2025-12-31- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

December 31, 2025

Hosts: Drew Franklin (filling in for Matt Jones), Ryan Lemond
Location: KS Bar & Grill, Lexington, KY

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Episode Overview

On the last show of 2025, Drew Franklin takes the hosting reins from Matt Jones (on vacation), joined by co-host Ryan Lemond. With the rest of the KSR crew off, they celebrate New Year's Eve live from KS Bar, reflect on the highs and lows of 2025 in Kentucky sports and the KSR family, reminisce about memorable parties of years past, take live calls, and preview the start of 2026 with a dose of trademark KSR humor and heartfelt listener shoutouts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Farewell to 2025: Reflections and Resolutions (03:20–05:10)

• Hosts’ Sentiments: Both Drew and Ryan are eager to close the chapter on 2025, describing it as a year with "more downs than ups" but moments worth celebrating (04:24).
  • Quote [Ryan, 04:10]: “Going to recap it a bit, with some favorite moments and just close the door on that year and look forward to 2026.”
• Listener Participation: Drew encourages listeners to call in with their favorite moments from 2025, resolutions, and plans for the New Year via the Clark’s Pump and Shop phone line (04:24).

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2. Setting the Table: Audience & Guests (05:04–08:14)

• Shoutout to Audience: A strong holiday crowd at KS Bar, notably with two full tables from Marion County and several locals (06:43–07:15).
  • Quote [Ryan, 06:55]: “I am the hog calling champion of Ham Days right now. I have the trophy to prove it.”
• Upcoming Guest Teaser: Ryan reports that former Kentucky basketball player J.P. Blevins is confirmed as a guest for hour two (08:08–08:14).

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3. Classic KSR Banter: Freebies and Kentucky Player Love (06:18–06:43)

• KSR Swag Parade: Ryan sports a hat from Willie Cauley-Stein, a Manny T-shirt from Drew, and a pullover from Dane Key, joking about all his gifts.
• Cat Names: Fans have named their pets after beloved basketball players: “Some people said after the show, I named my cat Willie. I named my cat Collie because of Willie Cauley-Stein.” (06:01)

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4. The New Normal in UK Sports: NIL & Coaching Changes (07:15–07:42)

• Looking Ahead: Discussion of how 2026 brings new frontiers for Kentucky sports with NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) changes, a new football coach, and potential for big change.
• Homework Assignment: Drew tasks Ryan with ranking his top 5 UK football, basketball, and KSR moments of 2025, to be discussed throughout the show.

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5. Wild New Year's Eve Stories: House Parties, Chaos & Nostalgia (09:12–16:09)

Ryan Lemond’s Legendary NYE Parties:

• Hosted rowdy parties for ten straight years, now retired from hosting due to past “chaos.”
• Quote [Ryan, 11:12]: “The red Alabama Slammer stained one of my carpets upstairs where people threw up… It was bad. I can see why you canceled these.”
• Reveals his current, tamer plans – dinner at Rodney’s, games, karaoke, a “New Year’s kiss, then bed" (09:35–09:51).
• Millennium Story [13:01–13:49]: Pulled over doing 120 mph on New Circle Road (Lexington), police let him off so he'd make it to the 1999-2000 NYE party.
  • Quote [Ryan, 13:20]: “He said, ‘What are you doing?’ … ‘I’m trying to get to my house for the millennium to celebrate New Year’s with my family…’ He actually let me go.”

Other Legendary Moments:

• “Protect-the-Innocent” stories: co-workers, test tube Alabama Slammer shots, vomiting, outdoor karaoke in boxer shorts at 4°F (15:32–16:00).
• No food at these parties, just alcohol and chaos: “I think it’s just a lot of alcohol. No food whatsoever.” (11:44)

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6. Behind-the-Scenes at KSR: Where’s the Crew? (18:48–20:59)

• Matt Jones: On vacation, phoning into ESPN Radio from a mystery location.
• Shannon: Panama City.
• Morrow: Still local, spotted taking KS Bar food photos for social media.
• Billy: Family time in Oldham County, earlier heard on a rerun of the first-ever KSR Pre-show.

Note: Drew pokes fun at how “Best Of” tapes often age poorly with old takes and predictions, like dismissing the Lynn Bowden QB experiment (21:12–22:45).

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7. Listener Calls & Community: (22:46–26:22)

• Mike: Celebrates Rich Brooks/Mark Stoops turnover in UK Football (23:02).
• Bob in Jamestown: Wishes all a happy new year; says "every day's a gift" at 71 – no resolutions needed (25:13–25:49).
  • Quote [Bob, 25:37]: “We just like to have a big time. And I can tell you every day’s a gift at my point.”
• John: NIL and portal question about Cam Coleman (26:22–26:45) leads to practical NIL donating discussion.

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8. The New York Ball Drop(s) Twist: “Double Ball Drop” for 250th Birthday (28:34–30:43)

• Drew’s NYE Trivia: Reveals Times Square will drop the iconic ball twice—once at midnight with a new Waterford crystal ball, then again at 12:04am, dropping it a second time to mark America’s 250th birthday with red, white, and blue confetti.
  • Quote [Drew, 29:53]: “We do the traditional ball drop… but at 12:04 it goes back up and we do it all over again for America.”
• Ryan, Confused (and Entertained): “You have to pace yourself now. You have four extra minutes of vomiting in the bushes to celebrate America at 12:04.” (30:43)

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9. National NYE TV Guide: What to Watch? (32:58–37:04)

• Ball Drop Options: Drew and Ryan debate their NYE viewing priorities:
  • ABC: Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (Chance the Rapper, Mariah Carey, Goo Goo Dolls, etc.)
  • CBS: Nashville’s Big Bash (mainly country acts, Bert Kreischer and Hardy host)
  • CNN: Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper (noted for on-air drinking, unfiltered comments)
  • NBC: Hoda and Jenna with Snoop Dogg, Keith Morrison & Josh Mankiewicz of Dateline
• Drew [37:30]: “I am not shy about my love for Dateline... But they are part of the NBC broadcast tonight.”

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10. More Listener Calls: Gratitude and UK Basketball Talk (43:42–48:54)

• Gary in Orlando: Thanks KSR for helping listeners through rough times; plans to join Sarasota UK watch party (43:42–44:58).
  • Quote [Gary, 44:49]: “When people are sick… you listen to KSR. Then if you fall asleep, you listen to it again late that night… KSR gets us through a lot.”
  • Drew notes his mother just got discharged from the hospital at year’s end.
• Reed: Young caller asks about defending Alabama’s All-American guard Phylon; Ryan predicts Travis Aberdeen and Otega will guard him, referencing Alabama’s strong scoring (46:06–47:50).
• UK Basketball Lineup Notes: Mark Pope’s pre-Alabama comments about practicing with two bigs, JQ playing the 4, and prepping for SEC play.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ryan, on party responsibility (10:12): “Not too old to go out and party. I just don’t want to host it. Don’t want people staying at my house till 3 or 4.”
• On the “Millennium” ticket (13:20): “I know it was 120 [mph] because the police officer told me.”
• Drew, on the show’s value: “We work on holidays… It’s just very humbling when people talk about, man, help me get through a rough time.” (45:18)
• On New York NYE logistics (31:06): “There are already people out there… staying all day… adult diapers so they can’t lose their spot.”
• Drew, on ball drops (29:53): “We do the traditional ball drop… but at 12:04, it goes back up and we do it all over again for America.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:20 – Drew introduces celebrating & reflecting on 2025
• 05:10 – Audience shoutouts; Marion County crowd
• 08:08 – JP Blevins confirmed as guest, hour two preview
• 09:12–16:09 – Ryan’s wildest New Year’s Eve party stories
• 18:48 – Crew whereabouts & best-of show moments
• 22:46–26:22 – Listener call-in segment: resolutions, Stoops, Bob in Jamestown
• 28:34–30:43 – New York’s “double ball drop” for America’s 250th
• 32:58–37:04 – New Year’s Eve TV rundown
• 43:42–48:54 – Listener calls: gratitude, Alabama basketball preview, Pope’s lineup tweaks

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Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, conversational, and deeply Kentucky-centric
• Banter with self-deprecating humor (especially about aging party styles)
• Genuine warmth and appreciation for fans/community
• Nostalgic but forward-looking; hopeful for 2026

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Summary for Non-Listeners

This festive and nostalgic KSR episode balances laughter and storytelling with community participation, honoring the long and often chaotic tradition of Kentucky sports fandom and New Year’s revelry. If you like your sports talk seasoned with bourbon, wild party memories, and calls from unique characters like "Bob in Jamestown," this show captures the spirit of “Big Blue Nation” and the close bonds it creates – both on and off the air.

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Transcript

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Call T.J. drew, and he's gonna make him pay.

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T.J. also have to shout out. He sends great baby gifts. I got a nice package from T.J. smith in the mail recently.

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Yeah.

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So thank you. T.J. and his wife, they sent some congratulations stuff for and Abby. So thank you to them and for being the longtime sponsor of ksr. To our listeners out there, we want to hear from you today as we kind of, kind of close the book on 2025. Ryan, we're going to recap it a little bit with some, yes, some favorite moments and just close the door on that year and look forward to 2026.

[B]

Well, that's why I think it's good you're hosting this last show of 2025 because you're ready to get it in the rearview mirror and move past it and get into 2026. Been ups and downs for a lot of us this past year. So 2025, sayonara, baby. Get out of here.

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Get out of here. 2025, more downs than ups, but still a decent year overall. But I look forward to a, a few bourbons tonight around midnight to close the door on that. But we want to hear from the, the callers what they liked about 2025. Maybe some resolutions, maybe some plans, whatever you want to bring up. Bring it up on the Clark's Pump and shop phone line at 502-280-22-2887. And we also have the a vision glass text machine.

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I've Got it right here.

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Okay, here we go. 5, 0, 2 7.

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Yeah.

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35. 36.

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Yes.

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80.

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See, it just rolls off the tongue.

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It does.

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Easy to remember.

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What else do I have to check off the list? We got any calls today? Tweets of the day, shout out Whiskey Thief. I'll just shout them forever.

[B]

Yeah, why not? We'll give Whiskey Thief both the call of the day, tweet of the day, text of the day. They're good buddies. Will do it.

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That and Ryan Lemon, you. I'm told you booked us a guest and as we were starting the show and the intro music was playing, you were going to confirm before I promoted it. Have there been any updates in the last three minutes since you checking?

[B]

No, I sent him a text to see if he's coming. I. I have full confidence he'll be here. J.P. black, he's been on the show every once in a while, but really not kind of in a guest role. They were. The one time we were doing the show downtown, he just happened to walk by. Why don't you come join us for a minute? So JP will be here. He was really involved with coach Cal those last couple years with the Nil and trying to get involved in that end of it. So he's. He's got a different perspective on a lot of this.

[C]

He does very successful post basketball. You know, yesterday you went with the twin tower lineup. Had two seven footers. Joby hall would have loved that show you did yesterday. Now we're bringing in a guard to help our roster with some reminiscing on old wildcat memories.

[B]

I think people like Willie in the first hour and Woo in the second hour. Two completely different personalities, yet both very likable. Guys, people. You know, some people said after the show, I named my cat Willie. I named my cat Collie because of Willie. Collie Stein. That's. Both those guys were beloved by our fan base.

[C]

And speaking of Willie, I see you're wearing that nice hat he gave us. Looking good on you. Is that one that I can just expect to see you wearing all the time?

[B]

It's the one gonna leave in my car, so, you know, on a good hair day, I won't wear it. But a bad hair day, I'm bringing it out. I also got my Manny T shirt on. You gave me yesterday T shirt.

[C]

You got two free things yesterday and you're already wearing them. Not this is.

[B]

This pullover came from Dane Key. So it's.

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What about the pants? Do I even want to know?

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Gift from yoga girl.

[C]

Okay. There we go. Shout out, yoga girl. Also shout out. We have a good crowd here today for Wings Day KS Bar & Grill. I went around the room asking them where they're all from, thinking we'd have a lot of variety. We have two tables for Marion.

[B]

County.

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Yes. I think they rode together. Shout out. Ham days in Lebanon. One of our favorite.

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Stops. I am the hog calling champion of Ham days right now. I have the trophy to prove.

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It. No spoilers, but that could pop up on our memories of 2025. All right, then I went around the rest of the room and everyone else is just local, including just right down the street. So we have a lot of Lexington and Marion county in the house.

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Today. Yeah, their first two tables were Marion County. Next two tables were like, oh, we're by Palomar. Like all Palomars coming to show today. But you know, this, this is a good, good in the end of the year, the new year start next year, you want to start fresh because next year could be a whole new ball of wax with the Nil Wax. Yeah, I think it's an old phrase with the Nil coming around, all these changes. Basketball, football, new coach. So, I mean, 2026 has a lot to look forward to, I.

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Think. Yes. In 2025 was a big year of change. I gave you homework.

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Assignments. I did. I got my homework.

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Done. We did lots of show prep. I sent you I5 football.

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Memories.

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Yes. Top five.

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Basketball.

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Yes. Top five.

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KSR.

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Yes. And I forgot to include this, so maybe we'll do it on the fly. But other UK things, you know, volleyball being a big one. The non. Football, basketball. Sorry I'm dropping that on you now. We'll do it the second.

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Hour.

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Okay. But remember that if you.

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Will. I got it. I. I've got my homework ready. I did my. I did my assignment. Oh, J.P. blevins.

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Confirmed. Look at that. Breaking news. J.P. blevins will join us at.

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11:00'.

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Clock. Okay. We'll talk a little bit about his time with Tubby. He had some big moments. His time as a high school legend around.

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Here. Metcalf county committed to Rick Patino when he was like a sophomore. And then Pitino leaves. Tubby brought him, kept him in that class. That's a heck of a class. See if I can remember. It was Tayshaun, Prince Desmond, Allison, Jules Kamara, JP Blevins, Todd Tackett.

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Boom. You nailed it. Those five. I know that because Ryan Lemon at 5am this morning I was doing show prep. 5am I woke up and, you know, sometimes you Wake up and you just know this is one of those. I'm just up. It was still dark. I rolled over. My phone said 459. Let's just go and get a head start on the day. And I did a lot of JP Blevins.

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Research. You.

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Did? That's why I'm glad he's.

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Here.

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Good. So before the sun was up, I'm online reading about JP Blevins. That's why I can confirm that was the recruiting class. And I have some stories from JP's past that might even blow his.

[B]

Mind. Very.

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Cool. So I'm glad he followed through. Otherwise that hour and a half of my coffee would have been.

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Wasted. Totally.

[C]

Wasted. But I do want to talk a lot about New Year's Eve to get us started. It is New Year's Eve. You were supposed to bring the party for the hats and. No, next time. We'll get them next.

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Year.

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Yeah. This is your year reminder for next year. Bring those. But I just want to learn. About what? How Ryan Lemon celebrates your favorite traditions, first and foremost. I think our audience would like to know. And we all have a pretty good guess. Will you even be awake at midnight.

[B]

Tonight? I'll be awake. May not make it much past midnight. But we're going to Rodney's. Where.

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Else? I was going to guess Rodney's for a free.

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Meal. Rodney's for. For New Year's Eve. And then going to think some friends house, play some games, maybe sing a little karaoke, maybe get my New Year's Eve kiss and then go to.

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Bed. So.

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You'Re. You're the party inside for about 10 straight years. The New Year's Eve party was at my house. I hosted it. So we were up till 3, 4, kicking people out at 5 in the morning a lot of.

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Times. So let's just go ahead and let's just go to Ron's Lemon's house party. So you don't do them anymore? Because we're old. Okay? Not too old to go out and.

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Party. I don't want to host it. Don't want to be people staying at my house till 3 or 4 in the.

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Morning. Let's say it's 15 years.

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Ago.

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Okay. Is that far enough? Back when was it? Maybe the wildest. I want to know the peak of the New year's Eve.

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Parties. 15 years.

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Ago. Walk me through. I just. I just walked into your house. It's about 8 o'. Clock. I brought my own bottle of cheap bourbon and wine. What am I. What am I looking.

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At? There Was a. I guess I should not use the names. Protect the.

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Innocent. Yeah. Understand times have changed. We've all different friends, different relationships. I get it. You have to use.

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Names. So. You know, there's a good friend of mine I work with the channel 18. Her name, let's say we'll call her Harry Jo. Harry Mo.

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Okay. She loves that. Who could that possibly.

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Be? Brought the little test tube bottles of Alabama.

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Slamma.

[B]

Okay. And those ended up vomited all over my floor, all over my bathroom, in my kitchen sink. It was ended up being an awful, disgusting evening. After the Alabama Slammers were considered.

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Were multiple people participating in this.

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Vomiting? Yes. And then they end up.

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Spinning. Were they spiked? Did she poison.

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Them? I don't know what they were. I. I stayed away. I don't remember if I even had one. But I know a lot of people tasted them as they came back out later on that.

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Evening. Were you on cleanup duty since I.

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Was. I was on cleanup duty in my plants outside. Oh, my.

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Goodness. This is not where I expected this to go, but then again, I kind of.

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Did. It was everywhere.

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So. So what's the food spread at Orion Linman New Year's Eve.

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Party? Do.

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You. Do people potluck, bring their own, or do you provide the.

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Meal? I think it's just a lot of alcohol. No food whatsoever. It's just, you know, you're coming at 9, 10, 11 o'. Clock, you know, you're already. You've already eaten, you're coming in for the after party, so why don't we. I don't think we ever had any food. Ever at.

[C]

All. So you're cleaning up food all over your house that they had eaten before and then they.

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Brought. Yes. Yeah. The red Alabama Slammer stained one of my carpets upstairs where it got. People threw up. It was.

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Bad. I can see why you canceled these. Now you go to other houses. Did you participate in any of the traditions? Anything in particular that you had to have out? A certain food or.

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Drink?

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No. Maybe certain.

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Music?

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No. You just want everybody to come black out and throw.

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Up. No, no. Yeah, we celebrate, you know, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time. Then by that time, usually everybody's ready to go home, get out of.

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Here. Pacific Time.

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Also. Yeah. I got one more New Year's Eve story. Please tell all of them the.

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Millennium. Oh, this was a big.

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One. So from 1999 to 2000, remember, we all thought the world was going to shut down. We thought the banks were going to falter. We had to go take money out of The ATM the day before, because we all thought the country was going to shut down at midnight on the January 1, 2000. So I did the sports that night at Channel 18. Got off the set and where the party was at. Not at my house yet. It was at somebody else at my friend's house. Palomar, of all.

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Places. Shout out Palomar. I think three of our tables.

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Here. From driving from channel 18 to Palomar on New Circle Road, going probably, and I'm not kidding you, 120 miles an.

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Hour. Wait, hold on. You don't have to confess.

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This. Well, I.

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Got. You're a role model for. For the public that we have. We have children here. There are youth.

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Listening. I know it was 120 because the police officer told me it was 120. All right. He said, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm trying to get to my house for the millennium to celebrate New Year's with my family. Everybody's waiting up on me. My boys are waiting up on me. He actually let me go. And I've seen that guy since then, and I thanked him profusely. He could have gotten me. I could have been thrown in jail, I guess. Reckless driving, speeding. But yeah, I got pulled over on New Circle road going about 120. Even after he pulled me over, I still made it by midnight on the.

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Millennium. You know, when I was up this morning thinking about what we could talk about, I thought, I bet Ryan's got some good New Year stories. I didn't expect utter chaos. It's just people vomiting.

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On.

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Yeah. You tripling the speed limit on New Circle Road. Is this just the purge? What should we expect.

[B]

Tonight? Well, you know, Now I'm almost 60 years old. Tonight is dinner. New Year's kiss. Go to bed, go to.

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Sleep. I know your feeling of trying to get there to watch the ball drop. As I'm showing here today with you. We have a hard work ethic. We work on.

[B]

Holidays. Oh.

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Absolutely. And I used to work at.

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Kroger.

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Yes. Courtesy clerk, actually. I was all the jobs. I was even assistant dairy manager, which Kroger put me at the car wash.

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Produce. Which.

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Kroger?

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Madisonville. Oh, in Madisonville.

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Okay. Yeah. We only had.

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One.

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Gotcha. It had a number island, Ford Road, whatever you want to call it. Third shift stock. I did third. You scan. If you came through that. You scan. You went.

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Through. Oh, you had to.

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Prove. But two years in a row working New Year's Eve, I think we closed maybe 11. Had to finish my duties, get my carts In. Yeah, you know, straighten the green beans, get storefront looking good. And maybe not 120 on New Circle, but breaking some speed limits to get there. Walking Right at 11:59 is everyone has already been part of quite a bit. Yeah, I made it and, you know, stayed a little out of trouble. Not many as wild as you. I've been to Vegas, Nashville, a couple big cities for. For New Year's, but nothing like what I think you've been putting on.

[B]

On all of our big trips. We've never been on the road on New Year's Eve, I.

[C]

Guess. Actually we do. Which is part of our next segment. More New Year's Eve memories with.

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Ksr. Okay.

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Good. I can't believe you don't remember some of them, but then again, I understand why you don't remember them with the way you've been behaving on the.

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Holiday. I mean, there, there. There are stories that probably can't be told that happened at my house on those New Year's Eve party there. Oh, I got another good one. Okay, I just thought of this one. Please, again, I will change the name to Protect the Innocent. Let's just call him Ronte and Don, two of my.

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Buddies. We need to earmuff our Marion county friends.

[B]

Here. It was like four degrees outside and we decided to go out, take our clothes off in our boxer shorts, sit on the tailgate of a truck and sing the If. What's that song? Dan Cummins Deal. That.

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Song. Let me tell you one.

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More.

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Yeah. Let me tell you how I.

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Feel. That's.

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It.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Yeah. It was a Dan Cummins vehicle. So we said, thought it would be a good idea to do that and send it to him the next.

[C]

Day. And how'd that.

[B]

Go? I don't think it went over very.

[C]

Well. Was that a tequila bourbon or were the Alabama.

[B]

Slammers. That was. And maybe at the time I was making margaritas with.

[C]

Bourbon. Okay, well, for those stories and more just like those, I think we have a lot more to unpack there. Let's pull back more layers of that onion with Ryan's New Year's Eve stories. We want to hear your New Year's Eve stories and memories from 2025 on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line. 502-280-2287. And we have Rick in studio. Rick, you've probably had a couple glasses of wine on New Year's Eve at time or two, maybe even this morning. Who knows? We'll check in with you, too. We'll be right back on KKSR live from KS Bar and.

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HBO Max. Welcome back KSR Drew Franklin here with ryan Lemon at KS Bar & Grill on Wednesday. Getting kind of a full house here before we even start service and officially open the doors. Good to see everybody again. We got friends from Marion County, Lexington and my good buddy Ryan here as the rest the crew takes vacation. As we've mentioned earlier in this week, they just, they just left us all with four of them at one time. We got mad at a mystery location. Yes, I did. I did a zoom with him for an hour and a half. Didn't know where he was. He wouldn't tell us. So he's.

[B]

Up to something. He was on ESPN.

[C]

Radio yesterday. Here. Yeah, he's still doing those obligations. Just took a break from here. Shannon still.

[B]

In.

[C]

Panama City? Yes. I ran into Morrow yesterday. So he hasn't gone far. Stayed here to work after the show. I was just sitting here typing and Mario came in taking pictures for social media. I thought, aren't.

[B]

You on vacation? Yeah, he's on.

[C]

Vacation this week. He said, well, I need a picture of a buffalo wrap. And I'm like, surely you have a photo somewhere of a buffalo rap that you could have just done this from home. But nope, still working hard on his vacation. Although he told me he's going to Atlanta. Big, big trip to Atlanta. Okay. I don't know if that's top secret. Sorry, Mario. But maybe a boys trip. I don't know. It's taking a.

[B]

I hope so. You know, he's got a vacation as.

[C]

Well. Use it. So he is gonna step away even though I caught him working. And Billy, I think he's.

[B]

Off. What' doing? I think they were spending some time in Oldham county.

[C]

With his family. Family time, he and Marissa. I've also seen Billy doing a little cover zero. And then this morning on the way over here, I turned on the pre show like I always do, part of my morning routine and Billy was mid sentence talking about Severe Wheeler looking good at Big Blue Madness. And I know they're both off, but why were they playing a show that was talking.

[B]

About Severe Wheeler? Well, that was their first ever show. You may have.

[C]

Missed the beginning. Okay, I did miss the very beginning. That was really threw me.

[B]

For a loop. Yeah, their first ever KSR pre show. They replayed.

[C]

It this morning. So that was an interesting pick. I now it makes more sense since their first one because after they were talking about Wheeler looking good, they debated if I guess it was tight. I Washington or CJ Frederick would be the better three point shooter. CJ Frederick and how Caliper he's State of the Union at Madness was getting a little stale and he used the teleprompter. I do remember that that's what I was listening to on the way in. Now it makes more sense that it was their first show. I just thought they drew one out of the hat because.

[B]

None of that was topical early in the earlier in the show. They were talking about Will Levis. They just played Georgia and football and Will Lev a good game against Georgia. That's one of the games that kind of got him drafted. Pro scouts thought he did so well against the Georgia defense. They were talking.

[C]

About that game. Some of these best of are a bad look. I get nervous when we do them. I wish we'd just play elevator music. The Washington D.C. when of us at the White House, which honestly is my favorite show that we've done because of how uncomfortable that was with you doing the McConnell impersonation in the press room. I don't think there's been anything in my life that's made me that uncomfortable. It was a full room of people we recognized from television. The president was about to come out and do some state of something on the fly was being scheduled that that morning for an hour later. And we did live KSR from that tiny room. And you ended the show not in your inside voice or your library Voice Doing the McConnell so loud in front of these CNN, Fox.

[B]

All these personalities. I remember when it was over, I'm kind of looking around and they're all kind of side eyeing me and looking at me a little bit, you know, like, what is this clown over here trying to do a little bit. But then I saw a couple of them kind of laugh, so I figured, okay, we must be okay, there must be. The impersonation at least made a.

[C]

Couple people laugh. Well, the reason I brought that up for a best of is because we use it often because it's so funny. But in that best of, you ask me, you say they're thinking about Lynn Bowden playing quarterback and I just go off about how it is the stupidest idea of all time. It will never work. Why would we possibly put a wide receiver at quarterback? I think I call the coaching staff idiots and we play that about once a year and we all know how that actually ended once. Lyn Bowdeman's quarterback. So these best of shows sometimes have some. Some pretty bad takes locked.

[B]

Up in them. Yeah, I've heard one that we were all making our preseason predictions on stuff and like we had Kentucky football. I get 9 and 2 and.

[C]

8 and 3. Was.

[B]

That last year?

[C]

Last year, yeah. I think Matt at Shady Rays has a clip out there that he'd like to delete. That turned out. Yeah, Rick, I hear we already have some callers that want to celebrate the new year with us. Let's go to the phone lines. Okay, got Mike up first. Mike, thanks for calling.

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In. What's up taxes and rent.

[C]

Like everything.

[F]

Else. That's right. You talk about the Alabama Slammers. I've heard of them. My granddaughter went to the university Alabama. So y' all do realize any liquor, when you drink it, when it goes down, it don't taste near as good.

[B]

Coming back up. No.

[F]

Doesn't you know what happened in 2025 that was good? Rich Brooks is gone. I mean I hate to see anybody lose their job. Mark Stuart Stoop. Yeah. Kentucky needs to win some football games. That's just.

[C]

All it is. That's right. We appreciate the call. Thanks for calling in. Yeah, Rich Brooks has been gone about 16 years. I think he met Mark Stoops there. He was happy about that ending in 2025. That was one of the big changes. And these Alabama Slammers coming up again, we heard from our friends here, they found some that they could have here today before.

[B]

The show's over. Sale still on sale. You can still get them.

[C]

The Alabama Slammers. Would you say those things cost per shot? Per shot. We get 15 shots for 12 bucks. I think that's what you were serving at.

[B]

Your new part. Seriously, we had probably had.

[C]

60 of them. Probably half the.

[B]

Cost back then. Yes, 60 for $6 probably. I don't know what it was but yeah, they released four cases of those things that got.

[C]

Drank that night. That sounds exciting. Maybe by the end of the show we'll get some of these door dashed over here. Who's up next? Rick? Bob and Jamestown is now Bob and Jamestown. Just who I wanted to hear from to close the year. What's up, Bob? And I'll go and tell you now. I'm not going to interrupt you. Say.

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Whatever you want. Laissez le bontal roulette. As my friend Justin Wilson said, let the good times roll. We get those four non conference losses behind it. Looking forward to Alabama and Auburn and I think the Wildcats will get it going now. Everybody's going to be healthy and looking forward to a good year and hopefully everybody does good. Have a big time tonight. Stay safe, have fun and let's.

[C]

Get it out. That was almost too normal for you, Bob. Give us something else. What's your New Year's resolution? What are you looking to improve on?

[F]

Bob and Jamestown? I'm 71 years old. I don't do New Year's resolutions solutions. That's, that's for young people.

[C]

We get old. What was Your.

[F]

Favorite moment? 2025. We just like to have a. Have a big time. And I can tell you every day's a gift at My point. So looking forward, they say it's going to be 40 degrees today. So that. That's. That's a break right there. It's cold weather. Looking forward to the spring. Listen, guys, good talking to you. And.

[C]

Have a ball. All right. We appreciate the call, Bob. That was a little too normal. I wanted it to get weird. I was gonna let you say whatever you wanted, but thank you for the.

[B]

Nice, nice message. Yeah. I'm gonna give you a hot take. Oh, I don't think Bob's calls are.

[C]

All that bad. I don't either. That's why I was excited.

[B]

To hear from. Yes. When you let him talk, he's always got you something kind of.

[C]

Interesting to say. Very rarely does it have anything to do with what we've been talking about or anything going on in the world at that moment. But they're. They're kind of like.

[B]

A little surprise. Like, I'm surprised he didn't bring up the Cincinnati Reds or something in his phone.

[C]

Call right then. I feel bad our good crowd here can't hear the callers, but Bob was very normal there. Surprised us with that one. Rick, let's get one more in before the break. Got John up next.

[F]

John, what's up? This may be more of a question for Matt, but if I wanted to start an nil campaign to bring Cam Coleman, how would I fund this studs without.

[C]

Pissing off jmi? That's a great question. We appreciate the call, Ryan. I guess he's trying to do an outside deal to get Cam Coleman here. Hot portal. Target portal opens on Friday.

[B]

By the way.

[C]

Yes, it does. I don't know if we can help with those solutions, but I like the attitude. That'd be a good.

[B]

Guy to get. You know, there's ways that fans can still donate, I think, and help out in certain situations. So, yeah, there's ways. It can be done when I want. He's wanting to do. Just do a individual sponsorship or something. I don't know if.

[C]

You can do that part of it at that same spot. Quickly, were you sad to see that Troy Salado is leaving Kentucky to go.

[B]

To the Portal? I didn't even know who.

[C]

Troy Salado was. Matt tweeted that, too. I didn't have a huge career. Kentucky came from Clemson.

[B]

Clemson.

[C]

Big recruit. Yeah. Injured. He came in to return punts, then got hurt, I think, in practice right after.

[B]

That. So brief. Played one.

[C]

Game. Did he? Big portal news, though, yesterday. Well, I know he did play a game. I just said that.

[B]

He.

[C]

Returned puns. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry that you're going to miss the lotto rip. You won't miss us. We'll be right back after the break. This is KSR live from KS Bar and Grill. Welcome back to ksr. This is not Matt Jones. This is Drew Franklin filling in for Ma Jones, sitting next to my dear friend Ryan Lemon, letting him ease into the co pilot seat today as I drop the plane. Speaking of flying the plane, a man just walked in with some aviators on, had a big sweater with an American flag on it. He stuck his head in the door and saluted us and walked out. What was.

[B]

That all about? I'm not sure what that was about. He didn't even want to. Didn't get all the way in the door. He just opened up the door, saluted us.

[C]

And then left. The aviators, the American flag, and then the salute. I don't know. Maybe feel like I was a part of something important or. I don't know. Does he think for someone else? He just turned and went right back to his car and left. Maybe you're listening. Thank you. Salute to.

[B]

You as well. Maybe he was looking for JP Blevins. He thought JP was.

[C]

Already here today. Not till 11, but we're counting down to our big special guest. You know, speaking of America, by the way, do you know.

[B]

What'S going on?

[C]

Here he comes. Oh.

[B]

He'S coming back. He had to go get his.

[C]

Wife, I think. Okay. He's making sure.

[B]

We'Re open.

[C]

Okay. Yeah, good. Well, glad to have him. Got a big crew with him. He was probably just checking. You know, we don't really open till 11, but we let.

[B]

People in here. That's what it was. He went out and got his wife to bring her in. Okay. Okay. Got a big crowd.

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Coming in now.

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Welcome in, everybody.

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There we go. Welcome to our listeners back with KSR talking a little New Year's Eve with Ryan. While we're on the subject of America and saluting America, Ryan, do you know what's big tonight after the ball drops? Are you familiar with what we're doing at 12, I believe.

[B]

Oh, 4am that's when Andy Cohen and Don Lemon lose their mind. Intoxicated.

[C]

On the air? No, they will be intoxicated at about 7pm that's true. That goes as usual. But tonight in New York, we have a.

[B]

Double.

[C]

Ball drop. What? Did you know there's a.

[B]

Double ball.

[C]

Drop? No. Why? They are dropping it, raising it and.

[B]

Dropping.

[C]

It again. Why? We have a new ball. We'll talk about that in a minute. Brand new ball. Ninth.

[B]

One since.

[C]

1907. Oh, wow.

[B]

Colorful.

[C]

Different shapes. Yeah. All kinds of stuff to learn about that. But at 12:04, we're celebrating America being 250. The ball is supposed to do something crazy. I don't really know. There some technology. It's gonna be a surprise. While they drop red, white, and blue confetti. So we're gonna celebrate 20, 26. Get your kisses in. Do all that. Don't kiss for more than three minutes, because we got to get right back into place and do it all.

[B]

Again at 1204. And what happens at 1204? The new ball.

[C]

Drops at 1204. As far as I know. This is. You know, this. You could double check this with some actual sources and get better details. But my understanding is we're doing the.

[B]

Traditional.

[C]

Ball drop. Yes.

[B]

12.

[C]

O'. Clock. Yes. But with.

[B]

A.

[C]

New ball. Okay. Waterford crystals, but they're different shapes. Maybe can do some colors, might play music, might have Alexa capabilities. I don't know the specifics, but it's a new ball. 12 o', clock, we count down 60. The usual kiss. Da, da, da. But at 12:04, goes back up. And we do it all over again for America. You're just looking at me like I'm making this up. This is. This is true.

[B]

Per the Internet. I still don't understand why we're doing it twice. Why we.

[C]

Do it twice. America is turning 250. Did.

[B]

You know that? I.

[C]

Did know that. Yep. So some group has decided while we're all together and focused and we have all this confetti, let's just celebrate again. Doesn't really make sense to me either, but that's what we're doing. I just completely put your head in a pretzel. You have to pace yourself now. You have four extra minutes of vomiting in the bushes to celebrate.

[B]

America at 1204. So there, you know, there are people standing in line right now wearing the adult diapers, so they can't. They don't lose their spot, peeing their pants all day long out there waiting for the first ball to drop. Now they'll wait for.

[C]

The second ball. Four extra minutes. Speaking of those people in diapers, I pulled up the Times Square live feed yesterday. They have one of those Earthlink whatevers. We can just watch it at any moment. There are already.

[B]

People.

[C]

Out there. Yeah. That is. That.

[B]

Is the craziest. They stay.

[C]

There all day. I love New York. I even will go mix it up in Times Square a little bit. Christmas time. I'll go in There and elbow around at Macy's if I have to. But the Times Square crowd, I want nothing to do with it. It.

[B]

Looks like mayhem. No bathroom, no food. You know, you got. You put whatever you can in one drink and carry it around and hold it all day long. That's.

[C]

Not for me. I saw that. They just leave the subway doors open and you don't have to pay. They're like, just get on the train and please get out of here. To help.

[B]

With the flow. Get.

[C]

Out of.

[B]

Here.

[C]

Utter chaos. Yeah. Do you tune.

[B]

In for the. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, used to be Dick Clark. That way everybody used to watch Dick Clark going up. Then it became Ryan Seacrest. Then I think now you have to watch, like I said, Andy Cohen and Don Lemon. Just because they get hammered.

[C]

All night long. It's still Dick Clark's. Was it Rockin New what's.

[B]

The name? Rockin. I think so.

[C]

That sounds right. It's Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's with Ryan Seacrest. How did he get to keep his branding? Just because it's been like 50.

[B]

Years of it. Maybe. Maybe that's what. Exactly.

[C]

What it is. Also, I forgot before I got into all this, I was supposed to ask you who sponsored the segment. So we'll just go and do that. Yeah, I'll test you, make sure you're paying attention because I know I completely threw you for a loop with the second ball.

[B]

Drop at 1204. Well, maybe. Maybe you're one of those people still looking for a perfect.

[C]

Gift, perfect present. I am. I did not get my wife a Christmas.

[B]

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Of the way. Stockton.com youm know that I just brought up the TV.

[B]

Schedule.

[C]

For tonight. Yeah. Tell me which one you'd be.

[B]

Interested.

[C]

In watching. Okay. So you get into these. Is.

[B]

Dick Clark your. I think you have to when you're at a Little party. You have to have it on the TV to watch.

[C]

The ball drop. Well, this is your 55 of Dick Clark's Rockin Eve. All right, Seacrest, 21st year of doing it. Wow. Feels like a lot of Ryan Seacrest. Here's some of the guests. Chance the Rapper will be in Chicago for the.

[B]

Central.

[C]

Time Countdown. Okay. You big Chance the.

[B]

Rapper fan? No. Well, you know, I've.

[C]

Heard of him. Gronk will.

[B]

Be in.

[C]

Vegas. Oh, boy. Whenever.

[B]

It gets.

[C]

Around. Oh, boy. Then our musical guests. Any of these jump out to you? You've. Is it Chapel.

[B]

Roan? Chappelle Roan? Chapel.

[C]

Roan, yeah, sure. Charlie Putheart of.

[B]

Him. Demi Lovato.

[C]

Heard.

[B]

Of her. Sierra.

[C]

Heard of.

[B]

Her. Russell Dickerson.

[C]

He played football. Then the ones we know. Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, Goo Goo Dolls, New Kids.

[B]

On the.

[C]

Block. Oh, yeah. All right, so that's on ABC also. So Safari.

[B]

That's your leader.

[C]

That's my leader. Okay. Over on cbs. Well, if you wanted. If you're a little tired of Dick Clark In 55 years and 21 years of Seacrest, about.

[B]

Nashville's big bash. They had.

[C]

The country one. Yes. And Nashville has almost.

[B]

Gotten as bad as New York for all.

[C]

New Year's Eve. Yeah. Just way.

[B]

Too many people. They do a ball drop.

[C]

In Nashville, too. I don't know. They probably put a bachelorette on a horse or throw around. What are those things? Mechanical bull. Yes, I was looking for. But tonight is hosted by Kreischer and Hardy. Is.

[B]

That Bert Kreischer?

[C]

It's gotta be. What about Hardy? You a Hardy guy? Because I'll tell you, I saw Hardy in concert here at Rupp Arena. Hardy for listening. I'm sorry. I'm sure. Wonderful person. Easily the worst performance.

[E]

I've.

[C]

Ever seen. Wow. Yeah. Not good at all. Sorry. I know he's doing great things. He's hosting Nashville's big bash on cbs. It was not good, but I'm glad he sees he's climbing the. The ladder since that day.

[B]

In Rep Arena. Well, Bert Kreischer, you know, he's pretty popular. I mean, he'll get some people.

[C]

To tune in. Special correspondent Haley Bailey will.

[B]

Be checking in. Never.

[C]

Heard of it. This is me, I think, accepting that I'm old. I don't know any of these people. How about performances from Aldean, Laney Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman? Does this entertain you? This is a lot of country. This isn't really.

[B]

My. My scene. I've not heard of the first person you said, Haley Wilson, who'd you say Lainey Wilson? Laney, surely you've heard of her. I've.

[C]

Heard of her. All right, we'll put a bow on that. So you're, you're picking.

[B]

ABC over cbs? You have to, man. The Dick Clark special is kind of.

[C]

The tradition now. The one you've already mentioned that a lot of people like to tune in because they are breaking the.

[B]

Old TV laws. Yes, all TV law. They're drinking on live.

[C]

On the air. On cnn we have Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen and they.

[B]

Are usually hammered. Yes, you. Like you said, usually by.

[C]

7 o'. Clock. Yeah, they. I don't know if they use a dump button. You know, we weren't the quickest with our.

[B]

Dumb buttons yesterday.

[C]

I heard that. We don't have to focus on that. No, we don't look back where we look forward forward. But CNN tonight, they might have a little colorful language that's not allowed.

[B]

On the air. Oh, there is no doubt those two guys get together. I forgot. Yeah, the Andy Cohen is kind of the host, but Anderson Cooper's kind of joined him now instead.

[C]

Of Don Lemon. Performances by Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman, the greatest showman. Is that.

[B]

What he's doing? I guess he gonna.

[C]

Sing Sweet Caroline. You're a Broadway guy now. You got to learn Greatest showman, Flo Rida, Flow Rider, Burn a Boy and Cheat codes.

[B]

With ceelo Green. Well, I heard a ceelo Green, but I don't know who the other.

[C]

Two people are. Alright, so so far you're still sticking with Dick Clark. Those are the, those are the three. I'm gonna do one more. I'm not just gonna sit here and read the TV schedule. So rank them though. You go in Dick Clark. Clark, you more country or more drunk. Next drunk. Okay, so when Dick Clark said commercial, you're.

[B]

Going to cnn. Well, after I see the ball drop, I'm probably turning.

[C]

Straight to CNN. Well, I left out my favorite. Yeah, running fourth. NBC. NBC's throwing us curveball this year. It's hosted by Hoda and Jenna Bush Hager. I don't. Whatever. Are those, are they the View? Which.

[B]

One is that? That's one of those.

[C]

Shows, morning shows. This is, this is Shannon's channel. Yeah, this is what Shannon watches in the morning. We need Shannon here also. They're. They're gonna have Snoop Dogg with them because you cannot have anything without Snoop Dogg on NBC. So far feel like pretty good cast. Pretty good though I don't do much. Hoda and Jenna. This is where it gets good. I've been seeing a teaser. Keith Morris and Josh Mankiewicz from Dateline.

[B]

Are.

[C]

Involved somehow. What? Yep. They're. They're bringing Dateline into the. A toast to.

[B]

2025 on NBC. See, it makes me want to tune in to see what.

[C]

They'Re gonna do. I don't know if we're gonna talk murder. I don't know if they're gonna be out on the streets in diapers in New York. I don't know.

[B]

What.

[C]

To expect. Wow. But I am not shy about my love for Dateline. I think I watched three episodes last night. I just put on that live channel. Whatever I do, I'll jump into the middle. I don't need to know their history. Someone died. Let's figure out.

[B]

Who it is. Figure out.

[C]

Who it is. But they are part of the NBC broadcast tonight, so there's my recap of what you.

[B]

Can watch tonight. Well, I guess that's the thing to do. Every New Year's Eve party will have the show have one of those shows on to count down to midnight to watch the ball drop, whatever it is. And then usually most people turn it off.

[C]

Go to bed. The country one's running last for me. What about you? No.

[B]

Offense to Harden. Where do they just do Central Time if.

[C]

They'Re in Nashville? Yeah, I guess they. They might acknowledge midnight and Eastern Time since it's on national television. But they won't.

[B]

Do the fireworks. So I say it's not a bad idea. You get people to turn over to celebrate.

[C]

Again, Central Time. I see. You're just gonna work.

[B]

Your way backwards. There's Mountain time, then Pacific time at 4.

[C]

In the morning. And then as you're cleaning up your Alabama Slammers, you can watch Gronk.

[B]

Out in Vegas. That's it. See? You keep doing it.

[C]

All day long. We planned your night after. Rodney. We'll take a break here, let Ron rest up for his big New Year's Eve. But we still want to hear from you on the Clark's Pump and shop phone line. 502, 282, 287. We still have our memories to get to.

[B]

Just flying by. I can't wait. I got. I racked my brain with your homework assignment, so I.

[C]

Think I'm ready. And how many JP Blevins questions did you bring.

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To the top? Oh, I could talk J.P. okay. Back in my day.

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I thought so. I didn't know if you were wanting me to conduct. You know, do the mat give you one. We'll bounce back. And just making sure.

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You'Re locked in. Yeah, I could definitely be a part.

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Of that one. All right, well, we'll have him at 11. More New Year's talk and we'll get to a little bit of the news. It's a very not a newsy time with the big gap in basketball, but there are a few things to get to. This is KSR with Ryan and Drew. We'll.

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TruTV and HBO. Max. Welcome back. KSR. Drew Franklin. Ryan Lemon thrown off by this music there. Wasn't sure this was.

[B]

An ad or what. We're both jamming to.

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It right now, Rick. Playing the hits today. Doing a good job, Rick. Maybe dial up some. Some New Year's music for us moving forward if you can. Or maybe your favorite songs of 2025. We know you know the. The hottest hits in music today, but good job on that one, Rick. We appreciate you being here with us this week. That's good to be here, guys. It's good to be here with Ryan Lemon here at KS Bar and Grill. Also crowd here this morning, Very good crowd. They keep rolling in. We officially open in 10 minutes for wings Day. Might even stay in, partake in Wings Day a little bit and then you can watch. We got the big playoff games, bowl season coming up. I had fun watching the Music City bowl yesterday. I.

[B]

Always like when Tennessee. Illinois beat.

[C]

Tennessee again in Nashville. Yeah, they beat him when we were there just a few weeks ago. Played the day after Kentucky lost Gonzaga Illinois 20 against the Vols in December. That's pretty fun. Yeah, also fun. I seem to have blown a lot of minds with the second ball drop yours included. People are telling me.

[B]

They didn't know this. No, I've never heard this. And I still don't know why they're doing it a second time. There's nothing special about the second.

[C]

Time they're doing it. Well, let's make it even more confusing. They're gonna do it again in July. So.

[B]

We.

[C]

Have two tonight. Yes. The first one is gonna be just.

[B]

Just the white.

[C]

Lights. The real one. Yeah. Even though it's new, gonna be white. Pretty standard. Probably have the year up there. We're all gonna sing all that. The next one reminder, it's gonna be red, white and blue. And there's gonna be red, white and blue confetti. Like 2,000 pounds of it. According to today.com come just because. Because America's turning 250. And then July 3rd, they're gonna do it again. Now if you were to ask me which no one cares, seems like a little bit much. I don't know why we're doing it tonight when we're doing it again on July 3rd, which is 4th of July. Yeah, maybe this is a test run, but everyone be ready. Final reminder, four minutes after your.

[B]

Kiss, we're kissing again. So as they're doing it, July 3rd, is that, I guess, the official.

[C]

Anniversary? 250 year anniversary. July 4th is what Ryan Lemon, Independence Day. Boom. Night before. We're.

[B]

Doing.

[C]

It at 12. Yes. So there you go. Rick, let's get some some phone calls. You said we have people on the line that want to ring in the new year with us. Yes. We got Gary on the.

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Line. Gary, what's up? Gary in Orlando.

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How are you guys? We are great. Good to hear from you. Gary.

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In Orlando. How's Orlando? Well, everything's okay. I just. Thank you for not calling me Jim this morning. I know you might be a little fuzzy this time of year. Appreciate it, Jeff, like you said, like you said earlier, it's time to put 2025 behind us. I know a lot of listeners, including myself, had a few health issues this year. And I know you've heard it before, but to me, you can never hear it enough. When people are sick and they're confined to a bed in a hospital and they just don't know what they're going to do for 24 hours while they're laying here. And you listen to KSR, then if you fall asleep while you're listening, you listen to it again late that night. And then when you get ready to go to bed, you listen to it again. So KSR gets us through a lot of it and we all send each other texts, support text, and just want to say thank you. And Ryan, thank you for plugging. I know you've had a tough year, too. And last but not least, our Orlando group, we're gonna make a trip down to Sarasota and watch the Tennessee game with those guys down.

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There. Should be fun. All right, thanks for calling in. Let's see what I'll call you now. I'll call you. Bill, good to hear from you.

[B]

Bill from. From.

[C]

Orlando. Bill from Tampa. Very nice message, though. He's right. Been a rough year for a lot of us. We've all had health issues, family health issues, Gary included, but we're gonna get past it. Gonna be a good 20, 26. And thanks for the kind words about.

[B]

Listening to the show. You know, we hear that a lot. It's so humbling when people talk about, man, you get help me get through a rough time or when I was in the hospital or had an illness or something, so, man.

[C]

It'S just very humbling. Yep. Speaking of, we broke My mom out.

[B]

Of the hospital yesterday. We finally.

[C]

Got to go home. We didn't actually like break her out. We didn't like climb out a window with bed sheets tied together.

[B]

They let her out. She.

[C]

Finally got her home. Yeah, we got her home. So we did get, get some good news there at the right at the end of the.

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Year. Who's up next? Rick.

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Reed is up next. Reed.

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Thanks for calling in. Hey, I'm a first caller, but I was wondering. So we know that or Alabama has their all American candidate salon. I was wondering, we need a primary person to guard him, primary defender to guard him. Who do you.

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Think that would be? Look at that. Reed, thanks for the call. Young ball knower there, Ryan Lemon, he's talking about. Alabama's got the leading scorer in the conference who suffered a leg injury a week ago. But in Pope's comments yesterday, Pope is planning on seeing him. Think Nate Oates has kind of hinted that we'll see him. So on Saturday we'll get the SEC's best in in Phylon. How do you think they should match up with him? He's six four guard shooting like over 50% from, from the field and 40 something percent from three.

[B]

He's lighting it up. You think probably Aberdeen will probably get the first assignment on him. They may trade him and Otega off on it because he is, he's the best offensive player in the conference right now. So you gotta, gotta pay special attention to him. Can't let him go off.

[C]

For 30 against you. No. And he's very capable of it. A lot of people thought he was gonna go pro last year. He was considered kind of fringe first round pick and he shocked a lot of people by coming back to Alabama. So he's been an absolute stud. You know, Owe was the preseason player of the year and we hope he'll still get to that point as the year goes on. But foul on has been the story so far. Alabama, they've got three or four losses, all the good teams. And he's played well throughout the year up until that.

[B]

Injury against Kennesaw State last what, three or four games. We've seen the shades of the old, old take it coming back, you know, where he's like, you brought it up sort of the start of the season. Just get the ball and don't hesitate, go straight to the basket. He's doing that more often now. But he's also become a better defender. So I think, you know, both Aberdeen and.

[C]

Ortega both on him. Yeah. Yesterday Pope had a press conference not Too newsy. He talked a lot about Alabama. It was to preview that he also said they've had like practice three times in 36 hours. They're getting into two a days. That might even be a. Yeah, that's a two a day and another half a day there. So they're really getting after it. Even though it's. It's quiet to us fans behind the scenes, they're putting in.

[B]

A lot of work. What's a long break between the Bellarmine game and the Alabama game. That's a long time without a game or a competition. So yeah, you got to do something to keep it them, keep them sharp, you.

[C]

Know, keep them fresh. His other big comment in all those practices JQ has been playing the four. I know we've seen a lot of five. That seems like where he should be in college, but it may be on the acquaintance end. They're wanting to get a little more show off, a little more offense than just being a put back, you know, be on the block guy. So I might see a little more two bigs with acquaintance playing over at the four a little bit. That's the way they've been practicing this week. Is Pope still messes.

[B]

With rotations and lineups? Well, he threw two bigs out there in the last couple games. St. John's game and Bellarmine game both played two bigs at the same time. Whether it was Malachi and Garrison and Jaden Quaint. I think so. I think that's something they're going to probably look to do. I thought it'd be the other way around. I thought it'd be quaint maybe at the 5. Maybe try to, you know, put Gaynor.

[C]

Garrison at the 4. I think it's quaint and maybe looking for more opportunities in the offense show he can do a little more, you know, this day and age four or five, whatever the way they play. But Pope made a point to say that in his comments yesterday. That's how they've been using him. And we should expect that on Saturday. A little more. Maybe a.

[B]

Little quaintance Moreno together. I think.

[C]

I'm okay with that. Yep. You okay with more ksr? We got another hour coming up. JP Blevins is here. He'll join us. We're right back. Talk about his time as a cat. Lots more. This is KSR.

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