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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
NFL grandpas making heroic comebacks, a spider-robot planting trees faster than humans, a brand-new personality type, elf ears vs. Santa beards, the chaos of holiday schedules, Christmas cards, frustrating tiny Lego dogs, nostalgic 80s slang, the great GameStop “trade anything” experiment, Dick Van Dyke turns 100, In-N-Out bans Order 67, the calendar-capitalization crisis reaches new heights, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Grandpa Football League
(3:31) - 14 Days to Christmas Eve
(7:08) - Good News
(9:18) - Otroverts
(14:07) - Christmas cards
(17:01) - Order 67
(21:32) - Inconsistent calendar entries
(28:27) - Frustrating Lego present
(33:36) - Santa misses
(37:32) - The documentary doesn't exist
(42:38) - Trade anything day
(47:02) - Would You Rather
(49:59) - Another wreck on I-15
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Full show transcript:
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All right. I'll think about it for years. Wake up, Classy97 at gmail.com. To me. Hey, Philip Rivers, you heard this name?
Nope. He's a football player. He is 44 years old. He has 10 children. Whoa, buddy. And a grand kid.
And he's given it all up to go be quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Are you serious? Totally serious.
Yeah. Yeah, he has not played in the NFL since his one year stint with Indianapolis in 2020. Daniel Jones suffered a season ending injury over the weekend. So the Colts said, Hey, Philip, what'd you up to, my guy? No way.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they called Philip Rivers and he is getting back in the game. He was signed to the Colts practice squad. He could see some on field action as the team finishes out this year. 44 year old Philip Rivers, father of 10 granddad to one headed back into the past.
Well, listen, if we've got Aaron Rodgers out there, who's the other old guy Flacco, it's gonna be the GFL, the grandpa football league. Yeah. Yeah.
Isn't that something that is something I might have to watch. Listen, I really love blue the mascot for the Colts. I know you do. Yeah. So if the Colts mascot ever needs a substitute or replacement, you want to do it. I will do it. Yeah. Call me.
I'll be there. I was trying to see a picture of Philip Rivers right now. I mean, who else could we bring back? We could bring back Drew Bledsoe. We bring back L. Wait, put him in the pads. Terry Bradshaw put him in the pads. Don't tell Tom Brady though.
No, nobody wants him back. I can think of a couple of teams. But guess what? I don't. Yeah, I don't want him back. Oh, interesting.
Apparently he's going to be wearing number 17 on the field, which is his old number, but is also the number of the quarterback who got injured. So that's interesting. It is interesting.
Daniel Jones was wearing number 17 when he got his torn right Achilles tendon during this weekend's game, but Rivers can wear the number which he used his entire career. So that is interesting. Okay. All right.
Well, anyway, that's all I know about. Good luck, buddy. Good luck with your hips. Be careful. When our bodies don't move like they did 20 years ago, so.
Give the offensive linemen a bonus so that they keep you safe, man. All right, let's start the show. Hello. Hello. What do you know today?
Oh, hello. What do I know today? What day is it?
Wednesday? Yeah. Oh, man. Oh, man. Middle of the week?
I was just going over. I had a staff meeting the other day, and we were talking about Christmas, the week of Christmas. Which is still a couple of weeks away.
It is. I know, but we were talking about when it was going to be closed and I was like, I can't wait because I like not working. I like my job.
Let's be real. I like my job, but I also really like not having to get up and go to work. I understand that. So I was thinking today how far away it was. Oh, man. So far away.
So far away. Okay. No, you don't need to do that every time. Doesn't anybody say it? No, you don't have to. You don't have to let it out.
It can stay inside. It's done. It's over. But I know, but it could stay inside. Can't. It can't. Can't. It doesn't have to come out.
It does. 14 days till Christmas Eve. So far. Stop it. 14 days.
Yeah. Until Christmas Eve. 15 days till Christmas Eve. I have a lot to get done still.
Yeah. Two weeks from now. Christmas Eve.
Is Christmas on a Thursday? Yeah. I did not. Oh, that. I knew that.
I just keep forgetting about it. Right. I love that. Do you?
Yeah. You like that it's on a Thursday? I just, I like Christmas. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is.
Okay. I think if it's on a weekday, you get more time off of work. You feel that?
I do. Next year it's on a Friday. And then you'll just get the weekends. See. And then I think is 27 a leap year. No.
Not until 28, I think. Let's look. Okay. We're just going to look ahead. Years and years real quick. Okay.
We don't. Not a leap year in. What happened? Did I miss 28? I did. Leap year in 2028.
Okay. So that just pushes everything two days. So the pattern will break. So what I'm saying is it's a, it's a Thursday this year. It's a Friday next year.
Right. 27. It'll be a Saturday in 28.
It moves to like a Tuesday. Yes. Yeah. I'm saying if it's on a weekend, you feel cheated on a weekday. I get that.
It's all good. What if it's on a Tuesday? Then you'll get Christmas Eve, Christmas, and possibly the day off. Probably not though.
Probably not. That's just a Wednesday. Yeah. Oh man. Yeah.
See, that's tough. How 14 days you say? 14 days to Christmas Eve. We have a lot to do.
In 14 days. I know. Yeah. What are we doing here? We got stuff to do. We got to get, we got to get out of here. We got to get ready for Christmas. We got to get to get to work.
Too much Christmas to get ready for. Yeah. That's true.
Yeah. Well, yet here we are not getting ready for Christmas. Because somebody requires us to be here to get paid. Change the rules.
Let me get paid for not being here. Exactly. Yeah. I got Christmas to get ready for. We'll get there.
We have two weeks. It all works out. Yeah.
In Portugal, there's a couple of students who have invented a six-legged spider-looking robot that is planting trees. Oh. Yeah. So they're really kind of working on deforestation and trying to help with that.
So they've got this in Portugal. So the robot is called Trovador and it can climb steep terrain. It can reach areas too risky for people or heavy machines. It was built from recycled parts and it has one function. It is to plant trees where forests have been destroyed by wildfire. It is really, really cool.
So there's a couple of different students that are from Portugal that are creating it and they were inspired after watching the forest near their homes disappear year after year. And the results are pretty impressive. Trovador plants saplings 28% faster than humans with a 90% survival rate. Even without extra care.
Really? But because it can get to these different areas, it's finding fresher soil or whatever and it's working out really, really well. With more than 60% of Portugal's forest sitting on rugged slopes, Trovador may do more than plant trees. It could help rebuild entire landscapes to protect future generations, which is really, really special.
And if they build multiples of these instead of just the one, they get this whole spider tree planting army out there, it's going to be amazing. Every time you say its name, I want to say trogdor. I know you do.
Trogdor. I know. If you're an old school internet user. You'll know it. Trogdor. If you don't, that's okay.
But trovador is kind of a six-legged spider looking dude who goes around planting trees. It's really, really fascinating. That's really cool. Yeah. So well done to those guys.
That's some good news. Well done, Trogdor. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? What would you consider yourself?
A little of both depending on where I'm at in the day and that kind of stuff. Yeah. Okay. So if you're a mix of the two, that term is called an ambivert. Because depending on who I'm with, mine can swap too. Yeah. I mean, where I'm at, who I'm with. The circumstance. Yeah.
I get you. But there's a new term called introvert or introvert. What is this? Oh, this means other. Oh, okay.
Cool. Literally. This is a psychiatrist who's just coined this term. He says this is somebody who's constantly feeling like an outsider. Like you never fit in. Like he thinks he's one and he's seen it in some of his patients too. He said that they can be really social, very well liked. They're just more about a one-on-one and don't really connect with large groups of people or not necessarily that they even like fit in to certain situations.
Yeah. Again, I think there are times when that's true too. Maybe you're an introvert. Maybe.
Wow. I feel like there are times when I fit in with a group. I feel like there are times when I'm okay with a group. I feel like there are times when you get close with, you know, a handful of people. And then there are other times where I'm like, I don't even know what I'm doing here. Same. I feel that. On most days, I walk into a place and I go, I don't know what I'm doing here.
Yeah. But if I'm awkward and weird. There are times when I'm with a group that I'm like, I feel like I could and should fit in here, but something just is not letting my puzzle piece fit just right. That happens often. Does it? Yeah. Oh. Or I go like, I don't know what it is.
Something's not clicking. With a specific group of people? There are several different groups that that happens to. Yeah. Josh. Oh, it's fine. Okay. I'm okay. Okay. But that's just something I think that just happens. I don't know. Maybe that's just me.
I think it happens to everybody. I don't know. At certain circumstances. I don't know. If you feel like you don't belong, you might be an ultravert. It's new.
I might be. It's a new term. It's new.
It's new. Let's try it on. Let's see how it fits.
Looks good. Yeah. Except if there's a whole bunch of ultraverts, somebody out there, yeah, ultravert.
Oh, yeah. If there's a whole bunch of ultraverts out there, then you got somebody going like, it's just not fitting me right. I don't think I fit into that group of ultraverts. It should have a different name.
Otrovert. Are you an introvert? Intro, outro, outro. Guess what?
What? Now, they're going to have to do, you know, those Myers-Briggs personality tests. The ISFJ or the ESFJ. When I took that test in my younger days, I was an E, which stands for extrovert.
And now as I get older, I'm an I all the way. They're going to have to change those tests. They're still using that? I hope so. We should take it. I think we did. Yeah, let's do it again.
I like taking those. Actually, hold on. I think we did because I have results here on my phone. Yeah, we did this. I don't remember when we took it. Oh, crud.
Do I have that somewhere or did I delete it? Beats me. Oh, man. I think I deleted it. You went, we'll never need that. We won't talk about that again. And then here we are. Dang it, dang it. Because I like that kind of stuff.
Yeah, I know. You love a good survey. I do. I really do. I like to learn about myself and being like, yep, I do that. Yeah. You love a good 17 magazine questionnaire.
I do know that you, there's one section of that test where it's like a judgey or a feeling type of one. Right. You are the always, no, that's not right. A logic or a feeling one.
And you were always the logic and I was always the feeling. Look at that. Look at us. What? I don't know. What about it? I don't know.
Oh, okay. If you are feeling like you don't belong, guess what? You're not alone. There are others. They're called Otroverse. They're called Josh and Shantel. Yeah.
True. Well, very exciting news. We're now up to three Christmas cards. We have three Christmas cards on our door.
We have one from Blackfoot, one from Idle Falls, and one from Chubbock. Yes. Okay.
Yes. All right. Very good. Good job.
Remembering that. It's very exciting. And we have cards ready to go to send back to those who have already sent cards.
Yep. They'll get in the mail today. If you want to send us a Christmas card, we'd love to send you one back. It's real easy. Just send it to 400 West Sunnyside Road.
In Idaho Falls, it's 83402. Send us a Christmas card. We'd love to put it on the door. Yeah. Sorry. That one was from Pocotello, not Chubbock. Oh, okay.
Pocotello, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls. I just wanted to double check. All right. Well, sweet. Well, we'd love to have more. Double sweet. We've got three. Last year, we had 20 something.
Let me look. Yeah. Last year, we had 21.
All right. So there's still plenty of time to send us a card. We would like to, let's outdo that number. Wouldn't that be fun?
Yes. Get more than 21? Well, because we started this in 2023. We got nine in 2023. So we had nine and then 21. Yes.
And now we've got three so far. Yeah. All right. That's awesome. Let's get this cranked out.
What do I want to say? I don't know. Let's break a world record for Christmas cards. I don't think that it's going to take way more than three. I know. We're not going to be there yet. But let's break at least 21. Yeah.
Let's start at 2022 and go from there. You want to bust? Yes. 21 is the goal in Blackjack. Oh.
If you get more than 21, you lose. Oh. Well, then I want to lose the Christmas card game.
What are you talking about? I mean, win. I don't know. I thought I would make it cool. I don't know.
I don't know. We just want more than 21. Just send us a Christmas card. I see what you're saying. That's all.
All right. 400 West Sunnyside Road and Idaho Falls, 8342. Send us a card. We'll send you one back with a little extra something, something in there. And you can get it only if you send this one. Make sure to include your return address so that we know where to send your card to. Exactly.
And we'll get them in the mail and we'll send you our exclusive 2025 Wake Up Classy 97 Christmas card. It's so good. It's a good one.
It is definitely a lot different than what we've done in the past. Correct. So if you want to get your hands on it, send us a card. We'll send you one back. Join our door of three. Become our fourth card. Our joy, why did you say join our? Join our door of three.
Oh, yeah. And become our fourth card. There's a spot there waiting for you.
That's right. Send them on over. California. Heard of it.
In and out. Also heard of it. They have banned the order 67. Oh, no.
To avoid and I quote mass hysteria. Okay. But have you seen the videos? Like have you seen any of the videos where they get close to that order number?
No. So everybody kind of gathers around. And then the person who works there has to come up and they go order number. And they go 65. And everybody goes, oh.
And then he gets back out there. Oh, it's it's crazy. Yeah, it said that there were, there are teenagers have been hanging out in big groups, taking up space, not really ordering anything. And then just waiting to hear the order 67. And then they jump up and down and celebrate. Yeah, it's become a meme.
You bet. So in and out workers have banned it. They're like, we're not doing this. People magazine claims it was a company wide thing. And then they just did that nationally across the board. It's too bad they were, they were getting hindered by the teens because that's great publicity.
It was hugely viral. If you've got a bunch of teenagers in your business, like taking seats and causing a commotion, your other clientele is going to be like, where am I supposed to stay? So what they need to do is have a place in the parking lot with a speaker where they can do their thing. Like somebody should have said, hey, we've got a 67 zone outside.
If you want to partake in the 67 thing, it's out there. Like they should have just, they should have just tried a new solution. They should have been like, look, we know this is a thing. We're going to put it out there.
We're going to embrace it. They could have made special 67 merch. Like they really could have taken it to a whole new marketing level and been big for this fad. I was just watching a video of BrainRot from the 80s. They didn't call it BrainRot at the time, but it was a bunch of Valley girls playing. And they would say, I heard you listening to that. You nagged me with a spoon.
That's right. And totally tubular. At one point somebody said, You have to talk like you have a mouth full of marbles. Yeah. Like that's how it should work.
Like you should have a mouth full of marbles. But we didn't necessarily, like the kids today have like the 67 Oh, the skippetes and all that stuff. Yeah. Thing, like we didn't have a thing in the 80s and 90s. Like we had our words, But no, I know but it was it was dude and cool and red. No, it was not like this. No, you're right I mean we had our own stuff and we had our own cultural moments that were brought into Everyday life we had movie quotes like crazy. I mean like crazy as If was huge as talk to the hand. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. I mean we had plenty of slang It isn't like we were lacking I think every generation has tons of slang But it was never we just didn't have the yeah the rap events. I guess yeah, we didn't have these events That is true. We didn't all gather around for the tubular dude thing It's a tubular dude. Let's go to the let's go to the restaurant and see if somebody says tubular No, but we did go to the arcade and try to win rad stuff. I didn't you didn't go to the arcade I didn't have an arcade That's a shame I had to go if I wanted to go to the arcade I would have to go to the mall and twin and tilt. Yeah, I went to tilt at the Grand Teton Mall mine was at the I Can't think of the the Magic Valley Mall.
Oh, yeah, I think is the name of it still is in twin. Yep Burley didn't have a mall. I mean we did but it was just JC Penney. It's not a mall That's a JC Penney, but it had some other stores in there It was a strip mall though. Yeah, you didn't have like a go inside the mall mall No, it was there was an inside portion of it What was in there? These there was a record store in there for a little while and then there was a hair cutting place in there for a little while It was excellent like it was a small little mall. It was this it was the center of the heartbeat of the city Yeah, so there Burley had some stuff. Okay Good to know You were at a meeting last night and I was getting some notifications that you were updating birthdays on our calendar. Yeah Been there for a while.
Here's the deal. I was logged in to the calendar on my Surface which is not a normal thing I do like normally I just look at it on my phone and Honestly on my phone. I don't give it much thought like I see a thing and I go, okay, that's a thing So I'll go here and I'll go into the calendar and I'll look through and I'll go okay That's what's going on today.
Got it and I close it and I've got work stuff and I've got scout stuff and there's family stuff And there's there's just a lot of stuff in there. So I go, okay cool Moving on what's next in the day, but when you're looking at it big on the screen You really notice things that make you crazy such as inconsistent capitalization specifically Okay, and maybe I'm Just old school. I don't know but I like the proper capitalization or Consistent I would say is more important. So as I'm looking through the birthdays and stuff I see names and then sometimes it says birthday with a capital B Sometimes it says B day with a capital B Sometimes it says B day with a capital B and a capital D Sometimes it says birthday with a lowercase B. There's no Consistent why because when I add those I didn't know what the initial Like I don't know what the rest of them said and then I would add a birthday and I'd be like I don't know if I said birthday or if I said B day or if I capital capitalized the B Yeah, so I just added it and I didn't care. I know apparently you do yeah Hey, and guess what else what else added all the birthdays to the calendar. Well, you didn't add your own Because I know my own I know but you added mine So my birthdays in the family calendar, but yours isn't Make that make sense I don't know what to tell you the kids were all there Not you did you add mine to my personal because I didn't know if you didn't put it there for a reason Happy to move it to the other Oh, I feel like it's silly to add your own birthday to the calendar when I started a new job a couple of years ago Like four years ago, right? Everybody had their birthdays on the calendar and I was like well I feel dumb putting my birthday on the calendar right like oh everybody should know it's my birthday But then it felt even more dumb to ask somebody else to add my birthday Just add it could you add my birthday here's here's another thing that I noticed you can tell who added the birthdays by the way they're named What do you mean my dad's in there by Steve your dad is in there as grandpa So Why isn't my dad in there under dad I you it says grandpa's birthday What's funny is Most of the time I add things to the count It's weird that I would put grandpa in there because I add things based on how I know that person right necessarily how my kids know that That's what I'm saying. It's all strange the whole thing's a mess So I started fixing things and then I got overwhelmed and I was in the middle of a meeting anyway And I was like I gotta stop this but it's a disaster Oh my god, I gotta go through month by month and fix it Okay, go for it.
It's a it's a mess. Maybe then you might remember somebody's birthday. Oh Birthday that I forget Nobody Okay, when is no that's not how that works. Let's do a test I Go ahead when you're gonna if you start asking nieces and nephews, I'm gonna be in trouble I was gonna ask that if you can go with me. It's I can't do nieces and nephews You can do a medias. I can't do exact dates for nieces and nephews, but I can get the month Could you at least get the month? Maybe okay?
What about your nephew late? No You don't even know it's in March. It's I was gonna say it's in March or April or March or June It's March or June. It's March.
Good deal Mikey's isn't you see there you go It's March or June though, that's those two now my other nephew March also? Who? Which one? Isaac. Oh, no. No.
No? June also. June also. Yeah.
March or June. See? Terrible. You're doing so good.
No, I'm not. But here's another thing you did. What? You added in birth years on some people.
Because I am now having a hard time, a difficult time with the kid. How old is this person? Yeah. Nieces and nephews. Nieces and nephews too.
And so then I have to put in their birth years so I can remember how old they're going to turn. Yeah. Well, the old people need it too. No, we don't. Yeah, we do.
Yeah, we do. It's inconsistent is my point. And the calendar is where everything lives and it's a mess. But the calendar only lives there because I put it there.
I understand. But when I go to reference it, it's a mess. How often do you go to reference it?
Let's be real. Often. I look at the calendar every day. I'm looking at the calendar every day. But how long are you like, oh, when is Layton's birthday? I got to think about getting him a gift. When?
What's that? Around the time that birthdays come up when you go... I think it happens is there's a text that goes out to the family and says, hey, this birthday is coming up. And then I go, oh yeah, we got to think about that. I've been thinking about it for weeks already because I know that it's coming up.
Oh, good for you. I like a good text reminder about a birthday dinner coming up. I know you do. And then I go, oh yeah. Oh yeah.
But that's what I'm saying. Because I haven't looked at the calendar. Nieces and nephews. With within immediate, within siblings, parents, grandparents, I'm pretty good there. Okay. When's your sister's birthday?
March 24th. Good job. Yeah. Well done. No, I know.
I've known that my whole life. Good job. Thanks.
I'm proud of you for that. What year? 85. Oh, you called out a rate.
Well, that's her own fault. We had a coworker yesterday who was delivering Christmas presents and he said pick one and he had a whole bunch of, it's not Lego brand, but they were Legos, but tiny, tiny, tiny and tiny Legos. And they were all dogs. And he said, pick a dog. And so you and I each picked a dog to build. And I had some time last night and I was like, actually, this is going to be fun. I'm going to build this little Lego dog and this is going to be awesome. And I turned on a movie and I was like, I'm going to have a nice relaxing time doing this Lego dog.
Got it. Not Lego. But mini itty bitty, tiny, tiny pieces. And I went, okay, these pieces are a little, little, little, little.
And I couldn't find anything. And so I said, okay, let's separate these all out into their respective pieces. And so I did that. And that took maybe about 20 minutes. And then I built kind of the base of the dog.
And then step two, I went, nope. Not going to do this anymore because I'll tell you why those pieces are little. The instructions are not great. They're not concise. They're not clear. Oh, they are concise, but they are not. They don't communicate everything. They, they kind of just graze over giant amounts of steps.
And then they go, just figure out what's different in the picture from the previous picture. But it doesn't, it's tiny. Even the picture itself is tiny. So you can't necessarily see what's different. And all of the Lego pieces are brown. So you go, I can't tell what's different because it all looks the same. So I built probably, let's see.
I think there were probably about 10, eight to 10 pieces that went into the little dog base. And that's as far as I went. And then I went, I'm not doing this. And I left it on the table and you came home and said, Yeah, I built another layer. I got a couple layers. You did? Yeah. Good job. You should be able to progress now. I figured out the layout of the feet. That was a big problem, but I got the layout of the feet figured out.
So I think you can build from here. Guess what? What? That Lego is a puzzle.
Guess what I do not like to do. It is a puzzle. Puzzles. It's a three-dimensional puzzle.
That's what Lego is. Isn't it? Yeah. But these tiny, tiny pieces. Yeah. I feel like the Lego pieces are different.
And I'll tell you why. Because the pieces are bigger. Right. And the instructions in a Lego instruction manual are clear and concise. Well, there's not, like there's very little English on this box.
And what there is says easy to build. Wrong. And encouraged children to learn by play.
Wrong. Building blocks. These are all of the English words. 166 pieces. Ages six plus. Dude, if a six-year-old can build that, I would give him a high five.
But that's what I'm saying. I don't think, I think you could do it. I don't think I want to now. Oh, now you're protesting?
Yeah. I thought it was going to be fun. Guess who is not having any fun?
This old gal. Yeah. I was having a good time.
Fantastic. You can finish it. I'm not going to. I will not. And I'm going to tell my coworker I'm going to be like, this is a terrible gift. Oh, man. I hated it. I was talking to another coworker who had one. He said he spent his entire lunch trying to build it and it was a nightmare. Yeah.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. What a dumb gift. Oh, whatever. It's occupying your time. It is a good gift. It was clever.
It was unique. Yeah. I'm excited to build mine. Great.
Build mine too. It's a Luna looking dog. You did get a... The one I picked out yesterday for you was more Luna looking than that one.
It's pretty Luna looking. Whatever. You're trying to give me a weird looking dog. When you're done building mine, you can build yours. No, I'm going to build mine and you're going to build yours right next to me. I'm not building mine. I've already given up on it.
It's a nightmare. You can finish it. No, I'm not going to. I told you I got the next hard part done.
You're going to do great. Okay. I might attempt it again. You should.
If it's a pain in the butt again, forget about it. Okay. It's going back in the bag.
I'll tell you right now. It's going back in the bag. Cranky about putting together a cute little dog lego.
Yeah. Because it's supposed to be fun. I was not having any fun. What's your advice to the kids? All right.
What's your advice to the kids? It's as fun as you may be. There it is.
Or if you're not having any fun, just walk away. No. Yep. No, I've never heard you say that once. I've only heard you say anything can be fun. It's as fun as you make it. So have a little fun. Can you recollect a time when Santa misses, missed his mark?
Like you asked for something and he did not deliver what you asked for. I'll go first. Okay. I asked for a Barbie doll house.
Yeah. I got a Barbie doll house, but it was not the Barbie doll house that I asked for. I wanted the Mattel Barbie house.
The one with the elevator and the whole thing. And my uncle had made me a doll house. I see.
I learned to appreciate that doll house, but when I did see it, I went, hmm, that's not. I see. That's not necessarily.
I guess not. Santa's fault. Oh, that's true.
You're right. That's not Santa's fault. That's you asked for something. Santa was like, I already know you got something in the works. He was probably talking to Santa and I was like, I got this. Santa should have been like, no, she wants this.
And he's like, no, no, no, I got, she wants other stuff too. I know. That's true. So that's, that's not Santa's fault.
That's true. Can you think of anything? I don't, I don't, not really. Um, like that's a, that's a fine example of like the thing you wanted was, was not quite what you ended up with. Yeah.
And I'm trying to think of, of a good example. I know that there, there was one year that Santa brought something I didn't even know I wanted. And then I was like, this is amazing. What was it? Well, it was, I was real big into like Nerf. And, uh, and so I had for my birthday or Christmas one year, I'd gotten the Nerf bow and arrow, which was very cool. I was super, super into Nerf. Uh, but one year I got, that wasn't a Nerf, but this thing was like, uh, it was like, uh, a toy gun thing, but it had all of these different attachments and different things. And it made a bunch of noise and had lights. It was super cool. Good job, Sam. But I didn't even know I wanted it.
He was like, I watched this kid. I know. Yeah. I couldn't even tell you what it was called.
And here's the thing. It was so cool. Like the, that first day when I got that dollhouse, I went, oh, thanks.
But then weeks later I was like, okay, this was a good deal that my uncle and Santa had worked out because I did learn to love that dollhouse. Yeah. Exactly. They kind of know what they're doing.
That's what I'm saying. And I wish I still had that dollhouse. I don't, but I, oh, every Christmas. You don't have it or you don't, you do wish you had it. Both. Yeah.
Okay. Every Christmas I think about it and I go, man, I wish I still had that dollhouse. I don't know what happened to it. I don't either.
I don't. Is it still at your house? Nope. You sure? Positive. Okay. Sad. Well, good job getting something cool that you didn't even know you wanted. I know. It was, it was really cool.
I was reading some, cause I saw this online. Um, one guy asked for, I don't know what he asked for, but Santa brought him a typewriter to help with his homework. But he was like, I don't want this.
That's awesome. No, but he was like, he was like, I don't want, I don't want to type. I want the Nerf bow and arrow. I don't want to typewriter. Here it is. I found it. Uh, it was the toy biz eliminator TS seven. Whoa.
I haven't seen a picture of this thing. This is it. Holy smokes. What a cool thing. Somebody's selling it online for a 60 buyer, 43 bucks. Get it. Nah. I asked Santa for it this year. I want the toy biz eliminator TS seven.
You'll shoot your eye out kid. Yeah. There you go. Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry.
What? I just kind of forgot any, I forgot where we're talking. I get, here's the thing in between songs, we get wrapped up and talking about other stuff. And then I forget what we're going to talk about on the radio.
And so then I'm not prepared. Do you have it? I got it. Okay. Okay. I saw this yesterday and I think this is cool. I need you to do the research.
I need you to fact check this to see if this is a thing. All right, here we go. I am ready. Netflix has announced they're going to do a Dick Van Dyke story. Okay. It's called till the end, the Dick Van Dyke story.
Um, it's a six part, what I read was that it's a six part limited series. Okay. Offering a look into the life of Dick Van Dyke. And I love Dick Van Dyke.
And so I'm kind of hoping that this is true. Um, I'm pulley. No. Well, not that I can find. No.
Um, there is no Netflix show or movie called till the end with Dick Van Dyke. Um, I'm going to do my own research. Okay.
Because that's important. There is a Netflix comedy series that stars Ted Danson. No. Uh, there is the Dick Van Dyke show that, uh, there's nothing. There's nothing on here. There is nothing. There's nothing.
I don't know what you're even talking about. Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. I got duped.
That makes me really sad because I really love Dick Van Dyke. Was it one of those AI fake trailer things? No, I didn't even see a trailer. It was just something that I had seen on Facebook.
Can't trust it just because it's on the internet. I get it. I totally do.
That makes me sad and disappointed. So this was supposed to be some sort of documentary thing or what? So it was supposed to be a documentary about Dick Van Dyke's life. And he, this even had a quote from Dick Van Dyke that said, it's not just about music.
It's about love, loss and learning to sing even when your heart can't. So they totally had it. They had a real fake thing. Okay. So there is not a specific Dick Van Dyke documentary currently on Netflix. Two major ones, uh, just came out for his 100th birthday. 100?
Yeah. The Dick Van Dyke 100th celebration is a theatrical event from Fathom events. Uh, that is apparently happening in theaters the 13th and 14th. So like this weekend.
Okay. So that's a thing that apparently is real. I might watch that. And then, uh, which will be in theaters. And then there is, um, an American master's special on PBS on the 12th called starring Dick Van Dyke. Um, but those could potentially go to streaming platforms after a while, but the Dick Van Dyke 100th celebration, that's a Fathom event.
And then American master piece specials on PBS starring Dick Van Dyke. So there's a couple of things that are happening. Those, hold on. Those American master shows are so good.
I like those. I need to see one. Apparently there's one about, um, oh, the guy that's in singing in the rain. What's his name?
Gene Kelly. Yeah. Then I want to see really bad. Okay. So I, I gotta find a way to get that.
Okay. And now I got to see the one about Dick Van Dyke. Cause if you don't like Dick Van Dyke, then you are, I don't know what you are because he is light and love and funny and charming. He's the best. Yeah.
And the fact that he's just celebrated his 100th birthday. Yeah. Oh, he's the best. And he said, uh, according to People magazine, he, uh, says he wants to celebrate his 100th birthday by watching Jeopardy reruns with his wife, Arlene. That's the best. Will you ask Dick Van Dyke if I can also join in that?
Yeah. Everybody just watch old reruns of Jeopardy. Not everyone.
Just me, his wife and him. Oh, I see. Okay. Sure.
Yeah. He doesn't want to do anything special. He just wants to watch Jeopardy reruns with me. That's what she said.
Listen, Dick Van Dyke, I'll bring like a nice glass of milk for you. So is his birthday on the 13th then? Yes. Yeah. So yeah, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins stars milestone birthday 100 on December 13th. So that's cool.
Dick Van Dyke, you're the best. Yeah. Happy early birthday to you buddy. Yeah. Enjoy Jeopardy.
It's just watching Jeopardy with his wife. It sounds awesome. Happy early birthday. GameStop had its first ever trade anything day.
Okay. I heard about that, but I never saw how it turned out. It was literally you could bring in anything as a trade in. So they, okay, let's see. I was trying to see, yeah, it's their first ever and it was this last Saturday and they could bring in almost anything and get some quotes, a store credit to use. Plenty of people participated and the employees had to deal with a lot of weirdness. Here's some of the items they received. They received some taxidermied animals, including a bobcat and a goose. Okay. They received a creepy doll collection. They received used Air Jordans. Okay. A speed limit sign.
It was 20 miles per hour. A dog portrait. Someone tried to bring in a living dog, but it was not accepted.
Oh, you can't trade in your living dog. Correct. Yeah. So anything within reason. Yeah.
Okay. Almost anything, right? A copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Okay. And VHS tapes of friends, of episodes of friends. So it must have been like self-recorded. Yeah.
Okay. Anyone who brought in something to trade received a $5 credit and the company says it took in more than 80,000 items during the event. What are they going to do with all that stuff? Probably just donate it. I don't, I have no idea.
I really don't know. And all of that for $5 and store credit? And they said that they got enough mileage out of the event sharing the silly trade-ins online. So it's a huge marketing thing for them.
Oh yeah, that's big. And because people were like, yeah, I'm going to go in and do this. Like whether or not the people come back, at least it brought people into your store. True, for a $5 voucher. So they said they're going to do it again someday. So I don't know if it'll become like an annual tradition thing that they do.
Interesting. But if I'm thinking, what's 5 times 80,000? 5 times 80,000? Yeah. Like 4, it starts with 4. Hold on.
Okay. He said 80,000. Yeah, it's 400,000. And so they gave away $400,000 in store credit then. If they gave $5 for everyone who brought in something and people brought in, there was more than 80,000 people that brought in stuff. And here's the thing, more than half of those people are probably not going to use that gift certificate. Yeah, right.
Redemption is going to be low. And what do they have in there you're going to spend $5 on? You're going to spend more money to get your $5 off.
Exactly. There's videos online all over. Here's a video of a guy he brought in a squash.
Well, look at that. Yeah, here's the taxidermied bobcat. It's a terrible taxidermy job. Of course it is.
I don't think somebody trades in good taxidermy. Very interesting. I know.
It's kind of smart actually. The copy of the Declaration of Independence. It's folded.
Like somebody folded it and put it in their back pocket. Yeah, well. It's just a copy. Yeah, it's not the real one. But what if it's not?
That's true. What if it's not? What if it's not?
You never can tell. Somebody brought a broken wooden, or not a wooden, but a broken plastic spoon. Hey, trade anything within reason. All right.
I kind of want to participate. Yeah. What would you trade in? I don't know.
What would I trade in? Not our living dog. They won't accept it. That's what I'm saying.
Maybe one of the kids? No. Okay.
It's gonna trade in our family members. Here, will you take this for $5? $5?
Good grief. What could I trade in? I would honestly, let me think. I'm trying to think what's in my donation pile that I could just... Oh, plenty.
There is plenty. Some old pots and pans. You want some of this?
Yeah, I got some scratched up old frying pans. You want one? Here, have this. $5. Hey.
What's up? Would you rather this or that? Would you rather have elf ears or Santa's beard?
Santa's beard. Save. No, I don't.
I forgot to do this. I was gonna pick. I want the elf ears. Same.
No. I thought you were gonna pick elf ears too. Why did you think I would pick elf ears?
Because Santa's beard sounds like a lot of work. So let me tell you what's happening to my hair and beard. Okay. It's turning white. Yes. Like quickly.
Yes. Have you seen the sides of my hair? Yes, I've seen you. Lately.
Yes, I've seen you. There's some gray in there. I know, I like it.
Do you? Good thing. I'm not dying it. I don't want you to. Let me see. Take off your hat. Let me look. Okay, but look at all this. Yeah.
There's tons of silver in the sides. I see you. Tons. Okay. It's like happening very quickly. Yeah. It's called aging. What? And my beard has been turning white.
White in the like the chin part pretty quickly. Yeah. And I've noticed it's starting to spread out a little bit.
Getting grays and whites down in the jawline. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So I'm just saying I'll just have that because I'm going to have that.
Okay, but here's what I mean by it's a lot of work. It's full. He's got a full beard. Yeah. Anytime you eat, stuff is going to get stuck in there. Cookies.
You're going to constantly be eating your beard hair. No. Yes. No, you just got to trim it around your mouth. No, it's going to get in the way. No way. I have a beard. I know. You got to upkeep it. You got to put all that beard oil in it.
Yeah, I have all that. It's just a lot. And I don't want to deal with it. So I'm going for the elf ears. You have hair.
You deal with it now. None of my mouth. All right. So I'm going for the ears. You're going for the beard? Yeah. Okay. Everywhere you go, everyone's going to mistake you for Santa. No, that's not true.
It's mostly true. No, I'll just have a big full white beard. Santa.
Tell me. Are you also saying I've got the belly, the jiggles like jelly? No, I think whenever. And I also have the jolly cheeks and the ho ho hoes and the whole deal?
Nope. And how are people going to mistake me? I'm telling you, whenever anybody has a white beard, children go Santa.
No one looks at ZZ Top and goes Santa. Want a pet? No. It doesn't happen. I bet it does.
No, because those things go way down. I bet they get mistaken for Santa. Nobody sees a big round belly and goes Santa. It doesn't. It doesn't happen.
It's the beard that gives them away. Okay. Okay to you.
Do you rather this or that? Do you remember when we went down to Utah a few weeks ago and we were coming back or was it when we were going down? Either way, when we were on that trip, there was a semi that had crashed at the, in Pocatello, where they've got the lane change thing happening. So yesterday, there was another crash at that same spot. This morning, there's another crash at that same spot.
So that lane change, that lane shift where you move into the oncoming traffic thing, that new lane that they've built. It's snuck up on me. I was like, where do I go for one? And then for two, I was like, am I even where I need to be? And then all of a sudden it's like, you better move or you're going to hit the barrier. Well, then after the wreck in Utah, when we were coming back, they had a truck put there and the truck has on the back of it, it has like a big shock absorber thing. So that's what's been hit yesterday and today is that truck with that big shock absorber thing.
Yeah. And so they are expecting this part of I-15 to be closed into the afternoon today. It's the northbound part of I-15 right by where that happens.
So it is the second one within 24 hours, about 2.30 this morning. The semi slammed into the stationary traffic control truck that has what they call a crash antinuider. And the impact ripped open the trailer side. It spilled cargo on the roadway, heavy damage to the work zone vehicle, as you can imagine. And because of the damage and the condition of the materials from inside the truck that are on the road, they expect the I-15 northbound part right there, exit 73 off ramp, will remain shut until Wednesday afternoon.
So today. Anyway, really, what ISP is saying is slow down, stay alert, be prepared for sudden lane changes and diversions in construction areas. And it is sudden. I mean, it is quick and right now. So just be careful out there and let's try to not keep this trend going. It is very like, I mean, it sneaks up on you.
It does. And even though you slow down to like 55 or whatever it is right there, it is like, you got to know, oh, that's where I'm supposed to be right now. And I can't imagine that's easy when you're in a big semi truck. So be careful. Be careful, everybody.
Yeah. And that will wrap up today's show. Hope you have a great rest of your Wednesday. We'll be back tomorrow. Jingle Bingo coming up later on this afternoon at 1.
Hooray! So make sure you're ready to play. It's going to be a blast. And somebody's going to win a $100 Visa gift card from the Bank of Commerce in Class 97. Nice! You're ready to play that.
We'll talk to you tomorrow. Yep. All right. See you.
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