1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Hey guys, Bobby here. Appreciate you guys subscribing to the 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Bobby Cast. If you are a new listener, I encourage 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: you to check out some interviews with some artists or 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: songwriters you may have missed. Just scroll back recently Reba 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: Matt Ramsey of Old Dominion, Ashley McBride, Mackenzie Porter. There's 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: so much, just scroll back. And so not only do 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: we talk to artists and songwriters, sometimes we bring on 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: people from the radio show. And I wanted to share 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: this episode with you. That is with our producer, Scuba Steve. 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: He's the executive producer of the show and he's a 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: really interesting guy. And I mentioned on the radio show 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: that I wanted to replay this you guys could hear 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: some of the wild stories from his life. Here you go. 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: It is Scuba Steve. This is a Bobby Cast with 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: one of the members of the radio show by end 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: our studio at home with Scuba Steve. It's Eddie, Scuba 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: and myself. And for a while, when I first started 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: to do this podcast, I was putting people on the 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: show radio show on and now I just put them 20 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: on so people could get to know them. It's really 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: before we dialed into just being music, right, we're putting 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: anybody on just kinda to Bobby, I did one, yeah, 23 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: but people like to get to know members of the 24 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: show better. And then I thought I was talking to 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: Mike about it. I said, you know, Scuba moved here 26 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: during a pandemic, so nobody really hangs out like you 27 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: come over to play basketball. Have you ever hang out 28 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: with Scuba? No? Not outside of work, That's what I'm saying. 29 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: Your Christmas party? What last last year? Oh? Yeah, not pandemic, 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: but right when he moved. I guess you moved here 31 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: right before the pandemic, like two or three months before 32 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: the pandemic. Yeah, and then it just all shut down. 33 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: I guess we're hanging out with He was situated, you're 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: gonna taking one of these days too, right, Yeah, that's coming. Um, 35 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: So I thought, why not have Scuba in Eddie. I 36 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: can ask some questions, we get to know you a 37 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: little better, alright, cool, and move on with our lives. 38 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: He's very interesting. So, like I would say, as soon 39 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: as we're done recording, you know, with the Bobby Bones 40 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: Show and everything, everything we do for the rest of 41 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: the day, it's usually just me and Scuba left for 42 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: like two hours after everyone's gone, so we've got to 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: know each other pretty well. What have you been doing 44 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: for two hours? Videos? Man? I got a list of 45 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: videos that I need to do and then when I'm 46 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: done with that, I go home. And then school was 47 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: there for another four hours. So sometimes school we haven't 48 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: been the afternoon at work and I'm like, you go 49 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: back to work? Is not having left work? Yeah? Um, 50 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: so let's just by the way Scoopa Steve as our 51 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: executive producer on the show. He's the guy pulling all strings, 52 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: line things up, making decisions. He's the guy that is 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: doing the work that you don't know who's doing the work. 54 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: I get all the credit, and I should. There's also 55 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: Scuba and I'm totally fine with that. That's the Yeah, 56 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm totally not kidding. But so you are the executive producer, 57 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: how would you describe your job? Like, like you said, 58 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: jack of all trades, managing the team behind the scenes, 59 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: making sure everyone's in line, put booking the guests, dealing. 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: One thing I didn't realize this is part of my 61 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: job that I didn't get into until this happened, was sales. 62 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: There are so much sales involved with this. You get 63 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: the emails daily of sales request. Uh, there's a lot 64 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: of things you don't get because I handled before it 65 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: even gets to or just cancel it before it even 66 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: gets to request ridiculous request? What's a ridiculous request? Without 67 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: saying anything exactly, like what is something? And I'm putting 68 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: you on the spot here, So I'm gonna vent for 69 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: a second while you think, Okay, I know you get 70 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: a lot of things sent to you or a lot 71 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: of asked from local sales or local sales from all 72 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: over the country. And you go, I'm not even gonna 73 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: take that to Bob because I know he's gonna say none. 74 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: Can you give me an example. Well, I won't say 75 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: the brands, but there's some brands that just don't fit 76 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: you and your personality, like which wouldn't sell you cigarettes, 77 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: like something like that pack our pills. No, those go 78 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: straight to you and then want you to post about 79 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: it on social and do a video about it, and 80 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: like we're not going to do that. Or before the 81 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: pandemic was a lot of travel and we don't have 82 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: time to travel because we're doing the show daily. Um, 83 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: a lot of those kind of things or or low 84 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: ball offers that don't fit what you should be paid 85 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: for it. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. Do you know though, 86 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: I don't get paid for national spots. Yeah, I don't 87 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: think anyone does, I sing, I don't. Did you know that? 88 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: I knew that. Yeah, there's there's there's a percentage of 89 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: like a pool somewhere that gets pulled sort of. But 90 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: I don't get paid per commercial or if I go, yeah, 91 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: I'll take it only come to me. It's more for 92 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: the company than anything. I've been a company guy. By 93 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,119 Speaker 1: taking the large the national spot, I'm being a show 94 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: guy because if our show makes money, they can pay 95 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: these fat salaries like eddies. Yes, that's really what it is. Like, 96 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: the more money the show makes, the better we all look. 97 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: The local spots is where you make the money in 98 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: your pocket. Correct. Yeah, but it's always like in a 99 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: small market, it's like thirty bucks. You know. I can 100 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: do the same spot in three different places, and depending 101 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: on how big the city is, it's a different rate 102 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: for each spot. So if I do Tuscaloose, Alabama, I'm 103 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: gonna make thirty dollars for that. I'm just making up 104 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: numbers here. Um, if I do Madison, Wisconsin or Little 105 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Rock kind of a middle lish market, I can make 106 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: eight or ninety, or if I do Seattle, they can 107 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: maybe three d bucks for a sixty second read. So 108 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: Tupelow could get Bobby Bones American idol Bobby Bones do 109 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: and I do them. That's legit. It's per market size. Basically, 110 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: there's a rate for each market. You're You're also in 111 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: that rate card too, you lunch box. They really don't 112 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,679 Speaker 1: want to be honestly, it's usually first and then Bobby 113 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: says no. That still My point is, wouldn't get me, dude. 114 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: That's good there. But I don't say no to small 115 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: markets just because they're a small market, not at all. No. No, 116 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: I'll say no if it doesn't fit. Like we talked 117 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: about earlier. So I'm kind of the bad guy in 118 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: this so and I don't mind being that bad guy. 119 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 1: I'll play the bad cop and handle that side for 120 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: you so you don't have to even ever deal with it. 121 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: Um there's a furniture store in Auburn, Indiana that I've 122 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: been doing for like four years. I think I might 123 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: pay them to do it. Fine, I'm so loyal. And 124 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: they came on early and I'm like, let's go. It's 125 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: fans furniture. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're still all around. They 126 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: love you right off a road. Eight. Baby, that's funny. 127 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: I know all about it. But people, they're great people 128 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: though some small markets, they're good, genuine people and they 129 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: just like to be a part of the show. And 130 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: I can't hate on that. If I got into this 131 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: for money, I wouldn't be here. That was true that 132 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: there were there were times when we would do raising 133 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: Idiots and we do meet and greets, and somebody from 134 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: those small markets would come and they own the furniture store, 135 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,559 Speaker 1: and I would be like, oh my gosh, you're Greg. 136 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: It's really funny, and it would I would kind of 137 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: I gotta treat them like they were celebrities to me, 138 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: I'm doing their commercials and never see their face. Remember that. 139 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: Or I would go somewhere and see someone I would 140 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: do like a real estate commercial in like Virginia Beach, 141 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, lone, Yeah, this is crazy. A lot 142 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: of guy's geeking out. They're geking out on me. Um. Okay, 143 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: so that's your job. But let's go back way back, 144 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: um and I'll say this, I got you, and we'll 145 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: get here a second, I end up ended up hiring 146 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: you from Ryan Seacrest. Yes, that's where you were before me. 147 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: We will get back around to there. Okay, but first 148 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: let's start with Scuba Steve's life. I grew up in Orlando, Florida, 149 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: a small town called Ovido in Orlando. Is that considered Orlando? Well, 150 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: like it's like when you live anywhere else, like San Francisco. 151 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: You're not really from San Francisco, You're from a suburb 152 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: of that. So Orlando is the largest city, but Ovido 153 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: is where I was born and raised. We'll take turns. 154 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: Let's let's um back and forth on questions. Okay, try 155 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: to stay in somewhat line. But if you don't, that's okay. Okay, 156 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: you want to go and now me another one? You 157 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: know now where you ahead where I'm from? No, No, 158 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: I don't care about the round table. I love this 159 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: about Scuba. Yes, yes, yes, me right now? Okay, when 160 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: was your first girlfriend? First girlfriend? Was kindergarten? Not what? No, 161 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: this is a real girlfriend. First real girlfriend then that 162 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: would probably be Stacy in fifth grade? Bones. Okay, so 163 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: you grew up in Orlando. Yes, as you were getting older, 164 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: what was it that you wanted to do for your life, 165 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: like when you're sixteen seventeen having to start to make 166 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: those decisions. Um. I think at that point I was okay, 167 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: I definitely want to do something in entertainment. Did Yeah, 168 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: Because I grew up in Orlando, where Nickelodeon was huge. 169 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: Nickelodeon Studios was located right there on Universal Lot. I 170 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: wanted something to do with acting or producing, directing of 171 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: some sort. Always television, always film, from even to this day, 172 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: that's what that's still when my long term goals is that. 173 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: So I wanted to go for that. I wanted lee Orlando, 174 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: moved to Hollywood, Um, but that didn't work out for 175 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: a while. I got into like a bunch of, you know, 176 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: mediocre jobs, landscaping things like that, and then eventually made 177 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: the move to come out to California. So you're hustling 178 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: in Orlando, not in media, but just trying to make 179 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: enough money to pay rent and the bills. And you 180 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: hadn't at least dabbled in the Orlando media world before 181 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: you went to l Ah. Yeah, Because so I was 182 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: about eighteen nineteen I started getting into radio. But how 183 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: so I met somebody at a club event in Orlando 184 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: being fishy about this. You met somebody did something happened 185 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: where he just clicked and said, I should just saw 186 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: the did you. Well, there's a couple things that happened. 187 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: One I went to when I went to this um 188 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: this I tried it out, this radio school called Connecticut 189 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: School Broadcasting part of it, and it's literally the biggest 190 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: load of crap. And I don't know that that's true. 191 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: But you did it, and you didn't like it. I didn't. Yes, 192 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: you can see on the news of some things that 193 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: have happened at that school. Anyways, See, I went there 194 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: and it wasn't in Connecticut. It wasn't in Connecticut. It 195 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: was located in Orlando. They had locations across the country, 196 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: but Connecticut was where it was originally based. And they 197 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: promised you this whole Hey, if you come here, we're 198 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna learn from the all stars in the 199 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: industry and they're gonna hook you up. There were no 200 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: all stars in the industry that were there. It was 201 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of people that didn't really make it themselves either. 202 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 1: And they taught you on equipment that wasn't really what 203 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: they were using at the radio stations and in television 204 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: in general. Um. So I went there for a few 205 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: months and then I met somebody out and about So 206 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: let me pause. You went there, that was your very 207 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: first step. You knew you wanted to do it. You 208 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 1: go and you pay money. Yes, how much money it was? 209 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: I think it was a thousand dollars a month, And 210 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: it was it was an ad that I heard on 211 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: on the radio because I was like, I was listening 212 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: to the radio, like, Oh, I want to get on 213 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: the radio. This is how you do it. So I 214 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: figured this is my chance, my shot to get in. 215 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: So I went there and paid that fee for per month, 216 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: and while I was there, learned the tools and met 217 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: somebody along the way who was like, hey, I worked 218 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: for a radio station locally in Orlando. Here, I think, uh, 219 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: you know, you've got some chops. Let's bring you in 220 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: meet the host. What chops did you have at Connecticut 221 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: School of Broadcasting? I guess the I was always on 222 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: time I was there earlier. That's the choppiest of chops, honestly. Yeah. So, okay, 223 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: you want to do that. Do you have a tape 224 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: that you gave them? Um, he heard me record some 225 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: stuff in front of him. He was one of the 226 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: guys that was it came in every once in a while, 227 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: wasn't one of the main teachers, so like an adjunct 228 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: professor at CONNECTICU School Badcasting. Yeah, yeah, exactly, and go ahead. Sorry, no, 229 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to walk through this with you. I know, 230 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: I just got nineteen questions like what's your favorite color? 231 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: Please ahead? Go ahead. That was one of them, So 232 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: go ahead, we'll save that on for later. So you're 233 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: doing what at this school? Do they give you sheets 234 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,719 Speaker 1: to read? And are you trying to be a newscaster 235 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: or they going you're gonna do commercials? It's both. So 236 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: there's a radio side and a television side. The radio 237 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: side is showing how to work their board and how 238 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: to talk up a song and had to record a commercial. 239 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: And the people that were teaching you were just DJs 240 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: that didn't work out, most of them. And I say 241 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 1: DJ's like, I don't feel like I'm a DJ. And 242 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: in either way, I don't mix music and I didn't 243 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: get into this business to play music. Will there be 244 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: a few songs to play while I'm on the air, Yeah, 245 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: but I don't care like I like the music format. 246 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: I picked to be in with Country because I felt 247 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: like that was the livestock group I can most relate to. 248 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: But if they were like, hey, come to Polka, you'll 249 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: never hear the song. We're just gonna put some polk on, 250 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: I'll be like, great, let's go. As long as I 251 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: can be me, I'm fine. So you were working with 252 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: DJ who talked up music songs. Yes, yeah, and that 253 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: was your goal, and that was what they were trying 254 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: to teach us was how to do that okay? And 255 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: how to record it? Basically the basics of radio. Do 256 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: you still have that hit? Might get a song up, 257 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: but Scooba can hit a post from Connectut School broadcasting 258 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: all right here he is, hold on, let' let's give 259 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: me a second. You know what hitting a post is, right? Yeah, 260 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: we we hit it right for the vocals. Come in. 261 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: Mike has given you the hardest song. That's like a 262 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: thirty seven second introl. You can tell your whole background. 263 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: Is that what you want to do? All right? Go 264 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: and three two one. So when I hear the song, 265 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: it reminds me of my father and we used to 266 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: hang out by the pool lot and he would be, hey, son, 267 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: grab me that beer. Over there. So I grabbed the beer. 268 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: He's like that screw driver next to you. Take that too, 269 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: all right, I'm the count of three. I want you 270 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: to pop the bottom. So I popped the bottom, throw 271 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: it to him. He'd drink it as fast as he can, 272 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: and he's shotgun it. And that was the first time 273 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: I learned how to shotgun a beer at the age 274 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: of nine. Wow. Yeah. And then, by the way, we 275 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: have some tickets to give away in ten minutes. What 276 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: I really have to say? I give that a solid 277 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 1: C plus though, And you came in raw. Yeah you 278 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: still you hit the post. You had to rush it 279 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: a little bit. Story story. I like that. Good. Good, 280 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: So you learned how to do that? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, 281 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: who did you meet? What person? I met a guy 282 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: named Alex who was the who eventually got me into 283 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: the building at Clear Channel in Orlando, Florida. Was he 284 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: on the air? He was the morning show producer for 285 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: the morning show at XL. Is he still producing there? 286 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: He is not. He got cut No. Nine when they 287 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: had all those massive cuts, So he's not in radio anymore. 288 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: He's in radio, but he's doing smaller roles within Orlando. Okay, 289 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: So you're now in the building. What do you do 290 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: at XL in Orlando? So at first I was an 291 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: intern so I had to use that CSB that I 292 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: had as my paperwork for going to school. Did you graduate? 293 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: I left before graduation, which really pissed them off because 294 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: they didn't they didn't get credit for me getting this internship. 295 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: There's a lot of a lot of because they they 296 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 1: basically the whole goal was to get somebody in there 297 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: and then get credit to say hey, x y Z 298 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: went to the school and look at them now. And 299 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: they were really pissed that I left before graduation, didn't 300 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: fulfill the curriculum because I was like, I don't need this. 301 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 1: I met this guy, He's gonna get me in. I 302 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: got an internship, see you later. This is what I needed. Huh. 303 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: So they want you in so they can say look 304 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: what we did and get more money from the next person. Yes, 305 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: so they can get through and say look what we did, 306 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: and to keep that going, keep that bio on the 307 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: website of like, these are all our people that go 308 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: that went to the school, and here they are now. 309 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: Are you on the website now? No? They hate me. 310 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: They want nothing to do with me. You. So you're 311 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: an intern and you have you have to have some 312 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: way to prove that you're in school when you're an intern. Yes, 313 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: we need to pay for Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Yes, okay, 314 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: I used that. Michael Brian was my p D who 315 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: was the p D at the local local affiliate Nashville 316 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: when I moved here. Yeah, he was the PDS. My 317 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: first run into him and I was the intern there 318 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: at XL and I did that for about a good 319 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: four or five months, kind of played the sixth man 320 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: on the show that all the behind the scenes. Was 321 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: it crazy to be on the air though, even even 322 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: you weren't getting paid, Like, was your life a little different? 323 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: Because people started think you were kind of famous. When 324 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: I'd go downtown to Orlando as an intern, you go 325 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: to the club and they would go, oh, it's Scuba 326 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: Steve from the John and Ja Morning Show. And it 327 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: was the coolest thing for me because I was in 328 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: my hometown and I was a small local celebrity. So 329 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: for me, I got a lot of cloud with my friends, 330 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: free drinks, free entrances the club. So let me mention 331 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: Scooba Steven because it sounds like that was already your name. Yes. Yeah. 332 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: As an intern, they named you Scooba Steve. Yeah, birth 333 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: named Stephen and then Big Daddy was a popular movie 334 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: at the time, and they just named me Scuba Steve 335 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: and I just rolled with it. Ever been scuba diving? Never? 336 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: Never in my life? You have an interest? No, My 337 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: my wife's father passed scuba diving, so I have no 338 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: interest in scooba diving. What's your wife's father died while 339 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: scuba diving. Yeah. On they were on some vacation back 340 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: when she was a kid and he went scuba diving, 341 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: and I just had fear. I've had a fear of 342 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: it in general. But when she told me that, I 343 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: was like, I'm definitely not scuba diving ever. The irony 344 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: for her not think about this And by the way, lovely, Yeah, 345 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: I think your wife is a lovely Thank you. She's 346 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: got this dad. He goes cuba diving, unfortunately passes away. Well, 347 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: it's time for her to live our life now. As 348 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: an adult, she meets a guy his name is Scuba 349 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: and has to think about that every day. Everything was 350 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: manifested in some weird way. Wow, that would be like 351 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: your grandpa getting hit by a train. You meet a 352 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: guy named Cho McGhee like, I'm gonna marry you too, man, 353 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: And it was a very weird coincidence. Okay, so you're 354 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: interning there, when does it turn into a real job? 355 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: And what's the real job? So I'm interning there. They 356 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: do all those massive cuts in two thousand nine, and 357 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: I was one of those. That was because I got 358 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: brought on part time for a little bit after the internship. 359 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: They cut me because they cut all part timers. But 360 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: then I met a guy my way out and named 361 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: Rick Everett. He's the p D at the rock station there, 362 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: and he's like, hey, look man, just hang tight, I 363 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: got something for you in the works. You know, we'll 364 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: get something on the books for you and in the 365 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: next couple of months. So I kind of just I 366 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: took his word. I waited a couple of months he 367 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: hit me back. During that two months, I was applying 368 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: at every radio station across the tree from Canada down 369 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: to Mexico. Were you also doing a job though, to 370 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: make rent? No, that's when I was living with my 371 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: ex wife who was paying rent, who was paying rent 372 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: and paying for everything, and we found out on the 373 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: radio show cheated on him and he found out Ashley Madison, 374 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: Go listen to the Bobby Cast. No, go listen to 375 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: the bibone show on Thursday. That was when that was. Man, 376 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: I feel bad about that one. No, I don't know 377 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: if it's okay, not at all. Great story though, I 378 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: can't believe he's Scuba Steve. I woant have dropped that 379 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: when I met your wife. I would have been like 380 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: stunning Steve, our spatula Steve. I just wouldn't to stay 381 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: with scuba Steve when your wife's dad died scuba diving. Yeah, yeah, 382 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: she was. I guess she was fine with it. She 383 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: doesn't have a problem. So have you ever asked her that? Um, 384 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: I've never really tried it up. I mean, it was 385 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: mentioned to me that that happened, and oh my god. Yeah, 386 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I think that's probably something you 387 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: need to change. Did she ever call you scuba? Never know? 388 00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just is she comfortable you talk going 389 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: about that? Yeah? Totally so. I think the people on 390 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: the radio show would be blown away at that story, 391 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: and not in like a funny way. But then, you know, 392 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: isn't it ironic? You think? Can I bring that up 393 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: on the show next week. It's fine. Yeah, I don't 394 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: want to. I don't want your wife to be upset. No, 395 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: it's been a long time. Her father passed when she 396 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: was twelve, so it's also been a very very long unbelievable. Yeah, wow, Okay, 397 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: so you're working part time at the rock station. Is 398 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: that they hired you on to do so then he 399 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: brings you back and then that's what it is. It's 400 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: two things. One he needs help launching a sports station. 401 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: So that was pretty much my main priority was to 402 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: help get the station launched, run it, do everything for production, 403 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: run the board for all the shows, get that off 404 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: the ground, and also help out at the Rock station, 405 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: which my goal was, Oh I want to be on 406 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: this rock station in some capacity. Uh. And then I 407 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: also started working for Johnny again on the morning show. 408 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: So I was doing morning show from about four until 409 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: about one, and then one over to the sports station, 410 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: did that to the afternoon, did the rock station in 411 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: the evening, and went home and did all over again 412 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: for seven days a week. And I'm not even gonna 413 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: go wow because I did the same crap, because so 414 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: she just got to I think it's great, but you know, 415 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be like, Damn, I can't believe you 416 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: did that. Didn't too? Yeah, you have to do it. 417 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: We've all done that crap. Waddy hasn't He kind of 418 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: got brought in. Uh. So you were working with Johnny? 419 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: Was it? Johnny and Jade? Jade? Yeah? Jade? I think 420 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: you know who she is. I know Jade pretty well. 421 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: She now she lives in Nashville now and works for 422 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: Apple Music. Yeah, and but I know Jade through a 423 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: couple of different things. But yeah, so Jade and I 424 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: are were you guys? Cool? Yeah, very cool. Yeah, we 425 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: still talked to this day. Well I like her. Yeah, 426 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: if he didn't great. Yeah. When she was here in 427 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: town a year ago before Shook the gig, we went 428 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: lunch and everything. So she was one of the hosts 429 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: while you were what position? She was the co host 430 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: when I was intern, but then also became a person 431 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: on the show, a part time personality and producer. You 432 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: were you a producer on that show? Yes? What did 433 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: you produce? So? I was the associate producer. So I 434 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: would do kind of like what Abby does, screen calls, 435 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: edit audio, get some audio on the streets, put together 436 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: you know, one sheets, all that basic stuff. Okay, so 437 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: you're doing that for how long? I did that for 438 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: about about a year year and a half. And then 439 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: are you going I gotta get out of here and 440 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: go somewhere bigger or did you kind of get pushed off? 441 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: I wanted a full time position, and they dangled that 442 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: cared for years. You know. We eventually a full time 443 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 1: I was working seven days a week, but only logging 444 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: twenty nine hours um and I was fine with that. 445 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: Like you said, you have to you have to grind, 446 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: and I'm totally cool with that. And then I got 447 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 1: to a point where I wasn't gonna get that full 448 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: time position anytime soon. My ex wife at the time 449 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: got the opportunity to move to San Francisco, and I 450 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: knew nothing about it. I just knew it was a 451 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: bigger city, was California. It's an opportunity. Let's do it. 452 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: So I quit my job. And before I quit my job, 453 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: I remember the moment where we were driving. We had 454 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: the U haul packed the car ready to go, everything 455 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: to hit the road, and I went back to the 456 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: clear Channel building before my email expired, and I emailed 457 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: all the p d's in San Francisco and the operations 458 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: manager and said, hey, this is me resume. I'm heading 459 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: that way. Even if we can just have a conversation, 460 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: coffee whatever. Um, I have no job. I'm willing to 461 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: do whatever you need. I'll do it. And then I 462 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: got some responses in the drive to Sanford Cisco, and 463 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: then we apologif for a secondary what's the question you 464 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: want to ask him? I'm good, I'm listening. I wanted 465 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: hally blue and green. Thank you. There you go. You 466 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: don't have any like a sign questions. This is a 467 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: good story relief. I'm good. Okay, left out of it. 468 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: You made fun of my first question. I'm scarred by that. 469 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: You're driving, you get emails back, emails back saying hey, 470 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: when you come to town, hit me up, I would 471 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: love to talk to you. By the way, there almost 472 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: isn't a further drive. Oh it's super far because you're 473 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: going from the bottom right basically to the upper left. 474 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 1: I mean you could have gone to Seattle. I guess 475 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: I'd have been further but Seattle Portland. But other than that, 476 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: that's about as far as you can go. Yeah, I'm 477 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: in with the car with somebody that I sort of 478 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: hate at the time, so it was a fun three 479 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: to four day drive. We mean sort of hey, because 480 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: you weren't divorcing then, no, but we were. Our relationship 481 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: was sort of on that verge of things weren't going 482 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: right and you still thought you wanted to move with 483 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: her even though things weren't going right. Yeah, because I 484 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: saw this as an opportunity to change me as a 485 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: person and take me out of my hometown, which was 486 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: I love Orlando, but I wanted to grow and for 487 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: me to grow, I have to go somewhere. So so 488 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: what were the emails saying as you were driving? They 489 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: were just basically just like, hey, when you get to town, 490 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: hit us up. And I responded, say, no problem, I'll 491 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: be there in this date. Let's lock in a date 492 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: when I get to town, and and then that happened. 493 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: I talked to three different people. One of them was 494 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: Cat Collins, who's a p D over there UH at 495 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: Wild nine, who was like the top forty station in 496 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: San Francisco. UH. Andrew Jeffreys was another one. He was 497 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: just a p D at the time for Star like 498 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: a hot a C and then Don Parker, who is 499 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: the operations manager, and they're all like, hey, we don't 500 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: have any gigs at the moment, but we'd love for 501 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: you to come in and just just, you know, just talk. 502 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: I talked to Cat for like two hours, just talking 503 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: about radio and life and the move, and everyone seemed 504 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: to be pretty interested and me taking the chance of 505 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: quit my job and moving out here with this girl 506 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: and hopes that things just happen to work out. And 507 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: what job did you get? Eventually? So eventually Andrew Jeffrees 508 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: was like, hey, man, I got something for you. Um 509 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: it's not a morning show producer or anything that you 510 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: were looking for, but it's an end of the building 511 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: and if you get in and as you know, that's 512 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, that's the ticket. You just want to get 513 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: into the building, Get that email, get that key card. 514 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: And so he's like, hey, I have a producer position 515 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 1: where you basically take the Seacrest show in the local 516 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: end and you localize it, inserted into the system and 517 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: watched the board. Which is kind of funny because later 518 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: in life and I'm working for secrets doing the opposite 519 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: sending the stuff exactly. Yeah, So how long did you 520 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: do that? So I did that for about three or 521 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: four months, and then there was a morning show opportunity 522 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: with a guy named Don blue Uh at star Win 523 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: O one three, and I became his morning show producer 524 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: from that, and then from that did that for about 525 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: a good two years. And then the in the building 526 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: was the j V show. He used to do, this 527 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: show called The Doghouse, and him and Rico needed a 528 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: executive producer because they were gonna start taking on affiliates 529 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: and they just had they didn't have any organization within 530 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: their show, and they needed someone to kind of help 531 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: that out and playing the day and do all the 532 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: day to day stuff. So I went on did that 533 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: and that was a wild ride for a good three 534 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: three or four years. Um. The fact that those personalities 535 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: and I've ever met them before, order them. Um. J 536 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: V is a great guy. He's from that old school 537 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: radio era of I'm gonna piss you off to the 538 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: absolute brink and watch you break for content. So he 539 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: would like push my buttons and push my buttons and 540 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: push my buttons and just wreck me. I mean literally 541 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: ripped the flesh off my skin. Not literally, not literally, 542 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: but figuredively to get a reaction out of me for 543 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: whatever was going on. Like basically I was the butt 544 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: of every joke for everything, no matter how hard I 545 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: worked or did whatever, which at the moment, I was like, 546 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: gotta hate this guy. This is so ridiculous, but it 547 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: made me who I am today, gave me the thick 548 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: skin and gave me the tools to take it on 549 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: to the next level. Ever getting an off air screaming 550 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: match with him on air and off air, but in 551 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: the off air that was extremely intense. On air, you 552 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: can at least a little bit ago. That's for the show, 553 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: like I turned it up for the show. Sure you 554 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: ever getting an off air screaming match? Well, the problem 555 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: to a lot of our offer screen matches. He'd press 556 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: record on the box crow and they would turn into 557 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: an on air match without even realizing or or flipped 558 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: the mics on. Like I cursed in the air three 559 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: or four times, said the F word, the S word, 560 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: not knowing it. But just because I didn't know I was, 561 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: we were alive on the radio, he flip it on, 562 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: and all sudden I'll be telling to go f himself 563 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: and uh, And then there it was. Why did that 564 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: relationship end? That ended because of money and the dying 565 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: need to come to l A at some point, So 566 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: you weren't getting paid enough for what you were doing. 567 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,239 Speaker 1: Oh not at all. No. Now you've established yourself as 568 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: a producer. But are you going I'm a talent, Why 569 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: am I producing? Or are you like, dang this producing is? 570 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: Who knew where it's at? Well? I was thinking it 571 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: was a combination of both, because then when I went 572 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: to as I was leaving in San Francisco, I made 573 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: relationships in the all format, uh, and I was like, look, 574 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: I want to track. Can I do some tracking the 575 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: side to kind of have my own creative things? So 576 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: I tracked like Stockton, Bakersfield, small markets outside? What what shifts? Uh? 577 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: Mid day? Well, first it was fill in shifts, and 578 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: then when I got to the Seacrest Show, then I 579 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: was full time mid day on a ALL station. So 580 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: I would basically wake up super early in the morning 581 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: track that midday shift and then go over to my 582 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: desk at the secret studio and do my job there. 583 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: Did you know fun fact pop up videos poop that 584 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: when we were doing this show, Uh, it really started 585 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: to gain some steam. Probably had about a hundred affiliates Eddie, 586 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: and now we're also doing afternoons on a rock station 587 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: under fake names and we never said it really. Yeah, 588 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: it was pretty cool. I was like a Mexican dude 589 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: had like a bad accent, really is missing their bones. Yes, yes, 590 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: it was me and at the time my assistant and 591 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: Eddie and it was Slappy the Wonder Boy in Zeus 592 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: and Eddie would Slappy the Wonder Boy and Cruz was 593 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: Zeus and Eddie was Chico. Yeah, that is so cool. 594 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: And we did it forever and we're just doing it. 595 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: We're just going to my office for there's a studio 596 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: and looking out in thirty four five minutes we were 597 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: yeah while doing the Bones show. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we 598 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: just did after the shift we walk in and we 599 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: thought it was hilarious and we would play we could 600 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: play this is a good one. I like this one. 601 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: It slappy the one. This one was really good. Your Chico, 602 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, our Zeus. Yeah, I like bo that's pretty rad. 603 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: That's really cool. So we did that for a while. 604 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: I like, just can pop up videos over. Um, so 605 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: you want to go to l A. Do you have 606 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: a job first? No? So I quit that job as well. Um. 607 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: And at that point I was with my wife, my 608 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: I want to say current wife, but my forever wife, 609 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: my my soul mate, and she had seen what this 610 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 1: job had done to me, the hours that I put 611 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: into it versus the compensation I was receiving in the 612 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: way I was being treated. She's like, look, I support you. 613 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: You want to go to l A. I'll stay here 614 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: in San Francisco with my family. And she had a 615 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: good job in the city paid really really well. It's like, look, 616 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: you go ahead and go and if it works out, 617 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: I'll come down there and meet you. If it doesn't 618 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: work out, then at least come back here and we'll 619 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: figure it out. So I moved down to l A. 620 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: And within a few days I had a connection and 621 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: I got a job by Dr Phil Show where I 622 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: was running and doing p a work um and that. 623 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: While I was doing that, I got a phone call 624 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: from my guy named Dennis Clark, who I met in 625 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: San Francisco, and he's like, Hey, I know you're in 626 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: l A. I heard you. Let he goes, uh, he 627 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: goes sit tight. I got something for you. Do you 628 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: ever meet Dr Phil? Yeah, a couple of times. Yeah, 629 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: thumbs up, thumbs down, thumbs in the middle, good and bad. 630 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I always hate to say about people because 631 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: you just never know their mood. That day, and he 632 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: always seemed like he's very busy and his goal was 633 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: to get in and get out. So I can't really 634 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: say I didn't like the guy. I just can say 635 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: that he was just there. You're not saying you dislike him, 636 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: but you are saying you didn't like him. Yeah, it was. 637 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: It wasn't different on it. Yeah, he seemed like he 638 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 1: was just trying to get do his job and go home. 639 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: It sounds like you didn't have a lot of time 640 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: to get to know him too. Yeah, just what it 641 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: got to know. But he was living up in a 642 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: barely hills mansion, like we had a different lifestyle. I 643 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: was a runner and he was the host of the show. 644 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: So Dennis Clark, who I know as well, hits you 645 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: up and says, we got a job for you. What's 646 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: the job? And then as the supervising producer for Seacrest 647 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: National Show. And I was like, holy crap, this is 648 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: really cool. I'll entertainment. So it started off and I 649 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,959 Speaker 1: built onto. It was basically it was very bare minimum. 650 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: You basically took the local show and you had a 651 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: team of editors and a writer and stripped it down. 652 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: Road pickups approved the edits and they shipped it out 653 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: and then dealt with some affiliates. Very basic, very easy, 654 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: good paying job. It was much It was much better 655 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: than Dr Phil Show and working in San Francisco, So yeah, 656 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: it was fine. It wasn't the greatest, but it definitely 657 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: paid much better, so I was cool with it. Would 658 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: you say you were thriving or just starting to do 659 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: better than surviving? Um, I would say starting to do 660 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: better than surviving expensive. That's the thing too. If if 661 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: I made this salary anywhere else, I'd be great, But 662 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: in l A. It was very expensive with rent and 663 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: just the cost of living was really high. Drugs, drugs. Yeah, 664 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: Hooker's process. So you are working with Ryan. Did our 665 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: paths ever cross before you came here? There was a 666 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: couple of times. There was I think one time when 667 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:57,959 Speaker 1: you were doing but I didn't know you. So there 668 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: was one time you came by. I recognized you because 669 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,479 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, it's Bobby, and I was like, oh, 670 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: it's Bobby. And then I googled and figured it out 671 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: and uh, you were what was it? What was I 672 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: doing working in the building? Well, you were I think 673 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: in the building tracking or doing something because you were 674 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: doing dance with the Stars, I believe. And you came 675 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: over and I think you're looking for Tanya Um, which 676 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: that's a funny story too about their producer UM and 677 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: you were you came to the black Glass room looking 678 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: for somebody, and I guess that we were tracking and recording, 679 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: and so you like waved and left. But I knew 680 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: that there was a moment on that show that we 681 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: were trying to connect Tanya with you. That wasn't That 682 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna happen. Yeah, it wasn't gonna happen. But but 683 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: they but she was trying to and they were trying 684 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: to not saying you reached out for it or anything, 685 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: but they were trying to make it happen. But and 686 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: I was gonna put it on the National show. And 687 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: the local producer, who I think has a crush on her, 688 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: he got really but hurt about it, and he was like, 689 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: I ticked it off, We're not airing that, And I said, 690 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: f him. So I put on the National show anyways, 691 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: because him and I didn't get along. We butt heads 692 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: a little bit. Interesting. Yeah, So that was our first 693 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: run in first run, in the second run in was 694 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: it was actually right before I took this job, very 695 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: very close to it. We were at a hotel. I 696 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: was at the are and um, it's this hotel that's 697 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: in Hollywood at the corner of right near the mall, 698 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: you know, the what's that big mall, Beverly Hills Mall. Whatever. Anyway, 699 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: there's a hotel cross street from the mall, and we 700 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: were over at that. We were at the bar. And 701 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: when I was in the interviewing process, before I had 702 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: actually even got to you or anyone, it was just 703 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: kind of behind the scenes of I may make this move. 704 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: I said, the bar with some friends and um, and 705 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: you were sitting in another area, just chilling by yourself, 706 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: and to look over and they're like and then my 707 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: friend John Niels like, hey, it's Bobby. And I was like, 708 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: look over, so because that's a weird coincidence, and I 709 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, you should go over and say hid 710 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: And I was like, no, I'm not gonna I'm not 711 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: gonna say anything. And he goes all right, and then 712 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: we end up walking sort of together toward the elevator 713 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: to go up, and you win another elevator. I went another. 714 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: All that happened, you didn't even say hello. I didn't 715 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: say anything, because I was like, I didn't know. You 716 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: can lose it, but I didn't know. I was by myself, 717 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: just chilling somewhere by yourself. And then I think I 718 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: think it was maybe Jessica at some point came over, 719 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: Uh your sister, Yeah exactly, yeah, and she came over 720 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: and and did something and you like went away. Uh, yeah, 721 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: I'm chilling at a hotel yourself. Weirdo Scooba. Steve didn't 722 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: even say hill I wanted to when I felt weird. 723 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: I'm by myself all the time, but not not as 724 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: much anymore. But pretty, Caitlin, they're just chilling on your phone. 725 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: You give me a look like who the hell is 726 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: this guy? And I'm just kidding, okay, I'll probably get 727 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: you look like, please me. I have a friend. Anybody 728 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: anybody be my friend. Actually, you had that thing and 729 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: I had this like gut feeling and you probably just 730 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: happened all you before we were sitting there. You want 731 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: to say hi to somebody, could be anybody of any capacity, 732 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: and you just have this feeling you should say it, 733 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: and you should say it, and you don't say it, 734 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: and I just almost like threw up and I was 735 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: like I'm not gonna do this. I'm just gonna leave it. 736 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: So I didn't know Scooba, but he was recommended by 737 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: a couple of different people that I trust, and I 738 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: was like, okay, great, So Scooba flies in. We interview 739 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: was fantastic, interviewed like three or four people that all 740 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: were highly recommended. And because I had always just hired 741 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: people that I knew or trained, and I was like, man, 742 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: for me to grow, I need somebody that knows things 743 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: other than what I know, because I only know what 744 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: I've figured out myself. And so offered to Scuba. He 745 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: was like, I need more money. But also on the 746 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: on the quiet side, I was like, scoopid just tell 747 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: him you need money. I was like, don't don't take 748 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: the first deal, like hold out because I knew we 749 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: were going to get him, but I also wanted him 750 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: to squeeze him for as much as he could get. 751 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: But was he available or how No, But that was 752 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: a whole other thing. He wasn't. He was working with Ryan, 753 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: and so I reached out to Ryan and was like, Hey, 754 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: I would love to talk to Scuba, but Ryan's team 755 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: loves Scuba so much they didn't really want to get 756 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: rid of scuba. And so there was this whole month 757 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: or so I was like, I'd like to have scuba, 758 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: and they were like, we don't want you to have scuba. 759 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: And finally I was like, it would mean a lot 760 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: to me because I want to elevate him. This will 761 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: be literally the biggest position. Finally Ryan call was like, Okay, 762 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: you can have scooba, but it's a little type for 763 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: a bit. It was. Yeah, it was almost a good 764 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: month and a half, two months going back and forth, 765 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: and I had to wait for Ryan because Ryan was 766 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: on vacation at the moment, and then when he came back, 767 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: and then we eventually had to have the conversation over 768 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: the phone, which wasn't what I wanted. I want to 769 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: talk to him face to face because I have a 770 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: lot of respect from him and he really helped me 771 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: out with my career at that moment and did a 772 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: lot for me and I learned a lot from him. 773 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: It was pretty cool to work with Ryan seacrest Um. 774 00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: And we had that weird conversation on the phone where 775 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: kept cutting out and I would say something, go, what's 776 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: that had all planned out like bullet points of what 777 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to say, and I had to keep saying 778 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: it over and over and over, and eventually I was like, God, 779 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: he's not gonna get what I'm trying to say. But 780 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: at the end he kind of understood what He's also 781 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,000 Speaker 1: what I'm trying to hear. He is that you want 782 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: to grow. You're looking to move your family to a 783 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: different location and increase your pay. I'm like, hey, he goes, 784 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: I'm totally cool with that. I hate to see you go. 785 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: I love you, you work hard, You're one of the 786 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: best employees on my team. But if this is what 787 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: you want, I give you my blessing. And I was like, perfect, cool, 788 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: That's what I was looking for, was his blessing. And 789 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: then he called me. I was like, yeah, fine, you know, 790 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: I was like, thank you. Yeah. So I moved over 791 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: um and here you are. Now, how do you feel 792 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: a year? And this last year has been weird though, 793 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: so it's kind of hard to It hasn't been extremely normal, 794 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: but it hasn't been for anyone, but you've almost put 795 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: your entire existence here abnormal it has been. It's if 796 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 1: the abnormal has become normal. It's been weird because you 797 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: come to the city and it's a fun, cool city 798 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: to go out and do things and check things out, 799 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: and you really can't. And my wife, we have a kid, 800 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: and she was pregnant throughout this pandemic, and so I 801 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: was also very paranoid about going anywhere and seeing any thing. 802 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 1: And you meet labels and people and everyone's wearing a mask, 803 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: so you don't know what anyone looks like. You meet 804 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: him six seven times. It's been a really weird year, 805 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: but it's been a cool year and it's helped me 806 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: grow a lot as a person and as an employee. 807 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,879 Speaker 1: So it's been weird, but it's been cool and I'm 808 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: down with it. Another kid, get two kids now? Yeah. Um. 809 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: And you talked about Dr Phil, I talked about Ryan Secret. 810 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: What about me? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Now you're great, 811 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: your thumbs up. What's the hardest part of executive producing 812 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: my show? About me? What's the hardest part about me? 813 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: About you? Personally? About me as a talent? Like what's 814 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: the what are you constantly like, oh my god, I 815 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: don't know how I'm gonna get this or get him 816 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,319 Speaker 1: to do this, or like, what is the the thing 817 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:40,879 Speaker 1: that you go to your wife and complain the most 818 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: about me. Well, I don't complain to her because this 819 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,720 Speaker 1: is the one job I will say I haven't complained 820 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: about anything because I finally found a position where I 821 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: feel like, Okay, this is like you talked about, it's 822 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,399 Speaker 1: a great position, it's a growing position. It's a show 823 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: that's thriving. There are a lot of people when I 824 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: got this job like, damn, dude, you got the position, 825 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 1: like that's the show to be on because that show 826 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: is growing and the company believes in it. And I've 827 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: noticed that through my conference calls and meetings. This is 828 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: the show the company is backing and believes them, which 829 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: is great. So I made the right decision. I think. 830 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: One thing, um, and it's also my problem too, is 831 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: because you're someone who has done a lot of it yourself, 832 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: and because you've you know, you've even told me we 833 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: had meetings before in the past, like hey man, there 834 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 1: was one time I had seven commerses and I was 835 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,839 Speaker 1: running this and doing this whole thing and figuring out 836 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: everything on my own. You have that. It's that kind 837 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: of personality where you're like, look, this is me, this 838 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: is my baby. It's tough to let go, but you 839 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: even preface it when I had the interview're like, hey, look, man, 840 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: this is a group of people that we've been together 841 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: for a long time. This is it's gonna be tough 842 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: to jump in. Somebody knew everyone's been together for ten 843 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: plus years. You know you're the new guy. You got 844 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: to kind of find your way in. And I found 845 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: my way, and I feel like with pretty much everybody, Um, 846 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: I would say everyone, yeah, except for Mike. Mike doesn't 847 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: seem really like doesn't It's okay though, just me. Um, 848 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 1: So it's been the control that yeah, me going, I 849 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: still need control, yes, and I but I but I'm 850 00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,279 Speaker 1: also a person to understands that because I'm also the 851 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: exact same sonality type. So if I didn't have that 852 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: type of personality, i'd be like, man, what the hell 853 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: do Why does he just give me a little more control? 854 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,279 Speaker 1: But I understand that, and I also understand this is 855 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 1: a long term game and it's a building the relationship 856 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: and getting you to trust me, which I feel like 857 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: that has grown over this last year of gaining some 858 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,680 Speaker 1: sort of trust and also just letting you know, like, hey, look, 859 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: I would never crap on the show. I would never 860 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: ruin it. I would never do anything that would jeopardize 861 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: you or this show. So I hope that over this 862 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: next few years that we continue to grow and build 863 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,279 Speaker 1: on that so you can get more trust in me. 864 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,439 Speaker 1: And I understand that. I get that. I'm totally fine 865 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: with that. I do feel I've got a little better 866 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 1: at it, though you have a little bit yeah, yeah, 867 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: a little bit. In the beginning, it was I was like, damn, 868 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: I pitched ideas or things or say stuff for even 869 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: just like little things like within the show content, and 870 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, all right, and I would beat myself 871 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: down on like, I get it. It's his show, this 872 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: is your show. It's got your name on it. I 873 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: respect that a hunter and ten percent um. So I 874 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: just for me, it's it's a it's a it's a 875 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,320 Speaker 1: process to to kind of just get you to really 876 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,080 Speaker 1: trust me to where we can have that relationship to 877 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: where all right, cooy, you got it, this is your thing. 878 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: I want to do like Maddie the Morning Mike and 879 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,800 Speaker 1: just walking into thing's done. Yeah, I think I want that, 880 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: but then I can never do you can't do that. 881 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: It's tough. And I understand that maybe it'd be cool. 882 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: There are a lot of personalities that have that where 883 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: they walk in and there's a stack of papers and 884 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: it's all organized from top of show dan to show 885 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: and they literally look at it, read it, and just 886 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 1: go from one to the next, one to the next. 887 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 1: But then those shows don't have the life that this 888 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: show has. So I've cost also come to understanding that 889 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 1: that's okay that it is in that way, because this 890 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: show wouldn't be where it is if if you weren't 891 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: more in control of it. Because this is your brand, 892 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:32,839 Speaker 1: this is your product, and I feel like the way 893 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: we do it is is actually it's okay and it's fine, 894 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,400 Speaker 1: and it works. That's better than okay and fine, you 895 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 1: know what I mean. I mean it is a mediocre 896 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: fair you know, milk toast. It's pretty good. It's pretty good. Well, okay. 897 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: On the opposite, what's the best thing, the best thing? Um, 898 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: I would say that this show, it has been inclusive 899 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: and they have invited me in and not on the 900 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,320 Speaker 1: personal level like teach me to a shotgun, Eddie, I 901 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: don't hang out, but at work, I would say this 902 00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: team has been more inviting and more welcoming and more 903 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,359 Speaker 1: open to me coming onto the show. Being the guy 904 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,720 Speaker 1: that's the newest of this show, and that's been the coolest. 905 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,680 Speaker 1: And everyone has been accepting of me and and has 906 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: allowed me to come in and work with me and 907 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 1: work well with me, which has been cool. We're gonna 908 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: end this on one Eddie question. Okay, Eddie, what's the 909 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: one question that you'd like to ask Cooper Steve. It's 910 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,040 Speaker 1: Friday night, you got nothing to do? What are you 911 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: ordering to eat? And what are you gonna watch on TV? Wow? Okay? 912 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: He starts to cry. All that other stuff doesn't do 913 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: anything down. He starts to get emotional. My mom wants um. 914 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: But if I'm in this city, I don't really know 915 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: what I'm eating. But if I'm eating in a city 916 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: that has my food that I want, I'm eating at 917 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 1: Little Taiocha and Van Eys, California. What is that? What 918 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 1: is that? It's Thai food? Um, Thai food Vans, California. 919 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: They got this amazing orange chicken. They got this pork, 920 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 1: this fried pork belly with buck choi and Chinese broccoli 921 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: dipped in this like amazing black sauce. I don't know 922 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:07,399 Speaker 1: what it is that some sort of like soy sauce 923 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: mixed with hoist and sauce, a couple of other things. 924 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,839 Speaker 1: Uh they're hot drops, soup. Uh they're Vietnamese coffee or tea, 925 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,839 Speaker 1: whatever it is. And probably watching I would say Law 926 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:24,720 Speaker 1: and Order, um, Special Victims Unit or Criminal Intent. Brothers, sisters. 927 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm the oldest of four, twin brother and sister and 928 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,800 Speaker 1: little sister. Parents still alive, Moms alive. Dad passed way recently, 929 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,239 Speaker 1: but we didn't have a relationship, so stepdad. I had 930 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:40,320 Speaker 1: three stepdads. Wow, that was cool. No, it wasn't. On 931 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: the next episode. I've been married twice. Yes, it's signed 932 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:51,359 Speaker 1: with your forever wife, correct my soulmate. Okay, I feel 933 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,360 Speaker 1: like Edd, you learned something here. Yeah. Man, I'm telling you, 934 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 1: this guy's full of stories and and we're gonna go 935 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 1: on and on and then like in a few months 936 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: you're gonna find something. We would be like what, Oh 937 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: my gosh, we got to talk about this, more about this, 938 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: because that's what it is. Dude. He's got all kinds 939 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 1: of stories, like the mansion he lived in, things like that, 940 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,839 Speaker 1: and then like like even my wife the other day 941 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: was just like he really found dead bodies in his house, 942 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:17,279 Speaker 1: well not bodies, dead people. Yeah, you can't make it up, though. 943 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,359 Speaker 1: I just found nine dead bodies, a monkey, and uh 944 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: talking dog. Stop Like how I just made that up? Though? 945 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 1: I came here in a spaceship. Okay, all right, scool Steve, 946 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: thank you. I follow Scooba Steve on Instagram, Instagram, Twitter, Yes, 947 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: but you don't know my handles. It's at at Scuba 948 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: Steve Radio. I did see the B team Facebook page 949 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: now people to follow you the other day. Yeah, yeah, 950 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: they're cool. I don't I don't need facebooks. I don't 951 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,720 Speaker 1: check that out. No, no, they were. They have a Facebook. 952 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: I don't do Facebook. They have a Facebook group. It's 953 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: actually the only good Facebook group with our show because 954 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,120 Speaker 1: our show page is evil. But um they were like 955 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: better go follow Scooba Seve on Instagram. Cool, awesome, Thank 956 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: you much, followers. All right, that's it, thank you very much. 957 00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,480 Speaker 1: Scoobaste everybody,