September 7, 2024 • 29 mins
ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – ‘Friday Nights’ with L.A. Radio Legend Nautica De La Cruz checking out the Burbank Historical Society’s ‘Gordon R. Howard Museum’ AND highlighting today’s ‘Hidden Gem,’ Christina Resen and ‘826LA,’ which is a “Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6–18 with their creative and expository writing skills” … PLUS – Mark Rahner has a review of Tim Burton’s return to the world of the undead in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the sequel to the 1988 cult-classic which starred Michael Keaton as the devious, mischievous poltergeist “Beetlejuice” in ‘The Rahner Report’ AND Mo’ marks the passing of “one of the most internationally successful Brazilian musicians artists of all time; Sérgio Mendes, gone at the age of 83 - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
There's now time for not adela cruise. Not a could
take it away.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Oh it's so nice to see you, Mo. You gotta
tell me about your trip a little bit later.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Okay, I want to hear all Kwala has to tell
you he had therrism.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Of a lifetime. Well, you know, it's been hot, mo.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
I love to discover SoCal and a little bit of everything,
but I kept it in our own backyard.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
First of all, it's been.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Very, very hot, and my car has some issues, so
I decided to go to the Bourbank Historical Society Gordon R.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Howard Museum. Say that all like five times in one breath.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It showcases the rich history of Burbank, right here in
our own backyard.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
It's not too far from the station, a city known
for its pivotal.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Role in aviation, entertainment and local industry. Founded in nineteen
seventy three, the museum is a volunteer run organization dedicated
to preserving and celebrating the city. Pass Through a wide
range of exhibits, visitors can explore rooms filled with really
rare artifacts that covers Burbank's early development as well as
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the rise as hub for television and film production, with
a focus on the impact of major studios such as
which is also down the street, Warner Brothers, and Disney.
The museum houses an impressive collection of memorabilia from Burbank's
early days. Some highlights include there was a lot of
antique vehicles such as vintage fire trucks classic cars, along
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with early aviation artifacts that reflects the city's role in
shaping modern flight. Visitors can also see a huge collection
of cameras like when the first camera first came, all
the way to the new cannons, film equipment, and set
pieces from Burbank's contributions to television and cinema. The museum
also offers insight into the city's pivotal contributions to technological
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advancements in entertainment and aerospace industries, which have been defining
elements of Burbank's identity now. The first monorail I don't
know if you know this, but the first monorail patent
in the US was designed and built.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
In Burbank back in nineteen o seven.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I did not know.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We weren't even thought of at that at that time,
and Burbank was once known.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I don't know if you know this too, was once
known for its fine wines and large wineries.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Didn't know that either, okay?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
And where are they now? Well they all been taken
by Hollywood. Too bad?
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah, because I would have loved to have a nice
winery here in Burbank. The museum is open on weekends
only from one to four pm. I suggest that you
get there a little early because sometimes you could get
a little crowded, and when I went on Saturday, was
a little crowded. The museum provides free admissions, so as
free ninety nine frisky. We love that, making it accessible
to all who are interested in local history. The exhibits
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are thoughtfully curated to offer a comprehensive overview of Burbank's development,
and his volunteer staff is very sweet, very knowledgeable. They
could answer all the questions that you have, So for
more information you could go to ww dot Burbank Historical
SoC dot org. That's Bourbank Historical sooc SOOC for society
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dot org. And I was kind of curious of who
Gordon R. Howard was, so he was a significant figure
in preserving Burbank's history.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
He was an instrumental.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
He was very instrumental in found funding the museum and
collecting kind of all the items that were on display,
which are tons of him. So just you know, go
through every single exhibit and just look and just really
kind of nitpick at the things that they have there
from you know, like some of the first planes that
were made here and that were on you know, there
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are a fews that are on display too, so you
might want to check that out. But a lot of
great history right here in the city of Burbank. The
museum is located at one one zero West Clark Avenue.
Once again, it's open Saturdays and Sundays from one to four.
And you know, Bourbank is all has been often called
media city, and it's also because you know, we have
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Warner Brothers, we have Disney, we have NBC, we have iHeartRadio.
So it's been pretty much what Hollywood has been kind
of known for. And I've lived in Bourbank for twenty
four years and I've seen it grow. I remember when
I first moved here, you know, I would go to downtown,
downtown bourber and it was dead, Like dad, there was
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no good restaurants, there was nothing now to find parking,
Oh my goodness. With three theaters, new restaurants, new shops.
They now have the Food and Wine Festival. They have
Ladies and Gents Night Out food truck which I love.
It's the last Friday of the month. They also have
the art festivals where they showcase people locally who you know,
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make things.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
And they have what do you call it.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Too, where they do the stuff on the chalk like
the chalk art too. So Burbank has definitely definitely grown.
And this is if you want to know a little
bit more about it, I would say definitely visit. It's
free one one zero West Clark Avenue in the city
of Burbank, open Saturday and Sunday from one to four
and from more information go to Burbank Historical sooc dot org.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
See that's the thing about living in this I'll say
Los Angeles Southern California area, especially if you grew up here,
there's so much to do. Most of it you take
for granted. Yes, you hit the high tourist spots, the
amusement parks, maybe you go to the beaches and you
miss my phrase, the hidden gems of Southern California. Like
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just I mean going to Burbank and just doing the
tours of the studios themselves can be a lot, and
we just sort of forget that it's right there usually
just waiting for us.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Well, you know what. The other thing too, and I
know you and I have discussed this, is that we
know that we have all these amazing things, but we
really don't see it until we have family come from
the East coast, West coast, you know, other parts of
the world, and then we go, oh, well, let's take
them there, because it's like a two fer.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
You know, I've never been there, but I want to
take them there too.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Whether it's Saghetty, whether it's the Magic Castle, whether it's
you know, Universal Studios. We really do take it for
granted and we don't really soak up everything that we have.
And I'm very blessed and very thankful that I do
get to discover so Cal because it forces.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Me to leave my twenty mile radius.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
That's what makes me feel comfortable, even though, like I said,
I wanted to be in our own backyard and so
I decided to go there.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Hell, depending on traffic, that twenty mile radius can take
you like an hour and a half who can tell
it in any direction?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Or are you telling?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Goodness?
Speaker 3 (06:50):
And don't let it be a holiday weekend.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Look, I'm only twenty two miles from this studio and
getting in it could take anywhere from an hour to
an hour and a half. Twenty two miles.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm ten minutes. I mean, I'm sorry, I'm ten I'm
less than ten miles and sometimes ten minutes, that's for sure, right, No,
it's it's not a mile a minute.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
That's not how it works in California. But definitely it's
it's a good little point place. So if you know,
if you want to get to know a little bit
what about you know, if you're on this on you're
coming to this side of town and you want to
know a little bit more about Burmank and you're here
on the weekend one to four, definitely go check out
the museum.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's it's really cute.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
When we come back, we have the Hitting Gym with
Nautica da La Cruz As It's Friday Nights with Nautica
on Later with Mo Kelly caf I Am six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And now it's time for more of Nautica Dela Cruz, Well,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Today's Hidden jem is Christina Recent.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
Christina Reson always dreamed of writing books and sharing her
stories with the world. As a child, she filled countless
journals with short stories and poems, pouring her heart and
imagining onto every page. She spent hours lost in books,
finding inspiration in every story she would read. Christina knew
at an early age that she wanted to pursue creative
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writing and her passion for literature, and it led to
lead her to her dream to study abroad.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
So she went to England and she had the time
of her life studying abroad.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Her dream became a reality when she got the opportunity
to study in England for a year during college. There,
she was captivated by the grand libraries, the bustling city life.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
And the quaint charm of English countryside.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
She explored the literary treasures of England, visiting famous bookstores
and soaking in the inspiration from the landscapes and history.
This experience deepened her love for storytelling and solidified her
desire to dedicate her life to writing. Upon returning to
the United States, Christina wanted to share her love of
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stories with others. She started working as a substitute teacher
in elementary schools, primarily teaching third and fourth graders. Christina
found joy in the vibrant imaginations of her students and
loved watching their eyes light up as they crafted their
own tales. Though she had a bachelor's degree in fine arts,
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she felt her true calling was in nurturing the creative
sparkan children and helping them find their voices through writing.
Eager to extend her knowledge and do more to inspire
young minds, Christina discovered eight to six LA in Los Angeles.
This organization perfectly aligned with her passion for storytelling and education.
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She began volunteering where she could use her creative skills
to help students and develop their writing talents. Christina found
fulfillment in guiding children to express themselves, write stories, build
confidence in their abilities.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And so much more.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
It is there where she just completely found her passion
and purpose had come to life. Eight six LA is
a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages six through
eighteen and improving their writing skills and encouraging creativity. A
two six LA was founded by author Dave Eggers and
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educator Nineveh Caligari I hope I got her name right,
with a mission to foster a love for writing and
empower empowering young voices. A two six LA also offers
a variety of programs that provide children with safe and
inspiring space to express themselves creatively. They host after school
tutoring sessions where students receive personalized assistance to improve their
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writing skills, from crafting imaginative stories to mastering the fundamentals
of grammar.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
In addition to tutoring, A six LA organizes.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Organization creative writing workshops that cover everything from poetry to
storytelling and journalism and scriptwriting. And they like their kids
to think outside the box, and they want their kids
to kind of build confidence and just have a creative
mind and put things on paper.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
So it's a really good it's a really good organization.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
And I think reading and writing, uh can take your
mind to an endless how should I say, could take
your mind to the endless wonders of the world, you know,
to unlock your imagination and just to think about new perspectives,
perspectives it's just it's a really good way to express yourself.
And they also are going to have this thing called
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Poetry in the Park and if you would like to go,
all you got to do is go to eight two
six la dot org and RSVP. But I want to
say I met this young lady at the library and
I can't remember what section we were at, but we
just started just talking and then she talked to me
about this book club, and then I went and I
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showed up at the book club, even though I really
didn't know too many people.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
And I'm you know, I'm one of those people that
I'm like, whatever, what do I gotta lose, I'm going
to show up.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
And I just want to say to Christina recent I
say thank you very much, thank you for telling me
your story, thank you for telling me about eight two
six la dot org. I went to the website and
I was just wowed about all the things that they
do for kids. So once again, if you'd like to
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donate or if you would like to get involved, go
to eight two six LA dot org. And one last note,
Poetry in the Park is going to be on Saturday,
September twenty first, from one to three.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
They would like for you to RSVP online.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
But they're gonna have uh, writing workshops, They're gonna have
pot luck, they're gonna have sidewalk chalk, they're gonna have drawings, coloring,
all kinds of stuff for the kids, and it's just.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
A great way to have the community come together.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I'm a kid who loved creative and expository writing growing up.
That was my thing. But also we were expected to
read a lot. It was one thing to have these
ideas in your head, but reading help you formulate and
kind of like learn how to express those ideas. It
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could have been in poetic poetic prose or something like that,
but you learn how to tell stories, learn how to communicate.
I wonder we were talking about your daughter about something else, yes,
last second, I wonder if her generation grew up reading
as much as our generation did. I don't know if
they did. I know they have phones, but I don't
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know if they read a lot of books.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Well, my daughter did. I know at her school they
had to read.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
At least four books a month and also do reports,
so that for sure. The Also the other thing too
is that she was very much into comic books. I
wasn't really kind I didn't think comic and no disrespect
the studio, no disrespect, no disrespect.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
But Mark Mark Runner is going to get you Toa's going.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
To get you.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Okay, but let me finish what I'm gonna say, please kindly.
I don't I like comic books. I love that she
liked comic books because that was kind of expanding her
imagination into this whole new world. But when it came
to when it came to academics, I was sometimes I
would go, how is that going to help her? But
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the fact that she was reading, that's what I really loved.
And my niece and my nephews they love to read.
And sometimes I go, mm hmm, yeah, because you have
to do it now. But you know, as you get older,
you're like, oh, now I do the Audibles. The reading
does it for me, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (14:29):
But I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
You know, when kids are into books, it really expands
their mind, their their their their knowledge, their this this
world of fantasy. You know, there's there's so much that
they could do with just reading and just writing and
making up stories, you know what I mean. Storytelling is
such a beautiful thing. And even in college I took storytelling,
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and you know, we would have to just make these
imaginary stories and I would go, well, how would how
does this pan out? But it's just you know, the
theater of the mind of kind of playing this movie
in your mind. And you know you you you said
that you read a lot, you speak very eloquent, you
project yourself very eloquent. But that goes from you know,
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learning big words, small words, how to put things in sentences.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
In I read the dictionary.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
You did from front to back, not front to back.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
But there were times where I read just sections of
the dictionary. I was that kid who literally when I
heard a word I did not know, okay, because you
couldn't look it up back then, you had to run
to the dictionaries, like, I don't know how to spell it? Well,
they said, look it up anyway, and I would learn
not only how to spell the word, but the different
meanings and sub meanings of a word.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
Now.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
It wasn't cool back then. Of course they made fun
of me, but it's I think it has done me
well in the year since. But I'm going to let
Mark Ronner have a word in support of comic books
and their literary value.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Please, Oh well, I mean, I wasn't really prepared to
go here, but there's there's actually been studies showing that
the unique way words and drawings are used in comics
have an effect on the brain like nothing else, like
unlike movies or TV or books on their own, comics
are an excellent way to teach kids reading.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
And if you've ever read any of them, you would
notice that it would help expand their vocabulary because it's
written in a way usually which is for a mature adult.
Here comes t Walta. It took them long enough to
get it, get some of this.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
I was disrespect Look, the disrespect was definitely felt. But
absolutely comic books for me, that is what expanded my vocabulary.
That is what got me into reading books beyond comic books,
because when you have stories like those of the Fantastic
Four and of the X Men and just all those
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comics were not bang zoom pow. They are using some
real high level vocabulary and storytelling it. To under stand that,
and to get into all of this you have to
do more reading, research, pick up a dictionary, all of
that and it takes you to the next.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Level, especially your creativity. Pineal Gland, Yes, he went pineal.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Glands right, he did the only comic books I ever
read because I was infatuated with Wonder Woman. So I
loved wonder Woman, but anything else I was just like, no,
but my my daughter's into I don't know. Help me out, guys, Japanese.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ron She reads those
like there's no tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
And all the books that I bought, I saw I
should have invested in stock of Barnes and Noble or whatever.
Speaker 7 (17:43):
No, you shouldn't have because Barns and Nobles struggling right
about got We gotta get out here because we have
the runa report coming up next, Mark, what are you
going to be reviewing tonight?
Speaker 5 (17:53):
We're going to talk about beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Oh, you can't
say it three times?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
You know that, right? You can't say it Candy Man
three times either.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
You know. Don't bring bad luck down on the station.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Come on not Dela Cruz. Fantastic job. We'll see you
next week.
Speaker 5 (18:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from
KFI A M six forty pop Culture ron and Report
with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Caf Kelly, Mark Runner, Take it Away tonight, we're talking
about beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Now, cut me some slack if this
sounds like a shaggy dog story. But when I think
of Tim Burton, I think of a scene from an
old Sam Peckinpalm movie called Ride the High Country. Hear
me out, an aging cowboy says he'll testify for one
of the men he's bringing in, and things shouldn't be
too hard on him. What about the other guy he's
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bringing in?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Nope?
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Well why because the other guy used to be his friend.
How that relates to Tim Burton is that he did
some incredible singular work as an odd ball artist, followed
by years of diaper gravy. Now, if that diaper gravy
had then perpetrated by any old hack like Rob Zombie,
I wouldn't care. But it was done by Tim Burton.
The guy who gave us ed Wood Mars Attacks. That's
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the guy who went on to give us a big
screen Dark Shadows that was so offensively bad and off
the mark that I got furious all over again rewatching
it the other night. That's the guy who gave us
a more or less worthless and silly Planet of the
Apes remake with Marky Mark no less, the guy who
gave us Peewee's Big Adventure and the really underrated Sleepy Hollow.
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He turned around and splattered us with Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. Okay, I don't want to get into Batman
because I could take up a whole show, and my
feelings about it are complicated. So you'd be forgiven for
dragging your feet to see a sequel to a movie
you made back in nineteen eighty eight that I think
is pretty universally loved. Does the Burton family need a
new pool? Did he tie up all his money in
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Twitter and or Tesla Stock. Here's a bit of the
trailer for Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Here's a preview. He warned, it's intense. I can't believe
Grandpa's dead.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
That's hard.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
Yeah, sometimes I think life is harder.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
When I was a teenager, a trickster demon terrorized our
entire family and tried to force me to marry him.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
I believed he was gone forever until you found this
in the attic. Beetlejuice. Don't ever say that name. Beetlejuice.
No strict I'm serious.
Speaker 4 (21:09):
Times you will appear.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Beatles Juice.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
The juice is loose.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I'm gonna make you so happy.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
I think I've reached that Pavlovian stage where just hearing
Michael Keaton in the Beetlejuice voice makes me laugh. And
I'm not going to drag this out like one of
those clickbait stories on Facebook. Here's the deal about the
first two thirds of Beetlejuice. Beetle Juice, I thought, well,
it's not disappointing, and the final third I was one
hundred percent in and laughed out loud a few times.
There are moments in that first two thirds that drag
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and I could have used more Michael Keaton, who was
just great fun again as the demon Beetlejuice. And you
can kind of decide on your own that question, that
age old question of whether you say, like more Hannibal
Lecter in Silence of the Lambs would have lessened his impact,
But I know that character has got a little extra
baggage lately for reasons I'd rather avoid here. Every minute
Keaton's on screen is fun, and that Beetlejuice makeup pretty
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much negates the fact that he's seventy three now, after
watching Keaton and Knox Goes Away, which I know MO
also saw recently, I'm starting to think this guy can
do no wrong, and that's when they let you down.
That's when they screw you. The original Beetlejuice is such
a classic that we don't really need to spend a
lot of time playing catch up here. Briefly, Alec Baldwin
and Geena Davis played a dead couple who wanted to
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scare away the family that's just moved into their house,
and they enlist this mad cap reprobate demon named Beetlejuice,
and things get nuts after that. Among other things, Beetlejuice
wants to marry the new family's goth daughter, who was
played then by young Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which
I'm just going to call it B two now or
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it's going to get irritating. Winona's Lydiadeits is middle aged
and she's got her own daughter who doesn't like her
very much. The ghost couple's long gone, maybe because one
of them's on trial in New Mexico for shooting someone.
He's now working in the afterlife civil Service bureaucracy from
that first movie with a punch of colleagues who have tiny,
shrunken heads. But your screenwriting teacher wants to know what
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are the inciting incidents? Well, I'm glad you asked. Lydia's
dad dies and everyone has to go back to the
old house for his funeral. Now that dad was played
by Jeffrey Jones in the first movie, and Jones later
wound up in some fairly serious legal trouble that landed
him in the sexual offender database, which it turns out
can be a bit of a career speed bump. He's
not in the movie, and the way he isn't is
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pretty creative and funny, and I'm not going to spoil
it for you. It turns out there was once a
Missus Beach. She's played by Monica Balucci. She's back from
the dead and wants revenge, and sort of predictably, the daughter,
who is played by Jenna Ortega from Wednesday, which was
also a Tim Burton toint, gets into some supernatural trouble
of her own and she needs to be saved, and
there we are back in business. Justin Threux shows up.
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He plays Lydia's sleazy heel fiance, and it's such a
broad row jerk part that all I could think of
was how outright incredible and hilarious he was playing g
Gordon Lyddy in White House Plumbers last year. If you
haven't seen that, just know that I don't get paid
enough to lie to you. I'm no Tim Poole. B
two has its flaws, but it does something that good
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movies can. There's an insane, chaotic, cartoonishly surreal scene augmented
by one of the most just batcrap songs of the sixties.
And I'm not gonna spoil that either. And I thought,
in that moment, all right, you've reeled me all the
way back in all is forgiven. Maybe I'll even go
back and watch the rest of that Big Eyes movie.
But not Dumbo. Dumbo can take his huge cgi ears
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and fly himself to hell. Are we clear, mo, Yes,
we're clear. But I have to say that was a
very nice shout out to Alec Baldwin in there, I
caught with. I like to make the pop culture references
that the young people appreciate.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Oh no cameo from Jeffrey Jones.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Huh, well, no, no, he's not in the movie, but
I don't want to spoil there's some really creative stylistic
touches in it. It's like the old wacky Tim Burton
that we loved when we younger.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
He's packed. This movie is so much fun. Okay, all right,
I will definitely check it out on the strength of
your review, Mark Ronner.
Speaker 5 (25:14):
It's important, Mo that you especially believe everything I say. Well,
I want to be able to blame you if I
don't like it, that's what. Yeah, there's that issue. If
you hate it, you can put it on me. Well,
I'll do that anyway.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (25:30):
The legendary music of Cercio Mendez, who passed away today
at the age of eighty three. That hit Mosque Nava
was a part of the Brazilian Bostonova explosion of the
mid nineteen sixties, and most people may remember Sessio Mendez
in a variety of ways. They may remember him as
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a band leader, they may remember him as a musician.
But I actually backed into learning about him. It was
in nineteen eighty three and I was listening to the
radio and I heard this song, and I wrongly assumed
it was him singing it when it was actually another vocalist.
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And for many, i'll say American listeners who didn't have
the reference point of his Brazilian Bostonova history, n Akadela Cruz.
When you think of Sechiel Mendez, what comes to mind.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
I definitely think of one of his best albums that
in my eyes, Timeless, which he had so many features
and so many he crossed.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Over like he was not afraid.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
He's a point.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Yeah, he was not afraid to work with.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
Everybody, you know what I mean, whether you were a
new artist or you were you know, an artist that
had been around like Stevie Wonder.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
You know, he just was not afraid.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Music was his passion, his love, and said, Hill is
going to be greatly missed, but his music is going
to live on.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
And he just he just really knew how to bring
vibes and sound together.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
And I remember remember the movie Rio, Yes, okay, so
you know it takes it takes place in Brasila, and
I remember watching it with my daughter and I go,
if there is not a set Hill, mend this song
in here, I we're gonna have problems.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
And then I heard it and I was like, oh, okay,
it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
One thing the sad part about someone passing is obviously
their passing. The glad part is people will then get
a chance to discover the vast discography, the great contributions
to not only genre but also music history. And SARAHI
Amendez is one of those people that I think now
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yet you may know about the some of the other
Brazilian artists, but you may not have known about Sarah
A Mendez when he was best known or what he
was best known for. Or maybe you might have known
when he when he did a remake to Moska Nada
with will I am Yes, but now they'll be exposed
to him more.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
Hopefully, Yes, I you know, it is it is, it is.
It is wonderful to know that he gave us so
much music. He gave us, He gave us a culture
to learn about. You know, Brasilero was was was something
that he was known for, you know what I mean.
And and and his music will expand and hopefully there
will be someone in the future that will go you
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know what I want to bring in that set himndus
kind of vibe, you know what I mean? Because artists
are influenced by other artists. Oh absolutely, absolutely rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Serhil Mendez gone at the age of eighty three, but
we will continue to remember him and play his music.
Oh and while I'm thinking about it, pull out your
phone again, hit that calendar app. Go to October and
make sure you just go ahead, head and put a
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because you might be busy, you might have to set
aside that time. And if you're wondering whether it has
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
There's now time for not adela cruise. Not a could
take it away.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Oh it's so nice to see you, Mo. You gotta
tell me about your trip a little bit later.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Okay, I want to hear all Kwala has to tell
you he had therrism.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Of a lifetime. Well, you know, it's been hot, mo.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
I love to discover SoCal and a little bit of everything,
but I kept it in our own backyard.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
First of all, it's been.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Very, very hot, and my car has some issues, so
I decided to go to the Bourbank Historical Society Gordon R.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Howard Museum. Say that all like five times in one breath.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It showcases the rich history of Burbank, right here in
our own backyard.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
It's not too far from the station, a city known
for its pivotal.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Role in aviation, entertainment and local industry. Founded in nineteen
seventy three, the museum is a volunteer run organization dedicated
to preserving and celebrating the city. Pass Through a wide
range of exhibits, visitors can explore rooms filled with really
rare artifacts that covers Burbank's early development as well as
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the rise as hub for television and film production, with
a focus on the impact of major studios such as
which is also down the street, Warner Brothers, and Disney.
The museum houses an impressive collection of memorabilia from Burbank's
early days. Some highlights include there was a lot of
antique vehicles such as vintage fire trucks classic cars, along
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with early aviation artifacts that reflects the city's role in
shaping modern flight. Visitors can also see a huge collection
of cameras like when the first camera first came, all
the way to the new cannons, film equipment, and set
pieces from Burbank's contributions to television and cinema. The museum
also offers insight into the city's pivotal contributions to technological
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advancements in entertainment and aerospace industries, which have been defining
elements of Burbank's identity now. The first monorail I don't
know if you know this, but the first monorail patent
in the US was designed and built.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
In Burbank back in nineteen o seven.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I did not know.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We weren't even thought of at that at that time,
and Burbank was once known.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I don't know if you know this too, was once
known for its fine wines and large wineries.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Didn't know that either, okay?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
And where are they now? Well they all been taken
by Hollywood. Too bad?
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah, because I would have loved to have a nice
winery here in Burbank. The museum is open on weekends
only from one to four pm. I suggest that you
get there a little early because sometimes you could get
a little crowded, and when I went on Saturday, was
a little crowded. The museum provides free admissions, so as
free ninety nine frisky. We love that, making it accessible
to all who are interested in local history. The exhibits
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are thoughtfully curated to offer a comprehensive overview of Burbank's development,
and his volunteer staff is very sweet, very knowledgeable. They
could answer all the questions that you have, So for
more information you could go to ww dot Burbank Historical
SoC dot org. That's Bourbank Historical sooc SOOC for society
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dot org. And I was kind of curious of who
Gordon R. Howard was, so he was a significant figure
in preserving Burbank's history.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
He was an instrumental.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
He was very instrumental in found funding the museum and
collecting kind of all the items that were on display,
which are tons of him. So just you know, go
through every single exhibit and just look and just really
kind of nitpick at the things that they have there
from you know, like some of the first planes that
were made here and that were on you know, there
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are a fews that are on display too, so you
might want to check that out. But a lot of
great history right here in the city of Burbank. The
museum is located at one one zero West Clark Avenue.
Once again, it's open Saturdays and Sundays from one to four.
And you know, Bourbank is all has been often called
media city, and it's also because you know, we have
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Warner Brothers, we have Disney, we have NBC, we have iHeartRadio.
So it's been pretty much what Hollywood has been kind
of known for. And I've lived in Bourbank for twenty
four years and I've seen it grow. I remember when
I first moved here, you know, I would go to downtown,
downtown bourber and it was dead, Like dad, there was
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no good restaurants, there was nothing now to find parking,
Oh my goodness. With three theaters, new restaurants, new shops.
They now have the Food and Wine Festival. They have
Ladies and Gents Night Out food truck which I love.
It's the last Friday of the month. They also have
the art festivals where they showcase people locally who you know,
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make things.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
And they have what do you call it.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Too, where they do the stuff on the chalk like
the chalk art too. So Burbank has definitely definitely grown.
And this is if you want to know a little
bit more about it, I would say definitely visit. It's
free one one zero West Clark Avenue in the city
of Burbank, open Saturday and Sunday from one to four
and from more information go to Burbank Historical sooc dot org.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
See that's the thing about living in this I'll say
Los Angeles Southern California area, especially if you grew up here,
there's so much to do. Most of it you take
for granted. Yes, you hit the high tourist spots, the
amusement parks, maybe you go to the beaches and you
miss my phrase, the hidden gems of Southern California. Like
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just I mean going to Burbank and just doing the
tours of the studios themselves can be a lot, and
we just sort of forget that it's right there usually
just waiting for us.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Well, you know what. The other thing too, and I
know you and I have discussed this, is that we
know that we have all these amazing things, but we
really don't see it until we have family come from
the East coast, West coast, you know, other parts of
the world, and then we go, oh, well, let's take
them there, because it's like a two fer.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
You know, I've never been there, but I want to
take them there too.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Whether it's Saghetty, whether it's the Magic Castle, whether it's
you know, Universal Studios. We really do take it for
granted and we don't really soak up everything that we have.
And I'm very blessed and very thankful that I do
get to discover so Cal because it forces.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Me to leave my twenty mile radius.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
That's what makes me feel comfortable, even though, like I said,
I wanted to be in our own backyard and so
I decided to go there.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Hell, depending on traffic, that twenty mile radius can take
you like an hour and a half who can tell
it in any direction?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Or are you telling?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Goodness?
Speaker 3 (06:50):
And don't let it be a holiday weekend.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Look, I'm only twenty two miles from this studio and
getting in it could take anywhere from an hour to
an hour and a half. Twenty two miles.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm ten minutes. I mean, I'm sorry, I'm ten I'm
less than ten miles and sometimes ten minutes, that's for sure, right, No,
it's it's not a mile a minute.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
That's not how it works in California. But definitely it's
it's a good little point place. So if you know,
if you want to get to know a little bit
what about you know, if you're on this on you're
coming to this side of town and you want to
know a little bit more about Burmank and you're here
on the weekend one to four, definitely go check out
the museum.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's it's really cute.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
When we come back, we have the Hitting Gym with
Nautica da La Cruz As It's Friday Nights with Nautica
on Later with Mo Kelly caf I Am six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And now it's time for more of Nautica Dela Cruz, Well,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Today's Hidden jem is Christina Recent.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
Christina Reson always dreamed of writing books and sharing her
stories with the world. As a child, she filled countless
journals with short stories and poems, pouring her heart and
imagining onto every page. She spent hours lost in books,
finding inspiration in every story she would read. Christina knew
at an early age that she wanted to pursue creative
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writing and her passion for literature, and it led to
lead her to her dream to study abroad.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
So she went to England and she had the time
of her life studying abroad.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Her dream became a reality when she got the opportunity
to study in England for a year during college. There,
she was captivated by the grand libraries, the bustling city life.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
And the quaint charm of English countryside.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
She explored the literary treasures of England, visiting famous bookstores
and soaking in the inspiration from the landscapes and history.
This experience deepened her love for storytelling and solidified her
desire to dedicate her life to writing. Upon returning to
the United States, Christina wanted to share her love of
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stories with others. She started working as a substitute teacher
in elementary schools, primarily teaching third and fourth graders. Christina
found joy in the vibrant imaginations of her students and
loved watching their eyes light up as they crafted their
own tales. Though she had a bachelor's degree in fine arts,
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she felt her true calling was in nurturing the creative
sparkan children and helping them find their voices through writing.
Eager to extend her knowledge and do more to inspire
young minds, Christina discovered eight to six LA in Los Angeles.
This organization perfectly aligned with her passion for storytelling and education.
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She began volunteering where she could use her creative skills
to help students and develop their writing talents. Christina found
fulfillment in guiding children to express themselves, write stories, build
confidence in their abilities.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And so much more.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
It is there where she just completely found her passion
and purpose had come to life. Eight six LA is
a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages six through
eighteen and improving their writing skills and encouraging creativity. A
two six LA was founded by author Dave Eggers and
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educator Nineveh Caligari I hope I got her name right,
with a mission to foster a love for writing and
empower empowering young voices. A two six LA also offers
a variety of programs that provide children with safe and
inspiring space to express themselves creatively. They host after school
tutoring sessions where students receive personalized assistance to improve their
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writing skills, from crafting imaginative stories to mastering the fundamentals
of grammar.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
In addition to tutoring, A six LA organizes.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Organization creative writing workshops that cover everything from poetry to
storytelling and journalism and scriptwriting. And they like their kids
to think outside the box, and they want their kids
to kind of build confidence and just have a creative
mind and put things on paper.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
So it's a really good it's a really good organization.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
And I think reading and writing, uh can take your
mind to an endless how should I say, could take
your mind to the endless wonders of the world, you know,
to unlock your imagination and just to think about new perspectives,
perspectives it's just it's a really good way to express yourself.
And they also are going to have this thing called
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Poetry in the Park and if you would like to go,
all you got to do is go to eight two
six la dot org and RSVP. But I want to
say I met this young lady at the library and
I can't remember what section we were at, but we
just started just talking and then she talked to me
about this book club, and then I went and I
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showed up at the book club, even though I really
didn't know too many people.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
And I'm you know, I'm one of those people that
I'm like, whatever, what do I gotta lose, I'm going
to show up.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
And I just want to say to Christina recent I
say thank you very much, thank you for telling me
your story, thank you for telling me about eight two
six la dot org. I went to the website and
I was just wowed about all the things that they
do for kids. So once again, if you'd like to
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donate or if you would like to get involved, go
to eight two six LA dot org. And one last note,
Poetry in the Park is going to be on Saturday,
September twenty first, from one to three.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
They would like for you to RSVP online.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
But they're gonna have uh, writing workshops, They're gonna have
pot luck, they're gonna have sidewalk chalk, they're gonna have drawings, coloring,
all kinds of stuff for the kids, and it's just.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
A great way to have the community come together.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I'm a kid who loved creative and expository writing growing up.
That was my thing. But also we were expected to
read a lot. It was one thing to have these
ideas in your head, but reading help you formulate and
kind of like learn how to express those ideas. It
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could have been in poetic poetic prose or something like that,
but you learn how to tell stories, learn how to communicate.
I wonder we were talking about your daughter about something else, yes,
last second, I wonder if her generation grew up reading
as much as our generation did. I don't know if
they did. I know they have phones, but I don't
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know if they read a lot of books.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Well, my daughter did. I know at her school they
had to read.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
At least four books a month and also do reports,
so that for sure. The Also the other thing too
is that she was very much into comic books. I
wasn't really kind I didn't think comic and no disrespect
the studio, no disrespect, no disrespect.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
But Mark Mark Runner is going to get you Toa's going.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
To get you.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Okay, but let me finish what I'm gonna say, please kindly.
I don't I like comic books. I love that she
liked comic books because that was kind of expanding her
imagination into this whole new world. But when it came
to when it came to academics, I was sometimes I
would go, how is that going to help her? But
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the fact that she was reading, that's what I really loved.
And my niece and my nephews they love to read.
And sometimes I go, mm hmm, yeah, because you have
to do it now. But you know, as you get older,
you're like, oh, now I do the Audibles. The reading
does it for me, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (14:29):
But I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
You know, when kids are into books, it really expands
their mind, their their their their knowledge, their this this
world of fantasy. You know, there's there's so much that
they could do with just reading and just writing and
making up stories, you know what I mean. Storytelling is
such a beautiful thing. And even in college I took storytelling,
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and you know, we would have to just make these
imaginary stories and I would go, well, how would how
does this pan out? But it's just you know, the
theater of the mind of kind of playing this movie
in your mind. And you know you you you said
that you read a lot, you speak very eloquent, you
project yourself very eloquent. But that goes from you know,
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learning big words, small words, how to put things in sentences.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
In I read the dictionary.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
You did from front to back, not front to back.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
But there were times where I read just sections of
the dictionary. I was that kid who literally when I
heard a word I did not know, okay, because you
couldn't look it up back then, you had to run
to the dictionaries, like, I don't know how to spell it? Well,
they said, look it up anyway, and I would learn
not only how to spell the word, but the different
meanings and sub meanings of a word.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
Now.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
It wasn't cool back then. Of course they made fun
of me, but it's I think it has done me
well in the year since. But I'm going to let
Mark Ronner have a word in support of comic books
and their literary value.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Please, Oh well, I mean, I wasn't really prepared to
go here, but there's there's actually been studies showing that
the unique way words and drawings are used in comics
have an effect on the brain like nothing else, like
unlike movies or TV or books on their own, comics
are an excellent way to teach kids reading.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
And if you've ever read any of them, you would
notice that it would help expand their vocabulary because it's
written in a way usually which is for a mature adult.
Here comes t Walta. It took them long enough to
get it, get some of this.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
I was disrespect Look, the disrespect was definitely felt. But
absolutely comic books for me, that is what expanded my vocabulary.
That is what got me into reading books beyond comic books,
because when you have stories like those of the Fantastic
Four and of the X Men and just all those
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comics were not bang zoom pow. They are using some
real high level vocabulary and storytelling it. To under stand that,
and to get into all of this you have to
do more reading, research, pick up a dictionary, all of
that and it takes you to the next.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Level, especially your creativity. Pineal Gland, Yes, he went pineal.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Glands right, he did the only comic books I ever
read because I was infatuated with Wonder Woman. So I
loved wonder Woman, but anything else I was just like, no,
but my my daughter's into I don't know. Help me out, guys, Japanese.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ron She reads those
like there's no tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
And all the books that I bought, I saw I
should have invested in stock of Barnes and Noble or whatever.
Speaker 7 (17:43):
No, you shouldn't have because Barns and Nobles struggling right
about got We gotta get out here because we have
the runa report coming up next, Mark, what are you
going to be reviewing tonight?
Speaker 5 (17:53):
We're going to talk about beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Oh, you can't
say it three times?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
You know that, right? You can't say it Candy Man
three times either.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
You know. Don't bring bad luck down on the station.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Come on not Dela Cruz. Fantastic job. We'll see you
next week.
Speaker 5 (18:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from
KFI A M six forty pop Culture ron and Report
with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Caf Kelly, Mark Runner, Take it Away tonight, we're talking
about beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Now, cut me some slack if this
sounds like a shaggy dog story. But when I think
of Tim Burton, I think of a scene from an
old Sam Peckinpalm movie called Ride the High Country. Hear
me out, an aging cowboy says he'll testify for one
of the men he's bringing in, and things shouldn't be
too hard on him. What about the other guy he's
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bringing in?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Nope?
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Well why because the other guy used to be his friend.
How that relates to Tim Burton is that he did
some incredible singular work as an odd ball artist, followed
by years of diaper gravy. Now, if that diaper gravy
had then perpetrated by any old hack like Rob Zombie,
I wouldn't care. But it was done by Tim Burton.
The guy who gave us ed Wood Mars Attacks. That's
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the guy who went on to give us a big
screen Dark Shadows that was so offensively bad and off
the mark that I got furious all over again rewatching
it the other night. That's the guy who gave us
a more or less worthless and silly Planet of the
Apes remake with Marky Mark no less, the guy who
gave us Peewee's Big Adventure and the really underrated Sleepy Hollow.
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He turned around and splattered us with Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. Okay, I don't want to get into Batman
because I could take up a whole show, and my
feelings about it are complicated. So you'd be forgiven for
dragging your feet to see a sequel to a movie
you made back in nineteen eighty eight that I think
is pretty universally loved. Does the Burton family need a
new pool? Did he tie up all his money in
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Twitter and or Tesla Stock. Here's a bit of the
trailer for Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Here's a preview. He warned, it's intense. I can't believe
Grandpa's dead.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
That's hard.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
Yeah, sometimes I think life is harder.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
When I was a teenager, a trickster demon terrorized our
entire family and tried to force me to marry him.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
I believed he was gone forever until you found this
in the attic. Beetlejuice. Don't ever say that name. Beetlejuice.
No strict I'm serious.
Speaker 4 (21:09):
Times you will appear.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Beatles Juice.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
The juice is loose.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I'm gonna make you so happy.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
I think I've reached that Pavlovian stage where just hearing
Michael Keaton in the Beetlejuice voice makes me laugh. And
I'm not going to drag this out like one of
those clickbait stories on Facebook. Here's the deal about the
first two thirds of Beetlejuice. Beetle Juice, I thought, well,
it's not disappointing, and the final third I was one
hundred percent in and laughed out loud a few times.
There are moments in that first two thirds that drag
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and I could have used more Michael Keaton, who was
just great fun again as the demon Beetlejuice. And you
can kind of decide on your own that question, that
age old question of whether you say, like more Hannibal
Lecter in Silence of the Lambs would have lessened his impact,
But I know that character has got a little extra
baggage lately for reasons I'd rather avoid here. Every minute
Keaton's on screen is fun, and that Beetlejuice makeup pretty
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much negates the fact that he's seventy three now, after
watching Keaton and Knox Goes Away, which I know MO
also saw recently, I'm starting to think this guy can
do no wrong, and that's when they let you down.
That's when they screw you. The original Beetlejuice is such
a classic that we don't really need to spend a
lot of time playing catch up here. Briefly, Alec Baldwin
and Geena Davis played a dead couple who wanted to
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scare away the family that's just moved into their house,
and they enlist this mad cap reprobate demon named Beetlejuice,
and things get nuts after that. Among other things, Beetlejuice
wants to marry the new family's goth daughter, who was
played then by young Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which
I'm just going to call it B two now or
(22:47):
it's going to get irritating. Winona's Lydiadeits is middle aged
and she's got her own daughter who doesn't like her
very much. The ghost couple's long gone, maybe because one
of them's on trial in New Mexico for shooting someone.
He's now working in the afterlife civil Service bureaucracy from
that first movie with a punch of colleagues who have tiny,
shrunken heads. But your screenwriting teacher wants to know what
(23:10):
are the inciting incidents? Well, I'm glad you asked. Lydia's
dad dies and everyone has to go back to the
old house for his funeral. Now that dad was played
by Jeffrey Jones in the first movie, and Jones later
wound up in some fairly serious legal trouble that landed
him in the sexual offender database, which it turns out
can be a bit of a career speed bump. He's
not in the movie, and the way he isn't is
(23:32):
pretty creative and funny, and I'm not going to spoil
it for you. It turns out there was once a
Missus Beach. She's played by Monica Balucci. She's back from
the dead and wants revenge, and sort of predictably, the daughter,
who is played by Jenna Ortega from Wednesday, which was
also a Tim Burton toint, gets into some supernatural trouble
of her own and she needs to be saved, and
there we are back in business. Justin Threux shows up.
(23:54):
He plays Lydia's sleazy heel fiance, and it's such a
broad row jerk part that all I could think of
was how outright incredible and hilarious he was playing g
Gordon Lyddy in White House Plumbers last year. If you
haven't seen that, just know that I don't get paid
enough to lie to you. I'm no Tim Poole. B
two has its flaws, but it does something that good
(24:15):
movies can. There's an insane, chaotic, cartoonishly surreal scene augmented
by one of the most just batcrap songs of the sixties.
And I'm not gonna spoil that either. And I thought,
in that moment, all right, you've reeled me all the
way back in all is forgiven. Maybe I'll even go
back and watch the rest of that Big Eyes movie.
But not Dumbo. Dumbo can take his huge cgi ears
(24:37):
and fly himself to hell. Are we clear, mo, Yes,
we're clear. But I have to say that was a
very nice shout out to Alec Baldwin in there, I
caught with. I like to make the pop culture references
that the young people appreciate.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Oh no cameo from Jeffrey Jones.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Huh, well, no, no, he's not in the movie, but
I don't want to spoil there's some really creative stylistic
touches in it. It's like the old wacky Tim Burton
that we loved when we younger.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
He's packed. This movie is so much fun. Okay, all right,
I will definitely check it out on the strength of
your review, Mark Ronner.
Speaker 5 (25:14):
It's important, Mo that you especially believe everything I say. Well,
I want to be able to blame you if I
don't like it, that's what. Yeah, there's that issue. If
you hate it, you can put it on me. Well,
I'll do that anyway.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
The legendary music of Cercio Mendez, who passed away today
at the age of eighty three. That hit Mosque Nava
was a part of the Brazilian Bostonova explosion of the
mid nineteen sixties, and most people may remember Sessio Mendez
in a variety of ways. They may remember him as
(25:52):
a band leader, they may remember him as a musician.
But I actually backed into learning about him. It was
in nineteen eighty three and I was listening to the
radio and I heard this song, and I wrongly assumed
it was him singing it when it was actually another vocalist.
(26:14):
And for many, i'll say American listeners who didn't have
the reference point of his Brazilian Bostonova history, n Akadela Cruz.
When you think of Sechiel Mendez, what comes to mind.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
I definitely think of one of his best albums that
in my eyes, Timeless, which he had so many features
and so many he crossed.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Over like he was not afraid.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
He's a point.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Yeah, he was not afraid to work with.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
Everybody, you know what I mean, whether you were a
new artist or you were you know, an artist that
had been around like Stevie Wonder.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
You know, he just was not afraid.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Music was his passion, his love, and said, Hill is
going to be greatly missed, but his music is going
to live on.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
And he just he just really knew how to bring
vibes and sound together.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
And I remember remember the movie Rio, Yes, okay, so
you know it takes it takes place in Brasila, and
I remember watching it with my daughter and I go,
if there is not a set Hill, mend this song
in here, I we're gonna have problems.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
And then I heard it and I was like, oh, okay,
it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
One thing the sad part about someone passing is obviously
their passing. The glad part is people will then get
a chance to discover the vast discography, the great contributions
to not only genre but also music history. And SARAHI
Amendez is one of those people that I think now
(27:50):
yet you may know about the some of the other
Brazilian artists, but you may not have known about Sarah
A Mendez when he was best known or what he
was best known for. Or maybe you might have known
when he when he did a remake to Moska Nada
with will I am Yes, but now they'll be exposed
to him more.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
Hopefully, Yes, I you know, it is it is, it is.
It is wonderful to know that he gave us so
much music. He gave us, He gave us a culture
to learn about. You know, Brasilero was was was something
that he was known for, you know what I mean.
And and and his music will expand and hopefully there
will be someone in the future that will go you
(28:30):
know what I want to bring in that set himndus
kind of vibe, you know what I mean? Because artists
are influenced by other artists. Oh absolutely, absolutely rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Serhil Mendez gone at the age of eighty three, but
we will continue to remember him and play his music.
Oh and while I'm thinking about it, pull out your
phone again, hit that calendar app. Go to October and
make sure you just go ahead, head and put a
(29:01):
hold on October thirtieth, Stay around six to ten pm
because you might be busy, you might have to set
aside that time. And if you're wondering whether it has
anything to do with Halloween, which is the next day,
you might be right. Kf I am six forty. We're
(29:23):
live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. Perfect for achy indecisive minds.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
KFI is cooling Infojel quickly relieves ignorance and leaves.
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A mifty fresh scent.
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