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Hello and welcome to good news York episode 70,

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right? Yeah I am your host Mike brindisi sponsored

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by ads on the go get ads on the go comm shout

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out to Zach It is just me today. No guest As

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I've said throughout the week Matt is on vacation.

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I think he's shooting a state farm commercial

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I don't know what he's doing, but he's not here

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this week and we've had some great guests, but

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today Am flying solo, so I've I've got some things

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I wanted to go over that were very relevant some

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updates all sorts of things my man Danny behind

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the Behind the scenes is producing. I love you

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Danny. We're actually gonna have Danny on I'm

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gonna do this segment. We'll take a break and

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have Danny come on in a little bit, but Want

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to dive right into it a lot going on in the news

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But I want to give you an update first now if

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you remember mm -hmm for those of you that do

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listen or watch About a month ago, I went to

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the Dave Matthews band concert. I'm a big Dave

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Matthews band fan at Lakeview Amphitheater. And

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it was the first time I had ever experienced

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being front row at a concert. It lined up. There's

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a whole story of how it happened. But I finally

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was front row and I met this wonderful family,

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Kathleen, Abby, and of course, Lauren. And we

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had an amazing time together. They're a great

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family. and we became buddies and we stayed in

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touch after and I actually had Lauren on the

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show did a little small interview with her recapping

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the Dave show and if you remember during the

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interview I talked about I was trying to get

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a hold of the Dave Matthews fan club warehouse

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to help get her sister Abby a set list because

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when we were at the show some drunk bitch ripped

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a set list out of her hands at the end of the

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show a lot of times the crew will come by and

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give you a pick right they'll give you a set

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list whatever's on the stage that they can part

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with. And she had it in her hands and some drunk

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lady just ripped it out of her hands. She was

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really upset. So, you know, I was asking, can

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we get her a set list? Well, I was on social

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media a couple days ago and I saw this video.

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I don't want to ruin it, but I will just say

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you will see Abby, who is the girl who got the

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set list ripped out, walking over to meet with

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her sister. post show and Her sister does something

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pretty amazing. Let's let's watch this. I love

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this so little update It's very loving At the

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sound I'm gonna have to click yeah All right,

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so This is Abby walking up to meet Lauren. And

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look what in her right hands. Get ready. Try

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not to cry. Bad. Come on. That's the best. Look

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at the embrace. That's a real hug. Look at that.

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So all that to say. I didn't need to. We didn't

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need warehouse. We didn't need Dave. They went

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to another show at SPAC last week at Saratoga

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Performing Arts Center, my favorite venue in

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the Northeast. And somehow Lauren got a hold

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of a setlist. She ran into a crew member, and

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she wasn't with her sister. I think they were

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separated, which obviously that's why they were

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kind of reuniting there. And she got her a set

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list. So I just thought that was so cool. And

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I reached out and asked if I could play that

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on the show as a little update that all is well,

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that Abby got her set list finally. Also, speaking

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of Dave, I saw this was great. Dave Matthews,

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by the way, he's gone on record many times over

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the years. You know, even though Dave is kind

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of his own genre, right? It's a little jam, it's

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a little fusion, it's funk, it's R &B, it's a

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little bit of everything, but Dave's gone on

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record in interviews basically admitting that

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a lot of his influences were nothing like the

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style or music that Dave writes. I remember him

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saying how much Nine Inch Nails inspired him,

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and Ozzy Osbourne was actually a very big inspiration

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for Dave, so... Yesterday we found out that the

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the amazing Ozzy Osbourne has passed away which

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my god That guy could have been dead 40 years

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ago with all of the drugs that that man did and

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I You know back when I was drinking Him and Keith

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Richards were like the the bar that had been

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set unfortunately where I was like Well, I'm

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not doing too bad. Look at Keith Richards and

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Ozzy. They've done every drug under the Sun and

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they're fine But as you know Ozzy Osbourne came

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down with Parkinson's within the last few years

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and did his farewell show and just weeks later

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yesterday we found out that he has unfortunately

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passed and just an absolute icon and an absolute

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legend and Dave Matthews had a show last night

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the same day that he passed away and here's a

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little quick clip of they did a little cover

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he threw together. I feel unhappy. I feel so

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sad. Young boys still fetch me. They're in my

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head. She was my woman. Round off the sun. It's

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too late now. I'm going through changes. I'm

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going through changes. Yeah. Man, I love that

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song. I love Ozzy. Ozzy was known, unfortunately,

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the thing he was known for most was biting the

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head off a bat. Now let me tell you something

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about that story. First of all, on record they

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say Ozzy said that he didn't know it was real

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and that he thought it was a toy and he did it

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to, you know, shock the audience and he felt

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it moving. I'm terrified of bats, so even the

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thought of that makes me want to run into traffic,

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but... He he did he did do it and you know, some

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people say he's full of shit You know, he knew

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it was real but it actually stems and I couldn't

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find I was gonna play it for you but I couldn't

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find one of the older shows like VH1 behind the

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music or Those kind of shows where they would

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go in depth with artists I do remember Ozzy in

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an interview saying that incident on stage actually

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stemmed from a record label meeting Where he

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purposely wanted to scare the shit out of the

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people at the record label And he did it in a

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meeting with a live bat. And he did scare the

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shit out of them. And so he decided to do it

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on stage as well. So I don't know. There's controversy.

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That's how I like to say it. There's controversy

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about whether it's real or not. But he was so

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much more than that. And in fact, if you go to

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Europe and you are to ask people in Europe, Who

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started Heavy Metal? What is the pinnacle of

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the greatest Heavy Metal? Black Sabbath in Europe?

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It's here too, obviously. But you ask people

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in the United States, what's the greatest metal

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band? Or you ask people, who started metal? You'll

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get a mixed review, and Black Sabbath will be

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the answer for some. But you go to Europe, Black

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Sabbath is the answer for all. that they are

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the creators of metal and then Ozzy obviously

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went on to have an incredible solo career and

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then the Osbournes which I am not a fan of reality

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tv but there are a handful of reality tv shows

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I watched and that was one of them because you

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got to remember that was before social media

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so you only knew Ozzy as the bite the bat biting

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uh you know rock star who's a satan worshiper

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you never saw him at home sitting there you know

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Trying to figure out the remote control. Sharon,

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I can't figure out how to change the television.

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It was so weird to see Ozzy in the flesh just

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being Ozzy at home. So what Ozzy did for pop

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culture and for music is second to none. And

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man, he will sorely be missed. And I'll never

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forget the first time I heard Mama I'm Coming

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Home. That is in my top. Definitely top 10. Might

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be my top five favorite songs of all time. Absolutely

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love that song. So enough about Ozzy, because

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I want to talk about, keep it on the music thing.

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So I grew up a huge Sublime fan. You have to

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remember I was a teenager in the 90s. And Sublime,

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to me, also in my top 10 favorite bands of all

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time, Sublime came out with their self -titled

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album in 96, I believe it was. And Brad Knoll,

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the lead singer died of a heroin overdose. right

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before the album hit. And if you are aware, or

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especially if you were a teenager in the 90s,

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you know how important that album was. It was

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everywhere. And it was unlike anything you had

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ever heard. It was a mesh of some punk, reggae,

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a little pop punk. And it was so original, and

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it was such a soundtrack of the 90s, and especially

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the summer. You know, when the weather gets nice

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in spring, I like to roll the windows down. and

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cruise with the tunes playing. And Sublime is

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usually my first go -to. Over the years after

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Bradley passed, you know, the demand was still

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there because of how just life -changing that

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band and that album was for people in that era.

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And I think they were going to be the biggest

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thing on Earth if he had not, you know, passed

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away. But in some cases, it helped their popularity.

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Same way, you know, it happened with Kurt Cobain

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and Nirvana. Posthumously, people tend to...

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Be fame even more famous, but they they had tried

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to keep it going they had I and I might be wrong

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with the name I'm I know I'm close I think Sublime

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had become the Long Beach All -Stars and they

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toured and then they were the short bus All -Stars

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and they had different singers from other bands

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and and I actually went to see them at who? Captain

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trips in Utica, New York in the late 90s early

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2000 shout out That was my favorite venue and

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you're my hometown at the time and I got to see

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the short bus all -stars and it was good but

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it was sublime with a different singer and the

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singer sounded great well let me get to what

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I want to get to which is fast forward to the

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other day I'm sitting here in the studio getting

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ready for the show and Anthony who works here

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on the IT side says dude have you heard the new

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sublime song what no and he said well there's

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more to it and he played it for me And he said,

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you aren't gonna believe this, but just listen

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and tell me what you hear. So I'm gonna play

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you a little bit of that now. This is the music

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video. Sublime's new song, it is called Ensonada.

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Is that right, Danny? I can't see it from here.

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My eyes. So here's a little clip of Ensonada.

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You tell me what you hear. And I'll tell you

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what it is. Does that not... sound like Bradley

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Noel 280? You know why? It's his f**king son!

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That is his son! First of all, I had no idea

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he had a son. Second of all, I have goosebumps

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again. If you are a Sublime fan, you understand

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that this is as close to seeing Sublime as you

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- the real Sublime as you have ever been able

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to see. Because they were, again, uh... Gone

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too soon, Bradley Nolan. And we got all these

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different reincarnations of them with different

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singers, and they were fine. They were great.

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But I mean, it is the exact same voice. You know,

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I have a son, and he's starting to sing a little

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bit. If he eventually ends up singing and he

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sounds exactly like me, it's going to freak me

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out. But it makes sense, because it's science,

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right? This is incredible. So... There's more

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to it. So not only is his son in the band which

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is basically a complete reincarnation of sublime

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He sounds like him. He even kind of looks like

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him He too the son is going through Some it he

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went through some addiction problems and put

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he came out on the other side and he joined this

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band at 20 I want to say seven or was it 28?

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And that is exactly when his father passed away

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at 27 or 28 whatever whatever one it is So in

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other words, so not only are you getting his

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son who sounds exactly like him? It's almost

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like he's picking up right where Bradley had

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left and I am just I Am blown away and for those

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of you that don't know about sublime or don't

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care. You're like, okay, shut up move on hairs

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Well, if you like sublime you care and they're

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gonna be on tour and they're coming to see Mac

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and Canon Dagua next month in August, and now

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I will make sure I'm there. Hopefully, we can

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get credentials and be backstage and possibly

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do some interviews. But either way, I'll be there

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as a fan. So I wanted to mention that. Now, before

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we take a break and get Danny on here, the last

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thing I do want to mention, and again, I know

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this is good news, York, and our whole thing

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is we don't like to do things that are sad. And

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I've basically talked about death this entire

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segment, but this is different. We are honoring.

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these amazing people and Theo Huxtable man Malcolm

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Jamal Lewis, I believe is his real name the actor

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who played Theo on the TV show the Cosby's Which

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by the way, why was it called the Cosby's when

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they were the Huxtables and Now knowing what

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Bill Cosby did little weird that he had his office

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in the basement, huh? But anyway, that was a

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gigantic pop culture stretch of time in the 90s

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again where the Cosby show was huge because not

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only was it phenomenal but to see a family of

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color painted in a positive light who were doctors

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and lawyers and and and portrayed people of color

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in a realistic way as opposed to how the media

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sometimes would like to portray them as gangsters

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and and whatever else they like to do. So it

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was a huge moment for that community, but also

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just in pop culture because it was a great show.

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And as you probably heard, Theo Huxtable, Malcolm

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Jamal Lewis, unfortunately was on vacation somewhere

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exotic and was unfortunately passed away by way

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of drowning. And so it made me want to say, first

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of all, rest in peace, brother. That is so sad

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and tragic. But thank you for what you gave us,

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what you gave me as a child, and what you gave

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society. It was such a great show and important.

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But my favorite moment on the Cosby show, the

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obvious one, if you were a Cosby fan, is the

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one where... Why am I blanking out on... Not

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Tootie, that was the facts of life. Rudy! Rudy

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comes down the stairs and does the She's singing

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along to a song and she does this dance and she's

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all sassy and it's hilarious, but that's an obvious

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moment This is a deep cut the B side This is

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my absolute favorite moment from the Cosby show

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and it's between Theo Huxtable and of course

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his dad dr. Huxtable You'll see why take a look

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Both successful in everything and that's great

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But maybe I was born to be a regular person and

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have a regular life If you want a doctor, I wouldn't

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love you less Because you're my dad And so Instead

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of acting disappointed because I'm not like you

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Maybe you can just accept who I am and love me

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anyway Because I'm your son Theo? That's the

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dumbest thing I've ever done. There's no wonder

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you had D's and everything. That's very much

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the gist. That's the punchline. I'm not going

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to make you sit through the whole clip. But that

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was... First of all, it's funny because it's

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funny, right? Especially when you saw it live.

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I think it had more of an effect then because...

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It was such an emotional moment, and I was caught

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up in the, like, wow, he nailed it. At that time

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in television, that kind of, what's the word

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I'm looking for, the misleading, the redirect,

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that didn't happen a lot. Especially, a lot of

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those shows were known, like, full house, right?

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At the end of every episode, Danny Tanner or

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Uncle Jesse would sit down with one of the girls,

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and that would be the lesson of the episode,

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and that's kind of... Cookie -cutter moment like

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okay, and then Theo speaks, but man that redirective

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that is the dumbest and by the way that is a

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very accurate portrayal of how parenting was

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back then that is totally something my parents

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would have done and I just I Absolutely loved

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it. So our IP to Ozzy our IP to Malcolm Joel

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up and Ma Lewis aka Theo Huxtable we talked a

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little bit about music Before we go to break.

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I want to do a little teaser for the next segment

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You see I'm wearing my bills that you know, I'm

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a die -hard bills fan had season tickets for

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ten years been through the heart the the hardest

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years with that team and I'm always up for talking

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bills talk and I'm gonna do that at some point

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as the season starts I'll do another, you know

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NFL special but training camp did start today.

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So I'm wearing my hat in honor of that And one

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thing I wanted to talk about other than the obvious

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stuff, which is the camp battles and position

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battles and expectations for the season, which

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I will do in that special. There is a video that

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came out a couple days ago and it is a drone

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tour of the new stadium. So the Bills have a

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new era field as most of us call the Ralph Ralph

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Wilson Stadium or Rich Stadium. If you're in

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the boomer generation. And it is going away because

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they are building a brand new stadium, a billion

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dollar stadium. You have to remember that a few

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years back before Terry Pagula and Kim Koo Pagula

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had bought the team, there were many rumors that

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the team was moving to Toronto. And that was

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going on for decades. And as Bills fans, it was

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something, especially people in Buffalo. That's

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one of the only things they had was their Bills,

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man. And they were terrified that their team

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was going to leave. And everybody thought it

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was going to happen. And then the Pagulas came

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in. They not only bought the team, but solidified

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that they're going to stay there. And it was

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a very emotional time for Bills fans. And then

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when we found out we're getting a stadium, it

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was even more emotional because it solidified

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even more that, yeah, they really are staying.

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And it is unbelievable for in a market that small

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that they're building a studio, a stadium this

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big. So check out this freaking drone tour, man.

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You can see right there, the way they have it

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set up is that it's like a coliseum. It's not

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as steep. So it's gonna be that old, there's

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not a bad seat in the house. That's true. The

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field is heated, so when snow comes, no more

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hiring people to come down and shovel, which

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I used to love doing. I almost did it too. There's

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something charming about calling on the city

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of Buffalo to bring your shovels. Ah, gotta love

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this team. So they will have a heated field where

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it will melt also they have coverage they got

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about 70 I think 70 % coverage over the seat

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So if there is a blizzard you're still out in

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the elements, but you are partially covered So

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that's huge and those are also heated so the

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snow will melt Can't see me right now, but Hot

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hot under the collar right now see the old stadium

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right across the street in the back My word.

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Look at this. Full of frickin' bills, man. Look

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at the windows with the natural lighting. Did

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you ever think you'd see this in Buffalo? Well,

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where are we going? Where are we going? We're

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in the locker room here. Where the magic's gonna

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end. By that, I'm in a cloud of tears. This part

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kills me because we just go up some side stairs.

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You know what that is the sears It's a tunnel

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thanks They're gonna leave it just like that

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they're gonna play around the trucks and in the

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dirt This one. I don't know what this is. There's

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some stairs. I don't think that's coming out

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of a locker. Coming out of, uh... What amazed

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me even more is that we have the technology to

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do this now. Back in the day, we'd just have

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someone walk around. Or a helicopter. So there's

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the gist of it. I hate this part. Yeah, you can

00:24:03.569 --> 00:24:07.509
kill it there. I think You get the idea Very

00:24:07.509 --> 00:24:11.029
very exciting as I've mentioned a million times

00:24:11.029 --> 00:24:12.730
for the bills to have a stadium like that. I

00:24:12.730 --> 00:24:16.509
can't wait to be there As I said ten years a

00:24:16.509 --> 00:24:18.529
fan if you haven't checked out I have a side

00:24:18.529 --> 00:24:21.029
music project called the K gun my buddy and I

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and we produce and write songs About the bills

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and we have a song called where else Marv's anthem

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and it's it's Because of the where else would

00:24:31.190 --> 00:24:36.000
you rather be? than right here, right now. And

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you gotta check the song out. It's on Spotify,

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.400
Apple Music, all the place where you hear music.

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:42.259
The music video's on YouTube. We went and shot

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:45.500
it at the home opener last year. And so we're

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:47.819
gonna be releasing a couple more songs this season.

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.180
But anyway, when we get back, we're gonna have

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:53.259
a quick segment. We're gonna invite our producer

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.019
and friend. Which camera am I looking at, Danny?

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:58.299
This one. The great Danny Tripodi's gonna come

00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:01.359
on and I wanna talk. We're gonna kick it off.

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:05.460
With something that does involve the Bills, Danny's

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:08.460
very big in the gaming world, and he's into it.

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And it seems that Josh Allen and the boys have

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played a game called Katana, what is it? Katan.

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It's a board game, a strategy game, and it is

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:22.500
very rare that NFL players are into those kind

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.720
of games, but the new generation is. And we're

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.259
going to talk about that and much more when we

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:28.000
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We still got it. We got to nail that down, buddy.

00:25:47.470 --> 00:25:49.890
I thought it was craft services. Well, that too.

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Danny Tripodi, everybody. Danny Tripodi. Danny,

00:25:54.609 --> 00:25:56.650
Matt's on vacation, so when Matt's away, the

00:25:56.650 --> 00:25:58.950
mice will play. Yep. I am happy to be on air

00:25:58.950 --> 00:26:00.750
with you. I love when we do this together. Yeah,

00:26:00.829 --> 00:26:03.789
it's the best. So Danny, in addition to being

00:26:03.789 --> 00:26:06.609
the amazing social media person, producer that

00:26:06.609 --> 00:26:09.569
you are, you are big in the gaming world. And

00:26:09.569 --> 00:26:12.210
I thought I was a big gamer until I met you and

00:26:12.210 --> 00:26:14.529
realized that that industry and that community

00:26:14.529 --> 00:26:18.910
is it's a lifetime commitment that I just don't

00:26:18.910 --> 00:26:22.720
have the time to do all that. But. The reason

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.920
I brought you on other than the reason we wanted

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:29.119
to do this other than just to do this is I noticed

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.720
a training camp. So we're talking about Bill's

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.799
training camp. Yeah, and I was listening to Bill's

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:38.180
radio and they were talking about how the Bills

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:41.079
Josh Allen and Some of the other guys on the

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:44.799
team are now playing this board game called Katan.

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:48.599
Yeah settlers settler. Yeah, and so Again, I

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:50.640
like gaming and I was like, oh check this out

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:52.930
and I looked it up And there's a picture of him

00:26:52.930 --> 00:26:55.250
walking into training camp with Katan under his

00:26:55.250 --> 00:26:58.329
arm. Like, he loves it. And the reason I want

00:26:58.329 --> 00:26:59.569
to talk to you about it is I want to learn a

00:26:59.569 --> 00:27:02.089
bit more about it, but I also, I don't know,

00:27:02.130 --> 00:27:04.029
from your perspective, you're a little bit younger

00:27:04.029 --> 00:27:08.250
than me, but growing up, I was not afraid to

00:27:08.250 --> 00:27:10.329
dabble at all. So I would play sports, but I

00:27:10.329 --> 00:27:13.049
was in theater and music, and I also liked video

00:27:13.049 --> 00:27:16.069
games. But a lot of times, those didn't cross

00:27:16.069 --> 00:27:17.849
paths. You know, sometimes the athletes were

00:27:17.849 --> 00:27:20.849
like, you're a gaming nerd, or... And just to

00:27:20.849 --> 00:27:23.650
see professional athletes now playing these games,

00:27:23.970 --> 00:27:27.809
it's wild to me. Does that surprise you? Yeah,

00:27:28.269 --> 00:27:30.730
no, it doesn't actually surprise me. I think

00:27:30.730 --> 00:27:34.710
it's more accepting now to be a nerd than it

00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:37.509
ever has been. Like you said, you still have

00:27:37.509 --> 00:27:40.509
the nerds and the jocks and the preps and the

00:27:40.509 --> 00:27:44.349
nots. But yeah, I think that nerd culture has

00:27:44.349 --> 00:27:48.680
kind of seeped into more subclasses. things aren't

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:50.319
as clicky. I don't know. I haven't been in a

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:52.859
high school in a while. But at least when I was

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:56.559
there, I was friends with multiple clicks of

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.940
people. And everybody likes games at the end

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:03.680
of the day. And we kind of talked before this

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.619
off camera. And it's something that's really

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:11.680
cool to see because we can't relate to Josh Allen

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.759
in the way that he's an awesome footballer. But

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.180
we can relate to him like, oh, I played Katana

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:20.019
at my buddy's house, just like Josh Allen. That's

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:22.380
such a cool thing. So I think a lot of the players,

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.660
plus they're younger now, is Josh like 29? A

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.900
little younger. I think he's 28. Yeah. These

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:31.960
are younger guys. They grew up seeing other people

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:35.880
play these games. And it's something that I think

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:38.200
is more normal now. I mean, there's so many players

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:43.309
that embrace their... nerd fandoms. You know,

00:28:43.490 --> 00:28:46.569
you have Shoei Otani, too, is a big One Piece

00:28:46.569 --> 00:28:48.369
fan. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah, they had a

00:28:48.369 --> 00:28:52.210
big One Piece day out in LA. Like, it's very

00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:54.910
cool to see pop culture mix with nerd culture.

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So do you think, and I hate calling you nerds,

00:28:57.789 --> 00:29:00.430
because maybe it wasn't nerdy. Maybe everyone

00:29:00.430 --> 00:29:04.230
else is. Maybe it's backwards. Do you think the

00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:07.329
gaming world, that community, do you think they

00:29:07.329 --> 00:29:09.150
appreciate that, or are they like, what the hell,

00:29:09.250 --> 00:29:12.140
man, that's our thing? and like, you made fun

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.099
of us for so long and now you guys, you know,

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:16.700
I don't know, I just, I wonder if that's... So

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:19.460
I don't speak for every nerd here, and you know

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:21.180
there's gonna be somebody... You're the final

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:26.380
boss, nerd. Actually... I have something to say

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:31.420
about that. I think... I would like to think

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:33.859
at least that nerds are very welcoming and open

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:37.519
and... are excited for this opportunity because

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:39.400
it's cool to be a nerd now. Hell yeah. You know?

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:41.700
Of course, you're gonna have some posers, but

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:44.180
like, it doesn't, ain't no thing water off a

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:46.599
duck's back, you know? It's just, come on in

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.559
and play some board games. It's fun. Yeah, dude.

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:52.799
It's fun over here. It's funny because it really

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.539
is becoming that, you know? It's becoming the

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:57.500
opposite. Growing up, it was like, what'd you

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:59.420
do in your free time? Everybody went to fields

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:02.309
and drank, and it was awesome. Like drinking,

00:30:02.589 --> 00:30:05.029
like the drinking culture's dying down, games

00:30:05.029 --> 00:30:08.069
are ramping up and I'm just, I love it because

00:30:08.069 --> 00:30:10.509
like you said, I dabbled in all of that. I was

00:30:10.509 --> 00:30:12.210
partying but I was playing games, I was doing

00:30:12.210 --> 00:30:15.710
theater, I was playing sports. It's just, it's

00:30:15.710 --> 00:30:18.119
great to see but it's almost like... You don't

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.579
have a choice anymore if you want to be a nerd.

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:23.259
I feel like you have to be kind of a nerd. We're

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:26.619
constantly dealing with electronics, and I just

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:29.480
feel like it's almost the way that... I never

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.940
played golf in high school. I thought it was

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.619
ner... Like, it's boring. Why are you playing

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:36.200
it? And then fast forward to my 20s when I start,

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:38.000
I'm calling all those guys and like, hey, can

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.519
you help me with my short game? And I feel like

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.000
it's the same thing with nerds. Now people are

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.619
like, um, hey, I'm having trouble with my laptop

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:47.460
or myself. You know, so I think we're calling

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:50.240
on nerds more, but I think we're also kind of

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:53.220
becoming nerds as well. Absolutely. Naturally.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.140
Yeah, yeah, it's just, it's evolution. It is

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:59.519
evolution, man. And I'm so happy that we are

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:01.980
part of it. Have you played Catan at all? Oh,

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:05.119
yeah. Is it good? Yeah, it's great. I was saying

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:09.059
off behind the scenes. It's like the perfect

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:12.000
board game, because it's not too in -depth with

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.220
nerdy rules that you have to remember. It's very

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:16.819
straightforward. You're just collecting resources

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:19.440
and trading those resources in to build more

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.400
resources on the game board. But it's very, very

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:24.259
simple. There's not a lot of points that you

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:26.819
need to keep track of. There's no complex math

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:32.759
involved. It's honestly a level above Monopoly,

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:35.740
I would say. When you were describing it, it

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:40.119
did sound like it was a mixture of... It's not

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.900
as in -depth as risk, but the idea, the strategy

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.579
of risk, but with, like, monopoly and growing

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:48.019
your, like, you would the hotels and the... Yeah,

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:52.339
exactly. It's not... Risk is too complex, in

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:55.440
my opinion, for a board game. Like, I don't want

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.920
to have to think too hard. And Katan, you can

00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.240
really get into it. Sure, like, anything you

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:03.450
can get into, but... I don't know. I think it's

00:32:03.450 --> 00:32:05.789
a very lighthearted game that doesn't have a

00:32:05.789 --> 00:32:08.609
lot of stakes and it's something that anybody

00:32:08.609 --> 00:32:10.250
could enjoy as long as you can sit through the

00:32:10.250 --> 00:32:13.130
rules and get the general understanding of the

00:32:13.130 --> 00:32:16.789
core principles. Which checks out because for

00:32:16.789 --> 00:32:20.349
professional athletes who obviously have not

00:32:20.349 --> 00:32:23.170
been known to play those kind of games, it would

00:32:23.170 --> 00:32:26.349
appeal to them because of that. They still get

00:32:26.349 --> 00:32:28.390
kind of the idea of like a fun strategy game

00:32:28.390 --> 00:32:29.710
without having to sit there. Because the thing

00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:32.490
with risk is I loved risk. That is a goddamn

00:32:32.490 --> 00:32:36.170
commitment, man. That is a... And to find five,

00:32:36.170 --> 00:32:39.490
six people to play and then for an extended period,

00:32:39.650 --> 00:32:43.589
it's tough to do. So, do you think that... So,

00:32:43.690 --> 00:32:45.950
is Catan one of the most popular board games

00:32:45.950 --> 00:32:48.710
now, like, currently? Is it one of the most popular?

00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:53.589
It's definitely up there. I think there's, like...

00:32:54.129 --> 00:32:56.190
It depends on who you ask, though, you know?

00:32:56.230 --> 00:32:57.789
Because if you asked, like, somebody like my

00:32:57.789 --> 00:32:59.509
parents, they're gonna say, like, oh, Monopoly

00:32:59.509 --> 00:33:02.609
and Scrabble. Right, subjective. Yeah. Yeah.

00:33:02.690 --> 00:33:05.970
For Catan, though, like, it sits among the top,

00:33:05.970 --> 00:33:08.809
like, big three of board games, I would say.

00:33:08.829 --> 00:33:12.890
What are the other two? I... Again, subjective.

00:33:12.890 --> 00:33:15.289
Again, subjective. I would say... I've got something

00:33:15.289 --> 00:33:18.309
to say about that. Yeah, when you see Catan,

00:33:18.309 --> 00:33:20.690
you see it next to Wingspan, which is another

00:33:20.690 --> 00:33:23.859
beautiful game, and... Trying to think of the

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:27.839
third one off but yeah, you know there there

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:30.680
are some games that circle around friend groups

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.240
and Just have that popularity that you can get.

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:35.880
Oh, I'm sorry ticket to ride Okay, which ticket

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.539
to ride the creator of the game was from this

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:41.720
area. Really? Yeah funny enough where yeah I

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:44.339
don't know if he's a Syracuse native or if he's

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:47.460
outside of of the Syracuse Central New York area,

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.880
but amazing Yeah, he he made ticket to ride and

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.089
it's one of the best -selling board games in

00:33:52.089 --> 00:33:54.329
the world. Yeah, I was always, because the reason

00:33:54.329 --> 00:33:56.130
I had asked was, well, first of all, to know,

00:33:56.410 --> 00:33:58.589
but I just didn't know it was kind of like the

00:33:58.589 --> 00:34:00.789
chicken or the egg. I was like, did Josh Allen

00:34:00.789 --> 00:34:04.210
and like other, you know, pro athletes, were

00:34:04.210 --> 00:34:06.549
they the reason that Catan became popular or

00:34:06.549 --> 00:34:08.710
did they just kind of hop on like, hey, that's

00:34:08.710 --> 00:34:10.710
the most popular board game. I saw it and I liked

00:34:10.710 --> 00:34:16.070
it. I didn't know what came first. But if so,

00:34:16.090 --> 00:34:19.369
I love games, board games, video games. I kind

00:34:19.369 --> 00:34:22.039
of know where to go to, you know. Video games

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.619
are in the in media you can find out what's coming

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:28.900
out Where can someone like me? Regularly know

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:31.239
like where the new hottest board games are coming

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:33.699
out when they're coming out what they are What's

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:37.019
hot that kind of is there a place to go? There

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.900
there is honestly I was gonna bring that up to

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:42.559
it's funny that you mentioned that like Most

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:45.219
popular board games can be found right at Target.

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:47.699
Yes. Yeah, you know like if you mention that

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:49.820
like you can see you can get wingspan You can

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:51.940
get tickets right you can get katan all at Target

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:55.760
That being said like of course you can go online

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:58.239
and find like the what's new in the board game

00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:00.179
world There's always board games being added

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:03.980
board game board game geek comm is a big form

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.500
that has all different board games and people's

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.440
reviews of board games so you can check that

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:11.889
out to see what's very popular and They go in

00:35:11.889 --> 00:35:14.269
depth there, so you can get a really good review

00:35:14.269 --> 00:35:19.269
on the next board game. So, to further the coincidence,

00:35:19.449 --> 00:35:23.250
that was my next question was, I started noticing,

00:35:23.289 --> 00:35:25.750
I would go to Target, specifically Target, and

00:35:25.750 --> 00:35:27.829
there's other stores too, but Target specifically,

00:35:28.329 --> 00:35:30.949
and I remember walking by their board game section

00:35:30.949 --> 00:35:34.050
that used to be Monopoly, Life, Clue, right?

00:35:34.269 --> 00:35:37.230
And there are games, I mean, dozens and dozens

00:35:37.230 --> 00:35:40.400
of games, all different kinds of games. strategy

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.219
games, funny games, you know, dirty adult games,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.000
whatever. But then I, and no offense to Target,

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.980
but I was like, yeah, but are these like kind

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:50.519
of hacky games? It's Target, but it sounds like

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:53.679
you answered the question that their gaming selection

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.980
is legit. Yeah, I mean, there's always gonna

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.619
be... I've got something to say. Yeah, there's

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:01.440
always gonna be trash among the treasures. Sure.

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:04.960
But yeah, you know, there is a huge market for

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.699
it, and it's cool to see that it's now become

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:11.630
more mainstream to come into. your convenience

00:36:11.630 --> 00:36:15.050
stores like Target and Walmart. Nowadays, you

00:36:15.050 --> 00:36:16.869
don't have to go into a hobby store, though you

00:36:16.869 --> 00:36:18.889
should support your local hobby store. Yes, you

00:36:18.889 --> 00:36:22.050
should. But you can get it now while you're also

00:36:22.050 --> 00:36:26.309
getting a 12 pack of hot dog buns. When you're

00:36:26.309 --> 00:36:29.409
grilling, you can also pick up katan. Yeah, hot

00:36:29.409 --> 00:36:32.130
dog buns and katan. That sounds like a great

00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:35.289
Friday night. Perfect part. So do you have, last

00:36:35.289 --> 00:36:38.500
question about this, do you have... Do you have

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:41.039
a rank for, like, your top three or top five

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:44.280
board games? Or your go -tos? Do you have a go

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:47.440
-to? Mine are boring because I, you know, it's

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.239
Clue and Scatagories. You know, and I love those

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:52.500
games, but I'm looking to branch out, and I know

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:54.739
you're well -versed. So we'll have to play some.

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:57.800
I do have a handful of board games. One of them,

00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.579
this was from, like, the 80s that got remade

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:03.219
and re -released in, like, the... Shoots and

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:06.679
batters. Yeah, you know, no. It's called Fireball

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:09.679
Island. And I don't know if you would remember

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:12.659
that, but it has this whole big board game that

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:14.480
you... Is that where you hit, there's a silver

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:18.699
ball? So there's these red marbles that can knock

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:20.480
your characters off the game board. Yeah, yeah,

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:22.920
yeah. I remember that. It's an older game, but

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:27.159
they remade it, and it's so much fun. It kind

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:29.500
of plays more like Shoots and Ladders. Okay.

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:32.340
Kind of like Candy Land, too. Yes. But just a

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:37.449
fun time. There's obviously Catan. I would say

00:37:37.449 --> 00:37:41.050
another big one for me is King of Tokyo, which,

00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:43.309
if you're familiar with the Godzilla franchise,

00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:48.369
the person that created it based it off of that,

00:37:48.389 --> 00:37:51.010
where you play as big characters that are destroying

00:37:51.010 --> 00:37:55.590
the city, and you have to... You get points as

00:37:55.590 --> 00:37:58.289
you're in the city, and the other players are

00:37:58.289 --> 00:38:00.949
attacking you to get you out of the city. Yeah,

00:38:00.949 --> 00:38:03.150
so it's very fun. You just roll a bunch of dice

00:38:03.150 --> 00:38:07.119
and deal lots of damage. It's a fun time. We'll

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.159
have to get some of these in here. We gotta do

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:11.199
a board game night or video. Maybe we can invite

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:14.800
Josh Allen. Yeah, you'd have to fan... Josh,

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:16.659
if you got any free time, I know you're busy

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:18.840
right now, but... You'd have to fan me, dude.

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:20.860
I'd be passed out on the floor. Let's go play

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:23.559
some board games, bud. You know what? Come on,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:25.440
Josh Allen. Honestly, he's the kind of guy that

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.019
might take us up on that offer. Yeah, doesn't

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:29.199
Bill's Mafia do anything? Hell, yeah, they do.

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:31.500
Bill's Mafia does gaming tournaments, actually.

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:33.960
Oh, do they? There's a Bill's Mafia... They'll

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:35.760
do Madden tournaments, they'll do other games.

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:41.119
So to speak to what you said earlier, the gaming

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:44.280
community in general has grown exponentially

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.940
across the board, whether it's board games, video

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:50.380
games. You, my friend, are also part of, we gotta

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:53.980
talk about it, retro game con, man. That is your

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:56.320
Super Bowl, buddy. And since I met you and started

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:58.929
working here... You have been planning this.

00:38:59.090 --> 00:39:02.329
It's in October. Let's talk about that real quick

00:39:02.329 --> 00:39:05.510
before we go. Talk about what Retro Game Con

00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:08.250
is, when, where, all that. Yeah, Retro Game Con.

00:39:08.449 --> 00:39:11.329
It's New York State's largest video game expo.

00:39:11.650 --> 00:39:14.190
This is our 12th year. We're going to be at the

00:39:14.190 --> 00:39:17.449
On Center again in downtown Syracuse. It's going

00:39:17.449 --> 00:39:20.659
to be October 10th, 11th, and 12th. So check

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:23.460
us out online at RetroGameCon .com. You can get

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:26.000
your tickets and more info on there. And we haven't

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:28.619
worked it out yet. We're going to obviously meet

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:30.139
about it. We've been talking about it. We've

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:32.840
been talking. But we're going to, obviously,

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:34.619
Good News York's going to be a part of that.

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.639
First of all, we need to support our boy. But

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.059
second of all, why the hell wouldn't we? I mean,

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:41.719
I want to be a part of it. I want to see it.

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:44.940
And we want it to succeed for you. And I know

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:47.480
it will. Is this the second one you've done?

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:50.860
I forget. This is like the fifth? I don't even

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:55.239
remember. How many of you don't? Oh, God, I started

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:58.400
back in 2016, so what is that? It's almost 10

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:01.400
years. This will be my ninth one. What a dick.

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:04.699
I'm like, is this your second? This is our second

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:07.300
one this year. So we had the spring edition earlier

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.800
in the year, but this is our... This is the big

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:11.500
one. Yeah, the big show. And so what can you

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.840
expect there? You can expect probably some keynote

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:17.900
speakers. Hundreds of... hundreds of vendors,

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:24.739
cosplay folks, guests, celebrities, and voice

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:27.780
actors and actresses. It's gonna be a fun time.

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:32.400
Are you able to reveal one of the speakers, or

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:35.659
is it still a secret? No, you can find all of

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:37.619
that information on our website at RetroGameCon

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:41.800
.com. Very cryptic. Go there. Go there. Actually,

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:45.579
you're right. Go there. Alright? Google it. Well,

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:48.099
I'm very excited for you retro game con October

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:51.159
10th 11th and 12th at the on Center right here

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:53.360
in Syracuse our boy Danny's gonna be there will

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.880
be there I do want to say before we go our friends

00:40:56.880 --> 00:41:02.860
at David's Refuge Diana and the crew They are

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:08.030
doing a it's driving this mission forward They're

00:41:08.030 --> 00:41:11.550
going to be doing where you can actually take,

00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:14.130
you can be a part of a race. You bring your car

00:41:14.130 --> 00:41:18.170
to a track, and you're genuinely the Pine View

00:41:18.170 --> 00:41:22.090
Run Champion Challenge. You're in a race, and

00:41:22.090 --> 00:41:27.090
you can do a couple things. You can be a part

00:41:27.090 --> 00:41:32.079
of the race itself, or you can sponsor. There's

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:34.860
a lot that they are looking for, so I'm gonna

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:37.039
put it up on the screen, but training day is

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:40.159
August 14th, and then the race day is September

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:45.260
13th. You will have to raise, they want you to

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:49.739
raise 3 ,000 or more in funds to do it, so each

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:53.360
person is responsible for getting those sponsors

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:56.420
and stuff like that. They're making a huge impact

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.179
with it. I wish I had more info, but you can

00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:00.380
check it out. The Pine View Run Champion Challenge

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:04.780
brought to you by David's Refuge. And that is

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:08.300
you can scan here to sign up, which I'll pop

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:12.179
up on the screen. And you can email Rebecca Andre

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:15.519
at davidsrefuge .org with any questions. So I

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.519
just want to make sure I mentioned that. Got

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:21.500
anything else before we go, buddy? Yeah, we should

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:24.789
we should definitely call out Josh. We should

00:42:24.789 --> 00:42:27.230
call call out Josh to come play you want to like

00:42:27.230 --> 00:42:32.889
officially calm calm a bitch or something Hey

00:42:32.889 --> 00:42:38.150
Josh Allen, I Am one of your biggest fans, but

00:42:38.150 --> 00:42:42.530
I'm not like fanboy I'm a mixture between fanboy.

00:42:42.789 --> 00:42:46.650
Yeah. I love you. I do. I'm a fan and You are

00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:49.369
our savior from the hell that was the bills for

00:42:49.369 --> 00:42:52.769
many decades, but you're a great guy off off

00:42:52.769 --> 00:42:55.550
the field and see for me Danny I judge my heroes

00:42:55.550 --> 00:42:58.769
not who and who they are and how they act on

00:42:58.769 --> 00:43:01.110
stage as I get older it's who they are and how

00:43:01.110 --> 00:43:04.610
they act off stage and Josh Allen is not only

00:43:04.610 --> 00:43:09.349
in my opinion one of probably the most athletic

00:43:09.349 --> 00:43:13.150
person to ever play the quarterback position

00:43:13.150 --> 00:43:15.630
and I don't think that's out of school to say

00:43:15.630 --> 00:43:18.329
athletically I'm not getting into debate who's

00:43:18.329 --> 00:43:19.989
the greatest quarterback of all time, but athletically,

00:43:20.090 --> 00:43:23.369
I mean, it's unbelievable. So obviously he's

00:43:23.369 --> 00:43:25.050
amazing on the field, but off the field, dude,

00:43:25.090 --> 00:43:27.170
he does so much for charity. And I know a lot

00:43:27.170 --> 00:43:29.190
of NFL players do, but he goes above and beyond.

00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:33.750
He does a lot for charity. He's funny. He's just

00:43:33.750 --> 00:43:35.829
a great person all around. And he loves games.

00:43:35.969 --> 00:43:39.329
And he loves the game Catan. Catan? Catan. Catan,

00:43:39.409 --> 00:43:44.130
Catan. Catan, Catan, orange, orange. And we,

00:43:44.150 --> 00:43:48.820
we would love... to have Josh Allen come. Josh,

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:51.719
if you're listening to this, come on down here.

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:53.940
Come on to Syracuse. Come down. We'll have some

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.920
wings. We'll get the blue cheese ready. We'll

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:57.840
play some Catan. That's it. Love you, buddy.

00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:01.139
That's it. That's probably all I should have

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said. You got all sentimental. I got way too

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into it. Josh, you're just a bro. Yeah, he's

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just a bro, and we're bros, and we want to play

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Catan with you. And we want you to hurdle the

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game board like you do in the game. Just... All

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right, buddy. Well... Let me officially end this.

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That is the end of Good News York, episode 70,

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Wednesday edition. We will be back tomorrow with

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Ed Chourette, who is my cousin, and he is a great

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filmmaker in New York City. And by the way, wow,

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that'll be two family members on the show in

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one week. I had my sister yesterday. And Matt

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will be back next week. We can't wait for that.

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Because this place is on fire Anyway, I'm Mike

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Brindisi. This is Good News York sponsored by

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ads on the go get ads on the go calm the great

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extraordinary Dan Danny Tripodi our producer

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for Good News York and our director of creative

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Services at growth on load content. We are heading

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out and we will see you tomorrow on Good News

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York peace