August 29, 2025 • 30 mins
(Friday 08/29/25)
FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report’ on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about Taco Bell bringing back 5 menu items from the past, Trader Joe’s new must try items, and Costco Hidden Gems. The hour closes with ‘Ask Handel Anything.’
FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report’ on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about Taco Bell bringing back 5 menu items from the past, Trader Joe’s new must try items, and Costco Hidden Gems. The hour closes with ‘Ask Handel Anything.’
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'm in the move for food. There we go.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Good morning everybody, or hopefully you've been here for a while.
KFI AM six forty. It is August twenty nine, Labor Day, Monday.
I ain't here. Neil is sitting in and it's going
to be a lot of fun when Neil sits in sorta.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
When he sits in the studio, he sits around the
studio broom.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Boom, Yeah, there you go, all right.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
He's so fat.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
When he sits on a rainbow, he makes skittles. Brooom boom.
Speaker 5 (00:41):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh we can go oh, we can go nuts, we
can start doing the Rodney dangerfield.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
When Neil was n no, that is not but.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
When Neil was born, he was so ugly the doctor
slapped his mother.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Oh he's got he's got a kidney shaped pool with
a stone in it.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Duh oh, okay, moving on, moving on here. All right,
it's foody Friday, and that means Nil Savedra does two
segments with me tomorrow, the Fork Report. He is going
to handle that by himself two to five and just
a quick word coming up a week from tomorrow, Neil
(01:20):
and I are going to be at wild Fork Wild
Fork Food Store in Long Beach from two to five.
Join us because I'm his guest actually for the entire broadcast.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
And they'll be great food and yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Nice giveaways and yeah they do a nice job.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
All right, Fork Food second and pH in Long Beach
there one year anniversary.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Congratulations folks.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Okay, I've got Taco Bell, Trader Joe's, and Costco?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Which thing?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Which way you think we're gonna go starting off these segments?
That's correct, guess Costco probably, and that's exactly where we're going.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Okay, hidden gems at Costco.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
So these are if you're a big, big Costco person,
you may know some of these. But the reality is
people think of Costco and they think has some food
and they go, okay, rotisserie chicken and cut you there.
But some things that you may not think about that
are great or their Kirkland signature. Organic maple syrup is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yep, it is by that.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah, and it is a it's a great deal and
it's a great product. Don't pass it up when you
go by. Not only is it good for you know,
pancakes and waffles and such. But also if you like cocktails,
it's great. I love making a an old Fashioned with
(02:41):
a little bit of real syrup maple syrup in there,
and it gives it a different profiled flavor. Plus you
can use it in cooking and things like that. Also
Kirkland's signature Coastal Cheddar. Have you tried their Coastal Cheddar?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I have not.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
It is fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
So if you're somebody likes to make charcouterie boards or
something like that, it's great. If you like having you know,
cheese and crackers with some wine, which I'm a fan of.
Also something great. It's aged for up to fifteen months.
It has a real depth of flavor. Sharp notes for
(03:18):
you Gary, if you're listening, Gary likes his sharp cheddar
and they just do a really nice job for it.
Do you have I know Lindsay is quite particular when
it comes to prosecco, but has she tried the Kirkland signature.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
She has a solo she has and she's not a
big fan of it. No, No, it's just I think
it's wonderful. Yeah, I mean there is, but she is
not a big fan. She drinks Lamarca that's her prosecco
of choice.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
How much is Lamarca not.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Twelve thirteen bucks a bottle? It's pretty cheap.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Actually, when you talk about proscco, talking about booze at
Costco the other day, I'm walking in they are selling
bottles of wine for thousands of dollars at Costco. I mean,
it is crazy on these insanely expensive wine. And then
(04:14):
there was a box of suntory whiskey. Obviously the bottle
wasn't in there because they guard that stuff with you know,
arm guards in the merchandise area. But a bottle of
Japanese suntry whiskey six thousand dollars, I mean, come on, guys,
(04:35):
But Costco has gone in that direction. The other thing
people should call a sipping whiskey, yes, And the other
thing that people don't know about they have jewelry, which
is it's a fourteen percent markup, far far less expensive
than you would.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Ever gotten a jeweler.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Absolutely so another note on this prosecco though, these grapes
are from a solo.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Have you and Lindsey when you're in Italy ever gone
to solo.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
By ourselves?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
No, not solo, but han solo hand solo if you
are Orlando, Colorisian. But it's a lovely area. We we
think this last time, but there is Veneto region. It's
okay and it's uh, but we went there actually bought
(05:27):
some some tennis shoes up over in that area. But
really they have a little medieval area up there. It's
very very lovely, small, but the greats come from there.
Kirklin also has their signature microwave popcorn that is really one.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
I use that.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
You bet, I have a I have a box a
bit right into my kitchen.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And then they have their signature vanilla ice cream which
is wonderful as well. So these are some things that
maybe you might pass up on at Costco that I
recommend that you do not.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And they're all of oil is oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
But all those things, you know, most people kind of
know about those things, but these were some that kind
of slipped through.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah, And they have a ball.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
They have a balsamic that is excellent for its price too.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
All right.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Trader Joe's which I like, I mean Trader Joe's is
one of those great markets that has very unique items
and very inexpensive. Is probably the best bargain out there
outside of Costco. But even in many cases it's better
than Costco, less expensive, and they have interesting, interesting items
and unique to Trader Joe's. So what are the new
(06:38):
must try items? Neil can't hear you? Yle, There you go.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
As long as you get can get past the guy
in the day glow dolphin shorts with his long sleeve
shirt tucked in his pants and stuff like that in
the Petulia oil, then yeah, it's great.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
But I'm going to.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I'm just say what this is and tell me it
doesn't sound fantastic. Sweet Corn, barrata and basil ravioli sounds great?
Holy hell? Does that sounds great? I haven't had this yet,
and I'm like boom. So these are some of the
(07:20):
latest must try items that are coming out, some of
these seasonal and like, but holy hell, when I read that,
I was like, sweet corn and I love corn, sweet corn,
I love brata and basil ravioli. Holy smokes, I'm gonna
get that today. Hazel nut and cocoa filled crapes. Come on,
(07:44):
see that stuff you won't get at Costco. You get
that stuff a Trader Joe's.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Also, they have Indian food in individual packets that you make.
That is wonderful and it's very inexpensive, and they're it's
obviously frozen food. Takes it three minutes, pop them in
the microwave, and boy, what a meal that is.
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Yeah, your high quality. I mean you could taste it.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
They're you know, very well done. Cheese pasta with eggplant.
That's a lovely combination as well, crustless peanut butter and
strawberry jam sandwiches.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
Kids love them, adults love them.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Come on the Egyptian sour dough pocket bread. Oh my gosh,
I love a good flat bread. There's just something about
a good flat bread. Cheese s finished artic choke pasta,
not dip but pasta. So imagine everything you love about
that dip now in a pasta. Holy I just want
(08:47):
to eat all of these.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Oh no, it sounds absolutely delicious. And when you go
past the aisles, I mean, it's wonderful. The other thing
about Trader Joe's. One of the great great aspects of
Trader Joe's is the parking. When you try to go
through that parking lot, because for every three cars that
go in, there's one parking spot.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Well you know why that is. And I've said this
on the show before.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
The reason why it is is that the parking lot
is only as big as the store. A certain amount
of parking spots per square footage, and Trader Joe's wants
small stores, so by definition they want a small store
(09:32):
and the small store vibe and all of that, and
with it comes a small parking lot.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
But they're incredibly park.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Popular, so that that's why it is always it's not
just one location, it's all of them.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
It's all locations, yes, and it's because of that.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And the number of clerks they have are a huge
number of clerks. So you go through those lines lightning fast.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Flirting with you. By the way, they're just being nice.
They're told to be nice. They're not flirting with you.
They don't care about you. They don't care about your day.
And then lastly, Taco Bell they're bringing back you know,
decades old they're y two K menu. There's five discounted
menu items from the late nineties early oughts that were
(10:20):
big deals. They're being brought back. Taco Bell's double decker taco,
you know, the dorito shelled taco, the cool ranch counterpart.
It was removed in twenty nineteen. That's coming back, the
beefy five layer burrito, chili cheese burrito, and one of
(10:40):
my favorites, the caramel.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Apple im banadas.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
The dessert is coming back as well, So look for
these at your local Taco bell. They're all absolutely fantastic
and delicious and remind me of the you know, the
late nineties. So get out there and get those two.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Trader Joe's, which I like.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
I mean, Trader Joe's is one of those great markets
that has very unique items and very inexpensive. Is probably
the best bargain out there outside of Costco. But even
in many cases it's better than Costco, less expensive, and
they have interesting, interesting items and unique to Trader Joe's.
So what are the new must try items? Neil can't here,
(11:29):
Ryle there you go.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
As long as you get can get past the guy
in the Daglo Dolphin shorts with his long sleeved shirt
tucked in his pants and stuff like that. In the
Petulia oil, then yeah, it's great. But I'm gonna I'm
gonna just say what this is and tell me it
doesn't sound fantastic. Sweet corn barata and basil ravioli sounds great.
(11:58):
Holy hell, does that sound great? I haven't had this yet,
and I'm like, boom. So these are some of the
latest must try items that are coming out, some of
these seasonal and like but holy hell. When I read that,
I was like, sweet corn and I love corn, sweet corn,
I love barta and basil ravioli. Holy smokes, I'm gonna
(12:22):
get that today. Hazel nut and cocoa filled crapes.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Come on, see that stuff. You won't get at Costco.
You get that stuff at Trader Joe's.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Also, they have Indian food in individual packets that you
make that is wonderful and it's very inexpensive and there
it's obviously frozen food. Takes three minutes, pop them in
the microwave, and boy, what a meal that is.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, and your high quality. I mean you could taste it.
They're you know, very well done. Cheese pasta with eggplant.
That's a lovely combination as well. Crustless peanut butter and
strawberry jam sandwiches. Kids love them, adults love them.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
Come on.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
The Egyptian sour dough pocket bread. Oh my gosh, I
love a good flat bread. There's just something about a
good flat bread. Cheese spinished artic choke pasta, not dip
but pasta. So imagine everything you love about that dip
(13:29):
now in a pasta. Holy I just want to eat
all of these.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Oh no, it sounds absolutely delicious. And when you go
past the aisles, I mean, it's wonderful. The other thing
about Trader Joe's. One of the great great aspects of
Trader Joe's is the parking when you try to go
through that parking lot, because for every three cars that
go in, there's one parking spot.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Well you know why that is, and I've said this
on the show before. The reason why it is is
that the parking lot is only as big as the store.
A certain amount of parking spots per square footage, and
Trader Joe's wants small stores, so by definition they want
(14:16):
a small store and a small store vibe and all
of that, and with it comes a small parking lot.
But they're incredibly part popular. So that's that's why it
is always it's not just one location, it's all of them.
It's all locations, yes, and it's because of that.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
And the number of clerks they have are a huge
number of clerks, So you go through those lines lightning fast, yes.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
And they're not flirting with you, by the way, they're
just being nice. They're told to be nice. They're not
flirting with you. They don't care about you. They don't
care about your day. And then lastly, Taco Bell they're
bringing back, you know, decades they're hy two K menu.
There's five discounted menu items from the late nineties early
odts that were big deals. They're being brought back. Taco
(15:09):
Bell's double decker taco, you know, the dorito shelled taco,
the cool ranch counterpart it was removed in twenty nineteen.
That's coming back, the beefy five layer burrito, chili cheese burrito,
and one of my favorites, the caramel apple impanadas. The
(15:30):
dessert is coming back as well. So look for these
at your local Taco Bell. They're all absolutely fantastic and
delicious and remind me of the you know, the late nineties.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
So get out.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
There and get those two Oh did you know twenty
years ago today Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
Speaker 5 (15:54):
Really?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, twenty years ago. I mean, doesn't it seem like
it just hit five years ago? Eight years ago. I'man
twenty years.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
You know, I went there within a year. I think
after within a year of it happening. Tracy and I
weren't we weren't even married yet, and we were there,
and I remember seeing so much devastation. Still almost a
year later, the population.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Is still half of what it was. I seriously today,
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Way way down.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Amy, do you happen to know or and you have
to know the population of New Orleans is pre and
post Katrina.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
You know, we're looking it up.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
I remember Steve Gregory and Eric Leonard going out there. Yeah,
driving out there because there was no other way to
really get out there.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
It was completely crazy, all right.
Speaker 6 (16:55):
That's saying the New Orleans population was nearly half a
million and before Katrina and is now three hundred thousand.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
And eighty four, right, so basically half, basically half. And
there's still entire sections of New Orleans that will I
don't know if they'll ever be rebuilt because there just
aren't enough people there. All right, Now, how do we
get questions for ask candle, ask handle anything? I just
(17:25):
mispronounced my name. Good for me, and that is you
call in during the course of the show and we'll
start this next week. You go onto the iHeartRadio app.
Bill handle the show, and then upper right hand corner
microphone and you click on it, and then you record
the question of which I have not heard, and I
(17:46):
will hear it the same time you do today. Right now,
Neil the first Ask Candle anything.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
This is for ask Candle anything.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Hey, Bill, what are you going to do differently in
your current marriage to Lindsay so that you end up
renting a room from Cono and working until you're one
hundred years old?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Thanks?
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Great question, great question, great question.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Yeah, I'm probably gonna work until I'm one hundred years old.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
And what am I doing differently?
Speaker 5 (18:15):
You think you're gonna last another three years?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's one of those things where I really do want
to spend some time in Italy and you've been to Italy,
you know, and then Lindsay is.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Crazy about Italy? So what am I gonna do differently?
Speaker 3 (18:33):
You know? I don't know if I'm gonna do anything differently.
That's a good question and not smart move. No, I
just I just don't know.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
I just don't know.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Right, here's a quote about history repeating itself. I can't
remember but that's okay.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
I was going to say something about Kamala Harris.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
We are you gonna do differently? Not a thing I'm
gonna Peece standing up, just like Biden did. I'm just
gonna do everything executive.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
All right. Next question, I want to thank you guys.
You guys helped me through my morning traffic.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
But my real question is Bill, do you get along
with John Covil?
Speaker 2 (19:14):
You know what? We we get along? Yeah, I mean
we're not social.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
I mean he's at a different time than I am,
so we don't run.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
In twenty twenty five or yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yeah, No, he's on in the afternoon and I'm obviously
in the morning. And do we socialize, No, not at all.
But you know we're you know, friendly with each other.
I mean do I hate him?
Speaker 5 (19:38):
No?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Does he hate me? Yes?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Probably so.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Yeah, it's a good question. The answer is do I
get along with him?
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, it's I would say that John is an acquaintance
at work. Is that fair? I think that's fair.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Are you guys ever social?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
No?
Speaker 6 (19:58):
No?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
What about b She's a very I mean, Debra's way
more social than Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I once went one time I went on a trip,
a KFI trip which we used to do years and
years and years ago with listeners and John and was
on that trip with Deborah and I was on that trip,
but we were dealing with one hundred and thirty people,
so yeah, we were, you know, just so busy with everybody.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So all right, moving on, Hey.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Bill, just wondering what was the age difference between you
and Marjorie? And what is the age difference between you
and Lindsay?
Speaker 2 (20:32):
All right, thank you, I love the show.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
By all right, thank you. Marjorie is a hair older
than I am. She is and Lindsay, well, let me
put it. When I connected with Lindsay a few years ago,
I had to wait until she graduated high school because
I did want to get arrested.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Okay, Neil, I can't hear you.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
I said, Lindsay's too young for me.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
That's that's true. What is that?
Speaker 3 (21:01):
You know?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
How much is Lindsay?
Speaker 3 (21:02):
She's a twenty I think twenty five, twenty six younger
years younger than I am.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
So a lot. I mean, it is a lot.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And she is waiting for me to die, hoping she
gets a pile of money, and it's just not going
to happen. It's not true. Well, crap, she has no
idea how nothing she is going to get. My kids
are in the same position. They think they're going to
get money. They're all crazy. I'm going to give it
(21:29):
all to the whales, and I hate waiting.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
I give money. Yeah, all right, Moving.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
On, question for Bill.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
Has there ever been a news reporter or somebody on
your show that you just didn't stand and had to
ask management to.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Get rid of them?
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Never?
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Yeah, never a news reporter.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
I've had a couple of board ops that I walked
into management and said, I'm done with this one. And
I I don't choose who I work with, but I
have the ability.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
To choose who I don't work with.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
But I think I've gotten along with every single news reporter.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Maybe Amy Is.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
That was a great answer, Bill, just the best answer ever.
You should be commended for that wonderful answer.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
I was about to say, maybe Amy is the exception.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Oh you got and let me suck up.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Okay, the details, devils and details?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Oh, realistically, Amy is, you know in the top ten
and I've had nine, I've had six.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Moving on, Hey, Bill, Now that you live far away
from LA, do you ever get to work from home
and avoid the traffic, and it's so often.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Yes, okay, yes, I'm about an hour maybe an hour
and a half from KFI. I go up there a
couple of times every couple of weeks and I'll spend
three days or whatever. And yes, so Mike commute. I
have a studio at home, which a lot of us do.
And my commute instead of an hour and a half commute,
(23:12):
it's thirty feet and that's not a bad commute. And
Neil has a home studio. I think what I think
John has a home studio. Do Gary and Shannon have
home studios.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
I know that they they on occasion has to be
out and about because of the chargers and the like.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
I don't know if they have home studios.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, and I don't know. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Conway lives three minutes from the studio, so I don't
think he uh.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
It is his home studio. Oka is his home.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Yeah, he literally is three minutes away. So I'm the
farthest away. So yeah, I have a home studio. Okay,
next phone.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Call, Hey, Bill just said a quick question. Your show
is so great and the diversity of your topics is
really really fabulous to listen to. You cover all kinds
of news, which is great. Do you spend a lot
of time on the off hour with your team to
collate all these stories? How do you come up with
such a great diversity? I mean, do you spend a
lot of time when you're not on the air researching
(24:14):
and choosing? And is it collaborative or is it really
your call?
Speaker 3 (24:17):
That's actually a very good question. First of all, we
don't collaborate. Anne, who is the producer of the show,
usually comes up with topics, usually because you know, look,
come on, tell me, I don't come up with topics
for you.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Oh my god. Out of every hundred topics, you probably
throw in three.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Oh please, come on, realistically, I probably throw in Come on,
I throw in more than three per hundred.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And in any case, don't give me that look I
throw in. Do you do nothing? I'm sorry? Compare right now?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Okay, I do nothing. I don't read them, I don't
look at them.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I know what Anne does now in prep you do
nothing with Okay? What and does is she whoa? And
oh boy? She exercised here.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Anne is the producer of the show, and she knows
what I like and what I don't like, and what
my wheelhouse is, and we don't do sports stories.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
That's not me. For example.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
We do a lot of history, a lot of current events,
world current events, a lot of costco we So that's
the question, and then I will come on a couple
of times a week I throw a story at you.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
I did today, today, I did one.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
And then sometimes I go, nah, we had one story
today and remember what it was. But it was so
convoluted and it took such it would take such a time.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Easier to.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
Give a question out, Yeah, it's not even question easier
to read. Sometimes it's because I actually am literate.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
I can read.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Uh, it's sometimes it's so convoluted the story. Uh, it's
so wonky. Then I'll tell Anne, no, it's going to
take too long. Or sometimes I just don't understand, and
then you just will It would be a good question,
I know, a very good question. Yeah. I know, Ann's
getting defensive and make sure it's a really big font.
And that's true. And I'm getting and I'm getting defensive.
So that is how it is. I spent about an
(26:17):
hour in the morning, uh, looking at the stories, looking
at the news, which Anne produces all the stories, and
then I'm a news junkie. During the course of the morning,
I have my computer. I read the La Times, the
New York Times, I read the Wall Street Journal, and
I watch news at the afternoon, usually national news and
(26:38):
some I'm kind of a news junkie.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
So that's how I prepare. Okay, movie, moving.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
On you Anne, You're the best.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
A thank you, Neil. I appreciate you, love you, love
you longtime.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Anne.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Okay, coming up, next question.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Hey, Bill, when was the last time you wore it
to pay? Maybe you want to look at wearing one again?
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Yeah, you know, I never have.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
There's one two pay story I do want to share
with you, and that is when I had the worst
television show in the history of mankind. That was Oh
my God, the thirty years ago. It was a show
by Disney. As a matter of fact, it was a
talk show that Disney produced. And so there we had
signed the contract and I have no hair, and literally
(27:25):
the executive producer came up to me and said, Bill,
the suits have asked, would you consider wearing a rug
a two pay to make you look younger and to
make you look more television like?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
And he was very reluctant. I mean he was frightened.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
As to what I was going to say, and I said, yeah,
I have no problem wearing a two pay, and he
just shook his head as in my god, howcoult. Bill
said yes, knowing Bill, And I said, but here, here
are the terms of my two pay. It can't cost
more than thirty dollars. It can't act actually match the
hair that I have on the side of my head,
(28:05):
and it has to do the curl and when the
camera is on me, it has to be put on me.
So it's just a little bit off. So you know
something's wrong, but you don't know what it is. And
I said, those are my terms, and he goes, you're kidding.
And I had my agent write it up and send
it to them and never heard another word.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
So the answer is, I have never worn a rug.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
I mean I've actually worn a rug like a shag
and put that on my head, but never that kind.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Of a rug.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
All right, you didn't wear a market.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
It's whoa yeah, and some of us desperately need one
one more.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
One more hey morning, handle, Hey, up to this point
of your life, what are if any But I'm sure
there are like top two or three regrets that you
have so far up to this point, don't see your kids.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I was, let's say, getting married, having kids. Big regrets
on what else? What I mean legitimately regrets not typing,
seriously not learning how to type.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
That truly is that's legitimate. That's do you know how
to type?
Speaker 5 (29:18):
I don't know how to type.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
I hunt and peck, and today in this world with
the computers, it's crazy not typing.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
I don't know how to type.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
The other regret is having a third rate education, going
to a state college and not going to a top
tier law school. Not that I could get into a
top tier school, but I regret not going.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
And having that kind of education.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So as a matter of fact, it was the best
thing that ever happened to me, because I would never
be able to get into a job in a big firm,
which by now I would be a senior partner and
working eighty hours a week's which which is what lawyers do.
But those are that those are my big regrets, big regrets.
The other one, well, going to the wrong for example Moyle,
(30:14):
who I did my circumcision took way too much off.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
That was a regret.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
All right, We're done, guys, Gary and Shannon up next,
and I'll catch you on Tuesday. I have a good one, everybody.
I have a good Labor Day. This is kf I
A M six.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'm in the move for food. There we go.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Good morning everybody, or hopefully you've been here for a while.
KFI AM six forty. It is August twenty nine, Labor Day, Monday.
I ain't here. Neil is sitting in and it's going
to be a lot of fun when Neil sits in sorta.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
When he sits in the studio, he sits around the
studio broom.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Boom, Yeah, there you go, all right.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
He's so fat.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
When he sits on a rainbow, he makes skittles. Brooom boom.
Speaker 5 (00:41):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh we can go oh, we can go nuts, we
can start doing the Rodney dangerfield.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
When Neil was n no, that is not but.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
When Neil was born, he was so ugly the doctor
slapped his mother.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Oh he's got he's got a kidney shaped pool with
a stone in it.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Duh oh, okay, moving on, moving on here. All right,
it's foody Friday, and that means Nil Savedra does two
segments with me tomorrow, the Fork Report. He is going
to handle that by himself two to five and just
a quick word coming up a week from tomorrow, Neil
(01:20):
and I are going to be at wild Fork Wild
Fork Food Store in Long Beach from two to five.
Join us because I'm his guest actually for the entire broadcast.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
And they'll be great food and yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Nice giveaways and yeah they do a nice job.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
All right, Fork Food second and pH in Long Beach
there one year anniversary.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Congratulations folks.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Okay, I've got Taco Bell, Trader Joe's, and Costco?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Which thing?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Which way you think we're gonna go starting off these segments?
That's correct, guess Costco probably, and that's exactly where we're going.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Okay, hidden gems at Costco.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
So these are if you're a big, big Costco person,
you may know some of these. But the reality is
people think of Costco and they think has some food
and they go, okay, rotisserie chicken and cut you there.
But some things that you may not think about that
are great or their Kirkland signature. Organic maple syrup is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yep, it is by that.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah, and it is a it's a great deal and
it's a great product. Don't pass it up when you
go by. Not only is it good for you know,
pancakes and waffles and such. But also if you like cocktails,
it's great. I love making a an old Fashioned with
(02:41):
a little bit of real syrup maple syrup in there,
and it gives it a different profiled flavor. Plus you
can use it in cooking and things like that. Also
Kirkland's signature Coastal Cheddar. Have you tried their Coastal Cheddar?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I have not.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
It is fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
So if you're somebody likes to make charcouterie boards or
something like that, it's great. If you like having you know,
cheese and crackers with some wine, which I'm a fan of.
Also something great. It's aged for up to fifteen months.
It has a real depth of flavor. Sharp notes for
(03:18):
you Gary, if you're listening, Gary likes his sharp cheddar
and they just do a really nice job for it.
Do you have I know Lindsay is quite particular when
it comes to prosecco, but has she tried the Kirkland signature.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
She has a solo she has and she's not a
big fan of it. No, No, it's just I think
it's wonderful. Yeah, I mean there is, but she is
not a big fan. She drinks Lamarca that's her prosecco
of choice.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
How much is Lamarca not.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Twelve thirteen bucks a bottle? It's pretty cheap.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Actually, when you talk about proscco, talking about booze at
Costco the other day, I'm walking in they are selling
bottles of wine for thousands of dollars at Costco. I mean,
it is crazy on these insanely expensive wine. And then
(04:14):
there was a box of suntory whiskey. Obviously the bottle
wasn't in there because they guard that stuff with you know,
arm guards in the merchandise area. But a bottle of
Japanese suntry whiskey six thousand dollars, I mean, come on, guys,
(04:35):
But Costco has gone in that direction. The other thing
people should call a sipping whiskey, yes, And the other
thing that people don't know about they have jewelry, which
is it's a fourteen percent markup, far far less expensive
than you would.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Ever gotten a jeweler.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Absolutely so another note on this prosecco though, these grapes
are from a solo.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Have you and Lindsey when you're in Italy ever gone
to solo.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
By ourselves?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
No, not solo, but han solo hand solo if you
are Orlando, Colorisian. But it's a lovely area. We we
think this last time, but there is Veneto region. It's
okay and it's uh, but we went there actually bought
(05:27):
some some tennis shoes up over in that area. But
really they have a little medieval area up there. It's
very very lovely, small, but the greats come from there.
Kirklin also has their signature microwave popcorn that is really one.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
I use that.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
You bet, I have a I have a box a
bit right into my kitchen.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And then they have their signature vanilla ice cream which
is wonderful as well. So these are some things that
maybe you might pass up on at Costco that I
recommend that you do not.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And they're all of oil is oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
But all those things, you know, most people kind of
know about those things, but these were some that kind
of slipped through.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah, And they have a ball.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
They have a balsamic that is excellent for its price too.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
All right.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Trader Joe's which I like, I mean Trader Joe's is
one of those great markets that has very unique items
and very inexpensive. Is probably the best bargain out there
outside of Costco. But even in many cases it's better
than Costco, less expensive, and they have interesting, interesting items
and unique to Trader Joe's. So what are the new
(06:38):
must try items? Neil can't hear you? Yle, There you go.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
As long as you get can get past the guy
in the day glow dolphin shorts with his long sleeve
shirt tucked in his pants and stuff like that in
the Petulia oil, then yeah, it's great.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
But I'm going to.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I'm just say what this is and tell me it
doesn't sound fantastic. Sweet Corn, barrata and basil ravioli sounds great?
Holy hell? Does that sounds great? I haven't had this yet,
and I'm like boom. So these are some of the
(07:20):
latest must try items that are coming out, some of
these seasonal and like, but holy hell, when I read that,
I was like, sweet corn and I love corn, sweet corn,
I love brata and basil ravioli. Holy smokes, I'm gonna
get that today. Hazel nut and cocoa filled crapes. Come on,
(07:44):
see that stuff you won't get at Costco. You get
that stuff a Trader Joe's.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Also, they have Indian food in individual packets that you make.
That is wonderful and it's very inexpensive, and they're it's
obviously frozen food. Takes it three minutes, pop them in
the microwave, and boy, what a meal that is.
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Yeah, your high quality. I mean you could taste it.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
They're you know, very well done. Cheese pasta with eggplant.
That's a lovely combination as well, crustless peanut butter and
strawberry jam sandwiches.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
Kids love them, adults love them.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Come on the Egyptian sour dough pocket bread. Oh my gosh,
I love a good flat bread. There's just something about
a good flat bread. Cheese s finished artic choke pasta,
not dip but pasta. So imagine everything you love about
that dip now in a pasta. Holy I just want
(08:47):
to eat all of these.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Oh no, it sounds absolutely delicious. And when you go
past the aisles, I mean, it's wonderful. The other thing
about Trader Joe's. One of the great great aspects of
Trader Joe's is the parking. When you try to go
through that parking lot, because for every three cars that
go in, there's one parking spot.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Well you know why that is. And I've said this
on the show before.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
The reason why it is is that the parking lot
is only as big as the store. A certain amount
of parking spots per square footage, and Trader Joe's wants
small stores, so by definition they want a small store
(09:32):
and the small store vibe and all of that, and
with it comes a small parking lot.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
But they're incredibly park.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Popular, so that that's why it is always it's not
just one location, it's all of them.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
It's all locations, yes, and it's because of that.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And the number of clerks they have are a huge
number of clerks. So you go through those lines lightning fast.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Flirting with you. By the way, they're just being nice.
They're told to be nice. They're not flirting with you.
They don't care about you. They don't care about your day.
And then lastly, Taco Bell they're bringing back you know,
decades old they're y two K menu. There's five discounted
menu items from the late nineties early oughts that were
(10:20):
big deals. They're being brought back. Taco Bell's double decker taco,
you know, the dorito shelled taco, the cool ranch counterpart.
It was removed in twenty nineteen. That's coming back, the
beefy five layer burrito, chili cheese burrito, and one of
(10:40):
my favorites, the caramel.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Apple im banadas.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
The dessert is coming back as well, So look for
these at your local Taco bell. They're all absolutely fantastic
and delicious and remind me of the you know, the
late nineties. So get out there and get those two.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Trader Joe's, which I like.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
I mean, Trader Joe's is one of those great markets
that has very unique items and very inexpensive. Is probably
the best bargain out there outside of Costco. But even
in many cases it's better than Costco, less expensive, and
they have interesting, interesting items and unique to Trader Joe's.
So what are the new must try items? Neil can't here,
(11:29):
Ryle there you go.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
As long as you get can get past the guy
in the Daglo Dolphin shorts with his long sleeved shirt
tucked in his pants and stuff like that. In the
Petulia oil, then yeah, it's great. But I'm gonna I'm
gonna just say what this is and tell me it
doesn't sound fantastic. Sweet corn barata and basil ravioli sounds great.
(11:58):
Holy hell, does that sound great? I haven't had this yet,
and I'm like, boom. So these are some of the
latest must try items that are coming out, some of
these seasonal and like but holy hell. When I read that,
I was like, sweet corn and I love corn, sweet corn,
I love barta and basil ravioli. Holy smokes, I'm gonna
(12:22):
get that today. Hazel nut and cocoa filled crapes.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Come on, see that stuff. You won't get at Costco.
You get that stuff at Trader Joe's.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Also, they have Indian food in individual packets that you
make that is wonderful and it's very inexpensive and there
it's obviously frozen food. Takes three minutes, pop them in
the microwave, and boy, what a meal that is.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, and your high quality. I mean you could taste it.
They're you know, very well done. Cheese pasta with eggplant.
That's a lovely combination as well. Crustless peanut butter and
strawberry jam sandwiches. Kids love them, adults love them.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
Come on.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
The Egyptian sour dough pocket bread. Oh my gosh, I
love a good flat bread. There's just something about a
good flat bread. Cheese spinished artic choke pasta, not dip
but pasta. So imagine everything you love about that dip
(13:29):
now in a pasta. Holy I just want to eat
all of these.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Oh no, it sounds absolutely delicious. And when you go
past the aisles, I mean, it's wonderful. The other thing
about Trader Joe's. One of the great great aspects of
Trader Joe's is the parking when you try to go
through that parking lot, because for every three cars that
go in, there's one parking spot.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Well you know why that is, and I've said this
on the show before. The reason why it is is
that the parking lot is only as big as the store.
A certain amount of parking spots per square footage, and
Trader Joe's wants small stores, so by definition they want
(14:16):
a small store and a small store vibe and all
of that, and with it comes a small parking lot.
But they're incredibly part popular. So that's that's why it
is always it's not just one location, it's all of them.
It's all locations, yes, and it's because of that.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
And the number of clerks they have are a huge
number of clerks, So you go through those lines lightning fast, yes.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
And they're not flirting with you, by the way, they're
just being nice. They're told to be nice. They're not
flirting with you. They don't care about you. They don't
care about your day. And then lastly, Taco Bell they're
bringing back, you know, decades they're hy two K menu.
There's five discounted menu items from the late nineties early
odts that were big deals. They're being brought back. Taco
(15:09):
Bell's double decker taco, you know, the dorito shelled taco,
the cool ranch counterpart it was removed in twenty nineteen.
That's coming back, the beefy five layer burrito, chili cheese burrito,
and one of my favorites, the caramel apple impanadas. The
(15:30):
dessert is coming back as well. So look for these
at your local Taco Bell. They're all absolutely fantastic and
delicious and remind me of the you know, the late nineties.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
So get out.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
There and get those two Oh did you know twenty
years ago today Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
Speaker 5 (15:54):
Really?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, twenty years ago. I mean, doesn't it seem like
it just hit five years ago? Eight years ago. I'man
twenty years.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
You know, I went there within a year. I think
after within a year of it happening. Tracy and I
weren't we weren't even married yet, and we were there,
and I remember seeing so much devastation. Still almost a
year later, the population.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Is still half of what it was. I seriously today,
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Way way down.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Amy, do you happen to know or and you have
to know the population of New Orleans is pre and
post Katrina.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
You know, we're looking it up.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
I remember Steve Gregory and Eric Leonard going out there. Yeah,
driving out there because there was no other way to
really get out there.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
It was completely crazy, all right.
Speaker 6 (16:55):
That's saying the New Orleans population was nearly half a
million and before Katrina and is now three hundred thousand.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
And eighty four, right, so basically half, basically half. And
there's still entire sections of New Orleans that will I
don't know if they'll ever be rebuilt because there just
aren't enough people there. All right, Now, how do we
get questions for ask candle, ask handle anything? I just
(17:25):
mispronounced my name. Good for me, and that is you
call in during the course of the show and we'll
start this next week. You go onto the iHeartRadio app.
Bill handle the show, and then upper right hand corner
microphone and you click on it, and then you record
the question of which I have not heard, and I
(17:46):
will hear it the same time you do today. Right now,
Neil the first Ask Candle anything.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
This is for ask Candle anything.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Hey, Bill, what are you going to do differently in
your current marriage to Lindsay so that you end up
renting a room from Cono and working until you're one
hundred years old?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Thanks?
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Great question, great question, great question.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Yeah, I'm probably gonna work until I'm one hundred years old.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
And what am I doing differently?
Speaker 5 (18:15):
You think you're gonna last another three years?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's one of those things where I really do want
to spend some time in Italy and you've been to Italy,
you know, and then Lindsay is.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Crazy about Italy? So what am I gonna do differently?
Speaker 3 (18:33):
You know? I don't know if I'm gonna do anything differently.
That's a good question and not smart move. No, I
just I just don't know.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
I just don't know.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Right, here's a quote about history repeating itself. I can't
remember but that's okay.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
I was going to say something about Kamala Harris.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
We are you gonna do differently? Not a thing I'm
gonna Peece standing up, just like Biden did. I'm just
gonna do everything executive.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
All right. Next question, I want to thank you guys.
You guys helped me through my morning traffic.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
But my real question is Bill, do you get along
with John Covil?
Speaker 2 (19:14):
You know what? We we get along? Yeah, I mean
we're not social.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
I mean he's at a different time than I am,
so we don't run.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
In twenty twenty five or yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yeah, No, he's on in the afternoon and I'm obviously
in the morning. And do we socialize, No, not at all.
But you know we're you know, friendly with each other.
I mean do I hate him?
Speaker 5 (19:38):
No?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Does he hate me? Yes?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Probably so.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Yeah, it's a good question. The answer is do I
get along with him?
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, it's I would say that John is an acquaintance
at work. Is that fair? I think that's fair.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Are you guys ever social?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
No?
Speaker 6 (19:58):
No?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
What about b She's a very I mean, Debra's way
more social than Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I once went one time I went on a trip,
a KFI trip which we used to do years and
years and years ago with listeners and John and was
on that trip with Deborah and I was on that trip,
but we were dealing with one hundred and thirty people,
so yeah, we were, you know, just so busy with everybody.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So all right, moving on, Hey.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Bill, just wondering what was the age difference between you
and Marjorie? And what is the age difference between you
and Lindsay?
Speaker 2 (20:32):
All right, thank you, I love the show.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
By all right, thank you. Marjorie is a hair older
than I am. She is and Lindsay, well, let me
put it. When I connected with Lindsay a few years ago,
I had to wait until she graduated high school because
I did want to get arrested.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Okay, Neil, I can't hear you.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
I said, Lindsay's too young for me.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
That's that's true. What is that?
Speaker 3 (21:01):
You know?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
How much is Lindsay?
Speaker 3 (21:02):
She's a twenty I think twenty five, twenty six younger
years younger than I am.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
So a lot. I mean, it is a lot.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And she is waiting for me to die, hoping she
gets a pile of money, and it's just not going
to happen. It's not true. Well, crap, she has no
idea how nothing she is going to get. My kids
are in the same position. They think they're going to
get money. They're all crazy. I'm going to give it
(21:29):
all to the whales, and I hate waiting.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
I give money. Yeah, all right, Moving.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
On, question for Bill.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
Has there ever been a news reporter or somebody on
your show that you just didn't stand and had to
ask management to.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Get rid of them?
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Never?
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Yeah, never a news reporter.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
I've had a couple of board ops that I walked
into management and said, I'm done with this one. And
I I don't choose who I work with, but I
have the ability.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
To choose who I don't work with.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
But I think I've gotten along with every single news reporter.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Maybe Amy Is.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
That was a great answer, Bill, just the best answer ever.
You should be commended for that wonderful answer.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
I was about to say, maybe Amy is the exception.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Oh you got and let me suck up.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Okay, the details, devils and details?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Oh, realistically, Amy is, you know in the top ten
and I've had nine, I've had six.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Moving on, Hey, Bill, Now that you live far away
from LA, do you ever get to work from home
and avoid the traffic, and it's so often.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Yes, okay, yes, I'm about an hour maybe an hour
and a half from KFI. I go up there a
couple of times every couple of weeks and I'll spend
three days or whatever. And yes, so Mike commute. I
have a studio at home, which a lot of us do.
And my commute instead of an hour and a half commute,
(23:12):
it's thirty feet and that's not a bad commute. And
Neil has a home studio. I think what I think
John has a home studio. Do Gary and Shannon have
home studios.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
I know that they they on occasion has to be
out and about because of the chargers and the like.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
I don't know if they have home studios.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, and I don't know. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Conway lives three minutes from the studio, so I don't
think he uh.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
It is his home studio. Oka is his home.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Yeah, he literally is three minutes away. So I'm the
farthest away. So yeah, I have a home studio. Okay,
next phone.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Call, Hey, Bill just said a quick question. Your show
is so great and the diversity of your topics is
really really fabulous to listen to. You cover all kinds
of news, which is great. Do you spend a lot
of time on the off hour with your team to
collate all these stories? How do you come up with
such a great diversity? I mean, do you spend a
lot of time when you're not on the air researching
(24:14):
and choosing? And is it collaborative or is it really
your call?
Speaker 3 (24:17):
That's actually a very good question. First of all, we
don't collaborate. Anne, who is the producer of the show,
usually comes up with topics, usually because you know, look,
come on, tell me, I don't come up with topics
for you.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Oh my god. Out of every hundred topics, you probably
throw in three.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Oh please, come on, realistically, I probably throw in Come on,
I throw in more than three per hundred.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And in any case, don't give me that look I
throw in. Do you do nothing? I'm sorry? Compare right now?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Okay, I do nothing. I don't read them, I don't
look at them.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I know what Anne does now in prep you do
nothing with Okay? What and does is she whoa? And
oh boy? She exercised here.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Anne is the producer of the show, and she knows
what I like and what I don't like, and what
my wheelhouse is, and we don't do sports stories.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
That's not me. For example.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
We do a lot of history, a lot of current events,
world current events, a lot of costco we So that's
the question, and then I will come on a couple
of times a week I throw a story at you.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
I did today, today, I did one.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
And then sometimes I go, nah, we had one story
today and remember what it was. But it was so
convoluted and it took such it would take such a time.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Easier to.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
Give a question out, Yeah, it's not even question easier
to read. Sometimes it's because I actually am literate.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
I can read.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Uh, it's sometimes it's so convoluted the story. Uh, it's
so wonky. Then I'll tell Anne, no, it's going to
take too long. Or sometimes I just don't understand, and
then you just will It would be a good question,
I know, a very good question. Yeah. I know, Ann's
getting defensive and make sure it's a really big font.
And that's true. And I'm getting and I'm getting defensive.
So that is how it is. I spent about an
(26:17):
hour in the morning, uh, looking at the stories, looking
at the news, which Anne produces all the stories, and
then I'm a news junkie. During the course of the morning,
I have my computer. I read the La Times, the
New York Times, I read the Wall Street Journal, and
I watch news at the afternoon, usually national news and
(26:38):
some I'm kind of a news junkie.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
So that's how I prepare. Okay, movie, moving.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
On you Anne, You're the best.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
A thank you, Neil. I appreciate you, love you, love
you longtime.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Anne.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Okay, coming up, next question.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Hey, Bill, when was the last time you wore it
to pay? Maybe you want to look at wearing one again?
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Yeah, you know, I never have.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
There's one two pay story I do want to share
with you, and that is when I had the worst
television show in the history of mankind. That was Oh
my God, the thirty years ago. It was a show
by Disney. As a matter of fact, it was a
talk show that Disney produced. And so there we had
signed the contract and I have no hair, and literally
(27:25):
the executive producer came up to me and said, Bill,
the suits have asked, would you consider wearing a rug
a two pay to make you look younger and to
make you look more television like?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
And he was very reluctant. I mean he was frightened.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
As to what I was going to say, and I said, yeah,
I have no problem wearing a two pay, and he
just shook his head as in my god, howcoult. Bill
said yes, knowing Bill, And I said, but here, here
are the terms of my two pay. It can't cost
more than thirty dollars. It can't act actually match the
hair that I have on the side of my head,
(28:05):
and it has to do the curl and when the
camera is on me, it has to be put on me.
So it's just a little bit off. So you know
something's wrong, but you don't know what it is. And
I said, those are my terms, and he goes, you're kidding.
And I had my agent write it up and send
it to them and never heard another word.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
So the answer is, I have never worn a rug.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
I mean I've actually worn a rug like a shag
and put that on my head, but never that kind.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Of a rug.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
All right, you didn't wear a market.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
It's whoa yeah, and some of us desperately need one
one more.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
One more hey morning, handle, Hey, up to this point
of your life, what are if any But I'm sure
there are like top two or three regrets that you
have so far up to this point, don't see your kids.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I was, let's say, getting married, having kids. Big regrets
on what else? What I mean legitimately regrets not typing,
seriously not learning how to type.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
That truly is that's legitimate. That's do you know how
to type?
Speaker 5 (29:18):
I don't know how to type.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
I hunt and peck, and today in this world with
the computers, it's crazy not typing.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
I don't know how to type.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
The other regret is having a third rate education, going
to a state college and not going to a top
tier law school. Not that I could get into a
top tier school, but I regret not going.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
And having that kind of education.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So as a matter of fact, it was the best
thing that ever happened to me, because I would never
be able to get into a job in a big firm,
which by now I would be a senior partner and
working eighty hours a week's which which is what lawyers do.
But those are that those are my big regrets, big regrets.
The other one, well, going to the wrong for example Moyle,
(30:14):
who I did my circumcision took way too much off.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
That was a regret.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
All right, We're done, guys, Gary and Shannon up next,
and I'll catch you on Tuesday. I have a good one, everybody.
I have a good Labor Day. This is kf I
A M six.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
You've been listening to the Bill Handle Show.
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Catch my Show Monday through Friday, six am to nine am,
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