1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:00,880 Speaker 1: It's k IF. 2 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 2: I am six forty and you're listening to the Conway 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. All right, ding 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: dong with everybody, some sad news. We don't normally do 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: sad stories, but we've had a death in the radio business. 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: Uncle Joe Benson. I knew him when he worked over 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: at KOs. I met him a couple of times when 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: I worked at KLSX, and he was a very nice 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: gentleman to me. Didn't have to be. I was just 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: starting in radio. He had a full career going. He 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: could have been a real jerk, and he wasn't. He's 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 2: a very sweet man. 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: Did you ever meet him? 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Krozier, Uncle Jed, I met him once or twice. Yeah, 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: very nice dude, man. 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 3: He was incredibly gracious. I mean I was, you know, 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: kind of a classrock, classic ry guy, grown up like 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 3: that with my dad being in a band at all. 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 3: And when I came out to LA and I discover 20 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: KOs and he was one of the central figures in that. Yeah, 21 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: his knowledge of music and classic rock especially I was. 22 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 3: I was a huge fan of his and I was 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 3: a little bit to kind of like, oh my god, 24 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 3: Joe Benson. 25 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: It was the same way, the same way. 26 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 3: As long as I'd been in radio, I still when 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 3: I met him, I was it was I was a 28 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: little gobsmacked, and he was incredibly nice. 29 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's like one of the pillars of that rock 30 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: and roll era radio and now. 31 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 3: He was with the Jim Lad guys and guys like that. 32 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I really liked that dude. And I didn't 33 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: know whether he's sick or not. I know it, you know, 34 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: but he passed away. Uncle Joe Benson. He had a 35 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: really deep, great voice too. Hey, Uncle Joe Benson. Loved 36 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: that guy. 37 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 4: Joe Benson, known as Uncle Joe, began his radio career 38 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 4: back in nineteen sixty eight. He started k Loos in 39 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 4: nineteen eighty and since then, millions of listeners heard his 40 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 4: voice over the air. And what a voice it was. 41 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 5: It's the best, isn't it a final album site? And 42 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 5: we don't know when the end is coming? 43 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: And you know, and that's not a performative voice. That's 44 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: his voice in real life too, It really was. And 45 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: he did seamlessly the never I mean, that's just the 46 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: way he talked and just you know, a true sense 47 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: of a really great announcer's natural voice that rarely rarely 48 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 2: comes around like Ernie Anderson style. 49 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Really cool, dude. 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 5: It's the best. Isn't it a final album site? And 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 5: we don't know when the end is coming, but it 52 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 5: is the station hit today. 53 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 4: Kaylo West announcing his death on social media, saying Joe 54 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 4: was a man of the people and a friend to all. 55 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: They say that his life was full of incredible stories 56 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 4: that involved pretty much every single rock star ever. Everybody 57 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 4: knew Joe. Today, we spoke to former colleague and friends 58 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 4: Susie Jessup. 59 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 6: You know, there's a certain camaraderie when you wake up 60 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 6: at three or four in the morning and you see 61 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 6: somebody every day, and you know, the one thing I 62 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 6: will say about Joe is he loves music and he 63 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 6: was passionate about music. He was every musician's best friend. 64 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: Jessup said, that's true, that's true. 65 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: He used that Paul McCartney on all the time. I 66 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: remember he was remember his interview with Stevie Wonder. He 67 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: had all the greats on his show, and they all 68 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: wanted to come in and be on Uncle Joe Benson's 69 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: show because he was He just treated him like family. 70 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: It was a very special. 71 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 4: Dude, Jessup said before Google, uncle Joe had an encyclopedic 72 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 4: knowledge of rocket and roll. You could ask him anything. 73 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 4: Benson's Facebook page said he passed away peacefully from Parkinson's disease, dementia, 74 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 4: and complications from a fall. Benson was seventy six. He 75 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 4: survived by his wife and two children. 76 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: Ah, very sweet man. 77 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: Apparently that fault was only about a week or ten 78 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 3: days ago. 79 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: Oh really, yeah, yeah, I guess he'd been sick for 80 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: quite some time. But sort of like Norm MacDonald, nobody knew. 81 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: I mean, he kept it quiet, you know, he didn't 82 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: wasn't out there, you know, every day woe was me 83 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: and banging on everybody for money and doing all kinds 84 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: of stuff, just you know, laid low. 85 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 3: It's about two years ago. There was another one of 86 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 3: those k Loos guys, those rock guys, Gino Mitchellini passed 87 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: away as well. 88 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: I didn't know that. 89 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, a couple of years ago. He was another way. 90 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: He actually tried out as a host here once. Really yeah, 91 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 3: oh yeah, he got he got the wrath of me. 92 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: You blew up on him. 93 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 3: He was known as the guy that the five o'clock funnies. Oh, 94 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 3: I remember that would play the Canadians every day at 95 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 3: five o'clock and he would play all the old tapes 96 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 3: and stuff like that. And when he was let go, 97 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 3: as it happens in radio from koos he tried out 98 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: one time here and he brought all of his old 99 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: tapes of comedy bits and he wanted to play them 100 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 3: all and the old PD A couple ago, David Hall 101 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 3: called me up because I was running the board actually, 102 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 3: and he said, look, Gina's going to play these bits 103 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 3: and they're really long, and I told him, but he's 104 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 3: still going to try to play him. So when it 105 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 3: gets to it most a minute and you find a spot, 106 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: just pull it down and go into the bumper and 107 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 3: go into the segment. 108 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: And I was like, all right, you had to be 109 00:04:59,240 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: the bad guy. 110 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I did you know, whatever I'm doing, I'm 111 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: told and I did exactly that, and he he lit 112 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 3: into me through the PA the intercom from the host studio. 113 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 7: He says, whatever are you doing? You don't ever definitely 114 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 7: touch my blah blah blah. And I was like, oh 115 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 7: my god. First breakaway head. I walked in there and 116 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 7: I said, look, you ever talked to me like that? 117 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: Again. 118 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: You'll never step in this building again without being hurt. 119 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Crozers tight. 120 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: Well, I just I said, no, no, no, no, we don't 121 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: play that. That's awesome people. We don't get on people 122 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: like that. It's like it's one thing to raise your voice, 123 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 3: but do not do that. 124 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is what I'm called for. 125 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 2: I remember when steph Oush first worked here and I said, hey, Steph, 126 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: you're gonna learn a lot from Krozier about radio. But 127 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 2: he's gonna blow at some point he's tightly would you're 128 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: gonna get it? And about a weekend, Crozier blew. 129 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: Up on step. 130 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 2: But it's my mind done, It's my station, and he's like, 131 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: well the Christ it was. 132 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 8: It was. 133 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 9: It was legitimately a little bit scary, but then at 134 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 9: the same time I learned It's like that was like 135 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 9: a labor of love and that kept me on track. 136 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: There was no threats. It wasn't like, you know, you're 137 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: an a hole or none of that. It was just like, 138 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:15,799 Speaker 3: this is the way. 139 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: It is basically, just do it right, right. 140 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 2: But you know, when Krozer hates somebody, he will not 141 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 2: correct him or talk to him exactly. 142 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. 143 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, when he blows up on you. That means he 144 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: does like you. It's weird, but it's true. 145 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 5: Yah. 146 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 9: Sharon had to like caress me one night and she 147 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 9: was like, well that means she that means he likes you. 148 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 9: Yeah wait wait waite she had to like hoddle me. Sorry, 149 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 9: I did not caress hr. I think you got a 150 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 9: case you can tell you ye Colgon for women away 151 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 9: from the station. 152 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: I remember those old guys Krozier, you know, talking about 153 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,799 Speaker 2: people carrying, you know, cassettes and CDs. I remember watching 154 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: Charlie Tuna come into the building over Kayla Sex and 155 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: he had a suitcase filled with all of his CDs 156 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 2: and his bits and his music and all that stuff. 157 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 2: And those guys all had that same They were like 158 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: flight attendant suitcases. They would drag around with them with 159 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: their moves. Yeah right yeah, and they were always moving around, 160 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: you know, from station to station or bringing up all 161 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: their CDs. Charlie Tune would come in and he literally 162 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: I talked to him one day outside of Kyla Sex 163 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: and I said, how many songs do you have in 164 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 2: that suitcase? Because it must be seventy five thousand. I said, 165 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: do you think you're going to get to all of 166 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: them today, leave one of them at home, and he 167 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: looks at me like, well, why wouldn't I bring them all? 168 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: You know, I mean, what do you do here, you idiot? 169 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: I'm like, where everyone is? That's right, exactly categorized he did. 170 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, he absolutely did, and. 171 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 3: Stay away with the records. When I was mobile DJing 172 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 3: and club DJing, you bring in your bring everything. 173 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: But those old guys, you know, Uncle Joe, Charlie Tunan, 174 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: you know, uh more, not so much Rick D's because 175 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: Rick Dy's came a little later than all those guys. 176 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 2: But they are all really professional guys. You know, they 177 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: always showed up. I never saw Charlie Tuoner or Uncle 178 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: Joe Benson with jeans on. You know, they're always dressed up, 179 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: ready to go, and always real professional dudes and very 180 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 2: nice guys. And I missed that old Scott old style 181 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: radio DJ guy, you know where he doesn't come in 182 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: in pajamas and sweats, you know, with a you know, 183 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: with a cup of coffee. 184 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 3: I think it came. It really came through on the 185 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 3: air too. It's like people people now, it's like we 186 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 3: don't have DJs for the most part. Yeah, you're right, 187 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 3: people that voice track and some people have some personalities, 188 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 3: but but like the traditional disc jockey on the radio, man, 189 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 3: they just they're not there like they used to be. Yeah, 190 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: And it's easy to say, we don't name him. We 191 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 3: just care about the music. But when you have one 192 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 3: that really impacts you and makes a difference when you're 193 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 3: listening to them, it makes the radio experience a jillion 194 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: times better and different. 195 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, you're absolutely right. 196 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 2: And I remember Tom Petty wrote a song called the 197 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: Last DJ, and if you listen to it, it's exactly 198 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 2: about these guys. 199 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 10: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 200 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 10: AM six forty, but. 201 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: Isn't handle on six to nine? 202 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 10: Yeah? 203 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, I see okay, all right, and then Gary 204 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 2: and Shannon yep. And then Monks and Merrin yep. Then 205 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: John Colvell yeah, and then then this show. If you 206 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 2: want to put it talk back in you can do so, 207 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 2: and we may play it on the radio night at 208 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 2: nine o'clock. Just go to the iHeartRadio app. It's very easy. 209 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 2: Even old people can do it, well, some old people. 210 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 2: So we got some emails from some old people that 211 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 2: say they can't do it, and they want us to 212 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 2: open the phones. May we'll do that, all right. So 213 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: if you can't figure out the app, we can open 214 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: the phones. You can call in as well, so leave 215 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 2: a talk back and we'll play it between nine and ten. 216 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 2: It's become a huge hit around here. Everybody in the 217 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: halls talks about it. Garyan Shannon say that we ripped 218 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: it off from them, which we didn't. Bellio loves it 219 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 2: almost as much as she loves her famous same as 220 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 2: cookies sheets, a bag of those every night. But it's 221 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: between nine and ten, that's when we'll be doing it. 222 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 2: Nine and ten. All right, Let's talk about the D Line, 223 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 2: Metro's D Line and find out what the progress is 224 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 2: here and what's going on and when it might be 225 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: opening brand new line here. 226 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 11: Here's the announcement many Metro writers have been waiting for. 227 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 11: We now know the first phase of the Metro D 228 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 11: Line extension will open on May eighth. This section of 229 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 11: the Purple Line will go between Koreatown and Beverly Hills. 230 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,599 Speaker 11: And while many were excited for the social media announcement, 231 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 11: it was the merch that's tied to the line that's 232 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 11: starting to go viral. 233 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: You know, when I worked at kalis x KXLS and 234 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 2: that was back in the late nineties. That's when that 235 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 2: Metro line started. That's when the extension started, back in 236 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 2: the late nineties. And they've just finished it and we're 237 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: thirty years later. 238 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 11: This is the T shirt everybody's talking about. 239 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 2: Let's just call it a T shirt. I don't know 240 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 2: if everybody's talking about it. 241 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 11: This is the T shirt everybody's talking about, and Metro 242 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 11: confirms it is real. You can purchase it now on 243 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 11: the agency's website and if you don't yet, stretch. 244 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: It's a shirt. 245 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 2: I'll try to describe it on the air because you 246 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: can't see it. It's a shirt that says Metro d 247 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: Line and on the back in the front it says 248 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 2: please don't stab or shoot me. And you pop one out, 249 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: pop it on and then ride the Metro and you're safer. 250 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: So if you don't get it, it's gritch slogan. 251 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 11: Maybe ask a teenager. I'm gonna say, they're definitely trying 252 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 11: to appeal to a younger generation here might not be 253 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 11: appropriate to wear in all occasions. 254 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, all right, speaking of young people. Pokemon 255 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 2: has just had it's thirtieth celebration I believe is that right, 256 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 2: thirty thirtieth anniversary for Pokemon. 257 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 12: Pokemon fans are celebrating the franchise's thirtieth anniversary today. That 258 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 12: includes fans here in southern California who still enjoy the 259 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 12: animated shows, video games, highly coveted trading cards, the so 260 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 12: called pocket Monster's debut in nineteen ninety six. Fans typically 261 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 12: find these Pokemon gems at places like Frankinson Collectible Show 262 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 12: in the City of Industry. 263 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: Right, and there's a store over on Fairfax that sells them. 264 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: It's called Who Gives An F? And that's all they 265 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: sell is Pokemon. Ye who Gives An F? 266 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: You know? 267 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 2: I Well, okay, I'm gonna tell you story running come back. 268 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: I went to with my wife today. We wanted to 269 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: go to Canter's Deli. We left a funeral of a 270 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 2: very dear friend of ours, Patricia Casado, and we left 271 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: the funeral and we're in Los Angeles, so we wanted 272 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: to go to Canter's Deli for lunch. And we got 273 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 2: there and we couldn't go in. We couldn't go into 274 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 2: Canter's Deli. And I will tell you why. Today. Only 275 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 2: in LA does this happen only in LA. Get the 276 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: Canters on Fairfax, and we did not go in. 277 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: We could not go in. 278 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 10: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 279 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 10: AM six forty. 280 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 2: So we leave this funeral today and we go to Canters. 281 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: And on the way to Canter's Deli, I'm not kidding you, 282 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: my wife says we can't go in. Somebody just tried 283 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 2: to light another man on fire in the entrance of 284 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: Cantor's Deli. And I thought, only in Los Angeles. I'ven't 285 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 2: met De Caanters in probably three or four years. The 286 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 2: one day we try to go over there and a 287 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 2: guy is lighting another guy on fire. Okay, you can 288 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 2: leave the craziness of LA for a weekend Thursday, Friday, 289 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 2: Saturday and Sunday and go to Orange County and experience 290 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 2: the Pacific Coast Sport Fishing Show. And Bill DePriest, who 291 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: runs the entire thing, he's the founder. And we got 292 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: the big guy, the Big Cheese, the guy who runs 293 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 2: the whole thing with us. 294 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: Bill, how you bub. 295 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 8: Good? 296 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 10: How you doing? 297 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: Man? Ah man? You know what? 298 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 2: The one thing I like about the sports Fishing Show 299 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: is the seminars that you guys have. There's a guy, 300 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know him personally, but Captain Lackey. 301 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: I think his first name is Mike. He puts on 302 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 2: this seven to ten day sport fishing long range techniques, 303 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 2: and man, he explains everything on how to do it 304 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: there and you want to get on the boat with 305 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 2: him at that time, at the exact moment. 306 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 8: They do. All of our seminars are pretty awesome. 307 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, they really are great. It's a huge show. And 308 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,119 Speaker 2: it seems like every year you add more exhibits, more tables, 309 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 2: and more professionals down there. 310 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, it keeps getting bigger and bigger. You know, more boats, 311 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 8: more tackle shops, more travel lodges. We added in the 312 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 8: doc dogs, the dock diving dogs. We've got three kids, 313 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 8: trout ponds, great food, live bands. It's pretty awesome. 314 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: It is great. 315 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: And I love the hangar building down there. That's my favorite. 316 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 2: It's sort of nice and cooler, and the air conditioning 317 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: is always happening in there. 318 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: But it's that entire area. 319 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 2: And the last time I was down there, I think 320 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 2: it was maybe the year before last. I thought, you 321 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 2: know that, you know, you go down there and you 322 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 2: could see everything in about an hour, and you can't. 323 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 2: You've got to go at least one, maybe two, maybe 324 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 2: even three days to see everything. 325 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, if you're really going to walk every ounce of 326 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 8: this show, it's going to take you a couple of 327 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 8: days for sure. Yeah. 328 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: And to see the beautiful boats that they have, you know, 329 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 2: the the recreational boats, the sport fishing boats, even the 330 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: you know, the ski boats. These are not boats that 331 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: that you know, that you and I experienced in the 332 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 2: seventies with our mom and dad. These things are all 333 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 2: beautifully made and just really high end. 334 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 8: Well. I think the coolest thing is, you know, we've 335 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 8: got everything from inflatable kayaks all the way up to 336 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 8: you know, multimillion dollars center consoles, so every budget is there. 337 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 2: It really is a fantastic to take your kids down to. 338 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: You know. 339 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 2: The one thing the things that I remember from my 340 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: childhood are going to an auto show or a boat 341 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: show with my dad. You know those even even more 342 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: so than you know, taking a trip, you know to 343 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: the you know Big Bear or Mammoth or whatever. Just 344 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: walking around with your dad. Uh, those memories will last 345 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: your entire life, and you can do that in your 346 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 2: kids twelve and under getting free and they'll take their kids. 347 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 2: They'll remember that the rest of their lives. 348 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 8: The end of variety. You know, you and see trips 349 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 8: from Africa to Nama, to Alaska to you know, everywhere. 350 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 8: As you're walking through the buildings, it just takes you 351 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 8: on a journey. It's pretty awesome. 352 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is great. 353 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: And the nice thing about it, I hate to say this, 354 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: but you don't run into any you know, weirdos there. 355 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 2: Everybody you know knows about fishing. Everybody is you know, 356 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 2: like a real guys guy there, and you feel like 357 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 2: you're back in real society, you know what I mean. 358 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's super family friendly and it's a get together 359 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 8: for all of the fishing and outdoors and boating community 360 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 8: to all meet up and hang out. So it's a 361 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 8: really good thing. Yeah. 362 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 2: And I also I ran into a guy last time 363 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: I was there and we were talking about you know, 364 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: I was looking at the same boat he was looking at, 365 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 2: and he had flown in from Michigan with his wife 366 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 2: and his two kids that were there, and they come 367 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 2: out for this, you know, from Michigan every year for 368 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: this boat show. And I thought that was really impressive 369 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 2: to fly you know, cross country to go see this thing. 370 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 8: Yeah, we're definitely one of the biggest shows in the country, 371 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 8: so it's it's definitely worth traveling. It's definitely worth getting 372 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 8: out here and enjoying the awesome weather we're looking out 373 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 8: for this weekend. 374 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: And you should also bring a I didn't, but I 375 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 2: will next time. Bring a bag because they give a 376 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: lot of freebies away, you know, pens and hats and 377 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 2: shirts and stuff like that, and you have a whole 378 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: pile of stuff there at the end when you go home. 379 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 8: That's right. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff you're going 380 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 8: to be taking home. Everyone seems to be carrying around something. 381 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. 382 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 2: Now the Doc Dogs is the big attraction for kids. 383 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: Are they going to be performing every day? 384 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 8: Yes, there will be a show multiple times a day, 385 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 8: and that's a new attraction backed by our Pacific venue, 386 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 8: which is besides behind the OC Promenade. We'll have a 387 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 8: live band back there. We've got the drummer that was 388 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 8: with Sublime with Rome playing back there with a Deed, 389 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 8: and then we have a life country band as well. 390 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 2: So you know, I've been to boat shows that have 391 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 2: been at Marinas, and when you go to a boat show, 392 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 2: at the marina. It's fine, but everybody's always worried about 393 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: falling into the water, and you spend half your energy 394 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 2: not going into the water. 395 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 8: Yeah, don't. We don't worry about that. 396 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 2: We're here, that's right. It's much easier. But I love 397 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 2: getting it and seeing these boats. You know, there's a 398 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 2: lot of manufacturers there that have been doing this for 399 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 2: quite some time. What are the hours there for people 400 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,959 Speaker 2: to want to go this weekend? Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 401 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 2: What are the hours of operation? 402 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 8: So Thursday and Friday is twelve to seven, Saturday is 403 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 8: ten to seven, Sunday is ten to five. And you 404 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 8: can buy your tickets on Sport Fishing Festival dot com. 405 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 2: Excellent, and kids twelve and under are free with a 406 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 2: paid a mission plus you honor the great men and 407 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: women of the military and they get in free with 408 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 2: their military ID. 409 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 8: Yep, I could do. The military is completely free. So 410 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 8: if you got a bunch of buddies on the base, 411 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 8: bring them up. And we also have our San Diego 412 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 8: show March nineteenth through the twenty second for those guys 413 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 8: as well. 414 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 2: Wow, wait, wait, bit have you got wait those are 415 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 2: that's almost back to back then. 416 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: I don't know how you do that. 417 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, we added a second show this year because it's 418 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 8: just this one has outgrown the facility, and we have 419 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 8: so many vendors that want to be a part of 420 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 8: what we're doing, and San Diego has been hungry for 421 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 8: this type of show, so we're very excited. 422 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 2: Wow, that's great. Well, it does make sense. I mean, 423 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: you know they're all out here anyway, why separate it 424 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 2: by six months? Why not a couple of weeks and 425 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 2: then everyone can, you know, go to both shows or 426 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 2: one or the other. 427 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 8: Yeah, a lot of our vendors end up making it 428 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 8: a vacation, a lot of the guys from Alaska and 429 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 8: all over and Joe right back into the next one. 430 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I look, I know how complicated it is. One 431 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: of my friends, Michelle, used to run the Orange County Fair, 432 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 2: and I remember, you know, she started a week after 433 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 2: the fair was over on next year's you know, you know, 434 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 2: Orange County Fair. I imagine you're doing the same thing. You know, 435 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: you probably take a week or two off after this, 436 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 2: and then you're right back at it. 437 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 8: Yep, we jump right back into planning and growing for 438 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 8: next year. 439 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is great. Bill I appreciate you coming on. 440 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: I hope this you're gonna get. You know, hundreds of 441 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 2: thousands of people down there, and everybody has the you 442 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: know the same thing in mind, just to you know, 443 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: to ignore society and the craziness that's going around on 444 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 2: around the world and just have fun. 445 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: Again. 446 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 8: I agree, get out, enjoy the outdoors, come here and 447 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 8: enjoy the weekend with us. 448 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 2: Excellent. All right, man, we'll see you down there. Thanks 449 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 2: for coming on, Bob, Thanks man, all right. Bill de 450 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 2: Priest he runs. He's the founder of Pacific Coach Pacific 451 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 2: Coast Sport Fishing Show. You go get tickets and you can. 452 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 2: I'm on the website right now. It's Sport Fishing Festival 453 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 2: dot com. Sport not sports. Sport Fishing Festival dot com. 454 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: Tickets are twenty bucks. They'll get you in if you 455 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 2: have kids under twelve or twelve at under, they'll get 456 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 2: in for free with the paid adult emission. And it's 457 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,719 Speaker 2: a great place to take the kids. The kids are 458 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 2: more excited to go to a boat show than they 459 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: are to amusement parks or up skiing. 460 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: For the day. They love the boat show. 461 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 2: Everybody loves the boat show, So go check it out 462 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 2: this weekend March fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth Thursday through 463 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 2: Sunday Thursday twelve noon to seven pm, Friday same hours 464 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: twelve to seven, Saturday ten am to seven pm, and 465 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,959 Speaker 2: then Sunday ten am to five pm. You will enjoy it, 466 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: so go check it out by tickets. Slide down there, 467 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 2: enjoy yourself. 468 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 10: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 469 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 10: AM six forty. 470 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, that's Sports Fishing show Man. It's going 471 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 2: to be hot, hot than hell. Gotta get down there Thursday, Friday, 472 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 2: Saturday and Sunday and bring the kids if you want. 473 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 2: Poor don't, but you should, all right. Big controversy with 474 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: Jim Carrey. Have you seen this thing? Jim Carrey's face. 475 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 2: Big controversy. What's going on with this guy? 476 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 13: Jim Carrey, MELSI, I'm a Melvillo's Femi, I'm a fie 477 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 13: Jane Amatius Jackson vs. 478 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: Mantano, Jim Carrey Is that you? 479 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 14: Because the Internet's convinced it's a doppelganger or even a clone. 480 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: I think it was him. There's magic in the universe. 481 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 14: Yeah, Fans questioning if Jim's newish look is some sort 482 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 14: of magic trick. After the sixty four year old debut, 483 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 14: longer locks, seemingly lighter eyes and a fuller face. At 484 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 14: the Caesar Awards in Paris, where he was given a 485 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 14: top honor. 486 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: Mails, I must sublime compagn me now shoot me. 487 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 14: Now that's Jim on stage thanking his daughter, grandson and girlfriend. 488 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 14: But internet sleuths JO aren't having it his updated appearance, 489 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 14: sparking a wild rumor that it was actually someone else 490 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 14: who was there in Jim's place. Then Alexis Stone, a 491 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 14: transformative makeup artist known for impersonating celebs in public, entered 492 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 14: the chat, posting this likely AI image of a face 493 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 14: mask and teeth, signaling to his one point four million 494 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 14: Instagram followers it was him impersonating Jim, but. 495 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 3: Not so fast. 496 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 14: Woo, somebody stop me. 497 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 2: So this is where we are now with AI and 498 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 2: special effects. That a guy who gets up there and 499 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 2: is not Jim Carrey, but everyone thinks he's Jim Carrey 500 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 2: and that's a big story. 501 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 14: Erep for Jim confirms to ET it was indeed just 502 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 14: Jim who attended the awards ceremony. 503 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 3: It was told you it was him, and if you 504 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 3: need more proof. 505 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 14: A representative from the Caesar Awards tells us Jim was 506 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 14: there with his loved ones, longtime publicists, and twelve close 507 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 14: members of his inner circle, and calls all the fuss 508 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 14: online an on issue. 509 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 13: I have to pinch myself, honestly. I mean, I'm the 510 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 13: proof that you know, manifestation, you know is real there. 511 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 13: You know, I sat up on Mulholland Drive looking out 512 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 13: at Lancasham Boulevard and dreaming up my life as it 513 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 13: was going to be. And I was going to be 514 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 13: one of the biggest actors in the world, and I 515 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 13: was going to do movies that reintroduced themselves to several 516 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 13: generations of people. The people that grew up at the 517 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 13: game are forty and fifty and they now and they 518 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 13: also grew up with me, and now they're bringing their 519 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 13: kids to see me. And I got that good will 520 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 13: for another twenty years now, and it's just like winning 521 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 13: the lottery. 522 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: It's wonderful. That's great. 523 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 2: Jim Carrey one of the funniest guys in Hollywood, and 524 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: he when he was younger, he wrote a check to 525 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 2: himself and he has proof of that. You know, those 526 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 2: are the room going around that that wasn't true, but 527 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 2: he has proof of it. Pictures years ago where he 528 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 2: wrote a check to himself for a million dollars and 529 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 2: said he was going to one day be able to 530 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 2: cash that check. When he was completely broke, he had 531 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 2: zero money on him, zero dollars, and he wrote a 532 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: check to Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey signed it, and 533 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: he kept it as a motivation to you know, to 534 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 2: make money and make movies that people want to watch. 535 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: So cool. Yeah, he's great. He's my favorite growing up. 536 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: And if you read his wikipedpediam. As a matter of fact, 537 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to go in and read his Wikipedia page 538 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: for you so you don't have to. 539 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: Let's see Jim Carrey wiki page. Let's see here. In 540 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: he talks about. 541 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 2: Spending the nineteen eighties honing his comedy act and his 542 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 2: comedy skills, and he talks about Ace Ventur the cable guy. 543 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 2: Of course, liar liar, And then they asked him early 544 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 2: on in your life, at the age of eight, he 545 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 2: began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent 546 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 2: for doing impressions. At the age of ten, Jim Carrey 547 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 2: wrote a letter to Carol Burnette of the Carol Burnett Show, 548 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 2: pointing out that he was already a master of impressions 549 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 2: and should be considered for a role on the show. 550 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 2: And that's also a true story. And then he goes 551 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 2: on to say that one of his one of the 552 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 2: reasons he got into show business was watching Tim Conway 553 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: on the Calberurnet Show. 554 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: How great is that? How cool is that? 555 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 2: That's a huge compliment to my dad, And I imagine 556 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 2: a lot of people felt the same way. But Jim 557 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 2: Carrey when he's asked in interviews, who was, you know, 558 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 2: the motivational factor or the person you want to be 559 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: in show business when growing up, and he will often 560 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: say Tim Conway, that's a big deal. I remember telling 561 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 2: that to my dad and he was shocked, you know, 562 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 2: very mild guy who never thought that the future comics 563 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 2: like Jim Carrey would look up. 564 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: To him like that. So that was always that was 565 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: a cool deal. I was able to tell my dad that. 566 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 2: So, yeah, that was Jim Carret one of the funniest, greatest, 567 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 2: smartest dudes. All Right, at nine o'clock, we are moments 568 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 2: away from the talkbacks. We got some good ones. Nikki's 569 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 2: put them on tonight. She's helped us out here and 570 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 2: even though Bellios abused her verbally, she has managed to work. 571 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: I enjoyed it. 572 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 2: There really abuse, all right, all right, but yeah, a 573 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 2: lot of people don't know that, but Bellio sometimes verbally 574 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 2: abuses the younger kids right here. 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