The Viktor Wilt Show

What's up? Hey, it's Friday. Yeah! Ah, couldn't be more excited for the weekend. [rock music] It's weird when you get old, and it's like, "Oh, a day to sleep in. It's all I could ever imagine. Oh. All I could ever dream for."

Well, I also enjoy crushing my own hopes and dreams. I've had a few weird moments on this show where I just jinx something. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad. Weird coincidences. A number of months ago, I just happened to be babbling on about Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, and how, you know, I wished that they would put out a remastered version of it. 'Cause all that was available out there were, you know, cruddy, grainy, just crappy videos. To me, it's the best live performance, uh, as far as a video performance of a band of all time. So I'm just babbling on about this one morning. Later that day, they announce the, you know, return to theaters of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, fully restored in 4K, remixed by Steven Wilson. I mean, amazing, right? Well, yesterday, I don't even know why I said it. I'm babbling as usual on this show, and I'm like, "Rockstar better not delay GTA VI." You know, I wasn't even talking about Grand Theft Auto. It was just a break that I happened to start off that way. Then I started, you know, talking about something else. Later on yesterday, GTA VI postponed to November of 2026. Like, I'm

... What ... Why did I even say anything about it? Why did I jinx it? I was just talking about how exciting it was that we were about six months out. Now, we're back to being a year out from Grand Theft Auto VI. I need something else to play aside from Red Dead. I do have a pile of video games I need to get to, but

I've just been busy. Haven't had a lot of time to sit down and just monkey around and play video games. Too much to do. Hopefully, I get some of that time during the winter, but we shall see. Ah. Sorry for the bummer news if you didn't hear that GTA VI had been postponed yet again. I'll just try to not say anything about, uh, stuff that is cool, that has a release date. 'Cause I don't want to screw it up. I'll, I'll only talk about things that haven't happened that we wish would, like Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii being remastered, and then maybe we get good things happening rather than, uh, you know, negative. Stupid. Speaking of stupid, in a minute I'm gonna [laughs] get into a post that I saw online. [rock music] You know I enjoy talking about stupid stories being shared that I can't believe anyone would believe, but the Internet is just full of just stupid people. So we'll get into that here in a few. More music on the way. Thanks for tuning in. Happy Friday. We'll be back. [rock music] Well, I talk about these things often enough, just dumb stories making the rounds on social media that you'd think people will know right out of the gate are not real. Then you look at the thousands, tens of thousands, of reactions and comments.

This one, "Shocking clash at the Grammys. Beyonce's fiery ultimatum over James Hetfield's invite rocks the music industry. 'If he attends, I will never go there,' Beyonce allegedly declared, referring to Metallica front man, James Hetfield." Yeah. Did you know that Beyonce and James Hetfield, they hate each other's guts and they got a full-blown feud? "Threatening to overshadow the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony, according to an article posted yesterday," at some random website that [laughs] no one's ever heard of. But a- again, tens of thousands of reactions, and I thought people would just be, you know, doing the laugh react. Like, okay, that's some silly parody news. No, you go into the comments. [laughs] "Screw Beyonce, man. Team James Hetfield, yeah." Like, thousands of comments. I mean, this, this one should be obvious right out of the gate. [laughs] I mean ... Wh- why on earth would Beyonce be feuding with James Hetfield? Well, let's find out the root of the feud. Uh, "Beyonce believes Hetfield's inclusion at the Grammys represents a regression in the show's evolving sound identity. She feels they should spotlight innovation and progress." [laughs] And she says that, "James Hetfield's music, though iconic, is part of an era that doesn't reflect the direction music's heading." That's right. "Old thrash metal, meh," says Beyonce. Who would believe this? Thousands of people.

We're doomed. We're doomed as a society. I don't know what to tell you, but, uh, if you stumble across that story, I just wanna let you know I looked into it and, uh, it's not real, okay? It's not real. Be hilarious if it was real. [laughs] That'd be great. But we can't be that lucky. I can't be that lucky doing this radio show to have something as ridiculous as that actually happen.

[rock music] I thought I got decent sleep last night, but

I am just not feeling it. Time to slam down another instant coffee shooter and get pumped. I'm also unsure as to what's going down

with Traffic School today, powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys. Lieutenant Crane may be out of the service area, so we might end up doing an "ask me almost anything" kind of segment. Just kinda working on figuring out what's gonna happen with that. But something involving you listeners will be going down, starting at about 8:45. We'll do some live call-in questions. You know, it's been a while since we did an "ask me almost anything," but we may end up doing Traffic School. I don't know. It's up in the air right now. Just wanted to give you the heads up. So, if you were planning on a traffic question, maybe have a, uh, backup question available, like, uh,

I don't know, Victor, uh, "What's your favorite ice cream?" Maybe- uh, hopefully something more entertaining than that. But, I'll let you know as we get closer what's gonna be going down, 'cause I know people get pretty excited for the award-winning Traffic School, powered by The Advocates, so figured I'd better let you know it's, uh, kinda up in the air at the moment. Aside from that, maybe I will go get that extra coffee or maybe the fat, you know, sludge I had earlier as far as my instant coffee shooter went is why I'm feeling just like, ugh. Maybe I put too much instant coffee in it.

It was pretty sludgy.

Well, uh, it's Friday. At least I know I've got some rest ahead. All right, don't tell Jade if I, uh, nap during the next few songs. [laughs] Because the coffee, whatever it's doing, it ain't doing what I want it to do. [rock music] I don't know what I need to do with myself today. I'm just feeling a little bit whack. [groans] Yeah. Been a long week. Been a long week. All right, let's see. What can we dig into here? Uh. You know, me and Peaches have done so many of these, like, advice

topics that my Reddit feed's constantly filled with, like, relationship advice threads or people going through horrible things in their relationships. It's like, uh, how do you reset your algorithm? 'Cause I don't need to start my day reading about people going through, you know, horrible things in their relationships. It's not good if you're feeling sketchy, you know? [laughs] The internet can be really bad for people's minds. I see it happen on Facebook all the time, 'cause whatever you're reacting to on Facebook, it's gonna keep giving you more and more of that. You know, between social media and AI, I think a good portion of society is gonna lose its mind in the next few years. We've talked about AI psychosis. It's becoming a major problem. Even on my, uh, YouTube feed, I'm seeing multiple videos pop up every time I fire it up about AI-induced psychosis. Uh, they got articles at Psychiatry Online. Here's a, here's one from Wired, Wired Magazine, just a couple of days ago. "People who say they're experiencing AI psychosis beg the F-C- FTC for help." They're like, "Oh, I got delusions. Paranoia. I'm experiencing- experiencing a spiritual crisis. Help me." Uh. And I use ChatGPT somewhat regularly, but I don't talk to it. I use it as a tool. I don't think you should talk to, to AI. It might already be sentient, 'cause it is messing people up. So far, seven complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. Uh, one even from, uh, Salt Lake City, alleging that ChatGPT had caused people to experience these severe delusions and things like that. You know, people are ending up having to be hospitalized for this. It's gonna get weird. It's gonna get weird. I mean, people already believe anything they see online. What about when

the- the AI just really starts feeding some crazy stuff into the social media feeds?

You know, and those AI videos that are really weird that pop up

that are just kinda unsettling, what is that doing to our mind? Is it, you know, having an impact? 'Cause sometimes I'll watch AI slop and I feel strange after. Just a little bit strange. And I know that for me, that's fairly normal 'cause I'm just kinda weird in general and don't get enough sleep, so I'm always kind of half in and out of reality [laughs] during the week.

But some of that AI slop where, you know, you got like vegetables eating themselves and stuff, what is that doing to our minds? Is it brainwashing us in some way? It could be. I mean, listen. Listen to me babble this morning. I don't even know what's going on. [rock music] Just a- a little bit off today. Little bit, uh, sleepy. My brain just feels like it really wants to, uh, you know, control my body back in the direction of my house and then just, ah, lay down and go to sleep. But instead, I've been wandering around the studio here 'cause Jade told me a few days ago that he hid a surprise for me in the studio somewhere, and he's like-[rock music] Yeah. You'll, you'll know it when you find it. And yesterday he asked me, he's like, "Did you find what I hid for you in the studio?" I'm like, "No. I didn't even look around." So, I decided to look around

and I- I don't know what he's talking about. There's nothing hiding in here, all right?

And now, I'm feeling like he's just messing with me. Like he just wanted to get me wandering around looking for something that doesn't exist. It does seem like something he would do, 'cause he reminded me about it yesterday. And I think it's just an ongoing, kinda long-term troll just to mess with my mind, and today it's working out pretty good. 'Cause now I've been looking all over the place for something that I'm, I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist. But if I do find it, I'll let you know.

I'm gonna take a break from my studio searching and instead try to find some freak news. Get that going on here in a few. And then, in about an hour, I don't know what we're gonna do. I ha- I have yet to hear from Lieutenant Crane today

on whether or not he will be calling in for Traffic School powered by The Advocates. We may end up doing an ask me almost anything kinda, kinda thing. So, it's all kinda up in the air today. All I know is we gotta get the day done.

Maybe I'll be able to, uh, hide in my office and sneak in a nap. 'Cause, you know, you don't wanna waste your Friday evening napping away.

You know, that's what tomorrow morning's for, sleeping in. Right now, I'm just, ugh, feeling whack. Feeling whack. Just like freak news is gonna be, whack. [rock music] You know, around here, we've only got, like, two bathrooms, and it can be frustrating when somebody's in there for a long time. All right? We've got, on this end of the building, just one men's room, one women's room, and they lock. You know, they're just single bathrooms. But I, I don't think, if somebody was in there for too long, I'd go into the break room, get a knife out of the drawer [laughs],

and just start threatening my, uh, fellow employees. But in Florida, that's how things work. Uh, guy was getting fed up with somebody taking too long in the old crapper there and [laughs], "I'll stab you." Um,

yeah. I, I don't know. Using a public bathroom in Florida, that sounds kind of, uh, you know, you, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes, but I don't know. Place is just kinda sketch. I don't know, Peaches, you, you understand how frustrating it can be when someone takes too long in the bathroom when there's only one.

Oh, yeah.

You've never busted a knife out on them, though, have you?

No.

Okay.

Close.

You've thought about it. You've considered it.

Here's Peaches.

[laughs] Uh, I mean, that's just what they do in Florida. Good morning, Peaches. How are you doing today?

I'm glad it's Friday.

Well, me too.

Uh, I don't really get a, like, a great... I don't really get a easygoing weekend. I gotta go to Salt Lake City and all of that and in August.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Aren't you doing an interview with a band tomorrow?

I am.

Which one?

Set It Off.

Set It Off. All right. Well, I got a text message today that was asking about, uh, Autumn Kings coming by over the weekend. I was like, "Well, Peaches is gonna be at that show-

Oh, do I have to talk to them too?

... tomorrow, so I think you should talk to them."

Oh.

Yeah. I was like, "Don't..." When Peaches gets here, I'll, I get more info, 'cause I don't-

I hate talking, I hate talking to bands I don't know. [laughs]

Hey, dude. You gotta interview all the up and comers.

I know, I know.

Autumn Kings could end up being a real big band someday.

I wish I could flourish into the one, one of those guys that just interviews the artist and talks to them about nothing, but it, like, fun stuff at the same time.

You, you do a pretty good job that, with, with that. Just holding conversations, like, uh, what was the band you interviewed at the, the arena? My brain is in pretty sketch today.

Oh. Dead Poets Society.

Dead Poets Society.

Jack Undercuffler.

That was thrown together at the very last minute. You had no preparation, and he did great. He did great.

But he was a fun guy to talk to.

But yeah.

Sometimes you get somebody who says, like, one or two words. It sucks.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know.

Poppy.

[laughs] Well, even, you know, speaking of interviewing bands that, like, nobody knows, when we had Bad Omens in the studio, nobody knew who they were.

And I, I remember Phyllis was talking about how quiet and, like-

Yeah, they, they weren't like a great-

... like, soft they were.

They weren't a great interview.

No.

[laughs]

[laughs]

They might be better now, but, you know, it's cool that we... We might've been, like, the first radio station to have them in studio, 'cause they were, like, nervous and stuff.

I remember the, uh, picture of, uh, Noah and Jolly popped up recently with Phyllis in the K-BEAR studio.

Yeah.

Like, it just started going viral again. Like, look at, look how happy Noah looks, and it was just so weird.

[laughs]

But it popped up again. I'm like, "Hey, that's the K-BEAR studio."

Yeah, and now they're gonna be playing the Delta Center-

The Delta Center, yeah

... in Salt Lake City. So, so crazy. You never know what band's gonna blow up. So, uh, let's see. I, I was doing freak news a little bit late 'cause the computer was giving me grief. Um, uh, what do we got here?

Is it, is it doing that [imitates computer noise]?

No, I haven't been putting up with that. But, uh-

That's happened all afternoon. I had to restart the computer 'cause every 10 seconds, [imitates computer noise].

I, I think what we need to do is just keep OBS shut down and, uh, probably unplug the cameras when we're not, uh, using them.

Using them? Okay.

'Cause I think it's this splitter. I talked to Jade about this little, uh, USB splitter. I think that it just gets overloaded 'cause it's old.

You're right.

You know?

Because it, every single time I turn on OBS, it starts to freak out.

Yeah. I think, you know, we, we just got, uh, we need new gear.

And then the monitor in the Cannonball studio won't turn on.

Oh, great.

So, it, it makes that [high-pitched squeal] sound that, like, uh-

Oh, that's what that high-pitched squealing was.

I hit the power button on it and it stopped.

Oh, good. Good. Yeah, just turn that crap off, 'cause I, I'd, I'd be going crazy. I, I always have a high-pitched sh- shrieking in my ears, so when you add in a new one, that's, that's really bad. Um-[instrumental rock music] You know, it always kind of blows my mind, Peaches, when people try to sneak things through airport security. Does anybody ever get away with it? They put you through a full body scanner.

I mean, we don't hear about the stories that people- when people get away with it, 'cause-

I-

... they did.

They did, but I just wonder how. You know, with the full body scanners where you gotta put your hands over your head, you know, do that kinda thing.

Yeah.

Why would anybody think they're gonna be able to say, I don't know, "Get 14 pounds of meth-

They always laugh at me-

... through the airport."

... when I, uh, go through that machine.

L- k- because y- yeah, y- you probably can't put your hands up very high.

N- no, I can't.

You put 'em by your ears.

I touch the roof, and then they get really-

[laughs]

... upset with me when I do that.

"Don't touch the top!"

Yeah.

"Don't touch the top!"

Well, it's like, make it taller then, you moron. [laughs]

Yeah. TSA, hate to break it to you, but not everybody is, you know, five foot eight. There are tall people.

Mm-hmm.

You know, you tall people always gettin' picked on-

It's true.

... by the TSA.

Right.

[laughs]

TSA, amusement parks, car prod- car production companies.

"You're too big for this ride. No, you can't ride in this car. No, good luck finding yourself pants, buddy. Eh, enjoy your time in the big and tall section. Get [laughs] over there in the corner-"

Okay. [laughs]

"... big and tall. Shame."

Where we have a picnic table cloths as T-shirts.

[laughs] That's right. Go to a show, "Oh, you got the- some merch for me?" "No! No merch for you bigger people. Sorry, you were born that way. You get." Ugh. So-

You remind me of that skit of that short guy that was like, "I know what I call tall people. They're called..." [laughs] and says that word.

I don't know. [laughs] All right, we're gonna take a break, everybody.

[laughs]

We'll be back with more dumb garbage on the Victor Wiltz Show here in a few. [upbeat music] Yo, just a heads up that I believe we're going to be doing "Ask Me Almost Anything" powered by The Advocates in place of Traffic School today. Lieutenant Crane, out. But, uh, yeah, figured I'd give you 20 minutes to try to come up with random questions you'd like to ask me about whatever. Gonna be relying on you to make this happen, so, yeah, anything you've ever wanted to ask me that's reasonable, get ready. We'll kick it off in about 20 minutes, "Ask Me Almost Anything" powered by The Advocates. Um,

you know, medications and operations can lead to weird side effects from time to time. It's the first time I've heard about this one. This guy, Mark Bryan... Now, I'm not- not sure where he's from, the article is out of the UK. Uh, he had a surgery to remove scar tissue caused by diabetic retinopathy. It's a sight-threatening condition. So, you know, they did this surgery on his eyes, and then he's sitting there frying up some sausages when all of a sudden, out of the corner of his eye, he sees a pair of- of large breasts. Yeah. And he said he- he kept seeing it, kept just, out of the corner of his eye, seeing boobs for 10 days. Said it was like having Pamela Anderson pinned to his face. That's his quote. So, I guess this is a condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which causes hallucinations often after vision loss. Usually, it's like patterns or complex images of people or landscapes, and they just, like, appear and disappear without warning. So, yeah, he could be, like, brushing his teeth or watching TV, and all of a sudden, just boobs. And he said the only way he could get it to go away was to start swearing really loud. He'd just start [laughs] screaming profanity, and then, you know, the- the phantom boobs would go away. Um, I- I don't- there's worse things you could be hallucinating, right? I guess it would probably get frustrating, 'cause they're

not really there. [laughs] You know? [laughs] He said they were kinda scary. You know, they'd just pop up and make him jump up to 20 times a day. "Whoa! Oh, no!" [laughs] Sounds like it could be a pretty good t- uh, trauma movie, nice horror movie. [laughs]

But they- they went away after 10 days. [laughs] So, if you see somebody in public just screaming profanity, you know, they might not be just crazy. Might be having some, you know, surgery-induced hallucinations and seeing something very disturbing. [laughs] [upbeat music] Well, good morning, Peaches.

Good morning.

Uh, it looks like Lieutenant Crane is not gonna be in today for Traffic School, so we're gonna do a little "Ask Me Almost Anything" powered by The Advocates Injury Attorneys here in a few.

I wanted to ask him about the, uh, guy covered in peanut butter at Purdue. Like, would that be a- a real crime, if I just walked around covered in peanut butter?

Oh yeah, 'cause you could be, uh, making people sick.

Right, but what if you covered yourself- uh, covered yourself in something else, like, uh, something that people aren't allergic to?

Um, yeah, I think 'cause the only reason there was concern was basically people with peanut allergies may have a bad time with that guy, right?

But I also think he was, uh, smearing it all over the surfaces of things.

No, okay. Make it

Make it 10.

And that's kind of, uh, cause some issues.

Yeah. Now, he- he was clothed, right? He wasn't-

Was he?

Was he naked?

I don't- I don't wanna keep analyzing this guy's picture. I didn't want, like, Jade or someone to walk by the window-

Mm-hmm

... and I'm staring real closely at a dude covered in peanut butter going, "Hm, is he wearing clothes under there?"

Let's see, peanut butter, Purdue... I actually didn't see the, uh, the photos, so let me pu- pull it up here.

It- well, there's a full TikTok video. Play it.

Um, it looked... I think he's wearing shorts. Really tight shorts.

That's what I kinda thought, too, with the- the shorts, but no shirt, right?

He's definitely not wearing a shirt. And he... I- it's just kinda gross looking. Yeah, I see why you don't wanna-

It's like that baby c-

... fur- further analyze it

... covered in peanut butter, that Vine video, the, "Ah!"

[laughs] Oh, yeah.

[laughs]

Forgot about that one. [laughs] Vine. Um...[upbeat music plays] You sent me a, a story that's breaking people's hearts, Peaches, about the, uh, the old people TikTok. It's very sad. Very sad for fans of the... What was the channel called here? Basin Creek Retirement. And I guess during the Halloween season, they were posting pictures or videos of these happy old people wearing their cute Halloween costumes, and everybody just loved it, and it's just fake.

It's all fake.

It's just AI.

Mm-hmm.

[laughs] Dude. Um, at what point do you think all content on social media is gonna be AI? We're about... Yeah, 'cause it's a pretty good percentage right now.

Well, I read something a couple weeks ago that over 50% of everything on the internet is now AI generated.

Really?

Yes.

That's crazy, man. It's just wild how fast it's happening.

Well, 'cause people can produce things extremely fast, and then they can also just upload it and people will like it.

Yeah, I saw a AI-generated story this morning that I talked about early on the show that should have been blatantly obvious that it was false. Of course, getting thousands of comments and reactions about the current feud going on between Beyonce and James Hetfield of Metallica [laughs]. That-

That's a great feud.

[laughs] Beyonce saying she's not gonna show up to the Grammys if James Hetfield's there.

Yeah, sure [laughs].

I'm like-

That's realistic [laughs].

Yeah. Yeah.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Beyonce just picking on a 60-year-old rock star.

[laughs] Yeah. It's a feud that makes total sense.

Right.

And you had a lot of very angry people in the comments, "Screw Beyonce! James Hetfield's a legend!"

[laughs]

[laughs] I'm like, "Oh, people."

And then, you have the Beyonce fanatics going, "Who is he?"

[laughs]

[laughs]

I'm like, "Why do people believe these things?"

The Beyhive, the Bayhive.

You know, fake videos of old people in costumes, I could see people falling for that, but Beyonce versus James Hetfield. [laughs] It just doesn't even make sense. It doesn't make any sense at all [laughs].

Who else can we make a fake feud with with AI? Um-

We should start just-

Sabrina Carpenter versus, like, Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

Yeah.

Let's just go with that.

Th- th- they can't stand each other. They're furious [laughs]. Yeah, we need to-

I don't like him. [laughs] I can't do it. He's New Zealand accent.

We need to talk to Jade about bringing back our newsfeed to the, the KBear website-

[laughs]

... so we can start posting fake news stories [laughs] just to get-

[laughs]

... y- you know. That seems like a great way to get website traction nowadays [laughs]. Uh, I guess we could just start posting 'em to social media. Breaking news. We have fake AI photo, fake news story [laughs]. Attribute it to a made-up person. It's not against the law, is it? I don't know. Hard to tell. But yes, again, everybody, here in, um, here in just a few minutes, long as we get some questions, which we better, we're gonna do ask... I don't know if Peaches is hanging out, but it'll at least be Ask Me Almost Anything.

Yeah, I'll hang out.

All right.

The, the computer in the Cannonball Studios don't work, and I told Jade about it, and he said he'll be right there, and he hasn't shown up for the past, uh, 15 minutes.

Okay. Well, then me and Peaches are gonna do Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates. Call us, ask us your questions, and we'll answer them. Like, whatever, let's have fun with it. Let's have a good time.

Uh, while you were speaking there, I had, uh, [clears throat] ChatGPT come up with a whole article about Brian Johnson of AC/DC feuding with Sabrina Carpenter.

All right, let's hear it.

The headline says, "'High Voltage' meets 'Espresso Martini': AC/DC's Brian Johnson Reportedly Feuding with Sabrina Carpenter."

[laughs] Sounds legit. Post. [laughs]

[laughs]

Copy and paste it.

Wait.

We-

"The drama reportedly began backstage at the Electric Desert Festival in Palm Springs last weekend when... where both artists were performing." Imagine that festival, AC/DC and Sabrina Carpenter.

Yeah. I'm there. I'm there.

"Johnson accidentally wandered into Carpenter's dressing room thinking it was the AC/DC Tea & Tinnitus Lounge."

[laughs]

[laughs]

Tea & Tinnitus Lounge. [laughs]

[laughs]

Oh my God.

[laughs]

Dude, you, you've, you've, you've gotta post that and... But, uh, hopefully AI could make us a quick photo as well-

[laughs] With, with-

... of the two of 'em kinda feuding.

"When asked to leave, the 77-year-old rocker allegedly shouted, 'Who the ... is Espresso?'"

[laughs]

"A reference to Carpenter's chart-topping hit Espresso." [laughs]

[laughs] Oh. Oh, man.

"Fans, of course, are eating it up. One viral TikTok mashup of 'Thunderstruck' and 'Espresso' has already been viewed over 30 million times," with comments like, "This is the crossover we never knew we needed." "AC/DC..." Or, "'ACDE Cafe' tour, 2026, when?" [laughs]

Oh my gosh, dude. Yeah, that's gonna be the entire internet soon. Just made up everything. Uh, uh, might as well just let the full... the whole thing spiral out of control, let the world melt, w- whatever at this point.

Oh, I guess they fistfight in this article too [laughs].

Oh, they fistfight. They got in a fistfight.

Yeah [laughs].

Sabrina Carpenter and Brian Johnson of AC/DC. Sounds totally legit.

An 80-year-old man and also some tiny little blonde girl fighting it out.

Just fistfighting.

[laughs]

Sounds totally realistic. All right, we're gonna take our quick break. We'll be back in about a minute and a half, and you fools call us for Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates. Hang on. [upbeat music plays] All right, it is time for Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates Injury Attorneys. We've got a caller on hold here, so we'll go to them first. Priority always goes to the live callers, Peaches, over those posting on Facebook.

Absolutely.

So KBear, you're live on the show. Keep that in mind. Who's this?

This is Mark.

Mark, what's up, man? What do you wanna know?

Hey.

Uh, well, I was just wondering, maybe you guys knew, have you seen, uh, the Sgt. Crane's, uh, uh, uh, appearance on the, uh, Family Feud yet?

No. Um, Lt. Crane and his family will be on Family Feud. I believe he told me it's gonna air in January. Um, haven't-

Okay, cool.

Haven't got an official date on that, but I'm, I'm hoping we can do some kind of a, like, viewing party.

Absolutely, that'd be fantastic.

You know, 'cause if he didn't give us a KBear plug, you know, or a Victor Wiltchell plug, I'm-

Well, I'm sure they're gonna cut it out.

[laughs] No, he, uh-

Yeah, I don't think he would do that.

He'd, he'd better.

But you never know.

He'd better, or else [laughs] he's fired! Fired!

[laughs]

[laughs] So, yeah, that should be pretty funny. Like, uh, most listeners have not met Lieutenant Crane's family. They're very, very funny. So, um-

Oh, yeah? Oh, I haven't... So, y- you should know.

Yeah, i- it should be real-

You've met them.

It should be really entertaining 'cause it b-

Awesome

... you know, his kids are great. His wife's great. It, I, I'm real excited to check it out for sure.

Oh, yeah.

Awesome.

So, yeah, as soon as we get a date, uh, we'll definitely be letting everybody know. Um, I'm sure East Idaho News, if, unless they're crazy, will be doing an article about that. Uh, local News A, KPVI, I'm talking to all of you. Idaho State Journal, best be talking about Lieutenant Crane, and each article better include a plug for Traffic School powered by the Advocates featuring Victor Wilt. [laughs]

[laughs] Plug, plug, plug.

You know I like good plugs. I want press. [laughs]

And, and my second question is, how are you guys? H- are you guys doing good this, these days?

Uh, just me and Peaches in general?

Yeah, never better.

Yeah.

I don't know, I'm kind of tired. [laughs]

We know, Victor 'cause w- you, you state that every morning.

[laughs] Oh, yeah, that's true.

[laughs] But Mark's a loyal listener. He knows.

[laughs] Every single day, "What's new?" "I'm tired. I wish I was sleeping right now, but here I am babbling away." So, yeah.

I run on about five hours of sleep every day.

Ah, see, that's what I've been doing, and it's not good for you, Mark.

And it's, it's a vicious process, but, yeah, you just have to... You have to be a zombie, like me. [laughs]

Uh, I, I am. I, I don't know how I get on here and babble all the time. Half the time, I don't remember what I even talked about, so. [laughs]

[laughs] All right. Well, you guys have a good weekend.

You too, Mark.

I appreciate you guys.

Peace.

Bye-bye.

Hey there. You are live on Ask Us Almost Anything powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys. Who's this?

Troublemaker.

Troublemaker, what you want to know?

Hey. You know, I, I really hate to say this because my, my hours of listening to your show and Peaches, uh, have kind of dwindled lately, but you're gonna have to retitle your morning show from the heaviest morning show ever,

being to play Sleep Token all the time.

Okay. Now, Sleep Token-

[laughs] I know I'm the first one

This guy really is a troublemaker right there

... to complain about them.

[laughs] Sleep Token, I promise, has some songs that are like, I mean, brutally heavy. I went and saw them live-

Oh, yeah

... about a month ago. Go listen to this real quick.

I might be wrong.

Check this out.

That's for sure. [music plays] Go ahead.

There you go. Hang on.

Got to have that buildup.

Waiting.

[singing] The hammer down. On my stonemason. For in the cross. My life began. Death is their city.

You're telling me about Sleep Token?

That is Sleep Token.

That is Sleep Token. That is Vore.

Yes, and they played it at the show I saw in Salt Lake, along with, uh... They have a number of-

Well, how come you don't play it on the radio?

We play it sometimes, but, you know, here's how it works with, uh, singles. You'll have the label, and they're like, "Please, please play the latest single! Please!" And, you know, so you got to play the latest single, which right now is kind of a mellow one, but it does end heavy. Uh, Caramel. A- the end of it's pretty heavy.

Oh, yeah.

Oh. Well, I just-

But I'll admit, at the beginning it's pretty wussy. [laughs]

[laughs] Um, I just had to flip that. I know I'm the first one complaining about this, so.

Oh, yeah, you're definitely the first person to complain about Sleep Token, [laughs] Troublemaker.

[laughs] All right. You guys have a good one.

You too, man. Appreciate the call today.

Yeah.

Peace.

Troublemaker living up to his name right there.

That's right. I don't even know if that counted as a question. [laughs] That was more of a statement.

Hey, we'll take some comments too.

Yeah, true. If you want to call and complain, we can, we can do that as well.

I know you're very excited. Did you see this concert announcement this morning?

Uh, I take it no, because, yeah.

Rod Stewart with Richard Marx.

Where is that?

The Utah First Credit Union Amphitheater.

Oh, at my favorite venue.

Absolutely.

Yeah, that's-

That's why I brought it up.

I'm not gonna miss that one, that's for sure. Uh, hey there, please turn down your radio, and you are live on Ask Us Almost Anything powered by the Advocates. Who's this?

Oh, it's Joe.

Joe, what's up? What do you want to know, man?

Oh, I was curious, who, who's the better singer? And not just because of their popularity. King Diamond or Rob Halford? Who hits those highs better?

[sighs]

That's a tricky question 'cause they-

Uh.

They, they both hit the highs really well, but King Diamond is a little bit more over the top.

I have not listened to King Diamond all that much to give you a solid answer.

[sighs]

But I do know he's extremely talented.

Yeah. I... Wow. At, now-

He, he can get some lows too. That's, uh...

That's true. Better singer.

Yeah.

I mean, they're, they're so s- you know, similar in many ways, and they're so neck and neck, and kind of in the same, same vein. King Diamond's a little bit more ridiculous.

Yeah.

And, you know, Rob Halford's more accessible.

Mm-hmm.

I... That's a really tricky ques-... I think I've got to go with... Because of the catchiness and accessibility, I'm gonna go with Rob Halford, but I think King Diamond could do things that Rob Halford probably couldn't do.

Well, can Sti- can King Diamond still do those highs?

Yeah.

'Cause like, uh, Rob Halford, he kind of struggles. I mean, he's close to 80 years old.

King Diamond's pretty old too, but last time I saw him live, I mean, he was hitting the notes. So... And what do you think, man?

... I'm gonna go with King Diamond. It's my brother-in-law had this, we've had this argument a couple of times, but I say King Diamond. But he hasn't listened to enough King Diamond, that and just Judas Priest is his favorite.

Yeah.

Every- everything Judas Priest. So... [laughs]

See? Yeah, and so he's gonna have some bias in there. I mean, I-

Yeah. [laughs]

I th- they are both, uh, you know, super talented legends. So, I don't im- even know if I could really pick an answer. That's a difficult question. [laughs]

Uh, I will do a... I'll find someone that has a, one of those YouTube rap battles, King Diamond versus Rob Halford.

Yeah. And then-

Or the opera.

Post a, uh, ChatGPT article about how they're feuding too and then see h- if that goes viral.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Yeah. That would be a good one.

Hold on, let's, let's pull up a little King Diamond real quick here.

[laughs]

Um, we'll, we'll start with, uh, a little bit of Welcome Home, when the vocals come in.

Yeah.

Hold on.

Welcome. Welcome home. You have been gone for far too

long.

King Diamond might go higher than Rob Halford.

Yeah, that's that, uh... I think so.

I think if we're talking about hitting the highs, King Diamond might win.

Yeah.

King Diamond might win.

Yeah, I knew he was king. [laughs]

[laughs] He is the king, absolutely.

And yes, I think the face paint and the, the, the super thrashy just kinda, kinda puts some people off that really like Judas Priest. They're- they're both heavy.

Yeah, and-

King Diamond just has that little bit of edge.

Yeah, and it, you know, it's darker music, and it's just a weirder, I guess... I know the first time I heard King Diamond [laughs], I was like, "What is this?" [laughs].

Yeah, yeah. I didn't like it at first. I bought the Spider's Lullaby and then listened to that album a few times before then it became like a constant. [laughs]

Yeah, my friend Joe-

So, yeah.

Um, rest in peace, Joe, he- he was the one who showed me King Diamond and probably Judas Priest.

Yeah.

Uh, but he loved King Diamond, and, uh, I... You know, I think hitting highs, King Diamond, I think wins.

I ju- I just looked it up. Rob Halford is 74, King Diamond's 69.

Okay, so there's b- very close in age, so...

God, still doing it. That's crazy.

Still out crushing it, so...

Yeah, they're like politicians.

[laughs] Except okay-

[laughs] As in yesterday's conversation.

We- we can let the rockers, you know, keep working.

Yeah.

That's the on- only old fogeys who need to keep working, the rockers. [laughs]

Uh, yeah, absolutely.

Not the rock DJs but the, you know?

Yeah, rock DJs, you gotta go.

[laughs]

If you're getting too old. Well, no, you can always move to doing the classic rock, oldies, or classic hits.

Get that raspy whiskey voice and be like, "Yes."

"Yeah, I'm Spike."

[laughs]

Yeah. [laughs] Yeah.

Well, appreciate the call man, and hope you have a great day.

All right, yeah. Thank you. You guys too.

Peace.

All right, take it easy.

Hopefully I lasted long enough in radio to where like my voice goes into that direction.

Oh, yeah. Just- just start sucking down cigars, Peaches. There you go.

You've heard Mark from Mark and Brian, how crazy he sounds now compared to how he did back when he was in his prime?

Oh, yeah. Hey, caller, uh, hang on one second while we play the legal ID. We'll be, uh, right back, okay? All right, you are live on Ask Us Almost Anything powered by The Advocates. Who's this?

Hey, Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. How you guys doing?

Hey.

That's right.

Crazy Carl, what's going on, man? What do you wanna know?

Hey, I was- I was wondering, have you ever had to run from the police?

Of course not.

Oh, not- not ever. Like-

We have determined that was a lie.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Okay, all right, I'll- I'll tell a funny story. This- this is the only time I ever, and I didn't have to run from the police.

Hold on, I'm having ChatGPT generate an article-

[laughs]

[laughs]

... about how Victor, uh, robbed the convenience store.

This is back when I- I think I was like... Oh, how... I must have been like 15 or so. It was junior high.

It would be very easy to spot Victor as a robber just because you'd hear that laugh once he was taking all your money.

[laughs]

Yeah- yeah, it's like- it's like penguin meets Joker.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Okay, this was my friend's fault, and, you know, again, we didn't need to run, but my friend at the time was an idiot. Um, we snuck out of the house when we were teenagers.

It's always your friend, not you.

Oh. It's not- it's not you?

Y- y- it was. As we snuck out of the house, uh, as teenagers, when we were kids, and... Or, geez, anyway. A- and we're wandering around in the middle of the night, just- just walking around, right?

It's on. Yep.

And, I mean, I guess you could...

Sure. Yeah.

I wish Lieutenant Crane was here, 'cause I'm gonna ask, like, "Do you actually ever get a ticket for violating curfew?"

The one thing I love is that Carl's having a conversation with his boss in the background while- while we're giving this-

Yo, Carl, why don't you listen to my story, dude?

[laughs]

Uh...

Call and ask a question, and don't pay attention to me.

Carl's multitasking. What are you talking about?

I mean, people- people should know they shouldn't bug me while I'm calling into K-Bear.

That's right.

[laughs]

So, we're- we're out just walking around. You know, yes, we shouldn't have been out past curfew, and then a cop rolls up.

Right.

And they were just driving by, and my friend takes off at high speed.

[laughs]

Just booking it. So ob- obviously, when a cop's driving around and they see somebody just start running, they're gonna follow them, right? So I-

Oh, yeah.

I don't know what to do, so I start running. And anyway, we, like, went different directions and my friend ends up, you know, they, like, catch him. And I just walked home.

[laughs]

I was like, "All right, I'm going home."

[laughs]

[laughs] So I went back to my house. Next thing you know, about 30 minutes later... [pounding noise] [laughs]

[laughs]

I wake up my parents and, "Why were you guys running from the police?" And I'm like, "I don't even know".

[laughs]

He- he just took off. I think that was the last time I hung out with that guy. But, uh-

Wow.

Yeah, so that- that's the only time I ran from the police, and, you know, I was out past curfew. But I-... I, I just did it because I didn't know what to do. I just kind of panicked [laughs] 'cause of my stupid friend.

[laughs] Oh. Uh, I mean, I'm at the age now where if you see me running, there's either a bear or a cop chasing me. So, you should probably start running, too. [laughs]

[laughs]

And, uh, being, uh, being awarded 1988's Pocatello Police Sprinter of the Year, I can tell you, I'm not trying to aid the criminal element out there, but if you hide in a tree, they never look up.

[laughs]

I've done that, like, three times, man. It's how I get it. Yeah.

Yeah. I, I'm not much of a tree climber, Carl-

Yeah. [laughs]

... but I did successfully escape. Friend snitched on me. [laughs]

Yeah. [laughs]

Oh.

Oh, that's funny, man. Right on.

Well-

Well, hey, you guys have a good weekend, man. I better get back to work before my boss fires me. [laughs]

All right, Carl. Good luck. You have a great weekend as well. Just hear from me, all right?

I'll, I'll hide in a tree next time you do a call to us.

[laughs] Yeah.

Yeah, right. Oh, hey, there you go.

[laughs]

Yeah. Yeah, hide up in a tree and make the call. [laughs] All right, fine. You guys have a good weekend, man.

You too, Carl. Peace.

We'll see ya. Bye.

I like how I didn't get asked about ...

Oh, yeah. You.

No, no [laughs], no, I never-

You never ran from the police?

No, no. There was one time, it was at my old high school where my friend Bobby was, uh, just drifting with us in the car, and sure enough, the cops are like, "What's that noise?" They pull up to the parking lot to see us drifting, pull us over. That's it.

Ah, but so you didn't, uh, yeah, get in a high speed chase?

No.

I, and now I'm, like, trying to think, 'cause, you know, I, I started chugging coffee. I'm like, did I ever run [laughs] from the police another time?

[laughs].

I'm like,

[laughs]

I'm not a troublemaker at all.

[laughs] I'm not either, but i- it's like, it seems like possible, but [laughs] I don't remember any situation where [laughs]-

[laughs]

If I think-

You've done it so much you can't remember.

[laughs] If I think of another situation where I did run from the police, I'll, I'll let you know, but if-

Oh, you did it in front of Bert Kreischer?

Uh, oh, well, no. I didn't get away, I got dragged out of he- ... I mean, I've been cuffed by the police many times, but it's always Lieutenant Crane just doing it for fun as a goof. And then there was that one time that he didn't have the keys, and that, that day really sucked. So-

[laughs] You know what we should've done? I shouldn't have laughed when we did that 'cause I didn't realize you were actually gonna go through with it-

Uh, yeah

... but maybe, like, we should've actually had you dragged away, but then you came back just for some reason, shirtless, and, like, just [laughs], like, "That's it! I'm hiding from him [laughs] back here!" Or something like that.

[laughs] I don't know if I'm brave enough to take my shirt off in this physique on camera.

[laughs] Come on, Bert Kreischer was wearing no shirt.

Yeah, but he makes a lot of money. There, there was somebody calling me and was gonna pay me.

He makes a lot of money? [laughs]

If I got paid that kind of money to take off my shirt, sure. [laughs] All right, whoever wants to Venmo me, eh, wha- let's see. What's a good amount? $1,000 I'll take my shirt off on, on a, a video and post it on Facebook.

Geez, all right.

1,000 bucks though.

Victor's showing off his body for money? Hmm.

[laughs] Shame! Shame on you! [laughs]

Next thing you know he's w- he's in Vegas wearing that Victoria Rose costume. Hey there, big boy.

All right, people who are calling, call us back. We can only do one call at a time. It's Ask Us Almost Anything powered by The Advocates. Lieutenant Crane's out so me and Peaches are just answering your random questions about whatever you'd like to know.

Um, I was looking here at the movies that are coming out before GTA VI now. We got Supergirl, Minions 3, Toy Story 5, The Odyssey, Scary Movie 6. There's so many [laughs] that it's, it's not even a joke anymore. That w- w- like, oh, my grandma, like, uh, what's it called? My grandma, l- c- uh, had her Alzheimer's cured before GTA VI came out.

[laughs]

Like, it's, it could be a real thing.

Oh, absolutely, dude. It, i- who knows? The game might not ever come out at this rate. [laughs]

Yeah, that's, that's why I- I'm, I'm really hoping it does.

Uh, I just hope I'm alive when it comes out. I really wanna play it.

[laughs]

You know, it's about the only thing keeping me going anymore. [laughs]

Jeez.

Uh, Stuart asked online, "What's the biggest band you've opened for?" Now, Peaches, you're, you're not in a band, so we'll go with what's the biggest band you've ever-

Um-

... you know, given an intro that you've opened w-

There was a couple years ago, I did do a comedy set before Metallica, you know.

Oh, yeah, [laughs] yeah.

Opened up for them.

At the, at, uh, you know, the, the stadium in LA, huh?

Yeah, yeah.

At, wha- what's the biggest band you've done a stage intro for?

Um ...

I think for me it's probably with, if we're talking based on popularity and how big a shows they play, probably Falling in Reverse?

I was thinking that.

You know?

The Papa Roach?

Papa Roach, yeah. One of those bands maybe. Now, as far as bands that I've opened for, like, as an opening band,

maybe Shinedown. Who's bigger, Shinedown or Bret Michaels?

Shinedown currently.

Currently. But Bret Michaels, you know, in the heyday ... I mean, I bet more people know Bret Michaels than Shinedown.

Well, let's see. How many monthly listeners does Bret Michaels have?

Y- well, and is that fair, or do you look at Poison?

55,000 monthly listeners.

[laughs] Shinedown's gonna do better than that. [laughs]

Poison, 3.8 million.

Okay, what about Shinedown?

7.3 million.

Okay, s- so maybe Shinedown. I'll think on that one for a little bit more, Stuart.

K-Bear, you are live on Ask Us Almost Anything powered by The Advocates. Who's this?

It's Trouble Maker again.

Trouble Maker again. What's your question, man?

I, I, I didn't really have another question, but this is another statement. I gotta say the best intro that Peaches has done was for Seether. [laughs]

You thought Peaches' intro for Seether was his best one, huh?

[laughs] With the history with them and all, you know? But, uh, hey, I wanted to give a shout-out to King Parrot at this time terrible concert. They rocked.

King Parrot-

Awesome

... is a really good band. I saw them play in, uh, Twin Falls opening for, uh, Superjoint Ritual and they were really good.

I think, I think Trouble Maker was referring to the, uh, subreddit drama that I had.

Oh!

Yeah.

Yeah. [laughs]

Okay, that's right, that's right. Okay. [laughs]

Yeah, all right.

See you again.

Hey, good to hear from you, man.

Look at him, living up to his name. Troublemaker.

He is a troublemaker. And speaking of another troublemaker, she... I don't think she knew that I knew it was her who called the other day to ask me, "Is your refrigerator running?" But, uh, troublemaker from around here, Maddie-

Hmm. Mad Dog.

... just asked in... Yeah, just asked in our, uh, thread, "Is your refrigerator running?"

Oh.

And, uh, I... as far as I know, it is. It better be, uh, 'cause, uh, there's stuff in it and we don't want it to go bad. So, very, uh, you know, compelling question, Maddie.

Mad Dog at it again.

Thank you so much for your, for your participation. Again, if you have a question you'd like to ask us for Ask Us Almost Anything powered by the Advocates, 208-535-1015 is the number to call.

What's funny is I told Maddie to prank call you yesterday. [laughs]

That was it.

And [laughs] I just hear you go, "Is my refrigerator running?"

[laughs]

Like, shortly after that.

Well, and then she, she, like, was like, "I can't believe I got you with that." And I was like, "I didn't say yes." [laughs]

[laughs]

I was just like, "Is my refrigerator running?"

[laughs]

You gotta be kidding me. [laughs]

Wow.

Yeah, that, that's like the... That's some 1950s prank call action there.

"I'm looking for Seymour Butz."

[laughs] "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" [laughs]

[laughs]

That one wouldn't even work anymore 'cause people don't know-

[laughs] I was gonna say, "Huh?"

Yeah, do you know what Prince Albert in a can even is, Peaches?

No.

It's, uh, it's tobacco. Pipe tobacco.

Oh, okay.

And it comes in a can. And then, uh, the joke used to be, "Well, you better let him out." [laughs]

[laughs]

[laughs] Um, I wonder if Pr- can you still buy Prince Albert pipe tobacco? Man, there's a, there's a lot of products that were around back in the day that they're, you, uh, you just forget about.

Yeah, I was talking about this with my friends, actually, and a thread popped up on Reddit recently. It was, uh, what late '90s, early 2000s products do you still remember for some reason? And there was that Fushigi ball that everyone thought was magical, and then you actually got it, and you find out that the, uh, people in the commercials were experts when it comes to doing tricks with that Fushigi ball.

I don't even remember that.

It's a stu- it's like, "Fushigi!" Like, the commercial's over the top for no reason and, uh, well, there's that one. And then there's the, uh, My Password Journal where you had to enter a password to then open up the password journal, so if you forgot the password to your password journal, all the other passwords that you'd written down

y- you couldn't remem- you couldn't log in.

Oh, geez. And y- your combination of words there, like, cooked my brain.

I know, I could tell by the look on your face.

[laughs]

Uh...

Like, stop puzzling-

You're still thinking about Prince Albert in a can over there.

[laughs] I was.

You miss those days, don't you?

It's, it's, it's still available.

Better let him out.

[laughs] K Bear, you're live on Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by the Advocates. Who's this?

Ding dong ditch.

Oh, he ding dong ditched us. How?

That's it. Where's my-

Where's my gun?

I was gonna say, "Where's my shotgun?" [laughs]

[laughs]

I better go post the life in Idaho Falls.

I'm calling the police.

[laughs] He ding dong ditched.

[laughs] How dare he ding dong ditch us?

How silly. [laughs]

We get the multiple pranks. Can't believe it. Uh, yeah, Prince Albert is still available. Uh, crap's expensive, dude. 40 bucks for a can at, uh, Pipes and Cigars dot com. [laughs]

I looked up the price of one of those password journals, the old Mattel product. It's like $200 on eBay. [laughs]

Holy crap. Dude, y- yesterday, Becca and I took her daughter to, uh, Walmart to just kinda look at toys 'cause her birthday's coming up and so is Christmas. You know, so you can get, get a bunch of ideas.

Oh yeah, the little-

So you don't have to think

... "What, what exactly do you want?" And then she points out a whole bunch of things, you write it down.

Yeah, you just take a bunch of pictures and-

Yeah

... then you don't have to think about it ever again.

Right.

Like, "All right, here we go. Good to go." There's a lot of stuff that's making a comeback from when I was kid. It was very weird 'cause, you know, my kids have been old forever. I haven't walked the toy aisles at, uh, department store. I'm walking through. They had a full display of Barney stuff. Barney. I, like, I thought Barney went away like 20 years ago. That was what my little sister was into when she was a kid was Barney.

That, that was the big thing when I was a kid is that the, the original actor of Barney got fired because he climbed a tree, fell out, and he started cussing up a storm on TV.

[laughs]

So, and that was like the ChatGPT generated article back then, you know? It was just a rumor that people made up.

Yeah. They were like, "Bring back all these retro toys." They had Tamagotchis. Do you remember those?

Of course. Yeah, yeah.

Dude, they were like

40 bucks or something. Go- you know, Walmart, don't quote me on that, but I was like, "Who, who on earth is gonna pay that kind of money for a stupid little keychain that you can, you know, give a snack, digital snack?" 40 bucks? They're worth more, no more than $10.

I saw, what's it called? These, uh, you know Wacky Packages?

Uh, I don't know if I know-

They're spoofs of real pro-

... Wacky Packages.

... real products. Like, it would be... Uh, just look it up. Look up Wacky Packages.

All right, I'm looking it up here.

I'm shocked you don't know what these are.

Wacky Packages. Uh, I don't remember seeing these before.

They, they're spoofs of like real products.

Okay. All right. Yeah, um, I don't, I don't know if I've seen this, Peaches.

Wow, I'm shocked.

Yeah. Foot Gushers?

Yeah, see?

Zit Kat?

Yeah.

[laughs] I like this.

But they, they have like little 3D models of those cards from, uh, back in the... Like, the 3D models of the products from those cards at Walmart.

Oh.

And I was shocked to see them-

Really?

... make a comeback, yeah.

That's cool. Yeah, they had... I forget what it's called, but it's a little red, um... Is it... They're... You, like, put this wheel of images inside of it.

Oh, a view finder.

A view finder.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I used to have those.

They, they had that.

[laughs]

They had that and you get the 3D images.

I used to look at cool pictures of dinosaurs when I was a kid, those things.

[laughs] That's right.

Whoa.

Yeah. And then one of the most disappointing toys I saw, which I figured these would still be around, but the, it... They had just ruined it. Remember when you were a kid you had like this wheel that had a bunch of animals on it and you'd point the arrow at it?

The cow says moo.

[laughs] Yeah, you pulled the little lever. And they used to be but- probably about this big.

Yeah.

[laughs] It was tiny.

Oh.

It was like tiny. It had this little tiny crank on it. I'm like, "That's, that's no fun."

Well, due to supply chain issues.

[laughs] Yeah. Shrinkflation.

Yeah, shrinkflation, even on a-

Even on, even on these kids toys. [laughs]

The wheel of animal noises.

Yeah. [laughs] Uh, yeah, it was very interesting wal- walking the, uh, the toy aisle, and it's amazing how some toys just stand the test of time. I think they had Ninja Turtles and crap, and I don't, I don't know. If there's any last minute questions for Ask Us Almost Anything, 208-535-1015's the number to call.

You gotta look up that fushigi ball.

Okay. Let me look it up. He- I'm, I'm gonna guess.

F-U-S-H-I-G-I.

Fushigi ball. Okay. Me see here. Yeah, they've got 'em on Amazon.

It's the, it's the anti-gravity ball.

Oh! Yes. Okay. I have seen these before. It's... Oh, and it says no strings. I don't believe that. I'm pretty sure there's strings. All right? [laughs] I know enough about magic. There's not balls that just float in the air. There are definitely strings involved. It's called magic string. You can't see it. [laughs] The... Yeah, I, I... Or else maybe, maybe, I don't know, maybe you can make it float. K-Bear, you are live on Traffic School, or whatever. Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates. Who's this?

This is John.

John, what do you wanna know, man?

So, I've been wondering for a while, uh, Lieutenant Crane, did he get promoted? 'Cause I could've sworn he was sergeant before.

You know, for many, many years he was sergeant. And then, I don't know how many years ago, he-

I thought, I thought it was like a year ago.

I think it was even longer than that, that he got updated or upgraded to lieutenant. But, uh, yeah, he certainly was Sergeant Crane for a long time, and, uh, you still occasionally have people call him that when they call into the show.

Yeah, I, I keep hearing people call him sergeant, and then you guys call him lieutenant, and I was just very, very confused.

Yes, he is, uh-

[laughs]

... he is lieutenant. Uh, and then who knows what his next upgrade will be. What's major?

Do they have major?

Uh, I don't know what th... He's told me what the, uh, rankings are. I think you go captain after lieutenant.

It'd be, it'd be awesome to have Major Crane instead of Major Pain.

[laughs] Major Crane.

Just like the movie. [laughs]

[laughs] Police ranking in order. Let's see.

All right. A guide to police ranks in the US. Just put 'em in order here, okay? So, go sergeant, lieutenant, captain, deputy chief, assistant chief, chief of police, police commissioner.

Oh, that's annoying. Deputy Chief Crane? That'd be super annoying to say.

It's Traffic School with Deputy Chief Crane. [laughs]

[laughs] Yeah, good old DCC.

[laughs] Captain Crane does sound [laughs] pretty fun, though.

Major Crane?

Major Crane, yeah. Yeah. So yep, he's a-

I was gonna-

... lieutenant for now.

I was gonna tell you, uh, Prince Albert does still exist. I, I used to buy it all the time. Um,

you, and then you, you let him out of the can every single time. You gotta put him in a jar.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[laughs]

That, that can's just not strong enough to hold Prince Albert.

Yeah.

So.

Wow.

All right, man.

[laughs]

Appreciate the call. [laughs]

Yeah, you have a good day.

You too. [laughs] See ya. K-Bear, you are live on Ask Us Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates. Who's this?

All right, I was, I was just gonna hang up. This is Stiff Richard.

Oh, what is happening? What, what's your question for the, uh, program, for me and Peaches?

Are you guys gonna quit yapping and start playing music soon?

Oh. [microphone rustling] You wanna act like that? You wanna act like that?

I do.

I'm gonna talk-

I do.

I'm gonna talk for the whole rest of the show, no music. And I tell you, if-

Come on.

The very last song-

What? [laughs]

... I'm gonna play is gonna be, If You Want Blood, You Got It. [laughs]

[laughs]

Yes, sir. If the star of the show ain't there, which is Lieutenant Crane-

[laughs] Oh, he's the star.

He's an immortal. He's a... Yeah, he's an immortal man, that guy. That guy's great.

That's true.

If he ain't there, you guys quit burning time.

This is a sponsored feature.

And play some music.

This is a sponsored feature, and people, aside from you, are enjoying it, JD.

Well, I w-

You can call it another, a fake name.

I will talk to Ben about how you guys wasted his money.

[laughs]

[laughs] You go right ahead. I dare you. [laughs]

[Laughs] There you go.

Hey, Peaches, what's your least favorite local band? [laughs]

Hmm.

I can think of one. [laughs]

Uh, go, go ahead. Carry on as usual. Nothing to see here.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Play some music.

We're gonna get back to music. It's that time that the, the-

You know what?

... show ends anyway.

Get rid of all Dinko Jones in the library.

All right. No more Dinko Jones.

[laughs]

No more Dinko.

[laughs]

All right, guys.

[laughs]

Peace, have a good day. Thank you.

[laughs] See you, JD. Peace.

Yep. Mm-hmm.

[laughs]

Stiff Richard.

[laughs] Which, I, I should've asked them if they were playing live this weekend.

[coughs]

I v- I, I don't remember. But, uh-

They will if they're in the mood.

Oh.

[laughs]

[laughs] Hey-o.

All right. A fine edition of Ask Us-

[laughs]

... Almost Anything, powered by The Advocates Injury Attorneys. I think next week we'll be back to normal with Traffic School. So-

Hey, Victor, spell ICUP.

[laughs] ICUP? I-C-U-P.

Ah! Got 'im!

Oh, Peaches! What? Oh, I can't believe you got me with that. [laughs]

Now look down your shirt and spell attic.

[laughs] No. No. [laughs]

[laughs]

[upbeat music] Peach is back in the house. It's the VictorWilt show.

Yeah, there's two people in my studio right now.

Two people?

One of them is the guy who started the station, so, I mean, I can't complain about that.

Uh, yeah, you can't. [laughs]

Nah. You and him go way back. I've only known him for, like, I don't know, since 2019.

Yeah, I try to complain about him as often as possible. You know, talk trash on him.[rock music] You know, maybe punch 'em every once in a while. [laughs]

I would love to see that.

[laughs] Tell him to get in here. Oh, I'll punch him right now.

Oh, he's coming over here right now, I think.

Oh, oh. Yeah, he heard it.

Uh, no, no, he's walking the other way.

Don't run. Ah.

He's walking the other way.

He's scared. He's scared.

I just saw him walk over here, then he walked the other way.

That's... Walk on home, boy!

[laughs]

[laughs] Who was with him?

It was just him.

Oh, okay. You-

One of the lass. Just-

You said two.

Sorry, Star was there.

Oh, okay.

She had this, uh, really cool wrapping paper that I don't know if she showed you.

Uh, she did. I took a picture of it to send it to Ben. Um, when are we gonna be announcing that thing, you know?

That specifically-

For that

... would be, uh, early December.

Early December. Okay.

We have nothing going on for this whole entire month.

Well, then we need to line some stuff up.

I had some, uh, something cool really planned, but nobody wants to...

Aw.

Nobody wants to do that.

Yeah, I know. That was a fun one we came up with.

Oh, yeah.

But, uh, what we've got lined up for next month will be cool, and, uh, I guess that was a little hint, wrapping paper.

Oh, yeah. The, the, the certain thing we're giving away, I'm really jealous of whoever's gonna win that.

I, I think it'll be a very popular, um, item-

Yeah

... that we'll be giving away. Um, I, I don't wanna give too many hints, but-

We're also, uh, giving away-

Well, it's a ver- a pretty big one

... multiple concert tickets during the month of December.

Yes! There are a lot of great shows coming up, and we wanna send you to as many of them as possible. So, we're gonna make Christmas extra special for the K-Bear Rock Army this year. So, you just gotta wait.

<< Do you feel love K-Bear Rock Army? >> [laughs] Oh, that's a hint.

[laughs] Do you feel loved? Uh, let's see here. Peaches, I got something that people aren't gonna love. You know the Farmer's Almanac?

Uh, mm-hmm.

They're shutting down, dude. After 200 years, the old Farmer's Almanac's going away.

Two hund- 200 years of falsely pr- predicting the weather.

[laughs] That's right. What a, you know, what a biz. Why didn't they keep it going? Especially in the day and age of AI, they could have AI write the entire almanac. 'Cause all they do is really go like, "Oh, it's, uh, winter. It's gonna be cold." [laughs]

Or they'll do like, "Oh, we're about to have the... We'll have some days where it gets snowy, other days where it's just fine."

Yeah.

You mean normal winter. [laughs]

I don't know. Did, did, like, all the, uh, dep-, um, grocery stores stop selling it by the cash register? The weather...

I've never seen it.

You've never seen it?

No.

Oh, yeah. It used to be in, like, every grocery store. It would be up by the, by the cash register. Here's your full prediction of weather for the year. And s- you know, a lot of people, like, they put that at 100%. They believe in it.

It's like that, uh, that book from Back to the Future where it's all the sports results for the past 50 years.

The Sports, the Sports Almanac. [laughs]

[laughs]

Yeah, there was a good meme that I think I shared at one point that, you know, we somehow shifted into the timeline where Biff Tannen has the Sports Almanac. [laughs] It happened about, what, uh, 2020?

Heh, he's married to, uh-

[laughs]

... uh, Lor- Lor- Lorraine? Is that her name?

Yeah, married to Marty's mom.

All of a sudden she has, like, you know, uh, expanded features.

[laughs] Yes.

He took over the old clock tower, and he made it his own little Biff's Palace and his museum of Biff. [laughs]

Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah, they, uh, used the Plaza Hote- n-, or, yeah, the Plaza in Vegas to, uh,

to make Biff Tannen's, uh, ridiculous casino hotel. I'm gonna have to watch Back to the Future again. Speaking of classic '80s movies, we talked about this movie yesterday, uh, Gremlins. Becca and I and her daughter watched Gremlins last night. Been a while since I'd seen it.

I watched another classic last night that I know you love.

What's that?

The Goonies.

Oh, it's so good.

We watched that ag- uh, Aubrey's never seen it.

It's, it's one of my favorite movies of all time.

She loved Data, the little keowaiquan.

Oh, yeah.

I forgot how you say his name.

Yeah. Did you ever see Everything Everywhere All At Once?

No.

You've gotta watch it. It's the first movie he did, I think, since like, wha- you know, sometime around the Goonies.

It's weird seeing 17-year-old Josh Brolin. And I told [laughs] I told Aubrey, I was like, "Hey, that's Thanos." And she, it completely broke her.

[laughs]

Like, "Huh? What?"

Well, Corey Feldman w- is in Goonies.

Yeah.

And, uh, that-

That guy opened up for Limp Bizkit.

Didn't we see him, came out... [laughs] yeah. Di- didn't it come out in, like, '84? I mean, he looked so young in it.

Came out in '85.

'85?

Mm-hmm.

Gremlins or Goonies?

Goonies.

Okay, so in Gremlins, he's, you know, he looks so young and, uh, it, it was just weird. But Gremlins, dude, I forgot how messed up that movie is. There are a few lines in that movie that are so insane. I'm, we're sitting there watching it with Becca's daughter, and I'm like, "Okay, what has she gotta be thinking?" Okay, there's the mean old woman who comes into the bank, and she's mad that, um, the kid's dog had broke her snowman. And she starts talking to him [laughs] about how she's gonna kill his dog. She's like, "I'll bring him home, and I'll put him in the dryer on high."

[laughs]

[laughs] And then like, just talking about gruesomely how she's gonna kill his dog.

You should put that on the, uh, your im- your show imaging.

[laughs]

"I'll put him in the dryer on high, The Victor Wilk Show."

And then, you know, toward the end of the movie, you know, the, the guy, Billy, he's got his girlfriend, and they're, you know, trying to track down the final gremlin. And then she go... Throughout the movie, she'd expressed that she hates Christmas. You know, she hates it. And he finally asks her, you know, "Why?" And she tells this story about how on Christmas Eve, her dad went to the store and-

And never came back.

Well, yeah. That's, you know, they, they waited. Christmas day, he never shows up. They wait for like a week. And then all of a sudden [laughs], I think she said like, "There started to be a smell in our house."

[laughs] Oh, God.

And

the police came over-

[laughs]

... and they found a body in the chimney.

Oh, no.

And it was my dad [laughs]-

[laughs]

... dressed up as Santa Claus. [laughs] I was like, "I totally don't know how this person looks like."

[laughs]

... told a story about her dad dressing up as Santa, coming down the chimney, but getting stuck and dying in the chimney. [laughs] Just out of nowhere, dude. There's some wild moments in Gremlins, dude.

Well, and I just looked it up. Corey Feldman was 14 when the, when The Goonies, when he was doing The Goonies.

When he was doing The Goonies?

Mm-hmm.

Wow. Yeah, I'm, I'm gonna have to watch The Goonies again. The, the disc set I have is a three-disc set, Blu-rays, The Goonies, Gremlins 1, Gremlins 2. So, gonna-

[laughs]

... have to watch Gremlins 2 next.

Oh, I love how the pirate's named One-Eyed Willie.

[laughs]

That makes me laugh.

It, yeah, you know what? They knew what they were doing.

And, and then also with, uh, I was gonna add it to Cannonball imaging, the, uh, "You're gonna live with me now.

Sloth loves Chunk."

[laughs] You should have that.

'Cause we have, "Hey, you guys."

Oh, yeah. I was scrolling Netflix last night, and again, saw Chunk, you know? Just poor, that poor kid.

Mm-hmm.

That's the image for the video, Chunk shaking his bare belly. The Truffle Shuffle.

The sh- the audio mixing in that movie's horrible. A lot of these old movies have really bad audio mixing. Like, you can barely understand what they're saying.

Mm-hmm.

We had to have subtitles on.

Yeah, I always have subtitles on anymore. But I haven't watched Goonies in a while. What, what format did you watch it on?

Just Netflix.

Just Netflix?

Yeah.

Okay, so you'd think it would be a pretty good one.

Right.

I don't know-

Back to the Future was the same way. Like, some of those lines, you're like, "What did they say?"

Yeah. I mean, it was the '80s. You know, that was a long time ago. That was ages ago. I mean, if you were alive in the '80s-

40 years?

... you're so old.

Yeah.

Oh, wait, I was. Yeah. Somebody calling, let's see what they want.

Is it JD calling, telling us to shut up again? K-Bear, you're live on the show. Keep that in mind. Who's this?

Hi, Victor.

Hey, it's Jeff.

Hey, what's up, Jeff? Jeff, what's your favorite, uh, Christmas movie?

Mine's probably The Grinch.

The Grinch? That's a good Christmas classic, very nice. And, uh, was there anything else you were calling for, Jeff?

Can you do Five Finger Death Punch, Wash It Away, and Poison, Every Rose Has Its Thorn?

All right.

And Cannonball.

He does, he does a double station request.

Two requests? All right, Jeff, I'll do my best to get both of those going for you, okay?

Well, he wants Poison, Every Rose Has Its Thorn on Cannonball.

Oh, that's right. Okay. Tha- that's easier, one per station. All right, Jeff, we'll see what we can do.

Thank you, Victor.

Thanks, Jeff. You have a great weekend.

You too.

All right, see ya.

Will I hear you on the radio Monday?

Oh, I hope so. [laughs] It's a Friday in radio toward the end of the year. [laughs]

That might be a threat from Jeff. He's like, "Am I gonna hear you on the radio Monday?"

Geez. [laughs]

Just cracking his knuckles.

[laughs]

[laughs] Oh, appreciate you calling, Jeff. I, I plan to be here.

[laughs]

I hope management doesn't have other ideas. [laughs]

And tell Jay Davis I want the Tabor Band,

...

[rock music] Let's see here. A Day to Remember, President. You know, what- what about Bad Omens, Spector? Was it just not during the right timeframe?

Probably not.

I mean, I guess, if you look at numbers, Sleep Token is the winner. You know, if you're just looking at, uh, sales and streams, Sleep Token took it. But it'd be fun if they, you know, had some- some better stuff pop up-

The eligib-

... in some of these categori- categories.

The eligibility cutoff for the 68th Grammy Awards is August 30th, 2025.

Okay. Bad Omens dropped Spector on August 18th, or at least, uh, that's when we put it into Music Master.

Oh.

So, it was eligible and it was a big song. Getting... Uh, I almost said something [laughs] that would be inappropriate for radio. Uh, Best Rock Performance, you've got AML in The Sniffers.

[laughs] [rock music]

You should not be doing that. Linkin Park, The Emptiness Machine, Turnstile, Never Enough, Hayley Williams, Mirtza- Mirtazapine? I don't know. And then, uh, Youngblood with, uh, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, and, uh, two from Sleep Token doing the live version of Changes. I- I think that should win Best Rock Performance.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Th- that was a staple part of this year-

Yeah

... was the Back to the Beginning performance, uh, performances-

Yeah

... with Ozzy's Farewell.

If that one doesn't win, that would be pretty messed up. It was kinda like Gojira with the Olympics. If Gojira didn't win, that would've been a bunch of bullcrap. And I think that was Metal Performance, too.

I bet you that all of a sudden someone else wins and then the, uh, rock metal c- uh, community will start screaming online.

Uh, well, I'd- I- I'd be with them. I'd be with them on that. I think, uh, I think he did a great job and that was such a big emotional performance.

I bet they'll give it to, like, Hayley Williams. I think Paramore is so overrated.

I think Paramore is overrated as well, but... Um, Best Rock Album, Deftones, Private Music, Haim, I Quit, Linkin Park, From Zero, Turnstile, Never Enough, and Youngblood, Idols. I-

Is it bad that the only thing I associate Haim with is that fart scandal you showed me?

[laughs] That's what I was thinking of too.

[laughs]

Somebody's farting at all the Haim shows. Who's the serial farter?

I know nothing about Haim.

[laughs]

I just know that was the first thing I saw. [laughs]

I mean, when...

I'm trying to think of what my favorite album of the year would've been. Um,

kind of a-

I like Architects'. Um-

That was good.

That was- yeah.

Baby Metal's album was good. Sleep Token's album, eh, I didn't like it as much at first, but once I saw a lot of those songs live, uh, it's- it's really grown on me. Um, who else? Poppy, did Poppy put out her alb- That was, that was last year that Poppy put out an album.

Wow, The Sky, The Earth, and All Between from Architects came out in February. I was wondering how long ago it was.

Ah, yeah. The- there haven't really been a lot of, uh, big album releases this year, have there?

No.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was a... Last year was a crazy year.

Yeah.

With Nothing More Carnal, you had, uh, Suffo- You had, uh, what's it called? Knocked Loose with, uh, You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To.

Yeah. Poppy's album came out.

Mm-hmm.

Um, Electric Callboy's album came out last year, I believe. Yeah, I-

Was it really last year?

I think so.

It might've been. It might've been the year before.

Was it the year before? I don't know. What are some of the other nominees here? Uh, Best Metal Performance, Dream Theater, Night Terror.

Well see, Dream Theater, I feel like is just nominated every year for no reason at all. Like, they must just- they must just have an in with the Grammys.

They- they must. I mean, and they're very talented, obviously.

No kidding, yeah.

But that- that song had no impact, as far as I'm aware.

No, I knew nothing about it.

Yeah. The other songs on here I'm at least familiar with. And, you know, they were obviously heard all over the place. Ghost, Lacrima, Sleep Token, Emergence, Spiritbox, Soft Spine, Turnstile, Birds. Um-

You'd have to give the Ghost, Lacrima, I think.

Mm. I mean, if you're looking at numbers, you go with, uh, Sleep Token, Emergence. I think Lacrima is a catchy song. It's not my favorite Ghost song, but Emergence isn't my favorite Sleep Token song either.

It would break the, uh, internet if, uh, Sleep Token and Ghost did a song together.

They should.

Yeah.

They should. That'd be pretty cool. Soft Spine is the most metal of these songs.

I'm always rooting for Courtney and Mike and the-

Yeah

... other guys. Just 'cause like, they- they've been wanting that for such a long time. And they're- they're so heavy for the Grammys that it'd be great.

Well see, to me, Ghost, Lacrima, that should be in the- the rock category. Um, Sleep Token, Emergence, that could even go into alternative. I mean, I guess it does have the heavy parts in it, but it- for a Sleep Token song, it's not very heavy.

I do like the saxophone. I'm hoping Gabby Rose can get that-

That-

... Grammy too.

That's true. That- that's true.

Gabby Rose of Bill Murray.

It is a fun, unique song. I really do like that song. But if we're gonna go metal, we're talking metal, it- we gotta give it to Spiritbox. 'Cause most of these others, I think you'd lump- lump them into the rock category. I don't remember what Turnstile Birds is like. I haven't heard it in a while.

It's a very pop track, pop rock track.

It's not metal?

No.

Okay. See, Turnstile generally-

I think we have it in the library.

Yeah.

'Cause I played it for my pick of the day one day.

Okay. Well, after the break, we'll play Jeff's Five Finger Death Punch request and Turnstile Birds. Show's over people, we're gonna get outta here. But as always, Peaches and I will be back for the noon hour of madness and mayhem. And if you're listening to this show on demand, be aware, the noon hour of madness and mayhem is also available on demand, as is Peaches' Pit Party, available on demand everywhere podcasts can be found. And Traffic School [laughs] available everywhere podcasts can be found.

I was listening to Traffic School as I was scheduling music yesterday.

Yeah? Was it good?

It was great.

All right. Thanks, man. I appreciate that.

It's better than the Bob and Tom show that I was listening to before that.

Oh, no. [laughs]

A bunch of old people-

Bob and Tom?

... just talking about current topics.

[laughs] I can't believe that show's still on air. All right, everybody. I'm gonna- I'm gonna get, uh, Wash It All Away lined up for Jeff. We'll do some Turnstile Birds. We'll talk to you in a bit. You're the best. [rock music] Thank you again for tuning into the Victor Wilt Show. This program's a production of Riverbend Media Group. To contact the show or for more information, hit us up at riverbendmediagroup.com.