Eden and Amadeus
BEHIND THE SHARK WEEK VOICE, TRIVIA CHALLENGES, AND INDEPENDENCE DAY SHOWDOWN!
Ever wondered what it takes to become the voice of Shark Week? Listen as Mark Rider, the exceptional narrator behind those thrilling underwater tales, shares how he went from a radio host in Jacksonville to a prominent voice actor. Discover the secrets of his success, the importance of building strong industry relationships, and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of this year's Shark Week episodes, including "Belly of the Beast" and "Shark Frenzy Mating Games."
Our episode is brimming with trivia fun! Kick things off with a lively recap of our Battle of the Sexes segment and join Amadeus in a thrilling trivia challenge. Categories span from alcohol and dog training to holidays and planets, featuring questions like identifying grenadine as an ingredient in a shooter and recalling Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet. We also touch on interesting tidbits such as a lawsuit against Hyundai, Harry Truman's upbringing, and the largest shopping mall in the US.
Ending on a patriotic note, Michelle and Manny face off in an Independence Day-themed trivia competition, testing their knowledge of American history. With a series of nail-biting questions about the Declaration of Independence, Paul Revere's midnight ride, and George Washington's crossing of the Delaware, Michelle claims victory in a thrilling tiebreaker. Tune in for an episode packed with fascinating stories, engaging banter, and a touch of competitive spirit!
Ever wondered what it takes to become the voice of Shark Week? Listen as Mark Rider, the exceptional narrator behind those thrilling underwater tales, shares how he went from a radio host in Jacksonville to a prominent voice actor. Discover the secrets of his success, the importance of building strong industry relationships, and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of this year's Shark Week episodes, including "Belly of the Beast" and "Shark Frenzy Mating Games."
Our episode is brimming with trivia fun! Kick things off with a lively recap of our Battle of the Sexes segment and join Amadeus in a thrilling trivia challenge. Categories span from alcohol and dog training to holidays and planets, featuring questions like identifying grenadine as an ingredient in a shooter and recalling Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet. We also touch on interesting tidbits such as a lawsuit against Hyundai, Harry Truman's upbringing, and the largest shopping mall in the US.
Ending on a patriotic note, Michelle and Manny face off in an Independence Day-themed trivia competition, testing their knowledge of American history. With a series of nail-biting questions about the Declaration of Independence, Paul Revere's midnight ride, and George Washington's crossing of the Delaware, Michelle claims victory in a thrilling tiebreaker. Tune in for an episode packed with fascinating stories, engaging banter, and a touch of competitive spirit!
Welcome to Eden and Amadeus the podcast. We had a short work week so our Battle of the Sexes recap is going to be rather short. We've got a great great interview on the way, especially if you love Shark Week. But to fill some time and since the Battle of the Sexes was short, let's do some trivia questions.
Speaker 2:Okay, so I host trivia once a week for Trivia Nation. They are a Florida company and they have trivia shows all throughout Florida, so these were questions from Wednesday night. Obviously, we aren't able to release this podcast until after these have been asked at all the different area restaurants and bars across our state. But let's test you out. Play along with Amadeus.
Speaker 1:By the way, do you know who writes these questions?
Speaker 2:I do Different people that work for the company.
Speaker 1:Oh okay, it's not easy to write questions like this.
Speaker 2:It's very difficult. You do it every day and it only gets harder and harder as the years go on.
Speaker 1:I have a lot of respect for that.
Speaker 2:They have a couple of different people. One person does every Monday, one person does every Tuesday.
Speaker 1:They're employees.
Speaker 2:Let every Tuesday. So they're employees, so and they take a lot. Let me tell you something If you ever want to know, if you ever want a job where people will come at you on a regular basis and try and correct you and tell you that you have not done a great job, because it's a thankless job, it's. It's a very difficult one. So it starts out easy. Alcohol is your first topic. Blue Caraco, white creme de coco and what pomegranate flavored syrup are layered to make a red, white and blue shooter.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh. Pomegranate flavored syrup.
Speaker 2:So listen if it's blue Caraco white. Caracao. Oh, thank you See, that's why I always ask you these in the daytime, so I can get the pronunciation right. So, caracao, thank you, white cremeousel. Carousel. Oh, thank you See. That's why I always ask you these in the daytime, so I can get the pronunciation right. So, carousel, thank you, white creme de coco. So obviously what we need is pomegranate flavor, so give me something to layer with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I guess I'm going to say grenadine, yes grenadine is correct. Okay.
Speaker 2:Dogs, Dogs. Achilles would know what command is often used to make a dog walk on his or her handler's left side. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:Do I have to say it?
Speaker 2:Yes, heel yes.
Speaker 1:Jeez.
Speaker 2:Holidays Since 1971, which federal holiday is the second Monday of October.
Speaker 1:Oh dang, is it Flag Day? No, no, that's in June, october, october. Second I don in June, october.
Speaker 2:I don't know Second. Monday is Columbus.
Speaker 1:Day. Oh, I've forgotten about him. For me, that's Indigenous Peoples Day now.
Speaker 2:That's right. That's how it is for a lot of people. Planets, recent events in America those are your next three categories.
Speaker 1:In 2006,.
Speaker 2:what planet was reclassified and downgraded as a dwarf planet? And then remember I think it was reinstated.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's Pluto, Thanks to our friend Neil deGrasse Tyson who you've heard on this podcast.
Speaker 2:On May 30th, the US Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against which Korean automaker over legal use of child labor at the company's automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama.
Speaker 1:Ooh in Alabama, alabama, Ooh Alabama. Yeah, is it Kia?
Speaker 2:It's Hyundai.
Speaker 1:Oh, hyundai, I forgot about Hyundai.
Speaker 2:America Synonymous with freedom. In what Missouri city was President Harry Truman raised? Independence, yes, independence, good job. Good job, okay Shopping university and villains those independent Good job, good job, okay Shopping, university and villains those are your next three categories. Opening in 1992, the largest shopping mall in the US, the Mall of America, is located in what state?
Speaker 1:Minnesota, correct, I can't remember. Is it in Minneapolis?
Speaker 2:It is in Minneapolis. Okay, I've been there.
Speaker 1:Universities- the main campus of Oklahoma State University is. In what city Is it in Oklahoma City?
Speaker 2:It is not. Is it in Tulsa? It is not.
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:Stillwater.
Speaker 1:Never heard of it.
Speaker 2:Villains in film and on television. Well, it must not be real, then, in film and on television, which superhuman enemy has been portrayed by Gene Hackman, jesse Eisenberg and John Cryer?
Speaker 1:Lex Luthor.
Speaker 2:Ah, halftime question.
Speaker 1:You knew that one right.
Speaker 2:I would not have gotten that one. No, really Gene Hackman, I don't think I get it.
Speaker 1:He was in the original Superman with Christopher Reeve, which we were talking about earlier on the show.
Speaker 2:That's right. Okay, no, wouldn't have gotten it. I'm sure somebody on my team if I had a team would have it. Literature Known for his legal thrillers. What American novelist was a practicing lawyer as well as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. Known for his legal thrillers.
Speaker 1:I think. Is it not Koontz, right? No, Is it Patterson? It is not.
Speaker 2:You'll kick yourself, you know.
Speaker 1:Give me one second.
Speaker 2:We'll just all talk amongst ourselves.
Speaker 1:I know he did the one with the guy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was the one with the guy. Julia Roberts was in one of the movies. That's true, Matthew McConaughey was in. That's not going to get you any points but that's all correct.
Speaker 1:I can't remember.
Speaker 2:John Grisham.
Speaker 1:John Grisham.
Speaker 2:US history, Crispus Attucks is widely regarded as the first casualty of which war.
Speaker 1:The Civil War, no the Revolutionary War.
Speaker 2:The Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War is correct. What nickname this is read in sports? What nickname is used for the 17 varsity athletic programs of St John's University in Queens, new York?
Speaker 1:You know, I don't know sports, I don't know Red. Storm, I know you wouldn't get that one Never heard of that before.
Speaker 2:All right. So Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes play in what 1992 comedy film.
Speaker 1:I see what they're doing Red, white and blue.
Speaker 2:White men can't jump. Fill in the blank. The great blank blank is a large wading bird found along the banks of many Florida bodies of water.
Speaker 1:The great blue, I don't know. Heron the blue? Heron, of course.
Speaker 2:Ah, very nice, you got it. It was red, white and blue. Exactly, geography Bohemia is a large historical region. In what present-day country?
Speaker 1:Is it Jamaica?
Speaker 2:It's not. It's not. It's the Czech Republic or Czechia. What Debuting on Fox? What Debuting on Fox before being picked up by Netflix? What series centers around the devil who abandons hell for LA and runs his own nightclub? This is a great show. I've only watched one season, but it's really good, is it animated? It's not animated.
Speaker 1:And it was on Fox? Oh, it was on Fox. I was thinking Fox News. Wait, ask it again.
Speaker 2:Debuting on Fox before being picked up by Netflix. What series centers around the devil who abandons hell for LA and runs his own nightclub? You thought there was an animated show about the devil on Fox news.
Speaker 1:I don't know. Yeah, that's why I was like, wait, what is it? Lucifer? It is Lucifer, okay.
Speaker 2:This is a good one for you because it's music. In what song does Zach Brown say I've got everything I need and nothing that I don't.
Speaker 1:Homegrown.
Speaker 2:Good job. And finally, what is the Roman numeral for 50?
Speaker 1:50 is wait, x is 10, C is 100, 50 is. Is it two numbers or?
Speaker 2:two letters. It's one letter, one letter and it comes between these two letters.
Speaker 1:I'm just kidding, I'm not going to do that. Gosh, I can't remember.
Speaker 2:That's an L. Yes, you did very well, though you did very well.
Speaker 1:L L. Of course you never really think about 50 in terms of Roman numerals. You know what I mean. But you should, I never think about 50. But you should mean, but you should. I never think about 50. But you should, maybe I should.
Speaker 2:Okay, so let's. I remember learning Roman numerals in school. I couldn't even tell you what grade it was. I think it was 8th grade. Does that sound about right?
Speaker 1:Sure. Sure, I don't know, I don't think we learned Roman numerals in school. Really, I don't remember.
Speaker 2:You just picked it up from us. Well, I guess you didn't pick it up all. And there's an M in there too, isn't there?
Speaker 1:Sure, oh yeah, that's a thousand, that's a thousand right.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, everybody, it is time now We've stretched long enough, not having all of our battle of the sexes to play back for you.
Speaker 1:But that was fun.
Speaker 2:That was fun. That's a lot of fun. Sometimes we do it in a way where I can present it on a slideshow, but I wasn't able to do that for this one. All right, we talked to a friend of ours and you're going to hear this conversation right now. His name is Mark Ryder. We met Mark when he was the morning show host on a sister station of ours here in Jacksonville, Florida. His voice, as you will hear, is I hope it's insured for millions of dollars.
Speaker 1:It's insane. It's insane. He's one of those guys. He's one of those guys.
Speaker 2:As you're going to hear, it's not just his voice. I mean, that's a physical trait, it's the perseverance, the hard work, the acting ability he has. All of these things have made him one of the premier voice actors right now.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And he also has some solid advice for anyone who wants to one day follow that dream. He happens to be narrating several episodes of the upcoming Shark Week, so we wanted a chance for you to hear our full conversation with him. A lot of you guys heard him on the radio this week, but here's our full conversation with Mark Ryder.
Speaker 3:Somewhere, lurking in the dark shadows of a radio studio, one man with really great hair, one woman with amazing legs Cuts through your country mornings with laser-like precision on a radio station that really should be called the Shark, not the Gator.
Speaker 2:We wish that would be so cool.
Speaker 1:That would be cool. Oh my gosh, I love it. Shark country Mark.
Speaker 2:Ryder, you are going to be all over our screens this week for Shark Week. We love it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's crazy. Who would have thunk this stupid little dad in the middle of Fruit Cove? Florida would have four Shark Week shows that I'm narrating this year.
Speaker 1:Now, last year you had a two-hour one, the Hammerhead one, right.
Speaker 3:You know, honestly it's funny, had a two-hour one, the hammerhead one, right. You know, honestly, it's funny. In facebook, the uh, the nine-year anniversary of my first shark week show came up and I was like, oh my god, it's been almost 10 years that I've been doing this.
Speaker 2:I can't keep track but you but four shows. I mean that's. That's them saying to you. Like you're the guy you are when it comes to something lurking, you're the one that we need to tell us about it.
Speaker 3:Well, here's the thing for the little gators out there listening as you grow up, you will realize that life is all about relationships, and if you can make somebody's life and job easier and make them look good, they're going to want to keep you around, you know. And so I just have a phenomenal relationship with this one company that ends up booking almost half of the shows for Shark Week, and what's funny is that every year they go on, you know, a search for someone else, you know to join the mix, and then they just keep coming back to me because they're like, why bother?
Speaker 2:Well, I think that speaks to so many different occupations and that's great advice for anybody. It's really all about making the other person look great. I think everybody needs to remember that.
Speaker 3:Good takeaway, good takeaway, yeah and it's really interesting too, like as a narrator of TV shows. You got to kind of know your role on the show and you know, there's times where I kind of get to be the star because I'm setting up the drama of it all. But for the most part these insane researchers that are literally climbing into a $100,000 animatronic whale in New Zealand to study how sharks feed off the carcass of a dead whale they're the stars. So I've got to know my role. Get the hell out of the way.
Speaker 1:Tell the story. How long does it take you to record, let's say, an hour-long show?
Speaker 3:Do you want the truth, yeah or do you want me to make up some like like incredible story that it takes hours and hours? Let's hear the real deal the real deal is, uh, the show that will premiere sunday night belly of the beast, bigger and bloodier that is the title of the show. Um, I think I literally recorded it in real time, meaning there's about 42 minutes of actual content in the hour long show and we recorded it in 43 minutes.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, that's insane.
Speaker 3:And, truthfully, that's because I've done all my homework. You know, I've watched the show, I've studied the script. I know exactly what I'm going to do with every single line.
Speaker 1:It takes me about 43 minutes to do a 60-second spot.
Speaker 3:Well, you need to stop drinking copious amounts of alcohol before you go into the studio. That's what it is, hey.
Speaker 2:Mark, we've talked about this before, but a lot of the times not every time, but quite often you've got a producer or somebody else that's on the line with you, listening and telling you if that's the way they wanted it. Correct, is that right?
Speaker 3:Yes, yes. And what's weird is I've gotten to the point with the people that I work with now on these shows where I will get done reading, you know, a really long paragraph, and then I'm waiting for some sort of feedback and it gets uncomfortable because they've got none. They're just like that was great. I can't imagine doing anything else differently. Move on.
Speaker 1:They're probably on their other end. You know, rolling their fingers like keep going keep going, keep going.
Speaker 3:I'm pretty sure that one of the producers on one of these four shows, maybe the one that runs monday I think he fell asleep during shark frenzy mating games shark frenzy mating games yes, that sounds hot eden, you will love this show.
Speaker 3:Okay, because they're trying to prove the long debated issue that female great whites are actually the boss of the ocean and they call them boss sharks. And these you know, we're replacing the word we can't say on the radio with shark, but they're proving or attempting to prove that these females, these 4,000-pound females, have a harem of up to a half a dozen dude sharks that are there to basically handle their every need. Wow.
Speaker 2:So they're like the queen shark?
Speaker 3:Yes, Really Well, that's actually what they call them. They call them boss queens, and so that show will run Monday night at 10 o'clock on Discovery you know what's amazing, as long as Shark Week has been on the stuff that we're still learning about sharks.
Speaker 1:They are probably the most fascinating animal on the planet.
Speaker 3:Oh, and I learn something new every single time I do this show or I do any one of these shows, because there's so much cool information out there. You know, shark Week has the drama, it has the star power this year John Cena is the freaking host Uh, but most importantly for the you know, for the hardcore people that love sharks and, just, you know, love the educational part of all of it this year is probably one of the best I've ever been a part of because, like even me, I'm walking away, going. Really, I did not know that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's. That's what I love about shark week. Most is just that learning all this new stuff.
Speaker 2:Do you say to yourself I didn't know that until I told myself and the rest of the world about it. So so Mark can you walk us through the four shows that you're a part of this year?
Speaker 3:Yes, okay. So Sunday night the whole thing premieres with Belly of the Beast Bigger and Bloodier. That runs at 8 pm. Monday is the one we were just talking about, which is Shark Frenzy, mating Games, meow Meow, yeah. That runs at 9 o'clock. Then Tuesday night at 10 o'clock. Is Monster Hammerhead Species X yes, is Monster Hammerhead Species X? Yes, yes, yeah. So this is a show where they're trying to prove whether or not there is some variant, like crazy nuclear-changed species of hammerhead, and you'll find out literally at the end of the show whether or not there is a new variant of hammerheads. Oh my, goodness.
Speaker 3:And then Thursday night is actually a show that I do with uh, one of the greatest underwater uh videographers of all time. If you're a shark week person, you know andy casa grande and uh, this is his show called great white danger zone, and I believe it just speaks itself. You're going to see probably some of the most amazing underwater shark cinematography, like jaw dropping. So there's this one scene where there are five great whites five and just one person sitting there in the middle of them all. Oh my God that would.
Speaker 1:that would. I would poop myself all over. Wow, that's crazy, mark. Have you seen under? Have you seen under Paris? I would poop myself all over. Wow, that's crazy, mark. Have you seen Under Paris? No, what's that? It's a French movie about this shark that goes up the Seine River to have her babies, and it's amazing.
Speaker 2:Is it a documentary?
Speaker 1:No, it's like a B-rate, almost like a Sharknado, but it is so much fun and I thought of you the whole time I was watching it, like I wish mark was narrating. This is this new. It's been out for about maybe three weeks on netflix oh okay, you know.
Speaker 3:What's funny is, as I was watching the nickelback documentary last night on netflix going dang, this is really cool I was thinking about you, really yeah you know, I think Nickelback's about to have this huge comeback.
Speaker 1:I think I told you that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree with you, dude, because you know they've stood the test of time. There is no other band, you know and sorry to not talk country for a split second but there's no other band in history, in the history of rock music that has played more, had more hits in the 2000s than that band, which is crazy considering all the hate that they've gotten.
Speaker 1:You know I've been telling Eden for the last few weeks. I feel like all the young angst male country artists right now grew up on Nickelback and I think it's really making an influence on the country that we're hearing today.
Speaker 3:Oh, I was just going to say I really think that Sam Hunt is the nickelback of country.
Speaker 2:Yes, I see that. I see that.
Speaker 1:But I'm thinking more, like you know. Look at, Think about it.
Speaker 3:Think about it. He came on the scene right and everybody was like what the hell is that? What? That's not country, but yet it kind of is. Yeah, but it's telling a story in a different way. I'm not sure if I like it. I don't like change.
Speaker 1:You know, Chad Kroger wrote that song for Tim McGraw a few years ago, which was great.
Speaker 2:What song.
Speaker 1:It's a pleasure doing business with you or business doing pleasure with you and then, like you listen to, like Jelly Roll and Post and Ernest and Hardy and all these guys. It's like these guys listened to Nickelback growing up.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I will second that Absolutely.
Speaker 1:I'm going to watch that, but you got to watch Under Paris, okay, and then call us back and do that, but if I don't like it, I'm going to text you and tell you, I'm going to tell you he's going to want his two hours back.
Speaker 2:The thing he needs to do is also then narrate it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you got to narrate it as you're watching. That's what I want to hear. So, mark, while we've got you, oh, go ahead. Yeah, well, I was just going to say. And then the other thing that's really cool that you know a little guy from tiny Jacksonville, florida, never really gets to toot his own horn. But the real CSI Miami just premiered Wednesday nights on CBS and the beginning of that show features my voice, which is pretty freaking cool If you, if you go back and you and you think of law and order, you know, and the don't do, and the voice that set up that show for 300, no 456 episodes was a guy just like me, uh, who lives in Maine by the name of Steve and, uh, you know. So now that's my gig, so I'm doing that on the real CSI.
Speaker 3:Wow, check that out on Wednesday nights at 10 on.
Speaker 1:PBS.
Speaker 3:Bravo, bravo.
Speaker 2:So what are some other? That's funny because that's exactly what I was about to ask you If you could share with everybody some other things that you've done. I mean, I remember when you did that first trailer for Marvel, it was Spider-Man and we were like we know somebody in the Spider-Man trailer. So since then though. I mean movie after movie trailer, and now TV shows and all of these national commercials that we hear you on.
Speaker 3:Which one are you most excited about? The biggest campaign that I'm on right now commercially is Ford has a summer sales event and I voice all of their spots nationally for that, so you're not going to be able to escape those sales event. And I voice all of their spots nationally for that, so you're not going to be able to escape those. And then there's a really cool Texaco campaign that's running nationally as well. That, like you, won't even recognize me because you know it's like I'm not using this voice at all.
Speaker 2:What kind of voice are you using?
Speaker 3:It's just you know it's like well, we call it voice acting for a reason, you know, because you've got to, you've got to be able to sound completely different. You know, seven to eight times each day and in that spot, yeah, it's just, it's very storyteller, it's very laid back. It's kind of like if Matthew McConaughey had a baby with the guy who does the Motel 6 commercials.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, that's, funny.
Speaker 2:Tom Bodette.
Speaker 1:I think all the great voice actors do Batman at some point. Is that somewhere down the line for you?
Speaker 3:You know, honestly, it's weird. People ask me all the time they're like, are you ever going to do anything like in the animation world? And I'm just like, no, it's so much work. I just want to come in and read an amazing promo for the Paralympics on NBC, speaking of the Paralympics, morgan Ray from Jacksonville, florida, our buddy Matt Ray that we all know his son is going to the Paralympics. We're going to be talking to him and he's going to slay there too. He's a monster.
Speaker 2:Yep, yep, yep. So you're doing, you're doing for that as well.
Speaker 3:Then you're voicing yeah, I'm voicing all the promos for NBC for that. Wow, you're so busy.
Speaker 2:What about some of your students? Because you do these workshops and coaching for up-and-coming voiceover actors and you've got to have some that you're super proud of.
Speaker 3:Oh, absolutely. You know, it's kind of crazy sometimes when you teach somebody something and then they book the job that you auditioned for and you're like wait, hold on a second. Should I be proud or should I be pissed?
Speaker 2:That's bittersweet.
Speaker 1:A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, exactly, and it's happened a lot in the last. I've been coaching voiceover now for about four years. I've been coaching voiceover now for about four years and it's happened several times. Like, the voice that you hear at the beginning and the end of every single NASCAR broadcast is my buddy, steve Henderson, who lives up in Atlanta, georgia, and he's been coaching with me for years now and you know like I remember when that audition came in and I'm like, well, I'm the voice of like four NASCAR tracks by the way, you'll hear my voice on every commercial for the upcoming Daytona 500 for 2025. And I do a ton of the promos for Fox. Like it would be a no brainer for me to get that job. And I did the audition and then I heard it at race one and I was like that's my student.
Speaker 2:The student becomes the teacher.
Speaker 1:Could you teach me not to sound like a 12 year old girl?
Speaker 3:No, I'm sorry, that's not possible.
Speaker 2:Well, mark, one of these days we want to talk to your young man too, because you've got your son. He's done a few things now, and I remember this kiderson.
Speaker 3:He's nine and a half years old and, uh, he has more money in the bank from voiceover than I had when I was 32.
Speaker 2:Wow I remember when he got him he was able to buy like his first xbox or something with his money from doing something for was it? Was it like stephen colbert show or something?
Speaker 3:yeah, he was voicing the. He was voicing Baby Trump. Yes, he did this for like six months. This poor kid had to come home after school and learn like political figures, names and all these big political terms that are like 17 syllables, and the pressure was on because they filmed that show at 530 and he gets home at 330, you know, and so it was like you know.
Speaker 3:Hey, he was seven then you know, and I was like hey, hey, seven year old, make this happen and do it now. And he did it. But I'll tell you this much that it really kind of kicked his butt to the point where we've, we've, we've allowed him to sort of pull away. He still does a fair amount of auditions and and he just booked a big job in a Georgia power campaign, but for the most part I'm just letting him spend the summer, you know, playing games and riding his horse.
Speaker 2:Well, that sounds like a well-deserved break for him, because I know you're proud of both your boys. They are truly special. Both of them are amazing.
Speaker 3:So, mark, do you want to hear what my oldest is doing for summer fun? Is he in a?
Speaker 2:laboratory, somewhere in a coat, inventing something to cure cancer. Even close enough. What? What's he doing?
Speaker 3:For the fun of it, he was prepping himself for MCATs. Mcats is the test you have to pass in order to go to doctor school, right, yeah? And so for fun, he was just doing that and in his first try he passed.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, stop it. Wait, how old is he now?
Speaker 3:20 today, today's his birthday.
Speaker 2:Happy birthday Riley. Happy birthday Riley, jeez.
Speaker 3:That's crazy man got some prodigies there, that is for sure yeah, and, and how old does it make all of us feel, because that was when we first met I don't think either.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they weren't born.
Speaker 3:I came to I came to jacksonville when riley was, I think, 18 months old oh, oh, he was Okay. Wow, just a little baby. Incredible.
Speaker 2:Where did he go 20 years ago?
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Like we all blinked, and that's how that happened, even though Kenny told us not to. I mean you had a little high, squeaky voice back then, Mark. You didn't even have a deep voice yet. I never had a high, squeaky voice. I imagine you did not, anyway, mark Ryder. Maybe somebody listening right now wants to reach out to you because they are like, I'd like to also be a voice actor.
Speaker 3:I would say don't, don't reach out to me. It's the worst time ever to do that, is that right? Well, here's the thing. Okay, there's a long debated thing that is now coming to fruition. I know Artificial intelligence, I know Yep, and a lot of the jobs that you get when you very first begin in this industry are all being replaced by artificial intelligence. Don't we know it? And so, like like, if anybody came to me today and was like, hey, I'm thinking about getting into voiceover, the very first thing that I would tell them is just know that your chances of being successful today are like a tiny little fraction of what they were 10 years ago, let alone 20 years ago, when I first started doing this.
Speaker 2:Unfortunately, we say that to people all the time.
Speaker 3:Yeah. We say it all the time the world's changing man you just got to get on for the ride.
Speaker 1:It's discouraging, but it is what it is.
Speaker 3:Yeah, by the way, speaking of getting on for the ride, when the professional bull riders come to town and you guys play those commercials, everybody know that is also me. Love it.
Speaker 2:Got to go out on a positive note, mark. You're a tremendous human being and we just get stoked every time we hear your voice on all this big-time stuff.
Speaker 3:So we appreciate you taking some time. Honestly, my morning is made every day because of you guys, so it's very symbiotic.
Speaker 1:Thank you and. I'll let you know when I know more about Nickelback. Okay, sounds good.
Speaker 3:Deal.
Speaker 2:And we'll be tuned in to Shark Week for sure. Have a great day.
Speaker 3:You too, guys, love you.
Speaker 1:Love you too. Bye man. I feel completely when I talk to him. I feel insignificant.
Speaker 2:Like Mickey Mouse yeah absolutely.
Speaker 1:And I always joke about, because people are like sometimes I'll meet people and I'll tell them what I do and they're like, oh, you don't really have a radio voice. And I'm like, yeah, I know, I don't, I sound like a little girl.
Speaker 2:You don't sound like a little girl. You actually sound like just a young guy, like every guy. You sound like every guy, which I think is the secret to your success.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm successful. Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 2:I feel the Like when we were doing the trivia questions earlier. I'm like gosh. I hope Mark fast forwards through this part.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because he's just listening to like wah, wah, wah wah, wah. And then his voice comes through and it's like wow.
Speaker 2:I know I'm thinking that was my inflection right.
Speaker 1:Not only did he get blessed, but he's also so talented, and that comes from hard work.
Speaker 2:And the hard work. They always say hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. But let me tell you when talent does work hard, you get Mark.
Speaker 1:Ryder yeah, he's got both. He's just the perfect combination of a hard worker who is blessed with a great voice, and he knows how to use it.
Speaker 2:And he raises goats and he's a family man and he has a farm.
Speaker 1:We just love him so much.
Speaker 2:Happy to call him friend. Let's get into this week's limited version of the battle of the sexes this is a battle of the sexes.
Speaker 1:Replay here we go. Monday morning battle of the sexes. Back for his day. Number two from the west side let's welcome in terry and to take on Terry.
Speaker 2:Today, it is Michelle.
Speaker 1:And Michelle, just for playing today you've got a pair of tickets to Universal Orlando Resort, bringing you back to summer with daytime ooze and nighttime aahs.
Speaker 2:Wonderful.
Speaker 1:I'm excited, Guys. Today is Canada Day, so we're just going to ask you some questions about our neighbors to the north. First question goes to our returning champion, Terry.
Speaker 2:Terry. This Canadian actor starred in the Proposal Free Guy and Deadpool.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure.
Speaker 2:His name is Ryan Reynolds.
Speaker 1:No score yet. All right, michelle. This Canadian actor played in La La Land, the Notebook and Barbie.
Speaker 3:Brian Coughlin Sure.
Speaker 1:One for you.
Speaker 2:Terry also called a reindeer. What animal is on the Canadian border?
Speaker 3:Elk.
Speaker 2:Caribou is what we're looking for.
Speaker 1:Still no score, Michelle. If you get this one right, this game's over already. Michelle, the leader of America is called the president. What's the leader of Canada called Prime minister? Oh my gosh, it's prime minister. With a score of two to nothing, You're today's champion. Here we go. Tuesday morning Battle of the Sexes.
Speaker 2:Please welcome from Atlantic Beach.
Speaker 1:Michelle, and here to take Michelle on from St Augustine, it's Chris and Chris just for playing. Today you're getting a pair of tickets to Universal Orlando Resort. They're bringing summer back with daytime oohs and nighttime aahs. Haven't had a really good nighttime, aah, in a while. Maybe it's time, guys, today it's a happy July birthday to quiz. We're going to name some celebrities and you just tell us who they are. First question goes to our attorney champion, Michelle. Happy July birthday to this actress who played Harley Quinn in the Suicide Squad and Barbie in the Barbie Movie.
Speaker 2:Margot Robbie.
Speaker 1:Yes that is correct, margot Robbie.
Speaker 2:Yes, that is correct, margot Robbie is right, chris. Happy July birthday to this actor who plays Maverick in the Top Gun movies, in Ethan Hunt, in the Mission Impossible flicks.
Speaker 1:Tom Cruise. Sure, All right one to one, Michelle. Happy July birthday to Lisa Kudrow, who played this character on Friends.
Speaker 2:Stevie Buffay. Yes, stevie Buffay, we got a fan. And Chris.
Speaker 1:Happy July birthday to Matt LeBlanc who played this character on Friends Too much time. We were looking for Joey with a score of 2-1. Michelle, if you get this one right, the game's over. Michelle, happy July birthday to this author of the Harry Potter books.
Speaker 3:What's your other name?
Speaker 1:Too much time it's JK Rowling or Rowling, which means you can tie it up with this one, Chris.
Speaker 2:Chris. Happy July birthday to this actor who played Harry Potter.
Speaker 1:Not your bag. Too much time we're looking for Daniel Radcliffe. With a score of two to one, michelle, you're today's champion.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes replay.
Speaker 1:Wednesday morning Battle of the Sexes.
Speaker 2:Please welcome our returning champion from Atlantic Beach. It's Michelle.
Speaker 1:And here from the north side to take Michelle on. It's Manny, all right guys. In honor of Fourth of July, tomorrow we're doing an Independence Day slash patriotic quiz. First question goes to our returning champion, michelle, who is credited with writing the Declaration of Independence.
Speaker 3:Thomas Jefferson.
Speaker 1:Thomas Jefferson is right.
Speaker 2:Manny, who famously has the biggest signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Speaker 1:John Hancock. Yep One to one, Michelle. From which country did America claim its independence? England?
Speaker 2:Yes, true.
Speaker 1:Two to one.
Speaker 2:Manny, which patriot rode the countryside proclaiming the British are coming.
Speaker 1:Paul Revere. Yeah, all right, two to two. I was going to break out into Paul Revere by Beastie Boys, should I?
Speaker 2:I think you can hold that in.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'll hold on to that for now, michelle. During the Revolutionary War, which founding father led the Continental Army, john Adams no, george Washington led that army, which is a break for you, manny. If you get this one right, you're today's champion.
Speaker 2:Manny. A famous painting portrays Washington crossing what river.
Speaker 1:Too much time we were looking for Delaware. We've got a tied score. Okay, the two of you are both going to answer this question Too much time.
Speaker 2:We were looking for Delaware. We've got a tied score. Okay, the two of you are both going to answer this question. The first to do so will be our winner, and you're not going to be able to hear each other. Just so you know, here we go. In what year did America claim its independence? 1776. Yes, Michelle. Nice. To end on a female champion, isn't it?
Speaker 1:No, it's not. Actually, I don't like going into the weekend with a female champion.
Speaker 2:I know you're going to say that.
Speaker 1:And it's a long weekend. It is a long weekend. We've got five days of this crap.
Speaker 2:We'll be back with the battle and everything else on Monday. Everyone have a wonderful holiday weekend, no matter when you're listening to this, even if it's Christmas time, and we hope you have a great one.