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4:42

The topic Top 50 states

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I want to hear your

4:47

ranking for your state. I

4:49

want people to call two

4:51

oh one nine eight nine

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zero one two and I

4:56

want them to You can

4:59

defend your state make a

5:01

case for your state to

5:03

be high on the list

5:06

Or you can make a

5:08

case for your state or

5:10

a different state To be

5:13

low on the list But

5:15

the key is for you

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to call 201 nine eight

5:20

nine zero one two and

5:22

if that's not enough We've

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5:27

checking in some real star

5:29

power Comedy legend Kevin McDonald

5:31

from kids in the hall

5:34

and amongst other things. We'll

5:36

be checking in That should

5:39

be we'll be talking to

5:41

him shortly 50 states Look

5:43

every one of these states

5:46

There's good things and there's bad things

5:49

for almost all some states. You got

5:51

to tell me what the good thing

5:53

is There's bad stuff for all 50.

5:56

I know that And I'm not just

5:58

gonna go. Oh the north The

6:01

northeast is the top states.

6:03

Trust me. No, it's not.

6:05

No, it's not. You're going

6:08

to realize when you see

6:10

I got one state. I'm

6:12

thrown right on the campfire.

6:15

It's going to come in

6:17

low and you're going to

6:19

be shocked. Just to show

6:22

you, I ain't being nor

6:24

I ain't no northerner. One

6:28

state's going right on the trash can 2-0-1-1-2. That's how you can

6:30

call in and be a part of the show. And I want

6:32

you all to know that, uh... I'm going to be fair. I'm

6:35

going to be fair. I'm going to be fair with this. I'm

6:37

going to be fair. I'm going to be fair with this. I'm

6:39

going to be fair. I'm going to be fair with this. I'm

6:41

going to be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to

6:43

be fair with this. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to

6:45

be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to be fair.

6:48

I'm going to be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going

6:50

to be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to be

6:52

fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm

6:54

going to be fair. I'm going to be fair. I'm going to

6:56

be fair. I'm going What

7:01

do you think about this, Mike?

7:03

Do we got Mike? We got

7:06

our guy, Mike. He might have,

7:08

maybe he's taking a call or

7:10

a call. Might be taking a

7:13

call, we'll check in with him

7:15

in a moment. We do have,

7:17

there is another person who we

7:20

could check in with him in

7:22

a moment. We do have, there

7:24

is another person who we could

7:27

check in with, perhaps. What do

7:29

you mean? I'm on the line?

7:31

On the zoom who, another usual

7:34

friend of ours? On the news?

7:36

Here's Mike. Mike. How's it going?

7:38

It's going good. I've been thinking

7:41

about this topic. Yes, it's a

7:43

hot one. My criteria. The song

7:45

smooth couldn't say this is a

7:48

high, it's a hot one as

7:50

much as we can. Yeah, it's

7:52

a hot one. One. So what

7:55

do you think of this topic,

7:57

Mike? Mike. My criteria would be.

8:00

What state makes

8:02

daily activities

8:04

like driving, parking,

8:07

the most miserable? Okay.

8:12

What do you think of that

8:14

criteria? That's good. Look, everybody can

8:16

have their own determinants on what

8:18

makes a state good or bad

8:21

to them. So

8:23

yours is comfort and efficiency.

8:26

Yeah, daily activities that don't

8:28

include just, you know, misery.

8:30

I mean, this is all

8:32

based on my experience in

8:34

Bayonne, of course. Yeah. And

8:37

not all parts of

8:39

Jersey are like that, you know.

8:42

But just doing the daily,

8:44

moving around, parking was

8:46

just a headache, you know.

8:48

Yeah, it can be. And

8:51

the weird thing is I

8:54

haven't traveled that much. But

8:57

when I went to Texas,

8:59

Austin, I went to Austin

9:01

for the Austin City Limits

9:03

Music Festival. And

9:05

I couldn't believe for a

9:07

so -called city, you

9:10

could just drive to places you

9:12

wanted to go and park in

9:14

front of that place. I

9:17

was like, how is this even possible? So...

9:22

No, that's fair. That's fair.

9:25

Pat, any thoughts? Yes.

9:28

Hello. Welcome, Pat.

9:30

This has been

9:32

a really

9:34

hard one to think of,

9:37

but it's going to be a

9:39

hot button topic all night. I

9:41

think we're going to have a

9:43

lot of people coming and going

9:45

on this one. And it's one

9:47

we almost did a long time ago. But

9:50

I think we put it in the can

9:52

because it was too hot then. Yeah. It

9:55

may have morphed into the Springsteen

9:57

State one that we did. of

10:00

yeah but now we're just

10:02

going all the way with

10:04

it I love it I'm

10:06

I'm I'm I'm strapped in

10:08

for this one any any

10:10

particular states either you want

10:12

to throw out and I'm

10:14

gonna throw some some ones

10:17

that were like that are

10:19

that might be in the

10:21

flyover category that that are

10:23

closer to my heart, like

10:25

places like Minnesota, which has

10:27

Minneapolis and St. Paul, which

10:29

are our great cities for

10:31

music and music legends, Prince

10:33

and Bob Dylan, of course.

10:35

Bob Dylan, Husker-Doo. Husker-Doo. You

10:37

got a lot out there

10:39

in Minnesota. I think that

10:41

should be... higher than not.

10:43

Okay, well, these are the

10:46

factors I want to hear

10:48

about. I want to, and

10:50

I like the idea that

10:52

you're hyping up a state

10:54

that isn't your state. Yeah,

10:56

well, I mean, it's a

10:58

no-brainer for our state, but,

11:00

but I, at least I

11:02

hope. But look, Mike's already

11:04

gunning for New Jersey. Yeah,

11:06

Mike's already saying New Jersey

11:08

sucks. you know but it's

11:10

not the whole state it's

11:12

not the whole trade-off it's

11:15

a trade-off all right we're

11:17

gonna we're gonna see what

11:19

happens with this I think

11:21

it's gonna be a fiery

11:23

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11:25

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11:27

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11:29

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Now I'm just being told,

15:11

I'm being told in my

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15:15

what is called a level

15:17

five guest on the line.

15:20

This is, now I just

15:22

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this show, everything couldn't go

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15:33

to topics, everything's great. The

15:35

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up, come a little short,

15:39

is with the guests. And

15:41

I'm just gonna say we've

15:43

had some bona fide losers

15:46

masquerading as famous people. It's

15:48

a really depressing, we, the

15:50

biggest guest we've had in

15:52

the last eight months. has

15:55

been someone who saw

15:57

the movie The Blues.

16:00

brothers two times in a

16:02

theater that's it that's how

16:04

bad the guests have been

16:06

on the show it's been

16:08

bleak but thank that's

16:10

right Christ we can say

16:12

it we can't be shy

16:14

with that anymore thank you

16:16

Christ we have um I

16:19

think we're scaring our guest

16:21

away with this Christ's talk

16:23

we have a true bona

16:25

fide legend capital L

16:28

legend It's

16:30

my privilege. Yes, my privilege

16:33

to welcome to the best

16:35

show. The one and only

16:37

Kevin McDonald is here. Kevin,

16:39

how are you? I'm fine. Am I level

16:42

five out of level 26? Yeah, level

16:44

five out of four. You broke

16:46

through the level ceiling. There

16:48

was a ceiling. I broke in

16:50

the ceiling. Yes. I'm level five

16:53

out of four. Yeah. I only saw

16:55

Blues Brothers once. So that

16:57

guy must be a level

16:59

four. You now lapped him

17:01

his ancient history now. How

17:03

are you doing? I'm doing

17:05

fine. Thank you very much.

17:07

How are you doing? I'm good.

17:10

I'm good. This is so exciting.

17:12

Thank you for being on

17:14

the show. It's such a

17:16

thrill. Thank you. Even if

17:18

you're lying, it's very sweet

17:20

of you because you're

17:22

sounding sincere. So, so

17:25

thank you. I'm not that good

17:27

of an actor. as anybody who

17:29

saw my hamlet would attest

17:31

to. This is how dumb

17:34

I am Kevin. I say

17:36

that, I kind of don't

17:38

know what that meant to

17:40

say like my hamlet. I'm

17:42

just like. I think that

17:44

worked. That's totally understandable. That's

17:47

how Lawrence-Salibier got free

17:49

drinks near the end of his life. Well,

17:51

my hamlet was considered pretty good. That's what

17:53

you say when you do your hamlet, your

17:55

Macbeth thing. I think that works. Yeah, I

17:58

got it. But I'm not even sure. What

18:01

Hamlet did in the thing? He

18:03

like killed his mother or something?

18:05

I don't even know what it

18:07

is. Or did he want to

18:10

have sex with his mother? I

18:12

think that would be Jim Morrison.

18:14

Thing is I saw Hamlet, the

18:16

movie, and I still couldn't tell

18:19

you. I'm not so bright. I

18:21

was in a Shakespeare thing. My,

18:23

I forget my character's name, so

18:25

I can't say it. I forget.

18:27

Much you do about nothing. Who

18:30

cares? Yeah, no, I had to

18:32

ad lib, ad lib, I went

18:34

blank, but I didn't want to

18:36

ad lib at Shakespeare, so I

18:39

said, you, come over here quickly.

18:41

That was my ad lib. You,

18:43

you, you, keep here. I don't

18:45

know if, hey, you was in

18:47

the, the parlance of that time

18:50

at that point. Hey, you, come

18:52

on, we're going. Could you imagine

18:54

Jim Morrison's Hamlet? though that would

18:56

be. Well he might you might

18:59

be good I know you're doing

19:01

I'd be dark I guess it'd

19:03

be dark but Hamlet's probably dark

19:05

it's probably he'd probably be dark.

19:07

You'd probably be dark. You'd have

19:10

leather pants on Hamlet with sexy.

19:12

Yeah. Jim Morrison was sexy for

19:14

a year and a half of

19:16

fame. That's my thing. Jim Morrison

19:19

he was sexy and then he

19:21

then he ate a lot I

19:23

think. They were this I think

19:25

about this way too much. Kevin.

19:27

Yeah. Jim Morrison was this sex

19:30

symbol. He was in the leather

19:32

pants and shirtless, the love beads

19:34

and all the stuff. And then

19:36

they're like, hey, we're going to

19:39

do our new album. We've all

19:41

took a break from each other

19:43

for a few months. And then

19:45

this guy walks in the studio

19:47

with a beard. And they're just

19:50

like, hey, man, we're recording an

19:52

album in here. Don't, uh, you

19:54

know, wait for Jim. Oh my

19:56

god, you wear your leather pants!

19:59

can't fit into them. I'm sorry.

20:01

Yeah, he was partying so hard

20:03

at that point. But he was,

20:05

he was. That's how he came

20:07

up with lines like, ride the

20:10

snake to the lake. If you

20:12

were in a band, Kevin, somebody

20:14

came in and said, I got

20:16

a new lyric, ride the snake

20:19

to the lake. You'd be just

20:21

like, no, that you need to

20:23

keep working. That's not good enough.

20:25

Lakes, okay, can we find him

20:28

better rhyme for a lake? That's

20:30

what I would say. Exactly. But

20:32

can the snake go to a

20:34

pond, perhaps, or some other body

20:36

of water? Sorry, Jim. There's a

20:39

picture of Jim Morrison. Yeah. He's

20:41

doing it. Well, he did. He's

20:43

not doing it. I don't know

20:45

why I said that. Now, Kevin,

20:48

this is exciting. For fans of

20:50

Kevin McDonald, and there are legion.

20:52

Level 5 and Legion, Legion, in

20:54

your terms, does I mean like

20:56

12 people? Is that Legion? No,

20:59

no, you need to stop that

21:01

self-of-facing stuff. You're a legend. I'm

21:03

Canadian. You own it. But there,

21:05

but this is a thing. 2025

21:08

being Canadian means it's time to

21:10

fight the US. Fight the US,

21:12

but boo the national anthem. We're

21:14

rooting. I loved when I saw

21:16

the... First McCullough gave me a

21:19

joke to start with, but nobody

21:21

likes it. I like the roof

21:23

where I start the ship before

21:25

the rock opera starts tomorrow. I

21:28

say, since the tariff thing, whenever

21:30

I cross the border, the customs

21:32

official tells me I have to

21:34

be 25% funnier. I love it.

21:36

That's... Good joke. No, that's great.

21:39

Yes, before you brought it up.

21:41

Like you were bringing it up

21:43

and I rushed to rock opera.

21:45

I'm sorry, rock opera is a,

21:48

it's funny because I wrote a

21:50

rock and when I, my. tell

21:52

people when I try to get

21:54

them to do it I sort

21:56

of said a tongue in cheek

21:59

at first. I want to do

22:01

my rock opera but now it's

22:03

been a few years and I've

22:05

done it a lot so now

22:08

I just no tongue in cheek

22:10

anymore I just say my rock

22:12

opera and anyone under 50 under

22:14

40 for sure but some people

22:16

under 50 go I'm sorry what's

22:19

a rock opera they um people

22:21

don't know because there aren't that

22:23

many right Jesus by superstar superstar

22:25

Tommy the wall head wig came

22:28

a little later I would say

22:30

if it's a rock opera I'm

22:32

not sure with the exact definition

22:34

of Iraq. I think you can

22:36

still talk in Iraq opera. Sure.

22:39

Thin soup after a while. Thin

22:41

soup once you get passed. Yes.

22:43

You start getting into the Killroy

22:45

was here territory. Sticks. Now is

22:48

that a rock album or just

22:50

conceptual album? I could argue with

22:52

this all day. They did. Since

22:54

they did it live, they did

22:56

a full production of it. Rock

22:59

opera. Rock opera. So they were

23:01

doing that. I still think it's

23:03

one of the all-time funniest things.

23:05

They did it at the end

23:08

of this festival, where I think

23:10

Ted Nugent played right before them,

23:12

and then everybody, hey, sticks are

23:14

on now. Oh my God, sticks,

23:17

what songs are they going to

23:19

do? Well, get ready for some

23:21

acting, guys. If you want to

23:23

see how Dennis D. Young is,

23:25

as an actor, you're about to

23:28

find out. They did that thing

23:30

in front of like a- I

23:32

bet Dennis was better than Tommy

23:34

Shaw. I bet Dennis was better

23:37

than Tommy Shaw. It's great. But

23:39

I see him as a rocker.

23:41

Just a rocker. Yeah, not an

23:43

actor slash rocker. Imagine how that

23:45

went over now. People are at

23:48

this festival. They're drunk out of

23:50

their minds. They've been out in

23:52

the, they've been getting baked in

23:54

the sun all day. And now

23:57

here comes sticks acting acting. for

23:59

them to do their They did

24:01

play songs, but they did act

24:03

between those songs. Wow. And it's

24:05

one of those rock operas. Now,

24:08

is your rock opera about rock

24:10

and roll being banned and being

24:12

illegal? No, but a lot are.

24:14

They're usually about that or about

24:17

the dad you had who died

24:19

in World War II. Yes, exactly.

24:21

Like, I didn't know rock music

24:23

was, people were so scared it

24:25

was about to be made illegal.

24:28

Yeah, instead it just faded out

24:30

and died. Aha, and you're young.

24:32

Yeah, people just slowly pick the

24:34

different kind of music to enjoy.

24:37

Young people just decided to like

24:39

something different. No, it's illegal and

24:41

you are on the run if

24:43

you make it. Yes. What a

24:45

weird conceit. That is a staple

24:48

of rock operas. Green Day. Is

24:50

there album? Is that a rock

24:52

opera? Because it became a play.

24:54

Is that a rock opera? I

24:57

saw that on Broadway, the American

24:59

idiot, and... Yes. It was good.

25:01

I'll just well say about that.

25:03

I'm not the biggest Green Day

25:05

fan, whatever. God bless them. They're

25:08

doing their thing. This play, this

25:10

musical, the most talented actors I've

25:12

ever seen in my life. They're

25:14

doing, they're dancing all over the

25:17

place. They're on wires flying through

25:19

the air. And then they do

25:21

just Green Day songs. And it

25:23

was kind of like, this isn't

25:25

fair. These are the most talented

25:28

humans on the planet. And so

25:30

they're kind of just stuck singing

25:32

Green Day songs. Get them Gershwin.

25:34

Get them Gershwin. Yeah, or get

25:37

them McDonald. Yes. Yes. Well, well,

25:39

yeah. I have less chords in

25:41

the Green Day thing. I have

25:43

a few weird chords. But there's

25:45

some songs or a lot of

25:48

G. A. There's a lot of

25:50

G. A. D. In it. Okay.

25:52

That's for the heads can be

25:54

there with their keeping track of

25:57

that stuff. So it's called Kevin

25:59

McDonald's Superstar. Yes. Yeah, you're waiting

26:01

for next one. No way do

26:03

I think I'm a superstar. If

26:05

I did it right, it would

26:08

be Kevin McDonald Minor's celebrity. It's

26:10

not that, it's that the first

26:12

song is about the reason I

26:14

wrote before we ended the story

26:17

of the rock opera. I sing

26:19

about how I like Jesus Crazy

26:21

Superstar as a kid. And so

26:23

that's where I get the superstar

26:26

from. And no. You're slowing down.

26:28

You're slowing down. You're slowing down,

26:30

Kevin. This is, is this the

26:32

tariff? I think the tariff is.

26:34

Oh, five. That would be a

26:37

good deal. No, it's bad. No.

26:39

I'm in a hotel with you.

26:41

That's back. Now you're back. Perfect.

26:43

We still there? I'm here. Do

26:46

I look frozen? We got you.

26:48

For a minute, you're frozen. This

26:50

may happen a lot. This is

26:52

the time where this hotel. I

26:54

actually booked the wrong hotel. I

26:57

thought I was getting a nice

26:59

big hotel. What you see is

27:01

my whole room and the internet

27:03

is sort of bad. So this

27:06

may happen a lot. So enjoy

27:08

me while you have me. That's

27:10

how it should always be. Enjoy

27:12

the great while you have them.

27:14

So where on earth can people

27:17

see this? and they're looking for

27:19

something to do. Yes, I better

27:21

tell them before I fade out

27:23

myself. It's at the Soho Playhouse

27:26

Theater, which is in Soho. A

27:28

Soho. So I put an Lona

27:30

sometimes. Soho. It's Wednesday, it's March

27:32

19th and March 23rd. And there's,

27:34

am I frozen again? No, no,

27:37

you're good. There's other celebrities in

27:39

it like bigger such Jeanine Grafalo

27:41

and Frank Connor for mystery science

27:43

theater 2000 Dave Hill I'm the

27:46

kid I have the lead part

27:48

I can't really sing but they

27:50

can so don't worry. No, this

27:52

is gonna be great. This is

27:54

exciting So hope playhouse the 19th

27:57

through the 23rd the great Kevin

27:59

McDonald the legendary Kevin McDonald. Now,

28:01

when you look, did you ever

28:03

think, Kevin, you would have made

28:06

a lifetime out of comedy? Did

28:08

you think, like when you started

28:10

doing this, you look now, think

28:12

like, that you'd be where you're

28:14

at now and you've been able

28:17

to do comedy for this long

28:19

for your life. I mean, that's,

28:21

nobody can expect that, right? Yeah,

28:23

no, it's crazy. I mean that

28:26

was the plan, but there was

28:28

a lot of fright because in

28:30

fear because I guess fright and

28:32

fear are the same thing because

28:34

you don't think that that can

28:37

happen Especially with the kids in

28:39

the hall we We were so

28:41

weird that we had such a

28:43

fringe audience and when in the

28:46

days when a big audience would

28:48

have been like 40 people we

28:50

had like a fringe version of

28:52

40 people so we just kept

28:54

doing it It really helps when

28:57

you're not talented at anything else.

28:59

Yes, that's a major, that's a

29:01

major. Yes, that was the plan,

29:03

but no way to think what

29:06

happened. Oh, there. Oh, in the

29:08

next picture we shot, we were,

29:10

they threw water at us. And

29:12

Scott was laughing at us because

29:15

he took his, Scott Thompson took

29:17

his underwear off before the water.

29:19

We forgot, but Scott kept his

29:21

wallet in a nutshell. Yeah,

29:29

that's

29:34

weird.

29:39

I

29:44

mean...

29:50

We thought success was, because sketch

29:52

troops were a different thing back

29:54

then, we thought, you know, you

29:57

get divided and conquered. Maybe you

29:59

get a TV show. a year,

30:01

two of you become writers, two

30:03

of you become actors, and one

30:05

of you starts, like a computer

30:07

store or something. Sure. That's sort

30:09

of what happened in the trips

30:11

and trunks. And that's sort of

30:14

what we sort of expected. I

30:16

mean, we all wanted the long-term

30:18

career. But it's where the, like,

30:20

we're together a lot. We're not

30:22

a rockman. We weren't like in

30:24

a van like a like Metallica

30:26

for like seven weeks in a

30:29

row and then a day off

30:31

and then another seven weeks in

30:33

a row. Comedy was more disciplined.

30:35

We didn't really tour until we

30:37

got a TV show and our

30:39

tours are what two months every

30:41

five years. We always got to

30:43

go home and live our lives

30:46

and that helps a lot. I

30:48

don't know how Metallica can still

30:50

talk to you. Well, they saw

30:52

a therapist. They saw a therapist.

30:54

What would a what would a

30:56

kids in the whole therapist be

30:58

like if there was somebody trying

31:00

to keep the peace between the

31:03

five of you? Probably Eugene Landy

31:05

and Eugene Landy. Yes. And he

31:07

would start writing sketches. I hit

31:09

Eugene Landy wrote lyrics for Brian

31:11

Wilson solo album which would have

31:13

been such a great album of

31:15

the lyrics for better. No that

31:18

was such a weird point in

31:20

time when he's like like yes

31:22

he kept Brian Wilson alive. But

31:24

then suddenly he's like. Hey, Brian,

31:26

I got some lyrics. Let's check.

31:28

What do you think about these?

31:30

Like, what a, what? A poor

31:32

bride. If it was the Brian

31:35

of 67, he would have said,

31:37

uh, wait, you write a movie

31:39

with Grooby. I can't use these

31:41

lyrics. No, I love that album

31:43

when that came out, but then

31:45

the lyrics were always just kind

31:47

of like, yes, it's a good

31:50

album. You just, you just concentrated

31:52

on the melodies and the core

31:54

changes. Yeah. Yeah, speaking of the

31:56

beach boys, did you ever think

31:58

you'd be this kid's part of

32:00

kids in the hall? It's like,

32:02

it's like the way the beach

32:04

boys, my glove is 84 years

32:07

old. And he's like, I know.

32:09

Yeah, we're the beach boys. Here

32:11

we come. Like, I know. Or

32:13

Roger Dontry still singing, hope I

32:15

die before. I get old. Yeah,

32:17

that's it's too late. Yeah, that's

32:19

we yeah, it was a bad

32:22

name, I guess for that. Yeah,

32:24

we, uh, half of us was

32:26

in a, Mark, Mark McKinney, Bruce,

32:28

McCuller, in a troop called the

32:30

audience. Dave and I were in

32:32

a trip called the kids in

32:34

a hall. We formed and then

32:36

Scott Thompson forces way on, he

32:39

just kept coming and jumping on

32:41

stage until we, like he forced

32:43

three in the troop, and we

32:45

had a fight. And we thought

32:47

kids in the hall would be

32:49

the title, except for Bruce. Bruce

32:51

McCullough said, oh right, but it's

32:53

a stupid name and we can

32:56

only keep it for a couple

32:58

weeks and we're changing it, but

33:00

that was an 84. So it

33:02

never happened. Well, it's still time

33:04

to change it. It's still, the

33:06

windows are completely closed. When we

33:08

were about to make brain candy,

33:11

we seriously thought of changing our

33:13

name because we thought it was

33:15

conceptually really funny, never really helps

33:17

a career. It's hard. to just

33:19

be like, wait, they're a new

33:21

thing? It's like, oh yeah, we

33:23

changed the name. Like, people will

33:25

be like, where did everybody go?

33:28

Who's that trip called Le Trange?

33:30

The Le Trange? They look a

33:32

lot like the kids in the

33:34

hall. Yeah. Yeah. And it's kind

33:36

of like, you have to kind

33:38

of limp back to the original

33:40

name. Act like, well, that was

33:43

slightly different. Now we're back where

33:45

we should have been the whole

33:47

time. I mean after a few

33:49

years Prince was called Prince again

33:51

was he not? Yeah he must

33:53

have realized that people weren't saying

33:55

two tickets for the symbol concert.

33:57

Am I the only guy that

34:00

saw the press thing? What's it

34:02

called? A press thing? Forgetting words.

34:04

The press conference when he announced

34:06

that? And then a confused reporter,

34:08

he asked the question, he said,

34:10

well, what should we call you?

34:12

And he said, right before leaving

34:14

stage, he said, call me Victor.

34:17

And then he left. Am I

34:19

the only one who saw that?

34:21

You might be. I've never heard

34:23

that. The idea that Victor, if

34:25

he said it earlier in the

34:27

press conference. there would have been

34:29

a whole chapter in Prince's life

34:32

where the victory years. Yes, the

34:34

victory. I think he was and

34:36

I think it's pretty funny and

34:38

I think it was a joke

34:40

on purpose. I think he was

34:42

joking on purpose. Now he was

34:44

really funny and like he was

34:46

funny when you would least expect

34:49

it like the idea that he

34:51

went he's just like hey I'm

34:53

gonna act on the new girl

34:55

in the entire episode and I'm

34:57

gonna be like an actual actor

34:59

here. Like that that's conceptually funny.

35:01

Yeah, that's conceptually funny. Yeah, or

35:04

I think the funniest one would

35:06

be like Bob Dylan where he's

35:08

like These these like strange acting

35:10

choices where he's like hey, I'm

35:12

gonna be on the sitcom Dorma

35:14

and Greg Like okay Those are

35:16

the choices he made now How

35:18

do people what you there's so

35:21

many ways that people would know

35:23

you? How do you there's so

35:25

many ways that people would know

35:27

you? Like who knows you from

35:29

what? Like is it an age

35:31

thing? Yes, it is. The Gen

35:33

X crowd, because we were Gen

35:35

X Comedy Trip, even though we

35:38

were older than Gen X, they

35:40

know me for the kids in

35:42

a hall. People who were a

35:44

little younger in the 90s know

35:46

me for like guest parts and

35:48

shows like Seinfeld and... Friends, but

35:50

then there's people who were five

35:53

to ten years old in the

35:55

early 2000s. They know me just

35:57

as the character Pleekly from Lee

35:59

Lone Stitch. And they get they

36:01

get more excited than the kids

36:03

in the hall fan because they

36:05

were you get excited with something

36:07

you liked as a kid. So

36:10

they become like a six year

36:12

old again. So that was a

36:14

good question. Nobody ever asked me

36:16

that question before. That's like one

36:18

of my favorite questions. Well look

36:20

at that. I think you're doing

36:22

your Canadian. Voodoo on me with

36:25

that You actually didn't like that

36:27

question, but you're, you're. No, no,

36:29

level five question. Okay, level five.

36:31

No, I love questions that I

36:33

never hear, like I've never heard

36:35

of, yeah, there's Seinfeld, I see

36:37

Seinfeld there, there's Seinfeld. Yeah, what

36:39

about, we need to talk about

36:42

the pizza in Toronto, why is

36:44

it so bad? It's like I

36:46

never thought that before but as

36:48

soon as you said it I

36:50

thought hey the pizza is bad

36:52

Is that famous? I spent four

36:54

months in Toronto and I had

36:56

an amazing time Except the pizza

36:59

was not so good and then

37:01

they do that thing where they

37:03

slice it Thinner as there's like

37:05

what am I having a school

37:07

birthday party like a birthday party

37:09

for a 10 year old you're

37:11

turning a slice into two slices

37:14

It was dominated by, I said,

37:16

probably more now than ever, by

37:18

a chain called Pizza Pizza, and

37:20

their pizza was pretty bad. But

37:22

they had a very catchy jingle

37:24

in their commercial. Nine, six, seven,

37:26

eleven, eleven, call Pizza Pizza. Hey,

37:28

hey, hey. Some failed pop writer

37:31

wrote that. Yeah, we wrote a

37:33

pizza sketch. In the early 80s,

37:35

when we were a young struggling,

37:37

struggling truth, there was a great

37:39

place that was open all night.

37:41

I guess the four in the

37:43

morning called Big Slice and that

37:46

was that was great pizza. But

37:48

it went, it's been gone for

37:50

at least 20 years. Sure. But

37:52

that was our one downtown Toronto

37:54

good pizza place. Yeah, it sounds

37:56

like a character from the Sopranos.

37:58

The Big Slice. A Big Slice

38:00

is coming and he wants his

38:03

money. If you're in New York,

38:05

you go see the show, Kevin...

38:07

Donald Superstar. Is that the Soho

38:09

Playhouse March 19th through the 23rd?

38:11

Yes. You go see it. Because

38:13

look, you can't say this. You're

38:15

everybody's favorite kid in the hall.

38:18

And you know it. You know

38:20

it. It's nice. No, you know

38:22

that. No. They've always said I'm

38:24

the funniest and I always disagree.

38:26

Now I think maybe I'm the

38:28

funniest. but I'm the least skilled.

38:30

Well that just means it's natural

38:32

talent pouring out of you. Touched

38:35

by the hand of God. You're

38:37

like... Skill, like I can't do

38:39

impersonations, I can't do different voices

38:41

other... It's not vaudeville, you don't

38:43

need to do impersonations. What are

38:45

you auditioning for Saturday Night Live?

38:47

You gotta do some impressions? No,

38:49

I guess I'm not. Would I

38:52

be the oldest person on? I'm

38:54

63. Would I be the oldest

38:56

regular? I guess I would. I

38:58

think this is worth making a,

39:00

making a, taking a shot at

39:02

it. Yeah, that's doing. Yeah, maybe

39:04

I'm the funniest. I don't know

39:07

about that. This is so weird

39:09

for me to say it. I'm

39:11

supposed to be the self-facing guy.

39:13

But, uh. But the others are

39:15

better at everything. I better individually.

39:17

One's better at timing, one's better

39:19

at jokes. Maybe I'm in second

39:21

or third place in every one

39:24

of those categories, but I'm funny,

39:26

but they're way better. Just own

39:28

it. You're the best of the

39:30

batch and you know it. If

39:32

you were a little more American,

39:34

you would just say, yep. Sure

39:36

am. But if I was a

39:39

little more American, I'd be a

39:41

little less self-offacing and maybe I

39:43

wouldn't be never one can know.

39:45

Maybe I have to be Canadian

39:47

to be. That's a fair point.

39:49

You might, that might be like

39:51

the golden goose. You kill it

39:53

because you, or it'd be like

39:56

the rabbit in the, the Georgia.

39:58

I understand both analogies. I understand

40:00

both. George squished the rabbit. What

40:02

was that? Yeah. The mice and men.

40:04

Mice of mice and men. Yes, that's

40:06

right. I forgot the word of of

40:08

mice and man. And again, I am,

40:11

you have to excuse me, I am,

40:13

my education is so lacking.

40:15

I'm, when I'm serious, I'm wearing

40:17

a shirt that says Princeton basketball.

40:19

And why do I wear it?

40:21

Because I, yes, I'm from New

40:23

Jersey. I didn't come within a

40:26

hundred miles of being able

40:28

to get into Princeton. I

40:30

went to a community college

40:32

that was 20 miles from

40:35

Princeton, where if you showed

40:37

up with a pencil and a

40:39

check, you got in. It was just

40:41

like, come on in. take a

40:43

see a school where you weren't

40:45

sure who the teachers were sometimes

40:47

like you'd be in a classroom

40:49

and someone would walk in you'd

40:51

be like is this a teacher

40:53

or and if they sat down

40:55

in the seats they were a

40:57

student that they stopped at the desk

40:59

up front oh I guess you're our

41:02

teacher what but you got the shirt

41:04

you got the shirt thank you

41:06

what is what does 2025 hold for

41:08

you be on this run at the

41:10

Sohojo playhouse Well, I've, lots

41:12

of like live gigs, but I've written

41:15

a movie that is half funded.

41:17

Okay. Like I even got paid a

41:19

little. Like, they even had a press

41:21

release. So maybe it'll get done.

41:23

And I would co-directed and sort

41:26

of star in it. Co-directed, because

41:28

I don't know anything about camera

41:30

lenses. I don't know. 35. I

41:32

don't know what that means. So

41:34

I would co-directed with someone who

41:36

knows. film stuff. You don't need

41:38

to know that. There are people

41:40

who know that stuff already. Just

41:42

be the director and let everyone

41:44

tell you everything. Because the thing

41:46

is, you know what's funny. That's a

41:49

thing that's a thing that nobody

41:51

else on that set can do. Other people

41:53

can go, oh, this is they have

41:55

their own talent. They know the talent

41:57

for the lenses. They have a talent.

42:00

for the lighting all that

42:02

stuff you have a talent

42:04

for the funny stuff and

42:06

the performance stuff you're good

42:08

to go I find myself

42:10

on other people sets being

42:12

pompous and telling directors stuff

42:14

I should like they want

42:16

me to do a reveal

42:18

shot sort of a cut-to

42:20

thing but they want me

42:22

to walk into it and

42:24

I said well traditionally a

42:26

reveal shot when you cut

42:28

to the person should be

42:30

still for a second so

42:32

you I appreciate. No one

42:34

taught me that. I just

42:36

say that. Is it even

42:38

true? Tom, is it even

42:40

true? Tom, is it even

42:42

true? I don't even know

42:44

if it's true. No, it's

42:46

true. I was sort of

42:48

saying that for the first

42:50

time. I was saying it

42:53

and thinking it at the

42:55

same time. And I never

42:57

said that before. And I

42:59

never said that before. cut

43:01

too and he's at the

43:03

wedding thing and he's holding

43:05

hands with the gorilla and

43:07

he's saying I do but

43:09

before he says I do

43:11

him in the gorilla holding

43:13

hands are perfectly still if

43:15

they were moving if they

43:17

were walking it wouldn't be

43:19

funny that's what I feel

43:21

I think see this is

43:23

so I'm proving a point

43:25

maybe at least I think

43:27

I know the audience something

43:29

you're teaching that yes now

43:31

people everybody in this best

43:33

show audience just got a

43:35

little bit funnier because you

43:37

just dropped a little bit

43:39

of wisdom on them. So

43:41

they know when you're doing

43:44

that, switch a rule, hold

43:46

and then maybe do a

43:48

music cue. Yeah, exactly. Like,

43:50

that's hilarious. That would make

43:52

the laugh bigger, I feel.

43:54

Look, put that in your

43:56

movie. The movie you're sort

43:58

of going to star in.

44:00

You couldn't even own that

44:02

you're going to star in

44:04

the movie you're going to

44:06

star in the movie. I

44:08

know that sounds like me,

44:10

but I do have a

44:12

dilemma. Like I play the

44:14

character of my age and

44:16

we're going to get something.

44:18

It'll be like Woody Allen

44:20

with the kids, some actor

44:22

with Kevin McDonald-Wig. And so

44:24

we sort of share it.

44:26

But unless I get a

44:28

bigger star, I guess I'll...

44:30

I think it's time for

44:32

the emergence of the mean

44:35

Canadian. It's time. Oh, that's

44:37

a good movie. Let's write

44:39

that, the mean Canadian. Because

44:41

nothing's mean... Nothing's worse. Nobody's

44:43

meaner than a mean Canadian.

44:45

but they're like fringe people

44:47

like a mean Canadian has

44:49

chosen to be mean they've

44:51

gone yes they're going upstream

44:53

they're the salmon going the

44:55

wrong way they've gone rogue

44:57

they've got here like the

44:59

Canadians did you do you

45:01

know about hockey you're from

45:03

New Jersey must care that

45:05

we booed when Canada played

45:07

a United States I saw

45:09

it Was exciting but we

45:11

were really we weren't doing

45:13

the team. I mean, I

45:15

wasn't there They were booing

45:17

the tariffs you boo whatever

45:19

you want to boo But

45:21

the Kachak brothers they they

45:23

started a fight they dropped

45:26

the puck and they started

45:28

a fight. It was people

45:30

were crazy excited They started

45:32

a fight. People were crazy

45:34

excited. They started a fight

45:36

like when they dropped the

45:38

puck just because we booing

45:40

the tariffs. Yeah, you're booing

45:42

the tariffs final thing. How

45:44

come that hockey hall famous

45:46

like in a strip mall?

45:48

What's what's up with that?

45:50

Because when it was new

45:52

20 years ago that it

45:54

was a video game type

45:56

thing that you could play

45:58

games, you could like shoot

46:00

against, shoot pucks against Gump

46:02

Worsley, famous goalie and stuff.

46:04

So it was quite exciting

46:06

20 years ago when it

46:08

first started. And now it

46:10

just seems like an old

46:12

video arcade. But it would

46:14

stay to the art for

46:17

like four months. You walk

46:19

past it and there's just

46:21

a stat, there's like a

46:23

goalie statue out front. That's

46:25

the only way you know

46:27

that that's the Hockey Hall

46:29

of Fame. Yeah, yeah, who's

46:31

a Ken Dryden or someone

46:33

out front. Otherwise. Yeah, I

46:35

don't know if it's considered

46:37

exciting anymore, but it was

46:39

considered. It was stated. the

46:41

art because it was interactive.

46:43

It was the first interact

46:45

of Hall of Fame. Well,

46:47

I think you need to

46:49

get involved in it because

46:51

people think that's a Panera

46:53

bread. They don't know that's

46:55

the Hockey Hall of Fame.

46:57

It does sort of look

46:59

like a Panera bread, you're

47:01

right. So, okay, I know

47:03

we're about to get off,

47:05

but I'm writing down a

47:07

Better Pizza in Toronto. Yes,

47:10

don't ever watch our foot.

47:12

Don't ever walk into our

47:14

CFL Hall of Fame. CFL

47:16

is our NFL. You'll just

47:18

lap your head off. Yeah,

47:20

stay away. Stay away. Until

47:22

I make it better and

47:24

get the pizza improved. Thank

47:26

you, Kevin. Now, seriously, thank

47:28

you so much for coming

47:30

on. You are truly amazing

47:32

and I've been a fan

47:34

for... So so long and

47:36

so this is a very

47:38

big thrill for me. So

47:40

thank you so much and

47:42

thank you very much. That's

47:44

very nice everybody go see

47:46

Kevin McDonald's Superstar if you're

47:48

in New York City or

47:50

if you're not flying in

47:52

March 19 to the 23rd

47:54

Kevin might even pick you

47:56

up at the airport. Yes,

47:58

I might Yeah, I might

48:01

Kevin, thank you so much.

48:03

We will talk to you

48:05

soon. Thank you, bye. Of

48:07

course, bye. The streak's over.

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We got people on hold

49:30

201-89-0-0-0-1-2. Let's get right to

49:32

it. I want to get

49:34

the list going of the

49:36

top 50 states. Hello Bessio.

49:38

Hello Tom. Thanks for taking

49:40

my call. Of course, of

49:43

course. To whom am I

49:45

speaking? This is Kelly from

49:47

Fargo North Dakota. Here we

49:49

go. Fargo North Dakota. Yep.

49:51

Well this is going to

49:53

be interesting because we need

49:55

to put... We need to

49:57

put some states on the

49:59

board right away and North

50:01

Dakota is one of the

50:03

states I've never been to

50:05

North Dakota. Um, after what

50:07

I've had to have to

50:09

say, you might want to

50:11

wait on that. Okay. Give

50:13

me something good about North

50:15

Dakota and something bad about

50:17

it. Um, the good about

50:19

North Dakota. The good is

50:21

Fargo. which is right on

50:23

the border to Minnesota. And

50:25

the good is there's still

50:27

some. We have very nice

50:29

people here who will do

50:31

anything for you. That's the

50:34

good. Okay. But the bad,

50:36

and why I'm so disappointed,

50:38

and why I think it's

50:40

ranking lower, is how anti-intellectual

50:42

it's gotten over the last

50:44

10 or so years, especially

50:46

during the Trump. Yes, sure,

50:48

sure. Very disappointed. So you

50:50

feel like the state is

50:52

regressing? Definitely regressing. Very disappointed.

50:54

Now who is somebody you

50:56

admire from North Dakota? Kelly.

50:58

Um, let me see. Who's

51:00

from? Uh, hmm, let me

51:02

think about that. Well, I

51:04

admire Heidi Hype Camp. She

51:06

was... Our governor. Okay. Let

51:08

me see. Um, after I

51:10

always, um, I have to

51:12

think about, uh, let me

51:14

think about that. Here, hang

51:16

up. Sure. You think about

51:18

it? In the meantime, I'm

51:20

going to tell everybody, I'm

51:22

just going to say, this

51:24

Dr. Pepper, zero sugar Blackberry

51:27

is one of the greatest

51:29

things I've ever had in

51:31

my life. full sugar tea.

51:33

It was good. It's really.

51:35

I'm a big Dr. Pepper

51:37

fan, big diet, Dr. Pepper

51:39

fan. This changes the game.

51:41

Where somebody in the chat

51:43

is saying Dakota Johnson. I

51:45

don't think Dakota Johnson is

51:47

from either of the Dakota's.

51:49

I think I think her

51:51

father is Don Johnson. Oh,

51:53

Peggy Lee. Peggy Lee's from

51:55

Jamestown. right to go to

51:57

okay so pay so we're

51:59

going all the way back

52:01

to peg Lee. That's what

52:03

we're going down the Hall

52:05

of Fame. We've got to

52:07

go all the way back

52:09

to Peggy Lee. Nobody knew

52:11

her. Not much not much

52:13

cool. Been coming. It's come

52:15

out in North Dakota for

52:18

a while. Throw out a

52:20

number where you think North

52:22

Dakota should be on this

52:24

list. I would say. I

52:26

won't say that it's in

52:28

the bottom 10. It's not

52:30

there yet. I would say

52:32

it's in the 30s, maybe.

52:34

Pick a number. Give me

52:36

a number to build off

52:38

of here. I would say

52:40

35. Ironically, when you go

52:42

in alphabetical order, North Dakota

52:44

is 34 on the list.

52:46

Maybe you should put it

52:48

34. We're going to make

52:50

it 35. I'm going to

52:52

trust you, Kelly, on this

52:54

one. We're going to start,

52:56

and I might move it.

52:58

So don't get too attached

53:00

to that. North Dakota, 35.

53:02

That might move. But can

53:04

I make a plug for

53:06

Minnesota? Can I make a

53:09

plug for Minnesota? Of course,

53:11

please. Because that's where I'm

53:13

actually born. I was born

53:15

there. Okay. I lived much

53:17

of my life in Minnesota.

53:19

And art, culture, good public

53:21

education. Just a great place,

53:23

natural beauty, lovely. I would

53:25

put it as number one,

53:27

but if it was in

53:29

the top five or the

53:31

top 10, I'd be happy.

53:33

Kelly, we're gonna say, and

53:35

again, this list is gonna

53:37

be moving around, it's gonna

53:39

be fluid. Let's just say

53:41

number 10, let's go number

53:43

10 for Minnesota, and we

53:45

will see maybe it goes

53:47

up from there. It might

53:49

go up from there. It

53:51

could. Minnesota is a great

53:53

place. Yeah. North Dakota could

53:55

be if it would stop

53:57

doing what it's doing. Yeah.

54:00

Well, that's why you're

54:02

there. You're there to fight

54:04

the good fight. Yeah. I hope

54:06

so. Well, Kelly, this has

54:08

been a great call,

54:11

very informative. I appreciate

54:13

it, and we will talk

54:15

to you soon. Thanks, Tom.

54:17

Okay, you have a good night.

54:20

Have a good night. Bye. All

54:22

right, as I look at this

54:24

list, I'm feeling like I gotta

54:27

make a splash right away. I

54:31

want to show people

54:33

that I'm not just

54:36

going to be

54:38

biased on this. And

54:40

I need to make

54:42

a big bold move

54:45

to prove that. And

54:47

to do that, I'm

54:49

going to say at

54:52

number 44 on the

54:54

list. I would like to

54:56

list Connecticut.

55:03

Connecticut, number 44. Connecticut,

55:05

not so hot. If

55:08

somebody wants to defend Connecticut,

55:10

you call up 2-0-1-9-0-0-0-1-2. Get in

55:12

on that. Tell me why I'm

55:14

wrong on any of these and

55:17

tell me why I'm right on

55:19

them. But folks, call up 2-0-1-2.

55:21

Be a part of the show tonight.

55:24

Be a part of the show. That's

55:26

all I'm asking. Be a part of

55:28

the show. Be a part of the

55:30

part of the show. Hello,

55:33

Bessieau. Hello,

55:35

Tom, Joel, speaking.

55:37

Joel is here,

55:40

Joel. How's it

55:42

going, Joel? Doing

55:44

all right. Now this

55:46

guy's from New Jersey.

55:48

This is a New

55:50

Jersey guy. Yes, proud

55:52

to be from

55:54

New Jersey, not

55:57

New York, not

55:59

Philadelphia. to be New

56:01

Jersey. New Jersey 101.5.

56:03

What a dumb station

56:06

that was. New Jersey

56:08

has a station called

56:10

New Jersey 101.5 that

56:13

is truly the dumbest

56:15

radio station

56:17

I've ever heard in my

56:20

life. It's just they

56:22

take calls people

56:24

complaining about

56:26

things in New Jersey.

56:29

65% of the calls complain

56:32

about the tolls on

56:34

the parkway in Turnpike.

56:36

I mean what are we

56:39

paying for? Where were

56:41

they at? New Brunswick?

56:43

Or I don't ever recall

56:45

really hearing it. Was

56:48

that they played music too?

56:50

No, they don't play

56:52

music on New Jersey

56:54

101.5. Strictly talk radio talk

56:57

it's New Jersey based talk

56:59

radio And they have that

57:01

ridiculous echo on the thing too

57:03

where it's like Where would somebody talk?

57:05

It's just sounds so hollow and

57:08

weird terrible station. I used to

57:10

do the best show I would

57:12

drive home from doing the best

57:14

show and I would call New Jersey

57:16

one to one point five as soon

57:18

as I got off the air I

57:20

would call New Jersey one one one

57:22

point five and make calls I clearly

57:24

had some more energy to burn off

57:26

there so i would get on their

57:29

airwaves as a fake caller and they

57:31

fell for it every time right so

57:33

be nice maybe did you record any

57:35

of them i got a few of

57:37

them on tape yeah put them on

57:40

your archives and see we'll see Joe

57:42

help me we're not going to talk

57:44

about New Jersey yet I'm not

57:46

going to give it I'm not going

57:48

to assign it a number yet

57:50

but What's something good

57:53

and what's something

57:55

bad about New

57:57

Jersey? Well, I'll say

58:00

The good thing is that

58:02

three of the best musicians

58:04

ever, more, I mean many

58:06

more than three, but three

58:08

of the best ever. Of

58:10

course, that would be Bruce,

58:12

Don Bajobi, and the Indians

58:14

from the village people. Whose

58:16

name I believe? I'll tell

58:18

you why. Okay. Tell me

58:20

why? Oh, you know whose

58:22

name? No, I thought I

58:24

did, but I think I

58:26

don't. I thought it was

58:28

Jim something. Felipe. Felipe. Patnose.

58:31

Oh, see? He's going to

58:33

do my big, big reveal.

58:35

I went to Judge City

58:37

State back in the late

58:39

80s, and one of my

58:41

classmates was a girl from

58:43

downtown. And she's like, oh,

58:45

yeah, the Indian from the

58:47

village people is from my

58:49

neighborhood. She didn't even know

58:51

his name. I don't think,

58:53

but. Turns out he's a

58:55

Puerto Rican, you know, which

58:57

I guess is kind of

59:00

an Indian, but not like

59:02

a... A certain headdress wear.

59:04

In fact, completely not. Well,

59:06

Puerto Rico's are Native Americans.

59:08

I mean, they're just like

59:10

Caribbean, but you know what

59:12

I mean? They kind of

59:14

aren't. This guy is dressed

59:16

like he's from a movie.

59:19

I doubt this guy did

59:21

a whole lot of research

59:24

trying to be respectful of

59:26

the culture. He showed up

59:29

in an audition and they

59:31

told him to put this

59:34

on. Yeah, I don't think

59:36

he's a musician either, but

59:39

maybe, I don't know. I

59:41

just, you've never heard his

59:43

singing. Young man. Young man.

59:46

Young man. Young man. Young

59:48

man. Young man. Young man.

59:51

Young man. Stay there. It

59:53

does sound like it is,

59:56

right? Got to be a

59:58

happy, no man. I don't

1:00:01

know. Stay there. Way to

1:00:03

be by B. Y. M.

1:00:06

C. A. M. C. A.

1:00:08

They're not play that song.

1:00:10

Because it's like a staple

1:00:13

of most American weddings. You

1:00:15

know, I told the Dijas.

1:00:18

I guess the fact that,

1:00:20

you know, New Jersey for

1:00:23

years has gotten, oh really?

1:00:25

That's a real crowd pleaser.

1:00:28

I was getting ready to

1:00:30

play that. I was like,

1:00:33

yeah, please, I don't think

1:00:35

anyone here wants to hear

1:00:37

that. No. So that's good

1:00:40

things about New Jersey. Tell

1:00:42

me a bad thing about

1:00:45

New Jersey. Like a cheap

1:00:47

left like putting down New

1:00:50

Jersey, you know, and I

1:00:52

was always kind of like

1:00:55

maybe bidders the wrong world,

1:00:57

but kind of like FYA,

1:00:59

you know about that. So

1:01:02

you don't like the New

1:01:04

Jersey punching bag? Well, I

1:01:07

guess a cheap left or

1:01:09

a cheap punch line would

1:01:12

maybe be more accurate, but

1:01:14

but right, I don't like

1:01:17

that. But we finally started

1:01:19

to get some respect when

1:01:22

the sopranos became popular and

1:01:24

then people like, oh, Jersey's

1:01:26

kind of cool after all.

1:01:29

And I'm like, that's what

1:01:31

it took to make people

1:01:34

start to, you know, think

1:01:36

we're okay? You know what

1:01:39

I mean? Like a show,

1:01:41

a show that celebrates hoodlums.

1:01:44

Yeah, for other people in

1:01:46

front of like, hey, New

1:01:48

Jersey's got something going on

1:01:51

there. The church

1:01:53

is all right, yeah, it's clear

1:01:55

for the area. and you know

1:01:58

a lot of people are proud

1:02:00

of that too like yeah you

1:02:02

know we're like disappointed like some

1:02:05

of it rubbed off on them

1:02:07

you know oh my anybody anybody

1:02:10

who would claim that anybody who

1:02:12

would like to infer that they

1:02:14

were connected in any way to

1:02:17

the mob was not right that's

1:02:19

that's the word to connected I

1:02:21

have some distant relatives who used

1:02:24

to you know talking always lowered

1:02:26

a voice a little bit like

1:02:29

oh he's connected like about somebody

1:02:31

I'm like what he owes the

1:02:33

money he's it he went to

1:02:36

one of the loans it you

1:02:38

know like it's all like elevates

1:02:40

someone's status somehow you know and

1:02:43

I'm like yeah I'm not impressed

1:02:45

I'm impressed but yeah well that's

1:02:47

it okay so where would you

1:02:50

put New Jersey on the list

1:02:52

of the top 50 states Number

1:02:56

one. You'd go number one. Okay.

1:02:58

Well, I haven't been to too

1:03:01

many others, but I mean, I

1:03:03

have my reasons, but they're not

1:03:05

really funny. Well, what about Pennsylvania,

1:03:07

Joel? What about Pennsylvania? Well, that's

1:03:09

where I happen to live these

1:03:11

days. Okay. Well, they don't have

1:03:13

helmet laws. No helmet laws, and

1:03:15

it's easier to buy firearms. So

1:03:18

I guess it's better. You know

1:03:20

why they have no helmet laws,

1:03:22

because they don't have nothing to

1:03:24

protect. Oh! Wow.

1:03:26

I've lived in Jersey for

1:03:29

50-something years in Pennsylvania for

1:03:31

about one. So I'm still

1:03:33

a Jersey boy, but uh...

1:03:35

So you'd say, where would

1:03:37

you put Pennsylvania? 15? 25?

1:03:39

I'll say 20. 20. Joel,

1:03:42

we might change it? We're

1:03:44

gonna go with that for

1:03:46

the time being. It might

1:03:48

get bumped up, it might

1:03:50

get bumped out. Pennsylvania, number

1:03:53

20. Joel. Thank you for

1:03:55

the call. Thanks for taking

1:03:57

my call. Of course, you'd

1:03:59

be well. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Good

1:04:01

old Joel checking in, got

1:04:03

Joel checking in. Hello, Best

1:04:06

Show. Hi, Tom, it's Liz

1:04:08

from New Orleans. It's Liz,

1:04:10

we know Liz. How are

1:04:12

you, Liz? Hi, how you

1:04:14

doing? Good. What's going on

1:04:17

in? I'm calling in with

1:04:19

a beef? Okay. Uh-oh. A

1:04:21

beef? Yeah, I've had a

1:04:23

beef with the state. Oh,

1:04:25

a beef with the state.

1:04:27

Yeah. I thought you had

1:04:30

a beef with me. You're

1:04:32

going to yell at me.

1:04:34

Oh, no. Can you imagine?

1:04:36

I can imagine anybody yelling

1:04:38

at me to be honest.

1:04:40

Oh, well, I wouldn't. I

1:04:43

can't imagine it. I'll thank

1:04:45

you. Uh, but oh no,

1:04:47

no, no. I got I

1:04:49

got a beef with a

1:04:51

state and I wanted to

1:04:54

get out ahead before someone

1:04:56

comes in, uh, and it

1:04:58

gets up high. Okay, okay.

1:05:00

Okay, you know, I love

1:05:02

the desert. Yes. I love

1:05:04

the desert. I really love

1:05:07

the desert, but I think

1:05:09

Nevada uses way too much

1:05:11

water. Nevada uses way. I

1:05:13

think if we could pick

1:05:15

up Nevada and move it

1:05:17

somewhere else. then

1:05:20

that would maybe be okay. But

1:05:23

until then, I don't want to

1:05:25

see Nevada high on the list.

1:05:27

That's my opinion. Okay. So you're

1:05:29

saying Nevada. Where would you put

1:05:32

Nevada then? Where would you put

1:05:34

it? It's hard because there are

1:05:36

so many states. There are so

1:05:39

many and there are so many

1:05:41

bad states. Liz. There are some

1:05:43

bad states. There are some bad

1:05:45

ones to go. Yeah. It's true,

1:05:48

and there is at least something

1:05:50

fun about it, right? So I

1:05:52

do have to concede that. I

1:05:55

don't know. I was just going

1:05:57

to be in the top quarter

1:05:59

is all. Okay. So would you

1:06:01

say 18? I could give it

1:06:04

18. I could give it 18.

1:06:06

But I know I know that

1:06:08

you're going to get like eight

1:06:11

or nine calls now. All saying

1:06:13

that it should go higher and

1:06:15

higher and that I'm going to

1:06:17

get. But I just wanted to

1:06:20

come into something contrary. I want

1:06:22

to see the mean Canadian. 18

1:06:24

for Nevada. Too

1:06:30

much water. Too much water. Las

1:06:32

Vegas. Have you ever been to

1:06:34

Las Vegas? I have to admit.

1:06:37

I went to Reno. You went

1:06:39

to Reno. Well, then you would

1:06:41

be perfectly fine in Las Vegas.

1:06:43

You would be fine in life.

1:06:46

If you loved Reno, if you

1:06:48

loved Reno, you're really going to

1:06:50

love Las Vegas. I

1:06:58

feel like it's like, it's like,

1:07:00

it's like, Reno's like going on

1:07:02

the kitty ride, it feels like.

1:07:05

But the thing is, with Las

1:07:07

Vegas, you get enough, then you

1:07:10

check out. When you hit the

1:07:12

ceiling, then you smoke. I do

1:07:14

like that. Yeah. And then, is

1:07:17

it driving distance from LA? Yeah,

1:07:19

more, you can do it. It's

1:07:21

like four hours. That's

1:07:25

doable. Yeah, that's, you get in

1:07:27

the car, you drive to a

1:07:30

looks like this. Okay, okay, see,

1:07:32

Nevada's growing on me. See, look,

1:07:34

well, let's, people are saying 18

1:07:36

is too high, so let's let

1:07:39

that it's growing on you. Wow.

1:07:41

Moving up to 18. I like

1:07:43

that, I respect it. Okay. I

1:07:46

think it's very fair. Good, good,

1:07:48

that makes sense. How did you

1:07:50

feel about Kevin McDonald being on

1:07:52

the best show? The pride of...

1:07:55

I was so happy. No,

1:08:01

he's great. That was so much

1:08:03

fun. He's so great. Yeah. And,

1:08:05

oh, he's so funny. I love

1:08:08

that he didn't. You kind of

1:08:10

got him to admit in so

1:08:12

many words that he is the

1:08:15

funniest one, which kind of rocks.

1:08:17

He admitted it. He's never admitted

1:08:19

that before, I don't think. No.

1:08:22

He's going to go the other

1:08:24

four are going to start making

1:08:26

art films again. I bet you

1:08:28

they do something soon. Yeah,

1:08:31

they're too fun. They're too fun.

1:08:33

They can't not be doing stuff.

1:08:36

How can they not do stuff?

1:08:38

It's too much of a gift.

1:08:40

They can't deny their gift to

1:08:43

the world. No, they're so funny.

1:08:45

Yes. And they are all funny

1:08:47

on their own, like he said

1:08:50

it, but like they're all funny

1:08:52

on their own, but they're so

1:08:54

funny together. It's ridiculous. Yeah. And

1:08:57

it's really, it's nice to have

1:08:59

that and it was cool to

1:09:01

see them. Like their initial comeback,

1:09:04

like even just clips from that,

1:09:06

it's like, whoa, they took a

1:09:08

few years apart and their chemistry

1:09:11

is still so palpable, it's so

1:09:13

deep in them. Absolutely, they can't

1:09:15

not have that. It's amazing. Yeah.

1:09:18

I just, yeah. That was so

1:09:20

fun. Yeah. Now, well, thank you.

1:09:22

I'm glad you like that. Try

1:09:25

to represent Canada. As

1:09:28

well as I could.

1:09:30

Oh, it was excellent.

1:09:33

Oh, thank you. Thank

1:09:35

you, Liz. All right,

1:09:37

my friend. You get

1:09:39

to it. I'm gonna

1:09:41

wish you a grand

1:09:43

evening. Okay, you take

1:09:45

care. All right, night.

1:09:47

What was that? The

1:09:49

Affleck duck show up

1:09:51

for a second? 201

1:09:54

1989, zero, zero, zero,

1:09:56

one, two. Let's keep

1:09:58

these calls coming in.

1:10:00

Let's keep the calls

1:10:02

coming in for the

1:10:04

top 50. States. All

1:10:06

right. Got to start

1:10:08

pulling the trigger on

1:10:10

some of these. Indiana.

1:10:12

I see people in

1:10:15

the check kicking this

1:10:17

around. Here's where I'm

1:10:19

going to name with

1:10:21

Indiana. The Indiana Pacers.

1:10:23

Coach Bobby Knight is

1:10:25

a god there. And

1:10:30

their uniforms are

1:10:33

so dumb looking.

1:10:35

They look like

1:10:37

bumblebees. Gotta be

1:10:39

you bleep in

1:10:42

bumblebee running around

1:10:44

on the court?

1:10:46

This is for

1:10:48

Rick Smith and

1:10:50

Reggie Miller. Can

1:10:58

someone tell me

1:11:01

what Rick Smith's

1:11:04

uniform number was

1:11:06

please? 24 with

1:11:09

the Pacers and

1:11:12

then another time

1:11:14

45 45 with

1:11:17

the Pacers? Yeah,

1:11:19

I guess 45

1:11:22

on our list

1:11:26

Tyrese Halliburton. Make me

1:11:28

sick to my stomach.

1:11:30

What else we got?

1:11:32

We gotta make some

1:11:34

moves here. You gotta

1:11:36

make some moves here.

1:11:38

You know it's a

1:11:40

good state? Washington. That's

1:11:43

a good state. Washington.

1:11:45

That's a good state.

1:11:47

Washington. That's a good

1:11:49

state. Washington. That's a

1:11:51

good state. I see

1:11:53

somebody in the chest

1:11:55

all worried. Washington is

1:11:57

a quality state. They

1:11:59

went there for my

1:12:01

honeymoon in October. I

1:12:03

love Seattle. I love

1:12:05

Washington. It's a beautiful

1:12:07

state. It's so green

1:12:10

and so nice. Everything's

1:12:12

so cool there. Where

1:12:14

do you think we

1:12:16

should put Washington state?

1:12:18

Anybody? What do you

1:12:20

think? I would say

1:12:22

it's in the top

1:12:24

20 personally. Top 20?

1:12:26

Well, of course it's

1:12:28

Andrew. It's going to

1:12:30

definitely be in the

1:12:32

top 20, Mike. Any

1:12:34

thoughts on Washington State,

1:12:36

Pat? Anything? Never been

1:12:39

there. I've been there.

1:12:41

I like Spokane and,

1:12:43

um, it's off course

1:12:45

Seattle. You know, you

1:12:47

got the trees and

1:12:49

I would put it

1:12:51

high, maybe in the

1:12:53

top 15. It's

1:12:56

a great state.

1:12:58

Washington is a

1:13:00

truly amazing state.

1:13:03

Nine. You all

1:13:05

like Twin Peaks.

1:13:07

Everybody loves their

1:13:09

Twin Peaks, right?

1:13:12

You love your

1:13:14

Twin Peaks? Where's

1:13:16

Forks? Is Forks

1:13:19

in Oregon or

1:13:21

Washington? It's

1:13:25

in Washington. Washington.

1:13:27

Washington. That makes

1:13:29

it even better

1:13:31

at number nine,

1:13:33

because that's where

1:13:35

the wolves and

1:13:37

the vampires fought.

1:13:39

Edgar. Remember Edgar?

1:13:41

Team Edgar or

1:13:43

Team Jacob? I

1:13:45

was on Team

1:13:47

Edgar. Forks

1:13:56

is the city where the

1:13:59

town where all the Twilight

1:14:01

movies took place. All right,

1:14:04

let's see who's on the

1:14:06

line. I want calls. I

1:14:08

want calls. 201890012. Hello, best

1:14:11

show. Hey, Tom, how are

1:14:13

you doing this evening? I'm

1:14:16

good. I'm good. Who am

1:14:18

I speaking? This is Jeffrey

1:14:20

in Birmingham, Alabama. Ah, Alabama.

1:14:23

Check it in. Jeffrey. Tell

1:14:25

me about Alabama. Oh, go

1:14:28

ahead. Tell me about Alabama.

1:14:30

Well, the good parts of

1:14:33

Alabama are we have wonderful

1:14:35

nature, or the last half

1:14:37

of the Appalachian, well, or

1:14:40

the beginning of the Appalachian

1:14:42

Trail, depending on how you

1:14:45

look at it. We have

1:14:47

wonderful food and music scenes,

1:14:49

you know, Sun Ra, writers

1:14:52

like Harper Lee. On the

1:14:54

bad side of things, though,

1:14:57

are things that are such

1:14:59

as really low literacy rates,

1:15:02

we struggle with some poverty

1:15:04

issues and of course racial

1:15:06

issues, which have always been

1:15:09

part of Alabama. So those

1:15:11

are my good and my

1:15:14

bad things. Okay. All right.

1:15:16

How long have you, have

1:15:18

you, are you born and

1:15:21

raised? Yes, sir. Yes, sir,

1:15:23

and come from Tuscaloosa. Who's

1:15:26

the greatest person from Alabama,

1:15:28

Jeffrey? Oh, Sunra. Sunra, the

1:15:30

great sunny blunt. You're not

1:15:33

going to say, Coach Sabin?

1:15:35

No, I'm not going to,

1:15:38

I have massive love for

1:15:40

Coach Sabin, but you know,

1:15:43

Sunra was a spiritual musical

1:15:45

being and he brought a

1:15:47

lot of joy to this

1:15:50

world. So I have to

1:15:52

go Sunra. Again,

1:15:55

we got, we got, who

1:15:57

is, who is, who do

1:15:59

we, Peggy Lee, North Dakota?

1:16:01

We got. Sunra is kind

1:16:03

of a, we're leaping over

1:16:05

some decades folks with some

1:16:07

of these states. Well you

1:16:10

gotta say Sunra is the

1:16:12

best person to come out

1:16:14

of Alabama. That was a

1:16:16

hundred years ago he was

1:16:18

born there. Yes, although one

1:16:20

of his, one of the,

1:16:22

the orchestra members who just

1:16:25

turned a hundred put out

1:16:27

an album if I'm not

1:16:29

mistaken. Yes. The Great Marshall

1:16:31

Allen. Oh, so good. I

1:16:33

will say, how do you

1:16:35

feel about the Grateful Dead

1:16:37

song, Alabama Getaway? Mike, thoughts?

1:16:40

Oh, I hate it. Mike,

1:16:42

any thoughts on the song,

1:16:44

Alabama Getaway? Yeah, that's from

1:16:46

Go to Heaven, which is

1:16:48

the beginning of the resurgence.

1:16:50

It's the steep decline. People

1:16:52

who love the Grateful Dead

1:16:54

tell me all the time.

1:16:57

These are the top albums.

1:16:59

In the dark. Shake down

1:17:01

street. Go to heaven. And

1:17:03

that's it. Then they like

1:17:05

one called Working Man's Blues.

1:17:07

Yeah, now go to heaven

1:17:09

is the arrival of Brent

1:17:12

Midland as your keyboard player.

1:17:14

Not your favorite. And that's

1:17:16

when I got off the

1:17:18

bus. Yes. Now, did you,

1:17:20

did they, if you listen

1:17:22

to like live shows, did

1:17:24

they ever play Alabama Getaway?

1:17:26

Yeah, no, actually, I've heard

1:17:29

some live versions. It's one

1:17:31

of the better songs on

1:17:33

that album, I would say.

1:17:35

I owned that album, as

1:17:37

I bought that album when

1:17:39

it came out. You got

1:17:41

on board, huh? I got

1:17:44

that album, and I was

1:17:46

just like, this one songs,

1:17:48

all right, that I heard

1:17:50

on the radio. The rest

1:17:52

of this record sucks. I

1:17:54

remember as a kid being

1:17:56

like this is terrible. What

1:17:59

what what song were you

1:18:01

playing on the radio? Alabama

1:18:03

Getaway. Yeah, okay, all right.

1:18:05

Alabama get away. Get away.

1:18:07

Alabama get away. Get away.

1:18:09

I know I'm a boogie

1:18:11

song. I didn't know you

1:18:13

were into the boogie. Mike

1:18:16

I love the boogie. You

1:18:18

know me. I got my

1:18:20

boogie shoes on that album.

1:18:22

Go to heaven done. One

1:18:24

and done. You missed me,

1:18:26

Grateful Dead. You could have

1:18:28

had me. Uh-huh. I was

1:18:31

like, this is not good.

1:18:33

No Bueno. Yeah. Well, I

1:18:35

give you credit for knowing

1:18:37

that it was not good.

1:18:39

Yeah. Now, Jeffrey, where would

1:18:41

you put Alabama if you

1:18:43

had to assign a number

1:18:45

to the state? Because think

1:18:48

also we have... We also

1:18:50

thinking who was also from

1:18:52

Alabama. A young man who

1:18:54

calls and goes, hello, Tom.

1:18:58

Right? Jason. Yes. Huntsville. What's

1:19:01

Huntsville like? Yes. Huntsville is

1:19:03

a really, it's a city

1:19:05

on the move. They're going

1:19:08

to take over from Birmingham

1:19:10

as far as like the

1:19:12

major metropolitan city. It's got

1:19:15

a good scene up there.

1:19:17

I like Huntsville. I have

1:19:19

a friend up there who

1:19:21

teaches. Give me the number,

1:19:24

Jeffrey. I'm going to go

1:19:26

44. 44. Connecticut is 44.

1:19:28

I'm so sorry. Would you

1:19:31

go lower or higher? How

1:19:33

about 45? 45 is Indiana.

1:19:35

You'd go lower. You'd go

1:19:38

46. I'm gonna go. I'm

1:19:40

gonna go. I'm gonna go.

1:19:42

Because of Jason from Huntsville,

1:19:45

Alabama and because of Jeffrey

1:19:47

who's on the line and

1:19:49

Sunra. 41 for Alabama. Oh,

1:19:53

bless you Tom. Bottom 20%... That's a

1:19:55

much higher ranking than I would have

1:19:58

given him. Bottom 20%? You

1:20:03

did it. Thank you, Jeffrey. Bye,

1:20:05

bye. Okay, this one's going to

1:20:07

be a hot button one if

1:20:09

I'm correct. Hello, best show. I'm

1:20:12

on. Welcome to the best show.

1:20:14

To whom am I speaking? David

1:20:16

in Florida. David in Florida. Now

1:20:18

Florida is going to be one

1:20:20

of those. Florida is a rough

1:20:22

one. That's what I'm calling town.

1:20:25

You're getting ahead of it. I'm

1:20:27

getting ahead of it. I figured

1:20:29

Florida might be at the top

1:20:31

of maybe a bad list if

1:20:33

that was such a thing. And

1:20:36

I wanted to get ahead of

1:20:38

it and maybe sell Florida a

1:20:40

little bit for the, you know,

1:20:42

the top 10 spot. Make the

1:20:44

case. Well, first of all, first

1:20:46

of all, I think the thing

1:20:49

about Florida is that there's no

1:20:51

state that generates as much news

1:20:53

as much, you know, jokes as

1:20:55

not Florida man is a thing.

1:20:57

I don't know that any other

1:21:00

state has a man. That

1:21:03

was my first point,

1:21:05

my second point, is

1:21:07

that there's no state

1:21:09

that is more recognizable.

1:21:11

You can, you know,

1:21:13

you know, what it

1:21:15

is on that. And,

1:21:17

you know, finally the

1:21:19

nature and everything. Who

1:21:21

were named? Name three

1:21:23

great Floridians for me,

1:21:25

please. David. Who'd you

1:21:27

say? The Hawk to

1:21:29

a girl? To a

1:21:31

tag. No, no. To

1:21:33

a tag. Tagalo. Tagalo

1:21:35

via. Okay. Who? I

1:21:37

don't know who that.

1:21:39

The quarterback for the

1:21:41

Miami Dolphins. Yeah, okay.

1:21:43

Sorry. I don't know.

1:21:45

The quarterbacks is Miami

1:21:47

Dolphins. One with all

1:21:49

the concussions. Look, the

1:21:51

Miami Dolphins. Nobody likes

1:21:53

the Miami Dolphins. the

1:21:56

country. I can't think

1:21:58

of that many. David,

1:22:00

David, do you realize

1:22:02

the rest of America

1:22:04

hates the Miami Dolphins?

1:22:06

I hope you realize

1:22:08

that. Don Shoele. No,

1:22:10

gee is from here.

1:22:12

I'm getting... Dochie is

1:22:14

from Florida. No, she

1:22:16

is from Tampa. That

1:22:18

actually works in your

1:22:20

favor. You're not going

1:22:22

to be 50 now

1:22:24

on the list. Dochie

1:22:26

has single-handedly kept Florida

1:22:28

out of the bottom

1:22:30

slot. Name two other

1:22:32

great Floridians, David. Oh,

1:22:34

Tom. I don't know.

1:22:36

Can I name Tom

1:22:38

Petty? The supertagness from

1:22:40

the Bird Kage. What

1:22:42

about Tom Petty? Tom

1:22:44

Petty? That's a good

1:22:46

one. Yeah. I got

1:22:48

a name, great people

1:22:50

from your own state

1:22:52

from here as well.

1:22:54

Who? I was,

1:22:57

I was, I was, isn't

1:22:59

Leonard Skinner from the Panhandle

1:23:01

as well? Yeah, they're, they're,

1:23:03

they're from, yeah, they are.

1:23:05

They're from, yeah, they're from

1:23:08

Florida. There's a, there you

1:23:10

go, which isn't really Florida.

1:23:12

Many Floridians wouldn't really say

1:23:14

Florida. It is. Tom. You

1:23:16

really can't name another great

1:23:18

Florida. I was trying to

1:23:20

sell you on the nature.

1:23:25

Trick Daddy is also...

1:23:27

Bob Ross is from

1:23:30

Florida. We are in

1:23:32

trouble if we're mentioning

1:23:34

Trick Daddy. If we're

1:23:36

talking about great Floridians

1:23:39

and Trick Daddy is

1:23:41

being kicked around. See,

1:23:43

look, somebody in the

1:23:46

chat, Witz gets it.

1:23:48

Rick Ross, the boss,

1:23:50

he's from Florida. What's

1:23:52

his face? Every day

1:23:55

I'm hustling. Every day

1:23:57

I'm hustle. You like

1:23:59

that song? Every day

1:24:01

I'm hustleling. Limbisciter from

1:24:04

Florida. That's what makes

1:24:06

Florida great. I love

1:24:08

that song. Sometimes when

1:24:10

I'm sad, I put

1:24:13

on hustle and I

1:24:15

start jumping around. Rick

1:24:17

Ross is phony. Why?

1:24:19

Because he was a

1:24:22

security guard at a

1:24:24

prison? He

1:24:28

was a security guard at

1:24:30

a prison. Somebody made the

1:24:33

point about that. The most

1:24:35

corrupt people are the security

1:24:38

guards in prisons. They're the

1:24:40

ones sneaking in weapons for

1:24:43

the prisoners and drugs. I

1:24:45

like that. I like a

1:24:48

couple Rick Ross songs. I'm

1:24:50

sorry. The devil is a

1:24:53

lie. I like a couple

1:24:55

Rick Ross songs. I'm sorry.

1:24:57

The Devil is a lie.

1:25:00

I like that song. Rick

1:25:02

Ross owns... Uh, David, what

1:25:05

chain... What fast food chain

1:25:07

does Rick Ross own multiple

1:25:10

franchises of? And you're the

1:25:12

ranking of Florida hinges on

1:25:15

this. Is it... Is it

1:25:17

Zaxby's? It's not Zaxby's, it's

1:25:20

wing stop. Oh, dang, I'm

1:25:22

eating wing stop right now,

1:25:25

Tom. That's... The saddest thing

1:25:27

I've ever heard. Oh dang.

1:25:30

I'm eating wing stop right

1:25:32

now, Tom. If anybody gets

1:25:35

that tattooed on themselves. Oh

1:25:37

dang. I'm eating wing stop

1:25:40

right now, comma, Tom. Look,

1:25:42

oh, and this Rick Ross

1:25:45

picture. The Miami heat, you

1:25:47

just, you're going lower. The

1:25:50

Miami heat. There was that

1:25:52

player on the heat that

1:25:54

that quit the team after

1:25:57

his dog because of people

1:25:59

making fun of his trains.

1:26:02

He's going to name that

1:26:04

guy. Who, Dwayne Wade? Yes.

1:26:07

He was retired at that

1:26:09

point already. You're getting your

1:26:12

details a little murky, but

1:26:14

you're right. He actually had

1:26:17

to, he came to his

1:26:19

child's defense. Because. Thank you.

1:26:22

Yeah. People were being very

1:26:24

mean and cruel. Dwayne Wade

1:26:27

is. But

1:26:30

he's a Florida person. The

1:26:32

Miami Heat, that's all it

1:26:35

took. Florida, you're gonna come

1:26:37

in low. I'm not ready

1:26:39

to give Florida a rating

1:26:42

yet, but you're gonna come

1:26:44

in low Florida. Your Ambassador

1:26:46

David did not do a

1:26:49

good job defending your state.

1:26:51

The best argument he made

1:26:53

to defend his state was

1:26:56

he said, wing stop. Oh,

1:26:58

dang. The

1:27:02

ambassador, you put forth

1:27:04

lost focus enough to

1:27:06

tell me what he

1:27:08

was eating right now.

1:27:10

David, thank you for

1:27:12

the call. Okay, here

1:27:15

we go. Hello, Besho.

1:27:17

And the numbers, 201,

1:27:19

989-0-0-1-2, call up, we're

1:27:21

listing these states right

1:27:23

now. Who do we

1:27:25

have on the line?

1:27:29

Hi Tom, this is Chalki in

1:27:31

Arkansas. Oh my God, I never

1:27:33

thought I'd hear that. Chalki from

1:27:35

Arkansas. Our beloved. I'm in Arkansas

1:27:38

now and it. To the audience,

1:27:40

I just want to say this.

1:27:42

I love Chalki so much. He's

1:27:45

one of my favorite humans. It's

1:27:47

one of my favorite musicians. Thank

1:27:49

you. Chalki is the, when I

1:27:51

think of California. I think of

1:27:54

chocolate. or I used to because

1:27:56

now Chalki is living out in

1:27:58

Arkansas. Well I please keep thinking

1:28:01

of me in California I don't

1:28:03

want it to be a rate

1:28:05

I don't want to be a

1:28:08

rate I feel like my memory

1:28:10

will be a race forever but

1:28:12

I am here to put I

1:28:14

mean I've only been here a

1:28:17

couple weeks in any FOTs out

1:28:19

there please I'm in Northwest Arkansas

1:28:21

I need friends so hit me

1:28:24

up seriously. That's no joke but

1:28:26

uh Chalki's living in Arkansas for

1:28:28

a stretch. He's in

1:28:30

prison. He didn't want me to

1:28:32

say it. He's doing time in

1:28:35

Arkansas. He's at a federal prison.

1:28:37

No. Chalkies living in Arkansas. Reach

1:28:39

out. One of the sweetest souls

1:28:41

I've ever met in my life

1:28:43

is my friend Chalkie. So if

1:28:45

you're there and you want to

1:28:47

like-minded guy, hit me up or

1:28:50

hit him up on Instagram. Find

1:28:52

him, you won't regret it. He's

1:28:54

one of the greatest people you'll

1:28:56

ever meet. Thanks, everybody. Yeah, thanks,

1:28:58

Tom. Thanks for putting out there.

1:29:00

And thanks to all FOT that

1:29:02

have been my friends really here.

1:29:04

It's helped a lot. But I

1:29:07

do want to, I mean, it's

1:29:09

beautiful here. And there's nature, and

1:29:11

there's great museums, and there's art.

1:29:13

But you know, art, we have

1:29:15

this governor who today just like.

1:29:17

She's awful. She just legalized like

1:29:19

using a nitrous gas to execute

1:29:21

people, which is super terrible at

1:29:24

uncong, you know. So there's the

1:29:26

politics here and all that stuff.

1:29:28

I think I'm like in a

1:29:30

progressive part of it. I'm a

1:29:32

little lucky. But there's one thing

1:29:34

that I want to rate Arkansas

1:29:36

on is I've tried all the

1:29:39

fast food places out here that

1:29:41

I didn't have in LA. I've

1:29:43

tried culvers and gromms and what-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-

1:29:45

And there's one called Freddy's and

1:29:47

there's one called Andy. There's lots

1:29:49

of frozen custard out here. And

1:29:51

I got to say, none of

1:29:53

them match up to in and

1:29:56

out. In and out's the best.

1:29:58

So yeah, that's what I want

1:30:00

to say. And this is coming

1:30:02

from Chalki. He said nothing's matching

1:30:04

up to in and out. And

1:30:06

in and out, no. Is not

1:30:08

the best. I didn't grow up

1:30:10

in California, so I don't have

1:30:13

that. I'm not in that cult

1:30:15

of in and out burger. For

1:30:17

anybody who doesn't know, there's this

1:30:19

fast food place out here. In

1:30:21

and out burger. If you want

1:30:23

to go get a fast food

1:30:25

hamburger, this is what you could

1:30:28

do. This is what you do.

1:30:30

Bring your, put your, put your,

1:30:32

put the meal you're going to,

1:30:34

bring a meal with you, eat

1:30:36

it in the car, because by

1:30:38

the time you finally get your

1:30:40

food, you'll be ready for your

1:30:42

next meal. The lines at this

1:30:45

place are insane. They get you

1:30:47

in and out though, they're really

1:30:49

fast, they live up to the

1:30:51

names. You don't like the line,

1:30:53

you know like the real, these

1:30:55

animals style? It is, the line

1:30:57

goes around the block. Meanwhile. There

1:31:00

ain't no line over at McDonald's.

1:31:02

That's true. America's true. No, I'm

1:31:04

not going to defend McDonald's. Don't

1:31:06

worry. No. I just didn't grow

1:31:08

up within an outburger, so I

1:31:10

don't get it. I don't get

1:31:12

it to the degree that people

1:31:14

get it. Okay, well, I'm not

1:31:17

getting what a burger, okay? I

1:31:19

don't get it either. Neither do

1:31:21

I, I don't know why, I

1:31:23

don't know what to tell you.

1:31:25

It wasn't personal, it was just

1:31:27

that the people here in general.

1:31:29

No, they're pushing, they're pushing chalky

1:31:31

to his limit. They're pushing chalky

1:31:34

to his limit. I am going

1:31:36

to Sonic a lot and getting

1:31:38

the sugar-free drinks, because you could

1:31:40

get like a Coke Zero with

1:31:42

sugar-free blackberry and they have that

1:31:44

round ice, which I really love.

1:31:46

I'm digging the sonic drinks in

1:31:49

LA, you know. As a vegetarian,

1:31:51

what's Tom know about eating? in

1:31:53

and out. I ate there once.

1:31:55

What did I get when I

1:31:57

ate there? I did eat there

1:31:59

once. Calm down out there. You

1:32:01

get animal fries? They're delicious. It

1:32:03

must have been a, it was

1:32:06

a very long time ago to

1:32:08

be fair. What did I get

1:32:10

in and out there? I know

1:32:12

I went to one. I went

1:32:14

in. It must have been a

1:32:16

grilled cheese. That's the only thing

1:32:18

on the mingle. It was not

1:32:20

unlike a five guys experience if

1:32:23

I remember for me personally. Special

1:32:28

burger is the same. It's

1:32:30

just it's just a regular

1:32:32

burger without meat, but they

1:32:35

they grill it up. Fine.

1:32:37

I'm going to Indiana Burger

1:32:39

tonight. You happy. You're happy.

1:32:41

Mx 80. You don't think

1:32:43

you're just mad because Mx

1:32:45

80 sound are from Indiana

1:32:47

and I put Indiana low

1:32:49

on the list. Aren't they

1:32:51

from San Francisco? I'm mistaken.

1:32:53

They started in the Midwest,

1:32:55

my friend. They signed to

1:32:57

Ralph Records. Which was in

1:33:00

San Francisco. Come on, try

1:33:02

to keep up here, Chalki.

1:33:04

Chalki, come on. We're moving

1:33:06

fast. Okay, sorry about that,

1:33:08

but I want to put

1:33:10

Arkansas low on the list

1:33:12

as possible. Okay, where would

1:33:14

you put it? Is there,

1:33:16

is 43 open? 43 is

1:33:18

open. Okay, I think that's

1:33:20

fair. 43 for Arkansas. Our

1:33:22

friend, Chalki, gets what he

1:33:25

wants. Thank you

1:33:27

for letting me put something on the list, Tom.

1:33:29

I'm honored, and just before I go, I want

1:33:31

to give a shout out to New Mexico. It's

1:33:33

got to be in like the top 10. It's

1:33:35

amazing. Why? Why would you put New Mexico on

1:33:37

the top 10? I'll

1:33:39

tell you some places you go and

1:33:41

I know you know this and I

1:33:44

think around where you live has this

1:33:46

like the land has an energy there's

1:33:48

a magic there you know that's why

1:33:50

everyone wants to live in Los Angeles

1:33:52

everyone wants to live in San Francisco

1:33:55

in New York City because there's some

1:33:57

sort of New Orleans there you go

1:33:59

there and you just feel something spiritual

1:34:01

and magical in the air and and

1:34:04

it draws you there magnetically and there's

1:34:06

a soul there and a lot of

1:34:08

New Mexico has that. You know what

1:34:10

I'm saying? Okay, all right. I'm glad

1:34:12

to hear it. This will be factored

1:34:15

into New Mexico. All right buddy, I'll

1:34:17

talk to you later. That's one of

1:34:19

the good guys of life. One of

1:34:21

the good guys. Love them to death.

1:34:24

Our friend Chalki. Hello Best Show. Hey

1:34:28

Tom, it's Jamie in Oklahoma.

1:34:30

Jamie in Oklahoma. Oh, another

1:34:32

hot button state. How are

1:34:35

you doing Jamie? Not too

1:34:37

bad. How about yourself? I'm

1:34:40

good. I'm good. Tell me

1:34:42

about Oklahoma. Are you born

1:34:45

and raised in Oklahoma? No,

1:34:47

sir. Born in California originally.

1:34:49

Okay, what happened? You lost

1:34:52

the bad? Family

1:34:55

is weird. It ended up being

1:34:57

cheaper in Oklahoma than California, which

1:34:59

is understandable. I never would have

1:35:01

thought it would be cheaper to

1:35:03

live in Oklahoma than California. You

1:35:05

just blew my mind. You'd be

1:35:07

surprised. No, I'm kidding, of course.

1:35:09

It's cheaper. So, what do you

1:35:11

like about Oklahoma? What do you

1:35:13

dislike about it? The

1:35:17

people I love, the food

1:35:19

I love, Oklahoma City has

1:35:21

some of the best foods

1:35:23

I think I've experienced in

1:35:25

the country. Restaurants like Madre,

1:35:27

things like that. I'd say

1:35:29

on the worst side, we've

1:35:31

got like, it's like 49th

1:35:34

or 50th worst public school

1:35:36

system, you know, public school

1:35:38

systems in the nation. But

1:35:40