For Pete's Sake 03.08.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the week 

-Tooth Fairy payouts drop to its lowest rate in years
-Carrie Bradshaw's 'Sex & the City' Vera Wang wedding gown bought at thrift shop
- Truck hauling a load of curly fries catches fire 

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Delaney Buffett wrote, directed, and starred in the new movie "Adult Best Friends"

Watch the trailer here: ADULT BEST FRIENDS

Delaney talks:
-This movie could be Lisa & her friends
-Her best friend and writer partner is also her co-star in the movie 
-What was it like growing up in the Buffett's household
-The dinner scene husband is someone a lot of us know
-Working with her best friend and directing the best friend

Jimmy Buffett's daughter Delaney Buffett on connecting with the audience like her father, "I think Katie (her co-writer) and I very much knew when we were writing this we wanted to connect with the audience"

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NBC Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake joined us to talk:

-Ukraine and what's next
-The President wants to disband the Dept of Education
-VA funding and layoffs
-Tariffs and car prices 
-Avocados 

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For Pete's Sake 03.01.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the week 

-Jane Fonda endorsing $600 sneakers
-Guys feeling insecure in the boardroom are getting jawline injections to boost confidence
-Ozzy Osbourne was almost cast in Pirates of the Caribbean (not a joke)

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Bruce Vilanch has worked on over 25 Academy Awards, winning two writing Emmys in the process, and has been nominated for seven more. He has co-written for the Tonys, Emmys, Grammys, People's Choice, American Comedy Awards, TV Land Awards, SAG Awards, and many more...

His new book is entitled 
“IT SEEMED LIKE A BAD IDEA AT THE TIME: The Worst TV Shows in History and other Things I Wrote”

Bruce talks:
-Host Conan O'Brien's Oscar prep 
-How the evening wears on, the room fills up with losers
-His FAVORITE host for the Academy Awards and why 
-They did 5 shows a day (2 after lunch) for Hollywood Squares and drank WINE before the last two shows 
-The WORST tv shows he's written (hello - Star Wars Holiday Special)
 

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Jewelry, Fax Machines, Real Fur Coats:
-Here's a list Boomers still think are status symbols, but  mean nothing today

Yes, we said FAX machines ....

Listen for the list ... 

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With the cold weather, we wear gloves daily, but when was the last time you took them off & cleaned them?   A recent study found that wool gloves harbour twice as many germs as a toilet seat!

Are you cleaning your gloves?

The crew go through a list of the most germ-infested gloves

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When was the last time you took off your gloves & cleaned them?  A recent study found that wool gloves harbour twice as many germs as a toilet seat!

Do you clean your gloves?

Here are the worst gloves for germs...

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Show Open 03.01.25 

-Pete's best HACK to watch the Academy Awards
-DOGE is now a verb - "Have you been DOGE'd?"
-What lunatic is buying tickets to Fyre Festival pt 2

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Chicago PD's Jason Beghe aka Sgt Hank Voight joined us to talk:

-How he has a "tough-guy" aura about him
-Chicago PD is in it's 12th season
-Executive Producer Dick Wolf's amazing run and success on television 
-The Chicago Cop technical advisor who trained cast members who is now a producer on the show
-How he used to be into clothes and fashion
-The mural you see behind him on Zoom

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