Shout Out to Spot! (Hour 2)

Good morning, Wisconsin.

Good morning, world.

It's a new day.

Thanks for kicking it off with us right here at WFHR.

Got your host, James behind the mic.

I am joined by our head of production.

Our co-host, Seth Halfhacker.

Good morning, everyone.

And the best listeners in radio.

Seth and I are going to get into some fun a little bit later.

We've got some interesting topics for you.

We'll get into some entertainment news.

And I actually got an entertainment story that I wanted to ask our good friends

at the Southwukani Main Society about.

They join us at the top of every Thursday morning with our pet of the week.

We've got Denise with us here right now.

Denise, thanks so much for being here.

Thanks for having me.

Happy New Year, everybody.

Happy New Year to you and yours.

Did you have a good New Year's?

I did.

It was very chill this year.

How about you guys?

Yeah, basically the same.

Yeah.

It feels like the overall theme for a lot of us this year.

It feels like that.

Yeah.

You know, you could point there.

Yeah, we didn't need it.

A little bit later, Denise.

Seth and I are going to get into the greatest dog characters of all time.

Nice to meet you.

You can go ahead and think about it a little bit maybe later if you want a message

me or something like that.

Or if you come up, if it comes to you, you go ahead and throw out some honorable

mentions if you want.

But we do want to check in with our friends at the Main Society.

See how things are going over there.

They are great, crazy, crazy.

We adopted eight cats.

Or we had adopted out eight cats last week.

Wow, excellent.

Yeah, it's great.

We got one dog that is looking like it will be fostered or adopted.

And then we have a bunch more of our dogs that need good homes.

But the cats are rolling, which makes us very happy.

Our construction, they're going to pour concrete the plan next week on our front new area.

So that will take us other parts of the building, if you will.

But we're ready for it.

And it's so exciting.

Things going.

Big things coming in.

The Main Society.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's really nice to hear.

Especially coming out of the year and going into a new year, you want that kind of approach

that energy with the staff and everything.

Not only do the, is it good for the team and the staff, but it's good for the animals.

The animals pick up on these things.

They do.

They really do.

And it's a little topsy-turvy right now.

But we're trying to keep it as normal for them as possible.

Yeah.

And our staff and the community and the volunteers just, they handle that so well.

It's impressive to see.

We know that there are always things that we as a community like to be able to help out with.

Are there any in-need things that you have over there, kitten food, litter, that kind of thing?

Yep.

Cat litter is always a big thing.

Dog food, the dry, especially.

We have a lot of dogs and we just took another one in this morning as a stray.

So dog food, if you have extra, drop it off.

And cat litter.

Those are the top two, as well as blankets and toys and things like that.

And keep in mind, there's other volunteer opportunities over there at the Humane Society.

It's a great way to help out, especially.

We have a lot of kids that are going to be going, getting ready to go off to school to college,

looking for things on your resume.

That's a great one to have on there that you have volunteered at the your local Humane Society helped out there.

Those can be really good, as well as a great thing for people that are looking,

we have a lot of retired people in this community and looking for things to do.

And a great way to help out is working over at your local Humane Society.

And getting around these animals is always fun.

It is.

To me, I've worked in Humane Societies before.

And I did not mind any of the jobs I did.

I was always around animals.

I was always in a good mood.

Yeah, it's a great place to be because you feel so wonderful.

And then when you, I learned dog room last week and how to, you know,

the whole process of feeding them and taking them out and cleaning their kennels,

it was so fulfilling.

Just to know, like, I understand the process and we're helping these animals.

It's, yeah, volunteers, anybody that is interested, go on the website,

swca.com and fill out the application and we'll get you in, get you trained.

And it's amazing to have volunteers for interested.

And how have you been doing?

How are things been going in the transition into the position and everything?

Good. I'm learning a lot every day.

I'm understanding the process is a little more and meeting board members and understanding the personalities.

And how to take care of these animals.

Because that's the number one thing that we're all there for.

But yeah, I know I'm loving it a couple of weeks in and I'm feeling a little more positive.

All right. Really good to hear.

And you just feel like a perfect fit for it too.

Really do appreciate that.

We've got a lot of important jobs in this community.

And I think that the position you're in is a key one and an important one.

It's great to see somebody not only embracing it and enjoying it,

but somebody who really fits it very well.

Fits this community very well.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'm proud to be here. I do feel like this was meant for me.

Cool. Very good.

It's near and dear to my heart and I'm loving it so far.

Great to hear.

Denise, we have made the audience wait.

I always make them dry.

I like to stretch this out a little bit and everything and make them wait a little bit.

Who is our pet of the week?

We are highlighting spot today.

Spot is a tiny little female.

We think she's a mixed breed, possibly, you know, terrier.

Hard to say she came in as part of a hoarding situation.

It says on the website that she's a wiggle butt.

She really is.

She's tiny.

She's about 30 pounds if she is spayed.

She's friendly.

She's just beautiful.

She has like a really pretty face.

If you're interested and you need, we're not sure.

She does seem to get along with other dogs,

but because of the situation she came from,

we'd like to do a meet and greet if somebody's interested.

But she's a little, she's one that'll sit on your lap and cuddle with you.

A lap dog.

Yeah.

For the audience to me and I know, and I know what I'm talking about here,

as I mentioned, I did work in Humane Society's wiggle butt is an actual term.

It is.

Yep.

I've learned that too.

You're facing it and you're like, oh, yeah, that's a wiggle butt.

That is a spot is an old school name a bit for dog.

This is the name, this is a perfect name for this dog.

Yep, it is.

That's a perfect name.

She embodies it.

Not only does she have the face of a spot, just a beautiful face,

but she's got some like unique spot, like almost cow-like spots on her.

Yeah, it does.

She's beautiful.

She's a very beautiful dog.

And you can find out more about her, and she's got all of our Humane Society pets

that we talk about.

They're chipped.

They are spayed and neutered.

Correct.

And you have those things.

And also keep in mind if you're looking at these animals and you're unsure

if it would be a good fit for your family or anything,

that's what the Humane Society is there for.

They are not just looking to put an animal anywhere.

They want the perfect match to happen for you.

Absolutely.

And those happen every day.

They do.

Yep.

And we go to great lengths to make sure that it's the perfect fit for the animal

and the family, because we want everyone to be happy in the long run.

And you know, with spots, the spot's not alone.

Spot's been there 147 days, which is just too long.

Yeah, too long.

I don't think you have to know a lot about animals to know that time works differently for them.

And for 147 days for us is a long time for them.

It's almost an eternity.

Right.

Giving them a home is not only going to be great for them, but great for you.

It's a great opportunity to have your new best friend.

Absolutely.

They're just waiting for you over there.

Denise, is there anything else you wanted to touch on before we let you go today?

Because I wanted to make sure to get everything in.

No, but just any questions, anybody has curious about what we do?

Give us a call, stop by.

It's a little crazy there with the construction, but we're happy to give you a tour

or sit down and talk to you about what you'd like.

And, you know, your wish is for animals and things like that.

Thank you.

That was what I wanted to ask.

People do want to drop things off or, you know, it needs or anything like that.

With the construction going on, is the front door still busy over there?

The front door is not accessible.

You have to come around to the side door on the south side of the building.

Ring the bell and somebody will greet you or just give us a call and say,

I just pulled in and we'll meet you outside.

You can give them a call.

Feel free to do that.

That number is 715-423-0505.

Otherwise, you can email them.

Office at swchs.com.

Office at swchs.com.

And, stop by at 3621-64 Street North in Wisconsin Rapids.

You can't miss it.

That big ol' dog on top of the building.

I love it.

That's so great.

Denise, it's always great hanging out with you.

Happy New Year to you and yours and the staff over there.

And to all those amazing animals.

And we look forward to seeing you again next Thursday.

Thank you, James.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate the time.

Appreciate you guys.

Thank you.

You too.

Have a great one.

Happy New Year to you and everybody over there.

Say happy New Year to the staff for us too.

I will end dogs and cats.

Yeah, always do.

Every single one of them.

Every single one of them.

Personally, I will.

And make sure to mention my name too.

James says hello.

James says hello.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

You were the best thing to do.

I appreciate you.

And keep in mind, everybody, we are always looking for partners

for this segment.

If you were a business out there, one of the better things you could do

advertising-wise, marketing-wise is attaching yourself to not only

our station, but to the Humane Society.

Working with nonprofits is one of the better things.

We're going to bang for your buck that you can get as an

advertiser.

Any marketing person will tell you that.

I encourage you to sponsor this segment.

We'll reach out to our front desk for 2-4-1300.

We'll put you in touch with Ashley and get you to a part of the team.

We'll have another pet of the week for you next Thursday right here in

this time slot on the morning show at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show here at WFHR.

Locally grown radio.

Seth and James hanging out with you.

Big shot out to Denise and all of our friends over at the South

of County Main Society.

That was fun.

That was good.

Yes.

This is a bit of a crazy week with the day in the middle of the week.

Right.

Right.

Being here and getting back into swing of things.

But we couldn't ask for a better start to the year with Heaven Fill.

I'm telling you.

I'm telling you.

And everything, this has been a blast.

It's been great.

We appreciate that.

I do want to let everybody know that the heart of this station and

really the person that makes all of this work.

Yes.

Pam Hilke is not in the offices today.

Yeah.

That's right.

So we want to send a shout out to Laura and the good work she is doing out

there.

Manning things out there and making sure that the lights stay on.

Seth and I don't start the building on fire.

Any of those important things.

Always important things.

Yeah.

And not only keeping that in mind as well when you if you stop by the

studios today.

Yeah.

The offices should be open.

Yeah.

Should be open.

Yeah.

I keep that in mind.

You might want to stop by earlier today, maybe before 11 or noon.

If you have something to drop off or pick up.

Exactly.

And we appreciate y'all working with us on that.

Thank you so much, everybody.

Mm-hmm.

You're coming out of the holidays.

One of the more popular fun songs and funnika songs, really.

Is the Hanukkah song from Adam Sandler.

That's right.

Oh, goodness.

That was one of the things I did on New Year's Eve.

Was catching up on set of live things.

Because I am known for having a part of your mentality.

And I had to keep that up Seth.

I have a reputation.

You're so well known for that, right?

Yeah.

I got to say real quick side note.

I watched the Martin Short Center at Live.

Okay.

And not only a bombardment of cameos as you would imagine.

Of course.

With Tom Hanks and Paul Rodriguez.

And I had to keep that up Seth.

I have a reputation.

You're so well known for that, right?

Yeah.

I got to say real quick side note.

I watched the Martin Short Center at Live.

Okay.

Tom Hanks and Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy showing up

and everything.

And so many amazing people.

Wow.

Tina Fey was on there and stuff.

Pound for Pound.

The best SNL episode I've seen in ages.

Wow.

Every segment had me laughing.

That's great.

I thought everyone was good.

I thought everybody had a fun on there.

Which made the audience have fun.

Of course.

That always helps.

And there is something about seeing Martin Short working

with actors that are in their first year on SNL.

And knowing where he started.

And how nervous he was for so long.

And as a little kid running around the house doing

at grimly impressions and everything.

I must say.

I just was blown away by seeing him at this stage.

That's great.

Martin Short's had a couple of comebacks

and a couple of really good notes here and there.

Yeah.

Him and Maya Rudd off were doing an amazing work a while ago

and some things.

But where his career is now.

I don't know if he's ever been more popular.

I don't think so.

I honestly don't think so.

Why old is that?

Yeah.

Well, you think back.

You know, he got to start SNL.

Was he was second city before that?

Yes, Martin Short.

A little bit.

A little bit.

He worked because he's a Canadian actor.

Right.

Exactly.

Along with Bob and Doug McKenzie in those sketches.

Yes.

He was a writer on some of that.

That's right.

Rick Moranis.

I believe in him knew each other.

Which makes sense.

A lot of Canadians from there too.

But he got to start there.

And then he was kind of in a couple of movies.

You know, he would make it appearance.

And that was kind of his first thing.

You know, inner space, right?

Inner space.

Yeah.

He was really good in that one.

First thing I thought.

But he kind of, you know, just kind of went off a little bit.

You know, doing whatever.

And then, you know, the Jimny Glick thing came up.

And he was, wow, he was big for a while with that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And then he kind of went, you know.

And I didn't say, went away.

But, you know, he just did some different stuff, basically.

And kind of was out of the broader public eye.

But I think you're absolutely right, man.

As soon as he and Steve Martin started doing stuff together.

They have both, just both of them.

And it helps Steve Martin too be more in the public eye.

Because they're so good together.

It's interesting to see where Steve Martin is still so relevant as well.

That's been fantastic.

And if you're looking, you know, if you haven't caught SNL in a long time.

And maybe you miss it or you'd like to catch up on one.

Yeah.

I can't recommend the Martin Short episode enough.

It was fantastic.

It was their holiday episode too.

It was a lot of fun.

I got to say one thing too.

From all accounts, Martin Short is one of the nicest people in show business.

I mean, it's been, you know, he lost his wife like what about a decade ago.

Yeah.

Which was one of the great romances.

I mean, he has never, since then, he's not been with anybody.

Because for whatever he's talked about it, he just can't.

It's just because of how close they were and how much in love they were.

As a side note, not to spoil anything.

Because that's one of my biggest things I hate is spoiling things.

If you are new to only murders in the building.

It's maybe the best show on TV or the best show there is.

It's up there.

Yeah.

I highly recommend that one.

I would mention that for one, part of the reason he went away was certainly doing theater

and in the situation with his wife, where he needed a break.

Yeah.

And she was sick for a long time too.

And part of what only murders in the building was started as was a chance for Steve Martin to highlight his friend.

And his friend who needed something, needed something to get him back at work.

Yeah.

But also, hey, here's a guy who we, Martin Short's been doing this for four decades.

And it's a guy that we only know a little bit about.

Yeah.

You've seen a little bit of his talent.

Exactly.

You didn't get to see him as a dramatic actor.

You didn't get to see certain him do certain things and suspense or any of this.

You get all of it with this, with only murders.

And he nails it.

As much as I love Steve Martin and he's one of my all-time favorites.

Absolutely.

As big as a talent as Selena Gomez is.

My God, is she only going to do better and better things going forward.

This show is all about Martin Short.

It is.

And it's so good to see him like getting his flowers, getting an opportunity to really shine and show what he can do.

When I first started watching it on James' recommendation, by the way.

So very good recommendation.

That's the thing that totally blew me away the first couple of seasons.

How good of an actor Martin Short is.

And no idea.

I had no clue he was that good.

The pilot episode, he has a couple of scenes in there.

And again, I've seen everything he's done.

I've never seen him do it.

I didn't know he was even capable of.

And it was just in the pilot that let alone since then.

And him and Meryl Streep have a very close relationship in the series.

Yeah, they do.

And they talked about this quite in length because Martin Short did not kiss anybody since his wife.

Yep.

Until this.

Wow.

And everything.

And it was very difficult.

And they worked together on it.

Yeah.

When creatives can get together and they can be vulnerable together,

some of the best work you're going to see shows up.

Oh, man.

And no one deserves it more than him.

He really.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah.

The Hanukkah song turned 30.

And that's incredible.

And to celebrate that, Adam Sandler did some fun things with it.

And he, first off, he got a couple of, he wanted to get some choir singers with him.

The Dre Drays.

He called them.

He loved that.

I love it.

One of the things he did to do this,

they're all younger people.

And he, Sandler and his team traveled to Jewish synagogues around Los Angeles and other communities

to audition kids for this.

That's great.

That's pretty cool.

That's pretty cool.

Yeah.

They had a concert you can catch it on SNL.

Just great stuff.

And just that the Hanukkah song is 30 years old.

That is fantastic.

Yeah.

You know, that might go down as, you know, he wrote a couple of songs that we still, you know, reference and everything.

That might be the one that he's remembered for though.

I honestly think, because it's, it's entered like the standard, you know, like, I know there's not a lot of Hanukkah songs out there.

But there are some.

But that one is probably one of the most well known out there right now.

The, I would say, yeah, absolutely.

And I will also throw out their lunch lady.

Lunch lady is also up there.

But that's, I think that's in part because of Chris Farley playing the lunch lady.

It would just hilarious.

I think Red Hood and sweatshirts probably one of my favorites.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

That's a great one.

That's a great one.

So how do you keep time when you can't even count?

Just get, just ask you two drummer Larry Mullin Jr.

Because he's been doing his whole life.

What?

Larry recently found out that he has a condition called a discololia.

Okay.

Or meth dyslexia.

Right.

Right.

Okay.

And now I, I, I, I bring it up this story in part because this is something I struggle with myself and everything.

And I think that it's quite unique that what's unique about is not the disease is that so many people don't know that they're dealing with it.

Oh, absolutely.

Or don't understand it.

This is something that we're learning and we're doing more and more in real time.

Yeah.

We're, we're trying to fix the boat and really that's got a hole in it in real time.

Yeah.

There are a lot of people out there of our generation.

There were some of the first that were diagnosed with things.

Yes.

We were talking earlier about abbreviations.

And, you know, acronyms and everything.

We were some of the first to have to learn some of those.

Right.

Right.

You know, 88 or ADD as we called it when we first your ADHD, that kind of stuff.

And all these, I mean, you, you've talked about, you know, dyslexia and, and all those things.

Yeah.

We're, we're things before it was always like, oh, there's something wrong, especially the people that were suffering from it.

Like, something wrong with me.

Yeah.

What's wrong with me?

I don't understand this.

Why can't I not do this?

Everyone else around me is doing it.

Why can't I do it?

Well, now we're figuring this out.

It's like, oh, no.

Guess what?

There is something wrong that we can now that we can diagnose it.

Maybe we can get, you know, we can do ways of helping you out.

And as a kid, I beat myself up about this stuff a lot of kids did.

I remember being nine years old and being afraid to, you know, the teacher was going to call on me

because I didn't understand what was in front of me and things like that.

Yeah.

What we bring this stuff up in part because we hope to encourage the next generations to speak up

and to say something, feel comfortable to say things and to talk and everything.

Right.

It's not as if this stuff is new.

It's just being newly diagnosed.

Right.

It's just new that we're doing that.

100%.

That's something we have to keep in mind.

And the fact, it's important though to get this out there, like you said, talk about it, get it out there

because then we can develop mechanisms to help people that have these issues

to, you know, feel that they're not stupid or anything like this.

Yeah.

You know, they can help them and they can do things in society.

And have people who are successful, people who have been successful through these things

speaking up about it is really important.

Very much so.

Larry Mullin, from all I know, is a good drummer, has always been considered and respected

as a decent drummer and everything.

You too is certainly a respected band.

Absolutely.

He says, quote, I've always known that there's something not particularly right with the way that I deal with numbers.

I'm numerically challenged.

I can count and I can't add.

Or I'm sorry, I can't count and I can't add.

So that's an extreme version of this.

That's a very extreme, yes.

And then to make it in music?

Like not just making in music, but you're one of the most successful bands in the last 30, 40 years.

And one of the most important positions in rock and roll music.

The drum is so important.

And you're literally keeping the beat.

So yeah.

Yeah.

And that explains why he often looks miserable behind the kit though.

If you've ever noticed that about him.

Really?

Oh.

He always seems to have a very just stone face behind there.

Very serious look on his face.

Yeah.

Quote, I am pained because I'm trying to count the bars.

I had to find ways of doing this.

And counting bars is like climbing Everest in the middle of actual like a lot.

It's not just that they're like in the middle of it in the studio with reporting or something.

Yeah.

But live in thousands and thousands of people there.

And you've got Bono, who is a bit of a perfectionist and everything.

And how many times has he done this?

Like thousands of times.

How many live shows has he played in his life?

Now one of the things that Larry and I and many people remind you too is that if you are struggling

with this or you have questions about your brain with these things, not only is there help,

there's ways to work and navigate this in life.

You don't have to struggle with this.

You don't have to suffer from it.

Yeah.

Now he had to do it himself.

Yeah.

Because and he's he's found a way kind of do even though obviously it.

It's not easy.

It is not easy for him.

And maybe if this is something he had known earlier, maybe he could have found some ways

to work around it a little bit.

But I give him a hundred percent credit for coming out and talking about it.

It's very important.

Yeah.

Good point.

Thank you.

Because he didn't have to do this.

No.

Like I don't think most people even know who nothing against him.

No.

I don't think most people know who he is necessarily.

Right.

They might know pictures of him because him in the bass player.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The bass player in the drummer look a lot alike in you too.

But I think it's really cool that he did that.

And now a caretaker for his dad's work.

Sean Ohno Lennon seeks to innovate his work.

Not just repeat it.

Oh.

You and I off air and on air have talked about the Lennon boy is a little bit Julian and Sean Lennon.

Yeah.

And what it's like not only to come from that, you know, having that is a, you know, that is a musical family.

Yes.

Amazing.

Of course, John Lennon is your dad, but in this case, you know, Yoko Ohno is your mom.

Who is a musician?

Whether she was good or not or all that stuff is each and everybody's opinion out there.

Right.

And I'm not going to get into that.

She was just more of an artist, but yes.

She did music.

Yeah.

Good.

It's a really good point right there.

Yeah.

Especially if you're listening, if you're just approaching her as a singer.

Yeah.

That's not going to do you any good.

No.

But if you look at her as an artist, I think it's a little bit visual artist.

Yeah.

She's done performance art.

She's done a lot of stuff.

So yeah.

Well, great article at ABCNews.go.

And you can find that at ABCNews.go.com.

If you'd like, I do want to send a shout out to David Bauder, the AP writer who did the

article on this and the write-up.

Only recently has Sean been given stewardship over his late father's work, but Sean Ohno

Lennon is on a remarkable run.

The only child of John and Jelka Ohno won an Academy Award this year for a short film based

on his parents' 71 song, Happy Christmas Wars over beautiful short film.

I have not seen it.

And now I want to.

Very good.

Very, very good.

Excellent.

I get goosebumps thinking about it to be honest with you.

And a few months later was nominated for his first ever Grammy for production of the

Box Set Mind Games, really released in 73.

He has been feeling a bit overwhelmed and it is a little surreal for him.

And he recently shared a Webby Award with his mother for Ohno's Interactive Art Project

Wishtree.

And she's still doing stuff too.

Wow.

He was only five when he lost his dad.

And this has been important for him and therapeutic for him in many ways.

Going over this work.

The work is a way to connect with his father.

It's more than a perspective mission.

He takes artistic license, pulling apart the recordings of John Lennon's music to create

something entirely new.

Wow.

That's amazing.

The Mind Games thing.

I haven't listened.

I got to though.

That sounds fascinating.

Yeah.

He's hired in part by another beetle offspring Donnie Harrison who helped repackage his own

father's work.

All things must pass.

Donnie Harrison is also behind the false reissue of his dad's living in the material world

album.

And some of that.

Good album.

It's amazing to see what these kids are doing with their parents' work.

Right.

And the idea of not shying away from it.

In my family, my father is larger than life.

My dad was just huge as an athlete, as just a personality.

I don't believe that there are as many people in this world that have met my dad and don't

come away being just like him, just like him that guy.

You know what I'm talking about.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's something about him.

And having the same name as him and living up to that was a bit difficult.

And my father was by no means perfect or anything.

Right.

I can't imagine like on this level, like what you're dealing with there and how you handle

that.

And I don't think anybody can.

Unless you've actually gone through it, I don't think you can really understand what

that's like.

And one of the things I encourage so much in 2025 is embracing, I know that I don't

know.

I empathize with you, but I don't know what it's like.

Right.

I can empathize with something, but I'm not going to pretend I know what it's like and

assuming I know what it is.

Right.

The more we can do that as a society, the better off we're all going to be.

Right.

And you know, it's, it's really interesting considering, you know, how famous their

parents are, especially what happened to John.

And I have to give a lot of credit to Yoko, because she protected Sean.

I mean, she protected him from all that could have happened after John was killed and

everything like that.

She was also very protective of John's legacy.

And now, obviously, Sean learned very well that because now he's going to be the protector

of that legacy.

And, but not only that, he's also being creative with it, which I think is so cool.

I mean, and he's such a talented, or I mean, he's not a big pop star.

But if you've ever heard any of his music, if you've ever heard some of the groups he's

worked with and, and, and, because there's been a quite a few of him, he's produced music,

he's, he's a talent, obviously, and now a filmmaker, I mean, who knew, right?

Yeah.

So it's, it's really cool to see and, um, and it's, but his, again, him being honest

about how it's, it's made him feel because, you know, like you said, he was really young

when his dad died.

He doesn't, he doesn't have a lot of memories.

Now, he can kind of work through it.

And he, he gets to not only go through some things and, and, and, like,

curiously, and live through and, and, and do some therapy and this and all that, also

getting this music out there for younger generations and so much other cool, yeah.

Let's take a phone call before we go to our news break.

Good morning.

You're on the air.

Oh, wow.

We lost him.

Oh, yeah.

Feel free to call back.

Yeah.

So, five, four, two, four, twenty, six hundred.

We'll meet you back here after this break.

I do want to send a shout out to Beth, um, her and I are on the same wavelength sometime

times.

I didn't even see her text.

Martin Short did a lot of Broadway in between other projects.

Oh, very good.

I mentioned the theater thing, but yeah, Beth is absolutely right.

He was, uh, oh, she would know absolutely, yeah, absolutely.

She's our Broadway person.

Broadway correspondent.

Yeah.

There's, uh, Broadway.

There you go.

There we go.

We'll be back with more show coming up on them.

We're going to talk when we come back, uh, Seth and I, and we want audience participation

on this one coming up.

Everybody.

Okay.

Get that, uh, getting ready to call us.

And I want to know what the greatest dog character of all time.

Oh, okay.

Who is your number one dog character of all time?

It's a tough list.

It's going to get heavy.

It's going to get.

It's going to get, uh, uh, we're going to go at it.

We're going to get it.

We're going to do it.

Come on up on them.

Tough questions here.

Tough stuff.

I saw it.

I had to.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show at WFHR.

Locally grown radio.

Hello, everybody.

They did a, uh, Lina Richie is, uh, I guess a judge on American Idol or voice or

one of those shows.

No, yes, whatever I saw.

Commercial.

I'm so sorry.

I don't know the shows.

So, uh, you're fine, dude.

I don't know which show it was.

He's on.

But they showed a picture of him from his Commodore's days.

One of the better afros you're going to see.

Oh, God.

His hair was awesome.

I, you know, I, I feel like because he's been around for so long, I don't know if I've

really given enough credit to Lionel Richie and how, like, he is such a smooth voice.

Man, one of those great voice, I mean, the Commodore's, if you, if you knew the Commodore's,

they had a lot of different singers.

They all, you know, they, they had a group that had different guys that sang, but, you

know, Lionel was, that's the ballad guy and, of course, then he went on to his big solo

career.

Famous ballads, but yeah, his voice, one of a kind.

Night shift is one of my all-time favorites.

I love that song.

So I never get tired of that song, never get tired of that song.

Excellent.

Uh, one of the other things that happens, I think, uh, when you're, you're celebrating

New Year's, there's some nostalgia that happens, I think, for some of us that are

getting up there in age and everything.

And, uh, I was thinking a lot about, and I talked about this with you and Mel, uh, the

other day, um, how me and my best friends have spent every New Year's together staying

up late.

Right.

We weren't supposed to or something like that.

Uh, we haven't fun.

Um, and, and I was thinking about that a little bit and I, I, I saw, um, I saw something

from Walter Payton come up and, and it got me, uh, thinking about Walter Payton and looking

at some interviews with him and everything.

And one of the things that Walter, you know, more famous things about him was he had a

Ruse headband that he always wore, uh, because he had an advertisement deal with Ruse,

the Ruse company.

Yep.

And anybody out there listening that has no idea what I'm talking about, uh, there

were these shoes back in the day called kangaroos and they were just ruse basically.

And there were the only thing they had going for them was they had a little pocket and

a little pocket on the shoe, or what, I never had, I thank you.

I don't know.

What was supposed to fit in that pocket?

It was the pouch of the kangaroo, right?

That's the whole gimmick.

Yeah.

This sent me on a rabbit hole sell deer of realizing that the eighties were the, the age

of Velcro.

We got Velcro on everything, every, like wallets, remember Velcro was like, you could,

you could tell someone was buying something because on you'd hear that, you know, every

time, uh, to anybody that had invested, like bought stock in Velcro, like you're still

living off the eighties, man.

Oh, man, I did not realize how much we did this until I started, like if you're, if

you're just looking for a fun rabbit hole to go down, look at how Velcro in the eighties

and how we put it.

You cannot tell me you don't hear that sound and it transports you some time in the eighties.

I swear to God.

We do want to send a shout out to our friends at the South O'Connie Amaine Society, not

only Denise and the great team that they have over there, but spot our pet of the week.

Our pet of the week is spot.

Go ahead and find out more about spot at SWCHS.com, SWCHS.com.

Now unfortunately, spot does not qualify for this next list, the greatest dog characters

of all time.

Okay.

Seven one five four two four twenty six hundred call up, join the conversation.

I want to hear from you.

Who do you think is the greatest dog character of all time?

Rinker.com put together their list, the voting and the people that voted on this one.

Okay.

Wasn't just something a bunch of writers came up with.

It was voted on by the public.

They have twenty names here.

We're going to burn through some of these so we can get through them all, but I do want

honorable mentions from everybody out there and I'm just going to throw out my own real

quick because I don't see them on here.

Okay.

Courage to cowardly dog.

Courage to courage.

I love courage.

I love courage to cowardly dog.

I love that.

That was good.

That was my sister and brother's show, but man, I watched that one.

Nothing wrong with that.

Nothing wrong with that.

Nothing wrong with that.

Just between you and I, Seth.

I watched the two.

I love that show.

A balto.

A balto.

Oh, that's not a bad movie.

That's not too bad.

A balto.

A balto.

A balto.

A balto.

Okay.

Now here's a deep cut for you.

Nana from Peter Pan.

Oh.

A balto dog from Peter Pan?

Oh, yeah.

It's like a synchronard.

Yeah.

The big one.

Oh my goodness.

It's a moment to that one.

If you see him made the top 20, wow.

That seems weird to you.

Yeah, a lot of people remember that one.

But okay.

Yep.

Beethoven from Beethoven.

Another saint Bernardo.

Yeah.

Hey, man, how many movies?

Three?

Did they make out of that?

That one popular.

Oh.

You're right, though.

Yeah, they did.

Three out of that, Jesus.

Charles Groten, man, they gave him work.

First thing I thought was Charles Groten.

First thing.

Got him.

I've shot up to Charles Groten.

Great character actor.

He was.

Great character actor.

Yeah.

That was the word bound, the incredible journey.

Oh, yes.

That was a book.

That book.

I read multiple times when I was a kid.

That was a good book.

Copper from Fox and Hound.

Oh, yes.

That's a good one.

That's a good one.

Pongo from 101 Dalmatians.

Specifically pongo.

What's wrong with Perdita?

Yeah.

Which is a much cooler name, by the way.

Yeah.

You got quite a few you could choose from.

Yeah.

Come on.

And then I got 101.

That makes it too strong.

That's pretty good.

Blue from Blues Clues.

Oh, of course.

And number 13.

Boy, a lot of people.

Yeah.

I had a great show.

That was a fabulous show.

One of the best kid shows of all time.

Yeah, I never watched it and neither of my kids.

But I know a lot of people love that show.

My son and daughter just like maybe the top show that got them engaged.

Excellent.

That show, what was so cool to me about that show is they didn't just sit there and watch it.

They brought me in on it.

And we were doing.

You were participating.

Yeah.

We were never just sitting there and just watching the TV.

We were doing things with it and interacting.

And it was fun.

And blue was a big part of it.

Spike from Tom and Jerry.

Oh, that's a deep cut.

That's a deep cut.

Wow.

I don't even remember.

I know I know I think about it.

I came a couple cartoons with Spike in it.

But yeah.

Total from Wizard of Oz.

That makes sense.

And I wouldn't have thought of total.

But yeah, the total's got to go on that list.