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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome into the six o'clock hour here of Kentuckyana's Morning
News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio eight
forty whas. So, we have an incident. It looks like
there's a tree down on Geen Snyder's South after Bula
Church Road, and it looks as if that's causing some
issues here I'm looking at Yeah, that's one of the
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one of the issues going on currently. And then also
there's an accident that has from what I can see
here on the WLKY newscast, it looks as if I
don't want to say this, because this could be this
would be a big deal, but from the visual it
almost looks as if there's there's like all lanes blocked
at sixty four sixty four East.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
So I'll try to get as much information as I
can as we speak, but obviously Bobby Ellis will have
you have you updated coming up here in about four
minutes because obviously from what I can see and if
it is in fact as bad as it looks, yes,
it's an incident sixty four east right after the Snyder
and there is currently a it looks like a fire
truck in the road that is blocking nearly all lanes.
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So again, Bobby Ellis, we'll be with us here in
about three and a half minutes to get us updated
on that, because obviously that could cost some depending upon
how long this lasts, that could cause some major issues
this morning. So again we'll keep you updated as best
we can on that. But again it is Kentucky and
his morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas
So some big news last night, I guess yesterday, but
(01:32):
the news was shared last night as Stephen Colbert announces
the end of the Late Show.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Start the show, I want to let you know something
that I found out just last night. Next year will
be our last season. The network will be ending the
Late Show in May. And yeah, I share your feelings.
(01:59):
It's not just the end of our show, but it's
the end of the Late Show on CBS. I'm not
being replaced, this is all just going away.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So there's a lot of reaction to this because of one,
this show being super popular and being in place for
such a long time, but also the timing here because
CBS canceled this show just three days after Colbert called
out their parent company, Paramount for their sixteen million dollars
settlement with Trump, a deal that to a lot of
people looks like bribery, I suppose, so they're claiming that's
(02:28):
not the case. This cancelation has nothing to do with
anything recently on the show or the show's performance. But
I will say those types of shows, meaning late night
shows that come on the big networks, I'm talking Leno,
I'm talking Letterman. I mean, there are countless shows over
the years. Certainly some have been much more popular than others.
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But I feel like my age range just wasn't quite
as exposed to that as those that were older than me.
But clearly there's still a humongous audience. Those shows still
are very much popular as far as viewership and whatnot.
But John, you're younger than me. I feel like when
it comes to those type of late night shows like
this one with Stephen Colbert and again Lenno, like I
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knew of those shows, yeah, but it was never any
There was never any moment when I was growing up
and even when I became a young adult where that
was routine for me to tune into those shows.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
And again, I guess it's just as for example, there
are people that are younger than me and even younger
than John maybe the things that they just weren't exposed
to certain things. Therefore, when they become adults, their routine
is not anywhere close to what ours is. I mean,
I assume you weren't somebody watching Stephen Colbert a whole
lot of TV.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I remember when I was younger, my parents would watch
David Letterman on occasion, and I would kind of sit
down and watch that with them for a little bit,
and then with like Jimmy Fallon, I would more so
just find his clips on YouTube. I feel like that's
more often than not people my age. If you're going
to laugh at something that one of those late night
guys do it something that goes viral on social media
or on YouTube or something like.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That, totally with you. I mean, again, there's an difference
between you and I. But I also remember as a kid,
Leno and Letterman really in their prime, and it was
it'd be on with my with my parents here and there,
but it wasn't something that I, you know, and again
their target audience was not children like you and I
whenever whenever this was going on.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
But as we got as I got older, I just never.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
It never became something that I would end up sticking
around for after the local the local newscast. But obviously
it's going to come to an end next year, and
a lot of people are are upset about that.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
I wonder if this is just the first one to
fall of how from I know, there's tons of them
in that are out there. I wonder how many of
them will survive.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
That's so I I That question is the first one
that kind of popped up in my head, just just thinking, hmm,
with there being it's such a competitive world now when
it comes to keeping people's attention with any type of
content that you're doing, because there's endless content to consume
on our phones, all the streaming platforms, the Internet, all that,
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and this is really just a world now where you
have the content matters more than anything because again, you're
not you're not your platform. Again, if you're on national
television on a network like CBS, NBC, ABC, clearly you
have a way bigger audience. But if they're not interested
in what you're doing and it's not interesting to them
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or entertaining, without even any thought process, they'll just pull
out their phone and find something that is interesting for
that's just how humans interact. Now, So again I had
the same question, John, but then I did some digging
and by all purposes, these these types of shows are
still very successful when it comes to viewership revenue, and
that's that's the stuff that matters.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
But yeah, uh, the CBS decision here is certainly coming
with a lot of criticism from from fans who love
Stephen Colbert or just those that can't imagine this show
not existing. He's not, as he said, he's not getting replaced.
He's It's just it's coming to an end.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
All right.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We've got another update for you on traffic and away again.
Make sure you pay attention here. Put your listening ears on, folks,
because Bobby Ellis hopefully can get us updated on what
looks to be some potential issues this morning with traffic.
So again, traffic, weather coming up, will keep this thing
rolling along. It's it is Kentucky, ed is Morning News
with Coffee and Company.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I can't speak.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
It is six seventeen here at Kentucky and his Morning
News on news radio at forty whas Coffee and Company.
I'm Nick Coffee, he is John Alden. We'll get another
sports update coming up in about eight minutes or so
with Scott Fitzgerald. And it looks as if mother Nature
might be paying us back this weekend, because last weekend
I remember thinking, Okay, here we go. We've got a
(06:41):
big sports weekend with obviously the ISCO Championship going on.
Racing Louisville, I believe was an action maybe it was
lu City regardless, and looked it.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Looked not great. However, it wasn't bad. I think.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Saturday we did end up getting some rain in some storms,
but it didn't last long and overall, for the most part,
it was a pretty good weekend when it comes to weather,
but also it was better than expectation as far as
the forecast. And this week it looks as if we've
got rain all weekend, and I hope that's not the case,
but it may. It may end up happening, which we
spend We try to get to the pool and be
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outside as much as we can in the summer, just
because it's hot as hell and the pool is a
good place to be when it's hot as hell, but
also it keeps our kids busy. They love it and
it's worked out well where if the kids are playing
in the pool all day, running around in the heat.
They're out by pretty early hours when it comes to
Saturday night, which gives my wife an id chance to
just have some muzz time, which of course is something
(07:37):
I enjoy and I hope she does too, I mean,
I assume she does. But anyhow, tomorrow it's twelve thirty.
I'm gonna be at Freedom Hall for the TBT, So
if it does rain, it won't be that big of
a deal. I'm not gonna be missing out on any
primetime Sunshine and Scott mentioned the TBT event earlier in
his Sports update in the five o'clock hour, and the
word I want to use, I don't feel like is
(07:58):
the right word to use, but awkward. So you're watching
former players who any other time you've watched them it
has been if you're a diehard fan, at times felt
like a life and death situation. That's an extreme exaggeration,
but you know you around here when it comes to
college hoops, we are so passionate about our programs, which
is why this market is where, I mean, really Lexington,
(08:21):
Louisville and Indy where Indiana's playing and their TVT team.
I mean, this is the area, the region, if you will,
where this can work at its best because we care
about college basketball more than anybody. And if there's anybody
that's going to get up and really be excited about
watching former players that played eight, nine, ten years ago,
even it's us. And the proof has been there as
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far as the attendance and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
But when I say.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Awkward, it's because you get really into it, because it's natural.
When Montrez Harald dunks on somebody's head, I don't know
if I'm ever not going to jump around and try
to envision a life where I could do that, or
when Peyton Siva and Russ Smith are out there giving
somebody he held offensively. I mean, that's something that's always
going to excite me. But the awkwardness is, okay, should
(09:05):
I be this into it? This isn't a real like,
this isn't really U of L. So I mean a
lot of people I think get into it. Don't really
think about that. But when I try to sell what
this is to to other people as far as why
it's so cool, I don't know if they really get it.
But what hit me as my son will be watching
his second this will be a second Tournament, the TBT
that he's going to be, which, by the way, the
TBT stands for the Basketball Tournament, really creative name for
(09:28):
that event. I would have loved to have been in
that writing room with the creator. The creativity is flowing
to come up with TBT the Basketball Tournament.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Before then TBT Mint throw Back Thirsdy, that's.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
So anyhow, my son, he's obsessed with U of L
because he was born into it. He gets it, honest,
and you know, it's something I cherished, especially last year,
getting him to be able to experience Louisville basketball for
the first time where he was old enough to know
what was going on. He didn't just care, Hey daddy,
did the cards play like if?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
He was excited?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
If they lost, he cried, And you know it was
fun to watch him experience it and love it like
I do. But how about the timing. Pat Kelsey brings
this program back to life. I mean, he loved that team,
but also before that he got into the TBT. So
just knowing that he's excited about watching Peyton Russ Montrez,
Luke Hancock's gonna be the coach. I'm gonna have to
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tell him about or Clark during his prime. Just the
experience as a dad and a fan that I have
to watch former players play that I would have never
thought my son would be able to watch play in Louisville,
let alone at a place like Freedom Hall with other
former players. So it's it's a really cool event. And
for these players, man, they thought they'd never play in
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front of a crowd again like they like they did
at U of L and at UK. Now again it's
not the same crowd, but man, they could be making
millions in Europe. It's not gonna be the same when
they're playing in front of fans that know him, love them,
and it is clearly. And these guys are now older
to where you can tell they now they've had life
experience after playing to where they really do appreciate the
love that they get around where they played in college.
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So yeah, looking forward to that tomorrow. All right, we'll
take a quick update. We'll take a quick time out,
get an update on traffic and weather, and then of
course another sports updates coming your way right here on news.
Ready to wait for the WHS. Thank you very much,
John Shannon. He mentioned Stoops's comments about Vince Marrow and
having no animosity towards his former assistant and good friend
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who didn't just leave when times got tough for Stoops
but left to go to the rival, which is still
crazy to think about. But with Stoops, I can't quite
figure it out. We'll talk to Scott about this later on.
But he said something to one of the one of
the reporters yesterday. I'm not sure which one it was,
that really just kind of instantly, I'm thinking to myself, Okay,
(11:49):
does he really believe this or is this just his
way to really get motivated and get things turned around,
because here is this is somebody who was covering the
SEC media Days for Auburn Live, which is a site
that covers Auburn Tigers, and this is j Tate. He said,
I know absolutely zero about Mark Stoops's relationship with UK media,
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but man, his performance at media days could not have
been more defensive.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Quote.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I'll play along and let the media have their fun
and take their shots, and that's cool with me. The
fact that he could believe that he's unfairly treated and
the media is out to get him just doesn't seem
real to me, because this is somebody who would be
delusional not to expect criticism after their disastrous season last year,
but also I respect Mark Stoops a lot as a
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guy who I think clearly has changed a lot about
Kentucky football historically, just meaning that they sustained a level
of success for a longer amount of time with him
as the coach than they ever have at any point
during the history of that program, unless maybe there's some
times where they were great with Bear Bryant that I
don't and I know they were at the time, but
I just mean they had And again, the accomplishments themselves
(13:02):
aren't crazy. It's not as if they ever won the
SEC or anything like that. However, Kentucky having that level
of consistent, sustained success is just unheard of. If they
ever did have a good year, it'd be a real
rare thing and it would be an outlier. And at
least with Stoops for a good stretch there, they were
winning enough games to be competitive in their conference and
(13:22):
of course getting bowl games. And that doesn't mean that
you know you've you've created a powerhouse program, but clearly
they are much They are much better off even after
this disastrous season they had a year ago, than when
they're much better off now than when Stoops arrived. But
also because of that, it's led to him being able
to get crazy contract extensions a lot of money, which
is why they're going to have to pay him a
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lot of money if they fire him. To where I
don't I don't know if I believe that he thinks
that the media is out to get him as he
insinuates there, because there aren't many other coaches in college
football anywhere that could have just the overall record and
a ten plus year stretch and be compensated as one
of the highest paid coaches in college football. And that's
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why when people talk about Stoops, and if you are
somebody that's going to praise him and say he's a
great coach or a good coach, you wouldn't reference any record,
you wouldn't reference any specific moment. You would just say
he's done with somebody has never done before something that
a lot of people thought was impossible, which is keep
Kentucky for a good stretch of time out of the
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gutter of the sec And that leaves you in a
tough spot because if you're Mitch Barnhart and you've given
Stoops contract extension after contract extension, a bunch of raises.
Clearly a contract now that is favorable to him to
where he could lose every game. They still got to
pay him a lot of money regardless. So if you're Barnhart, yeah,
he could probably get a better job or a different job,
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and you don't really feel like his results are something
you just you know you have to keep him here forever.
But you know that you've never had anybody better than
that for a long stretch of times. So I get
why Stoops has been able to get the contracts that
he's been receiving over the years. But now that puts
you in a spot to where they have fallen. And
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maybe they do surprise a lot of people this year,
but if they don't, it wouldn't really shock me. Fifty
new players can be spun as okay, we're bouncing back,
we've reset, or it could be just a sign that
you had to have that much of a roster turnover
because of where the program is.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
And again, Scott and I'll probably talk about this a
little bit later on, but he has it pretty good
in all aspects, and I think he's a smart enough
guy to know that maybe this is just him believing
that and just trying to motivate himself that you know,
he's got doubters and haters and he's going to have
to pre he's gonna.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Prove everybody wrong.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
If you are somebody that's going to get excited about
Kentucky football, because again I wouldn't eat Look, that's what
fans do, right, You want to get excited for the season,
even if you deep down really don't believe that your
team's going to surprise people and.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Have a good years.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
It's more fun to just try to find some way
to believe and be optimistic. Right, So if you are
knduct that's going to find yourself there as you get
closer to August or closer to September, I should say
I totally get it. That's what fans do. It's a
normal thing for a fan. But I do believe you
want to avoid the Netflix sec docu series that'll come
out right before the season starts, because if you see that,
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it might remind you of sort of where things were
at the end of last year and can only probably
hurt the level of excitement because Kentucky's featured on there.
I believe twice the South Carolina game where they got
completely embarrassed at home and then the Louisville game. Producers
of that series were embedded in Lexington during those two weeks,
and that will be the feat because there's a lot
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of SEC teams getting covered and with Kentucky, not two
good weeks for them to be following the program around.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
But anyways, all right, we're geting up theate a trafficking weather.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Also, we have to talk about the CEO in Boston
who got caught with his HR employee at the Coldplay concert.
Just this thing is spread like crazy. We'll talk about
it in a lot more as we move along here.
It's a Friday, Kentucky, Anda's Morning News Coffee and Company
News Radio eight forty WHS. So the viral kiss cam
at the Coulplay concert in Boston earlier this week. That
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has to say that's gone viral would be an understatement.
In fact, as I look on the TV in front
of me, WK why they're covering it. Everybody's covering it,
And I get why this is a juicy story that
because I think the satisfaction for people in this is
that people who are doing something that is frowned upon,
you know, cheating on their significant other.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
They needn't just get exposed and caught.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
It became a national story and it's I guess a
dose of karma. But if you don't have a clue
what we're talking about, I guess you're busy or maybe
you just don't keep up with that kind of stuff.
And that's totally okay.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
But this is.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Just a reminder that if you go to a concert
or an event and they have a big screen, a
jumbo troun whatever it is, they may put you up
there and you need to be mindful of what you're
doing because you've opened your up to being I guess exposed.
But the CEO, Andy Byron, he is the CEO of
a company called Astronomer, and he was seen on the
jumbo tron at the Copplay concert in Boston, and he's
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with not his wife but his HR chief, Kristin Cabo,
and when they were noticed up on camera, they both
appeared shocked and quickly hid their faces, which if they
were just casual about it, it doesn't turn into this
at all. They were a big contributing factor in this.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I mean they were.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
They they caused this by their reaction as far as
it being what it is right now. And I've seen
some people ask, well, hey, you know, maybe Chris Martin
of Coldplay, who commented from stage saying, oh wait, either
they're having an affair or they're very shy. Some are saying, well,
he shouldn't have done that. I mean why, I mean,
this is their fault in every way, one for just
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getting caught doing something that clearly they didn't want people
to know about. Because it's frowned upon. Also they again
this is actually really beside the point. But the reason
it's a story is because they told on themselves. And
the layers here make it all make sense, meaning that
because he's the CEO of a company, he's the HR chief.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
It isn't just your average affair.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
This is a nightmare situation in all aspects, and then
now it getting the exposure that it's getting makes it
an even bigger nightmare. So, according to The New York Post,
this guy's married and his wife she's removed his last
name from her Facebook profile after this thing became a
story that is continuing to grow. So the hr chief.
Her LinkedIn bio ironically highlights her ability to quote build
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relationships with employees of all levels. Quite and she's showing you,
She's showing you what she's good at. She's building relationships
with people of all levels, including the CEO of the company.
So have you ever witnessed a viral moment? John, when
it comes to big screen JumboTron or whatever and.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
Louder than life? There was a proposal on one of
the stages a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Did she say yes?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Did?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
It was still very cringe and O but yes.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
I mean, it's a big part of the entertainment experience.
And I've gone to because you don't see this stuff
on TV. But when you go to games and you
see the things that they do when they put fans
up on the big screen and have fun with it. Again,
it's part of the experience overall. The Banana Ball that
I went to a few weeks ago at Slugger Field,
they did a lot of that stuff and it was great. So,
but just be reminded that if you're there, they may
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put you up on the screen and you might get
caught doing something you're not supposed to do.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
I just hate that he's playing victim.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, I mean it makes me.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Let me tell you this, when I think of these
I have a little bit of PTSD from these moments
because I was at a Louisville basketball game in Indy.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
They were playing Purdue.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
This might have been like late two thousands, and I
was there with my dad and my sister who we're
not even a year apart, and we were probably about
nineteen twenty, and my dad goes to the bathroom and
all of a sudden, the kiss cam was near. Oh no,
and I had a panic. They're going to put the
kiss cam on me and my sister. And she's the
smarter of the two. So sure enough, as I panic
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and realize, oh, they're close to us, I looked over
and she'd already ran away, so she was ahead of me.
She felt it coming potentially like I did, and she
ran and it would have been a very awkward experience,
but we were able to avoid.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
It would have been bad. But yeah, just be prepared.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
They could put you up on the screen and you
might expose something you don't want to expose. But also
how you react to it's going to be telling and
how they reacted to this. That's why this has become
such a story. All right, let's do this. We'll get
an update on traffic and weather for you. And then
we will also get an update on sports with Scott
Fitzgerald and also Dwight Mitchell of LMPDE. He's in the household.
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Join us coming up as we get the seven o'clock
hour started. Right here Kentucky and his morning news, coffee
and company. There's ready, eight forty whs
Happy Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome into the six o'clock hour here of Kentuckyana's Morning
News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio eight
forty whas. So, we have an incident. It looks like
there's a tree down on Geen Snyder's South after Bula
Church Road, and it looks as if that's causing some
issues here I'm looking at Yeah, that's one of the
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one of the issues going on currently. And then also
there's an accident that has from what I can see
here on the WLKY newscast, it looks as if I
don't want to say this, because this could be this
would be a big deal, but from the visual it
almost looks as if there's there's like all lanes blocked
at sixty four sixty four East.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
So I'll try to get as much information as I
can as we speak, but obviously Bobby Ellis will have
you have you updated coming up here in about four
minutes because obviously from what I can see and if
it is in fact as bad as it looks, yes,
it's an incident sixty four east right after the Snyder
and there is currently a it looks like a fire
truck in the road that is blocking nearly all lanes.
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So again, Bobby Ellis, we'll be with us here in
about three and a half minutes to get us updated
on that, because obviously that could cost some depending upon
how long this lasts, that could cause some major issues
this morning. So again we'll keep you updated as best
we can on that. But again it is Kentucky and
his morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas
So some big news last night, I guess yesterday, but
(01:32):
the news was shared last night as Stephen Colbert announces
the end of the Late Show.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Start the show, I want to let you know something
that I found out just last night. Next year will
be our last season. The network will be ending the
Late Show in May. And yeah, I share your feelings.
(01:59):
It's not just the end of our show, but it's
the end of the Late Show on CBS. I'm not
being replaced, this is all just going away.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So there's a lot of reaction to this because of one,
this show being super popular and being in place for
such a long time, but also the timing here because
CBS canceled this show just three days after Colbert called
out their parent company, Paramount for their sixteen million dollars
settlement with Trump, a deal that to a lot of
people looks like bribery, I suppose, so they're claiming that's
(02:28):
not the case. This cancelation has nothing to do with
anything recently on the show or the show's performance. But
I will say those types of shows, meaning late night
shows that come on the big networks, I'm talking Leno,
I'm talking Letterman. I mean, there are countless shows over
the years. Certainly some have been much more popular than others.
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But I feel like my age range just wasn't quite
as exposed to that as those that were older than me.
But clearly there's still a humongous audience. Those shows still
are very much popular as far as viewership and whatnot.
But John, you're younger than me. I feel like when
it comes to those type of late night shows like
this one with Stephen Colbert and again Lenno, like I
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knew of those shows, yeah, but it was never any
There was never any moment when I was growing up
and even when I became a young adult where that
was routine for me to tune into those shows.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
And again, I guess it's just as for example, there
are people that are younger than me and even younger
than John maybe the things that they just weren't exposed
to certain things. Therefore, when they become adults, their routine
is not anywhere close to what ours is. I mean,
I assume you weren't somebody watching Stephen Colbert a whole
lot of TV.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I remember when I was younger, my parents would watch
David Letterman on occasion, and I would kind of sit
down and watch that with them for a little bit,
and then with like Jimmy Fallon, I would more so
just find his clips on YouTube. I feel like that's
more often than not people my age. If you're going
to laugh at something that one of those late night
guys do it something that goes viral on social media
or on YouTube or something like.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That, totally with you. I mean, again, there's an difference
between you and I. But I also remember as a kid,
Leno and Letterman really in their prime, and it was
it'd be on with my with my parents here and there,
but it wasn't something that I, you know, and again
their target audience was not children like you and I
whenever whenever this was going on.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
But as we got as I got older, I just never.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
It never became something that I would end up sticking
around for after the local the local newscast. But obviously
it's going to come to an end next year, and
a lot of people are are upset about that.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
I wonder if this is just the first one to
fall of how from I know, there's tons of them
in that are out there. I wonder how many of
them will survive.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
That's so I I That question is the first one
that kind of popped up in my head, just just thinking, hmm,
with there being it's such a competitive world now when
it comes to keeping people's attention with any type of
content that you're doing, because there's endless content to consume
on our phones, all the streaming platforms, the Internet, all that,
(05:00):
and this is really just a world now where you
have the content matters more than anything because again, you're
not you're not your platform. Again, if you're on national
television on a network like CBS, NBC, ABC, clearly you
have a way bigger audience. But if they're not interested
in what you're doing and it's not interesting to them
(05:21):
or entertaining, without even any thought process, they'll just pull
out their phone and find something that is interesting for
that's just how humans interact. Now, So again I had
the same question, John, but then I did some digging
and by all purposes, these these types of shows are
still very successful when it comes to viewership revenue, and
that's that's the stuff that matters.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
But yeah, uh, the CBS decision here is certainly coming
with a lot of criticism from from fans who love
Stephen Colbert or just those that can't imagine this show
not existing. He's not, as he said, he's not getting replaced.
He's It's just it's coming to an end.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
All right.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We've got another update for you on traffic and away again.
Make sure you pay attention here. Put your listening ears on, folks,
because Bobby Ellis hopefully can get us updated on what
looks to be some potential issues this morning with traffic.
So again, traffic, weather coming up, will keep this thing
rolling along. It's it is Kentucky, ed is Morning News
with Coffee and Company.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I can't speak.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
It is six seventeen here at Kentucky and his Morning
News on news radio at forty whas Coffee and Company.
I'm Nick Coffee, he is John Alden. We'll get another
sports update coming up in about eight minutes or so
with Scott Fitzgerald. And it looks as if mother Nature
might be paying us back this weekend, because last weekend
I remember thinking, Okay, here we go. We've got a
(06:41):
big sports weekend with obviously the ISCO Championship going on.
Racing Louisville, I believe was an action maybe it was
lu City regardless, and looked it.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Looked not great. However, it wasn't bad. I think.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Saturday we did end up getting some rain in some storms,
but it didn't last long and overall, for the most part,
it was a pretty good weekend when it comes to weather,
but also it was better than expectation as far as
the forecast. And this week it looks as if we've
got rain all weekend, and I hope that's not the case,
but it may. It may end up happening, which we
spend We try to get to the pool and be
(07:16):
outside as much as we can in the summer, just
because it's hot as hell and the pool is a
good place to be when it's hot as hell, but
also it keeps our kids busy. They love it and
it's worked out well where if the kids are playing
in the pool all day, running around in the heat.
They're out by pretty early hours when it comes to
Saturday night, which gives my wife an id chance to
just have some muzz time, which of course is something
(07:37):
I enjoy and I hope she does too, I mean,
I assume she does. But anyhow, tomorrow it's twelve thirty.
I'm gonna be at Freedom Hall for the TBT, So
if it does rain, it won't be that big of
a deal. I'm not gonna be missing out on any
primetime Sunshine and Scott mentioned the TBT event earlier in
his Sports update in the five o'clock hour, and the
word I want to use, I don't feel like is
(07:58):
the right word to use, but awkward. So you're watching
former players who any other time you've watched them it
has been if you're a diehard fan, at times felt
like a life and death situation. That's an extreme exaggeration,
but you know you around here when it comes to
college hoops, we are so passionate about our programs, which
is why this market is where, I mean, really Lexington,
(08:21):
Louisville and Indy where Indiana's playing and their TVT team.
I mean, this is the area, the region, if you will,
where this can work at its best because we care
about college basketball more than anybody. And if there's anybody
that's going to get up and really be excited about
watching former players that played eight, nine, ten years ago,
even it's us. And the proof has been there as
(08:43):
far as the attendance and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
But when I say.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Awkward, it's because you get really into it, because it's natural.
When Montrez Harald dunks on somebody's head, I don't know
if I'm ever not going to jump around and try
to envision a life where I could do that, or
when Peyton Siva and Russ Smith are out there giving
somebody he held offensively. I mean, that's something that's always
going to excite me. But the awkwardness is, okay, should
(09:05):
I be this into it? This isn't a real like,
this isn't really U of L. So I mean a
lot of people I think get into it. Don't really
think about that. But when I try to sell what
this is to to other people as far as why
it's so cool, I don't know if they really get it.
But what hit me as my son will be watching
his second this will be a second Tournament, the TBT
that he's going to be, which, by the way, the
TBT stands for the Basketball Tournament, really creative name for
(09:28):
that event. I would have loved to have been in
that writing room with the creator. The creativity is flowing
to come up with TBT the Basketball Tournament.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Before then TBT Mint throw Back Thirsdy, that's.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
So anyhow, my son, he's obsessed with U of L
because he was born into it. He gets it, honest,
and you know, it's something I cherished, especially last year,
getting him to be able to experience Louisville basketball for
the first time where he was old enough to know
what was going on. He didn't just care, Hey daddy,
did the cards play like if?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
He was excited?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
If they lost, he cried, And you know it was
fun to watch him experience it and love it like
I do. But how about the timing. Pat Kelsey brings
this program back to life. I mean, he loved that team,
but also before that he got into the TBT. So
just knowing that he's excited about watching Peyton Russ Montrez,
Luke Hancock's gonna be the coach. I'm gonna have to
(10:21):
tell him about or Clark during his prime. Just the
experience as a dad and a fan that I have
to watch former players play that I would have never
thought my son would be able to watch play in Louisville,
let alone at a place like Freedom Hall with other
former players. So it's it's a really cool event. And
for these players, man, they thought they'd never play in
(10:43):
front of a crowd again like they like they did
at U of L and at UK. Now again it's
not the same crowd, but man, they could be making
millions in Europe. It's not gonna be the same when
they're playing in front of fans that know him, love them,
and it is clearly. And these guys are now older
to where you can tell they now they've had life
experience after playing to where they really do appreciate the
love that they get around where they played in college.
(11:05):
So yeah, looking forward to that tomorrow. All right, we'll
take a quick update. We'll take a quick time out,
get an update on traffic and weather, and then of
course another sports updates coming your way right here on news.
Ready to wait for the WHS. Thank you very much,
John Shannon. He mentioned Stoops's comments about Vince Marrow and
having no animosity towards his former assistant and good friend
(11:26):
who didn't just leave when times got tough for Stoops
but left to go to the rival, which is still
crazy to think about. But with Stoops, I can't quite
figure it out. We'll talk to Scott about this later on.
But he said something to one of the one of
the reporters yesterday. I'm not sure which one it was,
that really just kind of instantly, I'm thinking to myself, Okay,
(11:49):
does he really believe this or is this just his
way to really get motivated and get things turned around,
because here is this is somebody who was covering the
SEC media Days for Auburn Live, which is a site
that covers Auburn Tigers, and this is j Tate. He said,
I know absolutely zero about Mark Stoops's relationship with UK media,
(12:11):
but man, his performance at media days could not have
been more defensive.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Quote.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I'll play along and let the media have their fun
and take their shots, and that's cool with me. The
fact that he could believe that he's unfairly treated and
the media is out to get him just doesn't seem
real to me, because this is somebody who would be
delusional not to expect criticism after their disastrous season last year,
but also I respect Mark Stoops a lot as a
(12:40):
guy who I think clearly has changed a lot about
Kentucky football historically, just meaning that they sustained a level
of success for a longer amount of time with him
as the coach than they ever have at any point
during the history of that program, unless maybe there's some
times where they were great with Bear Bryant that I
don't and I know they were at the time, but
I just mean they had And again, the accomplishments themselves
(13:02):
aren't crazy. It's not as if they ever won the
SEC or anything like that. However, Kentucky having that level
of consistent, sustained success is just unheard of. If they
ever did have a good year, it'd be a real
rare thing and it would be an outlier. And at
least with Stoops for a good stretch there, they were
winning enough games to be competitive in their conference and
(13:22):
of course getting bowl games. And that doesn't mean that
you know you've you've created a powerhouse program, but clearly
they are much They are much better off even after
this disastrous season they had a year ago, than when
they're much better off now than when Stoops arrived. But
also because of that, it's led to him being able
to get crazy contract extensions a lot of money, which
is why they're going to have to pay him a
(13:43):
lot of money if they fire him. To where I
don't I don't know if I believe that he thinks
that the media is out to get him as he
insinuates there, because there aren't many other coaches in college
football anywhere that could have just the overall record and
a ten plus year stretch and be compensated as one
of the highest paid coaches in college football. And that's
(14:04):
why when people talk about Stoops, and if you are
somebody that's going to praise him and say he's a
great coach or a good coach, you wouldn't reference any record,
you wouldn't reference any specific moment. You would just say
he's done with somebody has never done before something that
a lot of people thought was impossible, which is keep
Kentucky for a good stretch of time out of the
(14:26):
gutter of the sec And that leaves you in a
tough spot because if you're Mitch Barnhart and you've given
Stoops contract extension after contract extension, a bunch of raises.
Clearly a contract now that is favorable to him to
where he could lose every game. They still got to
pay him a lot of money regardless. So if you're Barnhart, yeah,
he could probably get a better job or a different job,
(14:47):
and you don't really feel like his results are something
you just you know you have to keep him here forever.
But you know that you've never had anybody better than
that for a long stretch of times. So I get
why Stoops has been able to get the contracts that
he's been receiving over the years. But now that puts
you in a spot to where they have fallen. And
(15:08):
maybe they do surprise a lot of people this year,
but if they don't, it wouldn't really shock me. Fifty
new players can be spun as okay, we're bouncing back,
we've reset, or it could be just a sign that
you had to have that much of a roster turnover
because of where the program is.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
And again, Scott and I'll probably talk about this a
little bit later on, but he has it pretty good
in all aspects, and I think he's a smart enough
guy to know that maybe this is just him believing
that and just trying to motivate himself that you know,
he's got doubters and haters and he's going to have
to pre he's gonna.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Prove everybody wrong.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
If you are somebody that's going to get excited about
Kentucky football, because again I wouldn't eat Look, that's what
fans do, right, You want to get excited for the season,
even if you deep down really don't believe that your
team's going to surprise people and.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Have a good years.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
It's more fun to just try to find some way
to believe and be optimistic. Right, So if you are
knduct that's going to find yourself there as you get
closer to August or closer to September, I should say
I totally get it. That's what fans do. It's a
normal thing for a fan. But I do believe you
want to avoid the Netflix sec docu series that'll come
out right before the season starts, because if you see that,
(16:16):
it might remind you of sort of where things were
at the end of last year and can only probably
hurt the level of excitement because Kentucky's featured on there.
I believe twice the South Carolina game where they got
completely embarrassed at home and then the Louisville game. Producers
of that series were embedded in Lexington during those two weeks,
and that will be the feat because there's a lot
(16:38):
of SEC teams getting covered and with Kentucky, not two
good weeks for them to be following the program around.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
But anyways, all right, we're geting up theate a trafficking weather.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Also, we have to talk about the CEO in Boston
who got caught with his HR employee at the Coldplay concert.
Just this thing is spread like crazy. We'll talk about
it in a lot more as we move along here.
It's a Friday, Kentucky, Anda's Morning News Coffee and Company
News Radio eight forty WHS. So the viral kiss cam
at the Coulplay concert in Boston earlier this week. That
(17:10):
has to say that's gone viral would be an understatement.
In fact, as I look on the TV in front
of me, WK why they're covering it. Everybody's covering it,
And I get why this is a juicy story that
because I think the satisfaction for people in this is
that people who are doing something that is frowned upon,
you know, cheating on their significant other.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
They needn't just get exposed and caught.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
It became a national story and it's I guess a
dose of karma. But if you don't have a clue
what we're talking about, I guess you're busy or maybe
you just don't keep up with that kind of stuff.
And that's totally okay.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
But this is.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Just a reminder that if you go to a concert
or an event and they have a big screen, a
jumbo troun whatever it is, they may put you up
there and you need to be mindful of what you're
doing because you've opened your up to being I guess exposed.
But the CEO, Andy Byron, he is the CEO of
a company called Astronomer, and he was seen on the
jumbo tron at the Copplay concert in Boston, and he's
(18:11):
with not his wife but his HR chief, Kristin Cabo,
and when they were noticed up on camera, they both
appeared shocked and quickly hid their faces, which if they
were just casual about it, it doesn't turn into this
at all. They were a big contributing factor in this.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I mean they were.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
They they caused this by their reaction as far as
it being what it is right now. And I've seen
some people ask, well, hey, you know, maybe Chris Martin
of Coldplay, who commented from stage saying, oh wait, either
they're having an affair or they're very shy. Some are saying, well,
he shouldn't have done that. I mean why, I mean,
this is their fault in every way, one for just
(18:51):
getting caught doing something that clearly they didn't want people
to know about. Because it's frowned upon. Also they again
this is actually really beside the point. But the reason
it's a story is because they told on themselves. And
the layers here make it all make sense, meaning that
because he's the CEO of a company, he's the HR chief.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
It isn't just your average affair.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
This is a nightmare situation in all aspects, and then
now it getting the exposure that it's getting makes it
an even bigger nightmare. So, according to The New York Post,
this guy's married and his wife she's removed his last
name from her Facebook profile after this thing became a
story that is continuing to grow. So the hr chief.
Her LinkedIn bio ironically highlights her ability to quote build
(19:34):
relationships with employees of all levels. Quite and she's showing you,
She's showing you what she's good at. She's building relationships
with people of all levels, including the CEO of the company.
So have you ever witnessed a viral moment? John, when
it comes to big screen JumboTron or whatever and.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
Louder than life? There was a proposal on one of
the stages a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Did she say yes?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Did?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
It was still very cringe and O but yes.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
I mean, it's a big part of the entertainment experience.
And I've gone to because you don't see this stuff
on TV. But when you go to games and you
see the things that they do when they put fans
up on the big screen and have fun with it. Again,
it's part of the experience overall. The Banana Ball that
I went to a few weeks ago at Slugger Field,
they did a lot of that stuff and it was great. So,
but just be reminded that if you're there, they may
(20:23):
put you up on the screen and you might get
caught doing something you're not supposed to do.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
I just hate that he's playing victim.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, I mean it makes me.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Let me tell you this, when I think of these
I have a little bit of PTSD from these moments
because I was at a Louisville basketball game in Indy.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
They were playing Purdue.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
This might have been like late two thousands, and I
was there with my dad and my sister who we're
not even a year apart, and we were probably about
nineteen twenty, and my dad goes to the bathroom and
all of a sudden, the kiss cam was near. Oh no,
and I had a panic. They're going to put the
kiss cam on me and my sister. And she's the
smarter of the two. So sure enough, as I panic
(21:05):
and realize, oh, they're close to us, I looked over
and she'd already ran away, so she was ahead of me.
She felt it coming potentially like I did, and she
ran and it would have been a very awkward experience,
but we were able to avoid.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
It would have been bad. But yeah, just be prepared.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
They could put you up on the screen and you
might expose something you don't want to expose. But also
how you react to it's going to be telling and
how they reacted to this. That's why this has become
such a story. All right, let's do this. We'll get
an update on traffic and weather for you. And then
we will also get an update on sports with Scott
Fitzgerald and also Dwight Mitchell of LMPDE. He's in the household.
(21:41):
Join us coming up as we get the seven o'clock
hour started. Right here Kentucky and his morning news, coffee
and company. There's ready, eight forty whs
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