October 19, 2024 • 35 mins
ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – ‘Friday Nights’ with L.A. Radio Legend Nautica De La Cruz checking out ‘Nights of the Jack,’ Calabasas’ premiere immersive Halloween experience; AND highlighting today’s Hidden Gem,’ Thomas Sediyo and ‘BAM Youth Guidance Los Angeles’ mission to “create and implement school-based programs that enable children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, to succeed in school and in life” … PLUS – Mark Rahner has a review of ‘Paramount Pictures’ new psychological supernatural horror release ‘Smile 2’ in ‘The Rahner Report’ - 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):
It's that time on a Friday, Friday nights with not
a daylight cruise.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Oh, it's so nice to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Mo.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Well, I gotta tell you I.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
Went to the most coolest place ever for discover so
cal I went to Nights of the Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Have you heard of it?
Speaker 5 (00:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Tell me more?
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Okay, So it's the premiere immersive Halloween experience. If you're
looking for a Halloween experience that goes beyond the usual thrills.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Ruh, I had to do that, sorry.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Nights of the Jack and Calabasas is the perfect destination.
This immersive, family friendly event transformed King Gellette Ranch.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
We'll get into that a little bit later. I'll tell
you who King Gillette was.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
King Gelette Ranch into a stunning display of illuminated hand
carved jack lanterns. The grounds are a glow with thousands,
and I mean thousands of pumpkins, each intricately designed to
create scenes raging from the ear to the whimsical.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Visitors can be.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Captivated as they stroll through this glowing pumpkin trail, which
includes elaborate light shows, you can't miss it Larger than
live figures and themed installations that celebrate both the spooky
season and the artistry of carving.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I know, I can't. I love Halloween. The event is
designed to be.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Accessible to all ages, so there was little kids from
one year of age.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
To to teens and and older adults.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
So whether you're bringing the kids or heading out for
a date night, there's something magical about this atmosphere. The
attention to the detail was remarkable, each section of the
trail offering its own unique visual surprises. And it's not
just about the pumpkins, mo There is also food trucks
offering seasonal treats and pumpkin carving demonstration and plenty of
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photo ops, so you can expect a probably a very
funfilled night to just you know, kind of snap some
pictures on Instagram. It was worthy, I tell you now.
What makes Night of the Jack even more special is
the setting at the historic King Gellette Ranch. Once it
was once owned by the razor mogul King Camp Gellette.
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You know, every single man has used a Gellette razors exactly.
The ranch itself itself has a story pass and has
been used for decades as a retreat as film locations
and now the destination for seasonal events. The lush landscapes
and sweeping views enhanced the magical ambiance of the experience,
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making it not just a celebration of Halloween, but also
a journey into a beautiful, preserved part of California history.
And if you're in search of a way to get
into the Halloween spirit, that's fun, visually stunning, and historically rich,
Nights of the jack should be on the top of
your list. It is magical, it is beautiful, and I
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want to say make sure you grab your tickets ahead
of time.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Now, some fun facts. King camp Gillette is the inventor of.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
The Gellette razers that I that I told you about earlier. Now,
he purchased the ranch in nineteen twenty six and then
architect Wallace Nef designed the Spanish Colonial Revival style mansion,
which is kind of on the side, and that was
in the late twenties.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
So after Jillette's death, his wife sold it to.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
MGM film director Clarence Brown, and then the late Bob
Hope bought the ranch in nineteen fifty two, so he
bought it and then donated it to the Missionary Sons
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Catholic religious order
that used the property as a seminary. So now it's
used for weddings, dinner and cocktail parties and special events
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like the Knights of the Jack and it, by the way,
it's going to be in town in Calabasas till November two,
So get your tickets at Night of the Jack dot
com Nights of the Jack dot com.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Get your tickets.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
And also you're parking online, and I highly suggest that
you wear very, very comfortable shoes because you'll be walking.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
About a mile to a mile and a half.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Oh, it's that that expansive.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Oh it's big. It's really big, you know. So if
you come hungry, there's plenty of food trucks. There will
be some lines, but there's so much.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
To see, so get there there.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Also, when you buy the tickets online at Nightsofthejack dot com,
you get you get to pick what time you want
to go, seven thirty, eight o'clock. We did the eight
o'clock show, not the eight o'clock show, but the eight
o'clock walk, I guess, because you know, so it doesn't
get too crowded. But I mean last to see. And
also one other thing I wanted to add. Remember how
I mentioned earlier the intricate carvings. Well, mister Belasco of
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Velasco Designs is the one that has done the carvings.
There is some really cool car of uh celebrities. There
was one that really took my breath away, which was
of Kobe Bryant. It was a pumpkin carved, carved Kobe
Bryant and right next to him was his daughter Gigi.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Oh yeah, it was. It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
You're probably not allowed to take pictures, are you?
Speaker 5 (05:18):
No?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yes, didn't. I just say you could take pictures for Instagram.
It's like Instagram photo op place.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I tell you it's a lot of fun, but please
wear comfortable shoes. And when I say that is because
where you park, when you get out of the parking lot,
you're basically parking on dirt and a lot of rocks.
So please be careful. Do not wear heels or wedges.
Just wear sneakers.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's what I'm thinking, because I was getting ready to
bust out my lubiton heels.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I didn't know you.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Red bottoms? What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I'm telling you no, But it was it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I've never seen anything like this for Halloween.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
And it's one other thing when I did mention about
kids from being one to you know, teens.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
It's not scary, it's really cool. It's artistic. It's an
artistic exhibit.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Basically, I have to ask you something, and this is
somewhat serious. Yes, last week you came in. You're wearing
a Dodger hat, and I got you on record as
far as who you're rooting for. Yes, and anyone who
may not know you're from New York of course, is
it the Bronx? No, Brooklyn, Brooklyn? Okay, tonight you come
in with a New York Yankees hat? On What's what's
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going on with you? What's up?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
It's it's I said this last week.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
My my heart is in New York, but my home
is LA and my dad went to the game, to
the Yankees game, and so it was like I was
kind of there. I said, hey, Dad, because he called
me and I said, hey, can you just put me
on speaker? I just want to hear the rock And
it was amazing. It was like I was there, but
you know, I support both teams. I have love for
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both teams.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
How can you do that you can't love. It's one
thing if you said, hey, I like, I don't know
the Padres and the A's, but the Yankees and the
Dodgers are diametrically opposed in every single way they are.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But you know what, I'm an East Coast West Ghast girl,
so I got love for both.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Just gonna head that bet. You can sit on that
fence all the way, but I love you, so I'll
allow you to do that.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Thank you, sir, I appreciate that. Once again. Go check
it out Knights of the Jack. Oh I didn't give
you the address.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
It's twenty six eight hundred Mulholland Highway in Calabasas. The
website is Night of Nights Off the Jack dot com.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Go check it out, and.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
When we come back, Naico de la Cruz will have
the hidden gem for this week. It's Later with mo
Kelly KFI AM six forty Live Everywhere, the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty JFI.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
It's Later with bo Kelly. We're Live everywhere the iHeartRadio app.
Let's get back to Naica de la Cruz with the
hidden gym for the week.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Thank you well.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
This week's Hidden jam is Thomas Sado. THOMASI arrived to
Los Angeles from Santiago, Li, Chile when he was just
eight years old. The move was jarring. His mother worked
tirelessly to support him, but he missed having a father
figure in his life. That's when mister Elliott and elderly
neighbors stepped in. Mister Elliott was a retired carpenter with
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a gentle demeanor and a knack for storytelling. Of course,
he taught Thomas how to fix things around the house,
but most importantly, he showed him how to navigate life
with resilience and grace. Thomas learned lessons of discipline, kindness,
and the importance of community from mister Elliott. To become
a role model that Thomas needed a steady presence who
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encouraged him to believe in himself. As Thomas grew, those
lessons stayed with him, shaping his path. Inspired by his
own teachers and the care he received from mister Elliott
he received, he decided to pursue a career in education.
After earning his degree, he joined the la Usd District
as a teacher hoping that he could give back to
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the city and also give as much as he could.
Thomas became known not just for his academic toughness, but
for his deep empathy towards his students, especially those struggling
with challenges he once faced as a young immigrant.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
His commitment to nurturing young minds was more than a job,
It was a calling.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Doomas's passion for guiding youth eventually led him to BAM.
BAM stands for Becoming a Man Youth Guidance in Los Angeles.
Along with other teachers, he began volunteering his time to
the program, which focuses on mentoring boys, especially those growing
up in difficult environments with strong male role models. Drawing
from his own experience with mister Elliott, Thomas devoted countless
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hours to helping young men develop emotional intelligence, resilience, and
self confidence. His work with BAM, which stands again for
Becoming a Man, became a way to honor his kindness
and that he had shown, passing on those scenes values
to the next generation. BAM Youth Guidance in Los Angeles
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started in twenty nineteen as an extension of the national
program founded in Chicago. The organization focuses on mentoring boys
and young men of color that face systemic barriers in
the communities. Their mission is to provide positive role models
and guidance to help young men develop the skills they
need to succeed both in school.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
And in life.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
By addressing emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and responsible decision making,
BAM aims to give young men the tools to navigate
their lives with confidence and integrity. The program partners with
The program also partners with schools across Los Angeles to
offer weekly sessions led by trained mentors who foster a
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safe space for a partner for participants to explore their
emotions and challenges. Though these sessions, boys built strong relationships
with their mentors and peers, and they learned, set goals
and developed strategies for overcoming obstacles. The impact has been profound.
Participants in BAM have shown improvements not only in academic performance,
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but also in emotional health and overall wellbeing. For Themasito,
being a part of this initiative is a way to
continue the legacy of guidance and support that changed his life.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And I think that we all.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
Need a role model or a mentor and I want
to thank if Signor Gregorio was set. He is a
retired teacher in the city of Bakersfield who referred me
to Domasidio and I got to talk to him and
he told me his story.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You could also donate your time or monetary donation at.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Www dot Youth hyphen Guidance dot org and if you
want more information, go to the tab where it says
where we are and you'll see Los Angeles right there.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I am a believer, yes, sir, and proponent of role models.
And this may be controversial in today's world, but gender
role models. I'm not saying that a boy cannot become
a man without a paternal figure around, but it makes
it much more difficult. I'll give you an example. My
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father lost his father. He died when my father was
five years old, so that basically meant he grew up
without a father, and even though he had cousins and
older male cousins, it's not the same. And he had
to reverse engineer what it meant to be a man
and be a father by not doing what he was
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watching and saw and saw what was able to at
least discern what was right and what was wrong. As
far as conducting himself, carrying himself, becoming a man, because
just being honest, his mother could not give that to him.
She could give guidance, she can tell him do this,
don't do that. But as far as what to emulate,
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you got to see it. You have to experience it
on some level. And that's why I'm a firm believer
of being that role model. Sometimes it's implicit, not explicit,
it's because of you walking into the room and people
can see how you conduct yourself.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Can I ask you this question?
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Because I raised a daughter, right, But when you hear
the expression of single mothers, I have to be a mother,
I have to be mom and dad.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
What does that? What's the definition of you when you
hear that?
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Like?
Speaker 3 (13:40):
What comes to mind when you hear that? Because I
feel that boys do need.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
A father figure, and I think a male role model
is very important. And I have to say I love
some men that have stepped in, whether they're uncles or
best friends.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Right, cousins are so far.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
But you know, when I hear that expression from mother's
it really tears my heart because they say, you know,
I have to be mom and dad.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
It rubs me the wrong way because I don't. I
don't believe that. I don't agree with it. And whenever
we get closer to Mother's Day and Father's Day, you
have the single moms who wanted their props on Father's
Day as well, and I bristle. I just completely reject that.
You know, Mother's Day is for mother's, Father's Day for
father's and just because you may be a single parent,
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I don't believe that you're actually doing both jobs. You
are having to pick up the slack for another person,
but you're not filling in as that father figure if
there's only the mother, and the father's not filling in
for the mother. If there's only the single father, there
are like, for example, my father taught me things about
relating to other men, how to respect a woman, and
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I don't know if that lands the same way coming
from my mother. You know, as far as my responsibility
talking about how to care for a woman, protect a woman,
of course, the etiquette, as far as which side of
the street you should be walking, you should be on
the street side walking with a woman. When a woman
comes into the room, you stand up. But he was
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explaining from the standpoint of this is what you need
to do to be a man as a protector, as
a provider. And yes, I do believe in in gender
roles to a certain degree, because I believe a man
has certain responsibilities that I'm not going to put on
my wife. I'm just not I agree. But that comes
from my father teaching me, not my mom telling me.
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And there's a big difference.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Oh, yes, there is a very very big difference.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
But I love that, you know, people like Gregorio and
Domas that could stand up and help these young young
men that are their boys. But they're going to be
young men and one day they're going to be they're
going to be boyfriends, they're going to be fiances, they're
gonna be husbands, they're going to be grandfathers. And so
you always in the back of the mind go so
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and so taught me this, or mister Elliott showed me
how to this, or you know, so forth.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
And it may not be the father. It could be
the pastor at church. It could be the coach team,
it could be the counselor at school. It can come
from a variety of places, but it needs to exist,
it needs to be there.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
He did say this when we were on the zoom.
He did say that a.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Lot of some well some of his young men have
come to him for advice as if you know, they
were talking to their dad, you know what I mean,
because they don't have a dad. And so he was like, oh,
you know, sometimes that's really tough because I'm not.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Your parents, I'm your teacher. And there's a funne Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Very quickly contact information for those who want to know more.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
Yes, those who want to know more, go to Youth
hyphen Guidance dot org. That's Youth hyphen Guidance dot org.
And like I said, go to the tab where it
says where we are and scroll down and you'll see
Los Angeles because it originates the program originates from Chicago,
but they're in Chicago, New York, you know, Los Angeles,
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and it's a really good program for young fellas.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Also Frequent She podcast.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yes, actually we talked about you this week on the
Frequency podcast. Yeah, we were talking about sports because Amy
loves baseball. So I did mention you Frequency Podcasts f
R E q U E N s h E podcast.
You could find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts. It
was it was a good episode this week, and uh,
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you know, we try to just keep it fun and
light for you.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
All right, I just need to take off that Yankees
hat when you're in studio.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
I was gonna ask you to leave, but this is
your look at the time.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from
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Ronner Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Can't Kelly Mark Ronner with his latest Runner Report.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
Tonight, We're going to talk about Smile too. Now, I'm
going to play you a little bit of the trailer,
but not all of it, since it's predicated on the
visual element of people having creepy, demonic smiles. Also, there's
a bit of naughty language. Then I'm going to try
to catch stand By in the dump button Tony the scripts. Okay,
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that's not really as revelatory as one would like in
a trailer played on the largely auditory venue of radio.
So let's just talk about the movie. I like the
idea of a horror film predicated on the idea that
people smiling at you is creepy because it is. Most
of the photos I see everywhere I have people posing
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and smiling, and the smiles always look fake. And forced,
and you can tell most of the time when they
are genuine, but a genuine smile spontaneous. And if you're
posing for a picture, that's not spontaneous, and you've got
to slap on a smile anyway, because you can't just
stand there staring blankly into the camera, because that's scary too. Also,
if you're watching a show called From which is in
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its third season, now you know exactly what I'm talking about.
It's about people trapped in a little town where the
monsters are in the form of people who move slow
and smile at their human victims before they tear them
to pieces. Cheapest special effect ever, this smile. If you
walk around in a building with lots of pictures of
people posing and smiling on the walls, like we've got here,
it can seem pretty ghoulish. Sometimes I'm pretty sure Moe's
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in a couple of those around this building and only one. Honestly,
it's unnerving. Stay away from grade schools, mo, Now smile
one or just smile. And by the way, I can't
guarantee this, but I'd be shocked if there isn't some
knockoff called vertical smile. If someone tries to get you
watch anything with that title. Demand to see the trailer first.
The original Smile or Smile Prime or whatever came out
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in twenty twenty two, and it was a respectable little
horror flick, pretty simple and pretty clever premise. Here it
is a curse gets passed around and it involves people
doing the creepy posing by a carcass with rfke junior
kind of smile before they commit suicide in some horrifically
violent way. It might remind you a little bit of
the Ring if you remember that movie. It would definitely
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make a good double bill with that, or a triple
bill with it. Follows as well. They're all a little
bit similar, all worth seeing, not exactly the same. No
big stars in the first Smile. It was made for
seventeen million bucks and it made two hundred and seventeen
million in theaters. Now I'm not great at math, but
I can tell you that was more lucrative for investors
than say Twitter, And I can tell you it's the
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kind of return that guarantee a sequel. And Smile Too,
and thanks for not giving it a subtitle like Smile Too,
A little spinach there or Smile Too, You must be
from Spokane. Smile Too doesn't waste any time getting going,
and you probably should see the first one before you
watch it, since it begins with six days later on
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the screen, and you're not going to know what's going
on if you haven't seen the first one. The sequel
follows a young female pop star who's had some kind
of serious troubles with an accident and drugs and the like,
and she's trying to get her life in a career
back on track with a new tour. She becomes ensnared
by this smile entity demon thing and begins to have
a series of increasingly disturbing things happen to her, some
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of which are hallucinations, so we're never sure if what's
happening to her and what we're seeing is real, and
quite often it's not, which can get irritating, but the
fact that it's not real doesn't mean it's just a
fake out. That doesn't matter to the story. This smile
entity demon thing is causing the woman to lose her
mind where along for the ride. The actress is Naomi Scott,
and she's a former Disney star and she really puts
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it all out there from stark terror to full on
musical performances. Now, horror movies don't tend to get noticed
for the acting, but this one should.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
She's great.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
The pop star meets somebody who may have figured out
how the possession works and how to break the chain
and stop it. But how easy do you suppose that's
going to be, especially when she can't trust anything she
thinks she's seeing or doing. And we're all afraid of
different things, but losing our mind and our grip on
reality is one of those basic archetypal things we can
all be afraid of. I don't want to get too
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deep into this, into the real world aspects of it,
but we're literally unable to agree on basic facts and
reality now as we're all bombarded with lies and disinformation.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So there's that.
Speaker 5 (22:46):
The Smile, too, broadens its scope beyond the first one,
and the main character is a Taylor Swift type, which
I imagine I'll bring in a lot of younger viewers
who are into her. But don't let that fool you.
There's some dark stuff in this and a few solid
jump scares, even though it's not a slasher film like
say those Terrifier movies. There's some gruesome stuff in here,
gruesome images you definitely don't want to take kids too.
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It's also very well put together, lots of nice stylistic
touches by the director and writer. His name is Parker Finn.
I'm anxious to see what he does next. The movie's
longer than needs to be. It can get exhausting, but
it's not a bad sequel at all. For Halloween month now,
also for Halloween. Just for funzies, I'm going to recommend
one other horror film. This is called Oddity O D
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D Y Oddity. It's streaming for rent and you can
also find it on shutter. This is a really well
done little spooky movie out of Ireland. It's small in scale,
very nicely photographed and acted, and it's got some very
uncomfortable tense moments in it. This movie is about a
blind psychic woman whose sister is killed, possibly by a
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nutcase who's in an insane asylum. And I'm going to
play just a little bit here of the trailer just
to give you a taste of it. And again Tony
standby on the dump button. I don't know what we're
getting into, Okay, let's see if you.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Get through one of these skitches sketches, Amy, please let
me come rack.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
You know this whole clip thing isn't working so well tonight.
I'm not sure exactly what I've done wrong here, but
trust me, I hate myself for it.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
On the one year.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Anniversary of her sister's death, this blind psychic wants to
go to the country house where her sister used to
live with her husband, who's a doctor. Now the doctor
already has a new girlfriend, so that's awkward. Also awkward,
the sister brings a crate with a life size grotesque
human mannequin in it, and the doctor has to leave
for his night shift at the hospital. I'm not going
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to tell you much more about Oddity except to say
it's a quieter movie, which makes the shocking parts really
hit harder. It's the exact opposite of those Terrifier movies
that I mentioned, having seen Terrifier One at least, or
Terrifier Prime or air Fryer, I don't care. I will
say Audity has quite an ending. It is a quality
little ghost story. Now, to enhance the watching environment, you're
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gonna like this mo I've been watching from episodes of
From Outside on the Back Porch late at night while
I exercise. Let me tell you that makes it a
little extra creepy, especially if you ever read this stuff
on the neighborhood app. I don't know if I have
the nerve to watch Oddity out back in the dark,
which is a good review. What do you think, mom?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Look, would you say that you're watching it outside? I've
never thought of doing that, and I might have to
do that because it probably changes the whole experience of
any movie you see. It makes it a lot creepier.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
You're alone out in the backyard, exposed, yeah, exposed to
any serial killer that wants to hop the fence. I
think it's a pretty good way to watch stuff, and
it's not the first time I've done that. I will
admit I'm a little case hardened. I love Halloween month
because you can just watch one horror film after another,
and there's tons and tons of them that all the
streamers make available. So I'm here for your quality control.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Well, we appreciate you, and you're seeing the movies that
I'm usually less inclined to see because I'm not that
horror slasher guy. I'll see psychological thrillers. But from the way,
from the way you describe Smile two, I might have
to go back and see Smile one and then Smile too,
because it seems like it's more psychological thriller. There is
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a demon aspect to it.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
There's all sorts of stuff going on, but you need
to be warned that there's some serious gore in it.
It's okay, it's not a full on gor film. The
way I put it to another horror freak degenerate friend
of mine earlier in the day was that I thought
it was very watchable, but it's not ever going to
be one of my favorites. I'm not going to need,
you know. Whenever the Criterion Collection puts this out on
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a two disc set with commentaries, I'm not gonna need that.
But it's a solid watch. But it was worth your
time and money. It was and definitely audity audit audity.
If we do thumbs up, which which are copyrighted? I
would give it a number of those. All right, And
there you have the RUNA report.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
Wimmo Kelly one K.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Six Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app name that movie
called Classic, the pre Halloween Soaret edition. As you know,
if you get in for name that movie called Classic,
you are coming to our party on October thirtieth in
the Honda Studios here at iHeartMedia. You might have heard
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our earlier conversation with Ron Ross of Wendy's, who's going
to be helping a sponsor with food that's going to
be prepared here for you. We're gonna have burgers and
all sorts of other sides for you. And also I
don't want to give away everything yet, but we're gonna
have some surprise guests and some surprise prizes that we're
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going to be giving away to the best costumes, maybe
the person who drove the furthest farthest distance. But here's
the trick. You gotta get past to walla sharp producer
of the show. So if you're giving him the wrong vibe,
he may not let you through. But if you get
to play the game, that means you are in and
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you are coming to the most anticipated party ever. There's
so many great things I can't give away yet, I
can't get ahead of myself. You want to be at
this party on October thirtieth, and we're not even advertising
it on the KFIM six forty dot com website. I
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haven't even put it up on my personal social media
because this is just for the listeners and Tula's going
to have to make some tough decisions. I would suggest
you're very nice to Tuala. Be very nice. He has
a short temper, he has a short fuse. He does
not suffer fools gladly. And if he knows your voice,
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he knows your name, and he suspects any shenanigans. You
will not be playing name. That movie called Classic Tonight
had some emails they're trying to set up this place
for Mark to deliver the news upstairs. Mark, has that
been solidified yet?
Speaker 5 (29:27):
No, this is actually news to me. Nobody's mentioned this
to me, but they've mentioned it to you.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Yeah, Actually, me and Tawalla there was an email chain
back and forth over the course of today talking about
trying to set it up where either you're going to
do the news up in the Honda studios, so they
need to find your replacement down here.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
And nobody thought to include me on this email chain.
That's charming. I appreciate that. Come on, you've worked here
long enough, you know how that is Yes, there are
a lot of times where I've just been voluntold stuff.
It's like, well, we need to do this.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
That's how it works. I get it, I get it.
I'll roll.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
However thing's happened to go It's fine, but.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
I got your back. We're gonna make sure that you're
available for the people. They love Mark Runner. As much
as I hate to admit it, it loves you. It
kills me.
Speaker 5 (30:13):
It just kills me. Now you've got to help me
figure out something to wear. And have you revealed what
you're wearing.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
No, Because here's my dilemma, and this is actually very
serious and true. Since we will have like a pre
meet and greet before the show, people are going to
be eating in the four to seven o'clock range because
the show starts at seven, and so we have people
arriving prior to them, and I need to be available
to say hello to folks, talk to folks. But it
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has to be I have to be physically comfortable to
do the show. It can't be a distraction. So I'm
going back and forth between having very simple costume, if
you will, and or something that is not much of
a costume. It's more like a cop out so I
can stay in the in the space of doing the show.
So like something from Magic Mike, Yeah, I'm not gonna
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wear a thong. No, that's not me, that's I think
you should let the callers decide. Oh, see what you've done,
See what you've done started.
Speaker 5 (31:11):
Listeners, wouldn't you like to see Moe in a G string?
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Uh no, I'm just gonna go ahead and put it
out there. That's a no, big dog. I won't be
having G strings, at least by me. Now. If some
listener were to show up in a G string, that
might violate our costume policy.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
And Tula has more on the costume policy. Look, if
you show up in anything that is inflammatory, offensive, derogatory,
or anything like that, don't try to show up and
be funny in your costume trying to make a statement.
So Carrie has already been alerted, you will be deny.
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That is the voice of a guy who works at
a school.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
No, that's a guy who's worked in the music industry
and worked a lot of doors at parties.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
A lot of doors, a lot of doors, and have
had to say I am sorry, the guest list is close.
You know what security Please get this individual before I
get this individual.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Escort this person to the parking lot. Yes, so you
just want to let you know, you know, everyone has
a little bit of funny in them. The thirtieth is
not the night for that. No, come to have a
good time being a good festive space and placed emotionally
and everyone can get along and everyone can enjoy the night.
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Oh and also after the show, I'm going to do
a complete tour of iHeart and the KFI studios, so
everyone who's coming you get to see everything behind the
scenes everything. Now the show is in the Honda Studios,
which is on the fifth floor. Will bring you downstairs
to where the KFI studios are and on fifth floor
if you don't know, with iHeart, you have all the
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music stations for the most part, So if you want
to see Real ninety two to three or All ninety
eighty seven or my FM, we'll show you all their studios.
And if you come down to the Talk floor what
we call it, you get to see KFI. You get
to see our partner station A five seventy LA Sports,
the Dodger station, and also the Clipper station. Get to
see a little bit of the behind the scenes. When
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you hear like petrols and money. Come on with Tim
Conway Junior. He's literally twenty feet away in the next
studio down the hall. Or you get to see where
Mark Ronner works, where we don't have line of sight
in a physical sense, but we see each other via
a monitor. But you're not far away. You're about maybe
twenty five thirty feet away. Spitting distance, yeah, yeah, but
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we keep it dark, closed with some barriers. Yeah, spitting
You never heard that term before. Spitting distance, Yeah, that's
a common phrase.
Speaker 5 (33:47):
I expect to Aller to put his foot down on
all spitting during the event.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Well, during the event. Absolutely, there won't be any of
those shenanigans. Oh no, oh no, no, no, Dualla runs
a very tight ship. No shenanigans.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
No malarkeyllow malarkey, whatsoever. Come bearing joy, come bearing festive attitudes.
You come here looking for any type of kerfuffling, you
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will be shut down. Don't come bearing any pasties.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
No wear the pasties. Yeah you can wear the pasties.
What you don't want anything poking through? I stand corrected,
pardon me. Pasties are fine.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
But.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
I will say we will have swag to give away
to all of our listeners. Oh yeah, we'll have swag.
I forgot to mention that.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
So it's going to be You told them about the
monstrous prize that we have to give away.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Yes, I did the best costume, Yes I did. That's
one of the prizes. That is what We're gonna have
other prizes, but that just gives people a sense of Look,
if you're here, we're gonna reward you for being here.
There's gonna be swag. You don't have chance to win
other prizes because of your costume. Maybe you came the
farthest distance or something like that, or any number of
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things we're gonna have. It's gonna be great. It's later
with Mo Kelly k if I am six forty one
live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
We go through all the thing that's going on so
that we can tell you just that you need to know.
Speaker 4 (35:21):
Ki and KOST HD two Los Angeles range live everywhere
on the radio.
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's that time on a Friday, Friday nights with not
a daylight cruise.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Oh, it's so nice to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Mo.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Well, I gotta tell you I.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
Went to the most coolest place ever for discover so
cal I went to Nights of the Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Have you heard of it?
Speaker 5 (00:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Tell me more?
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Okay, So it's the premiere immersive Halloween experience. If you're
looking for a Halloween experience that goes beyond the usual thrills.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Ruh, I had to do that, sorry.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Nights of the Jack and Calabasas is the perfect destination.
This immersive, family friendly event transformed King Gellette Ranch.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
We'll get into that a little bit later. I'll tell
you who King Gillette was.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
King Gelette Ranch into a stunning display of illuminated hand
carved jack lanterns. The grounds are a glow with thousands,
and I mean thousands of pumpkins, each intricately designed to
create scenes raging from the ear to the whimsical.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Visitors can be.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Captivated as they stroll through this glowing pumpkin trail, which
includes elaborate light shows, you can't miss it Larger than
live figures and themed installations that celebrate both the spooky
season and the artistry of carving.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I know, I can't. I love Halloween. The event is
designed to be.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Accessible to all ages, so there was little kids from
one year of age.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
To to teens and and older adults.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
So whether you're bringing the kids or heading out for
a date night, there's something magical about this atmosphere. The
attention to the detail was remarkable, each section of the
trail offering its own unique visual surprises. And it's not
just about the pumpkins, mo There is also food trucks
offering seasonal treats and pumpkin carving demonstration and plenty of
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photo ops, so you can expect a probably a very
funfilled night to just you know, kind of snap some
pictures on Instagram. It was worthy, I tell you now.
What makes Night of the Jack even more special is
the setting at the historic King Gellette Ranch. Once it
was once owned by the razor mogul King Camp Gellette.
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You know, every single man has used a Gellette razors exactly.
The ranch itself itself has a story pass and has
been used for decades as a retreat as film locations
and now the destination for seasonal events. The lush landscapes
and sweeping views enhanced the magical ambiance of the experience,
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making it not just a celebration of Halloween, but also
a journey into a beautiful, preserved part of California history.
And if you're in search of a way to get
into the Halloween spirit, that's fun, visually stunning, and historically rich,
Nights of the jack should be on the top of
your list. It is magical, it is beautiful, and I
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want to say make sure you grab your tickets ahead
of time.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Now, some fun facts. King camp Gillette is the inventor of.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
The Gellette razers that I that I told you about earlier. Now,
he purchased the ranch in nineteen twenty six and then
architect Wallace Nef designed the Spanish Colonial Revival style mansion,
which is kind of on the side, and that was
in the late twenties.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
So after Jillette's death, his wife sold it to.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
MGM film director Clarence Brown, and then the late Bob
Hope bought the ranch in nineteen fifty two, so he
bought it and then donated it to the Missionary Sons
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Catholic religious order
that used the property as a seminary. So now it's
used for weddings, dinner and cocktail parties and special events
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like the Knights of the Jack and it, by the way,
it's going to be in town in Calabasas till November two,
So get your tickets at Night of the Jack dot
com Nights of the Jack dot com.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Get your tickets.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
And also you're parking online, and I highly suggest that
you wear very, very comfortable shoes because you'll be walking.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
About a mile to a mile and a half.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Oh, it's that that expansive.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Oh it's big. It's really big, you know. So if
you come hungry, there's plenty of food trucks. There will
be some lines, but there's so much.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
To see, so get there there.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Also, when you buy the tickets online at Nightsofthejack dot com,
you get you get to pick what time you want
to go, seven thirty, eight o'clock. We did the eight
o'clock show, not the eight o'clock show, but the eight
o'clock walk, I guess, because you know, so it doesn't
get too crowded. But I mean last to see. And
also one other thing I wanted to add. Remember how
I mentioned earlier the intricate carvings. Well, mister Belasco of
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Velasco Designs is the one that has done the carvings.
There is some really cool car of uh celebrities. There
was one that really took my breath away, which was
of Kobe Bryant. It was a pumpkin carved, carved Kobe
Bryant and right next to him was his daughter Gigi.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Oh yeah, it was. It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
You're probably not allowed to take pictures, are you?
Speaker 5 (05:18):
No?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yes, didn't. I just say you could take pictures for Instagram.
It's like Instagram photo op place.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I tell you it's a lot of fun, but please
wear comfortable shoes. And when I say that is because
where you park, when you get out of the parking lot,
you're basically parking on dirt and a lot of rocks.
So please be careful. Do not wear heels or wedges.
Just wear sneakers.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That's what I'm thinking, because I was getting ready to
bust out my lubiton heels.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I didn't know you.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Red bottoms? What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I'm telling you no, But it was it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I've never seen anything like this for Halloween.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
And it's one other thing when I did mention about
kids from being one to you know, teens.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
It's not scary, it's really cool. It's artistic. It's an
artistic exhibit.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Basically, I have to ask you something, and this is
somewhat serious. Yes, last week you came in. You're wearing
a Dodger hat, and I got you on record as
far as who you're rooting for. Yes, and anyone who
may not know you're from New York of course, is
it the Bronx? No, Brooklyn, Brooklyn? Okay, tonight you come
in with a New York Yankees hat? On What's what's
(06:29):
going on with you? What's up?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
It's it's I said this last week.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
My my heart is in New York, but my home
is LA and my dad went to the game, to
the Yankees game, and so it was like I was
kind of there. I said, hey, Dad, because he called
me and I said, hey, can you just put me
on speaker? I just want to hear the rock And
it was amazing. It was like I was there, but
you know, I support both teams. I have love for
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both teams.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
How can you do that you can't love. It's one
thing if you said, hey, I like, I don't know
the Padres and the A's, but the Yankees and the
Dodgers are diametrically opposed in every single way they are.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But you know what, I'm an East Coast West Ghast girl,
so I got love for both.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Just gonna head that bet. You can sit on that
fence all the way, but I love you, so I'll
allow you to do that.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Thank you, sir, I appreciate that. Once again. Go check
it out Knights of the Jack. Oh I didn't give
you the address.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
It's twenty six eight hundred Mulholland Highway in Calabasas. The
website is Night of Nights Off the Jack dot com.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Go check it out, and.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
When we come back, Naico de la Cruz will have
the hidden gem for this week. It's Later with mo
Kelly KFI AM six forty Live Everywhere, the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty JFI.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
It's Later with bo Kelly. We're Live everywhere the iHeartRadio app.
Let's get back to Naica de la Cruz with the
hidden gym for the week.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Thank you well.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
This week's Hidden jam is Thomas Sado. THOMASI arrived to
Los Angeles from Santiago, Li, Chile when he was just
eight years old. The move was jarring. His mother worked
tirelessly to support him, but he missed having a father
figure in his life. That's when mister Elliott and elderly
neighbors stepped in. Mister Elliott was a retired carpenter with
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a gentle demeanor and a knack for storytelling. Of course,
he taught Thomas how to fix things around the house,
but most importantly, he showed him how to navigate life
with resilience and grace. Thomas learned lessons of discipline, kindness,
and the importance of community from mister Elliott. To become
a role model that Thomas needed a steady presence who
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encouraged him to believe in himself. As Thomas grew, those
lessons stayed with him, shaping his path. Inspired by his
own teachers and the care he received from mister Elliott
he received, he decided to pursue a career in education.
After earning his degree, he joined the la Usd District
as a teacher hoping that he could give back to
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the city and also give as much as he could.
Thomas became known not just for his academic toughness, but
for his deep empathy towards his students, especially those struggling
with challenges he once faced as a young immigrant.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
His commitment to nurturing young minds was more than a job,
It was a calling.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Doomas's passion for guiding youth eventually led him to BAM.
BAM stands for Becoming a Man Youth Guidance in Los Angeles.
Along with other teachers, he began volunteering his time to
the program, which focuses on mentoring boys, especially those growing
up in difficult environments with strong male role models. Drawing
from his own experience with mister Elliott, Thomas devoted countless
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hours to helping young men develop emotional intelligence, resilience, and
self confidence. His work with BAM, which stands again for
Becoming a Man, became a way to honor his kindness
and that he had shown, passing on those scenes values
to the next generation. BAM Youth Guidance in Los Angeles
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started in twenty nineteen as an extension of the national
program founded in Chicago. The organization focuses on mentoring boys
and young men of color that face systemic barriers in
the communities. Their mission is to provide positive role models
and guidance to help young men develop the skills they
need to succeed both in school.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
And in life.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
By addressing emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and responsible decision making,
BAM aims to give young men the tools to navigate
their lives with confidence and integrity. The program partners with
The program also partners with schools across Los Angeles to
offer weekly sessions led by trained mentors who foster a
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safe space for a partner for participants to explore their
emotions and challenges. Though these sessions, boys built strong relationships
with their mentors and peers, and they learned, set goals
and developed strategies for overcoming obstacles. The impact has been profound.
Participants in BAM have shown improvements not only in academic performance,
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but also in emotional health and overall wellbeing. For Themasito,
being a part of this initiative is a way to
continue the legacy of guidance and support that changed his life.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And I think that we all.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
Need a role model or a mentor and I want
to thank if Signor Gregorio was set. He is a
retired teacher in the city of Bakersfield who referred me
to Domasidio and I got to talk to him and
he told me his story.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You could also donate your time or monetary donation at.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Www dot Youth hyphen Guidance dot org and if you
want more information, go to the tab where it says
where we are and you'll see Los Angeles right there.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I am a believer, yes, sir, and proponent of role models.
And this may be controversial in today's world, but gender
role models. I'm not saying that a boy cannot become
a man without a paternal figure around, but it makes
it much more difficult. I'll give you an example. My
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father lost his father. He died when my father was
five years old, so that basically meant he grew up
without a father, and even though he had cousins and
older male cousins, it's not the same. And he had
to reverse engineer what it meant to be a man
and be a father by not doing what he was
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watching and saw and saw what was able to at
least discern what was right and what was wrong. As
far as conducting himself, carrying himself, becoming a man, because
just being honest, his mother could not give that to him.
She could give guidance, she can tell him do this,
don't do that. But as far as what to emulate,
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you got to see it. You have to experience it
on some level. And that's why I'm a firm believer
of being that role model. Sometimes it's implicit, not explicit,
it's because of you walking into the room and people
can see how you conduct yourself.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Can I ask you this question?
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Because I raised a daughter, right, But when you hear
the expression of single mothers, I have to be a mother,
I have to be mom and dad.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
What does that? What's the definition of you when you
hear that?
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Like?
Speaker 3 (13:40):
What comes to mind when you hear that? Because I
feel that boys do need.
Speaker 4 (13:46):
A father figure, and I think a male role model
is very important. And I have to say I love
some men that have stepped in, whether they're uncles or
best friends.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Right, cousins are so far.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
But you know, when I hear that expression from mother's
it really tears my heart because they say, you know,
I have to be mom and dad.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
It rubs me the wrong way because I don't. I
don't believe that. I don't agree with it. And whenever
we get closer to Mother's Day and Father's Day, you
have the single moms who wanted their props on Father's
Day as well, and I bristle. I just completely reject that.
You know, Mother's Day is for mother's, Father's Day for
father's and just because you may be a single parent,
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I don't believe that you're actually doing both jobs. You
are having to pick up the slack for another person,
but you're not filling in as that father figure if
there's only the mother, and the father's not filling in
for the mother. If there's only the single father, there
are like, for example, my father taught me things about
relating to other men, how to respect a woman, and
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I don't know if that lands the same way coming
from my mother. You know, as far as my responsibility
talking about how to care for a woman, protect a woman,
of course, the etiquette, as far as which side of
the street you should be walking, you should be on
the street side walking with a woman. When a woman
comes into the room, you stand up. But he was
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explaining from the standpoint of this is what you need
to do to be a man as a protector, as
a provider. And yes, I do believe in in gender
roles to a certain degree, because I believe a man
has certain responsibilities that I'm not going to put on
my wife. I'm just not I agree. But that comes
from my father teaching me, not my mom telling me.
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And there's a big difference.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Oh, yes, there is a very very big difference.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
But I love that, you know, people like Gregorio and
Domas that could stand up and help these young young
men that are their boys. But they're going to be
young men and one day they're going to be they're
going to be boyfriends, they're going to be fiances, they're
gonna be husbands, they're going to be grandfathers. And so
you always in the back of the mind go so
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and so taught me this, or mister Elliott showed me
how to this, or you know, so forth.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
And it may not be the father. It could be
the pastor at church. It could be the coach team,
it could be the counselor at school. It can come
from a variety of places, but it needs to exist,
it needs to be there.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
He did say this when we were on the zoom.
He did say that a.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Lot of some well some of his young men have
come to him for advice as if you know, they
were talking to their dad, you know what I mean,
because they don't have a dad. And so he was like, oh,
you know, sometimes that's really tough because I'm not.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Your parents, I'm your teacher. And there's a funne Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Very quickly contact information for those who want to know more.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
Yes, those who want to know more, go to Youth
hyphen Guidance dot org. That's Youth hyphen Guidance dot org.
And like I said, go to the tab where it
says where we are and scroll down and you'll see
Los Angeles because it originates the program originates from Chicago,
but they're in Chicago, New York, you know, Los Angeles,
(17:04):
and it's a really good program for young fellas.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Also Frequent She podcast.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yes, actually we talked about you this week on the
Frequency podcast. Yeah, we were talking about sports because Amy
loves baseball. So I did mention you Frequency Podcasts f
R E q U E N s h E podcast.
You could find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts. It
was it was a good episode this week, and uh,
(17:30):
you know, we try to just keep it fun and
light for you.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
All right, I just need to take off that Yankees
hat when you're in studio.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
I was gonna ask you to leave, but this is
your look at the time.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from
k f I, A M six forty.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Talks about pontificates about pop culture.
Speaker 6 (17:57):
Ronner Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Can't Kelly Mark Ronner with his latest Runner Report.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
Tonight, We're going to talk about Smile too. Now, I'm
going to play you a little bit of the trailer,
but not all of it, since it's predicated on the
visual element of people having creepy, demonic smiles. Also, there's
a bit of naughty language. Then I'm going to try
to catch stand By in the dump button Tony the scripts. Okay,
(18:51):
that's not really as revelatory as one would like in
a trailer played on the largely auditory venue of radio.
So let's just talk about the movie. I like the
idea of a horror film predicated on the idea that
people smiling at you is creepy because it is. Most
of the photos I see everywhere I have people posing
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and smiling, and the smiles always look fake. And forced,
and you can tell most of the time when they
are genuine, but a genuine smile spontaneous. And if you're
posing for a picture, that's not spontaneous, and you've got
to slap on a smile anyway, because you can't just
stand there staring blankly into the camera, because that's scary too. Also,
if you're watching a show called From which is in
(19:32):
its third season, now you know exactly what I'm talking about.
It's about people trapped in a little town where the
monsters are in the form of people who move slow
and smile at their human victims before they tear them
to pieces. Cheapest special effect ever, this smile. If you
walk around in a building with lots of pictures of
people posing and smiling on the walls, like we've got here,
it can seem pretty ghoulish. Sometimes I'm pretty sure Moe's
(19:54):
in a couple of those around this building and only one. Honestly,
it's unnerving. Stay away from grade schools, mo, Now smile
one or just smile. And by the way, I can't
guarantee this, but I'd be shocked if there isn't some
knockoff called vertical smile. If someone tries to get you
watch anything with that title. Demand to see the trailer first.
The original Smile or Smile Prime or whatever came out
(20:15):
in twenty twenty two, and it was a respectable little
horror flick, pretty simple and pretty clever premise. Here it
is a curse gets passed around and it involves people
doing the creepy posing by a carcass with rfke junior
kind of smile before they commit suicide in some horrifically
violent way. It might remind you a little bit of
the Ring if you remember that movie. It would definitely
(20:38):
make a good double bill with that, or a triple
bill with it. Follows as well. They're all a little
bit similar, all worth seeing, not exactly the same. No
big stars in the first Smile. It was made for
seventeen million bucks and it made two hundred and seventeen
million in theaters. Now I'm not great at math, but
I can tell you that was more lucrative for investors
than say Twitter, And I can tell you it's the
(20:58):
kind of return that guarantee a sequel. And Smile Too,
and thanks for not giving it a subtitle like Smile Too,
A little spinach there or Smile Too, You must be
from Spokane. Smile Too doesn't waste any time getting going,
and you probably should see the first one before you
watch it, since it begins with six days later on
(21:19):
the screen, and you're not going to know what's going
on if you haven't seen the first one. The sequel
follows a young female pop star who's had some kind
of serious troubles with an accident and drugs and the like,
and she's trying to get her life in a career
back on track with a new tour. She becomes ensnared
by this smile entity demon thing and begins to have
a series of increasingly disturbing things happen to her, some
(21:43):
of which are hallucinations, so we're never sure if what's
happening to her and what we're seeing is real, and
quite often it's not, which can get irritating, but the
fact that it's not real doesn't mean it's just a
fake out. That doesn't matter to the story. This smile
entity demon thing is causing the woman to lose her
mind where along for the ride. The actress is Naomi Scott,
and she's a former Disney star and she really puts
(22:05):
it all out there from stark terror to full on
musical performances. Now, horror movies don't tend to get noticed
for the acting, but this one should.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
She's great.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
The pop star meets somebody who may have figured out
how the possession works and how to break the chain
and stop it. But how easy do you suppose that's
going to be, especially when she can't trust anything she
thinks she's seeing or doing. And we're all afraid of
different things, but losing our mind and our grip on
reality is one of those basic archetypal things we can
all be afraid of. I don't want to get too
(22:35):
deep into this, into the real world aspects of it,
but we're literally unable to agree on basic facts and
reality now as we're all bombarded with lies and disinformation.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So there's that.
Speaker 5 (22:46):
The Smile, too, broadens its scope beyond the first one,
and the main character is a Taylor Swift type, which
I imagine I'll bring in a lot of younger viewers
who are into her. But don't let that fool you.
There's some dark stuff in this and a few solid
jump scares, even though it's not a slasher film like
say those Terrifier movies. There's some gruesome stuff in here,
gruesome images you definitely don't want to take kids too.
(23:08):
It's also very well put together, lots of nice stylistic
touches by the director and writer. His name is Parker Finn.
I'm anxious to see what he does next. The movie's
longer than needs to be. It can get exhausting, but
it's not a bad sequel at all. For Halloween month now,
also for Halloween. Just for funzies, I'm going to recommend
one other horror film. This is called Oddity O D
(23:29):
D Y Oddity. It's streaming for rent and you can
also find it on shutter. This is a really well
done little spooky movie out of Ireland. It's small in scale,
very nicely photographed and acted, and it's got some very
uncomfortable tense moments in it. This movie is about a
blind psychic woman whose sister is killed, possibly by a
(23:50):
nutcase who's in an insane asylum. And I'm going to
play just a little bit here of the trailer just
to give you a taste of it. And again Tony
standby on the dump button. I don't know what we're
getting into, Okay, let's see if you.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Get through one of these skitches sketches, Amy, please let
me come rack.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
You know this whole clip thing isn't working so well tonight.
I'm not sure exactly what I've done wrong here, but
trust me, I hate myself for it.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
On the one year.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Anniversary of her sister's death, this blind psychic wants to
go to the country house where her sister used to
live with her husband, who's a doctor. Now the doctor
already has a new girlfriend, so that's awkward. Also awkward,
the sister brings a crate with a life size grotesque
human mannequin in it, and the doctor has to leave
for his night shift at the hospital. I'm not going
(24:41):
to tell you much more about Oddity except to say
it's a quieter movie, which makes the shocking parts really
hit harder. It's the exact opposite of those Terrifier movies
that I mentioned, having seen Terrifier One at least, or
Terrifier Prime or air Fryer, I don't care. I will
say Audity has quite an ending. It is a quality
little ghost story. Now, to enhance the watching environment, you're
(25:05):
gonna like this mo I've been watching from episodes of
From Outside on the Back Porch late at night while
I exercise. Let me tell you that makes it a
little extra creepy, especially if you ever read this stuff
on the neighborhood app. I don't know if I have
the nerve to watch Oddity out back in the dark,
which is a good review. What do you think, mom?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Look, would you say that you're watching it outside? I've
never thought of doing that, and I might have to
do that because it probably changes the whole experience of
any movie you see. It makes it a lot creepier.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
You're alone out in the backyard, exposed, yeah, exposed to
any serial killer that wants to hop the fence. I
think it's a pretty good way to watch stuff, and
it's not the first time I've done that. I will
admit I'm a little case hardened. I love Halloween month
because you can just watch one horror film after another,
and there's tons and tons of them that all the
streamers make available. So I'm here for your quality control.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Well, we appreciate you, and you're seeing the movies that
I'm usually less inclined to see because I'm not that
horror slasher guy. I'll see psychological thrillers. But from the way,
from the way you describe Smile two, I might have
to go back and see Smile one and then Smile too,
because it seems like it's more psychological thriller. There is
(26:22):
a demon aspect to it.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
There's all sorts of stuff going on, but you need
to be warned that there's some serious gore in it.
It's okay, it's not a full on gor film. The
way I put it to another horror freak degenerate friend
of mine earlier in the day was that I thought
it was very watchable, but it's not ever going to
be one of my favorites. I'm not going to need,
you know. Whenever the Criterion Collection puts this out on
(26:45):
a two disc set with commentaries, I'm not gonna need that.
But it's a solid watch. But it was worth your
time and money. It was and definitely audity audit audity.
If we do thumbs up, which which are copyrighted? I
would give it a number of those. All right, And
there you have the RUNA report.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
Wimmo Kelly one K.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Six Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app name that movie
called Classic, the pre Halloween Soaret edition. As you know,
if you get in for name that movie called Classic,
you are coming to our party on October thirtieth in
the Honda Studios here at iHeartMedia. You might have heard
(27:39):
our earlier conversation with Ron Ross of Wendy's, who's going
to be helping a sponsor with food that's going to
be prepared here for you. We're gonna have burgers and
all sorts of other sides for you. And also I
don't want to give away everything yet, but we're gonna
have some surprise guests and some surprise prizes that we're
(28:01):
going to be giving away to the best costumes, maybe
the person who drove the furthest farthest distance. But here's
the trick. You gotta get past to walla sharp producer
of the show. So if you're giving him the wrong vibe,
he may not let you through. But if you get
to play the game, that means you are in and
(28:22):
you are coming to the most anticipated party ever. There's
so many great things I can't give away yet, I
can't get ahead of myself. You want to be at
this party on October thirtieth, and we're not even advertising
it on the KFIM six forty dot com website. I
(28:44):
haven't even put it up on my personal social media
because this is just for the listeners and Tula's going
to have to make some tough decisions. I would suggest
you're very nice to Tuala. Be very nice. He has
a short temper, he has a short fuse. He does
not suffer fools gladly. And if he knows your voice,
(29:08):
he knows your name, and he suspects any shenanigans. You
will not be playing name. That movie called Classic Tonight
had some emails they're trying to set up this place
for Mark to deliver the news upstairs. Mark, has that
been solidified yet?
Speaker 5 (29:27):
No, this is actually news to me. Nobody's mentioned this
to me, but they've mentioned it to you.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Yeah, Actually, me and Tawalla there was an email chain
back and forth over the course of today talking about
trying to set it up where either you're going to
do the news up in the Honda studios, so they
need to find your replacement down here.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
And nobody thought to include me on this email chain.
That's charming. I appreciate that. Come on, you've worked here
long enough, you know how that is Yes, there are
a lot of times where I've just been voluntold stuff.
It's like, well, we need to do this.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
That's how it works. I get it, I get it.
I'll roll.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
However thing's happened to go It's fine, but.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
I got your back. We're gonna make sure that you're
available for the people. They love Mark Runner. As much
as I hate to admit it, it loves you. It
kills me.
Speaker 5 (30:13):
It just kills me. Now you've got to help me
figure out something to wear. And have you revealed what
you're wearing.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
No, Because here's my dilemma, and this is actually very
serious and true. Since we will have like a pre
meet and greet before the show, people are going to
be eating in the four to seven o'clock range because
the show starts at seven, and so we have people
arriving prior to them, and I need to be available
to say hello to folks, talk to folks. But it
(30:40):
has to be I have to be physically comfortable to
do the show. It can't be a distraction. So I'm
going back and forth between having very simple costume, if
you will, and or something that is not much of
a costume. It's more like a cop out so I
can stay in the in the space of doing the show.
So like something from Magic Mike, Yeah, I'm not gonna
(31:03):
wear a thong. No, that's not me, that's I think
you should let the callers decide. Oh, see what you've done,
See what you've done started.
Speaker 5 (31:11):
Listeners, wouldn't you like to see Moe in a G string?
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Uh no, I'm just gonna go ahead and put it
out there. That's a no, big dog. I won't be
having G strings, at least by me. Now. If some
listener were to show up in a G string, that
might violate our costume policy.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
And Tula has more on the costume policy. Look, if
you show up in anything that is inflammatory, offensive, derogatory,
or anything like that, don't try to show up and
be funny in your costume trying to make a statement.
So Carrie has already been alerted, you will be deny.
(31:53):
That is the voice of a guy who works at
a school.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
No, that's a guy who's worked in the music industry
and worked a lot of doors at parties.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
A lot of doors, a lot of doors, and have
had to say I am sorry, the guest list is close.
You know what security Please get this individual before I
get this individual.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Escort this person to the parking lot. Yes, so you
just want to let you know, you know, everyone has
a little bit of funny in them. The thirtieth is
not the night for that. No, come to have a
good time being a good festive space and placed emotionally
and everyone can get along and everyone can enjoy the night.
(32:31):
Oh and also after the show, I'm going to do
a complete tour of iHeart and the KFI studios, so
everyone who's coming you get to see everything behind the
scenes everything. Now the show is in the Honda Studios,
which is on the fifth floor. Will bring you downstairs
to where the KFI studios are and on fifth floor
if you don't know, with iHeart, you have all the
(32:52):
music stations for the most part, So if you want
to see Real ninety two to three or All ninety
eighty seven or my FM, we'll show you all their studios.
And if you come down to the Talk floor what
we call it, you get to see KFI. You get
to see our partner station A five seventy LA Sports,
the Dodger station, and also the Clipper station. Get to
see a little bit of the behind the scenes. When
(33:15):
you hear like petrols and money. Come on with Tim
Conway Junior. He's literally twenty feet away in the next
studio down the hall. Or you get to see where
Mark Ronner works, where we don't have line of sight
in a physical sense, but we see each other via
a monitor. But you're not far away. You're about maybe
twenty five thirty feet away. Spitting distance, yeah, yeah, but
(33:38):
we keep it dark, closed with some barriers. Yeah, spitting
You never heard that term before. Spitting distance, Yeah, that's
a common phrase.
Speaker 5 (33:47):
I expect to Aller to put his foot down on
all spitting during the event.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Well, during the event. Absolutely, there won't be any of
those shenanigans. Oh no, oh no, no, no, Dualla runs
a very tight ship. No shenanigans.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
No malarkeyllow malarkey, whatsoever. Come bearing joy, come bearing festive attitudes.
You come here looking for any type of kerfuffling, you
(34:20):
will be shut down. Don't come bearing any pasties.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
No wear the pasties. Yeah you can wear the pasties.
What you don't want anything poking through? I stand corrected,
pardon me. Pasties are fine.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
But.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
I will say we will have swag to give away
to all of our listeners. Oh yeah, we'll have swag.
I forgot to mention that.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
So it's going to be You told them about the
monstrous prize that we have to give away.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Yes, I did the best costume, Yes I did. That's
one of the prizes. That is what We're gonna have
other prizes, but that just gives people a sense of Look,
if you're here, we're gonna reward you for being here.
There's gonna be swag. You don't have chance to win
other prizes because of your costume. Maybe you came the
farthest distance or something like that, or any number of
(35:07):
things we're gonna have. It's gonna be great. It's later
with Mo Kelly k if I am six forty one
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We go through all the thing that's going on so
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