July 24, 2024 • 30 mins
ICYMI: Hour Three of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – An in-depth conversation with celebrated, Tony Award-winning conductor Macy Schmidt who joins the program to preview ‘Barbie the Movie: In Concert - Featuring the Barbie Land™ Sinfonietta’…Produced and orchestrated by Schmidt, alongside an all-women and majority women-of-color ensemble; ‘Barbie the Movie: In Concert - Featuring the Barbie Land™ Sinfonietta’ is a “groundbreaking, live-to-film concert experience that immerses fans in the soaring score and songs of last year’s record-shattering film, coming to the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, for one night only, Saturday, July 27”…PLUS – A look at the new ‘Forever’ stamp honoring Alex Trebek - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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You're listening to Later with Moe Kellyon demand from KFI AM six forty.
Barbie The Movie in Concert at theHollywood Bowl This Saturday, July twenty seventh,
Barbie fans can come together for thisspecial live to film performance at the
Hollywood Bowl, which will be transformedinto Get This Barbie Land Guest Experience,
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the full length feature film, accompaniedlive by Sinfinetta, an all woman orchestra,
produced and orchestrated by celebrated conductor andshe's only a day older than maybe
twenty something, Macy Schmidt. Amazingand the Barbie Land Sinfineta. Barbie will
come to life through immerse an outdoorsound. Yes, we'll be giving away
tickets before the end of this conversation, but right now, Macy Schmidt,
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welcome to the show this evening.How are you? I am doing well.
Thank you so much for having me. Mo okay as a former music
student and a child of two musicteachers, and my miner was in music
theory and history. Do you wantto nerd out talking Aboudrian, mixed Oldian
modes? Where do you want tostart? Time signatures, key signatures,
all of the above, Mo,I'm not sure how much are our listeners
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want to get into that was?I also was a music theory major,
so we have that in common.Yes, yes, I love it.
I love it. Let's get intothis. Why do you think the Barbie
movie connected with so many people acrossso many different demographics? Oh my goodness.
I think there are infinite reasons Icould go into. But my favorite
is how multi generational the movie isin terms of how it really I feel
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like it connects you to your childhoodself, to your multigenerational family members,
and the way that it really resonateswith everyone of all ages, and the
way that it connects generations, andthat is something that I'm really excited to
bring to life in the show.But there's something in it for everyone,
and I think that's really special.Okay, you said multigenerational. I know
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when my sister was growing up playingwith Barbie's and I watched your playing with
barbiees. I don't know if thatwas the same Barbie experience. Is maybe
someone like you And I mentioned yourrelative age because you are obviously wise beyond
your years to have this worldview andunderstanding. But I know my sister's experience
would be different from your experience.How did you first discover Barbie? How
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did I first discover Barbie? AndI played with Barbie's growing up. Actually,
this week, my mother dug upa bunch of photos of me as
a little girl playing with Barbie's.She also dug up photos of her as
a little girl playing with Barbie's,and we had a sweet moment about that.
I played with Barbie's growing up,and I've always loved the world of
play and of imagination. I thinkit's something that led to my career as
a creative. And I one ofthe many, many reasons I have so
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much respect for the matel brand isthat the way that playing with Barbie's as
a kid has evolved, the factthat their kids today to play with Barbie
and that my sixty five year oldmother played with Barbie's, It's something that
continues to evolve, and I thinkthat it really helped open the doors for
me to the world of play andimagination. And I think that it's not
a coincidence that, through a longchain of years that led to making this
show imagination and evolution. If Iwere to speak to your mother about what
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Barbie signified for her as a childand what Barbie signified for you as a
child. Is it the same oris it different? Is it about the
dream house? Is it about thecorvette? Is it about to perceive independence
or something else? I love that, you know, I genuinely think of
what my mother would say, it'sthe same as what I would say.
I think that it truly is youcan be anything. My mother did such
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an absolutely extraordinary job of making mebelieve, as a child and as an
adult that I can be anything.I think it's inspired me to want to
inspire others that they can be anything. And I think that that's the heart
of the entire Barbie brand, theBarbie movie, and it's really what I
hope to leave audiences feeling after theshow. So you can be anything,
and women can be anything. Girlscan be anything. Do you think that
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there's going to be a lasting impactof not just Barbie the movie, but
the message that it imparts. Yes, women can be anything, but that
message is bigger than Barbie. Howdo you think that message translates going forward
beyond a performance at the Hollywood Bowl? How can people take that and put
it into their day to day lives. I think undoubtedly that message will be
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and already is a lasting impact onentertainment and on the position of women in
the working world at large. Allright, let's get into this performance of
Barbie the Movie at the Hollywood Bowl. If you've never been to the Hollywood
Bowl, for those listening, it'sa fabulous venue. Is one of the
best amphitheaters in the world, especiallywhen it comes to live and orchestral music.
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What will be awaiting attendees this Saturdaynight, Macy Schmidt, I'm so
excited for what will be awaiting attendeesthis Saturday night. When you step into
the Hollywood Bowl, you are inbarbieland we have left the real world at
the door. Come enter barbieland withus. Something that I'm really excited for
audience just to see is, youknow, we have this amazing all women
and majority women of color orchestra,the Sfonetta performing the score. And you
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know, your traditional film concert isreally the orchestra plays along and you watch
the and those are kind of reallytwo main elements. But the involvement of
the musicians, the women in theorchestra in this particular show is something that
is really unique to Barbie the Movieand concert. I like to think of
the something out of the orchestra onstage, not as one unit, but
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as individuals. Every single one ofthose individuals is Barbie. They interplay with
the action that's on screen. Webring to life their personalities. And you
know, there's going to be alot of pink, There's going to be
a lot of stage design, creativecostuming, and I think that just elevating
what is possible creatively in a liveto score film concert is something that I'm
really excited for audiences to see.I think they can expect a lot.
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I mean, they can expect alot more pink, but I think they
can also expect a lot more creativesurprises than your normal film concert. I
got a technical question. How doesa live movie score work as to the
timing of the cues and durations ofthe song. Do you have a metronome?
What is happening for you on stage? Because I assume the film is
behind you, maybe have a monitorin front of you, But how do
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you keep track punt intended of everythingthat's going on and keeping score in time
with everything else? Very good question. So here's how it works. There's
a time code program that is sinkingdown to the nanosecond. The film and
all of the sound and music.We are all the orchestra of myself included
as conductor. We all have inears where we're having a click in our
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ears, and that click sinks perfectlyto everything on the screen. I do
have a little monitor screen in frontof me so that I can see what's
happening on the screen and see thattime go by as it's happening. But
technology sinks us up completely so thatwe're not guessing. When you know,
when she says flat feet, themusic that's supposed to happen in that exact
moment will happen in that exact moment. Wow, very quickly. A nerdy
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question before we go to break,what is your orchestral instrumentation for the symptigneta?
It is all the families of instruments, full syphony orchestra. We have
woodwes, we have brass, wehave strings, we have rhythm section,
percussion, we have harp will bewe will be representing a full orchestra on
stage. And something that I'm reallyexcited about the score of this film in
particular is that we'll be playing notonly the Barbie the score that's the cinematic
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underscoring to the movie, but alsothe pop songs on Barbie the Album the
soundtrack, so we will be playingall of the music you hear in Barbie
the Movie. We're talking about Barbiethe Movie in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl
this Saturday, July twenty seventh,which is going to be orchestrated by celebrated
conductor Macy Schmidt. Will have morein just a moment as well as your
chance to attend Saturday night, we'regiving away two pairs of tickets to Barbie
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the Movie in Concert at the HollywoodBowl, so you don't want to go
anywhere. It's Later with mo Kelly, can if I AM six forty live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You'relistening to Later with mo Kelly on demand
from KFI AM six forty. I'mhaving such a great time nerding out here
on Later with mo Kelly as we'retalking about Barbie the Movie in Concert at
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the Hollywood Bowl coming up Saturday onJuly twenty seventh, where Barbie fans can
come together for this special live tofilm performance at the Hollywood Bowl. The
performing the score as well as musicfrom the soundtrack album and the Hollywood Bowl
will be transformed into Barbieland I amtalking to producer and the conductor, Macy
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Schmidt, who will be at thehelm of this great performance. Macy,
I am a musical nerd. Itold you that at the beginning, So
I'm going to be selfish and nerdout with you very quickly. All right,
now, I have my favorite periodof music. If you ask me,
I am a Baroque person through andthrough. Do you have a preferred
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period and for those listening, Imean borrow, Classical, neo classical,
Romantic. Is there a period orera that you personally prefer by? How
did you as I would say,I am a Romantic era person, but
Baroke would be a close second.Obviously Baroke might be Beethoven. Some people
neo classical don't quote me at Mendelssohn. I mean, who speaks to you?
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Are you're a Chowpan person or you'rea Brahms person. I would say
if I had to pick my twofavorite classical repertoire composers, there would be
Broms and rockmaninof Oh, Prelude theC sharp minor. Absolutely, We're we're
getting into it. We are gettingdeep at this, and the reason I
talk about this is because it's rarethat we see young people and I would
respectfully call you a young person whohad this love and affinity for music.
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Where did yours come from? Ooh? Mine came from growing up around,
growing up around music, but specificallyI the first time I really felt music
as a surround sound world was isa really young kid going to Disney World
or watching Disney movies where you know, I really didn't start playing classical music
till I was a little bit older, so I was not immersed in that
world. But I think that musicaltheater, cast albums, Disney World theme
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parks like that, the ways thatexperiential play kind of just surround a kid
in music. I think that thatreally did it for me. And I
think that that had a direct impacton why I work more often in film,
pop, broadway, et cetera typesof music than the classical repertoire.
Is I love. I love influencingthe emotional experience the audiences have at live
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events through music. How much composingor manuscript writing do you have to do
in your position? And I'm goingreal deep, deep cut nerdy, here
are you writing in treble? Cleftalto, cleft tenor clef. Are you
having to deal with all that inwhat you do presently? Yes, I
will we write in all the cleftsfor all the instruments. I will say
so. I actually I'm not acomposer generally speaking. So I do orchestration,
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which is taking the work of acomposer and deciding what every single instrument
in the orchestra, what line they'regoing to play to bring that composer's composition
to life. So for for Bardethe movie and concert, it's deciding what
is every single instrument in the orchestragoing to play in order to exactly exactly
bring to life the score and songsthat we hear in the movie. How
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deep are you going in your orchestraas far as chairs and instrumentations. You
told us that you'd have woodwinds,brand ask percussion and all of that.
But in strings are you talking aboutviola's violins? Are we talking about French
horns? What specifically are you workingwith? Yes, the answer is yes,
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I absolutely love it. What bringsyou joy in a performance like this,
in other words, is that theaudience reaction. Is there a moment
that you know that there is aswell in music, one of my favorites
of Samuel barbersa DAEs you for strings, and it grows in residence and it
grows to a crescendo. Is therea particular place in this particular score in
Barbie the movie in concert at theHollywood Bowl, which is coming up this
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Saturday, that you personally look forwardto. There are two. One of
them is really the introduction in thestring parts in Dance the Night by Dua
Lipa. Something that I really loveabout the fact that we're playing the pop
songs in the film is that Ithink that sometimes we listen to those songs
on Spotify on the radio and wehear them as the pop songs by pop
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star icons, and you forget thata live orchestra it laid down tracks in
those songs also, and when yousee the musicians actually playing the parts,
it does something to connect, likewhat you're seeing of the players on the
instruments to what you're hearing. AndI think that people seeing all the string
players play that really iconic intro toDance the Night and putting together the role
of orchestras with the role of notjust film scores and cinematic orchestral music,
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but the pop songs that we knowand love. That's something that I really
love connecting the dots with for people. But my favorite cue in the film
is a cue from the score calledMeeting Ruth, and it's it is on
the score soundtrack, but it isIt plays very very low in the film,
in the scene where Barbie meets Rootfor the first time, it's it's
really low. You kind of haveto strive to hear it. But then
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at the end, it's the finalfilm in the credits where it's played a
full volume in the orchestra gets tohave this really beautiful moment. It's the
melody of what was I made foras a waltz. And I really really
recommend that audiences stick around to thevery end of the show, not just
to hear that cue by the orchestraand all its glory, but also because
there may or may not be lotsof fireworks may or may not. You're
not going to give it away.I could do this with you all night.
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I could go back and forth youand quiz you about did you have
a preference between sharps or flats?Your favorite keys? Thignature time thinkinga sure,
but my audience doesn't care about that. They want to know how they
can get these tickets to see Barbiethe Movie the in concert at the Hollywood
Bowl this Saturday, July twenty seven. So I need to ask you,
missus Schmidt. I need two numbersbetween one and ten, three and seven.
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Okay, if you're calling number threeor calling number seven, you will
be going to see Barbie the Moviein concert at the Hollywood Bowl on this
Saturday. Give us a call iteight hundred five to zero one KFI eight
hundred five two zero one five threefour. Call it number three, Call
it number seven. You will begoing to Barbie the Movie in concert at
the Hollywood Bowl as you and aguest coming up this Saturday is going to
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be a magical experience. Can't waitto hear back from our winners. Called
number three, called number seven.Eight hundred five two zero one KFI eight
hundred five two zero one five threefour. Macy Schmidt. How can people
follow you on social media beyond justhearing from you in this conversation? Oh?
Sure, well, they can followthe show at at Barbie the Movie
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in Concert. They can follow theSinfignetta at the Sinfignetta SI N F O
N I E T T A andmyself at at Macy J. Schmidt.
Mis Schmid has been a fabulous time. Too bad it ran out so quickly.
I would have loved to had moretime with you, but I know
you're very busy. You have abig performance you have to get ready for.
She is Macy Schmidt. Be sureto check her out as she is
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conducting the Barbie Cinfineta at the Barbiethe Movie in Concert Aftter Hollywood Bowl this
Saturday, July twenty seventh. MacySmith, thank you for coming on this
evening. I wish you well anda great performance, and thank you for
what you're doing just the celebration ofmusic. Thank you so much. I
thank you for having me MO.You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on
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demand from KFI AM six forty.The US Postal Service back yesterday, as
a matter of fact, unveiled anew Forever stamp honoring the late Alex Trebek.
This is Jane Trebek, his wife, who said quote the show was
a labor of love for him.He found great pleasure in the fact that
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the contestants were the true star ofthe show. And he loved getting to
know his audience close quote. Andthe USPS has created a pain of twenty
pa ande of twenty identical stamps arrangedtogether to look like the video monitors that
form the Jeopardy game board on TV. I think that's very cool. I
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love watching Jeopardy, and I disagreerespectfully. I disagree with Jane Trebec.
The star of Jeopardy was actually AlexTrebek. People tuned in because of Alex
Trebek, and there's more evidence ofthat since he's been gone, as Jeopardy's
ratings have waned since Alex Trebek haspassed on, and they struggled to find
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that same type of allure from ahost. No disrespect to Ken Jennings,
no disrespect to me, I'm Bilikor however she pronounces her name. But
they haven't had the same type ofenthusiasm for the show. But if you
remember Alex Trebek and what I rememberabout him most and loved about him the
most, it wasn't how the contestantswere the star. It was how Alex
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Trebek would clown the contestants for notknowing the answer that he had on a
card. Alex Trebeck would look atthe contestants say, like, in so
many words, you're an idiot?Don't you know that? The answer is
what is an idiot? And heonly knew that because that's what the card
said. And here is a perfectexample of it. It is a classic.
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One hundred plus assists in an NHLs has been accomplished only thirteen times,
eleven times by this player, JoeWho's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
Diane, Wayne Gretchy, We're talkingabout hockey, not the NBA. We're
talking about hockey, not the NBA. How much shade did he throw?
And listen to Alex Trebeck when hesays, oh no, like, what
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the hell are you thinking? Dude? One hundred plus assists in an NHL
season has been accomplished only thirteen times, eleven times by this player, Joe
Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,oh no, oh my god, it's
oh no, oh no, whatare you talking about? We're talking NBA.
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You're talking NBA not hockey. Ohno, Diane Who, Wayne,
Wayne Gretchy. We're talking about hockey, not the NBA. Why did he
have to say that? He didn'thave to say that, we're talking hockey,
not the NBA. It would havebeen sufficient to just say that's the
correct answer. But no, hehas a double clown. He said,
Oh no, it's like, waita minute, you thought we were talking
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about the NBA. We're talking abouthockey. Oh no, it's just it
was a loaded Oh no, ohno, oh no, because that really
implies, Oh no, you imbecile. Well it does. It's so loaded.
Oh no, you imbecile. DianWayne Gretzky, we're talking hockey,
not the NBA. The most subtlesass that you could ever get out of
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a host. Oh I love it, Diane, give him the correct answer,
please, dian Wayne Gretzky, We'retalking about hockey, not the NBA.
Nobody needed that. Nobody, nobodyneeded a clarification. Nobody needed you
to weigh in and say we're talkinghockey, not the NBA. Alex,
with all due respect to the dearlydeparted, you didn't know either. You
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just had the card in your hand. Sometimes I thought Alex got a little
bit too much out of pocket withhis supposed knowledge of all these subjects.
I could have been justice arrogant andcondescending. Not it ever would I'm never
I could have, hypothetically, ifI had all the answers in my hand
while other people were under the pressureof answering the question. I mean,
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you know, so to disagree withGene. The star of the show was
always Alex Trebek. Does anyone rememberthese contestants other than me? I remember
Diane because you got the right answer. But other than that, no,
no one remembers the contestants. Theyremember Alex Trebek clowning them. One hundred
plus assists in an NHL season hasbeen accomplished only thirteen times. Joe eleven
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times. Joe by this player?Joe, Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
Now, don't get me wrong.You are an idiot for saying matche
Johnson. You are that. ButAlex Trebek did not have to lay into
him. Joe Joe, Joe,who is Matgic Johnson? Oh no,
oh no, oh no, ohno, oh no. He was offended.
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He was like, oh, now, how dag did you actually think
I was talking about the NBA?Oh no, you moron. It gets
funny, crash, it does,it does. Joe Joe, Joe,
I'm talking to you, Joe,Joe, Joe, Joe, Who's Magic
Johnson? Oh no, oh no, it would have been ro Simples like
that's incorrect, incorrect, It wasso judgmental, like, oh no,
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hey, Mark, do you knowwhat two plus two is? Yeah,
it's five? Oh no, No, ignorance makes me ill angry. Joe
Joe, Oh no, Joe,Who's magic Johnson? Oh no? Oh
no? I wait for like NancyMace to chime in from the Peanut Gallery,
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just like, come on, Alex, that's bs Alex, who is
magic Johnson? Oh no, Who'smagic Johnson? Oh no? Oh no,
I will never get old. Youknow you crashed and burned? Oh
you messed up bad. I don'tunderstand wherever Joe is right now. I
would love Joel to call in andjust tell us what he thought about that
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moment because I was like more thanten years ago. I don't know if
he's still better. I would stillbe better if Alex Trebek was clouding me
on National TV because I didn't knowthe difference between one sport and another.
And the trick to Jeopardy is this, You're supposed to have a modicum of
knowledge about a lot of subjects.You can't be an expert and everything,
but you're supposed to know a lotabout a lot and it's not unreasonable for
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me. For someone who probably knowsall there is to know about Russian history
or I don't know mechanical engineering,he may not know the subtleties of hockey
and the NBA, NHL and theNBA. I wasn't offended. Alex was
Joe, Who's magic Johnson? Ohno, oh no, Diane, can
you help this idiot out, please, Diane, Diane, Wayne Wayne Gretsky.
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Of course, you idiot, weretalking hockey, not the NBA.
Wayne gretzk Wayne Gretzhubert talking about hockey, not the NBA. Nobody, We're
talking hockey, not the NBA.Nobody needed a clarification, Nobody. It's
never face in public again. Never. It would have been simple, Yes,
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the correct answer is who is WayneGretzky? That's all, and you
keep the show moving. But insteadhe had to double diss. First of
was, oh no, it's like, how did you get on the show?
Who let you on? Who thoughtthat you were good enough to stand
on the same stage as me?I admired the subtlety of it, because
it's like incorrect, dying, shame, and until you die, I'm going
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to shame you. Joe, Joe, Joe Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
oh no, oh no, ohno, lives by itself. Oh
no, oh no, wait,and I was like it shocked him.
It's like, oh, it waslike he took a breath and he said,
oh no, like you couldn't believe. Oh no, no, one
more time for posterity sake, onehundred plus assists in an NHL season has
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been accomplished only thirteen times, eleventimes by this player. Joe, Who's
Magic Johnson? Oh no, Dianewho Wayne Wayne talking hockey? Not the
NBA Forever stamp for Alex Trebek restin Peace with fifty nine cents? How
did that? Howlds it like seventynine cents now for a stamp something like
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that? That's how much it coststo lick Alex. You had to make
it weird? Oh no, ohno, Look at the time kf I
AM six forty. We'll checking withNorri when we come back. We're live
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KFI A M six FORTYFI six forty. Mister Kelly here coming up in just
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moments will be Coast to coast AMwith George Nori and he joins me.
Now with the pre mister Kelly,We've got a great show today. We're
going to talk about biblical prophecy asit relates to the economy, what's going
on there, and then later ongeoengineering and how they're playing around with the
atmosphere. Yeah, how soon beforethe earth collapses on itself? You know?
I know just recently Mark Ronner wasreporting that we just had the hottest
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day ever recorded in human history.They just had a thermal explosion at Yellowstone.
So what two weeks before? We'reall did three weeks? No,
we got more time than that.Okay, I just need to plan out
my schedule. I'm going on acruise next month. Have fun, Stay
positive, mister Kelly, Okay,four months it is. We'll talk soon.
Well, you know what your doctorsaid to you one day? Which
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one? He said, mister Kelly, you've got two months? And you
said to the doc, I can'tpay my bill in two months. He
says, I'll give you six more. Give him the rims. Shock.
Come on, Well done, Jeorgenor La love George. And before we
get out of here, we wantto say congratulations to our winners for the
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Barbie Movie in concert at the HollywoodBowl Tawala Miss Elizabeth Moulton from Rancho Santa
Margarita, who is actually a musicteacher. She is played in orchestra.
She actually teaches the hit Barbie songwhat Was I Made For? And she's
never seen the film. Hey,I love people who love music getting prizes
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about loving music. Yes. Andalso Renee Medina from Glendale very excited and
loves the show, listens all thetime. This is his favorite show.
Well, look, you know youcan hate the show. I just like
piking away, so you already gotthe prize. But it's nice. But
I say this time and time again. The whole point of this late night
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TV on the radio was to exposepeople to live shows, live music,
musical theater and give away as muchstuff as possible. That has always been
the edict, the mandate, andthat's why we're always looking for more stuff
to give away and its and it'slook, and I love when I get
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to hear from people who can appreciatethe type of texts. There's some people
calling who just say, hey,where did I win? You know,
they're just calling to win. Andthe other folks who are like I really
want to win this. I reallywant to go to this because this is
part of who I am. Thisis what I do know. I love
music and I always want to goto Hollywood Bowl or something like that,
and it just makes it all thesweeter, all the sweeter, and and
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no to Walllet going back to anearlier conversation, I am not getting in
a beekeeper suit. Now I'll godown to it. I will go to
the ranch. That's like asking youto go out a jet scheme. We
I'm getting on the boat. Mangetting on the boat, but you're not
getting in the water. No oneshould get in any water. You know
that I should get in a beekieu mo. It was dangers. You
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don't know what the water is like. The coast where we're traveling could be
filthy and full of poop all upand down the ocean. It is still
a poop right here. That's whywe don't get in the water. But
that has nothing to do with Thereis a beautiful bee farm, a honey
farm in Chatsworth, right down thestreet from the school where I work at.
We can go down there. It'snot like bees are going around stinging
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people. I just want you tobe able to at least be amongst them
as bees. Listen, No,okay, that question. Okay, this
isn't about if it's a dog,a dog can bite. This is not
what we're talking about. Okay,you want me to do what now?
I want you to go on withme down to the bee farm. Oh
no, I'm getting over a fear. Why don't you join me in getting
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over fears? I'm not there yet, I'm getting there. Look how long
I haven't been there and just theexcitement of going down there and getting on
the Oh my god, I can't. I can't. Okay, I'll think
about it. Just jump into seejust at least think about it. At
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least do that. At least thinkabout it. Don't automatically off the top,
be like nah, I'm not doingit. Mark, other than places
filled with people. Do you haveany phobias? Oh? Tons. I
don't like heights either. Really,Talla mention that I have a recurring nightmare
about heights. I can't stand them. I did not know that. I'm
I don't have a fear of heights. I'm not exactly comfortable with heights.
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I'm not the guy who's going toget up on the ladder. I'm not
the guy who's going to go onone of those glass bridges or something.
Oh, that's not my thing.If there were money involved, like a
sack of money, I would doit, but I would be very uncomfortable.
When I was still writing the TwilightZone comics for Dynamite, I had
a story ready to go about myrecurring Heights nightmare. It involved a loudmouth
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radio personality who takes a bet tospend the night on a mattress on the
top of a skyscraper in a stormoutdoor. Yeah, I a mattress on
top of a skyscraper, and I'mstill I still plan on doing the story
someday. But I mean, weall have things that hit us different ways.
Like I couldn't care less about bees. Your fear of bees baffles me.
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Yeah, well, all phobias areirrational. They usually just fly,
are they? I think so,because, for example, I'll even turn
this on myself. I should nothave such a fear of bees. It's
not like I have been stung bybees, so I know that I'm not
allergic. It's not like I'm gonnawalk out and all of a sudden there's
gonna be a swarm. I'm gonnadie. But my reaction to a bee
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around me is not rational? Isit funny? Not? If you're standing
next to me, if you dolike a little fear dance, I will
tell I tell people all the timeI've almost wrecked my car because a bee
flew in it. And I tellpeople all the time, if there was
like a perpose of like a carpenterbee which would fly in the studio,
and you were between me and thedoor, I'd have no problem with killing
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you to get out of the studio. Well, I want you to know
that I would never laugh at youdoing the little fear dance if you were
in the proximity of bees. Look, my wife didn't believe me until she
saw it happen for herself. Wouldyou throw her under the bus? She
almost caught an elbow to the chainbecause I didn't have time to tell her.
B you know. So I seeit's a good thing that like Alex
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Trebek wasn't there. If he werethere, then he probably would have clown.
Made one hundred plus assists in anNHL season has been accomplished only thirteen
times, eleven times by this playermo Joe, Who's magic Johnson, Oh
no, no, Diane who Wayne, Wayne Gretzky. We're talking about hockey,
not the NBA. We will seeyou tomorrow. K IF I am
six forty Live everywhere in the iHeartRadioapp, free range, non genetically modified,
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handcrafted, artisanal, gluten free,stimulating talk k S. I'm m
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You're listening to Later with Moe Kellyon demand from KFI AM six forty.
Barbie The Movie in Concert at theHollywood Bowl This Saturday, July twenty seventh,
Barbie fans can come together for thisspecial live to film performance at the
Hollywood Bowl, which will be transformedinto Get This Barbie Land Guest Experience,
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the full length feature film, accompaniedlive by Sinfinetta, an all woman orchestra,
produced and orchestrated by celebrated conductor andshe's only a day older than maybe
twenty something, Macy Schmidt. Amazingand the Barbie Land Sinfineta. Barbie will
come to life through immerse an outdoorsound. Yes, we'll be giving away
tickets before the end of this conversation, but right now, Macy Schmidt,
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welcome to the show this evening.How are you? I am doing well.
Thank you so much for having me. Mo okay as a former music
student and a child of two musicteachers, and my miner was in music
theory and history. Do you wantto nerd out talking Aboudrian, mixed Oldian
modes? Where do you want tostart? Time signatures, key signatures,
all of the above, Mo,I'm not sure how much are our listeners
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want to get into that was?I also was a music theory major,
so we have that in common.Yes, yes, I love it.
I love it. Let's get intothis. Why do you think the Barbie
movie connected with so many people acrossso many different demographics? Oh my goodness.
I think there are infinite reasons Icould go into. But my favorite
is how multi generational the movie isin terms of how it really I feel
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like it connects you to your childhoodself, to your multigenerational family members,
and the way that it really resonateswith everyone of all ages, and the
way that it connects generations, andthat is something that I'm really excited to
bring to life in the show.But there's something in it for everyone,
and I think that's really special.Okay, you said multigenerational. I know
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when my sister was growing up playingwith Barbie's and I watched your playing with
barbiees. I don't know if thatwas the same Barbie experience. Is maybe
someone like you And I mentioned yourrelative age because you are obviously wise beyond
your years to have this worldview andunderstanding. But I know my sister's experience
would be different from your experience.How did you first discover Barbie? How
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did I first discover Barbie? AndI played with Barbie's growing up. Actually,
this week, my mother dug upa bunch of photos of me as
a little girl playing with Barbie's.She also dug up photos of her as
a little girl playing with Barbie's,and we had a sweet moment about that.
I played with Barbie's growing up,and I've always loved the world of
play and of imagination. I thinkit's something that led to my career as
a creative. And I one ofthe many, many reasons I have so
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much respect for the matel brand isthat the way that playing with Barbie's as
a kid has evolved, the factthat their kids today to play with Barbie
and that my sixty five year oldmother played with Barbie's, It's something that
continues to evolve, and I thinkthat it really helped open the doors for
me to the world of play andimagination. And I think that it's not
a coincidence that, through a longchain of years that led to making this
show imagination and evolution. If Iwere to speak to your mother about what
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Barbie signified for her as a childand what Barbie signified for you as a
child. Is it the same oris it different? Is it about the
dream house? Is it about thecorvette? Is it about to perceive independence
or something else? I love that, you know, I genuinely think of
what my mother would say, it'sthe same as what I would say.
I think that it truly is youcan be anything. My mother did such
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an absolutely extraordinary job of making mebelieve, as a child and as an
adult that I can be anything.I think it's inspired me to want to
inspire others that they can be anything. And I think that that's the heart
of the entire Barbie brand, theBarbie movie, and it's really what I
hope to leave audiences feeling after theshow. So you can be anything,
and women can be anything. Girlscan be anything. Do you think that
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there's going to be a lasting impactof not just Barbie the movie, but
the message that it imparts. Yes, women can be anything, but that
message is bigger than Barbie. Howdo you think that message translates going forward
beyond a performance at the Hollywood Bowl? How can people take that and put
it into their day to day lives. I think undoubtedly that message will be
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and already is a lasting impact onentertainment and on the position of women in
the working world at large. Allright, let's get into this performance of
Barbie the Movie at the Hollywood Bowl. If you've never been to the Hollywood
Bowl, for those listening, it'sa fabulous venue. Is one of the
best amphitheaters in the world, especiallywhen it comes to live and orchestral music.
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What will be awaiting attendees this Saturdaynight, Macy Schmidt, I'm so
excited for what will be awaiting attendeesthis Saturday night. When you step into
the Hollywood Bowl, you are inbarbieland we have left the real world at
the door. Come enter barbieland withus. Something that I'm really excited for
audience just to see is, youknow, we have this amazing all women
and majority women of color orchestra,the Sfonetta performing the score. And you
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know, your traditional film concert isreally the orchestra plays along and you watch
the and those are kind of reallytwo main elements. But the involvement of
the musicians, the women in theorchestra in this particular show is something that
is really unique to Barbie the Movieand concert. I like to think of
the something out of the orchestra onstage, not as one unit, but
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as individuals. Every single one ofthose individuals is Barbie. They interplay with
the action that's on screen. Webring to life their personalities. And you
know, there's going to be alot of pink, There's going to be
a lot of stage design, creativecostuming, and I think that just elevating
what is possible creatively in a liveto score film concert is something that I'm
really excited for audiences to see.I think they can expect a lot.
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I mean, they can expect alot more pink, but I think they
can also expect a lot more creativesurprises than your normal film concert. I
got a technical question. How doesa live movie score work as to the
timing of the cues and durations ofthe song. Do you have a metronome?
What is happening for you on stage? Because I assume the film is
behind you, maybe have a monitorin front of you, But how do
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you keep track punt intended of everythingthat's going on and keeping score in time
with everything else? Very good question. So here's how it works. There's
a time code program that is sinkingdown to the nanosecond. The film and
all of the sound and music.We are all the orchestra of myself included
as conductor. We all have inears where we're having a click in our
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ears, and that click sinks perfectlyto everything on the screen. I do
have a little monitor screen in frontof me so that I can see what's
happening on the screen and see thattime go by as it's happening. But
technology sinks us up completely so thatwe're not guessing. When you know,
when she says flat feet, themusic that's supposed to happen in that exact
moment will happen in that exact moment. Wow, very quickly. A nerdy
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question before we go to break,what is your orchestral instrumentation for the symptigneta?
It is all the families of instruments, full syphony orchestra. We have
woodwes, we have brass, wehave strings, we have rhythm section,
percussion, we have harp will bewe will be representing a full orchestra on
stage. And something that I'm reallyexcited about the score of this film in
particular is that we'll be playing notonly the Barbie the score that's the cinematic
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underscoring to the movie, but alsothe pop songs on Barbie the Album the
soundtrack, so we will be playingall of the music you hear in Barbie
the Movie. We're talking about Barbiethe Movie in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl
this Saturday, July twenty seventh,which is going to be orchestrated by celebrated
conductor Macy Schmidt. Will have morein just a moment as well as your
chance to attend Saturday night, we'regiving away two pairs of tickets to Barbie
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the Movie in Concert at the HollywoodBowl, so you don't want to go
anywhere. It's Later with mo Kelly, can if I AM six forty live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You'relistening to Later with mo Kelly on demand
from KFI AM six forty. I'mhaving such a great time nerding out here
on Later with mo Kelly as we'retalking about Barbie the Movie in Concert at
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the Hollywood Bowl coming up Saturday onJuly twenty seventh, where Barbie fans can
come together for this special live tofilm performance at the Hollywood Bowl. The
performing the score as well as musicfrom the soundtrack album and the Hollywood Bowl
will be transformed into Barbieland I amtalking to producer and the conductor, Macy
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Schmidt, who will be at thehelm of this great performance. Macy,
I am a musical nerd. Itold you that at the beginning, So
I'm going to be selfish and nerdout with you very quickly. All right,
now, I have my favorite periodof music. If you ask me,
I am a Baroque person through andthrough. Do you have a preferred
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period and for those listening, Imean borrow, Classical, neo classical,
Romantic. Is there a period orera that you personally prefer by? How
did you as I would say,I am a Romantic era person, but
Baroke would be a close second.Obviously Baroke might be Beethoven. Some people
neo classical don't quote me at Mendelssohn. I mean, who speaks to you?
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Are you're a Chowpan person or you'rea Brahms person. I would say
if I had to pick my twofavorite classical repertoire composers, there would be
Broms and rockmaninof Oh, Prelude theC sharp minor. Absolutely, We're we're
getting into it. We are gettingdeep at this, and the reason I
talk about this is because it's rarethat we see young people and I would
respectfully call you a young person whohad this love and affinity for music.
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Where did yours come from? Ooh? Mine came from growing up around,
growing up around music, but specificallyI the first time I really felt music
as a surround sound world was isa really young kid going to Disney World
or watching Disney movies where you know, I really didn't start playing classical music
till I was a little bit older, so I was not immersed in that
world. But I think that musicaltheater, cast albums, Disney World theme
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parks like that, the ways thatexperiential play kind of just surround a kid
in music. I think that thatreally did it for me. And I
think that that had a direct impacton why I work more often in film,
pop, broadway, et cetera typesof music than the classical repertoire.
Is I love. I love influencingthe emotional experience the audiences have at live
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events through music. How much composingor manuscript writing do you have to do
in your position? And I'm goingreal deep, deep cut nerdy, here
are you writing in treble? Cleftalto, cleft tenor clef. Are you
having to deal with all that inwhat you do presently? Yes, I
will we write in all the cleftsfor all the instruments. I will say
so. I actually I'm not acomposer generally speaking. So I do orchestration,
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which is taking the work of acomposer and deciding what every single instrument
in the orchestra, what line they'regoing to play to bring that composer's composition
to life. So for for Bardethe movie and concert, it's deciding what
is every single instrument in the orchestragoing to play in order to exactly exactly
bring to life the score and songsthat we hear in the movie. How
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deep are you going in your orchestraas far as chairs and instrumentations. You
told us that you'd have woodwinds,brand ask percussion and all of that.
But in strings are you talking aboutviola's violins? Are we talking about French
horns? What specifically are you workingwith? Yes, the answer is yes,
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I absolutely love it. What bringsyou joy in a performance like this,
in other words, is that theaudience reaction. Is there a moment
that you know that there is aswell in music, one of my favorites
of Samuel barbersa DAEs you for strings, and it grows in residence and it
grows to a crescendo. Is therea particular place in this particular score in
Barbie the movie in concert at theHollywood Bowl, which is coming up this
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Saturday, that you personally look forwardto. There are two. One of
them is really the introduction in thestring parts in Dance the Night by Dua
Lipa. Something that I really loveabout the fact that we're playing the pop
songs in the film is that Ithink that sometimes we listen to those songs
on Spotify on the radio and wehear them as the pop songs by pop
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star icons, and you forget thata live orchestra it laid down tracks in
those songs also, and when yousee the musicians actually playing the parts,
it does something to connect, likewhat you're seeing of the players on the
instruments to what you're hearing. AndI think that people seeing all the string
players play that really iconic intro toDance the Night and putting together the role
of orchestras with the role of notjust film scores and cinematic orchestral music,
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but the pop songs that we knowand love. That's something that I really
love connecting the dots with for people. But my favorite cue in the film
is a cue from the score calledMeeting Ruth, and it's it is on
the score soundtrack, but it isIt plays very very low in the film,
in the scene where Barbie meets Rootfor the first time, it's it's
really low. You kind of haveto strive to hear it. But then
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at the end, it's the finalfilm in the credits where it's played a
full volume in the orchestra gets tohave this really beautiful moment. It's the
melody of what was I made foras a waltz. And I really really
recommend that audiences stick around to thevery end of the show, not just
to hear that cue by the orchestraand all its glory, but also because
there may or may not be lotsof fireworks may or may not. You're
not going to give it away.I could do this with you all night.
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I could go back and forth youand quiz you about did you have
a preference between sharps or flats?Your favorite keys? Thignature time thinkinga sure,
but my audience doesn't care about that. They want to know how they
can get these tickets to see Barbiethe Movie the in concert at the Hollywood
Bowl this Saturday, July twenty seven. So I need to ask you,
missus Schmidt. I need two numbersbetween one and ten, three and seven.
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Okay, if you're calling number threeor calling number seven, you will
be going to see Barbie the Moviein concert at the Hollywood Bowl on this
Saturday. Give us a call iteight hundred five to zero one KFI eight
hundred five two zero one five threefour. Call it number three, Call
it number seven. You will begoing to Barbie the Movie in concert at
the Hollywood Bowl as you and aguest coming up this Saturday is going to
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be a magical experience. Can't waitto hear back from our winners. Called
number three, called number seven.Eight hundred five two zero one KFI eight
hundred five two zero one five threefour. Macy Schmidt. How can people
follow you on social media beyond justhearing from you in this conversation? Oh?
Sure, well, they can followthe show at at Barbie the Movie
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in Concert. They can follow theSinfignetta at the Sinfignetta SI N F O
N I E T T A andmyself at at Macy J. Schmidt.
Mis Schmid has been a fabulous time. Too bad it ran out so quickly.
I would have loved to had moretime with you, but I know
you're very busy. You have abig performance you have to get ready for.
She is Macy Schmidt. Be sureto check her out as she is
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conducting the Barbie Cinfineta at the Barbiethe Movie in Concert Aftter Hollywood Bowl this
Saturday, July twenty seventh. MacySmith, thank you for coming on this
evening. I wish you well anda great performance, and thank you for
what you're doing just the celebration ofmusic. Thank you so much. I
thank you for having me MO.You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on
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demand from KFI AM six forty.The US Postal Service back yesterday, as
a matter of fact, unveiled anew Forever stamp honoring the late Alex Trebek.
This is Jane Trebek, his wife, who said quote the show was
a labor of love for him.He found great pleasure in the fact that
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the contestants were the true star ofthe show. And he loved getting to
know his audience close quote. Andthe USPS has created a pain of twenty
pa ande of twenty identical stamps arrangedtogether to look like the video monitors that
form the Jeopardy game board on TV. I think that's very cool. I
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love watching Jeopardy, and I disagreerespectfully. I disagree with Jane Trebec.
The star of Jeopardy was actually AlexTrebek. People tuned in because of Alex
Trebek, and there's more evidence ofthat since he's been gone, as Jeopardy's
ratings have waned since Alex Trebek haspassed on, and they struggled to find
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that same type of allure from ahost. No disrespect to Ken Jennings,
no disrespect to me, I'm Bilikor however she pronounces her name. But
they haven't had the same type ofenthusiasm for the show. But if you
remember Alex Trebek and what I rememberabout him most and loved about him the
most, it wasn't how the contestantswere the star. It was how Alex
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Trebek would clown the contestants for notknowing the answer that he had on a
card. Alex Trebeck would look atthe contestants say, like, in so
many words, you're an idiot?Don't you know that? The answer is
what is an idiot? And heonly knew that because that's what the card
said. And here is a perfectexample of it. It is a classic.
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One hundred plus assists in an NHLs has been accomplished only thirteen times,
eleven times by this player, JoeWho's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
Diane, Wayne Gretchy, We're talkingabout hockey, not the NBA. We're
talking about hockey, not the NBA. How much shade did he throw?
And listen to Alex Trebeck when hesays, oh no, like, what
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the hell are you thinking? Dude? One hundred plus assists in an NHL
season has been accomplished only thirteen times, eleven times by this player, Joe
Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,oh no, oh my god, it's
oh no, oh no, whatare you talking about? We're talking NBA.
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You're talking NBA not hockey. Ohno, Diane Who, Wayne,
Wayne Gretchy. We're talking about hockey, not the NBA. Why did he
have to say that? He didn'thave to say that, we're talking hockey,
not the NBA. It would havebeen sufficient to just say that's the
correct answer. But no, hehas a double clown. He said,
Oh no, it's like, waita minute, you thought we were talking
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about the NBA. We're talking abouthockey. Oh no, it's just it
was a loaded Oh no, ohno, oh no, because that really
implies, Oh no, you imbecile. Well it does. It's so loaded.
Oh no, you imbecile. DianWayne Gretzky, we're talking hockey,
not the NBA. The most subtlesass that you could ever get out of
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a host. Oh I love it, Diane, give him the correct answer,
please, dian Wayne Gretzky, We'retalking about hockey, not the NBA.
Nobody needed that. Nobody, nobodyneeded a clarification. Nobody needed you
to weigh in and say we're talkinghockey, not the NBA. Alex,
with all due respect to the dearlydeparted, you didn't know either. You
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just had the card in your hand. Sometimes I thought Alex got a little
bit too much out of pocket withhis supposed knowledge of all these subjects.
I could have been justice arrogant andcondescending. Not it ever would I'm never
I could have, hypothetically, ifI had all the answers in my hand
while other people were under the pressureof answering the question. I mean,
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you know, so to disagree withGene. The star of the show was
always Alex Trebek. Does anyone rememberthese contestants other than me? I remember
Diane because you got the right answer. But other than that, no,
no one remembers the contestants. Theyremember Alex Trebek clowning them. One hundred
plus assists in an NHL season hasbeen accomplished only thirteen times. Joe eleven
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times. Joe by this player?Joe, Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
Now, don't get me wrong.You are an idiot for saying matche
Johnson. You are that. ButAlex Trebek did not have to lay into
him. Joe Joe, Joe,who is Matgic Johnson? Oh no,
oh no, oh no, ohno, oh no. He was offended.
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He was like, oh, now, how dag did you actually think
I was talking about the NBA?Oh no, you moron. It gets
funny, crash, it does,it does. Joe Joe, Joe,
I'm talking to you, Joe,Joe, Joe, Joe, Who's Magic
Johnson? Oh no, oh no, it would have been ro Simples like
that's incorrect, incorrect, It wasso judgmental, like, oh no,
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hey, Mark, do you knowwhat two plus two is? Yeah,
it's five? Oh no, No, ignorance makes me ill angry. Joe
Joe, Oh no, Joe,Who's magic Johnson? Oh no? Oh
no? I wait for like NancyMace to chime in from the Peanut Gallery,
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just like, come on, Alex, that's bs Alex, who is
magic Johnson? Oh no, Who'smagic Johnson? Oh no? Oh no,
I will never get old. Youknow you crashed and burned? Oh
you messed up bad. I don'tunderstand wherever Joe is right now. I
would love Joel to call in andjust tell us what he thought about that
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moment because I was like more thanten years ago. I don't know if
he's still better. I would stillbe better if Alex Trebek was clouding me
on National TV because I didn't knowthe difference between one sport and another.
And the trick to Jeopardy is this, You're supposed to have a modicum of
knowledge about a lot of subjects.You can't be an expert and everything,
but you're supposed to know a lotabout a lot and it's not unreasonable for
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me. For someone who probably knowsall there is to know about Russian history
or I don't know mechanical engineering,he may not know the subtleties of hockey
and the NBA, NHL and theNBA. I wasn't offended. Alex was
Joe, Who's magic Johnson? Ohno, oh no, Diane, can
you help this idiot out, please, Diane, Diane, Wayne Wayne Gretsky.
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Of course, you idiot, weretalking hockey, not the NBA.
Wayne gretzk Wayne Gretzhubert talking about hockey, not the NBA. Nobody, We're
talking hockey, not the NBA.Nobody needed a clarification, Nobody. It's
never face in public again. Never. It would have been simple, Yes,
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the correct answer is who is WayneGretzky? That's all, and you
keep the show moving. But insteadhe had to double diss. First of
was, oh no, it's like, how did you get on the show?
Who let you on? Who thoughtthat you were good enough to stand
on the same stage as me?I admired the subtlety of it, because
it's like incorrect, dying, shame, and until you die, I'm going
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to shame you. Joe, Joe, Joe Who's Magic Johnson? Oh no,
oh no, oh no, ohno, lives by itself. Oh
no, oh no, wait,and I was like it shocked him.
It's like, oh, it waslike he took a breath and he said,
oh no, like you couldn't believe. Oh no, no, one
more time for posterity sake, onehundred plus assists in an NHL season has
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been accomplished only thirteen times, eleventimes by this player. Joe, Who's
Magic Johnson? Oh no, Dianewho Wayne Wayne talking hockey? Not the
NBA Forever stamp for Alex Trebek restin Peace with fifty nine cents? How
did that? Howlds it like seventynine cents now for a stamp something like
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that? That's how much it coststo lick Alex. You had to make
it weird? Oh no, ohno, Look at the time kf I
AM six forty. We'll checking withNorri when we come back. We're live
everywhere the iHeartRadio app. You're listeningto Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI A M six FORTYFI six forty. Mister Kelly here coming up in just
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moments will be Coast to coast AMwith George Nori and he joins me.
Now with the pre mister Kelly,We've got a great show today. We're
going to talk about biblical prophecy asit relates to the economy, what's going
on there, and then later ongeoengineering and how they're playing around with the
atmosphere. Yeah, how soon beforethe earth collapses on itself? You know?
I know just recently Mark Ronner wasreporting that we just had the hottest
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day ever recorded in human history.They just had a thermal explosion at Yellowstone.
So what two weeks before? We'reall did three weeks? No,
we got more time than that.Okay, I just need to plan out
my schedule. I'm going on acruise next month. Have fun, Stay
positive, mister Kelly, Okay,four months it is. We'll talk soon.
Well, you know what your doctorsaid to you one day? Which
(24:42):
one? He said, mister Kelly, you've got two months? And you
said to the doc, I can'tpay my bill in two months. He
says, I'll give you six more. Give him the rims. Shock.
Come on, Well done, Jeorgenor La love George. And before we
get out of here, we wantto say congratulations to our winners for the
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Barbie Movie in concert at the HollywoodBowl Tawala Miss Elizabeth Moulton from Rancho Santa
Margarita, who is actually a musicteacher. She is played in orchestra.
She actually teaches the hit Barbie songwhat Was I Made For? And she's
never seen the film. Hey,I love people who love music getting prizes
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about loving music. Yes. Andalso Renee Medina from Glendale very excited and
loves the show, listens all thetime. This is his favorite show.
Well, look, you know youcan hate the show. I just like
piking away, so you already gotthe prize. But it's nice. But
I say this time and time again. The whole point of this late night
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TV on the radio was to exposepeople to live shows, live music,
musical theater and give away as muchstuff as possible. That has always been
the edict, the mandate, andthat's why we're always looking for more stuff
to give away and its and it'slook, and I love when I get
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to hear from people who can appreciatethe type of texts. There's some people
calling who just say, hey,where did I win? You know,
they're just calling to win. Andthe other folks who are like I really
want to win this. I reallywant to go to this because this is
part of who I am. Thisis what I do know. I love
music and I always want to goto Hollywood Bowl or something like that,
and it just makes it all thesweeter, all the sweeter, and and
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no to Walllet going back to anearlier conversation, I am not getting in
a beekeeper suit. Now I'll godown to it. I will go to
the ranch. That's like asking youto go out a jet scheme. We
I'm getting on the boat. Mangetting on the boat, but you're not
getting in the water. No oneshould get in any water. You know
that I should get in a beekieu mo. It was dangers. You
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don't know what the water is like. The coast where we're traveling could be
filthy and full of poop all upand down the ocean. It is still
a poop right here. That's whywe don't get in the water. But
that has nothing to do with Thereis a beautiful bee farm, a honey
farm in Chatsworth, right down thestreet from the school where I work at.
We can go down there. It'snot like bees are going around stinging
(27:18):
people. I just want you tobe able to at least be amongst them
as bees. Listen, No,okay, that question. Okay, this
isn't about if it's a dog,a dog can bite. This is not
what we're talking about. Okay,you want me to do what now?
I want you to go on withme down to the bee farm. Oh
no, I'm getting over a fear. Why don't you join me in getting
(27:41):
over fears? I'm not there yet, I'm getting there. Look how long
I haven't been there and just theexcitement of going down there and getting on
the Oh my god, I can't. I can't. Okay, I'll think
about it. Just jump into seejust at least think about it. At
(28:02):
least do that. At least thinkabout it. Don't automatically off the top,
be like nah, I'm not doingit. Mark, other than places
filled with people. Do you haveany phobias? Oh? Tons. I
don't like heights either. Really,Talla mention that I have a recurring nightmare
about heights. I can't stand them. I did not know that. I'm
I don't have a fear of heights. I'm not exactly comfortable with heights.
(28:25):
I'm not the guy who's going toget up on the ladder. I'm not
the guy who's going to go onone of those glass bridges or something.
Oh, that's not my thing.If there were money involved, like a
sack of money, I would doit, but I would be very uncomfortable.
When I was still writing the TwilightZone comics for Dynamite, I had
a story ready to go about myrecurring Heights nightmare. It involved a loudmouth
(28:49):
radio personality who takes a bet tospend the night on a mattress on the
top of a skyscraper in a stormoutdoor. Yeah, I a mattress on
top of a skyscraper, and I'mstill I still plan on doing the story
someday. But I mean, weall have things that hit us different ways.
Like I couldn't care less about bees. Your fear of bees baffles me.
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Yeah, well, all phobias areirrational. They usually just fly,
are they? I think so,because, for example, I'll even turn
this on myself. I should nothave such a fear of bees. It's
not like I have been stung bybees, so I know that I'm not
allergic. It's not like I'm gonnawalk out and all of a sudden there's
gonna be a swarm. I'm gonnadie. But my reaction to a bee
(29:33):
around me is not rational? Isit funny? Not? If you're standing
next to me, if you dolike a little fear dance, I will
tell I tell people all the timeI've almost wrecked my car because a bee
flew in it. And I tellpeople all the time, if there was
like a perpose of like a carpenterbee which would fly in the studio,
and you were between me and thedoor, I'd have no problem with killing
(29:56):
you to get out of the studio. Well, I want you to know
that I would never laugh at youdoing the little fear dance if you were
in the proximity of bees. Look, my wife didn't believe me until she
saw it happen for herself. Wouldyou throw her under the bus? She
almost caught an elbow to the chainbecause I didn't have time to tell her.
B you know. So I seeit's a good thing that like Alex
(30:18):
Trebek wasn't there. If he werethere, then he probably would have clown.
Made one hundred plus assists in anNHL season has been accomplished only thirteen
times, eleven times by this playermo Joe, Who's magic Johnson, Oh
no, no, Diane who Wayne, Wayne Gretzky. We're talking about hockey,
not the NBA. We will seeyou tomorrow. K IF I am
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