- Big news from the White House — obesity drugs dropping to $149 as Medicare begins coverage.
- Actor and comedian Jeremy Piven brings the laughs to Irvine Improv Nov. 7 & 8, best known as Ari Gold from Entourage.
- A Santa Monica favorite says goodbye — Blue Plate Oysterette is closing its doors after years on Ocean Ave.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KMF I am sixty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Well, what
do we find out last segment that Sharon Bellio is
named after her mom and dad is your dad? His
name is Heaton? Is your If your dad's name was Heaton,
(00:20):
you would have been she he Okay, No, you're named
after your mom.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The story is that my mother said to my dad,
let's take the first three letters of your name and
the first three letters of.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
My name, and he said Ron She My kind of
guy is sort of half ass listening right, totally? Yeah,
something really not that important, like his daughter's name exactly.
The track guy, total track guy. Yeah, I like that
(00:57):
about that man. Krozier is named after after his slow uncle. Yeah.
I'm named after my mom's dead brother. Angel. Any interesting
or more positive stories on how you became Angel, Well,
I'm named after my dead great grandmother. Oh is that right?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
I did great grandmother. Got what a team here? It's
the gruesome team. You know what about tea dog? Yeah?
Tea dog? What are you named after? Again? My dad
just took his name. So my dad was Joseph Anthony.
So I'm you grew up Catholic?
Speaker 5 (01:35):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, did you have a confirmation name?
Speaker 5 (01:38):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
We stopped going by that point. Yeah, Heathens, the heathens bellio.
Do you go to Catholic school? No? How do you
expect to get to Heaven? You late in the game.
Go to church? Okay? Catholic church? Yes, Okay Crozier, are
you Catholic? Almost? But yeah, well you're out. I went.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
I used to go to church with a chick that
my dad was dating at the time, and she had
a son, and I got stuck in the Sunday school
classes and then I saw a whatever you know, dipping
the water thing and I thought it was the coolest thing.
And I told the priest afterwards and he goes, oh,
we'll set you up. I'm home and told my dad
and he says, hell you are. And I never went back.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Angel you're Catholic, aren't you?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
No?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
I wasn't a namptires Catholic.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yes, good luck, But I am my nephew's godmother in
the Catholic Church.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Okay. I might squeak in on that. I could squeak
in the still. I used to tell, obviously, just in
a joking way, that I used to work with the
over at the other radio station, a Jewish young lady.
And she said, and I said, you know, we're talking
about Catholicism. That's really the only way to get into heaven.
(03:00):
And even though she knew I was kidding, and I
was kidding, it's still irritated her. She's like, really, that's
the only way to get in. Obviously it's not. But God,
a mighty maker of heaven and earth, all that's seen
and unseen. All right, we've got ai yea yeah, yeah, yeah.
A lot of people need work. A lot of people
(03:21):
need a job there are the demand for skilled trade
is going through the roof. It's on the rise. So
you got some kind of skill you can you know,
dirty hands, clean money. I always remember that dirty hands,
clean money.
Speaker 8 (03:34):
The job market may be tough out there right now,
but the demand for trade workers is on the rise.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are roughly
four hundred thousand skilled trade jobs available here in the US.
NBC for is Christian koseres Well. I'm at a training
center in Colton with more of the growing efforts to
fill these jobs.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Christians.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
That's why instructors with CTC there is always there's always
need for work. They just say there's not enough trained
people to do it. That's why they are working to
train the community to master some of these skills that
are in demand so they can do projects like these
pods that you see here.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah, he's at a university the trades that trains you
how to, you know, be a carpenter, plumber, or electrician.
I think it's called the University of Ankle Monitors.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
These two were built by students from the ground up.
They build everything that you see here, including the framework,
the electrical, the plumbing, even the ac inside.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Sounds like my grandfather, Yeah, sounds yeah, it sounds like
after Thanksgiving my grandfather banging those things out. Much fruit.
Oh my god, he put butter on everything. I ate
nine meals and then get the can egg.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
It's an old fashioned craft that has survived the ages.
Speaker 10 (05:06):
And you never stopped learning. Man, Like, I have so
much experience, but at the same time, there's a lot
that I do not know.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Like we met Mark Garcia at the Center for Employment
Training or SEEDS in Colton. He's a trained electrician but
came back to enhance his skills.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
Sometimes you need the other trades and if you're skilled
in that, or if you know a little bit about that,
that will help you to be able to get the
job done.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
At the Job.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
A trade school where thousands of students learned the hands
on skills in welding, carpentry, electrical, HVAC and the automotive
that are in high demand. According to ZIP recruiter, electricians,
HVAC technicians, plumbing, and carpentry in California are among the
highest paid in the country.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Wow, people are always hiring.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
The problem is that we just don't have enough technicians.
Speaker 7 (06:02):
Hitter, go ahead and say that to volts Ac.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Greg Castro teaches the skills to operate and repair HVAC equipment.
He says these skills are in demand because the older
generation technicians are retiring and the turnover is not enough.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
That's right, another guy retiring. Baby, come in.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
They've never touched a drill, They've never touched the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Now that he may not be the perfect candidate if
he comes in he's never touched a drill in his life.
What's going on with that guy?
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Baby, come in, they've never touched a drill, They've never
touched the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
And what he's in his forties, never held a drill.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
We help them get from that point all the way
to the very end.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
We help them get a job.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
A long road for that chap. If you're forty and
you've never touched a drill, something's going on with you.
I don't know. I'd pass on that. Lad.
Speaker 11 (06:48):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
All right, die, where were we here?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I know where we were? These weights weight law drugs. Yes, yes, yes,
everybody's looking at these weight loss drugs. People are feeling great,
and now the price is going to come down, and
I think now everybody can afford these weight loss drugs.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Any reduction in the price of drugs is a good thing,
make no mistake about it. And in this case, President
Trump announcing today that he has cut a deal to
allow Medicare beneficiaries to have discounted access to popular diet
drugs you know, will go viozempic, things like that. The
President called this a triumph for American patients. Of course,
(07:34):
let me say again, lower drug prices is a good thing. However,
this deal appears to be more beneficial for the drug companies, the.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Pat who guessed who would have guessed?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
All right, First off, let's take a look at this.
The drug makers in this case, Eli Lilly and Novo
Nordisk already offer discounts that can bring down the price
of these diet drugs to about five hundred dollars monthly,
so instead of the two hundred and fifty to three
hundred and fifty dollars that Medicare beneficiaries will now pay.
All right, that's a bit of a reduction from there,
(08:04):
but already they're offering discounts to people. So what they're
getting is now in return for a little fur of
a further discount, they're going to get access to millions
of Medicare patients and that is a huge market expansion
for the drug companies.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Oh I see, Okay, they trade the horse trading. They're
going to trade them the actual benefit. You know, the
drugs reduce the price of drugs, but now they get
to sell it to people who are on Medicare, Medicaid
perhaps Blue Cross. So that's that's a big win for
the drug companies.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
They also get Medicare access for some of their other drugs,
such as meds for heart disease and sleep apnea. Again,
that's a huge market expansion for them.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And that's not all.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
The drug companies also got a commitment from the Trump administration,
and that's not all for speedier review of new meds,
allowing them to go on sale faster and start generating.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And that's not all. And that's not all.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
So let me reiterate, anytime drug prices come down, that's
a good thing.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
It's welcome.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But in this case might not be as much of
a triumph as it is for American patients as it
is a triumph for big pharma.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
All right, And that's not all. Well, there's more sure.
The carrot and the stick is getting those drugs to
market faster.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Oh indeed, And I worry that there is less testing
as a result of that. I'm not saying that's the
case here. Drug companies have been complaining for years that
it takes too long to get a drug to market.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Ah, you're right, it does take too long. They should
put them out faster and see how it goes. I'm
all for that, but sometime if you want to take
the chance, Yeah.
Speaker 11 (09:42):
No kidding.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Look, you know, before they made these crash test dummies
out of computers and mannequins. People did that so and
they knew the risk waver before you do that pill.
You know, your whole body can go through the windshield
on the next accident. But they they're getting fifteen hundred
bucks an accident, so people know what they're getting into.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
But some patients would argue that's a good thing. We
don't want drugs getting to market until they've been thoroughly vetted.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Oh who cares, you know, just put them out there
and see what they do, and that's how we learn.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Well, the drug company's got a big gimme from the
Trump administration in terms of that expedited approval process and
the fact that they now have access to medicare also
a huge deal. But that raises a separate question, that is.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If indeed, you know what I think the I think
some of these I'm not the American drug companies, but
I think foreign drug companies they put this crap out
there real quickly, you know, in foreign countries. And that's
why you see these kids coming into America with a
three hundred pound tumor, you know, and that didn't grow overnight.
(10:46):
You know, he comes to UCLA and he's like Hey,
why is this kid here? Well, he weighs eighty pounds,
but his tumor weighs two hundred and ten. Wait, he
has a two hundred and ten pound tumor and he
never sought attention for that. Huh, well, he really could
afford it. We put these drugs up pretty quickly, and
it was just bad vibes for that kid. I think.
(11:06):
I bet that goes on all the time in countries
outside the United States, where they rush these drugs to
the market to see if they work, and sometimes they don't.
And that's where you get your seventy pound tumor. It's
got to be a fix, Nate.
Speaker 11 (11:22):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on de Mayo from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Hey, one of my favorite stand ups is on with us.
You might know him from Old School or a Blackhawk
down to my favorite movies as well. His name is
Jeremy Piven. Jeremy Piven, How.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You, sir, I'm good man. How are you?
Speaker 8 (11:40):
Ah?
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Man, I'm doing great. Thanks for coming on. I really
appreciate it. I know you're going to be locally here
and people love coming out to see you.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Yeah. Man, Well, there's no pleasant rather be than talking
to you.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
That is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
By the way, you know I one of Old School
is one of my favorite movies of all time, and
I think it even holds up more now and it's
better now when I watch it, you know, I always
catch something new, but it's such an iconic movie. It's
one of those movies that everybody likes. I've never heard
anybody say Old School, I hate that movie. It's somebody
(12:16):
you know, everybody I know it's one of their favorite movies.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Well, I think that's because also movies, now, what's the word,
they suck? Right, So I mean everyone's looking for something
to connect with. I got these kids coming up to
me late teens, early twenties who have binge watched Entourage,
and no one made them. There's no advertisement, I believe me,
(12:40):
there's no algorithm. You know you They're gravitating towards things
that make them laugh, and I feel like we're heading
back in that direction, which is great news.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
I think you're right, and I really think it's because
of the Internet that were exposed to so many great comics.
You know, before the Internet, you would never hear of
a guy. The guy would have to go from city
to city, call all these stupid stations like this one,
and then you know, promote himself and then he go
on in front of twenty people. But now you know,
(13:11):
you can promote yourself online and you really don't even
have to do local media anymore.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
From your mouth to God's ears, I'll never speak to
you again.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
That's great. Hey, you know, I think I how old
without you know, going into great detail. A friend of
mine went to school. I know, you grew up in
Evanston and a friend of mine went to Northwestern University,
and man, we would I would go see him because
I went to Bowling Green. I drive up to Evanston
and then we'd all make the drive to Milwaukee for
(13:43):
the strip bars and the beer because we're all eighteen
years old and that's where you could go. Was that
a big thing still in Illinois for a while, to
go out of state to drink, to go to Milwaukee.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Well, I wasn't a degenerate like you. I mean you
you were very committed.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
That's what I.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Appreciate the energy, you know, I really do, and that's
why you know you're on AM radio. I don't I
don't also say this, brother, but you know, we're we're
all on different timeline and I think you're better than this.
I don't know how to say.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
It's hey, who are some of the stand ups that
you like to watch? I mean when you know, like
you know, when you sit around, you lose the edge?
Or who will you wait like at a club to
see who like who had some of the guys really
or gals you really enjoyed?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
You know, it's funny because I'm about to get up
tonight here at the laugh Aactory and the Improv, and
then I'll be at the Irvine Irvine Improv all weekend.
And you know it's funny because we're all on lineups
together locally, and then I do an hour set at
the at the Irvine Improv this weekend, which is why
the reason why we're talking. And I apologize for uh
(14:57):
promoting myself, but I don't know any other way at
this point, sir. But like, for instance, you know, I'm
literally going to walk down to the laugh Factory and
you know there are people like Nicki Glazer and and
I would just watch her. Yeah, she really is, and
there's a reason for it. I mean, not only is
she just naturally funny and and doesn't monitor herself. She
(15:23):
kind of lets her hands go and doesn't really she
has the authentic energy. But like you would see her,
you know, whether she would host a Golden Globes or
Tom Brady's Roast or whatever, and you would see her
getting up multiple times every night working the material and
so to make it look effortless. So you know, it's
one of those things. Harder you work, the easier it looks.
(15:45):
And that's the way life is.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yeah, that is great, and I love the fact maybe
you you know, I'm a little older than you, but
I remember when, you know, back in the late seventies
early eighties, there was an explosion in comedy where they're like,
you know, nine thousand comedy places in the in the
in southern California, and you go to it and it'd
be a you know, crappy comedian because there'd be four
(16:08):
people in the audience. But I'm glad that the real
great place is like the Comedy Store, the Improv you know,
the laugh Factory. Those all made it through the explosion
of comedy and then the reduction of these comedy places.
But still those are the great places to play in
LA and they're always a blast. Everybody who jumps up
on stage is great.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Well, I mean, that's that's very kind of you. Yeah,
I mean a lot of stand ups live in in
LA and New York and now Austin, Texas is is
really really blowing up. And so yeah, when you go
to those places, I mean they're a little spoiled because
you can get up and see, you know, five headliners
(16:50):
in a night, right, Whereas in other cities, you know
you're getting you know, one of us and will headline.
And that's why you get up here. You make eleven
dollars and you just get up there and you do it.
You have fun, that's.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Right, all right. So it's gonna be Irvine Improv in
Irvine on November seventh and eighth. That's uh wait is that?
This is that tomorrow night?
Speaker 5 (17:15):
Or to I tomorrow my friend?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Wow? Okay, all right, so tomorrow night, seventh and eighth,
and it's uh and you're also didn't you aren't you
shooting a big thing in Chicago?
Speaker 5 (17:27):
I shot my spie, Yeah at the Big Theater. When
back home to Chicago, which is another great stand up
town and improv and sketch comedy and all that stuff
and so I shot it there because it just you know,
I have I'm not a lot of people know I
do stand up, and so you know it's time to
do a special and show them what I do. And
(17:48):
so when I come to town, I won't have to,
you know, tell people why I'm funny, because that really
doesn't work. If you've noticed.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
That, that's right, all right, So I go to the
Irvine improv and you know another movie that that you
did that I think that I absolutely love is Blackhawk Down.
We had some guy on and I can't remember his name.
I have to go back through it, but who was
on the ground when that happened, and just the special
(18:19):
effects and the seriousness of that movie and how great
these guys are. Is still an amazing, amazing movie.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Yeah, that was one of those times when you know,
we need to get back to people going out and
seeing movies. Yeah, And it's not people's fault, it's you know,
it's we need to And this is a much longer conversation,
but I think certain films wore out there welcome, you know,
(18:51):
and if the film is viciously mediocre and they're getting
people to spend their harder money, that people are going.
You know, I'm not gonna do it anymore. So I
think it's time to get back to just putting films
in theaters that are really good, that connect with people,
that you really got to go see it. And Blackhawk
Down was one of those films. We shot it in
Morocco and yeah, I would do you know the Great
(19:13):
Ridley Spot. It was incredible and I was lucky to
be a part of that. And you know, I've been
I've been doing this forever. I'm over eighty movies into
the game. And I won the fresh Face of the
Year award at forty years old, and which I thought
was adorable. I had been acting for thirty two years,
so you know, let that be a lesson to you.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's great.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
No, you're never too old to be fresh.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Apparently, Jeremy, thanks for phoning. We'll keep promoting this Irvine
Improv tomorrow night. Get your tickets, and thanks for coming on.
And you're welcome to common and promote anything anytime you like.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
Count me in. Don't pull a knife unless you're gonna
use it, okay, because I'll be your co host.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
All right, excellent, and please swing by if you're ever in.
You know, Burbank. Come on bye with love Devian.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
I'll be in Burbank. I'm the twelfth of Never.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So okay, all right, thanks Jeremy Piven. All right, thanks man,
appreciate it, Jerry, Jeremy Piven. Go to the Irvine improv
It's in Irvine, California. Belly, you've been down there. You
live in Irvine. You ever go to the Irvine Improva place?
Are you to go see Jeremy Piven there? Did you
bang on him for free tickets?
Speaker 7 (20:19):
Not?
Speaker 9 (20:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah you will, I know you will. He's still on
hold there. Okay, all right, there goes Belly Man. She's
never seen a ticket that she didn't think she can
get for free.
Speaker 11 (20:31):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from kf
I am six forty.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
If you live in Santa Monica. They're closing a beautiful
restaurant out there. It's the Blue Plate Oyster Ret. It's
closing after sixteen years. I don't know where I'm gonna
get my oysters. Say you pronounce it oyster ret, Oyster Retty,
Oyster ret. The blue Plate Oyster Red is uh closing
(20:59):
up shells or whatever. They I don't know, but it's
going away, which is not a good sign for Santa Monica.
Santa Monica is seeing its share of stores closing, restaurant's closing,
and here's another one. It's not a good sign for
that area. Got to stop this.
Speaker 7 (21:16):
Along with Blue Skies and Blue Waters, Blue Plate Oysteret
is a Santa Monica mainstay.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, I'm so sorry.
Speaker 7 (21:23):
After sixteen years, owner Jennifer Rush says they can't keep
the doors open anymore.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
We work so hard and it's just like it's impossible
to be profitable anymore for all the different reasons.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
Yesterday, the restaurant listed some of those reasons in a
social media post announcing their closure. More people ordering takeout.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, I think oysters are a tough takeout food. I
think you got to sort of eat those in house. Krozier,
you're probably an oyster guide, right, Yeah? Do you chew
them or you just swallow them? Chew baby? You chew them? Yeah,
that's that's how you enjoy them. Did you put sauce
on them? Or you can playok at.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
You put an uh mignonette on there, a little uh
cocktail sauce. Just put a little yeah, a little little
horse radish on there oyster is delicious. Yeah, I'm not
a big fan of the oyster Rockefeller because I just
like the pure oyster Rockefellers like with spinach and cheese
and but you also eat s cargo. Yeah yeah right,
(22:23):
ic so a garlic butter, Come on, just walk outside,
eat everything then. Chargrilled oyster is a first tried him
in New Orleans. Man, change your life?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Is that right? Just chargrilling?
Speaker 6 (22:34):
You put like I said, a little butter, a little uh,
a little garlic on there?
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Where do you buy hry you find in the yard?
Speaker 5 (22:41):
You got?
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Can you?
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Can you eat the ones you find in your yard?
I would not eat any that you find in your yard.
I was when I was really young and we used
to go uh water skiing in the Potomac River and
my dad was water skin one time and he when
he was done, he kind of went down into the water.
He came up with an oyster in the from from
the Atomac River, opened it up, cracked it open, and
(23:04):
ate it right there.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
And really I was like, what the hell? And the
first time I tried it, I got it? Oh no
really yeah? Telling you man, is that good or bad?
I'm you want?
Speaker 3 (23:15):
You want to hear a really embarrassing story about oysters.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Yeah, the first time you had when you got it
the run.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
I went to visit relatives in Wound Socket, Rhode Island,
my dad's cousins, I mean me and my friend, and
they took us, you know, out to Newport Beach and
took us for long neck oysters and and so just butter.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
A lot of stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
So in the middle of the night, I'm like really
sick like and I get up and he worked really early,
and I needed I was going to throw up, and
he was in the bathroom, and I didn't know what
to do. So I threw up in their kitchen.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
See Jesus Christ, a family, did you use the garbage disposal?
He didn't have one. Great guess, Jesus, were were you
in your dad ass back?
Speaker 3 (24:10):
No? Probably not, he's dead, apologized they were. They understood.
It's all good. But I was so embarrassed. I didn't
know what to do.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
That's so correct. It's like a like a movie scene.
Like everyone but what was that Bridesmaids?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Yes, that's basically what it was.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I was like, it's happening, it's happening. That's unreal. Have
you ever had oysters since I actually have it took
a few years, but yeah, I'm bad. I'm not just
going to come as a real shock to you. Never
have had it. I've never had ass cargo or an
oyster period, and that's going to continue because I don't
(24:56):
want to have to knock on the bathroom door and
get my dad off the can or I got a
puke in the sink. That is a wrap on that food.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
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It's KMF I am sixty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Well, what
do we find out last segment that Sharon Bellio is
named after her mom and dad is your dad? His
name is Heaton? Is your If your dad's name was Heaton,
(00:20):
you would have been she he Okay, No, you're named
after your mom.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The story is that my mother said to my dad,
let's take the first three letters of your name and
the first three letters of.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
My name, and he said Ron She My kind of
guy is sort of half ass listening right, totally? Yeah,
something really not that important, like his daughter's name exactly.
The track guy, total track guy. Yeah, I like that
(00:57):
about that man. Krozier is named after after his slow uncle. Yeah.
I'm named after my mom's dead brother. Angel. Any interesting
or more positive stories on how you became Angel, Well,
I'm named after my dead great grandmother. Oh is that right?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
I did great grandmother. Got what a team here? It's
the gruesome team. You know what about tea dog? Yeah?
Tea dog? What are you named after? Again? My dad
just took his name. So my dad was Joseph Anthony.
So I'm you grew up Catholic?
Speaker 5 (01:35):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, did you have a confirmation name?
Speaker 5 (01:38):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
We stopped going by that point. Yeah, Heathens, the heathens bellio.
Do you go to Catholic school? No? How do you
expect to get to Heaven? You late in the game.
Go to church? Okay? Catholic church? Yes, Okay Crozier, are
you Catholic? Almost? But yeah, well you're out. I went.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
I used to go to church with a chick that
my dad was dating at the time, and she had
a son, and I got stuck in the Sunday school
classes and then I saw a whatever you know, dipping
the water thing and I thought it was the coolest thing.
And I told the priest afterwards and he goes, oh,
we'll set you up. I'm home and told my dad
and he says, hell you are. And I never went back.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Angel you're Catholic, aren't you?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
No?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
I wasn't a namptires Catholic.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yes, good luck, But I am my nephew's godmother in
the Catholic Church.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Okay. I might squeak in on that. I could squeak
in the still. I used to tell, obviously, just in
a joking way, that I used to work with the
over at the other radio station, a Jewish young lady.
And she said, and I said, you know, we're talking
about Catholicism. That's really the only way to get into heaven.
(03:00):
And even though she knew I was kidding, and I
was kidding, it's still irritated her. She's like, really, that's
the only way to get in. Obviously it's not. But God,
a mighty maker of heaven and earth, all that's seen
and unseen. All right, we've got ai yea yeah, yeah, yeah.
A lot of people need work. A lot of people
(03:21):
need a job there are the demand for skilled trade
is going through the roof. It's on the rise. So
you got some kind of skill you can you know,
dirty hands, clean money. I always remember that dirty hands,
clean money.
Speaker 8 (03:34):
The job market may be tough out there right now,
but the demand for trade workers is on the rise.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are roughly
four hundred thousand skilled trade jobs available here in the US.
NBC for is Christian koseres Well. I'm at a training
center in Colton with more of the growing efforts to
fill these jobs.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Christians.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
That's why instructors with CTC there is always there's always
need for work. They just say there's not enough trained
people to do it. That's why they are working to
train the community to master some of these skills that
are in demand so they can do projects like these
pods that you see here.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah, he's at a university the trades that trains you
how to, you know, be a carpenter, plumber, or electrician.
I think it's called the University of Ankle Monitors.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
These two were built by students from the ground up.
They build everything that you see here, including the framework,
the electrical, the plumbing, even the ac inside.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Sounds like my grandfather, Yeah, sounds yeah, it sounds like
after Thanksgiving my grandfather banging those things out. Much fruit.
Oh my god, he put butter on everything. I ate
nine meals and then get the can egg.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
It's an old fashioned craft that has survived the ages.
Speaker 10 (05:06):
And you never stopped learning. Man, Like, I have so
much experience, but at the same time, there's a lot
that I do not know.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Like we met Mark Garcia at the Center for Employment
Training or SEEDS in Colton. He's a trained electrician but
came back to enhance his skills.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
Sometimes you need the other trades and if you're skilled
in that, or if you know a little bit about that,
that will help you to be able to get the
job done.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
At the Job.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
A trade school where thousands of students learned the hands
on skills in welding, carpentry, electrical, HVAC and the automotive
that are in high demand. According to ZIP recruiter, electricians,
HVAC technicians, plumbing, and carpentry in California are among the
highest paid in the country.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Wow, people are always hiring.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
The problem is that we just don't have enough technicians.
Speaker 7 (06:02):
Hitter, go ahead and say that to volts Ac.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Greg Castro teaches the skills to operate and repair HVAC equipment.
He says these skills are in demand because the older
generation technicians are retiring and the turnover is not enough.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
That's right, another guy retiring. Baby, come in.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
They've never touched a drill, They've never touched the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Now that he may not be the perfect candidate if
he comes in he's never touched a drill in his life.
What's going on with that guy?
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Baby, come in, they've never touched a drill, They've never
touched the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
And what he's in his forties, never held a drill.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
We help them get from that point all the way
to the very end.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
We help them get a job.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
A long road for that chap. If you're forty and
you've never touched a drill, something's going on with you.
I don't know. I'd pass on that. Lad.
Speaker 11 (06:48):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
All right, die, where were we here?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I know where we were? These weights weight law drugs. Yes, yes, yes,
everybody's looking at these weight loss drugs. People are feeling great,
and now the price is going to come down, and
I think now everybody can afford these weight loss drugs.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Any reduction in the price of drugs is a good thing,
make no mistake about it. And in this case, President
Trump announcing today that he has cut a deal to
allow Medicare beneficiaries to have discounted access to popular diet
drugs you know, will go viozempic, things like that. The
President called this a triumph for American patients. Of course,
(07:34):
let me say again, lower drug prices is a good thing. However,
this deal appears to be more beneficial for the drug companies, the.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Pat who guessed who would have guessed?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
All right, First off, let's take a look at this.
The drug makers in this case, Eli Lilly and Novo
Nordisk already offer discounts that can bring down the price
of these diet drugs to about five hundred dollars monthly,
so instead of the two hundred and fifty to three
hundred and fifty dollars that Medicare beneficiaries will now pay.
All right, that's a bit of a reduction from there,
(08:04):
but already they're offering discounts to people. So what they're
getting is now in return for a little fur of
a further discount, they're going to get access to millions
of Medicare patients and that is a huge market expansion
for the drug companies.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Oh I see, Okay, they trade the horse trading. They're
going to trade them the actual benefit. You know, the
drugs reduce the price of drugs, but now they get
to sell it to people who are on Medicare, Medicaid
perhaps Blue Cross. So that's that's a big win for
the drug companies.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
They also get Medicare access for some of their other drugs,
such as meds for heart disease and sleep apnea. Again,
that's a huge market expansion for them.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And that's not all.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
The drug companies also got a commitment from the Trump administration,
and that's not all for speedier review of new meds,
allowing them to go on sale faster and start generating.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And that's not all. And that's not all.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
So let me reiterate, anytime drug prices come down, that's
a good thing.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
It's welcome.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But in this case might not be as much of
a triumph as it is for American patients as it
is a triumph for big pharma.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
All right, And that's not all. Well, there's more sure.
The carrot and the stick is getting those drugs to
market faster.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Oh indeed, And I worry that there is less testing
as a result of that. I'm not saying that's the
case here. Drug companies have been complaining for years that
it takes too long to get a drug to market.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Ah, you're right, it does take too long. They should
put them out faster and see how it goes. I'm
all for that, but sometime if you want to take
the chance, Yeah.
Speaker 11 (09:42):
No kidding.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Look, you know, before they made these crash test dummies
out of computers and mannequins. People did that so and
they knew the risk waver before you do that pill.
You know, your whole body can go through the windshield
on the next accident. But they they're getting fifteen hundred
bucks an accident, so people know what they're getting into.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
But some patients would argue that's a good thing. We
don't want drugs getting to market until they've been thoroughly vetted.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Oh who cares, you know, just put them out there
and see what they do, and that's how we learn.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Well, the drug company's got a big gimme from the
Trump administration in terms of that expedited approval process and
the fact that they now have access to medicare also
a huge deal. But that raises a separate question, that is.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If indeed, you know what I think the I think
some of these I'm not the American drug companies, but
I think foreign drug companies they put this crap out
there real quickly, you know, in foreign countries. And that's
why you see these kids coming into America with a
three hundred pound tumor, you know, and that didn't grow overnight.
(10:46):
You know, he comes to UCLA and he's like Hey,
why is this kid here? Well, he weighs eighty pounds,
but his tumor weighs two hundred and ten. Wait, he
has a two hundred and ten pound tumor and he
never sought attention for that. Huh, well, he really could
afford it. We put these drugs up pretty quickly, and
it was just bad vibes for that kid. I think.
(11:06):
I bet that goes on all the time in countries
outside the United States, where they rush these drugs to
the market to see if they work, and sometimes they don't.
And that's where you get your seventy pound tumor. It's
got to be a fix, Nate.
Speaker 11 (11:22):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on de Mayo from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Hey, one of my favorite stand ups is on with us.
You might know him from Old School or a Blackhawk
down to my favorite movies as well. His name is
Jeremy Piven. Jeremy Piven, How.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You, sir, I'm good man. How are you?
Speaker 8 (11:40):
Ah?
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Man, I'm doing great. Thanks for coming on. I really
appreciate it. I know you're going to be locally here
and people love coming out to see you.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Yeah. Man, Well, there's no pleasant rather be than talking
to you.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
That is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
By the way, you know I one of Old School
is one of my favorite movies of all time, and
I think it even holds up more now and it's
better now when I watch it, you know, I always
catch something new, but it's such an iconic movie. It's
one of those movies that everybody likes. I've never heard
anybody say Old School, I hate that movie. It's somebody
(12:16):
you know, everybody I know it's one of their favorite movies.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Well, I think that's because also movies, now, what's the word,
they suck? Right, So I mean everyone's looking for something
to connect with. I got these kids coming up to
me late teens, early twenties who have binge watched Entourage,
and no one made them. There's no advertisement, I believe me,
(12:40):
there's no algorithm. You know you They're gravitating towards things
that make them laugh, and I feel like we're heading
back in that direction, which is great news.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
I think you're right, and I really think it's because
of the Internet that were exposed to so many great comics.
You know, before the Internet, you would never hear of
a guy. The guy would have to go from city
to city, call all these stupid stations like this one,
and then you know, promote himself and then he go
on in front of twenty people. But now you know,
(13:11):
you can promote yourself online and you really don't even
have to do local media anymore.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
From your mouth to God's ears, I'll never speak to
you again.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
That's great. Hey, you know, I think I how old
without you know, going into great detail. A friend of
mine went to school. I know, you grew up in
Evanston and a friend of mine went to Northwestern University,
and man, we would I would go see him because
I went to Bowling Green. I drive up to Evanston
and then we'd all make the drive to Milwaukee for
(13:43):
the strip bars and the beer because we're all eighteen
years old and that's where you could go. Was that
a big thing still in Illinois for a while, to
go out of state to drink, to go to Milwaukee.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Well, I wasn't a degenerate like you. I mean you
you were very committed.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
That's what I.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Appreciate the energy, you know, I really do, and that's
why you know you're on AM radio. I don't I
don't also say this, brother, but you know, we're we're
all on different timeline and I think you're better than this.
I don't know how to say.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
It's hey, who are some of the stand ups that
you like to watch? I mean when you know, like
you know, when you sit around, you lose the edge?
Or who will you wait like at a club to
see who like who had some of the guys really
or gals you really enjoyed?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
You know, it's funny because I'm about to get up
tonight here at the laugh Aactory and the Improv, and
then I'll be at the Irvine Irvine Improv all weekend.
And you know it's funny because we're all on lineups
together locally, and then I do an hour set at
the at the Irvine Improv this weekend, which is why
the reason why we're talking. And I apologize for uh
(14:57):
promoting myself, but I don't know any other way at
this point, sir. But like, for instance, you know, I'm
literally going to walk down to the laugh Factory and
you know there are people like Nicki Glazer and and
I would just watch her. Yeah, she really is, and
there's a reason for it. I mean, not only is
she just naturally funny and and doesn't monitor herself. She
(15:23):
kind of lets her hands go and doesn't really she
has the authentic energy. But like you would see her,
you know, whether she would host a Golden Globes or
Tom Brady's Roast or whatever, and you would see her
getting up multiple times every night working the material and
so to make it look effortless. So you know, it's
one of those things. Harder you work, the easier it looks.
(15:45):
And that's the way life is.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yeah, that is great, and I love the fact maybe
you you know, I'm a little older than you, but
I remember when, you know, back in the late seventies
early eighties, there was an explosion in comedy where they're like,
you know, nine thousand comedy places in the in the
in southern California, and you go to it and it'd
be a you know, crappy comedian because there'd be four
(16:08):
people in the audience. But I'm glad that the real
great place is like the Comedy Store, the Improv you know,
the laugh Factory. Those all made it through the explosion
of comedy and then the reduction of these comedy places.
But still those are the great places to play in
LA and they're always a blast. Everybody who jumps up
on stage is great.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Well, I mean, that's that's very kind of you. Yeah,
I mean a lot of stand ups live in in
LA and New York and now Austin, Texas is is
really really blowing up. And so yeah, when you go
to those places, I mean they're a little spoiled because
you can get up and see, you know, five headliners
(16:50):
in a night, right, Whereas in other cities, you know
you're getting you know, one of us and will headline.
And that's why you get up here. You make eleven
dollars and you just get up there and you do it.
You have fun, that's.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Right, all right. So it's gonna be Irvine Improv in
Irvine on November seventh and eighth. That's uh wait is that?
This is that tomorrow night?
Speaker 5 (17:15):
Or to I tomorrow my friend?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Wow? Okay, all right, so tomorrow night, seventh and eighth,
and it's uh and you're also didn't you aren't you
shooting a big thing in Chicago?
Speaker 5 (17:27):
I shot my spie, Yeah at the Big Theater. When
back home to Chicago, which is another great stand up
town and improv and sketch comedy and all that stuff
and so I shot it there because it just you know,
I have I'm not a lot of people know I
do stand up, and so you know it's time to
do a special and show them what I do. And
(17:48):
so when I come to town, I won't have to,
you know, tell people why I'm funny, because that really
doesn't work. If you've noticed.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
That, that's right, all right, So I go to the
Irvine improv and you know another movie that that you
did that I think that I absolutely love is Blackhawk Down.
We had some guy on and I can't remember his name.
I have to go back through it, but who was
on the ground when that happened, and just the special
(18:19):
effects and the seriousness of that movie and how great
these guys are. Is still an amazing, amazing movie.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Yeah, that was one of those times when you know,
we need to get back to people going out and
seeing movies. Yeah, And it's not people's fault, it's you know,
it's we need to And this is a much longer conversation,
but I think certain films wore out there welcome, you know,
(18:51):
and if the film is viciously mediocre and they're getting
people to spend their harder money, that people are going.
You know, I'm not gonna do it anymore. So I
think it's time to get back to just putting films
in theaters that are really good, that connect with people,
that you really got to go see it. And Blackhawk
Down was one of those films. We shot it in
Morocco and yeah, I would do you know the Great
(19:13):
Ridley Spot. It was incredible and I was lucky to
be a part of that. And you know, I've been
I've been doing this forever. I'm over eighty movies into
the game. And I won the fresh Face of the
Year award at forty years old, and which I thought
was adorable. I had been acting for thirty two years,
so you know, let that be a lesson to you.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's great.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
No, you're never too old to be fresh.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Apparently, Jeremy, thanks for phoning. We'll keep promoting this Irvine
Improv tomorrow night. Get your tickets, and thanks for coming on.
And you're welcome to common and promote anything anytime you like.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
Count me in. Don't pull a knife unless you're gonna
use it, okay, because I'll be your co host.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
All right, excellent, and please swing by if you're ever in.
You know, Burbank. Come on bye with love Devian.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
I'll be in Burbank. I'm the twelfth of Never.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So okay, all right, thanks Jeremy Piven. All right, thanks man,
appreciate it, Jerry, Jeremy Piven. Go to the Irvine improv
It's in Irvine, California. Belly, you've been down there. You
live in Irvine. You ever go to the Irvine Improva place?
Are you to go see Jeremy Piven there? Did you
bang on him for free tickets?
Speaker 7 (20:19):
Not?
Speaker 9 (20:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah you will, I know you will. He's still on
hold there. Okay, all right, there goes Belly Man. She's
never seen a ticket that she didn't think she can
get for free.
Speaker 11 (20:31):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from kf
I am six forty.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
If you live in Santa Monica. They're closing a beautiful
restaurant out there. It's the Blue Plate Oyster Ret. It's
closing after sixteen years. I don't know where I'm gonna
get my oysters. Say you pronounce it oyster ret, Oyster Retty,
Oyster ret. The blue Plate Oyster Red is uh closing
(20:59):
up shells or whatever. They I don't know, but it's
going away, which is not a good sign for Santa Monica.
Santa Monica is seeing its share of stores closing, restaurant's closing,
and here's another one. It's not a good sign for
that area. Got to stop this.
Speaker 7 (21:16):
Along with Blue Skies and Blue Waters, Blue Plate Oysteret
is a Santa Monica mainstay.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, I'm so sorry.
Speaker 7 (21:23):
After sixteen years, owner Jennifer Rush says they can't keep
the doors open anymore.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
We work so hard and it's just like it's impossible
to be profitable anymore for all the different reasons.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
Yesterday, the restaurant listed some of those reasons in a
social media post announcing their closure. More people ordering takeout.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, I think oysters are a tough takeout food. I
think you got to sort of eat those in house. Krozier,
you're probably an oyster guide, right, Yeah? Do you chew
them or you just swallow them? Chew baby? You chew them? Yeah,
that's that's how you enjoy them. Did you put sauce
on them? Or you can playok at.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
You put an uh mignonette on there, a little uh
cocktail sauce. Just put a little yeah, a little little
horse radish on there oyster is delicious. Yeah, I'm not
a big fan of the oyster Rockefeller because I just
like the pure oyster Rockefellers like with spinach and cheese
and but you also eat s cargo. Yeah yeah right,
(22:23):
ic so a garlic butter, Come on, just walk outside,
eat everything then. Chargrilled oyster is a first tried him
in New Orleans. Man, change your life?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Is that right? Just chargrilling?
Speaker 6 (22:34):
You put like I said, a little butter, a little uh,
a little garlic on there?
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Where do you buy hry you find in the yard?
Speaker 5 (22:41):
You got?
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Can you?
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Can you eat the ones you find in your yard?
I would not eat any that you find in your yard.
I was when I was really young and we used
to go uh water skiing in the Potomac River and
my dad was water skin one time and he when
he was done, he kind of went down into the water.
He came up with an oyster in the from from
the Atomac River, opened it up, cracked it open, and
(23:04):
ate it right there.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
And really I was like, what the hell? And the
first time I tried it, I got it? Oh no
really yeah? Telling you man, is that good or bad?
I'm you want?
Speaker 3 (23:15):
You want to hear a really embarrassing story about oysters.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Yeah, the first time you had when you got it
the run.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
I went to visit relatives in Wound Socket, Rhode Island,
my dad's cousins, I mean me and my friend, and
they took us, you know, out to Newport Beach and
took us for long neck oysters and and so just butter.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
A lot of stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
So in the middle of the night, I'm like really
sick like and I get up and he worked really early,
and I needed I was going to throw up, and
he was in the bathroom, and I didn't know what
to do. So I threw up in their kitchen.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
See Jesus Christ, a family, did you use the garbage disposal?
He didn't have one. Great guess, Jesus, were were you
in your dad ass back?
Speaker 3 (24:10):
No? Probably not, he's dead, apologized they were. They understood.
It's all good. But I was so embarrassed. I didn't
know what to do.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
That's so correct. It's like a like a movie scene.
Like everyone but what was that Bridesmaids?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Yes, that's basically what it was.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I was like, it's happening, it's happening. That's unreal. Have
you ever had oysters since I actually have it took
a few years, but yeah, I'm bad. I'm not just
going to come as a real shock to you. Never
have had it. I've never had ass cargo or an
oyster period, and that's going to continue because I don't
(24:56):
want to have to knock on the bathroom door and
get my dad off the can or I got a
puke in the sink. That is a wrap on that food.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
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