And here we go. Good morning and welcome to the Opie Radio podcast from a rainy, cold ocean, way out east on Long

Gilelland. And there's my buddy Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron, the waiter from his basement apartment somewhere in Astoria, Queens. Cheers to you. And I'm borrowing my roommate's mug. So, you know, my roommate is a... He's a fancy boy. So his mug here, that's Bing Crosby. Yeah. And who's that other guy? I can't see. I can't see. Who's that?

That's a famous actor.

So that's Bing Crosby.

I see the Bing Crosby.

I don't know who that is, though.

No, he's the famous actor, tough guy.

Tough guy, famous actor from what?

A very long time ago?

Wait a minute.

That's the Oscar winner, dude. That's an oscar winner you're wasting time rod we don't know

who that is by the way i am so annoyed i uh i woke up nice and early what it's robert mitcham

oh robert mitcham good for you i i woke up very early right right? We took a week. We're out here for New Year's. We got plans out here. The last two days out here were glorious because it snowed. The kids were actually sledding on the dunes the last two days. Wake up. It's very rainy and nasty out. It's going to be rainy all day. And then we're going to get 50 mile an hour winds.

But that's not what's bothering me, Ron. I was watching the local TV for the weather report because I hate the local news.

I hate it. And I'm sitting there getting so annoyed because there's a woman on there once again,

giving the traffic report on TV.

And I'm sitting here going, you know what?

I've lived a very, very long time.

I've been lucky enough to have some wonderful people in my life.

And I interact with tons and tons of people through the radio show in my regular

everyday life. And not one person has ever come to me and said, you know what? Thank God I was

watching traffic on TV or I would have been late for work. Who the F watches this? And why is it still

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