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Skip Happens Podcast - Every Boot Has a Story!
Cookies For Santa, Boxer Briefs For Zach
Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Dad!
Speaker 2:It's the holidays are here.
Speaker 5:And this is our podcast to last no moments. Hold on up.
Speaker 2:Yes, Dad.
unknown:Ready to go?
Speaker 2:Yeah, guys, Dad.
Speaker:Let's start with the big guy. You know what I'm talking about, Santa? We saw him the other night too, right? Yeah. If he happened to come by the house, he was in the ponzone to go on see if happens. And that was pretty cool. If you if you didn't see it, just go to my uh podcast page on YouTube and you'll see it. Oh, all right, Zach, let's start with Santa. Do you think he's busy right now?
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's busy.
Speaker:Yeah, I bet he is. What do you think he's doing? Do you think he's like loading the sleigh or getting things in order? Or what do you think he's doing? He's gonna be bringing toys. And who does he bring the toys to? Yeah, although around the world. Yeah. A lot of boys and girls.
Speaker 1:Yes. Around the world, yeah.
unknown:I get it.
Speaker:Uh why do you well, what do you think he's doing today? I'll bet you. What do you think he's doing today? Trying to get into his flight plan. What do you think Sam is doing?
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, getting all that ready, right? Yeah.
Speaker:Do you think he's drinking uh hot cocoa or do you think he's drinking coffee? Hot cocoa he likes hot cocoa.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Oh, my mic is not working. But Zach, how about now? Is it working there?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's working.
Speaker:How about now? Uh Chuck, is it working?
Speaker 2:Yes, okay. Yes.
Speaker:You know, there's always something, always something. So hopefully it's working now. And uh again, uh, this is another edition of Zach Attack with Dad. We call it the holiday edition. And as I mentioned, you know, we have our decorations out and we're ready to have some fun. I'm I'm dad, that's Zach. Uh, in case you didn't hear me before, I don't know if it is my mic on now. Can somebody let me know that it's on? I hope it's on. It's on. Of course it's on. All right, yeah, I had the wrong button pushed. You think I would know by now, right? You think, I mean, I do this, I do this all the time, and it's just I don't know. I don't know. Maybe I need a new pair of glasses. Well, there, I don't even have my glasses on. Wow, I don't. So uh, did you say uh Santa is drinking hot chocolate or coffee? Cocoa, hot cocoa, yeah. That's that's chocolate.
Speaker 2:Yep, I've got great.
Speaker:Yeah. Now, if um let me ask you this, Zach. If Santa came to our house tonight, what would you want to do with him? Maybe uh go to the mall or well, we don't go to the mall too much anymore. But what would what do you think you'd be doing with Santa if he came by the house tonight?
Speaker 2:Uh yeah, eat out, yes, yeah.
Speaker:What would you bring him in and play some wee?
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah.
Speaker:What's your favorite wee game? Bowling, bowling, yes. Are you a good bowler?
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah.
Speaker:Well, that's a great idea. Uh, would I be allowed to come in and play too? Maybe, or would it maybe, or would it just be you and Santa?
Speaker 2:I mean it's all to just you and Santa?
Speaker:You wouldn't you wouldn't let dad in? No, no, why? And like because your room is like off limits, yeah, yeah. I know. Wow. Uh, do you have you thought now, Santa? Let me ask you, Zach. The other night it was uh what night was it? Uh Thursday, Thursday night, Santa came to be on the podcast, which was cool.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yes.
Speaker:Yeah, Santa came and he said hello, and uh, you got to say hello to him. And uh he came down to the pod zone and he hung out with us, and uh he talked a lot about a lot of different things about uh about Christmas and the kids around the world.
Speaker 1:And wow, yeah.
Speaker:Uh what do you think though? Let's um what do you think his favorite food is? Chicken, chicken, yeah. That's your favorite food. Oops, you think he likes chicken too?
Speaker 2:Yeah, you do, yes, it is, yeah.
Speaker:All right, chicken. What kind of chicken? Like do you chicken bites, chicken nuggets, uh roaster, chicken, I mean chicken strips, chicken, whatever.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah.
Speaker:How about what what do you think you would have at Tully's if you went to Tully's? Asian tenders, Asian tenders, is that what you have that all the time, don't you? Yeah, yeah, and they know you when you walk in Tullies, they already know what your order is gonna be. What is your order? When you go to Tully's, you get uh the Asian tenders, and what do you get to drink?
Speaker 2:Chocolate milk, chocolate milk, you do that.
Speaker:Sounds really good, though.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker:You know what? Christmas morning. Wow, yeah, you're gonna wake up early, yes. Why? Because uh chances are you might have some uh presents left by Santa. Do you uh what's the first thing you do when you wake up?
Speaker 2:Uh family.
Speaker:What you you wake up your family, yes, like mom and dad?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Wow, I know you do, and we know you do. But um what's the first thing you all right? So you wake up mom and dad, then you go what you go to the presents. What do you do? Oh no, don't you stop at the bathroom and pee first before you go downstairs? Yes, I thought you did. Do you jump out of bed or do you take your time? You you pretty much jump out of bed, yeah. Every time, every Christmas, right? Yes, and if it's not Christmas, how late are you sleeping?
Speaker 2:Uh SB is eight hours.
Speaker:Eight hours? Yeah, all right. Well, well, I guess you go to bed late though. Yeah, why do you go to bed so late? Because you watch the late show. Which late show do you watch?
Speaker 2:I want to see me falling, city kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Saturday Live.
Speaker:Uh yeah, yep. Saturday night live.
Speaker 2:Yep, yeah.
Speaker:That was on last night. Did you watch it?
Speaker 2:Yes, so far. Oh my god, tell me about it. Yeah, fine, fine.
Speaker:Yeah, so yeah, yeah, it was really funny, huh?
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah.
Speaker:What else? What else did you like about SNL last night? So good, so great, yes, yeah, a lot of fun, huh? Yeah, you like watching those. Yeah, I totally get it. Uh, what is the um what is the best Christmas present you've ever gotten?
Speaker 2:A lot, a lot, yeah.
Speaker:Okay, but what you get a lot, but what's the best? What do you like to get?
Speaker 2:Okay, movies, movies, shows, black stars, peace ball, backup friends, every time, girlfriends.
Speaker:Is that on your list? Yes, did it wait a minute. Santa, you got a letter from who'd you get a letter from?
Speaker 2:Well, it's those polls from the North Pole, yeah.
Speaker:Yeah, but who sent the letter? Who did it come from? Was it Santa? Santa sent you a letter? Yes, yeah, and in the letter it said something about a girlfriend.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:What if what if somebody's watching right now? How would you introduce yourself?
Speaker 1:I know.
Speaker:Yeah, how would you how would you introduce introduce yourself to a nice looking young lady?
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker:Say hi, my name is Zach. What is your name?
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker:You don't know that that's what you would say, right? Yeah, yeah. All right. Would you, Zach? Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones?
Speaker 2:Uh a lot of big presents.
Speaker:A lot of big presents? Yes. That's not what I said. Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones? You want lots of big ones? Yes. Like what would be a big present?
Speaker 2:My girlfriend.
Speaker:Well, I don't know. Who would be your girlfriend?
Speaker 1:A lot.
Speaker:A lot, but who who would be your girlfriend?
Speaker 1:Oh, no, Dad.
Speaker:If you could pick a girlfriend right now, who's your girlfriend? Let me put let me put it that way. Who is your girlfriend?
Speaker 2:And it is Cory Fabian.
Speaker:Okay. Well, yeah, you wrote, hey, you know what I saw in a Christmas uh card pile that was going out in the mail like last week was a card to Jenny Kim. Did you send her a card?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Wait, but she's in where where is she?
Speaker 2:South Korea.
Speaker:South Korea.
Speaker 2:You know what?
Speaker:That was probably an expensive stamp. You sent a card to South Korea to Jenny Kim.
Speaker 3:I did.
Speaker:I know you did.
Speaker 3:Woohoo!
Speaker:Hey, don't forget Santa's listening. He's listening to all this, I bet. You know, I bet you he is all right. So, what kind of cookies do we? Well, wait a minute. Does Santa would Santa do you think Santa would want cookies or Christmas candy?
Speaker 2:Cookies.
Speaker:Cookies. Okay. What kind of cookies?
Speaker 2:Chocolate chips.
Speaker:Chocolate chip?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker:And how many is too many?
Speaker 1:Only one.
Speaker:Only one? Yes. Who eats the rest?
Speaker 2:Rossi.
Speaker:The dog. Or maybe, maybe take one for the reindeer.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, guy.
Speaker:What do you think?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Uh, if he had hot cocoa, hot cocoa or hot cider, you said uh hot cocoa, right? Yes. Hot cocoa. Yeah. So do you think he would take it with marshmallows, extra marshmallows, or Santa approved?
Speaker 2:Huh?
Speaker:Marshmallows.
Speaker 2:Oh, yes, bars butters.
Speaker:Yeah, you put marshmallows in your hot cocoa, right?
Speaker 2:Yes, good.
Speaker:Holiday food. What's your favorite holiday food?
Speaker 2:I love food. A lot.
Speaker:A lot. Probably holiday chicken.
Speaker 3:Woohoo!
Speaker:I don't even know if they have anything like that. I don't know. But that's all right. I'll go with that. I don't like that. I like that choice. All right. Uh, so would you ever want to work at the North Pole? No. Why? It's cold. How do you know it's cold? Well, maybe it's cold now. Do you think it's cold all year round?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. How many people do you think work at the North Pole?
Speaker 2:Oh, it's ours.
Speaker:It's got a house, yes. But how many people do you think work at the North Pole?
Speaker 2:It's uh his office.
Speaker:His office? Yeah. That's at the North Pole? Yes. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2:And office.
Speaker:And his elves?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Okay. At the North Pole? Yes. Probably a lot of them, right?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. Probably a whole lot of them. Yeah. If you worked at the North Pole, what would you want to do?
Speaker 1:Oh, no, no. It's cold.
Speaker:It's it's cold. You don't want to you don't want to work the North Pole?
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker:No. I don't know. I bet you that would be cool. What do you think you would be good at?
Speaker 2:Hi, kayakis. A topper, see.
Speaker:Okay. What would you tell the elves to do if you were their boss?
Speaker 2:No, no.
Speaker:Say, come on, we gotta get to work.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Say our boss Santa's got to deliver all these presents in a few days, right?
Speaker 2:Yeah, cut out.
Speaker:Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. So what else is going on?
Speaker 2:Oh, it's awesome.
Speaker:What's awesome? What's awesome?
Speaker 2:Where's your notes? That thing, my ad.
Speaker:They're in your head? Yes. What did I tell? I told you to write down notes today if we're gonna do a podcast. And and then I said, where are your notes? And what did you do?
Speaker 1:Uh no, no.
Speaker:Show everybody where your notes are. Got it all in your head. I get it. I get it. Do you know the names of Santa's reindeer?
Speaker 2:Wow. It's Rodoff.
Speaker:Rudolph?
Speaker 2:Ray or Rodolf?
Speaker:It's Rudolph. He leads the pack, right?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Yeah. How many reindeer does he have that he flies with? How many? Eight?
Speaker 2:No, ten.
unknown:Ten?
Speaker:No, I think it's eight. Oh, it's eight? Oh, uh, Don Johnson says hello. Uh Don. Yep. Yep. Carly says hi, your sister.
Speaker 2:Chris, I'm sure guys.
Speaker:Yeah, yeah. We'll see them soon.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Hopefully. We'll see them soon. What makes you happy at Christmas, Zach?
Speaker 2:Christmas. Oh, uh world peace.
Speaker:World peace.
Speaker 2:Yeah. And Skip Clark is a poor.
Speaker:Skip Clark, what?
Speaker 2:Every time.
Speaker:Little boy.
Speaker 2:Every time.
Speaker:Every time. Yes. I'm not sure. Carly says, we miss you too. We'll see you this week.
Speaker 2:Guys.
unknown:Yeah.
Speaker:Can't wait, huh? Oh, yeah. We hope Santa's good to Maddie and Jackson.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker:Yeah. You're gonna see them all. It's pretty exciting.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. Yeah. Did you do your shopping?
Speaker 2:I did.
Speaker:You did? Yes. You did all your shopping?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Where'd you go?
Speaker 2:Uh my mall.
Speaker:You went to the mall? Yes. I thought you didn't go to the mall.
Speaker 2:I did.
Speaker:You did. You went to the mall.
Speaker 2:Yes, I did.
Speaker:All right. Did you order anything online? Do it that way?
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker:Ah, I got it. Uh Vic Russo, Merry Christmas. Right back to Vic. Victor. Vic? Yep. Vic's the guy that plows our driveway.
Speaker 2:Go check Frank.
Speaker:He does the snow plowing. That's right. Vic does a great job snow plowing. It's just that either we're not we're not awake or we're I'm not home from work yet. Now mom's retired.
Speaker 2:Woohoo! Retirement. No, no, no, no more syrupuse mass.
Speaker:No more Syracuse. Wait a minute. Well, she mom retired from working, right?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Ah. Uh you know, um, Don Johnson says, Zach, I give you credit. I don't like them all this time at this time. Uh-huh. Yeah, it's packed. It's crazy. Wow. Yeah, it gets nuts. But uh, yeah, so mom retired. Wow. She retired, then she got called by the Mets to work in the front office. So if you go to uh MBT Bank Stadium, now they're open, they're closed for the holidays. Yeah, but they open up again uh after the first of the year. Wow. And the first person you're gonna see, we can call her our director of first impressions. It'll be mom. Mike Newman's watching. Miss you guys, Mike Attack is back, Coach Mike. Well, you know, Coach Mike, I gotta tell you, some days we plan on doing it, and there's other days where it's just like we plan on it and it doesn't happen. Nice. Tell everybody why it doesn't happen because you usually go, now we're not gonna do this anymore. Not tonight. And that's what usually happens, yes, yeah. Now, tonight it was Sunday, it was your night to do what?
Speaker 2:A podcast.
Speaker:Yeah, the podcast, but what else did you do uh tonight? Oh it was your night to take the trash out, yeah, yeah. And tell everybody how do we work that? You and dad rotate weeks, right? Yes, yep, James Ferrants. Uh Mr.
Speaker 2:Fernandes, hello today, my pictures.
Speaker:Yeah, the guy with the pictures. That's right, right. Tell him how Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2:Uh Mrs. Boss.
Speaker:Yeah, well, we all he's a good friend. We miss him too. We'll see him soon enough. Before you know it, it'll be opening day. Oh, yeah, and opening day is what day?
Speaker 2:April says, April.
Speaker:No, it's March.
Speaker 2:Boss.
Speaker:March what?
Speaker 2:June the first.
Speaker:Oh, it's the end of March. Uh I think. I don't know. I thought you would know more than I would know. Um, yeah, so that's opening day. Before you know it's gonna be here, we'll see James running around with his camera. We'll see a lot of friends. Um, who knows if dad will be in the press box or not, but uh might be.
Speaker 2:Right Skip probably we retire, baby.
Speaker:Skip Clark in retirement. Yeah, didn't say anything about retirement.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is.
Speaker:No, mom's retired.
Speaker 2:No, it's dad.
Speaker:Oh, dad's gonna retire, yes. I don't know about that, Zach. I'm not really sure. Not really sure. So what happened? Um, let's talk about the baseball a little bit. So tell us about some of the trades.
Speaker 2:I guess Brandon Nemo, my dad says Racers, Brandon Nemo went to the Rangers.
Speaker:Wow, what else?
Speaker 2:Me and I said about Orioles, Pete Alonzo went to the Orioles, wow, yeah, and uh Edwin Diaz maybe to that series went to the Dodgers.
Speaker:Wow, that's crazy. Now, who did the Mets just sign? Yeah, well, and I pacers new a lot of new pitchers, yes, yeah. There's always a lot of pitchers, but we have to see some of the uh you know, some of the fielders. Let's see who we're gonna get. I think the Mets might have uh something up their sleeve. I mean, they they they let Alonzo go. They I don't know, it's kind of crazy. There's a lot of money involved too, but still, it's crazy. It's like really nuts, yeah. Yeah, so what else is going on with the baseball? We went to the stadium, right?
Speaker 2:We went to the stadium to the uh Christmas out of the Christmas, holiday homestand, yeah, yeah.
Speaker:That was fun, yeah, it's fun. Yeah, what did we do there? And um, we we hung out, Santa was there, dies, yeah. Santa's been everywhere. Santa was there, and Santa was in the pod zone. Santa's Santa is a busy man right now, dies, busy man. Ah, yeah, I know. So we have opening day coming up. Uh it'll be here before you know it. I shouldn't say coming up, but it is coming up. Uh yeah, in a little bit. Right. So, Zach, um, happy holidays, Skip and Zach. The other half of the of uh, oh, well, right back at you. Happy holidays. Yep, hey Skip and Zach. Happy holidays. Everybody's saying happy holidays.
Speaker 2:Oh, guys, happy holidays, guys.
Speaker:That's right, it's what it's all about. It's Christmas. But all the what happened to the snow? We had a lot of snow, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we're north of Syracuse, so we get quite a bit.
Speaker 2:Yep, ear bit, guys.
Speaker:Yeah, we get quite a bit, but it warmed up and it rained and it went away. Your your Aunt Sue is on there. I'm sure Uncle Bob is right there.
Speaker 2:Hi, Uncle Bob.
Speaker:Tell them, tell them Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2:Merry Christmas, guys.
Speaker:They're in North Carolina. That's right. What else is in North Carolina? We go to North Carolina once in a while.
Speaker 2:Outer Banks.
Speaker:The Outer Banks. That's right. Oh, it's snowing. Don't Don Johnson says it's snowing now in Cicero. We did see on the weather. Who was telling us on the weather? We were watching uh Channel 9. Who's the the weather guy?
Speaker 2:Oh, Sates Bally.
Speaker:Don De Pasquale. And um what did he say?
Speaker 2:He's saying uh all north, all north, yeah.
Speaker:Okay, and how much? Maybe a bit, just a little bit, maybe a trace to a couple inches here and trace, guys. Trace, trace, yeah, and it got windy the other night, too, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. Out of all the weather people, who do you watch? No, no, can you name some of the weather people? No, why not?
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker:Well, we've seen John D. Pasquale, yeah, Violet Skyborg on Channel 3, CNY Central. It could be three and five. Um, oh, Regina's on. Uh, yeah, Regina Billy, Merry Christmas. Right back at you. Uh, Michael James, Michael. Hi, Michael. Hello, brand new fields at Carrier Park. Yes, this season for challengers. Let's go. Spring training starts April 25th. Okay. What do you mean? That's April 25th. You you gotta go to spring training, right? And Coach Mike does a great job.
Speaker 2:Okay, fine.
Speaker:Okay, yes. Somebody twist your arm, right? Yeah, yeah. Uh, Elizabeth and Billy are here with uh Regina as well. Yeah, say we miss you guys. Yeah, we'll be back at the ballpark before you know it.
unknown:Yep.
Speaker:Well, we gotta get through Christmas. After Christmas, we have Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Okay. But then we have New Year's.
Speaker 2:And New Year's.
Speaker:After New Year's, Valentine's Day. Yeah, right? I'm trying to think here. Yeah. Oh, we got some Easter coming up, and you know, before you know it, yeah. I know. I'm just thinking out loud. Yeah. Yep. Uh Elizabeth said hi, Zach.
Speaker 2:Oh, man. How are you doing?
Speaker:Ah. And Luann uh is on there. Hello, Lou. Hello. Good to see you. Say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, you. Yeah, yep. Absolutely. Is it bombshell Billy? Uh says, Merry Christmas, guys. It's cool. Absolutely. Hey, why don't you tell everybody your Christmas list?
Speaker 1:Oh no.
Speaker:What do you mean, oh no? That's me. All right. It is you. So tell everybody what your Christmas list is like. What's on your list, Zach?
Speaker 2:My girlfriend.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker 2:Movies, shows, or about be stars or baseballs?
Speaker:Movies. Cloth. What kind of clothes? You want socks?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Want underwear?
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker:You need underwear? Yes. You know, we used to hate getting underwear.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker:Every time. But all right, so you're gonna get socks and underwear. Yep. Do you like baseball cards? Yes. How many baseball cards do you have? Yeah, you got you got a lot. There's no doubt. No doubt you have a lot. Absolutely. Yep. Uh Matthew says, Merry Christmas. Mm-hmm. So uh trying to think what else would be on your list. Do you like uh Black Pink is your favorite uh music group? Yep. And who are the girls in black pink again? Sar and Kim. Jenny Kim. Who else?
Speaker 2:All right, wait a second. Sar and Kim.
Speaker:So Jenny Kim is sings. Who else is sings with Jenny Kim?
Speaker 2:Isaac is our woes.
Speaker:Ah, I knew you knew them all. You did.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. What's the shirt you got on? Oh, you got your Syracuse Fire Department shirt on.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker:You know who gave you that?
Speaker 2:My dad. Uncle Paul.
Speaker:Uncle Paul. That's right. Matthew says, Hi, Zach. Hope you're good, buddy.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's better for Kiku.
Speaker:Yep, he's doing good. He's doing really good. Real good. What what else? You're leaving soon? What? Did you say ice cream?
Speaker 2:No, ooh.
Speaker:Oh, okay. Speaking of ice cream though.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:What's your favorite?
Speaker 1:Chocolate.
Speaker:Chocolate. Ah, Mike Newman says, hey Zach, boxers or briefs? Oh. Ask me for a friend, lol. Which do you boxers or briefs?
Speaker 2:Briefs.
Speaker:Briefs. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Because it kind of holds things in place, huh? Yeah, we'll leave it at that. I'm gonna leave it at that. All right. So you like chocolate ice cream?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. What kind of milkshakes?
Speaker 2:Chocolate.
Speaker:What kind of Sunday? Here comes mom. Uh, you got boxer briefs. That's why mom is she's got the door open. We can hear the TV loud and clear.
Speaker 2:Oh my god. Come on. Oh, yay. Come on, mom.
Speaker:Oh, maybe mom should come down. Mom's gotta come over here and sit.
Speaker 3:Sorry.
Speaker:Yeah. So Zach, you're gonna talk to all your friends? What do you want to talk about?
Speaker 2:Hi, Rosie.
Speaker:Rossi. Rossi's your dog. See, I can hear she's playing it on her phone, and it's probably a little bit of a delay. So, yeah. So you do all right. So, what else? What clothes that you want to wear? What are you thinking about, Zach?
Speaker 2:Uh, a lot.
Speaker:A lot. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe mom can sit down there. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera here. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera. And uh, we're gonna go like this. We're gonna go like this, and we're gonna go like this. And now mom should be able to get on that camera. We're gonna add mom to the scene here. So this is a little tricky to do, but uh, I think we can do it. I know you've got a lot of friends on here, so there we go. And now we're gonna go like this. We're gonna remove this, and now all three of us should be on. There's mom at the end of the table. Yeah, there she is. Now she's on.
Speaker 2:Oh my god, headphones. Yep.
Speaker:Tell mom what she needs to do.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God, I'm okay.
Speaker:And there she is. There's mom, everybody.
Speaker 3:Woo-hoo!
Speaker:Um, Mike Newman and Lou Ann Schreier, Regina, Luann. Uh, I can go on and on. P Vic is on here. Uh Carly, we've got uh sister Sue. Um, and we're just kind of hanging out in the pod zone.
Speaker 2:Got us.
Speaker:Nice. Now, why don't you interview mom? I'll sit and listen.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay. Hi, mom. How are you doing?
Speaker 4:I'm good. How are you?
Speaker 2:I'm curious. I'm okay at Syracuse Mass.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I work at the Syracuse Mats. So do you. But you only work during the baseball season.
Speaker 2:Oh, yes.
Speaker 4:Yeah. I work all season.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:All year.
Speaker:Ask her what she does.
Speaker 2:I know what she does. Well, call me.
Speaker 4:A little bit, but you know, I greet people. I answer the phone.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:I help out wherever. I log in packages.
Speaker 1:Wow.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah. Everybody's saying hello, Nancy. Wow. Regina, Luann.
Speaker 4:Hello, everyone.
Speaker 2:Hi guys.
Speaker 4:Oh, now you're all lively.
Speaker:So, what other questions do you have for mom? You're doing the interview. How would you do this?
Speaker 2:Um, do you perfect? Huh?
Speaker:Tell me about the boyfriend, Zach.
Speaker 4:He's over there. I'll sit back and watch this. Where you come up with this stuff.
Speaker:Continue with your interview.
Speaker 2:Okay. My sister Aunt Kathy.
Speaker 4:My sister, one of my sisters is Aunt Kathy. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker:Tip the mic down so you can see mom's face a little bit. There you go. There you go. There.
Speaker 2:Nice, mom. Oh, thanks. My sister Aunt Mayor.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's another sister, Aunt Mayor.
Speaker 2:Nice.
Speaker:That's me. I'm Skip.
Speaker 2:Yeah, good, Dad. That's my husband. Oh, well, I think. Yeah. You?
Speaker:It's been that way for a long time. Let me just put it this way, Zach.
Speaker 4:You wouldn't be sitting there if I wasn't here.
Speaker:We'll leave it at that.
Speaker 4:So what else, Zach?
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker:Mama Nancy living the dream.
Speaker 4:How many, uh, how many days till Christmas?
Speaker 2:80 days. No. 18? No.
Speaker:God, I wish it was 18.
Speaker 4:It's only three days. Oh, three days. Yeah. Or get shopping, dude. Yeah, shopping. I think you went already, didn't you? Yes. Yeah. You're done? I'm done. Okay, good.
Speaker:What'd you buy?
Speaker 4:You don't tell.
unknown:Don't die.
Speaker:What'd you buy?
Speaker 2:Oh, stop, Osman, start.
Speaker:I'll give you a cookie.
Speaker 2:Osbin? No.
Speaker:I'm not your husband. Go on, continue with your interview. I'll sit here and watch.
Speaker 2:Ah, uh, okay, mom. Who's your hobby? What's my hobby? Yeah.
unknown:Baseball.
Speaker:Good question.
Speaker 2:Baseball. Oh, does.
Speaker:Is that a hobby, or is that? Well, okay.
Speaker 2:Oh.
Speaker:What?
Speaker 2:Mom, Bobby says a proposal. Proposal.
Speaker 4:Proposal? Yes. Oh, that happened a long time ago. Long time ago.
Speaker:Yeah, it was a long time ago.
Speaker 4:Long time.
Speaker:This is gonna get really good. I I highly urge everybody to hang out.
Speaker 4:Wow.
Speaker:This is not going down the right road right now. But, anyways.
Speaker 4:So let's see, what else? Um, we're all decorated.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 4:We're all ready for Christmas Eve. Yeah. How many people do you think we have here at Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2:A lot of papers. About 30. No, a lot.
Speaker:Well, 30 is a lot for this little house.
Speaker 2:Really? A lot, a lot of papers.
Speaker:Well, to lock up the pod zone.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Yeah, believe me, I know.
Speaker 2:Who's Kai?
Speaker 4:What about him? Who's Kai? Who's that guy? Yes. Who do you think he is? My name's Skip.
Speaker:I'm your dad. Uh, did mom see Santa the other night?
Speaker 4:Yes.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker 4:That was pretty cool, huh? Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker:Any other questions for mom?
Speaker 2:Oh, mom is dad. Did dad's a bad pet or a baby?
Speaker 4:Well, I didn't know him when he was a baby. I wasn't born yet.
Speaker 2:No. He's older.
Speaker 4:No, I had a bad pet. Oh, when I was pregnant. Yeah. With you? I mean you.
Speaker:She wasn't pregnant with me. No, no, Zach, we have to go back to school here a little bit.
Speaker 4:You. Oh, Sean. You were just looking at baby pictures today, weren't you? Yes. What made you do that? Yeah, no. Yeah. You liked looking at them, huh?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:I know you are. You're smarter than you.
Speaker:Then you so how is mom spending her time retirement? Because well, she works a few hours a day at the uh Mets, but now she's off for a couple of weeks because the office is closed. So what is she gonna do? Ask her. Good question. I know.
Speaker 2:Mommy's a famous ice cream.
Speaker:What's your favorite ice cream?
Speaker 4:My favorite ice cream. Yeah.
Speaker:I'm the translator now.
Speaker 4:Chocolate.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Okay, family ass. Oh sorry.
Speaker:My favorite ass.
Speaker 4:But you know what? You know what I what do I always eat every night? Raz. Instead of a chocolate ice cream. What do I eat every night?
Speaker 2:Cowboy.
Speaker 4:No. What do you always give me from the freezer?
Speaker 2:Nutty body.
Speaker 4:A naughty body.
Speaker:What do I have?
Speaker 2:Nothing.
Speaker:Wish it was nothing. I always have a fudgy, sugar-free fudgy.
Speaker 4:Yeah, dad has has to watch his sugar.
Speaker:Wow. You ever watch sugar? It's pretty boring.
Speaker 1:Oh no. No, yeah.
Speaker 4:So um let's see. What um what else do you want for Christmas? You want movies? Yes. And you want a girlfriend? Yeah. Um, what about uh music? Yes. Yeah, you want music? Yes. Okay.
Speaker:You want some uh Bricks and Dunn?
Speaker 2:No, Dub. Say K baby.
Speaker:Jenny Kim, baby. How about a little Rascal Flat?
Speaker 2:No, no, no, Say.
Speaker:How about Luke Combs?
Speaker 2:Saying Kim.
Speaker:Uh, how about some um Post Malone?
Speaker 2:No, no, no, Castin. Say Kim. Morgan Wallin. Stop a constant here, stop what? Yeah, but back over here, says it.
Speaker:Go back to the radio station. Yeah, I'll be there first thing in the morning. Don't worry. All right.
Speaker 4:Someone likes to poke the bear, huh? Yeah, as I poke a man with you.
Speaker:So, what was your favorite part of uh SNL last night?
Speaker 2:Oh, yes.
Speaker:You're scratching your butt. Yes, they do a skit on SNL last night, yes.
Speaker 4:Uh no, oh, but you're right. They did something, did say something about that. That's right. They were doing dance movies.
Speaker:You know what uh coach Mike is saying, Carrie Underwood, with lots of hearts. Yeah, well, look at that. I can even bring that baby up. So there it is, right there. See it? Look at look at the screen.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, Mike. Oh no, stop. You know who Carrie Underwood is? No, yes, Costus, Dad. You know who it is.
Speaker:Do you know who she's married to?
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker:Well, he used to be the captain of the Predators, but now he's retired as well. But uh Mike Fisher. Yeah, you know who the predators are, they're the Nashville hockey team.
Speaker 2:Oh, nice.
Speaker:Yeah, we have a hockey team.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we do.
Speaker:Do you know what it's called?
Speaker 4:Oh, yes, you do.
Speaker:Uh Zachary Clark.
Speaker 4:I'm sorry, you're just messing around, aren't you?
Speaker:It's the name of uh the hockey team here in Syracuse.
Speaker 2:Hi, Syracuse Cross.
Speaker:Let's go, crunch. Sorry, it's commercial mode. Right?
Speaker 2:Yes, cut out, daddy.
Speaker:Thank you, Zach. Sorry, all right. Are you done with your interview?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker:Oh no more questions for mom. No, no.
Speaker 4:Oh, I'm surprised you didn't ask what you're getting for Christmas.
Speaker:What are you getting? What do you think you're getting for Christmas?
Speaker 2:Okay, case me.
Speaker:Why don't I say car or a truck?
Speaker 2:Hey, what no say, no say it.
Speaker:No, okay. So what do you um what do you think you're getting for Christmas?
Speaker 2:Okay, case I go.
Speaker 4:You're getting married for Christmas? Yes.
Speaker:Oh, geez, there goes another punch in the wallet.
Speaker 4:Okay, so you know when you get married, you move out.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah.
Speaker:You don't want to move out?
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker:If you what if you had to move out, where do you think you would go?
Speaker 2:Dad, okay, okay, okay, I go to fire station.
Speaker:They're dropping me off at the fire station. Ah, Susan Bowman says, A girlfriend. Yeah, and yep, yep.
Speaker 2:Oh, Zack.
Speaker:So, why would I get dropped off at the firehouse?
Speaker 2:Because you're naughty list.
Speaker:I'm on the naughty list. Yes, what did Santa say the other night? Nobody's on that lot naughty list.
Speaker 2:It's you, just me.
Speaker:No, he he defended me. He says I was not on that naughty list.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is.
Speaker:No, what no, you said Zach was on that naughty list.
Speaker 2:No, it's dad.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker 4:No, you guys aren't on the naughty list.
Speaker:Well, not yet, anyways.
Speaker 4:Not Santa's daddy's fault.
Speaker:It's daddy's fault. Everything's daddy's fault. Everything, everything that happens around here is dad's fault. I'm I'm not even home, and it's my fault. Why is that?
Speaker 2:And a wife, and you, the nephew, it's gonna maybe.
Speaker 4:So what happened to the wasn't this a Christmas broadcast?
Speaker 2:Oh, yes, yeah.
Speaker:Well, Zach took over the podcast.
Speaker 2:So spread Christmas. I got room.
Speaker:Oh, Mike Coach Mike Mike says he's got room at his place.
Speaker 2:Oh Dodge bike.
Speaker:Ah, it's early, Susan says.
Speaker 2:Oh, sorry, Susan. That's me.
Speaker:So see, read the screen. So here, what is uh uh Mike is saying, I've got room at my place, Zach.
Speaker 2:Dodge bike.
Speaker:Well, you guys in the oh, that'd be a party, huh? Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:Guys have old ones together? No, Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:You're gonna have a party?
Speaker 2:Oh, yay. Okay, okay.
Speaker 4:So, um What else? What else is going on? What do we do on New Year's Eve?
Speaker:Nothing.
Speaker 4:No. Remember what we signed up for?
Speaker 2:Bowling.
unknown:Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 4:Afternoon bowling.
Speaker 1:Afternoon bowling.
Speaker 4:That was fun last year, huh?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker:Do you bowl?
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Are you a good bowler?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, good bowler, Dan.
Speaker:Yeah. With or without the uh the gutter guards, whatever they call them.
Speaker 2:Bumpers.
Speaker:Bumpers, thank you.
Speaker 4:No bumpers, huh?
Speaker 2:No bumpers. It's dad's dad have bumpers.
Speaker:Dad has the bumpers. Probably. I'm sure. I'm sure.
Speaker 4:We have fun with that, don't we?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker:Wow, what?
unknown:I don't know.
Speaker 2:Manasi.
Speaker:Do you know how many people you're talking to right now? You could be talking to a million people. Wow. Could be they could see this in South Korea.
Speaker 3:Woohoo! Hey, Sadie!
Speaker:Somehow I don't even I don't know what time it would be in South Korea right now, but I have the feeling it's like tomorrow. They're at work right now.
Speaker 2:Oh, great.
Speaker:Yeah. They're probably almost like you know, I talked to somebody from Australia, Australia at this time, and it was lunchtime there. So the next day. So even though it's time for us to go to bed, they're eating lunch.
Speaker 4:Huh?
Speaker:Well, it's time for you to go to bed.
Speaker 4:No. I know. You never go to bed early, do you?
Speaker:But when do you go to bed? What time do you go to bed?
Speaker 4:Uh no, no.
Speaker:It's usually what 12:30, 1 o'clock?
Speaker 2:No, no.
Speaker:You know.
Speaker 4:Whenever, huh?
Speaker 2:Yeah, but what time did you wake up today? Six.
Speaker:Six.
Speaker 4:You said it was eight.
Speaker 2:Oh, eight o'clock. Oh, okay.
Speaker:Yeah.
unknown:Okay.
Speaker:Alrighty. We're going.
Speaker 4:So what are you having to eat Christmas Eve?
Speaker:I got food.
Speaker 4:How much? What are we having? What's on the menu?
Speaker:Calamari?
Speaker 4:We were supposed to talk about that. Oh, I got menu. Oh, yeah. And you had calamari the other day.
Speaker 2:Oh, calamari.
Speaker 4:What did I tell you afterwards? What is calamari?
Speaker 2:Great.
Speaker 4:Yeah. You ate that. Well, you ate it. You didn't know what it was.
Speaker:It was good though, right? I usually don't eat it either. That was at what party was that at?
Speaker 2:No, no.
Speaker:That was at the uh Syracuse Mets party.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:Uh employee front office party. Yeah. And what'd you get with the white elephant gift exchange?
Speaker 4:Yeah, what did you get?
Speaker 2:Ya cake. That's right.
Speaker:And what did you win?
Speaker 2:$29.
Speaker:You liar. $35. Oh, we're doing it! $35.
Speaker 4:A little bit less.
Speaker 3:A little bit less.
Speaker:Zach, what's your favorite thing to make? Michael James is at. Michael is asking. What's your favorite thing to make?
Speaker 2:Cheese. What?
Speaker:Cheese? Yes.
Speaker 2:Oh, the mozzarella sticks.
Speaker:Mozzarella sticks. Ah, yeah.
Speaker 4:But you like those little hot dogs? Oh, yeah, the hot dogs. And the crescent rolls? Yeah.
Speaker:The hot dogs, the crescent rolls, the mozzarella sticks. What is that?
Speaker 4:The quesadilla trumpets.
Speaker:Oh, you're the only one that eats those. No, but what else? Shrimp?
Speaker 2:Yeah, shrimp.
Speaker:You like shrimp?
Speaker 2:Yeah, maybe.
Speaker:Maybe. You don't know. Anything fried is delicious, squid included. He's right. That's what Mike Newman is saying.
Speaker 2:Guys.
Speaker:What's your favorite Christmas cookie, Zach? That's what Regina's asking. Betty cookies. What's your favorite? Read it. What's your favorite Christmas cookie?
Speaker 2:Mmm. Soccer.
unknown:Chocolate.
Speaker:Anything with chocolate?
Speaker 2:Socket mint.
Speaker:Chocolate mint. Yes. Here comes Rossi with a hat.
Speaker 3:Oh. Mmm. Mmm.
unknown:Rossy.
Speaker:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:Yes, dad.
Speaker:Well, you can't see it, but our yellow lab just came downstairs with somebody's hat.
Speaker 4:So it's one of yours and it's destroyed. The brim looks like it's all torn up.
Speaker:That's all right.
Speaker 2:Oh, it's dad's dad.
Speaker:I got lots of hats. How many hats do you have? You have a ton of hats. I have a ton of hats.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you got a lot of hats.
Speaker 3:Right?
Speaker:Yeah. All right. So you like, all right. So we answered uh Gina's question before we go. Anybody else get any other questions for this young man over here on my left? You're right, looking at the screen?
Speaker 2:Yes, dad.
Speaker:What? You're gonna ask yourself a question?
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker:Gonna ask mom another question?
Speaker 4:No. You're gonna let's see, you're gonna read the night before Christmas?
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker:It was the night before Christmas and all through the house. Not a creature was staring at me.
Speaker 2:Stop, stop, stop, stop. That's not in the book. Yes.
Speaker:No, it's not.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is.
Speaker:Ah, Gina says, Yummy. Chocolate mint is my favorite too. With some liquid next to it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, a little Bailey's. Right? Yeah.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker:Wow. All right. Well, I guess this conversation. Oh, wait a minute. What do we got? Matthew is asking uh Zach, do you like Santa or the Grinch? Oh, Santa. You don't like the Grinch?
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker:Why?
Speaker 2:Because naughty.
Speaker:He's naughty?
Speaker 2:That's kid.
Speaker:See, everything goes back to me. But uh the Grinch is well, you know, isn't the Grinch turns out to be a nice guy, right? Don't they turn him around?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yes.
Speaker:And who will?
unknown:Yes.
Speaker 2:Boom here is that. But they said Tibet. Hooville. Sharp.
unknown:Yeah.
Speaker:Who will? Yeah. I live in Hooville.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker:What am I skip who dat?
Speaker 3:Yes. I don't know.
Speaker:Uh, so there you go, Matthew. He likes Santa, not the Grinch. Might think they're both cool. It's all part of the holiday. Oh, that was my jelly roll hat. Oh, sit down here.
Speaker 2:Look, guys, I'm so sorry, but that's not this. But Sarah was his hat.
Speaker:Thanks, Zach. It's really nice of you. That hat was personally given to me by Jelly Roll. But I'll I'll see him in the future. So I'll get another one.
Speaker 4:He's looking at other ones that are sitting on the floor.
Speaker:All right. Well, that's you know, if you have a lab, you know exactly what we're talking about. Yeah, so if anybody wants to get me. That's it. That's the hat that just came down. Rossi is in trouble. Yeah, well, see that, Regina? Yeah, yeah. See, that's what happens. But, anyways, okay, we gotta go.
Speaker 2:Okay, Dad.
Speaker:Because you gotta go to bed.
Speaker 2:No, Santa's coming. It's not not yet. Not yet, Dad.
Speaker:When's he come?
Speaker 2:Kiss me's Eve.
Speaker:It's not Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2:No, no, no. No, no, sorry. Kiss me's Eve. Cobsada's cover is Kiss Miss Eve.
Speaker:At what time?
Speaker 4:When you're sleeping.
Speaker:Uh, do you ever hear him? Do you ever think you heard Santa or hear the pitter patter on the roof of all the the hoofs of the eight tiny reindeer?
Speaker 4:Wow.
Speaker:That's how Rudolph went down in history.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Do you ever hear him? No.
unknown:Oh.
Speaker:Do you think he comes down the chimney or comes in the door?
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker:Is he a chimney guy or a door guy?
Speaker 2:Door guy.
Speaker:Door guy.
unknown:Yeah. Yeah. Door dashes?
Speaker:That's when he's not doing door dash. He probably does, you know. Think about it. In the off season, he's got it. He's probably doing door dash or something like that. You don't even know it. Santa told us the other day that he does things around, and uh people don't even know it's him. Yeah, pretty cool, huh? Santa helps out the community in a lot of different ways. So Rossi is in deep trouble.
Speaker 4:What that's just in the time that I came down.
Speaker:All right, everybody. It's time to uh say so long farewell.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, Merry Christmas. Yes, Merry Christmas. Oh, that's a cool guy. Okay, score. Okay.
Speaker:Okay, here we go.
Speaker 2:It says kiss Easter. Mrs. Ben Oh my God, what's it fun of you?
Speaker 4:What was that? Good night. Wrap that up.
Speaker:Uh Merry Christmas, Sue. My uh, your Aunt Sue. And we love you, and this week right back at you. Yeah, Luann and Regina and Mike, everybody. Everybody that's on tonight, have a great holiday. Skip happens, will be back tomorrow night. I have an artist in the studio. Oh, as a matter of fact, down here in the pod zone, so it's gonna be pretty cool. Yep, somebody's coming through a couple of days before Christmas, but they're gonna be over here tomorrow night.
Speaker 2:Tosh.
Speaker:So it's gonna be good. And if you keep an eye on my Facebook, you'll find out who it is in uh just a little bit.
Speaker 2:So okay.
Speaker:All right, all right, cool.
Speaker 2:Bye, guys. It wasn't your fault.
Speaker:It was dad's fault. Because dad left a hat where Rossi could get it, because that's exactly what your mother's gonna say. Ah, love you too, Gina. Say hi to Billy and the fam for us. We'll talk to everybody later. Bye guys. We'll see you at the ballpark. Merry Christmas. Well, in a few months.
Speaker 4:Happy New Year.
Speaker:New Year. Happy bye. See ya. Have a good night, everybody. Say good night. Good night. Good night.
