2026-08-10- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

Air Date: August 10, 2026
Hosts: Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemond, Shannon the Dude

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Episode Overview

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio is both a celebratory and engaging installment. The crew recaps the “event of the summer” – producer Billy’s wedding – in rich, hilarious detail, discussing everything from the unique brown dress code to the dramatic arrival of a camel. The segment blends inside jokes, personal stories, and laugh-out-loud commentary, providing classic KSR banter. Hour 1 closes with an energetic, live call-in from UK Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Pope, recruiting the KSR team for a fan-centric “Media Madness” scrimmage. The episode is a lively mix of storytelling, sports community news, and classic “old school” camaraderie.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. “Old School” KSR – Staffing and Nostalgia

• New/Old School Format: With Billy and Mario out, Matt, Drew, Ryan, and Shannon reminisce about early KSR days.
• Social Media Absence: Without Mario to run accounts, Matt jokes that if listeners aren’t tuned in, “you won’t even know what’s happening.” (03:24)
• Guest Hosting Plans: Josh Hopkins and others are teased as potential guests for the week. Pop-up remotes discussed but location undecided.

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2. Recapping the Event of the Summer: Billy’s Wedding (04:59 – 16:29)

Getting There and Running Late

• Travel Fiasco: Shannon is late because of a missing dog, lost glasses, and coordinating care instructions.
  • “As we’re leaving the house, one of our dogs disappeared...couldn’t find it...it was hiding underneath the deck.” – Shannon (05:43)
• Standing Room Only: The group arrives just as the ceremony begins, no seats left—“we were in the overflow, thank goodness, because it was 900 degrees out there.” – Matt (07:11)

The Wedding Theme & Symbolism

• Dress Code: Guests wear brown, with wedding party in green and bridesmaids in rainbow colors.
  • “The guests were symbolic of the earth. That’s why we wore brown. Then they had the rainbow...we were the earth.” – Ryan (08:11)
• Symbolic Outfits: The intention, unknown to many guests, ends up being a fun reveal.

Celebrity Lookalikes & Family Fun

• Lookalike Game: Matt humorously observes that Billy’s father, grandfather, and officiant resemble Al Snow, Joe Craft, and Gary Parrish, respectively.
  • “Honestly, I thought Al Snow was doing the wedding… The preacher looked exactly like Gary Parrish.” – Matt (09:12)
• Family Resemblance: Billy’s brothers “are just Billy again. Mini-Billys. Even the same haircut.”

The Camel Entrance – A Showstopper

• Grand Entrance: Marissa, the bride, arrives at the ceremony atop a large camel—a biblical reference to Rebecca meeting Isaac (Genesis 24).
  • “She came out on a camel… you’re not used to seeing that in Lancaster, are you?” – Matt (11:14)
• Camel Complications: The camel hesitates to kneel; Billy is mic’d up offering live play-by-play, including telling Marissa to “jump off.”
  • “Do I need to go back there?” – Billy (via Matt, 13:07)
  • “He told her to jump off. He wanted her to jump off that camel!” – Matt (13:38)
• Camels, Songs, and Ceremony Length: After some tension and repeated music, camel eventually kneels. Ceremony timed at 31 minutes, under the 37.5 minute over/under.

Reception Highlights & KSR-isms

• Ryan’s Prayer: Ryan turns the invocation into a stand-up routine with multiple jokes, at Marissa’s request.
  • “It was kind of like a roast/prayer.” – Ryan (15:45)
  • “Well, that’s kind of what Marissa wanted… she said, ‘Just be yourself. Have fun with it.’” – Shannon (15:59)
• Mario’s Obama Impression: Mario (not present) is noted for his repeated, tipsy Obama impersonations at the reception.

Reflections – Growth, Friendship, and Fun

• Nostalgia & Growth: The group reflects on Billy starting as an intern and now getting married.
  • “It was really a proud moment for all of us to watch him grow, start this new venture in his life.” – Drew (25:56)
• Scorecard Tease: A detailed “Shannon the Dude” wedding scorecard is promised for later (26:13).

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3. The Mark Pope “Media Madness” Challenge (26:38 – 39:33)

Announcement and Debate

• Coach’s Challenge: UK Basketball Coach Mark Pope invites the KSR team (and all media) to participate in a basketball practice/scrimmage, “Media Madness,” on September 17th. (32:13)
• Who’s In, Who’s Out:
  • Ryan: Hesitant due to age/health but considers it after group encouragement.
  • Drew: Tentatively agrees to play but with low intensity.
  • Shannon: Scheduling conflict (Louder Than Life festival) but open to waterboy/manager role.
  • Matt: Initially refuses out of fear of injury/memes but changes tune after Pope’s on-air call.
• Coach Pope’s “Full-Court Press”:
  • “If you don’t get turned into a meme three or four times in your lifetime, what’s the point of living?” – Mark Pope (35:07)
  • Matt ultimately agrees, vowing KSR participation due to Pope’s personal call.

Planning the Event

• Possible Fan “Combine”: Matt suggests a pre-scrimmage contest for fans to earn spots on the KSR team (one man, one woman, one child). Pope supports the idea.
  • “If you’re okay with ringers… how about… we have a little event for the fans, and whoever wins can play?” – Matt (36:56)
• KSR Roster Discussion: Riffing on KSR web staffers and former players (e.g., Richie Farmer, Woo Orbzoot, Shimu Evans, Patrick Sparks) as potential team contributors.

Fun Highlights

• Running Jokes: Several hosts joke about minimal physical effort, hygiene breaks, and forming a “hard foul squad” for the scrimmage.
• Training Camp: Matt resolves to call his trainer and start prepping for five weeks of basketball cardio.

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4. Quick Hits and Listener Calls (41:17 – End)

• Richie Farmer Call-in: Matt recruits the UK basketball legend on-air, much to the hosts’ amusement. Richie demurs due to surgeries but teases a possible cameo.
• Listener “What If” Scenario: Would UK fans prefer a stable but mediocre football coach or a playoff run with risk of losing the coach to bigger jobs? The consensus: “Give us the playoff run.”
  • “First of all, anything you say after that, I’m good just for that experience.” – Matt (43:23)
• Pickle Cotton Candy & Picklesburg: Banter over the strangest cotton candy flavors and a recap of a prior trip to a pickle festival.
• UK Basketball Roster Chatter: Quick talk about UK’s prospects and potential All-Americans Milan and Malachi.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Billy’s Wedding:

  • “It was a standing room only wedding. Sold out.” – Matt (07:10)
  • “The guests were symbolic of the earth. That’s why we wore brown.” – Ryan (08:11)
  • “Billy was… looked like he was going to poop his pants the entire time.” – Matt (08:46)
  • “They played the song three times, three songs worth of trying to get it [the camel] to kneel.” – Ryan (13:16)
  • “Ryan… turns the invocation into a stand-up routine, I didn’t see that coming.” – Matt (15:25)

• On “Media Madness”:

  • “If you don’t get turned into a meme three or four times in your lifetime, what’s the point of living?” – Mark Pope (35:07)
  • “You bring whoever you need to bring… you could hire [ringers]. Brilliant.” – Mark Pope (36:32)
  • “I’m good for some hard fouls.” – Shannon (38:49)
  • “I have to pee every five minutes. I can’t play very long.” – Ryan (39:57)

• On KSR Team Construction:

  • “I think having a combine with fans… would be a lot of fun.” – Matt (39:13)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Wedding Recap & Camels: 04:59 – 16:29
• KSR Reflections on Billy/Staff: 16:29 – 26:30
• Discussion of Mark Pope Challenge: 26:38 – 39:33
• On-Air Mark Pope Call: 32:13 – 37:44
• Brainstorming Fan Combine: 36:56 – 39:13
• Richie Farmer Call-in: 40:58 – 42:32
• Listener Calls & Football What-Ifs: 42:51 – 44:06

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Overall Tone and Style

Casual, storytelling, and authentically conversational. The KSR crew’s familiar teasing, inside jokes, and heartfelt moments make this a lively, personable episode—one that’s informative for UK sports fans and fun for anyone who enjoys sports radio with heart and humor.

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For Full Coverage: Listen to the episode for an even deeper dive, including the scorecard segment promised for Hour 2!

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[Drew]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Monday, August 10th. I'm Matt Jones here on a beautiful day in Lexington, Kentucky. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line. That's 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. Love to hear from you on that text machine. Today and the this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith law office. If you call tj, he'll make them pay. We got Drew and Ryan and Shannon. Drew will be gone the rest of the week, so nice to have him today. Drew, good to see you as well

[Ryan]

with our weekend topic. You know, I couldn't miss this show. I had to make sure I was here to.

[Matt Jones]

No Billy, no Mario. So this, this will be a rare. Like we may not have anything on social media because we don't have any Mario to do it right. So this is like old school. If you're not here on the podcast, you won't even know what's happening.

[Shannon]

So for the rest of the week, it's just you and me and Shannon. Like old school days back in the day.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we're gonna bring some people in.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I've got Josh Hopkins coming one day. Got other couple other potential guests sitting with us. But yeah, we're gonna. And one day we had talked about maybe Wednesday or Thursday. You and I will go somewhere.

[Shannon]

Yeah, A little pop up shop, but

[Matt Jones]

we just don't know where we'll go. Depends on where do you want. Where do you want to go?

[Shannon]

My living room would be good.

[Matt Jones]

No, we're not. I'm not. You don't spend any time at your house. Why in the world would I go there?

[Shannon]

We could do one at your new house.

[Matt Jones]

We could, but I like. But I mean, don't you want to go out and about and see people?

[Shannon]

What about our power lifter in Elizabethtown? We talked about going to see him one day.

[Matt Jones]

I do want to do that. I can't do that this week.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

But I do want to do that.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

What was his name again?

[Drew]

Donnie.

[Shannon]

Darrell. Donnie.

[Drew]

Donnie, Imus and Debbie.

[Matt Jones]

Donnie. Yeah, I want to go see Donnie and he was. His wife's Debbie. Debbie. Boy, you have a good memory. Donnie and Debbie. Okay, good. I want to go see them, but not. I can't do it this week, but. So we got a lot of stuff to talk about. Weekend. You know, I always say the. The. The first two to three weeks of August, hardest time to do radio of the year. And it's been doubly true because I've also had to launch an ESPN show during the hardest time and that. But you know what? That's okay because we're almost halfway through it. But we got an addition this week because we had Billy's wedding.

[Ryan]

Yes. The event of the summer.

[Matt Jones]

Event of the summer. Social event of the year. All brown at Lockridge Park.

[Drew]

We were down with the brown. It was awesome.

[Chris]

What.

[Matt Jones]

What town is. Is that technically? Lancaster.

[Shannon]

I think the address is Lancaster.

[Matt Jones]

Lancaster.

[Ryan]

My GPS said.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so we. We. We got Paul. He picked us all up. We went to Billy's wedding. We were pushing on time, so we actually. We got there, thanks to Ryan, just a little bit. Almost light.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it was my fault. I take full responsibility.

[Matt Jones]

Why were you late?

[Shannon]

You want to know? You really want to know?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know, Shannon.

[Drew]

Do I really? Yeah, I think we do. Go ahead, say it.

[Matt Jones]

Why were you, like. Cause, like, you picked. You were supposed to be at my house at 4. You got there at.

[Shannon]

As we're leaving the house, one of our dogs disappeared, so we're trying to find a dog.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean, disappear?

[Shannon]

Like we couldn't find one of the dogs. One of the four dogs couldn't find it.

[Matt Jones]

You have four?

[Shannon]

Well, I have three. Jennifer has one.

[Matt Jones]

So, again, like the Brady Bunch.

[Drew]

Yeah, It's a whole dog pound going on over there.

[Matt Jones]

So where was it?

[Shannon]

It was hiding underneath the deck outside.

[Matt Jones]

And so you felt like you needed to make sure it was there?

[Shannon]

Well, we were just trying to get it inside. I didn't want to leave it outside. It was hot. So we're trying to find and make sure they were all inside.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Shannon]

But then when we found that, then we couldn't find her glasses.

[Matt Jones]

Did you think they'll maybe call the people waiting on you to say what was happening?

[Shannon]

I called Drew. I said, hey, we're on the way. We're late. We're not gonna make it on time. But we're on the way.

[Drew]

He knew. He called you, Matt. It would not be an acceptable excuse to say, my dog's out. You'd be like, who cares? Come on.

[Ryan]

Don't forget the glasses.

[Shannon]

Couldn't find the glasses.

[Chris]

And this.

[Shannon]

We're putting out the driveway. Josiah pulls In So I got to give him his instructions. Hey, let the dogs out, feed the dogs, do all this. We're not gonna be home to late, blah, blah, blah.

[Matt Jones]

So there were three reasons you've been of the summer, but you never thought to tell us why you would be late to a wedding of one of our co workers.

[Shannon]

Well, Drew tried to cover for me when I think one of you guys sent a group text message like, hey, Paul's here. And Drew's like, hey, Ryan's lemons are on the way. We're going to. They're going to get me. But.

[Matt Jones]

Well, why didn't you send it?

[Shannon]

I was busy driving like a busy bat out of hell.

[Matt Jones]

So. So we got there. We. Because we got there. There were no seats. Billy was a steam. Was a. It literally was a standing room only wedding. Sold out.

[Ryan]

We were in the overflow.

[Matt Jones]

We were in the overflow. Thank goodness, because it was 900 degrees out there.

[Ryan]

I was happy being in the overflow area.

[Matt Jones]

Oh my goodness. Because at least we got drinks in the overflow area. But it was. It was hot. And to the people that were sitting down there, God bless them. God bless them. Because it was hot in that sun that no rain. Chris bailey. It was 50. 50, which is what all weathermen should say about everything. That way. That way they're never wrong.

[Drew]

Everything's 50. Life is 50. 50. Maybe I'll wake up, maybe I won't.

[Matt Jones]

So let's talk about the big stories. Brown. Almost everybody wore it.

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

I was pretty much universally followed except for Billy's dad. But I think that was intentional. I think the wedding party was supposed to stick out. Marissa's sisters wore the colors of the rainbow.

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

And then Billy's dad and like so.

[Ryan]

So his dad matched his mom.

[Matt Jones]

Which tells me, I mean, it was intentional. It was supposed to be, we are all blending into the scenery and then they are the. So that was good though, because then I knew who people's family were.

[Shannon]

That's good point.

[Ryan]

The guests were symbolic of the earth. That's why we were brown. Then they had the rainbow.

[Matt Jones]

Is that true?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

We were the earth.

[Matt Jones]

So we were the earth.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I didn't know that. So the sisters were the rainbows. What was the wedding party in black. What were they?

[Ryan]

Well, the bridesmaids wore green. I don't know, maybe that was the grass on top of the earth. I didn't get that far into the.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't realize I was the earth.

[Drew]

Billy was a lump of coal is what he was.

[Matt Jones]

I Was the Earth. See, I didn't know that. Okay, that's interesting. All right, let me. Let me do big picture. First of all, both Billy and Marissa looked amazing.

[Drew]

They did.

[Shannon]

They really did.

[Matt Jones]

They really did. Like, like, that's the best Billy's ever looked. She looked amazing. Like, they looked like a great couple. And Billy was. It looked like he was going to poop his pants the entire time. But he. He got through it and he. He was great. The wedding vows were not. Were very nice. It was a. It was a beautiful wedding. I have some observations, and then. And then I'll go to you.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Number one, Billy's dad looks exactly like Al Snow. Very similar point that. Honestly, I thought Al Snow was doing the wedding.

[Shannon]

As soon as he came out, you said, that's Al Snow.

[Drew]

You know, Al does do weddings, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

I know that.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That's why I thought, did Billy, like, pull a swerve and bring Al Snow to do his wedding? Because his dad looks exactly like Al Snow. And you know, Al Snow scares me. So that was one thing. His grandfather looks exactly like Joe Kraft.

[Shannon]

You said that as he walked out,

[Matt Jones]

like Al Snow and Joe Kraft were doing. And then the preacher looked exactly like Gary Parrish. I was like, did he just invite celebrities to this wedding?

[Shannon]

All celebrity look alikes.

[Matt Jones]

So the wedding party for the males was Gary Parrish doing the ceremony, then Billy, then Al Snow, and then Joe Craft.

[Ryan]

Event of the summer.

[Matt Jones]

And what a great hodgepodge of people. I'm getting Gary Parrish island college basketball to do my ceremony.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we had fun playing the lookalike game from the overflow.

[Matt Jones]

Was there a lot of look alike.

[Shannon]

There were people thinking, he's trying to stretch it. You're not stretching it. They're all dead on.

[Matt Jones]

I swear to you. I thought that was Joe Kraft.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Oh, yes. He probably looked the most.

[Matt Jones]

He looked the most like him. I was like, does Billy have a Joe Craft connection? I genuinely thought that was smart move.

[Drew]

I mean, that would be a hell of a wedding gift from Joe Craft.

[Matt Jones]

Heck, yeah. So the big surprise, which I think had leaked out to some people is Billy's wife came out on a camel.

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

A full fledged camera.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

That was not a small camel.

[Matt Jones]

That was like, you know, you see pictures from the Middle east and there's a camel. That was a camel. I guess it was symbolic of Isaac and is it Sarah? My mom's gonna be disappointed at me.

[Ryan]

Isaac is involved.

[Matt Jones]

I think Isaac was the male. I'm gonna say Sarah and act like I remember Bible study. But regardless, it was something. That was something about that. So she came out on a camel, and the camel that was like. She came out from behind a building on a camel and, like, that was a stunning side. You're not used to seeing that in Lancaster, are you?

[Ryan]

This camel was so tall.

[Matt Jones]

It was so big.

[Ryan]

They actually found the biggest camel.

[Matt Jones]

I think they went. I think they got the George Murasan.

[Drew]

If you wanted a camel to be here today, where would you go? How would you book a camel?

[Matt Jones]

Clearly, there's a camel guy.

[Shannon]

The camel store in Lancaster.

[Matt Jones]

I would never have believed there was a camel guy, but there's a camel.

[Ryan]

So exotic. Got it.

[Matt Jones]

So she came out on the camel

[Shannon]

and she looked beautiful sitting up there. She really did.

[Matt Jones]

She did. What did you think of the camel

[Shannon]

like, you guys, it was massive. It was a massive camel. But she looked like she was in, like, a Disney movie riding out for her wedding. She looked so pretty up there.

[Matt Jones]

And we knew the camel was coming, but still, it surprised.

[Shannon]

It shocks you to see it.

[Matt Jones]

To see it in person.

[Ryan]

Yeah. We had known for a while and we were kind of like, all right, here comes the camel part. And then when it turned the corner,

[Matt Jones]

I was like, whoa.

[Ryan]

Yeah. She even had, like, the little perch that sits on it that kind of.

[Matt Jones]

And it looked like the. Kind of like it looked like when I was a kid. You remember the cigarettes said Joe Campbell?

[Drew]

Yeah, I thought that was like that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I. I kind of looked like that.

[Drew]

The Campbell was smoking a cigarette on the way down the aisle. I thought, you know what? Joe Campbell.

[Matt Jones]

So it gets to the top of the aisle and then it's supposed to let her down.

[Shannon]

Kneel down.

[Ryan]

Rebecca.

[Matt Jones]

Rebecca.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Is it Rebecca and Isaac.

[Ryan]

Rebecca and Isaac.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Rebecca and Isaac. Sarah, she was doing. She was answering the phone calls, like in maybe. Sarah, get me the operator. Yeah, yeah. When. When the camel knee, like. But the camel got kind of freaked out, I think.

[Shannon]

Little stage fright with a big crowd there.

[Matt Jones]

The crowd and the music. So the camel wouldn't kneel. So there's a couple minutes where it looked like she wasn't going to be able to get off.

[Ryan]

They played the song three times, Three songs worth of trying to get it to kneel.

[Matt Jones]

Billy, for some reason, was miked up for live commentary.

[Shannon]

Yes, he was.

[Matt Jones]

And Billy was in his producer mode. He goes, do I need to come back there?

[Shannon]

Right?

[Drew]

At one point, Jump off of it. He said, you just need to jump off.

[Matt Jones]

He told her to jump off.

[Drew]

He did.

[Matt Jones]

No, he didn't.

[Drew]

He Said jump off.

[Matt Jones]

He wanted her to jump off of that camel.

[Drew]

Yeah. He had a broken ankle.

[Ryan]

I liked when Bill Billy said, do I need to come back there? My brain thought, what are you gonna do if the camel man can't get

[Matt Jones]

the camel man can't get her down, What's Billy gonna do? Billy's gonna make it worse.

[Drew]

Billy confidence. He had his camel, believed he was

[Matt Jones]

gonna be able to get that camel down.

[Drew]

Camel, yeah.

[Ryan]

He had to save his bride.

[Matt Jones]

He wanted her to jump. That would have been horrible.

[Drew]

How great would it be on the.

[Ryan]

It was.

[Shannon]

There was a moment, though, where, like, even Jennifer said, do we need to go get a ladder? Like, I didn't know if it was gonna happen.

[Matt Jones]

You definitely should have gone and gotten a ladder. And Ryan l climbed up there. That's what you. Well, so the camel walked around. They took her. The camel away from the people, and then it knelt down.

[Shannon]

Correct? Yeah. Got him away from the crowd.

[Matt Jones]

She got out. So we set the over under, if you remember, at 37 and a half minutes. The interest took a long time because

[Shannon]

the camel I even went to said, oh, we're going to be way over.

[Matt Jones]

But then the ceremony was quick. It was no songs, no prayers. No prayers, no speeches, no readings, just straight vows. And we came in at 31 minutes, six and a half minutes under.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I was only probably 14 minutes of ceremony.

[Ryan]

I was already counting my over money when we had the camel issue. I thought for sure that was going over. That was one of the quicker ceremonies of just the, you know, the talking part that I've ever seen.

[Matt Jones]

So we did that, and then that was nice. Beautiful ceremony, beautiful finish. Then we get to the reception. It is everybody, you know, doing the reception things where everybody's, you know, you're mingling, et cetera. They do rhyme with the prayer. All of a sudden, Ryan is like. He becomes Shannon Rodney Dangerfield Ryan Limit Comedy Hour. He's like, everybody welcome.

[Drew]

Respect.

[Matt Jones]

I get no respect. I flew out here. What is it about airplane food? Come on. Four jokes in a minute and ten second prayer. I didn't see that coming. Most people don't make, like, comedy routines in the prayer. But you did four jokes.

[Ryan]

It's kind of like a roast. It was a roast slash prayer.

[Drew]

He had a fifth one, but he didn't do it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you had five.

[Shannon]

I had one about the camel, and I just forgot to say it at the end.

[Matt Jones]

That's a lot of jokes per religious reference.

[Shannon]

Well, that's kind of what Marissa wanted when she talked to me about it. She goes, look, just be yourself. Have fun with it. Exactly what she said. Like, okay, zingers are coming. Zinger.

[Matt Jones]

I live in here. I just flew in. Boy, my arms tired. But you. But you did a great job.

[Shannon]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

It was very you.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody loved it.

[Shannon]

Kept it under two minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Keep it under two minutes. It was very good. It's online. People can see it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So overall, I think, really nice event. And I was happy for Billy and Marissa.

[Shannon]

Very happy for both of them. And like, Shannon has already said, it was nice to kind of hang out with all of us. All you guys. Again, we all got to sit at the same table, just hang out. Billy came and hang out with us a little bit, so, yeah, we don't

[Matt Jones]

get to hang out like that. Mario was drunk by the end of the ceremony. He was kept. He just kept. I mean, I filmed one of them, but the whole time, he just kept talking to me like he was Obama.

[Drew]

He did.

[Matt Jones]

Which I didn't know was something he did.

[Drew]

That's his best impersonation that he does, though, by far.

[Matt Jones]

He kept doing it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

He was like, do you like the fettuccine? And I like, by the end of

[Drew]

the night, he actually thought he was Obama.

[Shannon]

He didn't wear a tie because he wanted to wear the bling.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, like, he can do that because he wears all those necklaces.

[Drew]

He had a medallion around his.

[Matt Jones]

He had a medallion. Like, he. You know, he's just. He's. Yeah, he's blinging. But I want to get your all's takes, but let's take a break. We got to take a break. 859-280-2287. Mark Pope issued a challenge to the media, which I am denying, and we will deal with more of that right after this. Ksr.

[Nick Turturro]

I'm Nick Turturro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the Longest Yard, or Spike Lee's blackkklansman. But I'm also from Queens, which means I know pizza. And on my new podcast, Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro, I deliver pizza from Prince Street Pizza to a new guest.

[Matt Jones]

Are you delivering pizza now?

[Nick Turturro]

Then we sit down for a real conversation. I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins.

[Drew]

What are you doing? My belt.

[Nick Turturro]

To Alex Rodriguez. Just to let you people know we're talking to one of the goats here. To Bill Burr. I don't think I've ever met somebody

[Matt Jones]

so exactly out of their mind as I am.

[Nick Turturro]

And now we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Turturro.

[Matt Jones]

It's called Happiness.

[Nick Turturro]

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[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

Our town is small taters by most standards, right? But to the people who grew up here, it's everything. What happens when a quiet Tennessee town becomes the front line in a battle over the future of America?

[Matt Jones]

Developers with right wing ties have purchased

[Shannon]

hundreds of acres of land in the area.

[Matt Jones]

The first thing you see when it

[Drew]

pops up is pioneers in Appalachia.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew]

that exemplify and embody the Christian way of life. Stop right there. Is that normal?

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[Matt Jones]

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[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

And decides to fight back.

[Matt Jones]

Do not use my hard work to sell your bull.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

They're not just opposing what's being planned for here.

[Drew]

Our hometown is not a test tube.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration.

[Chris]

Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you?

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

Listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Hayes Davenport]

Hey, Portlandia fans.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

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[Hayes Davenport]

know us, or rather, you know them. Tony and Candace, Nina and Lance, Spike and yes, the chicken.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

We've played a lot of iconic characters over the years, but today we're showing up as ourselves to tell you about Podlandia AO Rewatch, our brand new podcast.

[Hayes Davenport]

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[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

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[Hayes Davenport]

And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life. Guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised. Not just words, but a song about.

[Drew]

I thought he was going to write. I thought you were all going to write a song.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

I remember you thinking that.

[Hayes Davenport]

Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Matt Jones]

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. Every episode, we're trying to help our guests improve careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Drew]

The show's famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Matt Jones]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller. The definition of what is a movie has kind of changed anyway, too, right? What do you think it is now? It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology. Danny McBride. Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on.

[Shannon]

You make your own.

[Ryan]

That's great.

[Matt Jones]

I call him Tarot Reed.

[Ryan]

It's a good name.

[Drew]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, got.

[Nick Turturro]

I call.

[Matt Jones]

I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Li Sobieski. Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up. Haven't looked it up. She was prominent.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Then Mary Steenbergen.

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

Why are you guys talking to me?

[Matt Jones]

Like, did you understand the movie?

[Podcast Narrator/Ad Voice]

So down to me that you think I don't understand your little play?

[Chris]

Play?

[Matt Jones]

I just really trying to set you up for success here.

[Drew]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Shannon]

Are these your songs?

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Ty Sports Radio. Is this Drew's songs?

[Ryan]

Yeah, my song.

[Matt Jones]

So Drew's got the ox chord today.

[Ryan]

Very excited to have possession of the ox.

[Matt Jones]

And what is this?

[Ryan]

This is the opening to Forrest Gump.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan]

It is titled Forrest Gump main theme by Alan Silvestri.

[Shannon]

Didn't recognize it.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't remember it.

[Ryan]

A feather is flying over Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia, right now.

[Matt Jones]

This is not what I thought you were going to lead with.

[Drew]

Wasn't this also in Drew's wedding? Drew, didn't you use this in your wedding?

[Ryan]

Abby came out to this song.

[Drew]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Wow, look at you. Remember. How about that? Shannon? Did you remember that?

[Drew]

I did, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You do have a good memory about this. I mean, I was in the wedding. Was this when I walked out or when she walked out? No, we didn't put this for you to walk out.

[Drew]

You thought the big places for you to walk out.

[Matt Jones]

Well, no, I mean, the groomsmen. We walked out to a song. I don't remember what it was. Yeah, but it wasn't this.

[Ryan]

So right now, I think a gust of wind just blew it right over a car.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan]

And it's eventually going to zero into forest on a bench.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Ryan]

Where he says, those must be comfortable shoes.

[Matt Jones]

Well, this wasn't the song I predicted you would lead with, but. But nice. One person writes, matt, what animal would you guys have your bride ride in? I would have never thought of that. But apparently it is Genesis 24. Rebecca rides a camel to meet Isaac, to marry him. Sarah was. Rebecca was Isaac's mother. I knew there was some relation.

[Shannon]

I think there's a biblical reference where you're supposed to leave all your sadness, all your despair, everything in the hump of the camel. So that's what she was doing.

[Matt Jones]

What? Yeah, that's in the box.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's the biblical reference.

[Drew]

Reverend Lemon over here.

[Matt Jones]

In the hump of the camel.

[Shannon]

The hump is supposed to take all your worry, all your stress, all your sadness. Leave it in the hump of the camel.

[Drew]

I thought there was just water.

[Matt Jones]

I honestly have never heard that. You may be correct.

[Shannon]

That's what. That's how Marissa described it to us.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, then she would know. Yeah, I trust Marissa. I just thought Ryan knew about humps and Bibles, and I didn't think that that was something you would have known. All right. Your thoughts?

[Ryan]

One takeaway. I hate to call Billy out, you know, they're about to start their honeymoon, but, you know, during the ceremony, he was introduced as the star court.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, okay, yeah, let's. We gotta. We gotta discuss this.

[Ryan]

He said he was the best at everything.

[Matt Jones]

Gary Paris, the preacher.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Read the description of Marissa and Billy and they both seemed pretty accurate to me. Except Billy was described, Shannon, as the star quarterback, the star pitcher.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Excelled at everything. Single digit. Digit. Golfer.

[Ryan]

The best at every sport he played.

[Matt Jones]

I believe exactly what they said it like it was serious.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Have you ever, until this moment, heard that Billy played quarterback or was the

[Ryan]

best at every sport?

[Shannon]

I didn't know he played any sport other than golf.

[Chris]

I don't.

[Ryan]

It was.

[Matt Jones]

How he didn't know presented to us. He did not play quarterback, did he, Shannon?

[Drew]

Not that I'm aware of.

[Shannon]

Six, seven year old.

[Matt Jones]

Just make things up at your wedding.

[Shannon]

Well, maybe he did. Like when he was like 6, 7, 8 years old. And he was the star at that day.

[Drew]

You could be whatever you want that day.

[Matt Jones]

So you can just say, I flew to the moon.

[Drew]

Why not as a matter of fact, on your wedding day. Have the. Billy.

[Matt Jones]

Wait till I get married. Wait till you see my description. Former President, United States, Matt Jones just

[Ryan]

threw me off because the camel just landed. Everything's so sweet. And then this. The bio just didn't match the Groom that I know.

[Matt Jones]

Not at all, by the way. But Billy's entire family looks exactly like they do.

[Ryan]

His brothers.

[Matt Jones]

His brothers are just Billy again.

[Shannon]

It's a mini.

[Matt Jones]

They even have the same haircut. All of them. All right. What about you? What stuck out for you?

[Shannon]

I really enjoyed it. I mean, I'm kind of the wedding expert.

[Matt Jones]

You cried like five times.

[Shannon]

Cried like five times.

[Matt Jones]

You behaved.

[Shannon]

Thank you. I think I echo what you guys are going to say. Just so proud of Billy. You know, he came into this, this little intern, six, seven, eight years ago. Watch him kind of grow as a person, now as a man. It just kind of really was a proud moment for all of us, I think, to watch him grow, start this new venture in his life.

[Matt Jones]

I got to have a really nice conversation with his. With his family about the Billy I met versus now and how nice that's been, et cetera. So that was. That was kind of a. Of a cool thing. Shannon, how about you?

[Drew]

Really, the only way I can break this down is with a Shannon the dude scorecard. So I've got one for you.

[Matt Jones]

Do you want to do a scorecard? Do you have one?

[Drew]

I've got one, but you got.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, here's what I'd like to do. I'd like you to hold off because we've got a short time frame, and I want to give that its time.

[Drew]

Okay. Well, you guys have kind of covered most of it, but it's up to you.

[Matt Jones]

I wanted to. Okay, yeah, well, let's.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I want to do the Shannon scorecard.

[Matt Jones]

We will, but we need to come back.

[Drew]

Sure, sure.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So we will come back to the scorecard because I want to leave that. Because I want to hear it. But congrats to the couple, very much. All right.

[Shannon]

Happy for them.

[Matt Jones]

Now the other big story of the weekend. On Friday, Mark Pope challenged all the media to play in a big Blue Media Madness event where he would take the UK media through a basketball practice and film it. I love the idea. I think it's a cool, innovative idea. I think it'll be fun. Mario's already in.

[Shannon]

Yes, he's our representative.

[Matt Jones]

The question is, will any of us play? Let's start with you, Ryan.

[Shannon]

If this was 10 or 15 years ago, I would be all about it and so excited, but there is not a chance in France I can do this. I mean, even at Caliperi's camp seven years ago, I was dying. Just been playing my four minute spurt, so there's no way I can do it. I'll enjoy Watching it.

[Matt Jones]

You always talk about what a good athlete you are.

[Shannon]

I was.

[Chris]

Was.

[Shannon]

Was the key. I mean, I still hold the assist record at my high school. I can play a little ball. I know ball. But I ain't doing this.

[Matt Jones]

So you're out.

[Shannon]

I'm out, Drew.

[Ryan]

I'll probably do it. I haven't put much thought into.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you are going to probably.

[Ryan]

I mean, I'm going 20% speed. I'm not diving on the floor. I'm not even going to run.

[Matt Jones]

But you'll put the uniform on.

[Ryan]

I haven't even looked at when the date is, but I'll give it. I'll give it to the old college. I'll give my C. Effort.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't realize you were going to do it.

[Ryan]

I'm not running. And I cannot remember the last time I've held a basketball, but I.

[Shannon]

You may get yelled at if you're not running.

[Ryan]

Nobody's yelling at me. I'll do Shannon.

[Drew]

I would, but I can't, so I won't. It's on the first day of Louder Than Life, so it's kind of my Super Bowl.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, look at him. He's got that. He's got an excuse. I can't make fun of you. I'm out.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

No way.

[Shannon]

No way.

[Matt Jones]

No upside. First of all, I retired after that fantasy camp. If you've seen the videos online, I set some hard picks.

[Ryan]

Good, good screens.

[Matt Jones]

Good screens. Now on the video, there's nobody there, but I was practicing a play for the game. It was a ghost screen. Jay. John Lucas was yelling at me, telling me to set the screen, but there's no upside. Like, good chance I would get hurt.

[Shannon]

Yeah, we.

[Matt Jones]

The last thing I need is this new ESPN show, and I just come in there with a torn acl screaming.

[Ryan]

That's why I'm not running or going full speed. If I do it, I would.

[Matt Jones]

Second. I mean, I know I'll just be a meme. All the media is going to be there.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And they're waiting for me to miss a shot or to fall down.

[Drew]

Air ball. Free throw.

[Matt Jones]

Airball, free throw. I can't. Like, I know what's coming. You got to know your limits in life. Very true. So I.

[Ryan]

So.

[Matt Jones]

But Drew's gonna play.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Probably play athlete.

[Matt Jones]

Billy needs to play.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Since he's apparently graded everything.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We'll be right back. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Drew]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Mat Jones.

[Ryan]

You don't know the song. I feel like it's a great song.

[Matt Jones]

I've heard it.

[Ryan]

But this is the scene where they're bullying Forrest and he runs for the first time and his braces come off as Jeannie cheers him on.

[Matt Jones]

So are all the songs today from Forrest Gump?

[Ryan]

Well, you'll have to listen to the whole show. This is a very pivotal scene. This is when Forrest runs, he has speed, and he finally overcomes the bullies

[Matt Jones]

that have bullied him for being a Forrest Gump soundtrack.

[Ryan]

So great. Double disc.

[Matt Jones]

All right, good.

[Shannon]

The braces explode off his knees.

[Matt Jones]

855-92-2287. Text machine is 772-77-4-5254. Phone lines are open. Shannon. Right. All right, good deal. Oh, you're waiting on a person to get on. Okay, well, when. When they get on, then we will. Then we'll let it happen. One person writes, Matt, are you saying that you won't do the media at Madness because you will only do things with upside for us individuals? No, I don't want to get hurt. I think it's just. It's just like. Like Ryan says, it's just an age thing. Plus, when you're. When you're 6 4, your body parts, you know, they don't move. Like, the agility goes back and forth.

[Shannon]

Now, the Caliperi camp you played in four minute intervals. You did as soon as I got in. I'm watching the clock, begging it to go as fast as it can.

[Matt Jones]

And I was 37 then.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that was.

[Matt Jones]

I went back and looked. That was the. That was the 25th. I was on the 2014 team. Randall, the twins. That's a long time ago. I was 36.

[Shannon]

Oh, my goodness.

[Matt Jones]

That's a long time ago.

[Shannon]

Makes a difference.

[Matt Jones]

Who's on here?

[Drew]

This is coach Mark Pope.

[Matt Jones]

Mark Pope is on the phone.

[Drew]

Yeah, your first caller of the day.

[Matt Jones]

You're lying. No, Mark Pope, it is. Mark Pope. Hello, Mark Pope. How are you?

[Chris]

It's a beautiful day. It's a really special moment, you might say.

[Shannon]

It's a beautiful day. And she was a beautiful bride. And beautiful skies.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You know, one of our guys got married, and Ryan here referenced your tendency to say beautiful during the prayer.

[Chris]

Hey, I'm glad the wedding was. Was good, guys. I'm so happy about that. It's awesome.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it was. It was a beautiful.

[Ryan]

You know what?

[Matt Jones]

It was a beautiful wedding. What's going on?

[Chris]

I'm calling with an agenda, so.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Chris]

I'm really trying to sell this media Madness. On September 17th. I'm getting all kind of juice,

[Hayes Davenport]

but

[Chris]

I need you guys to show and come in full force. Matt, I heard there was some. Some hesitation on your part. We got it. We got to get you over the edge. It's five and a half weeks of training.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. So you're calling because you want what? I guess the people who are playing are me and Ryan. You want Ryan and I to play?

[Chris]

No, no. Ryan, listen. I know you. I know you've been dealing with a lot of stuff. This is five and a half weeks ahead with for some level of participation. I'm pushing the whole crew. Like, you think about this team, you think about roster construction right now.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Chris]

Like, you got Matt, Ryan, Mario, Drew. Like, Drew's gonna bring the thunder. Shannon Tyler probably will be the ringer. Like, this is a squad, this KSR squad. I just think this could be epic.

[Shannon]

I've got a great role for me. It involves water bottles and clipboard.

[Matt Jones]

All right, hang on just a second. Because I. It is like he's calling us specifically.

[Chris]

Yes. So right now, Right now, just so you know, like. Like all these media groups, like JMI is coming, like they're putting together a squad. They just think that it's going to be a beatdown.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, we can't let JMI business. All right, so how about this, Ryan, I'm looking at you right now. If you will do it because I know you've been through a lot of stuff. If you'll do it, then I'll do it.

[Shannon]

I'll do it as long as I don't have to put together 100% effort. Like maybe 30% effort.

[Drew]

Oh, no, no. We need all your effort.

[Chris]

Hey, what if we do this? What if we. There's a couple options. We could go half court or we could do the old, like throwback Kansas, you know, old school girls rules, where it was like three on three on one side. You only played defense or you only said offense. You never cross half court like we do. Listen, for you to show up and do this, Ryan would be incredible. Right?

[Shannon]

So one of the requests, I can sub myself in and out as needed.

[Chris]

He.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he's asking, can he sub himself

[Chris]

in and out Hockey, substitution, hockey sub. So you can just sub and live play.

[Shannon]

Just one trip down the floor, Coach, and I'm out. I'm dumb tapped in my head. I'm out. Get me out of here.

[Matt Jones]

I'll tell you what, I wasn't going to do it, Mark, because I feels like embarrassment. But if you're Going to call an. Go ahead.

[Chris]

But it's not. That's what I was saying. So I saw the thing about the meme turning into a meme. If you don't get turned into a meme three or four times in your lifetime, what's the point of living? That's why we're here, to do that.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. There is a meme of me dancing right now, so I probably could. You know what? All right, since you took the time to call, I'll be there. I will play in it and I will encourage all the other people to as well. We'll see how everybody's schedule works. But since you called and since you take the time to reach out, I will play.

[Chris]

You guys are awesome. And this is what I'm looking for because this is actually so fun for us too. Like, could we get, I don't know, some little two minute segment once a week that's just like, how is training going? Like, some report on how the training is going. Like, who's actually getting the work done? I don't know. Is, like, is Drew really going to show up for prep work every day? It could be push ups during the break in the show, whatever. But just something like, I want to know.

[Matt Jones]

I'll tell you what, one more request. How about this? My ESPN co host, Myra, if I can get him here, can he play? And then we'll do the show from the thing. Is that. Is that all right?

[Chris]

You. You. You bring whoever you need to bring. Like, all right. Like, you could. If you need to hire. I was talking to who's a BBN tonight the other day, and if they want to make some last second hires just to like, bulk up their team. Brilliant.

[Shannon]

You know what? What's crazy? We just hired Tayshawn Prince to join ksr.

[Matt Jones]

It's crazy.

[Chris]

Okay, one more.

[Matt Jones]

One more request then if you can. If you're. If you're okay with ringers. How about this? I think this would actually be fun. Can we like, a week before, have a little event for the. I'm just brainstorming here, but have a little event for the fans and whoever, like, wins our little event can play. Are you okay with that?

[Chris]

Yeah, man. Yeah. Yes. Go sell, baby.

[Matt Jones]

Now.

[Drew]

That would be cool.

[Shannon]

That'd be a lot of fun.

[Matt Jones]

That would be cool. Okay, so we'll work on it. I will play. Drew and Ryan will play.

[Shannon]

I'm in.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon's got a scheduling issue, but we'll see what we can do.

[Drew]

I'll try. I'll try to get there.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But Mark, I appreciate you calling in and because of you, we'll do it.

[Chris]

All right, boys. Hey, I can't wait to see. I'll have a. Have a great few weeks of training. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Thank you very much.

[Drew]

All right. Get on the treadmill.

[Shannon]

I want bad for everybody else. I want to hold board. I'm going to hold the clipboard and be the water boy and I'll be very happy in that.

[Matt Jones]

I just. I just came up with this. Do you like the idea of doing a fan?

[Shannon]

Love it. It would be very popular.

[Matt Jones]

I will talk to UK and see how many because I think it would be cool. We could hold like a little combine.

[Drew]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

Not looking for the best player.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, we are. We want to win.

[Matt Jones]

No, I want it to. I want everybody to feel like. Like I. Well, I'll talk to the folks at uk, see if they're okay. How do. Yeah, I think it would be nice maybe if we could get like one man, one woman, one child.

[Shannon]

That's a good idea.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, right?

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's a good idea to be on our KSR team. I didn't realize we were be competing against the other groups as I didn't

[Matt Jones]

realize it was a team thing either. But we have some people on the website who can plot Pilgrim, Stephen, Pete, Jack Pilgrim and Mario can. Can provide a core to be decent.

[Shannon]

I'm good for some hard fouls. Nick, we got. Nick Roush got a post player.

[Matt Jones]

You and I, we can just come in. I can be frank. I could just come in and foul

[Shannon]

people on the floor.

[Matt Jones]

He might be a little stronger than me, but. Okay. So I'm going to get. We're going to get to work on this.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

For the combat for. To get. Because I think having a combine with fans, that's a lot.

[Shannon]

That's a great idea.

[Matt Jones]

Would be a lot of fun.

[Drew]

Our biggest thing is just going to be cardio. I need everybody to get on a treadmill immediately after the show and see how far you get.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to have to call my.

[Chris]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I took some time off. I got. I need you for five weeks.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Let's see what kind of condition you can be in.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Shannon]

Wow. How are you going to turn it down when he calls into the show?

[Matt Jones]

You know, I heard they were going to try to talk us into it. I didn't expect Mark to call into the show.

[Chris]

Right.

[Ryan]

As we said it.

[Nick Turturro]

All right.

[Ryan]

You know, easy sells. See nothing to it. We'll be fine.

[Matt Jones]

I'm glad if honestly I'm doing it because he called and because you'll do it. Because I think it will be cool. After all you've been through, to have you run out there. No, that will actually be awesome.

[Shannon]

Of course. You know I have to pee every five minutes. I can't play very long.

[Matt Jones]

We don't need to go into those details. But that'd be okay. You can sub yourself out.

[Ryan]

You're a point guard. We need you.

[Matt Jones]

All right. So be ready. That week of September.

[Shannon]

That's yoga.

[Drew]

Girls. Birthday.

[Shannon]

I'm easy to remember.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but like a week, maybe a week before, that's when we'll do our thing.

[Chris]

Thing.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

I can bring out my number 48 UK jersey. I got that.

[Matt Jones]

Let's go. Mark Pope. We'll be right back. KSR. Welcome back. Tucky Sports Radio. All right. 859-280-2287. I've already recruited my first ringer.

[Shannon]

Let's do it. Let's do it.

[Matt Jones]

Richie Farmer is on the phone. Richie, I don't know if you just heard that call in, but they're gonna do a media basketball thing at uk. They said we could bring in a ringer. You want to lay some up one last time in Memorial?

[Drew]

Well, Matt, I would love to do that, but after a hip replacement, a back surgery and 2ft surgeries, I think I probably have to hang it up at this point.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan and I can't play either. But you think you could just give a little? Like we just will run some offense for you.

[Shannon]

Just sitting three point line.

[Matt Jones]

If you sit on the three point line, we'll get you the ball all.

[Drew]

Okay. We. You want me to just be a shooter?

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Scorer. Yes.

[Ryan]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You know, some hard screens. We'll set some screens for you. I'm not. Listen, we're gonna. We're gonna get other ringers. But what do you think one more time, Richie, and give it a shot?

[Drew]

All right, we'll. We'll think about it.

[Chris]

How's that?

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Chris]

I'll.

[Drew]

I'll give it a. I'll think about it, Chris.

[Chris]

Sure.

[Drew]

I Think it'll be fun. I think you guys will have fun with that.

[Chris]

Oh,

[Drew]

Richie. A little bit. He's going to join me on the pre show Wednesday, so let me talk to him.

[Chris]

We'll.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So Wednesday, Richie, if people call in, they might be able to convince you to play.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Drew]

All right. We'll. We'll see how it goes.

[Chris]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you, Richie. Appreciate it.

[Shannon]

It's just very convenient. That KSR internship that just opened up for applications.

[Matt Jones]

You know, Willie, he'd be a perfect Internet and Marcus Lee would stand us up. Kevin. Go ahead, Kevin. Yes, Go for it.

[Chris]

Hello. Hey. So I got kind of a what if scenario. Or would you rather. Would you rather will Stein have like a mediocre six wins, give us to a bowl game every now and then and just have a nice 1012 year career? Or do you. Would you rather him knock it out of the park, take us to the college playoffs, but then be threatened to leave every time a NFL team needs an offensive coordinator?

[Matt Jones]

You know what I'm saying? The ladder, and it's not even close. Appreciate the call. Make it to where they want our coach. Yes, you give me a playoff. First of all, anything you say after that, I'm good just for that experience. But secondly, yes, I want people to want my coach.

[Shannon]

I've said that. I felt like anytime a bigger school or a bigger program comes after our

[Matt Jones]

football coach, that means he winning.

[Shannon]

That means we've done something right and

[Matt Jones]

it means we can get somebody else here.

[Shannon]

Yeah, true.

[Matt Jones]

So, yes, without question or if he

[Ryan]

turns it around and reaches that point, maybe he doesn't want to leave. You know, the game's changed on it has. Where it can be done.

[Matt Jones]

So I was the guy who forever said it can't be done here. And I'm still going to be skeptical until it's done. But now I think logistically there's a way.

[Chris]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

I never thought there was. Logistically in framework away. Now I do. I think there's a way we all going to do it. I don't know. We'll see. But there's a way. Now it's theoretically possible. So let's get. Yes, I want to do that. And then if he goes, he goes. You know what? That's the way it goes. Hadley. Go ahead. Hadley.

[Chris]

Hey, what's up? So my brother, yesterday, he got his basketball signed by Montilla Hitch, Mark Pope and Mikey. Who? Reese Potter.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Where was this?

[Chris]

Laurel Lake.

[Matt Jones]

Laurel Lake.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

They were on some sort of retreat, right? I think that's what I heard. Well, the good.

[Chris]

And I recently saw this thing. I'm gonna sound so dumb when I say this, but pickle cotton candy. So I wanted to see what weird flavors y' all would think would be, like, good as a cotton candy.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, I appreciate the call anything fruity, but what does that mean? Pickled cotton candy have a pickle flavor to it.

[Shannon]

Cotton candy.

[Matt Jones]

That sounds.

[Ryan]

Or do they pickle the cotton cake.

[Drew]

In a jar? How would I get.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I don't think I would love any fruit. I mean, when you start picking, like, going anything to, like, vegetables, then I think that would be bad cotton candy. But I. Peony fruit.

[Ryan]

I meant, I'm surprised we didn't get any pickled cotton candy at Picklesburg. Wasn't that what it's called?

[Matt Jones]

Pittsburgh?

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's a good pickled everything Pick everything.

[Shannon]

The pickle beer was disgusting.

[Drew]

You liked it?

[Ryan]

Yeah, Very good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he did like it. Yeah. They were all at the. They went on a retreat. Did you hear Milan do his Kentucky accent?

[Ryan]

Did. What did you think?

[Matt Jones]

Do you think that sounded like a good Kentucky accent?

[Ryan]

He's getting better at it as he spent a couple months here. I think by the end of the season, he'll be. He'll fit right in, be one of us.

[Shannon]

I love it. The fact he's showing a little personality. You know, we get to know who these people are, you know, as a. As a person.

[Ryan]

Milan's a funny guy.

[Shannon]

Yeah, he must be.

[Matt Jones]

So who's somebody else like Richie we can get because, like, I, you know, it is a little cheating to have a Willie Collins time, but who are there. Is there anybody that played and like, we had 90s that would be interested in playing with us? That would be.

[Drew]

What about Travis Ford? Can he still shoot?

[Matt Jones]

But he's coaching.

[Shannon]

There is a former player that actually worked for us in a true capacity. Wukash orb zoot.

[Drew]

Oh, Woo. I got Wu coming on tomorrow on the pre show. I can talk to Woo.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. See about Woo. Yeah, we would be tough to go.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Yes, he would.

[Matt Jones]

We would be tough to guard. And it feels like he's actually part.

[Shannon]

Part of our group. Yeah, we actually, you know, had him do some work for us.

[Matt Jones]

I'm trying to think who. Who are people in the 90s, early 2000s, you know, who's around town a lot is a Shimu.

[Ryan]

I just. Just talk to. She moved.

[Drew]

I mean, warrior.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. He's an officer, right?

[Shannon]

Law enforcement, Sheriff's deputy.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

He's probably still in shape. Yeah.

[Chris]

I gotta.

[Ryan]

I can confirm definitely. Still in shape.

[Matt Jones]

I gotta call my trainer this afternoon.

[Drew]

Got five weeks. You're on the clock.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we gotta do something just for me to be able to run up down the court. I'm just. The cardio.

[Drew]

That's the biggest thing.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I. I'm not worried. Like, I'm not great at basketball, but whatever I can. I can handle shots.

[Drew]

It's okay. But if you can't run down the court.

[Matt Jones]

But I gotta be able to run up and down the court.

[Ryan]

Where can we get some shots up? I haven't even held a basketball in years.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm gonna get. I'm gonna see if UK will. Maybe UK will let us do our fan thing at Memorial. If not, I'm sure I could get trans heated. Do it.

[Shannon]

Oh, one of those places would open the door.

[Matt Jones]

Would certainly do it for us. Yeah, maybe UK would, but I got it. Sunny, you're getting a phone call. Barry. Go ahead, Barry.

[Chris]

Hey, Matt. So I have a little. Have a little pep talk for Drew on this team. The. I was looking at the roster and teams that have won over the past few years. All of them are. Not all of them, but the last few years they've had kind of a star from the mid majors and we've got that. But I think the people thing we keep forgetting is we've got two very potential all Americans on the team. And there's not too many teams that have that with Milosevic and Malachi.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean, I think. Do you think. Do you think we have a potential all American? You think one of those guys could make all American?

[Ryan]

I think they both could. Milan more than Malachi, but I think it's fair to say they.

[Matt Jones]

The last all American we've had was Reeves.

[Ryan]

Is that right? Yep, sounds about right.

[Drew]

How about Patrick Sparks? I just got his number from a caller.

[Matt Jones]

Not bad. I bet he could still. Yeah, I like it. We'll take a break. Come back. Hour two. Ksr.