Why is Wine in a Garage? (Hour 2)

Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day. Makes for kick it off with us at WFHR. Take it, Marvin.

You're host, James behind the mic. Join by Melissa.

Hello. Hello, I'm here. I'm here. Sorry.

Darn, I'm just going to use Melissa impression. I missed it.

No, please do it. Hello.

It's always the same. It's always the same.

Good morning, everybody here. We're going to have some fun this next hour. We got good things we're going to get into.

In a little bit, we're going to be talking about a fun one with summer hobbies and on a budget. We'll get into that.

Got some good stories of the day and some local stuff we want to get to as well.

We kick off the hour with some entertainment news. And how many people know who Carol Kay is?

Carol Kay.

Kay. K-A-Y-E is how you say that. Spell that last name.

I thought that was pretty embarrassing.

Well, you've heard Carol.

Not a relative of mine.

No, no. Although you're both great musicians, Carol is one of the most recorded bass players in history.

You may not know Carol, but you know feeling all right from Joe Cocker.

Or I heard that from Quincy Jones, livid it up from Jimmy Smith, summer days, summer nights from the Beach Boys.

Many, many hits that Carol played bass on. She was a part of one of the more influential and important studio bands of all time the record crew.

The record crew out in Los Angeles, which also included such people as Glenn Campbell.

Might have heard of him. He played on thousands of records as well.

The other thing I want to make and help Lane who was the drummer, again, played on a whole bunch.

The thing I want to point out about Carol Kay is that a lot of those bass lines she came up with herself.

If they were looking for something, it wasn't working. She decided she just, on her own, figured out what the bass line would be.

It would work. And there you go. The rest is history.

Amazing musician. Absolutely amazing.

And she's 90.

That's amazing, yes.

And definitely somebody that I would say and talking with my dad about this, somebody that I really respect in the music front and everything.

You know, asking, hey, this person seems like they belong in the Rock Royal Hall of Fame, right?

Yeah, there's this pretty well-consensus that yes, she belongs in there.

And everybody agrees with this except for Carol.

Really? Yeah.

Wow.

Carol Kay, one of the most recorded bassists in rock and pop music history, announced on June 18th that she will be declining her invitation to this year's Rock Royal Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Quote, people have asked, have been asking, no, I won't be there. Big capital, no.

Wrote the 90-year-old musician and since deleted Facebook post.

Quote, I am declining the Rock Royal Hall of Fame awards because it wasn't something that reflects the work that studio musicians do and did in the golden era of the 1960s recording hits.

During the 60s and 70s, Kay was part of a group of session musicians in Los Angeles.

Notice the wrecking crew, a collection as Seth was touching on there along with a collaborating with Beach Boys, Phil Spector, the monkeys, and so many more.

In 2008, Danny Tedesco directed the documentary on the group, which featured Kay.

However, the 90-year-old musician has long objected to the group moniker.

In a 2015 interview, Kay said that, quote, the first time the phrase was used was in Hal Blaine's book,

I had no idea who was going to do something phony, it's a lie.

We were all independent people.

There was no set band, which is true.

Hal Blaine, a quote, wrecking crew drummer, said in the same interview that Kay had somehow forgotten that the wrecking crew was established in the early 60s.

But this is not the way she remembers it.

Quote, I was never a wrecker at all, she wrote in her Facebook post.

That's a terrible insulting name.

Wow.

Kay ended her post with a very strong dissent.

I refused to be a part of a process that is something else rather than what I believe in, for others benefit and not reflecting on the truth.

We all enjoyed working with each other.

Kay still being inducted into Rockwell Hall of Fame, despite her absence, she will still be inducted.

Yes.

And so she's still going in and everything.

But I've never heard of this before.

I've never.

Now, as a little kid, remember, Marlon Brando, you know, turning down an Oscar.

We've seen little bits of this in history and stuff, what people doing these things.

They're usually, you know, in fact, I think almost every single time in like in Brando's sense, it's for a cause or to bring attention to something that they find important or something like that.

I don't know that I've ever heard of somebody like this is so important to her.

And it means so much to her that she is willing to do something like this.

Honestly, the only thing I could think of is, you know, Robert Rodriguez, you hear me rambling about acting every day.

I wanted to do this since I was seven.

That's Robert Rodriguez with directing.

That's all he ever wanted.

He believed in the movie since city and doing it the way he was going to do Frank Miller so much that he ripped up his director's guild card.

And he's still to this day, not in the director's guild.

And so to believe in your art so much that you would fight against your dream, you know, and not saying it's her dream to be in the Rockwell Hall of Fame.

No.

But this is the only thing like this.

It's the only lifetime achievement more in some ways if you're a musician.

It's just, it's such a ground to take on this.

And I really like it's hard for me not to back her on this with how much she, how adamant she is against that name so much so.

And the idea that the studio, maybe you can see this better than I do Seth.

But it feels like a lot of what she's saying here is studio musicians, they're doing the job.

They don't want the attention. They don't want the fame. That's not what this is about.

Whether we're talking about Bob Dylan in the band or some of these other famous studio musicians, groups quote unquote.

I don't know, I don't know necessarily if I'm seeing this right.

It depends on, I mean, the person kind of, I really believe that because obviously Glenn Campbell was a good example of, yeah, he was a session guitarist, but he wanted to be a performer.

He wanted to have his own, and he was able to do that.

The other ones, you know, and it looks like Carol was not interested in that at all.

All she wanted to do was her job, which is play based on recordings.

I'm thinking from what I've heard from both her and how Blaine, it sounds like hers is probably closer to the truth because they were.

Each session, they hired certain people. They weren't as, they weren't hired as they weren't at the end.

No, no, no, they would say, okay, we need this guy and we need a guitarist here.

We need a, you know, like, we need a bassist, we need this drummer, we need another guitarist or, you know, someone play harmonica, whatever.

We need these people who's available. Who do we think can cop this lick?

You know, we need people who are good in order to do this.

And so it makes more sense to what she is saying that's like, yeah, we were hired to do a job and we did a job.

You know, we weren't a band, you know, we like hanging out, but you never knew who was going to be in a session with you, but you just end up, you're all really good.

So you ended up in a lot of sessions together, but they weren't a unit kind of thing.

And I think that gets kind of lost.

And it looks like she went into session work because it paid better than playing in jazz clubs.

Yeah.

So she took it up as a filter here.

Yeah.

It does seem like she's really focused on the moniker to wrecking cruise.

Yes, she really doesn't like that.

And I can understand not, I mean, because especially if it was something that he just, like Hal Blaine just said, okay, we were the wrecking crew.

Kind of thing.

Just kind of threw it out there later.

And there's something they didn't do when they were like actually, you know, playing in sessions together.

So I say, yeah, I really admire it.

I really, you know, whether you agree with her or not.

I'm thinking credit for something that she did by including her in something he made.

Yeah, which is probably why she's upset about it.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

She is set to receive the Musical Excellence Award.

Other inductees, of course, this year include bad company, Joe Cocker, Chubby Checker, Cindy Lopper, Outcast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

Nice.

That's going to be a fun, that's a good one.

You were seeing some of this set up.

They were getting everything set up.

So outside they have a big platform out there.

So it's actually not a very big space.

So if you get invited, it's a very limited number of people that can go to this because there's not a lot of space there.

So it should be interesting.

I don't know how I did this, but I've done this since the two shows existed.

Somehow I mix up Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sabrina the Teenage Witch all the time.

Really?

We both had blonde stars.

Maybe that's what it was.

Little blonde people.

I hope it's not that, but it could be that.

I really don't like my brain sometimes.

Both of them had three names.

Melissa Joan Hart and Sarah Michelle Geller.

See, there you go.

I had this story, I think, on Saturday or Saturday.

But I'm like, oh, I'm going to save it because Seth likes this show.

Yeah, I do.

But it was thinking of Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

I was thinking of that.

I've never really watched Buffy.

Yeah.

Well, Sarah Michelle Geller is hoping some original Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters

arise from the dead for the forthcoming reboot.

The actress is leading the charge on this.

Like a lot of people are doing with their projects.

We talked about this with Emilio Estevez and Young Guns 3 and stuff like that.

Things that they kind of made their name on kind of going back to and revamping them

bringing them back.

What have you?

The original series went from 97 to 2003 and this is in the works.

This is happening.

It's just a matter of who they're bringing in.

Star Wars Skeleton crew actress Ryan Kiran, Armstrong, has also been cast in this.

It's going to be on Hulu.

And recent interview with Vanity Fair, Geller was teasing the Buffy reboot and saying that

it will be a lighter than the last few seasons of the original.

And we will try to find a balance between new and old characters.

My dream is to bring back everyone who died, but space will have to be made for new stories

as well.

Right.

Yep.

There's probably the best way to go about it, really.

Yeah.

I imagine that some of this is being a younger actress and stuff in the game.

And her star, her prime being where it was and then her hitting her 30s and everything

and the way that Hollywood treats her after that.

Right.

But it also just feels like she's really handled her career smart.

It does feel like she's made very from our decision and doesn't work when she doesn't

have to.

So it really feels like a lot of this is a passion project too.

There's something she wants to be a part of and wants to do for the fans and just in

general.

I'm glad that they're going in the direction they are with it though because it's, you

know, the original was supposed to be a horror genre where now horror is so gross.

It's overrun.

Yeah.

So I'm glad they're taking it in a more fun direction because I think that'll bring

in more people.

Yeah.

Have either of you ever watched America's Got Talent?

A little bit.

No.

Never.

Not a frame.

I've seen clips of it more so than actually like watching the show regularly.

Same here.

Yeah.

And usually if I saw any clips or anything like that, it was usually because somebody else

was making fun of said clip and that's that, you know, I saw more of the comedian than

I did the actual clip or anything.

So I don't want to, I don't know much about the show or anything like that, but it is

going into its 20th season, which was very shocking to me.

And if you happen to get the show, you must be okay with being publicly ridiculed.

No, really, it's a rule.

Oh, really?

The contract that contestants sign includes the stipulation that quote, their appearance,

depiction and portrayal, maybe disparaging, defamatory, embarrassing or of an otherwise

unfavorable nature.

This probably seems like a no brainer since it's something most really reality shows include

in their contracts.

It's probably why you don't see the, quote, villain on a reality show trying to sue producers.

You know, somebody that may come across in a bad light, they oftentimes don't have any

legal standing or legal stuff, you know, do anything like that.

So here are some other rules contestants have to follow.

Singers aren't always in charge of the songs they perform.

They work with producers to choose which songs showcase their vocals, plus they have

to have, of course, legal licensing of which is very important.

You do a certain song and you can't afford it, they're not going to let you do it.

Yep.

Yeah, you know, you're not going to hear any rolling stone songs being covered on, and

I usually use those or anything like that.

When contestants make it to the, quote, live shows, they work with the show's wardrobe

department for performance outfits.

Okay.

That makes sense.

Not wearing their own clothes.

The use of props or animals have to be approved by producers beforehand for safety reasons.

Every contestant goes through a 90 second open call audition first before being selected

by producers to audition in front of the judges.

Oh, so they have like a pre-judge thing.

Okay.

Only 90 seconds.

Wow.

That's not a lot of time.

There is a, a couple of really good directors out there that do this, where you, you,

you were like, oh my god, I have an audition with this guy.

This is going to be amazing.

This is really cool.

You psych yourself up and you build yourself up and I got my monologue and I get in there

and you're doing this and now it's the assistant director you're talking to.

This is just an interview.

You're not, you're going to find out later if you're going to get to meet Paul Thomas Anderson

or any of these things.

Right.

Exactly.

It happens with the acting game a lot.

I'm not too surprised with that.

No.

Not at all.

No, especially with the number of people that are auditioning.

Yeah.

Contestant, finally, contestants get their living expenses covered since they aren't paid

for appearances appearing on the show.

So they get a stipend basically to do that because that's legally not considered income.

So yeah.

And you can go to people magazine.com to have found the complete article.

I think the most surprising thing about this to me was that there was nothing surprising

about it to me.

No, really.

I actually was a little, a little generally and then I'm not trying to be funny.

I generally was surprised by that.

I really expected this to be a lot darker to be honest with you than it is and everything.

A stand in place for five hour now.

Which then leaves the darkness part of this up to the producers where it often falls

in things.

It's darkness.

It's interesting because to me, so much of this on the surface, well, reality TV should

be a lot more fun.

It should be a lot lighthearted.

It should be fun and silly and all these things and stuff.

Not is...

I mean, is anybody else tired of the only reason people are watching these?

I remember growing up, my uncle was a big NASCAR fan.

Really loved the sport a lot.

But he would get so angry at people that basically just watched it for the crashes.

They were just sitting there with their beer just waiting for a crash.

Is anybody else tired of that with reality TV?

Like, no, who's watching reality TV for the content?

And how many people are watching it just for the train wreck?

I don't know.

To me, that just seems so lame and boring.

The fact that it's written into the contract that you will be ridiculed and you have no

recourse to come back against it seems like it's setting it up.

The America's Got Talent is setting it up for that.

People are watching because they want to see some people fail.

They want to see some people ridiculed, which is sad.

That is really sad.

But you know what?

It makes me think of James.

America's funniest home videos.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

It's kind of one of the very first reality TV shows.

In a lot of ways.

In a lot of ways because it was people sending in their own home videos of things that they

did that were worth laughing at.

Yeah, usually like being hurt or something like falling over or getting hit the face of

the ball, right?

Yeah.

Many things kids say.

I mean, all the little short clips we're watching now on social media and YouTube.

Yeah.

There's a real precursor to all of that.

That's very fair.

I blame Bob Sagitt.

I was just thinking.

So they go from Bob Sagitt and then Tom Bergeron to incredible host.

And I just, I was the NBA.

I was getting ready to watch I think game four or whatever it was.

And they had America's home.

But I'm pretty sure it was that that I was watching.

They had that on beforehand.

And a Fanzo.

Yeah.

I created his last name.

But yes.

But the guy from the Fresh Prince of L.A.R.

Yeah.

I knew the stars now too.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I knew he was hosting.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I didn't even know that.

So they are two hosts on that show.

I think that's newer.

Yeah.

Just a little look behind the curtain, everybody.

That costs a lot of money.

Like most shows only have one host because of the money it costs and everything.

Right.

Exactly.

So to me, my first thought was, wow, this show is doing well.

I didn't know it was still around.

That's kind of fun, I think, that shows not only doing well, but like, you know, that

is still on the airwaves and everything.

Yeah.

And it probably has never been more prevalent or makes more sense to have it on.

Right.

Exactly.

That's a really good note, my little mouth.

Well, and the other thing I want to comment on here is that, yes, I do watch clips of it

every once in a while.

And a lot of times it's just to see Simon Cowell be blown out of his chair by someone

really talented.

But the other thing I like watching clips of are the Got Talent's from all over the

world.

Yeah.

That's interesting.

I experience, you know, talented, everyday people from all walks of life.

It's really neat.

Susan Boyle discovered that way, of course, the one of the last people I can think of that

was a literally overnight sensation.

Yeah.

She did that show.

That was Britain's Got Talent.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

I'm with you.

I really love, like, those clips catch me all the time.

They come up on my algorithm.

And Australia's Got Talent.

And.

It's pretty interesting.

We will take a quick time out.

We're going to come back.

And we're talking about 15 things you should never store in your garage.

We got that coming up for you.

We're going to talk to you.

Your car.

Newsletter.

Do I see car in there?

We'll find out.

We'll come up on the morning show at WFHR.

Get in the hot tub.

Little James Brown to play us in.

Melissa, Seth James hanging out with you.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us, everybody.

Well, we having a good one out there.

Go to Little Richard impersonator James Brown.

That's amazing.

That's just an amazing thing.

According to Southern Living, if you live anywhere with humidity or cold winters, your

garage is not a good place for storage.

So anywhere.

Yeah, basically anywhere.

And here's why.

Moisture and temperature fluctuates.

Well, fluctuations will ruin the stuff over a long period of time.

Bugs can get into those sealed containers.

They wouldn't run around and, you know, I mean, imagine being a squirrel or any of these

things.

You're bopping around in the big old wide world and then you see a deluxe apartment.

Yeah, exactly.

It's huge.

You just move right into it.

It's winter.

It's cold.

And here.

So there's all these things going on.

Climate control storage spaces can be expensive.

But maybe they're worth it if you want your stuff to be kept safe.

So they did this study here, Southern Living, of the 50 and things that you should never

keep and never store in your garage.

Okay.

We'll go through these here.

All right.

Pet food.

Hmm.

Makes sense.

Oh, very dangerous for rodents, especially.

Wine.

Yeah.

Also makes sense.

Wait, what?

Climate controls.

Storing their wine in the garage.

Yeah, I don't know.

It's too far away.

If you're rich enough to collect wine, I mean, seriously, you should have like a wine

room.

Yeah.

I mean, yeah.

Yeah.

That's one percent that listens to our show and that's, that's amazing.

That's, that's a, that's through me.

Well, they probably have climate control garages.

That's true, too.

Yeah.

You can't be a wine collector without a wine seller and you've got to have the wine

seller.

You've got to have it.

And it's got to be dimly lit.

And you should probably be a van villain.

You should probably probably be a van villain.

And there should be oberles down there.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

For no apparent reason.

But yes.

And you have to have one bottled.

It's dusty.

So you can blow the dust off.

I like someone who makes a new one and just has to have the dust brought in to make it

look better.

Make my bottles all dusty.

Make it look authentic.

It gets mad at housekeeping.

Did you guys clean off the dust?

You cleaned off the dust.

What did you dare you?

We shipped that in.

Darn it.

Dust from France.

That was French dust.

The French dust.

You could hear it.

Blankets and clothing.

You should not keep in there.

Oh, yeah.

That's fair.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Makes sense.

And this one, I think, stands out.

Paint.

Ooh.

I'm guilty of that.

Oh, me too.

Me too.

I brought it inside for the winner.

Oh, same.

I don't have a lot.

I just got a couple of smaller cans, but it's like I'm never probably going to use it

again.

I don't know why I'm saving it.

No.

No, but how many things we have in our apartments or our houses that we're never going

to use again and beep deep in our brain?

We know that.

We know it.

We refuse to let them go.

Still there.

I think that's it.

That's a cardboard box.

Yeah.

It's a great box.

It will get used, Melissa.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Who hasn't had that terrible, terrible firewood is another one?

Oh.

That's a tough one.

That's, you know, again, we are, we are guilty in my household of this.

Oh, no.

Okay, but where else do you sort of that's the thing is with some of this stuff?

We had a wood shed when I was a kid because we weren't wood, and it, I mean, it was cut

not really.

It wasn't a garage.

No.

I don't know.

I guess it had more ventilation.

More on the sides.

I think what you should have is like a little covered like a shack or just something like

a little lean to like thing just to cover the wood, you know, with like a tarp or something.

But it can still breathe.

Yeah.

Exactly.

So it's not damp.

Ben, I love tarps.

Tarps are great.

Tarps are awesome.

We use tarps for some.

Yeah.

Tarps is another one and I should not be keeping in there and we'll be talking to my

dad about that.

That could be dangerous.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm going to just put these three together, important documents or paperwork, photographs

and books.

Yes.

Again.

They all make pretty, I think they're pretty self-explanatory, I know.

It is true, but it could be so tempting.

Yes.

You have that space.

It's like, what can I do with the space that I have?

Storage, right?

Yes.

That 100% along with it's not in my vision.

I don't see it.

I don't see it so I know.

The constantly, right?

Yes.

Yes.

Electronics come on this.

Art work.

Yeah.

Whoa.

Don't store those paintings out there.

Oh man.

Why are the paintings on your walls, by the way?

Why did I put my van go in the garage?

Why did I do that?

Why did I do that?

Stuffed animals.

Yeah.

I don't know.

Who's doing that?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Again.

Pillows.

Yeah.

Seeing a very strong theme here.

Anything with cloth, anything that can be...

Anything that would be damaged by moisture.

By moisture.

Yeah.

And then finally, chemicals and easily flammable items.

Like chemicals.

Like flammable chemicals.

Okay.

But hold on.

Where am I supposed to store my gas tank?

See, that's the...

Or my...

Or my mower.

Or on your vehicle for that matter.

So I shouldn't be putting my car in my car.

See?

I was right.

I was right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The last place you want to put your car is the garage apparently.

You need a garage for your car.

You need a special garage for it and then your garage for your stuff.

You just need a canopy.

That's apparently what you need.

Just cover your car for rain and stuff.

Car canopy.

Yeah.

That's what you need.

We're...

It's one of the more challenging things of life is where to put your stuff.

Yeah.

How to arrange things and do what to do with these things.

And George Carlin was right.

And George Carlin was right.

Yes.

Carlin was right.

The first thing you have to do with my stuff.

Yeah.

We got all this stuff and then I need more stuff and I get to get rid of the old stuff.

It's such a great bit.

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Morning show here at 975FM, WFHR.

Thanks for joining us.

Hope you're having a great Wednesday out there.

Melissa, Seth and James hanging out with you.

It is finally summer.

A lot of people have a little bit of extra free time and maybe you're looking for hobbies

or things to do but not many people out there have a lot of money to be able to do a lot.

This has been the case, I would say probably the last couple of summers but this is something

that goes back to even when we were kids and parents wanting to find ways or to do things

without necessarily breaking the bank here.

Here we go.

Just the internet, what's the cheapest hobby someone can get into?

Here are some of the most popular responses that we can say on the year.

Reading.

Yes.

Reading.

Especially when you borrow books, get a library card and you're set.

Nothing better.

Nothing better.

We have fantastic libraries here.

I want to say really quick that we are very lucky in Wisconsin Rapids to be a part of

probably one of the best library consortiums in the state because we're not only connected

with the Madison libraries which have a giant number of books.

I mean, it's funny because we're on the very northern end of that consortium.

My sister works at the library that's on the very bottom part in Deerfield, Wisconsin

which is way down in the southern part of the state.

But we are connected by that same system which means you can get a book from any one of

those libraries very easily.

It's bad enough that I'm behind in points with my brother and sister.

My mom already likes your voice, Seth.

You just basically took everything that I would have said that would have been basically

everything my mother would have said.

No, I'm glad you brought this up.

It's something that her and anybody I almost talk, any of the directors at Nick Millen,

it's one of the first things we talk about is how interconnected our libraries are.

Yes.

Our library system is here in Wisconsin.

There's a lot of pride for people to work in that industry with that and I think that's

really cool.

We should all take pride in that.

Yes, we should.

It's a really cool note.

It means these books are so accessible to you wherever you are.

If we don't have it at Nick Millen, they can probably get it from one of the other libraries.

It may not be surprising to people nowadays that that's the case.

It's been that way for a very long time.

That's pretty cool.

Birdwatching.

There's a free app called Merlin Bird ID that my mom and I speaking of her that I use

all the time.

Very nice.

I like birdwatching.

That's fun.

That's very cool.

Writing, journaling, poetry, or even fan fiction is fun to do.

You don't have to be Shakespeare.

Writing is just fun.

Yeah.

Just if you have an idea, just write it down.

You never know what can happen from that.

Like Melissa's...

It's a great outlet.

Like Melissa's Outlander fanfic.

I'm sure it's really good.

Really?

Yeah.

You got to let us read that one of these days, Melissa.

I don't know if that's the fanfic I'd write, but...

Oh, okay.

I just do that was one series you liked.

Yeah.

It is.

Rock collecting.

Just, you know, walking around collecting minerals.

You need a nice rock tumbler.

Oh.

That's so geeky, but I don't care.

If you also like rocks, you're my people.

Yes.

Rocks.

I'm a huge rock collector.

I have a box, a shoe box full of shiny, tumbled eggets for my grandfather who did that

for fun.

Very cool.

Looks very nice.

What does the rock tumbler do?

It shines them up.

Oh, it does.

It polishes the rock.

Yeah.

Makes them look nice and interesting.

Yeah.

It just takes a really long time and it's loud.

Yeah.

That's true.

And the cheap ones you get as a kid in the kit, they break.

Yeah.

You get a sturdy one, yeah.

That's it.

Exercise.

It's easier to be active without a gym membership in the summer.

It's not a hobby.

Oh, that sigh from Melissa was great.

That's true.

I love it.

Man, I want to cut that out and just use that.

It's great.

Chess or board gaming.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Board games in general.

Yes.

Absolutely.

Well, board games are fun.

I mean, and if you already have them, yes, they're cheap.

If you have to buy them, they're expensive.

Right.

But it's really nice board games now, like a ticket to ride.

I don't know what's the other one.

Dominion.

Or Katon or something like that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They're like 60 plus dollars.

Yeah.

We are in a golden age of board games right now.

Yeah.

Because they have some amazing games up.

But you're right.

They tend to be more expensive now, too.

That's the downside.

But this is another thing that our library is fantastic.

That's right.

You will check out board games at the library.

You can.

You can.

Orgami.

There are plenty of instruction videos on YouTube and a lot of people that enjoy doing this.

Again, that maybe aren't making the perfect Orgami.

You've seen TV or movies or something, but really enjoy the process.

I've known a couple of people that really have enjoyed that over there.

Think of the sense of accomplishment.

Yes.

Of actually creating something like that.

We just have a book, an Orgami book, when I was a kid, and we would try to make some of those things in man.

Some of them are tough.

But it's almost like shadow art, too.

You know, those two go hand in hand for me.

Cool.

Very nice.

Geocaching.

Geocaching.

Is it caching?

Geocaching.

Yes, caching.

Outdoor recreational activity in which participants use a global positioning system receiver to or mobile device,

and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers called geocaches.

Yes.

It's a cool thing.

I've done it a few times.

Yeah, it is.

It's fun.

I've never done it, but I'm interested.

I've got to be honest.

I've never heard of this.

Could you do a big one around town?

Absolutely.

It's a really big one.

Yeah.

But all you need is a navigation on your phone.

That's all you need.

It feels like a kind of fun promotional life.

It's kind of fun.

I don't know.

It's an idea.

My brain's percolating over here.

Cooking.

It'll probably help with meal costs in a long run.

Mm-hmm.

And it takes up some time.

It sure does.

It depends on what you're making.

Cooking is a fun hobby.

I will say that.

Because then you get to eat what you do.

Yeah.

As long as it turns out.

Yeah.

A few things feel better, too, than cooking for people.

Or even if it doesn't.

Yeah.

You need to eat it.

Sorry.

I have to eat this.

Drawing arts and crafts.

This is another one with a lot of tutorials online, if you'd like it.

That's right.

Give you some ideas.

Can you draw the turtle?

Can you?

God, if anybody gets that joke.

Oh, my gosh.

What was it?

It was a turtle and what was the other animal?

Oh, yeah.

Was it a rabbit or something like that?

Yeah.

Yeah.

But if you could draw these, you might never career it.

Yes.

Every comic book had that.

What are you guys talking about?

It was an ad in every comic book when you were a kid.

So they had a picture of like a turtle, cartoon turtle, or a rabbit.

And what you would do is you would draw it, send in like 25 bucks.

And you may be ready for a career in comic drawings.

Send in 25.

Yeah, yeah.

I think you had to pay for it.

Yeah.

It probably was.

But it was in every comic book they had it.

And it must have been a little successful because they ended up turning that into a commercial

that you would see like two in the morning.

Oh, God.

You're not much money they made on that.

I can't.

Oh, I'm sure they did.

I'm sure they did.

Casual hiking or camping can be fun to do this time of year.

Casual.

Doesn't usually cost a lot.

I mean, you might have been.

Same thing would cost more, but hiking.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Good pair of shoes.

It's all you need.

Yeah.

I feel like the person that did this article has never camped because even I know.

And I've never camped, but even I know.

Well, if you have all the materials, right?

Right.

You got your tent and stuff.

If you go to State Park, they don't charge much for a campsite.

Yeah.

As long as you can get a campsite.

Exactly.

Gardening.

Gardening comes on here as well.

Mm-hmm.

That's an investment of time for sure.

It is.

I got two more here.

One interesting and one, I think, noteworthy or certainly noticeable.

Collecting brochures, someone said.

Ooh.

Quote.

I collect brochures from visitor centers, hotels, museums, and so on.

And most of the time, I don't have to pay.

And it's true.

They don't know if they're going to go to this place or not,

but they really love collecting these and thinking about doing it and stuff.

I guess it's kind of, I used to do that as a kid.

Like, we stopped in the delves every year.

You want brochures?

They have brochure stands that rival anything I've seen anywhere else.

Because they're huge.

They have so many brochures.

And they're so powerful and fun.

They are fun.

I always enjoyed reading the delves guide like the book that they put out every year.

Like, all of the stuff in the delves, that was always a fun read.

So coming back from Cleveland, we stopped in Ohio.

They don't have rest areas.

They have travel centers because it's a turnpike.

And you don't have to pay to get off and then get back on again.

You just go to the travel center.

But you just can't go anywhere else.

Yeah, right.

But they have gas and they have restaurants and stuff there.

So you can do stuff.

But they have a visitor center thing with a bunch of brochures.

And just for fun, I picked up the one on Toledo.

Now I really want to go to Toledo because there are really cool things there.

Just pick it.

Well, I mean, they did a good job with that.

I mean, there's not only the mudhands are there.

Of course, the Toledo mudhands.

A famous minor league baseball team is there.

But a lot of other cool things.

Did you know Toledo is the glass city?

That is what it's called.

Huh.

I didn't know that.

Because they had a lot of glass factories there at one point.

Interesting.

Yeah.

And finally on the list, Pickleball.

Everyone's in the Pickleball.

All the rage.

Yep.

That's a big one.

That is a big one.

A lot of people.

I don't think it would be that expensive, right?

It's not unless you get injured.

Yeah.

Then the medical bills.

Oh, my goodness.

That's a whole other.

Then your summer's taking care.

There you are.

There you are.

There's the chiropractor's around here.

How many Pickleball injuries they treat?

Oh, my gosh.

Well, then if you do get hurt.

Just be careful.

If you get hurt, you can just pick up.

Go back to the beginning and read books.

Yeah.

Back to that hobby.

Yeah.

You will never steer you wrong.

Yeah, that's right.

So it's a good one.

I didn't see knitting or here.

Knitting or crocheting on that one.

No, no.

That was included with crafts.

I guess you could put that in with crafts.

Right.

And you're in your macrame.

You know, that's...

Piper arts.

Piper arts.

Piper arts.

Yeah.

That's a funny word to me.

I don't know.

Piper arts.

Piper arts is a funny phrase.

I don't know why.

I just find it humorous.

It's good.

We, uh, I like funny phrases.

We love them around here.

We'll be back with more show.

Morning Show at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning Show here at WFHR.

Melissa Seth and James wrapping things up,

taking to the top of the hour.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Closing time.

Open all the doors and let you out into the world.

Want to get into some good stories of the day before that?

Let's talk about our schedule and some great stuff going on in our community.

Want to remind you that the rapid support will be streaming exclusively at WFHR.com,

starting at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

Check out the great interviews that we've done in the past weeks, of course.

And the ones we'll have for you today, premiering.

Like, uh, we're going to be joined by Wisconsin's Rapids Mayor Matt Sacker,

along with Lance Plimble from our, uh, Wood County Board.

Oh, wow.

A toofer.

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll have them on with us.

And not just that, it's going to get really hot in here,

because we're going to have Wisconsin's Rapids Community Media in as well.

We're going to pack the people in today.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Big shout out to Wisconsin's Rapids Community Media.

Uh, we appreciate them joining us.

Uh, well, you can catch the recording at their YouTube page.

And in part two, we're going to hang out with our friends from the ODC.

And Lee Peck is going to be with us.

Nice.

Uh, she might bring some friends.

We'll see a lot of great things going on over at the ODC.

Check out the rapid support streaming exclusively at WFHR.com,

every day at 2 o'clock.

Mm-hmm.

We also have a rafter base.

Oh, we have playmakers on today for you.

Yeah.

You should join us for that on WIRI from 4 to 5.

Uh, sports director here at the studios.

Michael Comer will be joining me.

Nice.

Uh, I'm going to talk a little bit about some of the things going on in sports right now.

Uh, some of the more interesting things in baseball and certainly locally getting ready for local sports.

Oh, my gosh.

She's already got the list for at least a partial list of football games already.

Yeah.

Uh, in the studio.

So it's like, oh, yeah.

You're not already.

And the rafters are going to be hitting the diamond in Michigan today.

Yeah.

So at 5.20, start time, the rafters are in Michigan this week, and the start times are in our earlier, uh,

then here in Wisconsin.

Keep that in mind, everybody.

Yes.

Uh, and they'll take it on Royal Oak at, uh, Royal Oak Michigan.

In Royal Oak.

Again, I still have to look up if that's where the charcoal is from.

I must know.

Is that Royal Oak?

Yeah.

Is that from Royal Oak, Michigan?

And Seth, it's Wednesday.

We know what that means.

Well, it's time for some bingo.

Bingo.

There's no game to go to tonight.

So you might as well go do some bingo doors open at five.

Bingo starts at 6.30, and it's all happening down at Wisconsin Rapids.

Elks Lodge, number 6.93.

4.30 West Jackson Street in Wisconsin Rapids.

Be sure to check that out.

Always fun time.

Get on over there.

Yes.

Uh, and team Rapids is honoring the past and celebrating the future.

Join them at the ridges tomorrow.

I'm sorry, tonight from six to nine for a farewell, the coach Biola.

And a new era co beginning with coach Crenz.

Mm hmm.

Uh, this is going to be going from six to nine tonight.

Again, at the ridges at 2311 Griffith Avenue.

It's going to be free admission, cash bar and appetizers,

and special presenters like Tom Bursison from Class of 1980,

three star general and center command, a leader.

Wow.

Mark Cromman-Ocker from 2005,

head football coach, little shoot high school,

and Vince Beagle.

A man who needs no introduction here at Wisconsin Rapids,

a former NFL player, University of UW-Madison,

and all of the other great accolades for him.

And a link and a lump too, I want to mention.

Yes, I have to mention that.

Yes, that's very cool.

Join them for Team Rapids tonight.

This is going to be a really fun celebration to, you know,

celebrate coach Biola at his great career,

along with bringing in coach Crenz,

and letting him get to know the area a little bit.

Shout out to the ridges too.

Yeah.

You know, the storms have affected a number of our areas,

like the ridges and stuff out there.

Appreciate the way this community comes together.

Real quick note here that I have to mention.

Okay.

There was a story that I saw on Channel 9 last night

about a bowling alley that got destroyed a couple of months back,

maybe a year ago, from a fire.

And it's just a local business and everything.

And they just are reopening their doors very soon.

Oh, very cool.

And the owner was on there,

and he was talking about how, you know,

hundreds of people came out and were going to help and stuff.

And if you either used all these people,

he might have been open sooner and stuff,

and how great it was.

And I'm watching the story and listening to it.

And they're putting energy in the story and everything.

But it's a story that it didn't have a lot of weight to it.

It wasn't really a huge headline or anything like that.

Because we've been hearing that story our whole lives.

And our parents have heard that story their whole lives.

Local business gets hurt.

Community comes together.

Right.

Family loses everything in a fire.

Community comes together.

Miss me with the idea that humanity is in a bad place.

Or that we're going to lose our democracy.

Or any of these things,

we have stories every single moment of our lives

that tell us the good in the world.

The good in humanity.

I know that there is a lot of negative out there.

I know it can bog us down.

Remind you don't need a palo cleanser.

Life is that.

It's all around us.

It's happening all the time.

And I think that we have normalized and gotten used to

so many stories that happen literally every day.

Every day.

Every day.

And being the good in the world.

Yeah, that's right.

Some good people that we know,

our friends over at Family and Natural Foods

have their free wellness seminar going on tonight.

Oh, that's right.

Wow.

It's going to be natural medicines that outperform drugs.

And it's going to be held the main host, Cheryl Myers.

She is from Terry, Terry naturally.

Nice.

Really knows her stuff.

Great talker.

Really fun to listen to.

Cheryl's a health nurse, author, expert on natural medicines.

Really knows her stuff.

Okay.

This is going to go on tonight at 515 at the first Baptist Church in 910 McKinley Street

and Wisconsin Rapids.

You see that beautiful church right behind Family and Natural Foods?

That's where you'll go.

Head on down there tonight at 515 and enjoy.

They got a bunch of great specials going on afterwards.