Welcome to Zach to the Future. I'm your co-host, Dashel Driscoll, joined today by Bayside's premier

rafting enthusiast, Mark Paul. Hello, Mark Paul. Hello, Dashel. Actually, I have rafted

before, and it is fun. How about you? I have never rafted. I've been on like the rafting, the rapids

rides at various theme parks, but never a proper actual raft. Does that surprise you, Mark Paul? No, it doesn't. It doesn't surprise me. But what would surprise me is what park you would actually pick has the better rafting ride. I can tell you mine. My favorite rapids rafting ride has got to be the Grizzly River run at California Adventure.

I'm just going to throw that right out there.

Okay.

I'm going to agree with you only because I'm an ABC employee currently working for Disney.

Yeah, that's your boss.

That's the mouse.

But I think isn't there one at Magic Mountain?

There is a really good...

I haven't been on it in years, but there is a good one at Magic Mountain. Yeah. Okay. Because that was going to be my first choice, but since you threw out the Disney ABC one, I'm going to go with that. I love the Disney one because of how chaotic it is. Like the idea of the Rapids ride, this is a good start. The idea of the Rapids Ride is a theme park ride means you can get soaked as much as possible or completely dry. And I love that

chaos. No other ride has that element. Oh, you know what? I went to the Universal Studios in Orlando

and they had a big ride there. That was a pretty good Rapids ride. But, you know, I'm not a fan of

getting wet at an amusement park and then just being wet walking through in a music park. It's kind of gross. I don't know. You know what the secret is? You know what the little secret is? And then we can start the show. You bring a pair of flip flops in a backpack. And before you do the water ride, you switch your shoes and socks to flip flops. and then when you're done with the ride, you go back to your dry shoes and socks. Too much work.

It'll change your whole day.

It'll change your whole day. water ride, you switch your shoes and socks to flip-flops. And then when you're done with the ride,

you go back to your dry shoes and socks. Too much work. It'll change your whole day. It'll change your whole day. It would. It would change my whole day. But you know what? It's a lot of work. I have four kids. And if I have to take my shit on top of their shit, it's too much. It's too much shit. I don't want to do it. Anyway, let's get to the show because... Let's just, why don't

we start?

We have a... Oh my God. We have a special guest. Was that what you were going to say? Did I take

your line? You kind of did, but you might as well tell us who the guest is. Our special guest today, none other than Ed Blatchford. Welcome, Ed. Hey, how are you? Nice to be here.

And you might, listener, know Ed better as one rod belding.

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