September 19, 2025 • 25 mins
(Sept 19,2025)
FOODIE FRIDAY! The Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra speaks on changes coming to McDonalds and Olive Garden testing smaller entrees. Trump suggests FCC reexamine licenses over constatnt criticism of him.
FOODIE FRIDAY! The Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra speaks on changes coming to McDonalds and Olive Garden testing smaller entrees. Trump suggests FCC reexamine licenses over constatnt criticism of him.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from kf I
am six forty. I'm in the move for food.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Kf I AM six forty alive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Good Friday morning to you. It is Neil Savadra and
the morning crew with you this Friday morning. Happy to
you with you. It's foody Friday. We'll get into some
food in just a moment. Here Heather Brooker filling in
for Amy King and Matthews in for and today, I'd
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like to invite you to do something if you if
it's uh, if it moves your heart too, and that
is joined me in raising money for the Union Rescue Mission.
The Way Home is their focus this year, and boy
do they do it right. So basically, we partnered with
them last year, Amy King and I and we partnered
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with them to raise money for the homeless. But here's
the situation. I fell in love with them. They answered,
I mean Amy and I threw a lot of questions
at them, and they answered all of them exactly the
way I wanted to hear. They can't get money from
they can't get federal funding because they're a dry location,
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which means you have to get sober, and their programs
are real. The process is to get people off the street,
to teach them, to give them skills, and get them
in permanent housing. It's not this garbage that the city
does with spending money and doesn't know where it goes
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or any of those things either. So we're going over
the edge. Both Amy King and I will be going
over the edge of the Hilton Universal City Hotel. Beautiful
hotel by the way, nice pool in the back there.
Hopefully I won't fall in it. It's twenty five story
building that means two hundred and fifty feet And if
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I would love that. I mean you could donate to
me as well. It all goes to the same place.
She's incredibly, incredibly compassionate and not no competitive. That's what
I was looking for. She mocks me, care about me,
put money in my back? She mocks me so it's
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sorry inside voice. So you dot org slash ote Team
KFI and you can donate anything you want there and
I would be very much and I put my own
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give to them because I believe in what they do,
but I gave to my own team to make sure
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if you really if you're adventurous and you want to
go over the edge with us, it's pretty exhilarating. A
thousand dollars donation will allow you to go with us
on Friday, the twenty sixth of September. It's the twenty
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sixth and twenty seventh. They're doing that, Amy and I
will do it on the twenty sixth. So join us there,
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ote Team KFI. I very much appreciate your donation. We
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One of my favorite chain places, Olive Garden. I do
love me some Olive Garden. I think their proportions are great.
I dig the vibe in there. There's always families enjoying themselves.
See all you can eat salad. My wife digs you
get the breadsticks? What about you, Heather? You like the uh?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Oh love it?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I got so excited when you said it. Did you
see how my face lit up?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You had a physical reaction to Olive Gardens.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I was literally like, ooh, are we should we go?
Are they? Are they here?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We should? We should make this happen. Well, they're doing
something a little different, and I like this. I like
options for folks. I can. I have no problem handling
the entree portions as they are now, and I don't
mind taking Italian food home. It's you know, works well.
Reheat's fine, it's a good heat. Yeah, so I'm down.
But they're doing some smaller servings and they're experimenting with this.
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About forty percent of its locations they have lighter portion entrees,
and that means not only is it small portions, but
also these lighter portion entrees are going to be priced
between twelve ninety nine and thirteen ninety nine, which is
I think great. I think the prices are wonderful. I
always get full. My kid loves it, my wife enjoys it,
(05:14):
and that's hard. You know, my wife doesn't eat red
meat and she doesn't do dairy. And you know, my
son's eight, so he's in that pretty hardcore chicken finger stage,
so he finds stuff that he likes there. They have
mac and cheese, they have all kinds of stuff. But
we really love it, and I think this is a
great idea. These items are going to be available for
(05:36):
dinner all day during weekends, but they're still going to
offer all the abundant portions and all that stuff, the
never ending first course of unlimited bread, steak, soup, salad,
that type of thing. So they're not replacing anything. They're
giving another option. And this is owned by Darden Restaurants,
and if you know, they're out of Florida, I think,
(05:58):
but they also or the parent company of Longhorn Steakhouse,
which we have some out here, and then Cheddars Scratch Kitchen,
which I do not believe we have any in the
south Land. You can correct me.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
On that you haven't seen any I have a gift
card for Cheddars and I can't find one.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And they won't use it at any of the other places.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
No, they will, But I just really wanted to try Cheddars.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Oh yeah, you're like me online. Want to see what
I have? Hey, let's go to that Texas roadhouse. I
haven't done that yet.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
That was kind of cheese dip am I missing?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah? What is that? What's that? Cheddars yard House? Of
course in Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is also on their lineup,
but the company stockfell about seven percent yesterday mixed quarterly results,
so they're looking to fire things up. Get out to
a I think I'll get out to an Olive Garden.
You know, we go and see a movie in the Burbank,
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the Burbank AMC and then cross the bridge and go
over there to Olive Garden. I think chain restaurants are
an important part of the ecosystem, the food ecosystem, as
much as mom and pop and everything else agreed, and
so I like the chains.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
I love all it. We should have this show sponsored
by Olive Garden.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Hit us as you're looking for hit us up.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Olive garden Neil and I will take your money and
eat your food.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They're the og og Og. Yeah o g og og
love it all right? All right, back to foody Friday
we go. Keep in mind I will be with you
as your friendly neighborhood folk reporter tomorrow from two to five.
We've got a great lineup tomorrow. I got a lot
of people. We've been out and about a lot, and
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we'll be on the twenty seventh, we'll be out at
Morongo for a wine event. So we're in studio tomorrow
and it's going to be a fun show. So join
us there at two, won't you. So Maha changes make
America Healthy Again. I stand by this as scary as
that Robert F. Kin junior guy is to me. McDonald's
(08:03):
USA announced that it is pouring two hundred million dollars
in Regenitator regen Regenerative. There we go farm practices, and
I like that agriculture is important. Studied agriculture as a
science in a high school for a while. And soil
is a big deal. Keeping soil moving and keeping chemicals
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out of the soils important. And this was hailed as
a win for the Make America Healthy Again movement. But
to me, it's just smart. I will call them as
I see them. I love when people say, just when
I think you're a Republican, you say something that makes
me think you're a liberal, and then I think you're
a liberal, and then you say something it's because it's
a case by case basis man, I think therefore I
(08:48):
am not a pundit. Sorry. Sorry, we need more reason
back in our lives people. So that's good. And keeping
the the soil, enhancing it, keeping it healthy, get those
synthetic chemicals and fertilizer lasers out of there is good.
(09:10):
McDonald's is the largest fast food chain in the nation,
so that is helpful. Now, yesterday was National Cheeseburger Day,
and you could tell because you know kno was. He
was bouncing in his seat. It's so cute. His feet
don't even touch the floor and he's all happy about everything.
Cheese Burger Day, Jeezburger Day. And it's great for him
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because the children plates are usually cheaper, so it's he
gets excited, is what I'm saying. But there was a
this was published yesterday, oh today. Actually, you know something funny.
I didn't even think about this. By the way, a
listener said something todays talk like a pirate day, And
we were talking about my brother being married by someone
(09:54):
with a hook. Didn't even know it.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
We could have been doing the whole news today in pirate.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yeah, the whole time right past me. So I'm gonna guess.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
I say it's not too late.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, I you know, I think I think Gary and
Shannon will cover it.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Stay tuned for the eight thirty news cast.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
So all right, okay, So they were talking about the
top five best fast food cheeseburgers Culver's butter Burger. We
don't I think that's a Midwestern thing, Heather, Honey.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
But Culver's butter burgers.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yeah, which definitely gets my attention. You say, butter burger.
I'm listening. Go on, Yes, you don't say I'm listening.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Then Shake Shacks Shack Burger is on here. I think
that's a nice, solid burger. Five guys, great burger. We
didn't mention that yesterday. Five guys is a great burger. Right.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I love their fries too, great.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Their fries when they go you and as small and
you go yeah, and then you hear bb yeah, it's like, oh,
I said a small Yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Mean a small truckload. You got it.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Oh, that's a small Wallburgers are burger from Wallburgers. Now
I have had a Wallburgers. They have a Wallburgers at Morongo.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
How was it?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I liked it. I enjoyed it. Okay, Now I will
tell you that the meat if you go to I
think it's Gelson's might be Gelson's. They sell Wallburger branded
eighty twenty meat. Oh, and slider in slider form and
burger form, and it's got a nice flavor. I like it.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Talk about branching out of your brand, that's something I
don't think a lot of restaurants think of making their
own meat.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Well, yeah, actually there are. Having your own signature blend
I think is important to a great burger. But this
one doesn't always get the praise that it deserves. But
the McDonald's quarter pound with cheese I think is good burger.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Give it up for the quarter pounder.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Right, especially now that they make them to order with
mostly meat. No, that's meat. It's now.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Don't you remember that documentary where it was like the
pink slime coming out and they were like, this is
what's in your birds?
Speaker 1 (12:16):
First of all, that's not it's one hundred percent beef
patty at McDonald's. One hundred percent beef patty. I say,
we test it right now. I'm starving, Look.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Time to do.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Buzz will tell tell us, No, it's one hundred percent beef.
Never frozen. By the way, on those is my understanding? No,
those new ones. I see all these.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
These TikTok videos of people who work at McDonald's showing
them literally pulling out the frozen patties and then just
chunking them onto the to the grill.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yes, but not on the quarter pounders. Oh okay, not
on the quarter pounders. Yes, I've seen those pucks.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Those pucks.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
You know what I went. I went into a Wendy's,
which I think is a fabulous burger. I think I
think Wendy's is the most underrated fast food restaurant in California,
because if you go outside of California, they're everywhere, and
they're appreciated.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Here, people are snotty about it, like, oh, Wendy's.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Great and they got a great lineup, and question do you.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Dip your fries in your frosty?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You know what? That's my wife does that business. I
do not oh, she's not supposed to have dairy. She's
not a little bit, but yeah, but she'll do that
because she's down with that jam. But me not so much,
kind of a purist. I like some cats up, some
cats up on those friesl classic. Yeah, like it cleaned,
(13:41):
the acidity is nice. So go out, even though it
was yesterday, go out and get yourself a burger. I'm
alright with that.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
This is tough to talk about, like because this is
like in the middle of our shifts, you know, like
the middle of our day for us, So it's like
dinner time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
You've been up longer than I have to, so I apologize.
So no, I'm like, I'm hungry, but it's it's the
end of Footy Friday for now, Okay, all right? Neil
s Vader in the morning crew handles on vacation. Amy's
out as well. We've got Heather Brooker with us, and
ann is out as well, and we've got Matthew So
the team's all here. I even saw producer Kayla walk
(14:16):
through here. She produces the four report tomorrow two to five.
Join us there, won't you? Okay, So we opened up
to some of your questions. Normally it's ask handle anything.
I guess it's ask Neil anything at this point, so
we'll take a call. Let's go with number one.
Speaker 6 (14:33):
Good morning, Neil. I was wondering what was your first
thoughts reactions when you met Bill for the first time,
and has it changed much?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Hasn't changed? He is he is. I will say, he's
the only person that I've met in radio who is
exactly the same on air as he is off the air.
Most most of us are not a caricature, but like
a slight exaggeration sort of or something kind of heat.
(15:11):
He that's him. He's that I've been at funerals with him.
That's him. He is that guy who's loud and saying
stupid things at funerals, or like, I look around when
I go out to lunch or dinner and make sure
we're not sitting by anybody that I think will get
offended by his big fat mouth. But that's kind of him.
(15:32):
Same jokes. I'm sorry I made that plural same joke,
and that I've heard a thousand times before, and all
those things. The first time I met him, I was
already a listener. He's actually very important to why I
came here. I was doing radio. I was doing Christian
radio before I came to KFI, and was also on
a show that was Coast to Coast, a very very
(15:54):
very conservative radio program at the time, one that I'm
embarrassed about now where my opinions were at the time.
But I came to KFI because I loved it. I've
been listening to it since I was in my teens
or younger, and in my art studio when I was designing,
(16:15):
it was always on. I'd be listening tokis do you care?
But I on the morning of the Northridge earthquake, I
was listening to Handle, and I thought, you know what
I will become. I will go backwards and become an
(16:36):
intern to get into that station. And so I wrote,
actually didn't write the letter, had a typed, not even
on a computer. It was nineteen ninety four and I
came as an intern, but it was because of Handle.
And when I met him as an intern on his show,
he walked out. I had hair then, and I had
(16:58):
a couple of earrings on both sides, and he looked
and he said, is that. And I went to put
my hand out to shake his hand, and I said,
mister Handel, I'm a fan. And he looked and he said,
is at an earring? And I said, yes, sir, And
he said a word in reference to a homosexual that
(17:19):
is now not polite to say so, and then turned
around and walked away with my hands still extended to
shake his hand. So do with that what you want.
That was That was it. He hasn't changed, although I've
not heard him say that word in a long long time.
(17:43):
But I was like, oh, alrighty, so that's that, all right,
let's go.
Speaker 7 (17:49):
As soon as I think you're republic king, you're like
straight liberal democrat. We stopped going to Disney, stopped buying
passes because they're rhdlic and also LA not lowering their flags.
That's a federally controlled thing, nothing to do with bass.
(18:12):
You probably agree with that. And if we can't speak
what we want, then why have anything.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Okay. I was a registered Republican. I am no longer
a Republican. I am not a democrat. I am a rationalist.
It depends on the person, depends on the time, depends
on the need. And to me, it's a chess game,
and sometimes you're going to need a liberal mind, and
sometimes you're going to need a conservative mind. Not everything's
(18:40):
upon or a rook or a knight. They all have
different purposes on the board, and that's the way, and
I've even voted that way as a Republican. I didn't
always vote for Republicans, but now I am. I am
blown away by the ignorance and stupidity on both sides.
So choose a point a case by case basis. And
(19:04):
if you think I'm stupid because of that, that is
high praise because of all the rel lick, the liberal rellick.
Let's go to number five. Shall we are happy?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Talk like a pirate day?
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I hope you guys are having a great day. Neil,
you're doing an awesome job and crew. This is Janelle
from Currito's driving to Irvine, and I just want to
say I was cracking up with the story about the
judge or the official marrying your brother that had oh gosh,
(19:44):
had hooks. That's awesome, all right, I have a great day.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
So if you weren't listening, my brother and his bride
got married like you know, la court or something. Maybe
it might have been Ventura and the judge had a
hook for a hand, and I just think it describes
it describes my younger brother and his relationship very well.
Do you.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Do you.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Do?
Speaker 8 (20:13):
Mary?
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Alrighty next? Hey, Neil, You're awesome. I do have an
ask Neil anything.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
And I've wondered this for a long time because I
listen to your Jesus show and I love the Jesus Show.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
This is not an attack.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
It's a genuine question. Do you say I am your
humble Home or your Holy Host and you pretend to
actually be Jesus? And is that not blasphemy? Now I
don't I haven't caught you say I am Jesus, but
it feels that way, and I'm asking I don't help
me understand your way around it? And I love it
and I love you.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Oh that's really sweet. Okay, to people that like being
not in the know or love ignorance, turn off. Now
if you listen to the jc's show. Those who realize
Jesus isn't really hosting that show, here we go. I
say your Holy Host during that show because it creeps
me out. I'm fine with doing it in the first person.
(21:08):
It is interactive radio theater. I do not think I'm Jesus.
I have a wife and a mother that remind me
on the daily basis that I am not, so we're
safe there. I think the power in that show is
that it's not about me, and I think that suspending
(21:29):
disbelief during it is a powerful tool to get to
know the historic person of Jesus. That's what it is
all about. It's to get our minds out because we
judge each other and it's easy to go, well, Nil's
a piece of garbage, and I'd go, yeah, you're right,
he's got a foul mouth sense of humor, grew up
(21:49):
with mostly boys, only one sister. God bless you care.
And so it is my way of letting people hear
what I believe to be the Gospel in a way
that is palatable for different beliefs than others. I am
not liberal when it comes to that. I think scripture
(22:12):
is what scripture is. So I just think that's the
best way to do it. And it's not blasphemy because
as long as you're sticking to the script, which is
you know, sixty five plus books written over a span
of you know, years and years and years, three different languages,
(22:37):
three different continents, times of peace, times of war, that
there is a lot there that I think you need
to separate from just the voice, and you need to
hear the stuff on there, which is why I do that. Okay,
last one or Neil, quick question for you.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
How much better does the studio smell when Handfuled is
away on vacation?
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Hey? Thanks, A thousand times better, A thousand times better. Actually,
Bill is not a smelly person, strangely enough, No, as
a person, he's not. Does he bring food in? Do
you have abas inside? Don't? Maybe you've sniffed in places
I have not, Shannon Farrin, Oh you're out? Oh did
(23:17):
you just tap out?
Speaker 5 (23:19):
I'm not putting my fingerprints on that crime scene.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
But yeah, I don't find him to be a smelly person.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
I will just say for anybody who is a radio host,
when the door is closed in here and you're in
here for four hours, yea, and then you come in
after that person, it doesn't matter who you are, there
is a certain smell that is you guys.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Keep the door open. Yeah, who is that? Gary or you?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
Who?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Do you think? It's?
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Clearly me? I clearly smell awful. And I don't want
John walking into that. John is just sparkles and sugar.
He smelled all of this for four hours like that poor.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Man, and he goes, hey, it smells like BADUSTI in here.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
Actually funny story when Ken was here still no, con
was like I hate her, tell her to shut up.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
No, but oh he never mind.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
But so John and Ken you know how they are.
And Gary was eating some yogurt. It was brown sugar
and it smelled like brown sugar. And Ken walks in, Yeah,
Ken walks in one day, this is years ago and goes.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
What is that smell?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
And we're like, sugar, it's sugar.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Ken, Wait, is that happiness?
Speaker 6 (24:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Is that a smile?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I can smell your joy and it's clogging my angry
nostril in that vein.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Have you ever been up to Ellen Kay's studio upstairs?
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Oh? Yeah, many times.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
It smells like Heaven does it? Like if Heaven has
a smell, it's Ellen Kay's studio. It smells like muffins
and joy and lights.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
It's fantastic. Yeah, but she smells like that when you
hug her.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
She does.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
I saw her this past weekend and she smells like that.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
Can get that on this floor.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Her studio smells like those home magazine pictures of like
it's like how do they keep I know, how do
they keep it so nice?
Speaker 3 (25:10):
I want to live with her?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Do you stand your magazines on your end table? Yeah?
She does?
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
All say that? All right? Stick around for Gary and
Shannon coming up. I will see you two to five
tomorrow and then again on Monday for the morning show.
Go nowhere. Have a great weekend. It is KFI and
KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. You've been listening to
the Bill Handle Show.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
Catch my show Monday through Friday, six am to nine am,
and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from kf I
am six forty. I'm in the move for food.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Kf I AM six forty alive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Good Friday morning to you. It is Neil Savadra and
the morning crew with you this Friday morning. Happy to
you with you. It's foody Friday. We'll get into some
food in just a moment. Here Heather Brooker filling in
for Amy King and Matthews in for and today, I'd
(00:41):
like to invite you to do something if you if
it's uh, if it moves your heart too, and that
is joined me in raising money for the Union Rescue Mission.
The Way Home is their focus this year, and boy
do they do it right. So basically, we partnered with
them last year, Amy King and I and we partnered
(01:01):
with them to raise money for the homeless. But here's
the situation. I fell in love with them. They answered,
I mean Amy and I threw a lot of questions
at them, and they answered all of them exactly the
way I wanted to hear. They can't get money from
they can't get federal funding because they're a dry location,
(01:24):
which means you have to get sober, and their programs
are real. The process is to get people off the street,
to teach them, to give them skills, and get them
in permanent housing. It's not this garbage that the city
does with spending money and doesn't know where it goes
(01:47):
or any of those things either. So we're going over
the edge. Both Amy King and I will be going
over the edge of the Hilton Universal City Hotel. Beautiful
hotel by the way, nice pool in the back there.
Hopefully I won't fall in it. It's twenty five story
building that means two hundred and fifty feet And if
(02:07):
you two ways for you to help. If you donate,
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One of my favorite chain places, Olive Garden. I do
love me some Olive Garden. I think their proportions are great.
I dig the vibe in there. There's always families enjoying themselves.
See all you can eat salad. My wife digs you
get the breadsticks? What about you, Heather? You like the uh?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Oh love it?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I got so excited when you said it. Did you
see how my face lit up?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You had a physical reaction to Olive Gardens.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I was literally like, ooh, are we should we go?
Are they? Are they here?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We should? We should make this happen. Well, they're doing
something a little different, and I like this. I like
options for folks. I can. I have no problem handling
the entree portions as they are now, and I don't
mind taking Italian food home. It's you know, works well.
Reheat's fine, it's a good heat. Yeah, so I'm down.
But they're doing some smaller servings and they're experimenting with this.
(04:53):
About forty percent of its locations they have lighter portion entrees,
and that means not only is it small portions, but
also these lighter portion entrees are going to be priced
between twelve ninety nine and thirteen ninety nine, which is
I think great. I think the prices are wonderful. I
always get full. My kid loves it, my wife enjoys it,
(05:14):
and that's hard. You know, my wife doesn't eat red
meat and she doesn't do dairy. And you know, my
son's eight, so he's in that pretty hardcore chicken finger stage,
so he finds stuff that he likes there. They have
mac and cheese, they have all kinds of stuff. But
we really love it, and I think this is a
great idea. These items are going to be available for
(05:36):
dinner all day during weekends, but they're still going to
offer all the abundant portions and all that stuff, the
never ending first course of unlimited bread, steak, soup, salad,
that type of thing. So they're not replacing anything. They're
giving another option. And this is owned by Darden Restaurants,
and if you know, they're out of Florida, I think,
(05:58):
but they also or the parent company of Longhorn Steakhouse,
which we have some out here, and then Cheddars Scratch Kitchen,
which I do not believe we have any in the
south Land. You can correct me.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
On that you haven't seen any I have a gift
card for Cheddars and I can't find one.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And they won't use it at any of the other places.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
No, they will, But I just really wanted to try Cheddars.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Oh yeah, you're like me online. Want to see what
I have? Hey, let's go to that Texas roadhouse. I
haven't done that yet.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
That was kind of cheese dip am I missing?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah? What is that? What's that? Cheddars yard House? Of
course in Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is also on their lineup,
but the company stockfell about seven percent yesterday mixed quarterly results,
so they're looking to fire things up. Get out to
a I think I'll get out to an Olive Garden.
You know, we go and see a movie in the Burbank,
(06:51):
the Burbank AMC and then cross the bridge and go
over there to Olive Garden. I think chain restaurants are
an important part of the ecosystem, the food ecosystem, as
much as mom and pop and everything else agreed, and
so I like the chains.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
I love all it. We should have this show sponsored
by Olive Garden.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Hit us as you're looking for hit us up.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Olive garden Neil and I will take your money and
eat your food.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They're the og og Og. Yeah o g og og
love it all right? All right, back to foody Friday
we go. Keep in mind I will be with you
as your friendly neighborhood folk reporter tomorrow from two to five.
We've got a great lineup tomorrow. I got a lot
of people. We've been out and about a lot, and
(07:42):
we'll be on the twenty seventh, we'll be out at
Morongo for a wine event. So we're in studio tomorrow
and it's going to be a fun show. So join
us there at two, won't you. So Maha changes make
America Healthy Again. I stand by this as scary as
that Robert F. Kin junior guy is to me. McDonald's
(08:03):
USA announced that it is pouring two hundred million dollars
in Regenitator regen Regenerative. There we go farm practices, and
I like that agriculture is important. Studied agriculture as a
science in a high school for a while. And soil
is a big deal. Keeping soil moving and keeping chemicals
(08:24):
out of the soils important. And this was hailed as
a win for the Make America Healthy Again movement. But
to me, it's just smart. I will call them as
I see them. I love when people say, just when
I think you're a Republican, you say something that makes
me think you're a liberal, and then I think you're
a liberal, and then you say something it's because it's
a case by case basis man, I think therefore I
(08:48):
am not a pundit. Sorry. Sorry, we need more reason
back in our lives people. So that's good. And keeping
the the soil, enhancing it, keeping it healthy, get those
synthetic chemicals and fertilizer lasers out of there is good.
(09:10):
McDonald's is the largest fast food chain in the nation,
so that is helpful. Now, yesterday was National Cheeseburger Day,
and you could tell because you know kno was. He
was bouncing in his seat. It's so cute. His feet
don't even touch the floor and he's all happy about everything.
Cheese Burger Day, Jeezburger Day. And it's great for him
(09:32):
because the children plates are usually cheaper, so it's he
gets excited, is what I'm saying. But there was a
this was published yesterday, oh today. Actually, you know something funny.
I didn't even think about this. By the way, a
listener said something todays talk like a pirate day, And
we were talking about my brother being married by someone
(09:54):
with a hook. Didn't even know it.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
We could have been doing the whole news today in pirate.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yeah, the whole time right past me. So I'm gonna guess.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
I say it's not too late.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, I you know, I think I think Gary and
Shannon will cover it.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Stay tuned for the eight thirty news cast.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
So all right, okay, So they were talking about the
top five best fast food cheeseburgers Culver's butter Burger. We
don't I think that's a Midwestern thing, Heather, Honey.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
But Culver's butter burgers.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yeah, which definitely gets my attention. You say, butter burger.
I'm listening. Go on, Yes, you don't say I'm listening.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Then Shake Shacks Shack Burger is on here. I think
that's a nice, solid burger. Five guys, great burger. We
didn't mention that yesterday. Five guys is a great burger. Right.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I love their fries too, great.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Their fries when they go you and as small and
you go yeah, and then you hear bb yeah, it's like, oh,
I said a small Yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Mean a small truckload. You got it.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Oh, that's a small Wallburgers are burger from Wallburgers. Now
I have had a Wallburgers. They have a Wallburgers at Morongo.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
How was it?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I liked it. I enjoyed it. Okay, Now I will
tell you that the meat if you go to I
think it's Gelson's might be Gelson's. They sell Wallburger branded
eighty twenty meat. Oh, and slider in slider form and
burger form, and it's got a nice flavor. I like it.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Talk about branching out of your brand, that's something I
don't think a lot of restaurants think of making their
own meat.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Well, yeah, actually there are. Having your own signature blend
I think is important to a great burger. But this
one doesn't always get the praise that it deserves. But
the McDonald's quarter pound with cheese I think is good burger.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Give it up for the quarter pounder.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Right, especially now that they make them to order with
mostly meat. No, that's meat. It's now.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Don't you remember that documentary where it was like the
pink slime coming out and they were like, this is
what's in your birds?
Speaker 1 (12:16):
First of all, that's not it's one hundred percent beef
patty at McDonald's. One hundred percent beef patty. I say,
we test it right now. I'm starving, Look.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Time to do.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Buzz will tell tell us, No, it's one hundred percent beef.
Never frozen. By the way, on those is my understanding? No,
those new ones. I see all these.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
These TikTok videos of people who work at McDonald's showing
them literally pulling out the frozen patties and then just
chunking them onto the to the grill.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yes, but not on the quarter pounders. Oh okay, not
on the quarter pounders. Yes, I've seen those pucks.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Those pucks.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
You know what I went. I went into a Wendy's,
which I think is a fabulous burger. I think I
think Wendy's is the most underrated fast food restaurant in California,
because if you go outside of California, they're everywhere, and
they're appreciated.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Here, people are snotty about it, like, oh, Wendy's.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Great and they got a great lineup, and question do you.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Dip your fries in your frosty?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You know what? That's my wife does that business. I
do not oh, she's not supposed to have dairy. She's
not a little bit, but yeah, but she'll do that
because she's down with that jam. But me not so much,
kind of a purist. I like some cats up, some
cats up on those friesl classic. Yeah, like it cleaned,
(13:41):
the acidity is nice. So go out, even though it
was yesterday, go out and get yourself a burger. I'm
alright with that.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
This is tough to talk about, like because this is
like in the middle of our shifts, you know, like
the middle of our day for us, So it's like
dinner time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
You've been up longer than I have to, so I apologize.
So no, I'm like, I'm hungry, but it's it's the
end of Footy Friday for now, Okay, all right? Neil
s Vader in the morning crew handles on vacation. Amy's
out as well. We've got Heather Brooker with us, and
ann is out as well, and we've got Matthew So
the team's all here. I even saw producer Kayla walk
(14:16):
through here. She produces the four report tomorrow two to five.
Join us there, won't you? Okay, So we opened up
to some of your questions. Normally it's ask handle anything.
I guess it's ask Neil anything at this point, so
we'll take a call. Let's go with number one.
Speaker 6 (14:33):
Good morning, Neil. I was wondering what was your first
thoughts reactions when you met Bill for the first time,
and has it changed much?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Hasn't changed? He is he is. I will say, he's
the only person that I've met in radio who is
exactly the same on air as he is off the air.
Most most of us are not a caricature, but like
a slight exaggeration sort of or something kind of heat.
(15:11):
He that's him. He's that I've been at funerals with him.
That's him. He is that guy who's loud and saying
stupid things at funerals, or like, I look around when
I go out to lunch or dinner and make sure
we're not sitting by anybody that I think will get
offended by his big fat mouth. But that's kind of him.
(15:32):
Same jokes. I'm sorry I made that plural same joke,
and that I've heard a thousand times before, and all
those things. The first time I met him, I was
already a listener. He's actually very important to why I
came here. I was doing radio. I was doing Christian
radio before I came to KFI, and was also on
a show that was Coast to Coast, a very very
(15:54):
very conservative radio program at the time, one that I'm
embarrassed about now where my opinions were at the time.
But I came to KFI because I loved it. I've
been listening to it since I was in my teens
or younger, and in my art studio when I was designing,
(16:15):
it was always on. I'd be listening tokis do you care?
But I on the morning of the Northridge earthquake, I
was listening to Handle, and I thought, you know what
I will become. I will go backwards and become an
(16:36):
intern to get into that station. And so I wrote,
actually didn't write the letter, had a typed, not even
on a computer. It was nineteen ninety four and I
came as an intern, but it was because of Handle.
And when I met him as an intern on his show,
he walked out. I had hair then, and I had
(16:58):
a couple of earrings on both sides, and he looked
and he said, is that. And I went to put
my hand out to shake his hand, and I said,
mister Handel, I'm a fan. And he looked and he said,
is at an earring? And I said, yes, sir, And
he said a word in reference to a homosexual that
(17:19):
is now not polite to say so, and then turned
around and walked away with my hands still extended to
shake his hand. So do with that what you want.
That was That was it. He hasn't changed, although I've
not heard him say that word in a long long time.
(17:43):
But I was like, oh, alrighty, so that's that, all right,
let's go.
Speaker 7 (17:49):
As soon as I think you're republic king, you're like
straight liberal democrat. We stopped going to Disney, stopped buying
passes because they're rhdlic and also LA not lowering their flags.
That's a federally controlled thing, nothing to do with bass.
(18:12):
You probably agree with that. And if we can't speak
what we want, then why have anything.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Okay. I was a registered Republican. I am no longer
a Republican. I am not a democrat. I am a rationalist.
It depends on the person, depends on the time, depends
on the need. And to me, it's a chess game,
and sometimes you're going to need a liberal mind, and
sometimes you're going to need a conservative mind. Not everything's
(18:40):
upon or a rook or a knight. They all have
different purposes on the board, and that's the way, and
I've even voted that way as a Republican. I didn't
always vote for Republicans, but now I am. I am
blown away by the ignorance and stupidity on both sides.
So choose a point a case by case basis. And
(19:04):
if you think I'm stupid because of that, that is
high praise because of all the rel lick, the liberal rellick.
Let's go to number five. Shall we are happy?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Talk like a pirate day?
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I hope you guys are having a great day. Neil,
you're doing an awesome job and crew. This is Janelle
from Currito's driving to Irvine, and I just want to
say I was cracking up with the story about the
judge or the official marrying your brother that had oh gosh,
(19:44):
had hooks. That's awesome, all right, I have a great day.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
So if you weren't listening, my brother and his bride
got married like you know, la court or something. Maybe
it might have been Ventura and the judge had a
hook for a hand, and I just think it describes
it describes my younger brother and his relationship very well.
Do you.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Do you.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Do?
Speaker 8 (20:13):
Mary?
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Alrighty next? Hey, Neil, You're awesome. I do have an
ask Neil anything.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
And I've wondered this for a long time because I
listen to your Jesus show and I love the Jesus Show.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
This is not an attack.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
It's a genuine question. Do you say I am your
humble Home or your Holy Host and you pretend to
actually be Jesus? And is that not blasphemy? Now I
don't I haven't caught you say I am Jesus, but
it feels that way, and I'm asking I don't help
me understand your way around it? And I love it
and I love you.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Oh that's really sweet. Okay, to people that like being
not in the know or love ignorance, turn off. Now
if you listen to the jc's show. Those who realize
Jesus isn't really hosting that show, here we go. I
say your Holy Host during that show because it creeps
me out. I'm fine with doing it in the first person.
(21:08):
It is interactive radio theater. I do not think I'm Jesus.
I have a wife and a mother that remind me
on the daily basis that I am not, so we're
safe there. I think the power in that show is
that it's not about me, and I think that suspending
(21:29):
disbelief during it is a powerful tool to get to
know the historic person of Jesus. That's what it is
all about. It's to get our minds out because we
judge each other and it's easy to go, well, Nil's
a piece of garbage, and I'd go, yeah, you're right,
he's got a foul mouth sense of humor, grew up
(21:49):
with mostly boys, only one sister. God bless you care.
And so it is my way of letting people hear
what I believe to be the Gospel in a way
that is palatable for different beliefs than others. I am
not liberal when it comes to that. I think scripture
(22:12):
is what scripture is. So I just think that's the
best way to do it. And it's not blasphemy because
as long as you're sticking to the script, which is
you know, sixty five plus books written over a span
of you know, years and years and years, three different languages,
(22:37):
three different continents, times of peace, times of war, that
there is a lot there that I think you need
to separate from just the voice, and you need to
hear the stuff on there, which is why I do that. Okay,
last one or Neil, quick question for you.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
How much better does the studio smell when Handfuled is
away on vacation?
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Hey? Thanks, A thousand times better, A thousand times better. Actually,
Bill is not a smelly person, strangely enough, No, as
a person, he's not. Does he bring food in? Do
you have abas inside? Don't? Maybe you've sniffed in places
I have not, Shannon Farrin, Oh you're out? Oh did
(23:17):
you just tap out?
Speaker 5 (23:19):
I'm not putting my fingerprints on that crime scene.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
But yeah, I don't find him to be a smelly person.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
I will just say for anybody who is a radio host,
when the door is closed in here and you're in
here for four hours, yea, and then you come in
after that person, it doesn't matter who you are, there
is a certain smell that is you guys.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Keep the door open. Yeah, who is that? Gary or you?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
Who?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Do you think? It's?
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Clearly me? I clearly smell awful. And I don't want
John walking into that. John is just sparkles and sugar.
He smelled all of this for four hours like that poor.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Man, and he goes, hey, it smells like BADUSTI in here.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
Actually funny story when Ken was here still no, con
was like I hate her, tell her to shut up.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
No, but oh he never mind.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
But so John and Ken you know how they are.
And Gary was eating some yogurt. It was brown sugar
and it smelled like brown sugar. And Ken walks in, Yeah,
Ken walks in one day, this is years ago and goes.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
What is that smell?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
And we're like, sugar, it's sugar.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Ken, Wait, is that happiness?
Speaker 6 (24:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Is that a smile?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I can smell your joy and it's clogging my angry
nostril in that vein.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Have you ever been up to Ellen Kay's studio upstairs?
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Oh? Yeah, many times.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
It smells like Heaven does it? Like if Heaven has
a smell, it's Ellen Kay's studio. It smells like muffins
and joy and lights.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
It's fantastic. Yeah, but she smells like that when you
hug her.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
She does.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
I saw her this past weekend and she smells like that.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
Can get that on this floor.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Her studio smells like those home magazine pictures of like
it's like how do they keep I know, how do
they keep it so nice?
Speaker 3 (25:10):
I want to live with her?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Do you stand your magazines on your end table? Yeah?
She does?
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
All say that? All right? Stick around for Gary and
Shannon coming up. I will see you two to five
tomorrow and then again on Monday for the morning show.
Go nowhere. Have a great weekend. It is KFI and
KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. You've been listening to
the Bill Handle Show.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
Catch my show Monday through Friday, six am to nine am,
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