Alright.
Let's do this.
Let's light it up.
Welcome to Nightlight, ladies and gentlemen.
This Wednesday night edition as we broadcast live statewide like we do every night from beautiful downtown Green Bay.
It is great to have you with me on this Wednesday.
Got a really fun show tonight.
I'm in a great mood.
I don't really know why.
You know what it is?
I think it just came to me right as I said that.
I watched a lot of TV last night and I feel great.
Some people run marathons.
cross-country ski I Watched some killer television last night.
I Got a color screen at home Conrad.
I don't know what you're working with at your place, but
in the back.
There's just less that can go wrong.
You're better off
It's all right.
You live alone.
It's like your roommate Yeah, so that's where I'm at.
I watched some great stuff that's been on my list for a while I start white I started white lotus to season two
I watched the movie Flow, an animated film about a cat that Rob Thomas told me about about three weeks ago.
And that's really cool.
And I watched the Sly Lives documentary on Hulu about Sly and the Family Stone.
Very busy night last night.
I think I burned a lot of calories watching all that television.
It was late.
I think I also squeezed some wee golf in there and did a little yoga.
So I don't know.
It was just one of those nights where I got home and got right at it.
But anyway, great to have you with me.
We do have a good show tonight.
We've got it's kind of a Northeast Wisconsin show I don't you know where I where I live right now folks.
It's not a very big town.
It's Marinette.
It's got about 10,000 people probably Probably 25,000 in the area if you include nominee Michigan and Pesh to go But you know every time something is happening in Marinette, it's not it's not like it's a showbiz hub
But every once in a while something cool comes out of Marinette or is happening there and that's the case We're gonna talk about that a little bit tonight at 635 comedian Jeff Kane will be on the show He is a Colorado based comedian, but went to high school and grew up in Marinette So we'll have Jeff on we've had him on probably had Jeff on about nine months ago He just did very well in the comedy contest so we'll talk about Jeff and help him get his name out there a little bit and then I have a special guest coming on to give a
Conrad, what generation are you again?
Z?
Probably Google.
Let's just call it Z. It's just a letter.
My son Joe is going to come on at 705 and talk about the new Captain Marvel movie.
A fellow generation Z-er with Conrad.
We heard from Matt Miller.
He wasn't crazy about it.
And I want to ask Joe in general because he grew up with Marvel movies and he likes them.
But I want to hear his take on
Captain America, what's the other part of
Not Winter Soldier.
Oh, it's like, what's the new Captain America movie?
Who
Brave New World.
And he's got to take on Star Wars, too.
And Star Wars is also one of the favorite films of my third guest tonight, who joins us at 720, who also has a Marinette connection tonight, Nathan Deming.
Nathan grew up in Tomah.
Tomah over by Eau Claire and he went to film school.
I think in London He's a really talented filmmaker we've had him on the show before and I thought we got to get him on one more time because his film is playing in Marinette Saturday at 1 p.m.
At the Mariner theater I will be there to introduce the film and host a Q&A following.
It's about a 45-minute film About an immigrant who discovers ice fishing in northern, Wisconsin and Nathan
is just a really good.
His cinematography work is great as a director.
Some directors are great at working with actors.
Some can write too.
Some are great at bringing beautiful images to you or cinema as it were.
And Nathan's good at all of them.
and he's an up-and-comer, so we'll have Nathan on at 720 to discuss his screening in Marinette.
He's also going to give us a rundown on what he's witnessed as he's traveled the state with his film February.
February is one of 12 movies.
Nathan is trying to ambitiously make one for each month of the year.
So we'll hear, hopefully he'll give us a sneak peek at March, I don't know.
But his film February is playing in February all throughout Wisconsin.
He won an award this past weekend.
We'll talk about that.
when he's on the show at 7.20.
So there's your show.
And with all that Star Wars talk, Conrad, I realized we haven't done a Star Wars thing yet when it comes to our question of the night.
So let's bang that out right now.
Okay,
What?
or who, I should say, is your favorite Star Wars character.
Pretty straightforward.
So new Star Wars stuff coming off, coming out, there's always spinoffs on this franchise.
It's like the biggest franchise in the history of movies.
And, you know, I'm kind of a star.
I like Star Wars.
I don't love Star Wars.
But I acknowledge Star Wars.
It's a behemoth.
You like Star Wars, right, Conrad?
All of it?
Even the bad Star Wars?
You're right.
But even that's kind of cool for what you're seeing.
It's not... I'm trying to put it into perspective.
I know it's not the best Star Wars film by long shot.
Yeah.
A new hope.
Empire Strikes Back.
Empire Strikes Back in Return of the Jedi.
Pretty complex.
I guess, I guess I have to say Han Solo.
Okay.
He's kind of the coolest by far.
Ethan.
Um, uh, what's his name McGregor you and McGregor is pretty cool Yes, yes, but I would have to say from a cool standpoint my favorite guy to watch favorite Star Wars character to watch Was probably Han Solo.
one and let's not forget about Princess Leia.
She was kind of a I Don't know gutsy.
in your face.
But she wasn't on screen as much as Han Solo.
I'm gonna say Han Solo you say
Anakin Skywalker I'll tell you who else I like and you might not like this since you don't like Phantom Menace I like Liam Neeson's character Qui-Gon
he
no he was not on screen.
He first of all when they were filming Star Wars he got a call From his taken family and his daughter was abducted so he had to lose Star Wars and get taken to save her No, but he was great at dispensing that Jedi Kind of wisdom, you know,
master Yoda says I should be mindful of the moment but not of the future But not the expense of the moment, you know all that Jedi talk Liam Neeson was great at that, but I'll say Han Solo Conrad says
Anakin Skywalker, so who do you say?
Who's your favorite Star Wars character?
Even though you're not a huge Star Wars fan, I know you know Star Wars.
You gotta chime in on this, folks.
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Let us know who your favorite Star Wars character is.
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I'm not gonna turn that down.
I might have completely forgotten about the question by then.
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It's so much fun when you guys are part of the show and it makes it more fun So who is your favorite Star Wars character?
Yeah, I I'd like to give a shout out to my dad Lost one of his marine buddies one of his best friends We just found out he passed away like a week ago and I became friends with him too and that's weird Yeah, are you friends with any of your dad or mom's friends Conrad?
like you wouldn't hang out.
No, you're not playing video games with Steve's chum.
okay This is weird there was crossover here because Pat Higgins is his name and they were in the Marines together He would visit us in our neighborhood in Chicago when we moved up to northern Wisconsin He visited us.
He went to my grandma's cottage into my dad's whole family He was his life was all about service From when he was in the Marines
Then he was kind of a party guy, kind of a fun, loving guy, decides he wants to become a priest at like age 35, which was kind of surprising.
And it didn't last long.
I always say he was probably a priest for like 10 years.
Then he did mission work after that.
Like he was all about service to others.
And Pat Higgins, love you, man.
You will be missed.
Thanks for being a great friend of my dad and letting us get to know you.
Over the years, a great soul, rest in peace.
But I did, I had the opportunity to drive up to our cottage a couple times with him from Chicago and then took a walk with him in the city once when he was there doing mission work.
I don't, I'm not saying my dad doesn't have other friends I would do that with.
But it's hard to fathom that and that's kind of a cool thing when you just go, yeah, I feel like this guy's pretty cool guy.
Even though he's friends with my dad, I don't know what stories they have together, but you know.
What I'm saying, Conrad, is I think you should get to know your parents' friends a little
Just see what you can do.
Get to know them.
Introduce them to some video games, have some philosophical discussions about spirituality and philosophy, and then you're all set.
So, I did watch... Sly Lives.
This is a good documentary if you're looking for something to watch it's on Hulu sly and the family stone Like I knew their music always like their music.
I think we have some bumper music that I just gave you To use from sly and the family stone great stuff But I didn't realize until I watched this documentary what a trendsetter he was and the influence he had on Prince and James Brown and Ray Charles and all these
like Morris Day, all these guys that just emulated Sly.
Sylvester Stewart was his real name.
And very like bright clothes and a really flamboyant kind of cool dude.
They all danced.
They had women, men, white, black, all different kinds of people in this band, which was truly a family.
And it was a really fun watch.
It's on Hulu.
It's like an hour and a half.
You get great music.
You get your classic rock and roll stuff.
They all did drugs and the band broke up at some point, but he's still alive.
Sly is like 83.
And, uh, yeah, he was a righteous dude.
So I recommend it.
All right, we're coming back.
We're gonna hear some.
It's John Travolta's birthday, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm not a huge fan, but I like him.
You can't argue with his career.
We'll hear a little from his career when we come back.
I got a clip from Welcome Back, Cotter.
You are not going to want to miss it.
This is Nightlight with Pete Chihuahua on the Civic Media Radio Network.
There's another birthday today,
Smoky Robinson.
Turns 85.
Sly Stone is 83, I think.
Smokey Robinson, 85.
Hilary Duff turns 40 today.
That's a big one, Conrad.
Hilary Duff, she's a Titan in the industry.
Spinoff?
Because of Hilary?
Napoleon or is that Haley Duff?
She's like the popular girl, yeah.
I want to say.
Also, I'd be remiss, Vanna White turned 68 today.
Another one of my exes is having a birthday this week.
by the way.
Great kid.
Oh, Haley Duff, okay.
So Hillary, oh no, Hillary Duff is the real famous one.
Sure.
I think
This is a big day for releases too.
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
I grew up watching that and Sesame Street.
Mr. Rogers dropped in 1968.
A more gentle soul who taught kids for generations, you will never find Fred Rogers.
That was a great show.
Our question tonight, folks, who is your favorite Star Wars character?
Let's not get too far off point.
It's high time we had a Star Wars question.
I feel like we probably had some type of Star Wars question
over the
last year and a half, but that's a big one.
So I say Han Solo, Conrad says Anakin, all forms of Anakin.
And we have Steve, oh got your dad's checking in Conrad.
Favorite Star Wars character is Luke Skywalker and also favorite Star Wars scene is when Luke finds out Darth Vader is his dad.
Luke, I am your father.
Great scene Steve that was to me at that point in my life That was maybe one of the biggest scenes in movie history and I remember being like whoa, and I don't think I liked it at the time either Yeah, it's hard to argue with Luke Skywalker He's a pretty cool character too not quite Han Solo cool, but it's got a lot going on has to figure it out Conrad's mom is checking in too.
She says Conrad
You would enjoy hanging out with our friends because they play golf.
There you go.
That's how Pat Higgins used to say, gulf.
He was a New Yorker.
I play golf.
I think you should do that.
I think you should get a little round robin going or some kind of scramble you
and
your folks.
There we go.
Paula Conrad, you should see the look on his face.
He looks nervous like this might happen and there's going to be this awkward.
He'll get past it, though.
Jim from Appleton says, Lando Calarissian.
Yeah, that's a good one, Jim.
So in control, followed by it wasn't me, it's not my fault.
That's a great, I forgot about Lando, Billy Dee Williams.
From the 216, we've got Yoda.
Hard to argue with Yoda.
He's kind of the king of cool.
You know, it was cool in that one movie.
It was one of the middle trilogy nobody liked, where Yoda got the lightsaber out and he was
flopping all over the room fighting Frank Langella, maybe Dooku, yeah.
And I was not, again, I was not expecting that either.
I'm like, oh, that's so cool.
Like it started, it kind of looked ridiculous.
And then all of a sudden Yoda looked like a real badass.
Thank you, 216.
That's a great text.
Andrew from Maine says, don't overlook R2-D2.
He gets away with swearing in every line and the comedy relief.
That's a very good point.
We think he's swearing.
Right.
Oh, 2-1-6 also says, I like Chewie.
It's on a nickname basis with Chewbacca.
Yes, he is.
Chewie's pretty cool.
Yeah.
And he
but you know what he's saying.
You know.
Troy from Madison says,
Ezra Bridger I Need some help from the from the Star Wars geeks on that one.
I that's that's a two-inside baseball for me And that's let's is that a character from Bridgerton?
Oh like a spin-off show.
Yeah, okay 9 to 0 says R2-D2 C3PO and Sue Sue is listening from Ocala, Florida
Thank you, Sue.
Is that another one of your family members?
Yes,
it
is.
That's like our first 10 texts.
Three of them are 30%
are
Kriegers or some DNA form.
920 also says C3PO.
That's from Uncle Dick.
Is that your fourth?
This could be a record.
Listen, this is crazy.
We had two
mats on the
show on Monday.
That's never been done before in radio history.
Now we've got four Conrad family members out of our first like 10 or 11 texts.
It's Conrad and the Family Stone.
It is.
Those are all great Craig can it checks in he's watching on the stream He says Pete Han Solo is pretty cool in a fun overconfident kind of way, but the Mandalorian is just straight up cool.
so that but that the Mandalorian wasn't in the movies, right?
No, just the TV show.
was there a Boba Fett connection there or what?
Okay,
want I've seen a couple episodes well, that's it
that's right.
Yeah, they're making a film for everything Star Wars related.
They're not letting that go I do remember I know I've said this before but I have to share it again when I went to the the Mariner theater But I was just talking about that a few minutes ago where I'll be introducing Nathan's film on Saturday I went in there and the place was
It was packed.
It was one of the Star Wars movies.
I think it was in the most recent trilogy, maybe
like 10 years ago,
I don't know.
It was packed in the noise level.
People had the costumes on and the pretend lightsabers and it was just a bit much if you ask me.
But they were going crazy and I jokingly turned to one of my friends right as the noise level died down and I said, look at all the nerds.
And you know what?
Star Wars fans, to your credit, they laughed hysterically.
Like they embraced it, you know?
It was fun.
And that's how you should watch those movies.
That's how I like to watch Star Wars.
Like, I can't get into it too much.
Is that music already?
We don't have time for our Vinnie Barbarino clip from Welcome Back Hotter on John Travolta's birthday.
Damn you, Conrad.
Don't blame me.
One of these days we're going to talk about, because I just started watching White Lotus season two.
The prosthetic penises in TV shows are off the hook.
This has got to stop.
It's really weird.
This is Pete Schwab in Nightlight.
We're coming right back with Comedian from Marinette, Wisconsin.
Jeff Cain will be here.
This is Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.
Our
question tonight, who or what is your favorite Star Wars character?
Our surprise guest.
top secret at 705 is my son Joe.
He's going to talk about this a little bit.
He thinks the Star Wars, he has an interesting thing to say about the Star Wars fan base.
So I want to hear that and I want to hear his thoughts on Captain America.
So you haven't seen it yet, right?
Are you planning on it?
Well, now that I got like two like reviews from my friends that are like, oh, it was okay.
It was kind of boring.
I don't know.
I'll still go to it because it's a Marvel film, and I love Marvel films.
The one I'm most looking forward to is Fantastic Four.
That one.
What did that come out?
That's July 20 something.
25th.
Something around there.
I'm really looking forward to that one.
All right.
Well, we'll get that at 7.05.
Nathan Deming is here at 7.20 talking about his screening of his film February in Marinette on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
The film is about an immigrant who learns how to ice fish in northern Wisconsin.
It's a really solid film.
I've seen it before.
Nathan's a great director.
And I'm not just saying that because he cast me in one of his movies.
He is a really fantastic director.
So he'll be here at 720 Joe Schwabba at 705.
And right now I'm excited to welcome our third.
Okay, we're breaking a lot of ground this week.
We had two mats on the same show on Monday.
And now we just lost Jeff.
But Jeff, our guest who's coming up right now, or as soon as we get him back, is also from Marinette, Wisconsin.
He's a stand-up comedian based in Denver and just took part in a stand-up comedy contest.
So that's a, what do you call that, a triple, a triumvirate of people with connections to Marinette on tonight's show.
I don't think that's ever been done, folks.
Don't ask me how I'm doing this.
But we are making some serious radio history this week.
And I'm very excited too because our guest yesterday I think I shared this with you con Jason moon.
Yeah founded warrior songs org Teaching vets music and playing music for vets to get them to heal and deal with their PTSD Just like he did when he got back from Iraq was on the show last night.
He was a fantastic guest very it just incredible insights into what veterans deal with and He told us that his music
or the music that he promotes from various works has saved over 30 lives and stopped over 30 veteran suicides, which is a serious issue, as you may or may not know.
But we got, I got a text from him today saying he sold some of his albums last night after being on that show.
So that is really cool.
And because I told him I felt really bad about myself after talking to him and all the stuff he's doing.
I felt ashamed of my humanness.
well.
I have I you know what kind of I wouldn't kill you to have higher standards for yourself either I I hold myself to high standards.
Do you think that?
Doing okay, and then you talk to a guy like this who's saving lives and writing music and he fought in the war.
It's like oh my god I'm talking about Vinnie Barberino on the radio, but you know we need Vinnie Barberino talk to so it was great to have Jason on though
I'm just giving you a hard time, Conrad.
I know you set the bar high for yourself, too.
Would you agree with that?
All right.
Let's get to our first guest in a series who's going to join us now over the stream.
He is originally from Marinette, Wisconsin, makes his home out in Colorado, where he does stand-up comedy.
And he joins us now on the stream with Jeff Cain.
Jeff, how are you?
Doing very well.
And how are you tonight?
You know, I knew that.
I don't know why I said Keen.
Okay, Cone.
Okay.
I don't know if you can see the stream, Jeff, but there you go.
Now we can, we were kind of getting a view of your ear.
At least I hope it was your ear.
And I don't know what I don't want to call it.
Yeah, this is
And it works.
As long as we know it's FCC approved, we can show an ear on
I
that.
Here's another thing we're doing this week, making radio history.
I don't think we've ever interviewed just an ear before.
So I think this is kind of cool, Jeff.
No, you're fine.
Your
clean.
and very funky.
So, good to have you, buddy.
glad to
How's it going?
We had you on the show several months ago.
We're from the same hometown.
I love that you're doing stand-up comedy.
You're Denver-based.
What's new in the world of stand-up comedy for you, Jeff?
Well, you know, I've just been doing a lot of one-nighter gigs kind of all over the country and sort of, you know, I'm learning on the fly that I
better start finding balance because like in one night or I'm in Connecticut, Bethel, Connecticut, which is not near any airport or anything.
And then the next night I have to be back here and then I'm off to like North Dakota and, you know, it's just kind of the grind.
And but it's really paying off because I'm doing the, you know, these hour long headliner spots.
And then when I come back home and I'm doing like, you know, a 10 minute spot or a 30.
My stuff has gotten so much sharper because of that.
That's really interesting.
Like you're saying you headline when you work the road, but you don't headline in your hometown.
Is that what I'm hearing?
It's interesting.
That's a great saying that I always used to hear when I did stand up.
It was always hardest to headline in your hometown because they always see you, you know, it takes farther to progress, I think, there because they see you as an open mic or still.
I didn't get that far into the Bible.
I think after I for I put it down.
than like
Seems kind of morbid.
I don't want to read that.
So did you willingly, all right, so we're both from Marinette, Jeff, but did you willingly, did you move to Colorado to start your stand-up comedy career there or were you there doing another gig and then you found stand-up comedy?
No, it's the latter I found stand-up comedy I think it was germinating in the back of my mind for decades But I kind of I shut it down because you know whenever I would dare to fantasize about being on stage I would go into like sweating terror because I as a kid and a young adult I had just like crippling stage fright when it came to public speaking I mean I was in band
So I was used to that stage, but I mean, I tell people this all the time.
My senior year, I was taking this English composition class and I deliberately took an F on the final project because half the grade was delivering the speech in front of the class.
So I asked the teacher even, I go, hey, let me ask you something.
If I refuse to do the spoken part, can I still pass the class?
And he goes, well,
Yeah, I mean, I'll give you a D minus because I don't want to see your ass back here again.
But like,
it's so crazy.
I've talked to so many comics since I've been doing this show.
And I guess from back in the day when I did stand up that that share those sentiments, like they were terrified to go up on stage.
Do we lose Jeff?
I think we did.
Let's see if we can get them on the phone, maybe.
there you are.
Are you back?
Yeah, whatever is easiest for you, Jeff.
You want to shoot in the chat here?
Just shoot your phone number to Conrad.
We can give you a call.
Maybe pick it up there.
OK, let me.
It'll be weird not seeing your ear, though, just hearing your voice.
But I think we'll get past
it?
You got it, Con?
All right.
So we'll call you, Jeff.
But I don't know if you could still hear me, but I wanted to ask you, like, why and have you encountered a lot of other comedians who have terrible stage fright?
That seems like a really strange dynamic there.
Yeah.
All right, we're calling Jeff.
We're gonna get him on the phone.
My guest is Jeff Cohn.
He is a stand-up comedian based in Colorado, originally from Marinette.
He is the first of three nightlight guests who has a connection to Marinette, Wisconsin.
I'm very proud of that, because that is where I live right now.
It's my adopted hometown.
I think it should be celebrated.
And I will do the same for your hometown, folks, if you're listening.
So if you know any stand-up comedians or anyone you think would be a great guest anywhere in Wisconsin, we broadcast statewide.
It would be fun.
All right, we got Jeff back.
You there, buddy?
So you were just in a contest recently.
How did that go because I saw you post on Facebook and that's when I thought oh, I got to have Jeff back on the show Do you like contests?
Are they are they fair to comedians or is it just sort of like sort of a survival instinct?
It seems like it'd be terrifying
I mean, I think the way I look at it is I love doing them because more for the the chance to meet a bunch of new comics that I don't know from around the country and
I think, like, I've always sort of known, because I used to be in this drum and bugle core thing decades ago, and we would compete all summer.
And you learn that, you know, it's all subjective opinions, so you can't take the win or lose too seriously.
But I think it's just a great opportunity to perform a quick set under tight conditions.
Yeah, that's interesting.
That makes sense.
Yeah, so do you get more nervous now when you do a contest?
I know you've done them before.
You must be like an old pro at it now.
Okay, well that
Wow, that's pretty good Do you win money for something like that or is it just like a trophy or just kind of a pat on the back?
That's not too shabby.
I worked at club in Denver like in the mid 90s.
I think it was called Whitsend.
Oh, yeah.
Is that still there?
Oh really?
Oh the guy the owner was named John Cooney.
He was a really good guy But I loved Colorado audiences and the fact that I'm saying I liked Colorado audiences should tell you that some And you I'm sure you know this but some cities are better than others when it comes to comedy.
Do you have a favorite city to work in?
Um, Sarasota, Florida, they have a club called McCurdy's, uh, comedy theater.
It's just we, we did, um, five shows there two years ago and every night it was sold out and even some of the same people came because they're like this community of retirees and they just sign up for everything.
They, they, they all go out and support the local theater and then they come to all the comedy shows and just, just a fun crowd and, um,
I really enjoyed, I briefly performed in Boston last year.
I don't
know,
It's one of my favorite comedy cities is Boston.
I know so many great comics have come out of there I Think it's cool.
You're doing what you're doing Jeff.
We're gonna take a very quick break and then we'll come back I want to find out if you have Wisconsin dates Your favorite clubs your favorite guys to work with we'll cover all that we have a few more minutes with our guest Jeff Cohn coming up after this very short
I'm Pete Chihuahua and this is Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio
Network.
Andrew
from Maine says Nightlight gets its guest base from Marinette and its listener base from Florida.
That's great.
And very true tonight for sure.
Andrew also says he got over his stage fright, talking about our guest, Jeff Cohen.
He says he got over his stage fright enough to become a standup comic.
And now you want his technology to work too?
I was just enjoying looking at Jeff's here.
Sherry from Horrican says, good evening, Pete and Conrad.
And Andrew again says, and this is for our guest, Jeff.
So Jeff, maybe you can answer this.
Andrew from Maine says, along with Favorite City to perform in, which city pays the best?
Have you encountered this where one city pays better than another?
Oh, well, as far as like cities paying, I haven't really encountered that, but I know that like my current book
I won't mention names because my booker and there's this other booker who I work with when I'm featuring, they're like very fierce rivals, but I'll just say one pays quite a bit more than the other.
I'll just leave it at that.
That's so funny.
You know what?
You just kind of took me back down memory lane.
I remember when some bookers, the comics loved and others hated them.
Like one club owner could be your best friend, but then your best friend can't stand that guy.
It's such a weird dynamic and I always remember, I don't know if it's the same way now, but Florida never paid really well.
I worked two clubs there that were really good and paid pretty well, but then there was like a coconuts chain or something that was notoriously cheap.
I don't know, I might be getting the name wrong,
I haven't.
I'd heard something about that.
I don't know if it is coconuts, but yeah, I have this friend, Vitton, who he toured all during the eighties and.
about halfway through the 90s and he was always like, oh, this sucks, man.
I could barely cover the room.
And they wouldn't put him up either.
He had to pay
his own
that.
Oh, that's horrible.
Do you know a guy named Thad Baxley?
Troy Baxley.
Troy Baxley.
That's right.
He was funny.
I think, I don't know if you'd remember me.
We did an A&E show together called Comedy on the Road, like in the 90s.
And I hung out with him just for one night.
We had a couple beers, you know, a few stolen moments, drunken kisses.
You know how it goes on the road.
But no, very good guy.
Say hello to him if you see him.
He was, and he was very funny too.
All right, so let's do this, Jeff.
Tell me the best thing and the worst thing so far for you.
Being a stand-up comedian.
What's the best thing about it and the worst thing?
Well, I think the best thing is just it has brought me out of my shell and It's just the biggest thrill not just to perform and kill in front of a crowd But when I'm like reaching deep and getting vulnerable and telling my like true stuff and then when that hits It's just like nothing on earth.
Yeah, so
I think that's the best part of it.
That's fantastic.
The worst thing, it's completely destroyed any social life I would have outside of comedy.
But you can
have a pretty good social life in comedy, though, right?
Yeah.
You can have a pretty good social life within comedy.
I'm sure you have great friends that are comedians, so that's gonna be kind of
Absolutely.
I mean, yeah.
In fact, one of your questions I think you mentioned was like,
favorite people to work with and i just got off the road with uh... good friend of mine named on sprecken uh... he featured for me this time but we're in that we're not on the road in his car for six hours one day seven hours the next cheese uh... and we're just cutting it up and getting deep into philosophical stuff and then joking around and stuff and it's just
That part of the, yeah, you're right, the social life within comedy is just great.
That's
fantastic.
Do you have any Wisconsin dates we can look forward to?
Do you like coming back to Wisconsin to do stand-up, or even Marinette?
Okay.
Oh, that's kind of cool.
Oh, absolutely.
I'd love to help you put some butts in the seats if we can do that.
And I book a
Yearly gig in Marinette that we'll have to talk next year.
It's it's like a local fundraiser, but it would be fun to have you up there, too So
yeah, so we'll do that.
We'll keep talking keep up the great work Jeff Congrats on doing so well in that contest Sounds like you're kind of on your way, and you you're in a great comedy town, too So keep up the great work and keep us posted.
Okay We'll
all right fantastic.
That's Jeff Kohn look for him
I found some clips on YouTube.
He's on YouTube, and he sent us that clip.
We'll have to get to that.
I was talking too much earlier.
And Andrew's ripping.
He's taking shots at me from behind his phone.
He says, doing great with names tonight, Pete.
There is a car dealer in Marinette that I thought, I thought Jeff was related to.
Same pronunciation, same name spelling, and he says Kane.
I thought that he was related to the guy.
I was obviously not.
Correct.
But thank you, Andrew.
Please continue to pick out our faults here.
That's how we get better, my friend.
Should we just start calling Andrew Drew?
I like it.
Remember Andy from the office?
Yeah.
It's Drew.
And Jim would be like, I'm not calling you that.
Do we have time for Vinny Barberino?
Oh, come on, man.
You're killing me, Con.
All right.
After the news, folks.
We're going to have my son, Joe Schwabba, a big Marvel fan, a Star Wars fan.
He's got a couple of thoughts on both of those that I thought we should put on the air because I'm trying to, like, Conrad's generation, Joe's in that generation.
They're both Gen Z. I know I have some listeners in Gen Z, but I want to get their opinion, too, on what we're doing here.
And tonight's question.
Get in on the fun.
Who is your favorite or what is your favorite Star Wars character?
Nathan Deming coming up at 7.20, talking about his screening in Marinette on Saturday 2.
All things Marinette tonight, folks.
Let's get, let's get all about community.
It's Pete Schwab and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio
Network.
