In the aftermath of his brilliant stage production of โBaltimore, You Have No Idea,โ our favorite columnist Dan Rodricks joins us on The Maryland Crab Cake Tour and continues his tales of the good and bad of Baltimore and why we care about its image, reality and future.
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SPEAKERS
Dan Rodricks, Nestor Aparicio
Nestor Aparicio 00:00 Weโre gonna continue on, even though you know, weโre 20 minutes in this Yeah, I donโt have any rules here like your your stage play. So a year and a half ago, you say Iโm going to do
Dan Rodricks 00:10
I want to do a play,
Nestor Aparicio 00:11
I want to do a play.
Dan Rodricks 00:12
So next thing for me to do, you know, Iโve done a column, Iโve done a radio show, TV show, TV show, you know, books, couple of books, and I thought, hey, this is where you actually this is what Iโve always wanted to do.
Nestor Aparicio 00:25
When you bring your mallet props, which has always been a part of your thing. Yeah, into it as well brought this comedy at the end that like when I stopped crying through all of it, I started crying and laughing at the end.
Dan Rodricks 00:40
And itโs authentic. See, thatโs, I think thatโs another thing about the stories that people like true. These are all true stories. You know, Iโm Iโm making stuff up, right? Itโs not Iโm not making stuff up. So my the Malla props for all collect, I collected them over the years, people would write to me and say, you know, my aunt said this. Itโs not the heat. Itโs the humility. Baltimore, anything he didnโt see humility, or what was another one woman went to Franklin Square hospital, I have her Eucharist removed, you know, stuff like
Nestor Aparicio 01:14
that happens. Religious stuff
Dan Rodricks 01:16
like that. So I collect those and theyโre always good for a laugh.
Nestor Aparicio 01:20
When my wife is a fly in right? She met me at a hockey game in Manchester, New Hampshire. Everybody in her family has your accent. Not mine. She came down here was not a newspaper reader during that period of time. knows of you in my relationship of you knew you were on the radio thinks of you as one of my newspaper friends. And I donโt say I dragged her in any way because she was doing her hair. And we were literally just going shopping. We were getting new shoes for me. And she was getting bird feed for the bird seat thing. She was getting her hair done. Okay, here Don did to manual. And literally, she was walking out the door. And I said to her, Rajesh, this gave us two tickets for this thing. Do you want to go because thatโs when I went downstairs. And I said hold on and went back home? Yes. And sheโs like, Yeah, yeah. She knows if Dan only in one way. Dam was a man who met her at a McDonaldโs in Williamsport, Maryland next to Luke, Maryland. Oh, yes to a paper mill in the middle of the crabcake tour a year half ago. Right. And you took us down the road and she doesnโt know you as a guy. Iโve idolized red TV celebrity. All she knows. Like, Dan son, Nick was supposed to teach us how to fly fish. Right? Yeah. And you were my celebrity. Like person on day 23. On my crabcake tour last year. Yeah. And you took around the water with waders on that you gave us and played in the woods.
Dan Rodricks 02:47
Itโs hard to wade water. So
Nestor Aparicio 02:49
you should ask her if you had credibility on stage, because youโre just the guy she fish with.
Dan Rodricks 02:56
She thinks she likes to play for
Nestor Aparicio 02:58
her. Baltimore is this thing that she flew into? And she knows sheโs 20 years sheโs been in all of this maybe? I think it was more emotional in some ways for her because every story was new. Sheโd never heard all the mallet prompts. Iโve been reading them for 30 years, right? So every part of it for her was completely new in the same way. Thatโs why compared to the Springsteen, I read the book when I saw the stage show him like 80% of the stories I read from the book, right? Yeah, she it. She didnโt read the books. It was all new to her both times. It was new to her. i The audience was I went to the first show. I turned around people were sobbing. It was insane, man, like, Iโm a bruiser mean. Iโm talking about Rogers. Yeah. And I think thereโs an emotional chord that you hit that you clearly when you were writing this, there were reasons you told these stories in the ways that you told
Dan Rodricks 03:54
Nestor I mean, this was complete. Whatโs the word? Not a long shot. Itโs not. Itโs not a good description of it. But I had no idea. Pardon the pun. Now, how this was going to go over. I really didnโt know how people would react to this. Didnโt I will Schwartz had more confidence in it than I did?
Nestor Aparicio 04:14
Did you have any test audience at all like other than weโll see. Did you do a Thursday night thing for 28 for friends and family or no?
Dan Rodricks 04:22
No, I didnโt even do it. I did it. We did table reads with the cast. And I welcome their comments. And I got one important comment that that I that was very helpful, but I trusted will Schwartz so you gotta get it. You got
Nestor Aparicio 04:37
what you were here today. Yeah, youโre coming. Heโs busy. Heโs
Dan Rodricks 04:41
still working. You know, heโs like the rest. Heโs got another gig. Yeah. But I actually trust his judgment. And then we just went with it. I trust my own instinct to but I really didnโt know how people are going to react to this. So
Nestor Aparicio 04:54
let me let me go to current time Dan Rogers here for the Baltimore Sun. The show is Is Baltimore you have no idea. What do you want to tell people about the next time itโs coming? Well, Iโve been following you on Twitter.
Dan Rodricks 05:04
We will announce it soon. Some dates. I hope for this. I think weโll use the same
Nestor Aparicio 05:08
theater. Itโll be I was gonna ask you to be at the Meijer off.
Dan Rodricks 05:10
I mean, I liked the theater. And I like being associated with that institution of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Nestor Aparicio 05:16
And bringing it was a beautiful night. We, you know, we did
Dan Rodricks 05:18
that night so you can get dinner there. And you know, for 35
Nestor Aparicio 05:21
I got tickets. Weโre out the door in Towson. My wife had a five oโclock haircut. I went bought shoes, bought some other things came back, grabbed her at 605 Sheโs Bs, and Iโm like, we gotta go shopping. Theyโre gonna go. We went we ordered ekiben This is a perfect Baltimore. No, yeah, we ordered EpiPen, tempura broccoli.
Dan Rodricks 05:40
Thatโs the best thing on earth. Like literally it really is good. So
Nestor Aparicio 05:44
you have to eat it in the box in the cars Romana. So we pulled into an alley on the back side of Hamden. I got broccoli in a box with my wife, and I said 30 436 blocks away. Letโs go right. We drove to 34th street we parked right in front of rocket Venus. And we sat romantically with the Windows crack listening to Led Zeppelin eating broccoli, Tim poor, we got out we took a selfie with the 1000s in the momโs Christmas, Christmas lights jump back in the car. Yeah. And then we parked right at the BMA and we ran through the whole like grass area there to get to you. And it was a Baltimore Nani ran through a grassy area. He was a hopper and we went through the campus. We were on the backside. Okay, so we went through the this, this whole like beautiful area, and then weโre at the theater that I donโt even know where the theater was. I know. I didnโt know there was a theater. A lot of people
Dan Rodricks 06:38
donโt know that. Thereโs a theater in there.
Nestor Aparicio 06:40
Beautiful atrium. Itโs beautiful, beautiful
Dan Rodricks 06:42
theater. Yeah. So
Nestor Aparicio 06:44
I had a Baltimore night. I had a Camden you did. I came down to Grady and I had a fun time seeing the show. Right.
Dan Rodricks 06:51
Right. And I hope we do it again. I think weโre gonna do it in the same venue, and maybe do a deal with gertrudes. Next time. We didnโt have time to arrange everything i i need a handler really? Well, I know. I you know, you go to dinner at gertrudes and and see the show something like that.
Nestor Aparicio 07:07
Make a note of it. Well, I do want to ask you about Baltimore. You have no idea that it? I hadnโt. I had no idea why. Yeah, but upon what I was buying that night, right came in. And the interesting part for you is all the death, destruction to K, crime movement down the line, all the bad things about Baltimore.
Dan Rodricks 07:28
But youโre in the play. Itโs not every bit. Itโs not. Itโs not a itโs not a love letter to Baltimore. Well, it is a love letter to Baltimore, but love letter, but the way Baltimore is, but the reality of the city, you know,
Nestor Aparicio 07:41
but out of this, you try to find some hope. Right? You? Absolutely. I mean, weโre all trying to find out whatโs possible. If we
Dan Rodricks 07:49
just give up and leave, you know, weโd all leave you canโt. You know, itโs our city. And I feel very strongly that you recognize the problems. But donโt thatโs not all there is to it. Itโs you know, itโs a very interesting life. We
Nestor Aparicio 08:05
solutions on this. I mean, Iโm thinking youโre gonna live another 2030 years, as well, right? If we get together a 510 15 year Westmore coming in changes being made things happening. Rebecca hockberger Hit me this morning. I wish to come on next week. I was going to try to have her down today. She couldnโt make it. I was going to have her fill in for will but this the new inner harbor and where the things are. Give me some hope your new Lexington market 20 feet away with
Dan Rodricks 08:32
so much potential I actually the new arena. The arena is being redone. I mean, heโs call it a new arena. Essentially, it sounds like itโs going to be a nuisance. Tillman and Bruce coming to inaugurate it right. I mean, thereโs a lot going on, if you drive around the city and take a good look at it. Weโre dragged down by this crime. But you know what? The whole country is suffering from violent crime. Baltimore, weโve had a problem here for several years now. But this has been the trend throughout the country. Itโs not just Baltimore, itโs a violent country we live in correct with way too many guns for the number of people we have. So, you know, how did the police get a hold of that they would rely on the police to do that the mayor has a more holistic approach to it. And people say well, there isnโt time for that you have to go out and arrest people like we didnโt in the 2000s. And you address that and youโre playing? Well. Yeah. And it ruined a lot of peopleโs lives and made it harder for people to get back on track here or to get on track at all. So I donโt know necessarily. I mean, I feel this way sometimes I get tired of writing about the problems and I think just focus on the positive and make people feel better about the city but you canโt do that either. I canโt do that. Iโm a journalist.
Nestor Aparicio 09:44
I call my show Baltimore positive. He just said the word positive and itโs not all positive. Itโs not
Dan Rodricks 09:50
discuss you donโt just discuss the positive aspects of the city in this
Nestor Aparicio 09:54
space youโre in right now. Thatโs important to me and I want to give love the fate Leeโs and damy word fate Lisa down In the old Lexington market, which is all thatโs left of the old Lexington market, and theyโre gonna be shipping crab cakes in here, theyโre gonna have boxes stacked to the roof. I mean, literally here in two weeks shipping out crab cakes all over the country all over the world. And so you know, I see local businesses and Iโm in it, but I sat here with Martin OโMalley. Iโve sat here with Brandon Scott, Iโve sat here with Jack Young, Iโve sat here with Sheila Dixon. Iโve sat here and Iโm just trying to think of the people that have been in this space. Believe me, it has not all been PR and happy, Tom.
Dan Rodricks 10:30
I donโt think that at all. Canโt be Yeah, but you youโve got a title there for your show that brings people in to say, Okay, Iโm gonna hear. Iโm gonna hear some good. Good things about Baltimore when I listen to this show, right? Perfect. I donโt knock you having that title at all. But you donโt. I donโt think youโre pollyannish about anything. I donโt think you can be if you not in this city.
Nestor Aparicio 10:50
I worked at I worked with you in 1986 87. I saw Simon coming into the newsroom late at night. And you bet NAT Collins and Dicker when coming over and, you know, pulling his notebook out and telling me about stories. i The one thing Iโll say about your show that was so great. It had the whole like sort of Barney Miller vibe to the newsroom and the the old VDT. Like, thatโs the real thing. I think thatโs really one
Dan Rodricks 11:18
of his, you know, where I found that, like a chance. So I want no, they donโt have those computers here. So I wanted as a prop. I wanted a LVDT from like the 90s or even the 80s. There were they were even, you know, real big one to one I worked on. Yeah, we all did. We had coyotes, they would call. Yeah, they were called coyotes. And they they were set up in the Baltimore Sun newsroom on a laser type little green. Oh, that was went bad. Those are the Harris term. Harris. That was that was before. Well, all I remember
Nestor Aparicio 11:49
is that it was green to in the newsroom. There was a room over on the side by Jack lemons office. Yeah, Minnesota fifth floor. Yeah. And it was where all the computer stuff was. There was a fella there from Ghana. His name was coffee. Coffee, coffee. Coffee. Yeah. So all I remember is when they had like three modules and one would go down and they come out and say choose down was a Harris module. Thatโs all I remember. We had
Dan Rodricks 12:14
Harrisโs and then these Coyote. Anyway. So I wanted one of those old VDT terminals on my desk because thatโs for years. Thatโs what was there. So it was hard to find one word to get out of bulk trash in my neighborhood. A few weeks before we did the show. Your kid somebody put it out with a bulk trash and one of the large you know pavilion. Thatโs serendipity Rogers. Yeah, it is. So I said, yeah, those things are going to be plus I need to throw a prop out to Christopher Winslow and Gary flowers, who agreed to do the scenery for the set on a you know, for very little money. At first I didnโt know whether weโre going to sell out I didnโt know I said listen, I donโt know how much revenue weโre gonna generate with his play. So I kind of talked them into it but then they go on Union yet but but Christopher Winslow in particular, he got really carried away I think he put about 200 hours into the waiting the set and Gary construct sets for real professional theater, you know, so I was lucky to get them and with the seller, we were able to pay them a little better than Yeah, really? Right. Right. And all that scenery is now in storage and we can use it again. Sorry so
Nestor Aparicio 13:34
youโre gonna do a few more shows you think in March April somewhere I think itโs a week and you think itโs three more a Friday Saturday, Saturday, Sunday kind of thing? Or no?
Dan Rodricks 13:42
Maybe Yeah, maybe four shows? And then And then again, I think this has a nice holiday element to it. Yeah. So maybe in December do another short run and or get people in you know, use it to get people in the mood for the holidays in December.
Nestor Aparicio 13:57
Well makes perfect holiday gift. Dan Rogers is here where I failed. This doesnโt feel like Iโm just hanging with my man Dan, brought to you by the Maryland lottery got some rabid scratch offs to get away with Danโs gonna get one. Goodwill and of course our friends and window nation word fade Leeโs we will be celebrating my 31st year in Baltimore radio. Tuesdays my 31st anniversary December 13 1991. I want to do it Kenny Albert wi th am 1230 Big Man radio. Field. Ta wi th
Dan Rodricks 14:27
1230 Wow, we donโt have to seven where was that? When
Nestor Aparicio 14:31
did you lose in five lights street up on the eighth floor. Wow. It was above the McDonaldโs right and five labor Layton Baltimore right corner right. And then we moved to the Lord Baltimore hotel and we became W L G. 1360. Michael hotels bought it moved it out to the hotel home and pesan studios in the Sheraton north. And then I bought wn St. 98 and a half years ago Wow. So itโd be my 25th year of owning NST next I focused so how about that? So 31 years on Thursday, weโre going to be a Costas in Dundalk. Itโs going to be hootenanny. The Hammer Jacks folks are coming. I was a part of the hammer Jackโs documentary. Itโs gonna be a hoot. Itโs gonna be Hootenanny and Gina shock. The only Rock and Roll Hall of Famer from Dundalk, drummer from the gogos who will be joining us. Genius Shana shock. Genius shock. Sheโs a legend. Sheโs back in town all month. The Go Goโs the Go Goโs are very much around the beat. Yeah. Okay. Are you thought they were on vacation? Oh,
Dan Rodricks 15:33
yeah. You lost track of them. So Eddie Lauer
Nestor Aparicio 15:36
is gonna be strawman with Gina shock down at the Hard Rock. Weโre gonna be a Costas next Thursday, John Allen from Trump city devils in stone horses gonna be joining me one of my best pals to celebrate 31 years weโll have some crab cakes and some fun. Weโre talking shipping for all of our crab cake places. Alright, so a little hope for Baltimore. What what gives people wish to Baltimore like sitting next to me on a plane? Weโre flying OโHare. And I said, Yeah, youโre from Baltimore. Hi, your reporter in Baltimore. That place? Oh, yeah. What do you what is Jane Miller has said to me, sheโs just not she will cut them down. If you start reading Baltimore, sheโll stop you and cut you down.
Dan Rodricks 16:12
The thing I donโt understand about that, because I saw a tweet that James put out on this subject of people in the suburbs who seem to take Glee in the cities problems. I donโt understand that. Because when you say youโre out of town, you might be from Lutherville or Dundalk. But youโre from Baltimore, too. Yeah. Say when you meet a New England Patriots fan up and they still play in Gillette, right? Yeah. Fox, you say youโre from Baltimore. You donโt say youโre from Dundalk. You donโt say youโre from Timonium. So I donโt understand this added to that. Thatโs really gonna stop and what I wish would happen more. We have some very progressive county executives, Johnny. Oh, Stephen balls, Stuart Pittman. Iโm getting ready to write a column about those three guys. They are the buy in of the city to I think they do. I think John
Nestor Aparicio 17:05
sat with him and looked in their eyes. Thereโs a way to articulate
Dan Rodricks 17:07
that to the public, though thereโs a way to get that across to the public more that I think would be very helpful. Also, people say, you know, they think that sports is trivial or something. Itโs not. If the Orioles do better, the Ravens do better. You You hear people talk about Baltimore more who live out in the suburbs and otherwise, are ambivalent about the city or think itโs a hellhole. Some people do that you get more buy in from people when they feel like safe they can come downtown. This reputation of the city has for not being safe because of the homicides is really hurt really hurts the city. People are under the impression that if you come to Baltimore, youโre gonna get shot, you know, and unfortunately, it does happen there are shootings in the city but you know, you go to pretty safe places when you come here
Nestor Aparicio 17:55
my whole life. I havenโt ever God bless. Shake my hand. Knock on wood. Yeah, I have
Dan Rodricks 18:02
never seen weโve never had my car stolen twice. But years ago, I had my car
Nestor Aparicio 18:07
broken into three times right in front of five one last
Dan Rodricks 18:11
life. Right. But you know how many people came to the Paul McCartney concert Billy Joel.
Nestor Aparicio 18:15
Whatever, right? Was it Billy Joe JC doesnโt matter. Whatever. Yeah. Football game. Yeah, Garth Brooks, whatever it is. Yeah. Oh, come downtown. Yeah.
Dan Rodricks 18:22
And that, you know, that arena thatโs being redone. renovated. They draw big crowds there over there. You know, people say Oh, nobody goes, itโs not true. You know, Reba McIntyre 14,000 people, you know,
Nestor Aparicio 18:35
this spring when it opens, and Iโm going to have the CFG Bank Arena folks on Iโve gotten to know those folks. And what theyโve done in Belmont, what theyโve done in Austin with other players. Yeah, theyโre betting on Baltimore. Right? Thereโs still a lot of people, all those cranes that are port comm. Theyโre betting on Baltimore, the hospitals that are here, theyโre betting on Baltimore, you know, and you and I still live here. Weโre still betting on Baltimore.
Dan Rodricks 18:59
You know, my kids. I feel both my son Nick and my daughter Giulia have bought homes in the city live in the city work in the city.
Nestor Aparicio 19:07
I saw Nick in the cameo
Dan Rodricks 19:08
role. Yeah, Nick had a cameo. nailed his rock lions didnโt eat.
Nestor Aparicio 19:13
Did perfect. Dan Rodricks is our guest and extended conversation with fate and heโs doing a crab cake tour. Coffee is good. coffee is delicious. Youโre fading
Dan Rodricks 19:24
from next door, right? Yeah.
Nestor Aparicio 19:26
Microphones ready to fresh. Um, Whoa, sorry. Okay. Yeah, well, I
Dan Rodricks 19:31
like I like ROFO. He
Nestor Aparicio 19:32
likes Western fry. Ever ROFO car, Max Weiss on this program down in western fries. And I I wonโt have it. Yeah, I will not have you talk bad about Western fries on this program? No, I let anybody languish. So hereโs the hereโs a question for you about your show. And about you know, I say I idolize you, but I would say I idolized cover Schaefer in some way. At the end of his life. He was still with me. You had a rough and tumble relationship with the guy governor and the mayor who didnโt? Thatโs interesting, right? Like you saying that he should have been a character. If youโre going to do this and to point out he
Dan Rodricks 20:09
was a dream character. Do you want do you want me to put them in my play? You mean?
Nestor Aparicio 20:13
Schaefer, a person that comes in who plays the role with a doc and who you talk to as a reporter? Yeah, heโs gone now. Right? So yeah, what would he make of the you know, like theyโre theyโre things you can you can write him in, he can because what youโre saying to me, youโre getting these county executives together, you want them all talk good about but nobody loves Baltimore more than him in that way that youโre looking for a little Schaefer isation of Stewart and Johnny Okay, these people to have that. And Brandon Scott, and Rob obviously right and and everyone, but what you want them to have is whether it was real make believe whether he pissed you off or didnโt like what you wrote or whatever, but whatever that spirit because if I ran for mayor and I didnโt, you and I had a day together down at the flea market talking about this. Thatโs whatโs and thatโs mandatory. Thatโs that enthusiasm is mandatory for whatever youโre running for whatever youโre looking at. This is rad kids for breakfast. Lunch, we must be at fadeless oh my god, look at this.
Dan Rodricks 21:18
Look at that. Thereโs a thing of beauty. This
Nestor Aparicio 21:23
is a work of art, happy holidays. Oh my goodness. Well, Governor Schaefer thinking this this was his crabcake place right,
Dan Rodricks 21:29
eat it now. Eat it now. Not tomorrow. Dana. Now tell you
Nestor Aparicio 21:32
that. Governor Schaefer sort of put it and I will see you on the map. I donโt want to be disrespectful your family, but elevated what you you did outside of Lexington market. He loved it here. So yeah, so So while Iโm talking about him, if you were sperm at the moment, letโs talk sperm in a moment. Okay. Thatโs a good one for you. Thatโs it. Thatโs Archie Bunker. Thatโs Lea wrote that one, I think. Oh, fried. Would you ever had a fried oyster here to change your life? So Governor Schafer, if you wrote him in or mayor Schaefer wrote him in? If I put you out in the cabin and get you Jack torn seeing on a nine minute vignette where Governor Schaefer comes in from the crowd on stage says Rodricks Euro, you know, like that would be that Iโm just giving you an idea.
Dan Rodricks 22:22
I can think of a actually true life story about Schaefer that I could include in the play. Go ahead, tell me so in 1987 88, the legislature was debating whether to build the stadiums whether to build now
Nestor Aparicio 22:39
the rules are gone, right? The Ravens Colts are gone and Aiden Cole, Oregon and the Camden Yards. So weโre in that middle who
Dan Rodricks 22:47
was elected governor in 86. He took office in 87. By 88. The legislature is talking about bond issues for two stadium. Right. Camden Yards and for the football book,
Nestor Aparicio 22:57
Ken Cook was trying to build in Laurel. Yeah, that happened
Dan Rodricks 23:01
in that happened in that period. Yeah. Okay. So anyway, okay. So there was a citizens group that put out a petition, a petition drive saying, This is not up to the legislature, this should be a referendum question for the voters of Maryland whether to float these bond issues for half a billion dollars to build stadia, right. And Schafer didnโt like that he just wanted this thing to be approved by the legislature knew
Nestor Aparicio 23:24
we wouldnโt get a vote anywhere east or west of literally west of elegant, east of the where the water is. Right.
Dan Rodricks 23:31
Okay, so, so there was a ruling by a judge in Anne Arundel County that said that, yes, this could be put out to referendum. And this petition drive is certified, something like that was a ruling by Judge teamie in an aroma County. Well, this was like late August, early September approaching Labor Day, Judge teamie puts out a ruling saying this, this petition drive can go forward to question to challenge the stadia. And we will have tremendous thunderstorms for like three days in a row. So I wrote a column for Labor Day that said, was that a ruling by Judge teamie or his request not to be elevated to the Court of Appeals? And with his thunderclaps? I heard last night or mount Schaefer erupting. Right. And that was a column A was all about how I sort of agreed that why not put it out to voters? It was Labor Day
Nestor Aparicio 24:24
to know about him for a decade at this point, right? Yeah.
Dan Rodricks 24:28
All right. So itโs Labor Day. Iโm not at the Baltimore Sun. I have the day off. Thereโs hardly anybody at the sun on Labor Day, just short staff. I get we had voice we had answering machines in those days. Not voicemails. Sure, answering machines. Next day. I come to work. I push the button for voice messages. Mr. Rodricks. This is Sergeant knuckles in the lobby at the Baltimore Sun. Thereโs a Whatโs your name, sir? Governor Schaefer here to see you So it was pretty funny. He came looking for me he broke away from his.
Nestor Aparicio 25:05
He thought we hang in there or labor. Yeah, yeah. He
Dan Rodricks 25:07
was very upset with me that with his column and I was just having some fun with a guy, you know, it had no sense of humor. His skin was thinner than yeah why? Oh, he just just went away. He was he was a he was a dream character really pleased.
Nestor Aparicio 25:21
I thought well, yeah, he then you got to eat this. I know. Roger is here. Heโs going more you have no idea. Dave Edmunds can be my next guest, David Edlund. Wow. Well, Iโll say this. I ran into Mr. Edlin in Lobby leaving your induction we have said Hi there. Iโm going to try to get Dan next week to fade Leeโs Do you want to come if he canโt make it and next thing I donโt have Dan and I have will then it last well, then I got date. So all thatโs going on. Mr. Edelen. We have breaking news. Mr. Roderick says youโre going to be refreezing this fine fine stage production yet again at the BMA at some point into the spring.
Dan Rodricks 25:58
I hope so in the spring. Well, youโll youโll youโll be hearing about
Nestor Aparicio 26:01
all right, Iโm gonna go eat some moisture.
Dan Rodricks 26:03
Thanks for having me on today. I love this
Nestor Aparicio 26:04
guy. And Ryanโs Happy holidays we got crabcakes here look at this where it fails. So I brought to you by our friends at the Maryland lottery got some raving scratch offs given away not open yet, but weโre gonna be opening doors down here. And certainly the doors always open to chips and crabcakes. Here Damian be talking about that. Our friends at Goodwill remind you holiday shopping, holiday giving. Itโs important and theyโre opening the Excel Center next year as well as our friends at window nation. I left my floppy hat and cost us two months ago. I donโt have my window nation floppy hat. But our friends from Windsor nation 866 90 nation buy to get to free 0% finished I got new windows. August 8, in the middle of the crabcake tour. Yeah, I canโt brag about Windows and they are my spot. Like, my place is warmer. Yeah, itโs better. Itโs just my other windows were 39 years old. It was time 866 99 I
Dan Rodricks 26:49
say something about Goodwill. You can say anything you want about the deal and my family this year is that weโre not giving anybody a new president. Okay, weโre going to weโre doing recycling, you have to find something cool a Goodwill or second chance or someplace like that. For as a gift. Thatโs the rule of my family. Weโre recycling. So I have to go find something for my son and my daughter, my wife in a secondhand store, but Iโll find some.
Nestor Aparicio 27:14
So this is instinct for your play. You said to me, weโre friends, right? And Iโm like yeah, weโve been friends a long time. How did it go on stage whatever and Iโm like weโve been friends a long time we fish weโve had lots of coffees together weโve talked deep comedy. I knew nothing about your family till I saw the show in that way. Fatherโs name and your motherโs name refer to and your peppers and like all that stuff right? So I know you a little bit but I didnโt know fire and the Christmas thing I have Christmas Train blew me up on the Christmas train through because then I didnโt know right away to myself. 31 years people come up to me and give me gifts like Yeah, beautiful things. Yeah, I mean, and thatโs you did you tore me off is a lot of people in Baltimore. You taught me a lot of good people here. There are a lot of good people here including the folks at Ballyโs David Edwinโs gonna be here and still editing everything I do. Making sure that my my punctuation is tight and my usage is proper. I love Dan heโll be doing the show. You can follow him anywhere and of course out of the Baltimore Sun and weโre failing. Weโre back for more. Itโs Baltimore pod. This was so freaking Baltimore positive or more right after this. Stay with us.