Ghoulish Foods Edition (Hour 2)

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Beth, I don't mean interrupt you, but I real quickly want to jump in real fast and congratulate you in the cast of rumors.

Her great things about it. Nice work. Way to break a look.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun. It was and it was well received.

It was so great for that for Amherst in for the community.

Awesome. It was a lot of fun.

Very good to hear.

So last week I shared some great Halloween recipes that kids will love and are easy to help them.

Have them help make as well.

And these recipes are so tempting that one of our listeners actually made them for a church fellowship time.

This last weekend she made those witches hats and said that the most challenging thing was piping the ribbon onto the kiss.

Sure.

So everything else was great and the kids loved them.

So it was it was a success.

So you can still find that on our archive and we have links to that as well.

Yeah. So this week as we get towards the spooky holiday we're turning our attention to the more grotesque displays

that will trick the eyes and treat your party to us to some ghoulishly good food.

So the first is a site that will be looking right back at you.

They are mozzarella, Halloween, Mata eye appetizers.

Okay.

Okay.

Right in my mouth.

Oh, I love this one.

Are you buying the pearls?

Yeah, okay.

Yes. So for the recipe you will need mozzarella balls which are the perfect circles of cheese.

Pachuto to wrap around the eyes and black olives to create the pupils.

Ghoulishly.

That's right.

Yeah.

This one you look at them and you actually think they're eyes.

Yep.

Especially if you wrap them right.

With the Pachuto.

Yep.

Yep.

And again we're going to include a link so that you can actually see what they look like and how they look back at you.

So to make them it's easy but make sure that you drain the cheese balls before you use them.

So they're not so quite slippery in your hands.

Yeah, that might be a good thing to remember.

Yeah.

And I think the ones that you're looking for are the pearls unless you want a really big one.

And these are actually bigger.

Okay.

They're like a full-size mozzarella ball.

Yes.

Gotcha.

Yeah, this isn't just little ones that you would put on something.

So the eyes, these are just eyes themselves.

That's big.

So the recipe goes like this.

If you use a sharp knife to carve out a space into each mozzarella for a black olive slice to rest, tear the Pachuto into strips and wrap one around each ball.

Slice a few black olives with the whole intact and place that black olive slice into each of the cheesy eyes balls.

Then you serve them in a small dish with skewers for picking up each of the balls.

Okay.

These things are really going to be, it feels like it's judging you as you're eating it.

It feels a little bit like it's kind of, as you're pulling out to your mouth, that's awesome.

Yeah.

Yeah, because the Pachuto is big.

I would say the pearls would be more fun because then you could give a pair of them as an appetizer.

You could.

You're right.

Those are them.

Exactly.

This just looks like one of them got pecked right out of your socket.

That's a big ol', yep.

They sound really good.

And yeah, I mean they're good to eat.

You know, who doesn't like mozzarella and pachetta or...

It's all good stuff.

You know, anything like that.

It's extra little salt with the olive.

Yeah.

It's tasty.

Mots is the greatest cheese.

Yeah.

Well, you eat first with your eyes so if you can get past the goriness of it, you'll...

There's the childhood.

Enjoy the joy of it.

Yeah.

You'll enjoy the delectability of it.

So our next recipe isn't as realistic but it does blend itself to a more spooky vibe.

They are super easy mummy hot dogs with arms and legs.

Okay.

All right.

So the recipe only has two ingredients.

Ten hot dogs and one roll of crescento.

Okay.

Makes it easy.

Yeah.

You're going to want to preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

You're going to cut all of your hot dogs to have two arms.

And to do that, you're going to use a sharp knife to cut from the center of the hot dog up an inch.

You're going to make one slit of about a quarter inch width up toward the tip without going actually to the tip.

Because you don't want to take it off.

Because you're making legs.

You're...

No, these are the arms.

Oh, sure.

So you take them in there.

Yeah.

So do the same thing on the opposite side going towards that same tip of the hot dog.

And these should start to look like little arms.

Your little arms.

Yep.

That top tip is going to be your head.

And then you're going to cut all of the hot dogs to have two legs.

And to do that, you're going to slice from the center down to the opposite end.

The opposite tip of the hot dog.

Yeah.

And that's going to create your two legs.

So once all of your hot dogs are cut up and ready, you're going to lightly grease a baking sheet

and set it aside so that you have a place to put those mummies, those hot dogs,

once you've wrapped them up, that's right.

So once all...

Then you're going to unroll your crescento and onto the cutting board and cut the sheet

into thin strips about a quarter of an inch thick.

You know, an eighth to a quarter, just thin strips.

Sure.

It's easy if you get a pizza slicer.

Oh!

Because then you can just slice it right down there and it makes it easy.

And especially if you put just a little bit of flour on that slicer, it won't get caught on the dog.

So they're not sticky, yeah.

That's a good tip.

So if you do that, and then what you're going to do is you're going to wrap your cut up hot dogs using one strip at a time.

And you're going to make sure to gently wrap the arms and legs separately as well so that they look like the arms and the legs.

And then you're going to go in between.

So don't put them too close to.

But you need to get them in between that slice that you've created in the center of the hot dog.

Yeah.

So once you've done that and you've wrapped all of them, that'll make your hot dogs look human-like with arms and legs.

Each of the dogs turned into a mummy and you place it on your greased baking sheet, start wrapping your next hot dogs.

You're going to do it and repeat until all of those hot dogs are wrapped.

You're going to bake them at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until the crust is golden brown and cooked through.

And then let your hot dogs cool for 15 minutes.

Serve them with ketchup and mustard.

Or whatever you want.

Or whatever you want.

So you have a bloody hot dog.

Yeah.

Delicious.

So.

I'm enjoying these best.

I think they're great.

They also sound like they taste really good and everything.

Yeah.

I have to ask, do these sound interesting to you?

Do you?

I love that you're doing these, but I have to say that your reactions to them don't seem like you would try them.

Well, I like the taste of them and I think that would be fun to try.

I don't know that I'm all that into eyeballs, but I love mozzarella cheese.

Right.

When I can have it, the hot dog ones I think are going to be great for the boys.

That sounds like it would be a great like teenage, you know, adult party kind of favor.

So those we might actually try because my boys love hot dogs.

And you can choose whichever kind of hot dogs you want.

Well, and I think the hot dogs would be a perfect one for like if you're entertaining.

Yes.

Because it's, I mean, pigs and a blanket aren't hard to make.

This is just an extra step or two.

Exactly.

It's the Halloween tank on the plate, pigs and a blanket.

It's a ready to go.

I mean, shoot.

You could even just cut the hot dog in half, skip the legs and just do a head with arms.

Yes.

And then it's smaller and you know, just like that, bam.

Would it uncooked hot dog be a zombie hot dog?

Would it?

Wow.

I'll see myself.

No, no, that's the one you took out of the fridge the next day.

And that's the one that you have to be here for when you eat because it may come back on you.

Anyway, moving on to our next one.

This one will trick you into jumping onto the furniture, but it will treat your taste buds.

They are chocolate mice.

And they actually look like little mice.

I showed this to Seth yesterday and they look realistic.

So depending on how you set them out, they can either be cute little mice or they can kind of scare you.

How you do it?

All right.

I didn't see that.

I went to the website, but I didn't see the picture of this one.

Oh, great.

They are wonderful.

So you're going to melt four one ounce squares of semi-sweet chocolate and combine with a third cup of sour cream.

And you're a stir in one cup of chocolate cookie crumbs.

So think Oreos crushed up.

And you know, if you use a food processor, you get those nice fine crumbs.

You're going to blend that in and cover and refrigerate until firm because you want them to be able to be molded.

So then you're going to roll by level teaspoonfuls into balls and mold to a slight point on one end.

So think kind of like a teardrop shape.

Sure.

So that that...

So it's mouth shape?

Yeah.

So that end becomes the nose.

You're going to roll the dough then into confectioner's sugar if you want a white mouse or into the rest of that chocolate cookie crumbs for a darker mouse.

On each mouse, you're going to place two draggies.

Now these are extra small sugar balls, which are usually silver, gold, or white, and color.

So they're going to look like your eyes.

They also refer to as edible pearls.

Yep.

So those small edible pearls.

And put them in the appropriate spot at the nose for the eyes.

Add almond slices.

This is like almonds for ears.

And then a licorice string for the tail.

So if you get like the one strand, if you get those peel...

Yeah.

And you peel off just one of those strands.

That would be the perfect size for that mouse tail.

You're going to put that in the opposite end, refrigerate for at least two hours until they're firm.

So the website is awesome because it has pictures from people who made them and these are so cool.

And there are some that are just really cutesy and there are some that are intended to look creepy and it's awesome.

Yep.

This seems like a fun one for all ages.

It seems like a really good one right there.

And especially if you like to use your hands to make things because you can make the dough balls and all that.

Just make sure you wash with soap and water before and after you do it because you don't want to pass any germs onto your guests.

So the last recipe is the most in my mind realistic looking of them all.

It does need a little bit of prep time so you'll want to start making them early in the afternoon if you have an evening party or even the day before.

Because you're going to have a marinade that you're going to need to have.

So these are Halloween black bat wings.

And if you look at the picture connected to it in the link, they actually look like bats, not just the wings.

The shininess of them is what adds to the creepy.

And it looks like in one of the pictures they took like a oatmeal, just one grain of oatmeal and put it there as an eye.

So it does really look like a bat.

So to do this, your marinade, you're going to whisk two cups of dark brown sugar, one cup of dark soy sauce, one cup teriyaki sauce, and one cup honey hickory barbecue sauce.

That one's optional.

Together in a large glass bowl until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Then you're going to add black food coloring in small amounts until you get the desired color.

So if you want it darker, you add more.

If you don't want it as dark, you don't as much.

Then you're going to peel.

The black ones are really amazing.

They really are.

And they really look like bats.

So then you're going to pierce four pounds of chicken wings liberally with a fork.

Okay.

Add that to the sauce.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator at least one hour and up to overnight.

So that's going to help get the color into the skin.

It's also going to add that flavor to the dish.

When you're ready to bake them, preheat the oven to 350 degrees, transfer the chicken and marinate to a large baking dish.

You're going to bake in that preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear.

That's going to take about an hour.

Okay.

An instant rate thermometer inserted but not touching the bone because the bone is going to heat up more than the meat will.

So when it's not touching the bone inserted into the meat, it's going to read 165 degrees.

That's when you know your chicken is cooked through.

Awesome.

And a helpful little tip.

I can't get over how you're so right about this.

Those are not only the creepiest ones looking wise, but the most realistic ones.

The shine to them.

I don't know what it is.

That's the unsettling part.

Yeah, great.

They're great.

And you have to trick your mind because looking at them, you just like.

Oh, I don't want to get it fat.

But realistically, it's a chicken wing.

It's a chicken wing.

How many times do we eat chicken wings?

Oh, yeah.

When they look like that.

And they're kind of tasty, guys.

They're soy sauce in there.

And it's going to be good.

Yep.

Again, that's a great one for any age.

But I would say, especially if you're having an adult Halloween party or something like that,

like if you're looking for fun ones, that's a really fun one.

That'd be perfect.

Great.

And the nice thing is you can adjust these if you need to.

If you don't want to use a dark brown sugar or find a sugar substitute that works for you,

you could probably use honey or something like that.

If you don't want to do the soy sauce because of the sodium, tri-coconut amino.

Yep, because it has that same type of flavor.

So there are ways that you can adapt these to still get the desired effect.

Well, and the black food coloring is not required, but it sure does sell it.

It really does.

It really makes it look like a black bat.

So these were all great ways.

And maybe there's one that you have.

I'd love to know about it.

Go ahead and email us.

Find us on our website, wfhr.com.

Let us know.

What are your favorites?

And I hope these stirred your imagination for ways to trick the eyes while treating the taste buds this Halloween.

Yeah.

If you have that recipe that you find frightfully delicious, consider sharing it with us by submitting it

to the 85th anniversary cookbook we're putting together.

You can find that link at our website, wfhr.com.

You can stop by our station and pick up a submission form or just have Pam make a copy of the recipe

and we'll make sure to get it in there for you.

Yeah.

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And with that, we'll close the kitchen.

Yay!

Week in and week out, you nailed this segment.

Nice work.

Nice work.

I had a shout out to the hotel mead again.

We appreciate that.

That was a good one.

Yeah.

We'll talk with you next week.

Thanks a lot, Beth.

Thank you.

We'll be back with more show coming up right here.

Tell me something good.

Welcome back everyone.

Morning show at WFHR, locally ground radio.

Lauren James hanging out with you.

It's true.

Thanks to Beth in the hotel mead for the kitchen's open kick it off our hour in the right way.

That was a lot of fun.

Now I want to eat some black chicken wings.

I'm very hungry.

Yes.

The segment always makes me hungry.

I could also go for a mommy dog.

Does anybody think that Michael Keaton?

Michael Keaton has a difficult name to spell.

Michael Keaton, the name of the wonderful actor Michael Keaton.

Batman himself, if you ask me.

Difficult name to spells.

It really is.

It's not.

Not really.

It doesn't feel like one of the more tough ones.

It's also like this name has been in this career field for a very long time.

It's not like it's a name people are unfamiliar with.

Pretty good.

Pretty good point right there.

Well, Michael Keaton was inducted into the new Pittsburgh walk of fame on Monday.

But problem is his name was misspelled.

Did they mix up the vowels?

Yeah.

You had one job.

You know, spell the name right now.

Just, just type it in the Googler, guys.

His name on the star is correct.

But in the paragraph underneath his name, his first name is spelled M-I-C-H-E-A-L.

And with the A and the E switched.

Yep.

They mixed up the vowels.

Listen, I do it all the time.

But that's what spell check is for.

The executive director said, quote, I'm so sorry that this happened.

He was so gracious when he was here.

He was so expressive about his love for Pittsburgh and the people here.

Right.

Which is great.

Quote, I can only hope he shows some grace and forgives me for the full pop.

I'm sure he will, but like, come on.

Yeah.

She says the new plaque is being created quickly.

Sure.

Keaton attended the ceremony and expressed this gratitude in the speech.

Quote, there's nothing like being recognized by your hometown because it's actually the

place that makes you who you are.

Yep.

I agree.

I think that's awesome.

He goes on to say, the star, I hope, this star, I hope when you, mostly kids, when you walk

through here and they look down at this star of mine and the star of all these people,

I hope they look up and they just wonder what's possible.

It's a great way to put that.

The idea of inspiring people, especially young people, that those stars can do that.

Yeah.

That's a very cool note to this and a really cool insight from this that he brings.

You don't hear that very often.

Yeah.

Other inductees in the inaugural class are George Benson, the great George Benson.

Yeah.

Man, George Benson's got some of my favorite songs.

Nellie Bly, Andrew Carnegie.

Yeah, sure.

Rachel Carson, Fred Rogers, Dr. Jonas Salk, Andy Warhol.

Oh, fantastic.

August Wilson.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And also on the walk of fame in the mail-off household Roberto Clemente.

Oh, good.

Pittsburgh legend.

Good.

It's a great inaugural list.

That's a really good list.

Pretty good list.

Strong list.

How many people knew Andy Warhol was from Pittsburgh?

I certainly didn't.

Yeah.

But it's so funny.

It's so perfect.

Yeah.

It would make no sense if he was from New York.

No.

It would make no sense.

But it makes sense that he ended up there.

Yes.

Sure.

And that he came from Pittsburgh.

But I just think that's awesome.

Yeah.

So I pulled this story up and I did not have a chance to read it yet.

But I do find it interesting what we were seeing earlier about Scott Wyland, a velvet revolver,

and everything.

Sure.

And here we have another Guns and Roses story.

Oh.

Sort of.

Okay.

Well, Guns and Roses is planning on doing a US tour next year, but don't expect in the

due to a residency at the Las Vegas spear.

Slash were people expecting that?

I think a lot of people, I don't think so, but I think I think people might have assumed

maybe they might.

Just because that's one of the biggest, it's probably that's the thing that people are

doing now.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's the big venue now.

That's the place.

That's the place.

I don't think it's replaced Red Rocks or anything like that.

There is no replacing Red Rocks.

Or what's the one in New York?

The Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden.

Yeah.

I don't think anything replaces these things.

It's just a new one added to the list.

Agreed.

Yeah.

So Slash doesn't think it's very quote, rock and roll friendly.

Sure.

So he does not want Guns and Roses to perform there.

Sure.

Quote, I'm real trepidus about playing there because it's a great visual show.

I think that in almost every case for a band, it becomes a visual show as opposed to

seeing a rock and roll show.

Yeah.

Is there a difference between a visual show and a rock and roll show?

I think you ask any deadhead.

Well, any grateful dead fan or something.

And that's fair.

But if you're not a band that typically has a big theatrical light show, then it wouldn't

make sense for you to be playing in the sphere.

It only makes sense if you're that kind of rock band.

And Slash is just saying, hey, we're not that kind of rock band.

Cool.

And that's okay.

You also go on to say also from talking to Joe Walsh about it because obviously the

Eagles have been doing a residency there since forever is that it's not really sort

of rock and roll friendly the way that his set that it's set up.

Okay.

So he heard this isn't just his assumption about this.

He's talked to people who've done it.

Yeah.

Slash is a rolling out ever playing there though.

He's never been, but he says it seems cool.

And the venue looks awesome and everything just not maybe for them.

Sure.

Yeah.

That makes sense.

We'll see.

And we'll see if they actually do reform and tour because if they're relying on Axel

Rose, who knows Chinese democracy and all that.

Yeah.

Right.

Exactly.

Great reference.

Yes.

And I got a fun one here.

Did you know these animated characters are based on real people?

I depends on the characters entirely.

That's a topic we're going to be getting into later in the week.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

Cartoon characters that are based on real people.

Can't wait.

I don't know if I was interesting to be here.

Nobody else.

No, I think that's very interesting.

All right.

We'll get into that a little bit later.

You can also get a little bit, get into a little bit later this week, a great show, legally

blonde, the musical.

Yeah.

So our friends over at Central Wisconsin Area Community Theater had this open last week

or great things.

Yeah.

We don't have enough musicals in the air.

No, we do not.

You're listening community theaters in the area.

And that's coming from somebody who really couldn't care less about musicals to be honest

with you.

This man's not built for musical theater, but he is still championing it because he sees

the talent present.

Well, and you and us, honestly, you see the numbers, the box office numbers, and people

want these.

People are showing up for these.

How many karaoke nights does our local community theater need to host to prove that the talent

is there?

Legally blonde, the musical has an amazing cast.

See them for yourself.

October 31st, they're coming back in Halloween.

Fantastic.

I've never gotten to perform in a show in Halloween.

That's really cool.

That would be amazing.

That would be really cool.

We'll also have a seven o'clock show on November 1st for you.

So be sure to check this out Friday Saturday.

Two more chances to see Legally blonde in the musical with our friends at Seawack.

These shows take place at the century theater, 1800 North Point Drive in Stevens Point.

Get your tickets and find out more at cwack.org, cwack.org.

Break a leg, you guys have a great run.

Absolutely.

That's going to be a lot.

Just a really good show.

And we are putting together a really fun thing for our 85th anniversary.

We've got a cookbook.

We are putting together and we are taking recipes from all over the community.

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Probably the end of the month.

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Get a new sports entertainment and partner break and we'll be back with the greatest, scariest

on-screen villains of all time.

Yeah.

Welcome back, everyone.

Morning show here at WFHR, locally grown radio.

Laura James hanging out with you.

Thanks for hanging out with us.

We appreciate the time.

Got an interesting one here, Laura.

We got to get into it.

And we want audience participation on this one.

Who is your, who has scared you the most on-screen?

Okay.

So the scariest horror villains.

Yes.

1715, 424, 2600 to take part in this conversation or you can text us using the civic media app.

I think these can be traditional, like the boogeyman, like, you know, Dracula, some like that.

Frank Stull, maybe it's just a character from a suspense movie or something like that.

That freaks people out.

Right.

Or along those lines.

Could be anything.

I think there's a lot of great ones.

There are no wrong answers.

There are no wrong answers.

Ready, there's a weighing in on this scariest on-screen villains of all time.

Here are some of the most popular answers.

And Smithman.

See, yes.

Exactly.

Exactly.

You can have a lot of fun with this one.

I think if you really, you know, you just dive into it.

Have some fun.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

When it comes to the list, it does not look like they're in a particular order.

Oh, maybe they are.

So I'll go from 10.

10 on up.

Sure.

The gentleman from Buffy and the Vampire Slayer.

Okay.

Sure.

I never saw that.

I don't know that one.

I don't know.

I didn't see that one.

So I'm like, okay.

Then at number nine, large margin from Peewee's big adventure.

Spectacular.

That's a great one.

That's a good one.

She is freaky.

Yeah.

That actress does a great job.

Big fan.

And Anton from No Country For Old Men, the wonderful character, Javier Bardem, the wonderful

Javier Bardem plays this horrible character, yes.

Yes, yes.

Horrifying character.

The Weeping Angels from Doctor Who.

Oh, that's a good answer.

Those are the ones that have creeped me out the most.

I watched a lot.

I watched a lot of Doctor Who.

But The Weeping Angels really genuinely freaked me out.

That's a good one right there.

Let's see.

Let's see from our listeners.

Good morning.

What's your answer?

Good evening.

I'm not a person.

But I will see the deep many years ago.

Oh, okay.

It's a school不diving.

In some months, I come out of that cave and that freaks me out and still to this cave.

Remember that as a small scary at any time?

Absolutely not.

A good answer.

A great answer, sir.

Great answer.

Yeah.

Honestly, I have no interest in school不diving because I'm claustrophobic as heck, son.

But no.

No.

I'm surprised that there isn't more like monsters created in the water like that.

You know, the water is just unexplored and vast.

Yeah.

Great answer.

Great answer.

Appreciate you, sir.

Have a good morning.

How are you, too?

Thanks for listening.

Yes.

Appreciate you guys.

Keep those answers come and do us.

Oh, you can also text us through this if immediate.

Of course, everybody will be there.

It's true.

We both have our phones right in front of us.

Yeah.

Want to hear from you.

What yours are?

At number six.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The Tim Curry version from it.

You know, that's a classic for a reason.

Also, Tim Curry.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I was.

I'm sorry to every other person in the universe, but Tim Curry has my heart.

I was always too busy trying to do that.

It's an impression.

It never scared me.

I was too busy.

Clowns have never scared me.

I'm not scared of clowns either.

But my siblings are.

Well, it's an easy.

It's an easy one.

It's an easy one from pursuing my clown dreams.

It's funny.

So I think a lot of fears people will be judged men alone, unfortunately.

Sure.

I feel like with clowns, it's one of those ones that we're not so much judgmental on.

Even if you're not afraid of them, you kind of like you're like, you're like, he's still

existed.

You're not scared yourself.

You're like, okay, I get it.

I get it.

At number five, Tuko from Breaking Bad.

Sure.

Yeah.

Creepy character.

Sure.

Everyone.

Vern Schillager of Oz.

Okay.

From Oz.

The great Oz.

So the character Oz before you see the man that's just the big floating head and everything.

That can be.

Yeah.

Especially for young kids and stuff.

Sure.

Don't see a whole touch.

A sneaky one, but a really good one.

Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Yes.

So Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of the movies that did genuinely scare me as a kid.

I think I still haven't re-watched it in a while.

It's done too well.

It's done too good.

And you have, this is not something that you can see on paper.

This isn't something you can see until the finished product.

You're okay.

You make a terrifying.

Christopher Lloyd does such an amazing job, but his squeal at the end.

That's the one.

Is what gets me.

It goes in my brain.

And for those that don't know, there's no special effects or no, they didn't mess with

his voice.

He does that himself.

That is what's like, like literally hairs on my arm would up on that.

Terrifying.

Yeah.

That's a great answer.

That's a good one.

That's a good one.

I wouldn't have thought of that.

That's a great answer.

The other mom from Caroline.

Okay.

Sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's the one with the buttons for eyes.

That's the one with the buttons for eyes.

Anything with buttons for eyes.

Nope.

Yeah.

That'll mess with you.

That'll mess with you.

And another one that was completely lost on me, but I 100% understand.

Henna Belector from Silence of the Lamb.

Sure.

I suppose.

I can see that.

Yeah.

There's something terrifying in his calmness.

What's, I think the most terrifying thing about that character is that he gets you to like

him a little bit.

He gets you to.

It's what's scary.

I'm not even saying like in the traditional sense.

No.

I'm saying in the sense that you hate that you like this person and that you want to know

how their story ends.

You want to follow them.

You hate that he has your attention, but he has it anyway.

I, I, I used to think that what made a great villain was them being charming or likable.

It's not so much that as I've gotten older, I see now that it's you want to see the

full story.

You want to see the whole thing or whatever happens with this character.

What really makes a great villain is when you want to see them get caught.

Yes.

When you want to see them, you want to watch the whole thing, but you also want them to

get caught.

I, I, as somebody who spent most of my career, yes, the secret.

100%.

I've spent most of my career playing villains.

Sure.

It's, they're the most fun.

And you learn really early on.

You never play a villain like a villain.

You don't approach it that way because they're a person.

You play him like a person.

You have a lector.

It doesn't think of himself as a villain.

He doesn't, you know, the center of his universe.

It could be so much fun, but I also, I also think that you, you find that what you might

not think is a villain is a villain often times or something, you know.

That's interesting.

Well, and you have to play them that way.

You have to.

I, I want to hear from the audience on this one because everybody gets scared by different

things.

Sure.

All right.

Let's hear it.

And certainly from the movies and all that.

I would say for me, it's not a single character.

It's anytime there's a character that's, arms and legs are going in directions I'm not

meant to.

Like, like in the ring, the girl crawling down the steps, whatever, like, no, no, I'm done.

I'm done.

Honestly, the girl from the ring is pretty high up there for me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That, that one's creepy.

Kids.

Anytime they make kids in horror movies.

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

No.

It's not even so much that it makes me scared as much as like, no, I'm just like, come on,

man.

It's unnatural.

I don't like this.

I don't.

Candyman didn't scare me.

It angered me.

Sure.

It more ticked me off.

Sure.

It's, it's one thing for Freddy Krueger and Jason to be, oh, Jason's at a, at this really

nice, you know, he's at this camp, you know, that all these rich kids get going to.

Rich kids.

Elm Street is in the suburbs.

Like, all right.

I'm not at risk.

Candyman's in the project.

He's in the project.

That's not right.

There's enough problems down there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Who is your favorite on-screen villain?

Let us know everybody.

We'll play this throughout the week.

Yeah.

Something that is not, is I think maybe the biggest horror villain, at least in 2025,

prices.

Oh, yeah.

That'll scare you.

You know what?

Good answer.

That'll scare them.

That's not bad.

A new pull by CVS found the average family that stocks up on Candy Early will eat their

way through the entire stash, not once, but twice before they make it to Halloween.

Wild.

Also, yeah.

I've done that.

Well, yeah, definitely.

I've definitely done that.

100% I've done that.

I was 35 years where I have had to buy three bags because I ate two.

I was 35.

One in four.

I was 36.

I was 36.

It was two years ago.

One in four said that they've had years where they had to restock three times or more,

so waiting for another week or two might be a good call about this.

55% said that they usually have to run out and buy more Candy at the last second, no

matter what.

Yeah.

Okay, that's interesting.

I think that you get your own Candy that you like, and maybe, or I don't know.

And I keep my bucket going year round, so it kind of doesn't matter for me.

It's all kind of a little irrelevant now, but back then, it wasn't, that's why I haven't

done it since.

Right on.

Right on.

Here are a few more random Halloween stats from this poll.

62% consider themselves to be Halloween people, 43% say that they usually go all out for

it.

Okay.

When asked what makes Halloween special, the top responses were Candy, costumes, fall

atmosphere, and spooky vibes.

Like all of those.

For sure.

And I guess my mind is, it fits in there, but what I was saying earlier about this, the

most creative holiday, I feel like I really feel that.

But that kind of encompasses all that.

The average person will spend just under five hours and 30 minutes pulling their costume

together, hair and makeup take the longest.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Usually doing and then redoing three, four times.

I would think too that you're not, you're not doing this in a rush.

No.

I mean, you might be rushed, but you're usually, you want to take your time with it.

So five hours, I think, is a pretty good parameter there.

43% will have to run out last minute to grab some finishing touches for their costume.

Sure.

And not everyone is handing out Candy.

40% of people will trick or trick or treaters plan to have non-food items on hand, at

least as a backup for kids with allergies.

Okay.

Sure.

According to the poll, fidget toys, friendship bracelets and small stuffed animals are popular

choices this year.

Very cool.

I've never heard of any of those.

You know what fidget toys are?

No, I'm sorry.

I've heard of them.

I've heard of them being handed out at Halloween.

Oh, sure.

Yeah.

Okay.

Is that a, is that a newish thing?

I've heard of it.

I don't know.

Well, I mean, here's the thing of it, though, like you can get those things in bulk bags

now.

And there are, I will say, there are more houses giving away things that are not edible

or, you know, kids who have food allergies and whatever they're offering something that

is not a candy.

You know, the price of things is definitely scary, but it would be a lot scarier without

Halloween.

Yeah.

You know, we think of what the economic impact this holiday has on our economy and local

communities and things.

Well, and it's important to have things that bring you joy, even especially when things

are hard.

It's important for us to be able to continue to do these things, even though sometimes

it might feel like it's unimportant.

It is important.

Keeping morale is always important.

I, I, I, I talked to people and I didn't realize my mom and dad did this, but they apparently

did this most of our lives.

They had a Halloween budget.

Yeah.

And a budget.

They were like, okay, we're not going over this.

We're like, yeah, that's, I think that's a smart approach to the holiday, too.

You have to, you, you have to because it's one of those holidays.

If you, if you're not paying attention, you could spend quite a bit, I imagine.

Yes, you could.

And as the price of things are rising, it would only be easier to do.

It's, it's a, it's such a fun, fun, interesting holiday.

Absolutely.

We want to hear from you, everybody.

How are you celebrating?

What are you going as?

Yeah.

Do you know what you're going as?

Do you need help?

Do you need help figuring out what to go as?

We can help you with that.

Maybe.

You might need to help me first.

Call up and let us help when we're looking forward to it.

We're also looking forward to continuing our conversation with Senator Tesson in the

next segment as he joins us for, he's on the job series.

Looking forward to that and plenty more coming up on the morning show.

I'm coming home, baby.

I'm coming home now right away.

Bringing back the show for one more segment, everybody.

Welcome back to the morning show here at 975 FM 1320 AM, locally grown.

Radio got Lauren James hanging out with you and we are joined right now by our

good friend, Senator Patrick Tesson.

How are you doing, sir?

I'm doing great, James.

Good to have you with us.

Thanks for being here.

The Senator is with us as part of his on the job series.

He's ghosting and hanging out with us here at the studios today to learn some of these

jobs.

You get to hang out with Pam and set the little bit earlier.

How did that go?

It went really great.

I've been doing my on the job series once a month ever since I first got elected to

go out and just highlight what different job opportunities there are in the 24th Senate

District.

Obviously, James, I've been doing this show monthly, ever since I've been elected, but

they actually be here in studio seeing behind the scenes how the magic it's made.

It's really fascinating.

There's a lot more moving parts than I think people actually know when they just getting

their car turned on the radio or doing yard work.

It's kind of cool to pull the curtain back and see the behind the scenes on how you guys

make the magic.

You know, you and I have shared a lot of conversations over the years and we've talked about a lot

of things.

I don't know if we've really gotten to dive into this series much, where you mentioned

that you've been doing this since you first got elected.

Where did the idea come from?

Honestly, when I first took office in January 2017, so I was at that time the chair of the

Workforce Development Committee and what really amazed me when I'd be going door-to-door

in place like Wisconsin Rapids, Port Edwards, and Acusa, and you know, first time candidate,

you're going to go and talk to as many people as you possibly can because that's what you

got to do.

It would always amaze me when I'd have conversations with individuals and I'd ask them, hey, what

do you do for work?

And they'd look at me and they'd say, well, I can't, I don't work, I can't find a job,

which I'd always be amazed because I'd say, well, and I'd ask the question, you can

see me, right?

And they'd be like, well, of course I can see you.

Well, then you're not looking because the biggest issue that we've had over the last decade

is that we have more help on the signs than people to fill the jobs that are available.

And so I figured when I took office, became the Workforce Development Committee chair

at the time, I was going to put my money where my mouth was.

And so I decided we're going to do the Sound the Jobs series because if I can go out

and do this job, there is no reason why anyone else can be able to.

And more importantly, it's a ton of fun.

I've enjoyed it.

Every job I've done has been just fast-named.

Awesome.

I don't want to put you on the spot of like your favorite one or something, but you have

some memorable moments.

Where are your favorites, right?

Yeah, that's the right answer, by the way, yes.

But do you have some memorable moments from doing this over the years?

Oh, so many.

I mean, it was always, when we first ticked this off, it was actually really difficult.

We, my staff would reach out to interested employers.

And first off, they'd be like, well, what, what is he want to do?

Like normally we looked at officials that come through.

They take photos and then they're out the door.

Right.

And no, it was like, no, he actually wants to come work for a day.

And so the very first one I did was at Gollum Brothers Live bait, which is right down

the road to where I live in the town of Dewey in Portage County.

And they're one of the largest mineral producers in all of North America.

That's cool.

Some of the other ones that we've done just last month, I was here in Wisconsin ramp as

I got to work with Lycon concrete.

So they had me up in a cement truck on site, pouring concrete.

Cool.

I've worked with Oakdale Electro Cooperative, I was with the Lycon crew, which, full disclosure,

I do not like heights.

I was up in a bucket about 80 feet in the air with a guy in my size.

No, thank you.

A very hot, windy day.

We get to know each other very, very, very well.

You know, so it's just been great.

And it's just trying to highlight that there is dignity in all forms of work.

And the show, what great opportunities there are.

Like I often tell high school students, look, if you find yourself in a job that isn't

your dream job, use it as an opportunity for growth for development and to move up the

ladder.

I think the more that we can empower individuals to get off the sidelines and get back in the

game full employment, that's going to go a long way to help and close some of our workforce

development challenges that we face here in the stage.

Sure.

Yeah, it's funny.

If for everybody that is fortunate and maybe you get to start out in the career you want

to or something like that, most of us as you're touching on there, we start in fields that

are nothing where we may end up or where we want to be.

But I don't know if I'm in this chair without working in retail.

I'm not in this chair without working construction.

Same.

I think whether we realize it or not, those jobs really add to where we end up.

Absolutely.

No, I'm not here without my 10 years of experience in retail or on kitchen lines.

It taught me a lot of skills that are applicable in a lot of different ways.

It's not too late to find your dream career.

I only started this job two years ago.

Your intentions for doing this series are awesome.

I think they're great.

Noteworthy.

Along that time, though, the time that you've been doing this, have you found other meaning

behind this, other things that have like, well, I start

of it for this reason, but now I'm also seeing, oh, this is a really interesting industry.

I can bring attention to it or something like that you've been able to do with this

series.

There's a great example and this came up last session.

There was legislation that was introduced that would allow for industrial laundries to

qualify for the agriculture manufacturer tax credit.

Initially, when I read that bill, I scoffed at it and I thought, this is the dumbest

than I've ever heard of in my entire life.

I do laundry.

Should I be able to qualify for this tax credit rate?

Well, fast forward a couple of months after that, I actually spent the day here at Unifers

in the Sherkswood Park at Wisconsin Rapids.

Let me tell you, it changed my perspective entirely because you saw these rags, these clothes

that came in off these trucks that they were absolutely filthy.

They were disgusting and you're thinking there is no way that they are ever going to become

clean and through a very industrious process of this industrial laundry, they came out

looking brand new and it changed my tune entirely to the point where I'm like, okay, this

makes sense.

I'm going to co-sponsor this legislation.

That's fantastic.

There have been instances like that from having just done one day's worth of experience

working in someone else's shoes for a day that when bills have popped up, it's given

me a much more different perspective than I otherwise would have had.

I've encouraged so many of my colleagues, I'm like, look, I do not have a monopoly on

this program.

Right.

You want to steal it, go for it because one, it's a really fun thing to do, two, it's

going to open up your eyes and three, you get to actually do some real work for a change

as opposed to the stuffy halls and committee rooms in the state capital.

Well, and we can tell you personally, we understand that there are stations in our network

that are very jealous of this opportunity that we've been given.

So like, hey, are y'all listening?

Yeah, and we really appreciate you spending some time with us and bringing the series

to us.

I know we've talked about it for years wanting to do this and so cool to finally be able

to.

And I appreciate your point that you're bringing up there too, Circus, well, this is so

much about, you know, bringing, highlighting these jobs, these industries, dignity in all

work forms and all those things.

I think there's also something here that whether it's noticeable or not, that you, I'm sure,

experiencing or seeing better than most of us are.

And this idea of how do we relate to our politicians?

How do we relate to our representatives?

How do they relate to us?

That is becoming more and more of a topic and much more of a thing that like, well, as

people struggle or do different things, how can you relate to that?

How can you, what are you going through and stuff?

The more we see you in these jobs, the more we see you in these things, and not just you,

but your colleagues, it brings a relate ability.

It brings a, okay, well, they can get hand, hand dirt under their fingernails too.

They do these things.

So there's a lot of layers to this series that I think are beneficial, not just certainly

with what you do, but just in even the jobs themselves.

Yeah, I think anything that we can do to trying one, humanize ourselves, I think oftentimes

there's this perception out there that we are put on this pedal stool and we, you know,

work and operate in the white ivory tower of the state capital.

But at the end of the day, we're people too.

We've got personalized, we've got families.

Many of us still have jobs outside of the legislature, but, you know, I think trying

to get back to a grounded reality and recognizing world people, we all make mistakes and making

that connection in person at the vibe between the general public and their elected officials

goes a long way.

And I often say, and I've told my wife and others, if I ever find myself in a position where,

you know, I'm questioning when I'm walking into the capital, or I'm driving back home

wondering what the heck am I doing?

That's going to be the high sign from above that it's time to move on and find a different

position.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I really appreciate the time, sir.