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James Quall on Tim and Eric, stand-up comedy, and impressions

1h 42m 21s
💾 1.5 GB
📅 2011-08-18
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Duration: 1h 42m 21s
Size: 1.5 GB
Aired: 2011-08-18
Hosts: Ryan, Jimmy, Dan, Vince, Tony, Patrick
Guests: James Quall, Susan Yerkew
James Quall and his wife Susan are interviewed on The MorMusic Radio Pod. They discuss James's work on Tim and Eric, his stand-up comedy and impressions, their relationship, and financial struggles. The show includes crank calls, music clips, and live interaction with callers.

🎵 Playlist

2:00 That's Enough Internet for Today Part 2 — KeyFur 🎧
10:00 Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo — Fela Kuti 🎧
29:00 Love for Sale — Talking Heads 🎧

📄 Transcript [show]

you no hey fuck you your mother fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you hey fuck you hey you know what you don't got nothing better to do fuck you no no no not fuck me you know you don't have nothing better if you had enough balls you should come over here and tell me in my face fuck you you little pussy fuck you you know how come you don't come over here fuck you you little pussy come over here come over here look if i find out who you are i already changed your car you fucker are you king alright are you king i changed your car and if i find you dick you're gone so why don't you just go and do something good hey fuck you i'll phone your mom or i'll bring her over and i'll work on her then you'll be happy fuck you no hey fuck you you know what you know what keep back dude you know what huh be a fucking man okay come and tell me in my face alright hey stick inside of your fucking bullshit or by the phone is that what you want you're a little pussy who all you can do is talk by the phone dude i have enough balls to come over here and know who you're talking shit to fucker don't use a fucking phone you know what you are you're a little ranker and a pussy dude is that it you shouldn't do that you shouldn't do that shit dude what kind of shit is that that all you do is call and fuck you and fuck you dude have enough balls to come and talk shit to people's face fucker hey fuck you we'll do it live okay broadcasting from downtown los angeles we'll do it live fuck it it's the more music radio pod do it live i'll write it and we'll do it live on skid row dot la fucking thing sucks yeah five four three you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you ha Hello, Ryan. Hello, everybody. Yes. Oh, yeah. Awesome. Sorry we're late, but it wouldn't be the More Music Radio Pod if we were on time. But, you know, you just pretty much, you know, sit by and listen, you know, maybe 10 o'clock. We'll be on like 10.15, 10.20. All right. Anyway, before we get started talking to James Qual, why don't we play some stuff, man? Oh, just before the intro, you heard one of our crank calls, and I was telling Susan and James that these are our crank calls that we used to do when we were kids, and we didn't know any better. Oh. And that's when, like, foul language was like a big deal for us. Oh, yeah. And it was like, wow, we're being, like, rebellious and stuff, you know? Yeah. And that call, I think, was done back in 1992, almost 20 years ago. Yeah. Wow. Well, I used to be in the state of Wisconsin, so I remember those words very well. Wow. Awesome. All right. So, anyway, we're going to play a couple songs, and we'll be back with James Qual. Listen to this. Hello? Hey, Mr. Ernesto, bitch. Talk to your big face. Fuck you. The More Music Radio Pod. Broadcasting internationally from downtown Los Angeles on skid row. The More Music Radio Pod. Broadcasting internationally from downtown Los Angeles on skid row. The More Music Radio Pod. Broadcasting internationally from downtown Los Angeles on skid row. The More Music Radio Pod. Broadcasting internationally from downtown Los Angeles on skid row. The More Music Radio Pod. Broadcasting internationally from downtown Los Angeles on skid row. The More Music Radio Pod. Feed the spirits My body The carcass The ultimate form of recycling They don't care how it smells Or the color of my skin My body The carcass My body The gourmet carcass Here before us And after we leave The insects shall rule the world The carcass The ultimate form of recycling The S-N-O-W, but we're not here right now. We're in California. You are married to a superstar, in my opinion. James Quall. Oh, yes. James, when you're talking, speak right into the mic. Oh, sorry. Yes. Okay. Now we're picking you up. All right. Okay. Yes. Everybody knows you from Tim and Eric. Awesome show. Great job. Oh, yes. That's right. Yeah. And tell everybody that maybe doesn't know about that show, tell everybody what you do. I mean, you do stand-up comedy. You're like an actor. You're a performer. Yes. Yes, I've actually been hired as a writer-performer. The things I do have a somewhat different style than the things Mr. Heidecker and Wareheim do. So they've always encouraged me to write as much of my own material as possible. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.! the spaces, fill in spaces. Right. And, of course, a lot of what we all do ends up on the cutting room floor eventually so it can be tailored to the running time. Are you going to be in their new movie? Yes, I did do a couple of scenes for that one, yes. What role did you play in that movie? Okay, I danced around in one scene. Oh, no, no, not in the movie. Yeah, I danced around in one scene right here in Hollywood, and then I told a few jokes in a scene in Palm Springs. The set was, there was a restaurant set in Palm Springs, and then I told a few jokes to that. What was your favorite thing that you did on Tim and Eric? Awesome show, great job. Oh, well, I thought the most imaginative one was the one entitled Back to Squall. I like that one. That's a good one. I'll give you some inside information as to how they got that effect. They actually came up with a very involved story, and then when everything was edited, of course, it was all reduced for the running time, but because it has such an involved story, all the scenes look as though they came from more of a story, and that's how they got that effect. They just kind of threw it together. Well, another thing that, of course, made this one a little bit different is they had a lot of location shooting at Woodland Hills, and then there were a couple of scenes that were done on the set in Hollywood besides. So it's got a little bit more visual variety, and you remember that one, Back to Squall? Yeah, I remember that. I liked him in Eric Awesome Show, great job. All right, okay. That's a good show. All right, yeah. You know, we had your friend David Liebehart in here. You did have him here. Yeah, like last month he was here. Did he tell you about it? What did he say? Oh, he didn't inform me about this one. Why? Oh, well, we're always... Does he forget? He forgets? Well, we have a lot of things that we talk about. You guys live in the same building, huh? Yes, we do, yes. Yeah? Mm-hmm. And what do you... Do you guys hang out? What do you guys do on the side here? Oh, we're always very busy working wherever we can work. Like, for instance, tonight, he went off to the music center to earn some money, and that's what he said he was going to do. Right. And so that's why... He might actually be here if he wasn't doing that. Yes. I talked to him the other day, and I told him that we'd probably give him a call while we're on the air while you're here, and then we can all have him... We can all talk to him. I don't have his number right away, but... I got it. He gave me... Yeah, I got his number. It's all good. Can I speak on something? Okay, you want to speak on something? This is the wife of James Quall, Susan, and she's going to speak on something. Everybody listen up. All right, okay. I may speak now? Now you may speak. Yes, all right, darling. Hello. Oh, we get a picture taken, too. Okay. Now, quite frankly, I'm a doctor of veterinary medicine, and... Right. Yes. We live in Beverly and Vermont. Right, okay. Okay, now, I am on the air right now. You are on the air right now. People are listening to you. To me? To you. Yes, all right. All right. Okay. Why don't you tell us how you met James? How did you guys fall in love? Oh. All right, let's get into the love talk. You might not want to... Well, we... You can say that, in general, we kept seeing each other in town. This place and that place. Is this recording right now, or am I on the air? You are both. There's currently 43,000 listeners, so... Boom, right. There we are. 43,000 people. Okay, all right. I really don't have that good of a voice. Oh, you do. Quite frankly, I'm here... Right. So what did you want to say, Susan? I wanted to say, hey, I'd like to continue in veterinary medicine. What's your favorite animal? Oh. Bengal tiger. Oh. Bengal tiger. Good choice. I'm sorry, I own one on the East Coast. Yes, yes. You owned a Bengal tiger? Yes, I owned... Yes, I'm a doctor. Okay. Am I still on the air? Yeah. All right. We're not unplugging the thing? Is this being recorded? Yeah, it's recording, and it's on the air. It's live. Yes. This is Dr. Susan Diane Yerkew. Y-U-R-K-E-W. Do I have to spell my last name? No, you don't. Okay. Now, in the engine, we're having our picture taken, and we're at a radio station, and quite frankly, I would like to adopt a new one. All right. A new radio station? No, not a new radio station. Oh, okay, okay. I'd like to adopt a new Bengal tiger. Now, James, I could tell. You love this woman, right? Oh, yes. You love this woman. The way you look at her, you just hear her love. Oh, yes, yes. How long have you been together? Oh, yes. I think I first met her around 2004, and I've seen her in town. Here, there, and everywhere. We've kept running into each other, and we've grown increasingly interested in each other. And you got married? Yes, we did. Last June. Yes. Oh, congratulations. Oh, anyways, congratulations. Yes, she is. Yes, she's genuine. So the fire is still hot. She's a genuine June bride, yes. You are pretty. Oh, yes. You are pretty. Yes. Beautiful. I have a little tiny blonde. Oh, yes, yes. I have like a hot bod, too. Oh, well. If you don't mind, James, I mean, I don't mean to be rude. No, I... You know. No, I... No, that's fine. You guys just take it outside. No, I have to admit that that's an example of good luck. So what do you guys like to do? What do you guys do together? Now you're living together, right? Oh, well, you know, well, we're both familiar with show business, so we both like to look at DVDs. Mm-hmm. Yes. Oh, but especially the ones like Dr. Doolittle. Oh, yes. Oh. You like Dr. Doolittle? You like Eddie Murphy? The Eddie Murphy? Yes, she likes old Eddie Murphy. He wasn't Dr. Doolittle. That's right. Do you like Eddie Murphy raw? Oh. His stand-up? Oh. You know, they do say some foul language in there. Oh, yeah. And in the break, you were saying that you're against... Oh, yeah, because it's probably rated R. Well, she's got... We've got an R-rated one. It's Coming to America. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. Oh, we like that. But he's the African prince in disguise. Mr. Hall. And James. Jones is also in that one. Yeah. Awesome. All right. We got a James Quall impression. Hey, so give us some impressions, man. What's one of your top impressions? Hey, here's my latest impressions routine. It's surfing stars. I've always wondered whether or not the great Hollywood stars might have also been Malibu surfers. Stars like Boris Karloff. Oh, yeah. I've always wondered whether or not the great Hollywood stars might have also been Malibu surfers. When I went out surfing, I saw many beautiful ladies in bikinis. Let me assure you, my friends, it was a thriller. Groucho Marx. I shot an elephant in my pajamas. Then I went out to California to shoot the girl. I like that a lot better. You bet your life. John Wayne. Oh, no. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. John Wayne. looking for a rope. Alfred Hitchcock. Oh, no. The one thing that I did not like about surfing was sinking to the bottom of the ocean. I was not particularly fond of those fellows with the harpoons either. And Clark Gable. Frankly, my dear, I don't surf over a dam. All right, man. We got some stuff from James Paul. Awesome. I know we're getting greedy because we got like 30, but I was talking to my friend earlier and he was requesting... Oh, listen to his voice. He was requesting a... Oh, I'm sorry. I'm blushing now. I think you're turning Susan on, man. Whoa, easy. Watch out, James. Can we get a Jack Nicholson impression? Would that be asking too? Let's get a Jack one. Big Jack. Let's see. Okay, well, this is... I guess this is a little bit of copyright infringement. Happens all the time. Oh, they'll talk to you and talk to you and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, they get scared. Well, it don't make them running scared. No. It makes them dangerous. I like to put the L-Y on the end. Yeah. Can I ask for one more? Of course you... Okay, Jimmy's got a request. Of course you may know from which picture that was ripped off. Tell us. There's a picture entitled Easy Rider. Oh, yeah. The one with the bikes and shit. Ah, yeah, that's right. That's right, yeah. I understand you do a Bill Cosby. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah. He did it. Bill Cosby. We like Bill Cosby. Yeah. What's wrong with Bill Cosby? I mean, quite frankly, he's... Yeah. He's fine. No one's complaining about him, Susan. Oh, yeah. No, but quite frankly, you know something? He's made so many pictures and he's... Well, that jello pudding must be good because they certainly are managing to pay me the big bucks. This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... This is... There it is. All right. All right. Yeah. So, James, tell us when you started doing your act. Okay. I'll tell you this. It's an old expression being of the television generation, but naturally, when one is a child and there were a lot of people with a lot of distinction and a lot of money voices back in the 50s and 60s that I was born in 1950 and so naturally I was looking at some of these television shows as brand new shows shows that would have a lot of distinct sounding voice a lot of those are animated cartoons you know and so naturally uh naturally any child exposed to these animated cartoons especially you know back in the 50s and 60s when they were hot and they were on a lot of them were on the air for the first time naturally one is gonna get in the habit one is gonna notice all the different voices and get a habit of imitating voices so there are ways these cartoon characters like Huckleberry Hound Huckleberry Hounds on the cartoon character and then Yogi Bear I'm I'm smarter than the average bear well I don't think that the I think that the Ranger only thinks that you're a smart Alec Yogi and on a course let's not forget about oh I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm strong to the finish cuz I eats my spinach I'm ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this is a thriller. Do Bela Lugosi. Oh, yes. Bela Lugosi. Yeah. He hated Karloff. Well, let me see. Something like. May I speak now? Well, let's see if he can pump out a Lugosi real fast. Okay. There the truck driver goes, taking his tea breaks again, as though he was still in merry old England. Those are cool. So when was the first time that you took the stage? Tell us about that. Where did you start your act? Did you do it in a club? Oh, well, let me see. Oh. Yeah, I think maybe the. Yeah, the problem. I guess the first time I attempted that was back in 1973. And it was in front of a disinterested audience that generally, they generally like the country music bands there at this place, out in Appleton, Wisconsin. And I forgot most of my material. How old were you then? 23. Wow. And then later I auditioned for stage plays. But instead of getting to be cast in any of the stage plays, I ended up working for the Stokely USA canning plant. But of course, the Stokely USA canning plant was a paying job. And the appearing in the stage plays would have been just for free. So I didn't necessarily have any choice anyway. Hmm. Are you enjoying your hot coffee? I understand you like hot drinks. Yes. All right. Yes. Um, I have to make sure that we're going to get home. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. I need my sleep. Right. Right. Well, we're going to get you to go to sleep. And then after you sleep and then the morning you wake up. Okay. Well, all right. I'll imitate. I'll imitate the voice of the lady who did those commercials for that brand of coffee. She said that was Miss Virginia Christine. And she'd say she was a character named Mrs. Olsen. The commercial. She says, Funchess. Funchess. Funchess. That's the richest kind. There we go. Very good. All right. Thank you. Thank you. There. You know what? Why don't we take a quick break and play a couple songs. And then when we get back, I want to talk to you about. We're going to be refreshed. More like your upbringing and where you came from Wisconsin. Okay. And we're going to talk about all that. Is this going to be Ninja Academy? No. Actually, thanks for reminding me. We did hear before this interview started, we heard Ninja Academy with Maniac. All right. And we heard Carnage Asada with My Body the Carcass. Okay. Spooky. So this is going to be this call. What is this? Call something. Oh, Cootie. Fella Cootie is the next one. Oh, that was actually, we heard that in the background. That was a Roland song. Can you tell us the name of that song? So the next one is going to be Talking Heads. Yeah. Talking Heads. Yeah. Talking Heads. Yeah. I remember when some of the Talking Heads videos were originally on stations like MTV, USA, NBC. I remember back then. In those days. Right. That was back in the 1980s. I remember that. Well, the next song that you're going to hear is actually from a movie called True Stories. Oh, it is. And I really like this song. Oh, who starred in that one? That was John Goodman. John Goodman. Oh. He's good. And David Byrne, the singer of Talking Heads. Oh, that's right. David Byrne was the singer with the Talking Heads. Right. Okay. So we're going to actually take a break and we're going to listen to him right now on the More Music Radio Pod. Okay. Very well. We'll be back with James Qual. Okay. Very well. Yeah. The More Music Radio Pod. The More Music Radio Pod. The More Music Radio Pod. Hot Skid Row Drop. LA. Boom. One, two, three. . . . . . . . . . . . . . And you're rolling in the blender with me And I can love you like a dollar, baby And I've got to say, come on and try I've got a love for sale Got a love for sale And I've got to love you like a dollar, baby And I've got to say, come on and try I've got a love for sale Got a love for sale guitar solo Huh, huh Inconceivable You're putting your lipstick all over my face out of jeans I'll be a video for you If you turn my dial You can cash my check And put that to the bank Down at the bank You get two for one For a limited time A limited time Good stuff Huh? The toast box, huh? Uh, uh, uh, uh Love and money Getting on me, huh? Whoa, now let me hear Come on and try I've got a love for sale Got a love for sale And I've got to love you like a dollar, baby mal guitar solo solo solo yes, David Lieberhard I'd like to know if you'd like to think about going to the Moon Festival with me and the Grinians and anyway we'd be gone for two weeks and they can travel at the speed of sound, so we'd be in Star Corn Door in two days in the concert and then be back. I want you to give it some thought. I'd like you to make me a copy of my email that Mitchell Quay sent me. Thank you. Bye. There's a cranny hand Who knows my name And she looks just like Betty Page I met her at the tar pits While I was selling my portraits She told me that she was in love with me On Star Corn Door I'd like you to make me a copy of my email They do things differently They communicate telepathically And the Corinthians Are all vegetarians They don't eat salt or meat I'm waiting for the craft to come and take me away To the seven moon festival Beyond an LKY This Karenian girl Is named Jessadale I'm so happy she's in my life She comes to me telepathically She's an elder master And can't be my wife Corridor, Corridor All the more Corridor, Corridor All the more Hi, this is David Lieberhardt calling to the radio music pod at 1-800-893-9562 Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah! Woo! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Woo! All right, welcome back to the More Music Radio Pod. We're having a wild time right now. Yeah. All right. Yeah, yeah. All right. Susan's gonna put her cans back on right now. All right. All right. James Qual is helping his lovely wife with her headphones. That is very sweet. I like watching you guys together. It's just, like, so sweet. Yeah. Is James a romantic guy? Is he romantic? Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Susan, is he a romantic guy? Yes, he is. Susan, is James Qual a romantic guy? Uh-oh. Do I have to answer? Yeah, yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah? Oh, yeah. There you go. He's more handsome than I am pretty. Oh! Wow. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. Oh, no, no, no. James is a handsome man. James is a handsome fella. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! He's a little bit taller than me. Oh, myself? Oh. He's a little bit taller than me. So, Susan, what did you think when you first saw James Qual? I mean, what was going through your head? Oh, boy. Huge. Huge. And be honest. Huge. I'll be... Am I on the air right now? Yeah! Yes, we're on the air. Isn't this great? Yeah. Yes, but quite frankly, he was so handsome. Oh. I just wanted to marry him in an instant. Oh, my word. Because I'm seeing him on the air right now. Yeah, you're on the air right now. Oh, right. That's all right. Hold on a second. Oh. Now you're on the air. Okay. All right. Now you're on the air. So he... It feels different. So the first time you laid eyes on James Qual, and I can understand because he is a handsome fella. Oh! Hee-hee! And you felt... Is it love at first sight? Well, you have to ask him that. Yeah, I think that's possible, but I remember thinking not... Not... Now that I... When I first saw her, I was thinking, I don't believe that I'll ever be able to forget about her. Oh, that's so sweet. Oh. Well, yes, but... You guys are getting really sweet. Oh, gosh. Look at you guys are turning red. You guys are blushing. All right. Yeah, so... So you guys have been together for how many years? A couple years or something? What's... Oh, more than that. Yeah? All right. More than that. Mm-hmm. How long ago? How long ago was it that you met? I think it was around 2004. Well, yeah. Okay, but it's 2011 right now. Right, so that's seven years. Yeah. Seven years. Yeah. We're married right now. Yeah. It took a while for you guys to get married, though, huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, we made it. Hey, that's good. Yeah, okay. Patrick just joined us, by the way. Yeah. Oh, yeah. A little sidetracked, but... I want to introduce everybody to you guys. Everybody, this is... This is Jimmy right here. Hello. That's Jimmy right there, James. And this is Dan. Hi, I'm Dan. This is Daniel. Mm-hmm. And my name is Vince. Mm-hmm. And right here, we have Tony. Mm-hmm. Hello, Tony. Tony Bolas. All right. And if you listen real close... Yeah. ...you could hear Patrick's new haircut. Yeah. Oh, no. And we have Patrick Jones. I don't have a new haircut. Looking really nice. Patrick Jones of the band The Mormons. Have you ever heard of that band? No, I haven't. I don't know if I have heard of that one. Yeah. Well, they've been around for a little while. Mm-hmm. And we're going to be playing a song probably from them coming up maybe towards the end of the show or something. All right. Yeah. I want to give out the 800 number. If anybody wants to call up and talk to James Qual and his wife Susan... All right. ...that is 1-800-893-9562. True. And I want everybody to call 800-893-9562. We'll get some calls and we can talk with James Qual with you on the line. All right. All right. And we're going to try to get David Lieberhardt on the line, too, to say hello. I don't know if we can get a hold of him. Yeah. I probably could call him on his cell phone or something. Yeah, we'll see. If not, eh, you know. So tell me about David Lieberhardt. What do you think about David Lieberhardt? He was our best man at our wedding. Oh. Wow. Yeah. That's okay. No, that's great. Okay. That's great. He happened to be African-American. It doesn't bother me at all. All right. Okay. All right. That wasn't a lot. It doesn't bother me at all, either. All right. I usually never even really say that because I feel like there's no need to say it, but I guess, yeah, there's nothing wrong with that, I guess. I have never been a DJ, but maybe I could be. I think you probably could. Maybe so. Yeah. I think your voice sounds great. Oh. He thinks mine is good, too. Oh, yes. But I'm on the air right now. You're on the air right now, yeah. Yes. And we're back. For the 20,000th time, you're on the air now. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It's alive. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yes. Yeah. So were you guys going to sing a song for us? You guys got a duet planned? Do you guys like to do that? We haven't really rehearsed anything yet. Oh. Well, maybe I should sing that one that actually I composed because Mr. Papagon had thought up the title. Hello, caller. It sounds like we got a call. Okay. You are on the air at the Moore Music Radio pod. I guess we'll have to deal with that. Sorry to interrupt. All right. That's all right. Hi. Oh, hello, sir. I have a question. I have a question for Susan. Is her name? Yes. Yes, her name is Susan. Hey, caller. Turn down your radio. Okay. I'm wondering, how is she going to get home tonight? We are going to drive her home tonight. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yeah, we're going to take her home. Don't worry. Okay. I was just making sure. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. No problem, caller. Hey, caller. Hey, caller. Are you still there? Yes. Yes. Susan wants to know if we're on the air. I think we're on the air. I think we're on the air. Can you hear us on your end? Caller. I turned it down so it wouldn't echo. Oh, okay. This is a really tough question. But yes, you're on the air. Oh, great. All right. Okay. So we're on the air and we're going to give him a ride home afterwards. Okay. Okay. And what is your name, sir? Thank you. What is your name, caller? Johnny. Johnny. Who's Johnny? What kind of Johnny? Garbage man. Oh, boy. He's a garbage man. Oh, okay. Stupid garbage man. Good benefits, huh? Garbage men are not stupid. Okay. All right, then, caller. Thank you for calling the More Music Radio pod. Thank you. Bye-bye. Keep on trucking. Yeah. Oh, me? Yeah, okay. They were calling me? They were calling you. They heard you on the air. James, do you feel a little upstaged by your wife right now? What? Since somebody called you? Oh, well, um, um, well, how could people not, uh, be interested in her? Exactly. That's true. I'm glad you understand, man. I'm glad you understand. You guys are doing a pretty good job together. You'd be like a regular, like, uh, George and Gracie. Oh, or like, or like, or like maybe Mr. Jerry Stiller and Ann Mira. Them, them también. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's right. Boy, I didn't know I was on the air. Okay. You were on the air. Yeah. How about that? I know we keep popping in and out. It's crazy. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. So, um, tell us about your upbringing, James. Um, you grew up in Wisconsin, right? Yes. Well, did you, did you come from a, uh, did you come from a big family? Uh, actually, um, uh, I have, um, I have two sisters, one brother. But they're like average-sized people, right? Uh, average-sized? Well, no, I was just kidding. He was saying big, big family. My brother, my, my brother might be, uh, my jokes are terrible. It's a kind of James Claw. Yeah, my brother might be about a fraction of an inch taller than myself. My, uh, my sisters, though, are, are short. Ah. And, uh, what about your parents? Are they around? Uh, as far as I know, as far as I know. So, you don't talk to your parents? Well, I, um, uh, well, they're, they've been divorced since the early 1970s. Hmm. Hmm. Oh, okay. Okay. So, um, how did that, did, how did that affect you growing up? Uh, was that like a big bummer? No. I'd be bummed out. well, no, I was already, no, they, when they got divorced, I was already, uh, in my early 20s. Mm-hmm. And it was, it came as, as a relief. Hmm. So, um, how, but how was your childhood growing up? Like, uh, did you, was your family, was there anything crazy going on in your family? Oh, well, uh, well, just about, actually, yeah, Wisconsin's a rather harsh place. Not only is the, is it a harsh climate with, uh, often below zero temperatures, it's, um, uh, I've had to put up with, uh, just people generally, uh, hollering at me and hitting me and saying insulting things to me. Let's give up. Who would holler and hit you? Uh, just about everybody. Yeah, Wisconsin, um, Wisconsin is, Wisconsin's not that great a place. So people, so people didn't treat you right when you were growing up, huh? That's right. That's right. Oh, that's a shame, James, because I think, it's kind of a harsh place. I think you're a really cool guy. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you. You know, I mean, I wouldn't treat you like that, but, you know, that, you know, kids are mean, though. Yeah, I know. Because they don't know any better, you know? Yeah, that's, uh, yeah. Disconnect. Press one. Oh, does it sound like we got a, we got a caller? Well, it sounds, uh, sounds like an operator. That was David Liebehart's, uh, Oh, okay, we were, we were trying to give David Liebehart a call. It sounded like the, uh, operator, or, or, uh, recording, a recorded voice, or, Yeah, well, we'll try to give him a call after. I got a re, uh, a request on my, uh, my phone here. Uh, yeah, my own personal line, I don't know why people aren't calling. Mm-hmm. Listen to his voice. Anyway. It's gorgeous. Mm-hmm. Oh. I don't know why people aren't calling 800-893-9562. Ah. And, uh, but, uh, yeah, what the hell? Anyway, I'm sorry, they were looking for, uh, uh, Beach Bash. Uh-huh. Do you think you can, we can get a little, uh, a verse of Beach Bash? Beach Bash or Beach Blast? Oh, he can sing that. It is Beach Blast, but, uh, Oh, I'm sorry. But I don't, no, I don't think so. The, Mr. Heidecker, Mr. Wareheim, and the Cartoon Network, and, uh, all those, all those businesses have the rights to that, so. What? Yes, I can't just sing that. Didn't you make that song up? I did, but, uh, but, you know, one has to, one has to, of course, fill in the blanks with paperwork, and, you know, the people in charge can have the rights to, see if, it's, it's a trade-off. Huh. Don't you feel like singing it, though? No, I, I don't, no, I don't want to get into any trouble for, uh, But if you change the words to Beach Bash, like I did, no, no, don't worry about it. But, what I could do is sing this, sing this song entitled Do the Call, because that one hasn't had an audience. We can do that one. Okay, uh, Mr. Adam Papagon picked out this title, and, and so, I, um, I gave it some thought, and finally managed to come up with this song entitled Do the Call. It might be sort of like my version of Soupy Sales singing Do the Mouse or something like that. Hmm. But, but here, but here's how this one goes. Uh, Okay. Inspired by, uh, Mr. Papagon's having thought up the title, it's Do the Call. There's a new dance sensation that's now the rage of every nation if you think that you've seen it all. Now, here's the one that's called the call. You can be a guy who always throws a pie. You can be a clown who hangs upside down. Collide with a wall. Then step back and fall to the call. If you don't watch where you're going, you could step into a cake. And if you go too far, you could drop into a lake. Now dig that crazy band and get a can of paint stuck on your hand. You can be a guy who always throws a pie. You can be a clown who hangs upside down. Collide with a wall. Then step back and fall. Do the call. Everybody wants to do the call. Do the call. Everybody wants to have a ball. They don't mind the pain they feel when they slip, step, and slip on a banana peel. You might go full throttle if you spray everyone with a seltzer bottle. If you do the call, you'll never stop.! Singing, let's go to the plop. You can be a guy who always throws a pie. You can be a clown who hangs upside down. Collide with a wall. Then step back and fall. Do the call. Do the call. Do the call. All right! Wall. Yeah! All right! James Quall would do the call. Now, I can see why Tim and Eric would want to hold back that stuff and want to own that stuff. You know, I don't think that's right that you can't sing the song that you made. Did you get paid a lot of money for Beach Blast? Oh! I don't know. Yeah, they only hired me. Why are they so hard on you? And David, too, can't sing some of the songs that... I know. He can't sing any of the songs. Yeah, they only... Can't sing a song? Yeah, we'll get to you right now, Susan. Well, they only hired me for certain days and I was paid for those days and I got paid... What about for the ownership of your songs? Oh, yeah. So they own the publishing of the songs? Well, I got paid... See, I got paid a little bit of residuals and then the residuals stopped. And I got paid... So I've got, you know, I've got paid for the work that I did, but they didn't bring me on to the set all the time. So if you would sing that song... Therefore, there isn't any of that money left. If you would sing that song, Beach Blast, then they would sue you? Yes. So they would have paid you just a little bit of money for... It's just a nominal amount of money. It's not a lot of money. And they own your stuff and if you perform it somewhere else, they're going to sue you. Yeah. Now, that sounds like a bullshit deal, doesn't it? Well, I call BS, yes, BS. Well, see... I can sing. I'm getting very angry. I'll tell you, I've been around for 61 years and I've never known the world to be a kind or a generous place. Right. Well, you know, it's still not right. I don't know, it seems like they're taking advantage of... Well, I've been working for a pizza restaurant and since 2001 and they've been reducing my work hours so I don't know if I haven't been getting as much money for working at that as well. Yeah, I mean, it's not, you're not having the, you're having kind of a rough time and they're not, like, helping you out and they own your stuff and I understand it's probably not Tim and Eric personally holding back your stuff. Well, it's actually been the story of my life. It's a lot of lawyers and stuff. It's the story of my life. I actually participated in a strike back in 1974 and 1975 when I worked at a place called Kahn's Wood Products in Appleton. Yeah. James. Okay, darling. What do you think about that, though? James, that you can't sing those songs, though. How does that make you feel? Oh, well, it's... How about Gloria Gaynor? Can we get out of here? That's just one of the... Well, that's just... We're going to kick back a little bit, Susan, so just chill out and we're going to get you home soon. How about Gloria Gaynor? Gloria Gaynor. Gloria Gaynor. You want to hear some Gloria Gaynor? I will survive. Oh, okay. That's a good one. That'd be great. Maybe we'll throw that in the hopper or something. Okay, that'd be great. In the hopper? Yeah. Is that a good one? Do you know how to say things? Yeah. Okay. How's that vodka, Susan? Well... All right. But, James, like, really, how does that make you feel? I mean, did they tell you something? Did you sing it and then did they scold you or get after you and threaten to sue you or something? No, I've... No, I'm always very careful about things like that. Mm-hmm. See, if I, you know, if I hear that... Can I get back on the radio? No, if I hear that there are any rules, if I hear there are any rules like that, I always try to be careful. Hmm. And they told you that right off the bat? Yes. How much money did you get paid for that, for the whole Tim and Eric thing in total, like an estimate? Thank you. See, they'd only pay... I'm on the radio? See, they would only bring me onto the set every now and then, and sometimes I've had to wait a long time to even receive the payments, and under those circumstances, you can understand that there isn't any of that money left at all anymore. Wow. So what's a dollar amount? What do you get paid for all the stuff that you... You pretty much sold all your stuff to that. When I first got paid, it was $400 for one or two hours' work, but then I had to wait about three months to receive it. Oh. And in fact, in fact, actually, I'll tell you this, I can't... I'm not even... I'm not even sure that I should be even talking too much about that because Mr. Lieberhard had informed me that I could even get in trouble for even talking too much about that. Well, don't you have a right to free speech? I mean, what country are we in, right, guys? We are in... We are in the United States. America. USA. America. Mexico. We're okay. Yep. Well, it's a country that just about every country is owned by the people with the ability to speak. Billions of dollars. Hmm. And, uh... But we don't have billions of dollars. Yeah. And see, that's my point. It's like, these people are threatening to sue you for singing a song that you made up. Yeah. And you don't even have a lot of money. They paid you, like, $400 a pop, right? Uh, yeah. Um, in fact, um... And you know what? Tim and Eric cannot come up with the shit that you come up with. I'm sorry. In fact, the last time I went out... Last time I went out to... May I get on the air? Last time I went out to San Diego, the, uh, the hotel... Uh, you know, a lot of the money went for the overnight hotel stay, and then when I performed in the park in San Diego, I was paid with a $20 bill. That's all you got paid was 20 bucks? 20 bucks for that day, yeah. You know, I see... I don't know what it is to work with, uh, Tim and Eric's show or Adult Swim or anything like that, but it seems to me that they're kind of taking advantage of you. Well, you know... And David. I mean, is that... I mean, am I just being an asshole? Am I an asshole by thinking that or just, like, assuming that? No, you're not an a-hole, okay? Well, you know... Well, uh, well, the world... Do you think Tim and Eric, if they heard me, they'd say, this guy's a fucking asshole? What a fat fucking fuck! Well, I don't know. Wait a second. I don't say that F-U-E-C-K-R-M-C-F. But may I get on the air? Hmm? Yeah. Yeah, you're on the air. What do you want to say before we go to, uh... What do you want to say before we go to a break? Susan, uh, go for it. Yeah, but... The mic's yours. You know, I could get in trouble just for what I've mentioned tonight. How do I need to say it? Don't worry. You're not going to get in trouble. I'll be right back. The rules of business. They got to come through us. Those guys are assholes. Excuse me, Susan. A-holes. Well... Okay? And I don't appreciate that on your behalf. Yeah. You know? Well, you know what? I just have a little voice and I just want to say... Mm-hmm. Okay, what do you got to say, Susan, before we take a break? Go for it. You're on. I'm on the air. Yes, you are. Yeah. Okay. My name is Susan and I'm trying to get some financial help because we can't pay the rent. That's right. Oh, no. We're right... Uh, Tim, Eric, it sounds as if you're going to cry. Tim and Eric are not helping us and, quite frankly, we need some financial advice. Yeah. And we're trying very hard. Yeah. And right now, I'm at the radio station and I cannot sing as well. My husband, but, quite frankly, we need some financial... Yeah. ...assistance. Yeah. I am getting bummed out because you're crying right now because stuff is so hard and these guys aren't helping. Yeah, I know. Okay, but, quite frankly, I don't know what to do at this point. Well, you know what? I've mostly been working At least we're here and we're alive and we're having a good time tonight at Skid Row Studios. How about that? We're at Skid Row Studios. How about that? Let's look on the brighter side of life. Yeah. How's that? Well, on the brighter side, I'm not having to spend all my time out at Skid Row. That's the brighter side. Right. I can sing once in a while. If any of the 58,000 listeners listening right now want to donate to James and Susan... $1. $800. Just email the show. 893-9562. Give us a call. In fact... Next person that donates $100... How about if... James calls... How about any billionaire business people who'd like to donate? Who'd like to invest in radio stations? There you go. How about that? How about that? Backers. Only billionaires. Backers. We should all team up against these assholes. Los Angeles is called the City of Angels. Well, in the terminology of stage productions, you know, angels are backers of stage plays. So if this is the City of Angels, maybe we'll have some backers. Hmm. Yeah, that's true. Sounds good to me. Well, I'll tell you what, guys. We're going to take a break and play a couple songs and then we're going to talk to you some more. We're going to try to get David Lieberhardt on the line. Maybe we can have a little bit more of a party and let's kind of cheer up. Let's kind of cheer up. It's all right. I don't even know what you're talking about. Everything's going to be okay. Excuse me. Okay. Okay. How can I get any financial... Yeah. I'm trying. Well, maybe somebody will call in and we'll help you out. That'd be great. We're all broke here. That'd be great. We're doing this all for free. All right, everybody. We'll be right back on the More Music Radio Pod. Don't take this offensively. The More Music Radio Pod. Oh! Did you tell me what you did? Skinroll.LA. Oh! 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I don't know how to do that. Do you have a request for James? What is your favorite song that he sings? Uh-oh. James, you know it. Hey, James. Oh, yeah. I already did that, though. I'd love to hear some of your stand-up, James. You got a lot of good jokes. Yeah. Oh, yes. Like... James, let's get home. Please, let's go home. Please, go home. Uh-oh. Oh, yeah. Yes. One joke. Well, okay. I can remember when a lot of the ultra-conservatives were worried that the nation would be conquered by the Chinese. Now, it looks as though it could be repossessed by the Chinese. All right. Let's go. Let's do it. Okay. My wife... My wife... My wife would like to get home. Go for it. Go for it, James. You're on a roll. Okay. My wife would like to go home, though. Take my wife home. Please. Take her home. Oh! Oh, yeah. Hey-oh. Yeah. That's... That's... That's actually one of the guys I imitate, Henny Youngman. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Hi. Let's go home. Yeah. Okay. Let's go home. Well, yeah. My wife, Susan, would like to go home. In fact, that's... In fact, that's the main thing I like about entering my apartment is my wife being there. Yes. Right. Right. That's very sweet. You are in love. All right. Okay. Do you guys get along well, or who's... Or is there one that's kind of in control? Oh, well, we don't worry about that. Mm-hmm. So it's like a... It's an even thing, or... Yeah. We... We try not to worry about things like that. Ah. Okay. Let's go home. Yeah. My wife would like to get home. Well. Mm-hmm. Well, what do we do then? What should we... Do you guys got any suggestions we should do? Well, we could say... We could say good night, ladies and gentlemen. Well, why don't we say let's play a couple more songs, and then we're going to come back and wrap it up with James Quall on the more music radio pod. Susan wants to go home real bad. Okay. All right. Yeah. We can take it easy and listen to these recordings. This is Jim. Sch We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right Okay. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Okay. How can people find you, James? Where can people check you out on the Internet? Do you know anything about that? No, I don't. I don't have anything. I don't know about things like that. Yeah. I don't know about things. I don't really care about these electrical gizmos anyways. So that MySpace website isn't yours? What? There's a MySpace website that says it's a... Oh, well, I don't know anything about it. Wow. Do you have a computer? No, I don't. No? I can't afford anything like that. A cell phone? No, I can't afford anything like that either. I don't have a... We also don't have a television. We do have a DVD player. In fact, having a DVD player is preferable to having a television. You know, watch DVDs of what you want to see rather than... So do you... Rather than leave it up to somebody else. Don't you watch the DVDs on a television though? No. You have to play them. What do you play them for? My DVD player has its own screen. Oh, okay. That's cool. Yeah. Oh, I see that MySpace is managed by your sister, Jeannie. Oh, it is. Well... No, we're not talking about Jeannie because she... Well, never. We can't pay the rent. Okay? We can't pay the rent. No. We cannot pay the rent. And Jeannie, what's wrong with Jeannie? She's not paying your rent or what? Oh, she helped out before, but now she claims she can't. She can't afford it. The relatives can't... Now, they're... You know, it's costing them enough to pay for whatever they have to pay for these days. Well, just times are tough all over, huh? Yeah. I think so. Well, you know, James... Except for the guys with the billions of dollars. I wish you luck... Thank you very much. ...in your future career of stand-up and performing. Hopefully, we'll see you again on Tim and Eric. Okay. Awesome show. Great job. We'll see you about that. I still enjoy the show. Yeah. And... Yeah. Cool. Thank you, James. Yeah. You did a good job. I'll check the lotto results. All righty. Check the lotto results, and I'll be able to do a few more things. Cool. All right. So we can... If I win that... Okay, everybody. We're going to have to sign off now. This is the More Music Radio Pod. Thank you, James Qual for coming in. Thank you very much. Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you, Dan. Unlock those cuffs. Thank you, Tony. Thank you, Jeremy. Thank you. And we'll check you next week, Thursday, www.skidrow.lm. Delayed 10 p.m. Okay. We can get back home, please? Yes. We're going to take you home right now. And we're back!