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[00:00:16]Hi there and welcome to the Standing by podcast for Wednesday the 13th day of May. I'm Terry Damonte and over there's Ted Bird. Hello Ted Bird.

[00:00:24]>> Wednesday the 13th.

[00:00:26]>> Wednesday the 13th. Is it bad luck?

[00:00:28]>> That's marginal luck.

[00:00:29]>> Okay. Yeah.

[00:00:31]>> So, maybe buy a lot ticket, maybe don't buy a lot of tickets.

[00:00:35]>> I would say business as usual.

[00:00:36]>> What does it matter anyway? We're all going to die.

[00:00:43]>> Good night everybody. It's a great open, isn't it?

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[00:02:14]Um Ted and I uh would like to uh well I thought we we would start and uh and say belated happy Mother's Day to our moms.

[00:02:22]I saw that nice picture you posted of uh your mom >> with all her abs swag.

[00:02:28]>> Yeah.

[00:02:35]>> Thanks for letting that go.

[00:02:38]>> That was playing in my head.

[00:02:41]That was a nice picture of your mom. Did you call your mom on Mother's Day? Of course. Of course. Good. I'm glad to hear it. My mom, too. And thanks. Some people have been asking about my mom because we lost >> uh our dad in January and people have reached out uh on social media to check in on her and ask how she's doing and and I appreciate that very much. Um and we I didn't people asked how come I didn't post anything. Um, we had another death in the family this past few days and um, it wasn't wasn't a time to do the posting and the celebrating.

[00:03:14]>> No, I don't. And I also don't think there's any social media obligation to post >> your private business up to and including deaths in the family. That's up to the individual.

[00:03:25]>> But, you know, people people make judgments now, right? Because social media is now the the public square. And if you're not marching in lock step or doing what everybody else does, there's there's judgment quickly emerges. You know, why didn't you do this? How come you why did you go there? Like this past week, I have to say thanks to her. Um I about three weeks ago, I recorded the podcast with Tori Morton. It's a podcast called If You Know, You Know. And I I like Tori. She's a lot of fun. She's had some really uh prominent Montrealers on >> Well, she's a prominent Montrealer herself, particularly on social media.

[00:04:03]She has a really strong following on social media, and she posts about Montreal, and her posts garner tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of views.

[00:04:13]>> Yeah. And she's had people like Geek Carbono on and, you know, Danny Smiles and other prominent Montrealers. And I was I was kind of pleased that she called me and said, "Would you like to be on?" I said, "Sure. And I went on and she posted a thing that I was a was a clip of me talking about what I liked about Montreal. And I I I mentioned Crescent Street and I guess her audience I suppose or the people that follow her.

[00:04:40]>> It's a younger crowd that younger crowd.

[00:04:42]>> Yeah. It's it's the generation after it's millennials basically I suppose.

[00:04:46]>> Not all of them but there was a number of you. Oh, you look at the stupid old [ __ ] Nobody goes to Crescent Street.

[00:04:53]Nobody knows Crescent Street. And of course pe it's people who didn't listen to the whole clip because it had context.

[00:05:00]>> And whether or not you think Crescent Street is cool, >> Crescent Street is one of those streets in the city of Montreal, that's one of the famous streets.

[00:05:12]>> It's iconic.

[00:05:13]>> Peele, Renbec, St. Catherine, Crescent, St. Lauron, St. Denny Moral. These are all very famous streets.

[00:05:24]>> Knock yourself out in Griffin Town in St. Henry by all means. It's nice down there and it's cool down there and it's trendy down there.

[00:05:31]>> But you don't have to diminish >> no >> the other iconic places around the city.

[00:05:35]>> By the way, with the F1 race coming up, and it is coming up because it's earlier now um in the F1 calendar, >> go down to Crescent Street and see how quiet it is.

[00:05:44]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:05:45]>> Good luck to it.

[00:05:46]>> I have a question for you from that podcast.

[00:05:48]>> Yes.

[00:05:49]I've known you for over 40 years. I've worked with you for 38 years. In fact, I think it's our anniversary.

[00:05:56]>> Is it really?

[00:05:57]>> It was May something 1988 that we first worked together.

[00:06:00]>> Oh, wow.

[00:06:01]>> But you never told me story of the marching band and the exotic birds.

[00:06:12]>> I thought you were there.

[00:06:13]>> No, that must have been before we worked together. I was pissing my pants laughing at that story because I could just picture. Tell the story.

[00:06:23]>> Well, uh, one morning, actually, I have to start the night before because I was in my if it was before you got You got there in ' 88.

[00:06:32]>> I got there in ' 88.

[00:06:33]>> Okay. So, I was in my late 20s.

[00:06:36]>> Yeah.

[00:06:36]>> So, it it was not >> Yeah. And in radio in your late 20s, there are some late nights and sometimes there are overnighters. Yes.

[00:06:43]>> Yeah. You go from the bar rate to work.

[00:06:45]>> Yeah. And this was a particular it was one of those nights where we had been out very late and I I don't know maybe I slept 50 minutes or something and got in the shower and when I went to work I was hung over and the promotion person at the radio station said don't forget at 7:30 we have the marching band from the Zutaza Park in Miami coming in and I a wildlife part.

[00:07:15]>> Yeah. And I said, "What? What?"

[00:07:19]>> And you remember how big the studio was?

[00:07:22]>> Not very big. It was a tiny little studio.

[00:07:24]>> Yeah. It was like as big as a phone booth. Anyway, and they came with I think there was uh one drummer and a horn player. So, IT WAS And I just wanted to die. I just wanted to die. And in behind the two musicians came this woman with this giant exotic bird like you know it was one of those one of those and it's 7:30 in the morning and I just want to die and I want to kill the drummer and punch the trumpet player in the face and she starts to tell me about you know Willie the exotic multifathered from the jungle. of whatever.

[00:08:13]And she put it on my shoulder and the claws dug into my shoulder. And as she reached down to pull the bird off my shoulder, it [ __ ] all over my back and the floor.

[00:08:27]And I don't even know how to describe the smell.

[00:08:32]>> But I said, "You guys have to go. I'm going to barf."

[00:08:37]>> It smelt like a It smelled like a chicken coupe. If you've ever been near a chicken farm, you know what I'm talking about.

[00:08:45]>> Chicken [ __ ] Chicken [ __ ] and pig [ __ ] are the worst.

[00:08:48]>> Well, you can add this exotic bird from this park in Florida.

[00:08:52]>> That was uh >> I laughed so hard. How have I never heard that you were there that morning?

[00:08:58]>> No, I would have remembered that.

[00:09:00]>> Yeah.

[00:09:00]>> Yeah, that must have been uh sometime between 84 and 88.

[00:09:04]>> Yeah. Well, thanks to Tori for having me on. Uh the podcast is called If You Know, You Know. Um and if you're you're a Montrealer, it's a cool podcast to watch. Um and uh I I had a lot of fun doing it and a lot of people have seen it and a lot of people take shots, but you and I have talked about this on the podcast before. It's the It's the go-to insult. You guys are old and out of touch and you know what? You got to do >> Listen, you know what? Way more people like us than than take shots at us, so whatever. What's good about being older is you don't give a [ __ ] anymore.

[00:09:39]>> Yeah. It rolls off your back a lot easier.

[00:09:41]>> Yeah. It's like, okay, whatever. Anyway, thanks Tori. Tori Morton. Uh, and the podcast is called If You Know, You Know.

[00:09:48]Um, you went to I went, they went, we all went. Let me start again. This past weekend, the Dary Expressway was closed.

[00:09:59]As we're recording this on uh uh May 10th, the Dary was closed this past weekend. this last couple days.

[00:10:07]>> They closed in both directions, >> just southbound.

[00:10:08]>> Yeah. What were they doing?

[00:10:10]>> Uh maintenance, whatever. Who knows? Um and uh so Jess and I said, "We're we're not going to venture into town that way." So we parked the car in Lval and we got on the metro in Laval and we took the metro uh downtown for uh a nice birthday brunch for our friends uh Giani and his fiance Steph. It was Steph's birthday and they like a place called Bagel, etc. Jess has been before. I'd never been before. It's on uh Mount Royal Moral. Uh no, it's not. It's on St. Lauron, just around the corner from Morale. And holy [ __ ] was it good. We really, really, really loved it.

[00:10:49]>> Bagel ETA.

[00:10:50]>> Yeah, it's called Bagel ETA.

[00:10:51]>> How long's it been around?

[00:10:52]>> Uh I think for quite some time. You know, we're newcomers. When I posted it online, a lot of people talked about it and uh I think Katherine is is the uh I'm not sure if she's the owner. Anyway, she and her had an exchange and we managed to get a a table for 10 people on a Saturday afternoon, which was uh difficult to do because >> table for 10.

[00:11:13]>> Yeah, it's quite quite a popular restaurant, too.

[00:11:16]>> Um, so yeah, we managed to uh last week we, you know, I was talking about meandering down Saint Den up memorial um and how Montreal that is. And we had that kind of day on Saturday. We went from uh bagel, etc. Uh, and we wandered got back on the metro and and wandered down Wellington in Verdon. I needed uh to get another jacket. So, I went to see my friends at MH Grover. And it's not the pon yet that's coming, but we wandered up and down uh Wellington Street from Delegree Metro. So, we had a really nice um uh really nice day, a really nice Montreal day on Saturday and we didn't drive for everybody who's saying, you know, you don't Well, we posted that clip last week of me on Saint Denise >> and people saying, "What's wrong with you? You don't drive in the >> You don't drive in the plateau."

[00:12:08]>> Yeah. And as Jess said, well, we don't walk from the St. Agath, you know. We It's a long walk from the Laurentians, so quite a hike.

[00:12:18]>> Yeah. Anyway, that's what we did on Saturday. We took the metro and uh had a really nice time. And that's the other thing I was saying to Jess. You know, when you you post you see things online about the metro, it's always a bad picture of something gone wrong or something. The metro is terrific and it works really well. Like I don't know 98% of the time. I don't have to use it every day, so I'm sure I'll hear from somebody who has to use it every day and you might have something to say about that. But jeez, we we live in a city with a great transportation system for the most part.

[00:12:53]>> Yeah. Well, I take it uh a fair amount in it in warm weather because I'm not in a hurry.

[00:12:59]>> Oh, you just talked to me about your doctor's appointment.

[00:13:01]>> Yeah, I got a doctor's appointment at the Glenn and rather than than try to find parking at the Glenn, which is even with the parking lot, you have to drive around and it's like a school of sharks.

[00:13:11]Everybody's driving around looking for a spot.

[00:13:14]>> I don't know what happened there. I don't know either because it used to be fairly Yeah, you would just go in and you would find a spot. Now you last time I was there, I drove around for like 25 minutes in the garage >> waiting for a spot to open up. So I'm just going to take the bus and the metro to go to the hospital.

[00:13:29]>> Yeah. Uh Mano had put up a slide for me.

[00:13:31]Thanks, Mano. I didn't get a chance to mention it. The decay was structural maintenance.

[00:13:36]>> There you go.

[00:13:36]>> Which is reassuring and concerning all at the same time.

[00:13:39]>> Yeah.

[00:13:41]I was in the Laugh Fontaine tunnel on the weekend thinking to myself, "Boy, it wouldn't be good if this thing all of a sudden imploded."

[00:13:48]>> No, no, you don't want dripping water as you're driving through that.

[00:13:53]>> All the force of the mighty St. Lawrence all came in there all at once. No thanks.

[00:13:57]>> Be overf, I think. Eh.

[00:13:58]>> Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

[00:13:59]>> Hey, let's not talk about that. Let's No, let's not. You went to Jerry Smoke Meet. Speaking of Montreal iconic spots.

[00:14:05]>> Yeah, in St. Leonard. I'm never in that part of town, but Charlie Bird and I uh Charlie had some business in St. Leo. We had to see a guy about a thing >> St. Leonard style business. Yeah.

[00:14:17]>> Yeah. In the back lane of >> Exactly. Yeah. So, as we're driving down Jerry, we drive by Jerry smoked meat and I'd never been there before, but I remembered you talking about it. Yeah.

[00:14:26]>> And how iconic it is. And I mean, I know all the I know all the West End delies, all the Jewish places. I've been to them all. I you know, I lived in NDG. I live on the West Island now. I know all those places and I thought I got to try as long as we're out here. When's the next time I'm going to be, you know, at the corner of Lulier and and Jerry.

[00:14:44]>> So I said to Charlie after we saw the guy about the thing, I said, "Let's go to Jerry smoked meat and have a bite to eat." And as they say in the vernacular, that's the best [ __ ] smoked meat I never had.

[00:15:00]That was and I said to Adam, the manager, I said, "Don't tell the Jews this, >> but that's the best smoked meat sandwich I've ever had."

[00:15:08]>> And I don't know if it was a matter of catching them on on one of their better days.

[00:15:12]>> Yeah. Listen, there's a reason it's iconic.

[00:15:15]>> It was so good. And Adam was telling me, the place is Greek, >> and Adam was telling me that after the war, when the Greeks immigrated to Canada on mass, a lot of them went to work at the Jewish delies. They learned the trade and then they opened up their own places. Wow. I didn't know that.

[00:15:33]>> And Jerry is one of those places. It's been there for like 52 years. And here's >> You've heard of Montreal Jewish Geography?

[00:15:40]>> Yes.

[00:15:41]>> Where you always somebody always knows you meet someone and you always have a mutual acquaintance in the community.

[00:15:46]Well, there's Montreal Greek geography as well. Is that right? Because uh Dena, whose table I sat at at ExposeFest after I posted about going to Jerry smoked meat, she messages me and says, "My family owns that."

[00:16:00]>> Is that right?

[00:16:01]>> Yeah. And she said, uh, what did she say here? It was really interesting. He said, "What in?" She says, "What institution in St. Leo lasts that long?"

[00:16:11]Smack in the middle of St. Leonard on Jewish brisket. That's Montreal for you.

[00:16:18]>> It is. It really is. It's a And that area of town, you know, you don't It's true. If you live in Point Clair, you don't say, "Hey, let's go to Jerry's smoked meat."

[00:16:27]>> Yeah. You don't say, "Let's go to St. Leonard for a smoked meat sandwich."

[00:16:30]Yeah.

[00:16:31]>> But St. Leonard is filled like our friend G will tell you. He knows all of the sandwich places. There's just tons of them there. And we've talked about this on the podcast before. I I Well, I don't hate to say it because it's true.

[00:16:45]The Greeks make the best pizza.

[00:16:47]>> They do. They really really do.

[00:16:48]>> They have pizza at Jerry Pet Jerry Smoke as well.

[00:16:52]>> Yeah. Yeah. It's a great spot. It's It's one of those spots you should go, you know. It's one of those iconic Montreal spots. Remember I was talking about this? I like the fact that Winsky's is still there. I find that comforting. And when you drive by that corner and you see that Jerry smoked meat sign, I find that comforting. Yeah, >> I really do.

[00:17:10]>> Here's another throwback for you in that neighborhood. At the Montreal end of the Lafontaine tunnel, as soon as you get out of the tunnel, if you take the first exit off to the right, there's a Shell station there.

[00:17:22]>> Mhm.

[00:17:22]>> And Charlie needed gas for the little car that he was dropping off. And the guy came out to pump the gas.

[00:17:29]>> What?

[00:17:29]>> Yeah.

[00:17:30]>> Wow.

[00:17:30]>> And I said to the guy, "That's unheard of." And he goes, "I think there are there's us and maybe one other >> gas station where the guy you still get full service." So talk about a throwback. Oh, and Charlie put in $3 cuz it was like five blocks away, but he he didn't know if he was out of gas or not. So, it was a throwback in two different ways. The guy pumped the gas and we got three bucks worth. That was like when we were kids, you borrow your dad's car, >> you know, and you'd put in $2 worth of gas into a 1972 Dodge Monaco and drive all night.

[00:18:04]>> Yeah. Well, I I had my 67 Volkswagen Beetle, and if I could get a buck from three people or four people, >> we we'd be good for two days, you know, because of the I I don't know. I don't remember what gas was at that, but all you needed was, you know, $4 and it would fill a Volkswagen tank easily.

[00:18:22]>> Yeah.

[00:18:23]>> Yeah. Yeah. We're that old.

[00:18:24]>> Yeah.

[00:18:27]>> Anyway, I'm going back to Jerry Smoke.

[00:18:29]Maybe he I I should go with you. Um, speaking of that, uh, I was looking in the main, as I do every week. Uh, the main has a really cool list of bars and spots where you can watch hockey. And we, uh, you should have a look at it cuz it's really really there's been some really cool watch parties. the Canadians had to add another screen and um the the guys at the Rialto Theater um decided to open the Rialto Theater, this beautiful renovated theater where you can see some really great um where did I write that down? I wrote that down somewhere, but uh I must have Oh, here it is. Ezio Caroselli.

[00:19:14]I hope I hope I'm pronouncing that right. Edio. Uh, he's the owner of the Rialto. And when they asked him why he did that, why he opened it up so people could go watch the hockey game together, he said, "I wanted some company."

[00:19:25]>> Oh, really?

[00:19:26]>> They pack the place. Anyway, that was Yeah. A story that uh I'm pretty sure I saw that in the Gazette. Um, but there's a really cool list in the main of bars and spots to watch hockey. I guess as we're recording this, the Habs won the their first home game last night of the season.

[00:19:42]>> So, as of the time of this recording, they're up two games to one. When you're watching it, game four will already have been played. I don't know where it's at, but even if they lost game four and it's tied at two, I'm really confident about the Canadians winning this series.

[00:19:56]>> They look impressive.

[00:19:57]>> Yeah, they really do.

[00:19:58]>> They look so impressive.

[00:19:59]>> Yeah. And Buffalo was supposed to was supposed to like bully them, right?

[00:20:03]Because the Sabres are so big. I find it's been quite the opposite. I find the Canadians have been pushing the Sabres around. And I I don't want to jinx it and I don't know what I'm talking about, but Dobish, that story is giving me Patrick Hob vibes.

[00:20:19]>> Yeah, >> it is.

[00:20:20]>> Yeah.

[00:20:21]>> Kid, new Stanley Cup. He's He's emotional. He's tough. He's seemingly right now unbeatable and playing the kind of hockey that gets in the opposition's head.

[00:20:34]>> I hope he didn't give up nine goals in game four.

[00:20:36]>> Me, too.

[00:20:38]Well, that's the drawback of podcasting, right? It's a lot like radio except not.

[00:20:42]>> Yeah.

[00:20:42]>> Um because we some things we can't be current. We're we're record it doesn't matter to you. We're recording this on a Monday because of a scheduling issue.

[00:20:50]>> Um and that's why we we're talking like this.

[00:20:53]>> Yeah. Well, that's another reason I think Do I think the Canadians will beat Buffalo is Dobish is a better goalie than than Lion from from Buffalo >> who's who's a career backup.

[00:21:03]>> Yeah.

[00:21:03]>> Basically, >> I think they're going to make a goalender change. the Sabres. Yeah.

[00:21:08]Yeah, they may have for game four.

[00:21:10]>> Yeah, they may have.

[00:21:11]>> I wouldn't I wouldn't be surprised. It looks like >> uh I don't think it looks like I think Carolina's already through to the to the conference final if I'm not mistaken.

[00:21:19]Yeah. So, the road to the Stanley Cup final goes through Carolina and that's going to whether it's the Canadians or Buffalo, that's going to be a tough road. It >> sure will be.

[00:21:28]>> They're a good hockey team. Carolina, >> there's something about watching Lane Houston Lane Hudson. I do that all the time. I look at his I look at his the back of his shirt and go in.

[00:21:43]>> There's something about watching Lane Hudson that gives me such great joy.

[00:21:49]>> Yeah.

[00:21:49]>> What a complete >> Well, he plays with great joy.

[00:21:52]>> Complete hockey player.

[00:21:53]>> Yeah.

[00:21:54]>> Speed and agility and unbelievable hockey sense. And when we were watching the game last night, one of the Sabres on a power play didn't have a stick and he targeted the guy without a stick and went around him like he was a pylon and set up the Cfield goal. Yeah, it was just it's just a thing of beauty. And we should talk about the um the ceremony that the Canadians have for opening the games >> where they have uh a legend of the franchise uh walk out one of the entrances. I think I don't know if it's at mezzanine level or where it is, but anyway, it's somewhere where everyone in the building can see him and he holds up the torch.

[00:22:32]And they've had for game three, it was Kirk Mueller. They've also had well, there have been four. Chris Nyl um who else?

[00:22:41]>> Um Jesus Christ, >> Ivon Cornway.

[00:22:43]>> Yes, thank you. Cornway was the first and second.

[00:22:47]>> There's been Cornway, Nylin, Kirk Mueller, and maybe that's all there's been because they had No, no, there's been one more. I I can't think of who it is, but they're not going to run out of legends to do that anytime soon.

[00:23:01]>> Also, it makes me want to cry.

[00:23:03]>> Yeah.

[00:23:04]>> With the flame and the cheering and the, you know, and I saw Kirk Mueller last night on Hockey Night in Canada um talking about it. I think it was between periods, he was the most nervous he's ever been.

[00:23:15]>> Really? He said more nervous than actually playing in a Stanley Cup.

[00:23:18]>> That's wild.

[00:23:19]>> Yeah. And you could kind of see it as he was walking in. He had that look on his face and I I can understand that because uh there's now with social media there's you know it spreads like a wildfire >> explodes. Yeah.

[00:23:35]>> Um and the amount of people from out of town who are unfamiliar with what it's like to see a game at the Bell Center are spreading that online and you see all kinds of podcast hosts talk about it.

[00:23:48]>> Yeah. I saw a guy uh who was at the game at game three and he posted on on uh social media and he he said I'm from Philly and I'm a died in the wolves flyers died in the wool Flyers fan. He said but there's nothing like this. No.

[00:24:01]>> He said this is the greatest >> sports experience for a fan in the world. He said I assume it compares with British soccer, European soccer.

[00:24:10]>> Yeah. Was that the guy who was comparing who said it's even louder than some of the college football games?

[00:24:14]>> I'm not sure.

[00:24:15]>> Yeah. Anyway, it's it's it's a real point of pride.

[00:24:20]>> Yeah.

[00:24:20]>> If you're a Montrealer, the whole Bell Center thing and the um the the story around the Habs and the legend around the Habs, the Habs really know how to make that work.

[00:24:32]>> Yeah. I thought it was going to be PK Suban.

[00:24:34]>> Yeah.

[00:24:35]>> Because he was in town for a Montreal Children's Hospital gala where they announced that his foundation has fulfilled its commitment.

[00:24:42]>> Yeah. We have to take our hat off >> to raise $10 million.

[00:24:45]>> Yeah.

[00:24:46]>> For uh the Montreal Children's Hospital.

[00:24:49]>> Yeah.

[00:24:50]>> And I'm telling you, you know, he hasn't been part of the franchise for 10 years.

[00:24:54]>> No.

[00:24:55]>> And he's still committed to this city and to that hospital.

[00:24:58]>> It's impressive.

[00:24:59]>> I wish I had an opportunity to watch him on ESPN cuz I'd like to see how uh how he's doing as a broadcaster. I'll bet he's good.

[00:25:06]>> He's good. I've seen it a couple of times. And uh this past weekend, he wore his um the >> the doctor's thing.

[00:25:13]>> Yeah. The children's hospital gave him an honorary doctor something something >> like the white sort of gown type of thing.

[00:25:20]>> The lab coat that doctors wear in hospital and he wore that on the broadcast. Yeah. A tip of the capist >> to PK Suban. That's a hell of a thing he did.

[00:25:30]>> Yeah, it sure is.

[00:25:31]>> Yeah. Um, let's uh before we move forward, talk about our friend Sugar Sammy, who I think uh Jess was saying, can we call Sammy? Is he back home? I think he might be.

[00:25:41]>> Well, the 22 City American tour over is in the books. Yeah. So, now he's off for uh Well, I don't know if he's off. He's always busy. He's always doing something. Whether he's doing live shows or not, he's got something on the go.

[00:25:53]But the next live shows are in Ottawa.

[00:25:55]two Friday, June 19th, and then two more on Saturday, June 20th. The early shows both nights are sold out. If you want to drive to Ottawa or fly to Ottawa or walk to Ottawa, >> yeah, walk >> leave now.

[00:26:09]>> Yeah, >> it's a nice walk along the 417. You'll enjoy that.

[00:26:15]>> The OP might have something to say about it.

[00:26:17]>> The late shows both nights, tickets are still available. Well, then Sammy is going to take the summer off from touring before opening a crosscanada Canadian tour in the fall with dates in u in Quebec, Tuarier, Sherbrook, Montreal. Uh go and look at his website, sugarsami.com.

[00:26:36]Uh you'll see where you can buy tickets or sign up for tickets. Uh get them now.

[00:26:42]The sooner the better, >> you know, it's like money in the bank.

[00:26:45]>> Look, look at those Montreal shows. Hey, that Montreal just loves sugar. Look at that. Some will be English, some will be bilingual.

[00:26:53]>> And what's he going to do over the summer? Do you know? You talked to him.

[00:26:56]>> Yeah, I I haven't spoken to him because he's been across the states. And uh I didn't want to do the Are you home now?

[00:27:02]Are you home now? Are you back? Um but I'm going to try and give him a call this week because obviously with the American thing done, he's probably at home resting because that was a lot of travel he did across the states.

[00:27:12]>> Great clips online.

[00:27:14]>> That's what I was just going to say. Go to sugarsami.com and have a look at the clips and do yourself a favor and get your tickets early or you will be disappointed.

[00:27:23]>> Good Father's Day gift.

[00:27:24]>> Yeah, sugar sammy.com.

[00:27:28]Um, you know, we we didn't mention, we haven't mentioned and um uh my my buddy Kevin, his sister uh Jackie said uh you guys didn't mention the Victtoire. The Victtoire have done well in the playoffs and have moved ahead in the As we're recording this, I don't know exactly where they are. I must admit, I don't follow the Victtoire, but they've made a bit of a splash and um and we'll take our hat off to them even though we're not wearing a hat.

[00:27:56]>> Yeah, they get good crowds for those games as far as I know.

[00:27:59]>> Yeah, they do.

[00:28:00]>> And I find the quality the last time I watched some clips from I'm like you.

[00:28:05]I'm not I don't follow women's professional hockey, but the last time I saw highlight clips, >> I found the pace of the game was significantly faster than whenever I had previously watched it.

[00:28:18]>> Yeah.

[00:28:19]>> Anyway, tip of the cap to them and thanks for pointing that out, Jackie. I uh I appreciate that. Um this past week, uh Canada's top 100 restaurant list came out again.

[00:28:33]I say again because it comes out every year, but the years go really really fast when you're old.

[00:28:40]Um 28 Montreal restaurants are on the list and um Vanet uh Vana and Marco Levier um did well again. Mola Pang, they're very famous restaurant is number two on the list. Also on the list is Rotisserie Lun, their new uh restaurant.

[00:29:00]Um, lots of great Montreal restaurants.

[00:29:02]Baba in Verdon, uh, La Violet, Danny Smiles restaurant is on the list. And rather than go through the whole list, um, there's restaurants from it. Um, it's a list that the um, not is it Jacob Richler? One of the Richlers puts together every year and it's Canada's hundred best restaurants and every year it's mostly Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. I was going to say, does is there anywhere like off the beaten track that gets a >> nod? The number one restaurant on his list is in the Niagara region. Oh, yeah.

[00:29:36]>> Yeah, it's the top of the list. Um, there it is. Simui >> Arashi.

[00:29:42]>> Yeah, there you go.

[00:29:43]>> Bless you.

[00:29:44]>> Oh, no. That's uh that's the best new restaurant part.

[00:29:47]>> Oh, okay.

[00:29:48]>> So, that's the number one best new restaurant. That one is in Vancouver if you want to go.

[00:29:53]>> Um, but the the top There it is. Pearl Moriceette say USA >> Jordan Station Ontario >> that there's a leaf and a tiny a leaf maybe three or four raisins and a tiny tiny chicken nugget. Enjoy this year.

[00:30:16]I remember you saying that way back in the day. We were talking about fine French dining and how it wasn't your thing. Here's your peas enjoy.

[00:30:24]I'm uh I've I've been very lucky. I've been to a lot of nice restaurants over my lifetime and as as I approached retirement, I'm less enthralled with the you know the >> the hot cuisine, the fine dining.

[00:30:43]>> Yeah. Yeah. It's the pretentiousness.

[00:30:45]>> Yeah. There there's a pretentiousness to it that doesn't appeal to me.

[00:30:48]>> Well, it depends on where you go. Like the steakhouse at Playground, etc. Yes, >> that's a high-end steakhouse, >> but the service is is there's nothing pretentious about it at all.

[00:31:00]>> The service is great and the food is great, >> right? But I I'm talking about the, you know, the like you say, the chicken nugget with the leaf of spinach and the swirl in the sauce, >> you know, like it's it's beautiful and often really really delicious. One of the >> best meals I've ever had was at 2. I was lucky enough to go to 2K one night and it was all of that very, you know, fancy pants, you know, very that kind of presentation.

[00:31:32]>> Did you have to stop at A&W on the way home while you were still hungry?

[00:31:34]>> No, but and the food was amazing. The food was just delicious. Um, anyway, it doesn't matter what I think, it's what you think. And I just wanted to mention that the list is out. It's interesting to read. The best thing I I think the best thing to do is read Bill Brownstein's article in the Gazette. He did a great piece on a couple of restaurants that fell off the list and couple of restaurants that are on the list and the list itself and what kind of impact it has. Um it's online on the Gazette website. You can find it and it's uh it's it's really terrific. But I I find, you know, I I get just as much enjoyment as, you know, if I go to Chalet Barbecue for a hot chicken sandwich.

[00:32:20]>> Yeah. Me, too.

[00:32:21]>> You know what I mean?

[00:32:21]>> Me, too. Yeah. It's >> Maybe it's cuz maybe it's cuz we did that and those days are they're past.

[00:32:27]>> Yeah. And there's also the comfort food angle as well. Like shalet barbecue is comfort food for a Montrealer. That Jerry smoked meat, even though I'd never been there before, that was comfort food for me. Uh, non-solo pane and Dorval is comfort food for me.

[00:32:41]>> Snowden Dell.

[00:32:42]>> Cooini pizza on St. Charles.

[00:32:45]>> GG's Pizza in Point Clair. B&M pizza is another one of ours.

[00:32:49]>> B&M.

[00:32:50]>> B&M.

[00:32:51]>> I'm not a hamburger steak guy and never have been, but that's the only thing I order when I go there now. Their hamburger steak is so good.

[00:33:00]>> Yeah, we often talk about food on the podcast, but that's because we're Montrealers. Yeah. I I just I find that there's a you know, like I said, maybe it's cuz I had my time. Although we Jess and I, our favorite restaurant is still the Monland Tavern. And the Monland Tavern is not pretentious in any way.

[00:33:18]The food is outstanding.

[00:33:21]And you know what really made me laugh about this? I don't know if you follow David McMillan on uh on Instagram. David McMillan is on the list and he was pissed off. He's in typical David style.

[00:33:33]He was like, "I don't want to be on this [ __ ] list."

[00:33:36]>> Yeah. He's the He is the He's the quintessential temperamental chef, isn't he?

[00:33:41]>> Yeah. He's just the greatest. He's He's a great guy. And he's he is he's that that classic.

[00:33:48]>> He's David McMillan, if you don't know, he's Joe Beef.

[00:33:51]>> Yeah. Joe Beef Liverpool House was friends with to Anthony Bourdain. By the way, they they've made a movie about uh Anthony Bourdain. It's coming out in the summer. It's called Tony, I think. Hey, Tony.

[00:34:03]documentary or a movie?

[00:34:04]>> No, no. Drama dramatized of the early part of his life when he was becoming a chef.

[00:34:10]>> Speaking of lists, um I I thought I would mention this because I thought this was an interesting turn. This was an example I thought of the change in the media landscape. You and I have talked, we talked about this with Mike Cohen last week, >> how Mike always wanted to be on on TV news, >> but he can actually garner more people with Instagram than he could if he was a reporter.

[00:34:37]>> He's great with Instagram.

[00:34:38]>> He sure does.

[00:34:39]>> So, uh, Jess said to me this week, she said, "Have you seen this?" And I said, "What?" She said, "Remember the cultreal list, the best of Montreal? It is a thing that came out every year."

[00:34:49]>> The Montreal Mirror used to do it, too.

[00:34:51]>> Yeah. It's, you know, best this, best that. hot is like hottest Montrealer, coolest Montreal company, tackiest personality, slimiest politician, best dress Montrealer, best sports personality.

[00:35:07]By the way, the the best sports personality, uh, number one, Cole Coughfield, number two, Nick Suzuki, number three, Marie Phillip Pune, uh, number four Ela Hudson, and number five, Yurav Slakovski. I don't think of any of them as personalities. They're hockey players. My favorite Montreal sports personality is Tony Marinero. Yeah, I love listening to Tony's podcast about the Canadians. He's such a character and he's so passionate.

[00:35:34]>> I don't know who any of these people are on the best weirdo list.

[00:35:38]>> Okay.

[00:35:39]>> But I like number three, Yikes Macaroni.

[00:35:48]>> You go. Yikes. you go of the code St. Luke Macaronis.

[00:35:57]>> Uh, best neighborhood.

[00:36:00]Number one, the Plateau. We were just talking about Yeah, there you go.

[00:36:03]>> As you were saying last week, the quintessential enduring Montreal neighborhood.

[00:36:08]>> Yeah. Best park, La Fontaine Park. Best tourist attraction. Number one was Mount Royal. Um, anyway, the the reason I'm reading this is because I wanted to get to the best radio station and I thought this was a commentary on on the way the the landscape the media landscape is changing.

[00:36:26]>> Can I guess?

[00:36:27]>> Sure.

[00:36:28]>> CK, >> it's on the list. Number two.

[00:36:30]>> Yeah. So, number one is CJ Lo 1690 AM.

[00:36:37]>> Yes, I've heard of them. Are they a university radio station?

[00:36:41]>> Say, yeah, >> I don't know. Number two, CKut, >> which is the Concordia station.

[00:36:46]>> Tip of the cap to them. Number three, >> they always finish well up on the list.

[00:36:50]Yeah. Which I think is a reflection of who's answering the survey, >> right? And then Show them the Beat and Virgin round it out. I thought that was was interesting. And >> who's the best podcast?

[00:37:02]>> The best podcast, I'll get to that in a second. Best radio host, >> Gigi Brown, >> Sakisa.

[00:37:08]>> Say Pope, Daniel K.

[00:37:12]>> Oh, I know Dan. He's a stand-up comedian. Okay. If it's the same Dan Ker. I didn't know I didn't realize he was on the radio, but I know he works at the Comedy Nest.

[00:37:19]>> Mitch Melnik is number three. Number four is Mike Char, who's an influencer that apparently works at Virgin. That's what um that's what Jess told me. And Marie Louise Arsenal, who's with uh excuse me, Radcan.

[00:37:32]>> Okay.

[00:37:33]>> And I just I thought that's that's kind of an interesting change in the environment, don't you?

[00:37:39]>> Yeah.

[00:37:40]>> From the days when we were working.

[00:37:41]>> Yeah. But I honestly don't pay much attention to radioi.

[00:37:45]I could not comment intelligently. No, >> I can't comment intelligently on a lot of things. Some would say I can't comment intelligently at all.

[00:37:53]>> That's right. Well, maybe we should have yikes macaroni.

[00:38:00]>> Sorry. Yikes. Yeah, we mean no offense.

[00:38:02]>> No, not at all. I think that's great.

[00:38:04]Good for him to Google him. I I assume it's a him.

[00:38:06]>> Yeah. What What was the uh what was the You asked me a question. What was the best >> best podcast? Uh, best podcast. Let me find that for you. Uh, best drag queen.

[00:38:15]Best bowling alley. Best comedy club, comedy nest. Uh, the best drug is cannabis.

[00:38:21]>> Okay.

[00:38:22]>> Um, best cocktail bar, best I I know it's here. Bear with me.

[00:38:26]>> Um, best website, best newspaper, best Tik Tok, best Instagram, best podcast. Here we go.

[00:38:36]Uh, number one is Cot Somber.

[00:38:39]Number two is reference point. Number three is localal 514.

[00:38:45]Number four is throppples therapy.

[00:38:49]And uh number five is Dear God.

[00:38:51]>> All right. I'm going to have to look all these up because I haven't heard of any of them and they probably haven't heard of us.

[00:38:56]>> Yeah. I wonder if Dear God is God. Is that possible?

[00:38:59]>> Oh, is it dear God g?

[00:39:01]>> Uh dear dear God podcast. Yeah. tune in to the podcast when we Google uh oh uh something about drag racing not drag racing the car drag racing the drag queens. Yeah. Okay.

[00:39:19]>> So there you go. Anyway, the the list is out. I wanted to mention it cuz >> I don't know. I just thought it was a was a bit of a turn in the in the culture >> um in the landscape, not the culture.

[00:39:30]Yeah. Let's uh let's say hi. You were just talking about playground because we were talking about restaurants. So, uh, let's say hi to our friends at Playground, shall we?

[00:39:37]>> Best gaming house.

[00:39:39]>> Yes, >> in the greater Montreal area without question is Playground on the 138 in South Shiranawag where they have 65 poker tables. I think it's 1,200 gaming machines now and two excellent restaurants and a third one in the works. Uh, the drunken dragon is being converted. I don't know if I'm telling tales out of school here, but it's being converted to Italian. So, that's gonna be good. Okay. Yeah. The Etcera Steakhouse, by the way, if you're listening to this the day it comes out, they do a $30 steak frit, which is well worth the trip because, like I said before, top-end steakhouse, steaks, fries, the fries there are absolutely delicious, and a dessert for $30. But you have to have your players card.

[00:40:26]That's the whole key that opens every door at playground, the players card.

[00:40:30]And you can get it and help the podcast by going to standing by. No, don't do that. Hang on. Step back from the computer.

[00:40:40]Okay, step forward again.

[00:40:42]playground.ca/standingby.

[00:40:47]That's where you can fill out the form to get the players card and get up to $100 in free play. Pick up your players card at customer service when you get there. The whole process is seamless.

[00:41:00]And uh then head up to the etc. Steakhouse on the I believe it's on the second floor. Have your steak frit for 30 bucks and your dessert. And then wander the place, play the gaming machines or go to the poker floor if you're a card table. On hockey nights at the beginning of the game, every table is randomly assigned a Montreal Canadians player. And if your player scores, they splash the pot by up to $200.

[00:41:26]It's a lot of fun at Playground. Again, playground.ca/standingby.

[00:41:32]Uh, that's your in, that's the ticket, and away you go.

[00:41:35]>> There's It's the strip without the trip.

[00:41:38]>> The strip without the trip. Yeah.

[00:41:40]>> Don't have to get on a plane and go to Vegas. You just have to drive across the Mercier Bridge and boom, there you are.

[00:41:45]>> Going to tell you about my friends at Merson. I was in to see them this week.

[00:41:48]I went in to get my winter tires off and uh my winter tires came off and then they went back on.

[00:41:56]So, what happened?

[00:41:58]>> I was I was at the gym um while the the tires were being swapped out and I leave my phone in the locker when I'm at the gym. So, um Sela was trying to reach me to tell me my summer tires were kut, >> like absolutely kaput. And he said when I when I got there, he said, "Let me show you them. Let me let me show you what you were driving on." And I was kind of embarrassed a little bit because I thought, how come I wasn't watching for that? I wasn't watching for that because I knew Selzo would find it. And he said, you know, if you drive on these tires in the summer, um, you're going to be hydroplaning and it's won't be long before you have a flat. It's dangerous.

[00:42:40]Don't do it. I'm going to put your winter tires back on because I have a leased car that's going back at the end of the summer. So, I'm not going to buy new tires for the dealership. So, the winter tires went back on because they're in great shape and the summer tires he's keeping for me because when the car goes back, I'll give them the time to put them on. Yeah, exactly.

[00:43:01]Thinking and that's the kind of thing that happens at Merson. They are looking out for you. They're watching over you.

[00:43:09]They're making sure that you're safe and they don't do things that don't need doing. So, he said, "I they had already put summer tires." He said, "I I figured you'd want a new set of tires." And he put the summer tires on and took them off and put the winter tires back on and didn't charge me for the labor. He said, "That was on us." Yeah.

[00:43:29]>> So, I'm just going to charge you for the storage and you know, you'll come and see me in the fall when you change your car. That's the kind of service that I've become accustomed to there. And uh it's the kind of thing that we love about the mers. They don't do unnecessary things. They don't make up stuff. They don't open your hood and go, "Oh boy." Um, they're just really, really terrific, trustworthy people who've been looking after Montrealers cars for a very long time. And I think the May 18th thing is going to be just about done, isn't it?

[00:44:02]>> Yeah. If you get your winter tire, if you still have your winter tires on and you do the change before, no, after May 18th, >> right, >> which is outside of the rush. So after May 18th, you'll save uh 10% on your tire change. And also if like Terry you need new tires, they've got rebates on Yokohama select Yokohama tires rebates of up to $125.

[00:44:24]>> Merson just past the corner of Sock and Cavendish. Yeah, there's a construction there, but it's all under control. Go see them.

[00:44:30]>> Yeah. Yeah. Still easy to get in and out even with the construction which is on.

[00:44:34]>> You can call them too at 4875545.

[00:44:39]>> Um would you like to um do the tweet sheet? I was just going to say, would you like to do the tweet sheet? I got a couple of other things we'll talk about because uh we're podcasters and we can do what we want, but we love the tweet sheet.

[00:44:52]>> It's short and sweet this week. Is it?

[00:44:54]>> And I think you're going to like it.

[00:44:56]>> Okay.

[00:44:57]>> From atrinkingdad 2. Bowel prep would be a horrible boarding school name.

[00:45:05]Our son's at bowel prep.

[00:45:09]>> Had a dandy >> from softboy win. I accidentally said large instead of grande at Starbucks and they dragged me behind the counter and shot me in the leg. Sam used to work at Starbucks. I sent that to him and said, "Do they really do that? Is that in the uh is that in the employee manual?" And he said, "Yep."

[00:45:28]>> And from that three-time daddy, if you think you've had a bad day, my 9-year-old came home from school with a trumpet.

[00:45:40]>> You can hear that tweet. You can, can't you? Yeah.

[00:45:43]>> Oh, >> maybe that kid went went to the uh went to work at the exotic animal park in Florida.

[00:45:48]>> Yeah, it could be the kid. Yeah, >> my kids at Selwin House. Mine's at Bowel Prep.

[00:45:58]Um, where's the thing? Here it is. Um, I saw this article this week and I wanted to ask you about this. I read this. Um, it's an article about how your music tastes get locked in when you're 13 if you're a female and 15 or 16 when you're a male.

[00:46:19]And that those songs and those bands that you listen to at that age spur such emotion in you for the rest of your life and kind of guide where your music tastes go. And I was I put the article down and I started to think about it and I thought that's pretty accurate. Would you say that's accurate from when you were that age?

[00:46:41]>> Well, my favorite bands at that age were Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, like all the classic rock bands.

[00:46:51]>> And I don't listen to them that much anymore. I will listen to, and we've talked about this before, I'll seek out cover versions of of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin songs. And those two bands in particular, there are a lot of really good cover versions of of the iconic Sabbath and Zeppelin songs. But I listen to a lot of music from uh the 90s and the 2000s, rock music mostly. But I'll also listen to uh I got an old CD from when my dad passed. My mom gave me a box of CDs and said take the ones you want. There's one um Mel Tormet doing Duke Ellington and Count Bassy songs. I'll listen to that.

[00:47:38]Like I'll I find that my musical tastes have really broadened over the years.

[00:47:43]And I'll also listen to a lot of stuff that when I was 13 or 14 or 15 years old, I would have dismissed it out of hand because it wasn't rock and roll, man.

[00:47:54]>> But it's interesting because that that German heavy metal band that you like that hearkens that that hearkens back to Sabbath, your first >> It does. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's even more aggressive.

[00:48:06]>> Yeah.

[00:48:07]>> Than Sabbath.

[00:48:08]>> Uh the German metal was a phase for me I went through a couple of years ago.

[00:48:12]somebody posted a Ramstein song and I thought, "Shit, I really like that." And so I went on a Ramstein for about German metal bands, but now I've moved on. I still listen to it, but I've moved on to different it when I think of songs like you're going to think I'm nuts, but one summer at the beach in St. Gabrielle de Brandon where my buddy Tim had a cottage. Brandy was a hit. Remember >> Brandy girl >> and it was on the jukebox and that song when I hear that song today sometimes people use it on Tik Tok and Instagram.

[00:48:53]When I hear that song it it lights up something in my brain. I still love that song.

[00:48:58]>> Yeah. As do I. It was they were a one hit wonder, I think. I'm trying to think of the name of the band.

[00:49:02]>> Yeah. I can't think of it either.

[00:49:04]>> Yeah. Um, and songs like Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft and Goodbye Yellow Road and all the things that were hits and records that I bought when I was 14, 15, 16. Um, they they still mean the world to me and they they light up some kind of sensor in my head. But then again, the other the other day I was listening to The Mummies. I we're watching Scrubs. We're watching the whole uh Scrubs, what would you call it?

[00:49:38]The whole catalog, you know, Scrubs from season 1 to season 9.

[00:49:42]>> You would call it a catalog.

[00:49:43]>> Thank you. And uh Christina Miller, who's the wife of the creator of Scrubs, Bill Lawrence, she was responsible for all the music. And at the end of every show, there's a song that I often Shazam. And one day, I Shazam The Mummies. And I'd never heard of The Mummies. They've been around since I think the late 1980s. and a terrific band that I love, but they're kind of a pop style sort of they got a pop sort of R&B kind of vibe to them that was popular in the 1970s cuz remember in the 70s on AM radio there was all kinds of uh the stylistics and those kinds of bands.

[00:50:21]>> Yeah.

[00:50:22]>> And they they still mean something to me.

[00:50:24]>> But I was a rock and roll guy so I would poo poo stuff like that. But but now I will now I will listen to stuff like that and that that music makes me like yacht rock makes me nostalgic. Iron Man doesn't make me nostalgic, YOU KNOW.

[00:50:39]>> I AM IRON MAN. OH, I remember those days.

[00:50:46]>> Did you like Chicago in the 70s?

[00:50:48]>> No, but I love them now. And I particularly love the cover versions that Leonet and Friends do. Jerry Seinfeld's a big fan of I saw that clip this week. He loves >> Did you send that to me?

[00:51:00]>> I think so. Yeah. I don't know if they were opening for him or if he just went to one of their shows, but he loves them. Yeah. If you liked Chicago, Leonette and Friends do covers of Chicago and they hit it out of the they and they do it note fornotee >> and they hit it out of the park.

[00:51:15]>> Seinfeld says they almost do it better than Chicago.

[00:51:17]>> Yeah. Well, that's some covers are better than the originals uh with any number of of bands and artists. Looking glass did Brandy by the Thank you very much. Thank you.

[00:51:27]>> That's a great song.

[00:51:28]>> Yeah, that's a good >> That song's a thousand years old.

[00:51:33]>> Yeah. Yeah. But it's still Anyway, I thought it was an interesting article and it's food for thought if you remember songs that were important to you when you were 13 or 14 if you're uh female or you know 15 or 16 if you're it's some kind of brainiac thing. There are a lot of good Neil Young covers out there too when talking about songs that are better than the original cuz he couldn't carry a tune in a [ __ ] wheelbarrow. But he's a great songwriter and he wrote some great songs and you put them in the in the hands of someone who actually knows how to sing and they're really good.

[00:52:05]>> Yeah. You never heard the vocal stylings of Neil Young or the vocal stylings of Bob Dylan?

[00:52:12]>> No.

[00:52:20]We're nice say the guy's the guy's an icon, but come on, you know.

[00:52:23]>> Yeah, I'm sure that Neil Young sitting in his house some Malibu going, "Oh, Terry and Ted don't like me."

[00:52:29]>> Hey, speaking of music, uh Joe Jackson is at the Plaza's Art tonight.

[00:52:33]>> I was listening to Joe Jackson.

[00:52:35]Yeah, he's at Plaza's Art tonight as this podcast comes out. So, it's probably too late to get tickets, but I thought I would mention that. And I wanted to mention the guests who are coming to town. Well, the they're at the Baby Bell on May 29th and uh apparently tickets aren't selling well and I don't know why because it's the original Guess Who. It's Burton and Randy.

[00:52:55]>> Really?

[00:52:56]>> Yes. Yes. And apparently you can get tickets for a pretty good price. It's And and I'm telling you Burton can still sing.

[00:53:04]>> When they got back together around I think maybe around 2007208 I think they did an album and a tour maybe.

[00:53:12]>> Yeah. And they did a version of American Woman.

[00:53:15]>> Oh, >> that's the best version of it that I've ever heard. Yeah.

[00:53:18]>> They did it live off the floor in the studio.

[00:53:23]>> And Burton goes, "Let's go, boys." And then they kick into it. So good. So good.

[00:53:28]>> Yeah. And Burton's voice is still intact. And Randy, well, Randy Bachman is Randy Bachman. All the guitar licks came from Randy and he's still doing it.

[00:53:37]And he can still do it. And uh if you're looking for a night of uh memories from uh you know the summers of the 70s and for Burton into the 80s, he had some great solo projects. I I think he's one of the most underrated Canadian artists.

[00:53:51]>> I was just going to say one of the most underrated artists out in in within or outside of Canada.

[00:53:57]>> He's got such an amazing voice. Anyway, there are plus uh thing me in Laval on the 29th of May.

[00:54:04]>> A lot of dislocated hips that night, I'LL TELL YOU.

[00:54:11]SOMEONE WAS SUGGESTING, and I don't think this is a bad idea, afternoon shows for some of these some of these rocks.

[00:54:18]>> Yeah.

[00:54:19]>> Yeah. Make Yeah. Make it a supper show.

[00:54:22]Supper at 4:30, shows at 6.

[00:54:24]>> Yeah. Or showtime at 2 so you can go to dinner at 4.

[00:54:30]>> Not a bad idea.

[00:54:33]All right, let's uh let's talk about our friends at Acute. They are an electrical firm that came together in 1995. Another one of these familyrun businesses that we love to speak on behalf of. Uh Tom and the people at Acute can think uh can take care of anything that you can think of when it comes to your electrical needs. They have been doing this as I said for a long time since 95 when Tom's dad started the firm. And if you have any kind of electrical problem, it usually happens when you're least expecting it. Um, a lot of people, and I'm just as guilty of it as everybody else, don't stay on top of these things and you think, "That's okay. We'll get we'll take care of that next month." And then one day the lights go out or there's a funny smell coming from the panel. That kind of thing you want to avoid. Um, Acute can look after you.

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[00:55:29]They're on the West Island, but they'll travel anywhere uh to take a look at your problem and give you a proper estimate. They also deal with contractors and they deal with commercial jobs, too. So, that if you've just getting ready to open up a new store and want to change the lighting or you want to change the lighting in your house, you want to uh redo uh dining room lights and things that you may have in a new house that you don't particularly like, call the folks at Acute. They can take care of it for you.

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[00:56:03]>> They're still waiting for you at Robert Greete Jewelers.

[00:56:06]>> I know. I know. I feel shame.

[00:56:10]>> I'm going to go get your chocolates and I'm going to eat them >> and your stroop waffles.

[00:56:13]>> No, you have to be careful cuz I usually get the liquor ones.

[00:56:16]>> Yeah, you get the liquor ones. But I don't know. Uh the ones that Pierre used to bring back from his diamond buying trips to Antworp were from Mads Chocolates >> in Belgium. Yes.

[00:56:26]>> That's no more. Oh >> yeah, >> they closed down.

[00:56:29]>> Yeah. Oh, no.

[00:56:30]>> I'm not sure why. I don't know if they retired or what happened, but those were delicious chocolates. But go figure, in Belgium, there's more than one place that makes good chocolates.

[00:56:38]>> Yeah.

[00:56:39]>> So, Pierre brought some others back and the Stroop Waffles. And that's got nothing to do with what they do at Robert Ree Jewelers. Yeah.

[00:56:45]>> They uh they sell jewelry. Well, they sell, they repair, they maintain, they clean up. Uh they're on Dorval Avenue in Dorval where they've been since I think 1952 was when Linda's dad, Robert Reishe, opened up uh the store. And uh whether you're looking for a a high-end uh big ticket item like a diamond or or something more affordable as a neckace, earrings, >> something for someone else or for yourself, >> uh you can find it at Robert Reich Jewelers. And like we like to say, just just go in and visit them.

[00:57:23]>> Yeah.

[00:57:23]>> And see the shop. They're such nice people and they know it all. Jewelry's um jewelry is something that I know absolutely nothing about.

[00:57:31]>> Me neither.

[00:57:32]>> But Linda has a YouTube channel called Jewelry Explained. And she's done uh recently she's done a video on colored diamonds, which are all the rage. People like uh people like uh pink diamonds, green diamonds, and Linda explains what goes into that and why they're so popular. By the way, the May birthstone, I just looked this up, is emerald. I love emeralds.

[00:57:56]>> Yeah. Beautiful.

[00:57:57]>> Emeralds are Did you get Jess and Emerald something or other?

[00:58:01]>> I think I did. Yes. Yeah, cuz it's that's her that's her birth uh stone.

[00:58:05]>> Oh, May's her birthday.

[00:58:06]>> May her birthday. It's coming up. Well, then yeah, >> you can kill two birds with one stone.

[00:58:12]One stone. Get it?

[00:58:15]>> Robert Reishe Jewelers, uh, great professionals and wonderful people at 309 Dorval Avenue in Dorval, just across from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

[00:58:24]>> I told this story many times, uh, when I was a kid, uh, and even into my 20s. I was um hesitant to go into jewelry stores because I thought people would figure out that I had no money and somebody would say, "What are you doing in here?" And I was intimidated by that and intimidated to go into a museum. And it took me a long time to get over that.

[00:58:48]And uh I remember the day that I went into Burks to buy my watch in the 1980s and I went in with my head down and I just I thought they're going to they're going to figure me out. They're going to say, you know, what are you doing here?

[00:59:02]You can't afford anything. That feeling, I think a lot, not a lot of people, but I think some people get that. And the rishes are the complete opposite of that. They they're not even, you know, when you when you push the buzzer and they open the door.

[00:59:17]>> They they throw their arms up and welcome you before they even know what you want. They're just happy to see you.

[00:59:21]>> And there's lint chocolates as soon as you walk in the door.

[00:59:24]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:59:25]>> That's how they get you with the chocolates.

[00:59:26]>> Yeah. Yeah. It's it's really such a lovely experience. I can't I can't express that enough. Or maybe I have expressed that enough.

[00:59:34]>> robert reishe.ca.

[00:59:36]>> Yeah, >> I should have mentioned this when we were talking about uh music, but uh Kortha Ice Cream. Are you familiar with Kortha Ice Cream?

[00:59:48]>> No. Nor am I familiar with what it has to do with music? Do tell.

[00:59:52]>> Oh, Cora ice cream.

[00:59:53]>> Like from Kortha, Ontario?

[00:59:55]>> Yeah. Cora Lakes region.

[00:59:56]>> Yeah.

[00:59:57]>> Jesus Christ, this is good ice cream. Oh my god. If you go into Farmboy in Cornwall or Farmboy anywhere near Ottawa, you'll find it. Um, I don't think, and I'm sure I'm going to hear about it, but I don't think you can find it anywhere in Quebec. But Kortha ice cream is, oh boy, is it good. Anyway, the reason I'm going on about it is because I love Kortha ice cream. And when I go to visit my mom in Armpire, Ontario, I make sure I come home with a uh a cooler of Coortha ice cream.

[01:00:29]>> So, what makes it uh what makes it so good, do you think?

[01:00:31]>> I don't know. They just know what they're doing. They've got really interesting flavors like Campfire S'mores.

[01:00:38]>> Butterscotch Ripple. That was my male stripper name at Club 281 back in the day.

[01:00:44]>> Mine was Black Raspberry Thunder.

[01:00:48]They do sound like stripper names. Moon Mist.

[01:00:52]>> Yeah.

[01:00:53]>> Peaches and cream. Muscoa mocha.

[01:00:56]All right. Here's where Okay. So, we're I there's here's places where you can get them. They say like for example, metro stores, Ontario locations only.

[01:01:05]>> Costco, Ontario, >> only in Ontario. So, when you're in Ontario, look for it. Anyway, the reason I brought it up, long- winded story, um they've come out with the Tragically Chip. Oh, their new flavor is the Tragically Chip. I like that >> with um and I saw it that tragically hip put up a post with Bob Cinjun playing in the background and I thought boy there's nothing more Canadian than plowing tragically chip ice cream into your mouth while listening to the tragically what a great marketing idea that is good for the hip for jumping on board.

[01:01:40]>> Absolutely. And I don't know what's in the I didn't I wasn't smart enough to write down what was in it. There you go.

[01:01:46]Can you read that? Mano, can you read the ingredients? I can. Something. Okay, there we go. Uh, crafted in Bob Cinjun in collaboration with the music legends comes a maple whiskey flavored ice cream with dark chocolatey chunks and rich black cherry ripple.

[01:02:06]>> Sounds good to me.

[01:02:07]>> Yeah, I'm in. I'm in. Next time I'm in ter in Ontario, I'm in. I'll check with my AA sponsor and see if that represents a whiskey. Whiskey. What? What is it?

[01:02:18]>> Whiskey something. Ripple whiskey.

[01:02:20]>> Whiskey syrup something. So, ah, who cares?

[01:02:22]>> Here we go. Let's see.

[01:02:23]>> Just because I ate eight pints of it doesn't mean anything.

[01:02:28]>> Maple whiskey ice cream.

[01:02:30]>> There you go.

[01:02:31]>> Yeah. And I forgot to mention this, too.

[01:02:34]Thanks for doing this, Mano. Mano's a great producer. He's >> on top of it. Portion of the proceeds supports the Breakfast Clubs of Canada.

[01:02:41]There you go.

[01:02:42]>> And the product is proudly Canadian, often described as summer in a scoop.

[01:02:47]And when we go to visit uh our friends Tim and Val on uh Lake Shenm in just outside of Peterborough and Tim takes us for a boat ride, a boat ride, and we stop at the ice cream place for the Kortha ice cream. And it's it is it's summer in a scoop. Wow. What a plug for Kortha that was.

[01:03:08]>> No kidding. Yeah, >> we should invoice them.

[01:03:11]>> Yeah, I just I wanted to mention it cuz I thought it was a cool story because of the tragically story. We need to give a shout out to a couple of our Vermont listeners.

[01:03:19]>> Stand by.

[01:03:20]>> Patrick Miriam and Dave Tatlock. Okay. I I printed these >> when we were talking about uh Swap Shop, the old radio uh the old radio thing, Swap Shop, where you'd call in the radio the local radio station and say, "Yeah, I got a Pastain mattress that I'd like to trade for a rusty wagon."

[01:03:39]>> Yeah, I got some t-shirts. They're not torn too bad, but uh I got four of them for $30. So Patrick and Dave both emailed to say there's a radio station in Vermont, WDEV in Waterbury Montpillar, a fullervice old school radio station. Uh that they do it all, talk, music, and the trading post. Yes.

[01:04:01]Which is another name for Swap Shop.

[01:04:04]Dave recommends Saturday Mornings with Joel Nadman, who's been on the radio in Vermont since the early 1960s and hosts a Saturday morning show called Music to Go to the Dump by.

[01:04:16]>> That's so small town.

[01:04:18]>> With his sidekick, Farmer Dave.

[01:04:20]>> Oh, that's great.

[01:04:21]>> And listeners are referred to as dumpsters.

[01:04:25]WDEV.

[01:04:26]I think they broadcast uh from three different like obviously they have one radio station but I think they're on three different transmitters and frequencies.

[01:04:34]>> Yeah, his note says they have a streaming app now and he listens at 96.1.

[01:04:39]>> There you go. But apparently Saturday morning is the time to listen music to go to the dump by. I'm going to check that out this Saturday.

[01:04:46]>> WDEV WDEV I wonder they probably don't say I don't think so. WD.

[01:04:52]>> Um, thanks for that note. And while we're talking about it, uh, we may as well mention a couple of the emails we got this week. I got this great note.

[01:05:00]It's too long to read. Um, but last week when I talked about going to Express and walking up St. Den with Jess and we walked past the frieries and the coffee shops and, you know, >> the plateau being the heartbeat of Montreal.

[01:05:16]>> Yeah. And it it gave me a vibe of this is who I am. This is where I'm from. Um, I got a really nice note from Dean McCun, uh, who said, "Su a bonjour, Terry. The subject line are your eloquent words from this week's podcast as you described your recent foray to the plateau after you and Jess enjoyed a fine lunch at Express. You and I have exchanged pleasantries over the past year or so, especially after you moved back home from your short time living at Fraser Highway and 200th on the left coast." And he goes on to talk about he make he I I sent him a note back saying you really you really made me all Montreal viby with this. He talked about walking through Code St. Luke and NDG, the cafes, the beastro, the green spot for lunch, uh the Atwater Market. He he talked about the medical building where his mom used to take him for dentist, the brownstones on Sherbrook. All of these amazing Montreal memories. even a trip to the Mount Royal Cemetery to say hi to his mom and his grandma. Um, he said the last time he was home was super special. Anyway, he's he's about to retire and he's going to move back.

[01:06:26]>> Where is he?

[01:06:26]>> He's where I was. I was >> Hey, I let that go. You didn't have to make fun of yourself.

[01:06:37]>> Dean, thanks for the nice letter. It really was a lovely, lovely letter. and uh he he um he lives out in the mainland uh lower mainland of BC and he said I'm in countdown mode less than 2 years before retirement and then it's bye-bye BC. So I really related Dean, thanks so much for uh sending that note. I appreciate that. Also want to say hi to Sue Seir who said she enjoyed the podcast when we were talking about yelling at the TV and wearing our Habs sweaters. She said, "I started listening to you guys with uh the days of Peppermint Patty and then I listened to you both together and even continued following you both when you split up.

[01:07:18]I'm happy you guys are back together and doing the podcast now. It's great." And Montreal loves you both. Thanks so much, Sue. That was very, very nice. And I thought I would mention this one more time. We mentioned this last week on the podcast, the Point Claron Bowling Club.

[01:07:34]>> Yes, I'm going to go to >> I thought you might. Um they're having their open house uh in May um tonight at 7 o'clock, but also this coming weekend, Friday at 7 o'clock, Saturday at 1:30, and the following Saturday at 1:30. So May 13th, if you're listening to this on the day of release, that's tonight. Um Friday, May 15th, 7:00. Saturday, May 16th, 1:30. Saturday, May 23rd 3rd. May 28th >> May 23rd at 1:30.

[01:08:11]So uh the email is uh easy to get. Go to tyrantedpodcast.com.

[01:08:16]Send us a note. We read them all and we answer most of them. Thank you. We appreciate that.

[01:08:21]>> If I may before we go because I forgot to mention this earlier.

[01:08:25]>> Shout out to everybody at Congregation Beth Tikva >> in dollar desormo where I was invited to do comedy along with our great and good old friend Jeff Rothpan.

[01:08:35]>> Wow. cool this past.

[01:08:36]>> Sorry I missed him.

[01:08:37]>> Jeff hasn't lost it. I'm not surprised.

[01:08:39]>> Better than ever. He's so polished. He's so good. And I don't know how much standup Jeff does now. Jeff moved out to Los Angeles >> uh in the early 90s. A lot of guys go to LA and girls to to try to make it right.

[01:08:54]Yeah.

[01:08:54]>> More go and come home than go and stay.

[01:08:58]Jeff went and stayed. That's how good he is.

[01:09:00]>> Does a lot of writing I think >> he writes for Jeff Dunham.

[01:09:03]>> There you go. Okay. who's one of the big standups.

[01:09:06]>> Who's he ever?

[01:09:06]>> He's one of the big dogs.

[01:09:07]>> He's arena guy.

[01:09:08]>> Yeah. And Jeff does some writing for him. And he's just he's the same guy.

[01:09:15]>> Yeah. He's the same guy we met when he was 18 years older or whatever. Just cutting his teeth. The same guy who had his bar mitzvah. Yeah.

[01:09:23]>> At Beth Tikva back whenever >> they came home when they called. How about that? Exactly. How about that?

[01:09:29]They need help with a fundraiser. They called Jeff and he came home. So we had a great time. I actually um if I may, I did a land acknowledgement as part of my uh Okay.

[01:09:38]>> as part of my set. I thought you might appreciate.

[01:09:41]>> How did that go over with the congregation?

[01:09:43]>> It went over very well actually. Okay.

[01:09:45]>> Because uh because I you know I I tapped in, >> right? Okay.

[01:09:49]>> I knew uh >> So, did you do a crowd? This actually, let me ask you this. Did I see a picture of you with a Moisha Diane eye patch on?

[01:09:58]Yes, that's that was part of my uh >> Was that was that what you were you were making a reference to Mosha Diane, which is no >> a name that nobody was going to remember.

[01:10:07]>> No, it was it was it was part of my it was part of my shtick uh talking about uh talking about when I had cataract surgery.

[01:10:16]>> Very good.

[01:10:16]>> But this was my land acknowledgement.

[01:10:18]This is what this is what I opened with at the uh at the synagogue in Dollar Zormo. We acknowledge that we are gathered here on the unseated territory of the Bellcourt Construction and Property Development Company and we affirm our recognition of the custodians of the land and waters herein, including the tribes of the Zunenshine, Heyman, and Cohen peoples whose stewardship of this territory has nurtured the ancient landmarks of Shenoi, Paradise, Kosher, and Jagel Bagel since time immemorial.

[01:10:49]We respect continued connections with the past, present, and future in our ongoing relationships with the indigenous Schleppers, Schlubs, and Faruners whose presence marks this territory on which we now gather.

[01:11:06]>> Did it go over big >> big time? They loved it.

[01:11:09]>> Yeah, that's great. I'm sure you'll hear about it, but that's great.

[01:11:12]>> No, I won't hear about it. They loved it. No, they were great. Yeah. Yeah.

[01:11:15]Yeah. Okay.

[01:11:16]>> Yeah. Yeah. Nobody laughs at themselves harder than the Jews.

[01:11:19]>> No, but I was thinking about the other thing. But that's okay. It doesn't matter. When I was a kid, it's funny you bring up Bell Court because when I moved out to the West Island, I think I was seven and it was 196566 and everywhere you looked there was a Bellcourt sign because they owned all of it.

[01:11:36]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They owned it and they did all the building out there. Yeah.

[01:11:39]>> Yeah. If if you're of a certain age and you went to the you were in the West Island in ' 66 ' 67 68 69 you remember the another Bell Court development. They were everywhere.

[01:11:52]>> That was a nice memory you brought back.

[01:11:53]So what was with the eye patch?

[01:11:55]>> Oh, I just talk about how uh when I got my my cataract surgery, they did one eye in July and the other eye in September.

[01:12:03]So for a two-month period, I could see perfectly out of one eye and couldn't see [ __ ] out of the other. And the disparity in my vision was so pronounced it was giving me headaches.

[01:12:11]>> Oh.

[01:12:11]>> So I would put on the eye patch and then I do a whole thing about about becoming a pirate.

[01:12:19]>> Ted does standup comedy and also I wanted to mention this this week so this is timely. Um we're pleased to do uh charity things.

[01:12:30]>> Yes. If you need charity hosts let us know. if you need us to plug something.

[01:12:34]I know a lot of people are like, "What time's your podcast on?" and a lot of people are not familiar yet with the podcast world, >> but um like the lawn bowling club in Point Clair, send us a note. We're happy to talk about it for you. Um this week I've been asked to go back and host the awards of excellence at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Nice. So, I'm doing that this Thursday. And I'm pleased to say um I have been asked to be the uh honorary chair of an event for the Centaur Theater.

[01:13:05]>> Oh, nice. So, I guess people sit on me.

[01:13:10]>> No, that's not what an honorary chair is.

[01:13:13]>> My turn.

[01:13:14]>> I'm just kidding. I was really honored by this. The folks at the Centaur Theater got in touch with me and they're doing a big fundraiser called Stories in the Spotlight. It's the an 18th annual Centaur Theater Gala um with Rainey Lee and her band and Joey Elias and uh um your blockhead host will be me. Um I'm the honorary chair of the night. Aa and the folks at the Centaur were pleased to have me and I'm pleased that they asked me to be part of it. You can get tickets by going to the Centaur website. Uh they invite you to the evening where stories will take the spotlight as it says on the invite. A vibrant celebration of theater music and community in support of our stage. I'm a big big believer in the Centaur. The Centaur Theater is a big part of the Anglophone community in Montreal. has been for the longest time is in one of the most beautiful buildings in the city in the old stock exchange building in old Montreal and um theater you know it's theater struggles in a lot of lot of places unless you're in New York City um but it's a vibrant vibrant theater with the local arts community and I think it's important that uh they do well June 18th go to centaurtheater.com And Joey's going to be there. He's He's funny, man.

[01:14:40]>> Joey in a bit.

[01:14:41]>> I haven't seen him in a long time either.

[01:14:43]>> Or as they say these days, it's been a minute.

[01:14:45]>> It's been a minute.

[01:14:48]>> Okay.

[01:14:48]>> Yeah, it's been a while.

[01:14:49]>> Uh let me uh let me I don't have a lot to talk about watching this week because we've been wrapped up with hockey.

[01:14:56]>> Yeah.

[01:14:56]>> Um so we haven't spent a lot of time.

[01:14:58]There are just a couple of things I wanted to mention. Want to take my uh hat off to the city. They this past week inaugurated something called Pro-annea Shelter on Pinef. It's an old shopping center.

[01:15:11]>> Go there and get an enema from a pro.

[01:15:13]>> Uh, notema. No, a Yes, it's an an >> Yeah, it's a it's a it's drive-thru enemas.

[01:15:23]They got a drive-thru window for enemas.

[01:15:28]>> Stick your ass out the window and >> Yeah.

[01:15:30]>> WHAT A MESS.

[01:15:31]>> SWEET.

[01:15:36]YEAH. GO UP TO the drive through. Drive through to the second window, please.

[01:15:41]Proanima as inimal without the L on the end. It's a a a shelter that can take care of 8,500 dogs and cats. And I don't know if this is a thing, but as I get older, I have a such I've always had a soft spot for animals, but as I get older, I I just there's so much online you see about dogs that are abandoned and cats and anyway, it's open. It's new. 8,500 dogs and cats is a lot. Tip of the cap to the city uh for getting that out. Excuse me. Um only two things that I wanted to talk about this week entertainment wise. Um, the Rooster finale was on and I I turned to Jess and I said, "Is are you sure this is the finale?" Because it kind of ended sort of just ended and it didn't really leave with >> they didn't tie a bow.

[01:16:31]>> No, there was there was a couple of storylines obviously they can follow.

[01:16:35]Steve Carell and u John C. McInley and just an unbelievable cast. Really really well done. Another Bill Lawrence show, the guy behind Scrubs and Shrinking and Ted Lasso. this some I Jess was telling me she read an article that says that Bill Lawrence is the Norman Leer of our time which I thought was a great comparison because he's hotter than a pistol. Anyway, it's over and it is coming back if you're a fan and I can't recommend this documentary enough. This is the craziest story I've seen in a long, long time. It's called Should I Marry a Murderer? It's on Netflix. It's three episodes. It's all about the wackiest wackiest story you've ever heard in Scotland in the excuse me in the highlands of Scotland with a woman who goes online and meets a guy and >> and it's a documentary >> and it's a documentary and I kept turning to Jess and saying >> if you told me this story I'd think they were making it up.

[01:17:41]>> And everybody has a Scottish accent.

[01:17:43]>> Oh yeah. which makes it even better.

[01:17:45]>> Absolutely. Yeah. And there's a lot of fog and the bogs and you know the whole Scottish thing. It >> it's you watch the story and you go, "What the ah what?" And it has a weird ending. Anyway, highly recommend it. Um it's on Netflix.

[01:18:01]And I think that's a wrap. Ted Bird, who was the third wackiest Montrealer again?

[01:18:06]Uh I think uh Yank Macaroni. Was it Yank? Did I have that right?

[01:18:12]I think so.

[01:18:13]>> Okay.

[01:18:14]>> Anyway, I shouldn't I shouldn't have brought it up.

[01:18:15]>> No, no, you should because that made me laugh >> because it made me laugh and no doubt it will be in one of the promos.

[01:18:21]>> Yeah.

[01:18:22]>> And and what was the c the category was >> weirdest Montreal weirdos. I think >> Montreal weirdos. Yeah. It's We're talking about cultre. The best of Montreal. They've been doing it for a thousand years. Ted and I have both been on the list in the past in in our old lives. Yeah. And uh it's a list of almost you know everything like you know best bar best >> we got on the list when it was the Montreal Mirror. I don't know if the Montreal Mirror morphed into Cult Montreal or if it's >> if they're two completely different things.

[01:18:52]>> I think in fairness we should mention all the weirdos on this.

[01:18:55]>> Okay, sure. Let's go.

[01:18:56]>> This is the uh the cult best of Montreal. Best weirdo. Uh number five Patrick L.

[01:19:04]Uh number four Murphy Cooper. Number three is our favorite Yikes Macaroni.

[01:19:12]>> Number two is Natasha Nebula. And number one is Sergio Dilva.

[01:19:18]>> So I >> Yeah. Mano, do you know who any of those are? Mano's our producer and he's younger.

[01:19:24]>> Yeah.

[01:19:25]>> No. Eh, >> zero idea. Okay. Um, slimiest politician is Francois Lgo. Uh, the hottest Montrealer is Francois Arno >> Sakisa. Say put >> Mano. Do you know who that is? No.

[01:19:40]>> Number two is Justin Trudeau.

[01:19:42]>> Number three is Sophie >> Nellis.

[01:19:46]Number four is Charlotte Carde. I I know who that is.

[01:19:49]>> Yeah. Who's that?

[01:19:50]>> Uh singer person, isn't she?

[01:19:52]>> Okay. I don't know.

[01:19:52]>> Uh Kay Char. Yeah, that's her. Yeah.

[01:19:55]>> Oh, she's pretty.

[01:19:56]>> Oh, Sophie Nice. Nellis. Okay. And number five is Kaylee Shaier.

[01:20:02]I think these are personalities that we may be unfamiliar with. But anyway, shout a shout out to Yikes Macaroni.

[01:20:08]Don't know anything about you, but boy, >> I'm gonna I'm gonna be googling Yikes later on.

[01:20:12]>> Yeah, best weirdo in Montreal. Um, our thanks to uh all of our sponsors. I know. Uh I've been listening to a lot of podcasts in the last two years and uh if you listen to a a podcast on the iHeart thing, Jesus Christ, could you pack another commercial in those things?

[01:20:32]Jesus Murphy.

[01:20:34]>> They also drop them in out of the blue, too. Like halfway through somebody's sentence, a commercial starts.

[01:20:40]>> Yeah. And there's like five or six or seven commercials in a row. What's the matter with you?

[01:20:44]>> Yeah, that's not how you >> Anyway, that's not how we do the podcast. But we can't do the podcast without the help of our friends at the UPS store, upstore.ca, our great and good friend, Sugar Sammy, and our friends at Acute, the Merson's Playground Poker, and the fabulous people at Robert Reich Jewelers. Thank you so much uh for your support. Thanks to you for downloading the podcast. We appreciate it. Our thanks to Mano, our instudio producer, and Jessica Dion is our uh executive producer. Don't forget terry andpodcast.com.

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[01:21:42]The executive producer of Standing by is Jessica Dion.