1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 2: If you're so lucky. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 3: The nine o'clock Thursday night hour is the Power Hour, 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 3: and in studio it's me from Kiss FM, EJ the DJO. 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 4: This is a treat because I used to watch you 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 4: on Fox eleven. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 5: You know the whole story. 8 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 4: That's how I used to have the waiver, because you know, 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 4: I grew up in Jersey and we had these waivers. 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, in order to watch the West Coast and 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 3: at all. Yeah, I had to get a waiver. 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 4: I had to get Channel five's permission, that's Rocks five, 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 4: New York. 14 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 3: Somebody had to sign off on it. No, this is 15 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 3: what happened back in back in the day. You needed 16 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 3: to send, I think a letter to the general manager 17 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 3: of the station. 18 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 4: The cable company would do it. I see, and I 19 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 4: used to. I got one for Channel four here and 20 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 4: also Channel eleven. That's great, that's what we used to 21 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 4: watch you. 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 5: You and John Beard. You're that's away from Fox eleven news. 23 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: John Bard. 24 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: John Beard was an amazing presence in LA media and 25 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 3: he worked on Channel four for years NBC and then 26 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: he came over to Channel eleven work with me at 27 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: Channel eleven. 28 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: Right, we're really good friends. Yeah, I used to be 29 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: right here where we are. 30 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 3: And he, you know, one of those dashingly handsome guys, 31 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 3: Southern charm. He just had it all going for him 32 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 3: and really a good ankerman and all this stuff. And 33 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: he left me the best answering machine message. Back then 34 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: you had machines, you know, but it didn't matter. Voicemail message, 35 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: if you will, the best voicemail I've ever gotten. And 36 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 3: here's what it was. Now you just need to know 37 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 3: one thing. John dated like starlets and stuff. I mean, 38 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 3: he was right as I say, he was insanely handsome 39 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 3: and wonderfully charming. So he was dating Kate Jackson from 40 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 3: the Charlie's Angel series. Okay, so on Charlie's Angels it 41 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: was Farah, it was Jacqueline Smith is that? And then 42 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: it was Kate Jackson. Those are the three Angels in 43 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: the original Angel series. And John was dating Kate Jackson. 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 5: No big deal. 45 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 3: So, I mean it was, you know, again, the big 46 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 3: banging life of John Beard. So he leaves a message 47 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 3: on my machine. It was like, I don't know, like 48 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 3: Friday morning or something, and he uh, it was it 49 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 3: was this how I can't remember Tom saying it's Beard. 50 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 3: Hey man, I'm getting together with Kate and we're taking 51 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: the Warner Brothers jet. We're flying to Las Vegas tonight 52 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 3: and we're gonna watch the heavyweight fight, and then we're 53 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: gonna get back on the jet on Saturday morning and 54 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 3: we're flying to Utah where Kate's got a place. They're 55 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 3: in the mountains of Utah, gonna need some skiing, and 56 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: we're gonna fly back on the Warner Brothers jet on 57 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: Sunday night. So what are you doing this weekend? I'll 58 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: never forget. It was just so wonderful. 59 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 4: Also very like slight Flex. You're taking the Warner Brothers. 60 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: No, it was just the best man, just the best. 61 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: I really miss Johon Beard. 62 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: But yeah, that's so cool that you used to watch 63 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: absolutely what's the deal at Kiss? 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: What's happening? What are you? What's the hot music? It's 65 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: a hot scene. 66 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 4: I'm smack dab in the middle of my future called 67 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 4: New at nine, right, So that's where we play, like 68 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 4: all of the new songs that are out right now. 69 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 4: As a matter of fact, Bruno Mars just released a 70 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 4: brand new song, I Just Might It's officially out. 71 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, we're playing it right while we were playing. 72 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 3: So when they play it when new at nine, it's 73 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: like it's the new music. It's not, it's this isn't 74 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 3: a premiere run of it, but this is like this 75 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 3: is what's out in the zeitgeistright. 76 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: Right, Well it's today, it's it's new because Bruno just 77 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 4: released this. 78 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 5: Oh wow, yeah yeah, brand new, new new. 79 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 3: Now I know you're thinking I'm not and you're right 80 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: super hip who me? Yeah, well you think I think that, 81 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: Maybe you don't think that. Absolutely all right, star struck 82 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: you could be. Well, in any case, I do have 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: a degree of hypnist connected to Brno. 84 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: Ma I guess that's what I'm getting to. 85 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 3: My friend discovered Bruno Mars. Yeah, and the story is 86 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: pretty good. I'll keep it short, but it's pretty good. 87 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: So he was working on something with flow Rideo and 88 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 3: he believe it. Was working in the studio one night 89 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 3: and somebody brought in their friend Bruno to meet my friend. 90 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: Aaron is my friend's name, and he takes out the guitar. 91 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: They took a break and Aaron said, come on, this 92 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: is crazy. Bruno's insanely talented. This guy doesn't have a 93 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 3: record deal yet. Wow, he was an A and R 94 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 3: guy at the time. This is Aaron was. So he's 95 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 3: looking for new artists. 96 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 2: And he didn't. 97 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: And he took this to me as the wild twist 98 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 3: that Bruno Mars. Of course it blew him away in 99 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 3: the set. Absolutely, he took Bruno Mars to the record 100 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: company and the record company said no, what that to 101 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 3: me is the amazing thing. And it is followed by this. 102 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: He took Bruno in a second time, same record company 103 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: and they said no again. And the reason finally they 104 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: accepted him and their criticism was he didn't have a 105 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: volume of work yet that the company felt that they 106 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,239 Speaker 3: could really exploit. And so but I mean this guy 107 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 3: who's the combination of everything incredible rights, Yeah, James Brown Prince, 108 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: I mean Michael Jackson, Yes, I mean that. So they 109 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 3: didn't say he stinks, we don't get it. They just said, 110 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 3: we like him, but he needs some kind of portfolio 111 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 3: of work that we can work with. And so the 112 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 3: third time they signed him and he was off to 113 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 3: the races. And so we know how the story went 114 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 3: out that. 115 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 4: That's wild that somebody wouldn't sign you because you didn't 116 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 4: have a body of work. 117 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 3: Yet I guess that's what they want. They want to 118 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 3: see that they can take your music. 119 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 4: And stuff that you've already done, yeah, and literally pass 120 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 4: it off as if they helped. 121 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: You with Yeah. No, I mean, you're not wrong. 122 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 5: These companies are wild. 123 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're not wrong. I don't know. 124 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: It's a but the story of Brutal Marge at least 125 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 3: has a happy Hollywood. 126 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 5: Ending, absolutely because he's doing well for himself. 127 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 2: Who else has new music out? 128 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 4: The kid le Roy has new music out. We actually 129 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 4: did a thing yesterday at the iHeart Radio Theater where 130 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 4: we got and we sat down and listened to new 131 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 4: music from the kidl Roy. 132 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 3: Oh that's a lot of really good songs too. Now 133 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: is that open to the public and the public shows? 134 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 3: And now you actually have to like win tickets. 135 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 4: So like, well, we'll you know, give away tickets on 136 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 4: Kiss and we'll invite listeners to come in and a 137 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 4: lot of staff members will come up there too and 138 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 4: just like sit around and listen to have you you've 139 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: never been over there. 140 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 3: I've been to the theater, but I've never like you've 141 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: probably been backstage. 142 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 5: I've been backstage. 143 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 4: I have all the old NBC signed because you know 144 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 4: NBC used to be across the street has all of 145 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 4: the old NBC signage. Our studio is Studio three, which 146 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 4: was the old Tonight Show soundstage. So that Elephant store, 147 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 4: that elephant door still has Jayleno's face on it. It 148 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 4: still says that's Tonight Show. And jay Leno Carson's door 149 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 4: still has because he was Studio one and he his 150 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 4: face is still painted on it. 151 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: Right that they've kept it that way. 152 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: When you walk down a hallway, I think days of 153 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: our lives are still over there too. But you walk 154 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 4: down the hallway and you see the history of the 155 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: NBC locals all across the sure down the hallway. Being 156 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 4: a media geek, you kind of get geeked out when 157 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 4: you walk down there and you see all of it. Right, 158 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 4: so cool, it's so cool, right with you. We got 159 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 4: to get you across the street. So back backstage, you 160 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 4: gotta do it. Hang for a second. EJ from Kiss FM. 161 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six on demand. 162 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: Oh he can't be happy. The weekend is only a 163 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: day away. 164 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 3: It is cold, it is windy, and southern California their 165 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 3: wind warnings up for many parts of La County. Do 166 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: take all precautions that are appropriate. There was a big 167 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 3: rig that was blown over on five Freeway today near 168 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 3: the Cohone pass. EJ the DJ from Kiss FM, stopping through. 169 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 5: You just went back to your roots. 170 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, my roots is a weather guy. 171 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 5: Do you miss it? 172 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't especially now now. They it 173 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 3: feels like you got to do like forty shows I did. 174 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: You had to do one. Yeah, I only had one 175 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 3: show to do. Imagine that. 176 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 4: You know everybody does the They do the three, the four, 177 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 4: the five, the six, the seven. 178 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy. The eleven. 179 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 3: So when I was a Channel eleven, we did the 180 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 3: ten o'clock news. When I came to Los Angeles, just 181 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 3: the ten o'clock news, That's all I did. 182 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 2: Now I did. 183 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 3: I try to do stuff with it, like we'd take 184 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 3: cruise out and we'd go to different neighborhoods and so 185 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 3: there was a little more than just that. But I 186 00:08:54,160 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 3: knew after some time that they would do an earlier show, 187 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 3: like how can you have all of those crews dedicated 188 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 3: there already with an eight hour day and only pay 189 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 3: off an hour. It just seems like you need to 190 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 3: admortize those costs over some other offerings. So I knew 191 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 3: that at some point Channel eleven would do an early show. 192 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 3: But I made it through twenty three years there without. 193 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 2: Ever having to do that earlier show. I feel like 194 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 2: I can. 195 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 4: At what point where you're just like, I have to 196 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 4: do something different. 197 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: Well, the good news for me was that I was 198 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 3: able to do other stuff in addition, Like I did Guinness. 199 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 3: I hosted Guinness Primetime, came on set, tried to set 200 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 3: records Guinness Records. I did a lot of those daredevil 201 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 3: shows on Fox, the Knievel jumps and those are crazy fun. 202 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 2: Also the Building to Building jump. 203 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 3: In Las Vegas as guys on a motorcycle and they 204 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 3: remember that, Yeah, and that was my favorite, and so 205 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 3: and I did a lot of narrations and voiceovers. I 206 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 3: was getting into that, and that was really true. I mean, 207 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 3: I remember meeting Jane Lynch when she was just you know, 208 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 3: just another person in the lobby world. 209 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 2: And she's really talented. 210 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 3: She was already really talented and doing well with like 211 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 3: a pumping voiceover career, but she wasn't the Jane Lynch 212 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 3: that she used today, right, And so just you know, 213 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 3: hanging out in that world you felt as though you 214 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: were doing things other than just showing up and you know, 215 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 3: checking the barometric pressure. You know, I felt like I 216 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 3: was part of the show business world that I wanted 217 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: to be in. That was my plan and coming to Hollywood, 218 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 3: that was my desire. 219 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 4: So you know, it's different now because now they'll just 220 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 4: get an influencer to do that. But back then, they 221 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 4: had actual professionals who knew how to work with live 222 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: TV come in and do it. 223 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 2: No, it's true. 224 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 3: I mean I think this business is totally different, the 225 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 3: business of radio, television, broadcasting, the news business is different, 226 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 3: and I mean we're all kind of citizen journalists in 227 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 3: a way with our phones. And look what's happened with 228 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: the with the shooting in Minneapolis. I mean there's a yeah. 229 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 3: I mean they're they're all of those real time accounts 230 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 3: of what happened then and what is happening now, and 231 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 3: so you see the landscape dramatically changing. 232 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: So I think you're really right about that. 233 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 4: I think it dramatically changed when Twitter came into the mix, 234 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 4: because there were a lot of monumental moments that I've 235 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 4: learned on Twitter before the five o'clock news. 236 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: That's exactly right. 237 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 3: I think it's a weird thing now because the news 238 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 3: sort of almost feels like old or I knew that, 239 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 3: or I you know, yeah, I knew that a few 240 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: hours ago. Or when you watch the news, you want 241 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 3: to find you want to find out how they're going 242 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 3: to add to. 243 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 2: What you knew is breaking news a few hours prior. 244 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 4: I don't know if anyone's like me, but I think 245 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 4: I watch it for the personalities because all of the 246 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 4: stuff I've already read on Twitter. But I watch it for, 247 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 4: you know, the personalities and how they're going to deliver 248 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 4: the story or I guess what type of spin they're 249 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 4: going to put on, or how they're going to read 250 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 4: the story. 251 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: That's the reason why I watch it. 252 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 3: Sure, And I think that most people do identify with 253 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 3: the presenters, you know, with the people who are on 254 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 3: the anchors, the weather guy, sports guy, and I say 255 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 3: guys generically, I mean men and women who are doing 256 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: this right. And then you know, the morning shows really 257 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 3: a different But to think about that, how that revolutionized 258 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 3: local TV. 259 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: I will say I think Good Day LA revolutionized the 260 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 4: way how TV is done. I think you're right morning 261 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 4: show TV because it was always let's have a cooking segment, 262 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 4: let's talk softly. This is going to be on the 263 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 4: next spring runway. But they were up there having a 264 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 4: good time, free willing, right. 265 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely right, absolutely right. 266 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 3: And that was a show that that uh and and 267 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 3: and Channel five to be fair. Channel five in La 268 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 3: they started with a lot of that as well. So 269 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 3: Good Day La came on right after Channel five show 270 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: had shown tremendous dominance, and so in a way, that 271 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 3: was the that was the first sort of breaking of 272 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 3: the barrier to be fair. But I thought what they 273 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 3: had at Channel eleven, particularly with Jillian and Dorothy and 274 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 3: Steve and then you know these sort of reporters floating 275 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 3: in and out, there was a real wild sense that 276 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: anything could happen. 277 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 4: I remember I was texting you about this because I 278 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 4: remember watching one episode and I was like, all Jill 279 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,599 Speaker 4: and Dorothy did was bully you for two and a 280 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 4: half hours. 281 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 3: I was hosting, I was hosting, and then they hammered me. 282 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 3: They were just trying to make it so hard for me. 283 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 4: But it was so fun though, it was so fun, 284 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 4: and you took it like a champ. 285 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 5: Though it was it was fun. 286 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 2: There's so much fun. 287 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 5: But you started on that though. 288 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I started Good to La in ninety five. 289 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 3: Wasn't that what it was? It seems about right. It 290 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: was so early in the morning. Man, I did not 291 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 3: want to be on in the morning but the now. 292 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 3: But the general manager came to me and said, hey, 293 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: I really want you to do this morning show. I 294 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 3: want to launch this morning show with you. And I'm like, wow, 295 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: you know, it's that seems really early. You know, morning 296 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: shows are in the morning. 297 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 4: I'm out at night and it's and it's people don't 298 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 4: understand it's earlier than a radio morning show. So most 299 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 4: I feel like most radio morning shows start at six am. 300 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 4: But with TV you got to get there hella early, 301 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 4: just so you can get your makeup done. 302 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, there is a difference. 303 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 3: The difference between radio and TV is that the TV 304 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: part you have to be camera ready, you have to 305 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: be on you know, so your puffy eyes and all 306 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 3: that stuff that's going to be there. 307 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it was It's a rough call. 308 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 3: And especially when you're younger and you want to go 309 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 3: out and you want to like I wasn't married. I 310 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: wasn't I mean, I was sort of wanted to be 311 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 3: out at night. And all of a sudden, every morning 312 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 3: you got to get up, but you know the crack. 313 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: It was tough. How long did you do it for? 314 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 3: I think I was there for two years. It felt 315 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 3: like the longest two years. And so how did you 316 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 3: make the switch? Did you go into the oboss's office 317 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 3: and say, we need to do something different? Was the 318 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 3: contract up? 319 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 2: No, that's exactly what I said. 320 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 3: I used to go down regularly and say, you know, 321 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 3: I think Jillian who she was on, they moved so 322 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: they had me start the morning show Good to LA 323 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 3: and they hired Jillian from Miami. She did the weather 324 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 3: at Channel eleven at ten o'clock. 325 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 2: And I would go in regularly and I go, I 326 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 2: think Jillian's great. 327 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 3: I think you want to move into the morning and 328 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 3: you want to put me back on a ten o'clock. 329 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: I used to say all the time. Jose Rios was 330 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: the guy's name. 331 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 5: Movie great. Let me tell you something. 332 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 4: I've never been in the news business, but I think 333 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 4: wonderful news. The great Joserios. He is legend in LA 334 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 4: because he let that morning show do them. 335 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, he let and he did that with a 336 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: lot of people throughout. I mean, that was a high 337 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 3: profile example, but a lot of people really were able 338 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 3: to do their thing and apply their trade and have 339 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: great success under Jose Rios. He saw the magic and 340 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 3: people would love to meet him one day. Great journalist too, 341 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: I mean like really worked. Yeah, built a built a 342 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: really strong newsroom, I mean a tough newsroom, and came 343 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: up sort of through that. Yeah, I've I've got to 344 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: put you guys together at some point. He would love 345 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 3: to meet you too, the DJ, You're the best. I 346 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: appreciate you so love meeting with you whenever we meet. 347 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 3: And this was a true surprise. 348 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 5: Let's go get breakfast again. 349 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 2: I do it. I do it. 350 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 351 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 3: Look, you're listening on the iHeartRadio app. Welcome, you can 352 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 3: leave us a talkback. We're getting kind of late in 353 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: the show, so I just tell you this for your 354 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: general reference, because you'd knew this with any show. 355 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 2: Feel free. 356 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 3: We're not off the air to do it now, but 357 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: I'm just saying in general, you see that little microphone 358 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 3: the upper right hand part of the iHeartRadio app, hit 359 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: it and record a message. I think up to thirty seconds, 360 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 3: and oftentimes the message will be shared on the air, 361 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 3: not only on this show, but across the iHeart schedule. 362 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 6: Hey, Mark, can you tell us how to find the 363 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 6: podcast for this time slot? Oh? 364 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a good question, and I wish I 365 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: knew the answer. 366 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 6: It's a good question on the podcast for this time 367 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 6: slot since there's no permanent host in this time slot anymore, 368 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 6: and I don't know what to look for. 369 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 2: Can you let us know, man? 370 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, so it can you let us know? Man, Yes, 371 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 7: I can let you know. Okay, it's on KFI Featured Segments. 372 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 7: So any for now as the time being, anyone that 373 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 7: filling in this time slot will be on KFI Featured segments, 374 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 7: just like any other show like Conway or Cole Bell 375 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 7: each hour split one, two, three. But yeah, you just 376 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 7: go to KFI Featured Segments, Okay. KFI Featured Segments is 377 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 7: the answer. That's how you find not only this show, 378 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 7: but other people who are passing through this time period, because, 379 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 7: as you say, there's no regular Hi, this. 380 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 5: Is Kim, I mean sot Lake City. 381 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: You listening to an iheartradiot and the game KFI. 382 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 2: I love you guys, including ron. 383 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 4: That does the news you know, go? 384 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, Ronner gets a shout out. That's all. 385 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: I love you guys, including Ronor that does the news, 386 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, but. 387 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's awfull, very very cool, Honor that does the news. 388 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 3: The news. 389 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, Rna, that does the news. 390 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 3: I don't know if I like the spin you're putting 391 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: on that news. 392 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 5: You know. 393 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that does the news, you know, yeah, it does the. 394 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 5: You know, you know does the news. 395 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: You know. Okay, I think we got it. 396 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 7: I think that's quite gracious and I don't appreciate whatever 397 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 7: you're putting. 398 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 5: On your interpretation of news. 399 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 2: You know. 400 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 3: Well, I think if you put you think I've got 401 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 3: snak on it. Now, you better watch your step because 402 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 3: you're can get a lot stankier. Michael Monks reports this 403 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 3: is a great, great special from a very talented journalist, 404 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 3: Michael Monks from KOFI News. It's been a year since 405 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 3: the wildfires changed life in southern California. They change it 406 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 3: from the standpoint insurance, They change it from the standpoint 407 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 3: of loss, heartbreak, the Palisades Altadena, many unanswered questions still, 408 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 3: and the KFI News team, again headed up by Michael Monks, 409 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 3: with this special, revisits the events of last January and 410 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 3: that work that's been done since last January to rebuild 411 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 3: and to answer some of these questions. We've learned that 412 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 3: the Palisades fire may have been the result of an 413 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 3: earlier fire not fully put out that's led to the 414 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 3: arrest of a guy. He was also accused of deliberately 415 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 3: starting what was called the Lachman fire. We've learned the 416 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 3: Eton fire may have been sparked by equipment belonging to 417 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 3: the local utility. And now a year later, residents in 418 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 3: both burn areas are working to rebuild. How is that going? 419 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 3: What bureaucratic issues are there? What other challenges are there? 420 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 3: LA Wildfires one year Later is the name of the special, 421 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 3: and it brings stories from people affected by the fires, 422 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 3: the challenges that they continue to face, and the path forward. 423 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 3: If you missed it, it aired last night, I want 424 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 3: to say, or Wednesday night, Yes. 425 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, last night. 426 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 3: But if you missed it, listen on the iHeartRadio app 427 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 3: or catch an Encore presentation. It'll be live on KFI 428 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 3: Saturday at six pm. Saturday at six pm again, LA 429 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 3: Wildfires one year Later. It's really well done. 430 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 7: Michael Monks worked his butt off and it's a brilliant piece. 431 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 3: He's so talented knows it so well. And there you 432 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 3: go KFI against Saturday at six and also on the 433 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app it's called La Wildfires. One year later, speaking 434 00:20:54,840 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 3: of stories that are being followed up on some time 435 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 3: after they started with critical attention, the bear that was 436 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: living underneath that house in Altadena. Now, perhaps the final 437 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 3: chapter is written. 438 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 8: Bye bye Bearry the bear that was living underneath an 439 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 8: Altadena home for almost two months. You remember this video 440 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 8: has finally left. You're looking at video of the five 441 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 8: hundred and fifty pound bear entering the crawl space run Thanksgiving. 442 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 2: That's unreal, five and fifty pounds. It's finally left. 443 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 8: You're looking at video of the five hundred and fifty 444 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 8: pound bear entering the crawl space round Thanksgiving. The homeowner 445 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 8: tells I when this news. The bear was spotted yesterday 446 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 8: and it was shocked by an electrified doormat used by 447 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 8: professionals to capture bears. It's not clear where the bear 448 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 8: is right now, but it's not under the home. And 449 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 8: we do know that a wildlife rescue group helped with 450 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 8: the bear's removal. 451 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: Wow, well, I mean, I guess it had to happen. 452 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 3: You know, the family's not going to move out, right, 453 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 3: that wouldn't be cool, A little rude the bear. 454 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, you just knew at some point. 455 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 3: I mean they try to entice the bear out with food, 456 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 3: and I told you, you know in the movie, you 457 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 3: can go two different ways, right, you can go the way. 458 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 3: Ronner is a big horror movie guy, so he would 459 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 3: go a horror movie. I'll get to the horror movie 460 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 3: scenario and narrative in a second. But the comedy is 461 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 3: that they discover this bear that moves in under the 462 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: house and the kid. This is kind of a lighthearted thing, 463 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 3: but it's also got like they'll be a little jeopardy 464 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: in it too. The young boy or it could be 465 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 3: a young girl if you want, doesn't really matter, not 466 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 3: a gender specific thing, bonds with the bear and first 467 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 3: doesn't want to tell the parents that he or she 468 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 3: is has discovered this bear. 469 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 2: It's her secret, right. 470 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 3: She brings the bear food, and that's the way we 471 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 3: in Act one get in to this little girl or 472 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 3: little boy and the family. And so it's keeping the 473 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 3: secret of the bear under the house away from mom 474 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 3: and dad, who he or she knows will want the 475 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 3: bear out. 476 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 2: Or removed or something. 477 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 3: And so there'd be little bumps and things like at 478 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 3: breakfast and you know what was that? And there are 479 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 3: all these excuses made, and finally, of course, the family 480 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 3: finds out that there is a bear there. The mom 481 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 3: and dad realize it, and they now have a problem 482 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 3: because the evil sheriff wants to shoot the bear, right, 483 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 3: he wants to kill the bear. That's sort of the 484 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 3: way you build a little jeopardy in And maybe it's 485 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 3: not the sheriff, maybe it's whatever the wildlife manager is, whatever, 486 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 3: we can't have a bear in this area, in this 487 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 3: residential area. We can't have a bear. Yeah, thank you, 488 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 3: So we have to. Then it's the whole family keeping 489 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 3: the presence of the bear away from the knowledge of 490 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 3: the hoa or the evil sheriff. That's how that whole 491 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 3: thing down, and so you know, and then there's a 492 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 3: big act three where you know, everything, there's a big showdown. 493 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 2: And you know, you go, please don't kill my bear. 494 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 3: Because it's a cute, five hundred and fifty pound bear. Yeah, 495 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 3: so there's that. 496 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: Now. The runner version, in my view, or the horror. 497 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 3: Movie version, is that there's a family living in the house. 498 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: And I think it works best if it's not a family. 499 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 3: I think it works best if it's an airbnb, or 500 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 3: if it's maybe college kids, a bunch of squatters. Yeah, 501 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: who know, I have rented. Oh that's good too, that's good. 502 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 3: And now we're writing. Now we're writing. See what's happening? 503 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 2: All right? 504 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 3: So, in any case, the inhabitants of the house I 505 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 3: think can't be a family. It has to be either 506 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 3: squatters who are there, you know, illegally, or it's college 507 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 3: students who all are roommates. 508 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 2: And what's what happens? 509 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: Well in that one, it's very kind of establishing who 510 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 3: they are in relationships, et cetera. So we get to 511 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 3: know them, we get attached to them, and then they 512 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: start to go missing, right, and. 513 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 2: You know what happened to Ronnie? I don't know. 514 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 3: I mean I thought Ronnie was here, you know, and 515 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 3: then one at a time they start to go missing. 516 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 3: And now instead of playing the bear as the lovable protagonist, 517 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: you're playing the bear as sort of the bloodthirsty threat. 518 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 2: Under the house. 519 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 3: Right, In other words, a bear, it's it's the I mean, 520 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 3: isn't that what Cocaine Bear was? 521 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 5: It's a classic cocaine bear. 522 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I'm just saying you can go either direction 523 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 3: with this story, and you can say it's based on 524 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 3: a true story. And now you've heard the boat, go 525 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 3: with it. I want you to go. I want you 526 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 3: to be successful. Write it. Take it, be a big hit. 527 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 3: You don't have to thank me at the Oscars or 528 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 3: the Golden Globes. It's yours. Take it. That's the Bear story. 529 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 3: You're welcome. 530 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 531 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 2: Caf I Am. 532 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 3: Six Party Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Mark Thompson 533 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 3: here on a Thursday night and Noriri standing by. What's up, George, Norri. 534 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 2: Mark, We're going to talk about Lucia Dreaming. 535 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 6: And then later on in the program, I've got a 536 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 6: poem reader coming in to tell us about our future 537 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 6: on Coast to Coach. 538 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 3: I'm loving it, thanks George, look forward to it. I 539 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 3: had a palm reader many years ago. I went to 540 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 3: a palm reader in Buffalo, New York, which is where 541 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 3: I began my wondrous careers in Buffalo, New York. And 542 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 3: that's where I met John Beard actually came out here, 543 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 3: that's so, and Fritz Colemant. Fritz and I were on 544 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 3: the same radio station Fritz was the afternoon guy, and 545 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 3: I was the evening guy on kb Radio w KBW 546 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 3: Radio in Buffalo, New York. Anyway, I was dating this 547 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 3: Fritz Coleman, for those who don't live in the area, 548 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 3: was the weather guy on NBC here for a long time. 549 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 2: For years. You dated Fritz Coleman. 550 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 3: No, that's You've got to put both headphones on, so 551 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 3: you just trying to follow along. 552 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 2: Fritz was the afternoon guy. 553 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 3: I was the evening guy on the same radio station, 554 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 3: KB Radio, is what I said. 555 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 2: And he never dated. He never dated. 556 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 3: No, Okay, I mean that's not my thing, but if 557 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 3: it were my thing, he would be a lovely guy 558 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 3: to go out with. He of NBC out here as 559 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 3: a weather guy. Anyway, and then I came out and 560 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 3: worked at Fox, this wether guy. Okay, we are we 561 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 3: clear on who everybody is now. Anyway, I was in Buffalo. 562 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 3: I don't know, it's not key to the story. And 563 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 3: sometimes I do include extraneous facts that really don't have 564 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 3: anything to do with this story. And then I get, 565 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 3: you know, diverted, as I've just been diverted by people 566 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 3: like Mark Ronner, and now I'm turning what was a 567 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 3: simple reference into a long story. So I'm in Buffalo, 568 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 3: New York dating this girl and she tells me that 569 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 3: she's met a palm reader. Now, George Norri just said 570 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 3: that he's got a palm reader on the show tonight. 571 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 3: She tells me that the palm reader, by looking at 572 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: her palm like gave her I want to say, the 573 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: date of the death of her dad or something something remarkable. 574 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 3: And it's like she had some specific, very specific thing 575 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 3: followed by a number of other very specific things. And 576 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 3: she said, you must go to this palm reader. So 577 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 3: I go to this palm reader and the palm reader 578 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 3: and this I really give credit to the palm reader 579 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 3: for being and having had all the stuff that you'd 580 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 3: expect a palm reader to have. Like in other words, 581 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 3: when you got into the palm reader's palm readering area, 582 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 3: like the office, it was very mystic like, you know, 583 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 3: you just felt like, oh, this is And I always 584 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 3: feel like, since I don't really buy any of this stuff, 585 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 3: at least put on a good show, you know what 586 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: I mean, Give me a show. So I walk in 587 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 3: and it is a good show. It feels mystical. And 588 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 3: I deliberately told this person nothing right. I didn't want 589 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 3: to tip them in any way, like they didn't ask 590 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 3: to see my ID or they didn't like that, you know, 591 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 3: the little things where they can pick that stuff up. 592 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 3: I sit down, and the thing I remember is that 593 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 3: he had an immense magnifying glass, like the biggest magnifying 594 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 3: glass I've ever seen. It look like a like a 595 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 3: some kind of you know those radio telescopes that those 596 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 3: huge radio telescope Sherlock Homes type of yeah, thank you. 597 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 3: It was like a Sherlock Holmes. But but it was 598 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 3: standing on It wasn't one that you hold. It was 599 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 3: standing on these It was like a bracket that held 600 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 3: this huge, huge magnifying glass. And so I put my 601 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 3: hand under the magnifying glass, and my hand just of 602 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 3: course expanded to this, you know, it became this massive 603 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 3: image through this thick glass of the magnifying glass, and. 604 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 2: The palm reader looked in and said. 605 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 3: Mmmmm, sort of like started jotting down some notes, and 606 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 3: I'm of course, I mean, and I deliberately didn't say anything, 607 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 3: and then like, are you getting something? What are you 608 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 3: getting right now? Nothing moved my hand around a little bit. 609 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 3: It was they had like a little lights, sprite lights 610 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 3: that were directed toward my hand. And then the palm 611 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 3: raader leaned back and said, and this was the first 612 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 3: thing the palm readers said, you will achieve international fame 613 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 3: and respect. And I still remember it because I thought 614 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 3: it was such a high wire prediction, Like it would 615 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 3: be one thing to say you will achieve fame and respect, 616 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 3: like that in itself is a high wire, right, But this, 617 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 3: this parameter went for international fame and respect. I mean, 618 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 3: that's really reserved for you know, I don't know the 619 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 3: Kobe Bryant, so from athlete you know, fluff right, exactly, 620 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 3: justin Bieber, thank you, right, that to be performers who 621 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 3: are or athletes that are really like super high profile 622 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 3: and transcendent figures in culture. 623 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 2: Right. 624 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 3: And I thought, wow, you talk about swinging for the 625 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 3: fences as the first prediction. I mean, you know, could 626 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 3: have gone with almost anything, right, Let's see that you're 627 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 3: good with people you know, or something super generic you know, 628 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 3: or your hands are too big to be president, right, 629 00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 3: But to go for what that palm reader went for 630 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 3: international family respect, Well, my friends, I must tell you 631 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 3: I never achieved international family and respect. And so in 632 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 3: that way, the disappointment, but I'll say this, that palm 633 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 3: reader had me hoping. I kept thinking, this is the 634 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 3: year that it's going to happen. I don't know how 635 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 3: it's gonna happen, but this is the year. I punched through. Sadly, 636 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 3: I think the years have passed and I've kind of 637 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 3: flamed out. 638 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 7: I think he was correct. Now, when animals go bad, 639 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 7: it wasn't your typical Friday night. 640 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 3: When good times go bad when animals attack. So much 641 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 3: fun hanging out with you kids. We'll do it again sometime. 642 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 3: Thanks everybody, all listeners, contributors, all the rest. Thanks again 643 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 3: to EJ the DJ from Kiss FM. Mark Thompson here 644 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 3: with my My show is all politics and news, so 645 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 3: you may not groove on it, but if it's your thing, 646 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 3: I'm on YouTube The Mark Thompson Show 647 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty on demand