Ep. 116 Today's Peep Delves Into Radio's Impact at the RNC, Marjorie Taylor Greene Shuts Down Woke Reporter, Jose's Encounter with Bigfoot, Celebrates Comedy with National Lampoon, and Embraces Existential Humor.

Prepare to be captivated by a spectrum of riveting conversations on this episode of Pat's Peeps Podcast 116! We kick things off by discussing the dynamic role of radio during pivotal events like the Republican National Convention. Radio’s power to deliver instantaneous, unfiltered news and public opinion is a game-changer, especially in times of crisis. We delve into the current political landscape, dissecting the intense rhetoric surrounding figures such as Donald Trump. Plus, our candid exchange with Marjorie Taylor Greene at the convention offers a profound look at how media and partisan divides shape public perception and national unity.

Next, get ready for a jaw-dropping tale as our guest, Jose, recounts his unexpected encounter with Bigfoot in Northern California. Imagine driving back from a pizzeria and spotting a towering, hairy figure! Although no photos were taken, Jose’s credibility as a woodsman lends an air of authenticity to his story. This segment not only ignites the imagination but also sparks a thoughtful conversation about skepticism and the nature of extraordinary claims.

We wrap up with a nostalgic trip down memory lane, celebrating the satirical brilliance of the National Lampoon Radio Hour. We laugh and reflect on the evolution of comedy and satire. We then pivot to existential humor, pondering humanity’s place in the cosmos and urging listeners to find solace in their personal beliefs amidst the absurdity of life. Don’t miss this multifaceted episode that promises to entertain, provoke thought, and offer a hearty dose of existential humor.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:11

welcome back to the pats peeps podcast, heard everywhere on your streaming, any of your streaming platforms. Appreciate you once again being here. And today we are at. What is this? 116 podcasts, pat's Peeps, 116. Very grateful for those of you who listen. And today is the 18th day of July 2024. As I look out my studio windows into the foothills of Northern California, another hot day, probably in the mid to upper 90s, and, I hope, wherever you are listening, I hope you're doing well.

Speaker 1: 0:49

I'm Pat Walsh of the Pat Walsh Radio Show, which is heard Monday through Friday KFBK Radio locally in Sacramento and then streaming everywhere on your free iHeart app. So we are national, international and we have a great audience there as well. So thank you for being there. And also, of course, the Republican National Convention is going on and we've been really covering that as much as possible on the radio station, which means my duty during my talk show, because a lot of this is going on at night. You know Pacific time right about the same time that my show is coming on, including last night when JD Vance was speaking. His wife took to the stage last night and so, yeah, I've been covering that sort of moderating that, if you will, from a radio perspective, and we should continue to do that because I think tonight, I think Donald Trump, former president, will be speaking this evening and certainly I know KPK will be covering that. I'm not certain what time he'll be speaking, but I imagine this will be to cap things off in Milwaukee and he'll be speaking during my show. So I invite you to listen to, if you're in the Sacramento area, to listen to my radio show, the Pat Walsh Show, and we will have that for you this evening.

Speaker 1: 2:12

And what the great? The great thing about that, of course, is the fact that you know, in radio and I've said this before and I'll continue to say it it's a great medium in that it's the only medium where your voice can be heard. I mean, you can comment anywhere if you want, I mean, but who's going to read it? The TV station's not going to read it for you. You can't call the TV station, you're not going to call the newspaper. You won't get immediate gratification that way in terms of your voice heard. You don't even know if they'll print that Podcasting. That's pretty. I mean, good luck getting your voice heard there as well. But on radio, I mean news radio is the one medium that you can get your voice heard, your actual voice heard, and give us your opinions on what you hear, no matter what the topic is. That's one of the reasons radio must stick around.

Speaker 1: 3:04

You know, I always hear about oh, it's the demise of radio. Well, that would be a very sad thing. Not only is it old school, not only is it free, but it's so valuable. I mean, think about if you're in a situation, if you need to know information on a particular news event that is going on. Where are you going to tune to? Event that is going on? Where are you going to tune to If you're in front of your television? Sure, you can turn in your TV, but radio is there to be a lifeline in many cases. Campfire, we did that, we went live when Paradise was burning, because you know what People need at least a lifeline to be able to get the word out. Tell us what's going on. Again, radio extremely important. So we will continue to cover the RNC, obviously, and again expecting the president to speak tonight.

Speaker 1: 3:58

Boy, a lot of nastiness, a lot of bizarre comments and things that are going on, you know, with, especially in light of what's happened recently, the attempted assassination on Trump, and just the bitterness out there that some of it is so ridiculous it's not even worthy really responding to, although some of it seems extremely dangerous. There are really some lunatics out there. I read this post or someone's comment today on Facebook and I rarely respond to any kind of ridiculous comments. But when someone just gets on Facebook and says things about well, trump did this and Trump did that and guess what, by any means as a last resort is perfectly acceptable, I'm sorry. What are you talking about there? Are you condoning murder and assassination? Those are the people I'm worried about in this country. Those are the same people will sit here and spread this BS about how Donald Trump somehow and I'm not even again, I say it all the time, I'm not a Trump zealot, but for God's sakes, lighten up man. You know you are the dangerous one. Oh, donald Trump's the danger of the country. First of all, tell us how. If he's a racist like these morons I heard last night, it's not. He's a racist by what it's, by what he says and does. How. Explain that. I mean explain it.

Speaker 1: 5:29

A big segment of society I say this all the time believes that the media and the Democrats and the extreme left not all Democrats who are just trying to live their life because we can't paint them with that broad stroke. It's not all Democrats that are doing that, but they've orchestrated the quote 34 felonies, as you can see. People don't buy into it. You know Trump has a big lead in the polls. If you want to lead the polls, I mean, believe the polls, what have you? But it's just getting nasty. What is going on, man? We need to kind of take a deep breath and kind of just relax a bit and talk.

Speaker 1: 6:10

Here's a great exchange that I found. I got to play you some audio here. This is this is an interview with Times Radio reporter at the Republican National Convention. As Marjorie Taylor Greene I just spoke about. Many people right believe that the media was part of, along with extreme leftists are part of the reason we have division in this country, why we've seen the 34 felonies orchestrated and more. Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene's Marjorie Taylor Green's exchange with this report Not lie about.

Speaker 2: 7:09

You don't get to ask any more questions. I'm done with you because you're the cause.

Speaker 3: 7:13

You're the cause of our country, no, no, no. You're the cause of our country being divided.

Speaker 2: 7:18

You're the cause of our country being divided. You're the cause of President Trump almost being assassinated. You're the cause of president trump almost being assassinated. You're the cause of everything wrong in america. No, no, you're done.

Speaker 1: 7:29

You're done, yeah, go back, thank you you know there is a much longer version of that. She really goes after her in that I mean it's. You know she just confronts her and you know, here we have these reporters are so woke, these reporters are just incredible. Trying to find the longer version for you here to see if I can't play that for you, but you know whether it is. I mean, it's just the wokeness of the response and the disrespect of so many of these reporters. Hmm, well, w, what is this? This is.

Speaker 1: 8:20

WSJ you don't get to ask any more questions.

Speaker 2: 8:22

We've already heard this, I'm done with you.

Speaker 1: 8:23

There was a longer version of this. I'd like to oh, here we go. Let me see if this is it right here. Here we go. Yeah, here we go. This is it Better? Finish.

Speaker 3: 8:32

Trump. What do you think of his choice of JD Vance as vice president?

Speaker 2: 8:36

Very excited. I was the first member of Congress to endorse JD Vance when he was running for Senate, and I vetted him pretty closely, of course, because I'm one of those strong President Trump supporters.

Speaker 3: 8:50

This is a man who compared him to Hitler. Though it's not concerning, Let me finish.

Speaker 2: 8:54

I vetted him on his statements, his articles he'd written and, of course, you know JD's an American. He can change his mind. And what changed his mind is he watched President Trump in his first presidency and it was the policies and the decisions President Trump made in his first four years that changed his mind. And you know, I really respect that, and I think Americans have the right to change their mind, especially based on someone's actions, not their words. And so when people are judging JD Vance, I think they can also look to see that we can watch his actions. And as a senator, I'm really proud of him. I'm proud of the legislation that he's voted on, I'm proud of the work that he's done on the committees he serves on and I'm really excited President Trump picked him. So Vance.

Speaker 3: 9:40

He said that the UK could be the first Islamist country with nuclear weapons under the new Labour government. Doesn't that paint a sour picture for relations with the UK?

Speaker 2: 9:50

Well, let's talk about the words of the Democrats and Joe Biden that have also labeled President Trump as a fascist, labeled all of us as notlies and Hitler completely lied, demonizing him so much so that a young man, a 20-year--OLD WHICH IS HARD TO IMAGINE ACTUALLY CLIMBED ONTO A ROOF AND TRIED TO MURDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. Wait, wait, wait. You SAID THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANTED THE SHOOTING OF TRUMP TO HAPPEN. Let's TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.

Speaker 3: 10:12

LIKE YOU. No, LET'S TALK ABOUT P threats because of people like you, because you choose to only take certain words from people and then that's what you want to report.

Speaker 2: 10:27

Shame on you. Shame on you.

Speaker 3: 10:29

Because you're evidence.

Speaker 2: 10:30

No, no, no, no no, no, you're the problem. And where's this woman from the Times?

Speaker 3: 10:35

You're from the.

Speaker 2: 10:36

Times. Okay, You're ridiculous and you're the problem in our country. You lie about people like me. This is the first time you've ever talked to me. I want you to know I'm a regular person like you. I'm also a mom, I have three kids and we have to put up with the most unreal amount of bullshit because of little liars like you that take your job and turn it into political activism. Your job is the press. You should report the news.

Speaker 4: 11:01

Yes, no, no, no, not lie about it, you don't get to ask any more questions.

Speaker 2: 11:04

I'm done with you because you're the cause, you're the cause of our country.

Speaker 3: 11:08

No, no, no. You're the cause of our country being divided.

Speaker 2: 11:11

You're the cause of our country being divided. You're the cause of President Trump almost being assassinated. You're the cause of everything wrong in America.

Speaker 3: 11:19

What was your evidence for those claims? No, no you're done.

Speaker 2: 11:21

You're done. Yeah, go back. Thank you, judy Vinton's going to be the.

Speaker 1: 11:29

Oh God, something I have a visceral. There's an excitement within me right now to hear her shut these woke reporters down. What is the claim? I'm sorry. What is the claim? Shut up After all the rhetoric and propaganda that we have heard over the last eight years. What is the claim? Oh, shut her down. Wow, marjorie Taylor Greene.

Speaker 1: 12:02

By the way, at the end of the podcast, today I will not be playing a 45. Sorry, I will not be doing that tonight. I know people like me to play the 45, the little music at the very end, and I do enjoy that very much, but tonight, no, we're not going to play the 45. What we are going to do, though, is we are going to play music, but not from a 45. The 45. What we are going to do, though, is we are going to play music, but not from a 45. Uh, which any I? I wanted so desperately to tie that topic into that reporter, but I don't want to stoop that low, but I'll just play it on its own accord. I'll explain that.

Speaker 1: 12:40

Coming up um today, by the way, had several people visiting my home out of nowhere. I got a call, and you know what's exciting? Someone will call you and say they'll call me and say hi, I'm looking for Pal Walsh. This has happened a few times over the last couple of days. Very, very grateful for this. Yeah, this is Pal Walsh. And before they get to their business they say hey, by the way, I just want to let you know up front that I love your show. I'm a big fan of your show. Well, thank you so much. That's happened to a couple of times the last couple of days and, gosh, you know, makes my day. Today a guy by the name of Jose calls me and he asked me the same thing and he says I just want to say up front I'm a big fan of your show and I listen all the time, anytime I get a chance. And man, I can't believe that. You know they're going to send me over to talk to you. So, jose, it was a pleasure to meet you and thank you for listening to my show.

Speaker 1: 13:40

So there's some things going on with my property. Jose kind of works. He works with a different business, but yet he works with PG&E. Please treat PG&E workers with respect. It's not their fault when they come to your home or property. Please treat them with respect. You know they're just out there doing a job, trying to feed their families.

Speaker 1: 14:02

So Jose comes out today and again he works with PG&E. He's not part of PG&E Again he works with PG&E he's not part of PG&E and he's going to, and I noticed, as he's getting ready to help me out in the next few days. I noticed on his hard hat he's got a sticker of Sasquatch and I thought I would stop for a moment and ask him ask Jose about this sticker of Sasquatch. And so he says yeah, you can. Yeah, pat, about this sticker of Sasquatch. And so he says, yeah, pat, I can't believe it. I'm going to tell my wife that I'm going to be on your show tonight. I said yeah on my podcast, so I had to ask him this question about this sticker. So, hey, it's Patrick.

Speaker 1: 14:49

I'm in my front yard here and I'm with Jose, who called me about some stuff that we're doing on the property regarding cutting some trees down, some PG&E stuff. Anyhow, I'm out here talking about Jose. He's the nicest guy. When he calls he says you know, pat, I just want to tell you up front I'm a fan of your show. Sorry, I already I forgot. I said this on the recording, but yeah, I'm just repeating that man that really made me happy.

Speaker 1: 15:09

You know, made my day so right after kitty on the news. Thank you oh, kitty's gonna love. You said that she's a sweetheart and so you know he's out there, you know, and now I'm up in the foothills he's in the mountains doing this stuff all the time. So I just kind of randomly says so, jose, tell me if because I looked at his helmet and you got a picture of Bigfoot Sasquatch on your helmet it says California.

Speaker 5: 15:30

Yes, sir, northern California.

Speaker 1: 15:32

Home of Sasquatch Okay so let me ask you a question, jose. You ever see it? You're out there in the woods all the time. You ever see a Sasquatch or Bigfoot? And your answer was Absolutely oh come on. Absolutely, absolutely. Can you share us one?

Speaker 5: 15:46

time, two times, three times, one time, one time, um, it was about midnight. We were coming back from, uh, the little town of camptonville. They had this pizzeria there. We had went to eat some pizza and on the way back, going back to my friend's property I don't recall the name of the road it's been a while, but we're coming around this corner and we see this shadowy figure and my friend's jeep's lights shine on it and he slows down and it stops and it looks at us and we look at it with our jaws open, you know, because we're seeing this big giant, I don't know, eight foot nine foot tall thing with this long hair.

Speaker 5: 16:29

And as soon as it sees us and the lights shine on it, he runs up the bank. My friend guns it. We stop where we saw it go up the bank. My cousin's sitting in the front seat. He's like what are you stopping for? What are you stopping for? Go, go, go. We're like no, no, we want to see if that's what we thought it was. My cousin didn't let us get out of the Jeep. He told our friend to floor it and we floored it and we got out of there. I wanted to go back, but not by myself To see what was out there, if it really was. Because I mean, you know, you hear stories all the time and, like you said, I work out in the woods. I mean I go all the way up to Soda Springs. You know I'm out on Forest Service land and in the back of my mind I'm always, I'm always Listening and searching and waiting to see it again.

Speaker 1: 17:11

So if you say, hey, I want to go back and see if that's really what I think it was, does that tell me and anyone else that you weren't really sure if that's what it was. You had to see it a second time to find out if that's what it really was, or are you so certain that you wasn't? Let me ask you this how long did?

Speaker 5: 17:27

you see this thing, could you tell?

Speaker 5: 17:28

if it was it was a good, I mean our. The light was on it for a good 10 to 15 seconds, like just shining on it, and you could see. You could see its silhouette, you could see it had long hair and you could see he was just this tall thing and and when I say he ran, I mean these are big, I mean he ran up that bank so quick. I mean he, it was like he was hopping over stuff and just going. But man, my cousin did not want to stop. He was so freaked out. But I just wanted to be sure because I mean, you know, if I told a random person, oh man, I just saw Bigfoot, they're going to be like, ah, you're just. But three of us saw the same thing. Here's the thing.

Speaker 1: 18:04

So I look at Jose and I talk to Jose. Jose is a very intelligent guy. You can already tell he's a good dude man. I actually I enjoy the conversation with him. So I scratch my head when I'm talking to someone who I know straight up is a good guy and I'm like I am so skeptical. So here's my skepticism creeping in. If you don't mind Playing devil's advocate, no no, absolutely All right you and I are standing here.

Speaker 1: 18:26

If it, no, no, absolutely all right, you and I are standing here. If I look over and I've got a light shining and we're on my property right now, if I look across my easement there and for 15 seconds I've got my lights hooked on bigfoot and long enough for me to see him running up a hill, why am I not taking my phone out recording that? Who else when there is? I wanted to go back.

Speaker 1: 18:45

you want to go back and record, but my question why not in that moment? Did moment? Did you go like get your phone, come on, we're going to be millionaires, get that right now.

Speaker 5: 18:52

It just happened so quick, pat. It just happened so quick and, like I said, as soon as he realized we were looking at it, he just took off. He just sprinted up that bank. I mean with such a quickness, big leaps, yeah, like pretty much like he just ran Big old lumbering dude, huh.

Speaker 1: 19:08

Yeah, he was just so tall and lanky.

Speaker 1: 19:11

So I, one night I was going to years ago I was going to have Comcast. No, I don't know, I don't want to have not Comcast but DirecTV or something put on my house. They got to put a satellite dish up. It was the middle of December, it was cold out. Jose I'm talking to Jose from what's your business? Uh, core resource services. Core resources, they're very helpful. Jose is a good dude, like I said, he's out here to help me.

Speaker 1: 19:31

So one night so this must you know they give you a window of a time window, a little frame, like we'll be out there between one and five, whatever. Um, and so I'm waiting, I'm waiting. They didn't show up, doesn't show up. Now it's cold this day now, now it's nighttime and it's cold out.

Speaker 1: 19:44

Man, all of a sudden I get a knock on my door and this dude he's probably 40, 50, probably 50 years old and he says yeah, I'm here to put your you know your satellite dish. I go, it's, but it's nighttime and it's cold. I mean, are you really going to go up on my roof? He goes, yeah, no problem, I've done this before. He's standing at my door, jose, and he says to me just in the casual conversation. He says, yeah, you know I'm up here.

Speaker 1: 20:08

I do this all the time. It's okay, I'm up here all the time. It's amazing what you see up here and I go, yeah, sure it is. He's like yeah, I'll be up here. You know, in this area, I love this area. He goes I can't tell you how many times I'll be up on a roof up there and got you, I'm swear to god. He says this to me. Then he keeps talking about doing putting in the service. Well, anything he said after that I don't know what he said after that about the service it was like charlie brown's teacher wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah. I don't know what you're saying because I'm still stuck on the uc and wave the big foot.

Speaker 1: 20:42

So I says to him I go hold on a second yeah, right back up a second, come on, did you just say to me that you're up on a roof and you're waving yeah, man, they're really, actually really nice creatures and he goes. And you know the thing is, no one ever believes me. I tell them no one.

Speaker 5: 20:57

No one believes this, that's why I wanted to go back? Because I knew people weren't going to believe me. I can't have them with me to you know, to say, oh yeah, you know, we saw and tell the same story, because they live, you know where they live at, and so that's why I wanted to go back when my cousin was so terrified.

Speaker 3: 21:13

And he's a big guy, he comes about 6'2", about 300 pounds at that time.

Speaker 2: 21:18

And he was scared Pat.

Speaker 5: 21:19

He did not want to go back.

Speaker 1: 21:20

I mean he did not want to go back. They say he's got pretty yellow hair.

Speaker 3: 21:24

Does he have?

Speaker 1: 21:25

pretty yellow hair. Yeah, I've got pretty yellow hair. Well, jose, that's awesome. Pleasure to meet you, man. Oh man, pleasure to meet you.

Speaker 5: 21:30

And tell us your business one more time. Core Resource Services. We are contractors for PG&E's Vegetation Management Department.

Speaker 1: 21:36

You know what. Look when these guys come out to your home, when the PG&E people come out to your home. Men and women come out there and they're trying to provide a service. Please be kind to them. These people have nothing to do with anything menacing or destructive to our state. These are people who are simply trying to do a work. I mean trying to work and trying to support their family, and Jose is a decent dude and I appreciate his time. So thanks, Jose. All right, this is Jose. Thank you, Jose. Now you're going to take care of my property. Very nice guy, Family guy, Awesome man Again. Thank you, sir.

Speaker 1: 22:15

What else we got today on the Pats Peeps 116? I'm holding in my hand. I haven't put this on a. This is a collection of CDs. I believe this is well. It's a 3D set and it's the best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour.

Speaker 1: 22:41

Any of you familiar with the National Lampoon? It's one of my favorite comedy troupes of all time. You know belushi was part of this, and bill murray and lorraine newman and gilda radner. There was so many great people that were in the national lampoon radio hour. The lineup changed over the years, uh, but they put I there used to be like the fire sign theater and national lampoon and all these. I like the lampoonide Theater and National Lampoon and all these. I like the Lampoon the best, for whatever reason. So I would start to buy their albums Now. These were satire, this was satirical stuff and of course these were just some kind of. Some of them just stood alone as a piece. Others were reflective of the times we were living in in the 1970s, early 70s, all the way through the 70s.

Speaker 1: 23:31

Lemmings is a great album by National Lampoon. That's Not Funny, that's Sick is another great one. What other ones are out there? Well, the one I'm going to play. Play this one from tonight radio, uh, you know, instead of tv, dinner radio. What is it? Uh, radio tv. Uh, radio dinner. Yeah, radio dinner. The white album it's got a picture of a frog coming out of a restaurant. His legs are amputated. I told you it's out, there am Amputated legs. The restaurant says frog legs. He's on his little cart scooting out with his hands bandages Anyhow, the first one I ever had.

Speaker 1: 24:20

I heard this song on the radio Back when rock radio would really go out there and play a lot of deep cuts. That's where I learned a lot of my favorites Johnny Winter and Zappa, and I mean just some really deep stuff, not the stuff that gets played all the time. Kzap would do that, but I was a KSFM guy. I've mentioned that before and one day they play this song and I thought, man, cause, it's not rock, but they would expose you to all of this music and I'm like God, this is cool. And the next thing you knew I had to have this album based off of this song. Once I got the album, it just had so many gems on it. It had things on there that you couldn't even do today because people would be so offended, including one which is an impersonation of Joan Baez singing what many would consider a folk ballad. I'm not going to play that one for you here, but check it out for yourself and you'll see what I mean. But the problem is no one understands satire for the most part, but I'm stuck in satire. I love satire and now you don't. Oh, you said it's satire. Come on, get a grip, man, don't be so butthurt here. You know. Speaking of satire, here's the. So I've got this box and the name of the three CD set is it's got a handgun guy holding a handgun up to a dog's head and the dog it's a black and white dog looking out the side of his eyes like, oh God, what's going on. The name of the box set is buy this box or we'll shoot this dog. Come on, you know they're not being serious. Get a grip, it's a joke. People don't understand these kind of jokes anymore. You, that is terrible. You oh, please Go back in time. You have to be at another time to understand some of this stuff. I loved living in this time when you could really have satire and poke fun. No one was so butthurt and violated Some of this stuff on here. Let me see you have shortwave radio motif Advanced malignant tumor of the brain. You don't have to look at pictures on the radio Theater Times for Ryan O'Neill story, part one.

Speaker 1: 26:47

The Lost Glider. Little Miss Muffet. Otis Redding parody the Lone Arranger Can a match burn twice? Part one. I love the quick Canada quiz. How does that go? How does that go? Something like what was number one in Canada six months after Wake Up Little Susie by the Ever. What was number one in Canada six months after Wake Up Little Susie by the Everly Brothers was number one in America. What does it go like? Oh god, no. What was number one six? Uh, I shouldn't have even gone there six months later, was any I was? It was this. I shouldn't have gone there. Sorry, but it was a joke about canada.

Speaker 1: 27:31

Mr veal chop commercial intro. I should play some of this. That would get it right. I can't find a lot of it, though, like on on YouTube and things. So I'm so glad I have this collection. I'm going to give you some of the people, some of the performers on this, just to give you an idea who this is and there are so many of them. I'm going to read just a few John Belushi, richard Belzer, chevy Chase, billy Crystal, brian Doyle, murray, john Flaherty, jerry Graham let's see Bill Murray Michael O'Donohue remember Mr Mike, remember that on Saturday Night Live.

Speaker 1: 28:30

Remember Michael O'Donohue. Remember he would do that bit, really dark bit. He'd come out. Remember that. I just thought about Michael Donahue. He was a writer for Saturday Night Live. I think he did Mr Bill too, if I'm not mistaken, but he used to come out on stage. He was kind of bald, had those little glasses. He did that dark humor. He would go. I'd like to do an impersonation for you tonight. This is my impersonation and he would pick different people, but each time it would be someone different. But he'd be like tonight I'm going to do my impersonation of what it would be like if Elvis Presley stuck big giant, knitting needles into his eyeballs. I think it would go something like this and he would turn around. Then he'd look at the camera, then turn back, look at the camera, have fake knitting needles in his hands and he like, hello man, how you doing? And jam them into his eyes.

Speaker 4: 29:34

He started going.

Speaker 1: 29:36

that was. That was some dark stuff. That was the whole joke. Oh my God, I remember that it's a flashback. Bill Murray who else? Gilda Radner, harold Ramis we're talking about some top flight comedy. When you hear comedy that couldn't even fly now because it's just too insensitive, people will be offended. So I'm going to play this song for you. It's called. It came from a. I learned something today. It's so hard to say this. This song originally was done by a guy named Les Crane in 1971 on an album called Desiderata Les Crane, with music by Broadway composer Fred Werner and concept and various lyrics by David C Wilson. It is a spoken word album with song refrains and instrumental accompaniment, and the title track comes from the widely circulated poem Desiderata, which was widely perceived as an ancient wisdom and not known to be a 1927 poem by Indiana lawyer Max Ehrman. I never knew about the original version, so this is Desiderata by Les Crane. Let's listen to a bit. Desiderata, desiderata.

Speaker 4: 31:00

Desiderata Crane, let's listen to a bit Dezidurah, Dezidurah, Dezidurah.

Speaker 6: 31:11

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender. Be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant. They too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons. They are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter for always. There will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Speaker 4: 31:58

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here.

Speaker 1: 32:21

Oh, epic, that is epic. Desiderata, les Crane. Well, let's go. Let's fast forward to the National Lampoon and their version of that very song, which is the one that I heard on the radio. I had never heard the other one until today I heard on the radio, I had never heard the other one until today. National Lampoon, though, they took this song and it was no longer going to be Desiderata Now from the Lampoon, it was going to be Deteriorata, deteriorata came out as a single the next year, 72. Satire, a parody of that 71 spoken word recording I love. I can read some of the lines, but I'm going to let the music do this for you Without further ado. This is National Lampoon's take on that Deteriorata, deteriorata, deteriorata.

Speaker 4: 33:25

Deteriorata.

Speaker 7: 33:50

Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss and when. Consider the two wrongs. Never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance.

Speaker 4: 34:42

You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back.

Speaker 1: 34:57

I love this.

Speaker 7: 35:01

Remember the Pueblo. Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you that lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love, therefore, it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of youth birds, clean air, tuna, taiwan, and let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks For a good time. Call 606-4311. Ask for candy. Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese and reflect that, whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only get worse in Milwaukee, ha yeah.

Speaker 7: 36:06

Awesome you are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here and, whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. Can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. Therefore, make peace with your God, whatever you conceive him to be hairy, thunderer or cosmic muffin, with all its hopes, dreams, promises and urban renewal.

Speaker 1: 36:49

The world continues to deteriorate. Give up. Thank you for listening to Pat's Peeps Podcast 116. We'll see you on the radio. You.