>> THAT SEEMS FAIR TO ME.

>> FAIRNESS ISN'T THE ISSUE.

>> WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FAIR IS.

(INAUDIBLE).

(ARGUING).

DONNYBROOK IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF KETC.

>> AS THE WORLD LOOKS FOR A STRAY CAT, WE WELCOME YOU TO ANOTHER EDITION OF DONNYBROOK.

THANKS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE, AS YOU FOLKS DO WEEK IN WEEK OUT.

LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS STARTING WITH THE MEDIA VETERAN HERSELF, WENDY, ALONG WITH BILL MCCLELLAN FROM THE ST.

LOUIS POST DISPATCH.

FROM ST.

LOUIS MAGAZINE, RAY HARTMAN, AND FROM THE ST.

LOUIS AMERICAN AND STL MEG DOT COM, ALVIN REED AND WENDY.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU, BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD IS LOOKING AT THIS RALLY CAT WHICH WAS ON THE FIELD LAST NIGHT IN THE SIXTH INNING, AND NOW IT'S MISSING AFTER A GROUNDS KEEPER TOOK IT OUTSIDE.

IT WAS PICKED UP BY A WOMAN FROM KIRKWOOD.

NOW WE CAN'T FIND THE POOR ANIMAL.

YOU WERE THERE.

YOU WITNESSED HISTORY.

>> I WAS, AND I WITNESSED IT.

MY HUSBAND, AND I HAVE EXPLAINED THIS BEFORE.

WE HAVE A MIXED MARRIAGE.

HE IS A ROYALS FAN.

I AM A CARDINALS FAN.

WE STILL MAKE IT WORK.

HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE CARDINALS HAVE A BOX OF ANIMALS IN THE BASEMENT OF BUSCH STADIUM, BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, OUR PITCHER WAS JUST GETTING READY.

EVERYTHING WAS FALLING INTO PLACE, AND THEN OUTCOMES THIS THING THAT WE REALLY -- BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE MERCY SUITES.

HE IS A PROUD MERCY EMPLOYEE, AND WE WERE THERE WITH GLENN CLOSE AND THE MEMBERS OF THEIR OR TEAM.

>> GLENN CLOSE?

>> THIS IS LYNN CLOSE, MEMBERS OF THE OR TEAM.

EVERYBODY WENT NUTS.

WE SOUNDED LIKE THE REALLY, REALLY OLD PEOPLE WITH BAD EYES AND BAD EARS, AND I SAID, IS THAT A SQUIRREL?

IS THAT RALLY SQUIRREL?

AND HE SAID, NO, THE TAIL IS TOO LONG, AND THEN YOU SEE THIS POOR KID JUST RUNNING.

IT WAS LIKE CHAIR -- CHARIOTS OF FIRE, AND HE GRABS THE ANIMAL.

THE ANIMAL'S HAIR IS STANDING ON END.

YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE TEETH AND THE CLAWS, AND THE KID, YOU KNOW, PROCEEDING TO LOSE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE OR FOUR QUARTS OF BLOOD.

SO THE CONCIERGE PERSON WHO CAME IN TO THE SUITE, AND I'LL WRAP THIS UP IN AN HOUR, I PROMISE.

BUT THE CONCIERGE PERSON SAID THAT THEY HAD CONTAINED THE ANIMAL AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE IT TESTED FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF UNFORTUNATE DISEASES, AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW, IT'S ON ITS WAY TO THE ISLAND WITH ELVIS PRESLEY AND MARILYN MONROE AND AMELIA EARHART.

>> AND A FRIEND OF ALVIN WITH YOU LAST SEEN WITH THEM.

>> ARE YOU A WITNESS?

>> ALL RIGHT.

COREY, SWEET LADY, TRIED TO RESCUE THE CAT, I GUESS, AFTER THE CARDINALS OR SOMEBODY JUST THREW THE POOR THING BACK ON THE STREET.

OH, MY GOD, KITTY.

SO SHE GETS AHOLD OF THE CAT.

THE CAT FLEES HER, I GUESS, AT THE CITY GARDENS, SO THE CAT IS ON THE LOSE.

THE CAT SHOULD HAVE WENT FROM THERE TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

LET'S RUN THE POOR GUY OR GAL DOWN TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

I'M SITTING THERE THINKING, THIS IS IT.

WE GO TO THE WORLD SERIES ON CAT SCRATCH FEVER, STRAY CAT STRUT.

AND THEN I FIND OUT THIS MORNING THIS POOR CAT IS OUT RUNNING THE STREETS AGAIN.

IT'S LIKE, ONLY IN ST.

LOUIS.

>> DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER PROTOCOL?

BECAUSE THE GUY'S ARMS ARE BLEEDING, AND THEY DON'T TAKE IT TO AN APPROPRIATE AREA OR BOX.

THEY PUT IT OUTSIDE.

>> THAT WAS WRONG, AND I WILL SAY THIS.

I HAVE CATS, LOVE CATS.

WHEN HE PICKED THE CAT UP, I SAID, LIKE, SON, YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.

>> AND HE TRIED, AT LEAST IT LOOKED LIKE.

THAT WAS THE OTHER WEIRD THING.

WE LOOKED IN ALL OF THE -- ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING WITH US HAD THEIR CELL PHONES, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO TRY TO RECORD IT OFF THE JUMBOTRON, BUT THAT WAS JUST THIS GENERATION AL -- WE WERE JUST WATCHING IT THINKING HOW BIZARRE IT IS, BUT YES, THEY DEFINITELY NEED PROTOCOL FOR WILDLIFE CONTROL.

>> THIS CARDINAL THING IS MORE LIKE WIND IN THE WILLOWS THAN BASEBALL.

MR.

TOAD IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE NEXT.

>> I TEND TO BE JADED ABOUT THESE STORIES, BUT IN OUR DEFENSE OF ST.

LOUIS, THIS WAS THE LEAD STORY THIS MORNING ON ESPN'S WEBSITE.

SO IT ISN'T JUST US.

>> IT'S NOT NORTH KOREA.

IT'S THE CAT.

>> ARGUABLY, SLIGHTLY MORE INTERESTING THAN IMPORTANT.

>> IT WAS A DIVERSION FROM THE DAILY EVENTS, WHICH ARE KIND OF GRIM THESE DAYS.

>> I AGREE, AND ALSO WE GET A GRAND SLAM.

>> AND THE CAT DREW BLOOD.

IF THE CAT HAD GONE QUIETLY, NO ONE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IT.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

IS THERE A WARRANT OUT FOR THE CAT?

>> THERE SHOULD BE A WARRANT.

THAT WAS AN ASSAULT.

>> ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE.

>> WHAT DO YOU USE, A STUN GUN?

THEY'VE GOT TO TRY TO CAPTURE THE CAT, UNLESS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST LET THEM PLAY AROUND THE CAT BEING OUT THERE.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD SECOND GUESS THE POOR KID.

>> ALVIN, LET'S MOVE ON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS, AND WE WANT TO ASK FOLKS TO JOIN US FOR DONNYBASH OCTOBER 5th.

AND THAT'S RIGHT ARRANGE THE CORNER.

SO KREWSON, THE MAYOR OF ST.

LOUIS AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARE PARTNERING TO PUT A BI-STATE BOARD TOGETHER, AND THEY DECIDED TO SUBMIT A LIST OF NAMES TO THE GOVERNOR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING BEN SHAMEL, THE FORMER MAYOR WHO HAS BEEN A THORN IN THE SIDE OF STEVE STENGER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO TURN OVER THE ENTIRE BOARD.

THEY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF BEN.

BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT.

ALL NEW FRESH FACES AND A NEW START.

WHATEVER.

THEY WANT TO GET RID OF BEN SHAMEL FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT I THINK, BECAUSE HE'S THE NOISY WHEEL OR HE'S BEING AN IRRITANT WHEN IT COMES TO IT THIS METRO THING, I THINK, MAN, AS A PERSON, AS A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AND THIS AREA, THEY NEED SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY RIGHT TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, HE'S A THORN IN MY SIDE OR SHE'S A THORN IN MY SIDE, THEY'VE GOT TO GO.

HOW ABOUT YOU ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT HE HAS WITH YOU AND GO FROM THERE?

>> I DISAGREE WITH YOU, ALVIN.

I THINK THAT SHAMEL IS A POWERFUL GUY AND I LIKE HIM.

BUT HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YEARS NOW.

THIS ISN'T A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT.

AND I THINK THAT THEY OUGHT TO BE GETTING NEW BLOOD IN THERE.

WE'VE GOT HUGE PROBLEMS.

>> AND I DO THINK THIS IS ONE TIME, WHATEVER YOU THINK WHICH THEIR MOTIVES OR WHATEVER, THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY, AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, ST.

CLAIR COUNTY, HAVE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE ALL OUR THEORIES AND DIFFERENCES ABOUT THIS STUFF.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, METRO IS -- METROLINK IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE GROWING, AND THE BIG ISSUE, SECURITY, HAS TO BE RESOLVED JOINTLY.

SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, I THINK, IS FINE, AND I THINK HE'S A VERY BRIGHT GUY AND BEEN A WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVANT, BUT HE HAS SPENT, I THINK, A DECADE ON THE BOARD, AND TO BILL'S POINT, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOREVER.

>> LET'S MOVE ON, BILL TO, ANOTHER TOPIC, AND THAT IS THAT LIED A -- LIDA KREWSON SAID PUBLIC SAFETY IS HER NO.

1 PRIORITY, BUT SHE HASN'T YET FOUND THE SEARCH FIRM THAT'S GOING TO FIND A NEW POLICE CHIEF.

SAM DACHSHUND LEFT -- WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED IN EARLY APRIL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

SHE'S CONDUCTING A NATIONAL SEARCH.

DO YOU LIKE THAT IDEA?

>> NO, I DON'T.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SEARCH FIRMS.

I DON'T LIKE THE NATIONAL SEARCHES.

I THINK ORGANIZATIONS ARE BETTER WHEN THEY PROMOTE FROM WIN.

RECRUIT THE BEST EMPLOYEES AND THEN HIRE FROM WITHIN.

WE'VE GOT 1200 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE ST.

LOUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE IS MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF THEM THAT WOULD BE FINE.

AND WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE, YOU GET SOMEBODY WHO INTERVIEWS WELL, BUT THAT'S ALL YOU CAN BE SURE OF, AND EVEN IF YOU MAKE A GREAT HIRE, IT'S LIKE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

THE PERSON COMES HERE AND HE OR SHE HAS TO LEARN WHO EVERYBODY IS AND LEARN THE ISSUES.

I THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF PROMOTING FROM WITHIN.

IF I WERE ADVISING LIDA KREWSON, I WOULD SAY DO THAT.

>> WE HAVE A REAL EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE BIG CITIES ARE FACING, OBVIOUSLY, VIOLENT CRIMES STATISTICS THAT ARE CLIMBING AND GETTING A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, WORRY SOME EVERY YEAR, BUT IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE PECKING ORDER, THE FOREST PARK AND THE STATUE, THAT THAT WAS -- THAT SOMEHOW THAT SUPERSEDED -- YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SHE'S GOT THE SEARCH UNDERWAY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE FINGER IS ON THE PULSE OF WHAT IS REALLY URGENT AND ON THE MINDS OF --.

>> LIKE I SAY, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE METRO BOARD, BUT WE HAVEN'T REPLACED OUR POLICE CHIEF YET, PRIORITIES.

THE FINEST COLLEGE TOWN IN AMERICA, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JUST HIRED A POLICE CHIEF.

I THINK HE'S LIKE THE SECOND IN COMMAND FROM LOUISVILLE.

HE'S TAKING THE JOB THERE.

DIDN'T TAKE AS LONG.

SEEMS TO ME TO BE A PRETTY GOOD CANDIDATE FROM WHAT I'VE READ, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GONE AS FAR AS HIRING A SEARCH FIRM YET.

WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?

>> SHE'S HAVING THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SOLICITING INPUT.

>> WE NEED A GOOD POLICE CHIEF.

>> SHE'S MAKING THIS AN -- SHE'S BRINGING IN POINTS OF VIEW.

>> IN FAIRNESS TO LIDA, WE HAVE A POLICE CHIEF.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL.

I HALF AGREE WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HALF.

>> WHICH HALF?

>> ONE OF THE HALVES.

I THINK SEARCH FIRMS ARE A WASTE OF MONEY IN GENERAL.

I JUST THINK THEY'RE SORT OF A COPOUT.

BUT THE OTHER HALF IS, I DO THINK WHILE I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN HAVING A BIAS THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD ONLY PROMOTE WITHIN, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, DID BUT YOU DO NOT NEED A SEARCH FIRM TO FIND OUT OF TOWN FOLKS.

>> I LIKE FRESH BLOOD, SO I DISAGREE WITH YOU, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE YOU AT THE SHELDON IN OCTOBER, AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN JOIN US.

>> IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT, THAT DONNYBROOK IS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS ON THE AIR, AND IN HONOR OF THAT ANNIVERSARY, WE ARE ASKING 30 OF YOU TO GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW AND TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE 9 NETWORK OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP ONCE AGAIN.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL WAYS OF SAYING THANK YOU, AND WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO MISS OUT ON DONNYBASH, WHEN IT IS COMING UP AND IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

SO TICKETS ARE GOING FAST FOR THIS, AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS OUT ON A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

NOW, THE TICKETS ARE $50 APIECE, AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH OR JUST CALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND TELL THEM HOW MANY TICKETS YOU WANT, BUT THE REAL BARGAIN TO BE HAD RIGHT NOW IS WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINER OF THE 9 NETWORK AT $10 A MONTH.

YOU WILL GET YOUR TWO TICKETS.

YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE THAT HANDSOME 9 NETWORK MUG TO ENJOY ANY TIME YOU'D LIKE, AND THAT'S OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU, AND THAT REALLY IS THE BEST DEAL GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT 30 OF YOU, WE ARE ASKING FOR 30 OF YOU TO CALL RIGHT NOW.

SO DON'T WAIT.

MAKE THAT PHONE CALL RIGHT NOW.

30 YEARS ON THE AIR AND DONNYBROOK, THERE REALLY IS NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT ON THE AIR.

OVER AT THE OTHER PBS STATIONS, OTHER CITIES HAVE TRIED, BUT NO ONE HAS SUCCESSFULLY CREATED DONNYBROOK THE WAY WE HAVE HERE ON THE 9 NETWORK.

THE REASON WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR MEMBERSHIP DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT HAS KEPT DONNYBROOK ON THE AIR ALL THIS TIME, AND YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

SO GIVE US THAT CALL RIGHT NOW.

LET US HEAR FROM YOU.

ONCE AGAIN, THE TICKETS FOR DONNYBASH, WHEN IT IS HELD AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL, THE TICKETS ARE $50 APIECE, BUT WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINER OF THE 9 NETWORK RIGHT NOW FOR $10 A MONTH, YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS TO DONNYBASH AND THE HANDSOME 9 NETWORK MUG, OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU.

DON'T FORGET THAT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO 9 PASSPORT, WHICH IS A NEW FEATURE WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH.

9 PASSPORT IS A WHOLE COLLECTION OF PBS PROGRAMS, PRESENT AND PAST, AND YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO 9 PASSPORT TO WATCH THOSE PROGRAMS WHENEVER AND WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE.

GIVE US THAT CALL RIGHT NOW.

30 OF YOU, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU.

LET'S GO OVER AND JOIN THE FOLKS FROM DONNYBROOK AND INDICATE -- KATE DURBIN.

>> THANK YOU, MARIANNE AND FOR ALL OF YOU WATCHING AND THE PEOPLE CALLING IN.

IF YOU HAVEN'T CALLED IN YET, NOW IS THE TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR 30 NEW MEMBERS FROM THIS BREAK TO CELEBRATE HERE AT THE 9 NETWORK.

>> SO YOU TWO WERE --.

>> 19.

>> YOU WERE 40.

YOU WERE 40.

>> OHHHH.

>> I WAS.

RAY WAS NOT.

>> THIS WAS MY SEVENTH GRADE CLASS PROJECT.

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO GO OVER THIS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN 30 YEARS, AND YOU TWO WERE BOTH FOUNDING MEMBERS.

CAN YOU THINK OF ONE PARTICULAR TIME WHERE YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED BY SOMEONE THAT ONE OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHANNELS SAID.

>> JUST TONIGHT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

>> GO AHEAD IF YOU HAVE TO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I AM.

>> I REMEMBER THE CRAZIEST THING WAS WHEN MARK AND I WERE ON THIS YOUR TURN PART, AND SOMETHING WAS SAID, AND WE BOTH STARTED LAUGHING, AND WE COULDN'T STOP.

IT WAS JUST LIKE BEING IN SCHOOL OR CHURCH WHERE YOU TRY TO STOP, AND THEN WE WERE SLAPPED AGAIN.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL KIND OF CLEVER.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T STOP OURSELVES.

WE WOULD START TALKING AND GIGGLING.

IT WAS AWFUL.

>> I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD SAY SOMETHING OVER THE YEARS THAT WAS JUST CRAZY, OVER THE TOP.

>> WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT.

>> I'M THINKING OF A MOMENT WITH MARK THAT I CANNOT REPEAT.

NO, I'M SORRY.

IT WAS HILARIOUS, BUT I CAN'T REPEAT IT, BECAUSE THEN WE WE WOULD LOSE OUR LICENSE, AND THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING.

HE DID NOT MEAN TO SAY IT.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

>> THAT IS KIND OF THE THING ABOUT LIVE TELEVISION.

YOU GUYS SHOW UP, GUYS AND GALS SHOW UP EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT, NOT KNOWING PROBABLY THE DAY BEFORE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON IN OUR REGION, AND COME UP WITH TOPICS, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE SAID AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF IT IF IT KIND OF GOES ASKEW.

>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE SHOW: THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF DONNYBASH.

WHAT YOU SEE DURING A REGULAR SHOW IS NOT EDITED UNLESS CHARLIE TALKS TOO MUCH AND IT GOES A LITTLE PASTIME.

NO, IT'S NOT EDITED.

>> I THINK I SAID SOMETHING LIBELOUS, AND I ASKED HER -- SHE MAY CORROBORATE THIS -- PLEASE TAKE THAT LITTLE PHRASE OUT, AND SHE DID SEAMLESSLY.

>> AND I HAD AGREED NOT TO SUE YOU, TOO.

>> (LAUGHTER).

>> THAT'S WHY IT'S GREAT TO BE -- WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT AUDIENCE AND YOU'RE WATCHING, IT'S LIVE TELEVISION.

THERE IS NO MORE LIVE TELEVISION ANYMORE.

>> VERY LITTLE.

>> VERY LITTLE.

IT'S COOL BEING ON STAGE DOING IT, BUT WATCHING, I GUESS, HAS GOT TO BE AN EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER THAT YOU CAN GET.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S LIKE SEEING A PLAY AT THE FOX OR, YOU KNOW, HERSHEY HANCOCK, BUT YOU'RE WHARFING A LIVE TELEVISION SHOW.

>> AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD PREFER EVEN TO COME TO THIS AS MUCH AS THEY MIGHT ENJOY THE THEATER OR SOMETHING ELSE, TO COME AND SEE FOLKS WHO THEY SEE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT, AND ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RECEPTION BEFOREHAND AND THEN COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.

SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO JOIN US RIGHT NOW, JUST $50 PER SEAT AS A MEMBER OF THE 9 NETWORK, AND MOVE TO THAT $10 PER MONTH SUSTAINING LEVEL.

YOU GET THE MUG, TOO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT -- I'D RATHER GO THERE THAN WATCH US.

WE DO LOVE THE FACT THAT THE AUDIENCE -- THE AUDIENCE MAKES THE SHOW.

IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US REALLY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2005.

>> 2005 I THINK WAS THE FIRST ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THAT EVENING.

WE'RE HEADING BACK TO MARIANNE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE PHONES ARE GETTING BUSY.

SO WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH US THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF DONNYBROOK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR 30 PEOPLE TO COME ON BOARD, EITHER RENEWING A MEMBERSHIP OR BECOMING A MEMBER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

DONNYBASH IS A CELEBRATION THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS.

IT'S AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

THE PARKING IS FREE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF IT.

THE DOORS OPEN AT 5:30.

THERE'S A PREPROGRAM RECEPTION.

SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO ENJOY BEVERAGES.

THERE'S A CASH BAR.

THERE ARE OTHER REFRESHMENTS, AND THEN THE PROGRAM AND THE TAPING AND THE BROADCAST OF DONNYBROOK WHICH YOU WILL BE PART OF, AND THEN THERE'S A DESSERT RECEPTION AFTER THAT.

BELIEVE ME, THE FOLKS FROM DONNYBROOK USUALLY LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THE SHELDON AFTER A NIGHT OF DONNYBASH.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

ONCE AGAIN, AT THE $50 LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP, THAT IS ONE TICKET, $50, BUT WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINER OF THE 9 NETWORK AT $10 A MONTH, WE'LL SEND YOU TWO TICKETS, PLUS A HANDSOME 9 NETWORK MUG THAT A LOT OF YOU, I KNOW, ARE ENJOYING NOW.

DON'T BE SHY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TO DONNYBASH BEFORE, COME ON BACK.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OCTOBER THE FIFTH.

RAY HARTMAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT OUR GOVERNOR, MR.

ERIC GREITENS, WHO, IT WAS POINTED OUT, GOT ABOUT $35,000 FROM OUR STATE'S LARGEST COMPANY, EXPRESS SCRIPTS, AND AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE APPOINTED SOMEONE FROM EXPRESS SCRIPTS TO THE BOARD OF CURATORS.

I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

BUT HE DID GIVE EXPRESS SCRIPTS A BID-FREE CONTRACT, $250,000, TO TRY AND CRACK DOWN ON OPIOID ABUSE, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD, BUT THE CONTRACT ALSO SPECIFIES THAT ALL THE OPIOID DEALINGS ARE ONLY KNOWN BY EXPRESS SCRIPTS, AND THIS IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE NATION THAT DOESN'T ALLOW DOCTORS TO KNOW IF THEIR PATIENTS ARE BUYING OPIOIDS AND OTHER DRUGS, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE A CONTRACT THAT REALLY FAVORS EXPRESS SCRIPTS AFTER EXPRESS SCRIPTS GAVE THE GOVERNOR $35,000.

DOES THIS SEEM A LITTLE UNSEEMLY TO YOU?

>> WELL, I MEAN, PROBABLY NO MORE SO THAN POLITICS AS USUAL FOR GOVERNORS, WHICH.

WHAT'S INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT ABOUT ERIC GREITENS IS HE'S THE PRINCE OF DARK HONEY.

WE'RE PARTLY TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE EXPRESS SCRIPTS WEBSITE AT THE INAUGURATION WAS THE PLACE THAT REVEALED THE 10,000 THEY GAVE FOR HIS INAUGURAL.

THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THAT, EVEN MATT BLUNT AND NIXON WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHO GAVE TO THEIR INAUGURAL.

THE ARROGANCE OF THIS GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS DARK MONEY AND KEEPING IT SECRET IS AMAZING.

AS FAR AS THE PRESCRIPTION DATABASE, I THOUGHT AT FIRST HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING BY AT LEAST ADVANCING THE TOPIC, BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING A PRESCRIPTION DATABASE THAT DOCTORS AND PHARMACISTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

>> THAT BEING SAID, LET'S GO BACK TO THE MONEY.

ALL RIGHT.

NO BID CONTRACT.

IT GOES TO A FIRM THAT GAVE ME MONEY.

THAT BOTHERS ME.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

ALL OF THIS MYSTERY MONEY AND ALL OF THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU DECLARE IT -- THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME, AND I DO SOMETHING STRAIGHT FOR YOU.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

>> BUT YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT -- BILL AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE COMPARING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND WORLD LEADERS, BUT THE CLINTONS ARE ON MOUNT RUSH -- MOUNT RUSHMORE.

WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF THIS GOING ON ON BOTH SIDES IN TERMS OF PAY TO PLAY AND ACCESS.

THIS IS SORT OF THE WAY POLITICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

>> I HEAR YOU, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M JUST KIND OF LIKE, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW, ESPECIALLY MISSOURI, AND BREAK IT DOWN, ST.

LOUIS COUNTY, ST.

LOUIS, WE'RE BROKEN.

OKAY?

WE CAN'T DO THINGS THE WAY EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT.

>> BUT WHAT I DON'T GET ABOUT IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT OR LEGISLATURE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GIVE MONEY AND THEN YOU CAN'T GET CONTRACTS.

WHAT IF IN THE JUDICIAL SIDE OF GOVERNMENT WHARVETION IF LAWYERS IN FRONT OF THE BUNCH -- WHAT IF LAWYERS IN FRONT OF THE BENCH WERE GIVING MONEY TO THE JUDGE?

>> IT HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS.

WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE IN ILLINOIS AS A JUDGE, YOU SOLICIT MONEY, AND WHO GIVES MONEY?

INDUSTRIES WHO WANT --.

>> WHAT ABOUT ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS COSTER?

>> THE SUPREME COURT IN ILLINOIS TWO YEARS AGO, ALL OF THE MONEY SPENT.

>> IN ILLINOIS, CAN I GIVE MONEY TO A JUDGE I HAVE A CASE IN FRONT OF?

IF SO, THAT'S CORRUPT.

>> BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE IN THE FUTURE.

>> WAIT A SECOND.

DID WE OR DID WE NOT DISCUSS THE FACT THAT FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS COSTER HAD A LIST OF SUPPORTERS AND BEEN FACTORS FROM VARIOUS CORPORATE --.

>> AND THE NEW YORK TIMES CALL HIM ON THAT.

>> BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SO SELECTIVE.

YOU COULD BRING EVERY ONE OF THESE ISSUES BACK TO ST.

LOUIS COUNTY LIKE THEY INVENTED IT.

HOW ABOUT THE CITY?

HOW ABOUT ST.

CHARLES COUNTY?

>> I AGREE.

>> HERE'S THE DEAL, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME BACK TO ONE PLACE.

HERE'S THE DEAL.

THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ACTING KIND OF SURPRISED BY THIS, THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM IN AMERICA IS BUILT UPON QUID QUO PRO IN ALL 50 STATES, NATIONALLY, AND WITH CITIZENS UNITED, IT'S COMPLETELY A FREE FOR ALL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE EVEN THINKING THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ST.

LOUIS OR MISSOURI.

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

>> WE'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT NO BID CONTRACTS.

>> AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

>> NOT ONLY NONBID CONTRACTS.

>> EXPRESS SCRIPTS IS SUCH A HUGE OPERATION THAT FROM THERE PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK THAT A $50,000 CONTRACT -- $250,000 CONTRACT MEANS VERY MUCH.

>> THE GOVERNOR, CURIOUSLY, PUT OUT THIS SPECIAL DEAL.

YOU POINT OUT THE DOCTORS HERE -- LET'S SAY I GO TO RAY.

YOU'RE THE DOCTOR.

YOU'VE BEEN DOCTOR SHOPPING, AND YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND IT'S THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

>> MY QUESTION ABOUT GREITENS, IF WE KNOW THAT ABOUT AN HONORABLE COMPANY LIKE EXPRESS SCRIPTS, WHAT IS HE DOING FOR THE DARK MONEY PEOPLE?

>> I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT CORRUPTION MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE THEY DO IT EVERYWHERE.

>> THIS ISN'T CORRUPTION.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S OUTRAGE.

>> LET'S DECIDE WHERE THE OUTRAGE IS.

>> LET'S MOVE ON.

HOW ABOUT THIS?

IF COLE GALLOWAY WHO IS THE STATE AUDITOR, APPOINTED BY JAY NIXON, CAME OUT WITH A SCATHING REPORT ON THE FORMER NOW RETIRED GOVERNOR THIS WEEK, THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT HE INFLATED THE EXPENSES FOR HIS OFFICE BY, LIKE, A THIRD, WENT FROM 6 MILLION TO 8 MILLION, MAYBE BY A THIRD, BY TAKING MONEY FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND USING THEM FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

THAT WAS PRETTY BAD.

HE WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF FEEDING HIS FAMILY AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE, BUT THE ONE THING THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME IS THAT JAY NIXON, ACCORDING TO COLE GALLOWAY IN THIS BLISTERING REPORT, HAD 1,130 VACANCIES IN COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND BOARDS THAT HE HAD NOT FILLED, AND SHE SAID HE LEFT THE STATE'S COMMISSIONS IN OBLIVION.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE DID NOTHING AS GOVERNOR.

HE DIDN'T EVEN FILL COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.

>> WELL, WE WOULD ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT ON THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WONDERING IF HE -- IF THE LIGHTS WERE OFF IN THE OFFICE, IF HE WAS EVEN THERE, IF HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CHAIR, IF HE WAS FORWARDING THE CALLS.

THIS IS A SCATHING REPORT, AND I GET THE FEELING THAT IT HAS LESS TO DO WITH JAY NIXON, BECAUSE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

I MEAN, HIS POLITICAL CAREER -- ONCE UPON A TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM BEING HEADED FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES, THOUGH, ABOUT THE AS -- ASPIRATIONS OF OUR AUDITOR, GALLOWAY.

>> IT'S JUST JUST HER ASPIRATIONS.

IT'S ABOUT HER CHARACTER.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE STORY, I THOUGHT, YOU FIGURE THE DEMOCRATIC AUDITOR IS GOING AFTER ERIC GREATENS.

AND THEN -- GREITENS.

AND THEN YOU REALIZE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LAST GOVERNOR, AND I THOUGHT IT SPEAKS TO HER INTEGRITY.

JAY NIXON, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR -- YOU CAN'T KICK A MAN WHEN HE'S DOWN.

WHEN CAN YOU KICK HIM?

I DON'T REALLY THINK THERE'S ANY POINT ON DWELLING ON JAY NIXON.

>> USING TAX MAYOR MONEY FOR FOOD AND MOVING THING AROUND?

>> NO, NO, NO.

I'D JUST LET IT GO.

I WILL SAY THIS, THIS SHOWS A LOT OF INTEGRITY.

>> HE APPOINTED HER, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HE APPOINTED HER.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

>> BECAUSE YOU THINK MAYBE SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE LOYAL?

>> WELL, I HATE TO CONSTANTLY BE STANDING UP FOR CORRUPTION.

>> (LAUGHTER).

>> IT'S ILLINOIS.

YOU CAN'T HELP IT.

>> WHEN HE DOESN'T APPOINT THOSE POSITIONS, HE LEAVES IT TO HIS REPUBLICAN SUCCESSOR TO DO THAT.

THAT'S A HUGE BLOW.

>> I WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE YOU GUYS FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS, BUT YOU GUYS DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.

>> I THINK HE DID DO THINGS.

I HAD NO IDEA ON THIS COMMISSION AND THIS BOARD DEAL, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD JUST TELL ONE OF YOUR SUBORDINATES, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE -- WE'RE GOING TO ON A RETREAT AND THIS IS GOING TO FILL THIS COMMISSION'S WEEKEND OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO THROW A DART.

>> MCCLELLAN, I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUSINESS JOURNAL STORY THAT SAYS JOE REAGAN MAKES $770,000 A YEAR.

THAT'S IN TODAY'S EDITION.

AT $770,000, THAT'S MORE THAN THE CHAMBER OF COUNTY DIRECTORS IN SEATTLE, MIAMI, A LOT OF TOWNS BIGGER THAN OURS.

WELL WORTH IT?

>> NO.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS SUGGESTING WE FIRE JOE REAGAN.

HERE AGAIN, THIS IS A NATIONAL SEARCH FIRM.

YOU LOOK AROUND FOR THE BEST GUY, AND WHAT DO YOU GET?

YOU GET THE GUY THAT INTERVIEWS BEST.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY JOE REAGAN.

I WOULDN'T MIND PAYING HIM MORE THAN DETROIT AND ATLANTA AND EVERYBODY ELSE IF WE WERE GETTING RESULTS, BUT WE'RE NOT.

I MEAN, ST.

LOUIS AND THE ST.

LOUIS REGION IS SLIPPING AND SLIDING.

THE ONLY NEWS WE EVER HEAR FROM JOE REAGAN IS THE EMPLOYEES ARE DISGRUNTLED, AND HE'S GETTING OUT, HE'S THE HIGHEST PAID GUY.

I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

>> LET'S LOOK AT FRANCHISES.

THE HIGHEST PAID COACHES ARE THOSE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE WON THE SUPER BOWL AND ARE UP THERE.

BUT THE NEXT YEAR IS USUALLY SOME COACH WHO HAS SOME BACKGROUND OF SUCCESS, MAYBE AT A SMALLER SCHOOL, WANTS TO GO TO A BIGGER PROGRAM, AND HE GETS PAID BECAUSE HE'S TAKING OVER A LOSER.

YOU'VE GOT A TOUGH ROW TO HOE, SO WE'RE GOING TO PAY YOU TO DO IT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THIS NUMBER BEGINS WITH.

I'M NOT GOING TO BEGRUDGE THAT SALARY.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT THE FACT THAT HE'S GETTING PAID.

>> OKAY.

I THINK -- AND I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST, BUT WHEN THE REGION IS SLIDING AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEERLEADING FOR THE REGION IS MAKING THAT KIND OF MONEY, PEOPLE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED.

SERIOUSLY OUTRAGED.

WE HAVE GOT TO START DEMANDING BETTER OF OUR LEADERS IN MY OPINION.

>> I'LL SAY THIS.

HE IS MAKING MORE THAN TRIPLE HIS COUNTERPART IN LOUISVILLE.

WE GOT HIM FROM THAT MARKET, AND HE'S NOW MAKING MORE THAN TRIPLE.

>> WHICH IS -- (INAUDIBLE).

>> LET THAT SINK IN.

>> MAYBE HE'LL JOIN US OCTOBER 5th FOR DONNYBASH.

MAYBE NOT.

I MEAN, HEY, HE'S GOT THE FUNDS.

YOU CAN BUY A TICKET OR TWO.

HOW ABOUT A JOKE.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN JOIN US OCTOBER 5th AT THE SHELDON.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO DONNYBROOK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE ONE OF AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE WHO JOIN DURING THIS BREAK.

WE DID REALLY WELL DURING THE LAST BREAK.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE A PART OF DONNYBASH THIS YEAR, CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF DONNYBROOK ON THE AIR HERE AT THE 9 NETWORK.

HI.

I'M KATE DURBIN, I'M PLANNING ON BEING THERE, HOPING YOU WILL BE TOO.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH US TONIGHT.

THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE 9 NETWORK, TOO.

THEY'RE THE 9 TEAM, PEOPLE WHO COME AND SPEND THEIR TIME AND GIVE THEIR TALENTS TO US HERE AT THE 9 NETWORK TO HELP WITH ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FOUNTAIN ON LOCUST, A GREAT RESTAURANT WELL KNOWN FOR ITS GRILLED CHEESE, VOTED THE BEST IN MISSOURI, ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR GREAT ICE CREAM TREATS AND VOTED THE BEST RESTAURANT TO IMPRESS OUT-OF-TOWNERS, SO WHY DON'T YOU DROP INTO THE FOUNTAIN ON LOCUS AND THANK THEM FOR SUPPORTING THE 9 NETWORK.

ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE INVITING YOU RIGHT NOW TO JOIN US AT DONNYBASH, AND IT IS SO VERY AFFORDABLE AND SO MUCH FUN.

YOUR 50-DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP WILL GET YOU A TICKET TO DONNYBASH.

IT HAPPENS AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

THIS YEAR IT IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th.

NOW, THAT IS SNEAKING UP, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITIES TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO BE THERE, A WONDERFUL NIGHT.

RECEPTION STARTS AT 5:30, AND THERE'S HORS D'OEUVRES, AND YOU CAN HAVE COCKTAILS OR GET YOURSELF A SODA, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE AND TALK TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DONNYBROOK CAST AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 9 NETWORK.

THEN JUST BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK, EVERYONE HEADS INTO THE CONCERT HALL, GETS IN THEIR SEATS AND THEN AT 7 O'CLOCK LIVE, ON THE AIR, DONNYBASH IS GOING ON, AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE AUDIENCE.

BELIEVE ME, ALL THE HAMS IN THERE, THEY THRIVE ON THE ENERGY THEY BRING TO THAT THEATER.

SO JOIN US.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BY YOURSELF, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SAY, I WANT TWO TICKETS, THREE TICKETS, FOUR TICKETS, AND EACH ONE IS JUST AN INCREMENTAL BUNCH OF $50.

IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE 9 NETWORK, AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST DEAL GOING, JUST $10 PER MONTH, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO SEATS TO DONNYBASH, AND YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE COPPER 9 NETWORK MUG.

SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR DECISION ABOUT WHICH MEMBERSHIP LEVEL YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, HOW MANY FOLKS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU AT DONNYBASH THAT NIGHT AND GIVE US A CALL, WON'T YOU?

30, WE'RE LOOKING FOR 30.

MARIANNE.

RR.

>> HERE WE ARE, TALKING ABOUT DONNYBASH COMING UP OCTOBER 5th.

>> JUST LIKE THE BAND KISS.

>> CHARLIE WANTS US ALL TO BE SHOT OUT OF CANNONS.

>> DRY ICE.

WE MIGHT COME UP FROM THE FLOOR ON A HYDRAULIC LIFT.

>> WEARING THE ECLIPSE GLASSES.

>> I'M JUST GOING TO FIND RALLY CAT AND JUST HAVE HIM IN MY SPOT.

>> THAT WILL WORK.

>> RALLY CAT.

>> I HOPE YOU'RE WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR.

>> ALWAYS, EVERY SHOW.

>> OH, YEAH.

I KNOW THAT POOR GUY.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DONNYBROOK HERE, 30 YEARS, IT HARDLY SEEMS IT'S GONE BY THAT FAST.

>> THEY WERE 60, BILL AND RAY WERE 60 WHEN IT STARTED.

>> REALLY?

>> NOW THEY'RE 90.

GOOD TIMES.

GOOD TIMES.

>> WE WERE ALL YOUNGER, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

THERE WAS A SHOW CALLED DONNYBROOK, AND I WATCHED A COUPLE TIMES, AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S KIND OF A COOL SHOW, AND THEN I WOULD GO BACK TO WHEREVER I LIVED, AND I WOULD COME BACK, AND IT WAS STILL ON THE AIR.

YOU KNOW.

I WOULD COME BACK AND STILL ON THE AIR.

SO WHEN I MOVED BACK TO STAY IN 1995, IT WAS STILL ON THE AIR, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY I WAS SHOCKED, BUT I GUESS TO THE GOODNESS OF THOSE THAT SUPPORT CHANNEL 9, IT'S STILL ON, SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, PEOPLE LIKE IT, NEVER THINKING I WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON THE SHOW.

AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

>> AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

THANKS TO THE VIEWERS, WE ARE STILL HERE.

>> AND SEE, I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THINKING HOW NEAT IT WAS TO SEE THESE JOURNALISTS THAT WE WERE -- YOU KNOW, WE WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK OF THE JOURNALISTS, BUT TO SEE THEM KIND OF UNFILTERED AND, YOU KNOW, INTERACTING THAT WAY WAS REALLY -- THAT WAS FASCINATING TO ME, AND YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS WOULD GET REALLY EMOTIONAL AND IT WAS JUST A NEW KIND OF TELEVISION.

TODAY HALF OF THE TELEVISION WORLD HAS TAKEN A PAGE OUT OF DONNYBROOK'S PLAYBOOK.

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE BEAUTY WAY -- THIS IS THE PART I GOT, AND YOU KNEW THIS FROM RADIO, AND THEN YOU ALL WERE WRITERS.

YOU KNEW THAT THESE WERE THE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS YOU HAD IN A NEWSROOM OR OFF THE AIR.

>> OFF THE AIR.

>> AND THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE COLORFUL, BUT THEY WERE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT GETS SAID IN NEWSROOMS, AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GETTING A SLICE OF WHAT A WORKPLACE LOOKS LIKE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.

>> WELL, IT ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO STILL WATCH THE PROGRAM AND LOVE IT AND WHO ARE LOYAL VIEWERS, THEY REALLY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE SEEING THAT THEY ARE SEEING THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AIR, AND THAT IS WHAT I THINK MAKES THE SHOW WORK SO WELL.

SO WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO BE AT DONNYBASH, THAT'S EVEN -- THAT'S JUST SORT OF LIKE THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

IF YOU LIKE THE SHOW, THEN YOU GO TO DONNYBASH, AND IT'S A WHOLE OTHER BALL GAME THERE.

>> AND IT IS FUN, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE INFORMATIVE, AND IT'S LOCAL.

THAT'S REALLY THE HOME WORD.

WE ARE LOCAL.

THAT WAS LIKE A TIP LINE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY THIS.

I LOVE IT WHEN WE DO IT IN THE OFF YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S NOT BOUND DOWN BY NATIONAL POLITICS AND ALL OF THAT.

WE REALLY KIND OF GET TO DELVE INTO WHATEVER THE LOCAL NEWS IS AT THE TIME.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

FOR SOME REASON, IT STANDS OUT.

I CALL IT THE ODD YEAR, I GUESS, BECAUSE WE HAVE EVENS, SOMEWHAT IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS.

I ENJOY TALKING ABOUT THE STUFF IMPACTS US MOST, AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR IT.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR LANDMARKS, WE STARTED IN '87 WHEN A LOT OF US FELT THE WORLD WAS ENDING BECAUSE RONALD REAGAN AND JOHN ASH DROFT WERE -- ASHCROFT WERE OUR PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR.

WE STARTED DONNYBROOK WITH GEORGE W. BUSH AND MATT BLUNT, WHEN THEY -- DONNYBASH, I'M SORRY.

2005.

>> (INAUDIBLE).

>> NOW, TODAY I LOOK BACK AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE SEEM LIKE LINCOLN COMPARED TO THE -- NOW WE REALLY SHOULD BE WORRIED.

>> I CAN REMEMBER IN THE VERY EARLY YEARS, RAY, IT WAS NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, AND BILL CLINTON, AND YOU MADE YOUR -- UNCHARACTERISTICALLY SUCCINCT.

HE HARDLY RECOVERED.

>> WELL, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW AND JOIN US FOR DONNYBASH.

IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, DON'T BE SHY.

COME ON BACK, RIGHT?

GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.

THANKS.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN OCTOBER.

RAY HARTMAN, YOU'LL BE THERE, AS ALWAYS.

YOU KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT GORDAN SWITZER AND HIS DAUGHTER ANNE AND FATHER.

IT TURNS OUT GORDON SWITZER WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MU MISS PAL COURTS IN THE CITY OF ST.

LOUIS.

HIS JOB HAS BEEN -- WELL, HE NO LONGER HAS TO SHOW UP TO WORK, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN REPLACED BY THE MAYOR.

LIDA KREWSON.

SHE'S GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

>> TONY FROM THE POST SAID WHY ARE YOU REPLACING THIS GUY?

YOU KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND HISTORY.

>> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT EXCITING.

WHAT'S INTERESTING, LIDA KREWSON IS THE MAYOR.

WHETHER IT'S BI-STATE OR THIS, SHE'S GOING TO APPOINT PEOPLE SHE WANTS TO APPOINT.

IT'S POLITICS.

SHE'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN.

BASED ON THE COLUMN AND WHAT I'VE HEARD, MR.

SWITZER HAS A GREAT REPUTATION.

THE BOARD HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN SOME CAPACITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANYTHING THAT BIG A DEAL THAT SHE MADE THAT CHOICE.

THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT IS, GORDON SWITZER'S DAUGHTER ANNE WAS FERGUS JONES' CAMPAIGN MANAGER.

DESHAR JONES' CAMPAIGN MANAGER, AND THE THEORY IS THIS IS WHY LIDA DID THIS.

>> THE THEORY?

>> WELL, MAYBE IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

HERE'S THE THING, THE INTERESTING THING IS, HER GRANDFATHER, GORDON SWITZER THE FIRST OR WHATEVER, OR HIS DAD AND HER GRANDFATHER RAN -- HE RAN AGAINST HIM IN 1984 AND LOST IT FOR SHERIFF.

AND I REMEMBER GORDON SWITZER, THE ONE THAT VERGUS RAN AGAINST BEING CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND PRETTY RIGHT WING GUY, AND HERE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER ENDS UP AS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER.

>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THINK I JUST WANT VERGUS TO RUN AGAIN.

>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING TWIST.

IT'S FASCINATE.

>> GUEST: IT IS.

IT SHOWS HOW GENERATIONS CHANGE.

>> TRUE, BUT IT SHOWS HOW NOTHING EVER CHANGES IN ST.

LOUIS.

YOU OPPOSE ME, YOU GOT TO GO.

AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN DO IT, YOUR DAUGHTER DID.

IT NEVER MIND YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB DOWN THERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

JUST LIKE I WAS SAYING WITH BEN SHAMEL, WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN ST.

LOUIS.

THIS IS THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD.

>> KEEP APPOINTING THE SAME PEOPLE.

>> WAIT.

WHY DOES -- AND I'M NOT EVEN A BIG BACKER, BUT WHY WOULD YOU ASSUME THAT LIDA KREWSON SHOULD KEEP ALL THE PEOPLE FRANCIS SLAY HAD?

>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU WERE IDENTIFIED WITH DOING YOUR JOB WELL, AND AS FAR AS THE MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE CONCERNED -- AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE I HAVE IS TONY'S COLUMN.

AND PEOPLE CAN REFUTE THAT.

I'M SAYING WE NEVER GOT INTO THE COURT MESS THE COUNTY DID.

THIS GENTLEMAN WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY.

BUT HE'S GOT TO GO.

WHY?

>> I HATE TO BE -- THIS IS LIFE.

IF YOU CHALLENGE SOMEBODY, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN TASHARA ARE'S CAMPAIGN THIS SHE DON'T -- THEY DON'T WIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRICE TO PLAY.

>> SHE DID REPLACE HIM WITH A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR.

>> RIGHT.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.

>> THE FATHER IS PAYING FOR THE SINS OF THE DAUGHTER.

THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING TWIST.

>> IT IS SAME OLE, SAME OLE.

>> ALVIN, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHY DID THE NAACP IN THE COUNTY CHANGE ITS MIND?

YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, IT WAS AGAINST THE TRAVEL ADVISORY THAT THE NATIONAL CHAPTER IN BALTIMORE PROMULGATED FOR THE STATE OF MORNING, WARNING AFRICAN AMERICANS TO AVOID OR BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TRAVELING TO MISSOURI.

THE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE NAACP OPPOSED IT, AND THEN A 180 ON SATURDAY.

THEY ENDORSED IT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, WELL THEY GOT A PHONE CALL OR TWO FROM SOME VERY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE FROM THE NATIONAL NAACP, PROBABLY BOARD MEMBERS, PROBABLY CORPORATE SPONSORS AND PROBABLY SAID, GET ON BOARD OR GET OUT.

SO I THINK THEY DECIDED TO GET ON BOARD.

BY THE WAY, THE CITY HAS A CHAPTER OF THE NAPE, THE COUNTY HAS A CHAPTER OF THE NAACP.

IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE NOT SEEN EYE TO EYE ON THINGS.

I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE NAACP.

>> BETTER TOGETHER.

>> I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO EXPECT THIS CHAPTER TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL POSITION ON THIS.

THE MORE I LIKE AT THIS, MISSOURI, THE REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATURE BROUGHT THIS ON ITSELF, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU CAN -- I DON'T THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY ACCURATE TO CALL THIS HORRIBLE SENATE BILL 43 A JIM CROW LAW.

IT WAS JUST INFORMING THE 38 OTHER BAD LAWS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT THIS WAS A JIM CROW PROCESS, AND THE IDEA WHICH HAVING A SPONSOR WHO WAS BEING SUED FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND THIS HORRIBLE ACT OF TUTTING OFF THE MICROPHONE OF ROD CHAPEL.

>> THE NAACP LEADER.

>> VERY DISTINGUISHED MAN, LEADER OF THE NAACP.

THEY HAD SUCH A JIM CROW --.

>> (INAUDIBLE).

>> I DON'T BLAME -- HERE'S MY THING, IF A CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IN A CITY AREA DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS ASSAULT RIFLE THING, WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP AND SAY, WE'RE NOT WITH THE NATIONAL ON THE ASSAULT RIFLE.

SQUASHED IMMEDIATELY.

>> WE WOULD ALL BE STANDINGUM.

>> YOU KEEP FIGHTING.

YOU KEEP FIGHTING.

BUT NOW THE COUNTY ROLLS OVER.

BECAUSE THEY SHOULD REALLY -- LIKE I SAY --.

>> HERE IS THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS, MY OPINION.

THIS STANDARD THAT THEY'RE USING FOR DOING FOR DISCRIMINATION IS THE SAME AS RAY POINTS OUT IN 38 STATES, INCLUDING BALTIMORE OR MARYLAND WHERE THE NAACP IS BASED.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE A TRAVEL ADVISORY THERE.

>> WHERE FREDDIE GRAY DIED.

>> CALIFORNIA HAS A STRICTER BARRIER FOR SUING FOR DISCRIMINATION, AND THIS IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN SOME CASES AS WELL AS THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

WHAT'S KIND OF WEIRD, CHAPEL WAS THE DIRECTOR OF LABOR UNDER BLUNT WHEN WE HAD THIS, THE SAME STANDARD WE JUST GOT RID OF, WHICH MEANT YOU HAD TO PROVE MOTIVATING FACTOR TO SUE FOR DISCRIMINATION, AND HE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THEN.

>> WE'RE HIGH PROFILE.

I MEAN, MISSOURI IS HIGH PROFILE.

>> IT MAY BE UNFAIR, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE NAACP NECESSARILY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS, AS I SAID LAST WEEK, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER STATES THAT HAVE GOT, I THINK, OTHER ISSUES THAN WE DO, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE TOP OF THE RADAR.

>> NOT ONLY ARE OTHER STATES AS BAD AS WE ARE, I WOULD THINK, LIKE ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THEY'VE ISSUED.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PASSING A BILL IN A BAD WAY RISES FOR THE LEVEL OF FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE IT.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MONTH, THE PRO-TOBACCO, PRO BIG INDUSTRY GUYS WHO BASICALLY WANT TO BLOW UP OUR JURY SYSTEM SO THEY CAN KEEP KILLING PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THIS ATRA, TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CALLED ST.

LOUIS AND MISSOURI THE NO.

1 JUDICIAL HELL HOLE, AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY PUSHING BECOME IN ST.

LOUIS ABOUT THAT.

I AGREE IT'S UNFAIR.

>> LET LET ME JUST SAY THAT'S A DIFFERENT ARGUMENT.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT HURTING OUR REPUTATION.

NOBODY MINDS THAT.

>> IF I'M TRAVELING TO A STATE, I COULD CARELESS ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM, UNLESS I GET ARRESTED, BUT I DO CARE IF I'M TRAVELING SOMEWHERE AND PEOPLE SAY SOMETHING IS LIBEL TO HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU GO TO THAT STATE.

>> BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAVEL.

>> WHAT'S ALSO WEIRD ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE TRAVEL ADVISORY EXPIRES AUGUST 28th, THE SAME DAY THAT THE NEW LAW GOES INTO EFFECT.

>> LOOK, IT'S A SYMBOLIC STATEMENT.

EVERYBODY IS OVER THE TOP ABOUT THAT.

>> HOW CAN YOU BE SELECTIVELY SYMBOLIC?

THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

>> THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

THEY HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS.

THE RACIAL PROFILING STATISTICS ALONE ARE HORRIFIC.

>> LET'S GET INTO THAT ANOTHER DAY, BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK TO WENDY ABOUT NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE ANNOUNCED A NONSTOP TO LONDON.

WE'VE GOT A NONSTOP TO CON KUHN.

WE'VE -- CANCUN.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT A MILLION MORE CITY THAN NASHVILLE.

I KNOW IT'S A GROWING AREA, BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE A NONSTOP TO EUROPE LIKE CHARLOTTE, SINCEY AND -- CINCY AND NASHVILLE?

>> WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE'VE SORT OF HAD A DIFFICULT RUN FOR A WHILE, AND WE WILL COME BACK, BUT THIS IS SORT OF A REBUILDING PROCESS, AND WHILE WE WERE ON TOP AND NASHVILLE WAS REBUILDING, THEY REBUILT IN A BIG WAY, LIKE KANSAS CITY.

AND IN TERMS OF MILLENNIALS, NASHVILLE IS VERY, VERY POPULAR.

ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE, THEY'VE GOT $4 BILLION IN BUILDING PERMITS DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU DRIVE INTO NASHVILLE, YOU SEE 25 CRANES.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT BUILDS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

YOU'VE GOT THE PREDATORS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GARBAGE.

>> IT ALSO COMES DOWN TO THIS.

NASHVILLE, VERY INVOLVED MAYOR.

KANSAS CITY, WITH THE AIRPORT, SLY JAMES CAME IN -- WHEN HE WAS ELECTED, WE'RE DOING THE AIRPORT, AND HE'S, LIKE, GOT ON PEOPLE'S WRONG SIDE, BECAUSE HE JUST RAMRODED THAT THING.

THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO A TOTAL RENOVATION OF THAT AIRPORT, BECAUSE HE SAID WE HAVE TO DO IT.

I'M TIRED OF ARGUING ABOUT IT.

GET ON BOARD.

AND HE TOOK CONTROL.

SITUATION.

NOBODY DOES THIS.

>> ADDING 100 PEOPLE A DAD IN NASH -- A DAY IN NASHVILLE, AND WE'RE STAGNANT.

100 PEOPLE A DAY ARE BEING ADDED TO NASHVILLE.

>> HEY, FOLKS, IN A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN JOIN US IN OCTOBER, WE WANT 100 PEOPLE A DAY TO CALL KETC.

BUT FIRST, HOW ABOUT THOSE LETTERS FROM LAST WEEK'S SHOW.

DALE MUELLER WROTE, PROP B, THE POLITICIANS LEAVE THEMSELVES A GREAT BIG LOOPHOLE THAT THEY CAN EXPLOIT WHEN IT SUITS THEIR PURPOSE.

DALE LIVES IN ST.

CHARLES.

AND WE HEARD FROM BOB HARRISON OF LAKE ST.

LOUIS.

THE DONNYBROOK PARTICIPANTS MUST REVIEW THE PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND NOTE HOW ALL THEIR INTERRUPTIONS CAUSE ANY LISTENER NOT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING SAID.

THANKS, BOB, YOU CAN WRITE US CARE OF KETC, ALICE STREET, 63108, AND COMMUNICATE OTHER WAYS AS WELL.

IN A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN JOIN US IN OCTOBER.

>> DONNYBROOK IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF KETC.

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>> AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING IN AS WE CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF DONNYBROOK.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR 30 NEW MEMBERS OR MAYBE JUST MEMBERS WHO NEED TO RENEW A MEMBERSHIP.

SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO A DONNYBASH, BUT DON'T BE SHY, COME ON BACK.

THE NEXT ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th.

IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

TICKETS ARE STARTING TO DWINDLE A LITTLE BIT, SO WI WANT TO -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A ONE OF A KIND EVENT.

IF YOU LIKE DONNYBROOK AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A DONNYBASH, IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

GIVE IT A TRY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, DON'T BE SHY, COME ON BACK.

TICKETS TO DONNYBASH ON THAT THURSDAY, OCTOBER FIFTH, ARE $50 A TICKET.

BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DEAL FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINER OF THE 9 NETWORK AT $10 A MONTH, YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS TO DONNYBASH AND THE HANDSOME 9 NETWORK MUG THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SHOWING OFF THESE DAYS.

THAT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR YOU, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FOR -- WHETHER YOU WANT THE TICKETS OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO BECOME A SUSTAINER, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO 9 PASSPORT, WHICH IS A DANDY NEW FEATURE WE HAVE HERE THAT FOLKS ARE REALLY ENJOYING.

9 PASSPORT IS A HUGE COLLECTION OF PAST AND PRESENT PROGRAMS ON THE 9 NETWORK, AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE 9 -- TO THOSE PROGRAMS ON PBS AND 9 NETWORK.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PROGRAMS TO WATCH ANYWHERE, ANYTIME THAT YOU'D LIKE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.

THAT'S 9 PASSPORT, AND IT'S EXCLUSIVE TO 9 NETWORK MEMBERS.

SO DON'T BE SHY.

GIVE US A CALL.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR 30 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, WHETHER YOU'RE NEW OR WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN TO DONNYBASH BEFORE, WHETHER YOU JUST LIKE THIS PROGRAM.

GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GO OVER AND JOIN THE FOLKS FROM DONNYBROOK AND KATE DURBIN.

>> WELL, THERE WAS A MOMENTARY LULL IN THE CONVERSATION, SO I'M GLAD TO JUMP IN AND WELCOME YOU BACK INTO THE STUDIO.

YOU RECOGNIZE THIS SET.

YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE 9 NETWORK.

I KNOW, AS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE VIEWERS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT IT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> AND ALSO DONNYBASH, THE VOCAL SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD BE THERE.

>> WE'VE NEVER FILED A MAILBAG BEFORE.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE LETTERS.

BUT ACTUALLY THE LETTERS, SPEAKING TO VIEWERS, THE LETTERS ARE A LOT MORE COGENT THAN WE ARE.

>> AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING INCREDIBLY SMALTSY, WHICH IS SORT OF WHAT I DO FROM TIME TO TIME, THE VIEWERS GREATLY ENHANCE OUR LIVES, DON'T THEY?

I MEAN, TRULY.

WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENCOUNTER A VIEWER IS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING.

YOU CAN HAVE A REALLY NOT GREAT DAY, YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BATTERY DIE OR YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON AT WORK, AND YOU ENCOUNTER A DONNYBROOK VIEWER, AND THEY ARE -- THEY ARE WARM.

THEY ARE ADORABLE, BE THEY MALE, FEMALE, OLD OR YOUNG, WHATEVER PART OF THE CITY OR THE REGION THEY'RE FROM.

THEY LOVE THIS PROGRAM, AND THEY LOVE THE 9 NETWORK, AND THEY SHOW IT.

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

>> AND THEY WILL TELL YOU, LIKE, I'M A SUSTAINING MEMBER, OR I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS.

I'M COMING BACK TO DONNYBASH BECAUSE I APPRECIATED IT SO MUCH.

AND I'M AMAZED THAT IT'S SO COOL THAT YOU SUPPORT THE SHOW AND EVEN BETTER THE STATION.

THE STATION IS WHY THERE IS A SHOW, AND YOU'RE SUPPORTING MORE THAN JUST US.

I HOPE EVERYBODY REALIZES WHEN WE SIT HERE AND DO THIS, THEY COME TO DONNYBASH, BUT THE KEY POINT IS YOU'RE SUPPORTING SO MUCH MORE WHEN YOU COME TO DONNYBASH.

>> DONNYBASH IS LIKE A BIG PARTY CELEBRATING THE WHOLE THING, CELEBRATING THE VIEWERS AND THE CONNECTION WITH US AND THE PARTY BEFOREHAND AND AFTERWARDS.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THE INTERACTION DURING THE SHOW, IT'S A BLAST.

>> IT IS.

>> AND IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR THIS GRAISK -- GREAT ASSET, WHICH IS THE 9 NETWORK OF PUBLIC MEDIA WHICH MAKES THIS BROADCASTING POSSIBLE FOR THE ST.

LOUIS AREA.

IT'S A FUN TIME, AND WE ONLY DO IT ONCE A YEAR.

THIS IS THE TIME TO GET THOSE TICKETS.

>> IT IS THE TIME.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR A COUPLE OF MEMBERSHIP DRIVES NOW, BUT THIS IS THE LAST MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BEFORE DONNYBASH HAPPENS, OCTOBER 5th AT THE SHELDON, AND WE DO WANT YOU TO BE THERE.

30 PEOPLE DURING EACH BREAK IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS HERE ON THE 9 NETWORK.

>> ONE A YEAR.

>> AND THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO DONNYBASH BEFORE, AND THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO IMAGINE, THAT SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING DONNYBROOK FOR A WHILE HAS NOT BEEN TO DONNYBASH, BECAUSE IT'S THAT MUCH FUN, IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO POLITICS IN OTHER BIG CITIES, EVERYBODY TAKES EVERYTHING VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE DO TAKE -- WE DO TAKE THE ISSUES THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS FACING SERIOUSLY, BUT AT DONNYBASH, EVERYBODY IS SORT OF ON THE SAME PAGE.

YES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS.

YES, WE REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK ON, BUT EVERYBODY HAS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN HERE OR THEIR -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR CHILDREN HERE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF A NEAT EXPERIENCE TO HAVE EVERYBODY.

>> WELL, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF IT.

PLEASE GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.

MARIANNE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS.

>> IT'S REALLY EASY TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR DONNYBASH.

THE DATE IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th, AND AT $50 A TICKET, CALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND ASK THEM, WELL, YOU WANT ONE, TWO, WHATEVER.

LET THEM DO THE MATH FOR YOU, BUT LET ME DO SOME MATH FOR YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE FORM AFTER REALLY GREAT DEAL, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINER OF THE 9 NETWORK FOR $10 A MONTH, ONGOING MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS, YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS TO DONNYBASH PLUS THE HANDSOME 9 NETWORK MUG, OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING GREAT PROGRAMS LIKE DONNYBROOK, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME AND ENJOY THE TICKETS AND THE MUG.

THE OFFER IS GOOD ONLINE AS WELL.

JUST GO ONLINE AT 9 NET DOT ORG AND JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT DON'T MISS THIS DONNYBASH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

IT STARTS AT 5:30.

IT'S AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL, PLENTY OF PARKING, AND THAT PARKING IS FREE.

THERE IS A RECEPTION BEFORE THE SHOW.

THERE IS A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS, SO YOU CAN BE THERE FROM 5:30 UNTIL THEY CLOSE IT DOWN.

I KNOW A LOT OF THE FOLKS FROM DONNYBROOK ARE VERY FOND OF CLOSING DOWN THAT RECEPTION.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME, BUT DON'T MISS DONNYBASH, BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE THE PROGRAM, DONNYBROOK, DONNYBASH IS A WHOLE WONDERFUL OTHER EXPERIENCE.

WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF IT, BUT GIVE US A CALL RIGHT NOW.