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Dee, calling from Miami, Florida, asked Mark about the potential consequences if Africa were to halt uranium exports to the USA and the rest of the world. Mike, also in Florida, phoned Mark to talk about how the appearance of Christmas decorations in the neighborhood is making residents excited to put up lights on their own homes.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
If you're listening to Mark on the iHeart radio app,
save time and dap the preset button. Now now back
to the Mark Simone Show on w O R. Oh no,
there's more of that Christmas stuff. Well, you got to
be honest. We have to admit next week at Thanksgiving.
Next week is Thanksgiving. Anyway, let's take some calls. Let's

(00:22):
go to uh D in Miami. D. How you doing?

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Hello, Yes, good morning. Sure, Yes, I have a question
I'd like to ask you, sir.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Go ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
What do you think will happen if Africa was cut
off is uranium export to the United States in the
Western world.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, that could affect my iPhone battery. That would be
something that would be terrible.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's what I think. I think the African counting a
you're gonna start, you know, to do because if this
man is going to continue in his policies, he's continued.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
What are we talking about trumps?

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Of course, sir?

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Oh well, but also remember.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Also remember opinion for a minute, please.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
No, I also remember at the same time, it would
be the end of the African economy since that's what
they do for a living is sell us uranium and
without that they'd go broke pretty fast. So let's go
to Bob and New Rochelle. Bob, how you doing. Wait
a minute, Bob, are there? Nope? We lost them. Let's

(01:22):
uh there, we got them. Go ahead.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
I'm sorry. I know you're big Blue Bloods fan. My
wife's got me watching and I got a bit. It's
a good show, and I understand that you have to
suspend reality to a certain degree to these kind of shows.
But what would you in your opinion? Would you say
a more unrealistic one of the Reagans being involved in
the biggest case of the city every week, or Danny
Reagan have nothing but smoking hot partners and his wife
not having a problem with it.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Well, these are very good questions. I love Blue Bloods.
I still watch it and reruns every Wednesday. There is
a blue Blood Marathon. I love Blue Bloods. It's the
most unrealistic cop show ever. First of all, Len carry
you plays Tom Selick's father. These two guys are the
same age. There's like a one year age between these

(02:05):
two guys. Makes no sense at all. There's all kinds
of technical things, like the police commissioner does not wear
a uniform, which Tom Selleck does at times.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
In the show.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Also, Danny Reagan every week is involved in a massive gunfire,
massive shootout every week. I've asked three commissioners, has there
ever been a cop that's in a shootout every week?
And they all said, if there was, I'd pull him
off the street immediately. We'd never be able to do that. Also, well,

(02:36):
we could go on and on. It's very unrealistic, but
despite that, it's a great show. You know, Like, if
you want to go back and watch NYPD Blue, NHYPD
Blue is probably the most realistic cop show. And I
started watching Boston Blue, the spinoff with Danny Reagan. I
got to admit, it's pretty good. It's very, very different
from Blue Blood. They've kept a couple of factors there,

(02:58):
a couple of little things, but it's very different and
it's a great show. Let's go to Mike and Florida. Mike,
how you doing.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Good morning, Mark, Mike.

Speaker 5 (03:08):
I was laughing when you were talking about that Florida
h O way that was putting up the that's cracked
down on the Christmas decorations. I live in one of
these so called active fifty five communities, and it's neither
over just over fifty five or active, unless you consider
magong are contact sport. But they can't wait to put
up those stinking Christmas decorations. The irony is they're all

(03:32):
asleep by six o'clock that they don't even get to
see the lights lit up. And they're the most decrepit
looking things that they've been in the back of their garage.
You know that they lived in Michigan and they dragged
down here and I'm gonna put you know in their
follow liying like there's little kids around, and it's it's
so pathetic. I'm not against Christmas, it's great, but it's

(03:53):
their forced joy is like ludicrous. You can't wait to
put them up.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
There's a lot of pathetic things about Florida. The most
pathetic is when you people in Florida try to celebrate Christmas.
It doesn't look right. Palm trees and Christmas don't go together.

Speaker 5 (04:06):
No, not at all. It's eighty five degrees and I
follow lie.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, it doesn't work all right, Mike, thanks for calling.
You know, it's better to live in one of these
condo communities or something like that, because you know everything's
taken care of. If you've got your own house, you
got to find your own plumber. You got to find
your own people to fix it. If it's so much
easier in a condo, one of those complexes, one of
those communities. But then you got the board. You know,

(04:32):
it's always little old ladies with nothing to do who
go on this board and then run around on patrol
enforcing every little rule. Let's go to Dave in Chicago. Dave,
how you doing.

Speaker 6 (04:43):
Good morning, Mark. I'm doing very well, Thank you. Mark.
I'm just beginning to read Love Johnny Carson by Mark Malcolm.

Speaker 4 (04:50):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
It's the definitive book on Johnny Carson. It's the greatest
book ever in Johnny Carson just came out. We'll have
the author on in the next hour, but go ahead.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Thank you.

Speaker 6 (05:01):
I noticed you've been quoted numerous times in the book.
I flipped through it quickly. But I have a question,
if I may. It says you had said that the
Midwest is very important to the Tonight Show and that's
what Johnny believes. Could you please explain? And lastly, Mark,
my second question is did Johnny's guest hosts follow that policy?

Speaker 5 (05:24):
Well?

Speaker 1 (05:25):
A couple of things about the Midwest. One a great
analyst show business analyst showed that all the great talk
show hosts were from the Midwest, Johnny Carson, David Letterman,
all these sorts. You could go down a whole list.
But the guests, we're all from New York. All the

(05:46):
great comedians are from Brooklyn or you know, New Jersey,
or they were all local New York. But in their
own city, they couldn't be the host. It was always
the Midwesterner that had to be the host of the show.
And Johnny and one of the valuable lessons he taught people,
he told me about this. He always taught this lesson.
The battle is won in the central time zone. It's

(06:08):
a very important rule. Don't try to appeal to like
elite New York or La or Beverly Hills. Always try
to appeal to the middle. And hey, we don't have
much time, but let's go to Vincent in Brooklyn. Vincent,
how you doing.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
I'm doing good, Marc, good morning. Mark. I hope us
Jessicatish does not take the job with Zora Mundani finish
out her term. She's doing a great job. She does
have a business to go back to. And let Zora
Mandani's diz that were on his political posters. He just

(06:43):
had his first name, Zoran. Well, let the letter z
become the new scholart letter. Let him hang by his
own petad. And another thing, Kathy Hochel is thinking about
flip flopping on the corporate taxes, so Mandamie could have
his if we daycare, don't do it, stupid Hoko, you

(07:04):
could attract Jersey business to New York. They're paying eleven
point nine, we're charging seven point nine. If she had
any sense of any brains in her head, she could
use that as a selling point to draw the corporate
head quality.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, it's not brains, it's backbone. She has no backbone.
She's afraid of getting primary.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
Well, that's what Michael Goodwin's article talked about. Yeah, she
doesn't have any backbone. But please, mistache, do not take
the job. Let it go to Let let disease for
Zoran become the new scholar letter. You like trumpiness, when
you plan, you come back and then you can wipe

(07:47):
the floor with him.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
All right, Vincent, great call, Hey, when we come back.
Michael Goodwin's out here this week, but we'll talk to
the brilliant Calmst. Liz Peek. We'll talk about mom Donnie
and Hoche and all that next on seven to ten
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