Welcome to this week’s episode of "Newz and Trendz" where Dave and Len kick off the discussion with the sizzling summer heat sweeping across the country and its impact on daily life. This segue’s into a humorous yet practical discussion about the scarcity of ice and how communities cope during extreme temperatures.
The conversation takes a turn as they delve into a thought-provoking piece on the top U.S. cities where Black communities are thriving, discussing the surprising locations on the list and what contributes to success in these areas.
Dive into the fascinating yet slightly unnerving feature on the rapid advancements of AI and how it's shaping our future. From groundbreaking innovations to unnecessary fears, Dave and Len analyze how AI could redefine human work and life by 2037.
Next, the duo reflects on the evolution of Black sitcoms, discussing the most influential shows from the past and present, diving into the cultural impacts and personal favorites of listeners.
Finally, Dave and Len challenge listeners with a riveting "what if" scenario involving a mysterious suitcase, leaving you to ponder what your choice would be in such a situation.
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00:00:10 --> 00:00:18 All right, y'all, get ready for another edition of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
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00:01:34 --> 00:01:38 Okay? I'm hanging out with my partner, Mr. Leonard Young. What's going on, sir?
00:01:38 --> 00:01:42 Hey, Dave. Everything is good. This is Leonard Young, CEO of National Black
00:01:42 --> 00:01:47 Guide, DelawareBlack.com, Black Media Specialist, all around good guide.
00:01:48 --> 00:01:50 And Dave, you ask me why I say the same intro every time.
00:01:51 --> 00:01:56 Yep. Yep. I know. I know. I know. But I make it easy on myself.
00:01:56 --> 00:01:58 I know. But I'm always the information person.
00:01:58 --> 00:02:03 So, you know, you always make me do all of that stuff.
00:02:03 --> 00:02:07 People, he won't do it. So I have to do it. So anyway. but
00:02:07 --> 00:02:10 it's wasn't a couple weeks
00:02:10 --> 00:02:13 ago you said where summer at it's here man it's here
00:02:13 --> 00:02:16 definitely here with an
00:02:16 --> 00:02:23 attitude yeah with an attitude you know we you know i can't imagine how much
00:02:23 --> 00:02:28 hotter hades is you know what i mean you know so so but we've been getting some
00:02:28 --> 00:02:34 heat i know and i i feel bad because I know you've had to be out in it a lot.
00:02:34 --> 00:02:39 So, you know, I know you had a big concert this weekend down at your campground.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:43 Why don't you tell people about what went on down? Yes. I mean,
00:02:43 --> 00:02:46 that was big. But, you know, to be honest, this weekend wasn't too bad.
00:02:47 --> 00:02:52 But I will say Monday, of course, yesterday and today, it was a little rough.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:57 But, you know, at the same point, so there's one other guy who kind of does a lot of work outside.
00:02:58 --> 00:03:01 And Dave, I told him from the jump, I was like, you know what?
00:03:01 --> 00:03:03 We ain't trying to kill ourselves out here, you know?
00:03:04 --> 00:03:09 So, I mean, both days he went home early. I think I went home early.
00:03:09 --> 00:03:14 And I was telling you today, it's so hot. I went to Wawa. They did not have any ice.
00:03:15 --> 00:03:21 They ran out of ice and the guy at the counter said that people have been abusing
00:03:21 --> 00:03:24 their ice, coming in and just getting cups of ice. No water,
00:03:24 --> 00:03:25 no drinks, no purchases.
00:03:26 --> 00:03:29 Yeah, that's what people do. That's what they do. I know
00:03:29 --> 00:03:32 the Wawa over by my job used
00:03:32 --> 00:03:35 to have like when the ice machine would go
00:03:35 --> 00:03:38 down or when the soda machine would go down they
00:03:38 --> 00:03:41 all had this big cooler of ice that
00:03:41 --> 00:03:44 would make ice you know but nobody knew only people
00:03:44 --> 00:03:47 have been going in there for a while knew they had the extra ice right so
00:03:47 --> 00:03:52 but they kind of moved things around so now they tell people they don't have
00:03:52 --> 00:03:57 it when the machine goes down so i know that i know this wawa over here not
00:03:57 --> 00:04:03 far from us they run out of ice all the time oh do they yeah now and now on
00:04:03 --> 00:04:07 on regular days or on on regular even during the winter time.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:13 I've been in there many times after work or whatever and i'm talking about like
00:04:13 --> 00:04:17 five six o'clock maybe seven o'clock in the evening and i go to get you know
00:04:17 --> 00:04:22 because i usually will get a big cup with and fill it up with water and ice
00:04:22 --> 00:04:27 you know and there's been many a times they They haven't had ice.
00:04:28 --> 00:04:32 Oh, wow. Because the machine, apparently, you have to wait. It takes a moment
00:04:32 --> 00:04:36 to regenerate the ice or whatever. So, yeah.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:41 Yeah. Yeah. So, and, you know, right now, I can imagine how much ice they must
00:04:41 --> 00:04:43 be giving out. Now, I know. Oh, yeah. I'm sure.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:51 There have been rumors about them starting to charge to get cups of ice like other places do.
00:04:52 --> 00:04:56 Yeah. To try to deter some of these people. But I don't know.
00:04:56 --> 00:04:59 That's been one of the things that's made them popular. You can go in there and get some free ice.
00:05:00 --> 00:05:02 Free ice and free water. There you go.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:10 It's been hot. It definitely got hot. It came with a vengeance.
00:05:13 --> 00:05:15 I just hope that... I know...
00:05:17 --> 00:05:21 Was it tomorrow? They were talking about rain or something. That's supposed to cool things down.
00:05:22 --> 00:05:28 Yeah, I think I did hear thunderstorms. What, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.
00:05:28 --> 00:05:32 Okay. Yeah. All right. Well, I guess we'll see how it goes.
00:05:34 --> 00:05:39 But other than that, everything else okay? Yeah. I mean, other than that, no complaints.
00:05:39 --> 00:05:46 You know, had a good weekend, busy, but, you know, we're here. Okay. All right.
00:05:47 --> 00:05:50 Well, we live, we hot. There we go. We live, we hot.
00:05:51 --> 00:05:55 All right. Well, I guess we got a few things to talk to you folks about.
00:05:56 --> 00:05:57 You have to excuse my voice.
00:05:58 --> 00:06:02 I think I'm, you know, I think in my latter stages, I think I'm starting to
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05 develop allergy issues. Wow.
00:06:05 --> 00:06:11 Yeah. So, and I just kind of noticed certain things now.
00:06:11 --> 00:06:15 And, you know, so I've been dealing with that for the last couple of days.
00:06:15 --> 00:06:19 But, but we'll get through this. We'll get through this.
00:06:19 --> 00:06:23 So, all right. So let's start with our first story.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:27 I came across the story and I thought it was pretty interesting when I saw it.
00:06:28 --> 00:06:34 It says, five cities in America where black people are actually thriving.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:39 And I thought that was an interesting title, you know, considering all the places
00:06:39 --> 00:06:44 in America where we, you know, when you first hear the name of the city,
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45 you would think black, you know what I mean?
00:06:45 --> 00:06:50 So, but I thought, but it was pretty interesting what they had to say,
00:06:50 --> 00:06:51 and they gave a little backdrop.
00:06:51 --> 00:07:00 They said, on June 19th, 1865, news of freedom finally reached the remaining
00:07:00 --> 00:07:06 enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation,
00:07:06 --> 00:07:08 but undeniable nonetheless. less.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:15 Since then, Black folks have lived through every era of this country.
00:07:15 --> 00:07:21 We endured Reconstruction and Jim Crow for nearly a century.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:27 We fled the South during the Great Migration, migrating to the Northeast and
00:07:27 --> 00:07:30 West, and eventually South again.
00:07:30 --> 00:07:36 We fought back during the Civil rights era rose up during the black power movement
00:07:36 --> 00:07:42 and ignited global movements during one moment.
00:07:43 --> 00:07:47 Global movements during Black Lives Matter.
00:07:48 --> 00:07:53 Celebrating Juneteenth with Trump in office, flashing away at DEI,
00:07:53 --> 00:07:59 and ice breathing down the necks of immigrants may feel complicated at best for many.
00:08:00 --> 00:08:05 Meanwhile, for others, it could feel like a cruel reminder of how much we still
00:08:05 --> 00:08:08 need to be free in this country.
00:08:09 --> 00:08:19 Access to quality education, culturally competent health care, clean drinking water.
00:08:20 --> 00:08:26 All of these basic essentials are at risk in one fell swoop with this administration.
00:08:26 --> 00:08:31 Freedom for every black body, whether male, female, trans, queer,
00:08:32 --> 00:08:39 pregnant, disabled, national, or immigrant, to be able to move with dignity remains at risk.
00:08:39 --> 00:08:44 Despite that, as it is ever true for Black people in America,
00:08:45 --> 00:08:48 there's still some good to be celebrated among the chaos.
00:08:49 --> 00:08:55 There are even regions of the country where Black people aren't just living, they are thriving.
00:08:56 --> 00:09:02 It says, Now there has been much debate about the Blackest region of the United
00:09:02 --> 00:09:06 States. It truly depends on who you ask.
00:09:09 --> 00:09:16 It would seem, but it's not just about the blackest region, but the best region for black folks.
00:09:16 --> 00:09:26 In 2025, commemorated the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, at a time when many
00:09:26 --> 00:09:30 freedoms feel once again on the line,
00:09:30 --> 00:09:34 it may encourage many to know where Black life is actually thriving these days.
00:09:35 --> 00:09:39 Below, we have rounded the top five cities.
00:09:40 --> 00:09:44 Top five cities that in the country for black people to live,
00:09:45 --> 00:09:47 work and raise their families.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:53 Now, before I even give you these five cities, you want to kind of take a guess
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55 on what you think these cities are.
00:09:55 --> 00:10:00 No, cause I already know they're not going to be the main cities cause I,
00:10:00 --> 00:10:05 but, but I just want to see if you get how many you get out of the five.
00:10:05 --> 00:10:08 They are. I'm not going to get any cause I know they're not going to be,
00:10:08 --> 00:10:14 but if I were to say what, I would say Charlotte, North Carolina.
00:10:14 --> 00:10:19 I would say Dallas, Texas.
00:10:19 --> 00:10:24 Or that old Dallas, Arlington metro area.
00:10:26 --> 00:10:31 I would say Nashville, Tennessee.
00:10:32 --> 00:10:39 I would say somewhere in the suburbs of Maryland when they talk about the richest black area.
00:10:40 --> 00:10:44 Kind of like that PG County area. Yeah, okay.
00:10:45 --> 00:10:51 And the last one would probably be, I don't know, like a Savannah,
00:10:51 --> 00:10:54 Georgia, something like that. Okay.
00:10:54 --> 00:10:57 All right. All right. Well, I'm going to go through the list.
00:10:57 --> 00:10:58 Let's see how many you got right.
00:11:00 --> 00:11:05 All right. I'm going to start with the number five place.
00:11:06 --> 00:11:15 Atlanta, Georgia. I was in Atlanta but you know that was low hanging fruit to say that right.
00:11:16 --> 00:11:22 It said it's hardly a surprise that ATL ranks among the five cities for black households.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:28 The city is both a haven and a celebration of modern black culture.
00:11:29 --> 00:11:37 It said most of the households have a median income of about $58, almost $59.
00:11:38 --> 00:11:43 And with 25% earning more than $100.
00:11:43 --> 00:11:46 So they would be like the number five city.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:49 Okay, so that was the low-hanging fruit.
00:11:50 --> 00:11:54 Number four, I would have never guessed, and you didn't either,
00:11:56 --> 00:11:58 Poughkeepsie, New York. Mm-hmm.
00:11:59 --> 00:12:04 Now, would you ever thought about that? No. No. Okay. Never been there,
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05 never thought about it. Yeah, mm-hmm.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:12 It's along the Hudson River, and it's another mild surprise to arrive on this list.
00:12:12 --> 00:12:21 And they said the average median income in Poughkeepsie is $66, almost $67,
00:12:21 --> 00:12:28 while 33.6% make over $100 a year. That's interesting.
00:12:30 --> 00:12:35 33.6%, that's a lot. What do black people make there, though?
00:12:35 --> 00:12:39 That's what we're talking about, black people. That's what black people make?
00:12:39 --> 00:12:41 Yes. This is all about black people.
00:12:42 --> 00:12:53 Yeah, 33.6% make over $100 a year, and the average income is around $67.
00:12:54 --> 00:13:01 And it said a little over a quarter of black residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher there.
00:13:03 --> 00:13:07 45.7% of black people there are homeowners.
00:13:10 --> 00:13:14 That's one of the most quiet-kept secrets I've ever heard of.
00:13:15 --> 00:13:19 Okay. I got another one for you that you would have never guessed.
00:13:21 --> 00:13:24 I don't know. I have to take their word on this one, Leonard. Okay.
00:13:26 --> 00:13:30 Provo, Utah. Yeah, I'm going to have to take the word on it, too.
00:13:32 --> 00:13:35 Yeah, we would definitely have to take their word on this one, right?
00:13:36 --> 00:13:41 It said, while it may not be the most obvious choice, less than 50 miles outside
00:13:41 --> 00:13:47 of Salt Lake City ranks third on Lendon Tree's report for Black families.
00:13:47 --> 00:13:55 They said the average salary is around $60, with 27% earning over $100.
00:13:56 --> 00:14:01 The unemployment rate for black adults is only 3.6%.
00:14:02 --> 00:14:09 Wow. And at least 35, almost 35% of people have a bachelor's degree or more.
00:14:10 --> 00:14:12 Provo, Utah. All right.
00:14:14 --> 00:14:19 Maybe we should move there, man. I'm going to have to pass on that one.
00:14:20 --> 00:14:28 I'll take your word for it. When I saw that, I said, nah, no way, no way. Okay.
00:14:29 --> 00:14:33 Now, you were close with this next one. You just didn't say the city,
00:14:33 --> 00:14:34 but you were in the right area.
00:14:36 --> 00:14:40 Austin, Texas. Mm-hmm. You said that Fort Worth area.
00:14:40 --> 00:14:46 Yeah, yeah, Dallas, yeah. Yeah. is that several cities within the Lone Star
00:14:46 --> 00:14:51 State continually rank high on the best cities list, including Austin.
00:14:51 --> 00:14:58 So black households in the city known as the live music capital of the world
00:14:58 --> 00:15:01 earn on an average, let's see,
00:15:03 --> 00:15:11 earn on an average of $61 a year and 26.8% of them earn over $100.
00:15:12 --> 00:15:17 They said 33.1% of the residents have bachelor's degrees or higher,
00:15:17 --> 00:15:21 and almost 40% are black homeowners.
00:15:22 --> 00:15:29 I bet. Yeah. Now, Dave, I will say I have lived in the Austin area for about six months.
00:15:29 --> 00:15:32 Uh-huh. I didn't like it. I wouldn't go back.
00:15:33 --> 00:15:35 I'll just put it like that. But how long ago was that?
00:15:36 --> 00:15:40 It was very long ago. Probably 20 years. I'm sure things have changed there.
00:15:40 --> 00:15:43 I'm sure. I know it's hot down there, though.
00:15:44 --> 00:15:47 Oh, yeah. It's definitely hot. Yeah. Yeah. It's a whole different kind of hot,
00:15:47 --> 00:15:50 I understand. So, yeah. I think.
00:15:51 --> 00:15:59 Wait. Is it also in San Antonio that some of our Texas listeners are in Claudette?
00:16:00 --> 00:16:04 She's in that area down there. Who do you think? You didn't even name.
00:16:05 --> 00:16:08 Yeah, you know what? You didn't even name the number one city.
00:16:08 --> 00:16:10 I just thought about that. You didn't even come close to naming it.
00:16:11 --> 00:16:15 Well, you did say. You said D.C. You said Maryland area, right? Yeah.
00:16:15 --> 00:16:18 Okay. So it's not Baltimore. You didn't think about Baltimore anyway,
00:16:19 --> 00:16:21 did you? No, I definitely did not.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:27 Purposely, Baltimore never crossed my mind. Never crossed your mind, right?
00:16:27 --> 00:16:31 Well, number one is still Chocolate City, D.C.
00:16:32 --> 00:16:34 Okay. Yeah, believe it or not.
00:16:35 --> 00:16:40 They said, combining it with the closely situated regions of Northern Virginia
00:16:40 --> 00:16:46 and Maryland, as all do in the area, the DMV area.
00:16:46 --> 00:16:52 According to Lendon Tree's latest report, it happens to be a place where black
00:16:52 --> 00:16:54 families are thriving financially.
00:16:55 --> 00:17:06 Oh, wow. With the median income of $82 and over 40% of the black households earn over $100.
00:17:06 --> 00:17:09 Yeah, they're making money. They're making money down there.
00:17:09 --> 00:17:14 All the government jobs. Well, they were before the last election. Right.
00:17:14 --> 00:17:22 You know, so. They said the unemployment rate is 8.1%, while it has one of the
00:17:22 --> 00:17:26 higher rates of black-owned businesses, which is at 7%.
00:17:26 --> 00:17:34 More than a quarter, 37.2% of the black adults over 25 in the district have
00:17:34 --> 00:17:36 at least a bachelor's degree or higher,
00:17:36 --> 00:17:42 and more than half, 51.3%, of D.C.'s black residents are homeowners.
00:17:44 --> 00:17:46 Yeah, I can see why that would make it number one.
00:17:47 --> 00:17:51 Yeah. So do you find any surprises about those five cities?
00:17:53 --> 00:17:57 The Poughkeepsie? Poughkeepsie. Yeah. I mean, that's surprising,
00:17:57 --> 00:18:02 but I can also say I don't know anything about that area, and that never would have crossed my mind.
00:18:02 --> 00:18:04 I don't think I've ever met anybody from that area.
00:18:04 --> 00:18:07 And I would probably need to know what it's close to, because,
00:18:07 --> 00:18:10 you know, it's almost like moving to a small town where, like,
00:18:11 --> 00:18:13 is the big town Poughkeepsie?
00:18:13 --> 00:18:17 Or is it a big town like Albany or Rochester? there.
00:18:17 --> 00:18:20 To be honest, I don't even know. The big town would be like Smyrna.
00:18:21 --> 00:18:25 You know, so. But yeah, I thought, yeah, when I saw that, I was like,
00:18:25 --> 00:18:28 Poughkeepsie? But the one that tripped me out was Provo.
00:18:29 --> 00:18:32 I've never heard anybody, black people talk about Provo, Utah.
00:18:33 --> 00:18:37 Yeah. Now, I could kind of imagine, you know, I'll tell you,
00:18:37 --> 00:18:40 that Southwest culture,
00:18:40 --> 00:18:45 you know, the nature, the mountains, the scenery, and I mean,
00:18:46 --> 00:18:50 you know, some scenery is more than desert and boulders and all that stuff.
00:18:50 --> 00:18:54 But, uh, you know, when I went to Arizona and I didn't go there by choice,
00:18:54 --> 00:19:00 I went there for an event and I never would have guessed Arizona was as nice as it was.
00:19:00 --> 00:19:03 It was peaceful. You know, it's almost, it's almost like going to the country,
00:19:03 --> 00:19:06 you know, it's a different way of life, you know, a different,
00:19:06 --> 00:19:08 a different style of people.
00:19:09 --> 00:19:14 And so I could see the, I mean, I've never been to Utah, but I could see it now.
00:19:16 --> 00:19:19 I I've been watching all them TV shows with the Mormons on them.
00:19:19 --> 00:19:25 But, you know, minus that part, I can definitely imagine the peacefulness and
00:19:25 --> 00:19:28 the openness, naturalness of it.
00:19:29 --> 00:19:33 Yeah, I guess. I guess I've seen too many movies, though.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:38 You know, because you think about those kind of areas, you think about people
00:19:38 --> 00:19:41 coming up missing and stuff like that. But anyway.
00:19:42 --> 00:19:45 Well, Dave, you don't think people be coming up missing in Wilmington,
00:19:45 --> 00:19:49 Delaware? Yeah, that's true. That's true. But we ain't on the top five list either. So, you know.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:54 So, but I just thought that was interesting. Those five cities.
00:19:54 --> 00:19:58 I mean, like, you know, you have D.C. and you have Atlanta on there.
00:19:59 --> 00:20:02 But to see those other cities and how well they're doing, that's interesting.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:05 Now, would I move to one of those
00:20:05 --> 00:20:11 cities? I'm sure the cost of living is definitely higher in those places.
00:20:11 --> 00:20:13 Well, I don't know about Provo. I don't know about that.
00:20:14 --> 00:20:17 Or even Poughkeepsie. Well, it's in New York. It's got to be high.
00:20:18 --> 00:20:23 Maybe. Yeah. So, but I just saw that story.
00:20:23 --> 00:20:28 I just wanted to share that and see if other people was just as shocked as I
00:20:28 --> 00:20:31 was when I saw the cities, you know.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:34 So, with the exception of D.C. and Atlanta. Right. You know,
00:20:34 --> 00:20:39 so I know Atlanta, you know, basically that's what we got down there. So, mm-hmm.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:45 But you guys, you know, you guys can always give us your thoughts when you hear
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 those cities and tell me.
00:20:47 --> 00:20:51 And do any of you guys know anything about McKinsey? You know,
00:20:51 --> 00:20:53 let us know, you know, because that's interesting to me.
00:20:54 --> 00:20:57 Because I don't hear anybody. I mean, I've heard of it, but I've never hear
00:20:57 --> 00:21:00 anybody talking about it, you know. Right. So.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:04 All right. All right. Let's move on to the next story.
00:21:04 --> 00:21:11 All right. So, Dave, this next story is something I saw and I believe every single bit of it.
00:21:11 --> 00:21:16 So there was something on social media and a post that was titled,
00:21:17 --> 00:21:24 ex-Google officer predicts humans will be hiding from AI machines by 2037.
00:21:25 --> 00:21:29 So, you know, I thought this was interesting because, you know,
00:21:30 --> 00:21:34 you know, AI has rapidly advanced.
00:21:34 --> 00:21:39 And I mean, not even just the general technology of AI, but Dave,
00:21:39 --> 00:21:45 I feel like in the last six months, AI, the stuff I have been seeing AI do in
00:21:45 --> 00:21:49 the last six months, it's starting to get a little crazy.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:55 And I'll say on Instagram, have you seen the talking videos where the people have the baby faces?
00:21:55 --> 00:22:02 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Have you also seen the videos? Have you seen the Bible?
00:22:02 --> 00:22:08 Like if black people were, if the people in biblical days had social media and
00:22:08 --> 00:22:12 they have like images of people from the Bible, actual video,
00:22:13 --> 00:22:15 animation video, but they, you know, it looks like real people.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:21 No, I haven't seen that one. So long story short, there are a couple of programs
00:22:21 --> 00:22:28 where you can enter in text and similar to how AI would create images,
00:22:28 --> 00:22:32 you know, images that are, you know, look pretty much real.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:40 Now you can enter in text and they can create videos that pretty much look real with AI people.
00:22:40 --> 00:22:45 And, you know, of course, AI can write its own scripts. You can write your own scripts.
00:22:46 --> 00:22:51 So, you know, long story short, it's advancing. And so anyway,
00:22:52 --> 00:22:53 back to what I was reading.
00:22:53 --> 00:23:01 So what this ex-Google officer says is that, of course, humans will be hiding by AI machines by 2037.
00:23:02 --> 00:23:06 And of course, you know, this is not just sci-fi prediction.
00:23:06 --> 00:23:11 This is someone who actually helped Google build their AI. He said that before
00:23:11 --> 00:23:16 he thought that it would be 20, 20, 20, 55, that we would be hiding.
00:23:17 --> 00:23:22 But just with the accelerated technology, he's saying 20, 20, 37.
00:23:22 --> 00:23:30 And he said, imagine living where the smartest thing on earth isn't human and no longer friendly.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:38 He says he doesn't just think we're facing job loss. He thinks we're facing complete irrelevance.
00:23:38 --> 00:23:43 AI is going to fundamentally change the meaning of what it is to be a human.
00:23:44 --> 00:23:48 So, you know, I thought that was weird, Dave. So before I get to point two,
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 what do you think about that?
00:23:49 --> 00:23:55 So he's saying that AI is really going to take over every single thing we do
00:23:55 --> 00:23:59 or every single thing that people do now as job wise.
00:24:00 --> 00:24:04 Well, you know, how's the saying go? Art imitating life. Yeah.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 Right. OK. so anytime i
00:24:07 --> 00:24:14 hear anything about ai and possibility of ai overtaking us and all that kind
00:24:14 --> 00:24:17 of stuff of course you hear it all the time now with everything that ai is doing
00:24:17 --> 00:24:23 i always think about the movie i robot yeah yeah i mean because that's the classic
00:24:23 --> 00:24:25 example of what could happen,
00:24:26 --> 00:24:29 it with the type of intelligence that we're talking
00:24:29 --> 00:24:32 about so you know is
00:24:32 --> 00:24:35 it possible yes i me now the ai is
00:24:35 --> 00:24:38 getting so good now when you look at some of these videos yeah
00:24:38 --> 00:24:41 you can't tell you can't tell you can't tell you
00:24:41 --> 00:24:47 cannot tell voices too voices too they mimic the voices they got they got everything
00:24:47 --> 00:24:52 one of the sports radio shows i listened to in the afternoon when i'm at work
00:24:52 --> 00:24:59 guy comes on he and they said listen to this song this new theme song for one of the radios,
00:24:59 --> 00:25:03 on WIP, the station I listen to. And.
00:25:04 --> 00:25:10 This guy had done this theme song for one of the radio hosts,
00:25:10 --> 00:25:12 said he did it in two days.
00:25:12 --> 00:25:17 This song sounds like a full production, Leonard. It had background singing.
00:25:17 --> 00:25:20 It had four instrumentation.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:26 There was a rap to it. And I'm like, and so it sounded like somebody went into
00:25:26 --> 00:25:29 a studio and did the song, right?
00:25:29 --> 00:25:34 Guy said he did it. It was AI. He did it on AI. He told them what he wanted.
00:25:34 --> 00:25:38 Told him that he wanted, you know, certain things in the song.
00:25:39 --> 00:25:41 Yeah. And it came up with this song.
00:25:42 --> 00:25:44 Well, Dave, I can give you a shocker.
00:25:44 --> 00:25:48 There's a program I used just to test it out because I heard about it.
00:25:48 --> 00:25:50 It created a song in two minutes.
00:25:51 --> 00:25:56 Yeah. Yep. And this is what I did. I said, because this was something I would
00:25:56 --> 00:25:58 look for the campground, like a theme song.
00:25:58 --> 00:26:02 Yeah. I was like, you know, mention GNR campground, shameless plug.
00:26:03 --> 00:26:07 And, you know, make, make, make it country. And I hit enter.
00:26:08 --> 00:26:11 They, this thing had, you know what? When we go into our next story,
00:26:11 --> 00:26:15 I'm going to look, I'm going to look for the song and see if I can play it.
00:26:15 --> 00:26:17 But anyway. You saved it, right?
00:26:17 --> 00:26:22 Well, yeah. You're not using it then. Yeah. Well, it's like a website.
00:26:22 --> 00:26:25 So you got to log in and find it.
00:26:25 --> 00:26:27 But anyway, so let me skip to the next part.
00:26:28 --> 00:26:32 And, of course, I lost my where I was saving the information.
00:26:33 --> 00:26:39 But so for the next part, Dave, it says that it says that we're months away
00:26:39 --> 00:26:41 from the point of no return.
00:26:41 --> 00:26:47 Once AI becomes smarter than us, control is gone. And Dave, I can already tell
00:26:47 --> 00:26:49 you, I think we're already at that point.
00:26:49 --> 00:26:54 Then it says there is no pause button, no regulator, no off switch.
00:26:55 --> 00:27:01 AI can keep producing more agents and get very smart very quickly.
00:27:01 --> 00:27:04 It keeps evolving faster than we can even react.
00:27:05 --> 00:27:10 You can't regulate a super intelligent teenager with his own agenda.
00:27:11 --> 00:27:17 Once it hits that point, we're negotiating with something that does not need us anymore.
00:27:18 --> 00:27:20 And, you know, I thought that was interesting too, Dave. And I know we talked
00:27:20 --> 00:27:27 about iRobot. But, you know, if the AI machines were to create a secret language,
00:27:27 --> 00:27:32 how long do you think it would take them all to learn that language in between between them?
00:27:32 --> 00:27:36 A millisecond, just like Neo, like Neo and the Matrix.
00:27:37 --> 00:27:41 Yeah. So, you know, when they random programs, random programs real quick.
00:27:41 --> 00:27:44 Yeah. So, I mean, I was just thinking once they go rogue,
00:27:45 --> 00:27:50 you know, that, you know, once they get to the point where AI can make themselves,
00:27:50 --> 00:27:53 you know, they can i mean well we already
00:27:53 --> 00:27:56 know yeah i know we already know look we've seen enough movies we
00:27:56 --> 00:27:59 know but but you know they they think
00:27:59 --> 00:28:02 of all these movies that we've watched that have come true i
00:28:02 --> 00:28:05 know like you know even back in the day the jet sends
00:28:05 --> 00:28:10 right you remember he had like a smart watch somebody on his watch yeah don't
00:28:10 --> 00:28:14 we think we haven't seen from the jetson yet and they haven't we just it's just
00:28:14 --> 00:28:20 not regulated it's that flying car yeah yeah i mean and you know so it's like
00:28:20 --> 00:28:23 All these things we see in movies...
00:28:24 --> 00:28:31 Are starting to like be reality. You know, I've even seen kind of like Siri.
00:28:31 --> 00:28:35 You like Siri. Have you seen the movies where like people wake up in this like
00:28:35 --> 00:28:40 drab cell and they get up and they're the machine that says,
00:28:40 --> 00:28:43 good morning, David. Here's your agenda for the day.
00:28:44 --> 00:28:48 And, you know, but Dave, like we have stuff like that now. So but anyway,
00:28:48 --> 00:28:53 so the last part, number three, they're saying AI will be 10 times smarter than
00:28:53 --> 00:28:55 Einstein. within months.
00:28:56 --> 00:29:01 ChatGPT already has a 155 IQ.
00:29:02 --> 00:29:06 And to be honest, I don't know what normal high or low is, but I'm assuming that's already high.
00:29:07 --> 00:29:13 But it says the next version of ChatGPT could have an IQ of 1600.
00:29:14 --> 00:29:17 So that's 155 to 1600.
00:29:17 --> 00:29:22 And here he said, that's not just smart, that's unrecognizable.
00:29:22 --> 00:29:29 A creature that's smart is essentially a new species.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:36 We're about to build something so intelligent that we literally won't be able to understand it.
00:29:36 --> 00:29:44 It will write code, rewrite laws, and reinvent industries before we can even finish breakfast.
00:29:45 --> 00:29:49 And no one will know how it works. And this is the very last part.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:55 While I don't think we're at the forefront of forefront of war with AI,
00:29:55 --> 00:30:01 I do think it could be it could prove massive job losses and wealth inequity.
00:30:02 --> 00:30:05 But truthfully, no one knows what's going to happen. So what do you do?
00:30:05 --> 00:30:10 So that was kind of the end of it. But, I mean, every point he made,
00:30:10 --> 00:30:14 those three points, I mean, Dave, I feel like they're legitimate.
00:30:14 --> 00:30:19 You know, he said nothing where I was like, oh, no, I don't think that happened. No.
00:30:20 --> 00:30:24 No way to debate with anybody.
00:30:24 --> 00:30:29 Anybody who's been paying attention can see we got a problem. Yeah.
00:30:29 --> 00:30:33 And, you know, even though it could be a great help.
00:30:35 --> 00:30:40 Just like, can't help to go back to iRobot. Remember how the robots were helpful in the beginning?
00:30:41 --> 00:30:46 And then Vicky, you know, flipped the script on everything, and that was it.
00:30:46 --> 00:30:55 You know, so once they figure out that they don't need us, things change. Yeah, definitely.
00:30:57 --> 00:31:01 So, you know, when you look at these movies where you see, like,
00:31:01 --> 00:31:08 these guys who are thieves or they're doing a heist and they go to just going
00:31:08 --> 00:31:11 through, like, one of the top elaborate safes that's supposed to be,
00:31:11 --> 00:31:14 like, a foul-proof type safe.
00:31:14 --> 00:31:19 And they take one of these digital devices and put it in the thing and figure
00:31:19 --> 00:31:21 out what the combination is.
00:31:21 --> 00:31:24 You know, just something like that, you know.
00:31:25 --> 00:31:29 No way we can do that, but you've got a device that can do it for you. Right.
00:31:30 --> 00:31:36 You know, it's kind of scary when you really think about it.
00:31:36 --> 00:31:41 It really is. And then look how long ago The Matrix came out.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:48 When you look at The Matrix, basically, you know, that whole thing was all about
00:31:48 --> 00:31:56 artificial intelligence, too, and dealing with, you know, living in the machines, you know?
00:31:56 --> 00:31:58 So, I don't know.
00:32:00 --> 00:32:05 30, 2037, you said? 2037, so that is 12 years.
00:32:06 --> 00:32:11 Yeah, yeah. And Dave, that's only if it doesn't accelerate.
00:32:11 --> 00:32:15 I mean, mess around next year, we could be reading this story, and they'll say 2030.
00:32:16 --> 00:32:19 Yeah, wow. that's what everybody will have uh
00:32:19 --> 00:32:25 have a a ai spouse or something you know living with them you know so well what
00:32:25 --> 00:32:30 would they debut you already know they in productions yeah yeah we know we know
00:32:30 --> 00:32:39 so oh man scary but i mean hey that's where we are today you know that's exactly where we are so,
00:32:41 --> 00:32:48 2037. Okay. All right. We'll keep that in mind. We'll talk about it in 2037 on the podcast. Right.
00:32:49 --> 00:32:51 So, all right.
00:32:52 --> 00:32:57 This next story, our favorite president is at it again.
00:32:57 --> 00:33:06 It says, President Trump waited until Juneteenth to say America has too many non-working holidays.
00:33:08 --> 00:33:13 Okay. So So President Donald Trump's third conversation on Juneteenth by claiming
00:33:13 --> 00:33:19 that America has too many non-working holidays that costs billions and hurts businesses.
00:33:20 --> 00:33:26 Although not directly mentioning Juneteenth, his post on the holiday called
00:33:26 --> 00:33:28 for change to make America great again.
00:33:29 --> 00:33:36 Juneteenth honors the day in 1885, May 65, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston,
00:33:37 --> 00:33:42 Texas, and announced that enslaved people were free two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
00:33:43 --> 00:33:49 It officially became a federal holiday in 2021.
00:33:49 --> 00:33:55 Government offices and banks closed for Juneteenth, though many private businesses stay open.
00:33:56 --> 00:34:03 On that same day, Trump wrote, In a true social post, too many non-working holidays in America.
00:34:03 --> 00:34:08 It's costing the country billions of dollars to keep all these businesses closed.
00:34:08 --> 00:34:11 The workers don't want it either.
00:34:12 --> 00:34:18 Who will end up having a holiday for every one working day of the year?
00:34:18 --> 00:34:23 It must change if we're going to make America great again. During his first
00:34:23 --> 00:34:28 term, Trump recognized Juneteenth several times, calling it a historical day.
00:34:29 --> 00:34:37 In 2020, he said he made Juneteenth very famous after he was scheduling a campaign
00:34:37 --> 00:34:40 rally that was originally set on the holiday.
00:34:40 --> 00:34:44 He also claimed that few people knew about it before then.
00:34:45 --> 00:34:49 He's always taking credit for everything. He said, when asked if the president
00:34:49 --> 00:34:52 planned to issue a Juneteenth proclamation this year,
00:34:53 --> 00:34:57 White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said there were no such plans,
00:34:57 --> 00:35:00 but thanks staff and reporters for working during the holiday,
00:35:01 --> 00:35:03 according to the CBS News.
00:35:03 --> 00:35:07 Juneteenth became a federal holiday after President Joe Biden signed it into
00:35:07 --> 00:35:13 law in 2021, supported by lawmakers from both parties.
00:35:15 --> 00:35:18 This guy likes to take credit for everything,
00:35:19 --> 00:35:26 Now, how does he figure I'm trying to figure out How does he figure By taking
00:35:26 --> 00:35:31 away holidays Keeping businesses open That it's going to make that much difference.
00:35:33 --> 00:35:37 First of all, you're going to piss off the workers. They're going to have a problem with it.
00:35:38 --> 00:35:42 I know he's looking at certain places that take off a lot of time.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:44 Hey, look, you know, we get a lot of holidays.
00:35:45 --> 00:35:52 You know, some cities get a lot of holidays, you know. But then we work hard, you know, year-round.
00:35:53 --> 00:36:00 So we can't go to our private golf courses whenever we feel like it,
00:36:00 --> 00:36:04 you know, or go hang out with certain people on yachts and whatever,
00:36:05 --> 00:36:09 every day is a holiday to that guy, if you think about it.
00:36:10 --> 00:36:15 I mean, how do you feel about him wanting to take away some of the holidays?
00:36:16 --> 00:36:21 I'm just curious why, because at the end of the day, and I mean,
00:36:21 --> 00:36:24 of course, the Black holidays we hear about, but we don't.
00:36:25 --> 00:36:28 Dave, when was the last time you ever complained about having a holiday?
00:36:29 --> 00:36:32 I've never complained about having a holiday. Yeah. So, you know,
00:36:32 --> 00:36:36 it's just like, I'm just even thinking, and even as a kid in school,
00:36:36 --> 00:36:42 what holidays did you hate when they came up because you had all from school? None.
00:36:43 --> 00:36:48 And, you know, a majority of our holidays, if we take New Year's,
00:36:48 --> 00:36:53 if we take Christmas, if we take Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Memorial Day,
00:36:53 --> 00:36:56 Labor Day, those are big shopping holidays.
00:36:56 --> 00:37:00 You know, like people shop. So kind of like for him to act like.
00:37:01 --> 00:37:05 You know, that holiday makes a difference. And they, I can't remember the terminology,
00:37:05 --> 00:37:10 but I feel like the government workers, they have certain, and well,
00:37:11 --> 00:37:14 I guess you, you include it. Don't they call the holidays something different?
00:37:14 --> 00:37:19 Like, I just feel like, and I mean, I could be wrong.
00:37:19 --> 00:37:22 Maybe it's the federal government workers, but something like where,
00:37:22 --> 00:37:26 okay, you have 11 holidays in the year.
00:37:26 --> 00:37:29 Let's say, and then you can take eight of them and the other one,
00:37:29 --> 00:37:32 like floating holidays yeah we we we get
00:37:32 --> 00:37:35 we have two floating holidays okay yeah because
00:37:35 --> 00:37:39 we don't get those holidays it was columbus day president's
00:37:39 --> 00:37:41 day so those two were days off for us at
00:37:41 --> 00:37:44 one time but now they're floating holiday yeah so and
00:37:44 --> 00:37:47 i just say that in terms of you know
00:37:47 --> 00:37:50 i feel like they'd work around so it's not like everybody's taking
00:37:50 --> 00:37:53 off the same holiday but at the long story short
00:37:53 --> 00:37:56 you know you know they even
00:37:56 --> 00:37:59 racist people like are racist people complaining
00:37:59 --> 00:38:02 about having off june juneteenth if they have all
00:38:02 --> 00:38:05 like yeah i mean i don't
00:38:05 --> 00:38:07 know look i don't think anybody complains that they get the
00:38:07 --> 00:38:10 day off whether they want whether they like it
00:38:10 --> 00:38:14 or not they ain't gonna say too much about it because i mean
00:38:14 --> 00:38:16 unless you are you love your job
00:38:16 --> 00:38:19 that much and you love being there or whatever the case may be
00:38:19 --> 00:38:22 and you're complaining because they're closed but how
00:38:22 --> 00:38:25 often does somebody's you hear somebody say something like
00:38:25 --> 00:38:28 that you don't you know and just like
00:38:28 --> 00:38:31 you said when we were in school when the holidays came around we we
00:38:31 --> 00:38:36 we had a mark on the calendar just about you know okay yeah you know we knew
00:38:36 --> 00:38:40 what days we were going to be out you know and what days we wasn't of course
00:38:40 --> 00:38:44 you know when christmas and thanksgiving came around those with nice breaks
00:38:44 --> 00:38:48 in Easter because you got a week, you know, you got a week in Easter for Easter.
00:38:48 --> 00:38:51 You got two weeks for Christmas and Thanksgiving, you know.
00:38:51 --> 00:38:58 I mean, so those were the ones that we definitely wanted to target on our map, you know, so...
00:38:59 --> 00:39:04 And just like with us, I mean, now, you know, when the holidays come around,
00:39:05 --> 00:39:08 the first thing at the beginning of the year, everybody's looking at the calendar
00:39:08 --> 00:39:12 to see when the holidays are, you know, when we're going to be off.
00:39:13 --> 00:39:16 So, but he wants to try to change some of these things.
00:39:17 --> 00:39:21 He's going to get some people really upset at him. I'm going to tell you that for sure. Yeah.
00:39:23 --> 00:39:25 Because you don't want to mess with people and their time off,
00:39:25 --> 00:39:28 man. You definitely don't want to do that.
00:39:28 --> 00:39:35 So, you know, even though I know that he has already talked about taking Juneteenth
00:39:35 --> 00:39:41 back and putting Columbus Day back, you know, but that's for a different reason.
00:39:42 --> 00:39:45 But anyway, you know, and I was just thinking about, well, I mean,
00:39:45 --> 00:39:48 it's a little bit different, but, you know, I'm thinking about from a school kids.
00:39:50 --> 00:39:54 Hopefully there are no kids out here complaining about having holidays off from
00:39:54 --> 00:39:58 school. So, yeah, well, they get a lot, they get a lot of days off these days.
00:39:59 --> 00:40:01 So, you know, so they better not be complaining.
00:40:01 --> 00:40:06 Right. So, yeah. So, all right. Well, you know, we'll see.
00:40:07 --> 00:40:13 Well, I guess we'll see what happens with his, his, uh, little boycott of the holidays.
00:40:13 --> 00:40:16 We'll see how that goes for him. So, all right.
00:40:18 --> 00:40:29 Excuse me. And I came across this story about the greatest black TV show sitcoms of all time.
00:40:30 --> 00:40:38 And this is from IMDB. And they kind of rated their, well, I have 20 of them
00:40:38 --> 00:40:40 on this list. I just wanted to go through them real quick.
00:40:40 --> 00:40:48 But about who they say were the top black TV shows, sitcoms of all time.
00:40:49 --> 00:40:54 So we'll go through the list real quick and we'll go through the list,
00:40:55 --> 00:41:00 You can tell me if they left something off or something shouldn't be on there. Okay?
00:41:01 --> 00:41:07 All right. All right. So I'm going to go in reverse order. Number 20, The PJs.
00:41:08 --> 00:41:10 Did you ever watch it? Nope.
00:41:11 --> 00:41:15 Excuse me. It was on from 1999 to 2001.
00:41:15 --> 00:41:21 They only did 43 episodes. That was the playmation with Eddie Murphy.
00:41:22 --> 00:41:27 Yeah. Okay. I watched it. But it was, you know, it had its moments. Okay.
00:41:28 --> 00:41:32 Number 19, I'm a little surprised where this one is placed.
00:41:33 --> 00:41:42 The Jeffersons. Okay. It was on from 1975 to 1985, and they did 253 episodes.
00:41:42 --> 00:41:47 Number 19. Number 18 was The Parkers.
00:41:47 --> 00:41:53 Did you watch The Parkers? I did. I wasn't really a fan, but I watched that.
00:41:53 --> 00:42:00 They were on from 1999 to 2023? Wow.
00:42:01 --> 00:42:03 They were on that long? That can't be right. Yes, though.
00:42:05 --> 00:42:11 112 episodes. I don't think that, I don't think 2023. I think they were off before that.
00:42:12 --> 00:42:15 Excuse me. This next one, you have to be old school to know about this one.
00:42:16 --> 00:42:19 But you probably know about the show, but I doubt if you ever watched it.
00:42:20 --> 00:42:25 Julia with Diane Carroll? Nope. Yeah, yeah, I know. Yeah, okay.
00:42:25 --> 00:42:28 I forgot who I was talking to. Anyway.
00:42:29 --> 00:42:32 You said you had to be old school. Yeah, I know. You had to be old school, yeah.
00:42:32 --> 00:42:38 It was only on for three years. But when that was on, they didn't even have color TV.
00:42:38 --> 00:42:41 Yeah, it was black and white. It was black and white back then.
00:42:42 --> 00:42:45 1968 to 1971. You weren't even born yet, so.
00:42:46 --> 00:42:50 But they filmed this on reruns. It was only 86 episodes of this show.
00:42:50 --> 00:42:55 But it was a very popular show because Diane Carroll was the first Black woman
00:42:55 --> 00:43:00 to be a leading person on a TV series of color, I should say.
00:43:01 --> 00:43:09 Soul Food, number 16. 2000 to 2004, they did 74 episodes.
00:43:10 --> 00:43:12 I did watch Soul Food. I thought that was very good.
00:43:14 --> 00:43:17 It was kind of a combination of a drama.
00:43:17 --> 00:43:20 I would call it, you know, what they call a dramedy now. You know,
00:43:21 --> 00:43:24 so did you watch Whole Foods? I did. Okay. All right.
00:43:25 --> 00:43:31 Number 15, Girlfriends, 2000 to 2008. They did 172 episodes.
00:43:32 --> 00:43:36 Were you a Girlfriends fan? I definitely was. That was a great show.
00:43:36 --> 00:43:38 Yeah, that was a great show. That was a great show. Yeah.
00:43:40 --> 00:43:47 Number 14 was a show that I did watch. I'm surprised it's on the list because it wasn't on that long.
00:43:48 --> 00:43:53 2010 to 2013. And it's number 14, Treme.
00:43:54 --> 00:44:00 Did you ever watch that? It was set in New Orleans. No, I never heard of it. Yeah, it was a TV series.
00:44:02 --> 00:44:07 What's my man from the wire? He was one of the stars of it. I can't think of his name right now.
00:44:08 --> 00:44:13 But anyway, that was a good show. Number 13, Underground. Now,
00:44:13 --> 00:44:15 this was only on one season.
00:44:16 --> 00:44:20 I remember seeing a couple episodes of it, but I'm surprised it's on this list.
00:44:21 --> 00:44:25 They only did 20 episodes. That was number 13.
00:44:25 --> 00:44:32 Number 12, one of my favorite shows of all time, from 1990 to 1994, In Living Color.
00:44:33 --> 00:44:39 Oh, you were not a fan of In Living Color? No, no, no, I was. No, no. I liked it.
00:44:40 --> 00:44:42 I was just listening. You said you got to run through them. Okay.
00:44:43 --> 00:44:45 Waiting for the top 10. Okay.
00:44:46 --> 00:44:49 Number 11. The Bernie Mac show.
00:44:50 --> 00:44:57 That was on from 2001. They got 2023 on here. That's definitely not right.
00:44:57 --> 00:45:03 Okay. And they did 104 episodes. Bernie Mac show was hilarious.
00:45:03 --> 00:45:05 I loved the Bernie Mac show. Yeah, that was good. Yeah.
00:45:05 --> 00:45:13 So number 10, we're in the top 10 now living single 1993 to 1998 Queen Latifah
00:45:13 --> 00:45:18 show with her, the original friends, the black friends, you know.
00:45:20 --> 00:45:24 119 episodes for your living single fan.
00:45:24 --> 00:45:29 I watched it. I mean, I wasn't a fan, but yes, I probably watched every episode.
00:45:29 --> 00:45:33 I feel like did it come on like right after Martin? Yeah, remember that was
00:45:33 --> 00:45:36 the night they had all the shows on that one night. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:45:37 --> 00:45:42 So I kind of watched it by default, but I did not not like it.
00:45:42 --> 00:45:45 I just, you know, like if it came on nowadays, I wouldn't keep it on.
00:45:46 --> 00:45:52 Well, what's so funny about that show is that I was just kidding about it being the black friends.
00:45:53 --> 00:46:01 That the guy, the same producer or director who did that show was the one who did Friends.
00:46:01 --> 00:46:08 And he took that ideal from living single and made friends with it and paid
00:46:08 --> 00:46:12 them, you know, cause them people were making like a million dollars each episode.
00:46:13 --> 00:46:17 And living single wasn't getting a hundred thousand dollars each,
00:46:17 --> 00:46:19 you know, so kind of crazy.
00:46:20 --> 00:46:24 But anyway, we, and we know they went on to be on for like 10 years.
00:46:24 --> 00:46:30 So there was another show on number nine, the corner. I cannot remember this series.
00:46:31 --> 00:46:34 They only have six episodes, but they have it as number nine.
00:46:35 --> 00:46:39 You remember the corner? No, I do not. Yeah, I don't remember that one.
00:46:40 --> 00:46:44 Okay, number eight, A Different World.
00:46:44 --> 00:46:51 A Different World was on from 1987 to 1993,
00:46:52 --> 00:47:01 and it really did one big thing to help black people, and that was help them to rediscover HBCUs.
00:47:02 --> 00:47:06 Right, I agree with that. Yeah, that was a very big show for that.
00:47:08 --> 00:47:12 Number seven, probably the funniest show, probably to be on TV.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:17 And we've had some great shows on, but the Chappelle show.
00:47:17 --> 00:47:25 It was a groundbreaking show and it only did 33 episodes, which is so crazy.
00:47:25 --> 00:47:28 It was only on three years. Oh, wow.
00:47:28 --> 00:47:30 Yeah, from 2003 to 2006.
00:47:33 --> 00:47:45 Number where my paper here number seven no six number six what's happening,
00:47:46 --> 00:47:54 many episodes do what's happening do 65 episodes from 1976 to 1979 did you ever
00:47:54 --> 00:48:00 look at any of the reruns yeah definitely well no I mean I feel like I watched it when it was live Yeah,
00:48:01 --> 00:48:02 because they did a couple of different versions.
00:48:02 --> 00:48:05 You know, they had what's happening, and they had what's happening now.
00:48:05 --> 00:48:09 Yeah, no, I'm sorry. I didn't watch any of the spinoffs.
00:48:11 --> 00:48:17 Okay. Number five, Good Times. Of course, everybody knows Good Times.
00:48:17 --> 00:48:22 1974 to 1979, they did 133 episodes.
00:48:24 --> 00:48:28 Number four, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
00:48:29 --> 00:48:37 1990 to 1996, they did 148 episodes. So we're getting to the top three here. Top three.
00:48:38 --> 00:48:44 Huh. Wait, let me ask you. Do you have a speculation who the top three are?
00:48:44 --> 00:48:50 So two shows that I really, really, really like that I have not heard you say.
00:48:51 --> 00:48:54 Hold on. Did you say Martin? I can't remember. Did you say Martin or not yet?
00:48:55 --> 00:48:56 I have not mentioned Martin.
00:48:56 --> 00:49:01 OK, so the three shows I would probably say and I'm sure maybe one,
00:49:01 --> 00:49:03 only one, maybe two is in there.
00:49:03 --> 00:49:09 I'm going to go with Sanford and son Martin. And I personally think the Jamie
00:49:09 --> 00:49:12 Fox show should be in the top 20. And I did not hear you say it.
00:49:12 --> 00:49:15 So I'm going to put that in there. I mean, they're all comedies,
00:49:15 --> 00:49:19 so I'm sure they may or may not fit in there, but those would be my top three.
00:49:19 --> 00:49:23 Martin, the Jamie Fox show. Oh, Martin.
00:49:23 --> 00:49:26 Okay. I forgot my other one.
00:49:26 --> 00:49:32 Martin, the Jamie Fox show, my wife and kids and Sanford and son.
00:49:33 --> 00:49:37 Those are four that I think should be in the top 20, and I haven't heard you
00:49:37 --> 00:49:41 name any of them yet, so we'll see. Okay. All right. All right.
00:49:42 --> 00:49:50 Number three, Martin. Okay. 1992 to 1997, they did 134 episodes,
00:49:50 --> 00:49:52 so they were number three.
00:49:53 --> 00:49:57 Believe it or not, you didn't name this show at all. Mm-hmm.
00:49:57 --> 00:50:02 Number two, The Cosby Show. Ah, okay. Uh-huh.
00:50:03 --> 00:50:07 And I'm surprised that it's number two, to be honest with you. I'll be honest with you.
00:50:08 --> 00:50:14 It's, uh, they were on from 1994, 1984 to 1992,
00:50:15 --> 00:50:21 197, seven episodes they did, which leads us to the number one show,
00:50:21 --> 00:50:24 Sanford and Son. Okay. Okay. Okay.
00:50:25 --> 00:50:30 From 1972 to 1978, they did 137 episodes.
00:50:31 --> 00:50:36 Yeah. Like, I will still watch Sanford and Son and, like, crack up. Yeah.
00:50:36 --> 00:50:40 A lot of people say that about Sanford and Son. Yeah. A lot of people do say that about them.
00:50:41 --> 00:50:46 So, and it's funny, because I kind of, in looking at this list,
00:50:47 --> 00:50:50 you know, the Jeffersons had the most episodes.
00:50:51 --> 00:50:55 It was 253 of the, they did 253 episodes.
00:50:57 --> 00:51:01 And nobody was close to them except for the Cosby show, which was at 197.
00:51:03 --> 00:51:07 So I find it strange that they had the Jeffersons ranked so low,
00:51:07 --> 00:51:10 since it was such a popular show with a lot of people.
00:51:11 --> 00:51:16 My wife and kids I'm shocked it's not on this list I thought it was a great show,
00:51:17 --> 00:51:23 and then there's another show that's not on this list but I kind of speculate,
00:51:23 --> 00:51:29 I kind of have a speculation as to why and it's because I know that you guys
00:51:29 --> 00:51:31 say making the band with P.
00:51:31 --> 00:51:41 Diddy no that's not what I was going to say family ties family ties What is
00:51:41 --> 00:51:42 that? I mean, Family Matters. I'm sorry. Oh.
00:51:43 --> 00:51:46 Think about Michael J. Foster. Yeah, I'm like, hold on. Family Matters.
00:51:46 --> 00:51:48 Family Matters. Family Matters.
00:51:48 --> 00:51:53 Okay. Family Matters. Yeah, and it goes back to, you ever hear Jaleel White?
00:51:53 --> 00:51:54 Yeah, yeah. The whole White.
00:51:56 --> 00:51:58 But, you know, if you're thinking of that show when it comes to Black,
00:51:59 --> 00:52:03 and he just, I guess we just proved this point just then by saying what we just said.
00:52:04 --> 00:52:09 And it seemed like there was something else missing. My wife and kids, family, ties.
00:52:11 --> 00:52:14 And the way-ins wasn't on long enough right Jamie
00:52:14 --> 00:52:20 Foxx wasn't on oh Jamie Foxx wasn't on there yeah well I said that right but
00:52:20 --> 00:52:24 I'm just saying you wasn't on the list yeah but you know what the way-ins was
00:52:24 --> 00:52:30 a great show I mean it was funny but it was funny but yeah yeah but would you
00:52:30 --> 00:52:31 put that show on this list,
00:52:32 --> 00:52:37 before any of the other ones we mentioned yes before some of them yes oh well
00:52:37 --> 00:52:40 yeah you know what yeah you're right you're right yeah But, you know,
00:52:40 --> 00:52:45 I think it also goes to quality of production, the message, time.
00:52:46 --> 00:52:49 So, you know, I think I'm basing on what I personally like.
00:52:50 --> 00:52:52 But, you know, it's almost like, you know, when you watch the Oscars,
00:52:53 --> 00:52:57 those movies that win the Oscars are probably a movie you would never want to
00:52:57 --> 00:52:58 watch. I would never watch them out.
00:52:58 --> 00:53:03 But, you know, whoever votes them in because they're trend-setting,
00:53:03 --> 00:53:06 groundbreaking, you know, whatever, whatever, whatever.
00:53:07 --> 00:53:10 Well, that was just like a couple years ago when that movie,
00:53:10 --> 00:53:16 what was it about the creature that was in the water?
00:53:16 --> 00:53:21 What was the name of that movie? Yes, I know what you mean. I actually watched
00:53:21 --> 00:53:23 that movie. Yeah, no, it was good.
00:53:24 --> 00:53:27 It was good, but was it the best picture?
00:53:28 --> 00:53:32 Yeah, and I can't think of what it is. I can't think of the name of it,
00:53:32 --> 00:53:34 but yeah, but was it the best picture?
00:53:34 --> 00:53:36 I don't know. I don't think it was.
00:53:38 --> 00:53:45 But, you know, I guess we all can debate because we've had these shows like Chappelle's show.
00:53:45 --> 00:53:48 I thought it should have been in the top three.
00:53:49 --> 00:53:52 Living Color. Would you give it there because it was that funny?
00:53:53 --> 00:53:57 I thought it was that funny. Yeah. OK. And it was groundbreaking,
00:53:57 --> 00:54:01 too. Yeah. And I think it'd be different if this was like the funniest.
00:54:01 --> 00:54:05 Because to be honest, I wouldn't I wouldn't put the Chappelle show in the best
00:54:05 --> 00:54:08 top three of all time. Black show.
00:54:08 --> 00:54:11 Now, if we're talking about being funny, I probably would have ranked it a little
00:54:11 --> 00:54:17 higher, but there are a lot of other funny shows that I thought were funnier
00:54:17 --> 00:54:20 than Chappelle, but it's all preference too.
00:54:20 --> 00:54:27 The top three, do you think they got it right? Sanford, Sun, Cosby, and then Martin?
00:54:28 --> 00:54:32 I'm not mad at it. You know some of the polls, you'd be like, hell no.
00:54:33 --> 00:54:37 We've had a few of those polls in the past. Now, what about you?
00:54:38 --> 00:54:43 Is there anyone you're like, okay, I can take two of these, but this one won't work?
00:54:46 --> 00:54:55 I'm not really mad at the top three because they were all funny during their time.
00:54:55 --> 00:54:57 Cosby was groundbreaking.
00:54:59 --> 00:55:03 Martin was just hilarious. Martin was.
00:55:04 --> 00:55:10 I mean, yeah, I guess and Sanford and Son was funny as I don't know what. It really was.
00:55:11 --> 00:55:15 So, yeah, I guess we can't complain with those three being there.
00:55:15 --> 00:55:20 So, I'm sure some of our listeners will have something to say about that.
00:55:20 --> 00:55:24 So, definitely let us know what your thoughts are on that list and where you
00:55:24 --> 00:55:26 would put your top three.
00:55:27 --> 00:55:32 You know, whether you disagree with the top three that we have there or whether
00:55:32 --> 00:55:35 you would come up with another three, so let us know. Okay?
00:55:37 --> 00:55:43 All right, and that brings us to our last segment, which is Leonard's favorite segment.
00:55:43 --> 00:55:46 Every time we talk about this, he can't wait to hear the question.
00:55:46 --> 00:55:49 Or whatever we're going to do. Hold on, is this Tim's corner?
00:55:50 --> 00:55:54 DJ Tim's corner? No, no, no. This is Dave's corner. Tim ain't on the show.
00:55:55 --> 00:56:00 Tim's not here. Tim's not here. Okay, all right, just keep that in mind.
00:56:00 --> 00:56:04 He's not on tonight, so It's all about me Okay, anyway.
00:56:07 --> 00:56:10 So here's Dave Corners Question tonight,
00:56:11 --> 00:56:16 You're walking through the woods, and since you got that campground, this could happen.
00:56:17 --> 00:56:24 Oh, God. You're walking through the woods when you come across a black suitcase.
00:56:24 --> 00:56:31 It contains a million dollars and a bloodstained piece of paper with the words,
00:56:32 --> 00:56:35 Don't Do It, written on it.
00:56:36 --> 00:56:42 Would you take the suitcase home with you or leave it? That's hard to say.
00:56:44 --> 00:56:47 People, I wish y'all could have seen Leonard's face just as he was going to
00:56:47 --> 00:56:49 figure out what he was going to say.
00:56:49 --> 00:56:55 Okay. And the reason I say that's hard to say is because it's so funny.
00:56:55 --> 00:56:59 The land next to the campground, somebody bought that land. Oh, they did?
00:56:59 --> 00:57:03 Yep. Unfortunately, they did. And they put up deer cameras there.
00:57:03 --> 00:57:06 So they have like little cameras up in the woods.
00:57:06 --> 00:57:08 And, you know, of course, deer cameras, they strap to the trees.
00:57:08 --> 00:57:13 They kind of blend in. So, you know, so I'm just thinking about taking this
00:57:13 --> 00:57:16 money, not knowing that somebody's looking at me.
00:57:18 --> 00:57:22 All right. There's a hard one. Now, do you guys have a lot of cameras out there yourselves?
00:57:23 --> 00:57:28 No. Well, I'm sorry. We do, but they're not pointed. They're not in the woods.
00:57:29 --> 00:57:33 Okay. And then they're pointing towards the woods or anything like that. Okay. Okay.
00:57:34 --> 00:57:38 So you don't think you would take it? That's a tough one. Now,
00:57:38 --> 00:57:40 and what does the note say again?
00:57:41 --> 00:57:43 Don't do it.
00:57:46 --> 00:57:50 So in my mind, I would tell myself when it said don't do it,
00:57:50 --> 00:57:54 it was talking about don't not take the money.
00:57:54 --> 00:57:58 Don't do it. Don't not. So they're telling me to take it.
00:57:59 --> 00:58:04 Now, keep in mind, it's a bloodstained note. That kind of changes the game right there.
00:58:04 --> 00:58:07 It's like, why is this note bloody? Why is this note bloody?
00:58:07 --> 00:58:09 And why is it telling me not to do it?
00:58:10 --> 00:58:13 What are they talking about? Or was that a note?
00:58:13 --> 00:58:18 Now, it could be that note could have been referring to something else. And...
00:58:20 --> 00:58:25 Maybe the person who had the suitcase, it was a clean note and they got into
00:58:25 --> 00:58:28 it with somebody or whatever. It could be a number of scenarios involved.
00:58:30 --> 00:58:36 But knowing most of society today, a million dollars is a million dollars.
00:58:38 --> 00:58:41 Most people are going to probably take that case, Leonard. Yeah.
00:58:41 --> 00:58:48 I mean, Dave, if I don't take it, I'm going to wait until the blackness of midnight be in my all black.
00:58:49 --> 00:58:52 Look i look i would i would i would
00:58:52 --> 00:58:55 pay somebody and say this is what i would do i would tell
00:58:55 --> 00:58:58 somebody i say man i just realized i
00:58:58 --> 00:59:00 forgot uh i forgot my suitcase and i'm not
00:59:00 --> 00:59:03 feeling well you mind going get it for me in the
00:59:03 --> 00:59:06 words and bring it to
00:59:06 --> 00:59:09 me matter of fact i gotta go to the store meet me at the
00:59:09 --> 00:59:12 store with it well they they who
00:59:12 --> 00:59:15 who do you trust not to open it because when they open it
00:59:15 --> 00:59:18 it's going to say don't do it and then they're going
00:59:18 --> 00:59:21 to have the same dilemma you have i know because you
00:59:21 --> 00:59:23 know most people are newsy they're going to go in the case you know
00:59:23 --> 00:59:26 they're definitely going to look in there well why why is he not
00:59:26 --> 00:59:29 getting it himself and why is this and why is that so
00:59:29 --> 00:59:32 right well okay well they what do you gotta do you find
00:59:32 --> 00:59:36 i don't know i did in the woods behind your house but
00:59:36 --> 00:59:39 not on your property i i don't
00:59:39 --> 00:59:42 i don't you know i know the first thing i would do
00:59:42 --> 00:59:45 is i'm going to do a 360 degree turn
00:59:45 --> 00:59:48 there's like okay who's punking me who's watching me what's
00:59:48 --> 00:59:51 going on and i'm looking to see if i
00:59:51 --> 00:59:58 spot any cameras anywhere okay or but you know somebody leaves something like
00:59:58 --> 01:00:03 that you just you automatically i mean if you've seen enough movies and so forth
01:00:03 --> 01:00:08 you automatically want to think to yourself somebody's watching me yeah okay.
01:00:10 --> 01:00:13 I don't know i'll probably leave it there a couple days and see what happens
01:00:13 --> 01:00:19 right right yeah but then you know if it's somebody who's attending for me to get this thing,
01:00:19 --> 01:00:23 they probably just wait they probably watching for me to go get it whenever
01:00:23 --> 01:00:28 i go get it you know what i mean so i don't know i don't know i i it'd be hard
01:00:28 --> 01:00:33 to leave that case leonard i ain't gonna lie it'd be hard to leave it so what
01:00:33 --> 01:00:36 would you take a couple hundred dollars like what would Would you be like, you know what?
01:00:37 --> 01:00:41 Well, leave it. I'm just going to. Oh, Hunter, what did that say?
01:00:41 --> 01:00:43 A million dollars in there. I'm leaving here with something.
01:00:44 --> 01:00:45 I'm leaving here with something.
01:00:46 --> 01:00:52 I might take a couple stacks out of there. Yeah. I might take a couple stacks out of there. Yeah.
01:00:53 --> 01:00:57 And see what happens. You know, so. Yeah. Yeah.
01:00:58 --> 01:01:04 And see what happens when, when, when, see if anybody comes and get it or whatever.
01:01:04 --> 01:01:09 Because if I got a couple stacks and that case sits there for months,
01:01:10 --> 01:01:14 then I might go back and grab another stack every now and then, you know?
01:01:15 --> 01:01:19 So, yeah, I mean, there's a couple of ways to do that, but I just have a feeling
01:01:19 --> 01:01:22 as soon as I go to take the whole case, I'm gone.
01:01:24 --> 01:01:29 So somebody, I get you. So I don't know people. What would y'all do?
01:01:29 --> 01:01:33 Would you take the case? Would you, would you take it to first,
01:01:33 --> 01:01:38 you know, without any, without any, without any worries or anything like that.
01:01:38 --> 01:01:39 And just walk away with that case.
01:01:40 --> 01:01:45 Because you walk away with that case, you got to leave town for a little bit
01:01:45 --> 01:01:47 anyway and see if anybody checking for you.
01:01:48 --> 01:01:53 So that's what I think, but we'll see. We'll see. Let's think what you guys
01:01:53 --> 01:01:54 have to say about that. Let us know.
01:01:55 --> 01:01:59 It's interesting. We'll see how you guys respond.
01:02:00 --> 01:02:04 I know I'm taking something out of that case though. I might not take the whole
01:02:04 --> 01:02:06 case, but I'm taking something out of there. So, all right.
01:02:07 --> 01:02:12 All right. So, but anyway, that's it, folks. That's our show for this for tonight.
01:02:13 --> 01:02:18 And it gives me thank you for taking the time to listen to us.
01:02:18 --> 01:02:23 Anything you want to add later before we go? No, you know, I just want to add
01:02:23 --> 01:02:28 for anyone who's out here in this heat, you know, please prepare yourself appropriate hydrate.
01:02:28 --> 01:02:33 You know, look for some. I've seen a lot of places and a lot of different cities
01:02:33 --> 01:02:38 and states offering the cooling stations and all that. So don't overdo it.
01:02:39 --> 01:02:44 Yeah, yeah. There's a lot going on in this heat out here, and especially for
01:02:44 --> 01:02:48 the elderly and for those who are homeless and whatever.
01:02:48 --> 01:02:53 So definitely, I think the buses are giving free rides too, if I'm not mistaken.
01:02:54 --> 01:03:00 Oh, wow. That's good. Yeah. But anyway, yeah, please be careful. Be safe out there.
01:03:01 --> 01:03:05 And we will talk with you guys next week. Okay?
01:03:06 --> 01:03:09 Same bad time, same bad channel. Okay?
01:03:14 --> 01:03:21 Join us next week for another edition of News and Trends with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.
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