Packers, Pies, and Punchlines(Hour 1)

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A guy who appreciates a nice hot meal at a fair price.

Pete Schwabba.

Hey, hey!

Welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

It is finally Monday.

Pardon me.

And I am so excited to be back on the air.

We've got so much to talk about tonight.

So much happened over the weekend, especially here in Wisconsin.

Those of you who are Packer fans, and there are many, we will...

try to bring a smile to your face tonight, try to cheer you up as the results from this weekend.

Four Packer fans, Conrad included, were not great, and it was not a very good way to end the season.

Now, I've made it very clear on the show that I'm a Bears fan, and yes, I'm happy about the win, and all I can tell you, you listening, Con?

I'm listening.

All right.

This is what it's been like for the last 30 years as a bear fan.

So as much as I feel bad for you guys, I actually do because I've been on that side of it and it was no fun.

How are you doing, Conn?

I'm doing all right.

Hanging in there.

I got the wordle in two today, so that's

good.

I've not done the wordle yet.

You know, the one time the wordle, I used to, I usually do a do for my first word.

And in the past, audio is another one with four vowels.

So I would do that.

So I would switch back and forth and about

Probably two years ago a year and a half ago.

I switched to a do and the word was audio So

if I

had guessed audio, I would have had it one.

I'm

sure that's been done before But I've got a handful of twos this year or in the last couple months I should say but

I keep it the same every time just in case that that's smart

I will never change it.

Now I do do all the time because I feel like they're

gonna make that.

It's gonna do it.

Yeah, but when I do it like my wife and my daughter and if my son's around we'll do it together and we always pick a word and go from there and I know that will be a do that time too when I pick the word like brick or something, you know, so.

But two is good.

I start with I start with dream.

That's my that's my go-to word.

Well, that's a good one because I dreamed to get it in one.

Very well done.

And you also keep the S and the T like those are good go-to letters, but you also keep your S keep your T and Yeah, there you go.

I'm excited.

I now knowing that you got it in two I usually do it with my wife when I get home at night and I'll have to figure out

Don't don't don't do a dream.

You can't switch up

now.

That's true Although I think you'd be a pal and tell me if it was a do if that was the word

Well, I'm not gonna tell you what the word is.

All right, whatever.

That is Conrad Krieger, folks, producing the show tonight.

I am Pete Schwab.

It is great to have you with us.

We have a really good show tonight.

Some outstanding guests.

A fun question.

We will break down the events of the weekend.

We'll talk a little Bears Packers.

We'll talk a little Golden Globe Awards maybe next hour.

We'll get to that.

Some fun stuff happening.

I didn't know that there was an ARP Awards, AARP.

They give movie awards out they already announced them over the weekend We talked about that a little bit too, but the celebration or the event I should say will be airing in late February And it's kind of cool because they chose different like I would say a lot of the films that have been chosen in the award show so far are kind of repetitive It's a lot of the same films and the ARP Awards were not that they had some different Some different winners some that were nominated

For the Golden Globes or Critics Choice or whatever, but different winners, which is kind of fun and I didn't even know that Anybody can have film awards con you could give out Conrad's film awards Yes, I could might take you a while to get some traction

everything would be going to Marty supreme

We my son Joe who?

Periodically will do movie reviews.

He'll come out and give like a quick five-minute movie review saw a primate

So

that movie actually looks kind of scary to be honest like because the plot is that the the ape gets Yeah, it's like

a family pet Yeah, and it gets rabies and I thought I read where the whole family had to stay in the pool or something to protect themselves I

don't know.

Well, I saw that in the you know in the three-minute commercial where I pretty much saw the whole movie,

right?

Yeah, but he liked it.

He thought it was an amazing premise.

He went with a group.

That's kind of fun movie, too, to see with a group like Anaconda or something like that.

But we'll probably have Joe on Tuesday or Wednesday, because I do want to hear about that movie.

I said, save it for the air.

I don't want to hear about it too much, because I think it'll be fun to talk about.

So at some point, we'll talk about primate.

But Avatar number one again at the box office.

I still haven't seen it.

Really?

I don't know.

Well, this weekend, I'll probably go because there's no.

Packer football.

No Packer football.

So let's jump into that.

Let's get the elephant out of the room so we can proceed Well, and you know what Connie Feldman is gonna be here at 535 great

reporter something about it, too

She'll have Packer thoughts.

Mike Clemens is here at 610 Sherry Stoker nutritionist is here at 635.

She is from Wisconsin.

I believe still lives here She might have thoughts and then at least in the last hour

One of our favorites, Rob Brackenridge, will be here with his good pal, Mike Merrifield.

Both of them phenomenal stand-up comedians and Wisconsinites.

So maybe we can go out on a laugh and put everybody at ease tonight, but there will be some packer talk over the course of the show.

It was such a... It was crazy that that was only the third time in over a hundred years they met in the playoffs.

Yeah, and the Bears are two and one against us in the playoffs.

Is that true?

Yeah.

How far are you going back for that other victory because the Packers beat the Bears and was it 2010 or 2012 2010

when we won the Super Bowl?

I think that's the year.

Lovey Smith kind of rested his starters And not maybe the Packers would have won anyway, but the Packers won and I think that got them into the playoffs Is that true or is that 2012?

I'm thinking of I don't know if it

was the

Super Bowl year or not, but anyway that that one hurt a lot so We're two in one against the Packers in the playoffs.

That's crazy

and you know it was a tough one definitely for sure I mean but it's like kind of how it went till a year basically

yeah

and the second half the floor plays down to his competition and Ben Johnson has a crazy comeback one like just how we've been seeing all year it's just yeah it happens

it has been an insane I don't think it's been exciting if for Bears fans with those comebacks I don't think that's

any way to live permanently in the NFL like and I do think Ben Johnson is a little crazy going for it.

I

know I mean those were crazy to go for it but insane but I know

you don't trust your defense but you're sending them a terrible message too because there are a bunch of gritty guys I know they're not a good defense they have no pass rush they can't stop the run but

to go for it then at least punt it maybe the special teams guy fumbles it or you get a takeaway or I mean that is he's got to be a little crazy and I don't understand Conrad this fight he's kind of picked with the floor

yeah I mean I think it's just he wants to you know the rivalry to continue because it's like I don't know it's like that handshake at the end of the game was oh my gosh it made me laugh

a lot

He looked a little crazy when he went in for the handshake, dude, because he just took a header, one of his players knocked him over, and then he went and shook LaFleur's hand, and I'm sure LaFleur is still dealing with what just happened.

But I don't know if they're going for a Mike, or if Johnson, I should say.

And a lot of Bears fans are saying, oh, the Packers are trash talking all week.

I don't know if that's true or not.

Is that where the Packers kind of

did?

This is the thing is they said, oh, yeah, because last week it was like, we're either going to play the Eagles or the Bears.

You know and then the right the Packers players like well, we want the Bears.

Oh Right,

okay.

I wouldn't call that track.

Well, I mean it's Confrontative.

I don't

know if I call

it trash talk

Honestly, I would have played the Eagles after watching what they did last night

Yeah, that was weird too.

Hi.

Tell me is

are the Chargers a bad team is Justin Herbert a good quarterback?

He has no time in the pocket ever like it's like he gets the ball and then there's already a guy right there

I feel like there's no one like for him like I saw the stat yesterday that Three of his offensive linemen are rated last for offensive linemen, okay?

No,

I know he was getting rushed, but I this guy just seems like he's never want to play off game

Yeah, he's

got all the tools.

He looks like a quarterback.

He's tall.

I just don't know if he's a good Good or not,

you know, I

mean like everybody needs a line.

I mean there I think this could be like a drew breeze kind of thing

He will trade him Harba, you know, he'll go to another team and he'll

be great.

Oh speaking of crazy Harba's type that would do something like that, too Here's what I do on okay.

This is alright.

So here's what happened Saturday.

We went to Chicago.

I took my wife and my two kids We met a couple family members down there and watch the game and the game would have cost me us I should say 25 hundred bucks minimum And I go if I'm not like I was kind of expect I didn't think

The Packers were slightly favored.

I'm like, I'm not going to go pay.

And then if they lose, I'll be furious.

Had I known they were going to, the Bears were going to win, I would have paid.

But who knows that?

But so we just went to a bar.

We got a great deal on a hotel.

We went to a bar.

Here's what, and I told you this before the show.

I don't like fans that yell and try to emasculate NFL players while they're sitting on their fat butts in a sports bar.

And I saw this in Chicago.

And I saw this online with Packer fans and all NFL fans do it.

They try to They use the word bitch like they're yelling like sit down you like What are you doing?

Like you're not in the game.

You're a fan So to sort of denigrate a professional athlete I mean I get cheering but I get uncomfortable with that I get uncomfortable with the Ben Johnson Lafleur thing these two guys are both like these clean cut

good guys in front of the, I don't, it seems manufactured to me.

And Johnson's doing, I will admit.

Yeah, I mean, so there's this thing called, I don't have it anymore, I wish I still did, but it's called a Packer Brick, all right?

And it's, it's just, you know, it has like, it's like a pillow pretty much, but it's in the shape of a brick and has a Packers logo on it.

And every time you get a little angry, you just chuck that thing at the TV, instead of saying words.

And

it works, you know?

It just gets your hostility

out or whatever

you see these terrible like there was a montage of reels of both sides of fans and people breaking TVs I mean get a grip and I've been mad I've been but at the end of the day and then I see kids like I felt a little bit worse about the wind when I saw this Packer fan this kid just started balling

And I want to say to the parents.

Yeah, tell them it doesn't matter.

It's not that important But also your kid you it was horrible to see that you know,

I mean I definitely Would when I was younger I'd cry over team my team's losing really that's just cuz I love sports so much.

I Did do it.

I think it's gotten more Important in our culture.

I don't ever

remember crying over something like it would hurt, you know if my team didn't win but I

Yeah, I seen a bunch of posts like on

TikTok or Twitter.

I was like, it's probably like these kids that have TikTok accounts.

They're like, yeah, I cried all night.

Yeah.

Like, oh, okay.

Oh my God.

You know what I did after the game?

I was at my brother's and I was, I was planning just to stay at his house because it got, it was like, I was like, I want to go home.

I sat in silence for a 30 minute ride home.

Just thought about it.

That is

so funny because that's what we, in this bar we were at.

You know, I hadn't been around other Bears fans in so long.

We just sat there like we couldn't believe what we had just seen.

Especially after what happened.

That's why I was thinking there's no way they're gonna come back again.

Because of what happened three weeks ago.

It was shocking.

I mean it was a, I truly feel for Packer fans because I've been on that side of it.

many, many times against Aaron Rodgers who tore our hearts out many times, but condolences to Packer fans.

Congratulations to Bear.

The rivalry is officially back.

That's one thing is for sure.

So we know that.

And I'll say this, the one thing I saw yesterday that really made me happy was Matthew Golden finally getting a touchdown.

Oh, yeah.

He looked great.

And this is like, I'm finally happy that he

kind of took a jump just in the playoffs, too, out of all things.

Well, maybe that's something we can mention to Mike Clements, who will be here to break down the game for us at 6'10".

Connie Feldman coming up after new sports and weather, which is just 10 minutes away, folks.

Sit tight.

We are coming right back with the question of the night.

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I'm Pete Schwab.

This is Nightlight.

Happy Monday, everybody.

Great to have you here.

We've got a really fun week of guests coming your way this week and a really fun night tonight.

As I mentioned, Connie Feldman will be here after the news, which is coming up in just about eight minutes.

We've got news, sports, and weather.

We'll talk to Connie about some of the things going on around here locally.

Have a nice discussion with our friend.

She's been on the show before and we love when she joins us.

And then after the top of the hour, Mike Clemens will be here at about 6'10", breaking down the Packer Bear Game.

And then Sheri Stoka, nutritionist and Wayless MD founder here in Wisconsin.

She will join us at 6'35".

And we're going to ask Sheri.

How to shed those extra few pounds you might have put on during the holidays.

Did you put weight on con during the holidays?

I mean, yeah, I didn't work out for like two weeks.

So I probably And I ate a bunch of good food.

So

I did read something

not too far back where people say you'd be surprised how much weight you don't like everybody kind of does that I think they stop working out for two weeks they eat a lot and they go oh my god I gained 20 pounds it's really only like a pound or two that you can work off pretty quickly if you're if you're like serious about it so we will ask Sherry about that I actually did put on 20 pounds

So, I have lots to ask our friend Sherry.

And then, in hour number three, Rob Brackenridge, Appleton-based, very funny stand-up comedian.

And another, I believe this other gentleman is also from Appleton.

I know he is a Wisconsin comedian.

Mike Merrifield will be here.

They're going to be here together because they're doing a football fundraiser for me and Marinette that I do every year.

January 31st, these two outstanding comedians.

The people of Marinette do not know what they are in for on January 31st.

They're both going to be in the studio, so we'll get some laughs before we get out of here tonight.

It'll be fun to have Rob, who we have on regularly, and Mike.

It will be his first time on the show, so I'm excited to meet Mike.

But that's a fun show.

Right now, before we go any further...

And before the news, let's get 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.

Yesterday was national Sunday dinner day.

What is your favorite tradition that involves food?

What is your favorite tradition that involves food?

I used to love Sunday dinners.

We used to have them in my family a lot.

We'd go out to my grandparents in the suburbs and have Sunday dinner every week.

And that was a lot of fun.

So I would say that would be mine, but I have a couple others.

But let us know what your favorite tradition is that involves food.

It could be a holiday dinner, hot dog eating contest, Joey Chestnut, whatever.

Whatever floats your boat when it comes to food.

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I'm just going to say, I'm going to come right out and say it, foreplay.

Um,

really explain?

I like eating a casserole.

awful woman's butt.

No, I just, you know, I was just trying to be silly, but I have a lot of, I love, I don't think people really eat dinner as much together

as they

used to.

I know it was tough to do in my family with my kids because they were so busy and I think that's a challenge of a lot of families, but so I will just say a basic dinner, but I also love ordering food, specifically bad food during what I like to call a sports contest.

That's a good one cuz you know I've had my fair share of bad food and watching football games wings pizza That stuff, but I'd say my favorite thing is a is a nice hot dog at the ballpark.

Oh, that's a good one Yeah, yeah,

you know when I was younger washing it down with a Pepsi, but now washing it down with a summer shanny.

There you go That's a great one.

Yeah ballpark food or any you know the other night

this bar we were at we just the food wasn't great so I kind of felt cheated I'm in Chicago a good food city so we went to Portillo's got a couple beef sandwiches way too late at night so I would say watching my favorite is probably and I'll throw a movie in there too like if you go to Flix Brewhouse in Madison love getting a decent meal while you're watching a movie or during a game whether you're watching it at home or like you said con eating a hot dog at the ballpark you cannot beat that those are great

How about a pancake breakfast?

I mean, that's great

too.

Yeah.

Yeah, I also say taco Tuesday.

Oh, I saw you said that

yeah taco Tuesday

I don't do it much often anymore, but like when you know and like In high school they do taco Tuesday just for the lunches, you know

Absolutely

or just after that.

It's just taco Tuesday is great going out to get a taco from a place

Yeah,

on Tuesday.

Could you leave your campus when you were in high school

during

lunch?

We, a senior year we could if we got, like, I forget what it was called, but yeah, we could.

A B average.

Yeah, this is open campus.

You could go out to eat for, eat for lunch or whatever, but there wasn't many options in Qosco.

That's kind of cool.

Subway, Dairy Queen or McDonald's.

Those are your options in

Qosco?

The options.

Man,

and isn't it funny?

Like it was the same way in Marinette.

I remember being at a bar and a woman saying, oh, we're getting an Arby's.

I hope we get an Arby's.

She was so excited.

Like when you're in these tiny towns, unless you get, you know, a nice restaurant, that's what you hope for is fast food, but that is different, you know?

So let us know what your favorite way or what your favorite tradition is that involves food.

Folks, that is our question of the night.

And...

We've got Connie Feldman coming up in the news, coming up in just a couple minutes.

I do have to say, Con, this was kind of funny.

I don't know if we've only got a few seconds here, but these guys in the train, these Packer fans sat right in front of us.

There were these young guys having fun.

They had energy drinks, shots, beer, and my son said they were doing zins, like nicotine patch.

What is your goal there?

You even remember the game one energy drink.

I don't even think I It's insane sounds like a great night.

That's celebrating with food.

Oh, that's a food tradition.

We're

coming right back New sports and weather is next Connie Feldman is coming up at 535.

I am so glad you're here folks.

It is Monday Let's party.

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I'm Pete Schwabba.

This is Nightlight with Pete Schwabba.

It is so great to have you with me tonight, folks.

Lots of fun stuff happening on the show.

Connie Feldman, WGBW reporter, will be here in just a couple minutes.

Mike Clemens after the top of the hour, and then we've got nutritionist Sheri Stoka at 6.35, and then two really outstanding comedians joining me at 7.20 in the studio.

Local Fellows, Rob Brackenridge and Mike Merrifield.

So there's your guest lineup.

Our question of the night is, and I've thought about this too much.

Yesterday was National Sunday Dinner Day.

What is your favorite tradition that involves food?

I said foreplay.

Conrad said something much more wholesome.

Taco Tuesday.

Well, it's a nice hot dog.

At the ballpark

a nice hot dog at the ballpark.

That's a good one, too We will ask Connie Feldman what she thinks too when she joins the show.

I saw this this was Kind of funny 10 things we want to stop caring about in 2026 Yeah,

where's the Packers is that and number one?

So how long will it take you I will say when I was younger like when I was your age It took me longer to get over something but like I said

We as bear fans we've had our hearts ripped out and part of it was just This maybe this hurts more you tell me what you think but Aaron Rodgers was just a better player than anybody we had So even though it looked like we had the game in the bag Rodgers would come down and win and throw a touchdown and he would trash talk and say his stuff But he was a better player.

It was I mean,

you

know, these two teams are pretty even they've had a lot of injuries certainly the Packers as of late But I don't know

I think Micah Parsons is the best player on that field, you know, when he's healthy at all times, but.

Right.

That's just how it goes.

And now I'm just, you know, I didn't have too much expectations going to this game, just because how many injuries and just lost four in a row.

Yeah, but you guys got a lot of players back, which had to, I mean, Jordan Love looked really sharp.

He did look, he looked great.

He looked great during the game.

So he's obviously all healed up.

Yes, and I forgot okay top ten things to stop caring about

The backers is your number one So We got a text on the stream to from my pal Alan Martin who says glad to hear you're still a Bears fan Pete that game could have gone to either team Yeah, that's a diplomatic way of looking at it.

I

It was just one of those games you can- You know what, Con?

It too, it's- You can't believe it happened after what happened three weeks ago.

That's what's

so crazy.

Yeah.

You know what I

mean?

Yeah.

Also on the stream, Stacy Sue answering our question of the night.

She says, I have fond memories of my Swedish grandmother and her Swedish Christmas cookies.

They were delicious, so every Christmas I make her cookies.

Oh, that's nice, Stacy Sue.

What are Swedish Christmas cookies?

I don't know.

Stacey Sue, you should maybe send us a recipe if you want.

Send us the samples.

Well, let's figure that out.

But thank you for the text either way, Stacey Sue.

And we've got Connie Feldman coming up in just a moment.

She will be here live and in person.

And she's very demanding.

She said she'd like to be flown in for her appearance.

And she wants a per diem.

And we gave that to her.

And now she's here.

So we will talk to her in just a moment.

But yeah, I want to get to this kind because there are things that you people don't, they don't want to stress about in 2026.

And the first one, I'll just tease you with this, responding to texts as soon as possible.

One person said they intentionally wait now because they don't want to establish an expectation.

And that makes sense to me.

Because my kids were like that for a long time.

They would have to be, respond right away.

And I hate that expectation.

I couldn't do it.

You respond right away, do you give a cushion

there?

Depends on the person.

Like, you know, if it's you, I'll probably wait two days or something.

Yeah.

I've noticed.

If it's my parents, I'll text them back.

Do you get right back to them?

Well, of course.

Yeah.

Paula and Steve, always nice to get a text back from Conrad.

All right, here's number 10 things you can't control There's no use stressing over stuff.

You can't do about anything, but it's a tough one.

Everyone does it That is the one thing I try to teach my kids is like if you can't control it take it off your plate Yeah, yeah, you know if it's something like you're late.

That's on you whatever But if you if it's out of your control it is wasted worry Number nine buying a house it's gotten so hard a lot of people would rather stop stressing and just be happy where they are I always thought I was gonna be a renter

Honestly, I never had any I didn't desire it wasn't even a cost thing as much as it was.

I didn't want to do the upkeep I didn't want to garden cut grass.

It's just not my thing

Yeah, I mean, I like I like renting.

It's pretty nice the last Two plays no three places.

I've lived that I haven't had a shovel the place before that they made a shovel

though.

So that's cool They made you shovel.

He was a part of the

leaves.

Oh, wow really?

Yeah, we had to split duties with like our upstairs neighbors

That's

a house in Milwaukee, you

know, so then you argue like over whose turn it is

Well pretty much we did it all the time because the people upstairs did we're like Well, I thought it was your turn.

I'm just like I'm just gonna get it done just so no arguing

That would be a that would be a deal breaker for me.

I don't think I would

One of my supposed to do it.

I was like, yeah, well this place is open and it's cheap enough that two college kids

And you bench

to probably back then even more, so you

can hit the shovel.

No, I benched less then, because I didn't work out all the time.

That's because you didn't shovel.

In college, I never wanted to go to the gym.

Steve, Conrad's dad checks in.

This is good.

I'd love to hear from Packer fans, guys.

Tell me what you're thinking.

Steve says there's no doubt about it.

The pack will be back.

Hopefully, we will hire a new kicker.

That's probably a consensus, right?

Yeah, I want the substitute teacher back.

That's terrible.

But the LaFleur, I think, is safe.

Let's ask a true pro about what she thinks, whether she has inside information or not.

I don't know, but Connie Feldman is here now in the studio.

She does great work here at WGBW and throughout civic media on the network.

She's one of our pals.

She's been here before and she joins us now in studio to talk about all things Connie.

How are you?

I'm great.

It's good to have you here.

Did you have to come back?

Because you're here all day, right?

I am, I am.

And you have to come back to

be on the show.

See, I was thinking you'd like hang around and it wouldn't be heavy lifting for you to do this.

Well, I thought about it, but then I actually took off early because I'm like, ah, I'm coming back tonight.

We are on the air.

So if you took off early, I don't want you to get in trouble.

I don't want you to

just put.

I think I'm OK.

OK.

You could say

you're recovering a story

or something too.

I spend plenty of hours here.

I think I'm just fine.

Um, how are you

tonight?

How

are

you doing?

I'm doing great.

I'm over it.

You know, I kind of over the Packers loss this morning was a little rough for me.

Yeah, Dan was talking about it and I'm like, I don't think I'm ready to talk yet.

Really?

You kind of have to be though, right?

With what you do?

Yeah.

Where did you watch the game on Saturday night?

At home.

At

home, okay.

Which was unusual.

With your husband?

Yeah.

Or a group?

The whole family.

Nice.

Which was really unusual.

You know I part of me is like I told Conrad earlier as a bear fan.

I

I've had my heart

Literally ripped out of my chest so many times over the last 25 years like You know you guys and this is like usually though was easy for me to stomach because you guys had better players Aaron Rogers is better but far we've never had a quarterback You do now.

Yeah, he's definitely

a

playmaker.

I wish he didn't have to wait

He drives me a little crazy.

I don't think I can live like this much longer.

But what do you do after a loss like that?

What would you tell other Packer fans?

I know for me, I would just watch a movie.

I would try to put sports out of my head when my team lost.

But how do you deal with it?

I don't know.

That's a good question.

Because I don't very well.

I kind of obsess about it.

Do

you do that big a fan?

Wow.

Talk about things that you can't control.

Yeah.

You can't control it.

You can't control it.

Exactly.

It's a great point.

you gotta move on.

Right.

But yeah, you know, and especially games like just even this last one, up until 10 seconds to go, there was still a chance.

Right.

You know, and I always believe they can do it.

And I'll tell you this, the trauma I have as a Bears fan was always, Rogers always did it.

He did, he got, he

got it done.

And

they had all those plays and you know, Love's had a great game.

His

numbers were incredible.

I thought, there's no way we're going to hold them for four plays.

just because of what had happened in the past.

It's trauma, it's sports trauma.

It's not even important and it bothers me that I care, but that's what happens, right?

Did you hear about, Terry Barr did a story today about the rehash of Packers, Bears, Games kind of turns into sports therapy, you know?

Because you kind of got to talk it out.

You got to talk

it out.

Well, that's what we're doing right here tonight.

It's great to have you here.

What do you have yesterday was national...

I can't think of the world food traditions.

Yes, Sunday dinner

Sunday dinner day.

Oh,

what is your favorite tradition that involves food?

And it could be a sporting event I said that's one of my favorite things to do is just order pizza or wings or nachos or something and watch sports

You know, well, it's it's a food tradition.

I guess we I host Thanksgiving dinner every year at our cabins.

Oh nice.

So which sounds really quaint and comfy cozy But there is the issue

Like, last year, this past year, the power went out.

I had two 15-pound birds.

I had to keep cold, but I didn't want to put them outside because there's bears.

You know, there's... I mean, just the fiascos have gone through to do this cozy, quaint tradition.

It's hysterical.

Oh, that's

funny.

But it is.

I mean, it's a great place.

That's a great one.

Then everybody can come to me.

There's not all that driving around on Thanksgiving.

I'll be at the cabin with the bird in the oven.

Come if you're able

and and you seem like one of those people that likes to feed other people that

you just get

joy in Providing that's

so

cool.

That's fun.

All right.

So what is happening Connie Felman is here by the way, folks She is a reporter here at WGBW you hear her work here or in the southern part of the state.

She does outstanding Work here just covering the news

What is going on?

What do we need to know about?

Anything happening locally?

Well, you know, there is, but I'm trying to think of some more lighthearted stuff because what's happening right now are a lot of ice protests.

Yeah.

Oh,

in Green Bay here?

Yeah, well, all around.

But yeah, in Green Bay, the interesting thing about Green Bay is they've doubled in size in just the past week.

Really?

There are a couple dozen folks out, I think, the night of the shooting in Light Park and then the last one this last weekend on Sunday.

There are hundreds of people

there.

And now there's, there's a notice going out from the Oneida business people that, for tribal members to make sure you keep your ID, your tribal ID

handy.

So

that's not late-hearted.

That's not late-hearted, but

that's what's happening.

And I'm proud of myself because I didn't make a joke about people liking warm drinks when you said ice protests.

So I'm a fan.

But you know, I've grown up, Connie.

I don't

think that's appropriate.

So I don't say that kind of stuff anymore.

It reminds me of Europe.

Europe

yeah, you've been Europe.

I have not been

here.

Oh, okay Well, they serve your beer warm and if you order order soda or water, you know, it's warm room temperature Okay, give you a lot of ice.

What

do you make of that?

I think it's conspiracies what I

think I Want to ask you and maybe we'll do this after the break because I know we don't have too much time with you So I want to maximize it but you have recently and we'll do this after after a very short break folks, but Connie

shared this great story with me recently when I had Steve March Torme on the show and Steve came in and he's Mel Torme's son.

He's this famous, you

know, he's a

nepo baby

basically.

He

grew up in Manhattan and then in Beverly Hills and now he lives in Appleton.

We had such a fun time and you share this outstanding story with me.

about your interaction with him, and I put it down

right where I wouldn't see it.

Totally blew

it

off.

I did, but it wasn't intentional.

It must not have been that fantastic.

I finished my other questions

and put them

down on top of the story,

and then

after the show, I'm like, oh, God, you're such a numbskull, Pete.

So we will talk to Connie about that.

She can share that story

with us.

Let us know, folks.

If you want to vent about the Packers, that's OK.

If you want to answer tonight's question, which is, what is your favorite tradition that involves food, that's fine as well.

Brett from Brown Deer says, growing.

up every Sunday.

My mom had two iron skillets and she would fry chicken for dinner.

That's my favorite tradition.

That's a great tradition.

It can be anything, folks.

Cher, be part of the fun.

We are coming right back with Connie Feldman and her Steve March Tornay story.

That's coming up next.

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This is Night Light with Pete Schwabba.

Our question of the night is, yesterday was National Sunday Dinner Day.

What is your favorite tradition that involves food?

Barb from Waukesha says Valentine's Day because I can always count on a delicious steak at Bartolata's.

That's a Milwaukee, I think.

That's a Milwaukee steakhouse.

I've heard it.

I've heard it's fantastic.

Great text, Barb.

Thank you.

Keep those texts coming.

Folks, we will read them on the radio.

Right now, we've got a few more minutes with our pal reporter here at WGBW and Pacific Media, Connie Filman.

I say that, but you've done kind of everything in media, haven't you?

I

have.

I used to, well, I started out years, and I've been at every station in Green Bay, except for Channel 2.

Started at 26 before 26 had news.

Really?

And before they were, what are they?

NBC.

They were Fox back then.

But I wrote commercials.

I wrote and produced commercials.

So, and then I went to news from there.

And then funny thing about the Steve March tourmate story has to do with, well, I don't want to give it away.

Well, let's jump into it.

We know that you're qualified

for what you do.

We don't

have to rehash that.

We've talked about that before.

But yeah, tell us, Steve March-Tormey, for those of you just joining us, is the son of Mel Tormey and the stepson of Hal March.

So two famous father figures.

I'm not sure what his mom did.

We didn't really cover that.

So he's had a really interesting life.

Born in Manhattan, raised in Beverly Hills.

He's been in Appleton now for 20 years maybe, something like that.

Married a girl from Appleton,

lives

here.

Great guy.

He was so much fun.

I had him in the studio.

He sang the Christmas song.

I know his dad made famous I know and you had a story that I alluded to Right before the break the and I just dropped the ball.

He's faced out and did not share it with him I but I would love it if you told it.

It's such a fun story

It was funny because I was such a huge fan geek over him

I didn't because being I'm a musician and if you're a musician you know the son of Mel Torme and I love big band music I love and as a result I go to this music camp yep it's a band camp up in the north woods but they bring in these musicians from LA and New York long story about that the guy's married to a woman whose family owns this resort anyway so Steve March Torme was our guest artist one night

And I was so starstruck to be playing behind him and then to be standing next to him at the bar we were ordering.

And the bartender comes up and I'm trying to be all cool, you know, because I'm standing next to Steve Mercer, right?

And she says, wait, I know you from somewhere.

And I look over at Steve, you know, because and waiting for him to answer.

And she says, you're that gallon TV.

Oh,

and he looks at me.

And I'm thinking, well, I've been on the news for, you know, about 15 years.

I've been broadcasting probably from that.

Then she comes back and she says, you're that girl that does the shoe commercials.

And he looks and I'm trying to be funny and self deprecating.

And I'm like, yeah, I'm kind of a big deal up in these parts.

And look at him and he's like, yeah, apparently so.

I was so embarrassed.

But

you thought at first they were talking to him.

Of course.

Yeah.

And she still has no idea who he is.

Who he is,

yeah.

She thinks I'm a big shot because I do shoe commercials in Green

Bay.

I just score the shoe

commercials.

But that's a funny story.

Okay.

Because I took a break from TV to raise our daughter.

I was at Fox 11 for about 10 years.

My husband was there.

He still works there.

He's been there 48 years.

Oh, wow.

I was visiting him.

I walked through the studio where they were shooting.

Rogan's shoe commercial because they used to produce them there.

I used to write them actually back at 26 anyway After I left apparently they went to my husband and said oh, you know what?

We've been looking for a spokesperson for Rogan's will Connie be interested Ask her and I'm

standing feet.

We gotta have her I had a foot double because I don't have outstanding feet and they did some sandals anyway

I had been out of news because that to me there's a big conflict of interest had I wanted any future in news as a journalist

Yeah, right.

You don't

want to be a paid spokesperson But anyway, I did those commercials for about 12 years and when they ran They ran on every station back to back all the time and more people to this day recognize me from broken shoe commercials.

No

kidding

From, however, 15 years as a journalist on television, Green Bay.

You out-celebrity'd Steve March Torme, it sounds like.

Well, in the North Woods, maybe I did, yeah.

What was it like when you said, OK, I'll do this?

And then they saw your feet and they said, ooh.

They didn't ever see my

feet.

Oh, they just knew who they wanted for

them.

They said, are you comfortable in sandals?

We're going to shoot a thing.

And I said, actually, nope.

I'm not.

I got an early fee.

I was a dancer.

All right, okay,

so the grip at the time who was also I think she's the promotion manager With them

often showed her dogs.

Oh, no, she she yeah, she's like I'll do it

Wow.

Oh, that's so

funny and she had beautiful feet.

Thank you Donna.

Thank

you.

Thank you

Donna What how long ago is that now?

Oh that had to be to Mid 2012 maybe

okay,

I did him from 2008 till

until I went back into television.

Great run.

But I had so many different sets of kids during that time.

They used to give me like a different set of kids for each commercial.

I'm like, you guys are really making me look a little bit like the Rogan Schumann that kind of kept me around.

I don't think anybody thought that.

You have a

very newsworthy a trustworthy face as they say in news and I think we hear that in your voice now on radio I Really want you to tell me about song sung blue.

We've got about a minute before we have to bail for the news Mike Clemens is coming up.

It's can you

Stay for a few minutes after the news?

Yeah, absolutely.

Okay, and you're

welcome to stay and hang with Mike.

Mike Clemens is the guy for Packer fans, I think, to

have

enlisted