Canoes, Contests, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Adventure (Hour 2)

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Our two, this is Jim Schmidt, former mayor and special guest in house, which is I'm really glad you're co-hosting with me.

Thank you for asking me back, Jim.

You were

on Thursday or Friday

last

week.

Yeah, we had a ball.

And we got some nice comments.

And we had somebody else kind of scheduled.

And we're like, hey, let's see if she can do it again.

So thank you for being here.

Thanks for having me, Jim.

Connie

Feldman, who was the anchor at Fox 11.

Of

course, local five.

Local five,

yeah.

Did you do radio?

Yes, I did.

Oh, you did.

Where

were you

at?

I was at IXX.

Oh.

I was doing some weekend mornings.

Well, that's cool.

I had to call my daughter and ask her how you pronounce some names.

Who's this Florida guy?

She's like, no, mom.

Florida ride out.

Yeah.

There you go.

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All right, hey, I wanna talk to you.

I started talking a little bit about the breakfast on the farm

that

we hold in Brown County every year, right around, this is Dairy Month, right?

We talked about

that.

June Dairy

Month.

And I was out at,

the breakfast on the farm.

I've done that many, many times.

And just a great, great event, right?

They had 6,000 people that come out.

I think it was $10 for adults, $5 for children, five to 10, and kids under four are free.

And there were a lot of kids under four.

I mean, there were

a lot of strollers.

They

had to park the strollers.

They had this huge parking area for strollers because they wanted to go on the...

You know, the ride with the tractor pulls you in a trailer,

gives you a

tour.

You don't bring a stroller on there.

So they had this area.

They started to kind of look

the same.

It's

like luggage.

I'm like, you should put

a

ribbon

around that or

something.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun.

And the volunteers they have, I know you've done that many times.

That's what makes it work.

Oh, yeah, they used to have milk in contests for the local TV personalities.

I was, I just ruled in that.

You rocked it, didn't you?

You rocked it.

I believe

that.

I'm a farm girl.

You just can't have long fingernails.

That's the

key.

But anyway, they had a lot of

cool stuff.

Of course, Culver's was there with the ice cream and that huge petting zoo and a lot of kids' activities.

We were talking about the machinery is...

Huge you see it when you're driving

pretty high at

60 miles an hour But when you get close to it and a little kid, you know that the tires is way way over their head Yeah, so anyway, that was they just had a lot of cool stuff anyway and the volunteers So I tried to do Todd sends me out, you know my expertise in reporting.

He said get some audio and I

So we're going to see if any of this stuff worked.

It was on my phone.

You had him out as an MMJ, huh?

I did.

Yeah.

Whatever

that is.

He did not get the job.

All right,

here's

a cool interview right here.

All right, here we are out at breakfast on the farm in West Side.

And we're talking to some volunteers.

You guys are with, there's three ladies here serving in the same line that my wife and I are.

What group are you with?

Okay, let me just stop things and just tell a story.

So there's actually video with this and it's literally video of her shoes.

I

was

nervous.

You know, I can't

multitask.

You know what I mean?

Well, that's the multi-MMJ is multi-media journalist.

Oh, no.

That means you shoot video.

I wouldn't even apply for that

job much as

not get it.

Here's some more.

Brilliant FFA.

So what brings you out

here?

I'm an FFA officer and I think volunteering helps like show support for our FFA.

FFA and chapter.

What does FFA all do?

You can volunteer at a lot of like farming things, but it's not all about that.

You can go to like banquets and conventions and you do a lot of leadership stuff.

Well, that's cool.

And you, what's your name?

Madison.

And Madison.

And what, and you're an FFA as well?

Yes, I'm an officer.

Oh,

you're an officer.

Ooh, good time.

So what do you guys, what will you, you got a whole group out here?

Is it just the three of you

or?

Yeah, we have some kids parking.

It looks like we have some kids cooking and then us three are in the serving line.

That's awesome.

All right, we're gonna have a big crowd here.

Yep.

How'd you like

to have 6,000 people for

breakfast, right?

All

right, if you're tuning.

Elena.

And how

long have you been in FFA?

Three years.

Oh,

really?

So what year are you?

I'm a freshman.

Oh, so grade school you jumped in on this?

Yeah, seventh grade.

Do you have a highlight, something you've really liked, or is it right here at Breakfast on the

Farm?

This is pretty fun, so that's probably one of the highlights.

And what do you hope to do?

You're young though, you're just a freshman.

But do you think about what you want to do when you get out of school?

Hopefully be a nurse somewhere.

That's awesome.

That's a

good feeling.

What do you think, Matt?

Think about what you want to do?

Go to

college or something.

Not yet.

Good idea.

How about you?

I want to be a firefighter.

See,

isn't that nice?

And you're all out here working.

Well, this is great.

You guys volunteer and brilliant.

Like is awesome.

Everybody knows that.

All right.

Thanks for doing this.

All right.

We'll talk to you breakfast on the farm.

So it was her shoes.

And then later I found out that Jim was wearing a checkered shirt because it was just his arm.

But that was nicely done.

You know, the number one rule interviewing, you didn't ask any yes or no questions.

So you let them ask a question that's going to expand, expound upon.

I'm not even sure I thought about that.

I'm not kidding you.

I do love talking to those kids.

These kids, right?

I'm going to go to college.

I want to be a firefighter.

Wow, that's awesome.

And are you surprised, though, that people in FFA want to, I mean, broaden their horizons?

I mean, we talk about it all the time.

Farm kids, yeah.

They're just always a good hire.

And

they are.

But what's cool is that one girl talked about her leadership skills

that she's learning.

And

they need to learn how to lead, how to organize,

how to

build consensus.

So I thought that was a lot of

work.

It's hard to get young people to stay and work on the farm these days.

I hear that a lot.

They can get paid more at doing whatever.

And it's hard

work.

Well, I talked to someone, I don't know if that's in the audio or not, but she's going to work on the farm.

That's her thing.

That is what she wants to do.

She loves it.

So, yeah, that was that was pretty cool talking to her as well.

So I think, Todd, I think I talked to some people who were doing the cooking as well.

And, you know, they're there much earlier.

Do you have anything with the cooking guys that I talked to?

Let me see what I got.

OK, I talked to them.

But anyway, they're those guys get there even earlier.

I mean, we get there, you know.

those guys are there, you know, 435 to start making

stuff in

there.

And that breakfast was not just scrambled eggs, ham, but...

the cheese they put

in there.

Oh my

gosh.

And I was serving it, so you take a scoop and you put it on the guy's plate, and it's all this cheese for your dish to his plate, you know?

So you gotta

kind of wrap, like cheese, like a pizza, and you gotta kind of

wrap it up,

and I didn't want to touch it while I was wearing gloves, but so I'm like, oh, I'll pull your cheese, and I'll pull mine, and anyway.

But yeah, a lot of people

had fun.

And ice cream?

Ice cream sundaes?

Absolutely, yep, from Culver's, that was cool

too.

I do have the cooks, would you like to hear that audio?

Sure, so

we talked, I went over and talked to the cooks, because of course we're all under the same tent.

Oh,

okay.

That was my cue.

Volunteers.

So you're the egg guy.

How long have you been doing this?

It's my first year here.

All right.

How about you?

Three years.

Three years?

One year.

Three?

Three?

All right.

Do you guys ever... Do you ever use ostrich eggs?

Not that we

know of.

Blank stare.

I've worked with John Miney.

He said at one year, you used ostrich eggs.

I'll set him straight.

I'll set him straight, you guys.

This is great.

What are you adding next?

You got the ham?

This is it.

You get

the

cheese.

So what's all in there?

Ham, eggs, and cheese.

All right.

It's a

little

bio-strich.

All right, you guys.

Thanks for doing

this.

All right.

Some hard-hitting stuff, man.

Well,

the...

The reason John was serious about that because we're in here.

I don't talk maybe it was it couldn't have been last year Maybe it was we're talking about breakfast on the farm because you know Well, no egg prices were going crazy.

Yeah, he goes, you know what people do then is they use ostrich eggs I'm like what and he was like serious about it.

He had a that dream stuck

I don't know.

I don't know

that we never heard that so I thought I would really qualify it at Talking to these guys because they've been cooking

Some of these guys have been there.

I even talked to people who've been there much, much longer

than

three years.

Never.

So anyway.

It is fun to see them, though, with these huge spatulas.

The first time I saw it, it was a dustpan.

And I took a second glance.

I'm like, boy, I don't know.

It is.

Brand new dustpan, of course.

Of course.

But

it just looks

a

lot.

But this year, do you remember them having pancakes?

I think that was new this year or last year.

I don't

remember

them

having pancakes.

That was great.

You're making me really hungry.

In fact, I know this because, as Jim was doing the interview, it was showing the counter that said, adults, three pancakes, children, one or two.

That was our training.

But I'll have a picture.

I'll show you a picture at the break.

A guy is at the end of the line and right now I'm there and I said, look, I take a picture because his plate was the breakfast on the farm.

A lot of kids, I was...

They passed on the eggs.

You want eggs, though?

Little kids.

Oh, well, if there's pancakes.

Well, that's true.

Maybe allergies, right?

Maybe.

Could be.

And some of the parents were like, take some and I'd have to talk them into just a little scoop.

You know, you mentioned seeing Malaine Wells there.

Oh, yeah, she was great.

She is great.

She would be the one to ask about the ostrich eggs.

She would know.

Yeah, she came over to her line and talked to her for a little while.

There was, which was kind of, I don't know, is it word refreshing?

Because I was one of the problems back in the day.

It's usually just a ton of politicians walking around there, you know, because

that's a

great place.

6,000 people.

Yeah.

They're from the

area.

Yeah.

It's not like this was a big tourist thing, although there are, I'm sure, some tourists.

And they're just around, handing out literature, wearing their shirts.

And I didn't see any now.

I was only there from 6.30 to 9.

So maybe they came later because it went until noon.

But I was surprised that there wasn't that.

whole thing because I used to be out there.

I'm sure I interviewed it one of those.

Bring the crew out there.

Anyway, it was just great.

Like I said, the fun those kids had and that farm, I don't know.

Dan Brick is the one who runs it.

He owns the farm.

I don't know when they started on that, but that thing was immaculate.

Oh, yes.

And they parked.

They wanted to have to park.

If they have 6,000 people, they have to park thousands of cars, right?

Not everybody gets it at

the same time.

And just the fields were all cut and it was so organized on parking, you know, just putting the people in the straight lines.

And then you get in and the lines move very quickly.

It was

$10 and some people paid, some people had tickets.

And then you get in there and...

the food lines, I think there's seven of them.

That's pretty good distribution.

Seven buffet lines, you know?

So people moved through there and it was...

Well, and everything is immaculate.

What a great way to showcase what actually happens on a working dairy farm.

And then they have Miss Dairyland was there.

Alice in Dairyland.

Also known as Miss Dairyland.

Dairybar wasn't Alice in Dairyland.

That's right, she was.

She was.

I talked to her a little bit.

Her ultimate goal, she went to Madison.

Her reign is up, I think, in five weeks.

She told me in the four or five.

She wants to own a farm.

Oh, that's awesome.

I said, you come on a farm, and she goes, no.

This is Alison Dairyland.

That's to make sure.

Not Terry Barr.

But Alison Dairyland.

Oh, yeah.

Alison

Dairyland, the current one, I think of her name.

But she is really into this.

Loves that.

We talk about the highlights of her year.

Every day she said every day was great.

So

all

right.

This is kind of the mayor will be right back

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We're going to play a round of the world's worst trivia yesterday was Game Show Day, National Game Show Day.

We missed that.

That was yesterday.

So we're celebrating today.

All right, here we go.

All

right, what is Wisconsin's nickname?

The Dairy State.

America's Dairyland.

We'll

give that to her.

We'll give that to her.

Yeah, I don't know.

It's on our license plates.

I don't

know.

Okay, all right.

What is Wisconsin's state bird?

Oh, come on.

State bird.

The Robin?

Yes.

Nice job.

Okay.

I was

kind of surprised that I had to help you with that.

Were you just

playing that?

The Robin?

That this was hell.

Well, this is the red dress.

Just for the Robins.

When I was a kid growing up, I was very quick.

My mom would tell us that when you see your first Robin, make a wish.

I wish for spring.

That's kind

of right

there.

All right.

What is Wisconsin's state tree?

The maple.

No, it's not.

Is it the what?

The what?

The what?

The pine, pine tree.

Oh, pine tree.

We can say.

No, I didn't know.

Oh, cedar?

Yeah, it's white pine.

All right.

So you have to get 10 of these to get the job, by

the way.

I was going to say the.

OK, so far you've got two.

So what is Green Bay's nickname?

Title Town.

Yes, kind of.

Oh, well,

come on.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, that's not it.

Is

it

in reference to something?

It's in reference to a product that we manufacture.

Oh, the paper capital of the world?

Yes,

and it is.

I think

I should get two points for that.

All right.

Let me see.

What is Green Bay known for besides football?

Green Bay.

Well, making paper.

the production of toilet paper.

We're known for that.

And that we used to be a trading post in 1634, but everybody knows that.

Well, that's

what I would have

went for the answer.

I know,

everybody

knows that.

Yeah,

that's

very good trade.

That's right up

there with the

pledge.

Trade for toilet paper.

Okay.

All right.

Better get this one right.

What city is the oldest in Wisconsin?

Uh, the big Green

Bay.

It is Green Bay.

Everything is Milwaukee.

It's us.

We smoke them there too.

Okay.

Where were...

Oh, yeah, I think you might know this one.

Where were the first kindergarten classes in the US held?

Green Bay No, we're still not there yet.

Um, no, it's Fort Howard No, it's Watertown Watertown, Wisconsin.

Okay, where they first kindergarten.

Oh,

okay.

Okay.

I just Let's see,

but that's not northeast Wisconsin.

Okay, right the trick question

That's

our next question not

this

one this this question is the name you know the highest point in Wisconsin The highest point in Wisconsin.

I didn't know this.

I might

is it granite peak?

No,

it's not

can I ask I'm just gonna ask a quick is it out west It's not

granddad's bluff is it nope

It's in Pierce County.

I don't know then.

All right, it's Timbs Hill.

Again, that's not northeast Wisconsin.

No, I just I said that I said brought in your scope.

Don't be so narrow.

We're big civic media is big time stations in Iowa.

So we're big.

We're big.

We

don't.

Oh, we don't.

I thought we were going to.

OK.

All right.

Here, this one you better get right.

All right.

What city is known for its ice cream Sunday?

Oh, come

on.

Okay, two rivers.

Yes.

I

grew

up there.

There's a big

statue in the park and I kept thinking a home of the hamburger

rights,

which is see more.

All right.

We'll give you that too.

That's what even okay.

What's the largest county in Wisconsin,

Milwaukee?

No,

Dane.

No Are you talking about land size or population?

It's got to be land Langley.

No, what is it marathon?

Oh, okay.

All right

Okay, oh, yeah, you're right.

Okay, now here one more question this morning and the world's worst trivia with Jim

Schmidt.

Okay, this one's an easy one.

I want to get okay.

Where's the first Ringley Brothers circus staged?

Yeah, that's right.

Okay.

All right.

Last one.

Where is Wisconsin's Maritime Museum?

Man it to walk.

That's right.

She's getting this right.

All

right.

You're there.

All right.

This was not the worst edition of the show that we've ever had.

We could do a lot worse.

But you can't prep us a question by telling me, okay, this is an easy one.

Yeah, that's true.

Then what if I get it wrong?

Yeah, that's true.

But we're talking to some people about like the Malva when we were at the cocktail party that we need to do this in Oshkosh.

Appleton and Green Bay, that passport in your own city.

Remember

when we did that

back

in 2000, about

three, four, and people go around, they get this stamped and then they turn in their passport and they were eligible for...

uh packer tickets which is a

draw people want that

well yeah

we could still do that but there's so much and we're the best ambassadors they can run all the ads they want all the billboards they want but if someone comes in you say look go to the malva center go to botanical gardens you know go to the north linor go to the grand you know there's just cool stuff to do so we have to get that going again that would be one of our goals with civic media

okay we have got coming up

Okay, I wave to you Connie, but I got it.

I got it.

Oh, sorry.

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All

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Connie in the mirror.

Of course, Connie in the mirror.

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Connie Feldman.

All right.

We're back.

And Connie, I just hear I was picking on you in that contest and we had a text that came in.

I know.

I don't know.

I mean,

my, my answer said that the white pine was the, uh, Wisconsin state tree and James.

Thank you, James.

James come in.

Hey, uh,

Mr. Mayor idiot.

No, he didn't say that.

He just wrote,

according to the blue book, Connie

is

correct.

It's the Sugar Maple.

Sugar Maple, Sugar Maple.

I would music fest down in Madison, been there, fun time.

I would think it would be the Sugar Maple.

Sugar Maple,

yeah.

Maple trees, growing up, but I don't know, I just...

So

not only, and Jim, you know, I like you very much, but not only is he a bad game show host, he comes up with really bad questions.

He needs to check his sources.

We need to get Jim's reporting up

to snuff here.

All right, I'll get ahold of that Wayne Brady guy, right?

It's his birthday today and he can help me out, right?

Is he a game show host?

Yeah,

he is.

Which way is he?

Let's

make a deal.

Let's

make a deal.

Oh

yeah,

that's right.

Okay.

He's no money haul.

No, no, you

know, here's

the things let me you're gonna get me off on a tangent

here.

Here we go.

Okay, cuz I

love game shows

I do game show

the best the best game show hosts came in the old days from radio because

you had

to be able to work on your feet and come

you

know talk about stuff and whatever now a lot of people who are doing game shows are TV people a lot of them just look good

Wayne's actually not that bad.

No, he's not.

He

also did improv though, right?

Exactly.

So I think

if you've got a little bit of that,

you can kind of, but some of these are just horrible.

Michael, what's the guy's name that does pyramid now?

From Good

Morning America.

Oh, Strayham.

Football player.

Yeah.

Come

on,

really?

Dick Clark is right now spinning in his grave.

So is Bill Cullen, because he hosted that as well.

You know, Drew Carey did okay though.

He's OK.

He's OK.

But he's no Bob Barker.

But to try and take over from Bob Barker, are you kidding me?

Who'd want that?

No, I agree.

It's tough to follow.

Yeah.

That Drew Carey, we were here just, did you see that story of the interview?

No, I forgot what show I was watching.

But where this one guy just memorized prices.

He was like

a. Oh, yes, I did.

Did you see that?

Yes.

And he just like memorized everything.

Thank you.

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