2026-04-01- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1 Summary

Episode Date: April 1, 2026
Host: Billy Rutledge (filling in), with Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, and Shannon “the Dude”
Location: Live at KS Bar & Grill
Main Theme: April Fool’s Day, Kentucky sports updates, show nostalgia, wedding planning, and pop culture banter

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Episode Overview

This April Fool’s Day edition of KSR features Billy Rutledge stepping in as host alongside regulars Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, and Shannon. The group covers the lighter side of sports radio, sharing personal stories, Kentucky sports updates, and plenty of banter about everything from April Fool’s pranks to wedding planning. The tone is joking, nostalgic, and casual—focusing heavily on the camaraderie between longtime colleagues and friends.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. April Fool’s Day: Love/Hate Relationships

[06:07–07:19]

• The crew debates the appeal and decline of April Fool’s Day jokes; Drew voices strong dislike, calling the holiday a platform for “people who aren't funny.”
• Brands' social media “pranks” are labeled overdone and ineffective.
• “I feel like we should just take it off the calendar. Does anyone really love this holiday, or we all kind of roll our eyes?” – Drew Franklin [06:26]

Memorable Moment:
Ryan’s all-time prank: removing wheels from all newsroom chairs at Channel 7 in Evansville.
“Classic. One of my best April Fool’s jokes ever.” – Ryan Lemond [14:54]

2. Climbing the KSR Ladder & Show Nostalgia

[03:34–05:24]

• Billy reflects on his journey from part-time producer to on-air host, noting his photos on the KS Bar wall alongside trophies from past show contests.
• Drew jokingly claims credit for framing and hanging Billy’s photos himself.
• Friendly banter about show memories, including Billy’s wedding and “uncle” advice from the crew.

3. Wedding Planning: Advice, Fears, and Fun

[28:41–36:24]

• Billy seeks advice for his upcoming wedding; topics include buying margarita machines, registry etiquette, and not drinking too much at the reception.
• Drew cautions: “Don’t buy the slim version of the pants if you’re not slim yourself, because you will spend three hours of the night with your ass hanging out...” [30:07]
• Discussion of wedding reception highlights—dancing, DJ plans, and the possibility of guests throwing Billy in the air during “Shout.”
• “This is the one time in your life where you can get away with it. Whatever you want, put it on the list.” – Ryan Lemond, on wedding registries [29:29]

4. Kentucky Sports & Transfer Portal

[09:00–13:13]

• Team discusses the quiet sports news cycle while waiting for the Final Four and the upcoming transfer portal opening (April 7).
• Focus on Kentucky basketball recruiting:
  • Mo Williams joins the UK staff.
  • Tyron Stokes (McDonald’s All-American) draws attention; the group weighs his impressive performance versus perceived character concerns and the implications of the Adidas vs. Nike sponsorships.
  • “If he’s the number one player in the class, if nothing else, you go get that kid for the perception purpose that you have the ability to recruit that type of caliber player.” – Ryan Lemond [10:03]
• The Pope era: needing some “offseason wins” by securing big recruits and staff.

5. Pop Culture Banter: Bob Ross, TV Shows, and Chia Pets

[19:36–24:57]

• Drew unexpectedly finds support for his new hobby—watching Bob Ross’s “The Joy of Painting.”
  • “It’s the voice. Happy trees. Just so soft. It’s hard to stay awake, I’ll admit.” – Drew Franklin [21:05]
• Group jokes about Bob Ross merchandise—lunchboxes, Chia Pets, boxer shorts—eventually receiving a call from a listener who gifts Bob Ross boxers as stocking stuffers to his family [36:34].
• TV talk:
  • Billy recommends the new Game of Thrones spinoff and a dinosaur documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman.
  • Ryan discusses starting “The Neighbors” on Netflix.
• Sauna and health trends: Billy shares his interest in wellness routines; Ryan and Drew own up to less strict philosophies.

6. Sports Parenting & Baseball Meltdowns

[42:05–47:16]

• The crew laughs over videos of Dan Hurley’s parents reacting emotionally during March Madness.
• Parental intensity at kids' games:
  • Ryan admits getting ejected from a 7–8 year-old baseball game for arguing with the umpire [44:37].
  • Discussion of former baseball manager meltdowns, comparing them to modern robot umpires and viral clips of ejections.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Now here you’re 30-year-old man getting ready to get married this summer. It’s crazy.” – Ryan Lemond, on Billy’s growth [04:43]
• “We had to get some Billy up there.” – Drew Franklin, on hanging Billy’s photo in the bar [03:53]
• “I did not peak—my peak was not tossing a hay bale in Lebanon, Kentucky!” – Billy Rutledge [26:56]
• “My prime’s coming up. I don’t think I’ve hit my prime yet.” – Billy Rutledge [26:48]
• “It’s a big year for us. Drew’s gonna be a daddy for the first time. And you’re getting married... so I’m really happy and proud of you guys.” – Ryan Lemond [35:42]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:32] — Show opens; Billy as host, KS Bar wall nostalgia
• [06:07] — April Fool’s Day: love/hate dialogue
• [09:00] — Kentucky sports update: transfer portal & Tyron Stokes
• [14:31] — April Fool’s prank stories (Ryan’s newsroom prank)
• [19:36] — Bob Ross & TV/streaming talk
• [28:41] — Wedding planning segment; group reminiscences
• [42:05] — Dan Hurley’s parents’ “potty mouth” moment
• [44:37] — Ryan’s ejection from a little league game
• [45:52] — Baseball manager meltdowns and modern umpiring
• [47:16] — Hour 1 wrap-up; tease for lunar talk and “Mario” segment coming Hour 2

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Tone, Flow, and Listener Experience

• Friendly, playful, and self-deprecating, with plenty of inside jokes and familiar chemistry among co-hosts.
• Emphasis on nostalgia (both for sports and KSR lore) and a sense of shared milestones—marriage, parenthood, professional growth.
• The content is a mix of sports chat and everyday life, providing value for UK fans and those seeking light, relatable conversation among friends.
• Listener calls bring audience stories into the mix, maintaining the “community” feel.

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Closing Thought

This hour provides a quintessential slice of the KSR experience: topical sports updates blended with laid-back, comical conversations about the hosts’ lives, Kentucky cultural touchstones, and the quirks of fandom. It’s as much about the personalities behind the microphones as about the UK headlines of the day.

Transcript

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Matt Jones]

this is Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Billy Rutledge]

Welcome everyone, to another edition of Kentucky Sports Radio, Wednesday, April 1. I am not Matt Jones. I am Billy Rutledge. You can give us a call today on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line. That's 859-280-2287. Text us at the A Vision Auto Glass text machine, which I guess we don't have. Ryan, you didn't bring that in today, did you?

[Ryan Lemon]

I can go get it.

[Matt Jones]

You can use our text line for the pre show.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, there we go.

[Billy Rutledge]

Use our pre show text line. Perfect. 502265 6656. If you'd like to join the show today. And KSR is brought to you by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ. What it'll make them do, Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

It'll make him pay.

[Billy Rutledge]

That's right. We love our guy, tj. We are live at KS Bar and Grill for an April Fool's Day edition of Kentucky Sports Radio alongside Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin. I don't know if I've ever hosted with you guys before like this. Have we. Have we ever done this before?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think we've done it with you hosting here at the restaurant for sure. I don't know if we've ever done it with you hosting.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a big day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Big day. Big. Billy's all grown up now. Look at him.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, I was reminiscing here because now I have my photo on the wall here at ks.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, you do.

[Billy Rutledge]

Not only that, but there's two of them. If you look up right up here, Ryan, there's myself and my KSR pre show co host, Shannon the dude.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Live at the Third Eyed Blind concert.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, who bought those and framed those and put them up with their own money?

[Billy Rutledge]

With your own money?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Oh, that was me. We had to get some Billy up there.

[Ryan Lemon]

You got reimbursed, didn't you?

[Drew Franklin]

I did not, but that's all right. Happy to have big, beautiful Bill up there on.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, that means a lot, Drew. Thank you. I mean that personally. Shannon's got his scarf and fedora combo on. And that.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's his rock and roll Alice blue gown outfit right there.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

And then if you go up a little bit further, you can find me with my hand raised after the championship, Ryan. So I. Who could forget that day as well?

[Ryan Lemon]

And your trophy, Your trophy's up there.

[Billy Rutledge]

My trophy?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, your hay bale trophy. Because my hog calling trophy's up there.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, the hog calling trophy. That's right. You did win it the next year. So, guys, it feels like I've come full circle a Little bit. From part time producer now to hosting the show. Thank you for having me this morning.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you're having us. You're the host, we are your guests. So thank you for having us on the show today. But we're excited for you to. To drive a little bit. I'm just gonna sit back here and speak when spoken to.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, do your thing.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm a little misty eyed. See, you're all growing up. You and Mario watch you guys grow up right in front of our eyes. Now here you're 30 year old man getting ready to get married this summer. It's crazy.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, we. I do want to get to that. I need some wedding advice from my uncles here that will be coming to the wedding.

[Ryan Lemon]

Perfect for that.

[Billy Rutledge]

And then mar you mentioned Mario. I want to get to Mario. You wait. Mario, I got some stuff to say about you a little bit later in the show. But Ryan, I got a gift for you.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Something I want to give you here to start the show.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, the key.

[Billy Rutledge]

And that is the key that you gave me yesterday to get into KSR this morning.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Does not work. And Monique said that this key has not worked for years. It's been multiple years since they've used the wildcat blue key. Get in. So I do want to return the key this morning.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, great. How did you get in then? Okay, so she was here.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, Monique was here. She let me in the door. But you might want to get that change, Ryan, in case you want to get into the bar a little bit later this week or at all.

[Ryan Lemon]

I've had to use it to get in in the last four years.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, four years ago. Probably

[Billy Rutledge]

multiple years since that key's been used.

[Drew Franklin]

You can throw it in the junk drawer with the A vision glass.

[Ryan Lemon]

There we go. Yeah.

[Caller]

So.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I'm glad you got in. That's the main thing.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, I got in. We did the pre show. We had a great time. Shannon and I will keep it rolling for another couple hours here. We mentioned it is April fool and tough day for everybody that gets fooled by the the news on Facebook. When it comes to Kentucky Wildcats, it's just gonna be one of those Internet literate days, Drew, when it comes to these things.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's April Fool's Day for them. 365. But today it really ramps up. I personally hate this holiday. I see it as people who aren't funny think it's their time to shine and it's usually not good. I keep my guard up already, but I've not seen a good April Fool's prank in many years. I don't know about you all, but it's to the point. I feel like we should just take it off the calendar. Does anyone really love this holiday or we all kind of roll our eyes?

[Billy Rutledge]

It's a little overplayed to keep you asking me. I mean, it was, I mean, a little different back in the early 2000s. Shannon. I talked about this this morning. Like, I don't know. Everybody's very sensitive, Ryan. Yeah, you know, it's. Comedy isn't taking the same anymore, so maybe that's kind of ruined the holiday a little bit.

[Ryan Lemon]

When we were all younger, I think it was a big deal. You know, we're always trying to get your mom and dad or something. Now it's like, not even kind of forget. It's even April Fool's Day now.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, now every brand with the Twitter account puts something out. A restaurant, everything. It's. You just open social media in the morning and just scroll through all the dumb graphics that nobody falls for. I'm coming off as a scrooge here on April Fool's Day, but it's just. It's become too much, and everyone has their guard up. And the only people that are still trying are the people who aren't funny.

[Ryan Lemon]

Should we tell him what we. April fooled you this morning. How'd you get me McDonald's and Winchester Road.

[Drew Franklin]

That was not a great experience. That wasn't April Fool's. It was. We don't think that was a.

[Ryan Lemon]

We called them and said, drew's gonna stop Messi's order up and let him take 30 minutes to get through the.

[Drew Franklin]

Pull a mat. But some people need to figure it out.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, I didn't leave it at that. Didn't know we were going there, but

[Drew Franklin]

that was an adventure. But I don't think that was April Fool's. I think that was just general incompetence.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, you know, Ryan, did you ever work fast food back in the day?

[Ryan Lemon]

I haven't. I probably should have. I think everybody should do it at least once to appreciate what happens there. I never have loved it.

[Drew Franklin]

I think everybody should do it. I say everybody should serve in a restaurant or one of the two. You got to deal. Deal with people. Like I did this morning. I did drive through. I rolled tacos on Taco Tuesday. Every Tuesday. Cashier, clean bathroom. Started as a dishwasher. I. I actually enjoyed the fast food experience back when I did it.

[Ryan Lemon]

And I think it leads you to be a better patron when you go to the restaurants. A better tipper for sure. You understand the staff a little better, so I never.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did you? No, never fast food. But I worked at a Dick's Sporting Goods for one summer, and they used to say on the walkie talkie, who just folded these clothes in the middle of Dick's Boarding Goods? This is not how you fold clothes. So I was banished from actually doing the clothes. I just stayed in the golf section. But it was. It built some character. I don't know why everybody blames the guy at the register when they return something to Drew, like it was my fault that the product was broken. But I agree with you, Ryan. Everybody should do it at least once.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, you know, I grew up in Otwell, Indiana, where there are surprisingly no Dicks Sporting goods. There's no McDonald's. There's nothing. There's a elementary school and a post office. So I mowed grass. That was my job growing up. Yeah, mowing grass.

[Billy Rutledge]

And if you mowed yet, I mean, this is a big week for mowing for a lot of people.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't mow, but I had a guy mow my grass because it's. It is time. If you don't get on top of it now, it'll end up being a jungle before too long.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, it's a weird time in sports, right? Waiting for the final four this weekend. Shannon and I discussed 800 players have entered the transfer portal yet the portal is not open until for another week. So we're just kind of waiting on edge to see some news break. And it was kind of quiet yesterday. We didn't get much news after Mo Williams joined the staff and the rumors about Tyron Stokes. Did watch him in the McDonald's All American game last night. Did you guys turn that on at all?

[Drew Franklin]

I caught the highlights. I didn't watch it live, but I was up early this morning and pulled it up on. On the O ESPN app and kind of fast forwarded through the commercials and did a. I guess a quick rewatch, but yeah, I caught a lot of it.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, he looked pretty good in the fourth quarter. Do you have like a hoodie on underneath this jersey? Is that what he was wearing?

[Drew Franklin]

It's a new trend I liked. A lot of people today, especially on KS board are loving what they saw out of him as a distributor. We even have a thread like make him point guard one. I think that's a bit of an overreaction to how he played last night, but he did show off why he's the number one player in the class

[Billy Rutledge]

nine of his 12 points being in the fourth quarter, had a double double, got to 10 rebounds. Ryan, I mean, you saw why he was the number one prospect here in the class.

[Ryan Lemon]

I talked to a guy that. That knows basketball yesterday, and we were like, you know, I hear he's a problem in the locker room. I hear he's a problem, you know, not a good teammate. But if he's the number one player in the class, if nothing else, you go get that kid for the perception purpose that you have the ability to recruit that type of caliber player. Poop.

[Drew Franklin]

Poop.

[Ryan Lemon]

Pope's not proved he can recruit that type of player yet. So perception, purpose, he has to go out and poop and get that guy.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know about all the language there, but I agree. He's got to go out and get Stokes. Yeah, Pope needs a lot of.

[Ryan Lemon]

Said it to.

[Drew Franklin]

No, Pope needs a lot of wins right now. I liked Mo Williams. Williams hire, as I said yesterday, there's been some debate on that, but he needs to get some offseason wins, and he can't do anything, really, until they get on the court next year. But he needs to give Big Blue Nation some reasons to smile after how the year went.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. For those perception purposes, get the number one guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Absolutely.

[Billy Rutledge]

Get a former NBA champion with links to a guy like LeBron. Maybe Bronny comes to Rupp arena one of these days. Mario, if we can get that connection going. But it was exciting to see Tyron play and. And Myron Metcalf was on. I don't know if it was halftime or during one of the breaks. He basically said it's going to come down to Bill Self coming back to Kansas or not, whether Tyron Stokes goes to Kentucky or Kansas.

[Ryan Lemon]

And I think that there's. What, like, Jack was talking about the Adidas Nike thing does play into it. You know, us old folks didn't think it makes them different what shoe you wear. You know, if he grew up a Nike kid, he played for the Nike organization. His AAU team was Nike. It makes. It makes a difference for these kids, really. What. What? Their shoe company.

[Drew Franklin]

He already has a Nike deal like he signed, so it'll be awkward if he does go to Kansas. I don't know if he'll wear Nikes and put tape over it or wear Adidas and put tape over that. But, you know, that's a. That'll be a unique situation he's in if he goes to Kansas.

[Billy Rutledge]

I wonder how that works. Like, obviously, they would still go to the school, but would you Cover things up with Tate, how that would even work?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think they'd let him, would they?

[Drew Franklin]

I can only like what Michael Jordan, the Olympics, they weren't Nike. And he covered up Reebok. I can't even think of times like this, this has even happened because in college, this has never been an issue until now. But he's already got a Nike deal, but seems to be leaning towards an Adidas school.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, the perception seems to be that he'll make a decision after the Nike hoops summit on April 11th. So if we're looking at the timeline here, the transfer portal opens April 7th. You have this Nike Summit, April 11th. And then, Ryan, maybe you have a much better idea of who's going to be on this team next year.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, all the conspiracy theorists were out there. You know, Mo Williams, good with friends. Jamal Crawford, who coaches Tyrone Strokes. This is all big package deal. You get Mason Williams, which leads to Mo Williams, which leads to Jamal Crawford, which leads to Tyrone Stokes. So those conspiracy theories are out there.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, like also, Billy, it's not the Adidas Hoop Summit, it's the Nike Hoop summit.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did I say Adidas?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I'm saying that's.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

To be excited about. He's going to be in Oregon at the Nike facility with Nike people. Maybe they can get in his ear and steer him towards.

[Billy Rutledge]

See, that just makes. Doesn't make a lot of sense if you're all Nike and then you just pivot to an Adidas school like that.

[Ryan Lemon]

But at that event, at that big Nike event.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I agree with Myron that it's. He's probably waiting to see what Bill Self is doing.

[Billy Rutledge]

You think so?

[Drew Franklin]

And if Self retires that, obviously that'd be very good for us. It seems he's waiting for that now. Who knows when that decision could come?

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, hopefully he hangs up the toupee and he is done at Kansas. And that would be a big step for Kentucky. I did like, you know, Will Stein, coming from Oregon, seems like he's going to embrace maybe some throwbacks, maybe some different uniform combos. I've got a little Power K on this morning on the hat that I'm rocking here.

[Drew Franklin]

What is that ovo? Is that the Drake hat?

[Billy Rutledge]

A little OVO here.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, hip with the kids.

[Billy Rutledge]

I had to go at least a little vintage with the. The Sutton hat. And now, Ryan, I got the new, new look.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, the old timers, they love that power case so much. It's just one time he would bring that back. One Time they would all be on back on. Well, not back on board, but jump on board with Will Stein. Just that one thing could do that could re. Reinvent, vinuate, reinvent, venuate, reignite his fan base.

[Drew Franklin]

What is happening, Mario with the vocabulary. I can't even say vocabulary over here. I said it yesterday. The power Katie is coming.

[Caller]

Just.

[Drew Franklin]

Just get ready.

[Billy Rutledge]

Shannon, do you agree? I mean, you old school kind of guy. Do you like the power case?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I do. I mean, I think when Pope brought back the denim, fans love that. Anything that's nostalgic that reminds you of, like when you were younger or cases like when you were a kid, hurt. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. When you were younger. I think that's a good thing. So if he brings it back, people will love it, I'm sure.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, give us a call today, 859-280-2287. As we extend the KSR pre show for a couple hours here, I'd like to hear maybe if you have an April Fool's joke that actually did go over, was successful, even though Drew probably doubts that it ever happened.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe back in the day. It's just now everyone on social media, it's like, look at this fake image. Look at this fake. When you just. It's.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's.

[Drew Franklin]

It's too much.

[Ryan Lemon]

I told it on the show one other time. I went to Channel 7 in Evansville. You grew up watching Channel 7 in Evansville. Stole all the wheels off the bottom of all the church in the sales department. So they come to work the next morning, and there's no wheels on their chairs. Classic. One of my best April Fool's jokes ever.

[Drew Franklin]

And they hated you, right? They.

[Ryan Lemon]

They called me, threatened to fire me if I didn't get down there right now and put those wheels back on those chairs.

[Drew Franklin]

How old was Rod Lemon when he pulled this?

[Ryan Lemon]

25? 26.

[Drew Franklin]

A newsroom where people are stressful and busy rolling around in their chairs, going

[Billy Rutledge]

from computer to computer, no wheels.

[Drew Franklin]

Unbelievable.

[Billy Rutledge]

I'm just trying to start my day, and Ryan's taking the wheels off of my chairs.

[Ryan Lemon]

And then the next year, I took a bunch of scotch tape and taped the door handle. They couldn't open the door handle. That about got me fired, too.

[Drew Franklin]

Amazing.

[Billy Rutledge]

He's going to remember maybe two or three more of these things done throughout the show. So we'll. We'll talk a little bit about that and much more on the way. I appreciate everybody letting me be in the driver's seat today.

[Ryan Lemon]

Little Billy's all grown up.

[Billy Rutledge]

That's Right. And Jack and Nick did a great job these last two days. So hopefully here to carry the mantle. We'll take a break and be right back here on Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Billy Rutledge]

Welcome back to Kentucky Sports Radio. We're live at KS Bar today. Billy Rutledge, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin Shannon. The dude. I thought it was April Fool's Day yesterday when Drew said he was watching Bob Ross and the Joy of Painting as your new TV show.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't get over how much support I got for that. I thought I would be made fun of all night. I was looking forward to going home and just getting roasted. I think it's 100% positive.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's not 100 positive. I got people on my side support me. Yeah. I can't believe Drew watches that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, everyone that reached out to me, they. They were telling me their favorite episodes. Some people showed me where they've done Bob Ross paintings. They've gone to the Bob Ross museum. I've had people say, are you serious about a Joy of Painting podcasts? And I thought, you know what? I wasn't. But if we need to do it, we can do it.

[Ryan Lemon]

You and Shannon could do it. Both of you like to watch that crazy show.

[Matt Jones]

It's amazing as you look and you see that there's 800 different episodes, which means he painted 800 different pict. Although it seems like every episode I can remember, he was essentially painting the same picture.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I'm on season five and he's Done the same landscape every time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but it's still amazing. Like it's not any less impressive every time you watch it over and over.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, that's the beauty of it. Is it always. Even though it doesn't look like much of a picture when it starts, it always ends up developing. And you know, dude and I were talking about it earlier. It'd be sticky. Figures if you had us painting up

[Drew Franklin]

there, Drew, we should try it. I'm thinking about doing a. A video where maybe I sit down on my couch with a nice bourbon and it's like a split screen and I kind of narrate what I'm watching and why I like it. Maybe have someone with me. We'll do kind of a podcast while watching Bob. We'll kind of talk over it.

[Billy Rutledge]

You know, Ryan and I once took a cooking class together. Maybe we did like a bit of a painting class.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't need a class. I just need to. I don't even need to paint. I just want to sit down and enjoy watching paint.

[Ryan Lemon]

With Bob Ross.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. I mean, he's great. And it's the. It's the voice. Happy trees. Just so soft. It's hard to stay awake, I'll admit. But I. I knocked out another episode last night. I think I'm wrong with you. Episode three. We've got about 24 seasons to go, so no spoilers.

[Billy Rutledge]

Why are you such a hater?

[Ryan Lemon]

Because it's awful. I can watch like five seconds of it. Like. Okay, that's enough. You're just not artistic.

[Drew Franklin]

You gotta open your mind to the art.

[Ryan Lemon]

Can't stand to watch this paint dry.

[Matt Jones]

Joy of painting has a 9.3 out of 10 on IMDb. Anything else that has a 9.3?

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, it probably do the kids some good today to watch something like that. That's not over stimulating. Flashing lights. You know, it'd probably go a long way. And you know, Drew, as the. The next father here of the group, maybe you can get your next or your child on the Bob Ross on this Bob.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, she will be watching lots of Bob. As I said, I got 20 something seasons to go.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh my goodness.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm sure she'll be there for a lot of them. We'll go through it together.

[Ryan Lemon]

Didn't they used to have a Bob Ross lunch pail for elementary school kids?

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, yeah, I'm sure they did.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, they had a Bob Ross Chia pet. I've seen that.

[Drew Franklin]

It sounds like you like Bob Ross a little more than I do. You're talking about the Merch. I'll have to look into the. The lunchbox.

[Billy Rutledge]

Chia Pets. Now you're bringing up some good memories. Like, I. I don't know if I had a Chia Pet, but I really wanted one as a kid.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think they have a Bob Ross Chia Pet where his hair grows on top of this.

[Matt Jones]

That's it right there. Right? You should do a Ryan Lemon Chia Peter. Oh, you could, like, you know, stretchy up at.

[Billy Rutledge]

Grow with.

[Drew Franklin]

I looked it up. There's one at True Value. It can be at my front porch by Thursday. So there we go. Maybe I'll get a Bob Ross and

[Ryan Lemon]

then bring it in here on the table and we'll watch it grow.

[Drew Franklin]

Perfect.

[Billy Rutledge]

If we can make a Chia Pet Ryan Lemon one, I mean, that would be perfect. I would. Absolutely.

[Ryan Lemon]

It would probably sell out within seconds.

[Billy Rutledge]

Can I give you two of the TV shows that I'm watching?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

I didn't get to chime in on yesterday. This is a little nerdy. Shannon may laugh at this, but the new Game of Thrones spin off a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Really good stuff. Really good stuff. If you're into that universe, or either you. I've seen it.

[Drew Franklin]

Loved it. They did a great job. I was a little worried, but I like what they did. They. They looked at the original Game of Thrones. They're like, this is way too complicated. The map's too big, Too many characters, too many families. I would have to. I love the show. And I would have to pause it and be like, how is this person really this person? This new season, they're like, we're going to dumb it down. It's going to be one location and, like, 10 characters.

[Caller]

And it.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought it was great. I loved it.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. Really good. And not that many episodes. Like, six or seven, Ryan. So even if you're not in the Game of Thrones universe, it is good. And then Netflix has this documentary. I don't know if you call it a documentary about the dinosaurs. Have you thrown that on yet? With Morgan Freeman narrating? Oh, come on, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Anything with him narrating has got to be good, right?

[Billy Rutledge]

Exactly, yes. I mean, and you just plop yourself on the couch, watch an episode of the Dinosaurs if you're having a bad day, Ryan. And I think that gets you through it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I started the Neighbors last night. I watched the first two episodes of the Neighbors. Yeah. So I'm kind of hooked already.

[Drew Franklin]

Welcome to the show. It's insanity, isn't it?

[Ryan Lemon]

It's crazy.

[Billy Rutledge]

They're Nudity in episode one. Or is that.

[Caller]

No.

[Ryan Lemon]

No nudity yet. No. I already have my favorite character, so I'm anxious to see how it plays out.

[Drew Franklin]

Which. How many episodes did you watch?

[Caller]

2.

[Drew Franklin]

Is your favorite character. Does he have a hot tub?

[Ryan Lemon]

He has a hot tub in his house.

[Matt Jones]

In his house?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, in his house. He's got a pool, and he is by far my favorite character in the show.

[Drew Franklin]

He lives just outside of Indianapolis, Kokomo, Indiana. It's his dream retirement home. Little indoor hot tub. He and his husband with their. I think those might be wigs. I don't know if that's real hair.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, his. He was in the pool. They showed him in the pool. Like, his hair may be real. Husband hair is definitely a wig.

[Drew Franklin]

Great hair for both of those guys. I told Matt because another podcast, you know, we're just gonna keep doing podcast that was like, we have to do a neighbors podcast. I said, I'm in, but we're going to Indiana and doing it from that guy's hot tub, because I have to go see that in the farm across the street on that episode. But another great show, and there's a lot out there right now.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, well, indoor hot tubs. Quite the move. I mean, you got to have enough towels. Oh, yeah. After yourself. I've been thinking about buying a sauna. Drew, you ever. Never gotten into that craze at all.

[Drew Franklin]

I love a good sauna trip. I don't get to do it often because I don't know where they are in Lexington, but if I'm ever on vacation and one's available, I'm jumping in there. You're gonna put one in your home somewhere?

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, well, my boss called me. I was in the sauna when he called me, and so, like, I just gotta. I gotta avoid this or do it at different.

[Matt Jones]

How much time do you think a week you spend in your sauna or in the club sauna that you go to? Because I've called you before, I'm like,

[Billy Rutledge]

what are you doing?

[Matt Jones]

You're like, I'm in the sauna. You're in the sauna.

[Billy Rutledge]

I mean, probably good. 45, 50 minutes a week. Enough to get some of the benefits. That's not crazy.

[Ryan Lemon]

A week?

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Matt Jones]

I thought you were just like a day.

[Caller]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Billy Rutledge]

No, no. I mean, you could do have some bad health effects with that, but, I mean, I don't know. Ryan, you ever got in the sauna?

[Ryan Lemon]

Hate it.

[Billy Rutledge]

Hate it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hate every second about going to a sauna. Come on, I've got you Know, asthma and allergy problems. I can't breathe. I go in those things. I, I can't breathe. So I, I can't do it.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, the cold plunge is tough.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can't. I'm not doing that either.

[Matt Jones]

Form of torture. Like torture.

[Ryan Lemon]

I ain't doing it. Nope. I'm a 60 year old man. I'm happy. Who cares?

[Drew Franklin]

Underwear.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't want those health benefits, Billy. If you put one in your house. I, I can't. I don't know where I'd put one in my house. I will happily come over.

[Billy Rutledge]

You're in the Hamburg area.

[Drew Franklin]

You got like a, like a check in area. Just help myself back there.

[Billy Rutledge]

Take your shoes off before you come into the house. You can find your way to the sauna. Okay. There's just too many benefits for me to stay on the outside looking in. I've, I've seen the light, Drew, and I just, I gotta stop doing it in the middle of the day because my bosses keep calling me and I, I can't keep getting sitting in this situation.

[Drew Franklin]

So you seem to be big on your, on your health at a young age. You're doing saunas. I told yesterday. You're telling Shannon to stop eating plastic, which I agree. Shannon, you got to stop eating plastic. But you're, you're about your microplastics now. I feel like you're locked into a healthy lifestyle.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, I'm trying. Like, I feel like my prime's coming up.

[Drew Franklin]

Drew.

[Billy Rutledge]

I don't think I've hit my prime yet. I don't know if you guys are past your prime.

[Matt Jones]

Your prime was the hay bale toss trophy. That's your prime right there.

[Billy Rutledge]

Stop. I did not peak.

[Matt Jones]

When you look back where I peaked in life in Lebanon, Kentucky, that day,

[Billy Rutledge]

throwing a hay bale peak in Lebanon. Now, was that a great all time sports moment in the Commonwealth, Kentucky? Yes, it is. That's why we didn't do it again.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why you have a trophy to acknowledge the accomplishment.

[Billy Rutledge]

There was so much drama. They had to do a hog calling contest the next year. We couldn't even do it again. But I don't even know what we were talking about. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And your health.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

You've been on a big health.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah. I think my priority coming, like, it's not here yet. Like, you wait until I get into the gym for like a year. Mario, you see these biceps come up and then this prime will be here.

[Drew Franklin]

Take your turmeric shots and drink your

[Billy Rutledge]

green still Doing those saunas? Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

See, Billy's. There's a side of Billy that people don't know. He's. His body is his temple and he's taking good care of.

[Billy Rutledge]

Protein shakes are next, Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Celery and carrots.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, celery, celery, carrots on road trips.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right.

[Billy Rutledge]

Vegetable trays. I mean, come on, who is this guy? You got to have a little health to it if you're just gonna coast by on your. On your iced coffees every morning, Ryan, it might catch up with you.

[Ryan Lemon]

See, I'm. I'm at the point in my life where life's too short not to be happy. If I want chocolate cake for breakfast, I'm going to have chocolate cake for breakfast.

[Matt Jones]

You keep eating like that's going to be shorter.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I'm going to be happy.

[Matt Jones]

Your life's going to be really short.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm not going to sit in the sauna or take an ice button plunge or eat green stuff and orange stuff and try to be healthy. I'm going to be happy.

[Billy Rutledge]

It's my health era right now. I'm just going through it. 859-280-2287. We'll take some calls in the next segment. I want to talk about Dan Hurley's parents. You saw the video of them.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Celebrating the crowd. I want to get to them. And much more on the way. It's Billy our sports in hosting the show this morning on Kentucky sports radio. We'll be right back.

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[Billy Rutledge]

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[Billy Rutledge]

This song will definitely be played at the wedding. Coming up, August 8th. The big day for Billy. Our sports, Ryan Lemond and Drew Franklin and Shannon. The dude will all be there for the big day. My wedding planner is kind of getting on me today. You know what I need to do? Like what's on the to do list?

[Drew Franklin]

You're gonna give me nightmares. Thinking back in those days, it's a lot. Probably a lot. What's today's agenda?

[Billy Rutledge]

I gotta buy a margarita machine.

[Ryan Lemon]

You gotta buy one.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, like rent it. Yeah, yeah, we gotta get. I gotta get two industrial size margarita machines. We're gonna have it out like the little cocktail hour reception area. Because it's August, we're gonna have you outside.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

So what's the next to have a margarita ready for you?

[Matt Jones]

Just put that on your registry for people to buy one for you. You know, that's the Thing.

[Billy Rutledge]

See, I. I just feel weird asking for gifts. You gotta do it, everybody, part of the wedding.

[Ryan Lemon]

This is the one time in your life where you can get away with it. Whatever you want, put it on the list.

[Drew Franklin]

You won't feel weird asking for gifts. When you see what you've spent for this event, you won't feel bad at all.

[Billy Rutledge]

On this radio. Salary. I mean, if we want to go back to great moments in Billy, our sports KSR history, we were at the fair where I got my paycheck that ended up being $20 for that week. Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow. You got $20?

[Billy Rutledge]

$20 as I forgot to insert my hours that week. That's why it came in like that.

[Drew Franklin]

But I won't buy a very big margarita.

[Billy Rutledge]

You're not kidding about that, Drew, No Harper hall for me. Did you. You have any advice for me as I go through this wedding process? As the most recent one to go

[Drew Franklin]

through it all, my biggest piece of advice would be don't buy the slim version of the pants if you're not slim yourself, because you will spend three hours of the night with your ass hanging out for all your guests.

[Matt Jones]

You really sold your ass that night.

[Drew Franklin]

I did. Taco boxers were a move on wedding day. It was nice. My groomsmen, they all offered to give me their pants, but I thought, you know what? I'm just gonna rock this. They got a nice breeze back there. But I would definitely recommend going up a size if you. If you like to dance, because mine were ripped from belt loop to shoe ten minutes into the reception, and we had three hours to go. So I would just get the right

[Billy Rutledge]

pants and good groomsmen.

[Drew Franklin]

I enjoyed my tucks.

[Billy Rutledge]

You got good groomsmen willing to.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Rip the pants off of their own body? Yes, to you.

[Matt Jones]

The main thing is we got to make sure Ryan isn't the star of your wedding, because he kind of was Drew's. You know, he was turning tables over and drinks and everything, and he was wearing drinks on his suit. By the end of the night, we had to get him out of there as quickly as possible. So, Ryan, we just gotta have you reel it back just a little bit. Reel it in.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think there's two. Two bits of advice.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay. Please.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Keep an eye out for Nancy Franklin, Drew's mom.

[Drew Franklin]

Careful.

[Ryan Lemon]

And if they give you cranberry vodka, make sure it's not a cranberry and a double vodka. When you order, like, five or six of them, those are the best advice I can give you.

[Drew Franklin]

Five or six of them. While the sun is still up.

[Matt Jones]

We had a heavy handed bartender that night.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yes, Drew did.

[Drew Franklin]

I've never shared these, but we got our, you know, professional photos back. And they mostly just sit in a folder. That's another piece of advice, Billy. Photos. Like you think, yeah, of course we need a thousand photos. Then you get them and you're like, what am I gonna do with a thousand photos? But the point is, I have so many of Ryan. There might be more of Ryan than of Abby in our photo gallery because he put on that much of a show.

[Billy Rutledge]

Wow. Well, we've got a photographer, a videographer. I mean, we've already taken those steps through, unfortunately.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, you gotta have them. I'm just saying, you get them and it's like, well, what do I do with them now?

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, well, I'll try not to rip my pants. And Ryan, I'll try not to drink. I don't think I'm gonna drink really much at all on the big day. And we've already decided we're gonna do an Irish goodbye. Shannon and I talked about this actually yesterday. Like, we're not going to do the whole thing where you got to come over and say bye before you leave. Like an announcement, like, hey, you know, we're gonna do our own thing. We may not say goodbye to every guest before we leave.

[Drew Franklin]

Is that Ron did that before we even finished the ceremony. All the events, Ryan. Irish goodbye.

[Ryan Lemon]

Irish goodbye. I think Shan had to put me in an Uber to get me out of there.

[Matt Jones]

I had to take him back. I had to tuck them into bed, read him a bedtime story.

[Drew Franklin]

That night, one thing that I got burned on was I severely underestimated how much alcohol my friends could put down. And I had a high bar for them. And they, they even blew past it. I had an option of all you can drink three hours or all you can drink four hours. And I was like, I'll get the three. And everybody will go hard that fourth hour. They'll be dancing, they'll be distracted, and I'll just pay per drink. In that fourth hour, that one hour of me paying per drink was more than the first three hours combined. So I backfired a little bit on what I thought my buddies could do at the bar. Happy, happy to, to swipe the credit card on that bill. But they, they surprised me.

[Billy Rutledge]

I am hoping, like, everybody dances and has a good time. There's nothing worse than people afraid to get on the dance floor. But you'll make sure doing that, Ryan, like, you'll set the tone.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, that's why I had the cranberry and double vodka to get out there and shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. Do you have your booty?

[Drew Franklin]

Are you doing dj? Like, live music? What am I gonna be dancing to? I need to know.

[Billy Rutledge]

You know, we thought about bringing Alice Bluegown out there, but I want Shannon to enjoy himself. I don't want him to, like, be on the clock. So the old 98. 9 radio personality Kobe is actually going to be doing the. The ceremony and the DJing for us. We got a meeting with him to talk about all the songs that we want him to play and want. Don't want him to play, like the Cha Cha slide or the Cupid Shuffle.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, please, none of that.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's so us. All old white people can dance. We need songs like that.

[Billy Rutledge]

You do?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Just play some Darius Rucker for Ryan and that'll be enough. That'll get him out there.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So, Billy, I've got this thing I did for years, and it's retired, but I might have to bring it out. Bring it back out of retirement for you. But we would. When Shout would come on, I'd rally up all the biggest people I could find, and we try to throw the groom as high in the air as we possibly can. That's how I ended up at my wedding, literally hanging from the rafters of Harper Hall. They were throwing me so high in the air. We've had guys so high, we, like, wait a second for them to come back, catch them. They've been hitting chandeliers. It's a big thing. But we retired it at my wedding. But I'm thinking I'm sizing back. We could. We could get Billy airborne pretty easy.

[Billy Rutledge]

Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So make sure Shout is on that playlist.

[Billy Rutledge]

I got good memories of Shout going at the Bills game with you guys for NFL Cover Zero. That's kind of their thing, is playing that song in the. In the stadium. So maybe we can get that done right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I have found my wedding gift for Billy. Marissa, what is that?

[Drew Franklin]

It's a Bob Ross painting.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bob Ross lunchbox.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, the lunchbox, huh? Well, don't get it right there.

[Ryan Lemon]

They do have a Bob Ross lunchbox I just bought your wedding had the expensive.

[Billy Rutledge]

We have one of those live painters at the wedding.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yes.

[Drew Franklin]

That would be awesome.

[Billy Rutledge]

Now if we can get that painter to wear, like, maybe an afro wig, maybe perfect. Be the. The perfect subway.

[Drew Franklin]

She's not listening. It's just us talking. What. What part of the planning is really like, oh, this is Beating me down pretty bad because, you know, it is. It is stressful.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, well, like, I wanted her to kind of, like, take control and just, like, plan the whole thing. That has not been the case. Like, I've been. I've been. Have to be involved, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, she wants you to be involved.

[Matt Jones]

She doesn't want Beta, Billy, as the wedding. Wedding planner here, she wants you to take control of it, I guess, but

[Billy Rutledge]

that's what I'm paying for wedding planners for. I thought they might just take care of that, but, no, I'm very involved. That's why we're trying to book a margarita machine today and a cigar bar from that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

So we got plenty to do. But I'm looking forward to you guys. Like, sharing that happy day with you guys is going to be a highlight of my life. No doubt.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, it's a. It's a big year for us. Drew's gonna be a daddy for the first time. And you're getting married. It's a big couple months for the KSR crew, so I'm really happy and proud of you guys. Really. I'm excited about what's getting ready to happen for you.

[Billy Rutledge]

Thank you, buddy. I mean, that means a lot.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

And Drew offered to officiate the wedding yesterday. Yeah, I don't know if that's going to happen, but. But I guess you have the certificate?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I need to double check. It's been about four years when I got ordained. I don't know what the expiration date on it was.

[Ryan Lemon]

Maybe need to take a continuing education class.

[Drew Franklin]

But I've done a couple weddings. If you need me to step in, happy to do it. I can find the certificate somewhere, and if not, I can just go get another one, because all I did was put in my email address, a little bit of information, and it showed up in minutes.

[Billy Rutledge]

It's actually quite easy, I guess, to get that certificate. So we'll keep you on standby.

[Drew Franklin]

I'll step in if needed, free of charge.

[Billy Rutledge]

Let's take our first call of the day. 859280, cats. This is the number. Shannon, the dude who's up first.

[Matt Jones]

All right, we got Wayne on the line.

[Billy Rutledge]

What's up?

[Caller]

Well, I'm doing a great job and everything like that about the Bob Ross and everything. And at Christmas time, I was in the Dollar tree getting. So I'm a painter, and I was getting some paint brushes. I stepped over to the next line, and they are. I mean, and they were selling, like, socks that had, you know, like, snickers on them and stuff like that. And all of a sudden I saw some boxer shorts with Bob Ross's face

[Ryan Lemon]

on it and I bought them as you should have.

[Caller]

Yeah, well, I bought them for my a stocking stuffers for my. I got a 43 year old son, I got a two 16 year old grandsons and my brother and then my nephew and everything like that. And when they opened them up, they all flipped out. I mean they're all. And then my, my son in law though, he's a big artist and everything like that and he's got Bob Ross shirts. He. He's. He's just a big Bob Ross fan. But I'm. I'm glad Drew likes that. I wish y' all the best of luck. Y' all doing a fine job. You always do. I've been listening to y' all ever since y' all been on and we just go ahead and we paint houses and apartments and we just go ahead and turn you all up first thing in the morning and listen to you until 11 o'. Clock.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, thank you so much. We appreciate the call and you calling in. Always love healing hearing from our mail carriers or I guess painters outside people do an actual job while we get to sit here and talk about Bob Ross underwear.

[Drew Franklin]

Drew.

[Caller]

All right. You have a good day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Caller]

Thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

That's called the day.

[Matt Jones]

It's the only one so far.

[Drew Franklin]

So it's in the conversation. Yeah. I did not think this Bob Ross thing to take off like it has.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would secretly love a pair of Bob Ross boxer shorts.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

That could be awesome.

[Drew Franklin]

You two can can work it out there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that'd be pretty cool.

[Drew Franklin]

Hang on those numbers.

[Billy Rutledge]

But Ryan, like you were breaking records for stolen bases in the state of Indiana. You didn't have like a pair of lucky underwear or.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, baseball players. Shannon, are very superstitious. And so like I had my same undershirt and same socks that I had to wear. Oh yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

Did you wash them?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I washed them. But you know, when you're in college, maybe you don't wash him every after every game. You know, if I had a bad game and didn't get it dirty, it's still okay for the next game.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, college is high enough level where I think you'd be washing after every game.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, you know, the laundry was down in the basement of the dorm and there's like, there was like three washers and if you didn't get there early, you had to wait until the middle of the night. To wash your clothes. So sometimes you had to just pick and choose when you're gonna do your laundry.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. We saw Malachi Marino do that with the sleeve this year. Remember, he didn't wash his. Or maybe he washed. It just wouldn't come off. But that undershirt he wore several times had the big black spot on it. A little superstitious there with Kentucky basketball.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, you know, when Jack was on, a lot of callers asked about Malachi, you know, and what his future is. Is he going to be coming back to Kentucky? I mean, Ryan, I think Mark Pope hasn't penciled in. It's a big part of the team next year. And what was your percentage chance you said that he stayed.

[Ryan Lemon]

I went up to like about 70 or 80 because I think I've heard some things are going to happen to try to ensure Malachi stays here. You have to keep him. And the homegrown kid made a big jump from great crossing to a freshman year at uk. He'll make another big jump next year. I mean, he's a guy that's going to play in the NBA eventually. So I think you got to make every move you can to keep him here, don't you think?

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, I think so. And if you're somebody that is going to plan on staying here for a while, I'd advise them to use Stockton Mortgage.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, Stockton Mortgage. What a great transition. You know, now that. Let's just say you're a young guy and you're about to get married, starting a new journey in your life. Next step might be let's go buy a house. So I know the perfect person you can talk to. I'm just saying you, I mean you in general, if you're that person, maybe getting married and you're looking to buy a house, Stockton Mortgage can help you every step of the way. You'll get paired up with a loan officer and it can be a hassle. And it's kind of hard on a first time home buyer because you got to put in bank statements and 401k statements and pay stubs. There's a lot of tax returns, but Stockton Mortgage makes it as easy as possible. Hold your hand through the process. So if you're like Billy and Marissa or any other married couple about to get married, talk to Stockton Mortgage. Get that pre approval before you go look at houses. I looked at houses yesterday, so it's good. A spring buying season is here, Ladies and gentlemen, Stockton Mortgage. Ooh. MLS8259 equal housing lender.

[Billy Rutledge]

That ooh was Ryan looking at a picture of himself in a blazer with sunglasses on, partying it up at Drew's wedding?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that was. That was a fun time. Drew, I appreciate those cranberry and double vodkas your bartender was giving out.

[Drew Franklin]

I found the photo album. I might just share a few throughout the morning. Oh, there's a lot of you.

[Billy Rutledge]

Please do. And Mario knows that. You know, sunglasses inside. It's never a good thing, is it? Oh, for me?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Billy Rutledge]

You're the one that missed the red carpet that first night, too.

[Drew Franklin]

That was all just me. I was there. That was. That was hard.

[Billy Rutledge]

Three blind mice trying to find our way through the DraftKings party.

[Drew Franklin]

We need.

[Billy Rutledge]

It's a good time to take a break. Not only a good time to buy, It's a good time to take a break. We'll be right back here on Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back, Kentucky Sports Radio. On a Wednesday, it's Billy Rutledge filling in for Matt Jones. Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin Shannon, the dude alongside. There's a Ryan Lemon Chia pet. I just retweeted at Billy our sports the.

[Ryan Lemon]

How awesome is that?

[Billy Rutledge]

A little generous. Look at that with the hair. But would love to see that come to fruition. Before we get back to the phones, I wanted to mention Dan Hurley's parents. Have we seen the video of the mom?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yes.

[Billy Rutledge]

In the stands. I mean, there's so many great videos that came from that finish, but the zoom in of Dan Hurley's mom and what she said immediately after that shot went in is probably my favorite moment from that.

[Drew Franklin]

That shot, Drew, sweet little mom saying some words we can't say on radio. There's a version, great camera work, where someone without, you know, cutting it's. They zoom in on Carlos Boozer as the steal happens, his son throwing the. Creating the turnover, and then somehow they pan to mama Hurley immediately for her reaction to the shot going in. Just the contrast of Boozer seeing what's unfolding and how it's going south quickly, and then mom losing her mind and throwing f bombs around. That was a. Another one of those wild angles we got to take in. Enjoying the. That game and how it went down.

[Billy Rutledge]

Brian, did that make you think at all about maybe Josiah or being a sports dad at all?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, there's no doubt. But, yeah, Mama Hurley has a little potty mouth, but I think as a parent, you get more nervous sometimes than your kids that are playing, so when they lose like that. But yeah, she. She even made me blush a little bit.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

She's just so. She's just a little, small, sweet little grandma and just.

[Ryan Lemon]

She's sweet little grandma and she's got a little potty mouth.

[Drew Franklin]

Say it. It's very clear what she said.

[Billy Rutledge]

Are you ready for that phase of your life, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe yelling F bombs at games? No, I probably won't be doing that.

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah, like when the softball games, really, when it becomes coach pitch. Right. Like you take it off the tee and like the balls and strikes matter, Ryan. Like maybe that's when the, the emotions can run a little high and our guy Drew will maybe be one of these sports parents.

[Ryan Lemon]

I, I think back to those days. Parents, I mean, we really are insane. We act like a seven and eight year old coach pitch. Baseball game is like the seventh game in the World Series and it's seven and eight year olds playing baseball. Now that I'm older, I look back like we were. We acted a little idiots. Act like idiots. Back then. You're living and dying with a play in the third inning of a game in the middle of the summer when it's seven and eight year olds playing baseball.

[Billy Rutledge]

And it's like a 14 year old behind the plate too.

[Commercial Announcer]

Right.

[Billy Rutledge]

He's just getting enough money to go to concession stands.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's getting $25 to call out, call that game. Or sitting there yelling at him.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't have one of those parents. They're very supportive and at every game they kept their cool. But I grew up with many kids who did have that parent in the crowd. We all, we all knew them well. Few ejections in our fifth grade basketball

[Ryan Lemon]

league and it was usually the same guy. Yeah. Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, were you ever that. I know you're supportive, you're yelling, but were you ever the one that was like, all right, he's. It's time to get Ryan out of here.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Shirt off. I thought this was America when I was coaching.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. I got kicked out of a game. I think I told that story one time. Kicked out of a seven and eight year old coach pitch baseball game for arguing with the umpire. He said, don't say another word. And I said, don't tag him. You're out. He warned me.

[Drew Franklin]

Too bad you decided. You know, we see people losing their cool all the time here lately. It's pretty embarrassing.

[Lily Herman]

Just.

[Drew Franklin]

You didn't do anything that extreme.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, but he warned me. Don't say one more word. Of course I did.

[Billy Rutledge]

Now, I can't condone it for the parents, but I do miss baseball managers when they would come Out Shannon and like kick, kick dirt on the plate.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah.

[Billy Rutledge]

Like Lou Pinella would go out there.

[Matt Jones]

I thought we were gonna get one of those last night. I don't know if you watched the Reds Pirates game, but you don't see like a manager get ejected in baseball now because of all the reviews and everything. But there was a check swing where the Reds player swung any more than what he did, he probably would have hit a home run. They called it not a swing. And the Pirates manager just went out there and lost his mind.

[Billy Rutledge]

But that's.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's something I always loved about watching Braves games. Bobby Cox.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

It's the record for the manager who's been thrown out. The most out of any manager in Major league baseball history. You really don't get those moments anymore because of the replays.

[Billy Rutledge]

You're right. You don't get the. The managers going out there, picking the base up and like throwing it across the field.

[Drew Franklin]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

The greatest one ever is the. The Braves like double A manager from.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Do you remember this one where he gets down and starts doing the army crawl?

[Billy Rutledge]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Up to the. And he gets the rosin bag and he throws it like a grenade. If somebody can find that, we need to retweet that one.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was one of the greatest meltdowns ever to happen here in Lexington. It was an opposing manager. The guy that threw the base, picked the base up and threw the base and covered up the home plate with dirt. That was in Lexington.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. The Braves manager, I think is Philip Wellman was his name. That's the all timer. He's doing the army crawl.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bites.

[Drew Franklin]

He bites off the bag like it's a grenade. It just launches it. Legendary. Did you all see the. It's escaping me. The umpire's name, because I don't keep up with that closely. But it was at the Reds game and they just kept challenging him.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Kept being wrong. It was like the loudest the crowd got all night. Back to back challenges.

[Ryan Lemon]

He got wrong.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you went over seven.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, the ABS system can really embarrass some of these. These umpires now. Right? Like, I think one of them was a strike right down the middle and they had to challenge it. And you have to wait that minute and like just see it. Bastard. In all its glory.

[Ryan Lemon]

But Drew's like, every challenge they made, it was against him. He was. He was like, oh, for seven. And he's calls.

[Drew Franklin]

And the crowd was going crazy each time more so than it'd be a home run. I mean, that was like the, the biggest parts of the night.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, in a while it'll be all robot umps, but. Well, we still got the, the humans back there for now. 859-280-2287. Unfortunately, the heartbreaks coming up. So we will take most of these calls on the other side of the break.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right.

[Billy Rutledge]

You know, we're going to the moon today, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Going around the moon, right? Like 10 guys getting in a vehicle and they're gonna drive around the moon.

[Billy Rutledge]

Well, yeah, vehicle as in rocket ship, but yeah, it will be launching today. I want to talk a little bit about that on the other side.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Billy Rutledge]

And you know, I'm having a good time with you guys, so you're doing

[Ryan Lemon]

a great job, young Billy.

[Billy Rutledge]

Thank you, guys. Appreciate that.

[Drew Franklin]

Survived one hour.

[Billy Rutledge]

That's right. And I still got to talk about Mario over here. Sitting, sitting down here. We'll get you on here, Mario. We'll take a break. Be right back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Hour 2 coming up next.