Popcorn Pick with Wonderfully Wisconsin(Hour 1)

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Broadcasting live from the Civic Media studios in Green Bay, this is Night Light with Pete Schwabach.

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And now a guy who doesn't believe in sex after marriage, Peachwaba.

That's not

true.

Hey, welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

I am Peachwaba.

Great to have you with me.

And what a great day.

What a gorgeous summer day in Wisconsin.

I know there's some storms throughout various parts of the state.

So I don't want to speak for everybody statewide, but we have a nice night here in Green Bay.

As I understand it, there might be some weather, though.

Conrad Krieger is working the boards tonight.

Conrad, what have you heard about the weather?

I haven't heard too much.

I haven't looked into it.

But, you know, I walked outside this morning and I was like, what?

It's cold.

Yeah, it was kind of cold

yesterday.

It was it was hot in the morning until, you know, the storm came.

Right.

But we need to we need to monitor this because I was just looking at the general chat on civic media and it looks like there's some possible storms.

possible tornadoes at various parts of the state, so we'll do what we can to keep you guys posted.

I thought Conrad had the skinny on the tornadoes, but

you call

yourself a meteorologist.

We have a great show tonight, folks.

This is gonna be a fun night here at Nightlight.

It is Thursday, and that means you are gonna walk away from this show or turn your radio off at eight o'clock or whatever with a new movie pick.

We are going to give you a movie suggestion by way of our Popcorn Pick of the Week.

And here to make the Popcorn Pick of the Week tonight at 6.35 is Paul Vandenplatz, who you might be wondering is Paul Vandenplatz.

Conrad, tell the people who Paul Vandenplatz is.

Well, if you go to Facebook or to TikTok, there's a page called Wonderfully Wisconsin, which he goes all over the state.

Find some cool spots, cool food spots.

I just, I saw a video the other day of him showing a little like park with a nice waterfall.

Oh yeah, I saw that too.

And yeah, so he makes some

really

good content.

He really does.

He's, and this thing, his creation, wonderfully Wisconsin, I guess it's on TikTok and Instagram and Facebook.

Is it on Instagram?

I don't believe it's on, I think it's Facebook and

TikTok.

Facebook and TikTok, so.

he put it up and the thing has just taken off like wildfire.

So he tapped into something, he created this great thing, and I'm fascinated by people who have their finger on the pulse of what the rest of us love, and Paul has it.

And he'll be here at 635 to make the popcorn pick of the week, talk a little bit about Wonderfully Wisconsin, and then we have one of Conrad's quizzes to give Paul a time permitting, which I think will be okay.

And Paul will be here in studio

in person.

Yes, he

will.

I will be allowed to shake his hand.

And I don't know if you saw the quiz name.

I thought I did a pretty good job on it.

What is with the bathroom stuff?

Do we do something like that on the other day?

It had a

rhyme.

I'm sorry, it had a rhyme.

Conrad's curd

or turd

quiz.

Curd meaning truth, turd meaning

false.

Thank you for the translation.

I thought it was good.

I thought

it was great.

It'll do for tonight.

I'm trying to go away.

What were we just talking about?

Bathroom habits the other day, and I didn't want to go there.

You're an

OK.

Well, you're an OK.

Well, that was the dive bar thing.

But I thought we just talked about, all right, a little bathroom humor every once in a while and never hurt anybody.

So so curd will be true.

Turd will be false.

Paul, if he's listening right now, is probably turning around in his car

and going back home.

Sorry about that, Paul.

That's at 635.

Then at 735 from the Thrasher Opera House.

In Green Lake, Wisconsin, we have their marketing director, Jason Mansmith will be here, who I also understand is part of the Civic Media family now.

Awesome.

So we got to talk to Jason about that.

That's at 735.

Jason's been on the show before.

He's a lot of fun to talk to.

And they have some great shows coming up at Thrasher.

So you'll want to hear about that, especially if you live in and around the area of Green Lake and the Thrasher Opera House, a charming little, I think 200 seat opera house, if I'm not mistaken.

So we'll talk about all of this stuff.

on tonight's episode of Nightlight.

So it is great that you are here, folks.

Let's have some fun.

We have a great question tonight, great guests.

I left here last night and I was very excited because, you know, I commute two hours a day and it's kind of, it's kind of wasted time in my car.

I go through a dead zone where I can't really call anybody on the phone or text anybody or whatever.

So the fact that last night I was able to get out of here a little early.

at 720 because we had an interview with Frank Hermans that we had recorded the day before.

So I left and by the time I got from the front door here at WGBW to next door, to rise and grind, I looked like I had taken a shower.

I walked in there and these two, they got two new employees and they looked at me like, what's this guy's deal?

He just took a bath in his clothes.

So I did what any sane person would do I got some gelato and I continued the walk to my car and I would I drove home soaking wet last night But here's my dilemma I could have stayed here and worked I got a lot of PBS stuff do this week.

I Could have stayed here or I could have planned this show from here But I didn't know if the rain was gonna when did the rain stop here last night?

Probably around like 930.

I feel like

all right, so I would have

yeah, it was still rain.

I mean when I get out

when the show was done, I went outside and I was like-

Still ran.

Not as hard, but like, yeah, it was, and the wind made it even worse.

The

wind was the worst,

yes.

Because it was just pushing it towards you.

I left.

Honestly, I walked from rise and grind to the garage and the wind was so bad, I'm like, is this safe?

I don't, wind typically doesn't freak me out, but that was, yeah, it was terrible last night,

so.

Yeah, I stepped in a huge puddle.

Before I got in my car last night.

He pulled in Ned Ryerson.

And my foot was just soaking on

the ride home.

BANG!

That's horrible.

But it's a five-minute ride for you.

I literally drove home soaking wet last night.

I feel

like

no matter what time, you know, the time doesn't matter.

I feel like when you get your foot soaked and your sock is wet, that is the worst.

And it feels like it's gonna stink.

I don't know.

It is it's the worst for guys like guys who haven't done time in prison or fought in a war getting wet socks

Also getting sand on your feet when they're wet.

That's another pretty bad.

Yeah, I think the

We're just gonna say remember like two-a-day practices for football

that

was pretty brutal But you know you're in the comfort of your own whatever I mean my complaints about getting wet in a rainstorm

Don't really compare nor do comrades for getting a soaking wet sock, but it's it's discomfort.

Let's leave it at that.

Yes

So we got a text last night I wanted to read this because bud from Jamesville sometimes texts us We were gonna have him on the show Because we have something to discuss with bud.

We'll have to go over that during a break But we kind of drop the ball there, but bud is a loyal listener between 4 a.m.

And 6 a.m

when he is out driving around in the Madison area or Jamesville area.

And he says, hey, Pete and Conrad.

Do you remember when our question was last night?

Yeah, favorite Will Ferrell movie.

Okay.

We need a little context.

It was his birthday.

It was Will Ferrell's birthday.

Correct.

So Bud says, hey, Pete and Conrad, I have had a lot of time to think of while I'm, I have a lot of time to think while I'm driving and slinging papers.

Thought of another intro.

Pete, this has nothing to do with the question of the night.

I'm so busy today.

I'm so far behind.

So this is Bud's thought while he was slinging papers.

He thought of an intro for us, which I think is fantastic.

He says, Pete Schwabba, a guy who tells everyone that he's a double agent, loved your interview with Mike Schmidt.

Love the show, Bud from James Hill.

Bud, we love that you listen and that you're so invested.

I think that's so cool.

And there's a lot of nightlight listeners that are like that.

They have opinions on guests and even bumpers and stuff like that.

It's so much fun.

We also had a text after the show last night for social media.

I think I saw that who was it Eric

Galbertson.

Yes.

Yeah, and it's I did see him when I got home.

I don't want to say his name in this Mugato Mugato from Zoolander.

I know the character.

I just oh, yeah, I forget his He plays a terrible character in that.

Yeah,

he's

the bad guy

right the absolute worst, but he runs models He runs the modeling agency or something that

zoom

enters a part.

That's one of those films I saw once and I

You know, there's just some films.

I watched it on a plane.

Zoolander?

Yeah.

Oh, funny.

And then I was like, actually, that was pretty funny.

So I watched a second one.

I'm like, all right, that one sucked.

That did not need a sequel.

I think we got everything we needed to out of the original Zoolander.

All right, folks.

So we've achieved a couple things here.

We've read Bud's text.

We talked about how Conrad got a wet foot last night and I drove home like I was in a bathtub the entire way.

And now that means it's time for the nightlight question of the night.

Let's talk about the question.

Okay, question.

Question.

Question.

Question.

Question.

Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Question.

Questions.

Oh, we teased this last night.

What is your least favorite movie genre?

For me, it's so simple.

And I talked about this last night.

I don't love rom-coms, but a good rom-com I can dig.

I like action, I like comedy, I like thrillers, cop movies, you know, whatever.

What I don't like is the marriage of the action comedy.

I used to like it, but I'm done with it.

I don't ever need to see another action comedy.

And as I mentioned last night, the action isn't great.

There's really no threat.

And you can kind of judge how much danger the characters are in by the comedy.

If it's stupid one-liners and silly, they're not gonna die.

So there's really nothing thriller-ish about it when it's action.

And when it's comedy, it's typically lame.

I don't need to see another action comedy ever.

That's my sort of a hybrid genre.

What about you, Conn?

It always has been.

It's been the same since I've been young, and that's horror movies.

Okay.

I feel like we're gonna get a lot of texts.

I just don't, you know, I feel like the ones I've seen were terrible plots.

And then they made the, you know, the scary part of it get to me, like, when I was younger.

Right.

So I just, like, never liked them.

And I feel like it sucks, kind of, because my friends will, you know, enjoy horror movies.

Okay.

And then, like, when I was over at my friends in Beaver Dam the other week, we were looking for a movie one night.

We've never agreed on one.

Because they like horror, and I don't.

It's like, we should watch this one.

I'm like, ah, no, that's... Next.

And then I was like, we should watch this comedy movie.

They're like, well, comedy's not really the vibe right now.

So we put on tires.

It

was just like kind of a sleepy comedy.

Exactly.

We all fell asleep.

Or I was thinking just because it's kind of slow paced, right?

Yeah, it's just

dry comedy, the whole show.

I was just looking at some of these action comedies.

Don't miss with the zoan.

There should

go

Adam Sandler.

The Man.

I remember when this film came out, Samuel Jackson and Eugene Levy.

This movie never needed to be made, The Man.

But it's weird because I'm just Googling and they put up like these Home Alone 3.

That's not really

what I'm talking

about.

Awful.

I'm sure it is.

Is that the one Trump's in?

No, that's two.

Oh, he's in two?

Okay.

You know, even Lethal Weapon, movies like that or...

Unless they're really good at parody like in Tropic Thunder or something.

That's a great.

That's that's a funny

movie.

Yeah, there are exceptions to this But I just don't ever need to see like and I think what got me off on this yesterday was the John Cena Idris Alba film

you were talking

about I just I know I'm not gonna see that movie It's a couple lame one-liners in the trailer and all this crazy action where nobody the main guys get shot at a gazillion times at close range and never die.

I don't

ever need to see that.

So let me know, folks, what is your movie genre you don't ever need to see again?

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Actually,

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And Craig can it brought to

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Yeah, I stand corrected.

All right, let us know.

What is your least favorite movie genre?

We've got a lot to discuss coming up next.

I'm going to tell you about Gwyneth Paltrow.

It's Peach Wabbit and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

I found myself

owning her at least ten times a day.

You know, it's so unusual for me to carry on this way.

This is Nightlight with Peach Wabba.

I am Peach Wabba.

The only light coming in right now is the sun.

I feel like I'm getting a sunburn.

If you're watching on the stream,

you got to check this out.

I can't, I look like a ghost.

Can't even

see your eyes.

I know, and I got up, I got up to shut the curtain and these kids were out there looking in.

I felt like really rude, like I'm just pulling the curtain like beat it kids, but it had nothing to do with the kids.

It reminded me of that great moment in The Simpsons where...

Krampus Simpson's friend was at the car and Homer just, he was talking to Homer through the car when Homer just put the window up and didn't even look at the guy.

Very rude.

Coming up in just a few minutes, folks.

Wonderfully, Wisconsin's Paul Vandenplatz will be here.

He's gonna make the popcorn pick of the week.

That is a segment we do here every Thursday night where we give you a movie pick and Paul is gonna make the pick.

It could be a movie he just saw, one throughout the course of his life.

He's gonna tell us what we should see and we will take him very seriously Our question of the night is what is your least favorite movie genre?

I say action comedy.

I have no use for action comedies And as I think back like I don't know if I was just like tolerating them when I was younger Or I'd laugh because I should have but I just have no use Conrad says horror and again, I can I can like just about any film

in a genre if it's done well, probably including action comedy.

Like if I put Tropic Thunder in there, I picture, I think Tropic Thunder is more of a comedy though.

The action is like kind of part of the comedy, but that's my take.

I could never see an action comedy again and I'd be thrilled.

So let us know what you think.

There is a big brouhaha happening between Madonna.

Or it already happened actually Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Do you follow either one of those icon?

I do not you don't follow Madonna on Social media.

No, do you ever shop at Goop?

I I did see this though that Madonna still takes like Instagram and all that like super serious

How so what do you mean like

like she posts like daily?

Oh, yeah,

okay Well, apparently they had a falling out these to be very good friends and I wasn't kidding Gwyneth Paltrow

had a company called Goop and she put out a product that she advertised, smelled like her private parts.

So I'm not jealous.

I did have a product that came out at the same time called Pete's Junk.

Wasn't a best seller.

I couldn't even get my wife to buy some.

But no, seriously, Gwyneth Paltrow put this out and she

I've always thought she was so full of herself.

She's a nepo baby who I don't think lives in the real world.

She's very full of herself.

And I used to love her.

She was so good in Shakespeare and love.

She won an Oscar for her performance.

She's really talented.

But now it's like, you know, there's some actors like that Denzel Washington clip I sent you where they disappear into the character.

You don't really hear a whole lot about their social lives.

But then there's people like Gwyneth Paltrow.

or Ryan Reynolds, who become bigger than the roles they play because they're a brand and they sell products.

And it's like, please go away.

Just make movies or TV.

But she thinks so highly of her nether region.

She put out this product.

But where I'm going with this is she had a friendship with Madonna, apparently.

And Gwyneth Paltrow has a book coming out called Gwyneth The Biography.

And I only hope the book is not as much of a snooze as the title.

But she and Madonna bonded probably over the fact that they both like to sound British at times.

And they had a falling out because Madonna started showing up unannounced, like on Gwyneth Paltrow's vacation.

Madonna thought they were such good friends, she could just show up.

And apparently she started yelling at her daughter, Lourdes, while they were all on vacation.

And Chris Martin, Coldplay frontman, had had enough, he said, that's it.

His friendship is toxic and Gwyneth Gwynnipe agreed.

I don't know if it's as toxic as her chemically induced private part perfume But that's news that I sometimes I don't care about something so much.

I have to talk about it Like I couldn't be less interested in either one of those people.

Yeah, but it's to the point where

My disinterest or apathy makes me mad and I have to talk about it.

Speaking of Chris Martin, have you seen the thing with the CEO Andy Byron?

No.

I didn't know who he was before yesterday.

But so Chris Martin was doing a show and he like called out this couple that was out there for a kiss cam.

OK, I think I did.

And as a CEO, having an alleged affair.

And.

He sees himself on the monitor and quickly ducks and goes under the

camera.

Oh, if you didn't think he was guilty before, that is hilarious.

Oh, that's funny.

So our question of the night, we got to get to these texts.

Yes, we got.

Paul VandenBosch coming up soon.

And we've got a lot to do with it.

We've got a lot to cover.

Folks, if you haven't, if you don't follow Paul, you got to follow him.

You're going to get to know him here in just a few minutes.

He's a great follow and a great guy.

He'll be here in the studio.

But right now we're going to read some texts from our question of the night, which is, what is your least favorite movie genre?

Even very good about putting your social media responses up.

I have not.

That's good.

Conrad says horror.

And my pal Vince Moranto, who's been on the show, very funny comedian from Chicago, says Conrad Krueger.

Krueger Krueger, how did I fall for that?

Okay Conrad Krueger 100% agree Freddy Was he trying to get in your head Freddy Krueger?

Probably.

Well, yeah, I assume it's Freddy Krueger, but I don't know like the fact that Vince was responding to you Makes me think he was trying to get inside your head.

Yeah, and our pal rich tell Rico says fantasy.

Yeah fantasies another one I just don't need to see I I can enjoy a

fantasy film, but they're not all Goods, you know, I mean

Would you say Wicked is fantasy?

Yeah, maybe.

Because I did not enjoy that movie.

You could say, I mean, if you're gonna say Wicked is, you kind of have to say Wizard of Oz is.

And I look at Wizard of Oz more of kind of like a horror film or thriller, I don't know.

It is kind of creepy.

Harry Potter's fantasy, all

of those.

Well, Star Wars is fantasy and that's my favorite, so.

I could go back a chip for Star Wars though.

We'll get into this.

All right, we'll read more of your text too.

That's all after the news.

Paul Vanipals will be here, folks.

Meet this guy, wonderfully Wisconsin, and he's a wonderful guy, and he's here.

It's Pete Schwabba and 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, ladies and gentlemen.

Great to have you with me on this Thursday night.

As I like to call it, it is the Christmas Eve of weeknights, folks.

Tomorrow is Friday.

and you will open up presents under a tree, I hope.

We have a great show tonight.

At 7.35, Jason Mansmith will be here.

He is part of the Civic Media family now, and he's also the marketing director of the Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake.

And they've got a lot of really cool stuff coming up.

So we'll talk to Jason about all of that, including a big show tomorrow night that he says tickets are still available for.

We'll find out all about that and see if you're interested at 7.35 tonight when Jason joins us.

Our question of the night is what is your least favorite movie genre?

I say action comedy, totally done with it.

I don't think it's ever done well.

Conrad says horror and maybe we'll ask our next guest that as well because he is here to make a movie pick.

This guy, I'm kind of in awe of this guy and anyone who can become an influencer or creates a site or a persona.

or an account where people just want to follow it.

It's just fantastic.

And he's here now.

He created Wonderfully Wisconsin.

He is the founder of Wonderfully Wisconsin.

He's been on the show before, but tonight he's here to make the popcorn pick of the week.

Mr. Paul Vandenplatz.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, thanks for having me back.

This is fun.

And how far of a drive is this for you?

Oh, I live in Appleton, so it's only half hour.

Fantastic.

All right.

So you drive all over the state anyway with what you do.

Absolutely.

And I have to say, before we start, do you have a...

least favorite movie genre or movies you don't like to watch at all.

How about anything with Seth Rogen in it?

Wow.

A kindred spirit.

Dude, you and I are totally on an island there.

Yeah.

So why don't you like Seth Rogen?

And I'll tell you why

I don't.

I think it's when he first started appearing in movies, it was like, oh, it's funny.

He's a

funny guy.

But then it's like.

Okay, he hasn't progressed at all.

It's just the same character and same humor.

And now it's like kind of sad.

Like, okay, guy.

I totally agree.

Like Will Ferrell, which you guys were discussing last night, like, oh my God, he could be in anything and it doesn't matter.

He

just gets it.

Seth Rogen just.

I don't know what it is.

It's so unappealing to me the way he delivers lines or presents himself on camera or the roles he takes.

I just, and my son and I go back and forth.

He's a Seth Rogen fan.

And I get that he's talented.

It's a personal.

I also don't really care for Ben Affleck in movies.

And he's a great director.

I don't buy him as an actor.

So I don't know what it is.

It's just sometimes people rub you the wrong way.

And I agree with you, though, like in Knocked Up.

Great campaign.

He's on the poster with that goofy look.

What if this guy got you pregnant?

Brilliant.

Right.

After that, I don't know, man.

Yeah, he just, he doesn't do it for me either.

So yeah,

all right.

We're brothers forever on that one.

I want to, I want to commend you too in your hokas.

How do you like your hokas?

Oh my God, I love them.

Life changing.

Yeah.

That was how it was for me too.

I had like three pairs of hokas.

They're only like $4,000 a pair.

And then I made the switch to ASICs.

And I've, I've learned that I didn't know this because they used to just get shoes at shop going.

40 bucks, comfortable for like three days, and then you feel like you're walking on nails.

But I realize, oh, if you pay a lot more, even that same brand can be a comfortable shoe.

I didn't know that.

No, I didn't either and this was something recommended to me because I'm on my feet all day.

I'm traveling, I'm hiking, I'm doing, you know, so it's like, okay, I'll just try these, you know, and it's the price of admission.

You're like, oh boy.

And then like, well, try them once and oh, I'm sold.

But they last, right?

And it's like, it's like, it makes walking fun.

Yeah.

I mean,

I wear out my shoes about six months, you know, so it's like, it's tough.

I'm a big guy and I'm on my feet walking and

walking a lot

of miles a day, but it's like, I don't care.

These things are incredible.

All right, we're gonna talk all about what you do with wonderfully Wisconsin such a great concept and But let's let's do the popcorn pick.

I'm so glad you're here to do this because I know you're a movie fan What kind of movies do you typically watch Paul?

Oh boy, I do a lot of documentaries a really big into that I like comedy whore.

I'm not really a genre specific watcher It's just I like anything that happens to intrigue me

What if you find out, though, what if you're like, oh, there's a new romantic comedy?

Do you get excited or are you kind of like, oh, great, who cares?

Yeah, that may be, yeah, genre

may be not what I would pick mostly.

Maybe a comedy.

Yeah,

you know,

do you like horror?

Yeah, it depends if well done horror movies I really enjoy.

Okay, what's a good horror movie like?

I don't know, like the Ring series, you know,

okay,

it's like it's very different.

Yeah, what about like,

What's the one with it?

So everyone's scared of what?

Hereditary.

That's supposed to be it.

That's one I am actually kind of freaked out, too freaked out to watch.

Oh, I don't even know anything

about it.

Is there like a beheading at the beginning or something?

Like a kid gets beheaded?

Is that the one where he's like a church runner or something and he brings those two kids in?

I don't think so.

Oh,

maybe I'm thinking.

It's like

15 years old.

I

think John Cusick is in

it, but it's supposed to be.

A lot of people say it's like the scariest movie ever, but let's move on.

All right.

So how do you typically like to watch movies, Paul?

Do you go to the theater?

Are you a watch at home?

Oh, I love going to the theater.

It's a whole experience.

Same.

All right.

So what do you do?

Well, like when you go to the theater.

What is your snack?

What do you like to get from concessions?

Well, I'm not a popcorn eater.

So for a while ever since I came out, I'm a sour patch kids.

Oh, man.

But if we're going classic, it's Reese's Pieces.

Oh, wow.

Absolutely.

As a nod to ET or just- No, I don't know.

The only place I eat them is at the movie theater, but I love them.

Here's my issue with movie theater popcorn.

I never order it.

I don't desire it.

But if I take a bite of it,

I'm eating the whole bag.

Same.

And I don't understand what that is.

It's not like I ever go, I don't want a steak, but then I eat a steak and I love it.

I don't ever crave it, but when I eat it, I have to have it.

What is the deal there?

I don't know.

It's same.

Come on, you're an influencer.

You can't help me out here.

No.

Why

do I do that?

Not a popcorn

influencer.

What about at home?

And is it movie theater popcorn?

Or is it like, because there's some stuff that I can get in the store that's already bagged that I don't mind.

I think it's just the greasiness of the popcorn.

Yeah, I mean, I like both.

I'm a big fan of what Wisconsin company, Palo, I think is

how you say

it.

Sure.

You know, like a good cheddar popcorn.

OK.

That's

always a nice little snack.

Yeah, agreed.

But at home, and it's not greasy.

That's what I like about it, too.

And I can get up and wash my hands.

I don't have to leave the theater to go wash movie popcorn residue, right, off my hands.

Right.

OK, so what about at home?

What about when you watch a movie at home?

What are you getting for a snack there?

I'm probably not snacking.

Oh, wow.

Yes.

You need the Sour Patch Kids to get you through the theater experience.

Yes.

What about a cocktail, Paul?

Do you ever have a beverage when you watch movies at home?

Yeah, sometimes, you know, a good craft beer, a local craft beer.

Okay.

You know, if I'm having that or an old fashioned.

Old fashioned is great.

Do you ever pair, like to me, I haven't had a drink in a couple of years, it's just an experiment.

But I used to love a glass of whiskey.

Neat.

when I'd watch like a cop movie or a cop TV show.

And I typically, it's because they, that's what they drink.

Like they're always walking in, talking to the dame or the gum shoe and they pour the, and it's like, makes me thirsty watching that.

So I would always pour a whiskey, but do you have a drink?

Do you ever match up a snack or a drink with a certain type of movie?

No, no, I don't think I do.

Okay.

Or maybe I do.

Nothing that I can recall.

I'm throwing some real hard balls here at you.

All right, so.

What all right, so do you like kids movies you got kids?

Oh, yeah, I love kids movies

What kind of kids movies?

Have you seen any of the ones this summer?

Yeah, we just went and saw the live remake of Lilo and Stitch.

It was really good.

It was

very good.

And my wife had not seen the original.

So it was interesting to get her take on the live remake.

And she's like, oh my god, this movie's fabulous.

So I'm like, oh, well.

Oh, that's fantastic.

Yeah.

So they must have done a very good job.

They're like approaching like a billion dollars worldwide.

Like that movie has gotten great reviews and people love it.

So that's, do you have an all time favorite kids movie?

Oh, man, like 101 Dalmatians.

Always, like,

I've

always really enjoyed that

one.

Awesome.

All right, have you ever snuck booze into a movie theater?

Oh, my God, yeah.

Do you still do it?

No.

No.

You're a brand now.

You can't, even if you did, you couldn't admit it.

Like, you can't, you can't say, oh, that's the wonderfully Wisconsin guy.

They're leading out in

cuffs.

That's possible.

What did you sneak in, like, just beer?

Yeah, a lot of times beer, but now theater is a lot of different theater chains offer beer.

Yeah, so that is nice.

Okay, so what kind of movie?

Like, have you ever cried during a movie?

Oh, for sure.

Yeah.

And do you recall, like, what set you off?

No, I'm an emotional person,

so it could be sad or happy.

I'm going to share something that made me, and not cry, but like well up, and it's the scene in The Sandlot.

when they're playing on the 4th of July and the fireworks go off.

And that's why they play at night, because the fireworks light up the field.

And Ray Charles is singing, oh, beautiful for space.

And literally, that caught me off guard.

That's when I'm at my most vulnerable, is when you're not expecting it.

Right?

Yeah.

We got to cry together sometimes, Paul.

I think we have a great time.

OK, so all right, we talked about all right.

So let's say this.

Let's say, should we just get to the pit con?

We should do it.

I think I'm really curious because you mentioned a film earlier that I think might be your pick, but I didn't want to pry.

So let's get to, let me, one more question.

Do you ever indulge your wife?

Do you ever sit through a movie you absolutely don't want to watch just because you love your wife so much?

Yes.

Yeah.

Any of those movies come to

mind?

Nothing I can think of.

Not nothing off the top of my head, but certainly.

But

she does the same for me, so.

So it's like a give and take.

That's right.

That's the thing about marriage that sucks.

You have to watch movies.

No, I was kidding.

All right, I think it's time.

Paul Vandenplatz is here.

He is the creator and an influencer, thanks to his creation of wonderfully Wisconsin, which you can follow on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok.

Are you on Friendster?

No.

You don't remember Friendster?

No.

You have that old look.

You have a MySpace account?

Oh, God, I wish.

Oh, I have one.

I have one.

All right, we are about to get Paul's popcorn pick of the week.

Conrad, if you will.

the peanut butter falcon.

Oh my God, I love when people pick a movie I know nothing about.

Awesome.

Tell us about the peanut butter falcon.

Star is Shia LaBeouf.

Oh

wow.

So 2019 I think it came out.

Okay.

And it is the story of a boy with Down syndrome who is, you know, treated as a child his whole life and he wants to, he has his own ideas and dreams and he escapes his care.

And then he finds Shia Labouf, who's an outlaw.

And then it's just a just a really a campy comedy buddy story, but really just a heartwarming message.

That is really cool.

That's fantastic.

I love when people suggest things I haven't seen.

And I don't even know if I've heard of this movie.

This is great.

No, it was when under the radar when it came out, I watched it when it first came out.

It was just, oh, my God, so good.

And it's called The Peanut Butter Falcon.

Yes.

Con do me a favor rotten tomato that one.

Let's see what let's see what kind of reviews it got So that's cool.

So it's a comedy she'll above great choice.

Have you watched it with your kids?

Yes.

Yes Is that the kind of thing that it might if I watch that am I gonna cry because there's a moment for the oh, yeah But you'll laugh too, right?

Oh, yeah,

there's

plenty of opportunities for everything.

All right.

Oh Dakota Johnson's in it.

Oh, yeah, that's right Yes, she is

yeah Thomas Hayden church.

She'll above that's a great

That's a great John Hawks.

You know who that is?

Oh, yeah, I love that guy.

Oh my god.

He is so good.

He's such a great look Conrad, you know who John Hawks is No, I don't go to the Google man.

I got such a cool looking.

He's in really cool movies.

Oh, yeah, he's always he always plays that guy like

that has his sleeves rolled up and a pack of cigarettes

in him and a

gun in his back pocket, like kind of an outlaw, that's great.

All right, that is the popcorn pick of the week, folks, thanks to Paul Vanden Plaus, who is the founder of Wonderfully Wisconsin.

He just made a wonderful pick, and it is the peanut butter falcon.

So check it out if you're looking for a family, oh wow, fan-based, 96% on Rotten

Tomatoes.

And 95% critics.

Critics,

very well done.

Available on Prime.

That does not happen very often.

Paul picked a movie that I've never heard of that gets excellent critic and audience reviews.

Very well done, Mr. Wonderfully Wisconsin.

We are coming back to talk about Wonderfully Wisconsin.

And I'm going to ask Paul where you can get the best burger in Wisconsin and about his bun choice, too.

That's all coming up.

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I'm Pete Schwabba.

Our question of the night is what is your least favorite movie genre?

I say comedy action.

Don't ever need to see one again.

Conrad says horror.

Our guest, Paul Vandenblas said.

What did you say?

Anything with Seth Rogen.

Which officially is now a genre, apparently.

And I

don't disagree with you.

All right, Paul is here.

He is the founder of Wonderfully Wisconsin, which if you're not following it on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, you should be.

He does great work there.

Paul, for those who are not familiar with your work on social media, please tell us about Wonderfully Wisconsin.

All right, we are just a celebration of everything Wisconsin, hidden gems, food, really good restaurants, culture, just everything that Wisconsin is about, just all positivity.

Yeah, just loving Wisconsin and really celebrating a lot of people.

I always like to say growing up.

in Wisconsin, a lot of people seemed very eager to leave Wisconsin or get out of here or say things, you know, oh, there's nothing to do here.

You know, and it's like

my

whole life, I absolutely loved it here.

And I think there's so many incredible things that people don't know about.

And you know what, you just, what you said is so important.

Pardon me, it's your attitude.

I remember when I moved here, when I was in junior high, I couldn't wait to leave.

I wanted to go back to the big city.

I wanted to do things and I

lived in two huge cities and I decided to come back and I was unsure of it.

But, you know, you can't put a price on people and family.

And now that I've been here for like 12 plus years, I'm like, it's me that has to decide to like where I live.

And you got to bring your own fun.

And I love it here.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So where have you been?

Like, what are some of the, give us a highlight of since you've been doing wonderfully Wisconsin, where's one of the best places you've been?

Oh boy, I just recently did some work for SummerFest and so going down and experiencing multiple days of SummerFest

and

it's just like, wow, this incredible music thing in our backyard.

You can just go and see these incredible bands.

So SummerFest, if you haven't been, go.

Absolutely.

You'd been there before,

right?

Yeah, a long time ago.

A long time ago.

Same here, though.

Like, I did stand up there in the 90s when I was a comedian, and I just liked it that I got in free, and I could go see ban.

Like, there was some money, but it wasn't great, but that's a treasure as well.

Okay, so you did a post on Facebook, and I just love it.

Tell us about when you discovered... It was kind of what... I think you posted it today or yesterday.

Sure.

TikTok, wonderfully Wisconsin.

How has...

Becoming an influencer changed your life.

Oh my god In so many different ways you realize, you know, like I loved Wisconsin before but then not just seeing the places but getting to talk to people and having people Tell me oh man, I loved your content and it's made me fall in love with the state all over again and a lot of people who

they'll say, oh, I watched a couple of your videos, and so I booked a vacation, and I'm taking my family.

And it's like, that's the stuff that it's like, you can't replace that.

That's