Thank you, Morgan.

And you scored today, right? That's seven goals in three games. I hope the Canadian women's team executives are listening. Okay. I want to thank the sponsors. Ridley Funeral Home. Is Brad still here? Brad Jones honestly

and when he visits my home once every couple of weeks and we sit down and I go Brad what are we talking about today and we record a life's undertaking I always feel spiritually fulfilled somehow this guy is awesome what a great supporter thank you Brad Jones.

Shem was here from Sticker U, and he had to leave, but Sticker U, other than Great Lakes Beer and Palma Pasta, Sticker U's been on board the longest, and they just kick ass. They take names. Thank you, Andrew Whitkin from Sticker U. Canna Cabana. We're going to move this party to a public park nearby, Queensway Park. And I suspect some of us will enjoy some Canna Cabana product. But shout out to Canna Cabana. Thank you so much. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday, she said. It's not my birthday. It's Toronto. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, she said. It's not my birthday. It's Toronto Mike's birthday. Rob, are you here still? Rob Proust? Rob, you were awesome. Did you want, so Rob, we have to get out of here at nine, but did you want to do one more thing? Rob's coming up here.

But while Rob's coming up here but while rob's coming up here blair packham are you still here blue pack you kicked ass you took names what an fotm rob bruce you're a great fotm blair packham you're a great fotm and before i pass this mic to rob bruce to take us truly home danny, I want to give one more big thank you to Danny Graves from The Watchmen. I said this when he visited. I said to him and I meant it. I looked him in the eyes and I said,

of all my, I love CanCon 90s rock from this country. I absolutely adore it. I still listen. And I think the greatest singer we have from that era, I believe, is Danny Graves from Winnipeg's The watchman and i can't believe you're here tonight stew and cam are you here thank you for your judging you were great judges in the inaugural Mind Blow contest. Well, maybe we'll do that again at TMLX 11,

which, by the way, is December 3rd at noon at Palma's Kitchen, which is a good opportunity for me to say I loved the Palma pasta we all ate today. Did everybody get full on Palma pasta? Thank you so much to Palma pasta. Anthony had to leave, but that was delicious. And last but not least, our esteemed hosts for this evening, we are at Great Lakes Brewery, Southern Etobicoke Headquarters. Now you know where it is.

That patio is an amazing place to enjoy a cold craft beer on a nice day. Now you can come back, enjoy it, and let them know you discovered Hidden Hunter on a mic. But thank you so much to Great Lakes Brewery, the first sponsor of the program. Fantastic host tonight. They brought everybody their first beer.

Love you guys. Rob, you here? Come on, buddy. Take us home. Oh, I love it. I love it. Does anyone here know the song Rosie and Grave from Lowest of the Low? Okay, but don't fall.

So Rob, you want to play Rosie and Gray, but you don't know it? Is that what I'm hearing? Okay, people will sing it. I don't know, does Blair and Danny want to sing? No pressure or anything. Anybody who wants to sing. Okay, this will be a sing-along to take us home then. We're going to do Rosie and Gray together.

Ian, I'm an old man. I're going to do Rosie and Gray together. Oh, heck yeah. Ian, I'm an old man. I can't read that font in this light. I'm not going to sing it on the mic, though. No. You've heard this song at the end of every show, right? Literally a thousand and something.

If anybody wants to get up... Because I'm not going to sing it. I'm going to play this on the piano, but it goes on and on. I'm not going to sing it, but hold on. Before this on the piano, but it goes on and on. I'm not going to sing it, but hold on. Before we play the song, guys, we can't play that song without saying, and yes! Has been TMLXX. Congratulations to Mike, everybody.

Congratulations to Mike. And now Tim is going to sing us home. I'm going to do it by myself. Which way is right here? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. Bring some grass from the town Oh, what a day I'm singing in your mind. I'm singing in your mind. I am the moon And everything is cold And frozen in rain And when the storm Dispersed all What is the decay

The skies are white And everything is rosy and green So I'm born again I wanna know I wanna know Cause there's a thousand shades of green I'm in your room I love you I love the shade of the rain I love you

I love you I love you I love you Well, I've been to the trash and run down the road But when it starts to get a little tactile I can't because I'm sick of it I'm not a man I am I can get to death

Because everything Is coming up It throws me great When this cold Stops me It throws me today The smiles From my eyes Just like mine It blows me today The smile is fine

It's just a fine I'm not going away It's heavy It blows me away I guess you're friends I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in places I've never been

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I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in Spain I guess you're in Spain And it is quite a rosy day It was cold, so snow was getting heavy The snow was flying, the snow was flying all the way So it is rosy day And it is rosy day I can hear this rose in the wind I can hear this rose in the wind That was awesome. Thank you. Thank you. No, bro.

Oh, my goodness. Shout out to Casey and Finnegan. Thank you guys for coming to TMLXX. We couldn't have got to 10 years without you. And thank you for singing along. I recorded that, you know. And I'm not editing it. Don't think I wasn't thinking that the whole time.

If anyone here is curious about how you come to the after party, just find me after this little sentence here, because I'll give you directions. But we are going to continue the party. Careful of the cords. We're going to continue the party in the after party. But thank you again for coming to TMLXX. Mwah! Daddy, my turn.

Mwah! Mwah! I'm not going to say it today.