Root Canal Appreciation & Cough Drop Day: The Holidays Nobody Asked For—Plus Billy Bowlegs Invades Fort Walton

(00:00) Here's today's B Team Redux. ZZ Top and cheap sunglasses on the classic rock station. 100.3 KROCK. It is already Wednesday. You've made it to the midway point of the work week. How you doing, Emerald Coast? I'm Schuyler Black. He is Bobby Dewrell. We are the B Team Morning Show. Of course, as always, brought to you by Stripes, Pub & Grill, and Novar, as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Yes, folks, a busy weekend in store tomorrow is the 69th annual Destin Harbor Blessing of the Fleet. Also tomorrow starts the 70th annual Billy Boleg's Pirate Festival. More on that in just a little while. But as we always like to get into the six o'clock hour with our National Day celebrations. And today we salute you, little lozenge. It's Cough Drop Day. That's right. Because nothing says I've made great life choices like candy you buy from a gas station to silence your own lungs. Now that's kind of funny. To silence your lungs. That's right. Oh, Cough Drop Day is that proud little speed bump on the calendar where we pretend menthol and personality and a lozenge can well fix the bad decisions that led us here. Yep. That's you pop one little tiny medicinal apology to your throat. Yeah. Co-workers and well, I don't know, whatever karaoke bar you treated like a confessional last night. You know, listen, it's not about wellness. It's about survival with a minty aftertaste and the false confidence that you're basically fine. You know, stick around. There's there's plenty more to unpack once the numbness wears off. Cough Drop Day. Fortunately, I haven't needed one of those for a while. Yeah. (01:51) Yeah. But there are some folks in town that were dealing with some serious allergies and needed one like nonstop. You've heard of a chain smoker. How about a chain cough drop user? Cough dropper. Cough dropper. Chain. Cough dropper. I was wondering where you were going with that one. What about you're a cough drop tasting guy? Basically, yes. (02:21) The Rolling Stones with a little song called Bitch. Good morning, everybody. How you doing? It's Wednesday. Beautiful weather going to be in store here in northwest Florida today through the weekend highs in the mid 80s. Yeah, I guess it's the middle of May. We should be expecting that kind of weather now consistently. That's right. Coming up in just a little while. (02:48) Captain Billy Boleg is going to be joining us here on the air this morning. Talk about the upcoming festival and his invasion and taking over the city this weekend. So we've got the schedule of events, not only for the Billy Bolegs Festival, but for the upcoming Destin Harbor Blessing of the Fleet all on the events tab at TheBTeamShow.com. So more on that here in just a little while. But today, today we salute you, Dennis, out there. It's Root Canal Appreciation Day. That's right. Nothing says gratitude like paying a stranger to drill your soul while you drool on a paper bib. Have you had one of those done before? (03:33) Root Canal, yeah. That's right. The last time I just had them pull the damn teeth because they don't last. Yeah, Root Canal Appreciation Day. Look, it's that special little holiday where we pretend modern dentistry is a miracle instead of a hostage negotiation with fluorescent lighting, right? You got to honor it by scheduling the procedure you've been dodging since the last time you bit down and saw your whole childhood flash by. Look, there's no parade, just a waiting room full of people thumbing their insurance cards like rosary beads and quietly bargaining with the universe. You know, it's gratitude. Sure, sure. Gratitude that we live in an age where pain comes with a payment plan and a complimentary pair of sunglasses. Okay. Root Canal Appreciation Day. Are they as bad as everyone tells me they are? God, awful. Just the whole experience or the pain? Yes. All of it. Yep. And again, like I said, they only last a... It's not a permanent thing. I thought I had them done and it was permanent, but no, it only lasts about 10 years and then you lose the damn tooth anyway. You should just get you some falsies. You know what? If I had the money, I'd get some falsies. Dudley will make them for you. I've been trying to talk him into it, but I keep flipping through Facebook now because apparently since I'm over 50, they show them to me, but there's these at-home dental kits and I keep looking at them going, you know what? I could bite on the gummy thing and see what comes back. $12.99. Yeah. That's not $1,299. That's $12.99. I don't know how long they'll last, but you can give it a shot. (05:14) What the hell? I mean, it's better than having holes. All right, let's take a break. Pay a couple of bills. A look at your marine forecast is coming up next on the B Team Morning Show with 100.3 KROCK. The Allman Brothers with One Way Out on a Wednesday morning. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell. Going to be lots of sunshine across northwest Florida today and the rest of the work week. Highs in the mid-80s. Going to be beautiful out there, folks. Remember, you can find us online at thebteamshow.com. Get all of your local news and local events, wacky news, daily holidays, of course, your daily Ask Uncle Bobby feature, and so much more. Bill, Jesper, Larry, Gary, and Barry. That's right. It's all at thebteamshow.com. They don't care. If they cared, they'd go to DewBob.com and get some merch. (06:16) That's true. That's true. That's how you know if you're in Bobby's circle. If you don't have any DewBob merch. That's right. You need to get some DewBob merch. You better fix that. You better believe there's stuff all over my house with DewBob stickers slapped on it. Not by me, but done by my wife. It's a little strange. Yeah, I did create a monster giving her those stickers. (06:39) You did. I got to buy her more. It's like going to a halfway house with meth. Got to get her more of those lick-em, stick-em tattoos, too. All right. Today on the National Day calendar, it's frog jumping day. (06:59) No. That's right. It's the one holiday where the only thing making progress is a damp little idiot with better knees than you. Yeah, they're kind of springy, aren't they? Oh, frog jumping day is that annual civic ritual where otherwise employed adults gather to watch amphibians do cardio, then argue about it like it's a stock market. Look, it's simple. You slap a name on a frog. You give it a pep talk. You hope it pays rent. Well, you measure its hops like the kind of precision we refuse to apply to budgets, relationships, or basic cholesterol. Look, somewhere between the bait bucket and the bragging rights, the whole town remembers it's still capable of joy, noise, and questionable decisions in sunlight. And that, my friends, is how you end up cheering for a frog like it's your retirement plan. Frog jumping day. To be honest with you, it's my retirement plan right now. I got nothing else going for me. At least you're honest. Invest in the community, they said. It'll pay back, they said. What else did they say? Some other lies. (08:12) 100.3 KROCK, the Classic Rock Station. It's the B Team Morning Show on a Tuesday. No, Wednesday. I might want to get my days straight here. But I wasn't here on Monday, so I guess I'm going to be just jacked up all week. Yeah, you are. Is Tom going to be here with you tomorrow? Why? Well, because I was thinking about just taking tomorrow off, too. Yeah, it sounds like the millennial you are. What about Friday? I was thinking about taking Friday off, too. Well, I'm taking Friday off, so. Oh, are you? Yeah, so maybe we just won't have a show Friday. (08:44) Who's going to cover for us on Saturday this weekend? I don't know. Hey, wouldn't it be funny to have Tom and Jim in here on Monday? That would be a train wreck. That would be a train wreck I would absolutely listen to. We'd lose our sponsors. The only one we'd have left is your Buy Tomcat Custom Apparel Ask Uncle Bobby sponsorship. No, we'd probably lose that one, too. (09:09) All right, well, that might be something we need to put together. I'm thinking that could be hilarious. I would love a Benchwarmers B Team show. It doesn't have to be often, but just once a quarter. Yeah, I think it'd be great. I think it'd be great. We could go down and do a First Friday Coffee or something and let the Benchwarmers be here. Well, and then it would make everybody else just want us back. Can you imagine the amount of dead air? Holy smokes. What do they say? (09:43) Separation makes the heart grow fonder. I think that might do our listeners some good. The two of them, they'd probably play like two songs an hour. Oh, they'd just talk the whole time. They would. They would just talk the whole damn time. Well, today on the National Day Calendar... (09:59) There's one last one to reveal. It's International Receptionist Day. Oh, that's right. It's a salute to the pros who say, please hold, while quietly saving the company from, you know, callers, chaos, and, well, management's allergic reaction to competence, really. (10:16) Receptionist Day, huh? Yeah. Hey, Andrea, I'm hoping this one's for you. They missed you on Administrative Professionals Day. Maybe they'll hit you this time. International Receptionist Day is the annual reminder that the first line of defense in any building is a person with a phone, a smile, and the power to decide whether you exist. (10:37) Yeah. These are the professionals who translate corporate nonsense into human language, juggle calendars like flaming knives, and still manage to sound pleasant while someone asks for the fifth time, can you transfer me to, you know, the guy? (10:54) Yeah, look, it's absurd, sure, but so is pretending the whole operation doesn't collapse the second they take lunch. So today, we clap, we nod, we behave, because the gatekeepers are watching, and they've got your extension memorized. (11:11) It's International Receptionist Day. There you go. All right, a quick break, and more Classic Rock is coming up with the 7 o'clock hour just around the corner. It's Gather Black and Bobby Dewrell, the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. Standby for more rock. (11:27) 100.3 KROCK. Your Omni Broadcasting News for this morning is brought to you by McCaskill & Company, the Emerald Coast's finest jeweler. I'm Dan Diamond. A 65-year-old man and a Texas woman lost their lives in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday morning on Interstate 10 in Okaloosa County. (11:47) The Florida Highway Patrol said it was notified of the crash about 4.42 a.m., and that it took place near the 51-mile marker. The man and woman from San Antonio succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash of a Dodge Ram pickup truck that was traveling east being driven by the man. (12:04) The FHP said the truck left the roadway and struck a tree. The accident is still under investigation. And the Niceville Fire Department has received a $10,000 donation from the Mayor Randall Wise First Responders Foundation to support the department's inaugural paramedic program. (12:22) That's according to the city of Niceville. And that's your Omni Broadcasting News for this morning, sponsored by McCaskill & Company. I'm Dan Diamond. Bobby Dewrell ran away after the six o'clock hour, but he has returned. I was trying. You found your way back. Yeah, I guess so. (12:38) Is that the next song, Find Your Way Back? It is not. But now you make me feel like I should get a cue though. Well, you know, I'm just saying that sounds like you, the perfect segue and not the right song. You're asking for a lot over here. Oh, yeah. Just to be a professional. (12:55) I know. Exactly. This is called the B Team. The B Team morning show. Okay. 64 degrees. Overcast skies this morning. Some high clouds out there. But overall, today's going to be beautiful. (13:10) Love it. 84. Sunshine. A little chilly this morning. Yeah, it was. It was. But get this. It's going to stay kind of chilly through the overnight hours, through the weekend. Low tonight of 63. (13:25) Tomorrow, low of 56. Oh, wow. Yeah. And a low of 61 on Friday night. So yeah. With highs in the 80s. So that wonderful spring 30 degree temperature swing. I know. (13:41) And spring officially, spring is still official for another month, I guess, isn't it? Yeah. Until the middle of June. But yeah, overall going to be a great weekend. So hopefully we'll see you all out at either the Destin Harbor. (13:58) Blessing of the Fleet tomorrow or out at the Billy Bolegs Festival this weekend. And maybe you'll catch a strand of beads from Bobby. Probably not. I think Schuyler's arm's going to be too sore from firing off those cannons all day. Well, you know, over at By Tomcat, we may or may not have acquired a t-shirt cannon. (14:24) Yeah. Tom was excited about that. Oh, yeah. We we were we were firing it off yesterday. It was it's quite, quite, quite fun. Are we going to be tossing any do bob shirts into the crowd? You know, I that's that's I just give you an idea. No, I've already already been there. But hey, look, man, I don't you know, when you're a narcissist, you've already figured out how to promote yourself. (14:45) Try to give me an idea of how to self promote is, you know, it's cute. It's a lost cause. Well, Bobby, I just came across the story and I thought you might find it interesting. (15:00) We're two two years out from twenty twenty eight, the general election. Actually, we're less than two years. But from from the presidential election, two and a half years out. Yeah. And it's already beginning to take shape with a new poll highlighting that Democrats are throwing their support behind AOC. (15:20) To. Yeah, OK. Marco Rubio is emerging as the Republican front runner ahead of Vice President J.D. Vance. Rubio's rise is reportedly tied to his increased visibility with the Trump administration and growing support from MAGA voters. (15:37) While Ocasio-Cortez continues gaining traction among progressive Democrats, despite not officially entering the race, she recently fueled speculation about a possible run by saying her goal is to change the country, not simply hold a title. (15:54) Still, with the election cycle in its early stages, figures like Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and J.D. Vance remain widely viewed as strong potential contenders for twenty twenty eight. But it tells you a lot right there that AOC is the kind of money, the most popular Democrat out there haven't haven't helped us all. (16:18) It's going to take more than that, I think. It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell on a hump day, Wednesday. Sunshine again this afternoon. So don't don't worry about the high clouds this morning. They'll burn off. It'll be beautiful later on today. (16:34) B Team Morning Show is on the air on KROCK. And yes, Bobby, find your way back. Here's Jefferson Starship. Van Halen and when it's love on one hundred point three KROCK. When it's love, you turn to the B Team and we remind you that love is is not that wide. (16:54) We we well, we don't really make fun of you. We make fun of ourselves. No, I take that back. Bobby makes fun of me. That's that's really how that works. It's the B Team Morning Show brought to you by our friends at Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre. (17:12) Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Very nice Tuesday in store for the Emerald Coast. Sunshine and 84 this afternoon. How about that? We'll take it. (17:27) I did not get a tax refund this year. It's been a while since I've gotten a tax refund. But apparently Americans may be getting bigger tax refunds this year. Apparently, I was not part of the majority. I can't wait to see what Bobby's refund looks like. (17:46) He's going to be bragging about all the money he's got. Yeah, sure. Whatever. Let's go with that. But apparently most are not using their refunds on splurging on luxury items. Now, a new survey found the average refund climb to over twenty eight hundred dollars up from twenty three hundred dollars last year. (18:04) Yet nearly half of taxpayers said they've already spent the money entirely on necessities just to keep up. The top uses for refunds were monthly bills, groceries and other essentials and paying down credit card debt. Only a small group said they plan to use the money on luxuries like clothes, entertainment or dining out. (18:22) The study also found that many Americans feel increasingly dependent on tax refunds because of higher living costs. And some respondents said bigger refunds came from working more hours, getting raises or tax law changes tied to deductions for overtime, tips and other benefits. (18:38) Overall, the survey suggests refunds are acting less like bonus money and more like financial relief for households trying to stay ahead of bills and rising expenses. So, yeah, spending habits have changed. That's for sure. Especially with tax refunds, because I remember, you know, 10 years ago somebody would get a four thousand dollar refund and that's that's what they would use a big ticket item on. (19:03) They'd go buy new furniture or get new carpet or laminate in their house or down payment on a car or something like that. But now people are using it for groceries and toilet paper. (19:19) Times have changed with the inflation that we'd seen from, well, basically right after COVID. So five years of it's just catching up. And nobody's going to deny the gas prices at this point are sky high. (19:38) So it's almost like we should just just drill here more than we already do. Well, yeah, you know, you want the strategic reserves. But yeah, there's got to be a better. Yeah, something like that. (19:55) Involving McDonald's restaurants this morning that, well, are not the greatest of publicity. We'll put it that way. A simple honk at a McDonald's drive-thru in Florida allegedly sparked a dangerous road rage incident. Deputies say the two sisters honked after a pickup truck blocked the exit for about a minute, but the driver, 21-year-old David Bryzus, later followed them onto nearby roads, swerved towards their car, and allegedly showed a handgun. (20:32) The women feared he was about to shoot. Deputies later stopped Bryzus and found a 9mm handgun under his seat. He denied pointing the weapon, but was arrested on aggravated assault charges. But another story that came out, which is absolutely disgusting, was a viral video out of a McDonald's in Massachusetts that shows a worker was allegedly filmed stuffing french fries into her mouth and then putting them back into a customer's fry carton. Yuck. In the clip, the employee jokes on the camera, so you want french fries today, right? While another worker laughs in the background. The video spread quickly online, leading to complaints from shocked customers and an investigation by the Southridge Police Department and local Board of Health. Authorities are now trying to determine whether the contaminated fries were actually served to a customer. The McDonald's franchise owners said the workers involved were immediately fired, calling their actions unacceptable and saying they violated company food safety standards. Health officials reportedly found no broader public health violations at the restaurant. God, that's just disgusting. Yeah. Yuck. All right. Coming up in less than 10 minutes, advice from Uncle Bobby this morning. Have you peaked to see what the question might be? (21:59) Nope. No. All right. I'm going to bring that up here in just a few minutes. What if I just don't want to give advice today? What if I just gave you a spontaneous question? What if we didn't take questions from the people anymore, and I just gave you the daily questions? Not a fan? No, because you come up with stupid stuff all the time. (22:19) But I need to know the answers to them. Yeah. Okay. Schuyler, that's what kindergarten was for. Exactly. It's the B Team Morning Show. Or as they call it in Iowa, advanced education. It's the B Team Morning Show. Or as they call it in Iowa, advanced education. (22:38) 746 is the time. Good morning, Emerald Coast. Hope you're doing well. 64 degrees, starting to see more sunshine out there. A high today of 84 this afternoon. We'll check your full forecast and get local news with Dan Diamond here in just a few short minutes. (22:55) It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell at the point in the morning where the music starts playing, because it's time for one thing only, and that is your daily advice. It's Ask Uncle Bobby. Every morning around 745, all stitched together by our friends at ... Shoot, what's the name of the ... By Tomcat Custom Apparel. (23:19) Now the proud owners of Red 7Ts. Oh, really? Yeah. Man, they're just growing like a weed. They sure are. But a weed you don't want to pick. You want to keep that weed. Exactly. Exactly. Hey, just remember, it's summertime right around the corner. That means you got kid stuff, you got graduations, you got family reunions, you got all those fun things that ... Maybe wearing a custom shirt, all spelled out with your grad right on the front is the right thing to do. (23:49) It wouldn't embarrass them at all. No, no. So go check out By Tomcat Custom Apparel and get your shirt with your grad's picture on it. Hey, it's funny. They did some of those last week. Did they really? A lady came in. Yeah, her bonus son. I like the way she phrased it. It was her bonus son, because when she got married, it was her stepson. But he was graduating University of South Florida with ... Well, actually, he graduated with a 3.8, and the way they do it down there is you don't get even magna cum laude until a 3.85. Really? (24:26) Yeah. You have to have a 3.85 just to get cum laude. You have to have a 3.9 to get magna, and a 3.95 or above to get summa. Damn, he just missed it too. (24:42) Yeah, 3.8. Hey, he's graduating. It's like I was telling her, I'm like, you know how many people have asked what honors I had on my degree? Probably nobody. Nobody cares. Exactly. Well, today, Uncle Bobby, your question comes in from ... I'm not very good with reading here, but I believe it's Disposable Ink Sentinel. Oh, dis. (25:04) I got it wrong? No, dis. D-I-S, dis. Disposable Ink Sentinel, D-I-S, got it. Anyway. Oh, I'm supposed to ask the question. That threw me off. (25:22) All right, scarecrow. All right, Disposable Ink Sentinel writes in asking, Dear Uncle Bobby, people at my office keep borrowing my pens and not returning them. I have asked a few times, but it keeps happening. So how do I get them to stop? (25:38) You know, this isn't about pens. This is about boundaries. Getting mugged in broad daylight while everybody pretends it's polite. Listen, one pen goes missing, fine. Two pens go missing. That's a coincidence. (25:56) But three? Three pens missing? Oh, you're working inside a low budget heist movie with fluorescent lighting, my friend. Look, you got to start treating every missing pen like a crime scene. Empty cup? Well, that's the body. Smudge cap? That's the fingerprint. Somebody suddenly holding a pen identical to yours and acting casual? That's a confession delivered in slow motion, like a pickpocket wiping his hands on your shirt. Look, here's the principle. (26:22) If you act like the pens are disposable, everyone else will too. So you got to stop making it easy. You stop letting the theft pass as borrowing. Here's what you do. You run an investigation with theater. (26:39) Mark your pens with an ugly, unmistakable identifier that screams ownership. Then you leave one irresistible dig koi pen out like bait on a hook. And watch who bites like a raccoon in a trash can. Now, when you find the culprit, you do not, do not, do not do this little polite office whisper. You go public. Okay. Do you hear me? Do not do the little polite office whisper. (27:11) You got to go public. You hit him with a calm, surgical announcement at maximum volume. Somebody's been harvesting my pens like they're running a black market stationary cartel. Yep. See, you don't need HR. You need consequences. (27:31) And you serve them coal with a permanent marker. Now, finally you build deterrence. You keep one community pen chained to a clipboard, like it's a gas station bathroom key and let them enjoy the humiliation. Yeah. You're good pens. They live on your person like they are classified documents because in that office, they are all right. (27:56) Disposable ink sentinel. There's your response. Just as we run out of music. That's right. That's ask uncle Bobby for this morning, your daily advice, all stitched together by our friends at buy Tomcat custom apparel. (28:13) Buy Tomcat custom apparel where the custom apparel is made for you. On demand. On demand. Customly. Customly. We should get that on a t-shirt. (28:30) Like you designed it. That should be a do Bob quote on a t-shirt. That's what I think. Custom apparel made for you. Yeah, exactly. All right. It's seven 52 and royalty just pulled in. I just, I see, I see. (28:45) Oh, are they here? I see the queen of bow legs. Oh yeah. Pulling in right now. Well, we'll have to see what happens because I did talk to the captain yesterday. He said he was bringing saltines and water. And I said, if you wanted to, if you want it, I said that, that, you know, if he wanted, if he wanted bill to be better than him, bill Kilpatrick to be better than him, that was a choice. Yeah. Yeah. (29:06) Well, I know he's bringing, I know he's bringing his honor guard member to something this morning. No, we'll see about that. Seven 52 is the time. And there she is. I do know how to call and cancel a boat. (29:21) There's the beautiful 70th queen of bow legs. Debbie Fisher weekend. I cannot wait to look like Chris Farley twerking for a weekend in the SNL video. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You think captain's going to let that happen? (29:37) Oh, I mean, that's how we're, that's how we're doing the Fox and fringe show on Friday. I'm showing up as Patrick Swayze and you're showing up as Chris Farley. Chris Farley. Yeah. You're okay with that. Pensacola. Well, good morning. The V team morning show is on the air. (29:56) Scattered black and Bobby Dewrell brought to you by stripes, pub and grill. Bar Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. This morning, the 70th captain of Bowlegs, Billy Bowlegs, No. 70, Rick Gwin, in studio with us along with his queen, Debbie Fisher. (30:12) Good morning. Thank you for both coming in this morning and bringing me breakfast. Yeah, a little chicken of the Lord. Good morning. How you doing? You okay with the mic over there? No, I hit my head. Well, at least you didn't damage anything important to you. (30:27) That's kind of mean. That's what I deal with all the time. I just want to point out, though, you notice your captain and queen did not come to your defense. They kind of went, eh. Kind of hard to get a word in. I just get a pat on the shoulder. (30:44) Aww. Probe ass. What? Poor thing. See, and he throws out these fancy things that I don't understand all the time. Yes, yesterday, or two days ago, was limerick day. (31:01) And Schuyler goes, what's a limerick? He thinks I'm an uncultured swine. Oh, no. You know, he graduated first grade, or as they call it in Iowa, advanced education. (31:21) I think you're awesome. Thank you. Thank you, queen. I appreciate that. She says that to all the guys that get off the short bus. She said you're very special. The crew built me a special short float this year. (31:40) On the little Black Hawk. That's right. That's right. So, yes, coming up on festival weekend, kicking things off tomorrow with the Little Scallywags Pirate Walk. So, Captain, give me the opportunity to tell us a little bit about that event tomorrow. (31:55) I'm really looking forward to it. We're going to bring the Black Hawk and the top 26, the court, down there to downtown. And they're going to block off the street. And we'll hand out some goodies to the kids and get to spend time with them and maybe let them walk up on the float a little bit. (32:13) And the big deal, they're going to be hiding the last coin in the area there. And the last coin will be found. And then during that time, I'm going to ask my beautiful queen, Debbie, to select the winner of the treasure hunt. (32:30) So that's big happenings down there. We'll be there from 4 to 6. I think Black Hawk will probably arrive around 4.15 or so. And then we'll hang out with the crowd until about 6. And then we'll pull out and get on to the next piece. I thought we were supposed to be there at 4. (32:45) But we have some people that are just not real punctual on time. Yeah, sometimes it's kind of hard to get the Black Hawk around downtown. So we're giving ourselves a little leeway. But then that's tomorrow night. And that's a fairly new event. (33:01) It's only been going on, what, four or five years now? Yeah, it's something that I think happened a long time ago. And then they brought it back recent years. We're trying to bring back some of the things that are associated with the historical festival that people really liked. And I think we've had some success with it. (33:18) We're really looking forward to the rest of the weekend, this year especially. And then on Friday, you get hauled away in cuffs. Maybe. I agree that 69 of my predecessors have lost that battle. (33:33) But I'm holding out some hope. He has hope. I have some hope. He's like William Wallace. He's got hope. Well, hopefully it doesn't go the same direction as me on Friday. I've got hope. (33:48) This sounds like a PI, personal injury attorney commercial now. Yeah, exactly. But whatever happens on Friday, we'll get them back on Saturday. But big fireworks, huge. We've got more vendors downtown than I think we've ever had. (34:03) A bunch of food trucks. I think we're up to 60 vendors and six food trucks, eight food trucks. And the concert in the park section is going to be awesome. I think it's going to be a great time. Fireworks are going to be outstanding. I've talked to the firework boss, and he was telling me all his special tricks this year. (34:21) And I think even the skirmish when we're coming to do our reconnaissance is still going to be a little bit more impressive than previous years. At the all-new, renovated Fort Walton Beach Landing. Absolutely, it looks wonderful. Got done, what, two weeks ago? (34:37) Yeah. They're ready for us. They're ready for us. And then on Saturday is the invasion. And, well, so far 69-0 for previous captains on capturing the city. Yeah, absolutely. Well, we're trying to enlist the help of all the local community. (34:54) We've been giving out treasure. We're visiting all the schools. We're visiting some other public locations to try to get them over on our side. I think on Saturday we'll be able to convince them to join us. We're going to bring in roughly 400 additional pirates to help take over the city. (35:14) And we'll meet the mayor on stage Saturday, and I have a feeling that he's going to be turning the city over to me. And I'll declare a day of fun and treasure and frivolity for everyone. That's the plan. So we want you to come out and join us. And that's something that a lot of people don't understand about Bowlegs, too, is that Bowlegs actually brings people in from all over the country, actually. (35:36) I mean, out of those 449 people that you're talking, I mean, yeah, there's a few from, like, Pensacola and stuff like that that are coming over for the day. But we've got people coming up from Bradenton, over in Tallahassee, even as far north as Minnesota, Wisconsin, all coming down to be a part of this festival for the weekend. (35:54) That's heads in beds. That's bed tags. That's all kind of fun stuff that provides right back into the local economy right here. Absolutely. Some of them have already gotten here. We've been checking them in and taking care of them. And so you're talking hundreds of bed nights for people that come to this. (36:12) But they started to come every year because this festival is so—they have so much fun, and our community is so beautiful, the water, the beaches are beautiful, and the people are awesome. And that was part of the idea of moving it from June back up into May, is to come into the short—because June, I mean, they have not lost a single bed night by us moving this out of June. (36:35) But now we've got a shorter season where it was typically empty, not a lot of things going on, and now you're filling up a hotel with, like you said, hundreds of bed nights. Absolutely. And anybody who's tried to drive over Brooks Bridge in June versus May understands where we can fit some extra business and where we can't. (36:55) Well, then, of course, on Monday is the Torchlight Parade, and that's when you get to celebrate with the whole town going down Eglin Parkway. Absolutely. Absolutely. It's going to be a long five days or so to get to that point, but that's going to be our celebration. (37:11) And a beautiful nighttime parade. The weather's looking awesome, and everybody loves a nighttime parade because all the floats get lit up, and it's music, and it's just kind of great. So it's going to start around 7, run north on Eglin Parkway, and come out. (37:30) The crowds are always awesome for that. I love the fact—so I grew up with it being the Torchlight Parade, back when it was actually a Torchlight Parade. I love the fact we still call it that, even though we—I understand why. But back in the day, they used to actually turn all the lights off down Eglin Parkway. (37:47) All the street lights, everything, all off. And literally—I think it was mainly the Jaycees, but they would have four to six walkers per float, and they were literally holding torches. That's what lit the whole parade. (38:02) And it was a Torchlight Parade. That's back when it was horse and buggy, and Eglin Parkway was dirt road, uphill, both ways. One kid gets burned, suddenly you gotta stop. Well, Queen, how about you? Are you excited for the weekend? Are you ready? (38:22) I am very excited for the weekend. And I guess what I'd like to say is that we live in such a great community, and this event, I believe, brings communities together. These festivals, all the effort that goes into everything. (38:38) And you know, it is about the children, it's about the people in our community. But come out and support it, that's what we do. We need to make it all happen. It's going to be so much fun. Well, I want you all to stick around for another break, or probably another two. (38:53) But I want to get into your theme this year, Rick. Absolutely. I want to talk about, you know, people have been seeing Sierra Hotel and Air Raiders all year long, associated with the crew of Bolegs in its 70th year. And let's get into that a little bit in the next break. (39:09) Happy to do it. All right. Stick tight. It's the B Team Morning Show on a Wednesday morning. Getting ready for the 70th annual Billy Bolegs Pirate Festival, downtown Fort Walton Beach. Kicking off tomorrow afternoon. Captain Billy hopes to take care of business. (39:24) No, I was just going to say, I see what you're trying to do there. But I can tell you're from Iowa and trying to do this, and you haven't grown up around the Air Force. So that was really cool playing the Top Gun song for the captain, who's a pilot. (39:42) But he's an Air Force pilot, and Top Gun is about Navy pilots. They don't like each other. Well, my dad was a commercial pilot, and that was his favorite song. Because he wasn't in the Air Force. So you don't make an Air Force guy happy by going, Hey, have you ever seen Top Gun? That's a great show, huh? (39:59) That's fine. We like Schuyler a lot. It's alright. Oh, that's a he's special comment right there. That was a DEI compliment. He's our favorite radio host this morning. (40:15) Thank you. Schuyler might be a favorite in our top 26. Yeah, I have never heard the captain sound so democratic as he does right now. Wow. Just all the love. 100.3 KROCK, where we bring political dreams to life. (40:31) Aren't you glad he came in? Voluntarily. I know. Four times he's like, are you going to be on the radio show in the morning? I'm like, you mean the one I co-host? Well, you know, I had hopes. We all had hopes. (40:47) You brought us breakfast. Thank you so much. And I'm sorry that you paid to do this. But I wanted to get into... Just make Mark pay tomorrow. Well, it'll be like, you'll just be straight eggs. (41:03) It'll just be eggs. Maybe bacon. No, no bacon. Ground beef. Ground beef and eggs and lots of butter. And a few conspiratorial theories along the way. (41:19) Those were off the air. But this morning, I wanted to get into your theme this year a little bit. Air Raiders, Sierra Hotel, folks that have seen the logo. Let's get into that a little bit. (41:35) Absolutely. I'm happy to do it. I love the theme this year. We're a pirate organization, so the Raiders kind of ties to that. But in the local area, we have such a huge historical legacy, mainly centered around the Doolittle Raiders who trained here and then carried out the Tokyo Raid, which was a seminal moment for our turning point in World War II in the Pacific. (42:03) And being an aviator for my whole Air Force career and so much flying in the local area, so many retired military. And it's the America 250, 250th anniversary of our nation. There was no other theme that made better sense to me than to pay some respect to those who went before us and pay some respect to the military heritage that we have so rich around in this area. (42:31) So Air Raiders was kind of a blend of the pirate theme plus the Doolittle Raiders from World War II. And I would say, and I'm partial, and Bobby's partial too, I guess he was a part of it as well, but your coronation pageant last year was a huge production, right? And an absolute salute to the Doolittle Raiders. (42:59) What can folks expect on the outgoing coronation? Well, that's a great question. Well, first they have to come out to see, because some of that's going to be kept secret to keep the excitement going. But the way we came into the year with a mission, we had certain things we wanted to accomplish this year, and that'll probably tie into how we leave. We'll have to give ourselves a little bit of an after-action report and see whether we accomplished the mission that we expected. (43:27) And that comes up one month from today. Saturday, June 13th. But there's a lot of piracy to get to before we get to that point. I also want to talk a little bit about your selection of your top six. (43:43) So we've got the Queen, we've got the Queen's Lackey, obviously, or Queen's Navigator. Let me get the verbiage right here. And then you've got your co-pilot, your wife Kelly, and then your first mate and first mistress. So let's talk a little bit about your selection of your top six this year. (43:59) Outstanding. Well, my first mate and first mistress, Mark and Molly Grendlin, have been great friends to us ever since we joined the crew. It's been, you know, we've probably known each other 15 years now, and they're great friends to my wife as well. And so it just made total sense that when they asked me to be the captain that I would ask them to be first mate and first mistress. The beautiful thing is they were on the crew when I was a first mate for Buddy Carter in year 65, and they also, as part of the Honor Guard then, they also knew Debbie and Mark Fisher, so we all got to be really good friends. I needed to pick somebody who could be the Queen, who could lead the crew with grace, with poise, with well-spoken, great attitude, always happy. And Mark's done a great job with that. (44:55) I found the anti-Bobby Durrell. Thank God. Always happy, always pleasant. Debbie Fisher was just an outstanding pick. And then, of course, I got the bonus with Mark, her husband, who's been a rock for us this year, too. So all six of us have just had a great time together. (45:15) Do you agree? Has Jay Mark taken care of you this year as the Queen? He has done a great job. You hear that, Jay Mark? She gave the right answer. Well, I must say, Taylor and I have been so fortunate to be a part of your Honor Guard. You've all been so good to all of us, gone above and beyond. I just want to thank you guys. I'm looking forward to an awesome weekend coming up. Oh, absolutely. And no thanks required. (45:43) We figure it's family for life now. I love our Honor Guard. All of them are wonderful, and you guys have been awesome. This weekend's going to be super fun, but it's just the first of many. Absolutely. So it's going to be tons of fun. (45:59) 70th annual Billy Bolegs Pirate Festival kicking off tomorrow afternoon, downtown Fort Walton Beach with the Little Scallywags Pirate Walk. Any other things you want to get to this morning, Bobby? No, I think it's one of those things. I've had a few people call me, when's the best time for kids? Hey, the parade's always great for the kids. (46:19) The Little Scallywags tomorrow is a great time for kids. Honestly, all of it's a great time for kids, but I would say Friday night's probably the one time that maybe, it is night. And we can't control the general public. (46:35) But no, I think it's a great, the whole thing is really a family-themed event, and it's a great time to come down. And Saturday is a fabulous time for kids. It's the best. (46:51) And especially with all the things that we've got going on with all the vendors and everything like that, it's a perfect day. We'll probably hit the landing about 3 o'clock, that's what we're targeting. So on Saturday, we hope to be there at 3.30. (47:07) So our landing, Skirmish, on Friday is at 7, which I didn't mention earlier, and then on Saturday we get there at 3.30, and obviously those things are affected by the winds and the tides. Right, yeah, the festival itself kind of kicks off around 10 o'clock in the morning, I think, or something like that. There's bands lined up all day. I mean, there's something all day, but the pirates will get there. We generally try to target somewhere around 3.30, sometimes it's been 3, sometimes it's been 4. (47:35) Well, if we run out of gas, then the VPs are responsible for rowing. I already got flippers, and we lift with our honor guard, remember that. I'll hold your drink, don't worry. (47:51) Well, it's going to be tons of fun, really looking forward to it. One final question for each of you, what are you both looking forward to most this weekend? I think the landing might be my favorite, where you see, again, our community coming together, and all the children, and the excitement, and all of our pirates are thrilled and excited to be there, and we want to interact with everybody, give beads, and we want to watch our captain lead us to take over the city, right? (48:23) Absolutely. We're not going to lose. Well, I have to say, I agree, the landing is the best part. I mean, hey, I get to take over the city. I'm the one that gets to win it, so that's obviously at the top of my list. As soon as that's over, we get to walk off the stage and hand out stuff to the crowd, and get to talk to the folks. I've never met a stranger at the landing from any one of these festivals, and I do look forward to handing out $10 worth of scholarships to some of our local high schoolers that have submitted applications on that Saturday morning. (48:55) We're also going to recognize the person who's won the coin hunt when they get a really nice prize as well, so there's going to be some cool pirate booty handed out Saturday. Well, we've got the full schedule of events posted on our website on the events tab at thebteamshow.com, so you can go over there and check that out. (49:15) Rick Wien, thanks so much for coming in this morning, taking some time, bringing breakfast, so you didn't have to deal with... Can you imagine the abuse you would have dealt with if you didn't bring breakfast? I mean, it was bad enough when you bring him stuff. I mean, you're coming back tomorrow, right? (49:31) Like I said, you or Mark. Mark Grinland's going to be joining us with Captain Billy Rick Wien tomorrow morning as well, so looking forward to it. If you'd like to learn more about the crew and about the upcoming festival this weekend, they're actually going to be going over to Sister Station 94.3 FTW to join Dan Diamond on the air over there. Again, thanks for coming in and looking forward to the weekend. (49:59) And that's a wrap on today's B Team Redux.