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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's night Side with Dan Ray on WBS Costin's new radio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, it's good to have you with us here on
Nightside with Dan Ray. Bradley j for Dan, Thanks Alt
for that news. I want to add a little to
the weather here. I just checked double checked my phone
to see what the real feel was, and then I
have all these other cities that have the temperatures right here.
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I thought it's share might be quite interesting. Open lines.
Now you can talk about anything you like. It's that
weird time between Christmas and New Year's kind of a
no person's land. You're still living a little Christmas, but
it's also a little New Year. You're gonna hear a
lot about uh you excuse me, your end wrap ups.
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But anyway, here is some I always find this interesting.
Paris is thirty degrees. Now these are all fahrenheit. Excuse me.
I have to get a sip of water. I have
a sip of water. Note to self, always have water nearby.
So Paris is thirty degrees. If you were going to
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go to Paris and hang out, that's a little bit cold.
But if you bundled up it, we'd be good and
there would be no tourists you'd be you'd be alone.
You wouldn't be fighting for a table with other Americans.
Bretton Woods two degrees. Breddon Woods is right near the
Mount Washington Hotel. It's got a ski area, of course.
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Franconia seven. It's interesting that five degree difference in that
very short short span of space there. Prum's down twenty six.
Dublin is forty three. Now that I can live with that.
Could you live in Dublin, I feel like I could. Vilnius,
Lithuania thirty four degrees. Keen, New Hampshire. Keen is called
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and Conquered is always cold. Conquer Its fourteen and San Juan,
Puerto Rico is the temperature it always is pretty much.
It's always between seventy one and seventy five. No matter
what time of year it's in a strange spot, it
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stays the same temperature. Now, Rekivik Iceland. I think it's
kind of on the Gulf stream or affected by the
Gulf stream. It's Iceland, but it's not as cold as
you might think. It's colder here by quite a lot.
And Rekivic it's thirty seven degrees. Tangier, Morocco fifty two,
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Rome forty two, Madrid thirty six, conquered, cold, cold place conquered.
I don't know what it is in Montreal, but trust me,
it's probably it's colder up there. Montreal has a special
kind of cold. Everything gets even turns a different color
in Montreal. It's not of for this hard, cold, gray white.
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The pavement seems harder. It is a once again a
good place to go to get deals in the winter. Tomorrow,
at nine, we have Micah Airplane Geek. Micah. Micah is
a Engbert is a person who is a member of
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the Airplane Geeks podcast, and he is all about everything aviation,
not only the planes and how they work, but travel
tips and such. And there are some new things to
consider including well, i'll tell you some of the things
that we'll talk about. We're gonna call it airline Travel
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New Tips and Tricks, News tips and tricks. There's an
airline that's going to have a new service but is
also going bankrupt, so you probably want to hear about that.
And if you don't have a real ID yet and
you want to fly somewhere, it's going to cost you
gost youre's some money and some time. Gotta get that
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real ID. I know you don't want to. It's kind
of big brother, right. I did it a long time ago,
glad I did. Another thing we will talk about is
TSA I have as a person I know that resents
the TSA, that resents being padded down. I don't. I'm
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not a big person that stands in line, but I'm
somewhat comforted that that I'm getting padded down. I'd say,
please pat me down all day. That's fine. So I
ask you, are you uncomfortable when they do that in
front of people? I'm not just go for it. They
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ask you, do you want a separate room? Do you
want to go in a little room and have us
pat you down? No, it's okay. I feel bad for
the guy person A guy actually patting me down and
they say, I'm gonna run my fingers over here through
your waistpand I'm gonna touch you here and there. Cool.
If it keeps me in the air, I'm all about it.
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But this person I know feels it's theater, doesn't matter,
and feels put upon have to go through this. How
do you feel about that? We're gonna talk about what
degree of the degree of effectiveness that we get through
the TSA. They do find a lot of guns. For example,
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that's tomorrow travel insurance. Should you get it or not?
Talk about that? That's something to think about. That's always
a question, right should I get the airlines offer it
when you purchase a ticket? Do you get that? Yes
or no? Or do you say no to that and
get some third party insurance? I get the third party
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insurance for the actual for the medical coverage that it provides.
And did you know that there are no oxygen tanks
on the on an airplane? You know when they give
you that little speech about in case of decompression, masks
will pop down, tug on the mask, make sure you
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cover your nose and mouth. But did you know there
are no oxygen tanks on an airplane? What's with that?
You might ask, Well, mikel will explain that. Here's another one.
Airport etiquette. People are meaner all the time. They got
meaner online, and now they're carrying their online behavior into
in person. You see it on airplanes, you see it
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in the airports. Talk a little bit about online. Excuse
me on airport etiquette? And did you know there's a
seating rule There are rules for you depending on whether
you're sitting in the window seat, the aisle seat, or
the middle seat. You have certain rights and responsibilities socially speaking,
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when you sit in the window seat, when you sit
in the aisle seat, and when you sit in the middle.
Do you know what you're entitled to if you sit
in the middle seat, Well, you'll find that out tomorrow.
And this is kind of the big one. More and
more you see people who have paid money, good money,
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hard cash, f extra legrum for a better seat, for
an upgrade. Maybe they've worked hard in our lives. They're
going somewhere special and they they want a better seat,
and they pay for the seat, and someone comes over there,
over to them and says, for example, my family is
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sitting besides, you do mind if we would? Would you
mind if I see in your seat? What do you do?
I What I do is say yes, I would mind. Sorry,
it's not the end of the I won't say this,
but it's not the end of the world. If you
have to sit fifteen feet away from your family watch
a movie you should have booked earlier. Sorry. If you're
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willing to pay me the difference that I paid for
the seat, then maybe we can talk. But we'll find
out if I'm mean, mister Mustard, what would you do?
You can tell me this now we're going to discuss
this in detail tomorrow. So those are all some of
the things we'll talk about tomorrow. Now, as I mentioned,
it's open lines. But I'd like to ask you about
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bar pizza. Who knows what south Shore bar pizza is.
I'm a little fuzzy on it. I'd like you to
explain it to me. Oh, I've looked it up, but
perhaps you could tell me about what bar pizza is.
And if you think south Shore bar pizza, Bah Pizza
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is better than north Shore Beach Pizza, two entirely different things.
I've had more south Shore bar pizza, and I'm curious.
Can you explain it to everyone else what it is?
It's a thing. It's a very very specific thing, and
it means a lot to people. There are places like
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excuse me, let's see, well, do I have a list?
I had a list. I can get a list, but
I'd like to actually, I would prefer you tell me
what the best bar pizza place is on the south
Shore and on the north shore of the beach pizza.
I've had bar pizza on the south Shore, and I
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didn't like it. I thought it was greasy, but maybe
I went to the wrong place. Here are some of
the you know, the definitions. These are the elements of
the south Shore of bar pizza six one, seven, two,
the number where do you go? Most everyone in the
south Shore has a place they swear by self Shore
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of bar pizza, local bars and taverns. South Shore and
South Coast entirely different thing. It's small, usually ten to
twelve inches. It comes in a pan. It's a pan
baked thing. It's got thick crust. I'm generally not down
with a thick crust. And it's kind of almost fried
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from the oil in the pan. It's almost fried self fried.
It's got a lot of cheese edge to edge, and
it's uh not sweet. That's the difference between the south
Shore and the north Shore. It's spicier and not for
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my money, it's got too much cheese. There's more to
pizza than just putting a bunch of cheese on a
piece of bread. It's the delicate balance of tomato, sauce
or gravy, if you will, and cheese. Too much cheese
is just a big blump of cheese and as far
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as the culture, it's a loyalty based thing. I don't
even know if how good the pizza is even matters.
It's this territorial thing, loyalty based. Everybody has their bar,
and everybody will defend their bar. There there South Shore bar,
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pizza bar, excuse me. And it's meant to be eaten
at a table, that's a thing. It's got to be
eaten at a table or the bar. And it's supposed
to be consumed with beer. What's not supposed to be
consumed with beer? And people will are you about? Which
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place does it?
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Right?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I went to one underneath the barn Bridge. I don't
know the name of that one. Do you know the
name of it? And you know what was the interesting
thing about that? I went with my friend because I
went to buy I had gone down the fur interest
store down there, the big one, to find out a sofa,
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and we stopped to get some bar pizza so the
guy could turn me onto the bar pizza and we
went there, and you know it was interesting. People were
talking about and I know this sounds braggy, but they
were talking about me. It was weird. I was at
this bar, pizza bar underneath the barn Bridge and they
were talking about WBZ and Bradley J. And when I
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used to do the overnight, I thought, wow, should I
say something? Nope, it would be so tacky to say something.
Now in the north Shore, I'll run through the north
Shore what the beach pitch is? But I'm curious, which
do you prefer and which place do you like best.
Six one seven, two five four ten thirty is the
number on w BZ News Radio ten thirty.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray. I'm WBZ Boston's
news radio. Well, it's good to have you with me.
I can't see any callers there at all. That's fine,
I know you're with me. A lot of folks say,
well listen a lot, but I never call. This is
a good opportunity when it's when it gets busy, you
don't get to talk very long. So six one seven, two,
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five four to ten thirty the number great to chat
with you.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
A reminder if you are away from a radio, you
can listen to WBZ. Listen to night Side on the
iHeartRadio app. I'm very sorry about this cough. I wonder
if I'm coming down with something. No, during the break,
I go get a whole bunch of water. And if
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you would like to re listen or you'll missed part
of a night Side show, you can certainly go to
Nightside on Demand. I love that feature. Nightside on Demand.
You're gonna hear Dan Ray any time, hear the whole thing.
And if there's a lot of information, you miss something
you're driving and you can't write something down like we
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had the guests to tonight Craig Fitzgerald. He gave a
lot of information and maybe you wanted to jot it down,
but you couldn't. Nightside on Demand just listen again and
you know generally when it was. You can fast forward
and everything. So that's cool. That's one of the one
of the great things about technology. The other thing easy pass.
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Remember when there was a line two miles at the
Hampton toll well. Easy pass another good use of technology.
So it's easy pass and on demand, two great uses
of technology. I'm in a minute. I guess I'll finish
the my thing on beach pizza versus bar pizza. But
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first let's go to the phone here and I guess
we'll talk to Griffin in it's either Marshfield or Mansfield.
Hi Griffin.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Hey, how are you.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I'm very well. Thanks for calling. That's a new name.
I don't believe i've spoken to you before.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
No.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I was just driving home from Christmas and I heard
your conversation about bar pizza. And I currently work at
a place called Rafferties in Marshfield, which is on Snow Road.
I'm not one hundred percent sure it's bad to Marshall's.
It's a great place. But we do bar pizza and
it's delightful and the people keep coming back and it's
not greasy or spicy or extra cheese.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
So do me favor and give me your definition of
what bar pizza is.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
It's very simple, I think. Obviously you have to start
with a good pan and we keep the oil minimum
on it great though good sauce. We don't cook our sauce.
It's you know, we may get cold and then just
the right amount of cheese. And I learned from the best.
We've been doing it long enough. That is very simple,
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and the price is right. And it's one of those things,
you know, if you're twenty years old and you're working outside,
you could eat a whole one to snap your fingers,
and if you're out with your girlfriend, you could split one,
and if you're out with your friends, you could get
a whole bunch of them. But they're small, they're manageable.
We call it laced, which is when the sauce and
the cheese goes up to the edge of the pans.
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Some people don't like those crispy edges, but maybe that's
not the pizza for them, right, And I figure I
would just touch base and give you my appreciate.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
When you buy a regular standard pizza, how much does
that cost? Now? I haven't. I haven't bought a pizza
in so long. I buy slices, but never a whole one.
Is it like generally for a normal non bar pizza,
like fifteen bucks now or more?
Speaker 4 (17:16):
I think if you're going to a good establishment, and
you know our purchasing power of our dollars and what
it used to be, if they're using good ingredients, you know,
if you're getting out for under twenty dollars, they got
to be cutting corners somewhere. And that's the beauty of
the bar pizzas. It's small, and yeah, if you need
a lot, it would fill you up, But what's that
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like ten bucks? I think our cheeses are I'd say
about ten, and then with toppings, you know, they'll go
off a dollar or two.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
And that was my next question. Is it one standard
thing the bar pizza is one topping or do you
get choices with the bar pizza.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Well, we have a plethora of toppings. It's really anything
you want. But the other is they're very simple, So
if you're getting a five topping bar piece, I would
consider that over the top us.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What are you saying, crust.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
No, you were saying earlier when I was listening that
it's very dowe and ours. We hand them out so
they're actually quite crispy, which some people like them well done.
It's not for me personally, but yeah, they're they're crispy
and thin. And you know, I don't know if you
know Dave Portnoy of his Barstool Pizza reviews. Yeah, we
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have zero flop and it's a positive thing.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Good. So once again, did you say Rafferty's.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Rafferty's Pub on Snow Road and it's managed by mister
Ryan Start, the kitchen manager Sean Brindley. They're wonderful, world
class people and all the employees are great and yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Great, Well, shouts out to everybody in Marshville and the environs.
I really appreciated, Thank you Griffin and for checking and
appreciate that. Isn't that good? So that's an example of
a location for bar pizza. There are others, and I'll
ask you which one. I have some of the big
names in bar pizza here, some of the famous ones.
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The Linwood Cafe, that's some say, many say the quintessential
South Shore bar pizza. Does anybody know the history of
barb pizza? Where it come from? How come it's only
in the South Shore of Massachusetts? How did that happen?
Cape Cod Cafe is another one. Which one do you
like best? Hugely popular? Obviously I'm reading this. I didn't
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memorize it. It's in Brockton, Cape Cod Cafe. It's in Brockton,
but people dry far and wide to go there. Poopsies Pembroke,
there's a strong following. I've heard people recommend that as well.
It's known for its crisp crusp and classic toppings. I'm
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surprised you get a choice of toppings. I would think
it would be one thing. Trading Post Lounge, that's the
beloved Born bar where I think that I went right,
isn't that right? Kind of under the Bourne Bridge. Then
there's bosses or boss b o sss right more s's
please boss ba bah pizza, And that's some braintreet. And
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there's Squinnys Town Spa. I don't know where that is,
and O'Toole's Pub. I haven't gotten to the beach pizza.
It's an entirely different thing. North Shore south Shore. I myself,
I'm a north Short person. The south Shore is a
mystery to me. I did have a talk radio job
down in there. I can't even remember the town. It
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didn't stay there long. I got fired from that job, actually,
and shortly after my program director got fired too. But
I digress. There's the south Shore pizza and I'll get
to the North Shore pizza later. Let us chat with
Mark in Austin. Now, Hello, Mark, thanks for being with
me on WBZ.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Hi Bradley, Merry Christmas. What's left of it? And I
want since you started to talk about things in your
past that were a bit embarrassing, I wanted to respond
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to your far ranging weather report. And near the beginning
of the hour, and I remember some years ago, I
and some friends went to the Western ski track and
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I fell down three times within the space of one
hundred yards.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Well, you were new at it, right, this.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Is well, you know when you don't have a talent
for something. You don't have a talent for something, so
you gave up. Uh, that's fine.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think I.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Wasn't enjoying it exactly. Okay, maybe you'd say I did
give up, But on a larger point, I put up
with the cold weather. I don't enjoy it, but I
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put up with it.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Well, there you go. You need to get some sort
of indoor thing, door hobby. Yeah, may I suggest Have you.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
Ever watched news? I like movies?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Okay, Oh, did you watch any Christmas movies?
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I didn't watch any Christmas movies this year. The last
one I saw was actually, uh, it's a Downtown Abbey movie.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Oh Downtown Abbey. Well, Mark, is you see? It's ten
thirty four And I appreciate you checking in. Thank you
for sharing that story about not skiing. Very well. I
had the same exact experience and know how it feels.
I also quit. I did it a little longer than you,
but I'm all set with that. It's it's too cold.
I'm all good. Thanks very much. Mark, Let's break and
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I'll talk to you right after this on Busy.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Bradley for Dan tonight. Let's go right to Ryan and
West Bridgewater. Hey, Ryan, Hey, how's it going.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Merry Christmas?
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Man, Merry Christmas? To YouTube? What can I do for you?
How can we help you?
Speaker 6 (24:17):
Talking about that social Bob Pizza.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Huh yes, sir, by the way, I think you need
to turn your radio down because it can get confusing.
Speaker 6 (24:26):
Yeah, I turn my radio off.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I got yeah, Okay, there we go, there we go. Yeah,
so what what do you think? Which one do you like?
Do you like the No Shore or the or the
South Shore? No?
Speaker 6 (24:37):
Non, Linnwood's hand hands down Linwood and uh it could
be followed by Trading Post lounge down there and Born.
I think you said you might have went there.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
But yeah, so tell me about the Lindwood. I hear
a lot about the linn Wood. Tell me all about it.
Speaker 6 (24:53):
It's good, nice, nice thin cross. It's usually cooked lightwood cheese.
I know you mentioned you thought Bob Pizza was heavy
on cheese, but uh no, they do it right, kind
of a little spicy, but it's good.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
And what's the place like, what's the vibe like?
Speaker 6 (25:10):
It's old school? Yeah, no, no, I a d a
compliance there. It's just an old structure which which gives
a good character.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
And where and whereabouts is it if you wanted to
throw them a bone and send people home?
Speaker 6 (25:25):
Yeah, that's that's that's in Randolph and yeah, and the
original they claim Charlie's placed down in Wareham claims to
have the original recipe for the social Bob pizza. That's
Charlie's Place in Wareham.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So you've never had these the north Shore beach pizza
or you have had it and you just don't like him?
Speaker 6 (25:45):
No I have, But I'm a social guy, so I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (25:48):
I don't get up there too often.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Speaking of being a south shore what's the different Is
there a difference between what's the difference between south shore
and north shore? What are the the essences of them?
They're are they're different? Other people people different? Or is
the vibe different? Or is it the geography different? What
are the things that make the north shore and the
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south shore different?
Speaker 6 (26:13):
Yeah, we just don't mix, you know, don't mix.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
So okay, I won't I won't be labeled a question,
but h thank you very much. I appreciate that. Goodbye
Ryan from Westbridge Boater, West Bridgewater. And now it's Bob
in Boston. Hi, Bob.
Speaker 6 (26:33):
Bradley j Thank god, it's you.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I've been waiting for you to call for so long.
This is this is Boston, Boston Bob. His name. I
see Bob in Boston, but his name is Boston Bob.
And do you mind if we talk about a little
bit about your journey.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
No, I don't mind at all, but I wanted to
just share with you my thoughts on north Shore pizza. Okay,
I got a kick out of the north Shore bar pizza.
Back in the day when I was a young man.
My friends and I would go to Salisbury Beach and
we would enjoy what you referred to as north Shore
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bar pizza pizza. No, no, no, not not not bar pizza,
beach pizza. And the biggest kick I got out of
it was if you wanted cheese on that pizza, you
paid extra.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
So mostly it was tomato.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Sauce, tomato sauce, a very slight drizzle of cheese, and
if you want a cheese they throw a slice of
pavolo and cheese on it for an extra whatever.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
So that does not sound like a ringing endorsement. It
doesn't sound very good.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
It was actually, it was actually delicious. I enjoyed the
history of it. And at the risk of being candid,
I have never experienced a south Shore bar pizza.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
I had it, I had it once. I don't know
if I've ever had a north Shore pizza, which is
surprising because I'm a north Shore person. Ryan who just called,
said there's a distinct difference between the people in the
north Shore and the people in the south Shore. He said,
they just don't mix. I would really love it if
someone could could kind of elaborate on that a little bit.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
But I am well, I am.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
A north Shore person and I don't gravitate to this
outh shore. I don't gravitate to the Cape. The Cape
never comes into my mind if I think where do
I want to go?
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Never for us to get to and uh, there's nothing
but ever traffic down that way. So I stay away
from the Cape. But what we're known for here in
the north Shore, you know I'm from the north Shore.
We're not known for our pizza. We're known for our
roast beef sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Oh, yeah, that's right, of course. Where's I use like,
where's your Where's the best place? Now?
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Is a place in TBD called I think it's called
Lendy's and uh, they make a terrific super beef. Most
people like to get the triple which is cheese, mayo
and sauce and it's out of this world.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Yeah, it sounds it sounds fantastic. And then it was
Kelly's on uh and Rerea right are they still there?
Speaker 3 (29:27):
Oooh, the worst experience in the world is Kelly's. In
my in my humble opinion. Back in the day, they
used to be terrific on Revere Beach, especially when you
got the hungry horrors at two in the morning because
they were open pretty much twenty I think it was
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twenty three hours a day. It's pretty crazy interesting, Okay.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
The Tripley's is the adventor of the beach pizza as
far as I understand.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
And it's yeah, this two competitors. There's Triple E's and
then there's another brand like next to each other in Salisbury.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Right, so it's quarter of the hour and Bob, I
haven't talked to you in maybe two years. Or going
on two years because of something that happened.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
And yes it's a.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Big deal and I'm gonna and thank you for allowing
me to share it, or allowing me to allow you
to share it. And we're gonna do that right after this.
I'm busy.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Night side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Bradley for Dan. Tonight, we're with Bob and Boston. Bob's
called in. You know, folks, you don't really know who
you are till the going gets rough. The going's never
really gotten rough for me and for a lot of you.
It never really has at some point, though it may
and then you'll find out who you are. Bob from
Boston here found out who he really is. And little
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background on Bob. He's called Besy a lot for a
long time or some for a long time. I have
come to know him quite well. And even during the
pandemic when I was just doing live streams and stuff,
Bob was there and he would comment a lot, and
he's always he's He also has gives good advice. He's
(31:23):
given me. I think Bob actually told me I needed
to get a h gimbal for my videos. You know,
I was in Rome and I was doing a video
walking around and he sent me a message said, hey, dude,
you got to get a gimbal It's one of these
things that allows you to walk around and make smooth videos.
I have one. I still have it with me now.
(31:45):
So I come to know Bob quite well and have
great respect for Bob. One day I called Bob and
it sounded like death on the other end of the line.
Bob was so I'm surprised, he answered the phone. It
was so so, so sick, and he said, I can't talk.
(32:08):
I can't talk. I'll talk to you maybe by Christmas.
And I thought, oh my, you probably don't even remember
that because you were probably medicated. But I thought, wow,
this is it. This is serious business. And then I
didn't hear from Bob for maybe. I don't know Bob
(32:28):
a year, and I didn't know how what had happened.
I did not know which way I went for you.
And then one day I don't know whether it was
on my podcast or or or on the radio, but
I did, and I was overjoyed to know that you
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had made it. And you know, we don't want to
I don't want to need to get into any excruciating
details because we don't have the time. But you looked
at you looked the big fear right in the eye,
and you survived. I tell me in the cliff notes
(33:08):
of what happened.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Well, thank you, Bradley for allowing me the opportunity to
chat about this. And the reason why I'm happy to
chat about it is because I'd love to promote to
people to donate blood. And I'll tell you why. So
the cliff notes are like this. I used to walk,
you know this. I used to walk four to five
(33:32):
miles every single day. I was very fit, loved walking.
And it got to a point where I could barely
walk to the bathroom and I knew something was wrong
and I could barely breathe, and so I went to
my doctor. My doctor sent me to the local hospital,
and when they got me into the hospital, they discovered
(33:53):
that I was very low on blood and they started
to put many packets of blood comes in these plastic packets,
and they put many packets of blood into me, and
also plasma. And it dawned on me right then and there, Bradley,
(34:14):
how important I never realized this until I became sick.
It is so important for people to donate blood because
so many people need to live with blood that's donated.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I want to share what it was that was your affliction.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
Sure, so, I was suffering from what's known as lymphoma.
Lymphoma is a blood disease, it's cancer, and I was
fortunate enough from that local hospital to be transferred to
Mass General, where I was treated by the most professional
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medical people that I've ever come to know in my lifetime.
They are amazing. God sends Bradley at the Mass General. Unfortunately,
their first attempt to eradicating my lymphoma was via oh
my god, I'm having a brain cramp chemotherapy. Yes, the
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chemotherapy did not work, and so moving the story along,
they went to what's known as they referred to what
as Plan B, and it was miraculous Bradley. It's called
car T cell treatment car T cell treatment, and what
they do is, Bradley, they take blood from you and
(35:38):
they just narrow it down to what's known as T cells.
TEA is entango, and they ship the blood off to
a lab. The lab recalibrates the blood to fight lymphoma.
They send the blood back and they put it in
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you and as luck would have it. Bradley. The doctor
came into me and he said, it doesn't happen often,
but I need to let you know that one of
the side effects of this treatment is you could go
into a coma. And I said, well, I'm so glad
that it doesn't happen often. And I had already been
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in the hospital for seven days, and then I went
into a coma and when I came to I saw
her in the wall it said day thirteen. I was
in a coma for six days. Eventually I couldn't do
a thing, Bradley, for my life. I couldn't lift my
arms when I came out of the coma, I couldn't
(36:43):
feed myself. I needed help. And again I can't say
enough about the godsends at the NASA General Hospital. They
are absolutely amazing. And after I finally got out of
the hospital, they did what's known as another pet scan,
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and the pet scan revealed that the cancer was gone.
And so it took me a long time, Bradley, to
get my strength back. I'm still not entirely back, but
you could probably hear it in my voice. I sun
him a lot better than the last time.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
You can tell a lot by a prison's voice, and
you sound very strong.
Speaker 3 (37:24):
Yeah, I I am much stronger than I was. I'm
not walking yet. I'm walking a little bit, but I
hope to get back to walking. My flour to five
miles a day and I am I can't. I want
to go back to letting people know how important it
is to donate blood. Look, it's we're just finishing up
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Christmas here. It's the it's the the time of giving. Right,
give blood. Find a place to donate blood, and go
donate blood. People need it. They need to live from
your blood. And that's what I have to say.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
I really appreciate you talking about this. It's I was,
you know, shocked, and it really had a big impact
when I heard you speak, and you see you were
at death's door. It sounded like like for real in
a way that you just don't hear. And to hear
you speaking now is a gift for me. So thank
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you very much, Bob.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Thank you, Bradley. Jay, you have a wonderful rest of
your evening, and I wish you a healthy and happy
new Year. And regards to Molly.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Oh yeah, Molly the dog. Thanks Bob, Bye bye. That's
quite a story and quite a happy story, and I
think some of us take hospitals for granted. I understand
that for routine stuff it's a warrant and it's a
maze of complicated procedures. But when it comes to stuff
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like Bob needed, people fly from Saudi Arabia to come
here to a place that many of us can walk to.
I'm fortunate that sometimes, like I've had surgery and I
walked to it, i had to get a ride home
though they wouldn't let me walk home. We'll talk to
James after this on w b Z
It's night Side with Dan Ray on WBS Costin's new radio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, it's good to have you with us here on
Nightside with Dan Ray. Bradley j for Dan, Thanks Alt
for that news. I want to add a little to
the weather here. I just checked double checked my phone
to see what the real feel was, and then I
have all these other cities that have the temperatures right here.
(00:27):
I thought it's share might be quite interesting. Open lines.
Now you can talk about anything you like. It's that
weird time between Christmas and New Year's kind of a
no person's land. You're still living a little Christmas, but
it's also a little New Year. You're gonna hear a
lot about uh you excuse me, your end wrap ups.
(00:49):
But anyway, here is some I always find this interesting.
Paris is thirty degrees. Now these are all fahrenheit. Excuse me.
I have to get a sip of water. I have
a sip of water. Note to self, always have water nearby.
So Paris is thirty degrees. If you were going to
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go to Paris and hang out, that's a little bit cold.
But if you bundled up it, we'd be good and
there would be no tourists you'd be you'd be alone.
You wouldn't be fighting for a table with other Americans.
Bretton Woods two degrees. Breddon Woods is right near the
Mount Washington Hotel. It's got a ski area, of course.
(01:34):
Franconia seven. It's interesting that five degree difference in that
very short short span of space there. Prum's down twenty six.
Dublin is forty three. Now that I can live with that.
Could you live in Dublin, I feel like I could. Vilnius,
Lithuania thirty four degrees. Keen, New Hampshire. Keen is called
(01:58):
and Conquered is always cold. Conquer Its fourteen and San Juan,
Puerto Rico is the temperature it always is pretty much.
It's always between seventy one and seventy five. No matter
what time of year it's in a strange spot, it
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stays the same temperature. Now, Rekivik Iceland. I think it's
kind of on the Gulf stream or affected by the
Gulf stream. It's Iceland, but it's not as cold as
you might think. It's colder here by quite a lot.
And Rekivic it's thirty seven degrees. Tangier, Morocco fifty two,
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Rome forty two, Madrid thirty six, conquered, cold, cold place conquered.
I don't know what it is in Montreal, but trust me,
it's probably it's colder up there. Montreal has a special
kind of cold. Everything gets even turns a different color
in Montreal. It's not of for this hard, cold, gray white.
(03:01):
The pavement seems harder. It is a once again a
good place to go to get deals in the winter. Tomorrow,
at nine, we have Micah Airplane Geek. Micah. Micah is
a Engbert is a person who is a member of
(03:23):
the Airplane Geeks podcast, and he is all about everything aviation,
not only the planes and how they work, but travel
tips and such. And there are some new things to
consider including well, i'll tell you some of the things
that we'll talk about. We're gonna call it airline Travel
(03:45):
New Tips and Tricks, News tips and tricks. There's an
airline that's going to have a new service but is
also going bankrupt, so you probably want to hear about that.
And if you don't have a real ID yet and
you want to fly somewhere, it's going to cost you
gost youre's some money and some time. Gotta get that
(04:08):
real ID. I know you don't want to. It's kind
of big brother, right. I did it a long time ago,
glad I did. Another thing we will talk about is
TSA I have as a person I know that resents
the TSA, that resents being padded down. I don't. I'm
(04:29):
not a big person that stands in line, but I'm
somewhat comforted that that I'm getting padded down. I'd say,
please pat me down all day. That's fine. So I
ask you, are you uncomfortable when they do that in
front of people? I'm not just go for it. They
(04:51):
ask you, do you want a separate room? Do you
want to go in a little room and have us
pat you down? No, it's okay. I feel bad for
the guy person A guy actually patting me down and
they say, I'm gonna run my fingers over here through
your waistpand I'm gonna touch you here and there. Cool.
If it keeps me in the air, I'm all about it.
(05:13):
But this person I know feels it's theater, doesn't matter,
and feels put upon have to go through this. How
do you feel about that? We're gonna talk about what
degree of the degree of effectiveness that we get through
the TSA. They do find a lot of guns. For example,
(05:36):
that's tomorrow travel insurance. Should you get it or not?
Talk about that? That's something to think about. That's always
a question, right should I get the airlines offer it
when you purchase a ticket? Do you get that? Yes
or no? Or do you say no to that and
get some third party insurance? I get the third party
(05:58):
insurance for the actual for the medical coverage that it provides.
And did you know that there are no oxygen tanks
on the on an airplane? You know when they give
you that little speech about in case of decompression, masks
will pop down, tug on the mask, make sure you
(06:20):
cover your nose and mouth. But did you know there
are no oxygen tanks on an airplane? What's with that?
You might ask, Well, mikel will explain that. Here's another one.
Airport etiquette. People are meaner all the time. They got
meaner online, and now they're carrying their online behavior into
in person. You see it on airplanes, you see it
(06:43):
in the airports. Talk a little bit about online. Excuse
me on airport etiquette? And did you know there's a
seating rule There are rules for you depending on whether
you're sitting in the window seat, the aisle seat, or
the middle seat. You have certain rights and responsibilities socially speaking,
(07:05):
when you sit in the window seat, when you sit
in the aisle seat, and when you sit in the middle.
Do you know what you're entitled to if you sit
in the middle seat, Well, you'll find that out tomorrow.
And this is kind of the big one. More and
more you see people who have paid money, good money,
(07:31):
hard cash, f extra legrum for a better seat, for
an upgrade. Maybe they've worked hard in our lives. They're
going somewhere special and they they want a better seat,
and they pay for the seat, and someone comes over there,
over to them and says, for example, my family is
(07:56):
sitting besides, you do mind if we would? Would you
mind if I see in your seat? What do you do?
I What I do is say yes, I would mind. Sorry,
it's not the end of the I won't say this,
but it's not the end of the world. If you
have to sit fifteen feet away from your family watch
a movie you should have booked earlier. Sorry. If you're
(08:21):
willing to pay me the difference that I paid for
the seat, then maybe we can talk. But we'll find
out if I'm mean, mister Mustard, what would you do?
You can tell me this now we're going to discuss
this in detail tomorrow. So those are all some of
the things we'll talk about tomorrow. Now, as I mentioned,
it's open lines. But I'd like to ask you about
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bar pizza. Who knows what south Shore bar pizza is.
I'm a little fuzzy on it. I'd like you to
explain it to me. Oh, I've looked it up, but
perhaps you could tell me about what bar pizza is.
And if you think south Shore bar pizza, Bah Pizza
(09:06):
is better than north Shore Beach Pizza, two entirely different things.
I've had more south Shore bar pizza, and I'm curious.
Can you explain it to everyone else what it is?
It's a thing. It's a very very specific thing, and
it means a lot to people. There are places like
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excuse me, let's see, well, do I have a list?
I had a list. I can get a list, but
I'd like to actually, I would prefer you tell me
what the best bar pizza place is on the south
Shore and on the north shore of the beach pizza.
I've had bar pizza on the south Shore, and I
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didn't like it. I thought it was greasy, but maybe
I went to the wrong place. Here are some of
the you know, the definitions. These are the elements of
the south Shore of bar pizza six one, seven, two,
the number where do you go? Most everyone in the
south Shore has a place they swear by self Shore
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of bar pizza, local bars and taverns. South Shore and
South Coast entirely different thing. It's small, usually ten to
twelve inches. It comes in a pan. It's a pan
baked thing. It's got thick crust. I'm generally not down
with a thick crust. And it's kind of almost fried
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from the oil in the pan. It's almost fried self fried.
It's got a lot of cheese edge to edge, and
it's uh not sweet. That's the difference between the south
Shore and the north Shore. It's spicier and not for
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my money, it's got too much cheese. There's more to
pizza than just putting a bunch of cheese on a
piece of bread. It's the delicate balance of tomato, sauce
or gravy, if you will, and cheese. Too much cheese
is just a big blump of cheese and as far
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as the culture, it's a loyalty based thing. I don't
even know if how good the pizza is even matters.
It's this territorial thing, loyalty based. Everybody has their bar,
and everybody will defend their bar. There there South Shore bar,
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pizza bar, excuse me. And it's meant to be eaten
at a table, that's a thing. It's got to be
eaten at a table or the bar. And it's supposed
to be consumed with beer. What's not supposed to be
consumed with beer? And people will are you about? Which
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place does it?
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Right?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I went to one underneath the barn Bridge. I don't
know the name of that one. Do you know the
name of it? And you know what was the interesting
thing about that? I went with my friend because I
went to buy I had gone down the fur interest
store down there, the big one, to find out a sofa,
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and we stopped to get some bar pizza so the
guy could turn me onto the bar pizza and we
went there, and you know it was interesting. People were
talking about and I know this sounds braggy, but they
were talking about me. It was weird. I was at
this bar, pizza bar underneath the barn Bridge and they
were talking about WBZ and Bradley J. And when I
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used to do the overnight, I thought, wow, should I
say something? Nope, it would be so tacky to say something.
Now in the north Shore, I'll run through the north
Shore what the beach pitch is? But I'm curious, which
do you prefer and which place do you like best.
Six one seven, two five four ten thirty is the
number on w BZ News Radio ten thirty.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray. I'm WBZ Boston's
news radio. Well, it's good to have you with me.
I can't see any callers there at all. That's fine,
I know you're with me. A lot of folks say,
well listen a lot, but I never call. This is
a good opportunity when it's when it gets busy, you
don't get to talk very long. So six one seven, two,
(13:34):
five four to ten thirty the number great to chat
with you.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
A reminder if you are away from a radio, you
can listen to WBZ. Listen to night Side on the
iHeartRadio app. I'm very sorry about this cough. I wonder
if I'm coming down with something. No, during the break,
I go get a whole bunch of water. And if
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you would like to re listen or you'll missed part
of a night Side show, you can certainly go to
Nightside on Demand. I love that feature. Nightside on Demand.
You're gonna hear Dan Ray any time, hear the whole thing.
And if there's a lot of information, you miss something
you're driving and you can't write something down like we
(14:26):
had the guests to tonight Craig Fitzgerald. He gave a
lot of information and maybe you wanted to jot it down,
but you couldn't. Nightside on Demand just listen again and
you know generally when it was. You can fast forward
and everything. So that's cool. That's one of the one
of the great things about technology. The other thing easy pass.
(14:47):
Remember when there was a line two miles at the
Hampton toll well. Easy pass another good use of technology.
So it's easy pass and on demand, two great uses
of technology. I'm in a minute. I guess I'll finish
the my thing on beach pizza versus bar pizza. But
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first let's go to the phone here and I guess
we'll talk to Griffin in it's either Marshfield or Mansfield.
Hi Griffin.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Hey, how are you.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I'm very well. Thanks for calling. That's a new name.
I don't believe i've spoken to you before.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
No.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I was just driving home from Christmas and I heard
your conversation about bar pizza. And I currently work at
a place called Rafferties in Marshfield, which is on Snow Road.
I'm not one hundred percent sure it's bad to Marshall's.
It's a great place. But we do bar pizza and
it's delightful and the people keep coming back and it's
not greasy or spicy or extra cheese.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
So do me favor and give me your definition of
what bar pizza is.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
It's very simple, I think. Obviously you have to start
with a good pan and we keep the oil minimum
on it great though good sauce. We don't cook our sauce.
It's you know, we may get cold and then just
the right amount of cheese. And I learned from the best.
We've been doing it long enough. That is very simple,
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and the price is right. And it's one of those things,
you know, if you're twenty years old and you're working outside,
you could eat a whole one to snap your fingers,
and if you're out with your girlfriend, you could split one,
and if you're out with your friends, you could get
a whole bunch of them. But they're small, they're manageable.
We call it laced, which is when the sauce and
the cheese goes up to the edge of the pans.
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Some people don't like those crispy edges, but maybe that's
not the pizza for them, right, And I figure I
would just touch base and give you my appreciate.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
When you buy a regular standard pizza, how much does
that cost? Now? I haven't. I haven't bought a pizza
in so long. I buy slices, but never a whole one.
Is it like generally for a normal non bar pizza,
like fifteen bucks now or more?
Speaker 4 (17:16):
I think if you're going to a good establishment, and
you know our purchasing power of our dollars and what
it used to be, if they're using good ingredients, you know,
if you're getting out for under twenty dollars, they got
to be cutting corners somewhere. And that's the beauty of
the bar pizzas. It's small, and yeah, if you need
a lot, it would fill you up, But what's that
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like ten bucks? I think our cheeses are I'd say
about ten, and then with toppings, you know, they'll go
off a dollar or two.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
And that was my next question. Is it one standard
thing the bar pizza is one topping or do you
get choices with the bar pizza.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Well, we have a plethora of toppings. It's really anything
you want. But the other is they're very simple, So
if you're getting a five topping bar piece, I would
consider that over the top us.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What are you saying, crust.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
No, you were saying earlier when I was listening that
it's very dowe and ours. We hand them out so
they're actually quite crispy, which some people like them well done.
It's not for me personally, but yeah, they're they're crispy
and thin. And you know, I don't know if you
know Dave Portnoy of his Barstool Pizza reviews. Yeah, we
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have zero flop and it's a positive thing.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Good. So once again, did you say Rafferty's.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Rafferty's Pub on Snow Road and it's managed by mister
Ryan Start, the kitchen manager Sean Brindley. They're wonderful, world
class people and all the employees are great and yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Great, Well, shouts out to everybody in Marshville and the environs.
I really appreciated, Thank you Griffin and for checking and
appreciate that. Isn't that good? So that's an example of
a location for bar pizza. There are others, and I'll
ask you which one. I have some of the big
names in bar pizza here, some of the famous ones.
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The Linwood Cafe, that's some say, many say the quintessential
South Shore bar pizza. Does anybody know the history of
barb pizza? Where it come from? How come it's only
in the South Shore of Massachusetts? How did that happen?
Cape Cod Cafe is another one. Which one do you
like best? Hugely popular? Obviously I'm reading this. I didn't
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memorize it. It's in Brockton, Cape Cod Cafe. It's in Brockton,
but people dry far and wide to go there. Poopsies Pembroke,
there's a strong following. I've heard people recommend that as well.
It's known for its crisp crusp and classic toppings. I'm
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surprised you get a choice of toppings. I would think
it would be one thing. Trading Post Lounge, that's the
beloved Born bar where I think that I went right,
isn't that right? Kind of under the Bourne Bridge. Then
there's bosses or boss b o sss right more s's
please boss ba bah pizza, And that's some braintreet. And
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there's Squinnys Town Spa. I don't know where that is,
and O'Toole's Pub. I haven't gotten to the beach pizza.
It's an entirely different thing. North Shore south Shore. I myself,
I'm a north Short person. The south Shore is a
mystery to me. I did have a talk radio job
down in there. I can't even remember the town. It
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didn't stay there long. I got fired from that job, actually,
and shortly after my program director got fired too. But
I digress. There's the south Shore pizza and I'll get
to the North Shore pizza later. Let us chat with
Mark in Austin. Now, Hello, Mark, thanks for being with
me on WBZ.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Hi Bradley, Merry Christmas. What's left of it? And I
want since you started to talk about things in your
past that were a bit embarrassing, I wanted to respond
(21:37):
to your far ranging weather report. And near the beginning
of the hour, and I remember some years ago, I
and some friends went to the Western ski track and
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I fell down three times within the space of one
hundred yards.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Well, you were new at it, right, this.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Is well, you know when you don't have a talent
for something. You don't have a talent for something, so
you gave up. Uh, that's fine.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think I.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Wasn't enjoying it exactly. Okay, maybe you'd say I did
give up, But on a larger point, I put up
with the cold weather. I don't enjoy it, but I
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put up with it.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Well, there you go. You need to get some sort
of indoor thing, door hobby. Yeah, may I suggest Have you.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
Ever watched news? I like movies?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Okay, Oh, did you watch any Christmas movies?
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I didn't watch any Christmas movies this year. The last
one I saw was actually, uh, it's a Downtown Abbey movie.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Oh Downtown Abbey. Well, Mark, is you see? It's ten
thirty four And I appreciate you checking in. Thank you
for sharing that story about not skiing. Very well. I
had the same exact experience and know how it feels.
I also quit. I did it a little longer than you,
but I'm all set with that. It's it's too cold.
I'm all good. Thanks very much. Mark, Let's break and
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I'll talk to you right after this on Busy.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Bradley for Dan tonight. Let's go right to Ryan and
West Bridgewater. Hey, Ryan, Hey, how's it going.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Merry Christmas?
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Man, Merry Christmas? To YouTube? What can I do for you?
How can we help you?
Speaker 6 (24:17):
Talking about that social Bob Pizza.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Huh yes, sir, by the way, I think you need
to turn your radio down because it can get confusing.
Speaker 6 (24:26):
Yeah, I turn my radio off.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I got yeah, Okay, there we go, there we go. Yeah,
so what what do you think? Which one do you like?
Do you like the No Shore or the or the
South Shore? No?
Speaker 6 (24:37):
Non, Linnwood's hand hands down Linwood and uh it could
be followed by Trading Post lounge down there and Born.
I think you said you might have went there.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
But yeah, so tell me about the Lindwood. I hear
a lot about the linn Wood. Tell me all about it.
Speaker 6 (24:53):
It's good, nice, nice thin cross. It's usually cooked lightwood cheese.
I know you mentioned you thought Bob Pizza was heavy
on cheese, but uh no, they do it right, kind
of a little spicy, but it's good.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
And what's the place like, what's the vibe like?
Speaker 6 (25:10):
It's old school? Yeah, no, no, I a d a
compliance there. It's just an old structure which which gives
a good character.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
And where and whereabouts is it if you wanted to
throw them a bone and send people home?
Speaker 6 (25:25):
Yeah, that's that's that's in Randolph and yeah, and the
original they claim Charlie's placed down in Wareham claims to
have the original recipe for the social Bob pizza. That's
Charlie's Place in Wareham.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So you've never had these the north Shore beach pizza
or you have had it and you just don't like him?
Speaker 6 (25:45):
No I have, But I'm a social guy, so I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (25:48):
I don't get up there too often.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Speaking of being a south shore what's the different Is
there a difference between what's the difference between south shore
and north shore? What are the the essences of them?
They're are they're different? Other people people different? Or is
the vibe different? Or is it the geography different? What
are the things that make the north shore and the
(26:11):
south shore different?
Speaker 6 (26:13):
Yeah, we just don't mix, you know, don't mix.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
So okay, I won't I won't be labeled a question,
but h thank you very much. I appreciate that. Goodbye
Ryan from Westbridge Boater, West Bridgewater. And now it's Bob
in Boston. Hi, Bob.
Speaker 6 (26:33):
Bradley j Thank god, it's you.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I've been waiting for you to call for so long.
This is this is Boston, Boston Bob. His name. I
see Bob in Boston, but his name is Boston Bob.
And do you mind if we talk about a little
bit about your journey.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
No, I don't mind at all, but I wanted to
just share with you my thoughts on north Shore pizza. Okay,
I got a kick out of the north Shore bar pizza.
Back in the day when I was a young man.
My friends and I would go to Salisbury Beach and
we would enjoy what you referred to as north Shore
(27:14):
bar pizza pizza. No, no, no, not not not bar pizza,
beach pizza. And the biggest kick I got out of
it was if you wanted cheese on that pizza, you
paid extra.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
So mostly it was tomato.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Sauce, tomato sauce, a very slight drizzle of cheese, and
if you want a cheese they throw a slice of
pavolo and cheese on it for an extra whatever.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
So that does not sound like a ringing endorsement. It
doesn't sound very good.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
It was actually, it was actually delicious. I enjoyed the
history of it. And at the risk of being candid,
I have never experienced a south Shore bar pizza.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
I had it, I had it once. I don't know
if I've ever had a north Shore pizza, which is
surprising because I'm a north Shore person. Ryan who just called,
said there's a distinct difference between the people in the
north Shore and the people in the south Shore. He said,
they just don't mix. I would really love it if
someone could could kind of elaborate on that a little bit.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
But I am well, I am.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
A north Shore person and I don't gravitate to this
outh shore. I don't gravitate to the Cape. The Cape
never comes into my mind if I think where do
I want to go?
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Never for us to get to and uh, there's nothing
but ever traffic down that way. So I stay away
from the Cape. But what we're known for here in
the north Shore, you know I'm from the north Shore.
We're not known for our pizza. We're known for our
roast beef sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Oh, yeah, that's right, of course. Where's I use like,
where's your Where's the best place? Now?
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Is a place in TBD called I think it's called
Lendy's and uh, they make a terrific super beef. Most
people like to get the triple which is cheese, mayo
and sauce and it's out of this world.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Yeah, it sounds it sounds fantastic. And then it was
Kelly's on uh and Rerea right are they still there?
Speaker 3 (29:27):
Oooh, the worst experience in the world is Kelly's. In
my in my humble opinion. Back in the day, they
used to be terrific on Revere Beach, especially when you
got the hungry horrors at two in the morning because
they were open pretty much twenty I think it was
(29:47):
twenty three hours a day. It's pretty crazy interesting, Okay.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
The Tripley's is the adventor of the beach pizza as
far as I understand.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
And it's yeah, this two competitors. There's Triple E's and
then there's another brand like next to each other in Salisbury.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Right, so it's quarter of the hour and Bob, I
haven't talked to you in maybe two years. Or going
on two years because of something that happened.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
And yes it's a.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Big deal and I'm gonna and thank you for allowing
me to share it, or allowing me to allow you
to share it. And we're gonna do that right after this.
I'm busy.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Night side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Bradley for Dan. Tonight, we're with Bob and Boston. Bob's
called in. You know, folks, you don't really know who
you are till the going gets rough. The going's never
really gotten rough for me and for a lot of you.
It never really has at some point, though it may
and then you'll find out who you are. Bob from
Boston here found out who he really is. And little
(31:00):
background on Bob. He's called Besy a lot for a
long time or some for a long time. I have
come to know him quite well. And even during the
pandemic when I was just doing live streams and stuff,
Bob was there and he would comment a lot, and
he's always he's He also has gives good advice. He's
(31:23):
given me. I think Bob actually told me I needed
to get a h gimbal for my videos. You know,
I was in Rome and I was doing a video
walking around and he sent me a message said, hey, dude,
you got to get a gimbal It's one of these
things that allows you to walk around and make smooth videos.
I have one. I still have it with me now.
(31:45):
So I come to know Bob quite well and have
great respect for Bob. One day I called Bob and
it sounded like death on the other end of the line.
Bob was so I'm surprised, he answered the phone. It
was so so, so sick, and he said, I can't talk.
(32:08):
I can't talk. I'll talk to you maybe by Christmas.
And I thought, oh my, you probably don't even remember
that because you were probably medicated. But I thought, wow,
this is it. This is serious business. And then I
didn't hear from Bob for maybe. I don't know Bob
(32:28):
a year, and I didn't know how what had happened.
I did not know which way I went for you.
And then one day I don't know whether it was
on my podcast or or or on the radio, but
I did, and I was overjoyed to know that you
(32:48):
had made it. And you know, we don't want to
I don't want to need to get into any excruciating
details because we don't have the time. But you looked
at you looked the big fear right in the eye,
and you survived. I tell me in the cliff notes
(33:08):
of what happened.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Well, thank you, Bradley for allowing me the opportunity to
chat about this. And the reason why I'm happy to
chat about it is because I'd love to promote to
people to donate blood. And I'll tell you why. So
the cliff notes are like this. I used to walk,
you know this. I used to walk four to five
(33:32):
miles every single day. I was very fit, loved walking.
And it got to a point where I could barely
walk to the bathroom and I knew something was wrong
and I could barely breathe, and so I went to
my doctor. My doctor sent me to the local hospital,
and when they got me into the hospital, they discovered
(33:53):
that I was very low on blood and they started
to put many packets of blood comes in these plastic packets,
and they put many packets of blood into me, and
also plasma. And it dawned on me right then and there, Bradley,
(34:14):
how important I never realized this until I became sick.
It is so important for people to donate blood because
so many people need to live with blood that's donated.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I want to share what it was that was your affliction.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
Sure, so, I was suffering from what's known as lymphoma.
Lymphoma is a blood disease, it's cancer, and I was
fortunate enough from that local hospital to be transferred to
Mass General, where I was treated by the most professional
(34:53):
medical people that I've ever come to know in my lifetime.
They are amazing. God sends Bradley at the Mass General. Unfortunately,
their first attempt to eradicating my lymphoma was via oh
my god, I'm having a brain cramp chemotherapy. Yes, the
(35:17):
chemotherapy did not work, and so moving the story along,
they went to what's known as they referred to what
as Plan B, and it was miraculous Bradley. It's called
car T cell treatment car T cell treatment, and what
they do is, Bradley, they take blood from you and
(35:38):
they just narrow it down to what's known as T cells.
TEA is entango, and they ship the blood off to
a lab. The lab recalibrates the blood to fight lymphoma.
They send the blood back and they put it in
(35:59):
you and as luck would have it. Bradley. The doctor
came into me and he said, it doesn't happen often,
but I need to let you know that one of
the side effects of this treatment is you could go
into a coma. And I said, well, I'm so glad
that it doesn't happen often. And I had already been
(36:21):
in the hospital for seven days, and then I went
into a coma and when I came to I saw
her in the wall it said day thirteen. I was
in a coma for six days. Eventually I couldn't do
a thing, Bradley, for my life. I couldn't lift my
arms when I came out of the coma, I couldn't
(36:43):
feed myself. I needed help. And again I can't say
enough about the godsends at the NASA General Hospital. They
are absolutely amazing. And after I finally got out of
the hospital, they did what's known as another pet scan,
(37:05):
and the pet scan revealed that the cancer was gone.
And so it took me a long time, Bradley, to
get my strength back. I'm still not entirely back, but
you could probably hear it in my voice. I sun
him a lot better than the last time.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
You can tell a lot by a prison's voice, and
you sound very strong.
Speaker 3 (37:24):
Yeah, I I am much stronger than I was. I'm
not walking yet. I'm walking a little bit, but I
hope to get back to walking. My flour to five
miles a day and I am I can't. I want
to go back to letting people know how important it
is to donate blood. Look, it's we're just finishing up
(37:46):
Christmas here. It's the it's the the time of giving. Right,
give blood. Find a place to donate blood, and go
donate blood. People need it. They need to live from
your blood. And that's what I have to say.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
I really appreciate you talking about this. It's I was,
you know, shocked, and it really had a big impact
when I heard you speak, and you see you were
at death's door. It sounded like like for real in
a way that you just don't hear. And to hear
you speaking now is a gift for me. So thank
(38:23):
you very much, Bob.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Thank you, Bradley. Jay, you have a wonderful rest of
your evening, and I wish you a healthy and happy
new Year. And regards to Molly.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Oh yeah, Molly the dog. Thanks Bob, Bye bye. That's
quite a story and quite a happy story, and I
think some of us take hospitals for granted. I understand
that for routine stuff it's a warrant and it's a
maze of complicated procedures. But when it comes to stuff
(38:58):
like Bob needed, people fly from Saudi Arabia to come
here to a place that many of us can walk to.
I'm fortunate that sometimes, like I've had surgery and I
walked to it, i had to get a ride home
though they wouldn't let me walk home. We'll talk to
James after this on w b Z
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