Shannon In The Morning Big Show Daily Podcast

After tragic shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over a 24 hour period this weekend, the big show gives instant reaction.

"You big lumbering land mammal you..." That's how Ricky Gervais greeted Brad Blanks on the phone with the big show during our interview!

Ricky is no stranger to controversy, and we talked about some of his best moments through his comedic history. We also got into his amazing new hit Netflix show "After Life" which is renewed for season 2. "After Life" has been praised by critics for handling death and depression in a realistic yet heartwarming way. 

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Ricky’s found a renewed love for stand-up comedy, saying he's "gotten thousands of hateful tweets and worked it into his act."  He continues "if life throws you lemons, you make lemonade, and that's exactly what i do with all the outrage, i turn it into something positive."

Ricky is playing the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden May 14th, 2020 as part of his “Super Nature” stand up tour.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 26th at 10am at www.ticketmaster.com.

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Today on the big show podcast, the Canadian misadventures of Scott Shannon, who missed work on Monday because he was stranded overnight in Montreal...wait till you hear this story!

We recap Saturday in the Park and Louie's dream come true encounter with Weird Al Yankovic, Mark Sanchez (Mr. Butt Fumble!) retires and Race Taylor checks in on day #2 at WCBS-FM!

Steve-O's put his mind & body through a whole lot over his career, and he's thankful to still be in one piece!

The 'Jackass' star hit rock bottom around 10 years ago when his co-star & buddy Johnny Knoxville orchestrated an intervention that involved an extended stay in a psychiatric ward. Steve has been sober for over a decade since that incident and is now a proud vegan and PETA supporter.

Luckily for us, he still has a zest for stunts and still has a wicked sense of humor!

Steve-O’s “Bucket List Tour” comes to Caroline’s on Broadway for 4 shows July 19th & 20th, get tickets at www.Carolines.com. He’s doing meet and greets with all fans after each show!

You can follow along with all of Steve-O’s latest stunts at www.steveo.com  

The long-awaited documentary about David Crosby "Remember my Name" is here and Brad Blanks got to talk to Cameron Crowe and David himself about it.

David says of his life philosophy back in the Woodstock days "a lot of things i think we got right," and when Brad asks if he thinks his former band mates will watch the documentary, his answer was simple - "i doubt that they will even watch it."

Cameron has a history with Scott Shannon, they would chat at Holloway dry Cleaners in Hollywood back in the day and Brad delves deeper into their friendship!

"He's rock to me," Cameron proudly says of Scott, "he's the sound and the feel of rock."

"David Crosby: Remember My Name" is out July 19th.

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Today on the big show podcast, Brad Blanks catches up with Emily Ratajkowski on the red carpet of her new movie, but they wind up talking about her....dog?

We cover the Manhattan blackout, a man from Belgium who attempts to break the world record for sitting on a toilet, Sue Aller's Amazon 'Prime Day' obsession and more! 

Brad Blanks was out on the parade route celebrating the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team!

He was at the City Hall ceremony after the parade went up the canyon of heroes, but first he went to the fans waiting for the team to see how excited they were!

Brad caught up with:

• Tom from Long Island all dressed up and lined up early for the parade, he’s excited to meet the team!
• A 10 year old young lady named Finn from Toledo, Ohio drove all night with her family to go to the parade
• 18 year old Eliza from Connecticut got to the city early for her first parade and is prepared to scream a lot!
• 10 year old Charlie from Norfolk, Virginia is a smart little girl who knows her soccer!

In case you didn't know the backstory about "the boat movie," here's a quick recap...

A certain member of the big show couldn't remember the name of the movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks, and when he went on the air to talk about it he  called it "the boat movie."

Our good friends Opie & Anthony found the audio of the boat movie and had a good time with it (find it on YouTube, it's funny!).

Fast forward to July 9th, 2019, executive producer Louie Louie used Captain Phillips as his mystery movie contest clip to help celebrate Tom Hanks' birthday, and it brought all the great 'boat movie' memories back...listen and enjoy!

Nassau County presents CBS-FM's “Saturday In The Park” FREE concert starring Rick Springfield Saturday, July 20th at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Long Island!

There are no tickets to buy & no tickets to win for the show, just bring a beach chair or blanket and enjoy! Gates open at 3pm, show starts at 7pm. Sponsored by Stew Leonard's, Villa Roma & Nissan...see you there! Go to www.wcbsfm.com for more info.

JB Smoove is part of the MCU! In case you didn't know, MCU stands for Marvel Cinematic Universe. He's playing Mr. Dell in “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” he’s the chaperone for Peter Parker’s trip to Europe. The movie comes out July 2nd and JB knows this is a life changing moment.

"I used to go on the train in Mount Vernon" he recalls of his childhood, "go to Fordham Road in the Bronx, buy some comic books" and people on the train would approach him. "What's that under your arm" they would say and proceed to steal them from him.

JB met Samuel L Jackson for the first time while doing promotion for the movie, and he immediately pitched him on movie ideas, "us playing two pirates...random things...two bad cops, the bad cop and the worst cop!"

On top of his movie whirlwind, he’s doing 5 standup shows at Caroline’s on Broadway June 28th-30th, get tickets at www.CAROLINES.COM 

JB returns as Larry David’s roommate Leon in season 10 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” coming soon! And when he told Larry about the Spider-Man movie, Larry had a very Larry reaction. "the right side of his mouth goes up a little bit" JB hilariously explains, "a more controlled stroke. "