Remembering Redford: A Tribute and More(Hour 1)

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Welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

Happy Monday.

Happy Monday.

Oh my God.

Conrad, you're what I just said.

Happy Tuesday.

Yeah.

And it is Happy Tuesday.

This is a great show tonight that we have in store for you guys.

And a little bit of sad news today from the world of show business.

Robert Redford passed away today.

I guess in the early morning hours, at the age of 89, a true Hollywood icon, Robert Redford, dead at 89.

Terrible news, although that is a pretty good run.

And what a legacy he left behind.

What a life he lived.

I mean, talk about a guy who had incredible success throughout his career and branched off and had other success.

philanthropically, you know, he was an activist, an environmental activist.

He started the Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute.

And in addition to having unbelievable acting credits, he also won an Oscar for directing the film Ordinary People with Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, I think it was from 1983.

He also won an Oscar in 2002.

an honorary Oscar for just all the work he did in his career in founding the Sundance Institute.

So really kind of bittersweet because he was an old guy, had a great career.

You still hate to see him go.

It's kind of a kind of a sad day, despite the fact that he lived almost nine decades.

Robert Redford.

We will talk about Robert Redford throughout the show.

We will mention him in our Question of the Night.

So be prepared for that, folks.

And at 7.05, we will

have some clips from one of my favorite films of all time is The Sting and he was in The Sting with Paul Newman and Bernard Shaw.

And I was on the Todd Alba show today talking about Robert Redford and Todd told a story I didn't know.

I knew that Paul Newman went to bat for Robert Redford to be in the cast of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which really put him on the map.

I did not know that in 1975 it was Robert Redford that went to bat for Paul Newman.

to get him in the sting.

I mean, Paul Newman is a legend.

And in 1975, or even before that when they started production, I don't know, was he 50?

It's not like he was over the hill.

So great friends and a great story.

So we'll hear a little more about Robert Redford throughout the rest of the show.

And this is a fun show tonight, folks.

We have Dr. Susan Kearns will be here at 635.

There's a really, really cool film festival in Milwaukee that's taking place.

And we're going to tell you all about that.

Susan is going to tell you all about that.

And she's a really fun guest.

We have around from time to time because Milwaukee Film is a very active group and they do a lot of cool things for a documentary film.

And in this case, it will be for, I'm sorry, for independent film.

And in this case, it will be for documentary films that we will discuss this cool festival.

And then at 720, Trapper Shep will be here.

I've been a fan of Trapper's music really, I would say for about a year and a half.

Every Friday here at Nightlight, we do Bar Band Friday night, Terry Barr comes on and brings us new music.

Oftentimes, there are Wisconsin-based artists who you can see playing around the state.

She introduced me to the music of Trappership.

And I've been trying to get him on the show since, not harassing him or anything, but reaching out periodically.

And finally, we were able to make it happen.

We sat down with Trapper yesterday and we will play that interview at 720 and that will take us to the end of the show.

We're gonna hear a couple of his tunes.

A great story he tells about finishing a Bob Dylan song.

He found lyrics to a song that Dylan wrote called Wisconsin that were not finished and they were about to be auctioned off.

And Trapper got the lyrics, wrote his own lyrics to go with it, composed it, arranged it, and sent it in, and Bob Dylan liked it.

And as a result, the song On Wisconsin is co-written by Trappership and the legendary Bob Dylan.

So, very excited to have him on the show tonight.

And there you go.

Cronrad, how are you tonight?

I'm doing good.

You were producing a show earlier when I reached out.

What show were you producing?

Well, it's a new show.

It's called Always On Point.

Well, it's their second season, but it's a podcast.

They only do the podcast last year.

Now they're on the radio and doing the podcast, and that's on Sundays.

Look at that.

Right after Crystal Lyle, yeah.

Nice.

Outstanding.

And you record Kristen's show on Wednesdays,

right?

Depends on the week, whatever, whatever time she needs, so I'll get it there for

her.

Good doctor is a busy girl.

No question about that.

We're gonna have her on the show next week, so that'll be fun.

All right, so as I mentioned, Robert Redford has passed away, and that is the perfect lead into our nightlight question of the night.

Let's talk about the question.

Okay, question.

Question.

Question.

Pregunta.

Question.

Question.

Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Question.

Questions.

I'm sure you can see this one coming a mile away, folks.

What is your favorite Robert Redford film?

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Now, I realize he is 89 years old, and for some of our younger listeners, maybe in Conrad's demographic, or 10 or so years older than that, just to refresh your memory, all the president's men, and a lot of these are going to be older titles, but they're on all the time.

The natural.

sneakers, the sting, butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the way we were with Barbara Streisand.

Pardon me.

Robert Redford is a showbiz Titan and by all accounts, a really good guy who just led a great life.

So that's our question tonight, very simple.

What is your favorite Robert Redford movie?

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So that's our question of the night.

What is your favorite Robert Redford movie?

And I'm excited.

I'm going to go first.

I'll just say the sting.

As I mentioned, I was on Todd Alba's show earlier in the day this afternoon, and when I saw this thing, it was one of those movies that just made me want to be in the movie.

Not acting in the movie, but in the world.

It was so beautifully constructed.

Shot a lot of it in Chicago, but a lot of it on a lot in LA.

I think on the Fox lot, because I remember being on

in that area one time and somebody pointed it out and I saw the place from the scene where Robert Redford basically jumped off the steps of a walk-up trying to avoid two goons who were coming to kill him.

And even though that wasn't on location, it was on a back, it just looked beautiful.

The whole film is outstanding.

The aesthetics of it are gorgeous.

The acting is amazing.

The writing...

And then you got Scott Joplin's music and the soundtrack.

And it's just a great film about how they conned Doyle Lonegan, played by Robert Shaw.

So that would be my favorite Redford film.

But loved Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Love the natural.

And I really love all the president's men.

Another film that you just, you kind of feel when you're watching it.

The creepiness and the eeriness of what's around the corner.

Conrad, you got a fave?

Yeah, I'd say, you know, when I was, I can't remember what grade it was.

I think seventh, we read the Great Gatsby.

Oh yeah.

And then we

watched the movie after we were done with it.

And we didn't watch the Leo de Caprio version.

We watched the Robert Redford

Great Gatsby's, which I

believe came out in like 1980s or something like that.

Yeah.

Yeah, for sure.

And obviously I didn't realize it until I was like, oh, I wonder what movies today I looked enough was a way second.

Boy, that's a, I don't wanna say I'm trying to look that up right now.

I think Robert Redford, okay, great Gatsby, had to be late 70s maybe?

Yeah, it's such a fantastic movie though.

Oh yeah.

No, it's excellent.

You talk about wanting to be in a film.

Yes.

I

think that's one of

them.

Long Island and the big homes and that.

Yeah, that was a beautifully made film as well.

So that's what we're talking about folks.

Let us know what your favorite Robert Redford film is.

I say the sting Conn says the great Gatsby kind of a film.

I forgot that he was I've totally forgot about that movie maybe because they remade it He's also a creative force behind the film Dark Winds Which is I think it is an A&E show I watched the whole the whole run of the show really enjoyed it.

It's about a reservation cop

and Robert De Niro is one of the executive producers behind it, a TV show.

They did 20 episodes.

Good show.

I recommend it.

I think it made it a Pete's pick and got his start on Hitchcock Presents and then did a Neil Simon play on Broadway called The Way We Were, which he later started the movie with Barbara Streisand.

So that was kind of, I

think

that was like his second movie role, if I'm not mistaken.

So anyway.

That will be dominating a lot of our talk tonight.

But Robert Redford, let us know what your favorite Robert Redford movie is.

I think we have a call con.

Who's on the phone?

Yeah, Tracy from Green Bay.

Oh, Tracy.

Hi, Tracy.

How are you?

Hello.

Good.

How's it going tonight?

My favorite was a walk in the woods, his latest one.

Oh, I see.

I have not seen that.

All right.

I have to see that.

Oh my gosh.

It's so good.

What kind of movie was that, Tracy?

Was it like a thriller or a drama?

It was a comedy.

It was with Nick Nolte.

Okay.

Isn't it?

Oh, wow.

It's not really comedy.

There's funny parts in it.

It's about getting old and walking that, about walking that big, long, that goes from one state to another.

Okay.

It's

actually from a real book.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson play opposite Redford from 2015.

I have not seen that.

I will have to check that out.

That's fantastic.

All right.

I appreciate the recommendation.

Thank you, Tracy.

All right.

Have a great night.

She's from Green Bay Conrad.

That's where we are.

She could be right around the corner for a minute.

She could be down at Hagermeister Park.

She could be upstairs.

Having a buffalo burger.

She could be... I'll tell you where she's not is in the kitchen.

That is a bad smell.

I don't know what is happening in the kitchen here tonight.

Did you walk in there and, you know?

No, I didn't.

I don't do those kinds of things because I'm a civilized human being.

Hey, yeah, I just had to make sure.

What were you going to say, going to the kitchen and rip one?

You think I'm that guy?

No.

I got out of the Fox River where no one can tell the difference.

OK.

So just for future reference.

Boy, we got a lot of candidates out here tonight for window love.

Walking by.

You got to get a big group once.

I know.

Just get like a coral group or something.

You know what I did today?

I cut my finger.

paper cut it's hard to even like it's one of those things you don't even want to talk about because you sound like you know kind of a wuss or whatever but like they can be really painful like I was opening almonds today and that you know the blue diamond almonds you peel that that's sort of foil back and I sliced my finger like if that had been my like jugular and a lot of times I open almonds really close to my jugular just so I can smell them when I'm opening them but it was like bleeding profusely I'm like this is crazy

I don't know.

That's hilarious that you did that opening almonds.

I feel like I need to talk about veterans now to get the stink off that story I just told.

Did you know that Nick Cannon has a podcast where he's giving relationship advice?

That's great.

Are you gonna listen

one episode how to have 12 kids and give them really weird names?

That's and then you're done.

I don't think you need anything more.

Yeah.

Oh fun stuff tonight folks Susan Kerns is here at 635 talking about a really cool event coming up from Milwaukee film and then trappers chef is here at 720 our question of the night is what is your favorite Robert Redford movie?

We are live till 720 folks.

So get those answers in and we'll read them on the radio when we come back Hmm

I don't know what should we do Conrad.

Maybe talk about Nick Cannon's kids.

Talk about the Bears' loss.

Alright, we'll be right back.

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Dude, I asked you not to tell me about the Bears.

I have the game T-vote.

I don't know what happened yet.

Please.

Oh, I'm sorry.

All

right.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Can I at least tell you the score difference?

You know, here's the thing.

I will find a way to get back at you.

And here's the thing.

As a sports fan, all my teams have won championships in the last one.

I can take it because...

I'm very fortunate.

I actually, you know, I have so many friends that cheer against my teams.

My heart is so filled with love.

I want them to experience.

I want them to like, well, when the bucks won, I thought that was great.

They're not my number one team, but I was happy about it.

And I have no ill will.

But if I was like a Cleveland fan right now, I'm not cheering for anybody but my teams.

Does that make sense?

Well, I mean, if you're a Cleveland Browns fan, that's...

Yeah, some rough rose the worst they've got to be one of the worst franchises in the world in any sport.

They're like Ted lasso You should have that woman running and I mean the actress

You know, I saw a graphic today and it was the over the last 100 seasons the record or last

100

games 100 games, sorry and Cleveland was actually above the Bears

over the last 100 years.

Games is what I meant.

Oh, games.

Yeah.

I mean, okay.

100.

They're the flagship franchise though.

My great grandpa went to high school at George Hallis.

Okay.

And the old mayor daily.

And my cousins, somehow the family tickets ended up on the wrong side of the tree.

Oh no.

And they're great.

They're like 50 yard line seats that I think they have like four of them and they throw them to us once in a while and they're awesome guys.

Frankly, I don't think I could.

I don't think I would pay for that because I don't think I would

go to every game.

Yeah.

I mean, maybe if like my team was in a town like Green Bay and like they played down the street.

Yeah, that's a little easier to get to.

It's a little easier.

And frankly, if I lived in Chicago, I would live downtown.

I wouldn't want to live way out.

So I'd probably use them, but I'm not going to use, you

know, you know, I heard it's very hard to get out of soldier fields when the game's done.

People need to stop complaining.

They are such whiny.

I'm telling you, okay, so just, I know this is Chicago talk, but like when they were talking about the stadium, the stadium downtown, I have friends in the suburbs, getting all the way down, there's a pain.

I go, it's eight Sundays a year.

It's not easy to get to any.

Even Green Bay is a hassle.

Even

if you

live in town, there's a production.

It's easier here.

But stop complaining.

It's a professional sports team.

Unbelievable.

So I read this, I thought this was interesting.

It said Robert Redford died at 89 years old in his sleep, surrounded by family.

How creepy is that?

They just were watching him?

I guess so.

I just thought that created kind of a weird visual.

Like give the guys some space.

Yeah.

Bobby Redford, no longer with us.

That's terrible.

Susan Kerns will be here in just a few minutes, folks, to tell us all about the Dialogues Documentary Film Festival in Milwaukee.

Very excited to have Susan back on the show in Trapper Shep at 720.

Going to social media, our responses on our question of the night, which is, what is your favorite Robert Redford film?

Sarah Jean says, this property is condemned.

He co-starred with Natalie Wood, who is one of my favorites.

Wow, I have not seen that.

Thank you, Sarah Jean.

Sarah Jean is, I don't know if you noticed, she's a very savvy texture.

She always pulls stuff out.

I'm not expecting.

That's exciting.

Matt Harper, Jeremiah Johnson.

Yeah, great film, Matt.

I remember watching that when I was much younger.

Really good film.

I needed to rewatch a lot of these, though, frankly, because I just kind of remember how I felt about them and not the nuts and bolts other than like four or five of them.

Boris Hamilton, my pal, says there's a few, but sneakers is a lot of fun.

Sneakers is fun.

Kind of a high tech...

Hacker first hacker films.

I think

it's not about sneakers.

They're they are sneakers Oh, not about the shoes though, but they sneak in and they wear sneakers because they're quieter So I need

to

rewatch.

I

need to rewatch a lot of these Jody Heman on social media says the natural I feel like we're gonna hear a lot of that tonight.

Yeah, Sean voice also on Facebook the natural It's my sister Julie's favorite movie one of her one of her favorite movie.

She named her dog Roy Hobbs after Redford's character in the natural

She gave her dog two, like a full man's name, Roy Hobbs.

And she'd say, come here, Roy Hobbs.

Sometimes she'd call him Roy, but she would say the full, like she loved that

movie.

You should have gave a middle name too, so it's like that, then you're scolding the dog.

Roy William Hobbs, you come in here right this second.

Exactly.

Let's go to some of our text responses for our question of the night, your favorite Robert Redford film.

The 608 says, thanks, it affects all of us.

No, those are not meant for us.

Tyler is our first one, right?

I think so.

And I don't know what this quote is.

I want to say this is from Jeremiah Johnson.

Tyler from Wisconsin Rapids says, can you skin a grizz pilgrim?

I think that's Jeremiah Johnson.

Todd Alba was saying today that his favorite

Redford film was the electric horseman and that was a great film was Robert Redford Jane Fonda and it had a great commentary Just kind of on you know glitz and all that kind of stuff

And it

was a really good film Willie Nelson sings this song my heroes have always been cowboys Can you grab that song?

That's a great tune Willie Nelson.

That's another one.

We were talking about that earlier when Willie Nelson passes away.

That's gonna be a rough day, too

Anna from Addison in the 608 says, hi, Pete and Conrad, my favorite.

Robert Redford film is the way we were.

Redford and Streisand were great together.

Yes, they were.

Very a great choice, Anna.

Thank you.

Steve from Florida, that's Conrad's dad, says, all-time greatest Robert Redford movies.

The Natural, a great inspirational movie for me, for your dad, personally, Conrad.

That's cool.

And The Sting, all-time greatest con job movie.

to take down a very bad man.

Yeah, I'm with you, Steve.

That's one of my, that's probably, the sting is probably top five for me.

Tom from New Berlin says, he's in the 401 forces.

Pete started scrolling.

He was in a clam bake with Elvis Presley.

Is that true, Tom?

I got to look that up in the break.

All right, keep those texts coming, folks.

When we come back, we'll be joined by Dr. Susan Kearns from Milwaukee Film, telling us about this really cool film festival they have happening shortly, and then Trapper Shepherd 720.

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

Welcome back.

William

Halston's no spring chicken either, man.

I think he's 91.

That's a great tune.

My heroes have always been cowboys from the movie Electric Horsemen that starred Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.

All right, we will read more of your texts.

Our question of the night, folks, is what is your favorite Robert Redford movie?

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It is my it is my pleasure to welcome tonight late back tonight.

Let I should say she's been here a few times before the executive director of Milwaukee film, Dr. Susan Kearns.

Susan, welcome back.

Hi, thanks so much for having me back.

It's always nice to have a doctor in the house, even if you're over the phone.

Well, I do what I can.

It's better than nothing.

It's great to have you.

How are you tonight?

I'm doing very well, very well.

I was sad to hear about the passing of Robert Redford.

I heard your memorials or your little tribute there.

So he was a great actor.

Yeah, he sure was.

And what a career.

I mean, acting, directing, producing.

Do you have a favorite Robert Redford film, Susan?

I love all the president's men.

I think it's just fantastic.

So that's right up there.

I watch that every election cycle, like every four years.

It's just, it's one of those movies I think that is timeless.

And I love the aesthetics of it, the setting and the kind of what's around the cornerness of it.

It's just so great.

It's such a great film.

Yeah.

Great

choice.

Yeah, definitely.

Very cool.

Okay.

Well, you've got this great film festival coming up, the Dialogues Documentary Festival from September 18th through the 21st.

Milwaukee film is so active and you guys do such great things for the community there in Milwaukee, but also for those of us who don't mind.

a road trip to one of your great film festivals, whether it's the Milwaukee Film Festival or the second annual.

I didn't realize that until earlier today.

This is the second annual Dialogs Documentary Fest.

Yeah, so we just started this last year and it's really a chance to showcase more of the amazing documentaries that come out throughout the year.

As you probably know, documentaries don't often get their time in the sun in movie theaters.

You just don't see them in the theaters that often.

And there's so many great documentaries that are coming out all the time.

So we like to give just a few days, four days to really focus on them and bring them to the audiences of Southeast with

You

know, it's funny that you have so many films, and you're right.

I love the fact that documentarians get to watch their film with a packed movie house, because I don't

think

that happens nearly enough as well, and there's such great documentaries, and they seem like they're more popular than ever, but it's usually people sitting at home on Discovery or Prime or whatever.

Yeah, exactly, exactly.

And that's why we're trying to change that with this festival.

And part of the reason we call it Dialogs Documentary Festival is because we're also really trying to pair a number of these films with discussion of some kind.

So obviously we'll have a bunch of the filmmakers in town, but we also have some local folks who are engaged in either similar areas or similar topics who will be able to contribute to the experience as well.

I was reading the press release that Robin Ehrlich sent me and I read this and I couldn't believe this.

It said, these are all unbelievable or unbelievable true stories.

Is that all of them?

That's crazy.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, that's what you hope for with documentaries anyway.

They're true.

No mockumentaries, I guess.

All right.

Your list of films is so long.

I don't even know where to start, but are there any highlights that you can give us?

Or can I ask you about various ones?

I don't want to put you on the spot because, you know, even as good as you are at your job, there are a ton of movies at this festival.

Sure.

Well, I'll point out a couple that I'm excited about.

I will say that on Saturday, for folks traveling up, because I know your audience tends to have a little bit more of a drive, Saturday is just an amazing day because there's four movies in each theater.

Our full festival pass is only $65.

So if you even just come for one day, that is 100% worth it.

I mean, obviously you can buy individual tickets too.

But on Saturday, one of the films we're showing is called We Are Pat.

And I don't know if you remember the character Pat from Saturday

Night Live.

Oh yeah.

Julia Sweeney, sure.

Yeah, this movie is so charming and basically it's you know the filmmaker really saying that like the filmmaker loved this character when they were a kid and then looking back they were like is this character problematic and they started to realize that they saw themselves in this character.

and you know and we're like the character doesn't really fit today but what they wanted to do was figure out like how how can we still find joy in this character and why does this character still resonate so they team up with Julia Sweeney who's in much of the documentary it's just so charming and so smart and really just a nuanced look at like how comedy changes but there are elements that that still really you know can can

still resonate with folks.

And

so I was really charmed by that film.

My guest is Dr. Susan Curran.

She's the executive director of Milwaukee Film.

They do great things in the Milwaukee community when it comes to independent film.

And they have two great venues.

So if you're listening in the Milwaukee area right now, the Oriental and the Downer, four films in each on Saturday, Susan just told us about one of them.

And so will there be a Q&A after that one, Susan?

That one, no, those filmmakers actually could not, unfortunately, make it.

But yeah, it's still absolutely worth seeing, especially again on the big screen, yeah.

This I thought was interesting.

There's one you have here called Farming While Black about black farmers.

And it said that they used to own, or at least in the film description, 14% of the farms were owned by black people.

I think if that was just in America, I think their population out of all of us was like 10%.

So that's a really impressive number, but now it's like 2%.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So this documentary really sort of dives into that and, you know, what happened.

And I think one of the things that people don't always think about when they think of farming is just like how involved politics are with, with, you know, the landscape of farming.

Now in Wisconsin, we're a little more tapped into it than a lot of states are, but, but it's just a really interesting look at how that situation changed and what changed over.

for the years to cause that shift.

I also liked, and you don't have to, if you don't have these on the tip of your tongue, that's fine, but there's one called Cat Town USA that looked interesting about old cats and the

connection with

their owners.

That looked great.

And then Kristen Catalano, who made a documentary several years ago called Clarence, I interviewed her on PBS Wisconsin, great film.

She has a film in the documentary fest called Malignant Practice about women's healthcare that looks interesting.

Yeah.

And so that screens on Sunday.

And that's actually the world premiere of Malignant Practice.

So yeah.

So there will be a number of folks there.

She'll be there.

Some of the other filmmakers will be there as well.

And it's just, it's an incredibly personal doc about, you know, about how like,

how you survive getting a diagnosis, but also what then happens when you have to navigate the healthcare system and how the diagnosis is one thing and then the healthcare system becomes another challenge on top of the health issue itself.

So I think it's something that unfortunately a lot of people can really relate to.

And it's an animated short too, which I find interesting to talk

about.

Yeah,

yep.

And it's a bit longer.

I think it's about 45 minutes.

So it's not quite a short, but it's not quite a feature.

You can find more information, folks.

And I assume get tickets.

Susan, correct me if I'm wrong at www.mkefilm.org slash DDF.

But I think if you just get to Milwaukee Film, you can navigate it.

And there'll be a ton of information there, I would imagine.

Yep, absolutely.

So are you producing any films right now, Susan?

I was reading up more about you.

And I, you know, I stuck today, earlier today, I was like, she knows so many of the same people I do.

And the people that I've interviewed on PBS, these independent filmmakers, this great community in Milwaukee.

I know you've worked with Tate Bunker.

And John Bezac and Chris Thompson, all these great filmmakers that I really have enjoyed talking to over the years.

Are you involved in any projects right now?

You know, I sure am.

Yep.

And where does that fall?

Your love of filmmaking as opposed to what you do now?

Do you have a

preference?

You know, I wouldn't say I have a preference.

I like being able to, you know, to be in both worlds.

But I will admit that, you know, where it falls right now is mostly on, you know, weekends when I can fit it in because I'm very busy with the festival and Milwaukee film in general.

But, you know, I've been working with a filmmaker named Lily Warren for a number of years.

on a feminist true crime documentary called Uncoiled.

So we're trying to get that in faith.

So yeah, hopefully that'll be out within the next couple of years anyway.

That's the voice of Susan Kearns.

The second annual Dialogues Documentary Film Festival runs in Milwaukee, September 18th through the 21st at the Downer and Oriental Theatres.

Go to mkefilm.org for more information.

Before we let you go, Susan, are you binge-watching anything you could share with us?

Something you didn't produce or were part of?

Well, I will tell you what I watched most recently that I'm not binge-watching, but I'm excited about, which is the new season of Taskmaster.

I don't know if you've watched that.

It's a British comedy show that is only available on YouTube.

It is a delight.

It is

so

funny.

It's a great way to spend the last hour of your day.

So Taskmaster, I think this is season 20.

So if you like...

Yeah, if you like silly tasks, comedians doing silly tasks, it is 100% the show for you.

I have never heard of that.

I will check that out.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

What about movies?

Have

you seen anything you could recommend, either in the theater or any good indie films?

You know, last weekend we had Michael Schultz in town, and so I was really preparing for that, and I rewatched Cooley High and Car Wash.

And just both of those films hold up so incredibly well.

It was watching both of those on the big screen with an audience.

What it reminded me is just how different it is to see a movie.

Even a movie you've seen a number of times at home, how different it is to see it on the big screen because you can immediately interact with like camera movement differently and character emotion differently and

It was a good reminder of why we do what we do.

It was really excellent.

You know, I never wanted to be a Milwaukee resident more than when I saw he was going to be there because I remember Car Wash specifically when I was younger.

And how did that interview go?

Is he like, I would imagine he's really engaging just because of the career he's had, but is he kind of more reserved or is he outgoing?

Oh, no, he was a dream.

I

mean,

he was chatting with everybody.

I actually joked that we were going to make him the mayor by the end of the weekend.

But he was just so approachable.

He had friends from high school who showed up that he hadn't seen in over 50 years.

He had family show up that he had never met.

It was just so, so great.

Conrad Memo, we got to get Michael Schultz on the show.

That would be...

Very cool.

Well, I'm glad it went well.

Good luck with this new documentary dialogues film festival.

It sounds great, Susan.

And thank you as always for your time.

Always fun to talk to you.

Yeah.

Well, thank you.

And I'll hope to see you at the theater.

All right.

Sounds good.

That's Susan Currens.

Check out, ladies and gentlemen, the Dialogues Documentary Film Festival.

This is the second annual.

It's only the second year.

So it's still kind of in its infancy, but they have so many films to choose from.

So check it out and report back to us here at Nightlight.

And when we come back, we're gonna read, we're gonna tell you about Chicken and the Egg Promo and I have a really funny clip with Steve Carell.

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He does really really good work And trappership is coming up at 720 I talked to a trapper yesterday And we played a couple of his songs and we are gonna air that interview at 720 So we will be live until then so get your texts in now if you want us to read them Our question of the night is what is your favorite Robert Redford film?

Robert Redford passed away today at the age of 89

So, there you go.

We've got several texts we need to get to here, so let's do that.

You know what we have to do, though, also?

I want to play the Steve Carell clip, so let's do that.

Yeah, it's hilarious.

Because this is Steve Carell auditioning for the Anchorman, and you know more about the film than I do, probably.

I've seen it once, maybe one and a half times, and he, this was an actual scene from the movie that was cut, though, right?

Yeah,

it was cut, which I rewatched after you sent me this.

I was like, all right, I have to watch the scene now.

Yeah.

I still can't believe you got cut.

It's so funny.

I mean, just him auditioning.

He's auditioning like he's holding like a sweet roll, right?

But it's actually a coffee filter with cigarette ashes in it or something.

Coffee grounds.

And he's just cracking up.

So a lot of it, some of it is visual.

It's Steve Carell laughing, but you can hear it.

It's great energy.

And it's a really funny clip.

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That's a garbage can.

Although with the cooking here, there's not much difference.

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gonna get sick.

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gonna get sick.

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Don't make me laugh.

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Okay, one more.

That

was all legitimate laughter he was reading with Will Ferrell because I'm sure it was like a final callback and You can hear them all cracking up and Steve Carell

With that awkward laughter he has like he's just trying to fit in it's so awkward and funny and he's cracking up that that is a gem I don't even know where I saw that it was on like Instagram or something, but I love when those things pop up very funny stuff All right, so we've got our question of the night folks is what is your favorite Robert Redford movie?

Robert Redford passed away today.

Let's get to some of these texts.

Before it gets to be too late, Craig Kinit on the stream says, Jeremiah Johnson is fantastic.

But for me, Robert Redford will always be the Sundance Kid, for more reasons than one.

Yeah, that's a great, hard to go wrong with the Sundance Kid, because that's the movie to kind of put him on the map.

John, in Madison says, it sure as hell is an indecent proposal.

But Woody was good in that one.

You know what, John?

I agree with you, but.

That was pretty bad movie, but I think it I think more so it didn't age well.

I didn't really like it when it came out.

It's Demi Moore And I thought I can't no no it's Woody Harrelson and who played his wife That was the one where he wanted to sleep with his wife for a million dollars And it wasn't a great movie, but they can't all be they can't all be gems John Stu

And Jefferson says, spy games.

Yes, Brad Pitt, great film.

Thank you, Stu.

John also says, never saw that kind of desperation coming from Robert.

Hope to hell he didn't direct it.

Couldn't tell you if he directed that or not.

But look, somebody backs up a truck full of money to his house, and he gets to work with Woody Harrelson.

And now we got to find out.

Can you find out who the female lead is in?

Demi Moore?

I think it's Demi Moore.

I'm pretty sure I have to go though.

Dave, texting us in the old school line tonight, as opposed to the stream, Dave says, a river runs through it.

Yeah, I have fond memories of watching.

I watched that with my dad and my brother.

Great movie.

John and Madison also says, love that Robert established the Sundance Film Festival.

Bravo in kudos.

What a great idea for small filmmakers.

Yes, it was a great idea at the time.

And I said earlier on the Todd Alba show that I thought that because of the Sundance Film Festival,

That's probably the reason we have 15 to 20 film festivals in Wisconsin now.

It just started something like it wasn't the first film festival ever But man they caught fire and they're all over the place now, and I think it's great Tom from New Berlin says the unfinished life Redford Morgan Freeman and J. Lo Becca Gardner.

I don't know that movie Tom another one to add to the list.

Thank you, buddy

Mark from Prairie to Sac says, that is Jeremiah Johnson.

His response was something like, I can skin anything.

Yeah, okay.

I thought it was Jeremiah Johnson.

Do for a rewatch on that one too.

Let's see if we can get one more in here.

John from Madison.

Again, the sting was my first taste.

Awesome performance and he's damn near as handsome as me.

I used to concede that he was more handsome for his career's sake.

But now the truth comes out.

Yeah, you say it now, John.

You're more handsome than Robert Redford, but you're hiding out in Madison.

Get yourself to Hollywood, buddy.

All right, when we come back, we're going to recap everything you've missed.

We've got a couple of great Robert Redford clips, too.

And we'll do all that when we come back.

And Trapper Shep is here at 720.

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