1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 2: I'm Andy Reesmeyer. Nice to be with you on this 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: Monday night. We're gonna lighten things up now. We've done 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 2: a lot of heavy news and now it's time to 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: just take a break to after eight o'clock. My next 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 2: guest is well known to the airwaves of southern California, 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: a career spanning AM, FM, radio, Internet, cable, kids TV, 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: so many more. Dj' Shotgun Tom Kelly, telling the story 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: of his life in a new book. All I want 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: to do is play the hits, the memoir from the 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: golden era of AM radio to his time at the 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: mighty k Earth one oh one to outer space with 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: his own show on Sirius XM's sixties gold Joining us 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: now once again on the airwaves of so cal is 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: the Shotgun Tom Kelly. 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 3: Good evening, Ah, good evening. Andy. Is so good to 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 3: talk to you again. Man, that was very nice. It 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 3: was a very nice build up there. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 4: Oh good, I'm doing my best. 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: I got to interview you last week for this Route 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: sixty six documentary that we're working on for KTLA, and 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 2: you were so gracious spent some time with us talking 23 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: about that road, specifically in sort of the era of 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: AMFM music during that time. But I want to talk 25 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: about your story and your history and this exciting book. 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: All I want to do is play the hits I've 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 2: been reading it. I love TV, as you know, I 28 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: love radio. I love SoCal media. So this is right 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: up my alley, and anybody who grew up here, who 30 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: lives here, who listens to any of this stuff, like 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 2: what we're talking about right now, would be very interested 32 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: in this book. I want you to take us back 33 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: to that moment when you were a kid, when you 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: first looked through the window and you saw a DJ 35 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: and you said, this is something that I could do 36 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: with my life. 37 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 4: You were like twelve years old, not. 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: Ten years old. Ten years old. Wow, I came all. 39 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: I used to go to Saint John Vacross Catholic School, 40 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: and I was a ten year old. My bike home 41 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: and my mother was a big radio fan. She was 42 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 3: listening to a COG Radio, your sister station down there 43 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: in San Diego. Oh yes, and so so she was 44 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 3: listening to KOGO and there's this guy by the name 45 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: of Frank Thompson. He was broadcasting on location in a 46 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 3: mobile trailer and so he was putting people on the air. 47 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 3: And so my mom says, Tommy, why don't you go 48 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: down and see if you'll put you on the air. 49 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 3: So I wanted to do it, my mom said, So, 50 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 3: I didn't know what I wanted to do at that point, 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: I didn't want to. I didn't know I was going 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 3: to be in radio. So I went down there, and 53 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: just like you said, Andy, I was looking through the 54 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: window and I saw the two turntables, and I saw 55 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: the microphone. I saw the man talking on the radio, 56 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 3: and he looked at me. He says, well, we have 57 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 3: a young man standing outside the Coco Mobile studio. Come 58 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 3: on in, dear young man. What's your name? My name's Tom. 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 3: What's school to go to? Tom? I go to a 60 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: Saint Jonathan Cross Catholic School. And let me well, Tom, 61 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 3: I've got four tickets to see the La t Birds 62 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: when they come to Westgate Park, which where the pod 63 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 3: Rays used to play. Andy, let me tell you I's 64 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 3: Fnny handed me a million dollars. I really, you know, 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: you know, I kiddusy way. I went home, Andy, this 66 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: is beautiful. I went home. My mother heard me on 67 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: the radio, and right then and there I knew I 68 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 3: wanted to get into this business. And I'm glad you 69 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 3: read that's in the book, because that's right out of 70 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: the book. All. By the way, it's all I want 71 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: to a lot of some of my listeners on Serious 72 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: Exam Channel seventy three back that I got one email 73 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: today we couldn't find your book because we went all 74 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 3: I want to do you know, ah, all, I wanted 75 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: w A n A w NNA. 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: I know you almost you made it a call sign. 77 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: You just turned it into a lockout. I wanted to also. 78 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: You know what's funny is that you say that. And 79 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: I had a very similar experience in the early nineteen 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: ninety nineteen nineties in Indianapolis. The WIBC AM radio station 81 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,839 Speaker 2: was on the Circle, which is the downtown area of Indianapolis. 82 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: The whole city is based around the center of the city, 83 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: which is a circle, and they had their studios there 84 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: and I remember going there and looking at the DJs 85 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: in the window and waving at them and trying to 86 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: get on the radio. And that's exactly the same thing 87 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: that happened to me as a kid and made me 88 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: sort of say, wait, there's something here I want to do. 89 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: That that looks cool. I want to be a part 90 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: of that. When did you it is magic? When did 91 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: you eventually then get to be an actual DJ? I 92 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 2: know that it was. Was it a Sunday morning show? 93 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: Is that what you your first time on the air 94 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 2: as an actual DJ? 95 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 3: Well, my book I love that. Yeah. Well, first of all, 96 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 3: after I came back as a ten year old, I 97 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: built my own little radio station in my bedroom. Awesome, 98 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 3: and I had extensions figures out in the patio and 99 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 3: extensions figures over to the house next door, of the 100 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: house across the street. And so that was a drag. 101 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 3: You probably read that in the book. Yeah, So I 102 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 3: wanted to get a real transmitter. So I had a 103 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: friend of mine who was an electronical genius. He sold 104 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 3: me a twenty five walk transmitter was highly illegal. For yeah, 105 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: for five bucks, andy, five bucks, I was on the 106 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: air and I could broadcast from my house twenty five miles. 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 3: This is amazing. 108 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 4: What year was this? And this was in San Diego? 109 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 3: Right, yes, San Diego? Yeah it was probably well, okay, 110 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 3: I was twelve thirteen years old. 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 2: At what kind of stuff were you brought? Were you 112 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: playing songs? Were you making observations, hot takes about the 113 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 2: day's political events or what was going on in twelve 114 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 2: year old Tom Kelly's world. 115 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 3: Like my book, I was playing the hips there. 116 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: You go, now that eventually that eventually got. 117 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 3: Shut down though, right, uh yeah, yeah, But I mean, 118 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: here's here's how it happened. I was. I went to 119 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 3: the radio station that I was hanging out of TV EO, 120 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: and they used to let me in the production room. 121 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 3: You're you know, you've been in a few production rooms. 122 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: And then I made tapes and so I took those 123 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: tapes and I played those on my illegal radio station. 124 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 3: Well you asked, just now how I got busted, right, yeah, 125 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 3: that's where we're going. Oh yeah, so anyway, I knew better. 126 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 3: It was going off pretty good. I even had a 127 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 3: trade out from a Mexican restaurant, you know, it was amazing. 128 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 3: And we take requests from a phone booth, you know, 129 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 3: that kind of stuate you don't don't want to call 130 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: your house. So we'd only go on at night. That 131 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 3: was the That was the If you go on in 132 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: that the FCC is only opened nine to five, right. 133 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 2: It's a government organization, so maybe actually nine to two. 134 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go there, you got that, Andy. So anyway, 135 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 3: I'm in I'm in high school. Now I'm in study hall, 136 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: and I'm listening to the frequency we were on. The 137 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 3: eighty four eight is a clear frequency of Mexican channel, 138 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 3: and so that's a clear channel. And all of a 139 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: sudden I heard Stevie Wonder coming over in. You know, 140 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: I was listening to my transistor radio with the ear 141 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,559 Speaker 3: plug in the study hall and I'm going, oh my god, 142 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: the Mexicans are using their channel. We've lost it. And 143 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: then my voice came on because my friend Rick put 144 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: on a cape. He didn't like to go out of 145 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: the air, just like to play takes, you know. So 146 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: that was like in the middle of the day. Well 147 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 3: that's when the FCC monitors, and that's when they found 148 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 3: the house. It wasn't at my house, it was my 149 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: friend Rick's house. And so anyway, the FCC guy came in, 150 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 3: flashed his badge to rich Dad and said, of your sons, 151 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 3: communication has violated the Communication Act of nineteen thirty four 152 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: by ten thousand dollars fine or five years in jail. 153 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 4: Oh my god. 154 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: Way his dad went out with a sledgehammer and broke up. 155 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: I bet I bet well, I'll tell you what ken 156 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: you Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. Well I was gonna say, yeah, 157 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: we're gonna we're gonna go to a commercial BREAKWAK Can 158 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 2: you stick around and we can talk a little bit 159 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: more about your time? 160 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 4: Oh sure, alrighty, all right? 161 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 2: Coming up after the break, we're with a Shotgun Tom 162 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: Kelly talking about his illustrious career career here in Southern 163 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: California radio. When we come back, I want to talk 164 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 2: about how the name Shotgun Kelly came about, and also 165 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: what happened that you were able to succeed the real 166 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 2: Don Steele and how that experience really went on for 167 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 2: twenty years at k EARTH one a week. 168 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 3: Well he did, Yes, he did. 169 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 2: There we go very fun, stick around here went more 170 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 2: with Shotgun Tom Kelly here on kf I AM six forty. 171 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 172 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 2: Thanks for being with us tonight. Still on the phone 173 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 2: here with Shotgun Tom Kelly. We're talking about his new book. 174 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 2: All I want to do is play the hits been 175 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 2: reminiscent about the good old days and also the new 176 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 2: old days and the new good new good days. 177 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: Tom. Is that fair to say, how would we how 178 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 4: would we say? 179 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: Well, sure, yeah, you know you alluded to my first job. 180 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 3: I got my first job in radio when I was 181 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 3: sixteen on Sunday morning at an FM station. Now, you know, 182 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: back in when I started AM stations with a big deal, 183 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 3: FM was just coming around his background music, so I was. 184 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 4: Not a yeah, that's actually a CAFI. 185 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 2: That's still how we think about things. 186 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 3: Kf I is a heck of a station. Man. My 187 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 3: dad used to listen to KFI all the time, Dick 188 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 3: sing Claire. You know the Polka party back of the 189 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 3: old days. You don't, you don't remember that. But KFI 190 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 3: has always been a giant. 191 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: Yes radio, I was here. My botox is just incredibly good. 192 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: Tom. 193 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 2: I want to ask, because you've been doing this for 194 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: such a long time, and I mean that with the 195 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 2: greatest amount of respect. It's incredible. You know, you could 196 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: only dream when you were a kid. I'm sure that 197 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: this many years later, you'd still be on the air, 198 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 2: still be doing what you love, and what obviously you've 199 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 2: known that you loved since you were a kid. I 200 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: wonder if you can reminisce for a second and just 201 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: think about all the people that you've met over the years. 202 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 2: What do you think makes a good broadcaster? Like, what 203 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: do you think that special thing is that makes people 204 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 2: tune in? 205 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 3: Like you? Andy? I started in radio. I loved radio, 206 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 3: but I wanted to get into TV and I wanted 207 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: to be a children's show host. So when I was 208 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 3: in bakers and then you know, you have to pay 209 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 3: your dues in this business, So I started out small markets, 210 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 3: you know, kyos and we said Bakersfield kafy, And that's 211 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 3: where I got my first television job. Every Saturday morning 212 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: is Nemo the Clown, Yeah, on the ABC twenty three 213 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 3: affiliate there. So I did that for a year. Then 214 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 3: that Charlie Van Dyke, Who's wait. 215 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 4: Hold, how does someone just become a clown? 216 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 5: Like? 217 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 4: Did you have any experience being a clown? Or do 218 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 4: you just like I could probably do that? 219 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 3: Not at all, not at all. There was a TV 220 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: show and I had a radio I'm still on radio, 221 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 3: but on the weekends I was Nemo the Clown, and 222 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: I wanted I wanted to have a children's show. So 223 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 3: I did that for about a year until I got 224 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 3: the big break to go to San Diego, back to 225 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 3: my home town and become a boss jock on KGB 226 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 3: Boss Radio, and Charlie Van Dyke made that happen. And 227 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: then from a KGB I went across the street to 228 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 3: KGBQ and then B one hundred and I even worked 229 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 3: for Cogo, your sister's station down here for a while. 230 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 3: But I always wanted to be on television do when 231 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 3: a kid. So I heard that the McGraw Hills station, 232 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 3: Channel ten here was auditioning for a kid show and 233 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 3: it was going to be a national kid show. So 234 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 3: I auditioned for it. And when I walked in, one 235 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: of my all time great children's show heroes, Johnny Downs, 236 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 3: was auditioning for the same show. I said, Johnny, you've 237 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 3: got this gig. I'm out of here. 238 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 4: That's tough. 239 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 3: Did on shotgun ford me a cup of coffee. You've 240 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 3: got just as much right to audition for words of 241 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: Papa decide. So anyway, we all went in and we 242 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: you know, auditioned with the kids, and I got the job. 243 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 3: And then then that ran for five years. In fact, 244 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 3: it was in your hometown on WRTV. That's Indianapolis. 245 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 2: That's right still, I think, says a McGraw hill company 246 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: on the front of the building. On Meridian, even though 247 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: it's been owned by I believe Scripts for like twenty years. 248 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 2: But anyway, you know, it's a lot of money to 249 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 2: change the sign on in front of a building, you know. 250 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 2: I want to I want to go forward to in 251 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: time a little bit to the late nineties when Los 252 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 2: Angeles Radio came a call in because unfortunately the real 253 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: Don Steele, who of course was a legend here in 254 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, who I know you listened to growing up, 255 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 2: he passed away in nineteen ninety seven and you filled 256 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: in and took over that role. Those were huge shoes 257 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: to fill as a fan. That must have been a 258 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 2: big deal to do that and must have been nerve 259 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 2: wracking for a little bit. 260 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: It was Andy, I got to take it, you know, 261 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 3: I did it. Of course I was big in San 262 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 3: Diego because I had the kids showing said the words 263 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 3: of popping, and I was on KCBQ, some of the 264 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: biggest radio stations and said, and when I got the 265 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 3: call from Mike Phillips to succeed the real that's why 266 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 3: I want tot. You never can replace, no, the real 267 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 3: Don Steele, to succeed the real Don Steele, because he 268 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 3: was of a hero of mine. I idolized the guy. 269 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 3: I listened to him that he was on ninety three 270 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: KHJ you know pob o'real dobs fielding. God, this guy 271 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: was so good and so anyway, when I got the 272 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: nod to come up to uh succeed the real down Steele, 273 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 3: I said yes. And when they said what's going to 274 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 3: make you happy at me? How much money do you want? 275 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 3: Nobody's ever asked me that, you know, uh huh so 276 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 3: uh the money was incredible. I was in one of 277 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 3: the second biggest market in America, Los Angeles, and I 278 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: was scared to death on the first day I signed 279 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: on with Shotgun by Junior Walking from the All Stars. 280 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: Of course, and it just fit. 281 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 3: It just was a fit. And I remember I was 282 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 3: so scared. I had a boardop. Then we had boardops 283 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 3: back in those days. 284 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, we got we got a board up here. 285 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 2: It's Steffuje say hello there you. 286 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 4: Go end Hello, mister Shotgun Tom Kelly. 287 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 3: Oh you knowing man. Good to hear you man. And 288 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 3: so anyway, uh, I I didn't think of how am 289 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: I gonna last? I mean, everybody loved the reel down Steele. 290 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 3: Who is this Shotgun Tom Kelly Guy, and so I 291 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 3: did last. I lasted for twenty years in afternoon Drive 292 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: at King Earth. What I was wow at my jingle 293 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: shot Tom Kelly ones. 294 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 4: You know, I will say I am. I am employed 295 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 4: by KFI. 296 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: But I think one on one's got some of the 297 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: best best jingles you've ever heard. 298 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 4: I mean it's you know, well. 299 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 3: They did, they did. They don't have them anymore. They 300 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: don't like him jingles. I guess that's so silly, but 301 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 3: those are the Johnny Man's. I always wanted a Johnny 302 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 3: Man jingle and that was the that was the one 303 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: I had at k Earth and it was just wonderful 304 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 3: and U to be able to you know when you 305 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 3: open that microphone, man to be able, I mean, k 306 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: ere just really pounded out kind of like KFI does. 307 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was and especially during a time 308 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 2: when you know, people didn't have that many options. 309 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 4: This was before the Internet. 310 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: It was before playlists and Spotify and Apple Music, and 311 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: you know, people I think were listening to music and 312 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 2: listening to the radio a lot. We were all on 313 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: the same page and there's something beautiful about that. You 314 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: made the transition, though to serious satellite radio where you 315 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 2: can of course still hear Shotgun Tom Kelly on Sixties 316 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: Gold What was that like for you? 317 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 4: And you know it probably feels good to be able 318 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 4: to still do it. 319 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: Well, you know, I left k Erith because they didn't 320 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: they I'm a sixties guy. I like sixties music, and 321 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 3: so k Earth Kevin changed to you know, eighties and 322 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 3: ninety meg. 323 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 4: Yeah. 324 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 3: So then I went back to San Diego and I 325 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: do a lot of voiceover and stuff like that. I 326 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 3: was the voice of the Chargers for a while, doing 327 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 3: all their TV promos and stuff like that until they 328 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 3: went to LA and then they fired me. But anyway, 329 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 3: but anyway, I went back to San Diego and uh 330 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 3: Lou Simon, who's the vice president of programming, said that 331 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 3: we want you to come over and be with us 332 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: and and so I did, and and I'm so glad 333 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 3: I did. And I've been there at Serious XM Channel 334 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 3: seventy three doing the night show for seven years. 335 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 4: Amazing, incredible. Well, we thank you so much. 336 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 3: Ahead and by the way, by the way, I got 337 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 3: a national audience. Now, I got a lot of people 338 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 3: in Canada that like me and my hobby. If you 339 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 3: you haven't got to the back of the book yet, Uh, 340 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 3: it's my hobby is model trains. 341 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 4: Amazing. That's a great, that's a great. 342 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 3: I even, I even I even built a Tonight Show 343 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 3: set in my garage. You got to read about that. 344 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 3: But anyway this time, yeah, no, way, by way, So 345 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 3: it was folks. I just want to to sale here 346 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 3: before Andy pulls me off the air. 347 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 4: No, no, I know what you're going for. Go for it. 348 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 4: It's all you baby. 349 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 3: Hey, my book, My book is a vanimal lot of Amazon. 350 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 3: All I want to that's w A n n A. 351 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 3: All I want to do is play the Hits. It 352 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 3: would be a delightful Christmas gift to somebody's family. 353 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: How about that shotgun, Tom Kelly, You're welcome anytime. Thanks 354 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: for spending a little bit of time with us on 355 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 2: this Monday evening. All he wanted ever to do is 356 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,719 Speaker 2: play the hits. And you can read all about that 357 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 2: in All I want to do is play the Hits. 358 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 2: It's on Amazon, it's in bookstores, and I think what's 359 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: cool about it is it that you know it's a 360 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: multimedia experience because you've got little QR codes throughout the 361 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: book where you can scan and listen to an aircheck 362 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: or listen to. 363 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's another thing. That's that's that. Thank you 364 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 3: for bringing that up. There's twenty one QR codes like 365 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 3: when I got my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 366 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 3: Hit the QR code with your phone and you're transported 367 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 3: to Hollywood Boulevard and me and Stevie Wanda thank you. 368 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,239 Speaker 2: Okay, can I ask for a sign off for can 369 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 2: you say like, this is the Andy Reestmeier Show or 370 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 2: something like that. 371 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 3: Here, let's say to the Andy Reesemeyer Show. One of 372 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 3: the greatest guys around. I'll tell you then this guy 373 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 3: knows what he's doing and they sailoed the conway for me. 374 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 4: Of course, of course I tried to. 375 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 3: Get I tried to get on his show and he 376 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 3: didn't want me on. 377 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 2: Oh I don't believe that for a minute. Well, now 378 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 2: now that he sees it, we're doing it. I expect 379 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 2: you to be on it tomorrow. 380 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 3: So yeah, put a bugget is here. Hey, Andy, thank 381 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 3: you so much. Good luck on you on what you're 382 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 3: doing over at KTLA and the Root sixty six thing. 383 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 3: Thank you and thank you for having me on KFI. 384 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 385 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 2: We have a caller who has been on the line 386 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 2: for forty minutes, and I am so sorry to Scott 387 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 2: because I couldn't bump shotgun Tom Kelly here. We had 388 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 2: him schedule. I wanted to make sure we had him 389 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 2: on write at eight o'clock. But now I promise I 390 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: will take your call. Scott is Colin was a big 391 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 2: fan of Rob Reiner, who, of course sadly was murdered 392 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: according to the l a p D. Along with his 393 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: wife yesterday by their son Nick. Scott, you wanted to 394 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 2: call and share some some thoughts though about the director 395 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 2: and actor. 396 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 4: Well, I do, and. 397 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 6: I just also you know that interview you just had 398 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 6: it was just amazing. Mary entertain thought it was my 399 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 6: pleasure to john hold for a day. 400 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 3: And a half. 401 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 4: Thank you so much. 402 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 2: I'm sorry for making you wait a day and a half, 403 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: but at least we made it worthwhile. But Scott, you know, 404 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 2: when we talk about Rob Reiner, we were really talking 405 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 2: about how his range as a director was just so incredible. 406 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 2: What do you remember about him and what struck you 407 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: about him? 408 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 3: Well? 409 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 7: Absolutely, I was thinking, you know, the days of like Mouie, 410 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 7: Theedters and going to a movie and lean enveloped by 411 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 7: darkness and captivated by one screen, you know, outdoor mills. 412 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 7: You don't have, you know, distractions. Oh yeah, where I 413 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 7: wonder if, like any of those movies that he directed, 414 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 7: or any of the movies really that we all love, 415 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 7: I don't think they would hold up as well with 416 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 7: the streaming services. 417 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can bring up a good point, which I 418 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 2: think about a lot, is that with the algorithm driven 419 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 2: notions that everybody has, you know, do the risks that 420 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 2: were taken back in the day do they get taken 421 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 2: these days? And I kind of think that with all 422 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 2: the testing. I mean, I know Netflix does a lot 423 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 2: of ab testing with their content, and obviously things were 424 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 2: screened in the past and movies were changed and that 425 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: kind of thing. But you just feel like that there's 426 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 2: not really been anything like those movies these since they 427 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 2: were made, even when you go back to old Ron 428 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 2: Howard movies, go back to old Spielberg movies, Scorsese movies, Tarantino, 429 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: these movies that are that are daring and big budgets 430 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: really relatively speaking, I think it's a good point. 431 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 7: Well. I think also that you know, if you pay 432 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 7: paradise and put up with a parking lot, and you know, 433 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 7: it's just sort of like maybe I can't see the 434 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 7: forest through the trees or whatever or whatever. 435 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 436 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 7: I think like a whole. 437 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 6: Human uh timeline or history future has is really. 438 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 3: Altered. 439 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, And when you hear about someone like. 440 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 7: The you know this murder, it's just such a tragedy 441 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 7: and I. 442 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 2: No, I hear you, you know, and I can hear 443 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 2: the emotion in your voice, and I'm right there with you, 444 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 2: you know. I feel like the change that has occurred 445 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: in Hollywood since the pandemic, since the strikes, since the 446 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 2: internet whatever, that is the sort of macro trend, right, 447 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 2: that's the thing that we all know that's happening in 448 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: a slow motion background. But the individual moments, the death 449 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 2: of someone like this, who was such a scion of 450 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 2: that era. I think about the death of Sam Rubin 451 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 2: in the same way where they are their exemplary of 452 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 2: a time of Hollywood that made me want to come 453 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 2: here and be a part of it in some way, 454 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 2: shape or form. And to see that change, to see 455 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 2: those kinds of things happen, you know, it is it's tough. 456 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 4: It's definitely hard, but I. 457 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 2: Appreciate you calling anything else that you like to add 458 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 2: on this Monday evening. 459 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 7: Well also just also like a studio being sold, Yeah, 460 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 7: is sort of like why are they selling? You know what, 461 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 7: what's the purpose to sell? But it's I don't know, 462 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 7: it's putting a lot of people on edge, not necessarily, 463 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 7: you know, that's we're talking entertainment here. So it's really. 464 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 6: Frivolous if you will. 465 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right, but it still is, you know, 466 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 2: it makes up the soul in a lot of ways 467 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 2: of Los Angeles, of Hollywood. You know, it's really we're 468 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 2: the only place historically that I think was defined by 469 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 2: the entertainment business. So I think I think your point 470 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 2: is is well taken and you're right, you know, And 471 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what We'll leave on this why they're selling. 472 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,479 Speaker 2: I have no idea somebody else making a lot more 473 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 2: money than I do is going to make a lot 474 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 2: more money because of it. And I think that that 475 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: is the unfortunate, the unfortunate story there. But I think people, 476 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 2: as long as they want to create, they always will 477 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 2: and I think that that's a good thing. But uh, 478 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 2: but uh, yeah, I appreciate you calling Scott. Thank you 479 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 2: so much. For waiting on hold there and uh yes, 480 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 2: yes for a year and a half. Please call back 481 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 2: any time and we'll try to get you on early. 482 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 4: There he goes. 483 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 2: A wonderful, you know, interesting interesting reflection there. And like 484 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: I said before, and I think Mark Ronnert, I hope, 485 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 2: I hope you feel the same way, Foosh Nikki. People 486 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 2: are always going to want to make stuff. It's part 487 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 2: of the human condition is to create. And I understand 488 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 2: that it's AI Land and the slop fest is upon 489 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 2: us and everybody's consolidate and nobody's watching anything. But I think, 490 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: I think that there is there is hope that as 491 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 2: long as we live and want to consume, others will 492 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 2: want to make. 493 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 5: Well, yeah, let's hope. So I mean, as a writer 494 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,239 Speaker 5: myself that the thing is, you're you're always looking for 495 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 5: new outlets because the market's always changing. And AI is 496 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 5: really throwing a monkey wrench into the works despite the 497 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 5: fact that nobody wants it. It's being pushed on us 498 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 5: by people who stand to make and or lose a 499 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 5: ton of money. But the rest of us are like, 500 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 5: we hate this. But meanwhile, you know, I'm still I'm 501 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 5: ruminating on your interview with shotgun Tom. Oh yeah, we 502 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 5: really need nouns in front of our names. Oh yeah, 503 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 5: because this is what I've been missing my whole career. 504 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 5: Some catchy handle for the radio. 505 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 4: That's right. I meant to ask him, where did shotgun 506 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 4: come from? 507 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 3: Well? 508 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 5: I think he mentioned a song at the beginning, so 509 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 5: maybe it wasn't firearms. But like me, perhaps you could 510 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 5: be like you know, I flingshot Andy Reesemyer. Yeah, it 511 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 5: would be something dorky like that shooter Mark Ron. It'd 512 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 5: be non lethal for sure. 513 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. 514 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, Nikki asked him. I believe when we got him 515 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 2: on the phone, are you related to I'm. 516 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,719 Speaker 4: Sorry to do your accent. What did you ask him? 517 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 8: I asked him if he was related to a machine 518 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 8: gun kill? Same loss. 519 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 4: That's true. Shotgun Kelly and machine gun Kelly. 520 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 8: Do you know what he said to me? He said, 521 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 8: google me. 522 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: He has got such a voice as we as we 523 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 2: go to break here, toss up back to Ronner. I'm 524 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 2: gonna play a real quick moment from nineteen ninety nine 525 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 2: k Earth one on one? 526 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 4: Can am I allowed to play this? I am right, 527 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 4: Just do it and ask permission later. 528 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 9: Ka Earth one on one shot got Tom Kelly had goody, 529 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 9: you knew what's going on? I got six fifty right now, 530 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 9: everything going okay? 531 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: You rude went all rights dandy, saying Gabriel. 532 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 9: Valley Medical Center has several opportunities for volunteers, including gardening 533 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 9: and grounds maintainings. Did you like to share your time 534 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 9: and challenging skills give us a call right here at 535 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 9: k Earth one O one. 536 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 5: I would listen to that guy read the ingredients on 537 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: a soup camp. 538 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 2: I mean he's talking about the Say Gabriel Gardening Vault 539 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 2: and teering to garden in the San Gabriel Valley and 540 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: he made it sound like it was a coronation. 541 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, he should be the one doing the side effects 542 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 5: things on the pharmaceutical commercial. Great idea, because that would 543 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 5: make them all sound much more appealing. 544 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, Well maybe we will experiment with that on 545 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 4: the next time we talked to him. I'll try to 546 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 4: do we got to get him back. Yeah, there you go. 547 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, so. 548 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 2: We're all clear. He said kangaroos and then we played 549 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: the sound of a didgeridoo. 550 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's cultural appropriation. 551 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, are we are we ready to write a letter 552 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 2: from the Australian people or something about like what. 553 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 8: I volunteer his tribute? 554 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 2: Okay, great wall that means you're sacrificing yourself. Yes, okay, good. 555 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: I just want to make sure we're all on the 556 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 2: same page here. 557 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 3: Yes. Yeah. 558 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 5: If you're gonna make best reality jokes about another culture, 559 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 5: get it right. 560 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 2: Get the kangaroo digerido. I wonder who put that promo 561 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 2: together that look ahead. 562 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 8: As they say, not an Australian fush was it? 563 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 3: You? 564 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 4: Definitely wasn't me. No, you would have done it right. 565 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 4: You would have put sound aangaro there. Yeah, there you go. 566 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 4: Which is they make sounds we all know. Oh they're 567 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 4: so filthy. Oh asmr gross. I love it when I 568 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 4: watch they beat each other up. They seem miserable. 569 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 8: It doesn't happen. It's just it's just not I've tried. 570 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 8: I've chased after them in the outback and they just 571 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 8: casually hop away. 572 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 4: Yeah they don't. 573 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 2: They don't stand there and punch you in the face, 574 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 2: not at all. What is it about kangaroos that I mean? 575 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 2: I understand we associate them with Australians in Australia very 576 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 2: heavily but when you're there, is it like, oh, yeah. 577 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 4: A kangaroo or is it is it normal? Or is 578 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 4: it also celebrated? 579 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 8: What kangaroos in general? Yeah, I mean we ate them. 580 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: So so yes they're celebrated, but as a sacrificial I like. 581 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 8: Them, I personally love them, but they are considered a piste. 582 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 5: You say you like them, you mean you like the 583 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 5: way they taste, or you like their company. 584 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 8: Like their company. I'm a vegetarian. If you go to 585 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 8: like the the wildlife sanctuaries, they're really docile and they 586 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 8: just lay there. And I actually have photos of myself 587 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 8: spooning them on the ground when they like to lay 588 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 8: or sexy when it's very hot, so you can just 589 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 8: lay with them. 590 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 4: Well, now I want to spoon a kangaroos. 591 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, and also wait to let me hold on a second, 592 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 2: let's go back they and also I found they this 593 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 2: is apparently what they sound like? 594 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 8: Is that a horny kangaroos? 595 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 4: Is that while you're spooning them? Is that the sound 596 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 4: they make? 597 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 3: Yeah? 598 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 8: Right, that doesn't make that sound. 599 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 2: That's if I go to bed without a breathewrighte strip on, 600 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 2: That's what that sound is? Just snoring from the other room. 601 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 2: I want to ask this question about eating kangaroos. 602 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 8: Okay, we've had this, I've talked about it on air before. 603 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, but like what do we were like in burgers? 604 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 4: Like what is the meat prepared? It's you're just like I, oh, 605 00:30:58,720 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 4: you get. 606 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 3: Me, get me? Okay. 607 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 8: So Mexican food in LA is like Thaie food in 608 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 8: Australia because we're so close to Asia. So you can 609 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 8: go to Thai restaurants and have like a like a 610 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 8: kangaroo kai like a tig green car and sea room 611 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 8: made with kangaroo meats? 612 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 4: Is it like chicken? Like, how would you. 613 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 8: Apparently it's like venice and people barbecue them. 614 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 4: That is so foul because they are too cute to eat. 615 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 8: You eat elk, They're cute. 616 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 4: I eat elk. 617 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 8: Don't Americans eat elk? 618 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 4: Basically hunters do. 619 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 8: Why don't you guys eat bears? 620 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 4: Or do you can't catch a bear? 621 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 622 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 4: Try to good luck getting a bear to eat. 623 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,719 Speaker 2: I think it's because cows and pigs are so compliant 624 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 2: with the whole food industry, and chickens and chickens as well. Yes, 625 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 2: I think that if we ran out of that and 626 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 2: then we started to get. I mean, the elk thing 627 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 2: seems like that would require a lot of effort to 628 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: create elkberg. 629 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 4: I mean, I just don't think a lot of people 630 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 4: are eating elk so we but we also. 631 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 8: Eat our e mews and EMUs and kangaroos. They appear 632 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 8: on our coat of arms, so I think we're the 633 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 8: only country in the world that eats our coat of arms. 634 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, all should just stay down there. It's an island 635 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 4: of savages. 636 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 8: It's great. 637 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 2: I feel bad because of obviously the news of the weekend. 638 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 2: I don't I don't want to rag on on down Under. 639 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 2: But that is a strange That is a strange thing 640 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 2: to learn, because I would say you seem generally. 641 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 10: Normal what Australians are to do it Well, no, no, 642 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 10: Australia as a car I'm saying, you know, you know, 643 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 10: it doesn't seem like an exotic culture that's way different 644 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 10: than other Western cultures. 645 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 4: So that's why it's kind of surprising to me to 646 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 4: hear you're eating kangaroo. 647 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 8: Well, we're kind of a wild culture, so why wouldn't 648 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 8: we eat the local wildlife. 649 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 4: I guess that's true. All you guys are are are 650 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 4: are the the exiled right from England. 651 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 8: Traditionally, like people always make that joke with the Kolenvix, 652 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 8: but you have to remember that they also sent the 653 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 8: Jaalas down there, so a lot of the people is 654 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 8: just descended from the Jala's. Then no fun, all right, 655 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 8: no fun? 656 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 11: Then from bango paintings to Viking ships. I'm Marino Boyle 657 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 11: on the next Extrict. You know, kids do the darngest things. 658 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 11: But we've got the Extra Angle the thirteen year old 659 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 11: who went on a cyber auction shopping spree to the 660 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 11: tune of two point eight million dollars. Willi's parents have 661 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 11: to pay the price for this deadbeat bidder and meet 662 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 11: the Lisa Kudro lookalike who will go to extremes become 663 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 11: a star in her own right more than news, The 664 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 11: Extra Angle. 665 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 8: Next Extra to night at seven only on NBC four. 666 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 12: This is Paul Mulier in the Channel fourtieth Ron, coming 667 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 12: up tonight at eleven. Every daydream about the perfect house 668 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,479 Speaker 12: and everything you would have in it that you ever 669 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 12: thought of a home you could call on the telephone 670 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 12: and have your hot cut heat up or kitchen appliance 671 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 12: to start preparing your meal. We've got that dream home 672 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 12: right here in the south left. 673 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 4: I'm waiting for Tom Kelly, waiting for shot good Tom. 674 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 4: I'm just hearing Paul, this was done. I was like this. 675 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 4: I was like, if I just let it roll, eventually 676 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 4: it will make sense. And here I am almost a 677 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,919 Speaker 4: minute into it and it's still not hitting well. 678 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 12: There were two hundred voice activated, all remote controlled features. 679 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: It could even measure your body fat. 680 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 4: See what could be in your future. 681 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 5: Everything seems so great back then, didn't it. Well dystopian 682 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 5: if that's what you mean, Yeah, measure your own body fat. 683 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 5: I'm Paul Moyer. 684 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 4: I don't want to the. 685 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 2: Channel four news. It's KFI A six forty. We're live 686 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 2: everywhere on the iHeartRadio 687 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: App KFI AM six forty on demand