Farewell to a Radio Legend(Hour 1)

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

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now, a guy who does his own stunts, Pete Chihuahua.

What the heck?

Welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

I am Pete Schwab.

Great to have you here on this beautiful Wednesday as Christmas creeps ever closer.

This is an exciting night to be here because I have got a terrific show for you folks tonight.

So let's not waste any more time and let me, I was just about to introduce

Conn, I was just about to give you a big intro, and then you just leave, and now you come into the studio.

So if you're watching on the stream, you're getting a little TV show here.

The clock is wrong, isn't it?

I'm out there lollygagging around.

I didn't even know the show started.

What the H?

Chris Casper, shout out.

He was in town today fixing our stuff.

We had some technical issues and Chris is always on it or Drew or Eric, whoever was here, they do a phenomenal bang up job.

Absolutely love it.

So fun show tonight, folks.

We've got text to win.

We're going to be talking about a Wisconsin comedy legend, a local actor, a very cool event happening down around Madison that will get you in the holiday spirit.

Mind your way, Conn.

Conrad's got tools as well.

And my pal, Sean Katzback, will be here from my hood in Marinette.

We're going to talk Christmas City, USA as I like to call it.

But I will give all the guests a formal introduction in just a couple minutes.

It is very exciting to have you here, folks.

We are winding down our text-to-win contest.

You've got three more chances to play, or three more days, I should say, including today.

We'll get to all of that.

I drove home last night.

I don't know how the weather last night affected everybody else in Wisconsin.

I was, I don't know about you, but I've stayed, probably since I've been doing this gig, I live about an hour away.

And in two years, I've probably got, I don't know, three or four hotel rooms just because the weather was bad.

Last night, I left here and it was starting to come down and it was kind of bad.

And there was snow on the roads and I have a fairly new car, but I do need new tires.

And it took me about an hour to go 30 minutes, but I'm still glad I went.

I wanted to be in my own bed.

I was hell bent on getting home last night.

So hopefully everybody that commuted last night,

got where they were going safely, whether it was in Northeast Wisconsin, Madison, Milwaukee, you know, we all got kind of, had to deal with some weather.

And I meant, you know what happened though?

I had to brush my car off again today.

That makes sense.

You know, like a month ago, my wife's like, hey, let's clear some, we don't have a basement.

So we store a lot of stuff in the garage.

She goes, let's make some space.

Like we did last year for the cars.

I feel like last year it snowed like twice.

So I'm like, ah, big deal.

It's fine.

Last night, I believe, or today I should say, was my seventh time already brushing snow off my car, because of course I give the garage spot to my wife, and I'm out there like a sucker, you know, brushing the snow off, and I broke another snow brush today.

I was in a hurry.

Of course, I never factor in the fact that I gotta brush off my car.

I had to go stop at my parents, whatever.

And I broke it.

So I had ice on my car.

I had to run the defrost.

Apparently I have to go out and spend 50 bucks for a decent snow scraper.

Who puts money into that though?

Like it's always an impulse buy when you're leaving a convenience store or a gas station.

I spend like five bucks.

You spend money on that kind of stuff?

I don't remember the last time I bought one.

Cause the one I have right now is currently broken, but I make it work.

How do you do it?

You use like the other handle and just make us a very narrow.

It's like the middle part of it doesn't stay.

So

when I'm

brushing, it'll like randomly like rotate.

You gotta like twist it back on.

Yeah, I

hate that.

Somebody make a decent quality scraper.

We should have a nightlight scraper.

We should.

That'd be some great swag.

Hey, you're bummed out that you're scraping your car off, but think about the laughs you had earlier on nightlight.

So anyway, I did get home safely, which was good.

I wanted to be in my own bed.

I didn't feel like there's something about renting a hotel room when you live an hour away.

It's hard to spend that money.

And it's hard to like, what am I supposed to do?

Like, I'm in Green Bay.

I got to check out at 11 a.m.

I guess I could go to Bay Park Square and walk around for seven hours, but I don't want to do that either.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, you know, today I just signed a new lease.

At your same apartment?

Nope.

Oh, I moved even closer

to the

station.

I'm right here.

I'm right across the bridge now.

Oh, sweet.

But I still have so currently my lease on my current place goes till the 20 or the 31st.

So right now I currently have two apartments.

Wow, look at you, man.

You got you got you got your real apartment and then your love nest.

Well, here's what I'm hearing.

Pete, you don't have to get a hotel room.

I'll get bunk beds.

I'll make you a nice pot of soup.

Come on over.

Some civic media would probably spring for bunk beds.

Yeah.

Yeah,

that'd be pretty cool.

Maybe

like some race car bunk beds.

That's a great hood though.

If you're moving right across the bridge here, like downtown Green Bay

on

Broadway over there.

I mean, these are both great streets.

You know, it's going to be nice.

And I haven't used my car a lot because like, I mean, in the winter, maybe I might, but I could just walk.

Totally.

Even in the winter, most days you can walk.

I have a clarification.

Yesterday, our question of the night was, what is your favorite Jack Nicholson movie?

And I said it was Jack Nicholson's 88th birthday over the weekend.

It was not.

I did see he was 88, but the reason I grabbed that question is because it was the release date of, I think, as good as it gets.

Didn't affect the question, but I just like to, I want people in the journalist.

I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong.

You found this, Conrad, which I thought was hilarious.

this story about the teddy bear.

What in the heck?

See, I have a theory.

I think these programmers or these code writers, whatever you want to call them, I think they mess with people.

Because sometimes I'm doing like voice text or even if I'm typing and something will auto correct, there have been times that auto corrected to a dirty word.

And I think that's strange.

I think they do that to mess with people.

Or they just know how you text.

I didn't think, I don't text dirty words to people though.

I usually send those in an email.

So I thought that was strange.

I don't know.

It's interesting, but tell us what happened.

The teddy bear was saying very terrible things

to kids.

Well, I mean, obviously in a teddy bear, you don't want it to say those things, but it was an AI powered like toy and.

It was like $99 to get it, I think, but it would it would it would discuss like explicit topics

Like BDSM

it says including spanking roleplay and BDS

What is BDSM stand for like bondage

something like I think you got the first word right BDSM

bondage discipline and Well, there's an old Steve Martin joke SNM means

He thought it meant Spaniards and Mexicans, but it meant, anyway, it's not something kids should be walking around saying.

At least not in my house.

There's this other, and I've seen this on Instagram and TikTok, and there's this robot that's, this kid toy that's at Target, Walmart, all the major stores, and it has an ability where you click a button and then it will record what you're saying, and then it'll do a song with it.

Oh, love that.

But I've

never seen it used actually correctly.

Like, the last one I saw was someone, you know, farted in it.

My kids will show me those videos.

Like, a guy standing by customer service at Walmart.

And he'll grab the store mic and put it to his butt and rip one.

So the whole store is here is like, like, I am ashamed that that makes me laugh.

Part of it is it's funny, but it's the.

like a 40 year old man would do something like that.

It's

just odd.

When I'm just watching TikTok or anything, I'm not one to like actually laugh out loud, like I'll give a smile or something.

When it's like a fart compilation, I'm actually hysterically laughing.

And I don't get why that makes me laugh so hard.

Have you ever googled or looked up the farting preacher?

Oh, where?

That's one of the first like viral, that thing went viral on VHS and it is funny.

Speaking, as long as we're on these lines, I mean, can you imagine getting a teddy bear and it starts talking about this stuff?

Like,

what?

I just don't get how it gets coded wrong like that.

That's AI.

They're taking over, man.

I guess they're... I don't even know.

The teddy bear's name is K-U-M-M-A.

Kuma?

Kuma?

Like, what does that even mean?

You're asking for trouble.

Just name it Bob or something, you know.

But this is something I saw that I thought was kind of funny, not funny, it's sad, but a Jeopardy winner.

Now we're spoiled when it comes to Jeopardy winners, because we have Ben Chan here

in

Wisconsin.

More specifically, Northeast Wisconsin.

But this Jeopardy winner, Joey Decina was arrested.

He was a two-time winner in 2024.

And he was arrested for putting cameras in women's bathrooms.

And he just posted bail.

And there was another Jeopardy winner in 2014 who was trying to get...

inappropriate pictures from minors.

So, what, I mean, I don't understand what is wrong with people.

Like, have you ever put a camera in a woman's bathroom, Conrad?

No.

You can't say it.

I love the way you answer that.

You were so serious and adamant, like, no.

I almost thought like it was a gotcha moment there.

No, but that was really kind of depressing.

And I thought about getting Ben on to talk about his one of his fellow winners, although Ben won a lot more than either one of these clowns.

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Good luck everybody use the app and fire away Here Here's the other thing I thought was funny this six seven stuff I need someone younger than me.

I'm a young man.

I'm not an old guy, but I'm all much older than you Conrad

What is going on?

Supposedly, I remember hearing my kids talking about it like a month ago.

And it seems like nobody can explain it.

Like, why when it comes up in a classroom or whatever.

What is the deal?

I still don't get it.

Like, I'm 26 and it makes me feel like I'm getting older because, I mean, there was things when I was, you know, in high school that we thought was funny that no one else did, you know, but it's like one of those things.

Is

it

supposed to be something sexual or...?

I don't think it is.

I think it's just like... I heard maybe it's to do with Lamello Ball's height, but that's all I know.

Alright, it's getting out of hand though, and when we come back after this very short break, I'm gonna tell you what restaurant has removed the numbers from its menu.

This is Pete Schwabba in Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

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Welcome

back.

This is Nightlight with Peach Wava.

It is a Wednesday evening here in beautiful downtown Green Bay as we broadcast statewide.

So great to have you with me, folks.

Christmas fast approaching.

We've got snow on the ground.

We complain about it, but it does look very beautiful.

I will say that.

I have a great show tonight, and I did not even mention my guests.

So an outstanding lineup tonight here at Nightlight.

We've got, coming up at 535, just a few minutes, Brendan Rounds from Get Festive with Agora.

A really cool little thing they're doing in Fitchburg to help put people in the Christmas mood.

Fitchburg obviously right outside of Madison.

We'll talk to Brandon in just a few minutes.

At 610, one of my homies from Marinette, Sean Katzback will be here.

Sean is going to tell us all about a really cool event at the Marinette Community Rec Center.

with kids from 1 to 92.

A great thing they've been doing there for a few years now.

The band Steam is playing, S-T-E-E-M.

Just a really fun event that's happening in Marinette this weekend.

It might even be worth a road trip.

This is a great jazz band.

is Steam, a 13-piece band featuring Steve March Torme, that is Mel Torme's son, who is a Northeast Wisconsin resident, and he's been to Marinette several times now, thanks to this event.

Vic Ferrari is the lead vocalist, oh, I'm sorry, Vic Ferrari is not the lead vocalist, Michael Bailey is.

We'll talk all about this with Sean Katzbeck at 610, and you can hear about some of the fun songstall thing, and what a great event it is.

It's gonna be a blast.

And then, after that, we've got

Dick Chudnow.

This is really fun, folks, because Dick Chudnow is one of the co-creators of Comedy Sports in Milwaukee, an absolute institution in the entertainment business.

And it's in multiple cities now.

It is just a great program.

It's been going strong for over 40 years.

And Dick, this will be Dick's first appearance on Nightlight.

When I had David Zucker on several weeks ago, he talked about his time growing up.

David Zucker, of course, wrote Airplane.

rope-directed airplane and naked gun and many other things.

He and his brother Jerry and Jim Abraham's were all from Wisconsin.

They went to Shorewood High School, then they all went to UW-Madison, and then they went out to LA and made all these great movies.

And they all had individual success as well.

And I mentioned that to David and he said, hey, how about let's not forget Dick Chudnow.

He was part of that group too.

Went to Madison, Shorewood High School.

He's part of the Kentucky Fried Theater.

But Dick either stayed behind or came back and started comedy sports, which is outstanding.

And so I'm very excited to talk to Dick.

That is at 6.35 tonight.

And then we've got at 7.20 local actor, Northeast Wisconsin stage actor, Martin Prevost, is going to tell us what's happening at the Green Bay Community Theater.

And he's going to talk about something called Drunk Theater.

Does that sound fun, Con?

I like the sound of that.

Yeah.

Spot

a cow theater spot a cow or yingling yingling.

Yeah, I think we need to stay

loyal to

yingling lager So there you go, I think without further ado we need to get to before the show's over our night like question of the night

Let's talk about the question.

Okay question question

question question

question

question question this question

What do you want for Christmas?

Very simple.

Could be anything, folks.

A pair of socks, something crazy, something kooky.

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So what do you want for Christmas?

That is tonight's question of the night.

Did you answer on

social media con

today?

I didn't today.

Didn't get a chance to go on

Facebook.

What are you gonna ask for?

Or what do you want?

You know, I think I'm gonna go for some saw bucks.

Some cash, some scratch, little

cabbage.

I think so.

How many

saw bucks?

A saw buck is 10 bucks.

Just one saw buck.

You just want 10 bucks for Christmas?

That's good enough for

me.

$0.40 will get you not even a cup of coffee.

Yeah, exactly.

If you're at Starbucks, yeah, for sure.

$10 gets you nothing.

You know, I went to a drive-through the other night, and I was craving fast food, and I spent like, somehow I spent like $17 bucks.

Okay.

A couple burgers, fries, a Coke, and maybe I got, I don't know, a couple cookies or something.

I remember being on the road with my buddy Bill Gorgo.

We were working in North Dakota.

And we got back to the hotel after the show.

He drove.

So I said, I'm starving.

I'm going to get food.

I go, what do you want?

He goes, I don't know.

He goes, I don't know what I'm in the mood for.

He goes, just get me $5 worth of food.

Five bucks in like the early or mid 90s got you a value or a meal like fries and a Coke and probably an extra burger.

Five bucks.

And now fast food is like as much as you could go into a nice bar and grill and spend just as much.

That's true.

That's insanity.

So what do you think about this six seven stuff?

I just think it's dumb, but I mean I just But I'm getting I'm older than those you know high schoolers.

So yeah Doesn't mean anything to me compared to what they think it is But I heard that maybe they don't even know what it means.

It's just funny just saying the numbers

It's just to irritate older people like their parents their teachers.

It's that reason as they say it's because no one Understand it's and it's like what does it mean?

Well, here's I thought this was funny in and out burger West Coast chain started I believe in LA love in and out burger ate their way too much they have removed Six seven from their order numbers.

So when people when they announce an order number it goes from 66 to 68 and Kids have swarmed or flocked to in and out burger to cheer Missing number like you can't win like when you say it in a classroom or whatever they flip out and now

It's like they've won.

It's funny because like they would say 67.

Yeah.

So is it the same thing though?

I have no idea.

Some locations apparently in and out already skip 69.

Which, you know, okay, that's a universal funny number, but it's crazy.

All right, when we come back, folks, we're going to talk about a really cool event happening in Fitchburg.

Get festive with a Gora.

That's coming up next.

It's Nightlight with Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media radio network.

This is Nightlight IMP Chihuahua.

By the way, Conrad, those numbers, if you're waiting for your order in and out burger now, they've taken, they have at many of them, they've taken 69 out as a number and 67.

So if you're waiting for an order, it now goes 66, 68, 70.

Like, doesn't it just like make kids win?

Like, the more you say, if you say it, eventually they're gonna get tired of it and laugh at something else.

There's gonna be like seven numbers left by the time this is all over.

So

gotta I mean, you know laugh it off.

Yeah,

it doesn't mean anything

Even kids don't know what the sixth set is.

I don't know.

Maybe we can ask our next guest, but we'll get to the bottom of this.

Hey, thanks for being here, folks.

It's a really fun night.

Dick Chudnow is here at 635, a comedy sports co-founder and comedy legend here in Wisconsin.

That's going to be fun at 610.

My pal Sean Katzback from My Hood.

Marinette will be here talking about a very cool holiday event at the Community Rec Center.

stage actor from Northeast Wisconsin, Martin Prevost at 720.

Right now, it is my pleasure to welcome to Nightlight for the first time.

He's the director of partnerships for the city of Fitchburg, and he is here to talk about a really cool event happening this weekend, Mr. Brandon Rounds.

Hi, Brandon.

Hey, how's it going?

Good.

How are you doing?

Doing pretty good.

How are things in Fitchburg this

evening?

amazing.

I'm actually looking outside of my office window and looking at all of the amazing lights that we have that are already up in Fitchburg getting ready for the weekend.

That is so fun.

I have to ask you, before we get into this really cool festival, what do you want for Christmas?

That's our question of the night.

We do this every night here, Brandon.

What do you want for Christmas?

Well, I want

Whatever burger joint that was to get six seven back on their menu

Do you have any idea like are you a parent or what does that mean?

What do you make of that?

I'm not a parent, but I have a you know a lot of friends who are parents and It's it's like very young kids that are doing it and it's like in every adult Listen, if you say six seven the adults just shake their head and they're like I'm just tired of my kids saying six seven

Is it just so

they can laugh at us?

It was a, apparently it was a meme and it's in a song of some sort.

Yeah, I don't really fully know nor do I care.

Well said.

Let the kids have fun.

Exactly.

Great point.

A con.

Let's go to the Google.

Let's get to the bottom of this by the end of the show.

Okay, Brandon Rounds, great to have you here.

Tell us all about Get Festive Agora.

Yeah, so Get Festive with Agora is actually a kickoff event.

to the holiday lights tour in jubilee here in the city of fitchburg okay so yeah the get get back with the gore is uh... a night at promaga or gore uh... we have vendors we have live music we have mrs claus we have al we have carriage rides we have

carolers

all kinds of stuff and then of course

tons of Christmas lights over here.

For people that do videos, Instagram-worthy spots for people to come take pictures, you can do your family photo over here because there's so many lights.

Just a lot of really fun things to do at Get Bested with Agora.

So how did you get involved in this?

Was this your idea?

Tell us a little bit about how this was concepted.

So ProMega is one of our major employers here in Fitchburg and they have a great community engagement team here that really gets the community going and really involved.

Our chamber is very young, we're only 25 years old, so a lot of our businesses started doing these community events before we were even started.

So they started doing this, get festive with Agora, and then the chamber wanted to help make it even bigger and better.

So then we partnered with them, we're really good partners with them.

uh... and we partner with them to make it even bigger and better uh... so it was happening just before covid happened for a couple years and then it shut down during covid and then we brought it back uh... last year uh... because it was one of the events that everybody just really missed during the holiday season so uh... it's kind of you can get some last-minute christmas shopping done to have a lot of local small vendors that come out and it's really cool holiday stuff and books and

jewelry and things like that, you know, to give to those loved ones that you're looking for.

So Get Festive with Agora is kind of a kickoff event for Fitchburg Hotty Lights Tour in Jubilee.

All of this sounds like I'm not going to lie, Brandon.

My heart is overjoyed right now just saying the words you guys have put together for this little festival.

It's really fun.

It looks very fun.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's really great.

Um, you know, as, as the chamber, we really want, when we kind of helped partner with this, um, we added the Jubilee part because we wanted our, because a lot of our businesses

put on different events like me and julio does brunch with the grinch uh... this saturday from nine to one we have some of our businesses are doing candle making some reef decorating uh... live music uh... free gift wrapping if you don't want to wrap your gift over it yeah if you over at target you grab your gift go on over to matt winery to no wrap them for you right there uh... so lots of really great things that are happening at our businesses and and not to mention that

Fire Station 1 is going to have Santa is gonna be there and they're gonna decorate all of the fire trucks and the ambulances and the police cars with lights and it looks really cool so that's on Saturday night.

The gift wrapping alone sounds like it's worth the price

of admission

and tell everybody what the price of admission is.

It's free, there's nothing for it.

Yeah, it's all free to the community.

We have really great partnerships with the city, with the chamber, with ProMega.

So it's all free to the community to come out and just enjoy.

It's going to be a little chilly, but we actually rented a huge tent.

that all of this is going to take place in on on Friday for get better for the Gora.

So all of our vendors and some food vendors and things like that are all going to be inside of a heated tent.

And then our retailers over here are going to have things going on as well, like face painting, cookie decorating, free spa services.

Oh

my gosh.

Wow.

It's

a huge

amount.

Yeah, it sounds like it.

Brandon Rounds is my guest.

He's the director of partnerships for the city of Fitchburg, a fine little burg right outside of Madison, Wisconsin.

I love the treats you guys are serving.

You've got food from a hop house, I think I'm saying that right.

Traveling toms, Julie's fork in the road, Ben's pretzels.

I had a guest on last night, and at their big soiree, they were serving deviled eggs.

So if I have to choose between the two, I'm coming to Fitchburg.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, definitely come on over.

We have all those really great vendors.

We also we're giving away free s'mores.

We'll have some fire pits out here.

So people can come over and make some s'mores and we'll have letters to Santa.

So if the kids want to write letters to Santa, we have a special mailbox just for kids.

So

I'll get the

letters out.

And just, I'm guessing this really builds community in a city that already seems to have a lot of that.

Is it the kind of community, like tell us a little bit about Fitchburg, if you would, Brandon, for those of us up here in northeast Wisconsin.

Yeah, of course.

You know, Fitchburg is a, you know, we're a suburb of Madison, but we're, what I like to say is we're kind of one of those, we're a small town, we have that small town community feel.

I come from a small town in Southwest Wisconsin, and I moved to the Madison area.

I actually moved to Fitchburg, and I,

I feel at home here, I feel that that small town mentality, especially coming from a small town.

And but yet we're growing.

We're at about 34 to 36,000 people at this point, but we're still got that really small town feel because Madison's way over that.

So really great community.

We do a lot of these really great events to keep the community involved throughout the year.

And it's just a really great community over here.

The event, what we're talking about here is called Get Festive with Agora.

It's the way Fitchburg kicks off its holiday lights and tour in Jubilee.

There's all kinds of fun stuff.

It's totally free.

Cookies, carriage rides, s'mores, free gift wrapping.

You can't beat that.

Do you have a favorite Christmas movie, Brandon?

Yeah, actually, I was just debating this with a friend of mine recently.

And to be honest, I think my favorite Christmas movie is Home Alone.

That's a great choice.

Yeah

Yeah, it's I mean it's kind of one of those is it really a Christmas movie or is it you know, what is it?

But I it's definitely got to be a Christmas movie.

It's more of a Christmas movie than diehard which a lot of people say and I'll even give them that but Home Alone is great like the last 20 minutes are hilarious and I love the build-up too.

It's just a great film Before we let you go Brandon and I wish you luck with this great event.

It sounds like so much fun I ask everybody that comes on the show what they could recommend when it comes to binge watching because I'm a big color TV guy.

I love my TV

What can you recommend?

Are you binge watching anything?

You know, I'm a new homeowner.

I've been a homeowner for two years.

I always want to change things in my home.

So I love to binge watch anything, HGTV.

So my one channel that I love to just watch when I'm not doing anything.

That is fantastic.

Well, you answered all of my questions.

It sounds like it feels like I asked him 67 questions, Conrad.

See what I did there.

Brandon, thank you so

much.

I got

it right away.

I knew you would.

Have a great festival and drink some eggnog for us or eat some cookies and Merry Christmas and happy holidays, buddy.

Well, dude, thanks for having us.

Appreciate it.

You got it any time.

All right, check out the Get Festive with Agora.

I like that name.

It's a cool name, isn't it?

It's a cool name, and that's a cool name.

And then you've got the Fitchburg Holiday Lights Tour in Jubilee.

In Jubilee, when you add Jubilee to a name, it's almost like you're putting pressure.

Because it sounds like it's going to be spectacular.

So it better be fun.

And I'm sure it is.

I'm sure

it's a great little

town.

So we've got some social media responses to the question of the night, which is, what do you want for Christmas?

And Rich Lucasio, our pal at WRJN and our favorite wrestling announcer.

What was my nickname again?

What was my wrestling

nickname?

Do you just want me to play it?

Yeah, play it.

Well, the Pine Tree Mawler.

Yeah, let's play it anyway,

though.

I can play it

right now.

Just like you're in Rich's voice.

You want me to?

Yeah.

OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Rich Lucasio.

You're listening to Nightlight with Pete Schwabba.

I would like to introduce to you the pine tree mauler from Marinette, Wisconsin.

He is Pete

Schwabba!

That's like jubilee.

It's hard to follow that.

I'm more like the pine tree maul walker.

I don't maul

anybody.

Do you go to your mall and just walk around like?

I have and I'll tell you what when I first moved back from LA I was freezing like crazy and my wife and I would go walk at the mall and the Marinette mall used to be hoppin But now it's like most malls are a lot of malls.

It's it's a little better now But when we first got bought got back here there were empty stores and we would play this game where we would try to remember what store was where like when we were in high school but The funny thing about mall walking is you feel like a real athlete

Because we were in our early 40s and we were like lapping people it's on your left on your left And it's hard you get the urge like to check somebody, but you don't

I used to work at them.

You know the apples

the fox

the fox Valley champs.

Yeah, we're good

champs

and you know I get there and as soon as this mall opened There'd be some walkers.

Yeah, and you know, they're not they're wearing coats

Right.

Yeah walking around with hats and gloves on I'm like, how are they doing this?

Cuz they're elderly right

or they're old I guess but like still just be

really really sweaty.

That's hilarious.

I Want a dickie like cousin Eddie.

That's what I want for Christmas.

I'm easy Go spend three bucks.

Get me a dickie so I can look like cousin Eddie, you know, I just watch that movie again.

Did you

really two days ago?

You know what sucks?

That was our go-to that home alone Sometimes it's a wonderful life.

My kids weren't as crazy about that one, but now that they're out of the house I don't really watch the like sometimes when they come home will throw them in but I miss watching those movies during the build-up to Christmas, you know So I want a dickie like cousin Eddie Sarah Jean on the on the social media platform says for someone to organize my record collection and update my inventory sheet There you go

Pete.

There you get a record collection.

That's impressive

You think she's got 67 of

them?

We're not making this a thing, are we?

JB Thompson, guy behind the guy.

Behind the guy.

Wants quiet.

I can dig that.

He's still got young kids.

And Amanda Nimmer, our WGBW pal and producer says, made service forever on my list.

All right, keep those questions.

Keep those answers coming, folks.

What do you want for Christmas?

That's what we're talking about here on Nightlight.

We are coming right back to read more of your texts.

It's Pete Schwabba in Nightlight on the Civic Media radio network.

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Only one more full week after this one before we, before our, one of our favorite holidays, my favorite holiday.

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Arbor day.

Dude, you're using my material.

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of Conrad, I don't need to

pick on Conrad, because his mom just texted in

from the

920.

Paula Krieger says to win the lottery.

Because our question of the night is, what do you want for Christmas?

And you can call us too, folks.

Phone lines are always open here at nightlight.

855-752-4842.

Paula Krieger, Conrad's mom wants to win the lottery.

Would she share that with you?

Yeah, and I think so.

Because there's always that thing like a parent would say, well, he's going to work for it.

He's not going to appreciate it.

I'm just going to give him a couple million bucks.

She's going to give me a couple of saw bucks.

A couple of saw bucks.

That's all you want.

That's just one saw buck for Christmas.

You're not exactly aiming high there, Conrad.

I'll

take a

million saw bucks.

There you go.

Mark from the 608 says, since they removed 69, how long will it be before they remove 96?

Yeah.

Although.

When it comes to SEX because I don't think I can say that word No, when it comes to sex, I don't know what a 96 would be that would be an awkward position.

I think but

Hey, you're both just looking just want

nothing

to do

with each other.

It's the exact

opposite of 69 So, uh, yeah, we're talking a little bit about 67 and I think it's kind of let the kids have their fun.

Let them laugh Can't keep trying to squash 67 it's a number

It's discriminatory.

I have this, the picture that Terry Barr sends.

Yeah, put that up in the stream, please.

That was hilarious about Terry Barr.

Naughty, nice.

And then 67 is checked with a candy cane.

If you're watching on the stream, Terry also says her, her answer to tonight's question is, what do you want for Christmas?

Terry says the beach, please.

I'm with you there, Terry.

That's great.

And that'll be.

That will be a big probably a big Attraction holiday parties this year the

67 if you if you have an ugly sweater party.

I recommend that

one totally Our pal RC Martin also known as Rob Martin one of the stars of the godfather of Green Bay says I love snow.

I don't

Is that in response to the question you think Conn or is Rob just being a goof?

Rob is a goof.

I think he just loves the snow.

He likes to have fun with us.

He says cozy, Rob, you have to text that in on the app, buddy.

You have to have the app to qualify for the text to win contest.

So text cozy in on the app, buddy, and you will be all set.

So we've got more responses to get to here.

Tim Baker on social media says a pocket fisherman.

Oh God, I totally remember that.

Those are big.

You just pull it out of your pocket and you cast.

It's a genius.

That's pretty sick.

Totally sick.

I don't know where you keep the worms.

In the other pocket.

Yeah, just in the other pocket.

Pocket full of

bad intentions.

Richard Vargas on social media says, a certification for people who make burritos at Chipotle so they spread all the ingredients evenly.

I hate it when all the guacamole is lumped in one place.

Serenity now.

I love that text so much on Facebook.

I responded to it earlier because it really cracked me up.

It was so specific.

And Richard's got a point.

They do do that, but I don't mind smearing it around myself, I guess.

He seemed a little tightly wound when he sent that in.

But I respect that.

Thank you, Richard.

That made me laugh.

Anna Winterstar.

Love that name.

She said, peace on Earth.

I knew someone was gonna say that, and it's really probably about the best answer you can give to this question.

Thank you, Anna.

Tony Zimmerman says, all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, and then he responded to his own post and said, and I've got them, so I'm set.

I don't know what to make of that.

He'll never be let down.

If you ask for something you already have, you're always gonna be happy, because you'll always get it.

I don't have solvux, so I'm good.

Yeah, you need a little scratch.

little cabbage, little lettuce.

Matt Cassane on the social media platform says, world peace and cash.

I agree with that answer.

I'd probably reverse those, because I'm selfish.

You had to saw books first?

Yeah, I'm addicted to the word saw books now.

I know, I love that.

I'll take a double

saw book.

Just give me 20s.

Mike Desethel says, a day without pain, physical or emotional.

Mike has gone through some stuff.

Feel better, buddy.

I hope you get that this year for Christmas.

We've also got some from the text line Chris Casper in the 608 He's responding to what we were talking about before When people grab the microphone and Rip one so everyone in the department store can hear these are all over the place on social media people doing grown men farting into a microphone At like a Walmart.

It's pretty funny.

It is fun.

I'm more amused that a guy would do that

In some cases, he's probably a dad or an executive.

We're just a tiktoker trying to get some laughs and likes.

I guess so.

Chris says farting will always be funny.

Hard to disagree with that, Chris.

Monica from Mount Horum in the 608 says, nightlight scraper should have both your voices or farts?

Well, I don't know what to... So every time you scrape your windshield, it makes a fart noise.

Or it says, one of us

says, nice job.

Jim from the 920 says, bondage, degradation, sadism, yes, I knew this, and masochism.

Those are the four.

That's BDSM.

We were talking about that before, the lovable teddy bear.

He says, you don't want to know.

I don't know what you're into, Jim.

We're coming right back.

It's Nightlight with Pete Chihuahua.

Act 2 starts next on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Broadcasting live statewide 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 who gives edible undies as gifts just because they taste good, Pete Schwabba.

Hey,

welcome back,

folks.

There's time for act 2 of nightlight on this beautiful Wednesday evening Hope you're having a great day.

This is a great time of year.

I think I get more excited What other holiday besides Arbor Day Con right?

Do you think you have the build up to Thanksgiving have a little bit?

Kind of the fourth but I would

say the next probably is the fourth Yeah, cuz you always are able to do something, you know a family and stuff like that.

Maybe Easter I know when you're when you're a kid Easter is cool

partially because of the holiday, but also partially because of spring break.

Also you get those

little

Easter baskets.

True.

That's exactly right.

All right, so if you missed the first hour, folks, we had a great talk with Brandon Rounds.

He was the city manager.

What was Brandon's title count?

He was like manager of partnerships or something for the city of Fitchburg.

And events.

Yeah, they have a great...

activity happening this weekend called Get Festive with Agora.

Check that out.

It was fun to talk to Brandon.

We talked a little bit about the number 67.

We don't know why it is what it is.

And I probably sound late to the party.

I'm not.

I just didn't want to, like I've been aware of it for months now, but I just don't, I still haven't figured it out.

And it's occurred to me that kids don't really know why they think 67 or 67 is so funny.

Did you come up with anything on the Google?

No, it's just it's a meme that

You know, it's a meme.

Yeah, it's a meme it's like I Don't know how to explain it, you

know, I'm not you thought it had something to do with mellow ball

Well mellow ball because he said he said six seven in a clip or something when he was in an interview

So kids ran with that what that doesn't make any sense.

There's gotta be something more

There's a song that goes that this guy's six seven in it

And then they put the two together and they did the little metal ball highlights with that song.

Wow,

okay.

I got a brother that's six, seven.

What a stooge he must feel like now.

So we've got a great show tonight, folks.

Kicking off act two here, we will have more text to win information in hour three, but let's refresh.

All of our friends, Conrad, and let them know what the question of the night is.

Here we go.

Let's talk about the

question.

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Questions.

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What do you want for Christmas?

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What do you want for Christmas, folks?

That's the question of the night.

We've had outstanding responses.

The one that took me back down memory lane, I suppose, was Tim Baker's Pocket Fisherman.

I forgot all about that.

Mr. Microphone, that was big one year.

But let us know what you want for Christmas.

I said a dickie like cousin Eddie.

Conrad wants a sawbuck.

That's his new favorite word.

It's a $10 bill and that's all he wants.

He's a very simple If you get Conrad in the office grab bag or Secret Santa, you're in good shape Although if the limit is 20 you should give him two sub bucks.

No,

that's fine.

Yeah, all right very exciting night here tonight at nightlight folks Dick Chudnow will be here at 635.

He is a Wisconsin comedy institution He founded co-founded comedy sports and he was part of the

The comedy team, the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abraham's, they all went to shorewood high school, then University of Wisconsin Madison, started the Kentucky Fried Theater.

The other three went out to LA and made movies and Dick stayed here and created comedy sports, which has been around for over 40 years.

They're in several cities right now.

And I'm excited to have him on the show.

That's at 6.35.

And Northeast Wisconsin stage actor, Martin Prevost, will be here to tell us about some upcoming shows that you can check out here in the Green Bay area.

He will be in studio at 7.20.

And just a couple minutes, I'll have my pal, Sean Katzback, on the show to talk about a really cool event going on in Marinette this weekend at the Community Rec Center.

So we'll talk about that.

Monica from Mount Horrib and the 608 says, world peace.

Santa's got his work cut out for him.

How's he gonna fit that in his sack?

I don't know, Monica.

Santa's got his work cut out for him every year, don't you think?

Monica also says, maybe I should have said a farting nightlight scraper.

Folks, I will just say this.

Fart jokes are fine once in a while.

I am not, you know, I used to be a comic.

I never wanted to go for that easy laugh.

But I do admit, I laugh.

Who doesn't laugh at farts?

But there will never be a nightlight farting scraper.

Mostly because I don't even know what that is.

So there you go.

Conrad, you started something, I think.

Do we have Sean?

Not yet.

Oh, we don't have Sean.

Is he calling us or are we calling him?

He's calling him.

He's calling in?

Oh, yeah.

He said he was going to set a reminder on his watch, on his wrist clock.

So we'll see.

Hopefully Sean remembers to call in because I do want to talk about this.

Steam is a great band.

13 piece orchestra jazz band.

They're going to play all the classics up there in Marinette this weekend.

And here's what I think is kind of cool.

The band is led by Steve March Tormé, who is the son of Mel Tormé.

Very famous, I think composer, musician.

But Steve lives in Appleton.

So, Steve and I swapped messages today.

He's gonna be on the show at some point.

I'm really curious as to how he ended up in Appleton.

So we'll talk about that.

And he's got a really, really cool band, a 13 piece band called Steam, S-T-E-E-M.

And they're playing in Marinette at a really cool event called From Kids.

Kids from 1 to 92.

You know this from a song, Khan.

Do you know that?

I didn't, yeah.

Thanks for the information.

So you got it.

We'll we'll talk to Sean When he calls in what how we doing with texts am I caught up?

Well, we got a couple new ones about you know the question of the night

on the text line

Yeah,

I love that.

I love that people want to text in so let's go to that We'll read some text and then I've got some stress news the holidays can be very stressful folks So if you are having issues with stress We could talk about that because I'm gonna tell you some of the things here that can get you really stress out

around the holidays, specifically.

Our pal, Chris Casper, again from the 608, love to hear.

I love when Chris went, Chris, oh, that would be a sweet nickname.

Casper, if you're still listening, think about going with one name and just calling yourself Chris.

Hey man, that monitor's out.

Get Chris on the blower.

What's going on?

We need a new computer.

Chris is on his way up to Green Bay for Madison.