Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to the Norton I show. I'm your host, Rob Schuador. And it is Wednesday, which means my dear friend Donnie Meacham joins us. Hey, Donnie, are you there?

Hello, hello, hello, Wednesday Donnie, are you there?

Hello, blah, well, Wednesday.

Oh, always so excited to be here.

See your smiling face, even though it's rainy here in Los Angeles. Yes.

Hey, we love having you.

We have a little bit of housekeeping before we jump into the show.

So on Monday, Garrett was back, but I was doing

Good Morning America on Monday, so I had to leave the house a little bit early. We had some

technical issues, and Garrett's recording, his mic, was a lot lower than mine. So normally when I

merge the tracks together, I try to blend them. I just didn't have time to do it and run to GMA. And then when I came back, I knew there was a problem, but it meant I'd have to delete the whole episode and put it back up. So there have been a few complaints. And I encourage you to let us know what you think here. Not only were a few people angry about the difference in the volume, particularly because mine was the loudest.

So that looks a bit suspicious. I admit, I'd be like, mm-hmm, Rob Schuller's turned everyone down.

But also, too, I overtalked Garrett. And the reason it sounds like I did that is when I edited

the two tracks together, I had to delete a lot of Garrett just so that you could even hear him at all. So once again, I apologize. I try, you know, I get here. I talk too much. You should have a drink with me. I can do a monologue for like an hour, Donnie, without even taking a breath. So I try so hard. It's something I'm really trying to work on, he said, after talking for two minutes, but I'm trying to work on Donnie, letting other people speak. Yeah, it's fine. I mean, it is the naughty but nice show with Rob Chute. So, I mean, hearing your voice is not, you know, a bad thing. It's what we come for, but there are other voices. And I've been at a dinner with, and a drinks with Rob.

He's right.

The man can talk.

He can have a lot of words to say before you finish your vodka soda.

But it's all fun and we laugh the entire time.

Every word is essential.

None of them are essential.

Maybe every other 20th of the word might be sort of relevant. I can laugh at myself. Hey, Neil T's. Let's jump into the show. What time is it, my friends? It is T-Tie time. Big story at the top of the show. There's a report out that Tom Cruise missed the Oscars. Because he was avoiding his ex Nicole Kidman. So Tom allegedly feels the need to stay away from his ex Nicole Kidman. The 60 year old,

gosh, he looks good, doesn't I? 60. 60 year old actor was noticeably absent from the award show on

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