Aug. 7, 2020
Episode 13 - More Mall Banter from the '80s


Episode 13 of Back to the '80s. Toscano & Chang finish up mall and fashion chat. They talk about their favorite malls and favorite stores. They also talk about some of the fads they hated back then.
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Hey, how you done? This
is oh my goodness, gracious. Hey
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no, Hey, Millie Vanilli,
don't get ahead of me. This is
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that Louis the Wrench here talking to
you from back to the eighties. Uh.
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That one almost got away from me. I'm glad he didn't because he
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knows what would have been coming to
him. Oh he already did. Anyway.
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The point is, uh, I
want to welcome us all to back
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to the eighties. Like I said, my name is Louis the Wrench.
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I got my partner in crime,
I mean, my business partner right next
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to me. Are you doing here? You're doing everybody that's rights ny the
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luckles. It's line forty two in
the morning. All the hell are you
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doing? Over the New York City, Los Angeles, the Riverside, Sawado
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Lord in California, whoeverever, the
freaking egg you're from. Welcome to the
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Wrench in the knuckles showy we like
to Hey, no, that sound right
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there, that's what Milli Vanilli.
Blame it on the rain. Hey,
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by the way, I don't know
if you knew this, but Milli Vanilli,
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let's give each man what they're doing. I'm gonna tell you something Milli
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Vanilli, they're really Italian? Did
you notice? You know what? I
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could tell that, but a little
bit by the way that they had that
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monotone in the way they say blame
it on the rain so much like the
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delay grain breaks. Couldn't have said
it better. You know what I'm playing
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ranch Oh. I can tell you, guys, is anybody who can blame
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the rain has got to be Italian. We find everything to blame it on
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somebody else. We blame on my
grandmother. My grandfather used to blame it
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on the cat, the dog,
on the wind MILLI Vanilli did his justice.
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They're blaming everything on the rain.
I gotta tell you this. Listening
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to Milli Vanilli, really, you
know, brings a little smile to my
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heart right here, right here,
deep inside of my heart. It's kind
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of like smelling my old grandmother's Marinara
sauce that he used to make back in
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the day over there in Bensonhurst.
You know, one of the best things
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that I miss about the eighties,
what's that with big trunks? You can
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fit all kinds of luggage in there, if you know what I mean big
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trunks. They remind me of that
all big good girl with all kinds of
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junk. You know what, I'm
slaying a nice hot body, a nice
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and you know you like you want
to chrome chassis. I was kind of
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talking more about like an LTD or
something like that. I'd like the LTD.
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But you know what, you can't
beat the Catillac here. What are
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you talking about? The Catillac?
But what you gotta gets a catileac.
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You can fit about six and a
half bodies. I mean six and a
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half pieces of luggage. That's ripe
potatoes. You you you could take potatoes
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salad by the tone to a party. I'll tell you what. I got
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some good news for you. Why
don't we go back? You know what,
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let's go back to the eighties with
those two boneheads Scano and Chang.
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I don't understand those guys. You
know. One guy looks like what that
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actual rolls whatever they call it.
Another guy can't tell us if he's Middle
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Eastern or Italian. I don't know. But let's go back to the eighty
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with old boneheads. Let's go one
point plaats you're listening to back to the
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eighties radio. This is Toscano and
Chain. We're introducing the eighties to a
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whole new generation. We're bringing nostalgic
moments and sharing the memories that made that
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Take cape ah, take two,
thank too. I got I still got
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the Italian thing in me. You're
listening to Welcome back to the eighties.
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This is t Skano in chain with
you. We're introducing the eighties to a
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whole new generation of Mama Luke's by
bringing nostalgic moments and sharing the memories that
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made that decade so so cool.
Subscribe to our show listen every Friday to
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find out more what went on in
the eighties. Geez, every time those
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Italian guys come in, I can't
talk. These scare bah. I think
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you put the fear of God in
you. Oh yeah, them in their
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chrome suits. You know what,
there's nothing like a fine chrome suit,
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is it? Not right? I'm
sure you grew up watching your dad move
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about in chrome suit? Did I
did? Your dad was quite the elegant
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Italian. Yeah, you know my
uncle's they actually owned Valentino suits and stuff,
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and my dad he wasn't as as
lucky as they were, so he
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looked for Valentino suits at Zodis.
Okay, you're not gonna get them there,
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and fedko. No, my dad
was all about wearing the same gray
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slacks with just a blue navy blue
coat. That was him all the time.
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Oh man, my own nun used
to dress like scarface nights. No,
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my dad used to. This was
back in the eighties. My dad
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used to. Uh. He used
to have a friend who used to make
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all kinds of pins, the kind
that you stick on like shirts and on
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your coats. So he got a
little plane pin and he stuck it to
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his coat and he goes, Mario, I'm gonna tell you something. You
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want to come to the airport.
You got the best food. I'm gonna
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show you how you get into the
airport. Now you don't have to pay
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parking. They think you're a pilot. Check this out. And he used
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to he used to take me and
he used to go with a suit and
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tie and the little plane that he
looked like a I don't know, maybe
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an executive that worked at control tower
or whatever. And they used to let
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us go in. Couldn't happen now, Dad, could never happen now,
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no way, Man, TSA would
be all over your dad's ass. M.
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Yeah, that is true. My
friend. Well, hey, chang,
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so glad you can make it.
So glad you can make it to
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another edition on this beautiful Friday in
sunny southern California. Although you're up there
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in northern California in an undisclosed location. I think they filmed certain parts of
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the X Files where you're at.
Well, actually, not in northern California.
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I'm in central right, You're somewhere
in the center. Yes, that's
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right, you see, I'm up
here in the mountain area. I don't
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want to give so I said northern. No, we can never give away
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my location. You never know when
I may need to go back and work
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to the CIA or the FBI or
the nc double A, or the NBA
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or the NFL or the MLB or
you never know. You never know,
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Yeah, one of those. But
I'm I'm up here in the mountain region.
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Uh. I frequent bears, mountain
lions, deers, raccoons, the
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size of pit bulls. Uh,
jack rabbits, raccoons, the size of
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pit bulls. Are they really they're
really that big? Huh? Because you
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live in the mountains. Yeah,
they're pretty big. Bro. Yeah,
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you know what I mean. You
walk down down one of these streets at
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night and you meet a group of
raccoons, and it's like you're in the
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neighborhood. They stand up and like, hey, what are you looking at?
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Pool? I've never seen anybody go
through a trash can store la raccoons
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that moved over to the to your
location. Yeah, yeah, or audio
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maybe maybe they would. Maybe they
would sound like this, what the hell
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you looking at? Buddy? I'll
knock your head and your dirt. They
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would look at you and say,
holy crap, hey man, there's no
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seven to eleven around here. Johnny
Hopsters. They would tell me you ain't
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from around here, is your boy? Oh? They wouldn't. Then they
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would be like, hey, you
want to buy a shill bail for a
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dollar? Pretty boy? You're real
cute. Thank you guys for joining us
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So last week, so listen,
last week we were talking about,
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well, we started talking about malls
of different stores that they have in malls
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So now as we get into our
mental time machine and we head back to
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the eighties and we continue talking about
malls and fashion. So let's start with
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fashion and we'll go one on one
if you want. But was there any
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is there anything in fashion that came
out that you just that you liked,
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not that you hated, because there's
a lot of stuff that we can say,
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yeah, we hated about the fashion
in the eighties, But is there
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anything in the fashion that you like
anything at all? Yes? Brother,
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I used to like to get myself
draw string pants and I used to oh
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yes, And I used to like
to get the pool over with a hood
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with the lace kind of strap area
right here to where if you don't lace
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it up and put a bolt,
you can see your masculine chest, some
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of your eighties jewelry swinging, maybe
a couple of hairs that you might have
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had your hair, if you had
hair of the gods like myself, your
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hair could get caught in those strings
and bring on a sexual desire like candy
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to some women. Are you following
me? I'm trying not to, so
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I don't picture it because then I
can't get it out of my head.
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I know you're thinking Fabio, and
I really really want to thank you because
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I envisioned my sexiness, that sexiness
any long haired guy that wore those type
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of shirts. We were We brought
sexy back before JT. If you know
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what I'm talking about, Tostado,
you know what I'm saying, you know,
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speaking of Fabio. Yeah, in
a little while, we have two
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special guests that are coming on the
show because we have a special episode of
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the Love Hate Laws today. The
Fine Doctors, the Fine Doctors will be
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here. We'll be able to be
you know, to step out for a
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second and they'll be here. Love
those guys discuss your love hate letters.
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You know what, the world needs
more of the fine Doctors, don't you
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think so? Because I think some
of us go through a time in our
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lives, Tusky where we're either in
love or in hate with another individual,
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and we need someone to guide us
through the os and downs of the emotion.
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Yeah, I think we live in
an era where there's a lot to
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talk about. Now back to the
topic of malls. Let me what was
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your most favorable fashion or outfit in
the eighties. I just gave you mine,
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kind of the martial ard type pullover
shirt, kind of like David Lee
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Roth wore in the jacket of the
vand Haleen album. If you can relate
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to me anybody out there, I
can't. I can't. Actually, my
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favorite fashion of the eighties was leather
jack Oh. Remember they were really big
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in the eighties. Leather jackets were
really really popular. And any fashionable leather
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jacket, if you remember, Bro, any ensemble of leather jacket wearing back
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in the eighties was pretty cool,
you know yeah, and kids looked up
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to you. I mean if you
had a leather jacket, whatever style,
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it didn't matter if it was a
rocker jacket, you know that, don't
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matter what jacket. If they knew
it was leather, you were looked at
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like, Wow, this guy can
This guy's a badass, That's what it
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was. Looking at. This guy's
either you know what. And even when
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the gay Fonzie leather jacket came out
in the seventies, you had that jacket
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in the eighties, you were doing
you have you you have one? You
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have I don't, Bro, you
know what? You know? I used
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to you said, now. Uh. One time when I was attending Saint
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Benedicts, we had a teacher and
his name was mister Naso. Now this
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guy used to support a Fonzie jacket. But this guy had no control.
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This guy had no authoritative bone or
nerve ending in his body. And we
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random man to the ground. We
literally made this man personally shake you make
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him cry. I think if I
don't recall, but I think maybe at
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home or car he whimpered. We
were ruthless. As a matter of fact,
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we were so ruthless at Saint Benedict. Hopefully some of my Saint Benedict
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brothers and sisters will will chime in
and testify to this story. But we
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were really ruthless. And this was
probably nineteen seventy nine, seventy eight.
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Yeah, yeah, you know what
I mean. He used to support a
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Fanzie jacket and his jacket was cool. Now, when he first opened up
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class, we thought he was cool. He had the Funzie jacket, his
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hair was combed back, he had
cool like uh you know, the black
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Horn Room, sunglasses like Buddy like
Buddy Holly. You know, he looked
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like he was gonna be a cool
cat. But man, did we break
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that dude down. Bro Back anyway, back to the mall anytime was a
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leather jacket. Was cool. But
you know me, brother, I still
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sport the leather, you know that. Yeah, I actually still have a
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couple other jackets, and I'll wear
him once in a while. It just
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doesn't get cold enough here in southern
California too to wear him, because you
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know, now that we're older,
it's less a looking cool thing and more
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of a keeping warm. But it
just doesn't get too cold. No,
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let me ask you this. Let
me let me let me run your mind
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back to this. And you beautiful
listeners who all all all out there own
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a member's only leather jacket? Did
they make leather jacket? I think they
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did. I kind of think they
did. No, my dad, I
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used to call him the King of
members only. Really, your dad had
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what every color, almost every color
except for yellow. You know what,
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I'm even thinking. I think he
had a yellow one, you know what.
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The only color he didn't have was
pink. Remember they came out with
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a pink members only jacket for men. No, I don't remember that.
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I remember. I remember that kind
of creamy mustard yellow. But yeah,
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he had a bright yellow. He
had gray, which is the one he
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wore most of the time. Light
gray, black blue, and burgundy.
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It was like a burgundy wow wow. But yeah, yeah, members only.
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You know what the funny thing is
that never saw a members only store,
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you know, within name. I
think it was just one of the
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brands that lots of stores used to
sell them. Well that's because it was
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only members only. Bro it was
very probably maybe that's why my dad used
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to buy them at Fedco at that
time. Hey, I ain't going to
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Fedcoe. I got this members only, but don't tell anybody because you know
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it's up and up. It's only
for members, so it's members only.
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Talking about malls, let's get together
and name our top three malls that we've
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ever been to. Yes, my
top three malls. I want to say
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my number one favorite mall when I
was a kid was Currito's Mall. Number
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two was probably Lakewood Mall and just
because you know, we're in that same
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kind of vicinity. And number three
probably Stonewood Center in in Downey, although
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Stonewood Center was probably my least Oh
no, no, no, no,
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no, I take that back.
My number one favorite mall was the Brea
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Mall. The number two was yeah, number two was Cerritos and yeah,
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number three was Lakewood And the reason
I really enjoyed those malls. Was there
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was so many things. First of
all, the Brea Mall is has always
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been pretty big. But back in
the eighties, the Brea Mall had an
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ice skating ring. Did you ever
go there? You know what? No,
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I remember, I remember seeing it, but I didn't actually go in.
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I was not of the ice skating
likeness, you know what I mean.
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I saw a lot of rockers hitting
that ice, but I was I
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was one of the guys or one
of the kids at the time that would
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love going ice skating. But I
could never really ice skate really good,
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but I could roller skates, So
ice skating to me was just fun and
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going to the Brea Mall was just
one of those things that was so great.
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And number two, of course I
did like going to Crito's Mall and
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Linkwind Mall because of the theaters that
they had. Yeah, yeah, I
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agree with you on those. Yeah, yes, I agree with you on
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both those. To me, uh
uh, some of the Finder malls to
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me are the ones that had entertainment
in them or whether that be of course
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a theater, a music store,
un arcade and arcade heck, restaurants,
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you know what. I used to
enjoy going into every now and then two
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roll toy stores in the mall.
That is a find that missed today.
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They used to have what k K
to dude? What was interesting to me
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that toys in in the mall toy
stores used to be double the price than
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any other toy store outside. Yes, but the toys were worth it.
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Just just to take that bag home, to see that uh little sticker on
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that present when you give it to
them, you know what I mean?
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Uh, yeah, that you got
your toy from the mall. That was
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awesome. Yeah, dude, you
know, I mean it was like,
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wow, man, you know your
parents went over there to dead toy.
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Wow, Santa must like him.
Santa. There is no Santa. I'm
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Santa. If there was a real
Santa, he'd be paying up my visa
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kingo Santa. That's funny, man. Yeah, I mean toy stores,
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Um were one of those places I
used to love, uh, going to
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the merry go rounds at malls.
Well yeah, well you're talking back when
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we were young children. Then yeah, we're talking one. If you tell
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me right now that you went into
a mall in the eighties when you were
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a teenager for a merry go round. No, no, I'm talking.
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I was younger. I would say
one of two things. Either you're a
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sisty kid or you were loaded.
Bro. Well you gotta think. See,
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I was born in seventy two,
right, so man, by nineteen
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eighty, you know that goes.
I was a little kid, you were
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probably playing with like the little plastic
Gi Joes as opposed to I was playing
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with the real Gi Joes that were
twelve inches tall. Kung fru grip no
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no no. I played with the
smaller action figures. I played with the
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smaller action figures. But it was
just such a fun time because we got
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the opportunity to collect. And that
was one of the collections that I did
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have g I. Joe, not
the whole collection, but it was just
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so fun to go to toy stores. Now, I did go to toy
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stores and look for those special edition
little characters. For example, I used
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to collect Star Wars a lot.
Oh yeah, And sometimes you couldn't find
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a particular toy at Toys or Rust
or wherever the toy store it is that
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we went when I was a kid, and so my dad used to take
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me to the store inside the mall, the toy store because you can find
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sometimes special editions, but it was
like double the cost, yes, exactly,
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and then sometimes you can go get
other figures for the price of one.
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So yeah, you know, I
used to hate having to do stuff
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like that and go look through there
for figures because you would see the stucky
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figure, like fifty of them,
and then the figures you want are all
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gone. You're like, I already
got the stuck. Yeah, hey,
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yeah, and you're you're moving there. You're moving one figure, two figures,
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three figures, you're moving them all
and you're looking behind every single little
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little area to find out if it's
maybe hiding there. Yes, you know
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what I used to deal with that, bro, when I was into a
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Hot Wheels vehicle, you know,
trying to find a certain models that I
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wanted, the year, the color. You know, you just get totally
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grapped into your toys when you're you
know, when you're back in the eighties,
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Dr Bro. You know you said
hot Wheels. I used to call
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that hot Wheels as well. And
there was a special edition little hot Wheel
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set where they started making the little
cars with rubber tires. Do you remember
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these? Yes, I think that
was a breakthrough. I love man,
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I have as a matter of fact, have I have maybe ten of those
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hotee? I have none. I
have none my mom. It turns out,
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okay, So I had every every
character of the collection of Star Wars,
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every you know, the entire Hot
Wheels collection, you know, with
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the cases and everything. And as
I grew up, I moved. Now,
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I moved for a while when I
was this was like an eighty seven.
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I moved for about four to six
months out of the country. I
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won't say why, but I had
to move out of the right. So
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and when I came back, I
found out my mom had given all my
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toys away. Oh wow, man, And I mean I was already a
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team. But still, you know, if I would have kept the at
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least the Star Wars figures, those
Star Wars figures today you can sell them
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on e Bay for a lot of
them. Oh yeah, we'll get this
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now. You know, we're doing
back to the eighties. But I used
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to play with the original Gi Joe, you know, like I was talking
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about, these things were creating I
think maybe the late fifties and after they
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were the twelve inch figurines, you
know what I mean, where they came
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with everything vehicles, weapons to change
of clothing. They had a scar on
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their face, lifelike hair. They
came with sharks and gorillas and other types
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of animals that they had to fight. Serbaris the party stuff. Now trip
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on this. I remember when I
turned fifteen, my mother had a huge
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yard sale and I sold all my
figurines. Dude, I must have had
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maybe thirty of these figures. You
would have kept them a millionaire maybe today
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exactly Some of these figures that I
have, and I had whole collections,
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are with ten twenty thousand dollars,
you know, of these action figures,
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dude, that I held to deer
to my heart, I had Gijoe figures
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where I blew the hands off with
firecrackers because me and my buddy would get
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into so much debt, well actually
my two buddies would get into so much
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detail, having g I Joe wars
on the side of each of our houses
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to where we would dig tunnels for
these figures to crawl in. We would
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we would make cuts out of branches
and tree limbs. We'd cut them and
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we would just go crazy. And
then we finally started making actual bombs with
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fireworks, and that's what our parents
pretty much beat the crap out of us
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and told us that the gio missions
are over. You know, but isn't
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an amazing of how things have come
along? And if we if we would
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have only known, we wouldn't have
gotten rid of so many of the things.
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Now besides toy stores, what are
some of the stores besides arcades and
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the movie theaters and you know,
places like Miller's Outposts. That was obviously
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one of the places where we used
to go a lot because they had the
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Levi's. But any other place in
the mall that you say you would hang
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around. Let me tell you.
My dad used to love going to the
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tobacco shop in malls. Do you
remember malls used to have tobacco shops.
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Yes, my dad there was a
period in his life. Now, he
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wasn't a real heavy smoker, but
once in a while he'd buy tobacco for
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a pipe. He used. I
would tell him, smoke a pipe,
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smoke a pipe, and he would
just go, Okay, let's go buy
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a pipe and some tobacco. And
I'm doing that right. If they only
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knew. Oh, but do you
remember those tobacco shops? Oh, dude,
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I used to love going to tobacco
shops to see the types of pipes
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that they had. They had a
certain type of pipe. I forget what
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it was a very expensive material and
they would intrically cut into these animal shapes,
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so you had tiger heads, got
head, Oh, I've seen those,
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Yes, the very expensive heads.
I forgot the material that they used
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to make it out him. I
think it's some type of a bone or
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a china. I believe they used
to make them like out of ivory,
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and they became illegal, you know. I wanted to say that, but
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I didn't know if I would step
on any toes or be you know,
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inforrect but I believed or well,
we didn't do it. You know,
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we didn't do it. But when
you smoked in those things, they would
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turn a different color. And that's
why a lot of people bombed them.
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So I was into the I was
always into the style of pipes and how
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they looked, how they would handle. I would like to test pipes out,
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and I ain't gonna I'm not gonna
lie. I never smoked tobacco a
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day in my life, you know
this, But I bought I bought many
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of pipes and tobacco shops in the
eighties with my fake ID and I would
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use them for other things. But
that was a shop that I used to
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just I used to just. I
would lose time in those things, because
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once you buy a pipe, you
can smoke anything. Yeah. Nice.
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Do you remember that next to this
was almost at every single mall that I
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remember, right next to the tobacco
shop, literally like next to it.
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I don't know if it was the
same owner, but they had a blade
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shop, like knives and swords.
Do you remember that? Oh? Yes,
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I remember that every mall, Yes, every mall had so they had
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the tobacco shop and next to the
tobacco shop, literally next door was the
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blade shop. And now do you
remember back in the eighties, brother,
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when you would look into NiFe cases, that's when the butterfly knife was being
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sold. Yeah. I actually was
able to get a butterfly knife back in
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the eighties and some ninja stars.
Yes, back then, when they sold
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them, they were behind the counter. They were not considered to be illegal.
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But then again, nobody was shooting
up schools and stabbing people like crazy
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in schools and junior high and stuff
like that. Nobody was taking knives.
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No, very often, you didn't
do that in school where I come from.
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You do that away from school?
No, I'm just like, ah,
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right, But I remember going in
there, dude, and you would
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buy the cameraite swards. Remember,
Yes, you could buy different type of
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axes. I don't know if you
are you're familiar with Yeah, I remember
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if they used to have axes.
They had shields like yeah, the Knights,
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Knights of the round Table. They
had the big ball and chain,
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the ball with spikes, you remember
that. And but they were I don't
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know if they were just they weren't
fake. They were real metal and people
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actually used to buy this stuff.
Right. Do you remember the Night brand
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Buck, which back in the eighties
was the top of the line of bucks.
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Yeah, I get this. I
was very much into my Buck.
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Knight was the anybody out there listening
that knew me probably would not this.
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I had every Buck knife model and
the axe that Buck put out in the
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eighties. Oh so you were really
word Oh yeah, dude, hardcore,
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you were hardcore bucked. I see. As a matter of fact, I
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still have my Buck ax some one
of my Buck nine, several of my
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buck nis. My uh, the
first woman that stole my heart, that
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gave me a child took most of
my buckwear, and who knows what she
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did with it, probably about dope
do with it. I don't know.
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It's a good thing my kid's not
listening because she wouldn't appreciate that. But
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well, um, what other stories
that you remember? What about those candy
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shops? Do you remember the candy
shops inside the mas No, we'll get
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this, Okay, we'll go back
to the candy shop. You're gonna find
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this shocking. I used to like
to go to Hallmark and buy pens.
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Oh my goodness, yes, Shaeffer, Yes that was it. Dude.
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If there wasn't one of three,
I don't want to use it. I'm
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not gonna I'm not gonna write out
no homework. I'm not gonna fight nothing
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unless I had a Parker, a
papermade or a Shaffer. Now Shaffer was
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the ink pin with that old school
knee long ye where you have to for
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the ink pallets in there or you
actually dip it in the ink. Yeah.
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There the ones that also made pens
in different like gold and silver,
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and they Yeah, that's what I'm
talking about. The Parker collection. Parker
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had the gold plated, the bronze
plated, the silver plated, the chrome
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plated, and the multi colored plastic
type pins, which also, if you
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were lucky, you could buy interchangeable
ink cartridges with different colors. That's how
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hardcore. I was brother with pins
to me a paper mate, the plastic
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paper mate. Get rid of this. This is a step up a bit.
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The ink doesn't flow, it skips. That's trash. I want the
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all metal paper meat, thin to
the touch of a thin, fine ink
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cartridge where the ink just flows through
beautifully. Let's take a quick break.
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When't we come back? We got
more in store of malls, fashioned,
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started, I want welcome you all
to Love Hate Letters today. It's beautiful
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day here back to the eighties radio. I'm Doctor love Weapon reminding everybody that
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loves and hates to send in your
beautiful letters to the doctors. Doctor Sweet,
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thank you for for being here on
Love Hate Letters. As I see
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00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:26.920
you chucking down on that jolt coolah, Doctor, I want to thank you
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00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:32.200
for having me again. I love
doing this segment on our day because so
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your listeners, Me and Doctor Love
Weapon have our own private practice and it
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is located in a beautiful location in
Burbank. But we won't get into our
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location because all you have to do
is whisper. We're deal. Find us
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deep in Burbank now, Doctor,
I love coming to visit Tascano and Chang
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on a show that they've done because
they give us love and back. Oh
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there's some great both and they smell
pretty damn good and they're confident, you
422
00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.599
know, Doctor love Weapon. These
gents they've been with the missus for years
423
00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:14.960
and that adds to their beautiful character. Absolutely. Oh. As a matter
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of fact, I am drinking Joke
Cola and I want to thank the great
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00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:27.359
bottlers of joke cola and unnamed whiskey
that I'm sipping on for today's session.
426
00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:32.000
Well, now, doctor, would
you like would you like to take the
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00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:37.599
floor and start off with your letter? Absolutely? Today we have letter from
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00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:48.039
Denise going out to blame hi,
Denise and my Blaine. And Denise writes
429
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:55.119
and says, here are a few
reasons why I'm dumping you, Blaine.
430
00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.920
She says, Reason number one because
you think Predator two was better than the
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00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:08.559
original. What a moral? Reason
Number two because you refer to your cockatoo
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00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:17.000
as your baby. Reason number three
because you eat your cereal with water instead
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00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:24.319
of milk. So gross. That
is the making of a sixth. Reason
434
00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:32.759
number four because you can name all
those dudes in the y MCA videos in
435
00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:37.599
the eighties, I have no problem
with that, what a witch? And
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00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:45.359
number five because you have won too
many posters of Michael Phelps in a speedo.
437
00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:52.240
Oh I love Michael, I love
Michael. You know what in honor
438
00:32:52.319 --> 00:33:04.880
of Michael, m doctor? I
hate when my lighter doesn't work. Oh,
439
00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.920
I hate when other things don't work
as well, they don't flick on.
440
00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:15.240
I can't tell you this, Denise, you've taken the time to write
441
00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:22.000
us here at the doctor's end.
And apparently you want some advice of what
442
00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.960
to do, and that's what we're
here for. We're here to give you
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00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:32.559
the best advice possible for your situation. Now, Denise and Blaine, it's
444
00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:37.680
just so sad to hear of what's
going on in your relationship or in your
445
00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:45.119
case, Blaine, no relationship.
But I can tell you this, Blaine,
446
00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:51.359
there's only one thing I can tell
you. Move on. She's no
447
00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:57.039
good for you. Anytime they break
up with you through a letter. You
448
00:33:57.240 --> 00:34:00.240
got to move on now, Blaine, this is doctor Sweets. My best
449
00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:07.559
advice to you is to pursue prostitution. Again, it's a better way.
450
00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:15.239
It's a self gratification is not the
way. It's cheaper. Just to go
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00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.199
ahead and deal with it and do
it. And it's always great to have
452
00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:25.840
an nostalgic romper in diversity. And
and Denise, if you could send the
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00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:34.559
doctors a small photo of you possibly
wearing a some matching underwear and if you're
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00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.880
hot and you know what you you
should just go out and sleep around.
455
00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:45.000
If you're young and free, then
then be you and do it for the
456
00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:49.920
fine doctor and me. That's all
I have to say to tell you something,
457
00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.320
and this I want you to keep
for the rest of your life.
458
00:34:52.760 --> 00:35:00.199
Our number here is nine nine five
seven two one two one two. Keep
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00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:05.519
that number for the rest of your
life. I'm expecting your call. Doctor.
460
00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.320
Do you have a love or hate
letter today? Well, doctor,
461
00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:15.800
I have a very trying hate letter
this evening. This is a letter that
462
00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:24.840
it states as this, Dear Braxton, Braxton kind of like Tony. I'm
463
00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:30.719
writing you this letter because after being
in a relationship with you for the last
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00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:37.639
sixth month has taught me several things. Alcohol is not good for breakfast.
465
00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:45.039
No. I've also learned that one
night stands should only be one night dad,
466
00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:50.320
unless you make it twice in a
row. You keep saying mommy when
467
00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:58.800
you're orgasmine. Your breath smells like
my pit bulls scroll them. And I'm
468
00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:04.599
just tired of having a wake up
and see you and wonder when you're leaving,
469
00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:08.800
and hoping that I could change my
locks. But usually the super jack
470
00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:14.880
can never get to it because he's
always busy in his custodian closet. But
471
00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:20.119
that's another story. I just want
you to move on and get lost,
472
00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:23.920
and I hope that your siblings are
not as vile and disgusting as yourself,
473
00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:30.400
So they inflict as much pain and
hurt and sorrow to my eyes that you
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00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:37.719
have been. And remember, k
I see a real soon love. Not
475
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:43.760
that wow wow Now now that I
think is a cut to the chase,
476
00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:49.519
very harsh hate letter, doctor,
And I said, I was really moved
477
00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:58.480
by her honesty, her courageous and
boldness to attack and desecrate this poor young
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00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:06.199
man for his miserable acts of sexual
predatory. What do you think, Falter?
479
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.880
I think lots of things can happen
when you're a beginner in life.
480
00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:15.440
And we all remember how we used
to be, like you know, at
481
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:20.079
one point, especially I remember when
I will go back in time and I
482
00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:28.480
remember watching episodes of Romper Room.
Anyway, back to what I'm sorry.
483
00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:35.280
Her name is Braxton, Yes,
Braxton. I want to recommend that that
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00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.840
you take to melatonin. To melatonin, because melatonin is good for you.
485
00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.719
It will make you go to sleep
a little bit earlier. It will provide
486
00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:52.400
you nice lucid dreams and the opportunity
for you to open up your mind and
487
00:37:52.599 --> 00:38:01.880
just think of brighter tomorrows. Braxton, your name's just like Tony Braxton,
488
00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:13.800
and if you look like to give
us a call at five, that's that's
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00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:16.239
all the time we have. Do
you want to give Braxton some advice?
490
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:23.360
I suggest you double dose on the
malotonin, possibly get your legalization for marijuana
491
00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:30.519
intake. I think you need to
buy stock and Jack Daniels, you need
492
00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:35.719
to buy some sexual devices made of
plastic, and you need just to remember
493
00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:39.159
to be a good person and enjoy
it, but just stay away from relationships
494
00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:45.119
because obviously you're not that good at
its sweets. No, no, we
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00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.119
want to thank the boys at Back
to the eighties and I'm doctor Sweet.
496
00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:52.679
I will see you again real soon. Remember to keep those love hate letters
497
00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:58.400
coming in. And if you want
to send photos, we really really appreciate
498
00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.519
it. That way, we could
put them on our stage wall so we
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00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:06.639
can show some of the beautiful faces
or hateful faces that we have help here
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00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:09.559
with the fine doctors of me,
my South, Doctor Sweet, and the
501
00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:15.280
great great Doctor love Weapon, who
is now a published author. And I
502
00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:21.800
want to congratulate you, Doctor love
Weapon on your latest book. I'm glad
503
00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:28.639
that is no longer just a restue
read. I'm very glad it'll be available
504
00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:31.920
soon. It's called how I became
Doctor love Weapon in Inside of a Submarine,
505
00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.199
and that note on behalf of Doctor
Love Weapon and Doctor Sweet. We
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00:39:37.320 --> 00:40:07.880
will see you one of these fridays. That's right, ladies and gentlemen,
507
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:12.599
that's right. This is the time
of the show where we take a moment
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00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:15.119
and talk about a few things that
made us angry back in the eighties.
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00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:20.400
And in honor of the most wondrous
change, thank you, we have called
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00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.239
them changry. Yes, yes,
yes, Top of the Day, Top
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00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:29.360
of the Friday. All of my
changster's gangsters out there. The very first
512
00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.800
changry I would like to start this
portion off is something that I hold dear
513
00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:37.320
to my angry black heart. You
know what made me changry back in the
514
00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:45.599
eighties? What's that? Going all
the way to the mall and going to
515
00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:52.360
Miller's outpost or possibly the Gap and
not finding my size and levis I wanted
516
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:57.320
people up for them? You know
what got me changery back in the eighties?
517
00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:02.360
What's up? Expecting a pair of
Guess jeans for Christmas and getting a
518
00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:12.079
pair of Wranglers? That made me
changry. Wranglers the official pants and gene
519
00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:17.639
cowboy plastic wearer. You know what
used to get me changry back in the
520
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:27.400
eighties during the fashion craise. What's
that? Buying T shirts that sagged after
521
00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:31.239
one dryer and they look like you
had been gleeping in or they belonged to
522
00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:36.679
the homeless guy. You know what
got me changery back in the eighties,
523
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.239
asking my dad for white T shirts
because I wanted to look like a rocker
524
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:46.800
and him bringing back from Zodie's a
five pack of V neck T shirts for
525
00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:52.280
an eighty year old. Man,
I have to give it up to you,
526
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:57.400
because all god V neck shirt maybe
beyond changry. They made me the
527
00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:02.719
changry. You know what used to
get you know what used to get me
528
00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:09.159
shangry back in the eighties when somebody
would step on my white slip on bands.
529
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:15.639
Oh boy hated that. Oh man, I hated anybody coming near my
530
00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:21.239
vans. Man, you're gonna get
beat. And you know what got me
531
00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:25.480
changry back in the eighties when you
wanted a brand new TV and your parents
532
00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:30.360
said it's good enough with the console
television that your grandma lent to us.
533
00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:37.400
Yes, you know those kind of
TVs that were in this big armwore type
534
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:42.679
of deal. And they had like
a record player on top. They were
535
00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:45.480
just disgusting huge. You were like, what the hell is that? A?
536
00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:51.840
Is that some type of a whale
in the living room? You know
537
00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:59.159
what used to get me shangry in
the eighties asking someone to buy me low
538
00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:07.400
and brawl and they would bring back
Michelot. You know it got me back.
539
00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:12.440
You know what got me changery back
in the eighties going for ice cream
540
00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:19.159
and having the whole squad at Farrell's
seeming like if it was my birthday and
541
00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.559
embarrassed the heck. No know what
used to get me changry in the eighties?
542
00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:29.840
What's that they never let me sing
lead at Farrels and that ladies and
543
00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:35.639
gentlemen has been the changers. So
if you have a changerbo to our Facebook
544
00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:37.960
page and let us know direct message
us, send us a little note there
545
00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:44.199
telling us what you were angry about
in the eighties. Now, speaking about
546
00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:47.239
things that got you and me angry
about in the eighties, what are some
547
00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:51.960
of the things that got you angry
about? The fashion statements that people made
548
00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:57.239
back then? For example, the
biggest fad that I hated not I don't
549
00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:59.280
even if I don't even know if
you want to call it a fad bit.
550
00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:04.920
It was just some guys loved cutting
their hair into mullets. Yes,
551
00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.719
and I hated that haircut. I
never I never wore a mullet. Business
552
00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:15.559
in the front, party in the
back, That's correct. Michael Well,
553
00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:20.119
kind of like Michael Bolton. But
then again, if you look at what's
554
00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:24.000
your name, Miley Cyrus's dad,
Billy Ray Cyrus, he brought them mullet
555
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:30.480
back disgusting. You know, you
know what mullets used to remind me of.
556
00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:35.320
They used to remind me of somebody
wearing a Daniel Boom raccoon cap thinking
557
00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:39.960
they were breaking act. Yes,
exactly. You know what else you used
558
00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:43.760
to get me ticked off back in
the eighties is everybody had big hair,
559
00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:47.760
you know, like you see big
hair back in the hair. Yeah.
560
00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:52.039
You know, if you look at
Weird Science, Kelly Lebron, big hair,
561
00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.360
good lord, she was sexy,
Dolly Parton, big hair, Share,
562
00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:59.000
big hair, sexy, dropped a
Tina Turner big hair, Oh my
563
00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:01.800
god, do you know what that
was one of those fads that that that
564
00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:07.519
left a mark from that era that
when you look back, Oh, you
565
00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:09.079
know, you think about big hair, you think eighties, you know,
566
00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:14.079
and it now, the thing that
made me, that made me changry back
567
00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:19.519
in the eighties was when guys in
rock bands started looking like women. I
568
00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:22.760
kicked, how do you think a
guy like me felt? You go to
569
00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:27.079
box parties, you go down to
gigs or concerts, and you just see
570
00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:32.360
big hair. You see dudes wearing
uh leg warmers and color spandex. Everybody
571
00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:36.840
smells like awkward, and you know, and the thing that the thing that
572
00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:38.760
made it worse for me was that
I liked these bands, you know,
573
00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:43.559
I liked how they they played and
they saying I liked, you know,
574
00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:49.119
Cinderella or Twisted Sister. I just
couldn't deal too much with the appearance,
575
00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:52.119
but everything else was fine. That's
why I got cassettes and not the albums
576
00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:54.880
back then, so I would I
would have a bigger picture. The appearance
577
00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:58.920
was ridiculous, you know. And
then I was always out in Hollywood or
578
00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:02.599
about so I got to see those
kind of types of individuals. Me and
579
00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:07.360
you have discussed, I've had many
of brawls with the many well known pretty
580
00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.760
rockers out there in the pretty rocker
world. And I did say that,
581
00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:15.559
yes, I have saying that pretty
rockers glam rockers. You know, there
582
00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:20.480
was a big difference between rockers back
in the eighties that we could even make
583
00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:25.760
another show about that one. But
man, that was the ultimate changry dudes
584
00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:30.440
that looked like chicks back in the
eighties. If you like bon Jovi,
585
00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:36.360
you might as well wear a dress. What a hater? Stop Stop being
586
00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:44.199
a hater. I'm just playing the
man. Here's the thing, isn't playing?
587
00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:49.840
Okay? So all right, so
some of those now, oh yeah,
588
00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:52.320
you know I told you my my
big three malls. What were your
589
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.599
top three malls that you went to? And and by the way, I
590
00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:57.599
know one of them that you're gonna
mention, and I've got a funny story
591
00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:00.079
about that one. So go ahead, what is your favorite three malls?
592
00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:07.880
My favorite three malls would have to
be the Lupe mall right, Okay.
593
00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:15.800
I also used to like, uh, uh do you south South Coast Mall?
594
00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:17.960
Yeah, I don't know if you
know. South Coast Plaza, which
595
00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:22.239
is very close to where I live
right now, was considered one of the
596
00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.440
biggest malls in the US. Uh. The only thing that South Coast Plaza
597
00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:30.679
is um South Coast Plaza. Yes, yeah, it's a it's it's too
598
00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:34.559
rich for my taste, if you
know what I mean. It's it's it's
599
00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:38.079
got all the Louis Vitton stores and
all the most expensive stores in the world.
600
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:43.000
But it wasn't like a kid friendly
or I hang out friendly back then
601
00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:47.239
mall to me. Anyway, I
used to like going over there because it
602
00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:51.719
was so richy. Yeah, it
did have a beautiful theater. It did
603
00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.840
have nice places to eat. Oh
yeah, you know what I mean.
604
00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:59.559
They did have an arcade, but
it wasn't really busy, you know what
605
00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.360
I mean. Kids that went to
that arcade were up. It was a
606
00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:06.960
very upscale mall. But I was
always I liked it because it just smelled
607
00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.599
of allgant. It was very Christine
looking, you know what I'm saying.
608
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:16.000
Yeah, you could walk around and
look like at a lot of hot chicks,
609
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.480
but you know, hot chicks with
money. Yeah, but there was
610
00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:22.800
it was a mall that I like
going to. I would pretend I was
611
00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:27.880
one of the hollows that I got
off with Gilligan's Island and I was the
612
00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:31.800
son of one of the hollows.
Soft Plaza is one of those malls that,
613
00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:37.280
uh, it's kind of like going
to Beverly Hills on Rodaloe Drive.
614
00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:40.280
But Rodaloe Drive is all outside.
Well, this is all it was.
615
00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:45.639
It was a little bit more like
the Galleria now. I used to like
616
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to go to the Gallery. Was
that the one that in Ki in Glendale?
617
00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:53.079
Yeah, like, oh my god, you know the Valley girls.
618
00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:57.840
Yeah, yeah, you know I
gotta tell you a Valley girls. They
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know what I have fun if you
know what I'm saying. Oh man,
620
00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:05.639
yeah, No, malls we had
so much fun back then. I just
621
00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:10.920
can't believe that we are living in
an era now where I mean, who
622
00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:16.719
could have imagined that malls were gonna
die? That that not the malls as
623
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:22.480
far as shopping, but that that
same ambience, that same kind of hangout
624
00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:27.719
place that we used to have them, it's gone. You know what what
625
00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:30.800
other mall I used to like,
you're asking my top three? If that
626
00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:34.760
would have to be the Lakewood Mall? Oh? I used to like over
627
00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.400
the Lakewood Mall. That was a
cool mall to hang out. And then
628
00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:45.559
uh, I remember going to the
Red Onion back in the eighties Bass Rock
629
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and Roll Medal Station from Long Beach, California one to five point five.
630
00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:53.719
Ye was out in about and we
would go hang out at the Red Onion
631
00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:58.840
on k and Ec Night. And
that was later on into the eighties.
632
00:49:58.920 --> 00:50:06.000
That was probably eighty five, maybe
eighty six, probably untill about nineteen ninety
633
00:50:06.079 --> 00:50:13.480
when KNYC was finally silenced by a
lot of the conglomerates that have destroyed terrestrial
634
00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:16.199
radio as we know it. Yes, I agree, I agree. Oh
635
00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:21.400
man, you just remember the Red
Onion being almost at every mall too.
636
00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:25.199
Oh dude, there was a Red
Onion in so many locations, wasn't it.
637
00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:29.039
It was kind of like the competition
to El Torito, wasn't it.
638
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.599
Yes, it was, it was, Yeah, it was. You know,
639
00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:36.880
they had fine dining, but heck
man, I was there at kN
640
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:39.519
a C night just to get taco
Tuesday and see who I can go home
641
00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:45.039
with. I remember them having great, great food. But like I said,
642
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:49.960
uh, just different times. And
I can't believe that malls are no
643
00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:53.239
longer the same. And there were
so many stars and so many stories along
644
00:50:53.320 --> 00:50:59.719
with those stores in the mall that
that we just had fun. I remember,
645
00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:05.280
you know, we talked about going
to stores like Spencers and and stores
646
00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:09.000
like Benetton and you know, things
like that. But do you did you
647
00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:14.360
ever hang out at the food court
itself? As a matter of fact,
648
00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:16.159
yeah, I would like to.
I told you that story on our last
649
00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:21.920
show with Hot Dog on a Stick. I had met it met some girl,
650
00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:24.360
you know, have a little bit
of a relationship. But if she
651
00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:29.960
used to work at the one in
Lapne, So I would go down there
652
00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:32.199
when I could catch her work and
hang out there and you know, eat
653
00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.000
corn dogs, drink shakes, drink
so does look at her in that little
654
00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:40.239
hot uniform. And I would just
fandangle and make my way around all the
655
00:51:40.360 --> 00:51:44.519
food places. Now remember the food
court. They used to give you a
656
00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:49.599
little toothpick. Absolutely, so my
friend, I would favor or at least
657
00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:54.400
three or four round of every individual
place in the food court. That was
658
00:51:54.480 --> 00:52:00.119
like some of the best scenery in
the food court because everyone has to eat
659
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:05.280
hot dudes, hot chicks, old
people, crazy people. The cool thing
660
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:09.480
was that they had examples everywhere.
And that's one of the things that I
661
00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:14.719
missed, man. And then I
wanted to tell everybody this a little while
662
00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:16.960
ago, or when we first started
the program, and that's kind of give
663
00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:22.840
you a brief brief background of why
we decided to do the back to the
664
00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:28.320
eighties program. We wanted to do
something different because of you know, the
665
00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:32.000
with the pandemic, with the whole
protests, you know, with all the
666
00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:37.239
bad things happening around us. We
wanted to talk to you guys a little
667
00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:42.079
bit about the reasons that we developed
this podcast. And it's kind of hard
668
00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:45.440
for me to call it a podcast
because I'm used to it being a radio
669
00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:49.920
show. But you know, when
we're when we're going through these tough times,
670
00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:52.920
it makes you, it makes you
long for better times, right and
671
00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:58.760
and and these times have made us, which we were living back in the
672
00:52:58.840 --> 00:53:02.599
eighties, it's just a simple time
for us as younger kids in youth.
673
00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:07.519
It was a time where we were
under the roof of in many cases,
674
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:10.719
under the roof of our parents,
and in my case anyway, and our
675
00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:15.199
only worries were getting home on time
so that we wouldn't get grounded. You
676
00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:21.400
remember that. And it's just too
bad that the new generation of kids will
677
00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:27.239
never understand that. And one of
the things that bothers me is that the
678
00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:30.920
parents, the parents of these kids
are not teaching them of the time where
679
00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:35.280
when they grew up, of that
era, you know what I mean,
680
00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:38.920
So the kids would learn to appreciate
what they have, because kids nowadays they
681
00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:44.960
don't. They have no idea how
different it was for us. All they
682
00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:49.119
know is a screen in front of
them, an instant communication with whomever,
683
00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:52.800
and they'll just never understand. And
that gets me kind of upset when I
684
00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:55.880
when I hear that parents never teach
their kids about the eighties or seventies or
685
00:53:55.920 --> 00:54:00.159
whenever they grew up. I think
kids need to know that. I totally
686
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:06.679
agree with you. I wholeheartedly agree
with you and my analysis of the way
687
00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:13.599
things have transpired and kind of shifted
to in society. I cannot no longer
688
00:54:13.719 --> 00:54:22.239
hold one generation responsible for the neglect, the disrespect, the loss, the
689
00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:29.159
disarray. I think it's a breakdown
of our generation. Maybe it's those of
690
00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:34.320
you that have older siblings their generation. And where I find this true to
691
00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:37.239
be is nowadays we deal with a
lot of homes where it's very easy,
692
00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:44.199
prepared to not marry and break up
and split up and then go with someone
693
00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:47.840
else, so there's a child left
between two parents. We come from a
694
00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:53.079
background where divorced was becoming very easy, and I blame the decay and the
695
00:54:53.719 --> 00:55:01.239
disrespect and the loss in the generations
prior on my generation, my siblings generations,
696
00:55:01.800 --> 00:55:07.880
and even our parents' generations to a
certain degree, because I think once
697
00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:14.360
divorce was accepted and used as freely
as frequently as it was, we lost
698
00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:21.840
the nucleus and the bond of what
it is to know responsibility, you have
699
00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:24.000
to be committed. Yeah, and
by the way, that was really big
700
00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:27.360
in the eighties. Divorce was really
big in the eighties, I think,
701
00:55:27.480 --> 00:55:29.880
yes, exactly. You know,
you know, we talk a lot about
702
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:31.280
it the stuff that we like,
but one of the things that we don't
703
00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:37.920
like about the eighties it was exactly
that that maybe the beginnings of this divorce
704
00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:45.880
craze, creating the fifty percent divorce
rate in marriages. Yeah, the breakup
705
00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:51.480
of the nucleus the family, the
family, you know, and when you
706
00:55:51.599 --> 00:55:53.960
have that tusky, you know,
you have a lot of children that fall
707
00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:59.880
into that persona where they're latch key
kids. I'm sure many of our listeners
708
00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:04.679
and yourself are familiar with that terminology. And that's when the children are forced
709
00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:09.000
to be at home and be locked
in or with someone where their only world
710
00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:14.480
is what they have inside the interior
of home of mom and dad. Aren't
711
00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:19.079
there mom and Dad are either separators
or both that work. Their siblings are
712
00:56:19.199 --> 00:56:25.000
older and distraught on their own functions
in life. Technology has come around and
713
00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:34.920
taking creativity to almost a hypnotizing fashion, to where it hypnotizes our children,
714
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:40.840
the one with the run we have
of trafficking and so much vile individuals that
715
00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:46.199
do crimes to children. Our children
are no longer free to exercise their freedom
716
00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:52.760
and their beautiful glistening of being a
youth and a child as we did to
717
00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:58.920
roam free and experience things outside of
the block because of the debancy. So
718
00:56:59.119 --> 00:57:08.079
I blame the loss of what we
want that on a whole mass reasoning from
719
00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:15.239
so many of our generations put together. And until we get leadership that preaches
720
00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:20.760
that, until we believe that as
our salves that pass that on to our
721
00:57:20.840 --> 00:57:27.079
own children who will approcreate, then
I believe our type and those of our
722
00:57:27.119 --> 00:57:31.880
listeners will be dinosaur type. And
it's very it's very sad to come to
723
00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:39.119
that analysis. For me, it's
very sad for me to to visually except
724
00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:43.719
that that might be the way it
is. But as you know the way
725
00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:45.800
I am. Brother, I'm going
to shoot it to you as funny as
726
00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:49.480
I can, but I'm going to
hit you in the face with truth.
727
00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:55.159
Yea in it. So my truth
is it's it's all of our fault on
728
00:57:55.280 --> 00:58:00.440
where we're at. We have no
one to blame but our salve. And
729
00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:05.960
either you can either walk the path
of being righteous, pretend you walk the
730
00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:09.159
path, but you know what I
mean, you have to be really true
731
00:58:09.480 --> 00:58:13.639
if you're going to walk any path. My brother I agree. And on
732
00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:16.320
that note, I want to just
thank you guys for joining us on another
733
00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:20.880
Friday here back to the eighties.
Do you want to keep reminding you we
734
00:58:21.079 --> 00:58:22.599
have a Patreon page. Go ahead, if you like what you're here,
735
00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:30.599
head on over become a Patreon of
ours and just help us continue the madness
736
00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:35.079
of getting our nostalgia. Are good
memories out there to the world, because
737
00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:37.119
at the end of the day,
all we have is you and me.
738
00:58:37.719 --> 00:58:44.360
You that is listening wherever you're listening
to us through So thanks for joining us
739
00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:47.119
once again. This is back to
the eighties, and I am to Skonna
740
00:58:47.159 --> 00:58:52.360
from just kinda on chang. Have
a good week, and you guys out
741
00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:54.639
there, remember we are one race, the human race. Get each other's
742
00:58:54.679 --> 00:59:00.800
back. We are all we have. Don't let to day's woe and fears
743
00:59:00.719 --> 00:59:05.519
absorb your mind to where you can't
see a positive tomorrow. Live for tomorrow,
744
00:59:05.679 --> 00:59:08.840
Live positive, Always be kind to
each other, and remember to always
745
00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:15.119
stay you lifted and gifted. Until
next Friday. This is the chang Adios
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00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:22.039
ribad sayanada and orderly to all the
homies and homes in the hood and to
747
00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:27.480
all my Tascano warriors. Keep the
peace, stay you, God bless it.
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Hey, how you done? This
is oh my goodness, gracious. Hey
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no, Hey, Millie Vanilli,
don't get ahead of me. This is
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that Louis the Wrench here talking to
you from back to the eighties. Uh.
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That one almost got away from me. I'm glad he didn't because he
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knows what would have been coming to
him. Oh he already did. Anyway.
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The point is, uh, I
want to welcome us all to back
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to the eighties. Like I said, my name is Louis the Wrench.
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I got my partner in crime,
I mean, my business partner right next
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to me. Are you doing here? You're doing everybody that's rights ny the
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luckles. It's line forty two in
the morning. All the hell are you
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doing? Over the New York City, Los Angeles, the Riverside, Sawado
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Lord in California, whoeverever, the
freaking egg you're from. Welcome to the
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Wrench in the knuckles showy we like
to Hey, no, that sound right
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there, that's what Milli Vanilli.
Blame it on the rain. Hey,
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by the way, I don't know
if you knew this, but Milli Vanilli,
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let's give each man what they're doing. I'm gonna tell you something Milli
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Vanilli, they're really Italian? Did
you notice? You know what? I
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could tell that, but a little
bit by the way that they had that
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monotone in the way they say blame
it on the rain so much like the
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delay grain breaks. Couldn't have said
it better. You know what I'm playing
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ranch Oh. I can tell you, guys, is anybody who can blame
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the rain has got to be Italian. We find everything to blame it on
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somebody else. We blame on my
grandmother. My grandfather used to blame it
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on the cat, the dog,
on the wind MILLI Vanilli did his justice.
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They're blaming everything on the rain.
I gotta tell you this. Listening
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to Milli Vanilli, really, you
know, brings a little smile to my
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heart right here, right here,
deep inside of my heart. It's kind
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of like smelling my old grandmother's Marinara
sauce that he used to make back in
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the day over there in Bensonhurst.
You know, one of the best things
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that I miss about the eighties,
what's that with big trunks? You can
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fit all kinds of luggage in there, if you know what I mean big
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trunks. They remind me of that
all big good girl with all kinds of
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junk. You know what, I'm
slaying a nice hot body, a nice
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and you know you like you want
to chrome chassis. I was kind of
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talking more about like an LTD or
something like that. I'd like the LTD.
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But you know what, you can't
beat the Catillac here. What are
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you talking about? The Catillac?
But what you gotta gets a catileac.
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You can fit about six and a
half bodies. I mean six and a
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half pieces of luggage. That's ripe
potatoes. You you you could take potatoes
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salad by the tone to a party. I'll tell you what. I got
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some good news for you. Why
don't we go back? You know what,
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let's go back to the eighties with
those two boneheads Scano and Chang.
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I don't understand those guys. You
know. One guy looks like what that
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actual rolls whatever they call it.
Another guy can't tell us if he's Middle
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Eastern or Italian. I don't know. But let's go back to the eighty
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with old boneheads. Let's go one
point plaats you're listening to back to the
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eighties radio. This is Toscano and
Chain. We're introducing the eighties to a
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whole new generation. We're bringing nostalgic
moments and sharing the memories that made that
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Take cape ah, take two,
thank too. I got I still got
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the Italian thing in me. You're
listening to Welcome back to the eighties.
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This is t Skano in chain with
you. We're introducing the eighties to a
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whole new generation of Mama Luke's by
bringing nostalgic moments and sharing the memories that
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made that decade so so cool.
Subscribe to our show listen every Friday to
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find out more what went on in
the eighties. Geez, every time those
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Italian guys come in, I can't
talk. These scare bah. I think
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you put the fear of God in
you. Oh yeah, them in their
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chrome suits. You know what,
there's nothing like a fine chrome suit,
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is it? Not right? I'm
sure you grew up watching your dad move
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about in chrome suit? Did I
did? Your dad was quite the elegant
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Italian. Yeah, you know my
uncle's they actually owned Valentino suits and stuff,
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and my dad he wasn't as as
lucky as they were, so he
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looked for Valentino suits at Zodis.
Okay, you're not gonna get them there,
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and fedko. No, my dad
was all about wearing the same gray
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slacks with just a blue navy blue
coat. That was him all the time.
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Oh man, my own nun used
to dress like scarface nights. No,
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my dad used to. This was
back in the eighties. My dad
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used to. Uh. He used
to have a friend who used to make
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all kinds of pins, the kind
that you stick on like shirts and on
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your coats. So he got a
little plane pin and he stuck it to
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his coat and he goes, Mario, I'm gonna tell you something. You
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want to come to the airport.
You got the best food. I'm gonna
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show you how you get into the
airport. Now you don't have to pay
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parking. They think you're a pilot. Check this out. And he used
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to he used to take me and
he used to go with a suit and
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tie and the little plane that he
looked like a I don't know, maybe
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an executive that worked at control tower
or whatever. And they used to let
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us go in. Couldn't happen now, Dad, could never happen now,
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no way, Man, TSA would
be all over your dad's ass. M.
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Yeah, that is true. My
friend. Well, hey, chang,
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so glad you can make it.
So glad you can make it to
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another edition on this beautiful Friday in
sunny southern California. Although you're up there
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in northern California in an undisclosed location. I think they filmed certain parts of
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the X Files where you're at.
Well, actually, not in northern California.
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I'm in central right, You're somewhere
in the center. Yes, that's
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right, you see, I'm up
here in the mountain area. I don't
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want to give so I said northern. No, we can never give away
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my location. You never know when
I may need to go back and work
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to the CIA or the FBI or
the nc double A, or the NBA
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or the NFL or the MLB or
you never know. You never know,
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Yeah, one of those. But
I'm I'm up here in the mountain region.
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Uh. I frequent bears, mountain
lions, deers, raccoons, the
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size of pit bulls. Uh,
jack rabbits, raccoons, the size of
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pit bulls. Are they really they're
really that big? Huh? Because you
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live in the mountains. Yeah,
they're pretty big. Bro. Yeah,
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you know what I mean. You
walk down down one of these streets at
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night and you meet a group of
raccoons, and it's like you're in the
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neighborhood. They stand up and like, hey, what are you looking at?
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Pool? I've never seen anybody go
through a trash can store la raccoons
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that moved over to the to your
location. Yeah, yeah, or audio
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maybe maybe they would. Maybe they
would sound like this, what the hell
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you looking at? Buddy? I'll
knock your head and your dirt. They
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would look at you and say,
holy crap, hey man, there's no
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seven to eleven around here. Johnny
Hopsters. They would tell me you ain't
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from around here, is your boy? Oh? They wouldn't. Then they
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would be like, hey, you
want to buy a shill bail for a
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dollar? Pretty boy? You're real
cute. Thank you guys for joining us
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here back to the eighties. Hey, there's something new that we have,
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So last week, so listen,
last week we were talking about,
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well, we started talking about malls
of different stores that they have in malls
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So now as we get into our
mental time machine and we head back to
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the eighties and we continue talking about
malls and fashion. So let's start with
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fashion and we'll go one on one
if you want. But was there any
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is there anything in fashion that came
out that you just that you liked,
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not that you hated, because there's
a lot of stuff that we can say,
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yeah, we hated about the fashion
in the eighties, But is there
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anything in the fashion that you like
anything at all? Yes? Brother,
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I used to like to get myself
draw string pants and I used to oh
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yes, And I used to like
to get the pool over with a hood
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with the lace kind of strap area
right here to where if you don't lace
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it up and put a bolt,
you can see your masculine chest, some
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of your eighties jewelry swinging, maybe
a couple of hairs that you might have
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had your hair, if you had
hair of the gods like myself, your
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hair could get caught in those strings
and bring on a sexual desire like candy
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to some women. Are you following
me? I'm trying not to, so
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I don't picture it because then I
can't get it out of my head.
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I know you're thinking Fabio, and
I really really want to thank you because
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I envisioned my sexiness, that sexiness
any long haired guy that wore those type
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of shirts. We were We brought
sexy back before JT. If you know
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what I'm talking about, Tostado,
you know what I'm saying, you know,
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speaking of Fabio. Yeah, in
a little while, we have two
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special guests that are coming on the
show because we have a special episode of
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the Love Hate Laws today. The
Fine Doctors, the Fine Doctors will be
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here. We'll be able to be
you know, to step out for a
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second and they'll be here. Love
those guys discuss your love hate letters.
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You know what, the world needs
more of the fine Doctors, don't you
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think so? Because I think some
of us go through a time in our
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lives, Tusky where we're either in
love or in hate with another individual,
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and we need someone to guide us
through the os and downs of the emotion.
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Yeah, I think we live in
an era where there's a lot to
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talk about. Now back to the
topic of malls. Let me what was
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your most favorable fashion or outfit in
the eighties. I just gave you mine,
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kind of the martial ard type pullover
shirt, kind of like David Lee
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Roth wore in the jacket of the
vand Haleen album. If you can relate
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to me anybody out there, I
can't. I can't. Actually, my
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favorite fashion of the eighties was leather
jack Oh. Remember they were really big
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in the eighties. Leather jackets were
really really popular. And any fashionable leather
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jacket, if you remember, Bro, any ensemble of leather jacket wearing back
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in the eighties was pretty cool,
you know yeah, and kids looked up
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to you. I mean if you
had a leather jacket, whatever style,
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it didn't matter if it was a
rocker jacket, you know that, don't
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matter what jacket. If they knew
it was leather, you were looked at
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like, Wow, this guy can
This guy's a badass, That's what it
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was. Looking at. This guy's
either you know what. And even when
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the gay Fonzie leather jacket came out
in the seventies, you had that jacket
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in the eighties, you were doing
you have you you have one? You
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have I don't, Bro, you
know what? You know? I used
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to you said, now. Uh. One time when I was attending Saint
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Benedicts, we had a teacher and
his name was mister Naso. Now this
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guy used to support a Fonzie jacket. But this guy had no control.
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This guy had no authoritative bone or
nerve ending in his body. And we
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random man to the ground. We
literally made this man personally shake you make
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him cry. I think if I
don't recall, but I think maybe at
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home or car he whimpered. We
were ruthless. As a matter of fact,
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we were so ruthless at Saint Benedict. Hopefully some of my Saint Benedict
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brothers and sisters will will chime in
and testify to this story. But we
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were really ruthless. And this was
probably nineteen seventy nine, seventy eight.
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Yeah, yeah, you know what
I mean. He used to support a
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Fanzie jacket and his jacket was cool. Now, when he first opened up
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class, we thought he was cool. He had the Funzie jacket, his
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hair was combed back, he had
cool like uh you know, the black
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Horn Room, sunglasses like Buddy like
Buddy Holly. You know, he looked
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like he was gonna be a cool
cat. But man, did we break
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that dude down. Bro Back anyway, back to the mall anytime was a
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leather jacket. Was cool. But
you know me, brother, I still
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sport the leather, you know that. Yeah, I actually still have a
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couple other jackets, and I'll wear
him once in a while. It just
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doesn't get cold enough here in southern
California too to wear him, because you
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know, now that we're older,
it's less a looking cool thing and more
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of a keeping warm. But it
just doesn't get too cold. No,
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let me ask you this. Let
me let me let me run your mind
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back to this. And you beautiful
listeners who all all all out there own
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a member's only leather jacket? Did
they make leather jacket? I think they
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did. I kind of think they
did. No, my dad, I
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used to call him the King of
members only. Really, your dad had
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what every color, almost every color
except for yellow. You know what,
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I'm even thinking. I think he
had a yellow one, you know what.
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The only color he didn't have was
pink. Remember they came out with
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a pink members only jacket for men. No, I don't remember that.
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I remember. I remember that kind
of creamy mustard yellow. But yeah,
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he had a bright yellow. He
had gray, which is the one he
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wore most of the time. Light
gray, black blue, and burgundy.
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It was like a burgundy wow wow. But yeah, yeah, members only.
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You know what the funny thing is
that never saw a members only store,
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you know, within name. I
think it was just one of the
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brands that lots of stores used to
sell them. Well that's because it was
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only members only. Bro it was
very probably maybe that's why my dad used
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to buy them at Fedco at that
time. Hey, I ain't going to
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Fedcoe. I got this members only, but don't tell anybody because you know
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it's up and up. It's only
for members, so it's members only.
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Talking about malls, let's get together
and name our top three malls that we've
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ever been to. Yes, my
top three malls. I want to say
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my number one favorite mall when I
was a kid was Currito's Mall. Number
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two was probably Lakewood Mall and just
because you know, we're in that same
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kind of vicinity. And number three
probably Stonewood Center in in Downey, although
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Stonewood Center was probably my least Oh
no, no, no, no,
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no, I take that back.
My number one favorite mall was the Brea
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Mall. The number two was yeah, number two was Cerritos and yeah,
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number three was Lakewood And the reason
I really enjoyed those malls. Was there
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was so many things. First of
all, the Brea Mall is has always
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been pretty big. But back in
the eighties, the Brea Mall had an
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ice skating ring. Did you ever
go there? You know what? No,
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I remember, I remember seeing it, but I didn't actually go in.
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I was not of the ice skating
likeness, you know what I mean.
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I saw a lot of rockers hitting
that ice, but I was I
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was one of the guys or one
of the kids at the time that would
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love going ice skating. But I
could never really ice skate really good,
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but I could roller skates, So
ice skating to me was just fun and
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going to the Brea Mall was just
one of those things that was so great.
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And number two, of course I
did like going to Crito's Mall and
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Linkwind Mall because of the theaters that
they had. Yeah, yeah, I
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agree with you on those. Yeah, yes, I agree with you on
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both those. To me, uh
uh, some of the Finder malls to
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me are the ones that had entertainment
in them or whether that be of course
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a theater, a music store,
un arcade and arcade heck, restaurants,
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you know what. I used to
enjoy going into every now and then two
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roll toy stores in the mall.
That is a find that missed today.
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They used to have what k K
to dude? What was interesting to me
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that toys in in the mall toy
stores used to be double the price than
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any other toy store outside. Yes, but the toys were worth it.
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Just just to take that bag home, to see that uh little sticker on
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that present when you give it to
them, you know what I mean?
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Uh, yeah, that you got
your toy from the mall. That was
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awesome. Yeah, dude, you
know, I mean it was like,
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wow, man, you know your
parents went over there to dead toy.
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Wow, Santa must like him.
Santa. There is no Santa. I'm
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Santa. If there was a real
Santa, he'd be paying up my visa
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kingo Santa. That's funny, man. Yeah, I mean toy stores,
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Um were one of those places I
used to love, uh, going to
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the merry go rounds at malls.
Well yeah, well you're talking back when
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we were young children. Then yeah, we're talking one. If you tell
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me right now that you went into
a mall in the eighties when you were
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a teenager for a merry go round. No, no, I'm talking.
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I was younger. I would say
one of two things. Either you're a
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sisty kid or you were loaded.
Bro. Well you gotta think. See,
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I was born in seventy two,
right, so man, by nineteen
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eighty, you know that goes.
I was a little kid, you were
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probably playing with like the little plastic
Gi Joes as opposed to I was playing
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with the real Gi Joes that were
twelve inches tall. Kung fru grip no
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no no. I played with the
smaller action figures. I played with the
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smaller action figures. But it was
just such a fun time because we got
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the opportunity to collect. And that
was one of the collections that I did
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have g I. Joe, not
the whole collection, but it was just
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so fun to go to toy stores. Now, I did go to toy
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stores and look for those special edition
little characters. For example, I used
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to collect Star Wars a lot.
Oh yeah, And sometimes you couldn't find
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a particular toy at Toys or Rust
or wherever the toy store it is that
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we went when I was a kid, and so my dad used to take
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me to the store inside the mall, the toy store because you can find
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sometimes special editions, but it was
like double the cost, yes, exactly,
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and then sometimes you can go get
other figures for the price of one.
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So yeah, you know, I
used to hate having to do stuff
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like that and go look through there
for figures because you would see the stucky
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figure, like fifty of them,
and then the figures you want are all
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gone. You're like, I already
got the stuck. Yeah, hey,
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yeah, and you're you're moving there. You're moving one figure, two figures,
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three figures, you're moving them all
and you're looking behind every single little
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little area to find out if it's
maybe hiding there. Yes, you know
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what I used to deal with that, bro, when I was into a
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Hot Wheels vehicle, you know,
trying to find a certain models that I
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wanted, the year, the color. You know, you just get totally
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grapped into your toys when you're you
know, when you're back in the eighties,
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Dr Bro. You know you said
hot Wheels. I used to call
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that hot Wheels as well. And
there was a special edition little hot Wheel
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set where they started making the little
cars with rubber tires. Do you remember
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these? Yes, I think that
was a breakthrough. I love man,
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I have as a matter of fact, have I have maybe ten of those
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hotee? I have none. I
have none my mom. It turns out,
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okay, So I had every every
character of the collection of Star Wars,
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every you know, the entire Hot
Wheels collection, you know, with
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the cases and everything. And as
I grew up, I moved. Now,
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I moved for a while when I
was this was like an eighty seven.
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I moved for about four to six
months out of the country. I
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won't say why, but I had
to move out of the right. So
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and when I came back, I
found out my mom had given all my
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toys away. Oh wow, man, And I mean I was already a
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team. But still, you know, if I would have kept the at
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least the Star Wars figures, those
Star Wars figures today you can sell them
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on e Bay for a lot of
them. Oh yeah, we'll get this
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now. You know, we're doing
back to the eighties. But I used
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to play with the original Gi Joe, you know, like I was talking
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about, these things were creating I
think maybe the late fifties and after they
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were the twelve inch figurines, you
know what I mean, where they came
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with everything vehicles, weapons to change
of clothing. They had a scar on
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their face, lifelike hair. They
came with sharks and gorillas and other types
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of animals that they had to fight. Serbaris the party stuff. Now trip
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on this. I remember when I
turned fifteen, my mother had a huge
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yard sale and I sold all my
figurines. Dude, I must have had
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maybe thirty of these figures. You
would have kept them a millionaire maybe today
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exactly Some of these figures that I
have, and I had whole collections,
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are with ten twenty thousand dollars,
you know, of these action figures,
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dude, that I held to deer
to my heart, I had Gijoe figures
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where I blew the hands off with
firecrackers because me and my buddy would get
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into so much debt, well actually
my two buddies would get into so much
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detail, having g I Joe wars
on the side of each of our houses
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to where we would dig tunnels for
these figures to crawl in. We would
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we would make cuts out of branches
and tree limbs. We'd cut them and
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we would just go crazy. And
then we finally started making actual bombs with
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fireworks, and that's what our parents
pretty much beat the crap out of us
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and told us that the gio missions
are over. You know, but isn't
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an amazing of how things have come
along? And if we if we would
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have only known, we wouldn't have
gotten rid of so many of the things.
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Now besides toy stores, what are
some of the stores besides arcades and
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the movie theaters and you know,
places like Miller's Outposts. That was obviously
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one of the places where we used
to go a lot because they had the
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Levi's. But any other place in
the mall that you say you would hang
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around. Let me tell you.
My dad used to love going to the
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tobacco shop in malls. Do you
remember malls used to have tobacco shops.
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Yes, my dad there was a
period in his life. Now, he
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wasn't a real heavy smoker, but
once in a while he'd buy tobacco for
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a pipe. He used. I
would tell him, smoke a pipe,
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smoke a pipe, and he would
just go, Okay, let's go buy
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a pipe and some tobacco. And
I'm doing that right. If they only
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knew. Oh, but do you
remember those tobacco shops? Oh, dude,
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I used to love going to tobacco
shops to see the types of pipes
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that they had. They had a
certain type of pipe. I forget what
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it was a very expensive material and
they would intrically cut into these animal shapes,
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so you had tiger heads, got
head, Oh, I've seen those,
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Yes, the very expensive heads.
I forgot the material that they used
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to make it out him. I
think it's some type of a bone or
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a china. I believe they used
to make them like out of ivory,
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and they became illegal, you know. I wanted to say that, but
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I didn't know if I would step
on any toes or be you know,
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inforrect but I believed or well,
we didn't do it. You know,
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we didn't do it. But when
you smoked in those things, they would
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turn a different color. And that's
why a lot of people bombed them.
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So I was into the I was
always into the style of pipes and how
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they looked, how they would handle. I would like to test pipes out,
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and I ain't gonna I'm not gonna
lie. I never smoked tobacco a
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day in my life, you know
this, But I bought I bought many
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of pipes and tobacco shops in the
eighties with my fake ID and I would
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use them for other things. But
that was a shop that I used to
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just I used to just. I
would lose time in those things, because
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once you buy a pipe, you
can smoke anything. Yeah. Nice.
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Do you remember that next to this
was almost at every single mall that I
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remember, right next to the tobacco
shop, literally like next to it.
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I don't know if it was the
same owner, but they had a blade
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shop, like knives and swords.
Do you remember that? Oh? Yes,
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I remember that every mall, Yes, every mall had so they had
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the tobacco shop and next to the
tobacco shop, literally next door was the
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blade shop. And now do you
remember back in the eighties, brother,
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when you would look into NiFe cases, that's when the butterfly knife was being
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sold. Yeah. I actually was
able to get a butterfly knife back in
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the eighties and some ninja stars.
Yes, back then, when they sold
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them, they were behind the counter. They were not considered to be illegal.
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But then again, nobody was shooting
up schools and stabbing people like crazy
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in schools and junior high and stuff
like that. Nobody was taking knives.
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No, very often, you didn't
do that in school where I come from.
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You do that away from school?
No, I'm just like, ah,
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right, But I remember going in
there, dude, and you would
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buy the cameraite swards. Remember,
Yes, you could buy different type of
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axes. I don't know if you
are you're familiar with Yeah, I remember
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if they used to have axes.
They had shields like yeah, the Knights,
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Knights of the round Table. They
had the big ball and chain,
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the ball with spikes, you remember
that. And but they were I don't
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know if they were just they weren't
fake. They were real metal and people
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actually used to buy this stuff.
Right. Do you remember the Night brand
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Buck, which back in the eighties
was the top of the line of bucks.
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Yeah, I get this. I
was very much into my Buck.
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Knight was the anybody out there listening
that knew me probably would not this.
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I had every Buck knife model and
the axe that Buck put out in the
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eighties. Oh so you were really
word Oh yeah, dude, hardcore,
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you were hardcore bucked. I see. As a matter of fact, I
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still have my Buck ax some one
of my Buck nine, several of my
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buck nis. My uh, the
first woman that stole my heart, that
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gave me a child took most of
my buckwear, and who knows what she
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did with it, probably about dope
do with it. I don't know.
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It's a good thing my kid's not
listening because she wouldn't appreciate that. But
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well, um, what other stories
that you remember? What about those candy
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shops? Do you remember the candy
shops inside the mas No, we'll get
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this, Okay, we'll go back
to the candy shop. You're gonna find
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this shocking. I used to like
to go to Hallmark and buy pens.
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Oh my goodness, yes, Shaeffer, Yes that was it. Dude.
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If there wasn't one of three,
I don't want to use it. I'm
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not gonna I'm not gonna write out
no homework. I'm not gonna fight nothing
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unless I had a Parker, a
papermade or a Shaffer. Now Shaffer was
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the ink pin with that old school
knee long ye where you have to for
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the ink pallets in there or you
actually dip it in the ink. Yeah.
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There the ones that also made pens
in different like gold and silver,
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and they Yeah, that's what I'm
talking about. The Parker collection. Parker
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had the gold plated, the bronze
plated, the silver plated, the chrome
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plated, and the multi colored plastic
type pins, which also, if you
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were lucky, you could buy interchangeable
ink cartridges with different colors. That's how
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hardcore. I was brother with pins
to me a paper mate, the plastic
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paper mate. Get rid of this. This is a step up a bit.
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The ink doesn't flow, it skips. That's trash. I want the
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all metal paper meat, thin to
the touch of a thin, fine ink
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cartridge where the ink just flows through
beautifully. Let's take a quick break.
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When't we come back? We got
more in store of malls, fashioned,
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ads and craziness in the eighties.
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started, I want welcome you all
to Love Hate Letters today. It's beautiful
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day here back to the eighties radio. I'm Doctor love Weapon reminding everybody that
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loves and hates to send in your
beautiful letters to the doctors. Doctor Sweet,
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thank you for for being here on
Love Hate Letters. As I see
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you chucking down on that jolt coolah, Doctor, I want to thank you
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for having me again. I love
doing this segment on our day because so
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your listeners, Me and Doctor Love
Weapon have our own private practice and it
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is located in a beautiful location in
Burbank. But we won't get into our
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location because all you have to do
is whisper. We're deal. Find us
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deep in Burbank now, Doctor,
I love coming to visit Tascano and Chang
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on a show that they've done because
they give us love and back. Oh
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there's some great both and they smell
pretty damn good and they're confident, you
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know, Doctor love Weapon. These
gents they've been with the missus for years
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and that adds to their beautiful character. Absolutely. Oh. As a matter
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of fact, I am drinking Joke
Cola and I want to thank the great
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bottlers of joke cola and unnamed whiskey
that I'm sipping on for today's session.
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Well, now, doctor, would
you like would you like to take the
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floor and start off with your letter? Absolutely? Today we have letter from
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Denise going out to blame hi,
Denise and my Blaine. And Denise writes
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and says, here are a few
reasons why I'm dumping you, Blaine.
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She says, Reason number one because
you think Predator two was better than the
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original. What a moral? Reason
Number two because you refer to your cockatoo
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as your baby. Reason number three
because you eat your cereal with water instead
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of milk. So gross. That
is the making of a sixth. Reason
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number four because you can name all
those dudes in the y MCA videos in
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the eighties, I have no problem
with that, what a witch? And
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number five because you have won too
many posters of Michael Phelps in a speedo.
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Oh I love Michael, I love
Michael. You know what in honor
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of Michael, m doctor? I
hate when my lighter doesn't work. Oh,
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I hate when other things don't work
as well, they don't flick on.
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I can't tell you this, Denise, you've taken the time to write
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us here at the doctor's end.
And apparently you want some advice of what
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to do, and that's what we're
here for. We're here to give you
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the best advice possible for your situation. Now, Denise and Blaine, it's
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just so sad to hear of what's
going on in your relationship or in your
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case, Blaine, no relationship.
But I can tell you this, Blaine,
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there's only one thing I can tell
you. Move on. She's no
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good for you. Anytime they break
up with you through a letter. You
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got to move on now, Blaine, this is doctor Sweets. My best
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advice to you is to pursue prostitution. Again, it's a better way.
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It's a self gratification is not the
way. It's cheaper. Just to go
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ahead and deal with it and do
it. And it's always great to have
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an nostalgic romper in diversity. And
and Denise, if you could send the
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doctors a small photo of you possibly
wearing a some matching underwear and if you're
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hot and you know what you you
should just go out and sleep around.
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If you're young and free, then
then be you and do it for the
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fine doctor and me. That's all
I have to say to tell you something,
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and this I want you to keep
for the rest of your life.
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Our number here is nine nine five
seven two one two one two. Keep
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that number for the rest of your
life. I'm expecting your call. Doctor.
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Do you have a love or hate
letter today? Well, doctor,
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I have a very trying hate letter
this evening. This is a letter that
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it states as this, Dear Braxton, Braxton kind of like Tony. I'm
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writing you this letter because after being
in a relationship with you for the last
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sixth month has taught me several things. Alcohol is not good for breakfast.
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No. I've also learned that one
night stands should only be one night dad,
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unless you make it twice in a
row. You keep saying mommy when
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you're orgasmine. Your breath smells like
my pit bulls scroll them. And I'm
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00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:04.599
just tired of having a wake up
and see you and wonder when you're leaving,
469
00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:08.800
and hoping that I could change my
locks. But usually the super jack
470
00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:14.880
can never get to it because he's
always busy in his custodian closet. But
471
00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:20.119
that's another story. I just want
you to move on and get lost,
472
00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:23.920
and I hope that your siblings are
not as vile and disgusting as yourself,
473
00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:30.400
So they inflict as much pain and
hurt and sorrow to my eyes that you
474
00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:37.719
have been. And remember, k
I see a real soon love. Not
475
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:43.760
that wow wow Now now that I
think is a cut to the chase,
476
00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:49.519
very harsh hate letter, doctor,
And I said, I was really moved
477
00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:58.480
by her honesty, her courageous and
boldness to attack and desecrate this poor young
478
00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:06.199
man for his miserable acts of sexual
predatory. What do you think, Falter?
479
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.880
I think lots of things can happen
when you're a beginner in life.
480
00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:15.440
And we all remember how we used
to be, like you know, at
481
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:20.079
one point, especially I remember when
I will go back in time and I
482
00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:28.480
remember watching episodes of Romper Room.
Anyway, back to what I'm sorry.
483
00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:35.280
Her name is Braxton, Yes,
Braxton. I want to recommend that that
484
00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.840
you take to melatonin. To melatonin, because melatonin is good for you.
485
00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.719
It will make you go to sleep
a little bit earlier. It will provide
486
00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:52.400
you nice lucid dreams and the opportunity
for you to open up your mind and
487
00:37:52.599 --> 00:38:01.880
just think of brighter tomorrows. Braxton, your name's just like Tony Braxton,
488
00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:13.800
and if you look like to give
us a call at five, that's that's
489
00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:16.239
all the time we have. Do
you want to give Braxton some advice?
490
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:23.360
I suggest you double dose on the
malotonin, possibly get your legalization for marijuana
491
00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:30.519
intake. I think you need to
buy stock and Jack Daniels, you need
492
00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:35.719
to buy some sexual devices made of
plastic, and you need just to remember
493
00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:39.159
to be a good person and enjoy
it, but just stay away from relationships
494
00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:45.119
because obviously you're not that good at
its sweets. No, no, we
495
00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.119
want to thank the boys at Back
to the eighties and I'm doctor Sweet.
496
00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:52.679
I will see you again real soon. Remember to keep those love hate letters
497
00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:58.400
coming in. And if you want
to send photos, we really really appreciate
498
00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.519
it. That way, we could
put them on our stage wall so we
499
00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:06.639
can show some of the beautiful faces
or hateful faces that we have help here
500
00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:09.559
with the fine doctors of me,
my South, Doctor Sweet, and the
501
00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:15.280
great great Doctor love Weapon, who
is now a published author. And I
502
00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:21.800
want to congratulate you, Doctor love
Weapon on your latest book. I'm glad
503
00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:28.639
that is no longer just a restue
read. I'm very glad it'll be available
504
00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:31.920
soon. It's called how I became
Doctor love Weapon in Inside of a Submarine,
505
00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.199
and that note on behalf of Doctor
Love Weapon and Doctor Sweet. We
506
00:39:37.320 --> 00:40:07.880
will see you one of these fridays. That's right, ladies and gentlemen,
507
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:12.599
that's right. This is the time
of the show where we take a moment
508
00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:15.119
and talk about a few things that
made us angry back in the eighties.
509
00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:20.400
And in honor of the most wondrous
change, thank you, we have called
510
00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.239
them changry. Yes, yes,
yes, Top of the Day, Top
511
00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:29.360
of the Friday. All of my
changster's gangsters out there. The very first
512
00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.800
changry I would like to start this
portion off is something that I hold dear
513
00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:37.320
to my angry black heart. You
know what made me changry back in the
514
00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:45.599
eighties? What's that? Going all
the way to the mall and going to
515
00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:52.360
Miller's outpost or possibly the Gap and
not finding my size and levis I wanted
516
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:57.320
people up for them? You know
what got me changery back in the eighties?
517
00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:02.360
What's up? Expecting a pair of
Guess jeans for Christmas and getting a
518
00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:12.079
pair of Wranglers? That made me
changry. Wranglers the official pants and gene
519
00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:17.639
cowboy plastic wearer. You know what
used to get me changry back in the
520
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:27.400
eighties during the fashion craise. What's
that? Buying T shirts that sagged after
521
00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:31.239
one dryer and they look like you
had been gleeping in or they belonged to
522
00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:36.679
the homeless guy. You know what
got me changery back in the eighties,
523
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.239
asking my dad for white T shirts
because I wanted to look like a rocker
524
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:46.800
and him bringing back from Zodie's a
five pack of V neck T shirts for
525
00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:52.280
an eighty year old. Man,
I have to give it up to you,
526
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:57.400
because all god V neck shirt maybe
beyond changry. They made me the
527
00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:02.719
changry. You know what used to
get you know what used to get me
528
00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:09.159
shangry back in the eighties when somebody
would step on my white slip on bands.
529
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:15.639
Oh boy hated that. Oh man, I hated anybody coming near my
530
00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:21.239
vans. Man, you're gonna get
beat. And you know what got me
531
00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:25.480
changry back in the eighties when you
wanted a brand new TV and your parents
532
00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:30.360
said it's good enough with the console
television that your grandma lent to us.
533
00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:37.400
Yes, you know those kind of
TVs that were in this big armwore type
534
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:42.679
of deal. And they had like
a record player on top. They were
535
00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:45.480
just disgusting huge. You were like, what the hell is that? A?
536
00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:51.840
Is that some type of a whale
in the living room? You know
537
00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:59.159
what used to get me shangry in
the eighties asking someone to buy me low
538
00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:07.400
and brawl and they would bring back
Michelot. You know it got me back.
539
00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:12.440
You know what got me changery back
in the eighties going for ice cream
540
00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:19.159
and having the whole squad at Farrell's
seeming like if it was my birthday and
541
00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.559
embarrassed the heck. No know what
used to get me changry in the eighties?
542
00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:29.840
What's that they never let me sing
lead at Farrels and that ladies and
543
00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:35.639
gentlemen has been the changers. So
if you have a changerbo to our Facebook
544
00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:37.960
page and let us know direct message
us, send us a little note there
545
00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:44.199
telling us what you were angry about
in the eighties. Now, speaking about
546
00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:47.239
things that got you and me angry
about in the eighties, what are some
547
00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:51.960
of the things that got you angry
about? The fashion statements that people made
548
00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:57.239
back then? For example, the
biggest fad that I hated not I don't
549
00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:59.280
even if I don't even know if
you want to call it a fad bit.
550
00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:04.920
It was just some guys loved cutting
their hair into mullets. Yes,
551
00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.719
and I hated that haircut. I
never I never wore a mullet. Business
552
00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:15.559
in the front, party in the
back, That's correct. Michael Well,
553
00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:20.119
kind of like Michael Bolton. But
then again, if you look at what's
554
00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:24.000
your name, Miley Cyrus's dad,
Billy Ray Cyrus, he brought them mullet
555
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:30.480
back disgusting. You know, you
know what mullets used to remind me of.
556
00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:35.320
They used to remind me of somebody
wearing a Daniel Boom raccoon cap thinking
557
00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:39.960
they were breaking act. Yes,
exactly. You know what else you used
558
00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:43.760
to get me ticked off back in
the eighties is everybody had big hair,
559
00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:47.760
you know, like you see big
hair back in the hair. Yeah.
560
00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:52.039
You know, if you look at
Weird Science, Kelly Lebron, big hair,
561
00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.360
good lord, she was sexy,
Dolly Parton, big hair, Share,
562
00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:59.000
big hair, sexy, dropped a
Tina Turner big hair, Oh my
563
00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:01.800
god, do you know what that
was one of those fads that that that
564
00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:07.519
left a mark from that era that
when you look back, Oh, you
565
00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:09.079
know, you think about big hair, you think eighties, you know,
566
00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:14.079
and it now, the thing that
made me, that made me changry back
567
00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:19.519
in the eighties was when guys in
rock bands started looking like women. I
568
00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:22.760
kicked, how do you think a
guy like me felt? You go to
569
00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:27.079
box parties, you go down to
gigs or concerts, and you just see
570
00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:32.360
big hair. You see dudes wearing
uh leg warmers and color spandex. Everybody
571
00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:36.840
smells like awkward, and you know, and the thing that the thing that
572
00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:38.760
made it worse for me was that
I liked these bands, you know,
573
00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:43.559
I liked how they they played and
they saying I liked, you know,
574
00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:49.119
Cinderella or Twisted Sister. I just
couldn't deal too much with the appearance,
575
00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:52.119
but everything else was fine. That's
why I got cassettes and not the albums
576
00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:54.880
back then, so I would I
would have a bigger picture. The appearance
577
00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:58.920
was ridiculous, you know. And
then I was always out in Hollywood or
578
00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:02.599
about so I got to see those
kind of types of individuals. Me and
579
00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:07.360
you have discussed, I've had many
of brawls with the many well known pretty
580
00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.760
rockers out there in the pretty rocker
world. And I did say that,
581
00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:15.559
yes, I have saying that pretty
rockers glam rockers. You know, there
582
00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:20.480
was a big difference between rockers back
in the eighties that we could even make
583
00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:25.760
another show about that one. But
man, that was the ultimate changry dudes
584
00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:30.440
that looked like chicks back in the
eighties. If you like bon Jovi,
585
00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:36.360
you might as well wear a dress. What a hater? Stop Stop being
586
00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:44.199
a hater. I'm just playing the
man. Here's the thing, isn't playing?
587
00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:49.840
Okay? So all right, so
some of those now, oh yeah,
588
00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:52.320
you know I told you my my
big three malls. What were your
589
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.599
top three malls that you went to? And and by the way, I
590
00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:57.599
know one of them that you're gonna
mention, and I've got a funny story
591
00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:00.079
about that one. So go ahead, what is your favorite three malls?
592
00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:07.880
My favorite three malls would have to
be the Lupe mall right, Okay.
593
00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:15.800
I also used to like, uh, uh do you south South Coast Mall?
594
00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:17.960
Yeah, I don't know if you
know. South Coast Plaza, which
595
00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:22.239
is very close to where I live
right now, was considered one of the
596
00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.440
biggest malls in the US. Uh. The only thing that South Coast Plaza
597
00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:30.679
is um South Coast Plaza. Yes, yeah, it's a it's it's too
598
00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:34.559
rich for my taste, if you
know what I mean. It's it's it's
599
00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:38.079
got all the Louis Vitton stores and
all the most expensive stores in the world.
600
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:43.000
But it wasn't like a kid friendly
or I hang out friendly back then
601
00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:47.239
mall to me. Anyway, I
used to like going over there because it
602
00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:51.719
was so richy. Yeah, it
did have a beautiful theater. It did
603
00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.840
have nice places to eat. Oh
yeah, you know what I mean.
604
00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:59.559
They did have an arcade, but
it wasn't really busy, you know what
605
00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.360
I mean. Kids that went to
that arcade were up. It was a
606
00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:06.960
very upscale mall. But I was
always I liked it because it just smelled
607
00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.599
of allgant. It was very Christine
looking, you know what I'm saying.
608
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:16.000
Yeah, you could walk around and
look like at a lot of hot chicks,
609
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.480
but you know, hot chicks with
money. Yeah, but there was
610
00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:22.800
it was a mall that I like
going to. I would pretend I was
611
00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:27.880
one of the hollows that I got
off with Gilligan's Island and I was the
612
00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:31.800
son of one of the hollows.
Soft Plaza is one of those malls that,
613
00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:37.280
uh, it's kind of like going
to Beverly Hills on Rodaloe Drive.
614
00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:40.280
But Rodaloe Drive is all outside.
Well, this is all it was.
615
00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:45.639
It was a little bit more like
the Galleria now. I used to like
616
00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:49.840
to go to the Gallery. Was
that the one that in Ki in Glendale?
617
00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:53.079
Yeah, like, oh my god, you know the Valley girls.
618
00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:57.840
Yeah, yeah, you know I
gotta tell you a Valley girls. They
619
00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:01.039
know what I have fun if you
know what I'm saying. Oh man,
620
00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:05.639
yeah, No, malls we had
so much fun back then. I just
621
00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:10.920
can't believe that we are living in
an era now where I mean, who
622
00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:16.719
could have imagined that malls were gonna
die? That that not the malls as
623
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:22.480
far as shopping, but that that
same ambience, that same kind of hangout
624
00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:27.719
place that we used to have them, it's gone. You know what what
625
00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:30.800
other mall I used to like,
you're asking my top three? If that
626
00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:34.760
would have to be the Lakewood Mall? Oh? I used to like over
627
00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.400
the Lakewood Mall. That was a
cool mall to hang out. And then
628
00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:45.559
uh, I remember going to the
Red Onion back in the eighties Bass Rock
629
00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:49.280
and Roll Medal Station from Long Beach, California one to five point five.
630
00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:53.719
Ye was out in about and we
would go hang out at the Red Onion
631
00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:58.840
on k and Ec Night. And
that was later on into the eighties.
632
00:49:58.920 --> 00:50:06.000
That was probably eighty five, maybe
eighty six, probably untill about nineteen ninety
633
00:50:06.079 --> 00:50:13.480
when KNYC was finally silenced by a
lot of the conglomerates that have destroyed terrestrial
634
00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:16.199
radio as we know it. Yes, I agree, I agree. Oh
635
00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:21.400
man, you just remember the Red
Onion being almost at every mall too.
636
00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:25.199
Oh dude, there was a Red
Onion in so many locations, wasn't it.
637
00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:29.039
It was kind of like the competition
to El Torito, wasn't it.
638
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.599
Yes, it was, it was, Yeah, it was. You know,
639
00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:36.880
they had fine dining, but heck
man, I was there at kN
640
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:39.519
a C night just to get taco
Tuesday and see who I can go home
641
00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:45.039
with. I remember them having great, great food. But like I said,
642
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:49.960
uh, just different times. And
I can't believe that malls are no
643
00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:53.239
longer the same. And there were
so many stars and so many stories along
644
00:50:53.320 --> 00:50:59.719
with those stores in the mall that
that we just had fun. I remember,
645
00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:05.280
you know, we talked about going
to stores like Spencers and and stores
646
00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:09.000
like Benetton and you know, things
like that. But do you did you
647
00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:14.360
ever hang out at the food court
itself? As a matter of fact,
648
00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:16.159
yeah, I would like to.
I told you that story on our last
649
00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:21.920
show with Hot Dog on a Stick. I had met it met some girl,
650
00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:24.360
you know, have a little bit
of a relationship. But if she
651
00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:29.960
used to work at the one in
Lapne, So I would go down there
652
00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:32.199
when I could catch her work and
hang out there and you know, eat
653
00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.000
corn dogs, drink shakes, drink
so does look at her in that little
654
00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:40.239
hot uniform. And I would just
fandangle and make my way around all the
655
00:51:40.360 --> 00:51:44.519
food places. Now remember the food
court. They used to give you a
656
00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:49.599
little toothpick. Absolutely, so my
friend, I would favor or at least
657
00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:54.400
three or four round of every individual
place in the food court. That was
658
00:51:54.480 --> 00:52:00.119
like some of the best scenery in
the food court because everyone has to eat
659
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:05.280
hot dudes, hot chicks, old
people, crazy people. The cool thing
660
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:09.480
was that they had examples everywhere.
And that's one of the things that I
661
00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:14.719
missed, man. And then I
wanted to tell everybody this a little while
662
00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:16.960
ago, or when we first started
the program, and that's kind of give
663
00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:22.840
you a brief brief background of why
we decided to do the back to the
664
00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:28.320
eighties program. We wanted to do
something different because of you know, the
665
00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:32.000
with the pandemic, with the whole
protests, you know, with all the
666
00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:37.239
bad things happening around us. We
wanted to talk to you guys a little
667
00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:42.079
bit about the reasons that we developed
this podcast. And it's kind of hard
668
00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:45.440
for me to call it a podcast
because I'm used to it being a radio
669
00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:49.920
show. But you know, when
we're when we're going through these tough times,
670
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it makes you, it makes you
long for better times, right and
671
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and and these times have made us, which we were living back in the
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eighties, it's just a simple time
for us as younger kids in youth.
673
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It was a time where we were
under the roof of in many cases,
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under the roof of our parents,
and in my case anyway, and our
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only worries were getting home on time
so that we wouldn't get grounded. You
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remember that. And it's just too
bad that the new generation of kids will
677
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never understand that. And one of
the things that bothers me is that the
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parents, the parents of these kids
are not teaching them of the time where
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when they grew up, of that
era, you know what I mean,
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So the kids would learn to appreciate
what they have, because kids nowadays they
681
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don't. They have no idea how
different it was for us. All they
682
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know is a screen in front of
them, an instant communication with whomever,
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and they'll just never understand. And
that gets me kind of upset when I
684
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when I hear that parents never teach
their kids about the eighties or seventies or
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whenever they grew up. I think
kids need to know that. I totally
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agree with you. I wholeheartedly agree
with you and my analysis of the way
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things have transpired and kind of shifted
to in society. I cannot no longer
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hold one generation responsible for the neglect, the disrespect, the loss, the
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disarray. I think it's a breakdown
of our generation. Maybe it's those of
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you that have older siblings their generation. And where I find this true to
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be is nowadays we deal with a
lot of homes where it's very easy,
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prepared to not marry and break up
and split up and then go with someone
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else, so there's a child left
between two parents. We come from a
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background where divorced was becoming very easy, and I blame the decay and the
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disrespect and the loss in the generations
prior on my generation, my siblings generations,
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and even our parents' generations to a
certain degree, because I think once
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divorce was accepted and used as freely
as frequently as it was, we lost
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the nucleus and the bond of what
it is to know responsibility, you have
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to be committed. Yeah, and
by the way, that was really big
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in the eighties. Divorce was really
big in the eighties, I think,
701
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yes, exactly. You know,
you know, we talk a lot about
702
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it the stuff that we like,
but one of the things that we don't
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like about the eighties it was exactly
that that maybe the beginnings of this divorce
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craze, creating the fifty percent divorce
rate in marriages. Yeah, the breakup
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of the nucleus the family, the
family, you know, and when you
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have that tusky, you know,
you have a lot of children that fall
707
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into that persona where they're latch key
kids. I'm sure many of our listeners
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and yourself are familiar with that terminology. And that's when the children are forced
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to be at home and be locked
in or with someone where their only world
710
00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:14.480
is what they have inside the interior
of home of mom and dad. Aren't
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00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:19.079
there mom and Dad are either separators
or both that work. Their siblings are
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00:56:19.199 --> 00:56:25.000
older and distraught on their own functions
in life. Technology has come around and
713
00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:34.920
taking creativity to almost a hypnotizing fashion, to where it hypnotizes our children,
714
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:40.840
the one with the run we have
of trafficking and so much vile individuals that
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00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:46.199
do crimes to children. Our children
are no longer free to exercise their freedom
716
00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:52.760
and their beautiful glistening of being a
youth and a child as we did to
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00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:58.920
roam free and experience things outside of
the block because of the debancy. So
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I blame the loss of what we
want that on a whole mass reasoning from
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so many of our generations put together. And until we get leadership that preaches
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that, until we believe that as
our salves that pass that on to our
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own children who will approcreate, then
I believe our type and those of our
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00:57:27.119 --> 00:57:31.880
listeners will be dinosaur type. And
it's very it's very sad to come to
723
00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:39.119
that analysis. For me, it's
very sad for me to to visually except
724
00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:43.719
that that might be the way it
is. But as you know the way
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00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:45.800
I am. Brother, I'm going
to shoot it to you as funny as
726
00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:49.480
I can, but I'm going to
hit you in the face with truth.
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00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:55.159
Yea in it. So my truth
is it's it's all of our fault on
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00:57:55.280 --> 00:58:00.440
where we're at. We have no
one to blame but our salve. And
729
00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:05.960
either you can either walk the path
of being righteous, pretend you walk the
730
00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:09.159
path, but you know what I
mean, you have to be really true
731
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if you're going to walk any path. My brother I agree. And on
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that note, I want to just
thank you guys for joining us on another
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Friday here back to the eighties.
Do you want to keep reminding you we
734
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have a Patreon page. Go ahead, if you like what you're here,
735
00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:30.599
head on over become a Patreon of
ours and just help us continue the madness
736
00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:35.079
of getting our nostalgia. Are good
memories out there to the world, because
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00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:37.119
at the end of the day,
all we have is you and me.
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You that is listening wherever you're listening
to us through So thanks for joining us
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once again. This is back to
the eighties, and I am to Skonna
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from just kinda on chang. Have
a good week, and you guys out
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there, remember we are one race, the human race. Get each other's
742
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back. We are all we have. Don't let to day's woe and fears
743
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absorb your mind to where you can't
see a positive tomorrow. Live for tomorrow,
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Live positive, Always be kind to
each other, and remember to always
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00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:15.119
stay you lifted and gifted. Until
next Friday. This is the chang Adios
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ribad sayanada and orderly to all the
homies and homes in the hood and to
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all my Tascano warriors. Keep the
peace, stay you, God bless it.



















