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Stand up comedy to the area 38 years later. Call 859-271-joke or visit comedyoff broadway.com comedyoff broadway welcome, everyone. This is Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, June 30th. I am Matt Jones. We got Ryan Lemon in Lexington. We got Billy in studio. Drew and Shannon are both off. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet shop phone line, 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. And this edition sponsored by the T.J. smith Law Office. If you call TJL, make them pay. It is, of course, Fourth of July week, the sort of parade of all of us taking our various vacations Drew and Shannon have this week. So it is Ryan and I, Billy actually coming into the studio. And Ryan, there's a lot, well, actually there, there's very little in sports going on, which is going to lead us to talk about a lot of other stuff. But good to be with you this morning.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. I've already had people tell us they love these summer shows. They can kind of feel it kind of leaning that way and leaning towards.
Ryan Lemon
You're getting one today. I mean, this may be one of the most boring sports weekends that I can remember outside of one thing. But for right now, Ryan, my focus while it's on this show, I'm secondarily looking, you know, today. Ryan Levin, you may not know this. Big day in the sneakerhead world.
Drew Franklin
Oh, it is June 30th. No, I don't know this well.
Ryan Lemon
It's not June. It's nothing about June 30th in particular. It's just today they are releasing the first ever Caitlin Clark shoe.
Drew Franklin
Really?
Ryan Lemon
Yes. By the way, Billy, I can barely hear Ryan. If there's something we can do to turn him up or something like that. The first ever Caitlin Clark shoe is being released. It was released at 10, so I'm in the draw. So at some point during this segment, if you hear a celebration, because it's, it's not even about the shoe. I just feel like this will be one be like, you know, she's like Michael Jordan. This will be like her first. This is like Her Jordan one here coming out right now in the next.
Drew Franklin
Few minutes and being a sneaker head like you are. You want that? You want to get this original shoe come out? Yeah, I think you wanted it for collector's edition.
Ryan Lemon
Appreciate you clearing that up. Of course I want it. I think it would be. Be good to have. So they're not. I don't think they released that many. So we'll find out here in a few minutes if I got it. Now. We could talk about the UK football. Got commitments. We could talk about UK basketball. Jasper Johnson's played a couple of the under 19 games. But I don't really want to start with any of that. I've got to start with what happened in Somerset this weekend.
Drew Franklin
Amen. Yes.
Ryan Lemon
We have to some in Somerset this weekend they had. Now they call it. What's it called? Is it called Cruising the Cruise in?
Drew Franklin
It's like the what, the third Saturday in every month or the fourth Saturday in every month? Something like that.
Ryan Lemon
They do this every month.
Drew Franklin
They have the cruise in, but of course they don't have a big blowout celebration.
Ryan Lemon
People don't know what a cruise inn is. So explain what that is.
Drew Franklin
Like the guys that make the, the hot rod cars and the, the pimped out cars, they just kind of bring them all to Somerset one weekend every throughout the summer and they call it a cruise. And they just cruise up and down the street and you just kind of sit and watch people's cars drive by.
Ryan Lemon
It was just during the summer, just during the summer thing. So I guess for this month's cruise in, they decided to bring in the General Lee to jump over the water fountain in the middle of town. And that feels like the kind of idea, Billy, it feels like the kind of idea you do when you've been drinking in Somerset. You know, why don't we. Why don't we get a car and why don't we jump it over our fountain? I am. I think it's a brilliant idea. Although I would like to. I wish I knew the planning of how it ended up taking place. You know what I mean? Like, let's just jump a car over a fountain. Why don't we do that?
Billy Rutledge
Yeah. What was the why? I mean, I know a lot of people.
Ryan Lemon
I mean, the why cup was because it's awesome.
Billy Rutledge
Did they do that? Exactly.
Ryan Lemon
Why was because it's awesome. But I'm. I have a few questions about it that are important. But first of all, they do it. They get the General Lee. Now I don't know if That's. I'm going to assume, Ryan, it's not the official General Lee, since it seems to now be destroyed. So I'm going to just. I'm going to assume there's a lot of General Lee's. I guess they hired someone who knew how to operate a ramp and to go over it. And the video is insane and has gone mega viral. A guy, a Twitter account named like Carl Towns, Van Zant, which by the way, is a great Twitter account name. He had the video. I put it up on mine. It Now Ryan has 22 million views on my. On my Twitter. It has become. It is the second most popular tweet I've ever sent behind one I sent years ago on January 6th that had a video of the January 6th thing. So it's the second most popular tweet I've ever had. And it's literally Somerset, Kentucky, General Lee. It's gone all over the world. I have people. If you go look at that tweet, Ryan, and you look at the quotes and the responses there. There are responses in every language you can imagine. It has gone all over the world. As this is a symbol of America in Somerset, Kentucky.
Drew Franklin
You know, when we were down there doing our show and they were kind of telling us this was coming up, I envisioned it being great. I envision being that great. It's awesome. Goes through the water.
Ryan Lemon
I don't know that I envisioned exactly what they were going to do because they were very proud of it.
Drew Franklin
Yes.
Ryan Lemon
But I guess I just couldn't really figure it out. So. So if you've seen the video, I'm sure at this point most people have. Car jumps the fountain. It got the jump a hundred percent right. Like it looks. It got airborne. It goes through the fountain, but through.
Drew Franklin
The water, the blue water.
Ryan Lemon
The landing. I don't know if they totally. I can't imagine, Billy, that's how they wanted it to land. No, I cannot imagine that. They wanted it to land on the ground. Pieces of it coming off and then hid into the barricades and nearly killing a photographer in the process. I mean, have you assume you've seen it, Billy, right?
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I've seen it. Yep.
Drew Franklin
But that's what makes it great. That's what makes it great is the landing. And what happens after the jump.
Ryan Lemon
The fact that the photographer had to jump the fence to make.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, he seems okay. Yeah. Nearly took out a barrier and a photographer. But that's why everybody. That. That's what made it special. You know, he jumps through the water and the water splatters everywhere made it special.
Ryan Lemon
You think the crash landing.
Drew Franklin
Yes, that's what we want to see. 35,000 people were there, Matt. Yeah.
Ryan Lemon
All right. There were 35,000 people. I was going to ask that. That's how many people were there?
Drew Franklin
That's what they're estimating. 35,000 people all over the place. And we had a front row seat if we wanted to go and none of us went well.
Ryan Lemon
I think I was good where I was with the video, but as someone who used to practice law and sometimes, Billy, I look at things as, okay, where is your potential to get sued? The city of Somerset got away with one. Okay. The city of Somerset got away with one. I cannot believe. Cannot believe there were people lining those streets. And what I especially can't believe is at the end of the Runway, there were people, like, in the street. You know what I'm saying? Like, if. If the brakes had. Had fallen, it just went straight. There were people there. Now, granted, there was a barrier, but who knows how well it would have worked? I am. Listen, it was awesome. But, Billy, I'm. If you look at it, there's a lot that could have gone wrong right there.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah. If we had front row invitations, I would have taken it before the jump, not after. I mean, you had to be.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
A little crazy to be back there.
Ryan Lemon
The people at the end of that jump. The people at the end of that jump were hearty souls. I didn't win the draw, by the way, just.
Drew Franklin
Oh, open. You got him.
Ryan Lemon
Well, they only. Well, I mean, they don't tell you who got them. They're not like Bob in Frankfurt got them. They just say, you didn't get it.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, bummer.
Ryan Lemon
Did you think they were going to tell me who in the world got the shoes? All 13,000 people?
Drew Franklin
Of course not. But we thought if you got it, I'm hoping you got the. The right. The ticket to get the shoes.
Ryan Lemon
But you asked me who got him.
Drew Franklin
I said I was hoping you got them.
Ryan Lemon
Oh, you hope. Okay, gotcha. Well, anyway, so here's my question. I know there are listeners who were there. 859-280-2287. If you were at the event, I would like to hear from you. Was it as exciting as it looked on the camera? And I'd like to know, Billy, about that photographer. I would like to know what he was thinking because he barely got out of the way. Like, he gets out of the way if you watch that video. A. What made him think he could be in the street right There. And B, does he feel like he escaped because he narrowly escaped?
Billy Rutledge
Yeah. I'd argue a lot of photographers have had professional athletes coming at him, but not the. The General Lee. Right.
Ryan Lemon
I can't believe that he. He was over there. I cannot believe that that guy. I'm sure he wanted a good shot, but Ryan, I can't believe he was standing there because even if things go well, he still would have had a good chance of being hit.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I don't think he was with the crew. The crew had their own photographers and stuff out, but they all had on black shirts. I don't think.
Ryan Lemon
You think that was just a dude, just maybe like a regular guy taking pictures.
Drew Franklin
News newspaper guy, Like a local newspaper guy or something.
Ryan Lemon
So he's a local newspaper guy.
Drew Franklin
I don't. I'm just guessing.
Ryan Lemon
The other side of the barrier. Yeah. With the General Lead jumping the fountain.
Drew Franklin
Some guy. Sometimes people in the media jump the barrier and go walk with Tiger woods on the fairway. This guy jumped the barrier to hang out with General League crashing into the fence.
Ryan Lemon
Not quite as dangerous, I don't think, at all. I think that was a very different. Very different level of danger. I will say a fascinating thing. Now, are you. This is my question for you. It went all over the world. And by all over the world, I mean, I've seen Spanish, French, I've seen Chinese characters like retweeting, etc. Are you proud that to a lot of the world, this. Said this happened in Kentucky, Ryan? Yes.
Drew Franklin
Because apparently this guy jumps like. He's had, like, a dozen jumps in the General Lee. This is not like his first one.
Ryan Lemon
But for whatever reason, this one for a while.
Drew Franklin
This one looks so cool going through the water and kind of crashing at the end. I love it. I love it.
Ryan Lemon
So you love that, like, for the world, this.
Drew Franklin
Yes.
Ryan Lemon
Somerset, Kentucky. All right. What about you?
Billy Rutledge
I kind of loved it, too. I don't know if it was the blue water fountain it was jumping over or just how it landed. I just thought it perfectly encapsulated Kentucky and Somerset, so.
Drew Franklin
Yeah.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. The blue water was a great touch. Is it normally blue in some.
Drew Franklin
No, it wasn't that blue when we were down there. I'm sure they did it just for the jump.
Ryan Lemon
Well, that's Ira. I think the blue water, actually, they should. If they should just keep that. And the blue water is a great touch. I thought one of you might say you were embarrassed. I wasn't embarrassed at all. No, I think it is very. Well, you know, there's A part of the whole General Lee, the Confederate flag things. Not my favorite, but it does Harken back to the Dukes of Hazzard. And so I get it. Even though maybe I wouldn't have put that on there, but the idea of having the Dukes of Haz jumping it over a fountain, 35,000 people coming out to see it and being as excited as they are, and then the crash landing, plus the dude barely, barely gets by. I do think it is Ryan, kind of definitively Kentucky in some ways. And so I actually think in some ways it more encapsulates what Kentucky is than, for instance, bourbon or the Kentucky Derby. They're part of it. But there's a lot more of that in Kentucky than there is, you know, the race of kings at Churchill Downs.
Drew Franklin
You know, a lot of us grew up watching the Dukes of Hazzard. It was a great TV show to watch. And I think that still, you know, pulls on our childhood heartstrings a little bit. And you see the General Lee barreling down the street, making a big jump, coming to a crash landing. I'm like, yeah, man, I'm GLAD it was here.
Ryan Lemon
859-280-2287. If you were at the event, you can either shoot a text call or give me a text. 772-774-5254. I will admit, when the people of Somerset said, hey, you ought to come back here in a couple weeks, we're jumping the General Lee over a fountain, I kind of rolled my eyes and I kind of thought, I don't know about that. I was wrong. You guys were right. I should have been there. I'm with Billy. I don't think I would have said on the landing side of it, but I did think it was excellent. And to whoever took that video from the roof of that building in Somerset, that video is now it's in the New York Post, it's on barstool. But I think it's even like in People magazine, that video which I saw from Carl Towns, Van Zandt, whoever it was that originally took it because I think he said it was a friend of his. Well done. You produced like, you know, an award winning video of of the moment. 859-280-22-2871. We will take a break. Be right back. Kentucky's.
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Drew Franklin
I don't know. To me it was still the. Generally, I don't know what the different models were.
Billy Rutledge
I really don't think they used to drive a Dodge Charger. This was not that.
Ryan Lemon
This was not a Dodge Dodge Charger. Okay, so they. Whatever they drove, they re put different things on it. So they used a Ford LTD with car panels bought to make it look like a Dodge Charger after it landed. Do we. I mean, will you think they'll be able to use that car again? I mean it was destroyed.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I think that's why they've got like five of them. And then what they told us. I think there's five of these cars that they use for these shows and jumps and things, but that one seems to be probably total get them.
Ryan Lemon
Well, I mean, I wonder what it costs to get them because if you're gonna destroy the car, they're Gonna have to rebuild it. So how much you think the city of Somerset paid for that? Like, if you were to guess. Because somebody will know the answer to this, Billy. How much you think they. They had to pay to do that?
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I don't know. I was gonna guess like 15, 20 grand, but.
Ryan Lemon
But it's gotta be more than that. Cause they gotta rebuild the car, right? That car. Just rebuilding the car is gonna cost them, what, 10 or $15,000, right?
Drew Franklin
Yeah, those guys, they'd love. They probably. That's their hobby, you know, they probably don't have to.
Ryan Lemon
It's also got to be a job. They're not just running around crashing cars for the fun of it. I mean, this is a business, right? So, I mean, I got to think it's more $30,000, which is that a bargain for a city? I think Somerset's gotten $30,000 worth of publicity, right?
Drew Franklin
Well, yes, Somerset. I think the population is like 12,000 people. They almost tripled it in one weekend. So I think they're the vet.
Ryan Lemon
The value, $2, is 50 cents a person. And you get to have the car jump over the fountain in town and you're. And you're good. What person writes, uh, I'm waiting on the video of the cameraman who almost got ran over. He was filming. Which means that has to be a heck of a shot. Yeah, I would like to see that. And I'd also like to be in his brain, Billy, to hear the moment that he went, oh, this is not going exactly as I hoped.
Billy Rutledge
Hey, it could be a life changing shot, though, you know? I mean, this could be something that gets him noticed.
Ryan Lemon
It could be the shoes are already gone and they're already on the secondary market now for 360. $60. So I don't know if they're gonna.
Drew Franklin
Does it say how many they put out today?
Ryan Lemon
I think I saw it was gonna be 13,000 total, but in my size, you know, it's probably like a thousand or less.
Drew Franklin
Yeah.
Ryan Lemon
So you would think, though, with Caitlin. You think it'd be Caitlin Clark. They would bring. They would put a zillion of them out. Right, because it's Caitlin Clark.
Drew Franklin
Well, maybe that's.
Ryan Lemon
I mean, you would think every little girl in the country that plays basketball would want it.
Drew Franklin
Like you said with the Jordan ones, that this first edition, maybe they want to make it so special now. Maybe the second one, they'll make more available to the public.
Ryan Lemon
That's probably their mindset. But it is. It's very strange to me that they do it 859-280-2287 before we get to anything else, also have to talk about my Reds, Ryan. Another series win against the Padres Friday night almost had history. You and I both were listening to it and texting back and forth. Spencer Steer hits a home run his first three at bats, which means he gets to come up for a fourth chance to get four home runs. Doesn't end up doing it. And then Nick Martinez, eight no hit innings, goes to the ninth inning with a no hitter. He had already thrown 110 pitches. I think his arm was about to fall off. He was basically lobbing it in the ninth inning, but they had to give him a chance to get it. He gives a hit and it ends up. They take him out of the game, but they win the game. But you don't see many games, Ryan, where they went into the ninth inning with two chances at literally making history.
Drew Franklin
For, for eight innings. Both those guys were making a case for being a Hall of Famer. I mean, Spencer Steer, just every time up, he's hitting a home run. Martinez, that's the most pitches he had ever thrown in his life, they said. And he was still out there trying to get that.
Ryan Lemon
He's like 83 pitches. But they kept letting him go. I think the theory was, you know, Billy, he's old, he'll probably never get this chance again. Let's just let him go until his arm falls off.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, just throw them out there, see if he can complete it. But you know, Reds, they're, they're, they're playing pretty well, Matt. You got to be happy with it, right?
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. So then Saturday, they're up 4 to 1, but then they get the bill pin, falls apart, lose 6, 4. But then they reverse it yesterday, 21 going into the 9th. Ellie, his first at bat, takes 11 pitches to kind of get their closer tired. And then hit after hit after hit and they end up winning the game. So now they go to Boston this weekend. You know, we talked three weeks ago, I said, ryan, they've got all these tough series back to back to back to back. They've won six of those seven series to. Your Cardinals are the only series they've lost in that group. They got two more this weekend, Boston and Philly. And then it's the All Star Game. So they, you know, and then the week after the All Star Game, they play seven games against the Rockies and the Marlins. So a chance to kind of take off if they can survive this week upcoming.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, tough stretch. They had the Yankees and the Padres, one of the best teams in the West. And then I go into Boston playing.
Ryan Lemon
They had Cleveland and they had Detroit, the best team in baseball. I mean, they had all these teams, and they won all of those series except the Cardinals one. So, you know, Summer of. Ellie, are you starting to believe yet?
Drew Franklin
No. They're still behind the Cardinals. They're still behind the Brewers. They're in fourth place in their own division.
Ryan Lemon
They are, but they don't have to win the division. They need the wild card. Well, they got to be.
Drew Franklin
Got to leapfrog the Cardinals and Brewers, then somehow.
Ryan Lemon
Will you turn his microphone, Billy? They have two and a half games to behind on the wild card. And the other teams are like the Mets are right now the wild card. You got. The Mets are the leader, but they're still only three and a half games ahead of the Red. So everyone's bunched up. Billy, we can. We can completely do this.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, it's. It's fun being over.500 in June, going into July.
Ryan Lemon
It doesn't happen a lot.
Billy Rutledge
You know, you got that young pitcher, I think, pitching against Boston tonight, too. It's.
Ryan Lemon
Well, tonight, yeah. So that again, tonight, Chase Burns, the guy that had such a great debut, he's pitching, apparently, against one of the best dudes in baseball. Billy, I guess his name is Garrett Crochet. Is that a person for Boston?
Billy Rutledge
I'm not sure. Crochet, though, that's an unfortunate last.
Ryan Lemon
Is that his name or is it Crotchet?
Drew Franklin
Crocher? I'm not sure. I know you're talking about, but I'm not sure how to pronounce his last name.
Ryan Lemon
Well, it doesn't have an R, so I don't think it's Crosier. So it's either Crochet or, I guess, Billy. I guess it could be Crotchet. I think for his sake, let's hope it's that one. I'm gonna assume it's Crochet. I don't think somebody's gonna name their kid Crotchet, but they pitch. So this dude, what a tough start to his career. Starts with the Yankees and then at Fenway against one of the best pitchers in baseball.
Drew Franklin
But see what he's made of.
Ryan Lemon
That's two of three. Every series get two or three. Tonight's gonna be a hard one.
Drew Franklin
But you know what happened? Did Ellie throw up, like, right before he hit the big hit last night or something? Or something we're talking about. I threw up.
Ryan Lemon
I was against the Cardinals last week, right? Yeah, against the Cardinals last week. He. He Was so hot in St. Louis, he threw up. And then right after he threw up, hit a home run. Yeah, no, he. What he did last night was, if you go look at the play he scored on in the ninth, Billy, no one would have scored but Ellie, on that play, like, he. He. He. He took off. I mean, you have to go see it. He barely beat the throw, but you'd have to be one of the fastest people in sport. Anybody else would have gotten thrown out, but he was able to get in because of how fast he is. Who's next?
Billy Rutledge
Mike.
Ryan Lemon
Mike. Go ahead, Mike. Yes, I was at the car show Saturday. You are? Yes. Okay, well, tell me something about it. I never saw as many people in Somerset in all my life. Did you see the cards up in the air? Yes. I got some pictures I may have sent you. Awesome text and stuff. All right. All right. Well, I appreciate it. I thought I'd get a little more info, but I will look at those pictures. Had to be a fun day in Somerset. We'll take a break. Be right back. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. There are people writing me saying that these Caitlin Clark shoes are not her first signature one. They're her Kobe shoes. Her. Her first signature one, Billy will be worth more money. So there you go. Maybe that's why.
Drew Franklin
So they're not out yet, then, the signature ones?
Ryan Lemon
Well, I mean, I think. I don't know why it takes so long. If I were them, I would have put out the shoes I like. You knew she was going to be in the league how I would have put them out immediately.
Drew Franklin
Absolutely.
Ryan Lemon
She was, like, at the. At the top of her. But apparently the ones that are specifically hers have not. Are not even done yet, so. Wow.
Billy Rutledge
It reminds me of weed a bit. You need to strike when the iron's hot.
Ryan Lemon
You got to strike when the iron is hot. I mean, what was hotter than Caitlin Clark in the WNBA last year? Like, nothing. They put that out last year, they'd have sold a million of them. You would think, but. And maybe they still will, but I would have wanted to do that quickly. I still don't have anybody who's told me how much they think Somerset paid for that. One person writes, there's never been a bigger bag filled in our bag missed in history than Hazard not doing this event. That's the truth.
Billy Rutledge
Oh, yeah.
Ryan Lemon
Hazard is the only thing that would have made this bigger, Billy, is if this had been in Hazard. Right. How could you do. How could Hazard not have done that?
Billy Rutledge
Could have had the name thing. I mean, how could you not done it?
Drew Franklin
Hazard.
Billy Rutledge
You're right.
Ryan Lemon
This Hazard. Adopt that. I mean, I know the show is in Hazard County, Georgia. Right. I believe. Which isn't a real place, I don't think. But has, has, has Hazard, Kentucky. What are you doing?
Billy Rutledge
That was my fault.
Ryan Lemon
I know.
Billy Rutledge
Push the wrong button. My bad.
Ryan Lemon
All right. What. Has Hazard Kentucky ever really embraced it, Ryan, over the years?
Drew Franklin
Oh, I think they definitely embraced it. People think the show is Hazard, Kentucky, not what are they done in Georgia.
Ryan Lemon
Brace it. What have they done?
Drew Franklin
I think the, the Lester P. Coltrane. He's from Kentucky.
Ryan Lemon
Right.
Drew Franklin
I think he's been there to like their parade or their Hazard Day or something. They've. They've done something down there, but they've not done a jump over a fountain.
Ryan Lemon
Well, they should have done this because it would have been a bigger deal. One person writes. Matt, all the UK basketball season ticket holders are getting calls this week asking them to buy football tickets. Is that a bad sign? Well, it's not a good sign. I mean maybe they do that every year, I'm not sure. But I think when the herald leader, because they always in like August release the season ticket numbers because I think it comes out in the mid year report for uk which is due I maybe at the end of July or something like that. I think the number of season ticket sales, Ryan, is going to be shocking. I would, it would not surprise me if the season ticket sale numbers are the lowest since before Stoops got here. Because remember when he got here, they sold a ton that first year and I could totally see it being the lowest number of the Stoops era. Do you agree?
Drew Franklin
I totally agree. I mean, you know, it started to leak out little by little that season ticket sales are going horribly wrong the wrong way. So I can see why they're maybe calling the basketball season ticket or trying to give them a deal, a package deal, something to try to buy some more football season tickets.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, it may, it may be the case. They do that every year. So I don't know, but I've never seen that and that would be probably a bad sign. And anytime you're trying to cold call people for season tickets, people who've never bought it, that I think also is not the greatest sign in the world. Who's next, Bill?
Billy Rutledge
Go to Matt.
Ryan Lemon
Matt. Go ahead, Matt. All right.
Caller
Hey, what's up guys? I was down in Somerset this weekend. I live down here. Just calling to tell you a little bit about the experience. Okay, So I think 35000 is probably a little exaggerated on the number. I'd say it's probably more around like 15 to 20,000. We were located right by the ramp, and you could tell whenever it took off and it landed, it was obviously going to crash. So, you know, everybody started running in behind it and trying to see what was going on. It was definitely a spectacle of a day, but it was really, really cool. I own a small business down here in Somerset. The town was hopping since Thursday. There was a bunch of people coming in. All the hotels were full. So, I mean, I got to give our, you know, our local government. Allen, the mayor down here, I think they did a great job with it because it did bring a lot of attention to our town, and it really did help with the local businesses every little.
Ryan Lemon
That's good. That's exactly what you want.
Caller
Where, exactly?
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, exactly what you want. I mean, Alan Keck has been. Yeah, Alan Keck, the mayor down there, you know, ran for governor a couple years ago. We met him when he. When he did that and brought us down there. He's done a great job. I mean, listen, you certainly got attention. There are people all over the world now that know Somerset, so probably the biggest news since Hal Rogers, right?
Caller
Yeah. I grew up in Missouri, and I had friends from high school in Missouri that message me that, no, I live in Kentucky. He was like, were you anywhere close to that? And it's like, yeah, I was there. You know, so it's our town.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. Appreciate the call. I mean, a little bit of a downer on how many, but people were there. But that's still. Still very exciting. Who's next?
Billy Rutledge
Ally is next.
Ryan Lemon
Ally, go ahead. Ally. By the way, it's Richie Farmer wrote to say it's Roscoe Coltrane Ryan, not Lester. Where did you get Lester?
Drew Franklin
I think I said Roscoe P. Coltrane.
Ryan Lemon
I think you did say Lester P. Coltrane.
Drew Franklin
Oh, it's his brother.
Ryan Lemon
Lester's a weird name just to come up with, though. Where do you get Lester? Who's next?
Billy Rutledge
Ally is up.
Drew Franklin
Dude's from Kentucky, I think, too, right? The actor that played him.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. All the more reason you should know his name. Go ahead.
Allie McGuire
Hey, guys, I'm the one who took that video.
Ryan Lemon
Oh, that's your video?
Allie McGuire
Yes, that's my video.
Ryan Lemon
That's your video. Okay, so how did Carl Towns Van Zant get it?
Allie McGuire
They stole it.
Ryan Lemon
Now, then. Now, Carl Towns Van Zandt said, this is my friend who took it. Are you not friends with him?
Allie McGuire
No, I'm not friends with him.
Ryan Lemon
Oh, wow. Billy. Not friends With Carl Towns, Van Zant. Okay, so you. So did you post it somewhere and then someone just yanked it from you?
Allie McGuire
I posted it to my Facebook page and it went crazy.
Ryan Lemon
So this. Are you happy about the fact that, like, that video is literally in the New York Post and in the Washington Post today? Does that make you happy?
Allie McGuire
Oh, that's totally cool. I had. I had Good Morning America call me or email me last night. So I think it's going to be on there sometime.
Ryan Lemon
Good Morning America emailed you? What did they say?
Allie McGuire
Yes, brother. They just asked me sister ask for permission to use it.
Ryan Lemon
Well, that's nice.
Allie McGuire
I sent them the original video.
Ryan Lemon
Most Internet rogues like me didn't do that. So you got. You got permission. That's cool. So you've. You have a video. I mean, just my version of it has been watched by 20. Just to give you the latest numbers, because I want you to sense this is your video. It just. Mine of it has 21 million views. I'm sitting here looking at another one that. I'm sitting here looking at another one that has 8 million views. The New York Post one has 2 million views. So you're looking at. I think I would say you probably are looking at4.50 million people at least have viewed this.
Allie McGuire
Well, add in that my Facebook page says that 9 million people has seen it from mine. Yeah.
Ryan Lemon
So 9 million from you. You add all these up, let's just say, conservatively, you shot a video that 50 million people saw. That's got to be kind of cool, right?
Allie McGuire
Yeah, that's really cool.
Ryan Lemon
When you took your phone out and did it. When you took your phone out and did it, you could have never imagined that would happen.
Allie McGuire
Oh, no, I would have been happy with a couple of hundred of my friends saying woohoo.
Ryan Lemon
You got more than that saying woohoo. Well, way to go. I think it's the best angle. There are other angles that show the crash, etc. But I don't think there's any other angle that shows the entire experience as good as yours. So what's your name again?
Allie McGuire
Oh, hi. I appreciate it. Allie. Allie McGuire.
Ryan Lemon
Allie McGuire. Congratulations. And was it an exciting day in Somerset?
Allie McGuire
It was so exciting. And I didn't even have to crash my car.
Ryan Lemon
That's true. That's how you know it's a good day, Billy. It was so exciting. I didn't even have to crash my car. That's a good. That's good. That's a good line, Allie. Thank you very much.
Allie McGuire
All I did was Shoot out my phone. Hey, you're welcome.
Ryan Lemon
Thank you, Ally. 50 million people. I mean, right now, just on my clip, Billy, 13,000 retweets, 187,000 likes, 21 million views, and 3,000 comments.
Billy Rutledge
That's a ton. Now, could she be salty at all? I mean, you can make money if you get enough views on tweets or TikToks. You know, was there an opportunity for her to make money?
Ryan Lemon
Here's the little secret. None of these things really pay very much. Much like I'm signed up for all the programs on all the various ones, a video like that probably views probably 150 bucks.
Billy Rutledge
Oh, that's less than I thought.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, it's the. The idea. The only. The way that people make money is like influencers or whatever. You have to get brand ads or you have to be on like, YouTube. YouTube videos can make a lot of money if you get enough traffic, etc. But when. When Mus first took over Twitter, there was like a month or two that they paid pretty good money, and now they don't. I don't really Tick Tock. I don't use it enough to make a substantial amount of money, but I've heard the same things. True there. Like the kid, you know, the kid Ryan on Tick Tock who does the food reviews in Kentucky. His name's like Crunch. You know what I'm talking about?
Drew Franklin
Yeah, we looked at him one time.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. Yeah. So he. His videos get millions and millions and millions and millions of views, all of them. And he does like one a day. And I heard him on a video say that for the entire year. I think Billy, he made like $130,000, which is still really good money. But when you consider how much traffic he gets and how many followers, it kind of gives you a sense of how hard it is to make money.
Billy Rutledge
I had heard TikTok paid a little less than the others, but YouTube, it sounds like, is. Is the other one, YouTube.
Ryan Lemon
If you're trying to make money from it, YouTube is the best. But honestly, the way these people make money is they get brand ads. You know, somebody pays you to say, hey, look at this shirt. It comes from Target, or you know what I mean? Something like that. That's actually how you make real money. I don't think you necessarily make real money from having the general league go flying through the air, but that would be nice. You didn't send me the ad, so give me one to do right here.
Billy Rutledge
I don't have them either, so we'll have to do that next segment.
Ryan Lemon
All right, well, you're going to have to take care of that. 859-280-2287. Tax machine is 772-774-5254. We will take a break. Be right back. The UK basketball team went to Kings Island. This is Kentucky Sports.
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Drew Franklin
Yeah, because he was like. You're right. Like the godfather of horse racing. Trainers, you know, everybody aspired to be Dwayne Lucas. And when he walked in the room, you knew it. He commanded your attention. He was a well I. I know he just passed me. He was a crotchety old man late in his life, and people, though, respected that from him. They didn't.
Ryan Lemon
Didn't he. Didn't Bob Baffert, like, learn under him?
Drew Franklin
I think so.
Billy Rutledge
I think he wasn't one of them, but he had many trainers that did.
Ryan Lemon
So Baffert was not one, but just.
Billy Rutledge
Respected him and, and, and released a nice note after.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, there's. I mean, there's no doubt that he is probably the most. I mean, Baffert is probably become the most known figure in the last 15 to 20 years. But you go to when I was a kid. When I was a kid, and when you thought about horse racing, D. Wayne Lucas was who you thought of. Absolutely was him. So sad to see his passing. And then former Red and Pirate Dave Parker. Yeah. Who was, I think, won the. The batting title in 77 and 78, was the MVP, I believe, one of those years. Part of the end of the Big Red machine, and then part of a Pirates team that ended up going to the World Series. You're a huge baseball guy. Dave Parker was late 70s, early 80s, as good as anybody in the sport.
Drew Franklin
He was. And he was like a. A mountain of a man. He was just a big human being. And the last time I went 6.
Ryan Lemon
6, one of the tallest players to ever be, like, a really good hitter in history.
Drew Franklin
And the last game I went to, at the Reds game, they wheeled him out in his wheelchair and got. He got this great ovation. But it was so sad to see this mountainous, huge man, what. His body had just given out on him. You know, there's also a great. A great story about him. He apparently has hit the longest home run ever. He hit a home run over the fence, I think, like, in West Virginia. Landed in a bed of a train, and the train took it to, like, Washington, D.C. before it stopped.
Ryan Lemon
That sounds like that's that count real. Billy. Billy, that doesn't sound. Yeah, that sounds like the kind of story they tell you in, like, a fairy tale. Right. He hit the longest home run ever. It went on a train, and then the train went all the way to Turkey kind of thing. You would. Yeah. I want you to look that up. Billy, I need you to fact check.
Drew Franklin
Okay.
Ryan Lemon
Right.
Drew Franklin
I believe it was Virginia, I think, where it was.
Ryan Lemon
No excuses. I don't want you to try to now somehow caveat it. You have to see. Billy, did Dave Parker hit our longest home run by hitting it on a train in West Virginia that went somewhere else. I'll find it because I'm throwing the challenge.
Drew Franklin
That's a great story.
Ryan Lemon
This is it. This is a Ryan Lemon old wives tale that in my opinion is unlikely to be true. Just what I'm going to say. Who's up next?
Billy Rutledge
Ian is next.
Ryan Lemon
Ian, go ahead. El It Ian.
Ian
Matt, today are these are the kind of shows I love so much. I I wanted to admonish Ryan for the for not knowing Roscoe Pico train but I didn't have to because my childhood hero Kentucky wildcat Richie Farmer did it for me.
Ryan Lemon
Yes, Richie. Richie made sure to correct it.
Ian
That's right. The other I was going to call us a little bit of Bob and Jamestown trivia about the General Leaf for you. You know in 1979 when they made that show that car was just a 10 year old car. It was still a cool car but it was just an old car. And now those are very expensive and they're. They're really hard to come by. They only made so many of them. They destroyed like 300 plus of them when they made the show. So a few years ago these guys that do these jumps figured out that you could they could take the the Ford Crown Victoria which was the police car that's been in the taxi that's been around for the past 20 years and take the take out cut all the body panels off and then weld the replacement sheet metal that the companies make to restore those old Dodge Chargers and weld that onto the to the crown victorious. So you basically have a endless supply of general leads that you can see.
Ryan Lemon
What it cost if you as you clearly seem to know about it if you wreck that car, how much would it cost to make a new one?
Ian
About $30,000 to do it.
Ryan Lemon
Right? Yeah. So that's why I wonder what Somerset play a paid because or maybe they didn't think they would wreck the car because but to make that worthwhile, I mean if you tell me it cost 30,000 now we're up to like $50,000 which.
Ian
Oh yeah. They know they destroy. They destroy them every time so they.
Ryan Lemon
Destroy them every time so they know it will be destroyed.
Ian
Yeah.
Ryan Lemon
Okay.
Ian
The car actually like the. Okay.
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. No, I appreciate the call. That's interesting. So they, they go in knowing it would be destroyed. I wonder what it feels like Billy to land. You know what I mean? Because it didn't look like it had a sid didn't feel like it had.
Drew Franklin
A soft landing airbag in the, in the Generally I don't think.
Billy Rutledge
Well the guy I do want to.
Ryan Lemon
Give a Shout out to. If you watch wrestlers or you watch OVW know. Hollyhood. Haley J.
Drew Franklin
Yes.
Ryan Lemon
Did you see she started part two of her career this weekend. She entered and is now one of those. You've seen the slap fighting. Yeah, right. She entered it. She won her first slap fighting match.
Drew Franklin
No way.
Ryan Lemon
She knocked a woman out. I'm not. I will tell you, I'm not really into the slap fighting. I think it's a little. It's gotta be bad. Brutal for them. But I would say if anybody's gonna be good at it, she would be a person. I could see being good at it. But you can look online. She was in her first match and Ryan, she knocked the woman out that she was up against. Like, knocked her out.
Drew Franklin
We all fell in love with her from the show and then when she came on the show and sat with you for an hour. So I'm. I'm pulling for. In this. In this new adventure for her.
Ryan Lemon
Look up the video. I mean, I don't.
Drew Franklin
She's not that big. She's a little girl.
Ryan Lemon
She's not that big. Well, she's bulked up a little bit. Clearly she's been lifting weights. I could tell. I saw a video with her. But nevertheless, you know, if there's something she's good at, I could see it be slapping because I saw her slapping people. Not in the ring, like, just out of anger. So clearly. So she won her first match. So congratulations to Haley J. And her new line of work. We'll take a break, come back. Hour number two, ksr.
Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (June 30, 2025)
Introduction
In this episode of KSR, hosted by Matt Jones from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), the team delves into a mix of local events, sports highlights, and noteworthy happenings that captured the attention of Somerset and beyond. With Ryan Lemon from Lexington and Billy Rutledge in the studio, the crew navigates through an action-packed weekend, highlighting a spectacular car jump event, significant sports performances, and touching on community impacts.
1. Somerset’s Spectacular Car Jump Event
The highlight of the episode centers around the jaw-dropping event in Somerset, Kentucky, where the iconic General Lee made a sensational leap over the town’s water fountain. This stunt not only thrilled the local crowd but also garnered global attention through viral videos.
Event Breakdown
Ryan Lemon introduces the event:
“They decided to bring in the General Lee to jump over the water fountain in the middle of town. It feels like the kind of idea you do when you've been drinking in Somerset.”
(02:25)
Billy Rutledge adds his observations:
“They have the cruise in, but of course they don't have a big blowout celebration.”
(03:16)
Safety and Execution
The team discusses the daring nature of the jump and the potential risks involved:
“I look at things as, okay, where is your potential to get sued? The city of Somerset got away with one.”
(07:24)
Ryan reflects on the near-miss incident with a photographer:
“She almost got out of the way... She barely got out of the way if you watch that video.”
(08:31)
Viral Impact
The event's viral success is underscored by the massive online reach:
“Ryan has 22 million views on my Twitter. It has become... It has gone all over the world.”
(06:45)
Allie McGuire, the videographer, shares her excitement:
“I had Good Morning America call me or email me last night. So I think it's going to be on there sometime.”
(30:03)
Notable Quotes:
Ryan Lemon: “I was wrong. You guys were right. I should have been there.” (07:05)
Allie McGuire: “I didn't even have to crash my car. That's a good day.” (32:38)
2. Caitlin Clark’s Signature Shoe Release
Shifting gears to sportswear, Ryan Lemon highlights a significant release in the sneaker community—the first-ever Caitlin Clark signature shoe. Although initially skeptical, Ryan expresses enthusiasm as the hype grows.
Release Details
Ryan explains the significance:
“It's not even about the shoe. I just feel like this will be like her first Jordan one.”
(02:25)
However, listener feedback clarifies:
“These Caitlin Clark shoes are not her first signature one. They're her Kobe shoes.”
(35:27)
Market Impact
The limited release strategy:
“I think it's gonna be 13,000 total, but in my size, it's probably like a thousand or less.”
(17:38)
Drew suggests future releases:
“Maybe they want to make it so special now. Maybe the second one, they'll make more available to the public.”
(18:13)
Notable Quotes:
3. Cincinnati Reds’ Impressive Performance
The episode transitions to a sports analysis segment focusing on the Cincinnati Reds’ recent series win against the Padres, highlighting remarkable individual performances.
Spencer Steer’s Home Run Streak
Ryan marvels at Spencer Steer’s achievement:
“Spencer Steer hits a home run his first three at bats, which means he gets to come up for a fourth chance to get four home runs. Doesn't end up doing it.”
(19:09)
Nick Martinez’s No-Hitter
Discussion on pitcher Nick Martinez’s endurance:
“He had thrown 110 pitches. I think his arm was about to fall off.”
(19:21)
Season Outlook
The Reds’ challenging upcoming schedule:
“They're playing pretty well, Matt. You got to be happy with it, right?”
(19:39)
Ryan summarizes the potential for the Reds:
“They are, but they don't have to win the division. They need the wild card.”
(26:46)
Notable Quotes:
4. Community and Economic Impact of Local Events
A caller from Somerset shares firsthand experiences on how the car jump event boosted local businesses and community spirit.
Economic Boost
The caller highlights increased tourism:
“The town was hopping since Thursday. There was a bunch of people coming in. All the hotels were full.”
(28:16)
Ryan acknowledges the positive impact:
“Alan Keck... ran for governor a couple years ago. We met him when he did that and brought us down there. He's done a great job.”
(28:42)
Notable Quotes:
5. Tribute to Notable Sports Figures
The team pays homage to two significant sports personalities who recently passed away, reflecting on their legacies and contributions to their respective fields.
D. Wayne Lucas – Horse Racing Legend
Ryan shares his sentiments:
“D. Wayne Lucas was the godfather of horse racing. Trainers, everybody aspired to be Dwayne Lucas.”
(37:12)
Drew adds:
“He commanded your attention. He was well-respected.”
(37:32)
Dave Parker – Baseball Icon
Discussion on Dave Parker’s illustrious career:
“He was as good as anybody in the sport.”
(38:34)
Ryan mentions a legendary home run:
“He hit a home run over the fence in West Virginia. That sounds like a fairy tale.”
(39:12)
Notable Quotes:
Ryan Lemon: “Probably the most important figure in horse racing of my lifetime.”
(37:21)
Drew Franklin: “He got this great ovation. It was so sad to see this mountainous, huge man.”
(38:40)
6. Additional Highlights and Listener Interactions
The episode wraps up with listener calls, sharing personal anecdotes and engaging with the hosts on various topics, including behind-the-scenes insights into local events and the viral video’s reach.
Listener Allie McGuire’s Viral Video
Allie recounts her experience:
“I posted it to my Facebook page and it went crazy.”
(30:16)
Ryan celebrates her success:
“50 million people. That's got to be kind of cool, right?”
(31:32)
Haley J.’s Slap Fighting Debut
Highlighting a surprise career move:
“She knocked a woman out in her first slap fighting match.”
(42:25)
Notable Quotes:
Allie McGuire: “I didn’t have to crash my car. That's a good day.”
(32:38)
Ryan Lemon: “That's a ton. Now, could she be salty at all?”
(33:09)
Conclusion
This episode of KSR offers a vibrant snapshot of Somerset’s community spirit, the fervor surrounding local sports teams, and the unexpected viral moments that put Kentucky in the global spotlight. From daring car stunts to stellar baseball performances, the crew delivers an engaging and informative session that resonates with both local listeners and a broader audience.
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