July 25, 2025 • 35 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A fiery debate revolving around the FCC approval of the merger between Skydance & Paramount…PLUS – Disneyland is offering an insane discount to their SoCal neighbors AND a Chuck E. Cheese mascot caught committing crimes was taken down by police in front of children - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Daff I Am six forty is later with mo Kelly.
Let's get this party started. We're live everywhere on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube,
the iHeartRadio app. We have some great stories to cover
and some also some bad news to share.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Just have to get this off the top.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You know about the passing of Hulk Hogan by now,
and also the passing of Chuck Mangioni. He was one
of the first artists that I was exposed to in
that jazz pop space. Of course, people know feels so good.
We crossed the path once or twice when I was
working at the Grammys. But it's been one of those
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weeks and we're not even through the week. We've lost
a lot of luminaries. We've lost some people very closely
connected to either our childhood or even our adulthood. But
that is the life that all of us are tasked
to live until it's our turn. We have some information
on that SCC merger, which is that approval that came
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down between Skydance and Paramount, And I'm just trying to
tell you and I, you know, I haven't been given
myself enough credit lately, and I think I need to
give myself more credit.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Despite what Mark Roner may tell you, I need to
give myself more credit. No, I was gonna mention you
really could do more of that. I should. I should.
I've been slacking.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
But I do remember saying that the announcement, the timing
of the announcement of the future cancellation of the Late
Show with Stephen Colbert was absolutely political because it was
made at a time time to signal that Stephen Colbert
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was not going to be around for the long term,
to positively impact the deal, and also make sure that
President Trump didn't intervene. All that went down this week
because the merger was still being negotiated this week. That's
why we heard about Stephen Colbert's future this week. They
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didn't have to announce it. They chose to because it
was going to impact the merger if they did not.
That's where the politics came in. As far as the financials,
I don't know how much money quote unquote the show
was actually losing each year, but you didn't have to
make that announcement this week. Making the announcement this week
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was directly connected to the SCC meeting with Skydance and
Paramount and making sure that the merger goes through, and
that came down today that the FCC approved that merger
will get into that next segment.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And did you by chance to see South Park last night? Oh?
I sure did. It was very interesting, very very very interesting.
Is that the word you're gonna use? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It was interesting, Yeah, it was that. It was interesting,
and also the response to it was very interesting. And
I want to save some of that for my final
thought about this unseerious nation in which we live. And
we got some good news for our friends in Anaheim.
Discounted Disneyland tickets are coming your way, just for you
as an Anaheim resident. And then we got some bad
news for Chuck E. Cheese lovers. Did you see this story?
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I don't know if you saw this mark, but the
news just broke. A Chuck E Cheese mascot was busted
and arrested in front of kids in Florida.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Well that sounds disturbing.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Disturbing, but kind of on the nose, kind of par
for the course when you're talking about Chuck E Cheese.
We'll talk about that before the hour's over. Okay, this
is really exciting. I'm excited for that. Well, thank you,
nice of you to join the The Show Stefan. Yeah,
well here, sorry, it's a little slow. I had a
couple of hot dogs. Oh you only had two? I
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had one and I and I did good to only
have one. Wait, were there hot dogs at work today?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, but I ate them all?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Would it kill you to look out for your Would
it kill you to get here before six forty five?
I do get here before six forty five? But uh,
but that's okay, you just look out for.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Okay, No, no, no. The hot dogs started around four
o'clock or so. Tim Conway Junior he had his own
steamer yep. Was there a special occasion?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Uh? Well, he just was excited to get it. I
think he was buzzed when he bought it. But okay,
but it was a pre celebration for Crow's birthday. Oh,
because I think his birthday falls on Sunday. Okay, yeah,
so it was cool.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
I got got a hot dog and it's it's just
like the one that Petros and Money have.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
No, it's exactly the same one. He bought his own.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
He literally go he literally asked, uh, Matt Muddy Smith,
which one do you use? And he sent him a
link and he's like it's just right there, dude, it's
not that hard to find, and he got the exact
same one.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Tastes a good I'm glad you guys got these things
that you enjoyed.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Very satisfying.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Look the hot dogs had to have been gone because
it was right outside the studio, so you would have
seen it otherwise.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Sure, thank you. By the way, wake up earlier, Dracula.
Uh huh, it's not.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
My fault that you can't get your ass here sooner. No, no,
just look out for yourself. Thank you. I will.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
I will continue to do just the same guy who
watch at one in the morning. So this has nothing
to do with any of that. Yes, no it doesn't. Yes,
don't don't cloud the tube steak issue. What's your nonsense?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Don't use my own lines against.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Me either, Mark, Mark, how many times have I told
you about something which was going on in the office
and he said.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh no, no, no, no, that's just way too early for me.
Hardly ever, you're okay, he's lying, y'all. He's lots.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Okay, I'll find something to eat for myself here. I
don't need to partake it.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, go scavenge in the kitchen. I'm quite sure they
have a vending machine item with your name on it.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And I'm sure they must, and it'll be just joyous
for Meiky to consume here in the news booth.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
That'll be great. Thanks again, Craikie Roder. Tonight, it's Later
with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
We'll talk SEC and the merger of sky Dance and
Paramount when we come back.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I Am six forty. It's Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
We're live everywhere on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And let me put it like this, not everything is political.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Even though we want to make it so in today's world.
But not everything is political, and not everything political is
somehow unseemly. Just because something is political doesn't mean that
it's somehow dirty. It can be, but not necessarily. But
as I was saying last night in regard to trans
athletes in the Olympics, and I talk about this more generally,
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let's get the easy ones right.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
And for me, this is.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Super easy, and I hope it is super easy for
you too. The merger between Skydance and Paramount was rife
with political considerations and decisions every step of the way.
Here's why eight billion dollars are involved in that merger.
And if you've ever closed any type of deal, I mean,
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like one tenth that size, they're always political considerations, even
on a small level, but this is on a huge level.
Whenever the FCC is involved, that makes it political because
they are presidential appointees who sit on that Communications Commission,
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and the appointed chair, Brendon Carr, is a President Trump
appointed individual. That individual approved the sky Dance Paramount merger today.
And this is after months of other political or at
least politically adjacent events. Remember all this started with the
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presidential lawsuit political presidential lawsuit over edits to a sixty
minutes broadcast when they had a presidential candidate, former Vice
President Kamala Harris, she was being interviewed their edits. The
President objected to that claim defamation. YadA yah yadah, blah
blah blah. You have a former president now sitting president,
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suing a media outlet over a political interview.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's all political at this point. Now let's move forward.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
This was in advance of this merger that Skydance Slash
Paramount wanted so Paramount paid sixteen million dollars.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Basically for this to go away.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
There was no in the world that then candidate Trump,
now President Trump was going to win that defamation battle.
There's no way he's going to win. But he could
have it holed up the merger. This could have languished
in court for years. He could have stepped in between
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and intervened and said to his Trump appointed Chairman of
the SEC, Brendan Carr, do not let this merger go through.
Because we all know President Trump loves to keep agencies
independent and he never intervenes all political at this point. Okay,
so since the deal was going to be approved or
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not approved this week, it was incumbent on Paramount to
make sure or at least send the signal that there
would not be any other issues, if you will. So
they paid the sixteen million dollars like last week or
this week. And also they made the public announcement out
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of nowhere that the Late Show with Stephen Colbert was
no more as of next year. Now they can say
it was all about the financials. They can say it
was losing money. And I can't confirm or deny what
the financial say, but I can confirm that there was
no time sensitive need to announce that. Outside of the
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political implications and the meeting which happened the next day
with the FCC, which is run by political appointee and
also is directly connected to Donald Trump, those are all
the political considerations in this moment. Yes, they're financial issues
which had to be hashed out, but the timing is
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what makes it political.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Now, is it unseemly to me? On some level?
Speaker 1 (10:54):
The paying of sixteen million dollars when you know that
you were going to win that lawsuit, to me is
a bit unseemly because I'm always going to side with media.
I'm on the side of media, and media is supposed
to be a check to political power. It's not supposed
to just acquiesce. It's not supposed to just roll over.
And we've seen ABC rollover, We've seen CBS rollover. We've
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seen now the larger parent company and corporation, Paramount rollover.
So that's what makes it seem unseemly because they're making
political considerations as opposed to standing on principle.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Two different things.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
But it's okay because as far as Paramount is concerned,
they got what they wanted and yes, it is a
financial decision for Paramount. Paramount, if you want to say,
it's almost like Star Wars, depending on how you look
at it. In a certain type of way, Paramount is
looking at it through the lens of the merger of
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eight billion dollars is more important than Stephen Colbert. The
merger and of eight million dollars is far more important
than the sixteen million we would be giving the Trump
administration for his presidential library for a Paramount. Absolutely, positively,
definitely is just a financial consideration and transaction.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
It is good business on their part.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Sixteen million versus eight billion, there's nothing to talk about.
So yes, from a certain point of view, you can
say it was purely financial.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
But all the considerations along.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
The way, all the variables, all the things which could
have upended the deal had nothing to do with finances,
but only to do with politics. They had to make
the affirmative decision to make the announcement regarding Stephen Colbert
in a way that will be heard by not only
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the FCC, but it would be heard by President Trump.
That was specifically done to send the message that Paramount
is going to continue to play ball.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Of course, they couldn't control.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
What South Park did last night, and we'll see how
that plays out. But as far as making sure nothing
got in the way of consummating the deal, that is
why Stephen Colbert was informed I think on Monday, and
you know, and then you had on Tuesday, Stephen Colbert.
Last week we saw what we saw and how it
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all went down. That was just to make sure that
the deal wasn't up ended. That's it, MO.
Speaker 6 (13:35):
You and I both know that when a talent is
let go, be it radio or tellers. We've seen it
time and time again. That talent is exited out of
the building, you do not get to come back on
the next day and have a show.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
You just don't. Don't. That's just basic entertainment one oh one, correct.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Because we might say something that will embarrass the company.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Absolutely, And if you've heard him since this went down,
I haven't missed a night since he received the news,
and he's just been scorching his bosses every night.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
And because of that and him getting ten months to
do so, I'm not trying to predict the future, but
do not be surprised if before the ten months is up,
grand announcement late night you're back Stephen Colbert's back, because
you could say, you know what, the mergers consummated, We've
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already got this.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Well, maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
You've got Elizabeth Warren raising the entirely plausible possibility that
it was a bribe that needs to be investigating.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
Exactly, and that's why you give this a good ten
months to clear.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
See.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
This is where I I somewhat disagree with Mark I
believe and this was actually part of my final remarks,
final thoughts. I think that's grandstanding. Is it a bribe, Yeah,
it's a bribe, vibe, but is it worth a congressional investigation? No,
I don't think so, because this happens every single day
and we're only hearing about it because we're emotionally invested
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in some of the players.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
But this is how business is done.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Unfortunately, and yes, Paramount paid sixteen million, so there were
no obstacles to this deal. That's a financial decision that
they made.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Well.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
I appreciate that you're a fan of the Godfather movies,
but in the real world, these things tend to get
investigated a great deal.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Maybe not by Congress. We'll find out. I'm just telling
you what I know.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
The fact, No, no, no, I'm with you on that, but
I'm saying I don't think that's Congress's purviewless unless unless
they're actually getting ready to start impeachment the impeachment proceedings
and articles, which I know that they're not. This really
doesn't have anything to do with Congress. If anything, you
would more closely look at the FCC, and you would
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look at I don't know, better Business Bureau or something
as far as private industry, but Congress has no jurisdiction
over private industry as far as what Paramount wants to do.
If Paramount wants to spend its money on a whack
TV show, or they want to spend sixteen million to
settle this lawsuit because it's greater later and they know
that there's eight billion dollars in the offee.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
I'm not saying that I like it.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
I am saying that I understand it, and if I
were the president of Paramount, I probably would have done
the same thing, because I answer to shareholders, not Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Well. Sure their Sherry.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Redstone stands to make personally, just herself more than two
billion dollars from that deal going through, But.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
It sounds like you are arguing.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
I'm saying, a sitting member of Congress has raised the
possibility that this looks an awful lot like a bribe.
And if you don't think that investigating a government agency
that's accused of that is that Congress's purview. I don't
know what to tell you.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
You're lucky. We have to go to break. Yeah, no,
you were lucky. We have to go to break because
maybe you're lucky. No no, no, no no no no no, no,
I got time, Stephan, do we got more time? It's
the mo Kelly Show. All right? Then? How about how
about this?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Just because like for example, something can be fishy and
something can be questionable borderline illegal, but it doesn't mean
that it's your jurisdiction. And I question whether it would
be Congress's jurisdiction over this particular issue because it is
too Trump, it's and it's not coming.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I think Congress has jurisdiction.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
No NOFCC on hold on Congressional oversight.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Yes, Elizabeth Warren, No, what's what about Warren?
Speaker 4 (17:51):
It's a sitting member of Congress, and she doesn't strike
me as a crank.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Being a city member of Congress doesn't mean that you
have jurisdiction. Are you Are you saying that, are you
talking about the Banking and Finance Committee.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
I'm trying to be very specific here.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
I'm saying that when somebody with the standing that she
has makes an accusation like that, it's certainly worth checking out.
And that's all I mean, that's all anybody wants is transparency.
Because she says that it doesn't look kosher. Okay, hold
an investigation.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I disagree with that, because members of Congress make allegations
every single day, they make assertions every single day. I
could talk about D and I, Tulca Gabbard and D
and I is a very important position. But just because
she made a lot of allegations and accusations about former
President Obama doesn't mean that they're serious.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
If you think those two are even remotely in the
same universe.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I'm taking you to task for what you said because
you said that she's a city member of Congress, and
I'm saying position doesn't matter anymore.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Well, I mean, Gabbard's a political appointee, Warren's a member
of Congress who has raised a legitimate concern. Gabbered, to
my knowledge, spouted a bunch of debunk talking points that
were disproven in a report headed by Marco Rubio.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Okay, I'm not disputing that.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I am going off of what you said where you
used her position to validate or verify that there may
be some authenticity or there's a level of seriousness to
an accusation. We just had the president make all sorts
of accusations today.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Well, I think you and I, as rational adults who
didn't just fall off the truck yesterday, can tell the
difference between a legit concern raised by a member of
Congress and just pro wrestling smack talk, which a lot
of politicians engage in. I don't this didn't strike me
as plain old smack talk.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
If it isn't, then Elizabeth Warren knows the steps to
take to actually enact a congressional investigation with the correct
committee and those involved.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
We'll find now if she follows through on it's that's
all I want is to to find out, you know.
Get to the bottom is what she's We're at the bottom.
Trust is what she's alleging true or not. I don't
think we have all the facts on the open. It's
later with mo Kelly. I'll deal with you later.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Yeah, We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app, Facebook, Instagram,
and of course YouTube.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (20:31):
Six forty is Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We're live everywhere on Facebook, Instagram, iHeartRadio app, YouTube. We
were really over last segment because of Mark Ronner. He
deserves all the blame. So this is gonna be a
very short segment. We might as well just put a
pin on our last discussion. And I would say this, Mark,
and I'm not going to speak for you, but you
were saying that there should at least be an investigation
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into the payment of paramount of the sixty million to
settle the lawsuit.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Well, I'm not saying that, Elizabeth Warren, a senator saying that.
I'm just saying that when a sitting senator makes an
allegation of bribery that is serious enough for us to
take note of and not just dismiss like it's smack talk.
And I'm going to look for a way to apologize
to you appropriately for that extended discussion.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
We have no, no, I'm extending right now, so there's
no need to extend. But people like me with a
little knowledge of civics knows that you don't have to
make this public pronouncement. You go directly to the Office
of the Inspector General and then you can have that
investigation start there and you can have it oversee and
review the actions of the SEC, which is the lynchpin
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in this merger, because everything is surrounding that meeting with the.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
SEC to give the go ahead for the deal. Well,
you got to take that up with Warren, not me.
I'm just reporting to you what she said and saying
that it's a mistake just to write that off as BS.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Yeah, that's what we disagree, and it's not because of
who she is.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's about where we are.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
We have a president that says a lot of things,
the president, and also this intersection of private sector and
the public sector. When you have the president saying, yeah,
the Washington Commanders need to go back to the Redskins
and all the Cleveland Gardens need to go back to
the Indians, in my head, it's the same thing when
we have other people of reputable offices telling private industry
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what it is supposed to do. If she wants she
being Elizabeth Warren, if Senator Warren wants an investigation, she
can go to the OIG and start there. The public
pronouncement is neither here nor there for me, because I
know to get the actual investigation going, she doesn't need
to tell me. She doesn't need to tell you, she
doesn't need to tell ABC News. She needs to go
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to the Senate Majority leader and then start the process there.
Speaker 4 (22:51):
That may or may not be true, But I don't
think there's any rational comparison whatsoever with Warren raising the
possibility of bribery and trumps culture war issue with the
Washington commanders. I don't think they have anything to do
with each other, and they're not comparable in any way.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
But I'm not comparing them as far as validity. I'm
comparing them because you made the statement that because the
sitting senature set X, Y, and Z, we should take
it seriously.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
And I'm saying by.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
That yard stick, you know, you open up a can
of worms where you.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Don't touch my yard stick.
Speaker 6 (23:25):
Okay, your yard stick aside, Okay, I'm not reaching for
your yard sticky, I keep your hands, all right, thank you?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
M real that thing back in right now.
Speaker 6 (23:37):
We are in an age where almost every politician who
wears a red hat for some reason, other finds themselves
saying I think we need to investigate that. It's almost
like the new catchphrase when they want to allay suspicion
or some type of credible claim to something that they're
just making up. And none of these things ever go
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anywhere now just because someone on the left is doing it,
you know, and and hey Warren, yes rah, she doesn't
seem like just a idle rebel rouser. But still to
say we need to investigate something that's not necessarily like, Aha,
that's not a smoking gun?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah that that that doesn't look There are five different
investigations which are announced this week.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I'm not exaggerating five.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
Yes, So.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
I really admire this nothing to see here argument that
the two of you are trying to preten.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
It's not to say that there's nothing to say.
Speaker 6 (24:34):
I'm saying that right there, just that solely is saying
I think that there's some criminality here and I think
it needs to be investigated.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Is not a smoking gun therein? You do not have?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Was?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Okay I'm saying, but I'm saying it doesn't mean seriously either.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
I mean just the pronouncement and who it comes from
to me, doesn't mean that it rises to a level
of the necessitating further investigation.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Well, we'll find out what they do with it. That's stop.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
I just want to see that. I mean, I, in
my DNA am a journalist and I want answers. That's it, Hey,
look answers all for it. I would rather she have said,
when that announcement was made and we looked into it,
we found out that there were some illegal transactions that
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were made. I'd rather that versus just some arbitrary statement
of I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Know about that, they would need to look at that.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Is that how you're characterizing I'm characterizing that's what she said.
Speaker 6 (25:39):
I'm not saying you all right, because you didn't say it. Mark,
You're not the one who was saying we need to
look at that, right, correct.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
All I'm saying is if I had a nickel for
every time an elected official said we need to investigate
this or someone needs to answer for that, I would
be a billionaire.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
So we can't take any things seriously that any elected
official smart says.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
You're too smart to play dumb like that. Mark, you
know exactly what I mean. I'm saying that I'm carrying
your argument to its logical conclusion is that nothing makes sense.
Absolutist argument.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I'm not saying that. I'm saying that just because.
Speaker 6 (26:17):
It's all pro wrestling, Mark, you need to stop letting
the blood rush to your yard, stid.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Okay, and argue with the other head.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
K fabe. It's all k fabe. This Hulk Hogan news
has infected everybody today.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
I will never say because the President said that we
need to look into this person of that person a
priori means that we should take it seriously because it's
the sitting president of the United States. No, never, not
before Donald Trump, definitely not during Donald Trump. And I
try to look upon each elected official through those jaundice
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eyes where there is a political position that they're taking
less so than a legal one.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
I understand that. But Trump himself is kind of seuey generous.
You can't really compare a lot of people to him.
And I'm not attaching good or bad to that because
I just want to avoid any angry letters.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
But he was too late for that. Yeah, okay, but just.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Take the names out of it. Take the names out
of it. Let's say there's no Trump, there's no warrant.
I'm saying just because an elected official makes a pronouncement
about either not believing this or calling for an investigation
for that, that to me doesn't rise to the level
of well we should take it seriously.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Well, yeah, not if you don't have any faculties for
observation or critical thinking.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh, of course not. We got to do the news.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
No, you gotta do that. I gotta do You got
to sit here, just be black. There's an old thing.
I don't have to do anything except stay black and die. Well,
I don't have to do ish. Well, I can't say
that verse.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Yeah, Well, when Stephan throws to me, I'll do the
half black news.
Speaker 5 (28:02):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (28:08):
KFI AM six forty. It is Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
We're live on social media and the iHeartRadio app. Got
to run through these last two stories for the hour
very quickly. If you're living in Anaheim, Disneyland is offering
discounted park tickets for Anaheim residents. Why have they not
done this all the time, I honestly don't know. But
if you live in Anaheim, you'll soon get a chance
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to visit Disneyland. They're offering seventy dollars park tickets to
Anaheim residents. Say what seventy dollars seven zero seven zero. Now,
the food and the park you may is still add
up to seven hundred, but it'll be just seventy dollars
to get you in the park. And it starts August fourth,
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and it runs through September twenty fifth. And this is
a part of obviously the year long seventieth anniversary seventy
dollars tickets for Anaheim residents. And they have more than
seventy new themed food and beverage items which will be available.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
That's where the extra money comes in.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
So you'll spend seventy dollars to get in and another
seventy dollars per food item.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
But seventy dollars, that's down from ninety. Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Yeah, here's some other good news. You know how much
we love Chuck E Cheese. We talk about it all
the time, we sing its praises. Yes, well, let's go
to Florida. A Chucky Cheese's mascot has been arrested, I
think earlier today in Florida after a customer ratted him
out as a thief. In the shop, yes while he
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was Chucky. A worker dressed in a Chucky Cheese costume
in Tallahassee was taken into custody yesterday late last night
on lar city charges and hauled out of the restaurant
in handcuffs in front of children in the middle of
a party.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Wait.
Speaker 7 (30:00):
Wait, did they take the Chucky Cheese mask off this guy?
I don't know, but he was in the costume. I
simply took off his mask. But all the kids are
probably mortified and terrified. Trauma, trauma, traumatized because they saw
Chucky without his mask and put in handcuffs. The suspect,
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forty one year old Jamel Jones in Tallahassee, was dressed
head to toe in the Chucky Cheese custom when police
confronted him around seven to thirty local time, and quote,
I grabbed his right arm while giving the verbal instruction
Chucky Cheese, come with me.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Oh my god, there's no he did it. This can't
be real.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
They arrested dude for real and called him Chucky Cheese
in the moment.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
That's traumatized.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
They committed a real arrest and they kept him in character.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
So was it like mister Cheese? Will you put your
hands behind your back? Please?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
No, they said, quote Chucky, come with me, damn it, damn.
Police alleged that Jamel Jones initially resisted arrests, so they
probably took him down and put him on his chest,
put his arms behind his back on the floor. Kids
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were probably screaming in character in his costume.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
When they got to the jail, did they lift his
tail up for a cavity search?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Jones was arrested on felody charges of larceny of a
debit card, possession of another person's identification without consent, and
for allegedly using the stolen debit cards six times.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah, evidently Jones used a debit card purchasing items at
a smoke shop, a meat market, and a water burger.
Speaker 6 (31:50):
Yeah yeah, yeah, I know what he was doing. He
was walking around in his Chucky outfit.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Hey, kids, here's a PiZZ of thyme. Check out the
band and Wallace and Stella.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
Walla's going into persons because parents they leave their bags
they do at the table and they say things like
this to their teenage kid who doesn't want to be bothered.
Watch the table. I'm taking your brother over to the
ball pit, watch the table. And then you got some
kid who's there is like, I'm not watching the table.
They get up and they go pick up balls and
they throw them at other kids. Next you know, he's
walking around grabbing stuff out of front further on their phones.
(32:27):
Just yeah, yeah, oh, I could see this going down,
and what I thought about it. They could have at
least take him into the back. It's like, mister Cheese,
we need to speak you over here for a moment.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
No, they did it all out in the open in
front of the kids.
Speaker 6 (32:42):
Just because they don't want any of the other costume
characters in the back to you any bright ideas you
have to make an example of, mister cheese.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Is there a full band anymore?
Speaker 6 (32:52):
No, they don't have that. I mean, but I've seen
I've seen a duck walking around. There's a there's a duck.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
There's a duck. There's a there's the Chucky.
Speaker 5 (32:59):
Is the rat?
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Are five nights of Freddy's? No?
Speaker 6 (33:04):
No, no, but no, there there's a duck. And there's
one other character. You described the duck. Please you know
this is medium height pizza guy.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yes, yes, it's something, but it's like, no, no, it's not.
Speaker 6 (33:18):
No, isn't a cheese The duck is like, you know,
I don't know, Bill, I have no idea wearing trousers.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
No wrinkle the duck feathered? But is it wrinkled the duck?
It might be wrinkled a duck. Is that his name? Chucky?
Speaker 3 (33:36):
I knew Chucky and the uh the pizzeria guy.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, the pizzeria guy, remember him. I don't remember.
Speaker 6 (33:43):
Anyone else for the most part, from the band Chuck
E Cheese Band.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Chucky's Duckies. I don't know. I think it's I think
it's doctor Quack.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
No, no, no, no, okay, no, no, no, it's uh it's oh,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's it's it's it's not a duck,
it is actually a chicken. And it's Helena Henny like
doctor comp Sorry, Helen, Helen Henny. So there's mister Munch
who plays the keyboards, Jasper Tite chowels.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
I love that man, Jasper tinejowls here.
Speaker 6 (34:18):
Uh he plays guitar, Helen Henny on the guitar and
sings vocals.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
And Pasqually who plays the drums.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
That's past the guy that's the pizza guysally, can we.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Go back to talking about Elizabeth Warren? No, no, this
is good, this is better. The Miss the munch on
the Ones and two's Jasper t Jow.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
So, is Chucky gonna do some hard time Barsony, good chance?
Speaker 2 (34:46):
Yes, we gotta go. Ki forty, We're live everywhere di
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and some also some bad news to share.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Just have to get this off the top.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You know about the passing of Hulk Hogan by now,
and also the passing of Chuck Mangioni. He was one
of the first artists that I was exposed to in
that jazz pop space. Of course, people know feels so good.
We crossed the path once or twice when I was
working at the Grammys. But it's been one of those
(01:02):
weeks and we're not even through the week. We've lost
a lot of luminaries. We've lost some people very closely
connected to either our childhood or even our adulthood. But
that is the life that all of us are tasked
to live until it's our turn. We have some information
on that SCC merger, which is that approval that came
(01:22):
down between Skydance and Paramount, And I'm just trying to
tell you and I, you know, I haven't been given
myself enough credit lately, and I think I need to
give myself more credit.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Despite what Mark Roner may tell you, I need to
give myself more credit. No, I was gonna mention you
really could do more of that. I should. I should.
I've been slacking.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
But I do remember saying that the announcement, the timing
of the announcement of the future cancellation of the Late
Show with Stephen Colbert was absolutely political because it was
made at a time time to signal that Stephen Colbert
(02:05):
was not going to be around for the long term,
to positively impact the deal, and also make sure that
President Trump didn't intervene. All that went down this week
because the merger was still being negotiated this week. That's
why we heard about Stephen Colbert's future this week. They
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didn't have to announce it. They chose to because it
was going to impact the merger if they did not.
That's where the politics came in. As far as the financials,
I don't know how much money quote unquote the show
was actually losing each year, but you didn't have to
make that announcement this week. Making the announcement this week
(02:47):
was directly connected to the SCC meeting with Skydance and
Paramount and making sure that the merger goes through, and
that came down today that the FCC approved that merger
will get into that next segment.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And did you by chance to see South Park last night? Oh?
I sure did. It was very interesting, very very very interesting.
Is that the word you're gonna use? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It was interesting, Yeah, it was that. It was interesting,
and also the response to it was very interesting. And
I want to save some of that for my final
thought about this unseerious nation in which we live. And
we got some good news for our friends in Anaheim.
Discounted Disneyland tickets are coming your way, just for you
as an Anaheim resident. And then we got some bad
news for Chuck E. Cheese lovers. Did you see this story?
(03:33):
I don't know if you saw this mark, but the
news just broke. A Chuck E Cheese mascot was busted
and arrested in front of kids in Florida.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Well that sounds disturbing.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Disturbing, but kind of on the nose, kind of par
for the course when you're talking about Chuck E Cheese.
We'll talk about that before the hour's over. Okay, this
is really exciting. I'm excited for that. Well, thank you,
nice of you to join the The Show Stefan. Yeah,
well here, sorry, it's a little slow. I had a
couple of hot dogs. Oh you only had two? I
(04:05):
had one and I and I did good to only
have one. Wait, were there hot dogs at work today?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, but I ate them all?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Would it kill you to look out for your Would
it kill you to get here before six forty five?
I do get here before six forty five? But uh,
but that's okay, you just look out for.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Okay, No, no, no. The hot dogs started around four
o'clock or so. Tim Conway Junior he had his own
steamer yep. Was there a special occasion?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Uh? Well, he just was excited to get it. I
think he was buzzed when he bought it. But okay,
but it was a pre celebration for Crow's birthday. Oh,
because I think his birthday falls on Sunday. Okay, yeah,
so it was cool.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
I got got a hot dog and it's it's just
like the one that Petros and Money have.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
No, it's exactly the same one. He bought his own.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
He literally go he literally asked, uh, Matt Muddy Smith,
which one do you use? And he sent him a
link and he's like it's just right there, dude, it's
not that hard to find, and he got the exact
same one.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Tastes a good I'm glad you guys got these things
that you enjoyed.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Very satisfying.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Look the hot dogs had to have been gone because
it was right outside the studio, so you would have
seen it otherwise.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Sure, thank you. By the way, wake up earlier, Dracula.
Uh huh, it's not.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
My fault that you can't get your ass here sooner. No, no,
just look out for yourself. Thank you. I will.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
I will continue to do just the same guy who
watch at one in the morning. So this has nothing
to do with any of that. Yes, no it doesn't. Yes,
don't don't cloud the tube steak issue. What's your nonsense?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Don't use my own lines against.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Me either, Mark, Mark, how many times have I told
you about something which was going on in the office
and he said.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh no, no, no, no, that's just way too early for me.
Hardly ever, you're okay, he's lying, y'all. He's lots.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Okay, I'll find something to eat for myself here. I
don't need to partake it.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, go scavenge in the kitchen. I'm quite sure they
have a vending machine item with your name on it.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And I'm sure they must, and it'll be just joyous
for Meiky to consume here in the news booth.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
That'll be great. Thanks again, Craikie Roder. Tonight, it's Later
with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
We'll talk SEC and the merger of sky Dance and
Paramount when we come back.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I Am six forty. It's Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
We're live everywhere on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And let me put it like this, not everything is political.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Even though we want to make it so in today's world.
But not everything is political, and not everything political is
somehow unseemly. Just because something is political doesn't mean that
it's somehow dirty. It can be, but not necessarily. But
as I was saying last night in regard to trans
athletes in the Olympics, and I talk about this more generally,
(07:08):
let's get the easy ones right.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
And for me, this is.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Super easy, and I hope it is super easy for
you too. The merger between Skydance and Paramount was rife
with political considerations and decisions every step of the way.
Here's why eight billion dollars are involved in that merger.
And if you've ever closed any type of deal, I mean,
(07:34):
like one tenth that size, they're always political considerations, even
on a small level, but this is on a huge level.
Whenever the FCC is involved, that makes it political because
they are presidential appointees who sit on that Communications Commission,
(07:54):
and the appointed chair, Brendon Carr, is a President Trump
appointed individual. That individual approved the sky Dance Paramount merger today.
And this is after months of other political or at
least politically adjacent events. Remember all this started with the
(08:16):
presidential lawsuit political presidential lawsuit over edits to a sixty
minutes broadcast when they had a presidential candidate, former Vice
President Kamala Harris, she was being interviewed their edits. The
President objected to that claim defamation. YadA yah yadah, blah
blah blah. You have a former president now sitting president,
(08:38):
suing a media outlet over a political interview.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
It's all political at this point. Now let's move forward.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
This was in advance of this merger that Skydance Slash
Paramount wanted so Paramount paid sixteen million dollars.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Basically for this to go away.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
There was no in the world that then candidate Trump,
now President Trump was going to win that defamation battle.
There's no way he's going to win. But he could
have it holed up the merger. This could have languished
in court for years. He could have stepped in between
(09:22):
and intervened and said to his Trump appointed Chairman of
the SEC, Brendan Carr, do not let this merger go through.
Because we all know President Trump loves to keep agencies
independent and he never intervenes all political at this point. Okay,
so since the deal was going to be approved or
(09:43):
not approved this week, it was incumbent on Paramount to
make sure or at least send the signal that there
would not be any other issues, if you will. So
they paid the sixteen million dollars like last week or
this week. And also they made the public announcement out
(10:04):
of nowhere that the Late Show with Stephen Colbert was
no more as of next year. Now they can say
it was all about the financials. They can say it
was losing money. And I can't confirm or deny what
the financial say, but I can confirm that there was
no time sensitive need to announce that. Outside of the
(10:25):
political implications and the meeting which happened the next day
with the FCC, which is run by political appointee and
also is directly connected to Donald Trump, those are all
the political considerations in this moment. Yes, they're financial issues
which had to be hashed out, but the timing is
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what makes it political.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Now, is it unseemly to me? On some level?
Speaker 1 (10:54):
The paying of sixteen million dollars when you know that
you were going to win that lawsuit, to me is
a bit unseemly because I'm always going to side with media.
I'm on the side of media, and media is supposed
to be a check to political power. It's not supposed
to just acquiesce. It's not supposed to just roll over.
And we've seen ABC rollover, We've seen CBS rollover. We've
(11:19):
seen now the larger parent company and corporation, Paramount rollover.
So that's what makes it seem unseemly because they're making
political considerations as opposed to standing on principle.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Two different things.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
But it's okay because as far as Paramount is concerned,
they got what they wanted and yes, it is a
financial decision for Paramount. Paramount, if you want to say,
it's almost like Star Wars, depending on how you look
at it. In a certain type of way, Paramount is
looking at it through the lens of the merger of
(11:55):
eight billion dollars is more important than Stephen Colbert. The
merger and of eight million dollars is far more important
than the sixteen million we would be giving the Trump
administration for his presidential library for a Paramount. Absolutely, positively,
definitely is just a financial consideration and transaction.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
It is good business on their part.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Sixteen million versus eight billion, there's nothing to talk about.
So yes, from a certain point of view, you can
say it was purely financial.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
But all the considerations along.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
The way, all the variables, all the things which could
have upended the deal had nothing to do with finances,
but only to do with politics. They had to make
the affirmative decision to make the announcement regarding Stephen Colbert
in a way that will be heard by not only
(12:51):
the FCC, but it would be heard by President Trump.
That was specifically done to send the message that Paramount
is going to continue to play ball.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Of course, they couldn't control.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
What South Park did last night, and we'll see how
that plays out. But as far as making sure nothing
got in the way of consummating the deal, that is
why Stephen Colbert was informed I think on Monday, and
you know, and then you had on Tuesday, Stephen Colbert.
Last week we saw what we saw and how it
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all went down. That was just to make sure that
the deal wasn't up ended. That's it, MO.
Speaker 6 (13:35):
You and I both know that when a talent is
let go, be it radio or tellers. We've seen it
time and time again. That talent is exited out of
the building, you do not get to come back on
the next day and have a show.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
You just don't. Don't. That's just basic entertainment one oh one, correct.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Because we might say something that will embarrass the company.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Absolutely, And if you've heard him since this went down,
I haven't missed a night since he received the news,
and he's just been scorching his bosses every night.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
And because of that and him getting ten months to
do so, I'm not trying to predict the future, but
do not be surprised if before the ten months is up,
grand announcement late night you're back Stephen Colbert's back, because
you could say, you know what, the mergers consummated, We've
(14:32):
already got this.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Well, maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
You've got Elizabeth Warren raising the entirely plausible possibility that
it was a bribe that needs to be investigating.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
Exactly, and that's why you give this a good ten
months to clear.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
See.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
This is where I I somewhat disagree with Mark I
believe and this was actually part of my final remarks,
final thoughts. I think that's grandstanding. Is it a bribe, Yeah,
it's a bribe, vibe, but is it worth a congressional investigation? No,
I don't think so, because this happens every single day
and we're only hearing about it because we're emotionally invested
(15:08):
in some of the players.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
But this is how business is done.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Unfortunately, and yes, Paramount paid sixteen million, so there were
no obstacles to this deal. That's a financial decision that
they made.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Well.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
I appreciate that you're a fan of the Godfather movies,
but in the real world, these things tend to get
investigated a great deal.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Maybe not by Congress. We'll find out. I'm just telling
you what I know.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
The fact, No, no, no, I'm with you on that, but
I'm saying I don't think that's Congress's purviewless unless unless
they're actually getting ready to start impeachment the impeachment proceedings
and articles, which I know that they're not. This really
doesn't have anything to do with Congress. If anything, you
would more closely look at the FCC, and you would
(15:59):
look at I don't know, better Business Bureau or something
as far as private industry, but Congress has no jurisdiction
over private industry as far as what Paramount wants to do.
If Paramount wants to spend its money on a whack
TV show, or they want to spend sixteen million to
settle this lawsuit because it's greater later and they know
that there's eight billion dollars in the offee.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
I'm not saying that I like it.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
I am saying that I understand it, and if I
were the president of Paramount, I probably would have done
the same thing, because I answer to shareholders, not Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Well. Sure their Sherry.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
Redstone stands to make personally, just herself more than two
billion dollars from that deal going through, But.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
It sounds like you are arguing.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
I'm saying, a sitting member of Congress has raised the
possibility that this looks an awful lot like a bribe.
And if you don't think that investigating a government agency
that's accused of that is that Congress's purview. I don't
know what to tell you.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
You're lucky. We have to go to break. Yeah, no,
you were lucky. We have to go to break because
maybe you're lucky. No no, no, no no no no no, no,
I got time, Stephan, do we got more time? It's
the mo Kelly Show. All right? Then? How about how
about this?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Just because like for example, something can be fishy and
something can be questionable borderline illegal, but it doesn't mean
that it's your jurisdiction. And I question whether it would
be Congress's jurisdiction over this particular issue because it is
too Trump, it's and it's not coming.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I think Congress has jurisdiction.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
No NOFCC on hold on Congressional oversight.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Yes, Elizabeth Warren, No, what's what about Warren?
Speaker 4 (17:51):
It's a sitting member of Congress, and she doesn't strike
me as a crank.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Being a city member of Congress doesn't mean that you
have jurisdiction. Are you Are you saying that, are you
talking about the Banking and Finance Committee.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
I'm trying to be very specific here.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
I'm saying that when somebody with the standing that she
has makes an accusation like that, it's certainly worth checking out.
And that's all I mean, that's all anybody wants is transparency.
Because she says that it doesn't look kosher. Okay, hold
an investigation.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I disagree with that, because members of Congress make allegations
every single day, they make assertions every single day. I
could talk about D and I, Tulca Gabbard and D
and I is a very important position. But just because
she made a lot of allegations and accusations about former
President Obama doesn't mean that they're serious.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
If you think those two are even remotely in the
same universe.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I'm taking you to task for what you said because
you said that she's a city member of Congress, and
I'm saying position doesn't matter anymore.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Well, I mean, Gabbard's a political appointee, Warren's a member
of Congress who has raised a legitimate concern. Gabbered, to
my knowledge, spouted a bunch of debunk talking points that
were disproven in a report headed by Marco Rubio.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Okay, I'm not disputing that.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I am going off of what you said where you
used her position to validate or verify that there may
be some authenticity or there's a level of seriousness to
an accusation. We just had the president make all sorts
of accusations today.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Well, I think you and I, as rational adults who
didn't just fall off the truck yesterday, can tell the
difference between a legit concern raised by a member of
Congress and just pro wrestling smack talk, which a lot
of politicians engage in. I don't this didn't strike me
as plain old smack talk.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
If it isn't, then Elizabeth Warren knows the steps to
take to actually enact a congressional investigation with the correct
committee and those involved.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
We'll find now if she follows through on it's that's
all I want is to to find out, you know.
Get to the bottom is what she's We're at the bottom.
Trust is what she's alleging true or not. I don't
think we have all the facts on the open. It's
later with mo Kelly. I'll deal with you later.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Yeah, We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app, Facebook, Instagram,
and of course YouTube.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Six forty is Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We're live everywhere on Facebook, Instagram, iHeartRadio app, YouTube. We
were really over last segment because of Mark Ronner. He
deserves all the blame. So this is gonna be a
very short segment. We might as well just put a
pin on our last discussion. And I would say this, Mark,
and I'm not going to speak for you, but you
were saying that there should at least be an investigation
(20:56):
into the payment of paramount of the sixty million to
settle the lawsuit.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Well, I'm not saying that, Elizabeth Warren, a senator saying that.
I'm just saying that when a sitting senator makes an
allegation of bribery that is serious enough for us to
take note of and not just dismiss like it's smack talk.
And I'm going to look for a way to apologize
to you appropriately for that extended discussion.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
We have no, no, I'm extending right now, so there's
no need to extend. But people like me with a
little knowledge of civics knows that you don't have to
make this public pronouncement. You go directly to the Office
of the Inspector General and then you can have that
investigation start there and you can have it oversee and
review the actions of the SEC, which is the lynchpin
(21:40):
in this merger, because everything is surrounding that meeting with the.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
SEC to give the go ahead for the deal. Well,
you got to take that up with Warren, not me.
I'm just reporting to you what she said and saying
that it's a mistake just to write that off as BS.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Yeah, that's what we disagree, and it's not because of
who she is.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's about where we are.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
We have a president that says a lot of things,
the president, and also this intersection of private sector and
the public sector. When you have the president saying, yeah,
the Washington Commanders need to go back to the Redskins
and all the Cleveland Gardens need to go back to
the Indians, in my head, it's the same thing when
we have other people of reputable offices telling private industry
(22:24):
what it is supposed to do. If she wants she
being Elizabeth Warren, if Senator Warren wants an investigation, she
can go to the OIG and start there. The public
pronouncement is neither here nor there for me, because I
know to get the actual investigation going, she doesn't need
to tell me. She doesn't need to tell you, she
doesn't need to tell ABC News. She needs to go
(22:46):
to the Senate Majority leader and then start the process there.
Speaker 4 (22:51):
That may or may not be true, But I don't
think there's any rational comparison whatsoever with Warren raising the
possibility of bribery and trumps culture war issue with the
Washington commanders. I don't think they have anything to do
with each other, and they're not comparable in any way.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
But I'm not comparing them as far as validity. I'm
comparing them because you made the statement that because the
sitting senature set X, Y, and Z, we should take
it seriously.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
And I'm saying by.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
That yard stick, you know, you open up a can
of worms where you.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Don't touch my yard stick.
Speaker 6 (23:25):
Okay, your yard stick aside, Okay, I'm not reaching for
your yard sticky, I keep your hands, all right, thank you?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
M real that thing back in right now.
Speaker 6 (23:37):
We are in an age where almost every politician who
wears a red hat for some reason, other finds themselves
saying I think we need to investigate that. It's almost
like the new catchphrase when they want to allay suspicion
or some type of credible claim to something that they're
just making up. And none of these things ever go
(23:59):
anywhere now just because someone on the left is doing it,
you know, and and hey Warren, yes rah, she doesn't
seem like just a idle rebel rouser. But still to
say we need to investigate something that's not necessarily like, Aha,
that's not a smoking gun?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah that that that doesn't look There are five different
investigations which are announced this week.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I'm not exaggerating five.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
Yes, So.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
I really admire this nothing to see here argument that
the two of you are trying to preten.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
It's not to say that there's nothing to say.
Speaker 6 (24:34):
I'm saying that right there, just that solely is saying
I think that there's some criminality here and I think
it needs to be investigated.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Is not a smoking gun therein? You do not have?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Was?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Okay I'm saying, but I'm saying it doesn't mean seriously either.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
I mean just the pronouncement and who it comes from
to me, doesn't mean that it rises to a level
of the necessitating further investigation.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Well, we'll find out what they do with it. That's stop.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
I just want to see that. I mean, I, in
my DNA am a journalist and I want answers. That's it, Hey,
look answers all for it. I would rather she have said,
when that announcement was made and we looked into it,
we found out that there were some illegal transactions that
(25:26):
were made. I'd rather that versus just some arbitrary statement
of I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Know about that, they would need to look at that.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Is that how you're characterizing I'm characterizing that's what she said.
Speaker 6 (25:39):
I'm not saying you all right, because you didn't say it. Mark,
You're not the one who was saying we need to
look at that, right, correct.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
All I'm saying is if I had a nickel for
every time an elected official said we need to investigate
this or someone needs to answer for that, I would
be a billionaire.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
So we can't take any things seriously that any elected
official smart says.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
You're too smart to play dumb like that. Mark, you
know exactly what I mean. I'm saying that I'm carrying
your argument to its logical conclusion is that nothing makes sense.
Absolutist argument.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I'm not saying that. I'm saying that just because.
Speaker 6 (26:17):
It's all pro wrestling, Mark, you need to stop letting
the blood rush to your yard, stid.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Okay, and argue with the other head.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
K fabe. It's all k fabe. This Hulk Hogan news
has infected everybody today.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
I will never say because the President said that we
need to look into this person of that person a
priori means that we should take it seriously because it's
the sitting president of the United States. No, never, not
before Donald Trump, definitely not during Donald Trump. And I
try to look upon each elected official through those jaundice
(26:52):
eyes where there is a political position that they're taking
less so than a legal one.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
I understand that. But Trump himself is kind of seuey generous.
You can't really compare a lot of people to him.
And I'm not attaching good or bad to that because
I just want to avoid any angry letters.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
But he was too late for that. Yeah, okay, but just.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Take the names out of it. Take the names out
of it. Let's say there's no Trump, there's no warrant.
I'm saying just because an elected official makes a pronouncement
about either not believing this or calling for an investigation
for that, that to me doesn't rise to the level
of well we should take it seriously.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Well, yeah, not if you don't have any faculties for
observation or critical thinking.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh, of course not. We got to do the news.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
No, you gotta do that. I gotta do You got
to sit here, just be black. There's an old thing.
I don't have to do anything except stay black and die. Well,
I don't have to do ish. Well, I can't say
that verse.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Yeah, Well, when Stephan throws to me, I'll do the
half black news.
Speaker 5 (28:02):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (28:08):
KFI AM six forty. It is Later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
We're live on social media and the iHeartRadio app. Got
to run through these last two stories for the hour
very quickly. If you're living in Anaheim, Disneyland is offering
discounted park tickets for Anaheim residents. Why have they not
done this all the time, I honestly don't know. But
if you live in Anaheim, you'll soon get a chance
(28:30):
to visit Disneyland. They're offering seventy dollars park tickets to
Anaheim residents. Say what seventy dollars seven zero seven zero. Now,
the food and the park you may is still add
up to seven hundred, but it'll be just seventy dollars
to get you in the park. And it starts August fourth,
(28:50):
and it runs through September twenty fifth. And this is
a part of obviously the year long seventieth anniversary seventy
dollars tickets for Anaheim residents. And they have more than
seventy new themed food and beverage items which will be available.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
That's where the extra money comes in.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
So you'll spend seventy dollars to get in and another
seventy dollars per food item.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
But seventy dollars, that's down from ninety. Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Yeah, here's some other good news. You know how much
we love Chuck E Cheese. We talk about it all
the time, we sing its praises. Yes, well, let's go
to Florida. A Chucky Cheese's mascot has been arrested, I
think earlier today in Florida after a customer ratted him
out as a thief. In the shop, yes while he
(29:42):
was Chucky. A worker dressed in a Chucky Cheese costume
in Tallahassee was taken into custody yesterday late last night
on lar city charges and hauled out of the restaurant
in handcuffs in front of children in the middle of
a party.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Wait.
Speaker 7 (30:00):
Wait, did they take the Chucky Cheese mask off this guy?
I don't know, but he was in the costume. I
simply took off his mask. But all the kids are
probably mortified and terrified. Trauma, trauma, traumatized because they saw
Chucky without his mask and put in handcuffs. The suspect,
(30:20):
forty one year old Jamel Jones in Tallahassee, was dressed
head to toe in the Chucky Cheese custom when police
confronted him around seven to thirty local time, and quote,
I grabbed his right arm while giving the verbal instruction
Chucky Cheese, come with me.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Oh my god, there's no he did it. This can't
be real.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
They arrested dude for real and called him Chucky Cheese
in the moment.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
That's traumatized.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
They committed a real arrest and they kept him in character.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
So was it like mister Cheese? Will you put your
hands behind your back? Please?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
No, they said, quote Chucky, come with me, damn it, damn.
Police alleged that Jamel Jones initially resisted arrests, so they
probably took him down and put him on his chest,
put his arms behind his back on the floor. Kids
(31:16):
were probably screaming in character in his costume.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
When they got to the jail, did they lift his
tail up for a cavity search?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Jones was arrested on felody charges of larceny of a
debit card, possession of another person's identification without consent, and
for allegedly using the stolen debit cards six times.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah, evidently Jones used a debit card purchasing items at
a smoke shop, a meat market, and a water burger.
Speaker 6 (31:50):
Yeah yeah, yeah, I know what he was doing. He
was walking around in his Chucky outfit.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Hey, kids, here's a PiZZ of thyme. Check out the
band and Wallace and Stella.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
Walla's going into persons because parents they leave their bags
they do at the table and they say things like
this to their teenage kid who doesn't want to be bothered.
Watch the table. I'm taking your brother over to the
ball pit, watch the table. And then you got some
kid who's there is like, I'm not watching the table.
They get up and they go pick up balls and
they throw them at other kids. Next you know, he's
walking around grabbing stuff out of front further on their phones.
(32:27):
Just yeah, yeah, oh, I could see this going down,
and what I thought about it. They could have at
least take him into the back. It's like, mister Cheese,
we need to speak you over here for a moment.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
No, they did it all out in the open in
front of the kids.
Speaker 6 (32:42):
Just because they don't want any of the other costume
characters in the back to you any bright ideas you
have to make an example of, mister cheese.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Is there a full band anymore?
Speaker 6 (32:52):
No, they don't have that. I mean, but I've seen
I've seen a duck walking around. There's a there's a duck.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
There's a duck. There's a there's the Chucky.
Speaker 5 (32:59):
Is the rat?
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Are five nights of Freddy's? No?
Speaker 6 (33:04):
No, no, but no, there there's a duck. And there's
one other character. You described the duck. Please you know
this is medium height pizza guy.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yes, yes, it's something, but it's like, no, no, it's not.
Speaker 6 (33:18):
No, isn't a cheese The duck is like, you know,
I don't know, Bill, I have no idea wearing trousers.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
No wrinkle the duck feathered? But is it wrinkled the duck?
It might be wrinkled a duck. Is that his name? Chucky?
Speaker 3 (33:36):
I knew Chucky and the uh the pizzeria guy.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, the pizzeria guy, remember him. I don't remember.
Speaker 6 (33:43):
Anyone else for the most part, from the band Chuck
E Cheese Band.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Chucky's Duckies. I don't know. I think it's I think
it's doctor Quack.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
No, no, no, no, okay, no, no, no, it's uh it's oh,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's it's it's it's not a duck,
it is actually a chicken. And it's Helena Henny like
doctor comp Sorry, Helen, Helen Henny. So there's mister Munch
who plays the keyboards, Jasper Tite chowels.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
I love that man, Jasper tinejowls here.
Speaker 6 (34:18):
Uh he plays guitar, Helen Henny on the guitar and
sings vocals.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
And Pasqually who plays the drums.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
That's past the guy that's the pizza guysally, can we.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Go back to talking about Elizabeth Warren? No, no, this
is good, this is better. The Miss the munch on
the Ones and two's Jasper t Jow.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
So, is Chucky gonna do some hard time Barsony, good chance?
Speaker 2 (34:46):
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