1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: It's KMF I Am sixty and you're listening to The 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Let's go 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: back to the story on the Santa Monica restaurant. There's 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: more here than meets the eye. This Blue Oysterret, Blue 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: Plate Lois Direct restaurant is not closing because they you know, 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: they don't have good food and they and nobody likes 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: that the Oysters. They're closing for a whole host of reasons. 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: That is the microcosm of what's happening in Santa Monica, 9 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: but also in California. This is just a small little 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: restaurant in California, in Santa Monica, but they're closing for 11 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: state wide reasons. And I think it's important to listen 12 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: to this because I bet a lot of people who 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: own or work at restaurants are having the same trouble 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: as Blue Plate Oysterret. And so let's give this story 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: a listen and see if this also isn't the story 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: of your restaurant, either that you own or that you 17 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: work at. 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: Blueplate Oysteret is a Santa Monica mainstay. After sixteen years, 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: owner Jennifer rust says they can't keep the doors open anymore. 20 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 3: Our staff relies on you know, tips and diners, and 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: we pay a big percentage to third party takeout blueber Eats, 22 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 3: door Dash, so we you know, it just cuts heavily 23 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: into our profit. 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 2: A high vacancy rate in retail space and office buildings 25 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 2: just less people. 26 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 3: We used to be very busy. 27 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: At lunch with Yeah, nobody's around Santa Monica vacant because 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Santa Monica did do anything about the homeless problem. People 29 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: screaming at you when you go into the restaurant or 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: you come out and the guys, you know, peel the 31 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: one off when you're going to your car. It's just 32 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: not an attractive thing to take your family out. 33 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: You know, office people going out and they're just not 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: coming anymore. 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: Add to that rising costs of ingredients, tariffs, employer costs. 36 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 3: Also a huge contributor is doing business in California with 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: Workmen's comp. 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: Okay, do you hear that. Listen to this. 39 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: This is a big red flag for you politicians out there. 40 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: This is something you can fix. 41 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 3: Also, a huge contributor is doing business in California with 42 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 3: Workmen's camp. I feel like the litigious nature of people 43 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 3: in restaurants is killing us. 44 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: All. 45 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. I hear about it all the time. 46 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: Restaurant workers they get hurt, they get injured, all of 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: a sudden, they're on unemployment for twelve years because they 48 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: stepped on a piece of glass or whatever, and they're 49 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: off to the races, and you're going to have to 50 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: pay more in Workmen's camp with everybody suing you. Everybody, 51 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: your customer's suing you. Maybe somebody gets a bad oyster 52 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: and they go south like belly O, they sue you. 53 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 4: Everybody's suing. 54 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 2: Santa Monica is also seeing a drop in tourism mirror 55 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: throughout the stating country. 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 3: I think, until you get mentally ill people screaming at 57 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: our guests and stuff off the streets, it's just not 58 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 3: an appealing thing to do it. 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, do you hear that. 60 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 3: Till you get. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: Mentally illed people off the streets. 62 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: Or guests and stuff off the streets, it's just not 63 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: an appealing thing to do it. 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: Okay, So you got Workmen's com the homeless. Nobody's in 65 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: the office buildings anymore. Everyone is fled because Santa Monica 66 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: Third Street is just a dangerous hang. 67 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: Russ is the lack of support from the city of 68 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: Santa Monica and addressing homelessness and safety have also been 69 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: a factor. 70 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 6: I feel for her and I understand her concerns. I'm 71 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 6: also a small business owner in the city. But I 72 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 6: know that these are not issues that are specific to 73 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 6: Santa Monica. 74 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: Okay, maybe not specific to Santa Monica, but heavily, heavily 75 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: impact Santa Monica. Lots of people who go to Santa 76 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: Monica Third Street complain about the homeless and the filth 77 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: and how dangerous it is. 78 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 4: A lot of people that I know these are. 79 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 6: Issues that are across the region, across the state. 80 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: Mar Lana de Grete says the city has already taken 81 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: steps to turn things around. The realignment plan last week 82 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: that includes a new approach to public safety. 83 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 6: I think unfortunately for Blue Plate Oyster At it maybe 84 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 6: didn't come fast enough. But we're here now and we 85 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 6: hope that these changes help so that we don't see 86 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 6: another post like this. We don't want to see any 87 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 6: more doors closing, and we want to be able to 88 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 6: attract new businesses. 89 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, did you listen to why she's leaving? I mean, 90 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: did you do you understand the issues. 91 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: Now, the news about Blue Plate Oysterites, it hit some 92 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 2: in the community hard. But they do want you to 93 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: know that they are open in till January fourth, so 94 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: there's plenty of time to come out, maybe try them 95 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: out for the first time, or to say goodbye. Reporting 96 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 2: life from Ata Monica Karma Dickerson, NBC four New. 97 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: All right, so you still got time to go out 98 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: to the Blue Plate Oyster Red and get your your oysters. 99 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 4: I don't know. 100 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: I don't if people are eating oysters nowadays. I know 101 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: Bellio stopped for a while, but Krowzer, you still pound 102 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: these things, don't you. Is that the term that people use, 103 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: pounding them? I went out and pounded oysters last night. 104 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: Angel you probably you seemed like an oyster gall you 105 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: with the oysters. 106 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 7: I love oysters. I love them, I love them, I 107 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 7: love them. And I did even. 108 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 4: Have that in your singles ad. 109 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 7: Yes, it is. I love puppy dogs and oysters. 110 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: Right, So when a guy reads your singles ads like, oh, 111 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: this chick's going to be expensive. 112 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 8: Well, it's good for them to know up front, right, 113 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 8: I guess, Yeah, so they're not. I mean, there's no 114 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 8: shock to anything after we met. 115 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, look, look, at least you're honest about it, right, 116 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: that's right. I mean, is in your middle name market price? 117 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 7: It is? It is market price. 118 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: Thanks for Angel market price Martinez. 119 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 7: Yeah, that's right. 120 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: Bargain base. 121 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 8: But I did have an oyster episode and I still 122 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 8: went back. 123 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 4: Really wow, what a glutton for punishment. What happened to you? 124 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 7: Did you throw up in? Well? It was my grandmother's sink. 125 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 7: And here's the. 126 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 8: I should have known better because I was skiing out 127 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 8: in Utah, another. 128 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:17,239 Speaker 1: Expensive habit got a mighty Yeah. Hey, I'll be skiing, 129 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: and I ski and love oysters. Anybody want to give 130 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: me a brain? 131 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 8: And one of my friends that I was skiing with 132 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 8: is like, let's get a plate of oysters. I'm like okay, 133 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 8: And then I thought about it. I'm like, hmm, I'm 134 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 8: in the middle of a desert pretty much. I don't 135 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 8: know that I should be eating seafood. And he's like, oh, 136 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 8: don't worry about it. They ship them in daily on 137 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 8: some airplane. I'm like, okay, let's go. 138 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. 139 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 7: Yeah. Later that night, I'm like, oh boy. 140 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: It hits your heart. 141 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 7: Huh, it hit me? 142 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 4: Where were. 143 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 7: Deer Valley? 144 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 4: Oh, dear Valley? Got a mighty another grand. 145 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 7: Was this skiers brunch. It's delicious, But I. 146 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: Bet the oysters were very expensive at Deer Valley. 147 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 7: Probably you should ask the person that paid for it. 148 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, very expensive at Deer Valley. So you were you were? 149 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:11,559 Speaker 4: Were you staying at Deer Valley? 150 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 7: No? No, I stayed in Salt Lake. 151 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: Okay, But Salt Lake has like like five or six 152 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: or seven really great ski areas that are less than 153 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: an hour's drive from Salt Lake. 154 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 7: Oh exactly. 155 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 8: That's why I lived there when I did, because yeah, 156 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 8: you could just drive up the canyon. 157 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 4: Is one of them. 158 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, they're all on yes, Alta and Snowbird, or 159 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 8: in Little Contwig Canyon, Brighton and Solitude, or in big 160 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 8: big Contwig Canyon. And then on the Park City side, 161 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 8: you've got the canyons, You've got Park City and you 162 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 8: have Deer Valley. 163 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: And where's the film festival up there? 164 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 7: Sun Dance? But they held it in Park City? 165 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: Oh they did? Okay, Yeah, yeah that must be I remember, 166 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: and I was younger. My mom asked me if I 167 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: wanted to go on a bus a bus ride with 168 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of friends called student skiers, and it would 169 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: leave you know Tarzana or I don't know. Bell Ball 170 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: Park is where we loved and they would we'd go 171 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: for a week and then we'd come back. It was 172 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: during spring break, and I hated skiing. I hated everything 173 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: about it, hate being cold, It just wasn't my vibe. 174 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: But I had an opportunity to leave the house with 175 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: friends and go skiing for a week. And while we 176 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: were in Salt Lake. We stayed in Salt Lake and 177 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: every morning the bus would take us to a new, 178 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: you know, destination to go skiing. And I always took 179 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: the bus. I always got up and had breakfast and 180 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: got on the bus. I never skied once. I didn't 181 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: bring my skis, I didn't rent skis. Never skied once 182 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: on that trip, not once. I would hang out with, 183 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: you know, whoever I could find. It also hated skiing, 184 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: and that's where I met one of my best buddies, 185 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: Robbie Fox. He also wasn't thrilled with skiing, and we 186 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: just you know, walked around town and that's where I 187 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: met him. You know, that's when pop rocks were really popular. 188 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: So we're going to break into the bus and take 189 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,599 Speaker 1: everybody's pop rocks and eat pop rocks all day. You know, 190 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: we're in seventh grade, you know, idiots. So I remember 191 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: we were going to break into the bus and I'm 192 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: pushing him. I met this guy an hour before this, 193 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: and I'm pushing him onto the bus through the crack, 194 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: the small opening in the bathroom window, and I'm pushing 195 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: him and he gets stuck in the bus that we're 196 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: trying to you know, take everybody's pop rocks. And he 197 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: farted in my face. I knew this guy for thirty 198 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: minutes before he farted in my face, and yet still 199 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: became a best one of my best buddies. 200 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 4: That it was unusual, unusual, all right. 201 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: But but all those reasons why these places are closing 202 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: down there, it's everywhere workmen's comp homelessness. Nobody wants coming by, 203 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: nobody can afford it. The uber eats and door dash 204 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: take up too much of the profit, and they just 205 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: said f it. You know, they're closing down. So you 206 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: got to get out there before January fourth. That's the 207 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: last time you can see an oyster there at Blue Oyster, 208 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: Blue Plate Oyster Red. And it's pretty reasonable prices, you know, 209 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: you got to you got all this, you can get 210 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: crab crab claws for fifteen bucks. The first mate serves 211 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: two to three people, oysters, jumbo prons, crab oh ninety 212 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: five hours. Christ the Captain serves four to six oysters, 213 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: jumbo prons and crab scallops and a sink to throw 214 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: up in later. 215 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 3: SI don't know. 216 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: All right, Well, go out there and eat their food, 217 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: but it's gonna be open un till January fourth. So 218 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 1: blue plate, oyster red, if that's your your vibe, go 219 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: out there before January fourth. 220 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 4: And because they're shut and down, they've had it. 221 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: And I think there's a lot more restaurants going to 222 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: do that because people have had it in California. 223 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 9: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 224 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 9: AM six forty. 225 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: Hey, look at the moon before we get to Dean. 226 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: Look east and you can see that full ass moon. 227 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: Maybe you're on the two, ten, one, thirty four, the ten, 228 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: the sixty, the ninety one underware you're but if you 229 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: are a go look, you know, check out the moon. 230 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 4: How'd you like that? Right now? Back to driving? All right? 231 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 4: Dean Sharp is with us. 232 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: He's on every Saturday and Sunday right here on KFI 233 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: six to eight am on Saturday, nine am to noon 234 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: on Sunday. But do you sound really good today? Are 235 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: using new equipment or new phone or new microphone or something? 236 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: Uh? 237 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 10: I am using a new program that they just built 238 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 10: into the roadcaster board. No kidding, So that's like direct connect. 239 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 10: That's now everybody's just completely lost. What the heck are 240 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 10: they talking about? But yeah, instead of an interface, they've 241 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 10: got this new software. 242 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. It was it easy to put together, easy to 243 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 4: hook up. 244 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 10: Yeah, it was so easy because Matt Anderson did it. 245 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 10: Oh that's right, that's how easy it was. I just 246 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 10: handed it to him and he's like here. Six hours later, 247 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 10: he's like here you got You're all set. 248 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 4: Did he come out to the house and hook it 249 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 4: up for you? No? 250 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 10: No, I had to bring it in. Oh you did, 251 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 10: but I got to see bellio so it was nice. 252 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: Oh that's cool. You shouldn't tell me that that you 253 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: guys ran into each other. 254 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 4: You know, there's a lot we don't tell you. I guess. 255 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: Hey, we did a story yesterday and I wanted to 256 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: talk to you about and I love the idea, you know, 257 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: the modern technology that goes into homes. 258 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 4: You know better than I do you. 259 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: Know the switches, the drapes that close and open, the 260 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: TV that pops up, you know, your thermostat is uh 261 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: you know on the internet, your lights outside. But now 262 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: the trend is going away from that, back to dumb homes. 263 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 4: And I like. 264 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:54,479 Speaker 10: That, you know, I laugh, I laugh, you know, yeah, 265 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 10: I mean, yeah, yeah. I don't even know exactly how 266 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 10: to respond to this, because here's the thing. 267 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 4: Here's the thing. 268 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 10: Okay, first of all, anybody throwing around the phrase I've 269 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 10: had it with technology, what are we talking about. 270 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 4: We're having this conversation on the radio. 271 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 10: Okay, all right, So I mean I'm not putting on you. 272 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: I'm old school, buddy, I'm old school. 273 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 4: I can take it. I can take it, you know. 274 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 10: So I saw you know, I'm but I feel you. 275 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 10: I feel you for me, you know. I always I 276 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 10: always point this out to my clients. I'm like, listen, 277 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 10: I'm not going to push on anything on you don't want, right, 278 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 10: And and I totally understand the idea that there's a 279 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 10: lot of tech out there that, in my opinion, is 280 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 10: not smart. Right, it gets labeled, everything gets labeled smart home, 281 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 10: whatever the new catchphrase is. Now everything's coming out AI, 282 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 10: Like there's an AI washer and dryer. 283 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 4: I'm like, b as a washer andry right. 284 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 10: It's just the same washer and last year, right, So 285 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 10: but yeah, you know, I mean here's the thing. The 286 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 10: Amish they're a really good example of this, right that 287 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 10: we think we think of the as like, oh they're 288 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 10: very they're very no tech people. No, they have they 289 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 10: use wheels, you know, they've got they've got carts and 290 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 10: carriages and rakes and tools. It's just an arbitrary decision 291 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 10: like Okay, this much tech and no more. That's what 292 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 10: the Amish are. And that's what everybody essentially has to 293 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 10: decide for themselves, this much tech and no more. And 294 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 10: I totally get that. And when it comes to you know, 295 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 10: designing your home whatever, hey, pick your level, whatever the 296 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 10: case may be. But I do feel you in that, 297 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 10: you know, I'm not the guy who's adopting everything out there, 298 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 10: because there's a lot of tech air quotes here that 299 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 10: is really for smart homes or so called smart homes 300 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 10: is just superfluous, Like I mean, who needs a refrigerator 301 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 10: that has my calendar on it? And also that I 302 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 10: can you know, watch you know, good Morning America on 303 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 10: I don't need to watch TV on the fridge, Thank you, Samsung. 304 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 10: But it's it's just, you know, it's unnecessary stuff for me. 305 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 10: For me, right, I like to set my definition of 306 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 10: a smart home at technology that is reliable, easy to 307 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 10: set up, and convenient for me that actually helps. And 308 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 10: if you're wrestling with tech like every day or every week, 309 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 10: then you know, in my opinion, that's not smart. It's 310 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 10: not smart enough yet. And you know, I totally feel 311 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 10: you if you want to let it go. 312 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: You know, I had we were in the market for 313 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: a new refrigerator and and I'm fascinated by the technology. 314 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: I just don't think it's for me. You know, there 315 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: was a thing called the knock knock fridge. Have you 316 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: seen this? You knock on the glass and then the 317 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: light goes on inside you can see it without opening 318 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: up the refrigerator door. I think that's interesting. But why 319 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: do I want that? 320 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 4: Yeah? Exactly, I mean that they're very they were a 321 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 4: thing and. 322 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 11: God forbid, God forbid you open the refrigerator door, exactly 323 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 11: because you know all that energy that yeah, the energy 324 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 11: you'll expand the calories you'll burn, and the energy that 325 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 11: you'll lose out of that fridge. 326 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 10: I mean, wow, it's gonna cost you pennies more every month. 327 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: But you know, there was something interesting, I guess for 328 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: you know, if you've got nine kids and you're on 329 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: the go all the time. There was a refrigerator that 330 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: we saw it where there's a video camera on the inside, 331 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: so while you're at the market, you can see if 332 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: you have milk and eggs at the market. And I 333 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: think that's just overdoing it. 334 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 10: You know, honestly, the idea that that there's a camera 335 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 10: inside the fridge that actually kind of intrigued me because 336 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 10: how many times that Tina and I were at the 337 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 10: store and we're like, did. 338 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 4: You use all the yogurt to you? 339 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 10: I know, I know, and I'm like, hey, dial up 340 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 10: the fridge, right, let's dial up the fridge and take 341 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 10: a look that I could actually use. 342 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 4: But here's the thing. 343 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 10: You know, there are fridges that are connected to like 344 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 10: they'll make a shopping list on your oh yeah, right 345 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 10: on an app. Right, But but you know what you 346 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 10: have to do to the fridges? Aren't that smart? The 347 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 10: fridge isn't like ooh, I just noticed you put a 348 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 10: gallon of milk in me. No, you gotta you get 349 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 10: home from the store where you already went through self 350 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 10: service and scanned it all in, and now you got 351 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 10: to scan it into your fridge at home. 352 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: No, right, but you know what, but look, I know 353 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: you love your wife and I love mine, but it's 354 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: also a nice little Oh I forgot this at the market. 355 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: I'll be right back, and you got ten minutes to yourself. 356 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 4: You know what I mean? 357 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 10: You know what there are there are some real joys 358 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 10: in life to having missed things. 359 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 4: That's right. They're just they're just you know. 360 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: Bellio always asked me because I got to Home Depot 361 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: probably four or five times a week or Low's, and 362 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: she goes, why do you go so often? I go, well, 363 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: there's this there's this product that they have way in 364 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: the back that that I love looking at. And she goes, 365 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: what is it? I go, it's it's on the back shelf. 366 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,959 Speaker 1: It's way up on top. You could barely see it. 367 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: It's called forty five minutes to myself. 368 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 4: And it's free. That's completely free. 369 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's people the home deep on Burbank must think 370 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: that I'm ripping them off all the time because I 371 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: go four or five times a week and I and 372 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: three or four of those times, I'll leave with nothing, 373 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: so they probably think, oh, he's got a lot of 374 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: crap under his jacket. 375 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 10: Oh yeah, they got you. They've got you. You know 376 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 10: they're watching you, but they're watching you. 377 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 4: And you can you hold on? Sure? Okay? All right, 378 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 4: that's great. Dean Sharp is with us. 379 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: We'll come back and talk about lighting home theaters, major appliances. 380 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: We are live with the number one weekend show I 381 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: think on kfive people love that show, The Dean. Yeah 382 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: they I know that Mark Thompson's brother, that's his favorite show. 383 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: And I bet Krozer listens a lot of absolutely and 384 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: I love man listening, like when I'm driving around Sunday 385 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: morning at nine am till noon. Saturday mornings a little 386 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: early for me, but Sunday morning, man, that's a great show. 387 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 9: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 388 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 9: AM six forty Dean. 389 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: Sharp as well as he's on every Saturday six to 390 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: eight am right here on KFI and also in San 391 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: Diego on Coco and then on Sunday from nine am 392 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: until noon. Dean, we just did a story earlier this 393 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: evening and I thought about you. There are four hundred 394 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: thousand openings in the United States of America, this great 395 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: country we live in for skilled workers. Workers that you 396 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: know that are plumbers, electricians, carpenters, finished carpenters. And I 397 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: think that's a skill that it can never be replaced 398 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: with AI And I think kids would be smart to 399 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 1: go that direction, maybe instead of getting a degree and 400 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: I don't know, in anthropology or something, I would agree. 401 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 4: I would agree. 402 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 10: Now, it's not for everybody, but you know what, there 403 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 10: there's a I think there's been a stigma in our 404 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 10: generation and maybe the generation before that, if you went 405 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 10: into manual trade work with your hands, you know that 406 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 10: somehow you know you're not as smart, you know, yes, 407 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 10: and all of that kind of stuff, right, And that 408 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 10: was something, honestly, the weird thing, the irony was my dad. 409 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 10: My dad who taught me to be capable with my hands. 410 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 10: He always looked at me and said he was one 411 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 10: of those greatest generation guys who looked at me and said, 412 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 10: you know what, just just stay in school because you 413 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 10: don't want to end up doing having to spend your 414 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 10: life doing what I'm doing. And the fact of the 415 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 10: matter is, it's been an amazing joy and it's wow, 416 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 10: that's where I said, And so yeah, I'm all about 417 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 10: it for those who just aren't, you know, headed towards 418 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 10: white collar jobs. You know what, after high school, go 419 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 10: into a trade stool, do an apprenticeship, because I'll tell 420 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 10: you say you there are a lot of white collar 421 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 10: employees who are gonna be wondering maybe I should have 422 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 10: went that way because AI has completely replaced me until 423 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 10: until AI crawls into a fully functional humanoid robot form, 424 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 10: which you know, who knows how long that's gonna take, 425 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 10: But it's not gonna happen tomorrow. Those jobs are safe 426 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 10: and secure and growing in demand. You can't out I 427 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,239 Speaker 10: always say, you can't outsource your local plumber. When your 428 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,719 Speaker 10: toilet clogs, You cannot outsource the plumber to AI right 429 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 10: or to a call center in India. You need somebody 430 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 10: in your neighborhood who's there who can get it done. 431 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 10: And they make bank. 432 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and I. 433 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: Love the saying dirty hands, clean money. I think that's 434 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: so it's such a great saying. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Also, 435 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: but then in the story there was they did a 436 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: piece on a forty year old guy who wanted to 437 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: come in and get into construction, and he goes, oh, 438 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: there's a forty year old guy who's never ever even 439 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: handled a drill in his life, And like, what the 440 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: f happened to this guy? You're fortying, you've never held 441 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: a drill in your life. Who the hell raised you? 442 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 4: You know what? 443 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 10: Unfortunately, though, I think that's way more common than you 444 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 10: really and you. 445 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 4: Would think, yeah, wow, a lot. 446 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 10: I mean I know a few contractors who basically run 447 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 10: handyman business right just around odd jobs kind of stuff, 448 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 10: and they tell me all the time, they're like, you 449 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 10: know what, the stuff we're getting called out on, Dean, 450 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 10: the stuff that we got called out on twenty years ago, 451 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 10: Like we're getting called out on can. 452 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 4: You put the door knob in? 453 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 10: And I'm like, you're kidding me, right, No, They're like 454 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 10: they're they're like they are making bottom for you know, 455 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 10: being able to handle a Phillips screwdriver. 456 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. 457 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: I mean a friend of mine who lived in and 458 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: see you know, he called me up and I could 459 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: tell he was pissed, Like what's going on? Hecause I 460 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: got a plumber coming out. He's going to charge me 461 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: two hundred and eighty dollars to take apart our garbage 462 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: disposal and get a screw that he had dropped in 463 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: and a tight and it froze it up. 464 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 4: I said, I'll come out and do it. He goes, 465 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 4: you know how to do it. 466 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: I can take a part, you know, a garbage disposal, 467 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: and it's just. 468 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 4: It just takes time. 469 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 1: You got to undo it, and you got to open 470 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: it up, unplug it and take the screw out of it. 471 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: Took me about forty five minutes. And he was amazed. 472 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: He goes, I can't believe we grew up together and 473 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: you knew how to do that. And I had to 474 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: call a plumber. I said, because my dad sat down 475 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: with me and I watched him. My dad was a 476 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: finished carpenter and he built everything in his house. 477 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 4: He built the bar, he built the you know, the foyer, 478 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 4: the you know, the beams that run in the in 479 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 4: the no idea that your dad had those skills. 480 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: My dad did an entire bar and built the entire 481 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: thing himself and looked beautiful, you know, and those and 482 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: he learned it from his dad, you know. 483 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 4: And it's a generational thing. 484 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 12: One of the most recent South parks they that was 485 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 12: a whole story point where in the future the only guys, 486 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 12: the richest guys were the handyman guys who because they 487 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 12: were so in demand and they could charge so much 488 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 12: money they can they were come pulling up in limos 489 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 12: and stuff, but they still had the tool belt around them. 490 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, that's such a weird thing to think about, 491 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 10: but I think it's actually sort of coming to fruition, right. 492 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 10: I mean, it's just it's so strange to walk around 493 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 10: and actually have skills. 494 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: It's one hundred percent and I and it's it's never 495 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: too late. Look, if you're forty and you've never held 496 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: a drill in your life, maybe you're not the carpenter 497 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: that we're looking for, but it's I think it's a 498 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: great skill to have. And and now, what's what's on 499 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: the big show this weekend? What's the topics? 500 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 10: You know what I thought we would take a look 501 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 10: at getting ready for the holidays from a different angle, 502 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 10: and that is, you know, there there are kind of 503 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 10: three things that if you're you know, apart from painting 504 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 10: or anything like that, that you're thinking about if folks 505 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,239 Speaker 10: are coming over, and that is Number one, people are 506 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 10: going to be eating. Number Two, you're probably watching a 507 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 10: big game, or maybe you're watching movies together through the holidays, 508 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 10: and and number three just kind of setting the mood 509 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 10: in the house. So on Sunday we're going to talk 510 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 10: about lighting changes, home theater upgrades, and major appliances from 511 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 10: twenty twenty five that all of which are stuff that 512 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 10: you can actually do without rewiring the house or digging 513 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 10: into the walls. 514 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 4: Excellent. 515 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: All right, I'll be listening by, but I appreciate you 516 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: coming on. Thanks Mam, Thanks Bud. All right, Dean Sharp 517 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: every Saturday six to eight am right here on KFI, 518 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 1: and every Sunday nine am until noon. 519 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 4: It's gone my show. 520 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: We'll come back and talk about podcasting with Tony knows 521 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: everything about podcasting a lot of people trying to get 522 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: into it. He'll tell you what equipment to buy, what 523 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: equipment to stay away from, and the mistakes that you 524 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: can make along the way. 525 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 4: Pod Casters are gonna love this next segment. 526 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 9: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 527 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 9: AM six forty. 528 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 2: Hey. 529 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: I ran into a guy today. He works for the 530 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: US Postal Service. His name is Mario, and I was 531 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: walking tour. I was walking around Burbank and he stops. 532 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: He goes, Hey, Conway, I'm like. 533 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 534 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: He says, Oh, I can't believe you really walk around Burbank. 535 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh yeah, I've been saying that for fifteen years. 536 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: But it happens all the time. Like I'll run into 537 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: somebody at Walmart and they're like, Oh, I can't believe 538 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: you really go to Walmart. I've been talking about it 539 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: for twenty years. So e thing going. But he told 540 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: me a great story and then we'll get into some 541 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: podcasting talk here. He's a big Dodger fan, and so 542 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: are his kids. He lives out Northridge in a great community. 543 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: And after the Dodgers one on Saturday night, his three kids, 544 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: I think age twenty six, twenty three, and thirteen, they 545 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: all said, Hey, let's go to where you grew up 546 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: in Van Eyes or Panorama City area and really celebrate 547 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: with you know the guys that are doing donuts and 548 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: the fireworks and you know, the whole run. And Mario said, 549 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: I don't think it's safe. Let's just stay here at 550 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 1: Northridge and the kids like, no, no. 551 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 4: We want to go. We want to go in and go. 552 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: He goes, all right, So he took him to the 553 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: neighborhood that he grew up in, and they're there for 554 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: about ten minutes. They're like, Dad, let's get out of here. 555 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: Let's come back to north Ridge. And they were gone. 556 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: So Mario with the US Post Office Post Service USPS, 557 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: big shout out to Mario. All right, talk to Tony here, 558 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,479 Speaker 1: Tony with podcasting, buddy. Everyone's doing it. Everyone loves it. 559 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: What is the equipment that you recommend for the board? 560 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: What's the best piece of starter equipment you recommend? 561 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 4: The easiest? 562 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 5: I mean, I would say the two easiest ways is either, 563 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 5: you know, if you don't need anything fancy and just 564 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 5: microphone in, you get something as a company Focus, right, 565 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 5: they make a scarlet solo that's about like one hundred 566 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 5: hundred and ten bucks. 567 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 4: It's really good. 568 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 5: Interface sounds good if you want just quick and dirty. 569 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 5: But for like, if you want like a board, more 570 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 5: microphones and just more functionality. I'm a big fan of 571 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 5: the road casters road casters, and there are two different ones. 572 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 5: There's the road Caster Pro two and then there's a 573 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 5: road Caster duo. 574 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 4: What do I have? 575 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 5: You have the road Caster too, the Pro two because guys, 576 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 5: there's more microphones and the inputs plus the all the 577 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 5: touch pad stuff, so there's like a smaller version for 578 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 5: a little less It's amazing. 579 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: It's amazing how much, how great the quality is and 580 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: how much you can do with such a little, tiny 581 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: piece of equipment. 582 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 5: I had all rack gear for a long time, like 583 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 5: I used to for all my like off site recording 584 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 5: I used to do. I'd have full full microphone creeamps. 585 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 5: I mean that was like three hundred pounds worth of 586 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 5: gear I was setting up. And then I went, no, 587 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 5: I just need this little thing now. Yeah, but now 588 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 5: you can't get rid of that old equipment. 589 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 4: It's fine. I like it all. 590 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 5: I still use it for stuff, so it's fine. It's 591 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 5: unique in its own way with its sound. But again, 592 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 5: I for stuff like what we do for recording of 593 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 5: podcasts and stuff, road caster's perfect. 594 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: I had a friend of mine who owned he was 595 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: a recording artist and he still is, and he bought 596 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: a big twenty four inch twenty four channel like a 597 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: three inch tape and was recording and on those things 598 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: you can't record on the last two tracks because the 599 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: tape phrase all the time. 600 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, the ted curls, yea, the curling of the tape. Yes. 601 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: So he bought that for thirty five thousand dollars in 602 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: the eighties. Yeah, and he you know, he got his 603 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: money's worth out of it. He tried to sell it recently. 604 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: Not only could he not sell it, but nobody even 605 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: wanted it for free. Wow, nobody wanted it. 606 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 5: Usually people like it for the vintage sound, you know. Yeah, 607 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 5: but that's old school. I mean those days are. 608 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,719 Speaker 4: All analog and all that stuff. 609 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 5: Like. It's just yeah, it's just it moves forward at 610 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: a breakneck pace, man, Okay, so real quickly. The scarlet 611 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 5: solo is a good starter one. Yeah, again, it just 612 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 5: clean it again. If you just need something just to 613 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 5: record your voice, that's good. And you can plug that 614 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 5: right into your computer and right to your phone and 615 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 5: it'll work and stuff like that. 616 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: The scarlets will do. Okay, that's a cool one. And 617 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: then a little more complicated is the road caster. Yeah, 618 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: but against so much more functionality. 619 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 5: Again, that has like all the mic processing and stuff 620 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 5: like that, so it almost replaces all the wreck here 621 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 5: in those roadcasters has all that processing built in. 622 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: Wow, what is the roadcaster runs? It's still seven or 623 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: eight hundred. 624 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 5: Bucks seven hundred And then the duo, the smaller one 625 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 5: is four hundred for like a two mic version. Yours 626 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 5: has a four mic version. 627 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, I went top shelf. 628 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, thing t on just that was at the time, 629 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 5: that was the only one that that didn't exist, you know, 630 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 5: as to what it was. 631 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So if you're just starting out, maybe 632 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: your kids just starting out, the scarlet solo, it's a 633 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: good starter mic and the roadcaster. 634 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 5: It's so much as you know, especially got these days, 635 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 5: like no one does just audio. It's streaming on YouTube, streaming, 636 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 5: you know, streaming and stuff like that. 637 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 4: So good audio is important. 638 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Yeah, it's a lot 639 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: of fun starting they just get a decent mic. Yeah, 640 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,959 Speaker 1: all right. Coming up next is the Lovely and Talented 641 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: Oh she wrote that, Tiffany Hobbs. 642 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, she wrote just wrote that on the board. 643 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: Please introduce me as the lovely and Talented Tiffany Hobbs. Okay, 644 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: Lovely and Talented Tiffany Hobbs with Ronner Ronner seven to 645 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: ten pm right here on kf I AM. 646 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 4: Six four Conway. 647 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: The show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Now you 648 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: can always hear us live on KFI AM six forty 649 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: four to seven pm Monday through Friday, and anytime on 650 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: demand on the iHeartRadio app.