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Speaker 1: I'm doing well, and yeah, mo you know it. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: absolutely horrific story Trina Newman, Townsend. By all accounts, mo

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Speaker 1: So there you have it. She was giving away gifts

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Speaker 1: because it's wrong. You know, even me, I stop driving

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Speaker 1: claim area, or they're losing their mind even at the

431
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: ticket booth where there's a video of one woman who

432
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: was destroying the ticket booth fighting past. I'm like, people

433
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 1: are losing their minds. So we're already supertense and now

434
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,640
Speaker 1: you're saying that, what, some twelve thousand flights have been canceled.

435
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: Oh man, Yeah, even if the flights weren't canceled, there

436
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 1: is a higher degree of intensity with travelers during the holidays.

437
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 1: You were just more uptight. It's more difficult to travel

438
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,800
Speaker 1: during the holidays. And then you throw into the mix

439
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,360
Speaker 1: people not making flights, flights being canceled, and the fact

440
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: that people have been acting out since the end of

441
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: the pandemic overall on flights. It's a recipe for disaster

442
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: and I want no parts of it. And I want

443
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: everyone to get to their intended destination safe, safely, and

444
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: also have a wonderful holiday season. Do not get me wrong,

445
00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 1: but I would always encourage people to schedule their holidays

446
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: around not needing to travel by air, if at all possible,

447
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: because you're setting yourself up for such great disappointment, just

448
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: like I was telling about about my pan friend Pamela.

449
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 1: I wouldn't wish that on anyone, and I know the

450
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: disappointment has to be tremendous, but there's a greater likelihood

451
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: of being disappointed trying to just deal with this travel

452
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: system which is not even ready for the amount of

453
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: people who want to travel at this time, especially because

454
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,960
Speaker 1: COVID is on the decline. All of that. Everyone wants

455
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: to get back out. Everyone wants to travel and see

456
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: their family. I would suggest if you can get to driving,

457
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 1: and get to driving now. But if you get to driving,

458
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 1: don't come to my house. No, you can't take anymore

459
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: at your house. We got playing at our house, so

460
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 1: we're all filled up. Yeah, your house is done. This

461
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: is the Johnny Ken Show. Mokey here, and since we

462
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: were talking about traveling for the holidays, we're gonna go

463
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: around the room when we come back. Have you started

464
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: planning or have you already planned your New Year's Eve

465
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: destination party? If you're allowed to say, I know some

466
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: folks they can't say because they're juggling options. The men

467
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about, juggling options. Look at Mark

468
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: Ronners and saying like, yeah, Mark, you've been too quiet

469
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 1: out there. Too quiet. Oh that'll change now, Okay, okay,

470
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: we'll get to that when we come back here. If

471
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: I am six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.

472
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 1: Now that Christmas is over, when do you start planning

473
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: your New Year's Eve destination party? Rendezvous point whatever, JOHNA

474
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: Kin Show, k if I am six forty, We're live

475
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Me personally, I start thinking

476
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: about New Year's knowing good and damn well, I'm not

477
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: gonna do anything. I would say maybe the second week

478
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: in December. Maybe there is going to be an artist

479
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: in town that I may want to see. Maybe there's

480
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: going to be some sort of special event that I

481
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: might want to be a part of. And then I realize, oh,

482
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,679
Speaker 1: you're working. You might be lucky enough to get off

483
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: at eight o'clock or maybe eight thirty. At that point

484
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: you're pretty much done. I mean, you're not going to

485
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,959
Speaker 1: go anywhere, and if you do go anywhere, it's going

486
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,239
Speaker 1: to cost you an arm in a lake because New

487
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,360
Speaker 1: Year's Eve is so expensive, Or at least that's my thinking.

488
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: So let me go around the real Mark Ronner. You

489
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 1: and I have worked together for a little bit, and

490
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: we have some of the similar interests. Now, you happen

491
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: to be wrong a lot about movies. How dare you, sir?

492
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: But as far as New Year's Eve, is it a

493
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: thing for you? And if so, when do you start

494
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: thinking about what you plan to do or with whom well,

495
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve is kind of like amateur night for drinkers,

496
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: like Saint Patrick's Day, So I really want to avoid

497
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: being out and all that. This year, I have been

498
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: given the gift of work New Year's and I'm actually

499
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: kind of relieved because adding to the usual amateur night stick,

500
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: you're saved the headache of what disease vector you want

501
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 1: to be in while we're still in a pandemic. Like

502
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: you do you want to go to a crowded place,

503
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: that's up to you, But I just I'm happy to

504
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: be relieved of that decision right now. Okay, so you

505
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: think you're gonna stay in all together or just something

506
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: more low key? Oh, I'm here for I'm here all

507
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve, New Year's and I'm happy to be here,

508
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: all right to Wallace Sharp, Yeah, yeah, much like Mark,

509
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: I'm happy to be working on New Year's Eve. For me,

510
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: it is I have a belief right what you're doing

511
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: on New Year's Eve is what you will be doing

512
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: for the year to come. I fully believe that me

513
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: working and doing something that I love is indicative of

514
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: how I plan to tinue doing what I love doing

515
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: and working throughout the rest of the years. So I'm

516
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: happy to be working because I'm also well past that

517
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: age where I need to be out drinking, partying, having

518
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: people throwing up near me, on me, around me, being

519
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: on the road, and possibly being hit by someone drunk. No,

520
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: I'm good on New Year's Eve. Okay. I hear what

521
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: you're saying, and I want to disagree vehemently for this reason.

522
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: And I think Eric will understand this, or maybe he won't.

523
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: I remember since you when you said what you're doing

524
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: on New Year's Eve kind of sets the tone for

525
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: what you want to do in the coming year. Coming year. Yeah, okay,

526
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: I remember when you were working as assistant program director

527
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 1: or a music director for a ninety two point three

528
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 1: to beat and your station had a party bus which

529
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: went from LA to San Diego. And I was on

530
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: that party bus and we go down there for like

531
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: a party for like three or four hours, and we'd

532
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: say Happy New Year. Then we get back on the

533
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: party bus and come back to LA. Let me tell

534
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: you there was so much stuff going on that party

535
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,959
Speaker 1: bus and in a bathroom at the hotel where we

536
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: ended up. Hey, now I'm not gonna say who was

537
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: doing what in the bathroom room. Okay, I'm just saying, Look,

538
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: that's a part of what you plan on doing. And look,

539
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: my New Year's Eve was great that night. The next

540
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: year not so much. But see, you have to believe it.

541
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: You have to believe it in the moment. It's part

542
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: of holding tight to it. But what hell tight? But

543
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: you think about it if if you were doing god

544
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: knows what on the party bus, which as I full

545
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: well know what was going on on that particular bus. Seriously,

546
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: it was that came back, it was going down. Speaking

547
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: as a journalist, I think we're gonna need some details here.

548
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: You can't just leave stuff out there like, Okay, I'll

549
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: give you. I'll give you a detail. Are you familiar

550
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: with the song the Humpty Hump? I am. I have

551
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: heard of this song. Okay, shock g There's a line

552
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: in the song I once got busy in a burger

553
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: king bathroom. We see if I can read between the

554
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: lines there, I was quoting someone else, Okay, but the

555
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: line applies to the party bus and the party Yes,

556
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: it was insane in the greatest of ways. Was shocked

557
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: on this party bus? No, but we had there was

558
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: some people. I think that there there was an entertainer

559
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: that was connected. I can't remember who. There was an

560
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: entertainment or connected to that trip. Yeah, and I even

561
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: I even took Sam to the beach for this. It

562
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: was I had a date that night. This was many

563
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: years ago, and see, I worked that night and I

564
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: chose not to get on the party bus. I could have,

565
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: but I said, this is an opportunity for me to work.

566
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 1: This an opportunity for me to be in studio on

567
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: the board running and it was the best of times,

568
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: and I continue to do that the year to come. Oh,

569
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: I would have been the promo guy trying to get

570
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: on the party bus to be like, oh, I'll make

571
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: sure everybody's good on the party bus, all right. Eric,

572
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: When did you start planning, if at all, for New

573
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: Year's Eve? Honestly, probably the same as you. Probably like

574
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: second week of December. I started hitting up some friends

575
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: being like, Hey, what's the plan, what are we doing?

576
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: Kind of thing, and then we just settled on getting

577
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: a sushi dinner and then going back to someone's apartment

578
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: for drinks and games, just because, like you were saying, Mo,

579
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: everything is expensive on New Year's everything, and me, personally,

580
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: I think New Year's is one of the most overrated

581
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: holidays because of how expensive it is. It's overrated, and

582
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: I think you can never meet expectations. Yes, because all

583
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: of the places that are normally expensive become even more expensive,

584
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: and then all the places that aren't worth it become expensive.

585
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: And it's like, what am I paying all this money

586
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: for it to go to a place that's not worth it? Man,

587
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: you sound like an old man. You look at all

588
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: that wisdom listen flowing out of you. New Year's to me,

589
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: I'd much rather be at a house party. Oh, I

590
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: agree with that. But they don't do house parties anymore, don't.

591
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: And that's the problem. And when you say house party,

592
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: that is a very specific reference, yes, of what type

593
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: of party it is. It's not a party at someone's house.

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00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,320
Speaker 1: A house party usually has more people, it's more open

595
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: in nature, and more stuff can happen. Could be a DJ,

596
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: could be, could be a lot of things could happen.

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00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: Producer Dana. You knew I was gonna ask you. Um,

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00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 1: I don't have any plans as of yet. I'm usually

599
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: last minute. Yeah. Oh really, so you're like you're like

600
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: flipping through the roller decks. So that's an old term

601
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: you don't know what that is? Are you like scrolling

602
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: through your phone? Say? Okay, who might be the lucky person?

603
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,720
Speaker 1: Right at least this year? Oh damn, I wasn't expect

604
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: you to answer that. Listen, last year, I actually had

605
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: a really good New Year. I went to Mexico. But

606
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: it just isn't the same anymore. This years just different.

607
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,879
Speaker 1: I think I'm just gonna go with the flow. Okay,

608
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: I have a question. Did you go to Mexico as

609
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 1: in like Tijuana or did you go to Mexico as

610
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: in like Queta Viata or something like that. See, it's

611
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: a difference. Okay, who Some people say Mexico. They just

612
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: like that, ain't Mexico. Hey, you're just an American just

613
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: walking across the border to get drunk. That's not the

614
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: same thing. Yeah, all right, all right, all right, So

615
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 1: you're gonna give us a full report at the beginning

616
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: of the year, right, Well, you know, I'll do my best. Okay,

617
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna be good for sure, I'm gonna. Hey,

618
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 1: don't make me any promises. Okay, I ain't gonna be there,

619
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: so it's up to you. But wait, what are you doing? Oh,

620
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: other than working. I mean like there's got to be

621
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: something something like we're not going to be here that late.

622
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,720
Speaker 1: I probably will go home and turn on the TV,

623
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: do the old man thing, watch Ryan seacrests Rocket New

624
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 1: Year's Eve, listen to some music, have a beverage, and

625
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: get to bed probably before one am, because why that

626
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,800
Speaker 1: worked the next day. That is true. That is very true.

627
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Speaker 1: This is the JOHNA Kin Show. Kay if johna Kin

628
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: k IF I am six forty. We're live everywhere on

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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app