March 24, 2025 • 31 mins
Guest: Rich Marotta , George Foreman, heavyweight boxing icon and entrepreneur, dies at 76. // Rent-A- Grandmother is a thing now! // Guest: Jeff Consoletti, Founder and Executive Producer of “ Outloud” at WeHo Pride joins to discuss this year’s lineup and more! // Southern California braces for "unseasonably warm weather" as temperatures are expected to soar
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. We lost
a legend on Friday. Right after we we got off
the air on Friday, I heard that George Forban had
passed away, and I wanted to have somebody on to
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explain to the kids and to the young people how
great of a human being. This was not only a
great fighter, great dead, great businessman. And we got Rich
Mrada with us, who did the Kings for a while.
He's a big sports guy. He was on with Bill
Handle for twenty six years or so and he's with us,
Sir Rich, how you Bob?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hey, I'm great, Thanks for calling, Tim. I appreciate it. Yeah,
I'd love to talk about George.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
With you a little now, did you. Obviously you you're
in the boxing world forever. You must have met George
a billion times, well.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Not a billion, but you know, sporadic meetings down, you know,
down through the years here and there, and I got
to talk to him and you know, have have my
little run ins with him that were very memorable, you know,
And this was a this guy led the unlikeliest of lives,
you know, coming from what was basically a troubled youth
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where he grew up in Texas to become the heavyweight
champion of the world. He had this brilliant career as
a fighter, and after he retired he became kind of
this forgotten man, went and became a pastor in just
outside of Houston, Texas. You know, blew up to like
four hundred pounds and then stayed one of the greatest
comebacks in boxing history.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
But the comeback wasn't successful initially. Did he go oh
for two when he came.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Back, No, he didn't go for two. He actually when
he fought. When he fought, he fought a number of uh,
well guys who really weren't much, you know, and in
terms of in terms of boxing, and he ran off
twenty four straight wins. And then but he's started to
build himself back into something that people started believing in.
And I think he began believing in again. And this
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was his second career, and you know, this is at
a time when he was he was just becoming this cuddly, chubby,
overweight everyman you know who eight burgers would get in
the buffet line. But he had so much power still,
you know, from when his first career as a as
a young world champion, and he was, you know, unbelievable
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in those days that he just became this everyman. And
he lost his first attempt again at winning the heavyweight
title once again. This was back in nineteen ninety one.
He was actually forty two years old when he did
this for Kim when he tried to win the title
back that he had you know, originally a one in
his early twenties, and he lost to Evander Holyfield. But
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then a few years later he actually beat Michael Moore
in nineteen ninety four. He was at the age of
forty five at the time. If you can believe that
forty five just considered think of that that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, yeah, so the stuff I read on him when
he made his comeback, Yeah, he had a bunch of
insignificant fights, but he went when he went to get
the belt back, he lost, and then he lost and
then he beat Michael Moore, uh and and and and
he was thinking about retiring again before that Michael Moore fight, right,
but you.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Know this he get you know, he just kept at
it and he believed, you know, he believed in himself.
And by the time he thought more. Pretty much nobody
else was believing that it was possible. Again, I mean,
nobody had ever done it. And and certainly here's you know, George,
this big giant guy, and when he pulled it off,
it was it was so unreal it was and I actually,
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believe it or not, Tim, I was actually privileged to
call that fight wow the international telecast. I was sitting
right there at ringside in the front row, right on
the apron a guy named I worked with a guy
named Arnie Rosenthal as my color and I did the
blow by blow on the international boxing telecast, the one
that went to all the foreign countries that are English speaking.
(04:06):
Jim Lampley and HBO did it, of course for the
domestically here in America, and that is the call that
everybody's familiar with, Jim Lampley's call. But I was there
and actually when he staged this and George got the
crap beat out of him for nine rounds in this fight,
and then in the tenth round he suddenly launched a
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couple of good rights and then a perfect right hand
right in the gym. Downfell More and he was right
in front of me. I mean, Moore fell flat in
his back about three feet from my three feet from
my head. So it was one of the most unbelievable moments.
And I've always claimed that that was the loudest fear
that I've ever heard. I actually took off my headsets
(04:47):
for a moment when I got finished describing the knockout
of More when he became champion again, and it was
the loudest den I have ever heard in an arena
because people, you know, know, they just loved George so much.
And if I'll give you a quick story here, after
the fight was over, you know, the fighters always hold
a press conference afterwards. So about forty five minutes later,
(05:10):
you know, our telecast was over, et cetera. I went
up there and George comes in and at the start
of his telecast, because it was so unlikely and nobody
really believed that he could pull this off, and he
starts reciting somewhere over the Rainbow, and I can just
hear him doing it where he said, somewhere over the rainbow,
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blue birds fly, birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh,
why can't I And it was it was just unbelievable.
This guy was a really unusual character, and you know,
in his first career when he became champion, he was
kind of a sullen kind of guy and he was
not did not have that type of popularity when he
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first became a champion, when he was just wiping people out,
and he had a different attitude. When he came back,
he was this different person. You spent ten years out
of the ring. Just think of that. Tim ten years
not an athlete blowing up to four hundred plus pounds
and then coming back, is really this different person. I
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mean a humorist. I mean they'd bring him at he'd
have a press conference and they'd bring him a tray
full of a cheeseburgers which you know which which he
would eat. If I could give you just one little story,
I just wanted to tell you what kind of kind
of a guy this is, and just think of it
in terms of today's athlete. He was training for one
of these comeback fights of his. It was in nineteen ninety.
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He was going to fight in a big outdoor boxing
card at Caesar's Palace where both he and Mike Tyson
were going to fight on the card, and they were
the two you know, they were the two headliners and
foreman fought this of I think it was a Venezuelan,
but a guy was name was Adelson Rodriguez. But the
(07:02):
fight isn't significant. But what was significant for me was
that week he trained there at Caesar's Palace and he
chained right behind the big outdoor ring. There was a
place called the Caesars Palace Pavilion where they used to
have some lesser fights and lesser you know, other events,
and he trained in there and he allowed people to
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come in and watch him train every night that week.
And I was there and I took my parents and
my wife, and I said, you let's go see you know,
you want to go see George Forman. Let's go see him.
You can watch him train, et cetera. Right, And so
we did that and he and we went into the
Caesar's Palace pavilion and George trained in front. There was
probably at maybe a thousand people there, you know, watching him,
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because it was free of charge. You could go in
and watch the Great George Foreman train. And after the
training session was over, he got up in the ring
and there was a microphone there and he said, I
thanked everybody for coming, and he said, I just want
to you know, thank you all, and I want you
all to know that if you line up here nice
one at a time, I'll take a picture with every
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single one of them. Want a picture with me? And
he stood there for about an hour and took a picture.
That's every fan that had gone to watch him train.
And I mean there was you know, several hundred at
least people that were there, and they just went up
one by one. My parents got pictured with big George.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I was a great guy man, that was a great boxer.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
That's how.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I appreciate coming on. And and I'm sure when you
heard the news, you were just you know, floored, like everybody, I.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Was gutted, you know, and I just didn't think. I thought,
maybe this is a mistake because he's one of those big,
powerful people that you think are indestructible. You just don't
even attach death to a guy, you know, to a
guy like that. So I was stunned. That was gutted.
And I think everybody that knew George was seven years old.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Rich. I really appreciate going on. Thank you man, Hey,
thanks to Tim for sure, Rich Marana, George Foreman. He
also went on to sell that George Foreman Grill He
sold one hundred million of those grills, one hundred million,
And I remember I bought one for my wife for
Christmas and I wrapped it up and she opened it
(09:23):
up and my daughter whispered to me, there's their jewelry
in there. You're not really giving mom a Foreman grill
for Christmas? Are you? And I'm like, uh, yeah, yeah,
she's getting a Foreman grill. She's like, no, there's like
a necklace in there, or a ring or something or
I I I maybe some nice shoes. What's dad, what's
(09:46):
really in that box? I remember sitting at the Christmas
feeling like such an a hole, Like my daughter was
only like nine. She's like, Oh, that's that's up front
for a really good gift. Right.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
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(11:37):
Maybe was like mom's friend or whatever, and you thought
she was a grandmother, and who's cool to have her around.
Or you may have had a really authentic grandmother, you
know mom or dad's mom, and you enjoyed that. Maybe
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You can now rent a grandmother. How about that? Rent
(12:02):
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various things around the home, maybe to hang out.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Now if yours isn't around, you can rent one or
to help me cook.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Okay, right, with my luck, it'll be like my mom's mom,
where I rent a grandma and then she comes down
the stairs nude at night and takes a Papa Gin
from behind the fridge and then farts all the way
up the stairs. Thanks Grandma. I enjoyed it. Enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (12:31):
Farts farts the charge song, that's right.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yeah. When I was I was probably about ten, and
we're staying at my grandmother's place in Canada, and we
had all the cousins there and all the aunts and uncles.
They're probably about twenty thirty of us, and there wasn't
enough bedrooms for everybody, so all the kids got to
sleep in the living room and sleeping bags, and there's
probably ten cousins. And that's a great time when you
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can spend you know, the entire night in the living
room with your cousins and you know, playing board games
or whatever, building forts with the you know, the cushions
from the couch, and we all finally get to sleep.
I don't know, about one o'clock or so. Then around
two thirty three am, my grandmother, my mom's mom, comes
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down the stairs nude, completely naked, walks down the stairs.
I have one eye open. I gotta see this. I
gotta see what happens here. She comes down, She comes
down the stairs, She goes behind the refrigerator. She pulls
out a warm bottle of Seagrum's gin and takes four
(13:40):
or five really healthy swigs out of it, just like gulps. Yeah,
like you could hear it. It's like a cartoon. And
at the end, oh it felt good. Then oh yeah,
one of those HAPs a bottle goes behind the refrigerator.
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And then as she walks upstairs, with every stair there's
a new part. And then she gets to the top
of the stairs. You hear.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
And my brother whispers, George, George, Oh, it was a
lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
It was great, man. So I told that story. I
told that story on the air. My mom was in
town and she called me afterwards. I knew she was
gonna call me. She goes, how dare you tell that
story on the air? Those are family stories? I said, yeah, well, Ma,
you know, I know, you know sometimes you don't remember this,
But I'm part of that family.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
They're your stories.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, when you say their family stories, I have that DNA.
I've got that same blood. I'm I'm part of the family.
You were there, I was sleeping four feet from her.
Took us you know, when she was blowing herself back
up the stairs.
Speaker 5 (15:12):
You're only four feet Did you say that you were
that close?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I was very close. I was on the couch and
the couch butted up to the stairs. Yeah, okay, so
I heard it firsthand. Man charge, Oh that was great.
So that would be my grandma that I rent.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
A grandma not only helps you with daily errands, but
combats senior isolation too.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Oh, this is a good idea. What does this cause?
It's so wonderful to see.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
You, Macdy. Lena Brandon is experiencing a slow period when
it comes to her business.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
With my luck, it'll be I rent the grandma that
I've got to take to three doctor's appointments during the day.
I got to clear up my whole day to get
her to a doctor. Her bunions are on fire. She's
having a little sciatica going on, and she's got to
go get her glasses changed.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
Well, if you want the true grandma's experience.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Yeah, right, that's the grandma experience, you know, shuffling around
to different medical centers, and.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
Wanted to lend her time and helping hand.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I always like to look for other means of doing things,
but I like to be out.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
So Brandon decided to enroll and rent a Grandma to
help with childcare, elder companionships, pet sitting, and personal assistance.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Good.
Speaker 9 (16:18):
It's good to be busy.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Diane Mayer opened a local franchise of Rent to Grandma
last month after seeing the need in her valley.
Speaker 9 (16:25):
So I became a postpartum doula and a newborn care specialist,
and for sixteen years I've been caring for newborns and
their families. That's cool, and I realized now that my
daughter had another grand baby, I realized this is something
that the community definitely needs.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
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Speaker 9 (16:48):
When a client calls and asking for Grandma, I try
to fit them with the best grandma that can suit
their needs, depending where they live in the hours they
do want to work. I had one person inquire that
they need they needed a grandma. They wanted a home
cooked meal from her grandma's.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
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there are twenty five grandmas and five grandpas. All are
vetted with the background check and our CPR train Wow.
Brandon says her hours are flexible and her day.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Read to grandfather and the guy just yells at you
all day. Hell out of you. It's not the way
we did it when we are kids. Be soft. You're
too soft. You're a piece like ground. Got out. Are
get off my lawn, Brandon. That's not your lawn, it's mine.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
Brandon says her hours are flexible and her day varies
whether it's running an errand to the grocery store or
taking someone to the doctor the.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
One there we go, there we go tree.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
Store, or taking someone to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, taking her to the doctor. She shows up. Hey,
I'm your grandmother.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
To day.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
We got four appointments, say ah, Christy, thank Jos.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Can we rent one for the for the show?
Speaker 10 (18:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Absolutely, let's ren the grandma.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
I would love it.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Yeah, just sits and complains.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
All day taking someone to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
That's called in here. You guys always keep it this
called in here. It's seventy five. Oh, it's freezing. Where's
that draft coming from? And who is that one in there?
Who's always eating? Who's that guy?
Speaker 8 (18:20):
The one gentleman that I had, he was ninety nine.
He was like talking to a history book because he
was in the Korean War. It just feels good that
I've given back and made somebody happier.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
Oh, I feel so warm with this story. Okay, so
rent a grandma. Price is very, but many service I.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Know, price is very, but what does it start at?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
Price is very, but many services cost twenty five dollars
an hour.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
That's not bad. Twenty five bucks an hour, like Mary.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
Jane mentioned, and employed grandma's are paid twenty five dollars
an hour as well for services.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
There you go, grandma's clean en up.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demyl from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I consider myself a big ally of the Pride celebration
and there's a big, huge party coming up called out Loud.
It's a big, huge event going on May thirty first
and June first. It's going to be at the ultimate
celebration of what Bellio calls queer music and cultural takes
(19:23):
of West Hollywood. I think you can use that term Bellio. Yeah,
that's cool. And one of the founders co executive producers
with us, Jeff Consoletti, Jeff, how you bub.
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Hey, how's it going?
Speaker 1 (19:38):
It's going here.
Speaker 11 (19:39):
We love our allies, We love our allies. Thank thanks
for being on the team.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Big ally buddy. But now it's Can I use that
term the ultimate celebration of queer music? Or do I
get in trouble for that?
Speaker 2 (19:52):
No? Absolutely, that's exactly what we are.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Oh, that's great, and this is a big event. How
many years has this been going on?
Speaker 11 (20:00):
We are in our fifth year, our fourth year in
our amazing partnership with the city West Hollywood, and yet
it seems like we're just bigger and better and louder
every year.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
And you got Paris Hilton there. I know Lizzo's going
to be there, Little Downs. Who else is on the lineup?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Yeah, exciting lineup this year.
Speaker 11 (20:18):
You named some of our Big three, Lizzo, Little NASAs,
Paris Hilton, our friend Kim Petris. You know, I'm personally
excited for Rebecca Black, shy girl. And you know one
of our surprise Easter eggs is a is a DJ
set by Real Housewife Meredith Marx, which seem to have
taken off on social media all weekend, So we're excited.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I love Rebecca Black, we've had her on the show
before that. That song that she did you know Friday
was great.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
It's a classic love.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
You know what.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I got a little bit of bone to pick with you.
And again I'm not getting down on you, but I've
been asked to be in the Huntington Beach Parade, San
Juan Coppastrana Parade a couple of times, Huntington Beach a
couple of times, the Norco Parade, Burbank Parade, the Hollywood
Christmas Parade, Seal Beach Parade. I've never been invited to
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a Pride parade.
Speaker 11 (21:18):
This is crazy. We got to change this. That's right
on Sunday Tunes. First, we got to get you in
the myth.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
You know.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I was driving through West Hollywood. This happened, This happened.
This is last summer. And it was about eight thirty
in the morning, and I stopped at it was like
near Crescent Heights, I remember what street it was. And
I was at a stoplight and I looked over and
there's an outdoor cafe and there was a bunch of
guys having breakfast and dancing on the table was a
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guy in really good shape. He was dancing on their table.
He was in really good shape, and he was wearing
nothing but a speedo.
Speaker 11 (21:57):
Funny, which is pretty typical in West Hollywood. Maybe this
could be inspiration for you on your pride flow.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Okay, look, if they offered that at Denny's, it would
be standing room only, you know, for the heterosexual Prosolutely.
I'm telling you, the the gay crowd has more fun
than the heterosexual crowd, you know, the truth.
Speaker 11 (22:20):
Really do know how to have fun. We also know
how to show up for each other, you know, And
I think that's I think that's what's needed in the
in this you know, these kind of polarizing times that
it's the community and what Hollywood was the community where
like really we can all come together consistently, and that's
what we try to do with out Loud for sure
as well.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
That's great. And what does it cost to get into
out Loud?
Speaker 2 (22:42):
You know?
Speaker 11 (22:42):
We go on sale tomorrow morning at ten am. Tickets
for the weekend start at one fifty nine for all
the amazing talent and more that we talked about for
a GA weekend pass and you can get VIP passes
for three fifty nine. And we have I have some
more exciting lineups to drop in the coming weeks, including
(23:04):
a special Friday night show, our dance stage lineup, and
celebrities that will join people like you in the parade
on Sunday, June first.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
How's the city to work with? The pretty easy?
Speaker 11 (23:17):
West Hollywood's my favorite place to work, you know, I
guess to produce a lot of events all over the country.
I live in West Hollywood. I've been there a long
time and West Hollywood goes all in for their community,
particularly the LGBT community. But they're all in on their
residence and it's it's an amazing place for.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Us to be at home and you know, growing up
again Jeff Consoletti's with us from out Loud. He's the
founder and executive producer of the We Hope Pride out
Loud Festival, going on May thirty first, in June first.
But when I was growing up, West Hollywood was really
the only hang for you know, for for gay guys
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and lesbian women. And then it sort of expands. Did
you know Long Beach got a nice doze down there,
But has it expanded to like the Midwest? You get
like in Cleveland or in Dayton, do you get is
there enough people there that celebrate pride to get to
have like parties like this.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
You know, I've been working in the pride space for
you know, twenty over twenty years now, and in that time,
You're right, I mean, I feel like La Pride and
West Hollywood Pride we were really setting the tone all
those years ago. And now it's amazing to see how
far pride reaches, including some of the cities that you mentioned,
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and even right here in southern California. I mean there's
an Orange County Pride, there's a Valley Pride like Dtla
Proude in downtown La is probably eight or nine years
old now and has emerged as quite a large Pride
in the region, So I think like Pride is meant
to be celebrated three six five and certainly the month
(25:00):
of June. It's amazing to see how far how far
it reaches, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah, you know what, getting back to the price and tickets,
I think one fifty nine is a steal. I mean,
for you know, a two day event like that in
most cities with that kind of lineup is four fifty
five hundred bucks.
Speaker 11 (25:15):
We try to keep it accessible, you know. I mean,
artists want to work and they want to get paid,
and one of our missions without LOUD is particularly putting
LGBT artists to work for their community. So, you know,
we we try to make it as equitable and fair
as possible while still making sure that artists are getting
paid the rate that they want and making sure that
(25:36):
as many people as can enjoy Pride can you know,
and can come to our event and feel like it's
not out of reach, you know, and certainly sometimes ticket
prices can get out of reach.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
I just got a text from a friend of mine.
He said, the only thing keeping me out of these
Pride events is that I buy my entire wardrobe at coals.
Speaker 11 (25:57):
Well, I mean, if he's just wearing a speedo, you know,
you know you can you know, that's not a bad
place to get a nice you know.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Buddy Richie turned us on to this event. He loves
going out to it. I'm sure you're going to pack
the place. We appreciate coming on and anytime you have
an event. Man, you got a friend in a KFI.
Speaker 11 (26:20):
Absolutely, I hope to see you there. Remember to your
to your audience. Tickets go and sale tomorrow at out
Loud Music Festival dot com and you can follow us
on social media at officially out Loud.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
We appreciate you all. Thanks for the support.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
You got it man, all right, thanks Jeff.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
We've been reporting on this, Brigitta has been reporting on
this that offensive language is not going to be tolerated
anymore at the La City Council meetings. I'm surprised that
they put up with this anyway. I can't believe the
language that they have to put up with at these meetings.
It's unreal. I mean, you know, there's nowhere else in
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the world you can get away with that except the
City council meeting daily.
Speaker 12 (27:09):
City Council looking to crack down on bad language used
by audience members at meetings. Council President Marquise Harris Dawson
initiated a proposal that would allow the council to remove
audience members from meetings who use racial slurs or sexual vulgarities.
In the past, the city has tried to stop offensive behavior,
but courts have routinely ruled the speeches constitutionally protected.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Oh wait a minute, I'm sorry. I got that story
mixed up. I thought they were asking the City Council
to stop using those that language. Oh, I didn't know
the people in the you know, in the crowd and
the audience were using that language. I thought this was
to get the people on city Council to stop using
the N word and the C word, and the A word,
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the B word, the F word. What else is out there?
The MF word, the S word, the tea man, there's
a lot of language, lot of letters out there. Can't
use that language anymore. Ah, I thought it was the
council using that word that ah man, I apologize, I
got that story wrong, all right. The heat is on.
(28:16):
I saw somewhere. I think in Riverside it's one hundred
and two degrees. It is so hot out there today.
I remember a week ago it was freezing. There's like
forty five forty seven in the valley it's raining, and
now it's one hundred and thirty.
Speaker 10 (28:34):
Yeah, it's a hot one. On shows the spots outside
where we're gonna find a little different story. It's all
about what we call our micro climbs.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
Look at that A.
Speaker 10 (28:40):
Great shot of that marine layer doing it's worth to
keep things cool on parts of southern California, specifically down
by the coast or a Leggs camera this afternoon showing
those clouds still there bringing somewhat cooler tips now on
the inland spots wearing the sea breeze.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
Oh it's warm.
Speaker 10 (28:54):
We're looking at ninety degrees right now in Glendale under
those very sunny skies. And then to Burbank, how about
their too, The valley looks pretty warm too. Ninety degrees
and van eyes at the moment were shown down Disneyland,
California Adventure, A warm sunny day at the happiest place
on Earth. Not quite as hot, not in the nineties,
but close to the eighties, seventy eight right now for
that part of Anaheim. All over Soakel those hotspots are
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showing up. Eighties in Palmdale and Lancaster ninety seven, Palm
Springs Nudgeon towards one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Nine, about that ninety seven in Palm Spring ninety.
Speaker 10 (29:24):
Seven, pom Springs Nudget one hundred nineties popping in right
now for him, and it at ninety degrees right there
in ninety six, And oh hi, the coast to cool
sixty three for Oxnard and sank and for Santa Monica
San Clementi. Right at sixty two.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I'm going to challenge the o Hi is ninety seven
degrees at.
Speaker 10 (29:40):
Ninety degrees right there in ninety six, and oh hi the.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Coast ninety six, and OHI, I challenge that.
Speaker 10 (29:48):
Six and oh High the coast cool sixty three for
Oxnard and sank and for Santa Monica San Clementi.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I read, how about that sixty three in Oxnard? Everybody
else is in the nineties.
Speaker 5 (29:59):
Why can't it be a ninety eight in oh High?
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I just that's a fairly unusual number for OHI in March,
I'd like I'd like to look that up. I'm we'll
look it up right now. All right. Temperature in o High, California,
all right, eighty two. The high was it was ninety
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Okay they said ninety six, but okay, nineties getting there.
Ninety degrees in o High. Wow, wow, man, that is warm.
See I thought it, OHI OHI would be in the
upper seventies. Okay. Here on weather dot com it says
it's sixty two degrees in Ohai, California. Sixty two degrees
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and the high today was eighty one. All right, Well,
I don't know, it's weird. You get a lot of
weird temperature readings nowadays.
Speaker 10 (31:00):
I right it sixty two with h sixty six. So yeah,
cool response on the coast here.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
It's gonna get cooler over the weekend. We got the
big Dodger opener on Thursday. Should be beautiful, perfect weather.
Get out for the Dodger opener on Thursday. It's Conway Show.
We're live on KFI AM six forty Conway Show on
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It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. We lost
a legend on Friday. Right after we we got off
the air on Friday, I heard that George Forban had
passed away, and I wanted to have somebody on to
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explain to the kids and to the young people how
great of a human being. This was not only a
great fighter, great dead, great businessman. And we got Rich
Mrada with us, who did the Kings for a while.
He's a big sports guy. He was on with Bill
Handle for twenty six years or so and he's with us,
Sir Rich, how you Bob?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hey, I'm great, Thanks for calling, Tim. I appreciate it. Yeah,
I'd love to talk about George.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
With you a little now, did you. Obviously you you're
in the boxing world forever. You must have met George
a billion times, well.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Not a billion, but you know, sporadic meetings down, you know,
down through the years here and there, and I got
to talk to him and you know, have have my
little run ins with him that were very memorable, you know,
And this was a this guy led the unlikeliest of lives,
you know, coming from what was basically a troubled youth
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where he grew up in Texas to become the heavyweight
champion of the world. He had this brilliant career as
a fighter, and after he retired he became kind of
this forgotten man, went and became a pastor in just
outside of Houston, Texas. You know, blew up to like
four hundred pounds and then stayed one of the greatest
comebacks in boxing history.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
But the comeback wasn't successful initially. Did he go oh
for two when he came.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Back, No, he didn't go for two. He actually when
he fought. When he fought, he fought a number of uh,
well guys who really weren't much, you know, and in
terms of in terms of boxing, and he ran off
twenty four straight wins. And then but he's started to
build himself back into something that people started believing in.
And I think he began believing in again. And this
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was his second career, and you know, this is at
a time when he was he was just becoming this cuddly, chubby,
overweight everyman you know who eight burgers would get in
the buffet line. But he had so much power still,
you know, from when his first career as a as
a young world champion, and he was, you know, unbelievable
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in those days that he just became this everyman. And
he lost his first attempt again at winning the heavyweight
title once again. This was back in nineteen ninety one.
He was actually forty two years old when he did
this for Kim when he tried to win the title
back that he had you know, originally a one in
his early twenties, and he lost to Evander Holyfield. But
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then a few years later he actually beat Michael Moore
in nineteen ninety four. He was at the age of
forty five at the time. If you can believe that
forty five just considered think of that that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, yeah, so the stuff I read on him when
he made his comeback, Yeah, he had a bunch of
insignificant fights, but he went when he went to get
the belt back, he lost, and then he lost and
then he beat Michael Moore, uh and and and and
he was thinking about retiring again before that Michael Moore fight, right,
but you.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Know this he get you know, he just kept at
it and he believed, you know, he believed in himself.
And by the time he thought more. Pretty much nobody
else was believing that it was possible. Again, I mean,
nobody had ever done it. And and certainly here's you know, George,
this big giant guy, and when he pulled it off,
it was it was so unreal it was and I actually,
(03:44):
believe it or not, Tim, I was actually privileged to
call that fight wow the international telecast. I was sitting
right there at ringside in the front row, right on
the apron a guy named I worked with a guy
named Arnie Rosenthal as my color and I did the
blow by blow on the international boxing telecast, the one
that went to all the foreign countries that are English speaking.
(04:06):
Jim Lampley and HBO did it, of course for the
domestically here in America, and that is the call that
everybody's familiar with, Jim Lampley's call. But I was there
and actually when he staged this and George got the
crap beat out of him for nine rounds in this fight,
and then in the tenth round he suddenly launched a
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couple of good rights and then a perfect right hand
right in the gym. Downfell More and he was right
in front of me. I mean, Moore fell flat in
his back about three feet from my three feet from
my head. So it was one of the most unbelievable moments.
And I've always claimed that that was the loudest fear
that I've ever heard. I actually took off my headsets
(04:47):
for a moment when I got finished describing the knockout
of More when he became champion again, and it was
the loudest den I have ever heard in an arena
because people, you know, know, they just loved George so much.
And if I'll give you a quick story here, after
the fight was over, you know, the fighters always hold
a press conference afterwards. So about forty five minutes later,
(05:10):
you know, our telecast was over, et cetera. I went
up there and George comes in and at the start
of his telecast, because it was so unlikely and nobody
really believed that he could pull this off, and he
starts reciting somewhere over the Rainbow, and I can just
hear him doing it where he said, somewhere over the rainbow,
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blue birds fly, birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh,
why can't I And it was it was just unbelievable.
This guy was a really unusual character, and you know,
in his first career when he became champion, he was
kind of a sullen kind of guy and he was
not did not have that type of popularity when he
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first became a champion, when he was just wiping people out,
and he had a different attitude. When he came back,
he was this different person. You spent ten years out
of the ring. Just think of that. Tim ten years
not an athlete blowing up to four hundred plus pounds
and then coming back, is really this different person. I
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mean a humorist. I mean they'd bring him at he'd
have a press conference and they'd bring him a tray
full of a cheeseburgers which you know which which he
would eat. If I could give you just one little story,
I just wanted to tell you what kind of kind
of a guy this is, and just think of it
in terms of today's athlete. He was training for one
of these comeback fights of his. It was in nineteen ninety.
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He was going to fight in a big outdoor boxing
card at Caesar's Palace where both he and Mike Tyson
were going to fight on the card, and they were
the two you know, they were the two headliners and
foreman fought this of I think it was a Venezuelan,
but a guy was name was Adelson Rodriguez. But the
(07:02):
fight isn't significant. But what was significant for me was
that week he trained there at Caesar's Palace and he
chained right behind the big outdoor ring. There was a
place called the Caesars Palace Pavilion where they used to
have some lesser fights and lesser you know, other events,
and he trained in there and he allowed people to
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come in and watch him train every night that week.
And I was there and I took my parents and
my wife, and I said, you let's go see you know,
you want to go see George Forman. Let's go see him.
You can watch him train, et cetera. Right, And so
we did that and he and we went into the
Caesar's Palace pavilion and George trained in front. There was
probably at maybe a thousand people there, you know, watching him,
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because it was free of charge. You could go in
and watch the Great George Foreman train. And after the
training session was over, he got up in the ring
and there was a microphone there and he said, I
thanked everybody for coming, and he said, I just want
to you know, thank you all, and I want you
all to know that if you line up here nice
one at a time, I'll take a picture with every
(08:10):
single one of them. Want a picture with me? And
he stood there for about an hour and took a picture.
That's every fan that had gone to watch him train.
And I mean there was you know, several hundred at
least people that were there, and they just went up
one by one. My parents got pictured with big George.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I was a great guy man, that was a great boxer.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
That's how.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I appreciate coming on. And and I'm sure when you
heard the news, you were just you know, floored, like everybody, I.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Was gutted, you know, and I just didn't think. I thought,
maybe this is a mistake because he's one of those big,
powerful people that you think are indestructible. You just don't
even attach death to a guy, you know, to a
guy like that. So I was stunned. That was gutted.
And I think everybody that knew George was seven years old.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Rich. I really appreciate going on. Thank you man, Hey,
thanks to Tim for sure, Rich Marana, George Foreman. He
also went on to sell that George Foreman Grill He
sold one hundred million of those grills, one hundred million,
And I remember I bought one for my wife for
Christmas and I wrapped it up and she opened it
(09:23):
up and my daughter whispered to me, there's their jewelry
in there. You're not really giving mom a Foreman grill
for Christmas? Are you? And I'm like, uh, yeah, yeah,
she's getting a Foreman grill. She's like, no, there's like
a necklace in there, or a ring or something or
I I I maybe some nice shoes. What's dad, what's
(09:46):
really in that box? I remember sitting at the Christmas
feeling like such an a hole, Like my daughter was
only like nine. She's like, Oh, that's that's up front
for a really good gift. Right.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
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Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's time for World champion Dodger Baseball. This Thursday, the
Dodgers take on the Detroit Tigers for Opening Day at
Dodger Stadium. You know is going to be pissed. Steph Fush,
Steph Fush. We're back to day games where you got
to go through traffic bub I know you hate that
first pitches at four ten pm. And people get out
(10:30):
there early, so they'll be out there at one o'clock.
What time do you drive by Dodger Stadium. It's a
round two. You're your host. Yeah, yeah, So you might
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have had a grandmother growing up, or a grand you know,
somebody who was your grandmother you thought was your grandmother,
(11:37):
Maybe was like mom's friend or whatever, and you thought
she was a grandmother, and who's cool to have her around.
Or you may have had a really authentic grandmother, you
know mom or dad's mom, and you enjoyed that. Maybe
you went to see grandma, and it's always cool to
go see grandma. But grandma's not around anymore. Well, there's
a solution for that. We got a solution for that.
You can now rent a grandmother. How about that? Rent
(12:02):
a grandmother, Mike co on, your grandmother to help with
various things around the home, maybe to hang out.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Now if yours isn't around, you can rent one or
to help me cook.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Okay, right, with my luck, it'll be like my mom's mom,
where I rent a grandma and then she comes down
the stairs nude at night and takes a Papa Gin
from behind the fridge and then farts all the way
up the stairs. Thanks Grandma. I enjoyed it. Enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (12:31):
Farts farts the charge song, that's right.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yeah. When I was I was probably about ten, and
we're staying at my grandmother's place in Canada, and we
had all the cousins there and all the aunts and uncles.
They're probably about twenty thirty of us, and there wasn't
enough bedrooms for everybody, so all the kids got to
sleep in the living room and sleeping bags, and there's
probably ten cousins. And that's a great time when you
(12:57):
can spend you know, the entire night in the living
room with your cousins and you know, playing board games
or whatever, building forts with the you know, the cushions
from the couch, and we all finally get to sleep.
I don't know, about one o'clock or so. Then around
two thirty three am, my grandmother, my mom's mom, comes
(13:17):
down the stairs nude, completely naked, walks down the stairs.
I have one eye open. I gotta see this. I
gotta see what happens here. She comes down, She comes
down the stairs, She goes behind the refrigerator. She pulls
out a warm bottle of Seagrum's gin and takes four
(13:40):
or five really healthy swigs out of it, just like gulps. Yeah,
like you could hear it. It's like a cartoon. And
at the end, oh it felt good. Then oh yeah,
one of those HAPs a bottle goes behind the refrigerator.
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And then as she walks upstairs, with every stair there's
a new part. And then she gets to the top
of the stairs. You hear.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
And my brother whispers, George, George, Oh, it was a
lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
It was great, man. So I told that story. I
told that story on the air. My mom was in
town and she called me afterwards. I knew she was
gonna call me. She goes, how dare you tell that
story on the air? Those are family stories? I said, yeah, well, Ma,
you know, I know, you know sometimes you don't remember this,
But I'm part of that family.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
They're your stories.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, when you say their family stories, I have that DNA.
I've got that same blood. I'm I'm part of the family.
You were there, I was sleeping four feet from her.
Took us you know, when she was blowing herself back
up the stairs.
Speaker 5 (15:12):
You're only four feet Did you say that you were
that close?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I was very close. I was on the couch and
the couch butted up to the stairs. Yeah, okay, so
I heard it firsthand. Man charge, Oh that was great.
So that would be my grandma that I rent.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
A grandma not only helps you with daily errands, but
combats senior isolation too.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Oh, this is a good idea. What does this cause?
It's so wonderful to see.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
You, Macdy. Lena Brandon is experiencing a slow period when
it comes to her business.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
With my luck, it'll be I rent the grandma that
I've got to take to three doctor's appointments during the day.
I got to clear up my whole day to get
her to a doctor. Her bunions are on fire. She's
having a little sciatica going on, and she's got to
go get her glasses changed.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
Well, if you want the true grandma's experience.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Yeah, right, that's the grandma experience, you know, shuffling around
to different medical centers, and.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
Wanted to lend her time and helping hand.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I always like to look for other means of doing things,
but I like to be out.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
So Brandon decided to enroll and rent a Grandma to
help with childcare, elder companionships, pet sitting, and personal assistance.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Good.
Speaker 9 (16:18):
It's good to be busy.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Diane Mayer opened a local franchise of Rent to Grandma
last month after seeing the need in her valley.
Speaker 9 (16:25):
So I became a postpartum doula and a newborn care specialist,
and for sixteen years I've been caring for newborns and
their families. That's cool, and I realized now that my
daughter had another grand baby, I realized this is something
that the community definitely needs.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
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Speaker 9 (16:48):
When a client calls and asking for Grandma, I try
to fit them with the best grandma that can suit
their needs, depending where they live in the hours they
do want to work. I had one person inquire that
they need they needed a grandma. They wanted a home
cooked meal from her grandma's.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
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or offering services. Can go to rent a Grandma lv
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there are twenty five grandmas and five grandpas. All are
vetted with the background check and our CPR train Wow.
Brandon says her hours are flexible and her day.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Read to grandfather and the guy just yells at you
all day. Hell out of you. It's not the way
we did it when we are kids. Be soft. You're
too soft. You're a piece like ground. Got out. Are
get off my lawn, Brandon. That's not your lawn, it's mine.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
Brandon says her hours are flexible and her day varies
whether it's running an errand to the grocery store or
taking someone to the doctor the.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
One there we go, there we go tree.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
Store, or taking someone to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, taking her to the doctor. She shows up. Hey,
I'm your grandmother.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
To day.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
We got four appointments, say ah, Christy, thank Jos.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Can we rent one for the for the show?
Speaker 10 (18:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Absolutely, let's ren the grandma.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
I would love it.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Yeah, just sits and complains.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
All day taking someone to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
That's called in here. You guys always keep it this
called in here. It's seventy five. Oh, it's freezing. Where's
that draft coming from? And who is that one in there?
Who's always eating? Who's that guy?
Speaker 8 (18:20):
The one gentleman that I had, he was ninety nine.
He was like talking to a history book because he
was in the Korean War. It just feels good that
I've given back and made somebody happier.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
Oh, I feel so warm with this story. Okay, so
rent a grandma. Price is very, but many service I.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Know, price is very, but what does it start at?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
Price is very, but many services cost twenty five dollars
an hour.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
That's not bad. Twenty five bucks an hour, like Mary.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
Jane mentioned, and employed grandma's are paid twenty five dollars
an hour as well for services.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
There you go, grandma's clean en up.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demyl from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I consider myself a big ally of the Pride celebration
and there's a big, huge party coming up called out Loud.
It's a big, huge event going on May thirty first
and June first. It's going to be at the ultimate
celebration of what Bellio calls queer music and cultural takes
(19:23):
of West Hollywood. I think you can use that term Bellio. Yeah,
that's cool. And one of the founders co executive producers
with us, Jeff Consoletti, Jeff, how you bub.
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Hey, how's it going?
Speaker 1 (19:38):
It's going here.
Speaker 11 (19:39):
We love our allies, We love our allies. Thank thanks
for being on the team.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Big ally buddy. But now it's Can I use that
term the ultimate celebration of queer music? Or do I
get in trouble for that?
Speaker 2 (19:52):
No? Absolutely, that's exactly what we are.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Oh, that's great, and this is a big event. How
many years has this been going on?
Speaker 11 (20:00):
We are in our fifth year, our fourth year in
our amazing partnership with the city West Hollywood, and yet
it seems like we're just bigger and better and louder
every year.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
And you got Paris Hilton there. I know Lizzo's going
to be there, Little Downs. Who else is on the lineup?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Yeah, exciting lineup this year.
Speaker 11 (20:18):
You named some of our Big three, Lizzo, Little NASAs,
Paris Hilton, our friend Kim Petris. You know, I'm personally
excited for Rebecca Black, shy girl. And you know one
of our surprise Easter eggs is a is a DJ
set by Real Housewife Meredith Marx, which seem to have
taken off on social media all weekend, So we're excited.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I love Rebecca Black, we've had her on the show
before that. That song that she did you know Friday
was great.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
It's a classic love.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
You know what.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I got a little bit of bone to pick with you.
And again I'm not getting down on you, but I've
been asked to be in the Huntington Beach Parade, San
Juan Coppastrana Parade a couple of times, Huntington Beach a
couple of times, the Norco Parade, Burbank Parade, the Hollywood
Christmas Parade, Seal Beach Parade. I've never been invited to
(21:15):
a Pride parade.
Speaker 11 (21:18):
This is crazy. We got to change this. That's right
on Sunday Tunes. First, we got to get you in
the myth.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
You know.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I was driving through West Hollywood. This happened, This happened.
This is last summer. And it was about eight thirty
in the morning, and I stopped at it was like
near Crescent Heights, I remember what street it was. And
I was at a stoplight and I looked over and
there's an outdoor cafe and there was a bunch of
guys having breakfast and dancing on the table was a
(21:48):
guy in really good shape. He was dancing on their table.
He was in really good shape, and he was wearing
nothing but a speedo.
Speaker 11 (21:57):
Funny, which is pretty typical in West Hollywood. Maybe this
could be inspiration for you on your pride flow.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Okay, look, if they offered that at Denny's, it would
be standing room only, you know, for the heterosexual Prosolutely.
I'm telling you, the the gay crowd has more fun
than the heterosexual crowd, you know, the truth.
Speaker 11 (22:20):
Really do know how to have fun. We also know
how to show up for each other, you know, And
I think that's I think that's what's needed in the
in this you know, these kind of polarizing times that
it's the community and what Hollywood was the community where
like really we can all come together consistently, and that's
what we try to do with out Loud for sure
as well.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
That's great. And what does it cost to get into
out Loud?
Speaker 2 (22:42):
You know?
Speaker 11 (22:42):
We go on sale tomorrow morning at ten am. Tickets
for the weekend start at one fifty nine for all
the amazing talent and more that we talked about for
a GA weekend pass and you can get VIP passes
for three fifty nine. And we have I have some
more exciting lineups to drop in the coming weeks, including
(23:04):
a special Friday night show, our dance stage lineup, and
celebrities that will join people like you in the parade
on Sunday, June first.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
How's the city to work with? The pretty easy?
Speaker 11 (23:17):
West Hollywood's my favorite place to work, you know, I
guess to produce a lot of events all over the country.
I live in West Hollywood. I've been there a long
time and West Hollywood goes all in for their community,
particularly the LGBT community. But they're all in on their
residence and it's it's an amazing place for.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Us to be at home and you know, growing up
again Jeff Consoletti's with us from out Loud. He's the
founder and executive producer of the We Hope Pride out
Loud Festival, going on May thirty first, in June first.
But when I was growing up, West Hollywood was really
the only hang for you know, for for gay guys
(23:57):
and lesbian women. And then it sort of expands. Did
you know Long Beach got a nice doze down there,
But has it expanded to like the Midwest? You get
like in Cleveland or in Dayton, do you get is
there enough people there that celebrate pride to get to
have like parties like this.
Speaker 11 (24:17):
You know, I've been working in the pride space for
you know, twenty over twenty years now, and in that time,
You're right, I mean, I feel like La Pride and
West Hollywood Pride we were really setting the tone all
those years ago. And now it's amazing to see how
far pride reaches, including some of the cities that you mentioned,
(24:38):
and even right here in southern California. I mean there's
an Orange County Pride, there's a Valley Pride like Dtla
Proude in downtown La is probably eight or nine years
old now and has emerged as quite a large Pride
in the region, So I think like Pride is meant
to be celebrated three six five and certainly the month
(25:00):
of June. It's amazing to see how far how far
it reaches, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah, you know what, getting back to the price and tickets,
I think one fifty nine is a steal. I mean,
for you know, a two day event like that in
most cities with that kind of lineup is four fifty
five hundred bucks.
Speaker 11 (25:15):
We try to keep it accessible, you know. I mean,
artists want to work and they want to get paid,
and one of our missions without LOUD is particularly putting
LGBT artists to work for their community. So, you know,
we we try to make it as equitable and fair
as possible while still making sure that artists are getting
paid the rate that they want and making sure that
(25:36):
as many people as can enjoy Pride can you know,
and can come to our event and feel like it's
not out of reach, you know, and certainly sometimes ticket
prices can get out of reach.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
I just got a text from a friend of mine.
He said, the only thing keeping me out of these
Pride events is that I buy my entire wardrobe at coals.
Speaker 11 (25:57):
Well, I mean, if he's just wearing a speedo, you know,
you know you can you know, that's not a bad
place to get a nice you know.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Buddy Richie turned us on to this event. He loves
going out to it. I'm sure you're going to pack
the place. We appreciate coming on and anytime you have
an event. Man, you got a friend in a KFI.
Speaker 11 (26:20):
Absolutely, I hope to see you there. Remember to your
to your audience. Tickets go and sale tomorrow at out
Loud Music Festival dot com and you can follow us
on social media at officially out Loud.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
We appreciate you all. Thanks for the support.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
You got it man, all right, thanks Jeff.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
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Speaker 1 (26:41):
We've been reporting on this, Brigitta has been reporting on
this that offensive language is not going to be tolerated
anymore at the La City Council meetings. I'm surprised that
they put up with this anyway. I can't believe the
language that they have to put up with at these meetings.
It's unreal. I mean, you know, there's nowhere else in
(27:04):
the world you can get away with that except the
City council meeting daily.
Speaker 12 (27:09):
City Council looking to crack down on bad language used
by audience members at meetings. Council President Marquise Harris Dawson
initiated a proposal that would allow the council to remove
audience members from meetings who use racial slurs or sexual vulgarities.
In the past, the city has tried to stop offensive behavior,
but courts have routinely ruled the speeches constitutionally protected.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Oh wait a minute, I'm sorry. I got that story
mixed up. I thought they were asking the City Council
to stop using those that language. Oh, I didn't know
the people in the you know, in the crowd and
the audience were using that language. I thought this was
to get the people on city Council to stop using
the N word and the C word, and the A word,
(27:54):
the B word, the F word. What else is out there?
The MF word, the S word, the tea man, there's
a lot of language, lot of letters out there. Can't
use that language anymore. Ah, I thought it was the
council using that word that ah man, I apologize, I
got that story wrong, all right. The heat is on.
(28:16):
I saw somewhere. I think in Riverside it's one hundred
and two degrees. It is so hot out there today.
I remember a week ago it was freezing. There's like
forty five forty seven in the valley it's raining, and
now it's one hundred and thirty.
Speaker 10 (28:34):
Yeah, it's a hot one. On shows the spots outside
where we're gonna find a little different story. It's all
about what we call our micro climbs.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
Look at that A.
Speaker 10 (28:40):
Great shot of that marine layer doing it's worth to
keep things cool on parts of southern California, specifically down
by the coast or a Leggs camera this afternoon showing
those clouds still there bringing somewhat cooler tips now on
the inland spots wearing the sea breeze.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
Oh it's warm.
Speaker 10 (28:54):
We're looking at ninety degrees right now in Glendale under
those very sunny skies. And then to Burbank, how about
their too, The valley looks pretty warm too. Ninety degrees
and van eyes at the moment were shown down Disneyland,
California Adventure, A warm sunny day at the happiest place
on Earth. Not quite as hot, not in the nineties,
but close to the eighties, seventy eight right now for
that part of Anaheim. All over Soakel those hotspots are
(29:15):
showing up. Eighties in Palmdale and Lancaster ninety seven, Palm
Springs Nudgeon towards one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Nine, about that ninety seven in Palm Spring ninety.
Speaker 10 (29:24):
Seven, pom Springs Nudget one hundred nineties popping in right
now for him, and it at ninety degrees right there
in ninety six, And oh hi, the coast to cool
sixty three for Oxnard and sank and for Santa Monica
San Clementi. Right at sixty two.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I'm going to challenge the o Hi is ninety seven
degrees at.
Speaker 10 (29:40):
Ninety degrees right there in ninety six, and oh hi the.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Coast ninety six, and OHI, I challenge that.
Speaker 10 (29:48):
Six and oh High the coast cool sixty three for
Oxnard and sank and for Santa Monica San Clementi.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I read, how about that sixty three in Oxnard? Everybody
else is in the nineties.
Speaker 5 (29:59):
Why can't it be a ninety eight in oh High?
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I just that's a fairly unusual number for OHI in March,
I'd like I'd like to look that up. I'm we'll
look it up right now. All right. Temperature in o High, California,
all right, eighty two. The high was it was ninety
(30:27):
Okay they said ninety six, but okay, nineties getting there.
Ninety degrees in o High. Wow, wow, man, that is warm.
See I thought it, OHI OHI would be in the
upper seventies. Okay. Here on weather dot com it says
it's sixty two degrees in Ohai, California. Sixty two degrees
(30:52):
and the high today was eighty one. All right, Well,
I don't know, it's weird. You get a lot of
weird temperature readings nowadays.
Speaker 10 (31:00):
I right it sixty two with h sixty six. So yeah,
cool response on the coast here.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
It's gonna get cooler over the weekend. We got the
big Dodger opener on Thursday. Should be beautiful, perfect weather.
Get out for the Dodger opener on Thursday. It's Conway Show.
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