Chocolate Day!! (Hour 1)

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Time for the morning show here at 975 FM 1320 AM WFHR.

Got your host, James here, joined by our producer

around these parts, Laura.

Hi.

And the best listeners are radially.

That's you.

Thanks for being here, everybody.

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

We're going to get into some fun stuff this morning.

We got the Elcafe birthday anniversary club right around the corner.

Got some other great stuff for you lined up.

Gen Z and driving.

Do they like to drive in silence?

Who, what generation next?

Do they like to rock out?

We're going to get into some of that.

OK.

All that coming up for you.

We've also got some other great topics here.

Scary news about Halloween, costume prices.

Getting into some of that.

Got a couple of other interesting ones.

And then a right story for the ages that we will get into some time

in the next two hours.

Next hour we get some entertainment news for you lined up.

OK.

Also going to get into how many of us our adults are going to be dressing up

or celebrating Halloween or any of that.

I still haven't figured out a costume, guys.

Help her out.

Call up and join the conversation.

I have no idea.

Text your ideas.

At Laura.

Go ahead and get them up.

I didn't get them too awesome.

I might very seriously show up in a sheet on Friday.

Cut some holes in it and you're fine.

You're fine.

I don't use the flat sheets anyway.

Don't do what my sister did and just grab sheets.

Don't just grab a sheet.

Make sure to ask, you know, the power that be.

I have the power that be.

Then make sure you're no.

You're grabbing the right shirt.

Right sheet.

It's just me.

It's just all of that coming up.

But we want to begin with one of the most,

I think universal things that is, you know,

even if you don't love it, you know,

like it at least a little bit.

All right.

Chocolate.

That's where we begin with chocolate.

Yeah.

That's a great way to start.

Chocolate.

That'd be Tuesday.

The Tuesday.

Chocolate Tuesday is everybody.

It doesn't rhyme, but it doesn't matter.

Works for me.

It's chocolate.

Chocolate.

So chocolate is one of the easiest things to market.

One of the easiest things to really like talk about.

It barely needs to be marketed.

People seek out chocolate.

The history of chocolate is interesting too.

Fascinating.

Oh my gosh.

The Omenek Maya for Mines.

First, you know, creating it and everything.

And it was at much more of a liquid form at the time

when it was first being used.

It was used only in ceremonies and for very special occasions

and different things.

It's a really cool history if you're ever interested

in diving down that rabbit hole.

Everybody encouraged to do that, especially today

on National Chocolate Day.

Okay.

Sure.

Yeah.

Rejoice.

Of course, it's three days before Halloween.

You know what?

That's just good planning.

That's just good planning.

Right.

Again, here's, I'm going to bring up this comparison again.

The only other holiday that would have been good

to be preempted by chocolate Valentine's Day.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

Man, those two holidays, these two holidays

are more linked than I realize.

I wouldn't have thought of it.

I wouldn't have thought of it.

It wasn't until yesterday.

I was bringing up the comparison between these two

and I'm surprised every time.

I didn't think of it either.

You guys think I planned for this.

And a lot of these National Day of, you know,

it's a national chocolate caramel day

or chocolate tofu, you know, any of these different things.

Right.

But this is just straight up chocolate.

Straight up chocolate.

Let's talk about it.

A pool of 1,000 Americans found 79% of us eat chocolate

at least once a week in general.

Yeah.

On Halloween week, Halloween week, it's a lot more.

59% say milk chocolate is their favorite type.

Okay.

Dark chocolate is next.

And white chocolate is a distant third.

Yes.

That sounds right.

When it comes to this and it comes to our next topic,

we want to hear from the audience out there,

audience participation.

Not only what Laura should be for Halloween.

Yes, please.

But of course, what is your favorite thing to have chocolate

with?

What is your favorite mix?

And maybe your answer is, you're like my father

and you just need to want a brick of chocolate that you can

know on whatever it might be.

I think my answer is going to be like a really thick,

rich, hot cocoa with like a biscuit cookie.

I like it.

Or like a shortbread.

It's a good choice.

There are no wrong answers.

That's a good one.

What is your choice, everybody?

And what is your favorite type of chocolate?

Dark chocolate.

Oh, it's dark chocolate.

It's soft.

Milk chocolate, whatever it might be.

Call up and let us know.

With 715-424-2600.

Or of course, call or text us through the Civic Media app.

Yeah.

If there's any doubt that Halloween runs on chocolate,

a recent poll by rancor.com looked at the 10 Halloween candies

we opened first.

Oh, and they're the chocolates.

Interesting list.

Well, because when you think about it,

what's left at the bottom of your Halloween bucket every time?

Whatever my dad didn't steal.

At number 10, starburst.

The only non-chocolate in the top 10.

To crack the top 10.

Only non-chocolate.

You know what?

Congrats to starburst.

That's like a solid win.

I would think so.

Yeah, I think it is.

That's a solid win.

At number 9, the underrated Nestle Crunch bar.

Okay, I would hear that argument, sure.

It's something about the crunch to it.

The crispiness.

Yeah, sure.

One of the few candy bars to me,

if they're all okay, really.

But for some reason, the smaller versions of some candy bars

don't taste the same to me.

Nestle Crunch, like no matter big, small,

whatever it always tastes like.

They're always a great, yep.

Consistency.

At number 8, Milky Way.

Okay, sure.

That's my dad's go-to.

It's a classic.

It was my go-to, and now I just do the Midnights.

For a long time, a dark chocolate Milky Way

was my go-to candy bar.

Yeah, that's the Midnight.

Yeah, the Milky Way Midnight.

Oh, is it?

Okay, I can remember.

It's great.

At number 7, the classic, the legend Hershey bar.

Okay, sure.

Yeah.

I prefer the dark.

So if I'm looking for a sweet chocolate,

that's when I will like the Hershey's dark chocolate bar.

Yes, yeah.

Because that one, it's more like a semi-sweet chocolate chip.

Oh, it's good.

Yeah.

That's some good stuff.

Hershey really, like, nailed chocolate.

I've never had a bad thing for Hershey.

Well, there's a reason that's what they do.

At number 6, Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins.

Yes.

Pumpkin superiority.

So there is something about, like...

The different shapes are the win for me.

The Christmas trees are fine.

The pumpkins are better.

It is pumpkin.

It is pumpkin Reese's season.

And I don't want to shut up about it.

You shouldn't have to.

Thank you.

I, especially, you know, we watch your opinion.

That's one part of what you're paying for.

You do put me in front of a microphone now.

I do put it in front of a microphone.

There's something about that Reese's is master the portion

of Peanut Butter and Chocolate.

They really have.

I don't think any other candy has ever done in a while.

To a science.

Yeah.

Snickers comes in at number 5.

Of course.

Yeah.

It's a good one.

Yeah.

It's a good one.

At number 4, M&Ms.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't know what it is, but I feel like I always forget about M&Ms.

They're great.

They're great.

They're great.

I, like, I've never...

I don't think I've ever sought out M&Ms.

Yeah.

But I will rarely say no to M&Ms.

I'm not sure I've ever bought a package of M&Ms.

Yes.

Otherwise...

Other than, like, when they have, like, the limited edition flavors.

Yeah.

I will seek out those.

That's a coffee one I really like.

Yeah.

There was.

I don't remember if I've seen it since, but that was probably...

It was a limited edition one.

Yeah.

At number 3, the mighty, the great Twix.

Okay.

I love Twix.

I just like a shortbread.

Yeah.

I just do.

And the cookie dough, Twix.

Oh, sure.

And now my go-to candy bar.

That is my go-to.

That is my one I grab.

At number 2, KitKats.

All right.

Good.

That one's got more world, international appeal.

And another one that they've got a billion different flavors up.

They do have a lot of flavors.

And I like to try the different ones.

They're pretty good.

Honestly, I'm more of a KitKat person with the other flavors than the original flavors.

I don't so much care for the milk chocolate classic KitKat anymore.

What is the most...

That's interesting how that works out, too.

I'm the same way with what I was saying about Twix.

Right.

Like, the original Twix are okay.

But I really want that those special ones.

I've really got into those.

Is there a...

It's of all the things that bring and pull up nostalgia in us.

Candy's got to be one of the more top 5 top 10 things that pull us nostalgic.

What is the most nostalgic candy bar for you out there, everybody?

Because I can't think of a Twix and I think of sharing it with my little brother and sister.

And how great it was that we could share those candy bars.

We couldn't always afford each of us to get a candy bar.

But with that, we all got to split it.

We all got...

It was easy.

It was easy to do.

I literally just read that and immediately was sitting on a sidewalk with my brother and sister.

Bracking him open and fighting over who got the bigger pee.

For me, nostalgic candy.

It's a Watcha McCallet.

Great one.

As soon as I realized and learned that there was a candy called a Watcha McCallet,

I was determined to love that candy bar.

Good thing it was easy.

Yeah, it's good.

And so, nostalgicly, I remember being young and infatuated with the word Watcha McCallet.

It's a great word.

How could I not?

Like, they had to have been sitting there.

What are we going to call this?

How about Watcha McCallet?

Like, how would we not name something candy that yet?

I can't believe it hadn't been done before.

Yeah.

Hundred grand bars.

I don't know why, but they are kind of like that for me too.

I love that.

Those are very nostalgic, yeah.

Like, the only problem I ever had with the hundred grand bar is that it did not come with either

a toothpick or a toothbrush.

Because there's nobody in history that could eat them.

The Christmas and the Carmel is just too much.

You're never opening your jaw again.

You know, until you can at least get something in there.

Yeah.

You have to rinse it out.

Yeah, yeah.

And number one, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

All right, sure.

That's the goat.

That's the number one that people are looking for right away out of the bag.

See, and here's the thing.

As much as I do love the Halloween pumpkins.

And I do.

Sometimes what you want is the thicker texture of the cup.

Like, because the sides in the bottom of the cup are just the sides.

They're thicker.

There's a texture difference.

And sometimes that's just what you want.

But other times you don't.

And there's a Halloween pumpkin for that.

And they also make Easter egg Reese's now.

Yeah.

Those ones are similar to the pumpkin.

Those are good.

The candy industry.

And I know that you and Seth talked about this on Friday.

And we've had some other conversations about it and everything.

It's still no matter how many times we've talked about it.

Sometimes it's just going to creeps up on me like how much we spend on candy.

It's crazy how much you think about it.

It's wild.

But it's a fun one.

We want to know your favorite Halloween candy or go to Halloween candy.

What are you buying a bag of for yourself and a bag for them?

I guess.

And some costume ideas.

Yes, we need costume ideas.

My hair's blue now.

If that helps.

Oh, yes.

Yeah.

There we go.

Yeah.

I've leaned into that if you want everybody or a character with blue hair.

I wonder if I can off mic.

Yes, definitely.

But we want to hear your suggestions as much as we want to hear your favorite type of chocolate.

What you like chocolate with.

What you go to candy this time of year and everything.

Let us know.

We'll get into that.

Did want to take a moment to just get it to a couple of programming things.

One of them, a special shout out to Senator Teston and his assistant John joining us yesterday.

We had so much fun.

The Senator has an on-the-job series.

If you don't know, we've talked about it many years on rapid support with him.

And we've talked about for years wanting to do this.

It started as a joke.

Right.

And it was kind of like thrown out there in one of our interviews.

And he brought it up off here another time.

And then it got us going on it.

And then we started talking about like, oh, wait a minute.

We actually could really do this.

Why don't we do this?

Yeah.

He's got a lot of great businesses out there that have reached out to him.

And we can speak to this.

He's the real deal about it.

Like he really does want to get in there and work.

He really did come here and do the work.

Yeah.

He was willing to learn.

He was willing to do the work.

And he really did.

He was really just here.

It was just Pat Teston.

He was nice.

It was wonderful to be talking with him, to be around a politician.

Yeah.

And politics never really came up.

It didn't.

Other than when we were actually interviewing with him and everything,

it really didn't come up.

It was something that was just kind of, oh, this is-

We talked radio.

Yeah.

He wanted to talk about the jobs.

Yeah.

He didn't really have any time for that really.

I think even if we had bought something up, he would have probably

shifted conversation right back radio.

There's so much to talk about in radio.

We're in front of Mike's all the time.

And we don't get to talk about our job.

And our job is cool, guys.

Yeah.

And so we got to talk about our job.

We didn't have to talk about his.

There was a genuine respect and appreciation from him for our staff,

and especially for Pam that I personally appreciated very, very much.

Yeah.

He really, really appreciated learning about Pam's job.

And this is-

We need more of this from our politicians.

We need more of them.

Like, I've talked with him on air off air about this quite a bit.

I've talked with Scott.

I've talked with Congress and kind about this.

How a politician relates to their constituents.

How do they-

What are they going through?

What are they suffering that their fellow constituents are?

How can they really, truly relate?

Well, he's putting his money where his mouth isn't getting right down there

into the job.

And I respect that.

He's meeting his constituents where they're at.

Yeah.

It's really appreciated.

And really appreciate the work that this team puts into so many things

behind the scenes that you guys see the finished product of.

But it's insanity behind us.

All the craziness that's going on.

We're all crazy here.

Arkham Asylum with a zoo thrown in the middle of it.

It's just that's what we do around here.

Only on Thursday morning.

It's what we do around here and everything.

And while we put together this newsletter every week

and our team does such an amazing job

and we have these different things like having Senator testin' in

to take a lot of work.

Big shout out to Melissa K on that one.

Yes, huge shout out.

Melissa's work on the newsletter is noteworthy to so many extents

and so many levels.

Absolutely.

But there's then there's these things that we work really hard on.

They're also, I don't know if they would have to pay us for.

Because we just really like doing this sometimes.

This Friday, WFHR's Halloween show is back.

Everybody, we're excited about this one.

Tune in to WFHR and AM-1322.

Here are special show filled with spooky stories.

Scary songs and creepy poems.

Yeah.

It's going to be going on five to eight this Friday.

Yeah, so it all through Trick or Treat time.

I think that's so cool.

I think it's so awesome.

You can flip on WFHR, hop in the car, go to your Trick or Treating

and be catching spooky stories in between houses as you go.

It's going to be a lot of fun.

Be sure to join us for it this Friday, five to eight right here at 97-55-FM-1320-A

and we'll be back with the L.K.F.A. birthday anniversary club.

Everybody, let's have some fun.

You're on the moon, but watch.

And when you're dead, you're done.

You need a good time roll.

I said it a good time roll.

We sure will.

Time for the L.K.F.A. birthday anniversary club.

One of our favorite parts of the day.

We can celebrate you and our great friends at L.K.F.A.

Yeah, you should head on over there and have some breakfast.

Treat yourself.

Get over to 221 Market Avenue and beautiful port.

Edwards, wish them a great day from us.

Pi local, support local.

They're open for the week.

Everybody get on over to L.K.F.A. today.

Yeah, and they really do have good breakfasts.

They have omelets and all the good stuff that you get from like a diner breakfast.

You know the one.

You want to go there.

Yeah, head on over there today.

And lots of like on their special menus for breakfast.

They've got lots of ham stuff ahead of.

Good stuff over there.

Check it out.

Yeah.

And get us your birthdays and anniversaries.

We can celebrate with you.

Email us info at WFHR.com direct messages on our Facebook pages and call on up.

715-424-2600 if you want to talk to us right here on air.

But if you'd rather talk to Pam, 715-424-1300.

Look forward to joining the conversation everybody.

We've got two possible qualifiers.

Lauren need a one or two.

One.

All right.

This is a qualifier.

Boom, boom, boom.

We can get right into it.

Wish a happy birthday to Joseph Peterson.

Happy birthday, Joseph.

And joy of the day.

Hope it's a good one for you, Joseph.

And our qualifier today.

Kay Nukercin.

Happy birthday, Kay.

Kay's been a long time listener.

We appreciate that.

I appreciate Kay getting his name.

We've ever got us these birthdays and anniversaries.

All the time.

I love getting these everybody.

Keep them coming.

I heard from one of our listeners, not this week and last week and maybe it was.

Time is a flat circle.

I don't remember to be honest.

But I do remember hearing how much they appreciated this segment and everything.

Cool.

And this was somebody younger than me and I thought that was great.

That's awesome.

To be honest over the years, I've heard this a lot but it's usually people around my parents age or something.

Sure.

And it's really nice.

That is cool.

Well, and the easiest way to send us those is to send us a big list of them in an email.

Go for it, everybody.

We love getting those.

Don't be shy.

Pam is amazing at keeping track of all these things.

We appreciate her and the collection she does with these.

Big shout out, Pam, every day all the time.

Who do you share your birthdays and anniversaries with?

Frank Ocean is 38.

All right.

I don't know why.

I always want to say Frankie Ocean.

I don't know why.

I don't know.

I can't explain that to you.

I don't know a thing about Frank Ocean.

I don't have to explain.

But every time I see a zip, yeah.

Nobody should be expected to do that.

Matt Smith.

One of your boys is 43.

I do love a Matt Smith.

The 11th Doctor.

Want to say something?

Yes.

Something like that?

Yeah.

Peter Capaldi was 12th.

Currently, Damien Targaryen.

Targaryen on the House of Dragon.

And really, I watch the first season.

He's a good actor.

I watch it basically because of him.

He's a good actor.

Unlike you, I'm not that familiar with him.

I didn't see him as a doctor and all that.

All right.

And so that was the first time you really saw him act.

Yes.

And here's how good Matt Smith is.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life.

Literally, we've ever seen Morbius.

Matt Smith is in it.

And Matt Smith does this thing halfway through the movie,

where you can tell he knows this is not a good movie.

So he just lets loose.

And it is so much fun to watch.

He's such a good actor, so charismatic.

And even though he's playing a villain,

he's the most likable character in the whole movie.

Of course he is.

Because he was standing up next to Jared Leto.

Yeah.

Sorry.

I don't like him.

It was actually a really impressive performance to me

by what he did.

Like, there's actors that carry a movie,

and then there's ones that are like,

okay, we're just going to get you through the movie.

We're like, Matt Smith did that.

Oh, he ensued me.

We're getting through this together.

Yeah.

It was great.

It was really good before.

I hope this comes across.

Okay.

I'm a little surprised.

He's only 43.

He's got kind of an older soul to him to me.

The doctor will do that to you.

Yeah.

Nicely done.

Nicely done.

That was good.

He's a time lord.

Now multiply.

There's a portion of the audience

that left their tail off at that.

Yes.

A guy that I've kind of come around

down a little bit.

Joaquin Phoenix is 51.

Okay, sure.

There's a good portion of his career.

I hope for given a portion of his nonsense.

Not a fan.

Not a fan.

Now, as an actor, I've always enjoyed him as an actor.

But I think part of what I was doing with him

was missing his brother.

And I thought River Phoenix was going to be one

of the greatest actors I've ever seen.

And he was great.

He just never had a chance to really truly

be as great as I think he could have been.

And, you know, Joaquin Phoenix,

I don't think is that talent.

At the same time, he has learned and grown at the job.

And he's done something in his later age here

that I did not expect.

He's become humble.

Yeah.

He's become much more, hey, I was a knucklehead

when I was younger.

Hey, I messed up on Letterman.

That's what I mean.

I like I've forgiven a good portion of his stuff.

And also, you know, that was unfair, you know,

putting his brother on him.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

That was unfair.

Horrible of me to do.

And I didn't realize I was doing it.

Right.

I never did set out to do.

I didn't mean to do that.

But it doesn't mean that it wasn't wrong to me.

Unfortunately, I watched a documentary

about the Viper Club.

Sure.

And this is where River Phoenix died.

Right.

And they played.

I didn't expect this.

I wouldn't have listened to it.

It was kind of forced on me through the documentary.

I would have turned it off.

But they played the 911 call of him calling about

Joaquin calling about his brother.

And I don't know if it's part of that.

Did I hearing that or something?

Either that did it.

But this guy's come a long way.

He humanized himself to you somehow at some point.

Yeah.

To where I can't.

Yeah.

I can't unhear it.

Brad Paisley is 53.

Very cool.

Great guitarist, great songwriter.

Sure.

Has a lot of fun.

A lot of tongue and cheek stuff.

I feel like.

Yeah, he's goofy.

I'm about that.

It gets sit down and write one of the most serious meaningful country songs ever.

That's not his style.

That's not.

He's Shell Silverstein, a country.

He's much more of that.

But he also did whiskey lullaby with Alison Kraus.

Right.

Right.

He's good.

All that said, he's amazing MC.

He is an amazing MC.

Very cool.

He is fantastic.

In country music, if he hadn't done it almost every job already.

He'd be a Billy Crystal doing the Oscars.

Hey, we need somebody to MC.

Get Brad.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's my bad.

I didn't watch those.

Oh, I didn't.

I only learned this.

I only learned it in the last couple of years.

Yeah.

Because I was wondering the same question.

I'm like, oh, it's because they've used so much.

Sorry.

WIRI listeners.

I pulled the curtain back a little too far on that one.

Always be honest with the world is honest.

Gently one of the most kind human beings I'll ever meet.

Andy Richter is 59 today.

Oh, cool.

Conan O'Brien's partner here.

What a good crime.

And late night's partner and late night for many years.

Andy had a handful of shows over the years.

Andy Richter solves the universe and things like that.

I watched every one of them and liked every one of them.

Yeah.

Was it until meeting him that one I found that he is a much more...

I don't think that the TV does any favors to Andy Richter.

He's handsome.

Yeah.

He's a handsome guy.

Sure.

You know, he's not your every day.

You know, he's not rock-hudsey.

He's not George Clooney.

Right.

He's not George Clooney.

He's not George Clooney.

I never saw Alex de Cone in O'Brien.

Could I...

I think...

Could I...

Could I...

...lookin' like a Kendall?

Could I have given him the older reference there that rock-hudsey?

I don't know.

Where that cave right now.

Listen.

You're the one who went back to it.

I was going to just let this float.

I don't know.

Just one of those people that he...

You know, the people that they will clean their hand off before they shake your hand.

Sure.

Like that's Andy Richter.

Sure.

Like he's Midwest.

He is such a good...

Yeah.

It's one thing that, you know, money doesn't change a person.

Fame doesn't change a person.

I don't know that there's anything that could change Andy Richter.

He is who he is.

Which is good.

That's awesome.

Very funny guy.

I hope he's doing well and dancing with the stars.

I have no idea.

I did not even know he was on dancing with the stars.

We covered him like a little while ago.

But yeah, I don't know.

Wish him well.

Let's see here.

Oh, and...

Oh, God.

I love this woman.

Annie pots a 73.

Oh, good.

Janine on Ghostbusters.

The voice of O'Peep on Toy Story.

She came back for the more recent Ghostbusters movies as well.

But where I fell for her in many of America did

as Mary Jo on Designing Women.

Great.

God, she's great.

I love Annie pots.

Yeah, she's great.

She's a good one.

One of the greatest character actors of all time, Dennis France is 81.

Famous, of course, for NYPD Blue.

But many other good shows over the years she was on too.

He's a great actor.

Yeah.

Great actor.

And born in the state, Charlie Daniels.

Born in 1936, devil went out to Georgia himself.

Mm-hmm.

From what I understand too, a great fiddle player.

Really good fiddle player.

That is the story.

That is the story.

We want to thank you.

Thank you for reaching with me on that.

We will take a quick time out.

We'll come back and have some more fun.

We're going to get into when we get back the 25 best cities for Halloween

and trick-or-treating.

All right.

Oh, that's good.

I'm going to get into that.

We got that coming up for you in a little bit.

We also got Gen Z.

How do they like to drive?

How does Gen X like to drive?

It's going to be a conversation.

Yep.

We'll discuss coming up.

Welcome back, everybody.

The morning show here at WFHR, locally grown radio.

Laura and James hanging out with you.

Yeah.

Thanks for hanging out with us.

Hope you're ever going out there.

Before we wrap up the show, are the hour, first hour here.

We got the 25 best cities for Halloween and trick-or-treating.

Mm-hmm.

That is going to be a fun one.

That's coming up.

But right now, a new poll found Gen Z adults are the generation most likely

to want a calming environment or complete silence on their morning commute.

That is just so foreign to me.

It does seem pretty far.

I don't know.

Like, to the point where I grew up in a house where going for a drive with the music too

loud in the vehicle was an escape.

Mm-hmm.

And that is also how I escape.

And so that's just so foreign to me to drive without music on.

Yeah, I don't know where they article.

It sounds like the article is focusing mainly on your morning commute.

And I don't know how much that changes for people out there.

But I think a lot of people can relate to what you're saying.

Yeah.

55% of zoomers claim that they enjoy driving in total silence.

They're also the most likely to use their drive to mentally process their work day.

Okay.

And most likely to take an occasional nap in the car.

Okay.

I don't know how people do that.

I thought they were driving.

Yeah.

Well, you know, it may be on their lunch break or something like that.

Okay.

Sure.

Okay.

All right.

Sure.

I have seen that plenty of times.

I can't do that.

I can't do that.

Yeah.

I could never do it.

I could never.

I couldn't.

I need more out of a nap than my vehicle can give.

I am exhausted.

I will be honest with everybody.

Not only have I not been sleeping well over the last week, but last night.

Like a real grown adult.

I stayed up and watched an 18 inning baseball game.

Listen.

It was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

That's pretty amazing.

Live.

I can count on one hand.

I think there's maybe two, maybe three sports games in my life that I've been watching.

And I'm like, I just want this to end.

I don't care who wins.

I think maybe once in my life, twice in my life, that's ever happened.

Last night was one of them where I'm just like, I don't care who wins.

Just please let this game in.

Put me out of my misery.

Jason Bateman was at the game.

And they're like, they're showing them throughout the game.

Right.

And he's engaged.

He's getting it.

I guarantee that he felt this.

Yeah.

The exact same way all of us did.

He's a Dodger fan.

I'm sure he was like.

His social battery had run out.

I don't care if Toronto wins.

Just end the game for all that is.

We've got another game to play today.

Please.

I could see that.

I could see, you know, falling asleep in the, wanting to sleep.

How people can sleep in the car.

I just can't do it.

I'm not.

The survey looked at how different generations use their time in the car.

Okay.

And each age group is a little bit different.

Shocking.

Right.

Millennials are the most likely to think about the future or make plans of well-driving.

Yeah.

So a little more obsessed with multitasking and being productive.

We can't help it.

If you're a Gen X, and I raise my hand, congrats.

Gen Xers are the generation most likely to win a rock concert or a rock out or listen to the music or all that.

That's what I grew up doing.

89% said listening to music in their car is their top driving activity.

Yeah.

For me, it is, um, this is part of why I don't listen to a lot of radio because it's one of my few times that I can actually play my music.

I can actually pull up my playlist and hit shuffle and, ooh, I haven't heard this in a while.

Right.

My five, ten-minute drive, I get to hear it or I'm going up the point or something like that.

I get to actually, you know, jam out a little bit.

It's that and when I'm cleaning or doing laundry.

Like this.

Right.

I don't get to listen to music very often.

Well, and you don't get to listen to it as loudly when you're cleaning and doing laundry.

But it's not the same point in a vehicle.

It's surround sound, baby.

Well, I don't know about anybody else.

But, um, for me, I need, I need to know I'm the guy that I'm not going to start belting and doing my rock concert and to look around.

I'm like, all right, nobody's around.

Okay, now I can sing.

You know, I'm in the shower and the water is louder than I am or something like that.

That's, I can't relate to that.

So, right now, I'm more power to you, especially you got a good voice.

I cannot sing.

So, I have to do this.

This is what's safest for.

It's a fair limiter.

Animals.

Everybody.

Okay.

I don't think I think I make it.

It's funnier if I lean into it.

I don't have a horrible, horrible voice.

But I definitely am not getting a record deal any time.

Fair enough.

So, it's just better.

Clearly, I'm not.

It's better that way for everybody if I do that.

But, um, to my fellow Gen Xers out there before you feel too cool about this.

Also, remember that on this list, we are the most likely by far and away to give ourselves a pep talk

behind the wheel before we go and enter our day.

Uh, so.

No, see, that's what, that's, that makes sense.

Hear me out.

So, Gen Z, they're spending the whole time prepping.

Right?

That's their pep talk time.

Gen X can do it in a moment before getting out of the car because they got pumped up,

listened into their music first.

I, I hear you.

I, I, it makes perfect sense to me.

It does.

I think so.

Music is therapy, guys.

Open up your minds.

You know, I don't know where boomers land on this list or whatever, but I know my father, uh,

is a, like, if the music's not at the 10, right?

I don't know if he can drive.

Well, I'm not sure he's even capable of driving without loud music.

I will say my, my parents are different on this one.

And so, so my dad is solidly boomer, like a younger boomer, but still solidly boomer.

And he does drive in silence more than most people that I know.

Um, my mom, on the other hand, she's right on the edge between boomer

and Gen X.

And she behaves like a Gen X in this regard.

And, and that's what I was raised by.

I love the, the, what these things that like we all have in common or we're very close

like on.

Uh, a lot of us I think can relate to you, you're, you're, there's this type of person.

However, when you're going to a new place or you're driving with directions, silence,

silence, I need to lock it.

I need to focus.

I need to, nobody make any noise.

I need to, I need to think.

Yeah.

I need to read road signs.

I love the relatable things that there are about these things too.

And how do you, uh, head of your commute?

How do you, what do you do?

Do you even think about this?

Like, I've never even thought about it.

I'd just get in the car and drive or, uh, because I had a buddy that was like that.

No, sure.

Uh, he picked me up every morning for, uh, going to a construction site we worked on.

And I like to listen to music.

I like to, you know, get the morning, I need, I need water in my face.

I need to wake up a little bit and everything.

For him, it was just like, this is a vehicle.

What are you talking about?

It's not a, it's not a boom box.

It's not here for music.

I'm here to drive vehicle.

I don't even know if he even knew that he had a radio.

Like, there's so many shocking news.

There's, uh, some people that, you know, they, they, they can't like my father.

They don't want their vehicle to be their home.

They want their vehicle to be their vehicle.

I really don't know if my father can turn on his vehicle and not turn on the radio at the same exact time.

My radio is on when I turn on my car.

I don't, I don't ever turn it off.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I, I, I, I, I, I share this part of how my dad is.

Which one of us is broken here?

Right.

Uh, how do you do it?

How do you listen to, uh, to your music?

Or how do you drive?

How do you, how do you let us know everybody?

Yeah.

Listen to the talk radio, perhaps.

And while you're at it and you're calling up and letting us know that and your favorite type of chocolate

and what Laura should dress up for on Friday, uh, for Halloween.

At nothing.

Uh, how are you about making a grilled cheese?

Ooh, uh, I haven't made a grilled cheese in ages.

I haven't made one in a long time.

I should do this.

I have cheese so I don't make a lot of grilled cheeses.

What's your go to minimal effort and meal?

Ramen, PB&J.

Yeah.

Heating up a can of soup.

Sure.

Um, you know, hot pockets.

Yeah.

Um, um, or, uh, you know, maybe if you're like my mother and a little bit of ice cream or whatever it is.

If you're like my children, it's pizza nuggets.

How about us?

Yes.

Yes.

Good one, good one.

How about a straightforward grilled cheese?

According to a new survey, 61% of Americans say the grilled cheese is their favorite sandwich.

It's a very flexible sandwich.

Uh, get this a whopping 75% of people don't feel confident that they're an expert in making it though.

75% of people be very honest about that.

We can talk about this.

Um, yeah.

Okay.

Um, well, one, I promise it's not a complicated sandwich.

You just need to make sure that you have both of the pieces of bread buttered, right?

And that you are using either cast iron or a griddle or you can use a nonstick pan.

But the trick is, especially if you have like a lot of cheese in there, you need steam.

And so you would need to put a lid and like a couple of drops of water, just like get your fingers wet and splash it in there.

Flick it in there.

That's enough water.

And then you can make a grilled cheese sandwich.

And once you've mastered the grilled cheese sandwich, the possibilities are endless.

You can add vegetables.

You can add meat.

You can add cooked vegetables.

You can add different cheeses.

You can experiment with flavor.

You can put jam in that thing.

Do whatever you want.

Grilled cheeses are perfect.

They are great.

Um, I've always wanted to experiment more with the bread.

Why not?

Ticker bread.

Ticker bread.

Ticker bread.

Brainy bread.

Put some seeds in there.

I don't, whatever.

Go wild.

Go wild.

Or just have plain white bread with some American cheese.

There is no shame in a classic.

Piggy backing on what Laura is saying here.

Here are some stats about our grilled cheese preferences.

71% of people say buttering the bread delivers the best crisp on the outside.

You may use mayonnaise if you prefer to not have dairy.

68% say the perfect grilled cheese includes more than one cheese.

Although cheddar seems to be a must.

Interesting.

I don't think I've had grilled cheese with two different cheeses.

Well, most of the grilled cheeses you've had probably were.

So cheddar is a good one.

But you can't have just cheddar because it melts in a greasy kind of way.

And so you would pair cheddar and American so that it's got the creaminess of the American.

But it's cheddar.

Okay.

43% prefer white bread, but others like sourdough or multigrain or brusch.

A brioche bread.

A brioche bread, yeah.

As for technique though, the survey didn't reveal much.

That tends to be a little bit more of a household thing.

Right.

You know, every household is doing it differently.

Well, I'm telling you how we did it on kitchen lines in diners.

We had a bunch of little lids that were tall enough to just set on top of our flat top

and steam a thing.

And we actually had little spray bottles to spray a little bit of water down and then cook the.

So the steam is the trick.

You want to get it real melty without having to spend a million years and then burn your bread.

You need steam.

I've done this because I went through a stretch there on my life where.

Not too much water.

You're going to get soggy bread.

You'd be careful.

That I don't remember what I was going to say.

I'm sorry.

You went through phases of life.

Something.

I'm sorry.

Something unimportant.

Okay.

I'm sorry.