The Real ‘Hello Kitty,’ Panda Express’ ‘Hot Ones’ Collab & Michael Keaton’s Real Name

you're listening to later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI am640 Hello Kitty celebrating her 50th Anniversary Hello Kitty's creators have said Hello Kitty is not a cat but in the Hello Kitty song they said they're kitties I only know of one type of kitty well that's not exactly true and this type of kitty you fil like thank you very much proceed with [Music] caution okay in the song they said they're kitties they didn't say that they were humans they said they were kitties according to Jill cook the director of retail business development at San Rio that's the Japanese company that created Hello Kitty said quote she's actually a little girl born and raised in the suburbs of London now let's all look at a picture of Hello Kitty M has ears like a cat yeah it has whiskers like a cat now I know there are people out there who suffer from hirsutism and they have mustaches when they shouldn't have mustaches okay it's it's a terrible thing it's a hor what about FES well well those are people that's different that's a different thing maybe we were wrong to mock George W bush for his remarks about human animal hybrids maybe this is one of those maybe maybe but according to Jill there's more she says quote she has a mom and dad and a twin sister now I did not know this Kitty has a twin sister named MIM large litter was it who was also her best friend wait wait what I guess yeah your could be your best for sure let's go with it but they admit Hello Kitty has whiskers despite being a human child now let me really twist your head in knots Hello Kitty who is a human with whiskers also has her own cat that's weird it's really weird the human looks like a cat but is not a cat but has a cat is it weirder than goofy having Pluto as a dog even though Goofy's not a dog and they say that but I don't know what the hell goofy is some island of Dr Moro stuff right there wait are you saying goofy is not a dog what are we talking about here goofy is not a dog is he yeah no that came out I think you actually did the story yeah Goofy's not a dog goofy came [Music] out goofy the Disney character The Voice guy the who voiced him no no no no we're talking about the the cartoon the cartoon character is not a dog I don't know what the hell he has the ears and the face he looks like Pluto but he stands up right Pluto is a dog owned by goofy but Goofy has the features reminiscent of a dog did you ever know that goofy was dating the cow I can't remember what the cow's name is there's a cow in Disney there there's a cow character in Disney and there was an episode of of one of these Disney cartoons I was watching one day and Disney and Donald I mean uh Goofy and Donald and and they're all sitting around and they're eating meat at the table and I swear I said why is the cow invited to this dinner okay I'm sorry Hello Kitty is what now all right clarabel clarabel yes clarabel the C Donald is a duck is a duck okay Daffy is a duck yes okay I know not all these are Disney I'm just trying to be clear who's what I got you okay Pluto is a dog is a dog okay okay we're good Hello Kitty is a human with a twin sister who's a best friend yes Hello Kitty also has a boyfriend named Daniel so we know he Hello Kitty is hetero and has hundreds of friends who have no names I guess no they if you ever go by the sound real store they have all these names and all these little things there's a penguin that I guess is not a penguin I guess that's also a human uh there there's another character another little anamorphic thing I guess I guess now they're all kids and they just are represent represented by animals look hey Mark you have hundreds of friends right or at one time in your life probably not now you're not that likable yeah I'm whittling them down okay did you ever have a friend with whiskers like a cat well I mean you know when you're what 13 14 and guys are just starting to get that stuff coming in surely that must be what you mean I'm talking like feline whiskers and using the litter box as well well they say it's not a cat so how do these friends bathe each other Mo I I don't know all I know is with their tongues say it you're the cat owner you tell me Well the former cat own well but I'm saying you have more experience with this than I do this whole thing sounds Shady to me I it's kind of creepy actually according to Jill cook who again the director of retail business development at San Rio says Hello Kitty's core message is friendship kindness and inclusivity and part of what has helped her transcend borders languages cultures is that that's understandable to everyone do some of these people greet each other by sniffing the old backside Hello Kitty was created in 1974 and first appeared on a children's coin purse in Japan a coin purse look I remember when Hello Kitty came on the scene did you just say that Hello Kitty was on a coin purse you filthy animal you filthy filthy animal I'm just reading the bio okay okay since 1974 Hello Kitty has become one of the most recognizable characters in pop culture with toys TV cartoon shows a theme park and clothing all contributing to its success I remember that time in the mid 1970s Hello Kitty was a huge thing in my elementary oh and wait the whole the whole reason we brought this up is because there is actually a brand new Hello Kitty store that is opened up at Universal uh that is the first in Southern California and from my understanding it was pure pandemonium when this Hello Kitty cafe opened up like pure pandemonia yeah last Friday did Universal Studios Hollywood has sold San Rio branded items at the animation studio on the themes Park upper level for years but they never had a dedicated store so now they have it it's a it's a cafe it's a restaurant because the K the little kitty girl I guess she drinks and eats human food yeah check out this menu the Hello Kitty moose Dome a red chocolate Dome shaped cake with cinnamon moose apple pie filling and cinnamon Str strel strel strel seasonal Mouse domes seasonal Dome cakes inspired by Hello Kitty friends crafted uniquely based on their personalities and composed of chocolate mousse and a delicious combination of fruit fillings and sponge no no go back to that Hello Kitties friends people but these things are are penguins and all types of other animals but they're just her friends see they don't identify as animals Mo oh what are their pronouns ktie are these friends who like I'm waiting no I I I want I want my come on what really yes okay we can wait all night I thought it was funny I thought it was funny identify never mind the San Rio smile shop they call it will be home to All Things Hello Kitty and friends the shop will have backpacks with Hello Kitty iconic bow spirit jerseys embellished hats specialty cups and mugs collectible pin t-shirts plush toys keychains jewelry phone cases lanyards and more all for this little girl with whiskers did you know that hello Kitt and Friends Cafe also has locations at the Irvine Spectrum in Orange County Las Vegas and Vancouver British Columbia Canada I did not know that look I'm finding out a lot of stuff I didn't know that Hello Kitty had a cat and was a person and had friends and a boyfriend did not know any of that I've learned more about Hello Kitty in the past five six minutes than I've known my whole life you know now that you mentioned it there must have been an old Gunsmoke episode where Miss Kitty gives Matt Dylan a tongue bath okay going to break okay Ki AM 640 we're live everywhere IH Heart Radio app you're listening to later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI am640 is there anyone out there who does not like Panda Express is there anyone really out there who does not like Panda Express it's probably some of the best fast food around if you don't like Panda Express I I've got a problem with you so go ahead and say you don't like Panda Express Marks let's get it over with no no I have a whole Panda Express system down that I'm really reluctant to share on the air I go there uh pretty often oh yeah I I should not go there as much as I do but I can never go wrong with Panda Express I know that I'm going to have a wonderful experience and meal reason I'm mentioning this is because Panda Express has launched the hot ones collabor collabor excuse me collaboration Nationwide an extra spicy Panda Express entree and previously it was available exclusively in select markets now it's gone National and they did this starting yesterday they in introduced the nation to its flaming hot take another flaming hot take on the much loved Southern Classic bourbon chicken blazing bourbon chicken and that just sounds just so good oh I got to have that it's the product of a partnership between Panda Express and the popular YouTube Interview show hot ones and the hot ones premise is simple the host leads a celebrity guest down a gauntlet of increasingly spicy chicken wings while asking questions they're unlikely to be asked by any other interviewer I don't care about the interviewer I just just want to have some of that bourbon chicken La bbon chicken the show's not bad and he's not a bad interviewer give him some props he's good okay all right but I'm more willing to give Panda props Panda's new blazing bourbon chicken is featuring crispy boneless chicken bites and walk tossed veggies in a sweet bourbon sauce mixed with the signature hot ones last dab Apollo hot sauce look I can't wait to try this quote blazing urbon chicken is Panda's spiciest dish on the menu and made with a crispy chicken coating to create an addictive comforting flavor in every bite now that sounds like they're saying it's better than orange flavored chicken and that's going to be hard to beat yeah I've seen you order the orange chicken and I never get that cuz too much breading too much and they have to deep fry that right look look deep fry I don't air fry I don't care how they cook it I just know it tastes good my usual order and I have my OCD have a standard order I usually get brown rice and then I'll get a double order of kungpow chicken and then I get a third side of orange flavored chicken cuz I can't eat a lot of it but I need to have a taste of it Well we'd hate to have you waste away look a lot of calories but there's a lot of taste in there as well it is some good eats and then I may throw in one of those uh vegetable egg rolls on top of it well you wouldn't want to deprive yourself of course look because if I eat that I usually go straight to sleep so I have to really be choosy on when I eat that because I you notice or you may not notice it's rare that I'll get it before work or if I get it it has to be like at 2 3 o' because I'm ready to go straight to sleep right after that what you mean is food coma oh absolutely yeah okay no no no no no and Panda Express is great for that no you shouldn't eat late at night but if I want to sleep good really good sleep I'll get some Panda Express to like maybe a 9:45 I think they close at 10:00 right before they close if I can like on a Saturday or something and then have that and go straight to sleep I know your best life you're not supposed to do that you you're not supposed to sleep and digest food at the same time I get it look Mommy I know that but it's great I just did that last Saturday oh and didn't you sleep like a brick I was it was in the middle well I didn't it wasn't like bed bedtime but I was like I I don't know maybe six but you're not kidding I knocked out for like at least two hours I woke up this is important do do the two of you like to wear moomo around the house too who's the two what two are you talking about are you and uh Foos no I walk around butt ass naked why of course you do it's the who's going to judge me other than my dogs true my wife and I we have separate schedules okay so when I get up in the morning she's already gone so up until maybe 3 four o'clock when I decide to get on the road to go to the office it's just me and the dogs they're probably looking at me like put on some clothes and I said you put on some clothes they're sensitive creatures Mo you should if they can walk walk around with no clothes I can walk around with no clothes well fair is fair when you start to grow some fur fur what difference does it make they're dangling I'm dangling ah oh look at the time you brought it up you mentioned mumo yeah I'm about to bring it up weird KFI am640 we're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio App and we have some Michael Keaton news when we come back with Kelly on [Music] K4 live everywhere on the iHeart Radio App everybody I think yeah everybody loves actor Michael Keaton he's just one of those likable lovable actors who's great in just about everything that he does in fact he's starring in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and tomorrow as a preview uh our own Mark ronner will be giving His official review for the ronner report tomorrow on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is that correct Mark that is correct so part of the reason why we're talking about this now is when stars of motion pictures um they come out and they do press you may learn something new about him or her in these interviews and this is one of the times in which we learned something new about Michael Keaton I didn't know this but this is also something that Michael Keaton wanted to talk about well he doesn't want us to call him Michael Keaton anymore he wants to be known by a combination of his real name and stage name his real name is Michael Douglas in fact it's Michael John Douglas and you think is that like the same as the other Michael Douglas no that is Michael Kirk Douglas but and I didn't even know this as a member of sag after you can't use the same name professional name as someone else and since Michael Kirk Douglas took Michael Douglas before Michael Keaton Douglas could get Michael Douglas Michael Kirk Douglas has had Michael Douglas for the past I don't know 60 years or so so Michael keep would now like to be known as Michael Keaton Douglas which is a combination of his stage name Michael Keaton and his birth name Michael John Douglas I don't know why he would want to change it at this point but I guess you get to a certain point in your career you can do whatever you want but I'm thinking what does he gain from that that's that's what I would want to ask him you you've been known forever as Michael Keaton and it's not like you're going to it's not like people are going to remember you in a film sense as Michael Keaton Douglas regard like for example if I told you that Samuel L Jackson was originally known as Sam Jackson as far as movie credits you would say yeah okay but I'll always call him Samuel L Jackson right and Lawrence Fishburn he used to be known as Larry Fishburn variations of the name but he's he'll forever be known in film as Lawrence Fishburn because after so many movies or so that's how people are just going to associate and remember you now I wouldn't dare try to step on the toes of Mark ronner who knows film more than me but I'm inclin to believe that how you know someone as they come to prominence and how they win their Awards is how you always refer to him or her or them yeah and he's told the story about having to change his name lots of times and we all remember what Vanessa Williams as well yeah there's Vanessa Williams who the former Miss America and there is Vanessa L Williams who is an actress a different actress and there was a problem um with them getting confused over the years Vanessa L Williams having a similar problem as Michael Keaton Douglas where she couldn't just be known as Vanessa Williams Because Vanessa Williams in a sag after sense had already been taken yeah so she's what B Vanessa B Williams no she's Vanessa L I thought the one was a b uh okay never mind then but but to the point it's very confusing yeah I'll say the the second Vanessa Williams who who was just an actress not the former Miss America she's known as Vanessa L Williams okay yeah it is hard to keep track but you can't have two people with the same name running around Hollywood otherwise that might confuse people right so you cannot have Mo Kelly Mark you cannot have it I know you've asked about it off air no you you've spoiled my plans I'm sorry it is weird that you know you bring up him wanting to change his name uh later in life I can understand that nagging at a person because my family name is different than my name and if I hadn't been you know published widely since I was in my 20s I would have changed it a long time ago my family name is hebburn which is a much much cooler name than ronner is there there a mark heurn in Sag after to the best of your knowledge I've never looked it would be something I would want to know there's another couple Mark roners roaming around and uh spell spelled the same uh yeah spelled the same and uh they they don't seem like people I'd hang out with yeah I don't have to worry about what you got Stephanie so it looks like there's a Kirk heurn uh oh there is a mark heurn and he's a composer interesting okay well I'll just die like this it's fine but he spells it different I don't know if that makes a difference how does how's is it spelled his his with the c oh does spelling matter that would be a good question as well so maybe you could take your middle name or just make up a letter and just yeah there's no point nothing matters I I'll just I'll die with this name that I've always hated I've always hated it oh look look I hated Morris growing up we've had this conversation and TWA is going to run in talking about hey I don't want to hear about name issues because I was named toala all I'm saying is more is not a name that you could pass off as cool okay I'm a black man with a Jewish first name an English middle name and Irish last name and I speak Spanish I'm all messed up in the head nowhere to go well we have that in common then what the the Jewish first name where you going with this not being crazy about our about our names and here's this is even worse for a while uh my mom was married to a man whose last name was Casper so there were a couple of hell years when I was young where I was Mark Casper and I hated every minute of it yeah it's weird I have this discussion with my family I remember when I was young I said just call me Steve because I couldn't stand Morris true story and then my father sat me down and told me the story of how Morris came to be uh my father's father his name his birth name was RV o Kelly r period v period recreational vehicle o Kelly correct okay when he went to school uh kindergarten the teacher said you cannot have initials as a name you have to have an actual name so the 5-year-old child decided on his own to name himself Morris to satisfy the teacher that's where the name comes from and then when he got older and had um a son he named him Morris who was my father different middle name not a junior of the second and when I came around they name me moris much to my shagrin not a not a junior not a third or anything like that so we all had different middle names so I'm even though my father was named Morris Paul o Kelly I'm Morris William O Kelly you got to really think hard about the name you saddle your kids with for life one of my oldest friends uh named his daughter Stevie after Stevie Nicks but spelled it s p he e and I tried to explain to him you realize she's going to have to spell that for everybody she meets her entire life right Parents try to get too cute with names yeah they try to get too inventive like too cutesy too cute by half and and then they really don't think about the the teasing the mockery the things that the child will have to go through forever I remember Frank Zappa when he named his son dzel it's like what's wrong with you dudel and Moon Moon Unit Zapp that's that's not funny that's not cool and of course you talk about Elon Musk and the unpronouncable names that he gives children oh like the digits that that kid got well I mean just to add that to the list of his numerous offenses Against Humanity oh but but at least the kid will be well off and he can just tell everyone to go to hell that's true cuz he has Elon Musk money he'll never have to look at a A or he'll never have to make a resume but but then again knowing Elon he may just cut him out of his will because he's that petty he does seem like our current world super villain doesn't he oh he does he he he is who do you think he's more like I wouldn't say he's Goldfinger but he's close Goldfinger was smarter I can't disagree with that you're listening to later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI am640 got to remind you coming up on October 5th I'm going to be hosting mcing the blue door bash Gayla for the Boys and Girls Club of Carson which is part of the Boys and Girls Club of America which provides outcome based after school during school and summer programming to youth ages 6 through 18 years old and boys of Girls Clubs of Carson have just announced the specific surrounding this year's Blue Door bash Gaya is going to be at Sofi Stadium on Saturday October 5th at 6 pm. as I said I am so humbled and honored to once again serve as its MC this year's theme is Mission possible and the blue door bash Gayla will feature a silent auction and a complete evening of celebration of community leaders and young people alike so come on out and be part of the festivities you can get all the information at bgcc carson.org again that's bgcc carson.org and I'll see you Saturday night October 5th at soofi Stadium hey Mark what are you watching right now are you watching anything new special different I think I mentioned a short time ago on the show that season 4 of slow horses has just uh started so there's two episodes available right now and it's the first thing I'm going to do when I get home have you seen the show I watched like the first three or four episodes and I couldn't get into it but you keep reminding me I need to go back and give it a second try what didn't click with you it just didn't move it was too damn slow literally it was too slow for me well it okay maybe this is your key into it because it's kind of like remember the old MI5 spy show from the UK yeah it's kind of like that combined with some je John lar plus a protagonist who is the funniest most brilliant character of all time Gary oldman's uh Jackson lamb but that he was my entry into it that's why I want to see it because there's really nothing I don't like of Gary Olman it's just he just wasn't moving fast enough they give him the best lines and he delivers them better than anybody possibly could and that's just part of what makes the show good it's it's a really it's a quality spy show that makes you laugh out loud okay I'll try again Stephan is there anything new and exciting that you're watching right about now so I just finished uh or yeah I just finished uh the first season of Fargo highly recommend it's really really good um uh as a as a preface it is a little bit slower but it has this um kind of tension that is just building the entire time and True Detective as well really really good and they're both Anthology so you don't have to watch it in order you can pick a season you want right now I'm watching Reasonable Doubt season 2 on Hulu uh part of the reason is we've uh we had the the star of the show come on with us during season 1 and it's a really good legal show if you want to think of something comparable to it um like the carrye Washington show what was it SC Scandal Scandal yeah similar to that you you you have a lawyer who's trying to get friends people out of these spots it's it's a it's a legal show but it's not a procedural it's it's it's more Scandal than it is um like Law and Order so Reasonable Doubt I'm watching that right now what about you twer I'm trying to watch the new Netflix uh animated Terminator series I think it's Terminator zero oh it's out yeah it's out it's out all episodes it is uh it is bad storytelling wrapped around insanely cool animation and it is graphic like you wouldn't believe it is a real Downer it is not exciting it is just it gives you a very Bleak you know blanket all look at the future man is it like adult like heavy metal or is it it's it's it's adult like it's adult anime it's there in the opening scene there's a Terminator who's walking a you know around a bunch of bodies of people that he's killed and he literally just you see the robotic foot step on a head and just pop and just Splat all over place they did a scene similar to that in one of the original Terminator movies where you see a Terminator stepping on a skull oh no no no this isn't a skull this is a this is a body this is a person these are people who are and he's just walking and it is it's one of those things where you say okay this is graphic and this is over the top and it's very much like I I I had to watch something happy after I turn I was like I need to turn where's the Disney Channel I never knew you were this sensitive I uh no no no serious it just it was not a fun watch it's just like dude I get it this is ble like zombie shows what do you mean by fun I look I wanted it to be exciting and thrilling like the original Terminator film for me this was like oh you're literally just saying everyone just know that Ai and Rob OTS are going to kill us all and this is how it's going to look have a good night okay I guess I won't be watching that one well while you guys were out of town on your fancy cruise I did A Brief Review of it last Friday and I thought it was the best Terminator thing since the first two oops but that's only because everything since the first two has sucked there's that there's that yeah I don't know um what was the Terminator not Terminator genes Genesis but the one the more recent one which brought back Linda Hamilton I didn't think dark fate dark fate yeah I didn't think that was that bad it was not great but I liked seeing uh Linda Hamilton again same I was happy that she was back but they didn't really do her any favors I hope they paid her to boatload of money and she looked like she has lived through the apocalypse D sorry Linda I admire actors and actresses on you I admire when they when they don't get a whole bunch of work done and just age naturally I didn't have any problem with that at all she had no work done none I was wondering if it was CGI for a moment no she was still Sarah Conor she's supposed to be you know War uh torn and weary and all that I believed it all she must have killed 35 Terminators she's gone through hell what you want her to be sexy no I just wanted her to be Undead yeah it's a rough life if you're Sarah Connor you uh very rough they they did not doll her up at all well that's how she would have looked on the run from Terminator I I I don't think they use any makeup they probably did she's on the run from Terminators I mean it's let me just stop talking she if she had a full mouthful of teeth then I I say that's that's enough right there man good on her yeah look all I know is she could have starred in Texas Chainsaw Massacre am smelling some pork I mean oink man Dam oink Dam no let's be clear here what exactly are you trying to say no I will not be clear you will just have to figure it out from there I don't think I like this that's one person who probably will never be coming on this show because of [Music] [Applause] tonight okayi am640 we're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio App more stimulating talk no login require fired KFI and K HD2 Los Angeles Orange County live everywhere on the radio