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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, Kelly Nash is shoe Nash tomorrow show today, Thank
god tomorrow will be shi t so happy it's Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Are you talking French? Because of the Paris Olympics?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Trying to get into the spirit of it all? All right,
so let's talk about some stuff we can talk. Then
we give you an Olympic update. We're doing pretty well
with our total medal count.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Pretty well.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
We're in competition, but we're three or four behind on
the gold.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Oh my gosh, we're going to pick up twenty before
the end of this thing more likely.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
All right, So if you're checking that out on the
IR radio app, you know where to get all the
audio cover it for you. Twenty four to seven.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Let me give you a French word. We're seeing that
we're speaking French. Fiance. The fiance has just informed our
morning Russian regular that they are engaged. I mean, that
happened and now we're a couple of months away from
the wedding and I don't know how this came up,
(01:00):
but she just somehow informed him. I don't know if
it was a confrontational thing or whatever, that she's not
going to be taking his last name. What. Yeah, No,
that's just why would I do that. I don't have
to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
You don't say, are we the fiance?
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Are we in the nineteen fifties?
Speaker 1 (01:18):
He's not going to take the last name. Is that European?
Maybe that's the European thing, that's her rand.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I just find out a couple of months before our
wedding that she tells me she's not going to take
my last name. She wants to keep her maiden name instead.
And that's just like, I don't know. I don't think
I'm going to be behind that. And now I'm wondering,
am I making a mistake marrying her? Am I learning
things about her? I like to learn over the big boy,
(01:49):
he said, I like a traditional family, and it's not
traditional if we have different last names. I mean, there
are some fellas these days. I've read about them that
are taking her last name. I guess if you wanted to,
I know you're traditional. At least you have both had
the same last name. It's an option. I'll put it
out there for you now.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I have met some people who probably should have taken
her last name just to get rid of your last name.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Oh yeah, your last name's Thunderlips or something.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Two came to mind. I'm not going to use because
I know that one of Russian regulars. I'm not making
fun of your last name.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I did a bit years ago. If my mom's listening
to the podcast, she'll probably remember this because she was
a part of it, and I would. I was on
WBLI in Long Island and I'd been there for about,
I don't know, a month or two or whatever, and
it was this whole like they were trying to come
up with bits that I could do that would get
people talking, and like, you know, one of them was
(02:48):
we had the concept was We're going to walk naked
on the lie and turned out that naked was just
the name of a dog, right, and we walked in
done that. So this one was I have a big
confession to make, like so many other And then the
next day, you know, so like so many other radio people,
(03:09):
I do not use my legal name to be on
the radio. And my name is not Kelly Nash. Actually
my first name is Kelly, but Nash is not my
last name. And I've been embarrassed about my last name
for a while or something like that. And my mother
called in and played a part of the bit, and
she was like, you should be very proud to be Ellipshitz.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
So I was Kelly Lipshitz for at least one day
on the radio. I think we even had jock shouts
made Kelly lipshits WU b L.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
That's good. That's good.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
But what do you think about that, Jonathan? How would
you feel if you know it wouldn't happen to you?
But like, right now, you know you had a son
just get married. But two wee weeks ago, what if
she said, I'm not taking that last name.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Wow, And see that's from the father of the groom.
That's got a whole different perspective from the groom himself.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
I have far less problem if they want to keep
the maiden name and hyphenate it, like Hillary Rodham Clinton.
We now know that her name, her maiden name was Rodham.
I don't know that I would have known that otherwise.
And if you're like, especially if you come from an
all girl family, meaning all the descendants are female, and
you're just trying to hang on to that last name.
(04:37):
So that's yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
That that last name, yeah, that.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
That family name will continue at least through me. I
get that. But to say I don't want the last
name that you have. That seems a little bit harsh,
and maybe it is a red flag. Maybe this is
this a reason to call off the whole dang thing.
Tell you what we'll call.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Whole thing off. The hyphenated name thing is funny too.
I know a family thinking of a family now, and
the kids had the hyphenated name. Okay, she yeah, she
hyphenated her name and the kids had the hyphenated name.
And what happened was is because a lot of this
new generation that grew up with the kids. So let's
(05:21):
say the name was Smith Jones. Okay, so her name
was Smith hyphenated Smith Jones. Kids were Kelly Smith Jones,
so and Amanda Smith Jones. Well, then it translated into
people talking to her dad and calling him mister Smith Jones.
(05:43):
He's like, wait a.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Minute, mister Smith Jones.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I'm mister Jones. The wife is Smith Jones, I'm Joe right.
So now he ended up with a hyphenated name, and
I knew it got always nurse. So every now that
I hello, mister Smith Jones.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
If it was like first name is Frank or something,
it's like FSJ or those of your towels for you,
mister Smith Jones. By the way, I know, I know
that Simone Biles is married to a football player. I
understand that. And he's a big guy and that's you know,
and so there's definitely some height difference there. But a
photo that she had posted, I want to say a
(06:27):
couple of years ago, went viral again yesterday when the
Team USA picked up the gold medal. It's a photo
of her and Shaquille O'Neill. And I will say she
is wearing heels in the photo. But Simone Biles is
four foot eight right, and with the heels, she might
be five feet if she's lucky. Shaq is wearing sneakers
(06:52):
with a suit, and he is what is he's seven
to three something like that. They got him here listed
at seven to one. And not only is he I
don't I mean, when you're looking at the photo, I
know it's not real. It appears like he's double the size,
like Simone comes up to like his hip bone this,
(07:15):
but it's also the width. Shack is a huge individual.
I mean, as Dicky V would say, he's a space
eater baby. He takes up in Simone Biles obviously is
very petite and small. So this photo of them, it's
just like unbelievable when you see these two side by side.
(07:36):
But it's got me thinking about, like, I know a
guy Danny. Danny is six ' four and his wife
is five foot tall. Okay, together they look like a
freak show. I mean, because it is like she comes
up to the hip bone. Sure, who do you know
in your lives that have gotten this and that is that?
I mean, I'm six ' one, my wife is five
(07:57):
to two. She likes to say five to two and
a half, and she does wear heels all the time,
which makes her about five four or five five. But
we feel very I don't want to say conscious of it,
but it's definitely. How's the weather up there? Big guy? Right?
I don't know? You tell me short stack. Who do
you know is get the biggest height difference in the
(08:19):
That's interesting. And finally, Jonathan, when you've had your chill,
your children, you and maybe your freakishly tall husband or
freakishly tall wife have had their you know, their children,
what are you going to budget for a birthday party?
When I was a child, a birthday party basically was
paper plates. Mom made a cake, Yes, there would be
(08:41):
maybe a picture of lemonade brought out. We'd have I
don't know, seven to ten kids gathered and somebody would
sing Happy Birthday and that, and then there'll be some
presents given to you by you know, the other kid's
parents bought something and brought it over and they gave
(09:02):
it to you. And that was a typical birthday party.
Using today's dollars, I would guestimate the budget for that
would be about thirty dollars something like that. Well, they
say that beginning around twenty twenty, prices started skyrocketing on
kids' birthday parties. Now they're saying. Robin hill Mantle, senior
(09:24):
director of the website What to Expect, says, our research
shows this is driven largely by social media, which has
inspired parents to throw parties with tons of theme decorations, foods,
and party favors guaranteed. So it's gone from a thirty
dollars party. If you have a child between the ages
(09:48):
of one and two, those birthday parties cost on average
three hundred dollars. Between six and nine, it goes up
to three eighty. Between nine and fourteen, it's five hundred
dollars for the party. This is the average in America.
So that means we're talking about some people spend thirty dollars. Still, sure,
(10:12):
but that means there's other people spending thousands.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Are they getting all the inflatables? They got the inflatable
rental company coming and set up all the inflatable slides
and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
If it wasn't for social media. Because I really can't remember,
but maybe I might have a grand total of children
birthday parties that I would like for me. I probably
have a grand total of about forty five seconds of
memories in my life of what happened to me between
zero and I don't know fourteen sure what kind of
(10:43):
parties they were, like, I don't remember anything.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
We see. That's the thing, Kelly, they would say, because
your mom and dad only spent thirty bucks on you,
it's not a memorable occasion. We're not doing this for
social media just for mom to put in the video
on her page. We're doing this for the child to
have a meaning full birthday memory because you'll remember this.
Oh we're spending five, six, seven, eight hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
I do remember, like a feeling of And this seems
so quaint to say it. But I do remember feeling
like people love me, like they've gathered to honor me
as an eight year old. It's my eighth birthday, and
look at this group of people got grandparents parents.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
I can tell you because I shared a birthday with
a great grandfather, so it was his birthday party.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
But he wrote shotgun in on it.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah. They would always put me up on his lap
and I would get to sit and I would blow
the cake out. I remember this when I was like four.
I would blow the cake out and they'd be like
literally one hundred and something people there, and I thought
that was the best birthdays ever.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Oh sure, but I thought.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
It was see just because I got the big cake
and we had all those people there that impressed and
my memory.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Well, they doubled the budget for the two of you.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Now when he passed. Unfortunately, I don't remember any of
the next sixth birthdays.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Oh they got pretty boring after that. Now it just
brings up memories that are beloved. Great grandfather has past,
so we don't even want to have a party.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I'm in on this now suddenly. If you want your
child to remember the birthday party, then throw a party.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
So we got to get a cowboy and Indian theme
where everybody's got to buy a cost.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Three ponies and real guns.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Get them all out, real guns. I mean, maybe somebody
will call in and blow us away with the most
you've ever spent on a kid's birthday party. This is
not for your birthday party or for I threw a
birthday party once for myself. Okay, how old was I was?
I thirty five. I'm trying to remember the age I
was turning. But I was using it as a marketing tool,
(12:51):
so it wasn't I didn't really, I really don't like
birthday parties for me, I don't. But at that time
in my life, I was working as a record guy
and one of the goals was to try to get
program directors in social you know, surroundings, and so the
idea was throw a birthday party at a cool club.
(13:15):
So I took over the VIP area of what at
the time, I don't even know if it's still here.
I think it was called Osio Lounge in DC. Took
over the third floor. That cost some unbelievable minority back then,
and you know, we're going back twenty five years ago
or whatever, and I think I budgeted five grand just
to rent the room, right, then you got to get
(13:35):
the stupid looking cake. There was probably eight nine hundred
dollars or something. You got to pay for an open bar, absolutely,
and then you invite one hundred big wigs and hope
that they'll start adding the records. Yeah, it was a
very expensive party. Again, that was all charged to Universal
Records at the time.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah, Kelly wasn't paying for that.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
No, but you know what on that party. See, now,
the funny thing is I do remember that party. The
My friend Joe was working for Jive Records, and he
brought the Backstreet Boys to my birthday party. There you go,
because they happened to be performing in DC that night.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
You're backing at my argument here.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And I remember hanging out with the Backstreet Boys at
my birthday party, going this is kind of cool.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
See, this is why it's not just for the video
for mom to put up on a Facebook page.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
I wasn't a kid either, like I said, I was
thirty five.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Yeah that's good. Okay, because birthday budget, birthday party budget,
where are we coming in here?
Speaker 2 (14:32):
What have you spent? Like? Did you go, like Jonathan said,
you got the full costumes. You got a real pony,
You got a specially. You didn't go to Public's for
the cake. You went to like Tiffany's Bakery.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Uh, that's good. Okay, Hey, what's happening in your neighborhood?
What should we talk about? You got something? You reach
out to us on social media? Maybe put up a
video of your kid's birthday party. You spend one thousand
dollars on I don't know, and if you want to,
you can always email us. I'm Rush at ninety seven
five co S dot com.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
And I'm Nash at ninety seventy five w c S
dot com.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
You call us up, it's a O three nine seven
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