April 19, 2025 • 40 mins
Easter traditions spark passionate opinions, nostalgic memories, and plenty of laughter in this seasonal gathering of friends. From the unanimous dislike of Peeps marshmallow treats to heated debates about the best Easter candies (Reese's eggs and Cadbury caramel eggs emerge victorious), our panel dives deep into what makes this spring holiday special across generations.
Food takes center stage as guests share their traditional Easter meals – ham remains a staple for most, while Italian pastas, Polish kielbasa, pierogies, and even brisket make appearances on family tables. The conversation reveals a strong consensus that holidays should be celebrated at home rather than restaurants, emphasizing how these gatherings strengthen family bonds and create lasting memories.
The peculiar tradition of Easter Bunny photos generates universal amusement and slight horror. As one guest describes mall Easter Bunnies: "They just look stressed out and deranged." Another shares his teenage experience being forced to don the costume for younger family members, likely scarring them for life as a six-foot-five bunny approached them.
Perhaps most heartwarming are the shared memories of childhood Easters – following colorful jelly bean trails to hidden baskets, unexpected Nintendo systems as gifts, and now creating new traditions with their own children. These stories reveal how holiday traditions evolve while maintaining their essential purpose of bringing loved ones together.
Whether you're planning an elaborate Easter dinner, filling baskets for little ones, or simply gathering with family and friends, this episode captures the spirit of the season and might just inspire you to start some new traditions of your own. Share your own Easter memories and tradi
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home
Rants podcast.
This is, as always, your host,mike Bono.
I got a great annual episodefor us.
We are going to be talking allthings Easter.
With the holiday coming rightaround the corner here and being
this Sunday, we're going to seewhat everyone's traditions are.
We do have a panel of guests.
(00:22):
I'm going to let them introducethemselves.
Guys, when you introduceyourself, I need your name.
What was your favorite TV showgrowing up and did you at any
point in your life play aninstrument?
And, matt, we're going to startwith you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Sure, my name is Matt Aldemore.
Favorite TV show growing up wasthe.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
A-Team and I played the guitar for about one week in
college until I realized itwasn't going anywhere.
Got you no worries, A-Team,it's a solid show, Absolutely
for sure.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Next on the list we have Bob Bob Neisel Favorite TV
show was the animated TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles, and I
played the trombone and tuba,trombone and tuba.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, for sure.
Next on the list we got Brennan.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
My name is Brennan Seacrest.
Favorite TV show growing upProbably I'm a little bit
different generation, eventhough 18 was still on Probably
Drake and Josh for me.
And then recently, within thepast couple of years, I just
picked up the guitar.
So, still working on that, Imade a little further than a
week.
But, believe me, it's nothingto be.
It's more of a campfire playthan it is a get on stage and
(01:42):
play.
So I got you.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And rounding out our panel of guests.
We got Brandon Wiley.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
What's going on?
Everybody?
My name is Brandon.
Favorite TV show growing up wasMartin.
You know, martin, martin, allmy stuff and I played the drums
for two weeks and that was it.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Drums for two weeks.
I got you All right.
As everyone knows, mike Bonohere Favorite TV show growing up
I mean it was any Saturdaycartoon that we had on back in
the back in the 90s.
Big Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles fan, big Power Ranger
fan too as well.
I was part of their fan club inthe 90s.
(02:32):
It was a weird time and I haveplayed the guitar since I was a
freshman in high school.
I still pick around with itevery now and again when I can
and my schedule allows me to, orwhen the power decides to go
out and there's no electricity,nothing else to do.
Pick up the guitar and and playfor the family, uh, but not as
(02:54):
much as I used to.
I did get on stage a little bitwith it, uh.
So I've been playing for for alittle while, but, um, yeah, now
more just a hobby than actuallyplaying an instrument.
But we're going to get into theshow here and we're going to
talk all things Easter coming upwith the holiday, and Wiley,
(03:17):
we're going to start with youhere and it is one word to
describe peeps is One word todescribe peeps yeah, peeps, yeah
, disgusting that's a solid wordfor that.
Yeah, um, not, yeah, I yeah,I'll have to give my thoughts
(03:37):
here in a second, but brennan,what about you?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
gross we got.
They got a weird texture.
I don't, I don't, I'm not, I'mnot against marshmallows, but
yeah, they're.
I don't, I don't know aboutpeeps I got you bob.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
What about you?
Terrible, terrible.
All right, I'm glad we'regetting different words to say
the same thing, but, man, let'srun us out here I'm gonna say
expensive, expensive.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, we got, yeah, we got two Easter baskets.
We're in the process here,after we're done recording,
putting together Expensive now.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, awful comes to mind.
For me, peeps are justabsolutely disgusting.
I hate having to buy them formy son because he absolutely
loves them and it's dude whythey're so gross.
I'm all for marshmallows, butget me over a campfire and smore
them things up.
(04:34):
But other than that, yeah, noPeeps, not a go for me and Matt.
With that being said, what isyour favorite Easter candy?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Jelly beans, jelly beans.
I guess I'll is your favoriteEaster candy Jelly beans, jelly
beans.
I guess I'll say it as astatement Jelly beans.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Jelly beans.
I was going to say that wasmore of a question than it was
an answer.
Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
The last few years, Starburst jelly beans.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Those are fire.
I'm a huge fan, but they cameup with the Starburst jelly
beans.
Brandon, what about you?
Speaker 4 (05:07):
I don't know if it's for you guys, but every Easter
I'm more of a Saris guy.
It's kind of like the splurgekind of chocolate.
If we're eating chocolate, I'meating Saris.
Maybe it's more of a PAPittsburgh-type deal.
I'm not sure exactly wherethey're all at, but I love a
good saris, saris egg or sarischocolate bar.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
That's pretty no, that's that.
That's definitely a pittsburgh.
Uh, people with saris I I can'tfind.
I moved to central ohio and Ican't find it anywhere down here
.
It's absolutely infuriating me,uh, that I can't find saris
chocolate anywhere.
Uh, but wiley, what about you?
Speaker 5 (05:42):
give me a reese's's Cup, easter egg any day.
That's my go-to.
I got you.
I got a weakness for Reese'sCups and the Easter egg one is
just.
I don't know, it's somethingabout it, it's different, dude
anything Reese's for me is a go.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I could live on Reese's for sure.
But me Cadbury eggs.
Get me a good Cadbury egg withcaramel in it.
Yeah, they sell out so fast outhere.
That's another thing.
You've got to get it at theright time down here near
Columbus.
Give me a good Cadbury egg.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
That's the best.
The candy is just the stuffthat goes on sale as soon as
it's over.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, 100%.
I'm waiting for it next week.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
It's going down.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I'm going to be 400 pounds next week with all the
cheap candy I'm going to beeating for sure.
But, wiley, let's go with you.
What will you be eating thisEaster?
Do you have any type of specialmeals that you eat on Easter
Sure?
Speaker 5 (06:50):
um, not particularly I.
I think you know we like we dopastas, you know it kind of.
It kind of varies it depends onwhere we're at.
Um, pasta is always one onedish.
Um, no chicken.
We're kind of just go back andforth with different stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
We don't have like a set thing I got you, uh, but
bernie, what about you?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
yeah, same here.
Nothing, nothing extravagant.
I honestly, honestly, my my, mymom is who cooks the dinner and
she was just asking me theother day, actually, if I wanted
something specific and I waslike, as long as it's the normal
spread, I mean, if it's got,you know what I mean, you got
your, you got your greens.
Whether it's Mac and cheese orcheesy, but it doesn't matter,
just put it in front of me,that's about it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, my wife is still shocked after almost 10
years.
She's like you're just notpicky when it comes to eating.
I was like just put food infront of me, It'll disappear.
I guarantee it every time, Bobwhat about you?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Any special foods for Easter?
Yeah, we do the Bosca bread,like the sweet bread, I prefer
it with raisins as opposed towithout Fresh kielbasa.
We make that for Easter Ham aswell.
Pierogies have all that, andthen, you know, there's always
other vegetables and other mainsand things that go along with
it.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
So that's every year.
Gotcha Never thought aboutkielbasa for Easter that's.
I need to add that to therepertoire for sure uh, but matt
, what about you?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
a couple years back, I, uh, I did a brisket and it
was a big hit.
So about the past three years,I'm gonna be smoking brisket for
about uh, 12, 8, 12 hours or so.
Um, excited about that.
But I have to give a shout outright now.
The main thing we're going tobe having is my daughter's
birthday this year on Easter, sowe're going to be having some
(08:40):
birthday cake.
So got to give a shout out toTrudy here on the podcast.
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I was actually born it was Easter Sunday.
I fell on March 26th.
Hasn't happened yet.
Every time it's supposed tofall it happens to be a leap
year and it misses my birthdayevery time it happens.
But yeah, my parents said I wasthe reason they stopped having
kids because every kid was bornon a holiday.
My sister, my one sister, wasMother's Day, my oldest sister
(09:11):
was St Patrick's Day and I wason Easter.
So we just can't have anotherholiday with another kid, and I
was the biggest one.
So they just stopped at almostnine pounds they stopped.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
That's a really good excuse they were giving you too.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's 100 percent.
I just ruined everything.
That's a nice way of whatthey're telling me.
You screwed up, we had twogirls and then we had you, and
then that's just not going to goover.
Well, but we always have ham.
Every year we always have a ham, and it depends on where we're
(09:47):
having the holiday.
If it's our year up home in WestVirginia with my family,
obviously coming from an Italianfamily we have the pastas and
all the Italian fixings On theIrish side with my wife a lot of
hams, greens, everything likethat but it's all good, no
matter where it goes.
My wife does most of thecooking on this side of the
(10:09):
family, so I can't complain.
She's a hell of a cook.
There's a hell of a cook.
Uh, there's a reason I'vegained 60 pounds since I've met
her.
Um, and it's not just becauseI'm getting older, it's because
she's a hell of a cook.
That's first and foremost.
Uh, but matt, uh.
What are your thoughts aboutpeople and families going out to
(10:29):
eat on easter to like arestaurant or anything like that
?
Do you agree with that, or isit more like, hey, let let's
have something at the house?
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I don't know.
You know, once I had kids Inever had any desire to leave
the house for any holidays, asyou could probably attest to
Mike Bono.
But you know, yeah, I don'treally subscribe to it.
You know, maybe an Easterbrunch, because you know people
leave in church, but never doneit.
(10:58):
Actually, I don't know a lot ofpeople that do do it nowadays.
So it's not not really big everbeen a big deal or something
that I really subscribe to, tobe honest.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, I can't, I don't, I don't agree with going
out to eat on any holiday, forthat, like you said, you know,
if you're leaving church youwant to go get a brunch or
something, I'm okay with that,but dinner, like that's, yeah,
that's, it's family time.
We're going to have it at thehouse.
Uh, we're all going to betogether.
Um, I know that's an unheardthing nowadays with you know,
everyone conjugating at onehouse and you Just being with
(11:33):
family seems to be a lost art.
Being a paisan family'severything.
We're always together, all 16of us in my immediate family,
for every holiday that we can.
It's always a big tradition forus to all get together.
We don't get to get together asmuch as we like to, so, uh,
(11:56):
that's uh, first and foremost.
But, bob, what about you?
Your restaurant?
Or are we at?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
home.
Uh, there was one year with mywife's side that we I don't
remember all the circumstances,but we ended up going out, like
we knew in advance, madereservations, went out for a
nice sit-down dinner.
It was nice.
It was a different experience.
There were no dishes butoverall no, it's always been,
you know, for both sides, youknow.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
So yeah, I got you Brennan, what about you?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
I feel like it's different, like maybe a
different family dynamic.
I could see it happening, ormaybe a family that has to
travel a lot, depending on what.
You know what I mean in termsof other people, but I, yeah, I
couldn't, I couldn't imaginedoing that.
Whenever, like you said, it'sfamily time.
You know what I mean.
It's not really something thatyou would want to go out for,
but I could see if somebody's onthe road or whatever, and if
(12:45):
somebody had a job or anythinglike that that had to work over
easter, I could see maybe goingout instead of eating like a
hotel or something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
So, but now, yeah, we're always, we're always just
my immediate family and that'sit yeah, I mean, yeah, I get
that, you know you're, you'reout working, um, I luckily
haven't had any shows on anytype of holiday where I had to
be traveling or anything likethat.
So, um, but yeah, I get it.
But Wiley, what about you?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
me personally, I like to be in with family.
But I mean, there's been thosetimes where you know you pivot
and you're like let's just goout and try it.
I mean I'm not opposed to it,but I prefer to be home.
But you know, everybody livestheir life.
You know, whatever works foreverybody, home is where the
heart is.
So as long as everybody'stogether and good and happy, you
(13:37):
know, that's all that mattersvery true.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
I I can't disagree with that too as well.
Um, but yeah, I don't thinkthat like, but I don't even
remember a time where, like thatwas a thought for us though you
know what I mean.
Like that's just the way.
But we were grown, we grew up,but I mean to each their own.
If you, you got, if anybodygoes out, I mean more power to
you.
Uh, bob, I do like the nodishes part, that's.
(14:00):
That's a phenomenal aspect ofit.
I never really thought of thatlike, oh hey, no cleanup, let's
just pay, go home and relax.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Um, so, I feel like that challenge to find a place
that's open, honestly yeah, notas much as you think.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
I mean, I feel like places are trying to advertise.
I mean more so the brunches inearly, but places will say, hey,
easter dinner come.
I don't know.
It surprises me I think.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
I think catering is probably a big one.
I always see people trying tocater for holidays, whether it's
, yeah, local or whatever.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
At least they're open until a certain time to cater,
to make food to send home topeople yeah, catering, I mean, I
, I could see maybe gettingsomething catered in um for sure
, um, but yeah, just leaving.
That was just never, everreally a thought uh for us.
But uh, wiley on this one.
(14:49):
As we know, easter is a holidaythat is not the same every year
like every other main holiday.
Do you have a preference?
When Easter falls on, it couldbe late March or we're into
April now mid-April.
Is there a certain time thatyou prefer to have Easter?
Speaker 5 (15:11):
Yeah, you know, I guess I always felt like, at
least in my mind, I always feltlike Easter was always in April.
So when it is in March itthrows me off a little bit.
But so I don't know, april justfeels right.
But you know, it is what it is.
I mean, I think it'sinteresting, but I just remember
a lot of my fondest memories ofEaster were like I feel like it
(15:31):
was in the month of April.
So I guess if I had apreference I'd say I like it
when it's in April.
Closer to spring, the weathergets a little bit nicer.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
So I gotcha.
Yeah, I can see that, Brandon.
What about you?
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Yeah, that was a good answer out of Brandon, but no,
I'm honestly, probably up untillast week I kind of completely
forgot that it was even thisweek.
So no, I don't really don'thave a preference, it's wherever
it falls.
I think this, this show, kindof gave me a good.
Whenever I was looking at thecalendar I was like, all right,
it's the week before Easter.
So if it weren't for this show,I don't think I would have even
known a couple months inadvance.
But it's something that I kindof didn't really pay attention
(16:08):
to.
To be honest.
It's just something whatever itfalls, it falls, and that's
when I'll shut down for theweekend, for Good Friday,
saturday and then Sunday.
But yeah, that's nah.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
I'm with you on that one.
I can never remember when itfalls.
It was funny, actually, becausemy parents texted me last
weekend and were like, hey, whatare your plans for Easter?
And my response was when thehell is Easter, I don't know
when it actually falls.
My mom was like it's nextSunday, Michael.
(16:39):
I was like, oh yeah, this isour year to be in Ohio, so we're
going to be here, but thank youfor reminding us that it's next
week for sure.
But, Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (16:52):
I mean, I don't necessarily have a preference on
the date, just that, whateverday it is, the weather is nice,
so you can be outside a bitEaster egg hunts, things of that
nature, so that's the onlything that matters.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Yeah, for sure, Matt.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Well, you know, like I said, it's my daughter's
birthday and she was actuallyborn on Easter, april 20th,
almost 11 years ago I guess.
So I kind of like that we cankind of wrap kind of two
festivities into one.
But I got to tell you as ateacher, holy moly, these late
Easter days, we haven't had aweekday off since President's
(17:27):
Day.
And man, oh man, kids reallylet you know it.
So I don't know, I'm a littletorn.
We need to get this littlebreak here real quick.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, I got you here.
They're actually making up snowdays, so they lost a little bit
of their Easter break, becauseapparently here in Muskingum
County, if there's a dusting ofsnow, they're just like let's
just shut it down for the day.
Like we're, none of us want tobe out in this and like I right
and I grew up where you, whereyou were there in west virginia
(17:58):
we're getting there.
Better been a foot of snow onthe ground and then they'll be
like two hour delay.
Suck it up, get it.
Get in here, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
We're learning today like so 2000, 2011, I think we
had like two or three feet andthey were like hesitant to even.
You know what I mean, for Imean we ever end up shutting
down.
For I don't even know, I wasyoung, hell, I was probably in
kindergarten or so at the time.
But yeah, I remember that itwas.
It was, it was really hard forthem to shut down for even that
amount of time.
There was two, three feet onthe ground way to make me feel
(18:27):
what.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I remember exactly what you were talking about.
I was in college when, uh, thathappened and they shut it down
for a week.
Uh, we called it snowmageddon,um, because they were sending
people home if they lived closeenough to to get home from
college.
And they looked at me they'relike you live like 20 minutes
away.
I was like, yes, but my truckcan't get out of that spot, so
(18:48):
it snowed in, so I'm hunkeringdown here and so, um, yeah, but
yeah, I mean yeah, they just didso.
I mean, yeah, he was supposed tobe today, was supposed to be
his last day, uh, before break,and he has to go to school
tomorrow.
They get good Friday and Ithink they're giving him that
Monday off after Easter, easterMonday, but yeah, so they lost a
(19:12):
little bit of their break,which I mean I get it, you got
to make up days.
But cutting into Easter breakand stuff like that, it is what
it is.
But all righty, matt, is itweird to take pictures with the
easter bunny?
Let's just get that out likethe santa claus thing.
Is it weird that we're takingpictures with the easter bunny?
Speaker 2 (19:34):
yes, 100.
There's my answer.
Yes, it is weird.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
It is like just like short, sweet to the point.
Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I would uh concur, especially since the the Easter
Bunny is like human size and notthe size of like a regular
rabbit.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Yeah, yeah, brendan.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
I never really thought about it, to be honest.
I mean you bring it up and Iguess that is.
I mean it's just you kind ofknow it's a human.
You know what I mean.
I guess, do you know the humanis the better question If you're
going to a mall, maybe.
Maybe that is a little bit, butI don't know.
I guess I guess in a young,young kid's mind you know what I
mean.
It's innocent.
But as you get older you'restarting to wonder, like that's
a little, it's a little off.
(20:17):
You know what I mean 100percent.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Uh, wiley the one with the young kids here that
you're with.
Uh, is it weird if they'retaking pictures with the Easter
Bunny?
Speaker 5 (20:28):
You know, I think we decided to pass on it this year
because I think we were talkingabout it and thinking about it
and like, yeah, I don't know, Idon't know the bunny, it just
looks weird.
It looks like a stressed out.
All the mall bunnies lookstressed out and I don't know.
They just look deranged andweird.
So I'm not a fan.
Let's just stick to Santa Claus.
(20:50):
We can leave the Easter bunnyalone for pictures.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I couldn't agree more .
In one year, when my nephewswere real young, I was in high
school and my parents made medress up as the Easter Bunny for
my nephews and I'm pretty sureit scarred them for life.
A six-foot-five bunny withoutthe ears, like just walking
(21:17):
towards them, like that kind of,I think, ruined them for the
Easter Bunny.
But yeah, like I didn't evenknow what to do being the Easter
Bunny.
But yeah, I didn't even knowwhat to do being the Easter
Bunny.
At least it's Santa.
You know what to do if you'rebeing Santa Claus for a holiday
party or anything, but theEaster Bunny.
Does he talk?
Is it a bunny that talks?
(21:40):
Now you've got this giantman-sized bunny that's talking
to you, coming at you.
I don't get it.
I don't think we've ever done itwith my son taking pictures
with the Easter bunny.
It's always been like, yeah,you'll get your basket at Easter
time on Easter Sunday and thenwe'll go to dinner and we'll
call it a day.
(22:00):
Yeah, I never used to take it.
My sister was all for it thisyear with my niece.
Oh, then posting pictures.
Oh, she got pictures with theEaster bunny and I get she's
five.
But like all right, like let's.
Let's calm it down with sittingon the Easter bunny's lap and
take pictures in the mall withwith the Easter bunny.
(22:21):
I don't agree with it.
Um this year, though.
Um while you, while pro sportswill actually be played on
Easter, what are your thoughtson having pro sporting events on
Easter?
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Bono, can you repeat that?
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, but pro sports are actually being played this
year on Easter.
What are your thoughts onhaving pro sporting events on
Easter Sunday?
Speaker 5 (22:53):
You know, I didn't even really think about that.
To be honest with you, I thinkit's just because I typically
don't watch sports on Easter.
To be honest, I think it's cool.
Man, I love sports, I'm alwaysgame.
I think there's always a nicetradition or a fellowship that
comes with holidays gettingtogether and watching games.
(23:18):
Obviously, I'm big forThanksgiving, I'm big on
football Just kind of eat andhang out, so I'm all for it.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Okay, brennan, what about you?
Speaker 4 (23:28):
By this time of year.
I'm really draft mode for theNFL and everything like that.
So what is it?
Golf?
I mean golf's probably oneright RBC Heritage.
Is that being played on Easter?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Yeah, pretty sure the final round of that.
I'm pretty sure there's acouple NBA playoff games that
are going to be played.
I think the NHL playoffs areabout to start, I think there's
one or two more regular seasongames and then yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
I would say.
I mean, I couldn't imagine thatthere's a problem with.
I love just golf on the TV inthe background.
So a full stomach like that.
You know what I mean.
You're already cashed out withthe plate and you got golf on.
I don't really see.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
I mean if there's sports on Christmas, there can
be sports on Easter.
Yeah, all right, bob, whatabout you?
Yeah, I mean, like Brennan justbrought up, there's sports on
Christmas, thanksgiving, newYear's Day.
Why is Easter different, Iguess, in terms of sports being
played, the fact that you, youhave family together, something
in the background.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
So yeah, yeah, I'm on board, but, matt, what about
you?
Speaker 2 (24:32):
well, I'm a little bit older and I think all you
guys here, but you know, growingup I remember being a little
kid that was really the onlytime we ever watched golf and I
kind of that was it.
That was the Masters, wasEaster, you know.
And since they changed up golfit just kind of ticks me off.
I mean they have the MemorialTournament in Columbus, by where
(24:54):
you're at, and it's not onMemorial Day, you know.
I mean they changed up theschedule and I mean I just
remember being a young kidwatching the Masters, the final
round of the Masters, you know,in the evening.
It was kind of an Eastertradition.
And then, you know, because ofschedules or whatnot, you know,
it falls whenever it falls nowand it kind of just disappoints
(25:15):
me, you know.
I try to, you know, go back todays gone by and it's just
disappointing.
So I won't watch any othersports.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
No, I mean I get it.
I can remember one year, themasters, the final round of the
masters being on easter sundayand my, uh, my dad having it on
in the background.
We're, we're big sports family.
I, I love all sports, a hugehockey fan, football uh, can't
really get into the nba as muchanymore.
Um, it's just, it's not what itused to be.
(25:48):
So, yeah, I could, I mean I maywatch the NBA finals, but that's
that's about it.
And I could, I could care lesswhat happens there.
But yeah, I mean sports istypically always on in my house.
I mean, hell, I, I start everyday at 5 30 AM with a cup of
coffee and sports center on.
So I mean, why should Easter beany different?
(26:08):
Let me start my day cup ofcoffee, get my sports in and
let's get the day started.
But yeah, I mean I think it'llbe interesting having playoff
games a little bit more on theline.
If the NBA is playing games on,then, especially with the NHL
too as well, I mean I don't seea problem with it.
But golf's definitely one ofthose ones you put on the
(26:31):
background after a good meal.
You could fall asleep too, wakeup still, know what's going on
and not really miss much.
I like those kinds of sports.
Those are it for me.
Matt, would you ever considertaking a vacation during easter
weekend?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
um, no, I mean I'm a little I'm kind of turning into
a homebody.
But yeah, I mean really, uh, Iguess I'm not the person to ask
because, uh, happy wife, happylife.
So she's one ask.
You know, I'm open for anything.
So if she says, hey, let's takeoff and go to vegas, I'm all
for it.
If she wants to go to the beach, I'm all for disney, whatever.
(27:14):
Um, yeah, that's kind of her,her avenue there.
So I really can't answerbecause I don't have a choice.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
You're not wrong at all.
I I learned very early on,growing up in a house full of uh
, full of women, with me, my dadlooking like bart and homer.
Um, I basically said, hey, youcan be right or you could be
happy.
Uh, you, you choose what, whatlife you want to live, and I'm
I'm the happiest person on theplanet, so I don't make many
(27:45):
decisions.
Uh, I get that, but, bob, whatabout you?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
I mean I'm tiling towards being at home for, yeah,
different stuff, whether it'sgood friday services, easter,
sunday, mass stuff like that, um, I don't know, vacation's nice
too.
I mean, I guess, if I could hitthose things wherever I'm going
, maybe I, but it's notsomething in the near future,
anything that I'm wandering orI've ever done, Brandon.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
what about you?
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Tradition isn't a huge thing for us.
So as long as I have my family,I think I could really anytime
anyplace anywhere, becausethat's what it's holidays for us
is about is just spending timewith the family.
So as long as I got them withus, I mean, I've never really
done any uh vacations like tothe beach or anything outside of
summer.
Up until about two years agowe'd done new.
We went to florida for newyear's and stuff I don't see
(28:36):
like.
As long as I got my family, Iguess it really doesn't matter.
But yeah, there's not too manytradition things that would hold
us down here, but it alwaysjust works out that we're always
home.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I got you?
Yeah, for sure, uh, wiley, whatabout you?
Speaker 5 (28:50):
oh yeah, I'll take a, I'll take a vacation anytime.
Um, so it doesn't.
It doesn't really matter if,like you said, like everybody
else has been saying, especiallytoo if you're just with your
family and there's something, uh, you know important about
sticking with it.
You know people and during theSticking with your family, your
friends, your loved ones, aslong as it's with family, people
(29:10):
I love care about, sign me upfor a vacation.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
I definitely get it.
A vacation is never a bad thingin my eyes, getting to relax,
definitely.
Family needs to be involvedaround the holidays.
If it's all of you goingtogether, then I mean I guess I
really don't see a problem withit.
Uh, especially if it's just aweekend trip, not like going for
like the whole week or anythinglike that.
So, um, I can get it and I mean, hell, right now I w I work in
(29:40):
a rental car industry andthere's so many people traveling
for the holiday, for theweekend, so people are doing it.
It's not unheard of.
But yeah, as long as it'sfamily together, I'm all for it.
And Wiley, we're going to endthe show here with this question
(30:01):
here.
But is there a particularEaster that stands out to you
that you would like to sharewith everybody, like anything
memorable happen or anythinglike that?
Speaker 5 (30:14):
um, that's a great question.
Um, you know, at least from mychildhood, I feel like you know,
everything's always nostalgicand everything was always a
memory.
You know what I mean?
It's just.
I had so many great Easters, Ithink these days it's just, I
feel like every year, with mykids and my family and my lady
(30:38):
is just creating traditions anddoing new things.
It's always those are myfavorite times now, you know,
especially building a family andagain just building off of our
traditions that we had andcreating new ones.
So I don't really have aspecific one.
It's just been over the past,like I said, seven years since
(30:58):
my son was born, and then I havea seven-month-old daughter, so,
you know, just making newmemories.
It's her first easter, so, um,this one will for sure be
memorable too yeah, you can'ttop the first ones, uh, but
brennan, what about you?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
I?
Speaker 4 (31:13):
feel like I'm honestly blessed to say that I
don't have any memories, becauseI feel like sometimes, if it's,
if it's a memory, and notalways obviously there's always
good memories, but if it's anygood memory then it's like
nostalgic of waking up and goingand finding your easter basket
whenever you're a kid, but anyany time now if I had an easter
memory probably be something bad.
So I'm I'm blessed to say Idon't really have too many great
easter memories, but uh oh yeah, like, like, like brandon said,
(31:37):
he kind of said like thenostalgia of it and just looking
forward to better, betterEaster's with with more family,
I guess.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Oh I, I gotcha for sure, Bob.
What about you?
Speaker 3 (31:51):
So date me a little bit, I guess.
But I guess traditionally theEaster bunny in my family gave,
you know, like a modest basketyou had like an outfit to wear.
It was kind of nice you knowwhere later on in spring, some
candy, you know some small youknow game or something, or
something for the family, Idon't know something, nothing
too crazy.
And I remember one year we'relooking for our baskets and we
(32:14):
get our baskets and my littlebrother has a PlayStation two in
his basket and I thought, sincewhen does the Easter bunny
bring video game systems?
Um, yeah, so I mean that thatwas.
That was the one that stuck out, maybe not for positive reasons
, I mean at least I was able toplay with him, but yeah, that
stuck out absolutely Matt whatabout you.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Well, you know I already mentioned my daughter
being born, uh, almost 11 yearsago on Easter.
That was a fun Easter meal in adeserted hospital on Easter,
but really, actually it wasfunny.
Bob said that.
Thinking back, you know beingnostalgic.
My one year and it was only oneyear we actually got a Nintendo
(32:57):
for Easter and it was awesome.
I still remember that.
And we got Super Mario Brothersand Duck Hunt with the Nintendo
.
I remember that was so awesome.
So I'm really dating myself,but I remember getting Nintendo
in our Easter baskets, mybrother and I.
So, yeah, that's a good one ifwe want to get nostalgic.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Absolutely.
You can't go wrong with Marioand Duck Hunt.
I remember playing those games.
So I mean, you're, you're not,we're not dating a lot of people
on this episode, but Idefinitely remember those.
Uh, I would say for me, um, onethat really sticks out, uh, you
know, is when uh got to do thefirst easter, uh, with my son
and my wife, um getting to sharethe holiday with them, in the
(33:42):
morning with them, um being thefirst one you know, in in our
house.
That that one really sticks outfor me, uh, just because it was
the first one of of many for us.
So that one, you know, thatwill that'll always stick out
for me.
I mean when, when you'reyounger, you always see, uh, you
always remember all of those,those I mean I remember my
parents laying out jelly beans,leading my sisters and I to to
(34:06):
our baskets, uh around the house.
Um, now I think about that.
It's just like that was so muchcleanup you guys had to do like
you.
You put out individual trailsof jelly beans from our rooms to
our baskets and color coded.
The girls get to follow thepink ones.
I had to follow the blue ones,obviously, but it was stuff like
(34:28):
that, you know you rememberstuff like that, but I mean,
yeah, the one that really,really sticks out is, you know,
the first one that I got tospend with my wife and my son,
so that, yeah, that's the onefor me.
And we're going to end the showon those nostalgic moments,
talking about PlayStation 2s andNintendos and jelly beans and
(34:51):
Easter baskets and everythinglike that, just good moments,
and I hope everyone out therehas a very happy Easter.
It's filled with family, friendsand loved ones and not a creepy
giant Easter bunny walkingaround anywhere.
But, as always, that is goingto do it for this week's episode
of the Ride Home Rants podcast.
As always, if you enjoyed theshow, be a friend, tell a friend
(35:14):
.
If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just
because you didn't.
That's going to do it for meand I will see y'all next week.
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home
Rants podcast.
This is, as always, your host,mike Bono.
I got a great annual episodefor us.
We are going to be talking allthings Easter.
With the holiday coming rightaround the corner here and being
this Sunday, we're going to seewhat everyone's traditions are.
We do have a panel of guests.
(00:22):
I'm going to let them introducethemselves.
Guys, when you introduceyourself, I need your name.
What was your favorite TV showgrowing up and did you at any
point in your life play aninstrument?
And, matt, we're going to startwith you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Sure, my name is Matt Aldemore.
Favorite TV show growing up wasthe.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
A-Team and I played the guitar for about one week in
college until I realized itwasn't going anywhere.
Got you no worries, A-Team,it's a solid show, Absolutely
for sure.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Next on the list we have Bob Bob Neisel Favorite TV
show was the animated TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles, and I
played the trombone and tuba,trombone and tuba.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, for sure.
Next on the list we got Brennan.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
My name is Brennan Seacrest.
Favorite TV show growing upProbably I'm a little bit
different generation, eventhough 18 was still on Probably
Drake and Josh for me.
And then recently, within thepast couple of years, I just
picked up the guitar.
So, still working on that, Imade a little further than a
week.
But, believe me, it's nothingto be.
It's more of a campfire playthan it is a get on stage and
(01:42):
play.
So I got you.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And rounding out our panel of guests.
We got Brandon Wiley.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
What's going on?
Everybody?
My name is Brandon.
Favorite TV show growing up wasMartin.
You know, martin, martin, allmy stuff and I played the drums
for two weeks and that was it.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Drums for two weeks.
I got you All right.
As everyone knows, mike Bonohere Favorite TV show growing up
I mean it was any Saturdaycartoon that we had on back in
the back in the 90s.
Big Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles fan, big Power Ranger
fan too as well.
I was part of their fan club inthe 90s.
(02:32):
It was a weird time and I haveplayed the guitar since I was a
freshman in high school.
I still pick around with itevery now and again when I can
and my schedule allows me to, orwhen the power decides to go
out and there's no electricity,nothing else to do.
Pick up the guitar and and playfor the family, uh, but not as
(02:54):
much as I used to.
I did get on stage a little bitwith it, uh.
So I've been playing for for alittle while, but, um, yeah, now
more just a hobby than actuallyplaying an instrument.
But we're going to get into theshow here and we're going to
talk all things Easter coming upwith the holiday, and Wiley,
(03:17):
we're going to start with youhere and it is one word to
describe peeps is One word todescribe peeps yeah, peeps, yeah
, disgusting that's a solid wordfor that.
Yeah, um, not, yeah, I yeah,I'll have to give my thoughts
(03:37):
here in a second, but brennan,what about you?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
gross we got.
They got a weird texture.
I don't, I don't, I'm not, I'mnot against marshmallows, but
yeah, they're.
I don't, I don't know aboutpeeps I got you bob.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
What about you?
Terrible, terrible.
All right, I'm glad we'regetting different words to say
the same thing, but, man, let'srun us out here I'm gonna say
expensive, expensive.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, we got, yeah, we got two Easter baskets.
We're in the process here,after we're done recording,
putting together Expensive now.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, awful comes to mind.
For me, peeps are justabsolutely disgusting.
I hate having to buy them formy son because he absolutely
loves them and it's dude whythey're so gross.
I'm all for marshmallows, butget me over a campfire and smore
them things up.
(04:34):
But other than that, yeah, noPeeps, not a go for me and Matt.
With that being said, what isyour favorite Easter candy?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Jelly beans, jelly beans.
I guess I'll is your favoriteEaster candy Jelly beans, jelly
beans.
I guess I'll say it as astatement Jelly beans.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Jelly beans.
I was going to say that wasmore of a question than it was
an answer.
Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
The last few years, Starburst jelly beans.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Those are fire.
I'm a huge fan, but they cameup with the Starburst jelly
beans.
Brandon, what about you?
Speaker 4 (05:07):
I don't know if it's for you guys, but every Easter
I'm more of a Saris guy.
It's kind of like the splurgekind of chocolate.
If we're eating chocolate, I'meating Saris.
Maybe it's more of a PAPittsburgh-type deal.
I'm not sure exactly wherethey're all at, but I love a
good saris, saris egg or sarischocolate bar.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
That's pretty no, that's that.
That's definitely a pittsburgh.
Uh, people with saris I I can'tfind.
I moved to central ohio and Ican't find it anywhere down here
.
It's absolutely infuriating me,uh, that I can't find saris
chocolate anywhere.
Uh, but wiley, what about you?
Speaker 5 (05:42):
give me a reese's's Cup, easter egg any day.
That's my go-to.
I got you.
I got a weakness for Reese'sCups and the Easter egg one is
just.
I don't know, it's somethingabout it, it's different, dude
anything Reese's for me is a go.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I could live on Reese's for sure.
But me Cadbury eggs.
Get me a good Cadbury egg withcaramel in it.
Yeah, they sell out so fast outhere.
That's another thing.
You've got to get it at theright time down here near
Columbus.
Give me a good Cadbury egg.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
That's the best.
The candy is just the stuffthat goes on sale as soon as
it's over.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, 100%.
I'm waiting for it next week.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
It's going down.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I'm going to be 400 pounds next week with all the
cheap candy I'm going to beeating for sure.
But, wiley, let's go with you.
What will you be eating thisEaster?
Do you have any type of specialmeals that you eat on Easter
Sure?
Speaker 5 (06:50):
um, not particularly I.
I think you know we like we dopastas, you know it kind of.
It kind of varies it depends onwhere we're at.
Um, pasta is always one onedish.
Um, no chicken.
We're kind of just go back andforth with different stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
We don't have like a set thing I got you, uh, but
bernie, what about you?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
yeah, same here.
Nothing, nothing extravagant.
I honestly, honestly, my my, mymom is who cooks the dinner and
she was just asking me theother day, actually, if I wanted
something specific and I waslike, as long as it's the normal
spread, I mean, if it's got,you know what I mean, you got
your, you got your greens.
Whether it's Mac and cheese orcheesy, but it doesn't matter,
just put it in front of me,that's about it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, my wife is still shocked after almost 10
years.
She's like you're just notpicky when it comes to eating.
I was like just put food infront of me, It'll disappear.
I guarantee it every time, Bobwhat about you?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Any special foods for Easter?
Yeah, we do the Bosca bread,like the sweet bread, I prefer
it with raisins as opposed towithout Fresh kielbasa.
We make that for Easter Ham aswell.
Pierogies have all that, andthen, you know, there's always
other vegetables and other mainsand things that go along with
it.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
So that's every year.
Gotcha Never thought aboutkielbasa for Easter that's.
I need to add that to therepertoire for sure uh, but matt
, what about you?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
a couple years back, I, uh, I did a brisket and it
was a big hit.
So about the past three years,I'm gonna be smoking brisket for
about uh, 12, 8, 12 hours or so.
Um, excited about that.
But I have to give a shout outright now.
The main thing we're going tobe having is my daughter's
birthday this year on Easter, sowe're going to be having some
(08:40):
birthday cake.
So got to give a shout out toTrudy here on the podcast.
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I was actually born it was Easter Sunday.
I fell on March 26th.
Hasn't happened yet.
Every time it's supposed tofall it happens to be a leap
year and it misses my birthdayevery time it happens.
But yeah, my parents said I wasthe reason they stopped having
kids because every kid was bornon a holiday.
My sister, my one sister, wasMother's Day, my oldest sister
(09:11):
was St Patrick's Day and I wason Easter.
So we just can't have anotherholiday with another kid, and I
was the biggest one.
So they just stopped at almostnine pounds they stopped.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
That's a really good excuse they were giving you too.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's 100 percent.
I just ruined everything.
That's a nice way of whatthey're telling me.
You screwed up, we had twogirls and then we had you, and
then that's just not going to goover.
Well, but we always have ham.
Every year we always have a ham, and it depends on where we're
(09:47):
having the holiday.
If it's our year up home in WestVirginia with my family,
obviously coming from an Italianfamily we have the pastas and
all the Italian fixings On theIrish side with my wife a lot of
hams, greens, everything likethat but it's all good, no
matter where it goes.
My wife does most of thecooking on this side of the
(10:09):
family, so I can't complain.
She's a hell of a cook.
There's a hell of a cook.
Uh, there's a reason I'vegained 60 pounds since I've met
her.
Um, and it's not just becauseI'm getting older, it's because
she's a hell of a cook.
That's first and foremost.
Uh, but matt, uh.
What are your thoughts aboutpeople and families going out to
(10:29):
eat on easter to like arestaurant or anything like that
?
Do you agree with that, or isit more like, hey, let let's
have something at the house?
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I don't know.
You know, once I had kids Inever had any desire to leave
the house for any holidays, asyou could probably attest to
Mike Bono.
But you know, yeah, I don'treally subscribe to it.
You know, maybe an Easterbrunch, because you know people
leave in church, but never doneit.
(10:58):
Actually, I don't know a lot ofpeople that do do it nowadays.
So it's not not really big everbeen a big deal or something
that I really subscribe to, tobe honest.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, I can't, I don't, I don't agree with going
out to eat on any holiday, forthat, like you said, you know,
if you're leaving church youwant to go get a brunch or
something, I'm okay with that,but dinner, like that's, yeah,
that's, it's family time.
We're going to have it at thehouse.
Uh, we're all going to betogether.
Um, I know that's an unheardthing nowadays with you know,
everyone conjugating at onehouse and you Just being with
(11:33):
family seems to be a lost art.
Being a paisan family'severything.
We're always together, all 16of us in my immediate family,
for every holiday that we can.
It's always a big tradition forus to all get together.
We don't get to get together asmuch as we like to, so, uh,
(11:56):
that's uh, first and foremost.
But, bob, what about you?
Your restaurant?
Or are we at?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
home.
Uh, there was one year with mywife's side that we I don't
remember all the circumstances,but we ended up going out, like
we knew in advance, madereservations, went out for a
nice sit-down dinner.
It was nice.
It was a different experience.
There were no dishes butoverall no, it's always been,
you know, for both sides, youknow.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
So yeah, I got you Brennan, what about you?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
I feel like it's different, like maybe a
different family dynamic.
I could see it happening, ormaybe a family that has to
travel a lot, depending on what.
You know what I mean in termsof other people, but I, yeah, I
couldn't, I couldn't imaginedoing that.
Whenever, like you said, it'sfamily time.
You know what I mean.
It's not really something thatyou would want to go out for,
but I could see if somebody's onthe road or whatever, and if
(12:45):
somebody had a job or anythinglike that that had to work over
easter, I could see maybe goingout instead of eating like a
hotel or something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
So, but now, yeah, we're always, we're always just
my immediate family and that'sit yeah, I mean, yeah, I get
that, you know you're, you'reout working, um, I luckily
haven't had any shows on anytype of holiday where I had to
be traveling or anything likethat.
So, um, but yeah, I get it.
But Wiley, what about you?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
me personally, I like to be in with family.
But I mean, there's been thosetimes where you know you pivot
and you're like let's just goout and try it.
I mean I'm not opposed to it,but I prefer to be home.
But you know, everybody livestheir life.
You know, whatever works foreverybody, home is where the
heart is.
So as long as everybody'stogether and good and happy, you
(13:37):
know, that's all that mattersvery true.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
I I can't disagree with that too as well.
Um, but yeah, I don't thinkthat like, but I don't even
remember a time where, like thatwas a thought for us though you
know what I mean.
Like that's just the way.
But we were grown, we grew up,but I mean to each their own.
If you, you got, if anybodygoes out, I mean more power to
you.
Uh, bob, I do like the nodishes part, that's.
(14:00):
That's a phenomenal aspect ofit.
I never really thought of thatlike, oh hey, no cleanup, let's
just pay, go home and relax.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Um, so, I feel like that challenge to find a place
that's open, honestly yeah, notas much as you think.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
I mean, I feel like places are trying to advertise.
I mean more so the brunches inearly, but places will say, hey,
easter dinner come.
I don't know.
It surprises me I think.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
I think catering is probably a big one.
I always see people trying tocater for holidays, whether it's
, yeah, local or whatever.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
At least they're open until a certain time to cater,
to make food to send home topeople yeah, catering, I mean, I
, I could see maybe gettingsomething catered in um for sure
, um, but yeah, just leaving.
That was just never, everreally a thought uh for us.
But uh, wiley on this one.
(14:49):
As we know, easter is a holidaythat is not the same every year
like every other main holiday.
Do you have a preference?
When Easter falls on, it couldbe late March or we're into
April now mid-April.
Is there a certain time thatyou prefer to have Easter?
Speaker 5 (15:11):
Yeah, you know, I guess I always felt like, at
least in my mind, I always feltlike Easter was always in April.
So when it is in March itthrows me off a little bit.
But so I don't know, april justfeels right.
But you know, it is what it is.
I mean, I think it'sinteresting, but I just remember
a lot of my fondest memories ofEaster were like I feel like it
(15:31):
was in the month of April.
So I guess if I had apreference I'd say I like it
when it's in April.
Closer to spring, the weathergets a little bit nicer.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
So I gotcha.
Yeah, I can see that, Brandon.
What about you?
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Yeah, that was a good answer out of Brandon, but no,
I'm honestly, probably up untillast week I kind of completely
forgot that it was even thisweek.
So no, I don't really don'thave a preference, it's wherever
it falls.
I think this, this show, kindof gave me a good.
Whenever I was looking at thecalendar I was like, all right,
it's the week before Easter.
So if it weren't for this show,I don't think I would have even
known a couple months inadvance.
But it's something that I kindof didn't really pay attention
(16:08):
to.
To be honest.
It's just something whatever itfalls, it falls, and that's
when I'll shut down for theweekend, for Good Friday,
saturday and then Sunday.
But yeah, that's nah.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
I'm with you on that one.
I can never remember when itfalls.
It was funny, actually, becausemy parents texted me last
weekend and were like, hey, whatare your plans for Easter?
And my response was when thehell is Easter, I don't know
when it actually falls.
My mom was like it's nextSunday, Michael.
(16:39):
I was like, oh yeah, this isour year to be in Ohio, so we're
going to be here, but thank youfor reminding us that it's next
week for sure.
But, Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (16:52):
I mean, I don't necessarily have a preference on
the date, just that, whateverday it is, the weather is nice,
so you can be outside a bitEaster egg hunts, things of that
nature, so that's the onlything that matters.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Yeah, for sure, Matt.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Well, you know, like I said, it's my daughter's
birthday and she was actuallyborn on Easter, april 20th,
almost 11 years ago I guess.
So I kind of like that we cankind of wrap kind of two
festivities into one.
But I got to tell you as ateacher, holy moly, these late
Easter days, we haven't had aweekday off since President's
(17:27):
Day.
And man, oh man, kids reallylet you know it.
So I don't know, I'm a littletorn.
We need to get this littlebreak here real quick.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, I got you here.
They're actually making up snowdays, so they lost a little bit
of their Easter break, becauseapparently here in Muskingum
County, if there's a dusting ofsnow, they're just like let's
just shut it down for the day.
Like we're, none of us want tobe out in this and like I right
and I grew up where you, whereyou were there in west virginia
(17:58):
we're getting there.
Better been a foot of snow onthe ground and then they'll be
like two hour delay.
Suck it up, get it.
Get in here, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
We're learning today like so 2000, 2011, I think we
had like two or three feet andthey were like hesitant to even.
You know what I mean, for Imean we ever end up shutting
down.
For I don't even know, I wasyoung, hell, I was probably in
kindergarten or so at the time.
But yeah, I remember that itwas.
It was, it was really hard forthem to shut down for even that
amount of time.
There was two, three feet onthe ground way to make me feel
(18:27):
what.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I remember exactly what you were talking about.
I was in college when, uh, thathappened and they shut it down
for a week.
Uh, we called it snowmageddon,um, because they were sending
people home if they lived closeenough to to get home from
college.
And they looked at me they'relike you live like 20 minutes
away.
I was like, yes, but my truckcan't get out of that spot, so
(18:48):
it snowed in, so I'm hunkeringdown here and so, um, yeah, but
yeah, I mean yeah, they just didso.
I mean, yeah, he was supposed tobe today, was supposed to be
his last day, uh, before break,and he has to go to school
tomorrow.
They get good Friday and Ithink they're giving him that
Monday off after Easter, easterMonday, but yeah, so they lost a
(19:12):
little bit of their break,which I mean I get it, you got
to make up days.
But cutting into Easter breakand stuff like that, it is what
it is.
But all righty, matt, is itweird to take pictures with the
easter bunny?
Let's just get that out likethe santa claus thing.
Is it weird that we're takingpictures with the easter bunny?
Speaker 2 (19:34):
yes, 100.
There's my answer.
Yes, it is weird.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
It is like just like short, sweet to the point.
Bob, what about you?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I would uh concur, especially since the the Easter
Bunny is like human size and notthe size of like a regular
rabbit.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Yeah, yeah, brendan.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
I never really thought about it, to be honest.
I mean you bring it up and Iguess that is.
I mean it's just you kind ofknow it's a human.
You know what I mean.
I guess, do you know the humanis the better question If you're
going to a mall, maybe.
Maybe that is a little bit, butI don't know.
I guess I guess in a young,young kid's mind you know what I
mean.
It's innocent.
But as you get older you'restarting to wonder, like that's
a little, it's a little off.
(20:17):
You know what I mean 100percent.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Uh, wiley the one with the young kids here that
you're with.
Uh, is it weird if they'retaking pictures with the Easter
Bunny?
Speaker 5 (20:28):
You know, I think we decided to pass on it this year
because I think we were talkingabout it and thinking about it
and like, yeah, I don't know, Idon't know the bunny, it just
looks weird.
It looks like a stressed out.
All the mall bunnies lookstressed out and I don't know.
They just look deranged andweird.
So I'm not a fan.
Let's just stick to Santa Claus.
(20:50):
We can leave the Easter bunnyalone for pictures.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I couldn't agree more .
In one year, when my nephewswere real young, I was in high
school and my parents made medress up as the Easter Bunny for
my nephews and I'm pretty sureit scarred them for life.
A six-foot-five bunny withoutthe ears, like just walking
(21:17):
towards them, like that kind of,I think, ruined them for the
Easter Bunny.
But yeah, like I didn't evenknow what to do being the Easter
Bunny.
But yeah, I didn't even knowwhat to do being the Easter
Bunny.
At least it's Santa.
You know what to do if you'rebeing Santa Claus for a holiday
party or anything, but theEaster Bunny.
Does he talk?
Is it a bunny that talks?
(21:40):
Now you've got this giantman-sized bunny that's talking
to you, coming at you.
I don't get it.
I don't think we've ever done itwith my son taking pictures
with the Easter bunny.
It's always been like, yeah,you'll get your basket at Easter
time on Easter Sunday and thenwe'll go to dinner and we'll
call it a day.
(22:00):
Yeah, I never used to take it.
My sister was all for it thisyear with my niece.
Oh, then posting pictures.
Oh, she got pictures with theEaster bunny and I get she's
five.
But like all right, like let's.
Let's calm it down with sittingon the Easter bunny's lap and
take pictures in the mall withwith the Easter bunny.
(22:21):
I don't agree with it.
Um this year, though.
Um while you, while pro sportswill actually be played on
Easter, what are your thoughtson having pro sporting events on
Easter?
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Bono, can you repeat that?
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, but pro sports are actually being played this
year on Easter.
What are your thoughts onhaving pro sporting events on
Easter Sunday?
Speaker 5 (22:53):
You know, I didn't even really think about that.
To be honest with you, I thinkit's just because I typically
don't watch sports on Easter.
To be honest, I think it's cool.
Man, I love sports, I'm alwaysgame.
I think there's always a nicetradition or a fellowship that
comes with holidays gettingtogether and watching games.
(23:18):
Obviously, I'm big forThanksgiving, I'm big on
football Just kind of eat andhang out, so I'm all for it.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Okay, brennan, what about you?
Speaker 4 (23:28):
By this time of year.
I'm really draft mode for theNFL and everything like that.
So what is it?
Golf?
I mean golf's probably oneright RBC Heritage.
Is that being played on Easter?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Yeah, pretty sure the final round of that.
I'm pretty sure there's acouple NBA playoff games that
are going to be played.
I think the NHL playoffs areabout to start, I think there's
one or two more regular seasongames and then yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
I would say.
I mean, I couldn't imagine thatthere's a problem with.
I love just golf on the TV inthe background.
So a full stomach like that.
You know what I mean.
You're already cashed out withthe plate and you got golf on.
I don't really see.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
I mean if there's sports on Christmas, there can
be sports on Easter.
Yeah, all right, bob, whatabout you?
Yeah, I mean, like Brennan justbrought up, there's sports on
Christmas, thanksgiving, newYear's Day.
Why is Easter different, Iguess, in terms of sports being
played, the fact that you, youhave family together, something
in the background.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
So yeah, yeah, I'm on board, but, matt, what about
you?
Speaker 2 (24:32):
well, I'm a little bit older and I think all you
guys here, but you know, growingup I remember being a little
kid that was really the onlytime we ever watched golf and I
kind of that was it.
That was the Masters, wasEaster, you know.
And since they changed up golfit just kind of ticks me off.
I mean they have the MemorialTournament in Columbus, by where
(24:54):
you're at, and it's not onMemorial Day, you know.
I mean they changed up theschedule and I mean I just
remember being a young kidwatching the Masters, the final
round of the Masters, you know,in the evening.
It was kind of an Eastertradition.
And then, you know, because ofschedules or whatnot, you know,
it falls whenever it falls nowand it kind of just disappoints
(25:15):
me, you know.
I try to, you know, go back todays gone by and it's just
disappointing.
So I won't watch any othersports.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
No, I mean I get it.
I can remember one year, themasters, the final round of the
masters being on easter sundayand my, uh, my dad having it on
in the background.
We're, we're big sports family.
I, I love all sports, a hugehockey fan, football uh, can't
really get into the nba as muchanymore.
Um, it's just, it's not what itused to be.
(25:48):
So, yeah, I could, I mean I maywatch the NBA finals, but that's
that's about it.
And I could, I could care lesswhat happens there.
But yeah, I mean sports istypically always on in my house.
I mean, hell, I, I start everyday at 5 30 AM with a cup of
coffee and sports center on.
So I mean, why should Easter beany different?
(26:08):
Let me start my day cup ofcoffee, get my sports in and
let's get the day started.
But yeah, I mean I think it'llbe interesting having playoff
games a little bit more on theline.
If the NBA is playing games on,then, especially with the NHL
too as well, I mean I don't seea problem with it.
But golf's definitely one ofthose ones you put on the
(26:31):
background after a good meal.
You could fall asleep too, wakeup still, know what's going on
and not really miss much.
I like those kinds of sports.
Those are it for me.
Matt, would you ever considertaking a vacation during easter
weekend?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
um, no, I mean I'm a little I'm kind of turning into
a homebody.
But yeah, I mean really, uh, Iguess I'm not the person to ask
because, uh, happy wife, happylife.
So she's one ask.
You know, I'm open for anything.
So if she says, hey, let's takeoff and go to vegas, I'm all
for it.
If she wants to go to the beach, I'm all for disney, whatever.
(27:14):
Um, yeah, that's kind of her,her avenue there.
So I really can't answerbecause I don't have a choice.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
You're not wrong at all.
I I learned very early on,growing up in a house full of uh
, full of women, with me, my dadlooking like bart and homer.
Um, I basically said, hey, youcan be right or you could be
happy.
Uh, you, you choose what, whatlife you want to live, and I'm
I'm the happiest person on theplanet, so I don't make many
(27:45):
decisions.
Uh, I get that, but, bob, whatabout you?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
I mean I'm tiling towards being at home for, yeah,
different stuff, whether it'sgood friday services, easter,
sunday, mass stuff like that, um, I don't know, vacation's nice
too.
I mean, I guess, if I could hitthose things wherever I'm going
, maybe I, but it's notsomething in the near future,
anything that I'm wandering orI've ever done, Brandon.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
what about you?
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Tradition isn't a huge thing for us.
So as long as I have my family,I think I could really anytime
anyplace anywhere, becausethat's what it's holidays for us
is about is just spending timewith the family.
So as long as I got them withus, I mean, I've never really
done any uh vacations like tothe beach or anything outside of
summer.
Up until about two years agowe'd done new.
We went to florida for newyear's and stuff I don't see
(28:36):
like.
As long as I got my family, Iguess it really doesn't matter.
But yeah, there's not too manytradition things that would hold
us down here, but it alwaysjust works out that we're always
home.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I got you?
Yeah, for sure, uh, wiley, whatabout you?
Speaker 5 (28:50):
oh yeah, I'll take a, I'll take a vacation anytime.
Um, so it doesn't.
It doesn't really matter if,like you said, like everybody
else has been saying, especiallytoo if you're just with your
family and there's something, uh, you know important about
sticking with it.
You know people and during theSticking with your family, your
friends, your loved ones, aslong as it's with family, people
(29:10):
I love care about, sign me upfor a vacation.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
I definitely get it.
A vacation is never a bad thingin my eyes, getting to relax,
definitely.
Family needs to be involvedaround the holidays.
If it's all of you goingtogether, then I mean I guess I
really don't see a problem withit.
Uh, especially if it's just aweekend trip, not like going for
like the whole week or anythinglike that.
So, um, I can get it and I mean, hell, right now I w I work in
(29:40):
a rental car industry andthere's so many people traveling
for the holiday, for theweekend, so people are doing it.
It's not unheard of.
But yeah, as long as it'sfamily together, I'm all for it.
And Wiley, we're going to endthe show here with this question
(30:01):
here.
But is there a particularEaster that stands out to you
that you would like to sharewith everybody, like anything
memorable happen or anythinglike that?
Speaker 5 (30:14):
um, that's a great question.
Um, you know, at least from mychildhood, I feel like you know,
everything's always nostalgicand everything was always a
memory.
You know what I mean?
It's just.
I had so many great Easters, Ithink these days it's just, I
feel like every year, with mykids and my family and my lady
(30:38):
is just creating traditions anddoing new things.
It's always those are myfavorite times now, you know,
especially building a family andagain just building off of our
traditions that we had andcreating new ones.
So I don't really have aspecific one.
It's just been over the past,like I said, seven years since
(30:58):
my son was born, and then I havea seven-month-old daughter, so,
you know, just making newmemories.
It's her first easter, so, um,this one will for sure be
memorable too yeah, you can'ttop the first ones, uh, but
brennan, what about you?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
I?
Speaker 4 (31:13):
feel like I'm honestly blessed to say that I
don't have any memories, becauseI feel like sometimes, if it's,
if it's a memory, and notalways obviously there's always
good memories, but if it's anygood memory then it's like
nostalgic of waking up and goingand finding your easter basket
whenever you're a kid, but anyany time now if I had an easter
memory probably be something bad.
So I'm I'm blessed to say Idon't really have too many great
easter memories, but uh oh yeah, like, like, like brandon said,
(31:37):
he kind of said like thenostalgia of it and just looking
forward to better, betterEaster's with with more family,
I guess.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Oh I, I gotcha for sure, Bob.
What about you?
Speaker 3 (31:51):
So date me a little bit, I guess.
But I guess traditionally theEaster bunny in my family gave,
you know, like a modest basketyou had like an outfit to wear.
It was kind of nice you knowwhere later on in spring, some
candy, you know some small youknow game or something, or
something for the family, Idon't know something, nothing
too crazy.
And I remember one year we'relooking for our baskets and we
(32:14):
get our baskets and my littlebrother has a PlayStation two in
his basket and I thought, sincewhen does the Easter bunny
bring video game systems?
Um, yeah, so I mean that thatwas.
That was the one that stuck out, maybe not for positive reasons
, I mean at least I was able toplay with him, but yeah, that
stuck out absolutely Matt whatabout you.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Well, you know I already mentioned my daughter
being born, uh, almost 11 yearsago on Easter.
That was a fun Easter meal in adeserted hospital on Easter,
but really, actually it wasfunny.
Bob said that.
Thinking back, you know beingnostalgic.
My one year and it was only oneyear we actually got a Nintendo
(32:57):
for Easter and it was awesome.
I still remember that.
And we got Super Mario Brothersand Duck Hunt with the Nintendo
.
I remember that was so awesome.
So I'm really dating myself,but I remember getting Nintendo
in our Easter baskets, mybrother and I.
So, yeah, that's a good one ifwe want to get nostalgic.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Absolutely.
You can't go wrong with Marioand Duck Hunt.
I remember playing those games.
So I mean, you're, you're not,we're not dating a lot of people
on this episode, but Idefinitely remember those.
Uh, I would say for me, um, onethat really sticks out, uh, you
know, is when uh got to do thefirst easter, uh, with my son
and my wife, um getting to sharethe holiday with them, in the
(33:42):
morning with them, um being thefirst one you know, in in our
house.
That that one really sticks outfor me, uh, just because it was
the first one of of many for us.
So that one, you know, thatwill that'll always stick out
for me.
I mean when, when you'reyounger, you always see, uh, you
always remember all of those,those I mean I remember my
parents laying out jelly beans,leading my sisters and I to to
(34:06):
our baskets, uh around the house.
Um, now I think about that.
It's just like that was so muchcleanup you guys had to do like
you.
You put out individual trailsof jelly beans from our rooms to
our baskets and color coded.
The girls get to follow thepink ones.
I had to follow the blue ones,obviously, but it was stuff like
(34:28):
that, you know you rememberstuff like that, but I mean,
yeah, the one that really,really sticks out is, you know,
the first one that I got tospend with my wife and my son,
so that, yeah, that's the onefor me.
And we're going to end the showon those nostalgic moments,
talking about PlayStation 2s andNintendos and jelly beans and
(34:51):
Easter baskets and everythinglike that, just good moments,
and I hope everyone out therehas a very happy Easter.
It's filled with family, friendsand loved ones and not a creepy
giant Easter bunny walkingaround anywhere.
But, as always, that is goingto do it for this week's episode
of the Ride Home Rants podcast.
As always, if you enjoyed theshow, be a friend, tell a friend
(35:14):
.
If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just
because you didn't.
That's going to do it for meand I will see y'all next week.
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