Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off with us at WFHR.
Got your host, James, behind the mic. I'm joined by Melissa. Good morning.
And the best listeners in radio. Thanks for joining us, everybody. We hope you're having a great
start to your Wednesday out there. Thanks for kicking it off with us. A little later we're going to
get into modern trends. People were regretting 10 years. That could be interesting. And four things
were not splurging on as much as we used to. A couple of interesting ones for you lined up. But first
we kick off the 9 o'clock hour with some entertainment news. And Robert DeNiro isn't playing a mob boss
in his upcoming movie. I've been there done that. Instead, he's playing two mob bosses.
Why play just one when you can do two? Yeah. And you're one of the greatest actors of all time.
You can do this. In Alto Nights, he'll play real-life gangsters, Vito Genozovi and Frank Castello,
who star off as allies, then end up in a deadly battle of control over New York City. It's
beast loosely on real events. And this might sweeten the pot. It was written by Nicholas Pedagetti,
who also wrote two of Robert DeNiro's other movies, Goodfellas and Casino, which are both
incredible movies. If you like that kind of movie. The Alto Nights hit theaters March 21st.
It's great to see DeNiro working like this is Robert DeNiro. If you see the trailers, you see
this is old school, DeNiro. It's him acting. It's not just him playing a caricature of himself
or anything like that. And I'll admit, I'm going to see it. I've seen everything he's done,
and I'm a sucker for these movies. The thing that I can't get past, though, and I can't help myself
is the idea that we... It feels like the only time we see Italians on screen is doing these
roles, is playing mobsters. It seems like the only time people care anything about Italian culture
is this. And the only thing anybody knows about Italian culture is this in spaghetti.
And wine. Don't forget the wine. You know, we help build this country, everybody.
You know that, right? Like, you realize that one point Italians were the lowest on the lowest
end of the rung here. And they did the jobs nobody else wanted to do when they were immigrants
coming to this country. Like, we got a lot more to offer than that. I mean, come on.
There's Marinera sauce, too. There's no, I'm kidding, but there's a lot more to... I would love
to see a movie starring an Italian person that has nothing to do with the mob. It'd be nice,
just once. I'll star in that one. It won't be seen by anybody. We move on. We move on.
Rod Stewart, this is a couple of weird stories here to go to before we get to our local good story,
an entertainment story. Here's a some crazy celebrity trivia. The summer after David Schwimmer
finished his freshman year in college, he went on to work as a processer, process server for his
mother, who was a divorce lawyer. Okay. His job was, quote, to pop out of the bushes and serve
people divorce papers. Pop out of the bushes of that job description. One of those people
happened to be Rod Stewart. Really? This had been around 1984, so Rod was in the middle of a divorce
with a lot of Stewart, who we married in 79. David Schwimmer said, quote, thank goodness I've never
run into obscenes. I don't even know if he knows. I don't think he knows. I wouldn't think he'd
remember. But David told his story on the late show with Stephen Colbert, so there's a good
chance he knows now. He knows now, yeah. That has got to be a weird one. Man, that has got to
be weird. Of all the jobs that I've done in my life and I've done some crummy jobs, I've never
had to do anything like that. No, I couldn't imagine that. That's a rough one. That seems like a
weird gig. And then there's this one. Actors always say it's an honor just to be nominated for
awards. But a lot of them, I would say half of them don't mean it. It's just what you say.
I don't even know how I would feel in that situation. I know that's what I would say, though.
Well, back in 2003, Katherine Zeta Jones won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Chicago.
And Kathy Bates and Meryl Streep were also up for awards for that year. Again, running against her
in that category. Wow. And after both of them lost and the show went into commercial break,
Meryl grabbed Kathy and dragged her to the bar. Kathy Bates was telling this story and she says,
quote, it was a very Joan Crawford Betty Davis moment. She slammed her evening bag down on the
bar and said, I'm having a vodka straight neat. And I slammed my evening bag down and I said,
I'm having what she's having. And we tossed it. And it was a moment.
Kathy added quote, we turned and toasted each other. And I could see in her eyes. I'm sure
and I could see it in her eyes. And I'm sure she could see it in mine. How we wanted it so badly.
We thought we were so close. Yeah. Thank you. Can't blame them for that. No, no. And both of them
have thankfully been awarded and both have been celebrated both by their peers in the academy.
And the screen actors guild. But that don't make it any less. I mean, I could see that.
It's interesting, too, because they're very, their careers are very established at this time
when this happens. So it just speaks to the competitiveness of this. But also the
I think I think the part that I'm focusing on is the, I don't know, the two women finding each
other and celebrating each other. And in the same sense of also drowning in their, the love sorrows.
Right. Right. I mean, they were up for an award. They didn't win. It's oak. It's, it's, in my opinion,
perfectly acceptable for them to feel a little let down. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you're not in these
things because you don't want to win. And I'm trying to think, you think of the movies that they
were nominated for. This is back in 2003. So the 2003 Oscars is what I'm, I'm trying to find right now
because I'm curious. I'm curious of what. Well, and Catherine, Catherine Zeta Jones is quite a bit
younger than these, these two ladies as well. Yeah. Yeah. And and at the time, and while she is a
very respected and a very good actress, I don't, I don't know that anybody would put her in the
category of Merrill Street or Kathy Bates. Right. And I think that that has to be, you know,
brought up in it. But it also, again, doesn't mean that she's a bad actress by any means. She earned
that Oscar, especially her performance in Chicago. Yes. Arguably her best performance. That was the
year that Chicago swept the awards. And Adrian Brody became the youngest person to ever win best
Oscar at 29. One of my favorite Oscar moments, his speech. It's a great speech. I don't know
about the moment before that. But Steve Martin was the host. And let's see here. Chicago won best
picture over Gings in New York in the hours and Lord of the Rings. Wow. Best supporting actress. So
Kathy Bates was nominated for a bouchmit, Queen Latifa for Chicago, Merrill Street for adaptation.
Her performance and adaptation, man, I'm surprised she didn't win. That, that was a heck of a
performance. That it's hard. As good as Kathy Bates was in about Schmidt and Queen Latifa was
and Julian a more in the hours. Another forgotten actress. Merrill Street, not winning for adaptation,
is a bit of an upset. But, you know, that's the old thing. An adaptation of a such a weird movie.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Very weird. Such a weird movie. I could see how it didn't win in many,
especially that year with how popular the movie Chicago was. Yeah. We have a great show that
leads into ours in up north with Pat Critello and up north news. You catch it probably every morning.
And on that show, you probably hear Melissa K from Time to Time. We always agree.
Are Wednesdays? Yeah, Wednesdays. Yeah. Yeah. And one of the great things that they do with that
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Seven books by Wisconsin authors were loving this winter. Nice. I thought this was a great
article. And one of the things I enjoy about this article, Melissa, is that they have it broken down
into like a picture book or a middle grade or young adult. Okay. And there's some great books
on there like middle graders. Marvelous Jackson by Laura Ann Bird is the one they suggest.
For young adults, Mighty Millie Novak by Elizabeth Holden. I know it says young adults,
but I want to read it just from the title. Mighty Millie Novak. That sounds like a book.
There is so many YA books though, James, that are awesome for a general audience. Like,
I can see that. They're really good. I read a lot of YA actually.
There's been a handful of TV shows that I think were been pretty good that are in that round.
In that realm. If you're looking for a memoir, a year of plenty, a family's season of
season of grief by BJ Hollers. BJ is a English professor at university, Wisconsin.
And all of these are Wisconsin authors, which I think is very no worthy as well. That is awesome.
That's awesome that they're highlighting Wisconsin authors because there's more than we think of
or know about, really. Yeah. There are so many. And to all the authors out there, reach out to us.
We would love to have you on director's playhouse. We would love to have you on our morning show.
Any of the above, we'll get you on the air. We want to promote you. Absolutely.
Short stories, a close call by Kim Stewart. That is out there. Check that one out. If you're
looking for shorts, I like short stories. I like those. And I'm not, I don't usually.
You and my mom, my mother makes fun of me so much about loving short stories, but I don't know.
I don't know what it is. I like it. If you're looking for some good nonfiction,
where the grass still sings by Heather Swan. Heather is a poet out of the UW,
out of Madison. She went to the University of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison. And a really gifted
author, really has a way with words. And I know that's an old phrase, but I don't know how
it was to put her right. How else you would say? Yeah. She's really good. I encourage you to check
out Heather Swan, everybody. Great author. Great local author. We also got here for fiction,
muddled cherries by Sally Collins. Interesting. This is a riveting debut that she put together.
It really is a strong read. And it takes place in Door County. Oh, cool. How perfect is that?
There's such good writing, such good work, such good creativity done in the state.
There's so many great authors out there. Read what you read, certainly. But while you're
picking out those books, I would take the time and look into Wisconsin authors. We talk a lot about
buying local supporting local with our local businesses and nonprofits. And when we have
Alison Dairyland on or some of our other ag industry individuals, we talk a lot about looking
for that red label and buying Wisconsin made products, supporting our ag industry, whether it's
that way or maybe our winters or you know, summer markets that we have. Those are all important
and we encourage you to do all those things. Along with that, if I can just add on to that,
supporting local artists. Yeah. It matters. It makes a difference. Let me just double check this
because yep, in 2024, Wisconsin finished dead last in the union when it came to funding the arts.
And two, you Wisconsinites out there, I imagine that you're not proud of that. Let's change that.
Let's change that. Let's expect more from our, you know, people that we vote into office.
Let's expect more of ourselves when we're purchasing entertainment when we're looking for entertainment.
And where you're choosing to spend your dollars because it matters. Yeah. Yeah.
Support these artists like they were your own because they kind of are.
And another place that really supports, supports our local artists to our library.
Oh, you got them. Yeah. You saw right where I was going. Yeah.
Because you can, you can head into any of our local libraries, but especially here,
McMillan and walk up to the circulation desk and say, I'm looking specifically for Wisconsin authors
and they will, they'll know where they are. They'll know where to direct you to.
They often highlight our local authors and promote their work because it matters.
Yeah, it really does. They've got a great area over there for you about it. You can go ahead and ask
them about it if you need more information. And when it comes to supporting the arts, they do it
better than most. You know, they prove that all the time with the Cowboy Union Jam and some of the
other bands that they bring in and having performances like. Yeah. Seven breads for seven brothers
is this Friday. I'm so excited about this. Be sure to check it out. Everybody, you'll have a chance
to check out a two o'clock matinee as well as a six o'clock show. Yeah. They'll take place.
Two opportunities. At their all purpose room had on over to McMillan. Is it that or is it the
fine arts or their, their fine arts center? It is the fine arts center. I check that out at the
fine arts center. On the stage. And a great show, by the way. It's a great, great play. You know,
I saw seven breads or seven brothers done in a teeny tiny little theater. When I was, I think I
was 16 or there about my family took a trip out to the west coast. And we stopped in this tiny
little town. I don't even remember what state it was in. It was maybe like an Idaho or somewhere
up there in the mountains. And we saw a production of seven breads for seven brothers done on a tiny
stage in a tiny theater. It was fantastic. So good. You know, this seems like a show that would be good
for that. A smaller stage. It's a big cast. It's a big cast. I mean, there's seven females and seven
males. Seven riders and some others. That's 14 people. So we will take a time out. We'll be back
of our show, a boarding show at WFHR. Welcome back, everybody. Morning show at WFHR,
locally grown radio. One of the best baselines you'll ever hear.
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Oh, the way sings guy. Oh, man. Welcome back, everybody. Hope you're having a good Wednesday out there.
Melissa and James here with you diving into a survey by a grocery chain Aldi. They looked at
four things we're spending more money on than we used to largely because, of course, that's the way
the economy works. Um, prices have increased. Yes. Yes. Go back to the 1900s to the 1920s to the 1930s,
40s, 50s go on, go on, go on. Prices go up. That is the way that economies work.
And as a side note, well, while this is supposed to economically be a good thing because it's
supposed to mean a rising tide raises all boats. People are making more money. So therefore,
products go up. But of course, the top one, one percent are not allowing that. So that is why you
hear a lot of politicians barking about inflation and blah, blah, blah, blah, and a lot of people
falling for it. By the way, with this new administration, you know, building and getting into
place more and more here, has anybody heard anything about that? Anybody? When's the last time we
heard anybody talking about the price of eggs? Anybody? Anybody? Or just the response of, you know,
when, once prices go up, they're kind of hard to get to come back down. Except that's the opposite
of what you ran on. And I'd like to see some accountability on this for every person that voted
for this new administration. I wanted them to hold them accountable, not just go with the flow,
not just take what's given to you. Don't be a lamb. Like, we are lions, people, act like it.
They work for us. Yes, and remember who they work for. Whether it is the current president or the
next president, they're, they're boss, not the other way around. You can go ahead and draw them
up all the way you want to and everything. That's the, that is the way this system works.
And the thing to remember too is they are supposed to work for all people. Yeah.
And they've all said that. They've all said that they will work for even the people who didn't vote
for them. It's a reason why when I, whenever, all the, when we were going through the, you know,
having politicians in and, you know, interviewing them, one of my main questions was that.
I asked everybody the same questions and that question came up with every candidate because I
think that's important. It seems to be, it seems like it to me. I don't know. It seems like an
important one. So when it comes to all of these things, we're, we're talking about, we're talking
about the rising prices of things. What are people spending the most on? Gas was the number one,
followed by three grocery store staples, meat, produce, and stuff for the freezer.
We're spending more on all of that stuff than we were for a few years ago. Things like
bird flu also have been helped with the price of meat and eggs, natural disasters, the pandemic.
There are a lot of reasons for this. That any smart economist who doesn't have somebody in
their pocket will tell you. They also looked at how we're making up for it. Here are four
non-essential things we're not splurging on as much. So while these other things are costing more,
we're kind of cutting back. You got to cut somewhere. Yeah. One of the big ones is dining out.
In fact, 51% of people, over half the people, have said that they're going out needing less or
spending less if they do. And you know who that hurts? Our restaurants and the people who work in
restaurants. Yeah. And we're not talking about, while it may hurt big chains a little bit,
what it really hurts is your mom and pop places. Yep. Our small town places.
Buying new clothes, 48% of people are not doing that as much.
I am okay with that personally. I mean, if you need the clothes, obviously you need to buy
the clothes, but maybe they're not buying new. Maybe they're choosing to go to a resale place
and buy used clothes, which is also good, better for the environment. Yeah. Yeah. I think that one
of the coolest things I've heard in the last, I don't know, five, 10 years is this trend that the
younger generation has gotten on, where that is the fashion trend by getting clothes from good will
and thrift stores and that. That's pretty cool. And the more clothing we can keep out of landfills
is great because it's a serious problem. Not as serious as the amount of food that we
waste in this country that ends up in landfills, but yeah. It's another one. Electronics, 53%
are spending less on that. And that's probably going to continue to be the case as the price of
electronics is going to skyrocket. Fones are thousands of dollars. Yeah. But pretty soon,
the prices, computers are going to go up, the price of gain councils are going to go up.
Yeah. People are going to and we're going to we're going to be seeing this in a lot of industries.
A lot of industries are going to have to shrink. And and that's again, business 101. That's how
the economy works. We had a tech bubble for a while there and that popped. You know, these are how
things go. And beauty related stuff wraps up the list at 43%. Okay. And with each one of these,
they're not talking about people completely exing them out. They're doing them a lot less.
Right. And they're finding other ways to do these things as we mentioned with the close,
the electronics. Hey, maybe you don't need the newest iPhone. Maybe that the one that you have is
work and just fine. You know, those kind of things. People there's a lot of like mint mobile and
a lot of different mobile services now that are leaning into this and working with and
come like employee and companies and the constant. Yeah. And working with customers to be able to
bring their phone into on, you know, into their network to be able to continue to use it
versus having to buy a new one. I'm with you on the close part. From what I hear from people
and I'm seeing in this article, we're not talking about underwear and socks. We're still buying
new ones of those and you should. But they're fine. You know, they're finding, hey, I want a new
shirt and they go to a thrift store. Then I will say and I, I don't know what you would consider
beauty related stuff. I don't know what the umbrella is necessarily. I don't know what could be a
lot of things. Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to act like I know much about that already. But I will say
that one hurts a little bit because I hate the idea of anybody not being able to get something
that they they like. We didn't have a lot of money growing up. But every once in a while my
mom would get a new eyeliner or something like that. And it made her day like she loved that
stuff. Like I hate the idea of people not being able to do things like that. I don't necessarily
think people need makeup. But if you like it, that's what matters. Not what I think or so and so
things. It matters what you think. And if that makes you feel a little more brave, a little more
confident or something like that, I hate the idea of people not being able to do that.
Well, and then also the the health aspect of it. For instance, mascara. I don't go through it
fast enough to use it in the amount of time that you should. These things have an expiration date
because if you like things that you put on your eyes, you shouldn't use them for more than I want
to say it's like three months. So I you know, I get through I don't get through a tube of mascara
in three months. So I end up having to throw it away and buy a new one. But it's it has to do with
you know, keeping your eyes healthy. Yeah. So that's something to note too. And if you can't
afford it, then well, then I just don't wear it. Boy, that is a I never I just I guess I figured
that makeup had an expiration date, but I never thought about it before. And that seems shady
like the way they do that. That that seems like a. Well, it's not if you if you think about it,
James, you're putting something. Think about context solution. Okay. Yeah. You know, like you open it
and if you don't use it within a certain amount of time, you really should throw it away. Because
it's opened, it you're you're potentially touching the top, you're introducing bacteria,
you're entering and bacteria grows. Yeah. You know, it's it's kind of like leftover food after
a certain embrace, you have to throw it away because bacteria grows. Yeah. It's it's science.
Makes sense. Makes sense. I just never really thought about it. Which I guess makes sense too,
considering I don't really wear a lot of makeup. Well, you don't have a tube of mascara sitting in
your drawer that's been there for five years. Come on, James. Being an actor, I had to learn to put
on makeup for the stage. And I would say one of the hardest things I've I've I've had to learn
defense. I've had to learn just about every accent under the sun. I've had to learn to dance,
work in heels, do dress and drag. One of the hardest things I've had to learn to do is putting on
eyeliner like that. Oh, eyeliner on guys is a is a hard thing. Actually, that was one of the first
things I did in theater. I did makeup for Eskinaw in the moonlight for the community theater in
Toma. And I had to put eyeliner on guys. It's so funny. I promise I'm promise I'm not going to
poke you in the eye. Just told still I would like to send a shout out to every actress I've worked
with since sixth grade. Thank you. Thank you. And very thankful that the trend has become now
less makeup. And I actually haven't I don't know the last time I had to put on makeup for a
player or anything. So I've been very fortunate with that. Makeup don't don't work with me. Like
me and makeup don't get along. We just don't. It's just it's just the way we've both agreed to go
our separate ways. We both agree. But for people who who enjoy it and who like to to make a
more power to you, you know, let you be you. Yeah, definitely. We're going to take time out. We
will check in with our news break, our sports. We'll get into some local stuff taking over
our partners here. And when we come back, some modern trends, people may regret in 10 years.
Coming up on the morning show with Melissa and James right here at WFHR.
Welcome back everybody. Morning show at WFHR. Locally ground radio.
Melissa and James here with you. And we're talking trends everybody.
Most trends don't age that well. But some are more harmful than others like 15 years ago when
people were doing that planking thing. I don't even know if it feels like it was longer than 15
years ago. But before like some of the, you know, TikTok trends and some of those things got going,
there was a trend where people were taking pictures of them planking on things. They're just
like, oh, like the, the, the, the, the, it's different. Yeah, like, like, it's like laying
like a board, you know, like, like, yeah, like, laying like a board on things and stuff. Yeah,
I don't, I don't know. I don't know. There are, to be fair though, there are trends that kick
off too that also can raise funds for, you know, causes and we like the ice challenge. Yeah,
my dad did that. And, you know, there's a lot of those kind of things too. So they're both sides
of this. Well, people on social media are talking about the modern trends that everyone will regret
in 10 years. May regret in 10 years, I think. May regret. Okay. People took it more seriously
than just planking, like putting their whole lives on the internet. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I got to tell you, there is not one, like, relationship thing post that's ever made that I
can imagine everyone in the sea. I cannot stress this enough. I care about every individual out
there. I do not care about your relationship. That is your business. That is all your business.
You go ahead and keep that to yourself. I can't think of a positive of putting out your
dirty laundry. I cannot think of a positive to it. Yeah. But I do have to say, I like seeing
people's like anniversary pictures, you know, Oh, I think you treat social media like you treat
it like it's a photo album. You don't put photos in there are bad memories. Yeah. Correct.
I mean, and also with that, taking in mind that that's the way social media works, that you're
seeing people's happiest moments. You're not seeing their whole lives. Yeah. Protect your mental
health by keeping that in mind. Yes. Yes. Because not for every smiling picture, there are people
that are, you know, they're going to have bad days too. They're right. They're humans just like
the rest of us. This is a big one to me. Filming kids worst moments for the internet cloud.
Yeah. No, I don't do that. Read in the article recently about a little girl who, you know,
15 years ago or whatever it was, her mother took a picture of her and it went viral. And it was,
it was like a funny little picture of her like crying at her birthday or something like that.
It pretty much ruined her childhood and her teen years. This was all she was known for and she,
you know, it really cost her. Yeah, because that would have think about how that would affect you.
That was you. Oh, dear God. Yeah. Yeah. I can't imagine. And not only that, but I don't see
the positive. So often in life, I ask people to look at the floor and the ceiling of something.
What is it worth really? What is the advantage of this? What is the, you know, the bonus to this?
What is the positive to this? And what is the floor? What's the worst that could happen with this?
Think before you hit send. Yeah. Bullying, bullying teachers out of the profession.
Oh, yes, we are going to really, really, really hate that one. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
And more, if we don't already, more and more, you know, we don't have, we didn't have enough good
teachers when we, our parents were kids, let alone now. And that's not about teachers.
That's about the system and the way we treat them. And, and what is being done to the system to,
to make it, make it worse? Really? I mean, if you, if you step back and you look at what has happened
to the education system in this country, it's depressing. Yeah. We'll just put it that way.
Devaluing craftsmanship. Yeah. Yeah. Not having appreciation for people who,
who do those things well. I mean, yes, can you also do woodworking? Sure.
Can you do it to the level of somebody who has been honing that craft for the last 20 years?
Not likely. To the piggybacking off of that, getting advice from TikTok influencers and influencers
instead of actual experts. Actual experts? Yes. Please stop doing that. Yeah. Yeah. And with the new
things that have been taken, you know, like fact checking that has been taken out of, of meta
with the disillusionment or the dissolving of certain,
yeah, whatever you want to call it, it's going to get worse people. There's going to be a lot more
misinformation, a lot of disinformation and a lot of scammers taking advantage of people
because they can. And a lot more cowardly acts. It's funny to see the top one percent and see
these people that have so much so-called power and money and every one of them bending the knee
and just like, just a turtle on their back just begging not to be hurt or anything like that.
Just it's pathetic. It's sad, lame, among other things. Cosmetic surgeries and procedures
specifically a vocal fat removal. I don't know what I'm saying there, but I guess that's a thing.
For people with more money than we have. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know a single person and I'm talking
about a lot of actors and actresses I've worked with that have gotten Botox or any of those
things and didn't do it for migraines or something like that. That it doesn't regret it. Did it
for looks? Yeah. And every one of them regrets it. And I'm saying like almost immediately when
they're going into a casting session and the casting director is like, okay, give me sad.
Give me, give me sad. Why can't you give me sad? Why can't you? My forehead doesn't move anymore.
You can't do that emotion. Yeah, that doesn't help you as an actor a lot.
I just do it the old fashioned way. I buy bigger clothes. There you go. There you go. There's a
little tit for you, everybody. Or I make them bigger myself using my sewing machine.
For me on my personal list of this, I would put the what I said about kids at number one and a
number two face tattoos. I've got about seven or eight tattoos on my body and I like every one
of them. I love every one of them and I'm all for, you know, it's your body do what you want with
it. And if you want a face tattoo, it's your body do what you want with it. But again,
I don't know anybody, including a lot of celebrities who don't regret these things and who aren't
getting a lot of them are spending a lot of money getting them removed. Yeah. Yeah, tattoos are
pretty permanent unless you have a lot of money. And I'm sorry. I literally mean this. I am
apologizing for this. I've never seen a good face tattoo. I've never seen one, not one of them
that look good, not one of them that are done right. And why is it that it seems like so many
face tattoos are done by a 10th grader? Like they'd never seem to be really good ink. Like I say
which will if you like tattoos or not, but you could tell somebody who's an actual artist in
somebody who just has a pen. A pen and some ideas of grandeur. How is it like jelly roll or post
malone or some of these artists that have all this money and then you see their face tattoos and
like I put the deer, did I a third grader do that? Well, in their defense, they were probably done
a number of years ago and at a point in time in their lives where maybe they didn't have as much money.
Completely understand that. Know what that's like. You got money now. And now here we are a decade later
and maybe you're rethinking that should decision. You'll get them removed or get them redone
by an actual artist. I would think. I don't know. You got your teeth redone. Every one of these people
I'm talking about got their teeth redone. All of them got the white smile. So I would think
that I don't know. Parents allowing their children to run the show comes up next.
Yeah, that is when you're going to regret a few years when they hit those teenage years.
Yeah, yeah. It's not like it's not easy being a parent or anything but that's part of the gig.
Sometimes you got to be the bad guy. And for I would just put out there for single parents,
it's really, really hard because you just I have all the sympathy in the world for you.
Unless you've done it, you have no idea. Exactly. I have no idea what it's like.
And it's not for us to judge. No. People let it go of their privacy.
Except that we kind of all done that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean just by being on the internet,
by being on social media, sending along with that, sending their DNA to a random company.
Oh, yeah, that's come back to bite some people. Yeah. Yeah. Our reliance on AI, next generators
to write letters, essays or texts. Yeah. And that one also is just going to get worse.
The prolification of sports betting. Oh my god, yeah. Boy, that one is just
zero knowledge of that. Basically, when we were kids, one of the biggest shuns you could have
in sporting was betting on sports for athletes or any of these things. Yeah, I thought it wasn't
allowed. Yeah, it's not. But we have along with that now, though, we make it just completely
accessible in almost every state to gamble and to bet on sports, all you want. And they get
away with it by the end of that having a, you know, Peyton Manning come out and say, you know,
hey, bet, bet responsibly. Now go ahead and give us your money.
Yeah. Let's see here. The broccoli haircut. The broccoli haircut. I had to look this one up.
That she would regret it in 10 years. Yeah. What her grows. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and as far as
things to regret, hairstyles are one of the least. Yeah. I don't know. I think that's,
I don't know if that should be on the list. No, no, especially with some of these other things.
I don't feel like it really hangs with the other stuff. Buying NFTs. And I will add on to that
buying cryptocurrency. Yeah. That seems pretty risky. If you got the money to burn, buy all means.
They're do your thing, but there may be a use for crypto at some point. I don't believe that it
is in any time soon. And I think that we all should hope that there isn't. Like the amount of
energy and the amount of waste that is created from just one of these businesses, let alone all
of them out there is killing our planet. And for what? For some make believe money that we can't
even decide whether it's worth something or not that just trends up and down. Wait, that's also
the economy in general. Yeah. Except for the fact of mentioning how much of a drain on resources
that is. Right. And to what purpose? Like you said, to what purpose? Yeah. What good is it?
Well, I got all this money in blah, blah, blah. Okay. What do you have to show for it?
And the big, the big deal of this is supposed to be, oh, it's money that only you know where it is.
And the government can't catch or anything like that. Oh, wow. So you're just letting everybody know
you don't care about other people. You don't care about paying taxes and helping us. You don't
want to contribute to society. Got it. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks for that rich guy. Yeah. That's great.
I refuse. If I am the last person in the world that's a holdout on this, I will be. I will never,
never promote or get into the whole cryptocurrency thing. Well, I'm getting a message from my agent
about an acting gig. Let me know. We will go ahead and get to our commercial break. We'll come
back and wrap up the show morning show on WF HR. Welcome back, everybody. Morning show at WF HR,
locally grown radio. Listen, James, hanging out with you. Thanks so much for joining us, everybody.
Hope you were having a great one out there. We're going to wrap up the show. Take it to the
top of the hour. We got your schedule coming up in a little bit. But I want to get to some good
stories of the day. I'm going to give you a bit of a tease of these and then encourage you to
look up the rest of the story yourselves. A guy from Pennsylvania is going viral after proposing
to his girlfriend on a plane and recreating his scene from the wedding singer. It's the one
where Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler sings grow old with you to your Barrymore. I think it's one
of the more romantic scenes you will ever see in a movie. I think it's awesome. I do really like
that movie. I do. I love that movie. I cannot. I'm not going to lie. I love that movie.
Security guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is also now featuring featured artist
there. That's cool. 45-year-old Amia Malik Khalil graduated from art school in the two in his
twenties and moved to the US-06 with less than $400 in his pocket. He's been working as a security
guard at the museum for a decade. A curator found out he was an artist and liked his stuff.
Now, one of his sculptures is a part of the exhibit called Flight Into Egypt that features art
from 1876 to present day. Wow. Oh, that's so cool. Imagine what that means to him. Yeah.
It cannot even put into words what that must mean for him. And I do believe that that is a
beautiful story. The tragic wildfires in and around L.A. have also inspired a lot of kindness.
Hopefully you will see some of these stories along with some of the coverage and some of the other
things going on with this. Like the great Jose Andres. His world central kitchen has set up a bunch
of meal distribution sites around the city to make sure first responders and people affected by
the fires can get something to eat. A bunch of firefighters walked into an inn and out to get
burgers the other day and the whole place gave them a huge round of applause. The video I can't
even talk about it that gets me. The Rose Bowl has been acting as a hub for donations and emergency
response efforts. Vendors have been showing up to hand out free food and supplies. A seafood restaurant
an hour outside of L.A. called Calico Fish House stepped up to be a national donation hub
where people can send stuff volunteers have been showing up with truckloads of supplies.
And Mexico our brothers and sisters down south. We are connected everybody. Mexico just sent 72
of their own firefighters to L.A. on Saturday to lend a hand. Good thing they didn't have to go
through a wall to do it. By the way, how's that wall Wilkin? How's that going? They're being
deployed today to help fight the fires that are still burning. Firefighters from other states have
also showed up to help, including Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington,
and Texas. Even Ukraine is sending people to help. Yeah. Because this is how life works.
We help each other. We scratch each other's back. And but there is the unfortunate reality of
you want to make sure if you are making a donation that it's going to where it needs to go to help
people not into a scammers pocket. So if you're looking to donate head to our civic media.us. We have a
link where you can make a donation and it will go to help those that are struggling in L.A.
And when I look at our local schedule for today, of course, Matt Nair on air coming up in just a
moment or two. Be sure to check that out. Everybody stick around with them until noon and a little
bit later today. We'll have midday magazine lined up for you. Join us from four to five today in part
one Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Matt Zach are going to be with us along with Wisconsin Rapids Community
Media. Great. Always a good conversation with Mr. Zach and our friends at the media. We love
having them. We get an update on the city. And a part two, Nicky Luck is going to join us
from Wood County Health Department. We're going to talk about youth risk behavior that survey that
just went recently. Oh, good. Good. Looking forward to diving into that with her. We've got a good
one lined up for you after that. Playmakers. Join us from five to six today. Nobody made a highlight
from the sidelines. Get in the game and call us with your sports thoughts, feelings, takes.
I want them all. I believe Michael Comer will be joining us today. So that'll be a lot of fun.
Great. Yeah. He's got he's got the IH I should call in. I went to the basketball the middle
school basketball tournaments last weekend that took place up in Mozini. Oh, I'd love that. I love
you call my niece. My niece was playing. And so I got to I got to experience the middle school
basketball. Right on. Very cool. Get on you for going. Good on you for going. It's fun.
It was good to see them. Anytime you can attend events like that, everybody. It's so much
about more, so much bigger than wins and losses. These kids see your faces out there. They appreciate
that support. We Michael and I will have playmakers for you today. Brought to you by quality plus
printing and your words out here in Wisconsin Rapids. We'll lead you into at seven o'clock the Wisconsin
hockey hour. Nice. Of course, it is a Wednesday. We all know what that means. Bingo. Bingo.
Bingo at the Wisconsin Rapids Elks Lodge. Number 693. Support those that support this community
like our friends at the Elks Lodge at 430 West Jackson Street. Their doors open at five. Bingo
kicks off at 630. Gonna be hopping over there. Yeah. Head over get a table early. So you got your
spot because you know it's gonna be fun. Yeah. Yeah. And of course the Wisconsin Rapids
Raptors have their hot stove event coming up this Saturday. Be sure to get your tickets RSVP
to attend. Yeah. Get your tickets early because they're cheaper. Yes. Yes. This is gonna be a great
one. It's happening at the hotel meet from six to nine. They're gonna have a bunch of the front
office people there. New field manager Tom Zagalowski is gonna be down there. Gonna have from our
championship team. And currently with the meds organization Devin D Young is gonna be down there as
well. How cool. RSVP for this event and check out season tickets and get involved in support
your rafters northwoods league.com. And our friends over at the VFW. They have their annual monthly
meeting going on tomorrow at six o'clock. This happens on the third Thursday of every month.
Keep that in mind. VFW post 2534 monthly meeting tomorrow over at the VFW. And if you've never
been head on down they have a great time. Yeah. Yeah. They really do. Great, great note there, Melissa.
And a great show. Thank you so much for joining us. It's been great to have you back this week.
Yeah. Good to talk to you James. We will talk again next week. You have a good rest of your week,
Melissa. You as well. And be good to each other out there. We'll talk to you soon in the later right
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