October 3, 2024 • 36 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Thoughts on the Parents who spotted their children in recent 7-Eleven robbery footage and handed them in to authorities AND California’s ranking on the list of states with the highest cocaine use…PLUS – A look at McDonald’s 2024 Halloween ‘boo buckets’ push - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
KFI AM six forty if later with Mo Kelly. We're
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And let me just
start with a round of applause for the parents who
turned in their badass kids after seeing them on the
videotape ransacking a seven to eleven strong jy some tough love,
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strong look. I'm quite sure that other parents had recognized
their children and decided to have an internal review and
handle it inside the family. But to make the affirmative
decision We'll get into this next segment. To make the
affirmative decision that they're going to turn in their son.
Not only is that bold and brave, it has repercussions
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for the rest of the life of that child soon
to be adult. So I'm not going to take that
lightly making such a decision. Call it scared street or whatever,
but i will say this. When I saw that video
and then I saw the story about the parents who
turned in their children at least three so far, I thought, Look,
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my father's been dead two years, and that scared the
Bejesus out of me. The thought of my dad seeing
me on that videotape doing something similar. Not that I would,
but there's some things that I've been I've been known
to do outside the bounds, Okay, but if he saw
me doing something like that on video, he would have
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beat the crap out of me, turned me in, and
not paid any bail guaranteed guaranteed. So all I can
do is just slow clap for those parents. We'll talk
more about that next segment, and we'll also have to
talk about the states which have the highest cocaine use.
I wonder if California is in the top ten and
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McDonald's is going to bring back the boo buckets for Halloween.
I can't wait to talk about that. And also there's this.
Did you see the FBI crime stats down ten percent?
Violent crime is down ten percent? Now that doesn't mean
I to get on the metro anytime soon bump that,
but it makes you wonder down ten percent where? Well nationally,
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I can't snap about that. Yeah, it's an average. So
some places are still pushing up the curve. Okay, so yes,
some are going up, some are going down. It says
murder is decreased by twenty two point seven percent. That's good.
Across the country. Rape is down seventeen point seven percent.
Robbery is down thirteen point six percent. And I know
some people think, well, people are not just reporting crime. Well,
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murders getting reported, Okay, murders getting reported. They may not
be able to solve the crime, but this is getting reported.
Rape is probably getting reported unless it's pditty who said that?
Oh who said them? Well too soon, I know it
is the right time. You're right, Yeah. Aggravator of assault
is down eight point one percent and property crime is
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down thirteen point one percent. And this is according to
the first six months of twenty twenty four in newly
released preliminary FBI data, and the data is based on
voluntary submissions from fourteen thousand, eight hundred of nineteen thousand,
three hundred law enforcement agencies in the country. Hey, Mark,
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I bet you didn't see this coming. The Midwest saw
the largest percentage drop by region, with a twelve percent
drop in violent crime. That's weird because I lived for
a while in Ryana, and there's nothing else to do
there but but go wilding. That's it. That's all they have.
That and some drinking and the occasional racer around the track.
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That's all they got. Since you said race around the track,
I've had some car issues and I've been delaying, trying
to procrastinate as far as whether I should buy another
car because I don't like car payments the same. Yeah,
I paid cash for a used car generally, Yeah, you
just write a check for you well, usually get a lease,
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if only because I like the lower payments. My credit
is good enough for, my insurance is good enough for.
It doesn't hit me too hard in that regard. And
then if I want to keep the car or not,
I make that decision down the road. But yesterday I
gave in to the dark side. Oh no, and I
got a new car. Yeah, what you did? What? I
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took my ass to Scott Robinson Honda in Torrents. Shout
out to Chris Carlson. Scott Robinson Honda on Hawthorne Boulevard,
the best under dealership in the world. And if you
go to Scott Robinson Honda on Hawthorne Boulevard and Torrents,
you make sure that you ask for either Charlie Cruz
or Chris Carlson. It's real easy. Ce ce ce ce
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Charlie Cruz, Chris Carlson, Scott Robinson Honda, Hawthorne Boulevard and Torrance. Yes,
I got me a new car and what kind? Oh
it's sexy. You gotta go to downstairs say this? Yeah,
yeah you yes, you can go downstairs and see it.
I'm not going to do it. Instagram Live Joe, Are
you willing? Are you willing to divulge on the air?
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What kind of car this is? Yeah, it's a it's
a I will say this, it's a Honda CRV. Nice
and it's that it's sexy a CRV. Look the twenty
twenty fives are sec c Oh no, I'm not going
to deny that. I just you didn't seem like a
CRV guy. I wasn't either, and then I got older.
Aren't the little room those used to look like a shoe?
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They didn't know? They improved? They they did, dude, the Marlins, seriously,
they do. I'll see you some pictures. Okay, you got
it yesterday. The question is, if it's that sexy, have
you christened it? No? My wife and I have not
had sex in a back seat yet. You don't need
to get I mean, I mean, what does you mean?
I just don't see the need to spell everything else
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quite like that. I didn't break a bottle on the
back of it. I mean that's what you mean. No,
I meant sex. No. Actually, my wife and I have
not been near the car at the same time because
we work these opposite schedules. I get home, she's already asleep.
She wakes up, goes to work. I'm still asleep. You know. Well,
I guess in a pinch, you're gonna have to christen
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it on your own. Maybe this weekend we'll find some time.
This is very sexy, but it's got wrong in the
back seat. Yeah, please follow now, looks like yes they do.
I just yeah, I just can't. I guess I just
saw you if you had to get a new one
like that, I thought accord or no, I thought about that,
but I got taught. Look, I live real close to
lax and where the house that everyone wants to stay
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at when they come in town. So that means I'm
always picking up someone from the airport or going to
the airport. And also my little Civic. One of my
blended sons, he can use it. He has to learn
how to drive stick, but he can use it, so
the car still has Look, I could have driven my
Civic for another one hundred fifty thousand. Oh cool, that's
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even better. Yes, oh, all right, these are kind of nice.
The question is Today's National Name your car Day? Have
you named the car? Oh? Yes, always. Here's There's a
story behind my very first car. I had this dream
when I was in college. I remember this clear as day,
and I was supposed to get married and the woman
at the altar was named Lacey. Don't ask me why.
That was just the name of the chick that I
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was supposed to marry in my dream, Lacey. Did you
hear dueling Banjo's No, Look, it's closer to a porn
name in than anything, but Lacey. It was. I don't
make the dreams, okay, I just kind of respond to them.
And I said, Okay, until I get married, I guess
I'll name all my cars Lacey. And it stuck. My
first car was a Nissan NX two thousand, which I
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got ninety two, named her Lacey. And the next car
I got after that was this was a Honda AS
two thousand, and I named it Lacey the second. You
see what this is going? And then I got a
Honda say it, named it Lacey the third. And this
car is Mark Ronner. You want to name her for me?
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I'm assuming it's the fourth, Lacey the fourth. Yes, nice,
you've gone down this road far enough that you just
can't change now. No, I'm a one woman man kind
of sort of whatever. Wait quickly, Mark, what's the name
of your car? Well, the I don't the current one
doesn't have a name. But my very first car, my
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very first car I called the USS Runner Price. Oh
my god, look at the side, Stephan, your turn. What's
the name of your car? Oh? Mine's Sheila? Oh she
is that? Why that just kind of just looked like
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a shield, you know? Why does she have a boxy
ass or something? Talking about? Ohala?
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Mine is named in honor of one of our classic
big wheels from our childhood, the Green Machine.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I haven't seen your new car yet. No, his is
dope too. It's nice. It's a tank. Yeah, all right,
that could run some people over. Fits to Walla's personality
for sure. I love it. All right. Well, during the break,
I'll send you guys some revenge porn pictures of my car.
You can judge. It's later with mo Kelly if I
am six forty, We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio Apple.
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We'll talk about those amazing parents who turned in their
crumb snatches when we come back.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
And I started the show with this, and I'm going
to talk more about it now. I want to give
a round of applause for these parents who recognize their
children on the videos of all these adolescents ransacking ransacking,
the multiple seven elevens saw their children on video and
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decided to turn their own kids in. In a world
where we're more selfish than selfless, in a world where
we kind of let the kids do whatever they want
and run them up put them in time out, as
opposed to beating their ass like they're supposed to, these
kids need to get their ass beat in a corporal
punishment sense. Of course, I don't mean actual violence. I
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would never recommend that no beat their kids. Beat your
kids before they grow up and break in my house.
This is exactly what I mean. Put hands on them,
make them at least understand that their consequences to their actions.
But as I would say, I am very encouraged by
the parents who decided because they know this is not
just a single decision. This is something that the kids
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are going to have to deal with at least for
the rest of their adolescence and depending on how it's
handled with their record, whether it's going to be expunged
or sealed going into adulthood. This is a serious lesson,
serious real consequences for these kids who had turned in.
And also I was saying earlier week, look, they're on video,
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they're on bicycles, the kitten could be too far away
from that seven eleven or any of those seven elevens,
and someone was going to recognize them, And sure enough
someone did. I was thinking, like in a neighborhood, but no,
these are the parents and they actually turned them in.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Three teens had been arrested in connection with the recent
flash mob style robberies at convenience stores after their parents
turned them into police. LAPED Assistant Chief Blake Chow says
parents recognize their children in security footage from the thefts
that was shared with the media. The teenagers were released
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pending evidence evaluation by prosecutors. At least fourteen seven eleven
stores in LA have been targeted since July by organized
mobs of teen thieves. The large groups overwhelm employees while
stealing items and causing damage.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Now there are more kids who are going to be arrested.
Why because they all probably know each other. I mean,
they're riding their bikes, They're probably from the same neighborhoods,
same schools, and they're probably going to be asked, so
which one of your friends also participated. The three who've
been arrested probably all know each other. It's not like
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they have to cast a wide net because they're all
from the same neighborhoods. There will be more arrests and
something else which I think ought to be encouraging. This
hopefully will be a deterrent for other would be copycats
or would be U smash and grab and ransacked robbery
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kids who want to do similar type foolishness because they
know law enforcement will share the videos with the public.
And remember, for the most part, most of those kids
were trying to hide their identities. But your parents know you,
Your parents can always identify you. And that's exactly what happened.
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And I was saying at the beginning of the show,
if my father, specifically my father, my mother would have
just read me the Riot Act and called me every
name in the book. But if my father had seen
me be a part of that, he would have put
me under the house. Did you have when you were younger,
those Scared Straight TV specials? Yes, they showed them actually
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in school. They showed them in elementary school. And I
never wanted to go to jail. The closest I ever
got to jail was to Disneyland Jail, and it was
an actual jail holding cell. And that was enough for me. Now,
don't get me wrong, I've done some stuff since then.
If I got caught, my life could have gone in
a different direction, all right, But it just so happened.
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I quit when I was a hit. That was it.
Because I had a lot of friends who went to jail,
and I just happened to leave like an hour earlier.
That kind of stuff, I think I would.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I would want to handle this myself in house, only
because I know for my son the outcome would be
a lot more detrimental long term, long term record. My
young black son is not going to help him long term.
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But when I put these paws on him.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, you've told me about some times where you and
how you and your son had some very spirited discussions.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Very spirited, very aggressive conversations where he has learned full
in hell. Well, do not challenge me when I get
to a certain point. I like to joke around. I
like that fun. But if I say something a certain
way at that exact point, he knows. The very next
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thing is, these paws are going to be placed upon you.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What he means, what are you trying to say?
Speaker 2 (15:12):
These these these lion paws are going to are going
to savage the young cub.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
It's gonna be bad. And I think it's true with
every young man coming up, if there's a father figure
in the house, there's always that time where the son
is going to test the father. And I remember I
was fifteen when I tried to test my dad. I
was playing football in the street with my friends, pulled
the pole football if you're old enough to know anything
about that, and this guy who lived two houses down
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came in and he had the dirty nerve, the unmitigated
goal to interrupt our football game in the street. He
honked his horn. That really made us angry. It was
so disrespectful, honked his horn and proceeded to drive through
the game. As he passed us, I made a very arry,
vulgar and inappropriate sign using both my hands somewhere near
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my pelvis. In a thrusting action. Okay, and some other
mm hmm, what stepan, you're painting? You're painting a picture,
keep right, okay, it sounds rather coarse, honestly, yes. And
he in his rear view mirror saw it, backed up,
rolled down the window and said something and then I
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said some profanities. And then he drove off and I said, okay,
back to the game. And I thought it was over.
But he drove around the block. Remember I only lived
two houses down. It was mister Delavan I'll never forget.
Came back home, parked his van in the driveway, got out,
walked down to my house and my friend Bo, who
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was one of my groomsmen at the wedding, he turns
around says, uh, you know he's going into your house.
I worried about I got this because you're trying to
put chested in front of your friends. About twenty minutes later,
my father got in his little brown Honda, also purchased
from Scott Robinson on Boulevard, came down the street. He
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and you know when when your your parents throw open
the passenger side door.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Oh oh that that's without get your hand eat this.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Carr now, and then everyone's looking at me like you're
sure you're gonna be okay. So I got in the car.
He drives me home. It's only like down the street.
I get out of the car, slam the door shut.
I go into the house and the garageous semi attached.
I go into the house and slam the house door
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behind me in the face of my father. Always a
smart move, because I thought like today is the day.
I was ready for it. And I start and I
make a bee line into the family room. My mother
and my sister are sitting on the couch, and I
thought I was gonna have time to turn around and
square up. But for some reason, my father was very
very fast at that point. He was very fast. He
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was faster than I could have imagined. I'm fifteen, so
that means he's forty five. I turn around. He is
on me twala, not lying, both hands on my chest,
picked me up and body slammed me on the linoleum floor,
and he ever heard like uh, coins bounce on the floor,
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and then my mother and my sister had to pull
my father off me. I thought it was gonna go
one way, It went another way. I had like a
whole six months of hot keto, and I thought I
was ready for I thought I was ready for a
shot at the title. I was not. So all I'm
saying is this going back to seven to eleven. It
brings back memories because I know someone got their ass
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bounced off the linoleum floor, and I think Southern calif
is better for it. Absolutely, That's all I'm saying. It's
Later with Moe Kelly k if I AM six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. When we come back,
we're going to find out the state which I'll say
loves cocaine the most, the most top ten, and I
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wonder if California is on that list.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
I know you wanted to know this. I know that
you've been burning to find out which state uses the
most cocaine per capita. I know this has been on
your mind all night. Well, I'm here to help you
out as far as the top ten states ranked by
cocaine usage as a percentage of population, coming in at
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number ten. Oh, does anyone have any predictions as far
as who's number one? Well, when you said cocaine usage.
I thought that was the name of a magazine. What's
the Senate in the latest cocaine usage magazine? I'm thinking
DC watching day number one. It's got to be in
New York, New York over DC. Yeah. Now, see when
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I before I saw the study or the ranking, I
would have said it would have to be a coastal state.
I'm thinking that it's easier to get cocaine to people
in states that are near major ports. That was my thinking. So,
and let's see if I'm right in that regard. Coming
in at number ten as far as the biggest coke
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heads Oregon. Interesting, yes, two point two percent of the
population their base heads. Well, isn't that where that whole
thing happened, where they allowed Yeah, that's part of it. Okay, yeah,
that might be part of it. Yeah. Five years ago
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they wouldn't have been on the list, but since yeactly.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
Yeah, coming in at number nine, Louisiana major port, number eight,
biggest coke heads in the world or at least the
United States, Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I think that's just where rich people are. They can
afford it. Yeah for the cocaine. Yeah, yeah, and two
point twenty six percent of the population. How do they
afford it?
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Louisiana though, the wealthy and Louisiana there's some big you know,
uh state house owners and casino owners and the life stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Yeah, well that's true. There are varying levels from what
I've been told. I see number seven New York two
point three five percent of the population, which translates to
three hundred and sixty four thousand people. Only Number seven,
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Only number seven? Interesting, right, I thought New York would
have been higher. Kind of a letdown. Number six Ohio? Wait?
What Ohio? Two point three six percent two hundred and
thirteen thousand coke heads? Wow, that's random. I mean, is
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that all they do out there? Saying there's nothing to do?
Maybe I've been to Ohio. I've been to the major cities,
but as far as the state goes, I don't know.
That's a cocaine eye liner, that's all they got. And
couches and couches coming in. Number five, Good old California.
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A two point five one percent of the population of
our thirty nine million people use cocaine, which translates to
seven hundred and fifty four thousand people. I would have
thought we were hired with all the Hollywood or the
well maybe, and I would say at least seventy five
percent of them ride Metro. I just want to let
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Metro was thinking about you. No, I wait, you're not wrong.
If I'm not wrong, give me my damn rim shot.
You think you deserve one for that? Oh? Absolutely, I
feel like we're falling down on the job. No, no, no.
Two of the three people on this show laughed. That's
worth a rim shot. Well soliciting, I mean, if you
want to value everybody's laughter at the same rate. Oh,
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that's not ely funny. That's a disc that is distress.
Like they don't they don't know what humor is? Sure? Sure?
What's Number four Massachusetts all wealth, that's just well yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah yeah. Two point six percent of the population cooke
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Heads one hundred and forty six thousand estimated people users
coming in Number three Island. I'm sensing a trend. So
the northeast coke heads is that's filthy and you definitely
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have a good a good sense of ports. Yeah yeah,
they're on the water. Yeah, two point six twenty three
thousand residents coming in at number two. Vermont, Vermont, Yes,
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wealth again, wealth a part of it. Yeah, I mean,
isn't that England. Yeah, well he's a coke head. I'm sorry,
who said that? What? Oh well, that explains everything. It
probably explains why you have that heart attack. Oh man, okay, next, okay, okay. Oh,
that's what they're doing at those Bob Newhart bed and
breakfast joints all the time. Coming in at number one,
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the state with the highest cocaine use per capital, And
who said marijuana is not a gateway drug? Colorado comes
in at number one. Three point zero six percent of
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the population uses cocaine, which translates to one hundred and
thirty eight thousand people high fives. Well, they're not They're
not on the water. They're landlocked. So I don't, you know,
I don't know what to say. I don't I get it. Yeah, no, clearly,
I'm just trying to think why Colorado is that hotspot
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for cocaine use. I don't know. They are the home
of the mile High city. Makes perfect sense. So thematic
cocaine's he was waiting for a rimshot. I was just
gonna sit there. Yeah, he's not gonna move. No, okay,
we'll just move on to good Lord. That's that's where
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your disrespect. That's true. You observe that tough crowd. He's
gonna take one away from you. Go ahead, Stephen, What
were you going to say? I want to turn on
that mic in the Sorry about that? Is it the
cocaine cylinders tonight? How can you work in radio and
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you're running the board and you not hear yourself and
not realize that your own mic is on? Because let
me let me say it one more time. How is
it that you work in radio? Okay, you are the
technical director for the show. In other words, you're running
the board, you're the board operator. You speak into the mic,
and you don't hear yourself coming out of your in
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studio monitors or in your headphones, and you don't realize
that your mic is not on. I made a mistake.
The question was rhetorical because there is no good answer.
He doesn't this intervention. It's Later with mo Kelly if
I am six forty. We are live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app. Let's talk McDonald's when we come back. All
(27:10):
this drug talk has made me hungry.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Let's go to McDonald's coming up on October fifteenth, Boo
buckets are back at McDonald's, but only for the Halloween
Happy Meals. Let me just stop right there. There is
a debate which has been ongoing as to whether it
is appropriate. Don't laugh, Stephanie. You know where I'm going
(27:40):
with this, right, I totally do whether it's appropriate for
adults to purchase happy meals. Now, I've seen adults go
in and lie and say they're getting the happy meal
for the kid who's in the car. I know that's
true because I've done that, and it was actually for
me because I wanted to. They won't sell it to
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you unless you have a kid. It depends on who's
working to count. Yeah it now, idea No, seriously, And
it used to be. And I haven't had a McDonald's
hamburger in many years. It used to be. I think
they had like a hamburger, a fry, and a toy
and a small drink. I don't know what it's made
of now, but back then, that's maybe just what I wanted.
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I didn't want to have a large meal, and I
didn't want to pay large meal prices because like going
back to the car was very cheap, very frugal, and
the happy meal and the ninety nine cent value meal,
those are ways that I could save money. And when
you're in your late twenties early thirties, you may get
(28:45):
some pushback from the young person behind the counter. And
how often I got pushback? Sir? The happy meals are
supposed to be for kids. Well, my child is in
the car. Do you and you make a big scene
to make them call your bluff? Do you want me
to hold up this line and go to the car
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and get little Timmy out of the car and drag
his little narrow behind in here, and just so that
I could show you as proof of life that I
have a child. So we can finish consummating this order
where I can get me a happy meal for my child,
little Timmy sitting in the car. Is that what you're
asking me to do? And I would get loud? Wait,
how strict is this? Is this like checkpoint Charlie? They
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demand proof of a child. All I can say is,
in my many years, it depends on who's behind the counter.
If that person has an overbearing manager, then he or
she will say, sir, happy meals are limited to for
kids of Asia, Da Da Dad. I don't know what
it was, okay, but there was something look for me.
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I'm thinking like it shouldn't make any difference. But it
is an actual debate as father, as far as whether
it's appropriate for adults to purchase happy meals for them
so elves when happy meals are supposed to be reserved
for children. And I mentioned that because with the boot buckets,
you have people friends of us, friends of the show,
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who love all things McDonald's, who love all things Halloween,
like Nick Poliochini. He probably want a boot bucket, but
it's for Halloween happy meals, and I don't know. I
don't know if he will be able to procure one
for himself, depending on who might behind that counter. You've
(30:32):
never tried to buy a happy meal for yourself, Mark, No,
they have some cool toys though. Honestly that's my point,
and that was the whole point of doing it right.
But you get more and more if somebody denies you
a happy meal. It's like that Michael douglas Falling Down
movie seems more and more reasonable as you age. You're
not going to sell me a happy meal? Why exactly it?
Say hello to my little friend. But when you're talking
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twenty twenty five years ago, society was different, and I
think know the customer is not always right, and the
person behind the counter had more power, and I think
that people were going to side with the person behind
the counter, which is not the case anymore. I was
just going to say, and like Moe was saying, depending
(31:15):
on who's behind the counter, if you get a burnout,
like the way Babis and butt Heead ran Burger World Rights,
they would just they would ring you up without even
looking twice. Right, right, that's all you need that you
needed someone like that. Me personally, I would not care.
But I've never worked in fast food, but I know
that you catch the wrong person on the wrong day,
(31:36):
they will give you all sorts of resistance. As something
to consider if you should want a happy mail or
you want one of these McDonald's boo buckets, and they're iconic.
They're perfect for trigger treating, and they'll only be at
McDonald's obviously for a limited time or while supplies last,
as they always say. They have a fresh look this
(31:58):
year with new monster to designs and four colors white, orange, green,
and for the first time blue. McDonald's lovers can also
give their boot bucket a custom look with theme stickers
like ears, wings and more for a more monstrous vibe.
So if you want a happy meal and you want
a boot bucket, roll the dice. I'm so shy.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
My kids are out of that phase where they like McDonald's.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
They have completely grown out of it. They did you
have to ever fight with anyone behind the counter for
a happy meal?
Speaker 2 (32:33):
No, I've seen the video. I've seen those videos of
people going in and smacking folks for those damn Hello
Kitty cups or whatever they I've seen the videos, And
I said to myself, now, back in the day, while
I worked at Taco Bell, you could have tried to
jump around that corner for any type of specially want.
(32:54):
Because at Taco Bell, will one, I worked at a
lot of gang members that were working there, a lot
of people who are a gang member.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
And you never did anything to mess with anyone's food,
did you.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
If there would have been a boo bucket level promotion
at Taco Bell back then, that would have sparked some specials.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
What do you mean by special That.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
Would have definitely sparked some nasty burritos, dropped some nice.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I just want to be sure I understanding correctly. You're
not saying that people working at the Taco Bell. Sorry
Taco Bell, he mentioned you by name. People working at
the Taco Bell back in the day would drop people's
food on the floor.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
This is before Taco Bell became the respectable food establishment
that it is now there all the time, Taco Bell.
So I'm not talking bad at this Taco Bell. What
I'm saying is that the Taco Bell that I worked at,
once upon a time, Like I said, we had a
lot of people who had questionable morality, and when we
had different specials going on, they had questionable.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Look.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
I was there to bear witness and laugh heartily. But
I've seen some burritos hit the floor and get picked
up and wrapped in that paper. I've seen ice go
into people's mouths and into cuts.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
I have seen camps.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
I've seen tortillas licked like they were posted stamps.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I see.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
But again, this is at a point of time when
there were no like cameras inside of a taco There
was just camera facing the safe back then. This is
this is again, this is before Taco Bell got their
act together and said, you know what, We're going to
start treating our employees really good. You know, they have
a college degree, matching programs, they have all types of
stuff happening at Taco Bell.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Did you have like a sign or a signal that
you everyone on the floor knew that someone, let's say,
someone was rude in the drive through. Did everyone know
how to handle that or was there like a united front?
Speaker 2 (34:58):
That is actually where the term special comes from. Like
I like, I wasn't just saying like that. This is
what we couldn't know. It was if you heard that
someone needed a special, then it.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Was it was understood. That is why.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
That's where the whole term a special came from. It
came from working at that Taco Bell location.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
So someone came to the drive through car taking or
refrage and they said yeah yeah, and they start cussing
or whatever. It's like, why is the lines along anything anything?
Speaker 2 (35:28):
You know?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
No, fool? I said what I said. This is what
I said, get my order rakeed ba bleep, bleep bleep.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
You just you just you just heard down the line,
hey we need a special. And it didn't matter what
they ordered. You found some way to make whatever they
ordered special.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Taco Bell, No Keteral Taco bell It's speciality. It's later
with Mo Kelly. K if I AM six forty. We're
live everywhere. In the iHeartRadio app, you can listen to
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Speaker 4 (36:06):
T h D two Los Angeles live everywhere on the
KFI AM six forty if later with Mo Kelly. We're
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And let me just
start with a round of applause for the parents who
turned in their badass kids after seeing them on the
videotape ransacking a seven to eleven strong jy some tough love,
(00:42):
strong look. I'm quite sure that other parents had recognized
their children and decided to have an internal review and
handle it inside the family. But to make the affirmative
decision We'll get into this next segment. To make the
affirmative decision that they're going to turn in their son.
Not only is that bold and brave, it has repercussions
(01:07):
for the rest of the life of that child soon
to be adult. So I'm not going to take that
lightly making such a decision. Call it scared street or whatever,
but i will say this. When I saw that video
and then I saw the story about the parents who
turned in their children at least three so far, I thought, Look,
(01:29):
my father's been dead two years, and that scared the
Bejesus out of me. The thought of my dad seeing
me on that videotape doing something similar. Not that I would,
but there's some things that I've been I've been known
to do outside the bounds, Okay, but if he saw
me doing something like that on video, he would have
(01:50):
beat the crap out of me, turned me in, and
not paid any bail guaranteed guaranteed. So all I can
do is just slow clap for those parents. We'll talk
more about that next segment, and we'll also have to
talk about the states which have the highest cocaine use.
I wonder if California is in the top ten and
(02:14):
McDonald's is going to bring back the boo buckets for Halloween.
I can't wait to talk about that. And also there's this.
Did you see the FBI crime stats down ten percent?
Violent crime is down ten percent? Now that doesn't mean
I to get on the metro anytime soon bump that,
but it makes you wonder down ten percent where? Well nationally,
(02:38):
I can't snap about that. Yeah, it's an average. So
some places are still pushing up the curve. Okay, so yes,
some are going up, some are going down. It says
murder is decreased by twenty two point seven percent. That's good.
Across the country. Rape is down seventeen point seven percent.
Robbery is down thirteen point six percent. And I know
some people think, well, people are not just reporting crime. Well,
(03:00):
murders getting reported, Okay, murders getting reported. They may not
be able to solve the crime, but this is getting reported.
Rape is probably getting reported unless it's pditty who said that?
Oh who said them? Well too soon, I know it
is the right time. You're right, Yeah. Aggravator of assault
is down eight point one percent and property crime is
(03:21):
down thirteen point one percent. And this is according to
the first six months of twenty twenty four in newly
released preliminary FBI data, and the data is based on
voluntary submissions from fourteen thousand, eight hundred of nineteen thousand,
three hundred law enforcement agencies in the country. Hey, Mark,
(03:41):
I bet you didn't see this coming. The Midwest saw
the largest percentage drop by region, with a twelve percent
drop in violent crime. That's weird because I lived for
a while in Ryana, and there's nothing else to do
there but but go wilding. That's it. That's all they have.
That and some drinking and the occasional racer around the track.
(04:04):
That's all they got. Since you said race around the track,
I've had some car issues and I've been delaying, trying
to procrastinate as far as whether I should buy another
car because I don't like car payments the same. Yeah,
I paid cash for a used car generally, Yeah, you
just write a check for you well, usually get a lease,
(04:25):
if only because I like the lower payments. My credit
is good enough for, my insurance is good enough for.
It doesn't hit me too hard in that regard. And
then if I want to keep the car or not,
I make that decision down the road. But yesterday I
gave in to the dark side. Oh no, and I
got a new car. Yeah, what you did? What? I
(04:51):
took my ass to Scott Robinson Honda in Torrents. Shout
out to Chris Carlson. Scott Robinson Honda on Hawthorne Boulevard,
the best under dealership in the world. And if you
go to Scott Robinson Honda on Hawthorne Boulevard and Torrents,
you make sure that you ask for either Charlie Cruz
or Chris Carlson. It's real easy. Ce ce ce ce
(05:12):
Charlie Cruz, Chris Carlson, Scott Robinson Honda, Hawthorne Boulevard and Torrance. Yes,
I got me a new car and what kind? Oh
it's sexy. You gotta go to downstairs say this? Yeah,
yeah you yes, you can go downstairs and see it.
I'm not going to do it. Instagram Live Joe, Are
you willing? Are you willing to divulge on the air?
(05:33):
What kind of car this is? Yeah, it's a it's
a I will say this, it's a Honda CRV. Nice
and it's that it's sexy a CRV. Look the twenty
twenty fives are sec c Oh no, I'm not going
to deny that. I just you didn't seem like a
CRV guy. I wasn't either, and then I got older.
Aren't the little room those used to look like a shoe?
(05:55):
They didn't know? They improved? They they did, dude, the Marlins, seriously,
they do. I'll see you some pictures. Okay, you got
it yesterday. The question is, if it's that sexy, have
you christened it? No? My wife and I have not
had sex in a back seat yet. You don't need
to get I mean, I mean, what does you mean?
I just don't see the need to spell everything else
(06:15):
quite like that. I didn't break a bottle on the
back of it. I mean that's what you mean. No,
I meant sex. No. Actually, my wife and I have
not been near the car at the same time because
we work these opposite schedules. I get home, she's already asleep.
She wakes up, goes to work. I'm still asleep. You know. Well,
I guess in a pinch, you're gonna have to christen
(06:36):
it on your own. Maybe this weekend we'll find some time.
This is very sexy, but it's got wrong in the
back seat. Yeah, please follow now, looks like yes they do.
I just yeah, I just can't. I guess I just
saw you if you had to get a new one
like that, I thought accord or no, I thought about that,
but I got taught. Look, I live real close to
lax and where the house that everyone wants to stay
(06:58):
at when they come in town. So that means I'm
always picking up someone from the airport or going to
the airport. And also my little Civic. One of my
blended sons, he can use it. He has to learn
how to drive stick, but he can use it, so
the car still has Look, I could have driven my
Civic for another one hundred fifty thousand. Oh cool, that's
(07:19):
even better. Yes, oh, all right, these are kind of nice.
The question is Today's National Name your car Day? Have
you named the car? Oh? Yes, always. Here's There's a
story behind my very first car. I had this dream
when I was in college. I remember this clear as day,
and I was supposed to get married and the woman
at the altar was named Lacey. Don't ask me why.
That was just the name of the chick that I
(07:40):
was supposed to marry in my dream, Lacey. Did you
hear dueling Banjo's No, Look, it's closer to a porn
name in than anything, but Lacey. It was. I don't
make the dreams, okay, I just kind of respond to them.
And I said, Okay, until I get married, I guess
I'll name all my cars Lacey. And it stuck. My
first car was a Nissan NX two thousand, which I
(08:01):
got ninety two, named her Lacey. And the next car
I got after that was this was a Honda AS
two thousand, and I named it Lacey the second. You
see what this is going? And then I got a
Honda say it, named it Lacey the third. And this
car is Mark Ronner. You want to name her for me?
(08:23):
I'm assuming it's the fourth, Lacey the fourth. Yes, nice,
you've gone down this road far enough that you just
can't change now. No, I'm a one woman man kind
of sort of whatever. Wait quickly, Mark, what's the name
of your car? Well, the I don't the current one
doesn't have a name. But my very first car, my
(08:44):
very first car I called the USS Runner Price. Oh
my god, look at the side, Stephan, your turn. What's
the name of your car? Oh? Mine's Sheila? Oh she
is that? Why that just kind of just looked like
(09:04):
a shield, you know? Why does she have a boxy
ass or something? Talking about? Ohala?
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Mine is named in honor of one of our classic
big wheels from our childhood, the Green Machine.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I haven't seen your new car yet. No, his is
dope too. It's nice. It's a tank. Yeah, all right,
that could run some people over. Fits to Walla's personality
for sure. I love it. All right. Well, during the break,
I'll send you guys some revenge porn pictures of my car.
You can judge. It's later with mo Kelly if I
am six forty, We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio Apple.
(09:47):
We'll talk about those amazing parents who turned in their
crumb snatches when we come back.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
And I started the show with this, and I'm going
to talk more about it now. I want to give
a round of applause for these parents who recognize their
children on the videos of all these adolescents ransacking ransacking,
the multiple seven elevens saw their children on video and
(10:19):
decided to turn their own kids in. In a world
where we're more selfish than selfless, in a world where
we kind of let the kids do whatever they want
and run them up put them in time out, as
opposed to beating their ass like they're supposed to, these
kids need to get their ass beat in a corporal
punishment sense. Of course, I don't mean actual violence. I
(10:41):
would never recommend that no beat their kids. Beat your
kids before they grow up and break in my house.
This is exactly what I mean. Put hands on them,
make them at least understand that their consequences to their actions.
But as I would say, I am very encouraged by
the parents who decided because they know this is not
just a single decision. This is something that the kids
(11:01):
are going to have to deal with at least for
the rest of their adolescence and depending on how it's
handled with their record, whether it's going to be expunged
or sealed going into adulthood. This is a serious lesson,
serious real consequences for these kids who had turned in.
And also I was saying earlier week, look, they're on video,
(11:22):
they're on bicycles, the kitten could be too far away
from that seven eleven or any of those seven elevens,
and someone was going to recognize them, And sure enough
someone did. I was thinking, like in a neighborhood, but no,
these are the parents and they actually turned them in.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Three teens had been arrested in connection with the recent
flash mob style robberies at convenience stores after their parents
turned them into police. LAPED Assistant Chief Blake Chow says
parents recognize their children in security footage from the thefts
that was shared with the media. The teenagers were released
(11:59):
pending evidence evaluation by prosecutors. At least fourteen seven eleven
stores in LA have been targeted since July by organized
mobs of teen thieves. The large groups overwhelm employees while
stealing items and causing damage.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Now there are more kids who are going to be arrested.
Why because they all probably know each other. I mean,
they're riding their bikes, They're probably from the same neighborhoods,
same schools, and they're probably going to be asked, so
which one of your friends also participated. The three who've
been arrested probably all know each other. It's not like
(12:36):
they have to cast a wide net because they're all
from the same neighborhoods. There will be more arrests and
something else which I think ought to be encouraging. This
hopefully will be a deterrent for other would be copycats
or would be U smash and grab and ransacked robbery
(12:56):
kids who want to do similar type foolishness because they
know law enforcement will share the videos with the public.
And remember, for the most part, most of those kids
were trying to hide their identities. But your parents know you,
Your parents can always identify you. And that's exactly what happened.
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And I was saying at the beginning of the show,
if my father, specifically my father, my mother would have
just read me the Riot Act and called me every
name in the book. But if my father had seen
me be a part of that, he would have put
me under the house. Did you have when you were younger,
those Scared Straight TV specials? Yes, they showed them actually
(13:39):
in school. They showed them in elementary school. And I
never wanted to go to jail. The closest I ever
got to jail was to Disneyland Jail, and it was
an actual jail holding cell. And that was enough for me. Now,
don't get me wrong, I've done some stuff since then.
If I got caught, my life could have gone in
a different direction, all right, But it just so happened.
(14:01):
I quit when I was a hit. That was it.
Because I had a lot of friends who went to jail,
and I just happened to leave like an hour earlier.
That kind of stuff, I think I would.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
I would want to handle this myself in house, only
because I know for my son the outcome would be
a lot more detrimental long term, long term record. My
young black son is not going to help him long term.
(14:32):
But when I put these paws on him.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, you've told me about some times where you and
how you and your son had some very spirited discussions.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Very spirited, very aggressive conversations where he has learned full
in hell. Well, do not challenge me when I get
to a certain point. I like to joke around. I
like that fun. But if I say something a certain
way at that exact point, he knows. The very next
(15:05):
thing is, these paws are going to be placed upon you.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What he means, what are you trying to say?
Speaker 2 (15:12):
These these these lion paws are going to are going
to savage the young cub.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
It's gonna be bad. And I think it's true with
every young man coming up, if there's a father figure
in the house, there's always that time where the son
is going to test the father. And I remember I
was fifteen when I tried to test my dad. I
was playing football in the street with my friends, pulled
the pole football if you're old enough to know anything
about that, and this guy who lived two houses down
(15:40):
came in and he had the dirty nerve, the unmitigated
goal to interrupt our football game in the street. He
honked his horn. That really made us angry. It was
so disrespectful, honked his horn and proceeded to drive through
the game. As he passed us, I made a very arry,
vulgar and inappropriate sign using both my hands somewhere near
(16:07):
my pelvis. In a thrusting action. Okay, and some other
mm hmm, what stepan, you're painting? You're painting a picture,
keep right, okay, it sounds rather coarse, honestly, yes. And
he in his rear view mirror saw it, backed up,
rolled down the window and said something and then I
(16:29):
said some profanities. And then he drove off and I said, okay,
back to the game. And I thought it was over.
But he drove around the block. Remember I only lived
two houses down. It was mister Delavan I'll never forget.
Came back home, parked his van in the driveway, got out,
walked down to my house and my friend Bo, who
(16:49):
was one of my groomsmen at the wedding, he turns
around says, uh, you know he's going into your house.
I worried about I got this because you're trying to
put chested in front of your friends. About twenty minutes later,
my father got in his little brown Honda, also purchased
from Scott Robinson on Boulevard, came down the street. He
(17:13):
and you know when when your your parents throw open
the passenger side door.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Oh oh that that's without get your hand eat this.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Carr now, and then everyone's looking at me like you're
sure you're gonna be okay. So I got in the car.
He drives me home. It's only like down the street.
I get out of the car, slam the door shut.
I go into the house and the garageous semi attached.
I go into the house and slam the house door
(17:42):
behind me in the face of my father. Always a
smart move, because I thought like today is the day.
I was ready for it. And I start and I
make a bee line into the family room. My mother
and my sister are sitting on the couch, and I
thought I was gonna have time to turn around and
square up. But for some reason, my father was very
very fast at that point. He was very fast. He
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was faster than I could have imagined. I'm fifteen, so
that means he's forty five. I turn around. He is
on me twala, not lying, both hands on my chest,
picked me up and body slammed me on the linoleum floor,
and he ever heard like uh, coins bounce on the floor,
(18:34):
and then my mother and my sister had to pull
my father off me. I thought it was gonna go
one way, It went another way. I had like a
whole six months of hot keto, and I thought I
was ready for I thought I was ready for a
shot at the title. I was not. So all I'm
saying is this going back to seven to eleven. It
brings back memories because I know someone got their ass
(18:56):
bounced off the linoleum floor, and I think Southern calif
is better for it. Absolutely, That's all I'm saying. It's
Later with Moe Kelly k if I AM six forty.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. When we come back,
we're going to find out the state which I'll say
loves cocaine the most, the most top ten, and I
(19:17):
wonder if California is on that list.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
I know you wanted to know this. I know that
you've been burning to find out which state uses the
most cocaine per capita. I know this has been on
your mind all night. Well, I'm here to help you
out as far as the top ten states ranked by
cocaine usage as a percentage of population, coming in at
(19:49):
number ten. Oh, does anyone have any predictions as far
as who's number one? Well, when you said cocaine usage.
I thought that was the name of a magazine. What's
the Senate in the latest cocaine usage magazine? I'm thinking
DC watching day number one. It's got to be in
New York, New York over DC. Yeah. Now, see when
(20:11):
I before I saw the study or the ranking, I
would have said it would have to be a coastal state.
I'm thinking that it's easier to get cocaine to people
in states that are near major ports. That was my thinking. So,
and let's see if I'm right in that regard. Coming
in at number ten as far as the biggest coke
(20:32):
heads Oregon. Interesting, yes, two point two percent of the
population their base heads. Well, isn't that where that whole
thing happened, where they allowed Yeah, that's part of it. Okay, yeah,
that might be part of it. Yeah. Five years ago
(20:52):
they wouldn't have been on the list, but since yeactly.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
Yeah, coming in at number nine, Louisiana major port, number eight,
biggest coke heads in the world or at least the
United States, Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I think that's just where rich people are. They can
afford it. Yeah for the cocaine. Yeah, yeah, and two
point twenty six percent of the population. How do they
afford it?
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Louisiana though, the wealthy and Louisiana there's some big you know,
uh state house owners and casino owners and the life stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Yeah, well that's true. There are varying levels from what
I've been told. I see number seven New York two
point three five percent of the population, which translates to
three hundred and sixty four thousand people. Only Number seven,
(21:56):
Only number seven? Interesting, right, I thought New York would
have been higher. Kind of a letdown. Number six Ohio? Wait?
What Ohio? Two point three six percent two hundred and
thirteen thousand coke heads? Wow, that's random. I mean, is
(22:21):
that all they do out there? Saying there's nothing to do?
Maybe I've been to Ohio. I've been to the major cities,
but as far as the state goes, I don't know.
That's a cocaine eye liner, that's all they got. And
couches and couches coming in. Number five, Good old California.
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A two point five one percent of the population of
our thirty nine million people use cocaine, which translates to
seven hundred and fifty four thousand people. I would have
thought we were hired with all the Hollywood or the
well maybe, and I would say at least seventy five
percent of them ride Metro. I just want to let
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Metro was thinking about you. No, I wait, you're not wrong.
If I'm not wrong, give me my damn rim shot.
You think you deserve one for that? Oh? Absolutely, I
feel like we're falling down on the job. No, no, no.
Two of the three people on this show laughed. That's
worth a rim shot. Well soliciting, I mean, if you
want to value everybody's laughter at the same rate. Oh,
(23:26):
that's not ely funny. That's a disc that is distress.
Like they don't they don't know what humor is? Sure? Sure?
What's Number four Massachusetts all wealth, that's just well yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah yeah. Two point six percent of the population cooke
(23:48):
Heads one hundred and forty six thousand estimated people users
coming in Number three Island. I'm sensing a trend. So
the northeast coke heads is that's filthy and you definitely
(24:08):
have a good a good sense of ports. Yeah yeah,
they're on the water. Yeah, two point six twenty three
thousand residents coming in at number two. Vermont, Vermont, Yes,
(24:32):
wealth again, wealth a part of it. Yeah, I mean,
isn't that England. Yeah, well he's a coke head. I'm sorry,
who said that? What? Oh well, that explains everything. It
probably explains why you have that heart attack. Oh man, okay, next, okay, okay. Oh,
that's what they're doing at those Bob Newhart bed and
breakfast joints all the time. Coming in at number one,
(24:56):
the state with the highest cocaine use per capital, And
who said marijuana is not a gateway drug? Colorado comes
in at number one. Three point zero six percent of
(25:20):
the population uses cocaine, which translates to one hundred and
thirty eight thousand people high fives. Well, they're not They're
not on the water. They're landlocked. So I don't, you know,
I don't know what to say. I don't I get it. Yeah, no, clearly,
I'm just trying to think why Colorado is that hotspot
(25:42):
for cocaine use. I don't know. They are the home
of the mile High city. Makes perfect sense. So thematic
cocaine's he was waiting for a rimshot. I was just
gonna sit there. Yeah, he's not gonna move. No, okay,
we'll just move on to good Lord. That's that's where
(26:03):
your disrespect. That's true. You observe that tough crowd. He's
gonna take one away from you. Go ahead, Stephen, What
were you going to say? I want to turn on
that mic in the Sorry about that? Is it the
cocaine cylinders tonight? How can you work in radio and
(26:26):
you're running the board and you not hear yourself and
not realize that your own mic is on? Because let
me let me say it one more time. How is
it that you work in radio? Okay, you are the
technical director for the show. In other words, you're running
the board, you're the board operator. You speak into the mic,
and you don't hear yourself coming out of your in
(26:48):
studio monitors or in your headphones, and you don't realize
that your mic is not on. I made a mistake.
The question was rhetorical because there is no good answer.
He doesn't this intervention. It's Later with mo Kelly if
I am six forty. We are live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app. Let's talk McDonald's when we come back. All
(27:10):
this drug talk has made me hungry.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Let's go to McDonald's coming up on October fifteenth, Boo
buckets are back at McDonald's, but only for the Halloween
Happy Meals. Let me just stop right there. There is
a debate which has been ongoing as to whether it
is appropriate. Don't laugh, Stephanie. You know where I'm going
(27:40):
with this, right, I totally do whether it's appropriate for
adults to purchase happy meals. Now, I've seen adults go
in and lie and say they're getting the happy meal
for the kid who's in the car. I know that's
true because I've done that, and it was actually for
me because I wanted to. They won't sell it to
(28:01):
you unless you have a kid. It depends on who's
working to count. Yeah it now, idea No, seriously, And
it used to be. And I haven't had a McDonald's
hamburger in many years. It used to be. I think
they had like a hamburger, a fry, and a toy
and a small drink. I don't know what it's made
of now, but back then, that's maybe just what I wanted.
(28:25):
I didn't want to have a large meal, and I
didn't want to pay large meal prices because like going
back to the car was very cheap, very frugal, and
the happy meal and the ninety nine cent value meal,
those are ways that I could save money. And when
you're in your late twenties early thirties, you may get
(28:45):
some pushback from the young person behind the counter. And
how often I got pushback? Sir? The happy meals are
supposed to be for kids. Well, my child is in
the car. Do you and you make a big scene
to make them call your bluff? Do you want me
to hold up this line and go to the car
(29:06):
and get little Timmy out of the car and drag
his little narrow behind in here, and just so that
I could show you as proof of life that I
have a child. So we can finish consummating this order
where I can get me a happy meal for my child,
little Timmy sitting in the car. Is that what you're
asking me to do? And I would get loud? Wait,
how strict is this? Is this like checkpoint Charlie? They
(29:27):
demand proof of a child. All I can say is,
in my many years, it depends on who's behind the counter.
If that person has an overbearing manager, then he or
she will say, sir, happy meals are limited to for
kids of Asia, Da Da Dad. I don't know what
it was, okay, but there was something look for me.
(29:48):
I'm thinking like it shouldn't make any difference. But it
is an actual debate as father, as far as whether
it's appropriate for adults to purchase happy meals for them
so elves when happy meals are supposed to be reserved
for children. And I mentioned that because with the boot buckets,
you have people friends of us, friends of the show,
(30:11):
who love all things McDonald's, who love all things Halloween,
like Nick Poliochini. He probably want a boot bucket, but
it's for Halloween happy meals, and I don't know. I
don't know if he will be able to procure one
for himself, depending on who might behind that counter. You've
(30:32):
never tried to buy a happy meal for yourself, Mark, No,
they have some cool toys though. Honestly that's my point,
and that was the whole point of doing it right.
But you get more and more if somebody denies you
a happy meal. It's like that Michael douglas Falling Down
movie seems more and more reasonable as you age. You're
not going to sell me a happy meal? Why exactly it?
Say hello to my little friend. But when you're talking
(30:53):
twenty twenty five years ago, society was different, and I
think know the customer is not always right, and the
person behind the counter had more power, and I think
that people were going to side with the person behind
the counter, which is not the case anymore. I was
just going to say, and like Moe was saying, depending
(31:15):
on who's behind the counter, if you get a burnout,
like the way Babis and butt Heead ran Burger World Rights,
they would just they would ring you up without even
looking twice. Right, right, that's all you need that you
needed someone like that. Me personally, I would not care.
But I've never worked in fast food, but I know
that you catch the wrong person on the wrong day,
(31:36):
they will give you all sorts of resistance. As something
to consider if you should want a happy mail or
you want one of these McDonald's boo buckets, and they're iconic.
They're perfect for trigger treating, and they'll only be at
McDonald's obviously for a limited time or while supplies last,
as they always say. They have a fresh look this
(31:58):
year with new monster to designs and four colors white, orange, green,
and for the first time blue. McDonald's lovers can also
give their boot bucket a custom look with theme stickers
like ears, wings and more for a more monstrous vibe.
So if you want a happy meal and you want
a boot bucket, roll the dice. I'm so shy.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
My kids are out of that phase where they like McDonald's.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
They have completely grown out of it. They did you
have to ever fight with anyone behind the counter for
a happy meal?
Speaker 2 (32:33):
No, I've seen the video. I've seen those videos of
people going in and smacking folks for those damn Hello
Kitty cups or whatever they I've seen the videos, And
I said to myself, now, back in the day, while
I worked at Taco Bell, you could have tried to
jump around that corner for any type of specially want.
(32:54):
Because at Taco Bell, will one, I worked at a
lot of gang members that were working there, a lot
of people who are a gang member.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
And you never did anything to mess with anyone's food,
did you.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
If there would have been a boo bucket level promotion
at Taco Bell back then, that would have sparked some specials.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
What do you mean by special That.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
Would have definitely sparked some nasty burritos, dropped some nice.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I just want to be sure I understanding correctly. You're
not saying that people working at the Taco Bell. Sorry
Taco Bell, he mentioned you by name. People working at
the Taco Bell back in the day would drop people's
food on the floor.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
This is before Taco Bell became the respectable food establishment
that it is now there all the time, Taco Bell.
So I'm not talking bad at this Taco Bell. What
I'm saying is that the Taco Bell that I worked at,
once upon a time, Like I said, we had a
lot of people who had questionable morality, and when we
had different specials going on, they had questionable.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Look.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
I was there to bear witness and laugh heartily. But
I've seen some burritos hit the floor and get picked
up and wrapped in that paper. I've seen ice go
into people's mouths and into cuts.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
I have seen camps.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
I've seen tortillas licked like they were posted stamps.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I see.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
But again, this is at a point of time when
there were no like cameras inside of a taco There
was just camera facing the safe back then. This is
this is again, this is before Taco Bell got their
act together and said, you know what, We're going to
start treating our employees really good. You know, they have
a college degree, matching programs, they have all types of
stuff happening at Taco Bell.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Did you have like a sign or a signal that
you everyone on the floor knew that someone, let's say,
someone was rude in the drive through. Did everyone know
how to handle that or was there like a united front?
Speaker 2 (34:58):
That is actually where the term special comes from. Like
I like, I wasn't just saying like that. This is
what we couldn't know. It was if you heard that
someone needed a special, then it.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Was it was understood. That is why.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
That's where the whole term a special came from. It
came from working at that Taco Bell location.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
So someone came to the drive through car taking or
refrage and they said yeah yeah, and they start cussing
or whatever. It's like, why is the lines along anything anything?
Speaker 2 (35:28):
You know?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
No, fool? I said what I said. This is what
I said, get my order rakeed ba bleep, bleep bleep.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
You just you just you just heard down the line,
hey we need a special. And it didn't matter what
they ordered. You found some way to make whatever they
ordered special.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Taco Bell, No Keteral Taco bell It's speciality. It's later
with Mo Kelly. K if I AM six forty. We're
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