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This Talking Pumpkin Is Sparking Controversy · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Hey, did you hear about the naughty jack-o'-lantern? We have
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  Speaker 1: a story for you. Hey, you make my candle burn brighter.
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  Speaker 1: 106.7 Light FM, Cubby and Christine in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me? What's the deal with this jack-o'-lantern? Well, a
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  Speaker 2: little heads up in case you have Jabberin' Jack.
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  Speaker 3: Jabberin' Jack.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He's gone viral because he sings some suggestive songs.
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  Speaker 3: Grown-up stuff?
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  Speaker 2: It's double entendre. It's, you know, Mark's safe for kids.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: But... So, like, the adults know... Yeah. But to a kid,
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  Speaker 2: it's just something else. It's just Jabber and Jack doing
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  Speaker 2: his thing. So yes, he is a pumpkin that lights
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  Speaker 2: up and he is built with songs. So when you
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  Speaker 2: go up to the door, he starts singing to you.
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  Speaker 2: One of his songs is called Wicked for One Night.
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  Speaker 2: It's about a lonely pumpkin looking for love.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So he's gone viral and some parents are complaining, Cubby.
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  Speaker 2: And they said, all right, we hear you. Mindscope is
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  Speaker 2: the company. They're apologizing. If they're making anybody uncomfortable, they're
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  Speaker 2: going to remove those songs in the 2027. Oh, so
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  Speaker 2: you're saying buy this version up. Yeah, because this guy,
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  Speaker 2: this is it.
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  Speaker 3: This is going to be something.
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  Speaker 2: They're not going to pull them off the shelves if
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  Speaker 2: you have them.
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  Speaker 3: You want to keep.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Or resale.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: He's not going to be around next year singing the
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  Speaker 2: same songs.
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  Speaker 3: Because these current songs he's singing is getting him kicked
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  Speaker 3: out of the pumpkin patch.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. Get out of here.
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  Speaker 3: Jabberin' Jack is what it's called.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. All right. You, with your sense of humor, and I,
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  Speaker 2: we might think it's funny and like it, but some
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  Speaker 2: parents are saying it's not appropriate.
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  Speaker 3: And 2026, the version out now is the little bit
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  Speaker 3: of a dirty one.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to clean it up next year. It's not, yeah. Right.
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  Speaker 3: All right. You know what we're going to do? We're
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  Speaker 3: going to open our phones right now and give something away,
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  Speaker 3: but there's a catch to this. You have to win
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  Speaker 3: our trivia battle.
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  Speaker 1: 1-800-222-1067.
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  Speaker 2: We need two people to play.
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  Speaker 3: What are we giving away, Christine?
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  Speaker 2: Tickets to See Journey, Sunday, October 25th at Prudential Center.
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  Speaker 2: Tickets on sale now, Ticketmaster.com, or you can call and
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  Speaker 2: play with us.
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  Speaker 3: Good luck.