1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: The voice that fights for New York. Literally. Curtis leewa 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: guest hose for Mark Simone on sevent ten Woor has 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: promised it's your turn to be heard here and when 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: I'm hoping so many of you will turn to seven 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: to ten wor for all your talk radio content as 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: I have. Let's go to if we can't, Mike, who's 7 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: calling from Long Island? Your turn to be heard here 8 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: at seven ten wor mikey. 9 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: Hey, Curtis, how you're don't It's great to hear you 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 2: back on the radio. I'm an old Kanassie boy. Had 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: a store on Avenue Well and Kanasi. I'm pretty sure 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: you used to shop there many years ago. My wife 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: and I started it. It's about fifty years ago we 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: started it. And I remember how you used to help 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 2: that community when mister Shopton had his march down Avenue 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: Well and Prish Realty was doing all of his things 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: and listen, I just want to tell you I thank 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: you for everything you've done in the past and how 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: certain people were promoting Clolo to be a mayor with 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: his background. He's a criminal. Politics is a dirty business. Unfortunately, 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 2: you were trying to do the right thing. And even 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: though my vote wouldn't count, I did contribute to your 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: running for election. And you're a Brookerman and everything you've 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: done be proud of. And I'm proud to know that 25 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: you're from a neighborhood. I grew up here. 26 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: I just let me tell you Canarsi Oil roads lead 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: to Kanarcie the good and I might add the bad. 28 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: Give me an idea Avenue L Best Pizza Paulo, the 29 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: original pizza of Avenue L still there. Cross Street is 30 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: Channel twelve. The news outlet used to be like a 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: bull hack a wall bomb super market no more. And 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: got to tell you they were the little Casey's on 33 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: one side of Avenue L, the Gambino's on the other side. 34 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: They used to have to run the gauntlet and the 35 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Avenue L boys who total degenerates. But I survived that. 36 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: It was like running through an Apache line from time 37 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: to time because I would not avoid going down Avenue 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: Hell oh yeah, Andrew evilized Cromo. How many of them 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: are out there and they keep you know, these bots, 40 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: they're like they're like the wave of drones. They get 41 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: used in the war between Russia and the Ukraine. Right, 42 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: they come in bots, spots spots, and so you split 43 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: the vote in the New York mayor's race to guarantee 44 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: that more crime could happen. Right, Curtis, right, you took 45 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: money from Zorhan. You know these, and you could tell 46 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: where they're being generated from countries all over the world, 47 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: and they come in and waves waves, and it all 48 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: started with Cuomo and their supporters of Cromo. By the way, 49 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: where is he? Oh yeah, he probably slit it under 50 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: his rock in the Hampton's hanging. Now with all of 51 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: his billionaire friends, the influencers, the insiders, they got him nowhere. 52 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: Maybe he should run for mayor of Southampton since he 53 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: spent all of his time in Southampton. Let's go if 54 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: we can. To Anne, who's calling from Staten Island. Your 55 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: turn to be heard here on seven to ten, wor Ann, Well, 56 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: let's see. 57 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 3: I'm my sister, and Merry Christmas to you and your 58 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 3: sweet wife who we met, well, they met at a 59 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 3: fundraiser at the Belvedere with the field and we gave 60 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: to your campaign. We miss you. Greg Kelly's unhinged. You 61 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: should sue the station for slander, because you're excellent and 62 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 3: you should be the mayor, and we're heartbroken for you, 63 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: but you know what you do so much good. I 64 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 3: wish your good health and happiness and financy. I missed 65 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 3: her animal show ABC should go down the tubes. And 66 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 3: I have been listening now a few months to Oh Well. 67 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: I used to listen to Handy too, and I'm back 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 3: with them. I enjoyed them. And Greg Kelly's a total disgrace. 69 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: I think he's nuts. 70 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: Well, he has a little bots, a little titched, but 71 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: you know, he is doing what free speech allows you 72 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: to do in America. He has a right to do that. 73 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: Men have died in battle for us to have free 74 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: speech and also to be able to vote, which two million, 75 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand people did in this last mayoral campaign, 76 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: a record that hadn't been seen since nineteen sixty five, 77 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: since I was all of eleven years old, And so 78 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: unfortunately John Lindsey get elected mayor of the City of 79 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: New York. By the way, pretty sure, don't we have 80 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: here a Wor the Dog Smart radio show? 81 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 2: Don't we have that? 82 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: I think I think a Wor I mean used to 83 00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: be on the weekends here Wor you would have all 84 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: all the shows that were talking about gardening talking about finance, investments, 85 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: retirement animals. I mean, that was a fixture that I 86 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: would listen to. Bernie Meltzer. Oh yeah, oh wow, what 87 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: a following he had, Old Bernie. But no, and it's right. 88 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: Best thing that ever happened in my life was when 89 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: I met Nancy. We got married, and boy, she is 90 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: a animal rescuer like so many of you the listeners 91 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: here at WR are throughout the Tri State area and 92 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: throughout the country, and without her, I could not have 93 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: survived many many ordeals. I owe everything that I am 94 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: or I have at this point in my life to 95 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: my beautiful wife, Nancy. And they don't get any better 96 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: than that. You know, as Mahtma Gandhi said, is society 97 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: that takes care of its animals would take care of 98 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: its people. But a society that does not take care 99 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 1: of its animals will not take care of its people. 100 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what we have in New York City. 101 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: As I began the show telling you about the year 102 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: anniversary of the horrible, horrific death of Debrina Kawama at 103 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: the subway station in Coney Island on the F train 104 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: when she was set up into a human torch and 105 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: how a year later they won't even say her name 106 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: because they don't even remember her name. Well, we did 107 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: that yesterday, and I want to Apploy wor Natalie in 108 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: the Morning for introducing that in the news the New 109 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: York Post for covering it. But many people out there 110 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: just have no idea what happened. Let's go to Sergio, 111 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: who's calling from New Jersey. Your turn to be heard 112 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: here at seven to ten. WA Sergio. 113 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 4: Hi, Curtis. I was wondering if you can elaborate on 114 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 4: Bob Grant one time. Apparently he took some tile expended 115 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 4: twas on the studio and you had to go and 116 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: mediate for him to bring him back. 117 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: Let me correct you. The king of talk radio, Bob Grant, 118 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: who is my mentor, was the reason that I'm in 119 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: talk radio because when I was first on the air 120 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: at the old WABC, they didn't want to have me 121 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: on the air, and he said, you got to have 122 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: Curtis on the air because he knows where all the 123 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: bones buried and who buried them, and he had the 124 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: force in the talk radio world at that time that 125 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: his wish basically became the command of the suits. The 126 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: big markers. But he was a kleptomaniac in many, many ways, 127 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. I think you're conflating two separate stories. 128 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: But let me tell you the best one that I 129 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: was personally involved in. He was given a loner Cadillac 130 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: back then in order to promote somebody purchasing a new car, 131 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: used car. They have a new fangled expression now pre 132 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: owned car. You know, for used cars. They would give 133 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: you a loan a car. And Bob Grant, I think 134 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: it was in Englewood, was promoting Cadillacs from Englewood. Everybody 135 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: back then. They wanted to the El Dorado, they wanted 136 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: the Fleetwood, the Seville. He had a car and his 137 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: driver would take him back and forth to Manalapan on 138 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: the Jersey Shore where he was living, and you have 139 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: to give it back after a certain point of time. 140 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: And the program director there, John Manelli, was intimidated by Bob, 141 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: as he could intimidate many, and Bob wouldn't give the 142 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: Cadillac back. So John Manelli said, he's your friend. Go 143 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: in there and tell them there are new rules in 144 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: the business. You can't snore like a lot of radio 145 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: people did. Both Am and FM four years schnore free stuff. 146 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: It's called pay for play, and we could get in trouble. 147 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: So I said, I got it John. I went in there. 148 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: It took me maybe an hour and a half to 149 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: convince the King of talk radio, Bob Grant, responsible for 150 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: my career, to give me the keys and that we 151 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: would get it back to the Cadillac dealership before they 152 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: would report that to the FCC to be in violation 153 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: of pay for play. But man, it was not easy. 154 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: It's Bob Grant back then, the king of talk radio. 155 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: Thought I'm entitled to the treasures like so many others. 156 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: And if you listen to me up until January two, 157 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 1: as I substitute for Mark Simone, you're gonna hear a 158 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: lot of other stories you had no idea about that 159 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: I want to share with you about this thing of ours, 160 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: talk radio, because this is the business that we have 161 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: chosen