January 20, 2025 • 33 mins
Chris wraps up the show by exploring how the entertainment world is stepping up to support wildfire victims, with benefit concerts featuring stars like Lady Gaga and Joni Mitchell. He takes a fascinating turn with a whistleblower's account of UFO sightings, adding an unexpected twist to the hour.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, caf.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
AM sixty more stimulating talk live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
There's no business live this. It is very good.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hollywood, as we all know, has been impacted by the wildfires.
Not just celebrities who have lost their homes have been evacuated,
but it's actually hurting the business.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Porting to Katla right and early this morning, Hollywood should
have been awake eagerly anticipating the nominations for the ninety
seventh Academy Awards, with names like Anora, the Brutalist and
Wicked likely to receive multiple mentions. The nominations, though, were
delayed until next week as a result of the deadly wildfires,
(00:43):
one of the many ripple effects of these fires. Yeah,
more on the Hollywood impact. We are joined with Scott
Movie Mattz. Thanks for coming in and.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
Chatting with Thanks for having me Courtney and share. Honestly, yeah,
I was so excited to get up, like really really
early and cover the Oscar nominations. And you know those
are offices going to happen on Thursday, the twenty third.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
So here's the thing.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Just a couple hours ago at five PM today, Oscar
voting closed to vote for those nominations.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Okay, so here's the thing. Talk about an impact.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Yes, a lot of the people who lives, especially in
the Palisades where you saw the reports of all the
actors and the directors in the studio.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeh yeah, I get to it, lost their homes.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
It was like a who's who of Oscar voters. So
do you think any of these people are going to
share watching movies, are going to vote?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Voting is going to be the last thing on their minds?
Some curious that's true.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I hate when I have a lot of crap going
on that I get an email from somebody that says,
don't forget to get your You get that from SAG
all the time, like don't forget to get your voting in,
and you go, I've got stuff going on.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Is we'll never really know how much the impact is
going to have on the voting for the nominations.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
And it's not just the Oscars. I mean this is
you know, we call it award. There's two seasons in LA.
In front of them is award.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Season, right, the other construction season. The roads are all closed.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
No, No, okay, right, that's true.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
Well Emty season and Oscar season or an Oscar season.
Right now, this is supposed to be the busy, busy.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Time, especially for his Emmy season.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
By the way, reporters and all the day players and
the gig workers and the freelancers and the journalists and
the reporters who cover award season, and everything's been delayed
or pushed back, and it's going to remain to be seen,
not just how the award shows are going to go off,
because they have to strike the right tone. Justin asked
a couple of hours ago that the Critics Choice Awards,
which were delayed twice, are finally going to air on Friday,
(02:40):
February seventh.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
The Red Carpet pre show that was supposed to air
live on E has been canceled completely.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, I think that's probably smart talk about striking the
right tone. It's the same reason that we're that these
have been delayed. It's the same reason that the that
the Rams playoff game last week was moved. You got
to strike the right tone or else you're gonna look
completely insensitive. And it doesn't matter how many times you
say you because this feels so disingenuous. You're watching something
(03:10):
and he say, it's the football game, right, because this
is what I'm most familiar with.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
So you're watching the football game and.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
There it's the Rams and who they played last week? Well,
who the oh Vikings.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
It's the Rams, the Vikings.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We are alive at State Farms Stadium and Glendale, Arizona.
Of course, this game is supposed to be in Los Angeles,
and that reminds us our hearts are with everyone in
Los Angeles affected by the terrible wildfires. You can make
a donation by going to NFL dot com slash Redcross
and try to help all of those that have been affected.
(03:45):
Will Matthew Stafford be able to really step up and
bring his best.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
A game with so much on his mind and clinic?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
The wildfires in Los Angeles are at the top of
everyone's mind, and our hearts are with them.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Feels a little. It's ingenuous when you're on the red
carpet too. When we're here on the Red carver, it
is the Critics' Choice Award.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Couldn't be more happy to be here. As you can
see Aubrey plazas. Walking into Aubrey, you look amazing. Who
are you wearing tonight.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Oh, I'm wearing this wonderful address. This is this is
their money and every once you go get it. This
is a beautiful dressing. My heart is with every one
in the wild flies.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
No, no, I shouldn't use Aubrey Plaza because I forgot.
She just had a tragedy too, didn't she Her husband
just died, right, all right? That was a bad I
didn't mean to be insensitive with minute. It's just picking
an a less celebrity off the top of my head.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Anyway.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Uh yeah, Streaking the right tone is hard to do.
So I checked him with Joey Berlin. He's the head
of the Critics Choice Association. Okay, are you going to
have any kind of red carpet at all?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Say? Yes, but it's going to be minimal.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
If it's minimal, that means a lot of people who
would normally work those red carpets are not going to work.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
If you don't work, you don't get paid.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
So it's really impassing people who make a living doing
this stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, thoughts and prayers for the paparazzi. Sorry about your luck.
Here's the other thing.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
So, if the red carpet is going to be minimal
at the Critics' Choice Awards. What is the red carpet
going to look like at the Academy Awards on March second?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Don't you feel like March second is far enough away?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I mean, there will still be people rebuilding, but the
fires will be out and we'll be in another phase.
It'll be the we'll be past the recovery phase. We'll
already know whatever the devastation is. It will be a
time of rebuilding and healing, and maybe a little sense
of normalcy will be welcomed at that time, even if
it is the lunacy of the red carpet nonsense.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
How Toby wards are still going on, but they're going
to have to strike the right tone.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
But are they going to have a red carpet? If
they have a red carpet, what's it going to look like?
Is it going to be as big, I guess red
big as it usually is? Are they going to have
a minimal? So that question still kind of needs to
be answered there.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
All right, So now we know Hollywood's been impacted. Not
only that, but I understand that it's a very slow period.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Now for Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
In the same way that everything got shut down around
the pandemic. Now, it's very tough to do things right
now with so many of your crew, your cast that
are evacuated, that are worried about their homes and have
other things going on.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yeah, I think I think we can all see why.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Not only that, but you're also facing a very difficult
period where studios already looking at moving things to other
states where they're getting different tax breaks, or where they're
being invited.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Elsewhere, and it's expensive to be here.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
So we maybe at a crossroads that is more significant
than what we think right now. This might not just
be a pause in production. This could be we could
see a market change. I hope that's not the case,
but it's possible.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
You're right though, you know, because Yeah, I've been on
the lot for thirteen years and most of the time
people don't get back to work until the fifteenth of
January just because vacation, the holidays.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And everything like that.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
And so when you added the fire this week to that, like,
it was a ghost town more than I've ever seen it.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
And so who's worried? Who is there?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Because I'm thinking you've got a lot of producers, directors, obviously,
uh cast and crew members that have been affected by
these fires.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Who is there?
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Put it this way, a lot of like the crafting
stuff was left out, like people when the when the
fires hit, people just left and never came back.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
So honestly, nobody like, uh, nobody's.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
Whoever's cleaning the you know, the the leaves up, whoever's
taking out the trash. Maybe those people definitely were on
the lot. But even then, some of those people also
lost homes and stuff like that. So yeah, this is
you're right, This is so already compounding a problem that
already existed.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
And it's already been a tough right what hollywoods already
having a tough time right now. It's far the actual
Hollywood now. The stuff that's coming out, especially when it
comes to streaming, I think it is high quality.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
But well, you're right about that.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I do say that there are a number of Celebriti
stepping up that are ty to help with what they're
calling the Fire Aid Benefit Concert, And I think this
is airing.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Do we have this?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I think we're doing this on I are we doing this?
And I hurt trying to remember, Yeah, I heard it's
gonna happen. Yep, We're gonna carry it. Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell,
Stevie Nicks, Katy Perry Sting, Billie Eilish and Phineas, Red Hot,
Chili Peppers, who Else, earth Wind and Fire, Gracie Abrams,
Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Jelly Roll, Lil Baby, Pink, Rod Stewart,
(08:30):
Stephen Stills, Tate McCrae, and Dave Matthews and John Mayer
will be performing together. That's a hell of a lineup. Wowses.
I recognize most of those names, which means these are legends. Yeah,
look I'm old. So when you say little baby is
gonna be there, I say, why don't we wait till
little baby becomes at least a teenager before we let
(08:51):
him sing? But evidently people love to go see a
little baby sing, and that's what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
So we've got a number of big time names.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I mean, you've got some, You've got some incredibly popular
contemporary artists in some all time music legends that we'll
be sharing that stage when you're I mean, my god,
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, earth Wind
and Fight. These are major, major music legends that are
(09:20):
stepping up. So that's pretty cool man. Again, you'll be
able to hear that on iHeartRadio. Max is gonna carry it,
Apple Music, Apple TV, Katla Plus, Netflix, Paramount Plus Prime Video,
Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, Sirius XM, a lot of
stuff YouTube and some AMC theater location is gonna carry this,
(09:42):
so fire Aid. Look for that on January thirtieth from
the Into It Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
All right, a little bit more, there's been another celebrity.
I'm gonna call them celebrities that got some bad news.
They just can't catch a break and haven't been able
to in thirty years. That's next. Chris maryl I AM
six forty. We're live everywhere in the iHeart Radio Am.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand on demand.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Anytime on the iHeart Radio app. KFI AM six forty.
More stimulating talk. I'm Chris Meryl, pleasure being with you.
There's no business like.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Sell visits here she is.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
This is why we don't allow kay Let to take
time off because.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
We like it when she does it live. I like
it on Memoris. So whatever.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Still to come this hour aliens so that's coming up
after we check out news. Regina standing by here for
our six thirty news and then we'll talk about why
you're probably going to be abducted and if you're lucky
probed that is top fifteen minutes away.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Will hello, Alien, Very good.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
If you are a celebrity, the fires have impacted you,
just like the impacted all of us. If you are
a celebrity behind bars, most of you have not been impacted.
You're just watching it and then probably trading some of
that sweet probing for some commissary funds. But if you
are the Menendez brothers, these fires are a real bummer.
Speaker 7 (11:16):
DLA wildfires are delaying the resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers.
Ellie County District Attorney Nathan Hakman says the hearing, initially
scheduled for the end of this month, has been moved
back to March twenty eeth. Hawkman says preparations by both
the prosecution and the defense were set back because of
the fires.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Yeah, I think they're busy, what's going on.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
I think that the staff has got other things on
their minds and they don't want to They're not taking
all the time. Remember he was going to go through
the whole thing thoroughly. In fact, the recent thing was
supposed to go on in November and then we had
a new DA elected and so then it got delayed
until the end of January, which if you're a Menendez brother,
you're thinking you're getting out.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
And then they pulled the rug out from under you,
and well that stinks.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Uh, maybe you already give away all of your extra
cigarettes and Uno cards, so then you have to ask
for him back and that's an awkward conversation to have
with prison gangs. And then you think it's coming up
here at the end of July and then they go up. Sorry, fires,
so delayed again. Yeah, it's a booger. I do have
some good celebrity news, including who I think is one
(12:23):
of the truly good people in show business.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Conan O'Brien is gonna be Is he hosting the Oscars
this timmer round? Oh? Yeah, I think he is? Uh on,
letst make sure I get this correct. Yes. On Thursday,
(12:48):
John F.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recognizing Conain O'Brien's versatility
and experimentation and announcing experimentation. Oh, I guess because he
does wild stuff without being mean his experimentation in announcing
that they would award him as their twenty sixth annual
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a ceremony on
the twenty third. It's going to stream on Netflix later
(13:11):
on the center side of O'Brien's unique blend of smart, silly,
insightful and hilarious, including possibly his most celebrated writing credit,
the Mono Rail episode of the Simpsons, as well as
his achievements as a comedian, late night host, actor, writer, podcaster,
and producer. In a statement Connor O'Brien, I love this
from The New York Times made reference to the lesser
noted vocation of Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen
(13:32):
name is Mark Twain, for whom the award was named, saying,
I'm honored to be the first winner of the Mark
Twain Prize, recognized not for humor but for my work
as a riverboat pilot. I think that's pretty funny. I
am happy to see this. Everything I've heard roll. Have
you run into Connor O'Brien before?
Speaker 3 (13:50):
I didn't, you know.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
I went to the show one time and we got
there late, and we didn't get to go to the show,
and I was so broken hearted.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I didn't know if maybe you'd seen him on the lot,
because I understand he is, he's great. I've not heard
anybody say anything bad about him.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
In fact, like when.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
The show when there was a strike going on, he
paid the cast, you know, or excuse me, his crew
of Late Night, and then when there were other interruptions,
he made sure they were all taken care of. I
just think that's a really class move. So, and remember
he had kind of a bad he was in a
bad position because he took over. It was him that
(14:28):
took over Late Night after Leno, right, but that was
during the whole nineties Leno Letterman.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Feud that was going on.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, and then when Letterman left and went to CBS,
then it was O'Brien that took over. And I think
people were a little slow on the uptake, but I
think O'Brien was the right replacement for Letterman.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Well, Leno steps down and then come there, and then
O'Brien was in. Yes, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
And then the numbers didn't really the numbers dropped, but
she would expect when anybody takes over. And then Leno
came back right, Yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (15:06):
Then he went to the other channel, the cable channel,
and was there forever on TBS.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah. I liked his TVs show. It was awesome. My
daughter and I bonded over it every night.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
See that's people. Those are the stories we need. It's
not just that O'Brien was hilarious. It's that O'Brien brought
people together, like your family, You and your daughter have
memories she's probably going to share at your funeral someday,
all because of Conan O'Brien. So Mark Twain Award for
Riverboat Piloting, Humor and eulogy Inspiration.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
So that's pretty nice. I do think he deserves it.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
My buddy Raoul there has been itching all night to
talk about his Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, good job, Chiefs one.
That's great, choker.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
The Kansas City Chiefs and the referees won in their
first playoff game of twenty twenty five, meaning that the
Chiefs have now won seventh straight games. I believe that
is close to a record. Taylor Swift was at the
last game. Caitlyn Clark sat next to Taylor Swift, So
that's fun. That's bringing out the star power gratulations, Raoul
(16:15):
on your.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Football team winning. That's great.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Gratulations on them choosing the right referees to call that
game too, that was really nice and to see that happen. Meanwhile,
the referees in by Detroit Lions game couldn't seem to
see that the Washington commanders were trying to actually kill
the Detroit Lions quarterback on the field. Flags didn't come
out for that, but that's fine.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Fine. If it had been Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Probably would have not only thrown the flag but arrested
the defensive player and had him executed during halftime. But no,
that's fine, that's great. Congratulations on that wind. You see
that they had to move Travis Kelcey's VIP suite.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Did you catch that?
Speaker 2 (16:59):
I guess. So Travis Kelsey had a VIP suite. He
starts dating Taylor Swift. They go to the original VIP
suite and it was mob Taylor Swift could hardly get
into the suite. It became a problem, so they had
to move it to a more private area that has
a private elevator access so that her fans wouldn't mob
the suite.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
And try to come through the window and all that
crazy stuff. So boy, thoughts and prayers.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Sorry you're going through that really, Sorry that your billionaire
girlfriend attracts a lot of attention. Sorry, buddy, all Right,
the probing begins next. Aliens are among us.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand on.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Demand anytime on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Chris Merrill. I
AM six forty more stimulating talk.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
A brief update. I was just reading. I'm always reading
crap during the breaks.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I see that The La County Sheriff's office says that
an Oregon couple taken into custody for impersonating firefighters in
the evacuation zone. They were allegedly wearing fire gear and
driving a used fire truck they bought at auction. To
already say, one of the suspects has a criminal history
of arsen somebody bought a used fire truck with the
(18:13):
intention of pretending to be a firefighter to go into
the evacuation zone. That's bizarre. What is wrong with you
that I said it before? People who are arsonists right now,
that is a mental illness. That is a pyromania issue.
It's some sort of a weird compulsion. I get that
some people are fascinated. Look, when I was a little kid,
(18:35):
I played with matches too, right, I get that. But
when you've got high winds and you already have seen
tens of thousands of acres and thousands of homes burned,
that's when you don't even take the risk of playing
with matches. And yet you've got some people with flamethrowers
and other nonsense out just oh, I.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Just want to see what would happen.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
And then you have people who are traveling from Oregon
in a fire truck to backdraft things. Don't do that.
I don't know what your end goal is, but it's weird, man,
just weird. I can't people just be normal, and I
mean within the parameters of normal, because, as you know,
you meet normal people, then you get to know them
and you realize they're weird balls too.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
But they're not that weird.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
They're not buying fire trucks to go pretend to be
firefighters in an evacuation.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
That's just bizarrow. And then to find a meete that's
also into that.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah, it's a Bonnie and Clyde situation, right, it's a
natural born killers scenario.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
That's weird.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I don't know how you run into that person either,
I really don't. That's one thing about a couple killers
that I never really like. How did they find one
another bumble or hinge?
Speaker 3 (19:45):
I don't think it was. I don't think that.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
I don't think you put a Craigslist personal ad out
for that looking for crime spree partner doesn't happen. I mean,
you're obviously attracted to somebody who's also a little off kilter.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
I get that, But then how do you run into that? Part?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
This goes to show there's somebody for everybody, I guess. Meanwhile,
this News Nation ran a few stories about aliens, and
normally I write all of these off, and I'm kind
of writing this one off too, But this seems more
credible than most of the koops that come out of
(20:22):
the woodwork, to say a saw some put This was
a Navy helicopter pilot that they were talking about, and
they were discussing the lift on a giant egg shaped
object that evidently they claim was a UAP and then
it crashed and they recovered it. And then this guy
flies a helicopter, at least he says he does, and
(20:44):
that that wasn't the only thing they had to go
pick up.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
So there was another object. There's two objects that I'm
here to talk about, Okay. One was the egg. The
other is what we called an eight gone. The eight
gone was essentially a flying disc.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
An eight gone. Wouldn't that just be an octagon? No, okay,
must be one of those Navy terms.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
With what looked like eight delineated sections when looking down.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
And I can tell you it it sounds like a
like you're looking at a pie look.
Speaker 8 (21:14):
Like from looking down, because that's primarily how I saw it,
because I'm a helicopter pilot. Okay, we did recoveries with
the eight gons. There was more than one that was
that made its way to the ground on this particular operation.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Now I watched this guy and he seems normal, which
is why I say it seems kind of credible. Ish
and News Nation had footage of the the egg shaped
item that they lifted too, So you've got the egg
shaped objects with helicopter footage of the recovery, and then
(21:49):
you've got the eight gon that this guy's talking about,
and then you've got this cool music that runs underneath too,
So I mean that adds credibility.
Speaker 9 (21:56):
Simply seeing a non human craft up close would be
an intense experience in itself.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Yeah, we're not saying it was.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
No inhuman though it's unidentified aliens.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
But Barba says as he prepared to transport that so
called eight gone from the pickup site to the drop site,
something even more intense happened to him that would change
his life forever.
Speaker 8 (22:22):
This is one of the most profound experiences I've ever
had in my life when about.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
To share with humans. Okay, so bear with me.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Okay, I think he just gave us a prelude to
his story.
Speaker 8 (22:33):
So as I get closer to this PI site, I
start feeling odd. I start feeling extremely emotional, and the
closer I get, the more the emotion starts to overwhelm me.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
I feel.
Speaker 8 (22:50):
This intense hybrid of sadness and happiness and beauty.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
And song and oh this guy found good, Bud is
what happened.
Speaker 8 (23:04):
It was very disruptive to me because I had a
very practical responsibility at the time to operate a helicopter
in the mountains at night, and I began wondering what
was wrong with me. It was late, and I am
I distressed, AM I tired? And I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
But as I.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Came over this object to other pick, there was this
overwhelming sense of emotion.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Is it your feeling? Are you suddenly having an intel
breakdown on the joke?
Speaker 8 (23:34):
No, I felt like something connected with me.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Creepy man. I still don't know that I believe it.
I mean, the guy could be full of garbage.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
I don't have any idea. But this is why I
love watching ancient aliens.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
This is why I love listening to George Norrie, because
I just love when my imagination takes.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Off of these people. And IM really afraid of a
probing either. I think we can all use one.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Don't tell me I'm wrong until you've tried it twice.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
All right.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
The rest of the stories other stories that make you
say hmm, but didn't really fit anywhere else in the show,
including why your hand is the best indicator of your
sex life. I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio App.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. I'm Chris Merrill
on demand anytime the iHeartRadio App. Pleasure being with you Tonight,
the Great Doctor Wendy Walsh, Doctor Wendy after dark, do
up here at seven o'clock. We still have people missing
from the fires. LA County Sheriff's Department says, we've got
the people from both the Palisades and the Eaton fire areas.
(24:50):
We have collected the people that we know, and some
photographs as well. We put those up at KFI am
six forty dot com slash missing. And then as we
find out about more people who are missing and we
get to we're able to collect more photos, we'll add
those as well again kfi am six forty dot com
slash missing.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
How about the rest of the stories these are?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
I just thought this was funny crap and I wanted
to bring it to your attention, but I didn't really
have anywhere else to stick in.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
The show, so we just pad the end of the
show with this. Love this. I love that we have
people who do studies.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Researchers looking into upper body strength, primarily grip strength, and
sexual behavior of four thousand men and women found that
stronger men were more likely to be in long term relationships.
Stronger women were more likely to have higher numbers of
sexual partners.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
So what are you looking for. Yeah, I mean, if you're.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
A dude and you want someone who's experience in the bedroom,
you want somebody who's got some upper body strength. If
you're a dude and you want somebody who is pure,
the driven snow than you want someone with a wimpy
handshake basically, And women, if.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
You're looking for a one and done, you want a
weak handed man.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
But if you want somebody whos going to be around
to protect you, you want someone who's strong.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
This is what they found.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Washington State University is handing out money for people who
are doing research on this, and they found that upper
body strength is favorable in the natural selection traits, making
these more attractive mates. They say they need to do
more research, which means more grants, which means more people
getting paid to measure people's hands and do it. Commenting
me on their finding, the lead author said people have
(26:39):
assumptions about men's sexual behavior and how that's related to evolution.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Besides acquiring more.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Sexual partners, establishing long term relationships was likely also important
for men in evolutionary history. A previous study found that
women who exercised more had a greater number of sexual
partners we call those gym slots. A researcher said at
the time that exercising regularly cuts depression and boosts confidence,
(27:04):
which is evidently why women were having more sex. Is
though women needed to have confidence in order to find
a partner, they do not at all. They can just
find a partner if they want. In fact, I would
even say depressed women are likely to go find partners
just for that quick to opening boost.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
But I could be wrong, That could be completely mistaken.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
No word on whether or not being strong compensated for
being ugly, bald and having a giant gap in your
front teeth.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
It does not.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Nope, no long term relationship twenty years, my wife for
twenty years.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Oh man, go get you right now?
Speaker 2 (27:43):
So much?
Speaker 3 (27:45):
And I know this is what happens when she doesn't
come in on time. I'm just laughing in here.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
She's thinking, like, my wife goes to the gym a lot,
but we've been married for twenty years. Is my wife
just is she just racking up notches on the bedpost
that I don't know about. I'm pretty a pretty strong grip, right,
long term relationship that fits.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
My wife is pretty strong too, And last.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I knew she didn't have a lot of sexual printers
because we've been married. Now I'm kind of freaking out.
Thanks University of Washington. I think you just help me
catch my wife cheating garbage. Here's a good one for gamers.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
We're all of you a gamer. Are you too old
to be a gamer? Yeah? Way too old. That's what
I thought too.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
This is one thing I really have difficulty understanding this
is this is a huge disconnect between me and my boys.
My oldest just turned thirty, my youngest is twenty five,
and I just they just spend so much time video gaming.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
I just don't understand it.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
And I gotta tell you, their interpersonal and communication skills
I believe are lacking, especially because they grew up in
a house where I do this professionally, right. I tell stories,
I talk to people and meet new people, all this
kind of stuff. You'd think that they would have picked
up on some of those traits.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
Nope, Nope.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
They are awkward as hell online with everybody. I hear
the conversations, but it seems everybody else online is super
awkward too. Well, it looks like things could get even
more awkward because Sony PlayStation is adding something that is
supposed to make their video gaming experience even greater. Look,
we were trying to do this back in the seventies
(29:27):
and eighties when we tried Smell a Vision. It didn't work.
Sony unveiling a new video gaming system that would allow
PlayStation players to sniff their way through games like The
Last of Us, which great adaptation to streaming. This is
one of the things that they unveiled to see Yes,
the Future Immersive Entertainment concept or Fight, features a huge
(29:51):
room size setup designed to push the boundaries of immersive gaming.
A trailer for the concept shows a giant cube built
from high definition LED screens that enables players to step
directly into their favorite games.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
So they say, this is not something that you're gonna.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Be able to do at home, but I guess you'd
be able to go to one of those traveling gaming
trailers like they have for birthday parties or something. In
the trailer, players experience the post apocalyptic world of the
Last of Us with enhanced audio and the addition of
Smell a Vision, delivering a completely new experience.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Now, if you're like me, you can't wait.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
You see things like The Last of Us and you go, wow,
what an incredible show. I sure wish I could smell
the rotting flesh, and now you can't. One of the
pillars of Sony's creative entertainment vision is the idea of
narrative everywhere, where stories from Sony are transformed across new
and exciting mediums, including smell again.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Maybe I'm just.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Too old for this, but I'm gonna give that a
hard pass. Yeah, I got to give that a hard pass,
which makes my final story a little bit difficult. You
just sort of be talking about my boys and how
socially awkward they are.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Credit News. A new study that's out because I Love Studies.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Analyzing data from nearly twenty thousand participants, concludes that parents
do indeed treat their children differently, and the way they
choose their favorites is more systematic than you think.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Parents really do have favorites. There you go.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Deferential treatment can have lasting consequences on the children. The
study helps them to understand which children are more likely
to be on the receiving end of favoritism. I think
this is probably pretty simple. Any guys that grew up
with sisters, no sisters get preferential treatment.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Fair roll? Am I right on that? Nah My sister
says the other way. She's full of crap. Brigina. You know,
I definitely think guy was the favorite, exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
But I gotta tell you this, I think sometimes firstborns
tend to be the favorite.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I think girls are often the favorite. I was both,
So there you go. Okay, well that's it. I mean
your your siblings didn't stand a chance. Yeah, I'm a firstborn,
so that's why she thinks I'm the favorite. Oh, that's
your Your sister does well.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
The babies are always I mean, the middle child is
always the least favorite. Right in my situation, the middle
child was the daughter, though, and the boys would say
she was the favorite. But I have to tell you this,
I honestly don't have a favorite all the time. It
fluctuates based on which one pissed me off last. And
so if you were to ask who's my favorite child,
it all depends on who borrowed money from me last,
(32:25):
because they go to the bottom of the list, or
who didn't clean up, or who didn't call me on
Father's Day, or whatever else it is.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
I really don't have a favorite.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
They they're constantly in rotation, and I wish they had
figured that out sooner so they'd start kissing my ass.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
But none of them do. They're too dumb to figure
it out.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
If just one of them figured it out, they could
be my all time favorite, but they don't. I can't
wait to talk to you guys again next week. Roll
congratulations on your stupid football team winning. Brigita. By the way,
anybody is not following Brigita on the gram needs to.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Your Instagram stories have been tremendous.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
Yeah, no, really, they're really good.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I'm so glad I started following what you've got going
on there because your your coverage of what's happening around.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Yeah. No, it's really good, so.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
Fun for me. I'm so glad you enjoy it because
that just looks like a nightmare and it's actually so.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Much easier because I I did ten years in TV
doing you know, long form, and so this is just
I just it was just cakes for you, so easy.
Oh man, it's good.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
It's really good. I love watching you. So yeah, I
know everybody's followed that. Have a great week and talk
to you again next week. And Chris Merril KF I
am six forty We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
Speaker 1 (33:30):
App Kfi AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, caf.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
AM sixty more stimulating talk live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
There's no business live this. It is very good.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hollywood, as we all know, has been impacted by the wildfires.
Not just celebrities who have lost their homes have been evacuated,
but it's actually hurting the business.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Porting to Katla right and early this morning, Hollywood should
have been awake eagerly anticipating the nominations for the ninety
seventh Academy Awards, with names like Anora, the Brutalist and
Wicked likely to receive multiple mentions. The nominations, though, were
delayed until next week as a result of the deadly wildfires,
(00:43):
one of the many ripple effects of these fires. Yeah,
more on the Hollywood impact. We are joined with Scott
Movie Mattz. Thanks for coming in and.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
Chatting with Thanks for having me Courtney and share. Honestly, yeah,
I was so excited to get up, like really really
early and cover the Oscar nominations. And you know those
are offices going to happen on Thursday, the twenty third.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
So here's the thing.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Just a couple hours ago at five PM today, Oscar
voting closed to vote for those nominations.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Okay, so here's the thing. Talk about an impact.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Yes, a lot of the people who lives, especially in
the Palisades where you saw the reports of all the
actors and the directors in the studio.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeh yeah, I get to it, lost their homes.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
It was like a who's who of Oscar voters. So
do you think any of these people are going to
share watching movies, are going to vote?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Voting is going to be the last thing on their minds?
Some curious that's true.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I hate when I have a lot of crap going
on that I get an email from somebody that says,
don't forget to get your You get that from SAG
all the time, like don't forget to get your voting in,
and you go, I've got stuff going on.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Is we'll never really know how much the impact is
going to have on the voting for the nominations.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
And it's not just the Oscars. I mean this is
you know, we call it award. There's two seasons in LA.
In front of them is award.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Season, right, the other construction season. The roads are all closed.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
No, No, okay, right, that's true.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
Well Emty season and Oscar season or an Oscar season.
Right now, this is supposed to be the busy, busy.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Time, especially for his Emmy season.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
By the way, reporters and all the day players and
the gig workers and the freelancers and the journalists and
the reporters who cover award season, and everything's been delayed
or pushed back, and it's going to remain to be seen,
not just how the award shows are going to go off,
because they have to strike the right tone. Justin asked
a couple of hours ago that the Critics Choice Awards,
which were delayed twice, are finally going to air on Friday,
(02:40):
February seventh.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
The Red Carpet pre show that was supposed to air
live on E has been canceled completely.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, I think that's probably smart talk about striking the
right tone. It's the same reason that we're that these
have been delayed. It's the same reason that the that
the Rams playoff game last week was moved. You got
to strike the right tone or else you're gonna look
completely insensitive. And it doesn't matter how many times you
say you because this feels so disingenuous. You're watching something
(03:10):
and he say, it's the football game, right, because this
is what I'm most familiar with.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
So you're watching the football game and.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
There it's the Rams and who they played last week? Well,
who the oh Vikings.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
It's the Rams, the Vikings.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We are alive at State Farms Stadium and Glendale, Arizona.
Of course, this game is supposed to be in Los Angeles,
and that reminds us our hearts are with everyone in
Los Angeles affected by the terrible wildfires. You can make
a donation by going to NFL dot com slash Redcross
and try to help all of those that have been affected.
(03:45):
Will Matthew Stafford be able to really step up and
bring his best.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
A game with so much on his mind and clinic?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
The wildfires in Los Angeles are at the top of
everyone's mind, and our hearts are with them.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Feels a little. It's ingenuous when you're on the red
carpet too. When we're here on the Red carver, it
is the Critics' Choice Award.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Couldn't be more happy to be here. As you can
see Aubrey plazas. Walking into Aubrey, you look amazing. Who
are you wearing tonight.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Oh, I'm wearing this wonderful address. This is this is
their money and every once you go get it. This
is a beautiful dressing. My heart is with every one
in the wild flies.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
No, no, I shouldn't use Aubrey Plaza because I forgot.
She just had a tragedy too, didn't she Her husband
just died, right, all right? That was a bad I
didn't mean to be insensitive with minute. It's just picking
an a less celebrity off the top of my head.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Anyway.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
Uh yeah, Streaking the right tone is hard to do.
So I checked him with Joey Berlin. He's the head
of the Critics Choice Association. Okay, are you going to
have any kind of red carpet at all?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Say? Yes, but it's going to be minimal.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
If it's minimal, that means a lot of people who
would normally work those red carpets are not going to work.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
If you don't work, you don't get paid.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
So it's really impassing people who make a living doing
this stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, thoughts and prayers for the paparazzi. Sorry about your luck.
Here's the other thing.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
So, if the red carpet is going to be minimal
at the Critics' Choice Awards. What is the red carpet
going to look like at the Academy Awards on March second?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Don't you feel like March second is far enough away?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I mean, there will still be people rebuilding, but the
fires will be out and we'll be in another phase.
It'll be the we'll be past the recovery phase. We'll
already know whatever the devastation is. It will be a
time of rebuilding and healing, and maybe a little sense
of normalcy will be welcomed at that time, even if
it is the lunacy of the red carpet nonsense.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
How Toby wards are still going on, but they're going
to have to strike the right tone.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
But are they going to have a red carpet? If
they have a red carpet, what's it going to look like?
Is it going to be as big, I guess red
big as it usually is? Are they going to have
a minimal? So that question still kind of needs to
be answered there.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
All right, So now we know Hollywood's been impacted. Not
only that, but I understand that it's a very slow period.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Now for Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
In the same way that everything got shut down around
the pandemic. Now, it's very tough to do things right
now with so many of your crew, your cast that
are evacuated, that are worried about their homes and have
other things going on.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yeah, I think I think we can all see why.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Not only that, but you're also facing a very difficult
period where studios already looking at moving things to other
states where they're getting different tax breaks, or where they're
being invited.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Elsewhere, and it's expensive to be here.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
So we maybe at a crossroads that is more significant
than what we think right now. This might not just
be a pause in production. This could be we could
see a market change. I hope that's not the case,
but it's possible.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
You're right though, you know, because Yeah, I've been on
the lot for thirteen years and most of the time
people don't get back to work until the fifteenth of
January just because vacation, the holidays.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And everything like that.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
And so when you added the fire this week to that, like,
it was a ghost town more than I've ever seen it.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
And so who's worried? Who is there?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Because I'm thinking you've got a lot of producers, directors, obviously,
uh cast and crew members that have been affected by
these fires.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Who is there?
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Put it this way, a lot of like the crafting
stuff was left out, like people when the when the
fires hit, people just left and never came back.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
So honestly, nobody like, uh, nobody's.
Speaker 6 (07:28):
Whoever's cleaning the you know, the the leaves up, whoever's
taking out the trash. Maybe those people definitely were on
the lot. But even then, some of those people also
lost homes and stuff like that. So yeah, this is
you're right, This is so already compounding a problem that
already existed.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
And it's already been a tough right what hollywoods already
having a tough time right now. It's far the actual
Hollywood now. The stuff that's coming out, especially when it
comes to streaming, I think it is high quality.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
But well, you're right about that.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I do say that there are a number of Celebriti
stepping up that are ty to help with what they're
calling the Fire Aid Benefit Concert, And I think this
is airing.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Do we have this?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I think we're doing this on I are we doing this?
And I hurt trying to remember, Yeah, I heard it's
gonna happen. Yep, We're gonna carry it. Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell,
Stevie Nicks, Katy Perry Sting, Billie Eilish and Phineas, Red Hot,
Chili Peppers, who Else, earth Wind and Fire, Gracie Abrams,
Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Jelly Roll, Lil Baby, Pink, Rod Stewart,
(08:30):
Stephen Stills, Tate McCrae, and Dave Matthews and John Mayer
will be performing together. That's a hell of a lineup. Wowses.
I recognize most of those names, which means these are legends. Yeah,
look I'm old. So when you say little baby is
gonna be there, I say, why don't we wait till
little baby becomes at least a teenager before we let
(08:51):
him sing? But evidently people love to go see a
little baby sing, and that's what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
So we've got a number of big time names.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I mean, you've got some, You've got some incredibly popular
contemporary artists in some all time music legends that we'll
be sharing that stage when you're I mean, my god,
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, earth Wind
and Fight. These are major, major music legends that are
(09:20):
stepping up. So that's pretty cool man. Again, you'll be
able to hear that on iHeartRadio. Max is gonna carry it,
Apple Music, Apple TV, Katla Plus, Netflix, Paramount Plus Prime Video,
Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, Sirius XM, a lot of
stuff YouTube and some AMC theater location is gonna carry this,
(09:42):
so fire Aid. Look for that on January thirtieth from
the Into It Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
All right, a little bit more, there's been another celebrity.
I'm gonna call them celebrities that got some bad news.
They just can't catch a break and haven't been able
to in thirty years. That's next. Chris maryl I AM
six forty. We're live everywhere in the iHeart Radio Am.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand on demand.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Anytime on the iHeart Radio app. KFI AM six forty.
More stimulating talk. I'm Chris Meryl, pleasure being with you.
There's no business like.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Sell visits here she is.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
This is why we don't allow kay Let to take
time off because.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
We like it when she does it live. I like
it on Memoris. So whatever.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Still to come this hour aliens so that's coming up
after we check out news. Regina standing by here for
our six thirty news and then we'll talk about why
you're probably going to be abducted and if you're lucky
probed that is top fifteen minutes away.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Will hello, Alien, Very good.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
If you are a celebrity, the fires have impacted you,
just like the impacted all of us. If you are
a celebrity behind bars, most of you have not been impacted.
You're just watching it and then probably trading some of
that sweet probing for some commissary funds. But if you
are the Menendez brothers, these fires are a real bummer.
Speaker 7 (11:16):
DLA wildfires are delaying the resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers.
Ellie County District Attorney Nathan Hakman says the hearing, initially
scheduled for the end of this month, has been moved
back to March twenty eeth. Hawkman says preparations by both
the prosecution and the defense were set back because of
the fires.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Yeah, I think they're busy, what's going on.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
I think that the staff has got other things on
their minds and they don't want to They're not taking
all the time. Remember he was going to go through
the whole thing thoroughly. In fact, the recent thing was
supposed to go on in November and then we had
a new DA elected and so then it got delayed
until the end of January, which if you're a Menendez brother,
you're thinking you're getting out.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
And then they pulled the rug out from under you,
and well that stinks.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Uh, maybe you already give away all of your extra
cigarettes and Uno cards, so then you have to ask
for him back and that's an awkward conversation to have
with prison gangs. And then you think it's coming up
here at the end of July and then they go up. Sorry, fires,
so delayed again. Yeah, it's a booger. I do have
some good celebrity news, including who I think is one
(12:23):
of the truly good people in show business.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Conan O'Brien is gonna be Is he hosting the Oscars
this timmer round? Oh? Yeah, I think he is? Uh on,
letst make sure I get this correct. Yes. On Thursday,
(12:48):
John F.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recognizing Conain O'Brien's versatility
and experimentation and announcing experimentation. Oh, I guess because he
does wild stuff without being mean his experimentation in announcing
that they would award him as their twenty sixth annual
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a ceremony on
the twenty third. It's going to stream on Netflix later
(13:11):
on the center side of O'Brien's unique blend of smart, silly,
insightful and hilarious, including possibly his most celebrated writing credit,
the Mono Rail episode of the Simpsons, as well as
his achievements as a comedian, late night host, actor, writer, podcaster,
and producer. In a statement Connor O'Brien, I love this
from The New York Times made reference to the lesser
noted vocation of Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen
(13:32):
name is Mark Twain, for whom the award was named, saying,
I'm honored to be the first winner of the Mark
Twain Prize, recognized not for humor but for my work
as a riverboat pilot. I think that's pretty funny. I
am happy to see this. Everything I've heard roll. Have
you run into Connor O'Brien before?
Speaker 3 (13:50):
I didn't, you know.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
I went to the show one time and we got
there late, and we didn't get to go to the show,
and I was so broken hearted.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I didn't know if maybe you'd seen him on the lot,
because I understand he is, he's great. I've not heard
anybody say anything bad about him.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
In fact, like when.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
The show when there was a strike going on, he
paid the cast, you know, or excuse me, his crew
of Late Night, and then when there were other interruptions,
he made sure they were all taken care of. I
just think that's a really class move. So, and remember
he had kind of a bad he was in a
bad position because he took over. It was him that
(14:28):
took over Late Night after Leno, right, but that was
during the whole nineties Leno Letterman.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Feud that was going on.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, and then when Letterman left and went to CBS,
then it was O'Brien that took over. And I think
people were a little slow on the uptake, but I
think O'Brien was the right replacement for Letterman.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Well, Leno steps down and then come there, and then
O'Brien was in. Yes, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
And then the numbers didn't really the numbers dropped, but
she would expect when anybody takes over. And then Leno
came back right, Yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (15:06):
Then he went to the other channel, the cable channel,
and was there forever on TBS.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah. I liked his TVs show. It was awesome. My
daughter and I bonded over it every night.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
See that's people. Those are the stories we need. It's
not just that O'Brien was hilarious. It's that O'Brien brought
people together, like your family, You and your daughter have
memories she's probably going to share at your funeral someday,
all because of Conan O'Brien. So Mark Twain Award for
Riverboat Piloting, Humor and eulogy Inspiration.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
So that's pretty nice. I do think he deserves it.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
My buddy Raoul there has been itching all night to
talk about his Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, good job, Chiefs one.
That's great, choker.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
The Kansas City Chiefs and the referees won in their
first playoff game of twenty twenty five, meaning that the
Chiefs have now won seventh straight games. I believe that
is close to a record. Taylor Swift was at the
last game. Caitlyn Clark sat next to Taylor Swift, So
that's fun. That's bringing out the star power gratulations, Raoul
(16:15):
on your.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Football team winning. That's great.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Gratulations on them choosing the right referees to call that
game too, that was really nice and to see that happen. Meanwhile,
the referees in by Detroit Lions game couldn't seem to
see that the Washington commanders were trying to actually kill
the Detroit Lions quarterback on the field. Flags didn't come
out for that, but that's fine.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Fine. If it had been Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Probably would have not only thrown the flag but arrested
the defensive player and had him executed during halftime. But no,
that's fine, that's great. Congratulations on that wind. You see
that they had to move Travis Kelcey's VIP suite.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Did you catch that?
Speaker 2 (16:59):
I guess. So Travis Kelsey had a VIP suite. He
starts dating Taylor Swift. They go to the original VIP
suite and it was mob Taylor Swift could hardly get
into the suite. It became a problem, so they had
to move it to a more private area that has
a private elevator access so that her fans wouldn't mob
the suite.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
And try to come through the window and all that
crazy stuff. So boy, thoughts and prayers.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Sorry you're going through that really, Sorry that your billionaire
girlfriend attracts a lot of attention. Sorry, buddy, all Right,
the probing begins next. Aliens are among us.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand on.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Demand anytime on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Chris Merrill. I
AM six forty more stimulating talk.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
A brief update. I was just reading. I'm always reading
crap during the breaks.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I see that The La County Sheriff's office says that
an Oregon couple taken into custody for impersonating firefighters in
the evacuation zone. They were allegedly wearing fire gear and
driving a used fire truck they bought at auction. To
already say, one of the suspects has a criminal history
of arsen somebody bought a used fire truck with the
(18:13):
intention of pretending to be a firefighter to go into
the evacuation zone. That's bizarre. What is wrong with you
that I said it before? People who are arsonists right now,
that is a mental illness. That is a pyromania issue.
It's some sort of a weird compulsion. I get that
some people are fascinated. Look, when I was a little kid,
(18:35):
I played with matches too, right, I get that. But
when you've got high winds and you already have seen
tens of thousands of acres and thousands of homes burned,
that's when you don't even take the risk of playing
with matches. And yet you've got some people with flamethrowers
and other nonsense out just oh, I.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Just want to see what would happen.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
And then you have people who are traveling from Oregon
in a fire truck to backdraft things. Don't do that.
I don't know what your end goal is, but it's weird, man,
just weird. I can't people just be normal, and I
mean within the parameters of normal, because, as you know,
you meet normal people, then you get to know them
and you realize they're weird balls too.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
But they're not that weird.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
They're not buying fire trucks to go pretend to be
firefighters in an evacuation.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
That's just bizarrow. And then to find a meete that's
also into that.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah, it's a Bonnie and Clyde situation, right, it's a
natural born killers scenario.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
That's weird.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
I don't know how you run into that person either,
I really don't. That's one thing about a couple killers
that I never really like. How did they find one
another bumble or hinge?
Speaker 3 (19:45):
I don't think it was. I don't think that.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
I don't think you put a Craigslist personal ad out
for that looking for crime spree partner doesn't happen. I mean,
you're obviously attracted to somebody who's also a little off kilter.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
I get that, But then how do you run into that? Part?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
This goes to show there's somebody for everybody, I guess. Meanwhile,
this News Nation ran a few stories about aliens, and
normally I write all of these off, and I'm kind
of writing this one off too, But this seems more
credible than most of the koops that come out of
(20:22):
the woodwork, to say a saw some put This was
a Navy helicopter pilot that they were talking about, and
they were discussing the lift on a giant egg shaped
object that evidently they claim was a UAP and then
it crashed and they recovered it. And then this guy
flies a helicopter, at least he says he does, and
(20:44):
that that wasn't the only thing they had to go
pick up.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
So there was another object. There's two objects that I'm
here to talk about, Okay. One was the egg. The
other is what we called an eight gone. The eight
gone was essentially a flying disc.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
An eight gone. Wouldn't that just be an octagon? No, okay,
must be one of those Navy terms.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
With what looked like eight delineated sections when looking down.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
And I can tell you it it sounds like a
like you're looking at a pie look.
Speaker 8 (21:14):
Like from looking down, because that's primarily how I saw it,
because I'm a helicopter pilot. Okay, we did recoveries with
the eight gons. There was more than one that was
that made its way to the ground on this particular operation.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Now I watched this guy and he seems normal, which
is why I say it seems kind of credible. Ish
and News Nation had footage of the the egg shaped
item that they lifted too, So you've got the egg
shaped objects with helicopter footage of the recovery, and then
(21:49):
you've got the eight gon that this guy's talking about,
and then you've got this cool music that runs underneath too,
So I mean that adds credibility.
Speaker 9 (21:56):
Simply seeing a non human craft up close would be
an intense experience in itself.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Yeah, we're not saying it was.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
No inhuman though it's unidentified aliens.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
But Barba says as he prepared to transport that so
called eight gone from the pickup site to the drop site,
something even more intense happened to him that would change
his life forever.
Speaker 8 (22:22):
This is one of the most profound experiences I've ever
had in my life when about.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
To share with humans. Okay, so bear with me.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Okay, I think he just gave us a prelude to
his story.
Speaker 8 (22:33):
So as I get closer to this PI site, I
start feeling odd. I start feeling extremely emotional, and the
closer I get, the more the emotion starts to overwhelm me.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
I feel.
Speaker 8 (22:50):
This intense hybrid of sadness and happiness and beauty.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
And song and oh this guy found good, Bud is
what happened.
Speaker 8 (23:04):
It was very disruptive to me because I had a
very practical responsibility at the time to operate a helicopter
in the mountains at night, and I began wondering what
was wrong with me. It was late, and I am
I distressed, AM I tired? And I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
But as I.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Came over this object to other pick, there was this
overwhelming sense of emotion.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Is it your feeling? Are you suddenly having an intel
breakdown on the joke?
Speaker 8 (23:34):
No, I felt like something connected with me.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Creepy man. I still don't know that I believe it.
I mean, the guy could be full of garbage.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
I don't have any idea. But this is why I
love watching ancient aliens.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
This is why I love listening to George Norrie, because
I just love when my imagination takes.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Off of these people. And IM really afraid of a
probing either. I think we can all use one.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Don't tell me I'm wrong until you've tried it twice.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
All right.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
The rest of the stories other stories that make you
say hmm, but didn't really fit anywhere else in the show,
including why your hand is the best indicator of your
sex life. I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio App.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. I'm Chris Merrill
on demand anytime the iHeartRadio App. Pleasure being with you Tonight,
the Great Doctor Wendy Walsh, Doctor Wendy after dark, do
up here at seven o'clock. We still have people missing
from the fires. LA County Sheriff's Department says, we've got
the people from both the Palisades and the Eaton fire areas.
(24:50):
We have collected the people that we know, and some
photographs as well. We put those up at KFI am
six forty dot com slash missing. And then as we
find out about more people who are missing and we
get to we're able to collect more photos, we'll add
those as well again kfi am six forty dot com
slash missing.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
How about the rest of the stories these are?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
I just thought this was funny crap and I wanted
to bring it to your attention, but I didn't really
have anywhere else to stick in.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
The show, so we just pad the end of the
show with this. Love this. I love that we have
people who do studies.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Researchers looking into upper body strength, primarily grip strength, and
sexual behavior of four thousand men and women found that
stronger men were more likely to be in long term relationships.
Stronger women were more likely to have higher numbers of
sexual partners.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
So what are you looking for. Yeah, I mean, if you're.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
A dude and you want someone who's experience in the bedroom,
you want somebody who's got some upper body strength. If
you're a dude and you want somebody who is pure,
the driven snow than you want someone with a wimpy
handshake basically, And women, if.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
You're looking for a one and done, you want a
weak handed man.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
But if you want somebody whos going to be around
to protect you, you want someone who's strong.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
This is what they found.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Washington State University is handing out money for people who
are doing research on this, and they found that upper
body strength is favorable in the natural selection traits, making
these more attractive mates. They say they need to do
more research, which means more grants, which means more people
getting paid to measure people's hands and do it. Commenting
me on their finding, the lead author said people have
(26:39):
assumptions about men's sexual behavior and how that's related to evolution.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Besides acquiring more.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
Sexual partners, establishing long term relationships was likely also important
for men in evolutionary history. A previous study found that
women who exercised more had a greater number of sexual
partners we call those gym slots. A researcher said at
the time that exercising regularly cuts depression and boosts confidence,
(27:04):
which is evidently why women were having more sex. Is
though women needed to have confidence in order to find
a partner, they do not at all. They can just
find a partner if they want. In fact, I would
even say depressed women are likely to go find partners
just for that quick to opening boost.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
But I could be wrong, That could be completely mistaken.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
No word on whether or not being strong compensated for
being ugly, bald and having a giant gap in your
front teeth.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
It does not.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
Nope, no long term relationship twenty years, my wife for
twenty years.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Oh man, go get you right now?
Speaker 2 (27:43):
So much?
Speaker 3 (27:45):
And I know this is what happens when she doesn't
come in on time. I'm just laughing in here.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
She's thinking, like, my wife goes to the gym a lot,
but we've been married for twenty years. Is my wife
just is she just racking up notches on the bedpost
that I don't know about. I'm pretty a pretty strong grip, right,
long term relationship that fits.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
My wife is pretty strong too, And last.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I knew she didn't have a lot of sexual printers
because we've been married. Now I'm kind of freaking out.
Thanks University of Washington. I think you just help me
catch my wife cheating garbage. Here's a good one for gamers.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
We're all of you a gamer. Are you too old
to be a gamer? Yeah? Way too old. That's what
I thought too.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
This is one thing I really have difficulty understanding this
is this is a huge disconnect between me and my boys.
My oldest just turned thirty, my youngest is twenty five,
and I just they just spend so much time video gaming.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
I just don't understand it.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
And I gotta tell you, their interpersonal and communication skills
I believe are lacking, especially because they grew up in
a house where I do this professionally, right. I tell stories,
I talk to people and meet new people, all this
kind of stuff. You'd think that they would have picked
up on some of those traits.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
Nope, Nope.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
They are awkward as hell online with everybody. I hear
the conversations, but it seems everybody else online is super
awkward too. Well, it looks like things could get even
more awkward because Sony PlayStation is adding something that is
supposed to make their video gaming experience even greater. Look,
we were trying to do this back in the seventies
(29:27):
and eighties when we tried Smell a Vision. It didn't work.
Sony unveiling a new video gaming system that would allow
PlayStation players to sniff their way through games like The
Last of Us, which great adaptation to streaming. This is
one of the things that they unveiled to see Yes,
the Future Immersive Entertainment concept or Fight, features a huge
(29:51):
room size setup designed to push the boundaries of immersive gaming.
A trailer for the concept shows a giant cube built
from high definition LED screens that enables players to step
directly into their favorite games.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
So they say, this is not something that you're gonna.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Be able to do at home, but I guess you'd
be able to go to one of those traveling gaming
trailers like they have for birthday parties or something. In
the trailer, players experience the post apocalyptic world of the
Last of Us with enhanced audio and the addition of
Smell a Vision, delivering a completely new experience.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Now, if you're like me, you can't wait.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
You see things like The Last of Us and you go, wow,
what an incredible show. I sure wish I could smell
the rotting flesh, and now you can't. One of the
pillars of Sony's creative entertainment vision is the idea of
narrative everywhere, where stories from Sony are transformed across new
and exciting mediums, including smell again.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Maybe I'm just.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Too old for this, but I'm gonna give that a
hard pass. Yeah, I got to give that a hard pass,
which makes my final story a little bit difficult. You
just sort of be talking about my boys and how
socially awkward they are.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Credit News. A new study that's out because I Love Studies.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Analyzing data from nearly twenty thousand participants, concludes that parents
do indeed treat their children differently, and the way they
choose their favorites is more systematic than you think.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Parents really do have favorites. There you go.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Deferential treatment can have lasting consequences on the children. The
study helps them to understand which children are more likely
to be on the receiving end of favoritism. I think
this is probably pretty simple. Any guys that grew up
with sisters, no sisters get preferential treatment.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Fair roll? Am I right on that? Nah My sister
says the other way. She's full of crap. Brigina. You know,
I definitely think guy was the favorite, exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
But I gotta tell you this, I think sometimes firstborns
tend to be the favorite.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I think girls are often the favorite. I was both,
So there you go. Okay, well that's it. I mean
your your siblings didn't stand a chance. Yeah, I'm a firstborn,
so that's why she thinks I'm the favorite. Oh, that's
your Your sister does well.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
The babies are always I mean, the middle child is
always the least favorite. Right in my situation, the middle
child was the daughter, though, and the boys would say
she was the favorite. But I have to tell you this,
I honestly don't have a favorite all the time. It
fluctuates based on which one pissed me off last. And
so if you were to ask who's my favorite child,
it all depends on who borrowed money from me last,
(32:25):
because they go to the bottom of the list, or
who didn't clean up, or who didn't call me on
Father's Day, or whatever else it is.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
I really don't have a favorite.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
They they're constantly in rotation, and I wish they had
figured that out sooner so they'd start kissing my ass.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
But none of them do. They're too dumb to figure
it out.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
If just one of them figured it out, they could
be my all time favorite, but they don't. I can't
wait to talk to you guys again next week. Roll
congratulations on your stupid football team winning. Brigita. By the way,
anybody is not following Brigita on the gram needs to.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Your Instagram stories have been tremendous.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
Yeah, no, really, they're really good.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I'm so glad I started following what you've got going
on there because your your coverage of what's happening around.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Yeah. No, it's really good, so.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
Fun for me. I'm so glad you enjoy it because
that just looks like a nightmare and it's actually so.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Much easier because I I did ten years in TV
doing you know, long form, and so this is just
I just it was just cakes for you, so easy.
Oh man, it's good.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
It's really good. I love watching you. So yeah, I
know everybody's followed that. Have a great week and talk
to you again next week. And Chris Merril KF I
am six forty We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
Speaker 1 (33:30):
App Kfi AM six forty on demand
Popular Podcasts
United States of Kennedy
United States of Kennedy is a podcast about our cultural fascination with the Kennedy dynasty. Every week, hosts Lyra Smith and George Civeris go into one aspect of the Kennedy story.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com