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6a Tax Day, Scoop Dave Chappelle Show Coming Back, Fleetweek 04-15-26

33 min
Apr 15, 20263 days ago
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Summary

The Roula Show discusses tax day filing deadlines, Dave Chappelle's potential return to television, and Houston's inaugural Fleet Week celebration featuring Navy and Coast Guard ships. The hosts also highlight preservation efforts for historic Houston restaurants that have shaped the city's culinary culture.

Insights
  • Strategic business structuring through LLCs and quarterly tax payments is essential for self-employed individuals and real estate investors to minimize liability and manage cash flow
  • Content creators and comedians face complex decisions between financial security and creative control, as exemplified by Chappelle's $50M walk-away and potential reconsideration
  • Long-standing family-owned restaurants serve as cultural landmarks and community anchors, with generational employee relationships creating stability in an industry with high closure rates
  • Fleet Week represents economic and cultural opportunity for non-coastal cities, attracting military personnel who may relocate and boosting local tourism and hospitality sectors
  • Appointment television and scheduled media consumption created different cultural moments than today's on-demand streaming, affecting how audiences engage with entertainment
Trends
Tax planning and business entity structuring becoming mainstream discussion topics for content creators and side-hustle entrepreneursStreaming platforms and content creators reconsidering legacy media deals as cultural and financial landscapes shiftHeritage and legacy preservation becoming marketing and community engagement strategy for established restaurantsMilitary and civic events being leveraged for economic development in non-traditional marketsNostalgia-driven content and retrospective interviews gaining audience traction (David Letterman series model)Generational employment and family business continuity as competitive advantage in hospitality sectorPort infrastructure and inland waterway development enabling non-coastal cities to host major national events
Topics
Tax Filing Deadlines and ExtensionsLLC Formation and Asset ProtectionQuarterly Tax Payments for Self-EmployedDave Chappelle Show Potential RevivalComedy Central Contract DisputesFleet Week Houston 2026Port of Houston Ship ChannelHistoric Restaurant PreservationFamily-Owned Business SuccessionGenerational Employment PracticesRestaurant Industry ClosuresMilitary Recruitment and RelocationAppointment Television vs StreamingContent Creator Financial NegotiationsHouston Cultural Landmarks
Companies
Comedy Central
Network that signed Dave Chappelle to $50M deal in 2005; released unapproved season 3 after his departure
Port of Houston
Infrastructure enabling Houston to host first Fleet Week for non-coastal city via Ship Channel
Preservation Houston
Organization honoring inaugural class of legacy restaurants as cultural landmarks with 20+ year histories
Baskin Robbins
Ice cream brand referenced for mint chocolate chip flavor preference and childhood memories
Dairy Queen
Fast food chain mentioned for mint-flavored frozen treats
McDonald's
Referenced in John Mulaney bit about childhood experiences and parental disappointment
HBO
Network that aired Sex and the City and other appointment television programming in 1990s-2000s
NFL Network
Broadcasting 2026 NFL Draft from Pittsburgh April 23-25 with streaming via NFL Plus
People
Dave Chappelle
Reconsidering bringing back Chappelle's Show after walking away from $50M Comedy Central deal in 2005
John Mulaney
Featured in David Letterman interview series; discussed in context of appointment television and family dynamics
David Letterman
Producing interview series with comedians featuring behind-scenes content and personal stories
Bruno Mars
Performing at NRG Stadium April 22, 2026; subject of radio contest giveaway
Rula
Co-host of The Roula Show with Eric; leads discussions on tax, entertainment, and Houston events
Eric
Co-host of The Roula Show; participates in rapid-fire quiz and event coverage
Special K
Co-host on The Roula Show; former maritime service member providing military uniform context
Sam
Co-host on The Roula Show; participates in rapid-fire quiz and event discussions
Alex
Long-time listener returning to participate in rapid-fire quiz; Eric's biggest cheerleader
Dmitri Fedokakis
Honored in inaugural legacy restaurant class; discussed restaurant industry closure challenges
Carolyn Richard
Honored in inaugural legacy restaurant class for cultural impact and community service
Traffic Shop Mike
Regular morning texter sending photos of Fleet Week ship parade and sunrise from Galveston
Quotes
"Real rich people don't have to pay. They know all the loopholes and they want to hide their money."
RulaTax day discussion
"I would have told you absolutely not if you asked that even a year ago. But in the last few weeks, I'm considering it."
Dave ChappelleRegarding Chappelle's Show revival
"Your responsibility is to be true to yourself and your work."
Dave ChappelleOn creative control conditions
"These are whole generational family employees in there. We've had generational employees. It's pretty awesome."
Restaurant ownerLegacy restaurant discussion
"We are the first city to not be a coastal city to get Fleet Week. And the reason that's possible is because of the Port of Houston and the Ship Channel."
RulaFleet Week announcement
Full Transcript
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As we learned yesterday, filing an extension is possible in your last real day as October 15, but if you owe the government money, you're gonna start tick-tucking that percentage of interest on the one you owe them. You gotta pay that estimate today, no matter if you've finished your taxes or not. Real rich people don't have to pay. They know all the loopholes and they want to hide their money. I have to pay quarterly because I have the DJ side business and the real estate thing. So my dude, he's like, yeah, you better start paying quarterly. That is a pain in the butt. Yeah, but it's better than doing it all in one shot. That's true. Do you have an LLC, Kev? No, not yet, but I think that that's what's gonna happen this year. And LLC is something that protects your assets should you get sued or to use them as a tax umbrella. So you're not so liable for making so much money with these properties. So you kind of hide it under a different umbrella. Put it over there. This is his own company. Each house becomes its own company. That's what they do at their carnivals. Each ride is his own company. So that way if you sue, that's all you get is the ride. You just get that one ride out the whole. You can't get the whole carnival. Or maybe like six flags type stuff too, but they do that. There's some shady stuff out there in this world. There is. Keep that house in debt so that way they don't take... They're taking it from the bank. They're taking it from me. The reason I don't need coffee, people always ask Eric, because everyone drinks coffee in the show. I don't need coffee when you have someone like Alex that listens to the show. It has been a long time coming. I have finally returned. It is Alex, the delivery driver, and tomorrow is the rapid-fire quiz. And Eric, you already know what that means, baby. You're gonna win! I forgot about... Where have you been, Alex? It's been like a year. It's been a long time. Where have you been? Alex is Eric's biggest cheerleader when it comes to rapid-fire quiz. And yet that is at eight o'clock this morning. I heard that yesterday. I'm like, whoa, I forgot about Alex. I did not forget about Alex. Have you met him? Yeah, he came out to... Where did we meet him at? I met him when he saw me... You saw him somewhere... In my street. And he was like, oh my God. I can't believe that's you. And I was like, what? And then he's a delivery driver. I guess now he's for something different, but he was doing dry cleaning drop off. It was a dry cleaning truck. Oh, funny. And he was going through my street. Yeah. And he was like, I think you're Rula, right? And I was like, yes? No, it's Rula. I don't know. It's Rula. It's Rula. My name's Rula. It's Rula the Gula. He was really sweet. He's a very sweet guy and loves our show. I know we've met him somewhere. That's funny. We bring him up. I know we've met him. I know you've met him. That's how I met him the first time. I think I've met him twice. And I know you've met him once, but I can't remember where. I don't know if it was a road show or what. So that's fun. When's it eight o'clock? As you know, we do the rapid-fire quiz. And today's prize, what is today's prize? Oh, Disney World's Collide Tour with Camp Rock. It's the Nut Descendants and Zombies. It's the easiest contest. It's a, yeah. You just call in and pick someone. Pick someone, one of us in the room to win for you. Don't pick Sam. She's awful. I feel like the Sam we should like. Take your new here. We should add to it. Like you get that prize plus $500, you know, like something like. If you get a Paradise fee. So then when you win, it's like really big even. Wait, you mean only if she wins? Yeah, because the odds are very low. Well, remember last year we gave her 10, 10 wins. We gave her 10 wins. I also think I got $200. Oh yeah. The first year I gave you a hundred. And then our boss put, yeah, there's an envelope and I had to wait until I actually wanted to get the money. It was like hanging. Oh yeah, we put it there. Remember, it was like right here in the wall. Yeah, the envelope. Yeah, it's haunting you. But he's sitting there. Since it is the close to the top of the hour, let me give you the national keyword for the Harry Styles Tour. New York City four trips, London one trip, you and Harry Styles and a friend at his concert. All right, national keyword is kiss KISS. K-I-S-S. So it's a nine five eight one nine to enter for a chance to win. Oh, thanks, Sam. Eric to the, ew, ew. Come here, Sam. Yeah, that sounds great. That would be weird. See that would be weird. We're just talking about HR off air. Oh yeah. HR. Creepy G-bees. Okay, little heebie G-bees. Right. It is currently 71 degrees today, but it's the degree of ick in here is over the top. It is a high of 85. I don't see any rain in the forecast. So, you know, it's Houston. Who knows. Wait a minute. Did it rain yesterday for any of you guys? No. Just a spitting. Right. But you still got something. It was nice yesterday. Yeah. I felt like that six o'clock hour is the magic hour now. It is. I want to be outside at six o'clock. Right. It's so nice. Yeah, but it's coming. Yeah. So, I guess we got, I say we, sorry. My son and I took Santi to go get ice cream. Yeah. Because I don't ever take him to go get ice cream. Right. So, I was like, okay, let's go get ice cream. They're just the two of y'all by yourselves. Doesn't that feel amazing to have just one? Girl, it was not by myself. Oh. I did it sound like. I had the little tater tot. He just didn't get any ice cream. Yeah. And my, what did Kev's husband be? He goes, when your husband's out of town, Jules always falls in. And he called her something as like my husband. Like Jules, my best friend is my husband. My husband. My husband. My husband. My husband. But he used some funny term and I was like, yes. What kind of ice cream did you give him? Exactly. He got chocolate. I was like, when did you ever get chocolate ice cream before? I think this is like the first time I've ever seen him. I've ever tried mint chocolate chip. Ew, no. I don't have a chocolate chip. I love it. No. I've never had anything else at Baskin Robbins, but mint chocolate chip. My whole life. He never had anything else, not gold metal ribbon. No. As a kid, we'd go to Lausanne, Proum all, and I would go and they'd have Baskin Robbins there. I'd go to, even to this day, the one on Bel Air. Yeah. I'd take the kids once in a while. I'd get them. That's all I've ever had there. What? There's so many good flavors here. And even at Barwell Slab, I'll get the mint. The green one? Yeah. Or the white. They make it in front of you, right? Yeah, I get that. Then sometimes I'll get the white and with heath. So then I'll change it up maybe there because I like the lizards from Dairy Queen. No. You like mint too, really? Oh my God, I love mint. I'm telling you, Eric and I are the same person. We were just born in different states. No, thank you. It's so weird. We're both left handed. We're both left handed. We're both left handed. We're both left handed. We're both left handed. Eric, this is weird. You're freaking me out. We both have a mole. Oh my God, you're freaking me out. Stop. There's a thing about cilantro. People think it tastes like so. You're not the reed. Do you know that? No, he did have a mole, Sam. No, I know. But then I have one here now. Silly. Like he's just like. Yeah, this is kind of moving. I used to have a big one here taking off. Now it's here and it's like hurting from my mask. Are you a CPAP? Yeah. I'm like, what the hell? One, two? Oh, hell yeah, if I can. Oh, God. You got a lot of surgeries coming up. Let's just use dental floss and see if we can pop it off. No, not about it. It's a mint flavor. Yeah. But Sam won't like it. Rural nibble on it. Stop liking that. Mintsuck and chip. I love mint. Sam hates mint. Sam, do you like cilantro? I love cilantro. Some people think it tastes like soap. My husband thinks it tastes like soap. I like mint. So you're not a mint person. I like mint in my iced tea. But mint chocolate. Interesting. Oh, I love it. How about thin mints? No. Yummy. I'm just brushing your teeth, eating chocolate. Oh, that sounds even better than anything. I thought you just made it better. I want that. We're going to be back to give you some scoop. Is Dave Chappelle reconsidering bringing back Chappelle's show? I saw you about this yesterday. Yeah. Yeah. After walking away from $50 million from Comedy Central and never looking back. Is he looking back? We'll go over that. We'll be right back with Scoop on the Rural Show with Eric and 104.1 KRBE. The countdown is on for the 2026 NFL Draft presented by Bud Lighting. Catch all seven rounds three days live from Pittsburgh, April 23rd through 25th. 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Okay, speaking of our number, the direct connection right here to the Rue de Chaux with Eric at 833-390-KRBE, 6 o'clock or as I got something for you. How about a family four pack to the Houston Children's Museum right now? Cool. Call her 12. 833-390-KRBE, something fun to do. cmhustin.org is their website if you want to learn more. Children's Museum, one of the many great museums that we have in our city. All right, Dave Chappelle's show only ran for three years on Comedy Central, which I find stunning because I feel like the talk of the show sounds like it was on for a long time, had so many episodes. So many memories of so many different skits. A lot. And famously, he walked away from a $50 million deal with Comedy Central back in 2005. He said a variety of things about why he walked away. Some people thought he was having some kind of mental break-even. They're like, who walks away from that kind of money? He said he was burned out. He thought the suits were trying to exert too much control. And he even thought some of his sketches were, quote, socially irresponsible. But famously, he even says this in that David Letterman, my next guest needs no introduction. That, because Dave asked me about that, is it true that there was somebody on the set watching you film a skit and they laughed a little too hard at something that was racial? And he said, yes, that was true. And the way he heard that person laugh was not the kind of laugh of like, ha ha ha ha. It was like, hey. They're laughing at us, not with us. Right. And that seemed to have been like the breaking moment. I don't know. They're probably just kissing your butt at work there, you know? Hollywood's so fake. Well, can't you tell? It depends on what kind of mood you're in too. Maybe you're just looking for things. We all go, hey, how would somebody be going, they're getting mad about something. I don't know why they're getting mad at this. They're really searching. They're going down deep for that. I don't know. If I'm going to overly gay something in front of a straight crowd or a mixed crowd, and I noticed that maybe one straight person is laughing like irresponsibly hard at my antics, I would probably initially question that bit, but at the end of the day, I wrote it and wanted it that way. Yeah. They're laughing. They'd be more insulted if they didn't laugh. I'd probably be more insulted. Like, dang, I thought that was a good self-deprecation. Then you think, oh, they just don't like gay people. They're not laughing at all. They're just not into... Right. Right. Just enough funny. Right. So the latest story is that if you had asked Dave Chappelle in 2005, 2006, 2007, would you ever consider coming back? He'd be like, no, no, no. But now he said he is thinking about bringing it back. I would have told you absolutely not if you asked that even a year ago. But in the last few weeks, I'm considering it. If it happens, of course, he'll have all the control and he says your responsibility is to be true to yourself and your work. Comedy Central did release season three, but Dave Chappelle was not on board and he did not approve the release of that season three, but they already owned it because it was a contract with them. That's why they released it. I don't know all the skits. I can't even tell you, Kevin, what time it was on because that was still in a time where we had to watch television on a schedule. We did not have streaming in 2005. So do you remember when it was like, you're like, oh, it's time for Chappelle's show. It was like Tuesday night. No, definitely not. It was Comedy Central, so they probably played it a bunch of times. Also, I think we had Tivo type of thing at the time. We did. So I was able to record it and go back and watch it. Like I remember Sunday nights on HBO was Sex and the City Night on HBO, right? Or you had like, was it Tuesdays and Wednesdays? It was American Idol when it first started in the summertime. There was appointment television and we don't have that anymore. Absolutely do not have that anymore. Speaking of the David Letterman series, I am going to go down that lane for a second because I have been watching more and more of that. And I really, have you seen enough of it, Eric? I've only watched like, I saw Howard Stern and like, Howard Person. You know, I think it's really good about what he's doing or what he's done. I forget it's on. He doesn't just interview Billy Eilish chair to chair. He doesn't just interview John Mulaney chair to chair in front of an audience. He starts it out that way. Like people got tickets to watch the interview, but then he's also spent time with them outside of that venue. Like he goes to dinner with John Mulaney and his dad and they have a bit of that conversation with John Mulaney's dad. Like Jerry Seinfeld when he does his comedians and cars getting coffee. I kind of like that. Whether or not in their environment. Yeah, it was more like, and they go back to John Mulaney school and John Mulaney has a famous bit about his dad being almost like a celebrity in his life. His dad was a high powered attorney that always traveled for work. So he wasn't really present. So when he was present, I go, my God, dad's home. And for any child of the 70s, 80s, 90s, I don't know if it hits the same now, but McDonald's for some reason was like a real life amusement park to children. They were like, oh my God, McDonald's. There's a treat because you didn't go maybe once a month. You're right. You were the coolest kid in school. If somebody said there's a birthday party at McDonald's, I was like that even happened. We had like a Model T car in there, like, but it's made of plastic. In the one in your neighborhood? Yeah. Wow. You could eat in it too. Yeah. In his famous bit, his dad comes home. They're in the car with the mom and the dad tells, the dad says we're going to pull into McDonald's and the kids are like, oh my God, McDonald's and they're chanting McDonald's McDonald's and back seat. And the dad goes into the drive-thru and just orders a black coffee, one black coffee and then leaves and doesn't understand how he just disappointed his kids. And David Letterman's talking about how the one thing on his bucket list in his life was to go to Florida and watch a space shuttle launch. So he took his five-year-old son with him and they're there. And David Letterman has the binoculars and he says to John Mulaney and my son says, Dad, can I see? And I said, no. Oh. And he's just watching it. And he said it has haunted him every day since he denied his child looking through the binoculars at the shuttle launch. You know what you're going to be doing? You should have bought two binoculars. Right. Hey, we're going to go to the, you know what's happening? It's going to go up in the air. And John Mulaney's dad said, it takes time. Yeah, it takes time. You could have shared that. Right. And John Mulaney's dad, oh, okay. So it's kind of like, you know, going to McDonald's and just getting a black coffee and not reading the room for your kids. I made it feel worse. It's kind of funny. I thought it was interesting. I think a lot of parents have a moment where you have so much regret and your child might not even remember it, but you remember it. Like things like just stick in your mind. Or as a parent, you want to see something or that, but you're like, no, I got to let my kid have that experience. Yeah, Dave didn't let his kid. Dave did not let his kid have that. I'm sure he can take him to see another one. I'm going to tell you guys in 29 minutes, we're going to lose Special K's attention on this show in 29 minutes. What is happening in 29 minutes? You can do it. What's in 29 minutes? My prank, well. You mean it? You mean it? Well, good thing those aren't live, Kevin. Because when we come back, no, it's not what 29 minutes is not is going to end. Oh, yeah. When we come back, we reveal why are we going to lose Special K's attention? I just remembered now. In 29 minutes, now 28 minutes. What is happening in 28 minutes? It's only Kevin. Let's have a choke hold on Special K. Where am I? Not you. Not you, Sam. Just him. Well, you could. But Kevin, definitely. Yeah, we definitely. It's going to have a choke hold on Special K. I wish it would happen during rapid fire because all the blood would leave his head, his brain would not be able to work. We'd have an advantage on winning. Yeah, we'd be distracted. We'll come back and discuss what is going on. Poor Kevin. We're going to lose his attention. Yes. It's the last segment of the morning with Special K next. A K-R-B-E. Let's go. The Ruler Show with Eric. Okay, Houston, Texas. We have so much activity coming up this weekend. I can't even keep my head straight. This weekend is the Nutcracker Market for Spring. Yes. Hicking off on Friday. We've also got Frontier Fiesta at University of Houston. We'll give you more information on that as the weekend gets closer. If I hit that more tomorrow and Friday. For sure, because we've got the Sigma Nu fraternity raising money for our friend and colleague here at K-R-B-E-Y-O-J. It's a fun time. Why are we going to lose Special K's attention on this show in 21 minutes? And maybe for the rest of the week. What? Probably. Where are you going, Kevin? Because at 7 AM, the live stream of Fleet Week begins. Yeah! The ship's on parade, Kevin. What? We don't even have any water near us. Yes, we do. We have Galveston. Oh, Lord. I got to go all the way down the Ship Channel. It's hard to see the Ship Channel. No, you can watch it on live stream. They're going to be live stream. I want to see in person. No, these are the ships that are part of Houston's first ever Fleet Week. 7 AM is when they start parade of ships. Are they going where the cruise ships are? They're going to get off? Okay, here's what I learned yesterday. Where they going farther down the channel? Like, where they going? We are the first city to not be a coastal city to get Fleet Week. And the reason that's possible is because of the Port of Houston and the Ship Channel. And so Galveston is involved in this. The Port of Houston is involved in this. Fleet Week begins today. You can see active Navy and Coast Guard ships up close. We're showing all kinds of pictures of what exactly is coming, like a massive amphibious assault ship designed to carry troops, helicopters, and air jets. We lost Kevin. I know. This vessel alone, just this one, operates as what officials describe as a floating air base built to support multiple operations around the world. Then you've got USS Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the USS Cooperstown. They're both coming in. They are combat ships built for speed and agility, designed to operate close to shore in high-threat environments. Then you've got, oh my God, look at this one. Then you've got, what's this one called? The Edgar Coperson. Take my back up, pop. You love those ships? There are all kinds of ships that you can actually meet the crew members. You can visit the ships. It is Fleet Week to me, Kev. I am a child of television. I'm an adult of television. And I just, we just mentioned how we had appointment watching television in the 2000s and the 90s. On Sunday nights on HBO, Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the gang, right? There's a whole episode about New York City Fleet Week. And you know what it was about? It was about sailors are here to get some action. That's fun. And that's how it's like, 40 weeks from this week is what? You're having a baby if you're not careful. Oh yeah, you're having a baby. 100%. It makes sure they're of age. So you said I could see it online or online, but also I can go to it. So I've got to figure out where to show it. In Galveston's way, very different, very busy this week. Are they going to stay? Like the sailors going to be in Galveston? Are they going to come up to like Astros game? They're going to go have an area there for them. They're going to stay with their ship. Because I'm used to Chicago and New York where, you know, the cities. Oh, they get off. Right. They come in the city. Yeah, they do. That's the whole thing, right? They come here and they get to know what our city is about. They have the naval place there too, I think. I don't see sailors walking around in their outfit. Yeah, 100%. You're going to see lots of military, lots of military. We are getting more than, yeah, more than 1000 active duty US service members and special services are going to be here. There you go, ladies. You can tour these ships. They'll be docked along the Houston ship channel. It is celebrating America's 250th, the nationwide celebration of the United States. 250th anniversary and is the first time we've gotten to host it. And it's because of the Port of Houston. The parade of ships starts at 7am at Seawolf Park in Galveston. Oh, yeah. Tomorrow it's Fleet Week on the Plaza at Avenida Houston Plaza, 6 to 9pm. On the 18th, you've got the East End Street Fest, Navigation Esplanade. It's a block party with live music, Lucha Libre Wrestling. Oh, yeah. And barbecue from different Houston restaurants. That's a block party that's free and open to the public. Then you've got Fleet Week Houston Aviation Exhibit, the Fleet Week Expo, the exhibition at Sylvan Beach. There's a lot. There's no way you need to go Airbnb down there. On Monday, there's a drone show in a Fleet Week Street Festival. I had planned on going to Galveston anyway on Saturday. Look at that. Y'all are going to see a lot of activity. Oh, man. A lot of activity. It's going to be a nice afternoon. I know. Boosters will be like, oh, huh. Oh. Why'd you plan this? This is why you want to do that. You didn't know about it. Yeah. So, yeah. SARTs Today ends on April 22nd. And you will have a chance to tour the USS Kier Sarge. I hope I'm saying that right. K-E-A-R Sarge. Kier Sarge, the USS Minneapolis, the, what else? The U.S. Gulf, USCGC. Is that United States Coast Guard? What's the C for? Edgar Culbertson. And the Ogary Doctin, the Houston Ship Channel. That's cool. We're a thousand servicemen. Specifically, ladies of Houston who are single and love a man in uniform. These men are only going to be here until the 22nd. Even better. You don't want to be, you don't want to leave something behind. And you're going to be delivering that in January. Then she spins over and pulls down her penny. She's jumping them. She's jumping them. Look like she's about to fall over. Fleet Week. It's so exciting because we've made national news that we got this for the first time. And it is very rare for a city that doesn't, it's not on a coast to get it. But like you said, what about, you said Chicago got it? Yes, or I always seek sailors there, but they have a naval academy there. Yeah, because they just have a lake. They don't have any ocean water. Well, you can get to the ocean from the lake. Okay. But it's not the port of Houston. No. But I usually like, where do they usually do it at? Like besides New York. Oh, probably in San Diego. Like Miami or something. Like San Diego is like one of their home bases, right? Right. So they probably don't want to be there. They're probably like, this is, we're already, this is our everyday life here. So our best behavior, it should be on display for all these service members. Cause the other thing I saw in the news yesterday is that a lot of the servicemen that come to the new cities for fleet week, they also look at them as possible places to land at the end of their tours. Like let's say you want to move somewhere new. This could be an opportunity for them to be like, man, Houston was amazing. Maybe I'll move there. People are, uh, traffic shop, Mike to send some photos. He just had a photo of them. Why they're guys dressed up like 250 years ago. They were the, uh, the George Washington gear. Is this what you're into, Kev? This is revolutionary. I can't see the picture. It is. I don't understand. There's a bunch of normal people in normal outfits and then there's like one, two, three, six soldiers that look like, uh, patreons. Oh, I see. I see. Yeah, from 250 years ago for the anniversary. Yeah. Okay. Wow. This is really pretty pictures. So, uh, for those that are newer to the show in this part of the window of the hour, traffic shop, Mike is the first text we get every morning for, I don't know how many years he says, I hope you have a, uh, you know, great day and even a great morning and even better day. Um, and he works in Galveston and the pictures that he's sending us of the sunrise as people are sitting in their tailgate chairs, watching the ships come in is gorgeous. Thank you, Mike. These are beautiful. This person said my brother in law is in the Navy. And he said, all in caps, go buy a sailor a drink. There you go One person said my friend and I were single in Boston when Fleet Week was going on We didn't know when we went that it was happening and it was epic a trip to never forget So many cute guys Stuck in a ship and women but for us girls who are excited about men in uniform You're like, oh Hello Can only imagine oh gosh go to abc13.com or KJU 11. Why do they wear those? They have a good breakdown Those hats. What's the purpose of those round hats? Which round the Hacker Jack? Yeah, the hats that the sailors wear. I'm looking these pictures We had a couple of it's not it's not called a hats called cover Okay, yes, you gotta and you got to remove your cover when you go inside So it depending on what you're doing that day you're gonna wear different cover Whether it be, you know, the little fitted one or you're gonna wear your You know a little little tight when that goes right around your course. I was cadets Does it protect your head from hitting stuff? Yeah, what's the purpose of it? It's just part of their uniform. Baseball cap makes sense. It blocks the sun, right? Well, they you know like I think of a captain's hat has a brim on it, too Yeah, I mean, yeah, but I'm just I'm talking about those round ones. Why they wear those I Guess you're gonna have to show me which round ones you're talking. I see what Sailor the boy That's what I'm asking. I don't know but you are That was a different kind of uniform merchant mariners were definitely different than the Navy they have um, yeah Every uniform you click on here. They're all wearing that thing with a little yeah, I never had to wear that I wore the one that looked like a taco Yeah, it looks like an envelope on your head for the most part is what you wore Unless you were going in a port then you'd put on your either blues your whites depending on what season it was at the port that you're Going to so we got to see Lee's and we had to put on our balloons. They see police. They wear those big old Smoky the bear has Yeah dumb question amnesty on this Kevin since you're the only one of us that was in an Maritime is when you get your uniform do they also is it a generic cover? Or do they measure your head to make sure it's tight fitting and perfect they measure we had to we had to measure all those different things And I was a 27 inch waist. I remember I'll never forget that I'll never get my 20 and I will never fit into those clothes 104.1 It is brought to you by easy Fiverr people are just saying it's tradition. It's like your Greek Oh The sailor hat the Zorba wait what oh what's like other Greeks where the ebzone sold your outfit Yeah, they were that like I'm into this if you ever want to see something cool when India and Pakistan when they close their border together They they go back and forth and they go like this They goosest almost goosest They do these moves. It's really cool, right like the military Another guy does it from India then they go back and forth and they have this garb on and stuff I'm like that doesn't look like a good Let me put something fantastic I did yesterday and I and I was geeking out y'all it was something I did not expect to geek out over if you have eaten in This city in the last I don't know 70 years and more You have been part of the community that has shaped are the food community has shaped you for real Yesterday preserved the preservation Houston Society Honored Houston's restaurants that are living history Savoring history is the event I went to yesterday the preservation Houston program that treats long-standing Family-owned restaurants as the cultural landmarks that they are through recognition storytelling and advocacy the program connects the historic Preservation with Houston's culinary community because think about it. Everybody has a story about oh when we were kids my mom and dad You take us here or we used to go there you have a food story For all of us for so many of us Houstonians it was the inaugural legacy restaurant class They honored specific restaurants for like cultural impact China Garden restaurant our friends Carolyn Richard were there Brother and sister Richard community impact Kenyan Ziggy's New York Del Cateson Historic stewardship Brazil in Montrose the Jackson Hicks legacy restaurant of the year was Nico Nico's Greek American Cafe family legacy was Molina's cafe, which is very interesting story the Molina's family They've been around for many many decades and as you know my family Christie see food and say we we're the oldest restaurant in Houston Mr. Molina proposed to his wife at Christie's We had all these like awesome Intersecting stories yesterday and in the inaugural class it was margaritas. They're strong had a party once brought but that Their margaritas over we had a machine the Molina's margaritas Cream burger and champ burger are on this list Christie see food steaks is on this list Kiran's Kieran was there yesterday house of pies is on the list Langford's Pizzatola's heritage barbecue Rudger's British pub Zydeca Louisiana diner log what a loop on a bakery and cafe the man that started that said when he used to work at La Madeline in the kitchen because everybody started somewhere He would blast KRBE in the kitchen. He loves KRBE so much. That's cool And they were like turn it down slow too loud. We can hear it in the front. He's like I just love one for it's love 104 The breakfast club Bubba's Texas burger shack longtime Houstonians know what Bubba's used to stand on and now what it's on It's on that little tiny strip of land. Yeah, I go by it like every day on West Park West Park in 59 so weird I don't think I've ever been there though. It was a giant strip of land Yes, and as they have done construction on West Park to make the tollway It's like a tiny little strip of little Bubba's burger shack right there You have to like I mean so the state decided they're not going to own that teeny tiny piece. They're gonna leave it private They're gonna keep for Bubba's so again Houston God bless you guys for doing this. It's preservation Houston org They honored and recognized the inaugural class that it helped define Houston's dining culture and continue to serve as enduring neighborhood institutions I mean everybody was there y'all everybody was there Dmitri from Nico Nico's Ziggy from Kenyan Ziggy's the Molina family Richard and Carol the Christie family the Mandola family I mean we're talking every major restaurant family and business that has been around you have to have be at least 20 years old Have been in that round that is there's so many like articles I read about how like Restaurants are closing left and right and that's what Dmitri Fedokakis said yesterday. He said you know what an article I think in the crown like 25 restaurants closed this year so many it is so hard to own a restaurant and actually the preservation society made a Point to say there are a lot of fancy flashy places that come and go And we've seen them and we've been enamored by them But it's these restaurants on this list that have lasted for so many years and they said you know these are whole Generational family employees in there like my dad has employed we had One employee that was there when I was eight years old her daughter worked there her son worked there her granddaughter worked there We've had generational employees. It's pretty awesome. Just so you have generational folks listening to the show for the last 20 some years 100% I was thinking oh Do a thing with KRBE I need you to go to public burgers. I drive by it. I've never been lunch good lunch. I'm going every lunch So in six minutes when we're listening to the telemarketer turnaround Kevin's and watch the ships come in Well, you know we've heard some dirty telemarketers So I'm going to immediately see if they are interested in trading picks and such Give you an example of my everyday curse outs are like We're gonna hear it next on the rule of show there can 104.1 KRBE This isn't your average podcast this pot is about to be crazy. I don't even know what's gonna happen This is full send. It's just like a boy scrap join the party We threw like a spontaneous party out of nowhere is crazy and we pulled off a crazy prank Prinks parties and viral culture at its wildest seeing like the guys that you brought in and like seeing their different Personalities and stuff. It's been entertaining dude. This could be the greatest content build of all time Oh, the full send podcast. Let's get ready to rumble. Follow and listen on your favorite platform