Tony Katz and the Morning News 2nd Hr 8-20-26

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Excuse me, here we go. Hey, Indiana State Fair. The parking tonight has been a disaster. Where was that? Oh, we're, I mean, it's not that long of a tweet. I know, but I, I just, I just lost it. Like, the tweet literally just just fell apart. Oh, it did. I pretty much asked if it was normal. Oh, okay, got it. I got it. I can't even get out of my parking spot for 40 plus minutes. Is this normal possible frowny face? I don't know what that emoji is. Oh, yeah. I don't ever remember the emoji I picked. Oh, yeah. There's some kind of emoji about, am I angry? Am I perturbed? Am I thinking of ways of skinning you alive? I don't know what it means. Well, I ended up being stuck in my parking spot for an hour and 10 minutes. No one would let me out. And then it was just like traffic was at a standstill. You couldn't get out until they stopped getting cars in that evening. And I tried to leave the fair at 8. Yeah. I didn't get home to 11 o'clock that night. It was long. So pack your patience if you're going to, you know, if you're going on a busy day. And as for you, Indiana State Fair, go ahead, Amber, I tee up. Go ahead. Make it happen. I just wish there was a better way. And the rest of you can go to hell. That was the original. I mean, what made it worse was I had my six-year-old in the backseat just whining the entire time. And I'm like, there's nothing I can do. We're stuck here. And he ate my work pretzels because that's all we had back there to eat. It's a very sad situation, you know. I got a radio show to do. We'll get into work pretzels a little bit later. Oh, okay. Yeah, because that is a real thing. And we used to have work pretzels back in the old building. That's a story for another day. Amber, I got to run. Fox 59 meteorologists. Thank you for the dramatic reading opportunity. 68 degrees in the American Standard Cooling Weather Center at the time is 7-Eleven.

There is a very large blueberry recall. Frozen blueberries. It has been upgraded by the Food and Drug Administration to a class one risk classification. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. A reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a volatile or a volatile product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. This started with a Publix. It's a supermarket down south. The frozen blueberries sold as grocery stores had been recalled because of E. coli. The frozen green wise organic IQF blueberries. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. So this recall has grown. So if you know anybody in those states, no frozen blueberries, please, and also no more wire hangers. I will keep asking, are there more recalls or do we just notice them more? And I think the answer is yes. That is the situation. I have got the popcorn moment. The Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Clearly listens to the show. I will prove that to you coming up in just a little bit. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on Tacoma, Tundra, and Forerunner with the space and features for any adventure. It means driving for less with available hybrid options delivering great MPGs without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your truck will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. I just had an egg and cheese sandwich. Oh, don't tell me that. Why? Because I'm jealous. Oh, it's delicious. Yeah, I bet it was. Great. It was delicious. Carl, how was your ham and egg cheese sandwich? I'm still waiting on mine. Okay. There was no ham. There's no ham. Okay. Have we met? There's no ham. Why would you brag about that? Oh, that I had no ham? You know that you had a egg and cheese sandwich. Because I made myself a little, a little brecky. Oh, oh my. So I did there. Do you want me to get you a hot plate? Yeah. I'll get your hot plate for the studio. Studio hot plate. That would be. Oh, yeah. We'll call it the traffic hot plate. Are you telling me in the kitchen? there on on the on our floor there isn't like a hot plate or something you can make something Tony we don't even have a coffee maker on our floor stop stop just turn off the music hold on us first first of all seven I don't care what the temperature is in the American standard heating weather center just go outside and figure out for yourself the time is 717 do we still have commercials to do hold on wait Can we, do I have a moment, Carl? We have a time to talk, yeah. What do you mean you don't have a coffee maker? I have to go up to the floor above us to go get coffee. I mean, it's not bad. Come on, Tony. Carl, I mean, you just go up to the third floor and the coffee's provided. But we don't have a coffee maker on this floor. Well, do you want me to get you one?

With the tody cat's logo on it. Sure. Why not? I'll laser engrave it. Listen to me very carefully. I don't give a damn what the rules are. Everybody at WIBC needs to figure this out. I'm going to do what I want. That is, I'm Cartman. I do that I want. I'm going to do what I want. I don't care. Don't tell me about your problems. Do you want a coffee maker? Yes or no? I'll put it in the newsroom right now, so help me go. Well, no, there is one in the newsroom, but the newsroom. Oh, okay. Then shut up. What's wrong with you? It's like a Mr. Coffee. It's a Mr. Coffee. Hey, Tony, I've gone into the newsroom, and I poured myself a cup of coffee, and they said, hey, that's our coffee. Carl, you just got to shut up and do your job and quit complaining. No, in the break area, there's not a coffee maker. All right. You know what? We got a couple spots to hit. I got to get to the popcorn moment. And then we're going to talk about how to handle the newsroom. Because if you think Ryan Hedrick or Jeanette Cruz should keep you from coffee, I can handle those people and I don't even have to walk into the building. We'll get to it in a moment. Guys, civil war has come to WIBC. Oh, that's what we need right now. Yep. Oh, it's happening. And then I got to deal with that Jason Hammer clap trap. Yeah, there we go. Let's hit everybody. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. And then Ethan Hatcher, you're next. And Guy Rolfan. Oh, you know what to best with Guy Rolf. That guy has guns. That guy. That guy has guns. But you, Allison Lemons, going down. Horrible. My God. Tony Katz, 93 WIBC. Good morning. Place amounts. Gearing up for the popcorn moment, brought to you by Boer, B-O-O-O-H-E-R, Boer Remodeling.com, kitchens, bathrooms, basements. What is it that you're trying to get redone? Boer remodeling is there to help because it's about you, your wants, your needs. They make those things happen, and they do it beautifully. The best materials, the most skilled craftsmen, they stand behind their work with a two-year workmanship guarantee, and I'm on the schedule. The countertops are coming off. The new countertops are going on. The new back splash, we've got the pattern all set. It was a small bit of work we needed done in the kitchen. The final steps for us after we did our kitchen in stages. That's just how we chose to get things done. You may do it differently. However it may be, Boer is there for you. You need to talk to Boer remodeling about your plans today. right now. 317-852-5546. Tell them Tony Kat sent you. 317-8-5-2-55-2-5-4-6. Boer Remodeling, 852-55-4-6 or online a booer, B-O-O-O-H-E-R. Boerremodeling.com. The popcorn moment. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's go. It's the story you need to hear to believe, then grab your popcorn because there is more. This is the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, and his wife. Remember, they were on the reality show together. Oh, is it road rules or the real worlds? It was one of those real road things. And they both turned out to be very normal people. Very normal people.

And this is a video that came out of Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary, speaking to his daughter about Harvard, which makes me think that Secretary Duffy is listening to this show. And rightfully so. All the smart people listen to this show. Congratulations, everybody. Good on you. I don't think there's any cursing in this there, producer Carl. So by finger on the dumb button, as always. And so this, the conversation is, it's about Harvard. And her, the possibility of going to Harvard University. Can't say no. To Harvard? Yeah. Well, me and mom can say no. Catholicism to us. is everything. It's the basis of our marriage. It's the basis of our family. So I'm nervous about the idea of Paloma going to Harvard. We spend a lot of time nurturing and providing formation for our kids, giving them an environment where they are steeped in faith and values. And so the idea of dropping her off at a place that would undermine that or try to undo all those things. makes me worried. And again, I don't want them to get one viewpoint. I want them to get a lot of different viewpoints, but I don't want them fed only one viewpoint that's contrary to the way my kids were raised. Listen, my problem is we have thought about how we raised you and how hard we've worked to, I think, raise what is a remarkable young girl. If I send you there, I think what happens is they have professionalized. figuring out how they can take good young girls like you and I think corrupt their minds. You don't have to believe what I believe. You don't have to have the political viewpoints that I have, but I do think it's important that you make those choices for yourself and you have a fair representation of what they are. And I don't think the Harvards of the world give you that kind of well-rounded picture. What we said on this show is that you have to love your children enough to say no. You have to love your kids more. Don't send your kids to places where they're going to be trained, taught, push to hate you and to hate the nation and to hate themselves. Say no to your kids. That's exactly what we said here. That's the argument.

We raise children in a society that still believes that Harvard, the New York Times, that these are somehow lofty, worthy institutions that should only get our respect, that they are the top of the mark. Those days are over. It's time to remove the sleep from our eyes. No one should be sending their kid to Harvard and think that what they're going to get is an education. Harvard accepted David Hogg. Case rested. The hardest thing about Harvard? Getting in. Everything else is easy. And Harvard isn't what it used to be. And Harvard provides us no value. And the secretary is correct. By the way, parts of that conversation, the same conversation I have with my own kids. You absolutely do not have to believe what I believe. You are your own men. You're going to make your own decisions. But no, I'm not going to put you in places that are desperate to destroy you. Not happening. Good on the secretary. Use it as a model. You don't want to use my words. Use his words. Use some combination. Use your own. Love your kids enough to say no. Outrageously important. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready to coma, rugged full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the work site to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles, according to Kelly Boo Book, which can mean thousands more than average right back in your pocket when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. Today on the marketplace, you want to talk about looking the gift to us in the mouth. Holy moly. This is a first. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. Great to be with you guys live streaming on YouTube. Everybody's there. Come hang out in the chat room. Just go to WIBC there on YouTube and subscribe. And boom, you are in the stream and the chat room's open and all is good. Mattie, Maddie, boo-boo. Hey, don't know. How you doing, man? I'm fantastic. How are the kids? Not born yet. Well, we don't know that. No, no kids. Are you, are you a guy who likes the, the arch, like to go to a show, maybe taking some music, some theater, a comedy routine, dance, something like that? I love the theater. I love life theater, very much. Right. You're a sophisticated. You get yourself a top hat and a monocle and a monocle and you say things like, but I can't go to the theater without my top hat and it can, you know, I kind of walk around. Right. Top hat and monocle, that is the way. You are basically the Monopoly man.

I don't know what the monocle is. It's a set of glasses. It's just one. Oh, okay. Monocle. Monopoly, man. Okay, yeah. Right. I see. I see. What if I were to give you a gift certificate to the Palladium, to the Palladium, to the Palladium, to the Palladium for the Performing Arts, which now has a new name, but now that here nor there. If I gave you a gift certificate, what would you say to that? To the Palladium in Carmel? Yeah. Okay, well, I'm seeing Michael Boubley. Oh, look at that. You're going to go visit Mikey Bubble. That's awesome. I think he has a legacy there, doesn't he? I don't know. Well, maybe, maybe not. It's Michael Feinstein with the songbook, the Great American Songbook. So if I gave you this gift certificate. Would you then sell this gift certificate? No, no, that's a gift. That's a gift to me. What if your mom and dad gave you the gift certificate? Oh, mercy. I would go see whoever is performing, you know. Would you sell the gift certificate? No. I bring you this. Oh, Carmel Palladium gift certificate. Selling one gift certificate for the Carmel Palladium, $134 value. And right there on the gift certificate, it says to Sean from mom and dad. Oh, that's beautiful. And I can find those. He's selling it. Now. I have a lot of questions. First of all, I don't know if we should judge. There could be some things going on. He needs the money. Sure. Right? It could be that he really feels that everything that is happening at the palladium is nothing more than the work of the devil. Oh. Could think that. I don't know. I like that's. There could be a really bad story here. Yeah, I think it's a middle finger to mom and dad. You know, it's really kind of pain. You know what the bigger middle finger is? It is $134 value. He was selling it for $100 and now the price is $75. Oh. Okay, yeah, so he's starting to... Why do tickets to the Palladium really run at $134? Well, it depends on the show. Depends on the thing. It could be two tickets for all. I know. You can get for that. Just... What are the shows going on at the Palladium? By the way, the Palladium didn't do anything wrong. Carmel Palladium. Let's see what... Let's see what shows are going on at the Palladium. It's insane. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Did the sewer line break at the palladium? What was that? Did the sewer line break at the palladium? No, no, no, no, not at all. Stop it. White River. It's the Payneem and Cia's Palladium at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts. Great name. Yeah, not. Sure. Best name I've ever heard. Absolutely. I don't know what, what's playing.

I went to the Palladium Carmel and it didn't show me. So I don't know what's playing there. Should I buy this? No. I mean, unless you want to help out Sean this kid who was the same on the ticket. Somebody needs to give Sean some therapy. I want to buy it so I can understand what happened. Like there's a story here and I need to know. The story is Michael Boubley has residency at the Palladium. He does not. He performs 12 months out of the year for anybody who has blue hair. And they come to see Michael Boubley at the Palladium. What do you think? You think only people of a certain age go see? Michael Boubley, Mikey Bubble himself. It's every time I look at press releases, Michael Bublay coming to the stadium. You know who's playing the palladium on February 27th, 2027? Who's that? Mickey Dolan's. Oh, from the monkeys? From the monkeys. Oh, wow. Okay. If he lives that long, he's going to play. The price is still around. At the palladium. If he makes the appearance, that's great. So the gift certificate, by the way, is a year old, but it's going to last another four years. So you can still use this. Oh, good God. Are you in? Are you out? The street will be open by then. I'm totally out. I don't want to. All right. I would buy it, Sean, just to hear the story of why you're selling it. And he needs to be on the air with us. Oh, yeah. Sean, we've never asked us before. We'd like for you to come on the air with us and explain what this is all about. Greg Ballard. We're putting on show. Oh, I would, I will bump everybody. Sorry, President Trump. Sean has to explain why he's selling the gift certificate from mom and dad. Yeah. Absolutely. So, Sean, if you're listening, I will buy it right now for $75. You just got to tell us the story. You know what? Tell us the story on the air. I'll give you the hundred bucks. No, wait, I don't pay for interviews. 75 bucks and you tell us the story. $75. That's the deal. Love you, Sean. That's the deal. Let us know. Live golf event starts today in Westfield. They're closing out the season. They may be closing out the whole dang thing. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. Good to be with you. I always thought this was good for Westfield. This was good for Indiana. Huge, huge event. I'd like to see more PGA events in Indiana. For sure. Four-day event. No concert now, right? We already know that. The Friday concert by Thomas Wrette got canceled by the organizers. They have decided to cancel the season-ending tournament in Plymouth, Michigan. That's now, well, this event. So now you're going to have the individual championship and the team championship happening this weekend.

What happened, the Saudi Arabia public investment fund, which was the big money. They're like, yeah, we're done here. So they're searching for new investors. It's a hard one to think that they're going to be able to find. Creating a competitor to something that has established is difficult stuff. It is very, very difficult stuff. First to market always wins. Sometimes there is a competitor rises up and then everybody else falls down to the bottom. Isn't that right, R.C. Cola. But I do hope it goes well. I just never know if the people over there, Chatham Hills, do they like it or do they consider this a massive inconvenience, annoying that all these people are here? So they've got sunshine today and they'll sunshine tomorrow and they'll have some rain on Saturday and then they've got sunshine on Sunday. So they've got the weather for it, which is very, very cool. Then there is the Indiana State Fair. And yes, it was a zoo on Tuesday because good weather. And of course, you had $2 Tuesdays. Now the fair runs through the 23rd. So that means it runs through Sunday. So you have got good weather over these next four days to get there. I want to know is anything possible to extend another two days? You're going to have good weather through Tuesday. You have food vendors and others. You didn't get to do what they wanted to do because of the rain and the storms. No one's at fault. No one's mad at anybody. It is terrible, terrible luck. Can it be extended? First question I'd love to know from fair officials. If not, and one should assume no, the thing to do is, first of all, show up tonight because you've got Gene Simmons. You know the two things going on tonight? You've got Gene Simmons there on the stage. He's still doing the show. Yeah, Gene Simmons is there on the stage at the Indiana State Fair. You've got Mike Pence at the Indiana Historical Society. Both those things are going on. Honestly, either one you pick, I'm like, all right. Good on you. Yeah, no, the Penns people, I think, are expecting this to be very, very solid. I'm like, right on. Good on you. But Simmons tonight, that should be fun. That should be really fun. As a guy I have not met, that would be a fun interview, for sure. Go to the state fair. Take the kids, go to the state fair, eat something deep fried. Eat something deep fried. And I just want to say for the record, because now that the video has been commented on by Jerry Lopez and Jason Hammer, Jason Hammer, very angry at me, claiming jealousy that I was not part of an Oreo deep fried Oreo eating contest like I would ever. My gosh, what am I an animal? What next? I'm going to stand on a ladder? Get serious. They love that, by the way. My ruling stands that that title is vacated because of the way Jason Hammer ate his deep fried Oreos and because Jerry Lopez wore a tank top and he's a grown man and grown men don't do that. So there is no title winner right now for who was able to faster eat for deep fried Oreos, right? That's it. That's still available and out there and this should be handled. This should be handled, ladies and gentlemen, while the fair is still happening.

Go spend your money and enjoy. Go have some fun. And everybody just be cool and calm and good to your neighbor and everything will be all right. I hope the fair is a massive success over these next four days. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready Tacoma, rugged full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the work site to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available. extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles, according to Kelly Boo Book, which can mean thousands more than average right back in your pocket when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places.