There’s a Snake in That Jar

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Join by Seth.

Good morning.

And the best listeners in radio.

Thanks for hanging out with us, everybody.

We hope you're having a fantastic one out there.

Got some good things to get into this hour.

Got a bunch of entertainment news for you.

A little bit later we're going to get into.

I was this year's old when I learned.

Yes.

I like that.

New segments.

Random stuff for you to get into a little bit later.

All that for you.

And of course we've got to get into the big one for the night of clock hour.

The strangest things found in uncleaned baggage over the past year.

Oh boy.

Weird random stuff.

Weird was found.

Weird.

Get into our local schedule around here as well.

Along with some local events going on this weekend.

Saturday's a huge day.

Oh my gosh.

We have so much stuff going on.

We have to start actually in two minutes to get to all of it.

Yes.

We'll fill the hour.

Yeah.

Well, we'll get into that a little bit later.

But of course, kicking off with some entertainment news as we like to do in the top of the

10 o'clock hour.

And I got to get used to saying that I'm used to saying that I'm used to say in the

10 o'clock hour.

I know.

So I thought this was an interesting one Seth.

How much, how little bands make off concert tickets?

Really.

Okay.

I think it has become, if not common knowledge, very close to common knowledge of how most musicians

make their music.

It is not from the record deal, it is not even from the records, it is, or downloads

or streams or any of this, where they make literally pennies on the stream or something

along those lines.

And I'm talking about Taylor Swift.

I'm talking about the biggest names.

Let alone, you know, somebody like Rear Alienkebeck, who showed his Spotify streams, which

were insane last year, and he made 60 bucks.

Right.

You know?

So, look, every, no artist was forced to be a musician necessarily outside of the Jackson

Five.

Oh.

Wow.

That was necessary.

I don't know.

I liked it.

I liked it.

I liked it.

Maybe a little old at a reference.

But hey, it will take it.

But, so I don't, I don't think any artist is expecting empathy or sympathy necessarily for

this, but I do think that anybody out there believes that every human being should get paid

their worth and get paid for the work they do.

I think, I think we can, we should be able to agree on that, right?

And I don't think that a, I feel like it makes sense to me that record producers and record

companies shouldn't make more than artists, right?

They're actually creating the work.

Right.

They should be paid.

They should be paid.

They haven't, they have a spot.

They're doing something.

It's not like they're not doing anything, but they're not actually doing the creating.

Right.

So most of this is understood and bands do shows and people come to those shows and you

figure, well, they're getting money from the ticket sales and from merch and selling

CDs or whatever on the side.

And you're part right.

But only about the merch because man, dude, this is a little staggering.

CBS News broke this down with the band, something corporate.

Check this out.

For a recent show, the band set the ticket price at 56 bucks, which became 70 thanks to

the various fees that get tacked on.

At that price, the show had potential to generate over $200,000, okay?

But right off the top, they had to pay nearly $104,000 in costs related to the venue, like

stage hands and security and all of that, right?

That leaves just under 100K, but the band still doesn't get their cut.

There are commissions, fees and payroll, like the band's management taking a quarter in

the band's crew, ticking another quarter.

When it's all said and done, this band in particular, something corporate, made a profit

of $10 per ticket.

For a ticket, the cost, the cons are going 70, yes, they make $10 for that, so like a low

on the percentage side for sure.

Well, anybody that is on the other side of this are like so or that isn't a big deal

or anything like that, take out the artist, take out the band or anything like that in

insert mechanic, insert nurse, insert garbage disposal, garbage men, any other job, and

I feel like everybody would be losing their minds.

That's not right, I get it, and again, I ask you for empathy any more than any other

artist is, but I do think it's like, well, come on, man, put it in perspective.

How about that?

There are so many things that they have to pay for, and this is not something that the

record company they're not going to do that, maybe at one time they did, but this is basically

out of their own pocket, they pay their own people out of their own pocket, that's what

bands do.

Any of the roadies, people that travel with them, they have to take care of all of those

expenses and a salary as well, which they are glad to do because these people make it possible

for them to do shows.

If they didn't have them, they wouldn't be able to do it.

Every band is a corporation, they have employees, they have the name of the band, something

corporate is good.

It's funny that they put that out there, but yeah.

I have to be honest, I don't know who they are, but that's a great name.

It is, yeah.

And it's great for them to do this.

You put that out there, yeah, it's really cool.

And I'm not saying this necessarily to the audience so much that, okay, we'll get out

there and do something, I got this grassroots campaign, and I'm going to join with Pearl

Jam and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And there is no set perfect answer to fix this, because everybody is just looking to get

paid for what they're doing, the stage hands, the band, I'm focusing on the band, but

there's people that travel with this band, they will never know their names, that this

band couldn't play without without them, they need those people, yeah.

They certainly have earned their paycheck, I just think that the band also does too, and

I think that it's important to know this stuff for one, when we're talking about artists

in general, and also when you're going to these shows and everything, and you're going

to a show because it's a band you like.

So hopefully it enhances the concert for you, hey, this band likes doing this so much,

they're doing this for 10 bucks, I think that that's kind of, it can have an opportunity

to be cool while also being like dang, that doesn't seem to work out there.

And the band is getting more out of it than just money, I mean, they love obviously they

love to perform, otherwise they wouldn't continue doing it, right?

That's important too, it's something they love to do, but at the same time, considering

how much people are paying to watch them to do their job, basically, it seems it's

like, huh, that's all they're getting out of it, even though they put a lot of effort

and time and everything into it, so maybe I'm something to think about anyway.

Maybe I'm thinking about it because of JC's birthday this weekend or something, but two

of my three kids are writers, and I cannot tell you how relieved I am that they are writers

and not singers, because not because I have anything I like singing, I love music and

all that, but the music industry, everything I've ever heard about it and the way it can

be for musicians, how difficult it can be, I actually would rather my children be writers.

Think about that.

Think about that.

Yeah, that's not well known for being a way to make a living, right?

Or a very great financial living, I mean, we can name on one hand the successful financial

writers.

Like the rich ones, like Stephen King, right, or a couple other ones, yeah.

The ones that have had years of, you know, many years, decades of success or something,

there's a handful at best, at best, yeah, I also think that there's one other part of

this too.

Now, if you don't enjoy any music, if you don't enjoy any entertainment, then this whole

segment is not for you.

Then you can totally be like, yeah, whatever guys, but anybody out there, 715, 424, 2600,

ever met somebody who literally does not like music, period, like any music.

Any music that would be weird, doesn't know any, I know that I have, I know he was an

older gentleman and I can't, I was working, it was an odd job that I was doing.

I was just hired to work this one's home improvement job, so I didn't know the guy, but we're

working.

And they, you know, they got the boom box going and everything while you're working outside

and stuff.

And he walked over there and turned it off.

Somebody turns it on.

He goes over there, turns it off.

And I'm just watching all this play out.

And finally comes over to me and the only thing he said to me the whole day is, I just

don't like songs.

Like, that's it.

I just don't like songs.

Don't like songs.

I don't like songs.

Not music.

I don't like songs.

I don't.

I've never heard anyone say that's weird, man.

It's closest.

I've ever come.

What is he doing?

It's free time.

That's what I want.

Interesting.

We love music around here and we love Willie Nelson and we want to take a moment, let

you know what's new on your small screen, big screen, and also what new music is coming

out.

And with that, Willie Nelson is in the news because I don't get to do this very often.

Willie Nelson's got a new album coming out.

Yeehaw.

154th studio album.

That's 154.

If this was playmakers, that would be my stat of the show.

154 studio albums.

This one's called, Oh, What a Beautiful World.

It is out today.

It's a tribute to his longtime friend and fellow musician Rodney Crowe.

Every song on the album was written by Crowe.

Oh, wow.

That's cool.

In case you were wondering, Willie is 91 and this is his 77th solo project with exactly

half of the 154 studio albums that he's been a part of.

That's really cool.

Just as he planned it.

He's always been such a great collaborator and all the different people he's collaborated

with.

It's so cool.

Lionel Richie.

He did a whole record with Lionel Richie, which is so cool.

The certainly late in his career working with Toby Keith and some of these other things.

Yeah.

It's just an incredible.

Now, I mean, he's working with his sons and stuff.

So yeah.

That's the thing.

I would love to see him in concert especially because you get to see him with his

boys.

Yeah.

And that seems cool.

His sons are really talented too.

Oh, he absolutely is.

It's just very cool.

Very cool.

Not only do we get to rarely get to announce that, that Willie Nelson has a new album, but

how about on the same day, Seth, that we get to say that Willie Nelson has a new album

out of his 77th solo, Smoky Robinson, what the world needs now, an inspirational covers

album from Smoky Robinson by a new material.

Good.

Good for you, Smoky.

And the ninth album from Billy Idol.

Dream into it.

Not nearly as prolific as Willie Nelson.

Billy Idol is not.

Love I should have started there.

I should have put the wrong way on that one, but Willie Nelson, Billy Idol, Smoky Robinson,

new music out.

There you go.

Thanks.

It's 2025.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough for you, Jeff Goldblum has a new album out.

I should say.

He may have had more.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I do know he's a musician.

I know.

He's been.

I just recently found out that Jeff Bridges has released several albums.

I just know that.

It's news.

I was this years old when I found out Jeff Goldblum did music.

So the Billy Idol album actually has Avril Lavigne, Joan Jett on it with him.

So entry.

Wow.

Nelson Mosher from Audrey, death, whether or something like that.

So it's kind of interesting.

Did he's got a little mix on there with him?

Interesting.

Yeah.

And Jeff Goldblum, I should say Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra.

And this is fourth album.

Oh, wow.

It is fourth album.

Wow.

I love it.

Ariana Grande, Scarlett Johansson, and Maria Sykes are on that album with him.

So Jeff Goldblum pulling in some of them.

No, I do.

Scarlett Johansson's released a couple albums herself too.

Yeah.

I've got a really smoky kind of voice.

She's got a really good one.

Looking at what's new on your small screen this weekend, there's some stuff with the

NFL draft.

That's all that matters.

And that even going to announce anything else.

No, no.

There's a couple of things.

The third season finale of Fire County is on CBS tonight at nine.

That's actually had a really nice success.

Okay.

It actually has continued a streak of speaking of football shows that premiere after the

Super Bowl and how successful they are.

Interesting.

It's just weird on cany thing that just has worked for.

It has worked.

Maybe they just work harder on those ones and that's why they're more successful.

Who knows?

I'm excited to zone out on some like after the NFL draft, just some mindless action this

weekend.

Nice.

Havoc, an action thriller starring Tom Hardy and force Whitaker is out a couple a great

a great director on that one.

Force Whitaker siding.

Nice.

Yeah.

Looks really good.

Tom Hardy said it's the most intense and wildest action he's ever done on the movie.

So that just pulled my attention right away with something.

I really like him.

Baby girl starring Nicole Kidman is out on max tonight as well.

Good to see her working a lot more.

Yeah.

And the NFL draft, of course, it is going on.

It'll happen.

Kick off at six tonight with round two and three.

I think incredibly smart of them on ABC, not on ESPN where people like myself don't

have cable in that.

Or sorry.

And you're not willing to pay to stream it.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Maybe see again on Saturday from noon into, yeah, starting at noon, rounds four through

seven.

The NFL draft.

That's also the serious premiere of a happy place starring Alan coming.

That is out too.

And on Sunday, the $1,000 pyramid is new.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No new show that never dies.

Head to double check.

No new Saturday live this weekend.

OK.

And then looking what's new in theaters, not a ton of releases coming out this weekend.

Our hood watch Jack Quaid isn't it's Jeffrey Dean Morgan looks really interesting.

OK.

Especially those two working together.

Yeah.

We're together on the boys.

I think you're grizzled.

Yes.

And just such a darn good.

Yeah.

I love it.

I really like him.

Also unlimited release.

The legend of Ochi.

It's a PG movie.

A modern fairy tale about creatures on remote islands, starring a stranger things Finn

Wolford.

Oh.

And William DeFoe.

Oh, hey.

Well, boys.

He got recently.

He's been a tons of stuff.

My goodness.

But I am actually tempted to go to the theater to see this.

OK.

I would be one of the few, I imagine, because it's not that popular of a movie.

And even if it was, it was almost 10 years ago that the first one came out.

I was talking the other day about the movie, The Accountant.

Ben Affleck returns as the accountant in autistic, savant, who audits the books for the most

dangerous criminals in the world.

Just the premise.

And it's they pull it off.

It's the best acting of everything Ben Affleck do.

John Bethorol is in it, it's with it.

Oh, yeah.

Places brother.

He's an excellent.

Excellent actor.

I don't think this is going to go over very well.

The chemistry we're doing those two is almost better than him and Matt Damon.

Wow.

It's in something.

They really seem to get along well and play really good.

And they look and play off each other very well like brothers would.

It's a very believable, it's so hard to me at least to believe these two are siblings

oftentimes and forget who they are and all that.

Ben Affleck is almost unrecognizable in some ways even though he hasn't done anything

to his appearance to change anything.

It's his mannerisms and the way he carries himself in the role that is so different to

me.

Acting and action.

I get to.

And it's got action.

Explosions.

An action of all that.

I love it.

I love it.

I can't wait to see it.

It looks really good.

I wanted to take a moment to also focus on some local theater coming up.

Our good friends at Seawack have their great one Don Coyote coming up over the next

weekend.

So, boy did we learn some interesting things about that yesterday and guess what everyone?

You can learn more about it coming up on Sunday.

We'll have a great episode of Director's Playhouse for you this Sunday more on that in

a little bit.

But you can catch get tickets for Don Coyote Day last center.

It is premiering May 8th through the eleventh over at the shack.

Over at go check it out.

What's at the century theater?

I'm at the century theater.

I'm sorry.

At the century theater.

You can find out the correct address and get tickets at seawack.org.

Seawack.org.

I encourage you to do that everybody.

And of course, noise is off is right around the corner of the premiere for the final.

The final main stage show for Wisconsin.

We have a community theater.

For the 50th season.

By the way, why don't we mind everyone of that, too?

It is why you don't hear Melissa Kay on the air with us right now because she is hard

at work.

Working hard.

Fine tuning that and making sure that it's all set ready to go.

They got an amazing cast that is working so hard on that one.

Some wonderful people behind the scenes.

Get your tickets.

Pick out your seat and we'll meet you there for the premiere of noises off coming up.

Okay.

First everybody get to WRC theater.org.

WRC theater.org.

All right.

And Seth, let's get into our schedule a little bit later because I want to take some time

with that one.

We got the mystery hour.

Directors playhouse to get into.

That's right.

Oh my gosh.

It's the last Sunday, isn't that for you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

All that coming up for you.

Mornings at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Mornings at WFHR, locally grown radio, nice job, Seth.

All right.

No problem.

Good coverage.

I wanted to start a new segment around here and I want the audience to not only participate

but let us know what you think of it as going along doing this.

It's a phrase that you see online memes and different things.

I was this year's old when I learned this.

Right.

And I just think it's a funny phrase but I also think I love random rare, weird acts.

Love it.

So it's just kind of a fun way to get into some of that and that's what we'll do here

right now.

98% of atoms that currently make up your body are different than the atoms that made

up you last year.

98%.

So technically, you're almost an entirely different person now than you were a year ago.

This is the philosophical conceit of the thesis's boat, right?

So the whole idea is that so everything in the boat gets replaced at some point, which

means it's not the same boat because it doesn't have the same materials on there.

And that is true with the human body.

I didn't realize it was that much over one year because, of course, your cells die and

they get replaced by new cells.

So you do not have the same cells you had when you were born.

You don't even have the same cells as yesterday, which is an amazing thing.

When you think about it, it's absolutely amazing.

It's, I mean, we kind of have to because this is just how life works, but we normalize

so much about the human body, which is just amazing, right?

It's absolutely fascinating.

Yeah.

Now, I was this year's old when I learned that because I think like a lot of people out

there, you've heard your skin cells change every seven years or whatever and that I'd always

heard.

So I thought that was really unique and I kind of stopped right there.

That part of amazing.

Wow.

That's incredible.

That's crazy.

I was this year's old when I learned that studies indicate that the average American spends

around 18 full days in their car per year.

That's a lot.

That roughly equates to 293 hours or about 8 hours and 22 minutes per week behind the

wheel.

Like a full day's work, basically, behind the, wow.

We get comfortable.

We get familiar with our vehicles for a lot of reasons, but I mean, there's one of

part of it.

You just spend so much darn time in there, yeah?

Wow.

Talking a little animals here.

I was this year's old when I learned that adult cats only meow at humans.

Not other cats.

Adult cats, this is.

Humans won't meow at their mother, but once they get a little older, cats no longer

meow at other cats.

So even cats are annoyed by other cats.

Cats have such an attitude that they will not even talk to another their own species.

Each single cat is the perfect specimen of cat, right?

Yes.

Apparently, that's what it is.

I do not acknowledge your catness because I am the cat.

I love it.

No.

Again, though, I did not know that.

I never knew.

I did not know that.

Although it hits at each other when they're going to get into a fight, because I've seen

that when cats fight each other, but yeah, biweekly has two different definitions.

Twice a week or once every two weeks, and we just kind of roll with that.

We just kind of like, you know, we hear that, we're just kind of like, well, we'll figure

it out.

We need to solve this, James, and I know the way to do it.

So biweekly means two times in one week.

I'm going to solidify that right now, and then we are going to change every two weeks

to every fortenite.

Let's bring back fortenite or fortenite or fortenite, so I like the idea of bringing

a bulls back.

Yes.

An underused word, two weeks, a fortenite.

That's what you need.

We need to start using that again.

It sounds cool.

And it sounds cool.

Like if you needed any other reason.

It sounds cool.

Like, come on.

And why do young people be the only ones to get to invent slang?

Yeah.

Why can't we invent something?

We want to bring back old stuff that no one must have listened to, can you just get

it?

Did this right here in there?

Still there right now.

Four or five seconds that lasted.

I was this year, I was this year as old when I learned that chewing gum boosts mental

proficiency and is considered a better test aid than caffeine.

And what I think is much more interesting than that, nobody knows why.

Science is not great.

Yeah.

Neurologist, scientists, tons of people have put in the data of the work.

They've studied the human brain better than there's the smartest minds on the brain.

There are in the universe.

And they don't know what.

They have no idea.

No idea.

Chewing gum.

Although, boy, if you tell that and if you're like a proctor, you know, leading a test,

you have to be there and all you're hearing is, oh, no.

Every student chewing gum is like, oh, no.

That make you drive you mad.

That literally sounds like the hell to me.

That literally sounds like what it's called.

You don't like chewing sounds.

Oh, can't handle it.

I forgot about that.

Oh, that, you right.

That is your hell.

You know, that's what's going to happen.

It's right there, right there.

If you go there.

If you go there.

That and watching Kevin Costner movies.

People are chewing gum.

Just not stopped.

Not stopped.

Satan has taken notes.

Yes.

The Hobbit has been published in two editions.

In the first edition, Gollum willingly bet on his, bet on his ring in the riddle game.

Mm-hmm.

I knew that one.

I didn't know that one.

Yes.

I thought I knew a lot.

And changed it after he had written Lord of the Rings because he wanted to tie it in

better to what happened in Lord of the Rings.

So that's what he did.

But yes.

And which is cool.

You know, it may not seem like that big of a deal or a big of a story to some people

out there.

Even if you are a big Lord of the Rings fan.

But imagine right now, Stephen King trying to change something in carry or one of his older

books or something.

Right.

At least something that had just been published or something like that.

I mean, that's, it just doesn't happen that often.

You know what I mean?

That would be fascinating.

To bring this to like author's, famous authors, you know, with some of the work because

you know, no author is completely satisfied with any one thing.

So it's like, if you could go back to carry, you know, his first big blockbuster novel,

what would you change and would you actually do it?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Curious to see if they would actually, yeah, I'm going to change it for new editions.

How about that?

That'd be interesting.

I don't know if it would be a good or a bad thing.

No.

It would be interesting.

No, that's for sure.

Yeah, it would be.

I was 48 years old when I learned that Santa Claus was issued a pilot's license by the

US government back in 1927.

They also gave him airway maps and promised to keep the runway lights on.

That's a smart of them.

That's smart, you know?

Very smart.

I think Santa's still using that stuff because, you know, that was, you know, the kind of

the beginning of, you know, flight, that's when kind of commercial airlines started popping

up in the late 20s and all that.

So yeah.

That's cool.

I feel like if you can get some good points with anybody outside of mom, it's Santa.

You know, if you can get some good points with Santa, it's always a good idea.

It's got a list.

We can get a list, you know, that's the list, the good list is the one you want to be on.

So yeah, you know, you get, you get a little older, you think, oh, I don't need to worry

about it anymore.

No, no.

So this is the US government paying up a stocking every year to see if Santa will fill it.

Oh, they should.

I hope they do.

I hope they do.

Well, take a time out.

We'll get to our news, sports and partner break.

Seth and I will be back with some items that were left back in the unclean baggage over

the past year.

Some of the stranger things that were left there coming up on Mornings at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Mornings at WFHR, locally grown radio, Seth and James hanging out with you.

Thank you so much for joining us, everybody.

We appreciate the best listeners and radio hanging out with us, getting ready for your

weekend.

We're going to get into our schedule in a little bit.

Dive into that, take some time because we've got some new programming stuff happening around

here and everything.

Yeah.

We've got a new study.

We got the same weekend.

We've been bringing new changes.

No changes yet.

So now we're getting into some of that.

But more.

Unless we decide to add something.

Yes.

Yes.

And be on the lookout for that, everybody.

We've got some ideas for Sunday night and stuff.

We're looking forward to.

But I wanted to dive into this one, Seth, because not only do we cover weird better than

anybody else in radio, I will stay on that hill.

We will.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We like weird results.

Creativity.

Yep.

But this one is a little bit even out there for us.

It's not uncommon for an airline to lose your luggage temporarily in 99.5% of the time

they're able to figure out what happened to it.

Right.

We route it to the correct destination.

Get it to you right before you leave for your vacation.

Yeah.

Right.

Right.

Exactly.

But there's the rare instances when the airline never connects with the dots or on where

the bag is supposed to go.

And the website, there is actually, I think we're letting people know something here.

They say it like it's common knowledge.

The unclaimed baggage website issued an annual found report.

I did not know that was a thing.

Yeah.

They list the strangest things they were they found in someone's lost luggage over the

past year.

All right.

Sierra, some of the highlights like a 3D modeled print, a fiddle, a 3D printed model fiddle.

Which I did not know you could do.

Wow.

That's interesting.

Do you think someone would want to claim that maybe or maybe it's because it's just

3D printed.

Like, who cares?

Yeah.

I can see that.

How about a movie script from the 1985 movie The Goonies and it's like a real script.

Like the one the actors used and everything.

Wow.

That's got to be worth money.

Like for like collectors and stuff for that because that's a movie that people really

like.

And keep in mind, this is like recently, this is in the last year of this stuff.

It's like, so how did this like, so we're just carrying their Goonies script around.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, darn.

I forgot my script.

Oh, where did I put that?

Oh, my God.

Did I leave it in the cab?

There was a really weird Chiapet thing.

Oh, the old Afro like Chiapet thing.

I remember those.

Yes.

So that was a different one.

So that was found in one.

If I remember correctly, that did not last long.

No.

No, that did not really go along with the other Chiapets.

Yeah, they tried to bring it back.

Yeah.

They didn't do too well.

Didn't work.

Did they ever try to bring back the pet rock?

Did they try to bring that?

I wouldn't be surprised if that one had a second rock.

If they did, they failed.

Because I do not remember them trying to do that.

Yeah.

They'll all be clear Pepsi.

It's sitting at the bottom of a landfill somewhere.

There was an interesting Kuku clock that was found in luggage.

That's an elaborate.

I mean, we're talking like a, like with figures on it.

And that's, that looks like it could be, you know, I don't, I mean, it's hard to say

if that's like a handmade clock or something like that.

But wow, you think you'd miss that?

Yeah.

You think you'd miss a clock like that?

And it looks like handmade.

It does.

Yeah.

I'm not just something they bought at the store.

Yeah.

It's got a little, like a little Dutch or German lady swinging on the bottom, like for

the pendulum kind of thing.

And it's like a whole scene with a, a log house and stuff.

Yeah.

When I was living out in California, there was a gentleman that I brought meals to for

meals on wheels.

And he made a Kuku clocks.

And he was, like he really got into it, really elaborate, interesting things, wood

carver.

Really interesting.

Very cool.

Very, it was in his 70s when I knew him and everything and he had been doing it for a

very long time.

Right.

When I met him, he was doing it for fun, but he made a career out of it.

And it's the only reason, because of him that I don't ask, you know, are we still making

these?

Are we still, you know, celebrating Kuku clocks and using them?

I would also too.

They're really fascinating invention, yeah.

I will admit, when I was a kid, my Nana Papa had like seven or eight Kuku clocks on

one wall going into the, right in the kitchen area, they all go off at the same time.

Yes.

Oh, yes.

And it was something, man.

Oh, wow.

Wow.

It's a good, good stuff.

You'd jump out of your skin if you'd time.

Yeah.

Right.

None of those.

She loved those.

She loved those things.

And they were all, like, personal, like handmade ones and things.

Sure.

Something like that.

That's cool.

I think I got to think that they're still being made somewhere.

There was somebody who, or somebody left a bunch of literal, like, snakes and jars.

Oh.

And they're like just a bag, a luggage bag full of snakes and jars.

So they put pictures of these up and James is showing them to me.

These are like liquor bottles with snakes in them.

That is bizarre looking, man.

And there's like what, one, two, three, four, five, seven, seven bought.

Were they trying to get rid of them?

I know was.

It was someone's wife.

Yeah.

I'm getting rid of these ones.

Damn these things.

I'm going to get rid of honey.

Are you serious?

They lost your luggage.

Well, darn it.

Darn it.

I am so sorry.

That happened to you and your snake bottles.

Yes.

Snake bottles.

Is this literally a snake salesman?

Yes, right.

That's like a snake oil salesman.

It's literally like, put up up.

And I, you know, I will admit, you know, being honest with the audience, like I always

am it everything.

I have, I think, two tequila worms I have swallowed in my life.

Okay.

This is too far.

I've known it's drinking snakes, man.

No, that's taking it too far.

I don't know what's going on anymore.

That is disturbing looking, actually.

I'm not a fan of that.

That one was a little out there.

But how about they found what was it?

A sheet of $2 bills, I believe.

What?

Yeah, a full sheet of uncut $2 bills.

Did someone take it from like the Federal Reserve?

How do you end up with that?

I don't think you're supposed to have that.

No.

First of all, I mean, that's uncut.

I mean, maybe it was someone who was like, I was souvenir.

You know, like, oh, it's only $2 bills, you know?

Who's going to miss $2 bills, right?

I got this.

I got this.

I know who did this, everybody.

Okay.

You're aunt.

You're aunt did this.

You're aunt.

You're aunt who gives you a $2 bill.

Do you like their birthday or for, you know, the sun melt or whatever?

Does everyone have one of those?

Absolutely.

Because I did.

I don't know if it was an aunt, but I would get from certain people.

You'd get a $2 bill.

It was an aunt.

It was a grandparent or somebody like that gave you a $2 bill for your birthday.

Or some other occasion or something like that.

That's who, by the way, the only bill that's never changed in like 600, you're not seeing

or you, but in like 100 years, they've changed all the other bills.

You know, they add, you know, all the counter.

Apparently, no one counter fits $2 bill.

Nobody does it.

Nobody does it.

Or maybe somebody was trying.

They were trying.

I'll bring the sheet as my aunt.

Yeah.

A Turkish ceremonial wedding address.

Okay.

Don't want to miss that, man.

No.

Why would you want to miss that one?

Ah.

Glass eye.

Glass eye.

Oh, no.

That was all the ones that we had pictures of.

Oh, pictures for it.

Okay.

But there was a figurine of Santa on a log with a pumpkin that is very unique.

A Tibetan singing bowl.

That's a Tibetan singing bowl.

I don't know what that is.

A steel Roman soldier helmet.

Just something.

What?

Yeah.

Roman soldier.

Was that like cosplay?

Because there can't be ones that like actual from ancient Rome.

Or maybe there are.

I don't know.

Made out of steel, I suppose.

But it's a cosplay.

Where's my helmet?

I don't know.

An antique French book on performing exorcisms.

That's very specific.

Yeah, yeah.

I really got some follow questions for the people that have these items.

I really, because again, this is in luggage clay.

This isn't like it's found in the back of a cab or you're transporting something else.

You're literally like, I'm packing.

I'm going on this trip.

Yeah.

And I need these items with me.

I'm only bringing the items I need.

And apparently I needed a six string portable pocket guitar.

Like I apparently needed a steel Roman soldier helmet.

That's the guy that wanted the exorcism.

He needed it for wherever he was going.

And he gets there's like, oh no.

Now what do I do?

I can't perform my French exorcism.

Honey, where did we put the full sheet of $2 bill on cut $2?

But where did we put that?

We can't leave without it.

We have to have the toothbrushes, a change of clothes, and our uncut $2 bill sheet.

I am not flying without it.

It's my good luck charm.

Come on.

Where are my glow-in-the-dark drumsticks?

You don't expect me to go to Paris without them, do you?

What?

What am I an animal?

Come on.

Or a toilet brush shaped like a cherry.

I just...

Oh, wow.

You don't need...

What?

Do they clean their own toilet?

Maybe.

People who aren't capable of so many things.

Sometimes I'm afraid to venture.

I guess.

Another side story of this with all of these items.

It's somebody made these items.

They did and sold them.

Yes.

And sold them to someone.

And someone bought them.

Someone bought them.

I didn't plan on it, but I think this was at that right story.

The whole second was at that right, sorry.

Big one.

I didn't plan on it.

I also think that a fun story would be.

Any time you've taken a cab and the things that have been in there,

when you get in there.

I found some weird ones in my day.

I wanted to get into our schedule a little bit before we...

And wrap up the segment here.

We got some great stuff lined up for you now.

Before we get into our weekend lineup, keep in mind everybody

and spread the word please about the changes that have been going on since Wednesday around here.

Yes.

Our morning show is now 9-11.

Same show, just a different time.

That's right.

And anything that you love about the show has probably been shifted an hour.

Like say on Monday, you want to know, hey, where's the kitchen's open?

Yep.

It'll be at 10 o'clock.

That's right.

We're appreciative of that.

Now there will be some things like our Wicked Awesome Word of Wednesday

that has been moved over to our Sunrise show on WRI.

Right.

But with any of that, we will adapt.

And we know that you guys will too with us.

And man, we are fortunate to work with all of you out there.

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Why?

I was like, hot goss.

You know who you are out there.

I thought that was great.

Which also from Illinois.

I noticed the zip code on there.

There's a ghost from Illinois, okay?

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Keep in mind that's also where you can stream the Rapids report.

Yes.

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Not only are we able to take our interviews to a different level now.

Where we're not trying to necessarily get a certain time frame down.

Right.

But we're just having a conversation.

We have a nice ability now not to have to limit certain conversations.

If James wants to extend them or whatever, we can do that now.

We don't have to put it in a certain specific time.

Which is one of the nice things about podcasting is that we can do that.

If we have something that goes a little longer, that's okay.

We can handle it.

I'm looking forward to the ways that show is going to grow.

And we're looking forward to playing it for you.

We're leaning into where our audience is going with that show.

The streaming and download numbers are insane for that show.

So we're just kind of going into that direction.

And really it's the best thing for our guests and our listeners.

Because again, these conversations are really free form now.

And it's really just open.

If they last 15 minutes, if they last two hours, it's okay.

It's okay with whatever we need to do.

Make sure that our guests are able to really enjoy and take full advantage of the time.

Right.

So we're excited about that.

And of course, playmakers is now on WIRI.

For those who did not hear, there were other big trades that happened long before Jacksonville

trading up in the NFL draft.

Right.

Giants trading back in WFHR and WIRI made a trade earlier last week.

Where they have moved this week, I mean, where playmakers is now four to five Monday, Wednesday, Friday on 105, 5WRI.

That's right.

Everything else is exactly the same.

The phone number has not changed.

424, 2600.

Everything else is the same.

Same great conversation.

Same great guests.

And I'm only saying that because I'm on today.

And of course, a new sports director, Mike, of course, was with you on Wednesday for your inaugural show.

And lots of grace.

I mean, it's everything is the same.

It's just at a little bit different time and a different station.

Join Seth and I tonight, four to five this afternoon, four to five.

We'll be talking about the draft.

We'll get into some baseball talk.

And we'll talk to you about whatever you want to talk about because it's your show.

Absolutely.

And your sports takes and feelings on Playmakers Monday, Wednesday, Friday, four to five.

Thanks to quality plus printing and family and natural foods.

Yes, we're in that hour.

Are we getting lined up as strong?

And it is the same, everybody.

We're bringing it to you now.

We got the Sunshine Poker Show at 7am.

The greatest Poker Show of all time.

Greatest, maybe greatest show of all time.

Yep.

Tim still going strong.

Yeah.

We love that one and we appreciate the work Tim puts into it and shout out to Tim Hubble.

At 8am, our great friends at Family and Natural Foods bring us Terry Talks Nutrition with Terry Lembron.

One of the Godfathers of the industry.

And just a credible talker and brain.

And keep in mind, everybody.

Terry's going to be coming to town here pretty soon.

That's right.

You know, be on the lookout for that presentation with our friends at Family and Natural Foods.

We'll get more on that when it gets a little closer to him.

We've been having some fun with the 11am hour doing a best of where we take different elements

from our morning show here throughout the week and throw that into that hour.

Yes.

One of the things I want people to look out for if you ever miss Pet of the Week.

We are looking to put that segment for just kind of make sure that it is there every weekend.

We don't know what is good and bad some weekends.

Hey, this segment will work this segment more.

Right.

But we do know that we will have our pet of the week on there every Saturday.

Yeah.

We're going to really love driving that down and make sure that not only we're taking care of our sponsors to be honest with everybody.

Like Mill Town Coffee who are sponsoring that.

Yep.

But really making sure that we're getting attention to these pets and to what's going on at the main society.

It's another opportunity to check that out.

Yeah, be listening for that.

And of course, Sunday nights.

Boy, we got a strong lineup for you.

I'm very proud of this.

It kicks off at 5 p.m. with Directors Playhouse.

Seth and I, we get together with creatives in the area and hang out with them and talk to them.

Musicians, artists, actors, all of the above.

If you are a creative and you'd like to be on the show, reach out to us.

Yes, please.

We'd love to hear from you and love to have you on the show.

This week we brought in our good friend, Susan Egren, to talk about the new C-Wack play Don Quiyote.

We had a lot of fun talking to Susan.

Right.

It's a really fascinating and boy, does it deal with issues that we're...

Boy, hard-hitting issues that we're dealing with right now, everyone in so many families.

So, listen in everyone.

It's a really cool conversation.

And in the second half of the show, Seth and I are going to dive into actors who saved themselves by turning down movies that people hated.

We've kind of gone the other way with this where...

Turn down the roles that, you know, the good ones and stuff.

But maybe this was better for them that they didn't do it.

So, we'll get into that.

That'll be a lot of fun directors.

Playhouse, five to six every Sunday.

After that, you got Seth, Seth faces the music from 6-8.

Yes.

Promises.

Nothing but promises.

That's what I'm doing this week, everyone.

Cool.

Interesting.

When I first came up with this one, I was like, boys, they're going to be enough.

Yep, no, I was fine.

Oh, yep.

No problem.

Lots of great songs.

But promises.

Very cool.

And of course, check out Unlabeled 8-9 after that.

I got a good one for you lined up this week.

And we're going to have more and more great episodes coming up.

Because I could not help myself and I've written the next three episodes.

That's right.

But if you got 90 songs you want to hear, I love taking requests.

I love playing the music you want to hear.

If it was created from 1990 to 1999, I will play it.

Yes.

Reach out to me and get me your requests, everybody.

And every, the final Sunday of the month, we get to bring you a new show.

It's only the second time we've gotten to play it.

Yes, right.

Masters of mystery.

This is brought to us by host Rob Jung.

Featuring the best mystery thriller writers in conversation with the most interesting people.

It's a really cool one.

And we look forward to playing this one for you at 9 o'clock this Sunday.

Yep.

It comes out of Minnesota.

Actually out of Minneapolis.

And he has some great guests.

I mean, some really interesting people.

And they talk.

Well, writing mysteries.

And it's really cool.

So check it out.

It's this week.

We'll be back with some events going on in our area.

And plenty more.

It's the morning show here at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Seth and James here with you to wrap up the show for the week.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Wild week, everybody.

Time changes.

All kinds of station changes going on.

Woo!

That you rolled with us.

You did, thank you.

We cannot thank you enough.

We appreciate you so much and everything for that.