Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - TOAST 15: Toronto Mike'd #1226

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

In this 14th episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss and Bob Willette as they kick out Spring Jams. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

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means properly recycling our electronics of the past. And Ridley Funeral Home. Pillars of the community since 1921. Joining me today for this 15th episode of Toast is Rob Proust and Bob Ouellette. Welcome back, Rob and Bob. Good day, Mr. Toronto.

Hello, Mike. Good day, eh? Good day, eh? So let's let the listenership know that the great Bob Ouellette is live in the TMDS studio. He's right here. I can reach out and scruff his head and play with his hair. If you wish to. Although, you know, I don't know what that will accomplish, but you could do it. I can reach you from here.

And Rob, where do we find you today? Queens, New York. Home of the Ramones. Forest Hills, New York We are looking for Brooklyn We are looking for Brooklyn, Queens It's a third bass Do you remember this, Bob?

Third bass, the Cactus album Yes, very, very vaguely Okay Yes I had the Cactus album And then they put out something They called the Cactus Revisited Which was like remixes of all their songs, and I

bought that again. It's like I bought it again. You're a big third bass fan. Who knew? I'm a big third bass fan. So, Rob, you're in Queens, but what's the exciting news about the next episode of Toast, which I believe is scheduled for April 11th? Give us the exciting news. On April

11th, which is literally like only like less, it's like two weeks from now we're going to be in person all three of us we three will reunite in person

again all three of us reunited and there's some more exciting news are you sitting down Rob I can see Bob

is sitting down I want to make sure you're sitting down okay so I'm sitting down one of the great FOTMs

is a woman named Moose Grumpy I pause for effect there just pausing here woman named Moose Grumpy. I paused for effect there. Just pausing here. Okay. Well, Moose Grumpy's son is a gentleman named Matt. And Matt is going to be shadowing us on the 11th of April because he's going into media or broadcasting. And he's going to watch us record that episode of Toast to just fuel his passion, maybe check things out, and maybe tap into Bob Ouellette's big radio programmer brain. Where is he going?

Cumber, Seneca, Centennial? Oh, actually, I had this info earlier today, and it left my brain. I'm a former faculty member at Seneca. I did teach at Seneca. I think it's at Oakville or something or others. Oakville would be Sheridan? Yeah. Oh, yeah, Sheridan. Very nice. I did teach at Seneca. Oakville something or others. Oakville would be Sheridan? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Sheridan. That's very nice. I think so. Excellent. Good for him. Do we call him Matt Grumpy? That's great. We told him that.

Matt Grumpy's birthday. If we're going to continue, if we're going to pretend like this is an old school radio show, we have to give him a demeaning nickname. That's what you do. Is that true, Bingo Bob?

That's right. Chicken Shawarma, Scary Pete, Hawk Lick, and all the other ones. And that terrible nickname that Howard gave Todd Shapiro, which I will not repeat on this show. No, that was, yeah. I mean, it was a different time. I'm not judging it. I'm just saying I'm not repeating it.

We also used to shave pucks into people's bodies when they won hockey games. Like, there were so many different things. Oh, the 90s were wild. Oh, man. So Matt, who's going to be here with us as well on the 11th, and I think maybe Moose Grumpy will accompany him. Share it, according to Moose Grumpy.

Thank you. Oh, cool. So I thought it was shared. Excellent. But he recorded it. So I said, okay, so yeah, you can shadow us, you know, learn how we professionals operate here.

But I said, you can also be kind of like a producer of sorts. You can assign us our theme for that episode. So today, this is smart of me, right? See, I'm always thinking. So today's theme is spring jams. Okay, that's locked and loaded. We're going to kick out spring jams. But do you

guys want to hear Matt tell you what the theme will be for next week? Yeah, of course. Yeah, let's do it. Why wait? Here's Matt. Hi, I'm Matt. I'm a high school student with plans on getting into journalism. Mike has invited me to shadow him while making the next episode of Toast.

I've even been given the special honor of picking the topic. And the topic I have picked, Toronto Mikeheads, is musical theater. I figured that Rob especially would find this topic to be pretty fun, since he himself has experience in musical theater. Anyways, it will be going live

on the 11th of April. If you can, why not join us? I think it'll be very fun. Rob, let's go to you first since you work in musical theater what do you think of this theme we're gonna kick out musical theater jams i think it's a very broad topic and i think that anything goes which is the name of musical so i'm already in it i'm already working on it yeah no it's gonna be amazing bob what do you think i don't know how i'm gonna pick only three my gosh right I was such a huge musical theater nerd.

Did a bunch in high school. Saw everything at the peak of the season. When Rob was running all those shows, I was in the audience getting rush tickets to see all these shows. Oh, my gosh. I can think of so many. My gosh. I honestly don't know how I'm going to only pick three.

Well, we're going to. I mean, are there parameters that we'm going to only pick three I mean are there parameters that we could use to narrow it like I mean musical theater is very broad it's like saying we're going to do a show on rock music almost yeah you're right let's see if Matt cooks up any more parameters

we can put around this thing and I'll send it to you guys via email but at least we know the arena of what we're kicking out thanks Matt so Matt will be here and we can And I'll send it to you guys via email. But at least we know the arena of what we're kicking off next week here. Thanks, Matt. Thank you, Matt. So Matt will be here and we can meet him.

And very nice enunciation on your... His elocution was quite nice. See, that's where you want to talk to Bob Willett. There you go. He's a programmer. There you go. Bob, I had a guest over here earlier today who wants me to say hello to you. So hello to you, Bob Willuellette from Wayne Webster.

Legend. Legend. He's the first music director to allow me to sit in on a music meeting when he was at Mix 99.9. Wayne Webster was. And like the calmest human being ever in the world. The guy has the lowest blood pressure of anybody I've ever met. I learned so much from him. Smart guy. Wow. Well, he says hello to you met. I learned so much from him. Smart guy.

Wow. Well, he says hello to you. I say hello to him. We're practically neighbors. He lives in the East End as well, but we rarely cross paths, unfortunately. There's a gig that occurred since the last time we recorded Toast. It was at the Moonshine Cafe in Oakville, and I attended it with Canada Kev. You were great, Rob Pruse.

How was that night from your perspective? It was amazing. And I was trying to remember if I thanked you again for coming out to the show with Canada Kev. You know, my car got stuck in the snow. Do you know this? So my car, which is actually my wife's car, but I was going to bike to your event.

And then there was a big snowstorm the night before. And I realized I'm never going to get there on a bike in this icy, slush snow. Therefore, I drove, and even driving, like when I parked to go to the Moonshine Cab, but when I went to my car to leave, spinning wheels, and then I tried everything I could do, and I needed assistance. I would have pushed you out. I would have helped. Well, I got Canada Cab to help, and I finally got free.

But you were uh awesome brittle star was there thank you sandy horn was there it was just a great night yeah it was so fun and i was so glad you were there like like i keep thinking about it like just for my first real solo kind of a show to have friends in the audience like that in like in sort of an intimate space like that it just felt really fun and i'm gonna be back there april 13th actually so a of days after our next toast. Yeah. That's a big week for you, Rob.

Holy smokes. Quick question for Bob Ouellette, who is a program director for radio stations in Ontario. Now, see how specific I was? In Ontario, there's a town in Ontario that has Bob Ouellette as the program director. They shot a movie once in that hometown.

Everybody was in it. Would you or your bosses fire on-air talent if they repeated Snoop Dogg's catchphrase? Which I won't say the whole thing because I don't think I'm allowed to anymore, but I will say fo' shizzle my N-I-Z-Z-L-E, I think.

If you said that on the air would that be i don't think i don't think that's um i i think her intentions i you know it's hard to talk about what intentions are my immediate reaction is no they would not be fired they could be reprimanded perhaps they would be uh written up um but or even just advise that you can't say that. But I honestly don't think she made the connection that that N-word is associated with the N-word. I don't know this person at all. I'm with you. But I think it was just an honest mistake. And the woman's got 20 plus years in the biz.

She probably deserves a little bit better. And I probably shouldn't even have an opinion because I have never been affected by that word. So perhaps I shouldn't even have an opinion because I have never been affected by that word. So perhaps I shouldn't even say anything. Well, here's where you get fooled because fo' shizzle my N-word. But no, it's not N-word. No, it's not. It's N-I-Z-Z-L-E. That term, you hear it on like basic cable television.

Like it's not, we don't know it as a word you can't say. But Rob, do you know this expression Snoop Dogg drops all the time? I have heard it, but not in the context to which you are referring a woman on uh some i don't know like cbs affiliate or somebody somewhere in the states she said it in a joking manner uh she's white there was a black person on the panel uh during the clip and they laughed uh but i don't know yeah if there was like a bunch of FCC complaints or whatever it was it seemed a little much but again I pretty much sitting here with three

middle aged white dudes I'm not sure I should have anything to say about it. Right and you'll notice I didn't say it so that's where I'm at like but I can see somebody saying it on this show and I don't think I would stop down and like apologize or whatever I think I'd just go right by me but interesting

times we live in so Rob anything else new in your life since the Moonshine Cafe um not really I got I've been working on a couple of remixes I got a song coming out with the band from Ottawa called Church of Trees and I've done a remix for them for an EP that I've

worked I've done some music with them over the last five or six years and they've got a new thing coming out you know i played church of trees when carol pope was on my program oh of course it was at the world's bitch tune that's the one that's the one yeah i i helped carol up with with bernard who's the the leader of the band um so yeah i've done a new remix for them that's coming out and booking more shows i got some shows planning into the summertime more solo stuff beyond the moonshine cafe like in the toronto area and beyond in ontario which i'm very excited about nice good stuff and uh bob how's your life going uh things are very good thank you i uh i literally haven't recorded a podcast since the Loretta Swit episode. I was going to have Mr. Pruce on, but he had a...

Yes, you were. He did reschedule. We haven't rescheduled that yet. These things happen. Yeah. But also, in the meantime, what I've been doing... You know, I did three episodes today. This is your job, though.

This is your job. So, you know, neither of these... My passion. It is your passion. You're very lucky. Your job is your job though this is your job so you know this neither of these my passion it is your passion you're very lucky to your job is your passion so when was loretta sweat was that february yeah it's been a while it's this might be the longest i've gone without right now um but uh i've actually also i've gone back to second city i'm doing improv um Wow. Yeah. I did improv in high school, did theater sports in the Canadian Improv Olympics and went back and coached my high school team. And as we were talking about off the air

before we got on the air, I'm not on the air right now at all on any radio station. I'm really kind of feeling that itch to perform. And I come on here now with Toast, which is definitely scratching that itch a little bit. However, I just kind of miss doing the live thing with people

around. And when I was between Mixed 99.9 and Proud FM, I did a play. I actually auditioned and did a play at the Diesel Playhouse with a bunch of people from Second City. Anyways, I've gone back to Second City. So on Thursday nights, I'm doing improv

and going to continue on. That's super cool. Yeah, you know what? It feels really good. And this is my joke, and people think I'm crazy for it. But I say, if Leslie Jones can get on Saturday Night Live

at 42 years old, why can't Bob Ouellette get on at least the main stage? Yeah, but Leslie's funny. I'm hilarious. Yes, and? Yes yes and exactly uh why can't yes and i uh start doing some gigs so we'll see um at 50 you know at 47 years old maybe in two three years who knows but yeah that's kind of been taking up a lot of my energy it'll also help you on toast right because we're live you know i don't edit anything so this is you know this is essentially improv yeah Yeah, everything we do.

I mean, that's why I haven't done improv is because of morning radio for so many years with those yahoos that you work with and a bunch of other, and the other yahoo that you work with. A bunch, you know. So yeah, I miss it.

I miss performing and it's a lot of fun. So stay tuned. Who knows, maybe there'll be some performances to plug next time I'm on. But I do want to get back on doing the podcast and I want to open this beer.

Okay. Crack open the beer, and then I want to give you a compliment. Oh, thank you. There we go. What are you drinking? The lager. I love the lager. It's my favorite.

Thank you. Excuse me. The Great Lakes lager. They're premium lager. Okay. I'm going to crack open a burst. Do it. Thank you, sir. Cheers. Okay. Rob, you'll have to talk. We're going to be open a burst. Do it. Thank you, sir.

Cheers. Okay, Rob, you'll have to talk. We're going to be drinking for a little bit here. Well, Bob and Mike have currently cracked open the Great Lakes Brew, and they are each enjoying a sip at this moment. My compliment for Bob. I'm drinking tea. You're drinking tea.

Okay. My compliment for Bob is that he looks like he shed a little beef. A little bit. A little bit. A little bit. I also have joined, get it? Apparently I'm a housewife from the 80s. I'm doing Weight Watchers. Wow.

The newly. What's going on here? Yeah, WW, they're calling it now. It's all new. Improv, Weight Watchers, your life has radically changed. Midlife crisis. Yeah, exactly. No, my weight's been up and down ever since the very first Chubby Bob Challenge on the Humble and Fred show.

And then the second Chubby Bob Challenge. What can you remind us? Because I have no memory. Okay, so the Chubby Bob Challenge, we were at Mojo Radio. And I was 240 some odd pounds. They challenged me to lose 25 pounds in two weeks or in two months. You don't want to be flabby anymore. That's right.

And I lost it in six weeks because had I not lost that weight, the punishment was they were going to duct tape me to a street lamp, Young and Dundas Square, in an adult diaper and allow people to spread lard all over my body. Again, it was a different time. Wow. And that's not even the 90s. We're in the 2000s.

That's the 2000s. And so what they had to do is they dressed up as school girls at the Club 279, the old Hard Rock Cafe in the middle of a Toronto Maple Leaf hockey game with Jessica Baker, who was on the show. Traffic specialist. Yeah. And they sang You don't bring me flowers

dressed up as uh school girls that was the first chubby bob challenge second one was that mix 99 it was a little more tame but yeah so i my weight's been up and down a whole bunch but i am 100 behind this weight watchers thing it's not like it used to be it works really well there's all kinds of free food i can eat as much of a bunch of stuff and uh yeah i've lost lost, I haven't weighed in in a couple of weeks, but out of the gate, I lost nine pounds in a couple of weeks. So wow. Good for you, Bob.

Okay. And I feel pretty good. We encourage fitness on this program here. Well, yeah, you, I mean, when I met you, you were just a tub of goo. And they used to call me Mr. Goo Head. You were not a tub of goo.

But you did lose so much weight. And I know it's all cycling related. I'm wondering if you could help me. So good on you for that. I started singing that jingle. Rob, do you remember this jingle? I know Bob will, but I'll sing it anyways. Don't want to be floppy anymore.

Don't want to be a fat guy. Rubbery, blubbery, out of shape, dude. Look at me. I'm a pear. Look at me. I'm a pear. That was Jamie Watson. So you worked with him at Mojo, right? Jamie Watson. Yeah. And also he's also the imaging voice for 94.9 The Rock.

Okay. So there's a fun fact for you, Rob, that Bob Willett worked with the guy who did Don't Wanna Be Floppy Anymore. I love that jingle. It's great. I used to sing it all the time. What was it for? It was, which gym was it? That's funny. A premier. I don't remember. It was a gym. Yeah. It's great. I used to sing it all the time. What was it for? What was it for? It was, which gym was it? That's funny.

I don't know. A premier. I don't remember. It was a gym. Yeah. It was some gym. That probably doesn't exist anymore. It was a gym.

I have no idea. I've never been a member of a gym. I'm gonna be a fat guy. Look at me. I'm a pear. Rubbery, blubbery, flubbery,

out of shape dude. Jamie Watson, also responsible for the Cito Gaston bit where he does not sound anything like Cito Gaston. It's one of the funniest bits ever. Cito is upbeat. And that he was doing the Cito Gaston bit where he does not sound anything like Cito Gaston. It's one of the funniest bits ever. Cito is upbeat.

And that he was doing a Cito. He was pretending to be Cito Gaston. And it was comedy. It was just bizarro. Oh, the 90s, Rob. Oh, my goodness. Okay. Ah, the 90s.

So to get us warmed up here. Yes. To me. This is the one. This is the obvious, Cham. Does Rob know these guys? Rob. Who's this to me... This is the one. This is the obvious, Cham. Does Rob know these guys? Rob?

Who's this? The Gandarvis. You know the Gandarvis? Yeah, vaguely, but not really. I mean, I know of them. I don't... I'm not well-versed

in the Gandarvis. Here's a couple of fun facts about the Gandarvis. A couple of remixes on this one, too. So they're for London Band,

London, Ontario. Yeah. The main guy, whose name will come to me in a minute, but he actually is now a scientist in British Columbia. I was chatting with his brother because I wanted to have him on to drop on the first day of spring.

Right. This was a great idea I had. I'm full of big ideas, okay? So the Gandharvas episode would drop the first day of spring and blow your minds. And then full of big ideas, okay? So, the Gandharvas episode would drop the first day of spring and blow your minds. And then the brother was like, I'll talk to my brother. And then he's like, he's too busy because he's a scientist. Because he's actually

like, curing things? Yeah, I gotta dig up what kind of scientist he is. But he's doing important work. Interesting. Yeah, and he's the guy from the Gandharvas. Okay, so. Wow. Here's the parameters. So now that I think okay so wow here's the parameters so now that i think about it we absolutely can't just say go kick out your favorite musical theater jams even me who's not a big musical theater guy that's too much of a universe so yeah matt's gotta narrow that down

but when we said we're kicking out spring jams there was only two two rules as far as i was concerned we couldn't kick out this song i felt felt it was too low-hanging a fruit. Too on the nose. And Bob and I would fight over it. Yeah. The second rule is, this is actually a theme we did on Pandemic Fridays. Right! The other rule was, you couldn't kick out any

Spring Jams we already kicked out on Pandemic Fridays. Yes. Do you guys remember the original hosts of Pandemic Friday? Do you remember their names? What were those guys called? Does Rob know? I'm legit curious.

Does Rob know their names? Nope. Nope. Do Pandemic say Toast Guys? Do not. Is that real? Are you doing a work

or a shoot? He wasn't sure. It's fine. So it's Stew Stone and Cam Gordon. Was it really Stew and Stan? Yeah. So it's Stew Stone and Cam Gordon Was it really Was it really Stew and Stan

Yeah So it was It was the A team Well I didn't say that Okay The A team No B.A. Baracus Okay

So By the way I had On St. Patrick's Day I Had a beverage With Cam Gordon At his home

Oh that was Like I was invited To his house party So that should like cool the internet's thoughts. There's a beef between Cam and I. There's no beef. I was at his home on March 17th.

There you go. I miss Rob being here. I want to shake him up, but he's Queens here. But you'll be back here next time. Okay. So basically you can't kick out this jam. So I'll bring down Gandarva's. Here's a song. Go ahead.

I heard the breathing. Because I was going to say that Gandarva song is like the one song of theirs. I feel like I know from like 89 or whatever it was on their first album, right? No, it's like 98. Maybe was it too recorded? Is it that late? Really? Oh, you know what?

You're right. They actually, the one... Because there's another song I know by Gandarvis pretty well. No, but there's actually two versions of First Day of Spring. And that is... This particular one is the later remix, that one that you just played. Okay.

It got a fair amount of play on Edge 102 back in the day. Yeah, that's how I know it. And the other big Gandarva song that I would hear was Downtime. Do you guys remember Downtime? I'd probably hear it. If I played it, you'd know it.

It was a big CFY jam. But this is the jam. I'm going to play a bit of it right now. This song was kicked out by Cam Gordon during the original Spring Jams themed episode.

And I almost lost my fucking shit. Okay, so here's your Spring Jam for today. jams themed episode. And I almost lost my fucking shit. Okay. So here's your spring jam for today. Great tune. We'll be right back. Please, babe Please I won't let it I won't let it Bob Willett, what song is this? March of the Pigs from the Downward Spiral

Amazing Nine Inch Nails, oh what a great tune What was the association with spring though? Rob, do you know? No, but the song is in seven that's all I know it goes one two three four five six seven one two three four five six seven one two yeah which is very odd

it has a weird beat because it's in seven seven wow that's why you're here you're the musicologist okay March of the Pigs March being a munch spring arrives in March I didn't even think of that so when he drops this,

and he's, you know, Cam, he's like all serious about it. This is my spring jam. I almost lost my mind. I'm like, this is just, my goodness gracious. Okay, so I'll bring that down and I'm going to play,

it's kind of a bonus jam before we get to the real jams. This is kind of a bonus jam that was sent by Rob Pruess, but I think you and I, Bob, will absolutely, did I call you and I, Bob, will absolutely... Did I call you Bob Pruse, Rob Pruse? Your names are too similar.

I'm having trouble over here. Robert, Robert, and Robert. This song is called Spring Flowers. Oh, yeah, come on. you gonna hit the post i didn't know it's such a big build up here but where else on the radio can you go from Nine Inch Nails to this dude? Right. Good point.

Yeah. Wow, he's still okay. Did you know it was this long a build-up? What's going on here? Is this the instrumental version? This is all there is. So there's no words to this song? Srafi? Man, it's an instrumental. Srafi? words to this song? It's Rafi.

Man, it's instrumental. It's Rafi? I'm waiting for the fucking lyrics. Okay. No, it's the sound of flowers growing. Okay, I'm such an idiot. Didn't you think there was like lyrics to that song? No, okay.

There's a Quiet Time with Rafi album, a CD that I had for my kids. And it has this on it, kind of back to back with this other really hippy dippy one. Friends are like flowers. And it has this on it, kind of back to back with this other really hippy dippy one. Friends are like flowers. What jam is this? Friends are like flowers, beautiful flowers. Friends are like flowers in the garden of love.

Do you guys know this? No, but I love it. No, I love it. Isn't that Raffy? It probably, sounds like it. Sounds like it's in his wheelhouse.

I think Friends are like flowers and Spring Flowers got conflated in my mind this is a great tune this reminds me of my kids rob yeah rob talk to us about raffy's spring flowers i well you know i just looking for for spring music and i kept like wanting to be drawn towards things that had spring in the title and a lot of like what you'll see later like like theatrical kind of things came up for me um but this raffy thing came up that i didn't know at all and i fell in love with it instantly because it's just a beautiful instrumental yeah um it was came out of the 90s and he put it on an album called banana phone first yes which and that's all i know and so like like it's new to me as well but like that album you mentioned the is it called quiet time

there's a yeah um uh yeah i think yeah something yes and it's got all it's got douglas mountain and like all his super chill songs yeah quiet i think it's exactly so right yeah yeah so this is on there as well yeah and there's no introduction like on this version on banana phone there's a little voice that says this is this is spring flowers and then this then it goes into the song but on the quiet time compilation quiet time it just goes into the song but i just i think it's a beautiful song it's a little springy absolutely okay well rob brought more heat before we get to it i want to play a bit more of this song and hear what rob has to say about this why does he get five songs no he does yeah he gets three songs these are like uh what the fuck when rob prue sends you bonus songs you just say yes i know i yeah fair enough Now the fun is over

Where do words begin I'm trying to find the path ahead Any way you say The charade goes on All right, Rob, talk to us about this Talk Talk Jam. So whenever I think of spring, first of all, when I was going to come up with songs for this magical episode, whenever I think of spring, this Talk Talk album is the first thing on the top of my brain and on the tip of my tongue. So the album came out in 86 called the color of spring.

And the song that was a huge hit off the record was life's what you make it, which had a super cool, weird video and stuff. Right. Right. And I think, I think for me, the idea of spring and the idea of music and spring associations is a very

personal thing. Like, like, so I was like looking up songs with spring in the title and stuff, but I feel like the idea of the rebirth every year of the world we all bring our own shit to it and we all have music that means a lot to us and somehow for me this album when i think of spring i think right i go right to talk talk even because the album is called the color of spring but there's so now for me after all these years there's something in this music that feels sort of spring-like to me i

don't know steve winwood's playing the organ on this album like those little interjections in the music and stuff was super cool he was like a like a guest yeah he was a guest musician on the album and which was just about the time when he was about to release back in the high life which you know was a real resurgence for him in the 80s as well but his collaboration with talk talk was like this magical thing you know so the album's got spring in the title, and that's why it ties to your brain. Okay, nice. All right. I like it.

Vibe's cool on that song. I have to admit, I don't know that song. It's a great vibe. The whole album is, you've got to listen to the album, talk to the bottom, and it's magic. Love it. Okay, so we're going to get into it now. We're going to kick out our spring jams. There's some mind blows and fun facts

along the way. Bob and I are enjoying Great Lakes beer. I have a measuring tape for Bob Willett courtesy of Ridley Funeral Home. Pillars of this community since 1921. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. And of course

as always, Toronto Mike just brought to you by Palma Pasta. Four locations. Three are in Mississauga. One is in Oakville. Go to palmapasta.com. They just catered my daughter's seventh birthday party. And it was delicious. Excellent.

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Bob's got the pipes for that. I don't have the pipes for that. But we'll sell you the entire seat, but you'll only need the edge. Okay. This is the big leagues now. This is everything. Okay. By the way, friends are like flowers.

I did a quick Google. It's not Rafi. It's somebody named Kerry Landry. But I remember this. Rafi released it, though. Did he? Yes. Can you verify that while I'm doing the first year? Oh, friends are like flowers? Oh, the one you were just saying released it, though. Did he? You verify that while I'm doing the first

year. Oh, friends are like flowers? You were just saying? No, no, I have no idea. Friends are like flowers. Beautiful flowers. Friends are like flowers in the garden of life. I remember this from the 70s. This was a 70s jam, I remember. Okay, so somebody

find out what's going on there. Are you ready, Bob Willett, to kick out your first jam? What are we doing first? Spring jams. Well, just close your ears and enjoy. Open your ears. Open your ears. Don't close your ears, but close to you.

Oh, yeah. There you go. This is Homer and Marge's wedding song or something like that, isn't it? That's right. wedding song or something like that, isn't it? Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near Just like me They long to be close to you Why do stars

fall down from the sky every time you walk by just like me they long to be close to

you on the day that you were born The angels got together And decided to create a dream come true So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair And gold and starlight in your eyes of blue All right, Bob, bury me in Carpenter's fun facts. Well, first of all, I wanted to say that, you know, like I know I'm known as the Pearl Jam guy and, you know, we're always going on about, you know, our our similarities and theragically Hip and all this stuff. I love a great pop tune

and I love a great schmaltzy pop tune. I grew up, my introduction, I'll let you know, so I'm not going to do this song. This one came down to, for a spring jam for me, it was this and I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

by England Dan and Jeff. Those were my, like I was like literally kind of tearing my hair out. Which of these am I going to pick? Because both of them have a spring vibe to it. In this particular song, yeah, I mean there's a warm breeze blowing on the

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight song, but this one, I will admit, like, what year did Karen Carpenter die? She's early 80s? 83 right so i'm only 40 years ago six seven years old when she dies and my exposure to the carpenters was my first and it's still to this day is the christmas portrait it to me is my absolute favorite christmas album of all time um i find find this is right now.

I'm not facting here. I'm giving you my opinion. She's pitch perfect, but not boring. She's got this beautiful voice. I always joke. I tell my one of the first things I ever taught my children was that Karen Carpenter has the voice of an angel. She just has this.

Her voice is so, so beautiful. And this song, to me, just feels like spring. It feels an angel. She just has this her voice is so so beautiful. And this song to me just feels like spring. It feels anew. You know and one of the things I could stop talking or I could say we could move into my mind blow which I don't know if it is in my mind. Well you don't need to stop talking.

I do like this song is sort of like epic. We should talk more about it. I'd love to hear what Rob and yourself think. Well let's shout out the writer of this song is sort of like epic. We should talk more about it. I'd love to hear what Rob and yourself think of this song. Well, let's shout out the writer of this song. Well, there's two people who wrote this song, but one of whom passed away like last month. Burt Bacharach. Yes.

Yeah. So this is a Bacharach jam. Yeah. And they came to, you know, the Carpenters came to be, they were on all, it was the 70s. It was all these uh uh variety shows right they had their own variety shows and they got to be known on these variety shows and richard obviously is the brother he did all the work i mean you could

probably tell me more uh rob but i mean he did all the arrangements right he did all the production essentially right yeah and all the background vocals i mean the the vocals are all richard and karen together like layers and layers of their voices together which is magical yeah i that's exactly the way i feel about it and uh the interesting thing about her she was uh you know i found this old clip of her on the it was called like the american college show or something and it was you, she's like 18 years old. But you could just see she had it, obviously, of tortured soul. But she was quoted in saying she wanted to be known as a drummer who sings.

A lot of people don't know that she was a drummer. Do you want me to play this? Do it. Like, this is her drumming. This is solo. Oh, we dance, love. Dance on the street. Dance on the street. solo. There she goes.

That's Karen Carpenter drumming while crazy yeah she was in like an unbelievable drummer if you google it you can find this five minute compilation of her going around a tv studio playing different drum sets uh it's amazing amazing yeah it's it's amazing and you know what i just why do birds suddenly appear come on on, that's spring, isn't it? Absolutely. And also, let's not forget, this is also a parenthetical jam. Oh, yes.

Because the album, Carpenter's named the album Close to You. But this song is They Long to Be in parentheses and then Close to You. I brought a little fun fact. I know we have another one coming for you, but I would like to play, hold on, make sure I've got this right. Okay.

No, I don't have this right. There is a... Give me a moment. Here, Rob, you talk about Close to You while I dig this up. Okay. No pressure. Close to You is a Carpenter song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Hal David wrote the lyrics

and Burt Bacharach wrote the lyrics and Burt Backer wrote the music what was your first exposure to the Carpenters Rob? like you're a pop guy you love pop music what do you remember about them? my memory of like it's my childhood like these songs on the radio like they had a song called Top of the World

I'm on the top of the world like songs like that were on the radio when I was a kid. So when I was first tuning into the top 40 and like the radio was on, in our house nonstop. So whatever song was on the radio, I just loved. And so carpenters were just a part of that soundtrack of my life. Yeah.

So that's why these songs are just, they're just in my, in my consciousness, you know, like, like as soon as it started for you, I thought this for you is like what talk talk is for me. It's like the sound of spring,

the feeling of spring. Absolutely. Would you find what you're looking for there, Michael? No, but I do have a jam that you, you sent me over. So do you want me to play,

uh, the, uh, the, uh, Christmas song? Oh, you want like,

is that for a different, is that for this jam now? Is that, is that related to this? No, no, no, that's for,

that's for the other one. Okay. Okay. Then don't, don't, don't, don't do that. Okay.

Okay. No, no, that's for the other one. Okay. We. Don't do that. No, no. That's for the other one. Okay, we're good to go. Sorry. In my defense. You know, it's my third episode of the day. Yeah, you're exhausted. That's fine. It's your fourth beer. It's fine. That's right. Rob Pruce, are you ready to kick out your first jam? Kick it.

We use the term jam loosely. Yeah, you can't really kick this jam out, actually. Rob's really classed this joint up. Here we are kicking out some... What are we listening to here rob pruse this is antonio vivaldi and this is uh from his composition called the four seasons and this is called wait for it spring yeah appropriate spring okay how and this is the kind of music you just kind of know like it's in the world and you hear it in commercials and you hear it in tv shows and it's one of those things that i music you just kind of know, like it's in the world and you hear it in commercials and you hear it in TV shows.

And it's one of those things that I think people just sort of know without knowing that they know what the heck it actually is, you know. But it's called Spring. As part of all four of the seasons. Yeah, that's right. Starts it off. That's right. So this was from, this is almost 300 years old. Like 17, 1724, 25-ish, it was published and composed and and presented to the

world um tso puts this on kind of yearly don't they they'll do vivaldi's uh four seasons for sure it's part of their this is one of those staples that that like orchestras will program this in their seasons the way that they'll do you know the hallelujah chorus with handles christmas time stuff as well. This is one of those things. It's a little overdone sometimes. But if you take it out of the context of just like overplayed and you take it for what it is, it's still like a freaking beautiful kind of cool piece of music. Beautiful.

No, like too good for this program. I feel like. It's too classy. It's too classy here. Too classy. program i feel like it's too classy too classy too classy hey would have would it offend you rob pruse if i actually did play the song i was looking for for the last 10 minutes that i finally finally found okay so that's really classy okay bring on the rusty what's that about okay so here i want to know if bob lillette and yourself, Rob, know what I'm playing here.

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be close to you. Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by just like me they long to be

close to you on the day that you were born angels got scared and decided to create a dream come true. So they spread hope and death in your hair, gold and starlight in your eyes of blue. So as we've discussed here, of course, this is the breakthrough hit for the Carpenters. This is their first big smash hit. It was written, of course, by Hal David

and Burt Bacharach. But did you know that this song was written or given to Herb Alpert? He got a number one hit with This Guy's In Love With You. We're going back to 1968 and Bacharach and David gave this song to

Herb. But he recorded the song and he didn't like it. So he actually decided, I'm not releasing this shit. Like, this is the song we're listening to now. He's like, I'm not releasing this. And then the Carpenters took it. And then, of course, the rest is history. If you go even further backwards in that history,

as you were playing that, I remember that this song had been covered by so many people that the actor Richard Chamberlain recorded it even before Herb got it in the early 60s he released it even and it was like a flop wow so it's even older than that so it sort of like was bounced around for a while and it was like destined for the carpenters right because it was it was not even 10 years later but herb you know didn't really do anything with it but richard chamberlain who was like at that time pretty a pretty young actor but like acting and singing like as as people did in those days you know, didn't really do anything with it, but Richard Chamberlain, who was like at that time, pretty, a pretty young actor,

but like acting and singing like as, as people did in those days, you know, he released it. And I think I've heard that version. It's pretty interesting too. Why? But 1963,

he did it. Okay. So rich from Ripper, Richard Chamberlain to her about part to, uh, carpenters who finally had the crazy with it. Okay. Good stuff here.

Everybody's learning something on, uh, on Toronto Mike today. Hal Blaine is on drums. He's a session drummer who's in all these big jams, but I remember he's the one when the 60s girl group, he had that drum at the beginning of the Ronettes song from Phil Spector here. He does that thing at the beginning

that's kind of like immortalized by Brian Wilson in the... Okay, Jeff Woods over there. Nice job. I don't tell Jeff Woods. Don't get me started. All right. My turn now. Okay. I've been patient. Go. So, by the way, your song, just for the record, Rob Proust's song was like, I don't know, 20

minutes or something. Each season's about 20, 22 minutes. But you got the vibe. You got the vibe here. This is spring, right? Spring, man. Of course.

And then we can find out what Rob thought of these guys. See yourself In a brand new way My open arms through your troubled day wish for your smiling I'm battled and torn to see it through

to God I've sworn, I've sworn no April Fool Behold today When my heel falls And yours will stay Chalk Circle, April Fool. Which we can play next week, I guess. Later Fool which we can play

later next week I guess later this week we can play it Saturday okay wow April Fool so I have questions for Rob Proust about Chalk Circle but I'll just give you a few

a few facts one is that this is the first band I ever saw live in concert oh cool at the Ontario Place Forum nice wow do you guys know where

Newcastle, Ontario is? Yes. Yes. Do you know? Okay. East of Toronto. Yeah. It's just like east of Bowmanville.

Yep. Shout out to Bowmanville. And their zoo is no more. So between Port Hope and Bowmanville or whatever, that's where these guys are from. Chalk Circle hails from Newcastle, Ontario. Amazing. Amazing. Yes.

Thank you very much. Now, there's another cool new wave band from Burlington, but we'll talk about them later, okay? I've heard of it. Chalk Circle, Chris Tate on vocals and guitar. You got Brad Hopkins bass. You got Derek Murphy on drums. Tad Winklers, I think that's a cool last name.

He's keyboards. Was he like somebody you knew, like the competition? What's going on, Rob? Didn't know him at the time because when they came out, I was like about to join Honeymoon Suite. I was moving into rock and roll circles. So I definitely knew these guys when the record came out and it was played everywhere. But I didn't really know them. I admired them from afar. You were admiring them from afar.

Okay. So they formed in 82. And then just to round out the band, of course, Patrick Miles was their lead guitarist in their band here. So they did win the CASB award. It all comes back to CFNY. CASB, Canadian artist selected by you for most promising non-recording group in 1985.

Most promising what group? Non-recording group. Non-recording group? What does that mean? I don't know, but... I guess it probably meant at that time probably a band without a record deal. Oh, like unsigned, right.

Yeah. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Okay. And then they put out The Great Lake, which was an EP that had six songs on it, including this, and that was produced by had six songs on it, including this. And that was produced by FOTM, Chris Wardman.

Yeah. And they put that together in Oshawa. And I don't know, April fool to me still holds up. Like, I think this was a great single. Uh, fucking great.

Sure. Do you think this now with this song, did you pick it because it actually feels like summer or just cause it has April in the title? Because it's, it's April Fool so it makes me think of April and April makes me think of spring.

Okay. Because you're getting close to the March No. Bob, we're in March in the title. That was a different March, right? March of the Pigs is a different March. Yeah, but April still. This is April Fool, the month of April.

It's a fine song. I just don't know if... I think you're out to lunch on that one. I'll get Wiseblood in here for a ruling. This is the right April and it's absolutely a spring jam if you ask me. Fair enough.

When the single came out, there was an A side, a B side. This is April Fool, in parentheses they put April 1st. And then on the back was April Fool, in parentheses it said April 2nd. Do you guys want to hear how that sounded? Sure. Is that the B side?

B side, yeah. B side wins again, as Public Enemy said. Listen to this. Eagle drop. No April Fool Oh, I like that. So this is the very rare B-side to April Fool by Chalk Circle. That's awesome. That's really good. Love the harmonies off the top. Absolutely.

Here, let me hear what happens here. So similar but different here. Okay. Yeah. Bob Ouellette, you got a second jam in you, buddy? I'm ready. Do you have anything I should ask? Do you have anything you want to say before the jam? I wanted to kick out a different jam by this artist

but i've already kicked it out i think as one of my favorite songs uh that particular song and actually now that i think about it i also pretty sure i kicked out the remix of this on my can con jams that aren't can con episodes that remix that's different that's not toast no no but i did but i have kicked out. This will be my third time I've kicked out something by this artist. Alright, here we go. Make you want to move Your dancing feet

To the rescue Here I am Want you to know you're Where I stand. talk to me bobby so obviously it's Bob Marley, sun is shining. I wanted to do Three Little Birds because, to me, that is a true spring jam, but I've already kicked that out before. I don't have, like, Bob Marley's been around,

and been kicked out so many times, I think, on this show. Not on Toast in particular, but on this podcast. But I wanted to share a very uniquely Toronto story about Bob Marley. I grew up in the East End and way on the East End of Queen Street was a used CD

store, and I think there was one at Young and Eggling too, called Sound City. And Sound City had a big hand in shaping who I am musically. And Sound City had a big hand in shaping who I am musically. And they always had these really neat triple

CD collections in the big, you know, look like a double disc. And I will be the first to admit a very large portion of my musical knowledge came from Greatest Hits compilations. Me too. And I have no shame about that. How could you have shame about

that? Well, because some people are like, The Cure galore. That's how I learned about The Cure. The Pixies' Greatest Hits. Even Aerosmith's Big Ones. Didn't we all learn about Bob Martin's Legend? I know, but didn't we all?

You did too, right, Rob? Yeah, and Legend is the greatest hits package. There was this package that you could, I think it was like $19.99 for three CDs. And there was three CDs. One was Lively Up Yourself. One was Sun is Shining and I honestly don't remember the name of the last

one. Maybe Exodus. But it was all there's so many recordings of Bob out there, of varying quality as well. Like this, even this is not the version that I know, but I was like, I know the song. There's so many different versions of songs out there, but this Sun is Shining CD is, I can remember putting on in my backyard

when it was beginning spring. Spring had sprung and it just had that perfect vibe and i grew up with all kinds of jamaican kids so i knew a lot of dance hall and i knew a lot of roots reggae as well peter tosh and different things and so i when it came to spring jams uh if i couldn't do three little birds birds it was this one but it was it it was that that place that sound city which again i think there was one at young and which again, I think there was one at Yonge and Eglinton. I know there was Ed's at Yonge and Eglinton, but there was another one that had these strange little imports that were honestly not the greatest quality, but they had songs you'd

never heard before. And I bought so many CDs there. Wow. I love those stories of how you got introduced to music in Toronto. What do you think of this jam, Rob Bruce? I love it. I love it. And I think you get introduced to music in Toronto what do you think of this jam Rob Bruce I love it I love it and I think you're totally right about the Legend album like getting introduced to an artist by a Greatest Hits

collection is sometimes the best thing ever because it gives you that introduction and then you either just live with it in that world and then you have the opportunity to go back and see where these songs came from and like with Marley it's still like Legend to me i still think of that album as like one of his albums and i see these songs on other collections i'm like i don't even recognize it like i i've never really

dug much deeper i never really felt like i needed to dig much deeper like to really get into these other than legend because i love it so much and i get to know the songs in the order that they're played on the album. Yes. I don't think there's a person listening to us right now who didn't pick up Legend at some point in their life. I'm almost embarrassed of this fact. That's the only Bob Marley album I've ever owned is Legend.

I never even went back and bought. I only owned Legend. I have a few different. I mean, on vinyl, I've got a couple. I felt so fulfilled by Legend. Legend's perfect. Legend is a few different. I mean, on vinyl, I've got a couple. I felt so fulfilled by Legend. Yeah, Legend's perfect. Legend is a perfect album, and it happens to be a greatest hits, but I mean, Hot Rocks by the Rolling Stones,

the Blue Album. So I'm with you on that one, too. The Blue Album and the Red Album for the Beatles. These are all things. These are greatest hits compilations that shape that I... The Eagles. Yeah, Eagles greatest hits. I actually remember... Yes, Billy Joel Volumes 1 and 2, Elton John's greatest hits, all those. Decade by Neil Young was...

Yeah, they're all great. This is where I really cut my teeth on music on my own, and then, yeah, you go deeper on other things. Because if you weren't there for the release cycle, that is the best way to rock. It's like the biggest bang for your buck. Yep. You're going to get nothing but the hits.

And then go from there. Yeah, exactly. For sure. So that's a great summer song. Three Little Birds, you had said you had already mentioned it on another podcast today, or at least to somebody.

So you know what it was? Wayne Webster was talking about how he programs all the music that you hear on Boom 97.3 and the software or whatever. Yeah, music master. Bob knows this. Bob knows this inside radio stuff. So it's all preloaded.

And then I was asking the obvious. My question is always like, an example I used on the program today was like, and I don't want this to happen, shout out to Ridley Funeral Home, but if Brian Adams dies in a car crash right now, like you got to go wall to wall with Brian Adams on Boom 97.

Probably, yeah, you do. So I was curious, what's the process? Like, can KJ just start playing a Bryan Adams? Yes. So apparently KJ can't do it. He's got to go call this guy, Wayne. And if Wayne's not available, there's a backup or whatever. But there's a process where you can kind of break into the software or whatever.

But KJ had told Wayne that he had had this idea for a story that would tie to Three Little Birds. So they broke into their automation to play Three Little Birds. So KJ could tell this story. So that's my Three Little Birds. But Bob Willett who I've known for many years now. I met him

at Dan Duran's house in December 2006. That's when I first shook the soft hands of Bob Ouellette. Okay? That's a true story. Bob Ouellette will kick out Three Little Birds every fucking episode of Toast if he can figure out a way to make it fit the theme.

Sure. I would. It's one of my favorite songs of all time. It's one of your favorite songs. So I had to put my foot down on this one because he had already kicked it out and we've only done Toast for like four weeks, four months or something.

This is also, this will be my first time not, and I'm going to be spoiler alert, this is my first time not kicking out a Pearl Jam song. First time ever. Spoiler alert, my next song is not a Pearl Jam song. Wow. Do they have a good spring jam? I couldn't think of anything that reminded me of spring.

I wanted it to be legit. I wanted it to be something that actually reminds me of spring. Okay. I'm going to shout out quickly on the live stream. I see the video camera flickering, but Leslie said, I think she's referring to chalk circle when she says they played her school in Glen,

Glendon, Glendon, Glendon. Where's Glendon? Is that a school? Uh, yeah. Hey,

ref loves the carpenters. I'm going back. I haven't checked in a little bit here. And I want to say hi to Tobias Vaughn, who's laughing at something. The rock star of the 1700s. And that would be Beethoven. Vivaldi. Also, it looks like

Matt Grumpy is also at Second City. So there you go. Oh, there's another tie. So Matt Grumpy, who's going to be intern Matt. When I meet him, we've got to come up with something much more degrading. Sorry, Moose. It's just the way it is. Okay, so it's Glendon College.

Oh, Glendon College, York University. Right, the French one, I think. Okay. Well, you know what? I happen to know because I know who Leslie's father is. Okay. You want to know who Leslie's father is? I'll break format for a quick second here.

Oh, what format? All right. Are you ready for this? Listen to this. You want to know who Leslie's father is? I'll break format for a quick second here. Format. All right. Are you ready for this? Listen to this. One and one pitch on the way. Swung on. Sharp grounder.

Wills has it. Bottles it. Throw to first. In time. He did it. A no-hitter. A no-hitter. A no-hitter for Bill Stoneman.

That's the first no-hitter in the history of the Montreal Expos, and that voice you heard is Leslie's dad, Russ Taylor. Wow. Isn't that a wild story right there? That is a wild story. Yeah, the late, great Russ Taylor. All right. Okay. Let's get down to business. Let's get serious here. Okay. I'm going to remind myself.

This is your second. Is it my second? Okay. No, it's not. It's Rob's. Rob, any words to say before. This is your second. Where is that? Is it my second? Okay. No, it's not. It's Rob's. It's Rob's. Rob, any words to say before I kick out your second jam? Well, I don't know which one is going to be number two, but I'm going to guess that one of them is. The one you put the number two in front of, it said two dash.

Okay, then. I know what it's going to be. You're punchy tonight, Mike. No, just bring it on. You're smartass tonight, Mike. This is my third recording and I'm getting cranky. Here we go. You're smartass tonight, Mike. This is my third recording and I'm getting cranky. Here we go. You're punchy.

The world is busy in a regular tizzy and the obvious reason is because of the season. Ma nature's lyrical with her yearly miracle. Spring, spring, spring. All the henfolk are hatching while their menfolk are scratching To ensure the survival of each brand new arrival Each nest is twittering, they're all babysittering Spring, spring, spring It's a beehive of budding son and daughter life

Every family has plans in due The End Rob, what am I listening to? I think it's something about spring. I'm not sure now. But is this a musical theater? It sure is. We're ahead of our next episode apparently um it's from a musical called seven brides for seven brothers okay which was a film musical uh from 1954 and um i sort of came across it because i was searching for songs with spring in the title and

lots of musical theater things came up and this is one that was sort of new to me as well but i fell in love with it because it sounds like something that I've heard a thousand times because it's just like a song stuck in a musical for a dance break. There's a big dance break coming up, but you don't have to play that. It's very visual. So this was a movie.

It was just like a MGM movie. Like one of those big. 1954. Yeah. So one of those big studio. Yep. Is John Wayne in this musical? I don't think so.

Howard Keel is in it. He was one of my favorite musical theater singers and actors. So the lyrics are by Johnny Merster who wrote a lot of songs in the 30s and the 40s and like things that people would know like that Judy Garland sang and Sinatra sang. Sounds like something that would have been like

Peter Cottontail. Exactly. It's got just that familiar sound to it, right? That's a good spring jam. Here comes Peter Cottontail. I just thought of it when I heard that. I actually have a Peter Cottontail album from the 60s that was my mother's that I could have

but it just came to mind as soon as I heard this start. Peter Cottontail doesn't get the cred he deserves these days. I'm not even sure my kids are even aware of Peter Cottontail but he was a big deal for us. Right? Hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity. Easter's on its way.

There you go. But that's what that's totally reminded me of. There's actually there's actually a whole, there's an album, and I think like, do I want to say like Rosemary Clooney sings on it? Like it's like crazy from the late 50s, early 60s of Peter Cottontail,

but very spring. That's so, spring, spring, spring reminds me of, and I don't want to ruin anybody's, but the Mel Brooks, Springtime. Springtime for Hitler and Germany. Winter for Poland and France.

Yes. We are going to have a great musical theater time. Oh my gosh, yes. I feel like. Oh yeah. And I mean, you're actively working on Broadway, right, Mr. Pruse? Yes. actively working on broadway right mr pruse yes um and and having worked on broadway and in the world of musical theater for over 30 years and what's been the most fun thing for me is is always

learning about new songs and like finding this song that i'd never heard before yeah i i sort of had this feeling that i like i love this music instantly because it sounds so familiar like bob for the way it makes you think of peter cottontail like out of the blue you're like oh my god i forgot about peter cottontail and i think this kind of music it triggers memories that are just a part of our culture that is a beautiful thing which is why it's so good to just stay open to all kinds of music because it all exists around us all the time and it's 70 years old but it might as well just be now it might as well just be now. It might as well just be today, you know, which is great. Sorry. It's interesting. You say that. And I think, and I'm going to sound like a real old guy right now. I think you're right. It does do that for

all of us around our age. But if you get a bunch of 20 year olds, they're going to hear that and have absolutely no emotional reaction to it because they've never had to listen to anything they don't want to well that is their problem and i feel sorry for them bob willett you just said a sentence they've never had to listen to anything they don't want to so why the hell would young people listen to the fucking radio that's exactly that's a huge issue trust me i know don't you worry i've gotten into plenty an argument with some fotms along the way and other people. You're right.

We have huge issues right now. And at the very least, what we need to do is make sure that the people who are introducing songs have something to fucking say and actually have something that brings something to the table so that they do want to listen. Like, think about all the people who are listening to this show right now. They're listening because they want to hear what you have to say. They want to hear what your guests have to say. And they want to be introduced to new things. I think that that, I don't think that that's exclusive to people who are 40 plus. I think there are younger people who want that.

I just don't know the methodology in which they're going to try to get it. But Bob, you listen to the radio, right? Like, the voice you'll hear for that 30-second break or whatever is talking about how they Uber ate, that they had an Uber delivery of some food and it went to the wrong house. They're sharing some anecdote, but they're not talking about the music.

It depends on the station you're talking about. Generally speaking, the music does exist outside. So here's an analogy that has been given. Back in the day, back when I got into radio 25 years ago, the music was the bricks and the people around it were the mortar. That's changed now. The people are the bricks and the music's the mortar.

So what are we doing to create new fans? And that's our biggest challenge. Not to get way off topic here. I think that's that's our biggest challenge not to get like way off topic here but i think that's okay because we're actually yeah it's related though because because you do want to inspire new generations and and you're right though you think about kids who don't have to choose to listen to anything they don't want to and given the possibility of of everything in the world that you could choose from i believe that they're choosing less they're they're not they're narrower and they're playing it safe from yep and narrow and narrow which is unfortunate and algorithms are deciding on

youtube what they're going to see next and like my kids right yeah like i mean i can i can give anecdotal evidence of my kid for hearing a song by this artist jacks jax uh she had a song called victoria's secret poppy tune she's got a new single out it's not on radio yet it's not on even on Sirius yet but she knows it because it came up in her algorithm on either her Spotify or her uh or her uh or her YouTube so you know as as an industry what I my my world has has a lot we have a lot of work to do we're not quite going the way print print has so far but it's pretty close it's it's not close yeah the road is there we have to do something to stop it. Well, you have an audience, like a 40-plus

audience. It's a question of what happens when that 40-plus becomes 50-plus and then becomes 60-plus and then there's nothing back filling. Yep. We have just nothing but Ridley Funeral Home advertising. Well, Wayne Webster was here. Yeah, well, Wayne Webster and I, we had our chat

and then we did have a pretty good lengthy chat afterwards after we start. But basically, he says he's done. Like, Bob, you need to milk what? Another 20 years out of this industry? Yeah. Well, if I'm going to go to 65, yeah, I got 22 years. Okay.

So you got 20 years. Well, Wayne's got like two years or something. No, I know. I know. So he can go off whatever, but I don't know how you milked 22 years out of this industry. I told you I'm going to Second City. I'm leaving.

I'm going to get on Saturday Night Live by the time I'm 51. I did just do an episode with a couple of Second City people. They were Colin Mockery and Debra McGrath. I love that episode. It was so good.

Thank you very much. Okay, great. No, thank you so much. And Spring, Spring, Spring, I will say I didn't know what that was. I had never heard Spring, Spring, Spring. episode it was so good thank you very much okay great no thank you so much and spring spring spring i will say i didn't know what that was like i had never heard spring spring spring i've never seen seven brides for seven neither had rob so yeah i've seen clips of the movie and i knew i knew a few other songs from the film but only as as single pieces of music but this was a whole new one to me so i loved it you You guys ready for my second jam?

Let's do it. Here we go! Let's do it. Let's do it. I step out into the pouring rain I feel it trickle down my cheeks again And each drop just seems to wash away And each thought, another passing day Brings hope and joy

It's one in a swirl Alone and uncloth, on top of the world I'm standing in the pouring rain It's almost too deep I'm naked in the pouring rain Again I heard this song for the first time on 102.1. And this song, I liked it right away and I still like it. It's Walton's The Naked Rain.

Right. This album, you must remember, this album, Lick My Tractor. And lick is spelled L-I-K. So they're from Regina, Saskatchewan, this band, the Waltons. And yeah, this is the big, I think, I don't, I actually will play like a bonus jam in a minute, but this was forever the only Walton song i ever heard in the wild so i think yeah it's a this was a big jam rob did you ever uh cross paths with the waltons never did just as this song was starting i was

like the dim recesses of my memory were like i know this song what is this and yes so i only know it from just hearing them but i never encountered them i know this song. What is this? And yes, so I only know it from just hearing them, but I never encountered them. I love this song, though. I love this album. I love this album, too. And I always thought it was Lick My Tractor, but actually on Wikipedia,

it says that it's L-I-K, which I always thought was Lick My Tractor, but they're saying it's Like My Tractor, which I'm shocked by right now. I'm floored by this. Forever I've been calling that lick my tractor. And they're saying it's like my tractor. I'm sure you can get a hold of somebody from the

Waltons, the band, to find out. I might have to, Bob. You may have to. This is absolutely That's the kind of power you have. And don't go, don't you dare follow up your Loretta Swit episode with somebody from the Waltons. I don't want to. I see Jason Plum might be my guy. If anyone listening is friends with Jason Plum,

I would like an introduction. He's the vocalist we hear on this great jam, and he's the guitarist for the Waltons. Jason Plum. We'll get him on, and we'll get to the bottom of this right here. What year is this from? 91, I want to say.

Let me see. Yeah, 91. Interesting. Very, so they're from Saskatchewan? Are you, Bob Lillette, unfamiliar with this jam? 91, I want to say. Let me see. Yeah, 91. Interesting. Very. So they're from Saskatchewan. Are you, Bob Lillet, unfamiliar with this jam? I know the band. I've heard of the band, obviously, and the television show from the 70s that they're named after.

But I don't know the song at all. Nope. Very Queen West-y sound of that era, you know? Yeah. very Queen West-y sound of that era, you know? Yeah, sure. You know, like I know they're from Saskatchewan, but I can imagine they were gigging around the bamboo and the horseshoe and all that. No, I hear it too. I hear it too, absolutely.

Now, here's a couple of fun facts about the Waltons. One is that they also won a CASB award from CFNY. Actually, I'm going to say that's not true. They were nominated. You said it with such conviction. Because they were nominated for two Caspian Awards. When you find out the couple of weeks I've had, Bob, you'll be impressed I'm actually functioning here.

How's your ticker? Or your brain? No, it's my brain. It's not my ticker. Sorry, not your ticker. My ticker's good. Oh, my God. There goes my ticker.

Okay. Most Promising Band and Best Western Canadian Band. Those are the two nominations they got. my ticker's good oh my god there goes my ticker okay most promising band and best western Canadian band those are the two nominations they got I don't know who the hell beat them for best western

Canadian band but they didn't win these brought to you by best western hotels Caspian Wars so they did eventually sign to Warner Music

so here's another jam you know they did tour with the Barenaked Ladies so they did a big tour in 1993 and they opened for Barenaked Ladies and then they did a big tour in 1993 and they opened for Bare Naked Ladies

and then they actually won a Juno for Best New Group. Okay, that's pretty cool, I think. They won for Best New Group in 1994. So I'm going to play because for the longest time that was the only... I'll bring it down here.

That was the only Walton song I ever knew was Naked Rain, and I loved it. But then I was reading up on them, and apparently there are radio stations in Canada that did enjoy playing In the Meantime. And it's not by Space Hog. It's by the Waltons. You know her. Funny thing, I know her too. She knows the her too. Got a Britpop live going here a bit.

Mm-hmm. Knows the rest who knows what's true and talking to and growing. Like Travis? Or like There She Goes, The Laws, that kind of thing? Yeah, because it's a bit of like a, yeah, the Travis. Yeah. Why does it always rain on me?

Yeah, right. Which would be a good spring jam. Here it comes. So, why is this a spring jam? I think of it as a spring jam because I associate rain with spring. Fair enough. That makes total sense.

And the naked rain. So, I believe the first time I kicked out spring jams with the original members of Toast, I forget their names as well, but... R.I.P. to them. I kicked out No Rain, I think, by Blind Melon, for example. Oh, yeah. Which is a non-Rain jam,

actually, because it says No Rain. Right. So The Naked Rain, The Waltons, and coming soon to Toronto Mic'd will be Mr. Plum from this band here. You guys ever heard this song? It's catchy, right?

I feel like I heard this song. I feel like I know this one better than the other one. Might have been a bigger hit in this country. I just don't remember this one. I remember the other one. In this country?

Well, the only country they hit in, I'd say. All right, Bob. You're down to your final jam here. Can that be true? Yes, it can. And also another selection that could work on next week's show. Or in two weeks.

Yep. You want to kick it? Yeah, do it. Hit it up. Standing on a corner Watching all the girls go by Standing on a corner Watching all the girls go by Brother, you don't know a nicer occupation

Matter of fact, neither do I Than standing on a corner Watching all the girls, watching all the girls Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by. I'm the cat that got the cream. Sing it, Bob. Bob's singing this song. Come on, buddy. But I can dream. I haven't got a girl, but I can wish.

So I take me down to Main Street. And that's where I select my imaginary date. Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by. You got good pipes, Bobby. Okay, talk to me. What are we doing here on the corner? We're standing on the corner. We're standing on the corner watching all the girls go by

from the Broadway musical from 1956, The Most Happy Felon. That, of course, is the one and the only Dean Martin on the lead vocals of this one. Oh, so good. Love it. And, you know, so when this becomes a spring jam i can still remember working at a certain working at a radio station one time and it was probably march or april and

somebody came in and said and it was beautiful and i'd been there since the morning you know because i'm working on and somebody came in hey do you know that day? Because when we were right downtown, you know that day when all the girls are out and they're not wearing their jackets? I was like, yeah, today's that day. And so everything, and you know,

it's one of those, it's, yes, it's men look at women, hopefully not in a creepy way, but at the time, in the early 2000s, late 90s. We don't look at them anymore?

Well, are we recording? Are we recording? No. Bob's waiting. So, when I heard, and then I got to know this song,

I'm a huge Dean Martin fan. Again, got to know him through his Greatest Hits collection as well, and it's on there. Yeah. The,

the, the Platinum Collection, the Essentials Collection that came out on, I think, well, it would have there uh the uh the the uh the platinum collection the essentials collection that came out on i think you know it would have been so anyways doesn't matter it's got like 25 hits on it and this is on there and i was like what a great song and it totally reminded me of that now that song uh was written by uh frank lozer who is a lesser lesser sorry i didn't know how to pronounce it. That's right. I knew you'd know.

And it's a bit of a song that probably could be canceled today because it's about men leering at women on the street, standing on the corner. There's actually a line. You brother, you can't go to jail for what you're thinking. That's actually a line in the song, which is amazing, by the way. Brother, you can't go to jail for what you're thinking. That's actually a line in the song, which is amazing, by the way. Brother, you can't go to jail for what you're thinking. And when Dean does it, you can just see him with his rye and his cigarette. It's harmless, in my opinion.

However, Mr. Frank, how do you pronounce it again? Lesser. Lesser. The lesser of two evils. Also responsible for writing another quote-unquote controversial song. This is your mind blow. So if you know that song, standing on the corner watching...

Oh my! Oh my! But baby, it's cold. Oh yeah. Yeah! Frank wrote this. Problematic jams. I love it. Yeah! Frank Robbins. Problematic jams. I love it. Been hoping that you'd drop in.

I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice. Beautiful, what's your hurry? Listen to the fireplace roar. Beautiful, what's your hurry? Put some records on while I pour. Same guy. Maybe it's bad out there. He had a style, a unique style of rape and intrigue.

I don't know. No, he doesn't like that. So the Dean Martin version of Stan. So anyways, this Frank guy was a pretty interesting fellow, to say the least. But he also... Yeah. He had also... Yeah. He had issues with consent. Well, it's a different time.

Dean wrote that. The Dean Martin version that we played actually made it to number 22 on the Billboard charts. Amazing. Just standing on a corner? Yeah. What year again? 56. I was just a young man back then.

There you go. Yeah. So that, to me, I mean, obviously now we're playing a Christmas song or a song that has an association with Christmas, but that's a cold weather song, a cold weather song, but standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.

It might snow tomorrow. It might, yeah. Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by, to me, sums up spring. You've just been canceled, Bob Willett. I just want you to know that you're having these impure thoughts of these poor young women

who walk by in the springtime. Yeah, I didn't know that song standing on the corner. Oh, you don't know it? I know. Tonight I'm getting hit with a bunch of songs I simply don't know. You're getting edumacated. I'm getting edumacated. Wow. And here I am restricting my Bob Marley diet to legend. I feel embarrassed by that. I've really

been exposed today. Woo! Rob Pruess, how's it going so far for you of these spring jams? You feeling warm in your heart and your cockles of your heart? Yeah, I'm feeling spring is springing

and we're like ahead of the musical theater game for our next episode. So I think like you said, we're going to refine that musical theater because it's easy to find these kind of inspiring songs in that world. So I think, like you said, we're going to refine that musical theater because it's easy to find these kind of inspiring songs in that world. Although I actually think

I might have a little bit more difficulty than you guys. Well, here's the thing. Everything you choose is from the 90s. So... Well, Chalk Circle is from the 80s at least.

That was good. Yeah, Chalk Circle is from the 80s. There you go. So there you go. You can get something from Andrew Lloyd Webber. And you haven't heard

my next jam, which is not from the 80s or 90s, Bob. So maybe you owe me an apology. Oh, Andrew Lloyd Webber. And you haven't heard my next jam, which is not from the 8490s, Bob. So maybe you owe me an apology. Oh, so you're not doing springtime in Vienna? A couple of media updates for everybody. I don't know who still cares, but I used to kind of talk about this stuff with Wise Blot, but he's on hiatus.

He's holding out for more Great Lakes beer. So the big update in the sports media world is that, and I don't even think Rob would know what we're talking about here, but Tim and friends has been canceled. Bob, what are your reactions? You, uh,

you're a fan of Tim and friends. Did you tune into Tim and friends? Uh, I, I would say I am a fan of Tim McAuliffe. Uh, I rarely had the show. I don't really turn my TV.

I only have one TV in my whole house. Um, and I don't, I don't got two, but I don't twice as many as you, but I don't turn rich. I don't turn the TV on to just have but I don't... Twice as many as you, Bob. I don't turn... I don't turn the TV on to just have it on.

I grew up in a TV household. We had three TVs in each room. We had a TV in every room and as soon as you walked in, first thing you did, you turned the TV on. I don't do that either.

That is what I grew up with. I don't do that. So I would have watched back in the day before I was married, I would have watched, you know, I used to watch PTI and OTR all the time, right?

Those would have been my sports. Pardon the interruption and off the record for you, Rob Pruth. I'm here to translate. But I like Tim McAuliffe. I liked Tim and Sid together. I don't watch Sid on the breakfast show that he does. It's called Breakfast Television. Sure, whatever.

But you know what? Tim McAuliffe is a smart guy. He'll be fine. It's fine. On the real talk here, he's got to be our age, right? He's totally our age. Almost exactly our age. I bet you he's 46, 47 years old. He'll be fine.

He'll be fine. He'll figure it out. But I don't think sports media places are going to hire a guy our age. I'm just saying. Oh, I think you're wrong. I think sports media places are going to hire a guy our age. I'm just saying. Oh, I think you're wrong. I think that's all they do is hire. I mean, you know, Kyle Bukaskis or whatever his name is

on Hockey Night in Canada. But I think generally speaking, yeah, they want to hire younger and they want a more diverse crowd. I think a guy though like Tim McAuliffe will be fine given his track record and what he brings to the table, his knowledge. I think he guy though like Tim McAuliffe will be fine given his track record and what he brings to the table his knowledge I think he'll be fine I think he'll stay

at Rogers I don't think from what I saw stay at Rogers you think so he's not fired he just said the show's done I haven't had time because I literally just saw the tweet I mean if he was fired he wouldn't have had the opportunity to go on and say this show's done I don't think he's fired they let you have that opportunity.

Oh yeah, tell that to... What's your name on CTV? Tell that to... Lisa Laflamme. Lisa Laflamme, yeah. Okay, so speaking of CTV... Sorry. Who just... Somebody... Austin Delaney just announced he's taken a retirement package from Bell Media and he'll have

his last CTV news show. Classic guy. He's been around forever, right? Like he's a long time CTV guy. Yeah, reporter. I chatted with him this morning because I produce a show for Dana Levinson

and Dana and Austin are good friends who go way back and I was chatting with Austin about jumping on a chat with Dana Levinson next week. Nice. When he's got lots of time

on his hands. So there you go. That's your, I don't know why I dropped a media update in the middle but I saw I had five minutes so I thought I'm going to just 11th and next week. Nice. When he's got lots of time on his hands. So there you go. That's your key. I don't know why I dropped a media update in the middle but I saw I had five minutes so I thought I'm going

to just bore the hell out of Rob Pruess and do this. Okay Rob you ready for your final jam? I am so ready. All right here we go. Kick it.

I don't know any of these fucking songs tonight. Rob you know this one? I don't know any of these fucking songs tonight. Bob, you know this one? I don't know. Let me hear it. The things I used to like, I don't like anymore. Sound of music? I want a lot of other things I've never had before.

This is Julie Andrews, right? It's just like mother says. I sit around and moan. Pretending I'm wonderful And knowing I'm a dope I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string I'd say that I had spring fever

But I know it isn't spring I'm starry-eyed and vaguely discontented Like a nightingale without a song to sing Oh, why should I have spring fever when it isn't even spring? Did she just say it's not spring, Rob? Disqualified! Keep listening.

All right, talk to me about this jam. Got to get to the end of this verse. Oh, okay, never mind. I'll bring it back up. My apologies. From a man I've yet to meet I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams

I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud or a robin on the wing. But I feel so gay in a Madame Colley way that it might as well be spring. It might as well be spring. Good triangle action there. It might as well be spring. I mean, it is spring,

but it might as well be spring because she's like, this girl's falling in love with some guy and it feels like it's spring. It might be the winter time. Who really knows? But it feels like spring. Feels like spring. It might as well be spring.

And you are correct. That was Julie Andrews. How could you mistake Julie Andrews? Well, she's Mary Poppins, right? I know Mary Poppins, but I don't know that song. And she's, no. What musical is that from?

This is from a musical called State Fair from 1945, written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. So it's in the pantheon of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic songs. This is like, in our era now, it's a bit of a lesser known song unless you really know the world of musical theater and and just for fun you should type this

title into spotify or apple music or anywhere and see how many bazillions of versions there are because what i feel is really cool about the musical theater uh canon of songs is that in the old days pop songs these were pop songs right and they were covered by people and they were on the radio like your dean martin song bob yeah people would all different people would take these songs and do their own versions you'd have instrumental versions you'd have men and women singing the songs and this is one of those songs that's it's not a really well known song right off the bat but you realize oh like when people needed to do songs they would dig into the rogers and hammerstein catalog And this was like a really popular one for jazz musicians to do

instrumentally as well. So yeah. And I know this song mostly because my wife, she, when she was studying musical theater, when she was young, this is a song she sang and she loved it. So she introduced me to it and we teach it to our vocal students and it's a good challenging song for kids to learn to sing so i love the song um but you have to play my my alternate version because that's my favorite thing of all time before you do okay no go ahead okay no i want to hear what i want to hear it bob yeah you talked about artists uh you know picking up all these songs the beatles the very first time they went on on Ed Sullivan, they did a song from the Music Man. Yeah. They did There Were Bells all around.

Even the Beatles. It's not Twist and Shout. What was the song that they did? No, they did five songs. They did like four songs. Yeah, one of the songs they did was from the Music Man. Yeah. Right.

That's a fun fact. By the way, you guys are blowing your wad of musical knowledge. You have no idea how much more musical knowledge. You know what? In two weeks, you don't even have to be here. Just Rob and I will do it. Tune in on April 11th and you'll find out. Just press go.

You two and Matt maybe can do this yourselves. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I just thought it was an interesting observation on Rob's part about this. But I will kick out. This is for you, Rob Pruce. It's like a bonus jam. Here we go. Yeah.

I found this by accident. I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm. I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string. Why should I have a suffering of fever when it isn't even a suffering? I'm a starry-eyed and vaguely discontented, like a nightingale without a song to sing. But why should I have a suffering fever when I know it isn't a suffering I keep wishing

I were somewhere else Who am I listening to, Rob? There's a guy named Jerry Colonna. What is that? It's amazing. I like it. I am so lost this episode of Toronto Mic. I have no idea. You're exhausted and we're pushing you. I am so lost this episode of Toronto Mic. You're exhausted and we're pushing you. I have no idea.

You know, one thing about Cam and Stu is I knew what I was going to get. There's going to be a smash on Pumpkin Song. We blew out all the stereotypes this one here. Okay, so Jerry Colonna did a cover of that. Wait, get to the end of this. Get to the end of this. It's a good finish. Good finish. Might as well be It might as well be a-suffering

It could be winter, summer, autumn, almost any other thing So it might as well be a-suffering I love it. We'll be right back after this message. Yeah, it might as well be spring. Okay, good stuff today. A lot of, if I review the three jams Rob kicked out, there was a classical song, a classical music jam. Yeah, Vivaldi.

And then Vivaldi. Then there was a couple of like, there was a musical theater that was like a film, a film, musical film. Yeah. And then there was musical like theater, Rodgers and Hammerstein. Yeah. Okay. Wow.

This, wow. Okay. I love it. I love it. Bob, Rob, are you ready for my final jam? Looking forward to it. Do it. Do it.

jam. Looking forward to it. Do it. I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are No, it's not Johnny Cash, everybody. It's Johnny Nash. Don't confuse those two guys. Different voices. Okay. Johnny Nash. This is a jam.

You guys said I kicked something out from the 80s and the 90s. Well, this is from the 70s. 1972. 1972. I can see clearly now this was not only performed by Johnny Nash. He wrote this song. Good for you, Johnny. And it went all the way to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Rob, did the spoons ever crack the Billboard Hot 100. Rob, did the spoons ever crack the

Billboard Hot 100? I don't think we ever did. Well, that upsets me greatly, Rob. I'm telling you, you were more than deserved of cracking the... I cracked it with Honeymoon Suite, and I cracked it with Sheena Easton, actually. I played on a Sheena Easton

song, which got on the charts once, which is weird. That's fun. Amazing. Yeah. So we live in a world where the crash test dummies can crack the top 100 and the spoons don't. I don't know about that. Superman never made any money from whatever. Saving the world from Solomon Grundy.

Sometimes I just fear the world will never. I can't get to that. Bob can do it. The world will never see another man. How come I can't do that? When will my balls drop? Holy smokes. Okay. Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man.

He just... Mike, this is a good spring jam, by the way. Yes, it is. This is a good summer Johnny Nash jam. When Bob was doing his Superman song, I was going to come in and do the Ellen Reed part. Nice, yeah. I'm glad to see they're talking again,

because they weren't for a while. See? Why didn't you tell me that before they came on? I'm looking for that guy. I had no idea. Oh, yeah. No, no. There was a part where they were talking.

Because then I could explore that with them. When he lost his mind, he went to Harlem, and he lived in the States for a while. Well, he's still living there. Yeah, yeah. There was a lot of New York traffic in the, not romantic traffic, Rob. Don't get excited. So going back to your Johnny Nash song.

Yeah, I have more things to say about it, yeah. Jimmy Cliff also. Like, isn't that the most famous kind of, wouldn't you say, version? Okay, here's what I thought about this long and hard, okay? Johnny Nash, I believe, is the most famous version, okay? I believe, is the most famous version. Okay. I believe so. And Johnny Nash was inspired by your friend, Robert Nesta Marley. Bob Marley inspired Johnny Nash. That's why there's some reggae styles.

Yeah. And I can see clearly now. But. No refuting. That's a spring song. But. And I'm about to. Oh, I'm going to go out of order for you.

But. Yeah. a spring song. But, and I'm about to, oh, I'm going to go out of order for you. But. This is the 80s for sure, right? Stay tuned. I have all that for you. There's that sequencer. This is Jimmy Cliff. Yeah. Most definitely the 1990s.

90s, eh? Yeah. In fact, do you know what movie this was covered for? Sleepless in Seattle. That's a fine guess. Keep going. Do you know, Rob? Nope.

Cool Runnings. No. Nice. You know what? This actually, now that you say that, it's got that new Jack Swing to it. Nope Cool runnings No Nice You know what This actually Now that you say that It's got that New Jack swing to it That vibe

It's got A little bit Like ABC BBD East Coast Family Never skipped a beat No That guy's got a deep voice

That Boyz II Men guy Yes he does Name all the guys With deep voices Hang on You're a deep one Mr. Grinch Oh with deep voice I thought you wanted me To name all the guys In new edition Hang on You're a mean one Mr. Grinch Oh it's deep voice I thought you wanted me to name all the guys in new edition I was like I can do that

No I want to talk about Boyz II Men Ronnie Bobby Ricky Mike Ralph and Johnny That's Boyz II Men Well that's new edition No you're thinking of BBD Oh yeah Ralph Trestman And you're in fucking radio So Jimmy Cliff.

You're punchy, man. I love it. Jimmy Cliff. Yes. This one went to number 18 on the Billboard. Oh, interesting. Where Johnny Nash went to number one. And this is 1993.

But if you're Canadian like me, you might remember another cover of this song. You guys know what it is? I already know who it is. Holly Cole Trio? Yeah. And what was it about this version being jammed down our throats in this country? Like, this video, I saw

all the time. Because Canadian Radio gets a cover song of a familiar song by a Canadian band that is actually a decent cover. They're going to play the shit out of it. Because it's got familiarity out of the gate. It's exactly that. And it's CanCon.

The Tea Party did Paint It Black, for Christ's sake. Right. So did Gob do Paint It Black? Gob did Paint It Black as well, yeah. No, no, it's a huge thing. There's a whole world of, especially Christmas music, but yeah. Canadian radio gets like, ooh. And it's Holly Cole who already had a following, so it was an easy ad. That's why it was, quote, and it's Holly Cole who already had a following.

So it was an easy ad. That's why it was, quote, jammed down your throat, as you said. And I would like, you know, Holly Cole's dad,

fun fact, Holly Cole's dad was a, Bob Cole? No, actually. Glenn Cole? A very famous CBC radio personality.

He's no longer with us. But yeah, so this is the Holly Cole trio and I can see clearly now and it was a hit in this country because I used to hear it all the time. Yeah, all the time.

So here's my mind blowing. I don't think it'll blow anyone's mind, but I'm hoping maybe Rob's, I don't know, his mind looks blowable to me. Phrasing, Michael, phrasing. That's a little inappropriate. But Johnny Nash, I can see clearly now. That's Johnny Nash's biggest hit, right?

I would say so. Not in my heart! Hercules, hero of song and story. Hercules, winner of ancient glory. Fighting for the right. Fighting with his might. With the strength of ten ordinary men.

Hercules, people are safe when near him. Hercules, only the evil fear him. Softness in his eyes, iron in his thighs, virtue in his heart, fire in every part of the mighty Hercules. Victory is here. Wow. Johnny Nash, everybody. The Mighty Hercules opening theme song. I don't know. I want to hear what you guys think of when you hear that song,

but I watched so many hours of the Mighty Hercules, that cartoon. Herc, Herc. Daedalus, like the whole, Helena. I watched, of hours of the mighty Hercules, that cartoon. Herc, Herc. Daedalus, like the whole, Helena. I watched, of course, Newton. I watched a lot of that shitty cartoon. You're an early riser.

You're an early riser then. Because it was very early. So here's my, sorry, Rob, I didn't mean to jump in there. We'll go Bob, then Rob in alphabetical order. The Hercules was on at like 5 a.m. or something. I wasn't waking up at 5 a.m. No, no, but it was Hercules. Here at like 5 a.m. or something. I wasn't waking up at 5 a.m. It must have been another time. Here's the thing. The A4 mentioned

Hilarious House of Frankenstein, Hercules, and Rocket Robin Hood. The three of those, and then Davy and Goliath. That's just Sunday. During the week, Hercules and Rocket Robin Hood were back-to-back on

47 on CFMT or... Yes, yes. I watched... Yes. My dad used to work shift work and I'd get up in the morning and my dad would be watching Hercules and Rocket Robin Hood,

honest to God, at 6 a.m. Yeah. That's my memory of Hercules. Hercules, Rocket Robin Hood, Hilarious House of Frightenstein, and... Okay, so I only remember seeing Hilarious House of Freightenstein, and... Okay, so I only remember seeing Hilarious House of

Freightenstein on CHCH. Okay? Yeah. That's the only time I... I could be wrong. Again, I could be wrong. But I thought it was... Because on my TV, on my converter or whatever... Yeah, your converter. It was either 4 or 3. 4 was CFMT. 3

was Global. Yep. Okay. I thought maybe, I think it might have been global. Three, yeah. I was seeing Hercules. Yeah. Well, so my memory is it was 47 going way back before I even had a converter and I took it. I think I had 47 as well. On UHF, which is CFMT.

Cable Fun. Yeah, which was CFMT and then you could go up all the way up to 79 at one point for City TV before it went to 57. That's way back. Yeah, I remember. I feel like I saw Hilarious House of Frightens on 11. On Global?

No, 11 to CHCH. Okay, so we have some. Tobias Vaughn is chiming in. This is going to match up with more of my memory. He says Hercules was on Global around 7.30 in the morning in the early 80s. Because there's no way I was up at 5.30 or whatever to watch it. And I remember it on

Global. I do want to shout out real quickly here because he's shouting out He-Man. DJ Dream Doctor who says hello to you Rob Pruce and says that I have a bit of a Morrissey hairstyle circa 1990 right now. As long as you don't have his politics, you're okay.

Not yet. Come on. I don't have his politics yet. So thank you, Tobias Vaughn. And Rob, what are your memories of The Mighty Hercules? Well, This Mighty Hercules, it's like a 60s cartoon, right? Which was just an endless syndication for sure. It was definitely. Because that young Johnny Nash voice, that's like a 60s cartoon right which was just an endless syndication yeah for sure yeah it was definitely uh because that that young johnny nash voice that sounds like a

60s cartoon which we i mean i loved i got up early for all that shit as well but it makes me think of do you remember a weird cartoon that was like 15 minutes long called professor kitzel do you know professor kitzel or is that before your time you're too young so leslie's with you rob and that leslie was watching the uh hercules that I remember from the early 80s. She was watching in the early to mid 70s. Yeah. There's a guy called Professor Kitzel. Okay.

I don't know Kitzel either. No, he was on like all these weirdly syndicated cartoons like Davy and Goliath and Rocket Robin Hood. They all were just interchangeable and interspersed. But I think eventually we all saw them at some point in our childhoods. Well, I definitely remember spending way too many hours of rock at Robin Hood. And I still remember the waste when, was it Fry or Tuck? He'd take a bite out of the drumstick and then he'd throw it away. Like he would take one bite out of it and throw the rest away.

And even as a kid, he used to drive me crazy. I'm like, all that food's being wasted. The wonderful stories of Professor Kitzel from 1972 now that I see a picture of it I totally recognize it Do you? Oh yeah I think so Yeah I've seen that for sure. He was related

to Dr. Snuggles I think they were cousins or something but so to put a bow on this thing so Hercules was it the same production company as Rock and Rock? I think so. Or is it just that they were bought and syndicated real cheap and just aired? I think it's the same production company.

It's also the Spider-Man one from that. But then that's Toronto-based. That means you're Toronto-based. That's going to be the same guys who did the Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. That's those guys. Because that's now there are actually, okay, so Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, right?

Hold on here, Mike. Yeah, no, but that was, yeah, and actually that music counts as can't. Ooh, hey, Rocket, okay, I just Googled it because we have the power to do it. I didn't know that Rocket Robin Hood was a Canadian animated series. Yeah, it was.

That's what we're saying right now. Oh, it's CBC? It was CBC originally from 66 to 69. Come on now. Mind blow. And being shown all the way well into the mid-80s. Okay, because Rankin Bass did Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Yes.

Rankin Bass, I think, might have been behind Rocket Robin Hood no not Rocket Robin Hood maybe Hercules maybe Hercules Bernard Cowan who his friends would call him Bunny Cowan but I've had Bernard Cowan's two sons on this program 1963 only one season by the way

wow it was NBC done out of Toronto with Toronto voice actors 128 episodes in one season though wow wow

that's how they rolled back that's amazing I bet you Bernard Cowan was doing voices on that program there but shout out to the hilarious House of Freidenstein

and shout out because you're wearing that shirt there Rob and shout out to the I don't know who made the Hercules show. That wasn't made here in Canada, was it? Hercules does not look like, no, it was American.

American. Yeah. God, I watched a lot of that shitty show. And he put on the ring and he put up his hand and he'd go, Olympio. They also, so the same company also bought Speed Racer. Speed Racer. Oh, right. So there you go.

Yeah. Okay. All right. There's a deep dive on crappy Saturday or weekday mornings. Took a left turn. Yeah, we took a left turn from spring there. Yeah. Thanks, Johnny Nash.

There you go. It's all Johnny's fault. Johnny Nash, Jimmy Cliff, Rob Pruse, Bob Ouellette. What a great way to spend a Monday night. And I'm just tickled pink that next time we're together you're here, Rob, and we can have a big threesome hug. See you in a couple weeks. A threesome hug. Yeah, I can't wait to see you guys. It'll be fun.

And again, if you missed it, intern Matt, I think we're calling him Matt Grumpy, will be here as well to shadow us. I hope it doesn't make me nervous. I hope Moose Grumpy doesn't mind if I give Matt a Great Lakes beer. I hope that will be appropriate for the occasion. I'll ask for't make me nervous. I hope Moose Grumpy doesn't mind if I give Matt a Great Lakes beer. I hope that will be appropriate for the occasion.

I'll ask for ID beforehand, of course, because I'm a responsible person. But thanks for everyone for tuning in. We kicked out the Spring Jams, and next time we'll kick out a variation of a musical theater. Love it. And that

that brings us to the end of our 1,226th show you can follow me on twitter I'm at Toronto Mike Bob is at Bob Willette rhymes with Gillette but it's Willette

Rob is at Rob Pruce with an X at the end. If you can figure out how to spell Pruce. Why did you cancel on Bob again? You were busy, Rob. Why did you cancel on Bob's basement? Oh, I had a film shoot actually in our house. It's a long story, but we had a TV show come film. Oh.

Ah, a TV show called Blue Bloods. I've heard of that. I've heard of Blue Bloods. Have you heard of that, but we had a TV show come film. A TV show called Blue Bloods. I've heard of that. I've heard of Blue Bloods. Have you heard of that, Bob? Okay, so we're going to see your home in an episode of Blue Bloods. Okay, very exciting. Are you going to do a rain check? Yeah, we're going to make it happen. Oh, yeah.

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