A Nite of Comedy: John Candy and The Threesome (Hour 2)

to make things right, to make people happy tonight.

It is.

Can we do that?

I think so.

Are you happy?

Yep.

Are you a happy person in general?

Yeah.

Or did you just put it on a happy face when you're here?

Do you leave every night, you leave the studio and just you're just a miserable person?

No.

I don't think so.

I didn't get that from you.

Okay, that's good.

All right, very good.

So did you have a good day?

Yeah, got a nice haircut.

You did?

That's a, that is, you know what I'm gonna say?

It's a haircut you can set your watch by.

You know, I always go in there and I say, you know, just keep it high and tight.

High and tight, baby.

I'm due for a high and tight.

I gotta, probably next week I'll get in the chair.

High and tight?

Yeah.

Well, yeah, I don't know.

You know, I think I told you this.

I used to, every summer I would shave my head because it felt so great.

When was that?

That was like, I mean, going back to the mid-tooth,

My job at SportsSoup, when I was a staff writer and performer on the show.

And I had, my buddy KP Edison hired me.

I was the last writer hired.

And I showed up and all the other writers had already been situated.

And I walked in with my head shaved.

And one guy told me three months later, I thought you were gonna kill us.

I guess I looked that scary.

I think I have a nice face, a friendly face.

But apparently, you know, in like 2014, I shaved my head and

Mary Pecorny-Donald, who has been on this show before, the producer of some of the shows I do on PBS Wisconsin said, please tell me that's gonna grow out before we record.

Like, I don't know what it is.

It feels great, but it does, it puts you in a category where people think you're either an ex-con, a white supremacist, or some kind of crazy, I don't know what it is, but it feels great.

When you shave your head, it feels amazing.

It's liberating.

I've never shaved my

head.

Dude, you gotta.

I'm good.

Why?

What do you, what do you, and I don't mean to like put,

Hold your feet to the fire, Con.

But like, what are you losing by shaving other than your hair?

What are you?

I really like my hair.

That's the thing.

Yeah.

You got good

hair?

It

grows

back, though.

I never want to, like, lose it, you know?

Because here's what would

happen.

There's a thing where it could happen.

It's like, you shave it, and it just doesn't grow

back.

You're the guy.

Yeah.

It could happen.

I guess it could.

You could talk yourself into that habit.

You would meet the girl of your dreams the day you shaved your head and she would just like, please stay away from me.

Don't ever.

I'm gonna keep hair as long as I have it, you know?

Do you think you'll keep your hair?

Do you have anyone in your family that, did your mom's dad lose his hair?

You know, I have both of them.

Yeah, both of them had some pretty solid hair.

Okay.

So, my dad doesn't.

That shouldn't matter though, right, based on the science.

Your dad has great hair.

He just doesn't have a lot of it.

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

The hair he has is

fine.

Yeah, exactly.

You know, he likes to wear hats now, so.

Okay.

See, now your dad might want to, a lot of guys that lose their hair shave their head.

Because they're just like, okay.

And a lot of them look great.

Like, it's a great look for the right person.

I'm just saying, I stopped doing it, mostly because my kids said, my kids both said, Dad, you look like a psycho.

Okay, so don't, yeah, this is a recommendation when you go get your haircut.

You know, high and tight, not a shave.

Yeah, I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.

I might get a body wave or a perm.

What about a

mullet?

The shave the sides off, that's it.

You know, the mullet though is one of those haircuts that you're branding yourself.

You're telling people what kind of music you like.

Listen, I'm not saying there aren't guys with mullets that are like Rhodes Scholars, but typically when you see a mullet, I don't know.

What do you think when you see a guy with a mullet?

He likes Billy Ray Cyrus, which is fine, but I don't know.

I mean, I think of country probably.

Okay.

First thing that comes to mind.

But it branched out from country.

Everybody had one like in the 90s, you know.

I never had the mullet.

Not too late.

I did have a little phase right a skater here.

What's that

like?

You've seen Justin Bieber when he was younger.

He had that

long

hair that like

I kind of shaved on the sides like

he'd like flick it.

Oh I Can't see you doing that you guys I

did no I did do that Wow, and it was it was long Okay, I'm glad there was one time my brother was like

Just get a good haircut.

I went in there, got a good haircut, and I've been using the same haircut ever since.

Yeah.

I think the phrase business in the front party in the back is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life.

So that is one thing the mullet gave to us.

And I would say, even in the world of country, the mullet is not that popular.

There's a lot out there.

Oh, yeah.

But they're everywhere.

Yeah.

It's all right.

This has been Hair Talk with Beach Wobble.

We're coming right back.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, we've got a really fun show tonight.

Our pal Heather Heil from the Green Bay Children's Museum is gonna be in the studio tonight.

And we're gonna give her, Heather brought up the fact, she's a huge John Candy fan.

She is the one who alerted me to a new John Candy documentary called I Like Me.

Apparently not a bad word has ever been said about John Candy.

I mean, people love the guy.

Like what you see on the screen is kind of who he is.

And I think he might have had some drug issues or something, but nothing that like everybody loved the guy.

Apparently he was a great dad.

He's great in every movie.

He's a great actor.

You know, he's funny, but he's also a great actor.

So we'll talk about John Candy with Heather, we'll fill you in on what's going on across the river at the Green Bay Children's Museum.

They have a really cool event coming up, they have several coming up actually, and some great exhibits that we'll talk about.

And then this is exciting too.

At 7.35 tonight, Ethan Ogilby will be here.

Ethan was on the show in April, and I interviewed him right before his screening of his film, The Threesome.

that took place at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Ethan wrote it.

He is the scribe, as they say, in Hollywood.

And there's a great twist in the film.

It's really good.

I've said this before on the show.

It's one of the best rom-coms I've ever seen.

Not a huge fan of the genre, but I have my favorites.

And this is one of them.

And Ethan will be here because we're going to discuss how his film went from this little independent film, this great script he wrote, to an independent film, to a festival darling, and now it's in the big theaters.

Like he fulfilled the entire trajectory there for a writer.

So Ethan will be here at 7.35.

Very excited to talk to Ethan again on Nightlight.

And we have a great question tonight, and it involves something I just talked about, so let's not waste any more time and get to the nightlight 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.

What is your favorite John Candy movie?

Very simple tonight, folks.

Straightforward, he's one of those.

Actors or personalities where we can just use his body of work for the question of the night because even People who don't consider themselves moving nuts know about John Candy and have seen his work so I have to say I Mean I like the guy in so much stuff, but I'm gonna have to say planes trains and automobiles just because I think it's one of the best films ever made It's such

a good every single second in that movie.

I feel like you're entertained

There is no fat in that movie.

Yeah.

Unbelievable.

It's great.

So what do you say, Conn?

Uncle Buck.

Uncle Buck.

It is so funny.

That's one of those movies where I'll put on like, if I'm like, I can't find anything, but there's Uncle Buck.

Comfort food.

It is.

It's so funny.

He plays, he plays such a great role in that.

He's, he's, he's like one of the most likable.

And look, I don't know the guy I never met him.

He's like one of the most likable.

people on screen in movie history.

And supposedly in this documentary, I like me, that's what they talk about, like what a likable guy he is.

In most documentary films, you know, a lot of documentarians are journalists.

They want to present both sides of a story.

And you know, John Candy, there's not one bad word about him in this documentary.

Everybody loved the guy.

Yeah.

So, and he died.

Well, this is one of the questions.

So if, if Heather is listening, I probably shouldn't say, but he died pretty young.

So, we will talk to Heather about John Candy.

We will give her our John Candy quiz.

You can play along if you like, folks, over the text line.

But if you want to answer our question of the night, what is your favorite John Candy movie, please do so.

Our phone number is 855-752-4842-8557-5.

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That would be much appreciated too.

So great to have you folks.

We have a fun show.

It's Wednesday night here in Green Bay.

The farmer's market is in full swing.

And I guess they're extending it to eight o'clock throughout the fall, right?

Con that means I won't find parking.

Yeah.

Well, I have a parking spot, but it's a block away.

What am I, camel?

I can't walk that far.

It's

not that far.

It's not too bad.

It's good to have a spot.

But anyway,

it's good to get a nice walk, you know, in every day.

Yeah, but if it is, it's like a block.

It's not doing anything for me.

I can't get my heart rate up.

It's like a chaste.

You

could run.

I

could run.

So fun show tonight, folks.

Be part of it.

It is Nightlight with P. Schwabba.

You've got the Civic Media Radio Network, I will say.

And I don't know, I knew you were excited about this Conrad.

The Bachelorette has been chosen for the new season.

And it sounds like they've got themselves a doozy.

Taylor, Frankie, Paul.

Is that all first names?

Made up, yeah, probably.

All first names.

Yeah, and two of them are, let's be honest, two of them are hot first names.

Taylor and Frankie.

Not Paul.

Well, not to me.

Paul's probably a hot name to some people.

Seems very bit Paul's a very basic name.

It's a solid American name.

You named Paul.

Is it short for anything?

Paulette Paula Paulsef.

I don't think Paulsef is a real name, but Paulina Paulina

I don't think it is.

But anyway, Shia, this is hilarious.

I didn't know any, I'm not a reality TV show guy.

So I kind of found when I write the Hollywood beats, this will be out in my beats tomorrow or tonight online.

If you, you know, folks, I should, I should tell people I've been writing the beats out in article style and they're on the website.

So you can read the beats if you prefer the written word or you can hear them at the bottom of the hour throughout the day on the network.

But this Taylor Frankie Paul, she got embroiled in a scandal.

on the secret lives of hot Mormon wives.

Oh, sorry, I added a word there.

It's the secret life of Mormon wives.

They all were part of this soft swinging group.

It was a TikTok group called Mom Talk.

It was soft swinging.

That does not mean the men had erectile dysfunction.

That meant that it was just soft swinging.

They weren't supposed to have sex.

However, our new bachelorette, Taylor Frankie-Paul, did get pregnant.

From one of the guys and they had a baby and she already had two kids and they ended up together So as it turns out you can get pregnant from a kiss

Interesting

it has to be one hell of a kiss.

Obviously they crossed the line She also threw something at her husband that hit her kid and she got charged with a third degree felony now the husband was I think the instigator

But how bad would you feel if you're retaliating against your husband and you hit your child and you get charged with a third of your felony?

Anyway, she's your bachelorette, so tread cautiously fellows.

Well,

not too late to throw your name in.

I think I might.

Or wait till she ends up on Milf Manor.

All right.

This is Pete Schwabba in Nightlight.

We are coming right back to read your text, and I'm going to tell you something cool about John Handy.

We're coming right back.

I'm Pete Schwab.

This is Nightlight.

Great to have you folks on this Wednesday night.

Downtown Green Bay is alive with people attending the farmers market.

You might be listening.

I hope you're listening to us, but I want to let you all know that Civic Media is part of IdeaFest with the Capital Times, and that will be on the network Friday night as well.

Some of you might be listening to IdeaFest right now.

And if you are, you're not hearing me say that.

But Friday night, it is happening too.

I will not be here Friday night.

We will, we're having a Best of Green Bay show, right, Con?

Yeah, Dan Marcus, Laura McKenna, and Eric Wessel.

How do you like that?

Three recent graduates of the Nightlight Radio show with Peach Wawa, they were all fun to have on as guests.

And we decided we need to put this out there because we will still be on in Green Bay.

Well, we just found that out yesterday.

So we put together kind of the best of Green Bay show, which we think will be a lot of fun with our three favorite new friends, Dan, Laura, and Eric.

So tune in Friday night for that.

Or check out IdeaFest, all kinds of fun stuff happening here at Civic Media this week.

Conrad will be out tomorrow.

Correct.

So when you text in, it might not be Conrad that is receiving the text.

It will be Amanda Nimmer.

It will be Amanda Nimmer.

And I've got something to say to her too.

She had a big weekend last weekend at the Sputnik

Fest.

Oh, yeah.

What she sent was pretty cool.

Yeah.

You should definitely...

Her son is just a costume mogul at these concerts.

He could possibly make a living doing this kind of stuff.

Every single year.

So we'll have Amanda filling in tomorrow night for Conrad.

That will be fun to catch up with Amanda as well.

So here's a cool thing I thought about John Candy.

So he was part of SCTV in Toronto.

Second City has a chapter, I guess you'd say, in Toronto, one in Chicago.

And John Candy was a big part of the one in Toronto.

And that one was legendary.

I mean, the one in Chicago is legendary too, but Toronto turned out stars and comedic stars.

Like Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, John Candy.

I mean, they were...

with comedic talent who all went on to have amazing careers.

But the thing I thought was cool was that John Candy, they tried to get John Candy on Saturday Night Live.

They tried to sort of, you know, recruit him to be part of this other phenomenon that America had called Saturday Night Live.

John Candy said, no, out of loyalty to his cast members at SCTV.

And that's what I'm talking about.

That's everything I've read about John Candy.

There's just nothing bad.

And that is a really cool thing, too.

No one would have blamed him, either, had he gone to Saturday Night Live.

That's what you do this for.

That's what you do sketch comedy for.

But John Candy remained loyal to his mates, his fellow players up at SCTV.

I think that's really cool.

You know what I saw today?

You ever see people who walk?

I don't know if you realize this.

When we walk, we do opposite arm, opposite leg.

You've never

noticed this before?

No, no, I've noticed this before.

I said, I don't know if you've noticed this before.

Yeah, I have.

Because you've, you know, you're kind of a young guy.

But when, every once in a while, you'll see people walking the same arm, same leg today.

And that looks strange.

Today, I saw a guy running same arm, same leg.

It was one of the most awkward.

No, that's not how you do it though.

You gotta go.

I'm trying to.

You look like a cartoon character if you try to do it.

Like Bugs Bunny or something.

Yeah, I just wanted to say do you need help or something like let me Straighten you out like that's got to be

do you think you just never learned how to run and that's him trying to figure it out?

Probably I mean is it it could be like a neurological thing Maybe he said he's like this actually helps you burn calories faster.

I Still wouldn't do it.

He's still like that much of a goof

Our question of the night folks is what is your favorite John Candy movie Conrad Krieger?

We already covered this at Uncle Buck I say planes trains and automobiles known simply as PTA in my house because we don't have time to say the whole title and it's one of our favorite films On social media Matt says planes trains.

That's another one PTA planes trains It's just one of those movies.

So iconic.

Thank you, Matt Jody Hemman planes trains and automobiles Nick Wallander our pal from Depeer

funny, funny man Nick says, Uncle Buck.

Great choice.

This is going to be a, this is going to come down to the wire tonight.

I feel like Uncle Buck is making a very strong showing toward planes, trains and automobiles.

There's that, you know, I'm not going to say it because it's part of the quiz.

Yeah.

But that one scene where he's flipping something huge is hilarious.

Yes.

I love that.

And it's, it's, it's so good.

That's like one of my favorite parts when he's making those.

It's phenomenal.

And I realized that, you know, we might not have as many texts tonight because of Ideas Fest.

Yes.

Ideas Fest, which is fine if people are listening on the radio.

So this could be a still a contest.

It could still come down to the wire, though.

Dave on social media, I'm sorry, I'm watching on YouTube says Uncle Buck.

It's just three to three.

Yes, just such a good movie.

It's a good movie.

It's not as good as Plains, Trans, and Allmobiles.

And that is the hill I will die on.

Well,

as a movie, as an overall movie.

Not even

close.

Yes, I mean, but I think that he shares the screen with, you know, such a great actor in that.

Steve

Martin, yeah.

You know, in Uncle Buck.

He's a

show.

It's just him.

He's the main guy.

That's a great point.

And he, you know, in all of his other movies that he is in, many of them are small roles, but he steals them.

He's just that great.

Sidney Frankenstein.

He's also watching on YouTube.

Love that name.

I think Sidney changed the last name, if I'm not mistaken.

Sidney says Uncle Buck.

There's another one.

Uncle Buck is in the lead.

Yeah.

Wow.

We've got issues here tonight.

So we've got that.

I don't know.

We got a lot going on.

Heather Heil is here after the news, folks.

We are going to give her a John Candy quiz.

It's going to be pretty special.

And you're welcome to play along.

We've got funny clips throughout.

to help Heather along and see if she can guess the movie.

She does pretty well with her quizzes, wouldn't you say?

Yeah, I'd say, I don't know how many she's on.

I think it's four.

I think she's four for four.

She's done four quizzes?

I'm pretty sure.

It's very impressive, because she's only been on the show three times.

Ethan Ogilby is here too, folks.

At 735, the writer of the hit new rom-com, The Threesome, which is now in theaters.

That's at 735, a jam-packed show here on Nightlight.

So great to have you with me.

We are coming back with our pal, Heather Heil, right after the news on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Welcome back to Nightlight.

I'm Pete Schwabba and it is so fun to have you here.

If you are joining us from Ideas Fest or just need a break from Ideas Fest to laugh a little or contribute to the show, that's fine too.

You can't go wrong on any civic media dial tonight.

So we have a very exciting, this is one of our favorite guys.

She comes into the studio all the time.

She knows more about Green Bay than I've forgotten in a lifetime in my little pinky.

Thank you.

Is that a

phrase?

Sure.

If it's not, let's make it one.

Heather Hile, ladies and gentlemen, from the Green Bay Children's Museum, she's the director of business affairs, and she knows, I mean, you seem like you know everything in Green Bay.

How does that happen?

I try

to.

But how?

You have a real job that keeps you busy, 40 hours a week, probably more, but you still know everything that's going on.

You've just told me about three TV shows you're watching, and you're...

Preparing to ace a John Candy

quiz.

I am so yes, hopefully I truly believe in mind body spirit So every day like I take that time for myself So I make sure that I'm doing things that are good for my mind and I'm exercising while I'm exercising I will put on my trash TV shows to watch

so I

get a like a little fix

there and just my community.

So in a truthful story, I went through a program about 20 years ago here in Green Bay called Leadership Green Bay.

And it's a program that teaches you about community leadership.

And through those relationships of 20 years, I just stay connected with what these amazing humans are doing in our community and love to just make our community better for everyone that lives in it.

You

became part of the community.

I did.

And so if I can

support people and do those things, and I always just try to make sure that, you know, we all are giving gifts in this world, and I want to make sure that I'm using mine to my fullest potential.

I can't top that.

I think we just got to end the show right there.

You can't.

Mic drop.

Listen, you opened with a showstopper, and that is rule number one in show business.

I

know, but you asked a question and I was trying to be honest.

That's Heather Hylph.

It's prepared to be dazzled.

It's just gonna keep coming.

You said trash TV.

Do you watch The Bachelor or The Bachelorette?

So I'm not watching that kind of trash TVs.

Like the documentaries I watch are something that I can like binge and do those things.

So lately I've been on The Huntington Wives.

Have you heard about this show?

No.

It's on Netflix and it is trash TV.

It is hard.

It's

vulgar.

It's women in the South and dirty politics and some bisexual relationships.

Women are men.

Women.

Yeah.

And so the woman lead actress in it, Margo, is the same actress that was the sister in 27 dresses.

Her name escapes me right

now.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

Yeah, I can't think of it either.

I'm just asking because they hired this woman, Frankie Paul, what's her?

Taylor Frankie Paul, who was on the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Okay.

And apparently they got caught, they were all soft swingers.

But she got pregnant from soft swinging, doubted.

Yeah.

Anyway, she had a child with this other husband and they were together and she already had two kids and now she's the...

And she was arrested for a third degree felony for throwing something at her husband.

He was doing stuff too.

He's a bad, he was, it was both of them.

She sounds like a good time.

But she, I think I'm in love.

She threw something at him and hit the kid and she got charged.

She's the new Bachelorette.

Now these Mormon lives, she was like 16 when, and it's a very male dominated society.

I have a little sympathy, but at some point I'm like, can't the Bachelorette pick someone?

without the baggage?

No, because it just makes the trash TV.

It does.

I should

be watching that because that's right up

my alley to be.

I just gave you a recommendation.

I know you

did, so thank you.

I appreciate that.

Thank you, thank

you.

See, and that's our problem when you come on the show.

We have so much fun stuff, adult stuff to talk about.

but you work at this amazing children's museum.

Right.

So, and I honestly, I feel because I'm 90% of my life in this G-rated Disney world.

Yeah.

Sometimes I just need to bring myself back to adult real world

problems.

You go crazy and you just have a nutty weekend.

And also, like, Pete, I just feel like it's so far from my reality that it just intrigues me of, I...

I don't understand it.

And that's why I kind of keep watching it and going, what, wait a minute, what?

Like when Dance Moms was on originally with Abby Lee Miller, I was addicted to that show.

And it's awful.

It's horrible, horrible

show.

Is that Honey Boo Boo?

No, that

was

before that.

That's like the JoJo Siwa and

all of those

things.

But just the way that these mothers acted, I could not wrap my head around because thankfully here in our community, we have some pretty incredible mothers that I just could not see.

treating their children that way.

We don't have your Frankie Taylor paws.

We don't have your Charlie Sheens.

He's got another one.

He has a two-part documentary.

He does.

I was reading all the stuff that guy's done.

A, I don't know how he's still alive.

Right.

And B, I'm like, should I have lived a little more?

Am I the most boring person in the world?

Am I not doing it right?

Yeah, Conrad at least got a haircut today.

I've done nothing.

It looks

nice.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

But I think in keeping with your day job, the G-rated day job that you have and you do a great job at, we've got a great discussion piece tonight in John Candy, who everybody loved.

Okay, so.

Thank you so much for talking about this with me because literally the day we were texting about coming in I had watched the trailer for John Candy's I Like Me that official trailer and I really like adored him.

I was sobbing Watching that trailer and I wrote down a couple of like quotes from that trailer that just were so pivotal to me of Steve Martin says Some things are painful.

That's it and you can't make them not painful

What was he referencing?

He's

referencing John Candy's life of how like he had the whole Who was the other actor who ended up ending his life because he was Robin

Williams

of how happy they are on the outside and how inside they're just people pleasers and want to do all of these really good things and that Not that that resonated with me.

That's not the words I'm looking for but that really

Made me stop and think of I know a lot of really happy people in my life.

Are they okay?

Yeah Yeah, that's interesting you say that because I had heard and I don't know much about I try to judge people just on their work Unless they've got something crazy creepy in their closet I can forgive most you know, right?

And I thought he had some drug issues, but I don't ever remember like

He was supposedly a great dad.

His co-stars loved him.

So if he was hurting on the inside, he must have been great at hiding

this.

He was.

And also, part of that documentary, Pete, was the producer talking about, quote, unquote, if you go a lifetime eating your feelings, drinking your feelings, smoking

your

nerves.

it's gonna show up later.

And that was also, and I thought, we also all need to be listening to that,

that

we're making sure that we're not placing those things slowly into it, because that's what he did.

And Macaulay Culkin is in this documentary because of course, the Home Alone series and how John Candy was one of the first people who recognized that stuff was going on with him.

And

he would check in with him every day.

Yes,

how beautiful is that?

Just what a kind

Amazing human.

But also the backbone this guy had, like he was part of SCTV, which in its own right, maybe a lot of times funnier than Saturday Night Live.

Even in its heyday, they had some of the most brilliant stuff ever.

But he turned down the penultimate gig at Saturday Night Live because he felt loyal to his players in SCTV.

That just speaks volumes.

So we're going to do our quiz, but let's get to some of the stuff that's going on locally here.

You've got really cool stuff coming up at the Green Bay.

Children's Museum, my guest is their director of business development, Heather Heil, who joins us here periodically in the studio.

And it's always a good sport about taking your quiz.

We're going to give her a John Candy quiz shortly, but I want to ask you about the Enchanted Forest fundraise.

Beyond the Enchanted Forest fundraise you have coming up.

Thank you so

much.

So it's one of our signature fundraisers.

So the Children's Museum of Green Bay has an adults evening where we raise money to help support the mission of what we're doing at the Children's Museum of Green Bay, which is to educate our children and families and give them.

all opportunities, everyone, regardless of their backgrounds, everyone can play at our Children's

BC.

So

this helps to fund and further that mission.

So the Beyond fundraiser this year, the theme is Enchanted Forest and we try to take stories.

fairy stories past what you would think that they were because we teach imagination at the Children's Museum.

So let's

do it as adults as well.

So for instance, last year it was beyond Wonderland.

So I don't want to give any surprises away for this year, but...

last year's theme, the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland was actually a performing drag queen who was going throughout the evening and off with their heads and just doing submission based

things at the

event.

So there's food and there's drink and art and artist and...

All sorts of crazy fun.

October 3rd, it's at Legacy Hotel.

You can find more information about that on our Facebook page and get tickets.

It is $200 a person to get into that.

And then that's your food and of course, supporting the museum there.

And there'll be some fundraising opportunities, of course, at that event.

So that's a thing for adults though.

Correct,

adults

only.

21 and over.

I was gonna say 200 bucks a pop is a little stiff for kids.

That's a lot of allowances.

That really sounds fun.

You have like a cool setting when people get there for the party.

We do.

So it's

Enchanted Forest.

So

we're going to transform the lobby and the ballroom there

into an

Enchanted Forest and of course have our performers and things that you might find in Enchanted Forest doing different things and performances and just some really fun surprises.

Wow.

Okay.

So I've never been there.

to the museum?

I've never been there.

I've never lived in Green Bay.

You're

killing

me.

I know.

You

are invited any single time you want to.

Just let me know because every adult needs a child and every child needs an adult to

come into our custody.

Who gots 200 bucks?

That's all I'm saying.

Yeah.

Conrad?

I thank you.

Plus party.

You should.

Yeah.

No, but what I want to say is like, every time you come in here and I'm like, how have I not been there?

And maybe we took our kids there when we were still living in LA or something and visiting.

I kind of have memories of it, but like, every time you come in here and you say these amazing things, I ask myself, A, how big is that building?

We're so small.

Bigger

than small?

We're small.

We are so small and we are busting at the same speed.

So I am still trying to raise this million dollars to finish out this first phase of this capital campaign to expand my building.

And that's, it's a huge undertaking in this climate right now.

People are watching stock markets, they're paying attention to things.

So,

Yeah, we really just need-

Do tariffs apply to

donations?

Well, they apply to the lumber I'm trying to build to build my building.

So that changes things.

And I don't mean to laugh.

What I was gonna ask you was, what is, if someone hasn't been there, like me, let's say someone doesn't even know about all the cool stuff that's there.

What is your one line pitch that would get people to the museum if they haven't been there?

It is a place for adults to learn to play and children to play to learn.

That's

what we do.

So we have

right now.

I did not coach her folks.

She did not know that question.

I didn't.

We have

12 interactive exhibits that we encourage those kids to navigate and what's right for them.

That's how they learn the world around them.

And you think of the questions of what do I want to be when I grow up.

And it's very fascinating to watch children

interact

in the exhibits when they're in our grocery store.

And they're listening to everything you say.

And you know

that as a

parent.

So when they're walking to pay for their groceries, they're like, well, just charge it.

Like that magic credit card

is just

going to.

What?

Where did you, you know, so?

That's

hilarious.

Yeah, just working on financial literacy with them and just doing it in a fun way.

You're so right though.

Some of my best times as a parent was when we would go to like a jimberee or a children's museum and you just watch them.

go to town without you, and you just see what they start to do and what they've picked up on in the real world that they've brought to this experience.

It's so great.

When we come back, folks, with Heather Heil, we're going to talk about Breakfast with Santa?

Maybe we'll push in for that?

Yeah, Breakfast with

Santa.

We've already launched tickets, and that's almost full,

people.

Oh, come on,

really?

I know.

It's September, and we're talking about Breakfast with Santa, and it's almost full.

So if you want to go to this,

You're

going to want to get your tickets.

We'll talk about that and we'll talk about the Fusion Express Orchestra, John Kelly and the Fusion Express.

We're going to talk about all this and do a John Candy quiz with our guest, the amazingly talented Heather Heil.

We're coming right back.

It's Night Light with Peach Waba.

My sweet love, my love, my sweet love.

Welcome back.

I almost tried to sing along with Billy Preston.

I know.

I usually

like to sing too.

And I'm like, nope, don't even try, girl.

It sounds so good when I'm alone in the shower.

Right?

Or in the car?

Or in the car, yeah.

I loved you when you pull into your driveway and you have the music crank, do you turn it down right before you pull into the driveway?

because you don't want people to hear all those things.

Yeah, like, okay,

we're just pulling in my driveway.

Or sometimes you get in your car and you didn't turn it down, you're like, woo,

I was a party girl last night.

Yeah, what was I doing?

I do like just, have you ever been busted?

Like when someone passes you and you're like, ah, like in your city.

Oh, for sure.

I just

lean into it and just

like give them a show.

What do you do,

right?

Yeah.

I'm not trying to impress you, Mr. John Q. Just loving my music.

John Q. Darche, Darche, Darch driver.

Yeah, I do it all the time.

Do you?

They look in, and I'm singing, and I'm just like, you know what?

I'll keep going.

Just take it to another level.

Conrad, this green note is making me crazy.

I can't see your face.

Oh, really?

What is that?

Is there a memo?

There's a green memo there

in front of me, and I'm like, Conrad, I need to see you.

It's a laminated of the times I needed

of break.

Of things that

he, like, technical things

to

make you and I sound amazing, and we appreciate it.

Oh, thank you, Conrad.

I just, I'm admiring that new hairdo of yours.

Don't take that from me.

Look at, he's got the tattoo, he's got a haircut.

I know, he's got it all going on.

He likes margaritas.

He's got a makeover, I think, since the last time you've been here.

I know.

Does he have a girl?

Is

there a girl?

He doesn't

ever tell me anything.

He thinks I'm going to tease him or something.

I would never do that.

Yeah, you tease me all the time.

Do I really?

No I don't.

I'm just kidding.

I tease you more than you do.

You do and I'm still trying to figure out do I treat you like a heckler and just beat you down or do I ha ha go on?

You laugh together.

Let's figure it out, yeah.

Exactly.

But you don't have a serious girlfriend.

No.

Okay.

Boyfriend?

No.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm cool with whatever.

Yeah, I know you

are.

But is there someone new?

Who knows?

He's not where who he is on his sleeve other than that tattoo.

And that's not really honestly.

I love this for you Conrad.

I

love this.

Do you know anybody you could set Conrad up with?

No.

Most of the people I know are single for a reason.

Because they're crazy?

No, they just have very specific things they're looking for and a significant other.

Have you ever done an online dating service?

Me?

No.

Would you recommend?

No, I'm married.

I'm old.

So I rarely see other women.

Something to go to the grocery store.

Listen, my wife hates going to the grocery store.

I'm like a people person.

I love running errands.

Is that weird?

No, it's not weird.

I like doing

it when I have time.

Absolutely.

Talk to the people.

I need you both to talk to my wife, let her know I'm not such a bad guy.

All right, so tell us, my guest is Heather Heil, who is the business director of business development at the Green Hill Children's Music.

It's a big title.

And to be honest, I don't think it totally encapsulates everything you do there.

I mean, I'm sure you develop business, but I mean, you seem like you kind of do a lot more stuff.

It is a non-for-profit.

So anyone who's ever worked in non-for-profit knows that if a toilet gets clogged with a truck that a child puts down there, someone needs to fish

it out.

So we kind of all are a team, and we do what we have to do to get it done.

I see.

I want to make jokes, but I remember that you're working it.

OK.

Tell us about what's coming up after we read this text.

Craig Canit, thank you, Conrad says.

Also, the Children's Museum.

Oh, he says, wait a minute.

Also, this is just about the Children's Museum.

Oh, okay.

He says, it's amazing, a great place for the little ones.

Thank you, Craig.

Craig, thank you

so very much.

He's a good guy.

That's amazing.

A lot of people judge him.

I think he's a good guy.

No, he's been on the show.

Craig's a great guy.

And he works with kids.

and he makes movies.

He teaches them how to make movies at the Boys and Girls Club.

Oh,

that's awesome.

Craig, we should talk.

Yeah, Craig.

We do stuff with the Boys and Girls

Club too.

So I would love to collaborate and do something

and

afford some opportunities to more children.

I think we just, we did something pretty special here tonight.

You

really did.

So Craig, thank you.

It's a great space.

We're trying to expand.

We have 10 exhibits.

We have some more

coming.

Hi, sorry.

We have John Minow.

I walk by John Minow.

Hold on, I have to take a picture of John Minow.

Get him.

I'm trying to get my camera up.

I know John's gonna leave.

I'll

film

when he does that.

Can you duck

Heather?

Sorry, hold on.

Live radio, baby.

Wow,

I have not seen John for a while.

That was nice.

And now people say, have you seen John Maynall lately?

And I'll say, yeah, I've seen him.

Yeah, he just did a

walk by.

He just did a walk by.

I

want to get a photo walking by, too.

Can

I do that?

Yeah, we're going to do it absolutely.

Okay, awesome.

That's so fun.

I love

that.

If you haven't checked out your socials yet, do that, because that's really fun with these walkbys.

Oh, no, I have.

Absolutely.

I'm sort of the...

I know.

No, I'm saying, if someone listening has not seen

this on the socials... Oh, you were telling me to check

out the...

I thought Heather thought I was that detached from my own... I know it's Conrad.

We all know

that it's... No.

Okay.

All right.

Can we dig right?

All right.

And Jim Denney says on social media, he's watching on Facebook.

He says, found you.

Yes.

Jim probably encountered IDFS, which is also great, but we're glad to have you here tonight, Jim.

So thank you for the text.

So all right, can you tell us about this really cool thing?

We've got about a minute and a half before we have to do the news and then we'll do your John Candy quiz.

But I mean, what do you want to start?

The Santa breakfast you said is almost sold out.

What about John Kelly and the Fusion Express?

John Kelly, who is a local

icon with music will play a concert for us as a fundraiser at Gather on Broadway in November.

And you can look on our socials for all of the information for that.

And again, an adults evening where we just come and have music and

we

actually have Santa Claus for adults.

And Santa offers this time to actually have one-on-one recordings that if you need something for your child, that he will take that time to let them know if he's received their list and how they're doing, if they're good or bad or...

Nobody's

bad, but

yeah, so that's kind of a fun opportunity for that And then also we have the breakfast with Santa coming up where that's for families at Mackinac's and it's all of the things under one roof So we have a snow queen there.

We have Santa there.

We have elves there.

You can make gingerbread.