Tony Kornheiser (45:27)
Before we get to the mailbag, let me just say it's all cold down along the beach. The wind's whipping down the boardwalk. Hey, band, you know what time of the year it is? What time? Huh? Oh, Christmas time. You guys all been good? Practicing real hard. Clarence, you've been rehearsing real hard now. So Santa will bring your new saxophone, right? Everybody out there been good or what? Oh, that's not many. Not many. You guys are in trouble out there. That's Bruce Springsteen, kids. Thanks to our guests today. Chuck, Todd, Chuck Culpepper. Thanks as well to today's sponsors. Remember, you can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Audacy. Get the show through Apple. Please leave us a review. Here we go. Tim Fitzgerald Seattle, Washington for the last 23 to 4 years I've been trying, wildly, unsuccessfully to explain to my 80 year old mother in law the difference between cellular and Wi fi on her phone. Kind of like you in the Physics of Electric toothbrushes. Now that we've settled on cellular comes from the sky and Wi fi comes from the walls. What is the definition of insanity again? So please remind Michael that not all heroes wear capes and says Please enjoy this AI rendering of Wilbourne in his newest bear swag and picture of Wilbon. It's not really Wilbourne looks more like Don than Mike and he's wearing bears in Inside the Outline of the State of Indiana, which is funny. Kurt Unruh Fort Wayne, Indiana Speaking of Indiana, thank you for mentioning my fair city last night on pti with the relocation of the Bears to Fort Wayne get you to visit our city. You could hang out with Glenn from Norwegian Soft Kitten and myself at Club Soda while sharing a glass of Johnnie Walker Blue and see the new stadium from the patio. While it will never happen, it is a nice location for a stadium right across from our lovely courthouse and other government buildings. Luke Russert even visited us a few months ago, though we don't have a memorial for foreign Liebowitz. Keep on potting and Happy Holidays, which is very nice from Steve the Sycophant My thanks to you, Michael and Nigel and the entire staff for providing me for hours upon hours of entertainment. I hope your holiday season is great as the New year approaches. I must note that Mr. Mike Todlin, Town Wilbond just made the quote of 2025 while talking to Wilbourne about the Bears packers game. You said did you meet the mayor? His immortal reply meet the mayor. I know the Mayor wishing happiness to one and all Kelly Pierce or Kelly Pears or Kelly Pierce, Ph.D. alexandria, Louisiana. I was delighted to hear Mr. Wilbourne filled with joy on Monday's podcast. It was a nice way to start the Christmas week rather than his usual rants of how stupid people are. Although I usually agree with his rants and rather enjoy watching reactions and wow, what an ending to the Bears game. Wilbon keeps touting Richard Dent as the only defensive player to win super bowl mvp. Hang on Sparky. Here is a list of such players. Super Bowl 5 Chuck Howley, linebacker, Dallas Super Bowl 7 Jake Scott, safety, Miami Super Bowl 12 Harvey Martin and Randy White, Defensive Line, Dallas Super Bowl 20 Richard Dent, Super Bowl 30 Larry Brown that's what I was thinking of. Cornerback, Dallas Super Bowl 35 Ray Lewis linebacker, Baltimore Super Bowl 37 Dexter Jackson cornerback, Tampa Bay Super Bowl 48 Malcolm Smith linebacker, Seattle Super Bowl 50 Von Miller linebacker, Denver My wife and I are going to Chicago for New Year's. Thought it'd be fun to go to the Bears game the first week of January. Since we live in Louisiana and don't own such things as parkers and overcoats, could you ask Wilbon if we can sit with him in the luxury box? I'm sure it'll be nice and toasty in there. Thanks for all that you do to keep us Littles entertained and informed. That's very nice. Mark Gudelski North Bethesda, Maryland your recent discussions about collecting matchbooks reminded me of my father's pension for taking ashtrays from restaurants and hotels. He didn't smoke, but this was in the 60s and 70s, when smoking was common and he would pocket them as souvenirs. They usually had the name of the establishment on them, but some were just decorative. This was the case on a trip to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he took a pretty ashtray from the hotel my parents were staying at with my aunt and uncle. Later, after the four of them were leaving a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, my father reached inside his coat, pulled out the ashtray, and said to my uncle, look what I just took from inside. Monko was beside himself and insisted it had to be returned to Monticello. He didn't calm down until he was convinced that it came from the hotel. When my father died, we had to dispose of five or six boxes of purloined ashtrays. Wow, Tony T. In Brooklyn. In D.C. so many folks on board with the matchbooks. It's great. Now I can fanboy over most of Mr. Tony even more because I saved them as well. I've attached a picture of one of my favorites that I had made for a bar I ran. I opened that bar in 1996. It's where I served drinks to the Indianapolis crew members. I I believed I moved on to open my own bar. Mr. Soliza hosted trivia nights there and one of my sort of David Aldrich moments. Every couple of weeks During Sunday brunch NFL game shifts, Mr. Carver would be walking down the block. He would pull open the front door, look in, and ask, who's winning? He never came in, but he always made my day. Lately, I'm curious if he called T Boy after he took a quick glance at all the games. Happy Holidays. And this is pictures of where he'd been, you know, the restaurants that he'd opened, Capitol Lounge being one of them. From Brandon Borzelli in Lebanon, New Jersey. So much talk about where and what to do with the matchbox collection. Do you frame your best memories and add them to the living room? Display the themes of your life, sports related personal favorites, fanciest places, etc. Do you line the elevator in Delaware with them? Do you sign them with a little story about where and when they came from? You can sell them as column nets. Do you add them to the Emmy display? The Emmy displays in a closet. The real question is where is the matchbox from the Lilly Hammer jacket purchased? There is none. If the jacket had gotten this mileage over 30 years, then the matches could be strikeless, waterproof and hurricane proof. If the Russians had the Lilly Hammer jacket with the Russian had the Lillehammer jacket when he escaped Chris and Paulie, he surely would have survived the Pine Barrens incident. Brett Hobbs Linton, Indiana your recent story about your winter coat brought to mind my own favorite piece of winter gear. When I joined the Navy in the 70s, I was issued a standard Navy pea code. Of all the uniform items I received back then, it's the one thing I've held onto after all these years. Paired with a wool cap, that coat has kept me warm in every kind of weather. Plus, with my beard and aged face, I've noticed I look less like a veteran and more like I should be captaining captaining a crab fishing vessel in the Arctic. Isn't that nice? Drew Allen for years I imagined Lillehammer jacket was some awful 1990s red, white and blue Olympic Team USA jacket. I was way off. Oh yeah, way off. Chris Band Sells Forest Hill, Maryland Did I hear Michael correctly? Teaching at this time of year is on cruise control. You've clearly never taught in an elementary school in December. Friday afternoon featured candy cane and scented vomit. How's that for cruise control? Neil Airvase in Colorado as you were reading the email from John Stieglitz on yesterday's show about the greatest living baseball player, I started yelling Sandy Koufax. Before you validated my opinion. The mention of Sandy Koufax reminded me of a wonderful story shared with me by another lifelong Dodger fan who was attending a game at Dodger Stadium when He fortuitously encountered Mr. Koufax on the concourse. After timidly introducing himself, sharing that Mr. Koufax was a childhood hero, and praising his on and off field contributions to the game and Society. My friend asked if he might shake Sandy's hand. Hand. When Mr. Koufax obliged and held out his right hand, my father responded, no. The other one offered his left. Lefty. Sure. Gracious as always. Mr. Koufax smiled and accommodated him. Eric from McLean I find myself driving my teenage daughter here, there and everywhere around the dmv. On occasion she might passively hear some of your podcast. I value that time where we might have some conversation. As a clueless middle aged dad, I asked her, what does 6 and 7 mean? She said, it means nothing. Nothing. I don't get it. She responded Defiantly, what does 5 and 11 mean? A touche. B. I've never been so proud. Mark becker Silver Spring, Maryland I've been a Washington Football fan for all 68 years of my life. My father had season tickets going back to Griffith Stadium. The game this week gives us a great opportunity. If the Commanders win, their record will be 5 and 11. I know all of us Littles are praying hard for this. Happy holidays Adam Benson, St. John's Newfoundland Please tell Dave I won't be able to meet up with him at the Farmer's Market on Saturday the 27th. I'll be in Gander at my mother's house for Christmas, but I'll be back in Town on January 1st. P.S. i have a second cousin named Adam Benson as well. Why is everybody in Newfoundland named Adam Benson? Why is that? And from Jeff Simpson in Arlington, Virginia, Too cold for a Club sandwich A new meteorological standard for the Capitol Weather Gang's Winter Fork. If you're out of your bike tonight, as always, everyone do wear white.
