1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: six forty. That's how we compete with the Christmas music stations. 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: That's all we can do. Yeah, that's another play road masterpiece. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Who put that together a few years back and it's 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: a classic. Yeah, And that's all we got as far 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: as you know, can'tfi Christmas music. That's that's all we'll play. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: That's it. That's it's the last John and Ken Show, 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: John Cobelt, Ken champagu caf I AM six forty live 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and we're ontil four o'clock 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: after four o'clock if you're gonna want to hear the 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: whole thing today Johnny Ken on demand podcast. I'm gonna 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: take a few days off and Tuesday the twelfth, I 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: start by myself. So please be there the John and 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: co Belt Show. Right, you know who's coming on this hour? 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: Who did you the guy that won the bid to 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: co host with you for an hour? Oh that's right, Yes, 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: I know. We found out who he is. We did 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: a massive background check and I guess he's okay to 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: come on and talk about well, but this is kind 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: of as an attorney. But doesn't this ruin the fun 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: of him just coming on the air sort of cold 23 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: when he co hosts, Well, we gotta we gotta see 24 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: what he's like. Oh, a little screening. Look, he's already paid, 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: you can't. You got to give him his hour. Do 26 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: you work out a date yet, because I got to 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: make sure I'm in town. No, no, maybe we could 28 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: do that. When he comes on, we have a live 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: farewell message from Ray Lopez. Our long Oh, I was 30 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: wondering when it would be his turn. Twenty four years 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: he's been with us, Ray, Has it been that long? Yes? Yes, 32 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: that's the other the other Evil Station. Yes, yeah, you 33 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: know that Evil Station was evil? Why? You were a 34 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: good employee there. They loved you. I was the top 35 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: of the I was the turn that rose to the 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: bowl over there. How's that you stepped right up? You 37 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: wanted to produce our show? 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: I remember, yeah, I remember our program director Drew Hayes 39 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: at the time, he he he gave me a didn't 40 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: really give me a choice. You just said, hey, here's 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: what we're doing. Johnny Canner coming and I need someone 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: I trust to work with them. And then I remember 43 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: we met, you know, and this was like, this was 44 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: like secretive stuff. And and uh, we had this secret 45 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 3: meeting at the Roll and Rye restaurant of Culver City, 46 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 3: remember that place. And and I met you guys, and 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 3: you guys said, you know, here's what we want. We 48 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 3: tell you what to do, so do it. 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: We have people in the news stories we want to 50 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: talk to. We gave you the news story and you 51 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: go and find them. Yeah, and you know I was, 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: you know, I was. 53 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: Jeez, it was quite a while ago. And and you know, I, 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 3: you know, I've been working you know, talk rating. 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: And let's let's make it clear you were a board 56 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: operator then, you were not a producer. Yeah, I was 57 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: a boord. 58 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: But you know I I kind of understood what Drew 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 3: wanted to do with you guys, you know, and uh, 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 3: you know I was working with Larry Elder at the time, 61 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 3: and and uh, you know that that didn't really that 62 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 3: wasn't really getting me anywhere. 63 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: And I, yeah, there, he's a good guy. You don't 64 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: get me wrong. But you know, I learned a lot, 65 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: you know, I work with him. 66 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: But it was time for me to grow some you know, 67 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 3: time to take off my panties and on my big 68 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: boy pants, and uh, Andrew gave me the shot and 69 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: uh he said, you know I am gonna you know. 70 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: I need you to win. 71 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 3: You know I needed And we'd had these meetings after 72 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 3: the show, and man, he would if he didn't like it. 73 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 3: You know at the time, guys, you remember who we 74 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 3: were working for. 75 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: That's the real story. This is a great moment to 76 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: tell everyone. We all got fired except Ray. Ray stayed 77 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: at that station. We all got our heads lopped off. 78 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna take a moment to really praise Drew 79 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: Hayes because he was fantastic. He really believed in us 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: and John. This is the only time in my entire 81 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: career that I would stay after the show and sit 82 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: in someone's office and just talk. Remember that, Well, Drew's 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: clip is coming up next. Oh, fantastic guy. And he 84 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: really did believe in us, and he went under the 85 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: bus for us. Yeah, and there were a lot of 86 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: bad people he got run over. For those of you 87 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: who don't know, we started KFI ninety two. We had 88 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: a contract dispute with other executives, yes, that owned KFI 89 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: back The people at KFI back then were by G 90 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: Hall and Howard Neil were wonderful. Yeah, but Cox had 91 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: a real rotten bastard and uh well he was mad, 92 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: were syndicated, very mad. He bitter, Yeah, looking for a 93 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: way to undercut it and kill it. He never wanted 94 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: us hired. That's that's the same. That's true even before that. Yeah, 95 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: So anyway, we had a contract dispute. We left for 96 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: about a year year and a half to ABC, and 97 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: then we came back to KFI in two thousand and 98 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: one and have been here ever since. But that David T. 99 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: Hall brought us back, I want to also mention him fantastic. 100 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: David's going to be a special guest later as well. Oh, 101 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: he brought me back here. So he brought me from 102 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: from KBC. 103 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 3: Well, you were texting me, get me out of here, 104 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: Get me the f out of here, because I didn't 105 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: know what I was going to do, because they had 106 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 3: me working this this morning show that I don't know 107 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 3: what the hell it was, and I don't know what 108 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: even what they wanted me to do. And even to 109 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: this day, I won't I won't work with another show 110 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 3: because I couldn't. I can't write you guys questions to 111 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 3: read on the I can't figure out you know what 112 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: you guys are going to talk to the guests about. 113 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: I give you the get I give you what you want, 114 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: and I get away from you guys. 115 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 3: Now give you what you want, set you guys up, 116 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: and get the hell out of the way. And that's 117 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: that's worked for us, right. 118 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. I remember one of the first times that you 119 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: came in the studio at that station and you put 120 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: the pile on the table. It's like five sheets. I said, 121 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: what the hell is this? That we want more? We 122 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: need more? And ever since then, obviously you've produced a 123 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: lot of material, but I think you thought that we 124 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: were I don't know, really just going to riff it, 125 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: be like at Livers and so you gave us very 126 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: few stories and I'm like, well, yeah, I'd like to 127 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: pick from things. 128 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 3: It's a yeah, I didn't know what the hell to 129 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: do with you guys, because you know that at radio 130 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 3: station at the time had a bunch of old white 131 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 3: guys and they you know, and they were just and 132 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: that that was what it was, you know, do open 133 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 3: monologue and take call, and that's what that's what talk 134 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 3: Grady used to be. 135 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: And we had a series of producers when we were KFI. 136 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: The first time and the last one. I'm not going 137 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: to mention their name. Well he sent a nice message 138 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: on Facebook. Oh well, it was just a refreshing change 139 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: to see Ray who was just so laid back and 140 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: cool and just never really you know, very hard to shake, 141 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: and that that's what we needed. 142 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: But you know it really and you know, all truth 143 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 3: be told, I'm a shark, I'm a liar, deep and 144 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 3: a cheat man when it comes to getting stuff for 145 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 3: the show. 146 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we don't ask and you don't want to. Yeah, no, 147 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: we learned that long ago. That's right. No, I had 148 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: a policy you don't ask, don't tell. Hey, oh how 149 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: many listeners, how many callers have rather guess got ambushed 150 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: and were very bitter? Yeah, they call Ray back person. 151 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: Adam, your producer said, I dare you where you like 152 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 3: to be about your fault for believing him? 153 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: Whatever? 154 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: I don't care, who cares. I always figured politician didn't 155 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 3: want to talk. He wouldn't, but if he didn't, that'd 156 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: be even worse. Should you guys carry on and beat 157 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: him up until he talked or he didn't. And he 158 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 3: looked like a fool either way. So and remember Ken 159 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: that one time we went to Washington, DC for that 160 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 3: illegal alien uh thing. 161 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: Yes, and then we went all our feet of the fire. 162 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 3: We went in the offices and and uh, these politicians 163 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 3: and it was so quiet, and we and we figured, 164 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 3: you know, if we got our mob to call them 165 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 3: and ambush these these poor you know, wieners who are 166 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 3: answering the phones, it's gonna these people are going to be. 167 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: Brought to tears. And sure enough we did. 168 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: We did. 169 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: We went back and that was our plan and it 170 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: worked right. Yeah, they buckled. Well, maybe you'll remember this story. 171 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: We shicked the audience on some legislative aids up in 172 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: Sacramento early two thousands. I don't remember what the issue is. 173 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: But didn't one of them call you? And he was 174 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: crying on the phone. His name was Brandon Giseki. That's it. Yes, 175 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: I'll never forget that loon he was. He was sobbing, 176 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: asking you to call off the dogs. 177 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 3: And it was great because in the Sacramento b during 178 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: the heads on a stick, Yeah, it shows a someone 179 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: took a picture of these politicians with their laptop on 180 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 3: our homepage with heads on sticks, and they were all 181 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 3: afraid that they were going to end up on Oh I. 182 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: Remember the idiot Abel Maldon autumn. Yeah, he got really 183 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: worked up over that. I think because he was he 184 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: was making deals to raise taxes. I think he was 185 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: in the photo and that was him looking at his 186 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: head on a stick. That's right, that was the photo 187 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: of that. That was just fantastic. Well, it's been fun, Ken, 188 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: Thank you for everything. Yeah, Ray, you're the best. No 189 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: producer usually last this long, but you did. I got 190 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,599 Speaker 1: nowhere else to go. I got got nowhere else to go. 191 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: You carry on with john whatever that means. I don't 192 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: know what they're making a screen calls and and and 193 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: you know set up. Uh No, you've had offers over 194 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: the years. Ye had to go. 195 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: I've had offers, but you know I I've had offers, 196 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: but I really don't didn't want to. 197 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: I didn't want to leave you guys because you guys, 198 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: I get you and you get me. And well I 199 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: had to hang on to you because you were our diversity, 200 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: that's right, very important. And I worked that as much 201 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: as I could. It did, Yes, he did. And I 202 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: catch a lot of crap too. I've been thrown out 203 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: of birthday parties. 204 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 3: And uh yeah, he works with Johnny Ken Johnny Kenn 205 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 3: blah blah blah blah blah blah. 206 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: Good't ask for anybody better to be our producer because 207 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: the personality and obviously all the work you did behind 208 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: the scenes, which we just mentioned we don't ask questions about, 209 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 1: but you were just the perfect personality work. There's so 210 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: many stories, good times, no Ray, thank you. All right. 211 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: That's a long time producer, Ray Lopez, and you may 212 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: have heard the name a few tongus. He doesn't come 213 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: on the air a lot, and sometimes it makes me 214 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: nervous because sometimes you just blurts things out that too. 215 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: Mix everybody's nerves, got that dumb button, ruddy, we're all shaking. 216 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: We got through it. John Cobalt and Ken champeakfi Am 217 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: since forty Live Everywhere on the iheartradiop Ken's Last Day 218 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: to Day and you could hear it on the podcast 219 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: later John and Kenn on demand. Well, since we just 220 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: had Ray Lopez on and we talked about beating up 221 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: with him during our time at KBC for about a 222 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: year and a half in nineteen ninety nine, this is 223 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: a good time to play man. We were discussing Drew Hayes, 224 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: the program director. If you're just joining us. The quick 225 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: story is we had a contract dispute with his jackass 226 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: executive from Cox Radio, which owned KFI at the time, 227 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: and so we left and we were not fired. No, 228 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: they had to tell someone our they gave us. They 229 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: gave us. We'll get emails from people now, Well, all right, 230 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: we're with you guys, since you got five FROMKFI. We 231 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: did not know they give us a contract, or at 232 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: least this guy did. One day. I'm writing a book 233 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: and after this guy's dead and he gave us an 234 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: insulting contract, and so we left. Andrew was wonderful to 235 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: work with, but now and they made a nice offer, 236 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: and that side was outside of Drew and Ray, there 237 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: was nobody else there that was wonderful. 238 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: To work with. 239 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: Well that's the problem. And then with the chief executive 240 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: there didn't understand our show with no so that was 241 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: our demise about a year and a half later. That's 242 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: another great chapter in the book. But anyway, the program 243 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: director was a great guy, is a great guy, still 244 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: a good friend. Here's Drew Hayes. 245 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 2: Hey, can it's me Drew Hayes. Congratulations on your retirement. 246 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: I am honored to have worked with you. However, briefly 247 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 2: and hopefully I help ped the retirement account a little bit. 248 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 2: You guys are definitely Hall of famers on the air, 249 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 2: and really they should do a Harvard Business School course 250 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 2: on how you and John managed management over the year years. 251 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: Enjoy your leisure time and maybe drop a call to 252 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 2: John on the moist Light occasionally. 253 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: Have fun. 254 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 2: All the best, all. 255 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: Right, and again, yeah, he was the program director at 256 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: that station at the time. And yeah, also responsible for 257 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: giving us right as we just said out right, yeah right, yeah, 258 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: but it's stuck by us because it got rocky there. 259 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: Obviously it did. They didn't understand what we did. We 260 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: had some protesters marked Lee Thomas's group, remember that. That's 261 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: why I'm so happy to see Ridley Thomas going to prison. Yes, 262 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: I know you brought that up a couple of months ago. 263 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: What happened with that? Oh? He delayed that, right, he 264 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: delayed that. Yeah, until his appeals are done. Oh my god, 265 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: I could be dead before that. 266 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: I may. 267 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: I still may show up in person the day he's 268 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: let off at handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit. Right, But 269 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: eventually they told Drew they got to go or you're going, 270 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: and he left. Yeah, he got fired first. How many 271 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: guys would do that. How many guys would say, well, 272 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm not firing him, I'll you can fire me. Very 273 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: few in this business, very few. Most of people are 274 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: yes men, share whatever you want, including his replacement. But 275 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: I won't get into that. We could easily go down 276 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: a dark road. 277 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: We could. 278 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: There's no names on the dark side, only the bright 279 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: side today would be And as I said, I enjoyed 280 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: so much of being in his office after the show 281 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: went just talking. He kept you at ease, and he 282 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: didn't sit there and try to critique the show in detail. 283 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: There are too many program directors who did come into 284 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 1: my office. We're going to go over everything that you 285 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: said today on the air in detail, trying to figure 286 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: out what's working, what's not. Get out of here. And 287 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: David g Holds another one did not do that. Yeah, right, yes, no, 288 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, he'll be on the next hour. We got 289 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: a clip from him. Okay, he doesn't say much, so 290 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: let's see what that's about. In our current program directors 291 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: coming on current they've been over twenty years with her, 292 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 1: so she'll be coming on in about a half hour. 293 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: One other thing I'll miss is the punching bag, at 294 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: least doing it on the air. The Elsagundo Times. Yes, 295 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: and I'm bringing them up right now because I just 296 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: got an email from them. I am a digital subscriber. 297 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: I don't know how if I'm going to keep that 298 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: upper by sent you a farewell message. No, no, no, 299 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,599 Speaker 1: no no, they're down to selling candles. No, I'm not 300 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: kidding you. La. Times Plants and PF Candle Company wants 301 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: you to know that you can get for a limited 302 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: time a limited edition trio of soy candles John inspired 303 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: by California's native plants. Sounds like kid, I'll make this up. 304 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: That sounds they're down to selling candles. It's a Deborah 305 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: gift it is. You can eat them. She likes soy right, Yeah, 306 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: I love soy candles, you su I'm serious. Let's see. Yeah, 307 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: one of them's Cowboy Cologne soy candle, another one's Jeffrey 308 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: Pine soy candle, and the other one's California black Walnut 309 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: soy candle. And I guess all three of those are 310 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: actual native California plants. Cowboy Cologne, I guess it is. Yeah, right, 311 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: This is their line of soy plants based on California 312 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: plants and Cowboy cologne essence of sweaty cowboy. I don't know. 313 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Pine is a plant, and so is California black walnut. 314 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: So Jeffrey Pine. It's from a guy named Jeffrey Pine. 315 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: I mean when we got here, I knew this outfit 316 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: was bad news, but wow, it got it took a 317 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: turn in the last eight years that I still can't 318 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: even imagine. So ridiculously woke. I know, if we were 319 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: gonna do that one day, we were gonna just read 320 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: their headlines and any given afternoon because they're all just 321 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: so ridiculously it's inside bubble woke. It's a parody of itself. 322 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: Now it's like a version of the Onion, except it's real. 323 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: They really write these these stories and cover these issues. 324 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: And they are way behind the other major newspapers around 325 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: the world when it comes to digital subscribers and whatever 326 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: measure you want to get. Oh yeah, what is I think? 327 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: I think like the New York Times is it about 328 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: ten million? And the La Times is a half million. 329 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: New York Times has twenty times the paid subscribers. Wow, 330 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: and they used to be considered a major national newspaper 331 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: up there with the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, 332 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: and then I knew them even on the East Coast. 333 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: I knew them, and I got here, I was like, oh, 334 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to buy that every day. And I mean 335 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: we still use it now from material, but mostly just 336 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: as a punching bag comedy comedy material, Yeah, comedy material. 337 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: I mean they have classic columnists too many to name. 338 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: It went from hard news material to clown Yeah. We'll 339 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: be right back, Johnny KENKF I am six forty Live 340 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: everywhere the iHeartRadio app. And when we come back, we 341 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: are we got two things. We're going to talk to 342 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: the winner of the contest with you, and we also 343 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: because we got my possible replacement, yes, and also we 344 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: are going to play clips from the early two thousands 345 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: on the johnn and Ken Show, including the long stream 346 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: of celebrity trials and scandals, and that'll be next. So 347 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: you definitely must hang in through the news. So you 348 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: got to listen to the news anyways show John Cobell, 349 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: Kent Sham can't find a six forty Live everywhere on 350 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: the iHeart Radio app. Still to come very and we're 351 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: going to play some more highlight clips here on Ken's 352 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: final day on the John and Ken Show. We've got 353 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: clips from the early two thousands, all the celebrity scandals 354 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: and trials. But first, Baha, we do have a special guest. 355 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: Who is the person that bid the highest to co 356 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: host an hour with John Cobelt on KFI for the pastathon. 357 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,719 Speaker 1: He's a real guy. His name is Jeffrey Briggs, then 358 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: just Joe Lucky's a lawyer I know with Briggs Law, 359 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: and you know what's even better, But a lot of 360 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: stuff on copyrights and trade secrets is his expertise? Is 361 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: that right? That's looked at his website. 362 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 363 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: I'm trying to think if I'm vulnerable or not workplace 364 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: harassment though this wouldn't be a specialty. I hope Jeffrey 365 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: you're there. 366 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I go by jeff Thanks guys, you spent. 367 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: Six two and fifty dollars just to spend an hour 368 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: with me? Yeah? 369 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 4: Are you calling me crazy? 370 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: I was going to say, you're pleading insanity. 371 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 4: No, listen, man, I've been a longtime fan and I 372 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 4: really respect what Bruno is doing with Katerina's Club, so 373 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 4: I wanted to contribute. And my uh, I lost my 374 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 4: parents during the last year and lost a lot of 375 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 4: time with them due to all the COVID stuff that 376 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 4: we had to put up with. They were big fans 377 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 4: of your show and retirement. They listened to you guys 378 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 4: all the time, and I thought it might be a 379 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 4: fitting tribute to make a contribution to Katerina's club and 380 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 4: then also to to get on the radio with you 381 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 4: or with their with their favorite host. Conway wasn't available though, So. 382 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: Good, You're gonna fit right in. Well, you good, You 383 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: got a good, strong voice. You sound sound quite intelligent. 384 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 4: You must be, and uh, I don't I don't know 385 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 4: about the latter. If I said I'm worried, I'm sounding 386 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 4: a little nervous because I'm still sober. Clint over Taylor 387 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 4: Swift being named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. I 388 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 4: can't believe the La Times didn't feed him to that. 389 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know that was kind of funny. Well, listen, 390 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: you sound like a great candidate, and you know you 391 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: can bring your own material when we pick out the 392 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: date and we can talk about whatever you want for 393 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: an hour. 394 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 4: Well, I'm really looking forward to it, and I'm really 395 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 4: honored to be on today, just briefly, to be able 396 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 4: to wish Ken the very best. I've been listening, didn't 397 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 4: you guys, weren't you on the radio? Weren't you on 398 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 4: in the mornings for a. 399 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: While, Yes, we were a year and a half. The 400 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: other station. 401 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 4: Listening to you since then and since all the time changes, 402 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 4: and I'm a big fan and I'll miss Ken, but 403 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 4: I'm appreciative for the opportunity to sit in his chair 404 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 4: for an hour. 405 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: All right. Well, he hasn't sat in his chair in 406 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: this chair for about three and a half years. No 407 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: chair has been usually empty. Well, listen, Jeff, it's good 408 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: talking with you. I think we're gonna have a great time. 409 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 4: I look forward to it. Thanks very much for the chance. 410 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 4: And like I said, I'm really proud to support Katerina's kids. 411 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: All right, Jeff Briggs attorney at law, And he sounds 412 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: like he will give you too much trouble now he 413 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: paid six hundred and fifty dollars for Bruno's Katerina's Club, 414 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: just the co host of the show for an hour, 415 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: And I know it's something rage ringed up as the 416 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: thing the bid. Yeah, you know that that's that's better 417 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: than spending four hours at Dodger stadium. Actually you'd like 418 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: to go to base I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Well, let's 419 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: get let's play some more clips here, because we're quickly 420 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: going to run out of time. Most of this no 421 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: one even remembers anymore. It starts off with Robert Blake's house, 422 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: the Robert Blake murder of his wife. Then you'll hear 423 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: stuff about Bonnie Cardinal Mahoney and the archdiocese scandal, all 424 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: those naughty priests, Gary Content. When we were up in 425 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: Condent's office, Judge Kleine, remember the judge that we helped, 426 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: you know, like the first year or two after we 427 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: came back to KFI in the early two thousand. I 428 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: know we always got really lucky. I know that was 429 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: an incredible streak one to two to three. Cline had 430 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: ornography on his screen, right on his computer screen. I 431 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: think that's what did I don't remember. Yeah, he was 432 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: being recalled for something terrible. David West. No, he wasn't 433 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: being recalled. He was up for vote, and we made 434 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: sure they didn't vote for him. Oh that's right. Yes, 435 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: remember judges don't get challenged. Yes, we had a writing 436 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: candidate beat him out. That's what happened. Okay, the David 437 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: Westerfield trial. I remember he killed that little girl. 438 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 2: Uh. 439 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: Then you'll hear us shouting at up at Great Davis's 440 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: office on electricity crisis or something else, some bill we 441 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: were trying to get him. The Scott Peterson on the 442 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: driveway handing out broccoli to the Westerfield jurors who we 443 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: thought were vegetables. The judge in that case getting angry 444 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,719 Speaker 1: with us, the Trevor Law Group, which was this scam 445 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 1: law firm, and you'll hear me almost get into a 446 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: fist fight with an assemblym in Louke, Korea over it. 447 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: And then finally we end with the former sheriff Lee 448 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: Baca and his body parts. So play the play this 449 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 1: montage the Mada Hari ranch. It's the home of Robert Blake, 450 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: apparently now the prime suspect. A piece of garbage house 451 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: he's got and the death of his wife. You said, 452 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: one neighbor came out the other day and one of 453 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: the guys running a satellite truck for some network was 454 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: taking a leak on our lawn. 455 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:32,479 Speaker 2: Oh. 456 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: We had gotten a hold of internal memos of the 457 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: Archdiocese of Los Angeles of the eight priests involved. Oh well, 458 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,360 Speaker 1: we know it's six to twelve. It's eight, it's eight. 459 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: You've heard it here. Anybody like to talk, Yeah, that's likely. 460 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Any of you women's sleep with Gary Kardon. Oh, it's 461 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 1: gonna get thrown out. You're gonna call the authorities. Hey, 462 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: you girls here work here? You think he killed her? 463 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: Continuing coverage of the unbelievable hijacking and crashes today that 464 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: has cost probably thousands of lives. Resign, fine, resign, fine, resign. 465 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: All right, let's let's try some Christmas carols? Now, hey, Westernfield, 466 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: did you kill Danielle Lovely? The crowd corones when you 467 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: asked that? Oh? Like it wasn't on your bike too big? 468 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: Toe the bell, open the window and drop it down here. 469 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: It's right, we'll take it from you. We'll take it 470 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: from you. Hey, Scott's pot. Anybody with your voting story 471 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: for her defense? I can see him there. We also 472 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: put broccoli along with us to hand out. Does everybody 473 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: have broccoli here in the audience? Everybody touris who just 474 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: don't get you don't have broccoli? 475 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 2: Sir. 476 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 4: Idiots from LA talk stations acting like teenagers in front 477 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 4: of this building. 478 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 3: How business owners are being screwed by the legalized extortion, 479 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 3: the legal shakedown tactics of the chair of the. 480 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: Law group coming down on the small businessman. And we're 481 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: here to help out those guys. What's the law, Lou, 482 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: I want that stops the lawsuits? Get off me. Doctor 483 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: John is trying to get to Lula. Louis trying to 484 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: get to John law By. Now here comes the police. 485 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: Ought to have the gonads to say, Hey, it's Joe 486 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: Davis who's cutting off our money. He's online sent bot. 487 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 4: If you wonder whether or not I've got gonads, why 488 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 4: should invite me down to the office there, and I'll 489 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 4: come there and show you what I've got. 490 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: I forgot. We called them Joe Davis, right, great Davis's 491 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 1: real names. Yeah, and then he became Gumby, turned him 492 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: into Gumby. And of course the dear sweet former Sheriff 493 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: of La County, Lee Baca there at the end, I 494 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: think has dementia. I think that's the start of dementia. 495 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: When an old man wants to show you his gonads, 496 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: that's the time to take him away. Is he still 497 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: alive as far as I know, Yeah, he got out 498 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 1: of federal prison because of that whole story that got him. 499 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: Because you can't slander to fame dead people. I always 500 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: keep that in mind. I know, so you have to 501 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: fer it out right. Who's what that happened to me? Again? 502 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: Today I looked somebody up that I thought was that 503 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: was dead. I was trying to make sure, well, there 504 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: you go. That's another period there and a lot of 505 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: that is in early two thousands. Sounded like, right, all right, 506 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: we got more coming up. Oh, it's my current boss, 507 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: I understand it's coming on right, Robin Bert Lucci, who 508 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: has endured twenty two years of us. That would be 509 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: the longest run of any program director that we've been under, 510 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: uninterrupted twenty two years years. All right, Johnny KENKF I 511 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: Am six forty Live Everywhere iHeartRadio app. Johnny Kent Show, 512 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: John come Elton Kin Champo, can't I Am six forty 513 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. Ken's final day. And 514 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: we have a lot of tape guests calling walking guests, 515 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 1: a lot of old clips that we've been playing. And 516 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: now we have a woman who did something terrible in 517 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: a previous life and got sentenced to a minimum of 518 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: twenty two years as program director for our show and 519 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: Bill Handle's show, and we've got Robin Berta Lucci on 520 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: the line. I don't know what you did, Robin, but 521 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: that's a great intrum. That is a heck of a sentence. 522 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: I have been going back through past life therapy to 523 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 5: try and figure out what it was, and I'm still 524 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 5: not sure. 525 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: How did you deserve this? So I don't know. 526 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 5: I don't know. Oh my god, Ken, I can't believe 527 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 5: you're leaving. I'm so bummed, and I thank you so 528 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 5: much for being such a huge part of this station 529 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 5: and just a heart and soul of KFI. You are 530 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 5: going to be incredibly missed, and I have loved working 531 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 5: with you. 532 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: A lot of people are asking me, how are you 533 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: going to deal with John alone? 534 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 5: I was calling you to get some guidance on that, 535 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 5: some advice. 536 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: Because you would tell me sometimes how I like you 537 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: there because you know you're challenging. You get in there. 538 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: What's going to happen now I'm going to I. 539 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 5: Don't God knows, I'm going to be unchallenged. He'll be unhinged, 540 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 5: you know, but you are. I mean, you have like 541 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 5: as a talk show host, you have such a unique 542 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 5: ability to both be in the moment as a host 543 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 5: and also think like a producer what is best for 544 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 5: the moment. And I think that more than anything about 545 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 5: you really impressed me that you're always just making the 546 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 5: right moment happen on the air. And I love that 547 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 5: about you. 548 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: Thank you very much and appreciate all your support over 549 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: the years. There's been some troubling times and you were 550 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: there behind us. 551 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 5: Well glad to be. I do have a question though, 552 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 5: you know, I heard you talking about, you know, going 553 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 5: in Drew Hayes's office after the show and hanging out, 554 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 5: and I don't remember you ever doing that in my office. 555 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: No, you had people in there I didn't want to 556 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: sit with. Okay, just got to be honest. It wasn't you. No, 557 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: but you always had some company, and you know, you 558 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: know I wasn't part of that cla true, it wasn't you. 559 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: I enjoyed talking with you. No, really, let's keep this going. Yeah, 560 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: John lives for uncomfortable moments, Oh he does. 561 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 5: He loves them. The cringier the better. 562 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: That's what I wake up for. But yeah, really really appreciate, 563 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: appreciates you, and yeah, you've had a long tenure here 564 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: at KFI. When are you going to retire? 565 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 5: Oh you know, if this doesn't go well with this 566 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 5: John thing, you know, in a couple of weeks, I'll 567 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 5: let you. 568 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: That's right, we start all over again on Tuesday. So 569 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: I should have my listeners, should have our listeners pitch 570 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: their ideas for the co host. Do you Oh? I 571 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: love that? 572 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 5: Yeah, I love that. Sure, you know. I was at 573 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 5: a Conway event for his birthday at Marongo and he uh, 574 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 5: he picks up the mic and he goes, hey, by 575 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: the way, Robin loves hearing new show ideas. Don't don't 576 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 5: go quickly, like, don't gloss over, give her all the particulars, 577 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 5: like a real in depth pitch, did you tell Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 578 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 4: I do love that. 579 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 5: That would be fantastic. 580 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, really appreciates you. Thank you for 581 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: calling in. 582 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 5: Oh my pleasure. 583 00:28:54,200 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: Good bye. As the current program director of KFI, Robin Bertolucci. 584 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: That reminded me of like when we do our remotes right, 585 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: and there'd always be someone that comes there with a 586 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: missive They come there with their manifesto and just shove 587 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: them over to Ray. Remember that. Oh my god. Two 588 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: things stand out in my mind being accosted by listeners. 589 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: One guy came up and he had this thick, thick. 590 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: It was several hundred pages, single spaced, typed on the typewriter, 591 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: and it was his plan to abolish and replace the 592 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: Federal Reserve. Oh that's fantastic. Spent a year on that. 593 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 5: It was. 594 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: It was thick and heavy, like an encyclopedia. Oh no, yes, 595 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: I will tell you that. When you know, they would 596 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: come to you and and uh, and you'd send him 597 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: over to me. I send him to you. 598 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. 599 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, they'd smell the same, and they all had a 600 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: round gut. It was one. There was a guy at 601 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: the positathon last week, even I hadn't appeared in publican years, 602 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: and there's somebody right away to go, Oh I had this. 603 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: I've been waiting, I got this to talk to you 604 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: about holding something in the air, but I just kept moving. Yeah, 605 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: he had some some clap trap about I forget what 606 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: it was. It was. 607 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 3: Oh he did corner you, Yeah he did for a 608 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 3: little while. And I pretended to be you know, pretending 609 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 3: to be interested, and I just you know, thanked him. 610 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: And so you heard this, you'd come up to us 611 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: in any future appearances, Ray is only pretending to be interested, 612 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: so I don't think he's actually listening. There was like, 613 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: it's really good though at not letting you know that. Yeah, yeah, 614 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: but there's no money in it. 615 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 2: For me. 616 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: Was looking for the money. Why do I can't Many 617 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: times over the years, John, he's yelled out, I should 618 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: get a cut of that because we did something on 619 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: the air and the person benefited somehow, and I was like, 620 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: I need a cut of that. I told him I 621 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: always had him on. I always say, yeah, you deserve money. 622 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: There was one other guy who came up to me, 623 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: and this was at I did an appearance for doctor Cunning. 624 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: He'd have seminars on a Saturday morning at a hotel, 625 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: you know, and one hundred to cafe listeners would show 626 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: up to hear or what doctor Cunning could do for 627 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: their rotted teeth, right, And so I would stand up 628 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: and talk about doctor Cunning's business. And then I went 629 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: into the lobby of the hotel to go home, and 630 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 1: a guy cornered me, and they had these bar tables, right, 631 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: those high standing bar tables, and he goes, I just 632 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: want to show you something, and he had another one 633 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: had a huge book like an architects book, and he 634 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: opened it up and he goes, I want to explain 635 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: to you why they screwed up this interchange. He was 636 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: a highway engineer, like a civil engineer. Yes, and he 637 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: had all these blueprints, these complex drawings of the original 638 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: layout for a freeway interchange that he thought was improperly designed. 639 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: And he started explaining it to me. And I'm looking 640 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: around and because this isn't an on air event, there 641 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: was no ray, there was no nobody. Oh, exits are limited. 642 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: That's right, Okay, what do we call that the ten 643 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: second rule? That's the ten second rule. If you can't 644 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: explain your issue in ten seconds or less, you're not 645 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: going to get on. It's right, afdoor is pulled. All right, 646 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: we got a lot next hour. We're gonna one hour left, 647 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: one hour left. We are gonna hear from game at 648 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: hall Am. I changing my mind. The guy who hired 649 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: show was like this, I think I'd stay. Well, sure 650 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: if it was three hours of just people adoring you. 651 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: Then we have a clip of from a couple other people, 652 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna hear from Deborah and Eric 653 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: as well. And we have our final, our final montage 654 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: from the mid two thousands, the mid two oh goodie, 655 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: something newer. Yes, I feel like we haven't done a 656 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: show the last ten years. Everything's coming from the nineties 657 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: and the early two thousand. Oh do you really want 658 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: to hear clips of Trump and COVID and homeless people 659 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: and crime guides? These are important things we covered, why, 660 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,959 Speaker 1: I know, but this stuff, this stuff more celebrities and oh, 661 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,719 Speaker 1: in fact, well I don't want to get all right, 662 00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this real audio. Twice this happened of 663 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: Ken asking Jesse Jackson questions that Jesse refused to answer. 664 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: Happened twice. You always liked that one that was that 665 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: was a great man. I found him in the crowd 666 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: that night. But two different circumstances, and we'll or maybe 667 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: one was on the phone. I think anyway, we're gonna 668 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: come back. You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from 669 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: KFI A M six forty