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The Rod Ryan Show — 94.5 The Buzz (KTBZ-FM) Full Show Recap — July 1, 2026

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Episode Overview

The July 1, 2026 episode of The Rod Ryan Show was a lively “Wild Card Wednesday,” balancing big local sports hype (especially the U.S. Men’s National Team at the World Cup and Astros talk), contests and games for concert tickets, listener calls reflecting on America’s 250th birthday, quirky news, pop culture updates, Supreme Court headlines, and playful morning banter. Holiday excitement, giveaways, and recurring segments kept the energy up for Houston’s rock and alternative morning crowd.

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Main Segments & Key Highlights

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1. Show Kick-off – What’s On Tap?

[01:08–02:36] Rod Ryan (C)

• Teased a packed schedule: multiple giveaways (Poppy, My Chemical Romance, Stained, Young the Giant/Cold War Kids), games like “Sex Toy or Firework,” the Fresh Out of Bed Head to Head Challenge, and plenty of local sports.
• “Wakey, wakey eggs and bakey. Rod Ryan show. Checking in on Wild Card Wednesday.” (01:11, C)

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2. Supreme Court Headlines, Houston Counterfeiting, and “Karen”

[02:37–06:08] Mo (B), Rod (C), Alex (A)

• Mo summarized major Supreme Court rulings: upholding state bans on transgender girls in women’s sports, rejecting Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, and lifting spending caps for parties.
• Houston law enforcement seized 27,000+ fake FIFA items worth $6.1M; warning fans not to buy knockoff World Cup merch.
• Amusing segue: The “Karen” meme and most-judged names. “Karen” is the #1 most judged; “Chad,” “Donald,” “John,” and “Damien” also in the top 5.
• “If your name’s Karen, sorry. Our Karens are cool, but elsewhere, they don't like saying their name out loud.” (59:19, C)
• Discussed Netflix’s “Wonka’s Golden Ticket” show using AI-voiced Gene Wilder—prompted mixed feelings about deepfakes.

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3. Houston Sports Update & World Cup Fever

[06:08–08:27, 14:28–16:02, and throughout] Alex (A), Rod (C)

• Astros beat the Twins 6–4; Jordan Alvarez hit a grand slam (“grand salami”), referencing the electrifying moment.
• U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team's knockout game vs. Bosnia (7 PM on Fox)—big local pride and anticipation.
  • “Team USA is gonna play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32. It is one country, not two countries.” (07:04, A)
• Recurring segment: “It’s a cracker!” – inside joke for a great sports moment.
• Sports news included updates on LeBron James’s NBA plans, Bobby Bonilla Day, and more.
• “Can you get it done in two? Can you wrap up this game in two, please?” (Soccer game length) (08:26, C)

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4. Listener Calls & American Patriotism

[10:04–14:24] First Caller “David” (A), Rod (C), Mo (B)

• Early riser David recalls America’s Bicentennial (1976) and contrasts patriotic display with today.
• Conversation turns reflective about public vs. personal patriotism, “middle America,” and how one can feel pride while not agreeing with everything in government:
  • “You can still have pride in your country and still be pissed off at the government. You can do both those things at the same time.” (12:41, C)
• Warms up for July 4th festivities and soccer patriotism.

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5. Trending Topics Pop-culture Rapid Fire

[14:52–15:57, 45:04–45:58, 72:19–74:40] Alex (A), Mo (B), Rod (C)

• Mexico's soccer win over Ecuador, LeBron’s Lakers moves, Taylor Frankie Paul (viral “Mormon wife” influencer)'s rehab, Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce wedding rumors, and more.
• “The Mets are being scammed by Bernie Madoff...” (Bobby Bonilla Day story) (73:39, A)
• Recaps of viral news, celebrity gossip, sports oddities.

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6. Fresh Out of Bed Head to Head Challenge

[18:48–23:40, 24:16–25:12] Rod (C), Mo (B), Contestants James/Mike (A)

• Listener James tries for his second win, but is dethroned by Mike after a fiercely competitive, sometimes fumbled game.
• Sample questions: Yogi Bear & Boo Boo, Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest’s Coney Island origin, 1776, skunk as an animal that defends itself by spraying.
• “Mike, 1776!” (Quickest answer segment) (22:20, A)

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7. Fun Fact of the Day – Quirk & Banter

[25:19–28:26] Rod (C), Mo (B), Alex (A)

• Shared: the world’s longest-named lake and its unpronounceable title, glassblowers’ “glory hole,” armadillos’ identical quadruplets.
• Spirited armadillo sightings debate—real Texas, real Houston.
• “Three different furnaces [for glassblowers]; one is called a ‘glory hole’.” (26:46, C)

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8. Games & Ticket Giveaways:

A. Sex Toy or Firework?

[46:13–52:39] Rod (C), Mo (B), Alex (A), Callers

• Annual tradition: Contestants guess if a suggestively-named item is a firework or, well, something from their “top drawer.”
• Sample: “Big Balls” (firework), “Fuse Me Baby” (sex toy), “Darth Invader” (sex toy), “Cockadoodle Do” (firework), “Backyard Tickler” (sex toy).
• “You don’t know yourself—this is so weird.” (to contest loser) (50:22, C)
• Archie wins Young the Giant/Cold War Kids tix.

B. Fun Fact Flashback

[31:40–32:21]

• English word that changes meaning/pronunciation when capitalized: Polish/polish.
• Monica wins Poppy tickets.

C. Motionless in White – ‘Mo the Show’

[112:59–113:48]

• Trivia about where Rod’s daughter, London, recently had a genuine smile — answer: Top Dog Fireworks.

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9. Music & Nostalgia

[81:36–83:01, 94:49–98:46] Rod (C), Mo (B)

• Evanescence’s “Bring Me to Life” certified diamond (10M+ U.S. units); reminded the band hated the forced rap/rock duet, but it made their career.
• “10 million later—are they over it?” (63:39, C)
• Pop/rock/country resurgence: Decline in explicit lyrics and hip-hop popularity on Spotify; rise for country and alternative.

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10. Community & Fireworks (Top Dog Partnership)

[09:19–10:04, 47:37–49:17, 92:23–94:48] Rod (C), Mo (B)

• Show promoted Top Dog Fireworks’ $5K donation for school backpacks.
• “We like to support our friends that support us.” (09:19, C)
• Nostalgic stories about shopping for fireworks, overbuying, and excitement for July 4th.

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11. Prize Giveaways (Throughout)

• Major live concerts up for grabs:
  • Poppy, My Chemical Romance (San Antonio), Motionless in White, Stained/Seether/Hoobastank/Hinder (Sold Out), Young the Giant/Cold War Kids.
• Local contest participation reminders (Suburb Summer Sizzler, sponsored by Shell Federal Credit Union—$5K+ grand prize).

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12. Local News & Wacky Crimes

[67:38–71:12] Rod (C), Mo (B), Alex (A)

• “Mexican Batman” vigilante story: Mystery person duct-taping motorcycle thieves to light poles in Mexico, inspiring Rod to try and buy MexicanBatman.com (already taken).
• “I duct taped an intern to a pole once… radio was different then.” (70:01, C)

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13. Offbeat/Ethical Conversation Starters

[104:01–112:13] Rod (C), Mo (B), Alex (A)

• AI recreations of Gene Wilder’s voice for Wonka show; philosophical question on AI-generated shows posthumously: “Guaranteed human—until we’re not.”
• People paying to be entombed near celebrities in L.A. cemeteries (Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland); muses on burial, cremation, and legacy.
• “I don't think there’s going to be cemeteries in the future… I think I'm going to be cremated.” (111:00, C)
• Confirmed: Marilyn Monroe’s “face-down” neighbor is not a joke.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “You can still have pride in your country and still be pissed off at the government.” (12:41, C)
• “Karen’s the most judged name—by a mile.” (04:14, B)
• “If you want to go to that show, call and play right now. 713-212-5945” (47:17, C) — Classic call-to-action.
• “Why does Savannah’s voice make me want a drink?” (100:12, C)
• “They forced Amy Lee to have a rapper on ‘Bring Me to Life’ even though they hated it. 10 million later—are they over it?” (63:39, C)
• “Mexican Batman is out there with duct tape and he’s protecting motorcycles—this is magical.” (68:26, C)
• “Glassblowers use three different furnaces; one is called a ‘glory hole’.” (26:46, C)
• “I think real estate…how long do I get that space for? Until they make it a parking lot? I think I’m going to get burned up.” (110:39–110:59, C)
• “Rap, hip-hop—it es and flows. But this is the first time I’ve heard of it declining.” (98:24, C)

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Timestamps at a Glance

• 01:08 — Show intro, rundown of the day’s contests/games
• 02:37 — Supreme Court headline round-up, fake FIFA merch
• 04:14 — “Karen” and “judged names” conversation
• 06:08 — Astros, World Cup, and sports updates begin
• 10:04–14:24 — First caller “Superior Couple” discussion on patriotism
• 18:48–23:40 — Fresh Out of Bed Head to Head game
• 25:19–28:26 — Fun Fact of the Day
• 31:40–32:21 — Fun Fact Flashback, Poppy tickets
• 46:13–52:39 — Sex Toy or Firework? game (Young the Giant tix)
• 59:13 — “Karen” meme revisited, name stereotyping survey
• 67:38–71:12 — “Mexican Batman” vigilante story
• 81:36–83:01, 94:49–98:46 — Evanescence, music industry trends
• 104:01–112:13 — AI deepfakes and being buried near celebrities

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Recurring Themes & Tone

• Patriotic nostalgia for July 4th—blending “old school” pride with a modern, critical lens.
• Community spirit—continual shout-outs and thanks to callers, friends, and Houston-area sponsors.
• Playful teasing and inside jokes—between hosts, about segment traditions and each other’s quirks.
• Wacky pop culture and news—deep dives into everything from AI to offbeat crime.
• Prize-driven — leveraging games and trivia as a way to keep listeners engaged and interactive.

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Closing Reminder

For listeners, the episode blended local Houston flavor with national headlines, a celebration of July 4th, sports hype, quirky news, high-value giveaways, and the authentic, sometimes irreverent camaraderie that defines the Rod Ryan Show. Whether you care about concert tickets, World Cup soccer, or just need some laughs before work, this lively episode delivered plenty for the station’s rock/alternative morning audience.

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Transcript

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Hey everybody.

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[B]

Visit your nearby Lowe's.

[C]

Let's go. Come on. Good morning, this is Ed McMahon. And now ladies and gentlemen, here's Rod Ryan. Oh yeah. Let's go. Wakey wakey eggs and bakey Rod Ryan show. Checking in on wild card Wednesday. What do we have planned for you today? Well, we got James lock and load going for win number two. A lot of turnover this week. The fresh out of bed Head to head challenge. A lot of fresh fish on the show this week. I like it. Can James make it number two? We'll see Poppy tickets in homeroom. Poppy's gonna be at the House of Blues on August 13th. We'll get you in sex toy or firework. You'll be interested to some of these names of these fireworks. Mo, I'm sure you know the names of all these sex toys. But the fireworks is what is the shocking thing, what they call these things these days. We'll play that today. That is going to get you the young, the giant Cold War kids tickets. We're going to do that at 7. 20. My Chemical Romance tickets at 8. 20 oh, 8 o'. Clock. Back up last couple of days to try to get in on $2,500. We'll have another keyword for you at 8. The stained. Sold out tickets are at 9.

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10.

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Motionless and white tickets on Mow the Show% chance of rain. That's it. Partly cloudy, highs up around 94. Good morning, Mo. What you got in Houston's headlines?

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Good morning. The Supreme Court closed out its term yesterday with three major rulings. The first one, the justices upheld states bans on transgender girls playing in girls and women's sports. In the second, the court Rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. And in the third, the court rolled back federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates. Busy day, Houston Law enforcement. Busy also. They've seized more than 27,000 fake FIFA related items.

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All like jerseys and stuff.

[B]

All of the jerseys, all of the merch. The merch worth more than $6.1 million. And the seizures have stretched. There's a shopping center in Sharpstown, the Port of Houston, where they were importing stuff.

[A]

And near the stadium, too.

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I've seen, like the side by side of the tags, and I don't think I would have known you're.

[A]

Oh, this one is $60 and the other one is $200. Yeah. Now I might get the $60.

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Sure.

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Obviously, the tournament's wrapping up in Houston on Saturday, so experts are warning fans not to rush into any last minute deals. Okay. This survey is surprising none of us.

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I have a little something for you before we get into it.

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What do you have?

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Karen.

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Karen. Karen. Karen.

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Karen.

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Karen.

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You what?

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Why did you do that? Why did you do that?

[A]

Karen.

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She's alarming, but disarming. And a really very charming, modern girl.

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Illegal, sir. Sweet. Karen's.

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What's going on with Karen's?

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They're number one on the list of most judged name ever.

[C]

That's a fairly recent thing, too. The Karen thing's only been around a couple years, right?

[A]

It's been a decade now.

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We didn't grow up saying, oh, Karen.

[A]

Being a Karen, I'd say it's been a solid decade.

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Oh, I don't think it's been 10 years.

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A survey found that 18 of Americans make assumptions about someone based on their first name alone. Karen obviously took the top spot by a mile.

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What else is on the list?

[B]

Yes, of course. Chad is number two. Yeah. And then Donald came in number three. John at four and Damien at five.

[A]

That's.

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That's Satan Damien.

[A]

Is it? Satan Damien?

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Damien was the name of the kid in the Omen, the movie.

[A]

Right.

[C]

So that's. It's always associated with the devil.

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Got it, got it, got it. Netflix just released a teaser for their new competition series. It's called Wonka's. The golden ticket

[C]

of the song. You know, the movie?

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Yeah, the OG One. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Gene Wilder.

[B]

Gene Wilder is what the headline is. Apparently for the competition show, they used an AI recreation of Gene Wilder's voice.

[C]

It's wild.

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You think it sounds really, really good.

[C]

It sounds just like him. Later on, I'll play You a clip?

[B]

Oh, his wife gave her blessing, but I don't know, it kind of freaks me out. Wonka's the golden ticket. The game show premieres September 23rd on Netflix. And then another accolade for the band Evanescence. Bring Me to Life has now been certified diamond, meaning it passed 10 million units sold in the US with sales now topping 11 million. Obviously, the song remains giant. The band is touring with new music right now. They're going to be in Texas at that sick new world festival in Fort Worth coming up in October. Don't miss it. Those are Houston's headlines.

[C]

Take it, Alex.

[A]

The Astros got a win last night. They beat the Twins 6 to 4. They're gonna wrap up their series with the Twins tonight. Tetsuya Ime will be on the mound for the shows. Going up against Minnesota's Taj Bradley. Yes. Rod.

[C]

Was there a ball that went over the fence and four runs came in.

[A]

I don't know, man. I was watching World Cup.

[C]

Check that out for me.

[A]

Okay.

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We may have to play something later.

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I will if. Okay, I will. I will play that if I can confirm that is on me.

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I think we need to pull some audio.

[A]

First pitch for tonight's game is at 7:10. You can list the game on our sister Station sports talk. 790. Yesterday at the World Cup, Norway got by the Ivory Coast 2 to 1. France took out Sweden, 3 nil. And Mexico beat Ecuador late last night because of a weather delay, they kept getting lightning delayed. So it was a late kickoff. They won two nil. And Mexico advances tonight. Team USA Yeah, let's. Let's play a little. Give me a little bird. Give me a little bird.

[C]

There we go.

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Team USA is gonna play Bosnia and Herzgovina in the round of 32. It is one country, not two countries.

[C]

I was gonna say, why are we taking on two countries tonight?

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I mean, because we're the best country in the world. They're like, we gotta. We gotta let them fight with one hand behind their back. We're probably still gonna work.

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What's our time for start's gonna start

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at 7 o' clock and you can watch the game on Fox. This is win or go home, folks.

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Okay.

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Let's go, Team usa. That's what's going on in sports. All right.

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Sounds fun. Here we go, guys. Four hours of pain starts right now. If you want in on the first phone call, let us know that somebody's out there listening, that, you know, we're not in here talking to ourselves. 7 1, 3, 212-5945. The most interactive show on the radio. Even with no one listening. We'll pull it off. 94. 5 the Buzz Rod Ryan show. Wild card Wednesday. Hey, good morning, everybody. Appreciate you being up dark and early with us. A lot to do today on the show. I see phone lines ringing. That makes me happy. A few of you out there. That's good. It's good. Get close. Welcome to July, everybody. Whoopee. USA tonight, soccer. I'm on board. You're telling me it starts at 7?

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7 o'.

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Clock.

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Okay, I can handle that. I can handle that. Games are about what, two hours?

[A]

Give it three hours.

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O, I gotta give it three.

[A]

Give it three hours.

[C]

You're set, right? I don't want to give it three hours.

[A]

You give football much more than that.

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Can you give me. Can you get it done in two? Can you wrap up this game in two, please? Got a 10 chance of rain, partly cloudy skies, highs of 94. Busy show. James. We just kind of met him yesterday. He was a fresh fish. He's going to go for win number two in the fresh out of bed head to head challenge. Sex toy or firework? We're going to play a little game in the 7 o' clock hour to win your young the giant cold war kids tickets. So get ready for that. Everything you need for the suburb summer Sizzler to get signed up. Thank you. Shell Federal Credit union. That is on the world famous Rod Ryan show blog [e-mail] I saw, I saw pictures floating around. I didn't see them if they were on Facebook yet, but I had gone to Top Dog Fireworks over the weekend. Did you go over there?

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I did. I went yesterday.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Our friends over at Top Dog Fireworks, I kind of explain everything on our Instagram if you want to go check that out at rodryan show. But I think Chili and I think some of the the guys here stopped by. You can see some pictures on our Facebook page. All we're asking is just hey. As a way of saying thank you to Top Dog Fireworks for donating $5,000 to buy backpacks full of school supplies. We're just suggesting if you are buying fireworks, if you're in the market for fireworks, they're our friends and we suggest you go see our friends. We like to support our friends that support us. So if you're looking for fireworks, man, Top Dog, they got a great selection over there. There are phones ringing.

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It's now time for the first phone

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call of the day. It says on my Screen here, it says the David. The David. Good morning. I don't know about. I don't know about the David rod, but it's David, dude. It is David. Okay. Hey, David. Good morning. How are you? I'm doing well, thank you for asking.

[A]

How are y'? All?

[C]

Great. Working today. Sounds like you might be up early. You're out working as well. Dude, dude, my wife Sophia and I are like very early birds at like 3:30, 4:00 clock in the morning.

[A]

Every morning.

[C]

You both get up that early?

[A]

Oh, yeah, dude.

[C]

You both have to work early in the morning? Well, we're just kind of naturally early birds. Love it. And we both. I mean, she's. She's been at work 10 minutes now, and I'm on my way to work right now. Superior couple.

[B]

It's really early.

[C]

What do I say about superior couple mode?

[B]

What do you do all day?

[C]

They get up early. They do more before 10 o' clock than most couples do all day. Oh, geez. So what's going on in your world? What you want to talk about?

[B]

So.

[C]

So, Ro, you know, yesterday you were

[B]

talking about

[C]

the 1976 celebration and, and

[A]

merchandise being sold in red, white and blue.

[C]

And I mean, I remember those days. I was, I was in fifth grade during 1976, so I remember that. And am I crazy to think that it was. There was more. I'm not saying was one era and one year was more patriotic than another. It just seemed like every single thing, everywhere you looked, there was red, white and blue painted on everything. I mean, there's obviously more merchandise available today, but I still feel like the seven, you know, 1976 and 2026, there's a huge difference. Do you, do you feel that?

[A]

I agree. I agree.

[C]

It seemed like when, when I was like the, the old John Wayne movie, just a Yonker, that, that there was a lot of American pride, American bragging American, you know, proud to be there. And, and it was driven from high levels. And you know, with today, the news cycle is so short. Yeah. You know, people look at it, it's

[A]

like, yeah, okay, let's go on to something new, you know, so it, it's

[C]

not, to me, it's not driven as hard from, you know, a national level or anything like that. Well, see the red, white and blue now like we did 50 years ago. I think people feel the same. I'm gonna leave it at this because what you're talking about is something that's very complex and oh yeah, the Internet's not real and it's. There's a few people on this side, and there's a few people on this side that are the absolute loudest about it. But I still think that people have a pride. You don't to love every single thing. If you're running around in a red, white, and blue shirt today, okay, that doesn't mean that you approve of every single thing that the government is doing. Okay? You can still have pride in your country and still kind of like, be pissed off at the government. You can do both of those things at the same time, or you don't have to agree with everything that they do. So I'm not trying to put a lesson today, but I just think because of social media and everything, like, we're led to believe that we all feel differently, and I don't know that we do. I still think middle America feels the same. I think people are pretty excited. I still think it's the greatest country in the world. And hopefully we prove that on the. The soccer pitch tonight.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Did I get that right?

[A]

The pitch. Amen.

[C]

So just. Just one last thing, Rod. Yeah. This is always a celebration for me

[A]

because my birthday is Friday, so celebrates my birthday a day late.

[C]

Let's go, dude. All right. Happy early birthday to you. I've enjoyed talking to you this morning. Thank you for calling in. I appreciate you and your wife being up so early with us superior beings. Better than everybody. You're just better than everybody. You're up before everyone. Let me take a short break. When we come back at a rec check for you, we'll find out trending and then we'll get set up for our game. Houston's rock, Houston's alternative and home of

[B]

the Rod ryan Morning Show.

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94.

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5 the Buzz.

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94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan Show. Wild card Wednesday. 10% chance of rain, partly cloudy. Highs of around 94. Men play tonight. U.S. men's Soccer Boys. Come on.

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Oh,

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it's a cracker. There we go. All right, Alex, what's tre.

[A]

You want to play my music?

[C]

Oh, there it is. What's trending?

[A]

Well, Mexico. Ecuador is trending. Mexico defeated Ecuador 2 nil last night at the World Cup. It was pretty crazy. They played at the Stadium Azteca and it was very loud. Very, very loud there. LeBron James is trending. He informed the Lakers yesterday that he or that they could move on without him because he will be playing for a different team this upcoming season.

[C]

Is he gonna take his kid with him?

[A]

No, Yesterday actually was the first. It was the day that his son's contract with the Lakers became guaranteed. So good timing.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Dad of the year. Dad of the year. Now his son has a job for 2.2 million dollar job for the Lakers. At least for the next year.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

And then Taylor, Frankie Paul is trending Mormon wives. Yeah, the Mormon wives. Wife or ex?

[B]

Wife.

[A]

She has entered a rehab facility upon the recommendation of her doctor. And her ex was also given temporary custody of her son because he filed a protective order.

[B]

Yeah.

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So that's what's trending on 94. 5 the buzz. All right.

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Confirmed there was some happenings at the Astros game last night. It's a grand salami. Jordan Alvarez at a grand slam, his second one, I think in a year last night. So that's good. So keep that one handy right there. Okay. Where is James? Good morning, everybody. This is former Fresh Frizz Jake. Now your head. Now you're. Can you say that one more time? Now you're fresh out of bed. Head to head, one day champion.

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There you go.

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I've been waiting forever to get on this.

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This game.

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Join me on Wednesday. I make it. Win number two it is. All right, we got it. Listen, I don't care what the victory speeches sound like. Two questions, two answers. That's all James is focused on right now. Nobody's been able to string together a couple of wins though. This week it's been all Fresh fish. Who wants to play James? 713-212-5945. Attention, this is a heat advisory. This is a heat advisory. Men are advised to drink water. Women should wear tiny clothes. How hot is that? Rod Ryan on 94. 5 the Buzz. Forget whatever plans you have this weekend because you're staying at home and playing on Spin Quest.

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Spinquest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. That's Papa Roach. No apologies. This is your wild card. Wednesday, Rod Ryan show. Let's play a game. And now it's time for Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head challenge. Listeners, to your corners. Hey, James. Hey, bro. I'm doing well, dude. Welcome back to the game. If you heard. If you heard in your victory speech, which was funny, by the way, your Phone cut out on the. On the. On the word Wednesday, and I noticed that you just cut out a little bit right where you were at. I don't know how you fix it. I'm just saying I hope that doesn't come into play during the game. I want you to. I want a fair game here. Okay, James?

[B]

Yes, sir.

[C]

Okay. I hear you loud and clear, though, so that's good. Who are you playing today? It's been all fresh fish so far this week. Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. What day is it? Mike. Hey, Mike. Welcome back. Hey, what's up, brother? Rod. Sup? What's up? You are not a fresh fish. You've played this game before, right? Yes, sir, I have. How long has it been? Honestly, I don't remember. I think it was like two years ago, though, though, dude. All right, well, let's get you back into it. You're taking on James, who was a fresh fish yesterday. What are they playing for?

[B]

We have a fresh Rod Ryan show T shirt on the line this morning.

[C]

Okay. This is a game changer. Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

You put that T shirt on, it'll change your life. Guys.

[B]

Superhuman.

[C]

Shout out your name when you think you know the answer, James. Kind of like you did yesterday, okay? Yes, sir. Mike, have you had any success on this game two years ago? Yeah, I've. I've got to, like, day four before. Oh, stings, Stings. It just stung me. Shout out your name when you think you know the answer. Here comes the questions. Who are the bear besties who live in Jellystone Park? Mike. Go for it, Mike. Yogi Bear?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

Know.

[C]

All right. Just going to leave it hanging there. The complete question for James. Who are the bear besties who live in Jellystone Park? James. Answer. That would be Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Hey, Boo Boo. Are they besties?

[B]

No, I didn't write that question.

[C]

Is Boo Boo the son of Yogi Bear besties? They're just pals.

[B]

I didn't. I didn't look at the genealogy.

[C]

It's an appropriate relationship. Why is he hanging out with such a young bear besties? I thought it was the same question. All right. Hey, James is on the board. Mike knew half of it.

[B]

It was fun hearing James say Boo.

[C]

Boo. Boo Boo. Hey, Boo Boo. All right, Mike, you gotta get back into this. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Question number two. Where did Nathan's hot dog eating contest originate? Was.

[A]

Sound like it was a glitchy james.

[B]

Glitchy james.

[C]

Okay, glitchy james. That would be in atlantic city. Show me atlantic city.

[A]

No.

[C]

Hey, mike, where did nathan's hot dog eating contest originate? Give me las vegas. I don't know. Vegas. No, no. We would have accepted coney island. New york city.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

The original nathan's hot dog stand. Yeah. It's a new york thing. Here we go. That's okay. That's all right, guys. That's okay.

[B]

Hey, boo.

[A]

Boo.

[C]

All right. Can we get something easier? Mo.

[B]

Shortly.

[C]

In what year was the Declaration of Independence? Mike. I heard both of you, but Mike definitely got through first. Mike. 1776. Yeah. Okay.

[B]

Thank God.

[C]

Now we got a game here.

[B]

All right. Right.

[C]

More like that Mo. They both seem to be. What if they wouldn't have gotten that? Nobody knows. Yogi Bear. Let's see here. One more for the win. Yeah. Okay. Here we go. Shout out your name when you think you know the answer. James. Mike. What black and white animal defends itself by spraying an unpleasant scent?

[B]

Mike.

[A]

James.

[C]

Mike. A skunk winner. Damn it.

[A]

James.

[C]

Okay, you both know what? I'm not even gonna say it.

[A]

You both.

[C]

It's a very Monday game. But it's a holiday week. It's a holiday week.

[A]

Everyone's. All right.

[C]

James. Back to bed. I came back. I came back. James. Good to have you on, bro. All right. All right. Take care. He doesn't sound happy. The people that have lost this week don't seem happy with me. That other guy hung on me. I haven't heard from him since. Mike, don't get mad. Well, you shouldn't be mad. You won that game.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Cool.

[C]

Sounds good. Okay. Rod Ryan show. T shirt and an invitation to come on tomorrow show and play the game and show what you're all about. Okay.

[A]

Nice. I'll be there.

[C]

All right. Every day is take your radio station to work day. And it kicks off here with the Rod Ryan Show. 6 to 10 on 94. 5 the bus 945.

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Spin quest is a free to play social casino. Boyd. Where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. I have the buzz. Good morning Rod ryan show. That's 21 pilots with stressed out Rob Ryan show. Wild card Wednesday 10 chance of rain partly cloudy hive 94. Today got another new champion. The Fresh out of Bed Head to Head challenge. Here's your current champion. Good morning, everybody. This is Mike. And I'm back in the driver's seat playing the game after a two year absence. And now you're fresh out of bed, Head to head. One day champion. Don't listen to Rod, Mo. Your questions are just fine. Join me on Thursday when I make it win number two. I guess that's me. Join me on Thursday as we make it win number two, bitches. That was me feeding them the lines. How did that happen? All right. That's what happens when you're editing quickly over here.

[B]

He was sweet.

[C]

All right. So, new winner every day this week.

[B]

Yeah, it's been a lot.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

A lot of questions.

[C]

Here we go. It's the fun fact of the day. We make you look smart in front of your buddies. It's the fun fact of the day. I'm gonna start making you guys all do your own stu speeches. That's it. I'm not going to feed anybody any more lines.

[B]

Please don't.

[C]

You just ruined it. All right, here we go. I brought in some new fun facts for you today. Flashback Poppy. Tickets coming up. I don't know why I do this to myself. Obviously I'm already starting off the day like I did. The world's longest named Lake has 45 letters. Will you take my word for it or do you need the name of the lake?

[B]

What letter does it start with?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Starts with a C. C, like C. You. Do you want the name? Do you want the name of the lake?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yes, please. The world's longest Name Lake has 45 letters. You should be happy with just knowing that. But the name of the lake is char. Gog. Agog man. Chog. Agog. Chow Bun. A gung. A mog. It's in Massachusetts. Most people just call it Webster Lake for short.

[A]

Yeah, let's just go there.

[B]

I wonder why.

[A]

How many chogs and dogs.

[C]

Sorry, Massachusetts people. I did my best.

[A]

Relax.

[C]

Glass blowers. Fascinating. Watching glassblowers do their thing. They use three different furnaces to make their glass. One of those furnaces is called a glory hole.

[A]

That is fun.

[C]

Okay, Alex.

[A]

Without the glory. They say it's Alex.

[C]

Picked up on that one there. Three different furnaces. For the experts out there moving to Texas. I thought armadillos were going to be a bigger part of my life.

[B]

They're not.

[C]

I think I've only seen one. What, every day? This morning you saw an armadillo this morning.

[A]

They, like, burrow under my. My deck everywhere.

[B]

Dead on the side of the road. It gets me every time.

[C]

Except for that one in front of the restaurant.

[B]

Oh, that big one.

[C]

Armadillo Valley.

[A]

They're dumb and they're bad.

[C]

I think I've only seen one or two armadillos my whole time here.

[A]

I see them weak.

[B]

Really gotta get out.

[C]

I. It was going to be a big deal when I moved here. I thought I was going to see one every day. Like I thought they're going to be around like squirrels.

[A]

Wheezy hates them.

[C]

The most common species of armadillos is the nine banded armadillo. Fun fact. They always give birth to identical quadruplets.

[B]

That's why there's so many of them.

[C]

That is why there's so many of them. Where are they? It's the fun back to the day we make you look smart in front of your buddies. It's the fun fact of the day. Alex, you live in the city, like right around the corner.

[B]

They're under his house is where they are.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I've been talking to the plumber about how to smoke bomb these bad boys.

[B]

Just ask myself.

[C]

You're having an armadillo problem?

[A]

Yeah. Had multiple armadillo problems. Jeez. We chased one this morning.

[C]

I thought I'd be seeing them every day.

[B]

Come on over. Come on.

[C]

You got a lot of. Out there in.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

In East San Antonio, where you live. What do you give it away?

[B]

I have Poppy tickets. Poppy House of Blues. August 13th. Ticketmaster.com.

[A]

All right.

[C]

I feel like we had good ones yesterday.

[A]

We did.

[C]

What's the only word in the English language that changes its meaning and pronunciation when capitalized? 713-212-5945. It's now time for Rock out with your stockout with Captain Cat. Oh, he's on the phone today. Hey, Hal. Hey, brother Rod.

[B]

Good morning.

[C]

When's the last time you came eye to eye with an armadillo?

[A]

Dude.

[C]

Come on. Don't lie. Yeah, it's been a couple of months. A couple of months.

[B]

You're invited, but you've seen.

[C]

You've seen an armadillo this year. Yeah. We'll get them in the backyard. They. They try to invade our under. Under the house.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Just staying away from the heights. You have turf. There's too many cats.

[B]

You don't even have real crap.

[C]

But maybe the cats scared away. There's a lot of stray cats in the height.

[A]

A lot of stray cats in my complex.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

They don't do anything. All right.

[C]

Hell, can we talk about things that you know about like money, finance and Wall Street? How'd we do yesterday? It was green. Yeah, Green arrows on Wall street yesterday. That, that was up 136 points. We'll cook off this morning at 52 319. Nasdaq was up 393 points to 26,213. Benchmark 10 year treasury is trading at a 4.47% and oil trades at $68.84 a barrel. To the most active the big studs, Caterpillar, Apple and Nvidia. The big dads, Coca Cola, Honeywell and Johnson. And Johnson. On the economic calendar this morning we're going to get numbers on auto sales. Sales for June right now. Futures, they are on the downside. Come on, let's turn this baby around. That's it. I'm out of here. This is Howland many director with Raymond James reporting for the Ride Ryan show From Raymond James on sample and don't forget to always opinions expressed are those

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of Howland and not necessarily those of Raymond James and Associates Inc. Member NYSE as IPC, iHeartRadio or its sponsors. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable but it's not guaranteed. There's no assurance trends mentioned will continue. This is not a solicitation offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security referred to herein. This program is for educational and informational purposes only. The studs and duds are based on movement as reported by Yahoo. Finance, Houston Rock and Alternative and the

[C]

Rod ryan Morning show. 6 to 10am the buzz. Hey everybody.

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Spin Quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. 945 the Buzz welcome back Ron Ryan show. It's your fun backlash. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning. This is Monica. Hi Monica. Monica, say hi to Monica.

[B]

Hey Monica.

[C]

Welcome in.

[A]

Hi.

[C]

Fun fact flashback. All right, here we go. What is the only word in the English language that changes its meaning and pronunciation when capitalized?

[B]

Polish and Polish.

[C]

Yeah, you're right. Way to go, Monica. Alex brought up a good point. Yes, you're pretty much Screwed. If your sentence, you're polishing something and the first word of your sentence is polish, then you're in trouble because you recognize those dishes. Polish those dishes.

[A]

Change it up.

[C]

All right. Congratulations, Monica. You're the winner.

[B]

Hook her up, Poppy. August 13th, House of Blues. Congratulations, Monica. This pair of tickets is for you.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

All right, Monica. Thank you. Thank you. I love the show. Oh, I love hearing that. It's good, isn't it?

[A]

What?

[C]

To bed good?

[A]

You don't think the show is good?

[B]

Isn't it?

[C]

This show sucks.

[A]

Wow. She feels cool.

[C]

Partly cloudy, 10 chance of rain. High of 94mo. Houston's headlines, please.

[B]

Yes, sir. The Supreme Court had a big day closing out its term yesterday. Three major rulings. The first one, the justices upheld state bans on transgender girls playing in girls and women's competition, competitive sports. In the second opinion, the court rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. And in the third, the court rolled back federal limits on how much political parties can spend with their candidates. Heat dome is expected to make the holiday tough for 250 million Americans. Why do we keep hearing those words, heat Dome? Well, because that major dome of heat is expanding, Impact impacting millions this week and getting worse as we hit midweek. Yeah. Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C. they don't know about triple digit temperatures like we do. But we know this heat wave stretches from Texas to Maine. And as we prep for this weekend's festivities, we've heard promotion here on our radio station for America's block party in la. It's that commercial with Queen Latifah, talks about Chris Stapleton, Smashing Pumpkins, and we're like, we're not in LA. Our company iHeartRadio has teamed up with America 250 to bring the show closer to home.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

If you have the iHeartRadio app. I also looked on the America 250 block party page, like their website, and you can type in your address and it'll tell you which small town block party that's affiliated with this big party is called closest to you. Like there's one that fulshear's hosting.

[C]

I have a question. What's up? This is. Is there a carnival going on?

[B]

Yes. At the White House state fair. Something America's State fair on, like, where

[A]

the UFC was, like, on the lawn.

[C]

Ferris wheel.

[A]

Yeah. Slingshot.

[C]

That's not this. No, that's something different.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. I just saw a picture of it the other day and I'm like, it looked AI.

[A]

It's kind of sick. Though.

[C]

Okay, so that's fair.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Different.

[B]

Different.

[C]

Okay. Yes. This is in la.

[B]

It's all a party.

[C]

Smashing Pumpkins.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

For your mornings. Taylor and Travis.

[A]

Yes, please.

[B]

It kind of looks like they're building a castle inside Madison Square Garden. We saw some video yesterday. Big white staircase banisters being loaded into the arena. There were also trucks labeled garden party, whatever that means. We also know that guests were forced to sign an NDA. But for some reason, no penalty for violating it. Just maybe like a promise. We also know no rights to appear on camera. No one signed that, so that means no documentary is being filmed.

[C]

Alex, what are you loving right now? What are you loving more?

[A]

I love all of it.

[C]

Taylor Travis updates or Bunny XO updates? What do you love more?

[A]

Taylor Travis. Yeah, by a million.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

By a million. I'm not really invested in than them, but I could care less.

[B]

No, me, I just could not care

[A]

less about Bunny xo.

[B]

And I like the celebrity of it. Like she could do anything in the world. So I'm kind of curious, like what she's going to come up with.

[C]

Does anybody think that, like, she's still trying.

[A]

I don't think Bunny should be a celebrity.

[C]

But is there anybody that's still trying to think that they're throwing us off the scent? There's trucks, they're loading in stuff. They've got security all around Madison Square Garden.

[B]

The National Guard.

[C]

It's happening. Right?

[A]

Right. They're nationally guarding her wedding.

[C]

They're not just. That's not a smoke show.

[B]

Amazing smoke.

[A]

I also don't care if they pull the wool over. I. I would not care. And got married in Egypt and then flew over and went to Madison's grave. Like I would not care.

[B]

That'd be awesome.

[C]

All right. Now this news came out late this morning right before we went on the air.

[B]

The lead singer of the Village People died. The cop, Victor Willis. He was 74. The band released a statement saying, we're profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor Willis.

[A]

This.

[B]

He died short but aggressive illness is what they're saying, obviously. Privacy requested. I had to look up, you know, which one he dressed as. The cop.

[C]

The cop. He was the lead singer.

[B]

Sometimes he dressed as the naval officer.

[A]

I was a construction guy.

[C]

Was. Is he the last one, like of the original guys?

[B]

The band's last original member.

[C]

It was the. You know, when I was a kid, we called him the Indian. He Native American. There was is the construction worker. Construction worker. The cop. The leather guy.

[B]

Oh, the leather guy.

[C]

The leather biker. And I feel like we're missing one.

[A]

I just combined a bunch of the com. The costumes.

[C]

Then there was the Navy guy. But I thought the Navy guy and the cop guy were different.

[A]

Sometimes they'd swap. I don't know.

[C]

Or maybe he just put on the navy suit for the song. In the Navy in the name.

[B]

Oh, because he was a lead singer. Yeah, that would make sense. Those of Houston, headlines out.

[A]

I'll do a deep dive.

[B]

Will you please?

[A]

The Astros got a win last night. They beat the twins at 6 to 4. They did have a grand salami. If you want to play the drop, it's a grand

[C]

salami. Milo, you are missed.

[A]

The Astros is gonna wrap up this series with the Twins tonight. Tatsuya Ime will be on the mound for this. Drills going up against Minnesota's Taj Bradley. First pitches at 7:10. You can listen to it on our sister Station Sports Talk 790. At the World cup yesterday, Norway got by Ivory Coast 2. 1. France took out Sweden 3 nil. And Mexico beat Ecuador 2 nil tonight. Let's fire up that feet right?

[C]

Oh, man. There you go.

[A]

Let's see your little freedom. Let freedom ring.

[B]

This does it for Alex.

[C]

Yeah. Let it ring over your body. Hang on. Let it start at the top. Hit the top of your head. Now it's going down your face. Hitting your chin. Now it's hitting your chest.

[A]

What the f is a collage on your midsect?

[C]

Just hit your bell. Help. Oh, let it rain over you.

[A]

Oh, so good. So good. Once it hits.

[C]

Once it hits.

[A]

Team USA is gonna play Bosnia in the round of 32. We are in the knockout stages, folks. So it's win or go home. That game is just a clock. It's the first knockout stage game that the United States has ever been a favorite in. So that's a fun fact. I mean, they've never had a round of 32 before. It's always been around to 16. But the first time we've ever been favored. Favored in a knockout stage game. You can't get upset here, be embarrassing. We're gonna egg all over our face. Canada, Mexico, the other two host countries, they already advanced. We can't be. We can't be third out of these three.

[C]

Maybe one of these. It's a cracker. A couple crackers out there.

[A]

All right, guys, game starts at seven again. You can watch it on Fox. That is what's going on in sports.

[C]

Good stuff, guys. The Rod ryan Morning show, 6 to 10am, the buzz 94. 5. The buzz. Some mandatory Metallica. Welcome to the seventh spot. If you're carrying over from homeroom, thank you for just joining us. Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey. We're gonna play a little game coming up for some concert tickets. Sex toy or firework? We'll get into that shortly. Play it one time a year, Mo. One time. That's all. One, done.

[B]

One and done.

[C]

You're not going have to deal with it anymore. 10% chance of rain today. Partly cloudy, highs of around 94. Really appreciate you guys being up early with us and hanging with us this week. I know the numbers are down, but, boy, the rec checks today. I wasn't expecting all of this. It's really bad out there.

[B]

Horrible morning.

[C]

I'm sorry to hear some of the things that are going out there on the roads, so please be careful. The sold out, sustained tickets that were given away, we have those for you at 9, 10. Another key word. We're running out of money and I, to my knowledge, I haven't been notified that we had a local winner250,000 given away from iHeart in 2500 increments. A keyword will be given to you that you're gonna be asked to enter at our website, thebuzz.com to enter to win that money. Keyword comes at 8 o'. Clock. All right, now can you just somehow clear up what's going on with some of these Dunkin Donuts? There was a. There was a situation on the air yesterday and I'm going to share in some responsibility because I missed something that I'm going to share with you, so. But there was a guy that emailed us yesterday and Dunkin Donuts had some sort of an Eagle cup promotion. Ocean.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

When you talked about it yesterday, it was already happening. Hey guys, they're gone.

[B]

We started to get emails immediately.

[C]

Duncan put out these Eagle cups and they're gone. Each store got 20 cups or something like that. We didn't know anything about it. Going into it, we found out, you see, like we're the radio station, we're supposed to know things. We don't know anything more than you guys, okay? We're the same Internet as you.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We used to know things.

[B]

Once in a while we'll get like a press release about something once in a while. Once in a while. It's very rare, Very rare.

[C]

We know we don't know anything more than you guys. So Mo gives out this information yesterday and it's like, yeah, Duncan did this cool thing, Eagle cups. It kind of was Reminiscent of Starbucks. And those bear cups.

[B]

Correct.

[C]

Now that we knew they were doing. But then there was the whole. Hey, the people that work there, they were storing them away for their buddies. There was very, very limited numbers.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Guy emails me. There's a couple of emails here that maybe you can clear up.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

There was a guy, Daniel, that emailed and he said that he got a couple of these for us. Who did you meet down in the lobby this morning?

[B]

This morning?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That was Officer Daniel.

[C]

That was Daniel?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Did he get us Eagle cups?

[B]

He got a seagull.

[C]

How did he get him? They weren't limiting the number that you could get.

[B]

Oh, no, they were. You could only buy one at a time. Time. So he went back several times.

[C]

Officer Daniel, how did he know about it? We didn't know.

[B]

He heard of us talking about it.

[C]

Oh, that's when he found out.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And he went and got them.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

They weren't sold out yet.

[A]

No.

[C]

Okay, so we have Eagle cups here.

[B]

We have several.

[C]

Well, what are the other Eagle Cups?

[B]

Well, I also met with Chelsea from East Bernard yesterday.

[C]

Did I see one?

[B]

She is a first responder. I met her at the hospital where she works, and she also bought us East Eagle Cups.

[C]

You went out and met somebody that got us Eagle Cups?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Can I see one?

[B]

Yeah, they're right here.

[C]

Yeah, I haven't. I haven't seen it yet.

[A]

Hell, yeah.

[C]

We have Eagle cups Just in time for the game tonight, dude.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All you haters that said we couldn't get Eagle cups.

[A]

Now look at him now.

[C]

Look at them now. Let me see.

[A]

Oh, it looks so sick.

[B]

When you buy them at Duncan, you get coffee, I think, or something in it. We didn't get that. So you have tequila. I brought espresso martini if we want to put them in there.

[C]

We're drinking today.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

This is for America.

[B]

Aren't they so cool? Here you go.

[C]

Wait, so you can't drink, like, from the beak or anything?

[B]

It came with straws, Duncan. Orange and pink right here.

[A]

Always looking at it. If you were drinking out of the

[C]

place, there's no straw hole. You have to take the eagle off.

[B]

No. Why can't you just put a hole? No, it's in the back of his head. In his neck?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Oh, there is a hole back there. Okay, again. Oh, my God.

[A]

The neck hole.

[C]

Guys, if you're watching us, I love them so much. These are so great. If you're watching either YouTube or Facebook Live, we are on. I'm showing the Eagle cup, guys. Thank you to everything.

[B]

Officer Daniel, Chelsea and Ace Bernard.

[C]

Oh, my God. There's no way that the U.S. men's soccer team is losing. There's no.

[A]

So happy.

[C]

Why do these make me so happy?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

So great.

[A]

Hey, shout out.

[B]

Thank y' all so much for being so sweet.

[C]

Can I get a.

[B]

Hang responders.

[C]

Can I get a. Because I'm in a good mood. What? Yeah, I'm in a great mood. Same the last time you made espresso martinis. It was like in a. Okay. Are we just gonna gripe about it? We're having fun. Nobody drank. It was in country.

[B]

Fill your Eagle and let it fly solo.

[C]

Cup full of Martin. You clipping your Eagle's wings already?

[B]

All right.

[C]

I'm just saying. Saying just go easy.

[A]

Come on. All right.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

Thank y'.

[A]

All.

[C]

That's so great that we have these.

[B]

So kind.

[A]

Made my day.

[C]

I know. My 250, baby. All right, Coming up. We got it.

[A]

We're gonna play a little.

[C]

We're gonna play a little game. Sex toy or firework? Don't go anywhere. Houston's rock.

[A]

Houston's alternative.

[C]

And the Rod Ryan morning show. The Buzz. 94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning. Rod Ryan show. All right. We're once a year year. We got a game to play. We're going to play a game for. To win some concert tickets. Most going to tell you all about it. Coming up. Nothing over a 10% chance of rain. Partly cloudy skies today. Highs of around 94. Alex P. Middleton. What's trending?

[A]

Kawhi Leonard is trending. The Clippers are sending him to the Toronto Raptors, where he has already won a title before. Okay, return him back to Toronto. We also got the World cup. Trending. USA plays today. People talk about last night's Mexico game. It's good time. Good time to support. Gonna be a cracker.

[C]

It's a cracker. I love it.

[A]

It is going to be a cracker. And then LeBron James continues to trim people. Just talking about where he's gonna sign. I think he's gonna go to the Warriors. Would probably make sense. If he goes to the Cavs, you get less hate because he'd go back home for the second time.

[B]

Did he say he has one more year?

[A]

I think he's gonna do one more year. He hasn't officially said it, but he's hinted at doing that. But that is what's training on. 94. 5 the buzz.

[C]

I love that sound. I love that. That's like a wheel cutting into pizza for Me. Okay, that's what that is. We're going to play a little game here. It's called Sex toy or fireworks Mo.

[A]

What?

[C]

Is it a firework or is it something in your top drawer next to your bed? Big balls. Big balls. Is it a sex toy or is it a firework?

[B]

Firework.

[C]

It's a real firework. Good job. You're good at this.

[B]

I spent some time at a fireworks store yesterday. Dog Firework.

[C]

Fuse me baby. Firework. It's a sex toy.

[B]

No, it's not.

[C]

You suck at this game.

[A]

Yeah, you used to be really good.

[C]

You used to be good.

[B]

Used to be good.

[A]

You used to be so good.

[C]

You used to be so good at this game.

[A]

Never going to be good again.

[C]

That's it. You got to get three in a row, though.

[B]

Three in a row.

[C]

You got to get three.

[B]

That's how you win these Young the Giant tickets.

[C]

That's for the tickets. That's for the win. That. That's what you're giving the winner.

[B]

Okay, Deal.

[C]

Yeah. So it's Young the Giant Cold war kids. When?

[B]

July 9th. So it's coming up. If you want to go to that show, call it and play right now. 713-212-5945.

[C]

Houston traffic is less angry with the Rod Ryan show. Is it on?

[A]

94.

[C]

5 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rob Ryan show. It's Imagine Dragons and believers. Hey, we're gonna be talking about fireworks. I saw that you made a trip over to Top Dog.

[B]

I did.

[C]

So really cool of them. They're writing a five thousand dollar check for us to buy backpacks full of school supplies. I went to Top Dog Fireworks this weekend and I thought I'd pick up a few things. And then, London, why don't you go

[B]

grab a card so much later.

[C]

Go out, go. Like I'm literally walking around. I'm like, we're just gonna take pictures. You know what I mean? And then I'm like, well, okay. Then I'm grabbing, I'm holding on a few things and I'm like, London, go. Go get a cart. Go get daddy a cart. And then we start loading up this cart. And then I bought. I can't help myself in there. I love it.

[B]

And then they throw in a couple extras.

[C]

I saw you with a bag of stuff.

[B]

Yeah, I brought it home and the plumber was like, yeah, that's not enough. I was like, you go.

[C]

Houston's go to Fireworks Superstore. If you are looking for fireworks, go see our chili. Top Dog too. I see pictures on our Facebook page. I made a little video that's up on our Instagram, too. Everything's at Rodryanshow if you get a chance. There's 13 Houston area top dog fireworks locations, so everyone's kind of close to one if you need. Did somebody say fireworks? Did somebody say fireworks? Where are my fireworks? Wait a minute. Where are my fireworks? Oh, there go they go. They said no fireworks in the studio. Come on.

[B]

There are definitely fireworks in the studio right now.

[A]

I said they're, like, not setting them off.

[C]

I was told. I was told no fireworks in the studio. I said, is this America?

[B]

We don't have fireworks. We do have Eagle Cups.

[A]

Fireworks of cups.

[C]

All right. What are you giving away?

[B]

I have a pair of tickets to Young the Giant with Cold war kids.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

July 9, 713 Music hall tickets are on sale Ticketmaster.com.

[C]

is it a sex toy? Is it a firework?

[B]

Three in a row.

[C]

Have you seen the names of these fireworks lately? Well, you're about to find out some of the names here. C.J. good morning.

[A]

Thanks. Good morning, Rod.

[C]

C.J. welcome to Sex Toy or Firework? Are you ready?

[A]

Yes, sir.

[C]

Okay. Is it a firework? Is it a sex toy? Happy ending.

[A]

That sounds like. That sounds like a toy.

[B]

It does. He's right.

[A]

But I think it's a firework.

[B]

He said firework.

[C]

What is your final answer, cj? Happy ending.

[A]

My final answer? Firework.

[C]

It is a firework. It's a good thing you changed your mind. Good thing you changed your mind.

[B]

1.2.

[C]

Sex toy or firework? The spirit Spitting serpent. Spitting serpent. The spitting serpent.

[B]

I think.

[A]

I think that one also is a firework.

[C]

That's a sex toy. Get out of here. You don't know yourself. This is so weird. Leslie. Leslie. Good morning.

[A]

Good morning.

[C]

Good morning. Are you ready to play the game? Yes, sir. Okay, here we go. Sex toy or fire work? Darth Invader Sex toy. That is a sex toy.

[A]

Yeah, a Star wars themed one.

[C]

You got that quick, dude. Yeah. I feel like you have one. Sex toy. Sex toy or firework? Cockadoodle do

[A]

sex toy.

[C]

It's a firework. Get out of here.

[A]

What? Classic firework man.

[C]

Archie, good morning.

[A]

Morning.

[C]

Good morning, Archie. Welcome to Sex Toy or Firework. You ready?

[A]

Come on.

[B]

What?

[C]

It is the Backyard Tickler.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. What?

[C]

You got the backyard tickler. Sex toy. It is. It is.

[B]

Thank you, r.g.

[C]

okay, okay, okay.

[B]

One point.

[A]

All right.

[C]

The milf. Man, I love fireworks. The milf. That is a fireworks wow.

[B]

That seemed like a trick.

[A]

I like that name.

[C]

You should give those away on Monday.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Uncle sam's joystick sex toy. It's a real sex toy. Yes, it is. Uncle Sam's Joystick.

[B]

Way to go patriotic.

[C]

Quick. Winner today. Archie. You're the winner.

[B]

Boom. Young the giant. Cold war kids. Archie. July 9, 713 Music Hall. You've earned them, friend.

[C]

Way to go, bro. I wish I could give you everything named in the game today, but I can't. But I do have the tickets for you. All right.

[A]

All right. I appreciate it. All right.

[C]

Dude, hang on. We really should have got some of those backyard ticklers to give out. Ron Ryan. Dude. Ice cream, man. Ice cream. Ice cream on 94. 5 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. That's three days grace that are a part of it's gonna be in October to remember. Remember for sure around here. So many great shows in October that one buzz a ween tickets are still available. To go see them, get [e-mail] or just wait. I mean I imagine that they're going to come back around in the cycle of us giving away tickets. Next hour I will hook you up with my Chemical Romance tickets closer to around 8:20. Where are the sold out tickets? There they are. Stained 9, 10. Stained Cedar Hoopa stank hinder. You kidding me? Sold out. October 17th, Woodlands Pavilion. We'll get you in 9, 10, 7, 3, 8. You're about 20 minutes away from getting another key word to enter@the buzz.com. your chance to win $2,500. I heart giving away 250,000. Get a piece of it man. Get a piece of it by getting that key word eight o'.

[A]

Clock.

[C]

Make sure you're listening to us. All right. I like Mo found out something a little too late.

[B]

What happened?

[C]

Well, you gave out information yesterday. We talked about the eagle cups at Dunkin Don't Donuts.

[B]

It really became a thing.

[C]

I found out that Budweiser was buying everybody a beer for America's 250th birthday. That's cool.

[B]

What does that mean?

[C]

They're gonna buy everybody a beer.

[B]

It's not too late.

[C]

They. They're done.

[B]

What do you mean? The fourth of July is until. It's not even happened yet.

[C]

So Budweiser wanted to help celebrate the fourth of July. So they gave away a bunch of free beer. They gave away thousands of six dollar digital gift cards to adults 21 and older. And they were calling it covering America's tab. Celebrating America's 250th birthday. I used to be a guy that knew things before they happened.

[B]

Those were the day.

[C]

Okay, I, I knew a couple people at Anheuser Busch and then, I don't know, I wore pants. I didn't wear a dress and I got let go. So on the website it says due to overwhelming demand, America's tab has been closed. But it does give you the option of signing up to receive an email if they reopen the tab. Here's me telling you that they were giving away free beer and now it's too late. But there's a chance, there's a chance, there's a chance that they reopen it. So a hundred and fifty thousand dollars they gave out in gift cards for two for the 250th.

[B]

That's pretty great.

[C]

Do they have another hundred thousand dollars?

[B]

Can you find it?

[C]

I mean it's 250. They gave away 150. That's a lot of money. Listen, I'm not giving them a hard time. That's a lot.

[B]

But right now they're collecting your email address.

[A]

That's also what they're doing.

[C]

So they had 100. It just seems odd that you came up with 150. Fifty thousand dollar bar tab celebrating America's 250. You think they come back with another hundred? Let's just wait for it in 6$. I'm giving you the link and I'm hoping, check it out that I'm giving you information that's going to pay off in a free beer for you. That's on the food blog page today. Make sure you check it out. TheBuzz.com Houston's rocking alternative, the Rod Ryan Morning Show.

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6 to 108945 the Buzz

[C]

945 the Buzz. That's Lincoln Park. Somewhere I belong. Rob Ryan show on this wild card Wednesday. Key word coming up to try to get in on that $2,500 at 8 o'. Clock. Keep it here. 10 chance of rain, partly cloudy, highs of around 94. I got mo with Houston's headlines.

[B]

Thank you, Rod. Good morning. Supreme Court closed out their term yesterday. Three major rulings all over the headlines. The first one, the justices upheld state bans on transgender girls playing in girls and women's sports. The second opinion, the court rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. And the third, the court rolled back federal limits on how much political parties can spend with their candidates here locally. Houston law enforcement been busy. We know lots of stuff going on with the World cup. But they also Worked to seize more than 27, 000 fake FIFA related items like merch worth more than $6.1 million.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

And the seizures stretch like. There was a shopping center in Sharpstown, the Port of Houston, where they're importing stuff, obviously around the state Stadium. Tournament wrapping up in Houston on Saturday. So experts are warning fans not to get rushed into any last minute deals. It could be fraud.

[C]

It reminds me a little. I don't know if Alex, if you went through this, but when the men. When the men's hockey team won gold. I'd had a couple of drinks that day, Sunday, after the golden goal, and I immediately, I'm like, I want everything, Jack Hughes.

[A]

I want that.

[C]

I want jerseys. I want everything. Everything. And I couldn't tell what was fake, what was real. My inbox was flooded. All of my feeds, everything. As a matter of fact, I think I ordered a few things that never came. So I think I did get taken.

[A]

Yeah, I went to the. I think I went to, like, whatever they tweeted out. I just clicked it and like then just bought all the crap.

[B]

You got to be careful.

[C]

I think I probably got taken.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, I think so. I don't know. I was excited.

[A]

Sorry. I got caught up in my country, you know, I'm. I'm happy about it.

[C]

I'm surprised. There's this. I mean, I don't know if this is a FIFA thing, that they're really overprotective of it.

[A]

It's a big problem. Cuz now they figured out how to make good bakes.

[C]

Yeah. But this has been going on for a long time. I mean.

[B]

And also we were buying purses and back rooms in New York City.

[A]

Jerseys are way too expensive now. So it's like, I'm not going. I'll spend the 60 bucks and get the sort of knockoffy one or the $300.

[B]

Sad.

[C]

You want the Karen thing?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Karen. Karen. Karen. Karen.

[C]

Karen.

[A]

Karen.

[C]

You what? Why did you do that? Why did you do that?

[A]

Karen.

[C]

She's alarming, but disarming and a really very charming modern girl.

[B]

Karen.

[C]

Illegal search.

[B]

Sorry.

[C]

Karen. What is that at the end there?

[B]

It's a new survey that named Karen is the most judged name ever.

[C]

Karen's.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right. One of our cool Karen's emailed me. She goes, rod, you know how much I hate this Karen thing. And I'm like, yeah, but our Karens are cool. She goes, yeah, you guys do a good job of it. But elsewhere, we don't like saying our names out loud. Alex Thinks it's been around for 10 years or so. 20. 20.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

That's what is kind of when the Internet embraced the whole oh, you're being a Karen. That was of kind. Kind of the first.

[B]

Who started that.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

The survey also found that 18% of Americans are making assumptions about someone based on their first name alone. That's fair.

[C]

What's a fe. What's the male Karen?

[B]

Chad.

[C]

Chad's.

[B]

Yeah. Chad was definitely number two on this list. Donald was number three. John and Damien.

[C]

John.

[B]

I know. What did John do?

[C]

John doesn't do anything. Other John's the greatest. Most Jack judged John and other John. They're both great.

[B]

Who knows? Netflix just released their teaser for a new competition series called Wonka's the Golden Ticket. People are talking about it one, because it's a new reality ish game show. But two, because they used an AI recreation of Gene Wilder's voice which is freaking people out.

[C]

Yeah. Let me see if I can pull it up for you.

[B]

Okay. Dude. The series included includes recreated sets from the 1971 classic. So I'm talking like the chocolate river that runs through the edible garden. And people are playing these games to try and win golden tickets. And the promise Wonka's life changing prize at the end.

[C]

Let's take a listen to this really quick. For the first time in decades, I'm opening my beloved chocolate chocolate factory. You're saying the family okayed this?

[B]

Oh, yeah. The estate and the wife, real life

[C]

golden ticket holders will compete for a life changing prize.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

That or say a most unfortunate goodbye. So the family okayed them using Jean's voice into AI.

[B]

The wife said she's delighted to introduce his magic to a new generation. Wonka's the Golden Ticket premieres September 23rd. One of the OG Oompa Loompas is on it.

[C]

They're still around.

[B]

He's 77.

[A]

But they all died from like asbestos.

[C]

It was wizard of Oz.

[A]

You're right.

[B]

Oh, you're right.

[A]

Classic mix up.

[C]

You think all little people are the same.

[A]

No.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

No. I got the mixed up.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Let's talk about Evanescence.

[C]

That was when that did happen.

[A]

That did happen. That right. You're right.

[C]

You're right.

[A]

That was a thing. They're both old movies. When they.

[C]

When they were running to the. The actual castle and it was snowing on them, that was asbestos.

[A]

That last guy die in the wizard of Oz. Maybe that's why I was thinking.

[C]

I was like, I don't think there's left. I don't think there's any.

[B]

There was someone that claimed to be like, a.

[C]

The last one or.

[A]

That was why I asked the question. My bad.

[B]

Fair. No, you're good. Evanescence stuff. Bring Me to Life has been certified diamond, so let's celebrate. That means it passed. 10 million units sold in the U.S. that's crazy. Now. 11 million sales total. Evanescence currently touring North America supporting their new album. Still kicking it. They're going to be at that sick New World Festival in Fort Worth in October.

[C]

It's a bittersweet thing for Evanescence. This song came out, and it's unmistakably Amy Lee. And they submit the song and they're like, well, guess what's happening now? Linkin park is happening now, and Papa Roach is happening right now. And they went and got a guy that was also on the label, a guy that I know, Paul McCoy from 12 Stones. And he sang on the song to listen. They make them. They're like, this is not what's happening right now. We got to put a guy in here singing as well. And rap. Rock it up a little bit. They hated it.

[B]

They hated it.

[C]

But it's their most popular song ever.

[B]

It is.

[C]

So it's one of those things where the label forced them to do something. 10 million later, are they over it, or. I imagine the money's so good.

[B]

Those are Houston's headlines.

[C]

This song sounds like nothing they've ever done. Thing they've ever done.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It was just their first single. Oh, you got over there.

[A]

Astros got a win last night to beat the Twins 6 to 4. They're gonna wrap up their series with the Twins tonight. Tatsuya Ime is going to be on the mound for this Droz going up against Minnesota's Taj Bradley. First pitch is going to be at 7, 10, and you can listen to that game on our sister station sports talk790.

[C]

Can I squeeze in one more?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Alvarez hit a grand salami last night.

[B]

Salami. I'm hungry.

[A]

In soccer at the World cup yesterday, Norway got by Ivory Coast 2 to 1. France took out Sweden 3 nil. And Mexico beat Ecuador 2 nil tonight. Give me that bird. Give me that bird. There we go. Free it up there. I'm looking at a free bird right now. This Duncan Free bird. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Team USA is gonna play Bosnia in the round of 32. It's a knockout stage game, so if you don't know what that means, that means win or go home or stay home if you're the US because we will be at Home but favored. We are favored for the first time ever in a World cup knockout stage. Okay, again, it's around a 32. They've never had a round of 32. Is always around a 16. Still kind of a lot of pressure on us now. Now you got to go out there, you got to deliver. Coming off that loss in the final group stage, I think they come out and I think they light them up. So hopefully we can get that done. Very good day tomorrow if that happens. It's going to start at seven o' clock tonight. You can watch the game on Fox. That is what's going on in sports.

[C]

Obviously we win today, we stay in it. But then we're one of 16 teams if we win today.

[A]

Yeah, we played Belgium or Senegal in the round of 16.

[C]

Oh my God. That's amazing.

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Houston's rockin alternative the Rock ryan Morning show.

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6 to 10am 945 the buzz.

[C]

Hey everybody.

[B]

Lady luck here and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. Now all summer long I'm going to be celebrating by playing on spinquest.com which is an American owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to spinquest.com get your yourself a 30 coin pack for just 10 bucks.

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Spin Quest is a free to play social casino, Boyd. Where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. We go 94. Five the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Halfway point of the show, people. 808 Wild Card Wednesday. Number one blog page today. Pam Anderson having a birthday today. That's not hurting the looking at girls blog.

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What's she doing?

[C]

She's doing great.

[B]

Like how old is she?

[C]

59. No makeup. That's her thing. Yeah, I mean so brave.

[B]

No, she's done a lot in her life. 59.

[C]

So brave is she 59. I was getting that ready quickly this morning. Yeah, a bunch of birthdays, bunch of things there. Probably an update on Bunny Xo.

[B]

I'm sure she's born on Canada day and she's Canadian.

[C]

It's Canada day and that's her birthday. They made it Canada day the day she was born. They're like, oh my God, this chick's gonna be the hottest chick in the world. Let's go, let's, let's celebrate Canada today because of Pam Anderson. Happy Canada Day, Canadians. Partly cloudy skies, 10 chance of rain. Highs of around 94I this morning. 1 of the. I was slapping that together because I was also Going to. I'm out of the business. I think I'm out of the business of buying dumb URLs.

[B]

End of an era.

[C]

And I feel like I was the gateway for Alex to start buying these things up. And I've never done anything with them. I own a bunch of. Bunch of dot coms. They don't go anywhere.

[B]

Have you kept track of them?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what you own because you get billed for them.

[C]

Yeah, I get charged for. Right, like you still want. Do you still want, you know, people? Let's see, what's the one? I have people that look like Billy Mays dot com.

[B]

Okay. And every month you say, I think

[C]

I've let that one go. I still pay for Taylor Swift farted dot com. I. I tried to buy MexicanBatman.com today.

[A]

Yeah, I saw this guy.

[C]

Somebody beat me to it. Police. The. The. The lead story on the Crazy Criminal blog page today. Why did I try to buy mexicanbatman.com and who beat me to it? Damn you. Police in Mexico are searching for a mystery vigilante. The locals have nicknamed him Mexican Batman.

[B]

What's he doing?

[C]

I'm like, oh, my God. DC is gonna make this. Yeah, I'm gonna own MexicanBatman.com. they're gonna come to me, and that's it. I'm gonna say, guess what? I'm out of here. DC just wrote me a check for one of my dumb URLs. Over the past few weeks, five suspected motorcycle thieves had been found duct taped to light poles with stolen motorcycle parked near them. Some had the word thief written across their forehead. Mexican Batman's doing this. That's magical Police. Now, hang on. Before you start going out there copycatting this. Police are reminding everyone that people found tied up are still considered victims regardless of the accusations. And officers believe that more than one person may be involved. But so far, no arrests have been made.

[A]

Made.

[C]

All I know is there's a Mexican Batman running around with a bunch of duct tape and he's protecting motorcycles under the radar. Why didn't I get in on the sooner? Why didn't I just have forward thinking to buy? Like, am I buying? Am I buying every Mexican superhero right now?

[A]

Mexican Iron Man.

[C]

Mexican hulk.

[A]

Mexican hulk.

[C]

Mexicanhulk.com buying them all. Forget it.

[A]

Don't even look. Chili has Guatemalan Hulk.

[C]

GuatemalanHulk.com yeah, and he's got him tattooed

[A]

on his arm, so I got it.

[C]

Yeah. Mexican Batman is headlining the Crazy Criminal blog page. This is a real story.

[A]

That's awesome.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I duct taped an intern to a pole once. It was a different time. Like, radio was way different.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

20, 20 plus years ago. And I can't remember, you know, people did the torture Tuesdays and things like that. I never. We never. We never called it that.

[B]

What'd you do for the. Why was the duct tape intern?

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

The intern had to do, like, wacky things. Radio was wacky.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And you didn't get in trouble for things and you were allowed to do things. We duct taped them from his. Just wrapped duct tape around his legs in front of the. We could see him out the window. We had a window.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And he was on the roadside. And then people came by and started humming Eggs at him. And we left him there. Yeah, and we left. He was up there.

[B]

I'd love to hear him tell his story.

[C]

That was the same guy that had to go get us a dozen donuts, but he had to go to 12 different donut stores and he had to do it in two hours. You can't do that stuff anymore.

[B]

Those were the days, though. Made us stronger.

[C]

So Mexican Batman. There's [e-mail] it's going on, but somebody's sitting on it. Someone owns someone sitting out. Much like I'm sitting on all those URLs.

[A]

They're waiting for Maxi Batman's Alfred or Alfredo to reach out to him.

[C]

Just his whole utility bell is nothing but duct tape. Rock and alternative for Houston.

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The Rod ryan Morning show. Six to 10:00am, the buzz today.

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94.

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Five to bullet.

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Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Tickets? Oh, okay. Most got tickets coming up. I was talking a little bit about

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that

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Jordan grand slam. So right before that, Jose Altuve was called out and he challenged. Challenged, challenge. He challenged the play. If you're. If you're wondering if you don't like that whole challenge thing. He challenged it. He tapped his helmet.

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Awesome.

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He challenged it. He got the walk. He goes to first base. Alvarez comes up after him and goes yard salami.

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There you go.

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From the challenge. We need to be sold on the challenge. That was pretty awesome. All right, so what's trending?

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Team USA is trending. Team USA is going to take on Bosnia and Herzog. Her Bosnia. They're playing Bosnia tonight in the knockout stage of the World Cup.

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It's a cracker.

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We're hoping we're gonna get a few crackers. I'd like three or four of them at least.

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I didn't want to, like. I mean, I already sound dumb on this Show a cracker is a goal.

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It's like a really cool goal. It's a cracker of a go.

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Okay. It's kind of like when says rock and roll kinda.

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Yeah.

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He doesn't use that all the time, but he saves it for something fun when it's good.

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That that game's gonna start at 7:00 o'clock tonight. Can't wait to watch that one. I got my Eagle Cup. I'm ready to go. Yeah.

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Thank you, Officer Daniel and Chelsea for me.

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Bernard Pound out of that Eagle Cup.

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Oh, hell yeah, dude. Michael Byrne is trending. The British actor passed away at the age of 82. No cause of death has been announced, but he was. He played his villains in Indiana Jones and Braveheart. He's also in the Harry Potter movies. I think he was Mad Eye Moody.

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So is he trending and the guy from the Village People not trending?

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He was the second trend there was like World cup and then Michael Byrne. When I looked at it, that's who was trending.

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The cop from the Village People died.

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Yeah. I don't know why.

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Like, wow.

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I don't know.

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Michael Burn. Big deal though.

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Okay.

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And then Bobby Bonilla Day is trending. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day.

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Going to explain this to. All right, me.

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So the Mets are being scammed by Bernie Madoff. They signed Bobby Bonilla, who's now 63 years old. He hit, I think it was like 150. He was hitting and he was owed a lot of money. They cut him and they agreed, hey, we're not going to pay out right now. What if we gave you $1.19 million until 2035? And he was like, all right, every year.

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That's pretty cool.

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He is now 63 years old. This is year 16 of the deal and they're gonna have to do it until 2030. They got nine more years left of Bobby Bonilla Day. But can you imagine how awesome it is? Just chilling. What, in your 60s and you're getting $1.19 million because they're dumb. The Mets are dumb. The Mets are very dumb. And Bernie Madoff was literally Ponzi scheming them.

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As soon as you said it, I knew what it was. I didn't know the. The interest.

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Yeah. So it's kind of. They just deferred the rest of it, but they were like, hey, we're gonna cut you, but we're gonna just pay you out slowly. And that worked out for him. Not necessarily for the Mets, who are still very bad right now. That is what's trending on 94. 5 the buzz.

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Well, give away some tickets.

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My Chemical Romance is going to be in San Antonio at the Alamo Dome, the Black Parade, 2026. They've got the Mars Volta on the show September 12th. Tickets are on sale now, Ticketmaster.com but we've got a pair for you if your caller. 10-713-212-5945.

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Rod Ryan. His job is to help you forget about yours.

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The Rod Ryan show, weekday morning, 6

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to 10 on 94. 5 the Buzz. Here we go, 94. 5 Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Let's go over to the phones here and give away away some tickets. Good morning. Good morning. Hi.

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Who's this?

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This is Jessica.

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Hey, you're calling Ted. Come on, Jessica.

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Shut up. No way. That is so exciting.

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Now listen, I, you know that we would be giving away if, if My Chemical Romance was coming to Houston, we'd be giving away tickets. They're not coming to Houston. So we said, I, I was offered a, like, do you think, do you think people would want to win tickets still if they're not coming here? And I said, I think so. It's in San Antonio. Yeah. So you got the tickets. When is the show?

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September 12th.

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Okay. There you go. I got you tickets. Oh, my God.

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Thank you so much, Rod.

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This is amazing.

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I'm glad you're happy. I, I, I mean, everybody wants them here, but then we're just going to have to deal with the hand that we're dealt and we got to work on around. So make a, make a, make a little trip out of it, all right? Absolutely.

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Things to wet.

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All right, Jessica, you roll, man. Hang on. Thanks for listening.

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Thanks.

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Can you believe it's July?

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Stop it.

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Can you believe it's July? And it's a big one because he got the 250th birthday of America. Freedom. 250 years of freedom.

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We've been talking about this since last

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July, but if I need to refresh you on the lyrics of the Chicago song, you know Where I'm going Saturday in the park. I think it was the fourth of July. Oh, it works out. Oh, is it Chicago's birthday too?

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It works out this year, but then

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with it's not gonna happen 15 years. I sounded just like that when I was doing it. I sounded just like that. It's not going to happen again until 2037. So we got a Saturday in the park. And I know it's the 4th of July. It's a huge deal. What else is going on in July man selling ice cream in the park. World Cup's gonna run through the night. 19th.

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Yep.

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The last game. 19th in Jersey. The house that Eli built in Jersey.

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Yes, Where Eli built that house.

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How many is it just the one last game in Jersey or is there a bunch of last games in Jersey?

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No, they like the. The. They have, like Dallas has one of the final four games and then I think Miami might have the other one. Or la.

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Gotcha. Okay. US Takes on Bosnia and her govina. Say bye tonight.

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Yeah. Seven o'.

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Clock. I'm trying. It's win or go home.

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Yep. Better get it done. Anything less than winning tonight is a disappointment.

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Outside of July 4, marking 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, every American soccer game is the biggest thing happening in July.

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Pretty much.

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Right. So it's win or go home. Hopefully we're not going home. Tour de France. France starts this weekend. Do you have room for that?

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No.

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No. Okay.

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Don't care.

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The Major League Baseball All Star Game. How do you feel about that? That's coming up.

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The best of all the All Star Games.

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Okay. Is it better than the hockey?

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I mean, the hockey this year was the Olympics, so. No. If you count the Olympics being an All Star Game, then I don't count that, though. But like, if you. If you just talk about the leagues putting together an All Star Game, I think the baseball one is the Most seriously taken one.

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MLB Allstar Game. July 14th. The WNBA Allstar Game. Alex, let's go. July 25th. I knew you knew that. Let's go. I wasn't going to quiz you on that. Minions and monsters out today. That's a big, big movie.

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Supposed to have a big weekend.

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They've been running the hell out of those promos.

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Not going to be. Not going to be bigger than live action. Moana.

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Which is what? The next weekend.

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That's going to be released.

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That's on our calendar.

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That's going to be released on the 10th. The Odyssey, Matt Damon and Zendaya out on the 17th. Then there's a new Spider man coming at the end of the month. Shout out, Toby Maguire.

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Shout out, Tubs.

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He's back. No, he's not.

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Don't say that stuff, cuz I believe you.

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The second best.

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Toby.

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Did you guys. And of course it would have been like a nick at night situation for you. Was Little House on the Prairie ever in your week? Wheelhouse of things that you watched?

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100.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Am I right on saying it may be a nick at night or something?

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Or like an early morning. Like, the cartoons are on, but so

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is that Little House on the Prairie.

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Yeah.

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There's a new one.

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Yeah. Like a new reboot.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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It does make me feel a certain kind of way. Like, oh, okay, maybe I need to watch.

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It was a huge show when I was a kid. Now, if the. If the Major League Baseball All Star game is the 14th, the one thing I know is right around There is the ESPYs. It's the day after the 15th.

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It's that weird.

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Like, it's a weird day where there's no sports happening.

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So it's the 14th.

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The 15th is the ESPY Awards. The 14th is the MLB All Star Game. So the next day will be the ESPYs and then the holidays, of course. I've already mentioned the 4th of July. This Sunday is National Bikini Day.

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Oh, okay.

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Okay, guys, get your priorities. National Fried Chicken Day. We're gonna be celebrating. There's gonna be a French fry day in there. There's a mojito day. That'd be fun to do something fun on that day. A mojito.

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Get out in the heat.

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Mo Heat mojito on the 11th. Can we do something fun on that day, please? And there's an ice cream day thrown in there. It's July, guys. It's July. Only Houston sounds like this before 10:00am The Rod Ryan show on 94. 5 the Buzz. 94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Big morning here for Evanescence, huh? Who will you follow? You're talking about Evanescence. And they just went, diamond is so. A gold record is 500,000 in. No, silver, Gold, platinum. How does it work?

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And then diamond.

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Okay, silver. A gold record is 500. A platinum is a million. Diamond is 10 million.

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10 million? Yeah.

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Wow. Something like that. Yeah. 10 million. Insane for Evanescence. Good for them, man.

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That puts them in some rare second Diamond Award, too.

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It is.

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Yeah.

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The Diamond Award. The 10 million, I think I was. The thing that I was most blown away when I heard the diamond being thrown around was when I watched the Help Me Shania Twain documentary. She had back to back to back diamond albums. She had three albums. Yeah, three in a row. Albums that went 10 million million. And if you're wondering, like Shania Twain, that's. That's the ultimate. That's rarefied air that very few people are in.

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Look better now.

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Opening up for my boy Harry Styles with her panties on, hanging, wearing no clothes. I love it.

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Get it, girl.

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I love it. It's weird that she's opening for Harry Styles. I mean, Harry Styles doesn't have three diamond albums.

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No, but she does, you know, but

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this is good for her.

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Yeah, this is good for her audience maybe.

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It's a huge audience. Harry's audiences are huge. And apparently they're showing up early for her. And Harry wanted her to open.

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Oh, he wanted her.

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He's a huge fan. Harry can have anybody he wants. All right, guys, what do we have left here? Oh, the Stain tickets. We haven't given away stainless steel stain tickets. Stained cedar hoopa stank hinder. We got those tickets coming for you at around 9:10. Stay with us. Rock and alternative for Houston.

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The Rod ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am 94.

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5 the Buzz Nirvana Heart shaped box on a wild card Wednesday. Good morning. Rod Ryan's show. Stain Cedar Hooba. He sold out. Show those tickets coming your way at about 9:10. So keep it here. I got Mo right now. Why would you leave? It's Mo and Houston's headlines. Please tell us what's going on in the world.

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Well, the Supreme Court closed out their term yesterday. Three major rulings you're going to be hearing about in the news today. The first one, the justices upheld state bans on transgender athletes playing in girls and women's competitive sports. In the second up opinion, the court rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. And in the third, the court rolled back federal limits on how much political parties can spend. That was yesterday.

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All right.

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Heat Dome is also something that's like all over the national news.

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I see everybody talking about the heat Zone.

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I was like, I'm a scientist.

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But yeah, we're in the Heat Dome.

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It stretches from, right? Yeah.

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So that's hot.

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Kind of why it's like trending nationally because it goes from Texas all the way to Maine. And people in like Philadelphia or New York aren't used to triple digits.

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When they make fun of us for getting like an inch of snow and it being like, we're not ready for this, we get to laugh at them. Be like, shut up, you 150 million people.

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That's fair.

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Yeah. So Heat Dome.

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Just not everybody has central air in their homes.

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That is a bummer.

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Yeah, that is bummer.

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I don't right now actually.

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You don't have central air.

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It's getting worked on T's and peace. Hey.

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As we prep for this weekend's festivities.

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Let's go.

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We've heard a lot of promotion about America's block party in la. Queen Latifah, Chris Stapleton, smashing Pumpkin. Sounds like a great party. We don't live in LA, but we now know that our company, iHeartRadio, has teamed up with America 250 to stream it. You can tune in on the iHeartRadio app, which we all have. Right. You can also find a block party near you that's affiliated with this America 250 block party. They have a website. You can just type in your zip code and it'll tell you which little hometown parties are going on.

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Can we talk about something really important?

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What's up?

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Meredith, who is a school teacher that still gets up early with us.

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Thanks, Meredith.

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She's a. A real one. She says it's almost the 4th of July and we don't know anything about Moe's eating hot dogs. What's that? Do you eat hot dogs?

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I love hot dogs.

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What do you put on your hot dog?

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Like, if I could put anything on it or just like a generic hot dog.

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When you're eating a hot dog, what goes on?

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Just mustard.

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Okay. So that's where she was going.

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Oh, I don't like ketchup.

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No ketchup. You don't like ketchup on anything? No fries.

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I'll do like a little dip, but I don't want to taste it. Really.

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Okay.

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It just seems like the right thing

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to do because you don't like tomatoes.

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I don't like tomatoes.

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You like spaghetti sauce.

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I do.

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Okay.

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I know it's weird, but I prefer like a Coney Dog all the way. Onions, cheese, all of it.

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Yeah.

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That's how I really want my hot dog. Bony Island.

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What about. I'm fine with boiled.

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I mean, I prefer it on the grill, but I'll. I just like hot dogs.

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Okay.

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They're in our rotation.

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There you go, man. Meredith. Oh, that's the other thing.

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Yeah.

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She said if you are over the age of 25, they should only be eaten on the 4th of July.

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Nope.

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Shut up.

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I eat them all the time. You are wrong, man.

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I'm an American citizen. I will eat a hot dog.

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Tater tots.

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And Meredith famously has three little kids that are all similar in age. Non. Triplets.

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Yeah.

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No, no, no.

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You can eat hot dogs throughout the hot dogs.

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It's your God given right at as an American. That's John Hancock put in the Declaration of Independence that he signs.

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I go as far as every other week.

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A couple of months ago, my neighbor was cooking. I go, what's on the grill? You know, neighbors, over the fence. Nothing, Just some hot dogs. I go, they smell Great. Next day, we had hot dogs on the grill. It smelled so good.

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I love America. We can eat whatever we want.

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Thanks for that hot dog update.

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You're welcome. Where was I? Oh, your Taylor and Travis update.

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You can skip the we got the hot dog update. We don't need Taylor Swift's update now.

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You don't want to know that she's building a castle inside Madison Square Garden.

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You don't know this.

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You're right.

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How do you know that there's a cat? What. What leads you to believe that there's a castle being built?

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Because she mentioned they were building a moat.

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Because they mentioned. She mentions a castle in three of her songs.

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That is kind of on brand for her, though. Like, she had the whole, like, floral engagement. Like, she likes, like, the magical scary.

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Okay. Nothing to do with the castle.

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Do you think he's a football player? Does he. She, like, steal him from a cheerleader maybe? Oh, God, bleachers or whatever.

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There's a video of large white staircase banisters being loaded into the arena and then trucks that are actually labeled garden party.

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Okay, so that's like. People think there. There's a castle being built.

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So the office. Many details, which I appreciate. Wedding planner. I would love to be a wedding.

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When the wedding supposed to happen?

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Friday.

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Today's Wednesday. Two days.

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Okay, we'll see. This is. This is not the last time you're gonna hear me talk about it.

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I'm gonna go to Kelsey right now. Are they trading on that?

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Let me know if you need anything I can help you with, like, what's happening?

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What's the chance of him running?

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Have we also ever mentioned runaway groom?

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Probably not.

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Great, then I'm not a swifty at all.

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I can tell that.

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Yeah. You seem very upset about having to talk about it.

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I like. I like weddings. Not a swifty.

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I couldn't.

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I couldn't tell you, like, the names of her songs. Like, I don't know.

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I can hear your eyes rolling when you talk about her a little bit. You.

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Can you. I'm trying not to give that.

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Yeah, I can hear it.

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Okay. The lead singer, the Village People died.

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Yeah. Not so well, fun fact. Somebody said that he may have been the first husband of Felicia Rashad.

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Who's that?

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Claire Huxtable. Oh, on the Cosby Show.

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Really?

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She was famously married to Ahmad Rashad. Where she got her last name.

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Okay.

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A Vikings wide receiver. Was the cop married to her? Yeah, I think so.

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Yeah. Care. Yeah. From 78 to 82, they were married.

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Okay.

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He's From Dallas. Sorry.

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So can I? I'll say it up loud. Everyone's thinking it. Everyone's thinking it. The guys in the Village People weren't gay.

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Thank you. This is actually the first thing I looked up when I found out which I wanted to know.

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What war?

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Which one? Cuz that's how I. He was the cop or the naval officer, but the lead vocalist in YMCA and in the Navy.

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I mean the next thing you're going to tell me is the construction guy was married to the mom on Silver Spoons.

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I'll look into that. The band's last original member, Victor Willis was 74. Those are Houston's headlines.

[C]

What was that leather got married to?

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I'm actually looking it up. Yeah.

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I'd like to know these answers.

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Astros got a win last night. They beat the Twins 6 to 4. They're gonna wrap up their series with the Twins tonight. Tatsuya Ime is going to be on the map for the stro is going up against men. Minnesota's Taj Bradley first pitches at 7:10. You can listen to it on our sister Station Sports Talk 790. Yesterday at the World Cup, Norway got by Ivory Coast 2 to 1. France took out Sweden 3 nil and Mexico beat Ecuador 2 nil. Tonight the US Men's National Team is going to take on Bosnia in their first knockout stage game. It's around a 32. You win or you go home. That's Gonna start at 7 o' clock when you can watch the game on Fox. Let's go Team usa. That is what's going on in sports.

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All right. You got me pumped for this game, dude.

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Better win. It's gonna be a dark day tonight.

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Five the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Thank you for rolling with us on this wild card Wednesday. We got some great tickets coming up for you. Some sold out stain tickets. Make sure you sit tight. Wait for that reminder. You're looking for fireworks. Top Dog fireworks. Those are our friends. Look at how happy Chili looks in front of that fireworks stand. I'm looking at them on Facebook right now.

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Is it on Facebook?

[C]

Yeah. Top Dog Fireworks. Houston's Go to fire Fireworks Superstore. The largest selection in Texas.

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Mo.

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You bought some fireworks?

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I did. Apparently I did a bad job.

[C]

So you get home and your husband says, that's it. He wanted more.

[B]

I was like, hey, babe, will you go grab those bags of fireworks? He's like, bags? Like, what'd you get?

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Yeah, he's a dude. He's excited. I know, I know him.

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And he's like, yeah, we're gonna have to go back.

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It's not enough.

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I was like, I sent this much money.

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You don't want to leave thinking, oh, I should have bought more.

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He was, was like, this is 250, babe. Rather, we gotta go.

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250 years.

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He loves the 4th of July too.

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What are you the only one blowing it out at 251?

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I blow it out every year.

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Okay, go big at 250.

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Gotta go big, girl.

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God sake, please.

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I love shopping there. Everyone was actually so kind, like very helpful. Yeah, yeah. I asked a lot of questions.

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I told you. He offered. So I bought a big 250. Some. I don't know what it is. Yeah, it was expensive. It was a 50 bucker. One firework. $50. Not a, not a set. One box with one. There's one fuse. Okay. Like it's the grand finale type thing. It's like light it and run. And he's like, I can show you what that looks like on the screen. I said, I don't want to know. It just looks cool. I'm buying, buying it. I don't want to know what it does. I want to be surprised. He's like, I'll show you. It's crazy to me that they can show you all the fireworks on the screens there. So our friends over at Top Dog Fireworks wrote us a five thousand dollar check to go buy backpacks full of school supplies. So huge. Thank you guys so much for your generosity. They've come on with us for a couple of years now. Man. That's really, really nice of them. So you just see the happy faces?

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We were happy.

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Like London. That's not like phony London. Like the faces that she made in those pictures. It's like being in the candy store.

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Genuine happiness.

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Yeah, she's got that pyro thing. It's good.

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That's good. You made her that way.

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Great, great. On the music blog page really quick. You don't have to spend a lot of time on this. What was that song? Was there a song called Wall Wap W A P? Yes. Yes. Would you call it WAP or Wap Wap. And it was Cardi B and Megan the Stallion. It was the most explicit song I'd ever heard in my life.

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There's a in this house.

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I thought it was an Italian song.

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I mean like, like 2 Live Crew sounded like a Sesame street song. Okay. Compared to what these girls were saying, singing about. And it became. It was played on the radio. Like it was so chopped up. I didn't know how you could play that song ever on the radio. They're saying now, believe it or not, because that's. That WAP song is only a couple years old.

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Yeah.

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Explicit music is on the decline. And there are Spotify stats that prove it. People, people don't seem to be as interested in songs with sexual lyrics or profanity these days. Only 13% of Spotify's top 50 songs this year are flagged as explicit. Compared to 2018. 74% of the songs.

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Dang.

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Were labeled explicit. One journalist wrote two factors that are involved here. The first, people listening to nostalgic, radio friendly songs. The second is the decreasing popularity of hip hop and rap. This is the first time I've heard somebody saying that. Hip hop and rap on the decline.

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Yeah, I didn't know that either.

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I didn't know that either. That's the most popular music in America. Back in the late 2010s, rap accounted for more than 50% of Spotify's top 50 chart.

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Okay.

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Sometimes even as high as 75%. This year it's only 20 of the charts.

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Really?

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With alternative and country gaining more spots on the chart.

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Huh.

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That's interesting.

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That is interesting.

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If you hear me ever running around here talking about the heyday.

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Yeah.

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Like when this radio station, 94. 5, the buzz was created when I got into the business. The number one music in America, the top selling music that dominated the charts was alternative music. You know, Nirvana, it was the grunge movement. It was all that stuff. The stuff that I liked, it was such a. That was what was so cool about it. The stuff that I liked. I was in the right age group. The stuff that I liked was the most popular music in America. It was like the hottest thing that's.

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You were so lucky.

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It was so cool. Like I'm. Like I'm on the wave.

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Yeah.

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You know, and it was cool. And then you just seen other, you know, pop music. It's not that. These other forms of music. I mean there's been a huge resurgence of country music in the last couple of years. In the last. They've been on a wave for a while now. I did not know that the popularity of hip hop and rap was on the decline. This is one person writing. But you are looking at stats and you have to look at. And there's. There's numbers to back it up. Are you going to tell me that Kendrick Lamar is not one of the biggest artists in the world? Are you going to tell me that a guy like Drake has rew. Has rewritten the record books? There are outliers to this, but in general, the genre might be on its way down. And it doesn't mean that it. Rap. Rap will never go away. Okay? Rap, hip hop, it's never going away.

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We need it.

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But it just, it, it es and flows and you have highs and you have lows. And this is the first time that I've seen that hip hop and rap on the decline, man. They've been riding high for a long, long time. If you're interested in that kind of thing. There's an article in the. On the music blog page today. You can go and check that out. Let's talk about some rock alternative bands.

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You want to. Yeah. Stained, Stained and Cody Johnson.

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See, I'm just kidding. Wait a minute.

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Stained on their break the cycle 25th anniversary tour.

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Yeah.

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Seether, Hubastink and Hinder. This is October 17th in the Woodlands. These tickets sold out, sold out show.

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Yeah, it's the 90s. It's. It's stained. I mean, listen, but it's that whole bill that's. See, there is the newer band on that bill, if you can imagine that. And those are the acts that are killing it right now, man. Those, those 90s bands, those 90s and early 2000s bands. People want to go see them. It's sold out. We can get you in? Mo can get you in, right?

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Yeah, but you have to be caller 10.

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Okay.

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713-212-5945.

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All right, good luck. Call her. Team Houston's rock.

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Houston's alternative all day.

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And the Rod Ryan Morning Show.

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94. 5 the Buzz.

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Are you 94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning. Rod Ryan show. Oh, these phones. All right, there's people. People listening. That's good news. Good morning. Good morning.

[A]

Hello. Who's this?

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This is Savannah. Hey, wait a minute. We're supposed to be drinking right now. Or you say, is that for tomorrow?

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I don't know. I brought news. What about Savannah made you think that we should be drinking right now?

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Something about your voice. Savannah may be thinking I should have a drink in my hand right now.

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Are you drunk? I do work on a liquor stores. Maybe that's why the front door now.

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Wait a minute. What did you bring in? Savannah, I'm going to get to you in a second. What did you bring in?

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Congratulations. Espresso martini.

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Is that for tomorrow?

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I mean, it can be for whenever.

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Why'd you bring it in today?

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Because I brought the eagle cups from our friends Chelsea and officer Daniel.

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Did you think we were drinking out of those today or today?

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Well, I didn't. If you wanted to drink. I wanted to be prepared. Thank you, Mo, for always being prepared. Prepared.

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Are we waiting till tomorrow?

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We can do both. And we could do. We could do it for vibes and then we could do it when they win.

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Savannah. Sorry, we're having a family meeting right now. You are. You are caller number 10, though.

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Thank you.

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It's our country's birthday week.

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She won the sold out tickets.

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Yeah, st. See, they're hubasting kinder. Savannah, these tickets are sold out October 17th in the Woodlands. We're very excited for.

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For you. Oh, thank you so much.

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I'm so excited.

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So I thought I'd be on my second drink by now.

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What was it about her voice that made you think we should start drinking?

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I knew she worked at a liquor store. She went, hello.

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And I went, why don't I have a drink in my hand? I don't know.

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I know this voice.

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I don't know what put those. Those two things. Oh, my God.

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You know, you're so welcoming.

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Thank you. Savannah, you work at a liquor store?

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I do.

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I'm standing in it right now, actually.

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Clocking in.

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Nice.

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Shout out.

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Is it an independent pendant place? A small like a one off. It's a Texas based one. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough. All right. Well, Very good, Savannah. Thank you.

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Yes.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you. I really appreciate it.

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I mean this in a good way. You have a I should be drinking voice. I don't know what it is.

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You got the right job, girl.

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As soon as I heard her, I'm like, wait a minute.

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That's so funny. Cheers. Okay.

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Online.

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It's Alex.

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Online.

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94.

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5 the Muzz. I didn't know if I mentioned earlier today that the last time you poured drinks they were a little heavy.

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You did say that.

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Let's not.

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I just say we don't need but

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to nitpick here, dude. This is America's birthday week. We can pour drinks however we want to pour drinks.

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Specifically any Eagle Cup.

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What the founding fathers would have wanted.

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Did my comments earlier lead you to not have drinks today?

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I know mostly I don't.

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You shouldn't be drinking, America.

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You thirsty, Alex?

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Yeah. Sorry. She didn't have any labats.

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Dude. That would be lovely right now.

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I wouldn't drink it.

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All right, let's go. What do you got for us on your aol?

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Today's AOL is called World Cup Flags. And. And since the US Is playing, I thought maybe go with the World cup thing day. You're going to be seeing the flags of all of the countries in the World cup and it will ask you which one is like the US Flag, which one is the Japan flag and then you will see how many of them you can get correct.

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I think I. I think we would all. Well, I can't speak for everybody. I know that I would do terrible at this.

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We're at the knockout stages. If you've been watching, you should know most of these.

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I don't know.

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I think you should know the majority of these. So go check it out. See if you can get a perfect score today at the world famous Rod Ryan show [e-mail] I would do better

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if I got the three little letters with the flag.

[A]

That would kind of be cheating though. Oh, okay.

[C]

So it's just the flags?

[A]

Just the flag.

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Oh, that's gonna be tough. You are listening to the Rod Ryan show. Summertime is here and I just got paid. Gonna grab something foxy and go get kool aid on 94. 5 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rob Ryan show. Thank you so much for hanging out with us. There is a link up. I'll tell you what, this Gene Wilder things got me thinking about all kinds of things.

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Okay.

[C]

They're Gene Wilder's voice has been recreated. If you don't know who Gene Wilder is. He's the original Willy Wonka. That, like. That's my Willy Wonka. Wonka. Do you feel like Johnny Depp is your Willy Wonka? I know. He's a chalamet guy. No, Gene Wilder.

[B]

Gene Wilder is my Willy Wonka.

[C]

The one that we grew up with. Right. And it played, you know, every year, all the time. Netflix just released a teaser for the new competition series. Okay. They're making a reality series out of this. You know, it's got a squid game feel to it.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Yeah, it sure does. It's called Wonka's Golden Ticket. And there's an AI recreation of Gene1 Wilder's voice. And this is coming in September. And the family apparently gave the blessing. Gene Wilder's no longer with us. Karen Wilder said she's delighted to introduce Gene's magic to a whole new generation. So the Wilder estate and his wife have given their blessing. Much like. There's a movie. Movie. Not only his voice, but his likeness. There's a Val Kilmer movie out. Yes, that came out. It's a younger version of Val Kilmer. There's a whole movie out. Val Kilmer's dead. But his family said okay. It's just got me thinking of all the things that AI can do. And I know this all freaks Alex out. They could be loading our show. I gotta check my contract. I don't know what they own and what they don't own. They could be loading this show in every day. And then they could just say, hey, create a show every day that's entertaining. The show. AI could be learning and boom, boom, boom. And then when we're gone, they can just create a show that would air. It'll be completely AI Now, I know my company right now is guaranteed human. Guaranteed human right now until we're not.

[A]

Maybe not.

[C]

The videos, like, I. I don't know that I signed my voice away. It was my. Like, I read my contracts. I don't have an agent. I go through all these things on my own. I don't know if there's anything in there like, you know, your likeness and blah, blah, blah, that could be used.

[A]

I do some stuff after you're gone. Maybe mess with AI.

[C]

What's that?

[A]

I do some stuff you might mess with A.I. don't worry, I got it back.

[C]

The Wilder family has signed off on this, if you want to see it. His voice, it's right on. It's spot on. It sounds like Gene Wilder. It's pretty crazy. Speaking of dead celebrities. People super fans of celebrities are spending big money to be buried within proximity of their favorite celebrity. One Marilyn Monroe fan recently paid 199 for a mausoleum crypt near where Marilyn Monroe is. Just because you're such a Marilyn Monroe fan.

[B]

That's unique.

[C]

Is there. Oh, that's interesting.

[B]

Rod.

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Tell me more.

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Did it's like a prime spot. Just because you're close.

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Is there a joke? Marilyn Monroe I know is in a mausoleum in a wall.

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Yes.

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And they take your. They take out the. The stone.

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Yes.

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And they put.

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Put the coffin.

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The coffin in there.

[B]

Yes, I've seen this happen.

[C]

Is there some joke? Is Joe DiMaggio or is there somebody that's above Marilyn Monroe and they asked to be face down above Marilyn Monroe's shut up tomb? Or is that just a joke?

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I do not know. I've not heard that.

[C]

What. What if I put in my will that I want to be face down in my. Like, you have to respect what I want.

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Yeah.

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You know, it's like I'm hoping that the people that take care of me. London, if I asked for something stupid like that, like, yeah, I want to be face down. I don't want to be facing up. I don't want dirt in my face. Put me face down in there. Somebody told me that once that above Marilyn Monroe, the dude face down, he wanted to be above Marilyn Monroe looking at her. Maybe it's a joke.

[B]

He has to be extra for that.

[C]

Judy Garland, a fan of Judy Garland spent more than $50,000 for an earn right next to hers so that that person got cremated. And apparently the placement of the urn in New York's Woodlawn cemetery plots near jazz legends Miles Davis and Duke ellington can cost $70,000. The closer you are to those jazz legends, the more they charge. They charge. They got like, they have dynamic pricing now. Like Ticketmaster is like, you know, charging for your plot. The Hollywood Forever ceremony or cemetery now in Los Angeles. Now, I've been there. That's where Chris. I went to go see Chris Cornell's grave site. Yes.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

And there is a couple people that are. That is near Chris. There's that actually a very. One of the Ramones. And there's a statue of him. There's not a statue of Chris, but there's a statue of the Ramone guy. It's not Joey, it's a guitar player. He's there. And then there's that actor that died that played Chekov in Star Trek, Anton Yelchin.

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Remember, he was a young actor that he got Pinned.

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He got pinned.

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His car.

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He got out.

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Out.

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And his car backed up on him and it pinned him against the wall.

[A]

What?

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That's how he died.

[C]

He was a young up and cominging actor.

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

He's buried right around there, too. I'm just. Is there a. You, Eli Manning?

[B]

Would you pay more?

[C]

Are you reserving places next to the Mannings for you, your final resting spot?

[A]

I would like to just be thrown in the trash or Viking funeral.

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My dad always said.

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My dad.

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My dad.

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I want.

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Oh, just put me in a pine box. Throw me out at the curb.

[A]

Yeah, fine with that. I don't even need a box.

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Dad, I'm not putting you at the curb, okay? I'm just telling you right now. Nor did I. Throw me in the ocean. No, we didn't.

[B]

Same. It seems like a waste of money.

[A]

I don't.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't need to complicate anybody else by costing thousands of dollars. Just like Viking funeral. Me. Just get an old boat. Yeah. Send me at the sea. Light it on fire.

[C]

This has come up. This has come up more and more on this show, and I never in a million years ever thought that I was going to be cremated. And this show has convinced me, really, being in the time that I've been here, I don't want London to feel like she's got to come see me somewhere. What if she moves? Whatever. She's going to come back, you know, like my grave's just going to be sitting in the middle of nowhere.

[B]

I agree.

[C]

I think real estate, like, let's say I get buried here, okay? I. I'm gonna end up spending most of my life here.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

It would make sense that I got buried here. Who else is here? London.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So I think real estate, the way that it is. How long do I get that space for? Until they make it a parking lot. Right.

[B]

Okay. Then what?

[C]

Before they put something over there. Like.

[A]

I know.

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So I think about it.

[C]

I. I don't think there's going to be to be cemeteries in the future. I think we're going to keep. Keep the ones that we have. We're going to try to hang on to them as long as we can, but I just don't. I don't see myself being put in a. I think I'm going to get burned up. Nobody in my family has been cremated. Nobody in my family has been cremated to my knowledge. Everyone's in the ground.

[B]

Is that something?

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Everybody.

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Catholicism.

[C]

It's just. It's just the way it was.

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Was. Yeah.

[C]

It's just everybody does what everybody does in the family. No one's been. No one's been cremated. I think I'm going to be cremated. What a weird thing to think about. I don't have that written down yet either.

[B]

We're thinking about that. All because of Marilyn Monroe.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

The joke's real, by the way. I looked it up.

[C]

What is the joke?

[B]

There's a true story of her neighbor in the cemetery. LA businessman bought the burial spot directly above her. Before he died, he told his wife to bury him face down. He did not want to miss seeing Marilyn for eternity. So it wasn't the Joe DiMaggio guy, but it was a businessman, but not a joke.

[C]

Real story.

[B]

That's what. That's what it says.

[C]

That dude's a legend.

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Legend.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

All right, here we go. I got. I got time to squeeze in a little Beastie Boys right now. There's Brass Monkey on the boat. Buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan Show. Come on. Thank you for hanging out with us on this wild card Wednesday. We do have some tickets left to give away. What are you hanging on to, Mo?

[B]

I have a pair of tickets to see Motionless in White. They're with Lauren ashore, Fit for a King and static dress. July 25th in the Woodlands. You can buy them Ticketmaster.com or you can win them if you know the show.

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Okay, Mo's gonna have a question for you on the flip of this break, man. Do not go anywhere. Houston's Rock.

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Houston's alternative and home of the Rod Ryan Morning Show.

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94. 5 the Buzz.

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94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan Show. All right, let's go. Time right now for Mo the show. Motionless in White are the tickets we have for you. It's the Sweat and Blood tour. Bunch of other bands on this build. July 25, Woodlands Pavilion. Tickets. There's still a few [e-mail] you want to win a pair of tickets right now, though? What's your question, Mo?

[B]

Rod, tell me if it's too hard. If it's too hard, I can add a hint. Okay. Okay, here's the question. Rob's daughter, London, genuinely smiled over the weekend when he took her where.

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Well, I'm also seeing your smiling faces on our Facebook page.

[B]

Lots of smiling faces coming out of this specific place. Tell us where it is. 713-212-5945.

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It's another summer with the Rod Ryan show. Oh, yeah. On 94.5 the Buzz. 94. 5 the Buzz. Red hot chili Peppers.

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All right.

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