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Anthony Cumia | WABC Radio Host | 06-30-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 2: be so proud of you. I guess all those years
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  Speaker 2: of him screaming at you finally paid off. The New
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  Speaker 2: York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 3: Scott Kaplan and I traded in exchange. You can make
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  Speaker 3: this up for fantasy sports advertising, which the company down
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  Speaker 3: in Florida wanted to do. The US to New York City.
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  Speaker 3: W n W, at the time was the hottest station
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  Speaker 3: in the country. Why Opie and Anthony Anthony Okay, sorry
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  Speaker 3: hope Anthony. Other shows did well too, Ron and fez
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  Speaker 3: Don and Mike the Radio Chick, all of them. It
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  Speaker 3: was a hot station. They needed a morning show, so
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  Speaker 3: they made a trade and acquired me and Scott and
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  Speaker 3: we were dreadful, not bad, dreadful. So Scott got asked
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  Speaker 3: even though Scott's a great talent, and we're very very
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  Speaker 3: close to this day, and they brought in Craig Carton,
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  Speaker 3: which was also a complete disaster. It led to me
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  Speaker 3: going to w at my end. But I should have
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  Speaker 3: known day one about Opi and Anthony. We walked into
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  Speaker 3: their office, just walked in.
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  Speaker 4: First time. You love this loup.
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  Speaker 3: You were go meet the Opian Anthony. They were like
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  Speaker 3: the godfather and the big bosses. And they're sitting in
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  Speaker 3: their office, Opie, Anthony and their producer at the time,
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  Speaker 3: a guy actually really liked Rick Delgado. He's also been
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  Speaker 3: fired as many times as I have. And in that
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  Speaker 3: office a little television and on the TV is a
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  Speaker 3: ninety plus year old woman having sex, Grandma's sex. I
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  Speaker 3: think they called it. What was my first my very
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  Speaker 3: first introduction to Opie and Anthony and my first introduction
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  Speaker 3: to New York City Radio. I should have known it
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  Speaker 3: was gonna be a while. Twenty six years Anthony, do
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  Speaker 3: you remember that you guys were playing that type of
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  Speaker 3: stuff in your offices at WWEEW.
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  Speaker 4: Said, first of all, congrats, I can't believe this broadcasting
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  Speaker 4: New York Broadcast Hall of Fame, a Hall of Famer
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  Speaker 4: after all these years. But yes, when you came in,
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  Speaker 4: it was called century Sex if I remember, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: we never broke character from that shock jock thing. I'll
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  Speaker 4: tell you that much. We lived our act and those
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  Speaker 4: were crazy days. But to see where there we are
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  Speaker 4: in twenty twenty six with Sid Rosenberg a Hall of
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  Speaker 4: Famer in broadcasting, this would have been unheard of back
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  Speaker 4: in what they called the day.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And you know what's funny about it to Anthony
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  Speaker 3: is I'm not a Hall of Famer because of sports,
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  Speaker 3: which I did for the better part of seventeen years,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of sports stations around the country, or shock
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  Speaker 3: jock talk radio or guide talk, which I also did.
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  Speaker 3: I'm really going in, Anthony, because I speak to President Trump,
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  Speaker 3: and I speak to BB Nicktan Yahoo, and I speak
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  Speaker 3: they're just about every member of Congress and the Senate
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  Speaker 3: and all these I actually have power in the political world.
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  Speaker 3: If I would have told you about twenty six years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Never believe it.
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  Speaker 4: No, No, it is amazing, and it just goes to
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  Speaker 4: show you you never know what's going to happen. And
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  Speaker 4: you bring up the great don Imus. He went through
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  Speaker 4: a similar thing because he was that off the wall
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  Speaker 4: kind of a shock jock for his day back in
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  Speaker 4: the seventies and you know, mobile worm, come on and
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  Speaker 4: get your baby, and he wound up becoming the premier
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  Speaker 4: political talk guy with the guests from Washington, the presidents,
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  Speaker 4: things like that. So it is kind of something we've
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  Speaker 4: seen before. It's not unprecedented, but you deserve it so
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  Speaker 4: much you are. So here's the thing too, It's not
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  Speaker 4: just your radio show and what you've done on radio
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  Speaker 4: for all these years and what you're doing now, because
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  Speaker 4: it is amazing, but your involvement in New York in
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  Speaker 4: the community. You're out there, you're doing things, sid you're
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  Speaker 4: you're talking to the people, you're amongst them. They're just
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  Speaker 4: saying things they want to hear and a lot of
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  Speaker 4: things they don't want to hear. But you're active. That's
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  Speaker 4: a big thing. Anyone could just sit in front of
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  Speaker 4: a mic, we could tell with all the crappy podcasting
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  Speaker 4: that's going on out there today, but to do it well,
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  Speaker 4: I mean hats off said, an amazing job, an amazing career.
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  Speaker 3: That's it means a lot coming from you, because you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think you, like I said earlier're probably the most
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  Speaker 3: talented radio guy I've ever I've ever talked to you,
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  Speaker 3: ever seen, ever heard. You would just made everybody laugh
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  Speaker 3: every morning for a very very long time, both at
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  Speaker 3: W one W and of course Sirius XM and still
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  Speaker 3: be your own podcast, which is still great and right
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  Speaker 3: here every Sunday night. But you do a lot of talking.
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  Speaker 3: You're in South Carolina now, but uh yeah, You'll always
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  Speaker 3: be a New Yorker at heart, no matter what. And
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  Speaker 3: you spend a lot of time on Sunday nights talking
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  Speaker 3: about Mom Donnie, talking about the DSA, talking about the Democrats.
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  Speaker 3: I saw your tweet a couple of days ago with
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  Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer dancing at the gate pace. By the way,
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  Speaker 3: I don't care that Chuck Schumer has a lesbian daughter,
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  Speaker 3: God bless her.
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  Speaker 4: No, I couldn't care that, right.
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  Speaker 3: Why is he there?
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  Speaker 4: Why is Curtis with them?
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  Speaker 3: Why are all these white old men pandling to the gates?
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  Speaker 3: Can you tell me that.
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  Speaker 4: I wish I could. I put out a tweet also
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  Speaker 4: that said, I am actually going to acknowledge I made
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  Speaker 4: a mistake supporting Curtis Leewa when I saw him dancing
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  Speaker 4: around on some Pride parade float. It was it was embarrassing,
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  Speaker 4: it was. And Schumer he walks around with a bullhorn,
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  Speaker 4: just yelling I was the first Senator to ever be
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  Speaker 4: involved in a Pride parade. No one can't. They were
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  Speaker 4: booing him. Even the gay guys and girls they don't
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  Speaker 4: like Chuck Schumer, they were booing him. And it's all
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  Speaker 4: just debauchery. What are you celebrating? Did you see the
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  Speaker 4: disgusting mess in Portland? Of course there were they were nude,
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  Speaker 4: naked guys roaming around under the guys of some parade,
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  Speaker 4: and there are children. Parents who should have their kids
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  Speaker 4: taken away, were on the side of the streets watching
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  Speaker 4: this parade. They were nude riding bicycles, which I assure
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  Speaker 4: you didn't have seats on them. I wouldn't doubt for
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  Speaker 4: a minute. And they're taking their young children to these things.
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  Speaker 3: You know, as you're describing what happened in Oregon, the
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  Speaker 3: first thing I'm thinking of is Man Anthony, like me,
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  Speaker 3: he's getting old. Because those people that you're talking about
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  Speaker 3: those naked guys in the streets. Twenty six years ago,
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  Speaker 3: we would have been guests of the opian Anthony Show.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you may be right.
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  Speaker 3: No, But on a serious note, like I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: go today to this Barrett Media conference. You know, Anthony
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  Speaker 3: Comia that Barrett has become the industry standard. They cover
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  Speaker 3: on their website Barrettmedia dot com every day music and news,
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  Speaker 3: talk and sports, and Jason Barrett writes about us almost
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  Speaker 3: every day every day, share att see Wright and they
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  Speaker 3: really ugraad at what they do. And they're gonna have
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  Speaker 3: all these different people speak over the next three days
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  Speaker 3: from all three genres news, talk, sports, and music. But
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  Speaker 3: you were around when you guys were number one, when
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  Speaker 3: you guys were the first to beat Howard Stern and
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  Speaker 3: really make him nervous. He was nervous every day he
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  Speaker 3: went to work. You've seen the evolution in the last
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  Speaker 3: thirty years of what we call radio. And that may
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  Speaker 3: be more shocking to you, I guess than the term
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  Speaker 3: shock jock. Right it is.
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  Speaker 4: And And well, as far as this Hall of Fame
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  Speaker 4: induction goes, Uh, you know what the first thing I
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  Speaker 4: thought of was that's scene in Goodfellas, and I'm like
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  Speaker 4: de Niro, going, they're gonna make them. He's gonna be made.
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  Speaker 4: So watch out when you walk in the building there, Sid, right,
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  Speaker 4: they better be know how it ended, No, I know
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  Speaker 4: how it ended for PESHI did that that.
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  Speaker 3: Basement was empty. That wasn't good. There's nobody inside the building,
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  Speaker 3: right exactly. But that was a great scene and the
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  Speaker 3: phone afterwards, the the people outside the diner, the great scene.
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  Speaker 3: But you've seen this, this evolution, and you know the
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  Speaker 3: shot jock. They call me a shock jock all the time,
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  Speaker 3: right wing conservative radio host and shot jock. And when
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  Speaker 3: you think about what you guys did thirty years ago,
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  Speaker 3: I'm nowhere near a shock jock.
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  Speaker 4: No, No, it was a whole different era. First of all. Secondly,
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  Speaker 4: you know, you grow up. You gotta get a little older.
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  Speaker 4: If I was doing half the stuff we did on
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  Speaker 4: the own A show, on my show, I would be
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  Speaker 4: arrested these days. It would be crazy.
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  Speaker 3: You got arrested those days too.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, the other you know, you bring up a
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  Speaker 4: valid point there, Sid. You see, that's why you're a
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  Speaker 4: Hall of Famer. And I'm sitting here in South Carolina.
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  Speaker 4: I love you.
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  Speaker 3: Know you look back though, and obviously sex for Sam
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  Speaker 3: was the one that kind of rocked the boat, and
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  Speaker 3: you you were fine after that. You still went from
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  Speaker 3: Thrusher Radio to Sirius X. Simon did very well, still
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  Speaker 3: made millions and millions of dollars. But when you look back,
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  Speaker 3: would you change anything, would you not do even something
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  Speaker 3: like sex for sim Would.
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  Speaker 4: You do it all over again? Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Boy?
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  Speaker 4: You know, everything you do gets you to where you are,
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  Speaker 4: and I'm in a great place. I love what I'm doing.
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  Speaker 4: But I am also of the school of thought when
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  Speaker 4: you look back and go, maybe that wasn't the best idea.
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  Speaker 4: I do wonder sometimes what where the road would have
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  Speaker 4: led if we didn't do the Sam adams a sex
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  Speaker 4: thing and some of the other things that we've done,
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  Speaker 4: some things that have gotten me fired, which I believe
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  Speaker 4: I've been completely vindicated for over the course of the year.
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  Speaker 4: Not really, No, that's not true, not true, not true.
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  Speaker 4: I love it.
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  Speaker 3: I think you have to look. People got one day,
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  Speaker 3: they were fine and having a good time, and they
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  Speaker 3: woke up the next day with a big stick up
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  Speaker 3: their ascid. All of a sudden, it wasn't funny anymore.
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  Speaker 3: I don't get that. But you know, like like I've
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  Speaker 3: done going from sports to this, you've done the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: You were always talking about city politics, even when you
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  Speaker 3: guys were crazy on OPI and Anthony, but you've really
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  Speaker 3: dug in here. So let me ask you. Somebody else
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  Speaker 3: is talking about it. What are your thoughts on the
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  Speaker 3: Iran War? I was on Box News Sunday morning. They
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  Speaker 3: brought me on. I think they thought Rachel Campos and
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  Speaker 3: Griff Jenkins and Charlie Hurt that I'd be in line
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  Speaker 3: and congratulating Trump on winning the war. And I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: we worn nothing. What are you talking about? It's a mess.
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  Speaker 3: And I love Trump more than anybody and he loves me.
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  Speaker 3: But it's a mess. What is Anthony Coomia think?
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  Speaker 4: Oh said, we are on the same page as far
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  Speaker 4: as this one goes, and you're right the same as me.
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  Speaker 4: I love Trump. I support Trump. Anytime anyone tells you, well,
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  Speaker 4: what's with your boy? What is he doing?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 4: I go, you know, give me one president that's been
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  Speaker 4: one hundred percent with anybody. I've had problems with presidents.
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  Speaker 4: I've loved what certain presidents do. Same with Trump.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you know what I do with you. I
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  Speaker 3: do with sports analogy. I say, Vincelambardi didn't win every game.
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  Speaker 3: Pat Rowley didn't win every game. This is not a
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  Speaker 3: win for Trump. I'm sorry, No, it is not.
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  Speaker 4: And with the midterms coming up, I don't even know
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  Speaker 4: if there's time left. We're four months out and we
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  Speaker 4: are looking at a war that does not seem to
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  Speaker 4: have an end. The whole. It's over. We won, we
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  Speaker 4: got the piece talks and we're gonna be signing, and
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  Speaker 4: then the next day they're lighting the place up like
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  Speaker 4: hand boy.
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  Speaker 3: But they will tell you though. Look at the Dow
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  Speaker 3: Jones never been higher. Look at the ESMP so the
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  Speaker 3: economic indicators, even though goods are still way too high
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  Speaker 3: in this country. Inflation is still too high, gas prices
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  Speaker 3: are still too high. Through all economic indicators that would
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  Speaker 3: tell you, Matt, yes, the United States dates is doing okay.
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  Speaker 3: But that's not what this war was all about. There
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  Speaker 3: were three major objectives, and of those three we've accomplished.
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  Speaker 4: Zero, none, none of them. There may be a dent
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  Speaker 4: that was put in their nuclear program.
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  Speaker 3: That was for surely no more than a DN no
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  Speaker 3: more than a den. You got to give some credit
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  Speaker 3: between midnight hammer and epic fury. We did destroy the centrifuges.
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  Speaker 3: They have dust, but they really can't use it right now.
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  Speaker 3: So in all fairness, yes, unlike Barack Obama, don't compare
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  Speaker 3: Trump to Obama. Trump did an amazing job. He's destroyed
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  Speaker 3: a lot of their capabilities. Yes, he deserves credit for that.
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  Speaker 3: But right now, the last two months, the last two
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  Speaker 3: months were stuck.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, here's one of the biggest issues I believe is
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  Speaker 4: that they've bombed the leadership, They've bombed the head of
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  Speaker 4: the snake. And I don't think they even know who
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  Speaker 4: they're negotiating with. They have all these intermediaries and who
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  Speaker 4: are they talking to. I don't think they left anyone
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  Speaker 4: in place of power over there to make any real
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  Speaker 4: decisions on whether they're going to keep the straits open.
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  Speaker 4: They're gonna close them, they're gonna continue bombing, They're not.
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  Speaker 4: This is so confusing, And you know this, it's uncertainty
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  Speaker 4: that gets to the world. People don't like uncertainty. Neither
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  Speaker 4: does the market. By the way, we've seen some incredible swings,
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  Speaker 4: multi hundred point swings on the stock market because of
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  Speaker 4: this uncertainty and to hear Trump get out there and
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  Speaker 4: try to get in front of this and say that
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  Speaker 4: we're winning or pieces right around the corner. It just
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  Speaker 4: it's a bad look. And unless this is cleared up
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  Speaker 4: very very quickly, we are gonna have a disaster in
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  Speaker 4: the midterms.
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  Speaker 3: Couldn't agree more. And it's making me nervous. So you
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  Speaker 3: should be in the Hall of Fame, you said to
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  Speaker 3: me yesterday? He said, nam too much of a shot shot.
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  Speaker 3: But again, you look at my history and it's pretty ugly.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I said some very offensive things. Very offensive,
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  Speaker 3: I admit it, very offensive. Yes, and well, how to
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  Speaker 3: go to rehab and went to jail and missed a
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  Speaker 3: lot of time. Now, your warriors, don't get me wrong. No,
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  Speaker 3: but on a serious note, if I made the Hall
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  Speaker 3: of Fame, you certainly should be in the Hall of Fame,
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  Speaker 3: not just here in New York, but in the National
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  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame. Do you care about that type of stuff?
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  Speaker 4: I never really think about it unless something happens, like
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  Speaker 4: you being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 3: Then you go, wait, what's the matter with me?
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  Speaker 4: Hall of Fame?
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  Speaker 3: What would you do if you got the call today?
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  Speaker 3: We gotta wrap this up bud not Opie made the
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  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame, but not you.
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  Speaker 4: Now that would be fun. At least it would give
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  Speaker 4: me a bevy of material on the program said, because yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't know. Hey, look your whole career,
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  Speaker 4: my career. We look and say, the biggest thing you
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  Speaker 4: could take away from it is you'd never know what's
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  Speaker 4: gonna happen, where you're gonna end up, and every twist
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  Speaker 4: and turn and even the bad things that happen bring
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  Speaker 4: you exactly to where you are today. And if that
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  Speaker 4: does come to fruition at some point, I'd be fine
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  Speaker 4: with that. If not, I'm very proud to have a
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  Speaker 4: friend and cohort like Sid Rosenberg getting into the Hall
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  Speaker 4: of Fame. Thank you, Anthony.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I said earlier. I've been around a lot
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  Speaker 3: of very talented people in my career, are from the
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  Speaker 3: Dynamuses to the Mic and the mad Dogs to your
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  Speaker 3: boy Howie. But you're right there at the very top
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  Speaker 3: of the list. So whether you get in or not
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  Speaker 3: one day, it doesn't matter to me. You're an immense talent.
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  Speaker 3: You're doing a great job on this radio station. Was
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  Speaker 3: so happy to have you, and I love you. Anthony Coomiah,
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  Speaker 3: thank you so much, my good friend. Thank you Sid.
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  Speaker 4: Congrats again, man, thank you, God bless you.
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  Speaker 3: There is Sunday Nights right here on seventy seven wab Uee.
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