August 25, 2023 • 7 mins
George Lopez checked in with the Cruz Show befoer his show at the Greek Theater. He told us some amazing Kobe stories & talked about his comedy show. Lots of Laughs, check in!
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(00:00):
It was good. It's your boy, Jad. What on? What's good?
Everybody? This is Neo, What'sgood? This is glow? Really
and you're checking out the Cruise Showpodcast. Make sure to subscribe rate sure,
Let's go go, Yes, Sir, George Lopez, My guy,
The Alright Tour Saturday Greek Theater specialguest Chris Perez Band tickets all sale now
(00:21):
a excess dot com. George,what's up? Dog? Good Man?
Everything's good. I know, thingsare great. Things are great. Man.
It's great to have you man.Great to be on the phone with
you. Bro. It's always it'salways a good day talking to George Lopez.
Hey, it's Mamba Dade. I'min bro. What's uh? You
know you've had so many Kobe memories? Uh, and you knew Kobe personally
(00:43):
as well. What's a standout memorythat that you think about often when it
comes to Kobe? Man, Imean it's just so many. I mean
he came to my Christmas party?What into Luca Lake? And Uh,
(01:03):
you know my wife when I wasmarried, was always way over with the
trees ching out. Oh. Youknow, growing up you're lucky to have
one tree. We had a treein every room. Yes, but but
in the main room we had areal high ceiling, so the tree went
all the way up to the top, and Vanessa and Kobe took a picture
with the tree, and then atChristmas they sent their card and I'm like,
(01:26):
wait a minute, I know thattree behind him as their Christmas car.
Hey he used your tree for theirChristmas card. Hey, listen to
photograph. Listen Vanessa Latina, soshe knew what she was doing. Oh
yeah, yeah, I mean youknow one time we went to his house.
It was a birthday party for Natalia. She was I thinking like five,
(01:48):
and he was out because he turnedhis ankle or as yeah, and
he had a bad finger. Ialways had a bad finger, but he
turned his ankle. So Andy Garciaand I are walking behind him and he's
gonna show us this room over there, and we're walking and you know how
they have those like artificial rocks thatare like speakers. Yeah, yep.
So he cut the corner and hehit that speaker and he was losing his
(02:10):
balance and Andy and I grabbed himand we were like, oh no.
Imagine like he's on the I Rand he's getting ready to come back and
he trips over some rock and ricottaass We're like, no, no,
no, not on our watch.You saved the whole season, George,
Thank you man. But I meanhe was just you know, on Christmas
Day, you know, they wouldgive his shoes out to everybody sitting on
(02:32):
the court side. And I meanhe was just always so good to Manan
and and you know, our familiesknew each other. And it's just one
of those things that you that youcannot believe. Man. I mean,
ever, we still I still havea hard time dealing with that every day.
And then and then one time aguy was putting a mural up and
I sent him a picture of hesent me a picture and I had him
come that day and put a muralinside my house and on this on the
(02:54):
wall by the door I have.I have that same mural in my house.
Way. That's amazing, man,Hey George, his Jeff she had
the sports dude. Hey George,First of all, thank you for being
so generous with tickets to your comedyshow and tour it. Yeah to our
listeners, man, there's gonna bea whole lot of cruise show fan over
there. And then that Grand Prizewinner as well, So listen what can
we all look forward to on Saturday? Man, Well, how's the band
(03:15):
gonna be incorporated? What are welooking at? Man? Well, you
know, Chris Perez was married toSelena, so he's you know, he's
gonna he's gonna open up. Andthen you know, I have my label,
Malus Paladas. He's a he's anartist on my label, have my
own label. Kind Yeah, SoI've been I've been using I've been using
(03:35):
a little bit of music. Youknow. When I was in Texas,
Robert Rodriguez, the director, openedfor me in Austin and San Antonio,
and you know, backstage to havethose screens back there, and he's playing
with this band, you know,and I'm like, man, you know
what he should be doing. Heshould be playing all the music from his
movies. And I turned it upand he was playing all the music from
his movie. I was the lastone to but you know, but the
(03:58):
Greek, But the Greek, man, the Greek is a trip matter.
I mean, I went over therein the mid eighties and I saw Dire
Straits with my friend Ernie Man.We were sitting in the front row one
ro we were so high to doa towel at us to wake us up.
George Lopez the Alright Tour Saturday atthe Greek Theater, a special guest
Chris Perez Band. Take us onsale now Access dot com. What's going
(04:23):
on with the OMG High podcast.I'm in man, it's doing well.
Congratulations, Yeah, thank you,thank you. You know, you know,
I think now with everything and thestrike and everything, man, and
as you get older, uh,which you know, you guys will eventually
let you start to know that yourtime is precious And am I gonna spend
it in some studio and burn bankingup? Hell no, I'm gonna enjoy
(04:46):
myself, go play golf. That'sright, yeah, man, absolutely enjoyed.
George. Are you here right now? Yeah, I've been the hallway.
I thought it was a phote ornot an in studio, man.
You know, I never I nevergot the you know, I never got
(05:08):
the idea of of hot yoga.You know, like people go and they
go you hot yoga, man,and it's like out man, when you
go up in the houses that wegrew up in, it's already hot yoga.
Maybe we used to take the TVoutside in the front yard in the
summer because it was it was cooleroutside that it was inside. Yeah,
Hey, go to my parents houseright now. You can do hot yoga
in the living room right now,no air condemning, nothing. It's hotter
(05:30):
inside than it is outside. Yougot in the front yard. Man,
it's unbelievable. You know what it'slike. It's like it's smelled like and
nobody was even moving, so imagineyou know what nobody was moving. Hey,
George, we gotta stop by theGeorge Lopez Brewing Company as well.
Man, we gotta go get ataste. Yeah. Yeah, that stuff's
all doing pretty good too, man. I mean that stuff is that stuff
(05:53):
is all It's all great. Imean it's funny, man, because you
know, everybody has kind of food. Before it was kind of like chefs
that had food, and now everybodyhas food. You know, Danny Traylo
has you know, donuts right thereon Highland and uh and uh and uh
and Santa Monica and then you knowTrai Hoos tacos and all that, and
then you know, I have myrestaurants. And then they said to me,
(06:13):
you know, do you like trayHoo's taco to say, look listen,
mad, I mean they're good.I love Danny. I've known Danny
forever. But are you gonna eatat a place where doesn't never wear a
shirt? I don't think so.It's a health coat violation. Jokes aside,
though, it's inspiring to see justbrown people in those places, you
know, having restaurants in those areasand and just keep winning. Yeah.
(06:36):
Yeah, Danny's customers look just likehim and sit walking in no shirt.
So he's the longest. He's thelongest living sober person in the world,
celebrating years being sober, checking up. Oh my god, I don't know
(06:56):
how he does it, bro andstill high socks and everything. George Lopez
the all Right to her Saturday GreekTheater special guest Chris Perez Band. Tickets
all sale right now to see theone and only, the Unbelievable George Lopez
AXS dot com. Hey, thankyou so much, George. We appreciate
you, brother. Yeah, Ilove you, guys, Thank you so
much. All Okay, I loveyou Dad out on all right? Hi
(07:21):
might behope. Hey check your rachefor the CRUI Show. Thanks for listening
to the Cruise Show podcast. Let'smake sure to subscribe and hit auto download
so you don't miss an episode,so
It was good. It's your boy, Jad. What on? What's good?
Everybody? This is Neo, What'sgood? This is glow? Really
and you're checking out the Cruise Showpodcast. Make sure to subscribe rate sure,
Let's go go, Yes, Sir, George Lopez, My guy,
The Alright Tour Saturday Greek Theater specialguest Chris Perez Band tickets all sale now
(00:21):
a excess dot com. George,what's up? Dog? Good Man?
Everything's good. I know, thingsare great. Things are great. Man.
It's great to have you man.Great to be on the phone with
you. Bro. It's always it'salways a good day talking to George Lopez.
Hey, it's Mamba Dade. I'min bro. What's uh? You
know you've had so many Kobe memories? Uh, and you knew Kobe personally
(00:43):
as well. What's a standout memorythat that you think about often when it
comes to Kobe? Man, Imean it's just so many. I mean
he came to my Christmas party?What into Luca Lake? And Uh,
(01:03):
you know my wife when I wasmarried, was always way over with the
trees ching out. Oh. Youknow, growing up you're lucky to have
one tree. We had a treein every room. Yes, but but
in the main room we had areal high ceiling, so the tree went
all the way up to the top, and Vanessa and Kobe took a picture
with the tree, and then atChristmas they sent their card and I'm like,
(01:26):
wait a minute, I know thattree behind him as their Christmas car.
Hey he used your tree for theirChristmas card. Hey, listen to
photograph. Listen Vanessa Latina, soshe knew what she was doing. Oh
yeah, yeah, I mean youknow one time we went to his house.
It was a birthday party for Natalia. She was I thinking like five,
(01:48):
and he was out because he turnedhis ankle or as yeah, and
he had a bad finger. Ialways had a bad finger, but he
turned his ankle. So Andy Garciaand I are walking behind him and he's
gonna show us this room over there, and we're walking and you know how
they have those like artificial rocks thatare like speakers. Yeah, yep.
So he cut the corner and hehit that speaker and he was losing his
(02:10):
balance and Andy and I grabbed himand we were like, oh no.
Imagine like he's on the I Rand he's getting ready to come back and
he trips over some rock and ricottaass We're like, no, no,
no, not on our watch.You saved the whole season, George,
Thank you man. But I meanhe was just you know, on Christmas
Day, you know, they wouldgive his shoes out to everybody sitting on
(02:32):
the court side. And I meanhe was just always so good to Manan
and and you know, our familiesknew each other. And it's just one
of those things that you that youcannot believe. Man. I mean,
ever, we still I still havea hard time dealing with that every day.
And then and then one time aguy was putting a mural up and
I sent him a picture of hesent me a picture and I had him
come that day and put a muralinside my house and on this on the
(02:54):
wall by the door I have.I have that same mural in my house.
Way. That's amazing, man,Hey George, his Jeff she had
the sports dude. Hey George,First of all, thank you for being
so generous with tickets to your comedyshow and tour it. Yeah to our
listeners, man, there's gonna bea whole lot of cruise show fan over
there. And then that Grand Prizewinner as well, So listen what can
we all look forward to on Saturday? Man, Well, how's the band
(03:15):
gonna be incorporated? What are welooking at? Man? Well, you
know, Chris Perez was married toSelena, so he's you know, he's
gonna he's gonna open up. Andthen you know, I have my label,
Malus Paladas. He's a he's anartist on my label, have my
own label. Kind Yeah, SoI've been I've been using I've been using
(03:35):
a little bit of music. Youknow. When I was in Texas,
Robert Rodriguez, the director, openedfor me in Austin and San Antonio,
and you know, backstage to havethose screens back there, and he's playing
with this band, you know,and I'm like, man, you know
what he should be doing. Heshould be playing all the music from his
movies. And I turned it upand he was playing all the music from
his movie. I was the lastone to but you know, but the
(03:58):
Greek, But the Greek, man, the Greek is a trip matter.
I mean, I went over therein the mid eighties and I saw Dire
Straits with my friend Ernie Man.We were sitting in the front row one
ro we were so high to doa towel at us to wake us up.
George Lopez the Alright Tour Saturday atthe Greek Theater, a special guest
Chris Perez Band. Take us onsale now Access dot com. What's going
(04:23):
on with the OMG High podcast.I'm in man, it's doing well.
Congratulations, Yeah, thank you,thank you. You know, you know,
I think now with everything and thestrike and everything, man, and
as you get older, uh,which you know, you guys will eventually
let you start to know that yourtime is precious And am I gonna spend
it in some studio and burn bankingup? Hell no, I'm gonna enjoy
(04:46):
myself, go play golf. That'sright, yeah, man, absolutely enjoyed.
George. Are you here right now? Yeah, I've been the hallway.
I thought it was a phote ornot an in studio, man.
You know, I never I nevergot the you know, I never got
(05:08):
the idea of of hot yoga.You know, like people go and they
go you hot yoga, man,and it's like out man, when you
go up in the houses that wegrew up in, it's already hot yoga.
Maybe we used to take the TVoutside in the front yard in the
summer because it was it was cooleroutside that it was inside. Yeah,
Hey, go to my parents houseright now. You can do hot yoga
in the living room right now,no air condemning, nothing. It's hotter
(05:30):
inside than it is outside. Yougot in the front yard. Man,
it's unbelievable. You know what it'slike. It's like it's smelled like and
nobody was even moving, so imagineyou know what nobody was moving. Hey,
George, we gotta stop by theGeorge Lopez Brewing Company as well.
Man, we gotta go get ataste. Yeah. Yeah, that stuff's
all doing pretty good too, man. I mean that stuff is that stuff
(05:53):
is all It's all great. Imean it's funny, man, because you
know, everybody has kind of food. Before it was kind of like chefs
that had food, and now everybodyhas food. You know, Danny Traylo
has you know, donuts right thereon Highland and uh and uh and uh
and Santa Monica and then you knowTrai Hoos tacos and all that, and
then you know, I have myrestaurants. And then they said to me,
(06:13):
you know, do you like trayHoo's taco to say, look listen,
mad, I mean they're good.I love Danny. I've known Danny
forever. But are you gonna eatat a place where doesn't never wear a
shirt? I don't think so.It's a health coat violation. Jokes aside,
though, it's inspiring to see justbrown people in those places, you
know, having restaurants in those areasand and just keep winning. Yeah.
(06:36):
Yeah, Danny's customers look just likehim and sit walking in no shirt.
So he's the longest. He's thelongest living sober person in the world,
celebrating years being sober, checking up. Oh my god, I don't know
(06:56):
how he does it, bro andstill high socks and everything. George Lopez
the all Right to her Saturday GreekTheater special guest Chris Perez Band. Tickets
all sale right now to see theone and only, the Unbelievable George Lopez
AXS dot com. Hey, thankyou so much, George. We appreciate
you, brother. Yeah, Ilove you, guys, Thank you so
much. All Okay, I loveyou Dad out on all right? Hi
(07:21):
might behope. Hey check your rachefor the CRUI Show. Thanks for listening
to the Cruise Show podcast. Let'smake sure to subscribe and hit auto download
so you don't miss an episode,so
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