Welcome, everyone. It is the KSR pre-show. It is Thursday, April 23rd. I am Shannon the dude in the Louisville studio. Being joined by Billy Rettledge. He's over in Lexington, and you can give us a call on the Clark's Pubbit Shop phone line at 859-2-2-2-807. Bear a Whiskey Thief Call of the Day. If you can't call in, you can always text the Quatro Auto Group

text line 502-265-66-6. Here in Louisville, Billy, we got all the Kentucky Derby Festival season that's

starting. We've got the Chow wagon opening up today. I was just looking at all the events that

are going on. You can go down to Waterfront Park, get yourself an overpriced

corn dog. It's all good stuff. What's your favorite carnival food, Billy? Are you a corn dog guy?

Do you go for the elephant ears? What do you like? Well, I feel like I have to have the corn dog,

if we're at a fair, but I will indulge in a funnel cake i don't know what it is it

feels like it's almost like thanksgiving with stuffing and you only get to eat it one time

a year i only eat funnel cakes when i'm out of fair or some sort of carnival so that's always it for

me and i know there's like a balloon glow coming up i don't know is that today or? I mean, we're getting into the festivities here for Derby Weeks. You got the bed race, which we've talked about in the past, which is weird. You get somebody that lays down in bed and you put a bed on wheels and they go inside a, I think it's Broadbent Arena, and they just have somebody push people around in a bed, and there's like a bed race is what they do for the door. I don't even know how that became a thing. Then, of course, you got the great steamboat race. Don't tell me the fixes in. It's still real to me, damn it. I always look forward to the Bell of Loeval taking on, the Cincinnati bill or the Delta Queen.

That's coming up to you.

So a lot of fun and excitement around Louisville this time of year.

Yep.

I'm in the festivities already.

Real men wear pink, and I've got a little pink on today, Shannon, a little Peter Millar.

You know, real men also wear quarter zips and loved that Will Stein walked back his take yesterday on KSR. That's a true man right there.

Shane had a quarter zip on yesterday during the interview. I guess guys, a little less festive going to the stores.

We don't have to buy a hat for Derby Week or anything like that. But, I mean, colors like pink that are bright colors,

it's the time to wear those type of things.

Well,

I know that a lot of the locals around here are mad because they've sort of been priced out of Oaks Day and Derby Day, Billy. Like the get-in price is just becoming ridiculous to where a lot of locals are like, we can't even afford to go to Derby now. I used to be able to get into the infield for, you know, like 50 bucks or something like that.

Now I think they've raised that even more drink prices. locals are like, we can't even afford to go to Derby now. You used to be able to get into the infield for, you know, like 50 bucks or something like that.

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