Godfather of Green Bay: Memory Lane and Holiday Tunes (Hour 3)

Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Schwabba.

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now, a guy whose house has an actual wiggle room, Pete Schwabba.

Hey, hey!

That's me!

Welcome to nightlight everybody.

Oh, what a fun show.

I am coming to you live from one of my favorite cities in the world Not like my other one of my other favorite cities in the world Green Bay, but tonight we're live from Madison here at nightlight Conrad is holding back the holding back holding down the fort back in Green Bay You welcome back Conrad you were on vacation.

Oh wait, you were here last night, right?

I think so

Was that me?

Was your brain still in Florida last night or

were you like... No,

because...

Happy to be back.

It wasn't in Florida because, you know, you stuff outside and it's not even close, so...

Oh, kidding.

Today was ridiculous.

But it's good to be... It's good to have you back even though we spent one night together as pals and now here I am in Madison and you're back in Green Bay.

You know what I meant to tell you about a week ago I was there because I did the show from there even though no one was in the building.

Two times the lights went off not like when they're scheduled to like way before they should have gone off and It's scared to live in daylights out of me

see and it's good.

It's gonna do that tonight while I'm here by myself I already know it's gonna do that and you know if you don't hear from me if I take a long powder, you know what happens

Yeah, I'll know what happened.

You got Dan Marcus on speed dial.

I assume the station manager.

He can bail you out.

He could be there fast

Dan, I'm scared.

Come back, come back to work, Dan.

So we got a great show tonight, folks.

We're here, I'm in Madison because of this screening of my film, The Godfather of Green Bay.

It's the 20th anniversary screening sponsored by the WMDX, I would say morning show, but they've been on in the afternoon lately, John and Gordy, also sponsored by Doundren's Distilling of Cottage Grove.

We are...

It's all happening tomorrow night at the outward music hall here in Madison in the outward neighborhood the beautiful outward neighborhood

It's just gonna be a blast.

The Baudin's did the music.

It's Tony Goldman, Lauren Holly, Tom Lennon, Lance Barber.

And it's a fun movie.

I've got Lauren Holly on the show tonight who's gonna talk about it in just a few minutes at 535.

We'll take a little trip down memory lane.

Tickets are only 10 bucks.

A dollar goes to the, of every ticket goes to the Dane County Humane Society.

So basically the story is a

Comedian gets a chance to be on the Tonight Show, but he has to go to a roadside, a raucous roadside bar in Wisconsin to audition.

The film came out about 20 years ago, and we have a little cult following.

It was a lot of fun.

Just a little indie film, but it came together nicely with a great cast, and I'm thrilled that Catherine Lake and...

the guys here at WMDX and Downlands Distilling have gotten behind this screening.

Hope to see you tomorrow night.

But Lauren will be here at 5.35 to discuss the film and the producer of the film, Brian Edding, will be here in the seven o'clock hour, hour number three.

Other than those two, check this out Conrad.

Are you ready?

I'm ready.

Bring it.

Orly KG will be here from the Mad Moms.

Is it bad?

It's Bad Moms of Comedy.

Yes.

It's not a very flattering word in front of the word moms of comedy.

Orly will be here.

She's very funny.

They are performing close by in the Madison area in the next couple nights.

We'll give you all the details when she is here at 6.05 or about 6.10.

And then Conrad, we've got a celebrity chef on the show.

We've had a lot of chefs on the show, not a celebrity chef.

There's a big distinction.

Yeah.

Very exciting.

Chad Visker will be here and he's on a very cool show.

This drops tomorrow night on Fox.

It's the next level baker.

It's kind of a spinoff of next level chef with Gordon Ramsay.

It's a Fox show and it's a great show.

They're doing a mini series for holiday baking and Chad is a native Wisconsinite.

He created pastries by Chad and he will be on the show as well.

So a lot of fun.

Great guest tonight.

And what else Conrad, what am I missing?

I don't

think I'm missing anything.

Lots of stuff.

We got a

big

show.

It's a great show.

I actually have something to share, something I just realized.

Oh, Aaron Roberts is in the house too.

Folks say hello to Aaron, everybody.

Hello to Aaron, everybody.

Hi, Aaron.

So last year on Nightlight, on my birthday, I called into the show and reviewed the movie Hot Frosty.

And tonight, it's the day after my birthday.

and Lauren Holly's coming on the show and she has a prominent role in the movie Hot Frosty.

Oh my

gosh.

I just realized she plays like a secondhand store owner who gives a magical scarf to the protagonist.

What was your review of the movie, Erin?

I can't remember.

It's been a year.

Tell me please.

It's fun.

It's not good.

Okay.

And if you all the details are really funny, like you can tell all the snow stuff is just foam.

Because like they'll nudge us no sculpture and it'll like the whole thing will move as one piece.

Oh my gosh But it's it's just a goofy movie where you fall in love with this with a snowman Yeah, it's a fun time.

Listen buddy, you know, I'm a fan You know, I'm a zombers fan, but I will be damned if I'm gonna sit here and let you disparage a Lauren Holly movie dammit Was she good in it?

Yeah.

Yeah, she's great.

She's so awesome.

I now I have to see this movie.

I saw it too.

Oh

What this is kind of weird I saw the grown men scene.

Okay.

What was your take?

What was your take on?

You know learn how Holly did great the rest of the film I was like, what am I watching most of the time?

I

got I hope people don't say it was

fun

Yeah, hot frosty to me Was like a self-aware hallmark movie

You know, it made fun of itself a little bit, which I appreciate.

Oh,

that's

very

cool, actually.

I'm not gonna lie.

It sounds like kind of an adult film with a weird fetish angle to it.

A little bit.

Yeah.

Conrad's giggling like, that's why I watched it.

It's

not at all what I

thought it was gonna be.

Oh, that's funny.

I love when Zommer sticks around.

It's like, we have like a nutty morning zoo thing going here, you guys.

Do you know that?

Did everybody leave like all of a sudden like what is happening?

I had two guys here and now they're both.

No, we're here.

We're here.

Wow.

Are

you nodding which doesn't really translate from radio?

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So we've got a big weekend.

The Bears and the Packers are playing.

And this is kind of funny because my movie,

To make it even worse on the main character, played by me, I made him from Chicago, playing small town Wisconsin on a Bear Packer weekend.

And he's from Chicago.

He doesn't even care about football, but he's from Chicago.

And the locals chastise him.

And he's auditioning for the Tonight Show in front of all these Packer fans who think he's a big Bear fan.

So it's kind of serendipitous that the screening is tomorrow night at the Atwood Music Hall and the Bears and the Packers play.

this weekend.

It couldn't be any better.

Conrad, thoughts.

You know, the one thing that irritates me about this game is that it wasn't flexed to 720 because of how

great the

one and two weeks was though.

Yes, but a Saturday.

So it's a little weird.

But like, oh, that's a Saturday.

Okay.

It's weird that they this is one of the I think this is the best matchup of the week.

And instead, they got the chiefs and the Texans at 720.

I'm like, what?

Why do we need to see another chiefs games?

I know

I can't on

Sunday night

football.

bugs me about the chiefs more than anything is the way Patrick Mahomes walks back to the huddle.

I know that's a petty thing.

It's like it's as disturbing as Andy Reed saying, give me some more of those nuggies and his fingers, his big

sausage fingers,

crawl across the table.

I

don't know.

But I agree with you.

Let's do more Bear Packard talk, but here's what I'm thinking.

Let's get to our question of the night before we do the keywords so we can get a few texts and not have them so mishmashed.

So I think it is time, ladies and gentlemen, live from Madison here at Night Light for the question of the night.

Let's talk about the question.

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Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Question.

What is a Christmas Carol or song you never need to hear again?

Or when you're hoping not to, somehow you can avoid hearing it up until Christmas this year.

Give me a Christmas Carol or a Christmas tune that you hope not to hear.

We touched on this last week, but I want to get into it and I want to hear what people have to say.

It's that song.

I don't even know what it's called, but it's, we need a little Christmas right this very minute.

And there's this like, anxious, need a little Christmas right this very minute.

It's like not, it's not romantic or it's not nostalgic.

It's just like, gross.

I don't think I know that song.

Oh, you, dude, you've heard it.

Yeah, I've probably heard it and just, you know,

I walked it out of your mind.

You

know, I don't know if I've heard that one.

You guys, come on.

I'm going to find out the title during the break.

We'll play it because

I'll

take one for the team.

It's probably, if you go into Google and type, need a little Christmas right this very minute, which is weird.

There's one that I really don't like.

It's I'll be home for Christmas, but specifically the Camilla Cabello version because she doesn't say I'll be home for Christmas.

She says, I'll be home for Quizmoise.

It doesn't even kind of sound like Christmas.

Why do you say it like?

Quizmise is what it sounds like.

Is it an accent or something?

I don't understand.

I'll find it.

That is

awesome.

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So we've got some texts coming in already for the...

Al in the 262 says, all I want for Christmas is you.

Sorry, it's terrible.

Man, I really don't agree with that.

But you know what?

Everybody's entitled to their opinion.

We did touch on that the other night.

Didn't we, Zomers?

I think

so.

Yeah, it is divisive.

But it is very divisive.

And I don't.

I understand like maybe it's not for me or you like older songs, but I don't get how.

People hate it.

It's crazy.

All right, we've got Lauren Holly tonight, folks, celebrity chef Chad Visker, and a great question.

And I just let you know what the keyword is, and those texts are rolling in.

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We're coming right back after a very short break at Nightlight.

It's Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media radio

network.

It's not

it's not offensively bad It's just slightly unsettling.

Hey, this is Beach Wabbit and Nightlight.

Welcome back folks.

We're talking Christmas music

Cuz that's our question of the night.

What is your what is a Christmas song or Carol?

You don't need to hear this season and that was mine.

I don't know.

What do you guys think about that tune?

It wasn't terrible

But yeah, I agree just maybe a little bit more frantic than you want for something.

That's like most Christmas music is pretty chill.

Yeah Yeah, okay, that's fair.

All right.

My other one and Conrad knows this is the dogs barking jingle bells.

It was supposed to

be

a novelty in like 1979.

It's not one for the ages.

And it's either iHeart or one of those outfits has their Christmas music.

It's like in the rotation.

I'm like, pull that out.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Even dogs are offended when they hear that song.

Come on.

It just doesn't make

any sense.

You know,

you love the

dogs barking your happy birthday song and the

jangle

bells.

You know, you love it.

Yeah, I haven't forgotten about that.

Alright,

so you found that other song too, Zomers?

Yeah, the Camilla Cabello version of I'll Be Home For Christmas, which gives us a verse.

I appreciate that it has a mariachi band.

Okay.

So what has that?

I like Feliz

Navidad.

She says quiz-mise.

And it sounds like quiz-moist.

Also kind of a moist quiz, you know, but it sounds like that the whole song not just that one time every time she says it.

It's an intentional pronunciation

What is the deal is it?

Is it

a lingual thing like part of a language that maybe it's like a

term like She she speaks Spanish.

Yeah, and Spanish it's Christmas is not quiz mice And honestly

Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliziano is one of my like

I went through a phase with that song where I was kind of annoyed by it, like maybe 20 years ago.

I love that song now.

I love the energy of it.

I think it's spectacular.

This is kind of funny.

Monica from Mount Horrib in the 608 says, I hate Christmas, but love Christmas music.

That's interesting.

She says, I don't like Mary.

Did you know?

Oh, I don't like that one either.

Yeah.

Mark from Prairie to Sac says, Need a Little Christmas would be one I could do without.

Thank you, Mark.

We're in cahoots.

Rosemary in the 715 says that, I don't even know what that, that eighth thing by Mariah Carey spelling.

Oh, okay, Mariah Carey.

Sure, I got it phonetically.

Can't stand all those riffs.

It is a device of song.

I don't know.

I like it.

It puts me in the mood.

So we were talking a little Bears Packers.

We'll talk a little more about this on Friday, because tomorrow we have kind of a highlight show, because I won't be here.

I'll be at that screening.

But you can still get in on the text to win that we'll still be playing tomorrow night throughout the show.

We're putting some, some greatest hits together for you for tomorrow night.

And then Friday, we'll probably hit on the game a little more.

But what a fun rivalry.

Like, Zomers, I think you were telling me you're not a huge football fan, but even casual fans.

kind of take an interest in this, don't they?

Yeah, absolutely for when it's, when it's these teams against each other.

Absolutely.

What do you think?

Do you kind of have a prediction?

You know, I think the Packers will win.

Okay.

I hope so.

Going out on a limb there, really specific.

It's just, you know, I think the Packers have really kind of shown up these last two games, just like their defense.

The defense has been playing stellar.

You know, I mean, they, they did pretty well against the Lions.

And I think our offense is in a whole new groove too, even without some of our players that are injured.

So.

Yeah.

That'll be interesting.

I think it's going to be a fun game.

And I'm at an age where I love the rivalry.

Like, I want my team to win, obviously, but I really appreciate the rivalry and the tradition of it all.

Kind of like Mariah Carey's Christmas song.

I equate it to that.

It's the Mariah Carey Christmas Carol of sports.

No, are the Packers favored by, like, what, a touchdown?

Honestly, I didn't look at that stat, but I can chat.

I don't even know why, bro.

I'm not a betting guy, so I don't really... But that's what all the, like, the sports radio, they're always obsessed about the line.

you know

yeah yeah i mean it doesn't really matter okay well on espn it says it's favored to green bay by 68 percent

68 percent okay

and it's at home i'm

also that surprised about

that but

why you just said you thought they'd win

i i i mean i do but i 68 percent is

pretty big that's yeah all

right

Um, I saw this, uh, I think, I think this is funny.

This is ways to force yourself into the Christmas spirit.

Like, have you guys had years like that where you're just not feeling it?

I, I, I've had like five years ago, I just roughly five years.

I couldn't get into it.

And then a moment happens in your family or you see somebody down on their luck or something and you're like, all right, I should be grateful.

But these were interesting.

The usual suspects put your tree up and light your house.

Maybe that would get you in the Christmas mood.

Wrap a few gifts is number two.

That's a good one.

It's nice to give, puts us in the spirit.

Eat or drink something festive.

One writer said her family always made fish pie around the holidays.

Okay.

What is that?

That sounds gross.

I think I'll go with hot chocolate.

That's what I'll do.

Yeah, Cesar just buy some egg now.

I don't even heard of fish pie.

That sounds awful.

Listen, I like fish and I like pie, but I...

That's an unholy union, if I've ever heard one.

But go ice skating.

That's interesting.

You guys skate?

No.

My

ankles suck.

So not really.

Your ankles suck.

I

fall too much.

I've tried it.

And I usually just kind of hang out and try to look casual.

Like, yeah, I skate, but I'm just not out there right now.

And number five is watch your favorite Christmas movie.

That's a great one.

That's a Christmas vacation.

Yes.

Christmas vacation.

Yeah.

Home alone.

It's a wonderful life.

Whatever you get going, whatever works for you.

Lauren Holly is coming up after the news.

Very excited to talk to her.

Celebrity chef Chad Visker is here in hour number two in the Mad Moms of Comedy.

Orly KG is also here in hour number two.

And we're going to give away some tickets to tomorrow night's screening of the Godfather of Green Bay at the Atwood Music, Atwood Music Hall tomorrow night.

That's in hour number two as well.

It's Pete Schwabba in Night Lights.

So great to have you with me on the Civic Media radio network.

Welcome back.

I'm Pete Schwabba.

This is Nightlight.

It is so great to have you with me, folks, on this Wednesday night coming to you live from Madison tonight.

Tonight's question is, is there a Christmas song you hope never to hear again?

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Right now, this is exciting, folks.

I'm in Madison because tomorrow night, we're having this great screening of The Godfather of Green Bay.

It's the 20th anniversary screening sponsored by Doundren's Distilling, the WMDX Morning Show, John and Gordy, and of course, Civic Media.

It's going to be a really fun night.

Hope you can join us.

I've talked about it ad nauseam and had several cast members on to help promote the film.

And right now, it is my pleasure

to welcome Tonight Light for the first time, a truly fantastic actor with such credits as Dumb and Dumber, Picket Fences, Family Law, NCIS, and of course, the Godfather of Green Bay, the unbelievably talented Lauren Holly Let's Go.

Lauren, how are you?

I'm great, Pete.

How are you?

Was that an okay intro?

That was a really good intro.

I like that.

I'd like to get up every morning and hear that.

I

don't

know.

It made my day go really well.

We could send you a file.

Okay.

Get your day off, right?

Hey, is there a Christmas Carol?

And by

the way, yeah, I was just going to say, I want to answer that question.

Please.

Because it better not be Deck the Halls.

Oh, wow.

You're sick of that one.

No, I'm not sick of that one.

That's like my son.

Oh, that's so cool.

Deck the

Halls of Holly.

Are you kidding me?

How did I not see that guy?

I think you told me that joke years ago.

I mean, put

this up with you.

That's

awful.

I've lost a step.

That's awesome.

Thank you for sharing that.

And I want to say thank you to your manager who is very helpful in helping me find you to have you on the show.

I used to have all your contact info and I'm hoping you didn't change it because of me.

Well, now you know.

But I figured that enough time has passed

that

I might be able to give you another chance.

I just wasn't sure.

Did you get the help you

needed?

I'm all set.

Thank God for medications.

And I will not ask you to pal around constantly anymore.

I know that was kind of a what about Bob thing probably, but no, it's great to hear your voice.

Great to be connected with you again.

And we have this screening tomorrow and you were such a big part of that movie and finding you and casting you.

Like I told you before, it was just like a trip down memory lane and I'm finding all these pictures and all these people reminding me of these fun moments because, you know, like any movie you do, even as an actor, you watch it so much and then you don't watch it for a while.

So I would love to get your thoughts on what it was like filming this movie in Northeast Wisconsin over 20 years ago now.

Well, OK, first of all, I loved a movie.

I like never understood how it just didn't get there everywhere because I think it's really good and fun and I really liked it.

And it's funny because I think about filming that movie so much because I had like a core memory experience on Godfather of Green Bay.

Really?

Yeah.

I turned 40 making that movie.

and the night we were shooting at this like motel place yeah and it was late we were tired we were doing night shoe and all of a sudden someone was like oh my god look up and it was northern lights and i'd never seen him before yeah and i do you remember we all just laid down in the parking lot

Yes.

And we're staring up at these northern lights and then somebody realized what time it was.

It was like just after midnight and you guys started singing happy birthday to me.

Oh my gosh, that's right.

Yes.

And I was

staring at the northern lights having you sing happy birthday to me and it was so

amazing and I like just think about that all the time and recently there's been all these you know magnetic storms and whatnot and all these northern lights and it's so weird because I've been in these locations that have been would have been amazing to see them but it was like cloudy or whatever and all the time I'm thinking thank goodness I saw them we're making the godfather of Green Bay and then I quickly remember that we ended up in my hotel

Yeah,

that was at the end.

It was like, with

many bottles of vodka, and my toddlers upstairs asleep with the nanny.

So, you know,

there you have it.

That's

making movies.

Yeah, two things.

I lip-synced Happy Birthday to you, so you're welcome for that.

You didn't want to hear that.

And Lance shared that same memory last week, and it was very special.

And the vodka,

at the hotel.

It was the best Western in Marinette.

And by the time we finished filming, you couldn't buy alcohol.

So somebody, I don't know.

pulled a Sam Kinnison and rented a limo just so we could have vodka.

But we were, you and me and Dale, God rest his soul, and Brian were all in the hallway at the best Western drinking vodka.

And then the pool opened at like six a.m.

and we all went swimming and doing cannonballs.

Just a beautiful memory.

It was that whole shoot.

It was a

beautiful memory.

Yeah, there was all kinds of stuff like that.

I remember when you got there the first day,

You came up to me and you said, hey, Mike, my trailer.

Do you remember this?

You had a view of something that was not very pleasant.

What was that?

It was a meat-packing plant.

There were like these dead cow carcasses or something.

Oh, my God.

Right outside your trailer.

Yeah, I think I've just suppressed it.

I was like, you know, like, I can barely eat meat.

I have to be in, like, denial.

So it was just like horrible.

Well, it was so fun.

And do you have other than those, what do you remember like as far as actual shooting or the cast or a scene you did or, you know, a memory you have just being there because you were such a trooper.

You did have your three kids with you.

And I think that was the first film you had done in a while.

You took some time off.

Yes.

And

they were all little

too.

Yeah.

It was crazy.

That was crazy.

I loved it.

And no, I think I have various like flashing memories.

I have memories of like being in the bar and just laughing at Tom Lennon.

I remember the whole scene with Tony Goldwyn that we're like in a booth.

And it was, he wore that mullet.

Yes.

And I remember we practiced in the parking lot in Macarena.

Yeah.

So much.

I was like a Macarena pro.

And the worst part was I loved doing it.

I was like, let's do another Macarena dance scene.

Let's do another one.

It's really, really funny that you say that because Mike Siegel, one of my best friends who you met back during when we were filming, played

Tony or big Jake's driver eat a mustache and a mullet as well and He made a this great behind-the-scenes video.

It's like 15 minutes long It's on YouTube called Godfather of Green Bay behind the scenes and all you guys talk and Lenin's hilarious and Eric Price and Glanson Tony says great things and you were hilarious, but you were the best one at doing the Macarena because you're on

that video doing the Macarena, and you just said that, and I could tell you really liked it.

Yeah.

I got really good at that.

I probably couldn't do it anymore, but it was very fun.

It was very fun.

I want to see that video behind the scenes of Godfather Green Bay, what?

Godfather of Green Bay behind the scenes, and it's on YouTube.

And it was like, I think Mike gave me a VHS or a DVD of it years ago.

And now it's out there for everybody to see.

And it's my kids have had a blast watching it.

And I had, it just takes you back.

It's really fun.

Yeah.

You, I want to say this, here's another memory I have that happened after this is very funny.

You and Brian Edding.

and me and I think your manager at the time went to Dan Tana's and we were eating dinner and having drinks and everything and it was then because part of your contract was you got to fly up there in a jet and

And then it wasn't until then, like a year or six months after filming where you said, by the way, you went into this whole story about how the jet was not there to take you back.

You're like, I get my three kids into the piper.

It's like a prop plane or something.

And I had no idea and I'm glad I didn't.

It was the scariest thing.

It was like flying a VW bus.

like that someone rigged some propellers on.

And it took us for, and it was windy

out.

So we were going really slow and the pilot kept saying, this is because we're going in the headwind.

It was funny.

It was alright.

I'm glad you

made

it.

Yeah, I would never forget.

But I remember too, I think I was like, drugged at a bar with you.

Drugged?

Yeah, do you remember don't ask me why all of our stories have to do with alcohol?

I don't have a problem with alcohol.

I promise But we went to some Mexican place

Yeah,

you and I like just have dinner talking whatever and we had I

I was supposed to be on the way to somewhere else, and we were just going to meet for like an hour.

I think we were like trying to put together a picture.

Oh,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And we were just meeting quick, and I had one margarita, and then I couldn't get up to walk out of the bar.

And you sat with me in the parking lot for like three hours.

Oh my gosh.

You remember that?

Because I was like, I, something happened.

And it was before we knew all about that drugging stuff that people do to people's drinks.

Oh my

god.

I think it happened to me that night.

What?

Yeah, I'm not even kidding.

I remember.

I just remember being so thankful that you guys sat with me because I was like scared to leave.

I didn't know what

to do, like the whole thing.

I

didn't feel right.

It was weird.

I felt just really, like, out of my mind.

You know what?

I'm actually a big sweetie, and now I'm kind of mad that you changed your phone number on me.

See?

I'm talking with Lauren Holly, folks.

She is one of the stars of Dumb and Dumber, Picket Fences, and, of course, the godfather of Green Bay.

We are going to have more with Lauren in just a moment after this very quick break on Nightlight with Pete Schwabba.

Glad you're here.

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Welcome back.

All right.

Let's go, folks.

We are talking to Lauren Holly, the star of The Godfather of Green Bay.

It's so great catching up with you, Lauren.

I just wish you could be here tomorrow night.

That would be so fun.

You were telling that story.

before the break about, you know, you thought somebody slipped you something and I waited with you.

And the TV show where we were pitching something together, how great of a TV show would that have been?

I remember we had a lot of traction at a certain place, but then an executive left or something, but that would have been a really fun TV version to do.

I know, I agree.

People make bad decisions in

this industry.

Indeed they do.

They do.

Let me ask you something.

You've been doing a lot of TV since the Godfather of Green Bay and obviously a lot of movies too, but like NCIS, Family Law, what do you prefer?

Movies or TV?

I like the hybrid now and I call it the hybrid to streaming stuff.

Yeah.

Because you know, it just, I don't know, it just feels more creative in a way.

I'm not sure.

There's like, it's a little riskier.

I

agree.

It's like hard to watch broadcast TV now sometimes because of the streamers, you know?

Yeah, it is.

I mean, I'm not even sure how much broadcast television I actually watch anymore.

That's the truth.

And it's probably a terrible thing for me to say because, you know, it's my bread and butter, but it's true.

I don't really use much anymore.

And all that means is that broadcast TV needs to start being a little risky or two.

Yeah, exactly.

Totally agree.

You've got a new movie, a couple new movies.

You've got, and I, this movie Ruby Road that I saw on IMDB Pro, it just sounds like a really heavy role.

I think you play a recovering cancer patient.

How do you like those roles compared to some of the more lighthearted ones you've done?

You know, it's funny because this the particular that role in whether it's called Ruby Road rust out Ruby.

I'm not sure It's It's it is light in a way.

I know that sounds crazy, but it's she is a My character and it's really a ball of energy and the the movies about Francis Fisher who is sick

and worked in the coal mines in her whole life and goes to reconnect with, you know, the people that she loved and in the economy that so many in the, you know, in the country are facing and whatnot.

It's a real sort of statement on the times.

And I play her sister and I work in a Dollar General and I love, you know,

I don't know, people always, a lot of people would always say to me, you play like fancy characters.

You're very fancy and I'm not.

And I really, you know, roles like this, I really love because it feels more like my unfancy self, I guess.

Oh, that's great.

That's so interesting.

You say that because I remember your first day on the set with me, I said, do you have any questions about your character?

And you said, no, you said, I grew up.

you know, around people like this.

I'm from a small town.

I think it was Geneva, New York.

And you were like,

I

totally get these people.

So I totally believe that when you say that.

That's fantastic.

It's

still my favorite place.

I live in Toronto now, and I'm only three hours from Geneva.

And I go all the time.

And my best friend of 52 years is there.

Wow.

So I don't think even when we were pitching stuff, I don't think you lived in LA.

So

I don't think you've lived there full-time.

Do you have an aversion to Los Angeles or are you just like the real

world?

No, no.

And now in my life, I'm actually in LA almost like a few months of the year.

Mainly in the wintertime to get out.

It's like a weather-related situation.

No, I guess it's just how life kind of took me and then it just became clear that it wasn't necessary really to be in LA as much anymore.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I ask every guest I have, basically.

We talk about movies and TV and comedy every night.

What are

you watching?

Anything you could binge watch before we let you go?

Let's see, what am I?

Okay, I have to be honest.

First of all, I'm a huge sports freak.

I remember

that.

I've been majorly involved in sports, watching sports.

I don't miss sports that much.

And I have a hockey game and a basketball game on the same time tonight, so I'm a little frustrated.

But I have a whole list on the clipboard of shows that I've been going through.

And the latest one I watched is all her fault.

And I'm trying to decide if I start the beast in me.

Hmm.

I haven't seen either one.

You're nodding, Dom.

Is that good?

Have you seen that?

It's really good.

Oh really?

Okay,

which one which one's really good

the beast of me.

Yep the beast Yeah, I

gotta check both.

Yeah, I'm gonna check it out and see I watch a lot of Sports documentaries and shows like face-off on Amazon Prime that takes two hockey players

Oh

nice and tells her story each episode.

I don't know.

I mean like a sports fanatic

That's fantastic.

So basically, you couldn't do the show live because you had a hockey game to watch.

That's what I'm

taking away from you.

No.

The reason I couldn't do the show live is because I have ADR to do.

Because I just finished a movie and that's working into this slot right now.

It's fun movies.

It's called Broadtrip.

Yeah.

When does that come

out?

I think it's another spring one.

It's me and Sophia Bush and it's a mother-daughter road trip comedy.

Oh, oh my gosh, that's perfect for you.

That's

fantastic.

It's really fun.

I actually read for the daughter, but they said I didn't have the acting chops, so good

for Sophia.

See, that's what I mean, man.

That's why I had to take away my

phone.

Stop asking me to get you in movie speed.

You're

going to play my daughter.

It's not like a challenge.

You're fantastic.

It's great to be back in touch.

Thank you for taking a chance on me.

And Brian Edding and The Script, which turned into a really fun little film.

And a lot of it is because of you, my friend.

And I can't thank you enough for doing

the movie and joining me

here tonight.

Yeah, thanks so

much.

I hope people go see it.

I hope they'll have fun.

I think audiences love that movie.

Thanks, Lauren.

Have a great night watching hockey, doing ADR, all the fun stuff.

And don't be a stranger.

Thanks so

much.

All right, bye.

Oh, that's Lauren Holly.

All right, we are going to do the news and come back for act two.

And more, I got a celebrity chef coming up.

So stick around for that, folks.

And I'm going to tell you more about where you can give for Giving Tuesday, just because it's Wednesday.

Doesn't mean you can't still give.

But we are coming back after the news.

It's Peach Waba in Nightlight.

Great to have you with me on the Civic Media Radio Network.

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 still likes to build a fort.

Pete Chwaba.

Hey, welcome back folks.

Let's do this.

I am coming to you live from Madison tonight actually Conrad is holding down the fort back in Green Bay in town for the godfather of Green Bay screening tomorrow night and always love doing the show from our headquarters right over State Street downtown such a blast one of my favorite cities to be in So great to have you with me tonight.

It is a beautiful Wednesday night here in our state's capital Hope you're having a great day and hope we can help you leave the day

behind folks.

Let's talk movies.

Let's talk TV, music and comedy and all the great things in life that make us happy and bring us together.

We got a fun hour, lots of show left.

It's fun catching up with Lauren Holly and hour one.

We talked to little Bears Packers, Conrad and I, at some point we have to talk chair company because I think

both of us

were pretty baffled at the end of that show.

So we'll get into that at some point.

Confused is

the word.

Totally confused.

We have a great question of the night.

It is a what Christmas song or Carol do you not need to hear this holiday season?

I Said need a little Christmas right this very minute the dogs barking jingle bells actually have to Conrad said, what did you say silent night?

I actually didn't say mine yet What how did that happen well, I mean the dogs barking is an obvious one I could yeah, I mean I could definitely go without listening at my rest of my life

Uh, but so can dogs, by the way.

Yes.

Yeah.

You don't hear that either.

I'm going to say Jason Kelsey singing any Christmas tunes.

Oh, yeah.

I'll take things that don't need to be said for a hundred, Alex.

All right.

Well, yeah.

Does he do that?

I don't know if you heard that they do.

They've been doing it for three years now.

It's called the Philly special.

And it's Lane, Lane Johnson.

Some, I forget the other guy.

It's all the offensive linemen and they make Christmas music.

It all goes, you know, to charities and stuff, but Jason Kelsey, part of that is he shouldn't, he can't sing.

Well, thank you.

Thanks for that.

I just say, don't listen to it.

The other guys are good though.

Done and done.

That's awesome.

Okay, well, so share with us, folks.

You can let us know at 855-752-4842-855-75CIVIC.

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Great to have you with me tonight.

We still got a ton of show coming up in just a couple minutes.

I'm going to introduce a bad mom of comedy.

This is so I love this.

It's a it's a comedy group but Orly KG will be here.

She is the head of the group and I'm going to ask her why that's bad but it will be fun.

They're performing here in the

Not too far from Madison, uh, very shortly.

So we'll, we'll get into all that with Orly in just a minute.

Brian Edding, producer, movie producer, Brian Edding will be here at 720.

And celebrity chef from the new show, it's a spin-off, actually, of next-level chef called Next Level Baker, uh, was Consonite, uh, Chad, uh, Chad Visper will be here.

Am I saying that right?

I don't even

mind.

Visker.

Visker.

Yes.

Chad Visker.

He's like a pastry chef extraordinaire.

And I can't wait to talk to him because pastries are my weakness, more than meat or pasta or fish or anything.

I'm very excited to talk to Chad.

And he is in this competition show.

There's only three episodes, and it's all month.

So we'll be rooting for Chad, and we'll meet him at 6.35.

But we've got also, we are giving tickets away.

For the Godfather of Green Bay screening, which is tomorrow night at the Atwood Music Hall a film I made 20 years ago.

This is our 20th anniversary screening It stars Tony Goldman Lauren Holly Tom Lennon Lance Barber and me Because I couldn't afford a big name, but it turned out well It was a lot of fun to do music is by the Baudin's and we're screening it tomorrow night at the Atwood Music Hall and a dollar of every ticket

Tickets are only 10 bucks, by the way, goes to the Humane Society of Dane County.

So it's for a good cause.

Come on out.

Laugh with us and say hello if you do come out.

But we are giving away three sets of tickets, and we are going to do that right now.

All you have to do, please make sure you can go.

That's all we ask.

The tickets are free.

They're in sets of two.

And the keyword, you just texted in a lot of keywords tonight, Conrad.

I hope people can keep them straight.

But there's no text to win this hour.

So this is all about ticket giveaways.

Yes.

The keyword is Conrad, I'm going to let you do this.

I rarely let you give the keyword.

Well, thank you.

I appreciate it.

The keyword is green.

G-R-E-N.

No.

Wait, G-R-E-E-N.

That's why you don't want me to do it.

Last time.

Wait, that's

a... Just green, folks.

Basic green.

G-R-E-E-N.

G-R-E-E-N.

g-r-e-e-n.

Text that in right now and Conrad will get your information and we will get you set up with tickets for the screening tomorrow night of the Godfather of Green Bay.

It should be a lot of fun and some big laughs.

Perfect way to kick off the holiday season and I look forward to seeing all of you that show up and want to say hello.

Okay, so we did that and we've got, all right, I think we're going to go, speaking of comedy, this is exciting.

I love this.

There's a show in Waterloo happening, and we are going to talk to the main, I think, the founder of the Bad Moms comedy group.

She joins us now from Chicago, but they're performing in Wisconsin.

It's a road trip.

And you should road trip to see them, because this is going to be a really fun show.

She joins me now over the stream, Orly KG.

Hi, Orly.

Do we have Orly?

Hello.

Can you hear us?

Oh, no.

I see her mouth move.

She's trying to say something.

We've got to get through to Orly sometime.

We'll figure this out.

But in the meantime, I will read a text if Khan wants to try to get Orly through here.

Sometimes we have issues with the stream.

Brian from the 608 says, I want to, pardon me, I want to hippopotamus for Christmas.

He says, never needs to be played again.

I agree, Brian.