WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.519 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. Now 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:23.039 here's Nick coffee. 3 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:26.559 All right, the five o'clock hour. 4 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:30.960 Let's get started as we get closer to Kentucky Derby 5 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:32.719 one fifty one. 6 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:34.359 I don't do they have a. 7 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.600 Day for Wednesday at the track. I'm sure they have 8 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:39.799 like a theme and whatnot, But you know, I. 9 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:41.280 Think it's just wind day. 10 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.880 Okay, you got five oh Tuesday, Derby Oaks Derby. Does 11 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:48.000 Wednesday have a cool day if it's win like I mean, 12 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.640 it's Winduesday. I mean, I guess it, you know, makes sense, 13 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:54.159 It's okay. You don't want to Yeah, you don't want 14 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.560 to force something that's not there. That's an easy play into, 15 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:57.600 you know, the day Wednesday. 16 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:00.520 Wednesday is a tough day to make names off of. 17 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.240 Yeah, And I haven't looked outside since I walked in 18 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:05.000 here about two and a half hours ago, so I 19 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.000 could be totally wrong, but I thought today was going 20 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.680 to be a pretty pretty crappy day when it comes 21 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:12.640 to weather. 22 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:16.280 But it was gloomy, humid, and then at least for 23 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.200 a little while, it was sunny. 24 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.920 I'm not sure if that stayed, you know, if it 25 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.000 stayed sunny outside but as I said at the beginning 26 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.239 of the show, it kind of seems like earlier this 27 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.400 week it appeared that the forecast was going to be 28 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.640 not in our favor for midweek, but by the time 29 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.319 we got to Friday, Saturday, Oaks and Derby, it was 30 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:35.879 going to be a little bit better. But now it 31 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.480 looks as if we've got some some good rain chances 32 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.719 on Friday, and then Saturday still looks pretty solid from 33 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.319 what I'm looking at right now, but obviously that could change, 34 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.640 and we never really know, like if it's worth even 35 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:50.959 looking at the forecast. So anyways, just getting closer and 36 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:55.000 it's exciting. Derby season here in Louisville is awesome. And 37 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.879 I was out at the track this morning. Austin was 38 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.719 there yesterday and he was a big winner at Tuesday, 39 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.920 and he's been winning races to that too, so good stuff. 40 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:08.319 And I didn't I wasn't there yesterday for anything, in fact, 41 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.599 and I got there this morning and backside for a 42 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:12.800 little while and then headed out. But just being at 43 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:14.840 Church Dunts, even though it really wasn't the full experience 44 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.000 of you know, like taking in the races, but just 45 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.719 being backside making making you know, a couple laps around 46 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.199 the barns. I mean, I really only went because my 47 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.159 son thinks it's the coolest thing ever that, Yeah, he 48 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:28.759 gets to see you know, the barns and see the 49 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:30.680 horses as they get ready. I mean, he, as we've 50 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.120 discussed before, he's he's in love with horse racing. I 51 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.560 don't really know where he got it from, but you know, 52 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.759 I thought maybe there's a chance because he's now playing 53 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.319 every sport possible seemingly and is really into that, that 54 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.599 maybe he wouldn't be as excited an into it, But no, 55 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:45.960 he was. I mean I got him up this morning 56 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.479 at six o'clock and as soon as he opened his 57 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.520 eyes to kind of, you know, wake up while I'm 58 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.719 picking him up out of bed, he said, are we 59 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.520 going to? Are we going to the horse track? And 60 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.439 I said, yeah, we are, and he was he was 61 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.400 ready to roll, and uh, you know, he asked me 62 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.080 because last year we we it was the first time 63 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.120 he got to go behind the you know, backside to 64 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.280 where he can actually see some of the horses, yeah, 65 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.719 as their training and that kind of stuff, and I mean, 66 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:13.280 you know it's so sweet. He was like, do you 67 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.080 think they remember me? He was talking about the horses, 68 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:16.800 and I'm like, sure, of course they do. Yeah, they 69 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:21.560 wondering what the hell you've been Yeah, this guy, They've 70 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.120 been waiting for you. So uh, he he got to 71 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:26.400 see not every horse this morning, that of course is 72 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:28.639 going to be in in the Derby, but you know, 73 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:30.080 he got to see a few of them. And then 74 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.080 I showed him, uh you know, the program and uh 75 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.000 there there I did it. I showed him online and 76 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.759 in the Churchill Downs website it actually shows a picture 77 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.400 of each So he was looking at him, and uh, 78 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:44.199 he decided to roll with uh one that is believed 79 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:45.280 to be one of the favorites. 80 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:46.199 Uh. 81 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.479 And I hope, I mean, I'm I'm I'm still gonna 82 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:51.759 take Rodriguez because, as I talked about earlier this week, 83 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.000 I just loved the story behind it because of the documentary, 84 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.159 and it's also seemingly it's the Badford horse. I mean 85 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:03.159 that alone speaks for itself. But American Promise is what 86 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.719 Moose is going with. That's that's number five and and 87 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:08.759 uh that's what he's picking. And I'm pretty sure in 88 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.639 his four years on Earth, he's he's had the Derby 89 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:14.159 winner at least twice now. 90 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:18.079 Sired by Justify the good jeans you good Jean. 91 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:19.639 I mean, justif I was the one of the triple 92 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.680 Crown winners, right, yes, look at me, I think the 93 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:22.959 I act like I don't know. 94 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.920 Horse racing hung around me too much this week. That's right, 95 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.560 Justifies the youngest triple crown one. He's the youngest Derby 96 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.199 winner and the youngest triple crown on here. 97 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:35.360 Yeah, and Justify correct me if I'm wrong. Was that 98 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:38.000 the second or the first of the recent two that 99 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:38.319 we had? 100 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.079 The second American Pharaoh was? That's right? That's right. I 101 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.040 knew that there were two. I just couldn't remember the 102 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:43.759 name of the other one. 103 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.560 So yeah, Derby vibes are strong right now, and uh, 104 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.600 it's exciting. I'm looking forward to getting out there Saturday 105 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.079 and doing whatever the team needs me to do. Being 106 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.560 a part of the eight forty whas coverage is U 107 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.519 is always a lot of fun and something I'm happy 108 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.839 that I'm able to be a part of. And you know, 109 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.000 I growing up we would go to derby parties around 110 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.639 you know, we had friends and family. I mean there's 111 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:10.639 like three or four derby parties I can kind of 112 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.439 pick from, and sometimes I try to make it to 113 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.800 multiple of them if I can. It's been more difficult 114 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:16.879 to do with working Derby now. But what I'm getting 115 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.120 at is that I like, I don't really remember listening 116 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.000 to radio during Derby day as a kid. I would 117 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.439 just run around at parties, play basketball and pick horses 118 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:26.680 out of like a pot, you know what I mean. 119 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:28.319 And see like that was kind of what we did. 120 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.000 But you know, I've learned since being a part of it, 121 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:33.560 and of course, you know, learning a little bit more 122 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.360 about the history of eight forty whas like it's a 123 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.920 big deal, Like it's a full on Like there's a 124 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.759 lot of people who from start to finish, if they're 125 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.959 not at Derby, even if they're watching the races on television, 126 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.399 like they keep it, keep it on in the background 127 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.439 because you know, it's I mean, it's full coverage from 128 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.639 of everything. Right, We've got interviews with with you know, 129 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:54.839 people on the red carpet different you know, it's our 130 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.360 entire team here at iHeart Louisville collectively working together to 131 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:00.879 provide what we hope is good cover. And I'm a 132 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.759 very small part of it compared to the others that 133 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.720 you know have done it for years, the Tony Cruzes, 134 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.120 Terry Miners, Tony Venetti, but really looking forward to it. 135 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.639 And if you haven't checked it out, I'm telling you 136 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:14.240 it'll probably enhance your derby party if you have a song, 137 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.079 because we'll kind of set the scene. And speaking of 138 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.519 derby parties, I just thought of this. I mean, I 139 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.199 think that's one of the really cool things about how 140 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:27.759 we really embrace the Derby around here, because it's become 141 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:32.240 really more it's become more of a difficult thing for 142 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.560 the locals to go, right. I mean, it's just more 143 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.560 expensive now than it was. And I'm not criticizing Churchill 144 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.279 downs in any way because when it comes to the 145 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.759 Kentucky Derby, I think they'd be foolish to really, you know, 146 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.319 cater to locals. I mean, it's nice if they do 147 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.160 here and there, but like the Derby is like again, 148 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.560 you could restrict anybody locally from going like you can't 149 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:55.360 be which would be stupid to do, of course, but 150 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:57.800 I'm just giving you hypothetical. You could say that nobody 151 00:06:57.800 --> 00:06:59.600 from the state of Kentucky's allowed to go, and you 152 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:01.839 would say, have a crowd that is massive, because that's 153 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:03.480 what the Derby is now. Can it be really stupid 154 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:05.600 to do that. But I'm just saying, like they know 155 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.560 that they don't need to cater to us. And as 156 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.879 we talked about earlier this week, as expensive as things 157 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.360 have gotten and as much as they are really pricing 158 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.160 certain people out and making it to where you get 159 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.240 all inclusive if you buy this really expensive ticket, I believe, 160 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.519 and hopefully we never find out, because I don't want 161 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:22.000 them to do this, but they could double the price 162 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:25.639 and still get people to come, because you know, there's 163 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.399 enough people that just know. 164 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:29.480 What the experience is like. 165 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.399 And even if they really can't justify the expense as 166 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.360 to where it I mean, I guess if you make 167 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:36.160 the decision and you pay for it and you enjoy it, 168 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.360 then if you that that I guess means that you 169 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.279 thought it was worth the expense. But what I'm getting 170 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:44.759 at is that, like it's such a place to be in, 171 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.839 a thing to do for people all over the world, 172 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:48.600 and there's a lot of people in the world last 173 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:50.839 time I checked that. I mean, I don't think they'll 174 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.319 ever have an issue with being too expensive to have 175 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.240 a huge turnout. And I think they know that too. 176 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:57.240 And again I go back to just the pictures over 177 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:58.879 the years I've seen at Bowman Field with all those 178 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.079 private jets that fly in for the weekend or maybe 179 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:05.759 just the day, and I think, Okay, you know, people 180 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.519 who are on a private jet to come to Louisville, 181 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.600 Kentucky for the Kentucky Derby, they're clearly living a much 182 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:13.920 different lifestyle than I am. They're clearly in a much 183 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.240 you know, they're they're they're in a different tax bracket. 184 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.360 But you know, that's who Churchill caters to. Now for 185 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.720 the most part, it seems on Derby day and they're 186 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.800 doing a good job at that. In fact, the more 187 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.199 you make it like what it has become with it's 188 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.879 kind of elegant now more so, I mean it's it's 189 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.759 I mean clearly, the renovations that they've that they've done, 190 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:36.600 it makes me sad that it doesn't look like it 191 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:38.080 did when I was growing up, But like I get 192 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.960 it from their perspective, it looks a lot nicer now, 193 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.519 looks more modern. So, you know, the more they do that, 194 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.200 and then there's a weird thing about like events Austin. 195 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.720 You know this as somebody who's into you know, pop 196 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.799 culture and and and and and I guess, you know, 197 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.840 being younger, the more you make, the more you make 198 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:56.879 something expensive, the more people want to be there. 199 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.320 Sure like that that the more people keep buying it. 200 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.200 Yeah, and where they what they run into is that 201 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.720 they they have something that let me back up, like 202 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:08.600 the super Bowls are one of the biggest it's the 203 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.120 biggest sporting event in America every year. But the but 204 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:15.759 the super Bowl they have max capacity when they have 205 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:17.559 it in the biggest stadiums that are built in the 206 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:18.279 biggest cities. 207 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:19.759 It's a sellout. 208 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:23.279 I mean, there's there's a maximum amount amount of tickets 209 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.559 that you can sell, and clearly they go for a 210 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.879 big dollar amount. But your Churchill downs, like can you 211 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:32.679 sell out Derby? I don't think you can, Like you 212 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.840 could have you know, I feel like double the amount 213 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.120 of people that have been there in previous years, and yeah, 214 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:42.039 i'd be crowded, but like it's a humongous place, like 215 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:43.720 I don't. I mean, I'm sure they monitor the amount 216 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:45.639 of people that come in, but I mean it's also 217 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.879 a huge property that you know, there are some areas 218 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.120 that you know when you walk through it's gonna be tough, 219 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.039 but like you you then will get to an area 220 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.960 that's much more wide open. Yeah, and you can kind 221 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.960 of find your own like you're not crammed in a stadium, 222 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.960 you know what I'm saying. Right, So, you know, I 223 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.279 think Church You'll probably for good reason, made some decisions 224 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.240 in recent years to really just you know, go all 225 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:09.399 out and continue to build and build as this is 226 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.919 going to continue to be a bucket list item for people, 227 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:14.120 and we're gonna build it as We're gonna build it 228 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.279 and sell it as that market it is marketed as that. 229 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.360 And again, there's enough people in the world and I 230 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.919 mean across the entire world that will will at some 231 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:23.720 point make their way here, and a lot of people 232 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.159 and I've learned this just in doing interviews with different 233 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.399 folks that are there every year for Derby. They come 234 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.080 back like they're clearly enjoying themselves enough to where not 235 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.000 only do they justify the expense, they start saving, you know, 236 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:35.279 if they need to, or maybe they just have the 237 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:36.480 money to where they know they're coming. 238 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:36.919 Back next year. 239 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.879 So you know, there's something about being in a place, 240 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.159 being from a place, living in a place that that 241 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:45.360 has a big event like we do here in kind 242 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.360 of embracing it and you know, like I feel like 243 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.799 we we kind of own the week in a good 244 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:52.000 way as far as you know. 245 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:53.279 Put it this way. 246 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.080 Let me give you an example. I'm not even joking, by 247 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.200 the way. This is not like some poor attempt to 248 00:10:59.240 --> 00:10:59.559 be funny. 249 00:10:59.559 --> 00:10:59.960 It's the true. 250 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:02.720 I didn't think of it until I noticed it yesterday, 251 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.879 and then I interested again today. We sometimes let the 252 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:09.960 grass and the medians on these interstates in Louisville get 253 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.080 to be eight feet tall. You won't find that right now. 254 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.000 Everybody's coming to Louisville. We got to get the grass cut. 255 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:19.960 There might be a nineteen ninety six Chevy trail Blazer 256 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.360 that's been sitting on the side of the Greenbelt Highway 257 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.519 for nine months, not anymore. They got it out of there, 258 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.799 take it to the junkyard, take it to the you know, 259 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:28.840 the impound. 260 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:29.039 Lot or whatever. 261 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:29.320 Like. 262 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:30.879 You know, we clean up a little bit. 263 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.200 Around here whenever we got people coming in town for Derby. 264 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.480 There may be certain areas where the city only cuts 265 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.759 that grass once a year, but I guarantee, if so, 266 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:41.039 it's going to be during Derby Week because we realize, hey, 267 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.159 we got to clean up a little bit. We got 268 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.279 people coming to town. We want to look our best now. 269 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.279 I didn't plan on going here, but now that we're 270 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.360 talking about it. Dave Portnoyd before he became the Dave 271 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.960 port Nord that he is now, meaning like he's one 272 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.679 of the most influential sports media figures in the country. 273 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.639 Clearly a very polarizing guy, but obviously very successful. I 274 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.519 happened to be a fan of his content. I don't 275 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:07.679 always agree with everything he has said or done, but 276 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.960 like I'm you know, I'm a stooley if you guys 277 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.679 want to make fun of me. 278 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.159 So he came to Derby many years ago. This was 279 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:16.600 actually this was so long ago. 280 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.360 I was on a different radio station at the time 281 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:20.960 and I've been here for ten years, so in fact, 282 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.399 it's been a lot longer than actually realized. But he 283 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:25.120 came to Churchill Downs and I believe it might have 284 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.240 been the first time he came to Derby, and it 285 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.919 was when Barstool kind of began developing a big following 286 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:33.639 and he really ran the city in the ground in 287 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.559 a way that you know, was not nice. And he 288 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.440 said something that I'd never really made the observation because 289 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.720 it's just always been that way. 290 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.519 But he's right. 291 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:46.200 Churchill Downs, for you know, being the place that hosts 292 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.120 the Kentucky Derby, the home of the Kentucky Devery, one 293 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.159 of the biggest events in sports across the planet. In 294 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:55.879 our city, it's it's not exactly nestled in a nice 295 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.279 area really at all. Now they've bought up a lot 296 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.720 of the property year there over the years to where 297 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.879 it's kind of its own neighborhood of Louisville, right, like 298 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:06.559 the Taylor Boulevard. 299 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:08.919 Like there's areas of Taylor Boulevard. 300 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.000 That now you can tell, oh, Churchill A bought that, 301 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:13.360 and it's no longer somebody's property, it's now property of 302 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.200 Churchill Downs, and they're just making parking lots or expanding 303 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.200 all that kind of stuff. But like, I'd never really 304 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:22.200 consider the fact that what is the biggest attraction globally 305 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.039 in our city. It you know, it's not in an 306 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.080 area that anybody would claim as one of the nicer 307 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.000 areas of the city. I mean, I guess it's close 308 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.720 to Cardinal Stadium and it's close to ul in that aspect. 309 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:35.759 But like when I grew you know, even at this 310 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.440 day when I go to when I go to the track, 311 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.360 there's a lot of different ways to go, but like 312 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.120 this morning when I went, I got on Waterson, I 313 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.399 got off at Taylor Boulevard, and I remember what Taylor 314 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.000 Boulevard is. 315 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:49.039 Like I took a. 316 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.120 Rite and then I hit Longfield Avenue and you know, 317 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.320 like that's just my route. So like if I was 318 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.080 going there every day, which I'm not, like, I would 319 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.240 always go past an area that and I'm not. You know, 320 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.360 I don't think I'm saying anything that anybody is going 321 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.720 to to speak, it's no disrespect to people that lived 322 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.519 there and grew up there. 323 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:05.320 Look, I'm from Bully County. 324 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.440 I mean, I mean I make fun of where I 325 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:10.159 grew up all the time, and you know, I love 326 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.519 the place. Wouldn't change anything about where I'm from. But 327 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.600 like obviously sometimes we make it pretty easy for people 328 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.039 to make fun of us, you know what I'm saying. 329 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:19.120 So you know, Taylor Boulevard, that area, I mean, even 330 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:20.799 if it's your home and you love it, like I 331 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.600 think we could all agree, it's not viewed as like an. 332 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.679 Area that you would expect a big attraction. 333 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.279 That is, you know, Louisville's claim to fame, but you 334 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.159 know it's been there forever and I just always think 335 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.000 about the amount of people who've been able to just 336 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.399 timing on their side. They own a home near the track, 337 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.200 and like, they know Churchill's got endless money, they know 338 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.759 Churchill wants their property, and like what they've probably they've 339 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.799 probably made life changing money at times selling property in 340 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:51.200 houses because they know Churchill will pay whatever, because you 341 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.559 know they can. So have you ever thought, I mean again, 342 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.000 you didn't grow up here, so maybe it's not something 343 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.000 that's really been like, but I remember thinking, I remember 344 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.679 wanting to be like offended and like I can't believe 345 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.039 Prez is coming at us like this, how about you 346 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:05.080 show some respect pizza boy, Like that's what I'm That's 347 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.960 what I'm thinking. Yeah, And I'm. 348 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:08.600 Like, you know what, he's right, Like he showed a 349 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.159 picture of. 350 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.480 Him walking from Taylor Boulevard to like, you know, I 351 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.360 guess he got dropped off and made a long walk 352 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.799 and he didn't walk in near uh you know, Jim 353 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.600 Patterson Stadium. 354 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.639 He walked in on the other. 355 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.679 Side over the old deja Vu. He was right there 356 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.080 by DejaVu. And I remember thinking like, yeah, you know 357 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.559 what if that if you get off a plane you 358 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.879 drop your stuff at a hotel and you get an 359 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.320 uber and you get dropped off at the Deja Vu 360 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:36.080 and that that route to there and then you walk in. 361 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.200 That's that's your first impression of this city. I kind 362 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:41.279 of get his reaction, you know what I'm saying. It'd 363 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.159 be like Outjavu by the way. Yeah, oh all right, 364 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.840 p r ip. Yeah you're well miss burned down. Yeah, 365 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:48.720 the only strip club in town where you could be 366 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.519 eighteen and get in, at least at least that I 367 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.080 know of. I know. 368 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.759 Uh, that was my first when I turned eighteen. 369 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.480 Yeah, there was there's I didn't know it, but at 370 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:59.919 some point maybe somebody just told me this and I'm 371 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.120 idiot and believed it. But like, were we known as 372 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.720 like a strip club city at some point? 373 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:06.320 I don't know. So let me give you the. 374 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.080 Explanation as to why I heard that, and this would 375 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.320 make it make sense. 376 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.519 We had a lot of we had a lot. 377 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.879 Of them per per you know, per population, and we 378 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:17.919 had rules that were a little bit lenient compared to 379 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.440 others to where they could get like, you know, butt 380 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.960 ass naked. Oh yeah, also bars can bars could stay over. 381 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.919 I think other cities have adjusted, but I didn't realize 382 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.080 this whenever I was young, and you know, a guy 383 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.440 just hitting bars trying to party and not you know, 384 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.039 not drinking, you know, to be social, but just drinking 385 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:37.559 and get hammered like a dumb twenty one year old. 386 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.240 I didn't realize that we had it good where we 387 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.919 could stay out till like four o'clock in the morning, 388 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.840 Whereas you go to Nashville, Like I remember my first 389 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.440 time partying in Nashville, bars closed like one o'clock. 390 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:49.000 I'm like, what the hell is this? We just started. 391 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.440 Wow. 392 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.799 So I think because of. 393 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:53.320 The rule that and I imagine it's changed since then, 394 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.720 but I believe the rule about just how naked you 395 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.600 could get and how late we stayed open that made 396 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:00.440 it to where like if you're in and I don't 397 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:02.879 really know, I mean, I guess there are strip club guys, right, 398 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.680 the ones that you know, if they're out of town, 399 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.880 they want to find the nicest gentleman's club and you know, 400 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.480 have a night. You know, do you live your life. 401 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.559