Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Todd Shapiro: Toronto Mike'd #67

Episode Date: February 6, 2014

Mike chats with Todd Shapiro about his days at 102.1 the Edge on the Dean Blundell Show, what the hell happened and his upcoming show on SiriusXM.

Welcome to the 67th episode of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything, often with a distinctly Toronto flavour. I'm Mike from torontomic.com. Joining me is Todd Shapiro, formerly of the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1 The Edge. And hosting this audio file are the good people at Core Fusion. Welcome Toddy Tickles. Look at you, you're like a master here. You're up on your own board, you're reading some liners, you're doing pretty good. I'm blown away with your skill set and the studio itself. It looks like it was a former baby room. It's going to be a baby room again. Oh, congrats.

It's like we're in transition mode. Yeah, in April. In April. The new kid arrives, and I'm going to be in the basement. Oh, okay. Well, that may be more appropriate for a studio, but it's a very cool little setup you have here. I'm very impressed. I mean, I am waiting for Garth to pop out but it's but i do like i like

what you've done and i love i gotta actually actually ask you a very serious question the microphones tell me how much are these microphones i've never disclosed this on the air because i love these mic and you can tell the 330 bucks each worth it like i bought three where's the third it's hiding under my guns and roses appetite for destruction i'm gonna steal it i'm gonna steal by the way speaking of guns and roses i have i'm getting married in two days two days two days so so so you're welcome for my time and i'm not saying that i'm because because i'm being like snotty or anything i'm saying it because my fiance would kill me if i wasn't out getting finalizing the centerpieces right now do you know how many emails and comments i get saying

i'm bullshitting everybody by saying you're coming on the pot because i now. Do you know how many emails and comments I get saying that I'm bullshitting everybody by saying you're coming on the podcast? Because I've been saying, you know, Todd Shapiro's coming on the podcast. I'm going to ask him a bunch of questions. People are like, this is bullshit. This isn't happening. You've been saying that for weeks now. You're a hard guy to nail down. Well, I mean, if you tell that to a bunch of ladies

about 10 years ago, they would have disagreed. But basically, it was a little delayed joke. I get it. I got a question about that later. Real quick. The thing is with me is that I am a man of my word, and I did make you a promise that I would come on the podcast.

And I apologize if I've been delaying it a bit, but I can wholeheartedly say this has probably been the busiest time of my life. And it's all very good things. It's a good busy. I love being busy. It's nuts,, it's nuts, but I'm excited and I'm here. So thank you for being a patient with me. Dude, and I'm happy to make you scrambled eggs and coffee. Well, that's the coolest thing. So Mike, I was like, I feel like Jennifer Lopez who needs my own entourage to spray my certain type of cologne in the hall. I was going to say perfume. I said cologne in the hallways uh you know to make sure that i'm comfortable in my environment i'm

so pressed for time mike's like i'll make you some scrambled eggs and a coffee to save you 10 minutes so thank you for doing i'm gonna try it right dude we're gonna i know you're gonna tap your head like alan cross did and say you gotta go so you chow down i'm gonna start asking you questions okay oh my god we're gonna plow through the great eggs dude i'm i'm good cater the uh you want to do my breakfast the morning after the wedding for 20 people i want to be invited to this wedding i'm gonna make a speech it's a rock and roll wedding man we're doing a rock and roll a winter wonderland sorry i'm chewing eyes rock and roll themed wedding i have four different bands playing there i'm very excited by that one of them being you mentioned guns and roses one of them being a Guns N' Roses cover band.

Awesome. They're probably called Appetite for Destruction. No, they're called Dust and Bones, and I love these guys. They also do Motley Crue, and the lead singer is probably one of the best singers I've ever heard, and I mean the rest of the guys, Ziggy and guys

from Crude, you can find them online. Really, really effing cool. Can you swear on this thing? I don't need to swear. Dude, yeah, you can swear. I just have to tell iTunes it's explicit and then you can swear. Oh, okay. I don't know.

I'm so used to not swearing when I'm talking behind a mic. But anyway, if you ever want a cool cover band, those are your guys. Okay, so let's dive in. You're plugging things already. Dude, plug it like you want. At the end of this podcast, we're going to talk about what's next for you and the serious xm show which a lot of your fans are like dying for here so your coffee's delicious dude dude are you flirting with me right now not at all you are everything you're a one-stop shop

i love it you were single for most of uh the last 10 years you're a popular good-looking guy on edge 102 you must have scored a lot like how many Toronto women had a taste of Tidy Tickles? Oh, goodness. It's not even one of my questions. I just looked in your eyes and thought of that one. I've never been a number guy, like where I start notching the bedpost. What an approximate number would do.

You know, the funny thing is, and people who know this, who would have listened to the former show, would know that I typically always had little kind of relationships that didn't, they never lasted long. Don't get me wrong. So it wasn't like I was going out. Like a serial monogamist.

Yeah. Yeah. And honestly, that's kind of it. I wasn't like a man whore. I wasn't just sleeping around with different women every night. One girl a night. No, no, never. No, I would like do three to six month type of relationships.

And then typically what would happen is I would think to myself, okay, am I going to marry this girl? And whether I loved her or not, I might have actually been really in love, but like thought really long term. And that's sort of maybe it's my neurotic mind. I always kind of think way down the road, not right now, which you're supposed to live in the moment. I unfortunately don't. Although I am right now because these eggs are delicious but uh um so my point being is that i would i would date these girls and and then i'd go okay i'm not gonna marry them so suddenly kind of break up with them and and you know so so i don't know how many of the times it's i started having a thousand yeah

no no no no no no i'm like times every six months times the last 15 years, and you got probably how many women I slept with. That's how long the relationships I was in. That's a smaller number than I bet in the pool. Okay, let's dive in. Tell me, how did you end up at 102.1 The Edge? Okay, I love telling this story, actually, and I can never tell too much. It was a really neat situation. I was in school for radio and TV, and one of the things I want to say is that I went back to school at 27 years old.

Oh, 26, 26, I guess. But it's never too late to go back and find your passion. I'd already graduated from York University with a sociology degree. And I was kind of bored. I was just running this heating and cooling company. And I had great bosses there. And I was actually earning a very decent living at 24 years old. And then I just

wasn't happy in life knowing that I wanted something more, much like I think about when I'm dating and the marriage stuff. So I went back to school, Seneca, and I got to give a lot of kudos to a guy there, Jim Carr. Have you ever heard of Jim Carr? I've heard Humble and Fred reference. Okay. Just a fantastic, very supportive guy. And he's done so many great things with that program. And I used to be a little bitter because I actually didn't graduate the program. But that's part of the story. But you know what? He and that program at Seneca have turned around so many great talent in the city and beyond in the country that they should be really proud of themselves.

So anyway, and I used to kind of be mad. But now I've grown up. And you know what? So anyway, and I used to kind of be mad, but now I've grown up and you know what the, and I'll, so anyway, as I talk way too much, which I often do, um, that is your job.

My, my second year at York at Seneca York, I chose my stream, which originally was TV. And then someone said, stay in radio. You're a class clown. You're better for radio.

So I went back into the radio program. And while I was doing this for my second year, it was only a two year program at the time. Um there was a show in toronto called blind date right uh do you know that show i do remember blind date the pop-up roger what was his name roger lodge yeah roger lodge yeah roger yeah and so it came to toronto for five episodes to shoot five specific episodes and i remember my buddies calling me up, you got to go down and try out at Speaker's Corner at City TV for this blind date auditions. And I'm like, no, no, no, I'm not going to do it. You have to go and do it. So at first I was upset with my friends saying, okay, this is

what they think of me. I'm that douche that should be on blind date. And typically, I guess I fell into that category. I was that guy. So and keep in mind i was 27 and i i think i slicked my hair back then and everything so i i decide to go do it at a lunch break and i try out for the thing literally within 30 seconds of me leaving speakers what's that your phone you don't turn it how unprofessional it's probably much more important than this interview i wouldn't worry it's my buddy muzzy please continue okay so um i'm thinking he's probably taking that. Put it on speaker. It would be much more entertaining than this story.

So I went down to the speaker's corner. Within 30 seconds, I got this phone call from the producers saying, we want you to come back for the second round of auditions. And I literally did not think that was – I thought it was my buddy putting a practical joke on me. So I'm like, yeah, yeah, whatever. Good one. Bye. And I hung up. I thought it was my buddy who works in financial advising. I thought it was my buddy putting a practical joke on me so i'm like yeah yeah whatever good one bye and i hung up i thought it was my buddy who's worked in financial advising i thought it was his assistant so sure enough i get a call right away again and they say you know

really you need to come down in a week and we want you back at city tv for the better auditions for the bigger longer auditions no okay i gotta go bye they call back a third time like todd we want you down there we think you're really great we think you might have an opportunity to get on the show so sure enough i went back down I got on the show now how does this relate to your original question Humble and Fred at the time right Humble and Fred my friends my mentors and really the two guys in radio have continued to save my career they had a promotion going on at the time they worked at the edge with city tv that they would interview the blind daters the morning of the uh the you know before their show would air

that night on city tv so i was the first monday interview so i go down and i was so nervous knowing i'm in a radio program knowing now this is something i kind of want to do because i never wanted i never in my life thought i'd be a radio guy ever ever there was never you know everyone thinks i'm going to be in the NHL, I'm going to be an accountant, I'm going to be a lawyer, whatever it is. I never once thought I'd be a lawyer. No, I'm getting a call. Sorry about that. I love how unprofessional...

You know, this is a very popular podcast. Alan Cross, Jonathan Torrance. You have very loyal followers and I think, I love what you do. We'll get into that after because I think it's really cool. And the other thing is – Good.

I want to spend a lot of time on that. All right. Well, we should. And the other thing is advice to anyone. You never mess with a blogger. They can be the downfall of your career. I could own your name. I know.

Every time someone Googles Todd Shapiro, they end up on my site. That's how it is today. I listen. I own you. Search engine optimization. You're my bitch, Todd. Well, I wouldn't put it that way. Okay.

Oh, I did make you egg, so maybe I maybe i'm your bitch no we're each other's um so and then i i had this interview with humble and fred and then turned out that my date at the time because it you know we shot in july or something and it aired in november um she didn't show up she had moved to ottawa so it's just me now with humble and fred we had a good little quick interview i mean i was terrible but they were great, of course. They brought out some, you know, funnies in me, I guess. And at the end of it, I remember shaking and looking at Humble and saying, I got to fulfill my 100 hours of internship to graduate.

Do you mind if I could maybe be your intern? And he looked at me literally with not even hesitation, like, see you tomorrow, kid. Nice. It was unbelievable. So, and I showed up the next day obviously and from that i started my internship program at the edge then and this is kind of a you know it's i don't know if it's serendipitous or you know spiritual but it's neat um on i graduated my program i didn't actually graduate but my program ended on friday april 20th of i guess 420 it was yeah of the year 2000 and then monday april 23rd

was the day that dean started um if i got my date sorry i'm pretty sure i do and then humble and fred just before that obviously we're starting this big mojo adventure and chorus was going on 640 yeah and they had asked me to come with them um with that being said you know humble was very honest he's like i don't know if there's opportunity for you on air really but at the time i was i was starting to write jokes for humble because i wanted to be active sure he's just sitting around you know and i observed a lot for the first few weeks and then i kind of started writing humble report jokes and stuff and it was really cool because he actually gave me a lot of credit helped me write them and read some on air so it was really neat feeling for me um then i had a promotion

director at the time named phil evans phil's out in vancouver now captain phil captain phil just a gem i haven't seen him in years probably over a decade and phil gave me the advice he said you know what todd's maybe stick with the new regime because they're not established yet you know as dean jason and sandra um and maybe you can get on there might be opportunities for you to be the intern for them and do crazy kooky stuff right as opposed to opposed to Humble Frederick, kind of have their routine down. So I, you know, I followed Phil's advice and sure enough, it led into a 13 year career there. That's good advice Phil gave you. It was great advice. I've had a lot of help along the way.

And the only advice I can give to anyone in this business is when there are people who reach out to you and help you and suggest things to you, take it. Like really, because there's not a lot of people who do that in the first place. And B, you know, they know more than us when you're a rookie. And, you know, it's like being a hockey player and you have a veteran tell you. Like, you know, you might think you walk in there with all this what do they call it piss and vinegar piss and vinegar uh you know and yeah just like pissing and drinking vinegar because you can't afford anything else so i mean like listen to people's advice so what i'm saying so it was cool it's a cool run it was a very cool run who started calling you retod i think i you know which is a horrible nickname yeah you know this and i can i can

quite honestly say this um i i do believe that it was it was it was uh it was obviously i think it was dean who started with that i i think i mean i'm not i'm not a hundred percent with that uh could have been a brainstorming thing but actually you know what the funny thing is it was actually humble now that i think this is a major revelation i guess humble breaking news sound effect because humble did it and i remember clearly humble call he did it as a joke because you know when i sent him an email back and forth you know how come pops up the regarding re yeah yeah yeah and then and then the colon so it was like regarding todd retell as a joke he's, it looks like Reed. So he never used it on air or anything,

but he was actually the first person ever to like put those two together as a joke. And then I believe separately, I'm sure Dean or the crew thought of it on their own. It wasn't like, whatever. Um, you know,

it's not that hard to come up with. So how did you shake the retod handle at some point? Cause I know, uh, we'll get into this, but Jason Barr was danger boy. And then suddenly with Dean Blundell, but Jason Barr was Danger Boy. He was Danger Boy. And then suddenly with Dean Blundell, he was no longer Danger Boy.

He was, you know, Jason Barr. And again, I wasn't part of the planning on that show. I was just a guy who hopped into it and got very lucky with that. Right. So I think for Jason anyway, I'll just guess that it was his time to brand himself, not a character. Not a Scottish guy. Yeah. his time to brand himself, not a character.

Not a Scottish guy. Yeah. And as we all know, Jason is a phenomenal broadcaster working on hits and just a great, great dude as well. And talk about a guy who changed and made a phenomenal career for himself and had some setbacks and then very innovative. You know, Jason actually was very innovative with what he did with Biggs to put that podcast out there when they weren't working to get picked up it was like kind of an online resume you know what he basically invented a brand almost like he basically invented this biggs and bar brand just online next thing you know what he's got a a gig that pays money doing

what he loves and that show i don't know if people know this but that show out in in saint catherine's the reach of that station it's i believe that the wattage of that station is bigger than like a Q107. Yeah, you get it here. That's for sure. You get it in Newmarket. You get it on the way up to Bering and sometimes even close to Aurelia as well. It goes into Ohio. Like, I mean, Dayton, Ohio.

Like, it goes all because there's not much going over the lake there. Right, right, right, right. There's no trees growing out of the lake to stop the signal. I had no idea. You're a smart guy. I'm smarter than I look. You're, right, right, right. There's no trees growing out of the lake, Mike, to stop the signal. I had no idea. You're a smart guy. I'm smarter than I look. That's for sure. So where are we?

So on the Dean Blundell Show, where most people know you from there, you were there over a decade. Yes. And did you ever have any conflicts with the content? Like, were you ever conflicted with the content of the Dean Blundell show? You know, I think it's safe to say that in any working environment, whether you're with a team, you're not always going to agree on everything. And there's probably, you know, people within that team who didn't agree with my content too. So yeah, there were definitely at times some struggles. And, you know, I think one of the things for me, which was most important to me was growing up as a person away from the radio,

wanting to have that reflect on the radio as well. And I'm a 40-year-old gentleman now getting married, hopefully starting a family soon. And it's all fun to be goofy and kooky, like I was saying earlier. And at times, though, you want to have a bit of a balance. And I think that's personally what I'm looking for and personally what I hope to bring to to my new show on sirius xm a commenter uh took note that the show would take it and this is his words take it a commenter so i wrote an entry saying

questions for uh a commenter a commenter a guy who commented yeah yeah i'll call him a commenter sounds more professional screen name? I can't remember. I didn't take notes. Okay, okay. I love screen names, by the way. Screen names get me going. Oh, yeah. Those handles are ridiculous.

Well, some are cool. Some are cool. Took a note that you were, the show seemed to take advantage of Adrian. And the question is, do you keep in touch with Adrian and were you conflicted with how Adrian was treated on the show?

Oh, man. You're really bringing serious questions. I'm treated on the show? Oh, man. You're really bringing serious questions. I'm like Barbra Streisand. Yeah, I was going to say. If I don't make you cry, I failed. You look like her too. I am going to be very careful in things I say. And, you know, it sucks because one of the things about being a broadcaster,

as you know, is we like to say what's on our mind. And that's sort of the compelling part about what makes us real and relatable to people who listen. The part where I'm a little hesitant is I just don't want to, I don't want to start a war with anybody. When it came to Adrian,

listen, it would be hypocritical for me to say that I didn't at times treat him poorly too. You know what I'm saying? You know, if listeners are claiming that he was treated poorly. Because there are times I would definitely push his buttons, and by pushing his buttons, I would literally have a buzzer sound effect on my phone that we would plug into the soundboard, like a wrong thing, knowing he would hate it, and I would push that,

knowing it would make him snap. So were there things I did maybe that I regret? Probably I did things that I would regret, I would say, in terms of the treatment, Adrian. With that being said, the nice thing about that, and I will say this, is that whenever there was a concert or there was an event or something, the show went out of the way to make sure he got down safely, left safely. It's not necessary to say we had a babysitter with her while he was there because he didn't need a babysitter. But, you know, we cared about getting him to rock shows, which he loved to attend.

Am I in touch with Adrian? Not at all. Was I ever in touch with Adrian other than talking to him on air? No. Were any of the callers scripted? So some people felt a lot of those callers were scripted um i can tell you turn off that phone toddy yeah no it's like wedding plans like wedding wedding what and my eggs are getting cold mike um this is a perfect storm of shit right

now you got the wedding coming i got yeah a bunch more questions in those eggs no listen it's uh it's all good i mean i mean you know what you've been very supportive of me and i'm glad that uh we we did these tough questions the tough questions will be over very soon what was the question again what was the question i already forget it we're uh the caller scripted look me in the eyes when you answer this you know what never never um we were blown away by the amount of material that would come in every day at least i was i should talk in terms of me um i was blown away in how people would put themselves out there. So we never told Adrian what to say. We never, I think in fact,

we found out we had a character named Jack the cab driver, and then we kind of found out that he wasn't real, and then we stopped having him on because of that. And actually the guy, it's too bad, is an actual comedian who's very funny on his own. He should just call it his own. It was a very real program. That was Louis C.K., right?

Yeah, we had Louis C.K. calling. And then after that, Eddie Murphy in his prime, he would call in once in a while. Oh, yeah, the ghost of Eddie Murphy. Yeah. But I'm actually trying to think if there's anything, like, you know, there's one thing I know. What about that Eduardo?

Eduardo was real. Eduardo was 100%. What's he up to these days? Do we know? The last thing I know about Eduardo, because I actually really liked Eduardo. I went to go visit him. I found out he was working at a shopper's drug mart in town. And I went to visit him.

He did not take kindly to me going out to trying to repair, kind of to amend our our working relationship but no like i mean all these guys are real and you know one of the neat things in radio is that you can kind of remain anonymous but if you get popular enough people start recognizing your voice start you know there's little quirkiness about people remember in that demo though you were that you guys were kings for over a decade yeah in that demo i'm too old you're too old for that demo by the way yeah i guess i know i'm too old for that demo but the guys like let's say right now the 27 year old person right now yeah like that's their that's their show man that's that's their show fun it's it's out there it's edgy you know i guess it would be i guess it would be be their show. And I'm hoping the new SiriusXM show that I have started.

Oh, yeah. No, I can't wait to talk about SiriusXM show that you've got coming. Yeah, yeah. I can't wait to talk about it. It's coming very soon. How did you come up with Toddy Tickles? Okay, so that is a – that's a great question. I am looking at my phone, sir.

That's my question. Okay. The Toddy Tickles name started when I was about like 16, no, probably like 14 years old. And I was always like, I just, whenever I met a lady, like I always thought, you know, I thought I had a nice touch. You want to do a little Toddy Tickles right now? I thought I had a nice touch. And I was like, oh yeah, can I tickle your back a little? But the voice isn't, so I'm going to get to the voice in a second okay so when i was at camp like like

18 year old counselors ladies would let me like tickle their back as like a 15 year old sit we call you know a counselor in training right right right and and my buddy actually my buddy jamie said you're toddy tickles at like 15 years old that and it was just a name toddy tickles toddy tickles never had a voice associated with it uh fast forward about seven years later i started playing ball hockey in a league with a guy who who who was just awesome his name is tiny thompson and he's uh he was like the goal in our league and when i say tiny i don't think you'll mind me saying it's like dude's like 350 pounds and he kind of had a voice like this and he would tell us some great stories after you know you'd have beers after the game and tiny would go into

stories. And then my other buddy, Mark, would always imitate him, and then I'd kind of try and imitate him. And next thing you know, this Tickles character just came to be. And we started doing Tati Tekka's taps and things like this. It's such an annoying voice, isn't it? I actually enjoy that voice.

It's creepy. I get goosebumps. Imagine, hey, baby, this is how i proposed her i said you just reminded me i get hey irena commenters as i call them and uh people telling me that they think you and i know this i know the guy who does this voice but they often think you are uncle vince do you know that like they get this kind of who's uncle vince okay uncle vince is a character that was on humble and fred show done by pete oh i know uncle vince yeah yeah sorry sorry i get lots of like no no i always have to correct them it's like the wires get crossed between uh toddy tickles and uncle there is no copying in this business because i just don't think people have time to copy at least you know at least that's one thing i can say about the show there was never copying of any kind and you know it's funny moving forward for me and obviously we'll get into this

i think people are going to say like oh you do you want to be howard stern do you want to be humble and fred you want to be all these guys at some point i think creative people and and really messed up minds that we are you know trying attempting to be comical at least we take different spins on those on that stuff and there's only so many different spins you can go with so i i know in in the former show there was no copying of any kind and and my goal moving forward is no copying well you gotta be todd shapiro you can't be i'm just who i am howard stern and a worker it won't and and sometimes i'm sure some angles will definitely emulate what other people have done but with that being said said, I'm sure Sidney Crosby growing up one day was like, oh my God, I want to be like Wayne Gretzky

and practiced a breakaway move or a wrist shot like Wayne Gretzky. And it just kind of happened. Of course. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I think it's actually, it's the way the industry should work. More people should say, yeah, yeah,

I'm so happy for the success of guys like Hummel and Fred, Howard Stern. You know, I've never listened to opening anything, but guys like that. And if there's some crossover kind of bits that sort of parlay one – parlay is not the word – that reflect one another. Yeah, yeah. I'll accept it. I'll accept it too.

Are you getting bored because you keep looking at your screen? No, I'm always prepping myself for future questions, man. So quiz number – This screen is related to this interview. I'm going to give you a great point, okay? And I'm beingpping myself for future questions, man. So quiz number one. This screen is related to this interview. I'm going to give you a great point, okay? And I'm being very serious. One of the things, just have stuff. If you don't get to it all, you don't get to it all.

But you don't need to look down at your screen. Who cares? Who cares? Let's just talk. Because I don't know if you're listening to me. The hardball questions are waiting. I don't know if you're listening to my responses. I'm like, my responses are boring.

Mike's not even listening to me. No, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I just didn't want to mess up some natural segues're listening to my responses. I'm like, my responses are boring. Mike's not even listening to me. No, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I just didn't want to mess up some natural segues. You eat my eggs. You mentioned Opie and Anthony. So Opie and Anthony and Howard Stern are a couple of big American broadcasters that your show was often compared to.

I hear that Dean Blundell claims he never listened to Howard Stern or Opie and Anthony. And you mentioned you never listened to Opie and Anthony. Is it true that Dean Blundell never listened to his competitors and other shock jocks? Is that true? Oh, man. I don't want to speak on behalf of Dean. I would say no, but I don't want to speak on behalf of him. Well, that's fair.

I mean, if you don't know, you don't know. Yeah, I don't know. There was never a morning show meeting where it was like, guys, we heard this bit. We got to do something. There was nothing there was again i i i would say no i would say there's probably not a chance in hell he ever did but i i don't want to speak on behalf of people i really don't i'll speak on behalf of me stern i listened to for a little bit when i was driving a heating and cooling truck back in god 98 probably that was on q107 yeah maybe i listened to him for about four months or something

when i was driving the truck once i was in the office i didn't have the opportunity to do so i didn't listen to him ever like for one second during that whole entire time of me being on the morning show there and then when i recently got a new car with serious in it and i wasn't working in the mornings i i've listened to Stern a lot. Did you listen to the birthday show? I did. I was coming home from Horseshoe Valley, actually. It must have been a re-read.

I heard it too. The David Letterman interview was great. That's what I heard. It was phenomenal. And I think Stern is a great interviewer. And if there's ever an opportunity for me to be that candid with my guests, that's definitely my goal. Not to, again, copy Howard Stern, but just be the way I would be with you right now. Be like that with

anyone who would be on the show. And that's the only way to do a great interview. Were you friends with colleague Martin Streak? Oh, yeah. Do you mind if we just spend a couple? I don't mind at all. Talk to me a couple of minutes about your relationship with Marty and

what, unfortunately unfortunately transpired. Listen, Martin, I didn't know him well. The one thing I know about him is that he was so welcoming and he was such a big personality. I always said he reminded me of like Robert Downey Jr. He's just this good looking, high energy, really epic cool dude. That's a good comparison. Yeah, he was just the coolest dude. I remember, you know, again, even though I started in radio late, 27, 28 and stuff, when I met all these people, I was like, I was nervous and I was excited.

These are guys I'd been listening to for years and were big names in the city, a city that I was born in and grew up in. born in and grew up in um and and to meet martin and to see how kind he was saying hey anything you need or you know i did a club night with him once and he like he helped me and he was just really cool and i didn't see him a lot again he was mostly nights and obviously i was mornings but the odd crossover halloween parties he would always dress up in elaborate costumes and was the life of the party man he was just the life of the party and very positive. And to me, he had no ego. He was just that guy that was the center of attention because that's who he was. He never sought it.

It's just he had that much charisma and that much presence. You know, past guests on this podcast, I had Humble once. I had Fred. I had Bingo Bob. Oh, Bingo's a great guy too. Yeah, he was great. He was just a few weeks ago. He was sitting in that very seat.

Okay. Is he in Sochi now? No. I don't know if he went. Bingo Bob? He's at Proud FM. Oh, Bingo Bob. I mistook him.

Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Now you feel terrible. No, no, no. Because I just recently, I saw Bob at Humble and Fred's. You were there, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And the Evanoff group's a great group, too, by the way.

Well, that's where he works. Yeah, yeah. Bingo Bob. Those guys are great. Scott Fox. That's nearby's nearby that's at like dundas yeah good dudes and there's a lot of good dudes in radio oh and alan cross so uh i asked all of them about uh martin the streak and they all echoed similar sentiments that you're echoing so tell me a uh when you got the news yeah how how how does that feel to find out somebody you respect and like and work with takes his own life two months after he was let go from 102.1 The Edge? I will say that clearly the first response is sadness.

First, you're shocked. First, there's actually – is this true? It can't be true. Yeah. There's no way it's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You then you know a lot of that goes on the facebook and you try and figure out what people are saying and you look up things like toronto mike and you know that kind of stuff and then and then you find out it's true and i also knew uh you know i

knew some people close to him at the time and it was a terrible time listen and i didn't know him well you know i didn't know him well enough to even call him Marty. I knew him well enough to see him once every couple of months. Mr. Streak. Yeah, yeah. And he just made me laugh. And I love guys. I love guys who make me laugh.

I love people who make me laugh, who entertain me. That is my favorite thing in this world, who grab my attention. And he always did. Me too. And it was, listen, what can I say? It was a terrible time. And for those really close to him, I can't even imagine how terrible it was for them. And I've been through – unfortunately, there have been people around me in the past who have also committed suicide. And it's just – it's a really tough time.

And there's also all the questions that come with it, which make it even tougher in terms of people trying to understand why. And then there's always a debate. Is it a selfish act? Is it – and then we can't get in the minds of these people. No, you can't. Did you happen to listen to episode 66 with Alan Cross? You've been too busy. You're going to get to it after the wedding.

I have not listened to episode 66. Listen to it. I am a little upset you didn't wait two more episodes for me, by the way. Oh, for episode 69. You know, I thought of it. I had to i thought of it i had to go there i thought i had to do it but you might want to listen to what alan cross had to say about martin streak it was super revealing and very interesting uh in in why he refused to let why he refused to fire martin streak while uh he was program director while uh alan was program director because he knew the demons, et cetera. So did you have a sense that Martin was battling his own demons?

I heard. I never saw anything. Okay, just curious. No, I mean, listen, I heard. I always heard his stuff. And, you know, whether you make assumptions or not, you know, there's – I don't understand. Listen, there's really big personalities in this world.

Look at Philip Seymour Hoffman. Look at these characters. And there, and I, and I put Martin Streak with a guy like that. He was so talented and had so much energy. And again, engaged everyone everywhere he went and who knows what they go through.

So, you know, you hear, and it's difficult. It's even thinking about that time right now, knowing who the people close to him were and what they were going through. I'm thinking of those people right now as well

and it was extremely traumatic and I'm sure continues to be. Why did Jason Barr get fired? I can't get into that. I don't even know if he got fired. I don't even know what happened. I got to ask that question. I'm not doing my job, Toddy.

I don't really know what happened there, is the truth. I mean, I kind of do. can't i i i feel i am stuttering see that's why i'm stuttering because i thought you might be like i feel i need to reply because you made me age you should talk to jason have you ever talked to jason i should talk to jason i'll get you jason's contact information i'm sure he would love to talk to you i would love to yeah okay yeah so i should talk to jason about why jason the one thing i can tell you about jason i saw him very recently um and and there's an opportunity out there for me it's at one point too um and jason's just doing really well and and he's he's

really happy his kids are growing up they're big hockey players jason's a volunteer fireman like he's just he's all man that guy he's cool he's cool as shit yeah he was a friend of freddie p's and so i was a friend of freddie p's and i used to get like my casby tickets or my edge fest tickets from jason bar so okay bar would get him to freddie p and then i'd pick him up at fred's house yeah and that was my hookup and then so when jason bar guy fired i think i suffered the most i lost you didn't get your free hookups you all know we're in radio most of people in radio by the way don't earn much of a salary but they get a lot a lot of tickets like that i like the edge fest in the casbys i did yeah did you yeah okay uh what did you think of the show after jason left can you it was it uh better worse the same um you know

it's funny you ask that because on one hand there's no question and i don't even think jason would care if i said this i thought to myself well this is a little bit more of an opportunity for me to shine you know that that was well that's for sure you'd be a fool not to think that i hope it wasn't a selfish thought but definitely it's like okay here here now i have a third more time say or not a third but like at least there's a third more time offered, which would be split up between the people there. It lacked – I will say this, and this is my firm belief, that when the three of us were on all cylinders – do we even call them cylinders anymore? Now it's probably just some sort of program. No, that expression stays.

Yeah. It's like the floppy disk when you save a file. Yeah, it's not that anymore. Now it's some computerized... Or save a penny for your thoughts. There's no pennies anymore. We're going to keep saying that. Oh yeah, there's no more pennies soon.

When we were on flying on all those great cylinders that I was talking about... Isn't that a car reference? I don't know what it is. They sell cylinders and cars. I got to plan a wedding. You know how much stuff I have to do in a day and a half and you're asking me the hard-hitting questions.

Oh my goodness. We were great. It was a great team when it just got along. When we were just all relaxed and having fun there. I think we were unstoppable. I really do. I think the three of us at that point... So why fire this guy?

I don't... Listen, I don't make any... You can plead the fifth. It's not even plead the fifth. I had no decision-making abilities don't, listen, I don't make any, it's not even to plead the fifth. I had no decision-making abilities other than the fact that I had

some creative content control when it came to my content. I could go out on the street and do stuff. I could talk about something I saw on TV

the night before or a relationship I was in. So, you know, when it came to my thoughts, but in terms of decision-making. So something was missing after Jason left?

Chemistry-wise. I think the three of us at our prime, there would have been nothing like it. I really do. I think it could have been a show, a successful show with evolution and with growth for all characters that could have lasted for years and decades.

I'm told that you were told to shut up and things of that nature by Dean dean on the show i have to admit there's a i didn't listen to too much dean blendel show not because i didn't like toddy tickles but because it just wasn't my cup of tea i felt like it was skewing yeah that's because you're a foodie i can tell by your eggs yeah i've never been foodie i heard foodies didn't listen to that i've never been called okay but okay so the question he's like suck no i'm joking they're great eat them they're getting cold dude you wouldn't dare say that no they're great eggs i just can't eat them so the question is like it was like a very larry david

they're great eggs and i'm gonna quote the commenter who wrote this this isn't mine but yeah many times i'd hear dean say to todd what's the name of the show shut up it's my show who tells their co-hosts to shut up on the air? So the question is, is that a bit or is that real? Because Dean came across as a bit of an alpha male jerk. Did I tell you

that I have to... I have a guy named Brian. He owns a memorabilia company. Signature or something. And I got to pick up all this rock memorabilia for my wedding because we're doing this rock and roll oh guns and roses stuff yeah yeah all this stuff did i tell you that right keep going and and the like it's it's mike it's oh you want me to move on to the next question just touch your nose if you want me to move on

okay is dean invited to this wedding no do you still talk to dean how about fred asked for them to save some stuff for their show they're not humble and fred don't listen to this show i'm like do you still talk to me you're gonna save something i didn't really say that to you what no no because i promised i was told they they stole alan cross for me as well are they trying to steal no noickles? No, no, no. Humble Fred. Listen, if it wasn't for Humble, dude, I'd be like hitchhiking out here. These guys were invited to my wedding. These are personal friends.

Oh, no. This guy has. What Humble has done for me, and it actually, I get very emotional talking about it because there's very few people who are like this guiding light for you in life. And to me, he started me in radio from that very first second he met me like i said earlier in the story where he's just like sure kid come come next yeah see you tomorrow this podcast you're on right now was inspired by the humble and fred podcast where i was lucky enough to have a role in it and that's and he's just one of those

guys that gives back and wants to he wants to share in this wealth it's you know the the between serious xm and between this internet thing it's like there's a lot of platforms are you still friends of dean what's going on with dean and todd well i mean listen i could just say he's not he's not at the wedding how about that i i'm not gonna make you say anything but if i didn't ask that question you know the shit i'd have to deal with on twitter yeah like what a softball interview you never even asked about him no that's fair that's fair because i we'll move on how about we're moving on to 102.1 as soon as you tell me there's one last question okay what happened how did todd shapiro get fired from the dean blendel show you know this is stuff i

probably shouldn't get into that's fair i don't want you to get in trouble. Yeah. And I can't get into it right now. With that being said, I do believe there will be a moment where I can talk more. And you'll be sitting right there when you do that, right? That I can't promise you. Because Howard would kick your ass. Yeah, I owe it to Howard for sure. And again, back to, it's really hard for me not to talk very openly.

Just ask my fiance. I say what is on my mind, and I do it often. It's safe to say it wasn't an amicable split. Like, you didn't just agree to move on. You were told not to come back. Can we say that? You know what I'll say? And I've said this on Hummel and Fred's show before, that it was sudden and unexpected.

Okay, that's fair. Yeah. So you did not jump. You were pushed. That's what you just said. I'm translating it. I know you're squirming there. This is the Howard Stern of Toronto podcasting talking to you right now. We're moving on from 102.

Can you give me five minutes? Five minutes? I don't have time. I was just thinking about... Did you ever listen to... I have to go to... You've got a lot of shit to do no no i i have it's like so cool i got this i got this john for vervados uh never heard of him yeah you have no oh it's great i seriously never heard of it and then do i look like i know fashion i need to i don't know if it goes because i'm doing this eclectic kind of tux look because there's nothing that todd shapiro

can do which is conventional because i'm a moron that way. I couldn't just get a traditional black tux, although I was totally like wanking it to Bradley Cooper pictures of him in tuxes. He just looks so good. And I was trying. I was like, I got to go with that. No, I can't pull that off. I'm just going to go with something different. So you don't have much time left.

But my point being is – and then there's a friend of mine, Melissa, who works at Gottsdahl, who's going to help me figure out if this look works well for my wedding. Because you look at these pictures for hopefully many years to come. Okay, so then tell me, did you ever listen to the Dean Blundell show after you departed? Never once. Never once. So you have no opinion on... I thought we were moving on from this. This is Billy? You never heard Billy on this show?

Never once. I saw her at a Leaf game once. It was really funny. She was sitting like three rows behind me. Okay. And it was like such an egotistical statement. Because you're three rows ahead of her. Yeah, yeah. I was sitting behind her, and I didn't mean it catty like that. It was just – I was very fortunate.

I sat front row that day from a buddy of mine. But anyway, where am I going with this? I saw her, and I just her, and I literally said, hey, I heard you're on the show, and congrats, I wish you all the success in the world. Literally, that's what I said to her. Because Dean used to trash her on the show. Like, this is fact.

Can we move on? All right, fine. There's got to be. I'm a guy in life, Mike, who moves forward. Okay, moving on from Dean. All I do is move forward. I don't think of the past, because to be honest,

and look at me honestly, it's a waste of time for people. If we, if we dwell on things in the past, we are setting ourselves up for failure. I want to talk serious. And we have, we have no reason to, it's like a waste of time. And as we all know, time is scarce, especially as you get older, I'm 40. And it's, you make the most of every opportunity you have. And, and all I can do is think positively and make the the next steps moving forward as opposed to going a few steps back, which aren't going to contribute to that positive growth. Totally fair. And I'm not trying to be a dick here. No, I just wanted to sound motivational.

Dude, you motivated the shit out of me right there. Yeah, yeah. That's sort of what I want to do. I want to be like Tom Cruise in Magnolia. What's that giant guy? The big guy. Giant man. He's a motivational speaker guy.

I fucking can't stand it when I don't remember these names. Giant guy. He's a guy. He's like a giant. I don't know who it is. Tony Robbins? Tony Robbins.

That guy, dude. I've heard stories about Tony Robbins. I actually want to get him on the show. Tony Robbins apparently has special cruises after his motivational weekends where he'll do these big conferences, big seminars, and he's phenomenal from what I hear. Well, that's where the money is, man.

You got to get into that. Yeah, exactly. But then he grabs, from what I've heard, it's all hearsay, okay? But then he picks out kind of the hotties in the audience. Get out of here. And gets them on the more motivational cruises. Oh, that's genius.

Yeah, I love that. That's genius. What a brilliant guy. Was there any, do you know the word schadenfreude, the German word for finding delight in the misery of others? You know this word, schadenfreude?

No, I don't know the word. German word, wonderful word. Was there any schadenfreude when the Dean Blundell show was canceled recently? You know, I never, you're not moving on from this. That's the last one, man.

You keep telling me you're going to move on. I'm totally moving on now. I told you a man of a word that I would, I don't think that way. I don't, I don't. You know, even, I'll give you the example like this. You've been in relationships before, right? Yes. Were you ever close to marriage before your lovely wife now?

I was married before for 15 years. There you go. Okay, great. I didn't know that. After your 15 year relationship with a wife, is your kid from the first wife? The first two kids are from the first wife. You have a lot of kids.

The third kid is from my new wife, Monica. Now, what's this word you just said? Scholdenfreude. Did you have any of that when you found out she maybe got sick two months after? No, absolutely not. And despite maybe it not ending the best or whatever? she maybe like got sick two months after i would know absolutely not no and you know i know it's despite maybe it not ending the best or whatever no i i no i did not no and you know i never take

pleasure from from people who are going through tough times i that is i'm not cut that way i'm not raised that way and so no to answer your question okay um and that is the last time i'm mentioning yeah yeah i want to talk about the series life's too short man we can only hope despite how you feel about people we can only ever hope that they do well and and and you know there's this this kind of pay it forward approach which is actually what i want to bring to my show. Tell me about your show. So how did this come to be? Where can we hear it? And when does it debut? The show, I'm going to tell you when it debuts because I'm talking to my boss right now.

Oh, sweet. This is finally, can I play my announcement horns? Hold on. Yeah, no, no, we don't have the, okay. So we were supposed to announce actually today the launch. We're just making sure of a few things. And part of that is i'm getting married on saturday i'm going on congratulations thank you very much i'm going

on a honeymoon for for for nine or ten days where are you going costa rica i'll see you there oh you're gonna just okay okay uh which i can't wait for just to almost scare you there just to clear the head it's been a you know it's been a listen it's been a i know we've talked quite a bit in the last few weeks and you sound like you're just like my buddy Oovey used to say, a one-armed wallpaper hanger. You're just busier than shit. Yeah, but it's a good

busy. I mean, I think in life, it's so great to be busy, especially with all these positive things moving forward. Well, what channel, first of all? So this is SiriusXM. It will be on SiriusXM. This I know, and I don't know the date. I thought I was going to be able to tell you the date, but I don't know the date, and I apologize for that.

But it's going to be probably late February. Is that fair? I would say it's within March. Okay, March. Yeah, I would say. The plan is to follow Humble and Fred. So they're on from 7 to 9, every day on channel 168. 168.

Yeah, 168. And they're on 7 to 9, every day on channel 168. 168. Yeah, 168. And they're on 7 to 9. And then the Todd Shapiro Show, which, is that like self-indulgent to have a name? You are the name. You are the brand name. It's all the brand names. It's brand name. I've always been uncomfortable with being my own brand.

Do you have a co-host? You know, I don't have a co-host. But anyway, it's going to follow from 9 to 10. It's going to be an hour talk show. Okay, one hour. And it's really exciting. I'm already have a co-host. But anyway, it's going to follow from 9 to 10. It's going to be an hour talk show. Okay, one hour. And it's really exciting. I'm already lining it up with guests. The exciting part for me is the massive platform.

That it's not only Toronto-centric. That I can, you know, I'm lucky enough to have some connections to Buddy City. Well, I was going to say, you know lots of people. I'm very lucky to know lots of people. Because you're a likable guy. Thank you for that. And you and I were going to be friends until I asked too many Dean questions, and now I can tell you've turned on me. I've lost you.

No, we're talking. You're upset at me. You're making up stuff now. Don't do that. I don't get upset at all. Listen, there are warranted reasons to be pissed off with people. This is not one of those. You're just doing your job, and I get that.

In terms of the show, it's really neat that I'm, again, I'm lucky enough to have made all these connections and hopefully, you know, I get to help people now promote some of their stuff that they have going on. And it's really, it's a really interesting time for me. So Monday to Friday,

this airs live on Sirius XM at 9am after the Humble and Fred show. This is 168 for everybody who subscribes to Sirius XM. Yeah. We don't know the starting date yet, but as soon as we know, it'll be out there. It'll be out there. Maybe even later today. Is it also going to be a podcast, or is it just live to air on SiriusXM?

The plan is definitely to do a podcast. I've registered two names online. Well, like eight names. Actually, like a hundred names, but related to the show. I have the ToddShapiroShow.com, which, I don't know. But then I... Tell me what you think of show. I have thetoddshapiralshow.com, which, I don't know. But then I, tell me what you think of this.

I have thetoddcast.com. You can use both, man. Ah, both. Okay, we'll link both. Because, you know, humbleandfredradio.com and humbleandfred.com resolve at the same place.

Oh, cool. Do you like the Toddcast? I like the Toddcast. I don't know if you know this. I just think that, like, SEO-wise, like, for people searching the show. Oh, you want your name.

Your name is your brand. Yeah, search engine optimization. Name it what people are calling it because then you'll be number one for the result and that's how you. But the Todd cast, you like what I did there? I like what you did there. It was a play on words on podcast. Is it T-O-D-D cast? Yeah.

Yeah, it's because I like 2Ds. And then part of what I was thinking is because I'm going to have a cast of people I'm working with. It's almost like my cast of characters. No, you're a clever guy. That's the type of stuff we're going to bring. I don't know if this podcast is doing anything to bring listeners to my launch of my show. First of all, your fans will hear this. And your fans want to know where to hear you next.

This is basically awareness that you're going to be on the radio as early as March 2014 is everything to you. It's all about awareness. Yeah, of course it is. You keep your brand alive. And remember, when people Google Todd Shapiro, they're hitting my site. So they'll hear this. They'll know to go to 168 in March.

Thank you. No, I appreciate the promotion. I appreciate your support. I appreciate a lot of people's support. And like I was saying earlier, it wasn't the easiest of years. But with that being said, great people around you, positive attitude, and a ton of booze gets you through it. What's the name of your wife-to-be?

Irina. Irina. How'd you meet her? She, this is a good, oh man, I don't ever want to tell the true story publicly. She, my buddy had a barbecue and he was just kind of, you know, on the horn trying to round up people. He loves to entertain. My buddy Jesse's a fantastic, he's like the Hugh Hefner of Toronto.

And he has a beautiful terrace, whatever, like one of these penthouses downtown. The Blue Grotto or whatever. No, he doesn't quite have that. But I mean, he's just, he loves having people over and he's a fantastic guy. He's the most hospitable person I've ever met in terms of being generous with food, booze.

He's the guy who picks up the tab always. What a guy. And anyway, he was inviting, just say, hey girls, come say hey girls goodbye goodbye you know and one friend that he knew brought seven girls and all of them were beautiful i think every single one of them are eastern european so right there you know they're beautiful and literally my eye focused on one and i think i even made the joke to my friends that she's going to be my next wife one day wow yeah that's like love at first

sight it she was just she's cool and she was a challenge my she she still she still she really is not very impressed by me which i think is it possible she doesn't show up in a couple of days is this for slam dunk she's gonna be there trust me today she couldn't uh get a cab to go to go to work and i had so many things normally i would drive her to work and so she said can you try uber for me can you can you order me an uber car and i didn't reply in time i was actually getting ready and stuff so i wasn't looking at my phone and then i got one of these like you want me to get sick before the wedding and i was like oh here we go so she might not show up but no she's she um you talk about support uh support system and and having someone special in your life who helps you get you through these times and lift your spirits and also not put up with any sulking.

That's what I liked about her. She would not put up with it for one second. Believe in yourself and go and get it. Go find it. Well, that's just it. When life hands you lemons, what do you do? You make lemonade. You add a lot of tequila to it too.

But I mean, have you ever tried? Or you know what's great? Oh my God, rum and lemonade. Is that right? Oh do? You make lemonade. You add a lot of tequila to it too. But I mean, have you ever tried? Or you know what's great? Oh my God, rum and lemonade. Is that right? Oh, try rum and lemonade. Add us a pan, like two ounces of rum and then just like a little splash of lemonade. I'm going to try that next time I have lemons.

It's a great drink. I know that you have this great setup here and I've been leaning on you for support to try and get how i'm going to figure out my own setup with website stuff with hosting uh i know you use this core you're gonna have yeah i talked to pete who hopefully listens to this pete at core fusion yeah is setting it up for you right now no it's phenomenal i know that you're helping me out get established um so that i'm so that we're running smoothly with on all cylinders is that the

expression now i forget it. I think it's a car expression. God, man, my mind is thinking of the wedding. I apologize if this is terrible podcasting for you. No, it's been amazing. Toronto Mike, I really do. I know how two days before your wedding you made time for me. I need a good hairdresser too.

My hair is like doing this Jack Black thing right now. I don't know what the hell is going on right now. Aren't you going to wear a juke? I can't wear a juke. Jack White? Yeah, Jack White. Don't confuse going to wear a juke? I can't wear a juke. Jack White? Yeah, Jack White. Don't confuse Jack Black and Jack White. You can't at all.

Do you have any final thoughts? Just right now, carte blanche, anything you want to say to the listeners of this episode 67? I mean, it's very clear. First off, thank you to you, Mike, for having me on. Thank you to this entire network of support. The comments on your blog blew me away, and I did. I totally read them. And that was sort of the only thing keeping me close to the situation

was things like Twitter and your blog. That's a good point. You have more comments. There's more comments on my entry about you leaving Edge 102 than any other entry in the 11 years I've been blogging. Listen, as big as the city is, it's small in terms of media stuff. And it was very unexpected changes for people. And I think the internet obviously gives a great platform for people to discuss those issues.

And it was neat to see the support. I just can't believe how lucky I've been because people have been very supportive towards me and very complimentary. And it's kept my spirits up, quite frankly, because typically with social media, you know, you get thick blood in this business, thick skin in this business. Jesus Christ, my mind. You get thick skin in this business. And normally you don't really care what people say bad or good. You figure it's 50-50 and everyone's going to want their say. And it's good also to be polarizing at some point too.

You kind of want both. But really it was kind of these things where people were weighing the positives versus the negatives, and it was looking like 90-10 almost. No, it was ridiculous. I said this before, that there was nothing more popular in 2013 in terms of search traffic and

interest than Todd Shapiro. People must have been drinking those rum and lemonades, for sure. Something. And I just hope they'll continue to support me. And I'm really excited to do something very big with SiriusXM. As much as I love the city, we'll always promote the city, be an ambassador just like Drake. Yeah, you know that. But I plan on making it very big.

That's what I always debate with Humble and Fred. So Humble and Fred act big because they're trying to be global. Yeah. act big because they're trying to be global. But I always feel like you have to make a decision. Are you GTA or are you the world? And then when you're the world... You're the world. You're always the world. This podcast is the world. My core audience is here. And I get that. And I will always cater to my core audience. And I really hope that it becomes this... I'm going to have a very interactive show with listeners. i have a

couple of very unique ideas to help them with content as well okay so that's some of the stuff we have in place and i'm really excited to kind of announce all that stuff and it's sort of i wouldn't say it's necessarily revolutionary but it's different it's a different approach i have a different approach that i plan on launching within the show to help listeners with content um and different than just contesting and things like this. And then phone calls and stuff. But think big. At night, what do we do?

We turn on at 7 o'clock and we'll watch the e-talks or the Entertainment Tonight. And they're talking everything. When we're watching the Hockey Insider, it's not just the Leafs. We want to know how teams did all across Canada. If the Leafs win a playoff round, will you hesitate to focus on that because it's too local a story? Like, will you have that mindset?

Or will you just talk about what you're interested in? It depends on my content that day. If I'm lazy, I'll probably only focus on the Leafs. And, you know, luckily enough, too, I plan on having a bunch of Leafs on. Who are you going to have on for the Leafs? I got some guys lined up. You can have David Clarkson by any chance.

Can I come in that day? Actually, there is a very strong possibility that I'm going to have David Clarkson. I just left actually a chiropractor to come here, who's right around the corner. Yeah, because David's a Mimico guy. Yeah. And you're not far from Mimico here. No, no. I think there's a very good opportunity I'll have David on, actually, within the first couple of weeks.

I have 10 years on David Clarkson. I'm almost your age. 10 years ago, when I had 40 pounds more on me, and I actually... What happened? Are you sick? Are you okay? No, I'm very okay. Are you sure?

I'm very healthy. Nothing's wrong. Yeah. I need you to pledge my right to conquer cancer, but I'll bug you about that later. For sure. When I looked like Davidid there's like david clarkson's got a certain look that match married twice now are you right are you trying to get because david clarkson handsome i don't even know i tweeted about two months ago david clarkson is

probably one of the sexiest men i didn't know that on the planet dude is he's got perfect hair he's got the hipster haircut going now he's he's like he's just cool beans man i really and and granted he's had a tough year i think he's had some injuries probably injuries that aren't even talked about but uh and likable guy and charitable very likable guy takes the subway to the acc yeah yeah yeah he's just out about in the community i'm actually pumped if i do get him on my show because because i love salt of the earth people and i think he's one of those guys. I would just love to meet him only because this isn't me who decided he looks like me. I got told by a bunch of people.

Yeah, I think he looks a little bit like you. I mean, listen, I think he looks like you if you went to the gym a little bit. Yeah, that's right. Yes, absolutely. And we're a little more athletic. Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Thank you.

And you have good hair, but it could be styled. I am also 10 years older. Yeah, how old are you now? 39. Oh, 39. Okay, yeah. Thank you. And you have good hair, but it could be styled. I am also 10 years older. How old are you now? 39. Oh, 39. Okay, okay. So he's only 29. Lucky guy.

Yeah, he's 29. Those are the prime men dudes out there, can I just say. Now, when you're 30 to 35, do not get married. This is a good tip. Okay? Enjoy your life. Be safe. Don't be stupid.

Make sure you get to work the next morning. Focus on your career, but don't rush into anything. It's the best time of your life. And then when you're a little more established and you're aging and you start to feel aches, like you need to go to a chiropractor two days before your wedding, find that one beautiful lady who is smart, who's intelligent, who is just as beautiful inside as she is out and is cool and will support you through all the ups and downs and the rollercoaster life that we all lead. All of us go through it. It's what none of us are. It catches up to us all.

Okay. It's not all rock and roll for everybody, but have fun 30 to 35 and then find the one. That's amazing advice. Don't rush. Don't rush. Don't rush because it's worth it. And that's one to grow on. Oh, it's growing still. Don't rush. Don't rush. Don't rush because it's, it's worth it. And that's one to grow on. Oh,

it's growing still. It is growing. Todd, honestly, uh, I hope that wasn't too rough on you. That was a pleasure for me. I don't even know what I just said.

When you listen back, uh, after you sober up, you're going to say, what the hell did I say? I don't think so. I think you, I think you were smart.

Yeah. When it got to the certain parts, you shut it down. Okay. Did I do that well? I'm not going to get called. In my opinion, I don't want you to get sued. Yeah.

I wouldn't have let you go there. I'm not going to lie. If you wanted to go there, I'd let you go there. Yeah, you let me do anything I want. You know, you're a big boy. I'll wait until the real Todd comes out in a few months. But thank you for having me. It was a lot of fun.

And I really do love being behind a microphone. It's very natural. And it's cool for me to be back here so thank you you're welcome back anytime thanks and that brings us to the end of our 67th show you can follow me on twitter at toronto mike and todd at i am toddy tickles we also have a new show one now tell me at todd shapiro show at todd shapiro Show as well. Follow both of them so you don't miss anything. Yeah, that'd be cool.

That'd be super cool. Follow everything. Thank you. See you all next week. Yeah, the wind is cold, but the snow, it warms me today. And your smile is fine, and it's just like mine, and it won't go away. Because everything is rosy.