How old is that one?
You gotta get rid of that.
I mean, I still do it.
I'm just saying.
I think we got better material.
Hey, welcome to Nightlight, everybody.
Great to have you with me.
It is Tuesday election day here in the state of Wisconsin.
Hope everybody got the chance to get out and vote.
If you didn't, you still have time.
There's a little less than two hours until the polls close.
Did you vote today, Conrad?
Did you get out there?
Yeah.
I had the sticker on, yeah.
I accidentally took two and then I felt bad.
I went and voted right when I woke up this morning and I was kind of in a haze and I forgot what district or what ward I was in and I got the wrong line and the lady gives me my whatever checks me in.
I go over and get my ballot.
Shout out to Marinette poll workers because they gave me the right ballot.
There
though I was in the wrong line.
And I thought, oh my God, I'm gonna have to go back and say I'm an idiot.
I need a different, but it worked out just fine.
But be awake when you vote, folks.
You can make mistakes.
Luckily I didn't.
My ballot was perfect.
I got an A plus.
Hopefully you guys all got out and vote.
So important to get to the polls tonight before eight o'clock.
You still have time if you didn't do it.
Welcome to Nightlight.
I am Pete Schwabba.
The voice you just heard before that was Conrad Krieger, the K-man.
Con, riding shotgun.
How are you, buddy?
and cleanser.
Bum, you're saying that like in the British style.
Like it's because you don't want to say a swear word or just be risqué and say, but like we do in America.
Yeah.
A bum trimmer.
hair
something that actually trims your bum because I think a lot of us could use that.
What's the date today?
they're taking pre-orders
just have to clean your bum the old-fashioned way with a nice warm washcloth What there was another product you saw too on April Fool's.
What was that?
Well, so remember last year
It came out before that.
It was like a week or
before April Fool's.
It was not fair.
Yeah.
What's their product this year?
Ooh, I'm intrigued.
Isn't that kind of a mystery anyway if
a gas station donut?
You know how many grubby fingers seriously are reaching in there?
If you go in there late morning, you probably have a chance at a serious illness
around in there.
So they don't give you any hints as to what's in the mystery donut?
I think it could be hot dog flavored.
Hot dog flavored water.
Hot dog flavored water donut.
Okay, I was hoping not to vomit tonight while
the air, but who knows?
All right, those are good jokes.
I usually, when I wake up, I'll look at my phone for a couple minutes before I get out of bed and I usually see something on April Fool's where I'll go, whoa, really?
I don't realize it's April Fool's yet.
If it's something plausible, you kind of fall for it, right?
It's April.
It was it was it something Conrad related that they posted it
Okay
Bucks traded Yanis for a second rounder and a player to be named later.
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Dan and Todd will keep you informed.
Those guys are so great.
They do such a great job and very informed.
You think you're more informed than Dan and Todd?
Oh, I don't think so.
Depends on the subject, really, though, right?
Yeah, maybe
it.
Sports or, you know, Conrad's apartment.
They're probably not as in tune with
what goes in what drawer.
You
them.
I think you...
We've got our guests tonight, folks.
We've got some good ones.
Craig Benzien will be here.
Craig is a director, actor, and an influencer.
When I first heard influencer like 10 years ago, I thought I was like, what is that?
It's a serious thing.
I wish I influenced people, but no one calls me for advice.
I have no social media platforms where I have any sway.
I'm trying to get there.
I'm up to 130 followers on Blue Sky.
I've got 250 bot followers on X. Did you celebrate
I might have missed the window.
That was about a week ago.
I am rapidly gaining followers.
They're all young women who want to date me.
It's kind of
weird.
Nice.
You do get, what do you do?
All right.
What do you do for that?
If you're Twitter or Blue Sky and you get, you know, it's like some kind of, do you accept them?
Do you let them follow you?
So it looks like you have more followers.
to how are
Yeah, it was
Okay and delete that mommy You know I got duped because usually I don't like on Facebook I never accept them Yeah, but I figured Twitter like if I can build my followers.
I'll just never
I'm not gonna follow them back, but if it adds to your follower numbers, okay.
But last about two nights ago, I got a request and this girl, she looked normal.
And she had like 600 followers and she was following like 1,000 usual blue sky starting off numbers, right?
I thought, okay, I'll accept this.
And I followed her back to do that courtesy thing.
Two seconds later, hey, how are you?
Oh, okay.
I was duped again.
So anyway, we're gonna have dinner next week.
Oh, no, he should be fine.
Yeah, but so Craig benzene will be here folks at 635 Craig has a film called no Packers.
No life It's gonna play in the Wisconsin Film Festival on Sunday night at the Barrymore Theater I had the opportunity to interview Craig on directors cut on PBS Wisconsin a couple weeks ago the episode aired last night if you missed it You can check it out online at PBS Wisconsin org The full episode of directors cut is there and all my interviews with directors at this year's festival
including my King and Ben Reiser, who work for the festival and do a great job.
But Craig was on the show, told me about his film, No Packers, No Life.
It's about Japanese packer fans.
And it just sounds so great.
And I thought, I got to have this guy in nightlight.
So Craig is going to be on.
He's got over a million subscribers, Conrad, and they're all real people.
No bots.
Wow.
I think.
Well, that's Craig about that.
But yeah, he's a big YouTube guy and he has a show called Wheezy Waiter that ran for like 13 years on YouTube.
Now we made this documentary.
Craig will be here at 6.35.
Excited to talk to him.
And then our special mystery guest, Luke Mathers will be here.
Civic Media's own Do Everything, Know Everything, Luke Mathers is coming back on Nightlight to take one of our fun quizzes.
That will happen at 7.35.
We're gonna do like a little political election day fictional character.
fictional political character quiz.
We're gonna give Luke that quiz.
He crushed our last one.
He crushed it, right?
He did really well, I remember.
I don't know if it was an actual crushing.
Yeah.
Out of 15.
pretty good.
And we tried to stomp him a couple times.
Yeah.
But anyway, that, ladies and gentlemen, leads us to our question of the night.
Let's talk about the question.
OK, question.
Question.
Question.
Pregunta.
Question.
Question.
OK, I have a question.
Questions.
This question.
Domanda.
Question.
Question.
Questions.
Who is your favorite fictional political character?
So many to choose from, folks.
Who is your favorite fictional political character?
Movies, TV.
What have you?
Name it for us and text us and we'll read your text on the radio.
That is tonight's question.
And that's kind of what we're gonna do when Lucas here at 735.
We'll give him that quiz and see if he can guess the show from which each person we describe is on.
And it's all politically related.
You got a lot of stuff to choose from.
You got scandal, Madam Secretary, the American president, primary colors.
What's the true not what's the one primary colors?
Did I say it?
No, what's the one with Robin Wright?
I always forget this house of cards.
That was a big one before Kevin Spacey ruined everything I want to say I'm gonna say Mayor Quimby From the Simpsons.
He's my favorite political fictional.
That's a good political character What about you?
I don't know
Every time it's like, well, yeah, why is he rubbing his hands like that?
I'd say mine is awesome.
I'd be ripping me or Quimby mine is between Cam Brady which is from the campaign Will Ferrell and I would say Bud Johnson and that's from swing vote
Oh, I didn't see that.
All right, we'll talk more about political movies.
We'll read your texts, and we'll get into all things Nightlight.
Coming up next, on Nightlight with P. Schwabba on the Civic Media Radio
Network.
Tonight's question, who is your favorite fictional political character?
It is election day, folks.
Still got plenty of time to get to the polls.
Very important to do so.
Big day here in Wisconsin.
Conrad voted, I voted.
We're not trying to brag.
It's not like it takes a genius to go vote, so all the more reason.
You have no excuse not to, so get to those polls, folks.
And coming up at eight o'clock, right after nightlight, Dan Schaefer and Todd Alba will take over from headquarters in Madison as soon as the polls close and they will give you coverage like you won't find on any other network here at Civic Media.
Our question tonight is, who was your favorite?
fictional political character.
We've got some texts rolling in.
Sherry Markins says, are we going to election stuff, Pete?
Hi, good evening to you and Conrad, but I really want to hear that.
I really want to hear that stuff today.
Uh, I think she's saying she doesn't want to hear that stuff today.
No, we're not going to do, I mean, we're going to, we're going to couch it in a way nightlight would Sherry, we're going to give Luke Mathers a fun quiz about movies, about politics.
so we won't get into candidates, their backgrounds, or political ads or anything like that.
So stick with us.
It's great to have you, Sherry.
Jules from Mosini says, Jed Bartlett, the West Wing.
That's Martin Short, or Martin Short, Martin Sheen, right?
I never watched the West Wing.
I know, that's like, and I've had so many friends.
I had a friend who had the box set on CDs and he gave it to me to watch.
And I never, I still never watched it.
I think he gave it to me right as I was kind of done with network shows.
And even though it's Aaron Sorkin, it's a great show, I just still couldn't bring myself to watch the West Wing.
I know that's kind of sacrilege around entertainment and people who like politics, but I still have the box set of DVDs.
Thank you, Jules.
Al from Jackson says, macho camacho.
What's that?
Kind of be ready to go to the Google man.
I know people are gonna bring in some obscure stuff and That could be an April Fool's joke too.
See that's what happens when election day and April Fool's Day are on the same day So I don't know if Al's up to no good or if that's his actual I remember the boxer Hector Macho Camacho.
That's what's coming up
Well, you know what he might have gone into politics actually Well done Al
If that's where you're going with that, L's in the 262 from the 608 Ross from Crawford County says, Saturday Night Live, comedian James Austin Johnson playing Donald Trump.
He's pretty good, isn't he?
Yeah.
There's one guy that does a Trump.
Who would I?
I saw this recently.
I didn't think it was that great.
Like he was funny, but it sounded nothing like Trump.
But Chevy Chase used to do Gerald Ford and never even tried to get the voice down.
He just talked like he was Chevy Chase and it was still funny.
Thank you, Ross.
Ross is in the 608.
Also from the 608, AJ says, Hi, Pete and Conrad.
There's so many good political fictional characters.
But the one I thought of first was Bill Pullman as the president of the USA in Independence Day.
Mary McDonald also made a great first lady.
Even her story was cut short.
That's right, she passed away in that movie.
Yeah, she was very good.
Bill Pullman is such a great everyman.
He was a good president in that movie.
I don't think it was a great movie.
It's kind of cheesy.
I remember liking it when I saw it and then thinking when I left the theater, I probably wouldn't watch that again.
But it was good.
Fun to watch with a packed house too.
Good thriller.
Tyler from Wisconsin Rapids, that's the 608.
He says, James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
I knew we were gonna hear that one at some point.
That's a great film.
Great text, Tyler, thank you.
Jules from Hosany says, oh Pete, it's the best.
I know.
I know that and I have no doubt I'll like the West Wing when I finally do start watching it.
And I've got like what, 10 seasons to watch and it's networked.
So there's like 25 episodes.
That's like 250 episodes of the West Wing.
That's 250 hours give or take of my life that I'll probably spend on that show at some point.
Thank you for the recommendation, Jules.
And I have no doubt you're correct.
From the 608 Anna in Madison says, Hi, Pete and Conrad, my favorite fictional political figure is Robert Redford in the candidate.
That's a good one, too.
I don't know that there's a fictional character or politician in this movie, but my favorite political movie is probably All the President's Men.
It's just got those great scenes at the Washington Post where Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are there late at night trying to get this story done.
They're meeting with people, a confidant named Deep Throat in parking garages.
They're worried for their safety.
Such a good...
Good movie.
And back when newspaper reporting was the thing.
Love that movie.
And I just watched it about eight months ago with my son for the first time.
It holds up.
It's a great film.
Brian from Milwaukee says, the president in the movie, the American president and the president in the West Wing.
I think that's Jed Bartlett, Brian.
And the American president is Michael Douglas.
I don't remember what the president's name was, but I remember liking that movie.
It was a Rob Reiner film.
Little folksy at times.
little exposition-y if I could use a screenwriter word, but a satisfying movie.
And don't you hate it when there are people in the movies or TV and you wish actual politicians could behave like that or say those things or make those kinds of changes because it's hard.
It's a TV show.
You know, the person who writes it creates an entire world and the people in that world and he can get them to do anything he wants.
And it's fun to watch It's not gonna happen in real life though as much as we why I guess that's why we like the movie so much We got a stream comment stream comment Conrad.
Yep.
I gotta get to my yeah, so many remotes here Who's it from?
Hizou Hizou, I hope that if we're if we're mispronouncing your name Apologies, but Hizou says my favorite fictional political character is the governor
in the best little whorehouse in Texas.
Ooh, I like to do a little sidestep.
Boy, I have not seen that in so long.
Vaguely remember that.
I knew we were gonna get some obscure references too, and I love that.
Keep those comment folks, they're so much fun.
Thank you, Sizzu, Sizzu.
Sorry if I'm getting your name right.
You can call me whatever you want, just to make, just to even the score.
You, I wanted to ask you about that scene.
I already
know what scene you're talking
about.
White
Lotus?
Yeah.
We'll have to do that because we're kind of running out of time here for this segment But we got to get to that because I haven't seen it yet and I want to see you tap-toe tip-toe around All right, ladies and gentlemen influencer and movie filmmaker director Craig Benzene will be here next telling us about his new film no Packers no life.
It's gonna be playing at the Wisconsin Film Festival and it's a
story about Japanese Packer fans.
It looks awesome.
He's coming up next.
Luke Mathers at 735, taking our political fictitious movie quiz like Luke can only do.
It's Peach Wabbit at Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.
we have clarification.
It's Chizu is the name, so we'll have to remember that Conrad.
Thank you for clarifying that.
Chizu on the stream.
So wherever you're joining us from tonight, folks, it's great to have you.
Whether you're listening on the radio across the state or on the Civic Media app on the stream, Facebook, YouTube.
What else is there, Conrad?
Twitter.
Twitter.
X. Friendster.
However you're joining us, it's great to have you.
We have a fun show tonight.
Luke Mathers is going to be here in hour number two.
And in honor of election day, we're going to give Luke one of our quizzes.
It's going to be a fictional character.
And Luke did very well the last time we gave him a quiz.
We'll see how he does.
I have a feeling he's going to do pretty well.
He's kind of an informed guy regarding politics.
So I feel like Luke is going to make a good showing.
I hope he does.
We're not out to embarrass anyone, especially not the kid.
Oh, you know what?
That's a great nickname.
I almost called him the kid Luke Mathers.
The kid.
He knows a lot more than I do, though.
Like, I can't fix a computer or radio station.
So
I can't really call him the kid.
You can call me the kid.
Yeah, you're the kid.
You know about as much as I do.
That makes me feel good.
All
right.
Hey, we're going to keep the show moving, folks.
I'm excited to welcome my next guest, his film No Packers, No Life, screens at this year's Wisconsin Film Festival, this coming weekend.
Joining me now is my pleasure to welcome to Nightlight for the first time, actor and influencer and filmmaker, Craig Benzine.
Hey, Craig.
Hello, how are you?
I'm doing very well.
It's great to have you.
Nice to see you.
How are you doing tonight?
I'm doing good.
I had a spotted cow.
I'm feeling good.
That's not going to make you slur your words.
I have every confidence we'll get through this.
Of course.
Where are you joining us from?
Do you live in Madison?
Yeah, Madison.
OK, nice.
Born and raised in the area.
Boy, I got to say, my whole life.
Living in wherever I lived whether it was in Chicago or the second part of my childhood in Wisconsin Everyone said you got to go out and do stuff and go to big cities and to get things done and I'm looking at your IMDB page today You're like one of the busiest people I've ever seen and you're doing it all for Madison.
That's pretty impressive
Well, I did live in Chicago for 12 years.
Okay full disclosure, but yeah, I moved back here when we had our daughter and Been here for like five years now
So
that's excellent.
Well, it's good to see you.
Thanks for being on the show.
You and I met a couple of weeks ago on the set of Director's Cut on PBS Wisconsin.
It was good to get to meet you in person and hear about your film.
Let's before we jump into no packers.
No life Can you tell us a little bit about how you you have such a unique career like you have acting credits?
You're an influencer.
You just made this documentary How did you find this path?
What brought you to this?
Did you go to film school or were you in a theater company or how did you do it?
Well, I did I did go to I was a communication arts radio television film major at UW Madison.
Okay, and I'd always I
I guess I kind of always wanted to get into film, but I never moved to LA, never did the things you're supposed to do to do it.
So I moved to Chicago with my band and was just trying to play shows with my band and see where we could take things.
My band called Driflus Pony Club.
And I
just eventually was like, well, hey, I'm not using my degree.
I'm not using my skills that I have.
So I just started putting videos on the internet.
like right around the time when YouTube started.
And it took a while of, after about three years of making videos before it, it became like my full-time job, making videos.
Wow, on
YouTube.
Yeah.
I gotta tell you, and I feel really stupid, this isn't me a couple, but I remember like in 2006,
I just made a movie and my friend's like, you got to get it out there on YouTube.
It's this new thing.
And I'm like, yeah, okay, whatever.
No one's going to watch this.
People putting home movies up.
And now it's bigger than network TV or streaming or anything.
So tip of my hat, way to crush it.
You have over a million followers on YouTube that baffles me.
I do.
I didn't hit over a million until about 2018.
It took like 13 years.
That's amazing.
It was after making, I never really went like quote unquote viral until way later.
Like it was kind of a slow build of an audience.
Until 2018, my wife and I did a video where we quit added sugar for a month and that video blew up really big.
Wow.
Yeah.
I was already doing it full time, but that's where I eventually got up to over a million subscribers.
I love, I watched one of your videos earlier today where you lost weight and you were like, I'm not a nutritionist.
I'm not a dietitian.
This is just what works for me.
So I want to ask you about that.
And then we could talk about the giving up sugar thing too.
That's great.
But first, let's get to your film, No Packers, No Life.
It shows this Sunday night at 4.30 PM central time at the Barrymore Theater in Madison, right in your backyard there.
Tell us about No Packers, No Life.
okay it's a it's about a group of uh i would say intense hardcore packer fans from japan and they uh so i have this friend who who for business goes to japan every few months and he um on one of his trips he encountered they call themselves the japanese packer cheering team and uh
He he saw a guy with a Packers jersey and he followed him and and all of a sudden he said hi to him and wondering what was going on and a bunch of Japanese people with Packers jerseys came out of the woodwork and they were all meeting To they were all doing there.
It was at the time.
I think it was a weekly meeting Just watching their favorite Packer game from the previous season They just watch they they they would meet in Tokyo and watch a a game a pre-recorded game
And he called up a couple of his friends who live in Green Bay, and he decided we're going to plan to take them to a packer game in Green Bay.
And so the documentary is basically that trip.
And then also I went to Japan and interviewed several of them.
And it's just a really good time.
They certainly like to party as well.
Yeah, that's what I hear.
And I think it's so funny that they watch games that where the outcome has been decided.
Like, that is serious fanfare.
I mean, I watch clips of my favorite teams if it comes up in reels, but to sit and watch a whole game.
But how fun,
you
know?
Yeah.
And they, I mean, yeah, I witnessed them watching one and they cheered as if they didn't know it was going to happen.
They were just, they were just so into it.
That's so great.
Are you a Packer fan?
Yeah, I mean I grew up in Wisconsin.
Yeah, of course I actually don't watch a lot of sports, but I but I do catch football games occasionally
sure So was it how did they react?
Was it hard to convince them to come on camera or that you wanted to make a film?
What was the reaction?
They I think that they were just into it like it wasn't it
I mean, Ty had already told them.
My friend Ty, who goes there, already told them what was going to happen.
So I wasn't a part of the approaching them to say, hey, come on, come on camera.
But they all seemed very on board.
Like they totally got it.
They knew that it was kind of unique.
It was unique that they were so into the Packers.
And so it wasn't very difficult to get them to talk about it because they were so passionate about the Packers.
One of the one of the things that I think intrigued a lot of them about Greek about the Packers was that they were from such a small town that the Packers don't have the the stadium is nearly the population of the town and They don't have an owner they don't have a traditional owner and they were intrigued a lot of them were intrigued by that
It's fascinating.
I can't even imagine.
Do you have in your film their reaction when they first get to Green Bay and when they see the stadium for the first time?
It must have been magical to them.
Oh, yes.
Yeah, there's a They they they the night before that well, they go they spend a whole weekend in Green Bay So they good they do a tour of Green Bay.
They they ride the zip and Pippin They They actually met
They got to see a Super Bowl ring.
They got to hold a Super Bowl ring.
They got a tour of Lambeau before the game, the day before the game.
And yeah, they were.
in awe.
I've never seen anyone so
excited.
My guest is filmmaker, actor, influencer Craig Benzine.
He made the film No Packers, No Life, which you can check out at this year's Wisconsin Film Festival Sunday, April 6th at the Barrymore Theater at 4.30 p.m.
Craig is joining us over the stream right now here on Nightlight.
I love that they watch old games.
That's great.
I also think it's hilarious.
And we talked about this when I interviewed you on TV a couple of weeks ago about how they love the Zippin Pippin.
I mean, I love Bay Beach.
The Zippin Pippin is wonderful, but they're from Tokyo.
The Zippin Pippin doesn't have any loops.
It doesn't have a huge drop.
It's just your basic no frills, fun roller coaster, but they flip for it.
What's going on there?
Well,
I wouldn't say all of them.
did.
I mean, I think some of them really had a good time with it.
I think they appreciated the historical nature of it and that it's in Green Bay.
And one of them mentioned how they were kind of, it was old.
They weren't used to riding a roller coaster, that old, a wooden old roller coaster.
And part of the intensity of it was just how old it was.
But they, yeah, and a few of them didn't ride, a few of them didn't want to ride the roller coaster.
But yeah, but they enjoyed it.
How did these people from Japan, how did they discover the Packers?
Do you go into that or do they tell you like, they're in Tokyo?
I'm sure the NFL isn't as accessible as it is here there, although I'm sure they have access to it, but how did they find the Packers and how did they find the NFL?
Well, it was different for different people.
Some of them had been to the United States previously.
And there was one, kind of the ringleader of the Japanese Packard cheering team, his name's Chepo.
He talks about how there was a period of time where he was coming home very late from his job.
And I think around the time of the Bears Patriots Super Bowl.
Apparently that Super Bowl was worldwide for some reason.
I don't know.
There was something about that Super Bowl, but maybe it was the
Super Bowl shuffle.
The Super Bowl shuffle, yeah, maybe.
Yeah, but I think he caught a game.
He just caught some games late at night because that's when it would show.
And then from there, I think kind of decided who his favorite team was going to be.
And I think the general, that's sort of generally how I think like back in the 80s and 90s, they just somehow caught wind of the NFL.
There was apparently a manga show or like a, it was either a magazine or it was a TV show that was based on NFL, on the NFL on American football.
And that some of them got in
got into football because of that.
And then I think after that, learning about how Green Bay is such a small town and the story, the long history that Green Bay has, I think drew them to the Packers.
That's so great.
What did they think of the film?
Have they seen themselves in a screening yet?
I have not shown it to them yet.
Okay.
I don't know if Ty has shown any of them the film yet, but I plan to.
We plan to have a screening.
Sure.
Will you be at the screening in Madison at the Barrymore?
Are you going to do like a Q&A or something?
Yes,
I'll be at the
Berenor.
Oh,
nice.
Well, that'll be fun.
How are tickets selling?
Do you know?
I mean, people can go to the Wisconsin Film Festival website and get no packers, no life tickets.
I think that, and then they'll take you to Eventbrite.
But do you know if there are still tickets available?
I don't know if there are still available or not, but I'm told it's selling well.
It's one of the better selling.
films at the Film Festival.
It's probably has a little to do with the Packers, I imagine.
No, don't say that.
It has nothing to do with it.
It's your filmmaking.
It's your astute knowledge of the film industry.
Sure, sure,
yes.
My guest is Craig Benson, his film No Packers No Life is the Wisconsin Film Festival playing at the Barrymore on Sunday.
Check it out, folks.
We'll be right back after a very short break.
And I've got some more questions.
Craig's got a lot going on, folks.
We'll get into that after the break.
Luke Mathers is here at 735 to take our fictional political character quiz.
You don't want to miss that either.
A lot's going on here.
Tonight, great to have you with me.
It's Pete Schwab and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio
okay so Al from the 262 gives us clarification he says no not the boxer he clarifies Dwayne Camacho Dwayne Camacho president Dwayne
Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho is the main antagonist turn supporting character of the 2006 American sci-fi comedy film Idiocracy, which I've never seen
I've seen it.
Have you seen it's good, right?
Everybody I know laughs hysterically and says it's great.
That's great.
It's been a long
time, but I enjoyed it.
Yeah, I'm a little I'm a little behind there just 19 years Welcome back to Nightlight.
I'm Peach Waba joining me over the stream is filmmaker Craig Benzing.
He's also
He goes by, you tell people about your YouTube channel, Craig.
My channel is called Weezy Waiter.
These days I do, and it's Weezy with an H. A lot of people will just, will remove the
H. They'll spell it like Weezy Jefferson and not with the, okay.
Yeah.
And lately it's a lot about, kind of about self-improvement.
Like some of my main videos are like monthly challenges.
Like I did,
I did 10,000 steps a day.
I did 20,000 steps a day.
I did 30,000 steps a day.
Different videos.
Yeah.
And I've done quitting out of sugar, quitting the internet, quitting my cell phone.
My wife and I quit alcohol for a year.
just very stuff like that.
And then also there's other, it's basically whatever I want it to be.
Yeah, that's pretty cool.
And you get to do that full time.
You just pick a topic and you just say what you want to, I think that's so fun.
And I saw the one earlier where, well, first of all, you quit the internet.
How are you posting that you allow yourself to post videos?
Well,
I talk about that in the video.
I
mean, I
had, I made an exception where I could upload videos on YouTube, but I couldn't.
I couldn't hang around.
And I did make an exception where I could check my email like a tiny window in the day because I needed to.
But other than that.
Conrad told me just during the break, you were in Amazing Orange, the internet sensation.
Oh, Annoying Orange.
I'm sorry.
What did I say?
Yeah.
That's a different show.
Annoying
Orange,
yes.
Yeah, I mean, yeah, I was on that at least once.
That was a long time ago.
I think I voiced some pecans.
Yeah, so, yeah.
I just wanted to say that before I forgot.
All right, let's get back to Weezy Waiter, because it's so fun.
Like the one I saw was you doing, just giving advice on losing weight and what worked for you.
You did, and like you just said, you did 10,000 steps, you tried that, 30,000, that didn't work.
10 wasn't enough, 30 was too many, you settled on 20,000 steps.
How many calories do you burn?
I was doing 20 for a while, and I'm like, at my age, if I don't eat right, it doesn't matter how much I walk.
Really, 20,000 didn't help?
I dropped about a pound.
Yeah, I mean, so 20,000 for me was the sweet spot, because I mean, I track my calories, and...
At the end of the day, I would have so many extra calories to eat I could still eat quite a bit before I would hit my goal Yeah, and I wasn't that hungry like but 30,000 I was just starving so I was just eating a lot And 10,000 just wasn't quite enough to really do much
It's
not hard to get 10.
It is tough to get 30.
You really have to stay on your feet pretty much all day to get 30.
I think I've done that three times in my life and I paid for it the next day.
Yeah, I did it every day for a month.
I did miss a couple of days because I got sick.
But other than that, there were a couple of days where I had to run before midnight to get the step.
Yeah, that was very challenging.
That takes many hours to do that.
You know, it's funny, because I have a Fitbit, I track my steps, and there have been times where I was at like, you know, if I set my goal at 10,000, I'd be at 9,600, and it's like 11.58 PM.
So kind of similar to you, but I don't even get out of the chair.
I go like this with my arms, like I'm working a heavy bag or something, and my son will be like, what are you doing?
Well, I got to get my steps.
He's like, well, you're not getting your steps.
I'm like, well, it's movement.
It's still, you know.
It is exercise.
It is something, at
least.
Where did you come up with the name Weezy Waiter?
I love that.
Well, at the time, I was waiting tables in downtown Chicago.
I have asthma.
Okay.
And I like alliteration, so we see later.
It's a no-brainer.
We have a clip.
Can we keep you through the news, Craig?
Can we keep you for a few more minutes?
All right, because I want to talk.
You posted a really funny video where you said my wife lists the things that annoy her about you or something like that.
So
we want to play that.
And then I want to ask you about the no sugar challenge because
What I love about your videos is that they're, well, they're fun.
You're a really likable guy and they're informative.
Even if you're telling people what you're doing and you claim you're not an expert, it gets people thinking and trying to better themselves.
So I love your videos because I feel like everybody wins when they watch them.
Oh, well, thank you.
I mean, I try to make it more about my experience rather than me trying to tell you.
trying to teach you anything.
No, I see you as a cult leader in the near future.
I think you could really get a big following and lead people in a good way.
Well, if times get tough, maybe I'll start a cult.
Yeah, exactly.
All right, Craig Benzine is here.
His film is called No Packers, No Life.
You can check it out at the Barrymore Theater, beautiful theater in Madison, old style theater with the stars on the ceiling and a balcony and everything.
It's going to be great and it plays Sunday, April 6th at 4.30 p.m.
No Packers, No Life.
The filmmaker and the driving force behind the film is with us and he's gonna stick with us through the news We'll have a few more minutes with Craig when we get back.
This is Pete Schwabba and night late so good to have you with me folks on this Tuesday night on the Civic Media radio network
