1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Podcast play around Taking a Walk with Buzz Night. I'm Buzznight. 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm the host of the Taking a Walk podcast series, 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: and welcome to another edition of our Boston gem series. 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: Our series highlights some of the absolute coolest folks in 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: this great city. Today is no exception, and I'm such 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: a big fan of this gentleman. Now, first of all, 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: if you're a regular listener to Taking a Walk, I 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: appreciate your support. Share it with friends, share it on 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: social subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and please 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: write a review. So anyway, our special guest, he's the 11 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: co host. I love saying this too, Rich of the 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: nationally syndicated Boston based number one show in the Hub 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: from ninety eighty five, The Sports Hub, the tn R Show, 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: The Toucher and Rich Show, Rich Shirtinley. Hi, they've ever 15 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: used your last name? It's it is a it's a mouthful. 16 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: I knew it was my place in the roll call 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: when I was in high school because the teachers would 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: just stop it Rich, and now I have the great 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: buzz and Night pronouncing it absolutely perfectly. So I'm happy. 20 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: I couldn't be happier. It's so great to be with 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: you in the seaport area. A beautiful day, we're taking 22 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: a walk. You want to saunter a little bit, Let's 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: let's saunter. And by the way, I feel like I 24 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 1: looked at all of the places you guys have walked 25 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: on the podcast because I am a fan, and I 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: realized as I was going through it, what an unoriginal 27 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: bastard I am that I chose the seaport. I think 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: every third one that you have someone in Boston was 29 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: just like a let just go to the seaport, and 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: you are so nice to go. Okay, sure, whatever you 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: want to do, that's fine. If it gives me a 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: chance to get out of the house, I'm pretty happy. Okay, 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: I mean, from me, this is a big event. But 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: we also so we've had some seaport episodes here, okay. 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: We've also had some public garden and sort of you know, 36 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: around the back bay. Okay, so you got some contact 37 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: eyes while doing it. That's good, which is beautiful. Yeah, 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: but it's so great to be with you. So why 39 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 1: is this Toucher and Rich show so damn successful? Man? 40 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's it's I mean, listen, there were 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: Fred and I we when we met it was back 42 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: at old Rock station in Atlanta, and I was basically 43 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: like the fourth chair in the morning show. My name 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 1: wasn't on. I was just like an intern that ended 45 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: up doing dumb stunts that I ended up they putting 46 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: me on full time. And Fred was this night jock 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: and we were kind of the two youngest ones who 48 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: were kind of the kids in the back of the 49 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: the class, you know, mocking everybody and laughing about it. 50 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: And we became good friends, and we said, hey, listen, 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: if there's ever a chance to do a show together, 52 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: you know, then we should take that chance. Uh. Fred. 53 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: I ended up going to Dallas and learning under kid 54 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: Cratic and working on his show for a couple of years. Meanwhile, 55 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: Fred started doing warnings out in at ninety nine XT 56 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, and then when Stern went to Satellite, We're like, wow, 57 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of stations that need morning shows. 58 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: Maybe this is our chance, and we I told Tony 59 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: Berendini about it, and I gave him, you know, I 60 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: told him we were gonna we're going to try to 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: put the show together. And Fred and I had individual 62 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: tapes and him and I think it was Chris Olivero 63 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: at the time, flew us out to Phoenix one night, 64 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: so we or actually three nights were from midnight to 65 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: five in the morning. We did five hour shifts, three 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: nights in a row. Gave them the tape and they said, 67 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: we like it. We're going to call you within the 68 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: next forty eight hours and tell you what city you're 69 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: going to work it. And wow, it was almost like 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: the NFL draft. The phone rang and it was like, 71 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: how would you like to go to Boston And we're like, hey, 72 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: let's do it. So that's good to me. Why not? 73 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: And sure enough we ended up moving in and you know, 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: we got there right after the David Lee Roth the 75 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: box and which, by the way, people have burned the 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: tapes of David ly Roth. You can't find it anywhere. 77 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: And I wanted to show Fred because it was so awful. 78 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: I remember hearing all the time. It was so ridiculously 79 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: ill conceived that I was just like, you have to 80 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: hear this. And I remember when I showed up, I 81 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: was like, hey, do you have any of those David Roth? 82 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: They was like, oh no, oh no, no, we don't 83 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: find that funny around here. That was a dark time, 84 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: I know, some people who were involved. I'll leave their 85 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: names out at this point because they probably would rather 86 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: like to stay friends with them, but they don't want 87 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: to talk about it. Oh wow, it's something they don't 88 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: even want to bring up, isn't that? Isn't that crazy too? 89 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, it's I guess wounds did take 90 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: a while to heal in the radio industry. You know. 91 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: It's like I remember it telling friend, I'm like, oh, 92 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: he's got bogo music. And then there's this guy where 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: the guitar like w'ere and like you can't understand what's 94 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: going on. He had his cousin on for like or 95 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: his uncle on for like an entire half of his 96 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: first show, and they talked nonsense and it was great. 97 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: You got to hear it. And then you know, poof, 98 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: like it never existed. Yeah, well, go back to working 99 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: with Kid Kratic. Only had the good fortune of meeting 100 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: him one time, and it was just this delightful guy 101 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: that you know, had this great aura around him, not 102 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: unlike you, by the way, in terms of the good 103 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: the good aura, but what was it like working with kids? 104 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: So it was it was funny because there was a 105 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: radio consultant named Randy Lane, who is one of my 106 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: favorite people in the radio industry, talent coach. He was 107 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: working with my station ninety nine X when I decided 108 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: that I wanted to try to move on to something else, 109 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: like I either wanted to you know, start my own 110 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: show or and I wasn't afraid to jump markets like 111 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: that was something that I knew if I wanted to 112 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: do well in the industry, I have to do that. 113 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: So Randy told Kid about me. And what was ironic 114 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: was that Kid at the time was looking for a 115 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: young Latin female. That was that he told He told 116 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: Randy Lane, you know, listen, we want to get the 117 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: young Latin female audience. That is, there's something that well 118 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: let me you know I do. I'm a big fan 119 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: of you know, the boy bands and you know amnudo I. 120 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: So what happened was Randy went to Kid, and I 121 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: guess just when what Randy told me, he goes, listen, 122 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: this guy is not a young Latin female but she 123 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: but he is someone who I think you'll click with creatively, 124 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: and Kid said, okay, fine, So he flew me out 125 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: to Dallas and I remember we went. We met for 126 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: dinner and it was one of these things where we 127 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: just started throwing like ideas out back and forth and 128 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: just kind of spitballing like some fun segments. And by 129 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: the end of dinner we had like fifteen like really 130 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: ridiculously fun bits that were just invented over an hour 131 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: and a half played at Tacos, and I remember, oh boy, 132 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: this was crazy. He said, come into the show tomorrow morning. 133 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: Just be there at five fifteen. He said, all right, 134 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: so five point fifteen, I'm there and kid gets there 135 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 1: right before the show starts six o'clock, walks in, goes 136 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: on the air. He's brilliant, he's great. And then at 137 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: the first break, he goes, Okay, at exactly six forty, 138 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: we're going to do a contest. Introduce a new contest 139 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: called take My Mom to Mexico. He goes, I want 140 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: you to write a song. I heard you can play guitar, 141 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: and I want it ready by six forty, I had 142 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: twenty five minutes to write a funny song about taking 143 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: my mom to Mexico. It's like, okay, So I went 144 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: in there and I wrote this dumb song and he goes, 145 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: and I want you to to perform it on the air. 146 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: At six forty like, okay. So I go in there 147 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: and they do it and they're like, all right, thank you, 148 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: mister Mariachi guy or whatever. And then after that was done, 149 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: he goes, Okay, they just discovered life on Mars or 150 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: a signal on Mars. I want you to write a 151 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: skit for all of us to perform with the three 152 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: parts where I'm going to be talking to aliens and 153 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: al and Kelly, you're going to be aliens. I'm like okay, 154 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: and he goes and I want to buy seven twenty 155 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: Oh my god, So once again, twenty five minutes to 156 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: write this script. And I wrote the script, and I 157 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: guess it ended up being funny. They liked it. And 158 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: that's the way the first morning was. It was like 159 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: what do you got and how fast can you be funny? 160 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: And and it was. It was great because it touched 161 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: that part, that creative part that I love, like that 162 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: thing that just gets you it's really alive. Yeah. And 163 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: and then I remember after that, we we just we 164 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: hung out after the show and did the same thing. 165 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: We just spitballed stuff back and forth and back and forth. 166 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: And so I got a call. I went flew back home. 167 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: We got a call two days later and they said, 168 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: he wants you to be on the show, and that 169 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: was it, and I and I flew out there and 170 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: I and I knew that this was a great opportunity 171 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: to learn from one of the best learn syndication. And 172 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: it was after my two and a half years there 173 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: that's when the whole Stern thing happened. And Fred and 174 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: I remained friends and yeah, and that was the end 175 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: of a kid was just a great dude. Like he was. 176 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: He's that kind of radio nerd that I love like 177 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: and that we geeked out together over like Phil Henry, 178 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: he was like our favorite. I think we both are 179 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: like two people who just like we mentioned Phil Henry 180 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: and both those oh the guy's are god radio god. 181 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: And we you know, we we would tell, you know, 182 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: listen to I find bits of his and I've given 183 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: to him and we would just like geek out over 184 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: Phil Henry and and like we you know, we I 185 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: learned so much from him. And it was just one 186 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: of these guys too that even he though he's been 187 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: successful for so long, he never lost that fire, right 188 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: like he never you know, It's there's a lot of 189 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: people in radio and I never want to be that 190 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: kind that just they get successful and they get kind 191 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: of lazy. Kid was not that. He was the opposite 192 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: of that. And anything I could take from the from 193 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: Kid in my time with him that might have been 194 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: my favorite is that every day was like the first 195 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: day he was doing radio. So Rich one was the 196 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: breakthrough moment in Boston for the Toucher and Rich Show. 197 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: One moment to remember that really was like this thing 198 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: broke through. We arrived, We're here to stay, only going 199 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: to grow. Well, I'll tell you what there was. When 200 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: we first started. It was at BCN and we were 201 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: supposed to take over mornings after the davely Roth thing happened. 202 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: That was kind of the sales the sales pitch, and 203 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: we're like, great, we expected to. But then CBS did 204 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: something very smart and at least smart for us because 205 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: it was an advantage for us, and they got Opi 206 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: and Anthony and they brought them in the mornings and 207 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: then it was nice. Then we kind of got a buffer. 208 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: We went afternoons and you know, Opie and Anthony and 209 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: us kind of had a mutual respect and they were 210 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: really nice to us, and their fans kind of became 211 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: our fans, but we didn't know if anyone was listening. 212 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: Like when Fred and I came here with our two 213 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: of our friends crashing at Doolpho, like we were we 214 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: didn't know anybody. It was literally us. We were like 215 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: this mini gang and we would go out just together. 216 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: We would drink together, we would you know, hang out 217 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: with our families together, and we really didn't do a 218 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: ton outside of it. And then about three months after 219 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: we were there, we did this thing called the host 220 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: is so dated. The MySpace party, which was which was 221 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: like the whole concert was like, hey, you ever like 222 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: heard there's a party and you didn't know who's going 223 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 1: to be there. Well, now with my Space, you can 224 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: see who's going to actually be at the party because 225 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: they can sign up for it or whatever it was. 226 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: And I remember we threw this MySpace party and when 227 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: we showed up, it was at the Rack, remember the Rack. Sure, 228 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: it was at the Rack, and there was a line 229 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: down the street to get in. And I remember when 230 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: we got out of the car that PCN got for us. 231 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: When we got out, I mean it felt like, I mean, 232 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: we felt people were yelling our names and stuff like 233 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: we had no clue that people were actually listening to 234 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: us because the ratings hadn't reflected it at that point, 235 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: Like we were kind of okay, but but we had 236 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: this crazy diard group that we had these message boards 237 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: they started up and like some of the characters that 238 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: we would meet, people were quoting them. We had a 239 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: Halloween party, you know, and people were dressing as like Adolfo, 240 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: and there was like, you know, guys were dressing is 241 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: like we had this character that we met outside of a 242 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: a family name that the Chili guy, and people were 243 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: dressing like can't I've I got to be honest. It 244 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: was one of those things where I it was the 245 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: first time that I realized that something that like me 246 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: and Fred had created was truly connecting with people, and 247 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: if only the ratings at that point couldn't reflected that. 248 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: It was like we knew the passion was there and 249 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: that you know, that's when I knew that something special 250 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: was happening. But you just mentioned honest, Yes, and honest 251 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: is a core of the TNR Show, isn't it? Really? 252 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: It is? I mean, at least, I mean there's there's 253 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: certain things that I'm not good enough at faking takes 254 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: or passion or something like that, like if there's I 255 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: remember was when when they first told us that BCM 256 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: was gonna flip to the Sports Up and it was 257 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 1: Mark Hannon and Mike Thomas and I have to be honest, 258 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: when they sat us down and it was great. They 259 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: told us long before almost anybody else because you know, 260 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: I'll say this about those two guys. They they were 261 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: on our side from day one, and like, you know, 262 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: they knew that this station, even though it was going 263 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: to flip and be, you know, a sports talk thing, 264 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: they had this vision that these guys, you know, we 265 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: want something different, this this kind of rock show, that 266 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: these guys do love sports. Like they knew. I was 267 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: a huge Celtics fan, and obviously Fred is you know 268 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: all the Fred's a Jets fan, but it's still always 269 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: like he was passionate about it, and they said, you know, 270 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: we think this could work. But when they told us 271 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: it was gonna be a sports talk thing, I was. 272 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: I told him, I was like, I can't I hate 273 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: sports talk there. I'm not kidding. I told him. I 274 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: was like, there's not a format I hate more than 275 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: sports talk radio, I said. Because all was really exposed 276 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: to at the time was you know, like we I 277 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: and you know, that was just a station where they 278 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: were just so angry about everything, like everything, like you know, 279 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,599 Speaker 1: the Red Sox could have won the World Series and 280 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: I was like, well, can I do it again next year? 281 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: I don't click they can. I'm like, enjoy it, man, right, 282 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: and and just remember there being so much anger. And 283 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: I told him that, I'm like, I can't do that 284 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: kind of radio. I can't fake being angry about stuff 285 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: that makes me happy. And uh and I and I 286 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: think it was Mark Handy said, well, that's why we 287 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: want you. We want you guys to be who you 288 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: are and to not fake your passion about something that 289 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: you're not passionate about, and not play down you're passionate 290 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: about something that you are. So that's kind of where 291 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: the honesty comes from. You can hear it. There's certain 292 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: times where there's huge stories or friend and I would 293 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: just go, I'm sick of talking about this. I don't 294 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: want to do this anymore. I know we're supposed to 295 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: be talking about the patriots we talked about over three hours. 296 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk about something stupid like Farcourt, you know, 297 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: and so okay, so we have a I have an 298 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: audience beyond the borders of the US. Yeah, for this podcast, 299 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: there's two or three Czechoslovakians possibly listening right now. Oh 300 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: what's up checks? Maybe you know. I'm sure there's the 301 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: Russian Federation listening somewhere. You don't have to say a 302 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: word if you want. Well, I know the end of 303 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: Rocky four, So that makes any sense, right if I 304 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: can say? But we have so Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, 305 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: all over the place. So if someone's never heard the 306 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: Toucher and Rich Show, Okay, how do you describe it? 307 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: We This is gonna sound so consultant like, but it's true. 308 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: We we're you know what we are. We're friends first 309 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: who are just happen to be talking about the stuff 310 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: that's going on in our lives, which in Boston is 311 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: overrun with sports. We are nowhere near what you think 312 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: when you think a sports talk show. As a matter 313 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: of fact, I've always said we're the Touch and Rich 314 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: show that happens to be on a sports talk station, 315 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: and in our syndication we're on rock stations and stuff 316 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: like that. It's like, that's not that's not Sports is 317 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: part of who we are. But man, sometimes you get 318 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: bored by it, so you just it's basically anything that's 319 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: on our mind we'll talk about and we have. And 320 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: we're also like fourteen year olds. I mean, as I 321 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: was saying, we have a bit called far Court, which 322 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: for some reason is one of them. I can't believe it, 323 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: but like even like people my dad's age will come 324 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: up to me and say that they were laughing at it, 325 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: because you know, we'll take a clip of somebody who 326 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: was on TV and you'll hear a sound and someone 327 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: will say was that a fart? And will like you know, 328 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: play the music and pretend we're judges. It's the dumbest 329 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: thing in the world. You actually get paid for that bit. 330 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: I believe we're not believe it or not. I think 331 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: that's that's the beautiful thing. I think that's what was 332 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: submitted to the Marconi's only one that you hear, So 333 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: that's the beautiful But I dare say, beyond your description, 334 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: isn't it a lot just about uh, you know, the 335 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: art of mocking kind of you know each other, but 336 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: you have to be self depatyd too. Yet we know 337 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: we're idiots, and so I'm saying the idiots in the world, 338 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: whether it be sports or entertainment or whatever. Right, it's true, 339 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: it's true. And like the art of mocking, it's it's 340 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: it's mocking, but you know, and and Fred's Fred is 341 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: the one thing I'll you know, I'll see a million 342 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: things about Fred, but my one of my favorite things 343 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: about him is that when he goes off on rants, 344 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: there's no one better. There's literally no one better in 345 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 1: radio than when he gets fired up. He's just and 346 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: I and I, now, after all these years of working 347 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: with him, know absolutely every button depress when he's doing 348 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: that to stoke that flame. There's certain things I'm pretty 349 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: good at, and there's certain things Fred's pretty good at. 350 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: That's something he excels at. I would put him up 351 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: against anyone in radio when he gets fired up about something, 352 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's mocking, but it's always mocking and like 353 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: a you know, like not always the bout part. It's 354 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: somewhat of a playful tone. I guess because we're not perfect, 355 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: we're kind of dumb. Yeah, we call ourselves that. We're 356 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: dumbasses too, and it happens a lot. And I think that, 357 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: you know, because we're such idiots, it almost gives us 358 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: permission to you know, call out one of the bar 359 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: as well. If that makes it, It makes total sense. 360 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: But you know, listen, it's not like athletes are all 361 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 1: well behaved normal Oh sure, sure, sure, I mean and 362 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: and there's and there's certain people that we have had, 363 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: you know, in our in our sights for ever and ever, 364 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 1: and sometimes some of them will have on the show 365 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: and they'll end up being fantastic and it's like, all right, 366 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: well you're great, you you get the joke. You kind 367 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: of go along with it too, but yeah, sure yeah, 368 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: and and and then we do that with we do 369 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: that with every you know, athletes, celebrities, ourselves. Yeah, we 370 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: definitely mock a decent amount regular from Brookline. Well, bad 371 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: place is like that. I've never seen a city like that, 372 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: Like Brookline is just and that's so for the people 373 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: who don't know in Australia and Czechoslovakia and Russia, Uh, 374 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: there's this town that is just a mix of it's 375 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: the pit of anger. Okay. I've never seen an angrier 376 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: city in my life than Brookline, Massachusetts. It's like, I 377 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: don't know why there's so much anger there, but it's 378 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: almost like this young kind of progressive people are trying 379 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: to move into a place that's filled with old money 380 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: and people who've lived there in forever, and it's just 381 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: conflict and anger, and like the weather kind of sucks 382 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: up here, and that just makes it worse because the 383 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,919 Speaker 1: houses are crammed, and then there's like these people who 384 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: think that they're better than everyone else. All I know 385 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: is that there was a leaf blower ordinance and these 386 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: people were trying to like outlaw these leaf blowers, and 387 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I gotta get the 388 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: nine on one calls. I ended up going to the 389 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 1: police station and finding a treasure trove of the most 390 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: ridiculous like entitled nine one one calls ever, Like one 391 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: woman called nine one one because there was a boy 392 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: across the street at the baseball field kicking dirt. He 393 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: was on a baseball field during the day, across the 394 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: street kicking dirt, and she called nine one one on them. 395 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: And these these people who work the dispatch are just 396 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: saints about us that they have to deal with these 397 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: people over and over again. One person called nioua one 398 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: because someone at Trader Joe's was laughing at them, So 399 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: that was a nine one one call and that guy 400 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: end up calling back twice. And then there's the funny 401 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: ones where someone accidentally for Halloween Chaine has handcuffed himself 402 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: to the bed and then the cops let him go, 403 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: and then the very next night he had to call 404 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: back because he did it once again and it hurt 405 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: his less. So you can't make this up. You can't 406 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: make it up. And it's and it's become and that 407 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: bit's become a hit because it's real. People who have 408 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: been there can identify, people have had to work in 409 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: that area, have had to identify with with with all 410 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: of that. So so there you go. And even the 411 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: syndicated markets they get it just because hey, it's every 412 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: every area has got a town like that, but just here, 413 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,479 Speaker 1: it's it's magical, it's magically angry, you know. So how 414 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: do you guys plan the show? Okay, so like now 415 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: this is just you and I talk there. Sure, so 416 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: it just does. And the Czechoslovakia answer the Russians. So 417 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: what we'll do is that, Okay, let's say that there's 418 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: some big thing sporting of it that we're going to 419 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: be like watching. Let's say that there's a Patriots game 420 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: or whatever. Well know, the next day, because I do too, 421 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: people are gonna want to talk about it. It interesting, 422 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: So sure, let's let's let's book a guest or you know, 423 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: like a Patriots guest. And then after that it's just I. 424 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: You know, what it really is is that I'll fill 425 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: in a bunch of boxes with like stuff that like 426 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: I find ridiculous or I'm passionate about and I want 427 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: to talk about, and then Fred will come up with 428 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: something off the cuff. But I do a ton of production. 429 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: Like when I think of like a segment, I think 430 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: of it on different levels. I think of like the 431 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: story I'm gonna tell. I think of, uh, you know, 432 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: whether it's gonna go anywhere, what will make it better, 433 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: what production will make it sound funny or more interesting? 434 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: You know? What we'll cut through just the noise of 435 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: two idiots just talking, you know, is there's some sort 436 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: of element that gives it punch without being overproduced and 437 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: sounding like, you know, a clown factory or something like that. 438 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of that's kind of how we 439 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: do it. And sometimes after the show we'll kick around 440 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: some ideas, and sometimes we're so punch drunk that we'll 441 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: think of an idea so so stupid that we have 442 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: to do it and it could fit. And many times, 443 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: many times the bits have failed horribly. But the one 444 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: thing about I love about Fred is that he doesn't 445 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: care if something fails, because if it fails, it's funny. 446 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: If it's so bad it's great, then it's great. If 447 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: it's just boring, that's one thing. But if it's gonna 448 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: fail spectacular if it's gonna fail, you better fail spectacularly. 449 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: We did a bit one time, Oh god, we did 450 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: a bit one time with even if I explained, this 451 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: is so dumb and awful, So Teddy Bruski is gonna 452 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: be in studio, the big tough Teddy Bruski, and uh 453 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: he was not for us. He's gonna record some commercials. 454 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: And we were just punched drunk, just so stupid, and 455 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: like we could try to think the next day, like, Okay, 456 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: so Teddy Bruski's here, what are gonna do? I don't know? 457 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: I said, what if I went in and asked him 458 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: to recite the lyrics of Rush And we called the 459 00:22:54,760 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: bit Geddy Bruski like Geddy Lee Rush Teddy and everyone 460 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: just looked to me like you idiot, and I was 461 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: just like, hey, man, if he says no, the story's 462 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: kind of funny asking one of the meanest guys are 463 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: the toughest guys in the NFL to recite lyrics to 464 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: Rush Rush songs. And I could tell the story, but 465 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: he looked like I was like idiots. And sure enough 466 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: we went into the studio. We're like, hey, Teddy, uh, 467 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: I'm touch around rich Hey, I was going, do you 468 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: know the van rushing he is kind of and I said, Hey, 469 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this bit called Geddy Bruski because you're 470 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: just called Geddy Lee and you're Teddy Bruski, and we're 471 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: gonna have you read the lyrics. They were gonna put 472 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: the music and people have to guess what song it is. 473 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: And he looked at us like we had three four 474 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: heads and then he went, yeah, sure whatever, and I 475 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: was like, oh my god. And so we got him 476 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: to do it, and so we had this vic called 477 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: Geddy Bruski, which ended up being they said this suns 478 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: is dude, like, way funnier than it was, because you know, 479 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: he's doing like you modern day warrior mean mean pride, 480 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: Today's Tom Sawyer me mean Pride. And it was just 481 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: the dumbest thing ever. And there you go. So I'm 482 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: rambling now, No I heard. No. I mean one of 483 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: the cores of the show is it's not a one 484 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: size fits all model. You're not doing bits that are 485 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: you know, across sixty markets done by other morning shows 486 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: that you're just putting your stamp on. You guys are 487 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: doing your thing in your way. Well, I sound, I 488 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,959 Speaker 1: sound weird saying this, but I don't listen to radio. 489 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: I do like I do like some of the shows 490 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: on our station. It's not that I don't like them. 491 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: I love a lot of shows. But I kind of 492 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: got to stop because I remember when I first got 493 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: into radio, I was trying to do other people's bits, 494 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: and I remember not feeling great afterwards because either A 495 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't as good as the other people did it, 496 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: or B it wasn't me like, it wasn't my sense 497 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: of humor. And I just was desperate for a segment 498 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: to fill. And I guess maybe when I became more 499 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: confident in our you know, ability to fulfill time, that 500 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: I didn't have to do that anymore. But I can't. 501 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: I don't want also other people's thoughts in my head. 502 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: You know, it's I I can't listen to other morning shows. 503 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: I love and respect a lot of the people on 504 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: other morning shows. It has nothing to do with my 505 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: admiration for them, but I just kind of try to 506 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: do everything I can to make it so it's always 507 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: toucher and rich and not touch her and rich with 508 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: the voice of Adam Carolla or somebody else in my head, 509 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, I think that's that's look. 510 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 1: I think you guys know who you are, and you 511 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: know you make no bones about it, you know, and 512 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: we're and the one thing I'll say is that and 513 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: this wasn't by choice, but you know, we've we've we've 514 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: had to be brutally honest with people about what's going 515 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: on in our own lives before, and it's not always 516 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: been pretty because I can't. It's like I have a 517 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: feeling that Fred and I can't keep secrets that well 518 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: or we'll just kill us. Like it's like it's so, 519 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: you know, we've both had some heavy stuff happen, and 520 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: the listeners have been amazing and they've helped us through 521 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: all of it. And uh, and that's been probably one 522 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: of the you would talk about the moment where you say, wow, 523 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: this seems like we've really met. When you are able 524 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: to just share your soul like that and instead of 525 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: people mocking you for it, they like they're like helpful 526 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: and they they really, you know, are there for you. 527 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: That's that's crazy. That's when you really know that you 528 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 1: know that you got a special listener people. Well, especially 529 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: how you know when your wife is is, you know, 530 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: doing the marathon run and you know everybody's behind her. 531 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: That was huge. That that was that was massive. And 532 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: the whole time where I was missing for like a 533 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: month and a half because she was in really really 534 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,959 Speaker 1: bad shape and like you know, stuff like that, it 535 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: was it was funny. It was like I would see 536 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: all of the tweets that would come in and people 537 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: who are like wishing her, wishing her best, and she 538 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: ended up pulling through and stuff like that, and which 539 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: was good and uh and you know we had her 540 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: on the air and all that because she was comfortable 541 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: with that and so yeah, it's it's it's it's been good. 542 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 1: But you also after that you shut the hell up 543 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: a bount your private life. Something else bad happens and 544 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: then you can you know, maybe talk about it again. 545 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 1: But it's it's it adds to a level of engagement 546 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: with the audience. Sure, I mean it's it's for real. 547 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: So you're on in a bunch of other markets. Uh 548 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 1: now right, you've got we're on. I think it's officially seven. 549 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: So it's it's not like a ton but we just 550 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: we just launched and you know, like a Portland Springfield, 551 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: a bunch in New Hampshire. We got one in Vermont, 552 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: but we're hopefully hoping to expand we just launched this 553 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: I think in oh god, when was it was it 554 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: in March? I think was what it feels like, that's 555 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: about right. I think it was March. So you know, 556 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: but this is something we've always wanted, you know, we've 557 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 1: always wanted to be syndicated. And as I said, you know, 558 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,479 Speaker 1: coming from the school of kid Cratic, I learned how 559 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: to do it the right way and and it's been 560 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: and it's been, it's been cool so far. Well, if 561 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: you get out of this taking a walk interview, maybe 562 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: a Czechoslovakian affiliate or something, can I get a little 563 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 1: shekel out there? No question, buzz, you are gonna get 564 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 1: your three percent? No question? What is it rubles. I'm 565 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: not sure where I where the valuation is gonna be terrific, 566 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: but continued success, keep kicking ass, and thanks for taking 567 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: a walk right well, Buzz, let me just tell you 568 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: this before I let you go. You have been one 569 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: of our biggest supporters, so you were always there and 570 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 1: that was a scary time for us, like switching from 571 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: one company to the next. You don't know if everybody 572 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: hates you, but Buzz, you were, like I mean, and 573 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: that was a really scary time for everyone. You were 574 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: the calming effect on all of us, and so having 575 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: a guy like you in our corner means everything. So Buzz, 576 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: if you need me to do anything for you, if 577 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: you need to do another podcast, you need me to 578 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: kill a guy, I am. I am there for you, 579 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: Buzz forever in your debt. You guys are the best. 580 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Rich You're the best. Thank you for 581 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: taking a walk here on this to a beautiful day 582 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: in the sea. We saw some people walking funny, but 583 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: we didn't stop and mock them. Maybe next time. No, no, no, 584 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: I would not be walking funny. I walk funny enough, 585 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: so we don't need to be mocking people for that. 586 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: Keep kicking Thanks Baus. Taking a Walk with Buzznight is 587 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.