December 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Mark Thompson opens Hour 3 with the latest forecast alongside the National Weather Service, as meteorologist Joe Sirarad urges people to stay home and limit road travel if possible. They break down why it feels unusually warm right now, how subtropical moisture is fueling the storm, and why the unsettled weather is expected to linger through Friday before clearing into the weekend. Mark also reflects on the unique challenge of having a December 26th birthday and trying to gather people in the post-holiday lull.Mark then reinforces storm safety while shifting to holiday travel, as AAA predicts record-breaking travel numbers. He reacts to the sticker shock of average airfare approaching $900 per ticket, questioning why so many travelers are still hitting the road and skies despite the cost and conditions.The hour turns cultural as Mark examines how Christmas has changed on television — with fewer primetime specials and late-night programming looking very different — and why the absence of wall-to-wall holiday content feels so noticeable.Mark also weighs in on the viral incident involving DK Metcalf of the Pittsburgh Steelers, after video appeared to show a physical exchange with a fan during a game against the Detroit Lions. Mark debates where the line should be drawn between player accountability and fan responsibility.To close the show, and at a listener’s request, Mark dips into the archives for a classic Mark Thompson / Tim Conway Jr. segment involving body scans — a throwback moment to end the night.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Chanuka was last week right finished this past weekend. Chanuka
of course the pronunciation that Smokey Rebinson gave it, which
is just about the best thing to me that has
happened in the last few years when it comes to
the holidays. But with Hanikah over, it's now it's Christmas
(00:29):
and Kwansa. Christmas is the day after tomorrow, and the
problem is getting from here to there. If you have
Christmas plans. We have massive travel planned around southern California.
We are having to get on the road and we
have to, you know, balance the pies and the cakes
and you know travel as so so do so many
(00:54):
and the reality is the travel is probably going to
be one of the things that is most discouraged. Joe
Sarart from the National Weather Service is an honest to
goodness meteorologist. He's not just some guy who's standing up
there in front of a map and faking it. He
really knows his stuff. And Joe, how bad is it
going to be?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, Mark, it looks like we're going to have a
blockbuster a winter shore move into the area. It looks
like later tonight and tomorrow with a lot of wind
and rain, very heavy rain at times. We're looking at
rainfall rates sixtence one and a quarter inches over the
lower elevations, possibly up to one and a half inches
(01:34):
an hour in the higher elevation. So we have the
high intens of the rainfall will produce widespread urban flooding,
small river and stream flooding, rock slides, mudslides, debris flows
out of recent burn areas, So we have the whole
gamut of effects from the heavy rain. In addition, we
have powerful winds moving in too, with wind gusts of
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possibly up to forty five to fifty five miles hour
for the coast and valleys, and possibly up to sixty
to eighty miles an hour in the mountains. So we
are expecting widespread damage from the winds and power outages
and that sort of thing. So in addition to the rain,
that could be like I said, power outages. So there's
a lot of issues going on with this well, a
(02:18):
lot of impacts, and so we advise folks if they
can stay home tomorrow, to stay home.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, at least tomorrow, is you know, Christmas Eve, so
you'd think maybe, but a lot of last minute stuff
is done. We have to go to a Christmas Eve thing,
and then we have a Christmas Day thing. So I
want to ask you about one specific aspect of this storm.
And I was seeing this on social media. People were
asking me about it, and I wonder if you could
(02:45):
just discuss it, meaning just give me a second on it.
It's warm out right now. It's warmer, people are saying
than they would expect in a winter storm. Can you
describe sort of the aspects of this that make it
warm right now and how that may change.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, the whole idea of the warmth is that the
air flow is coming in from the south, and so
we have a lot of subtropical moisture moving into the area.
And with that subtropical moisture comes a rather mild air mass.
So we're not expecting to be terribly cold, you know,
still below normal temperatures for this time of year for
our area, like in the low sixties probably during the day,
(03:22):
but it looks like it'll be rather mild even up
into the mountains. So the ski resorts are not expecting
any any snow from this first system. That's coming in tomorrow.
So that's the whole idea, is the southerly flow and
the warm air mass, and the.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Warm area carries more moisture, doesn't a joserar than than
colder air.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Typically absolutely, So the warm of the air mass, the
more moisture it can hold. And with this subtropical air mass,
we are expecting well above normal amounts of moisture available
to this storm system. And so with the powerful winds
and the high moisture content, that will help us to
produce that high intensity rainfall today I described earlier Joe.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Surrard, I like to ask the questions that nobody asks.
You may have noticed this about me, and I want
to ask you a question that probably no one's asking you,
and that is when is it all going to be over?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, it looks like we're going to have more showers
with additional cumulating rain, really a significant rain even on
Christmas Day into Friday with the thunderstorms and whatnot, so
additional winds, and then finally it looks like by Friday
night into Saturday we should start to dry out. This
system will move away. We are expecting some northeast offshore
(04:40):
winds to develop later in the weekend at early next week,
so we should be mostly clear and dry by early
next week.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Wow, early next week is when we're going to be
clear and dry. Man, what a tough holiday season. Wow well, Joey,
so appreciate you taking time. I know it's extremely busy
time for you guys over there. Thank you very much much.
All the best in the National Weather Service. I mean,
this is where all the information comes from that we
see in all of these different media outlets, and we
so appreciate the work you do day in and day out.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Thank you, Joe Well, thank you, my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Joe, Saraart, everybody from the National Weather Service. Wow, I am.
It's pretty much an ongoing blast until next week. Friday.
I don't need to tell you Mark Friday is my birthday.
I didn't know that. Yeah, so wall to wall festiveness.
(05:35):
What are we doing right now? We have no plan?
I see, kind of low key. I'll tell you what happened.
This is the truth. I was trying to plan something
but really hadn't planned anything, but just sort of thinking
about it, maybe having a dinner. And one of the
problems with having your birthday the day after Christmas is
that no one's around. Everybody's kind of you know, they're
(05:58):
celebrating somewhere else. I get it. So when you're a kid,
you know, it's like your gift oriented. When you're an adult,
you just want to get people together. But it's still
a huge ripoff. Everybody who has a birthday around Christmas
gets when we say GYP, we all carry. I don't
think you really can. Okay, I take that back, Okay,
but they they it's true those of us who have
(06:19):
those birthdays around the holidays, particularly after Christmas in my case,
and people have birthdays on Christmas, et cetera, carry a
little bit of an emotional resentment. I'm guessing. I mean
it might be latent, you know, I don't think it's
in any kind of outward way, but you know, it's
just there year after year. But anyway, here's what happened.
(06:41):
So guys coming in from the East Coast. He's like
this friend of ours, and he's a friend of a
lot of friends of ours, and he said, I'm having
a dinner at this big steakhouse and this big you know,
it's going to be a big, swanky dinner, and I
want you all on this. And they're like, nine people
(07:01):
on the thread, I want you all to come, and
I was like, oh gosh, I mean it's like that
was gonna be my birthday dinner. And I don't know.
I don't want to tell that. You know, he's so
generous to include me. Maybe I'll just do the birthday
dinner the next night or something, you know. So somebody
on the thread said, hey, you know it's Mark's birthday
(07:23):
the twenty sixth, and he said on the thread, no problem,
We'll drink a toast to Mark's birthday. So I thought, okay,
I guess, but it's sort of weird because you're wanting
to go to this thing, but you're also wanting to
have a birthday dinner. You're no afterthoughts, sir. I am
(07:44):
this year. I am this year.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I wouldn't tolerate that if I were now listen. I
don't know how meticulously my conception was planned. I have
a feeling not very much at all. But my birthday
is in June, so the year's nice and spaced out
when it comes to gifts, so you deserve a redo. Yeah,
it's so great June, it really is.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
But there is a special bond all of you who
have birthdays around this time of year. There's a special
bond we all have. It really is true. I find
the December birthday people are a special crew. So if
you have a birthday around this time of year, happy birthday.
And yes, we share our celebration with a much bigger celebration,
but it is nonetheless a celebration, and you're all seething
(08:28):
with anger and resentment. Yeah, it is something that's built
up over the decades, and this year in southern California,
it will be rainy and nasty.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
We're kind of dipping into the Christmas music today. You know,
it's the day before the day before, so it feels
like the right time to lay down little vibe and
whatever you're doing for Christmas, be aware of the fact
that there is quite the storm headed in. It'll be
late tonight and tomorrow we will get pounded, I mean
(09:08):
with tremendous amounts of rain. By now, you've heard it everywhere,
You've seen it everywhere, but it does bear mentioning again,
and we'll monitor it hour to hour here on kffive.
But there will be evacuations, there will be much live
there will be issues, there'll be down power lines, there's
high velocity winds moving through, and this is a serious
storm system that really won't go away until next week,
(09:30):
although the worst of it is over the next few days.
So travel, holiday travel, it's a mess.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Triple A says this holiday season is shaping up to
be one of the busiest travel periods we have ever seen,
with millions expected to take to the roads, and sky
NBC six's Taylor Smith breaks down what travelers should know
before they head out.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Hi Taylor, Yeah, Hi, Alex And that's right, whether you're
flying or driving. Triple A says travelers should expect heavier
crowds this holiday season. And here's a closer look at
what the data shows. Holiday travel is expected to hit
a new record. Triple A projects one hundred and twenty
(10:11):
two point four million Americans will travel at least fifty
miles from home between December twentieth through January.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
First, wow, are you kidding me? One hundred and twenty
two million Americans are going to travel fifty miles or more.
That's a lot of.
Speaker 7 (10:29):
Triple A Projects.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
One hundred and twenty two point four million Americans will
travel at least fifty miles from home between December twentieth.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
Through January first.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
This is a two point two percent increase from last
year's record of one hundred and nineteen point seven million.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
I guess it's then somewhat standard, though, although the record
was last year as well one hundred and nineteen million men.
That's all.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
The economy is improving enough that people have more confidence
in traveling, and this has certainly been the trend in
the past three years.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
Triple A expects eight point zero three million travelers to
fly domestically this holiday season, But flying.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
Comes out of cost.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Round trip domestic airfare is up seven percent, averaging nearly
nine hundred dollars a ticket and monitoring your flight to
avoid potential cancelations or delays.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
People are traveling more, and it's the average ticket is
nine hundred bucks.
Speaker 7 (11:15):
Or averaging nearly nine hundred dollars a ticket.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
What seems high. I mean, it's too high for me, wow.
Speaker 7 (11:24):
But flying comes out of cost.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Round trip domestic airfare is up seven percent, averaging nearly
nine hundred dollars a ticket and monitoring your flight to
avoid potential cancelations or delays is being highly encouraged you.
Speaker 8 (11:36):
Go through those preliminary checks as much as you can
pre screen your luggage, as you can, make sure you
line up a parking place in advance, or everything you
can do in advance to help you on your rival
will make things more smooth for you.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
However, most travelers are choosing the roads.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
About one hundred and nine point five million people will
drive this year due to lower call and flexibility, but
with more cars on the road, officials urge drivers to prioritize.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
This is one of those good news bad news things.
Good news is more drivers will be on the road.
The bad news is they're more drivers on the road
and that means more trouble for you.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
But with more cars on the road, officials urge drivers
to prioritize safety.
Speaker 8 (12:19):
If you're traveling long distance, we strongly encourage you to
get out of your vehicle every two hours.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I know it's hard to do.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
People just want to get to the destination.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
But an often overlooked, an underappreciated impairment is fatigue.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
People fall asleep behind.
Speaker 8 (12:35):
The whittle or responsible for about nineteen percent of traffic fatalities.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Wow, that is a scary number. Man, you know, the
electric car thing forces you on these longer trips to stop. Now,
there's some electric cars that have really long distances, but
my experience has been, you know, I almost welcome the
(13:00):
whatever it is forty minutes. Now, there are a lot
of electric cars, so you're sometimes you're on a line
and then it's a drag, but you know, on a
line waiting to get to you know, an electric pump.
But I'm just saying that it does build in a break,
which is kind of a good thing as long as
you're not on a you know, a time schedule, of course.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
And while Christmas week is the busiest heavy traffic, heavily
depends on the time of day.
Speaker 8 (13:26):
The earlier start you can get the better.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
If this guy's a buzzkill all the way, isn't he.
You want to get your you know, your ticket lined
up and your ride to the airport or parking space
ahead of time. Thanks a lot, Dad, Yeah, download the
app for whatever airline you want to think this through
ahead of time. Make sure you okay, gosh, wear your rubbers,
take exactly, take a take a break every two hours
(13:52):
you get out of the car walk.
Speaker 8 (13:54):
The earlier start you can get the better. If you
wait until the noon hour and beyond, you can just
really anticipate heavy your track.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Oh my god, super buzzkill Earlier is better? Everybody, all right?
I got an email asking about a story. I will
read the email and share the story. Next.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
You know, back when you'd find like the Jackson five
on various variety shows singing stuff like that, or you'd
there were a lot of Christmas shows. There were a lot.
And I have to I'm asking because I just don't
watch television as much. Are there as many as there
used to be? I mean, I grew up there were
tons of Christmas shows.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
No, but you can find those on YouTube and I
kind of compulsively watch him, Dean Martin, Andy Williams. YouTube
is just a gold mine for that stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, it's true, but I mean, I'm just curious what
there's another generation of them. Like I saw I don't
know if it was literally Tim McGraw Christmas or something,
but it was something like that the other night, and
I thought, oh, this is cool, Like there's another kind
of Christmas special that is being birthed. During this time.
(15:20):
But I remember wald ofwall Christmas specials in the old days,
and you'd see this kind of thing. You'd see, you know,
Johnny Mathis would come on and he'd do his own special,
perhaps Andy Williams, and you know, it's just it's interesting
to see as media has morphed, you know, through the
(15:40):
many years, just how the culture has changed too. You know,
there just isn't that variety show staple that was in
prime time, as you say, Dean Martin, and I mean
there were all of these even comedy shows that would
kind of be variety shows. Late nineteen has changed. But
(16:02):
I'm not saying for the worst. I'm just saying different,
you know. But man, this time of year, prime time
was wall to wall Christmas specials. I mean, you know,
it's a it's an Osmond Christmas, it's a you know,
it's a Peanuts Christmas.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yeah, Variety shows were a much bigger thing back in
the day. And it seems like almost every Glenn Campbell,
you know, Sandler and Young like some deep dives here
I just happened to catch randomly. Hannah Waddington had a
Christmas special last year. Wow, you stunt me.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
She was in that Ted and the Shame Lady from
Game of Thrones. Oh, sure, of course, okay, which is
always festive. Yeah, but you've got to search the stuff
out though it's not ubiquitous like it used to be. No, yeah,
that's great, that's great knowledge though. That's cool. I used
to drop from her on my show, my YouTube show.
(16:58):
Used to drop from her shame yeah, the uh no,
but a different drop but her the I know, I
promised you a story, and it's not a long story,
but I'll get to it in the next segment, somebody
wrote in an email, and I will get to that story.
But I was struck by the suspension of DK Metcalf.
(17:24):
Does anybody I don't know. I feel like everybody in
this crew watches some NFL takes it in on some level.
And the Steelers beat the Lions. It was a great game.
Twenty nine to twenty four was the final at Ford Field.
It was on Sunday, and there was a moment during
(17:46):
which DK Metcalf, who's a you know, star wide receiver,
actually got into a physical exchange with a fan in
the Detroit stands And you kind of have to know.
I think a little bit of the backstory from what
I understand, this fan has been dogging DK Metcalf, and
(18:12):
not just on this game. I mean, I guess they've
got history. And Metcalf went over and you can see it.
You can find the footage. Metcalf goes over to the
spectator and it looks like he strikes him with his
right hand and the NFL gave him a two game
suspension because of that.
Speaker 9 (18:33):
It's coal in the stocking this year for Pittsburgh Steelers
star DK Medcalf, the wide receiver, has been suspended for
the two final regular season games after what the NFL
says was initiating a physical confrontation with a fan.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
That's it right there. Now. I have to say this though,
and this is why I mentioned, you know, being dogged
by a fan. I feel as though the fans also
have some responsibility not to be total.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Don't you wonder though, if athletes are a little thinner
skinned now because that used to be part of the deal,
that's through a game. That's true, two tome the athletes. Yeah, no,
it's absolutely true. I mean you'd think they wouldn't be
because there's so much more money involved. I mean, in
the old days, the athletes didn't get the kind of money.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
You know. This suspension could cost him half a million dollars.
It's it's insane, just a suspension, the two game suspension,
and it could cost him half a million dollars.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
It happened during Sunday's win over the Detroit Lines. The
Detroit Free Press reporting the fan used a racial slur
toward Metcalf and also made a derogatory comment about his mother.
The fan denies that.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
And I'm sorry. If that was demonstrably true, then I
think the fan should should suffer as well. I don't
think you should be able to shout anything at these athletes,
and maybe, look, maybe that's I don't know. To me,
it's it's also a question that people around you, and
(20:06):
I don't think you should be allowed to shout this
stuff because you've got kids at the game, and so
I don't know, maybe I don't. I'm not looking to
make this an absolutely sanitized environment, but I'm also not
looking for anything to be said at any time. It
just seems as though it can destroy what could be
a great spectators for The.
Speaker 9 (20:25):
Fan used a racial slur toward Metcalf and also made
a derogatory comment about his mother. The fan denies that
through his lawyer. Now Metcalf is planning to appeal his suspension.
Rina Roy has the latest.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
I mean, disparaging comments about the mother are the pretty
rich tradition of that. I mean, I'm just saying that
wouldn't bother me so much if i'm you know, I mean,
I recall some shots at my mom growing up. I
mean it was kind of school yard stuff. Oh your
mother jokes are pro forma. But we don't want our
(20:58):
games turned into clan So that's where you draw the line.
That's what I mean with the racial stuff, I can
you know, and anything even approaching that Perry.
Speaker 10 (21:08):
The NFL says that DK Metcalf has been suspended for
two games without pay for initiating a physical confrontation with
a fan during Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. And
take a look at this video. You can see Metcalf
approaching a fan who's wearing a blue wig in the
front row at Ford Field. You see him grab him
(21:28):
by this shirt and then sort.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Of I don't think blue wig should be allowed either,
as long as we're making some changes, I just thank.
Speaker 10 (21:34):
You, you know, blue wig in the front row at.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
In the front row. He's wearing a blue wig. I
mean that, I'm just saying, you know, you're flirting with disasters.
Speaker 10 (21:42):
Blue wig in the front row at Ford Field. You
see him grab him by this shirt and then sort
of swipe upward. The NFL saying Metcalf's actions violate league policy,
which specifies that players may not enter the stands or
otherwise confront fans at any time on game day. And
if a player makes uncess sery physical contact with a
fan in any way that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct or presents
(22:05):
crowd control issues and or risk of injury, he will
be held accountable. Now, Metcalf will be eligible to return
to the Steelers active roster on Monday, January fifth.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Also, he can appeal it. I mean, he can appeal
the judgment. But he signed a four year dealer was
one hundred and thirty two million dollars with the Steelers.
He was traded from the Seahawks. That was he was
a star with the Seahawks. Anyway, guys, you make a
(22:37):
lot of money, jerks sadly some answers, and you just
have to let it go. And Metcalf, as I say,
two game suspension it'll cost him just over half a
million dollars. When we come back, we'll check the email bag.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And you've heard of them dangerous amounts of rain and wind.
There is a magical quality to just staying home and
you know, waiting it out, you know, I mean, they're
Christmas movies, and there's just that whole The song made
me think of it. It's just that kind of mythology
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or cultural vibe that's kind of just settled in around Christmas,
staying in, you know, eggnog, fire, that whole thing. I mean,
it's just a very calming sort of place to be home.
And you know, again, wherever you call home, it might
be you know, in your studio apartment in Hollywood, or
(23:50):
it might be your you know, wherever you are, you
might be passing through. But literally you settle in and
wait the storm out, and that's probably the best thing
you can do. Kf I AM six forty Live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app. Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim.
We're just finishing up around here, and thanks a couple
(24:11):
of you wrote to me emails. The Mark Thompson Show
at gmail dot com is my email and someone wrote
in and wanted me to I can just find this email.
(24:33):
Lisa was very nice, had some nice things and let
me now I can't here it is. This person wanted
me to tell a story about the time that Conway
(24:53):
and I went for full body scans. I'd forgotten about that,
but Greg is saying, please share the story about when
you and Conway got the body scans. So I thank
you for remembering that story. Greg. It was born of
(25:18):
me bonding with Conway, wanting to find activities we could
do together, and he had been offered this full body
scan at Saint Joe's down in Orange County, and he
said to me, why don't you come with me and
(25:40):
I'll do the body scan real quick and I'll meet
with them. It was a kind of a I don't
want to say endorsement thing or sponsorship thing, but it
was something related to the show. And he said, but
I'll do that real quick and then we'll go to lunch.
It'll be fun. I said, oh, that would be fun. Okay,
I'll come down there. I'll meet you. So go down
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to Orange County meet him there. And everybody in the
office at this medical place, this diagnostic place, they're all delightful.
The doctor's there, the nurses, and Conway goes in. And
before Conway goes in, they said, and you'll go in
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after him. I said, no, no, no, I'm not here for
the scan. I'm just here for just to hang out
and to meet you guys, and Tim and I are
having lunch. Later. They said, oh, okay, but it's real.
So I said, yeah, I know, I know it's simple,
but I'm just not you know, I'm not going to
do it. So Conway goes in and the scan takes
no time. It might have taken five minutes literally, and
(26:46):
then he comes back into this conference room and they say, Thompson,
come on, why don't you do it? Doesn't take any
time at all. And I said, nah, you know, I'm fine.
I feel okay, and and Conway goes look at you.
You know you're a vegan, you're healthy, you work out.
I mean, they're not going to find anything. Why don't
you just do it? And I said, well, I don't know,
(27:07):
I just feel that. Okay, I'll do it. So I
go in and again it takes no time at all.
They put you in the tube. It looks like that
MRI tube that many of you are familiar with. And
I go back into the conference room and we're all
sitting around talking and the nurse comes in and she goes,
(27:29):
good news, Tim, You're completely clear. Your scan is clear.
You're in great shape, totally nothing. I mean, you know,
you get the peace of mind, and we've looked at
your whole body. Everything is great. And Conway, you know Conway,
who vapes, who has smoked, who has you know, no
kind of particular diet going. I mean, he's totally clear,
(27:52):
one perfect in this sea scan that they did. Now
I'm just waiting they have come back in with mine yet.
So we're talking, talking, talking. The nurse comes in and
she says, Mark, I go yeah, I and everybody goes, eh, Thomson,
(28:15):
let me guess he's final to go. The doctor would
like to see you, Mark. So I leave the conference room.
I go two doors down where the doctor's sitting and
he wants to show me the scan and I'm thinking, no,
that's probably not a good thing. I just don't. He said,
(28:38):
we've spotted a couple of things on your lungs, these spots,
and we don't think they're anything, but we want to
make you aware of them, and we think you should
watch them and come back in six months. I'm thinking,
oh my god, this is exactly I mean. Either this
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is a great thing because I've caught something early, or
it's a horrible thing because what happens. He's told you
it's nothing, But for six months you're all anxiety written
about this. I'm telling you, I thought about this all
the time. So six months later, I go down there
to the same place, only this time I don't have
conway with me because I have to go in. They
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put me back in the tube. I go meet with
the doctor, same doctor, and he says, now, it doesn't
look like they've grown much at all. This is probably nothing,
but let's meet again in another six months. I'm like, wow,
this is horrible. This anxiety that I've had for the
last six months, I'm gonna have it for the next
six months. I go back down six months later, same doctor,
(29:46):
same place. They put me into the tube. I meet
with the doctor again. He goes just it's ever so slightly,
but we don't think there's anything here, but we think
you should keep an eye on this. In one more
scan in a another six months and I went back.
Everything was fine. That was a few years ago. I'm
(30:06):
hoping everything is still fine. But that was the lunch
that was adjacent to the cat scan that cost me
two years of worrying, while Conway, of course, because everything
with Conway just works out, got the clean bill of health.
That is the story of the cat scan gone bad.
(30:28):
And I'm telling you I should have gone on with my
first instinct, which was I'll see you afterward, I'll meet
you for lunch, and never have met anybody down there
or gone. But not to be anyway. We're alive to
tell the story, which is the important thing.
It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Chanuka was last week right finished this past weekend. Chanuka
of course the pronunciation that Smokey Rebinson gave it, which
is just about the best thing to me that has
happened in the last few years when it comes to
the holidays. But with Hanikah over, it's now it's Christmas
(00:29):
and Kwansa. Christmas is the day after tomorrow, and the
problem is getting from here to there. If you have
Christmas plans. We have massive travel planned around southern California.
We are having to get on the road and we
have to, you know, balance the pies and the cakes
and you know travel as so so do so many
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and the reality is the travel is probably going to
be one of the things that is most discouraged. Joe
Sarart from the National Weather Service is an honest to
goodness meteorologist. He's not just some guy who's standing up
there in front of a map and faking it. He
really knows his stuff. And Joe, how bad is it
going to be?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, Mark, it looks like we're going to have a
blockbuster a winter shore move into the area. It looks
like later tonight and tomorrow with a lot of wind
and rain, very heavy rain at times. We're looking at
rainfall rates sixtence one and a quarter inches over the
lower elevations, possibly up to one and a half inches
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an hour in the higher elevation. So we have the
high intens of the rainfall will produce widespread urban flooding,
small river and stream flooding, rock slides, mudslides, debris flows
out of recent burn areas, So we have the whole
gamut of effects from the heavy rain. In addition, we
have powerful winds moving in too, with wind gusts of
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possibly up to forty five to fifty five miles hour
for the coast and valleys, and possibly up to sixty
to eighty miles an hour in the mountains. So we
are expecting widespread damage from the winds and power outages
and that sort of thing. So in addition to the rain,
that could be like I said, power outages. So there's
a lot of issues going on with this well, a
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lot of impacts, and so we advise folks if they
can stay home tomorrow, to stay home.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, at least tomorrow, is you know, Christmas Eve, so
you'd think maybe, but a lot of last minute stuff
is done. We have to go to a Christmas Eve thing,
and then we have a Christmas Day thing. So I
want to ask you about one specific aspect of this storm.
And I was seeing this on social media. People were
asking me about it, and I wonder if you could
(02:45):
just discuss it, meaning just give me a second on it.
It's warm out right now. It's warmer, people are saying
than they would expect in a winter storm. Can you
describe sort of the aspects of this that make it
warm right now and how that may change.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, the whole idea of the warmth is that the
air flow is coming in from the south, and so
we have a lot of subtropical moisture moving into the area.
And with that subtropical moisture comes a rather mild air mass.
So we're not expecting to be terribly cold, you know,
still below normal temperatures for this time of year for
our area, like in the low sixties probably during the day,
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but it looks like it'll be rather mild even up
into the mountains. So the ski resorts are not expecting
any any snow from this first system. That's coming in tomorrow.
So that's the whole idea, is the southerly flow and
the warm air mass, and the.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Warm area carries more moisture, doesn't a joserar than than
colder air.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Typically absolutely, So the warm of the air mass, the
more moisture it can hold. And with this subtropical air mass,
we are expecting well above normal amounts of moisture available
to this storm system. And so with the powerful winds
and the high moisture content, that will help us to
produce that high intensity rainfall today I described earlier Joe.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Surrard, I like to ask the questions that nobody asks.
You may have noticed this about me, and I want
to ask you a question that probably no one's asking you,
and that is when is it all going to be over?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, it looks like we're going to have more showers
with additional cumulating rain, really a significant rain even on
Christmas Day into Friday with the thunderstorms and whatnot, so
additional winds, and then finally it looks like by Friday
night into Saturday we should start to dry out. This
system will move away. We are expecting some northeast offshore
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winds to develop later in the weekend at early next week,
so we should be mostly clear and dry by early
next week.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Wow, early next week is when we're going to be
clear and dry. Man, what a tough holiday season. Wow well, Joey,
so appreciate you taking time. I know it's extremely busy
time for you guys over there. Thank you very much much.
All the best in the National Weather Service. I mean,
this is where all the information comes from that we
see in all of these different media outlets, and we
so appreciate the work you do day in and day out.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Thank you, Joe Well, thank you, my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Joe, Saraart, everybody from the National Weather Service. Wow, I am.
It's pretty much an ongoing blast until next week. Friday.
I don't need to tell you Mark Friday is my birthday.
I didn't know that. Yeah, so wall to wall festiveness.
(05:35):
What are we doing right now? We have no plan?
I see, kind of low key. I'll tell you what happened.
This is the truth. I was trying to plan something
but really hadn't planned anything, but just sort of thinking
about it, maybe having a dinner. And one of the
problems with having your birthday the day after Christmas is
that no one's around. Everybody's kind of you know, they're
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celebrating somewhere else. I get it. So when you're a kid,
you know, it's like your gift oriented. When you're an adult,
you just want to get people together. But it's still
a huge ripoff. Everybody who has a birthday around Christmas
gets when we say GYP, we all carry. I don't
think you really can. Okay, I take that back, Okay,
but they they it's true those of us who have
(06:19):
those birthdays around the holidays, particularly after Christmas in my case,
and people have birthdays on Christmas, et cetera, carry a
little bit of an emotional resentment. I'm guessing. I mean
it might be latent, you know, I don't think it's
in any kind of outward way, but you know, it's
just there year after year. But anyway, here's what happened.
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So guys coming in from the East Coast. He's like
this friend of ours, and he's a friend of a
lot of friends of ours, and he said, I'm having
a dinner at this big steakhouse and this big you know,
it's going to be a big, swanky dinner, and I
want you all on this. And they're like, nine people
(07:01):
on the thread, I want you all to come, and
I was like, oh gosh, I mean it's like that
was gonna be my birthday dinner. And I don't know.
I don't want to tell that. You know, he's so
generous to include me. Maybe I'll just do the birthday
dinner the next night or something, you know. So somebody
on the thread said, hey, you know it's Mark's birthday
(07:23):
the twenty sixth, and he said on the thread, no problem,
We'll drink a toast to Mark's birthday. So I thought, okay,
I guess, but it's sort of weird because you're wanting
to go to this thing, but you're also wanting to
have a birthday dinner. You're no afterthoughts, sir. I am
(07:44):
this year. I am this year.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I wouldn't tolerate that if I were now listen. I
don't know how meticulously my conception was planned. I have
a feeling not very much at all. But my birthday
is in June, so the year's nice and spaced out
when it comes to gifts, so you deserve a redo. Yeah,
it's so great June, it really is.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
But there is a special bond all of you who
have birthdays around this time of year. There's a special
bond we all have. It really is true. I find
the December birthday people are a special crew. So if
you have a birthday around this time of year, happy birthday.
And yes, we share our celebration with a much bigger celebration,
but it is nonetheless a celebration, and you're all seething
(08:28):
with anger and resentment. Yeah, it is something that's built
up over the decades, and this year in southern California,
it will be rainy and nasty.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
We're kind of dipping into the Christmas music today. You know,
it's the day before the day before, so it feels
like the right time to lay down little vibe and
whatever you're doing for Christmas, be aware of the fact
that there is quite the storm headed in. It'll be
late tonight and tomorrow we will get pounded, I mean
(09:08):
with tremendous amounts of rain. By now, you've heard it everywhere,
You've seen it everywhere, but it does bear mentioning again,
and we'll monitor it hour to hour here on kffive.
But there will be evacuations, there will be much live
there will be issues, there'll be down power lines, there's
high velocity winds moving through, and this is a serious
storm system that really won't go away until next week,
(09:30):
although the worst of it is over the next few days.
So travel, holiday travel, it's a mess.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Triple A says this holiday season is shaping up to
be one of the busiest travel periods we have ever seen,
with millions expected to take to the roads, and sky
NBC six's Taylor Smith breaks down what travelers should know
before they head out.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Hi Taylor, Yeah, Hi, Alex And that's right, whether you're
flying or driving. Triple A says travelers should expect heavier
crowds this holiday season. And here's a closer look at
what the data shows. Holiday travel is expected to hit
a new record. Triple A projects one hundred and twenty
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two point four million Americans will travel at least fifty
miles from home between December twentieth through January.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
First, wow, are you kidding me? One hundred and twenty
two million Americans are going to travel fifty miles or more.
That's a lot of.
Speaker 7 (10:29):
Triple A Projects.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
One hundred and twenty two point four million Americans will
travel at least fifty miles from home between December twentieth.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
Through January first.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
This is a two point two percent increase from last
year's record of one hundred and nineteen point seven million.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
I guess it's then somewhat standard, though, although the record
was last year as well one hundred and nineteen million men.
That's all.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
The economy is improving enough that people have more confidence
in traveling, and this has certainly been the trend in
the past three years.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
Triple A expects eight point zero three million travelers to
fly domestically this holiday season, But flying.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
Comes out of cost.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Round trip domestic airfare is up seven percent, averaging nearly
nine hundred dollars a ticket and monitoring your flight to
avoid potential cancelations or delays.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
People are traveling more, and it's the average ticket is
nine hundred bucks.
Speaker 7 (11:15):
Or averaging nearly nine hundred dollars a ticket.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
What seems high. I mean, it's too high for me, wow.
Speaker 7 (11:24):
But flying comes out of cost.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Round trip domestic airfare is up seven percent, averaging nearly
nine hundred dollars a ticket and monitoring your flight to
avoid potential cancelations or delays is being highly encouraged you.
Speaker 8 (11:36):
Go through those preliminary checks as much as you can
pre screen your luggage, as you can, make sure you
line up a parking place in advance, or everything you
can do in advance to help you on your rival
will make things more smooth for you.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
However, most travelers are choosing the roads.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
About one hundred and nine point five million people will
drive this year due to lower call and flexibility, but
with more cars on the road, officials urge drivers to prioritize.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
This is one of those good news bad news things.
Good news is more drivers will be on the road.
The bad news is they're more drivers on the road
and that means more trouble for you.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
But with more cars on the road, officials urge drivers
to prioritize safety.
Speaker 8 (12:19):
If you're traveling long distance, we strongly encourage you to
get out of your vehicle every two hours.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I know it's hard to do.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
People just want to get to the destination.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
But an often overlooked, an underappreciated impairment is fatigue.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
People fall asleep behind.
Speaker 8 (12:35):
The whittle or responsible for about nineteen percent of traffic fatalities.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Wow, that is a scary number. Man, you know, the
electric car thing forces you on these longer trips to stop. Now,
there's some electric cars that have really long distances, but
my experience has been, you know, I almost welcome the
(13:00):
whatever it is forty minutes. Now, there are a lot
of electric cars, so you're sometimes you're on a line
and then it's a drag, but you know, on a
line waiting to get to you know, an electric pump.
But I'm just saying that it does build in a break,
which is kind of a good thing as long as
you're not on a you know, a time schedule, of course.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
And while Christmas week is the busiest heavy traffic, heavily
depends on the time of day.
Speaker 8 (13:26):
The earlier start you can get the better.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
If this guy's a buzzkill all the way, isn't he.
You want to get your you know, your ticket lined
up and your ride to the airport or parking space
ahead of time. Thanks a lot, Dad, Yeah, download the
app for whatever airline you want to think this through
ahead of time. Make sure you okay, gosh, wear your rubbers,
take exactly, take a take a break every two hours
(13:52):
you get out of the car walk.
Speaker 8 (13:54):
The earlier start you can get the better. If you
wait until the noon hour and beyond, you can just
really anticipate heavy your track.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Oh my god, super buzzkill Earlier is better? Everybody, all right?
I got an email asking about a story. I will
read the email and share the story. Next.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
You know, back when you'd find like the Jackson five
on various variety shows singing stuff like that, or you'd
there were a lot of Christmas shows. There were a lot.
And I have to I'm asking because I just don't
watch television as much. Are there as many as there
used to be? I mean, I grew up there were
tons of Christmas shows.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
No, but you can find those on YouTube and I
kind of compulsively watch him, Dean Martin, Andy Williams. YouTube
is just a gold mine for that stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, it's true, but I mean, I'm just curious what
there's another generation of them. Like I saw I don't
know if it was literally Tim McGraw Christmas or something,
but it was something like that the other night, and
I thought, oh, this is cool, Like there's another kind
of Christmas special that is being birthed. During this time.
(15:20):
But I remember wald ofwall Christmas specials in the old days,
and you'd see this kind of thing. You'd see, you know,
Johnny Mathis would come on and he'd do his own special,
perhaps Andy Williams, and you know, it's just it's interesting
to see as media has morphed, you know, through the
(15:40):
many years, just how the culture has changed too. You know,
there just isn't that variety show staple that was in
prime time, as you say, Dean Martin, and I mean
there were all of these even comedy shows that would
kind of be variety shows. Late nineteen has changed. But
(16:02):
I'm not saying for the worst. I'm just saying different,
you know. But man, this time of year, prime time
was wall to wall Christmas specials. I mean, you know,
it's a it's an Osmond Christmas, it's a you know,
it's a Peanuts Christmas.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yeah, Variety shows were a much bigger thing back in
the day. And it seems like almost every Glenn Campbell,
you know, Sandler and Young like some deep dives here
I just happened to catch randomly. Hannah Waddington had a
Christmas special last year. Wow, you stunt me.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
She was in that Ted and the Shame Lady from
Game of Thrones. Oh, sure, of course, okay, which is
always festive. Yeah, but you've got to search the stuff
out though it's not ubiquitous like it used to be. No, yeah,
that's great, that's great knowledge though. That's cool. I used
to drop from her on my show, my YouTube show.
(16:58):
Used to drop from her shame yeah, the uh no,
but a different drop but her the I know, I
promised you a story, and it's not a long story,
but I'll get to it in the next segment, somebody
wrote in an email, and I will get to that story.
But I was struck by the suspension of DK Metcalf.
(17:24):
Does anybody I don't know. I feel like everybody in
this crew watches some NFL takes it in on some level.
And the Steelers beat the Lions. It was a great game.
Twenty nine to twenty four was the final at Ford Field.
It was on Sunday, and there was a moment during
(17:46):
which DK Metcalf, who's a you know, star wide receiver,
actually got into a physical exchange with a fan in
the Detroit stands And you kind of have to know.
I think a little bit of the backstory from what
I understand, this fan has been dogging DK Metcalf, and
(18:12):
not just on this game. I mean, I guess they've
got history. And Metcalf went over and you can see it.
You can find the footage. Metcalf goes over to the
spectator and it looks like he strikes him with his
right hand and the NFL gave him a two game
suspension because of that.
Speaker 9 (18:33):
It's coal in the stocking this year for Pittsburgh Steelers
star DK Medcalf, the wide receiver, has been suspended for
the two final regular season games after what the NFL
says was initiating a physical confrontation with a fan.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
That's it right there. Now. I have to say this though,
and this is why I mentioned, you know, being dogged
by a fan. I feel as though the fans also
have some responsibility not to be total.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Don't you wonder though, if athletes are a little thinner
skinned now because that used to be part of the deal,
that's through a game. That's true, two tome the athletes. Yeah, no,
it's absolutely true. I mean you'd think they wouldn't be
because there's so much more money involved. I mean, in
the old days, the athletes didn't get the kind of money.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
You know. This suspension could cost him half a million dollars.
It's it's insane, just a suspension, the two game suspension,
and it could cost him half a million dollars.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
It happened during Sunday's win over the Detroit Lines. The
Detroit Free Press reporting the fan used a racial slur
toward Metcalf and also made a derogatory comment about his mother.
The fan denies that.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
And I'm sorry. If that was demonstrably true, then I
think the fan should should suffer as well. I don't
think you should be able to shout anything at these athletes,
and maybe, look, maybe that's I don't know. To me,
it's it's also a question that people around you, and
(20:06):
I don't think you should be allowed to shout this
stuff because you've got kids at the game, and so
I don't know, maybe I don't. I'm not looking to
make this an absolutely sanitized environment, but I'm also not
looking for anything to be said at any time. It
just seems as though it can destroy what could be
a great spectators for The.
Speaker 9 (20:25):
Fan used a racial slur toward Metcalf and also made
a derogatory comment about his mother. The fan denies that
through his lawyer. Now Metcalf is planning to appeal his suspension.
Rina Roy has the latest.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
I mean, disparaging comments about the mother are the pretty
rich tradition of that. I mean, I'm just saying that
wouldn't bother me so much if i'm you know, I mean,
I recall some shots at my mom growing up. I
mean it was kind of school yard stuff. Oh your
mother jokes are pro forma. But we don't want our
(20:58):
games turned into clan So that's where you draw the line.
That's what I mean with the racial stuff, I can
you know, and anything even approaching that Perry.
Speaker 10 (21:08):
The NFL says that DK Metcalf has been suspended for
two games without pay for initiating a physical confrontation with
a fan during Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. And
take a look at this video. You can see Metcalf
approaching a fan who's wearing a blue wig in the
front row at Ford Field. You see him grab him
(21:28):
by this shirt and then sort.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Of I don't think blue wig should be allowed either,
as long as we're making some changes, I just thank.
Speaker 10 (21:34):
You, you know, blue wig in the front row at.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
In the front row. He's wearing a blue wig. I
mean that, I'm just saying, you know, you're flirting with disasters.
Speaker 10 (21:42):
Blue wig in the front row at Ford Field. You
see him grab him by this shirt and then sort
of swipe upward. The NFL saying Metcalf's actions violate league policy,
which specifies that players may not enter the stands or
otherwise confront fans at any time on game day. And
if a player makes uncess sery physical contact with a
fan in any way that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct or presents
(22:05):
crowd control issues and or risk of injury, he will
be held accountable. Now, Metcalf will be eligible to return
to the Steelers active roster on Monday, January fifth.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Also, he can appeal it. I mean, he can appeal
the judgment. But he signed a four year dealer was
one hundred and thirty two million dollars with the Steelers.
He was traded from the Seahawks. That was he was
a star with the Seahawks. Anyway, guys, you make a
(22:37):
lot of money, jerks sadly some answers, and you just
have to let it go. And Metcalf, as I say,
two game suspension it'll cost him just over half a
million dollars. When we come back, we'll check the email bag.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And you've heard of them dangerous amounts of rain and wind.
There is a magical quality to just staying home and
you know, waiting it out, you know, I mean, they're
Christmas movies, and there's just that whole The song made
me think of it. It's just that kind of mythology
(23:29):
or cultural vibe that's kind of just settled in around Christmas,
staying in, you know, eggnog, fire, that whole thing. I mean,
it's just a very calming sort of place to be home.
And you know, again, wherever you call home, it might
be you know, in your studio apartment in Hollywood, or
(23:50):
it might be your you know, wherever you are, you
might be passing through. But literally you settle in and
wait the storm out, and that's probably the best thing
you can do. Kf I AM six forty Live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app. Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim.
We're just finishing up around here, and thanks a couple
(24:11):
of you wrote to me emails. The Mark Thompson Show
at gmail dot com is my email and someone wrote
in and wanted me to I can just find this email.
(24:33):
Lisa was very nice, had some nice things and let
me now I can't here it is. This person wanted
me to tell a story about the time that Conway
(24:53):
and I went for full body scans. I'd forgotten about that,
but Greg is saying, please share the story about when
you and Conway got the body scans. So I thank
you for remembering that story. Greg. It was born of
(25:18):
me bonding with Conway, wanting to find activities we could
do together, and he had been offered this full body
scan at Saint Joe's down in Orange County, and he
said to me, why don't you come with me and
(25:40):
I'll do the body scan real quick and I'll meet
with them. It was a kind of a I don't
want to say endorsement thing or sponsorship thing, but it
was something related to the show. And he said, but
I'll do that real quick and then we'll go to lunch.
It'll be fun. I said, oh, that would be fun. Okay,
I'll come down there. I'll meet you. So go down
(26:01):
to Orange County meet him there. And everybody in the
office at this medical place, this diagnostic place, they're all delightful.
The doctor's there, the nurses, and Conway goes in. And
before Conway goes in, they said, and you'll go in
(26:22):
after him. I said, no, no, no, I'm not here for
the scan. I'm just here for just to hang out
and to meet you guys, and Tim and I are
having lunch. Later. They said, oh, okay, but it's real.
So I said, yeah, I know, I know it's simple,
but I'm just not you know, I'm not going to
do it. So Conway goes in and the scan takes
no time. It might have taken five minutes literally, and
(26:46):
then he comes back into this conference room and they say, Thompson,
come on, why don't you do it? Doesn't take any
time at all. And I said, nah, you know, I'm fine.
I feel okay, and and Conway goes look at you.
You know you're a vegan, you're healthy, you work out.
I mean, they're not going to find anything. Why don't
you just do it? And I said, well, I don't know,
(27:07):
I just feel that. Okay, I'll do it. So I
go in and again it takes no time at all.
They put you in the tube. It looks like that
MRI tube that many of you are familiar with. And
I go back into the conference room and we're all
sitting around talking and the nurse comes in and she goes,
(27:29):
good news, Tim, You're completely clear. Your scan is clear.
You're in great shape, totally nothing. I mean, you know,
you get the peace of mind, and we've looked at
your whole body. Everything is great. And Conway, you know Conway,
who vapes, who has smoked, who has you know, no
kind of particular diet going. I mean, he's totally clear,
(27:52):
one perfect in this sea scan that they did. Now
I'm just waiting they have come back in with mine yet.
So we're talking, talking, talking. The nurse comes in and
she says, Mark, I go yeah, I and everybody goes, eh, Thomson,
(28:15):
let me guess he's final to go. The doctor would
like to see you, Mark. So I leave the conference room.
I go two doors down where the doctor's sitting and
he wants to show me the scan and I'm thinking, no,
that's probably not a good thing. I just don't. He said,
(28:38):
we've spotted a couple of things on your lungs, these spots,
and we don't think they're anything, but we want to
make you aware of them, and we think you should
watch them and come back in six months. I'm thinking,
oh my god, this is exactly I mean. Either this
(29:01):
is a great thing because I've caught something early, or
it's a horrible thing because what happens. He's told you
it's nothing, But for six months you're all anxiety written
about this. I'm telling you, I thought about this all
the time. So six months later, I go down there
to the same place, only this time I don't have
conway with me because I have to go in. They
(29:22):
put me back in the tube. I go meet with
the doctor, same doctor, and he says, now, it doesn't
look like they've grown much at all. This is probably nothing,
but let's meet again in another six months. I'm like, wow,
this is horrible. This anxiety that I've had for the
last six months, I'm gonna have it for the next
six months. I go back down six months later, same doctor,
(29:46):
same place. They put me into the tube. I meet
with the doctor again. He goes just it's ever so slightly,
but we don't think there's anything here, but we think
you should keep an eye on this. In one more
scan in a another six months and I went back.
Everything was fine. That was a few years ago. I'm
(30:06):
hoping everything is still fine. But that was the lunch
that was adjacent to the cat scan that cost me
two years of worrying, while Conway, of course, because everything
with Conway just works out, got the clean bill of health.
That is the story of the cat scan gone bad.
(30:28):
And I'm telling you I should have gone on with my
first instinct, which was I'll see you afterward, I'll meet
you for lunch, and never have met anybody down there
or gone. But not to be anyway. We're alive to
tell the story, which is the important thing.
Tim Conway Jr. on Demand News
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