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The 405 airs over KMMR Radio Station. At 5 Minutes past 4 PM. Normally each M-F week day of the year. Here on the website we'll get it posted for you within a few hours, normally.
Your neighbor and website maintainer,
D.J. Rasmussen
P.S. Oct 8th, 2025 Update. Finally back and published the Oct 3, 6th & 7th episodes, today on the 8th. We've had a recording equipment failure, hopefully fixed by tomorrow or very soon. Until then, I'm picking up the KMMR master recording copy and publishing that the day after The 405 airs or as soon as possible. Thanks for stopping by and listening.
I wanna again welcome you into the 04:05 coffee break. Guys, get your cup of coffee. It was cool this morning and warm right now. Glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat, $5.12 a bushel. Kinda stand real stable in there, that range. I don't even have a price for a 550 pound steer calf. Listen, I kid you not. A 573 pound steer calf sold in Billings, Montana, $4.31 a pound.
OK Solberg:Orvin's about to eat crow. I don't have to yet, but remember I used to say in the summertime, they won't be this high at Halloween. Well, it isn't Halloween yet, but I can say when I'm wrong. I never saw it coming. A butcher hog in Iowa, 62ยข a pound and a 100 pound fat lamb in billings at $2 and a penny a pound.
OK Solberg:But guys, there's more, much more. Okay. If you grew up in my generation, you might be familiar with the name Malcolm Tucker. If you're an Andy Griffith fan, the odds are even more likely. Does Malcolm Tucker ring a bell in your mind's eye?
OK Solberg:Malcolm Tucker was the guy whose car quit outside Mayberry, and it happened on a Sunday and he was in a rush to get it fixed. You remember, don't you? Season three episode 16 titled Man in a Hurry. Oh, guys. It's one of my all time favorites.
OK Solberg:After he finally calms down, he falls in love with the laid back feel of the little town called Mayberry, aka Malta, Montana. But today, I wanna talk about a different person with the last name Tucker. It wasn't Tanya Tucker. No. Although, she had make a good topic for the 405.
OK Solberg:Do you remember Tanya and her top 10 chart buster Delta Dawn? That happened when I was in high school. So it isn't Malcolm Tucker, it isn't Tanya Tucker. You're probably wondering if it's Preston Tucker. Preston Tucker who invented, designed, and manufactured the 1948 Tucker torpedo?
OK Solberg:Oh, man. That'd be a wonderful topic. I need to do that someday here on the 405. See, so little to do and so much time to do it. No.
OK Solberg:Wait, reverse that, in the words of Willy Wonka. No. But here's the deal. Today we're gonna be talking about Forrest Tucker, a real life man best known as an escape artist having escaped from prison 18 times successfully, And 12 times unsuccessfully. Now that's a lot of prison breaks.
OK Solberg:Now pause for a moment. If we know that Forrest Tucker did 30 prison attempts, we also know he was, well, on the wrong side of the law. So what was his crime of choice? I'll tell you. He was a thief.
OK Solberg:He liked to steal. His first charge was for stealing a bicycle, and that happened when he was 15 years old and it got him thrown in the clink. Then from there, he graduated to robbing banks. Forrest Tucker loved to rob banks, he really did guys. True story.
OK Solberg:After getting captured for the umpteenth time, he was finally incarcerated in California's San Quentin State Prison. Yes, sir. The same prison Merle Haggard was in, but Tucker was there twenty years later. Did he escape? Oh, yes.
OK Solberg:He did. Listen. He and two fellow inmates constructed a makeshift 14 foot kayak. Listen. They stenciled the name Rub a Dub Dub and the words Marion Yacht Club on the side.
OK Solberg:The craft was sound and they paddled away as the guards looked on. But strong winds caused the boat to flood and it sank. Fortunately for them, they were wearing sweatshirts and hats that Tucker had painted bright orange with the logo of the logo of Marion Yacht Club on the front and back. So a guard spotted them clutching to their overturned craft as they kicked to shore. He asked if they needed help.
OK Solberg:One of Tucker's buddies held up his wrist and shouted, we just lost a couple of oars, but my Timex is still running. The guard laughed and returned to his post. Escape accomplished. End of quote. That story is fun and that story and this story is long.
OK Solberg:And the banks he robbed would nearly fill a sheet of paper, both sides. But the reason this even dawned upon me is because, you know, you heard that Robert Redford passed away. Right? Yes. He did.
OK Solberg:Rest in peace. And he passed away a week ago today on 09/16/2025. With that in the news, I did some research and found Robert Redford's last full length movie, which was made in 2018, and it's titled the old man and the gun. And it's based upon the true story of Forrest Tucker. I found it rather interesting as I watched the movie just yesterday, my day off.
OK Solberg:Check it out. The old man and the gun. I think you'll really enjoy it. No one dies, but many banks are robbed. Just thought you'd like to know.
OK Solberg:My bible verse is short today and it comes from the book of Exodus. Exodus 20 verse 15. Listen now, it's short. It'll be over before you know it. Four words, thou shalt not steal.
OK Solberg:A verse I'm sure Forrest Tucker knew of but never followed. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.