I gotta start off with an email that is kind of interesting, a little
behind the curtain here. Paul writes in says, but listen to KATWB for
over twenty five or over fifteen years, and you've always referred to your building
as the Space Needle Studio. How did that start? Was it an inside
joke at first? Love you guys. That's from Paul, Paul, Thank
you very much. We do we call the Space Needle Studio because in all
reality we're in an office building on the fifth floor. But I always thought
when I was a kid that radio stations looked like just amazing kind of dark
inside with all kinds of glowing lights and cool lights on the ceiling and just
really just high tech. And it's really not it's pretty ordinary. You would
not be impressed if you walked in here. We have very old technology.
I mean literally, this technology we have for the most part is a thirty
year old control board. And I look at some other radio stations and they're
like, it really is like wow. But years ago, I think because
I used to picture radio stations looking like the inside of some super modern thing
and a really cool building, that I kind of envisioned the space needle as
a studio with the studio at the very top, and it revolves and it's
got a flashing, blinking red light on the top. Let me tell you,
it looks nothing like that. But when I say Space Legal Studio,
it kind of conjures up a way cooler image than saying, yeah, we're
on the fifth floor of the Kemp's building. So what is the name of
our building anyway, Jenny? It used to be the money Gram building,
but it's not anymore, right, I honestly have no idea. I don't
know. I yeah, I don't think they have money Gram on the top
of it anymore. I think now it's like Lifetime Work or something. But
I will say we do have a really good view of downtown. We do
yet other stations in the building and have a view of like a parking ram.
So we are kind of lucky with what our view is. Yeah,
we face directly to the east, so we see downtown. We got a
decent view. Yeah, and we're on the fifth floor. I worked at
one radio station in Phoenix that was an old TV studio and there was no
windows that looked outside. There was a window that looked into the old studio
so it was like the control room that had a glass window that looked into
the old TV studio, which the lights were always off. Anyway, when
we were in Butler Square, and we were there from about ninety six to
two thousand and three, it was a cool building, really modern equipment and
everything. Yeah, but you didn't have a view outside. You looked into
the atrium. So next one, Hello, my favorite morning show crew.
My name is Charras. Oh it's Charace again. Here she is. We
love her. I've written in before thank you for the sticker. By the
way, I guess it's probably more of a question for day, but I'll
appreciate any feedback from Jenny as well. I have a thirteen year old daughter
and she recently asked if she can have a boyfriend. My mom was super
strict and I wasn't allowed to talk to boys on the phone, and I
had my first boyfriend at no. Nineteen. I don't want to be that
strict because I think that in some ways it made me very naive. But
I also don't want her dating at an early age. I was thinking sixteen,
how old was your daughter when she was allowed to have a boyfriend?
Dave, any advice is appreciated. Alison was a very good girl. I
didn't have to worry about that. I think she had a date with a
boy when she was probably twelve thirteen. Go back to Freaky Friday, however,
old Freaky Friday was when that came out. Subtract those years from Alison,
and she was probably twelve or thirteen. It was a date to Eden
Prairie Center to see Freaky Friday with a boy that she really thought was cute.
And afterward I picked her up and I said, how was the movie?
How was the movie good? What did you guys talk about? While
I asked him if he liked the movie? So it was one of those
kid dates where they had nothing to say. They were both so nervous.
But I think her first boyfriend, it wasn't that, it wasn't allowed,
didn't happen. I would say high school. Beth dated some shady characters when
she lived down in Orlando, and that's one of the reasons why I was
happy that she moved up here to get away from some of the shady people
that I didn't know them, but I heard about them from her mother.
So she moved up here and then met good people. What about you,
Jenny, when was your Were you allowed to date? I don't know that
I really had that. I don't think there was a conversation between my parents
and I. But I definitely had my first quote unquote boyfriend when I was
probably probably thirteen, and we dated for like a month. I don't know,
Like he was a wrestler. My girlfriend was dating and his friend that
was a wrestler. We went to one of their tournaments, like an hour
away one time. That was almost the extent of the relationship. And I
don't know. At that age, we weren't like doing much, you know,
we weren't seeing each other very often, we weren't going on dates,
so it was very innocent. Yeah. Yeah. And then I really only
had one of their boyfriend in high school my freshman year, also for only
about a month, and that was it for me. Like I just I
don't know, I just didn't really date when I was young. I didn't
either. I was terrified of girls. So you can't use me as a
reference point. A couple of quick stories. I'll give you a piece of
advice. If you're a parent and charies, I'll give you the same advice.
Don't go oh so you like Adam. Oh what is Adam like?
Don't do that because we did that with Carson and it pissed him off and
made him not want to talk to us about girls that he was seeing or
interested in because we thought that was cute and we weren't trying to be jerks.
It was embarrassing to him if we're like, oh, you like Stephanie.
Oh is Stephanie key? Oh? Does she? Did you kiss her?
And that pissed him off. Yeah, And later I would he'd be
like, I hate when you guys do that, so he really kept his
dating and girl interest thing to himself. Yeah, that's one. And a
cute story when Allison was probably fifteen or so, she had a guy that
liked her and I thought it was so adorable. He wanted to buy her
a present for Birthday or Christmas or whatever, and he bought her a little
clock, like a little decorative clock. And it was so cute to me
because I could just picture this boy out somewhere at the mall trying to find
the perfect present for Alison and he came up with his clock, and she
didn't really like him that much, and I thought, what a sweet little
story that he liked Allison and wanted to impress her, and at fifteen years
old, the best thing that he could come up with was a clock,
and I just thought it was very sweet and very cute. All Right,
thank you very much. Next one, don't say a name. Okay.
I have a couple of things say about tipping culture. We talked about this
at length yesterday. I work at a popular restaurant here in the Cities.
This past Sunday, I served a young couple, probably sixteen or seventeen.
They ordered two pops each, had multiple refills, two appetizers, and entrees.
When it came time to pay, it took at least ten minutes for
them to sort out how they were going to pay with their fifty ish bill.
Fifty dollars bill was the tap. They paid a bit in cash and
the rest on a card. When I opened the book, I saw that
they had written a zero on the tip line and scribbled a sorry off to
the side, so they knew it was wrong not to tip me. Perhaps
two appetizers weren't necessary if that left them unable to take care of someone who
worked hard to give them good service. Lastly, I went to a Gopher
basketball game tonight and bought a bottle of water that I had to grab for
myself out of a stand up cooler, and I was prompted to tip.
That got an eye roll from me. I would love a staff writer sticker
if my email is read, and it was read, and thank you very
much, and I will. I sent out eighteen staff writer stickers last night.
That's a lot of addressing letters. I don't mind. It's very gratifying
to send those out. It does get a little bit pricey because each stamp
is what sixty cents a box of one hundred envelopes, and then the stickers.
I don't mind it because if you want a sticker, I'm flattered that
you even want a sticker. Let's go back to the scribbling. Sorry,
I'm going to be real, flat out honest with you. I thought you
were gonna say I understood and it was okay because they didn't have much money,
they were kids and they did what they could. What do you think,
Jenny, Oh no, I'm not on the side of that, because
I was a server. There is just like, there's just nothing worse than
like working and serving someone for an hour an hour and a half and then
getting a zero dollar tip, like it really makes you feel like crap.
And if you know enough that it was wrong that you wrote sorry, then
you knew enough that you didn't have the money to tip them and you should
have maybe yes, had one less appetizer. So but it's nice to hear
a server take the side of like she's frustrated about getting stiffed, but then
also she's not gonna go tip someone for pulling a water out of a bin
and whatever. Because I always feel like I feel stingy sometimes when I don't
tip at certain things now because like everything's tipping, and I was a server,
so I feel like I should be obligated to tip as I was a
server before. But she clearly doesn't feel obligated for situations like that. I
wouldn't either, you know what, I will. I will tell you this,
and I'm not against your opinion. I'm only saying they're kids, they
don't know how important it is to tip, and they were broke and they
scrambled to pay, and I just thought that was very sweet. I'm not
a server. I have a little forgiveness in my heart for them, because
I guess I just kind of understand it. You know they were just there.
I don't know. Maybe they didn't realize that a tip is not really
optional, it's more mandatory. So all right, next one, Dave and
Crewe. I heard your bit on the radio about the new State seal and
why there is a French phrase in it. Well, the reason it's on
there is because it's our state motto, the only one in the nation in
French. Lots are in Latin. It was adopted in eighteen sixty one.
So I think it looks pretty slick on the seal and on my arm photo
attached to my Minnesota tattoo that is from Kelly and Kelly just for reference,
is I think Kelly is a guy because that is one big ass arm.
And when I say big, I mean a big bicep. I'm gonna show
you Jay and I think that could be a woman's arm, but I'm gonna
think it's a guy's arm. Is that a guy's arm or a woman's arm.
It's it's a very muscular bicep, is what I can say. I
can't a hair, though I know it could be a woman's arm. Could
be either way. You got really nice biceps, and I like your tattoo.
I just you know, Okay, thanks for clearing that up. I
was not sure why we but it's means Star of the North is what it
means. So I thought that was kind of cool. And next one I
am emailing, hold on one's saying, oh oh, this one is actually
applying for a job. Let's read it. Should we read it? Why
not? Okay, my name is Haley. I'm emailing to become a member
of the Dave Ryan Show, or at the very least be a friend of
I'm thinking Benjamin Bailey, Tony, etc. What radio experience do? If
I have well done? What qualifies me be in the radio? In radio?
In my opinion, my hilarious personality and my can do attitude. You
need somebody to help Jenny with show production. I'm your girl. You need
somebody to say yes to Dave while we wait for Drake to get a caller.
Count me in, oh yes, and not just yes, but yes
and yeah. Very important. Now. I don't actually think I'm going to
get this job on the show. However, I am hoping the fact that
you hired Lena with no radio experience radio experience plays in my favor. I'm
impressed that you know that fun fact from twelve or thirteen or fourteen years ago.
I really mainly just want to say, if you ever need to fill
in, give me a call. I'm twenty nine years old, married,
I'm a mom. I can tell stories with great and funny detail, and
I know I could be an excellent addition to your team. I do consider
myself a Dave Ryan Show expert, considering I've been listening religiously for ten years.
The chances of this being read may be slim, but if it is,
I hope it brings a smile to your face at the very least.
Thanks for all the joy you bring to my life. That is from Haley.
Haley. I would not count it out as crazy as that seems,
but I don't know that you're funny. And I'm going to just say from
my experience, Hailey, you probably are funny. But I've had so many
people swear that they're funny, and then we'll put them on the radio and
they're kind of not. And I've learned over the years, and again,
Haley, you probably are funny, But everybody thinks they're funny because their audience
is their friends, and their friends love them. So when you go out
to happy hour and you're entertaining your friends with your latest story of constipation or
a guy that you dated, or how you peede your pants lap whatever.
You're funny. But there's a different environment in here. And the reason that
Benjamin and Bailey and Tony and Lena worked is because they're performers, not just
funny. Bailee is a performer. She's done improv and theater. She's got
a theater degree. Same with Lina, she had a theater degree. Steve
used to call it a degree in poverty. And Tony's naturally an entertainer,
and so is Benjamin. So I want to see if you are serious,
Hailey, and I'm gonna send you an email. I don't know that you
listen to the Minnesota Goodbvibe, and I'm gonna send you an email back,
and I'm gonna say, make a YouTube video of you talking about yourself telling
some funny stories, because you never know, I mean, you never know.
And we're still kind of looking for that fourth person on the show.
But we also want to find somebody who's good at social media, who's really
good at like posting this and doing videos, and that can run the cameras
and that type of thing. So not just somebody who wants to be on
the radio. Yeah, I do like her can do attitude though, I
seriously do. Yeah. I mean, and like I said, Haley,
you never know. I mean, when I first heard that Lena wanted a
job here, I'm like, I'm not going to hire somebody with no radio
experience. And she was great. Yeah, she was wonderful. So I'm
going to save that email and I'm going to write her back. Okay,
next one, this is no This is from the Bob Slett Bobblehead Hall of
Fame and Museum. Okay, it's a press release. Yeah, it's a
press release. I wanted to give you a heads up. We'll be unveiling
a pair of officially licensed, limited edition bobbleheads featuring Goldie and Saint Thomas's mascot,
Tommy the Tomcat. Blah blah blah. So we get a lot of
press releases and maybe one in one hundred we're interested in. Yeah. So
next one, Hello, Dave and Jenny, don't say my name. I'm
looking for some advice, and since y'all talk and interact with people for a
living, maybe you can help out. I am an introvert, but through
my life, I've learned how to make conversation to be social in situations where
I need to be. Here's my question, how do you talk to someone
who makes you work so hard to move the conversation forward, the type of
people who really have no opinion or interest and answer with one word. My
mother in law is going to be visiting soon to see our kids for Christmas,
and she is very much that type of person. My husband knows this
and he's used to it. He really doesn't have any advice for me.
She typically stays with us, which I don't love, but I accept it,
and it feels so uncomfortable. This is one situation I just cannot seem
to figure out. Despite knowing her for years, she still feels like a
stranger, And who wants a stranger in your house for an entire week?
Any tips or advice or tricks that you picked up along the way can be
very helpful. Thank you. I don't know, Jenny. I am,
I think naturally an introvert, but I enjoy company. Yeah, so I
will tell you this. When I would go to Susan's mom and dad's house,
we'd go for a week. Every Christmas and we'd take the kids and
Susan would sit at the kitchen table with her mom and dad and talk a
talk, a talk, taka taka. And I would for a little bit,
but then I'd get bored and I'd go read my book. And it
came up one day her mom said something like, you know what, you
do whatever you want while you're here. You don't have to talk to us.
I mean, you don't have to join. If you are down here
on vacation and you want to read your book, read your book. And
so I could say, if mom is naturally an introverted kind of a person,
let her be, let her read her book, and maybe even mentioned
to her It's like, hey, if you want to read or watch TV,
you can do that. You don't have to feel any pressure to make
conversation. But say it in a nice way, because I felt really nice
when Susan's mom said that, what do you think, Jenny, So she
is she saying the person writing in that she's also an introvert or just the
mom? Yes, she said, but remember she said she's learned how to
make conversation and be in social situations when she needs to be mother in law,
answers yes or no. I mean I think that you just like do
the kind questions that you would do that are based conversation starters with them,
like how's how have you been? What's new? How's the weather? Let
me be mom in this one asked me a question, Oh oh hi mom,
you how have you been? Leley good? Okay, have you watched
any TV shows you like lately? Okay? How's your cat doing? Fine?
So no, it's frustrating, No, it is frustrating. I think
that like you're putting too much emphasis on needing to have constant conversation and entertaining
and and I think a lot of introverts minds, they're okay, we're just
sitting there and not having conversation. What I said, Yes, yeah,
I would do that. Here's one possible suggestion, and that is to do
a board game. Yeah, and I know that sounds corny and silly,
but if you can do a conversational board game, maybe Mom would like Cards
against Humanity. That's a little bit racy. But we do Settlers of Katan,
which I know sounds really like Okay, that's super geeky, but it
is a conversational social game where you interact and maybe even something like a puzzle
where you're interacting and talking but you don't have to, so maybe in activity
rather than trying to make conversation. So just an idea, I mean,
let me know if you got an idea for her, because maybe you got
a better idea and a couple more here. Anyway, that was a really
interesting one, but hopefully that helps you out. Next one, morning show
crew want to commend you for your amazing show you put on every morning,
each of you, Dave, Jenny Drake crush it every morning. I can't
tell you how much that means. Seriously, I really appreciate that. Second,
my husband and I were talking about our favorite chips. He said his
word Dorito's or Munchi's. I said kettle chips and he started me blankly saying
that is crazy to he was a plain potato chip. I told them I'm
gonna email the Morning show and find out two questions. Are mixes like munchies
and checks mixed chips? No, they're a snack, So that's my opinion.
What do you think, Jenny, Yeah, chock smokes for sugar munchies.
Though I'm kind of on the edge of because it does involve a lot
of chips, but I would say no, okay, not chips. They
are snacks too. Is it crazy to prefer plane chips? Absolutely not?
No, absolutely not, Jenny, I would say no, but I think
you're in the minority. I would say that's true. Yeah, yeah,
But just like if people if you like mushrooms or pineapple on your pizza,
is it crazy? No, but you're in the minority. So if you
prefer plain kettle chips, they are pretty dope. Yep. I think you're
okay, love y'all. I received my staff writer sticker and I love it.
That is from Taylor. Thank you, Taylor. I appreciate you writing
in. Okay, Joe writes in and Joe says, remember when Drake first
started and he said he could sing? Remember that and then he tried?
Okay, I don't actually did Drake sing on the show. I think he
did say that he thought he could sing, yes, and I think he
has. I don't know that we ever did a segment of him just singing,
but maybe I'm wrong. Okay, sorry reading for the next email here,
Let's try this one. No, not that one, okay, Dave.
I'm wondering if you sent out a sticker to me. I'm still hoping
to put it on my garbage fridge. That's what I thought, that's what
Oh okay, yes, I thought he said garbage fridge. It actually said
garage fridge. I know you're in Colorado. Yes, Chris, I absolutely
did send your sticker out yesterday because you live in a unique name of a
street, and I remember absolutely I sent it out. It is on its
way. Next next one. Your news about McCaulay culkin on the show yesterday
made me think to suggest that everybody watched the Jeff gaff Show on Paramount Plus.
Not only is he hilarious, but McCauley makes several cameo appearances and if
you're a McCauley fan, you'll probably love it. Keep up the great work
from your staff writer, Katie. Thank you, Katie. Sticker is on
its way, and I think I have one more to have time for one
more gent okay, and hit delete on that one. Hold on okay that
one. I'm not okay this one. I think that was it? Actually
that was it. Yeah, that's all. That's it for the Minnesota Goodbye.
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