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in a rental car.

I have no idea how the lights work.

I still don't understand how this rental car works Yeah, I the guy at the place is like a when it starts up makes a noise.

I start up this morning goes They like died and I was like, oh great my rental cars broke He told you it was supposed to make a noise.

Yes the plastic warps when it turns on with the heat of the engine I swear to God this rental car isn't a real car.

They gave me a go-kart So we're having fun.

That's a great way to start the day to Ford like like electric

Hybrid car Americans shouldn't be making hybrid cars.

Why not?

I don't know Elon Musk tried and it looks like a two-year-old drew it like we need to We need to leave it to the Germans and the Japanese they have smaller hands Americans at hands that are too big ladies To make good cars.

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know our hands are just simply too big here.

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Poison for Bad Air Friday.

I'm Rock108.

It's Brian Marshall.

Bad Air Friday cuts throughout the day.

The full show comes up at noon today with Russ.

It's 804 and friend of the show, Matt Benwart.

And it's a small market radio where you get to hear poison, you know, to start off your eight o'clock hour, Matt.

How exciting, how thrilling.

Welcome back.

Good.

I'm glad to be back.

Beautiful studio, by the way.

Thank you.

You know, every time that you're in here, you always seem to have a lead in of some sort of night where you have not had at least like three, four hours

of sleep.

I've never slept before doing the show.

I had chosen Chicago last night.

Yeah.

Did the show.

Left around 11 got to Dubuque at 2 30 in the morning woke up at 6.

That's what two and a half hours of sleep There's some there's some half hours in there.

I can't really do math right now.

I Time is but it's construct What is what is time anyway, so I slept for for three hours and I and I woke up and I should not have let me drive, but I'm here

Well,

yeah, you've made it one piece.

The good news is, and let's reset for the audience if they don't know who you are.

You're Iowa born, yes?

Yeah, from Iowa.

Originally from Iowa, went to Chicago and then now have moved from Chicago to Austin.

Yeah.

And now you're doing comedy in Austin, and this particular tour brings you through the Midwest, which is, you know, coming back home for a little bit.

What a

thrill.

And you know what?

The best weather of the year, just for me.

I mean, I laid out the red carpet.

He said, Matt's in town.

Let's make sure it's so overcast he can't see past his nose.

Isn't that nice?

Yeah, a little dense fog advisory for Matt this morning.

Beautiful, beautiful.

I'm in a rental car.

I have no idea how the lights work.

I still don't understand how this rental car works.

Yeah.

The guy at the place is like, hey, when it starts up, it makes a noise.

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It's a Ford, it's a Ford like electric hybrid car.

Americans shouldn't be making hybrid cars.

Why not?

I don't know.

Elon Musk tried and it looks like a two-year-old drew

it.

We need to leave it to the Germans and the Japanese.

They have smaller hands.

Americans have hands that are too big, ladies, to make good cars.

Yeah, I don't know.

Our hands are just simply too big here.

What a great problem to have.

Good news

is, is you can find something in metrics.

Just don't lose that 10 millimeter socket.

Gotta be careful.

More.

With Matt Benwart coming up shortly, I actually had a request here at 810, and I feel like this is the perfect time to have you looped in on it.

We'll do it after Vulbeat.

This is becoming on Rock Whatta Way.

It's pretty reckless, and follow me down on Rock Whatta Way morning show, Brian Marshall, Matt Benwart in house.

Howdy, howdy.

Three shows, Dubuque, Smoke Stack tonight, 7.30, and then two shows tomorrow on Cedar Rapids, Ideal Theater.

You got a 6.30 and an eight o'clock show.

Yeah, that's correct.

I'm super excited for all of them.

The 6.30.

show in Cedar

Rapids.

That one was close to being sold out.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think there's like 20 tickets left.

And then the late show has, I think like 60, 70 left.

So

tickets available.

Matt Bannwart.com.

We'll get you more details on that.

Um, not fun.

You can buy your name's domain.

I own Matt Bannwart.com.

Isn't that fun?

Well, it's not one of those things that you think that you're going to do when you're growing up, right?

Uh, I had a request from Danielle and HR.

Okay,

it's I like the name Danielle.

She sounds

like trouble Danielle said Hey, she wanted a favor.

She's getting married tomorrow.

Oh my gosh Yeah, so Danielle wanted us to do a shout out for her stepkids Natalie and Ben beautiful names in this Usually when you look at a wedding registry, you don't see radio shout out is one of the things but I guess

I grabbed

it didn't I

here it is we'll shout out to her and

I like how he gave the kid's name a knot or her husband's name.

Well,

she didn't put it, she didn't

put the husband's name in here.

It's Danielle, Natalie and Ben, that's it.

Well, I'm sure it's gonna last.

Can I say that?

I'm sorry.

Danielle sounds like the name of every woman who fixes cars.

No!

Danielle's a woman auto mechanic's name.

I thought that was Stacey.

Oh, yeah.

You got a Stacey and a Tina making sure that they change your oil.

Yeah, the big three, Stacey, Tina, Danielle, ready to we're going to Jiffy Lube.

Do I'm not going to get written up in HR?

Yeah, probably.

Yeah, because of Matt.

This is the good way to do it is making fun of the HR lady on the air.

No, don't do that.

Natalie and Ben, who are the step kids, those are the ones we were supposed to shout out.

All right, we'll shout out to both of them.

What do they do?

Do you know them at all?

Do they do anything?

No, I haven't had a chance to meet them yet.

Yeah, they're just around.

Yeah.

Just taking up the money.

Maybe they'll come in a couple of days and serve me my notice.

Daniel go like, I'm on my honeymoon.

Natalie, Ben, you take care of it.

That'll be fun, man.

That'll be a fun wedding.

Sounds like sounds like she's a fun person for what I can tell.

Yeah.

She actually asked to ask permission of me to borrow the station coolers.

Oh, wow.

Yeah, like for the wedding, you know, that you could put drinks in during the ceremony.

Well, I guess not the ceremony, but the reception.

Danielle Drink Bushlight.

I

don't know.

Danielle Drink Bushlight.

Is that a name of Drink Bushlight?

Yeah, that's the name of someone who drinks Bushlight.

And they're not sponsoring the show, but if they want to give me free Bushlight.

I'll do it.

I'll drink it.

You're back in Iowa.

You might as well, right?

I know.

Went in Rome.

Went in Rome.

Yeah.

God's country.

They don't have it in Austin, Texas.

No, they, Shiner, isn't it?

Yeah.

Shiner and Lone Star and whatever Joe Rogan has.

You have three shows Dubuque tonight.

Cedar Rapids, two shows more with Matt Benoit coming up right now, Nirvana.

Guys, guess out of Chicago, that's not on Rockwood 08.

Someone who spent a lot of time in Chicago, friend of the show, Matt Benoit is with us.

Three shows tonight, Dubuque, Smoke Stack, 730, and then Cedar Rapids, Ideal Theater, A630, if you need to go to bed early, or an eight o'clock show.

The late one is available for you as well at Ideal Theater.

Matt.

Please

come out.

Please come out

to the shows.

I need the money.

Do you?

Please buy tickets.

So last night, so you're coming from Chicago, you said that you had to drive into Dubuque

and

anything that, you know, struck your fancy there last

night, you stop along the way.

No, in Dubuque, I wish.

I wish I could forget it all.

Shout out to Dubuque.

No, I've been in Texas for last year.

I forgot.

I was in Iowa.

I woke up.

I saw a call with Lynn County plates.

And I was like, I'm from Lynn County.

I took a photo of the plates.

I'm like, dude, Iowa Lions plates.

You never see those.

And then I'm not even I probably I like as I turned on the first stoplight.

I just realized I was like, oh, I'm in Iowa.

I forgot I was in Iowa.

I'm on three hours of sleep.

I was like, I thought I was still in Texas.

I was like losing my mind.

I was like, Lynn County play.

I sent it to my parents.

I texted my parents.

I'm like, can you believe it?

A Lynn County play.

And they were like, you're in Iowa.

Probably need a little extra sleep sometimes You mentioned Austin one of the greatest music towns, but like when Austin City Limits goes what's the stand-up

comedy like is it crazy?

Oh, it's great there, dude I mean Austin's got the some of the craziest comedy crowds and the only difference when Austin City Limits comes in is that Chapel Roan fans are listening to stand-up comedy That's the only difference is you doing you're doing comedy for for purple hair people and that's fun

The

question, though, is because you have worked locally in Iowa, been in Chicago, Austin now.

Are the comedy groupies in Austin hotter than Chicago?

Yes.

What?

Of course.

Are you kidding me?

Yes.

Yeah, no, it's because Joe Rogan has money and here's

the thing

with money.

His money attracts very pretty women.

Isn't that crazy how that works?

It's wild.

You were on Kill Tony, too.

I was.

I was.

It was funny.

The comics on the panel, I've worked with them all in the past.

And when you do kill Tony, some insider information is Tony wants it to seem like it's his first time meeting with you.

I've done a half a dozen shows with Tony.

It was very funny.

At one point, the panel goes, oh.

Oh, you're a full-time comic.

And I look over, if you see it, you can watch.

I look over and I'm like, yeah.

I'm like, I just opened for you a week ago, dude.

Oh, it's so crazy.

Did you get any backlash from anything he said recently?

No, I don't know.

His life doesn't affect mine.

No one associates our two careers.

Not yet, right?

No, but Tony's a good guy.

It's fun working in Austin.

You got to work with some of the biggest.

names in comedy, Ron White, Shane Gillis.

And I've met both of them now with both of them now.

I've been very fortunate to be in the room with, you know, comics that great.

And both those guys, Ron White and Shane Gillis are as cool as you think they would be.

That's really cool.

They rock in real

life.

Matt Banwart, our guest.

I did see a couple of billboards around town.

Yeah.

Yeah, what is this

about?

You can rent billboards.

Yes.

My friend from high school, Paul Hines, shout out Paul Hines.

I don't remember the company's name, my bad.

He's like, hey, you can rent billboards.

I'll cover $200 worth and you can pay it whatever you want.

So I paid in a little on top of that.

And I've just been running billboards all over the Cedar Rapids area, ruining your fine streets with my face.

Did I see that you're also looking for someone hot and what

was it?

Yeah, so one of the billboards it goes Matt Bannwart is seeking hot and new wife apply at Matt Bannwart.com Probably didn't help me move tickets.

Oh Okay, no, but but it does help with the comedy groupies at least in this town.

We're hoping we're hoping hot and new that's what I'm looking for Just new to you.

Yeah new to me.

Sorry.

Yeah over 18 Over 21 preferably.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sorry new rule.

You have to be 21 plus to be at my

But if you fit those qualifications, you can be my hot and new wife.

That's fantastic.

I can't believe that you put that on a billboard.

Well, and you had another one about taxes too, right?

Yeah, it just says taxes.

What's the deal with those?

I don't have any opinions on local government.

I just wanted to, you know, I wanted people to stop driving and look up and be like, oh, what's that?

And then be like, yeah, it's just.

a guy trying to play a comedy show.

Is there a comment section at madman word.com?

I wish

there should be.

No, you should have a running tally of like a message board where people get a maybe all mad about your billboards.

I mean, I have, I have Instagram DMs.

I got one where someone, someone messaged me on Instagram and they're like, are you a politician from one of the billboards?

The semi photo said, are you a politician?

Yeah.

And I was like no my bio says stand-up comedian That'd be a really bad politician, but it's okay the person was from animosus.

They were a little slow and It's fine they had animosa and they're in strand bio and that it's both an e somehow so

Hey, just remember you got to go back through animosa on your way to Dubuque because you got the show tonight in Dubuque at the smokestack Hey, if you're from animosa come out to my shows.

I'll speak extra slow just for you 7 30 tonight, right?

Yeah 7 30 tonight smokestack in Dubuque if you know anyone in Dubuque anyone you love anyone you hate tell them about the show

Tell them your boy Matt Banner is incredibly unfamous and could use the help.

And if you don't want to

go up to

Dubuque, you get the Cedar Rapids shows.

Yep.

Two Cedar Rapids shows this Saturday at the Ideal Theater.

I'm super pumped for both of those.

New rule, though.

Hot people only allowed at the show.

Sevens are higher.

And you know what?

And at the Cedar Rapids shows, I'll let people from Animosa come out.

How about that?

It might be quicker.

Yeah.

Well, sell a few tickets.

Yeah.

You got a 630 and you have an eight o'clock show.

So

do you want the Animosa at the 630 or the

eight?

Day at a clock show.

Yeah.

If they can drive, I don't know.

They have Amish out in Anamoso, I think.

I'm the only man of colonies.

It's been too long.

Yeah, I think you're thinking of one.

Yeah.

Ashton Kutcher is actually coming out to the show, so.

Is that legit?

No, but you can say whatever you want.

It doesn't have to be real.

Kim Reynolds will be there too.

Oh, good.

Yeah.

Fantastic.

That man word.

I know you got to go make television now, too, huh?

Yeah, I'm going to do Everyday Iowa.

Turn on a KCRG.

No.

Do not.

Do not.

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Thank you for being here.

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