9-4-26 Bill Cunningham Show

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hi, Billy Cunningham to Great America. Welcome to Friday afternoon.
The Tri-State Reds baseball kicks off about 540 tonight. I
keep saying this about every two weeks, but the next
13 games should tell it all. Got three at home
starting tonight with the Brew Crew. Then go out to L.A.
for three. Then to Milwaukee for three. Then back at
home with the Dodgers for four. And so these 13

(00:29):
games should say it all. Seven against the Dodgers, six
against Milwaukee. And if they can win those 13 games,
they're back in it. If they lose one or two games,
not so sure. But hope springs eternal. But joining you
and I now this Friday afternoon, getting ready for Labor
Day weekend, et cetera, and the fireworks you check, Jack Windsor,

(00:49):
the great proprietor and CEO of the OhioPressNetwork.com. And Jack,
can I make an opening statement?

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Please do, sir.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
We do not consider ourselves part of Ohio. You may know...
that about the eight or nine counties around Cincinnati are
kind of our own little fiefdom, along with three counties
in Indiana and about eight counties in Kentucky. So the Boone, Kenton,
and Campbell types think they're not part of Frankfort or
Lexington or Louisville. They're part of Cincinnati. And those of
us who live here know that we're not part of Columbus.

(01:21):
In fact, we don't like Columbus. We like nothing about
Columbus because Ohio State football is... urinates us off the
basketball team wouldn't play uc in fact uc beat him
twice for the national title and so when i talk
to you in columbus i hear things i've never heard
before because we don't cover anything in columbus we don't
care about columbus in fact we don't like columbus we

(01:41):
want no part of columbus and boone kenton and campbell
want no part of lexington louisville or frankfurt we're in
the republic of cincinnati do you know what i'm saying or.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Not Willie, I'll leave it at this. I can go
on a cruise in the Caribbean and walk out of
my room and yell O-H and somebody will yell I-O.
If I go to Cincinnati and yell O-H, somebody yells N-O. So, yes,
I know exactly what.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
You're talking about.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
We don't care about Columbus. It's a bad place.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
It's flat.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
And a bunch of politicians are there. They're crooked. So
let me ask you this. I have your headline of
a couple of days ago.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
Quote.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Beckley, I assume Beckley is some little berg, irrelevant berg
in Columbus. Beckley records obtained by the Ohio Press Network,
that's you, confirm Acton's daughter placed 2019 911 call, quote,
mom has been drinking and throwing things and breaking glass,
quote unquote. This is like news to us. We have

(02:39):
no idea what you're talking about with Amy Acton. Can
you tell those in the Republic of Cincinnati why? What
in the hell is going on with Amy Acton and
your coverage of her drinking, her drugs, and also domestic violence?
Give us a full report.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yes, let's do that. And we'll talk about the debate
maybe after that. So this goes back to a 2019
incident where Bexley police were called to her home. And
there are two significant issues with this. Number one, it
happened and it what you just read is from the report.
Her adult daughter called and said, mom has been drinking,

(03:17):
throwing things and breaking glass. And then the dispatcher made
a note on the 911 call log indicating that the
daughter left and went to her dad's. Now, Governor Mike
DeWine this year admitted that he didn't know that happened
and expressed disappointment that Amy Acton, who was the acting
Department of Health director back then, didn't report this to him.

(03:39):
So this was an issue and it's something that the
Vivek Ramaswamy campaign brought forward. because Amy Acton in 1994
answered some questions on a medical school application involving drugs, alcohol,
and mental health counseling, or mental health treatment, rather. And
so they brought this forward and said, okay, does she

(04:00):
have a drinking problem? Does she have a drug problem?
And so that became an issue. What's really interesting to me, Willie,
we can talk about many avenues out of this story,
but one that's interesting to me is that her lieutenant
governor running mate, David Pepper, back in April of this year,
talked to News 5 out of Cleveland. And he was asked,
why do you think that or who do you think

(04:21):
called the police to Amy Acton's home? And he said, essentially,
I'm not this isn't verbatim. Well, I think somebody was
concerned for Amy.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
So they called.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
OK, here's the weird part. That interviewer showed footage of
David Pepper sitting with Amy Acton and said Amy Acton
didn't do the interview. Okay, so she's there with David Pepper,
and the 911 call log has been on the books
since 2019. So why is David Pepper telling people that
the police were called because somebody had concern for Amy

(04:50):
Acton when the reality is the person who called was
a daughter who didn't have enough concern? She left the house.
And who said, mom's been drinking, throwing things and breaking glass.
No state house reporter other than yours truly has asked
David Pepper that. He won't answer me. And the people
he will answer won't ask him that question.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
And this is a 60-year-old woman, Dr. Amy Fauci. I'm sorry, Dr.
Amy Acton is running for governor. She's 60 years old.
So these events took place when she was 53. We
all have moments in college like Tony Bender when you
act up, moon out of the fraternity window, do all
kinds of weird stuff. But by the time you're 55
or 60 years old. You should get it together. You

(05:28):
should have your life together. And this wasn't the first
time that Dr. Amy Fauci had this problem. Your story
indicates the August 2019 response was not the first time
Beckley police were called to Acton's home by a member
of her family. Explain that one.

Speaker 6 (05:44):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
So we got a tip that in 2013, the police
were called to her house. As we got that, I
did a records request, and I was able to procure
those documents back. And there were some inaccurate statements about
that incident that were made before I had the documents
in my hand and we wrote about them. What I

(06:05):
know from 2013 is really simple. And I don't want
to mention names, but there was a minor child and
that minor child called the police department. And after the
police got there, what they put in the report essentially
was that the minor was intoxicated. The minor was concerned
that mom and dad were going to be really upset

(06:26):
and start fighting. So the minor called police. That's why
police went out. And originally it was positioned as Amy
Acton was the one who was intoxicated. And that's why
the police came. But that is not accurate. So that's
what I know from the 2013 incident.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
And the minor was Acton's teenage daughter. hit 9-1-1, quote,
we're going to get into some type of altercation. Both
parents said they were fine. No altercation occurred. But you
have found separate public records with the city of Beckley
on the 2013 incident. And so Governor Mike DeWine. had Dr.

(07:03):
Amy Acton as the face and the voice of COVID-19
in Ohio. And you're saying that, I haven't asked Governor
DeWine this question, did he know about the criminal history
of Dr. Amy Acton when he appointed her to be
the face of COVID-19?

Speaker 1 (07:20):
I have to be careful, and I'll let you say
that word. I can't say that word, but I don't know.
What I do know is that she sailed through the
state senate unanimously, and I remember back in 2020 talking
to state senators. after she had really implemented these draconian
COVID measures. And they said, if we had known who

(07:43):
she was and what she was, we just kind of
went on the merit and trust in Governor Mike DeWine.
I don't know what Governor Mike DeWine knew about Amy Acton,
but if you do get him back on the show,
the thing that I would be interested in you asking
him is this, Willie. He says that the buck stops
with him, but that's not what the Ohio Revised Code
said back then. Only Amy Acton could issue orders and

(08:06):
sign orders. And she said so back in 2025 on
NBC4 here in Columbus. She said, I was the only
one authorized to sign orders. In fact, there were rumors
that I left that position because I was getting harassed
and people were showing up at my house. But the
reason I left that position was because I didn't want
to sign an order to open the county fairs. Those
were her words, not verbatim, but that was the essence
of what she said. So I'm curious why Governor Mike

(08:27):
DeWine is doing a dog and pony show for Amy
Acton when his words are really easily refutable by the
Ohio Revised Code.

Speaker 2 (08:35):
Well, Damian, by law, DeWine could not have issued orders.
Only Dr. Amy Fauci could have issued them, and she did.
And secondly, it played a convenient political ploy for Governor DeWine.
If things went right, he could take credit. If things
went wrong, well, Amy did that. That wasn't me at all.
And so now he's got fingers pointing in both directions.

Speaker 3 (08:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:58):
And by the way, maybe we'll use this as a segue.
What a great opportunity it would be right now in
2026 in September as we sit, what, 61 or 60
days away from the general election for Amy Acton to
accept the invitation from WLWT right there in Cincinnati and
CNN and join the vague Ramaswamy in debating and to really–

(09:21):
Look at him in the eye and say, no, this
is not true.

Speaker 4 (09:24):
Yes, this is true.

Speaker 1 (09:26):
And then say all the things that her campaign says
about him, right, that he's a billionaire, that he's a
con man, that he performed a pump and dump with
one of his drug companies, so on and so forth.
It would be a great opportunity for those two to
have that conversation. And then once that's out of the way,
maybe they could get into some really good policy discussion

(09:46):
about where they want to take the state. But the
big story this week, Willie, is that Amy Acton will
not debate. And here's what's even more interesting. She didn't
even say so. She republished a statement from her campaign,
and it wasn't because the schedule didn't work. It wasn't
because she didn't like the station or the format. All
she could point to is that Vivek Ramaswamy is, quote,

(10:07):
a con man, and he's only interested in helping his
billionaire buddies, and she does not want to platform him.
I don't think that plays well with independent voters.

Speaker 4 (10:16):
We will see.

Speaker 1 (10:17):
It's probably not going to change anyone's mind who is
already going to vote for her. But I know there
are a lot of Ohioans who are sorely disappointed that
Amy Acton will not debate Vivek Ramaswamy.

Speaker 2 (10:25):
Well, on that front, her commercials look like she's loopy.
More than one woman, lady, has told me she looks
like she's on something right now because she looks loopy
in her commercials. I see that a little bit. But
another issue is you're in the media. I'm in the media.
And Max Miller has caught living hell for his allegations

(10:46):
against him by his, I guess, ex-girlfriend, who's the daughter
of Bernie Marino. And he's been put through hell because
of allegations of domestic violence or domestic disturbances. Why isn't
the history of Dr. Amy Acton front and center, much
like Max Miller?

Speaker 1 (11:05):
That is a great question. And the short answer is
there is nuance when it helps you. And there's blunt
force trauma when it hurts your opponent. And that's really
the long and short of it. And I always remind
people due process will play out. And it's really difficult, though,

(11:25):
in the middle of a heated and contested general election
in the case of Max Miller, because due process will
play out. But of course, his political opponents are going
to use this to try to beat him over the
head and make him look like an abuser and a
really bad guy. But the reality is, if you dive
into everybody's background, everybody has something. And one of the

(11:47):
things I think I'm starting to get from Ohioans as
they respond to our stories and my on air coverage is,
you know, we're kind of done with the guilting and
shaming and blaming and trying to smear. We really are
wanting to see where people are going to go policy wise.
But I'll tell your listeners this. They may want to
watch my ex account today at Jack Windsor, because to

(12:09):
your point, as you dive into Amy Acton's background, not
everything adds up. And so we're looking into her medical licensures,
her claims that she was a pediatrician. And of course,
we already know that her biological mother has contested her claims,
Amy's claims that she was homeless and living in a tent.
And so, you know, The spotlight's going to shine on

(12:30):
Amy Acton over the next couple of days, and we'll
see what comes out of it.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
Well, her first commercial said she was living in a tent.
She was in a tent on Route 9, and her
mother said, that didn't happen. And so did she live
in a tent? Is she a doctor? I mean, does
she have any patients?

Speaker 3 (12:54):
So, yes.

Speaker 4 (12:55):
I live in a tent.

Speaker 6 (12:57):
I live in a tent.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
So there are people who are from the Mahoning Valley
who have said to me, if Amy Acton lived in
a tent, when she says she lived in a tent,
I don't think that she could have lived in a tent.
It gets cold. It's not going to happen. Her mother
says it didn't happen. And I don't know how you
prove that.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
Right.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
And look, people have narratives about their lives and in
and they love.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
To tell stories.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
And in every story has a villain. Every story has
a victim. And Amy Acton has herself as the victim
and her circumstances and estranged family members as the villains.
Is that true?

Speaker 3 (13:34):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
Her mother says it's not true. But there are a
lot of things.

Speaker 2 (13:40):
When your mother says, hey, that's not true. I'm mom,
and mom's telling you that's not true. Maybe I believe
Amy Acton's mother more than her living in a tent.

Speaker 4 (13:51):
Come on, man.

Speaker 3 (13:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (13:53):
And the other interesting part is, you know, she talks
about having a medical license and doing a residency. Outside
of her internship, I don't know that I've been able
to pinpoint that she was a practicing physician. She's told
outlets that. Outlets have reported that. I'm not seeing that yet. So,
you know, again, why not get on the debate stage

(14:13):
and answer all of these questions and eliminate any doubt,
particularly if you're going to lead a state of 11.7
million people?

Speaker 2 (14:21):
Well, it's interesting because without a debate, she hopes to
skate through this thing. I think her advisors are telling her, look,
it's tied in the polls right now. And so why
mess things up by telling the truth? Because now people
believe you lived in a tent. And people now believe
that you're a pediatrician. And people now believe that you're
working hard on behalf of average Ohioans and their paycheck.

(14:44):
If the truth comes out, that may not help the campaign.
And so maybe she's being told, just maintain the status
quo and keep the Ohioans ignorant about your background. And
can you imagine her controlling a state of 150,000 employees,
a budget of $ 50 billion? Imagine her controlling a state
and she making all these thousands of appointments when she

(15:04):
looks loopy. Is she still on drugs, by the way?
Because let's face it, Jack, I have members of my
family that have alcohol difficulties. And I have members of
my family that have prescriptive drug problems and a little
bit of violent at times. And so I'm not putting
her down. I want Amy Acton at some point. to
regain sobriety and to have a good life and be functional.

(15:26):
And so I don't want to put her down because
of all of her mental difficulties and her alcoholism and
her drug use. I don't want to do that. I
want her to live a good, productive life. You know
what I'm saying? Not as the governor, but you got
to get yourself together at some point. She's 60 years
old after all.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, two things here real quick. Number one, listen, you
and I probably share a common faith. And, you know,
our founding document, if you will, the Bible says we
all fall short.

Speaker 4 (15:52):
We all have a mess.

Speaker 1 (15:54):
And so you know what? If we own it, if
we repent in our hearts truly, our mess can become
our message. And that can be hope that we share
that other people get to see. And so when I
see circumstances like this, I go, okay, Amy, if you
had a problem and you had a mess, Absolutely. And
make it your message. But where it gets tricky is
when you don't own your mess and you say, that

(16:14):
wasn't my mess. And then people show up and go, well,
I've got proof it was your mess. And now not
only are you not owning it, now you're losing the
opportunity to turn your mess into a positive message. And
and hamstringing your campaign. And listen, Americans especially, we love
comeback stories. We're hardwired to love the underdog and the
person who got their fecal matter together and finally did

(16:36):
something productive. And so I don't take anything away from
Amy Atkins, but Ohioans want to know what they're getting into.
And then finally, I'll say this. Amy Acton is not
going to run the state.

Speaker 3 (16:46):
If she's governor.

Speaker 1 (16:47):
Let's not fool anybody or try to fool anybody. David
Pepper is a Democrat operative. The Ohio Signal news outlet,
that's what they call him. He's a Democrat operative from Cincinnati.
That's the guy who's going to build the administrative state.
That's the guy who's going to run the operation behind
the scenes. And Amy Acton will be the puppet that
David Pepper. and the D.C. Beltway Mark Elias's of the

(17:09):
world pull the strings on. So you have Amy Acton.
She is your window dressing. You have you have David
Pepper and the Democrat deep state that will be running
the state of Ohio if she wins.

Speaker 2 (17:20):
Well, I mean, if you're in a tent using drugs,
you have to overcome that. And I wish Amy Acton
sobriety and I wish her good luck. I've known David
Pepper for a long time. He's a Democratic politico. He
would run the state and Amy Acton would be the
face and hopefully she'll uh, get off drugs and quit
using alcohol and quit being violent in her home. And
hopefully she'll get her life together. And if not, David

(17:42):
Pepper will be the governor ex officio. And, uh, all right,
we got to run. I have many more questions. Haven't
gotten to him yet, but at some point I will. And, uh,
once again, uh, Jack, thanks for Jack Windsor. Thanks for
coming on the bill Cunningham show. And Jack, you're a
great American. Thank you very much.

Speaker 4 (17:57):
Thank you, Willie.

Speaker 3 (17:58):
Have a blessed weekend.

Speaker 2 (17:59):
God bless you. Uh, labor day weekend. And let's face it.
We all have fallen short of grace and, uh, maybe
Amy Acton will, uh, Get her bovine scatology together. Let's
continue with more news coming up at your home of
the Reds playing tonight. The next 13 games will define
the season. On NewsRadio 700, WLW. Hi, Billy Cunningham, the

(18:19):
Great American. Of course, the WEBN Western Southern Fireworks is
coming up in a couple days on Sunday. Activities start
early afternoon and go all night long. And according to Rossi's,
this is going to be the greatest fireworks display ever.
Joining you and I now is the CEO of Western
and Southern. That is John Barrett. John Barrett, welcome again
to the Bill Cunningham Show. Before we get into the

(18:40):
essence of what's going to happen on Sunday, do you
recall how this all began with your involvement?

Speaker 3 (18:45):
I do.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
What happened? Let me give a little bit, and then
we'll get into why you did it. But we had
Toyota for like decades, and then we had Cincinnati Bell
that was bought out, and we had to get a
corporate sponsor quickly. And a guy named Chuck Frederick and
me came to your office and said, we got a problem.
You said, what's the problem? So, well, we don't have
a main sponsor, and without a main sponsor, we're not
going to have the fireworks. And you said, you looked

(19:08):
at me and said, we can't have that.

Speaker 4 (19:09):
That's right.

Speaker 2 (19:11):
We're going to take care of it. You brought Chuck in.

Speaker 3 (19:13):
You brought Chuck in because I didn't know him.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah, you didn't know Chuck Frederick, but he was our
manager at the time. And I thought, well, and we
got a whole, you know, we had a little powwow
before we came to see you. And Chuck says to me,
do you think John's going to do this? And I said,
I can't predict it, but the guy... He's like Carl
Linder Jr. when it comes to Cincinnati. And I think,

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but I'm not sure. Let's present it, but we need
a yes or a no. And I said, well, Barrett
will give it. He won't go to a committee. We
can't get an answer in 30 days. John Barrett will
say yay or nay, and you said yay. Why did
you say yay? yes? This is going back about 10
to 15 years.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
I knew the committee would want to do it.

Speaker 2 (19:54):
You thought your committee would. Well, are you sure about that?
We're going to have a fireworks. We're going to cost
a bunch of dough. We're going to do a fireworks.
Are you sure?

Speaker 7 (20:02):
I said to the committee, please give me the permission
to do this. And they all said, we think it's
the right thing to do.

Speaker 2 (20:11):
But why did you say yes? What was the foundational factor?

Speaker 7 (20:15):
Okay, this is a tradition in this part of the world,
and it's a wonderful tradition.

Speaker 6 (20:22):
Everybody gets together.

Speaker 7 (20:23):
It's always been peaceful. People are grilling out at home
if they got any kind of a view at all
or near a park with a view. It's a great
family night. And it's always been a big deal, and
hopefully it always will be. And I thought, we can't
afford to lose that. We did the same thing, as
you know, 22 years earlier with the tennis. Paul Flory

(20:47):
came to us in 2001, six weeks after our civil disturbances,
and said, I've lost my sponsorship. I'm either going to
be going to Chicago, Charlotte, or Houston. And I said, Paul,
you just sit tight. It was a Friday afternoon. We
have a committee luncheon on Monday. I'll call you after

(21:08):
our committee makes a decision on Monday. So, Cecil, Willie,
you don't think I don't use committees, do you?

Speaker 2 (21:15):
I don't think you do. I might be wrong. I
don't know. But I wouldn't think. I bet you appointed
the committee. But nonetheless, the committee is going to do
what Ramsey II wants to be done.

Speaker 7 (21:27):
Willie, you are much too sensitive. You know, we don't
want to hurt anybody in the committee's feelings. We want
everybody to, everybody around here is able to open their
mouths and say what they think. And everybody, to a person,
liked the idea of the tennis, even though they weren't
all tennis players. And everybody liked the idea of doing this.

(21:50):
My predecessor, three or four times removed, started the Crib
of Nativity in 1939. It still goes today. It's in
its third location, and it's going great. So we do
the tennis, we do the fireworks, and we do Thanksgiving Day.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
Turkey track.

Speaker 7 (22:12):
And we do Ride Cincinnati, which comes up later this month.
And all of those things are for the good of
the community and the good of the people who live
in it.

Speaker 2 (22:19):
You know, John Barrett, about two weeks ago, I spent
an evening, I was with you out there at your
tennis tournament and with Dr. Tara Harden. And I kind
of came back, and I said, look at Cincinnati, which
is 300,000 people live in Cincinnati. There's about 2.2 million
that live throughout the tri-state, three states. And I said,
here we are, punching way above our weight class. We

(22:41):
got the Reds playing in town. I forgot who they
were playing, but the three games at Major League Baseball.
The Bengals had a preseason game, I think, against the Bears.
It might have been somebody else. FC was playing soccer.
And the tennis tournament was bringing in 350,000 people to Mason.
And I said to Penny, I want to know what
other city. You can talk about New York, L.A., talk

(23:03):
about Beijing, that had events of those quality happening in
little Cincinnati, Ohio. How cool is that? In addition to
these other things, high school football had just started. We
had high school football, had the Reds, had the Bengals,
had the tennis tournament, the greatest players in the world.
We had FC. I think they lost that night. Nonetheless,
and then there was a concert, I think, at Riverbend

(23:27):
that was sold out, Jason Aldean. And I'm thinking, if
you can't find something to do in this town, you're
not looking.

Speaker 7 (23:34):
That's exactly right. It is so good that way. We
are so fortunate to live here. And we don't have
the traffic issues. It's lovely. Except old city, old, old
culture with great new ideas.

Speaker 2 (23:47):
Joe Rossi was on the other day with Eddie. And
Eddie Fingers, this is about his 45th or 50th. He's
going to do Crowd Wars again. What's going to be
special about the fireworks for the half million that show up?
It begins early in the afternoon. The Purple People Bridge
is a part of it. What's going to be special
this year, the 50th?

Speaker 7 (24:05):
I think it's going to be twice as big a
thing we've done before. So if we had one drone
show last year, this year we'll have two. If we
had one barge last year, this year we'll have two.

Speaker 4 (24:16):
If we fired off from one building.

Speaker 7 (24:19):
Last year, this year, we'll fire off of four buildings.
I mean, it just keeps.

Speaker 3 (24:23):
Getting better and better and better.

Speaker 7 (24:24):
So the pyrotechnical crowd from all over the world, remnants
of it make it here for the show because they
all know about it. And this year, Joe's using all
rockets and stuff from Japan. And we've got a wonderful
corporate partnership with the Mitsubishi guys.

Speaker 3 (24:44):
They knew about it.

Speaker 7 (24:45):
Now I'm told that I think they're going to have
something going on in Tokyo to commemorate this. So that's
kind of cool, huh?

Speaker 2 (24:55):
Not bad. And activities start. And, of course, the Purple
People Bridge with the rubber duck regatta is a small
part of it. But you sponsor a duck. They dump
I don't know how many thousands of ducks in the river.
Then one is picked out, and that person wins a
motor vehicle or whatever. And that's just a small part
of it. And Joe Rossi said the other day there's

(25:16):
going to be something in the range of 1,000 drones,
1,000 drones in the air. And I'm thinking, Jesus, Mary,
and Joseph in Cincinnati. And the river is a perfect
setting because of the topography, because of what happened 12,000
years ago during the Pleistocene Age when the great flow,
the glacier came down from the North Pole. It stopped

(25:37):
just north of Cincinnati, filling up the Great Lakes and
also having the Ohio River with the banks flooded. There's
no better locale anywhere in the world, plus all the
buildings and people living around. Half a million might be
a small number, and it costs... It might be.

Speaker 7 (25:51):
Wrong, because all those apartment buildings that have any sort
of a view of this are all loaded with people partying,
and traditional guests, you're up here, the same people come.
It's really cool. That's Hyde Park, Kentucky, Western Hills. I mean, hell,
even guys in Chevy are climbing up on lake towers.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
I mean... Well, John Barrett, you and I may not
be around for the 75th, although maybe, who knows?

Speaker 3 (26:17):
We better be.

Speaker 2 (26:17):
We better be. I don't know what the future holds,
but I'm glad you're there for the people of Cincinnati,
and it's going to be a tremendous event. And, John Barrett,
once again, may you and yours live long and prosper,
and thanks for sponsoring this very important event. Thank you.

Speaker 7 (26:30):
Willie, we're all fortunate to live in this wonderful place.

Speaker 6 (26:33):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
God bless America. Give my best to Diane, your administrative assistant.
I think she's the best.

Speaker 3 (26:39):
She's going to have lunch with you tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
God bless America. Let's continue with more. John Barrett, WBN Fireworks,
Western or Southern. Ramsey's the second is going to sponsor
this thing, hopefully for many years to come. Bill Cunningham,
Newsradio 700, WLW. Bill Cunningham, The Great American. The 50th
anniversary of the fireworks is this Sunday. The WBN, Western

(27:01):
and Southern Fireworks, will take place. A lot of other
great events surrounding that, including the Purple People Bridge with
the Rubber Duck Regatta. One of the other great events
in Campania are Warbirds. And Jim Stitt's been in charge
of that for many years. And for the last several years,
we talked about how you have an opportunity. possibly to
take a flight on a World War II bomber. And
Jim Stitt, first of all, explain to the American people,

(27:23):
what is Warbirds?

Speaker 6 (27:25):
Okay, well, Cincinnati Warbirds is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our
mission is to promote the preservation of historic military aircraft,
honor veterans, educate the public about the price of freedom,
and inspire our younger generation to continue the legacy.

Speaker 2 (27:41):
No question about it, because air power is something that
has defined the American way of life. for about the
last 100 years, beginning in World War I and World
War II. And I understand from previous times I've spent
with you that individual Americans, I think out of Lunkin,
can actually fly on one of these bombers. Explain that specifically.

Speaker 6 (28:01):
Okay, well, yeah, this year we're actually celebrating America's 250th
birthday in a great way as we host the History
Restored Tour, which features the World War II B-29 bomber dock,
one of only two B-29s still flying in the world, very,
very rare, along with the P-51 Mustang gunfighter, which was
the preeminent fighter in the European theater. Both of them

(28:24):
will be offering rides and on static display actually Thursday
through Monday.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 6 (28:29):
And then on Saturday and Sunday during the open house,
we'll have several other historic military aircraft on display, helicopter rides,
classic car show, military vehicles, exhibits, food trucks, and a
patriotic flag ceremony at 12.

Speaker 3 (28:46):
Noon both days.

Speaker 2 (28:47):
And this begins, can you give us the website? Because
I know many would like to be involved. Am I
correct in saying it is at Lunkin Airport? Is that correct? Yes, yes,
at Lunkin Airport. Which, by the way, has gone through
a renaissance the last few months. They've built up that facility,
which is a tremendous place. Give us the website and
explain what's happening every day beginning on Thursday at Lunkin Airport.

Speaker 6 (29:13):
Well, a place to go for more information and to
reserve a ride is www.cincinnatiwarbirds.org. And there you'll see what's
going on all weekend long. As I said, Thursday through Monday,
we've got the B-29 and the P-51 on static display
and giving rides. Then during the open house Saturday and Sunday,

(29:39):
we've got helicopter rides, classic car show, military vehicles, exhibits,
food trucks, and that patriotic flag display. If someone misses
out on booking a ride, we also have a flight
simulator they can take a ride in. And then on
Sunday afternoon, we will be conducting formation flyovers of Riverfest
to entertain the crowds waiting for the EBN fireworks.

Speaker 2 (30:00):
I'll tell you what, Jim, this thing has grown over
the years. And CincinnatiWarBirds.org and helicopter rides, food trucks, B-29,
only two in the world that continue to exist. And
they were at Freedom's Gate during World War II, taking
out Adolf Hitler and, of course, the Japanese also in.

(30:22):
And these facilities are about 80-some years old. I'm not
sure how much longer they're going to be flying. But
this is a wonderful opportunity, especially for teenage boys and girls,
to understand what is the cost of freedom and how
many lives have been lost. And this is just unbelievable,
the activities involving the Riverfest fireworks and WEBN and Western

(30:43):
and Southern and Warbirds is central. And if you don't
want to go downtown Cincinnati, it's all at Lunkin Airport,
which is a great new facility. And Jim Stitt, once again,
thanks for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. And we'll
put out the word Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. It's all there.
All the information is at CincinnatiWarBirds.org. Is that correct?

Speaker 6 (31:02):
Absolutely, Willie. Thanks so much for the opportunity. And, you know,
it's free admission and parking, so it's a great family-friendly
and patriotic way to celebrate the end of summer and
America's 250th.

Speaker 2 (31:13):
God bless America. Jim Stitt, thank you very much, and
keep doing what you're doing. God bless you. Thank you, Jim.

Speaker 3 (31:18):
Thank you, Bill.

Speaker 2 (31:19):
God bless you. Let's continue with more. All the information, CincinnatiWarBirds.org.
Check it out. Bill Cunningham, News Next at your home
of the Reds and Bengals. News Radio 700, WLW. Hi,
Billy Cunningham, the Great American. Of course, Todd Sheets is

(31:40):
often on Substack and other platforms. He's got a great
column up about the effect of Dolly Parton. and how
that represents the best of the American experience. First of all, Todd,
welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show, but I would say,
unlike almost every other media character I know, there was
no one who could say negative things about Dolly Parton,

(32:00):
and part of it was her desire not to be
involved in active politics, as so many are. I kind
of look at what's happening to some country stars when
they take a side against Donald Trump or in favor
of Donald Trump, and I can recall Dolly Parton once
stood next to Jane Fonda as Jane Fonda was ripping
on Republicans and she didn't say a darn word. And
I think a whole lot of people would be better

(32:22):
off in the media if they didn't do that. But
tell the American people the essence of your column, Todd
Sheets with On Wealth and Progress at Substack, about the
impact Dolly Parton had upon the American people.

Speaker 8 (32:35):
Yeah, a couple of different things, Bill. And starting with
the point that you just made is she had this
kind of natural brilliance and intelligence that enabled her to
understand things like what you just mentioned. Other people have
said it like, who understood this also, somebody like a
Jay Leno, they say, why would I put off half

(32:58):
of my potential.

Speaker 2 (32:59):
Audience every night?

Speaker 8 (33:00):
And so Dolly knew to leave that stuff behind when
she went up on stage, in addition to other elements
about herself and her musical career that showed there was
a very deep level of wisdom there. And one of
the things I spoke about in that piece that you're
talking about Obviously she had a great deal of impact

(33:22):
on people from Eastern Tennessee, the mountains, that area of
the world that she came from. She gave them hope,
she gave them a sense of empowerment and seeing themselves
in a different light from the stereotypes that were typically
imposed upon them. But I think unbeknownst to her, her
impact went well beyond that. And that's why I told

(33:44):
the story of this young artist named Shibuzi, his stage
name is Shibuzi, who I just happened to read an article,
a review of one of his new albums a couple
weeks before Dolly died. And it was this great story
of his father, Shibuzi's father, who was born and grew
up in Nigeria, was a Nigerian farmer. came to America

(34:08):
to get an education and to work hard to try
and contribute and kind of experience the American dream, try
and create a better life for his children than he
could have, would have had in Nigeria or anywhere else
in the world. And after coming here, he became a
huge fan of country and Western music and Western movies.

(34:29):
And so Shabuzy grew up listening to those songs and
watching those movies. And as he got older and then
became a musician himself, He went out, and at first
he was kind of doing more hip-hop contemporary kind of stuff,
but as time went on, he's gravitated towards doing a
much more Western-themed kind of thing that are very heavily

(34:51):
influenced by Dolly. He's talked many times about how much
of an impact his father's love of that music had
on him. And he's also, much like Dolly, in terms
of being gracious and thankful and humble about himself And
the circumstances he was fortunate enough to be in, he's
made a very big point out of letting people know

(35:14):
how thankful he is to have been able to be
raised in a country that creates these unbelievable opportunities for
people of the humblest of circumstances, whether they're from the
eastern mountains of Tennessee or from the Nigerian farmland. You know,
there's no place that's ever created things like America. That's
why they call it the American dream.

Speaker 2 (35:35):
And, Todd, I'm thinking about eastern Tennessee when she was
raised there. She was born in the 1940s, and it
was dirt poor. It was a coat of many colors.
Outside plumbing, her father worked, her mother worked, I think
11 or 12 kids And if somebody could have said
to Dolly Parton when you were like 10, 11 years old,
living in abject poverty, which she did not know about,

(35:58):
she was loved by her father, loved by her mother,
had great relationships with brothers and sisters, that that girl
would change the world and teach millions and millions of
children to read, that she would actually pay hundreds of
millions of dollars in taxes. She would put together amusement
parks to erupt economically eastern parts of Tennessee, which is

(36:20):
dirt poor. And she led a life of Christianity with
a Bible next to her bed every night that she
read passages from. And the idea that that girl right
there would die with maybe a half a billion dollars
in net worth, positively impact the lives of millions, allow
millions of kids to read. I know here in the

(36:40):
state of Ohio, Fran DeWine, who is the first lady
of Ohio, hooked up with Dolly to make sure that
every public school kid once a month would get a
book in the mail because of Dolly Parton. And on
top of that, her film career and her writing career,
and the fact that Dolly Parton stood down Elvis Presley
and told Elvis Presley, Colonel Tom Parker, you can't have

(37:02):
half the royalties to my great hit, I Will Always
Love You. And she also told presidents she would not
accept the Medal of Freedom because it might be perceived
as political. So she spoke down to presidents and to
Elvis Presley in his prime. That says something right there.

Speaker 8 (37:20):
Yeah, it tells about her business acumen, her political brilliance.
And this all goes back to me to what some
people have called the not so common common man or
common woman in this case. Coming from these circumstances, and
it also talks about the importance of.

Speaker 2 (37:42):
Talking about empowering individuals.

Speaker 8 (37:45):
As opposed to teaching them that they are victimized by
their circumstances. And the only way that they can get
lift up in the system is, elect me as a
politician and then I'll take money away from somebody else
and give it to you to make your life incrementally better.

(38:06):
Dolly showed the real way to making the whole system
better and making the economic pie bigger is for people
to work hard to overcome the circumstances and limitations of
their childhood. Go out and become successful. As you do so,
you contribute to.

Speaker 2 (38:22):
The local economy.

Speaker 8 (38:24):
You contribute to the national economy by paying taxes, as
you said. And you set examples for other people who
don't think that they have those chances. But they look
at Dolly and they say, geez, she was just a
poor kid from eastern Tennessee like I am. Maybe I
can do something like that, too. And that's the message
we should be sending people instead of this victimization message

(38:45):
that comes so often now.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
You know, Todd Sheets, your articles that subscribe. One other
thing that comes to mind. in what her life is
and what she's done, things of that character, is the
fact that there's publications in Europe and in Asia that
talk about the brilliance of the American economy. They talk

(39:09):
about it's incredible what America is doing now economically. From
their perspective, their gasoline is $ 8 to $ 9 a gallon.
They have inflation at 6%, 7%, 8%. China has inflation
about 12%. In America, it's 3%. They talk about the
economic manufacturing base in Europe, which is disappointing. and almost

(39:30):
doesn't exist anymore as compared to America with the economic
base and the factory base. And we make things in America.
In fact, over the next one to three years, there's
going to be another five to six trillion dollars of
companies like Mercedes-Benz and Toyota opening up more plants in America.
They're saying the American economy is the envy of the

(39:53):
world because we have low unemployment. It's about 3.5% to 4%.
We have 5 million jobs that are open with 8
million Americans don't work. We have largely a shut down
southern border. And according from the European perspective, We have
no part of the Green New Deal is dominating us today.

(40:14):
In Europe, they don't have air conditioning. And in Europe,
they don't have nukes. They don't have coal-fired power plants.
They're going the wrong direction. And in America, our economy
is the envy of the world. Now, if you would
look at the way the media in this country... Pictures
the American economy. With 3% inflation, with full employment, you

(40:34):
would think we would applaud what's happening. In fact, one
other fact for you, Todd, is that in 2010, the
EU and America had about the same GDP. 16 years later,
our GDP is 35% larger than the EU's. And it
was thought that India and China would take us over
by this point. They haven't done it. The American economy

(40:57):
is a job-creating mechanism. We have the greatest universities and
colleges in the world where others want to send their
kids here to be educated. I look at all the
positive things in America. We don't recognize any of it.
In fact, looking to my left and right, I see
CNN and others talking about how bad the economy is
seen from other perspectives. It is the envy of the world.

(41:20):
So what does the world see about our economy that
our media does not because garbage in garbage out. If
you're told repeatedly how bad the economy is, you might
think the economy is bad when the opposite is true.
Can you smell what I'm cooking?

Speaker 8 (41:35):
Yeah, absolutely. And this is one of the great tragedies
of what's happened here is that the mainstream media, a
good part of the cultural institutions, Hollywood and that kind
of thing in the country, and much of the university system,
which I agree with you, it used to be the
flagship of the world. This is where everybody wanted their

(41:57):
kids to come. Now Americans are starting to doubt the
value of a college education system. Because it all depends
on what you teach them and at what cost. And unfortunately,
what they've been teaching for the last couple of generations
is the same message that you were just talking about.
It's dominated by left-wing professors who don't like capitalism for

(42:18):
whatever reason. I think a lot of it has to
do with the jealousy of people that they see becoming
significantly more financially successful than they are. And they don't
like that. That's why they talk about equality all the time.
But they're trying to move us to become a socialist
country and overthrow the values which created all of the
historic and amazing things that you were talking about here.

(42:40):
And the other incredible thing about this is we have
roughly doubled Europe's gross rate over the last 10 or
15 years or so. Even with that. we are still
growing significantly below the level that.

Speaker 2 (42:56):
We should be.

Speaker 8 (42:57):
If you go back to the Reagan boom that was
kicked off in the early 80s and extended through the 90s,
with the help of Clinton on a couple of issues,
including fiscal responsibility, we should be growing at 3.5% or so.
And if we were experiencing those kind of growth rates
There would be so much opportunity here that nobody would

(43:18):
have a.

Speaker 2 (43:19):
Chance to look down on it.

Speaker 8 (43:20):
And the only reason that we're not experiencing those is
because of a series of government mistakes. and this misleading
education that for the last 25 years, with the exception
of Trump 1.0, has been steering the economy in this
socialist direction of more and more government involvement, which chokes

(43:42):
off individual initiative and all the things like we were
talking about with Dolly in the business world that creates
this growth and the opportunity.

Speaker 2 (43:51):
Todd Sheets at Substack. My good friend Thomas Sowell, who
is on my Mount Rushmore of conservatism, said about 25
years ago, he could not have conceived, he said, America
turning toward socialism or communism. He said, quote, if the
rich are rich because they keep the poor poor, then
countries packed with billionaires should be packed with misery and

(44:14):
the poor. He went on to say the U.S. is
more billionaires and millionaires than Africa and the Middle East combined,
and America's poor still live better than most people in
those other regions. So in theory, it fails the data.
Wealth is created. It is not piled upon the rich
stolen from the poor. So he makes the point that

(44:35):
when the Elon Musks of this world come to America,
he's an African-American from South Africa. He came here almost pennilessly.
And within about 25 years, he might be worth a
trillion dollars. But in the process, he pays every year
over $ 100 billion in taxes. He creates at least 150,000 jobs,

(44:56):
created thousands of personal millionaires. But instead of saying to
Elon Musk, guess what? You are the American dream. Look
at what you've done with your life. The Democrats, the socialists,
and the communists want to tear him down and say
how he has failed while government has succeeded. If the
rich are rich because they keep the poor poor, countries

(45:18):
packed with millionaires should be packed with misery. The opposite
is true. In fact, America's poor suffer from obesity more
than malnutrition, and America's poor lives about the middle class
level in Europe. And so no matter by any standard
you employ, what America has done the past 15 to
20 years is incredible despite being held back by government.

(45:41):
And lastly, you have a great column at Substack about
why Medicare for all is a bad, bad idea. We
have about two minutes remaining. Tell the American people why
the cry of the leftists about Medicare for all makes
no sense.

Speaker 8 (45:55):
Yeah, absolutely, it's because first and foremost, nobody's talking about
how to pay for it. Total government expenditures are around
$ 7 trillion, and Medicare for all would cost $ 3 to
$ 4 trillion. You cannot tax the billionaires, they don't make
enough money even if you took all of it to
pay for them. And in fact, if you took the

(46:15):
taxes all the way down to people making over $ 187, 000,
you'd have to triple their taxes. to pay for it.
And if you did that, you'd tank the economy, which
nobody is willing to do. So you can't pay for it.
The second thing is it will reduce quality of care.
In Great Britain, a new physician makes about one third

(46:36):
of what they make in America. And so the way
I put it in the piece, a recent piece was
imagine going in to see your physician and starting the
conversation by saying, Hey, I've got a plan to cut
your salary by two thirds. Now I'd like to talk
to you about that pain in my chest and imagine
how things are going to go from there. It will
affect quality of care. And third, it will hinder in

(46:58):
the same way, new drug development and all development of
the new drugs that largely come out of America and
that have made life so much better for so many people.
We're curing cancer. We're helping people with weight and body issues.

Speaker 2 (47:12):
And all those kinds of things. Because of the profit motive.
The profit motive is critical to have the best and
the brightest enter medicine. Todd Sheets, once again, thank you.
Your stuff is at Substack. Medicare is on track to
add $ 85 trillion to the national debt by 2056. We
can't afford it. It would hurt care and hurt those
that would intend to help. Todd Sheets, you're a great American.

(47:34):
Once again, thanks for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show,
and Todd will do it again. Thank you very much.
Great to be with you, Bill. God bless you. Let's
continue with more. It's unaffordable, bad care. So why do it?
Because it would crash the system, which is what they're
after in the first place. Bill Cunningham, NewsRadio 700, WLW.
What was his crime?

Speaker 4 (47:52):
What was his crime?

Speaker 5 (47:57):
Hello hello hello hello quiet numbskulls i'm broadcasting what was
his crime what was his.

Speaker 2 (48:11):
Crime hiring you as his lawyer that was his crime
but segment we have uh ribs royalty with us right
now that's correct willie dean gregory from the boathouse is
a big event happening on uh On Sunday, and Dean Gregory,
explain to the American people what this is at the boathouse.

Speaker 9 (48:27):
Gentlemen, first of all, thanks for having me. We have
Rendezvous on the River Sunday at the boathouse to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the WBN fireworks.

Speaker 8 (48:36):
50 years.

Speaker 2 (48:37):
Where were you 50 years ago? I was drunk at
the fireworks. You were drunk.

Speaker 3 (48:41):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
I've grown up a lot since then. You've grown up hopefully.

Speaker 3 (48:45):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
You've given up the bottles. No, not necessarily. A little bit.
At least you say you do. Just saying.

Speaker 9 (48:53):
Anyway, we have number one, the Rusty Griswold. Everybody knows
the Griswolds. They only do one or two gigs a year.
They come back and do the Riverfest for us every year.
I heard them practice yesterday. They're absolutely wonderful.

Speaker 2 (49:05):
What kind of songs do they play? Cover songs, great songs,
some of your favorites, I'm sure.

Speaker 4 (49:09):
I'm sure.

Speaker 2 (49:10):
You might want to come down and check them out.
I'll come down and check them out.

Speaker 3 (49:12):
Definitely.

Speaker 9 (49:13):
But we've got a buffet for everyone, free valet parking.
The parking is so simple there. Pete Roseway is closed.
down by the stadium, so there's no traffic coming that way.
You come down to Eggleston or down Riverside Drive, whatever.

Speaker 2 (49:26):
Eat the in and eat the out. There's no traffic afterwards.
That's what I like. Yeah, for sure. So plenty to eat,
plenty to drink. Great for you for the fireworks, entertainment.

Speaker 3 (49:35):
Best.

Speaker 2 (49:36):
I'll be there. Probably get up and tell a few jokes.
You might have a cigar here and there. I will
have a cigar going all day long. How's your brother, Tom?
I see Tom all the time. Hardest working man I know.
He's always at Montgomery.

Speaker 9 (49:48):
Hardest working man plays golf like six days a week.
I don't know where you're getting your information from.

Speaker 2 (49:53):
Thank God.

Speaker 3 (49:54):
Thank God.

Speaker 2 (49:54):
He's got a good crew out there. They like having
him gone. Things run a lot. People tell me that,
but I like having them there. I don't know. Are
you two still fighting like cats and dogs or not? No, no,
we love each other.

Speaker 3 (50:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (50:04):
Love each other. No question. And your sisters are still
doing well. Sisters are both doing well. Absolutely. It's a
family affair.

Speaker 9 (50:12):
I'll see him tonight. Uh, My youngest is getting married tomorrow.
We have rehearsed dinner at the boathouse tonight, so the
whole family will be there. How many will be there?
There'll be some Gregory's running around.

Speaker 2 (50:21):
We're all sitting at separate tables. None of you talk
to each other. No fighting.

Speaker 3 (50:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (50:26):
Throw ribs at each other. Uh-huh. But Tom will be there.
I mean, he's working 18 hours a day in Montgomery.

Speaker 6 (50:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (50:32):
No question about it. We've been to the boathouse. We're
celebrating our 37th year this year.

Speaker 9 (50:37):
When we looked at that property down there, it was a...
deserted railroad yard and tom came down and we had
our groundbreaking ceremony my mom got a ticket from the
city because we didn't get a permit for the groundbreaking
ceremony that's typical but tom looked at all that and
and riverfront property wasn't very popular back in 87 88
when we were looking at that tom goes this is
the worst piece of crap for a restaurant you know

(50:59):
he didn't come down he didn't come to the grand
opening of the boathouse i don't think he came down
until we'd been open.

Speaker 2 (51:03):
It'll never work it'll never work it'll never work for
sure How many years? 37 at the boathouse. Celebrating 75
in Montgomery this year.

Speaker 8 (51:11):
75.

Speaker 2 (51:12):
75, yeah. Unbelievable. And today, has this opened a regular
schleps like Segman? Oh, absolutely. Seg will be our guest
if he'd like to come. Definitely. It's $ 200, and it
benefits you. Well, real men wear pink.

Speaker 9 (51:28):
American Cancer Real Men Wear Pink, the Friars Club, and
Cancer Free Kids.

Speaker 2 (51:33):
And you can designate.

Speaker 9 (51:34):
All the money goes to those nonprofits, and you can
designate which one you'd like your.

Speaker 2 (51:38):
Money to go to. $ 200 a person includes an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Segment pulls the chair up to the buffet line. Be careful. Also,
two drink tickets, free parking, access to the outdoor area,
which is huge to your right down there. I've been
there with your friend Charmaine McGuffey a couple times. Absolutely.
When Cy was still with us, remember that?

Speaker 3 (51:56):
Definitely.

Speaker 2 (51:56):
Cy Lees and Charmaine McGuffey. Charmaine wanted to keep that quiet,
by the way. So did Cy. So nonetheless, but they
liked each other because she worked for Cy.

Speaker 3 (52:05):
Oh, I know.

Speaker 2 (52:05):
For a long time, yeah. They were great friends. VIP
tables available. A few tickets remain. Is that fair to say?
That is fair to say. Call quick. Yeah, call quickly.
Call Emily.

Speaker 3 (52:15):
It's 513-653-3710.

Speaker 9 (52:20):
Or you can go to fireworks.givesmart.com and purchase your tickets online.

Speaker 2 (52:25):
Good time. And the weather's going to be a little
bit better.

Speaker 3 (52:27):
Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (52:27):
It's a little bit warm right now. Yeah. By Sunday night,
it's going to be like 65 degrees. It'll be perfect
for the fireworks.

Speaker 8 (52:32):
Perfect.

Speaker 2 (52:32):
Second man, would you give me some sports and make
it fast?

Speaker 10 (52:34):
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Speaker 1 (52:49):
Sports!

Speaker 10 (52:50):
Reds and Brewers tonight, Willie, in the first of three downtown.

Speaker 4 (52:54):
5-10.

Speaker 10 (52:55):
Sports Talk. R & L Carrier's Inside Pitch. Kelsey Chevrolet
Extra Inning Show after the game. Your good friend Ludacris
will be in concert after the game.

Speaker 2 (53:05):
Will you be with him? We're talking about him and
I rapping Ebony and Ivory, kind of like McCartney, you know,
Michael MJ. Me and him are thinking about doing like
a little duet after the game, a little bit of rap.

Speaker 8 (53:16):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (53:16):
Wouldn't that be something? Dean, have you heard me rapping recently?
I have, several times. You like it? Very good.

Speaker 4 (53:22):
It is?

Speaker 2 (53:23):
Very good. I'm a huge rap fan, and I think
you're up there with some of the tops right now.
How about that? The four tops. Please continue.

Speaker 10 (53:31):
High school football tonight, Willie. Action all across the tri-state.
Six o'clock, high school football tonight. Show ESPN 1530. Fox
Sports 1360. That'll lead into the game between Indy Cathedral
and St. X.

Speaker 3 (53:46):
There it is.

Speaker 10 (53:47):
Skyline-Chile Crosstown Showdown Game of the Week. Taylor and Lawrenceburg.

Speaker 2 (53:51):
I think I'm going to listen.

Speaker 4 (53:52):
To a little Ludacris here.

Speaker 2 (53:54):
You can hear this without answering the Reds game, Dean.
You'll be rocking and rolling on stage. What is this music?
I like that one.

Speaker 3 (53:59):
The Park.

Speaker 10 (54:15):
In action tonight against Miami Valley Christian Academy. Should wail
on those Christians. Middletown and Fairfield. Colerain and Princeton. Tomorrow,
college football. Cincinnati Bearcats and Boston College. 2.30 right here.
Miami Redhawks at Pitt. Youngstown State in Kentucky. Ball State
at No. 1 Ohio State. North Texas at No.

Speaker 2 (54:37):
6 Indiana. And, Dean, I'm playing golf with Tom Weidman,
your buddy, Sycamore Township trustee. Playing Kenview on Kendrick. KCC.
He loses seven golf balls. We play on Wednesday, me
and Joe Dieters against him and Greg Pizarro. And it
took us four hours and 40 minutes in carts because

(54:58):
we had to spend an hour looking for Weidman's golf
balls in the weeds. He's the weed man. He's in
the weeds. I need to get a match with that guy.
You got a match that you guys never would finish.
What's the most balls you've lost on the golf course?

Speaker 9 (55:10):
I played my golf league Wednesday at the Vineyard. I
hit three balls in the water on one hole. I
felt like Kevin Costner in Tin Cup.

Speaker 2 (55:17):
At least you knew where the ball was. It's in
the lake. But Tom Weedman, you have no idea where
the ball is. I just threw one down and hit it.
He would say, where in the hell did that go?
And I said, I have no idea. I've never seen
one over there. He's looking for the weed. He's the Weedman.

Speaker 10 (55:31):
Bengals Update, Willie, brought to you by Midwestern Plumbing. Good friend,
Chris Wilson. Experience you can trust. Bengal players have the
weekend off. They get ready starting Monday for the season
opener a week from Sunday against those Buccaneers coming to town.

Speaker 2 (55:45):
Dean, you ready for that? Ready for that. How about
the next 13 games with the Reds? Three against Brewers,
out there, L.A. three, then two Milwaukee for three, then
home with four with the Dodgers. Next 13 games, seven
against the Dodgers, six against the Brew crew. If they
go 12-1, they're back in it. What do you think?

(56:05):
I don't think that's going to happen. I'd love for
it to happen, but I don't think that's going to happen.
You have your doubts.

Speaker 3 (56:11):
Yes, hugely.

Speaker 2 (56:11):
Please continue.

Speaker 10 (56:12):
Willie, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has made sweeping
changes to the selection process.

Speaker 2 (56:18):
It's about time.

Speaker 10 (56:19):
That includes a significant reduction in the number of selectors.

Speaker 3 (56:23):
What?

Speaker 2 (56:24):
And the elimination of the separate seniors category. What does
that mean? That means Ken Anderson is never in the
Hall of Fame. Let's see.

Speaker 10 (56:32):
The selectors are going to be reduced from 50 to 28.
And I guess because they think there was bias against
Bill Belichick for not getting in in his first year.

Speaker 7 (56:43):
Yep.

Speaker 10 (56:44):
So, and then all the players now are all together.
There's no senior category, no nothing. Everybody's all together.

Speaker 2 (56:53):
Belichick should have got in. You agree, Dino? I think so.
I think so. How does he not get in the
Hall of Fame?

Speaker 3 (56:58):
Shameful.

Speaker 2 (56:59):
I think it's Jordan Hudson. He was exhausted. Couldn't do
anything else. Soccer Willie, MLS action tomorrow night.

Speaker 10 (57:05):
DC United and FC Cincinnati at 7 on ESPN 1530.
College soccer on Sunday, 1 o'clock. UC and NKU and
women's soccer play, 1 o'clock. Match time over there in
Northern Kentucky and admission is free.

Speaker 2 (57:21):
A little too much sports there, Segment. Well, got to
get it all in, Willie.

Speaker 3 (57:26):
You know.

Speaker 2 (57:27):
That's kind of what Belichick said.

Speaker 3 (57:29):
Yep. But, uh.

Speaker 2 (57:30):
All right, now once again.

Speaker 9 (57:30):
Rendezvous on the river, 5 o'clock at the Montgomery Inn
Boathouse on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (57:36):
The public is invited, assuming you pay.

Speaker 9 (57:38):
Assuming you pay, and you can go to fireworks.givesmart.com to
purchase your ticket.

Speaker 2 (57:44):
Can you tell the segment quickly, number one in LaSantaVille,
you're on the tee, and of course you go through
your preliminary gyrations to get ready to hit the ball.
And at some point you hit the ball. And the
ball on the tee, a number one par five, went
backwards about three feet. I thought it was a trick shot.
And you said to me quickly, don't count that. And

(58:06):
I said, I've never seen anybody hit the drive backwards.
How'd you do that? Do you have any idea? That's
a patented secret. I can't tell you that. But when
you hit the ball backwards, I always say, that's a
little bit unusual. I've done that more than once. How
do you hit the ball backwards? How do you do that?
Could you do that?

Speaker 3 (58:22):
Hard to do.

Speaker 2 (58:24):
I don't think so, Willie. You would have done that.
You've never done that, did you? I've never hit the
ball backwards. I've hit a lot of bad shots in
my life, but never backwards. And I've played Ken Wood
for about 40 years. I can't recall losing a golf ball.

Speaker 3 (58:36):
Never? Never.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
Tom Wiedemann loses seven in one round. And I said,
we've got to quit looking for balls. Can't find them.
That makes for a long day, doesn't it? Four and
a half hours, 101 degrees. And at some point, Joe
Dieter's in the cart with him. He said, Willie, I
can't go on. I said, look, we're going to win
$ 70 in this bet. I'll drag you along, and I
want that money. You know what I'm saying? So I
buy some ribs.

Speaker 3 (58:58):
Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (58:59):
Well, I won't see you on Sunday, but you have
a great time. And if you see your brother Tom,
let me know. I will for sure. Let me know.
Thanks for having me, guys. Appreciate it. All right, segment.
Get me out of this news report, please.

Speaker 10 (59:10):
Of our rendezvous on the river, we leave you with
the immortal words of the Stooges Report.

Speaker 2 (59:19):
Is this me?

Speaker 10 (59:21):
No, that's ludicrous. I'm sorry. That's the real stuff.

Speaker 2 (59:24):
Listen up. What's she saying?

Speaker 3 (59:31):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (59:32):
Is this the clean version? He's saying give it to
me now. Is that ribs? What's Ludacris giving her? What
do we know? He's talking about ribs.

Speaker 3 (59:45):
He's talking about ribs.

Speaker 2 (59:46):
Give it to me. He said he wanted to lick
your ribs. That's what he said. I think that's what
he said.

Speaker 3 (59:51):
Oh, man.

Speaker 2 (59:51):
Give it to me. Give it to me. He wants
some ribs. Are they going to have a mistrial in
this deal? I assume so. And I'm sure the Supreme
Court can't wait to get this case.

Speaker 3 (59:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:00:00):
And they want nothing to do with it. They said,
you screwed it up. You keep it. That's what the
Massachusetts Supreme Court. And they'll try her all over again, right?
And purposely murdered three little babies. And suddenly she's a victim.
All the pink hats are out there defending her. Boys,
thank you. Let's continue with more. Coming up next is
Sean Hannity. Wow, Dean Gregory to Sean Hannity. Don't get

(01:00:24):
much better than that.

Speaker 3 (01:00:24):
Mercy.

Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
We're calling him in about five minutes here. He said
he'd come on at 2 o'clock. Want me to hang around?
He probably wants to speak with me. He probably does.
That'd be great. But he talks about ribs and talks
about graters. You know, you're just one of the four
major food groups. That's for sure. Yeah. Dean, good luck
on Sunday.

Speaker 3 (01:00:44):
Thanks, guys.

Speaker 2 (01:00:45):
Appreciate it. Segment, thank you. Sean Hannity next. Thank you, Dino.

Speaker 8 (01:00:50):
Thanks.

Speaker 2 (01:00:50):
Hit it straight. Keep your head down. Thanks for the food.
On 700 WLW. I believe the great American, of course,
is a Mount Rushmore conservatism. I kind of have on
the on the mountain.

Speaker 4 (01:01:12):
I have William F.

Speaker 2 (01:01:13):
Buckley. I have Ronald Reagan. I have the great one,
the GOAT Rush Limbaugh, and I have Sean Hannity. The
reason Hannity is on, over the last 50 years, no
conservative in America has had more radio and television listeners
and viewers than Sean Hannity. Added up 30 years on Fox,

(01:01:34):
October the 6th, 25 years in radio syndicated because of
Tony Bender mainly. Beginning on September the 10th, it'll be
the 25th, the day before 9-11. And joining now with
us is Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity, Sean Hannity, how are you?

Speaker 3 (01:01:50):
God bless America. I want a full report. Sherrod Brown
has to be defeated in Ohio. And I'm counting on you,
Bill Cunningham, single-handedly to get the troops motivated out to
the polls, voting and winning. We have to have Ohio.
Have to, have to, have to.

Speaker 2 (01:02:10):
And Sherrod Brown is a bad reflection of liberalism, socialism.
He was a DSA member before there was a DSA.
And he looks like an old leather couch that's going
to be thrown outside, Sherrod Brown does. And John Husted
is going to be a conservative. But you're changing the
subject matter. Let's go back 25 years, Sean Hannity. It's

(01:02:31):
25 years. You're a few days before September the 10th.
And there was some speculation, having pinch hit for the
great one, the goat Rush Limbaugh, whether you could carry
a syndicated radio show. And there were some who said yes.
Explain what happened. How did you get this show, et cetera,
25 years ago as of September the 10th?

Speaker 3 (01:02:49):
Listen, one of the big moments in that syndication history
was in Cincinnati. I mean, it was Tony the Big
Dog Bender that was willing to take a shot on
the show and And he put me up against your station,
the big one, which is no easy task. And, you know,

(01:03:09):
there I was in afternoon drive, and he was taking
heat from management. And we went straight to number one
in one book. And I'm like, okay, I think we're
doing okay in Cincinnati. But honestly, we've been friends forever.
You know, if you want to know my total number
of years, I started on radio. My first radio show

(01:03:30):
was in 1987. Do the math. So almost 40 years.
I'm coming up on 40 years.

Speaker 2 (01:03:38):
Yeah, you're getting old.

Speaker 3 (01:03:39):
You're getting old. Well, so are you. So, you know,
we're getting old together. But, you know, like you, I'm like,
you know, people say, what are you going to retire?
Retire and do what? Retire and do what? Do what?

Speaker 2 (01:03:52):
What am I going to do?

Speaker 3 (01:03:53):
Now, you're a good golfer. You're a scratch golfer. I'm
not a scratch golfer. And I know you're great at it.
You have a lot of fun. It's a great passion
of yours. You know, my passion is what I do
every day. What did we learn from Rush Limbaugh when
he was sick? One of the saddest days of my life,
Rush Limbaugh, I got a heads up from David, his brother,
and said, listen, I know you're on after my brother.

(01:04:16):
I was sworn to secrecy, but I wanted to give
you a heads up. He goes, you need to listen
to Rush's next segment. He's going to announce that he
has advanced stage four lung cancer. My heart sunk. I
was heartbroken. And I get on the phone with the
great one, Mark Levin, and we listened to the announcement together.

(01:04:36):
He was crying. I was crying. I was upset. And
the next thing, Bill Cunningham, I'm looking at my clock,
and it's like 3.05. And I'm on in less than
a minute. And I'm like, oh, my. You know, what
do you say after hearing, you know, shocking news like that?
Because you don't have to be a medical genius to

(01:04:56):
know that advanced stage four lung cancer is a death sentence.
And what do we learn about Rush, though? So for
that year, he would go in for the most brutal
chemotherapy treatments, immunotherapy treatments, radiation treatments. And we found out
what Rush's bucket list was because Rush would get well enough.

(01:05:20):
And I know, for example, days that he went to work.
while he was in the middle of treatment, he'd get
well enough to go back to what he loved, and
that was his audience, and that was being on the air, and,
you know, I know there were days that he was
on air, sick as a dog, he could barely finish
the show, and, but that's, it wasn't to go to Europe,

(01:05:42):
it wasn't to take some big trip abroad, it wasn't
to travel the world, no, his dream was how he
lived his life, his dream was being on the air,
his dream was you know, thanking the audience that gave
him the opportunity to do what he loved every day. And,
you know, I always try to advise young people, not

(01:06:02):
that they need my advice, but, you know, if they
ask me, you know, how to be successful, I'm like,
find something you love to do because you're going to
do it for decades in your life. And then, you know,
find a way to make money at it. That's what
I tell people. Um, I would, the minute in my life,
Billy Cunningham in 1987, when I did my one hour

(01:06:22):
radio show on a college radio station and I have
the tape and it's horrible and it will be destroyed
upon my death.

Speaker 4 (01:06:32):
Um, I'd like to get that.

Speaker 2 (01:06:34):
I'd love to get that.

Speaker 3 (01:06:36):
Oh, I bet you would like to get a hold
of that. By the way, it's not as bad as
you think, except it's Sean. How are you? Hi, Sean.
Glad you called Talk Radio. I had a much thicker
New York accent. But we are so blessed. I've asked
you in the past, I said, do you think you'll
ever retire? And you always say, what am I going
to do? What am I going to do? You love

(01:06:56):
doing what you're doing. I love doing what I'm doing.
We're blessed to be able to do what we do.
And I'm very grateful to the audience that supports us. And,
you know, but I'll tell you that, you know, we've
been through many, many election cycles together. We have trapped. Remember,
we did one year. We did five cities in Florida,

(01:07:18):
five cities in Ohio, five in Pennsylvania. And we were
out and about. We had this tour going on. It
was me and you and Zell Miller and Ollie North
and J.C. Watts. Bill Bennett, I think, was on that trip. Borts. Yeah, Borts.
Borts was a little bit of a problem. Yes, he
acted up. We were in a church.

Speaker 2 (01:07:39):
In a church. In Ohio.

Speaker 3 (01:07:41):
Yes. In your home state. Yes, yes. And he used
the GD word.

Speaker 5 (01:07:46):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (01:07:46):
I'm like, what? I had to go out with a
hook and pull him off the stage. I'm like, what
is wrong with you?

Speaker 2 (01:07:53):
We're in church. We can't only only Democrats can do
that in churches. Republicans don't do that.

Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
It's so true. And I'm like, what did he just say?
I couldn't believe it. And but we've had great times.
Bill Cunningham, we've been in Ohio and we've looked at
each other and we know when it's going to be
a good year. And we've looked at each other and
we know not looking too good. Oh, I'm thinking of
one year in particular. We were standing on stage together. Yes.

(01:08:24):
And a presidential candidate came out and we looked at
each other and we both shook our head and we
knew it was over. However, this Senate race, this Senate race,
this Senate race, this is about America. It's about the
future of the country. I mean, you know something? I'm

(01:08:45):
pretty pissed off at some Republicans, too. Republicans should have
gone on with the SAVE Act. They should have stayed
at work. They shouldn't have gone on vacation. They should
have fought harder. Some of these guys don't have a
spine or a backbone. They should be learning. from Donald Trump.
You know, he's, he's, he's got a backbone of steel. And,

(01:09:05):
but with that said, there's not one Republican that supports
this radicalized DSA agenda. We have got to stop it
to save the country. This is an existential threat. This is,
You know, all the times I've said to my audience
during an election year, Billy Cunningham, great American, God bless you.
I am telling you all the times I've said this

(01:09:27):
is the most important midterm election in our life or
this is the most important election in our life. I
was not crying wolf. I believed it. And but compared
to this one, this is a you must vote election.
This is a win one for the Gipper elections. This
is one for save the country for your children and

(01:09:50):
grandchildren election. That's how high the stakes are in my mind.
Billy Cunningham, what say you?

Speaker 2 (01:09:56):
Well, you know, I look at a grin out on
a football field, and normally politics is conducted between the
30 and the 30-yard line. Every now and then, you'll
have someone arise like a Bill Clinton that captures the
Democratic heart, and he does well in the presidency. from
a liberal perspective every now and then you have a
donald trumper ronald reagan who arises and they're like messiahs

(01:10:18):
when it comes to conservatism but this isn't between the
thirty-yard lines in which a liberal democrats a little bit
left the center are conservative a little bit right isn't
but right now if you take typical liberal democrats and
layer on top of that the Democratic Socialists of America,
layer on top of that Communism, layer on top of
that Islamic extremism, put that cake together, they're at the

(01:10:42):
one-yard line, 99 yards away from the goal line. And
if we as Americans don't recognize that if you want
Puerto Rico and Haiti and Dominican Republic to become states
and Washington, D.C., if you want to eliminate, if possible,
the U.S. Supreme Court by doubling the size of the U.S.
Supreme Court with people like Contagi Jackson, If you say
you want to get rid of the Senate and Dr.

(01:11:03):
Abdul in Michigan is running to get rid of the
job that he wants to get into, if the if
the auto workers in Michigan look at Dr. Abdul against
Mike Rogers and say, we want that guy, the call
to prayer all over Dearborn, Michigan every morning. Six and
seven times a day. If we want Catholicism and Christianity
to be a second-tier religion to Muslim extremism, you take

(01:11:27):
those four elements of the Democratic Party, Sean Hannity, even
James Carville and Van Jones, not exactly conservatives, had said,
don't do this. Don't vote for those guys. So when
you have Sean Hannity and Carville and Van Jones on
the same page, I would listen to what those guys
are saying. You know what I'm saying? You got me
pissed off now. You know what I'm saying?

Speaker 3 (01:11:49):
I know what you're saying. I'll take it a step further. Please.
Because Carville and Van Jones and a bunch of Democrats
have gotten to AOC. When AOC made that statement of, oh, no,
that's 1.0 crazy. She did not stop believing in eliminating
the Senate, our ability to pick our president, packing the courts,

(01:12:11):
defunding the Department of War, open borders, amnesty, no ICE,
no Department of War. How dumb can you be? How
stupid are these people? We have geopolitical threats, China, Russia, Iran,
North Korea. I would love nothing more than to take

(01:12:32):
over this country. And so what I am begging, I
will get on my hands and knees, Billy Cunningham, and
beg the people in the great state of Ohio, the
Buckeye State, please, please, please, pretty please, with sugar on
top and cotton candy and M & Ms, whatever you like.
I don't care. Please. Please. Take this election seriously. Sherrod

(01:12:56):
Brown is a reliable DSA vote, period, full stop. No
more discussion. You threw him out once. Don't let this
guy back in the U.S. Senate. And I'm telling you,
what I'm asking my audience is this, to do one
thing this year. You know, I always say three hours
a day is all I ask, one hour of TV

(01:13:17):
and occasional podcast. Not much. I'm not asking a lot.
Not too much. I am asking to commit in your heart,
your mind, and your soul that you're doing this for
our children and our grand. And that, okay, Hannity, that's hyperbole.
You've said this before. You've said it before that it's

(01:13:40):
the most important midterm in our lifetime. And, and I
believed it at the time, Billy, but I never anticipated
a moment like this. I never in my life thought
we'd be debating what we're debating today or discussing what
we're discussing today.

Speaker 2 (01:13:55):
It's Paxton. It's Paxton versus Telefrico in your home state. Telefrico. Telefrico.
You got Moody against Nixon. And I'm thinking, you've got
to be kidding me, man. Telefrico.

Speaker 3 (01:14:07):
Moody will have no problem against Nixon.

Speaker 2 (01:14:10):
What about Texas? We have a minute remaining. What about
Telefrico against Paxton? I don't think there's one poll that
has Paxton winning in the state of Texas.

Speaker 3 (01:14:19):
Okay, I'm going to tell your audience something I've been
telling mine, and that is do not, do not, do
not listen to polls. The polling this year has been
worse than it's ever been. They had Francesca Hong up
by as much as 30, between 20 and 30 points,
and she lost her race by 3,000. El-Sayed up by,

(01:14:42):
you know, anywhere from 12 to 20 points. He won
by a point. He barely got over the finish line.
I am telling you, the polls are meaningless. They are
designed to suppress vote of conservatives. Don't listen to them.
Listen to Bill Cunningham. Listen to Sean Hannity. Listen to
the great one, Mark Levin. We are telling you, what

(01:15:06):
is at stake here? And I know that in midterms,
turnout tends to be low. Historical trends favor the party
out of power. I got it. But these are uncharted waters.
We've never been in a situation where where you have
a party, an existing party that is so, you know,

(01:15:27):
jump the shark that they want to obliterate our Constitution,
our way of life and turn this country into something
that would be unrecognizable. And here's here's the here's the kicker.
You know, there's a certain appeal when people tell you
they're going to take this group of people's money and
they're going to give it to you. And we're going

(01:15:48):
to guarantee government daycare. We'll even guarantee you government housing.
And we're going to guarantee you if you and your
husband or wife, you want to go on a date night. Well,
government guaranteed base babysitters that Mom Donnie's offering in New York.
A government-guaranteed job, government-guaranteed salary, government-guaranteed health care. Yeah, a

(01:16:11):
lot of good Obamacare did. Everything we predicted came true. Government, government, government,
government-guaranteed retirement, and I guess maybe a government-guaranteed pine box
for when you croak poor. It's going to fail. We
cannot possibly. Anytime socialism has emerged, communism has emerged, Whatever

(01:16:34):
ism you want to call it, it always ends the
same way. Unfulfilled promises. You end up more poor than
when you started. You then calculate how much freedom you
gave up to a bunch of lunatics that will probably
remain in power for decades. The damage is incalculable. America
will not be recognizable. And I am saying to your audience,

(01:16:57):
Bill Cunningham, as we head into this Labor Day weekend,
God help us. We need your help. I am on
my hands and knees. I have no shame in begging
to save America.

Speaker 2 (01:17:10):
Sean Hannity, you're the best there is. No one has
a bigger platform, an author, radio talk show host, television
than Sean Hannity. As Spock would say, may you live
long and prosper. Back to the scrambled eggs. Back to
the scrambled eggs.

Speaker 3 (01:17:25):
Let me say this. I don't think there's anything more
entertaining in my life than watching Billy Cunningham do a
daily talk show.

Speaker 2 (01:17:37):
Maybe one day we'll be back together at some point.

Speaker 3 (01:17:42):
The best story is I'd walk through the streets of
New York with Bill Cunningham and everybody in New York
City knew Billy Cunningham from his TV daytime talk show,
which was so different than the real Billy Cunningham that
you're listening to now.

Speaker 2 (01:17:57):
Well, I'm going to blame Sean Compton on that one,
but continue to have a great Labor Day weekend. May
you have at least 25 more years in syndication.

Speaker 3 (01:18:07):
You know, that's through the grace of God, and I'm
praying for our country, I'm praying for our audiences, and
God bless America. We need every American to help, all
hands on deck.

Speaker 2 (01:18:20):
Now, it must happen to save the republic. Sean Hannity,
God bless you, and God bless America.

Speaker 3 (01:18:26):
God bless you. God bless America. You're a great American.
And I'm counting on you, Bill.

Speaker 4 (01:18:32):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (01:18:33):
Yes. You have to lead the charge in Ohio. Yes.

Speaker 8 (01:18:36):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (01:18:37):
I'm counting on you to defeat Sherrod Brown.

Speaker 2 (01:18:39):
Count on me. I won't be on the canvas horizontal.
I'll be proud as a as a white stallion of
the high ranges of Wyoming scratching at a pale blue sky.

Speaker 3 (01:18:48):
Everybody in Ohio that's listening to Billy Cunningham, save America.
Please help us save our country.

Speaker 2 (01:18:56):
God bless you. Sean Hannity, God bless you, and God
bless America.

Speaker 3 (01:18:59):
Thank you. God bless America, my friend. God bless you.
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:19:03):
Let's continue with more. 700 WLW. Do you see something?
I need a voice of my generation. You know what
I'm saying?

Speaker 11 (01:19:11):
Nothing wrong with being the voice of your generation. We
got to get you on beat, though. You know, the
rhymes was dope. The rhymes was great. But we got
to get you on that beat.

Speaker 2 (01:19:22):
What's the beat? What do you mean?

Speaker 11 (01:19:24):
We got to get you on that. We got to
make it where it flow.

Speaker 2 (01:19:27):
It got to flow.

Speaker 4 (01:19:27):
On that beat. The beat.

Speaker 3 (01:19:28):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:19:29):
But the rhymes.

Speaker 2 (01:19:30):
Not bad.

Speaker 4 (01:19:31):
Not bad.

Speaker 2 (01:19:32):
I was surprised.

Speaker 4 (01:19:33):
You know, I thought they were, you know, I didn't
know what to expect.

Speaker 2 (01:19:37):
But now, do I have a future in rap?

Speaker 11 (01:19:40):
We got to get you on that beat, man. A
few months with me, you'll be, you'll be, you'll be.

Speaker 2 (01:19:44):
You know, I had a thought. I was going to
tour the South. I spent time backstage at the Apollo.

Speaker 4 (01:19:49):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:19:49):
My show was in Harlem for one season across.

Speaker 3 (01:19:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:19:52):
And I spent time there, and that's where I hooked
up with some of Jay-Z's guys, and they worked with
me some lines to become the voice of my generation.
Then they went and put me on the road. Had
to go into the South.

Speaker 4 (01:20:02):
Is that right?

Speaker 3 (01:20:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:20:04):
Man, that's pretty incredible. Yeah, they need to work with
you on that beat, though.

Speaker 3 (01:20:08):
The beat.

Speaker 4 (01:20:08):
Yeah, yeah, we got to rock that beat. Hello.

Speaker 2 (01:20:15):
Hello.

Speaker 3 (01:20:16):
Hello.

Speaker 8 (01:20:17):
Hello.

Speaker 2 (01:20:17):
Quiet, numbskulls.

Speaker 3 (01:20:18):
I'm broadcasting.

Speaker 4 (01:20:19):
Go for it, you bonehead.

Speaker 2 (01:20:24):
That's my boy Ludacris.

Speaker 10 (01:20:30):
Now see, Willie, don't listen to the words. Music is,
that's the beat. As the T-man would say.

Speaker 2 (01:20:38):
Can you quiet down? I want to listen to my man.
I got a call from Castellini. Ticket sales tonight, a
little bit light.

Speaker 6 (01:20:46):
And he's wondering.

Speaker 2 (01:20:48):
If I could team up with Ludacris after the game,
Little Ebony and Ivory. Maybe you could sing the Endurance
Insurance song or something. Let's listen to this little guy.

Speaker 7 (01:20:59):
What's she saying?

Speaker 2 (01:21:00):
Georgia Dome on a 50-yard line.

Speaker 5 (01:21:02):
Atlanta.

Speaker 3 (01:21:03):
Sorry.

Speaker 2 (01:21:03):
How about me and Ludacris after the game? I'll lay
down a few lines. Ice Cube is going to school me.
I almost had enough. I did have. He said, you've

(01:21:23):
got to come out to Encino for about three months.
Then we'll get you on the beat. Yeah, you're not
doing nothing else, right?

Speaker 4 (01:21:28):
I said, you'll be dope.

Speaker 2 (01:21:29):
I said, three months in Encino, me, a voice of
my generation. Yeah, you fit in well out there. Older
men and women that want to rap. So I said,
you've got to know how to dress. I'd be like,
you moving to Clifton. Got to rack them. I got
to rack them. I got to rack what? Got to
rack them, the hits. Like Ella Langley. I could be,
you know. You got it. But see, that's the beat.

(01:21:52):
It's not the song. I'm off beat. Your lyrics are dope,
he said. But my beat. That means good.

Speaker 4 (01:21:58):
I'm off beat.

Speaker 2 (01:21:58):
I'm not on the beat.

Speaker 3 (01:22:00):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:22:00):
You got to get the beat.

Speaker 3 (01:22:01):
102.3 FM.

Speaker 2 (01:22:07):
What's she saying? You make me so good. You make
it so good. I don't want to. Is that about
Dean Gregory's event on Sunday night? I think so, yeah.
Is that what they're talking about?

Speaker 4 (01:22:16):
Oh, wait a minute.

Speaker 2 (01:22:16):
Oh, here we go. I see you slow it down
a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:22:18):
Slow it down. Get the ladies.

Speaker 2 (01:22:19):
Get the ladies inside. Yeah, get the ladies on the floor.
Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber.

Speaker 1 (01:22:30):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:22:31):
This music video, I think it was Sean in Strikes
and Spares bowling alley in Deer Park. Or Hyde's Lanes
in White Oak.

Speaker 6 (01:22:38):
Hyde's Lanes.

Speaker 2 (01:22:38):
Or maybe Western Bowl. What about Stones? Western Bowl. The Hoinks.
Give me the Hoinks or give me that. Give me
Russell Hoink. I need Tracy and Russell Hoink. Hoink, hoink, hoink. Say,
how about some sports? Now that we're dope.

Speaker 10 (01:22:51):
Willie, the Stooges report is a proud service of your
local Tempstar.

Speaker 2 (01:22:54):
Heating and air conditioning dealers. Tempstar.

Speaker 10 (01:22:57):
Quality you can feel in southeastern Indiana. Call Joe Eckstein.
Eckstein Heating and Cooling.

Speaker 3 (01:23:03):
8-1-2-9-3-2-20-26.

Speaker 10 (01:23:03):
Give me some dope. I got some dope.

Speaker 2 (01:23:08):
Do you see something? I got dope.

Speaker 3 (01:23:13):
Sparks!

Speaker 2 (01:23:14):
Thank you, Roxy.

Speaker 10 (01:23:15):
Reds and Brewers tonight, Willie, in downtown. 5-10, Sports Talk.
Arnold Carrier's inside pitch.

Speaker 4 (01:23:21):
But then.

Speaker 10 (01:23:22):
Kelsey Chevrolet extra inning show after the game. After Ludacris. Well,
Ludacris is on about a half hour, 40 minutes after
the game tonight in concert. Cincinnati 1-6 against Milwaukee.

Speaker 2 (01:23:35):
Look at this way, Segment. 13 games. Three with Milwaukee.
Go out to L.A. for three. Go to Milwaukee for three.
Go back to L.A. for four.

Speaker 3 (01:23:44):
13 games.

Speaker 10 (01:23:44):
What if the Reds go 10-3? If they go 10-3, Willie.
Then they're in it. They'll win it.

Speaker 2 (01:23:51):
Well, pretty, yeah. Remember last year, you were snickering.

Speaker 3 (01:23:54):
L.A.

Speaker 10 (01:23:54):
De La Cruz is back at shortstop. The quad injury's okay.
And Eugenio Suarez, the newest U.S. citizen, he's DH-ing tonight.
I should ask him a few citizenship questions. High school
football action all across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky tonight, 6 o'clock.

Speaker 2 (01:24:08):
High school football.

Speaker 10 (01:24:09):
Tonight show, ESPN 1530, Fox Sports 1360. Get the music going.
That leads into the game between Indy Cathedral and St. X.

Speaker 3 (01:24:18):
What?

Speaker 2 (01:24:18):
Were you in shock when Ice Cube and I did
a little bit of a rap together? Yeah, but he
liked your rhymes. I know I liked them.

Speaker 12 (01:24:26):
They were dope.

Speaker 2 (01:24:29):
Don't listen to the words. The beat, the music, that's
what you need to get. I got to get Sarah
Elise in here. I bet she's on the beat.

Speaker 12 (01:24:36):
Don't need no Starbucks. Don't need no Starbucks. in the
street and at school on the playground but i really
want to see her on the weekend she knows she
got me gazing because she was so amazing and now
my heart is breaking who's singing this.

Speaker 2 (01:24:54):
That's ludicrous is that an adjective or a noun ludicrous i.

Speaker 10 (01:25:00):
Don't know you know who that is who ludicrous yeah
he does those endurance commercials on tv commercials right annika
patrick and car insurance does he sing too Not on nose, no.

Speaker 2 (01:25:11):
He just kind of turns around and goes, what?

Speaker 3 (01:25:14):
What?

Speaker 2 (01:25:14):
That's ludicrous. Let's see, Willie. You got the park. Deer Park.

Speaker 10 (01:25:18):
In action tonight against Miami Valley Christian Academy. Middletown and
Fairfield and Colerain will take on Princeton.

Speaker 2 (01:25:27):
I'll tell you what. I'll tell you. Get out of
the way. I'll take Princeton in that matchup. I'll give
your alma mater Colerain. You want Colerain, the Cardinals against
the Vikes?

Speaker 4 (01:25:37):
Why not?

Speaker 2 (01:25:37):
Hot fudge Sunday.

Speaker 10 (01:25:38):
You know, UMass beat Rutgers last night for their first
win in like 17 years.

Speaker 2 (01:25:44):
So it can happen. What is Rutgers doing in the
Big Ten, one might ask? Getting their brains beat in.
Sounds like you're walking over the rhyme. I think it's
up by Clifton at UC. Got to dodge the ball.

Speaker 10 (01:25:58):
Cincinnati Bearcats and Boston College tomorrow at the NIP. 2.30
here on 700 WLW. Miami Redhawks and Pitt. Tommy Brenneman's
got that game.

Speaker 8 (01:26:08):
Good.

Speaker 10 (01:26:08):
Youngstown State faces Kentucky at noon. ESPN 1530. You got
Ball State at number one. Ohio State, North Texas at
number six.

Speaker 3 (01:26:17):
Indiana.

Speaker 8 (01:26:17):
Good.

Speaker 2 (01:26:19):
MLS action tomorrow night, D.C.

Speaker 10 (01:26:21):
United and FC Cincinnati at 7, ESPN 1530.

Speaker 2 (01:26:25):
Down and dirty.

Speaker 10 (01:26:26):
The Pro Football Hall of Fame, Willie, has made sweeping
changes to the selection process.

Speaker 2 (01:26:30):
There goes Ken Anderson.

Speaker 10 (01:26:31):
That includes a significant reduction in selectors and the elimination
of separate seniors category.

Speaker 2 (01:26:39):
There goes Kenny Anderson.

Speaker 3 (01:26:40):
Correct.

Speaker 2 (01:26:42):
All because of Bill Belichick and Jordan Johnson.

Speaker 1 (01:26:44):
Cincinnati. It's nothing about the past, nothing about the future.

Speaker 3 (01:26:48):
It's right now we're playing for Cincinnati.

Speaker 8 (01:26:49):
How did they not put.

Speaker 2 (01:26:50):
Belichick in the Hall of Fame? Don't ask me.

Speaker 4 (01:26:52):
I don't know.

Speaker 10 (01:26:52):
There would no longer be at least one selector in
each of the home markets of the 32 teams.

Speaker 2 (01:26:58):
I mean, that's stupid. It's all stupid. The Halls of
Fame are stupid.

Speaker 3 (01:27:03):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:27:03):
The Baseball Hall of Fame is really stupid.

Speaker 3 (01:27:06):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:27:08):
Can't have Barry Bonds.

Speaker 4 (01:27:09):
Can't have Pete. That's stupid.

Speaker 10 (01:27:11):
There's no modern era, no senior areas anymore. Everybody's bunched
into one big thing.

Speaker 2 (01:27:18):
Can't have A-Rod. Can't have him either. Can't have the
best hitters, the best pitchers. Roger Clemens can't be in
the Hall of Fame. I don't know what to tell you.
I have a Hall of Fame. That's what I'm saying.
In football, if Kenny Anderson belongs in the Hall of Fame,
no question. But he can't get to the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 10 (01:27:34):
Don't forget, Willie, of course, it's a Western Southern W.E.B.N.
fireworks on Sunday night. Rendezvous on the river, 5 p.m.
to 11, Montgomery and Boathouse, $ 200 a person.

Speaker 2 (01:27:46):
Dennis Jansen is gone. He just called me. DJ will
be there.

Speaker 10 (01:27:50):
Buffet tickets, two drink tickets, buffet dinner, free parking, and
you get the second best seat in the house besides
our tent.

Speaker 2 (01:28:00):
On the northern Kentucky side. What about on top of
the great American building named after me? Bingo. Call Emily
at 513-653-3710 or.

Speaker 10 (01:28:10):
Go to fireworks.givesmart.com for ticket and more information.

Speaker 2 (01:28:15):
And that proceeds go to charity, right?

Speaker 10 (01:28:17):
American Cancer Society, Men Wear Pink, Cancer-Free Kids, and the
Friars Club.

Speaker 2 (01:28:24):
So, good timing. I mean, you're right there. Literally, you're
right there.

Speaker 3 (01:28:28):
Right there.

Speaker 2 (01:28:30):
Right there at the fireworks at the boathouse. I was
about to say.

Speaker 4 (01:28:33):
Well, Sega continues.

Speaker 2 (01:28:34):
Here it is, Labor Day weekend.

Speaker 3 (01:28:36):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:28:36):
Working our tails off, working like dogs. And get me
out of this dude's report because I got to get
some rap lines together. Ludacris' guys want me to rap
on the phone at 3.30 to see if I'm up
to his performance level to be after the Reds game tonight. Well,
good luck to you. Ebony and Ivory, it'll be Paul
McCartney and MJ together.

Speaker 10 (01:28:55):
Everybody have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend. And
stay safe, stay cool in school. We leave you with
the immortal words of the Stooge Report.

Speaker 2 (01:29:08):
See Highway Patrol again next week.

Speaker 3 (01:29:10):
Until then, remember, reckless driving doesn't determine who's right, only
who's left. This is Roderick Crawford saying, see you next week.

Speaker 2 (01:29:18):
Segmen, have a great Labor Day weekend. Same to you, Willie.
Celebrating the contributions of men and women at work. We
have the greatest economy in the world, according to those
who look at it from the outside. You watch the
mainstream media, it's a lousy economy. I read out of Germany,
they want to know what America is doing so right
that they can amplify. And they're telling us from around

(01:29:39):
the world, because the numbers this morning, another 140,000 new
jobs are created. We have an inflation rate of about 3%,
unemployment rate about 4%. The stock market's at an all-time high.
Manufacturing jobs are growing because of Donald Trump. But to
watch the media, you think it's awful.

Speaker 3 (01:29:56):
Correct.

Speaker 7 (01:29:57):
Terrible.

Speaker 2 (01:29:58):
We have to pay attention to what's important and ignore
what isn't. And the Democrats' recipe and their remedies for
the problems would make them worse. Do you think gasoline
is expensive now? What if we didn't have drilling and
fracking and pipelines and didn't have coal-fired power plants? What
would happen then to energy? I'm taking the metro home.

(01:30:19):
Or my thumb. Maybe take the streetcar. Cost about $ 150 million,
got nothing out of it. It just goes in a circle. Yeah,
kind of like Democrats. All right, segment, thank you. I'll
see you, I guess, on Tuesday. Yes, sir, Willie. Billy Cunningham,
have a great Labor Day weekend. Reds baseball, high school football,
Bengals a week from Sunday and more. At your home
of the Reds, Bengals, high school football, FC, UC, Xavier,

(01:30:42):
and so much more.

Speaker 4 (01:30:42):
Bearcats, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:30:43):
Bearcats.

Speaker 2 (01:30:44):
News Radio 700, WLW Cincinnati.

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