WQSB Morning Show with Barry and Holli
Broadcasting to you from Northeast Alabama! Your Hosts are Barry Galloway and Holli Mostella. From Alabama's Country Giant, WQSB.
WQSB Morning Show with Barry and Holli
Episode 107
From an emotional reflection on September 11th to celebrating National TV Dinner Day, we cover it all. Tech enthusiasts, get excited as we dive into Apple's latest iPhone 16 with its groundbreaking AI capabilities. Plus, our whimsical idea of food trucks with ice cream truck jingles will definitely spark your imagination. Don’t miss our reminder about staying neutral during tonight’s presidential debate—it’s more important than you might think.
As Halloween inches closer, we’ve got your costume prep covered with the latest trends and some laugh-out-loud DIY fails. The business world isn’t spared either; we discuss Big Lots’ bankruptcy and the ongoing shift to online shopping, along with a spirited debate on the CMA Award nominations. And for our culinary aficionados, we explore quirky new food trends that are sure to pique your interest. So, tune in for a rollercoaster of stories, humor, and essential updates that will keep you both entertained and informed.ChristiTutionalist Politics
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Speaker 4:hear me what is going on in here. It's time to rise and shine and get your morning started with Alabama's award-winning morning show Howdy.
Speaker 3:What's this about?
Speaker 4:So, without further ado, Power of love is a curious thing. I absolutely love the show Broadcasting live from high atop Alabama's beautiful Sand Mountain. Please welcome your hosts, Barry, Put that cookie down Now.
Speaker 3:I dropped my phone in the toilet. Why didn't I flush when I got in here?
Speaker 4:God, it's like talking to a three-year-old. Wow, the man is the real deal. You need to listen to him. And, holly, where's the mashed potatoes? Where's the cranberry?
Speaker 3:stuff. Where's the pumpkin pie?
Speaker 7:Now not another word, or I shall have to summon a policeman. Is that clear? You don't need money, don't take fame.
Speaker 3:You don't need no credit card to ride this train, it's still getting sudden and it's true sometimes, but if I just save your life, that's the power of life.
Speaker 1:Good morning, it's 6.09. I had a little delay there. I had to wake Holly up, are you okay?
Speaker 2:Hey, listen, it's going to be a wild show I'm running on three. Wait eight, nine, ten, three hours of sleep.
Speaker 1:Okay, three hours of sleep.
Speaker 2:And let me tell you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, tell me.
Speaker 2:I'm a nine hours of sleep kind of girl, whoa.
Speaker 1:Or ten.
Speaker 2:You're six hours short of a load. Yeah, I know. So what happened? I don't know. I have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and gotten a text message and your mind just creates one billion different scenarios of what it could be or what could go wrong. I got one of those text messages, oh no, yeah, and it literally kept me up all night. It was too late. I woke up, I up, like I went from I don't know from 8 to 11.30. Yeah, yeah, those three hours.
Speaker 1:Well, you got to quit checking your phone.
Speaker 2:You're right, but I wanted to see what time I was like. Oh man, I bet it's almost time for work.
Speaker 1:So was the text important. That means no.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Then I would have a talk with a texter today and I would wait until, I would say what time do you go to bed?
Speaker 6:Then I would wait until they go to bed.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Then I would get up on purpose at midnight tonight just to text them back.
Speaker 2:No, I don't want to do that because I love them Well. It was one of those hey girl, I got your back moments and then it was oh my God, did something happen? Nothing happened, and I've already talked to the texter this morning. Nothing happened, it was just my mind.
Speaker 1:And I would say hey, texter, I was asleep, you ruined my entire night of sleep and you will pay.
Speaker 2:No, I just got like I had to pay taxes yesterday. Oh no, Tell me about it. I know, I know I had to drive to the State Department of Revenue. Oh there's a party house. Yeah, it's just been weird.
Speaker 1:It's just been a weird week. They're in there throwing down.
Speaker 2:I know, man, let me tell you that's not a place you want to show up to. No, it's not fun. No, you just hand your life over. You're like here take it all.
Speaker 1:Here's all the money I got. Pick out what you need and give me the rest back.
Speaker 2:Yeah, which is nothing. It's nothing, yeah, but anyway, that was a fun time At least you're here though I'm here, and that's the thing. I called you this morning and I said, barry, I've had three hours of sleep. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but here we go.
Speaker 1:I said well, get you a Starbucks, Get something you did, you did and thank you for that you said get you a treat, get you a coffee, enema, something.
Speaker 2:And then I got a sandwich. Oh, that smells like it smells like armpits, it's like roadkill. I know, but it's so good it was egg, kale, spinach, mozzarella on a bun. How about no, whatever, kale and spinach.
Speaker 1:Kale and spinach, give it all to me who ever thought of that. It must have been like a former lunchroom worker. You must have not been a Popeye fan had to be because that was like something they used to feed us at school.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but you're supposed to eat your spinach like.
Speaker 1:Popeye no, no. Well, you can tell by my guns here.
Speaker 2:I did not eat my spinach. You liked on the spinach.
Speaker 1:Well, let's get on to something more serious. All right, they're watching the tropical storm slash hurricane. It's going to be coming ashore, probably sometime tomorrow, and maybe a Category 1, possibly Category 2. They're saying flooding is going to be the biggest and storm surge will be the worst as far as Louisiana and parts of Texas. Now the good news, bad news the latest forecast came across a few minutes ago.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's going to be a lot of rain. It's going to be moving this way. Today it's going to be sunny and hot. 88. It's hotest day of the week. Tomorrow the wind begins moving in off of it and then Thursday for sure you're going to have winds on Thursday 20, 30, 40 mile an hour. Winds is pretty much off and on all day and the rain, heavy rainfall, off and on. But the latest path shows it may be going more so through Mississippi than it is Alabama, but still, like you always know, in hurricanes, when you're on the right-hand side, when they come ashore, that's where all the rain and the storms are. We will be on the right hand side, but it may not be as close to Alabama as it first thought, but still we're going to see a lot of rain on Thursday and to Friday morning. It all depends on when it all gets out of here as far as how it's going to affect high school football Friday night.
Speaker 2:I was about to say the million dollar question is how is it going to affect football?
Speaker 1:The latest forecast is going to change probably, but they're showing it should begin moving out of here as far as the rain sometime, hopefully before Friday or during Friday morning by lunchtime. So the grounds may be wet. You don't have a turf field, but it looks like the storm part of it may be out of here, giving you a chance to play Friday.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because for sure you can't play Thursday.
Speaker 2:No, thursday is going to be nasty. Yeah, and the only other option would be moving to saturday.
Speaker 1:Have you ever seen that done? Yeah, really, I have years. Yeah, we've had storms like this before years ago. That sometimes you just have to. Yeah, I guess, but that's still too early to call. They're still waiting to see the path, because the path's already changed twice yeah, the past 24 hours. First they're saying moving more towards alabama. Now they're saying moving more towards Alabama. Now they're saying moving more towards Mississippi as far as when it comes to shore.
Speaker 2:So was I wrong to tell the lady at Dollar General yesterday that storms were coming this weekend?
Speaker 1:You were correct in saying that. Okay, because we're going to get a lot of rain, could still be some strong storms and there's still a slight risk of tornadoes on the way Thursday. Slight risk Because we'll be on the right-hand side of the storms.
Speaker 2:Hey, good, I would have felt bad. So, no, no, no I would have had to find her, track her down and say, hey, remember what I told you yesterday. Just kidding.
Speaker 1:No, you did right. So Thursday's going to be wet and messy, possibly stormy. Okay, we should know more by this time tomorrow morning. We should know exactly this is going to be hot, sunny and 88 later on today. How do you know things you need to know? Here we are tuesday, september the 10th, and, yes, tomorrow is that day on the calendar that so many will never forget. Uh, september 11th tomorrow. Oh yeah, we'll have a special song we're playing tomorrow too. I think you've heard it. Yeah, it's, it's amazing. But anyway, today, what's going on today?
Speaker 2:so today is national tv dinner day. Do you eat tv? I used to all the time I love link things I do too yeah, I really do I loved them the first tv dinner was a thanksgiving meal of turkey peas, cornbread dressing and sweet potatoes.
Speaker 1:Okay, no, I'm out on the cornbread, even Frozen, even the turkey in those dinners Used to was not good.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and what brand do you like?
Speaker 1:Used to you only had one or two you could pick from.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And Swanson I'm looking was the one who made the first TV dinner.
Speaker 2:Yeah, swanson sold the first TV dinner in 1953. I bet housewives everywhere rejoice yeah not all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that's amazing. That's the name TV dinners. I don't think they're really called TV dinners anymore. It's more like what?
Speaker 2:I just call them like a Microwavables. Yeah, like a lean, I'm just like. I'm going to go get me a lean cuisine.
Speaker 1:I looked up the best sellers Stouffer's sells the most, then Healthy Choice, then Banquet sell the most, and the top-selling TV dinner. Well, dinner is Meatloaf.
Speaker 2:They're actually really popular here with our staff.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like our front office staff and Mike Allen, they all eat TV dinners every day.
Speaker 1:Some of these smell good? They do. Yeah, by the way, meatloaf, then Salisbury Steak and then Lasagna. Top three sellers.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I like that. Well, here's something you need to know. Apple unveiled the iPhone 16, the company's first model with artificial intelligence capabilities, so they're bringing AI. Updates were also announced for the Apple Watch and AirPods. The new features include AI and enhanced camera capabilities. But, they are not out of the box with AI.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:They are planning a beta version of AI, so it kind of aggravates me that they're pushing this new phone for what? $2,000?.
Speaker 1:I haven't seen the price, yet I don't know.
Speaker 2:I don't know yet either, but it's going to be $1,000 to $2,000. And it's not ready yet.
Speaker 1:No One of the coolest things they were showing last night when they were unveiling this is you can take the emojis and you can change the emojis Like you say. You take a frog, you can put a cowboy hat on it or you can put glasses on it. You can dress up the emojis and change them if you want to.
Speaker 2:Very yeah, that's exciting part for you, that is, I don't care about the other stuff.
Speaker 1:I don't care about the AI, I don't care about the camera capabilities, I don't care if it can See I'm like ooh camera capabilities, maybe I need to upgrade.
Speaker 2:And you're like ooh frog with a cowboy hat.
Speaker 1:That's going to be, fun.
Speaker 8:Yeah, can't wait.
Speaker 2:And here's something to think about. Okay, run up and down the street.
Speaker 1:There's still some around too. I hear them from time to time. I promise you can hear that little sound, that little song they play.
Speaker 2:Here's just a thought. What if food truck owners drive up and down the streets like ice cream trucks do?
Speaker 5:It would be so much fun to watch people chasing after them trying to get them to stop. That's a great idea, Hold on.
Speaker 1:I need my stofers Pushing kids out of the way, the adults I need my meatloaf. Got to get my meatloaf.
Speaker 4:Yeah, got to get it. Yeah, it's 618. Wqsb Mornings with Barry and Holly.
Speaker 1:Well, since you've been gone, a lot of stuff going on, and tonight's a big night, and it's so big they've even moved America's Got Talent from tonight to tomorrow night because of the presidential debate.
Speaker 2:Oh, and we've got to be so careful and tiptoe around this topic. We do Because we can't get political.
Speaker 1:We don't talk politics because we never want to take sides on the air, because that's not why you're listening. You're not listening to your political things and that's why it bothers me. Sometimes, when you go to concerts, some of the artists feel like they it's their chance to get up on stage and shout out their political beliefs. I know I didn't pay 50, 60, 70 bucks to hear. Who you like as far as republican or democrat, I'm here to see you sing, yeah play some music.
Speaker 2:That's why I go to concerts yeah and I and I think it's a lose-lose. I mean there's no way to win because we're going to side with one group of listeners and then make the other group mad, and we don't want to do that.
Speaker 1:It's like Alabama and Auburn.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:I like Alabama and Auburn. I want Auburn to win whenever they're not playing Alabama, but it comes down to the time. Of course I'm a Bama fan, but I'm not one who pulls against them. But anyway, tonight's a big night, so if you're not sure who to vote for or whatever, I don't know that that will even help you. I don't know. I think they should mix it up a little bit and maybe let them have a pie fight at the very end.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they should do like that.
Speaker 1:Slap contest where you stand in front of each other and you're allowed one slap, See I would watch that.
Speaker 2:I would watch that. Oh, what did Jamie Sinner say? I don't know.
Speaker 1:Okay, I think he's running for president. He just announced he's throwing his name in there. Oh, he said no, there's a wreck on Highway 431 in Rose Road. Traffic is backed up this morning. So thank you, jamie, for the traffic note. So that's in Albertville, 431, rose Road, I guess the intersection here, trying to see the picture. And yeah, traffic is backed up as they work it. So it's roughly close to almost in front of Duncan that area.
Speaker 6:Okay.
Speaker 1:So be careful. On 431 this morning they have a traffic accident. So you, okay, so be careful. On 431 this morning they have a traffic accident. So now, since you've been gone, we talked about the tropical storm. Uh, it's going to affect us in some form. We could see as much as two to five inches of rain yeah and you covered all that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so we said by this time tomorrow we should know better. It's supposed to come ashore sometime around lunchtime tomorrow. It all depends on where it comes ashore that If it goes further to the west we won't see as much. If it comes further to the east, we could see a lot, including a lot of storms on Thursday into Friday. Yeah, so right now it's just a wait and see. Today, just enjoy. Today's going to be hot.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is going to be hot, but it may be one of our last hotter days.
Speaker 1:Could be.
Speaker 8:Could, be.
Speaker 2:Kate Middleton shared a video that she's completed her chemo treatment after facing a cancer diagnosis in March. She says that she finished chemotherapy and her path to healing and full recovery is long.
Speaker 1:And they showed a video of her and she looks great.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she looks great.
Speaker 1:She looks great with the kids. She looks healthy. Well, they have beautiful children. They really do they do?
Speaker 2:I've heard the youngest one's a little stinker yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I've heard he gets in trouble sometimes. Oh, that's funny. Yeah, mama has to get on to it. Oh, okay, and she does it with a smile, like you know how mama used to pinch you in church? Oh yes, Smile and say you better act right.
Speaker 1:Wait till I get back to the palace, which I never heard. That when I was little it was always wait till we get home.
Speaker 2:Yeah, anyway. Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Big Lots, oh no yeah. While the exact number and timing of store closures are not specified, Big Lots plans to close many stores over the next few months.
Speaker 1:Wow. So first you had Red Lobster Yep, which has now changed.
Speaker 2:They've been bought out.
Speaker 1:They've been un-bankruptcy, they're not going to be closing.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So now Big Lots.
Speaker 2:Big Lots File for bankruptcy. They're done.
Speaker 1:That's sad. A lot of the stores we grew up with are new. They're going away.
Speaker 2:I know what's coming in the place of it. Mostly what they're saying is people do a lot of shopping online. Oh yeah, I do a lot of shopping local. I try my best to shop local.
Speaker 1:I try my best to shop local, but I also love a good amazon deal, you know, especially if it's taylor swift related yes, especially if it's taylor swift related you don't have a taylor swift flag it's three foot by five foot. I don't know where I'm gonna put it well, mrs c, just don't look in her office when you come in she might support it, she might give me a fist bump and be like yeah girl, here's you some extra money just for your trouble. Oh, thank you. Yeah, Hallelujah Exactly 632.
Speaker 4:Mornings with Barry and Hall here on Alabama's country giant WQSB.
Speaker 1:Bill Love said we'll talk about this later. The Country Music Association Award nominations came out yesterday the CMAs You've got the Spring Awards, the ACMs. I don't know the difference. I've been in country music for years now. I just know it's two different groups and I don't understand the voting. Post Malone you would think having one of the biggest shares of anybody got zero nominations.
Speaker 2:I growled.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like a tiger.
Speaker 1:And there's about ten other ones who got zero nominations, Like uh Hardy, Uh Hardy One of the biggest snubs to me was uh, parmalee. Yeah, I say this because there's five groups. There's two groups that actually have had songs on the radio this year. The other three didn't even have a song on the radio, one I've never heard of how is that fair?
Speaker 1:I don't understand. It's, though you have to be like a member of this academy. Remember the parmalees had three number one songs this year and got zero nominations. They're like the nickelback of country music no, don't sound. No, they are because nickelback has talked about this for years back when the rock and all the other awards come out, they get a shutout every year, but they sell millions of albums.
Speaker 2:Do you know why?
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:Look at this photograph. Don't matter, they sell millions of albums.
Speaker 1:But Did you like that? That was awful. I thought you were spitting in your throat. No, seriously, anyway, we'll talk more about that coming up. But something more important is looking at the calendar. September 10th, just a little over a month away from you know what?
Speaker 6:What.
Speaker 1:Halloween. Yeah, and we have another list of the hottest selling Halloween costumes already.
Speaker 2:Now, these have changed since last year. I will say that. Last year was Barbie remember.
Speaker 1:Barbie was big. Barbie was big. Now let me ask you this. Now I know it's still a month away when do you usually start looking for something for the girls for Halloween? Is it like a month out, three weeks out, two weeks out?
Speaker 2:October 31st.
Speaker 1:No, I swear Really.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I usually end up and make their costumes.
Speaker 1:At figures, because there's nothing left.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there's nothing left. Yeah, there's nothing left in their sizes.
Speaker 1:It's a paper bag with eye holes cut out of it.
Speaker 2:No, last year you would have been really proud of me. So last year Mayer wanted to be something. I can't remember what she wanted to be. This is my seven-year-old, but all of a sudden she changed it to a fox at like 2 o'clock that afternoon.
Speaker 1:Is there a reason why?
Speaker 2:No. So I went to go get a long sleeve. It was called long sleeve orange shirt for her. Okay, cute, no orange shirts to be found, so I had to buy the dye. I bought the dye to dye the shirt. Then I had to buy the white fuzzy material for the chest and then paint her face. It was a whole thing. I mean, I can throw a costume together. Okay, sounds like it. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, well, here's some ideas. Chipotle Chipotle is now stepping into the Halloween costume business. I'm a little confused on their costumes. I'm looking at the picture on Facebook and they say they're mostly. What do you call these? They're like body suits.
Speaker 8:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And it's got the forehead cover. Everything is on there and there's different colors. Now, each color is supposed to represent something that you would find at Chipotle, correct? Uh-huh, they say you can get the Chipotle napkin Halloween costume. Which one is the napkin? I'm looking at the five pictures.
Speaker 2:Is it the dark green one?
Speaker 1:I guess Okay, which one is Okay? I see the fork.
Speaker 2:No, which one do you think is?
Speaker 1:the fork? Well, actually, no, I don't either. No, you don't. I don't see the fork Because I think that's the burrito. The silver one, the guy in the water cup outfit. I kind of see it. This is confusing. Yeah, I think Chipotle's missed the mark here, because it looks like a bunch of guys in body suits that's about to rob you.
Speaker 2:So I feel to rob you, so I feel like it would be super easy to create a fork costume.
Speaker 1:Yeah, why did they go with something difficult? Because, like the silver one, the guy in the silver, what is he supposed to be?
Speaker 2:I think he's a rolled up burrito because it has a label on it I have no idea, I think I don't know, these are confusing, these are?
Speaker 1:I don't see, but they're like 40 bucks each. Oh my gosh. And the thing is the way they're so tight, so body tight. I don't think so.
Speaker 2:You will see every nook. You'll definitely know. This is what my mama says. Yeah, you'll see every nook. And cranny you got.
Speaker 1:Yes, you will, and if you've got a burrito in your pocket, you're going to know it. Oh, my goodness, you're going to know it because I'm looking at it. These are not going to go over. Well, I promise you You're not going to see many Chipotle people knocking on your door. Okay, now the other ones. I say these are better. These are the four biggest sellers so far, according to some of the stores. Like what's Wicked Halloween, I think is one. Yeah, some of the other ones, spirit Halloween.
Speaker 1:Party's Arrest they did a. Yeah, some of the other ones Spirit Halloween Parties are us. They did a survey. The Beetlejuice is the hottest seller right now. Oh, I could say that Even the adult Beetlejuice. What are you doing?
Speaker 2:I have an icy hot on the back of my neck, I thought you was picking fleas off a baby. No, I'm not doing anything. I've got dried I've got dried.
Speaker 1:Put your hands down.
Speaker 2:Okay, my hands are still. I'm listening to everything you're saying I don't know.
Speaker 1:You're digging your ears and you're scratching.
Speaker 2:Three hours of sleep man. It turns me into an animal. Tell me about these costumes.
Speaker 1:Beetlejuice is the top seller. As an adult, would you wear a Beetlejuice?
Speaker 2:No, but I would wear Wednesday.
Speaker 1:Wednesday was one of the big ones last year too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was a big one last year.
Speaker 1:I would definitely do a Wednesday Now why is a Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders uniform such a big seller this year? I think because it's the Netflix show.
Speaker 2:I mean maybe, but it's always been a big one because it's so scantily clad.
Speaker 1:Ah, mm-hmm, but then there are some who should not wear that.
Speaker 2:Well, there's some that shouldn't carry a burrito in their pocket here we are, we're going to.
Speaker 1:But it's like one of the top five sellers right now. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. What else is on there? The movie what's the movie Wicked that's coming out? One of the witches I haven't seen. Is it like a play?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I've never seen it. It's based off how the bad witch turned bad.
Speaker 1:Okay, so this costume is based on the bad witch? Okay, because she's got on the body paint green and then the black witch's costume.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Then the big one I can see. This is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 6:Oh Lord.
Speaker 1:Now that one began right around Halloween last year is when they kind of started, yes, so some people were wearing those last year.
Speaker 2:And you know, yes, they were, were wearing those last year. And you know, yes, they were. And I'm obsessed with Taylor Swift. I even have a tattoo for her. Like I'm dedicated, I'm in it for life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're Swifty.
Speaker 2:But there's people that don't need to dress up as Taylor Swift.
Speaker 1:No, but including me, because the outfit she's wearing describe the outfit.
Speaker 2:It's like a it's a bodysuit. It's a fully bedazzled bodysuit.
Speaker 1:It looks like a bathing suit, basically.
Speaker 2:Like a one-piece. Yeah, it does yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm with you. I don't think you know.
Speaker 2:I mean, and this could be. You know, if you want to wear that, you go. Girl, you do your thing, we're proud of you. But you know we're going to be in the back saying, oh my, oh, my gosh. Did you look at that?
Speaker 1:She already had enough butterfingers. Oh, that's ugly, that's ugly, that's why I gave her a granola bar.
Speaker 2:Give her a real pack of raisins, granola and some raisins.
Speaker 1:A bottle of water. An apple that's all he's getting and a toothbrush, an apple and a toothbrush. You can see all these Halloween costumes on our Facebook.
Speaker 2:Yes, and I'm going to put up a Facebook post. Have you planned ahead for Halloween this year and what are you or your kids dressing up as? So go to our Facebook page and answer that.
Speaker 1:And we could have a Halloween costume contest coming up very soon. As a matter of fact, I know we're going to, so there Okay, good, All right 646.
Speaker 4:Barry and Holly on Alabama's Country, Giant WQSB.
Speaker 1:Holly's pile of stories. A lot of things going on, boy. I hate to hear this In my book. One of the greatest voices I've ever heard was James Earl Jones.
Speaker 2:It's James Earl Jones, and in a close second comes Morgan Freeman. They are so distinctive, but James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93. He passed away in New York. He's known as the iconic voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars, but I also learned yesterday he was the voice of Mufasa in the Lion King.
Speaker 2:I didn't know that I didn't know that he was also in the Field of Dreams. If you're a baseball fan and calling all Harry Potter fans. Hbo has issued an open casting for child actors. I know I would have oh my gosh, I would have died for this.
Speaker 1:This will make someone's career and future.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:If they become a Harry Potter.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm. They're calling for actors ages 9 through 11 for the upcoming Harry Potter TV series. The call is inclusive and diverse. It's asking for all shapes and sizes and everybody, and it's slated to film during the 2025-26 and in the UK.
Speaker 1:You know some people complain, saying why are they doing this? It's going to ruin it. Well, no, I look at it like Spider-Man.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Spider-Man. You've had Tobey Maguire, andrew Garfield and then Tom Holland. Each time they bring in a new one, you're kind of upset at first, but then you say, okay, yeah, he's good too. Yeah, I think that's going to be the same. There's going to be so many kids today who, if they've not seen the original Harry Potter, it's going to be brand new to them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like my daughter she's nine she could go for this casting call. She's never seen.
Speaker 1:Harry Potter, see. So I think it's people saying it's going to ruin it. No, I think they're just recreating it.
Speaker 2:It's just a new generation of it.
Speaker 1:They're just giving it to a new generation. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Last night did you watch Wheel of Fortune I?
Speaker 1:did, I did.
Speaker 2:I did him. I thought he did a good job.
Speaker 1:I did too.
Speaker 2:He made his hosting debut, replacing Pat Sajak, who stepped down at the end of last season. But here's some juicy gossip for you Uh-oh what you got, are you ready? Yeah, some sources say that Seacrest was not Pat Sajak's first choice to replace him.
Speaker 1:Whoa, I wonder who it was.
Speaker 2:He won't say. Ah he won't say, but he says. This is what he says and I would not want this said about me by Pat Sajak. It sure wasn't Seacrest, oh. End quote.
Speaker 1:When they asked who he wanted to be as replacement.
Speaker 2:The quote was it sure wasn't Seacrest.
Speaker 1:I think it was for him to take Sajak's place. Yeah, he could never fill his shoes, but he's going to try.
Speaker 2:I like him. But I've also heard here's just this isn't on my list of stories to tell you, but I've also heard that there's drama between Vanna and Ryan Seacrest.
Speaker 1:I've heard that too, and Ryan Seacrest, I've heard that too.
Speaker 2:Have you.
Speaker 1:That she may only be with them for one season. That's what I've heard, that she may not be able to take another season.
Speaker 2:I heard she didn't like them.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I don't know. And Shaboosie's A Bar Song sits at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the ninth non-consecutive week. What is that?
Speaker 1:Can Well it was number one back with like week two or three, and then it fell to two, then it went back to one, and it's been there ever since.
Speaker 2:I think maybe Taylor Swift. Somebody knocked him off for one week and then he went right back. Okay, every time I read these hot Billboard charts, the non-consecutive throws me off.
Speaker 1:That's what they're saying, because I'm used to saying consecutive, but it's one of the biggest.
Speaker 2:Billboard songs in, and it's also spending its 13th week at number one On the country billboard.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:That is amazing. I know All right 656,. Birthdays are next.
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Speaker 1:WQSB at 657. We had a slight delay there because we have a special guest in there with us.
Speaker 2:We did and we have an issue and a problem in the warehouse and Seth the front desk guy you know the man with the degree he's here.
Speaker 1:We need Seth. You need to join us more often. Seth, with that complaint saying why don't you bring Seth in more often? So we've never brought him in.
Speaker 8:Well, I usually get here by the time y'all finish, I know. I'll try to join more if y'all want me to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we want you to.
Speaker 6:We need him to.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because we've got on. See, I have my shirt on, you have yours on.
Speaker 2:Mine's in the car.
Speaker 1:Oh.
Speaker 2:Today is United Way.
Speaker 8:Dave.
Speaker 2:Caring. We are going to participate by doing a philanthropy. Yeah, my shirt is in my car and it was really cold out this morning, so I thought well, I'll just change at work.
Speaker 1:So there, problem solved. Well, our project has been delayed a few days. Yes, it's been delayed about a week. That's fine so, but everybody, you're going to be heading out to the breakfast in a few minutes.
Speaker 8:Yes, sand Mountain Park Vent Venue will be there for the breakfast and then we'll show up, show our faces, and then we'll probably do our project around next Tuesday maybe.
Speaker 2:What kind of breakfast are y'all getting?
Speaker 8:No clue. All I know is it's free breakfast for us. That's all that matters.
Speaker 1:The word free, yep. Well, we want you to come in more often, because we don't get a chance to talk to you now no, but we talk about you. We do.
Speaker 8:Oh gosh, I hope it's good, it's all good, it's good things yeah.
Speaker 2:First you were Seth the new guy, but then time has worn on and you're not Seth the new guy anymore.
Speaker 8:I'm Seth the lifeguard, apparently yes the lifeguard, my mom.
Speaker 2:I'm Seth the lifeguard. Does she still call you that?
Speaker 8:Seth the lifeguard over there. That was hilarious.
Speaker 2:Did we make Mama proud? Yes Good, here's a little known fact.
Speaker 8:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Seth is my family.
Speaker 8:Wow.
Speaker 2:Seth is my uncle's son, so is that a cousin?
Speaker 6:First cousin, first cousin. Yeah, we're first cousins.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 6:All right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so Seth is my first cousin.
Speaker 1:It's easy for you not to say. I cannot say it yeah, well, seth, we appreciate you. All right, thank you guys. All right, seth is on his way out to eat a little breakfast. We're going to be doing birthdays, so the final birthdays of the morning. Who's having a birthday?
Speaker 2:we've got grayson combs turns eight and douglas jonathan baker turns 21, woohoo and albertville. Tyshawn wills turns 15 and asbury good luck on that driver's test. Dusty darnell turns 46 and cross in Crossville. Who do you want to spank?
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Speaker 3:Call us at 256-840-9422 or visit us on Facebook. Your community's time to roll out of bed. Hop in the shower, then comb your head. Time for eggs and baking. So, wakey, wakey, crank up the radio to your favorite morning show. Barry and Holly are on the air. It's Barry and Holly on WQSP. Lots of laughs for you and me. It's the way Alabama starts its day. Barry and Holly on WQ day. Barry and Holly on WQSB. Barry and Holly on Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. It's time to roll out of bed, hop in the shower, then comb your head. Time for eggs and bakey. So, wakey, wakey, crank up the radio to your favorite morning show. Barry and Holly are on the air. It's Barry and Holly on WQSB. Lots of laughs for you and me. It's the way Alabama starts its day. Barry and Holly on WQSB. Lots of laughs for you and me. It's the way Alabama starts its day. Barry and Holly on WQSB. Barry and Holly on. Barry and Holly on WQSB.
Speaker 1:Barry and Holly on Barry and Holly on Barry and Holly on WQSB, WQSB, yep, that's the morning show's song. Thank you, Turner Newsman. Scott Chambers, I think. Is that Scott actually doing the whistling in that song?
Speaker 2:Scott Chambers is doing the whistling. He also did the whistling in the Andy Griffith.
Speaker 1:I didn't realize he was that old.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he is. Yeah, he sounds very young, but he's not.
Speaker 1:Back when he was young he looked like a little Opie yeah, A little Opie running around. He did. He kind of made him his little bit Red hair and freckles. A little Opie running around no, but we love Scott.
Speaker 2:He's a man we do.
Speaker 1:He put that together for us and we appreciate that. So thank you, scott. 710 sunshine. Today will be your, I guess, hottest day of the week 88. Tomorrow is going to be windy, cooler.
Speaker 1:Thursday is going to be wet, messy because of the storm system moving this way. And as far as football, definitely I would say not Thursday. Friday. That's a tough call. If it moves out of here quick enough, which I think it's going to, you should be fine for Friday night Wet as far as the grounds, but the rain should be out of here. But there's still a chance. If this thing slows down it could hang around during the day Friday and be around here all day Friday. There is a chance. We'll just have to wait and see, but hopefully in the next 24 hours we will know for sure.
Speaker 1:Hey, speaking of football, congrats again to the Hoag's Bluff Eagles. Big win Friday. They are this week's WQSB Dixie Designs High School Football Team of the Week. Hoag's Bluff will pick up the Team of the Week trophy and t-shirts coming up later this week. Join us again Friday night 9 o'clock. All the scores and highlights are the most listened to high school football scoreboard in the state right here on WQSB. I've got to congratulate our podcast winner from yesterday. Congratulations to Katie Mitchell. That's Katie with a C, c-a-y-t-i-e. Katie commented on our podcast on her Facebook page, made a comment of something she heard. We had a drawing this morning. Katie, you win two tickets to Tigers for Tomorrow.
Speaker 1:I want to go, I want to be your plus one I love, Tigers, for Tomorrow We'll be giving more tickets away to that Plus now. Today we have a brand new prize to give away, Because you'll have the podcast up and running about 9, 30, 10 o'clock and when you listen to it on our Facebook, comment on it and you go into a drawing for tomorrow's prize, which is Marshall County Fair tickets.
Speaker 2:Yes, the family pack.
Speaker 1:And the fair will be coming to town next week, so be sure to check out our podcast anywhere you find podcasts, but especially check it on our facebook page. That's where you can listen and comment. Are you ready? We've had so many people commenting about your knock-knock joke because you debuted these last week. Yeah, people are quoting them, they're retelling them, but they can't tell them like you can I?
Speaker 2:mean they just beg for them. When I'm out on the street they're like Holly, give us that knock-knock joke.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just give us one.
Speaker 2:I'm like, no, you've got to wait for Tuesday morning.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so are you ready?
Speaker 2:I'm ready, are you?
Speaker 1:Okay, first knock-knock joke of the day these share these, whatever you want to do with them okay, knock, knock okay, who's there?
Speaker 2:a wood walk a wood walk.
Speaker 1:A wood walk who?
Speaker 2:a wood, walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more and I would walk 500 miles. I get it now, I would walk. I would that wood walk.
Speaker 1:That's cute. W-o-k. A wood walk. Okay, okay, number two. All right, knock, knock, who's there?
Speaker 2:Yahoo, yahoo, no, I prefer Google.
Speaker 3:Not Yahoo no.
Speaker 1:Okay, one more one more.
Speaker 2:Last one Last one for the road. All right, knock knock.
Speaker 1:Who's there? Cows go, cows go who.
Speaker 2:No cows, go moo. Oh God, that's bad. That's bad.
Speaker 1:Three is enough. You may not want to share these later today. It's up to you.
Speaker 6:But you can.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, I would walk 500 miles.
Speaker 2:That's good and I would walk.
Speaker 1:All right Quote of the day from Dana. Is it Arcuri? I think so I love this quote you found, so give it to them.
Speaker 2:When life gets hectic and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to focus on the people and things you are most grateful for. When?
Speaker 1:you have an attitude of gratitude, frustrating troubles will fall by the wayside. This is for you, because you said you struggled with the income tax. Folks been on your back, they reached out to you and you took care of it. But you know people have things that it gets on your mind and you think, oh, it's the end of the world.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:If I don't fix this, I'm going to blow away, I'm going to just die. No, no. Life gets hectic. You get overwhelmed. Sometimes you just have to take a second and stop.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And say I can do this, I can fix this, and you've got friends around, or we all have friends around who are willing to help. Yeah, and that's a good thing. Sometimes people in life they don't have these people who lift them up and help them. No, and that's sad, because we need to be there for each other.
Speaker 2:It's just hard being the one that needs help when you're always the one to give it, and it makes me emotional.
Speaker 1:I know exactly what you're saying Because I've been there, done that, like last week when we dealt with my son passing. I used to be the person who tries to lift others up, and when you're in the situation where you need picked up, it's hard. Yeah, it is, but just be thankful that there's people who are there wanting to help yep, and I'm just waiting for those troubles to fall by the wayside they're going to little by little.
Speaker 1:Just can't give up all right good stuff at 7, 14 mornings with barry and holly here on alabama's country giant wqsb in my belly. Come on, okay, a couple of food stores what is it about the uh seasoning the little. Come on, okay, a couple of food stories. What is it about the seasoning? The little shakers are coming out with all kinds of seasonings?
Speaker 2:I don't know, it's so trendy right now.
Speaker 1:Because we have some with like, I guess, for cupcakes and for cookies.
Speaker 2:They have, like Spinaching sugars or something they have, little sugars they have peppermint in them, All kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1:Now McCormick has them. They're calling them picnic seasonings. Take them with you. One of them features ketchup. It's a ketchup seasoning. It's ground up, I guess dried up ketchup in a shaker and you shake that on whatever food. What would you put this on? French fries, Hamburger, Hamburger, something like that.
Speaker 2:I don't know. Maybe you want the taste of ketchup but not the calories. Huh, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Maybe that's when you're so lazy, you don't want to dip the fry into ketchup. You just pour the ketchup seasoning on the fries and it cuts out the middleman.
Speaker 2:I bet it's not bad.
Speaker 1:No. Then there's honey mustard seasoning, and then there's relish, like hot dog relish, maybe on deviled eggs. That's a good idea. Okay, so these seasonings are now out in stores, so check those out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that sounds good and we are about to get mini Funyuns.
Speaker 1:I love Funyuns. I don't like the hot ones, I like just the regular, good old Funyuns.
Speaker 2:No, the mini Funyuns are going to be coming in Flamin' Hot, though, and original, and they should be in stores soon. Okay, they're in cans, like Pringles, yeah, and I bet they fit perfectly on your ring finger. Oh you are correct. I bet they do Like you know how you put. Bugles on your fingers.
Speaker 6:Oh, that's a good idea.
Speaker 2:I bet the mini Funyuns will be like little rings, that's a good idea. And then here we go. Shaquille O'Neal and the Hers I partnered up to create a Shackalicious XL gummies.
Speaker 1:I like Shackalicious. This is a great idea. Shackalicious, I like Shack.
Speaker 2:Wherever you're at listening, just say Shackalicious, shackalicious. Say it with me, I like Shackalicious, shackalicious.
Speaker 1:Shackalicious. Well, she's trying to say it with you, but she can't.
Speaker 2:I'm trying.
Speaker 1:I like Shaquille O'Neal though.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I do too. He's got so many products.
Speaker 1:He's got his hand in and he does good commercials.
Speaker 2:Don't he do Icy Hot.
Speaker 1:He does.
Speaker 2:And I have that with me right now.
Speaker 1:So there's two different bags I'm looking at. So some of these gummies look like his head.
Speaker 2:Yes, so they come in two varieties original and sour. The gummy is shaped like Shaq's head. On the original there's peach, berry, punch and orange. Okay, Like you're going to just be chomping on his head, Sure. And then this is weird the sour ones have shapes there's a four-leaf clover, a purple cactus.
Speaker 1:Then what's the yellow one? I can't tell what that is.
Speaker 2:I was trying to say the word taxi early, but what is that?
Speaker 1:I can't tell what the yellow one is, but I can't either. Why do you go from his head on some of the gummies, to a cactus on the other ones? A purple cactus I don't understand the thinking behind this, but whatever, whatever man, you can only get these at walmart too, they say.
Speaker 4:They say all right, 727 barry and holly on alabama's country. Giant wqsb, come on man. Giant WQSB, come on man.
Speaker 1:Boy. This is scary. I've heard of people maybe hiding Christmas presents, maybe birthday presents, in the stove, in the oven.
Speaker 2:I've heard of people hiding money in it. Money in there, yeah.
Speaker 1:I've heard of it going wrong. Once Somebody hid a couple of Christmas presents in there. The guy said because I didn't think the wife ever used the oven. Sure enough, she decided to cook something oh, no so she was preheating the oven and it did.
Speaker 1:Luckily they got the fire put out in time. It wasn't a major problem, wow. But how about this one? There was a gun stored in an oven in virginia and it fired five times after being overheated. Officials say someone turned the oven on while the gun was inside, Didn't realize. I guess the other person in the house, the significant other, had put the gun in there to hide it for safety.
Speaker 2:Why would you put it in there I?
Speaker 1:don't know, oh my God. So they have to release a statement. The Chesterfield Fire and EMS put in a statement, a Facebook post Please do not store guns or anything else in your oven. That doesn't need to be in there. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but it could have turned out much worse. Many commenters had more questions like what temp was the oven set to and how do you turn that claim in to the insurance company? For damage to your house.
Speaker 2:So that what temp was the oven sent to?
Speaker 1:was sent in by me I was just curious For damage to your house, so that, what temp was the oven sent to? Was sent in by me, was it?
Speaker 2:I was just curious, I'm just curious, yeah, I just want to know. So I guess. So like what if your dad was like, hey, go get my piece out of the oven and you're like, oh, piece of pie Mama made?
Speaker 1:pie. Oh sure, yeah, that piece, get the piece.
Speaker 2:Get the piece and you A gun yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't think I've ever heard of anybody hiding a gun in there.
Speaker 2:Why would you? I mean, hold on, sir. I know you're breaking in, but I've got to get to my oven first, you know.
Speaker 1:True, I guess you're thinking it's safer in there Last place the kids, maybe somebody there would look. Yeah, I could say that, but you also have to remember that somebody may turn on the oven to cook something and they need to know what's in there.
Speaker 2:You know, they call pistols burners.
Speaker 1:Oh, oh. So maybe that's the reason why it was in there, maybe, I don't know. They're lucky. You imagine the people sitting in the living room. Just a pop pop. What would you think?
Speaker 2:You'd think somebody's shooting at you.
Speaker 1:Yes, had to scare them half to death.
Speaker 2:Yes, that was scaring me to death, especially in this world we're living in right now. Yes, it is so scary.
Speaker 1:Somebody could have been in the kitchen and they could have been shot and killed.
Speaker 2:That's horrible and terrifying. That is scary.
Speaker 1:Don't hide your guns in the ovens folks I would say no, don't put them in there, it's 739.
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Speaker 1:Now we need some knowledge nuggets, things that you need to know about, you need to talk about, whether you know it or not. So what is going on today?
Speaker 2:So did you know that the top two most recurring dreams are number one? Do you first? Do you dream?
Speaker 1:I do and mine are always strange. Okay, mine are too. Yeah, weird.
Speaker 2:The number one recurring dream is falling. Do you ever have those?
Speaker 1:Not, really, not true.
Speaker 2:And you wake up right before you hit.
Speaker 1:The ones I always had were similar were when I was driving up a bridge and as I was going over the top of it, it was kind of like it goes up a hill, then it goes down the other side. As I went over the other side, there was no bridge, it was just the water. I hit the water. Oh, that'd be awful, I didn't see that coming, so I did that one for years.
Speaker 2:I have falling dreams. So I looked these up and it says Falling dreams may reflect feelings of fear, anxiety or betrayal.
Speaker 8:Oh, Check all those boxes right, Check, check, check.
Speaker 2:I'm falling all over the place. Number two is being chased. I, I'm falling all over the place. Number two is being chased. I've had that one before. I've never had that dream. I've never had that dream. It says a person is feeling pursued, persecuted or in some way unable to escape a situation. Yeah, check, you've been there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, now what about you? Do you have one that? What's the number one thing that you dream?
Speaker 2:Yeah, the number one Type of dream. The number one type of dream. The number one dream I have is my teeth falling out. I know that's weird, yeah, I know that's weird, but the number one dream I have is my teeth falling out.
Speaker 2:That's strange and I looked it up a long time ago and it said that it could either be stress, worries, insecurity, or it could represent a significant change in your life. I don't know I'm I'm an anxious person, but I'd always dream my teeth are like just like just falling out I've never heard that that dream before. It's weird see, it's weird to me to have a dream being chased. I've never been chased, no.
Speaker 1:No, occasionally it's been meant not often.
Speaker 2:Have you ever thrown a punch in a dream?
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:It's like fighting underwater you never make contact. Wow. It's weird, I've dreamed fighting dreams before too.
Speaker 1:My uncle always told me the old dream joke which I fell for when I was little.
Speaker 2:Oh, come on, Give it to us.
Speaker 1:He dreamed he ate a giant marshmallow. He was just so real. And I said really. And he said when I woke up my pillow was gone. Yeah, that's how I fell for that one.
Speaker 2:I miss Rachel being here. I know, yeah, well, yeah, I'm going to move on. Okay, 52% of mothers play their kids' video games when their children are not home.
Speaker 1:I bet mothers and dads do when the kids aren't home.
Speaker 2:I play Warzone.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and.
Speaker 2:I love it and I play it on PlayStation Gotcha, and I have played PlayStation since I was probably 12 or 13 years old. Dad used to take me to Blockbuster every Friday night and they had this deal where you could rent a video game and keep it until Sunday. So Friday to Sunday.
Speaker 1:Good move, yeah, good move. I think it's great to keep playing when you get older. I really do I do too.
Speaker 3:It's a good hand-eye coordination.
Speaker 1:They found that that's good to help fight off Alzheimer's and dementia. To keep your mind active. Your hand-eye coordination to keep it active.
Speaker 2:So next time I'm playing and somebody's gripping, I'm just saying hey, I'm working on my Alzheimer's.
Speaker 1:Trying to stay healthy. Yeah, just trying to stay healthy. Man, back off man.
Speaker 2:I know Over 70% of men admit, and you've got to tell me about this that they have lied about how much they work out on a first date. Do you lie?
Speaker 1:No, not about that. That usually don't come up, because they can tell by looking like you don't work out, so I know if he claims that he's lying.
Speaker 2:I go to the gym, a lot walking mostly yeah walking and rehabbing my shoulders for the surgery but if you were on a first date, would you like why?
Speaker 1:would you bring that up? No, why would you bring that up?
Speaker 2:because you want to seem like manly. That's working out.
Speaker 1:It's like the alpha male thing to do, yeah but there's some that can claim it and you look at them and say you're a liar.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because, first of all, you have little spaghetti arms.
Speaker 2:You know what I would be more attractive to what the mothers that play the video games.
Speaker 1:We have something in common.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we both can play video games.
Speaker 8:We can be besties.
Speaker 1:Got you. That would make sense.
Speaker 2:But if I went on my first date and a guy was talking to me about working out, I wouldn't be like, oh man, man, I got to snag this one, can't wait for date number two.
Speaker 1:Nah, going to take you home for mama? No, no, probably not.
Speaker 2:I'm not going to call and be like, hey mom, it went so good. He works out three hours a day.
Speaker 1:Yes. No, not going to do it, she'd probably say, well, he must have somebody at the gym.
Speaker 6:Yep.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the answer. I had an ex like that one time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's 753. Mornings with.
Speaker 4:Barry and Hall here on Alabama's country giant WQSB.
Speaker 1:WQSB Justin Moore and this is my Dirt 810 with Barry and Holly, and Justin Moore and this is my Dirt 810 with Barry and Holly. And Justin Moore is one of the artists we'll talk about here, justin Moore. I'm a fan of Justin Moore, I love his music. That's a good song, but he never gets an award nomination.
Speaker 2:I wonder why.
Speaker 1:I don't know. It's like there's certain artists they do great. Justin has number one song after number one. Dustin Lynch same way, number one song after number one. Dustin Lynch same way, number one, song after number one song, but you don't see these artists getting nominations when it comes country music award time.
Speaker 2:Okay, I will say that I like all of these entertainer of the years. Can I read them off to you? Sure, luke Holmes yes. Jilly Roll yes. Chris Stapleton yeah. Morgan Wallen Right Laney Wilson.
Speaker 1:Those five, I agree with those are great. If you throw in somebody else's name, then you're going to say, okay, which five of the five do you take off of that list? If you say, well, luke Bryan had a big year, he was on American Idol hosting, had a tour, had songs Okay, then which of these five do you have to replace? That's hard to do.
Speaker 2:I couldn't. I couldn't, chris, I mean, you would have to.
Speaker 1:I think those five are correct. Now we're talking about the CMA nominations came out In the spring. You have the Academy of Country Music and then in the fall you have the Country Music Association. What's the difference? I really couldn't tell you we don't know.
Speaker 2:I used to be a member of the cmas.
Speaker 1:But you have to. You have to pay a fee. You can be a member. Oh, you can be a member because I work in radio or because I'm just a human, and if you want to pay the fee, it's like 100, 200 bucks or whatever to be a fit.
Speaker 2:Maybe a member okay, real side note, real quick because I'm squirreling. I've had a lot of coffee. Did you know that you have to pay for a holly? Yes, you don't just earn it, it's $50,000. Yes, okay, go ahead.
Speaker 1:Okay, but you can be a member of this, the record companies in Nashville. Pretty much, if you work for a record company, you are a member, okay, you get a free membership. So when it comes to award time a lot of them do They'll send out mailmos and say okay, since you work for label here's the list of artists that we represent you need to vote for them for awards.
Speaker 1:That's why a lot of times, you see people up for nominations that don't necessarily uh, I would say deserve them yeah and I mean that in a nice way, because I think you should base this on the past 12 months, your body of work. How many songs did you release to the public? How many hit songs did you have? How many songs did you sell your concerts? How many concert tickets did you sell? Uh, did you release to the public? How many hit songs did you have? How many songs did you sell your concerts? How many concert tickets did you sell? Did you appear on TV shows?
Speaker 2:Were you on Saturday.
Speaker 1:Night Live. Did you entertain? Yeah, I think you should base it on this. But here's the point I'm going to make. Group of the Year is disappointing to me. I'm a Parmalee fan. I like.
Speaker 8:Parmalee's music.
Speaker 1:They've had three number one songs in the past 12 months. They did not get a nomination again for group of the year.
Speaker 2:I feel like you're yelling at me. No, I feel like I'm in trouble for this.
Speaker 1:No, it's not true, are you?
Speaker 2:mad at me.
Speaker 1:No, you're okay, you didn't. But the Red Clay Strays nothing against this group. I don't know who. They never even released a song for radio, but they're up for group of the year.
Speaker 2:So give me all of the group of the year, the whole thing.
Speaker 1:Lady A. Now, I love Lady A, but they only had one song which didn't really make top 30. Didn't do too well. Little Big Town has not had a single in over three years. Wow, they're up for group of the year. Old Dominion had a great year. Zach Brown Band had a great year. Tie Up is still climbing. It's doing well. The Red Clay Strays who are they? I don't know them.
Speaker 1:I don't know them either but I don't understand how you can not have a group who's had three number one songs they're not up for an award. But a group who's never had a song on the radio is up for group of the year. So a lot of this is political, oh, okay, well here, this is political.
Speaker 2:Oh okay, well here, dude, vocal duo of the year, this is pretty interesting to me Vocal duo, kind of interesting.
Speaker 1:Okay, vocal duo Brooks and Dunn Love, brooks and Dunn. Back when they were releasing new music, they won it about every year. They haven't had a new song in probably 15 to 20 years. Yeah, brothers Osborne, love, brothers Osborne, they should be on there. Dan and Shay they've had two number one songs in the past year. They should be on there. Maddie and Tay they've tried, they've released new stuff, but it didn't climb it didn't hit the charts.
Speaker 1:No, the War and Treaty I love so good, but they have not released a song for radio. Why, I don't know. I wonder why, but why? But they're up for Duo of the Year, tiger Lily Gold. Yeah, it's a new duo.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Did not get a nomination. They were good, but their song is on the radio right now, so it's confusing.
Speaker 2:So you say it's political.
Speaker 1:A lot of it is. Okay, a lot of it is that certain artists are on here because the record companies get behind them and they push them with a lot of votes. I'm not saying they are not deserving, but I think there's other artists who are more deserving, because we were talking Keith Urban did not get a nomination and he should be all over it he's had a big year.
Speaker 1:You mentioned Hardy no, hardy. Scotty McCreary's had three number ones in a row. Did not get a single nomination. Luke Bryan had a big year zip, nothing. Female vocalist Carly Pierce had two number one songs. She's not up for female vocalist, but yet Kacey Musgraves is. She released an album but she didn't have a song on the radio. No, I know it's confusing. You hate for it to be like this. It should be based on who had the best 12 months Period. What did you do in the past 12 months? We're going to base it on that. And here you go You're up for a nomination.
Speaker 2:They should. I don't understand Brooks. I mean, like I said, love Brooks and Dunn, but you're going to catch them on our KXX station on our Classic Country station. You're not going to hear them on WQSB right now because they don't have any new music, so why are they up for? Duo of the?
Speaker 1:Year. It's confusing. Like some of these, I get Male Vocalist of the Year Luke Holmes, jelly Roll, cody Johnson, chris Tableton, morgan Wallen All five should be on there.
Speaker 2:But okay, say that Post Malone. He had a huge year. He's going to be on there. He's up for one thing, and that's first song of the year.
Speaker 1:Who would you take off of that male vocalist list? I wouldn't put him on that list, you couldn't. But for new artist of the year. I'd put him on that one, because on that one you've got Megan Maroney, shaboosie, nate Smith, mitchell Tenpenny, zach Topp and Bailey Zimmerman.
Speaker 2:Now the big drama about this.
Speaker 1:Who would you take off and put Post Malone in his place?
Speaker 2:Well, the big drama is where's Beyonce? That's what people are saying. Don't throw rocks at your radio. I'm dodging them, I'm just saying this is all over the news. Beyonce got snubbed, they say.
Speaker 1:I the news. Yeah, beyonce got snubbed. They say I'm saying she should have because she released that one song.
Speaker 2:It did okay on radio so if you were to rate that song from one to ten, ten being the best song, I've got to listen to it on repeat. No, in the country world of uh ratings and how it did this year, would it be about a five?
Speaker 1:for me it would be lower than it. I wasn't a fan of it. Yeah, I appreciate her trying country, but I wasn't a fan of it. Okay, didn't much care for it well, I liked it, it was okay I liked it.
Speaker 2:It's not like I'm thinking oh, I want to turn on some country and listen to beyonce nope.
Speaker 1:But now I'm thinking I want to hear some country post malone's name comes up, because his music is more country.
Speaker 2:He's changed formats, but he's really good at this format.
Speaker 1:He fits country, he fits it, his voice, his songwriting Like a glove. Yeah Well, some of the other nominees a single of the year. This is for the artists. They're singled in their song of the year. Singles for the singer Okay, a bar song, shaboosie, yeah, dirt Sheep. Cody Johnson I had some help. Post Malone, watermelon, moonshine, laney Wilson, white Horse, chris Tableton All five good songs.
Speaker 2:Those are good.
Speaker 1:Then you go to song of the year, mainly to the songwriter. You've got Burn it Down, parker McCollum, dirt Sheep, cody Johnson I had some help post Malone, the Painter, cody Johnson and White Horse Chris Tableton. The unique thing is Cody Johnson has two songs in that.
Speaker 8:Oh, he does Dirt Sheep and the Painter.
Speaker 1:That rarely ever happens. Album of the Year nominees Casey Musgraves, luke Holmes, chris Tableton, cody Johnson, jelly Roll.
Speaker 2:I'd have to ditch Casey, as much as I love her. I love her, she'd be on there but Deeper. Well, just didn't do well.
Speaker 1:Look at Female Vocalist Deeper Well didn't do well, don't you? Yeah, female Vocalist Kelsey Ballerini. She should be on there. I like Ashley McBride, but she didn't have a really big year. Megan Maroney, casey Musgraves and Laney Wilson. Where's Carly Pierce? Carly Pierce had two number one songs.
Speaker 2:I don't know, didn't we see Ashley McBride at?
Speaker 1:Serious. She has new music but it hasn't caught on. Has it done well? No, I like Ashley.
Speaker 2:I like her yeah.
Speaker 1:But she didn't have a good year.
Speaker 2:But she didn't have a good year.
Speaker 1:Miranda Lambert's not on there. They all, they all. Three of them had new songs and they're like country giants. They're being left off. These, uh, vocal group. We went over that vocal duo. We went over that. And then you got some of the other ones, new artists of the year. We went over that. Musical event is when you have more than one artist. Uh, kelsey ballerini and noah khan for cowboys cry 2, post malone, morgan wallen I had some help. Uh see, the song is up for three awards but the singer, post Malone, is up for none.
Speaker 2:Okay, I see.
Speaker 1:Zach Bryan Kacey Musgraves. I remember everything. Morgan Wallen, eric Church, man Made a Bar and Ella Langley and Riley Greene. You Don't Like. You Love Me.
Speaker 2:Okay, which one are you voting for?
Speaker 1:Of those I'd say I had some help, I think of the five. Five it was the biggest song of those five. I would say so yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:So there you go. So anyway, the awards are coming up. You know, on november 20th on abc, the annual cma awards, it's 8 20, barry and holly, on alabama's country, giant wqsb a florida woman.
Speaker 1:It's like every crime story comes from Florida. She's suspected, not disrespected I guess they have to word it this way but they've got her on film. She stole a $2,400 bird from a pet store. Now the suspect appears to pick up a baby bird. She's walking around, reaches in, grabs the bird and stuffs it in her bag as in purse.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:And she walks out of the Everything Birds store Everything Birds. The baby bird in question is a black-headed Nope, got to be careful of that. How do you say that one? I?
Speaker 2:have no idea. It's C-A-I-Q-U-E. I have no idea. We don't know.
Speaker 1:No, no, but anyway it's a baby bird.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's black-headed.
Speaker 5:Yes.
Speaker 1:They just want the bird's safe return so they can care for it properly. The baby bird needs to eat formula and cannot eat solid foods. Just yet they're investigating. She just walked by, grabbed it, stuffed it in her purse and off she goes.
Speaker 2:You know what she's stealing next.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Baby bird formula. I mean she's going to say, oh, I had no idea it couldn't eat solid foods. Yet yeah. She's seeing the news.
Speaker 1:She's seeing herself on the news like, oh, she says, what am I?
Speaker 2:going to do.
Speaker 1:I've got to get the formula I thought I could let my mama cat over there feed it. It's not going to happen.
Speaker 2:I don't think the mama cat will allow that to happen. But what does she? Just wake up and think you know, I don't know what I'm gonna do today. I've got the day off. I'm gonna go steal a bird. Uh-huh, I've always wanted a bird, a black headed, whatever bird, and so they've got her on video, right?
Speaker 1:yeah, they've got her face and they're just asking people.
Speaker 2:If you recognize this woman, please contact us immediately, because she has a a bird, okay in her purse well, when you walk into an everything bird store yeah, I'm not surprised that she walked out with a bird, no, but why stuff it in your bag? Yeah, and how did she get easy access to a bird that costs over two thousand dollars?
Speaker 1:yeah, wouldn't they have it locked up a little better?
Speaker 2:It'd have like a little baby bird alarms going off. I don't think so. It'd have a little baby bird band Like a. What are those? When you get arrested but you have to stay at home.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah. Yeah, one of those bands, like one of those when you go to buy you a shirt, yeah, those tags they got the tags. The bird's got a tag on its leg. You have to go there and get that tag off or it's going to beep, I don't know, it's $2,400.
Speaker 2:I wonder what the let's call this place Call them. Yep. Let's look up the number.
Speaker 1:I bet they're not too happy.
Speaker 2:I bet they're not either, but we're going to tell them. Hey, we're with the radio, we're reporting this story. Do you have any other birds that people can come by?
Speaker 1:Probably do.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But $2,400?.
Speaker 2:No, that's too much for a bird. I could not pay $2,400 for something that just could die.
Speaker 1:I'll pass on that but maybe they'll get the bird back. Hey, middle of September almost, and a lot of the pumpkin patches, the corn mazes getting ready, ready to go, oh yeah. And I'm looking at a beautiful one here. I bet you may want to make like a road trip sometime soon. You think, yeah, where's this at? Let's see. It's in it's Wheeler Farms in Ohio. Okay, I don't know what part of Ohio, but they're famous for they have a Christmas tree farm, which is funny because Taylor Swift doesn't she have a song.
Speaker 2:A song called Christmas Tree.
Speaker 1:Farm.
Speaker 2:Did you know she actually, before she moved to Nashville, grew up on a Christmas tree farm?
Speaker 1:Ah, Yep she for real did. So. We mentioned Taylor because this family, wheeler Farms, has a Christmas tree farm and they also have a corn maze. Oh, and they've had the corn maze cut. Now describe this, since you're the Taylor Swift fan.
Speaker 2:Okay. So it has the heart hands, it has 1989. It has Taylor Swift's signature. It has Taylor Swift holding a microphone.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And it has little trails in between all of this.
Speaker 1:It has the maze you have to walk through, so this amazes me how they do this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it does me too. How do you do this with a drone or what?
Speaker 1:no, they, whatever you, they have tractors that do it, yeah, and they have to design it on computer and lay it out, and then I guess they use I don't know, I don't have no idea okay I would say this, if you ask me again oh, no idea, but lee would know yeah, lee lee, I don't see him being a corn maze person.
Speaker 1:No, but I think he could tell me like oh yes, you would use this Adobe Premiere Pro to do this, but from above, it's amazing that they can design it to look, so yeah. I mean like the Taylor Swift cut out in the corn maze.
Speaker 2:And look at her microphone. It's even bedazzled.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yes, this is amazing.
Speaker 2:I love it and it has her signature like perfectly cut out of the corn. It's amazing.
Speaker 1:Unreal Mm-hmm. So if you want to see a picture of this one, check out our Facebook page.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So it's now. I guess it'll be open right about now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if you want to head to Ohio and take me with you, pick me up, take a road trip.
Speaker 1:Yeah, come pick me up. That's 842.
Speaker 4:Mornings with Barry and Holly here on Alabama's country giant WQSB Boat time.
Speaker 1:The morning's quote of the day and we mentioned this one is for anybody who's maybe going through some times. You know life is hectic. You're overwhelmed, thinking is this ever going to get out of this tough spot? And I can say, for an example, that yes, you can if you keep trying, and so can you. Yeah, you've got some tough things going on recently, mm-hmm, but everything's getting better, mm-hmm. We're talking about income tax. Yeah, come on.
Speaker 2:God man, they came after me hard too.
Speaker 1:Yes, Like real hard why don't they go after the big companies? I?
Speaker 2:don't know. I'm just a single mama too, why? Are you chasing after me yeah there's people that hadn't paid their taxes in years and I don't do one year and they're like hey girl yeah you owe us 10 billion dollars or you're gonna make little rocks out of big rocks yeah, and I'm like I got a house or something I got a car we're're going to take your dog. They better not take my dog.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, they're tough.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they are.
Speaker 1:They are, but this quote kind of helps those who may be struggling with something.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it says. When life gets hectic and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to focus on the people and things you are most grateful for.
Speaker 1:When you have an attitude of gratitude, frustrating troubles will fall by the wayside that's a good quote and like daddy used to tell me when I was little that there's always somebody out there who's got it worse than you. That's true. So you may be having a tough time, you may be going through some hard times, but just think of it, it could be worse, and sometimes I'd say I don't see how yeah, I was talking to my dad yesterday and I said, as hard as everything is right now.
Speaker 2:Everything is so overwhelming, so overbearing, keeping me up at night, stressing me out during the day. I can feel my blood pressure rising, yeah, different times during the day. Everybody is okay right now, in this moment, and everybody in my life is alive and everybody is healthy. I've gone through dad having cancer. I've gone through mom having COPD, which she still battles, with asthma and all kinds of bad stuff I've had Harlow have huge asthma attacks where she's been in the ICU for weeks at a time. Mayor had eye infection that kept her in the hospital for a week at a time. It's so many things that can go wrong and you lose sight of, like you said, the bigger picture. Everybody's still here.
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And if you're dealing out there, like with you, barry, everybody's not here and everything can get overwhelming and feeling anxiety anxiety.
Speaker 1:Thankful you got people around you who are willing to help you. Yeah, there are some out in the world who don't have those people who are willing to help them. They're all alone yeah and if you know somebody like that, try to reach out and help you're not alone no, you're not all right. Good stuff, all right.
Speaker 4:It's 8, 56 barry and holly on alabama's country giant wSB.
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