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Ep. 388 Today's Peep Helps You Find Out If You Have Unclaimed Cash! Also, from Foggy Valleys to Sunny Foothills, Polka Dot Day, A Pile of Wild Listener Clips and Lawrence Welk
Ever find out someone put money aside for you… and forgot to tell you? We open the show with a practical guide to unclaimed property in California that could put real dollars back in your pocket. It’s simple, fast, and surprisingly common, and we share the exact place to look, what the status labels mean, and why you might see “over $100” without a total. We also pause on the privacy wrinkle—yes, you can look up other names—and draw a clear line on ethics while keeping the focus on reclaiming what’s yours.
From there the vibe shifts from utility to delight as we celebrate National Polka Dot Day. We trace how 19th-century marketers borrowed the polka’s lively reputation to sell dotted fabrics, turning a dance craze into a style icon that still feels fresh. Think classic red-and-white dresses, mid-century grace, and the kind of cheerful pattern that refuses to fade. We punch up the story with a kinetic polka track that reminds you joy can be loud, brassy, and contagious.
Listener contributions fuel the middle stretch: a quick-hit parrot joke that lands, a spin through Chris Jagger’s music with an honest take on famous-family expectations, and a Spanish-language call of a Rams walk-off that crackles with energy. We ride that wave into NFL talk—Stafford’s late-career form, Puka’s breakout, and why the Rams feel complete right now. Then a sharp political soundbite from Davos puts California’s economy, migration, and leadership under the microscope, sparking a grounded response. We close with Vin Scully’s gem on the history of home plate—wood, cast iron, even a literal dinner plate—delivered with that effortless grace that made him a legend.
If you’re here for practical wins, music and sports joy, or the pleasure of learning something unexpected, this one delivers. Check your name at claimit.ca.gov, grab some good vibes, and tell a friend who loves radio that mixes substance with a smile. If you enjoyed it, tap follow, share the episode, and leave a quick review so more curious folks can find us.
Happy Thursday to ya! Hey, it's the Pats Peeps Podcast. Pats Peeps number three hundred and eighty-eight. Come on now. Oh, I'm looking out my studio window into the beautiful foothills of Northern California where today it is just gorgeous. Now I I hate to rub it in, but I understand it's foggy down in the lowland again. That's the inside scoop here on the Pat's Peeps. Thank you. Hey, but nonetheless, wherever you are, wherever you're listening, thank you. I I see a lot, I don't know what it is the last week. We have a lot more listeners to the podcast. I think it's catching on. Thank you. Thank you so much. By the way, my name is Pat Walsh. I'm also the host of the Pat Walsh show, as heard on KFPK Radio. Uh 1530 a.m. 93.1 FM in Sacramento. 7 to 10 PM Monday through Friday. Last night, making her triumphant return to radio was Stephanie Dorn, the Dreamweaver, who came in. Stephanie, who was featured on a previous podcast on December the 15th, it might have been Pat's Peeps 372. Don't hold me to that. You know, I lose track after a while. But uh but she was if we had we had an extensive uh uh conversation. Uh Stephanie Dorn, the Dreamweaver. But last night uh it was about analyzing dreams for you. And so we had a lot of callers. Thank you to Stephanie, thank you to everyone who called in last night. I certainly do appreciate that. We had a great time. You know, one of the things that I'm doing, I just happen to be doing, I'll share this with you on this beautiful Thursday. Heck, the weekend is almost here. By the way, don't forget we have the patspeeps.com where you can get all of this really cool, like my show merchandise, Pat's Peeps merchandise, shirts, and and really cool stuff, hoodies, all this stuff. But anyhow, and it's quality. When you go there, we support local business. Uh one of the things I'm doing today, because someone recommended this to me that you go to the because a lot of people have unclaimed property. Anyone know about this? Like you have unclaimed property out there. A lot of people do, not everyone, of course, but they said, you know what? I checked your name, which I found fascinating that you can actually check people's names on this website other than your own. I don't know, it seems like that'd be kind of no one else's business whether or not you had unclaimed property or money sitting out there. And so I took her advice and I went to the website because she told me I'll put in your name, and guess what? You have money there. I said, What are you talking about now? Everyone likes money. Yeah, so as it um turns out, heck, I got some money sitting there. I don't know how much. All it tells you in my case is it's it gives you kind of there's more than a hundred dollars. So whatever. Heck, if it was a hundred bucks, that's a hundred bucks. It's unclaimed, I'm getting it. But I thought I would share this with you because maybe your name is on the website. Get your unclaimed property. I should do an endorsement for them, which I'm not right now. But here at Patch Peeps, we like to whatever we can do to help. This is claim it at ca.gov. Let's see. Yeah, claim it.ca.gov. Yep, that's the website. And then, you know, you just go to the claiming property or whatever, and you can find it right there. Isn't that cool? I'm not getting, you know, the person that turned me on to this, she went to another person's. Of course, I'm not gonna divulge any of that. Again, I I find it interesting that we should we should have privacy, I think. I don't think you should be look every look everyone up, but but then again, there it is. So you make the choice. You make the call, as they used to say on those NFL things. Anyhow, uh but she looked up a friend of hers, or I know it was a f um an in-law, I think, who they stay in touch and found$72,000 sitting in there. Unfortunately, apparently there's no one alive that can claim this money. Isn't that unfortunate, right there? I mean, just think about that, you know. So, anyhow, maybe you have something sitting there. Again, claim it at ca.gov. What I would like to do today is do as we do occasionally during a week, usually on a Thursday, I like to do I wish we had music for this. Listener content, listener content, hey now. But here on 388 on this, the 22nd day of January, I cannot believe it was been six months now to this day, six-month anniversary of the Pat's Peeps gathering out at the state fair. What a great night that was. And you know, if you're listening to me right now, here's what I predict with what's about to happen. I know it's always about to happen, but it already is with uh just you guys listening to the podcast. Uh it's going to be pretty soon you're gonna go, wow. I remember when Pat was just talking about that in his podcast and occasionally on his show, but wait, wait, just wait till you see what we've got in the works. I know. It's a tease. It is a tease. Today, by the way, just to let you know, because this is very important, we are going to do as I was gonna about to say, we were about to do listener content, which we do some Thursdays. And today I want to start by letting you know that as Denise just let me know, good timing, Denise. It is National Polka Dot Day. Now, who knew that even existed? Commonly seen, of course, on children's clothing and toys and furniture. I mean, can you imagine polka dot furniture? My favorite polka dots are either connect the dots, remember they connect the dots, and you'd connect the dots and be a picture. Or my favorite favorite is beautiful women wearing polka dot dresses. Like in the 50s, or nowadays, if you you rarely see it, but it's so classy. That look from the 50s, your hair done up just right. They look exquisite with a polka dot dress, could be like a red polka dot dress, red with white polka dots, or flip that around the white with the red polka dots. Beautiful. Rarely appears in formal context. That's right. How did he get the name? Polka dots, by the way. What does polka have to do with what? I never did you ever think about this? Like, where do words come from? Sometimes I think about that. It's not polka dots, it's not polka dots, it's polka dots. P-O-L-K. Polka dots. What? Yeah, I really never thought about it. Well, where'd it come from? My friends in Cambrain, we're happy to tell you right here on Pat's Peeps 388 on a beautiful Thursday. Oh yeah, we're above the fog line. Thank you so much. For those of you down in the fog, I'm sorry. That Thule fog is brutal. Going in day 106 in the Thule fog. So polka dots come from the mid-19th century. When manufactured, of course, use the trendy polka name. Because you know, that was trendy back then, the polka name. And they'd sell various products, including dotted fabric as a marketing tactic. What happened with that? Well, why did they do that? Because it linked the pattern's very cheerful look to the popular lively dance craze. The dance, the polka dance. We're doing the polka. Well, the earliest print mentioned, remember Lawrence Welk? God, it reminds me of the polka. Here's a Bobby and a sissy. Remember your granny and your mom would be watching that. Granny be visiting town of your aunt Sunday night. You're wishing for anything else on TV, like I don't know, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wide World of Disney, whatever that was. Anything. Why mutual of Omaha? Anything other than here's a Bobby and Sissy. With one that the kids are doing. Remember the tap dancer? He'd start tap dancing. And all soon he'd do that one man, that one dance where he'd go, and his arms would be spinning around. And all the people in the audience look like they were anywhere from 80 to 100 years old, and they'd all just pointed glasses like in Farside. And the guy would spin his arms when he'd tap dance, and they'd look at it, ah, hurry! But I digress. Back to Polka reminds me of Lawrence Woke. The Dots themselves had no direct relation to the Polka dance, but became a fashionable tribute to the era's biggest trend again. And who doesn't love some good polka? Denise, thank you for bringing this up. Here is Who Stole the Kikska? Who called Who Stole the Kikska? By the Matist Brothers here on Pat's beef 388. Hey now! There we go! Everybody danced out! Alright. You tell why this was the most crazy. I like it. I mean, how can you be in a bad mood listening to this?
SPEAKER_06:You can take my chick cup. Take my fine killbasa. You can take my fine stuff.
SPEAKER_03:Didn't they take my fine killbasa? Take my fine killbasa.
SPEAKER_06:Who's stole the king stuff? Who's stole the king's cup?
SPEAKER_03:Thank you, Denise. Appreciate that. Cecilia. Hi, Cecilia. Cecilia sent me a couple of things. Here is the police knocking on the door. And then the parrot answering the door. Or not answering.
SPEAKER_05:Who's there?
SPEAKER_03:Police. Open the door. We need to talk.
SPEAKER_05:How many are out there?
SPEAKER_03:We're two.
SPEAKER_07:Talk to each other. No, what are you?
SPEAKER_03:Thank you, Cecilia. Parrot not answering the door. Cecilia also sends us. Cece's a big fan of the Rolling Stones, as I am. Love me some stones. But who really knew that Mick Jagger's brother, who is Chris Jagger, who knew that he he was also a musician? Here he is, Chris Jagger, rocking all night. Mick's brother. That's Peep Three, 88.
SPEAKER_05:Rockin'. Rollin' all tape. Rockin' all night. Rollin' all day.
SPEAKER_03:Rockin' all night. I think he's rockin' all night. I think he's rockin' all night and rolling all day is what I'm gonna guess. Shoobadoop. There you go. Chris Jagger. Can I just be honest with you, Chris? I uh lesson to be learned here. Uh number one, if you are the uh the the brother of a rock star, that does not necessarily mean that you too can be a rock star with all due respect. Uh that's just my opinion. The other thing is I'm hoping that perhaps you have another job. I that is so mean. Rockin' all night, hey, rollin' all day, rockin' all night, rolling all day, rockin' all night now, rolling all day. This is really cool. These are the Spanish broadcasters for the LA Rams. Thank you for this one, Ralph. And they are here, they are calling the game-winning walk-off field goal from Harrison Mevis versus the Chicago Bears. Here you go. Yeah. What he said, I felt the same way. He seemed very excited. Me too. Speaking of the Rams, yes, you know I'm always gonna find a way. Because they're in the championship game this weekend against the Seahawks in Seattle. Irene Jewell. God bless you, Irene. Irene is a diehard Raider fan, but she's always looking out for me. Irene sent this one to me. This is Max Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders.
SPEAKER_01:The Rams, like I could see them winning the Super Bowl. I think the combination of having two legitimate number one receivers with Puka and Devante, and then Matthew Stafford playing at a level that we didn't even know he can hit another level, and he's doing that. And the young defense, you know, for me, that's that's just who I believe is the most complete team, and I I think they're gonna they're gonna be raising a trophy.
SPEAKER_03:Ah, way to go, Max Crosby of the Raiders. Joanne sent this one to me. This is of real interest. This is Secretary Besent in Davos, talking about Gavin Newsom.
SPEAKER_00:I think it's very, very uh uh ironic that you know Governor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman, meets Sparkle Beach Ken, uh, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. Uh the uh he's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros, and the uh Davos is the perfect place for a man who, when everyone else is on lockdown, when he was having people arrested for going to church, he was having thousand dollar a night meals at the French laundry, and I'm sure the California people won't forget that. And I can tell my message to Governor Newsom is the Trump administration is coming to California. We are going to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse. And I was told he was asked to give a speech on his signature policies, but he's not speaking because what have his economic policies brought? Outward migration from California, a gigantic budget deficit, the largest homeless population in America, and the poor folks in the Palisades who had their homes burned down. He is here hobnobbing with the global elite while his California citizens are still homeless. Shame on him. He is too smug, too self-absorbed, and too economically illiterate to know anything. Thank you very much. Let me know if you need any further clarification.
SPEAKER_03:Thank you, Joanne, for that. Uh Shelley, as we continue with the listener content, send me this awesome Vin Scully audio. Vin Scully, again, when you think back, like where did things come from? What about home plate? How did he come out with home plate? Vin Scully explains in the way only the way he can.
SPEAKER_02:Well, you do some research, it's kind of interesting. Before 1900, home plate was a 16-inch square. All the other bases are 15 square inches. It was just another base. They turned it so that one point of the base would be facing the picture, but that didn't seem to work. Over the years, believe it or not, they used a lot of things to be called home plate. At one time, back oh 1869, home plate was actually circular and 12 inches in diameter. And way back then, home plate was made of wood, some of them were made of cast iron, some were even made of marble, or, believe it or not, a plate. A real dinner plate. And that's why people call it the home plate. Kind of interesting.
SPEAKER_03:One ball and one strike. Vin Scully, only Vin Scully can do it like that. Tell this amazing story and then one ball and one strike, right? Just right, just go right back into the game. Thank you, Shelly, and thanks to everyone who sent in listener content on this beautiful dirty on this beautiful Thursday. Again, it is national polka dot day, which came from the polka. And I'll tell you what, on that note, I think we'll go out since we played a little polka earlier. How about we play a little more as we go out on Pat Speeps 388? How about Punk Polka? This is by the Tunes. Thank you for listening. Pat's peeps number three hundred and eighty eight. Have a beautiful polka dotty Thursday. See you on the radio. Hey.
unknown:Get off my face.
SPEAKER_07:If I find I had so much to drink, I will go and vomit in the sink. I feel just like I'm in settling up when I do the potato. Jump, jump, jump, jump, up and down your face. Cover safe beeping into your face. Excuse me while I'm in the human race.
