Dave Kulye is on the phone with us right now. We got Dave to, uh, to a call. So I, how did this work? Did, uh, did you call Dave's wife and then say, Hey, our hot Dave? Did, did somebody remind you that you had the call or were you running late with another interview or what's going on? I think we're having technical difficulties. I have no idea what's going on here. Please stand by. We've got technical difficulties. It's good to have you on Dave Kulye. How you doing? I'm doing great. Thank you for having me on this morning. Finally. Well, first off, let me just say this to you. I've been wanting to talk to you since all of the medical stuff that you've been going through, just because I just wanted to tell you how much me, my family, and then all of our radio family has been praying for you and your family. Oh, that is so sweet. Thank you so much. I appreciate you very much for saying that. It's, um, it's been a roller coaster, you know, and it's been a learning experience. And, um, you know, I didn't think I would get one cancer, let alone two different cancers back to back. And, um, you know, there's always a silver lining in everything. And I've been able to help a lot of people by just getting the word out about, you know, no one should have to go through this and early detection has saved my life twice now. Twice. That's crazy. Dave, I don't know if you've heard this story or know the story, but my wife and I did these pre-novo tests this past year. One of the biggest reasons we did this body scan thing was my wife looks at me like I'm, you know, a walking ticking bomb, you know what I mean? With my health and of all things, she's the one that got diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Um, and we would have never known about it. She'd be right now walking and being happy and everything and be having cancer and or if it wasn't that we did it. And so early detection is such a huge deal, but I will say this to you, your story came on the news of this, your second, you know, recovery from cancer when she got diagnosed and I was watching, I think it might have been the today show at the time and you were on there and I'm looking at you and I'm like, look at how good Dave looks. But also the other thing too is look at how you become an advocate for others that maybe don't have the resources to be able to do what, you know, we have done and what you have done. Well, well, thank you. And first of all, I'm so happy that you and your wife, you know, took the time and got out ahead of this because that's what people need to do. It's a really simple process, but, you know, we all put things off and I didn't ever, you know, think that I was going to become the poster boy for cancer and cancer research and become such an advocate. But, you know, I lost my mom, my sister and my niece to cancer. So I understand what your wife is going through. And it's a horrible disease and, and, you know, we can get out ahead of this. And if people were seeing incidents of cancer in children now, we're seeing, you know, colon cancers in women in their 20s and 30s. I mean, this is crazy. So it's, it's, you know, you know, use it to my ears when I hear that you guys took the initiative to go and do that. What did this do to your relationship with your beautiful wife? Like how did she become your, you know, your rock even more than she already was? Or how did things kind of change in the dynamic in your family at this time? Well, going through something like this, you really get to see who you married. That's for sure. It's so true. And she has been unbelievable. And, you know, we, we went through this together and it was, I wanted to know. So our relationship has improved to answer your question. It's crazy. It's crazy, isn't it? Like, because they become your, you know, the you, when you're at the altar, you're thinking to yourself, okay, this is the person that I get to make out with my entire life, you know what I mean? And not feel bad about it. That in sickness and in health part, you're like, oh, that's not till we're old and almost, almost out of here anyway. No, and then it's, it is amazing. It really is. I mean, I'm telling you, I think God does crazy things, you know, in our lives. One of the craziest things is how he moves our relationships with those that we love. But I want to talk about happy stuff too. Let me ask, let me ask a question on that though. Dave, if anything, what did you learn about yourself going through this that maybe you didn't realize was inside of you before? Well, I learned that I'm stronger than I thought I was going to be because I have so many things to look forward to. And we have a brand new grandson who just turned one years old. And, you know, I want to be there for that little boy, you know, I want to be, you know, taking them out fishing out here on Lake St. Clair. And I want to be, you know, taking them to the ice rink and playing ball with them. And so it's those things that I think propel you forward and help you find that inner strength. So that's what I really learned about myself was that unlike, Hey, you know, there's only one way to go with this and that's to battle and move forward. So that's really what I learned about myself. Yeah, it's cool. It's, it's amazing. Dave Kulye is on with us right now. I got it. I'm going to, I'm going to end with the red wings because I want to talk to you about red wings here because I'm literally sad about after the last night's game, but we'll talk in a second about that. Again, let's talk real quick. I want to make the plug here. Astronomicon nine is coming. It's going to be in town April the 10th through the 12th next weekend. And it's going to be at the Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti. What is this place? I remember, is it the hotel there, the Marriott and Ypsilanti there? It has to be. Yeah. And there's a, do you do this across the country or do you do it? Just are doing this here? Cause it's stopping in Detroit. Um, you know, I did the first one a few years ago with me, Bob Sagan and John Stamos. Oh, wow. And it was, it was called mega con and it was in Orlando, Florida. And we had so much fun talking with our fans and spending the weekend together that I thought, wow, this is really fun. And you get to really talk with fans and reflect about, you know, what does full house mean to people all these years later? And it's, and it's magnificent. It's just wonderful. And so it gives me a chance to, um, to mingle with people and get to know people who've been watching the show for, for decades. And, uh, it's, it's a lot of fun. If you haven't done one of these, I used to think, Oh gosh, it's just weird nerds and, you know, people dressed up and, you know, weird costumes. You do get that. Yeah. But it's a blast. I just really, really enjoy the whole fan experience. I think as much as the fans do. And I, I fanboy out like I met, um, uh, Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer from Iron Maiden at Steel City, Con and he has the same cancer that I have. So we've kind of bonded to that. He's like, you got to come and see a show, mate. I'm looking at the list here. David, our cat will be there. Tommy Chong is going to be there. Gosh, look at this list. Uh, Yeah. Rose McGowan, if you ever watched Charm, you know exactly who she is. Dave, do you, do you, and Melissa, do you guys watch a lot of television and stuff? I mean, being a guy that's been on television and had one of the more popular shows of all time, do you guys sit down like I do with my wife and binge watch shows? We do. And God forbid you stray away and watch an episode by yourself. That is cheating. That is cheating right there. That's, that's when you do find out who you married right there. The vengeance. Yeah. You know, we love this show, Love on the Spectrum. I don't know if you I know I cannot wait for the new season to come out today. It does. I think so. Oh my God. They're my tanners, my favorite. So we just fell in love with that cast and, and, um, you know, so we watch shows like that and, you know, sports, of course, you know, we want to watch Michigan in the final four and Redwings, you know, or Joe, you brought up the Redwings, you know, on a diehard wing. I know what is up with their every March, they seem like they have a collapse. I can't figure out what, what is this? I thought this was the year. Yeah. And this is the time of the season when you find out how much depth your team has. Yeah. And, you know, staying healthy and having a strong lineup and, you know, defense is an important thing and goal tending is an important thing. And, um, you know, these two points matter every single game. And you really find out how important that is at this crucial time of the season. When the US team won the gold was, was that like one of the highlights? That I said this last night, I was with a friend and George or a six salon. And I said, that win was my win for the year. Like we were talking to the final four and obviously Michigan and I'm a huge Arizona fan. And I'd love to see Arizona, you know, win because I, because I lived in Tucson and stuff. But honestly, I'll give up an Arizona win for that USA win because that was like, you know, we hadn't seen that since I was a kid. Yeah. I mean, when it got down to three on three and I saw McKinnon, McDavid and McCarr come out and oh boy, the game is over. I mean, those three guys are as good as it gets, you know, and, um, you know, Team USA pulled it out and they won. And it was just so what a feel good moment for the United States. Just we needed that little shot in your arm. Yeah, it's so cool. Dave, it's good to have you on the show. And I'm really, really happy that that you are alive. You're doing great. You're healthy and you're going to be out this weekend and do me a favor. Next weekend or next weekend. So yeah, that boy, would you have accepted this if it was during the final four? Like they said to you, it was this weekend. And the Michigan Arizona games on TV and you're hanging out at Astronomicon nine and be like, what the hell? Yeah. Yeah. I'm with the guy with the green hair and the lady wearing the pink hat. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, I just want to say real quickly through all of this, you know, comes good things, you know, there's always this overlining. And I started a company called Aware Market. OK. And it's a non-toxic store. So check it out. It's Aware. A-W-E-A-R. I am one of your ambassadors, Dave. That's right. Are you really? I know. Yes. Yes. One of our affiliate people that that works with us. So I wanted to get that plug in there because we're helping a lot of people with what we're doing. And we're so happy that you're a board. I mean, it's just one of those happening. Oh, this is cool. This is so. It's really cool. So if you're like, OK, one one easy thing that I want to switch out in my house or in my routine is like cleaning products. You go on Aware and you just search, you know, what you're looking for. And it gives you a really, really easy platform and a way to purchase those sorts of products. Same thing with like pet products, food, home stuff, all the things. I actually it's funny. Some of the like the salad dressings and things like this are things that Chelsea is. Well, because I think it's very overwhelming to go. OK, I need to replace everything in my life with all like the healthy, non-toxic stuff. And so this makes it way easier to do just like piece by piece. That is like a wonderful. You are so welcome. I mean, I did have dinner with your wife a couple of weeks ago, so we chatted about this. She told me, yes, I know she enjoyed that very much. How come I just want to get that I just want to get that plug in there because we're helping a lot of people with this company. We're a startup. We're brand new. And we just love the way the company direction is going right now. So we're helping a lot of people. Why did you and Shannon and Melissa not invite Dave and Wes to go to the dinner to? Why was it not a couple's dinner? Why did the girls have their own? What did you do that night, Dave? Did you just sit at home with a pizza or what did you do? I was I was with the dogs and, you know, we were watching hockey. Actually, that's not a bad one. We're hanging out on Saturday morning and doing a five and a half mile hike if you'd like to join us. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I got a rest up for the final four. Melissa does this thing called recess and it's she's become kind of like Forrest Gump, where everybody follows her around walking. And it's really cool. But it's just basically people get together and talk about health. It's really a wonderful thing. Oh, God, I couldn't think of anything more boring than that. But I'll be right now. You're sad to be left out of that one. I'm going to hang out with the guys with green hair in Ypsilanti at the Marriott. Find out more about Astronomicon nine. I make sure that you check that out at the Marriott there in Ypsilanti. So thank you so much, Dave, for being on the show with us and all the best to you. And let's keep in touch. OK. Thank you so much, you guys have a wonderful week. We'll talk to you later.
