November 2, 2024 • 32 mins
ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – ‘Friday Nights’ with L.A. Radio Legend Nautica De La Cruz checking out the ‘2024 Los Angeles Lantern Festival Art Expo!’ AND highlighting today’s ‘Hidden Gem,’ Amelia Lopez and the ‘Alliance for Community Empowerment’. ACE is “a nonprofit organization that is committed to empowering disadvantaged communities in the San Fernando Valley.” … PLUS – Mark Rahner has a review of the 1974 Cult Classic ‘Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter’ in celebration of the 50th Anniversary Special Edition 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 and.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Joining me is always on Fridays. Fridays, would not Ada cruise?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Oh, thank you so very much.
Speaker 4 (00:14):
Listen after our segment, let's talk about the soiree that
we that I went to on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (00:18):
Okay, because you were starring at you are fabulous.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Thank you, you know what.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
I have such a great time. But I did kind
of talk to some of your listeners. They wanted to
know what I was going to talk about today, so
I gave them a sneak peek, but I promised them.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
That I was going to give them all the information.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
So for Discover so Cal, I went to the twenty
twenty four Los Angeles Lantern Expo Art expo, which is
in Arcadia at Santa Anita Park, not too far from here.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It is a it.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
It just lights up the night. It is absolutely radiant.
It's a celebration of art and culture, drawing visitors from
near and far to experience the beauty and the magic
of lantern art. Held annually, this event brings together artists
and creators who craft intricate lanterns, each glowing with vibrant
colors and details that you can even imagine. The festival
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takes its inspiration from traditional Asian lantern festivals, where lanterns
symbolize joy, unity, and new beginnings and we all love that,
especially with the New Moon coming up now. Over the years,
the expo has grown into a lively gathering world culturals, cultures, meat,
and people of all ages just get to enjoy it.
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The roots of the lantern festivals stretch back thousands of
years to ancient China, piece of history for you, where
lanterns serve to guide loved ones, loved one's spirits home,
or to celebrate the new year. Originally, these lanterns were
simply made out of paper and I had a beautiful
gentle light in and it also symbolized hope and peace.
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But now the Los Angeles Lantern Art Expo brings this
ancient art to life with a modern twist, featuring lanterns
of all shapes and sizes that reflect growth, traditional and
contemporary designs. The artists behind these lanterns are very diverse
as the festival itself, each bringing unique stories and backgrounds.
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Many artists have traveled from across the world, especially from Asia,
carrying them carrying the traditional you know, kind of expectations
and generations of generations, and others are local creators who
kind of add their own Angelino urban style touch to
the designs, and together they transform the Santa Anita Park
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into a wonderland of light and color, and it's vibrant
and beautiful. It really is like a touch of magic. Now,
I want to say, as night falls, the park truly
comes to life.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So I would recommend you to get there. Well, now
let's see we change the clock.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
This weekend, so I would probably say get there around
four four forty five, see the lanterns before it actually
gets dark, and you will see such a difference of
what they look like when they're just illuminated. Also want
to let you know that the Los Angeles Lantern Art
Expo is only here until November seventeenth, so today is the.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
First first little time you got a little bit of time.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I do recommend that you wear some comfortable shoes, take
as many pictures as possible.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I saw mo.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
I saw a lot of women there with traditional kimonos
or kind of kimono like outfits.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
But it was absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Get your tickets online at www dot awcae dot com.
That's awcae dot com. It is here until November seventeenth,
and they're open from four to eleven. But like I said,
get there before it gets dark so you could see
the before and after.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
I'm at the website right now, and I did not
know about this.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
We had this discussion on Friday where there's so many things,
wonderful things going on in Los Angeles and Los Angeles
County right under our noses, and we may not know
because we live here. That means we may not be
looking for things right here. And I see that it's
attendance is on the level of Comic Con, where they
have more than one hundred and forty thousand people who
are coming through this and that it's amazing to me.
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Gorgeous lanterns, gorgeous displays and exhibits and I didn't even know.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Oh, and let me tell you there's also cultural performers.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
There is singers, there is traditional Chinese dancers, musicians, you're
into martial arts, yep, there's martial arts performers too, So
get there, I would say, get.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
There a little early.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Oh and they have great food too, so they have
food vendors as well, the kids love it. I really
appreciate I really appreciated the art.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I appreciated the lanterns.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I did.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You're not supposed to touch, but I did touch, Like
are you and don't tell them?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Come on now, you should know better.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
But I was like, wow, this is just amazing, just
the fact that these artists come together and they build
they build these ginormous lanterns, and they're so intricate and vibrant,
and the colors are amazing, and you know, it's always
nice to learn about other cultures and what you know,
these lanterns symbolized too.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
I'm looking at the prices. It's reasonably priced.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
We're talking twenty five dollars general admission, forty dollars for
the whole weekend. Let's say you can't do it all
in one day because like you said, you got to
bring your walking shoes.
Speaker 5 (05:39):
There's a lot to cover.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Or you can get a twenty eight dollars general emission
pass any day, so whenever you're ready to go, you
just go.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yes, it's fun. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
And you know what, real quick, I want to talk
about the soiree that you invited me on Wednesday. Some
of the listeners that came up to me, there was
these two couples. I did not get theirs. I'm sorry,
but I know they're listening. You guys were just your
costumes were amazing. But they came up to me and
they said, Nautica. I listened to Discover SoCal every weekend
and the next day my husband and I go, do
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what you tell.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
Us to do?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
I was like, what.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Honestly, she gave me a list of every museum. She
gave me a list of the expos that were in town.
And I said, oh my god, I said, I did
mention all that, and she said, yes, she goes you
give us stuff to do on the weekends. I was like, oh,
it's all like you know what, I'm going to pat
myself on the back right now and kudos to me.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
This is always a constant reminder of how humbling and
awe inspiring radio can be. I think it's a tremendous responsibility,
and I try to not take anything I say lightly
because thousands and thousands of people do here, do respond,
do follow recommendations. And that's just another reminder that won
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the power of KFI. But also so many great things
to do in southern California, and I'm glad that you're
highlight I think in bringing some spotlights to them.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Thank you, I really do appreciate it, and thank you
for giving me the platform.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
And I think the listeners that showed up on Wednesday,
we had a great time.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
The food was great.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
You know, I had some great food from Wendy's. I
didn't have a what do you call it, the shake thing,
the the frosty. I didn't have a frosty, but maybe
next time. But it was all amazing. The people were
so nice, the staff that helped as well, and just the.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Energy was really really really good.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Well, we have some other business we need to take
care of before we go to break. For those who
don't know, yes, cruises from Brooklyn.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Oh, oh okay, Los Angeles. Oh I know where this
is going.
Speaker 7 (07:45):
During the live show, the Dodgers clinched the World Series
and I had been on Nautica as far as where
her allegiance would uh where it actually would lie and
born in Brooklyn.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You said, but you live in Los Angeles?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (08:01):
I need you to clear that up for me one
more gin.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
As they say, Yes, my heart is in New York,
but I live in La and I'm so happy and
so grateful and I'm just excitic that the Los Angeles
Dodgers brought home the trophy for the World Series.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
So what does your sweatshirt say?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
It says naughties from Brooklyn.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
So happy you wore a Brooklyn sweatshirt to the shelf.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Let me remind you that the Dodgers originally came from Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Don't get it twisted fair enough, But that's like me
wearing a Cleveland shirt as a Rams fan. Yes, the
Rams originally came from Cleveland, right, but that's more like
a trivia.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
When we come back, we'll have the hitting gym with
not a co dealer Cruise. This a letter with Mo
Kelly Cafi age six forty. We're live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Six forty, Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It is
Friday Nights with Nautica de la Cruzon, Later with Mo Kelly,
and Today's Hidden jem is Amelia Lopez. Amelia Lopez grew
up in the heart of San Fernando Valley, By the
time she was a teenager, Amelia's life had taken a
direction her mother.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Rosa, feared could lead her down a dangerous path.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Amelia strugg struggle to fit in school and often found
herself slipping behind. Feeling invincible and among her classmates who
seemed to understand things just didn't.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Click for her.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
As her grades fell, so did her confidence, and she
felt a little lost, like some of us can feel
when we're in her teenage years. Eventually, she gravitated towards
friends who, like her, felt unseen and misunderstood. Together they
found solace and risky behavior and late night antics. But
deep down, Amelia knew these friendships were only temporary. Rosa,
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a single mother working two jobs, could see her daughter
slipping further away way and felt powerless to help. Despite
her love for Amelia, she began to lose hope, wondering
if her daughter was too far gone to be reached.
Then one afternoon, as Amelia was wandering her in her neighborhood,
she noticed a group of young people gathered at a
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community center nearby, laughing and working together on a project.
I think she said that they were painting or cleaning
up around the community Center. She was drawn to their energy,
and she approached them. She learned that they were part
of an Alliance for Community Empowerment, an organization devoted to
supporting young people in finding purpose and direction. Curiosity got
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the best of her, and Amelia decided to attend one
of their workshops. There, she was introduced to mentors who
had faced struggles like her and found a way out.
For the first time, Amelia felt like someone understood her
journey and believed in her potential. The Alliance for Community
Empowerment became a lifeline for Amelia, offering her not only
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menship but also practical skills and community service opportunities. The
organization works tirelessly to uplift at risk youth by providing
educational resources, life skill training, and leadership development. Though through Alliance,
Amelia discovered her passion for helping others and even became
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a peer ment to herself, guiding younger kids away from
the same pitfalls she had once faced and I think
a lot of us have too in our younger years.
The Alliance for Community Empowerment dot org was founded in
twenty thirteen and is based in West San Fernando Valley.
Their mission is to support and uplift at risk youth
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in undeserved communities. Recognizing the challenges faced by young people
who lack positive role models and resources, the organization was
established to provide them a safe space and guidance to
help them overcome obstacles and pursue brighter futures. I can
say that Amelia is now in her mid twenties. She
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does volunteer and she works for her family owned construction business.
She was referred to me by Lincoln Bloom from LinkedIn.
From that message, thank you so very much, And if
you would like to donate, you would like to get
involved or learn a little bit more about the organization.
It is the Alliance for Community Empowerment, but it is
short for www. Dot ACE, ACE the number four change
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dot org. That's ACE, the number four change dot org.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And you know, when I was.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Talking to Amelia, I really felt her because I was
a knucklehead kid.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
No tell us one knucklehead story, just one.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oh my god.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
I okay, I'm gonna make my confessions that has already inspired.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Okay, thank you Jesus. I stole.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
I used to do I used to do illegal stuff.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
I'm very blessed I didn't go to jail.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
But I almost went to jail once and my stepfather
was the one that helped me out. And I think
because him and I didn't have a really good relationship,
I think that that improved our relationship and that made
me wake up because at eighteen, I was going to
be charged as an adult and not a juvenile.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
See, you were getting ready to walk into what I
was going to say. Because the importance of the Alliance
for Community Empowerment and other organizations like that, we need
to add to our total or sum total of advocates,
the people who are surrounding us, the people who can
counsel us, guide us, instruct us, correct us, rebuke us,
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pray for us, teach.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Us all of those things.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Because if you don't have that hedge around us, if
you don't have that adult figure to step in and say, Natica,
you need to slow down or you are going to prison,
then that's where we lose a lot of young people.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
And that's why I'm always big on youth guidance.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Any type of organization which works with youth and provides
role models or representations for them to follow.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
They cannot be it.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
If they can't see it, they can't achieve it if
they don't have any type of blueprint.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
In which to follow.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
I agree.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
I sometimes wish that growing up there were organizations like
this to help me, you know what I mean. My
mom used to always try to keep me busy. That's
why I did theater in New York. You know, I
I volunteered after school, but I wasn't part of an
organization that I had mentors that was like, hey, you know,
in Otaka, you're not doing this, or you know you're
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falling a little behind in history. History was not my
favorite subject, but I wish I would have had that.
And there's so many more opportunities now than there was
as I was a child. But I think mentoring and
being an advocate and extending your heart and your arms
to young teens or even an adult makes such a
difference because sometimes you're you know, you have days where
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you are in your depression or your self esteem is
not at par and you feel like you're all alone
in this world.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
But there are so many other.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
People that are going through this, and so when you
find an organization that could guide you, I think it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Since we know that your words will touch someone will
reach someone will help someone. How can people continue that
conversation with you? How can they find you on social media?
Speaker 9 (15:24):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Please find me on Facebook or Instagram at Nautica de
la Cruz nau t I c A d E l
A c r u z I right back. I like
to communicate. Also, I'm on LinkedIn too. I feel like
our listeners are send me most of our messages there.
But please, I respond to everything and everyone, and if
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I don't have an answer, I will try to find
an answer for you. But I'm really a people person.
I like people, I like to help, and I like
to be sassy. I am not all right.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Then, Naica de la Cruz always good to see you
and we'll see you next time week right, Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
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Speaker 9 (16:35):
All right, Halloween was on a Thursday this year, which
might seem like it sucks, but in fact what it
means is you can celebrate at the weekend before and
the weekend after. It also means that instead of spending
time watching and talking about here, the Tom Hanks gimmick
movie set entirely in one room, we can talk about
Halloween movies one more time. I'll watch here when I'm
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immobilized and unable to leave one room myself, and I
can't help reading it the way my grandpa used to
shout it at me when he was mad.
Speaker 10 (17:03):
Here.
Speaker 9 (17:04):
Maybe they'll make a sequel called put that Down. Now
the secret be there, Yeah there. Instead, we're gonna I'm
gonna turn you on to the coolest horror swashbuckling adventure
movie you've never seen. It's called Captain Cronos Vampire Hunter.
I know the title sounds corny, but this is a
minor masterpiece. Here's a little bit of the original trailer
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from nineteen seventy four.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
In the eighteenth century, in Central Europe, black terrors what
too cross.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
The face of the land.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
The curse of vampiresm which had been a half forgotten
memory for hundreds of years, returned with a fury that
struck unholy fear into the hearts of every man, woman
and child. Well, one man dared to make a stand
against this evil epidemic. One man dared to hurl a
challenge of cold steel against the terror of the undead.
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He was Captain Cronos, Vampire Hunter.
Speaker 12 (18:09):
It is commonly supposed that a vampire attacks in only
one way, by biting the neck and draining the victim
of blood. The girls you spoke of, they were not
trained of blood, of youth, of life itself.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
You see he's been bitten on the mouth God's sake,
Isa by the vampires bite the key.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Is not the man you are.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
I'm doomed. I'm so and never ending two him.
Speaker 9 (18:41):
Captain Cronos came way before Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but
you could sort of consider him an ancestor tour much smarter,
though witty, without the kind of irritating cute dialogue from Buffy.
And it's got a creative twist on vampires, none of
the cheap rubber masks. Also one of the absolute coolest
heroes of all time, played by a German actor named
Horse to Jansen. He's like a rye feather haired Prussian
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Clint Eastwood. Now, the reason I'm telling you about this
movie now is that after decades of almost nothing, the
studio is putting out a super duper collector's edition of
it with so many bonus features, commentary tracks, documentary features, interviews,
tons of stuff that when I finally am immobilized with
long COVID or whatever, it'll keep me busy a good
long time. The pre orders for it were a couple
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of days ago, and as much of a cheap skate
as you know I am. I happily paid a not
small amount of money right when it was available in
the wee hours. Because of the time difference between here
and the UK. It's easy enough to find if you're interested.
I'm not doing a commercial for the thing. I still
have some shreds of ethics and dignity left, and you
need to know that not everyone in the media is
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a complete prostitute. The studio is Hammer Films. That is
the joint that put out all the draculaen Frankenstein movies
with Christopher Lee and Peter Kushing from about the late
fifties to about the mid seventies when Captain Kronos came out.
In fact, this was more or less the end for
that studio. One reason you probably never heard of the
movie is Hammer Films had fallen on hard times and
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they didn't promote it, and they went out of business
for a while, so they just quietly dribbled it out
on a double bill and let it die and obscure death.
But over the years it became a cult film. I
saw it when I was I don't know, maybe thirteen
years old, wandering around at a sci fi convention and
there was a vhs U it playing on a TV
and an empty lobby, and I just stood there with
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my mouth hanging open, watching the whole thing from start
to finish. As I'm standing there watching the movie in
this hotel lobby, a girl came up to me and
started watching me and tried to talk to me and
hitting on me. Non nerds may not know this, but
those sci fi conventions were practically swinger weekends. I was
too young for that, but this stuff was going on
all around me. So this girl's blatantly just standing there
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staring at me. You could almost hear the porno guitar
music Foosh, don't.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
Play it place.
Speaker 9 (20:54):
But I was too interested in the movie. She was
quite patient about it too, and I just wanted her
to go away because I'd never seen a movie like this. Also,
I was cripplingly shy, and even if the movie wasn't
any good, I wouldn't have known what to do. Here's
the basics. Sometime, as you heard in the early eighteenth century,
an ex soldier from the Napoleonic Wars I think, and
his brilliant hunchback assistant race on horseback to a village
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in some nameless European location where girls are being killed.
They're not getting their blood drained with the two puncture
marks on the neck like a classic vampire. They're being
found turned into old women with their life force and
their youth drained from them. That's right, a vampires turning
girls into Andrea Mitchell. Captain Cross sold me, actually, fouch,
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let's have one. Let's have one for that. Come on now,
he's reaching for it. Andrea Mitchell, all right, I'm not
gonna wait for thank you delayed gratification. Captain Cronos and
his partner, Grossed the Agross, the hunchback. They're in the
business of killing vampires, and they let us know that
there isn't just the one kind. There are as many
different species of vampires as there are beasts of prey.
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Absolutely ingenious new wrinkle in there. Cronos freezy young woman
who's been put in the stocks, you know, where angry
people throw fruit at you. She's played by the hammer
scream Queen Caroline Monroe. She was in The Spy Who
Loved Me, the one who gets blown up in a helicopter.
She becomes part of the vampire hunting team or a groupie.
Cronos is a master swordsman and he takes on bullies,
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a group of angry villagers. He's got a climactic sword
fight with the mystery boss vampire that is as exciting
as anything Errol Flynn ever did. And he also fairly
bold at the time, likes to unwind with a joint.
You didn't see a lot of that in movies back then.
There's new vampire lore created in this movie, and it's
explained by the grossed character, who is a professor with
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a weird sensitive streak about being ridiculed for being a hunchback,
which is rude anyway, and people who do it deserve
to die by the sword.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Not a spoiler.
Speaker 9 (22:56):
Captain Cronos was created by the same guys who did
the sixties Avengers TV show from England, the one with
Steve and Missus Peel. They're Brian Clemens and Albert Fennel.
It was meant to be the first in a series
of movies with Kronos and Gross traveling through time and
encountering all these different species of vampires. But because Hammer
went belly up, we just got the one. It has
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some of the same style and wit as the Avengers,
but it's not as light. If I say it's an
artie vampire movie, that doesn't sound nearly as fun as
it really is. I've said for years the Criterion Collection
should put out a special edition, but this thing coming
out from Hammer, and again I'm not on their payroll.
I don't get a free one nothing. It's like Criterion
on Halt Gamma Rays. It's in a box you can
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bury a pet in. It's massive, and make no mistake,
the people who make the genre movies that you love
now they know and they revere this movie. If you
haven't seen Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, put it on your list.
It's great, it's quirky fun, it's not like anything else.
You can find it streaming. And if you love it,
this new box set from Hammer is something you'd cut.
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It's something you'd cut someone for Moe. You and I
were talking about Sean and the Dead the other day
being one of those rare movies that gets all the balance,
the mix of horror and humor note perfect. This achieves
a perfect blend to even though it's not really a comedy,
it does all sorts of different things at once and perfectly.
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Where can we find it?
Speaker 9 (24:21):
It's streaming and you can also order this massive box
set from Hammer Films.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
Just google it. You can find it. Okay, Well, I'm lazy,
and you want me to google. It's asking a lot.
Speaker 9 (24:30):
It's what you must have, like a short list of
comfort movies that you put on when you're in a
bad mood. YEP, this is one of mine. I've seen
it many, many times. Coolest hero of all time, a
master swordsman, vampire hunter who smokes a joint at the end.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
Of the day. That sounds like my kind of movie.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
It's so much itself too, seriously, and I know that
you like the Avengers show we've talked about. I'm sure
we've talked about Missus Peel before. It's kind of that
same sensibility, but a little more serious. Okay, very fun,
all right.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I love it and I actually do pay attention and
I do follow up on a lot of your suggestions.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
I would actually like to watch this with you.
Speaker 9 (25:11):
And in addition to just enjoying it, I like to
watch other people watch it for like the reveals and
the sword fights, and there's some I.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
Know he did make it weird. Didn't he make it weird?
Speaker 10 (25:22):
No?
Speaker 9 (25:22):
I didn't say the popcorn bucket trick. I just said
I like to watch this movie with other lights to watch. Yeah,
I know, you have to make something filthy out of
the most wholesome fun things. This isn't even a dirt.
There's no swearing in this movie. There's nothing. It's just
mild horror. Nothing. No gore, plenty of adventure, No Al
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just Andrea, excuse me? He said no Gore. I said no, Al,
Al Gore. Absolutely no rim shot for that. Let's go
straight to the news. No, no, I forbid it. Here
here now.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
With Mo Kelly on and six.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And let me just
say once again, thank you so very much for the
Later with mo Kelly pre Halloween swore. We had a
wonderful time. I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with you. I
thoroughly enjoyed the tour that we had after the show,
where we took you around to all the different studios
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of the different stations. We took pictures in the main
studio here. It was a really, really fun event, and
I think I can confidently say that's going to be
an annual occurrence.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
As long as they will have me here at the station,
we will do that.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Because I know station management was very pleased with how
well the whole event was done.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
So I wanted to say shout out to Tualla Sharp.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
He had the lion's share of responsibility of making sure
we had food and libations and making sure that the
space was what it needed to be, making sure we
had swag to give away. And as a matter of fact,
for tonight's name that movie called Classic, we'll be giving
away a combination of T shirts later with mo Kelly
coffee mugs and also key chains. Not gonna get all three,
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but you may get one of them or possibly two
of them, but that's up to Twala. And shout out
to FOURK reporter Nil Savigia for making those swag and
chot Skis available for us.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
But it was a great, great, great week.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Of course, we had the unforeseen circumstances with the Dodger
game preempting us on KFI Wednesday night, but we still
made it into a wonderful event. And that was in
great part because you came out in a great spirit,
wanted to have a lot of fun, and we had
a lot of fun.
Speaker 5 (27:57):
And if you missed out too bad, you have to
wait till next year.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Get to wait all the way until next year, because
that's something which was very special and we can only
do in that space.
Speaker 5 (28:08):
It was a helpful Honda Studios.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Shout out to Wendy's and Ron and Ed who made
sure we had food. Shout out to Bjy's made sure
we had food. And it was just a really fun,
relaxed evening. I want to say ninety nine percent of
the people who attended were in costume.
Speaker 5 (28:29):
I'm not exaggerating.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
I really can't think of anyone who wasn't in costume,
including our program director Robin bern Lucci.
Speaker 9 (28:36):
She was in a Robin costume from Batman. Yes I
didn't get a close up. She was Robin from the
nineteen sixties.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Batman. Yeah, I didn't realize that that was her. That
was really good, and that was intentional.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
She didn't want us to know it was her, not
until she was ready to reveal herself. But you know,
and the next time we'll all be together will be Pastathon,
which would be coming up in December. I'll let this
sation make the official announcement. But that's not a big surprise.
We do that every single year. But I look forward
to again being out and chilling with you. But Twalla,
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since you come in the studio, you know, congratulations, great
job man.
Speaker 5 (29:12):
Hey, look, that was absolutely stellar.
Speaker 13 (29:16):
We came, we saw, we kicked the proverbial donkey right
in the butt, and I was super excited. I mean,
talk about proud of all of our contributors because they
came and the way the audience embraced them as these
stars that they are, I mean, and they had the
time of their lives seeing Jackie out. There a lot
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of people hitting on Jackie Ray, a lot of folks
hitting on Jacu.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Y'all didn't know you missed out on Jackie Ray. But
the nice exercise lady was giving tips. Coty Cooper was
giving out tips. Marshall Coley was helping people with their
phones live.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
In the mup like the moment. Yes, okay, so let
me show you this.
Speaker 13 (29:55):
It was so much fun to see everyone interacting, everyone
laughing at Tiffany Hobbs, who was doing a spot on
Foosh Impression. Loved that Naudica. There were so many fans
of Nautica with her radio history, who just.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
I remember you from this and I remember you from.
Speaker 13 (30:11):
That, And that was so much fun to see everyone
in costume, ron and ed having fun, everyone having fun.
The KFI iHeartRadio Street team working hard. It was a blast.
Security was even loving I can security.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
Having a good time time.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
No one was a problem, so security could like, oh
it's gonna be a chill evening.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
They didn't have to worry about removing anyone or or
or someone not you know, being in the right spirit,
or someone trying to sneak in the party.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
There were there were no issues, absolutely zero.
Speaker 13 (30:43):
The festivities were real, The costumes were fantastic. H the
brother who came as Jimmy Hendrix. I said to myself,
he must do this for a living. There's no way
he just put this together. You are a Jimmy Hendrix
impersonator and I love it, U Prince Fat Thoror.
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Yes, that was Fad.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
We had a lot of members of Starfleet Academy there
that Yeah, damn fly the Enterprise. I mean you all
were deep love that love that you and La Muher
were in tandem, and that was a bit of a surprise.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
And tell me, like watch with this. Yeah, I love it,
I love it. Yeah. For those who didn't know, my
wife came.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
She came, I'll say, midway through the show and was
surprising to me because, like I said, we have five
hundred and fifty eight people and a half at my
house right now.
Speaker 5 (31:31):
Another thirty one hundred and thirty five showed up since
the first hour.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
So you know how that is.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
So I knew she had her hands full and I
didn't think that she was gonna make it, and she
did make it, and she made it.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
In constant KF I am six forty.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
We're live everywhere the iHeartRadio app as we kick off
November and kick off informally the holiday season on later
with mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
We go through all that that's going on so that
we can tell you that you Need to Know, k.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
S I and k os t h D two Los Angeles,
Orange County Live everywhere
Speaker 1 (32:09):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI A M six forty
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty and.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Joining me is always on Fridays. Fridays, would not Ada cruise?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Oh, thank you so very much.
Speaker 4 (00:14):
Listen after our segment, let's talk about the soiree that
we that I went to on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (00:18):
Okay, because you were starring at you are fabulous.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Thank you, you know what.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
I have such a great time. But I did kind
of talk to some of your listeners. They wanted to
know what I was going to talk about today, so
I gave them a sneak peek, but I promised them.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
That I was going to give them all the information.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
So for Discover so Cal, I went to the twenty
twenty four Los Angeles Lantern Expo Art expo, which is
in Arcadia at Santa Anita Park, not too far from here.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It is a it.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
It just lights up the night. It is absolutely radiant.
It's a celebration of art and culture, drawing visitors from
near and far to experience the beauty and the magic
of lantern art. Held annually, this event brings together artists
and creators who craft intricate lanterns, each glowing with vibrant
colors and details that you can even imagine. The festival
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takes its inspiration from traditional Asian lantern festivals, where lanterns
symbolize joy, unity, and new beginnings and we all love that,
especially with the New Moon coming up now. Over the years,
the expo has grown into a lively gathering world culturals, cultures, meat,
and people of all ages just get to enjoy it.
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The roots of the lantern festivals stretch back thousands of
years to ancient China, piece of history for you, where
lanterns serve to guide loved ones, loved one's spirits home,
or to celebrate the new year. Originally, these lanterns were
simply made out of paper and I had a beautiful
gentle light in and it also symbolized hope and peace.
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But now the Los Angeles Lantern Art Expo brings this
ancient art to life with a modern twist, featuring lanterns
of all shapes and sizes that reflect growth, traditional and
contemporary designs. The artists behind these lanterns are very diverse
as the festival itself, each bringing unique stories and backgrounds.
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Many artists have traveled from across the world, especially from Asia,
carrying them carrying the traditional you know, kind of expectations
and generations of generations, and others are local creators who
kind of add their own Angelino urban style touch to
the designs, and together they transform the Santa Anita Park
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into a wonderland of light and color, and it's vibrant
and beautiful. It really is like a touch of magic. Now,
I want to say, as night falls, the park truly
comes to life.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So I would recommend you to get there. Well, now
let's see we change the clock.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
This weekend, so I would probably say get there around
four four forty five, see the lanterns before it actually
gets dark, and you will see such a difference of
what they look like when they're just illuminated. Also want
to let you know that the Los Angeles Lantern Art
Expo is only here until November seventeenth, so today is the.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
First first little time you got a little bit of time.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I do recommend that you wear some comfortable shoes, take
as many pictures as possible.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I saw mo.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
I saw a lot of women there with traditional kimonos
or kind of kimono like outfits.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
But it was absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Get your tickets online at www dot awcae dot com.
That's awcae dot com. It is here until November seventeenth,
and they're open from four to eleven. But like I said,
get there before it gets dark so you could see
the before and after.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
I'm at the website right now, and I did not
know about this.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
We had this discussion on Friday where there's so many things,
wonderful things going on in Los Angeles and Los Angeles
County right under our noses, and we may not know
because we live here. That means we may not be
looking for things right here. And I see that it's
attendance is on the level of Comic Con, where they
have more than one hundred and forty thousand people who
are coming through this and that it's amazing to me.
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Gorgeous lanterns, gorgeous displays and exhibits and I didn't even know.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Oh, and let me tell you there's also cultural performers.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
There is singers, there is traditional Chinese dancers, musicians, you're
into martial arts, yep, there's martial arts performers too, So
get there, I would say, get.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
There a little early.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Oh and they have great food too, so they have
food vendors as well, the kids love it. I really
appreciate I really appreciated the art.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I appreciated the lanterns.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I did.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You're not supposed to touch, but I did touch, Like
are you and don't tell them?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Come on now, you should know better.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
But I was like, wow, this is just amazing, just
the fact that these artists come together and they build
they build these ginormous lanterns, and they're so intricate and vibrant,
and the colors are amazing, and you know, it's always
nice to learn about other cultures and what you know,
these lanterns symbolized too.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
I'm looking at the prices. It's reasonably priced.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
We're talking twenty five dollars general admission, forty dollars for
the whole weekend. Let's say you can't do it all
in one day because like you said, you got to
bring your walking shoes.
Speaker 5 (05:39):
There's a lot to cover.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Or you can get a twenty eight dollars general emission
pass any day, so whenever you're ready to go, you
just go.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yes, it's fun. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
And you know what, real quick, I want to talk
about the soiree that you invited me on Wednesday. Some
of the listeners that came up to me, there was
these two couples. I did not get theirs. I'm sorry,
but I know they're listening. You guys were just your
costumes were amazing. But they came up to me and
they said, Nautica. I listened to Discover SoCal every weekend
and the next day my husband and I go, do
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what you tell.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
Us to do?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
I was like, what.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Honestly, she gave me a list of every museum. She
gave me a list of the expos that were in town.
And I said, oh my god, I said, I did
mention all that, and she said, yes, she goes you
give us stuff to do on the weekends. I was like, oh,
it's all like you know what, I'm going to pat
myself on the back right now and kudos to me.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
This is always a constant reminder of how humbling and
awe inspiring radio can be. I think it's a tremendous responsibility,
and I try to not take anything I say lightly
because thousands and thousands of people do here, do respond,
do follow recommendations. And that's just another reminder that won
(06:54):
the power of KFI. But also so many great things
to do in southern California, and I'm glad that you're
highlight I think in bringing some spotlights to them.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Thank you, I really do appreciate it, and thank you
for giving me the platform.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
And I think the listeners that showed up on Wednesday,
we had a great time.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
The food was great.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
You know, I had some great food from Wendy's. I
didn't have a what do you call it, the shake thing,
the the frosty. I didn't have a frosty, but maybe
next time. But it was all amazing. The people were
so nice, the staff that helped as well, and just the.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Energy was really really really good.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Well, we have some other business we need to take
care of before we go to break. For those who
don't know, yes, cruises from Brooklyn.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Oh, oh okay, Los Angeles. Oh I know where this
is going.
Speaker 7 (07:45):
During the live show, the Dodgers clinched the World Series
and I had been on Nautica as far as where
her allegiance would uh where it actually would lie and
born in Brooklyn.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You said, but you live in Los Angeles?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (08:01):
I need you to clear that up for me one
more gin.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
As they say, Yes, my heart is in New York,
but I live in La and I'm so happy and
so grateful and I'm just excitic that the Los Angeles
Dodgers brought home the trophy for the World Series.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
So what does your sweatshirt say?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
It says naughties from Brooklyn.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
So happy you wore a Brooklyn sweatshirt to the shelf.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Let me remind you that the Dodgers originally came from Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Don't get it twisted fair enough, But that's like me
wearing a Cleveland shirt as a Rams fan. Yes, the
Rams originally came from Cleveland, right, but that's more like
a trivia.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
When we come back, we'll have the hitting gym with
not a co dealer Cruise. This a letter with Mo
Kelly Cafi age six forty. We're live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Six forty, Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It is
Friday Nights with Nautica de la Cruzon, Later with Mo Kelly,
and Today's Hidden jem is Amelia Lopez. Amelia Lopez grew
up in the heart of San Fernando Valley, By the
time she was a teenager, Amelia's life had taken a
direction her mother.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Rosa, feared could lead her down a dangerous path.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Amelia strugg struggle to fit in school and often found
herself slipping behind. Feeling invincible and among her classmates who
seemed to understand things just didn't.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Click for her.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
As her grades fell, so did her confidence, and she
felt a little lost, like some of us can feel
when we're in her teenage years. Eventually, she gravitated towards
friends who, like her, felt unseen and misunderstood. Together they
found solace and risky behavior and late night antics. But
deep down, Amelia knew these friendships were only temporary. Rosa,
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a single mother working two jobs, could see her daughter
slipping further away way and felt powerless to help. Despite
her love for Amelia, she began to lose hope, wondering
if her daughter was too far gone to be reached.
Then one afternoon, as Amelia was wandering her in her neighborhood,
she noticed a group of young people gathered at a
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community center nearby, laughing and working together on a project.
I think she said that they were painting or cleaning
up around the community Center. She was drawn to their energy,
and she approached them. She learned that they were part
of an Alliance for Community Empowerment, an organization devoted to
supporting young people in finding purpose and direction. Curiosity got
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the best of her, and Amelia decided to attend one
of their workshops. There, she was introduced to mentors who
had faced struggles like her and found a way out.
For the first time, Amelia felt like someone understood her
journey and believed in her potential. The Alliance for Community
Empowerment became a lifeline for Amelia, offering her not only
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menship but also practical skills and community service opportunities. The
organization works tirelessly to uplift at risk youth by providing
educational resources, life skill training, and leadership development. Though through Alliance,
Amelia discovered her passion for helping others and even became
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a peer ment to herself, guiding younger kids away from
the same pitfalls she had once faced and I think
a lot of us have too in our younger years.
The Alliance for Community Empowerment dot org was founded in
twenty thirteen and is based in West San Fernando Valley.
Their mission is to support and uplift at risk youth
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in undeserved communities. Recognizing the challenges faced by young people
who lack positive role models and resources, the organization was
established to provide them a safe space and guidance to
help them overcome obstacles and pursue brighter futures. I can
say that Amelia is now in her mid twenties. She
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does volunteer and she works for her family owned construction business.
She was referred to me by Lincoln Bloom from LinkedIn.
From that message, thank you so very much, And if
you would like to donate, you would like to get
involved or learn a little bit more about the organization.
It is the Alliance for Community Empowerment, but it is
short for www. Dot ACE, ACE the number four change
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dot org. That's ACE, the number four change dot org.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And you know, when I was.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Talking to Amelia, I really felt her because I was
a knucklehead kid.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
No tell us one knucklehead story, just one.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oh my god.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
I okay, I'm gonna make my confessions that has already inspired.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Okay, thank you Jesus. I stole.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
I used to do I used to do illegal stuff.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
I'm very blessed I didn't go to jail.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
But I almost went to jail once and my stepfather
was the one that helped me out. And I think
because him and I didn't have a really good relationship,
I think that that improved our relationship and that made
me wake up because at eighteen, I was going to
be charged as an adult and not a juvenile.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
See, you were getting ready to walk into what I
was going to say. Because the importance of the Alliance
for Community Empowerment and other organizations like that, we need
to add to our total or sum total of advocates,
the people who are surrounding us, the people who can
counsel us, guide us, instruct us, correct us, rebuke us,
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pray for us, teach.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Us all of those things.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Because if you don't have that hedge around us, if
you don't have that adult figure to step in and say, Natica,
you need to slow down or you are going to prison,
then that's where we lose a lot of young people.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
And that's why I'm always big on youth guidance.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Any type of organization which works with youth and provides
role models or representations for them to follow.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
They cannot be it.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
If they can't see it, they can't achieve it if
they don't have any type of blueprint.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
In which to follow.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
I agree.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
I sometimes wish that growing up there were organizations like
this to help me, you know what I mean. My
mom used to always try to keep me busy. That's
why I did theater in New York. You know, I
I volunteered after school, but I wasn't part of an
organization that I had mentors that was like, hey, you know,
in Otaka, you're not doing this, or you know you're
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falling a little behind in history. History was not my
favorite subject, but I wish I would have had that.
And there's so many more opportunities now than there was
as I was a child. But I think mentoring and
being an advocate and extending your heart and your arms
to young teens or even an adult makes such a
difference because sometimes you're you know, you have days where
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you are in your depression or your self esteem is
not at par and you feel like you're all alone
in this world.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
But there are so many other.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
People that are going through this, and so when you
find an organization that could guide you, I think it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Since we know that your words will touch someone will
reach someone will help someone. How can people continue that
conversation with you? How can they find you on social media?
Speaker 9 (15:24):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Please find me on Facebook or Instagram at Nautica de
la Cruz nau t I c A d E l
A c r u z I right back. I like
to communicate. Also, I'm on LinkedIn too. I feel like
our listeners are send me most of our messages there.
But please, I respond to everything and everyone, and if
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I don't have an answer, I will try to find
an answer for you. But I'm really a people person.
I like people, I like to help, and I like
to be sassy. I am not all right.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Then, Naica de la Cruz always good to see you
and we'll see you next time week right, Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI a M six.
Speaker 10 (16:06):
Forty Nature Mark talks about pontificates about pop culture.
Speaker 11 (16:18):
Ron and Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
KFI, Mo Kelly Live Everywhere, the iHeartRadio app. Let's turn
it over to Mark Runner with the Runner Report.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
All right, Halloween was on a Thursday this year, which
might seem like it sucks, but in fact what it
means is you can celebrate at the weekend before and
the weekend after. It also means that instead of spending
time watching and talking about here, the Tom Hanks gimmick
movie set entirely in one room, we can talk about
Halloween movies one more time. I'll watch here when I'm
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immobilized and unable to leave one room myself, and I
can't help reading it the way my grandpa used to
shout it at me when he was mad.
Speaker 10 (17:03):
Here.
Speaker 9 (17:04):
Maybe they'll make a sequel called put that Down. Now
the secret be there, Yeah there. Instead, we're gonna I'm
gonna turn you on to the coolest horror swashbuckling adventure
movie you've never seen. It's called Captain Cronos Vampire Hunter.
I know the title sounds corny, but this is a
minor masterpiece. Here's a little bit of the original trailer
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from nineteen seventy four.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
In the eighteenth century, in Central Europe, black terrors what
too cross.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
The face of the land.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
The curse of vampiresm which had been a half forgotten
memory for hundreds of years, returned with a fury that
struck unholy fear into the hearts of every man, woman
and child. Well, one man dared to make a stand
against this evil epidemic. One man dared to hurl a
challenge of cold steel against the terror of the undead.
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He was Captain Cronos, Vampire Hunter.
Speaker 12 (18:09):
It is commonly supposed that a vampire attacks in only
one way, by biting the neck and draining the victim
of blood. The girls you spoke of, they were not
trained of blood, of youth, of life itself.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
You see he's been bitten on the mouth God's sake,
Isa by the vampires bite the key.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Is not the man you are.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
I'm doomed. I'm so and never ending two him.
Speaker 9 (18:41):
Captain Cronos came way before Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but
you could sort of consider him an ancestor tour much smarter,
though witty, without the kind of irritating cute dialogue from Buffy.
And it's got a creative twist on vampires, none of
the cheap rubber masks. Also one of the absolute coolest
heroes of all time, played by a German actor named
Horse to Jansen. He's like a rye feather haired Prussian
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Clint Eastwood. Now, the reason I'm telling you about this
movie now is that after decades of almost nothing, the
studio is putting out a super duper collector's edition of
it with so many bonus features, commentary tracks, documentary features, interviews,
tons of stuff that when I finally am immobilized with
long COVID or whatever, it'll keep me busy a good
long time. The pre orders for it were a couple
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of days ago, and as much of a cheap skate
as you know I am. I happily paid a not
small amount of money right when it was available in
the wee hours. Because of the time difference between here
and the UK. It's easy enough to find if you're interested.
I'm not doing a commercial for the thing. I still
have some shreds of ethics and dignity left, and you
need to know that not everyone in the media is
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a complete prostitute. The studio is Hammer Films. That is
the joint that put out all the draculaen Frankenstein movies
with Christopher Lee and Peter Kushing from about the late
fifties to about the mid seventies when Captain Kronos came out.
In fact, this was more or less the end for
that studio. One reason you probably never heard of the
movie is Hammer Films had fallen on hard times and
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they didn't promote it, and they went out of business
for a while, so they just quietly dribbled it out
on a double bill and let it die and obscure death.
But over the years it became a cult film. I
saw it when I was I don't know, maybe thirteen
years old, wandering around at a sci fi convention and
there was a vhs U it playing on a TV
and an empty lobby, and I just stood there with
(20:27):
my mouth hanging open, watching the whole thing from start
to finish. As I'm standing there watching the movie in
this hotel lobby, a girl came up to me and
started watching me and tried to talk to me and
hitting on me. Non nerds may not know this, but
those sci fi conventions were practically swinger weekends. I was
too young for that, but this stuff was going on
all around me. So this girl's blatantly just standing there
(20:49):
staring at me. You could almost hear the porno guitar
music Foosh, don't.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
Play it place.
Speaker 9 (20:54):
But I was too interested in the movie. She was
quite patient about it too, and I just wanted her
to go away because I'd never seen a movie like this. Also,
I was cripplingly shy, and even if the movie wasn't
any good, I wouldn't have known what to do. Here's
the basics. Sometime, as you heard in the early eighteenth century,
an ex soldier from the Napoleonic Wars I think, and
his brilliant hunchback assistant race on horseback to a village
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in some nameless European location where girls are being killed.
They're not getting their blood drained with the two puncture
marks on the neck like a classic vampire. They're being
found turned into old women with their life force and
their youth drained from them. That's right, a vampires turning
girls into Andrea Mitchell. Captain Cross sold me, actually, fouch,
(21:40):
let's have one. Let's have one for that. Come on now,
he's reaching for it. Andrea Mitchell, all right, I'm not
gonna wait for thank you delayed gratification. Captain Cronos and
his partner, Grossed the Agross, the hunchback. They're in the
business of killing vampires, and they let us know that
there isn't just the one kind. There are as many
different species of vampires as there are beasts of prey.
(22:04):
Absolutely ingenious new wrinkle in there. Cronos freezy young woman
who's been put in the stocks, you know, where angry
people throw fruit at you. She's played by the hammer
scream Queen Caroline Monroe. She was in The Spy Who
Loved Me, the one who gets blown up in a helicopter.
She becomes part of the vampire hunting team or a groupie.
Cronos is a master swordsman and he takes on bullies,
(22:25):
a group of angry villagers. He's got a climactic sword
fight with the mystery boss vampire that is as exciting
as anything Errol Flynn ever did. And he also fairly
bold at the time, likes to unwind with a joint.
You didn't see a lot of that in movies back then.
There's new vampire lore created in this movie, and it's
explained by the grossed character, who is a professor with
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a weird sensitive streak about being ridiculed for being a hunchback,
which is rude anyway, and people who do it deserve
to die by the sword.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Not a spoiler.
Speaker 9 (22:56):
Captain Cronos was created by the same guys who did
the sixties Avengers TV show from England, the one with
Steve and Missus Peel. They're Brian Clemens and Albert Fennel.
It was meant to be the first in a series
of movies with Kronos and Gross traveling through time and
encountering all these different species of vampires. But because Hammer
went belly up, we just got the one. It has
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some of the same style and wit as the Avengers,
but it's not as light. If I say it's an
artie vampire movie, that doesn't sound nearly as fun as
it really is. I've said for years the Criterion Collection
should put out a special edition, but this thing coming
out from Hammer, and again I'm not on their payroll.
I don't get a free one nothing. It's like Criterion
on Halt Gamma Rays. It's in a box you can
(23:38):
bury a pet in. It's massive, and make no mistake,
the people who make the genre movies that you love
now they know and they revere this movie. If you
haven't seen Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, put it on your list.
It's great, it's quirky fun, it's not like anything else.
You can find it streaming. And if you love it,
this new box set from Hammer is something you'd cut.
(23:59):
It's something you'd cut someone for Moe. You and I
were talking about Sean and the Dead the other day
being one of those rare movies that gets all the balance,
the mix of horror and humor note perfect. This achieves
a perfect blend to even though it's not really a comedy,
it does all sorts of different things at once and perfectly.
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Where can we find it?
Speaker 9 (24:21):
It's streaming and you can also order this massive box
set from Hammer Films.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
Just google it. You can find it. Okay, Well, I'm lazy,
and you want me to google. It's asking a lot.
Speaker 9 (24:30):
It's what you must have, like a short list of
comfort movies that you put on when you're in a
bad mood. YEP, this is one of mine. I've seen
it many, many times. Coolest hero of all time, a
master swordsman, vampire hunter who smokes a joint at the end.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
Of the day. That sounds like my kind of movie.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
It's so much itself too, seriously, and I know that
you like the Avengers show we've talked about. I'm sure
we've talked about Missus Peel before. It's kind of that
same sensibility, but a little more serious. Okay, very fun,
all right.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I love it and I actually do pay attention and
I do follow up on a lot of your suggestions.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
I would actually like to watch this with you.
Speaker 9 (25:11):
And in addition to just enjoying it, I like to
watch other people watch it for like the reveals and
the sword fights, and there's some I.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
Know he did make it weird. Didn't he make it weird?
Speaker 10 (25:22):
No?
Speaker 9 (25:22):
I didn't say the popcorn bucket trick. I just said
I like to watch this movie with other lights to watch. Yeah,
I know, you have to make something filthy out of
the most wholesome fun things. This isn't even a dirt.
There's no swearing in this movie. There's nothing. It's just
mild horror. Nothing. No gore, plenty of adventure, No Al
(25:46):
just Andrea, excuse me? He said no Gore. I said no, Al,
Al Gore. Absolutely no rim shot for that. Let's go
straight to the news. No, no, I forbid it. Here
here now.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
With Mo Kelly on and six.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And let me just
say once again, thank you so very much for the
Later with mo Kelly pre Halloween swore. We had a
wonderful time. I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with you. I
thoroughly enjoyed the tour that we had after the show,
where we took you around to all the different studios
(26:35):
of the different stations. We took pictures in the main
studio here. It was a really, really fun event, and
I think I can confidently say that's going to be
an annual occurrence.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
As long as they will have me here at the station,
we will do that.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Because I know station management was very pleased with how
well the whole event was done.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
So I wanted to say shout out to Tualla Sharp.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
He had the lion's share of responsibility of making sure
we had food and libations and making sure that the
space was what it needed to be, making sure we
had swag to give away. And as a matter of fact,
for tonight's name that movie called Classic, we'll be giving
away a combination of T shirts later with mo Kelly
coffee mugs and also key chains. Not gonna get all three,
(27:23):
but you may get one of them or possibly two
of them, but that's up to Twala. And shout out
to FOURK reporter Nil Savigia for making those swag and
chot Skis available for us.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
But it was a great, great, great week.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Of course, we had the unforeseen circumstances with the Dodger
game preempting us on KFI Wednesday night, but we still
made it into a wonderful event. And that was in
great part because you came out in a great spirit,
wanted to have a lot of fun, and we had
a lot of fun.
Speaker 5 (27:57):
And if you missed out too bad, you have to
wait till next year.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Get to wait all the way until next year, because
that's something which was very special and we can only
do in that space.
Speaker 5 (28:08):
It was a helpful Honda Studios.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Shout out to Wendy's and Ron and Ed who made
sure we had food. Shout out to Bjy's made sure
we had food. And it was just a really fun,
relaxed evening. I want to say ninety nine percent of
the people who attended were in costume.
Speaker 5 (28:29):
I'm not exaggerating.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
I really can't think of anyone who wasn't in costume,
including our program director Robin bern Lucci.
Speaker 9 (28:36):
She was in a Robin costume from Batman. Yes I
didn't get a close up. She was Robin from the
nineteen sixties.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Batman. Yeah, I didn't realize that that was her. That
was really good, and that was intentional.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
She didn't want us to know it was her, not
until she was ready to reveal herself. But you know,
and the next time we'll all be together will be Pastathon,
which would be coming up in December. I'll let this
sation make the official announcement. But that's not a big surprise.
We do that every single year. But I look forward
to again being out and chilling with you. But Twalla,
(29:09):
since you come in the studio, you know, congratulations, great
job man.
Speaker 5 (29:12):
Hey, look, that was absolutely stellar.
Speaker 13 (29:16):
We came, we saw, we kicked the proverbial donkey right
in the butt, and I was super excited. I mean,
talk about proud of all of our contributors because they
came and the way the audience embraced them as these
stars that they are, I mean, and they had the
time of their lives seeing Jackie out. There a lot
(29:38):
of people hitting on Jackie Ray, a lot of folks
hitting on Jacu.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Y'all didn't know you missed out on Jackie Ray. But
the nice exercise lady was giving tips. Coty Cooper was
giving out tips. Marshall Coley was helping people with their
phones live.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
In the mup like the moment. Yes, okay, so let
me show you this.
Speaker 13 (29:55):
It was so much fun to see everyone interacting, everyone
laughing at Tiffany Hobbs, who was doing a spot on
Foosh Impression. Loved that Naudica. There were so many fans
of Nautica with her radio history, who just.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
I remember you from this and I remember you from.
Speaker 13 (30:11):
That, And that was so much fun to see everyone
in costume, ron and ed having fun, everyone having fun.
The KFI iHeartRadio Street team working hard. It was a blast.
Security was even loving I can security.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
Having a good time time.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
No one was a problem, so security could like, oh
it's gonna be a chill evening.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
They didn't have to worry about removing anyone or or
or someone not you know, being in the right spirit,
or someone trying to sneak in the party.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
There were there were no issues, absolutely zero.
Speaker 13 (30:43):
The festivities were real, The costumes were fantastic. H the
brother who came as Jimmy Hendrix. I said to myself,
he must do this for a living. There's no way
he just put this together. You are a Jimmy Hendrix
impersonator and I love it, U Prince Fat Thoror.
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Yes, that was Fad.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
We had a lot of members of Starfleet Academy there
that Yeah, damn fly the Enterprise. I mean you all
were deep love that love that you and La Muher
were in tandem, and that was a bit of a surprise.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
And tell me, like watch with this. Yeah, I love it,
I love it. Yeah. For those who didn't know, my
wife came.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
She came, I'll say, midway through the show and was
surprising to me because, like I said, we have five
hundred and fifty eight people and a half at my
house right now.
Speaker 5 (31:31):
Another thirty one hundred and thirty five showed up since
the first hour.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
So you know how that is.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
So I knew she had her hands full and I
didn't think that she was gonna make it, and she
did make it, and she made it.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
In constant KF I am six forty.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
We're live everywhere the iHeartRadio app as we kick off
November and kick off informally the holiday season on later
with mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
We go through all that that's going on so that
we can tell you that you Need to Know, k.
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