WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.400 It is the Jesse Kelly Show, another hour of the 2 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:08.880 Jesse Kelly Show on a magnificent Monday. I'm so happy 3 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:13.039 the work week's just starting, aren't you. So here's what 4 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.080 we have this hour. We got Klaye Travis coming up 5 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:19.519 half hour from now. I do need to address the 6 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:23.079 Halloween issue in about ten minutes, but we don't have 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:24.920 time for any of that right now, because you know 8 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.199 what time it is. It is the start of the 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.960 second hour on Monday, and that means it's time for 10 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:35.679 Medal of Honor Monday. We take a medal of honor, citation, 11 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.600 we read it. That's it. We honor the hero, we 12 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:43.479 honor the deeds, we remember them as we should. I again, 13 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:46.719 as I always do, want to encourage you to do 14 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.000 this in your own life. I didn't do any of 15 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.280 these deeds. I don't know any of this. These are 16 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.560 available for everybody. If you're a teacher, do it with 17 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:01.079 your class, If you're an employer, do it in the office, 18 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:05.040 do with your sports team. People love this stuff. It's 19 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:09.120 important and people love it all right. This one is 20 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:11.719 one we've actually never done. In fact, I'm gonna give 21 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:14.719 you a little bit of history around this one before 22 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.400 we move on to the rest of the show. But 23 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.760 this is the Medal of Honor citation for Teddy Roosevelt, 24 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.760 President Theodore Roosevelt. That's right, one and the same. There's 25 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.319 all kinds of things around this we'll discuss in a moment, 26 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.719 but before we do that, we might as well honor 27 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.560 the man. He was born in New York, New York. 28 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.640 Don't know if you knew that Teddy Roosevelt was a 29 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.879 New Yorker. He was an old and he was from 30 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.640 a wealthy family in New York City. Very much a 31 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:47.280 self made though human being wealthy but self made. I'll 32 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.959 explain in a few but without further ado. There it 33 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.920 is hey honoring those who went above and beyond. It's 34 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:08.120 Medal of Honor Monday for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at 35 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.240 the risk of his life, above and beyond the call 36 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.319 of duty. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts 37 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.919 of bravery on the first of July eighteen ninety eight, 38 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:23.759 near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a 39 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:29.039 daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in 40 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.960 total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only 41 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:37.199 four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge 42 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:41.000 up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the 43 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:46.680 assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the 44 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.639 enemy's fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge and 45 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.719 was first to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly 46 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.000 killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his 47 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:02.439 men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned 48 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.759 the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant 49 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:10.319 Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in 50 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:14.039 keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect 51 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.199 great credit upon himself, his unit in the United States Army. 52 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.639 Now I'm going to give you a little bit of history, 53 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:28.120 little background on the Spanish American War and on Teddy Roosevelt. 54 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.960 So you know how we had that discussion a couple 55 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.840 weeks ago. I think it was about how I feel 56 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:39.319 that we should conquer more of the Western hemisphere. Now 57 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.800 this whole thing kind of makes me agree, because Cuba 58 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.080 is one of those things we should have never given up. 59 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:52.240 The Spanish had control of Cuba, we launched the Spanish 60 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:56.479 American War against them. Now you probably already know this story. 61 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.919 In case you don't, we had a warship parked off 62 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.759 of the coast of Cuba. We were having obviously some 63 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:06.680 tensions with the Spanish. This warship was called the Main, 64 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:11.000 as in the state the Main. It blew up one night. 65 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.759 Nobody knows, and now we're at the point where nobody 66 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:22.800 will ever know why it blew up. Did the Spanish 67 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:27.439 do it? We don't know. Did someone was someone smoking 68 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.040 a cigarette in the magazine of the ship and drop 69 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.439 some ashes on it. We don't know. We'll never know. 70 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.480 But what we do know is what came next. In 71 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:43.600 what is known as yellow journalism, America's media, major media outlets, 72 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:48.199 major newspapers whipped the American people up into a frenzy, 73 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.879 saying the Spanish blew up our warship. The rallying cry 74 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.680 across the country was, remember the Main. Remember the Main. 75 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.519 If I remember right, I think there are even stupid 76 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.959 old salt and stuff like that they wrote about it. 77 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.240 Remember the Main, Remember the Main. So we decide we've 78 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.959 had enough of these dirty Spaniards and we are going 79 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.800 to go down there and we're going to beat the 80 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:15.439 Spanish up in Cuba, but we didn't have much of 81 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.680 an army. America was made to not have much of 82 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:22.319 a standing army. Our founders oneed a very minimal standing army. 83 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.600 We just didn't have many guys. The President of the 84 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:30.120 United States of America starts getting legislation passed that not 85 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.560 only beefs up the army for the coming expedition. He's 86 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.439 fled out asking for volunteers, and he finds somebody who 87 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:42.000 is more than willing to volunteer. That man's name was 88 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:45.560 Teddy Roosevelt. Now let's pause for just a moment. Why 89 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:50.199 would Teddy Roosevelt volunteer? There is this there's this thing. 90 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:52.160 I don't want to speak for women, but I know 91 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:56.319 this thing exists in men. Where you have a father, 92 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:01.879 or maybe you didn't, but your father, oftentimes you will 93 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:07.879 become what he is, and oftentimes you will try very 94 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:11.920 hard and succeed in making sure you're not what he is. 95 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:16.959 It just totally depends Teddy Roosevelt's father. I don't want 96 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:18.759 to make him sound like a bad guy at all, 97 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.279 at all. There's no I haven't read anything to indicate 98 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:28.079 that that Teddy Roosevelt's father sat out the Civil War. 99 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:34.000 Did not fight in the Civil War. Teddy Roosevelt was 100 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.959 a very sickly young boy, very very sickly. Teddy Roosevelt, 101 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:44.240 through what appears to be will I don't even know. 102 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.839 I still don't understand fully what happened, decides that he's 103 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:52.519 going to make himself a tough guy. He's just going 104 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.360 to become one. He is sickly, he is weak, he 105 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.160 gets picked on by the other kids. That he just 106 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:04.240 starts training, training his body. He's just boxing, wrestling. He 107 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.639 was physically, by far, the toughest president we've ever had, 108 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:11.160 maybe Abe Lincoln, who was an accomplished wrestler, but physically, 109 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:12.759 I mean, one on one, they're all in the ring, 110 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.879 Teddy Roosevelt would probably beat the living daylights out of 111 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:20.000 any of them. Just became that way. He was so 112 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:23.759 interested in being the ultimate American and a tough guy 113 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.839 that before all this, before the Spanish American War, he'd 114 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.040 lost his wife, things like that. I won't go into details. 115 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:34.000 He moves out to the Dakotas, which are brutal, especially 116 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.160 back then in the winter time, and he just becomes 117 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.160 a cowboy. This is a New York socialite and he's 118 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.759 a no I want to be a wider. I'm gonna 119 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.319 go out, and he did it. There's toughest nails and 120 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.680 got very good on a horse, very good with weapons. 121 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:53.199 Fast forward. Part of this volunteer thing for the Spanish 122 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:58.000 American War was, Hey, Teddy, why don't you take some guys. 123 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.680 He raises about eleven one hundred men, and they were 124 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:06.000 known as the rough Riders. Many of them were ranchers, 125 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.639 because he wanted guys. This was going to be a 126 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.439 cavalry unit all horseback. Many of them were ranchers. Many 127 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.279 of them were polo players or cross country riders. Many 128 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:19.000 of them were Indian tribesmen who were experienced on horses, 129 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:21.920 Cherokees and things like that. It sounds like a motley 130 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.079 crew that it was. They were selected for their horsemanship, 131 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:31.000 and Teddy Roosevelt himself was a very accomplished horseman. They 132 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:35.320 ended up down in Cuba, really really crappy. Fighting. Disease 133 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.799 was a terrible problem, malaria and yellow fever. We're talking 134 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.960 about a lot of tropical environment, a lot of tropical fighting. 135 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.519 It was killing the Spanish, it was killing us, and 136 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:49.720 Teddy Roosevelt again, he just decided he was going to 137 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:54.080 be brave by force of will. He just goes charging 138 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.399 up this hill. It is disputed whether or not he 139 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:02.039 was the first. Teddy Roosevelt says he was the first. 140 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.080 There are men who served with him who say he 141 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.480 was the first. He likely was the first. There are 142 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:11.000 other accounts that say, ah, there were other people. And 143 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.720 no matter what, it was a very very brave thing 144 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.039 to do, to just go charging up and open hill 145 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:22.000 when people are shooting down on you. Is that's brave. 146 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.840 That's very very brave. And so our American president on 147 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:29.759 Mount Rushmore goes charging up the hill, runs into some 148 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:32.200 guy trying to kill him, pulls out a pistol and 149 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.919 guns him down like the wiaterp he decided he was 150 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:38.879 going to be Teddy Roosevelt. I actually politically have a 151 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.120 lot of disagreements with him. He's much more big government 152 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.039 than I am. But as a man, as a human being, 153 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.559 I'm a huge admirer, a huge admirer. He is somebody 154 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.480 that is fascinating. I only said all this because I 155 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.440 wanted to encourage you. If this kind of stuff interests you, 156 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.279 Teddy Roosevelt would be a fascinating person to read about. 157 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.480 You're a kid listening, maybe you have a school project 158 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:05.679 coming up. If you did one on Teddy Roosevelt, you 159 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.840 would enjoy the homework. I'll put it that way. He's 160 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.679 he's like an action hero. He's that way, just a 161 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.240 wild man. He used to box visiting dignitaries. He'd make 162 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:19.039 them box or wrestle. He finally had to stop because 163 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.679 he got hit so hard that he went like blind 164 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:24.240 in one eye. And so I'll just move on to wrestling. 165 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:27.039 He's just one of the dude's amazing dudes. Wold, all right, 166 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.519 before we get back to politics, I'm gonna get to 167 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:33.120 some emails. I do want to address something that's odd. 168 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.879 I ran into something odd on Friday night. It is 169 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:42.240 the Jesse Kelly Show on a wonderful Monday. Remember you 170 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:46.279 can email the show Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. 171 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:49.159 I'm gonna get to those here in a few Also, 172 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.399 we have Clay Travis. Of course, if the Clay Travis 173 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:55.200 buck Sexton Show coming up about ten minutes from now, 174 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:57.840 we'll be riffing with Clay for a few Oh, that's 175 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:01.200 so much more still to come the Jesse Kelly's Show. 176 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.879 We did get this one though, Jesse. We have a 177 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:08.559 grandchild that is a first grader. The teacher and staff 178 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:12.919 preach about peanut allergies. He've afraid, he's afraid to touch 179 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.559 the stuff. It's worse than their climate propaganda. And I've 180 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.159 brought the climate propaganda is actually about to come into 181 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.480 play here on the show in a few But so 182 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.320 I need to set stage for you. Friday night was Halloween. 183 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.639 I told you on Friday the Kellys have finally upgraded 184 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.240 to full sized candy bars. Right, we went full size. 185 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.320 Now I need to set it all. I need to 186 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:37.039 set stage. 187 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:37.519 Bob. 188 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.960 Of course, I kind of get the shaft. We'll get 189 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.120 to that in a moment. But Ob pulls out this 190 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.440 huge tray. It's sitting by the front door. We have 191 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:56.279 on this tray Starburst, Skittles, her She's chocolate bars, just 192 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:03.000 a straight chocolate bar, Snickers, Twigs, Reese's Peanut butter cups, 193 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.039 and butterfingers. All right, so we have that. It's those 194 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:12.960 eight things. You know, I'm fascinated by people. And we've 195 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:16.919 had this talk before about about candy bulls in the office. 196 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:19.159 You know how the secretary has a candy bull up there. 197 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.759 What's the last thing? Always in the little candy bull 198 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.960 Three Musketeers because it sucks and nobody likes it, and 199 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:27.679 you can yell all you want that it's great. I'm sorry, 200 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:32.200 but people don't lie. They pick around the Three Musketeers. 201 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:36.200 With a selection like this of so many of the basics, 202 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.879 I was fascinated. What was gonna go first? What wasn't 203 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:45.000 gonna go first? Now? First thing off the board, Skittles 204 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:50.720 the skittle That's not surprising. Everybody takes a handful of Skittles, 205 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.519 tosses them all in the mouth, chews them up until 206 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.720 it's just one ball of delicious sugary crack, and then 207 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:01.320 you swallow it down. Skittles are amazing, No surprise skills. Second, 208 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:07.600 now I thought this was a little surprising. Twis I 209 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:12.080 like Twigs. This is not an anti Twix rand. But second, 210 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:17.840 off the board, Yeah, there's butterfingers there, there's the Reese's 211 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:23.000 Peanut butter cups are right there, Twigs. Third, straight up, 212 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:27.399 Hrshley's chocolate Bar. That's exactly what I said. Jewish producer 213 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:31.639 Chris just said, why now I like it? If someone 214 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:34.200 offers me a square, I'm not a huge candy person, 215 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.399 I admit I like it. I would never if I 216 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:39.600 was buying a candy bar in the gas station with 217 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:44.399 all those selections, go Hershey's chocolate bar. But the kids did. Okay, 218 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:50.039 you can defend all this. But before the Reeses and 219 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:55.000 the Snickers, I did mention Snickers, right, I hope I did. 220 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.080 If I didn't mention Snickers, I should have because that's 221 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:01.840 important to the story. Full size Snickers. We couldn't give 222 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:07.480 them away, nobody wanted them. The Snickers did not go 223 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:12.360 until everything else had been wiped off the tray, absolutely 224 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:13.960 everything else, and we had to go get the spare 225 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.960 packs of Hershees, spare packs of Skills. The skills were 226 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:21.120 gone in the first twenty minutes, just wiped out. Everything 227 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.639 else had to be gone. At the end of the night, 228 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.840 the only thing left on the tray were Snickers bars 229 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:35.159 and butterfinger bars. No butterfinger and so I put this 230 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.159 out on social media, how weird this was, and I 231 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:42.919 got a lot of responses like this, is this a 232 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:48.240 peanut allergy thing? I'm not trying to be little anybody. 233 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.720 I don't know. I know peanut allergies are real. Is 234 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:57.600 this so prevalent and dangerous in the next generation that 235 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.840 now kids are afraid of buying Reese's Peanut or g 236 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.960 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Chris says, no way. Yeah, but 237 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:07.600 your kids are young. You're your baby's young, Corey's baby's young. 238 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.200 My sons don't have this. I've never heard of this before. 239 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.759 This was news to me, and I know this is 240 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.879 the most unimportant thing in the world. I thought it 241 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.000 was fascinating. The Snickers, I'll give you, Snickers is always 242 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:29.440 mid tier. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, that's top tier candy bar, 243 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:36.799 that's on almost everybody's top five. What Chris, Chris said, 244 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.440 when you're going through candy, you're gonna have to unwrap 245 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:45.960 Reese's twice. Chris, you're thinking like a logical adult. Children 246 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:51.519 hyped up on sugar at Halloween are not walking through 247 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:55.360 this like you taking a part of car engine, You goober. 248 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.159 The kids are not gonna worry about an extra little 249 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:01.080 piece of paper on rate on reeis is the only 250 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.000 the only way I would push back on that and 251 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.120 maybe say you could get agreement on that is what's 252 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.480 up with the starburst? The starbursts were not big either. 253 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:12.039 Now that you have to unwrap twice and it's not 254 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.360 easy to unwrap it twice. You have to dig your 255 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:21.919 fingernails at what it didn't go because Starburs sucks. It's 256 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:26.399 not that it sucks. It can be too hard. It 257 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:29.080 could be if you get Star Wars that's fresh enough, 258 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.519 where it's nice and squishy, it's fine. I don't want 259 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.200 to have to pull out my molars trying to eat candy, 260 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.480 or I'm just not doing it. I have no idea 261 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.639 why we just talked about this for like ten minutes, 262 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.159 but we're gonna, you know what, I'm gonna ask Klay 263 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.279 Travis about it in a couple of minutes and then 264 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:45.320 we'll move on. I swear we'll get back to other 265 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.639 important things. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a 266 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:53.639 wonderful Monday. Reminding you you can email the show Jesse 267 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:59.360 at Jesse kellyshow dot com. Joining me now reluctantly because 268 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:01.559 we're gonna talk about his new book and other things. 269 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.240 Is my buddy Clay Travis. Of course, of the Clay 270 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.559 Travis and Buck Sexton Show doesn't exactly need an introduction 271 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:12.000 on this program, Okay, Clay before we get into politics 272 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.319 and the book and everything else. That there was a 273 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.440 weird phenomenon at the Kelly household. I just talked about it. 274 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.839 I want to know if you experienced this Halloween night. 275 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:25.599 Skittles went super fast, Twigs super fast, Reese's peanut butter 276 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:29.759 cups lagging way behind Snickers. Snickers might as well have 277 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.680 not even showed up. McLay, I've got Snickers coming out 278 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:35.880 the wazoo. Now what happened at the Travis household. 279 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.880 So Reese's peanut butter cups are like the gold standard. Yes, 280 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.359 they're the ten at the bar at closing hour that 281 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:50.160 you can't even believe would still be available. So so 282 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:54.119 Reese's went like crazy. The one that I realize I'm 283 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:58.240 getting to be an old guy on and having to 284 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:06.400 learn its like Nerds gummy concoction the kids on the 285 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.160 nerd gummy creation and I haven't even tried this yet. 286 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:13.160 This is where I feel like, as my boys call me, 287 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:16.079 the ultimate unk. I don't know if you ever are 288 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:18.279 called this, but you know, an old guy who's not 289 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.359 necessarily plugged in is now called an unk by the 290 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:26.720 young kids, obviously short for uncle. But but I am 291 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.079 the Travis family unk beyond the shadow of a doubt, 292 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.119 And so I didn't even know these things existed. I 293 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.480 couldn't believe how popular they were. And my boys are like, 294 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:39.480 of course, and even my wife is like, you know, 295 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.680 where have you been? And I'm like, well, sitting around 296 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:45.559 watching a lot of sports, not aware of gummy gummy nerds. 297 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:50.960 I guess concoctions. But but yeah, this was we gave 298 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.279 out how much like how busy is your house? Like 299 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.960 how many people would you bet come by on a Halloween? 300 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.720 Okay, well, this is another point that I don't understand 301 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.680 that I feel like things have changed from seven to eight. 302 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.599 I would say there's a kid every five minutes, not 303 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:08.680 super busy, and we're in a neighbor a bunch of kids. 304 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:13.599 Eight o'clock, noticeable drop off. By eight thirty. You can 305 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.039 throw the candy outside, they're gone. I feel like we 306 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:19.200 didn't start trigger treating till eight thirty nine o'clock when 307 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.880 I was a kid. I don't understand what's happened to kids. 308 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.480 So my house, it starts in daylight, So I mean 309 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:30.440 we start getting slammed now. I think it's because there's 310 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.039 so many young kids and there are some you know, 311 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:35.480 parents out there, and they're like, I want to be 312 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:37.599 off the streets by the time it gets dark because 313 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.200 we got bad time and everything else. So the young 314 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:46.000 kids starting about five thirty Central in the Nashville area, boom, 315 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:48.519 people are just flooding it. Just I'm not kidding about this. 316 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:52.319 So this is fun. Years ago, I got into a 317 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.920 dispute with a company called Jack Daniels Fire. Do you 318 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.039 remember Jack Daniels when they got into the cinnamon whiskey business. 319 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.000 Yes, okay, so this is. 320 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.599 A funny story. I don't know that you that you 321 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.000 have heard me tell this story for it's probably like 322 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.799 eight years ago. I got contacted. They're like, hey, we 323 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.599 know you like to drink. I was like yeah, okay, 324 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.000 and they're like, we'll pay you. They were doing a 325 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:17.680 launch party in Nashville. They're like, we'll pay you three 326 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:21.160 grand if you will show up and just you know, 327 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:24.559 get your picture taken at the Jackfire or whatever it 328 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:28.680 was called, like they're cinnamon whiskey event. And I was 329 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.359 like yeah, I mean all I got to do is 330 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:32.680 show up and you know, be like, here's a picture 331 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:35.640 of me with a whiskey bottle. Yeah, I'll go. So 332 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.599 I agreed to do that. I think this is probably 333 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:43.119 like twenty seventeen or so, like six weeks later, I 334 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:46.240 get called and they're like, hey, this is so and 335 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.559 so with Jack Daniels fire. I'm like yeah, and they're like, 336 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.160 some of your social media posts we believe are bringing 337 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:58.000 the brand potentially into disreputable peritils. I swear to God, 338 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:05.720 Whiskey company Jack Daniels like, I mean, do you know 339 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:09.240 who consumes your product? They were like, you are no 340 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:13.319 longer able to come to our Cinnamon Whiskey event. We 341 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:17.799 are canceling your invitation. I swear to God. I was like, 342 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:19.279 is this I thought I was. I thought it was 343 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:22.400 one of my buddies like pranking me, because you know, 344 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.480 like I probably bragged. I'm like, yeah, I'm getting three 345 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.480 grand to pose, you know. I mean I I three 346 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.640 grands a lot of freaking money to just post a 347 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:32.319 whiskey model, right, and you know they probably got, you know, 348 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.119 pretty fun crowd that's showing up to come drink. I 349 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:37.079 was like, I'll show up for three I mean, I 350 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:39.079 wanna go to the bar probably for free between you 351 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:43.640 and me for three grand. So I'm all set, all 352 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.839 set to show up. They cancel on me, and I 353 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:49.720 was like, what did I say? And this, You'll love this. 354 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:54.680 They were like, well, your comments about Confederate statues being 355 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:59.920 torn down brought the brand into disrepute. I'm like, Jack 356 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:06.920 daniels brothers fought for the Confederacy. The only reason the 357 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:12.000 Tennessee Company, the only reason Jack Daniels wasn't a Confederate 358 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:15.319 soldier was because he was too young when the Civil 359 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:19.519 War happened to actually fight in the Civil War. I 360 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:22.680 was like, do you know who consumes your brand? What 361 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:25.480 percentage of whiskey drinkers are? Like, you know what? I 362 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:29.519 want more historical statues torn down. So this is one 363 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:35.400 hundred percent truth. So the story Fireball sent me their 364 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:40.519 top competitor. They sent me a fireball machine. They sent 365 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:42.720 me like like, it is like the same thing that 366 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:45.640 they have in the bar. It's a chiller. You plug 367 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.880 it in, you turn a fireball, you know, plastic bottle 368 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:56.400 upside down, double loaded. It will feed constant fireball shots 369 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:00.279 out to anybody chilled, you know, directly out. So, starting 370 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:02.640 about a decade ago, I don't know, eight years ago, 371 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:06.000 whenever they sent this to me, we started giving out 372 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:09.599 shots to parents in our neighborhood who would come by 373 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:12.119 with kids. You know, if they wanted it. So kids 374 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:14.200 get a trick or treat, they get anything. And then 375 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:18.839 my wife, you know, is manning the shot machine. And 376 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:22.839 so on Halloween for the last several you know, last 377 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:25.920 almost a decade in this house, we have now given 378 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:30.319 out last on Halloween. On Friday, we gave up seventeen 379 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:35.119 bottles of Fireball cinnamon whiskey. And it all started because 380 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:38.839 those morons that Jack Daniels said, Clay, you're too controversial, 381 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:41.640 and to their credit, Fireball sent me a shot making 382 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.920 machine and so we get we gave out seventeen bottles 383 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:49.920 of Fireball shots. Everybody loves it. And you know, there 384 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:52.000 are worse things than having some alcohol when you're having 385 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:54.559 to walk around and chase your kids all over the neighborhood. 386 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:57.400 So so yeah, seventeen bottles. My wife has been in 387 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:00.240 charge over the last years. And we're now moving and 388 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:03.200 we have beweats to the fireball shop machine to a 389 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:06.359 neighbor so that trend can continue in the neighborhood. 390 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.680 I kid you not speaking with Clay Travis. He has 391 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.240 a new book Balls out, which we are going to 392 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:14.160 get to here in just a couple of months. I 393 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.680 kid you not to piggyback off your story. Not to 394 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:21.400 Tommy Topper you at all, Clay, But we also had 395 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.319 We were not those people, but we had people in 396 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:26.240 our neighborhood. It was right on the corner, like to 397 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:28.799 call to us, that corner, and they were doing the 398 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:31.160 same type thing. It wasn't just fireball though. They had 399 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:34.039 one of the big, like gigantic coolers and they were 400 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:36.960 handing out like I think it's a college party, jello 401 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.720