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Skip Happens Podcast - Every Boot Has a Story!
Cookies For Santa, Boxer Briefs For Zach
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Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Dad!
Speaker 2It's the holidays are here.
Speaker 5And this is our podcast to last no moments. Hold on up.
Speaker 2Yes, Dad.
unknownReady to go?
Speaker 2Yeah, guys, Dad.
SpeakerLet's start with the big guy. You know what I'm talking about, Santa? We saw him the other night too, right? Yeah. If he happened to come by the house, he was in the ponzone to go on see if happens. And that was pretty cool. If you if you didn't see it, just go to my uh podcast page on YouTube and you'll see it. Oh, all right, Zach, let's start with Santa. Do you think he's busy right now?
Speaker 2Yeah, he's busy.
SpeakerYeah, I bet he is. What do you think he's doing? Do you think he's like loading the sleigh or getting things in order? Or what do you think he's doing? He's gonna be bringing toys. And who does he bring the toys to? Yeah, although around the world. Yeah. A lot of boys and girls.
Speaker 1Yes. Around the world, yeah.
unknownI get it.
SpeakerUh why do you well, what do you think he's doing today? I'll bet you. What do you think he's doing today? Trying to get into his flight plan. What do you think Sam is doing?
Speaker 2Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, getting all that ready, right? Yeah.
SpeakerDo you think he's drinking uh hot cocoa or do you think he's drinking coffee? Hot cocoa he likes hot cocoa.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerOh, my mic is not working. But Zach, how about now? Is it working there?
Speaker 2Yeah, it's working.
SpeakerHow about now? Uh Chuck, is it working?
Speaker 2Yes, okay. Yes.
Mic Fix And Holiday Setup
SpeakerYou know, there's always something, always something. So hopefully it's working now. And uh again, uh, this is another edition of Zach Attack with Dad. We call it the holiday edition. And as I mentioned, you know, we have our decorations out and we're ready to have some fun. I'm I'm dad, that's Zach. Uh, in case you didn't hear me before, I don't know if it is my mic on now. Can somebody let me know that it's on? I hope it's on. It's on. Of course it's on. All right, yeah, I had the wrong button pushed. You think I would know by now, right? You think, I mean, I do this, I do this all the time, and it's just I don't know. I don't know. Maybe I need a new pair of glasses. Well, there, I don't even have my glasses on. Wow, I don't. So uh, did you say uh Santa is drinking hot chocolate or coffee? Cocoa, hot cocoa, yeah. That's that's chocolate.
Speaker 2Yep, I've got great.
SpeakerYeah. Now, if um let me ask you this, Zach. If Santa came to our house tonight, what would you want to do with him? Maybe uh go to the mall or well, we don't go to the mall too much anymore. But what would what do you think you'd be doing with Santa if he came by the house tonight?
Speaker 2Uh yeah, eat out, yes, yeah.
SpeakerWhat would you bring him in and play some wee?
Speaker 2Yes, yeah.
SpeakerWhat's your favorite wee game? Bowling, bowling, yes. Are you a good bowler?
Speaker 2Yes, yeah.
SpeakerWell, that's a great idea. Uh, would I be allowed to come in and play too? Maybe, or would it maybe, or would it just be you and Santa?
Speaker 2I mean it's all to just you and Santa?
If Santa Visited Tonight
SpeakerYou wouldn't you wouldn't let dad in? No, no, why? And like because your room is like off limits, yeah, yeah. I know. Wow. Uh, do you have you thought now, Santa? Let me ask you, Zach. The other night it was uh what night was it? Uh Thursday, Thursday night, Santa came to be on the podcast, which was cool.
Speaker 3Yeah, yes.
SpeakerYeah, Santa came and he said hello, and uh, you got to say hello to him. And uh he came down to the pod zone and he hung out with us, and uh he talked a lot about a lot of different things about uh about Christmas and the kids around the world.
Speaker 1And wow, yeah.
SpeakerUh what do you think though? Let's um what do you think his favorite food is? Chicken, chicken, yeah. That's your favorite food. Oops, you think he likes chicken too?
Speaker 2Yeah, you do, yes, it is, yeah.
SpeakerAll right, chicken. What kind of chicken? Like do you chicken bites, chicken nuggets, uh roaster, chicken, I mean chicken strips, chicken, whatever.
Speaker 2Oh, yeah.
SpeakerHow about what what do you think you would have at Tully's if you went to Tully's? Asian tenders, Asian tenders, is that what you have that all the time, don't you? Yeah, yeah, and they know you when you walk in Tullies, they already know what your order is gonna be. What is your order? When you go to Tully's, you get uh the Asian tenders, and what do you get to drink?
Speaker 2Chocolate milk, chocolate milk, you do that.
SpeakerSounds really good, though.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah.
SpeakerYou know what? Christmas morning. Wow, yeah, you're gonna wake up early, yes. Why? Because uh chances are you might have some uh presents left by Santa. Do you uh what's the first thing you do when you wake up?
Speaker 2Uh family.
SpeakerWhat you you wake up your family, yes, like mom and dad?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerWow, I know you do, and we know you do. But um what's the first thing you all right? So you wake up mom and dad, then you go what you go to the presents. What do you do? Oh no, don't you stop at the bathroom and pee first before you go downstairs? Yes, I thought you did. Do you jump out of bed or do you take your time? You you pretty much jump out of bed, yeah. Every time, every Christmas, right? Yes, and if it's not Christmas, how late are you sleeping?
Speaker 2Uh SB is eight hours.
SpeakerEight hours? Yeah, all right. Well, well, I guess you go to bed late though. Yeah, why do you go to bed so late? Because you watch the late show. Which late show do you watch?
Speaker 2I want to see me falling, city kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Saturday Live.
SpeakerUh yeah, yep. Saturday night live.
Speaker 2Yep, yeah.
SpeakerThat was on last night. Did you watch it?
Speaker 2Yes, so far. Oh my god, tell me about it. Yeah, fine, fine.
SpeakerYeah, so yeah, yeah, it was really funny, huh?
Speaker 2Yes, yeah.
SpeakerWhat else? What else did you like about SNL last night? So good, so great, yes, yeah, a lot of fun, huh? Yeah, you like watching those. Yeah, I totally get it. Uh, what is the um what is the best Christmas present you've ever gotten?
Speaker 2A lot, a lot, yeah.
SpeakerOkay, but what you get a lot, but what's the best? What do you like to get?
Speaker 2Okay, movies, movies, shows, black stars, peace ball, backup friends, every time, girlfriends.
SpeakerIs that on your list? Yes, did it wait a minute. Santa, you got a letter from who'd you get a letter from?
Speaker 2Well, it's those polls from the North Pole, yeah.
SpeakerYeah, but who sent the letter? Who did it come from? Was it Santa? Santa sent you a letter? Yes, yeah, and in the letter it said something about a girlfriend.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerWhat if what if somebody's watching right now? How would you introduce yourself?
Speaker 1I know.
SpeakerYeah, how would you how would you introduce introduce yourself to a nice looking young lady?
Speaker 1Oh no.
SpeakerSay hi, my name is Zach. What is your name?
Speaker 1Oh no.
SpeakerYou don't know that that's what you would say, right? Yeah, yeah. All right. Would you, Zach? Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones?
Speaker 2Uh a lot of big presents.
SpeakerA lot of big presents? Yes. That's not what I said. Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones? You want lots of big ones? Yes. Like what would be a big present?
Speaker 2My girlfriend.
SpeakerWell, I don't know. Who would be your girlfriend?
Speaker 1A lot.
SpeakerA lot, but who who would be your girlfriend?
Speaker 1Oh, no, Dad.
SpeakerIf you could pick a girlfriend right now, who's your girlfriend? Let me put let me put it that way. Who is your girlfriend?
Speaker 2And it is Cory Fabian.
SpeakerOkay. Well, yeah, you wrote, hey, you know what I saw in a Christmas uh card pile that was going out in the mail like last week was a card to Jenny Kim. Did you send her a card?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerWait, but she's in where where is she?
Speaker 2South Korea.
SpeakerSouth Korea.
Speaker 2You know what?
SpeakerThat was probably an expensive stamp. You sent a card to South Korea to Jenny Kim.
Speaker 3I did.
SpeakerI know you did.
Speaker 3Woohoo!
SNL, Sleep Routines, And TV Favorites
SpeakerHey, don't forget Santa's listening. He's listening to all this, I bet. You know, I bet you he is all right. So, what kind of cookies do we? Well, wait a minute. Does Santa would Santa do you think Santa would want cookies or Christmas candy?
Speaker 2Cookies.
SpeakerCookies. Okay. What kind of cookies?
Speaker 2Chocolate chips.
SpeakerChocolate chip?
Speaker 1Yeah.
SpeakerAnd how many is too many?
Speaker 1Only one.
SpeakerOnly one? Yes. Who eats the rest?
Speaker 2Rossi.
SpeakerThe dog. Or maybe, maybe take one for the reindeer.
Speaker 2Oh, yeah, guy.
SpeakerWhat do you think?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerUh, if he had hot cocoa, hot cocoa or hot cider, you said uh hot cocoa, right? Yes. Hot cocoa. Yeah. So do you think he would take it with marshmallows, extra marshmallows, or Santa approved?
Speaker 2Huh?
SpeakerMarshmallows.
Speaker 2Oh, yes, bars butters.
SpeakerYeah, you put marshmallows in your hot cocoa, right?
Speaker 2Yes, good.
SpeakerHoliday food. What's your favorite holiday food?
Speaker 2I love food. A lot.
SpeakerA lot. Probably holiday chicken.
Speaker 3Woohoo!
SpeakerI don't even know if they have anything like that. I don't know. But that's all right. I'll go with that. I don't like that. I like that choice. All right. Uh, so would you ever want to work at the North Pole? No. Why? It's cold. How do you know it's cold? Well, maybe it's cold now. Do you think it's cold all year round?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. How many people do you think work at the North Pole?
Speaker 2Oh, it's ours.
SpeakerIt's got a house, yes. But how many people do you think work at the North Pole?
Speaker 2It's uh his office.
SpeakerHis office? Yeah. That's at the North Pole? Yes. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2And office.
SpeakerAnd his elves?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerOkay. At the North Pole? Yes. Probably a lot of them, right?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. Probably a whole lot of them. Yeah. If you worked at the North Pole, what would you want to do?
Speaker 1Oh, no, no. It's cold.
SpeakerIt's it's cold. You don't want to you don't want to work the North Pole?
Speaker 1No.
SpeakerNo. I don't know. I bet you that would be cool. What do you think you would be good at?
Speaker 2Hi, kayakis. A topper, see.
SpeakerOkay. What would you tell the elves to do if you were their boss?
Speaker 2No, no.
SpeakerSay, come on, we gotta get to work.
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerSay our boss Santa's got to deliver all these presents in a few days, right?
Speaker 2Yeah, cut out.
SpeakerYeah. Absolutely. Yeah. So what else is going on?
Speaker 2Oh, it's awesome.
SpeakerWhat's awesome? What's awesome?
Speaker 2Where's your notes? That thing, my ad.
SpeakerThey're in your head? Yes. What did I tell? I told you to write down notes today if we're gonna do a podcast. And and then I said, where are your notes? And what did you do?
Speaker 1Uh no, no.
SpeakerShow everybody where your notes are. Got it all in your head. I get it. I get it. Do you know the names of Santa's reindeer?
Speaker 2Wow. It's Rodoff.
SpeakerRudolph?
Speaker 2Ray or Rodolf?
SpeakerIt's Rudolph. He leads the pack, right?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerYeah. How many reindeer does he have that he flies with? How many? Eight?
Speaker 2No, ten.
unknownTen?
SpeakerNo, I think it's eight. Oh, it's eight? Oh, uh, Don Johnson says hello. Uh Don. Yep. Yep. Carly says hi, your sister.
Speaker 2Chris, I'm sure guys.
SpeakerYeah, yeah. We'll see them soon.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerHopefully. We'll see them soon. What makes you happy at Christmas, Zach?
Speaker 2Christmas. Oh, uh world peace.
SpeakerWorld peace.
Speaker 2Yeah. And Skip Clark is a poor.
SpeakerSkip Clark, what?
Speaker 2Every time.
SpeakerLittle boy.
Speaker 2Every time.
SpeakerEvery time. Yes. I'm not sure. Carly says, we miss you too. We'll see you this week.
Speaker 2Guys.
unknownYeah.
SpeakerCan't wait, huh? Oh, yeah. We hope Santa's good to Maddie and Jackson.
Speaker 2Wow.
SpeakerYeah. You're gonna see them all. It's pretty exciting.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. Yeah. Did you do your shopping?
Speaker 2I did.
Wish Lists, Letters, And Girlfriend Dreams
SpeakerYou did? Yes. You did all your shopping?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerWhere'd you go?
Speaker 2Uh my mall.
SpeakerYou went to the mall? Yes. I thought you didn't go to the mall.
Speaker 2I did.
SpeakerYou did. You went to the mall.
Speaker 2Yes, I did.
SpeakerAll right. Did you order anything online? Do it that way?
Speaker 1No.
SpeakerAh, I got it. Uh Vic Russo, Merry Christmas. Right back to Vic. Victor. Vic? Yep. Vic's the guy that plows our driveway.
Speaker 2Go check Frank.
SpeakerHe does the snow plowing. That's right. Vic does a great job snow plowing. It's just that either we're not we're not awake or we're I'm not home from work yet. Now mom's retired.
Speaker 2Woohoo! Retirement. No, no, no, no more syrupuse mass.
SpeakerNo more Syracuse. Wait a minute. Well, she mom retired from working, right?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerAh. Uh you know, um, Don Johnson says, Zach, I give you credit. I don't like them all this time at this time. Uh-huh. Yeah, it's packed. It's crazy. Wow. Yeah, it gets nuts. But uh, yeah, so mom retired. Wow. She retired, then she got called by the Mets to work in the front office. So if you go to uh MBT Bank Stadium, now they're open, they're closed for the holidays. Yeah, but they open up again uh after the first of the year. Wow. And the first person you're gonna see, we can call her our director of first impressions. It'll be mom. Mike Newman's watching. Miss you guys, Mike Attack is back, Coach Mike. Well, you know, Coach Mike, I gotta tell you, some days we plan on doing it, and there's other days where it's just like we plan on it and it doesn't happen. Nice. Tell everybody why it doesn't happen because you usually go, now we're not gonna do this anymore. Not tonight. And that's what usually happens, yes, yeah. Now, tonight it was Sunday, it was your night to do what?
Speaker 2A podcast.
SpeakerYeah, the podcast, but what else did you do uh tonight? Oh it was your night to take the trash out, yeah, yeah. And tell everybody how do we work that? You and dad rotate weeks, right? Yes, yep, James Ferrants. Uh Mr.
Speaker 2Fernandes, hello today, my pictures.
SpeakerYeah, the guy with the pictures. That's right, right. Tell him how Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2Uh Mrs. Boss.
SpeakerYeah, well, we all he's a good friend. We miss him too. We'll see him soon enough. Before you know it, it'll be opening day. Oh, yeah, and opening day is what day?
Speaker 2April says, April.
SpeakerNo, it's March.
Speaker 2Boss.
SpeakerMarch what?
Speaker 2June the first.
SpeakerOh, it's the end of March. Uh I think. I don't know. I thought you would know more than I would know. Um, yeah, so that's opening day. Before you know it's gonna be here, we'll see James running around with his camera. We'll see a lot of friends. Um, who knows if dad will be in the press box or not, but uh might be.
Speaker 2Right Skip probably we retire, baby.
SpeakerSkip Clark in retirement. Yeah, didn't say anything about retirement.
Speaker 2Yes, it is.
SpeakerNo, mom's retired.
Speaker 2No, it's dad.
SpeakerOh, dad's gonna retire, yes. I don't know about that, Zach. I'm not really sure. Not really sure. So what happened? Um, let's talk about the baseball a little bit. So tell us about some of the trades.
Speaker 2I guess Brandon Nemo, my dad says Racers, Brandon Nemo went to the Rangers.
SpeakerWow, what else?
Speaker 2Me and I said about Orioles, Pete Alonzo went to the Orioles, wow, yeah, and uh Edwin Diaz maybe to that series went to the Dodgers.
SpeakerWow, that's crazy. Now, who did the Mets just sign? Yeah, well, and I pacers new a lot of new pitchers, yes, yeah. There's always a lot of pitchers, but we have to see some of the uh you know, some of the fielders. Let's see who we're gonna get. I think the Mets might have uh something up their sleeve. I mean, they they they let Alonzo go. They I don't know, it's kind of crazy. There's a lot of money involved too, but still, it's crazy. It's like really nuts, yeah. Yeah, so what else is going on with the baseball? We went to the stadium, right?
Speaker 2We went to the stadium to the uh Christmas out of the Christmas, holiday homestand, yeah, yeah.
SpeakerThat was fun, yeah, it's fun. Yeah, what did we do there? And um, we we hung out, Santa was there, dies, yeah. Santa's been everywhere. Santa was there, and Santa was in the pod zone. Santa's Santa is a busy man right now, dies, busy man. Ah, yeah, I know. So we have opening day coming up. Uh it'll be here before you know it. I shouldn't say coming up, but it is coming up. Uh yeah, in a little bit. Right. So, Zach, um, happy holidays, Skip and Zach. The other half of the of uh, oh, well, right back at you. Happy holidays. Yep, hey Skip and Zach. Happy holidays. Everybody's saying happy holidays.
Speaker 2Oh, guys, happy holidays, guys.
SpeakerThat's right, it's what it's all about. It's Christmas. But all the what happened to the snow? We had a lot of snow, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we're north of Syracuse, so we get quite a bit.
Speaker 2Yep, ear bit, guys.
SpeakerYeah, we get quite a bit, but it warmed up and it rained and it went away. Your your Aunt Sue is on there. I'm sure Uncle Bob is right there.
Speaker 2Hi, Uncle Bob.
SpeakerTell them, tell them Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2Merry Christmas, guys.
SpeakerThey're in North Carolina. That's right. What else is in North Carolina? We go to North Carolina once in a while.
Speaker 2Outer Banks.
Cookies, Cocoa, And North Pole Work
SpeakerThe Outer Banks. That's right. Oh, it's snowing. Don't Don Johnson says it's snowing now in Cicero. We did see on the weather. Who was telling us on the weather? We were watching uh Channel 9. Who's the the weather guy?
Speaker 2Oh, Sates Bally.
SpeakerDon De Pasquale. And um what did he say?
Speaker 2He's saying uh all north, all north, yeah.
SpeakerOkay, and how much? Maybe a bit, just a little bit, maybe a trace to a couple inches here and trace, guys. Trace, trace, yeah, and it got windy the other night, too, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. Out of all the weather people, who do you watch? No, no, can you name some of the weather people? No, why not?
Speaker 1Oh no.
SpeakerWell, we've seen John D. Pasquale, yeah, Violet Skyborg on Channel 3, CNY Central. It could be three and five. Um, oh, Regina's on. Uh, yeah, Regina Billy, Merry Christmas. Right back at you. Uh, Michael James, Michael. Hi, Michael. Hello, brand new fields at Carrier Park. Yes, this season for challengers. Let's go. Spring training starts April 25th. Okay. What do you mean? That's April 25th. You you gotta go to spring training, right? And Coach Mike does a great job.
Speaker 2Okay, fine.
SpeakerOkay, yes. Somebody twist your arm, right? Yeah, yeah. Uh, Elizabeth and Billy are here with uh Regina as well. Yeah, say we miss you guys. Yeah, we'll be back at the ballpark before you know it.
unknownYep.
SpeakerWell, we gotta get through Christmas. After Christmas, we have Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerOkay. But then we have New Year's.
Speaker 2And New Year's.
SpeakerAfter New Year's, Valentine's Day. Yeah, right? I'm trying to think here. Yeah. Oh, we got some Easter coming up, and you know, before you know it, yeah. I know. I'm just thinking out loud. Yeah. Yep. Uh Elizabeth said hi, Zach.
Speaker 2Oh, man. How are you doing?
SpeakerAh. And Luann uh is on there. Hello, Lou. Hello. Good to see you. Say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, you. Yeah, yep. Absolutely. Is it bombshell Billy? Uh says, Merry Christmas, guys. It's cool. Absolutely. Hey, why don't you tell everybody your Christmas list?
Speaker 1Oh no.
SpeakerWhat do you mean, oh no? That's me. All right. It is you. So tell everybody what your Christmas list is like. What's on your list, Zach?
Speaker 2My girlfriend.
SpeakerOkay.
Speaker 2Movies, shows, or about be stars or baseballs?
SpeakerMovies. Cloth. What kind of clothes? You want socks?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerWant underwear?
Speaker 2Yep.
SpeakerYou need underwear? Yes. You know, we used to hate getting underwear.
Speaker 2Yep.
SpeakerEvery time. But all right, so you're gonna get socks and underwear. Yep. Do you like baseball cards? Yes. How many baseball cards do you have? Yeah, you got you got a lot. There's no doubt. No doubt you have a lot. Absolutely. Yep. Uh Matthew says, Merry Christmas. Mm-hmm. So uh trying to think what else would be on your list. Do you like uh Black Pink is your favorite uh music group? Yep. And who are the girls in black pink again? Sar and Kim. Jenny Kim. Who else?
Speaker 2All right, wait a second. Sar and Kim.
SpeakerSo Jenny Kim is sings. Who else is sings with Jenny Kim?
Speaker 2Isaac is our woes.
SpeakerAh, I knew you knew them all. You did.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. What's the shirt you got on? Oh, you got your Syracuse Fire Department shirt on.
Speaker 2Yep.
SpeakerYou know who gave you that?
Speaker 2My dad. Uncle Paul.
SpeakerUncle Paul. That's right. Matthew says, Hi, Zach. Hope you're good, buddy.
Speaker 2Oh, that's better for Kiku.
SpeakerYep, he's doing good. He's doing really good. Real good. What what else? You're leaving soon? What? Did you say ice cream?
Speaker 2No, ooh.
SpeakerOh, okay. Speaking of ice cream though.
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerWhat's your favorite?
Speaker 1Chocolate.
SpeakerChocolate. Ah, Mike Newman says, hey Zach, boxers or briefs? Oh. Ask me for a friend, lol. Which do you boxers or briefs?
Speaker 2Briefs.
SpeakerBriefs. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Because it kind of holds things in place, huh? Yeah, we'll leave it at that. I'm gonna leave it at that. All right. So you like chocolate ice cream?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. What kind of milkshakes?
Speaker 2Chocolate.
Family Check-Ins And Local Shoutouts
SpeakerWhat kind of Sunday? Here comes mom. Uh, you got boxer briefs. That's why mom is she's got the door open. We can hear the TV loud and clear.
Speaker 2Oh my god. Come on. Oh, yay. Come on, mom.
SpeakerOh, maybe mom should come down. Mom's gotta come over here and sit.
Speaker 3Sorry.
SpeakerYeah. So Zach, you're gonna talk to all your friends? What do you want to talk about?
Speaker 2Hi, Rosie.
SpeakerRossi. Rossi's your dog. See, I can hear she's playing it on her phone, and it's probably a little bit of a delay. So, yeah. So you do all right. So, what else? What clothes that you want to wear? What are you thinking about, Zach?
Speaker 2Uh, a lot.
SpeakerA lot. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe mom can sit down there. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera here. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera. And uh, we're gonna go like this. We're gonna go like this, and we're gonna go like this. And now mom should be able to get on that camera. We're gonna add mom to the scene here. So this is a little tricky to do, but uh, I think we can do it. I know you've got a lot of friends on here, so there we go. And now we're gonna go like this. We're gonna remove this, and now all three of us should be on. There's mom at the end of the table. Yeah, there she is. Now she's on.
Speaker 2Oh my god, headphones. Yep.
SpeakerTell mom what she needs to do.
Speaker 2Oh, my God, I'm okay.
SpeakerAnd there she is. There's mom, everybody.
Speaker 3Woo-hoo!
SpeakerUm, Mike Newman and Lou Ann Schreier, Regina, Luann. Uh, I can go on and on. P Vic is on here. Uh Carly, we've got uh sister Sue. Um, and we're just kind of hanging out in the pod zone.
Speaker 2Got us.
SpeakerNice. Now, why don't you interview mom? I'll sit and listen.
Speaker 2Oh, okay. Hi, mom. How are you doing?
Speaker 4I'm good. How are you?
Speaker 2I'm curious. I'm okay at Syracuse Mass.
Speaker 4Yeah, I work at the Syracuse Mats. So do you. But you only work during the baseball season.
Speaker 2Oh, yes.
Speaker 4Yeah. I work all season.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 4All year.
SpeakerAsk her what she does.
Speaker 2I know what she does. Well, call me.
Speaker 4A little bit, but you know, I greet people. I answer the phone.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 4I help out wherever. I log in packages.
Speaker 1Wow.
Speaker 4Yeah.
SpeakerYeah. Everybody's saying hello, Nancy. Wow. Regina, Luann.
Speaker 4Hello, everyone.
Speaker 2Hi guys.
Speaker 4Oh, now you're all lively.
SpeakerSo, what other questions do you have for mom? You're doing the interview. How would you do this?
Speaker 2Um, do you perfect? Huh?
SpeakerTell me about the boyfriend, Zach.
Speaker 4He's over there. I'll sit back and watch this. Where you come up with this stuff.
SpeakerContinue with your interview.
Speaker 2Okay. My sister Aunt Kathy.
Speaker 4My sister, one of my sisters is Aunt Kathy. Yeah. Yeah.
SpeakerTip the mic down so you can see mom's face a little bit. There you go. There you go. There.
Speaker 2Nice, mom. Oh, thanks. My sister Aunt Mayor.
Speaker 4Yeah, that's another sister, Aunt Mayor.
Speaker 2Nice.
SpeakerThat's me. I'm Skip.
Speaker 2Yeah, good, Dad. That's my husband. Oh, well, I think. Yeah. You?
SpeakerIt's been that way for a long time. Let me just put it this way, Zach.
Speaker 4You wouldn't be sitting there if I wasn't here.
SpeakerWe'll leave it at that.
Speaker 4So what else, Zach?
Speaker 2Wow.
Speaker 4Yeah.
SpeakerMama Nancy living the dream.
Speaker 4How many, uh, how many days till Christmas?
Speaker 280 days. No. 18? No.
SpeakerGod, I wish it was 18.
Speaker 4It's only three days. Oh, three days. Yeah. Or get shopping, dude. Yeah, shopping. I think you went already, didn't you? Yes. Yeah. You're done? I'm done. Okay, good.
SpeakerWhat'd you buy?
Speaker 4You don't tell.
unknownDon't die.
SpeakerWhat'd you buy?
Speaker 2Oh, stop, Osman, start.
SpeakerI'll give you a cookie.
Speaker 2Osbin? No.
SpeakerI'm not your husband. Go on, continue with your interview. I'll sit here and watch.
Mom Joins The Pod Zone
Speaker 2Ah, uh, okay, mom. Who's your hobby? What's my hobby? Yeah.
unknownBaseball.
SpeakerGood question.
Speaker 2Baseball. Oh, does.
SpeakerIs that a hobby, or is that? Well, okay.
Speaker 2Oh.
SpeakerWhat?
Speaker 2Mom, Bobby says a proposal. Proposal.
Speaker 4Proposal? Yes. Oh, that happened a long time ago. Long time ago.
SpeakerYeah, it was a long time ago.
Speaker 4Long time.
SpeakerThis is gonna get really good. I I highly urge everybody to hang out.
Speaker 4Wow.
SpeakerThis is not going down the right road right now. But, anyways.
Speaker 4So let's see, what else? Um, we're all decorated.
Speaker 2Wow.
Speaker 4We're all ready for Christmas Eve. Yeah. How many people do you think we have here at Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2A lot of papers. About 30. No, a lot.
SpeakerWell, 30 is a lot for this little house.
Speaker 2Really? A lot, a lot of papers.
SpeakerWell, to lock up the pod zone.
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerYeah, believe me, I know.
Speaker 2Who's Kai?
Speaker 4What about him? Who's Kai? Who's that guy? Yes. Who do you think he is? My name's Skip.
SpeakerI'm your dad. Uh, did mom see Santa the other night?
Speaker 4Yes.
Speaker 3Yeah.
SpeakerYeah.
Speaker 4That was pretty cool, huh? Yeah. Yeah.
SpeakerAny other questions for mom?
Speaker 2Oh, mom is dad. Did dad's a bad pet or a baby?
Speaker 4Well, I didn't know him when he was a baby. I wasn't born yet.
Speaker 2No. He's older.
Speaker 4No, I had a bad pet. Oh, when I was pregnant. Yeah. With you? I mean you.
SpeakerShe wasn't pregnant with me. No, no, Zach, we have to go back to school here a little bit.
Speaker 4You. Oh, Sean. You were just looking at baby pictures today, weren't you? Yes. What made you do that? Yeah, no. Yeah. You liked looking at them, huh?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 4I know you are. You're smarter than you.
SpeakerThen you so how is mom spending her time retirement? Because well, she works a few hours a day at the uh Mets, but now she's off for a couple of weeks because the office is closed. So what is she gonna do? Ask her. Good question. I know.
Speaker 2Mommy's a famous ice cream.
SpeakerWhat's your favorite ice cream?
Speaker 4My favorite ice cream. Yeah.
SpeakerI'm the translator now.
Speaker 4Chocolate.
Speaker 2Yeah. Okay, family ass. Oh sorry.
SpeakerMy favorite ass.
Speaker 4But you know what? You know what I what do I always eat every night? Raz. Instead of a chocolate ice cream. What do I eat every night?
Speaker 2Cowboy.
Speaker 4No. What do you always give me from the freezer?
Speaker 2Nutty body.
Speaker 4A naughty body.
SpeakerWhat do I have?
Speaker 2Nothing.
SpeakerWish it was nothing. I always have a fudgy, sugar-free fudgy.
Speaker 4Yeah, dad has has to watch his sugar.
SpeakerWow. You ever watch sugar? It's pretty boring.
Speaker 1Oh no. No, yeah.
Speaker 4So um let's see. What um what else do you want for Christmas? You want movies? Yes. And you want a girlfriend? Yeah. Um, what about uh music? Yes. Yeah, you want music? Yes. Okay.
SpeakerYou want some uh Bricks and Dunn?
Speaker 2No, Dub. Say K baby.
SpeakerJenny Kim, baby. How about a little Rascal Flat?
Speaker 2No, no, no, Say.
SpeakerHow about Luke Combs?
Speaker 2Saying Kim.
SpeakerUh, how about some um Post Malone?
Speaker 2No, no, no, Castin. Say Kim. Morgan Wallin. Stop a constant here, stop what? Yeah, but back over here, says it.
SpeakerGo back to the radio station. Yeah, I'll be there first thing in the morning. Don't worry. All right.
Speaker 4Someone likes to poke the bear, huh? Yeah, as I poke a man with you.
SpeakerSo, what was your favorite part of uh SNL last night?
Speaker 2Oh, yes.
SpeakerYou're scratching your butt. Yes, they do a skit on SNL last night, yes.
Speaker 4Uh no, oh, but you're right. They did something, did say something about that. That's right. They were doing dance movies.
SpeakerYou know what uh coach Mike is saying, Carrie Underwood, with lots of hearts. Yeah, well, look at that. I can even bring that baby up. So there it is, right there. See it? Look at look at the screen.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, Mike. Oh no, stop. You know who Carrie Underwood is? No, yes, Costus, Dad. You know who it is.
SpeakerDo you know who she's married to?
Speaker 2No.
SpeakerWell, he used to be the captain of the Predators, but now he's retired as well. But uh Mike Fisher. Yeah, you know who the predators are, they're the Nashville hockey team.
Speaker 2Oh, nice.
SpeakerYeah, we have a hockey team.
Speaker 4Yeah, we do.
Holiday Hosting And House Prep
SpeakerDo you know what it's called?
Speaker 4Oh, yes, you do.
SpeakerUh Zachary Clark.
Speaker 4I'm sorry, you're just messing around, aren't you?
SpeakerIt's the name of uh the hockey team here in Syracuse.
Speaker 2Hi, Syracuse Cross.
SpeakerLet's go, crunch. Sorry, it's commercial mode. Right?
Speaker 2Yes, cut out, daddy.
SpeakerThank you, Zach. Sorry, all right. Are you done with your interview?
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SpeakerOh no more questions for mom. No, no.
Speaker 4Oh, I'm surprised you didn't ask what you're getting for Christmas.
SpeakerWhat are you getting? What do you think you're getting for Christmas?
Speaker 2Okay, case me.
SpeakerWhy don't I say car or a truck?
Speaker 2Hey, what no say, no say it.
SpeakerNo, okay. So what do you um what do you think you're getting for Christmas?
Speaker 2Okay, case I go.
Speaker 4You're getting married for Christmas? Yes.
SpeakerOh, geez, there goes another punch in the wallet.
Speaker 4Okay, so you know when you get married, you move out.
Speaker 2Okay, yeah.
SpeakerYou don't want to move out?
Speaker 2No.
SpeakerIf you what if you had to move out, where do you think you would go?
Speaker 2Dad, okay, okay, okay, I go to fire station.
SpeakerThey're dropping me off at the fire station. Ah, Susan Bowman says, A girlfriend. Yeah, and yep, yep.
Speaker 2Oh, Zack.
SpeakerSo, why would I get dropped off at the firehouse?
Speaker 2Because you're naughty list.
SpeakerI'm on the naughty list. Yes, what did Santa say the other night? Nobody's on that lot naughty list.
Speaker 2It's you, just me.
SpeakerNo, he he defended me. He says I was not on that naughty list.
Speaker 2Yes, it is.
SpeakerNo, what no, you said Zach was on that naughty list.
Speaker 2No, it's dad.
SpeakerAll right.
Speaker 4No, you guys aren't on the naughty list.
SpeakerWell, not yet, anyways.
Speaker 4Not Santa's daddy's fault.
SpeakerIt's daddy's fault. Everything's daddy's fault. Everything, everything that happens around here is dad's fault. I'm I'm not even home, and it's my fault. Why is that?
Speaker 2And a wife, and you, the nephew, it's gonna maybe.
Speaker 4So what happened to the wasn't this a Christmas broadcast?
Speaker 2Oh, yes, yeah.
SpeakerWell, Zach took over the podcast.
Speaker 2So spread Christmas. I got room.
SpeakerOh, Mike Coach Mike Mike says he's got room at his place.
Speaker 2Oh Dodge bike.
SpeakerAh, it's early, Susan says.
Speaker 2Oh, sorry, Susan. That's me.
SpeakerSo see, read the screen. So here, what is uh uh Mike is saying, I've got room at my place, Zach.
Speaker 2Dodge bike.
SpeakerWell, you guys in the oh, that'd be a party, huh? Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4Guys have old ones together? No, Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4You're gonna have a party?
Speaker 2Oh, yay. Okay, okay.
Speaker 4So, um What else? What else is going on? What do we do on New Year's Eve?
SpeakerNothing.
Speaker 4No. Remember what we signed up for?
Speaker 2Bowling.
New Year Plans And Bowling
unknownYeah. Yeah.
Speaker 4Afternoon bowling.
Speaker 1Afternoon bowling.
Speaker 4That was fun last year, huh?
Speaker 2Yeah.
SpeakerDo you bowl?
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerAre you a good bowler?
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, good bowler, Dan.
SpeakerYeah. With or without the uh the gutter guards, whatever they call them.
Speaker 2Bumpers.
SpeakerBumpers, thank you.
Speaker 4No bumpers, huh?
Speaker 2No bumpers. It's dad's dad have bumpers.
SpeakerDad has the bumpers. Probably. I'm sure. I'm sure.
Speaker 4We have fun with that, don't we?
Speaker 3Yeah.
Speaker 2Wow.
SpeakerWow, what?
unknownI don't know.
Speaker 2Manasi.
SpeakerDo you know how many people you're talking to right now? You could be talking to a million people. Wow. Could be they could see this in South Korea.
Speaker 3Woohoo! Hey, Sadie!
SpeakerSomehow I don't even I don't know what time it would be in South Korea right now, but I have the feeling it's like tomorrow. They're at work right now.
Speaker 2Oh, great.
SpeakerYeah. They're probably almost like you know, I talked to somebody from Australia, Australia at this time, and it was lunchtime there. So the next day. So even though it's time for us to go to bed, they're eating lunch.
Speaker 4Huh?
SpeakerWell, it's time for you to go to bed.
Speaker 4No. I know. You never go to bed early, do you?
SpeakerBut when do you go to bed? What time do you go to bed?
Speaker 4Uh no, no.
SpeakerIt's usually what 12:30, 1 o'clock?
Speaker 2No, no.
SpeakerYou know.
Speaker 4Whenever, huh?
Speaker 2Yeah, but what time did you wake up today? Six.
SpeakerSix.
Speaker 4You said it was eight.
Speaker 2Oh, eight o'clock. Oh, okay.
SpeakerYeah.
unknownOkay.
SpeakerAlrighty. We're going.
Speaker 4So what are you having to eat Christmas Eve?
SpeakerI got food.
Speaker 4How much? What are we having? What's on the menu?
SpeakerCalamari?
Speaker 4We were supposed to talk about that. Oh, I got menu. Oh, yeah. And you had calamari the other day.
Speaker 2Oh, calamari.
Speaker 4What did I tell you afterwards? What is calamari?
Speaker 2Great.
Speaker 4Yeah. You ate that. Well, you ate it. You didn't know what it was.
SpeakerIt was good though, right? I usually don't eat it either. That was at what party was that at?
Speaker 2No, no.
SpeakerThat was at the uh Syracuse Mets party.
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerUh employee front office party. Yeah. And what'd you get with the white elephant gift exchange?
Speaker 4Yeah, what did you get?
Speaker 2Ya cake. That's right.
SpeakerAnd what did you win?
Speaker 2$29.
SpeakerYou liar. $35. Oh, we're doing it! $35.
Speaker 4A little bit less.
Speaker 3A little bit less.
SpeakerZach, what's your favorite thing to make? Michael James is at. Michael is asking. What's your favorite thing to make?
Speaker 2Cheese. What?
SpeakerCheese? Yes.
Speaker 2Oh, the mozzarella sticks.
SpeakerMozzarella sticks. Ah, yeah.
Speaker 4But you like those little hot dogs? Oh, yeah, the hot dogs. And the crescent rolls? Yeah.
Q&A: Food, Cookies, And Hats
SpeakerThe hot dogs, the crescent rolls, the mozzarella sticks. What is that?
Speaker 4The quesadilla trumpets.
SpeakerOh, you're the only one that eats those. No, but what else? Shrimp?
Speaker 2Yeah, shrimp.
SpeakerYou like shrimp?
Speaker 2Yeah, maybe.
SpeakerMaybe. You don't know. Anything fried is delicious, squid included. He's right. That's what Mike Newman is saying.
Speaker 2Guys.
SpeakerWhat's your favorite Christmas cookie, Zach? That's what Regina's asking. Betty cookies. What's your favorite? Read it. What's your favorite Christmas cookie?
Speaker 2Mmm. Soccer.
unknownChocolate.
SpeakerAnything with chocolate?
Speaker 2Socket mint.
SpeakerChocolate mint. Yes. Here comes Rossi with a hat.
Speaker 3Oh. Mmm. Mmm.
unknownRossy.
SpeakerYeah, yeah.
Speaker 3Yes, dad.
SpeakerWell, you can't see it, but our yellow lab just came downstairs with somebody's hat.
Speaker 4So it's one of yours and it's destroyed. The brim looks like it's all torn up.
SpeakerThat's all right.
Speaker 2Oh, it's dad's dad.
SpeakerI got lots of hats. How many hats do you have? You have a ton of hats. I have a ton of hats.
Speaker 4Yeah, you got a lot of hats.
Speaker 3Right?
SpeakerYeah. All right. So you like, all right. So we answered uh Gina's question before we go. Anybody else get any other questions for this young man over here on my left? You're right, looking at the screen?
Speaker 2Yes, dad.
SpeakerWhat? You're gonna ask yourself a question?
Speaker 2No.
SpeakerGonna ask mom another question?
Speaker 4No. You're gonna let's see, you're gonna read the night before Christmas?
Speaker 2No.
SpeakerIt was the night before Christmas and all through the house. Not a creature was staring at me.
Speaker 2Stop, stop, stop, stop. That's not in the book. Yes.
SpeakerNo, it's not.
Speaker 2Yes, it is.
SpeakerAh, Gina says, Yummy. Chocolate mint is my favorite too. With some liquid next to it.
Speaker 4Yeah, a little Bailey's. Right? Yeah.
Speaker 2Wow.
SpeakerWow. All right. Well, I guess this conversation. Oh, wait a minute. What do we got? Matthew is asking uh Zach, do you like Santa or the Grinch? Oh, Santa. You don't like the Grinch?
Speaker 2No.
SpeakerWhy?
Speaker 2Because naughty.
SpeakerHe's naughty?
Speaker 2That's kid.
SpeakerSee, everything goes back to me. But uh the Grinch is well, you know, isn't the Grinch turns out to be a nice guy, right? Don't they turn him around?
Speaker 2Yeah, yes.
SpeakerAnd who will?
unknownYes.
Speaker 2Boom here is that. But they said Tibet. Hooville. Sharp.
unknownYeah.
SpeakerWho will? Yeah. I live in Hooville.
Speaker 2Yes.
SpeakerWhat am I skip who dat?
Speaker 3Yes. I don't know.
SpeakerUh, so there you go, Matthew. He likes Santa, not the Grinch. Might think they're both cool. It's all part of the holiday. Oh, that was my jelly roll hat. Oh, sit down here.
Speaker 2Look, guys, I'm so sorry, but that's not this. But Sarah was his hat.
SpeakerThanks, Zach. It's really nice of you. That hat was personally given to me by Jelly Roll. But I'll I'll see him in the future. So I'll get another one.
Speaker 4He's looking at other ones that are sitting on the floor.
SpeakerAll right. Well, that's you know, if you have a lab, you know exactly what we're talking about. Yeah, so if anybody wants to get me. That's it. That's the hat that just came down. Rossi is in trouble. Yeah, well, see that, Regina? Yeah, yeah. See, that's what happens. But, anyways, okay, we gotta go.
Speaker 2Okay, Dad.
SpeakerBecause you gotta go to bed.
Speaker 2No, Santa's coming. It's not not yet. Not yet, Dad.
SpeakerWhen's he come?
Speaker 2Kiss me's Eve.
SpeakerIt's not Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2No, no, no. No, no, sorry. Kiss me's Eve. Cobsada's cover is Kiss Miss Eve.
SpeakerAt what time?
Speaker 4When you're sleeping.
SpeakerUh, do you ever hear him? Do you ever think you heard Santa or hear the pitter patter on the roof of all the the hoofs of the eight tiny reindeer?
Speaker 4Wow.
SpeakerThat's how Rudolph went down in history.
Santa vs The Grinch
Speaker 4Yeah. Do you ever hear him? No.
unknownOh.
SpeakerDo you think he comes down the chimney or comes in the door?
Speaker 4Yeah.
SpeakerIs he a chimney guy or a door guy?
Speaker 2Door guy.
SpeakerDoor guy.
unknownYeah. Yeah. Door dashes?
SpeakerThat's when he's not doing door dash. He probably does, you know. Think about it. In the off season, he's got it. He's probably doing door dash or something like that. You don't even know it. Santa told us the other day that he does things around, and uh people don't even know it's him. Yeah, pretty cool, huh? Santa helps out the community in a lot of different ways. So Rossi is in deep trouble.
Speaker 4What that's just in the time that I came down.
SpeakerAll right, everybody. It's time to uh say so long farewell.
Speaker 2Oh my gosh, Merry Christmas. Yes, Merry Christmas. Oh, that's a cool guy. Okay, score. Okay.
SpeakerOkay, here we go.
Speaker 2It says kiss Easter. Mrs. Ben Oh my God, what's it fun of you?
Speaker 4What was that? Good night. Wrap that up.
SpeakerUh Merry Christmas, Sue. My uh, your Aunt Sue. And we love you, and this week right back at you. Yeah, Luann and Regina and Mike, everybody. Everybody that's on tonight, have a great holiday. Skip happens, will be back tomorrow night. I have an artist in the studio. Oh, as a matter of fact, down here in the pod zone, so it's gonna be pretty cool. Yep, somebody's coming through a couple of days before Christmas, but they're gonna be over here tomorrow night.
Speaker 2Tosh.
SpeakerSo it's gonna be good. And if you keep an eye on my Facebook, you'll find out who it is in uh just a little bit.
Speaker 2So okay.
SpeakerAll right, all right, cool.
Speaker 2Bye, guys. It wasn't your fault.
SpeakerIt was dad's fault. Because dad left a hat where Rossi could get it, because that's exactly what your mother's gonna say. Ah, love you too, Gina. Say hi to Billy and the fam for us. We'll talk to everybody later. Bye guys. We'll see you at the ballpark. Merry Christmas. Well, in a few months.
Speaker 4Happy New Year.
SpeakerNew Year. Happy bye. See ya. Have a good night, everybody. Say good night. Good night. Good night.