Curder Burgers, Comedy, and Cruise Ships (Hour 1)

Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Chwaba.

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now, a guy who once tore his ACL playing chess, Pete Chwaba.

Welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

Happy Tuesday everybody.

Hope you're having a great day wherever you are in our beautiful state or parts beyond if you're listening on the stream or the app.

It is great to have you.

Lots of fun tonight on the show.

I like to think we have fun every night, but tonight in particular, the focus is comedy.

We've got two really funny gents on the show tonight.

Our first guest at 635 will be Chicago-based comedian Jim Flanagan, who is doing a show outside of Milwaukee soon.

We'll talk about that.

Jim is very funny.

He's been on the show before, and he is a very, very funny guy.

He's had his own dry bar special, and I believe one of the clips I sent you, Conrad, it said, Nate Land presents

or something.

I did see that.

Nate Bargazzi, right?

I mean, that's

his

thing.

Okay.

So he's one of Nate Bargazzi's favorites, too, and he is one of our favorites.

Jim will be here at 635, and we will talk all things comedy.

And then in the second hour, Dora County-based comedian, Asher Brooks joins the show.

Asher is a comedy club owner, the Firehouse Comedy Club in Dora County in Sturgeon Bay, more specifically, and he is also a comedian.

So we're going to talk about a big show they have coming up at the Firehouse later this month as well.

I've got a Rodney Dangerfield clip.

I'm hoping to get to that I thought

was

very funny.

And so we're gonna just have some last night.

It's a Tuesday laugh fest here at Nightlight.

So you are here on an outstanding night.

Conrad is behind.

He's on the other side of the glass.

Yes.

How's it going, buddy?

It's going good.

That 2-0 feeling.

It feels good.

What are you talking about?

2-0.

It's 2-0.

A little scene called the Milwaukee Brewers.

You are everything I don't like about a sports fan.

I don't know, Pete.

I'm really worried about

this

series.

And then the second you're validated, it's like, the Brewer.

Well, maybe I just do it because you're a Cubs fan.

I think you do it either to be polite or because you really are.

You want to set yourself up so you can say, yeah, I knew they didn't have it, whatever.

But I will say this.

This is the worst way.

As a Bear and Cub fan the last few years, we've found the worst ways to win or to lose.

I'm sorry.

Like the Bears, whether it's bad clock management, whatever a Hail Mary that goes awry.

But the Cubs have just teased us as Cub fans because they start the game one with a homerun in the first inning.

And it's like, all right, let's go.

And then last night, a three-run homer.

And then the Brewers like, nope.

And then they come back and just wax them.

Yeah.

You know, once we took Ashby out, that.

The bullpen put some magic in

yeah, well, that's that's what I mean Look, I haven't followed baseball much this year, but that's what I hear that like that's why I can't even get I'm not gonna be that guy either like I've hardly followed baseball Yeah, and I'm gonna be I rate that my team, you know I'm a casual fan at best even last night I had the game on and I was kind of writing a script with somebody and Just like I whatever they're not gonna win it.

I will say this Just some observations Pete Crow Armstrong people love that guy

And he's a dynamic player.

He's great defense.

He steals bases.

He reminds me of, and for those of you who are Cub fans that might be listening, Javi Baia is like Chase's bad pitches like you wouldn't believe.

Yeah, he did.

I mean, he did do that last night.

I mean, I've been watching him do that for two months and I don't see like how I mean, I know he's young.

Yes, yes.

You know, he almost had that that he almost robbed that home run from Jackson Cheerio.

I heard that on sports radio.

The guy is giving effort.

Listen, Con, if you want to dish it out right now, that's fine.

But don't think I will not turn this around at some point.

No, it's no, it's I'm excited to see game three.

I'm excited.

I hope it's at least a series.

I would love for the Cubs to come back and win two games before the game five just for the excitement and the drama.

And I would say that even if I wasn't a cup fan, I love game the last game of the of a series.

I had, you know, some cubs.

friends that are Coach fans and they're like, well, we're just we're going up to Wrigley North.

What?

That's a Wrigley North.

Yeah.

That's what they say.

But now I was like, yeah, we're going to Ampham South now.

It'll be interesting to see because I do believe like I think sports fans are intense if they're intense sports fans.

But like, yeah, you might have a better chance.

Like I think in a really huge city like Chicago or LA.

Going to sporting events is also kind of like a networking thing.

You get your fanatics there, which is great, but I don't know.

And maybe I'm just generalizing.

Maybe it's just as bad Milwaukee, but people have tickets and they're like, I'm not going to go.

I'll just get rid of them.

But it seems like mostly Brewer fans the last couple of

nights.

It was loud last night.

Yeah.

Super loud.

You get to hear it through the TV or the or the radio.

Yeah.

Well, it should be interesting game.

I think they could have handled another game today, though.

I don't think you need.

I mean, all year they play breakneck schedules, six games a week.

Yeah.

Why do you need all this time?

The Brewers have had enough time off.

They look fresh.

It's just a playoff schedule, not for the wild card, you know?

Yeah.

It's good.

It's kind of good to see.

Well, not really.

I don't know.

The Dodgers are just winning against the Phillies and it's two teams that have million dollar payrolls.

Woo the Dodgers and Phillies.

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't I liked I went to a lot of Dodger games when I lived in LA They're a great organization But I have not followed them and they were my son Joe's team when he was growing up because now he switched It's funny like did you follow your dad's teams?

No, actually, I I was really independent when I came to picking my teams when I was young

Okay,

and then I went back to Wisconsin when I was like, I don't know 12 or something.

I was like, why am I cheering to the team set?

I used to like the Dodgers because of Andre Aethier and Matt Kemp.

Yeah.

But I was like, why do?

Why am I cheering for this team that's 2,000 miles away?

Let's get to our question because we have a good one tonight.

I'm really curious to see if the social media responses are any indication.

This should be a good one.

It's divided.

We're a house divided, but let's go to the 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.

What are your thoughts on the Kerterburger?

It is back.

The thing that started as a joke at a Wisconsin institution like Culver's.

People didn't like that.

It was a joke.

So they actually created this the Curder burger and now it comes out annually.

What are your thoughts on the Curder burger?

Man, I thought about this for about a half a second and I didn't change my mind.

I'm not a Curder burger fan My response was love the Curder and the burger separately, but it's an unholy union.

I can't I can't do the Curder burger.

It just looks gross So that's where I'm at.

I'll start us off.

I'm anti

And I like Calvars.

I like their food.

I can't do the Curder Burger.

I agree.

Something about a curd in the shape of a burger, I can't do.

I haven't tried it though.

Maybe I'll try it someday, but I just don't think I'll like it because of how much stuff there is in that bite.

It's just,

it's too much.

Exactly.

It's gluttony and it's like just sodium and like...

Can't think of a more unhealthy thing to eat really see

with something like that thick What has to be deep-fried?

Yeah, you know

I would say if you want crunch Sprinkle a few croutons on the burger and put an extra slice of cheese Yeah, the deep-fried thing that that's uh, that's concerning but even the people that like it say it can be a bit much Like they like it.

They'll eat it and then they're done

Kind of like me with fish fries.

I'll just completely go crazy gluttony with a fish fry and eat one for a year I think some people feel the same way about the critter burger, but let's put it out there The question is out there.

We got some great social media responses Let us know where you stand.

What are your thoughts on the critter burger 8 5 5 7 5 2 4 8 4 2 8 5 5 7 5 civic Conrad and our both I Mean we're not haters, but we just don't like it.

So let us know what you think

You can also text us on the app, or if you're watching the radio on the stream on X YouTube or Facebook, let us know there.

Drop us a stream comment.

And you won't be chastised for your answer.

It's good old American fast food.

Go for it.

I honestly can't, I don't think I can think of anything worse though, like that really grosses me out more.

There's a place in Madison that has like, I think it's called Conred's.

They have tater tots and everything.

Oh really?

I own it?

It's called Conrads with a C. So you can't even be a salad burger.

I was hoping on

a secret business that I made millions from.

Yeah, because that happens.

Apparently I had a business I didn't even know about.

But they put tater tots in everything.

Salad, on a burger, and you know, that's potatoes.

Okay, I guess I could go for that, but then they have wraps.

I don't know.

I mean, but it doesn't look good, but maybe it tastes good, I guess.

I'm a good tot type of guy.

I really like tots.

I do too.

I think in a wrap, that'll be like a breakfast wrap.

Ooh, that'll

be good.

Like a chipotle sauce or something.

Yeah, some tots and

eggs and a little sprinkle

of bacon.

Tots and eggs is great.

That's hash browns.

Yeah, I get it.

It just doesn't look like they have all these pictures on the outside of the window, and it just doesn't look that appetizing.

OK.

But it looks better than the critters.

So you're telling them they need some better advertisement.

They need to paint a prettier picture, you know what I'm saying?

I'm not going to tell anybody how to do their business, especially if you're getting points on the back end, even though your name is spelled wrong.

So we got that.

So let us know, folks.

Be part of the fun.

Tell us what your thoughts are on The Curder Burger.

I noticed this, and this really bummed me out.

Apple TV went up.

Did you know that?

The price of Apple TV?

It did it.

Oh, man.

Three bucks a month.

It was $9.99.

Now it's $12.99.

And it happened in August and I didn't even notice it But honest to God that's how they get you it's like first.

Oh, yes streaming There's no commercials and all the shows come out at once.

Well now that it's not true and there's commercials and They jacked it up.

They've taken the fun out of TV watching,

you know I feel like they haven't put out anything and in a decent amount of time where I actually wanted to go Back to it Apple TV.

Yeah, there's nothing like new that cuz I'll just take a look at it if I'm looking for like

What kind of things do you want to watch tonight?

I'll go on Apple TV.

I'm like, okay, nothing has changed since I checked last time.

Right.

I want to go.

Well, the new season of Slow Horses is out.

That's how.

But again, like with streaming, cancel it.

There's no contracts.

Yeah.

And my wife and I keep trying to do this and I just forget.

And I'm like, I don't need Apple TV for two months.

That'd save me 25 bucks now, 26 bucks.

And then I'll get it for a month.

And I'll watch everything for a month.

I'll focus on Apple TV.

I just don't do that, unfortunately.

So, but that is, I agree though, they should be putting out, and they put out movies like this movie I watched the other night, Highest to Lowest, the Spike Lee Denzel Washington movie.

You know, that was free on Apple TV, but not really.

I mean, it just depends on how much of their stuff you watch, I guess.

But I don't know, that really kind of bummed me out.

I mean, 13 bucks.

Yeah, it's, why do they need to keep going up?

They already make enough money from everything else.

Cause they, I know it's Apple, right?

I mean, they're not.

like one of the biggest media companies in the world.

But like, I don't get, and they do it because people pay it.

But I think people, if they stop paying it, if there was some way we could all come together and not give into this, I would be totally on board with that.

Let's look into this during the break.

Everyone

cancel Apple TV,

right?

Yeah, right now.

Go.

So we do post our question too on social media folks.

So every day the question goes out on Facebook.

You can go to Facebook and answer it.

If you can't listen to the show, we'll respond if we can.

Give us a like or a follow if you're on Facebook or one of our streaming services.

And let us know how you feel about the Kerter Burger.

Jim Flanagan is here at 635, Chicago based comedian who has a big show coming up outside of Milwaukee.

Very funny guy.

And then Dorr County based comedian, Asher Brooks will be here as well.

It's all about the comedy tonight, folks.

We're gonna talk about... I'm gonna tell you my thoughts on Bad Bunny when we come back, playing the Super Bowl.

Some people are not happy.

So we'll do that, and we'll read some of your texts.

That's coming up next on Nightlight with Pete Chihuahua on the Civic Media Radio Network.

I'm Pete Schwab, and this is Night Light.

It's a laugh fest here tonight.

We've got two comedians on the show.

Jim Flanagan and Asher Brooks will be joining us over the course of the next hour and a half or so.

And we will talk about some upcoming shows here in Dork County and one outside of Milwaukee in the Sussex area.

That's where Jim Flanagan will be performing.

And Asher is one of the owners, I believe, of the Firehouse Comedy Club in Sturgeon Bay.

And he is also a very funny comedian as well.

We'll talk a little comedy.

This bad bunny stuff.

When did people start losing their minds when they don't agree with an artist at the Super Bowl?

I'm not a huge country music fan.

I was never a huge rap fan.

And if people said it was one of those artists at the Super Bowl, I'd go, oh, okay, I don't have to watch.

But now people in their core are outraged.

Is that the only reason you watch the Super Bowl is because that's that's how you listen to new music is the Super Bowl halftime show.

It doesn't make any sense Go get a snack.

That's what I do It's so

odd yeah, I'd

like

last year was you know Kendrick was other and I thought I thought it was a fine show.

Yeah,

I This year, I don't understand a lot of bad bunnies music, but I'll still listen to it just cuz I really like the

You know the show around the show around the half-time show.

Yeah, you know, right

everything

It's a spectacle.

Yeah, it's lights and all that kind of stuff and I don't I don't know I've never heard one word of bad bunnies music, but I'll probably Have my eye to the TV just to check it out.

Mm-hmm, but I know that Kendrick last Kendrick Lamar last year I don't know any of his music either, but I watched it I thought it was a pretty cool performance and when I read about it.

I was like wow a lot went into that

And I had an appreciation of it.

I'm not going back and rewatching it.

But I just don't know why people lose their minds over this stuff.

You're it's a football game.

Yeah.

Is this how you find new music?

Probably not a good idea.

You know, it's to the point where whoever name is said, someone's, you

know, someone's going to have an issue.

Yeah, exactly.

I mean, if it was like, it was Springsteen and you too.

Oh, I'm excited to watch.

Oh, super.

Oh, it's not somebody like, okay.

So I

It's it blows my mind is such wasted anger and energy, but whatever Hey, you had a I Want to talk about Jim attire because you told me something earlier and I'm probably the guy at the gym that other people would have an opinion on too But I'll let you go first.

What did you see at the gym today?

Well, I just saw someone in sandals with no socks and just open toe and I was like, you know, that's

It's kind of gross to just have that open and toe in the gym, but also it's a major safety hazard if you think about it.

Well, it is, but if you drop a 50-pound weight on your foot, you're pretty much screwed.

The sandals are not.

I mean, but I agree with you.

The look of it is kind of like, I don't need to see your hairy toes while you're doing squat thrusts, you know?

I'm just saying a shoe can't help out with, you know...

Maybe not the injury, but also if you have a sandal and I feel like your nails are gonna get more injured

You're worried about another you're worried about another dude's toenails.

Hey, come on buddy safety hazard Well, here's why I can't really I literally I go to the gym two times per seven days and I do this weight routine It's not much.

I'm there for 30 minutes.

I do the bare minimum just to keep some resistance training

but I don't change my clothes like I'll go in in pants and like a shirt with a collar like a whatever and I'm just like I'm not going home to put on spandex and high tops and a headband to go back to the gym for 30 minutes it's on my way I barely break a sweat because I'm not hitting the treadmill I just lift some weights and I don't overdo it I'm not entering any contests so I know people look at me don't go that's an interesting shirt what are you making your first communion after you lift weights here or what

You know, there is something you could do, you know, what I do is I bring a gym bag.

Yeah.

And then as my gym clothes in it.

Okay, but still I have to go into the locker room.

It's all about time with me.

I want to get home.

I don't want to be a plan.

It makes sense.

Yeah, it makes sense.

You know, but I get that and I don't like I like it's fine with me.

I like that people put a little effort into how they look at the gym.

But I'm just not one of those people.

I don't really put too much.

I just grab a

pair of shorts and a t-shirt I can find.

I'm like, all right, I'm ready to go.

I just don't want to have the same clothes that I come to work, you know, that I worked out in.

So do you wear a jockstrap?

Ah, it depends what day.

It's Tuesday.

Jockstrap day.

Does anybody wear those anymore?

I remember you couldn't even like in the 70s and 80s, you had to wear for gym for whatever.

And then it's like, no, I don't do people still wear them.

I've had to have never worn one.

I mean, to work out.

I wear one every day anyway, just to go about my daily routine, but not to the gym.

I wouldn't do that.

Let's read some.

We've got some stream texts here.

We'll get to our question of the day, folks.

What are your thoughts on the Kerberger?

It is back at Culver's.

820 calories of pop.

You get your cheese curds and your meat all on the same sandwich.

So let us know how you feel about that.

Dave on the stream says, I'd try it if it's free.

You know what?

I'd probably do that, too.

I'd take a few bites at least, because it just looks too unappealing to me.

Dave also says, I'm kind of scared of it, totally with you, Dave.

And Dave says, where are you, Sid?

They're text buddies.

They are.

They're stream buddies.

I love that.

Dave says, it originally came out on my birthday, which is National Cheese Curd Day, October 15th.

All right, you got to remind me Dave's birthday is coming up.

Take a memo.

Let's not forget.

We'll sing Happy Birthday.

We'll sing Happy Birthday.

He says it's sold out in ten minutes that can't be true ten minutes.

I'm not surprised Sarah Jean on social media says the curd burger 18,000 exclamation points.

Yes a hundred exclamation points.

I look forward to getting one each year Maybe two, but then I'm good.

I could see that.

Thank you, sir Jean Our pal Luke Mathers.

I knew Luke was gonna love the burger

didn't you just know that

I feel like he's a, a, a, a, a,

a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a

It's not animal

stuff.

Hey,

when we come back after the news, comedian Jim Flanagan is here, ladies and gentlemen.

Let's have some laughs.

It's Beach Wabbit and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Well, we've got a lot of interesting responses here for our question of the night.

Your dad had a good idea, too.

We'll read all those texts coming up.

But our question of the night is, how do you feel about the Curder Burger?

Conrad and I are not fans, but we admit we haven't.

Have you tried one?

You haven't tasted one.

I

have not,

but I just

can't.

I've tried their burgers, and I've tried their curds.

And you just don't see a marriage there.

Not a whole curd burger

like

Addie.

Yeah,

that's kind of how I

am, too.

Well, we're getting a little judgment here.

People thinking we need to try it first, but we'll read those texts coming up and we'll get to those.

But in the meantime, we'd love to know how you feel about the Kutterberger at Culver's.

It is once a year, right?

Yeah, I believe they only do it for a certain amount of weeks and then they're gone.

If there's ever a time during the year I'm looking to put on weight, I'll probably... There you go.

Yeah.

But right now folks, I'm excited.

It is my pleasure to welcome back tonight light a very funny Chicago based stand-up comedian who is Will be in Wisconsin soon doing a show outside Milwaukee We'll talk to him about that and many other things.

He joins us now over the stream.

Mr. Jim Flanagan Hey buddy

Pete Conrad.

How are you guys?

We're doing great.

I like that hat.

Oh Thanks, man.

It's the Morton Arboretum.

Is that wait is that in

Madison?

No,

that's in Chicago.

In suburban Chicago.

That's right.

Lyle, Illinois.

It's

where I like to

go hike around there quite a bit.

Nice.

There used to be a laugh factory in Lyle.

Listen, I'm going to ask you.

about the curve.

Let's start with the Kerter burger.

Actually, people don't need to know what algorithms I visited over the years.

We had rather talk about meat and cheese pushed into one.

You guys have culvers in Chicago.

And it's it's seems like they're popular wherever they go.

How do you feel about the Kerter burger, Jim?

Have you tried one?

I haven't, but I got to be honest, I've been listening for a little bit and I decided to look it up.

And I don't know if you guys have dove into the nutrition and ingredients at all.

This is fascinating.

The beef patty is only 170 calories, and the Curder Burger Cheese Crown is 310 calories.

So it's like twice as much curd as it is burger.

And it's deep fried.

I mean, I just looked at the calories.

I know it has 820 total, but that sodium content has got to be through the roof.

Insane.

1,550 milligrams.

When you're that much, you just start calling it grams, right?

You don't need to

go milligrams when

you're a person.

Oh, that's great.

Well, again, I think most people that like it say they have it once, and just like maybe to do it or for the experience, and then they're done.

It's not like everybody's going out to get a Kutterberger every day for lunch unless you're playing varsity football and need to add weight for some reason.

I think it's the point is like to get people talking about it, right?

Yeah.

This

is what they want.

This is what they want.

I'm happy to help culvers.

They're a fine organization.

I love their food.

I'm just saying.

I did draw the line.

Can I tell you my culvers, heck?

Yeah, please.

What I like to do is I always get the culvers meal because it's everything you want.

It's a drink.

It's fries.

It's a burger and you get a free scoop of frozen custard.

Oh, nice.

and now it's it's perfect until they're like can I get a name and I have to say Jim because I don't think of like I don't have children you know what I mean I'm not like of a kid's name

right I'm

just pretending I have like a nine-year-old named James in the back of my car like and I pull around it's just me you know and they're like a kid wanted a Coke zero huh yeah that's really popular among the youngsters nowadays

I gotta get this home to the little guy pack it up yeah

before before this custard melts you know I'll just eat it for him

Have you ever gone, I've done this too, and I'm not proud of this, but I'll go through a drive-thru like a Taco Bell when I'm just starving or whatever, and I'll order so much food, I have to pretend I'm ordering it for someone else too, like I'll act like I'm on the phone and go, what else did you want?

Okay, and then I'll order it, but it's all just for me, it's like Six Tacos, Nachos, Belgrondi, and I can mouth through all of that.

Pete I'll do you one better not only do I do that in drive-throughs But I also do that like I did that the other day at the car wash.

I was like, yeah, these kids of Getting stuff getting all this all these food crumbs all over my driver's seat Like I don't want to take responsibility for my actions.

So I like have a fake

that just gets the brunt of everything that I have to deal with.

You know, the other day I went to return something at the store that was like $8 and the lady was very annoyed that we're going through this for eight bucks.

And I was like, ah, the wife will get mad if I don't return it.

Like, what?

Why am I making up these people?

Oh, that's so great.

That's like, do you ever rent an adult film?

Who do you put that on?

But I have my family, you know, they want to see it.

These kids got to learn somehow.

Can't trust the school.

Oh, the little woman sent me out.

Can you recommend a good title?

I don't know.

It's good to see you, buddy.

I'm so glad you're here.

Let's start with Sussex, Wisconsin.

I actually know Sussex.

I have cousins that were born and raised in Sussex, the Murphy clan.

And it's a lovely area.

But what's going on?

Stand up, boys there.

You got a gig there.

I am.

I'm doing a show at the Thirsty Duck, which is the most Wisconsin bar name I can say.

Like, it just, it's great.

I love everything about it.

I believe

it's like

a school, tiny bowling alley.

The type where like they use the little bowling ball.

I really probably should have looked this up before I started talking about it, but you know what I'm talking about?

Like, maybe it's Kenpin bowling, where they use a tiny bowling ball.

Yeah.

And in the basement, they

have a comedy show going on.

Duckpin bowling, there it

is.

Thank you.

And they're doing a comedy show.

Yep, absolutely.

So it's gonna be October 25th.

I'm there with Calvin Evans and Sarah Perry Honestly too good of a lineup for

basement of a duck pin bowling alley, but it's going to be really fun.

If anyone wants to come out, we'd love to see you guys there.

Um, yeah, I love Sussex area too.

Pete.

I, uh, actually dated a woman from Sussex for a

few

years, uh, in my late twenties or thirties.

And, uh, she was walking and, uh, that's not true when you're coming from Chicago.

It is.

Sorry.

You cut out.

I think I missed the punchline.

You dated her and she, and then you cut out.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Yeah.

She will always tell me like,

when we started they told me it was just past Milwaukee and that is not it is it's another 40 you have to go like through Milwaukee past walk it's a suburb of Waukesha I like to think of that it's really more than a suburb of Milwaukee it's kind of it's way out there but it's a beautiful community

so what happened she didn't want to leave Sussex at the end of the day or what

She did.

She actually moved into Chicago for a while and then the hustle and bustle eventually got to her and she was like, you know, I need to get back up north.

So

we had a

good run.

No, that's

good.

I will say the Sussex when my aunt uncle, my aunt, my uncle Pat and Sharon, Pat Murphy, if you will, Brewer's manager, it's not the same guy, but we, they moved out to Sussex from right in Milwaukee and you could see downtown Milwaukee, they lived on a hill.

It was stunning.

And hardly anybody was out there.

And now there are trees all over the place.

It's like a subdivision.

It's become an actual suburb.

So the growth is incredible.

So my point is you should have a ton of people, whether they're bowling, duck pin bowling, or just want to see some comedy.

Yeah, no, I've done this once before and they get a great turnout.

So I'm really looking forward to coming back.

I really do enjoy the community too.

There is so much to do there.

I didn't think so as a man of my late 20s, but they really have built it up a lot.

Yeah, I don't know if you felt this way.

It's been forever since I was a working comedian, but I always loved Wisconsin audiences.

Like I was based out of Chicago, like you loved going to Milwaukee, loved going to Madison.

I even worked Green Bay a couple times.

They had a club here for a while.

Do you find that with Wisconsin crowds?

And are they different from Chicago crowds?

Not just because I'm on your show, Pete, but I really believe that Wisconsin comedy audiences are the best in the country.

I mean, I've gone to some

This is that you would never expect anyone to be able to get to much less actually find their way there One time gosh, I wish I could remember the name of the town town maybe 1500 people it was there was a blizzard The Badgers were playing Duke in the elite eight.

Oh

I

mean like everything going against us and we sold out two shows and At the end of the night, I just asked people like where are you here?

And they were like well because you're here

We're

not

gonna, we're not gonna have you come to town and not be there.

And like, they were just so excited for people to be kind of their town.

You know

what I mean?

That felt as a point of

pride that like, we have to show up and they're just the best audiences.

They just want to have a good time.

I really love performing Wisconsin.

There's nothing like it.

I agree.

And I'm glad to hear you say that.

I'm glad they're still great audiences because they truly and I, I agree with you.

And I used to say this, the Comedy Cafe in Milwaukee was my favorite room to work in the entire country.

It was, I don't know.

They just packed it, and they were great crowds.

So I hope you have that same success in Sussex on October 24th.

My guest is Jim Flanagan.

He is a Chicago-based stand-up comedian.

You can see him in Sussex, Wisconsin, October 24th.

What's the name of the place again, Jim?

The Thirsty Duck.

Thirsty Duck, right, OK.

And that's October 24th.

How can, should people just call the venue if they want to bowl or laugh?

If you go to the Thirsty Ducks website, they've got a link for tickets and all of that there.

So definitely check it out if you're in the

area.

Here's the catch.

And I think this is strange.

Even when you just go there to watch comedy, they make you rent shoes, which maybe they'll catch on.

I don't know.

Pete, do you want to come out and do some time?

He's locked in.

Come do a set.

No, I can't be terrified.

But I do think it'd be funny.

Couldn't you just see that, like, you go up to the counter, I need to get some shoes, and the guy goes, comedy or bowling?

You can use that if you're really, if you're not humoring me, Jim, take the joke.

If you're humoring me, thank you.

I'm going to try it, and I'm going to give you credit just in case there's any nightlight fans out there.

We show up to Sussex.

I don't want to think I'm just stealing your material.

I'll give you credit on

stage.

I hope they show up.

I think it's great.

I think you're a tremendous comedian.

And it's interesting.

I was looking for a clip to play of you tonight.

And I saw you did a set on YouTube.

It said, Nate Land.

And I assume that's Nate Bargazzi.

Are you like, this guy's going to take over the whole world eventually.

I know he wants to create a theme park and he's hosting award shows and he's a great comic.

But how does that work?

How did you get on that show?

Are you guys friends or did he see you somewhere?

Do you have to be chosen for that?

How does that work?

Yeah, he saw a clip and actually the day I filmed that set was the first time I ever got to meet him and he couldn't have been nicer.

more involved in the process and wanted us to just feel like a normal comedy show.

He didn't want it to feel like a big production.

He wanted us to just be relaxed and do what we do and not worry about it being something larger than that.

But he really does.

He likes showcasing clean comedy.

He knows I'm not fully clean, but he knows that I can work clean.

And I think that's a big part of his brand.

And he wants to be able to get that out there to more people.

This last weekend I was in Birmingham with a guy named Derek Strupp who's kind of blowing up right now under the Naitland umbrella.

It was just open for him filming his Netflix specials.

So it really is like there's this whole kind of Joe Rogan, Theo Vaughn world of comedy out there.

Right.

But there's also this fascinating dynamic like this counterculture of like

clean comedy.

And again, like, if you come to the duck, I'm gonna curse, you know, but I'm not gonna let the good people of Sussex only hear the clean stuff, you know, I'm gonna give them everything I got.

But like, it is, it's just fascinating to see that there's such a market for this.

And there are so many people who want stuff that they can, you know, they can take the whole family to a show, right?

You don't have to worry about grandma and their grandkids.

And right now we're so divided.

It's kind of nice to have something for everybody.

I agree.

And to me, it's always been like, I just want to laugh.

I don't care.

Like, I've worked with, I used to work with guys who could be dirty.

And if they were funny doing that, I'm fine with that.

You know, or if they're clean, that's great too.

And maybe I'm a little more in awe that they could be totally clean like a Brian Regan or Nate Barkazzi, because, you know, it's harder to do that a little bit.

But I swore sometimes, and I never really paid attention to it.

But I just, I'm with you, though.

I think if you're funny, you're funny.

Do your thing, you know?

And I think that's the midpoint you want to be, right?

You don't want people going, oh, it was funny for a clean comic or he was funny for a dirty comic.

It was

just

like, oh, that was a really funny comic.

And that's kind of where I'm trying to get to.

And I think you're in that same boat.

And it's funny what people, that's another thing.

Everyone has a different consideration of what is clean or what is dirty.

So

you might not swear, but you might touch on topics at some people.

So I don't love the labels.

What I love that Nate does, though, is he says, these people are going to be clean when you see them on my programming

and

my content.

I can't for anything else.

They do.

All right.

We're coming right back.

Jim Flanagan is here.

We'll continue this on the other side of a very short break.

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My guest is Jim Flanagan, a very funny stand-up comedian.

You can see him in Sussex, Wisconsin at the Thirsty Duck October 24th.

It sounds like it's gonna be a blast.

He's worked the room before.

Jim, I have to ask you, I think most comics hate being asked this.

Where, I can't believe I'm saying this to you.

Where do you get your material?

You have such great...

takes on things and we have a clip of you too I'd like to play at some point but I love your stuff on dating and that when you got in the car accident like is it every a stuff and and how do you write do you sit down every day and write at a particular time or just jot stuff down when it comes to you oh we don't have is he is he muted I think you're muted Jim check well there we go now we gotcha

No,

we don't is Jim how about now check check check.

Yeah, we're good.

There you go, buddy.

All right.

Well, I'm sorry about that.

I wish I had a better answer, but I kind of wait for things to happen to me.

I really do.

I wish I was like a sit and write every day and I try to but not a whole lot comes out of it.

So like the car accident, you were talking about that different things that happened to me kind of give me an opportunity to write something.

And I do know it's not the only thing but like

there is this weird thing when something bad happens to you as a comedian, you're like, Oh boy, here we go again.

You know, I'm back, you know.

So I there's a party that kind of needs things to go wrong.

But I think I'm pretty experiential in my comedy.

So I think that for me, a lot of it is going out and living life.

I spent most of the summer doing cruise ships in Alaska.

And kind of hard to

come up with a lot out of that.

But then I started kind of, I've just been writing about the overall experience, because people will just, you shouldn't live with your audience, I think is my main takeaway from doing stand up on cruise ships is like, you shouldn't, you know, move in with them for a while.

You just, all I want to do is show and leave.

And then the next day at breakfast, one guy goes, Hey, you're flanning in the comedian.

I go, Yeah, he goes, I didn't care for it.

Okay, great.

Thank you very much.

They're just not talked, you know

eat my eggs Benedict and peace get out of here.

That's all

Wow Another time I was an elevator lady and her husband get on the elevator and She goes oh you're the comedian Let's take a photo and we took a photo and then I go thank you enjoy the show and she goes oh we did get and I've thought about that lady every day since Pete I hope her whole camera roll is just full of pictures of things she didn't do on her vacation.

Yeah, oh my this is the comedian we didn't see

This is the hotel we didn't stay at, and this is the Great Wall of China.

Oh, that's hilarious.

I always liked when you get compliments.

I remember I was working with Vince Moranto, who I'm sure you know.

We were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and these two girls came up to us after the show, and one of them said, you guys weren't bad.

It's like okay.

Thank you like She was like right in the middle, but if she had to lean one way it would be bad It kind of killed her to say it.

You know, it's just terrible.

Just don't say anything.

Oh, I love that I had one where first ship I ever did I had a pretty rough set and I think it's to be expected because it's really hard work out there I mean I learned a lot about you know, you're you're just entertaining people who are just on vacation like it's a very different vibe, but I was leaving like the fancy restaurant my last

I had on head down and I just hear a yell.

Mr. Flannery, which is close enough.

I knew he was talking to me.

And so I stop and I turn and he and he yells throughout the dining hall.

I just wanted you to know we enjoyed it, which was the worst compliment because he's just sharing that we know the rest of you didn't care for it.

Okay.

But we disagree with everyone else.

We enjoyed our time.

Oh, that's

so great.

There was a

funny, you know, Mike Toomey, right?

Your pals with

Mike.

Very

well.

Yeah.

Love him.

One of my best friends and he told me a story once about how this DJ was the emcee and he called him.

Chris, uh, timey or termy or something like that once.

And then Mike, Mike forgot his coat and he had a bad set and this guy had tortured his name all night.

So he had to walk back in front of the DJ booth to get his coat in this DJ season.

He goes, Hey, one more time, ladies and gentlemen for Mr. Chris Mute.

People are clapping.

He's like, never got his name right once.

Oh, so great.

Um, so Jim, you're like, uh,

clean cut guy very funny likeable do you ever see yourself branching out from stand up or acting or making that transition at some point

It was never something that really interested me.

I mean I kind of got into stand-up for the stand-up You know, which isn't always what people want sometimes people get into it to do something else But in this day and age you kind of have to be up whatever so I've been doing a little more acting in sketches and things like that recently and nowadays so much of it's DIY and and Just posting stand-up clips isn't enough.

So, you know, I think there has to be a little more involvement whether I like it or not in doing other things doing more

podcasting, doing more acting, you know.

But I've never, people, one time I did a sketch with some friends and afterwards one of my best friends called me just play itself in the sketch and I did such a bad job that my friend called me and goes, you cannot play a convinced Jim Flanagan to save your life.

I don't know what it is about that character.

It's the one you know the most, but you just can't do it.

And I think they're right.

I think I'm better as other people than I am playing myself in some things.

Oh, perhaps I do need to branch out a little further into acting.

That's so funny that you say that, because I remember when I started, there was a guy in our group, and he goes, I just want to get my cop show.

I just want to get a cop show.

He wanted to be a cop on a cop show, and he's a stand-up comic.

I'm like, you know.

I don't know if this is the best path for that.

I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but just crazy stuff.

And sometimes people end up doing stuff that they never saw themselves doing.

But I think you would crush it as an actor.

And I would, I don't know.

But I want to ask you more stuff like that.

Can you hang with us for a few more minutes after the news, Jim?

I sure can.

All right.

Outstanding.

Jim Flanagan is here.

Chicago based Jim Flanagan.

We've also got a Door County based comedian coming up on the show later.

We will cover all of that.

I'll recap the show when we come back and we'll have a few more minutes with our pal Jim Flanagan.

Great to have you here.

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And now a guy who gives edible undies as gifts just because they taste good, Pete Schwabba.

Welcome back to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

We are kicking off Act 2 here tonight.

Great guest.

Jim Flanagan is here.

Asher Brooks will be here in a little while.

Two funny comedians, one from Chicago, one from Dora County.

Asher actually owns a comedy club too, so we'll talk to him about that.

They have a fun show coming up tonight, and we will get back to our guest Jim Flanagan momentarily.

Our question of the night is, how do you feel about the Kerrter Burger?

Lots of different answers all over the place.

And Tom in the 414 says, duck pin bowling is fun.

So there you go.

When we bring Jim back out, we'll talk about that.

But thank you, Tom.

It is fun.

I've actually done it myself.

If you missed earlier, we talked about Bad Bunny a little bit, and people are outraged for...

really not very good reasons in my opinion.

We talked a little gym attire, Apple TV raising their rates, which I don't think is fair.

What else?

Con?

What else did we mess here?

What am

I?

Well, I think you can cover it all.

I just

want to talk to Jim, so we'll do that.

Let's get back to our guest.

Jim Flanagan is here over the stream.

You can see Jim at the Thirsty Duck in Sussex, Wisconsin, October 24th.

There's duck pin bowling and comedy.

I mean, two things probably we need a lot more of, to be honest, and who wouldn't love some laughs after some duck pin bowling.

So, Jim, it is great to have you here tonight.

Thank you for sticking around.

Here, can I?

Ask you about something.

Are you a Brewers fan, Pete?

You know, I grew up in Chicago until I was 12, then I moved to Wisconsin.

So I had, I maybe, I'm a, professionally, I like my Chicago teams, Cubs, Bears, Bulls, and college, I go for the Badgers.

So that's, and that just happened.

I didn't like make a choice.

It just happened that way.

But my first day in school in Northern Wisconsin, when we moved here,

I had Packers fans in my face, and that is what my life has been like, Jim, coming from Chicago, so I was never able to make the switch.

Why do you ask?

I wonder if it's becoming like Bears Packers with the way the Brewers are beating up on the Cubs.

I'm a third party.

I'm a White Sox fan.

But like, Packers fans are so rude to us, and they don't even, they just brush us off because they beat us so often.

You know what I mean?

Like, oh, you're Bears.

And I'm wondering if that rivalry is, if it's becoming more of a rivalry with what's happening right now, especially with like Craig Council going to the Cubs.

I'm just curious what that's like.

Well, I think it's, I mean, Conrad could speak to this.

He's had some fun at my expense.

I will say, I think as far as Bears Packers and Con, maybe you could back me up in this when, you know, when it was the height of the rivalry, I would say 90s, early 2000s.

It was still pretty, pretty good.

But now, like, I have Packer fans that have said, oh, I feel bad.

You guys are like, they want the rivalry to be good too.

And it just hasn't been for like 30 years.

And it's kind of ridiculous.

And even Packer fans, I think, they like take pity on you.

You know, and you don't want that either.

That's worse.

Right?

Like, that's I.

The same woman I was talking about who was from Sussex I dated for several years, her at one point goes, you know, I don't even like making fun of you for being a Bears fan anymore.

It's just sad because you guys never went and that demeanor than anything else she could have said to me.

I know it's so bad.

I I'm not like like, look, I've lived in Wisconsin now for I lived here as a kid for like six years.

I've been back here for like 12 years or whatever.

And it's

It's a great place to live.

I don't.

If they want a championship, I'd be thrilled for them, for my friends and the people I know.

And I feel like I've had good sports like, you know, I saw the Cubs and a 108 year drought in crazy drama fashion.

I had the 85 bears, six bowls.

I can't ask for anything more as a sports fan.

So I would like to spread that love a little bit.

I would love to see Wisconsin team win.

There you go.

Look

at

you.

No one you're a listenership.

Well done.

Con, am I the same way off the air, though?

Oh, man, you are.

Oh, thanks, John.

Yeah.

Thanks for the backup.

All right.

So, Jim, I want to ask you, like we were talking about the Kutterberger.

Some of my best fast food memories are of Chicago fast food.

We've got culvers here in Wisconsin.

We've got great brats.

But I grew up going to places like Super Dog on the North Side or those little corner places where they have Italian beef sandwiches.

What is your favorite Chicago fast food?

Hello.

Far and away Portillo's

I'm

sure you're familiar.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sure you're Portillo's.

It's just it's the greatest They just are doing breakfast this year, which mixed results I don't know

if

you've ever tried to have a million beef at seven o'clock in the morning, but not particularly

the

best idea in the world

That's our thing.

That is our thing.

Portillo's, I mean, we're starting to put them all over the country now.

It's hard.

First of all, they're the ones who perfected like the people outside the drive-through, which I think a lot of things are trying to do now, where

the

station employees are, which is brutal in the winter here.

I mean,

There are times where it's like negative 20 and the only people outside are like, you know, snowplow driver and Portillo's workers standing in that line, just still out there, but they've perfected it.

It's the type of place where it's chaos all the time.

You order your food and a guy yells it through a speaker to the people in the back

and

they never make a mistake.

They're more accurate than people who use computer systems.

It's wild.

Oh, that's a great point ever You're right though and I we have Portillo's in Wisconsin now, too But in Wisconsin, I've noticed they don't give you that Chicago fast food tamale, which I grew up on and loved So but we get the beef sandwiches and the the cake shakes and all that kind of stuff and I have a funny story when I was at the Paul University Mike

my roommate, he and I would go back and forth.

I liked Superdog.

There was one on the north side.

And he

loved he worked at the first Portillo's when it was in a trailer in like the early 80s before when he was in high school.

And he knew Dick Portillo and we would go back.

Well, Portillo's is better.

Superdog is better.

But wow, did he win that one?

I mean, Portillo's is everywhere now.

And it's like, I can't believe how it's taken off.

It's good stuff.

That's a great answer.