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but you can't do that now adays. you're a role model. >> yeah. wasn't that parents mostly fighting?aches too. >> brian: the kids are protesting. do you think it's fair for the kids,. >> steve: if from what the parents did? >> nothing is going to be fair for the kids. somebody has to pay for it. you put the parents in jail, but i mean, you have to penalize the team. is that what they did? >> brian: right. so your son is five' 10. 13 shoe. stay close to him 'cause he's going to be your meal ticket. >> steve: speaking of meal ticket. i'm not your meal ticket. toby has got a chain of restaurants. >> i do. >> steve: and not only are you a performer with a night job, but also you're a small businessman. actually big businessman. in a challenging economy. >> well, we have filled a void with, the name of the restaurant is called i love this bar and grill. people at harrow's came up with the idea. a friend who moved out here from las vegas to handle to atlantic city. he come up with the idea and we put one in several years ago, four or five years ago in vegas and it went great. so we have ei