October 18, 2024 • 34 mins
ICYMI: Hour Three of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A look at how much does Taylor Swift make per concert, and how truly successful she actually is…PLUS – Thoughts on the announcement of the newest major theme park, “Universal Epic Universe,” AND major toy companies tapping into the $billion “kidults” customer fan-base - 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 A six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Have you ever just sat and wondered how much money
Taylor Swift makes per performance? She's been touring the world
for I don't know how long we know that. She's
I don't know, maybe worth two billion dollars an hour
or something like that. She's worth a lot of money.
(00:27):
Have you ever wondered about how much she makes per concert?
I actually have, and I'm glad someone out there did
the calculation so we could figure out how much she
makes per performance Towala, do you have.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Any idea or wanta hazard a guess?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I mean, looking at how much she brought it from
just one show out here in LA, it's got to
be at least over ten million per show. I'm gonna
say ten ten to fifteen million per show.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Stephan ten million per show, Yeah, I would say, bro
I would say eight eight million per show. Okay, eight million,
ten million. Let's see what the right answer is. Reporting
(01:27):
from Forbes estimates that in the initial North American leg
of the tour, Taylor Swift pocketed about thirteen point six
million dollars per show per show three hours of singing, dancing,
and shaking, shaking it off thirteen million dollars per show.
(01:50):
To put that in some sort of perspective, George Clooney
Brad Pitt both May thirty five dollars thirty five million
dollars each for the movie The Wolfs thirty five million.
That was for one movie. That's about maybe six weeks
(02:11):
of work. I'm guessing, right, I don't know how long
it too, but let's say it was six weeks of
shooting the movie. This is thirteen point six million for
about three hours.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
She probably has.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
An opening act and she performs maybe a good solid
ninety minutes. I'm guessing a little more two hours. No, yeah,
she's on for like three hours. Yeah, that's what I've heard. Oh, okay,
three hours. Then she works a whole three hours for
thirteen point six million dollars.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Not that she didn't earn it.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
She has to create the music and build her stature
to a point that people want to see her all
around the world in.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
These huge stadium venues.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
She gets all the credit, she gets all the money
thirteen point six million dollars, and that is not include
any of the other stuff like merchandise.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
When she's her.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Music is being played on the radio, all that kind
of stuff, not including any of that just thirty point
six million because she's Taylor Swift and she's singing for
three hours.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
It's more than it's just she's Taylor Swift and she's
singing for three hours. Because as one of the executive
producers for this show, the one who is chiefly responsible
for hiring a lot of these individuals, hiring the trucking
companies to carry the sets across country, hiring the dancers,
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hiring all the staff to work the Taylor Swift on
site parties, and all of that. She has her hands
in all of that, which is why she gets the
Lion shares. That's why I respect her hustle more so
than a lot of other artists who are just performing,
you know, Beyonce, Taylor Swift. They are a different generation
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of artists who are actually hands on producing the show,
not just getting up there singing and dancing and grooving.
They are hiring, working with the stage crew, making sure
they're getting out of there on time so they're not
going over because they respect union houses. This is a
different animal. As someone who has put on a show,
I can only imagine how much harder it is not
(04:22):
just putting on the show, but being in charge of
entertaining and providing that draw for the show. She absolutely
deserves every bit of that.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I don't disagree with any of that. Thirteen point six
million per show. And she just wrapped up one hundred
and forty nine date tour, or I should say she
will be wrapping it up in December, and at that
point she will have grossed more than four billion dollars
four billion. That's greater than the GDP of many small countries. Yeah, yeah,
(04:59):
four billion dollars. And just think that's her money. That's
different from the money that's brought into the show period,
because she does have to pay all of the people
she hires first, so she's getting thirteen herself. It's different
than say, when you have an artist who has paid
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thirteen million to do a show and they may walk
away with three million because they have to pay everyone
out first. There is a difference with how her money
is calculated in the perse she brings in.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I don't understand why she gets so much hate.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Yes, she has endorsed Kamala Harris, and I know that
we're in a politically fractured time. But Taylor Swift really
doesn't do anything which is objectionable. Honestly, it's not like
she's getting in trouble in a criminal sense. She donated
five million dollars for hurricane relief. Her boyfriend happens to
(05:59):
be a football player, and she really supports him.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I don't get the hate.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I don't understand it because there's so many other people
we could be mad at for worse things.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I don't know what the quot is, but it's like.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Popularity breeds hate because all they hate that Tom Brady
got and I mean, he wasn't all that great of
a person, but in general people hated him just because
he was so well well. There were some times where
he had the Flakegate and there was the Tuck rule.
He got some preferential treatment and I thought he was cheating.
(06:33):
And I don't like anything from New England. So there's that.
There is that Kaylor Swift.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
I do lend a lot of the hate that she's
getting to the fact that we do have a segment
in society, a largely male segment of society, that absolutely
despise women, They despise successful and they seek to hair
(07:00):
down anything that a woman does. I mean the number
of things that we have seen that are headed up
and led by women, that gifts get so much hate.
Sight unseen doesn't even matter who did it.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I hate it. It's a woman. Fire them all if
I hate them all.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Woman directed it, or a woman started in it, or
the woman is lead in it.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Woman takes over.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
There was one woman I can't remember her name, but
she took over Universal and I remember reading some of
the depress and it was like, the company is gonna
go to hell now that such and such took over.
And I'm like, she's got a highly successful track record.
Like you all are writing articles and talking bad about
the company. You don't realize that most of the success
(07:45):
that Universal Pictures has had has been because of her.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
What are we talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
And going back to Taylor Swift. Am I a Taylor
Swift music fan?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think I can name three Taylor Swift songs more.
If you played them and said this is Taylor Swift,
I'll say, oh, okay, then.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I know another one.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
But I don't know her her music all that well.
I'm not a fan of her music. I don't think
she's an exceptional singer. But I cannot hate the hustle,
and I can admire this empire that she's created, largely
writing most of her music, being in control of her business,
(08:27):
and as far as I can tell, for the most part,
being a pretty decent role model. Because in this business
we talk about the music business all the time.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
She could have done.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Far worse for herself or far worse could have been
done to her, and from what I can tell, she's
largely avoided all the trappings or the pitfalls of music.
So if someone's gonna get thirteen point six million dollars
per show, might as well be Taylor Swift. As far
as I'm concerned, it's Later with Mo Kelly kf I
(08:57):
AM six forty. We are live everywhere on the ie
Heart Radio app, and look out, Disney, you might have
some competition. Universal Epic Universe is going to open in
Florida in May of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Will tell you all about that.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Next, you're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand
from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Kelly six Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Universal has
announced the spring opening date for the Epic Universe theme park,
dubbed Universal destinations and experiences. Most ambitious theme park, Epic
(09:44):
Universe will have fifty immersive experiences and five themed worlds,
Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Ministry of Magic,
Super Nintendo World, How To Train Your Dragon, Isle of Burke,
and Dark Universe, and it's supposed to open at Universal
Orlando Resort on May twenty second of next year. Sitting
(10:07):
at the end of the park will be new Universal
Helios Grand Hotel, which is a five hundred room property
includes scenic views of Epic Universe and a dedicated entrance
into the park. Annual pass holders can get their hands
on single day Epic Universe tickets beginning next Thursday, the
twenty fourth, before they go on sale to the general public,
(10:30):
and it doesn't say oh, here we go. Three day
packages that include one day at Epic Universe will range
from three hundred and fifty two to five hundred and
twenty one dollars depending.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
On the dates.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
We talked about Disney and their Lightning Pass yesterday and
how my word expensive that is.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Theme parks seemingly are going all in on.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
These passes, all in on these attractions, and they're trying
to get as much money out of us as possible
in a single day.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
I have never been drawn to Universal.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Studios, no disrespect, it's just the types of attractions there
don't mean as much to me. Like we would go
to Universal Studios for one of our Christmas parties and
after like forty five minutes to an hour, it's like, okay,
I'm ready to go. Yeah, I can ride the tram
ride every ten twenty years or so if there's something
new on it. But there's not a lot for me.
(11:35):
And when I bring my sons or nephew, there's not
a lot for them. It's not like they want to
be there.
Speaker 4 (11:43):
My kids have annual passes to Universal Studios, right, and
they want to go once in a blue moon, and
it's like a ten to fifteen minute drive. It's literally
not far away. They're going to go to the Halloween
or thing and that's about it. It's like, but it's
the passes were almost a waste and they're thirteen and eighteen,
(12:06):
but our fourteen eighteen. I'm sorry, it's it's tough. And
I don't hear nothing that you're rereck because I'm like,
you said something about Nintendo World and Harry Potter World. Yeah,
it's Super Nintendo World, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
These are big properties, but I don't know if they
translate to an amusement park. And I said the same
(12:29):
thing about the Avengers. So it's not like I'm just
hating on Universal. I'm just don't I don't see the
crossover appeal. Is there monster stuff not in this dusting see.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I gotta tell you, when I was writing Law and
Order games and I was working at the NBC Universal building,
I was so thrilled with all that stuff. I was
thrilled that I got to park in the Frankenstein lot.
I was thrilled when I got to go to the
commissary and there were the old movie posters.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
On the wall.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
I love all that stuff, and it seems, especially now,
it seems like that's what they should really been hating.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Well, that was their calling card because you got to
see the back lot. You got to see the behind
the scenes and the movies in the way that Disney
did not or could not. And I guess that they're
turning into more of a Disney style theme park where
you have their movie attractions and then they turn them
into theme park attractions.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
They own the IP. Why not, it's a Universal property.
Put it in the theme park. In fact, let's create
a brand new theme park of our new properties. I
get all that. I don't know where the audience is
supposed to come from.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Everybody loves the old Universal monsters, and to the point
that they're almost kind of kid friendly, and have been
for most of our lives. I think, but what do
you got. Let's run down the list. You got Frankenstein,
the Wolfman, Invisible Man, Creatures from the Black Lagoon.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
This generation knows about the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Everybody does. Everybody generation, everybody does.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
I don't know if it's a reason for let's say,
to Walla's kids fourteen and eighteen to go to an
amusement park.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
If they know that Germo del Toro Shape of Water movie,
they know the creature from the Black Lagoon.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
But that doesn't mean that they actually want to go
to Universal to see that.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
You may be right, and in which case, just bring
on the asteroid. We don't know.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
This is some of our greatest stuff. It's our greatest
pop culture stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
But okay, but greatest pop culture stuff doesn't mean that
adolescents want to spend time in a theme park dealing
with it.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
If that's the case, then I'm glad that I'm a childless,
middle aged bachelor.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Well, we talked about Deadpool and Wolverine.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Part of it's appeal it has to do with the
contemporary expression of how people talk and how we relate
to each other now, not about fifty and sixty years ago.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
It's not about Old Yeller. It's it's something for this time.
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Don't spoil the end of Old Yeller, don't.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
But I'm saying, you know, it's something for the now time.
Old Yeller, creature of the Black Lagoon, same era.
Speaker 5 (14:59):
It all translates. What's Frankenstein's Monster? You gotta say the monster?
What is he apart from a zombie?
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Right?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
But when you say Frankenstein's Monster, that doesn't connect in
the same way if you did a Walking.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Dead maybe maybe yeah, And the.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
Look they have a new Frankenstein's Monster movie coming out.
They have a new Wolf Band movie coming out. But
I don't know if kids are connecting those with the
original old school properties. They're trying to make these new
slick monster movies. You know, the Wolf Band looks like
it's a slick slasher film. It's just got a guy
(15:36):
who turns into a wolf. But it's not the story
of the Wolf Band of Old. So it's there is
a disconnect. And in reading this press release. Press releases
are supposed to be exciting and thoroughly and make me say,
you know what, let me look at those passes. I
heard everything that most said, and I'm like, no.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
And if he's not interested, and he knows that his
kids aren't interested, he's the one who's got to take them.
He's the one who's got to pay for the tickets.
He's the one has to have some sort of emotional
connection or desire to go. There's no reason for us
to go to Disneyland unless we the parents, are going
to get something out.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Of it as well.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
No, No, And the way Toula has been cracking down
on ranch dressings, he's not going to be shelling out
money for a theme park if nobody's one hundred percent
into it.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
He watches his pennies. I promise you this.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
You start selling out ranch dressing at Universal Theme Park here,
you're fired. That's what happened to you giving out ranch
dressing without people paying for it.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
You fied, well, I'll tell you.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
If there's one thing Victor von Frankenstein is known for
Victor Frankenstein, it's saying, the rules are the rules, so
vinchor Frankenstein, Yeah, you can't mess around with the rules.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It's Later with bo Kelly caf I AM six forty
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Speaker 1 (16:53):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
And I saw this story today and I said, this
is perfect for Later with Mo Kelly because it applies
to everyone on this show tonight, every single person. And
we're part of the growing number of adults who are
buying toys for ourselves, reclaiming memories from our childhoods, and
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showing off our fandom on our desks and shelves at
home in our office. Some of us have even managed
to cash in on our obsessions, reselling them as collector's items,
building up followings online because of them, and toy companies
including Mattel, Lego, Hasbro and others have taken note of
(17:46):
the rise of customers like us, and they've termed us
as k adults k I d U lts combination of
kid adults, and these companies are making products specifically with
Mark Ronner, Roe, Kelly, Twallas, Sharp, Stefan who doesn't have
(18:06):
a laugh's name in mind thinking about us. Mattel President
and chief commercial Officer Steve Totski said that while the
company has long counted adults among fans of its major brands,
such as Hot Wheels and Barbie, sales to adults have
grown over the last few years. Depending on the brand,
(18:28):
He said, adult collectors can't account for up to twenty
five percent of sales. Not a week goes by, h
maybe not a month goes by in which Mark Ronner
doesn't come by my desk and say, hey, Mo, did
you see what I just got online? Either a collector's
item or something which harkens back to his childhood.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
To Wallash Sharp, the exact same.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
He will find the latest toy or action figure that
he'll want to add to his collection.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I'm I'm more like the so you gave me the
rock and soccer robots? Yes, for Christmas, I have those.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
There are certain items around my house which are reminiscent
of my childhood. Of course, all the media I consume
usually is direct homage to my childhood.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
That's where they get the money from me.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
I'm surprised that they're actually talking about this like it's
a new thing, because as far as I was concerned,
the cottage industry of adults has been around for quite
some time. You look at how comic Con has grown
and how a large portion of comic Con just has
to do with the collectible items which they're selling in
the middle of the floor.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Oh yeah, No, most of what's happening right now, right now,
and New York Comic Con which is taking place, is
taking place for adults. I have in the last I'm
gonna say ten comic cons. I've gone to. The average
age there is i'd say twenty five thirty years old, period,
(20:05):
and most of us are there to get our hands
on these exclusives, these collectibles, these limited edition comic con
releases to add to our stash, our shelf, are show
off space, and that's just where it is. I think
it's not just mattelis every company out there, but it's
also companies that are investing in retro things, retro handheld games,
(20:29):
retro board games, the rock and soccer and robot that's
something that was re released in its exact same form.
They didn't updated, they didn't make you weird. It's the
exact same thing, same functionality. They just said, let's use
some more sturdy materials. But this is where we're at now.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
During the pandemic, Toy Company saw sales surge as people
stuck at home look for activities to do. In the
twelve months ending of June twenty twenty four, US adults
tallied more than seven billion in toy purchases. Seven billion
dollars in the last twelve months leading up to June
(21:08):
of this year, talking about Pokemon, Star Wars, Lego Star
Wars sets, Funko Pop and more. And from January to
April of this year, adults bought more toys than any
other age group, including preschoolers. In other words, bought for us,
(21:29):
not for other people, not for kids. You remember when
we had Joe Namath on the program.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
I do remember at Comic conep.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
And he joined the program to reintroduce the Mago line
of action figures and all the licensing that they had.
Why because adult collectors were going back and reminiscing and saying,
man I wish I could find man I gotta go
on Eban look for this. Many of these toy companies
are going back and getting licenses from past toy lines
(22:03):
and just bringing them back. There's this toy line called
Super seven which is re releasing all types of old toys, ThunderCats, giid,
all type of things in this modern, pristine condition, made
exactly for a collector. This is where we're at. It's
big business.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Roughly forty three percent of adults in the United States
bought a toy for themselves in the past year. Forty
three percent of adults. That's I don't know, maybe one
hundred million people beyond that. Some of the top reasons
adults said they bought toys were for socialization, enjoyment, and collecting.
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Others said they purchased toys to escape from reality, display
in their homes, or as investments. I'm more display. I
don't collect to hopefully resell one day. There's just some
things like oh, yeah, I remember that from my childhood.
I would love to be able to find that again.
That's my motivation. You had a huge comic book collection
(23:07):
that you probably could have sold at one point.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Oh yeah, no, absolutely, and then that day I'm sorry
that that. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I had much worse to say, uh,
decided to go into my storage unit and pilfer And
to this day, to this day, I wish a pox
(23:29):
upon them and anyone having their same gene line. One day,
I think you're going to get your chance.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
One day. I actually thought you'll find some.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Of your stuff on like eBay or something and be
able to trace it back to that person.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
So because I thought about taking up voodoo, No I did. Yeah,
I thought about taking a voodoo, putting a root on
them and bringing the downfall of them and their and
their can.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
You wouldn't be wrong for doing it. You would not
be wrong.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
But I'm I don't know about you, but I've been
on Instagram and I'm getting into what they call die
cast racing where they have these hot wheel races, hot
wheel cars on these plastic tracks and they and they
narrate them like it's a real race, like a sports announcer.
It's great entertainment. Let me shout out to tiny tracks.
(24:22):
I don't I follow another one, but I know exactly
what you're talking about. Racer band, We race things that
they're all it's like a cottage industry and they're so
good with the tracks. Yase it all has to be downhill.
Obviously it's all gravity. And they got yeah, and they
got the loops, they got the sharp turns, and then
they'll you make a bet, a fun bet like the
ones I watch. They use them like cartoon characters, so
(24:44):
it'll be like Batman versus Mario for Mario Brothers, and
like place your bets and then you see who's gonna win.
And then if there's like a spin out, put it
in slow motion. Yes, it's so awesome, exactly what that is.
This is the best part of Instagram. Yeah, look it
up twelve I see. Yeah, it's tiny tracks, tiny tracks.
This looks awesome. It's great, and he does a new
(25:05):
one every single day. It's like I wake up and
I go straight to his page. And if he's listening
right now, think he's so southern California based. I would
love to shout them out and have him come on
the show. This is oh, but you got to listen
with this sound up because they have the whole sports
play by play aspect of it.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
They're calling the race. It's great stuff.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
But yeah, there's a whole world out there for kids
like us who never want to grow up and still
want to hold on to some aspects of our childhood
and the toys are the way to do it. It's
Later with mo Kelly caf I AM six forty Live
everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
And last segment, we were talking about how toy companies
have really amped up the game in creating products and
marketing specifically to adults, people like to people like me,
people like Stefan and Mark Ronner, who will spend money
on toys not just for the kids, but for our selves.
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Sometimes it connects us to our childhood. Sometimes it's just
an easy way to entertain our selves. It's like, for example,
during the pandemic, and I know we all can remember it,
we didn't have any live sports or for a portion
of the pandemic because the leagues had shut down until
they figured out how they could continue. And all of
(26:30):
a sudden online popped up, these sites, websites, YouTube channels
of what is called die cast racing. You had marble racing,
There were sports of a different kind, and there was
this one particular channel that I fell in love with
and if you know the person I want to reach
out to them so I can get them on the show,
(26:52):
and it's Tiny track Cars. The YouTube channel it's Tiny
track Cars, and on Instagram it's at Time track Cars
and he will have these gravity based die cast racing
and he has this wall of hundreds and hundreds of
hot wheels cars that he'll pair up and there'll be
cars from maybe the Fast and Furious fan triise, or
(27:13):
it'll be from the Cars movie franchise, and they'll do
these races and oftentimes he'll narrate them as if they're
live races. It's really entertaining, really funny, stupid, it's silly.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
It's all those things.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
And he has these very inventive camera angles where if
a car goes off the track and runs over a person,
he'll offer commentary on that. But there are a lot
of similar YouTube channels and Instagram pages, but Tiny Track
Cars is probably my favorite and I we consider the best.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
I really like looking at some of the videos.
Speaker 4 (27:48):
I just went on Instagram to look at and I
definitely want to check out the YouTube page because the
wall of cars is amazing. But the camera work for
these races and the angles that he's getting in the
process of selecting cars to go against each other. This
is this is someone who has invested a lot of
time into making something out of nothing.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I love that the movies the movies said, the videos
are clearly time consuming. He has multi camera looks at
this with slow motion. There's a lot of video production
which is going into it. He's doing an audio track
for it as well. And he's doing these elaborate tournaments
of some sixty four cars going down to just one.
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And it's something that he'll do a video a day
and he's getting hundreds of thousands of views.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
I wonder, is he's sponsored by one of these kinds
You've got.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Some are there's one channel I saw. I think it's
boy Racer Ben and or We Race Things. It's one
of those. But he was sponsored by Dude Wipes the
bathroom wipes.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Seriously.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
No, but he's he's to Tallas Pooy making something out
of nothing. And I was just gonna say, and yeah,
the production is no small feet. He's not half assing anything. No,
it's not just one person with their camera phone just
following around. No, these are three or four different angles
that he's simultaneously recording these then going back in post
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production using effects and everything. It's a person with too
much time who has created something that we all can enjoy.
If you are from that era of using hot wheels
or Matchbox cars.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
Is Matchbox even still in business?
Speaker 2 (29:32):
I think so they are because I think when Fast
and Furious just took off the way it did, they
started doing those cars. And any car that's really featured
in a movie now it's showed, like let's say James
Bond as in Martin for that particular movie that's been
made into the die cast. The only reason I say
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this is because I see Hot Wheels cars. They sell
them in grocery source. That's when I usually see them.
I don't see ma Box anywhere, hmm, not as often,
but I know exactly what you're talking about because sometimes
sometimes they're right next to the candy. Yeah yeah, but yeah,
match Box, I think it is they are harder to
come by. I got to give it to hot Wheels
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because I thought that would have been something that would
have died out with us in our generation. We were
the kids who got on the floor and played with
the hot wheels, and I don't think that that was
going to be continued from from the Gen X to
the gen y to the millennials or whatever gen z,
the whatever they're called today.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
No match Box.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
I'm looking at said match boxes through Mattel and they
have they have a boat. Yeah, they wow, and they
have a match Box and it's all. It's all through
the same brand now, and I can see, I can
see how one can survive with the other, you know,
shrinking interests, so you just bring them all together. Looks
like match Box has sturdy or more realistic vehicles, while
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Hot Wheels has like fantasy and things like that.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
See, I think I need to go to the Hot
Wheels site and buy me some cars tonight.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
Just because just because I'm grown, I'm allowed to do it. It
used to be my mother wouldn't allow me to.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
It's like, no, you have enough because I had boxes
of Hot Wheels, boxes and boxes. There's still at my
mother's house somewhere. But you know, And did you ever
leave him out by accident?
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Done?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Absolutely? And he kicked my ass each time, come move,
you're not amount of amount of out just got that floor.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
My parents very very profane. Every sentence had a cuss
word in it. They were like verbs, adverbs, cuss verbs.
Every single sentence. It was really bad, and you didn't
know how vulgar they were until you got outside and
you tried to use some of those words, and you
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got in trouble for using the words that they used
in the house. Because when I was a kid, how
was I supposed to know what was profane versus just
regular speech?
Speaker 4 (32:04):
Hey, you know what speaking of profanity and being angered
and fired up young Foush when I walked out of
the studio after Mark attacked me and attacked my character,
calling me the Hitler of business or whatever weird thing
he said. So Foush was actually even more fired up
(32:27):
than I was.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
He had great points. I'm like, foosh wife say that.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
He said, well, you guys were all and passion and
brought in his conversation going back to Facebook. Yes, but
Foush actually had one of the most salient points to make.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
We never really well, we never did talk about how
much these people are actually making, because if you're working
at a place like Facebook, Google, Apple, you're not making
minimum wage, you're making a decent amount. Plus the fact
that you get to say you work at Facebook. So
him giving them that extra thing, he didn't have to
do that because we all know they could afford it,
(33:02):
but he decided to just be nice and do it.
So when you do misuse it in that way, it
is disrespectful.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
Another authoritarian on the staff, well, I think we need
some hot wheels tracks to whip each other with right now.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Hey, I've been whipped with a hot wheels track. Okay,
But yeah, we all were back in the day.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
I don't think they're used quite as much for childhood
discipline these days, are they.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Well, because the law gets in a way. They can't
talking about this child abuses like get out of here.
Speaker 5 (33:28):
But I think we four adult men need hot wheels
tracks to whip each other with in the office here.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
That sounds weird. That sounds really weird. You gotta make
it weird. Well, it didn't get weird until you said that.
Just then you said four men in the office whipping
each other, that's weird. I didn't say without pants or
anything like that. Jesus, why would that even be? In
the conversation said can we please change news anchors? Where
did brig you to go? Look at the time?
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Where does she go for you to come back?
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Can if I am six forty, we're live everywhere at
the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Untangling the mess until it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
K f I N K O S t h D two,
Los Angeles, Orange County, Live everywhere on the radio,
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI A six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Have you ever just sat and wondered how much money
Taylor Swift makes per performance? She's been touring the world
for I don't know how long we know that. She's
I don't know, maybe worth two billion dollars an hour
or something like that. She's worth a lot of money.
(00:27):
Have you ever wondered about how much she makes per concert?
I actually have, and I'm glad someone out there did
the calculation so we could figure out how much she
makes per performance Towala, do you have.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Any idea or wanta hazard a guess?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I mean, looking at how much she brought it from
just one show out here in LA, it's got to
be at least over ten million per show. I'm gonna
say ten ten to fifteen million per show.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Stephan ten million per show, Yeah, I would say, bro
I would say eight eight million per show. Okay, eight million,
ten million. Let's see what the right answer is. Reporting
(01:27):
from Forbes estimates that in the initial North American leg
of the tour, Taylor Swift pocketed about thirteen point six
million dollars per show per show three hours of singing, dancing,
and shaking, shaking it off thirteen million dollars per show.
(01:50):
To put that in some sort of perspective, George Clooney
Brad Pitt both May thirty five dollars thirty five million
dollars each for the movie The Wolfs thirty five million.
That was for one movie. That's about maybe six weeks
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of work. I'm guessing, right, I don't know how long
it too, but let's say it was six weeks of
shooting the movie. This is thirteen point six million for
about three hours.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
She probably has.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
An opening act and she performs maybe a good solid
ninety minutes. I'm guessing a little more two hours. No, yeah,
she's on for like three hours. Yeah, that's what I've heard. Oh, okay,
three hours. Then she works a whole three hours for
thirteen point six million dollars.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Not that she didn't earn it.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
She has to create the music and build her stature
to a point that people want to see her all
around the world in.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
These huge stadium venues.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
She gets all the credit, she gets all the money
thirteen point six million dollars, and that is not include
any of the other stuff like merchandise.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
When she's her.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Music is being played on the radio, all that kind
of stuff, not including any of that just thirty point
six million because she's Taylor Swift and she's singing for
three hours.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
It's more than it's just she's Taylor Swift and she's
singing for three hours. Because as one of the executive
producers for this show, the one who is chiefly responsible
for hiring a lot of these individuals, hiring the trucking
companies to carry the sets across country, hiring the dancers,
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hiring all the staff to work the Taylor Swift on
site parties, and all of that. She has her hands
in all of that, which is why she gets the
Lion shares. That's why I respect her hustle more so
than a lot of other artists who are just performing,
you know, Beyonce, Taylor Swift. They are a different generation
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of artists who are actually hands on producing the show,
not just getting up there singing and dancing and grooving.
They are hiring, working with the stage crew, making sure
they're getting out of there on time so they're not
going over because they respect union houses. This is a
different animal. As someone who has put on a show,
I can only imagine how much harder it is not
(04:22):
just putting on the show, but being in charge of
entertaining and providing that draw for the show. She absolutely
deserves every bit of that.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I don't disagree with any of that. Thirteen point six
million per show. And she just wrapped up one hundred
and forty nine date tour, or I should say she
will be wrapping it up in December, and at that
point she will have grossed more than four billion dollars
four billion. That's greater than the GDP of many small countries. Yeah, yeah,
(04:59):
four billion dollars. And just think that's her money. That's
different from the money that's brought into the show period,
because she does have to pay all of the people
she hires first, so she's getting thirteen herself. It's different
than say, when you have an artist who has paid
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thirteen million to do a show and they may walk
away with three million because they have to pay everyone
out first. There is a difference with how her money
is calculated in the perse she brings in.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I don't understand why she gets so much hate.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Yes, she has endorsed Kamala Harris, and I know that
we're in a politically fractured time. But Taylor Swift really
doesn't do anything which is objectionable. Honestly, it's not like
she's getting in trouble in a criminal sense. She donated
five million dollars for hurricane relief. Her boyfriend happens to
(05:59):
be a football player, and she really supports him.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I don't get the hate.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I don't understand it because there's so many other people
we could be mad at for worse things.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I don't know what the quot is, but it's like.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Popularity breeds hate because all they hate that Tom Brady
got and I mean, he wasn't all that great of
a person, but in general people hated him just because
he was so well well. There were some times where
he had the Flakegate and there was the Tuck rule.
He got some preferential treatment and I thought he was cheating.
(06:33):
And I don't like anything from New England. So there's that.
There is that Kaylor Swift.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
I do lend a lot of the hate that she's
getting to the fact that we do have a segment
in society, a largely male segment of society, that absolutely
despise women, They despise successful and they seek to hair
(07:00):
down anything that a woman does. I mean the number
of things that we have seen that are headed up
and led by women, that gifts get so much hate.
Sight unseen doesn't even matter who did it.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I hate it. It's a woman. Fire them all if
I hate them all.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Woman directed it, or a woman started in it, or
the woman is lead in it.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Woman takes over.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
There was one woman I can't remember her name, but
she took over Universal and I remember reading some of
the depress and it was like, the company is gonna
go to hell now that such and such took over.
And I'm like, she's got a highly successful track record.
Like you all are writing articles and talking bad about
the company. You don't realize that most of the success
(07:45):
that Universal Pictures has had has been because of her.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
What are we talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
And going back to Taylor Swift. Am I a Taylor
Swift music fan?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think I can name three Taylor Swift songs more.
If you played them and said this is Taylor Swift,
I'll say, oh, okay, then.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I know another one.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
But I don't know her her music all that well.
I'm not a fan of her music. I don't think
she's an exceptional singer. But I cannot hate the hustle,
and I can admire this empire that she's created, largely
writing most of her music, being in control of her business,
(08:27):
and as far as I can tell, for the most part,
being a pretty decent role model. Because in this business
we talk about the music business all the time.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
She could have done.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Far worse for herself or far worse could have been
done to her, and from what I can tell, she's
largely avoided all the trappings or the pitfalls of music.
So if someone's gonna get thirteen point six million dollars
per show, might as well be Taylor Swift. As far
as I'm concerned, it's Later with Mo Kelly kf I
(08:57):
AM six forty. We are live everywhere on the ie
Heart Radio app, and look out, Disney, you might have
some competition. Universal Epic Universe is going to open in
Florida in May of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Will tell you all about that.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Next, you're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand
from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Kelly six Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Universal has
announced the spring opening date for the Epic Universe theme park,
dubbed Universal destinations and experiences. Most ambitious theme park, Epic
(09:44):
Universe will have fifty immersive experiences and five themed worlds,
Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Ministry of Magic,
Super Nintendo World, How To Train Your Dragon, Isle of Burke,
and Dark Universe, and it's supposed to open at Universal
Orlando Resort on May twenty second of next year. Sitting
(10:07):
at the end of the park will be new Universal
Helios Grand Hotel, which is a five hundred room property
includes scenic views of Epic Universe and a dedicated entrance
into the park. Annual pass holders can get their hands
on single day Epic Universe tickets beginning next Thursday, the
twenty fourth, before they go on sale to the general public,
(10:30):
and it doesn't say oh, here we go. Three day
packages that include one day at Epic Universe will range
from three hundred and fifty two to five hundred and
twenty one dollars depending.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
On the dates.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
We talked about Disney and their Lightning Pass yesterday and
how my word expensive that is.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Theme parks seemingly are going all in on.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
These passes, all in on these attractions, and they're trying
to get as much money out of us as possible
in a single day.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
I have never been drawn to Universal.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Studios, no disrespect, it's just the types of attractions there
don't mean as much to me. Like we would go
to Universal Studios for one of our Christmas parties and
after like forty five minutes to an hour, it's like, okay,
I'm ready to go. Yeah, I can ride the tram
ride every ten twenty years or so if there's something
new on it. But there's not a lot for me.
(11:35):
And when I bring my sons or nephew, there's not
a lot for them. It's not like they want to
be there.
Speaker 4 (11:43):
My kids have annual passes to Universal Studios, right, and
they want to go once in a blue moon, and
it's like a ten to fifteen minute drive. It's literally
not far away. They're going to go to the Halloween
or thing and that's about it. It's like, but it's
the passes were almost a waste and they're thirteen and eighteen,
(12:06):
but our fourteen eighteen. I'm sorry, it's it's tough. And
I don't hear nothing that you're rereck because I'm like,
you said something about Nintendo World and Harry Potter World. Yeah,
it's Super Nintendo World, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
These are big properties, but I don't know if they
translate to an amusement park. And I said the same
(12:29):
thing about the Avengers. So it's not like I'm just
hating on Universal. I'm just don't I don't see the
crossover appeal. Is there monster stuff not in this dusting see.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I gotta tell you, when I was writing Law and
Order games and I was working at the NBC Universal building,
I was so thrilled with all that stuff. I was
thrilled that I got to park in the Frankenstein lot.
I was thrilled when I got to go to the
commissary and there were the old movie posters.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
On the wall.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
I love all that stuff, and it seems, especially now,
it seems like that's what they should really been hating.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Well, that was their calling card because you got to
see the back lot. You got to see the behind
the scenes and the movies in the way that Disney
did not or could not. And I guess that they're
turning into more of a Disney style theme park where
you have their movie attractions and then they turn them
into theme park attractions.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
They own the IP. Why not, it's a Universal property.
Put it in the theme park. In fact, let's create
a brand new theme park of our new properties. I
get all that. I don't know where the audience is
supposed to come from.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Everybody loves the old Universal monsters, and to the point
that they're almost kind of kid friendly, and have been
for most of our lives. I think, but what do
you got. Let's run down the list. You got Frankenstein,
the Wolfman, Invisible Man, Creatures from the Black Lagoon.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
This generation knows about the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Everybody does. Everybody generation, everybody does.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
I don't know if it's a reason for let's say,
to Walla's kids fourteen and eighteen to go to an
amusement park.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
If they know that Germo del Toro Shape of Water movie,
they know the creature from the Black Lagoon.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
But that doesn't mean that they actually want to go
to Universal to see that.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
You may be right, and in which case, just bring
on the asteroid. We don't know.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
This is some of our greatest stuff. It's our greatest
pop culture stuff.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
But okay, but greatest pop culture stuff doesn't mean that
adolescents want to spend time in a theme park dealing
with it.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
If that's the case, then I'm glad that I'm a childless,
middle aged bachelor.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Well, we talked about Deadpool and Wolverine.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Part of it's appeal it has to do with the
contemporary expression of how people talk and how we relate
to each other now, not about fifty and sixty years ago.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
It's not about Old Yeller. It's it's something for this time.
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Don't spoil the end of Old Yeller, don't.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
But I'm saying, you know, it's something for the now time.
Old Yeller, creature of the Black Lagoon, same era.
Speaker 5 (14:59):
It all translates. What's Frankenstein's Monster? You gotta say the monster?
What is he apart from a zombie?
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Right?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
But when you say Frankenstein's Monster, that doesn't connect in
the same way if you did a Walking.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Dead maybe maybe yeah, And the.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
Look they have a new Frankenstein's Monster movie coming out.
They have a new Wolf Band movie coming out. But
I don't know if kids are connecting those with the
original old school properties. They're trying to make these new
slick monster movies. You know, the Wolf Band looks like
it's a slick slasher film. It's just got a guy
(15:36):
who turns into a wolf. But it's not the story
of the Wolf Band of Old. So it's there is
a disconnect. And in reading this press release. Press releases
are supposed to be exciting and thoroughly and make me say,
you know what, let me look at those passes. I
heard everything that most said, and I'm like, no.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
And if he's not interested, and he knows that his
kids aren't interested, he's the one who's got to take them.
He's the one who's got to pay for the tickets.
He's the one has to have some sort of emotional
connection or desire to go. There's no reason for us
to go to Disneyland unless we the parents, are going
to get something out.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Of it as well.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
No, No, And the way Toula has been cracking down
on ranch dressings, he's not going to be shelling out
money for a theme park if nobody's one hundred percent
into it.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
He watches his pennies. I promise you this.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
You start selling out ranch dressing at Universal Theme Park here,
you're fired. That's what happened to you giving out ranch
dressing without people paying for it.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
You fied, well, I'll tell you.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
If there's one thing Victor von Frankenstein is known for
Victor Frankenstein, it's saying, the rules are the rules, so
vinchor Frankenstein, Yeah, you can't mess around with the rules.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It's Later with bo Kelly caf I AM six forty
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Speaker 1 (16:53):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
And I saw this story today and I said, this
is perfect for Later with Mo Kelly because it applies
to everyone on this show tonight, every single person. And
we're part of the growing number of adults who are
buying toys for ourselves, reclaiming memories from our childhoods, and
(17:22):
showing off our fandom on our desks and shelves at
home in our office. Some of us have even managed
to cash in on our obsessions, reselling them as collector's items,
building up followings online because of them, and toy companies
including Mattel, Lego, Hasbro and others have taken note of
(17:46):
the rise of customers like us, and they've termed us
as k adults k I d U lts combination of
kid adults, and these companies are making products specifically with
Mark Ronner, Roe, Kelly, Twallas, Sharp, Stefan who doesn't have
(18:06):
a laugh's name in mind thinking about us. Mattel President
and chief commercial Officer Steve Totski said that while the
company has long counted adults among fans of its major brands,
such as Hot Wheels and Barbie, sales to adults have
grown over the last few years. Depending on the brand,
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He said, adult collectors can't account for up to twenty
five percent of sales. Not a week goes by, h
maybe not a month goes by in which Mark Ronner
doesn't come by my desk and say, hey, Mo, did
you see what I just got online? Either a collector's
item or something which harkens back to his childhood.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
To Wallash Sharp, the exact same.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
He will find the latest toy or action figure that
he'll want to add to his collection.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I'm I'm more like the so you gave me the
rock and soccer robots? Yes, for Christmas, I have those.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
There are certain items around my house which are reminiscent
of my childhood. Of course, all the media I consume
usually is direct homage to my childhood.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
That's where they get the money from me.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
I'm surprised that they're actually talking about this like it's
a new thing, because as far as I was concerned,
the cottage industry of adults has been around for quite
some time. You look at how comic Con has grown
and how a large portion of comic Con just has
to do with the collectible items which they're selling in
the middle of the floor.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Oh yeah, No, most of what's happening right now, right now,
and New York Comic Con which is taking place, is
taking place for adults. I have in the last I'm
gonna say ten comic cons. I've gone to. The average
age there is i'd say twenty five thirty years old, period,
(20:05):
and most of us are there to get our hands
on these exclusives, these collectibles, these limited edition comic con
releases to add to our stash, our shelf, are show
off space, and that's just where it is. I think
it's not just mattelis every company out there, but it's
also companies that are investing in retro things, retro handheld games,
(20:29):
retro board games, the rock and soccer and robot that's
something that was re released in its exact same form.
They didn't updated, they didn't make you weird. It's the
exact same thing, same functionality. They just said, let's use
some more sturdy materials. But this is where we're at now.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
During the pandemic, Toy Company saw sales surge as people
stuck at home look for activities to do. In the
twelve months ending of June twenty twenty four, US adults
tallied more than seven billion in toy purchases. Seven billion
dollars in the last twelve months leading up to June
(21:08):
of this year, talking about Pokemon, Star Wars, Lego Star
Wars sets, Funko Pop and more. And from January to
April of this year, adults bought more toys than any
other age group, including preschoolers. In other words, bought for us,
(21:29):
not for other people, not for kids. You remember when
we had Joe Namath on the program.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
I do remember at Comic conep.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
And he joined the program to reintroduce the Mago line
of action figures and all the licensing that they had.
Why because adult collectors were going back and reminiscing and saying,
man I wish I could find man I gotta go
on Eban look for this. Many of these toy companies
are going back and getting licenses from past toy lines
(22:03):
and just bringing them back. There's this toy line called
Super seven which is re releasing all types of old toys, ThunderCats, giid,
all type of things in this modern, pristine condition, made
exactly for a collector. This is where we're at. It's
big business.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Roughly forty three percent of adults in the United States
bought a toy for themselves in the past year. Forty
three percent of adults. That's I don't know, maybe one
hundred million people beyond that. Some of the top reasons
adults said they bought toys were for socialization, enjoyment, and collecting.
(22:44):
Others said they purchased toys to escape from reality, display
in their homes, or as investments. I'm more display. I
don't collect to hopefully resell one day. There's just some
things like oh, yeah, I remember that from my childhood.
I would love to be able to find that again.
That's my motivation. You had a huge comic book collection
(23:07):
that you probably could have sold at one point.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Oh yeah, no, absolutely, and then that day I'm sorry
that that. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I had much worse to say, uh,
decided to go into my storage unit and pilfer And
to this day, to this day, I wish a pox
(23:29):
upon them and anyone having their same gene line. One day,
I think you're going to get your chance.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
One day. I actually thought you'll find some.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Of your stuff on like eBay or something and be
able to trace it back to that person.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
So because I thought about taking up voodoo, No I did. Yeah,
I thought about taking a voodoo, putting a root on
them and bringing the downfall of them and their and
their can.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
You wouldn't be wrong for doing it. You would not
be wrong.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
But I'm I don't know about you, but I've been
on Instagram and I'm getting into what they call die
cast racing where they have these hot wheel races, hot
wheel cars on these plastic tracks and they and they
narrate them like it's a real race, like a sports announcer.
It's great entertainment. Let me shout out to tiny tracks.
(24:22):
I don't I follow another one, but I know exactly
what you're talking about. Racer band, We race things that
they're all it's like a cottage industry and they're so
good with the tracks. Yase it all has to be downhill.
Obviously it's all gravity. And they got yeah, and they
got the loops, they got the sharp turns, and then
they'll you make a bet, a fun bet like the
ones I watch. They use them like cartoon characters, so
(24:44):
it'll be like Batman versus Mario for Mario Brothers, and
like place your bets and then you see who's gonna win.
And then if there's like a spin out, put it
in slow motion. Yes, it's so awesome, exactly what that is.
This is the best part of Instagram. Yeah, look it
up twelve I see. Yeah, it's tiny tracks, tiny tracks.
This looks awesome. It's great, and he does a new
(25:05):
one every single day. It's like I wake up and
I go straight to his page. And if he's listening
right now, think he's so southern California based. I would
love to shout them out and have him come on
the show. This is oh, but you got to listen
with this sound up because they have the whole sports
play by play aspect of it.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
They're calling the race. It's great stuff.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
But yeah, there's a whole world out there for kids
like us who never want to grow up and still
want to hold on to some aspects of our childhood
and the toys are the way to do it. It's
Later with mo Kelly caf I AM six forty Live
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Speaker 1 (25:42):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
And last segment, we were talking about how toy companies
have really amped up the game in creating products and
marketing specifically to adults, people like to people like me,
people like Stefan and Mark Ronner, who will spend money
on toys not just for the kids, but for our selves.
(26:09):
Sometimes it connects us to our childhood. Sometimes it's just
an easy way to entertain our selves. It's like, for example,
during the pandemic, and I know we all can remember it,
we didn't have any live sports or for a portion
of the pandemic because the leagues had shut down until
they figured out how they could continue. And all of
(26:30):
a sudden online popped up, these sites, websites, YouTube channels
of what is called die cast racing. You had marble racing,
There were sports of a different kind, and there was
this one particular channel that I fell in love with
and if you know the person I want to reach
out to them so I can get them on the show,
(26:52):
and it's Tiny track Cars. The YouTube channel it's Tiny
track Cars, and on Instagram it's at Time track Cars
and he will have these gravity based die cast racing
and he has this wall of hundreds and hundreds of
hot wheels cars that he'll pair up and there'll be
cars from maybe the Fast and Furious fan triise, or
(27:13):
it'll be from the Cars movie franchise, and they'll do
these races and oftentimes he'll narrate them as if they're
live races. It's really entertaining, really funny, stupid, it's silly.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
It's all those things.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
And he has these very inventive camera angles where if
a car goes off the track and runs over a person,
he'll offer commentary on that. But there are a lot
of similar YouTube channels and Instagram pages, but Tiny Track
Cars is probably my favorite and I we consider the best.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
I really like looking at some of the videos.
Speaker 4 (27:48):
I just went on Instagram to look at and I
definitely want to check out the YouTube page because the
wall of cars is amazing. But the camera work for
these races and the angles that he's getting in the
process of selecting cars to go against each other. This
is this is someone who has invested a lot of
time into making something out of nothing.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I love that the movies the movies said, the videos
are clearly time consuming. He has multi camera looks at
this with slow motion. There's a lot of video production
which is going into it. He's doing an audio track
for it as well. And he's doing these elaborate tournaments
of some sixty four cars going down to just one.
(28:33):
And it's something that he'll do a video a day
and he's getting hundreds of thousands of views.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
I wonder, is he's sponsored by one of these kinds
You've got.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Some are there's one channel I saw. I think it's
boy Racer Ben and or We Race Things. It's one
of those. But he was sponsored by Dude Wipes the
bathroom wipes.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Seriously.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
No, but he's he's to Tallas Pooy making something out
of nothing. And I was just gonna say, and yeah,
the production is no small feet. He's not half assing anything. No,
it's not just one person with their camera phone just
following around. No, these are three or four different angles
that he's simultaneously recording these then going back in post
(29:17):
production using effects and everything. It's a person with too
much time who has created something that we all can enjoy.
If you are from that era of using hot wheels
or Matchbox cars.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
Is Matchbox even still in business?
Speaker 2 (29:32):
I think so they are because I think when Fast
and Furious just took off the way it did, they
started doing those cars. And any car that's really featured
in a movie now it's showed, like let's say James
Bond as in Martin for that particular movie that's been
made into the die cast. The only reason I say
(29:53):
this is because I see Hot Wheels cars. They sell
them in grocery source. That's when I usually see them.
I don't see ma Box anywhere, hmm, not as often,
but I know exactly what you're talking about because sometimes
sometimes they're right next to the candy. Yeah yeah, but yeah,
match Box, I think it is they are harder to
come by. I got to give it to hot Wheels
(30:14):
because I thought that would have been something that would
have died out with us in our generation. We were
the kids who got on the floor and played with
the hot wheels, and I don't think that that was
going to be continued from from the Gen X to
the gen y to the millennials or whatever gen z,
the whatever they're called today.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
No match Box.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
I'm looking at said match boxes through Mattel and they
have they have a boat. Yeah, they wow, and they
have a match Box and it's all. It's all through
the same brand now, and I can see, I can
see how one can survive with the other, you know,
shrinking interests, so you just bring them all together. Looks
like match Box has sturdy or more realistic vehicles, while
(30:58):
Hot Wheels has like fantasy and things like that.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
See, I think I need to go to the Hot
Wheels site and buy me some cars tonight.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
Just because just because I'm grown, I'm allowed to do it. It
used to be my mother wouldn't allow me to.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
It's like, no, you have enough because I had boxes
of Hot Wheels, boxes and boxes. There's still at my
mother's house somewhere. But you know, And did you ever
leave him out by accident?
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Done?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Absolutely? And he kicked my ass each time, come move,
you're not amount of amount of out just got that floor.
Speaker 4 (31:30):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
My parents very very profane. Every sentence had a cuss
word in it. They were like verbs, adverbs, cuss verbs.
Every single sentence. It was really bad, and you didn't
know how vulgar they were until you got outside and
you tried to use some of those words, and you
(31:51):
got in trouble for using the words that they used
in the house. Because when I was a kid, how
was I supposed to know what was profane versus just
regular speech?
Speaker 4 (32:04):
Hey, you know what speaking of profanity and being angered
and fired up young Foush when I walked out of
the studio after Mark attacked me and attacked my character,
calling me the Hitler of business or whatever weird thing
he said. So Foush was actually even more fired up
(32:27):
than I was.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
He had great points. I'm like, foosh wife say that.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
He said, well, you guys were all and passion and
brought in his conversation going back to Facebook. Yes, but
Foush actually had one of the most salient points to make.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
We never really well, we never did talk about how
much these people are actually making, because if you're working
at a place like Facebook, Google, Apple, you're not making
minimum wage, you're making a decent amount. Plus the fact
that you get to say you work at Facebook. So
him giving them that extra thing, he didn't have to
do that because we all know they could afford it,
(33:02):
but he decided to just be nice and do it.
So when you do misuse it in that way, it
is disrespectful.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
Another authoritarian on the staff, well, I think we need
some hot wheels tracks to whip each other with right now.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Hey, I've been whipped with a hot wheels track. Okay,
But yeah, we all were back in the day.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
I don't think they're used quite as much for childhood
discipline these days, are they.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Well, because the law gets in a way. They can't
talking about this child abuses like get out of here.
Speaker 5 (33:28):
But I think we four adult men need hot wheels
tracks to whip each other with in the office here.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
That sounds weird. That sounds really weird. You gotta make
it weird. Well, it didn't get weird until you said that.
Just then you said four men in the office whipping
each other, that's weird. I didn't say without pants or
anything like that. Jesus, why would that even be? In
the conversation said can we please change news anchors? Where
did brig you to go? Look at the time?
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Where does she go for you to come back?
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Can if I am six forty, we're live everywhere at
the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Untangling the mess until it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
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