Plays & New Releases(Hour 2)

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 loves to watch true crime, but only if it's shoplifting, Peach Waba.

I don't like to cringe.

I don't like my crimes to be graphic or make people feel uncomfortable.

Little shoplifting never hurt anybody.

You ever shoplift, Conrad?

I don't know if I should say.

I don't think

people are coming after you.

Do you think the police have enough tickets to ride for parking?

You

know, when I was five, you know, I had to grab that Snickers bar.

All right.

I think that's forgivable.

Hey, welcome to Nightlight, everybody.

I am Pete Schwab.

Great to have you with me.

It is Thursday night here in the beautiful state of Wisconsin or anywhere wherever you're listening on.

If you're not in the state of Wisconsin, we know we have listeners outside the state on the stream or on the app.

And that's great, too, wherever you are.

Happy Thursday, everybody.

This is the Christmas Eve of weekdays.

And it's at least sunny.

But once again, I had this false sense of, you know, I went outside thinking it was beautiful because the sun was

You know crazy bright and I just have a sweatshirt on I live kind of by the water.

I had to go back in and get a coat Kind of BS is that well, I mean may it's almost mid-May

Yeah, I this weekend is gonna be warmer.

Yeah hoping it does those plans don't change

We'll see what happens, but hopefully we can we can bring some warmth

to your night, folks.

It's great to have you with me here at Nightlight.

Whatever happened to you today, put it aside, and let's have some fun tonight.

We're gonna talk about movies.

It's Thursday night.

That means we're doing the popcorn pick of the week.

We've got a movie fan who told me that he hasn't watched a ton of movies lately, and that's okay.

The popcorn pick of the week.

This can be a pick, whoever the guest is can make a pick throughout the course of their life.

A movie they saw that they could recommend, that they would maybe want to re-watch or recommend other people see for the first time.

That's totally fine.

Aaron Carino will be here.

He is one of Civic Media's own.

He's our boss, Conrad.

Yes, he is.

So we will like his pick no matter how terrible it is.

That's going

to be a

big drum roll.

It's going to be a big drum roll.

It'd be great to have Aaron here.

He's a great guy.

And he is the, you know,

I almost wanted to call him the nightlight fill-in host.

Remember, he covered for me one night, and he guys had a blast.

He had a little too much fun without me, to be honest.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

Yeah,

I don't need to hear about that.

But Aaron, he's been in radio his whole life.

He's been an on-air personality, and he's a sharp dude.

He'll be here at 6.35, making the popcorn pick of the week.

We've added a guest.

If you follow us on social media...

And if you do, and if you're there, give us a like or a follow.

It's always great to get those from you guys.

But we've added a guest.

Melissa Kaye will be here at 7.05.

She is in a play in Wisconsin Rapids.

She's very active in local theater there, and she is the voice of news on WFHR.

So she will join us at 7.05 to talk about a play of which you can still get seats.

in Wisconsin Rapids, and it's this weekend, so she's very active in the theater community there.

It'll be fun to talk to Melissa.

And then at 720, our friend Deandra Marie will be here in studio.

She's been here before, and she, did she sing two or three, she sang at least a couple tunes last time and they were great.

She's got a beautiful voice, great lyricist, and she brought her folks with her last time.

Yeah, she did.

Her dad was like the roadie.

He brought the piano.

Yep.

on his shoulders.

Pretty strong guy.

I think he could take you.

That's what I'm saying.

And you're my backup.

I feel like if a guest ever gets too ticked off at me, you got my back, right?

You know,

might have

to see it.

Too late.

Now you're ruined it.

Might have the guest back, you know?

All right.

Well, that's great.

I can't wait till we do your review again.

All right.

You got my back.

I have your back, Conrad.

You know how many people have come to the studio and wanted to fight you since we started this show?

How many I could count on two hands and double that well, I don't know how what you do to rub people the wrong way You know outside of the studio.

I think I've only rubbed one person the wrong

way me You know what we have fun here, buddy This is it where this is all in good fun folks if you're driving around right now and you feel awkward or like this is like a curb your enthusiasm type weirdness Awkwardness, it's all in good fun Conrad and I

Well, I guess we don't have each other's backs, but we get along just fine.

Yeah, we're co-workers.

We'll continue to do so.

Exactly.

We talk by the water cooler.

We don't even have a water cooler.

But it's good to have you with us, folks.

It is a Thursday night, and the weekend is right around the corner.

The weekend is supposed to be beautiful, and Conrad just gave his de facto three-day forecast.

Um, so I think we'll have some, uh, we'll have some good weather this weekend and, uh, we'll have some fun tonight talking about all the things we'd love to talk about.

Movies, TV, music, comedy, the arts, culture, cool stuff going on here in, uh, in Wisconsin.

And this is a big deal.

There's a lot going on today in the news.

Um, and I don't know if we want to do a deep dive on this, but we got a new Pope.

I saw that.

Yes.

Yeah.

And he's a Bears fan.

Do you know that for sure?

I'm just I have no

idea

Chicago.

I Did see something pretty funny that I think you'll like

I saw a couple things too.

Did

you see the one about the 4,000 yards?

No But Kayla Williams throwing for 4,000 yards.

No, it's it or a bear's quarterback

It said Chicago produced a New Pope before they produce a quarterback that threw for more than 4,000 yards

Not that funny

It's pretty good.

It's pretty good.

But so what?

Like the Pope is more important.

This is a spiritual leader in the world.

Come

on.

It all goes back to football, Pete.

Every

time.

I don't know about that.

But it's exciting.

The Pope is from Chicago.

He's a midwesterner.

He's probably been to Summerfest and thrown a few back over the years.

Maybe he went to the Wisconsin Dells as a kid.

He went to Villanova to do his studies.

I saw that.

Yeah.

And those two Villanova and Boston College are going back and forth now because Villanova is saying we have a Pope before Boston College produced a Pope.

I mean, what a weird rivalry.

You know what I mean?

Like I could not give.

I just don't care.

I think it's great that he's from here in the Midwest and he I guess he has the blessing of literally the blessing of Pope Francis.

So that kind of ideology should continue within the Catholic Church.

But.

That's cool, good for them.

Did you know, did you see this story though, that the Cardinals who picked the Pope?

And admittedly, I know more about this now because of the movie Conclave.

See movies teach, teach us all we need to

know.

I need to, I still haven't seen Conclave, so.

It's pretty good.

And a lot of the Cardinals consulted the movie Conclave and say it's very accurate and they, to do research.

I wouldn't expect, I would expect them from like, take like, look, say like.

Books from like the 1400s

where did conclave do their research from the popes are looking to conquer the Cardinals are looking at conclave and I Half expected us to have a pope Stanley Tucci, but we got a new pope.

That's exciting Pope Aaron Rodgers.

Yeah There is not a lot of funny coming from that side of the glass you got to tighten up tonight buddy.

Come on.

You're better than that You did share with me something I thought was kind of cool though the Utah hockey team has a new

Yeah.

And remember my choice was the team's mascot now.

The mammoths?

Yeah.

Okay.

Good

for

you.

Yep.

They're no longer the Utah hockey club.

Hockey club.

Which is, I think it's funny that they started selling merch with that on it.

Yeah.

And then they already got it, because they just started this year.

Right.

And they already started selling jerseys that just says Utah hockey club on it.

Like why wouldn't you wait until you get the mammoths?

Because those will be collectors items now.

I guess so unless they suck at hockey, then nobody will care.

I mean, they're not great.

Yeah, but I can live with mammoths.

But I think it's pretty cool hockey.

Utah hockey club was kind of cool, too, though.

Yeah, it's a bit of a novelty.

But

no, it's just

it's plain stories here.

I was driving here tonight and this drove me crazy.

I often talk about people because I have this commute and they just clog the left lane.

But usually when people come up close to you, behind you, the person will move over to the right.

They'll be like, oh, sleep at the wheel, you know, slacken off, excuse me, I'll move to the right.

Tonight, or today, I'm driving here, there's a pickup truck pulling a boat.

Everybody is flying by this guy on the right.

It had to be 40 cars.

And they're just, we're fine, we're fine, right?

They must not even know what the left lane is for.

Do you see the license plate?

No.

And it's not like a jailable offense.

It's just like, wow, I just can't believe how clueless.

Well, I'm just saying, what state were they from?

Wisconsin.

That I know.

And they had the boat, and they were going south.

Well, then

there's no

excuse.

There's no excuse then.

But it's like that everywhere.

You're supposed to get out of the left lane, ideally anyway.

It's a free country, but

still.

I hate when you kind of get stuck behind someone and then there's a car pile up behind you.

Yeah.

And then you're waiting for everyone to go around too.

Right.

And you're like the last person now to do that.

Because they're flying by you because you're slowed up by the guy in front of you.

Exactly.

Yeah, it's like by default.

All right.

Hey, we should get to the question of the night.

We got a good one.

Let's talk about the question.

Okay, question.

Question.

Question.

Pregunta.

Question.

Question.

Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Questions.

Who is your favorite TV or movie detective?

That's a good one.

Lots to choose from, too, folks.

Who is your favorite TV or movie detective?

Chime in and hear your text read on the radio Remember last night that was funny when that I think it was Anna from Madison Said you're making fun of someone for listening on the radio, but you're a radio show, but I wasn't really making fun I was just saying, you know, we have so many listeners on the app and on the stream It was refreshing to hear that someone like Ali was just a listening on the radio.

Yeah, it was

fantastic Sometimes you just think about the radio just being in a car too,

right?

But no, you could have people around in your living room listen to that radio.

Absolutely.

Like the good

old times.

For sure.

And if you're listening on the app, folks, you can let us know there too.

Just click the little text icon right next to whatever station you're listening to.

We're on statewide, so you should have no problem there reaching the show.

And as I mentioned, we'll read it on the radio.

If you're watching on the stream, YouTube, Facebook, or what else do we have?

Conrad, YouTube, Facebook.

Twix.

Twix.

And Twix.

And of course, Twix, yeah.

We're

at the Twix broadcast right in front of me.

We're on the WGBW and WISS website.

Lots of ways to watch or listen to Nightlight.

And it's great that you find us no matter how you do it.

So I'm going to go first.

I have two.

I have a comedic detective and a regular detective.

My comedic one is Fletch.

Actually, you know what?

Disqualified he's not a detective.

He's an investigative journalist journalism.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna say Bosch then.

I think it still counts Fletch counts Cuz he investigates

It's

all

right.

It's just a funny movie and you know, he's got to solve a case

true

as

long as I got Conrad voucher for you What are you gonna say?

I was gonna say Fletch to Fletch to

Also, it's bad

remake

with John Hamm

Okay, who is in everything now?

I will say there is a my favorite TV.

You're not you're not gonna like this

That I'm Santa,

uh I don't think he actually he was in he made that movie murder mystery, but

I

don't know that but It's the Mosby boys Who's that?

It's in how I met your mother.

Oh, okay, and

it's Ted Mosie.

He solved the case of the missing retainer

Is he an actual detective?

one episode he was.

That's the only reason you pick Fletch.

So by default your favorite TV show guy would get on there too.

All right, I love Fletch though.

Who's your favorite TV or movie detective?

Let us know.

We will read your texts when we come back and I'm gonna tell you about a new amusement park I think is really weird.

This is Pete Schwabba and Night Light on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

God bless.

Your host for this evening's broadcast great to have you with me our question of the night is We're getting a lot of action on this I should get going on these texts.

Who is your favorite TV or movie detective?

I Started to say Fletch, but he's not really detective So I said Bosch.

I love the show Bosch as many of you who listen to the show regularly know it's just a great show so that is our that is our question of the night and

We will read your text on the radio, so let us know.

We have a phone call, Conrad?

Yes, we do.

Ollie from Mark Woods.

It's not a telemarketer, right?

I don't think Ollie is.

Ollie, are you a telemarketer now?

No, I'm not.

I just am a great fan of yours, I thought.

Well, right back at you.

Thank you very much.

What's going on?

What's on your mind?

Well, I have two detectives that I especially like, was Magnum PI.

Oh, yeah,

right.

Monk.

Oh, Monk is great.

And a nice Wisconsin connection there, too, with Tony Shalu being from Depeer.

That's awesome.

Oh, cool.

Did you know that?

No,

I

did not.

Oh, yeah.

He's from Depeer, and that's a great show.

I

love that show.

Yeah, same here.

That's a great show.

And your other one was, what was the other one you said?

Magnum PI.

Who could not like Magnum?

He's an oldie but a goodie.

Fantastic.

Thank you for the call, Ollie.

Have a great night.

Thank you very much.

All right, so those are good.

That starts us off.

We got on the text, Lila, on the text, Liler, Liler V. Bosch.

Yes.

Another one for Bosch.

Great show.

Lil' Irv.

Lil' Irv or Lil' Irv?

Lil' Irv.

Lil' Irv.

Lil' Irv.

Okay.

That's awesome.

Thank you, little Irv.

Thank you, little Irv.

And on behalf of Big Irv, who gave you your nickname, assuming, that's a great answer.

Thank you.

PJ also says, the one and only Inspector Gadget.

Nice.

He says, the cartoon is better than the movie.

Little Irv Kunish.

Irv Kunish, yeah, he was a football coach.

I know that because Mike Strahler was on the show.

And that was his football coach.

See, Conrad, you think everything comes back to football, and to some degree it does, but everything comes back to Marinette.

Marinette is the center of the universe.

Thank you a little nerve, Mr. Kunish.

Awesome.

Their family house is not far from where I lived either too.

So we got a serious Marinette connection going here and Bosch is awesome So Lisa Hale on the social media stream says for his all shucks.

I'm not too smart Help me understand delivery and way of snagging a suspect.

You got to go with Colombo Another one from the archives although that goes back even farther than Magnum PI which Ali said

Matt Harper says, Detective Bunkmoreland, the wire, yes, played by Wendell Pierce.

Love it, Matt.

Bunk is fantastic.

He and McNulty taking care of business.

I love when they went through this phase two on the wire where they detectives would fall asleep at their desk and another one would walk up and cut their tie off and then kiss it.

It was beautiful.

Great show.

Todd Michaels says, Colombo, period.

Oh, just one more thing.

Oh, I can't see his replies, though.

They're buried.

They're not printed.

But Todd says Colombo, period.

Todd is not willing to debate this with anyone.

As far as Todd concerned, it's Colombo and nobody else.

All right, I can accept that, Todd.

Thank you, buddy.

Amanda Nimmer says psychic detective Sean Spencer.

Do we know who that is?

I don't think I know that.

If you don't mind going to the Google there, count right.

Monica Hale says Peter Falk as Colombo, another Colombo.

For American TV detectives Sean Evans as a young inspector Morse on the British detective series endeavor.

I am not familiar Thank you for that Monica.

So it's it's from a show.

He's from the show psych Oh psych.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, okay Sean Spencer.

I actually watched about seven of those once I just forgot his name.

There's some funny stuff on that show

Great one, Amanda.

Eric Rathsak of Ask Your Mother says Ace Ventura, pet detective.

But if you notice, Todd Michaels, if you're listening, Eric didn't say Ace Ventura, pet detective, period.

So emphatically.

I mean, he did use a period, but he didn't say it like you meant it.

He's open for discussion.

Todd just says he knows.

Nikki Zerjev says Eric Rathsak, all righty then.

I miss Nikki.

Nikki, how are you?

Nikki says those meddling kids from Scooby-Doo, great one.

And here's some more too.

I get a lot of these on the social media.

I love it.

Carol Horning says, Sherlock.

Sherlock Holmes.

Lisa M. Hale says, Todd Michaels, your favorite is Sherlock Holmes, hands down.

There's a little argument going on here between WGBW employees.

And I love that I'm right in the middle of it.

Dave Wilde or Wilde says, Colombo, another one for Colombo.

I may have to give that a rewatch.

Was it Jimmy Parle that was saying he watched?

Someone recently said they've kind of revisited Colombo, and it's fantastic.

I've never really watched it.

I'll have to give it a try.

Jesse Wheeler, Colombo.

Oh my God.

Mike Key, Monk.

He hates people.

He's from Wisconsin.

That's another one for Monk.

Our homeboy, Tony Chaloupe.

Tyler on social media says, if Fletch counts, that's who.

If not, I'll go with Don Knotts in private eyes.

Oh, wow.

Nice one, Tyler.

I guess we're deciding Fletch counts.

I think it does.

Let's try to get through some more of these before the news.

Jeremy Joseph says Scooby-Doo.

Thank you, Jeremy.

Adam Paul, also another one for Sean Spencer, unless I already read that one.

Brian Mills says Joe Friday, but he was a sergeant.

That's okay.

You got a promotion.

We'll take that.

Where are we at here?

We've got...

Sherry, Sherry from Oregon says, good evening, Pete and Conrad, good evening, Sherry, great to have you with us.

Brian from Green Bay says, I was going to be a bishop, but I hate walking diagonally.

Hashtag, chest joke.

Love it, Brian, thank you, buddy.

Sydney, from Oregon.

Oregon, Wisconsin, do you think Conrad or the actual state of Oregon?

I think Oregon, Wisconsin.

Probably.

I didn't know there was an Oregon, Wisconsin.

I just learned something.

Thank you, Sydney.

He says, Gordy from Grant Chester.

I don't know that one either.

Love to Google that one, too.

Thank you, buddy.

Chris, that's Casper, buddy.

Ace Ventura, all righty then.

Another one for Ace Ventura.

We'll get to the rest of your texts in a little while.

Coming up next, folks.

We've got live music tonight.

We've got someone from live theater coming on at 7.05.

And up next is Aaron Coreno with the Popcorn Pick of the Week.

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

It's time for the Nightlight Popcorn Pick of the Week, where we recommend a movie that you'll either enjoy or won't.

Here's your host, Pete Schwabba.

Welcome back to Nightlight.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, great to have you with us on this gorgeous Thursday night here in the state of Wisconsin.

We are having some fun with our question of the night, which is what is your favorite movie or TV detective?

So let us know on the stream, on the app.

The phone lines are open 8-5-5-7-5-2-4-8-4-2.

But right now, we are going to do what we do every Thursday night here.

We talk about movies quite a bit, and we're going to get a popcorn pick of the week.

And giving us a pick this week is, how do you describe a guy like Aaron Carano, Conrad?

Well, he's our boss, so you got to use positive words.

And we're going to like whatever he picks.

We've established that.

And all around great guy.

All around great guy.

He's filled in here on Night Light.

He's at a long career in radio.

And he is a big shot here at Civic Media and a great guy.

Aaron Carano joins us now.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, thanks, Pete.

You can call me whatever you want.

No, you say that on the radio.

But come on, let's be honest.

Great to have you, buddy.

How's it going?

Oh, it's good man.

It's it's beautiful night down here in Madison and hey I can't complain about that except the fact that the pollen is at a hundred and fifty percent and I sound like I sound Probably like I've got

a severe cold, but I feel fine, right?

You don't sound that bad.

I think you sound good I wouldn't have noticed that but I am with you on the pollen.

I'm not a fan.

It's it's a wreaks havoc

It sure

does

But yeah, no, I'm happy to be here.

Always happy to fill in for you.

And no pressure.

Show sounds great.

I'm not listening at all, wink, wink.

No, it's fine.

Listen, last time you did a little too well when you filled in for me.

So I probably won't take a vacation for the next couple of years.

But I do appreciate it.

And I hope it was fun for you too.

Well, that would explain why I probably haven't gotten a phone call then in about two and a half months, right?

It's great to have you here.

I appreciate you taking time out.

Let's start with, let's get to this popcorn pick of the week.

We'll get your pick in a bit, but first, what kind of movies do you like, Aaron?

You're a busy guy.

Let's say you find yourself having some time.

You can actually go to the theater or watch something at home.

What is your genre of choice?

I mean, I like real, I kind of like documentaries, biopics, I like comedies.

And I'm kind of a classic comedy guy.

I'll watch a lot of new stuff, but admittedly I'll probably watch more series than I do necessarily movies.

But you'll find me watching stuff where I feel like I'm learning, or maybe that's what people think of probably too serious.

I'm always watching things that are serious in nature, but a little bit of everything from time to time.

Well, that's a great answer.

And that's that's a great way.

I mean, there's great movies in all genres.

So you have to kind of keep an open mind with that.

I think that's smart.

How do you like to watch movies, Aaron?

Do you like?

Are you do you go to the theater?

Do you watch them at home?

So, honestly, I'd rather watch a movie in the theater because it demands my full attention.

Yeah.

And I know we all have a little attention span stuff going on these days.

For me, it's like if I watch a movie at home,

And I'm with my significant other.

I can guarantee you there's going to be pausing.

I'm going to guarantee you there's trips to the fridge, to the bathroom.

I need uninterrupted eyes on the screen.

And that's why airplanes are also a great place for me to watch a

movie because

I'm stuck, right?

You're stuck and you got to watch it and you don't want to climb over the person next to you.

So that seems to work well.

You know, it's so true what you say too about being distracted.

Like this happened to me recently about four months ago.

I went to a movie.

I was the only one in the theater.

and I pulled my phone out because it was just me like that's what I do at home and that's part of the reason I go to the theater is I don't want to do that but it's so easy to do when you're the only one it

really is disconnecting is like something that I prioritize these days and so being in the theater like you're not going to get my

You're not going to text me.

You can text

me.

I'm not going to text you back or I'll put do not disturb on because then I'm completely disconnected.

Maybe that's why the airplane is fine because airplanes and theaters, assuming you're the abiding person in the movie theater that does not have the ringtone on or anything like that, it's a it's a pretty good space to focus.

Absolutely.

Well, let's get you to the question of the night.

Do you have a favorite TV detective or movie detective, Aaron?

Um, I don't know.

I mean, I've always been, uh, what's that?

Can't see inspector gadget.

Can I?

Yes.

That would count, right?

Probably inspector gadget.

Okay.

That's a good one.

That somebody else, uh, I think we may have had two votes for, uh, we're getting flooded.

Apparently people love, uh, movie and TV detectives because the text line is active tonight.

And we've already, I think we've heard that a couple of times.

So it absolutely counts.

And, uh, that's a great choice.

What about

pet

detective?

Does anyone say Ace Ventura yet?

Yes, a few people.

In fact, Chris Casper, our pal, we've got some civic media action with Ace Ventura too.

So he's a popular choice as well.

So when you go to the theater, Aaron, do you like to go by yourself or do you like company?

Do you like to take someone with you or do you like to really zone in on a movie?

You know, admittedly, I've never gone to a movie by myself, but that's something that I would like to try.

And given that I have

awful like an open house to myself for the next seven days you actually might find me at the theater but I typically go with somebody because then there's always that commentary when you're done when you're walking out of the theater you debrief

right I like to do that too like there's the dinner in the movie thing like you rush to a movie

where you go to a movie, and then you can talk about it afterwards at dinner.

And sometimes my wife likes to go to dinner first, and I'm like, well, then you're kind of rushing.

You got that hanging over your head.

I don't like to be rushed when I watch movies.

I like to get there for the previews, take my time.

So, all right, let's say Aaron has some time on his hands, and he can pick a movie.

Are you going to pick like a big franchise movie or Marvel movie, Aaron, or are you going the independent route?

I'm probably going to do a franchise, and that's only because I'm thinking of the movie in mind that I have tonight, which I probably think was brought up on the show before.

But because I was at this specific tourist destination, I couldn't help but think of it as one of my favorites.

Oh, this is great.

OK, you're building some anticipation.

I like that.

Giving you the tea here.

Yeah.

That's fantastic.

That is the voice of Aaron Carino.

He works at Civic Media here.

He's the Operations Director and he is a great mentor to all of us here at WGBW and he has had a long career in radio and fills in here at Nightlight once in a while and he's going to make the popcorn pick of the week.

Just moments away, folks.

Have you ever cried during a movie, Aaron?

I have.

I can't think of a movie that I cried.

You know, I...

Did I cry at the stars born?

I'm not entirely sure.

I may have, but I did cry at, uh, let me, let me think about that for a second and see if I can't in our, in maybe the next segment or after, but I have cried in a theater before and it's, it's okay.

I feel like that's the best place to cry because no one can see me and how puffy I get.

And I don't have to hold back.

You're holding back.

It just doesn't work well.

Then you're blubbering.

You've got to let it go.

Exactly.

I will say nowadays I cry more than I did and I.

I cry easily anyway.

I'm kind of a sentimental guy.

I'm emotional and sometimes I'll be at home and I'll say something or my kids will bring up a memory and they'll go, oh boy, here we go.

Dad's gonna cry.

But like at movies, I remember the first time I cried and it was during terms of endearment and I was watching it in my college dorm room with a co-ed group of people and it just hit me.

That was the first time and I thought, oh my God.

At that point in my life, I was like, I don't think I should be crying in a movie.

It really affected me.

But now I do it all the time.

Movies are good.

If it hits home, it should affect you.

If it makes you cry,

it also kind of proves that you're human, right?

I think it's Silver Lining's playbook.

I think I cried during that at the end of it or somewhere in the middle of it.

But there's one more recently, and I just can't think of it that... Oh, the Fred Rogers movie, Pete.

That was the one.

Oh, man.

Dude

what it was to call the view a beautiful day in the neighborhood or something like

that Yeah, I had to introduce that documentary and PBA.

I'll tell you I'll go a step further even when Fred Rogers was on 2020 they replayed it after he died and I bought like I grew up watching Sesame Street and mr. Rogers neighborhood and the electric company and I lost it I was by myself in my apartment like in the 90s and I could not believe

So I I probably would avoid that movie.

I still haven't seen it all the way through Well, it's it

I think like that's probably the one that you it was so real and it's positive movies like that with people who Made such an impact and I don't want to get too down the path here But you know sometimes things are negative right?

Yeah, as an as an internally optimistic person.

I always have this

you know, happy go lucky attitude for the most part in watching that movie.

And you just it reminds you that there are still a lot of really good things happening in some good people in the world.

And so absolutely it pulled at me, man.

It just pulled at me.

No, that's a great that's a great point, too, about, you know, everything that that show was about.

It was fantastic.

All right.

So, Aaron, what is your favorite movie snack?

It's called the popcorn pick of the week, but you are free to choose any kind of a confection or whatever you so so desire.

Yeah, I love that you asked me that because I was watching something about how theaters came to be.

I think it was one of those like net Gio shows.

And they were getting into like the snack part of it.

And I recently, recently, like within the last week bought a box of candy.

And I think it may be my new snack in addition to popcorn every time I go to the theater.

And it's a bunch of crunch.

Oh, yeah.

You know what's funny just said that my wife loves bunch of crunch with popcorn like that the combination of the chocolate and the popcorn That's a great.

That's a great choice

like I totally get it like and it's one of those things where It's not a snack that's easily accessible at like the grocery store or at like a Convenience store and you feel like there are certain snacks you're only gonna find when you're at a movie theater or

Movie something and it's that and it's got to be in the box if it's not in the box I don't want it.

It's got to remind me of that Tangible piece that's missing as my movie companion.

I love it We actually had a listener at some point over the course of the last Few weeks or couple months who liked milk duds so much They ate milk duds even when they weren't at movies and that just didn't make any sense to me whatsoever But I guess those people are out there, so that's good

I gotta

meet somebody like that.

Exactly.

All right, one more question before we get your pick, buddy.

Have you ever snuck booze into a movie theater?

I think maybe.

So,

well, I think the answer to that is yes.

And it had to have been when I was living in Green Bay, there was the budget cinemas that was

i think it was like part of it was off east mason i can't even think of the name of it or what the name of the facility was but it was like an old mall i think it's deconstructed now it's just multiple different stores but there were no rules there as long as you paid five dollars or three dollars you got in and it was fine and people are pulling out snacks

There may have been a little bottle of wine.

I'm not entirely

sure.

It was a

while ago.

But that place was great.

You want to talk about watching great movies on a budget when you're in college or when you're strapped for some cash.

Those

places were awesome.

There was the one in Madison Market Square.

And that went away a couple of years ago.

It's now apartments.

But long gone are the days of when you could go to that budget movie and make it a little extra budget friendly.

How about you?

I have and you just reminded me like you kind of went to a flicks brew house before there was a flicks brew house It sounded like this little gourmet meal there.

No, I have done that and now I sometimes will sneak non-alcoholic beer in that's how lame I am But yeah as a kid I did that sometimes or as an adult not as a kid as an adult I would go with friends and we would sneak in a couple of beers But I think the statute of limitations has run out.

I don't think it's a prosecutable offense

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right with that.

And to be fair, they didn't sell anything back then, right?

We didn't have the cool places like Flix Brewhouse or the Marcus theaters with the cool experiences where you can order at your seat.

We didn't have any of those places.

That's a great point.

All right.

It was like you were required to go to pick and save and then go to the movies.

Fill your pockets.

Yeah.

You're like the guy in Animal House going through the checkout line after he's stolen everything in his clothes are bulging and he says, nothing for me today.

Thanks.

All right, Aaron Coreno is here.

We're having such a good time.

We're going to get his pick after a very short break, folks.

You're going to want to hear this.

Don't go anywhere.

Melissa K coming up at 7.05, talking local theater in Grand Rapids and then live in studio entertainment with Deandra Marie at 7.20.

You got Nightlight with Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

Over ties.

Oh,

there we go.

Conrad.

Firing up some born in the USA because we have a new pope.

And he was born in the USA.

It's exciting.

A big day.

This is Peach Wabba at Nightlight.

Welcome back.

And not to be outdone.

Look, we have a new pope.

There's a lot of other stuff going on today, which is pretty cool.

And we're about to find out what Aaron Coreno's popcorn pick of the week is, folks.

He works at Civic Media.

He fills in here at Nightlight at times.

He's had a great career in radio, and he's a big shot at Civic Media, and it's great to have him here.

Buddy, are you getting close?

Are you getting ready to unleash your pick on us?

I'm just a guy, Pete.

Yeah, I am.

I have it ready.

The pick?

stems from a Sequel that I actually watched recently so I have watched a movie recently, okay?

But but the pick is probably the movie that I would prefer of this series

all right hold on Conrad are you ready?

This is big stuff coming

in

again and Aaron is downplaying He says he's just a guy, but I build up everybody here and that's what I do here People people wish I could announce them wherever they go.

You ready Conrad?

Here we go.

We are about to get Aaron Carino's popcorn pick of the week

Mr. Kareno if you please

Vegas vacation Now it's because Pete I came back from Vegas on Saturday.

Oh, okay So you just took the vacation because it just felt like it was part of the The whole thing that I was doing last week But the real movie that I saw about that led me to picking Vegas vacation.

That's an easy one, right?

Everybody loves the Griswold sure

Lot of cheesy humor.

Mr. Papa Giorgio, all whole thing.

But the movie I saw was the Ed Helms, Christina Applegate vacation from about 10 years ago.

OK.

And what did you think of that compared to the original?

So it was on TNT.

And I don't know.

You know how those networks run millions of the same movies over and over and over and over and over again?

It was underwhelming.

It was slightly cringe at times when I was.

like some of the humor coming out of the sun was probably not appropriate.

I mean, that like, you know, something that probably wouldn't necessarily even fly in 2025.

Um, I thought it was funny, but it was just a bit more.

So it's like forced cheese, you know?

Yeah.

have you

seen

it

i haven't seen the ed helms one and i haven't seen vegas vacation in ages but i'd love that you went off uh top i'm not off topic but you didn't pick the obvious one you went kind of deeper into the franchise which is kind of cool

yeah well the the vegas vacation was always fun you know christmas vacations so all of them are great right i mean it's a classic they're all classic but the the vacation was on i had to watch it and we we kind of were laughing as we were watching it but

Vegas vacation has to be one of the one of the all-time Well, all-time greats with with everybody.

I mean Randy Quaid and everybody's in it, but You know if it's a movie that like that where the the It's kind of stupid cheesy humor.

I mean that they don't make a lot of movies like that feel like these days.

They're more right complex and

It used to be simpler back then and I'm saying that from a guy who's relatively young I think but right Movies look at our art.

I don't know.

They're just they're just kind of

the tacky Easy watch.

No, you're right And they don't make straight-up comedies at least not to go right to the theaters or it's much more rare than it used to be but That is a fantastic choice Aaron

He's just a guy, folks.

That's how he defines himself.

But we know him as Aaron Coreno, fill-in host at Nightlight Operations Director here at Civic Media, and an all-around good guy.

Thank you so much, buddy.

This was so much fun.

Hey, glad to be here.

And unfortunately, I'm looking at this.

It didn't get good Rotten Tomatoes scores.

But whatever.

It's a classic.

It's fine.

It's special to you and to us now.

And it's a great pick.

Thank you so much, Aaron.

Thanks, Pete.

You got it.

All right.

Aaron Coreno.

That was a good one, Conrad.

It was not as obscure as Todd Alba's.

Remember Todd's pick?

We had to like do lab research to find that movie title.

That was insane.

I

just, you know, the main thing I remember is the tutu.

The tutu.

But with like the Jack Daniels and the cigar.

It was, it was, it was fantastic.

We got to get through some texts here, folks.

Our question of the night is, um, is who is your favorite movie or TV detective?

I was going to say Angela Lansbury too, but she's not, she is a detective, right?

She's a very popular one.

Should I know who that?

Go to the Google.

Take a memo, will ya?

Michael from Tosa says, Colombo.

Great one, Michael.

Thank you.

Melissa from Madison says, Harry Callahan.

Do you know who Harry Callahan is, Conrad?

Sounds familiar.

Go ahead.

Make my day.

Clint Eastwood.

Dirty Harry.

Anna from Madison says, Hi, Pete and Conrad, my favorite movie detective is Inspector Cluzo.

And then in parentheses, she puts Pete Sellers.

I love that she called him Pete and not Peter.

They're on first name basis.

She says he is from the Pink Panther movies.

My favorite TV detective is Frank Colombo.

Man, Colombo is crushing it tonight.

I got to watch this show.

Sherry from Horikon says my mom and I used to watch Colombo with Peter Falk.

Nice, Sherry.

You're in good company here tonight.

Mike from Cottage Grove says Peter Sellers.

He used the full pronunciation.

Thank you, Mike.

Al from Madison says Frank Cannon.

Oh, I remember Cannon.

What was his name?

Ah, William, something.

Kojak and Beretta.

Al is going full-blown 70s detectives.

Frank Cannon, Kojak and Beretta, great choices, Al.

WGBW, listening on WGBW, is Drake from Green Bay.

He says Andre Brower from Homicide Life on the Street.

Drake, if this were like 15 years ago, I probably would have said Andre Brower too.

I loved his character.

And the actor is no longer with us, unfortunately, but he would give people in the box and it was a great show, the precursor to the wire and by the same creator, David Simon.

Great choice.

Ed from Madison says, Rockford and Kojak, tied for second.

Not first.

Oh, Colombo, I'm sorry.

Ed says Colombo is first, then Rockford and Kojak.

Jameson from Philadelphia, I'm sorry, from Pennsylvania says, no love for Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch version.

Yes, the Robert Downey

Gile

ones suck.

I have not seen the Robert Downey

ones.

I fell asleep during the movies.

Yeah, Laurie from Hayward says Rockford from Rockford files and Angela Lansbury from murder.

She wrote okay Angela Lansbury is on there Laurie from Hayward and Bridget says Olivia Benson Bridget's in the 818 Olivia Benson has been on for 25 years on the Dick Wolf Show Law and Order SVU outstanding choices.

We've still got more to go

We'll get to those after intermission and we will bring up our friend Melissa Kay that's coming up after civic media Our news team keeps you informed.

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Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Chwaba.

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now a guy who wants planted evidence so he could make a citizen's arrest.

Pete Chwaba.

That is my kind of true crime.

Welcome back to Nightlight, ladies and gentlemen.

Hack 2 is underway.

Intermission is over.

It is great to have you back.

We had a really fun first hour.

Aaron Carina was here, gave us his popcorn pick of the week.

He went a little off beat.

Would you say Conrad?

That was an interesting choice, I thought.

I mean, the vacations are just too good, you

know?

Yeah.

And again, he could have said whatever, and he's our boss, and we would have said, great pick, Aaron.

But it was good.

I liked that he went with the off kind of the beaten path film

I will say this, you know, he said we could say what we want Vegas vacation in my opinion is is not the best one

Okay, let's use that for promo.

So make sure he hears it tomorrow Yeah, we're all entitled Weird stand to take though Conrad but good for you.

That is our question of the night folks Did I say that no the question of the night is who is your favorite?

TV or movie detective and we are all I can say is and I'm not I'm not surprised nightlight listeners watch a lot of TV we do I celebrate TV every night I love color television we know this but I cannot believe how many texts we got tonight this is fantastic and people love detective shows apparently so we got a long way to go here we got to read some more text but we'll do that but don't let that dissuade you folks chime in and let us know what your or who your favorite detective is when it comes to movies or TV

Act two is just getting underway at 720 Deandra.

Deandra Marie will be here.

She is a singer-songwriter who's been on the show before and she is going to perform live in the studio and I can't wait.

But right now I'm excited to have one of my civic media chums join us on the show.

This is kind of a last-minute addition to the show.

So those of you following our social media pages would not have seen this before, but we added her because she has a play

that is going on this weekend in Wisconsin Rapids.

She's the director.

She's the news director, I believe, of WFHR in Wisconsin Rapids and now off the air.

She's the director, too, of live theater, and she's going to tell us all about the play and all about these awards.

She's won.

It's really, she's kind of a rock star, and she joins us now here on Nightlight, Melissa K. Hey.

Hey, Pete.

How are you doing?

Good.

How are you?

I'm

great.

It's been a bit.

It has been a while and.

You know, first of all, let's get the awards out of the way.

You guys just crushed it.

You know, I'm looking at the awards right here that you won for WFHR, Media Market News and Talk, Best Radio Show for Community Stories, your show.

Yes,

I'm really, really, really happy about that one.

Didn't that just like launch like a month ago?

No,

we launched it in November and it was only able to run through December.

because we have some heavy workload in other areas.

And so I've had to pull back from that show for a bit, but I'm hoping that the win...

is also a sign that, hey, maybe we should do this show some more.

So you do a show for two months, then decide you don't have time and you win an award for it.

That's insane.

You know what?

You know what the WBAs, they gave me a bowling trophy and I take issue with that.

I don't know what they were thinking.

I didn't win anything for on air, but they gave me a bowling trophy.

Okay.

I think

that's not fair.

I'm sorry.

You also won, okay, WFHR.

You win first place in my heart Pete.

I'll take it.

Can you make a trophy?

If you can make a trophy for that.

Absolutely.

My mantles.

How do you want it?

Knitted, crocheted, woven.

Let's just go

antiquing.

Let's just go antiquing

and

get a lemonade together and talk about our days doing news.

Let's do that.

That would be

fun.

WFHR also won first place for specialty programming for your Halloween special.

This one's really exciting because everybody contributed to this.

We all recorded a story, you know, like it was a copyright free story.

I did the highway man and then, um, but everybody picked one and recorded it.

And then our, our head producer, Seth Havager, um, added music and sound effects and put it all together and it played during trick or treating time in, um, in our towns.

So it was really, really cool.

Well, congratulations.