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From Gridiron Chaos to Hollywood Tales: A Sunday Morning Adventure
Have you ever wondered how a Sunday morning chat over coffee could transform into an exploration of college football chaos and Hollywood tales? Join us as we navigate the unpredictable twists of the college football season, featuring unexpected performances from teams like Texas, Vanderbilt, and Ohio State. We'll also share a personal triumph as we reclaim our spot at the top of the football pool. But that's not all—our conversation takes a delightful detour with a heartwarming story about the unlikely camaraderie between Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
From Hollywood nostalgia to the surprising evolution of wedding song favorites, we're digging into the quirks of modern life. Discover why Whitney Houston's "I Want to Dance with Somebody" is stealing the spotlight at weddings today, and how a Dear Abby letter sheds light on setting boundaries when furry friends come to visit. As we wrap up, we ponder the challenge of stepping away from constant media consumption and question if we could truly take a break from our daily news habits. Get ready for an engaging blend of sports insights, entertainment news, and thoughtful reflections on societal shifts.
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And away we go. Hello, good morning, happy Sunday.
Speaker 2:Good morning. It's a glorious Sunday. How are you this morning?
Speaker 1:I'm great we got the coffee going on oh yeah, coffee is awesomely good.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, best part of waking up other than being next to you is coffee in my cup.
Speaker 1:Well, what do we got going on? It's Sunday morning, just woke up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you want to recap anything? Well, you know sunday's always a recap football thing. It's just crazy. You know, it feels like college football and football season has just started and I'm sitting here looking and realizing that we just completed week nine, nine weeks of college football. Now, of course, you know we've got with the advent of the 12-team playoff, we have two extra games and again I go back to my. You know we're making it into the pros. I think they can now play up to 16 games in college, which is just way too many for kids. But it's not kids anymore, they're professional athletes.
Speaker 1:Well, how many weeks do they normally play?
Speaker 2:Well, it used to be, they played 11 games in a bowl game. Okay, now you can play 11 games, a championship game, play a playoff game, possibly two playoff games and, if you win that, a championship game. So you know, you're up to 15, 16 games that you could possibly play. Now, most nowadays I'm sorry, you play 12 games, a conference championship, 13, and possibly two to three playoff games. So you can play up to 16 games, whereas it used to be, you played 11 games and possibly a bowl game, maximum of 12. Before that it was only 10. So again we're looking at money.
Speaker 1:It always seemed like it was a longer season than that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it always ended. New Year's Day was when it ended, but now that's extended a few more weeks past.
Speaker 1:that You're right.
Speaker 2:You know, and they're starting the college. You didn't start any college games until September, the first of September, first weekend of September. Now they're starting them in August. You know, it's about the money, I don't want to harp on that, but it's about the money. But it was an interesting. Nowia didn't play, so do you have other games that you were didn't play? No, but there were. You know, there's always games to watch and I'm I'm just kind of wondering. You know, after georgia's win they looked pretty good, but there there don't seem to be any breakout teams other than oregon. Oregon's still playing really good. Texas had to struggle against vanderbilt wow, did they want vanderbilt.
Speaker 2:Wow. Who won Vanderbilt? No, texas won by three, wow, but Vanderbilt actually, texas was winning by 10, and Vanderbilt scored a touchdown. They kicked an onside kick and if it weren't for a miscue, they may have been able to tie the game at the end of the game. You know, wow, ohio State had a very tough time playing a mediocre Nebraska game. Nebraska teams like what the hell. You know, ole Miss was supposed to be really good. They barely beat Oklahoma, you know. So, just other than Oregon, yesterday, miami played very well. I guess the biggest game of all yesterday was Texas, a&m and LSU, and I thought LSU was a much better team, but they were exposed defensively yesterday. So it was. You know, we're nine weeks in still trying to figure out who the best teams are. So that's a good thing for college football.
Speaker 1:Yeah, how did you move up in your ranking on your pool?
Speaker 2:Well, after last week's debacle, I'm back in the top three. Oh, yay, yeah.
Speaker 1:All right, how did you end yesterday?
Speaker 2:Last week's debacle. I was for the week. That week I came in second to last. I'm usually first, second, third, you know, in the top five or six of that thing, but yeah, that was ridiculous. So now I'm in third place overall with a week like that. So I'm coming back Very good. All right, Cream is rising back to the top baby.
Speaker 1:All right, I'm back. All right. Well good, now that I got you up in a good mood, we're going to move on to other topics.
Speaker 2:Okay, let's have some lighthearted topics.
Speaker 1:Yes, it will definitely be. I've picked out two very lighthearted topics, nothing to do with politics whatsoever. Good, I don't know why, but I read this story about Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson and it just warmed my heart, so I wanted to share.
Speaker 2:Did he see the car magnet?
Speaker 1:No, he's an actor. He's an actor. Oh well, what I didn't get it.
Speaker 2:Nissan, Nissan.
Speaker 1:Oh, nissan, liam Neeson, did I say it wrong?
Speaker 2:You said it right.
Speaker 1:I was just making a joke. Oh sorry, this is from page six. Sometimes I don't get your humor. Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson, that's good, very good, thank you, All right. Pamela Anderson.
Speaker 2:I'll be appearing next week, this time on Saturday morning.
Speaker 1:Okay, can I go?
Speaker 2:Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1:Pamela Anderson calls Naked Gun co-star Liam Neeson the perfect gentleman after he confesses he's in love with her. Oh Now, I don't know how old Pamela Anderson, but he's, I think, in his 70s. Believe it or not, it seems Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson have similar feelings for each other. I'm not going to read the whole thing, no, that's nice. I'm going to bring out just some, because she's in her 60s isn't she, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Can you look her up while I'm reading this? All right, so let's see Pamela Anderson. Pamela Anderson, you know she's been all over the news lately because she's, you know, removed her breast implants a long time ago. She's going makeup-less, she doesn't wear makeup anymore and she's just very, she just seems like a very different person, very humble, very simple, you know nothing extravagant. She just is very beautiful, I think. And then he has been in the news recently too.
Speaker 2:She's 57.
Speaker 1:Okay, talking about where he just doesn't want to date anymore, the whole dating scene is ridiculous and he's done with it all, and I'm wondering if there's something going on between these two. I don't know.
Speaker 2:I don't know. You know I don't follow any of that stuff, Right?
Speaker 1:Well, let me finish reading what I want to read. He brings out the best in you with respect, kindness and depth of experience. It was an absolute honor to work with him, Anderson shared. In an interview with People published Friday. Anderson continued sharing how Neeson sincerely looked after me, wrapped his coat around me when I was cold while filming together. She returned the actor's kindness by making him bread and cookies and leaving them for him to find in his dressing room. In the same interview, published by People on Friday, Neeson professed his admiration for his co-star by saying he is madly in love with her.
Speaker 2:He's 71.
Speaker 1:Okay, uh, let's see, andrew, I'll read this last paragraph and then we can move on and talk about it. Anderson and neeson filmed the reboot of the leslie nielsen cop comedy earlier this year and in it the stars she stars as a femme fatale, opposite of neeson, who portrays frank dreamin jr, presumably the son of nielsen's character, frank dreamin okay, drebin, whatever his name is, yeah, so I thought that was a very heartwarming. It is, as far as holly Hollywood actors go, this was nice. Yeah, you don't have any comments?
Speaker 2:No, I think it's good. They're of an age where they're probably both single. They can have a nice relationship. It doesn't have to be anything newspaperish or anything like that, but that's nice. Their characters, I guess, aren't perceived as being emotion or down-to-earth, sappy-type things like that. The media would portray that as being sappy, I guess. Well, nowadays, sure it's sappy to bake cookies for somebody.
Speaker 1:You know, but I think things that's pretty nice. Things go in cycles and everything, and this is reminiscent of the old Hollywood, when the stars actually had a nice image about themselves. Now behind closed doors, who knows what happened? Absolutely, absolutely. Now behind closed doors, who knows what happened?
Speaker 2:Absolutely.
Speaker 1:I just thought it was nice and a breath of fresh air, refreshing, to read something about this, about Hollywood actors who seem to be normal, ordinary people.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely and.
Speaker 1:I'm rooting for them.
Speaker 2:I like that. I think that's great. All right, I do.
Speaker 1:All right? Well, all right, we'll move on to the next topic. And another light-hearted thing Do you know what the number one wedding song is has been requested.
Speaker 2:I do not. I'm too sexy for my shirt.
Speaker 1:No, you don't have any ideas. No guesses.
Speaker 2:Here comes the bride. No, I don't know the wedding mark Alright, right.
Speaker 1:This 80s hit has been crowned the most popular wedding song, and rightly so.
Speaker 2:Says okay, so wedding song, as far as maybe at the party or something yeah oh lord, that could be anything um the hokey pokey no okay, what it's by whitney houston.
Speaker 1:I want Dance with Somebody. I found that very surprising.
Speaker 2:I would not want that play.
Speaker 1:No, me either, but we're older. The tune most beloved when trying when tying the knot goes to Whitney Houston's pop ballad I Want to Dance with Somebody. According to a recent study by Breeze it, which is an online wedding vendor search tool, let's see, let's see the 1987 hit, which was on Houston's second studio album, whitney, appeared at 484 times across the 2000 wedding themed Spotify playlist. Uh, I want to say what was the second one? I want to say it was, oh, dancing queen, I think is the second one by abba.
Speaker 2:I don't get that.
Speaker 1:I don't, I don't understand that well, you know, I guess they're polling younger generations for this one I I don't know, even though it's from the 80s.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, of course, we were all Sinatra all the time. Yes, we were During ours and I thought that was very classy.
Speaker 1:Yes, we even had. We didn't have a band, we had a guy and a piano player and a piano player who came in and he wore his white tux or whatever, like Sinatra, whatever, it was good.
Speaker 2:And he crooned Sinatra the whole wedding and we danced to a Sinatra song.
Speaker 1:I say white tux. He wore a white jacket, black pants, yeah.
Speaker 2:But I can't see. You know, I could see a big party and all that stuff, but I can't see. Yeah, I want to dance with somebody. Or digging the dancing queen as popular wedding songs. No, I just don't see that. Yeah, but we're older, I still don't see it.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's why we don't see it because we're older.
Speaker 2:I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather have played.
Speaker 1:All right, yeah, well that's all the topics I had.
Speaker 2:Well, what's Dear Abby thinking about today?
Speaker 1:Well, let's go over and find out. Let's go over and see what Dear Abby has today in store for us.
Speaker 2:You know it's crazy, as we watch the news right now, how many people are lined up and what time they're lined up at the Madison Square Garden Nazi rally.
Speaker 1:I tried to keep it political, free y'all.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying it's crazy to see how many and all those people are. You know, all those Nazis. I was making light of it being saying you know? You're looking at these people and going, yeah, those are a bunch of Nazis. Oh, come on. Anyway, what's? Dear Abby got on board.
Speaker 1:All right. Well, the first one that comes up is Dear Abby, how do I tell my family they can't bring their dogs to my house? Dear Abby, I own a lake cabin and enjoy hosting friends and relatives, even though I don't have a pet myself. I like animals and I don't mind if people ask to bring their dogs, because the ground floor is linoleum that's easy to clean when the inevitable sand and water get tracked in. Last year I invited my niece and her husband to spend the weekend and they showed up with their large, long-haired dog. Even though they hadn't asked in advance, I didn't have a problem with it until it was time to go to bed. They brought their dog to bed with them in the upstairs guest room. I was so surprised I didn't know what to say. Dogs have never gone upstairs before, much less rolled around in the bed. They have either slept downstairs on their own or their owners brought crates and had the dogs sleep in their cars. Oh, I don't like that.
Speaker 1:After the couple left, I had to deep clean the room to remove the dog hair, including dusting, vacuuming Well, you're going to have to clean anyway, all right, including dusting, vacuuming you're going to have to clean anyway, all right and washing the bed, linens, comforter, blah, blah, blah. I usually just spiff up the room and change the sheets in preparation for the next visitor. Goodness gracious, that goes on and on and on. Abby, this couple is coming in the cabin again and I assume that they still have the dog. Should I broach the subject after setting a precedent during their last visit? Blah, blah, blah. Okay, what do you think?
Speaker 2:Well, first of all, you know, if she doesn't like dogs upstairs, just say hey, I don't like dogs upstairs. That's just a house rule, you know. Oh, we did it last time. I understand, but we don't do that. It's a matter of a boundary and I don't think they're going to be hugely upset that you don't. If that's a big strain in your friendship or relationship with somebody, then it's not that big a deal. Really. They don't have to bring their dog.
Speaker 1:I mean, you're going to clean, You're cleaning anyway, although she just admitted she usually just spruces up the room and changes the linens. She had to deep clean the room though.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think it's just a matter of do you want to say something? If not, just clean the damn room.
Speaker 1:You know, it might be different if the dog is not trained, or if it's chewing up stuff, I mean. Whatever, I wouldn't care.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean to me I wouldn't care. But if it's that big a deal to you, all you have to do is say something. It's not. You know, we don't make you know what's the big deal. Agreed I agree, all right, or so? So, oh, my god, the sky is falling.
Speaker 1:The sky is falling anyway, yeah, anyway, all right, here we go with the next one. You ready, I'm ready. Dear abby, my husband and I used to play in a band together. He played guitar, guitar and I sang. He now has another female singer in his band and I can hardly contain my feelings. In the beginning he was invited to into an existing band and she was already that. She was already in Okay, I don't know and he accepted. But then the band broke up and reformed and he kept the girl in it.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is too much information. He knows how badly I have wanted to sing again. I tried endlessly to resurrect us as a duo or a starter band, but getting him to work with me was like pulling teeth. Oh, I was a singer in my own right before him and since. But he has never been honest with me about why he doesn't want me to perform with him again.
Speaker 1:This has affected my confidence so much that I have virtually given up singing. It kills me that I've relinquished my artistic identity over this. The thing is, he's just a local player. This is not a bit. This is not big time. He had his heyday years ago and he's just a local player. This is not a bit. This is not big time. He had his heyday years ago and he's just average. They don't have a following or crowds lighting up to see them. I have tried to be supportive because he needed the confidence. But I'm like two. But I'm like two people the supportive wife and the manipulative green-eyed monster. To add add insult to injury, she's made clear that she doesn't like me by unfriending me on social media. She named the band after herself and posts provocative pictures of herself. This has got to be made up. Do you have any advice, bluck? So okay, what do you think about this? It's silly.
Speaker 2:They should add a lot of sex into this letter and put it in a penthouse for them. I mean, come on, how much more can you make up?
Speaker 1:Oh, my God.
Speaker 2:And this is something that's like okay, all this is going on and I need to write a letter to dear abby I mean, how old are they?
Speaker 1:14?
Speaker 2:but you know still, what gets me is I. You know, with all this going on, I gotta sit down and pen a letter to dear abby, because that's where I'm gonna get my solutions. Oh, give me a break, come on. Oh, my goodness it's silly you won't believe what happened today. Come on, man oh my god yeah, that's all I got okay, yeah you know where do you start to touch that I I know.
Speaker 2:I know how many ways can you say this isn't right, that's not right, this isn't right, you should do this, you should do that, you should. You know, you put that letter to. You know 100 people. You're going to get 99 different scenarios of what should be done. So I know.
Speaker 1:All right, we'll move on to the question of the day. How about that?
Speaker 2:All right, let's go to the question of the day.
Speaker 1:All right, the gent has the question of the day for us.
Speaker 2:I'm not sure if I could do it. I can do it on a limited basis, but I'm not sure I could do this. But there are no rewards to this. This is the only thing If possible. Could you turn off and stay away from all news for one week? Or would it be just like a drug or an alcohol or something where you get addicted and you got a Jones and you got to have it? Could you stay away from all news media for one week?
Speaker 1:Well, my automatic reply, my gut reaction, is yes, as long as it's not during this election week coming up. I want to watch the news during the election cycle, but other than that, yes, I believe I could.
Speaker 2:If I was not writing for the Victory Girls, I think I could. You know, it's like yeah, I can do with alcohol. No, you have to stop drinking, Okay? Well, you know I won't really stop. I'll only drink beer. Well, I'll only drink on Tuesdays. Well, I'll do the news only if it's the elections or only if I weren't writing. You know, I'm just saying that. It sounds like the same thing. You know what I mean. So I don't know. Be honest, Do you think you could?
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Okay, I don't know if I could.
Speaker 1:Yes, I could.
Speaker 2:I could too, there's other things.
Speaker 1:I could read a book. I could watch movies. Yes, I could, we could go shopping.
Speaker 2:We could read the paper. Oh, couldn't read the paper.
Speaker 1:Nope, unless you read the funny section.
Speaker 2:Yeah, good, I'd have to change.
Speaker 1:You'd read the Dear Abby's.
Speaker 2:I'd have to change all my settings on my XM radio.
Speaker 1:Make sure that wasn't going on football. Part of the news.
Speaker 2:Football wouldn't be Stocks? I guess would be, because you know anytime you put it on because they're always telling you about. Well, they're always telling you about, but you know, there's a lot of geopolitical stuff that we have to look into. As far as that goes.
Speaker 1:That means I'd have to give up Pat Gray for a week which I could do if I had to. I don't want to, but I could. I would do if I had to.
Speaker 2:I don't want to, but I could. Uh-huh, I could. Okay, are you throwing a challenge gauntlet?
Speaker 1:No, nope, okay, all right.
Speaker 2:Well, there you have it. Let's see if you guys can be honest about it.
Speaker 1:I bet they can, I bet they could.
Speaker 2:All right, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1:All right, got to go.
Speaker 2:Go.
