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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: And here we go.
- 0:10SPEAKER_00: There we are.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are.
- 0:15SPEAKER_00: I just realized this is the 211th show I do Monday through Friday every weekday since January 1st, 2026.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: I'm counting.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: I don't know if anybody else is.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she has to say today.
- 0:28SPEAKER_00: I think she has some interesting news.
- 0:30SPEAKER_00: Uh we're gonna toast today.
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's entertainment.
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: 1966, the Supremes are go-go.
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: They were the first female group, all female group, with a number one album.
- 0:40SPEAKER_00: 1966, same day, the Beach Boys released a single Good Vibrations.
- 0:44SPEAKER_00: Bob, I won't sing.
- 0:46SPEAKER_00: 1974, Kiss released their studio album, Hotter Than Hell, is a picture down here of the album cover.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: 2002, the Foo Fighters' fourth album, One by One, was released with the song All My Life.
- 0:57SPEAKER_00: And in 2012, Taylor Swift released her album, Red, it's in red, which debuted with her number one single, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: There you go.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 1:07SPEAKER_00: Now, in the clink, this is I'm toasting to your health.
- 1:10SPEAKER_00: Why do we touch glasses when toasting?
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: Well, there are three versions of the story.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: Number one is in medieval times, they thought there was if your enemy put some poison in your glass or your cup, if you clinked hard enough, the poison would slosh and spill, go into their glass, and they died too.
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: In story number two, also in medieval Europe, there was a superstition that evil spirits lurked in alcohol or hovered around celebrations, but the high-pitched clink sound would chase them away.
- 1:40SPEAKER_00: Story number three.
- 1:41SPEAKER_00: In 17th century, Venetian glassmakers perfected the clear resonant sound of crystal that produced a beautiful ringing tone.
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: I wish I had a sound effect when struck together and clinking became a popular and positive ritual.
- 1:54SPEAKER_00: There you go, some pictures on the bottom there.
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: And just a quick story: stairway to heaven, stairway to guitar heaven.
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: Leo Fender.
- 2:02SPEAKER_00: He had a fretish.
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: Ha! That's a pun for machinery.
- 2:06SPEAKER_00: He had a couple piano lessons, played the saxophone a little.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: He couldn't even tune a guitar.
- 2:10SPEAKER_00: He opened a radio store to repair radios.
- 2:12SPEAKER_00: In 1938 at 29.
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: 42, he built an amplified Spanish-style guitar on a modified Martin 0018.
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: Those of you in the guitar world will know what that is.
- 2:23SPEAKER_00: 1946, he founded the Fender Electric Instrument Company.
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: That's a broad title.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: 50 to 51, he launched the Esquire and the Broadcaster, which became the Telecaster.
- 2:34SPEAKER_00: First successful mass-produced solid-body electric guitars.
- 2:37SPEAKER_00: 51, he also released the Precision Bass, the first widely used commercial electric bass.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: The next year, Fender Bassman Amplifier.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: Two years later, the Stratocaster with a synchronized whammy bar and three pickups.
- 2:51SPEAKER_00: And in 1971, Jimmy Page on his 1959 Fender Telecaster played the best guitar solo of all time, 50 seconds, during Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.
- 3:02SPEAKER_00: And by the way, Kurt Cobain's smell like Teen Spirit, his Fender Mustang sold for four and a half million dollars at auction.
- 3:09SPEAKER_00: I don't have the year.
- 3:10SPEAKER_00: Okay, this is for you, Bob.
- 3:11SPEAKER_00: Not much for dinner.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: It's Eda Pretzel Day, it's nut day, caps lock day, okay.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: Smart is cool and bulk food week.
- 3:18SPEAKER_00: The teddies are playing badminton with their puppies.
- 3:21SPEAKER_00: And birthdays, Christopher Lloyd, you know him.
- 3:23SPEAKER_00: Back to the future.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: Doc Brown, born in 38.
- 3:26SPEAKER_00: Annette Funichella, we miss her, born in 42.
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: She was one of the original masketeers, and she was with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party films.
- 3:33SPEAKER_00: Catherine Deneuve, beautiful French actress.
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: Jeff Goldblum, you know him, Jurassic Park.
- 3:38SPEAKER_00: I saw him in the fly.
- 3:39SPEAKER_00: Bob Odenkirk, actor and writer, better called Saul and Mr.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: Show.
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: Brian Boitano, gold medal Olympic figure skater.
- 3:47SPEAKER_00: Shaggy, reggae and dance hall musician.
- 3:49SPEAKER_00: Spike Jones, film director and screenwriter.
- 3:52SPEAKER_00: Her and being John Malkovich.
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, I liked him as Mitchell Prickett on Modern Pritchett on Modern Family, and Zach Hanson, singer and drummer for the Hansen Pop Band.
- 4:03SPEAKER_00: Let's go back to our.
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: Oh my goodness, let's go back to our music.
- 4:07SPEAKER_00: Come on, I maestro, you could do this.
- 4:09SPEAKER_00: And here we go.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: And this one is for Kathy Davis.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: Say what?
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: Playing the correct version today.
- 4:15SPEAKER_00: Amos and Jake! Amos is fucking beautifully after his surgery.
- 4:19SPEAKER_00: Bravo, Jake is the big brother.
- 4:21SPEAKER_00: Teresa Jing and the family hugs Dr.
- 4:23SPEAKER_00: Bob.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: Hugs for dinner.
- 4:25SPEAKER_00: Let me know.
- 4:25SPEAKER_00: Joff Brainfield writing more Enigma and More.
- 4:28SPEAKER_00: He might start a new series.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Techno thrillers.
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: Carol Otis hugs.
- 4:33SPEAKER_00: Aaron Gibson hugs.
- 4:35SPEAKER_00: Mary Natalie, glad you're doing well.
- 4:36SPEAKER_00: Hugs.
- 4:38SPEAKER_00: Hope you're feeling better.
- 4:39SPEAKER_00: Gil of V and Joe.
- 4:40SPEAKER_00: Kathy Lucell and George.
- 4:42SPEAKER_00: Brian Duffy.
- 4:42SPEAKER_00: Hello.
- 4:43SPEAKER_00: Jerry Meyer.
- 4:44SPEAKER_00: Heading Titan.
- 4:45SPEAKER_00: Look at better.
- 4:47SPEAKER_00: Enemy Wells.
- 4:48SPEAKER_00: Diamond Bone.
- 4:49SPEAKER_00: Deborah Mellow.
- 4:50SPEAKER_00: Stan Burl.
- 4:51SPEAKER_00: Tim Walker.
- 4:52SPEAKER_00: Run the Wells and Fucking Scoopy.
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: All J Miley, Consumel.
- 4:56SPEAKER_00: Hope the diving is good.
- 4:57SPEAKER_00: And my tell my free little bugly.
- 4:59SPEAKER_00: I'll be funny too.
- 5:01SPEAKER_00: Y'all have a wonderful day.
- 5:03SPEAKER_00: I will see you tomorrow for sure.
- 5:05SPEAKER_00: When is it gonna be Friday?
- 5:07SPEAKER_00: Finally Friday.