Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, well, it's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off of
us right here at WFHR. Kind of want a second take at that one. That one didn't feel
good. And the last one on the week. That's all right. Get a wrap on that one. You've
always got another day. That was another day coming. Your host, James, here with you being
joined by, of course, our head of news, our co-host, Melissa Kay. Good morning. Our
head of production, co-host Seth Habhagger. Good morning. And the best listeners and radio.
Thanks for joining us, y'all. I hope you have a great Friday out there. We're going to make
sure that it's a great one and get you ready for the weekend. Good things in store. Like
a great friend, Brittany Merlot, joining us, talking a little mother nature. How are you
doing, Brett? Good morning. It's a party here this morning. All of us. We love it. Yes.
Got a gang together. It's going to be a fun one. Yeah. We are looking at a couple of decent
weekend. It looks like Brittany and might be one of our last. Yes. Oh my gosh. So right
now we've got those cloudy skies. We might stay cloudy through a good chunk of the morning,
but eventually clearing by this afternoon and into the evening, more and more sunshine
with highs today into those upper fifties. So we're cooler because obviously the winds
have changed out of the northwest behind that cold front that brought us a syndagia brain.
Of course, we wanted more, but we'll take a little bit of it. It did knock that fire
risk down for today, but it is going to start to increase again with those winds. It wasn't
enough to really reverse the drought conditions that are just expanding rapidly. So a beautiful
weekend, high pressure moves in. It takes over the entire weekend. Tomorrow will have highs
in the mid fifties, and then the winds switched out of the south for Sunday. So it'll still
be bright, beautiful, sunny skies, dry weather, but warming us up. So we will rise to the
low sixties into Sunday before we start to spike Monday and Tuesday. We get warm again.
Can your 80 degrees on Tuesday before a big system hits? Of course, the timing of that system
is right around Halloween. So we're all watching it, but right now it looks mainly rain for us.
We could see some snow far up north. Oh, the S word. Yeah. We knew it was going to
be around at some point or anything. We're better. We're better set forth, though. Thanks,
to you, Brittany. We appreciate you. Thanks so much for joining us. You have yourself a great
weekend. Have a beautiful one. Bye, guys. See you. So I should debate between being Mary Poppins
for Halloween or the Michelin man so I can wear my snow suit. Yes, there you go. Yes, yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Anything you were going to wear for Halloween, add on, you know,
a couple of layers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes.
More umbrella. Your moon boots, all of it. Oh, it's too windy, though. You might take off.
Yeah. If you are just like Mary Poppins, that's right. That's right. Very realistic. That's
really nice. That's what I go for. Really. We are going for a good show. We got some great
segments lined up for you. We kick it off with the L cafe birthday and anniversary club in just a
little bit. We're going to talk about a Polish radio station trying to replace us. Yeah. This
has been coming. This has been coming. We're going to get into that. How many of us are looking
forward to Halloween this year? We'll get into that one. How many of us have lived in a haunted
house? We will get into that. We've got five mistakes people make when they are shopping at Spirit
Halloween. I've got a story to tie into that one. Oh, nice. Very good. We are going to have some fun
in the 9 o'clock hour because right now I'm in the middle of trying to set up an interview for us.
Going into last night into today, I am looking to get the director for Matilda on the air with us.
Yes. To talk about CWACS great production that they got going on over there. We'll see if we're
able to time that outright or not. Either way, we'll be talking with them soon and mentioning how
CWACS, we're going to get tickets for that great show. We'll get into some interesting news from
Jerry Seinfeld. Got that to kick off in the entertainment section. We will also get into what's
new on your small screen, big screen, and your theater stage, local theater stage. And we before
wrap up, if you if you changed to a four day work week, which extra day would you want off?
Okay. I have ideas. I have ideas. Thursday or Tuesday, just to make it weird.
I don't know. I don't know. You're the better. Honestly, I have not thought much about it.
Wednesday, right in the middle. That's what I say. We have touched on this one before. So we'll
get into that one a little bit later and see how that goes. But right now, we're going to try
something a little bit different in Melissa. I would like it if you could play along. You don't
have to. Yep. That's that's okay. She is. No, that's the perfect response. That was perfect.
It's a community time. Rooting our improv. Can't never say no. That's what I do.
And I would really love the audience at home to play along as well. Now, years ago, many of you
got the morning show play at home versions. You know, they're radio. So if you want to play
along, please feel free to a new Mayo Clinic study found standing on one leg is a pretty good
indicator of how fast you're aging. If you struggle with it, then you might officially be getting
old or old. Oh, wow. They had people try to balance on one leg for 30 seconds. And it wasn't a
problem for most young people. But every decade you tack on the ability to do it decreases by around
two seconds. That's the average. Oh, wow. So if you can't balance for at least 30 seconds without
much trouble, you're not over the hill yet. If you can't, or if you can't, or you sway a lot,
you're you're getting older. If you can do it with your eyes closed, it's a sign you're even
healthier. Oh, okay. So balance is a big deal. Yep. Not everybody has to do this, but I am standing
right now. And he is weird to be doing this. Talking on the microphone standing. That is kind of
weird. Our good friend Travis over at with, you know, big cheese. Yeah. He does all of his shows like
this. Really? Yes. He's one of the few people I know that live the standard doing radio. I don't
know a lot of people that do. I could never do this. I'm going to I just about broke my neck
because I was going to do the whole standing on one leg with the chair. Yeah. And you'll fall in on
the board. Oh, I'm going to stand. Oh, it's over 30 seconds. You want to, you want to, if you're not
going to stand, you want to count Seth. You want to count this one out. Okay. Yeah. Melissa, you're
going to do this one. Please not out loud. No. I'm not going to count. I'm getting on my my stopwatch
here. So we're ready to go. Everybody ready at home. All right. Let's go ahead and let's stand in
one leg. Get ready. All right. Here we go. As he's standing. Yes. He need to commentate. Oh,
oh, well, whether or not he's swaying. Is he swaying? He's swayed for a second there. He's got his
balance now though. Yep. Yep. Yep. He's he's but is that a half a second? That's 10, 10 seconds.
I didn't realize we had to judge on this. Yeah. It's in these seconds. He's half way there.
He's he's doing all right. Yeah. Come on. Yeah. No. Look at this. This is a long time. He didn't
make it. He's officially old. Nope. You know what I should have done. I should have done it with
the other foot. Yeah. Yeah. I did it with the other foot. But yes, I have officially old. I have
officially old. I mean, 26 seconds. 26. So he almost made it. So that's four seconds off. Okay. So
that's four seconds. That's a decade for every second, right? Man, you guys don't know how bad
this is hurting right now. Like I just got into it with it. Okay. You get them all again. Yeah,
yeah. It's all right. It's all right. I just was talking. The thing is the more you practice,
the better you'll get. Yeah. That's true. That's true. I shouldn't have wore Chuck Taylor's today.
That was a bad idea. That was bad idea. But there's stretch enough. You didn't stretch enough. That's
actually a fun way to get to do this. Yeah. And in a sign, if you are, if you, if it does,
if this, you know, study tells you, okay, you can't do this. You are old. You know, it doesn't
mean that you have to take it. That's true. There is exercise. There is plenty of
voices that do. Practice. Yeah. Practice. Perfect. Yoga. Pilates. I mean, there are a lot of things
that you can do that don't require going to a gym. Mm-hmm. That's very true. Very true. There's
lots of ways to counter age, lying about your age. No. I did. I had very direct way of doing it. Yeah.
I am, I am in the middle of auditioning and they are auditioning me agents. And I talked to a
wonderful guy yesterday who's been in the business for a very long time and was very nice to talk to.
But when we can't, when it came to age, I told him how old I was. He's like, well, that won't do.
What? We were having a perfectly normal conversation and everything was fine and then all the sudden
they just went completely left field and he's like, well, you've got to say your 30.
You've got to say, but I'm not. He's like, no, you have to say your 30. Do you want to work?
He just kept asking me the same question over and over again. Do you want to work?
Oh, that's fine. Why do you think I wanted the agent for fun?
You know what? Is your giggles to talk? I don't think so.
You know what? I like not getting all the money that I deserve for forgetting a part and everything.
Please take seven percent. I don't need it. This seems fun. I do.
That's good. So apparently, maybe he's right, though. Maybe I need to. I need to.
That's my good best chance. But you know what you need to do.
You should apologize to him. What you need to do is go like so far, like just go crazy.
Yeah, I'm 22. That's that's you know, just just go as far as you can and people will be like, wow.
You're going to do it. Go big. Hard life. Yeah. I'm 21. Yeah. What are you talking about?
Age quick. I've had a stressful teenager. Yes, a stressful teenager with a lot. Back off.
I don't know. I don't know. I do know that we premiered our new newsletter a couple of weeks ago.
We had our second edition come out yesterday. Had a bunch of people, including my mom and dad,
say that they really enjoyed it. I want to encourage the audience again to check that out and send
a big thank you to our team for the extra work and the work that's being done on that one. Yes.
You can get the newsletter at WFHR.com. Check it out, everybody. We've got some great reporting
done in there, including our own Michael Comer. Got some writing in there. Got some of his sports
in there. All right. He's in sports in there. Kind of a handful of other great articles to check out
from other great writers and great stories around here. News round up. Excellent. Thank you,
everyone for contributing. Yeah. Chuck and Laura have put some good stuff in there. I believe in
WASA key. Melissa key. Melissa K. Melissa K. I'm sorry. Yes, because my name is so hard to say. It's a
tongue twister. It's a bit of a tongue twister. When you picked your name, you should have chosen
a harder one. You know, this is the message. Yeah, because yeah, that's what I want. If people
pronounce it, they'll remember it better. That's why I sign up for the newsletter. Everybody
in a big thank you to that. And I do want to send a special shout out to you, Mella. I want to
put you on the spot and embarrass you for a second, because your news breaks have been great,
and they're a little bit different. I had to do things a little bit different. Got sent to
curveball this week, and you knocked it out the park. Nice work. Thank you. We will get back with
come back with the LCAP birthday anniversary club doing some celebrating when we get back. All right.
On the morning show at WFHR.
It is time, everybody, for the LCAPA birthday and anniversary club.
One of our favorite parts of the day, we get to celebrate you and talk about our great friends
over at LCAPA. And we encourage you not only to head on over there, check out some of the great
breakfast and lunch specials. But what are you doing for Halloween, everybody? What are you doing
for a haunted house, huh? All right. Have you ever been to a haunted house at a restaurant?
Have you ever checked that up? This is my deal. When you put it that way. You know, I just hope
they don't serve scary food. And I don't think they would join our friends at LCAPA for a
spectacular tronco treat Halloween celebration. Where are your favorite costumes? Enjoy tronco
treat treating and brave our haunted house. Exciting thrills and delicious hot chocolate. Wait
you on the other side. Check it out everybody from four to six tonight. Enjoy their free
open house Halloween haunted house that they're doing. That's very cool. And it's early. It's on
Sunday. Yes. Yeah. Be sure to check that out everybody. This Sunday over at LCAPA. And of course,
keep in mind they got their great fish fry tonight. Plenty of great things. You know, outside of
when they're not open. Not a bad time to go over to LCAPA. That's right. Yeah. It took over
there with them. I see they're not of experience. I show up there almost every Monday. I'm like,
oh, I know better. I talked about this on the years. I still do it. Still do it. And they're special
today. A brewer skillet for breakfast guys. It sounds good. Two eggs on potatoes with onion
peppers, chorizo, Italian sausage, and cheese. Wow. And then for lunch, stuffed tomato with tuna
salad, fresh fruit, and toast. That's different. Can't go. Awesome. Check it out over at LCAPA.
Everybody. Two twenty one market avenue and beautiful port Edwards. If I may tease something
as well on the more on the kitchen's open tomorrow on Monday. Excuse me on Monday at nine o'clock.
In interview with Mr. Fidel, the owner and operator of LCAPA. It's a great story. Man, he is
he's a some he's some kind of guy. He's a great guy. Yeah. Really, really good. Interesting guy.
And looking forward to that episode of the kitchen's open at nine o'clock on Monday.
And we looking forward to more birthdays and anniversaries, everybody. We're gearing up towards
the end of October, which means in the beginning of November, we're going to be drawing our winner
for the LCAPA birthday anniversary club. Somebody or someone's are going to win two gift certificates
to LCAPA. We're looking forward to handing those out, but we need qualifiers. We do. Get them to us.
Info at wfhr.com. You can email us that way. Direct messages on our Facebook pages. Feel
free to do that. You can, of course, also email any of our staff. James dot mail off at civic media
dot us or Melissa dot K at civic media. US set at civic media dot us. I need the above.
It's right. Go ahead and hit us up, everybody. And call up. That's right. 715 424 2600 or just one
button dial in with the civic media app, which is free. Looking forward to taking your calls.
Everybody call up and join us. Let's see here. So Melissa, I need a one or two.
Two. Okay. And Seth, I need a one through four. Four.
Gives us that one. And I need a one through three. Melissa.
Three. Okay. There we go. We got ourselves our qualifiers. We can get right into the celebrate.
And we got a lot of them today, everybody. Let's start off with wishing a very happy birthday to
Marge Ross. Happy birthday, Marge. Happy birthday, Marge. Enjoy your day, Marge. Hope it's good.
Yeah. And we wish happy birthday to Anna Anderson. She is our qualifier for today. All right.
Happy birthday, Anna. Congratulations. And we will Henderson. Yeah, it's a good day. Yeah.
And we want to spend put the spotlight and wish a very happy 38th anniversary to Chuck and Chris
Jennero. Oh, happy anniversary. That's awesome. Yeah. Chuck, of course, our GM and engineer and
really the soul of this station has been for really since he was born pretty much.
You talk about growing up in this industry in this station. He certainly did.
We appreciate Chuck and all the work that he does. Literally like an hour ago for me.
The incredible incredible here, but one of the better voices you're ever going to hear in
radio too. We never use him enough, man. Oh, I got him for community stories, guys.
That's right. Well done. You know, smart. Well done.
And Chris is amazing too. We wish them both a very, very happy 38th anniversary. Yes, indeed.
We take a look at Saturday where we have the chance to wish some happy birthdays to Emily Hansen.
Happy birthday, Emily. Happy birthday. Ron Shimanski.
Happy birthday, Ron. We're good birthdays to both of you. I love the name, Ron. That's a good name.
Yep. And we wish happy anniversary to Chuck and Carol Corn.
Yeah. Happy birthday, Chuck and Carol. Happy anniversary to you too.
Yeah. Have a great one, Chuck and Carol Corn. That's great. That's great. That's great.
It's got a nice flow to it. It really does. That's really cool. They planned it that way.
Yep. And our qualifier for Saturday, October 26th.
Janette Mandolin. Oh, happy birthday, Janette. Enjoy your day, Janette.
Congratulations. Yeah. And on Sunday, we wish a happy birthday to Jeff Fuller.
Happy birthday, Jeff. Happy birthday.
Wishing a happy anniversary to Tim and Anna Stainbrook. Tim and Anna.
Tim and Anna. And a happy 35th to our qualifiers Pat and Kathy Cronston.
Oh, back at me. 35. Congratulations.
Some impressive anniversaries this week. It is. It's big numbers. Big ones.
Wishing every one of you a very happy birthday and happy anniversary,
each and every one of you. Yeah. Absolutely.
We take a look at our celebrity list of birthday. Sierra is 39 today, R&B singer,
goodies and of course, Mary T. Russell Wilson.
Oh, that's right. Let's see here. Craig Robinson is 53, Daryl on the office. Fantastic actor
and stand-up comedian. Very good voice to his really good singer.
Pedro Martinez is 53, Hall of Famer, one three Saiyans, World Series with Red Sox.
I'm telling you, heck of a player.
One of the good talker too. He's excellent. He's very funny.
Samantha B is 55. Former daily show correspondent and writer had her own show for a while there.
Yep. Was really the first and really the only woman of late night.
They don't even have that anymore. And they're not even trying.
And I can't understand why they continue to make the same decisions with late night
television that they do. I will never understand what Jimmy Fallon is doing in that chair.
I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I know there's a lot of people that like Jimmy Fallon.
I've never understood one second of Jimmy Fallon's career. Let alone him getting one of the most
coveted jobs in all of entertainment and destroying that job. And to the point where it's affected
all late night TV. And not for nothing, every late night host looks and sounds the same.
It's true. I mean, they really haven't even tried to change things up or anything that really.
When we were kids, you had our Cineo Hall or at least, you know, a couple of different voices in
there. Conan O'Brien's show was completely different. You just don't see it anymore.
It's like they've given up on late night TV, which is real shame because I'm up all night.
And you want it. It's completely selfish.
Hey, things change. Things evolve. Chad Smith is 63 amazing drummer for the Red Hot
Shilly Peppers. Maybe the second or third best drummer I've ever seen live.
And Will Ferrell's doppelganger. Yes. Yeah. It's so alike.
The girl, yes. Oh my goodness. They've done a bunch of great stitches together.
One of my favorite voice actors of all time. Nancy Cartwright is 67.
The voice of Bart Simpson, not to mention Nelson Mons, Rodentod Flanders, Ralph Wiggum.
I mean, I keep going. She's done so many voices over the years.
Here's a here's a shout out in the early in her career before she landed the Simpsons.
She was the voice, one of the voices on a short live cartoon called Galaxy High,
which for whatever reason I remember very well. It was like once.
Yeah, it was not very like, but I remember it too. But I do know she was on that show.
She was also the girl who got banished in Cantoon Land in Twilight Zone the movie.
That's right. I forgot about that. Yeah.
Great career. An amazing voice, amazing person too. She's something.
And people don't log her with us like Helen Ready Born in the State in 1941, Pesto in 2020.
I am a woman singer. Yes. A wonderful singer.
Many Pearl born in 1912, Pesto Way in 1996, Country Legend.
Yes. You talk about trying to do comedy with country and not many people could do it.
Not many people started doing it and really would do what's dipped their foot into that world.
She really made her bones in that and really, I made a career out of it.
She was one of the few, few. I mean, in the world of comedy, few female comedians to start with.
And then in that one, she was like the only one and she had a career that lasted decades.
I mean, she was good. She was good. It's incredible to look at her career when she accomplished.
And she did it with no connections, no this, no that. And like some artists where they lean
into their looks and that helps them get a break or something like that. She went the opposite
direction with that. They yourself look frumpy and yeah. Yeah. Just the tag on the hat.
Yeah. And I'm sorry. As a little kid watching her, I thought she had some of the best comedic
timing I would watch. Like she was so darn good and underrated and underused really in her career.
And many pearl was her stage name, her real name is Sarah Ophelia Collie Cannon. Thank you.
Wow. How beautiful is that name? How beautiful is that name? Yeah. Great artist. Great artist.
And another great artist, Pablo Picasso, born in the state in 1881, passed away in 1973. Wow.
My mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk,
you'll end up the pope. Instead, I became a painter and I wound up as Picasso.
Not lack for self-confidence. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Sunday Saturday, birthday is John Hader is 47 to pull in and Napoleon Dynamite is 47.
I want to see Napoleon Dynamite too, but it's just him like,
I've been older and, you know, just not even close to the same guy. Like everything he was
in high school. He's not. Like the ultimate cult movie. It's on the list. It's got to be. It's up
there. Let's see your Keith Urban is 57 on Saturday. Wow. Great singer, country singer, musician.
The legend, Kerry L. Ways is 62 on Saturday.
The man in black, of course, Wesley in the Princess bride. Almost what I was going to be this year.
It was almost going to be a Wesley in black. I was going to be the man in black. The dread pirate
Roberts. He is in saw. He is in a bunch of Mel Brooks movies because unlike some actors,
I can do Robin Hood with an English accent. Which is one of my favorite lines. It's one of my
favorites of all times. He's so good. He's such a long and varied career. So many comedy drama.
He does it all. He also plays a really good bad guy. He does. Such a good bad guy. In the original
Twister, right? He was the bad guy in that, wasn't it? He was one of the bad guys.
He was in Lier, Lier too, wasn't he? Lier, Lier. Stranger Things.
He's one of the few actors that it's almost even in his career, playing good guys and bad guys.
And he's done both so darn well. Great. Not many can pull that off.
No. No. What a more versatile actor. It's a reason I loved him as a kid. I thought he was amazing.
Really looked up to the fabulous recurring role in the show, Psych, as a gentleman thief,
which I mean, he was so good in that too. That's yours to bring it up, but that's a good one.
Rita Wilson is 68, of course, great actor, comedian, and we're married to Tom Hanks.
Yes. I hate when they put Miss Tom Hanks. She had a career before him. Bootsy Collins is 73,
one of the greatest bass players of all time. The Boots.
Parliamentate, Cadillac, worked with, of course, James Brown, too. Got his break with James Brown.
Former Vice President and presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is 77 today.
Oh, wow. Pat Sejack is 78 today. Former Wheel of Fortune Oost.
Yes. Former. That sounds so weird.
Yeah. Now he's retired. Oh, it's weird.
I happen to see a little bit of Ryan Seacrest doing a wheel of fortune and it just felt
off. It felt weird. He's a great host. He's going to do a great job at that. I'm sure of it.
But I, it just was weird for me. I couldn't, you're not used to it. Yeah.
Couldn't get into it. And then we take a quick look at Sunday birthdays, everybody.
We've got to celebrate. Let's see here. Kelly Osborne is 40.
Ozzie's second oldest daughter, I believe. Wow. The reason we did the intro song that we did
today, which Iran to Rand's birthday song, Simon Leban is 66 on Sunday.
Keep rocking Simon. Yes. Yes. Still going. His voice still sounds pretty good, man.
I, I, I, I'm still a huge, uh, Durant, Durant. Yeah. I, I can't help it. I don't care.
Uh, Roberto Bellini is 72 on Sunday, uh, crazy, lovable, uh, fantastic Italian actor,
director. Uh, life is beautiful. It's still one of the greater movies you will ever see.
And the fact that the Academy, uh, you actually caught that,
nominated it is one of the few times in my life where I actually clapped when he won the Oscar.
I was actually at home clapping when that happened. Wow. And, and stunned like everybody else,
but nobody more than the people in the seats in front of him because Roberto Bellini was stepping
on him. He stepped on people literally to get to the stage. What do you step on to get here?
Well, uh, these people, and you will, it is one of the few times, if not the only time you will
ever see like these, some of these Hollywood uppity people, like clapping and laughing for a, a poor
Italian man, uh, dressed in clothes that were not even his, uh, climbing to the stage to get his
Oscar. It's one of the greatest Oscar speeches of all time. Yeah, it was fun. And, and my god,
that movie is heartbreaking, but beautiful. It is such an important watch. I incur if you have
not seen a movie, I encourage you to please watch it. What's the name of the movie? Life is beautiful.
Okay. It's a classic. Uh, and let's see here. The legend, John Cleese is 85 on Sunday. Wow.
Monty Python superstar. Oh, John, um, it's, it's paradise. It's paradise. It ceased to be.
God, I can talk about comedic timing. Oh, Cleese. Yeah. Faulty towers. Greatest sitcom ever.
Mmm, it's up there. Possibly. It's up there. Possibly. That's a classic. It is.
Some people no longer with us. We would have celebrated on Sunday. I have in Rightman, born in 1946.
Uh, I've just directed a couple of films in the 80s. You know, Stripes, Meatballs, Ghostbusters,
Twins, Junior, Kindergarten Cop, Dave. Uh, just a couple. A couple movies here. One of the
kings of directing comedy, really. Ivan Rightman was one of the greatest. Uh, Scott Wyland,
uh, born in 1967, lead singer and songwriter, Stone Tuple Pilots, and Velvet Revolver. Uh,
good singer. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And 26th US president, Teddy Roosevelt, born in 1858,
past the way in 1919. Oh, well, Teddy. First president to ride in an airplane, drive in a car,
ride in the submarine. And of course, inspired the teddy bear. Yep. Uh, plus save football, save
footballs, overseeing the, uh, creation of the NCAA. Mm-hmm. That is correct. Just a couple
of highlights off of his IMDB pages. He has had a, uh, he had a remarkable career. And he was
president too. Well, let's throw that in there. You know, uh, Abraham Lincoln and the Roosevelt's.
Those were my, uh, when in school, those I am, I might have done other, but, you know,
like for president's day and you got to do a report on it, pick up president. Those are the ones
that I've always picked. And he was the youngest, uh, not quite 43 when at the time. That's right.
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Wishing it had great, happy birthday and anniversary to everybody out there
celebrating. Yeah. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate that with our friends at LKFA.
Head on over there to 211 Market Avenue and beautiful port Edwards. Check out their fish fry
tonight. Uh, be sure to, uh, make plans and check out their haunted house this weekend from
four to six on Sunday. Uh, and enjoy yourself, everyone. Mm-hmm. We'll, uh, take a quick time out.
We'll come back and have some more fun on the morning show at WFHR.
Lights, camera, action. It is time to make somebody a star of the day with our friends from
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You call up 715-424-2600. You get the answer right and you haven't won anything in 30 days and
boom, just like that. What do they win? A family pack of four from our Wisconsin Rapids callers.
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What do they win? Uh, peanuts. No. Uh, popcorn. No. I, I, I gotta, I gotta be honest with the audience.
I was messing with my teammates here a little bit there. Uh, I purposely did not look at
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I kind of wanted to see if both of you jumped in. I kind of, or if what if you did?
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Oh, okay. That's true. That's understandable. The one, the one thing we can't, we can't do here.
It's time to listen to hear it. Get ready to call 715-424-2600. Tell us what TV show theme song this is from.
I mean, come on. And there we go. I just gave it away. Yeah, I kind of, that was kind of,
though. Let's see if we got ourselves a winner. Good morning. What's your answer?
He got us. Well done. Well done. Nicely done. And who do we have on the phone with us?
Nancy. Oh, Nancy, that's awesome. Nancy, thank you so much for listening and playing.
Yeah. Nancy, did you know that one even before they said the name of the title?
Just barely. Yeah. That's great. We thought it'd be a fun way to celebrate the legend of
Mini Pearl and everything playing the he-haw theme song for this week's star of the day. And
thank you so much for listening and playing along. Nancy, were you a fan of the show?
Oh, absolutely. But I can't black and white days. There wasn't too much too many options.
And that was a good one. It was a really good one. Yeah, I really was.
That was a good one. That's it forever. Yeah, it was on forever.
I'm a buck. Oh, it's an amazing host. Just a really good fun show.
Nancy, thank you so much for listening and playing along. We're going to get some more
information from you. And I want to make sure to get it right because you are our new star of the day.
We'll talk to you in a second. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
Yeah. Mini Pearl, of course, we just got done celebrating.
Born on this day in Centralville, Tennessee.
Just if you get a chance, everybody, go back. Take a look at some of the great Mini Pearl.
There's some great stuff out there of hers. It's especially check out some of her released stuff.
Yes. Because I mean, most people remember her from he-haw, but she had a very interesting
career before that. So check that out. It's very cool. And be listening every Friday in this
time slot for another opportunity to win some free callers. Thanks to our Wisconsin Rabbits callers.
Go visit them on A Street this weekend. Treat yourself. Get some good callers in your life
in a big tip of the hat. And thank you to them. And to Nancy, who we're going to talk to in a
second. We'll come back. We're talking about this Polish radio station trying to take our jobs.
How many of us are looking forward to Halloween? All that coming up on the morning show at WFHR.
Welcome back, everybody. Morning show at WFHR.
Melissa, Seth and James here with you. Being played in by the newest act to go country,
the Wiggles. We are covering this on the sunrise show.
You got a country, you're really on saying post Malone and so many other artists going country.
And now you've got the Wiggles. No, you got the Wiggles going country nice.
We will get into how many of us are looking forward to Halloween in the second.
But we've got to cover this one, everybody. We have breaking news that we have to get to.
Taco Bell is bringing back five discounted menu items from the past 50 years, Melissa.
And you can tell by that side, the one they didn't bring back, because she's still not there, Melissa.
I'm mad. I'm disappointed. I'm disgruntled. I'm a little annoyed and I'm slightly angry.
I see that they are bringing back the beefy or cheese accordina. They are bringing back the
Caramel Apple and Panando and the green burrito, the pistata, and the mexi mounts.
That's it. Wow. Oh, when you first see, I didn't get a chance to really look at this,
but you first sent it. I got excited for you for a second.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. And do you see my next text?
Yes. No, I do. It's the bitterness sets in. It's nothing, Taco.
Are you going to give up, Melissa though? No, you keep reaching for that star.
I'm going to keep reaching for the seven layer burrito for the rest of time until Taco Bell
brings it back. Have you ever tried to make your own, Melissa? Yes, because I only, okay,
because I have two. That's surprising. I tried to make my own cut when they stop making something
I've tried to make it before. Yeah, just doesn't it doesn't taste the same. No, it's not made with
Taco Bell's fake ingredients. Right, yeah. You need that fake. It's missing some, hmm,
fake. It's missing some commercialized prepared food. When you go to a fast food restaurant,
that is what you expect. And there's something about my, you know,
that my taste buds look forward to about overpaying for food. It's, you know, they didn't really
miss that. But see, that was the thing. The seven layer burrito was cheap. It was not overpriced.
It was less than four dollars. Tell me what you can, and it was filling. You know,
one seven layer burrito was actually enough food for, for a meal. Well, they may one day bring
it back, but they won't bring it back with that price. That's for sure. Oh, that'll be different.
That'll be different. A Polish radio station has triggered controversy after dismissing
its journalists and relaunching this week as an AI generator percent, quote unquote presenters.
Weeks after letting its journalists go off radio, crock, crock how, relaunch this week. And
what it has said to be the quote first experiment in a Poland in which journalists and virtual
characters created by AI. The stations in Southern city of crock how said its three
avatars are designed to reach younger, younger listeners by speaking about culture, art, and social
issues. The change got nationwide attention when a journalist and film critic who until recently
hosted a show on the station published an open letter Tuesday protesting the quote replacement
of employees with artificial intelligence. What were we just talking about yesterday? Yeah,
it's true. Yeah. And here's the thing that is that I think that can be the most frustrating part
of this. Nobody is going to care when they're taking journalist or artist jobs. Now, if they're
going to take a mechanic job, they're going to take a politician's job, they're going to take
something like that. Then we start to care. But nobody cares when the arts are affected.
They didn't care World War II. They didn't care during the red scare. And they sure don't care
now. And please tell me what the world's going to be like with no artists. Please tell me what it's
like without creatives. Please, please, please tell me without journalists. Yeah, that's
true. Yeah. I was getting there. I was going to bring it home with the journalist part.
That's a whole other level. I speak highly for the arts. I speak highly for the creatives.
But without journalism, there is no truth. Journalism, when done right, is the line between us and them.
And then doesn't mean something separation fellow human beings, but just them as in whether it's
a corporation or it is a politician or it is a story, you know, a political story or one of these
things. Journalism is one of the lifebloods of humanity. It is that important. Without journalism,
when do we hear about these Taco Bell breaking so no, I'm trying to lighten the mood a little
bit because I'm going to get on my soapbox. It really irritates me. We cannot afford to lose journalists.
We cannot afford to lose this. And we can't we darn sure can't afford to have anybody with any
kind of power being able to tell journalists what to write, what to do or what not to say or what to
do. That's the danger right there. That ain't America. That is not America. That is not in the
America that Reagan would recognize that George Washington would recognize or would want to
a president, would want to be it would be proud of. It's not just making the forefathers proud.
It's not just making our ancestors proud of the trailblazers who got us here, who kept
democracy alive against another country, who kept it alive through famine, who kept it alive
through inner strife in the civil war that we survived. It's not just about them. It is about the
future of this country and keeping democracy free. Yes. And keeping this whole thing going.
This wonderful experiment that we all get to be a part of, that we are privileged because it is a
privilege to be able to vote and to be able to be informed to get out there and do this and encourage
you to keep an eye on that and not at all telling you who to vote for. But please be smart about
that because there is a difference of bringing in somebody who, well, this is going to be four
years of ago. And we don't have a democracy anymore. We have a dictator. Well, we don't have a,
this is by all rights, not even being far fetched here. And I hate over dramatizing news. I can't
stand it. So I am being very careful with my words when I say this that realistically, given who
wins this next presidential election, it could be our last presidential election.
And tell me I'm not being over dramatic. Please, please tell me I'm not. I want you to. I want to
be wrong about this. It's that big of a thing right now and encourage you to please think about
that when you're walking into that booth. Think about George Washington. Think about Abraham Lincoln.
Think about Ronald Reagan. Think about William Clinton. Think about all the presidents.
Like him or not. And the job that they did. And can you hold your head up knowing that you voted
for somebody that could change all of that. That could completely wipe all of it out. Decades and
decades and decades of working to get here as a democracy to be taken seriously around the world
to get democracy to be taken seriously. This was a joke to most. The kings and queens around
the world. The dictators around the world laughed at us and said this would never work. They laughed
at our forefathers. They laughed at this country. And who is laughing now us because we won. We did
this. We made it happen. Let's keep this thing going and make sure that whoever we put in that
position, they are going to keep this thing going right or wrong. Whether you believe in Republicans
or Democrats, I think we can all agree. Dictatorship is not what this country is built on. Right. And
the only thing to keep a lot of that in check is journalism. That is so important. Plus what else
are they going to do? Let's be honest. What else are journalists going to do? Man, have you seen
Anderson Cooper hosting things? It's not pretty. It's not pretty. Especially, especially broadcast
journalists. Yeah, they're not really good at anything else. Journalists sitting on the side of
the road will write for food. And you know, there's signs going to be incredibly wordy. It's going to
I'm trying. I'm trying to make a joke. Real broadcast for food. I like that. Every year it seems like
Halloween sneaks up on us. Or maybe that's just because I'm an adult and I don't always know what
the time is a flat circle for me. Halloween is now less than two weeks aware, less than a week
away here. So a new survey asked if we are excited about it. And 23% of Americans said that they
are looking forward to it more than more this year than they have in years past. 24% said that
they're looking forward to it a little less. And 53% said that their excitement level is the same as
always. Just right steady at that same moment. For those who are looking forward to it, 56% say that
they expect to spend more on Halloween. 28% say that they'll spend about the same and 10% will spend
less. And for spending on candy, 54% of people said that they are going to going with a mixed
mini candy bars. 22% will get regular sized. And 10% plan on really training kids with king size
candy bars. Oh wow. 10% going to that house. That is very cool. I'm going to be playing 30 for sure.
I got a really good young for that house. There you go. That's pretty good. Now we talked
a little bit about this this week already. Melissa and I with Halloween candy and that set.
Did you guys hand out candy or do we try to? We haven't had a lot of people come to our
house since we've been here. And it must be where we are. But it's always about location.
Yeah, it really is. And so we haven't had a lot of luck with that. So we've had it on hand just
in case. And we've had a couple of people come by over the years, but not much. So no, and
talked back in there. Yeah, it's true. But that's okay. That's fine. I'll be taking out our youngest
to go because he's ready to go. He's excited. Our oldest is all over that now. He's like,
nah, I'm done with that. I don't need that stuff. I do like candy, but he doesn't want to do
work. Well, he's not going to get any. I do want to use this moment to not only thank everybody
around here who put together the Halloween minute that we have that's letting everybody know
about these great things going on next week or spending the whole week building up Halloween
and getting you ready for all these great events going on in there. We are. We got some great
ones. Of course, happening today and this weekend to keep in mind. Oh, absolutely.
And next Thursday, we're going to have some fun celebrating Halloween around here. We are.
We're going to have a blast doing that, guys. We're going to enjoy having some fun with that.
One that's going to be fun. Be sure to tune into that episode. It's going to be a lot of fun.
Yes, it is. And so there's there's a story here. I want to get to I don't know. I wanted a lot
more time for this, but this time of year, many people go to fake haunted houses, but some people
believe that they have been to the real thing or lived in one. In a poll, 16% of people say that
they have lived in a haunted house. 11% say that they have visited an actual haunted house,
and 6% say that they haven't yet, but would like to. 29% say that they have not and have no
interest in going in one. 24% of people say that they do not believe in houses that can be haunted,
and that's more common among men. 31% believe that. Women are more likely to believe in haunted
houses, because of personal experience, it says. 19% of women claim that they have lived in a
haunted house compared to just 12% of men. Ah, interesting. Interesting. Interesting.
I've never really experienced anything like this, and I don't know that I don't feel like I would
shy away from it, but I also don't want to pretend like I know what I'm talking about either.
And I think this story matters in the sense of whether you believe in these things or not,
because whether you believe it or not, the person going through it may believe in it. Oh,
absolutely. And that can make it as real as anything. Exactly. And the last I checked,
nobody has proof one way or the other. There's a lot of strong feelings. There is a lot of
strong feelings. What can you do? It's true. But I have the only people like question, the ones
that want to live in a haunted house. Why? Is it I think in more Casper? I'm just going to say
lonely. I swear to God, I was just great. I'm going to say it. Yep. Yep. That just loves it.
That's the problem. How do you know if you get the friendly ghost? How do you know if you're
going to get Casper and not the Amityville horror? I mean, seriously, as somebody who has been
alone a lot in his life and lived the load a lot in his life, I'm going to tell you,
sometimes it don't matter. It don't matter. You can make friends with anybody. It's just
to understand. I love the idea of sitting there to watch TV and a ghost comes next to you. Hey,
what's on? Yeah. Yeah. I like the idea of having a haunted. Actually, I'm going to make some
notes of this one. I think I got a good sketch here. Yeah. A dark spirit trying to haunt you
in the person like is annoying. And the spirit's like after a while like, this isn't worth it.
This guy's disgusting. I don't want to be around this. He would be.
I love that. So awesome. The guy answers the door. There's an extra sister there. Like,
I didn't order you. You have a ghost. Exercise by me. Exercise me. How about this? So you're
sitting there and the ghost comes and sits next to you while you're watching TV. Hey, man,
what's on ghost hunters? Oh, do you believe that stuff? That's it. Seriously?
The other one would be the ghost trying to scare the person and the person just being so excited
to see them and trying to make friends. Yes. Yeah. I'm trying to scare you, man. I have been waiting so
long. What's your name? You know what? I got another house over. I'll see you around. Okay.
Get it. I'll see you around. We got to go. We got to go. We got to go. We got to go to break.
We have our news, kicking things off. When we come back, we're talking entertainment, local
and of course statewide. We'll get into some fun stuff there. And a little bit later in the hour,
we've got a good one. If you change to a four day work week, we'll touch on that and a crazy
story of the day about a Zamboni driver. I'm going to get to that one too. And five mistakes
people make shopping at Spirit Halloween. All that coming up for you in the morning show at WFHR.
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