Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast - HOUR 3- Our Improv Class, Chicken Charlie and MORE

Episode Date: July 30, 2026

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Let's go ahead and undo all of the damage Alley just did during that round of news. Hey, there are people that say I know and love that music and soundtrack and it won an Academy Award for best song. Another person said nobody knows or cares about this girl. I don't know if she's talking about this girl or this girl. It's you. That's the one. If you're the 20th caller right now at 800-520-1067, we have good news for you in the form of tickets to see Foo Fighters.

It's all part of KROQ Summer Ticket Blowout, something we're doing here at the radio station all week. We got too many tickets. The drawer's overflowing with them, and we must give them to you immediately, even though probably they're digital transfers. But regardless, tickets will be yours if you're the 20th caller. Foo Fighters this hour, and then next hour, let's go ahead and tease you. Hold on.

Vanessa, I lost my sheet. What do we have next hour? I think it's something decent. Oh, is it NOAA Con? We'll do NOAA Con next hour, and then Muse is your first ticket you'll be winning with Sluggo. So that should give you an idea of what you can look forward to over the next few hours here at the K-Rock. And once again, every hour, different tickets, and it's all part of the summer ticket blowout. As we say good morning to our 20th caller living currently in Chino, California.

Hello, Madison. Hello? You are caller 20. Thank you so much, Gordon. Ali, I love Foo Fighters. Thank you. You will see the Foo Fighters. They will put on a show that will go on in length anywhere from one to two to three to four hours.

They like to play. Dave loves a crowd. And congratulations, you will be there. Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. Thank you. I'm so happy. Are you crying?

No, no. I'm regular. I'm okay. Thank you, though. No, I'm regular. That's the passion we're looking for. Thank you. That's a regular person.

And if you want to be regular like Madison, you'll have another opportunity in an hour. I wish I was regular. Thank you. Are you crying? No, no, I'm fine. I'd kill to be regular. We're just hoping for someone to cry. It feels like there's some people that are good at that.

Remember all the people who used to cry on Oprah and Ellen and Ellen's people crying because they were in the staff. But I mean, for the most part, there was a lot of people who cried. We're just trying to get someone to cry. We want daytime TV level crying on this show. That's right. So you better get emotional and call in an hour. So we did something as a show the other day, which I think the goal was to make us work better together.

And we think that accidentally what it did is stirred up a bunch of weird stuff that Jake has had suppressed. And he had his big tantrum yesterday on the show because we said that his intro to the Violent Femmes wasn't very funny. The beginning. And then he got all upset. And really most of what we said was it was funny, just minus the thing about the pants. Yeah, the day before that, we did this activity, team building, improv class together. Forced improv is always the most fun. And we did this because Vanessa A. really wanted to do it because she said that as we are, you know, as, you know, on this show, everyone's mic is on at any given point.

Omar can chime in or Jay can say something or Vanessa. We go to the back room and there's an ability and ideally the goal is that the show continues to get better. A lot of shows like The Phone It In, a lot of radio shows you probably used to listen to, you got bored with because they started doing the same thing over and over again, started phoning it in. We're trying to avoid that happening here. Well, and also improv classes in a corporate setting are hugely successful. They say every person should take at least one improv class because it says a lot about you. And I'll tell you, going into it, Johnny hated the idea. Jake did not want to be there.

I was very much on the fence about it as well. Well, Allie, who I thought was going to be the biggest supporter because she loves any ability to show off her stupid acting skills, also was kind of lukewarm on it. But Vanessa, it couldn't have been more excited. Vanessa was as excited as she could have been because she asked for it. And she says, guys, I think this is going to help me be a better participant on the show. Well, and I think, Vanessa, you just wanted to have fun with the group. Exactly. And I also think it will help all of us.

And I think I did. So I just want to play. We're not going to be able to go through all of this now. And sadly, I don't even have the clip I really wanted to play you, which was Jake getting, I mean, he couldn't even follow the simple rule of yes and, because he started yelling at Johnny. Well, and I think people don't like improv because it's very vulnerable, and a lot of it is dumb. It's like the first exercise we do, we're passing around an imaginary ball, and people hate that stuff. So I have some, and this is where I go, I'm out, because at the beginning it was, we're going to pass a sound around a room, which seems stupid in every possible way. and I guess the goal is it's supposed to feel stupid

because you're supposed to get uncomfortable or something. So this was how that sounded. All right, pass this sound in movement. Okay, just pass this. Okay, ready? It was basically everyone making the sound Allie makes of lesbian sex, passing it around the room.

good we're gonna do this again vanessa was very excited about this by the way now i at this point i was going i gotta get out of here well and we had spent the first half an hour just talking which is a pretty big bonus for anybody who hates improv we spent the first half not doing improv so right which is great i said if we could just sit here and keep talking we'll never have to do it But then we stood up and started doing, this was the warm-up exercise, and it was. And it's not bad for the guy, because he knows that in most of his, because he's used to teaching companies and people that hate improv, right? So he's like, let's do this stupid game, and everyone's like, God, this is stupid. And to be fair, you know, he's a pro, and he's also like an actor, and he's been in stuff we've heard of.

But, you know, he's working with like Google, and he's working with these big companies and trying to get these teams to get on the same page. And listen to each other. And listen to each other, which is an important part of our job as well. Now, the first activity we get to after we get through this warm-up, passing the grunts back and forth, is wild because Vanessa has proven something that we've known all along. This is a game called one-word story. And the way the rules we were told is that basically Allie says a word, and then I have to go next and pick up the story with one word. It's just a one-word story. And when you hear what Vanessa's contribution was to this, everything you've ever thought about this show will prove to be very true.

Something that she has combated for a long time. And I don't think Omar heard this because he was unable to join, but take a listen to the one-word story as it happened in real time. One word at a time. We'll go this way. There's a girl who loves chicken. Great. Eight-word story.

And scene. Period. I mean, it was unbelievable. And the guy's like, what is going on? Is everyone losing their mind? All the words in the entire world. Vanessa shared with us a girl who loves chicken. And do you think she was like, don't say chicken, don't say chicken, don't say chicken, no matter what it was?

No matter what happens, just don't say chicken. Because she finally got out of that whole chicken-loving thing. Yeah, and she got it across that she loves chicken a normal amount. Somebody even made a plushie out of her being a chicken lover. And this is just proof because now we're... One more time, we'll go this way. There's a girl. Who?

loves chicken. And that was pretty much the end of improv. We couldn't go any further after that. What are we laughing at here? What are we laughing at here? That's the guy. We had to explain. Why do you guys think you're funny? The answer is that we did it.

We got through it. I actually think it was beneficial. But then I think that Jake, something got stirred up inside of Jake. Well, there was an exercise at the end where two people are sitting in two chairs. one person makes a statement and the other person responds to that statement and so on and so forth. It's just a basic

conversation. You start with something mundane and so Johnny sits, Johnny and Jake are doing the exercise together and Johnny starts with his sentence, something to the effect of, I heard it's going to rain today and Jake was like, no it's not, it's July.

And he's like, uh okay, well on my phone it says it's going to rain and he's like, well your phone's wrong. yeah jake goes your phone is stupid your phone is wrong and the improv uh instructor is going hey man everything there's no wrong way to like stop it he's like there's no wrong there's no wrong way to do this but everything you're doing now is like wrong he said stop you are pummeling this guy you're pummeling john and he was like i don't know if you two have some kind of an issue underlying that i don't know about i mean it's just great that the deal is it was like michael

Scott-level improv with Jake where he goes, let's try that again without you discrediting everything that he says. And I had no idea what was going on either. I was just like, why is he so mad right now? I know, he got so mad. He got so aggressive so quickly. Also because

Johnny was wearing a beanie in July. I know, and then he's like, but he's wearing a beanie. It was cold. Yeah, Jake couldn't get past the fact that Johnny was wearing a beanie. I hate it. It's so funny. He's a beanist. Nothing to do with the, Nothing to do with what was happening.

Well, the teacher's like, well, you know, Johnny is saying in his reality, it's going to rain today. So that's the truth that we're working with now. And the whole reason we did this thing was because sometimes on the show, as you know, we're on the same page. And other times, I'm trying to pull the show somewhere. Jake jumps in with some nonsense about Magic the Gathering. And so the idea was, let's not pull the show in a million different directions. Let's listen to and honor what a person just said. And it's confusing for someone listening and driving in traffic and doing everything else.

So that was the whole idea. And the second that Jake had his opportunity to shine, he just, Johnny goes, I think it's going to rain today. No, it's not. No. Well, I have it on my phone. Well, your phone's wrong. Why are you wearing a beanie in July? Why are you wearing a beanie in July?

And the guy had to jump in and shut the scene down. I feel like it's all warranted. Well, I'm going to find that audio. I just made it all look. I'm going to play that for you on the flip side of this break. And the world's greatest living legend, Chicken Charlie, is in the building. fresh from the OC Fair. Vanessa loves him. He's deep frying. Oh, my God. Chicken Charlie. Chicken Charlie and Chicken Vanessa together. What an exciting day. We'll come back with that

after this on KROQ. It's an annual tradition around these parts. We welcome back into the KROQ studios the king of the deep fryer. You know him, and I'm sure you've tried his many, many inventions and creations over the years at the OC Fair, the L.A. Fair, all the fairs. He is the Willy Wonka of our generation. We've called him this as well. Chicken Charlie is back on KROQ. What's up, Chicken Charlie? My man, I'm so happy to be here.

I'm so honored. Thank you so much for having me. Hey, thank you. We always very much look forward to, in the same way that people look forward to big festival announcements like who's going to be at Coachella this year, I always very much look forward to what will be the new things that you create because you spend an entire year putting together new items to bring to the fair. You'd think if you created the deep fried Oreo like you've done or the deep fried peanut

the butter and jelly sandwich or the donut hamburger or any of the many things you've created over the years, you would say enough is enough, but every year you push yourself to come up with the next great fair food. Well, you know, that's what I love about food. Cooking is like an art, and so it's never going to end. I mean, you could always mix ingredients together and come up with wackadoodle or different ways to have it.

To outdo yourself. And how did you come up with this year's concoction that is currently sitting in front of us? And did you have any rejected ideas that you experimented with and said, this isn't going to work? Well, I'm Middle Eastern. And, you know, in Syria, where I was born and raised, I came here when I was 11.

And there's shawarma stands, restaurants on every corner. Like, they have taco shops in Tijuana on every corner. But I never once thought of selling it. We eat it all the time. You know, I never once thought of selling it. And all of a sudden, on TikTok and Instagram, there's this viral chicken shawarma going this craze. And I thought, I told my brother, I said, we got to sell this.

So we went and did it. But never did I ever think I would do this, and I did it. In some ways, I will say that you've chicken charlified it by adding fries right into the middle of the cone. You served it in a cone. You're a big fan of serving things in cones. I've always said food tastes better in cones or buckets or whatever. But you have figured out a way to still make it a little out there. But it's pretty traditional.

I haven't tried it yet. I'm excited to try it. But it's got all the standard stuff you would expect to get, the cucumbers, the pickled beets, all that other stuff. Yeah, let me tell you. We offer it in the wrap as well, but I brought you the cone because it's different. I put a Charlie twist to it, chicken Charlie twist to it. The pickled turnips are actually Oreos. They're actually all deep fried Oreos.

They're all deep fried Oreos. All of it, deep down in the middle. No, the pickles, the pickled turnips and the cucumbers you're seeing on top, I pickled them. And we've been doing it all summer. The chicken is all fresh. The tahini sauce is fresh. Everything is made in-house. I'm so happy about this item.

It's been going off the charts at the fair. You know, what's interesting is you put in a paper cone, and normally I'm used to being able to eat everything because I remember a few years ago when you debuted the mac and cheese and the red velvet cone that had the buffalo bites as well. That was where you could eat everything. So do you think people will be confused and eat the paper cone, just force a habit?

Yeah, maybe at the fair after a few beers, they might just have the cone as well. You know, when we did the red one, that was a waffle cone. So you ate that, and it was the sweet and savory. That was so good. Well, it never is a waste. You don't have to go throw something away or find a trash can. But it's incredible to me

A couple things Because I'm a big fan I've always said you're bacon wrapped Fried chicken legs I'm a huge fan of You can't go wrong pretty much at the fair Unless you're trying to stick to a diet Which is going to be tricky

But I always say Chicken Charlie's got a couple different setups there Six different, I feel like you're all over the place You always, it's the smell Right when you walk in the fair there's that smell And that smell Charlie's responsible for 90% of the fair smell I would argue that is true It's a great smell.

I'm so honored. I don't know why you don't do a scented candle because I think that people want that smell year-round. Right, always. Now, what about this fried object? Because, of course, you have to have something that's deep-fried. Yeah, so I was walking by the Mango Nada booth where they sell fresh mangoes in a red sauce with chamoy, tahini, and all that in a cup. And I thought, let me fry that. I should fry that.

How many things do you walk by and go, I should fry that? Pretty much all day long. He's trying to fry everything. He told us when you have those big fry parties at your house, you bring everything by, and all your friends and family just drop things in there, babies, shoes. Yeah, bring your shoes. I'll fry it. Fry it up and try it. You never know.

So you decided, I'm going to deep fry mango. Yeah, so this is a mango nada. Basically, it's fresh mangoes dipped in batter, fried, topped off with chamoy and tahini, and a little lime juice. You know, Allie is – she's going to try this right now. And by the way, this is all stuff you can get at the fair, OC Fair, which is going on right now. Yeah, this one I think is going to be the home run. I mean, the other one looks great, too. This is a perfect pregnancy craving food.

So I was going to say this. I told Ali, Ali's pregnant right now, Charlie. And she's asking me if I would eat her placenta. And I said the only way I would eat her placenta is if it were deep fried by chicken charlotte. Fry it and put it in a cone, Charlie? So, Charlie, if you will agree right now to deep fry and prepare Ali's placenta, I will eat it on the air. I love it. But we've got to figure out a way.

And what items now, as we're trying these, these are the two big new releases this year from Chicken Charlie. What things almost made the cut? You always say you have a few things that are on the ready. And you said you narrowed it down to 10 possible items to make the cut this year before you picked these two. You know, every year, like I said, I walk through a grocery store. Everything I see, I'm thinking, can I fry that? You know, from marshmallows to, you know, I don't know. I honestly think over the years

I've tried to fry everything, but I keep doing it, and we pick I get a group of friends, my chicken mafia I call them, just friends and employees, people that are around me that are willing to try everything, yeah, and we pick this shawarma was kind of special because

it's really like taking a big it's very popular on TikTok and Instagram and we're selling, it's our second best seller right now over the Maui chicken, I brought you the Maui chicken and the pineapple bowl I was showing everyone on YouTube who's watching this right now. I recommend you do not watch this unless you want to be instantly starving. But the good news is you can get all this at the OC Fair and then, you know, it hits the fair circuit.

This one is where I get this like every year. Yeah, I walk around. And this is one of those things like a stopper. Like you walk around this, you can stop at everyone's. Hey, where'd you get that? Where'd you get that? Well, and you're on a protein craze, Klein. So it's a ton of protein.

Well, that's why I'm surprised with protein being so popular, Charlie. I'm surprised you didn't come up with deep fried protein this year at the fair. Just like 100 grams of deep fried protein. I feel like everyone's talking about protein everywhere. You mentioned you might come this weekend. I might have to get a protein bar and fry it for you. Oh, whoa. Deep-fry that.

You know, years ago, we did deep-fried Slim Fast Bar. That's the only way to make a protein bar good. Slim Fast Bar. Remember the Slim Fast Bars? I don't know if they still have them. I guess they do. It was delicious. There's a little counter.

We have created. We'll not get you Slim Fast. That's right. If you're joining us now, Chicken Charlie's here. You recognize this guy, obviously, from the fair. He's the mayor of the fair. But in addition to the deep-fried frog legs he's brought us over the years, the fried bacon-wrapped pickle, Allie, remember that? We had that last year, I believe.

Oh, yeah. Then there's the deep-fried Twinkies, deep-fried cheesecake, the Kool-Aid float, the fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Because you have brought us so much delicious food. Oh, let's not forget about the Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich. That's right. That's the fried chicken. We have created something for you because you're always feeding us. Wow.

And we've gone a completely different direction, something that you've never seen or thought of before. And we're going to play this song right now, and when we get back, it's our turn to feed Chicken Charlie. Oh, I love it. And I think he's going to probably hate it. I think that's a good early bet, but he doesn't know what it is yet. Yeah, but it's definitely revolutionary, and you'll be the first to try it next. Oh, I'm so excited. They rock.

Fine Alley Show. In the studio right now is the great Chicken Charlie. You can probably listen closely to hear him. He's sitting in boiling oil as we speak. That's how he likes to be comfortable because he is the deep-fried king. He's at the OC Fair this year. This is every year, LA Fair. You've seen him there.

Hits the whole fair circuit, this guy. And the two new concoctions this year he's come up with is the deep-fried mango that's got the coating on it. Allie's been housing. I'm almost done. Really? Oh, my God. I had to set it down. We're so glad you're here, Charlie.

Allie used to be your size the first time she was pregnant. And then she got all skinny and annoying, and now we're going to get her fat again. If I go to the fair, it'll definitely happen. Oh, yeah. You need one weekend at the fair. I know you get your steps in, so it kind of balances out. That's right. But once you're eating cookies out of a bucket and going over to Chicken Charlie's for your bacon-wrapped fried chicken, you can put it on pretty quickly.

How many vats of oil do you think you go through in every fair season? We go through, in the fair season, between my three, four fairs, we go through about three, four truckloads of oil. I change my oil every day. Truckloads of oil? Yeah, truckloads. Yeah, big trucks. Wow. Yeah.

Yeah, we just found out off the air, and this is another cool thing of Chicken Charlie is that every year he employs over 1,000 people that work for him. So these are all people that are looking for either seasonal work or side hustles or whatever. Mostly young. And a lot of young kids, high school, college kids, and Charlie puts them to work. Even your kids, Charlie's kids. Even my kids. Yeah, he forces his kids to work for him, but he has to pay them, too. They demanded it.

805 wanted to know, have you ever thought of deep-frying insects like grasshoppers, crickets, anything like that? You know, my kids would probably love that. I hate the idea. But, I mean, I think it's been done in some state fairs. But I've never done it. I've never done it. But my kids ask me all the time. I'm like, nope.

I don't want that in the oil. A spider or something? I feel like, Chicken Charlie, you agree that a lot of people do it for, like, a lot of people are not purists in the sense. Like, when you created the deep fried Oreo, you were the first one. It's been documented. You're the guy who created the concept of a deep fried Oreo. It's one of the greatest desserts you can have. And allow millions of people to do it.

I don't think you're getting the credit you deserve. But there's some people that just do it for the wow factor. They just want the buzzy headline. You actually, you go flavor first. It's got to taste good. Yeah, I can't do the wow factor only in the sense of like we work very hard for our money. Nothing is cheap. So when you buy it and you spend that money, it's got to taste good.

It's got to, the flavor, the taste, it's got to be there. So we didn't think about that when we put this thing together for you. We didn't think about flavor or taste. No, but we did think that the one thing that their affair is not known for is healthy. and that's one of the joys of the fair is that you go to the fair so that you can pig out a little bit. Well, Chicken Charlie says there are no calories at the fair. That's right.

The calorie counter breaks when you enter the gate. And some of the rides do too, actually, from time to time. So we have created something that we think, Charlie, could set you apart from everyone else and it would be a complete 180 for you. This will feed that one woman who wants a healthy snack

at the fair. Please bring in to the studio what we've created for Chicken Charlie. I'm so scared. This is a one-of-one now. I want you to see what this is now. What the hell is that? I'm going to show you what this is. Chicken Charlie in front of you now is a tofu veggie roll on a bed of baby spinach, quinoa, and crispy edamame drizzled. Who would eat this?

Drizzled with protein honey and sea moss gummies. It's drizzled with gummies? The gummies are put into it on a toothpick, but it is drizzled with the protein honey. And inside of the wrap is tofu. Please tell me there's no insects because we were just talking about that. No, no, no. No insects as far as we know. Now, I want you to know that no one would get in line for this.

And I have a feeling if you were to add this to your menu, you would sell a total of zero of these at the fair. Even if you deep fried it, I don't think you would. Oh, so I could make it delicious if I deep fried it. That would be the challenge. Could he make this delicious? No, I could definitely make it delicious. But I could tell you right now, if I sold this at the fair, we'd probably sell six during the 23-day run. There's gotta be six weirdos out there

Sorry Six weirdos Who would eat this? I'll take the tofu wrap We thought it'd be fun to do a game Where Jake, either he wins And he gets to eat the Chicken Charlie food Or if he loses, he has to eat this healthy concoction

I mean, this also looks dry as hell That's the other thing I'll eat it Chicken Charlie, we just think that it's probably The healthiest thing you've ever been forced to eat But it's got none of the wow factor and all of the annoying factor. I mean, it does have a wow factor.

It's like, wow, I don't want to eat it. That's the wild factor we were going for. I'm going to try it. Chicken Charlie's going to try this now, but you have to make sure to try to get a little bit in every bite, which means the quinoa, the crispy edamame. Yeah, I want to try the quinoa edamame first. It's funny because a lot of Chicken Charlie's concoctions,

I'm like, how do I attack this? How do I eat this? And that's what he's doing with this. He's got a fork going like, what do I do? How do I throw this in the trash without them noticing? So the quinoa and the crispy edamame are very good. Really? Yeah, they're good.

That's good. It's dry, but it's good. Let me try this thing. Is it going for the sea on the bottom? Is that the sea moss gum? Sweat on it? Oh, there's some sweat there. Oh, it's falling apart.

It's been sitting out for a little bit. Hand-wrapped. Oh. I got a secret to share with you. You like it? This is the first time I've ever had tofu. In your life? 157, in my life.

I looked at it many times and said, no, thank you. How do you feel? Do you feel like you missed out on this? I feel like I'm eating a sponge. There's no flavor. Right, right. That's about right. Well, it's supposed to absorb every flavor, but yeah.

It's so funny that over the years, how much Chicken Charlie has brought us to bring us joy. And we were paid the favor by giving him tofu for the first time in his life. It's like a punishment. If I ate this regularly, I'd probably lose 50 to 100 pounds. Probably. Not worth it, though. And probably nobody would buy anything from me. Right.

That's true. Well, you'd also probably lose some of your taste buds because you get used to the bland taste of what you're eating. Might even live forever. Who knows? Now, why don't you try one of those sea moss gummies? Supposedly good for gut health and skin. This thing here? Yeah, I guess this thing here.

Yep. I thought it was a grape. That's a great name for this whole thing. It's a freak ball. Oh, wait. It smells good. Yeah. Try that.

This is the healthiest stuff. You know what? That's the best thing on the plate. Oh, yeah? The sea moss gummies? Sea moss gummies. Very expensive. I took them from my wife.

Sea moss gummies sounds like the biggest crock of crap I've ever heard in my life. I'm sure she's going to be really annoyed later. They were the last ones in the bottle. She's going to be looking for them this morning. So you're not eating... What is the benefit of sea moss? I don't even know. I don't eat them.

I don't know. Okay. I just saw them. I just said, let's put together the most healthy, obnoxious thing we could put together, the Chicken Charlie, to counteract all the delicious foodies. I'm going to sum it up. The sea moss gummy wasn't bad. The edamame wasn't bad.

The wrap with the tofu was very plain and dry. I think if we dipped it in batter and fried it, topped it with chocolate, it'll be amazing. Topped it with chocolate? That's the way to save it. It solves all problems. Guys, please go support this man. He's a legend. We've said it many times.

OC Fair now through August 16th. And whenever you see the Chicken Charlie booth, and there are many of them, stop by. You will never be disappointed with what you get there. Chicken Charlie, thank you for bringing us the new fair foods this year. Thank you so much for having me. Jake came in here and stole a pineapple full of chicken already, huh? We got a spare pineapple of chicken. Jake, are you eating it already?

It's done. You finished it already? Yeah. Chicken Charlie, not to wow you, because I know you've just been wowed by our creation, but earlier this week we posted on our Instagram a recipe that Jake makes when times are tough. You want to tell Chicken Charlie about what you created, Jake? Grilled mustard sandwich, man. Wow.

When he doesn't have meat money, he makes mustard just on bread. I love it. I love it. I mean, a deep-fried grilled cheese I'm sure you would do, right? Yeah. A deep-fried mustard sandwich I bet would taste all right. Yeah, you cannot go wrong with anything available at Chicken Charlie's. I honestly think everything is better deep fried.

Well, I can, yeah. I mean, that's why your name is Chicken Charlie. It's not Tofu Charlie. We've got to take a break. We'll get back with your news, and then we'll give you more tickets after this. Chicken Charlie, always good to see you, man. Thanks for stopping by. Thank you so much for having me.

The great Chicken Charlie on KROQ. KROQ, we are Klein Alley Show. Let's find out what's happening in the world. I look at the ADD news, so load up on your Ritalin or Adderall or Focalin or whatever you're taking these days, And then we will get into a brand new hour of the show on this BFDars day. Grab your Adderall. It's time for ADD News. People can lie about all kinds of things on their dating profile these days, and they do.

Sometimes they lie about their whole existence, and they call that catfishing. There was a whole show about it. But there is a new thing that people are lying about more consistently, because everyone knows if you have a pet, it increases your chances of getting a date. So why, if you don't want the responsibility of having a pet, just pretend you have a pet? Let's all say hello to pet fishing. Pet fishing. This is a trend where people use photos of other people's pets to get dates.

Sometimes it's using a photo with a friend's pet or telling people you like cats when you don't actually own a pet yourself. Experts say pet fishing can fuel an illusion of compatibility and closeness. And while it may seem innocent, it can be a red flag for dating. I guess that guy in the background didn't feel the need to stop talking during her news report. But still, a lot of people do lie about, like, didn't you lie about having a pet? Or you lied about liking cats? It was a lie about someone was dating the girl very, or not dating, on a date with a girl very hot. And she was talking about how much she loved cats.

And I despise cats. So I just kind of said, I also love and have had cats before. And I did have a cat when I was, you know, one day old. my parents had a cat and then the thing scratched my eyeball out and I had to get rid of it. Oh, wow.

Pumpkin the cat. I guess the cat knew right away that you were bad news. Right away. It started from day one and I think that that probably stuck with me

and now I'm allergic as well so it's a combination of things. You are? Wow. Yeah, yeah. Badly allergic to cats. I'm also highly allergic to cats. Oh, God.

Well, I'm telling you right now when I first started working with Allie. Oh, man. Even if you step in my house, you are completely a mess. She was covered. Callie was covered in cat hair.

And you could see it, but I got around her, and I got this visceral reaction. Yeah, you are very allergic. What did I do? What happens? Do you get itchier? Itchy and sneezy. It's every allergy symptom. And all the stuff.

And these giant pothole-sized nostrils. I sneeze. It's like a tsunami. Yet another reason we are incompatible romantically. So many reasons why I could never be sexually compatible. But imagine that if you are taking a picture with somebody else's dog, and you're like, oh, I might as well have this be on my dating profile because people would

be like, oh, what a cute dog. Oh, what a cute girl. And then you move on, right? You don't even have to say that's your pet. It's working for Jake. I mean, now Jake actually does very much love his dog, Kibby, but let's be honest. That's probably why. If it wasn't for all the pictures of Kibby and all... He does not love that dog. You don't think he loves it? Oh, no, dude.

Taking that dog to the Laugh Factory in a smoky environment. I mean, that dog is dead in a year, I think. Laugh Factory? They're still smoking in a pile there. Oh, man. Yeah, but apparently you said secondhand Cindy kissed your dog and your dog still smells like smoke. Oh, that did happen outside, yeah. Yeah, but I mean, let's be honest. We have seen you bring your dog to very loud concerts and you put that little bandana over its ears and you think that that's...

That's not doing anything. She's got earmuffs. And we had the expert that came on and said that's doing nothing. Your dog is probably terrified. If your dog... Your dog is definitely deaf in a year. Oh, yeah. It's going to be one of those dogs.

And I think she'll be happy about it. So she doesn't have to hear... She can still hear the treat bag when I get it. Yeah. And also, dogs need to walk, Jake. They don't need to be in a backpack all day. Oh, when we're out of a place, she's in a backpack, but she walks. She doesn't like it.

I think she's brainwashed herself into saying, I don't like this. Isn't that sound great, though, just getting carried everywhere? You want to do the same thing. Yeah, but we're talking about longevity and health and all that crap, right? And if the idea is that I want this dog to live as long as possible, live a healthy life, it's got to move a little bit. She walks around the yard, she does her business, and she wants back in my lap. It's going to get backpack sores. Oh, God.

Jared Leto is not having a great week. A lot more accusations are being thrown around about his sexual misconduct-y ways. This is now the number is 10 women that are accusing him of misconduct. And this is mostly people who said, I was 16 when I met him. I was 17 when I met him, and things were inappropriate. One woman saying that she was assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another woman said that she had sex with him when she was 17. Another person is throwing around the word groomed, that she was groomed by him.

sent explicit content while they were underage and then asking her to sign NDAs when things went weird. Witnesses said that they have seen him inviting teenage girls to his dressing room while he was on tour or recording studio when he was making music. But he is very outspokenly against all of these accusations. He was a few years ago when some accusations were made and for these ones too.

He says, I've never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false. And he even posted a little shopping with Jared at the grocery store video series this morning. So it seems like he's just kind of moving on and living his life. Well, he's in the freezer section. Let me see what he was up to. Was he at Ralph's or? You know, I can't really tell what grocery store he's at.

Let me see. I think he had a moment where he said. Grocery shopping with Jared. With all these accusations, is now the time to be posting my shopping with Jared videos? Yeah, he's like, this makes me wholesome. He says he loves yogurt. Shannon and I the healthy pasta

like the wheat pasta we'd just be miserable chewing that can't use that word very wholesome anyway you're still a fan a vanity lace

shopping with Jared Leto he's one of those guys where you know I mean we've met him several times he's like in person so over the top

nice then when you hear accusations you go you think to yourself hmm I would like to believe those to not be true. And you can also imagine, I'm not saying one way or the other what's going on, I don't know,

but he's also a very attractive man, and I'm sure over the years there have been a lot of people that have wanted to have sexual relations with Jared Leto. Now, they shouldn't be underage, but I'm sure the guy has had many, many women throughout his career. Yeah, this is the, because this thing came up a few years ago, then it went away for a little bit, right? Yeah, and now this is a new product. New crop. You called this, Jake? He did.

American Horror Predictions. Yeah. Really? Because then he would get canceled. Huh. All right, the people that live near Universal Studios are annoyed by the constant screaming from the new Fast and Furious outdoor roller coaster. It seems like a great time, then, to announce the new lineup for Halloween Horror Nights.

The neighbors can look forward to more screaming. And this year, Universal Studios is doing a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a haunted experience called Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness at this year's Horror Nights and its stable start. They say in Birmingham, England, where he was born, it'll go through his experience and adventures through dungeons and ancient ruins before boarding the crazy train at the end. And they think everyone's going to be super into it. And even the Osborne family said this is an incredible tribute and any opportunity for people to experience him in this music in a new way is greeted with a warm welcome. We're keeping track. Yes, we are still in the month of July.

And yes, we are talking about Halloween. Yeah, but it's not even this is opening on the 28th of August, less than a month away. They don't waste any time. No, they don't. I can't wait, man. I'm done with this summer of BF. I am ready for Halloween. Bring it on.

I'm excited for the Aussie thing. That sounds cool, because every year they usually do one or two. I'll be there. Oh, Jesus. That should be the thing. That's the scare zone. You just get walking to a room, and she's Allie doing her terrible impression of the Aussie. Hello, welcome.

They're going to have her do that karaoke song again, where she knows the lyrics. That's scary. People will be freaking the F out. Get into a brand new hour of the show next, perhaps the greatest hour of your life. Good morning, Klein Alley Show on KROQ.