This is our passion. That's the spirit we bring to this show. I'm Luke Thomas. I'm Brian Campbell. This is morning combat.

Yeah, we are back at it. We're actually together. Oh, to the yeah, like the best looking pimple on the ass of a dying sports media industry.

This is the best thing going that you guys got left. It's called morning combat. It's Wednesday September 6, 2023. So get home because we're back at it together. No illnesses, at least not any of our terminal.

But we are here to bang just the same. I'm the beige guy, Brian Campbell, the beige bastard, all that BB. There's a lot of letters involved. How about a new letter because I was told Luke Thomas my co-host that these brand new progressives that my old ass now is forced to wear.

Kind of makes me look like a white Malcolm X. You agree with that?

No, it looks like you peeled those off the corpse of Barbara Walters. And you had no other option. You look terrible. But I'm glad you can see.

You know, my wife kind of echoed that statement, not her favorite pair, but you know, I kind of think that I'm this is a little bit of a reinvention. I went high and tied again, you know, just like you're

at least my ambitions college wise, at least in terms of women. But I think I've flipped the script a little bit. I think I've fought the aging curve. And you would have to argue right now that I could pass for 34. I think I could right now. I really do just a heads up in what society.

Polite society look okay. That's where I belong. Thank you very much. Well, what did you get diagnosed with? Are you nearsighted or are you far cited?

I don't understand terms, but I needed bifocals and then they offered these really. So look, it turns out spoiler alert here at Paramount. The label that really pays us. We have like a fantastic vision insurance.

I'll say this. It's the best health insurance I've ever had at any job ever. Period. Like it's crazy good.

So I'm happy to be trying this outlook. We'll see if these glasses make it through an entire episode. You know, there's headaches. You know, I got to get used to it, right?

Do you drive with them?

No, they're not supposed to be for that loop. They're supposed to be for screen looking and reading up close.

Okay, so when your pants are around your ankles, you got your glasses on now, huh?

Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Look, you've got some explaining to do. Are you dying? Is this show dying? Could you let people know that you're going to make it up?

Yeah, no, I'm okay. I'm okay. I mean, basically just a confluence of things. Hit. I got sick last week and then also had, you know, trouble sleeping for a little while. And I mean, which is still always had problem.

You know what it was? I was thinking about this. It all started when I did the MMA or in what was it 2018, 2019, whatever it was.

And going to New York for 50 weeks, two times a week up and back the same day. That's how I got hooked on Zquill.

And so that just messed me up from the start. And it's just kind of escalated and escalated and escalated. I actually got some some rest on vacation. But yeah, the issue is basically I, you know, there's just been some stress related to the professional occupation.

It has calls him insomnia issues, but I'm working on it. I'm with a doctor now. So, yeah, I mean, cautiously optimistic. I'm going to work my way through this.

Well, if you perish, we will have a incredible tribute show, but then look the show on morning.

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