Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off with
us here at WFHR.
Got your host, James behind the mic. I am joined by our partner in the radio, Seth Hevhager.
Good morning. And of course, the best listeners and radio. Thanks for joining us, everybody.
We'll get into some entertainment news in a little bit. Seth and I are going to talk
about the 12 days of Christmas, Cyber Monday, a couple of other fun topics as well. We
kick off the 9 o'clock hour to where we like to on Thursdays with our pet of the week
of the South of County Main Society. We have Tim here with us. And Tim, before we dive
into the information you have for us today, we do this thing on our Sunrise Show on 105
WIRI. We get into our National Day of Calder. And today is Celebrate Shelter Pets Day.
So we want to make sure to make note of that. It's very fitting to have you win today.
Just worked out that. It's just as we planned it, Tim. Just as we planned. But we do want
us into Shada to all the shelters around the country, around the world doing such amazing
work like our own South of County Main Society is doing. And Tim, let's go ahead and dive
right into the news and notes that you have for today.
Okay. First off, I don't have an actual pet of the week because we have too many pets.
We are currently taking care of over 130 animals. So with that, it's hard to pick out one
sometime. I know we kept focusing on tick, but it just hard with so many now and a lot
of cats, mostly cats. So yeah. So I wanted to let everyone, excuse me, no, I've been keeping
the $50 dog sale on. So we've had that since the end of October. And we're going to keep
that because we still have a lot of dogs. And I reduced the cats down to $25. So any cat
and we also have the buy one, get one. So if you want two cats, it's only $25. Wow.
Take two. Well, there you go. We have a whole bunch in foster yet. So those are coming
in the last time on Tuesday when I checked, we had no cat kennels open. Nothing. Okay.
A lot of the kittens are doubled up, tripled up, just a lot of, a lot of animals. Yeah.
And as many out there know this time of year, it's so dangerous for these animals, the
wild ones to be out there trying to fend for themselves. It's tough for our wildlife
to do that for deer and, you know, and I actually, I think I saw a bear yesterday, you guys.
I'm not even kidding. I was going down Roman, getting down with playmakers here and I'm
going down Rosencrantz to get to my parents house. And I see something in the woods that
looks too big to be a deer. And as I'm driving past, I'm looking at my rear view mirror and
it's crossing the street. I was not a deer. I don't know what that thing was, but it was
not a deer. It was a bear. If wildlife is having a difficult time, these domesticated animals
are absolutely. And it's all the more important when you see them to get them indoors, to
get them through our remains of sighties if we can. But we need room to be able to do
that. We got to get the current animals out to be able to do that. That's a, it's not
really smart, but it's really appreciated lowering the prices of these things and making
them possibly more affordable for people out there. Yes. That's why we're doing it. I
need to use the term moving animals, but that's the reality of life. Yeah. I do want you
guys to keep in mind too, that the remains of sightie not only has cats and dogs, but I
see that there is a guinea pig on here as well. The guinea pigs are well, unless we
got one since Tuesday or on Mia. I see Mia. She is a white bunny. Yeah, a bunny. It's
a bunny. Okay. That's a bunny. She's got fur like a guinea pig. That's awesome. Yeah.
Mia is very cool. Yeah. She's a lion head. I see it now. Yeah. She's a lion head. There
is a lot of different animals over there. And certainly this time of year, when people,
let's be honest, are thinking of gift-giving animals. We certainly, yes. Most importantly,
make sure that the, this is the right fit. You can't just show up and hand a person an animal.
That's how we get into these situations where our humane societies are overblown and everything.
But they can make one of the greatest gifts of all time. If it is the right situation,
the right animal and everything is right, you may never have to get that person another
gift. It may be that good of that. That's true. That's the one. But it's got to be the
right fit in the right situation. And that's where Tim and this team come in and make sure
that that is the right thing. You're going to feel confident knowing that it is the right
fit. Yes. Yes. That the animal is comfortable with the person. That person is comfortable with
the animal. Exactly. It's funny. You mentioned that. Not funny, but it's sad because Mia
actually was adopted. And the person that had it couldn't take care of it and thought,
well, it's a rabbit. Put it outside. It's the mess. Oh, God. That, you would not believe the phone
calls and the uproar we had with that. It came close to the police having to get involved.
Imagine. Yeah. Everybody, you know, in the neighborhood wanted to trap it and they called
other people and we just had a mess out there. We finally caught the bunny. So now the bunny's safe.
Good. Good. Waiting for a home and nice work by you and the team catching it. I've never had
to do something on that level, but I've had to try to catch a rabbit a couple of times in my life.
I am not rocky. I am not rocky too. I am not that good at it. I got a chord of that guy. I got a
kind of like essentially I'm trying to bribe it. I took care of it. Yes, absolutely.
I don't like to throw curveballs at you, but I didn't have something that I was actually talking
about with my parents last night that I wanted to bring up with you in our audience. You have
brought up tick a number of times and that you sponsored tick. And we touch on that a little bit,
but I'd like to actually get into because my parents were very interested in the idea of sponsoring
an animal I was. Can we tell the audience how they can do something like that and what that
involves? Oh, that's very simple actually. Whatever the price is at the time, come in. You want
us to sponsor? Pay for the animal. And then we mark it on a folder that that one's, you know,
sponsored. And so then when we have the meat and greets, we tell people, okay, this one will be
free. There you go. That's it. We were talking about it and I'm sorry. No, no, that's it. That's it.
My parents have a dog, Sam, that they got from the Humane Society. Oh,
you know, Sammy is fantastic. He's wonderful. He is a solo dog. Couldn't take another one.
But my folks, especially my mom is looking at this list almost every week when we talk.
And she's seeing these animals. And we saw Kendall recently. And Kendall is a beautiful
terrier American staff stead for Shire Mix. She is 10 years old and a beautiful, beautiful
coat, beautiful looking dog. And we immediately like we want to take this dog in, but we can't.
But what can we do to kind of help Kendall? What can we do to kind of help the
main society in sponsoring these animals? That is what we've actually had people do that when
I remember one case we had that some some people came in and they wanted the dog. I forgot
what the name was, but we said, well, that one sponsored. And they were like, well, free. Okay.
So they said, well, we want to sponsor two more. Wow. So they paid for two other people. Yeah,
I mean, it's a small giving type. Yeah. Yeah. And that can you can do that too. It's good to
note. And it's something else to keep in mind to if you're looking at ways to impact your
main society, give back, do some good with your main society. And maybe you have animals already
or you can't take it in the animal. You can do something like this in sponsoring an animal.
And there's certainly always items that they need at the main society. It is always kitten season.
It's just I've learned this now that it is just pretty much 24.7 always kitten time. And so with
that, you could always use litter, use cat food, that kind of thing. Exactly. The litter we're going
through like water. Yeah. It's literally because well, you know, if you're trying to take care of
about a hundred cats, you think about it. That's a lot of litter. Yeah. Yeah. That's a lot. So
certainly those are kind of items that we're looking for over there. When you're picking up some,
maybe for your furry friend, maybe even pick up a little bit extra, drop it off at the main
society. It's appreciated. Yeah. Did you have some other notes? I guess. Yeah. We'll have to cut
short on some of them. I'm just going to touch on a few. No, you take your time. You take your time.
Well, I know you have other stuff. Got your entertainment news. Sorry. That was good. We got
some good news is we have hired a new director of operations. So
uh, December 16th, she starts. I'm going to leave it for then. We'll touch on a more next week.
We're getting, yeah, the name and everything we'll get. Sure. Sure. So she, it's a she. So
it's just great news. That's wonderful news. That's really good to hear.
Well, that's a good one. Also, we have started that remodel project. I think, uh, so I want to
let the people know it's a little confusing. We have no front door anymore. Yeah. Yeah. Because they,
they're digging a dug a hole there. Footings. You, you still can come out to the shelter. So don't,
you can drop stuff off. You can, we asked that you try to call first. Yeah. Let us know because you're
going to have to go around to a different side of the building. We have signs, but a lot of work
going on there. And next week, we're getting a whole new roof. So wow. Wow. Yeah. Big project.
Will that be affecting your hours at all too? No. Okay. No, and not, it's not affecting the
way that shelter operates. It's just how other people get in because you can't just walk
into front door anymore. Yeah. Yeah. And we keep it locked, unfortunately, because people,
some nice people that come in and try to steal the dogs. Yeah. Yeah. I'm unfortunate, but it is
smart to do. Tim, given that this is a shelter without a front door, is there just a doggy door
for people to go through? Sorry. I had to make that joke. I had to. I had to. Oh, good.
Wait. I don't know. Seth, do you think we should let that for James go? Yeah.
Well, you let the James serve that. I just serve that. This is the door for everyone else.
And this is for James. Just completely understandable. I know. We'll give you the cat. I appreciate it.
Sorry. Tim, anything else for us today? Okay. I just want to touch a little bit. And for those
that have been listening, everybody needs to kind of settle down a little bit with our contract
with the city where happens. I'm sure, you know, it was in a newspaper again. There was another
meeting we attended. And we were still at a kind of stalemate with the city. There'll be another
meeting next Tuesday. So I think eventually this will work out. At least I hope so. Yeah. Because
as I've told the council and whether the your audience will understand or not is we don't have a
contract. We can't take any animals from the city. We're not allowed to by law because they're the
authorized agent. It's kind of a weird situation where it is. Strays and things are once they're found
they're the temporary ownership of the city. Right. So they own them. And without them transferring
to us, we can't take them, give medical care. We can't. There's nothing we can do because any vet
will not take the animal right because it's not ours. And it's a it's a difficult spot. And
there's some people are pretty upset about this. I understand because as you know, you probably
talk about with the library. The chamber, you know, there are certain nerves get touched in the
public. Yeah. Yeah. And one is as somebody who is always looking for silver linings. I will say
one silver lining here. If anybody was whoever wondering how much this community cares about its
main society, we found out we have heard from people. We have heard from people that we have not
heard from before about this subject. Yes. And how important they believe it is. And not for
nothing, we've heard from some leaders in our community that have supported the main society and
some other things too. And I think it's also should be noteworthy that it is not just
darkening society. It is ones around the country. I have some old friends at one in San Francisco
that are going through some struggles right now. And one of the things that they have done
that I think is really important is something that we're doing every week, Tim. And that's
talking to our audience, having people from the image society on to talk about what's going on
there and how important it is. And to those, you know, maybe you're not an animal lover. Maybe you
don't really care much about this topic. I guarantee that you care about your taxes. And there is
no world where your taxes don't increase with an out a humane society. But you can go ahead
and run the numbers all you want. And I will I welcome conversations with others about this.
I'm not just throwing this out there. I always open up open to conversations. We have our phone
lights open 24 seven. We have plenty of time for somebody to come in and debate this or talk about
this with me. But I've done my homework on this subject. And as somebody who cares about our
community cares about our remains society and cares about the tax dollars on paying.
This all we need our remains society. That's the end of the answer. So we need to come up with a
solution for this that works for the city and our remains society the best that we can. And I
believe we got the right people to do that. I think we do have people that care and our their
hearts and their minds are in the right places when it comes to this. I don't believe that there are
any villains in this situation. And to your point, Tim, I think that we all need to take a breath
and keep that in mind. Everybody is trying to do their best here. And that's important to keep
in mind. That's what I brought that up. It's just appreciate that. And you know, and if you want,
sure, you may certainly call your older person and encourage. Expense your view, but be nice about it.
Yes. Don't start hollering or swearing or doing anything. Don't get out of hand. That makes
the shelter look bad too. Absolutely. We don't want that. Whatever your point is, it gets lost
with with anger, with a entered with that type of tone in that. People don't people think about
it yourself. How often do you respond to people treating you that way? You know, how often do you
tune out immediately? That's not the way we're going to, you know, have a real conversation here.
We need to talk to each other, treat each other like adults and realize that sometimes in life,
there are no villains. There are no good guys or bad guys. It's just people just people trying to
figure things out and make things work the best week. And have a different point of view. And I
got to admit that we're at that point or we were at that point with the council. Yeah. Because it gets
oh yeah, contentious. And I want the public to know, and hopefully you don't mind as a citizen,
the supporting main society costs you $4.22 a year, a person. And I think a taxpayer could pay
that. And not only think they can, but I think they'd rather pay that than the almost doubling of
that that can happen when you don't have a human society. Exactly. Because what's going to happen
then is that you have all these animals roaming free. And what if they bite somebody? What, you know,
we don't have rabies, but what if they get rabies? And what are they going to do? They're going to
read. Yeah. You create more problems. Bringing a business in that has a cold approach to this
subject is not going to solve anything other than maybe creating possible new problems like you're
touching on their Tim. There are for if you're a business, you take care of this, this, this,
and this. If you're a humane society, you have to cover everything, the whole umbrella of things.
And you're going to notice those things that are not covered by that said business when they
start showing up in your front yard or on your tax bill or other areas. It's just this is something
that we will get figured out. We will get it figured out together as a community. That's the way
we do things around here. Yeah, Tim. Well, thank you for an extra time to get this out. I appreciate
you guys. You know, doing I was looking at Kendall the whole time. I was like, this is awesome.
You always do. I look at something. I can't help myself. We encourage you to reach out to
the main society, especially with the construction going on over there. Call ahead of time before
you drop off. Maybe some of those items or come to take a volunteer or take a look at any of
those wonderful animals. Give them a call at 715-423-0505. That is 423-0505. And you can, of course,
email them SWCHS at SWCHS.com. Find them on Facebook and social media. It's a great follow.
Keep in mind they are located at 3621-64th Street North right here in Wisconsin Rapids.
Find out more at SWCHS.com SWCHS.com. Tim, we'll talk with you next week. Thanks for the time.
Thank you guys. It's very much. We'll be back with more of the show coming up on the
morning show at WFHR. I already played that one. I'm going to do it. Welcome back to the show,
everybody. Morning show here at WFHR. Locally grown radio. Seth and James hanging out with you.
I want to say a big shout out to Tim and our friends at the South of County of Maine Society
for joining us. Great conversation right there. Keep in mind today is Celebrate Shelter Pets Day.
That's awesome. Celebrate our shelter. Celebrate our pets with our good friends at the
Maine Society over there. Find out about all those great furry friends and maybe your new best friend
over there at the South of County Maine Society. Give them a call today 715-423-0505 and find out
more at the website at SWCHS.com. Be sure to follow them on social media and share their stuff on your
pages. Yes, indeed. We have some entertainment news to dive into and this is I think going to be
an interesting story to many people out there. When it comes to my dream job, Saturday Night Live.
Saturday Night Live. You know, New York magazine just did an article on them and asked past and
present-centered life cast members, what's their biggest splurge was when they got their first paycheck?
And it turns out probably wasn't anything too crazy because they don't get paid that much.
Which might be a surprise to some people. I think so. I think so. Pete Davidson told the magazine
quote, do you guys know what they pay us? It's like three grand in episode. I think I got dinner.
James Austin Johnson. The guy who was currently on there doing I think could be their next great
impersonator. He currently does impression of Trump and some others. He's getting better and
better too. He's getting more and more comfortable. He said the most uncomfortable West Elm couch of
all time. The great, the underrated Sherri O'Terry also bought a couch which he apparently still has.
Nice. Julie Louie Dreyfus, who I think many people would forget was on for very couple,
but very briefly. Yeah, but she was great. I liked her on there. I think she was on at a time
where the writing wasn't there. They had an interesting cast. Anthony Michael Hall I think was on
that show. Young up still the youngest middle 80s is kind of when that was. Yeah, just a rough time
entertainment wise. Now, if you look at the movies and things that were coming out at that time too
and stuff, but she bought a $75 pair of shoes that were, quote, out of my budget. Sarah
Selverman bought a sweater. Another person I think people might forget was on the show for a little
bit. And then Sarah Sherman said she bought a nice mattress. Seth Meyers got a couch. I mean,
so most people are just buying couch. The furniture was big with these folks, you know. Rachel
Dreyfus and Jason Sedancus both spent their money on rent. Jason said, quote, Sedancus said,
you don't make enough money to make big purchases. Yeah. Well, you're living in New York. You have to,
and this is the show where you can't like not be there. You know, you have to be in New York.
You have to live there in order to do this. And it's not cheap to live in New York. There are
plenty of people out there that are not making this kind of money. So you hear that and that's
going to stand out to you, I'm sure. But it's important, I think, for one to keep that in mind,
what Seth said. Now, if this show was filmed in here in Wisconsin Rapids, they ain't making
three grand an episode. Right. They're doing that because of the income and what it costs,
the cost of living in New York. Yeah. That's important to keep in mind. And yes. Yeah.
I've heard a lot of the old cast members talk about this, where they were living together
a lot of them and having to share apartments and everything. Probably because just in order to
afford the rent. Yeah. Goodness. I think it gets lost into shuffle, especially after 50 years.
But center of life was always meant to be that bridge. It was supposed to be a bridge for you
as an entertainer to promote yourself, get yourself out there, spend a season or two there, maybe
three or four, and then you move on to TV or movies. It would call the not ready for prime time
players for a reason. That was what it was, right? Hopefully someday they'll make the jump, right?
And it's part of the reason why you have seen for over 50 years for every person that you never
hear from again. You're like, oh, I wonder what happened to them. There are your standouts and
your entertainers that go on to have careers. And you're like, oh, that's right. Will Ferrell used
to be on center in life, right? Yeah. And then they look back. Oh, and then they realize
and stuff. It's that's part of the reason of the pay because that's something I bring that up
because that's something that most every actor like myself, you know, I'm lucky to make a paycheck
like that when I'm working or anything. I'm lucky to make a scale. And that's something that I'm
very proud of. I say them proudly and stuff. It takes work to even get to that point. Yes.
For every actor that's making Will Smith money, there are at least a thousand actors behind them.
Yeah. Making what would be a minimum wage, right? Think about, you know, and I was doing this the
other day or actually just yesterday, you know, from an old TV show, I was looking up an actor's resume
basically because I was curious about what else they had done. And even people, even actors who,
you know, are, you know, somewhat well-known in terms of fame, man, you look at their list of
stuff that they do. And it's so much because that's how you make a living. Yeah. Doing this,
actually making a living, doing being an actor and not doing anything else, you know, like a lot of,
you know, how many, you know, actors are like James here, you know, you're on the radio or
you're in L.A. and doing, you know, your restaurant, you're a server or something like that.
Some people who can actually make a living, but they got to work in order to do it.
There's a reason you see Clooney doing coffee commercials. There's a reason you see
actors in there. Even someone like that. Yeah. You know, you think, wow, he's millions of dollars. Yeah,
he sure does. But guess what? He's still got an earlier living. I think it's interesting that the,
we're going to talk about Samuel Jackson a little bit here. And I think he's one of the more
interesting human beings in careers in entertainment history. In one, in the, he got his break late.
He was in his third easier. And another in his work ethic, I think that is very
noteworthy and incredible. And also the fact that I feel like we have underrated him and that we
have not necessarily because we see him so much, because he is in such a public eye and because he's
almost a caricature to some people that we don't take his work seriously enough. But
Samuel Jackson, for anybody who's not sure out there, is a thespian. This man is one of the better
actors you are going to see. He is strongly talented. I'm not putting him in the top 20 of all time.
I'm not doing any of that, but he is way, way, way better than I think the credit he has gotten.
And that is especially pointed at the Academy. And believe it or not, Samuel Jackson has only
been nominated for one Oscar once, best supporting actor and pulp fiction in the 90s. He did not win.
I've rambled about this many times. He was supposed to win. Everybody believed that he was the best
actor that year. But they wanted to give it to somebody had not won before. And that's what happened.
And they believed at the time, well, Samuel Jackson be nominated again. It's no, don't worry about
he'll get his award. Well, here we are 20 some years later. And he still hasn't been nominated,
even though he's had plenty of performances, you could have nominated for sure. Absolutely.
And he of course didn't win there. Now in an interview with the AP, Samuel says the Oscars are
strange because it's like, quote, a contest that you don't, you didn't volunteer to be in.
Which is, man, that's a great way of putting it. Yeah. He also says folks will go, well,
it's just an honor to be nominated. And then he went on to say, no, it ain't. It's an honor to win.
You get nominated and most people forget. He's talking about it because he's getting some Oscar
buzz for his Netflix movie, the piano teacher, but an Oscar isn't something he's chasing.
In the past, he said, quote, my yardstick of success is my happiness. And I am I satisfied with
what I'm doing. I'm not doing statue chasing movies. I'd rather be Nick Fury or having fun
being mace window with a lightsaber in my hand. And I needed to hear that. What an attitude.
Yeah. I needed me personally. I needed to hear that. I know I'm not alone on that one.
Because I have been not chasing an Oscar, chasing greatness. I want to be the greatest of all time.
I cannot stress enough that I am not exaggerating about this. And I don't say that in a competitive
or ego way. I say that in, to me, that's, that's part of the process. Right. Is wanting to be the
best. I want every actor I ever work with, every actor I ever see to feel that way. Go and strive
to be the best because that's what brings out the best in your fellow actors. I believe.
Trying to give and really what it's all about the best for the audience.
But I love the idea of, you know what? I just want to be in King Kong. Like, I love King Kong
movie. So I want to do the King Kong movie. Sure. I mentioned the quote of his many times. He's
done. He's a maro and they ask him, Hey, Sam, did you ever do a role for the money? All of them.
So I can continue doing it. Right. Yes. That's the thing. What he says there is kind of, we
get a little call back to what we were talking about a little bit earlier about, you know, taking
care of yourself. If his performance is what he's saying is, if it's up to the standards I have for
myself, then I'm happy. Yeah. I don't care what anyone else thinks. If I think I did a good job,
then that's all I need. And you know what? Man, what a great attitude. And it doesn't matter what
your job is. It doesn't matter what you're doing. If you can find that way of being satisfied
with what you can do, I mean, that's great. You will be more happy, I think, than not.
He's Martin Landau is the actor that won the Oscar. I had, it took me a minute to remember. That's
right. For his performance. And it was, it was in Edward and it was an amazing performance. And
Walter Matthe, Martin Landau is an legend, legend, incredible actor. I don't take anything from him,
but it wasn't Samuel Jackson or his fault. Martin Landau's fault that the Academy didn't recognize
him earlier. I hope that the same thing doesn't happen to another young actor when they give
Samuel Jackson an Oscar because they didn't give him one. That's the only way I want to wrap that
on that. And more power to Mr. Jackson. Thank you for sharing that. I appreciate him. And
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stuff to get to. We want to make sure to dive into this one, Seth. I want to make sure to have
time for this. And we're going to have a lot more relatives over at the houses. And you're
going to be over traveling at a relative's houses. We're going to around our family a lot more.
Run friends a lot more. Yep. And it is bug season. COVID, cold, flu, whatever the germs are that,
you know, basically are in our incubators. And by that, I mean children. Whatever it is,
it's all over. They're wiping it all over. It's touching everything. Yep. That's all of it.
What it is. Yep. So there's talk about what you can do to avoid catching stuff. And generally
being, you know, a little less gross. And we're going to help you with that.
There is a forum. Oh, but I like being grown now. I know. Well, for those that don't,
you guys can go ahead and check out. You guys go ahead. There's a forum online where people are
talking about the hygiene habits that no one talks about, but they really should. And here are
some of the best ones. And these aren't in no particular order. Right. And as always, we love
audience participation. Seven one five four two four twenty six hundred. Using clean pillowcases.
Keeping the sheets fresh in general is a good idea. But pillowcases can often be forgotten.
Because that's where your head is. Yeah. That's that's a good one. Changing your towels.
Hand towels and bath towels, of course, frequently. Yep. That's a big one right there. Yeah.
That's makes sense. And now we're getting a little more personal.
Cleaning the belly button. That's interesting. Okay. All right. Clean it. Make sure that's nice and
uh, shiny. Okay. You want it to want it to. It is one of those things that I don't know if I've
ever heard anybody talk about necessarily. No, maybe a doctor or something like that. No.
But that's that's a good one. Um, you know, for those with piercings, making sure cleaning those.
Okay. Um, brushing your tongue and the roof of your mouth. Oh, that, you know, that's easy to
forget when you're brushing your teeth. That's I, I'm guilty of that some time to time.
I am a serial brusher. I brush at least two to three times a day. Um, and I, and I try, I try
really hard to remember to do that. But I forget all the time. It's easy to do. But it's like the one,
one of the, like out of those three, at least one of those I forget. Yeah. That's a good one.
Yeah. Uh, and cleaning your phone. Um, my God. That's a good one. Yeah. My God is that good.
Um, to get touch your phone. Yeah. No, and however much you're cleaning it, even if you are,
probably not enough. Probably not enough. It considerably not. There may be not, there may not be
more things in your life that you touch anything that you touch more than that. Exactly. That's a good
one. Um, being mindful of what touches your bed. Don't allow shoes on the bed or luggage,
and don't get them to the covers in your outside clothes. Oh, yeah. I am incredibly guilty of this.
My poor bed basically is a couch. It's basically a couch. It's all of the early sleep in the
dark thing. And, and I, I've got, I do that all the time. It's very bad about it. Very sad.
It, it, it, it wishes is, was it, it's forgotten what it is, what it is to be a bed. Yeah.
Like it, it, it, it goes around telling people it's a couch, and it, it doesn't know any better.
Someone added not allowing pets on your bed, but that's not going to be, uh, kind of, uh, that,
that's a little controversial, I guess. A controversial is a heavy word to use for that. Um,
I mean, teach their own, you know, their own. Yeah. And yeah, and the animals track around germs too.
I mean, yeah, it's true. Yeah. You know, you're going to do that. Certainly keep that part in mind.
Yeah. Um, whether it's shedding or just, you know, yeah. Exactly. Any of the debris they bring it,
cleaning your keys. Oh, another good. Oh, wow. I never think about that. I don't know if I have ever
cleaned my keys. No, for that. I've never done it. Yeah. Good idea. Uh, cleaning the bottom of your
purse. Um, you set it down everywhere and then you plop it onto your kitchen counter.
I, well, I don't carry a purse. So that makes sense. That makes sense. Yeah. And certainly
same here. I've never worn it. You need to use the purse or anything, but I, I've never even,
wouldn't have, I don't know if I would have thought of that even if I had. Yeah. Someone said,
I always carry hand sanitizer with me. Um, that's a big one. Yeah. A lot of people do that.
That's true. No, not coughing or seizing into your hands without washing them right after.
Right. Because we're supposed to, it's the elbow thing, right? It's the elbow. It's the vampire.
Yeah, the vampire. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Hey, if it, if it reminds you,
and it's like, you know, you be silly with it, go for it. As long as it works for you. I,
I, I, I, I seriously think it's part of the reason I made it through the pandemic. It's
thinking is remembering that as the vampire move and everything. I was just surprised. It never
turned into a dance move like the vampire. It might someday. There you get on that. Get on that,
get on that, James. Let's get it started. Yeah. Yeah. Spoiler alert didn't work out. Everybody.
Cleaning your beard. Yes. Yes. Yes. You beard people. Um, yeah. I, that is something I just
thought, Hey, I'll just grow the beer. Yeah. That's it. Done. Take care of itself. No, Seth.
That is not how beard works. It's not how it works, especially when you have Hebrew hair.
You know, and just think about, you know, it's, the beard is such close proximity to your mouth.
Yeah. Okay. So that means that like stuff from your mouth will probably get on your beard.
So keep that in mind. Yeah. I got to ask to, to my fellow beard people out there. Um,
the, the, the, the people, the guys that don't, um, cut the beard around the mouth. Yeah.
That part of, I don't understand that. Uh, and I'm not judging already. Right.
Cause I imagine there might be an answer behind that. So I'm, I'm just, I'm curious. You know,
that's the one thing that I have to do. My mouth has got to have a clean way.
Clean my, although, you know, I, I do love a good, uh, soup strainer mustache.
It's true. I mean, the guys that can grow those, those are so, you got, you should be wearing
those mustaches. They're awesome. Yeah. My beard, if it goes too much, is basically like if I
have sideshow Bob on my chin. It's just, just out. It doesn't go down. It just goes out.
You know, you don't know where his hair ends. No, it's wrong. It's wrong. Um, cleaning your backs,
cleaning your shower completely, the backside of the shower, the front of it. Yeah.
Apparently, like, cause I don't know this, uh, to me, I feel like if I'm cleaning the shower,
I'm cleaning the whole thing, but apparently some people just clean parts of it.
And one person joked, uh, cleaning your browser history.
We'll be here all night. Yes.
Actually, we'll just be here for another 10 minutes.
Cause we're almost wrapping up the show. We'll come back and do that right here in the mornings
for WF HR. Welcome back, everybody. Morning show here at WF HR locally grown radio.
Seth and James hanging out with you, getting ready to jump on the, uh, train at 10.
Get out of the way. So Matt and air on air can get on the air waves here.
Janine Greg got a great show lined up for you today. Greg is, uh, on fire today,
uh, hearing him this morning and everything. He's ready to go. So one of those good days.
Uh, we appreciate them and, uh, appreciate you guys, uh, listening and sticking around.
Uh, and, uh, I wanted to wrap up the show just, uh, touching on a, uh, a couple of good stories
and some local events going on in their areas. Yeah. Before we get to that, let's go ahead and dive
right into our schedule. We got a great one lined up for you. As I mentioned, Matt and air on air,
coming up at 10 o'clock, be sure to stick around for that. Got the Maggie Dawn show from two to four
this afternoon. Maggie is doing some amazing work. Be sure to check that out. And afterwards,
midday magazine from four to five. Join us as we've got a great one lined up for you today. Larry
Knutson and, uh, some of our friends from the historic point boss are going to join us to talk
about Heritage Holly days. That's coming up on Saturday. There are so many things happening
this Saturday. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Feel your calendar, everybody. Yeah. Yeah. Um, and we are in part two
at 430. We're going to speak with our friend Jen McNally, uh, natural resource groundwater
educator where UW-Madison extension. Oh, water. It's going to be a great one. Great topic.
A little bit later, uh, after, all right, a little bit after that, you've got community stories,
junior. Mm hmm. Join us from five to six today for that one. Melissa's got a great show lined up
for you. Yep. And I do believe that there is another chapter in the Kevin the Cat story waiting
for you there. I give the cat. It's going to be a good one. And, uh, a little after that, uh,
at at 605, we will have the great guard show. Um, we're going to be really interesting to hear from
coach. Um, uh, certainly with the best start to the Badger basketball men's out of Badger
basketball season. And with the Michigan game, the lost there, um, Marquette around the corner,
they're going to fill that hour. Yes. They're going to fill that just fine. It's always a fun matchup
between, uh, uh, Madison and Marquette. Oh, the Battle of Wisconsin. It's always so cool. Uh,
Christmas for the kids going on at St. Paul's, uh, Lutheran Church at 311, 14th Avenue South,
right here in Wisconsin rabbits. We were talking with Tom about this earlier. Yep. It's, uh,
morning filled with snack making and singing songs and crafts and learning, uh,
uh, join them to this Saturday from 9 to 1145 with lunch to follow. It is for ages 3 to 10. Parents
can register online at St. Paul's June, uh, WR dot org. St. Paul's WR dot org or by giving them a
call at 715 421 3634 421 3634. Mm hmm. Uh, also set, uh, we are so excited. Uh,
finally here tonight is the night opening night opening night for Irving Berlin's white
Christmas. Everyone, it is finally here. The cast is ready to go. They are raring. They are
super excited to start tonight, seven o'clock tomorrow again, same time and then two o'clock
on Saturday and the next week. You know, do it all over again Thursday and Friday at seven and
then the 14th at 2 p.m. for that one tickets are available online. W R C theater dot org and I
would suggest even if you're planning on buying tickets at the door, uh, check out the tickets
because they'll show what is still open and to make sure that you're not going to, uh, miss out
if you go to one of the, the shows that might be sold out. So, uh, the tickets are, uh, I'm
seriously, this is going to be a, these are all going to be full shows. Yeah. So make sure you
double check before you go, um, on what's going to be available for tonight tomorrow and on Saturday.
Holiday shows usually tend to sell out, uh, keep that in mind. Everybody, especially if you're
going with other people and you want to sit next to those people, it's a great way to do that.
W R C T does a really nice job with that being able to pick those things out. Exactly.
A special shout out to the cast crew. Everybody that's a part of this. So proud of you.
Break a leg. Break a leg. Great run you guys. Mm-hmm. And look forward to seeing this one.
This is going to be good. Yeah. Uh, we also wanted to mention that our good friend,
Pete Ravelle and four on the floor are going to be added tonight from two to four or two this
afternoon. Uh, they have got live music at the Central Wisconsin Cultural Center from two to four
every first and third Thursday of the month. It's free admission. Although donations are accepted.
Of course. Join, uh, some of the greater musicians in this area and one of the best storytellers
in Pete Ravelle for on the floor performing every first and third Thursday of the month,
two to four at the Central Wisconsin Cultural Center. I wonder if they'll take, uh, Christmas
requests. Oh, it's a good question. Yeah. Ask Pete. Maybe he's got something for you.
Our friends at Focus have their neighborhood meals available today at 2321 West Grand Avenue
in Wisconsin. Rabbits meals are served every Thursday, 430 to 545 except for holidays.
The dining room will open at 415 for seating guests. Uh, building will be, uh, don't show up
before four around there is about the right time. And if you have questions, want to know more,
give them a call at 715-422-1980. Seth, our good friends over in Nikusa, got their hometown
Christmas coming up. It is their holiday parade and fireworks. It's happening this Saturday starting
at about 515 PM on Bueller Avenue. This magical evening will light up both the streets and the
sky with festive floats and a spectacular fireworks show to conclude the night. Celebrate the
holiday season with a joyful community gathering filled with fun entertainment and the holiday
spirit of fun holiday parade starting at the library and ending at Goodfellas is followed by
fireworks at Riverside Park. A great way to spend time with family and friends to kick off the
holiday season. So just a little bit more on the timing on that the parade goes starts at 515
and then the fireworks are going to start right around 630 at Riverside Park. It's going to be a great
event. Nobody does Nikusa. Nobody does Christmas like Nikusa. And some of them come up a little
bit over the last year or two or whatever. There's been some distance with us and some of our
Nikusa listeners or businesses and even some other businesses here in town with some former things
going on outside of the, I think the realm of professionalism. And I want to shout out to all the
people out there who've reached out to me, reached out to our team and reached out to our station
and saying, Hey, we love you guys. We appreciate your guys. We believe in buying local supporting
local and supporting the one radio station that has been in this town and supported this town
for over 80 years. Yep. And that just rose constant rapids. But Nikusa, Port Edwards,
Pover, Stevens Point, Warsaw, Marshfield. We cover the gamut here. Yeah. We have done, we take a
lot of pride in that and I appreciate all those businesses out there seeing above that and seeing
through that and sticking with us. A big thank you to you guys. Have fun in Nikusa this weekend,
everybody. Yes. Got a couple of other big stories I want to touch on before we get to those
setlets. Remind everybody about our winters farm market. You know, speaking of gifts. I mean,
no one was speaking of gifts. But if you are haven't done all your Christmas shopping yet,
I was thinking about gifts opportunity to do so this Saturday at the Moravian Church 310,
First Avenue South from 9 to 1. They will be there. If you want to find out all the vendors that
will be there, check out their Facebook page. They'll have a list there. If you would like to be
a vendor, go to WR Moravian.org and look up all the information right there. Once again,
this is happening the next couple of weeks. Get ready for Christmas. Everyone 9 to 1 at the Moravian
Church, the winner market at 310, First Avenue South. It's almost the definition of buying local
support. Absolutely. Hanging out with our vendors, having a good time, seeing some people and
everything and picking up some great items and you got to mark off your Christmas list. All
there. Stern's History Museum in Minnesota is teaching kids about architecture in a festive way.
They have them sketch out a blueprint, go through the process of applying for permits and then
build their design out of gingerbread. That's amazing. Organizers say it's a fun way to introduce
them to the basis of architecture and engineering. Wow. I love this idea. I think it's amazing.
They just need it for adults as well. Yeah, forget the kids, man. You want to do this.
I want to do this. I want to do this so bad. I always wanted to be an architect and I think
that would be awesome. Out of the gingerbread and you can eat it afterwards. I mean, even better.
And I've heard good things as Stern's History Museum. It's a quite amazing effort. It's
pretty remarkable. And a doctor in Wisconsin who beat cancer is planning to ring in the new year
with a very big trip. He is running seven marathons in seven days on all seven continents.
Wow. His first one is in Antarctica on January 31st. Wait, wait, wait, wait. They have a marathon
in Antarctica. That seems like an organized thing. Do they actually do have that? Wow. Anyway,
it's pretty, pretty interesting. Dr. T. Clark Gambling, a surgeon in Milwaukee,
is the man doing this. That's cool. He's doing it to raise money for cancer research,
but also to inspire people. He said he doesn't think we may set our sights high enough these days.
I like that. I like that. And a big tip of the hat to him for that. That is pretty darn amazing.
That's pretty cool. And a great way to get traveling.
Hey, you get to see some places. You know, not a bad idea. I want to do some good. I've
wanted to get some traveling. Now a good way to combine those. Hey, you know, it's giving yourself
a gift, right? There you go. And being the foolish romantic I am, I have to wrap up here.
A guy in Portland proposed to his girlfriend by booking a sightseeing trip in a helicopter
and having the pilot spell out and marry me once it was finished.
And then once they were done, he pulled out his phone and to show her the flight path.
And then he pulled out the ring. Oh, wow. I got to imagine it's a great idea on paper.
And then you're like, well, wait a minute. How can I make sure she sees it?
Yeah, right. Well, she just says she's the beginning of it. Me. Like, oh, wow. So you had this
type out me. Marmy seems. Marry. It seems very. Oh, Mary. Oh, that's wonderful. No.
She, I hope she's I'm sure she's she said, yes, she said yes. I'm the storm. Man, that's
that's a rough one. If she don't, if she don't, it's the whole I will admit is somebody who has
a thought and done two proposals. Part of what I thought of in the process was certainly making
this unique and tailored to that individual. Sure. And also what is my exit plan?
I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Oh, that's funny. I didn't have to think of an exit plan because I
knew Dard's shirt. There's only one way I'm asking this. I'm 99.9% sure. You're going to be sure.
Yeah, I'm with you. I can't speak for other people, but I know for me, I was dang sure before.
I was even second get like, yeah, okay, okay. If you're not like 100% sure, why are you asking?
Yeah, yeah, that would make sense. Anyway, that's a we digress. We are going to have a great show
lined up for you tomorrow. Melissa Seth and I will be hanging out and get you ready for your weekend.
We're going to have some fun with our star of the day. Yeah. Got a great one lined up for you.
You can get some free call versus tomorrow with that. And we still got time to take your
birthdays and anniversaries for our LKF a birthday and anniversary club. You can get those to us
everybody. Info at wfhr.com. Call in during the segment. We love you to do that. And keep in mind,
we're not just doing it for Friday. No, Saturday and Sunday as well. Get them all in there.
This has been a really fun show, Seth. Nice work. Yeah, it was good.
You guys begin to each other out there. We'll talk to you sooner than later right here.
