Welcome, everyone. It is the KSR pre-show. It's Thursday, October 16th. I am Shannon the dude.

You can give us a call. On the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line, 859-28027.

Beer, Whiskey Thief Call of the Day. The text line is 502-265-66. 6656. The KSR Pre-show is brought to you by Italics, Fine Italian Dining in Lexington. I'm in the Louisville studio. My co-host, Billy Rettledge, ready to go for episode 1001 of the KSR pre-show. And I hear that was already an eventful morning for you, Billy. You went to KS Bar. You couldn't get inS. Bar. Now you're back in the studio. What's going on with you? Adrenaline's pumping a little bit this morning. I mean, I just walked into the studio, haven't even taken a sip of my coffee that I had barely enough time to make. But I'm here. I'm ready to go. We just, you know, we're beating on the doors, couldn't get in. So we We came here the studio and made it just in time. So we're ready to, uh, for another thousand shows with you, dude. How are you

doing this? Doing well. And don't feel bad that you don't have a key to KS Bar, Billy, because I'm one of the owners and I don't even have a key. Like, I would be out there in the same both that you are. So don't feel bad about it. It's not your fault, okay? But I'm glad that

you're here with us. That seems messed up. You should have a key as an owner. How often are you

coming up to eat chicken wings at KS Bar and Grill? Not enough, I imagine. Not nearly enough. Probably, if I had to guess, four, maybe five times a year. Like once every quarter I check in, you know? Quality control, I have to go in. I have to make sure that the wings are still on point.

those tater tots that have that hash brown casserole stuff in the middle that we just added to gotta make sure they're still on point and make sure that they're fully stocked with

Shannon the dudes brew but other than that you know I'll get up there maybe for a game

or if we have some sort of special event or maybe they need me to dress up like

Hermione from Harry Pondon. that you know i'll get up there maybe for a game or if we have some sort of special event or maybe

they need me to dress up like hermione from uh harry potter hermione yeah that's right that's right

hermione from uh harry potter maybe spider man like i did was that last year i dressed up as spider man

and did comic book uh trivia at k s bar so i'm the special events guy, basically. That's when they bring me in. When they need a dog and pony show, let's bring in Shannon the dude. And that's about the only time I really get up there these days. Well, I was peering through the window, you know, like a kid that couldn't go out and play with his friends, like looking outside. But I could see all the pictures of myself that have been hung up in KS Bar.

Didn't see a lot of you, Shannon. So maybe it was just where I was looking. Well, I think it's probably because you had something to do with the decorating. I think you hung those pictures up. Hold on, hold on now. I had nothing to do with any decorating. That's just Ryan and Drew, I think, giving me my due in some of the spots.

Now, how are you going to have more pictures hung up in KS Bar and Grill than me? That's what I'm saying. Like the one that they have of me is like the picture of me from Netflix, from wrestlers, where I'm face down after getting... Face down on the mat. After getting hit with an illegal head, an illegal object from Al Snow. That's the basically best picture they've got of me in KS Bar. Well, you know, I don't think you should be too upset. You are still on the cartoon caricature, which is, by the way, a really cool design. But probably about time Mario and I got added to that thing. Maybe Mario. No, Mario doesn't leap me.

No.

If you're going to put Mario on, you've got to put me on too. No, no, no. We leave you outside knocking on the window trying to get in. That's what we... I don't like that. All right, so Adam Sandler's in town tonight. You know, we gave away plenty of free tickets to Adam Sandler on the pre-show. will you go to

to the show tonight?

I'm up.

No, I don't have plans to.

Okay.

But maybe I should check with L.A.

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