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The Boone Show - S6 E8 - Meet Zach Howard, Our Sports Guy
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We put the spotlight on Zach Howard, our longtime sports guy, and trace his path from Clemson and Braves fandom to girl dad life, a special Dallas trip with his father, and the stories that make everyday moments memorable. We also get real about “iPad kids,” TV tray dinners, and finding balance around screens, sports, and family time.
• how Zach joined our show and kept calling in through six seasons
• family life, work at the building center, and the “Big DEF” diesel story
• origin of his Clemson and Braves fandom and a bucket list of big games
• the Dallas father-son trip, stadium awe, JFK site, and rental car upgrade
• Clemson’s season, the transfer portal, local high school football
• Clemson basketball’s ceiling, shooting choices, and roster mix
• WWE night with Carsyn, upper-bowl economics, and kid emotions
• the girl dad quiz and what everyday fatherhood looks like
• TV trays returning, “iPad kids,” and screen-time balance
• practical recommendations for shows and local food on a budget
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Hey everybody, welcome to the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio. Glad to be with you. I'm John Boone. Uh, the boss lady is here. And uh Danica's running around doing producer type things, which usually means just getting uh getting snacks out of the vending machine. And that's important. Our guest tonight, we felt we owed him one. Absolutely no one requested this guest. No, I'm just kidding. Just kidding. Uh but we have our sports guy, Zach. I figured, you know, a lot of people don't know who he is. He's just kind of there every week. And now the last couple of weeks with the phone issues and everything, he hasn't been around. Absolutely. It's been good because he would have been in a bad mood most of the time with the way his teams have been playing. But uh it's good to have him in studio so everybody gets to find out more about Mr. Zach Howard today.
SPEAKER_04:So now now has has Zach has he been doing it since the very beginning? Because like this is season six for us. I'm trying to think. Did he do the first season?
SPEAKER_10:I cannot actually remember. I think me and you had tried to um start a remember it was uh I was calling in at 5 40.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah.
SPEAKER_10:And uh I think what happened what had happened was is uh I believe that you started a show, you you started the show, and then you got to where you wanted you had asked me, well we was gonna do a podcast, that's what it was. And then you decided just to do the boon show and then just have me call in every week, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Right. So I I think I have been doing it for ever.
SPEAKER_06:Even if he didn't do the first season, I'm I'm pretty sure it was.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, and then I had to start putting it in my calendar because I would forget, and he would text me, hey, you calling in, you calling in?
SPEAKER_06:And well, and we did it more regularly the first season and the second season.
SPEAKER_07:Until we got totally burnt out by doing it every week. But now we still have about twenty, twenty-two episodes of school year, so we'll do pretty good with it.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, my dad gave me a hard time and he said, So you left work early to go talk on the radio. I said, Yeah. I said, just like I used my vacation time to go all the way to Dallas to watch the Cowboys lose.
SPEAKER_07:Well, I could have told you that was gonna happen, but uh but we'll we will talk about that trip. Um but everybody, this is this is Zach Howard, the one and only Zach Howard, the great storyteller, the great extremely biased sports reporter that we have here.
SPEAKER_05:Girl dad.
SPEAKER_07:That only acknowledges a couple of teams in the entire sports world. But uh and we're gonna have him talk about some of that. So, Zach, if you would, uh for those that might be tuning in for the very first time in somewhat you know under an hour, if you could give us some of the some of the background. Obviously, you came through our program here, so take it from there and uh and what you're up to these days.
SPEAKER_10:Well, I uh I am a graduate of this program, and uh I uh I'm a uh alumni of Ren High School, class of 2013. I married my high school sweetheart, she also took this class, um, Tiffany. I've got uh two girls. Uh I've got a five-year-old, and she'll be six in February, and a two-year-old that bosses everybody around. Of course. And uh Carson is my five-year-old, Emery is my two-year-old, or our two-year-old, and um kind of a funny thing when me and Tiffany first got married and started talking about having kids and everything. I said, all I want is for our first youngin' to have the initials. CJ. And I may get reprimanded for this. Yep. And that's that's okay. Yeah, chip reports.
SPEAKER_07:Or is it CJ Spiller?
SPEAKER_10:Oh, I'll get to that in a minute. So I so I I said uh I said, that's all I want. And uh, of course, I wanted a boy, but let me tell you something. I would not trade Carson or either one of my girls, but especially Carson, for anything, because the girl does anything I want to do. I mean, she she does. If I go take the trash out, she she wants to come now. Emery does. But uh, but so I'll get back to that in a minute, but that's that's what I told Tiffany. I said, I want the initial CJ. Why do you want CJ? And I said, CJ Spiller, the greatest running back in Clemson history. And I get reprimanded for that, and that's okay. But CJ Spiller, so she's CJ to me, Carson, Carson Jordan, whatever, but she is my little CJ, and that's what that's what you know I I call her and she answers to it. So uh in Emory, the name we come up with Emory was um you hear Emerson, but we have a preacher friend of ours in North Carolina, last name is Emory, and uh we were sitting on their couch, um, and there was their last name was above their kitchen, spelled E-M-O-R-Y. And Tiffany said, What about that name for one of our kids? And I said, uh she said, 'Cause you think the world of them, whatever. So that's how we got the name Emery. And it's really not common nowadays, and and uh so she wanted the name Rayland. Well then when she started, she wanted that after uh both of her parents' middle names, then she's like, and now everybody's using it. Now that's a common name. So now that's why we went with Emery because it's really not common. You hear Emerson a lot, but not really Emory.
SPEAKER_07:And what's her middle name?
SPEAKER_10:Uh Grace. Oh, nice. And Tiffany was actually listening listening to a song about Grace, and that's how she came up with Grace. She said, I got Emory's middle name. I said, Okay. She sent me the song, and that's how that happened.
SPEAKER_07:So that is very cool. So what are you where are you working now?
SPEAKER_10:I am working at the building center uh in Easley. It's formerly known as Dixie Lumber. That's right, I know where that is. Um some people around these areas may remember Dixie Lumber. It's been around for a while, um, but I cannot ask for a better place to work. Um I I'm a delivery driver, I deliver doors, windows, trim, uh, small lumber packs. I'm actually getting ready to go after my CDL's, my commercial driver's license. And uh we're now we've got jobs going on in Atlanta, big commercial jobs. We've got uh one starting up in Tennessee, we've got uh two or three in Atlanta. Um matter of fact, I got to go to Brazil Ton in the morning. They're doing townhomes out there. Uh so uh best job I've ever had. Couldn't ask for a better place to work. I'll be there six years in July. So it was funny. Carson was born February of 2020, you know, and then the whole world shuts down because of COVID. And so whatever year she turns will be you minus one of that, how long I've been, how long I've been at the building center. Well, what whatever year she turns is how long I've been there. So she'll be six in February, I'll be there six years in July. So it's kind of it's kind of cool to look at that. And even everybody says that, wow, she's e she's gotten that big. I said, Yeah, yeah, it's it's it's amazing. We we joke around, we're just one big family there. Give each other a hard time. And I tell you, my nickname there is Big Death. And I'll tell you why. Uh I had never heard, I had never used a diesel engine in my life. Never. I've always been raised on regular gas, everything. So uh make a long story short, I um I was headed to fill up our little 16-foot flatbed we have with uh fuel. And nobody, our our smaller box truck, we've got a bigger one now, but our smaller box truck, the gas tanks that had two of them, were on each side of the truck. Well, when I go to fill the flatbed up, nobody had showed me anything about as far as where the tank was, anything. There was this big blue tank on the side of the flatbed, had a blue lid on it. Well, I take it off and I put the nozzle in there, and the nozzle's not fitting. I can't I'm filling it up, filling it up, running out. I close it back, I check, man, the gauge did not move, the hand did not move. I go down to the hot spot in Pickens, same thing, and uh had a guy show up, man, that don't look good. I said, I know it don't. So I called a coworker and a matter of fact, my old boss man, David, and I said, Man, I can't get this nozzle to fit in this in this tank, and it's overflowing everywhere. And all he said was, What tank are you putting it in? I said, The one with the blue lid. No, no, no, no, no, bring that back, bring that back, bring it back. That's the wrong one. So$650 later, they get the truck back. So they call me Big Deaf from now on. And I walk in the next day wondering, why am I Big Deaf? Because Sky Zone called me Big Country. So they called me Big Deaf, and I'm wondering around, what is Big Deaf? I can't hear. What is that? So when they would put my name on paperwork, it'd be D E F. I walk into the tool room and see Death Fluid sitting there. So from now on, I know where. And they put stickers all on the trucks, death fluid only, diesel fuel only. So from now on, I know where. And they even to this day, and that happened, man. I was there. I I started in July. This was August of 2020. And she and uh to this day, Steve, one of the Fort Lift drivers, he'll drive around. You putting that in the right tank? And so yeah, I'm big deaf now.
SPEAKER_07:All right, I like that. That's a that's a good wrestling name. Yeah, yeah. If you ever want to do that, all right. We're gonna take a quick time out, and when we come back, we're gonna find out where Zach started his sports allegiances and how he grew up into these. I mean, he's a fan of all fans of these teams. I want to know how it all started. So we'll get that when we come back. You're listening to the Boon Show on My Pulse Radio.
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SPEAKER_07:But normally Danica would be on. All right, welcome back to the Moon Show on MyPulse Radio. Our guest tonight, our legendary sports guy getting his own show tonight, Mr. Zach Howard, already with a great story. First segment in. Absolutely. So let's see what he's got for segment number two.
SPEAKER_10:Well, before we get started, my wife said I ramble too much. I am so sorry that I ramble too much.
SPEAKER_07:But she loves me anyway. I just heard your text go off there. You must have got another one. But anyway, I wanted to talk about, you know, sports. The reason why you're on here, we would always, you know, playfully, I suppose, uh, go back and forth about our sports teams. And um you've been really loyal to yours through the ups and downs, which I appreciate because I have too. And you see a lot of bandwagon fans nowadays that hop on teams when they're when they're good, and then when they start going downhill, they find a new team. Uh so how did your Braves and Clemson and all that, the the fan age start for you? Is that were you really young, or was that something you picked up a little later?
SPEAKER_10:I was just raised as being a Clemson fan. And I tell you, the reason why I become a Braves fan would probably be when uh we attended a Clemson baseball game, or maybe when I was playing adult softball. Uh, they were on TV. I want to say maybe when I was younger, still living at home, and it may have been it was either the Phillies or the Nationals they were playing. And they went into like 18 innings. That's before the whole runner on second thing. And I left for church to go back, it was on a Sunday, left for church that to go back that to the evening service, and come back home, they were still playing. And I sat down and I watched, I'm like, man, this is cool. And then uh I quit for a little bit, and then when I started going to the Greenville Drive games, I had a buddy I was working with at the time, and we double dated with them a couple of times to a Greenville Drive game. He got into baseball, started watching the Braves, that helped me get into it. We just started keeping up with it, and then when Ronald Acuna came in and done everything, uh, you know, come in and really started picking his pace up, getting as good as he is, I really started following him. Now I'm not able to sit down and watch every game, you know, three and four hours, 162 games, but I'll I'll keep up. I've got an app, I keep up with it, all that kind of thing.
SPEAKER_07:So um and and I just have to throw this in. Of course, the one year you won the World Series, Akuna was hurt.
SPEAKER_10:I know. Isn't that something? Isn't that weird?
SPEAKER_07:He's like the best player in the league. And yet the one year they won it all, he wasn't even playing.
SPEAKER_10:And we actually went to a game that year, and we went, they played the Phillies. I'd always want to go see them play the Phillies. They got beat 10 to 1, 10 to 2. Looked at my dad, I said, I'm never gonna watch him play the Phillies again, and I'll be doggone they ended up winning it all. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07:So I was actually at a game that year, believe it or not, with my son, the Braves fan, and we were there the night they clinched going to the World Series, the NLCS game against the Dodgers.
SPEAKER_10:That would have been that would be incredible. That is on my bucket list to attend a World Series, national championship type game of either basketball, football, and and or a Super Bowl, just to fill the atmosphere.
SPEAKER_07:Now we'll get your latest on um how the uh the Clemson team during the actual sports report, which comes your way at the bottom of the hour, if you've been listening. Now, um tell me though about your trip to Dallas. Uh I saw tons of pictures.
SPEAKER_06:Because this was a trip of a lifetime for you and your dad.
SPEAKER_10:Yes, I will. I'll tell you where it actually come from. Um you know, when we're growing up, and my dad's listening, uh, shout out to my dad, but uh when we're growing up, our parents try to give us the best. And my dad, my dad always gave us the best. And he he would work two and three jobs at a time, but he never missed a little league game, never missed me and my sister was in marching band. Shout out to Caitlin. Uh we were in marching band, he never missed a competition, never missed a ball.
SPEAKER_07:Those are tough to sit through, too. Those are long days.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, yeah, even for the even for the competitors, but never missed anything. So it came to his 50th birthday party, and my mom wanted to plan a surprise birthday party, and I got with my mom and my and my sisters, and you know, Tiffany was involved, and and I said, uh, he c all he kept saying was, I want to attend a Dallas Cowboys game. I want to attend a Dallas Cowboys game. I said, Dad, why don't we go watch him play Carolina or Atlanta? No, I want to go there. So um we got everything bought, we got uh the food paid for and everything, and I said, why don't we send out invitations and have them mailed out and put in there? Please send money for a Dallas Cowboys trip to see the Cowboys play. That's what he wants to do. Now that happened in it is 2025. My dad is fifty. That happened three years ago. It took three years for him to plan all this because we was trying to get somebody to go, and uh we were trying Carson was still young.
SPEAKER_06:So he got the money when he was fifty to do this, but it took him three years, he planned that.
SPEAKER_10:So what we was trying to do, what we were trying to do, we were trying to go on Thanksgiving because they played Thanksgiving Day, wouldn't have to take no time off work. You could have left Wednesday after work, game Thursday, hung out, done whatever Friday, fly back Saturday. But the plane tickets on Thanksgiving motels to now was ridiculous. So that never worked out. He was trying to work it out where I could go. Carson was still young, and so I just so he when it came time again, he was planning. My mom kept saying, Your dad's trying to go to Dallas, your dad's trying to go to Dallas. I just told him, I said, Dad, I'll go with you. So I'm sitting in the living room, Tiffany had done went to bed, and he uh he called me one night and said, Well, I've got Dallas, but if you want to go. And so uh we went, and uh let me tell you, when when you're s when you are a young kid or 31 years old, and seeing your dad like a kid on Christmas, something he's always wanted to do, it it it was amazing. That stadium is like something I've never seen before. It is absolutely gorgeous. And my boss man's actually been there uh for the cotton bowl. And I mean, he was like a kid on Christmas. I've never seen him smile that big.
SPEAKER_06:That's awesome.
SPEAKER_10:And it it was it was it was it it was awesome.
SPEAKER_06:It's a beautiful stadium.
SPEAKER_10:And see, I'm uh I'm a Was it opened or closed? It was closed. It was closed. And and and I love going to, and you can ask Tiffany and she's listening. I know I'm rambling, but how much time we got? Bless your heart. So so uh so I sent my poor daddy, I sent him all over the place to see football stadiums. But TCU is beautiful. We went to TCU, went to SMU, went all the way to Waco to see Baylor.
SPEAKER_03:Yep.
SPEAKER_10:Um we actually toured the um Texas Rangers uh Hall of Fame building. And uh so I told my dad, I said, see, this is why we come all the way out to Waco to tour this, not to see Baylor. So bless his heart, I took him all over the place. High school football out there is for real. He said next time, hopefully we're trying we're we're hoping to go back in about five to six years, hopefully. Um it may take a couple more people with us. We're wanting to maybe catch a Thursday night game, a Cowboys game, and then Friday high school, Saturday maybe a college game, and even and I mean the Texas Rangers Stadium's right there at it, and it is absolutely massive. But yeah, it it was it's a different world out there.
SPEAKER_06:Did you get to do the the stadium tour?
SPEAKER_10:We did not. We were going to, but that's that's like I said, that's what I told him. I said, next time we'll know what to experience because we did not want to do that because parking there is outrageous. It is right across the street was a hundred dollars. Oh my gosh. You go down, you go a little bit further, it's a hundred and forty. There was a we never saw it, but there was another, there was a woman told us that there was some parking for$300. So that's why we didn't know how parking was gonna be. So my dad, my dad, bless his heart, he hates paying to park. He hates paying to park. We went to the Wake Forest game uh last year, and I and he kept driving, driving, driving. I said, Dad, it's 2024. You're gonna have to pay. Oh no, that found free parking last time. You know what we had to do, we had to pay. And I just told him, I said, that's just where we're at now. And we ended up paying, I think, 45 to park. Had to walk a little ways, but you as big as that stadium is, you can still see it.
SPEAKER_03:Right.
SPEAKER_10:But yeah, it was it's a different world out there. Five-lane highways. Um one thing that they do up, they take care of their roads, their DOT does. Like one of the uh off ramps, they have a U-turn lane and the far left lane. So like our motel was over on the left side, and whenever we would come back, all we had to do was U-turn right off instead of getting off the interstate, turning left, red light, didn't get back, you just U-turn right back on the interstate. So that it's a different world out there. Everything's flat, everything is uh Did you ever hear about uh David Koresh? Yep, we wouldn't seen all that in highlighting. We wouldn't see that. And if it hadn't been for us going to Waco, we wouldn't have gone. So he needs to be thankful we went and seen we went to Waco that his son wanted to go to Waco. So uh we got to see David Koresh. Drove all the way out to Way to see I was like, French Davidian.
SPEAKER_06:It was French Davidian.
SPEAKER_10:Yes, that's correct. Yes, what it was. But but yeah, I had never heard of it until my dad had said that my mom said something about it too, but there's a bunch of people that know about it.
SPEAKER_07:Oh yeah, it was a big thing.
SPEAKER_10:I had never heard of it. It was a very big thing. I had never heard of it. 93, I think, is what I happened. It's been a long time.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah. Holy cow, it's been that long. Yeah.
SPEAKER_10:30 some years ago.
SPEAKER_06:I just graduated high school. I remember it all.
SPEAKER_10:30 some years ago. Five lane highways, 70 miles, 70 miles an hour. And uh our travel agent told us she said, You need whenever you go, you need to do avoid tolls. She wasn't lying, their tolls out there is like eight to ten dollars. And so what happens when you avoid tolls, if you're 45 minutes away from something, you may be an hour to traffic out there is ridiculous though. It's my my dad, he uh he got nervous driving because I said, Dad, just just because we were in a rental, and and I'll get to that in a minute. That's another that's a cool story how that happened. Um But the way the bridges are spaghetti junction in Atlanta, it's like that everywhere in Texas.
SPEAKER_03:Yep.
SPEAKER_10:So uh, but the rental car, and and I know, babe, I'm rambling, I'm sorry, but um the rental car, when he rented a Nissan Versa, I think it was. And he's tall like a tiny car. Yeah, I think it was a Nissan Versa.
SPEAKER_06:That's a tiny guy.
SPEAKER_10:I I think that's what it was. I know it was a car. So we get dropped off at the airport, they take us to the rental car place, and the play the company we were under was called Alamo. So we walk in and we find Alamo, and the woman says, Can you go out and talk to National? And we're having technical difficulties. So we walk out and uh talk to them, we're waiting in line. This guy comes over, I guess he's management, and uh we're walking by, and my dad's like me, quiet, don't talk much, you know, doesn't talk much. No, my me and my dad's got about the same personality. So I'm walking up with the guy, and my dad's like, Man, I would love to have that Ford F-150 right there. White, it was a white Ford F-150. And that guy said, Man, it'd be nice, wouldn't it? My dad said, Yeah, but I ain't got the money to upgrade to it. A guy stopped, turned around and looked, and he said, Go get in that truck. My dad's like, Man, I was just kidding, go get in that truck. I'm calling him right now, telling them you're on the way. So instead of a Nissan Versa, we're in a 2025 Ford F-150. Oh, that's stretch your legs out a little bit. The thing was nice. Yeah. Oh, it was nice.
SPEAKER_07:And you went downtown Dallas too, right? You know, yes, to uh where Kennedy got shot.
SPEAKER_10:That was that that was neat. They've actually got um the window. Yep. Did you go up in there? We did not. Um they've got it marked where he was standing and it it was it was neat.
SPEAKER_06:Saw it on the on the road that you realize how big the road is that he's that he got shot on.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, and you can see why there's a lot of conspiracy theories.
SPEAKER_10:Yes, yeah, and they've actually got the I didn't know this, they've actually got a white X marked where he was sitting.
SPEAKER_06:So yeah, it was it was it was there's usually people in that little park too that'll talk to you about it.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was it was great. It was funny. Speaking of that, there was this guy standing there was explaining to my dad what happened. My dad was like, Oh, that's cool. And he goes, Ten dollars, you can take it home with you. No, sir. I'm good. You told me everything I need to hear. My dad walked off.
SPEAKER_07:Um, so you really packed a lot into that. How many days were you there? Three days?
SPEAKER_10:We flew in Saturday afternoon because it's out their hour behind us, and then we flew back Tuesday um evening.
SPEAKER_07:So wow, that's quite a trip. Yes, so good places to eat around there too. Did you get some good uh steak around?
SPEAKER_10:Barbie and barbecue. We got some barbecue. Um wasn't too crazy about the particular restaurant we went to. Now their brisket was amazing. Um my dad's like me, he loves baked beans, but they really had kind of a weird taste to them. I like a little bit of barbecue type baked beans, but these really what it was just different. And uh so uh I don't think we ate anywhere that was a chain besides In N Out Burger. And Tiffany hated me for going to In N Out Burger because TikToks all the time. I want to try this, I want to try this. So I sent her a picture. You know me. So we went the first night we were there, but personally I like Whataburger better. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07:I you've been to In N Out Burger. I mean, what's I don't understand what they're doing?
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, they are cheap.
SPEAKER_07:There's that sauce.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, yeah, they're they're cheap.
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, I've just impressed but I've got a big fast food person either.
SPEAKER_10:So and of course, we went to Bucky's out there.
SPEAKER_06:Oh, you went to Bucky's out there?
SPEAKER_10:We went to Bucky's out there. There was one they're the big ones. There were there was one, I can't remember if it was, I know there was one on our way to Waco, and then I think there was one like 20 minutes from our motel that was in Melissa, Texas. And then there was one, I forgot what the name of the other town was. Um, but yeah, there was actually two within driving distance there. So and the one in Tennessee is actually bigger, but yet they originated from Texas. Texas, that's right. The one in Tennessee is a lot bigger.
SPEAKER_07:Gradually moving north when I go visit family in Pennsylvania. It seems to be one a little further north every time you go. All right. Um let's uh let's take another quick break. When we come back, we'll have the actual sports report for this week, and then we'll dive into a little bit of the WWE that we haven't talked about yet, because I know you went to that last week. Sure did. Mr. Let's Do Everything these days. We're talking with Zach Howard, our sports guy at Boonshow on MyPulse Radio.
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SPEAKER_11:Hello, sports fans. I'm Avery Merriman joined by Attic Basketball. And we are the host of the Rival Talk Sports Radio Show, where we sit down and we discuss low energy sports, football, basketball, and whatever you guys chat in the comments. Make sure you tune in every other Wednesday on MyPulseRadio.com or the TuneIn Apple.
SPEAKER_07:And we're back on the Boonshow MyPulse Radio, our sports guy Zach Howard here with us. Zach, did we even have the radio station when you were here?
SPEAKER_10:I was actually the class that kicked it off, but we did not have nothing like this. It's amazing when we leave how much grade we do. I mean, there's a Chick-fil-A in here now. There's a subway.
SPEAKER_06:There is going to be a bank, but there's no Chick-fil-A or subway. I mean that's coming to the biggest.
SPEAKER_10:We used to share the break room with the class right next door, and now you've already things have changed, but a lot has stayed the same. I got to give a shout out to my mom. She's listening. Hi mom. Yeah, she's listening. She said, how about a shout-out to the woman that birthed him? So shout out to my mom for listening. So we still praying for you. Yeah. Mom. She's a very blessed woman.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, okay. Yeah.
SPEAKER_10:You think so?
SPEAKER_07:All right, so give us our sports report for this week. Clemson won.
SPEAKER_10:Yes, they did against a team with a pulse, a little bit of a pulse.
SPEAKER_07:Here, honestly, and I'm not even being biased. I was watching that game, and what the heck happened to Florida State? Beginning of the year, I thought they were going to be world beaters. And what the heck is nothing. And you know, they had a chance to take the lead several times. They had wide open guys, and he took it on the broad side of a barn.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah. And and and I wish I could tell you what happened because when they blew out Alabama like they did, I said, uh-oh, at least we got them at home this year. But man, I I don't know. They they just I don't know. They've fallen off, and but that's where you live or die by the portal. Because they got all them portal receivers, squirrel white from Tennessee. And um I I don't know. But Clemson, I I hope they can win Friday night. That's a tough place to play. I've been there, it's beautiful. Um it's it's nice because when you're sitting in the upper deck, because they've only got one upper upper deck, and I want to say it's taller than Clemson's. You can see Churchill Downs on the left side. Um we actually went when Tiffany was pregnant with Carson in 2019 and stayed for a few days, kind of like what me and my dad did in Dallas and went to the Cincinnati Zoo and stuff. But it's a it's a little tough, it's a tough place to play. Yeah, so but Ram plays West Side Friday night, second round of the playoffs at West Side. Um, should have probably beat them a couple of weeks ago. Um so but uh should be interesting.
SPEAKER_07:They lost 21-7, so it's like they held them down, but just didn't get any offense.
SPEAKER_10:No, that yeah, they didn't get no offense, and uh Westside is down a little bit this year, but they're they've been scheduling everybody out of the state. I mean, I think they started out with a team from Alabama, and we have a um guy that comes in, a vendor that comes in, and uh he uh he actually went to West Side, and that's how I knew who they were playing, and it's actually Cutter Woods' little brother that's the quarterback. And uh he said they just having to schedule all these people, that's why they're 0-3 or 1-4 or whatever. But uh but they they won the region. That's all that matters. You win the region.
SPEAKER_07:You can be winless until the region starts and run the table. Absolutely. I've seen that a lot. And of course, Ren was a few years ago. I remember when they were really good, that's kind of what their formula was.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah. And I never thought, I never thought in my lifetime, especially as young as I am, that I would see Clemson win a national championship in football. One, much less two, the Braves win a World Series and Ren go to a state championship. That that was that that was all of your team, I can tell you. Within a five-year, yeah, about five years.
SPEAKER_07:That's an amazing window because my teams, yeah, they've won championships over my lifetime, but it's like a 50-year-old.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, I think that's a good thing. Clemson Clemson played for four national championships. Did you go to was you did you go to coffee?
SPEAKER_07:Those days they were good, weren't they? And now that you can look back on those.
SPEAKER_06:Some years it's football years, some years it's tailgating years. And this is tailgating yeah.
SPEAKER_07:And uh and uh what's it gonna be basketball-wise this year? Another 500 season where they start out great and then I don't know, man.
SPEAKER_10:I don't know. We'll we'll see.
SPEAKER_07:We'll uh it seems like they always reach a certain point and then uh Yeah, we'll we'll we'll see.
SPEAKER_10:You know, it's kind of like it's kind of like baseball a little bit. I mean, it just depends on how how you do, how you shoot. Like the other night, I know they play Gardner Webb, they won by 38 and only shot 28% from three. So to me, they shoot the three ball too much. To me, they shoot the three ball too much.
SPEAKER_07:But they have do they have rebounders or just shooters? Well, they got missing them.
SPEAKER_10:One thing I like about Brad Brownell is he goes into the portal and gets everybody. RJ Godfrey transferred from Clemson to Georgia. Now he's back at Clemson. Um, so they've got Biggs down low. I don't know about any shooters. They've got Chase Thompson that come in. He's supposed to be a good, you know, a good shooter. I went to the exhibition game, um, but of course they don't show you nothing at the exhibition game. Um so uh me and my sister and the WWE crew went to the uh exhibition game. So uh, and it's free. Uh it's kind of what I wish football would do. You know, instead of having the spring game, just play like a Furmin or somebody, instead of playing them in the regular season, play a Furman, let it be free, your tickets be five dollars, then you get a full game of how your team's gonna be. Instead of the spring game, you don't see anything in the spring game.
SPEAKER_06:There's too much money involved, Zach.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, I know. I know. Now they don't even do much at all in the spring games.
SPEAKER_06:No, don't even have them covered by media because of the portal and all that.
SPEAKER_07:They don't want anybody seeing the other players.
SPEAKER_10:I I would go for Carson, you know, because Carson likes that kind of thing, but I try not to because it's just it's just a waste of time to me. I mean the game's over in an hour and a half.
SPEAKER_07:So well, speaking of Carson and the WWE, uh you went last Friday, right? Yes, sir. Here in Greenville for SmackDown, and I see a picture of her crying.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah. So we sit down like any kid does, and uh we could not get lower bowl. I try to get Carson on the lower bowl, and uh we couldn't because them tickets went from sixty-five dollars apiece to a hundred and thirty within less than six months. So I told my sister, I said, we're gonna have to settle for upper uh upper bowl tickets. And uh so we did. We got right, and my dad works there part-time and uh does maintenance. I don't know. He carries around a walkie-talkie, like he's doing something. He's yeah, he he can't.
SPEAKER_06:I'm sure he's working.
SPEAKER_10:But we we were on like the fourth row that we had really good seats, and so we sit down, she goes, We had just finished supper, and uh, because we always go eat before, Daddy. I like to have some cotton candy. So my sister went and got Carson some cotton candy. I said, Well, you're gonna make it last through the night, because if you let her, she'll eat it in one sitting. And so I text Tiffany and I said, You're gonna be mad at me if you knew how much Carson was spoiled, you know, as far as eating. My sister went and got two bottled drinks and a thing of cotton candy, and it was$27.
SPEAKER_06:Oh, yeah, it's expensive.
SPEAKER_10:And so, uh, so yeah, she she was crying. Uh she was eating her cotton candy, and I forgot what match it was. Uh uh the person she wanted to win, I usually fast forward through the women's matches. And so Carson likes to watch them. And uh, I forgot what match it was. She uh she just started crying at the blue, and I said, baby, what's wrong with it? I wanted that one to win. And I'm like, if she only knew what this was about. And a funny story about that.
SPEAKER_06:And you took her picture and put it on social media.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, I took a video.
SPEAKER_06:So so 15 years down the road, she's gonna say, Dad, why did you do that?
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, so rambling again. Uh, so I got a funny story about my sister with the WWE. Um, it was back when uh Daniel Bryan and Kane was having their little feud. And uh, and my sister's a big AJ Lee fan. I'm sitting at the Renn Petersville game. I'm assuming you were at the Renn Petersville game.
SPEAKER_06:Usually I am, yes.
SPEAKER_10:At football this past year.
SPEAKER_06:Oh, this yes, this past year.
SPEAKER_10:So I'm I'm sitting there and there was rumors she was gonna return. My sister calls me crying because A.J. Lee returned. And I'm sitting there trying to pay attention to the ball game, had to answer her FaceTime, trying to watch SmackDown because I had Carson with me. So I believe it, I believe it's back when she was in it back in the day. But uh it was either her or another person. But I know it involved Daniel Bryan and Kane, and Kane come out, attack Daniel Bryan, and it shows them putting him into an ambulance. Well, where we were parked at, we walked around the back of the Bilo Center, and um the superstars were leaving because you had to stop, let them pull out. Well, we see Daniel Bryan and Bree Bella leave. My and Caitlin goes, Well, was that Daniel Bryan? I said, Yeah. She said, I thought he left in an ambulance earlier. So I'm like, well, I just ruined it for her. So I'm afraid Carson is gonna be devastated when she figures out all of its plan. So that's all right.
SPEAKER_07:Still entertaining. It is, it is sure is. All right, we're we're moving right into our next segment here, which um, you know, last week we had a guest that claimed to be a Disney adult. Yes, so we quizzed her on. She was. And she was almost top tier. Yeah, just missed top tier. So Zach here claims to be a good girl dad.
SPEAKER_06:Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_07:So we're gonna give him the girl dad quiz and see where he ranks.
SPEAKER_06:There you go. Do I need to keep track?
SPEAKER_07:Now it's just a point for every yes answer, okay? I got it. So can you keep track of that? Yep, got it. In your head.
SPEAKER_04:I got it.
SPEAKER_07:Oh boy, I've heard that before. I got it. It's like those waiters or waitresses that come over to your table and they don't have anything written down. I got it, I got it.
SPEAKER_06:Well, throw me that pen right there and I'll make sure I keep keep track of it.
SPEAKER_07:Okay. You got paper. Yeah, you got paper.
SPEAKER_06:I'm I'm good. I'm I'm set. I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_07:Just want to make sure we can't miscalculate. Gotcha. All right. It's important. All right, Zach. You're being grilled now. Be honest about every answer. Okay? Brutally honest or honest? Well, it some could be brutally. So let's see. All right, first question. There are 20 questions. We'll see how many points you get. Have you ever carried a tiny backpack that wasn't yours?
SPEAKER_10:Yes.
SPEAKER_07:Do you know at least three Disney princesses by name?
SPEAKER_10:Yes. What are they? Oh Lord. You gotta prove it. Elsa, Anna, and Mirabelle.
SPEAKER_06:I don't necessarily know if Anna is a princess. Oh, come on, give me this. Give me another one.
SPEAKER_10:I'm trying to think which I'm gonna be able to do that.
SPEAKER_06:I mean, there's a big one in uh like blue outfit.
SPEAKER_10:Cinderella. There you go. I was trying to think of ones that I was trying to think of ones that she was in that. We'll give you the point. We'll give you the one.
SPEAKER_07:Have you ever fixed a doll's hair or tried to?
SPEAKER_10:Maybe. No. I know, I know, no, I know I have tried to put them in a car seat for Carson. I know I've I know I've tried to put them in a couple of things. Yeah, I don't think I've ever fixed a doll's hair.
SPEAKER_05:Okay.
SPEAKER_07:Give him a half point. Okay. Um have you ever played Tea Party without being asked twice?
SPEAKER_10:If restaurant counts, I have. Oh. Same thing. So she does restaurant. She does restaurant. Okay.
SPEAKER_07:All right. If you say so, Holly. Uh do you know what a scrunchie is and where they disappear to? I do not.
SPEAKER_05:Don't know what a scrunchie is.
SPEAKER_07:I do not. Tell him, Holly.
SPEAKER_05:A scrunchie is a hair tie.
SPEAKER_07:They're probably two. Oh, I call them hair bows. Yeah. I call them hair ties. I call them hair hair ties. I'm sure he's got it. All right, we're not gonna give him that one. Uh have you ever let your daughters put makeup stickers or nail polish on you? We need to see pictures. Uh, do you know the difference between a tutu and a dress-up gown?
SPEAKER_10:I do.
SPEAKER_05:What's the difference?
SPEAKER_07:What's the difference?
SPEAKER_10:A tutu. Oh gosh. Tiffany said they're listening in the car now. So I'm trying to figure this out. A tutu, y'all are gonna probably laugh, isn't it the things that they wear in Hawaii? Is that like like a like half of a dress or well it's half of a half? I mean I know what a dress is half of a dress.
SPEAKER_07:We'll give you that.
SPEAKER_04:We'll get we'll we can give them a half a point.
SPEAKER_07:Okay, give them a half a point.
SPEAKER_04:Half a point.
SPEAKER_07:Um Have you ever said, hold still so I can fix your bow?
SPEAKER_10:Yes. Carson is a nightmare when it comes to hair.
SPEAKER_07:Uh have you attended a dance recital or school performance with tears in your eyes? Now yours are still pretty young, but yeah, not yet I haven't.
SPEAKER_10:Not yet, I haven't. Carson graduates K5 this upcoming May.
SPEAKER_07:So do you know at least one kid-friendly song by heart?
SPEAKER_10:Are you gonna ask me to sing it?
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, sure.
SPEAKER_10:I'm trying to think. Oh man. Come on. Yes, I do because Emory fusses if she don't get to hear some of her songs. So give us one.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, come on, Sam.
SPEAKER_10:What is the one that she what is the one that she likes so much? There's so many of them. Tiffany, text him real quick. Yeah, Tiffany, text me. We want to hear him sing. If you know the song I'm talking about. There's one I know that there's a hole in the bottom of the sea, but that was Carson's. Emery likes one.
SPEAKER_04:Um It doesn't matter who it is, just give us a little bit more.
SPEAKER_10:I'm trying to think. I'm trying to tune. It's an hour-long show.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, I'm trying to We're not gonna give him the point until he sings it a little bit. All right, so move on to the show.
SPEAKER_07:So let's let's move on. We'll come back to the song. Uh let's see. Have you ever shown up somewhere with glitter still on you? I'm gonna say yes. I'm gonna say yes. That's usually, yeah. Do you know the exact location of the nearest bathroom everywhere you go? Yes.
SPEAKER_03:For sure.
SPEAKER_07:Um can you braid hair even if it's a little crooked? No. Tiffany wants me to look at it. That's a tough one. No, I cannot. I don't know how to do it. Have you ever carried a kid, a stuffed animal, a juice box, and a coat all at once? Yes. Do you automatically pack snacks just in case?
SPEAKER_10:Yes. Okay, Tiffany text me. Okay, we got the song. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I think.
SPEAKER_07:Is that the song that you couldn't remember?
SPEAKER_10:Well, I think it's a good thing.
SPEAKER_07:That's really a lullaby.
SPEAKER_10:But but it's Emery, though.
SPEAKER_06:It should be like Let It Go.
SPEAKER_10:Oh. That's Carson.
SPEAKER_06:Well, you can still sing it. Sing it. Do you know Let It Go?
SPEAKER_10:Let It Go, Let It Go. That's all I know. I'm not singing no more. I don't want to ring nobody's ear, though.
SPEAKER_06:We give it to you.
SPEAKER_07:Good idea. Good choice there. Um, let's see, where was I? Do you save drawings or notes your daughters give you? Yes.
unknown:Okay.
SPEAKER_07:Have you had a serious life talk in the car ride home from school? I know that they're starting to well, it's one's five years old.
SPEAKER_10:Not from school, but from other places because they go to school with Tiffany. But yeah, other other places I have, yeah.
SPEAKER_07:And isn't it fun when when your kids you you realize when they are young, and all of a sudden you realize you're having a conversation with them for the first time? It's like you've never really had a conversation, and then all of a sudden they're old enough to talk and you're talking back and forth, and it's like, whoa, wow. Hey, wait, wait, wait, your mic's not on when you and you're sitting five feet away to learn anything in broadcasting class.
SPEAKER_02:Just just wait till they start arguing.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah. Yes, she has a twin sister, so they migrate to their own. So yeah, Carson, Carson is really bad about we've got we got Tiffany in a new car, a third row car, and we'll we'll be listening to the radio, and Carson's real bad about going, mommy. Tiffany's like, Carson, you're going to have to speak up. So yeah, yeah. She'll speak up soon enough, believe me. Uh, do you check on them at night even when they're already asleep? Uh let me tell you, um, Tiffany's got cameras all over their rooms. No, they we've got baby monitors. Right. So we've got we've got uh Tiffany had it on the iPad and then it quit working, and then we had one above Emory's crib, and then she decided, what is that? I'm gonna pull it down. So we had to get a baby monitor and put it on the other side of the room. So yes, we do.
SPEAKER_07:Yes, but is that you actually checking going?
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, the Tiffany checking.
SPEAKER_10:Oh no, that's Tiffany. Oh no, that's not you. That is not me. Yeah, no, that's not me. That's Tiffany.
SPEAKER_07:She has the full, you know, security thing with 50 cameras and all that, seeing every angle of the room. Um, okay, a couple more. This one's really easy. Uh, would you fight a full grown bear to protect your girls? Duh. Absolutely. Free point right there.
SPEAKER_10:Well, Emory will probably get to it first. She'd be saying. Have you seen any pictures I put on social media of that youngin'? Uh yes. Never smiling. Yes.
SPEAKER_07:Never smiling. All right, this is the last question, and then we'll see how you did. If your daughters asked you to, and maybe they're still too young, but time's coming, would you get on stage for a daddy-daughter dance? I sure would. All right. I sure would. All right, Holly, add it up. Let's see where he ranks as a girl dad.
SPEAKER_06:He's sitting at 15 points, Mr. Boone.
SPEAKER_07:He just snuck in as an elite girl dad.
SPEAKER_04:There you go.
SPEAKER_07:15 to 20 points. You have unlocked the dad princess special edition badge. We don't have one to give you, but that's that's what uh that's what you've won tonight. All right. Uh a couple of things in the news before we get Zach's recommendations.
SPEAKER_06:Yep, that's important.
SPEAKER_07:There's one thing that we didn't get to last week, but there's a thing. Howie, there it is.
SPEAKER_04:I did, I pushed it.
SPEAKER_07:Did you put do that again? Push the button. There. See, that worked. My goodness.
SPEAKER_02:Did you learn anything in media practice?
SPEAKER_07:We spent we spent all this money to get this studio outfitted with mute buttons. Oh, my ears. Edit that out. Um, okay. Dinner time in America. Uh there is a big thing that's trending again, and it's not a food. Do you do you have any idea what it might be? Dinner time in America in your house. And it's not food. Not food. No. I I mean Do you guys still have any dinners like around the table?
SPEAKER_10:No, we don't. We actually eat in the living room on our TV tables.
SPEAKER_07:That's what the answer is. Really? TV tables are becoming a huge thing again.
SPEAKER_10:We got rid of our dining room table, number one, because we went on vacation in August. My mom, my two aunts, shout out to my mom again, come in, decluttered our whole house, and uh because Tiffany's a clutter. She she loves to clutter. And uh she'll say I am, but no, nobody's as bad as she is. So we got rid of our dining room table because that was where, and I say we put all of our stuff. Now we got a big open area. So we use the TV tables because we have our shows that we watch, and or we may watch a movie like right now. We we're on the Transformers saga now. Um, so I think we're on number three in the middle of number three, so that's what we do for dinner now.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, TV trays. Yeah, yeah. Nobody knows less than half of the training.
SPEAKER_10:Her mom got them for us for Christmas a couple years ago.
SPEAKER_07:John, do you sit around? No, we didn't we got rid of our dining room table.
SPEAKER_06:Wow. Yeah, yeah. Now we we do for the most part, when Madeline is there. Um, she obviously is involved in so much stuff, so she's not there a lot after school. But when she is, we do sit around it. Last night, well, we sat in the kitchen last night or the night before. But for the most part, yes, when we're when she's home, we all sit it together.
SPEAKER_07:Well, that's good. That is good.
SPEAKER_06:It helps conversation, no TV and we sit and potentialize.
SPEAKER_07:And that's a combination of eating, you know, on the couch or wherever and going out eat. A lot more people just go out.
SPEAKER_06:Now we do that a lot.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I eat by myself in my room because everyone's asleep when I get home.
SPEAKER_06:See, that's and that's what Madeline does now. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07:Oh Madeline. Gotta have her and do her own show. That would be fun.
SPEAKER_02:We should get her to join us. Let me and her run the show for one day. No. No.
SPEAKER_07:Especially neither of you have filters. So uh yeah.
SPEAKER_10:I do me I need to bring I don't know if he's listening now, but I got a best friend, Zach. And we we basically grew up together. And uh me he needs to come in with me one day. Y'all would absolutely enjoy Zach. He's the one who wants to do the podcast with me. And uh he came up with it and and everything. So I think we're gonna start it. Um just about random stuff, but he is he's a trip. He he really is. He's he's he's a trip.
SPEAKER_07:All right, a couple more things. Um there's a viral post on threads. Anybody use threads? Just once in a while, if somebody refers me to something on there, I'll go.
SPEAKER_10:But yeah, I I I downloaded it because something may come up about sports, and you click on it and it won't pull up unless you have the app. So I mean it's like a Twitter Instagram thing.
SPEAKER_07:So, how about this? There's a viral post um sparking renewed debate over iPad kids and whether the real issue is screens or society's shrinking tolerance for childhood behavior. The discussion began when a screen-free parent of ADHD children suggested the kids often turn to tablets because they're discouraged from running, exploring, or being nosy noisy, excuse me, in public. Thousands of commenters shared memories of when children were allowed to play more freely, contrasting it with today's expectation that kids remain perfectly quiet and composed. Many noted that fewer adults have children now, and empathy for parents and patience for typical child behavior seems to have declined. So almost like they're not letting them be children because the iPad is the babysitter.
SPEAKER_04:Correct.
SPEAKER_07:So when they're out in public, they're not even experiencing being out in public because they're just attached to a screen. Correct. What what's your view on screens with your little girls coming up?
SPEAKER_10:Okay, that's a really, really good point. Um we were doing it uh when Carson was younger, and then it got to the point to where now that she's older, she expects it all the time.
SPEAKER_05:The tablet.
SPEAKER_10:Yes, or uh screenshot. So what we do now is like if me and Tiffany's with all y'all and we're out to dinner, and Carson doesn't know any of y'all, we may give it to her then. Right. Because she's gonna be bored, she may she she may not know what to do. If there's a lot of people, we'll give it to her. And a lot of times I've learned that we've pulled away from it, but a lot of times, okay, baby, you can watch that. She'll play like PBS kids, whatever. You can watch that as long as you eat. And that's how we get her to eat. She knows that if she if she's paying attention to that screen, she's got to eat. A lot of times that'd help her eat. Um, so I guess it Tiffany, honestly, Tiffany's Demore could give you a better reason than I did about why. And and I understand because the way Tiffany looks at if me and Tiffany go out on a date, um we don't take our phones in. If we do, they stay on the side because when we go in, that's all we see. She says, I do not want to be that family.
SPEAKER_05:That's right.
SPEAKER_10:And that's why Tiffany looks at it that way. I don't want to be that family. And and now I see why. Um so but uh but yeah, I'm I'm I'm okay with it as long as it's not an all-the-time place. That's right. And see, Carson's five, so she really don't understand balance.
SPEAKER_06:Um it sounds like y'all are doing the right thing.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, yeah. Balance is a thing. And to let kids, when they're out, don't not just use it as a as a babysitter, but let them experience uh things in the world. And they say it'll build things like patience, communication, coping skills rather than giving them the screen, which is an artificial coping skill. That's right. Um so yeah, good good set.
SPEAKER_06:Good job.
SPEAKER_07:And and really good Tiffany.
SPEAKER_06:Good Tiffany.
SPEAKER_07:Good Tiffany. Good job. She does, she does a lot of things. No phones. But if a Clemson game is on and you're out at the restaurant, that's the same. Well see, that's that's another thing. That's all different.
SPEAKER_10:That that's another thing, too, is that that Tiffany's helped me with, and even both of my parents um is me watching a Clemson game, Carson don't see that. All Carson sees is Daddy's got the phone. Why can't I have it? So now Apple's got this new thing called Apple Sports. It's a green app, and I've got Clemson saved, I had the Braves saved, Tennessee. Why Tiffany's a Tennessee fan, I don't understand. But um I got them saved, and the score, the time, play-by-play, it all runs across. When we were on the plane, um I was able to keep up with it for some. The Wi-Fi didn't work on the way to Dallas, but on the way back from Dallas, of course, it worked fine. How I found out about the way the Duke game ended was I was having to keep up with it underneath the score. They didn't have HCC network. I told my dad I said, hey, Clemps is winning 45-38, and then 30 seconds left, and Duke goes up by one. But uh but yeah, to go back to that, they uh that's how they uh that's how we look at it. Is uh it depends on the situation, where we're at. Like she used to have an iPad till it it was our old iPad till it decided it wasn't gonna work anymore. And when she'd get home from daycare, she would have about 10-15 minutes on it.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah.
SPEAKER_10:And uh and it just got to wear every day. You know, and when she has grandparents come over or whatever, friends, we try not to let her get on it because then she's paying attention to that's right not visiting. So that's right.
SPEAKER_07:All right, the last piece of news is that uh your new health food to know about is ice cream. That's what they're saying, that uh ice cream now is actually good for you. Cuts down on the chance of heart attacks.
SPEAKER_05:Really?
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, believe it or not, check it out.
SPEAKER_05:To check it out.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, if you have it, obviously, if you didn't again, balance.
SPEAKER_05:Right.
SPEAKER_07:You don't go overboard, but if you can enjoy a scoop or two, it's not gonna kill you.
SPEAKER_10:So uh yeah, anything we get sugar free. Tiffany found some sugar free popsicles at Sam's. Oh my god. Yeah, the kids don't know the difference. That's no, they don't.
SPEAKER_07:They do not because we used to do that the sugar free stuff, sugar free jello, stuff like that. They never knew the difference. Yeah, of course. Now I just wonder what kind of chemicals. Are in there that they're not sure. Right. But that's taking the place of the sure. But anyway, so Zach, we're at the point of the show, the very end, where we have our guests make uh recommendations. So, two areas. We would like to hear your recommendations. First thing, entertainment, something that you're watching, binging, a movie, a book, something or other. What can you recommend to our audience?
SPEAKER_10:Okay, if you like sitcoms and comedy, Fresh Prince Bel Air's best show ever created. Will Smith is my favorite actor. Tiffany says, I'm Will Smith 2.0. Um, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Oh, that's funny. That is awesome because they make everything up off the top of their head. Yeah, it's awesome. Um I like to joke around, like to have fun. I don't know that I could do that.
SPEAKER_06:Improv is awesome.
SPEAKER_10:Um, and then uh movie, we're binge watching Chicago PD again. Yeah. We we love all the Chicago shows. My sister's actually into all three of them. She actually started from start to finish, so we've been back. Now we were on, we started like in season 10 or 11. They're on 13. Now we're on season three, and we're just binge watching it. I got rid of YouTube TV, and now I'm streaming everything now. WWE decided they was going to use ESPN. So I told my sister told me it, SmackDown Friday, I think I'm gonna cancel. I just get too much. I said, No, don't, don't. I said, that's how I can watch my football games, and so now me and her split it. Oh, that makes sense.
SPEAKER_07:Um, okay, and the other is food. Can you recommend a restaurant for our listeners?
SPEAKER_10:The if you're in the area, downtown Greenville area, and Tiffany always says I pronounce it wrong, Tracura Alley. Downtown Green.
SPEAKER_06:Chakura Alley. There you go.
SPEAKER_10:See, I said it wrong. Hollywood. I can see her now texting me. It is very, very good. They got one in um What do you eat there? Uh well, they're nachos. Yes, they're gonna have to get a lot of chosen. And they got burgers. Me and Tiffany got a half order of nachos. Yeah, you could get half order. Yes, and we could have split a whole.
SPEAKER_03:Yes.
SPEAKER_10:Their half order is enough.
SPEAKER_03:Huge.
SPEAKER_10:And they were cheap. It cost me and Tiffany like now all four of us, we can't go out for no less than$40 now. Especially if the girls get what they want. But um I think it cost us less than$30 there. And we both got, you know, we usually just get water, but I think both of us got a tea in a soda. And uh I think it was less than$30 there. But it was really, really good. Where's that located? Downtown Greenville and then downtown Travelers Rest.
SPEAKER_06:Okay. Tiffany by Gianna's or right by the bridge.
SPEAKER_10:Tiffany says she's got a recommendation, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Oh my goodness. That's yeah, that's her. She's waiting on that to come back home. Before we get out of here, before we get out of here, um, you know me, I like I like to tell jokes and everything. I've got one before we leave. Um, there's this uh magician that's on a cruise ship, and uh the captain has a parrot, and the magician's doing his show. Well, the parrot had attended the show enough he knew what the magician was gonna do. So he would sit there and sit there and sit there and he'd say, It's in his pocket, but it's in his hat, book, it's in his sock, book. So eventually the captain, the magician, had enough of this bird, had enough of it. And when he he pulled out his pistol and shot the bird, and the bird ducked and blew the ship into a million a billion pieces. And the only survivors on the sh on the uh on the ship was the parrot and the magician, and they're floating out in the middle of the sea on two little pieces of wood, and the parrot looks at the magician and goes, All right, I give up. Where's the ship? It's pretty good, eh? Pretty good.
SPEAKER_07:Oh boy, thank you. What a way to end the show, Zach.
SPEAKER_10:I had a parrot, I had a parrot one time, but he uh he died because he couldn't tell me he was hungry.
SPEAKER_07:Wow.
SPEAKER_10:Pretty good. We better go before that because uh source really off the time.
SPEAKER_06:Oh, man.
SPEAKER_07:But thank you, Zach Howard, for coming and being on the show. It was a blast. And uh we hope to hear from you soon uh when we get the phone show.
SPEAKER_10:Shout out to everybody listening in. I see in every I tried to I tried to tell everybody.
SPEAKER_07:Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_10:Oh yeah. Oh man.
SPEAKER_07:He's been promoting the heck out of this.
SPEAKER_10:Tim Alexander worked with him, uh, my mom, my dad, my sisters, Tiffany, my two girls, Carson and Emery. So uh thank you everybody for tuning in. Thank y'all for having me. I know I rambled, but I really thoroughly enjoyed it. Awesome. It was a blast.
SPEAKER_07:Uh coming up next week, Tim Self, he's the executive director of the ANMED Foundation. And Holly says he's a real good story. He's a mess. So uh we'll have fun next week as well, catch the podcast on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get the podcast. Should be up there within uh a day or maybe two. And thanks for listening to the Boon Show and joining us. Like, subscribe, and share, as they say. And we'll talk to you again next week. Oh gosh.