June 11, 2026 • 38 mins
The morning crew is buzzing with excitement as they dive into the latest news and updates. Today's episode is packed with a mix of entertainment, sports, and lifestyle discussions that will keep you engaged from start to finish. From the world of sports, the crew discusses the historic comeback of the Knicks in a thrilling game against the Spurs, and the latest news on the Taylor Swift wedding. They also touch on the upcoming World Cup, where Shakira will be performing her new anthem.
The conversation takes a delicious turn as they welcome Kevin, the head of operations for Frank Pepe's Pizza, to the show. Kevin shares the story behind the iconic pizza joint, from its humble beginnings in New Haven to its current success. The crew also talks about their upcoming book club event, where they'll be joined by author Anne Patchett and special guest Dave Portnoy. It's going to be a night to remember, with pizza, books, and great company.
The morning crew also discusses the latest news and rumors, including the alleged fake news story about a man setting fire to a rack of bras at a Walmart. They also share their thoughts on the upcoming Olivia Rodrigo album listening party and the latest updates on the Social Network sequel.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Justin.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I know you will get talkbacks in there. I just
got another chip. Somebody thinks it's going to be a
watch party, a wedding watch party in Madison. That is insane. Okay, okay,
all right, I got the jumbo tron.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah, screens everywhere.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
There comes the bride.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Grab your popcorn, grab them, grab your Glizzie and watch
the wedding. Could there be anything more tacking? Oh my god. Listen.
When it comes to talkbacks, we should mention there are
so many people from other countries here for the World Cup.
So if any of these people are listening to our
radio program right now, you can download the iHeart app
(00:36):
and you can leave a talkback. It is free, it
is one hundred percent. It's easy, and you can join
the show. Yeah, please do.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And they're coming in from everywhere.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh yeah, everywhere. You know who else is coming in?
Frank Pepees. Oh that's right, the pizza go this morning. Yeah,
they're bringing us pizza.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Hey.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Justin fun fact, Frank Pepe's pizza is stave Portnoys, one
of his top pizzas on his one byte reviews.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
So should be good.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
I hope you enjoy it and.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Hopefully you get to meet you on July first, because
I am definitely going to that book club.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Can't wait.
Speaker 7 (01:15):
Yep, it's my book club, Big Night Live July first,
and that's why Pepees is coming in.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
You're serving pepes at the book club, I think so yeah,
Oh my god, like the pre parties of the book
club right, bringing in Pizza Forest, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Like Studio B.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
So we're going to have food and ninety plus sellers.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And Dave's going to love it. I think the highest
of all time was it. Everybody knows the rules one
byte score with pizza.
Speaker 8 (01:43):
It's a nine point four strong strong I'll tell you
ride Pizza.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
My uncle living the Keys.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, that's going to be a big night Portnoy and Peppe.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
Okay, so tonight I have you Patchett a big night Live.
But I have to say I'm rolling right into Dave
and the prep for Dave over the next couple of weeks. Yeah,
I'm kind of like a little terrified.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I have to tell you, well, he's a bit unpredictable.
I mean, he's going to be great, but you never
know what he's going to say. But that's what makes
him great exactly. I'm not going to give him.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Credit because within minutes of you reaching out to him personally, yes,
you sent him a DM, he got back to you immediately.
Speaker 7 (02:26):
Got me like within forty five minutes, I had his
PR person at Simon and Schuster and yeah, we were
off and running.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
So yeah, he's very cool and I think it's going
to be a really fun discussion. Oh yeah, yeah, your
shirt six eyes is too smaller, so I think we
should all share a slice with Dave. That absolutely this
is Kim.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I don't have any tea on Taylor Swift's wedding, but
I have to say earlier on the broadcast when justin
you said you showed Billy a picture of Taylor's feet
and he wasn't too pleased with the appearance. And then
you guys thought of me, Oh God.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
That made me smile, made my day.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Ugly feet, think of Kim will love it. But I
was thinking Jesus should reach out to Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
That's ugly feet.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Gals, maybe she could have a new album Life of
a Toho.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Oh yeah, it was Sidney Sweeney's. She posted a selfie
at the game.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I got no problems with Taylor's feet.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, what does Dave have to say? To Kim. You Kim,
it's gonna be a great Bob. So, yes, we'll all
be there. I'll be there. Everyone's going there, and Dave
will be there. I'm looking forward to her. It's gonna
be good.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, I'm telling you, I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I do too.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
The kid out of swampsk Massachusetts.
Speaker 7 (03:46):
And he started barstool in Milton, I know, and don't
forget rich to Marii and.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Those from the Real Housewives of Rhode Island. Will the pizza?
Will the Frank Pepes be served the room that they're in.
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Yeah, it's in studio beat, So that's where everyone will
pick up their book, the Day Book, and then get
some pizza, have some ninety plus sellers dance.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I am not leaving the pizza's side really all night, Okay,
because it's Frank Pepe.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, aren't they bringing some pizza in this morning? Yes?
They are. Oh yes they are. Nine to ten, they
will be here, So good.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Morning morning crew. It's pretty adjustin. Do you know that
today is the International Day of Play And I'm driving
to Boston because I've been hired by Lego. They're having
a really big event for their employees today and One
of the things they're going to do is get readings
from me. So I hope you guys have an awesome
day today, and I hope you play.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's a day of play. Wait what does she do?
She does readings. Oh she's like a psychic. Oh okay,
she's a psychic. So they're going to have an event
at the Lego lege right here at Assembly Rod.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I was just there. It's pretty cool. So she's going
to go and give readings. Day of play. So do something,
play something today. It's also a National Say Hi Day.
Oh it is? It is? So you say hi? Hello,
yeah Lisa? Yeah, Hi?
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Do how are you Hi?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Bill?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What about me? I work here too?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Hi?
Speaker 5 (05:16):
Yallo?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Hello? Hello Hi Lisa? Like an a low light you
you fucker?
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Incredible news news every time?
Speaker 6 (05:31):
For real?
Speaker 9 (05:32):
Did you see the news this morning?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Or sick headline? Refreshing news with Billy and Lisa.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
On Kids one to wait, oh only one minute late
this morning eight twenty one. We do it eight twenty
every morning, but around date twenty could be eight nineteen
or a twenty one like this morning happens when it happens. Yeah,
it's Bill. He makes us late all the time. You
know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
Shame on you, Bill all right.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
First headline here, it reads, former pilot arrested for allegedly
flying with a fake license. Wow, reiler fake. I may
have seen this story. I think it's real. Wow it
quick today? You may have I think I saw the story. Yeah,
you definitely did. A pilot for Air Canada was arrested
after being caught flying without a valid license. That's scary,
(06:16):
and apparently he'd been doing it for years billion Lisa
oh My. Air Canada says that although Jeffrey Wall did
not have the correct updated license, he was still competent
enough to fly. Okay, still a little weird.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Disinvestigation and the details surrounding it read like a movie script.
During that time, he captained over nine hundred domestic flights,
earning millions of dollars in salary for those captaining flights,
but also flew tens of thousands of passengers.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
At least we know what airline? Why not flow?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, Air Canada A little weird over there in Canada.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Well, Denzel flew a plane drunk. That's true in that movie. Yep,
great movie.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Now and then catch me if you can. That was
Leo DiCaprio. He didn't even have a license. He just
bought it. He bought a pilot.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, yeah, I drove a car without a license for
probably ten years. And that's a true story. Like that
the real guy that he played actually did that.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah yeah, And did your wife drive a car that
wasn't even hers for a year?
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Next story, ynh.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I love she used to okay, yeah, she'd take it
to the car wash.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
She thought it was her car and didn't he didn't.
Her mom was to her, Yeah, you know, that's like
not your car. It was in the driveway. She would
get a detail. She did it. Finally, my mother in
law is like, get that out of here, what are
you doing? But that was years ago. Our cars are
registered in shored and we both have licenses. And next
(07:48):
headline here garbage truck crew saved dog from trash can
and then adopts them. I love this story.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I may have changed.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
I'm going to go true on this too, because I
hope it's true. He's always going about the headlines. Lisa is.
Bill does this thing where he gets home at night
and he just watches TV for like six hours.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, all kinds of news programs, entertainment programs.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah, it's a sickness. Yeah, it's okay. He actually called me.
Hold on, that's a true story before I give you
the details on He called me last night to check
in and he's talking about the show today and he's like,
I get inside addition on right now they're covering the
tailor wedding. Hold on a second, and he just pauses
and I'm like listening. Finally they go, Bill, I gotta go.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
You doing I was trying to get any late updated
information about Taylor.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Hold on second, one second? Hold on yeah, and then
talking anyway. Yeah, this is a great story out of Milwaukee.
Some sanitation workers they rescued a starving dog that was
buried inside a garbage bind during their route. They rescued
the scared dog and scared dog and took them to
a shelter for care. They rescued him and then later
adopted him.
Speaker 12 (08:58):
First time put them on the garbage can pick him up.
We can tell he's getting stronger too. Iously, when he
came to us, he was pretty scrowny since he was starving.
I had peanu butter and jelly sandwiches, so I gave
him two of my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
He ate those.
Speaker 12 (09:11):
He didn't even chew, he just inhaled. He did poop
in the truck, which I thought was kind of funny.
And so a dog who can persist and can still
trust people, and he hasn't met a single person. He
doesn't want pets for him just made me kick And
that was kind of the one.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
You see the video of where he was living the dogs. Yeah, yeah,
there are monsters out there.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Yeah. When I hear Billy and Michelle talk about Titus,
you know, Titus's life before you adopted him, it's it's heartbreaking,
it's shocking.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
One hour to live. Yep, there was a clock ticking
on the cage.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I know, one hour to live. And that's why I
love you know. Michelle has that two dog Pals Instagram
page and she documents their lives Titus and Luna happened.
It's like, look at them now. Yeah, forever home, Forever home.
By the way, check it out on Instagram at two
dog Pals. That's t w O dog pal was spelling it,
not the number, It's right, two dog pounds got it
(10:02):
all right. Next headline here real or fake headline reads
high school changes its mascot to the Tacos, with plans
to hand out free shredded cheese at football games. Reiller fake.
It sounds like fun least, but it also sounds very him,
very fake. Yeah, I'm gonna go fake on this one.
(10:23):
I have to switch up my yeah, switch up my Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
The Tacos got you written all over it somehow.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
No, you know why I thought about it because one
of my favorite snacks when I was younger was taking
shredded cheese and putting it on a plate and then
microwaving it and eating it with a fork. Oh it's
like string cheese. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably why I was
three hundred pounds, but it was a little more than
three hundred. I was pushing three fitty, you know what
(10:52):
I mean. All right, last one here, let's finish strong railer.
Fake police are searching for a man who allegedly set
fire to a rack of bras outside of Walmart. Oh,
my goodness, the hell with the bronze. I'm gonna go real.
I'm gonna go real. You're going rail on this. Yeah, Well,
Billy is a big bra guy, and yes, four for
(11:15):
four we got it. Yeah, you guys nailed it. Today,
let's go to Washington State Police are looking for a
man that allegedly lit an entire rack of bras on
fire inside of a Walmart. There are photos of him,
and the coups believe he's a teenager between sixteen and
eighteen years old. Hell's he doing? He can't make this up?
(11:35):
Look at this? I mean Walmart is written.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
He's on fire?
Speaker 1 (11:41):
What's going down?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
They never said?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
What is gripe with the bra is? No, they're looking
for him. They got his picture.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Oh god, Eliza.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Now the entertainment update with a Billy constap on Kiss,
run away.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And absolute crazy night. Last night in Madison Square Garden,
historical game with the Knicks coming back from twenty nine
points down in the third quarter to win the game
with just about ten second two seconds on the clock.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Here's the call.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
It's over. The greatest comeback in the NBA playoff.
Speaker 12 (12:20):
History for the next pull off.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Lead at three games pull on, Yeah, the Knicks Jalen
Brunson on the court just seconds after the historic win.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
What the hell happened there? One word that captures that
all is just believe leave it in the process. Shipping
away one possess in that time. It wasn't gonna be
one play to get as that. It wasn't to be
one more momentum play. But it was just hitting singles,
getting on bass, getting on basis, just keep shipping away.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
On the Spurs and women Yama on the verge of
winning suddenly losing. How'd that goal explain it?
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Right now?
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I don't know. I think it's just I mean, execution, greediness,
some sort. We clearly want the most hungry in the
second hulf.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And if losing wasn't bad enough, leaving Madison Square Garden,
they were throwing eggs out.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Of it, I can't believe that. That's terrible. This is
a crazy place. Yeah, this is terrible. I saw the video.
It's pretty horrendous.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
When the players were coming out, they were throwing trash
at the God, you won.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Isn't that not that I was thinking they were chasing
down Spurs fans last game because they lost. Yeah, we
won this one. Yeah God. I've watched the replay of
this winning tip in Oh God, it's unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Time and time again watching it right now, twenty times
I've seen it. Because Brunson missed the shot. It was
a long three hit the front of the rim and
then it was tipped in like, wow.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
It's the Wu Tang buddy, they got the Wu Tang bump.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Well, they did the halftime and from then on it
was all Nicks.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Yeah telling you And during the performance the Wu Tang
I think it was method man said Nixon five predicted it. Whoa, yeah,
shout out to the wol Tangs for the children. We
teach the children. Yeah, let's face it, nothing more in
New York than Wu Tang. Nope. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
So yeah, historical night in Madison Square Garden. Yeah, a
lot of celebrities there. I mean a lot of celebrities.
Taylor Swift I got center stage. Yes, just the fact
that she was there and nobody saw that coming. Yep,
Sydney Sweeney and her feet were.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
Uh Scooter Brown seas behind Taylor.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
That must have been uncomfortable because they had a very
public war Taylor Swift and Scooter Brown over her music catalog.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Right. Yeah, he was way back.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Yeah. Timothy Shalome was there with Kylie Jenner. He's the
biggest Nicks fan there is. He was going nuts last night.
Come on, baby Nixon five, Baby Taylor Brnon my god, baby,
Oh G, my.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
God, oh G oh G buddy. He was outside Madison
Square Garden.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
He actually ripped the mic out of the entertainment Tonight
responded's hand and started yelling at everybody, and we are okay.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
G O G, it's O G.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Yeah. Hailey Bieber and Tate McCrae were there together. Are
their friends? Are they friends?
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Yea?
Speaker 6 (15:08):
There?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I actually really like that because obviously the Biebers and
the kid Larroy Tate McCrae were all friends, right, and
then kid Larroy and Tate broke up, but they've all
remained friends. The Biebers were at kid Larroy show last weekend,
and then Tate and Haley were together last night. I'm
not believable. Yeah, that's been a common thing in my life,
(15:30):
is like relationships break up and then friendships break up.
So it's good to see that they're all kind of
still friends.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah. Seinfeld was there, Ben Steeler, Chris Rock. Ben Steeler
was there with his wife and he's a huge How
big a fan is he of the Knicks?
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
My wife, Christine and I came home after the last
game and.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Burned the clothes we were wearing it. I'm not never
wearing that stupid final shirt that I was wearing that
was that was awful.
Speaker 13 (15:57):
And the jeans and she had some like braceless that
got thrown away.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Yeah it's just you.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
You you wipe it clean and you know these I've
been wearing for a while because I just I've had
good games of him too, But otherwise everything else you
start fresh.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah. Thanks, Then Stiller, it is Dave again Portnoy.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, Portnoy coming to Lisa's book Club.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
With Frank Pepe. Yesiza, Yeah, they're coming in. Well, Kevin
from Frank Pepe is coming in at nine to ten bringing
pizza butt. Oh yeah, so a lot of people are
checking in about that. We'll get to that at nineteen.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
What a perfect matchup for Alisa's book Club. You get
Dave Portnoy and Pepe's pizza, It's perfect.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
He's a girl, Sarah from Maine, and I was already
so excited to come to the Dave Portnoy event, but
now the fact that you guys are going to have
free pizza there. Literally this is a pregnant woman's dream.
So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Also
taking is for custom shirts that I should make for
(17:04):
me and baby. I was thinking maybe like your shirt
six sizes too small, fat though I don't know, let
me know.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
I like it, your shirt six sizes too small, fat tho,
I can't get it.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I got to tell you your book club has become
the book club by which all others should be measured.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
This is the one thing about the Lisa's book Club
sort of mantra, is that I just want everyone to
come out and have fun.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
That has been the basis of the book club from.
Speaker 7 (17:32):
Day one, whether you've read the book, haven't read the book,
want to read the book, read a page of the book. Like,
it's just getting people together who like have a common interest.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
So that's why it's been so fun.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
And that's why like Dave, having him is like, I
don't know next level.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
You talked to Jared Freed. We had him on earlier
this week about doing your book club. And when I
told him off the air, I go, He goes, I
haven't heard about this book club, And I go, well,
what now? He won't leave me alone? I know, and
you trying to figure it out. In August.
Speaker 7 (18:02):
You've got one tonight I do with Anne Patchett, who's
like a literary god and She's also doing the Nantucket
Book Festival with Jenna bush Hager this weekend, so she's
in town. Hummingbird Books will be there. Wendy, she's the bookseller.
We're a big night live. So yeah, we're talking about Whistler,
which is her new novel.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I called you a couple of weeks ago because I
couldn't believe it. I was looking at the lineup for
the Nantucket Book Festival and I called you.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I said, Lisa, it's all your authors.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
All of them, Bell, Burden and Patchet Ye, Jenna bush Hager, Yeah, unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Again, book Club by which all others should be measured. There,
I said it. Okay, Hey, don't forget. World Cup starts today.
We've been talking about it for weeks, We've been talking
about it for months. It starts today. The first match
is going to happen in Mexico City, South Africa takes
on Mexico and Shakira is going to do her anthem
(18:57):
for the opening ceremony. Today's going to do her song.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I died.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
That's one right here, got everything you need to and
a brand new anthem dropped you yesterday.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
How about this one?
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Megan thee Stallion, David Ghetta, and Andrea Bocelley.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Here's a Here we Go.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
I love that game time.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
I like that, Like every World Cup song is good.
I like them all.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Yeah, don't forget. We've got the Olivia Rodrigo album listening
party right here in the building at Kiss today. You
still have time if you want to send a talk back,
try to win your way in to the event later today.
When you hear an Olivia Rigo song, you send us
a talkback.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
That's how it works.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Meantime, Olivia Rodrigo will take over Kiss one to Weight
at nine o'clock tonight. She'll be giving relationship advice and
teasing songs from the album. You want to talk about exclusive? Okay,
nobody else has that?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Well, it's really cool. Is if you do not get
into the listening party, it's a small group, right, Let's
be honest here at the radio station. If you don't
get in, you've been trying. You could tune in at
nine o'clock on Kiss and hear the album.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
There You Go and Olivia on Kimmel last night. This
is her first album since turning twenty one years of age,
and she has a plan.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
I think sour I was seventeen when it came out.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Guts, I was twenty and now I'm twenty three, so
I'm gonna get really drunk.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Oh okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Now I'm of age. I can I properly do it?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I see, yeah, I see our buddy Nile Horn coming
to Boston with his tour next year April twelfth. He'll
be in the TV Garden and he was on Folin
last night. He says he actually schedules his tour around
the game of golf.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Wherever you go to the spots you go, you played
the local courses that are.
Speaker 11 (20:53):
Yeah, well I'll try and like I'll get the dates
from my agent and I like see where the day's
off are, and what cities are on the way past
where the next show is to the next show, and
like see what Boocketless golf course I would like to play.
So it's basically Nil's golf tour with some music added up.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
I know.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Didn't you play with Noah Khan recently? Yes?
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Yeah, he's got to play with Riley Dunovan if he
wants himself a.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Match, absolutely just say it. Oh what I just looked
at his handicap it's not good. He doesn't belong. No,
he hasn't. He has a good handicap. But then I
looked at my son Riley's.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Oh it just happens to be a different league. Yeah, shame, shame.
Harry Styles and Zoey Kravit's just got matching tattoos.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Let it rip, that's what the tattoo is. Let it rip? Really, yeah,
let it rip?
Speaker 7 (21:51):
That's really let it rip?
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, Like what a fart?
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Possibly maybe they're into that art each.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Other, Like could be a fetish.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Yeah, that doesn't seem very Zoe Kravitz.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
No, maybe they're very gassy.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
First trailer for the Social Network sequel, The Social Reckoning,
is out. We've got a clip.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
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Speaker 14 (22:20):
They're playing unprecedented role in our lives.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
The fire hose of bad information. You weren't checking into
the air supply. He's becoming chet power.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I'm a free speech absolutist.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I'm not the one who's lying, and I'm not stopping
them from seeing.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Someone who is a Yeah, don't forget our buddy.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
Ben Mezerik wrote the book that became the Social Network movie,
and he's the one that told us that there was
a sequel on the way he did it with us
right here. I hope Jesse will be back.
Speaker 15 (22:45):
I can't imagine it with a different Mark Zuckerberg. So
you know it'll be the same characters really the way
we drew them.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
So it's pretty cool.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
And Benn told me at the book club last week
that for Checkmate that he was like a supervising producer
on project Ah.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, really yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Well he wanted Jesse Eisenberg back. He doesn't get Jesse Eisenberg.
Jeremy Strom is going to play the zucker Berg so good.
Speaker 7 (23:13):
So he's so intense. Yeah, as an actor, I think
that's a good choice.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Yeah.
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And there you go.
Speaker 7 (23:34):
From the Planet Fitness Kiss one of eight studios.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
We're back with Villy and Lisa in the morning.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I'm gonna be honest with you, Lisa, there are so
many reasons why we love this job and why we
love what we do every morning.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Right, very true.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
But when suddenly you get a surprised delivery of Frank
Pepe's pizza in the studio, now you're having a good
day and it's hot.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
I mean this is piping hot.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
I don't know how they pulled off the hot.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
But it's hot.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
It's delicious. We've got Kevin here, and Kevin, good to
see you. Thanks for coming in, by.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
The way, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Thank yo in charge of operations for all things Frank Pepees.
Speaker 15 (24:12):
Yes, I worked directly for the Frank Peppe family with
third generation owned, all family owned and operated.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
So you know your way around of slice pizza. I've
worked for some pizzas.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
And they've got people that were excited when they heard
you were coming in check this out.
Speaker 13 (24:26):
So I absolutely love Frank Pepe's pizza. I actually had
it for the first time last year out of New
Haven when we drove down there.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
To take the train to New York.
Speaker 13 (24:37):
And I have literally ardre you at it. So I
know there's some locations like near Boston, but I'm in
the Soul Shore where I know Billy's Okay, bye, have your.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Day, yeah and leave it to our talkbackers and our
listeners on the Billy and Lisa Morning Show. Right leave
it to them to create Frank Pepe's controversy.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Check this out.
Speaker 16 (24:58):
I moved from Connecticut here in Massachusetts about eight years ago,
and every time I hear somebody say pepees or Frank pepees,
I just want to scream. In Connecticut, we pronounce it peppies,
just peppies. Sometimes peppies beats, but it's just peppies. Thank
(25:21):
you so much. Ask him what does he think?
Speaker 17 (25:24):
You know?
Speaker 1 (25:24):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I think we will, Kevin, Frank peppies, it's peppies.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Yeah, pepees.
Speaker 15 (25:31):
Pepez would be like the European version of yes, just
keep coming in, enjoying the pizza. Say it anyway you'd.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Like, Yeah, you don't care what they want to call it.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
It's not pepees, it's pepees. Oh pepe peppies, No peppies, peppies,
peppy peppie. Oh so Bill, you got it wrong when
you went there in the pizza kitchen and Frank Pez
at the Burlington.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Mal Yeah, where do you find that stuff?
Speaker 5 (25:58):
Man?
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Well, Kevin, I actually met you.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
I brought the TV cameras from a dining playboard kit
into the Burlington location when you guys opened, We had
a lot of fun that day. Well, how can you
not have fun around Peppi's pizza. It's Peppies, Frank Peppie
got God leave it to the talk packers. You know,
we were having fun here. Y on you, Bill, But
I gotta tell you years ago when there was only
(26:25):
Frank Peppies in New Haven, Connecticut. We brought the cameras
there years ago, and that was a previous, previous TV
show and everybody was anxiously anticipating an arrival of Frank
Peppee's here, and you finally.
Speaker 15 (26:38):
Gained twenty fifteen, that's when we opened the Chestnut Hill location.
But we just celebrated one hundred years nineteen twenty five.
It started on Worcester Street and New Haven.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
So what's your secret?
Speaker 15 (26:49):
It's the freshness of the ingredients. Everything's made in house
in the back, dough made every day, sliced whole milk, mozzarella, tomatoes,
period in the back. Peccorino romano brought in from Italy
and grated on site.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Will you send planes to Italy just to pick up
the Yeah, comes in on a boat, you see.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
That's why it is what it is.
Speaker 15 (27:15):
Yeah, a lot of Italian ingredients, our own our own
tomatoes are grown in Italy and shipped over and like
I say, we pureeum in the back. We don't add
a lot of spices or anything to them. It's just
that flavor of the authentic ingredient, you know what I mean.
It's not super spiced out. And then it has to
be kissed with that coal fire oven that brings out
(27:39):
all those magical flavors.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Boy, you really do know your way around a slice
of pizza.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
You guys, go visit the tomatoes in Italy. Yes we do.
We actually have question is can she come?
Speaker 15 (27:53):
That's where one of our family members is now Francis Rozselli,
the six grandchildren. It's third generation owned and they take
the trip over there to check on their crops and
their tomatoes.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (28:05):
It's an amazing family that I am privileged to work for.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
And it must be how many years have you worked
with the company?
Speaker 15 (28:12):
Eleven years? I started when they opened up that Chestnut
Hill location.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Now, what is Frank Peppi's story?
Speaker 15 (28:19):
He came over an Italian immigrant. There's a massive amount
of Italian immigrants that came into that New Haven area.
He was a bread baker in New Haven on Worcester Street,
and he started out a bread baker and then he
decided to introduce something from his you know region, from
his hometown in Italy, Maori, and he started putting those
(28:42):
fresh crushed tomatoes on there with that Peccorino romano, which
is that Italian salt, and he cooked it in a
cold fire oven. And the New Haven he is the
og of New Haven that started it, and now it's
become a pizza mecca.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
But I remember when I first started hearing about, like
anytime you drove to New York or you're anywhere near Connecticut,
people would say, oh, you got to stop by Peppies Pizza.
You gotta go to Peppies. How did that notoriety happen?
I mean, there's pizza everywhere.
Speaker 15 (29:12):
We're at the crossroads in ninety five and ninety one,
and back in the day they before there was even
a bunch of food shows that there are. Now they
got this national story on their white clam pizza. Okay,
So Frank was shocking clams in his in his restaurant there,
and he decided to put the clams with a little garlic,
(29:35):
touch of oregano, that Italian salt Pecorino finished with an
olive oil dred percent olive oil. Kiss it in that
coal fire oven. So they did a national story back
in the sixties on this unique pizza, the white Clam Pizza.
And because we were at the crossroads in ninety one
and ninety five there heavily traveled from New York to Boston.
(29:57):
We started to become a stop and it just it
just grew, one pizza at a time. It's amazing story.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
If you if you just tuned in, we're talking to Frank,
who's head of operations for things, Frank Pepe.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Yeah. And we're not talking to Frank.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
No, No, I said, we're talking to Kevin.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Did I say Frank, because yeah, I'm talking about it.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Did Frank really stick his head in and kiss the pizza? No, No,
that's fun.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Frank is here in spirit right now.
Speaker 15 (30:24):
I play Frank for a living.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
He does sound like a Frank. What's the deal with
you guys in Dave Portnoy.
Speaker 15 (30:31):
Well, Dave, as you know, in the last ten or
fifteen years, has been a big player in the pizza
review business. And we've we've had a good relationship with
him over the years.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
He gave me the highest yea, he loves your pizza. Yeah.
Speaker 15 (30:45):
In twenty fifteen, I was there the second day we
opened the Chestnut Hill location, and you're going back eleven years.
So Dave didn't have the like you know, people knew
who he was. Definitely a Boston guy, had his thing going,
but it wasn't like, boom, that's Dave Portnoy. If he
walked into a room today and the reviews were just getting,
(31:06):
you know, really starting to get traction. Back then he
hit us with a nine point four.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I think we've got the review from him right here.
Everybody knows the rules one bite score, So do a pizza.
Speaker 8 (31:17):
It's a nine point four strong strong I'll tell you right,
a Padillac pizza.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Now, what were you guys thinking, because you knew of
Dave Portnoy and you knew about the pizza testing, But
what were you thinking when he took the pizza and
decided to take a bite and judge it.
Speaker 15 (31:37):
He just had a huge Boston following it at the time,
and I was aware of it. So we were like,
that's good for us, okay, But the next six months
we couldn't we didn't have an empty seat in the plage.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And ye had. That's kind of influence.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
And he's done a lot for small businesses.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
And now the Billy and Lisa Show is bringing Frank
Pepe's Pizza and Dave Portnoy back together.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
This is like a reunion at your book club, right.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
Yes, exactly, a big night live July first, so you
guys will both be on hand and I can't wait
for you guys to be chatting over pizza.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Wow. Is there any way to get into it?
Speaker 8 (32:18):
By not?
Speaker 1 (32:19):
It's like locked up.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Right, There might be a few tickets available, so just
go to my Instagram, Lisadaaman want to wait and the
link is there, But you can't miss this. And plus
his book is coming out literally the day before.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
And you got pizza from Frank Pepe and you've got
pizza how many locations before.
Speaker 15 (32:36):
Like seventeen Ria in Massachusetts, Burlington, Watatown and Chestnut Hill,
and don't forget Warwick, Rhode Island.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
And you're sitting here as a proud dad because you're
so what's his first name again, Brian?
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Brian.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I met him outside the studio and he's graduating, he's
working with the company, but he's onto Alabama, Bama big stuff.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
That's fun. Yep, he's going to study sports media. Yes
he is.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Good for you, buddy, you got the right place. It's amazing,
great to see you. Can I have my pizza now?
Is that okay?
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Yeah? Long as as long as you say it right, Bill.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
You're having pizza from Frank Peppy's. It is not French,
it's Italian. So it's Frank Peppi's pizza.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Enjoy it, kids, run away. It's the morning wrap up
on Billy and Lisa in the Morning. All right. I
think we covered the Taylor Swift wedding. Oh god, nauseum
every definitely if you want to hear that. That was
our topic time today. A lot of talk back, a
lot of calls about it, a lot of speculation on
where she's getting married and when to so check that
(33:40):
out on the PA.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
We make a vow right now in the Billy and
Lisa Morning Show. Whatever happens happens, yes, okay, but we're
done with the speculation.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
We do have the bet though, that we made in
the house, So Billy is betting that nothing wedding related
with Taylor will happen at Madison Square. Garden. Lisa says,
both Rhode Island and Madison Square some aspect in some aspect,
and I'm just saying Rhode Island, that's something's gonna happen
in it.
Speaker 7 (34:08):
I hate my bet because Matt the Madison Square Garden
thing is so not her.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
So it's like whatever.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Ill, Yeah, there are no rules here.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Yeah, it's fine. I'll just stick with it. Makes it
makes it interesting. Well, if Bill loses, he has to
pay us. If Bill wins, we don't have to pay him.
You know what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
I'm going to turn the producer Riley, Now, can you
click your mic on?
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Because you're the super Swifties? So yes, what do you
think is happening? Honestly? And I know this could backfire
on me completely.
Speaker 4 (34:39):
I think I agree with Billy and I don't think
there's going to be anything at MSG.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
You agree with the mush I.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
Know, I know, but he's not giving any other details
though about where he thinks the wedding is.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That's the thing you just said, No.
Speaker 7 (34:52):
Madison Square garden, yeah, right, which isn't much of a
I agree.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
With the the Rhode Island stuff, but I to agree
that nothing could happen.
Speaker 7 (35:01):
Okay, So if that's the case, where did this come from,
this rumor, this hot rumor, this hot rumor that TMZ
literally will not get rid of.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
No, no, no, they were first they said sources are
saying but now they don't say that anymore. They just
say TMZ has learned. So what does that mean? No
one knows. We don't see what happens. But Riley, I
got you written down here.
Speaker 9 (35:19):
Okay, could have some money maybe coming your way with
the Bush, We'll see you said Bush Bush, Bill and
I have gone semi viral.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
We don't want to brag. Billy and Lisa in the
morning on the on Instagram, we did the what is
it the bush challenge?
Speaker 4 (35:39):
I feel like, yeah, that's like I shave you shaped
your push challenge.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
It's really funny, so go check it out. It's as
blowing up as they say. Tonight, Lisa, you have a
book club looking forward to that Good Morning Morning show.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
This is Michelle from the Cell Shore just.
Speaker 17 (35:54):
Commenting on the Lisa's book club talk. It truly is
a place where everyone just enjoys everything about it.
Speaker 15 (36:03):
It's such a great event.
Speaker 5 (36:04):
Lisa.
Speaker 17 (36:05):
Always, I have been an event planner for fifteen to
twenty years and it flows so perfectly whether you read
the book or not. But you should read the book,
just saying, thank Lisa, it's true.
Speaker 7 (36:18):
Yeah, pick up the book tonight. We'll have Hummingbird books.
They're selling books if you didn't purchase a ticket. But yeah,
it's just like a fun party atmosphere and we get
to meet the author and get the to ask them,
you know, really fun questions, and it's.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
Almost become spiritual.
Speaker 7 (36:36):
It's just like a great place to just hang out
with your friends, bring people, meet people.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
Spiritual.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
Yeah, you feel like it's a coming together.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Okay, well it is, yeah, okay, it is kind of spiritual. Yeah,
you know, but we do have some first time it's coming.
Speaker 14 (36:49):
First time book club coming tonight with my mom. I'm
just wondering any recommendations where to eat. I know there's
a bunch of stuff right by Big Night.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
And also.
Speaker 14 (37:00):
What time does it actually start. I know doors opened
up five thirty. Thanks.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
Six o'clock is from six to eight, So from six
to like six forty five, we have like a little
cocktail reception and you pick up your book, like hang out,
talk to people, and then right at six forty five
ish we go into the main hall and then we
do our Q and A which will be streamed live
on Facebook the Kiss Facebook page starting right around seven o'clock,
and then we go into like seven forty five ish.
(37:27):
The event's over technically at eight o'clock. But like restaurants
in the area, like we usually go to Banners, we
go to alco.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Alcove right at you Love Joey Barff, which is like
two buildings away from the garden.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
It's great there you go perfect. And also before we
go it is National Say Hi Day. Remember that? Oh
so say hi to somebody? Why today? Make sure you
do that. Hello morning crew.
Speaker 6 (37:47):
I just want to say hi to producer Riley on
this National high Day.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
We don't want to leave her out. No, definitely not Hi,
Producer Rise, I say hi today.
Speaker 5 (37:57):
Good morning guys, Queen Quay. So here I heard it's
National Highday.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
So hi.
Speaker 5 (38:04):
But it's weird because on my calendar it says National
Corn on the Cob Day. So I think you guys
should run out, grab a couple of years, slap on
a couple of PABs of butter and slob on the cob.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
Boy. I love corn. On the cob? Do you scrape
or bite? I like to scrape it off the cob.
Do you slab on the cob a little butter? Okay,
nobody gets hurts. The Big Friday Show tomorrow, come morning,
Justin.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I know you will get talkbacks in there. I just
got another chip. Somebody thinks it's going to be a
watch party, a wedding watch party in Madison. That is insane. Okay, okay,
all right, I got the jumbo tron.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah, screens everywhere.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
There comes the bride.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Grab your popcorn, grab them, grab your Glizzie and watch
the wedding. Could there be anything more tacking? Oh my god. Listen.
When it comes to talkbacks, we should mention there are
so many people from other countries here for the World Cup.
So if any of these people are listening to our
radio program right now, you can download the iHeart app
(00:36):
and you can leave a talkback. It is free, it
is one hundred percent. It's easy, and you can join
the show. Yeah, please do.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And they're coming in from everywhere.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh yeah, everywhere. You know who else is coming in?
Frank Pepees. Oh that's right, the pizza go this morning. Yeah,
they're bringing us pizza.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Hey.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Justin fun fact, Frank Pepe's pizza is stave Portnoys, one
of his top pizzas on his one byte reviews.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
So should be good.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
I hope you enjoy it and.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Hopefully you get to meet you on July first, because
I am definitely going to that book club.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Can't wait.
Speaker 7 (01:15):
Yep, it's my book club, Big Night Live July first,
and that's why Pepees is coming in.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
You're serving pepes at the book club, I think so yeah,
Oh my god, like the pre parties of the book
club right, bringing in Pizza Forest, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Like Studio B.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
So we're going to have food and ninety plus sellers.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And Dave's going to love it. I think the highest
of all time was it. Everybody knows the rules one
byte score with pizza.
Speaker 8 (01:43):
It's a nine point four strong strong I'll tell you
ride Pizza.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
My uncle living the Keys.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, that's going to be a big night Portnoy and Peppe.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
Okay, so tonight I have you Patchett a big night Live.
But I have to say I'm rolling right into Dave
and the prep for Dave over the next couple of weeks. Yeah,
I'm kind of like a little terrified.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I have to tell you, well, he's a bit unpredictable.
I mean, he's going to be great, but you never
know what he's going to say. But that's what makes
him great exactly. I'm not going to give him.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Credit because within minutes of you reaching out to him personally, yes,
you sent him a DM, he got back to you immediately.
Speaker 7 (02:26):
Got me like within forty five minutes, I had his
PR person at Simon and Schuster and yeah, we were
off and running.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
So yeah, he's very cool and I think it's going
to be a really fun discussion. Oh yeah, yeah, your
shirt six eyes is too smaller, so I think we
should all share a slice with Dave. That absolutely this
is Kim.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I don't have any tea on Taylor Swift's wedding, but
I have to say earlier on the broadcast when justin
you said you showed Billy a picture of Taylor's feet
and he wasn't too pleased with the appearance. And then
you guys thought of me, Oh God.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
That made me smile, made my day.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Ugly feet, think of Kim will love it. But I
was thinking Jesus should reach out to Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
That's ugly feet.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Gals, maybe she could have a new album Life of
a Toho.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Oh yeah, it was Sidney Sweeney's. She posted a selfie
at the game.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I got no problems with Taylor's feet.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, what does Dave have to say? To Kim. You Kim,
it's gonna be a great Bob. So, yes, we'll all
be there. I'll be there. Everyone's going there, and Dave
will be there. I'm looking forward to her. It's gonna
be good.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, I'm telling you, I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I do too.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
The kid out of swampsk Massachusetts.
Speaker 7 (03:46):
And he started barstool in Milton, I know, and don't
forget rich to Marii and.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Those from the Real Housewives of Rhode Island. Will the pizza?
Will the Frank Pepes be served the room that they're in.
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Yeah, it's in studio beat, So that's where everyone will
pick up their book, the Day Book, and then get
some pizza, have some ninety plus sellers dance.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I am not leaving the pizza's side really all night, Okay,
because it's Frank Pepe.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, aren't they bringing some pizza in this morning? Yes?
They are. Oh yes they are. Nine to ten, they
will be here, So good.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Morning morning crew. It's pretty adjustin. Do you know that
today is the International Day of Play And I'm driving
to Boston because I've been hired by Lego. They're having
a really big event for their employees today and One
of the things they're going to do is get readings
from me. So I hope you guys have an awesome
day today, and I hope you play.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's a day of play. Wait what does she do?
She does readings. Oh she's like a psychic. Oh okay,
she's a psychic. So they're going to have an event
at the Lego lege right here at Assembly Rod.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I was just there. It's pretty cool. So she's going
to go and give readings. Day of play. So do something,
play something today. It's also a National Say Hi Day.
Oh it is? It is? So you say hi? Hello,
yeah Lisa? Yeah, Hi?
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Do how are you Hi?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Bill?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What about me? I work here too?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Hi?
Speaker 5 (05:16):
Yallo?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Hello? Hello Hi Lisa? Like an a low light you
you fucker?
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Incredible news news every time?
Speaker 6 (05:31):
For real?
Speaker 9 (05:32):
Did you see the news this morning?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Or sick headline? Refreshing news with Billy and Lisa.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
On Kids one to wait, oh only one minute late
this morning eight twenty one. We do it eight twenty
every morning, but around date twenty could be eight nineteen
or a twenty one like this morning happens when it happens. Yeah,
it's Bill. He makes us late all the time. You
know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
Shame on you, Bill all right.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
First headline here, it reads, former pilot arrested for allegedly
flying with a fake license. Wow, reiler fake. I may
have seen this story. I think it's real. Wow it
quick today? You may have I think I saw the story. Yeah,
you definitely did. A pilot for Air Canada was arrested
after being caught flying without a valid license. That's scary,
(06:16):
and apparently he'd been doing it for years billion Lisa
oh My. Air Canada says that although Jeffrey Wall did
not have the correct updated license, he was still competent
enough to fly. Okay, still a little weird.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Disinvestigation and the details surrounding it read like a movie script.
During that time, he captained over nine hundred domestic flights,
earning millions of dollars in salary for those captaining flights,
but also flew tens of thousands of passengers.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
At least we know what airline? Why not flow?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, Air Canada A little weird over there in Canada.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Well, Denzel flew a plane drunk. That's true in that movie. Yep,
great movie.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Now and then catch me if you can. That was
Leo DiCaprio. He didn't even have a license. He just
bought it. He bought a pilot.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, yeah, I drove a car without a license for
probably ten years. And that's a true story. Like that
the real guy that he played actually did that.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah yeah, And did your wife drive a car that
wasn't even hers for a year?
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Next story, ynh.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I love she used to okay, yeah, she'd take it
to the car wash.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
She thought it was her car and didn't he didn't.
Her mom was to her, Yeah, you know, that's like
not your car. It was in the driveway. She would
get a detail. She did it. Finally, my mother in
law is like, get that out of here, what are
you doing? But that was years ago. Our cars are
registered in shored and we both have licenses. And next
(07:48):
headline here garbage truck crew saved dog from trash can
and then adopts them. I love this story.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I may have changed.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
I'm going to go true on this too, because I
hope it's true. He's always going about the headlines. Lisa is.
Bill does this thing where he gets home at night
and he just watches TV for like six hours.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, all kinds of news programs, entertainment programs.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah, it's a sickness. Yeah, it's okay. He actually called me.
Hold on, that's a true story before I give you
the details on He called me last night to check
in and he's talking about the show today and he's like,
I get inside addition on right now they're covering the
tailor wedding. Hold on a second, and he just pauses
and I'm like listening. Finally they go, Bill, I gotta go.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
You doing I was trying to get any late updated
information about Taylor.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Hold on second, one second? Hold on yeah, and then
talking anyway. Yeah, this is a great story out of Milwaukee.
Some sanitation workers they rescued a starving dog that was
buried inside a garbage bind during their route. They rescued
the scared dog and scared dog and took them to
a shelter for care. They rescued him and then later
adopted him.
Speaker 12 (08:58):
First time put them on the garbage can pick him up.
We can tell he's getting stronger too. Iously, when he
came to us, he was pretty scrowny since he was starving.
I had peanu butter and jelly sandwiches, so I gave
him two of my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
He ate those.
Speaker 12 (09:11):
He didn't even chew, he just inhaled. He did poop
in the truck, which I thought was kind of funny.
And so a dog who can persist and can still
trust people, and he hasn't met a single person. He
doesn't want pets for him just made me kick And
that was kind of the one.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
You see the video of where he was living the dogs. Yeah, yeah,
there are monsters out there.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Yeah. When I hear Billy and Michelle talk about Titus,
you know, Titus's life before you adopted him, it's it's heartbreaking,
it's shocking.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
One hour to live. Yep, there was a clock ticking
on the cage.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I know, one hour to live. And that's why I
love you know. Michelle has that two dog Pals Instagram
page and she documents their lives Titus and Luna happened.
It's like, look at them now. Yeah, forever home, Forever home.
By the way, check it out on Instagram at two
dog Pals. That's t w O dog pal was spelling it,
not the number, It's right, two dog pounds got it
(10:02):
all right. Next headline here real or fake headline reads
high school changes its mascot to the Tacos, with plans
to hand out free shredded cheese at football games. Reiller fake.
It sounds like fun least, but it also sounds very him,
very fake. Yeah, I'm gonna go fake on this one.
(10:23):
I have to switch up my yeah, switch up my Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
The Tacos got you written all over it somehow.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
No, you know why I thought about it because one
of my favorite snacks when I was younger was taking
shredded cheese and putting it on a plate and then
microwaving it and eating it with a fork. Oh it's
like string cheese. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably why I was
three hundred pounds, but it was a little more than
three hundred. I was pushing three fitty, you know what
(10:52):
I mean. All right, last one here, let's finish strong railer.
Fake police are searching for a man who allegedly set
fire to a rack of bras outside of Walmart. Oh,
my goodness, the hell with the bronze. I'm gonna go real.
I'm gonna go real. You're going rail on this. Yeah, Well,
Billy is a big bra guy, and yes, four for
(11:15):
four we got it. Yeah, you guys nailed it. Today,
let's go to Washington State Police are looking for a
man that allegedly lit an entire rack of bras on
fire inside of a Walmart. There are photos of him,
and the coups believe he's a teenager between sixteen and
eighteen years old. Hell's he doing? He can't make this up?
(11:35):
Look at this? I mean Walmart is written.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
He's on fire?
Speaker 1 (11:41):
What's going down?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
They never said?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
What is gripe with the bra is? No, they're looking
for him. They got his picture.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Oh god, Eliza.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Now the entertainment update with a Billy constap on Kiss,
run away.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And absolute crazy night. Last night in Madison Square Garden,
historical game with the Knicks coming back from twenty nine
points down in the third quarter to win the game
with just about ten second two seconds on the clock.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Here's the call.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
It's over. The greatest comeback in the NBA playoff.
Speaker 12 (12:20):
History for the next pull off.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Lead at three games pull on, Yeah, the Knicks Jalen
Brunson on the court just seconds after the historic win.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
What the hell happened there? One word that captures that
all is just believe leave it in the process. Shipping
away one possess in that time. It wasn't gonna be
one play to get as that. It wasn't to be
one more momentum play. But it was just hitting singles,
getting on bass, getting on basis, just keep shipping away.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
On the Spurs and women Yama on the verge of
winning suddenly losing. How'd that goal explain it?
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Right now?
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I don't know. I think it's just I mean, execution, greediness,
some sort. We clearly want the most hungry in the
second hulf.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And if losing wasn't bad enough, leaving Madison Square Garden,
they were throwing eggs out.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Of it, I can't believe that. That's terrible. This is
a crazy place. Yeah, this is terrible. I saw the video.
It's pretty horrendous.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
When the players were coming out, they were throwing trash
at the God, you won.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Isn't that not that I was thinking they were chasing
down Spurs fans last game because they lost. Yeah, we
won this one. Yeah God. I've watched the replay of
this winning tip in Oh God, it's unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Time and time again watching it right now, twenty times
I've seen it. Because Brunson missed the shot. It was
a long three hit the front of the rim and
then it was tipped in like, wow.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
It's the Wu Tang buddy, they got the Wu Tang bump.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Well, they did the halftime and from then on it
was all Nicks.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Yeah telling you And during the performance the Wu Tang
I think it was method man said Nixon five predicted it. Whoa, yeah,
shout out to the wol Tangs for the children. We
teach the children. Yeah, let's face it, nothing more in
New York than Wu Tang. Nope. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
So yeah, historical night in Madison Square Garden. Yeah, a
lot of celebrities there. I mean a lot of celebrities.
Taylor Swift I got center stage. Yes, just the fact
that she was there and nobody saw that coming. Yep,
Sydney Sweeney and her feet were.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
Uh Scooter Brown seas behind Taylor.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
That must have been uncomfortable because they had a very
public war Taylor Swift and Scooter Brown over her music catalog.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Right. Yeah, he was way back.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Yeah. Timothy Shalome was there with Kylie Jenner. He's the
biggest Nicks fan there is. He was going nuts last night.
Come on, baby Nixon five, Baby Taylor Brnon my god, baby,
Oh G, my.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
God, oh G oh G buddy. He was outside Madison
Square Garden.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
He actually ripped the mic out of the entertainment Tonight
responded's hand and started yelling at everybody, and we are okay.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
G O G, it's O G.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Yeah. Hailey Bieber and Tate McCrae were there together. Are
their friends? Are they friends?
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Yea?
Speaker 6 (15:08):
There?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I actually really like that because obviously the Biebers and
the kid Larroy Tate McCrae were all friends, right, and
then kid Larroy and Tate broke up, but they've all
remained friends. The Biebers were at kid Larroy show last weekend,
and then Tate and Haley were together last night. I'm
not believable. Yeah, that's been a common thing in my life,
(15:30):
is like relationships break up and then friendships break up.
So it's good to see that they're all kind of
still friends.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah. Seinfeld was there, Ben Steeler, Chris Rock. Ben Steeler
was there with his wife and he's a huge How
big a fan is he of the Knicks?
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
My wife, Christine and I came home after the last
game and.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Burned the clothes we were wearing it. I'm not never
wearing that stupid final shirt that I was wearing that
was that was awful.
Speaker 13 (15:57):
And the jeans and she had some like braceless that
got thrown away.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Yeah it's just you.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
You you wipe it clean and you know these I've
been wearing for a while because I just I've had
good games of him too, But otherwise everything else you
start fresh.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah. Thanks, Then Stiller, it is Dave again Portnoy.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, Portnoy coming to Lisa's book Club.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
With Frank Pepe. Yesiza, Yeah, they're coming in. Well, Kevin
from Frank Pepe is coming in at nine to ten bringing
pizza butt. Oh yeah, so a lot of people are
checking in about that. We'll get to that at nineteen.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
What a perfect matchup for Alisa's book Club. You get
Dave Portnoy and Pepe's pizza, It's perfect.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
He's a girl, Sarah from Maine, and I was already
so excited to come to the Dave Portnoy event, but
now the fact that you guys are going to have
free pizza there. Literally this is a pregnant woman's dream.
So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Also
taking is for custom shirts that I should make for
(17:04):
me and baby. I was thinking maybe like your shirt
six sizes too small, fat though I don't know, let
me know.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
I like it, your shirt six sizes too small, fat tho,
I can't get it.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I got to tell you your book club has become
the book club by which all others should be measured.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
This is the one thing about the Lisa's book Club
sort of mantra, is that I just want everyone to
come out and have fun.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
That has been the basis of the book club from.
Speaker 7 (17:32):
Day one, whether you've read the book, haven't read the book,
want to read the book, read a page of the book. Like,
it's just getting people together who like have a common interest.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
So that's why it's been so fun.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
And that's why like Dave, having him is like, I
don't know next level.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
You talked to Jared Freed. We had him on earlier
this week about doing your book club. And when I
told him off the air, I go, He goes, I
haven't heard about this book club, And I go, well,
what now? He won't leave me alone? I know, and
you trying to figure it out. In August.
Speaker 7 (18:02):
You've got one tonight I do with Anne Patchett, who's
like a literary god and She's also doing the Nantucket
Book Festival with Jenna bush Hager this weekend, so she's
in town. Hummingbird Books will be there. Wendy, she's the bookseller.
We're a big night live. So yeah, we're talking about Whistler,
which is her new novel.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I called you a couple of weeks ago because I
couldn't believe it. I was looking at the lineup for
the Nantucket Book Festival and I called you.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I said, Lisa, it's all your authors.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
All of them, Bell, Burden and Patchet Ye, Jenna bush Hager, Yeah, unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Again, book Club by which all others should be measured. There,
I said it. Okay, Hey, don't forget. World Cup starts today.
We've been talking about it for weeks, We've been talking
about it for months. It starts today. The first match
is going to happen in Mexico City, South Africa takes
on Mexico and Shakira is going to do her anthem
(18:57):
for the opening ceremony. Today's going to do her song.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I died.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
That's one right here, got everything you need to and
a brand new anthem dropped you yesterday.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
How about this one?
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Megan thee Stallion, David Ghetta, and Andrea Bocelley.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Here's a Here we Go.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
I love that game time.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
I like that, Like every World Cup song is good.
I like them all.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Yeah, don't forget. We've got the Olivia Rodrigo album listening
party right here in the building at Kiss today. You
still have time if you want to send a talk back,
try to win your way in to the event later today.
When you hear an Olivia Rigo song, you send us
a talkback.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
That's how it works.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Meantime, Olivia Rodrigo will take over Kiss one to Weight
at nine o'clock tonight. She'll be giving relationship advice and
teasing songs from the album. You want to talk about exclusive? Okay,
nobody else has that?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Well, it's really cool. Is if you do not get
into the listening party, it's a small group, right, Let's
be honest here at the radio station. If you don't
get in, you've been trying. You could tune in at
nine o'clock on Kiss and hear the album.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
There You Go and Olivia on Kimmel last night. This
is her first album since turning twenty one years of age,
and she has a plan.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
I think sour I was seventeen when it came out.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Guts, I was twenty and now I'm twenty three, so
I'm gonna get really drunk.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Oh okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Now I'm of age. I can I properly do it?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I see, yeah, I see our buddy Nile Horn coming
to Boston with his tour next year April twelfth. He'll
be in the TV Garden and he was on Folin
last night. He says he actually schedules his tour around
the game of golf.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Wherever you go to the spots you go, you played
the local courses that are.
Speaker 11 (20:53):
Yeah, well I'll try and like I'll get the dates
from my agent and I like see where the day's
off are, and what cities are on the way past
where the next show is to the next show, and
like see what Boocketless golf course I would like to play.
So it's basically Nil's golf tour with some music added up.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
I know.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Didn't you play with Noah Khan recently? Yes?
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Yeah, he's got to play with Riley Dunovan if he
wants himself a.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Match, absolutely just say it. Oh what I just looked
at his handicap it's not good. He doesn't belong. No,
he hasn't. He has a good handicap. But then I
looked at my son Riley's.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Oh it just happens to be a different league. Yeah, shame, shame.
Harry Styles and Zoey Kravit's just got matching tattoos.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Let it rip, that's what the tattoo is. Let it rip? Really, yeah,
let it rip?
Speaker 7 (21:51):
That's really let it rip?
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, Like what a fart?
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Possibly maybe they're into that art each.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Other, Like could be a fetish.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Yeah, that doesn't seem very Zoe Kravitz.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
No, maybe they're very gassy.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
First trailer for the Social Network sequel, The Social Reckoning,
is out. We've got a clip.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
This company and that guy.
Speaker 14 (22:20):
They're playing unprecedented role in our lives.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
The fire hose of bad information. You weren't checking into
the air supply. He's becoming chet power.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
I'm a free speech absolutist.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I'm not the one who's lying, and I'm not stopping
them from seeing.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Someone who is a Yeah, don't forget our buddy.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
Ben Mezerik wrote the book that became the Social Network movie,
and he's the one that told us that there was
a sequel on the way he did it with us
right here. I hope Jesse will be back.
Speaker 15 (22:45):
I can't imagine it with a different Mark Zuckerberg. So
you know it'll be the same characters really the way
we drew them.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
So it's pretty cool.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
And Benn told me at the book club last week
that for Checkmate that he was like a supervising producer
on project Ah.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, really yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Well he wanted Jesse Eisenberg back. He doesn't get Jesse Eisenberg.
Jeremy Strom is going to play the zucker Berg so good.
Speaker 7 (23:13):
So he's so intense. Yeah, as an actor, I think
that's a good choice.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Yeah.
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Speaker 1 (23:33):
And there you go.
Speaker 7 (23:34):
From the Planet Fitness Kiss one of eight studios.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
We're back with Villy and Lisa in the morning.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I'm gonna be honest with you, Lisa, there are so
many reasons why we love this job and why we
love what we do every morning.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Right, very true.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
But when suddenly you get a surprised delivery of Frank
Pepe's pizza in the studio, now you're having a good
day and it's hot.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
I mean this is piping hot.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
I don't know how they pulled off the hot.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
But it's hot.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
It's delicious. We've got Kevin here, and Kevin, good to
see you. Thanks for coming in, by.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
The way, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Thank yo in charge of operations for all things Frank Pepees.
Speaker 15 (24:12):
Yes, I worked directly for the Frank Peppe family with
third generation owned, all family owned and operated.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
So you know your way around of slice pizza. I've
worked for some pizzas.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
And they've got people that were excited when they heard
you were coming in check this out.
Speaker 13 (24:26):
So I absolutely love Frank Pepe's pizza. I actually had
it for the first time last year out of New
Haven when we drove down there.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
To take the train to New York.
Speaker 13 (24:37):
And I have literally ardre you at it. So I
know there's some locations like near Boston, but I'm in
the Soul Shore where I know Billy's Okay, bye, have your.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Day, yeah and leave it to our talkbackers and our
listeners on the Billy and Lisa Morning Show. Right leave
it to them to create Frank Pepe's controversy.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Check this out.
Speaker 16 (24:58):
I moved from Connecticut here in Massachusetts about eight years ago,
and every time I hear somebody say pepees or Frank pepees,
I just want to scream. In Connecticut, we pronounce it peppies,
just peppies. Sometimes peppies beats, but it's just peppies. Thank
(25:21):
you so much. Ask him what does he think?
Speaker 17 (25:24):
You know?
Speaker 1 (25:24):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I think we will, Kevin, Frank peppies, it's peppies.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Yeah, pepees.
Speaker 15 (25:31):
Pepez would be like the European version of yes, just
keep coming in, enjoying the pizza. Say it anyway you'd.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Like, Yeah, you don't care what they want to call it.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
It's not pepees, it's pepees. Oh pepe peppies, No peppies, peppies,
peppy peppie. Oh so Bill, you got it wrong when
you went there in the pizza kitchen and Frank Pez
at the Burlington.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Mal Yeah, where do you find that stuff?
Speaker 5 (25:58):
Man?
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Well, Kevin, I actually met you.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
I brought the TV cameras from a dining playboard kit
into the Burlington location when you guys opened, We had
a lot of fun that day. Well, how can you
not have fun around Peppi's pizza. It's Peppies, Frank Peppie
got God leave it to the talk packers. You know,
we were having fun here. Y on you, Bill, But
I gotta tell you years ago when there was only
(26:25):
Frank Peppies in New Haven, Connecticut. We brought the cameras
there years ago, and that was a previous, previous TV
show and everybody was anxiously anticipating an arrival of Frank
Peppee's here, and you finally.
Speaker 15 (26:38):
Gained twenty fifteen, that's when we opened the Chestnut Hill location.
But we just celebrated one hundred years nineteen twenty five.
It started on Worcester Street and New Haven.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
So what's your secret?
Speaker 15 (26:49):
It's the freshness of the ingredients. Everything's made in house
in the back, dough made every day, sliced whole milk, mozzarella, tomatoes,
period in the back. Peccorino romano brought in from Italy
and grated on site.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Will you send planes to Italy just to pick up
the Yeah, comes in on a boat, you see.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
That's why it is what it is.
Speaker 15 (27:15):
Yeah, a lot of Italian ingredients, our own our own
tomatoes are grown in Italy and shipped over and like
I say, we pureeum in the back. We don't add
a lot of spices or anything to them. It's just
that flavor of the authentic ingredient, you know what I mean.
It's not super spiced out. And then it has to
be kissed with that coal fire oven that brings out
(27:39):
all those magical flavors.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Boy, you really do know your way around a slice
of pizza.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
You guys, go visit the tomatoes in Italy. Yes we do.
We actually have question is can she come?
Speaker 15 (27:53):
That's where one of our family members is now Francis Rozselli,
the six grandchildren. It's third generation owned and they take
the trip over there to check on their crops and
their tomatoes.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (28:05):
It's an amazing family that I am privileged to work for.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
And it must be how many years have you worked
with the company?
Speaker 15 (28:12):
Eleven years? I started when they opened up that Chestnut
Hill location.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Now, what is Frank Peppi's story?
Speaker 15 (28:19):
He came over an Italian immigrant. There's a massive amount
of Italian immigrants that came into that New Haven area.
He was a bread baker in New Haven on Worcester Street,
and he started out a bread baker and then he
decided to introduce something from his you know region, from
his hometown in Italy, Maori, and he started putting those
(28:42):
fresh crushed tomatoes on there with that Peccorino romano, which
is that Italian salt, and he cooked it in a
cold fire oven. And the New Haven he is the
og of New Haven that started it, and now it's
become a pizza mecca.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
But I remember when I first started hearing about, like
anytime you drove to New York or you're anywhere near Connecticut,
people would say, oh, you got to stop by Peppies Pizza.
You gotta go to Peppies. How did that notoriety happen?
I mean, there's pizza everywhere.
Speaker 15 (29:12):
We're at the crossroads in ninety five and ninety one,
and back in the day they before there was even
a bunch of food shows that there are. Now they
got this national story on their white clam pizza. Okay,
So Frank was shocking clams in his in his restaurant there,
and he decided to put the clams with a little garlic,
(29:35):
touch of oregano, that Italian salt Pecorino finished with an
olive oil dred percent olive oil. Kiss it in that
coal fire oven. So they did a national story back
in the sixties on this unique pizza, the white Clam Pizza.
And because we were at the crossroads in ninety one
and ninety five there heavily traveled from New York to Boston.
(29:57):
We started to become a stop and it just it
just grew, one pizza at a time. It's amazing story.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
If you if you just tuned in, we're talking to Frank,
who's head of operations for things, Frank Pepe.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Yeah. And we're not talking to Frank.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
No, No, I said, we're talking to Kevin.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Did I say Frank, because yeah, I'm talking about it.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Did Frank really stick his head in and kiss the pizza? No, No,
that's fun.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Frank is here in spirit right now.
Speaker 15 (30:24):
I play Frank for a living.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
He does sound like a Frank. What's the deal with
you guys in Dave Portnoy.
Speaker 15 (30:31):
Well, Dave, as you know, in the last ten or
fifteen years, has been a big player in the pizza
review business. And we've we've had a good relationship with
him over the years.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
He gave me the highest yea, he loves your pizza. Yeah.
Speaker 15 (30:45):
In twenty fifteen, I was there the second day we
opened the Chestnut Hill location, and you're going back eleven years.
So Dave didn't have the like you know, people knew
who he was. Definitely a Boston guy, had his thing going,
but it wasn't like, boom, that's Dave Portnoy. If he
walked into a room today and the reviews were just getting,
(31:06):
you know, really starting to get traction. Back then he
hit us with a nine point four.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I think we've got the review from him right here.
Everybody knows the rules one bite score, So do a pizza.
Speaker 8 (31:17):
It's a nine point four strong strong I'll tell you right,
a Padillac pizza.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Now, what were you guys thinking, because you knew of
Dave Portnoy and you knew about the pizza testing, But
what were you thinking when he took the pizza and
decided to take a bite and judge it.
Speaker 15 (31:37):
He just had a huge Boston following it at the time,
and I was aware of it. So we were like,
that's good for us, okay, But the next six months
we couldn't we didn't have an empty seat in the plage.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And ye had. That's kind of influence.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
And he's done a lot for small businesses.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
And now the Billy and Lisa Show is bringing Frank
Pepe's Pizza and Dave Portnoy back together.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
This is like a reunion at your book club, right.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
Yes, exactly, a big night live July first, so you
guys will both be on hand and I can't wait
for you guys to be chatting over pizza.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Wow. Is there any way to get into it?
Speaker 8 (32:18):
By not?
Speaker 1 (32:19):
It's like locked up.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Right, There might be a few tickets available, so just
go to my Instagram, Lisadaaman want to wait and the
link is there, But you can't miss this. And plus
his book is coming out literally the day before.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
And you got pizza from Frank Pepe and you've got
pizza how many locations before.
Speaker 15 (32:36):
Like seventeen Ria in Massachusetts, Burlington, Watatown and Chestnut Hill,
and don't forget Warwick, Rhode Island.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
And you're sitting here as a proud dad because you're
so what's his first name again, Brian?
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Brian.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I met him outside the studio and he's graduating, he's
working with the company, but he's onto Alabama, Bama big stuff.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
That's fun. Yep, he's going to study sports media. Yes
he is.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Good for you, buddy, you got the right place. It's amazing,
great to see you. Can I have my pizza now?
Is that okay?
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Yeah? Long as as long as you say it right, Bill.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
You're having pizza from Frank Peppy's. It is not French,
it's Italian. So it's Frank Peppi's pizza.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Enjoy it, kids, run away. It's the morning wrap up
on Billy and Lisa in the Morning. All right. I
think we covered the Taylor Swift wedding. Oh god, nauseum
every definitely if you want to hear that. That was
our topic time today. A lot of talk back, a
lot of calls about it, a lot of speculation on
where she's getting married and when to so check that
(33:40):
out on the PA.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
We make a vow right now in the Billy and
Lisa Morning Show. Whatever happens happens, yes, okay, but we're
done with the speculation.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
We do have the bet though, that we made in
the house, So Billy is betting that nothing wedding related
with Taylor will happen at Madison Square. Garden. Lisa says,
both Rhode Island and Madison Square some aspect in some aspect,
and I'm just saying Rhode Island, that's something's gonna happen
in it.
Speaker 7 (34:08):
I hate my bet because Matt the Madison Square Garden
thing is so not her.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
So it's like whatever.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Ill, Yeah, there are no rules here.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Yeah, it's fine. I'll just stick with it. Makes it
makes it interesting. Well, if Bill loses, he has to
pay us. If Bill wins, we don't have to pay him.
You know what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
I'm going to turn the producer Riley, Now, can you
click your mic on?
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Because you're the super Swifties? So yes, what do you
think is happening? Honestly? And I know this could backfire
on me completely.
Speaker 4 (34:39):
I think I agree with Billy and I don't think
there's going to be anything at MSG.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
You agree with the mush I.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
Know, I know, but he's not giving any other details
though about where he thinks the wedding is.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That's the thing you just said, No.
Speaker 7 (34:52):
Madison Square garden, yeah, right, which isn't much of a
I agree.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
With the the Rhode Island stuff, but I to agree
that nothing could happen.
Speaker 7 (35:01):
Okay, So if that's the case, where did this come from,
this rumor, this hot rumor, this hot rumor that TMZ
literally will not get rid of.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
No, no, no, they were first they said sources are
saying but now they don't say that anymore. They just
say TMZ has learned. So what does that mean? No
one knows. We don't see what happens. But Riley, I
got you written down here.
Speaker 9 (35:19):
Okay, could have some money maybe coming your way with
the Bush, We'll see you said Bush Bush, Bill and
I have gone semi viral.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
We don't want to brag. Billy and Lisa in the
morning on the on Instagram, we did the what is
it the bush challenge?
Speaker 4 (35:39):
I feel like, yeah, that's like I shave you shaped
your push challenge.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
It's really funny, so go check it out. It's as
blowing up as they say. Tonight, Lisa, you have a
book club looking forward to that Good Morning Morning show.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
This is Michelle from the Cell Shore just.
Speaker 17 (35:54):
Commenting on the Lisa's book club talk. It truly is
a place where everyone just enjoys everything about it.
Speaker 15 (36:03):
It's such a great event.
Speaker 5 (36:04):
Lisa.
Speaker 17 (36:05):
Always, I have been an event planner for fifteen to
twenty years and it flows so perfectly whether you read
the book or not. But you should read the book,
just saying, thank Lisa, it's true.
Speaker 7 (36:18):
Yeah, pick up the book tonight. We'll have Hummingbird books.
They're selling books if you didn't purchase a ticket. But yeah,
it's just like a fun party atmosphere and we get
to meet the author and get the to ask them,
you know, really fun questions, and it's.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
Almost become spiritual.
Speaker 7 (36:36):
It's just like a great place to just hang out
with your friends, bring people, meet people.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
Spiritual.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
Yeah, you feel like it's a coming together.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Okay, well it is, yeah, okay, it is kind of spiritual. Yeah,
you know, but we do have some first time it's coming.
Speaker 14 (36:49):
First time book club coming tonight with my mom. I'm
just wondering any recommendations where to eat. I know there's
a bunch of stuff right by Big Night.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
And also.
Speaker 14 (37:00):
What time does it actually start. I know doors opened
up five thirty. Thanks.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
Six o'clock is from six to eight, So from six
to like six forty five, we have like a little
cocktail reception and you pick up your book, like hang out,
talk to people, and then right at six forty five
ish we go into the main hall and then we
do our Q and A which will be streamed live
on Facebook the Kiss Facebook page starting right around seven o'clock,
and then we go into like seven forty five ish.
(37:27):
The event's over technically at eight o'clock. But like restaurants
in the area, like we usually go to Banners, we
go to alco.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Alcove right at you Love Joey Barff, which is like
two buildings away from the garden.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
It's great there you go perfect. And also before we
go it is National Say Hi Day. Remember that? Oh
so say hi to somebody? Why today? Make sure you
do that. Hello morning crew.
Speaker 6 (37:47):
I just want to say hi to producer Riley on
this National high Day.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
We don't want to leave her out. No, definitely not Hi,
Producer Rise, I say hi today.
Speaker 5 (37:57):
Good morning guys, Queen Quay. So here I heard it's
National Highday.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
So hi.
Speaker 5 (38:04):
But it's weird because on my calendar it says National
Corn on the Cob Day. So I think you guys
should run out, grab a couple of years, slap on
a couple of PABs of butter and slob on the cob.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
Boy. I love corn. On the cob? Do you scrape
or bite? I like to scrape it off the cob.
Do you slab on the cob a little butter? Okay,
nobody gets hurts. The Big Friday Show tomorrow, come morning,
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