Ep. 80 The Modern Moron Holiday Treat Classic Extravaganzapalooza Pt 1 The Senator Returns

Welcome to a Modern Moron Holiday Treat Classic Extravaganzapalooza.  In this episode and in this Holiday season of giving, the Senator returns!  And in that spirit of giving he denies any wrong doing in our breakup and even demands an apology.  Remind you of anyone? We really do try to make this episode about Christmas songs and the iconic vocalists who we immediately recognize.  But as I said, the Senator returns and we spend the majority of the episode bickering over the breakup that he didn't even know existed because he was too busy We also go down a rabbit hole about hunting… specifically the use of alcohol while hunting.  Neither of us hunt so naturally we... or I know all about it.  I bring it up now because I have something to say about it at the end of the show as I did a little research about drinking and shooting.  Also, we only get to a couple of Christmas songs at the end so this is part one of the Modern Moron Holiday Treat Classic Extravaganzapalooza!  And thank you for listening. CLOSE Isn't it great to have him back?  So much more material, it just grows and grows… like a blossoming algae or a fungus.   With all of his ranting about Burl Ives NOT being a folk artist, I have included the wikipedia link to his profile which starts:  Ives began as an itinerant (traveling) singer and banjoist, and launched his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army, and then became a major star of CBS radio.  A popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s, Ives's best-known film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. I also need to take a moment here… to give a special Christmas wish to the family of the Senator and all you go through… I'm going to amazon right now and I'm ordering several pairs of hip and chest waders… you know, the kind fisherman use so they can wade out into water without getting their clothes wet?  I'm getting some for you for all the bullshit you have to wade through in your home.  I imagine you already have some masks to wear with the pandemic, so I'll just recommend you wear them in your own household so you filter out the bullshit generated by the fantasy world your husband and father lives in.  I'm looking some up right now… and I'm going to make sure they are bullshit retardant.  Uh oh…. Doesn't look like they have one's that are bullshit retardant.  Oh no, the  senator's bullshit will melt those things off in a new york minute.  I'll keep looking.   I also feel the need to address an issue I brought up in regards to alcohol and duck hunting.  As it turns out that can be a touchy subject so as an astute Moron I did a minimal amount of research on this, meaning I Google'd or in this case I used duck duck go… get it?  See what I did there?  Here are some responses I ran across on a hunting chat site with regard to consuming alcohol while hunting: https://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=902088  If you drink and hunt(shoot) you are an IDIOT, an IMBECILE, a MORON!!!  Sounds like someone should be advertising on duck hunting sites!  https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110112091255AAnrxaG "I limit myself to 14 beers while hunting with a bow, 12 with a gun, and 24 while fishing....unless it is catfishing, then the sky's the limit!" "No drinking while hunting? What's become of this country? Next you're going to tell me you can't drink while fishing or drag racing." While I'm fairly sure these two comments were meant to be humorous, and I'm all for the dark humor folks, but it also shows… perhaps…. That in some circles it's not taken as seriously as in other circles.   https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/explorer_reports/ny-legislature-lowers-limit-for-hunting-while-intoxicated  ( March 27, 2019) "New York lawmakers have agreed to lower the threshold for hunting drunk, a misdemeanor, to the same blood alcohol limit for driving or boating while intoxicated." From: https://unitedsportsmen.com/waiver/  "No alcohol permitted anywhere except on the USI Clubhouse patio, and only after shooters have completed their day's shooting. Shooters having consumed alcohol will not be permitted to shoot again that day, no exceptions." Burl Ives - Wikipedia