Okay, welcome to the Eric Matax's show. Eric is in disposal at the moment.

I'm afraid he's been having GI problems in uncomfortable bloating, but I'm sure he'll

be out in a jiff. Oh, here he is now. Looking pale and shaken. Oh, you okay, little

buddy. The Eric Matax's show. What do you say? I don't know. Folks, this is the Eric Matax's

show. And, uh, you know, I never like to talk about fiction on this show. I personally consider

it trash. And, and yet sometimes you have a friend and you have an obligation. There's

this guy that I know, his name is Chris Fabri. He wrote a novel and, you know, he twisted

my arm. So I got to talk to him about it. I apologize in advance. Chris Fabri, welcome to

the program. Even your name. I was just thinking about this, Eric. Even your name is narcissistic.

It's all about me, Texas. No, in Greek, in Greek, it's pronounced Matax's. It has nothing to

do with the American pronunciation at all. And it's fabri, by the way, it's not Fabri, it's

Fabri. It's a law. Hey, hey, this is my show. And I will pronounce it Fabri if I want to.

I got a bone to pick with you. I've got four sons. And my oldest son said, I told him

I'm going to be on air. My taxes showed because I know he listens for some odd reason.

Your son listens to my show. And he said to me, tell Eric two things. I promised him my

woods. So let me get it out of the way. He said, tell Eric, I believe everything Todd

Wilkerson says. Yeah. Number one. Yeah. And I, and I've been listening to him for more

than 30 years. To Todd Wilkerson or to Eric Matax's.

See, well, probably both of you. Well, I'm, I'm, I'm deeply touched. I'm deeply touched

because we've been doing this show since the late 50s. Very few people realize that I've

been laboring the trenches. People think I'm an overnight success. And it's like, I don't

know. I, I, I've been doing this for decades. And I'm still, you know, still let us

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