1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Well, friends, It's been a long long time. Some would 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: say an eternity, but we are back. I am back 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: on the after Show. Hi, everybody, Happy New Year. I 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: hope your holiday was fantastic. God, the last after Show 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: was I don't even know, more than two weeks ago, 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: maybe even three weeks ago. I don't know. December is 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: just so crazy here at the radio station. But it's 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: all over, man. We got through it all. Had a 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: beautiful two week vacation. I missed you guys so much. 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: There were a couple of times during the vaca where 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, I should just get equipment at 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: home and I could record an after show from my house. 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: It's actually something I might do in twenty twenty six, 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: you know, like I could talk to my wife. My wife, 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: if I'm at home, she would join the after show. 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: I think maybe some of my crazy friends too. I 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: don't know. We'll see what happens, but it's good to 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: be back. I hope everybody had some time off enjoyed 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the holidays. I know I did. I love Christmas, I 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: love New Year's, I love love the holidays. I know 21 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: people get stressed up about it, but I don't know 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: it's you know, my past I spent a lot of 23 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: holidays not around my family, so you know, I really 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 1: cherish everyone that I can, even when my kids drive 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: me crazy, which trust me, keeping my son busy for 26 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: two weeks was not an easy feat. We'll go over 27 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: some of that on this podcast as we catch up. 28 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: I did take some notes. This might be the first 29 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: time ever because it's been so long and so much 30 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: has happened in my life. And you know, if you care, 31 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: if you listen to this podcast, if you care about 32 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: the Billy and Lisa Show, then you know I'm going 33 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: to share about some of these things that I did 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: while I was off. And I want to start with 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: this one because this was a very special moment. I 36 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: did post a video. It did get a lot of views, 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: which I'm happy about. It's the my wife's gift before 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: Christmas with her best friend Katie. I don't know how 39 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: we pulled this thing off, but it was. God. It 40 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: was like one of the most impactful moments one of 41 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: in our marriage because my wife is not easily surprised 42 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: at all, So the fact that we were able to 43 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: do this, to plan this for a month, I don't 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: think I talked about this. I may have alluded to 45 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: it on the After Show, but basically, her best friend 46 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: Katie moved to North Carolina earlier this year. She's been 47 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: down there and they you know, they're best friends. They text, 48 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: they talk, they have each other's locations on their phones. 49 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: So that was an issue too, because you know, Jen 50 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: will check her location for fun all the time, and 51 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: if she was on her way up here driving then 52 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: the surprise would be ruined. So she ended up turning 53 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: the location off. So we started this around Thanksgiving. Katie 54 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: had the idea, Hey, I'm thinking about driving up at 55 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: sixteen hours and seeing Jen. And then I said, why 56 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: don't we surprise her and I will tell her we're 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: booking a hotel for her and I before Christmas, kind 58 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: of like a pre holiday gift. But then you'll come 59 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: in surprise and it'll be YouTube that go out to 60 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: dinner and hotel and all that stuff. Because if you're 61 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: a mom, you can identify with this. All my wife 62 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: really wants is like time to herself, right, Like the 63 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: children are all over her more so than me. They 64 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: want mom NonStop. You know, if we're in the house 65 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: and my son is sitting right next to me, he'll 66 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: yell out to my wife in the other room to 67 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: get him something. You know, same thing with my daughter. 68 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: So she just wants time away from the kids, if 69 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So the plan was set. 70 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: She was gonna drive up on the Thursday before Christmas. 71 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: So the week before Christmas, on that Thursday, she was 72 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 1: gonna drive up, and then she was gonna spend a 73 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: day or two with her family in hiding with her 74 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: location off, and then Saturday morning we were gonna get 75 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: up and around noon I went to the gym, came home, 76 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: and then we started packing. So my wife got her 77 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: nails done, she got waxed, she got she started packing 78 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: her bag. I'm fake packing my bag and she was 79 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: gonna come around twelve. So it was tough because my 80 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: wife's itching to get out of there. So she's like, 81 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: why don't we leave right now? Like my momie is 82 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: gonna watch the kids. Why don't we just leave? And 83 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, she, you know, she wants to wait 84 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: until one o'clock. For whatever reason. I had to go 85 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: downstairs tell Nannie one o'clock, tell her we can't leave 86 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: till one o'clock. So we're in there, bags are packed. 87 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: My bags in the living room. Her bag's in the 88 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: living room. Katie's like five minutes away. I'm like okay. 89 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: So then I had to get my wife into the 90 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: front the back of the house because if the kids 91 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: or her were in the front, then they would see 92 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: Katie pull up. Okay, So we had to get to 93 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: the back of the house while Katie pulls into the 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: driveway and alongside the house, so if you're walking towards 95 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: the front living room, you would not see her car. 96 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: And then also we have ring cameras, so I had 97 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: to have Katie duck down under the camera because I 98 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: knew and she did. My wife would look at the 99 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: ring camera on the fridge, so she's five a couple 100 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: of minutes away. I say to my wife, Hey, I 101 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: want to show you in the family this jelly roll 102 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 1: clip from an interview podcast he did on Joe Rogan 103 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: and it's that we played it on the show. It's 104 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: him talking about or being surprised about being in the 105 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: grand opry. It's like a real emotional moment. So I 106 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: pull it up and Jen goes, I saw this. I go, right, 107 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: but Abel hasn't, and I want him to see this, 108 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: and she's like okay. So we're all sitting there watching it, 109 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: and you know, I have my phone kind of down 110 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: behind my side with the ring camera. I see Katie pullin, 111 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: I see her creep up the stairs, and then once 112 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: she's in place in front of the door, I'm like, okay, 113 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: I pause it. I go shoot Jen, there's a Christmas 114 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: gift I got for you that I want you to 115 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: open before we go. It came early. I'd like you 116 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: to open it. And she looks at me, like, what 117 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: are you talking about. I'm like, it's on the front porch. 118 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: Do you want to get it. I think it's be 119 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: a good surprise, something you can open and maybe use 120 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: at the hotel tonight. So she's like, what the fuck 121 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: are you talking about? So she starts walking towards the 122 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: front of the house, and as predicted, she stopped at 123 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: the fridge and clicked the camera and she couldn't see anything. 124 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: There was no package and there was no person or 125 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: anything because Katie was duck down. And then you could 126 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: see this video by the way on the Instagram, and 127 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: then she I was recording on my metaglasses and then 128 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: she went down and then there was Katie and she 129 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: was completely surprised, and you know, I said, we're not going. 130 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: I said, this good news and bad news. The bad 131 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: news is we're not going to the hotel tonight. The 132 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: good news is you and Katie are And it was 133 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: very emotional. She had the best time. I got her 134 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: dinner reservations at her favorite restaurant, which is Black and 135 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Blue in Burlington, right across from the Burlington Mall. So 136 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: she went. Her friend Kerrie joined as well. The three 137 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: of them are all kind of best friends. They went 138 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: to dinner, they went to the casino, did a little 139 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: bit of gambling, and then they went back to the 140 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: hotel and she was just texting me NonStop, like I 141 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: cannot believe you did this, Like this is one of 142 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: the most amazing things. And I don't know, man, I'm 143 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: not the best, best husband. You know, I think I'm 144 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: a good husband, but you know, I make mistakes. I 145 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: fall short all the time. But you know, moments like 146 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: this make me proud, you know, to be a loving 147 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: husband and somebody that you know cares about my wife 148 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: and she deserves it all in more, I'll just say that. 149 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: But so that was really cool. That was a really 150 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: really cool moment. You can see the video again on 151 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: my Instagram. So Christmas went really great. The kids got 152 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: their stuff. We didn't get them as much many things 153 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: because the surprise was a Ruba. We have We're going 154 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: to a Ruba in March hopefully, I mean good thing. 155 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: We're not going this week. That's a disaster. People can't 156 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: even fly out. But we are going in March. And 157 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: so that was their big gift. But you know some 158 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: of the other gifts. I got my wife something she 159 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: wanted a hair dryer. I got her a Starlight calendar, 160 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: which is kind of a digital calendar. And then I 161 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: got her a little bit sappy hair. But I got 162 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: her this book that says it's it's called thirty Reasons 163 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: Why I Love You, and then each page there's a 164 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: title and then the page is blank, like with notepads, 165 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: so it'll say I love you the most when you 166 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: and then you fill in the answer. So I did that. 167 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: I filled up the whole thing and gave that to her. 168 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: That was good. She cried. And then I got her 169 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: also this this drinking kind of adult game called Sip 170 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: or Sin, even though we don't drink, but I thought 171 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: it would be cool for like a night out if 172 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: we got a hotel somewhere. It's kind of like dirty 173 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: things that you play as a couple, you know. I 174 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: think one of them was, you know, if you pull 175 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: this card, you have to twirk on my face, just 176 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: like silly things, but kind of sexual too. So I 177 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: just she had both gifts. She was like crying from 178 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: the book and then she had this Sipperson drinking game 179 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: thing and She's like, what the fuck is this? And 180 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know, I'm all over the place. 181 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: So that was cool. She got me slippers, which I 182 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: really really really loved, and like some other small things 183 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: that I liked. But the family came over. It was 184 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: a great Christmas Eve, great low key Christmas. Also during 185 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: the break, you know, I did a lot of working out. 186 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: Shout out to drive and stay in New Hampshire. That's 187 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: my spot. I've kind of moved away from you know, 188 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: traditional weightlifting and more into longevity cardio fitness, and they 189 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: have classes there which I really really like, a lot 190 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: of circuit training, a lot of high rocks training, so 191 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: that was really good. I was able to get up 192 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: every morning go there high intensity and you know high 193 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: rocks that kind of training is like you know, sled poles, 194 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: sled pushes, burpies, broad jumps, biking. You know, it's some 195 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: weightlifting too. But I think I found a new love 196 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: there because I mentioned on the show today my shoulders 197 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: messed up. So you know, I'm trying to getting away 198 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: from the you know, back in biceps day. Today's just stay. 199 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: You know, I really am trying to improve my cardio 200 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: fitness and you know, look, and I'm not trying to 201 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: be like this jacked guy. I just want to be 202 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: in shape, you know, And I feel like I'm chasing 203 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: this body building goal when I have no you know, 204 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: plan to step on stage or do anything like that. 205 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: I just want to be fit. I want to be 206 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: healthy and I want to be here for a long time. 207 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: So you know, I do a lot of things to 208 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: support that. You know. I do ice bass every day, 209 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: I do saunas every single night. I monitor my sleep, 210 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: you know, things like that. I'm always trying to improve. 211 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: I guess performance, you know, if you will. So a 212 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: couple of other things I went did did during the vacation. 213 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: I saw the Mentalist at the Chevalier Theater. That was 214 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: a friggin moment. Okay, shout out to the Chevalier. I 215 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: was able to go with my friend Adam. We met 216 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: the mentalist Oz Perlman. Before the show. We had a 217 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: small group with us. They put us in these groups 218 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: of like four to six people, so we came in. 219 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: I talked to O's for a while about Billy's Sun, 220 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: Chris Costa, and we took pictures. And then there was 221 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: a little girl there ten years old who was a 222 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: big fan. So he was able to do his mentalist 223 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: thing to her, which was really cool. I did post 224 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: a video of it, it was on my stories, but 225 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: basically it was a quick thing. He just told it 226 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: to think of a number between one and one hundred, 227 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: and he was able to guess it. He wrote it 228 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: down on a piece of paper. But during the show, okay, 229 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: he was doing a amazing things. Okay, And I guess 230 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: the argument would be that when he has crowd participation 231 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: in these things, is he paying these people? Are they 232 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: paid actors? Are they working for him? But let me 233 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: know what you think about this. He had five people 234 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: stand up from the audience and he asked them to 235 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: think about a celebrity, dead or alive, who you would 236 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: want to have dinner with. So the first three he 237 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: was able to guess right off the bat. He kind 238 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: of asked a couple of questions, now, mind you, Like 239 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: one of the women was, you know, Susan from Somerville. 240 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: You know, I'm like, there's no way she's working with 241 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: the mentalists. But he was able to get the first three. 242 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: Then there were two people left and he goes, I'm 243 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: gonna up the ante here. I already did the you know, 244 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: the first three, I guessed it, but I want to 245 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: really blow your minds. So he gave whiteboards, these little 246 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: whiteboards to the last two people with a marker, and 247 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: he told them to write down the celebrity on the board, 248 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 1: but like keep it close to them so no, but 249 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: he could see it. So they both did it. And 250 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: then he said, I'm gonna have somebody in the audience 251 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: come up and guess who the celebrities are. I'm not 252 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: gonna do it, They're gonna do it. So he pulls 253 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: out a frisbee from his little like, you know, drawer 254 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: of goodies, and it's a flimsy Amazon frisbee that literally 255 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: could go anywhere in the crowd. He threw it and 256 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: it went right in front of me, but like it 257 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: flew all around the chevalier and almost ended on one guy. 258 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: Then it like bounced off him and landed on this 259 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: one kid that was like kind of right in front 260 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: of me to the right. So this kid gets up, 261 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: walks on stage and he says to him, Okay, you're 262 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: gonna guess the celebrities. You're gonna close your eyes and 263 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna cover your ears. He said, I'm gonna touch 264 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: you on your back and it's gonna come in your mind. 265 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna say the name. And I'm like, there's no 266 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: frigging way, And sure enough, the first woman he does it. 267 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: He touches the guy's back, you know, he has his 268 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: eyes covered, his ears plugged, touches his back, he goes 269 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: say the name, and he says Rachel Maddow. So then 270 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: the woman he says, turn your sign around. Sure enough, 271 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: Rachel Maddow. And he did the same thing for the 272 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: next For the last guy, which was Julius Caesar, celebrity 273 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: he would want to have dinner with. Okay, how the 274 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: hell does he do that? Now he did a bunch 275 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: of other things. I'm not even gonna go over at all. 276 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: But when the show was done, the guy was right 277 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: in front of me. So my friend Adam and I 278 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: literally grabbed the dude and I'm like, hey, come on, 279 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: can I ask you a question? He goes, yeah, you 280 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: are you working with this guy? I know you probably 281 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: can't tell him whatever, and he goes, dude, no, he goes, 282 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: he had to have He goes, I don't know how 283 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: to explain it, but I heard a voice in my head. 284 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: It sounded like a computer voice. So I don't know 285 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: if he had a device or something, but when he 286 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: touched me, there was a voice that came into my 287 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: head that said the name and I just said, you 288 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: know what they said to me essentially, So I don't 289 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: know what kind of tricks he has. But my friend 290 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: thinks that he was able to put the thought into 291 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: his head, but he clearly said that he heard a 292 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: computer voice. But either way, however he does it, it's 293 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: really really cool. So that was a warm up show 294 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: for O's. I was talking to him about a backstage. 295 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: It was like a warm up test show and it 296 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: went really well. I mean, all the Wilbert people were 297 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: Bill Blumenrch who owns the Wilburt Andrew shout out to 298 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: him too. He was there. It was a big hit. 299 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: So I would expect a nationwide tour and if he does, 300 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: I would go. I would go again. Also on the vacation, 301 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: I went to Kill Tony, which is a comedy show 302 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: at the Box Center, which was good. It was Kill 303 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: Tony's kind of this live show where Tony Hingecliffe and 304 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: all his friends are up on stage and they bring 305 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: people up from the audience. They have a one minute 306 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: to do their best comedy bit and then they either 307 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: roast them or they praise them. And there's been a 308 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: bunch of comedians that have kind of gotten famous from 309 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: being on Kill Tony, and they had their own tour. 310 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: I was mistaken. I thought that it was Kill Tony. 311 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: I thought that it was the actual show Kill Tony, 312 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: and it wasn't. So months ago, Ernie Bach, who's a 313 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: good friend of Billy's and a good friend of the 314 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: radio station, he calls in, you know, through his at home. 315 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: He has a studio, Ernie Back, and so he calls 316 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: in every week. Billion I talked to him, and I 317 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: have this joke with Ernie that once a year I'll 318 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: ask him for a favor, which is tickets to a 319 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: Box Center show and he's super cool about it. So 320 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: I said Ernie, my one asked, this year has come up? 321 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: He said, no problem, what is it? I said, kill Tony? 322 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: He said cool. Literally three days later tickets showed up 323 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: at my house. So shout out to Ernie Baak. He's 324 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: super nice guy. But when I got the tickets and 325 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: they got closer to the show, I started looking up 326 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: the show more and it's called The Killers of kill Tony, 327 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: not kill Tony. It was still fantastic, super funny, super edgy. 328 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: We had a great time. I went with three of 329 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: my friends. We went to Post nineteen seventeen. Would shout 330 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: out to them. By the way we went. We paid 331 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: there wasn't like a I know they advertised a lot 332 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: on kiss went to wait, but I didn't have any 333 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: gift cards or anything. I had gone there previously and 334 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: loved it, so I brought my friends back. So shout 335 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: out to them, Jason Karen and his wife. It really 336 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: is fucking amazing restaurant. They have reading Ann Lexington. But 337 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: I went twice during the vacation, so that was the 338 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: second time. But we went there and then we went 339 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: to the show. Got there a little bit late and 340 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: when you get tickets from Ernie back he has the 341 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: buck suite, right, so I thought the box suite just 342 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: meant the seats. They're on the second level, right along 343 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: the side. They're always like private, they're always mostly empty 344 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: when I've gone, only like they're the tickets that Ernie 345 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: gives away, essentially. So we go in there. I show 346 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: the tickets to the person. They're like, oh, you're on 347 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: the box suite. So they sit us down. The show 348 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: is already going on. We're watching the show for about 349 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: ten minutes and then I get a tap on my 350 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: shoulder and it's the woman the usher who I forget 351 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: her name. She was so nice and she's excuse me, 352 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: can I see your tickets again? So she looked at 353 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: them and she goes, you're actually in the front row 354 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: down there. I'm like really, and she goes, yes, I 355 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: can take you down there. But do you know that 356 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: there's this sweet rate here that you can use that 357 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: has an open bar, desserts, bathroom, a really nice lounge furniture. 358 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, I had no idea. She goes, come on, 359 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: let me show you. So my friends and I go 360 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: into this like private suite and there was nobody else 361 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: there up there, so it was just us. So she 362 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: brings us in there during the show and she goes 363 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: all this alcohol, regular drinks, full bar, all these desserts, bathroom. 364 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it was fucking incredible. My friends were like, 365 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: holy shit, you actually are cool tonight. You know what, 366 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: Justin tonight you're cool because every other day it's like, 367 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: oh cool, Justin works on the radio and whatever. Like 368 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: they don't care. They that's the thing. They don't care 369 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: what I do and you know who I meet or whatever. 370 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: They just love me for me. That's why they're my 371 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: close friends. But let me tell you that night of 372 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: Kill Tony, they were mind blown. So a couple of 373 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: my friends do drink. They're like normal or whatever. So 374 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: they had their drinks and then my mother friend and 375 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: I had some coed diepepsies. We brought them up and 376 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: we sat and watched the rest of the show and 377 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: it was just fantastic. So I don't know, I share 378 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: those things, not never, just I want to be very 379 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: clear about something when I share things like that. And 380 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: I don't need to say this because people that really 381 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: know me from listening to the show or know me 382 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: in real life know that I don't ever say these 383 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: things to flex on anybody or to like, look at me, 384 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: look at me. I'm super grateful for everything, and listen. 385 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: I asked Ernie Book for tickets one time a year. 386 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: It's kind of this running joke that we had. And 387 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: so what was the other Oh, Shane Gillis was last 388 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: year or the year before. Some years I didn't even 389 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: ask him. You know, it's just I don't like asking 390 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: for things like that. But it was super nice of 391 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: him to do that. And now I know for twenty 392 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: twenty six, if there's a show coming to the Box Center, 393 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get in the box suite. So that's pretty cool. 394 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: So that was great. Also, my family and I went 395 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: to Great Wolf Lodge Foxwoods. It just opened. I don't 396 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: know in the last year we've gone to Fitchburg. My 397 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: kids love it and it was really really nice. I 398 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: was kind of like, oh, man, like we're on vacation 399 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: in packed the kids in the car. But let me 400 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: tell you it's it's great. It was great. We stayed 401 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: in a room and had a bunk beds in it. 402 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: The water park was amazing. They had zip lines. I 403 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: did that. I posted some pictures of me ziplining, they 404 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: went outdoor hot tub and then yeah, it's connected to Foxwoods, 405 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: which is which is cool. I'm not a big gambler. 406 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: I talked about this during the show. But there's something 407 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: really really funny hat happened. I'll share that in a second. 408 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: But so we were at Great Wolf. We spent the 409 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: day there. We drove down in the morning early. You 410 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: couldn't check into the afternoon, but you could use the 411 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: water park. So we went in and brought a change 412 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: of clothes. They have all the slides and everything. My 413 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: kids just they love it so much. So we went 414 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 1: there and then we kind of did the arcade. They 415 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: have all the games, and then we got our room 416 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: and then that night we went to the casino. We 417 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: went to dinner at Guy's Guy Fieri's place, which was good. 418 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: It's right in the middle of Foxwoods. Like, my son 419 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: was blown away because we're walking through and there's all 420 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: these you know, slot machines everywhere, and he doesn't understand 421 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: that he's eight years old. He can't play them. And 422 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: I get it, like they look like you want to 423 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: play them, the slots, you know. So there's a thing 424 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: with my wife and I in slot machines in gambling. 425 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: Right. 426 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: Neither of us are big gamblers. And this is actually 427 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: an interesting thing because when you talk about addictions, right, 428 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: obviously my wife and I struggle with drug addiction, right, 429 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: So addictions come in many different forms, right, And gambling 430 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: is roped in along with drugs and alcohol and sex 431 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: and you know, all those things kind of you know, 432 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: the disease of addiction is all encompassing, right, But when 433 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: it comes to gambling, we're just like, we don't really 434 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 1: like losing money. I guess if you say so. We 435 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: have a rule whenever we do go to casinos, which 436 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: isn't that often, we take out two hundred dollars and 437 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: then we just play and then once the money is 438 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: run out, then we leave. We don't take more money out. 439 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: It's just a fun thing. My wife plays the lowest 440 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: bet possible, right, like a quarter or fifty cents, because 441 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: she's there for fun. She wants to keep pressing the 442 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: button and she's hoping to win. But you know, she 443 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: makes her money least, she stretches it out, whereas I 444 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: I do dollar bets sometimes five dollar bets, three dollar bets, 445 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: because I feel like that pays more and She's always like, 446 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: you're an idiot, Like we're here for fun, Like if 447 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: you win, you win, who cares. It's about playing, it's 448 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: the time spending. And I'm like no. So we're in 449 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: the casino, and obviously we have kids with us, so 450 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: we can't gamble at the same time. So first her 451 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: and her friend Brooke. Our friend Brooke went off and 452 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: gambled for like, you know, thirty minutes or whatever. Well, 453 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: my friend Alan watched, and I watched the kids, and 454 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: then we ate dinner. They didn't win. They came back 455 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: lost their money, so we eat dinner. So after they're like, 456 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: now you guys go, So I take two hundred dollars 457 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: from the ATM, and Jen's like talking mad shit. She's like, 458 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: don't worry, he'll be back in ten minutes, five minutes. 459 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,479 Speaker 1: Maybe he does these big bets. He's gonna win all 460 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: this money, but it just goes quick. I don't know 461 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: why he does that. This is what she's saying to Brook. 462 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,239 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, I walk over to a machine with 463 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: my friend Alan. I put one hundred dollars in, I 464 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: do one dollar bets. I press it once, I press 465 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: it twice, I press it the third time, five hundred 466 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: dollars win. Okay, Now I'm like riding high. I'm like, okay, 467 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: what's the plan now? So I took out two hundred dollars. 468 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: Now I had five hundred dollars. So I thought to myself, 469 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: I still have one hundred. I can gamble two hundred 470 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: more dollars. If I lose it, I'll walk away with 471 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: three plus thee hundred that I have. And that means 472 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: I doubled my money. So that's what I did. I 473 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: started doing five dollar bets and just blew, you know, 474 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: I was hoping to win big. I blew through the 475 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: other two hundred and then I cashed out. I went 476 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: over and got the cash and I had four hundred 477 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: dollars and I walked back up to my wife and 478 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, Hi, you doing win now? She's like, no way. 479 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: So that was an interesting moment there. So I doubled 480 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: my money there. So yeah, that was New Year's Day. 481 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: We went to Great Wolf. We came back just the 482 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 1: next day on Friday, and then this past weekend we 483 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: were just chilling. I was anxious to get back man, 484 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: anxious to get back to work. I do very, very 485 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: well with routine. I don't know if that's from being institutionalized. 486 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: It may be. I don't know, but you know, the 487 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: first week of vacation is great, it's relaxing, unwinding. But 488 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: by the second week, and I know a lot of 489 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: you feel this way, it's like, what day is it. 490 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm itching to kind of get back to work. I 491 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: don't want to get up early again. But I don't know. 492 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: I was so happy when when I got up this morning. 493 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm lucky. I have a job that I love, 494 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: you know, I love coming to work. And there were 495 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: so many moments during the vacation where I'd see a 496 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: story online or on the news or wherever, and I'm like, damn, 497 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: I wish we were in to talk about that, you know, 498 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: some of the drama with the Patriots or just anything. 499 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 2: You know. 500 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: I see these stories and I'm like, oh man, we 501 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: would be covering that story. So I don't know. It's 502 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: going to be back. It's a brand new year. I 503 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: hope big things are going to be happening for the 504 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: after show again. You know, guests will be coming in. 505 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: Power of Recovery is coming back next Tuesday, So please 506 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: get your question in. You can always leave talkbacks for me. 507 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: I will get them any time of day. You have 508 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: to be listening on the iHeart app, though you can 509 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: listen anywhere, but you have to be listening on the 510 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: iHeart app to leave it. 511 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 2: Talk about hi again. I just tried to leave a 512 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: callback a message. I just wanted to continue telling justin 513 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: how much I think you are the greatest. You're so inspirational. 514 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 2: Your interview with Maria back over a year ago with wonderful. 515 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 2: I recorded it but lost it when we had issues 516 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: with Verizon. All right, I'm going to continue. 517 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I don't know about the greatest. 518 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: It's nice to hear those things, but I do appreciate 519 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: you that saying that. And yeah, that Maria Stefinals interview 520 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: from Channel five that was actually one year as of 521 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: last November. I did send a note to Mariasdefinals, just 522 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: thanking her again, wishing her happy holidays. Like that video 523 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: like changed my life in a good way, you know, 524 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: like putting it all out there, putting my life and 525 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: my history out there. Because I talk about that stuff 526 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: on the radio, but not as in detail. But in 527 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: that video I kind of was raw, unfiltered, like this 528 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: is my history, this is where I come from, and 529 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: this is where I am now. So that's on my 530 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: Instagram by the way, at Justin Beasy. It's pinned at 531 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: the top so you can watch it. 532 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 2: That. 533 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: That was quite the moment. So thank you for those words. 534 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: And yeah, you can leave talkbacks at any time. I 535 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: love hearing from you guys. Also, we have a new 536 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: phone number on the show and a new phone screener. 537 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: I want to clear this up a little bit. The 538 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: new phone screener, her name is Katie. So when the 539 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: changes were made last year when when he was let go, 540 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: they eliminated that position. So I want to clear this 541 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: up because I did get some messages about this. So 542 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: when that change happened, which sucks, we know I've talked 543 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: endlessly about it. But when that happened, they eliminated that position. 544 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: That's what they told us. So Producer Riley is running 545 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: the equipment. She's not talking on the show. The show 546 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: is Billy, Lisa and Justin. That's the show that's left. 547 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: We might go to Riley on different things, but she's 548 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: not a fourth mic. That position was eliminated. But by 549 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: bringing Riley in to now run the board and run 550 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: the show like off the air that left a phone 551 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: position open, so I was answering the phones while live 552 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: on air, Riley was running out of the room, so 553 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: it was important to get somebody in there to answer 554 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: the phones, and we were lucky enough to find Katie. 555 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: And Katie is our new phone screener. She's very lovely. 556 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll bring her on the after show at 557 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: some point so you can meet her. She lives in Cambridge. 558 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: I don't really know a ton about her, but she's 559 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: super nice, super willing to learn, which we love. So 560 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: we welcome her to the Billy and Lisa Show. But 561 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: just to clear that up, like people, oh my god, 562 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 1: you know, which is understandable. I listen. Any outrage that 563 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: anybody has about anything that happens, I do understand because 564 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: it shows that you care, that you care about this 565 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: what we have here, So that means a lot to me. 566 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: But just no, like that's what was told to us, 567 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: right Like, we work for a company and they said listen, 568 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: this is being eliminated, and so that's that voice is 569 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: no longer here. I don't know if that's going to 570 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: change ever, I have no idea, but as of right now, 571 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: that's what's happening. So there you go. Wow, I've been 572 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: talking for twenty seven minutes. I can't believe it. Well, 573 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: I told you I had a lot to talk about, 574 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: and there was still some stuff on my list that 575 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: I did not get to. I bought a car, right, 576 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: I got a car, which was very cool. I trade 577 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: my car in every two years because I don't want 578 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: to put work into it. And I believe that a car, 579 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: my car is very important because I get up at 580 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: three o'clock in the morning, I have to drive into work, 581 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: I have some small children. There's a lot of reasons there. 582 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: So you know, there's two different schools of thought there. 583 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: You could get a car and pay it off as 584 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: quick as possible, but by the time I pay it off, 585 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: then I'm at you know, one hundred thousand miles. You know, 586 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: I put thirty to thirty five thousand miles a year 587 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: on a car, so a lease is out of the question. 588 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: Or I would lease. So yes, I'll pay the car off, 589 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: but by then I'm over one hundred thousand miles. Now 590 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: I'm putting all this work into it. Things could go wrong, 591 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: and you know the cars in the shop, so to me, 592 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: it's worth spending a little bit of extra money to 593 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: trade the car in every couple of years. So I 594 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: wanted a specific new car, and you know, shout out 595 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: to Kevin at Highline Auto and sail into Hampshire right 596 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: down the street from my house. Now, you know, I'd 597 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: always gone to other places like McGovern or, you know 598 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: herb Chambers, just like Dale which are great, but you know, 599 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: he was recommended that he could maybe find the car 600 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: that I was looking for. So I went into Kevin, 601 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: don't know him, didn't know anything about him, just walked 602 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: in and said hey, I'm looking for a car and 603 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: he was like booda doo. Found the car in New York. 604 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: That was on the Monday of Christmas week. Found it 605 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: on Monday, punched the numbers in, said okay, I'll buy 606 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: your car for this much and this will be your 607 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: new monthly payment. And the math was math and so 608 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: what does that mean? That means to me? When I 609 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: think about money that goes out every month, I think 610 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: about like, okay, how much is it going to more 611 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: is it going to cost me in insurance, in registration 612 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: and per month? And so when I put all those 613 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: numbers in and figured it out, the math was mathing right, 614 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: This little boy math there and it worked out, so 615 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: I got the car. It got shipped on Monday that day, 616 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: was here on Wednesday, so I was able to get 617 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: the car Christmas Eve. It's beautiful. I love it, love it, 618 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: love it so much. So I don't know, man, just 619 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: good things. It's all good things going into the New 620 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: Year's It stays a positive mindset. It stays doing the 621 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: right thing right. That's the biggest thing for me. Staying 622 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: clean is obviously always number one, but after like you know, 623 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: the first several years that stopped being really said, it's 624 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: more like just implied, right, that's always going to be 625 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: number one. Everything else is number two, three, four, and five. 626 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: Stay clean, staying in recovery, staying helping people, staying helping 627 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: myself and working on myself will always be number one. 628 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: But after that, it's like, yeah, do the right thing right, 629 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: keep showing up for my family, for my job, treat 630 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: people good, you know, all that stuff I will continue 631 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: to do. But yes, staying clean is number one. So 632 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: I hope everything as well in your life. If you're 633 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: going through stuff, I understand, I know that my turn 634 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: is coming. All of our turns are coming. We had 635 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: a call her on the show this morning whose sister 636 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: is going through chemo. So is it a happy New 637 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: Year for her? I don't know, probably not. One of 638 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: my close friends is going through chemo right now. He's 639 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: forty four years old. He has colon cancer. So he's 640 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: at Mass General. He's a just finished chemo. Now. He 641 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: takes a month off and then goes into radiation. But 642 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: it's very very scary, very scary, some of the stuff 643 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: that he tells me. He was one of the guys 644 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: that went to kill Tony with me. I love him 645 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: so much, and you know, we're at dinner and he's 646 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: talking about, like in detail about what going through chemo is, like, 647 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: you know, and I don't even I can't even explain it, man, 648 00:30:53,920 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, just the forgetfulness, the you know, dysentery orientated, 649 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: just you know, message you up and he's battling through. 650 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: So hopefully he'll be okay. So if you're going through 651 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: things in the New Year, you can get through it, man. 652 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: You know. 653 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: I always believe that as long as we're still breathing, 654 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: we have a shot. Right. That's That's one of the 655 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: things that was told to me early in recovery. As 656 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: long as you're justin you're still breathing. Yes, you just 657 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: came off the street. You have nothing, You are homeless, penniless, 658 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: your family won't talk to you. You have warrants for 659 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: your arrest. But you know what, you are still fucking breathing. 660 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: And as long as that is happening, you have a 661 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: chance and you can build up from there. So I 662 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: want to say happy New Year to you all. Don't 663 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: forget the new number on the show eight seven seven 664 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: six one seven one one eight. The old number nine 665 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: to three one still does work for a little while, 666 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: but we are transitioning out because that technology that that 667 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: phone number used is way outdated. That's why we were 668 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: getting dropped calls and all that stuff. So we got 669 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: a brand new number eight seven seven six one seven 670 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: one one o eight. That's the number to call. But 671 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: as always, you canna gave talkbacks at any time on 672 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app and again only on the iHeart app 673 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: listening to the after show for the after show, you 674 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: got it. I love you guys so much. I can't 675 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: wait to talk to you, can't wait to hear from 676 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: you tomorrow. I'll grab somebody on here because I don't know. Man, 677 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to talk to myself. Every single day, 678 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: thirty two minutes of talking to myself. Can you believe it? 679 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: We'll talk tomorrow. Peace,