August 9, 2025 • 31 mins
Happy Birthday Neil Saavedra! Live from Descanso's new restaurant in Los Angeles, we are grateful to have Derek Young.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Neil Savedra.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to KFI EM six forty The four Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI AM six forty
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, it's the
Fork Report, all Things Food Beverage on Beyond, celebrating food
and the people that make it the culture behind it,
every single Saturday from two to five. After our broadcast today,
(00:25):
my friend Tiffany Hobbs is going to follow us at
five as she normally does, but she's going to do
it here at Wisconso Restaurant in La on the Miracle
Mile on Wilshire there next to the tar Pits. So
we're going to continue this party afterwards too, eat, drink
and be merry or Susan or Betty or whatever you
(00:46):
want to be. It is fine here with some dear
friends today as we're celebrating my birthday, which was actually
on the twenty eighth.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
But I've been wanting to do this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
With Rob and show off this beautiful restaurant here in La.
So it's a good excuse as any I say. Simon
Majumdar from the Food Network is with me and now
I want to introduce you to my buddy Derek Derek
Young from Van Oaks Props right here.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
He's been on the show before.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We had him on in March talk about, you know,
props and things like that, because you know, you had
the oscars going on a time. We've had you in
October to talk about props. And the funny thing is
it's August and everywhere I look is Halloween already.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yes, so, but.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
If this is the time that you're gonna want to
start putting things together for Halloween and you have a
big Haunt display in your yard.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Every year, sure, I mean, if you're an Angelino, you
know that July is really when you start. The minute
the temperatures start to go into the triple digits, that's it.
It's over with. It's time to start building things on
your driveway. It's sweating to the oldies.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Where's that guy got a coffin in his yard? Well,
it's July, honey, totally normal.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Because global warming is real, exactly nothing we could do
about it.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Here we have the heat and it's here to stay.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So you've started now.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I wanted you to tell people because Midsummer Midsummer stream
is going on in Long Beach next weekend, and you've
got some seminars going on there.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I do so when I'm not teaching people how to
make props, particularly for Halloween on YouTube, I also do
workshops in person, and so Midsommer Scream has been a
great platform for that for me for many years since
their inception, and it's a great way to network with
the community and share a lot of the information that
I've learned from other makers, have figured out on my
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own in the process of trying to create something out
of nothing, and so it's something that I look forward
to every year to share what I know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Where can people find out if they want to attend
that the seminar now one of the things that I love.
I came across Derek at van Ooks Props on YouTube.
He has a YouTube channel there and I became a
huge fan of his work, especially we both share a
lot of the same interests when it comes to prop making,
but also Star Wars and Halloween and all those things.
(03:11):
Your tombstone work is spectacular, your weathering and all of
that is that what you're focusing on in these classes.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
So there's four different classes that we're offering this year.
I'm sorry. There's three different classes that we're offering this year,
one of which is a tombstone class. It's probably our
most attended. It's the one thing that I think is
sort of the gateway prop for a lot of people
who want to decorate for Halloween, and so we'll be
doing that. We'll also be teaching people how to make
(03:43):
led flickering candles from random PBC pipe and things that
you'd find that the hardware.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Should talk a little bit about that today.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
And the third class will be sort of a traditional
flicker box that would let you plug in any incandescent
bulb into this box and it would create the look
of a failing light bulb. So kind of some traditional
Halloween stuff that is good for any skill level. That's amazing.
I love I love that stuff. I know you had
(04:13):
the live feed this morning where you get a live
stream talking about Halloween and prepping people the It's funny
we've talked about, you know, from the cocktail to other things,
how the more simplistic it.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Is, the easier it is to fail.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Sure, So tombstone you say, it's probably the entry level,
but there's it's an easy one to make a mistake
because you're trying to make it look like stone.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
It is and it isn't at the same time. And
the reason I say this is because we have the
benefit of I think for Halloween fanatics, particularly if you
subscribe to the sort of aesthetic that I do, which
is old cemeteries, that a mistake can become a feature.
Oh sure, there's many a tombstone where I've misspelled to
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name or had inadvertently taken off a chunk that was
supposed to stay there, and it becomes sort of the
best part of that prop because now you've you've taken
the sort of humanness out of it and have kind
of let it go to the gods and they've figured
out the problem and the solution all in one. So
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while it may seem like something that you could easily
get wrong, some of the best results come from those mistakes.
And so I think if you can get over the
hump of understanding the tools and the methods to sort
of get you from point A to point B, the
rest is sort of creative freedom.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, perfection is not what we're attracted to. Actually in
life where attracted where you know, all the things that
we love in one another and we connect with other
humans or the imperfections on that, you know, the things,
the mutations that make us different, whether it's eye color
or not being symmetric or whatever. It's like when you
look at your partner you go, well this on, they go, I.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Don't like this, Like wow. But that's the thing that
I love the most is that that stands out.
Speaker 5 (06:06):
But it's like that in food because you go in
and you see stuff that's technically good, but it has
no soul. And that's what you're talking about. With what
you do. You'll have a mix. You've got to be
technically really good, but you have this mix that comes
in from you as a human being.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Right, all right, stick around because I got another question
for you, and also I want you to give out
how people can come and see you next week and
take one of your classes. My guest right now is
Derek Young from Vana Oaks Crops and you can find
them on Etsy, you can find them on YouTube, you
can find them.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
On all these places. We'll be back with more, so
go nowhere.
Speaker 6 (06:45):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Sevedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty. Oh the.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Very nice of you.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh really, is that you legal California? Look away, counsel woman,
look away.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Wow, that is awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
They brought me out a beautiful, beautiful cake looks like
possibly whipped cream style frosting with strawberries and blueberries and
two massive illegal Roman candles on top burning at about
twenty five hundred degrees fahrenheit. Not a problem. You can
you can train that will translate that into see if
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you want. That is lovely. Thank you so much, Trace Legend.
Oh my gosh, family favorite. Yeah, it's like, hey, break that.
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Thank you. That is lovely.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
KFI in six forty Neil Servager with the four Report
here celebrating my birthday with you know, friends, family and
listeners who have become friends. Your your dedication and love
for what we do at KFI means a lot to us,
and for you to come out and spend your time
here today, it's super cool.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Think you think you Thank you. I hope you're enjoying
all the great.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Food here at Disconso Restaurant. I want to give a
shout out to server Alfonso, who was probably left for
the day at this point, but he was the one
serving us and taking care of us and I got
to tell you, there is nothing better in life than
recognize the people that serve us, the people that take
care of us. It is everything we do is based
(08:31):
on doing and reaching out to others, and we've kind
of misplaced that these days and have to go.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Back to the simple steps.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Hearing about Steffushe and his accident, Our beloved Steffushe and
his accident, I guarantee you he would not be alive
if it wasn't for the three men that I saw
in the photo that we don't even know who they
are yet, because the video was just taken by a
bystander that pulled him out and put a turn on
(09:00):
his arm and called nine to one one. His id
burned in the accident, so they he was a John Doe.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
They didn't even know who he was.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
So serving is a massive thing, So thanks to Alfonso
for doing that. I've got many guests coming by today.
I've got my buddy Simon Majumdar with me from the
Food Network and his wonderful podcast, Eat My Globe please
check that out, And my newer buddy Derek Young from
Van Oaks Props, and I just you know it's funny.
(09:30):
I was listening to He did a live stream this morning,
and he releases his videos at nine am on Saturdays.
So usually when I'm prepping with a show, I before
I prep I watch, and today I had a bunch
of stuff that I was doing, so I watched and
listened as it was live, and you your.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Voice soothes me. I like all all the weight.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Of the week, and I'm like, ah, you're WelCom You're
welcoming to you.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So this is going to be your last year. You're
going to be moving. This is the last year for
your Haunt.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That is correct.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Derek is a prop maker and puts together these wonderful
props for you know that are replicas or in the
vein of certain movies like Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
But also you do the Haunt stuff. And next Saturday,
a week from today, you'll be out in Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
For Midsummer screen. Yes, and you're doing some classes. They're
what thirty five bucks.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I think once once our ticketing platform takes its share. Yeah,
it's pretty close to what they're thirty The ticketing platform
takes godget five dollars faith, But yeah, it's a great
way for people of all skill sets to kind of
come out and learn from me in person versus learning
(10:59):
from me every Saturday morning on YouTube. Some basic prop
making skills that can be used for a variety of
Halloween themed projects.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing that. I'm going to
try and get out there myself the next week. I'd
hope to maybe do a broadcast or something out there,
but it turns out that the Chargers are back, and
so we will be being preempted next week.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
We'll only half an hour of the FOURK report next week.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Then you can listen to the Chargers go Bolts, Nah, Comma,
we got to share the love.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
That's very cool.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
And then of course tell people where they can find
you online.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
The easiest place to find me is every Saturday morning
at nine am over on YouTube slash van Oaks Prompts.
And if you want to find out more about ticketing
for the workshops at Midsummer Screen, it's best to go
to my Instagram account, which is also at van Oaks
Prompts and there's a link there to pick up tickets.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Very cool, and if you're into three D printing and
the like, you can also purchase or sometimes if you
are a Patreon or something like that and get access
to his very cool files for stuff as well. That's right,
and stuff as well as stuff that he makes, which
I have. I've actually pursed just one of your pieces
that is gorgeous and sits in my shop at home,
and they've given me one that is in my shop
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at home, and.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
There's one floating around here somewhere.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I actually will.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I spoke with your wife because the last time we
did a broadcast, she asked me not to encourage bringing
more things into your home.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The thing is, I really I love you know. She
doesn't care if I spend money. She cares if I
just add Because there's a full sized storm Trooper in
the living room and then there's a full It's like
it gets to be a little much.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I get. Even my son's like, man, can you get
dark Vader out of the I'm like, how dare you
the dark Lord?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
He's yeah, he's seven and a half feet tall and
has a laser sword.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
You tell him to leave. But yeah, she knows. I
love this stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
But thanks so much for coming on, buddy, and see
you next weekend as well. All right, stick around, I
have another person I want to interduce you, my friend
Chris Perez from American Vision Windows, who actually is an
artist himself and builds.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
All kinds of neat things as well. Here you go,
my friend.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
All right, stick around, more to come. It's the Fork Report.
I'm Neil Savadra KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Howdy Howdy, howdy everybody.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
It is the Fork Report, all things booed, beverage and beyond.
We get together every Saturday from two to five to
celebrate food, the people that make it, the culture behind it,
and today is cool. We're celebrating my birthday here at
Disconso Restaurant.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Thank you I was born. I appreciate that. Yeah, you
know what. I don't remember a lot of it. I
was pretty young.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
I remember going towards the light and then boom, I'm here.
Thanks mom. I appreciate it. I hear you had a
lot to do with it. But I still don't know
how They're made. Something about a stork, but AnyWho, happy
to be here at Desconso in Los Angeles. They have
another location in Orange County. Keep that in mind as well.
(14:09):
Rob and his team have been very kind. Their hospitality
has been amazing. The food has just been spectacular. It
really is wonderful. So thanks for coming and hanging out.
At five o'clock, we're going to hand the reins over
to Tiffany Hobbs, who's going to do her show from
five to seven, and I'm going to sit back and
drink because I didn't.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Drive, and that's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I wanted to introduce you to another friend of mine,
genuinely a friend.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I know people always go my friends at so and
so when they're sponsors.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
But Chris Perez is the president of American Vision Windows,
and he and I have a lot in common and
became friends. He's an artist and he used to make
furniture and loves doing paintings.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
You did framing for.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
A long while, and so you and loved Star Wars
and so we will get on with each other and
talk about nothing but that and have nothing to do
with American Vision Windows. But I wanted people to meet you,
and you were kind enough to come down. And how's
everything going, how's biz?
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Everything's good?
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I mean, it's it's the it's this time of year
when everybody's thinking about the heat and the windows are
going to be replaced because they're sweating in their house
right now. So for us, it's really it's always the
shining time, you know, July, June, August is starting to
it just gets really really busy.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
You know. Sometimes it's a little bit too busy.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
But I that's a good problem to have. I suppose
I will tell you that we've had you guys replace
some windows. We've had you guys create a space for
French doors. And you know, since we live in a
in a an old heritage house, a century home, you know,
there's always that line between upbrading and doing something and changing.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
The face right because you want to keep the look.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, I'll be your.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Stuff has just marry well to the point where there
was a couple of windows we weren't going to change that.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
We're rattling with the winds back.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I don't know if it is January, February or whatever,
but we had all these killer wins, and I guess
it would have been January. Actually, Oh, did you get
a paper plane as well?
Speaker 4 (16:13):
I did? Oh wow, I just saw you had it.
I have to try it.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, Oh, paper plane is a fantastic, fantastic drink, very refreshing,
great for summer.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
But it's it's lovely.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
So you know, so we're going to have you guys
out and change our windows. Well there's my wife and
my wife, so we're going to be doing that soon
as well.
Speaker 7 (16:34):
So it is a crazy you know, it's nice working
with people like yourself because obviously you said it where
you know, I have a lot of places. I advertised
a lot of different things, but I became friends with
you where we can talk about nothing to other than
just talking about and.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
We've called, we talked about theology, We've talked about art,
We've talked about all kinds of things exactly.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
And I've had such a diverse career.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
I mean art galleries and this and that, and I'm
sixty years old and it's one of those things it's
like what am I going to do now? But I'm
in the window business for twenty twenty yeah, twenty one years.
And then our twenty fifth anniversary is this. We're gonna
have it on September six at our at our location,
and it's going to be celebrating twenty five years of
an American vision and hopefully.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
You can be listening to that. You have Shannon out
there or something like that.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
I think one of the a couple of maybe a
couple of guys are coming out there.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Fortunately, we're doing an event Handle and Eye, so I
can't I can't come.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You're doing there breath Mint thing right.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
No, actually, it's everything over.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
I want to know who's going to do Wild Fork.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
We're going to be out in Long Beach at Wild
Fork in Long Beach on September sixth, got it, got so, yeah,
So it'll be fun there. But I would have loved
to celebrate with you guys because you've been such a
big part of the Fork Report and such a powerful
sponsor and partner. But yeah, the friendship has been great
because we geek out. You had a I mean you
(17:52):
you have many of the things that I have in
my own shop, whether it's die supplimation and things like
that laser.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Well say something, Oh I got one of.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Those, we'll talk about it goes oh, yeah, I got it.
I got that in the house. But you actually had
a framing company for a while running out.
Speaker 7 (18:06):
I had a copy called When I Start when I
got out of school in Arizona, I came back to
Sami Valley, California, and I started on my mom's grod
started coming called Frame and Art Center of Southern California
because I went in myself to sound.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Big, Yeah, art center the world.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
But I did a lot of I did a lot
of wholesale picture framing, but I did also high end
and designer stuff for like the west Lake Crew and
in the South and where they custom car beings and
all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
There's an art to framing though, too. That's why it's
so expensive.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
Well, it's like if you go, like you said, if
you go to a picture frame store, you don't be
two three hundred dollars for a frame that's just basically
four pieces of wood in some glass.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
But it's expensive.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yeah, it is expensive, it really is.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
But it changes things. I mean it changes correct. Yeah,
it is something. You know the Mona Lisa's gorgeous but
still has a frame. You know, it's like there's you
got to have those things to wrap it together. What
kind of art or things are you doing these days?
Speaker 7 (19:03):
You know, it's funny, I'm not doing a lot. I
have been trying to convince myself to get back in
and because I started pulding a little studio at the
house and I just never finished it, like meeting a
place where I was sunlight like and.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Actually start painting again.
Speaker 7 (19:18):
And do you know I did a lot a little
like abstract kind of art work in my gallery. That
was Gallery nine when I was twenty five. I had
that for four or five years, five years, and it
was on Canan Road right now, right going to Malibill. Yeah,
I was right there. It was six thousand square feet.
For a kid, I had just big gallery and it
was good and I used to sell art working. It
was fun.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
But wait what it was right next do you guys
remember Hamburger Hamlet. Yes, it was right next to Hamberger Hamlet.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I remember the gallery.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
Yeah, it was the only one around for a while.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
So it's just off Canaan on a Girl Road.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
Yeah, right there.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, yeah, Oh my god, that's so funny.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, because I grew up in the same area. Yeah,
so that's so funny. I remember that.
Speaker 7 (19:58):
I always did some crazy things, and doing that was
one of those things.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I didn't have any money.
Speaker 7 (20:02):
I just didn't figure out how to get a gallery
and I just told the guy, I go, this has
been vacant for a long time. Let me have it
and kick me out if you haven't need rented, let
me have it so that my next Samberg Handlett and
six thousand.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Core fee later to do that for about four years.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Well that's so cool. Yeah, I want you to do more.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
I know that you had recently, I don't know, maybe
a year and a half ago or something. We were
talking about you were telling your son, you know, because
our kids never know everything about us, right, they don't
remember all the things that they weren't around for, so
that you told him you could paint this diorama or something.
Oh yeah, Star Wars And he's like what you pulled
(20:38):
out your paints and started pull out.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
Air pressures out of the car and weather ain't and
doing the whole thing.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
And it came I showed you a picture of Yeah,
it's insane oil and the you know all that was
it the ad at or something like that.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Yeah, but that just is uh And.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Then then they're like, oh, do more of them.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
I'm like, yeah, no, that's a one time dad has
a job exactly, that has a job.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Sorry. Well, I just wanted to say alone, how you
come by?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Here's incredible?
Speaker 1 (21:03):
I really can we say one thing, though.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
It isn't just because we get on with this gentleman here.
He gets on with everybody. And that's why we're gonna.
We're gonna, let's start. It's your birthday.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
It's very kind.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
It's his birthday. Should we give him a round of applause?
Speaker 1 (21:25):
And well, I do have enemies. Don't trust people with that.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
The reason the reason you do this is and the
reason that you make so many friends when you're on
the radio is because you are a very special person.
And I don't think we have the time, and I
think you should be noticed for it. So thank you
very much.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
I think you're.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Get with him so well. And we've studied theology different areas,
but we studied theology, we'd start about food and from
now on, what's ten years now?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Oh yeah, we've been friends. Yeah, And if we can't
see each other, we hit each other with text and
you know, let you know what we're thinking about each other.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
And that's because of who he is as well as anybody.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Else it is.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
You know, it's funny as people ask how I got
why I got into radio, I said, I'm actually a
more of an introvert than people would think, and I'm
much more quiet than I come off, and I want.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
An excuse to.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Wait?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Is that my wife? I think I see him.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Uh, But it's an easy way to meet people, so
I thought it gives me an excuse, say hi, I
do radio.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
What's your name? You know? And then if they go, well,
it must be safe. They trust him with a microphone.
But it I appreciate that was very kind of you.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Say, all right, it's the Fork Report on Nil Savedra
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nilsavedra on demand
from KFI AM six forty's.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Well, Kelly, it's a good man right there. KFI AM
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Speaker 1 (23:01):
On the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, KFI.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And with a four report and Emil Savedra and we're
hanging out at Desconzo Restaurant today in La This is
a really special remote for a bunch of reasons. One,
it's intimate. We decided it was going to be one
hundred or less here and Rob and his team, Rob Ariano,
(23:27):
the owner and his team have treated us, from Alfonso
to everybody. It has just really Justin is behind the stick.
He's the one oversees the the bar, the.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Bar and chef Andergio the chef.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
It just everything has been spectacular. So I'm gonna I know,
it's gone very quickly. We want to talk to Rob
a little bit more, as well as Tiffany Hombs.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Who's going to take things over. How cool is it
that Tiffany came out.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
She's gonna host you from five to seven, and so
the party continues.
Speaker 8 (24:02):
I have to interrupt Neil for a second, he said.
Tiffany Hobbs agreed to stay on. No, I begged, I beg,
please let me stay on. And thank you Rob for
letting our little show we call it the Little Show
that Could Saturdays with Tiffany. Thank you so much for
letting us come on and be here with all of you.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
This is wonderful, wonderful.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
You know this is great because a lot of times
I'll do something and the event may end at six,
and you can't, you know, try and do these things.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
So I'm glad that you could be here.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
I never can come to your events, so this works
out nicely.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Yeah, and you can drink and pretend that has to
do with work. Seven oh one.
Speaker 8 (24:40):
Yeah, the bar, I've been staring wistfully at the bar
five O one five.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I'm not management anymore.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Do what you want, but Rob anything else you want
to say. We're going to have your your wonderful chef
come on the show someday time down the line. I
come into the studio and we'll talk more about everything
you have to offer. But just wanted to one thank
you for the hospitality today. You can do nothing better
(25:09):
for me than to treat my listeners and my friends
and family my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
My pleasure. I appreciate that. I just want to say
thank you, Neil.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
And I've said this before.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
You're such a great steward of the restauranteurs and the restaurant.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Industry, especially here in Los Angeles, and kudos to you.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
And I really appreciate you and what you.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Do for us my pleasure. I really.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
I said this on the very first Folk Report over
a decade ago, and that was the local economy rises
and falls on the service industry, on restaurants, on hospitality,
and if we don't get out, it goes away. I
remember talking with my former boss but a really good friend,
(25:53):
Robin Bertolucci, when Mother's Circus, the coated circus cookies.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Oh yeah, the pink.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
And white ones when they were going out of business,
and I said, damn, I love those And Jesus said,
when was.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
The last time you bought them?
Speaker 7 (26:08):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Damn uh.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
And that's very easy to get in that rut you
have to. I hear more and more from people that say, oh,
I live right by that place and never go in. Yeah,
And I said, oh, well, it's gonna be a vacant
place for you.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Know, crackhead soon for you. That's what you're gonna Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
So if you want that there, then just go and
have a meal or let the crack ease take it
over and you'll be good.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
I mean, it's a little dark, but I'm just trying
to are you crackies?
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well if we stay, but don't you think isn't it hard?
I mean it is to remind ourselves to go into
those local places to.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Eat, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
And and we had a councilwoman, Monica Corodriguez on earlier
seventh district. Look at that, you get a what when
was the last time a politician got applause? And it
wasn't And it wasn't factious. It's like yeah boom.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
But the way that we met it was from Ralph.
Chef Ralph over there at my Key's on Van Eysen
Puemama shut out, remember Ralph, and you probably know this.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
The higher the socks, the down or the full.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
So we met and he introduced me to Monica and
we've become dear friends. And it was for our love
of not only food and good cocktails and like, but restaurants.
And she's been an advocate in that sense. And we
have to remind people. That's one of the right reasons
we're here today is to remind people to get out this.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
I don't even want to know.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
I don't even want to go near the room where
you do your books because I know what a property
this size takes to run in Los Angeles on Miracle Mile,
you know.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Which it reads gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
But if we don't come in, it goes away absolutely,
So get out here, friends, family events.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Uh. It really is beautiful.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
And I love what you've done with the place that
came here many times when it was Marie Calendar's. And
it's close to the museums of course, Lebrea tar Pits
and a Lacma and everything else that you've got here.
If you want to take pictures with a whole bunch
of lampposts. You got that, not far and you're good
to go. You got a little something for everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
It's a landmark. Yeah down the street there, it really is.
So thanks for everything, and I wish you nothing but
the best. Come in. Say hi to this man. Yeah,
you deserve it. Appreciate you, Neil. I appreciate you, buddy.
Thanks for the hospitality, Thank you for being here. No great, Oh,
I'm not leaving.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
I told you I didn't drive waymo is gonna drag
my ass home, is my guess. But Tiffany Hawk's coming up.
Please stick around for Tiffany and I'm going to hang out.
And if I didn't get a chance to say to
hello the other people that are out here, I want
to say hello.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
So so don't go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
But thank you so much to all my friends that
came out and to all these lovely people that without them,
I'd be talking to nobody in a room.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, me and Tiffany going, what do you go? Fish
reversal card? But I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
And this one right here, this beautiful one, Miss Kayla.
Look at her, isn't she awesome? She does it all
show its show.
Speaker 6 (29:25):
This is great.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Show him the face when I don't go to break. Yeah,
let's see that makes you.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Want to go to break and you're not even on
the air. It's pretty powerful.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah. I think she taught it to my wife.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Because they both do it and it's very similar. Thanks
to my wife and my boy who came out to
Simon majum Dark always good to see you, my buck.
So thrilled that your journey with cancer is coming up
in a good way right now. And the news that
you got recently is fantastic. We'll have more of Simon,
(29:58):
of course, who's one of my dearest friends. For all
the people, an old friend from high school, snow Cane
haven't seen her in forever, a lot of really great people.
And I thank you all for taking the time that
means the world to me and to all the folks
that it takes, Craig and everybody else, and the team
from promotions, and of course Dana who's carrying a gun
(30:18):
in case any of you get too close. All the
people that make this happen. But thanks so much. Be
good to each other, have empathy, it's free and we
can get along.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
And remember, above all things, it's we the people, and
that is all I will say about that.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
And happy birthday. Oh, thank you, continue that's why we're here.
Happy birthday. Yeah, yeah, thirty five.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
It's good. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
It's good when you shave your head at twenty two,
because then you don't have to worry about balding.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
It's already done.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
All right, Thanks so much, and stick around for Tiffany Hobbs.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Won't you Live from Desconzo Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
This is KFI and KOSTHD two Loss Angeles, Orange Counting.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
You've been listening to the Fork Report.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
You can always hear us live on KFI AM six
forty two to five pm on Saturday, and anytime on
demand on the iHeartRadio app
Hey, it's Neil Savedra.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to KFI EM six forty The four Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI AM six forty
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, it's the
Fork Report, all Things Food Beverage on Beyond, celebrating food
and the people that make it the culture behind it,
every single Saturday from two to five. After our broadcast today,
(00:25):
my friend Tiffany Hobbs is going to follow us at
five as she normally does, but she's going to do
it here at Wisconso Restaurant in La on the Miracle
Mile on Wilshire there next to the tar Pits. So
we're going to continue this party afterwards too, eat, drink
and be merry or Susan or Betty or whatever you
(00:46):
want to be. It is fine here with some dear
friends today as we're celebrating my birthday, which was actually
on the twenty eighth.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
But I've been wanting to do this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
With Rob and show off this beautiful restaurant here in La.
So it's a good excuse as any I say. Simon
Majumdar from the Food Network is with me and now
I want to introduce you to my buddy Derek Derek
Young from Van Oaks Props right here.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
He's been on the show before.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We had him on in March talk about, you know,
props and things like that, because you know, you had
the oscars going on a time. We've had you in
October to talk about props. And the funny thing is
it's August and everywhere I look is Halloween already.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yes, so, but.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
If this is the time that you're gonna want to
start putting things together for Halloween and you have a
big Haunt display in your yard.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Every year, sure, I mean, if you're an Angelino, you
know that July is really when you start. The minute
the temperatures start to go into the triple digits, that's it.
It's over with. It's time to start building things on
your driveway. It's sweating to the oldies.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Where's that guy got a coffin in his yard? Well,
it's July, honey, totally normal.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Because global warming is real, exactly nothing we could do
about it.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Here we have the heat and it's here to stay.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So you've started now.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I wanted you to tell people because Midsummer Midsummer stream
is going on in Long Beach next weekend, and you've
got some seminars going on there.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I do so when I'm not teaching people how to
make props, particularly for Halloween on YouTube, I also do
workshops in person, and so Midsommer Scream has been a
great platform for that for me for many years since
their inception, and it's a great way to network with
the community and share a lot of the information that
I've learned from other makers, have figured out on my
(02:39):
own in the process of trying to create something out
of nothing, and so it's something that I look forward
to every year to share what I know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Where can people find out if they want to attend
that the seminar now one of the things that I love.
I came across Derek at van Ooks Props on YouTube.
He has a YouTube channel there and I became a
huge fan of his work, especially we both share a
lot of the same interests when it comes to prop making,
but also Star Wars and Halloween and all those things.
(03:11):
Your tombstone work is spectacular, your weathering and all of
that is that what you're focusing on in these classes.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
So there's four different classes that we're offering this year.
I'm sorry. There's three different classes that we're offering this year,
one of which is a tombstone class. It's probably our
most attended. It's the one thing that I think is
sort of the gateway prop for a lot of people
who want to decorate for Halloween, and so we'll be
doing that. We'll also be teaching people how to make
(03:43):
led flickering candles from random PBC pipe and things that
you'd find that the hardware.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Should talk a little bit about that today.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
And the third class will be sort of a traditional
flicker box that would let you plug in any incandescent
bulb into this box and it would create the look
of a failing light bulb. So kind of some traditional
Halloween stuff that is good for any skill level. That's amazing.
I love I love that stuff. I know you had
(04:13):
the live feed this morning where you get a live
stream talking about Halloween and prepping people the It's funny
we've talked about, you know, from the cocktail to other things,
how the more simplistic it.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Is, the easier it is to fail.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Sure, So tombstone you say, it's probably the entry level,
but there's it's an easy one to make a mistake
because you're trying to make it look like stone.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
It is and it isn't at the same time. And
the reason I say this is because we have the
benefit of I think for Halloween fanatics, particularly if you
subscribe to the sort of aesthetic that I do, which
is old cemeteries, that a mistake can become a feature.
Oh sure, there's many a tombstone where I've misspelled to
(05:00):
name or had inadvertently taken off a chunk that was
supposed to stay there, and it becomes sort of the
best part of that prop because now you've you've taken
the sort of humanness out of it and have kind
of let it go to the gods and they've figured
out the problem and the solution all in one. So
(05:22):
while it may seem like something that you could easily
get wrong, some of the best results come from those mistakes.
And so I think if you can get over the
hump of understanding the tools and the methods to sort
of get you from point A to point B, the
rest is sort of creative freedom.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, perfection is not what we're attracted to. Actually in
life where attracted where you know, all the things that
we love in one another and we connect with other
humans or the imperfections on that, you know, the things,
the mutations that make us different, whether it's eye color
or not being symmetric or whatever. It's like when you
look at your partner you go, well this on, they go, I.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Don't like this, Like wow. But that's the thing that
I love the most is that that stands out.
Speaker 5 (06:06):
But it's like that in food because you go in
and you see stuff that's technically good, but it has
no soul. And that's what you're talking about. With what
you do. You'll have a mix. You've got to be
technically really good, but you have this mix that comes
in from you as a human being.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Right, all right, stick around because I got another question
for you, and also I want you to give out
how people can come and see you next week and
take one of your classes. My guest right now is
Derek Young from Vana Oaks Crops and you can find
them on Etsy, you can find them on YouTube, you
can find them.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
On all these places. We'll be back with more, so
go nowhere.
Speaker 6 (06:45):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Sevedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty. Oh the.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Very nice of you.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh really, is that you legal California? Look away, counsel woman,
look away.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Wow, that is awesome.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
They brought me out a beautiful, beautiful cake looks like
possibly whipped cream style frosting with strawberries and blueberries and
two massive illegal Roman candles on top burning at about
twenty five hundred degrees fahrenheit. Not a problem. You can
you can train that will translate that into see if
(07:30):
you want. That is lovely. Thank you so much, Trace Legend.
Oh my gosh, family favorite. Yeah, it's like, hey, break that.
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Thank you. That is lovely.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
KFI in six forty Neil Servager with the four Report
here celebrating my birthday with you know, friends, family and
listeners who have become friends. Your your dedication and love
for what we do at KFI means a lot to us,
and for you to come out and spend your time
here today, it's super cool.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Think you think you Thank you. I hope you're enjoying
all the great.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Food here at Disconso Restaurant. I want to give a
shout out to server Alfonso, who was probably left for
the day at this point, but he was the one
serving us and taking care of us and I got
to tell you, there is nothing better in life than
recognize the people that serve us, the people that take
care of us. It is everything we do is based
(08:31):
on doing and reaching out to others, and we've kind
of misplaced that these days and have to go.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Back to the simple steps.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Hearing about Steffushe and his accident, Our beloved Steffushe and
his accident, I guarantee you he would not be alive
if it wasn't for the three men that I saw
in the photo that we don't even know who they
are yet, because the video was just taken by a
bystander that pulled him out and put a turn on
(09:00):
his arm and called nine to one one. His id
burned in the accident, so they he was a John Doe.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
They didn't even know who he was.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
So serving is a massive thing, So thanks to Alfonso
for doing that. I've got many guests coming by today.
I've got my buddy Simon Majumdar with me from the
Food Network and his wonderful podcast, Eat My Globe please
check that out, And my newer buddy Derek Young from
Van Oaks Props, and I just you know it's funny.
(09:30):
I was listening to He did a live stream this morning,
and he releases his videos at nine am on Saturdays.
So usually when I'm prepping with a show, I before
I prep I watch, and today I had a bunch
of stuff that I was doing, so I watched and
listened as it was live, and you your.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Voice soothes me. I like all all the weight.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Of the week, and I'm like, ah, you're WelCom You're
welcoming to you.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So this is going to be your last year. You're
going to be moving. This is the last year for
your Haunt.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That is correct.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Derek is a prop maker and puts together these wonderful
props for you know that are replicas or in the
vein of certain movies like Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
But also you do the Haunt stuff. And next Saturday,
a week from today, you'll be out in Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
For Midsummer screen. Yes, and you're doing some classes. They're
what thirty five bucks.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I think once once our ticketing platform takes its share. Yeah,
it's pretty close to what they're thirty The ticketing platform
takes godget five dollars faith, But yeah, it's a great
way for people of all skill sets to kind of
come out and learn from me in person versus learning
(10:59):
from me every Saturday morning on YouTube. Some basic prop
making skills that can be used for a variety of
Halloween themed projects.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing that. I'm going to
try and get out there myself the next week. I'd
hope to maybe do a broadcast or something out there,
but it turns out that the Chargers are back, and
so we will be being preempted next week.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
We'll only half an hour of the FOURK report next week.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Then you can listen to the Chargers go Bolts, Nah, Comma,
we got to share the love.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
That's very cool.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
And then of course tell people where they can find
you online.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
The easiest place to find me is every Saturday morning
at nine am over on YouTube slash van Oaks Prompts.
And if you want to find out more about ticketing
for the workshops at Midsummer Screen, it's best to go
to my Instagram account, which is also at van Oaks
Prompts and there's a link there to pick up tickets.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Very cool, and if you're into three D printing and
the like, you can also purchase or sometimes if you
are a Patreon or something like that and get access
to his very cool files for stuff as well. That's right,
and stuff as well as stuff that he makes, which
I have. I've actually pursed just one of your pieces
that is gorgeous and sits in my shop at home,
and they've given me one that is in my shop
(12:15):
at home, and.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
There's one floating around here somewhere.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I actually will.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I spoke with your wife because the last time we
did a broadcast, she asked me not to encourage bringing
more things into your home.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The thing is, I really I love you know. She
doesn't care if I spend money. She cares if I
just add Because there's a full sized storm Trooper in
the living room and then there's a full It's like
it gets to be a little much.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I get. Even my son's like, man, can you get
dark Vader out of the I'm like, how dare you
the dark Lord?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
He's yeah, he's seven and a half feet tall and
has a laser sword.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
You tell him to leave. But yeah, she knows. I
love this stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
But thanks so much for coming on, buddy, and see
you next weekend as well. All right, stick around, I
have another person I want to interduce you, my friend
Chris Perez from American Vision Windows, who actually is an
artist himself and builds.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
All kinds of neat things as well. Here you go,
my friend.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
All right, stick around, more to come. It's the Fork Report.
I'm Neil Savadra KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Howdy Howdy, howdy everybody.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
It is the Fork Report, all things booed, beverage and beyond.
We get together every Saturday from two to five to
celebrate food, the people that make it, the culture behind it,
and today is cool. We're celebrating my birthday here at
Disconso Restaurant.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Thank you I was born. I appreciate that. Yeah, you
know what. I don't remember a lot of it. I
was pretty young.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
I remember going towards the light and then boom, I'm here.
Thanks mom. I appreciate it. I hear you had a
lot to do with it. But I still don't know
how They're made. Something about a stork, but AnyWho, happy
to be here at Desconso in Los Angeles. They have
another location in Orange County. Keep that in mind as well.
(14:09):
Rob and his team have been very kind. Their hospitality
has been amazing. The food has just been spectacular. It
really is wonderful. So thanks for coming and hanging out.
At five o'clock, we're going to hand the reins over
to Tiffany Hobbs, who's going to do her show from
five to seven, and I'm going to sit back and
drink because I didn't.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Drive, and that's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I wanted to introduce you to another friend of mine,
genuinely a friend.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I know people always go my friends at so and
so when they're sponsors.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
But Chris Perez is the president of American Vision Windows,
and he and I have a lot in common and
became friends. He's an artist and he used to make
furniture and loves doing paintings.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
You did framing for.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
A long while, and so you and loved Star Wars
and so we will get on with each other and
talk about nothing but that and have nothing to do
with American Vision Windows. But I wanted people to meet you,
and you were kind enough to come down. And how's
everything going, how's biz?
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Everything's good?
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I mean, it's it's the it's this time of year
when everybody's thinking about the heat and the windows are
going to be replaced because they're sweating in their house
right now. So for us, it's really it's always the
shining time, you know, July, June, August is starting to
it just gets really really busy.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
You know. Sometimes it's a little bit too busy.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
But I that's a good problem to have. I suppose
I will tell you that we've had you guys replace
some windows. We've had you guys create a space for
French doors. And you know, since we live in a
in a an old heritage house, a century home, you know,
there's always that line between upbrading and doing something and changing.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
The face right because you want to keep the look.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, I'll be your.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Stuff has just marry well to the point where there
was a couple of windows we weren't going to change that.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
We're rattling with the winds back.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I don't know if it is January, February or whatever,
but we had all these killer wins, and I guess
it would have been January. Actually, Oh, did you get
a paper plane as well?
Speaker 4 (16:13):
I did? Oh wow, I just saw you had it.
I have to try it.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, Oh, paper plane is a fantastic, fantastic drink, very refreshing,
great for summer.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
But it's it's lovely.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
So you know, so we're going to have you guys
out and change our windows. Well there's my wife and
my wife, so we're going to be doing that soon
as well.
Speaker 7 (16:34):
So it is a crazy you know, it's nice working
with people like yourself because obviously you said it where
you know, I have a lot of places. I advertised
a lot of different things, but I became friends with
you where we can talk about nothing to other than
just talking about and.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
We've called, we talked about theology, We've talked about art,
We've talked about all kinds of things exactly.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
And I've had such a diverse career.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
I mean art galleries and this and that, and I'm
sixty years old and it's one of those things it's
like what am I going to do now? But I'm
in the window business for twenty twenty yeah, twenty one years.
And then our twenty fifth anniversary is this. We're gonna
have it on September six at our at our location,
and it's going to be celebrating twenty five years of
an American vision and hopefully.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
You can be listening to that. You have Shannon out
there or something like that.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
I think one of the a couple of maybe a
couple of guys are coming out there.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Fortunately, we're doing an event Handle and Eye, so I
can't I can't come.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You're doing there breath Mint thing right.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
No, actually, it's everything over.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
I want to know who's going to do Wild Fork.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
We're going to be out in Long Beach at Wild
Fork in Long Beach on September sixth, got it, got so, yeah,
So it'll be fun there. But I would have loved
to celebrate with you guys because you've been such a
big part of the Fork Report and such a powerful
sponsor and partner. But yeah, the friendship has been great
because we geek out. You had a I mean you
(17:52):
you have many of the things that I have in
my own shop, whether it's die supplimation and things like
that laser.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Well say something, Oh I got one of.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Those, we'll talk about it goes oh, yeah, I got it.
I got that in the house. But you actually had
a framing company for a while running out.
Speaker 7 (18:06):
I had a copy called When I Start when I
got out of school in Arizona, I came back to
Sami Valley, California, and I started on my mom's grod
started coming called Frame and Art Center of Southern California
because I went in myself to sound.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Big, Yeah, art center the world.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
But I did a lot of I did a lot
of wholesale picture framing, but I did also high end
and designer stuff for like the west Lake Crew and
in the South and where they custom car beings and
all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
There's an art to framing though, too. That's why it's
so expensive.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
Well, it's like if you go, like you said, if
you go to a picture frame store, you don't be
two three hundred dollars for a frame that's just basically
four pieces of wood in some glass.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
But it's expensive.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yeah, it is expensive, it really is.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
But it changes things. I mean it changes correct. Yeah,
it is something. You know the Mona Lisa's gorgeous but
still has a frame. You know, it's like there's you
got to have those things to wrap it together. What
kind of art or things are you doing these days?
Speaker 7 (19:03):
You know, it's funny, I'm not doing a lot. I
have been trying to convince myself to get back in
and because I started pulding a little studio at the
house and I just never finished it, like meeting a
place where I was sunlight like and.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Actually start painting again.
Speaker 7 (19:18):
And do you know I did a lot a little
like abstract kind of art work in my gallery. That
was Gallery nine when I was twenty five. I had
that for four or five years, five years, and it
was on Canan Road right now, right going to Malibill. Yeah,
I was right there. It was six thousand square feet.
For a kid, I had just big gallery and it
was good and I used to sell art working. It
was fun.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
But wait what it was right next do you guys
remember Hamburger Hamlet. Yes, it was right next to Hamberger Hamlet.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I remember the gallery.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
Yeah, it was the only one around for a while.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
So it's just off Canaan on a Girl Road.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
Yeah, right there.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, yeah, Oh my god, that's so funny.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, because I grew up in the same area. Yeah,
so that's so funny. I remember that.
Speaker 7 (19:58):
I always did some crazy things, and doing that was
one of those things.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I didn't have any money.
Speaker 7 (20:02):
I just didn't figure out how to get a gallery
and I just told the guy, I go, this has
been vacant for a long time. Let me have it
and kick me out if you haven't need rented, let
me have it so that my next Samberg Handlett and
six thousand.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Core fee later to do that for about four years.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Well that's so cool. Yeah, I want you to do more.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
I know that you had recently, I don't know, maybe
a year and a half ago or something. We were
talking about you were telling your son, you know, because
our kids never know everything about us, right, they don't
remember all the things that they weren't around for, so
that you told him you could paint this diorama or something.
Oh yeah, Star Wars And he's like what you pulled
(20:38):
out your paints and started pull out.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
Air pressures out of the car and weather ain't and
doing the whole thing.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
And it came I showed you a picture of Yeah,
it's insane oil and the you know all that was
it the ad at or something like that.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Yeah, but that just is uh And.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Then then they're like, oh, do more of them.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
I'm like, yeah, no, that's a one time dad has
a job exactly, that has a job.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Sorry. Well, I just wanted to say alone, how you
come by?
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Here's incredible?
Speaker 1 (21:03):
I really can we say one thing, though.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
It isn't just because we get on with this gentleman here.
He gets on with everybody. And that's why we're gonna.
We're gonna, let's start. It's your birthday.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
It's very kind.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
It's his birthday. Should we give him a round of applause?
Speaker 1 (21:25):
And well, I do have enemies. Don't trust people with that.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
The reason the reason you do this is and the
reason that you make so many friends when you're on
the radio is because you are a very special person.
And I don't think we have the time, and I
think you should be noticed for it. So thank you
very much.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
I think you're.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Get with him so well. And we've studied theology different areas,
but we studied theology, we'd start about food and from
now on, what's ten years now?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Oh yeah, we've been friends. Yeah, And if we can't
see each other, we hit each other with text and
you know, let you know what we're thinking about each other.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
And that's because of who he is as well as anybody.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Else it is.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
You know, it's funny as people ask how I got
why I got into radio, I said, I'm actually a
more of an introvert than people would think, and I'm
much more quiet than I come off, and I want.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
An excuse to.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Wait?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Is that my wife? I think I see him.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Uh, But it's an easy way to meet people, so
I thought it gives me an excuse, say hi, I
do radio.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
What's your name? You know? And then if they go, well,
it must be safe. They trust him with a microphone.
But it I appreciate that was very kind of you.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Say, all right, it's the Fork Report on Nil Savedra
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nilsavedra on demand
from KFI AM six forty's.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Well, Kelly, it's a good man right there. KFI AM
six forty heard everywhere.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
On the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, KFI.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And with a four report and Emil Savedra and we're
hanging out at Desconzo Restaurant today in La This is
a really special remote for a bunch of reasons. One,
it's intimate. We decided it was going to be one
hundred or less here and Rob and his team, Rob Ariano,
(23:27):
the owner and his team have treated us, from Alfonso
to everybody. It has just really Justin is behind the stick.
He's the one oversees the the bar, the.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Bar and chef Andergio the chef.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
It just everything has been spectacular. So I'm gonna I know,
it's gone very quickly. We want to talk to Rob
a little bit more, as well as Tiffany Hombs.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Who's going to take things over. How cool is it
that Tiffany came out.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
She's gonna host you from five to seven, and so
the party continues.
Speaker 8 (24:02):
I have to interrupt Neil for a second, he said.
Tiffany Hobbs agreed to stay on. No, I begged, I beg,
please let me stay on. And thank you Rob for
letting our little show we call it the Little Show
that Could Saturdays with Tiffany. Thank you so much for
letting us come on and be here with all of you.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
This is wonderful, wonderful.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
You know this is great because a lot of times
I'll do something and the event may end at six,
and you can't, you know, try and do these things.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
So I'm glad that you could be here.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
I never can come to your events, so this works
out nicely.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Yeah, and you can drink and pretend that has to
do with work. Seven oh one.
Speaker 8 (24:40):
Yeah, the bar, I've been staring wistfully at the bar
five O one five.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I'm not management anymore.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Do what you want, but Rob anything else you want
to say. We're going to have your your wonderful chef
come on the show someday time down the line. I
come into the studio and we'll talk more about everything
you have to offer. But just wanted to one thank
you for the hospitality today. You can do nothing better
(25:09):
for me than to treat my listeners and my friends
and family my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
My pleasure. I appreciate that. I just want to say
thank you, Neil.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
And I've said this before.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
You're such a great steward of the restauranteurs and the restaurant.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Industry, especially here in Los Angeles, and kudos to you.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
And I really appreciate you and what you.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Do for us my pleasure. I really.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
I said this on the very first Folk Report over
a decade ago, and that was the local economy rises
and falls on the service industry, on restaurants, on hospitality,
and if we don't get out, it goes away. I
remember talking with my former boss but a really good friend,
(25:53):
Robin Bertolucci, when Mother's Circus, the coated circus cookies.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Oh yeah, the pink.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
And white ones when they were going out of business,
and I said, damn, I love those And Jesus said,
when was.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
The last time you bought them?
Speaker 7 (26:08):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Damn uh.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
And that's very easy to get in that rut you
have to. I hear more and more from people that say, oh,
I live right by that place and never go in. Yeah,
And I said, oh, well, it's gonna be a vacant
place for you.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Know, crackhead soon for you. That's what you're gonna Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
So if you want that there, then just go and
have a meal or let the crack ease take it
over and you'll be good.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
I mean, it's a little dark, but I'm just trying
to are you crackies?
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well if we stay, but don't you think isn't it hard?
I mean it is to remind ourselves to go into
those local places to.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Eat, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
And and we had a councilwoman, Monica Corodriguez on earlier
seventh district. Look at that, you get a what when
was the last time a politician got applause? And it
wasn't And it wasn't factious. It's like yeah boom.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
But the way that we met it was from Ralph.
Chef Ralph over there at my Key's on Van Eysen
Puemama shut out, remember Ralph, and you probably know this.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
The higher the socks, the down or the full.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
So we met and he introduced me to Monica and
we've become dear friends. And it was for our love
of not only food and good cocktails and like, but restaurants.
And she's been an advocate in that sense. And we
have to remind people. That's one of the right reasons
we're here today is to remind people to get out this.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
I don't even want to know.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
I don't even want to go near the room where
you do your books because I know what a property
this size takes to run in Los Angeles on Miracle Mile,
you know.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Which it reads gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
But if we don't come in, it goes away absolutely,
So get out here, friends, family events.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Uh. It really is beautiful.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
And I love what you've done with the place that
came here many times when it was Marie Calendar's. And
it's close to the museums of course, Lebrea tar Pits
and a Lacma and everything else that you've got here.
If you want to take pictures with a whole bunch
of lampposts. You got that, not far and you're good
to go. You got a little something for everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
It's a landmark. Yeah down the street there, it really is.
So thanks for everything, and I wish you nothing but
the best. Come in. Say hi to this man. Yeah,
you deserve it. Appreciate you, Neil. I appreciate you, buddy.
Thanks for the hospitality, Thank you for being here. No great, Oh,
I'm not leaving.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
I told you I didn't drive waymo is gonna drag
my ass home, is my guess. But Tiffany Hawk's coming up.
Please stick around for Tiffany and I'm going to hang out.
And if I didn't get a chance to say to
hello the other people that are out here, I want
to say hello.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
So so don't go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
But thank you so much to all my friends that
came out and to all these lovely people that without them,
I'd be talking to nobody in a room.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, me and Tiffany going, what do you go? Fish
reversal card? But I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
And this one right here, this beautiful one, Miss Kayla.
Look at her, isn't she awesome? She does it all
show its show.
Speaker 6 (29:25):
This is great.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Show him the face when I don't go to break. Yeah,
let's see that makes you.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Want to go to break and you're not even on
the air. It's pretty powerful.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah. I think she taught it to my wife.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Because they both do it and it's very similar. Thanks
to my wife and my boy who came out to
Simon majum Dark always good to see you, my buck.
So thrilled that your journey with cancer is coming up
in a good way right now. And the news that
you got recently is fantastic. We'll have more of Simon,
(29:58):
of course, who's one of my dearest friends. For all
the people, an old friend from high school, snow Cane
haven't seen her in forever, a lot of really great people.
And I thank you all for taking the time that
means the world to me and to all the folks
that it takes, Craig and everybody else, and the team
from promotions, and of course Dana who's carrying a gun
(30:18):
in case any of you get too close. All the
people that make this happen. But thanks so much. Be
good to each other, have empathy, it's free and we
can get along.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
And remember, above all things, it's we the people, and
that is all I will say about that.
Speaker 8 (30:34):
And happy birthday. Oh, thank you, continue that's why we're here.
Happy birthday. Yeah, yeah, thirty five.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
It's good. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
It's good when you shave your head at twenty two,
because then you don't have to worry about balding.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
It's already done.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
All right, Thanks so much, and stick around for Tiffany Hobbs.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Won't you Live from Desconzo Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
This is KFI and KOSTHD two Loss Angeles, Orange Counting.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
You've been listening to the Fork Report.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
You can always hear us live on KFI AM six
forty two to five pm on Saturday, and anytime on
demand on the iHeartRadio app
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