Barr Band Friday & Green and Gold (Hour 2)

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Barr Band Friday & Green and Gold (Hour 2)

Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach · Fri Feb 28, 2025

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Pete Schwabba (Host)

Welcome to Night Light.

Good evening, Wisconsin.

Great to have you with me on this Friday night as we say goodbye to yet another week here in February.

Hope you had a great week.

Hope you had a great day.

And having said all that, I hope we can help you relax a little bit and escape as we charge into Friday night on Nightlight.

The Friday night edition, Conrad Krieger is riding shotgun as usual.

What is that baseball hat you have on there, buddy?

Conrad Krieger

Oh, it's a Milwaukee Berzer hat.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Like a throwback.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's interesting.

Conrad Krieger

It's a trucker hat.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Oh, I love it.

Like a good trucker hat.

Conrad Krieger

How

Pete Schwabba (Host)

you doing tonight?

Conrad Krieger

You know, it's the last day of February.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Indeed.

It's the

Conrad Krieger

28th.

So that means tomorrow is rent for me.

So that sucks.

I don't have three extra days like I did last month, but I'll

Pete Schwabba (Host)

survive.

Well, you could do a lot worse.

I think March 1st is great.

I know March 21st is like the first day of spring, but March 1st kind of feels like the first day of spring just because I feel like in March you have a potential, you have a chance for better weather.

Yeah.

Even though March can really suck too, weather-wise, but you never know what can happen.

Hey, we got a great show tonight, folks, here at Nightlight.

We have three guests.

all incredibly interesting people.

And I'm very excited to have all of them on the show.

At 6.35, joining me tonight will be James P. Connolly.

James is a stand-up comedian based in California.

He will be here.

We first were made aware of James about two weeks ago.

Our pal Tim Cote was on the show.

He's the president of the Northeast Wisconsin Fox Valley Veterans Council.

and told us that James is gonna host the veterans ball, which is coming up March 7th.

So James is gonna fly in and do that.

He's a former Marine and he's now a standup comedian.

We'll hear a little bit of his comedy in a few minutes.

Very funny guy.

We'll have James here at 635 to talk to him a little bit about his career as a comedian and what he expects here in the Fox Valley and Green Bay when he hosts the, I think it's called the prohibition ball.

But that's the theme this year.

So they're doing a whole prohibition theme.

It sounds like a lot of fun And we'll talk to James about that at 635 then our pal Anders Linwall will be here He's the director of the film green and gold and I you know I just reached out to him yesterday said I would love to have you on the show just to talk about where you're at with things Like the film I think it keeps getting extended in theaters, which is always a good sign means it's making some money and We'll talk to him about where he's at because we had him on

What was it Conrad, like five or six weeks ago, maybe?

Conrad Krieger

Yeah, around the start of January.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Right.

Right before the film came out.

So it'll be fun to talk to him and get his perspective on where things are at now.

And I'm sure he's excited to talk about that.

So we'll talk to Anders at 7.05.

And then guess what, ladies and gentlemen?

Not only is it Friday, which makes it a great night on its own.

It's also a bar band Friday night with our pal.

Max St.

Coast, Terry Barr.

She will be here.

She's bringing music from two artists tonight and they are both really good.

She sent us four songs.

We had to pick one from each because of the time allotment we have.

We probably should have given ourselves a little more time tonight because it would have been fun to play both songs from each artist.

Robert Jay will be featured tonight and Laura Sawasco.

I think I'm saying that right.

We'll have to

Talk to terry about the proper pronunciation, but terry will be here at 735 for barband friday night Great artists who are both going to be on max inc radio tomorrow night from six to midnight on the network on the civic media radio network So lots of great guests tonight lots of fun stuff.

Maybe some prizes We don't have anything planned, but you never know we could end up giving prizes away.

It could happen So it's good that you're here Let's get Conrad.

Let's get to our uh

Our question of the night, it's a good one.

Let's talk about the question.

Okay, question.

Question.

Conrad Krieger

Question.

Pregunta.

Question.

Question.

Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Question.

Questions.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Do you read the terms and conditions before you click the yes, I accept box?

This happened to me yesterday.

I do online banking.

And just to log in and access my account, I had to read like 17 pages.

And it was a tiny little change they wanted to make.

So I did glance at it, but I have to be honest.

I rarely read those because sometimes the documents are like 30 pages.

So that's our question of the night.

You could be signed in your life away.

You have no idea.

Although I think.

a class action lawsuit would be forthcoming if they screwed over too many people.

But they do want you to read terms and conditions and click the box before you can access your account or a new thing with your spectrum.

It could be anything.

It's not just banking.

You get a cell phone or you get a cell phone plan.

You have to read everything.

And I'm always worried.

I always have in the back of my mind.

Then at the very bottom on the 35th page it says and if you click this box, we get all your money That's my big fear I Don't think they can get away with that But I think we all have our fears if we don't So sometimes what I'll do too folks is I'll read I'll just scroll So if they're tracking it makes it look like I read it so they know not to mess with me I don't think they're that scared so that's our question of the night

Do you read terms and conditions before you click the box?

I would imagine most people don't.

It's way too much to read.

Just yesterday, a small issue with my online banking, just to sign into my account, it was like, it was like, I think it was 12 pages.

It was a three page document, then a nine page document.

And they wanted me to read the whole thing.

And I wasn't going to do that.

What do you do account?

Do you read that stuff?

Conrad Krieger

I mean, maybe if I think it's important, but...

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Well, what a good citizen you

Conrad Krieger

are.

The one that takes me off is that you have to scroll to click the box.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Well, yeah.

Conrad Krieger

You can't just click the box.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Right.

Oh, I see what you're saying.

Right.

You

Conrad Krieger

have to scroll and then it's like 40 pages and you just have to keep scrolling until it gets to the bottom.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

And I'm sure they do that for legal purposes to cover their butts.

Conrad Krieger

Yeah.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

You know.

But yeah, I don't uh I'll glance at it like if I think it's something they can screw me over with I'll give it extra attention But no way do I read every single document?

It's impossible and the print is tiny.

It's like they don't want you to read it So that's our question tonight folks, let us know do you read terms and conditions before you proceed or and click the box?

Like AT&T or Verizon or USA banking

or spectrum.

Anytime they update something, you have to sign off on it.

Do you read those terms and conditions?

855-752-4842-855-75CIVIC.

You can also get ahold of us on the Civic Media app, which is very easy to use.

If you don't have it, you should.

You can take it with you and take all your Civic Media hosts with you right in your pocket.

Conrad, how can people watch the radio tonight if they so choose?

Conrad Krieger

Yeah, so if you want to watch the radio live, you can go to Facebook, Nightlight with Beechwaba, WISS, or WGBW.

On YouTube, it's Civic Media or WGBW.

And on Twitter, it is WGBW or Civic Media.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

Get ahold of us in any way you can, folks, but get ahold of us.

And give us a like or a follow if you are so inclined and feeling generous.

It's always nice to have a little social media love.

This was a big blackout today.

Um, there was a big protest nationwide.

People wanted to, um, or they were encouraging every American not to shop or spend money today.

And I went along with it.

I didn't spend a dime and I thought, well, this can't hurt if I don't spend money.

It helps me.

I got gas last night before I went home.

So I wonder what, have you seen those social media posts?

I didn't.

Yeah.

You're not supposed to spend money.

And I don't think you were supposed to post.

on any social media platform, which is tough.

That's tougher to me than not spending money.

So it'll be interesting to see how that all plays out, because I know a lot of people are really passionate about it on Facebook and X and Blue Sky, but we'll see what the results were.

Kind of an interesting thing.

I like a good old fashioned protest.

We've got such a fun show.

I don't even know where to start here.

So do you read terms and conditions before you check the box?

You have to really but do you read them?

I know you check the box, but do you read them?

That's our question of the night Phone lines are open folks, right?

We got the phones situated, right?

Yeah, eight five five seven five two four eight four two We got a text I love this Brian from Milwaukee has texted us the last couple nights in the middle of the night He listens from four to six a.m

I think he said he's a truck driver, unless I'm confusing him with someone else.

But he said his favorite Gene Hackman film was The Poseidon Adventure.

So, oh, and then this is funny, Rob Thomas, who was on the show last night talking about Gene Hackman's death.

When I said The Poseidon Adventure, remember that I was trying to describe to Rob that Gene Hackman was holding onto that huge steel wheel and trying to turn it so everybody could get out?

The comedian that opened for Pat Nozwald last night talked about that scene.

A half an hour after Rob was on the show.

He texted me later.

He's like, this is crazy.

Conrad Krieger

That's awesome.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

So yeah, I got a kick out of that.

But more crazy circumstances surrounding his death, they're thinking that he and his wife and his dog were found.

They think they might have been dead for as many as 10 days.

SPEAKER_??

Wow.

Pete Schwabba (Host)

He had a pacemaker and it hadn't made any activity.

I don't think since February 17th.

So there were no signs of carbon monoxide poisoning like people initially might have thought So there is suspicion And I don't I don't know what could possibly have happened or why You would like if there's foul play involved a 95 year old guy and a 70 year old wife and Their dog I don't get it.

So maybe something is a foul here

We'll find out.

I hope we do.

But that was surprising.

I thought they would just find out that it was some kind of gas leak or something, and that would be that, but apparently not.

Now, I want to share with everybody something, too.

I went to watch French Connection last night, yesterday afternoon, actually, just to kind of see some Gene Hackman before I went into the studio yesterday and did the show.

And I found Cinema Box.

And I love this.

It's an app and it was free.

Like they wanted to charge me for French connection on all the other apps, Amazon, Apple TV, whatever.

It was free in a cinema box.

And I didn't, I got like 35 minutes in, no commercials.

So check out that app.

If you're looking for a new app, you don't have to sit through those annoying commercials.

We're gonna talk about a lot of stuff, folks.

We got Shelley Long.

I got some Shelley Long talk.

You can't miss that.

We'll read your text, and then we're going to hear a little bit from our first guest tonight, James P. Connelly.

We'll hear a little sampling of his standup.

It's Pete Schwabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Do you read terms and conditions before you click the box or do you just click the box and get on with your day?

That is tonight's question 855-752-484-2855-75 civic.

That is our question of the night.

And Jameson from Pennsylvania checks in.

Where is pencil?

Jamison is in the 814 I think that's

James P. Connolly

outside of

Pete Schwabba (host)

Philly, but I'm not sure Jamison says I'll say this they don't want you to read them because it's astonishing what we sign away But I never do for jobs rentals and normal stuff.

I do but never all the other garbage That's kind of how I feel too.

Yeah, if you're gonna sign you're a contract for a job or something like that I'm with you Jamison

He says, I either want it or need it, insurance, phone, whatever.

So I sign away my privacy, data, and likely a kidney.

Joke is on them.

I drank too much when I was younger.

Well, good for you.

That's a nice middle finger, Jameson.

Way to get back at them.

Thank you for the text.

We have a caller, Conrad?

Conrad (contributor)

Yeah, it's Brian from Milwaukee.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Brian from Milwaukee, our middle of the night listener who likes the Poseidon adventure.

Brian, how are you?

I'm

Brian from Milwaukee (caller)

good.

How are you guys?

I know I'm not a truck driver.

That text probably just went through late because I, I sent it through nearing like the half, maybe, maybe last half an hour of the show.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Okay.

That's all right.

Good to hear from you at those crazy hours.

How you doing tonight?

Good.

How are you guys?

Great

Brian from Milwaukee (caller)

choice.

Always a lovely to me to just unwind.

But, uh, yeah, to answer the question.

I agree with you guys.

And that was completely what I was thinking was it depends on what I'm signing or reading.

You know, if

James P. Connolly

it's like

Brian from Milwaukee (caller)

cookies for a, you know, on a webpage or something like that, fine, you know, you have to click on.

But it depends on if it's like something financial or important, then I'm definitely going to read them, you know, or for a job.

So it

Pete Schwabba (host)

really

Brian from Milwaukee (caller)

depends what it is that I'm just clicking or signing away, you know.

Pete Schwabba (host)

That's exactly what.

Jameson said and I'm with you if it's crazy important or something that could cost you a lot of money

Brian from Milwaukee (caller)

Right,

Pete Schwabba (host)

exactly.

And if someone screws me over I go to a different cell phone company or a cancel spectrum, whatever That's just the consequences, but I can't read right 50 pages worth of documents, you know That's great.

Well, hey whenever you listen to us, buddy It's it's great to have you whether it's from six to eight or four to six Thanks for listening and thanks for the call.

No problem.

Thanks.

All right.

Have a great night, Brian

That's Brian from Milwaukee.

He is not a trucker.

Let's make that painfully clear.

Let's make that clear.

Never let me refer.

I don't know who I was thinking of.

We got some text after hours, and it said trucker, unless that was the last

Conrad (contributor)

name.

Yeah, we did get a text from Bud and Jamesville from at 4.23 a.m.

Oh,

Pete Schwabba (host)

maybe that's what I was.

Is Bud a truck driver?

Conrad (contributor)

He might be, yeah.

Pete Schwabba (host)

I'm obsessed with this truck driver who's texting us at crazy hours.

So please identify yourself and we will give you some kudos.

James P. Connolly is our guest at 635.

He will be here shortly, but let's hear a little bit of his comedy.

I thought this was really funny.

This is from a Drybar comedy special he did.

He's hosting the Northeast Wisconsin Veterans Prohibition Ball on March 7th and he'll be here at 635.

Let's hear some James Connolly.

James P. Connolly

It started murmuring, but hey, I think we need to get guns.

Now, I know this is the United States of America, right?

We have a Second Amendment.

Everybody has the right to bear arms, right?

Second Amendment, everybody has the right to bear arms.

But it really depends on what state you live in.

How that happens, right?

Because in California, we have the Home Invasion Law.

If somebody breaks into your house, you can legally shoot them.

In Texas, it's called the Home Invitation Law.

You can actually invite people over to your house just to shoot them, but that's Texas.

I think it's called Second Amendment Plus is what they have there now.

But here's my theory on home defense.

If you are a gun owner and you know how to use the gun, thank you.

Thank you.

The problem is I have male friends who buy weapons.

They've never touched the gun before in their life.

They've never fired it.

But they believe in the middle of the night that gun is going to magically transform them into the call of duty legend they were born to be.

moment of truth strikes, you're gonna stagger out of bed in your tidy whiteies, grab a weapon you've never fired before, shoot down the hallway, come cool and collected with your perfect movie sound mind and go, shh, what else, not just cupcake.

I don't own a gun if somebody breaks into my house and I hear, shh, that's my spine and sphincter saying goodbye to each other.

anti-gun.

I'm just pro baseball bat.

That's how I do it.

Where are my baseball bat defenders of freedom out there?

Absolutely.

The baseball bat could be the perfect home defenseman because guess what?

Any idiot in this room will swing a baseball bat because you don't have to be baseball good to defend your home, do you?

No, you do not.

You just have to be pinata good is all you have to be.

As a matter of fact, the bigger spaz you or the deadly

you appear.

Pete Schwabba (host)

How about the laugh of that woman?

I didn't catch that when I cut the clip or when I found the clip.

I was like, it's very painfully obvious now, though.

Conrad (contributor)

I noticed it instantly.

I was like, this is too good not to not to come

Pete Schwabba (host)

out.

I think it's because I was watching him.

Yeah.

Video.

I didn't notice the laugh.

But wow, that is something.

All right.

So before we go to the news, I want to do this.

I'm going to give my little Oscar predictions here.

I still have two films to watch.

I'm gonna try to muscle through the brutalists tonight.

I don't know that I'm gonna be able to see, I'm still here.

I may have to drive to Green Bay tomorrow and catch it in a theater or something, but I'm gonna say best picture, Conclave.

I'm gonna stick with what I've read, the statistic that says in the last 30 years, the film that has won the best cast ensemble.

has won the best picture that's during the SAG Awards, has won best picture during the Oscars 26 out of 30 years.

So if that holds true, Conclave will win.

That's all I'm basing it on.

I liked the movie.

I thought Conclave was good.

And I think it has everything Academy voters kind of want.

A great cast, pretty good script, big twist at the end.

So I'm gonna say Conclave.

I'm gonna say Demi Moore is gonna win Best Actress for the Substance, which I absolutely hated.

And didn't particularly, I've seen Demi Moore in stuff where she was better than in that film.

But she just seems to be the odds on favor.

And I'm gonna say Timothy Chalamet will win Best Actor.

I think he would be the youngest actor ever.

Then I just say that the other night, were we talking with someone?

Rob Thomas, maybe?

Yeah, yeah.

He would be the youngest actor ever to win the Best Actor.

Conrad (contributor)

He's he is he past 25 now or I'll to look his age 30

Pete Schwabba (host)

30 I might be wrong.

Conrad (contributor)

Well,

Pete Schwabba (host)

I mean anyway, I think go ahead

Conrad (contributor)

I said I would I might be the youngest so that that's something to look forward to

Pete Schwabba (host)

you would be the youngest actor for sure So there you go Timothy Xiaomi to me more and conclave I will give you supporting actors and directors

wins throughout the show.

So don't go away.

Sean P. Connolly.

I'm sorry, James P. Connolly.

Coming up next after the news, we're going to talk some comedy.

It's Pete Schwabba in Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.

It's always like this graphic.

I thought you took a powder.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, we're good.

Okay.

Be nice if you could acknowledge that.

You could talk Conrad.

He's giving me a thumbs up.

So polite.

Our question of the night, ladies and gentlemen, is do you read terms and conditions before you check the box or do you just check the box?

Most of the time, I just check the box.

Unless like some of our textures have said it's something really important or like a home loan or a new car or a job or something like that then you read the fine print But let me know if that is something you guys do or if you just gloss over it and check the box and go to it Director Anders Linwall is here at 705 the director of green and gold We will discuss the success of his film and how he feels about it He was on the show a few weeks ago before the film came out and we'll catch up with him

in about a half an hour, and then it is a bar band Friday night.

Terry Barr will be here, co-host of Max Inc Radio.

She will be bringing new music and sparkling conversation like she does every week here on Nightlight.

Right now, it is my pleasure to welcome to the show for the first time a comedian who is hosting a very cool event here in Northeast Wisconsin next week, and we will talk to him about that in his career and all things cool.

James P. Connelly joins us.

Hi, James.

James P. Connelly (guest)

Hey, it has to go.

I have slightly intimidated because you have an upcoming guest who's going to engage in sparkling conversation.

I don't know if I can offer that to you right now.

Listen,

Pete Schwabba (host)

I've been prepared.

I'm not expecting that out of you.

I've seen your act, and it's great.

So I think you'll

James P. Connelly (guest)

dazzle us one really.

I appreciate

Pete Schwabba (host)

that.

For sure.

It's great to meet you, buddy.

Uh-oh.

Did we?

Did James freeze?

Vessit down the road.

I appreciate that.

Oh, there you go.

We got you back.

I think he just froze just temporarily there, James.

It's great to have

James P. Connelly (guest)

you.

You know, I'm in... Thanks, man.

I'm in a hotel, so I am subject to the Wi-Fi gods of the mod equality of hotel Wi-Fi.

So if I disappear, it is nothing personal, and I'm happy to be

Pete Schwabba (host)

on this show.

That's good to know.

We'll just keep your phone number handy in case, but it's great to have you.

And before we

James P. Connelly (guest)

jump in... It's like

Pete Schwabba (host)

I'm telling God.

Conrad, do we have James?

I think we should call him.

James P. Connelly (guest)

I hear you now.

I do hear you now.

Oh, you got

Pete Schwabba (host)

us now.

All right, we'll keep trying.

This is a really cool event you're coming to Wisconsin for, James.

And welcome in advance.

It'll be great to have you.

I had Tim Cote on the president of the Northeast Wisconsin Veterans Council.

Great guy.

He referred us to you because you're hosting this amazing event they have coming up.

Before we get to that, tell me a little bit about...

How you got started and stand up give us a little background Uh-oh James wasn't kidding when he said there'd be no sparkling conversation because we can't hear him But I'm sure what he's saying is awesome.

Let's get James number Conrad and we'll see if we can do this over the phone Yeah, and because I really want to hear what he's saying Sounds good.

All right fantastic James.

We'll we're gonna call you

Or we could just keep doing this like it's an improv game or something.

If you're watching on the stream, that's the exchange you saw.

James P. Connelly is with us.

We'll get James on the phone so we can actually hear him.

He's doing a really cool event for the Northeast Wisconsin Veterans March 7th.

So that will be fun and it'll be exciting to have James here in Wisconsin.

He is coming to us from...

California at the moment, and we will get all these little issues ironed out and get him on the phone.

Conrad, let us know when we have him.

James P. Connelly (guest)

Sounds

Pete Schwabba (host)

good.

So our question of the night, folks, is do you read terms and conditions before you sign your life away, before you check the box?

Do you read terms and conditions?

I do for some stuff.

I don't always.

If I don't think it's anything that important, I won't read it because sometimes it's like 30 pages.

And sometimes I don't think I would understand it anyway.

So I say mostly I do not.

Conrad said he does not, but what do you say?

There are no wrong answers, folks.

They're only your answers.

You can also text us on the stream or over the app.

It's very easy to use.

Just click the little icon.

So I gave my Oscar picks.

You guys are welcome to share.

If you have Oscar picks or you'd like to make a pick or...

make some type of statement about the Oscars that you think you might see.

Let me know.

I think Conclave is going to bring home Best Picture.

And I'm basing that on the fact that I've seen eight of the films.

I've got two movies to watch before Sunday.

But I think Conclave just has that like, speaking of checking boxes, check every box Oscar field.

So I'm going to say Conclave for Best Picture.

And I picked Demi Moore.

For best actress only because there's a huge buzz.

I didn't really like the substance To me more is a good actress She worthy of an Oscar.

Sure.

I didn't really see it in this movie But that does happen sometimes people just there's hype people become the favorite and it happens So I I'm gonna predict to me more will win the Oscar for her best actress and then I'm gonna say I Predicted that Timothy Chalamet will win the actor the best actor Oscar

for a complete unknown, which I did enjoy and he was very good.

And I don't know that he was better than any of the other nominees necessarily, but he did learn how to play the guitar and he learned how to sing and it took him five years to prepare for the role.

So I think he's going to win Best Actor.

Share your picks with me if you want, 855-752-4842.

I will give my Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor predictions throughout the show and Best Director.

uh do we have uh do we have James back yes yes we do oh awesome james how are you doing you there i

James P. Connelly (guest)

am my hair you guys tell me i feel badly

Pete Schwabba (host)

oh don't feel bad we this happens you know what it happens frequently um when people are in hotels you just never know what you're going to get so i appreciate you sticking with us thanks so much

James P. Connelly (guest)

oh hey not not not a problem and i think the top of the biggest problem is this clearly reflects the

quality of hotel that I stay when I travel on the road.

So I'm a little bit embarrassed.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Hard to believe the Motel 6 doesn't have a better wireless

James P. Connelly (guest)

apparatus.

My career is at the, you know, it's at the three bar Wi-Fi level.

I haven't hit the four bar Wi-Fi career plateau.

So maybe someday I'll come back and I will call you with that like four star Hilton Garden in quality audio.

Pete, I'm sorry.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Well, I hope you get to do that for you.

We don't need that.

We can hear you fine.

And it's just great

James P. Connelly (guest)

to have you on the

Pete Schwabba (host)

show.

And I remember when I did stand up in the 90s, it was like, you know, you just kind of kept your fingers crossed when you went to a club for the first time.

And it's like, well, it's either going to be a Radisson or a Crap Hole or something in between.

You just never know what you're going to get.

But I hope they're taking care of you when you come to Northeast Wisconsin to do this veterans ball you're hosting on March 7.

James P. Connelly (guest)

I am being taken care of a wonderful organization, Fox Valley Veterans Council.

They've been nothing but nothing so disciplined and so detailed because they're veterans.

They're talking to them and planning.

It's like the opposite of comedy.

You know, Pete, it's like in the world of comedy, it's chaos and passive aggressive behavior and just things that don't work.

And these guys are just, everything is locked in.

So I am looking forward.

I mean, I'm not going to lie to you, Wisconsin in March, early March.

It's a thrill to die.

I'm a California kid, so I have experienced it once before I came out, did a show in the Dells in the wintertime.

And as far as I have to turn, it was just Wisconsin's way of giving me a glimpse of what the earth will look like when it can no longer sustain life.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Well, I'm glad we can help you out with that.

James P. Connelly (guest)

I don't fear the end times anymore because of Wisconsin.

SPEAKER_??

Thank you.

Pete Schwabba (host)

So where are you in California?

Are you in LA?

James P. Connelly (guest)

You know, I visit LA for 25 years.

Matter of fact, we have a mutual friend.

Rob Brackenridge is a good buddy of mine.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Oh, yeah.

James P. Connelly (guest)

Yeah, so I've met him out in LA.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Yeah, I met Rob.

Rob lives here now, as you probably know, but I live in the Marinette area originally from Chicago, but I left Chicago to go to LA.

and lived out there for about 14 years.

I met Rob in LA of all places.

And there are a few guys like that who I never met in Wisconsin or Chicago, but I made friends with them in LA.

So it's crazy that that's what it takes.

But he's a great guy.

James P. Connelly (guest)

He's a great guy.

And so yeah, I've been in LA for 25 years.

I just relocated to beautiful North County, San Diego.

But I'm calling you here from San Luis Obispo.

I'm at the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival.

So just having a good time here in Central California.

Pete Schwabba (host)

Very nice and you you pick the one area in America that has better weather than LA so congrats on that as well

James P. Connelly (guest)

Yeah, we killed it down there

Pete Schwabba (host)

Yeah, what James can you give us some background like how did you get started in comedy?

James P. Connelly (guest)

So I have a very unique origin story I used to be in the Marine Corps before I did stand-up comedy and I was actually in Desert Storm and my colonel

wanted to have like a roast style dinner because they had a lot of new reserve officers being attached to it.

So he wanted to kind of roast everybody that formed some unit integrity.

So he called me in and I was probably known as being as close to a smart alec that you can be and still maintain dignity in the Marine Corps uniform.

And so they want me to write jokes.

So I was basically given an order by my commanding officer to write jokes and make him funny in 48 hours.

So I had to turn in the jokes and I turned them in and then there was a knock on my door and it was my boss telling me that the Colonel needed to see me and I thought, oh, geez, I crossed the line and this is it.

I'm dead.

And I go in there and he wanted, he asked me like tips, like, how did you see this line being delivered?

So I just, yeah.

So I showed him, he did great.

He killed and I said, all right, if I survive this, I'm going to start standing comedy.

So I think I'm the only person that was given a lawful command.

to be funny.

Pete Schwabba (host)

I think you're going to say he made you like a two-star general or something because it went over so well, but that's a fantastic.

James P. Connelly (guest)

No, no, no.

Look where I ended up.

I'm ended up at a mid-level quality hotel with marginal Wi-Fi.

So no, not that good, people, almost.

Pete Schwabba (host)

All right.

Well, thank you for your service, by the way.

And also, I want to ask you, it must be great having that background, military service background, the Marine Corps, to do.

comedy in front of other veterans.

How much of your act, James, do you tailor to a crowd like the one you're going to have on March 7th?

Other veterans?

James P. Connelly (guest)

You know, it is really great to perform with veterans or military crowds.

I've done a lot of shows overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's just a real pleasure to get out and do that.

I don't tailor it that much.

It's just more of a sense of knowing.

You just kind of know what they've done and you know what they've been through.

And it's just, it's really fun.

to get out and give back when I can, however I can, to a military and veteran organization, particularly like the Fox Valley Veterans Council.

They're just doing such good work helping people with the emergency fund and veterans that need realistic, now-life needs, car payments and mortgages and housing and dental and things like that.

For me, it's just an honor to jump up and be ridiculous.

remind everybody that their taxpayers' dollars were wasted on me, but that's okay.

I'm here to give

Pete Schwabba (host)

back.

James P. Connolly is my guest.

He is a stand-up comedian and former Marine who is hosting the Fox Valley Veterans Prohibition Ball March 7th.

You probably don't have this information, James, but do you know if there are still tickets available?

James P. Connelly (guest)

No, Pete.

I absolutely have that information in front of me.

There are available.

I think that they have standard tickets and they have VIP tickets.

And I believe there's like 12 standard tickets and like 23 VIP tickets left.

And with the VIP tickets, and this is the part that kills me, you get early entry, you get top shelf beverages, food in the vault, speakeasy bar.

with me before the show so part of the value of the ticket is that you get to spend time with me and my promise is if you spend extra money for this good cause uh... whatever the difference in ticket price between standard and yet the i will give you at least one dollars worth of my time above and beyond the ticket price so it'll it will be almost like making money if you think if you do the math but that's my commitment to you and so for the extra ten bucks i'm gonna give you eleven dollars worth of me

Pete Schwabba (host)

Well, that's very generous.

I appreciate that, as I'm sure all the vet, that almost makes me wish I were a veteran, James.

I'm not going to lie.

James P. Connelly (guest)

Pete, if you were willing to subject yourself to the type of torture that military people go through to spend time with me, I'm questioning whether or not you should be serving our country.

I'm going to be honest with you.

That's a lot to

Pete Schwabba (host)

do.

I appreciate that.

We have to do a very quick break.

I just want to say we heard some of your stand up.

in the second segment we just kind of teased your appearance and I the joke you do about guns is hilarious but I love a joke you also did before that where you were talking about buying underwear that had uh like a the thing in the front but you but

James P. Connelly (guest)

yeah

Pete Schwabba (host)

well how do I I don't even know how to say that but you you called it like a

Fire code violation.

James P. Connelly (guest)

Fire code violation.

Yeah, that's a true story.

That's actually a true

Pete Schwabba (host)

story.

Oh, God, that's a gorgeous joke.

All right, James P. Connelly is here.

He's a comedian and former Marine.

He's going to be hosting here in northeast Wisconsin, March 7th.

The Fox Valley Veterans Prohibition Ball will have more with James in just a minute after this very short break.

It's Pete Schwabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media radio

James P. Connelly (guest)

network.

James P. Connelly

Welcome

Pete Schwabba

back.

Pardon me.

Anders Lindowall will be here at 7.05 talking about his film, Green and Gold.

And it's a Barman Friday night.

Terry Barr pops by at 7.35.

Always fun here on Nightlight on a Friday.

Extra fun, if you will.

I like to think, I don't know, Conn.

Don't you think we have fun here on Mondays too, on Tuesdays?

And the most fun on the Christmas Eve.

of weekdays thursdays baby that's what it's all about hey we have a great guest on the phone right now with us he is uh he's slumming it at a four seasons that has bad internet and he's nice enough to give us a call anyway uh james p connelly uh california-based comedian who is hosting the fox valley veterans ball here on march 7th he's a former marine and a really funny guy

Check out James's work and you can learn more about him if you're interested in going to the veterans ball on March 7th There are still tickets according to James and VIP tickets And you can check out it's worth it to go just to see James alone check out his website James P Connelly TV and James I want to ask you you had a dry bar comedy special those are great and You know if you like clean comedy, you know, I don't even think you can

Drop an S-bomb, right, on a dry bar?

James P. Connelly

Oh, Pete, you have no idea.

There's clean comedy, and then there is Probo Utah clean comedy.

And they really break down the difference when you're there.

So it is, it is, I mean, if you work clean, it's great.

But some of us who work clean, you still have to be conscious of certain things.

So yeah, it was, but you know, the audiences are so happy, and they're so excited, and they are just there for comedy.

So the Drive-R specials, it's a pleasure to do them.

Pete Schwabba

You know, I was going to ask you about that because the clip we played earlier, they're just such a great crowd.

Are they like that when they go in there just expecting to laugh?

Like, do they enter with the right mindset?

Or do you have to win them over?

Or is it already kind of done given the environment?

James P. Connelly

Actually, I'm going to go and credit myself.

I'm that talented.

That's what I brought out of those people.

They were dead when I walked in there.

The other comedians.

Pete Schwabba

They were all sad.

James P. Connelly

I really, it's me.

It's how what I do to people.

It's, you know what?

I dare I say it was my sparkling conversation.

Pete is what it was.

It was a sparkling conversation.

I think

Pete Schwabba

you must not have been over the

James P. Connelly

Internet.

It's still it's still, you know, your comedian is still you got to go do it.

And, you know, but they're they're waiting for you.

And if you if you if you deliver, then they respond in kind.

So it's really good.

Pete Schwabba

That's great.

You have on your website to a quote that says.

a comedian, everyone can be, or comedy, everyone can be a fan of.

Is that because you're clean or just pretty damn funny, James?

James P. Connelly

Well, both.

Actually, you want the truth?

It's just because the people at Drybar put that up there.

So I guess that's them saying that everyone can enjoy my comedy.

And the only people that can't is if they were listening to me earlier when I called you in with a bad Wi-Fi.

Then everyone cannot enjoy me because even I couldn't hear me.

Pete Schwabba

Well, listen, it was, even though the screen froze, it was nice to, you got a nice face, you know, you have a very welcoming and open face.

And I think people would even just like to see that, James.

And that's clean too.

James P. Connelly

Well, you know what, Pete, if you pay for a VIP ticket, you can stare at my clean, welcoming face.

And to speak easy of all, March 7th, the prohibition ball of Fox Valley Veterans Council and Oscars Wisconsin, it's just a matter of buying a VIP ticket and you can stare directly into my clean, fresh, welcoming face.

Pete Schwabba

If Tim Cody is listening, he has got to appreciate the plugs we are giving this thing.

We're trying to pack the place.

James P. Connelly

I'm glad you do this too.

I take great comedic joy in how many times I can drop things in a conversation if I have to plug.

If you tell me, I just, I almost got, I used to be a tour guide at Universal Studios and they used to make us talk about the sponsor, Texaco.

you know and and they kept pushing it and I I decided to try to it bothered me so I decided to rebel by dropping Texaco as many times as I could in that universe of studios tour guide and I would always refer to it as Texaco star of the American road and I

Pete Schwabba

would said that

James P. Connelly

at nauseam and I thought I was being a smart alec and rebelling and then afterwards I got a note from someone telling me uh what a wonderful chore god was on there he

so committed, developed to pitching our brand.

And I was like, I don't even rebel.

Well, Texaco loved me.

Pete Schwabba

Well done.

We used to, I spent so much time at universals.

I used to take my universal.

We lived like a mile and a half from there.

I used to take my son there and we would do the Terminator stuff and they had a Simpsons ride.

Like when were you there?

And my last question for you, James, was your military, you said you started 25 years ago.

So when were you universal?

When were you doing stand-up and did the military service interrupt your stand-up career?

James P. Connelly

You know, Pete, I think that age, aging myself and providing you a number doesn't really serve this conversation, but

Pete Schwabba

I will tell you that.

Fair enough.

James P. Connelly

No, I was in the Marines in late 80s, early 90s.

Pete Schwabba

And

James P. Connelly

so I went from being a Marine officer, a veteran of Desert Storm to a...

karaoke host, mobile disc jockey, and then became Universal Studios tour guide.

So the, well, most people try to have careers that move upward.

I, I tried to go the other way.

Pete Schwabba

Well, you're doing a great job if you're in a Motel 6 and you're coming to Northeast Wisconsin.

James, it's great to meet you.

I wish you luck.

Knock him dead on the 7th.

I'm sure it's going to be a great event, and I'm sure you're going to crush.

It's really great to meet you, and I hope we can do this again soon.

James P. Connelly

I would love to thank you so much for being patient with me.

Pete, thanks for having us on.

And if you guys are out there, come on down.

VIP tickets available.

Standard tickets available.

March 7th at the venue in Oskars, Wisconsin.

Look at me.

I can't stop myself.

I keep dropping information and brands.

Pete Schwabba

plug-a-matic that the P and James P Connelly stands

James P. Connelly

for plug-a-matic.

I love

Pete Schwabba

it.

You're brilliant at it.

Thank you, buddy.

Have a great night, James.

All right.

James P. Connelly

Thank you so much.

Thanks

Pete Schwabba

guys.

You're welcome.

Check out James P Connelly dot TV.

Check out his Drybar special on YouTube and check out the Fox Valley veterans prohibition ball on March 7th.

Tickets still available.

It's going to be a great night and James is going to knock him dead.

When we come back, director Anders Lindwall will be here, the director of green and gold after

Civic Media's award-winning news team keeps you informed.

This is Pete Schwabba and Conrad Riding Shotgun on a Friday night night light on the Civic Media Radio Network.

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And now a guy who loves the sin but hates the sinner, Pete Chihuahua.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen great to have you with me on this Friday night as we broadcast statewide all over the great state of Wisconsin from beautiful downtown Green Bay at WGBW Conrad is riding shotgun as usual.

How's it going there, buddy?

Conrad

Yeah, it's going good is it's windy.

It's went really windy outside

Pete Chihuahua (host)

in the studio.

That's odd

Our question of the night, ladies and gentlemen, is terms and conditions.

Do you read them before you click the box?

Most of the responses we've gotten have said, if it's something big, they actually read them before clicking.

If it's like spectrum, a phone thing or something, I admit, I don't read terms and conditions.

I'm not reading 30 pages of small print before I click the box, but maybe I'll get in trouble for that.

I don't know.

But let me know what you think, 8-5-5-7-5-2-4-8-4-2-8-5-5-7-5.

Civic, great to have you with me.

Terry Barr is coming up at 7.35.

It is a bar band Friday night.

We've got some great music on tap right now.

I'm very excited to welcome my next guest who was here about five or six weeks ago before his movie Green and Gold opened with all this hype and anticipation.

You probably remember Craig T. Nelson saying the national anthem at a Packer game.

There was a lot of hype around the film and the director joins us now.

The writer, producer, director.

Anders Linwall joins us over the phone.

Anders, how are you?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Hey, yeah, nice to chat to you guys again.

Thanks for having me.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

Oh, you bet.

Well, I was, you know, I your film has been kept like now four weeks maybe in theaters.

It's doing very well.

I just saw it like a week and a half ago.

Just a great job, buddy.

And I wanted to talk to you about that and see where you were at now.

After all the hype is it's not dying down, but it you've you've gotten through that initial launch and it's doing very well.

How do you feel?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Yeah, I mean, we're you know, it's funny like we try to we try to I take this a little bit from professional athletes It's like you try to tune out all the noise like you focus on what you can control and and that's like you make the product You do your best to market it and then you just put your put the ear buds

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in

Anders Linwall (guest)

and try to

Get ready for the next one and the next thing on the path to distribution all that kind of thing.

So, you know, I think we've always been really proud of it.

We've always known it performs well for just the general audiences, you know, specifically in Midwest and, um, you know, they're folks looking for more of just like a family film, feel good film.

Like we know it does well from film festivals.

That's where we kept winning.

It's like not a critics movie.

Um, and so it's, it has been affirming.

I think that's like

I didn't, I honestly didn't expect it to last in theaters anywhere near as long as it did.

Like I thought maybe one more week, you know, week after opening, we were guaranteed, I think four to seven days.

And, uh, when it just like kept, kept coming back and kept coming back, it was like, all right, all right, this is, it's wonderful.

And, and I think that, you know, kind of, it mostly bodes to word of mouth, like good word of mouth.

Um, because.

because we didn't certainly didn't have any marketing money to get to get that kind of ongoing momentum so

Pete Chihuahua (host)

well

Anders Linwall (guest)

yes i'm really thankful for it

Pete Chihuahua (host)

yeah you you're being humble because you call it not a critics darling or anything but you got a certified fresh rating on rotten tomatoes

And when I saw it, there was a lot of people in the theater.

So it seems like you're doing well in theaters and you're doing certainly at least well enough with critics.

I mean, you got to be thrilled.

And the movie has so much heart.

Have you had a chance to watch it with audiences in a theater?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Yeah, yeah, I've had a couple.

It was funny.

We did, we did a few different film festivals, right?

We did one in Indianapolis for Heartland, then we did one in Austin Film Festival.

or yeah, Austin Film Festival.

And then the next time I watched it with a group was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

And it was crazy to hear the difference in, it was like we were talking the same inside jokes with each other.

And that was really, really special, you

Unknown Speaker

know,

Anders Linwall (guest)

just to feel like a lot of the subtle comedy just like slapped at the right spot.

And yeah, so it has, that's been honestly really special to do is to

You know, because I'm a young director.

I'm learning as we're doing this and and to kind of, you know, it's it's been special to be like, oh, yeah, we wanted that to be funny or we wanted that scene to be a little confusing and you can tell, you know, just it's it's reading well with audiences and and that's been yeah, just really affirming and and excited.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

That's that's great.

We okay.

So when you were on the show last we I think Craig T. Nelson had just sung the national anthem.

We talked about Brendan Slinar being the film and his stars on the rise and you know culvers and all this kind of fun stuff and Lost in the Shuffle for me only because I didn't do my research enough was this leading lady you have Madison Lawler It's yeah really almost her story like she's kind of the connective tissue for a lot of the different subplots you have going on there.

She was great

Anders Linwall (guest)

Totally.

Yeah, she's amazing.

You know, I felt like

Because we we knew it's like when we got we got Craig first and cast and we're like, okay We know we've got like an anchor there, but it was like shoot now the other 50% 60% of the story is this young girl and she has to go eye to eye with Craig and so we auditioned high and low and we're really really I think that was maybe one of the biggest decisions I had to make as a director and the whole project was who this young woman is gonna be

And, uh, you know, we had some other folks who were a little bit well, more well known than her who'd been in, you know, uh, just a few different things, but she's, she grew up in South Dakota and moved to LA when she was 17, I think or 16, like her folks shipped her to her aunt and uncle out there and said, if you want to do your Hollywood thing, do it.

And so in a lot of ways she just, her journey embodied the journey of Jenny and the movie, the main character.

Um,

and you know this person who grows up in a rural community and just like longing for something else and that was it was really cool to see her connect with that in a you know and I think just as a person just she said it was it caused her to rethink a lot of different things you know after coming

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through

Anders Linwall (guest)

it the process of this but she did she's unbelievable I can't wait to see kind of what happens to her career and yeah

Pete Chihuahua (host)

That's that's really terrific and she'll have you to thank because I would assume this is gonna be great Tape as they used to say for her as an actress.

My guest is Anders Linwall.

He's director of Green and Gold which you can catch probably still in theaters for another week, but who knows maybe even longer Do you have do you guys have streaming information available yet Anders like you know where it'll turn up when we can watch it at home?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Yeah, so we're in the process of developing all that so that's all kind of contractually happy, but it will be it will be coming up most likely in around April 1st if we can get things in order but You know and kind of like the obvious places that you'd expect so but yeah right now we're kind of like Riding out the theater train and and then negotiating those deals because a lot of those deals, you know depends on how it performs theatrically

So you're kind of, you know, yeah, it's like a push and pull and we're like locking sort of as I'm on the call with you half the time.

You know, it's like, it's right there.

SPEAKER_??

We're making these decisions.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

Well, if something breaks while we're on the phone, I would love it if we could be the ones to share that with the state.

Keep us posted.

So I love what I really liked about the film is that you you guys you and your brother and whoever else contributed to the story seemed to have this affection or love for the earth and soil and nature Where did that come from?

Anders Linwall (guest)

You know, I think it came from growing up in the UP and right on the border there, you know with Wisconsin like when you it's we're just I was always out there in

in the natural world like I was just you know I would go bow hunting after middle school you know in middle school I'd get home throw my bow hunting gear on and I'd head out to the stand until until dark and then come in eat dinner do my homework and rinse and repeat you know uh and so I think that that's probably where where it started and and so I think that was a that was a theme we really you know excited to discuss because yeah it was just uh

you know, it's particularly with like spirituality, like tie that like the natural

Unknown Speaker

world with

Anders Linwall (guest)

spirituality with the Green Bay Packers, like what a cocktail.

That we that we want.

Yeah, if somebody called the film like a pack, a Packers mysticism film or something, which I really like.

Oh, that's funny.

I like that.

So yeah, how do you how do you just from sorry, go ahead.

Oh, that was

Pete Chihuahua (host)

I was

I was just gonna ask you like from the first script you guys had Like I think you said you started this process like four or five years ago the pandemic happened all that kind of stuff to what you see on the screen now How different are they?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Yeah, I mean pretty different, you know, I remember the first I had written probably You know me and me and the writers we're probably like 20 drafts in you know, and you're talking a hundred page document do it 20 times

And those are big rewrites.

And I handed it to one of my friends who's a, he's a second unit director for a really well-known director named Terrence Malick.

And I was

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like,

Anders Linwall (guest)

Andrew, what do you think?

And he reads it and he's like, dude, you're on the right track.

You're two out of 10.

And I was like, two out of 10.

Oh man.

How about a four?

Maybe five out of 10, that kind of thing.

you know he just he it was what's cool about that is he blew a lot of wind in my cells are okay i'm at the start of a really long marathon here and so we reiterated and iterated and you know i think this this uh so i think a lot of like the circumstances change around jenny as a character when do you start her story that was kind of the biggest thing to figure out right

Unknown Speaker

um

Anders Linwall (guest)

yeah uh but

But the soul of the, the thing was always there and that, that didn't really change.

Like, you know, the, the log line of an old dairy farmer in Wisconsin, trying to save his family farm from going under brokers and deal with the bank to extend the life of the loan.

That's been there forever.

You know, so.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

Okay.

Oh, that's so

Anders Linwall (guest)

great.

Yeah.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

You guys have another, we have about maybe a minute left.

Do you guys have another film lined up?

Are you going to go back and immerse yourself into commercials or are you anxious to get back and behind the camera on a feature film again?

Anders Linwall (guest)

Yeah, we'd love to get, get another one again.

You know, it's we, we have another story that we want to shoot.

It's an 1800 lumberjack film that takes place up in Northern Wisconsin, Northern Michigan.

And that was, you know, my brother and I were chatting the other day.

I was just like, what's, what's been your favorite part of this journey?

And he's like, I think being able to share like external people, like bringing people from the outside to a place that you love and then

with bringing, you know, having the people that you love experience a really cool and unique project and be a part of it.

Like the farmer is that kind of thing.

That's like a really fun recipe that we'd like to keep kind of playing in.

And so yeah, hopefully we get a chance to make more.

That'll probably come down to streaming, how it performs in streaming, whether or not investors would go again.

Oh

Pete Chihuahua (host)

man, that's so

Anders Linwall (guest)

great.

Well,

Pete Chihuahua (host)

keep it up, buddy.

Thank you for giving us an update.

Keep up the great work.

We'll be watching and break a leg.

Anders Linwall (guest)

Thanks again for having me.

Appreciate all the help here.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

You got it, Andrews.

Have a great night.

Anders Linwall (guest)

All right.

Pete Chihuahua (host)

Yeah, cheers.

That is director Andrews Linwall of Green and Gold.

Check it out.

If you haven't seen it yet, folks, it's in the theaters for another week at least.

Coming up, Terry Barr in a few minutes.

We'll do Bar Band Friday night.

We'll read your text next.

It's Nightlight with Peach Waba on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Host

Welcome back our question tonight ladies and gentlemen is terms and conditions.

Do you read them before you click the box?

Conrad and I both answered the question negatively Somewhat some of the texts have said when it's a big deal like a home purchase or a job You read and of course, but I'm talking about like cell phones banking cable companies

Especially like a city service like WPS.

They can't screw you over, right?

They're like a municipal entity.

So I never read that stuff.

You know, the guy that comes out to read my meters gonna steal a million bucks from me.

I don't think so.

You never know, right?

So let us know what you think.

Do you read terms and conditions before you click the box or you just click the box?

There are no right or wrong answers, folks.

Just your answers.

From the 608, this is a great text.

I got to read this.

This is from the 608.

Hi, I'm a first-time listener on your radio station.

Just a coincidence that I was listening to earlier shows on this channel.

I'm glad I kept it as I'm heading home.

Not sure if this text will go through.

I tried calling a few times.

Conrad, do we have a call?

Well, you know how the phone is.

I know how the phone is.

She got a hold of us on the text.

Yes, she did.

On the question, if we read a terms that we receive, I don't.

It would have concerned me receiving a 15 or 16 page document that you got from your bank.

Wow.

I think with that much reading, I would have just called them so they could give me the shorter version.

Boy, that's a great idea.

And record the call so you can stick it to them if they're screwing you over.

I have a pretty good bank though.

She says, or he says, I will make sure to listen to you both again.

Have a fun night.

Thank you very much.

608 continues saying my name is Eileen from Evansville, Wisconsin.

I work in Cottage Grove and exercise in Madison.

Wow.

That's commitment.

That's like a 20 mile drive, I think, to do the Stairmaster.

Good for you, Eileen.

She says I'm not able to listen to you all here in Evansville lost you on the radio as I got home I am trying to listen to it online there you go and Eileen do that Download the app if you haven't used it because it's very easy to use and you said you were listening to civic media shows earlier in the day If you have the app you can just take it with you and there's an easy way to get a hold of us You can call or text right off the app if you live in spotty

coverage radio area, it might be better to just go with the app.

I know a lot of people that use the app like it a lot.

So thank you for listening though and thank you for finding us.

So that's our question of the night.

If you want to chime in folks, please do.

So earlier in the show, I gave my predictions.

I think conclave, the Oscars take place Sunday night.

I've seen eight of the 10, I have two more to go.

I will watch them before the Oscars.

Conclave is my pick for best picture.

I think Conclave is going to win.

I think it has all the aspects that Oscar voters look for.

It's got Ray Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow.

Great cast.

It is well acted.

It's a good story.

And there is kind of a twist at the end.

And I think that's going to resonate with people.

And it won the Ensemble Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last week.

And pictures that win that award.

And to win the best picture award at the Oscars the next week or so after 26 out of the last 30 years that's happened So I think it's gonna happen against Sunday.

I think conclave is gonna win I think to me more is gonna win for substance even though I thought the movie was just It just did not like it Conrad you gotta watch substance The way you're talking about it, I don't ever want to watch that film ever but you almost have to watch it for the carnage just to see how Disgusting it is

But I do think to me more will win.

I think she's the odds on favorite.

I think people, this is one of those things where it's like a culmination of her career.

People like her, they're gonna vote for her.

I think Timothy Chalamet will win Best Actor for a complete unknown just because of what he did to prepare for the film and he stuck with it for five years.

It is a good story and it's a good movie, but it's a good story about how he embraced the character and what he did as an actor to get there.

I think Zoe Saldana, here's my best supporting actor and actress picks.

I think Zoe Saldana is gonna win for Amelia Perez.

And if she doesn't, I think it will be an indictment of all the drama that surrounded that film off screen.

The lead actress, they found tweets, people thought were racist tweets against Middle Easterners.

That was kind of a train wreck.

And the film has 13 nominations.

And I think people, there might be a backlash, who knows, but I do think Zoe Saldana, I think people like her, I think she's gonna win Best Actress for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor that is.

I'm gonna say Kieran Culkin.

Yes, I'm making a safe choice because he is, I think he's the favorite there.

The movie, A Real Pain was good, but he did do a good job.

He's kind of doing the same thing he does on Succession.

Very similar character, but he's very good in the movie.

Jesse Eisenberg was very good in the movie.

If he doesn't win, I think it'll be Edward Norton.

Very complete unknown because he was very likable in the film and he did a great job acting.

Guy Pierce is also nominated in the best supporting actor category and I love Guy Pierce.

I kind of hope he wins even though I haven't seen the brutalist yet.

That's how much of a fan I am of Guy Pierce.

And finally, in the best director category.

I'm gonna go with Sean Baker.

I don't think Enora was the best film.

Even of these, I wouldn't even put it like in the top three of these films that were nominated for best picture of the 10.

It was a good film.

I liked it.

I just don't get the best picture nomination.

But that's me.

A lot of people liked it, and a lot of people love Sean Baker.

I like Sean Baker a lot as a filmmaker.

The Florida Project, I just watched like six weeks ago, and it's one of my favorite films ever.

I think he's a really brilliant filmmaker.

But I don't think Inora's gonna win, but I think Sean Baker might win.

We might do one of those things like we did with Mad Max Fury Road, where George Miller did not win Best Director.

But I think that might not have won Best Picture.

I'm going off memory here.

Forgive me, folks.

But I do think...

I don't think Inora, it's kind of the, a lot of people are saying it's the favorite.

I just don't see it winning.

I could be wrong.

But I do think Sean Baker might grab a best director because I think the way everybody talks about Sean Baker and likes him, I think that's why Inora is even nominated in the first place.

Cause it's a good film, but I don't know.

So I think they might throw him the bone of best director.

But not the movie and having said that the movie could win two really folks.

I have no idea But feel free to chime in text me and let me know what you think about the Oscars Which take place this Sunday night March 2nd 8 5 5 7 5 2 4 8 4 2 text us on the stream or on the app when we come back ladies and gentlemen Our pal Terry Barr joins us for bar band Friday night.

So glad you're here.

It's peach wabba and nightlight on the civic media

Conrad (co-host)

radio network

I caught up with a past I meant to make friends She said, but you're probably gonna say I look lovely But you probably don't think nothing of me She was right though

Robert J. (artist)

Time to check out original music with bar band Friday on nightlight now your host peach wabba and special guest terry bar

Peach Waba (host)

That is correct ladies and gentlemen it is a bar band Friday night my favorite night of the week here at night light where we welcome our friend terry bar maxink radio host and She's as much fun to talk music with she is just to talk about anything with and that's why she's so much fun on the show

whether she has MP3 files or not.

Terry, welcome.

How are you?

Hi,

Terry Barr (guest)

how are you?

I am good, good, good.

Happy Friday, everyone.

Peach Waba (host)

Happy Friday.

Did you have a good week?

Terry Barr (guest)

It's been a long week for some reason.

Peach Waba (host)

Right.

Well, for what you do with all your duties, with everything going on in the news, I can't even imagine how you get through the week.

So I'm just glad you're here.

Terry Barr (guest)

I look forward to this, Pete.

Peach Waba (host)

Same.

This

Terry Barr (guest)

is relaxation to me.

This is fun.

And just being able to chat music and entertainment with a fellow entertainment guru is amazing.

Peach Waba (host)

Yes, that's what connects us, my friend.

It's great to have you here.

So let me ask you this.

Are you ready for the Oscars?

Terry Barr (guest)

Whew.

You know, and there were movies that are up for Oscars.

that I haven't seen and I really wanted to, but my two favorite movies this year, not in the run for an Oscar, they were the two sports movies out of Wisconsin and about Wisconsin.

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Green and Gold.

Terry Barr (guest)

Yes,

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and Just

Terry Barr (guest)

A Bit Outside.

Those

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are my

Terry Barr (guest)

two favorite movies this year, and I could watch those over and over again.

Peach Waba (host)

Wow.

Well, that's whatever makes you happy.

That's great.

I did not see Just A Bit

Terry Barr (guest)

Outside.

Do

Peach Waba (host)

you have

Terry Barr (guest)

big picks?

Peach Waba (host)

I think Conclave is going to win Best Picture.

Oh,

Terry Barr (guest)

yeah.

That's

Peach Waba (host)

on my

Terry Barr (guest)

list to see.

Peach Waba (host)

It's good.

It wasn't my favorite of them, but I could easily see it winning.

It was a really good movie.

I think to me, moral win.

I think Timothy Chalamet will win.

I think Zoe Saldana will win.

And I think Kieran Culkin will win.

And I think Sean Baker is going to win Best Director.

So there you go.

Who knows?

I don't know anything more than anyone else.

I'm just a fan, but.

Those are my dime store picks, if you

Terry Barr (guest)

will.

And have you had time to see all of those?

Peach Waba (host)

I have.

I have not seen The Brutalist or I'm Still Here, where I live.

It's a little remote.

I don't think The Brutalist ever made it here.

And it's such a long film.

I have to literally start watching it right after the show if I want to finish it in time for the Oscars.

But I'm excited to see it.

I have to see that and I'm still here and I'll try to see them both before Wednesday.

So I'm looking forward to it.

No,

Terry Barr (guest)

but I love some of the I'm in Madison So some of the theaters in Madison are doing a buy a ticket and over an entire weekend last weekend and this weekend You could see four or five six different movies, but you'd be bouncing between theaters So it would take an entire day

or you could split it for the weekend to go see all the movies.

I thought that was really a great idea.

Peach Waba (host)

That's a great idea, and I love doing that.

And I would do that just because I get on these Jags where I want to see three or four movies in a day.

Honest to God.

And when my wife and I, when we first moved to LA before we had kids, we would go to Universal Studios Theater.

where they had like 25 movies playing.

If we would just go in one, then on that end, we would just go in the other.

We'd only pay for one movie.

We didn't have that much money, but yeah, it was fun.

It's just kind of movie hopping.

It's such a great thing to do.

Terry Barr (guest)

Fine.

And you know, when you do go to the theater today, there's still something about it.

Peach Waba (host)

Yeah.

For sure.

We just had Anders Lindwall on, who is the director of Green and Gold.

I don't know if you heard any of that, but he was on just, we were kind of following up with them, how he feels after his great little theatrical run they just had.

You

Terry Barr (guest)

know what I loved about that?

You went into the theater, and of course you get all the usual pre, but...

before the movie started, they shared all the backstory.

They had interviews with Anders and then also with one of the writers and just explaining why this movie was so important and why they kept it in Wisconsin.

Peach Waba (host)

I love when filmmakers do that.

I didn't know

Terry Barr (guest)

that

Peach Waba (host)

that was going to be part of the deal.

So I went with my mom and my wife and we got there right at the tail end of him talking.

I was like, oh, if I had known that, I would have I would have gotten there.

But I'll see.

Hey, let's get to some music.

Terry Barr (guest)

We'll all go see it again, definitely.

Peach Waba (host)

Yeah, for sure.

Let's get to the music that you brought.

This is like, sometimes we're just spoiled for choice.

You sent two songs by each artist who are both going to be on Max Inc.

tomorrow night, which I think is great.

I couldn't even really, it was hard to pick one song from each.

Oh, I

Terry Barr (guest)

love that.

Peach Waba (host)

Yeah.

Who do you want to start with?

Terry Barr (guest)

Let's start with Robert J.

Peach Waba (host)

Okay.

Terry Barr (guest)

He is a long time artist in the Midwest, now based once again in Madison.

He's moved around the country.

So he's one of these musicians where he's played almost everywhere, but

Peach Waba (host)

we are

Terry Barr (guest)

so happy to have him back in Madison.

He is right now the poor guy had to have hand surgery and

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he

Terry Barr (guest)

plays guitar.

He plays a

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lot

Terry Barr (guest)

of solo acoustic shows.

But luckily he has a great band that can back him too.

But he's really hoping his entire summer is booked all over the Midwest.

Peach Waba (host)

Really?

Terry Barr (guest)

Yeah.

He calls himself a troubadour.

Who says that anymore?

Peach Waba (host)

It's so funny.

You just said that because I have pictures up.

He has like this kind of slideshow on his website.

He's got a great look and That like the first picture that comes up.

It's like this kind of faded photo of him against backlight Looking like he's just playing a club.

He abs the first thing that came to my mind was he's a troubadour.

That's so cool

Terry Barr (guest)

Oh, that's perfect.

Peach Waba (host)

It's so

Terry Barr (guest)

funny.

He played for us.

And I bring this up sometimes at a different life for me at a different radio station.

His guitar was busted.

You know, the guitar you see and the usual sound hole, it was busted out all around it.

And he said,

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I

Terry Barr (guest)

don't want to get rid of it because it sounds so good to me.

And he still plays that guitar.

Wow easy that he can make it sound so good.

Peach Waba (host)

He was I then the research I did which is not a pun because you sent some information which was interesting, but he was the Artist of the year.

I think in Wisconsin in like 2003 That's kind of cool.

And he's got all these slew of awards

Terry Barr (guest)

He and he's so humble about it and I tease him because I said, you know, he

He's one of these guys, you're gonna wanna see him on stage for ages.

He's aging so gracefully.

And I said to him, handsomely.

And he's like, oh, stop.

But he is also, because of his own experience, he had a child that got really ill after Christmas.

I think he said it was probably 11 years ago.

And if not for the help of specifically the Madison Area Music Awards, he thinks they would not have been able to pay any of the medical bills.

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And

Terry Barr (guest)

he has a musician full-time.

And you know this as an artist.

He didn't have insurance.

Luckily, his wife had a good job, but it still didn't pay the bills.

So he got help from the mama organization.

And when they got through it, he came out of it saying, I need to pay this forward.

So he started what is now a part of the Madison Area Music Association.

It's called Mama Cares.

And it is specifically meant to help any type of artist.

comedians, musicians, anyone that needs help, whether it's medical or if you're in a family crisis or you just can't pay your electric bill, that's what this is for.

They have so far been able to help other people after raising like $120,000.

Wow,

Peach Waba (host)

nice.

Oh, that's inspiring.

That's so great.

Terry Barr (guest)

I love it.

And the 10th anniversary is coming up.

And so that's part of why he's on the show tomorrow night.

to talk about it and to talk about why it's so important that everybody help each other.

I mean, that's the bottom line for him.

Why can't we all just be kind to each other?

I

Peach Waba (host)

know that you're asking the wrong guy, because I don't really like anybody.

So all right, let's hear.

I'm a cat personified.

Let's hear the male vocalist of the year for 2003.

This is Robert Jay and the song.

I had it written down, the March song.

That's the one we're going to play, Conn.

The saddest March of all.

Yes.

I love, love, love this song.

This is Robert J. on a bar ban Friday night with Terry Barr here on Nightlight.

Robert J. (artist)

Rockin' up on TP, cause it's his hit the fan.

Cancelin' our activities, remember to wash our hands.

No school, no shows, no sports, no more basketball.

We're lightin' in the madness, the status march of all.

No elbow bumps, no fist bumps, just social distancing.

Sanitizers and face masks, travel bans and quarantines.

No work, no gigs, no tips, no checks, no basketball.

We're marching in the madness, the saddest march of all.

It's times like these, we all just got to come together.

Reach out and stay connected, try to help.

As you run alone, I can spare a couple rows.

I'll leave them out on the front porch, just drive by,

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grab

Robert J. (artist)

them and go home.

Yeah, I will keep your distance.

Poor souls who are dying.

Friends are losing businesses, families are crying.

No school, no shows, no sports, no more basketball.

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Imagine

Robert J. (artist)

in a man's head, the saddest march of all.

No Disneyland, no Broadway, no MLB.

Just staying at home and laying low for the

through the society.

No skin, no shows, no sports, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

That

Peach Waba (host)

feels like when I was doing stand-up in Chicago in the 90s we

wander over to Kingston Mines or Blues etc occasionally and I it's like I could hear him there like he's got a great voice and a good blues voice.

Terry Barr (guest)

Yeah and obviously we know this song is about March of 2020.

It's

Peach Waba (host)

a fun to

Terry Barr (guest)

listen to now and I'm happy we are

Peach Waba (host)

no longer

Terry Barr (guest)

there.

Peach Waba (host)

Same.

No a great song though and I'm sure he'll be a great interview tomorrow night.

All right so tell us about, am I saying this right, Sawasco?

Yes.

Laura Sawasco.

Look at me.

Tell us about Laura Sawasco, who will also be on Max Inc.

tomorrow night.

Terry Barr (guest)

Yeah, she is going to be by phone from Nashville because half of the year she's in Nashville,

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the

Terry Barr (guest)

other half of the year she works at her family's restaurant in Washington, or I should say on.

not in on Washington Island

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and really

Terry Barr (guest)

we all know five miles from the northeast tip of the door peninsula of

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door yeah

Terry Barr (guest)

wow I know can you imagine she goes home then half of the year to help out the family you know she plays some tunes there yeah but she's making a name for herself in Nashville she's played places that we've heard of like the bluebird cafe

Peach Waba (host)

really

Yeah.

Well, she's a you guys or I don't know if you were her website where I saw this, but she's a quadruple threat.

She can sing, play piano, guitar, and she's beautiful.

And all of four of those are true.

All right, we have to do a quick break.

When we come back, we're going to hear the song Home from Laura Sawasco, who is a Door County resident.

It sounds like, too, we can tap into that as well.

Terry Barr is here.

It's a Bar Band Friday night.

We're coming right back on Nightlight with Peach Waba on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Robert J. (artist)

I gotta get away, gotta get away, I don't know where to go

Pete (host)

Monday nights on Nightlight Milwaukee film critic Matt Miller will be on the show We will break down the Oscars together and the chair of the musical theater department at UW Steven's point Mark Hanson will be joining me at 735 on Monday right now We are in the throes of another bar band Friday night with our pal Terry Barr Max Inc radio host always fun when Terry is here Terry you'll get a kick out of this.

This is our a text from our steady Eddie.

He's a regular he says Pete

I've never read terms and conditions.

I try, but I can't do it.

Makes my head hurt.

Big business has got me right where they want you and me and almost everyone, though there is good news.

There is good news, Pete, on this Friday night nightlight.

Tomorrow, March 1st is the start of meteorological spring.

Yay, FYI.

This year, astronomical spring begins at 401 AM central time on March 20th.

I have already seen a couple of Robins and heard singing Cardinals, hopeful signs.

I concede I am no meteorologist.

Like Brittany Merlot, she knows her weather highs and her weather lows.

I would listen to Brittany read the phone book.

She expresses the forecast with heart and soul.

Maybe explain to young Conrad what a phone book is.

Terry Barr (guest)

Oh, wow.

Pete (host)

Oh, that's funny.

I know what a phone book is.

All right, steady Eddie.

He's sitting on one steady Eddie.

I'm kidding.

He says, hopeful steady, but still keeping my snow shovel at the ready.

Eddie.

Well done, Eddie.

That was

Terry Barr (guest)

fantastic.

Wow.

That's

Pete (host)

a

Terry Barr (guest)

winner.

Pete (host)

Serious effort goes into that text.

Very well said.

Thank you,

Terry Barr (guest)

Eddie.

Way to go, steady Eddie.

Pete (host)

Absolutely.

All right, so we're talking about Laura Sawasco.

She's a part-time resident of Nashville, part-time of Washington Island, which I think is really cool.

Why don't we play her song, and then we'll come back and talk a little bit more about her also on Maxine Grady of Tomorrow Night, which is pretty cool.

Right?

Yes.

Yeah.

All right.

So here's Laura Sawasco.

Sawasco, the song is home and it's great.

Laura Sawasco (musician)

seven changed since I was just a kid it's where we played baseball and I had my first kids changes overrated there's so much that I would miss when you live amidst memories like this the sky is colored by

The dancing northern lights Billion stars can't light up even the darkest midwest night Looking up with friends drinking a six pack of beer We wonder what is going on up there And it's not fancy, it's not fake And it's given, it's not take

It's a place where everybody knows your name And there's no stop lights, there's no crime Three bars to drink on a Friday night But it's growing old with the people that you know Now it ain't for everyone, but for me it's home

We know each other by the car that we drive Going nowhere fast down every road on a tank of gas No reason to lock our doors No reason to look for more If you got a question, that's what the Bible's for It's not fancy, it's not fake

And it's given, it's not taken It's a place where everybody knows our name And there's no stop lights, there's no crime Three bars to drink on a Friday night Well it's growing old with the people that you know Now it ain't for everyone But for me it's home

You can take your city lights, your concrete jungle paradise.

You can look down at your patch of grass from your overpriced high rise.

I'll be skipping those smooth stones with the ones that I know.

No, it ain't for everyone.

No, it ain't for everyone.

For me, it's home.

Pete (host)

That is a beautiful song.

Terry Barr (guest)

Pete, I feel like this one hit you.

Pete (host)

It did.

It's great.

And listen, I am a big city guy, but I love that song.

And the way the lyrics just roll, she's really, really a talented songwriter.

Terry Barr (guest)

Yeah.

I

Pete (host)

feel

Terry Barr (guest)

like we should go visit her when she's home.

Washington Island this summer.

We should go see her.

Pete (host)

Oh my gosh, let's do it.

Let's get a little group and go see her.

Did she perform up there?

Did you say?

Terry Barr (guest)

Yes,

Pete (host)

she

Terry Barr (guest)

works at her family's restaurant and also performs.

Pete (host)

I would wait tables just to hear her sing.

Terry Barr (guest)

I would too.

Let's do

Pete (host)

it.

Conrad, you could be the bar back.

We got it.

If she ever

Terry Barr (guest)

plays, this is her sixth album.

um

Pete (host)

and

Terry Barr (guest)

right now this song we heard it's the first listen to any of the songs from her brand new album so here we go it was a

Pete (host)

wow fantastic well

If she or Robert J are ever up in this area, I would love to have them on the show.

Just keep that in the back of your mind.

Thank you so much, Terry.

I love her song about college days, too, and I can listen to that later.

So I have it in my iTunes now.

So thank you so much, my friend.

Happy Bar Band Friday night.

Terry Barr (guest)

Absolutely.

Same to you and all the listeners.

Have a great weekend.

Pete (host)

Thanks so much, Terry.

Have a great show tomorrow night.

That's Terry Barr.

And this was Bar Band Friday night.

It was great to have you guys with us.

My thanks to Andrews Linwall.

And James P. Connelly, go check out the veterans event and thank you for all your texts and calls.

Good night,

Laura Sawasco (musician)

Wisconsin.

Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay. This is Night Light with Peach Waba. Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood. And now, a guy who always reads between the lines until he sees a car coming. Peach Waba. Welcome to Night Light.

Great to have you with me on this Tuesday night. We're gonna light it up, folks. That's what we're here for. I'm very excited. It is my pleasure to welcome tonight my old pal. She's not old. She's younger than me. Dr. Kristen Lyrely. She's a rock star who delivers babies, ran for office, and has also seen most of the Oscar films. Dr. Lyrely, welcome. How are you? I'm well. How are you? I'm doing well. I think this is the first time you've ever been on the show and not been here in the studio.

I know I sure wish I was there with you, but I am just wrapping up two straight weeks of working in rural Minnesota. And guess what I'm doing? Guess how I did it? It with a bang! What do you mean? Well, last night I got to bed a little bit later than expected because you know I was up watching an Oscar movie.

And all night long, the nurses were calling me, calling me about these patients, because that's actually what I'm really doing right now. So I call it the hospital. And I got to go in and deliver a baby for someone this morning who thought she was going to have a C-section, but she ended up having a vaginal delivery, which is what she wanted in the first place. And it was such a victory. So that's a really good thing. That is so cool. And now you made me feel better because I told the entire listening audience that I rub my feet together sometime when I watch TV.

called it self-cuddling. And it's like a lot of people do that. And it's like the only thing we do where we rub our own bodies when we relax, you know. Is it? Are you telling that to a gynecologist? Please, come on. I'm just saying thank you for bailing me out once again. Does that ever get old? I mean, you get to deliver babies. And we kind of cover this when we were texting the other day. I said, you get to be there for the most important moment of people's lives all the time. That's got to make you feel great.

I love it. Those are the really big moments. Every day at my job is a sentinel moment. It's a huge day in someone's life, but it's not just those days. It's the days when I'm in clinic and somebody comes in with an embarrassing problem that they would never tell their best friend. I'm peeing in my pants. That's a really common one. Like, hey friends, more people pee in their pants than don't. That is the truth. So if it's happening to you, it's okay. Oh yeah, as we get older. Is there an age that typically starts at? How old are you?

I'm in my really late 20s. I haven't. Right about now. Listen, I'm not going to say it's never happened, but I'm glad you have that. Exciting, aren't I? You have that to look forward to, so. Hey, do you have a favorite kind of soup, Dr. Lirely?

I love soup because I hate cooking and soup is so easy to cook. You throw it together. It's, you know, you eat it whenever you want. Give me some bread, give me some soup, some cheese, a beer. I am perfect. That is my favorite meal. But our favorite, our family favorite soup is Zupa Toscana. That sounds delicious. I have no idea what it is, but I want some. I'll tell you.

It's like, um, they have it at the Olive Garden. It is, uh, it's kale. It's a chicken broth with kale and spicy sausage and potatoes and onions and garlic. It is just this like, the kids ask for it all the time. Super good. That sounds like a wonderful compliment to the never ending breadsticks.

or whatever they're called. They have never had any breadsticks. Well, that's a great one. Okay, I like to find new soups like that. That's fantastic. I just realized when you were here, did you just say I'll make you some? Okay, because the next time when you come in, I would love it if you would bring that because where I was going with this is I have gotten so much swag from you since you've been a guest on Nightlight. You've brought me placenta juice.

That's kombucha. And a yoga mat, and now some soup would be fantastic. I'm trying to, you know, enhance your life. You're even doing that for Minnesota. Conrad, do we have a call for Dr. Lylee? It's for both of you. Oh, okay, fantastic. I will give the medical advice. Dr. Lylee will give the movie advice. So, yeah, put it through. Yeah, Scott from Madison. Scott from Madison, how are you, Scott?

I'm well, and I heard you talking about touching yourself with your feet or your own feet, but I live with multiple sclerosis and can't totally feel my bottom of my feet very well. Oh, wow. And I'll wake up and I'll be like, hey, is that my wife touching my leg with her foot or is that my own foot touching my leg? And who is it typically?

But you know what I'm saying Scott it's like kind of a weird thing like a lot of people do it they just sit there and they rub their feet together it's a soothing kind of nice way to relax and I just found it funny like I don't just lay there and rub my own shoulder or touch my knees together or whatever

But imagine if you can't really feel your feet very well, and then wonder if your feet are actually touching yourself. You just, you know, it's kind of crazy. That is great. That is unbelievable perspective. Thank you so much, Scott. Tell your wife to touch your feet more. Will you? It's important in a marriage. If you like it, only if you like it. All right, thank you, Scott. Have a great night. Thank you.

Hey, Pete, did you happen to catch that AI generated video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and his feet? Oh, I did. Ooh, that was... I'm not so sure even a guy my age was supposed to be watching that. I was blessing. That was something. I want to know how they did it. I mean, it's so real looking. Yeah. Well, see, Elon had his feet up and then Trump was like down.

Oh, that's not what you meant how they did it. You meant how they made the film. Yes, how they put it together because I understand what was happening in the video. Body doubles? Yeah, I'm starting to get aroused and I think we should move on thinking of that video. Thank you, Dr. Liarley, for bringing that up. Hey, so aside from being in slightly less cool than Wisconsin,

Minnesota, how's it going there? Are you joined? Was it warm there today? Yeah, not as warm as it is in Green Bay, but it was, I think 42. It's melty. Last week, we had two or three days in a row where we didn't even get above zero. Oh my gosh. I'm way north. I'm like two hours south of the border. So it's been really, really cold here. So these last few days have felt like spring. People are out in shorts.

T-shirts? Is that happening in Green Bay? Oh, yeah. Shorts and T-shirts? Yeah. It feels great. We've got a couple of people texting on the stream that say, Robert on the stream says, Rob from Tigerton, want to say good evening to two wonderful people. Oh, hey, Rob. I assume he means you.

And me or Conrad, but either way it's nice to thank you Rob That's I'm sure Dr. Lierly appreciates that and then Chad who was on the show last night says hi Pete and doc I don't know the Chad is on doc level with you or he could just call you doc But he's a good guy. I'll vouch for him Kristen. All right Chad you get a pass Thank you for the messages everybody. All right, so let's start I want to ask you we were talking about

This was interesting because last night in our taxi exchange, you said we can talk about TikTok health trends. And my wife, my wife who was addicted to TikTok immediately thought you wanted to talk about all the great things regarding your health on TikTok. And I thought, no, I know Kristen sort of, and I think she's probably saying it's detrimental to your health somehow. We're either one of us, right? And then you said ask your kids and my kids weren't totally sure either.

You know I asked my kids and they didn't really know either, but they sent me some weird videos that had nothing to do with health So I don't know yeah, well a lot of people get their information from

TikTok even their health information and this information is not evidence-based in many cases. It's not validated. It's just like it's just out there Yeah, you'll hear about these teas or these you know these lights or these supplements supplements are a great one that will do these things for you and Probably not they're probably just trying to sell you something right but

you know, you don't know because you're just trying to get an answer. So there have been some things in the past where it

there have been people who have been harmed or people maybe not using like say their birth control appropriately or not using birth control at all because they're getting the messaging that birth control is actually bad for you but actually like unplanned pregnancy is worse I would say. So yeah trying to like correct I like to correct those things but you know when I went out there to look for health trends I couldn't find anything either and I didn't know if it was just maybe that my algorithm wasn't there or if there's just nothing that's happening right.

right now. I don't know. What are our viewers? What are our listeners finding? There have been times, and like I said, my wife looks at TikTok a lot. It's her social media platform of choice. And she'll say, what do you think about this? And I'll say, well, who is that guy? She'll go, well, I don't know. That's the problem with a lot of social media. Like you said, people just

they go, oh, that sounds like a great idea. And maybe that's something you would have talked to your neighbor about over the porch a few years ago before we had all these great, wonderful platforms. But yeah, you got to be careful.

Totally and I'm very involved with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is our big professional Association and we do have patient information That is available that you have to actually go to acog.org and click on the information for your patients button It's not just fed to you And I've gone to the leadership and said you know hey we really need to generate some of these videos But it's there's a whole process and there's all this vetting and validating and it just becomes

too much. So that's why you don't see all of the big doctor organizations or the American Medical Association putting out, you know, for your health tiktoks. I'm hoping that some of, I'm also involved in this organization called the Committee to Protect Healthcare, which is very much focused on advocacy and patient outcomes. Saving Medicaid is one of our big pushes right now. So just helping to inform people and making sure that people are getting good solid information instead of, hey, take

the supplement instead of eating vegetables. No supplement is a substitute for vegetables, my friend, or fruits. They're $80 a bottle and you still got to eat your apples. Wow, very well said. And you know, what do you, it must be frustrating. Everything you just said and there are people out there saying, eh, science is kind of a thing of the past. I think we've moved on, you know, like what do you do with that? And what do you do, doctor, when you have like,

without getting too political, come on. The vaccines, measles are coming back, bird flu, what can you tell people who want to enhance their immune systems when they don't know where to turn or who to listen to? Well, the thing that we know enhances your immune system is a vaccine. I mean, let's be honest, we had measles pretty much eradicated in this country. But the problem with measles is that it's incredibly...

Contagious and it doesn't hurt adults all that much, but it kills little kids Wow, so it's really really dangerous for young kids and this misinformation that's being spread for political purposes I mean, you know, let's be honest it is politicized Information is really scary and it's giving people these conflicting messages What I do the things that I do in my office are totally different than what you see on the the grander level because talking having a conversation

with a crowd on Facebook is really different than somebody who is willing to share their real vulnerable concerns there in the office setting. Oh, yeah, for sure. Like I don't screen my patients, you know, before they come in to say, did you vote for Democrats or Republicans? Are you anti-vax or vax? You know, I say the recommendation is that you get this vaccine at this point in your pregnancy, for example, so that your baby doesn't get whooping cough within the first couple months of life. And if my patient says, oh,

I'm really concerned about that vaccine. I say, great, let's talk about it. Let's talk about the pluses and minuses, what this could mean for you. We know whooping cough is rising in this country. A lot of parents who already have kids who have had colds, I don't know if you had this experience when your kids were a little peep, but when my kids had colds and they were coughing and they were suffering, I was suffering, I was worried. So as a mom now advising my patients,

the moms who already have kids are like, yes, I would like to get vaccinated. And the moms often they don't have anything to relate it to. So I try to help them understand, but you know, people decline and that is absolutely their prerogative. I just then hope that they don't end up having to face the consequences of getting sick or I mean, God forbid, losing a child as a result.

Wow, that is great stuff and very well said. And I saw something just like that on TikTok last night. No, I'm just kidding. Dr. Kristen Lyrely is with us here on Nightlight as she so often is. It's great to have her. We will be back after a very short break with more with Dr. Lyrely and we will read your texts as well. From our question, what is your favorite kind of soup? It's peachwaba and nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Nightlight.

It's a nightlife dance party. What does Dr. Lierly do when she is not delivering babies and stuck in a hotel room? She comes on the radio and dances. And I watch Oscar movies online, as many as I can, but some are still not streaming. I know. Well, I think.

Think the brutalist is the only one that's still I think there's only one We don't have access to but you have to pay like it's like 20 or 30 bucks. I've got three films to watch so it's gonna cost me about a hundred bucks To finish this isn't going to the theater with a buddy though That's how I that's exactly what I say even 20 bucks is still it's kind of a wash You know if you could popcorn it cost you 12 bucks to get in in Marinette it cost you about nine bucks to get in which is a little better one of the advantages

Are they showing in Marinette, though, because where I am right now, in Hibbing, Minnesota, there's not an Oscar movie playing across the street. There was, though, a complete unknown, because this is Bob Dylan's home town. I was just going to say, I did stand up there in the 90s, Kristen, and- Really? Yes. And I wish... I worked so many towns where there's really interesting tidbits from history.

It just was in my 20s and didn't care that much. But Bob Dylan, I would have taken the tour if they had one of his house. That's pretty cool that you're there. They do. So some guy, a pharmacist, a retired pharmacist from Madison.

bought his house and painted it and is restoring it. He's like 80 years old. This is his like passion project. He's restoring it and he's making it. It's not fancy. He puts a little hand drawn sign outside when he's there. It says Bob Dylan house tour call Bill and his phone number is there. And so you call Bill and he's like, sure, I'll meet you there too. And then you go in and he shows you like this is an appliance like Bob Dylan's dad would have sold at his.

store and here are some recipe books from back in the day and this is a recipe that Bob Dylan's mom shared and then he takes you down into the basement and Bob Dylan had in a couple different places etched RZ into the paneling and he shows you Robert Zimmerman.

Yes, his piano is there. He let me sit at the piano and play Bob Dylan's piano. It's just a very, like it is not a fancy tour. It's very heartfelt and beautiful and he doesn't charge you for it. He just asks you for a donation if you're willing. I have to say, I'll do respect to Bill. There's a lot of red flags there.

The minute he asks a woman touring the house by herself to go to the basement and it's free. You're very brave. There's a lot of trust that was built before that. That's so cool. Well, we'll talk Oscar movies in just a bit, but I have to ask you, and I know I asked you this, and I think we got off on a tangent.

What can people do, aside from a vaccine, to boost their immune systems? Because there might not be vaccines yet. I don't know what's going to happen with health and human services if they'll have them ready. But if people are listening right now and go, how do I not get the bird flu? If a vaccine is not available yet, what do you tell them? Like, just get more sleep, eat right? What do you say? Well, yeah, maintain a healthy baseline, which is like that classic.

You know advice that your doctor always gives you get enough sleep healthy drink enough water Don't forget to exercise all of those things really are important. They're difficult to maintain. We're all busy It's hard like good food can be expensive. It's perishable. It's hard to keep in your house You know getting exercise like this time of year today not so bad But yeah last week not so fun to get outside and get exercise. So, you know forgiving yourself

also when you can't do all of those things. And then not forgetting about your mental health, making sure that you are surrounding yourself with people who uplift you and who believe in you and who support you. Because really, we, I think, struggle often. And a lot of it is the company that we keep. And, you know, let's be very, very honest, mental health issues are real medical issues and require

treatment, whether it's medication or counseling or support groups, whatever it is, our mental health is as important as our physical health and the two affect each other. You're so sensible. It kind of drives me crazy.

I was just a kitty gruff and cacana. I'm just one of those people. That is the voice of Dr. Kristen Lyrely. She is joining us from Minnesota where she is on call and may have to deliver a baby, but in the meantime, she's hanging out with us here at Nightlight as she does from time to time. So great to have you on the show. And you know what? Let's be honest, lay in your bed, rub your feet together, watch a little TV. Are you getting a page? No. Oh, look like your page is going off. I got a text. Okay. Was it someone seven meters dilated? Are you good?

I'm trying it I'm trying it because I do want to talk a few Oscar movies with you, but I'm trying to get in one more health question What's a good? Do you have any general health tips or other than not eating junk food or high fruit toast corn syrup or that kind of stuff? You know, can I just talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS because I am not a fan. Okay, because

Yeah, I mean he's had some pretty radical stances. He's been He is not medically trained. It's pretty clear that his biases are Are things that will benefit him

But there are some things that are really important, like high fructose corn syrup, ultra processed foods, making sure that we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, all of those things, which really are kind of his foundation, all of those things are really important. So I am totally into that. It's when you get into the, you know, not really, we don't have evidence for this and stay away from regular science that really is unsettling to me.

And you're right, that was how he built his brand back before he was doing steroids at 70 years old. And he was really an advocate for the environment. So that is kind of strange. All right, Dr. Lirely is here. When we come back, I'm going to read some of your texts. We're going to see what Oscar movie she's watched. Have you seen all of them? No. OK, but a fair amount? Most. Keep us in suspenders. All right, we'll ask you this. I have opinions. All right, fantastic.

We will get those opinions.

Welcome back great to have you with me on this Wednesday night edition of nightlight as we broadcast statewide From beautiful downtown Green Bay on a balmy another balmy day. We are so lucky It is my pleasure ladies and gentlemen My next guest is an unbelievably talented actor you can catch his work on the show Wednesday on Netflix or the new season of 1923 which just dropped the other day. It's my pleasure to welcome actor Jamie McShane. Hey, buddy

Hey, Pete, how you doing? God, I love that hat. I can't pull that look off. You're not bold enough, kid. Maybe that's it. I always thought it was the way my hair looked like. I'll try those on when I go into the store, and someone will just look at me, whoever I'm with, one of my kids, and just shake their head. It's like, OK, thanks. It looks good, though, man. How are you? Thank you. I'm good. Thank you. How you doing? Doing great. Where are you right now? Are you sitting outside in your yard?

I am. It's a balmy, like, 85 degrees out here. God. Yeah, got hot today. What part of LA are you in these days? Burbank. Oh, yeah, that's right. I knew that. Yeah, I love it there, right here. Yeah, that's a great... Well, good for you. I'm glad you can sit outside and enjoy the weather, and I have to wear... I'm sorry you can't. I'm sorry you have to wear long underwear into May. Hey, so you're on Wednesday on Netflix. I have to ask you...

When you're on a Netflix show, do they give you a discount on Netflix, which is like so expensive now? No, they double-charge me. Now, I don't get any discounts. I get some nice gifts occasionally, but yeah. Netflix has been very good to me. Yeah, they've gotten, yeah, you're out there, buddy. All right, so I think the last time we talked, you were in Ireland and you said you were part of a show that you thought,

was maybe the best show you've ever been a part of, or one of the most inspiring things you've worked on. Can you give us any more details yet, or is? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was in Philadelphia for six months last year, and we were filming a new show for HBO. It'll be out in September, and it's called Task, like a task force. Okay. And Mark Ruffalo's the lead. He's got an amazing cast, Tom Pelfrey, Sam Keely,

Alison Oliver as another girl is brilliant. I'll think of it. Yeah. It was just the writing was so good. The acting was so good. Everyone was so nice. Have you ever seen Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet? Oh, yeah, I love that show. So Brad Inglesby who created that show and he wrote every episode of it. This is his next show. Oh, I love that. So he writes every episode. He's that on set all the time and he's

probably one of the nicest humans I've ever met. That is so great. And I loved Mayor of Easttown. I thought it just like it's one of those shows that you just kept watching and it just kept getting better episode by episode. There was something and then you couldn't turn it off. And it was it was just so great. I want to tell you and I mentioned this to you and our Texas change a few days ago. But I had the actor Glenn Moore shower was on the show. Yeah. Yeah. About a week ago. And I mentioned your name because you guys have the same credits.

in some cases, but you know how that works. You don't know if you're on the set the same day. I didn't know if your pads had crossed. And he said, yes. He goes, I know Jamie. And he said, and before I really knew him, he was in a film. I think it was Hostage. You played a character called Joe Mack. And he said he is one of the best actors I've ever seen. And I'm basing that on one scene, Jamie. And it wasn't from that movie, Hostage. That's very sweet. That's very sweet. It was.

It was the opening of the film. It's a phone conversation between Bruce Willis and I. Bruce is a SWAT negotiator and I'm holding my wife and kid hostage at gunpoint. And... Bastard. Thank you. It was like, it was a big, big break for me. It was like, you know, seven pages of script or whatever, you know, six minutes, seven minutes scene. Unfortunately...

You only see my face for like five seconds. I thought they were gonna edit it back and forth back and forth between Bruce and I and it was just always on Bruce and the SWAT team and then for a little pop you saw me but Glenn got to be there for the filming of it and that was very nice of him to say. It was very nice of him to say and I would relay your message except he and I had a huge falling out right after he told me about that so I'm never gonna talk about it. It's funny you say that because I think I met you

We used to take our kids to the same park and that's where we met and became friends. And I remember you telling me, I think you had just shot that or it was like 2006, maybe when we met or something and you had just done that scene and you were talking about how cool it was. Yeah, I filmed it. Morrow was pregnant with Luke, Luke's 20. So yeah, I guess it was, it was around 2004 we filmed it, I guess. Okay. Yeah. Probably came out around, yeah, something like that. That's so great.

All right, so speaking of all of your amazing credits, buddy, let's talk about 1923. I feel like I like half the Taylor Sheridan shows and the rest of them, I'm kind of like, eh. But 1883, 1923, I think are brilliant shows. I love them.

especially 1923, and you were in season one as well. I think you did three or four episodes, and now you have- I think I was in two, for some reason I'm credited for three, and maybe it was three, but yeah, it was towards the end of the first season. Yeah, and you play Marshall Kent or Sheriff Kent? Yeah, Marshall, US Marshall, yeah. All right, so I watched part of the first episode that's just dropped a couple days ago from season two, and you just blow a guy away, and I love that.

So what, tell us about, tell us about 1923. What's that set like? What is that experience like? And do you love that role? I do. I love the role. I'd met Taylor a million years ago in Sons of Anarchy when he was an actor before he got into writing. I haven't seen him. He hasn't been on the sets I've been on. The first season of 23, we shot, the storyline was up in Montana. So we shot up in Montana.

And then winter came on and it got so cold, we couldn't film. So we had to pick up a little bit in California, just about an hour and a half north of LA to look like Montana. And then season two, we filmed, at least the stuff I was in, our storyline was all in Texas because our characters are hunting down these couple people down in Texas and Oklahoma territory.

Okay, and you kind of you kind of told me that you have a I don't know how you describe it a meaty part or you play a sweetheart or something which I took I Don't know what you can say about it. I don't want you do any spoilers No, no, no, no, I mean people have seen the first season. I'm I'm a US Marshall who's pretty ruthless towards the the Native Americans and he's

trying to track down this Native American girl who killed some nuns and priests. Yeah, she escaped from this school that she was at and the school treated, it was a Catholic school, they treated the natives horrendously. So this girl reacted and has escaped. So I'm essentially hunting her down.

That's great. So he's not that's interesting. That was one of my questions like Taylor Sheridan is so prolific I mean the guys signed like a 12 show deal and he seems like he's got 20 shows on the air somehow and every time I watch one of his shows He's credited as the writer. I'm like, I don't know how this guy does that, you know, that's really incredible But how what interaction have you had with him and what's his style if you can comment on that?

I haven't had interaction with him directly since that sons of Anarchy. So I, you know, my interaction with him is I read his script and get to do it. And I hear about him through the director and the first AD and stuff like that. But he's been very good to me. I'm very appreciative. That's excellent. Well, you're a benefit to him as well, my friend. Jamie McShane is my guest. He is an actor.

whose credits include Wednesday on Netflix, 1923, Sons of Anarchy, Bloodline. He's got a great resume. What else do you have coming up that we can look for you in? Those three, 23. Oh yeah, I did Bosch Legacy too last year. The first episode of Bosch Legacy this coming season in March. 1923, I did like six episodes. I'm in Wednesday again, a little bit here and there. Season two, we filmed that in Ireland.

And then tasks come in six out of the seven episodes. Wow. Nice. So did you say? Oh, yeah. And I just I just want to I got I got a really cool like giant belt buckle with my name on it. I want the best actor for a short at the Tucson Film Festival. Whoa. Wait. And that was a gift. A huge belt. Yeah. It's so funny. It's like so Western. And then I have a little one. I've had a pretty good supporting role in a movie called Atropia.

It was this little independent film, and it won Sundance. Wow. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance a month ago, or a couple weeks ago. You play Siegel in that? Siegel? Yeah, I play, yes, Siegel. I play like a Army Commitmenter, kind of like Arlie Ermey in, you know, it was a platoon. Oh, okay. You know, kind of that, or Full Metal Jacket, I think it was. Okay. Full Metal Jacket, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That kind of drill. Thank you, drill sergeant. That's fantastic. What kind of roles do you like to play the most? Do you have like, you're sometimes you're a good guy, sometimes you're a bad guy. What gets you excited when you see a script? I don't care. I mean, my favorite role, so for Bloodline, I was one of my favorites, and that was such a great layered character. But this, what I did on task, they

It was such a fun role because I'm kind of the head of this biker club, this motorcycle club. I'm kind of with the mother chapter. So I come down to look in on the local chapters. And it was so fun to play because they really let me do how I saw the character and then, you know, the tweaking of the direction and the writing was just, the writing was so good.

like Bloodline, it just gave me, and Taylor and everything, just gave me so much to play with. How do you, okay, so as an actor, you just said you got a lot of freedom to play the character how you want. Is that, do you like that or do you like parameters sometimes given to you by a director? Is it easy to play when you have limits or when you can just kind of add your own stuff to the character? It's both. I mean, if they like on task,

bloodline, even 23, the character to me is already in the script and then what can I do to bring it to life and find the layers and the humanity and, you know, whatever. And I get to, I've been fortunate enough to get to bring that sort of stuff to life and then have directors tweak me and the writer and that I love. I love, you know, there's a great scene in task.

I'm not going to give it away, but the director wanted this other actor and I to be closer physically than we were when we rehearsed it. And it just changed the whole dynamic of the scene as to how it ended up. Nice. So do you ever get advice from a director or a writer, producer, whatever?

where you're kind of like, oh, I don't know about this. And it wasn't good. And what happens when that happens? Like, do you feel secure enough? You work all the time. You're a respected actor. Do you feel OK speaking up in those situations? I've had times where I've spoken up and said, I don't know if this quite feels right. And then the director was totally right. They're like, try it. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's great. So I haven't had too many that I can remember that.

the direction was wonky or anything. That doesn't stand out to me, no. Oh, that's good. All right, you also, Jayme, you mentioned you're in one episode of Bosch Legacy coming up, which is the final season, and that's one of my favorite shows. I love cop shows, and I like LA cop shows, and that to me is just a phenomenal show. Love everything about it. You've been on that show before, you played...

Frank, what was your character's name? Francis Sheehan. Francis Sheehan. That was a great role. Yeah, I'm still Detective Sheehan. Yeah, right, because you, that's right. Okay. So, all right, now it's coming back to you. Remember what happened to your character. So that's nice that they can bring you back. I know Scott Clay, since had a nice run, our friend, a fellow actor, a friend of yours too.

So I was hoping to have him back on for Bosch legacy because he told me last time he was on the show, he goes, I cannot believe that I keep managing to get in every season. Like what a great thing is an actor, right? Yeah. And he's great in it. He's really good. Yeah. My guest is Jamie McShane. We'll have a couple more minutes with Jamie when we come back after this very short break. We're talking acting. We're talking 1923.

His new show, Task, which drops in September, he says is one of the coolest things he's ever worked on. So look for that as well. We're coming right back on Nightlight with Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Hey, this is John Legend and you're listening to Nightlight with Pete Schwabba. We're back. Talking with actor Jamie McShane, you can catch him on the new season of 1923. He plays Marshall Kent.

Great role, and he's in bloodline. Check him out in that. The show Wednesday on Netflix and an upcoming show that is called Task. And did you say that was HBO, James? Yes, it's HBO. I was looking at your IMDb page. I haven't looked at it in a while, but I love that you still do short films.

which tells me that you as an actor, it's all about the role, right? Or maybe you're doing a friend a favor, or maybe you just really love the role, but I think it's great that you don't limit yourself to big money. Yeah. Thank you. I wish I were getting a lot bigger money, but I'm paying the bills. No, I love doing it. You know, I've had like a kid asked to do a short film or whatever. I'm like, yeah, let me see the script. And as long as I can do it,

Time-wise and all that's fine. I have a neighbor down the street who I've done a couple films for One was called unspoken a short film that won a bunch of awards. It was Michael Beach and I and another girl Jean-Té That was a really cool little film Yeah, he just asked me if I would do it. I read the script. I said, yeah, I called Michael Beach is an amazing actor. He said yeah, I'll do it and then he got

This other actress to play and the three of us shot it and right here in in with Hollywood That's so funny and I know that you're willing to do these films because years ago, and I think we talked about this last time We shot a little disco principal baby disco principal at our kids school And I was quote directing it end quote and you were the main character and that was

Even that was a lot of fun. You know what I mean? Like that was fun. Yeah. And Scott Claes was in it. We had all these fun Wayne York, all these great character actors and Curtis was in it. You remember Curtis Wilmont? Of course. Love Curtis. I was just Heather and I were just hanging out with him the other night. Oh, no kidding. Yeah. He played the man with the yellow hat. Wait, no, that was in the first one, the mother goose movie we did. Oh, OK. I thought it was in the same one. He was really funny. He's such a good guy. That's so great.

Is there a specific role that you would do anything to play? A character, maybe a famous character or a type of role that you haven't played yet that you would love to do? I love period pieces. If I could, I would love to play Gene Hackman's son. Oh, wow. I mean, that has been my dream. Unfortunately, Gene doesn't act anymore. Right. But I would absolutely love that. I would love to work for Steven Spielberg.

you know, a bunch of other people. I can't say a specific role. Well, we did meet Harrison Ford the other night, speaking of specific roles. Oh, nice. We met him at the 1923 premiere and talk about an American actor who's had some of the most amazing roles ever. Yeah. And he's such a sweet guy. He was so kind. He's one of those actors that just like, and I put Tom Cruise in that category.

Well, there's a lot of them. They just choose really smart scripts and they're smart guys. And that's why they've had, in my opinion, at least for what it's worth, the longevity they've had because they pick good projects, right? Yeah. He's definitely at the top of that list. And is he, are those guys like Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, just guys you'd want to work with, James, or who are your influences? Like when you decided, I think I can do this, who did you want to emulate?

Hackman was a huge influence when I was growing up also Alan Alda specifically in Nash no kidding. Yeah, because everyone He just stood out like his subtleties just stood out. I met him once at like the airport and I said hello and he was he was sweet But yeah, I would say Yeah, those those are the main two. I mean I've had you know effect Stephen McQueen

You clint a bit. Spencer Tracy going way back. Nice. Yeah, some of those guys. You could put you in pretty good company. Have there been... Oh, and you know who else recently? Yeah. We just watched a movie called The Dead Don't Hurt, which is a weird title. It's a Western. Yeah, it's... The Dead Don't Hurt. Right. It's written, directed, and starred by Vigil Mortensen. And I think he is so incredible. He is such a talent.

I would love to work with him. He's great. I actually just rewatched the history of violence about two months ago and The first time I saw it it blew me away and I there was that moment where you kind of think you know where it's going But he's like transitions through that film into this badass Yeah, he's a great actor and what and a name you don't hear a lot when you talk about these great actors very underrated

Dude, this is so fun. I wish you luck on 1923. Thank you so much. Where you're sitting right now reminds me of when we used to drink whiskey in our yards and just sit out there at night. Some of the best times I had living in LA. So I miss you, buddy. And this is great to have you on the show. Continued success, my friend. But thank you so much for having me. It's such an honor. And I miss you. And I'll talk to you around sometime.

I appreciate it. All right, have a good night, buddy. Thanks, everyone. Bye-bye. You got it. That's Jamie McShane, folks. Check him out in 1923. Consistently, when I would introduce friends I meet that weren't comedians, because when I lived in LA, I mostly hung out with my comedian friends. And they all met Jamie, and they would go, oh my god, I know that guy. He's awesome. He's a really good actor. If you get a chance to check out his work.

Definitely do it, because he's phenomenal. I was going to ask him what he's watching on TV, but he's basically in everything. So I don't think he could have given me a good answer there. But Rob Thomas coming up at 720, we're going to read your texts when we come back after the news. And our question tonight, oh, folks, it's a good one. We've had some great answers so far. What aspect of bodily maintenance do you wish you didn't have to do? I say cut my nose hair. Conrad says, wear deodorant.

Some people are saying manscaping colonoscopy the list goes on and on Be part of the show and answer our question folks. I will read it on the radio Rob Thomas coming up at 720 We'll be right back with nightlight with peach wabba on the civic media radio network

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