The Viktor Wilt Show

Hey, what's happening, people? [rock music plays] It's the Victor Well Show. Just trying to untangle my headphones. Studio's a mess. Need to clean it up around here. What a disaster. Anyhow, what's happening this morning? Just pulling up the news, seeing what's going on. Um, is it gonna be a crazy day? [instrumental music plays] My whole Facebook feed today is filled up with, uh, Tylenol and the Rapture. This is the world we're living in. Does your social media feed look this way? Every day I wake up and it's a new kind of crazy. Like, all right, that's what we got for today? All right, uh, I don't know what time the Rapture's supposed to happen,

but, uh, ever- everybody's saying it's today for some reason. I guess they saw it on TikTok. If all of a sudden, I guess, people start disappearing, that's what's going down, you know? Um, I'm not even gonna get into the Tylenol thing. People are too nuts. But [laughs]

uh, guess it's a good time to crack some Gatorade and get digging. There's gotta be something else going on that, you know, hear in the news, but... Man, if you'd told me a year ago what my social media feed would look like today, holy cow. I seem to see a little bit less fighting though, so th- that's decent. That's not too bad. All right. Well, we're here. It's Tuesday. Wish it was a little later in the week, but we'll survive. We'll get through it. And, uh, I'll find something dumb to share with you. Dumb content, dumb stories, my own dumb thoughts. Should be a good time. Thanks for tuning in. You wanna, you wanna hear some music while I dig for something other than the Rapture? [rock music plays] So what's up? How's it going this morning? I hope well. Man, we got a busy week going on around here with so many giveaways.

Halloween, spooky time. It's coming up quick. Yeah, looking at the date, it's like, need to get them Halloween decorations up. Gonna have to clear a path in the old garage there. Get it some things. Get the, get the creepy stuff up to scare the neighbor kids. Anyway, we're giving away tickets to haunted attractions this week. Uh, you want to go check out a variety of haunted attractions for free, you and a friend? Well, we would love to hook you up. Got a couple different ways to win. Now, if you're a long-time listener, you've heard the scream tone before. If you haven't heard the scream tone before... Hey, what's going on? Why ain't this thing letting me in? Sorry, I got sidetracked. My, my emails being a, a piece of crap. Hold on here. Even my phone's being a piece of crap. Is the Rapture happening? The technology breaking down here? What's going on?

So I'm trying to get my notes, 'cause I wanna make sure I can name all the different haunted attractions that you get to go check out, but things just aren't cooperating. Okay, that's better. All right. Rapture must not have happened yet. Okay. So anyway, back to the Haunted Passport. Thanks to our friends at Wacker Leauto Center Minuteman Services, and of course us here at KBear, we're gonna give you tickets to not only one but four haunted attractions, you and a friend. And you can use them whenever you want during the season obviously. Uh, Lost Souls Attractions in Shelley, The Haunted Mill in Teton, Slaughter's Realm in Blackfoot, and Idaho's Haunted Hospital in St. Anthony. So if you wanna win those, just listen for the scream tone and be caller number 13 to get hooked up with a pair of Haunted Passports, or come see us at our live broadcast. We'll be doing at least one of those, signing people up in a drawing for themselves to win a pair of Haunted Passports. So, that's what we got going on in relation to all of the haunted attractions in the area. I think most of them are open now,

so check their websites. Go out and have some fun. I'm really looking forward to getting out to some haunted attractions this season, so maybe I'll bump into you there. All right. Other than that, we are also hooking up tickets to Chevelle: Asking Alexandria & Dead Poets Society. That show's coming up quick, the 30th, one week from today, Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls. Great lineup, and we're playing a little game called Finish That Lyric. We'll give you a partial lyric from one of the bands on the bill and you've just gotta be caller number 20 and finish the lyrics to score tickets to the show. Also, every winner goes into a drawing for the ultimate VIP upgrade, a meet and greet with Chevelle, plus the chance to watch a couple songs from the side stage area, which is awesome. All right?

So that's this week of fat giveaways. And other than that,

well, plenty more, uh, wacky news to come your way. Just gonna keep digging here. [rock music plays] Uh, Sleep Token's gonna be in Salt Lake City on the 5th. If you're wanting to go to that show, highly recommend waiting 'til like day of, seeing what them ticket prices are like, 'cause there are tons of scalper tickets, and they are outrageous right now. Don't give 'em money they don't deserve.Stewart sent me a post

where people were talking about Sleep Token, and the unfortunate state of a festival crowd at a Sleep Token show.

All right.

Some music fans are such babies. [fake crying] And I gotta say, Sleep Token in Boise at the Knitting Factory, one of the worst crowds I've ever dealt with at a show. No, they weren't too crazy or anything like that. They were just a bunch of crybabies. Ugh. Like, "Eh, don't touch me! Meh!" It's like, have you ever been to an open floor show? Sorry, people are going to bump into you. When I saw Sleep Token in Boston, there were straight-up circle pits, there were people crowd surfing. Far as I know, I... Well, I don't tend to follow the, you know, Boston Facebook groups and things like that, but I don't remember anybody crying about it. But somebody was posting about Louder Than Life, big music festival, happened over the last few days. And, oh, just how terrible it was that there were crowd surfers and people moshing, and you don't deal with that at a Sleep Token show. These are an experience, not just a concert. No, I'm, I'm sorry. I've, I've seen them in Boston. There was moshing. There were people in Boise who wanted to move a little bit. The crowd was just super uptight. I've been to a couple shows recently where I don't think the majority of the people in the open floor pit area had ever been in an open floor pit area at a show. Like at Seether, for example, in Idaho Falls. People were pulling crowd surfers down and yelling at them, and I mean, I even got yelled at in the crowd just for scooting my way through. Like, people do that at shows. They work their way through to get a little bit closer. You're not guaranteed a spot on the floor. You know, if you, if you want a guaranteed spot, you get a seat and you sit in it, all right? So this whiny Sleep Token post. Ugh. Very cringe. There are a number of bands that they just got... As far as their hardcore fandom goes, sometimes they can be the worst. Sleep Token's one of them. Bad Omens crowd can be pretty cringey. But they, they ain't crying about pits at the show, tell you that. All right. Ghost fans can sometimes be pretty cringe, and you know, as a Tool fan, Tool fans can definitely be cringe too. I'm sure I can. But I try not to be, k?

Just, if you go to a show and you're gonna be on the floor, be aware, people might bump into you. You may get kicked in the head by a crowd surfer. Yes, it's frustrating, but that's just part of the show. You know, I would never, uh, yank a crowd surfer down and start yelling at them 'cause I got kicked in the head. You gotta be situationally aware. You gotta look around you. Yeah, ask my homie Ben from The Advocates Injury Attorneys. For whatever reason, if we're at a show, crowd surfers come right for us. We're constantly battling 'em. And we're always the guys that they want, you know, us to lift 'em up too. Is it just 'cause we're, you know, so buff looking? Yeah, must be. Look at, look at me. [laughs] And if you're going to crowd surf and someone's going to help lift you up, don't just fall down like dead weight, k?You gotta do a one, two, three and then you jump and we push you up. Okay? It's not time for weight lifting. You can't just slink down. "He'll lift me. Lift me up, please." Jump, fool! Jump!

Anyway, I'm too old to crowd surf and [sniffs] probably a little too big. Yeah. Need to slim it down a bit. [laughs] All right. Just try not to be a, a baby at shows, k? It's annoying.

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What up, my people? Good morning. Welcome to The Victor World show on a Tuesday. Hopefully, going pretty good for you so far. Hmm, I ain't got any complaints quite yet. And I know, it's kinda weird for me. You know I'm usually whining about something.

I don't know, it gets kinda old. Like, you know, I'm tired, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I'm tired like every day 'cause I, I just don't go to bed early enough. I don't know why it's so difficult. And I have a feeling CPAP wasn't working right last night.

Just have a feeling. All right. I was looking at, uh, silly TV or movie tropes that you've seen people treat like they're real. I don't know which is more sad,

people treating things they see in movies as if they're real or [laughs] some of the things I see on Facebook [laughs] that people believe. Well, let's take a look here. Uh, someone who's a bartender said right after, you know, they started opening bars back up after the, uh, shutdown during the pandemic. Kids would just walk in... Well, not kids, but they turned 21, like, during the pandemic. And apparently, they'd walk into a bar and be like, "Yo. Gimme a beer." It's like, "What, what kind?" All right, there are a lot of different kinds. Uh... I don't know. I mean, I think the bartender could just be like, "Okay. Here. Give him a triple IPA." Really, you know, brutalize them a bit. Be like, "Ha. Yeah. That'll teach you. And that'll be $10." What else do we have here that people believe in movies? Somebody said over in the UK, they were convinced that Americans matured young-[hip hop music] And that's why teenagers in movies look like they're in their 30s. It's like, no, they just, for some strange reason, put really old people in roles [laughs] portraying young people. I don't know why. Better acting skills by that age? I don't know. Uh, we talk about this on Traffic School a lot. Somebody who's an attorney on here was posting about bad legal procedure in movies and TV shows, you know, like that you don't have to identify yourself at a traffic stop or... [laughs] No, if you get pulled over, if- if... and the cops ask you to show ID, you're- you're gonna have to do that, 'kay? [laughs] If they have probable cause to ask you for your ID, you know, or to search your vehicle, that... You're- you're gonna have to cooperate. It's just how it is, all right? Don't believe everything you see in movies. You'd think that people would just know that, but

as I say often enough, people be dumb! Okay?

Oh yeah, you see somebody get knocked out in a movie and then they just kinda get up later on. No, you're, uh, you're dealing with a brain injury, 'kay? That's why I always try to discourage people from getting into fights and things like that. One wrong punch, dead! It happens! It happens. You know, you should avoid violence at all costs 'cause you- you don't wanna just be getting in some kind of a stupid scuffle with somebody and then you're dead. Like, dying at the bar, that's- that's just not where you wanna be. Last thing you see. That terrible beer on the counter that you had to buy 'cause they just didn't have anything else good. [laughs] Sorry, that's a problem that I've dealt with from time to time at the bar. You would think in 2025 every bar would stock at least one IPA. You know, just one. Have it around. It's 2025. Come on! Not all of us like drinking, you know, that, you know, weak, light beer. Ugh! It all tastes the same. You know, it's- it's

funny to me when somebody like, "Oh, no,

I only drink Bud." It's like, there's a Coors right there. It's the same thing, just drink it. They're all terrible and taste the same. They're bland and lame. Just drink it and shut up! [laughs] Yeah, if you're gonna drink that stuff, just buy whatever's cheap. Just get a PBR. It's fine. Okay, what else do we have here? Things that people see in movies that they believe. Oh, if someone doesn't like you at first, just stalk them and annoy them until they realize they love you after all. Yeah, no! Don't do that! 'Kay? Take a hint. If somebody ain't into ya,

move on! Get a life! Find somebody else, 'kay? Don't be a weirdo creep. Too many weirdo creep dudes out there. I don't know where they're learning this behavior. Manfluencers, yeah, that's where it comes from. There are some real tool bags that, for whatever reason, young people have started looking up to 'em. You're like, "Dudes, you are never going to score a quality lady if th- this is who you're looking up to." All right? All right.

Somebody thought Sharknado was based on a real event. Hmm.

A few years ago I wouldn't have believed that, that somebody thought Sharknado was a real event. Based on my social media feed in 2025, I- I- I don't question that at all. [laughs] Take a look at this post that kinda made me laugh. It's one of these "Am I the Jerk" posts. Someone said, "In case you don't know what Spirit Week is, it is a week where each day is a themed dress-up day for school. My younger sister, 12, wanted to borrow my Nirvana shirt because tomorrow is Rapper Day. She said she wanted to borrow my Nirvana shirt because, 'It's gangsta and looks like it's from the hood.' I then educated her on Kurt Cobain and Nirvana and how they were not gangster and how disrespectful that was. Her response being, 'I don't give a crap,' and just giving me the shirt. I offered an actual rap shirt, Public Enemy, but she started crying because I didn't give her the shirt and she stormed out of my room. I then got scolded by my parents for not giving my sister [laughs] the shirt and I was forced to give my shirt to her. Is it that deep or am I a jerk? Oh, and mini update, hasn't gotten to school yet but I just found out it isn't Rapper Day, it's Rhyming Day, and you have to rhyme with someone else's outfit, which means that she specifically chose to be a rapper and then comes to me not only asking for sunglasses, which I gave her, but also [laughs] asking for a Nirvana shirt." I... You know, this could've been an opportunity for her to learn a lesson if it was, uh, Rapper Day. You send her in the Nirvana shirt after you tell her, "Hey, this is not

gangsta. Nirvana's not rap music." If she still insists, let her wear their Nirvana shirt. You know? What's gonna happen, she's gonna go to school and there will be people who know that Nirvana has nothing to do with rap music. She's gonna get made fun of and then she'll listen to you the next time. So

I- I don't know which way I go on this one. Is the person a jerk? He- he's trying to help her out here, but

at that point sometimes you gotta teach your siblings a lesson. Yeah? Let 'em learn for themselves.

[rock music] So, I, I'd, I'd say slight jerk. Give her the shirt, let her get laughed at. It happens to all of us. Or who knows? Maybe she'd be like the coolest kid in school and then, [laughs] y- y- you know, you're gonna feel like an idiot? I don't know. Do kids know who Nirvana is? That's like oldies at this point. I know people don't wanna hear that, but

Nirvana is ... They'd probably put out their last music like 30 years ago. That's a long time ago. So, anyway, just thought it was funny. [laughs] No. No, you can't wear my Nirvana shirt. Yeah, just let her get made fun of. [rock music] What up, people? It's Victor Wilt diggin' for freak news, but

struggling, so I end up back on Reddit just poring through the Am I The Jerk subreddit that I was looking at a minute ago. You know, with the Nirvana shirt story. And you see so many of these. Uh, you just gotta tell people,

"Move on, move on. Shut up." All right? This particular post was, uh, "Am I jerk for telling my ex, you know, to move on when she asked me to accept her back?" [laughs] You're not obligated to be with anybody, okay? Sometimes it sucks. Sometimes it's sad. But, you know, if you're not both into each other, the other one's gotta move along. You just gotta get on with your life and figure out something new, 'kay? Stop boo-hooing. Stop being a baby. Find someone new. Lots of fish in the sea as they say. I don't know. I saw a post in the, uh, Idaho Falls group the other day about Idaho Falls dating. And a lot of people who are older are like, "Yeah, once you reach a certain age

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... you're doomed, you're not gonna ever find anybody." Cheer up. Cheer up, and just keep trying. Maybe get outta your house. Find a dating app or something. There's a lot of different ways to meet people. Don't get all hopeless. It's gonna be fine. And learn to enjoy your own time. Okay? Learn to enjoy yourself. You ain't gonna be able to hold down a relationship if you are not able to enjoy your own personal life and be happy in your own skin, in your own space. All right? You gotta be, uh, pretty cool there to be able to give somebody else the kind of attention they need. So, don't rely on other people for your happiness. Find some hobbies or something. I don't know. [laughs] Sorry, I just see these posts all the time, and it's like, "No, you don't have to accept anybody back. If you don't wanna be with somebody, don't be with 'em." The end. What, you wanna sit around and make yourself miserable? Yeah, if you're not in a relationship you like, get out of it. Dump 'em. Yeah, you know, that's one of my many mantras. Dump 'em. [laughs] All right. I'm gonna keep trying to find freak news. Wish me luck. Hopefully it goes okay, and we find something fun,

and we won't talk about Tylenol 'cause it's ju- It is freak news, but I'm not gonna get into it. I might look for some rapture updates though. All right? 'Cause I'm still trying to figure out what time today that was supposed to happen. I mean, I am locked in box right now. I don't know if a, a bunch of people have disappeared. I've, I got the blinds closed. How's the traffic out there? Lighter than usual? [rock music] I just read a headline and [laughs] it made me laugh. And I was like, "I gotta figure out what this is talking about," 'cause my brain just went in a certain direction, and I chuckled because I'm immature. "Tossing could be a potential sign of ADHD. Do you do it?

The practice brings instant relief, but there could be a dark side to it." [laughs] Now, I'm just like, old slang or something? Okay, let's find out what tossing is. You might have this issue, a big pile of mail or documents or something like that. And you've just been putting off dealing with it. I had this problem for a long time. And I've actually ... I- i- it's an ongoing issue. You know, a pile of bills, or mail, paperwork that I'm like, "Ugh, I gotta deal with that. Ugh, yeah, I actually do need to deal with, uh, paying some bills today." I hate paying bills. So frustrating. Never have enough money. Uh, anyway, instead of going through the pile of paperwork, you just throw it away. That's what tossing is. Um,

don't do that, 'kay? There could be something good in the mail. There could. I mean, it doesn't happen often. It's a, like, super rare surprise when, I don't know, you get a rebate or something. And all of a s- You're like, "Whoa, g- I got some money in the mail. Money in the mail!" Now, it, it almost never happens. But there could be something good in the mail. So you've got, you've gotta just go through the paperwork, okay? Don't just toss it. All right. Oh, is this, uh, another incident where animals are fighting back?

Got a guy who was killed by a tiger. Now, was this at a good tiger place or a bad tiger place? Okay? 'Cause there's bad tiger places out there. You may have seen the Tiger King documentary. There are, you know, lousy animal people out there. And I'm, I'm sorry, like,

if it was one of those bad facilities and the tiger killed somebody, I, I'm not saying it's good when people get killed by animals, but I-[rock music] When the animals fight back, you know I'm a little bit of a fan of it. People are terrible to animals sometimes and, you know, uh, sometimes you just gotta strike back at your bully. All right, RIP to this guy 'cause I don't know if he was a good tiger handler or a bad tiger handler.

Okay, uh, what do we have here? Michelob ULTRA

is now the best-selling beer in the US. Started off the show today by mentioning that the, uh, rapture was supposed to happen today. Um, I think if I've ever seen a sign that the end times are near, it's gotta be that Michelob ULTRA would be the most popular beer in the- [laughs] US.

Uh, I'm not judging you if you drink it, okay? I just don't get it. I grew up in Idaho. My whole life I heard people talk about Utah beer. Michelob ULTRA, that- that's like the epitome of a, of a Utah beer. Yeah, I talked earlier about how all, all these beers that you tend to see everywhere, they all taste the same. So it's like, "Couldn't you guys get rid of one of these and bring in an IPA or something?" Do we really need to have Michelob and Miller and Bud and Coors and Modelo and everything el- They all taste the s- They're the same thing!

We need some varie- I mean, if you're gonna get rid of one, though, Michelob ULTRA. [laughs] That's gotta be, like, the worst, right? I don't know. I don't kno- It's, it's in a dark-colored bottle, so I've, I've gotta say it's not the worst. Anything in a clear or green bottle, that's the worst. Disgusting. Yet, you're not supposed to store beer in clear or green bottles. That's why it tastes skunky, because it's been light damaged. The, the milk's gone bad! All right?

All right, let's quit talking about beer. Michelob ULTRA is that popular? I've seen people lugging, you know, cases of it up to the counter when I'm at the gas station, and I'm like, "You guys are going to party? Really?" All right.

Guess people are a little bit different nowadays. [laughs] Uh, let's see. A central Florida town has issued a safety advisory after repeat bobcack- bobcat sightings, saying, "Do not approach." I don't know. I- They're cats. Come on, how bad could they be? You know, they're- I guess been seeing 'em near, uh, pickleball courts in the area. So, you know, they're telling old people, "Don't approach the bobcats." And all you gotta do is be like, "Come here. You want some treats?" [laughs] "You hungry?" And you give 'em a little scratch, and they'll be fine. They're cats! Come on. [laughs] No, you probably shouldn't approach wild animals. [laughs] You heard the story a minute ago, guy got killed by a tiger. Maybe he didn't give it a nice scratch, you know? And he didn't offer it treats. You just gotta know how to talk to 'em. I know how to talk to cats.

Put me in a tiger cage anytime, I'll be just fine. Just... I hope that you folks don't take the garbage I say seriously, okay? [laughs] I really hope not, but sometimes people do. [rock music] Now, some of you might find these statistics unbelievable, but hey, I found it online. It has to be true, right? Yeah. Where in America can you find the best roads? Well, apparently number one is Indiana, but guess what's sitting at number seven? That's right, good old Idaho, where, according to this article, 93.77% of roads are acceptable. Yeah, we got some of the best roads in America.

Must be because of that hotline to report potholes and things like that. What time of year [laughs] do they, you know, do this study? I'm guessing not right after winter, that's for sure. But where are the worst roads? Well, looking at this map here, I mean, California's not looking very good. Washington. Apparently the worst are in Oklahoma, but, you know, having recently driven through Washington, I do gotta say some of the roads are crap. Like, they're, they're just shaky and, you know, just uncomfortable to drive on,

and they're just aggravating. Like, if you've ever driven anywhere near Seattle, just annoying. But I guess I can't complain

'cause we live in one of the best places to drive, one of the very best in the country, along with Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming. One thing I'm noticing is a lot of these places don't have a lot of people. Like, isn't Wyoming the least populated state? So if there's not a lot of people on the roads, I would assume the roads are going to stay in better condition.

Pretty much linked to, uh, population, from what I can see here. But anyway, guess I won't complain too often about potholes and things like that. It, it does seem like the roads in town have been pretty good recently. You know, they've done a lot of just complete repaving and stuff like that, so hopefully it can be, you know, maintained during the winter to where it's not a nightmare of potholes as we roll into 2026.It's funny, when the album 10,000 Days came out by Tool,

a lot of Tool fans thought it was a decoy album. They didn't believe it was the real album.

I remember [laughs] being just so baffled by this.

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But this was, this was very common to see on message boards back in the day. Let me see if I can pull up some discussion about this, Tool 10,000 Days decoy album. 'Cause, sure, you know, when you're waiting for a new album from your favorite band, the first play through is always a little bit weird 'cause you haven't heard these songs before. And with Tool, some of their songs are, you know, so long and complex, takes a while for you to really get to know the parts and it to really sink in. But yeah [laughs], even the Google AI overview talks about 10,000 Days, the discussion about it being a decoy album. And when I listen to this album, I'm like, "Okay, this album's great." You know? It hadn't totally grown on me, obviously, on first listen, but I'm like, "Man, they went kinda wild on parts of this." Like, one of my favorite Tool songs, Rosetta Stoned, that's a wild Tool track. How on earth could anybody possibly believe that a band would put in that kind of effort

into a fake album, release that, and then, you know, a few days later they're gonna release the real thing? Like, if this was a fake decoy album, [laughs] it's one of the greatest just I'll throw it in the garbage albums of all time. Some of you might be like, "Well yeah, throw it in the garbage. Tst, it's Tool." You're wrong, all right? You need to listen to more Tool. You need to let it sink in. You gotta listen to some of them deep cuts,

like that one I just played, Right Into. I mean, I guess it's not really a deep cut they played, I chose, but... Hmm. Hope Tool does some more touring. Like to go see 'em again. And Nine Inch Nails better tour again. I am so mad that I didn't get to see them on that last tour. How about a Tool and Nine Inch Nails tour? The ultimate tour of all time. How would that be? That'd be great. All right, I'm, uh, digging for content here. It's a crap social media day, as is typical. I don't know what's up with my personal Facebook feed. I'm just getting pummeled by all these, like, misogynistic memes. And I never click like on these 'cause they're just lame. It's like, you dudes are never gonna get a girlfriend. [laughs] Just guys whining about women. Like, bro, you need to shift your perspective, man. You know why you can't get a girlfriend? These posts that you're making. [laughs] They're whiny, angry dudes. I dunno, it's just cringey to me. But I never click like on 'em, so I don't know why I get so much of this stuff. You know? Just annoying. But that's social media in general, especially the last few weeks. It's a nightmare.

All right, we'll see what I can find. Gotta be more to talk about, it's only 8:30. Can't be bailing out on the show already. Even though I'd like to go hide in my office, take a nap. Ah. Maybe I'll go get more coffee. I might as well, you know, crawl out of my skin. Not gonna take a caffeine pill like I did yesterday, though. Oh, I do not recommend that. I mean, it sorta worked, but

eh. Nobody wanna be uncomfortable like that sitting in the Monday meeting, just creepy crawling. It's awful. [instrumental music plays] Jay Davis, what's happening, buddy?

Another day of paradise.

Oh, I turned the wrong mic on.

Of course you did because you're dumb.

You're dumb. I don't like you. What's happening?

Oh, speaking of fee-fi-fo-dumb.

All right, I guess all the dumb guys-

That's a new show name. [laughs]

All the got- dumb guys are together again. That's right.

You can, you can be running down the hallway, "Peaches." Peaches [laughs].

[laughs]

[laughs]

Well, the reason I invited you in, Jade, is 'cause I, I figured I'd better ask your opinion on this before I played a, a little prank on my friends down the hall at Classy.

All right.

'Cause I mean, you know Josh pretty well and, you know, it's hard to judge his sense of humor sometimes. You know, yesterday he seemed to be joking a bit about certain subject matter. But h- having the ability to have a little chuckle. And I've had this idea in my head for probably-

[burps]

... a week or two of, you know, down the line.

Will you get to the point? [laughs]

N- n- no. I'm trying to draw this out here.

I'm leaving then.

You can't leave.

I can do whatever I want. I'm the boss.

So-

[laughs]

... all right. You know that one of Josh's very, very favorite Christmas songs-

Ah.

... is Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.

Yep.

Now, do you think if I was just watching their control room window and right when another song got done, I just quickly slip that in on their show, that Josh would be upset or do you think he would laugh?

Uh, let's wait until Christmas.

No, no, it's, it's much better now 'cause it's outside of Christmastime. It'll totally catch him off guard.

Nah, let's wait for Christmas.

Ah, it's just too long. You know, sometimes you gotta make the joke soon.

Nope, it'll still work.

Ow, geez. All right. I figured I'd better ask.

If anything, put in a [singing].

No, but that's not funny. [singing]

There is the Alex Terrible-

There's no jo- there's no joke in that.

[laughs] There's the Alex Terrible cover of All I Want For Christmas that you can slip into the Classy library.

No, there's a point to this joke, guys. [laughs]

[laughs] Ah, I know. There's a point to the joke. I'm just saying Alex Terrible-

It has to be funny

... on Classy would be great.

Now, that, that would probably-... bother the classy listeners, but hearing a classic Christmas song in its original form, you know, th- they might not really notice and hopefully only Josh would get the joke.

[laughs] I'd just call 'em up and play it over the phone.

I could call and request it on their show. Hi, can I make a song request?

There you go. Try that.

They don't have a caller ID over there, do they?

No, none of you do. I took it away.

Yeah, I know.

That way you could start answering.

I know, you, you, you and-

[laughs]

Hey, I always answer, okay?

Somebody else didn't.

[laughs]

Yeah, don't get me started on our phones and all of the things we're lacking in our communications.

Hey, I fixed a bunch of stuff.

Well, uh, how about you fix the text line, buddy? [laughs]

Somebody else needs to do that first.

It's not that hard to fix. You just, you know, make, make a quick call or send an email.

Yeah, like I said, somebody else needs to do their work first.

W- you want me to do it?

No. It's not your job. It's not my job either.

Is it Peach's job?

It is.

Peachs, get off. Get off. All right, well, just had to run my little prank by you. I guess I'll, I'll let it sit. [rock music] Coming up with some good ideas for holiday giveaways, Jade. We were looking around and like, this, there's a lot of stuff that we could put in Santa's fat sack.

That's right.

Remember that one? Remember that giveaway?

Shake, shake for Santa's fat sack.

Shake Santa's fat sack. [laughs]

[laughs] I was always so uncomfortable

doing that giveaway.

Well, there was like a button on the button bar that sounded like you were tickling Santa.

Yeah.

And he was like...

So, that might still be in next gen somewhere.

Oh, it... Do you think it'd be under effects maybe?

Uh, just do control F and type in Santa's sack or something.

Yeah, I see just Santa laugh.

That might be it.

Let's see. [santa laughs]

[laughs] That's it.

All right. Time for you to shake s- Santa's fat sack, everybody. [laughs]

[laughs] I don't even know where that sound effect came from.

There's three of them, dude, so they're all a little bit different. [santa laughs]

Can you play them all three together?

We can't, remember? Can't do two elements at once anymore.

Oh yeah, I need to figure that out.

I know. I know, and our Vox Pro needs fixed though.

I fixed it, unless you broke it again.

No, it hasn't worked since that day I told you.

I fixed it just the other day.

Just the other day? Um, how many days ago?

Like two.

Here, let's test it real quick. Um.

Fixed it on Friday.

All right. Well, here we are. It's me and Jade talking as Vox Pro is recording. You fixed it on Tuesday last week?

Or Friday or something. I don't know.

Hey, it's only recording on one side.

Yeah.

It does look like it's fixed. All right, now let's see if we can play back that audio. I just haven't been using it. I'm like, "Yeah, it's broken."

Fixed it on Friday.

Oh yeah, it does work. [laughs]

See? Told you.

Okay. Well, I could have been playing callers back and-

I come up with killer promotions, I fix stuff.

You're doing a good job, Jade.

Right.

Good job, Jade. All right.

[laughs]

Let's get back to plotting our Christmas giveaways. [laughs]

[laughs]

You know, Jade, I was trying to get in the Halloween music state of mind with some Type O Negative, and you just keep forcing me back to country music.

Yep.

[laughs]

This one's r- I don't know if this could be considered country music. The band itself is, but this song is not good.

All right, so

I- I'm not gonna claim responsibility for this one. [laughs]

I'm blaming it on you, music director.

I'm gonna blame it on Justin. [laughs]

Let's, let's-

It's still your fault.

Let's Google this artist.

Just like when you mess up, it's my fault.

Oh yeah, that's true. That is true. Restless Heart, let's see, uh, what the internet describes the man, or as. An American country music band from Nashville.

Okay.

All right.

How about When She Cries? What are they... How is that song described?

Let's see. [laughs]

By Restless Heart?

When She Cries.

The title alone should tell you.

It should. It says genre, country.

Ah.

That's what it says right there.

It, it kinda has that '90s country feel to it.

[sounds]

But it, but it's got some of that like,

I'm gonna cry myself to sleep in the corner feel.

Okay, well let's-

And not in a good emo way.

[laughs] Let's check it out.

Okay, right out of the gate. Right at the beginning, you...

[laughs]

Yeah, this, um, this is not good already, Jade.

This is like at the skating rink and you need to go

skate around and find a, a, a partner to dance with.

It does sound like one of those songs that DeLeita, back in the day, when they'd make you stand on the opposite side-

Yeah. It's a snowball or whatever they would call that.

Oh, you'd have to stand there like a loser and all the girls would skate by and not pick you.

[laughs]

[laughs] I hated that.

Speak for yourself, short little bald troll.

I, I wasn't bald then.

Mullet troll.

I was a cute little boy who deserved to have a girl skate with him.

[laughs] As cute as this song is.

Yeah.

It almost has some, some boy band stuff going on there.

Yeah. How did this slip through the cracks and get on the, uh, classic country? I mean, they, Restless Heart is listed as a country artist.

An, an, nine, early '90s country artist.

Well, and as we've learned with the country music genre, sometimes they'll just call a song country and it's like-

Like what? Like the Christmas Shoes or whatever?

Like Christmas... Oh, don't even get me started on Christmas Shoes.

Oh, bring it up. Bring it up.

That is the worst song of all time. Christmas Shoes.

No, that song does suck.

All right, I'm gonna play a little bit. [laughs]

It is so bad, it is-

What is it, Patton Oswalt?

Oh, he has the best bit about it

So good.

Is it The Christmas Shoes?

Maybe. We might have deleted it out of the system.

No, it's in there still.

Oh.

And it's in the Legends Library. So Justin and I have argued with him about this song. He says it's cr- a country song too. [gentle music]

Something happens to the country brain, the country listener brain.

Yeah, like Dan + Shay? That ain't country. Get outta here. Is that Justin? [laughs]

[laughs] That's Pete.

Like, get in here.

That's Peaches.

This is the most depressing song of all time, The Christmas Shoes.

It was almost Christmas day.

And it doesn't sound country at all.

And here I stood on another land.

It sounds like maybe Bruce Springsteen or like-

Trying to find where that true love did stand.

Now, what's the band name? Like, NewSong or something?

NewSong, which is a terrible name for a band. [laughs] It's a stupid name.

Believe me, Christmas still exists.

I wish I could play the Patton Oswalt bit.

Mm-hmm.

I think it requires some editing.

It, a lot.

[laughs] A lot of editing.

A lot of editing.

Patiently waiting in the hall.

I'm gonna bring up the, uh, lyrics to this song for anybody who's not familiar with it, 'cause, uh,

we do not play this song on Classy during Christmastime.

And his clothes were all worn out.

'Cause it's so depressing. It's, it's just-

It's not, it's not even really a Christmas song. It's just a...

He'd walked from town to town.

No, it's just about a, a mom dying.

Wearing these tight tattered jeans.

Yeah. [laughs]

Nobody wants to hear that at Christmas. Oh, there's a little boy. He wants to buy his mom some shoes.

And they were all his daddy's shoes.

Come on, we'll by these shoes.

For my mama who lived alone.

[laughs] I'm sorry.

In this cold world.

It's Christmas Eve, the shoes are just her size.

As Christmas Eve did bring a chill.

She's been sick quite a while. [laughs] The shoes would make her smile. And then doesn't the mom, like, die at the end or something?

I think so.

Ah, like-

But the shoes look good in the casket.

It's the first time.

[laughs]

[laughs] Oh.

Song sucks. [laughs] It's so bad.

The shoes were made for me to wear.

And it so- it does sound kinda like

Nickelback doing Christmas song or something.

Yeah. Now you played a dead mom song, now you gotta play a dead dad song.

Okay. Well, I wanted to play a dead grandma song earlier-

[laughs] Oh, play that one.

... and you were like, "No."

Play that one too. [laughs]

[laughs] Hold on, let's, let's call the Classy, uh, hotline real quick. They're gonna ask Josh some questions here. [laughs] Hopefully this phone will dial. [phone beeping] It doesn't like to, uh, cooperate. [phone beeping] Is it 523-9797?

I, I don't know.

We'll find out.

It's probably [phone ringing] 535-9797.

We're

out.

535-9797? Or 524, I think.

[phone beeping] [phone ringing]

We're out.

out.

This phone won't dial out. We're gonna have to do it this way.

[laughs].

Josh. He's not on air, so this is perfect. [phone rings] [laughs]

Yo.

Hey, you're live on KBAR, Josh.

Hi, Josh.

Hello.

Hey. All right, you have to pick one of these two songs and play it on your morning show this morning. You ready?

Sure.

[laughs]

Number one is Christmas Shoes.

No.

[laughs]

Number two, Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer.

Also no.

[laughs]

You have to pick one.

I'll take Elmo and Patsy.

[laughs]

I'm not playing Christmas Eve.

O- okay, number three then. Uh, Restless Heart, When She Cries.

Yeah, Restless Heart, When She Cries. [laughs]

I don't know that song. So that one-

Pla- play it real quick.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Bring it up. Just bring it up and j- jump to the middle.

Yeah, and, and I want you to tell me if it's a country song.

Give it a, give it a little listen real quick, buddy.

Oh, okay.

It's in the, it's in our system. [laughs] Are, are you listening to it?

Oh, yeah.

[laughs] Sucks. [laughs]

Is this a country song?

Yeah.

The road I must travel on.

Uh, it's a ballad. It sounds like an '80s ballad.

And it's just a road less traveled by-

Okay, well, you gotta pass judgment. Country or not?

... country. The devil takes a hold of me.

I mean, he's got a little twang in his voice, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's country.

Okay. Now, what about The Christmas Shoes? Is, is that-

Oh.

What about it?

Is it country?

No.

Sure, they can have it.

No. [laughs] That's...

[laughs]

Thank you.

We're putting it in the A category for, uh, Classy Christmas.

Oh.

This holiday season.

Along with Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer.

It's definitely in A category, for sure. Not in the A.

[laughs]

[laughs] All right.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I just wanted to get you thinking about The Christmas Shoes and Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer, so...

I can hang with Elmo and Patsy. I can't do the, the, The Christmas Shoes thing.

Oh, but it's such a heartwarming song.

What about that one we, uh, we stumbled across last year about, like, uh, please, uh, don't drink this Christmas, or whatever?

Oh, yeah. [laughs]

Oh. Dad's Drunk On Christmas, or something?

[laughs]

W- w- hold on, what was that song called?

[laughs]

Dad's Drunk on Christmas.

Oh, yeah.

This should bring it up. Whatever. Dad Drunk Christmas song. Daddy, Please Don't Get Drunk This Christmas from Alan Jackson.

Yeah, there it was. [laughs]

[laughs] Oh, Jo- it was originally, I think, a John Denver song. Yeah. All right, I'll play that on my show. Thanks, Josh.

You're welcome.

[laughs] Uh, well, let's hear a little bit of Daddy, Please Don't Get Drunk On Christmas.

If I remember, some of the lyrics were [laughs] pretty rough.

Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas.

[laughs]

I don't want to see my mama cry.

There we go. [laughs]

[laughs]

This is a great Christmas song.

Please, daddy-

Just play all three of those back to back to back.

... don't get drunk this Christmas.

Yes. Three top tier Christmas songs. Christmas Shoes-

I don't want to see my mama cry.

Then we need, we need some of the DMX version of Christmas songs too.

Oh, yeah.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Just last year, when I was only seven.

[laughs]

I gotta hear the, the verse here.

Now I'm almost eight, as you can see.

Uh, somebody's not happy we're playing Christmas country.

You came home at quarter past 11:00.

And fell down underneath our Christmas tree.

[laughs]

This is, this is a great Christmas song, you know?

[laughs]

Should be a staple on Christmas stations nationwide. [laughs] They'll, most of them play The Christmas Shoes.

I don't know.

Why not play one that's fun, you know?

[laughs] Let's see what this caller wants. K-BAR, what's happening? Who's this?

Hey, this is Zach, how's it going?

Zach, doing pretty good. What's on your mind?

Hey, Christmas songs are on my mind, man.

[laughs]

[laughs] You're welcome.

Good. [laughs]

Appreciate you. Uh, hoping maybe this Christmas you could play some Leo, you know?

Some Leo Mi-

You got a lot of good covers.

... Leo Marocchioli would probably be a good source-

Yeah

... for actual Christmas songs for K-BAR.

There you go. Oh, yeah.

Cool, man. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yeah, yeah. Have a good one, man.

Hey, you too, man. Peace. All right. Don't get drunk this Christmas. [laughs]

Don't-

We're always the first to play Christmas music. K-BAR.

Don't run over Grandma with a reindeer.

[laughs]

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