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?
Like a throwback.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's interesting.
Oh, I love it.
Like a good trucker hat.
you doing tonight?
Indeed.
It's the
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?
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.
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?
Well, what a good citizen you
Well, yeah.
Right.
Oh, I see what you're saying.
Right.
You
And I'm sure they do that for legal purposes to cover their butts.
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?
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.
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.
Wow.
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.
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
outside of
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?
Brian from Milwaukee, our middle of the night listener who likes the Poseidon adventure.
Brian, how are you?
I'm
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.
Okay.
That's all right.
Good to hear from you at those crazy hours.
How you doing tonight?
Good.
How are you guys?
Great
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
it's like
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
really
depends what it is that I'm just clicking or signing away, you know.
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
Right,
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
maybe that's what I was.
Is Bud a truck driver?
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.
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.
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.
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.
30 I might be wrong.
I mean anyway, I think go ahead
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.
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,
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
dazzle us one really.
I appreciate
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
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
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
jump in... It's like
I'm telling God.
Conrad, do we have James?
I think we should call him.
I hear you now.
I do hear you now.
Oh, you got
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.
Sounds
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
am my hair you guys tell me i feel badly
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
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.
Hard to believe the Motel 6 doesn't have a better wireless
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.
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
to have you on the
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.
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.
Well, I'm glad we can help you out with that.
I don't fear the end times anymore because of Wisconsin.
Thank you.
So where are you in California?
Are you in LA?
You know, I visit LA for 25 years.
Matter of fact, we have a mutual friend.
Rob Brackenridge is a good buddy of mine.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, so I've met him out in LA.
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.
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.
Very nice and you you pick the one area in America that has better weather than LA so congrats on that as well
Yeah, we killed it down there
Yeah, what James can you give us some background like how did you get started in comedy?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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?
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
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.
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
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
yeah
well how do I I don't even know how to say that but you you called it like a
Fire code violation.
Fire code violation.
Yeah, that's a true story.
That's actually a true
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
network.
Welcome
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?
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.
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?
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.
They were all sad.
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
you must not have been over the
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
If Tim Cody is listening, he has got to appreciate the plugs we are giving this thing.
We're trying to pack the place.
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
would said that
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.
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?
You know, Pete, I think that age, aging myself and providing you a number doesn't really serve this conversation, but
I will tell you that.
Fair enough.
No, I was in the Marines in late 80s, early 90s.
And
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.
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.
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.
plug-a-matic that the P and James P Connelly stands
for plug-a-matic.
I love
it.
You're brilliant at it.
Thank you, buddy.
Have a great night, James.
All right.
Thank you so much.
Thanks
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.