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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?
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