1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: It's KFI Am sixty and you're listening to the Conway 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: Chelle wants you to shoot a video and then they 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: get video greeting and Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays. So we 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: tried to do it right as the rejoin was happening. 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: We live on the edge. Yeah, But then after I finished, 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: he said it was great, except I wanted more Thanksgiving centric, 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: so we have to continue to do it. 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 3: It's okay, I'm probably going to leak that first original 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 3: in anyway. 11 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: No no, no, no, no, no, dude, that is not 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: that is that's not ready. 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 3: For prime time. Okay, gotcha, Okay, all right. 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: Black Friday is coming and there are deals. 15 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 3: Basically arrived. 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 4: And people are planning on a spending money. Many even 17 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 4: says so here, but families while they're searching for the 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 4: hottest toys are chasing every dollar. National Service shows families 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 4: are going to be spending less this holiday seasons are 20 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 4: showing up in the bigger economic picture. To the Confidence Boards, 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 4: Consumer Confidence Index released this morning fell sharply to eighty 22 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 4: eight point seven, is lowest level in seven months. And 23 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 4: I guess that backdropped target is pushing early and aggressive 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 4: deals up to fifty percent off tech toys, small appliances, 25 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 4: and floor care. 26 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: Wow up to fifty percent off at target come off discounts. 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 4: On Beats, headphones, apparel, and even big ticket items like 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 4: PlayStation five, consoles and select Apple products. More deals dropp 29 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 4: November twenty seven through twenty ninth with extra one. 30 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 3: Of you guys gamers in there or not? Are you 31 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 3: a gamer? Maurray or not? Richie? Are you gaming? 32 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 5: No? 33 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 3: Used to be Yeah, PlayStation five means nothing? No, maybe 34 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 3: PlayStation two. When I was like twelve, I told. 35 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: You about the getting the PlayStation and I was on 36 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: the morning show called Good Day La, and I talked 37 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: about how much I loved the playstationonic. 38 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 3: I was talking about how much I was into it. 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: I even took on a ski vacation I love, and 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: I ended up like cutting the day short. I only 41 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: went skiing for a couple of hours. I was so 42 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: busy gaming and I was talking, talking, talking about it, 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: and somebody from PlayStation reached out to us at Fox 44 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: eleven and they said, uh, we heard you were talking 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: about the PlayStation system and we'd like to send you 46 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: a bunch of PlayStation stuff. Games, and there's a bunch 47 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 2: of stuff they sounded, I think, in a console, and 48 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: we're going to send you a special guy, a number 49 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: that you call. You'll get a special guy to help 50 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: you should you be hung up on any of the 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: games you like on a certain level, you can't get 52 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: past a certain level. I thought, my god, this is 53 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: really really cool, and they did send me a I 54 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: should have hung onto the letter. It was like an 55 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: old old school typewritten letter with you know, if there's 56 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: a problem, call Jose at you know, two one, three, 57 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: you know, five to five, five, whatever it was, and 58 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: he'll walk you through it what needs to And so 59 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 2: I'm playing PlayStation. As I say, I'm really kind of 60 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: bent on it, just like really obsessive, and I get 61 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: lost on this level of this game and I cannot 62 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: break through this one level. And I go to that 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: level with like you know, fifty lives, you know, like 64 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: I really did well on the levels before, and so 65 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 2: I finally, you know, break the glass and pull the 66 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: lever and I call Jose and he picks up the 67 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: phone like right away. I don't know how this works, 68 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: maybe some guy at home or what the deal is, 69 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: but I asked you know your hose says yeah. Mark 70 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: Thompson goes y, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They told me 71 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: you might call it. I said, well, look, I'm playing 72 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: this game, and I've been playing this game for days, 73 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: and I'm on this one level and I can't get 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: past this one level. And I explained the situation, and 75 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 2: he said, you got to hit the you know whatever 76 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: it was, the A and the trigger at the same 77 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: time when you you know, you jump on this one thing. 78 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: And I said, well, gosh, I think I'm doing that. 79 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: I think I'm hitting the A and the trigger at 80 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: the same time alone. And he said, well, that's that's 81 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: really the way you do it. And I go, gosh, 82 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: it's really I mean, I'm hitting this level with like 83 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: fifty lives and it's just it's crushing me. 84 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 3: I'm not able to do it. 85 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: And he said, well, you know, I don't know what 86 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: I can tell you, because that's really the only way 87 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 2: you can continue and succeed on this level is to 88 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: hit the A and the trigger at the same time 89 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: at this and jump on this thing. And then I said, 90 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: let me ask you. I'm probably pretty close to the 91 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: end though, aren't I. I mean, this is like I 92 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: must be close to, you know, the top level, because 93 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: this is so hard. He said, you're not even halfway 94 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: through the game. And then I started to feel this 95 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 2: sense of being demoralized kind of overtake me. And I said, 96 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: they're probably kids like I don't know, eight to twelve 97 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 2: years of age who are. 98 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: Crushing this game. He said, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 99 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 2: He said, you're not anywhere near where you need to 100 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: be to be really excelling at the game. And I said, well, 101 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 2: thank you so much. I appreciate your help, and I'm 102 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 2: going to go back and take a shot at it again. 103 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: And I went into the living room and I took 104 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: the PlayStation and I wrapped it up and I wrapped 105 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 2: up all the chords and I put it in the 106 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: closet and I never touched it again. Thank you, thank you, 107 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 2: thank you. That's it. It was just so demoralizing, the idea. 108 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: Somehow this guy had given me the keys to that 109 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: particular Kingdom level and I couldn't make it work because 110 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: I already knew the keys and I had already been 111 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: at it, and I realized, you know, I'm just not 112 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 2: cut out to really rock the PlayStation. I have mad 113 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: respect for all of you gamers mad respect. I think 114 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: it's a really difficult thing. And of course they sell 115 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 2: out the crypto arena with people, you know, in these 116 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: gamer situations that are being observed by everybody whose mind 117 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 2: take us to observe them, and I get it. It's 118 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: that amazing. There was that documentary, you remember, the documentary 119 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 2: King of Kong. That's a great documentary about Donkey Kong 120 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: and about this obsession that a handful of people again 121 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: that's sort of a subculture of America has with this 122 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,239 Speaker 2: game Donkey Kong. And it was the old school arcade 123 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 2: game Donkey Kong, and there's a real competition going on. 124 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: And the movie is really good. This guy set up 125 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 2: an arcade you know station in his basement. He was married, 126 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: with kids and everything, and he was obsessed with it. 127 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: And there's a whole controversy that develops, as I recall, 128 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: and it becomes this real competition with like good guys 129 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 2: and bad guys and all the rest. It's called King 130 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 2: of Kong. It's worth a watch. I'm sure you can 131 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 2: find it on YouTube. And speaking of things you can 132 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 2: find on YouTube, I have a YouTube show daily Monday 133 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: through Friday. It's live from eleven to one Pacific time. 134 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: That's two to four in the East, but eleven to 135 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: one for us in Los Angeles. And it's politics and 136 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: news mostly, and I think you might really enjoy it. 137 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: Of course, even as I mentioned it, we're dark for 138 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: the next couple of days. I think there's some interviews 139 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 2: that I've fresh, interviews that I've done that will drop 140 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 2: the next few days and through the weekend. But we'll 141 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: be back with live shows on Monday. All right, we continue. 142 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: It's the Conway Show. Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim 143 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: on KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio 144 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 2: app now to the KFI twenty four hour newsroom in Eiland, Gonzales. 145 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 6: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 146 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 6: AM six forty. 147 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson's sitting in for Tim Conway Junior. Tim is 148 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: back on Monday, and on Tuesday we do the Pastathon 149 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 2: live from the Anaheim White House. 150 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 3: Hope you'll join us for that and if you can. 151 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: Join us, of course, there are all the ways to 152 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 2: participate from the website, so you can jump on the 153 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: website at KFI AM six forty dot com, slash Pastathon 154 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: and one percent of your donation goes to Katerina's Club. 155 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: It's an incredible effort and it's one that has grown 156 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 2: through the years. As I say, this is the fifteenth annual. 157 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: And you go to any Wendy's restaurant in Southern California, 158 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: donate five dollars or more and you get a coupon 159 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: book with it. Go to Wildfkfoods, go to any of 160 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: the eleven southern California Wild Fork food locations, just say 161 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: KFI Pastathon at checkout, and fifteen percent of your purchase 162 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: will be donated to Katerina's Club. You have to say 163 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 2: KFI pasta Postathon at the checkout at Wild Fork Foods 164 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 2: and you can bid on all those items I was 165 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: talking about before, all these experiences, and the auctions are 166 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 2: open from the ten o'clock in the evening on the second, 167 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: so they'll open after we go off the air. I 168 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: guess that is if you want to pick one or 169 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 2: two to describe, they say I can do it, So 170 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: all right, I'm going to do it. I didn't know 171 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 2: I was deputized to do that. Say if you want 172 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: to pick one or two, mark you can, all right here, 173 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: I will pick one or two. A Dodger's game with 174 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: Dean and Tina Sharp, you know, the house whisperer and 175 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: his wife. She's designer and he's a builder designer. That 176 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 2: could be very cool. Dodger's Game with Gary and Shannon. 177 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: That could be very cool. They're both in suites at 178 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium for next year's Dodger Hush to repeat John Coebelt, 179 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 2: and I think this may be the wild card offer 180 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: of the entire auction. John Cobelt has agreed to give 181 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: up an hour of his show. You will co host 182 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 2: with John for an hour. We pay the topics, it says, 183 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 2: and you get to rent with John about the issues 184 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 2: of the day. Again, all of these things, A private 185 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: backyard barbecue with handled and savedra. It's all there at 186 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 2: the website, so a jump on that. And again, I 187 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: guess that auction begins on the second, but mostly we'll 188 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: repeat all of these things for you on the second. 189 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 2: It'll be a great pastathon five am to eight pm 190 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: at the Anaheim White House eight eight seven South Anaheim Boulevard. 191 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 2: The other thing I want to mention to you is, you 192 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 2: know we were doing a story before about the fact 193 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: that you could negotiate all of these different prices. You 194 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: could negotiate your cable bill, you could negotiate your credit 195 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 2: card bill. And I remember saying on the air, I 196 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: said to you, gosh, that just seems exceedingly liberal, meaning loose. 197 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 2: I don't think that these companies that they're referring to 198 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 2: are really that cool when it comes to your credit 199 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: card bill and you comes to your cable company and 200 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: they mentioned cell phone. 201 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 3: I don't think they're really that cool about that. 202 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 2: In other words, I don't think you can negotiate all 203 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 2: here's aside. 204 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 3: From phone in cable bills. 205 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 5: Kim suggests negotiating down a host of bills, including your 206 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 5: cell phone, car insurance, home security, newspaper subscriptions, gym memberships, utilities, 207 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 5: bundled services, even credit card interest rates. 208 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 2: I mean you might be able to I don't know. 209 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: I guess you'd take a shot. But it's funny. I 210 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: got an email, and if you want to email me, 211 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 2: here's my email address. It's the Mark Thompson Show at 212 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: gmail dot com. It's my YouTube show name or my 213 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: podcast name. The iHeartRadio show is called the Mark Thompson Show. 214 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 3: Same thing. 215 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 2: It goes over to iHeart as an audio podcast, but anyway, 216 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 2: the Mark Thompson Show at gmail dot com. Anyway, I 217 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 2: mentioned it because Roberts, thank you for this, he said, Mark, 218 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 2: I've been a mediator for over ten years. It's not true. 219 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: Utilities will not negotiate a bill. The most that can 220 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 2: happen is a payment plan. Credit cards will not negotiate 221 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: the interest rate unless there is a promotion going on 222 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 2: for a few months. So I just wanted to kind 223 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: of not to throw water on that, but I just 224 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: also wanted to address it from the standpoint of it 225 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 2: being a reality or not. You know, so good luck, 226 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 2: But I'm just saying it isn't necessarily the case that 227 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 2: you can negotiate all those bills take a shot. They 228 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: even suggest you get like a mediator as. 229 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 3: Someone who might be able to navigate that for you. 230 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: But the reality is you might be limited in terms 231 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 2: of what you can get in terms of wiggle room 232 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 2: for all of that. We're learning more about the suspect 233 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 2: in the DC National Guard shooting, this twenty nine year 234 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: old Afghan national, and we'll learn more in the hours ahead. 235 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 3: Of course, also get an update in. 236 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 2: Just a moment on the condition of the National Guard 237 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: troops who were hit in that gunfire in Washington, DC. 238 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: It is The Conway Show. Thompson sitting in for Tim 239 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: on KFI AM sixty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio 240 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 2: app and now kfi's News Break. 241 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 6: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 242 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 6: AM sixty. 243 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim Conway Junior. Now there's 244 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 2: a fork in the road. I'm going to give somebody 245 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 2: a choice here, Mario. I'm going to give you a choice. Okay, 246 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 2: either we go for ethics issue at LADWP or we 247 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 2: go for new legislation. I'll get to both stories, but 248 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: it's a question of which one you want first. So 249 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: it's up to you, Mario. Let's go with DWP. 250 00:13:58,679 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 3: All right. 251 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: This is a story about the DWP employee forced to 252 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 2: run personal errands, and these personal errands have included apparently 253 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 2: purchasing tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert and doing all 254 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 2: kinds of other things that are unrelated to DWP activities. 255 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 3: I'm glad I chose this one. Yeah. 256 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: Apparently, Renette Anderson, who worked as an executive assistant to 257 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 2: the DWP's general manager since two Renette Anderson asked subordinates 258 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 2: to book a plane ticket for her personal travel, make 259 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 2: physical therapy appointments for her, purchase party supplies for a 260 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: non work party at her home, and make a service 261 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: appointment at a Mercedes Benz dealership for her vehicle. The 262 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: complaint comes in with this litany of things that had 263 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 2: nothing to do, of course, with work at DWE and 264 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: on June twenty second, twenty twenty three, apparently after the 265 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 2: Snoop concert was canceled at the Hollywood Bowl, Anderson asked 266 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: Johnson Mannette Anderson is again the executive assistant to the 267 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 2: WP general manager who's asking the assistant to request a refund. 268 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: So she was then dealing with the situation trying to 269 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: get the money back. And there are seven counts of 270 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: misusing the city position to create a personal benefit for herself. 271 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: And the parties don't come to an agreement, the Ethics 272 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: Commission will hold a hearing and they'll decide what penalties 273 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: to impose. Each count comes to the potential fine of 274 00:15:54,200 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: five thousand dollars. The attorneys for Renette Anderson are in communicado, 275 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: but it's definitely not a good look. So apparently getting 276 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: assistance and getting those under you to do things for 277 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 2: you on a personal level. I want to say maybe 278 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: Hollywood managers are used to it. I'm sure agents you 279 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 2: always hear about how they're running their assistance. This is 280 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: a storied part of Hollywood, you know, right, getting your 281 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 2: assistant to get the dry cleaning, getting your assistant to 282 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: do all of this stuff, walk the dog. 283 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 3: But at DWP, not so much. 284 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 2: And apparently this was something that went on over some 285 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 2: period of time, so that is to be continued. Meanwhile, 286 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: in Carmel, the gorgeous seaside city of Carmel, Carmel by 287 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: the Sea has become the first California city to do this, 288 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 2: something that has been an irritant to so many has 289 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 2: produced complaints from so many residents because these things are 290 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 2: cropping up everywhere, and there is more and more of 291 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: an irritant to residents everywhere in California and across the country. 292 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 2: But Carmel by the Sea has become the first California 293 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 2: city to ban pickleball. Pickleball is banned in Carmel by 294 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 2: the Sea. The explosive growth of pickleball has created this 295 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 2: tension between people who love the sport and those who 296 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: feel it produces a lot of noise and neighbors across 297 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 2: the country. 298 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 3: You'll find this in areas where there. 299 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 2: Are pickleball courts that are like encircled by apartments or condos, 300 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: that kind of thing. You'll get a lot of homeowners 301 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 2: saying this is extremely annoying and I want some kind 302 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 2: of restriction on when they can play pickleball, how often 303 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 2: they can play pickleball. So there were years of resident 304 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:18,479 Speaker 2: complaints in Carmel by the Sea, and this is the 305 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 2: wave cresting, you know. And so I have to say 306 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 2: a lot of people who are refugees from tennis, you know, 307 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: because of a lot of injuries in tennis, and. 308 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: They've gone to pickleball. 309 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 2: I mean, Andre Agassi has made I think a pickleball 310 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 2: a team out of his world that came out of 311 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 2: of course, being one of the greatest tennis players in history, 312 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 2: and his wife also one of the greatest tennis players 313 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 2: in the history, Steffi Groff. She also plays pickleball with him. 314 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 2: So it's not as though pickleball is like some outcast sport, 315 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 2: but they do make noise, like it is a noisier 316 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 2: sport than tennis. 317 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 3: And in Laguna Beehi. 318 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: City officials there adopted an ordinance this year requiring pickleball 319 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 2: players to switch to quieter paddles or to get citations. 320 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: And in Saratoga there is a one hundred thousand dollars 321 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: set aside that officials put together for efforts to tone 322 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: down the volume at pickleball courts in Saratoga. In a 323 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 2: lawsuit against Newport Beach in twenty sixteen, a Corona del 324 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 2: Mar woman claimed that the sounds of people playing pickleball 325 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 2: one hundred yard from her home caused her severe mental suffering, frustration, 326 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 2: and anxiety, and she sued over it, and the city 327 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 2: responded by limiting the hours that you could play pickleball. 328 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 2: They also installed these sound dampening materials at the nearby court. 329 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 2: In Denver, they implemented this sound dampening stuff around pickleball 330 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 2: courts to keep the noise down at their public courts. 331 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 2: Researchers are saying, I hadn't seen this, as I love 332 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 2: the data surrounding this. Researchers say that the sound of 333 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 2: a solid pickleball being a hit can be twenty decibels 334 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 2: louder than the loudest tennis racket strike, so this is 335 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 2: an acoustical assault, say some researchers. There's a nonprofit called 336 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 2: Pickleball Noise Relief, And I don't mean to laugh at it, 337 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 2: because I think it really is an issue. And you know, 338 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 2: when you live in a city, there are already a 339 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 2: bunch of issues that are related to urban noise. You know, sirens, 340 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:42,239 Speaker 2: people's engines, open pipes and engines. You hear them all. 341 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 2: I hear them all the time, and so I get it, 342 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: like there is noise pollution hitting areas that are outside 343 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 2: the city. Now, noise pollution is hitting the suburbs. And 344 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: Carmel wrestled with how to accommodate these pickleball players while 345 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 2: also reducing the effect of the noise on residents who 346 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 2: lived close by, and they just couldn't find a way. 347 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 2: They temporarily banned it. They limit it to only public 348 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 2: courts at certain times, and a small group of residents 349 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 2: over fifty picked up the game and approached the city 350 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 2: to see if they could purchase a net and play, 351 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 2: and COVID hit and the game becore became more popular 352 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 2: than ever, and pickleball is on fire. But Carmel is 353 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 2: saying no more, and at least for the moment. It's 354 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 2: an extraordinary thing. They are banning pickleball at public courts 355 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: following years of complaints from residents. Pack up your pickleball 356 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,959 Speaker 2: paddle and find a different place to pickle. 357 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 3: We'll talk to. 358 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 2: Chris is on tonight, right, just double checking. I think 359 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 2: Chris is here this evening, so we'll talk to him next. 360 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,719 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in for Tim Conway Jr. We are 361 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 2: kf I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 362 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 6: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from kf 363 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 6: I AM six forty. 364 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson hanging out the finishing up the Tim Conway 365 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 2: Junior Show. 366 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: It's it's about finished. We're about done. 367 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 2: The big stacks of papers are being restacked, the big 368 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: piles are being repiled, and now newstacks and new piles 369 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 2: are coming in. Chris Merrill, Yeah, is standing by standing 370 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 2: sitting Yeah. Mark Ronner, you're you guys were rocking last night. 371 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 2: I was here hearing something. Yeah, very impressive. Hell well, 372 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 2: thank you, yeah, thank you very much. 373 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. What's plan for the what's planned for the show tonight? 374 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 7: Do you have a you got the obviously you know 375 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 7: you you hit this out of the park. So for us, 376 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 7: it's just a mob. I see, you know that's what 377 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 7: that's what we're on. 378 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 3: Oh okay, you're just trying to protect the lead. Is 379 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 3: that what's going on? Yeah, that's it. That's great. 380 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 7: And you know the crazy thing is you get the lead, 381 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 7: but I'm still going to get the save. That's the 382 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 7: weirdest thing. Yeah, you know, it's the strange You'll get 383 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 7: the win save. 384 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like everybody's going to be happy. Then yeah, 385 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 3: I think that. I think that works out well for 386 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 3: all of us. So we'll get the latest of the 387 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 3: National Guard shooting there in d C. 388 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 7: And what that means because now there's been, you know, 389 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 7: additional movements by the administration. 390 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 3: It may what's that. 391 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 7: What was Ron mcmanuel caught saying, never let a good 392 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 7: crisis go to waste. 393 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, they wanted they want more National Guard troops in Washington. 394 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: And I was saying before in the first hour of 395 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: the show, because I grew up in Washington. It's a 396 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: weird thing because there are more cops in Washington than 397 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 2: you could ever imagine. They have so many different sorts 398 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 2: of police. Not I'm not saying that they're all metro cops, 399 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 2: but are Metropolitan police officers, but they have the metroplan 400 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 2: Police office. And then they have park police, and you know, 401 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: there are tons of parks all over Washington, so there 402 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 2: are a lot of them. And then there are embassy police, 403 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 2: and there are a lot of embassies in Washington, so 404 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 2: there are a lot of them. And there are Secret 405 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 2: Service police, and there are a lot of people who 406 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 2: need Secret Service protection. And the Secret Service offices are 407 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 2: you know, they're located in Washington, so there are a 408 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 2: lot of them. So you have a lot of law 409 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,239 Speaker 2: enforcement already. And then when Trump came in, he said, hey, 410 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 2: I'm going to bring in the National Guard to sort of, 411 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 2: you know, civilize this place. 412 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 3: The idea was. 413 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 2: And I'm sure there are many Washingtonians go, great, you know, 414 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 2: put the National Guard in some of these areas where 415 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 2: you know it's pretty dangerous. But the National Guards sort 416 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 2: ended up in places that really weren't so dangerous, like 417 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: Union Station and near the White House, and so it's 418 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 2: kind of weird. And then you know, with the this 419 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 2: tragic situation, it becomes even more complicated because this is 420 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: now being blamed on some kind of terrorism, and you know, 421 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 2: the they're going right to terrorism. It would seem early on. Here, 422 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: we're only hours into this thing and we're already drawing 423 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 2: a lot of conclusions based on very little information, it 424 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 2: would seem. 425 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 7: Yeah, And look, that's normally our job, right in media, 426 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 7: We're the ones that jumped to conclusions. 427 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 3: Leave that to us. 428 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 7: You're supposed to be the officials that try to get 429 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 7: to the facts and you and you sort through all 430 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 7: the nonsense and you get through the fog of the 431 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 7: of the early stages. 432 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 3: It's it's us. We're the ones that tend to screw 433 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 3: things up early on. So true, so true. Yeah, that's anyway. 434 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: Well, I will watch with interest and listen with interest 435 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 2: as to what's happening in Washington. I was supposed to 436 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 2: go back there for Thanksgiving weekend and then with the shutdown, 437 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 2: and you know, it just seemed like, well, it's such 438 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: a mess, and I'm now I'm glad I didn't go. 439 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 7: So you know, you dragged my holiday plans out of me, 440 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 7: which are boring as all hell. 441 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: But what do you do if you're not going back 442 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 3: to d C, then what are you doing? You? 443 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 2: So I have two celebrities are hanging out yes, of 444 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 2: course I have the celebrity Thanksgiving and the afternoon I'm 445 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: at the kids table for marginal sort of people who 446 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 2: were more relevant than they are now. 447 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. 448 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,959 Speaker 2: But so that's an afternoon thing, and then we're going 449 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 2: to jet from that to a an evening or early 450 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 2: evening thing that's around five o'clock. It's at a high 451 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 2: end restaurant, and that's which we've done the last few years. 452 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: This family has a private room, very very nice to advice. 453 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 2: It's very kind of a more formal type thing. And 454 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 2: the only reason I speak about it with any reluctance 455 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 2: is that it involves doing something which I hate, and 456 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 2: that is dressing up. You know, you have to kind 457 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 2: of have to use representable and I shouldn't hate it, 458 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 2: but I just kind of do. I used to dress 459 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 2: up every night to be on TV, you know, in 460 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: the news. You have to work code and tie, and 461 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 2: so I just kind of I just love never having 462 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 2: to do that now. And the reality is it's not 463 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 2: a hardship of any kind, but it's just like one 464 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 2: more thing that you have to I just don't like 465 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 2: to have to, you know, get in the in a 466 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 2: uniform for the event, with you. 467 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 3: Oh, it's just one more thing. 468 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 7: I'm just impressed that you're you know, you're willing to 469 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 7: go out for me, just the idea of going out. 470 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 7: It's like, oh god, I have to go out. I 471 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 7: have to see people. Yeah, I'm such a missing throat. 472 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 7: Well oh well that's different. I don't mind people, but 473 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 7: I do mind the logistics. 474 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 475 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 2: Like, don't get me wrong, I'd rather just you know, 476 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 2: watch football, hang out and eat I mean always, I 477 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: mean i'd rather do that every day. Yeah, but I 478 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 2: don't know. Thanksgiving can be great. And you know, I 479 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 2: know these people were getting together with the Mankowitz family. 480 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 2: You know, Josh Mankowitz is on Dateline and Ben is 481 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 2: on TCM and we're very close to them, and so 482 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: these are people who you feel close to but you 483 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 2: don't really see all the time. So we're gonna get 484 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 2: a chance to see them and hang out. That'll be 485 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 2: the first kind of more casual lunch. And Ben's got 486 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 2: a little girl named Josie, who I really think is crazy. 487 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 2: Now she's like a teenager. It's so weird to see 488 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 2: these kids grow up. I mean, you know all about 489 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 2: this as a father, you know, grown up kids. 490 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 7: But well, not only grown up kids, but then you 491 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 7: know they're friends, and I'll see their friends years later. 492 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 7: They go, oh, I'm getting together with this friend I 493 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 7: haven't seen since school. And in my mind, it's still 494 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 7: the nine year old that I dropped, you know, I 495 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 7: dropped my daughter off the birthday party. And and all 496 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 7: of a sudden, we're getting a wedding invite from this girl, 497 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 7: you know, and. 498 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 3: You go, wait a minute. 499 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 2: There's a great scene and father of the bride, as 500 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 2: I recall, where Steve Martin is looking across the table 501 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 2: at his daughter who's saying, you know, I'm in love 502 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: and we're going to get married. And as he looks 503 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 2: back at her, he sees this little five year old 504 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 2: kids saying the words and it really must be so true, 505 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 2: you know. 506 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 7: Oh it is it is, you know, through their through 507 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 7: their good times, and then they're bad too, you know, 508 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 7: And that's that's a tough time too. Is that when 509 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 7: your kid is hitting is going through a rough patch. 510 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 7: You go, oh my gosh, you know, you're you know, 511 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,959 Speaker 7: whatever it is in your life that you're struggling with 512 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 7: right now, all I think of is, oh, you're gonna 513 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 7: make me cry. And Thanksgiving Eve, Mark, all you think 514 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 7: of is that, you know, the little girl playing in 515 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 7: the sand box that's got dirt stuck on her. 516 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 2: Nose, right right, that's all right, that's all No, it's heartbreak, 517 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 2: of course, and you want it, you want to help out, 518 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: and you can only do so much. 519 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, well everything it's hard. No, I'm I can. 520 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: It seems like a really good deal from like age 521 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 2: three to eleven and then it gets really uh but 522 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 2: even now with the bullying, and you know, it just 523 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 2: makes me so sad when I see, you know, kids 524 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 2: involved in situations that you know, they're just so little 525 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 2: that parents can do about it. Circumstances can be pretty 526 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: brutal sometimes, I know. 527 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 7: For that crap, Mark, let's do more surface stuff where 528 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 7: we just laugh about dumb things. 529 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I will say this, there is a lot 530 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 2: to be grateful for. And I don't know, I think 531 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 2: that those who are listening. However you're observing or not observing, 532 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 2: or hanging out, and if you're by yourself, I always 533 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 2: say to people who can bum out and get how 534 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 2: come I'm by myself. I'm only enjoy your freedom. Enjoy 535 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 2: your freedom. You'll answer to no one. You don't focus 536 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 2: on the loneliness, so could focus on the freedom my God. 537 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: So all right, Chris Merril next, Happy Thanksgiving to all 538 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 2: and I'll be with you next week on Tuesday with 539 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 2: Conway for the fifteenth annual KFI at Pastathon. Chris, always 540 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 2: great talking to you, and thanks to all the Conway kids. 541 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 2: We had a great time and in a suspense and now, yeah, 542 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,479 Speaker 2: everything is expensive, that is true. Remember that. All right, 543 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 2: Chris is next, until next time, KFI AM six forty 544 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 2: live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 545 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Now you 546 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: can always hear us live on KFI AM six forty 547 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: four to seven pm Monday through Friday, and anytime on 548 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: demand on the iHeart Radio app.