…. you know a killer place for lunch???  Versailles, the Cuban restaurant!  Just ate there with tom Leykis…and I forgot how much that place rocks.  seriously, the garlic chicken thing they have is insane…and for ten bucks.  Think they have locations in culver city and the valley…. I ain’t no food critic…just a guy who likes food.  (hmm I like that).  You know what sucks???  the top deck at dodger stadium!  took my kid there for our baseball league night and we had the cheapo 9 dollar seats at the very top of the stadium.  First, you have to walk up about a million stairs…then, you feel like you’re gonna fall straight down.  And when the lights came on, because you are so close to the roof, a billion flying bugs attack you!  I love the Dodgers but next time, gonna splurge for the good seats. 

Any who… didja see those ratings????  The results of the winter ratings period came out this week and the little ol FM talk station kick some ass.  We don’t have the teens like KIIS, or the grandmas like KFI, but when it comes to Men and Adults 18 to 54?  well, how does number one sound.  Really proud of the Adam Carolla show …now ranked 4th with Men 25-54.  Have you seen the Ace Man’s Taco Bell commercial?  very cool.  Frosty, Heidi and Frank and Danny B had a great book as well notching a #2 rank with Men. Tom Leykis is #1 with Men in so cal…and nights even posted a 6th ranking.  How bout them apples???  f the apples, how bout them ratin’s!

Hope I make it thru the Cinco de mayo weekend.  FHF in Irvine on dos de mayo, and Leykis in the City of industry on the 5th!  All of our station events are free… so you are more than welcome to come and hang.  It’s fun to see the shows live in person… and you can grab a cerveza or tequila drink too..  Adios Amigo…. and feliz Cinco de Mayo!

..back at this blog thing again… who knew i’d be the hit of cyberspace… more people mention this blog to me, than…oh, than other stuff… anywho, first off, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is an f’ing funny ass movie i saw last night.  Leo the film freak has been touting this movie since he went to a press screening a month ago.  The premise is some dork is dating some hot TV actress, who dumps him for a british rock star a hole..  So when the sad sack can’t deal with getting dumped, he hops a plan to Hawaii and of course stays at the same hotel as his ex.  The british dude stole the show for me… and the dark haired chick in the movie is on fire….but the writing is hilarious.  Best movie since “The Hammer”.  check it out..  Oh, you came here for Radio??? hmmm… let’s see, everybody is waiting for the release  of the winter ratings period next monday…. I know it’s almost summer but that’s how these bozo’s who rate radio stations operate.

Looking for a good report card in that Carolla was on DWTS (i can’t even bring myself to say the name of that lame ass show anymore), FHF have been on fire, Bonaduce is running a clinic, Leykis has never sounded better on the air and is happy as a clam in high tide off the air with his new digs in SB, and I miss brian whitman too, but Tim Conway and friends are having great shows as well.  As for the other stations in LA?  it’ll be spanish, spanish, spanish atop the leader board… but I like the CBS stations for success like KROQ, Jack, the Wave and K Earth…with the two news stations really picking up the pace.  Gotta go… there’s a bagel and coffee with my name on it.. best bagel place???

St. Urbain’s on Beverly drive in B Hills… get the Malange bagel with Jalapeno cream cheese and sprouts and cucumbers….   Who the heck would read the ramblings of a Program Director???  oh, sorry…. you… lol…

…okay….should a major market program director be rocking out to steel panther, formally metal skool, until one in the morning at the key club on the sunset strip???

well that’s what happened last night…  I thought i was just going for an early dinner and to check out a hot new buzz band called “Petty Cash”… which is a bunch of cool musician’s playing tom petty and johnny cash songs.  Pink was in the crowd and got on stage… and sang with the band.  I had a couple of sauza’s and gave Pink some post divorce dating advice.  Yikes.  Should have left after that…but, no!  Had to rock out with the best party band in l.a. on a monday night…  Radio?  oh, yeah.

What’s going on in the radio world…  I love the new Conway and friends show with Tim Conway Jr.  I know a lot of fans miss brian whitman on the show… I do too..but Tim is doing an amazing job having cool guests and guest hosts on his show.  Kerri Kasem, Aresenio Hall, Sam Phillips and Danny Bonaduce are sounding great…check it out…. Leykis is on fire by the way…the best sounding show on the radio…. I love his take on the new 100.3 station, K-White!  Getting ready for Cinco de mayo.  The professor will be at Camnacho’s again…and Frosty Heidi and Frank will be the O.C…..  keep listening to the station for more details… ouch, my hand hurts …gtg…

…..  oh yeah, I have to give you an update on me!  good English… any who, back at the keyboard for another rambling episode of jack’s blog…. a little hazy today after going to bon jovi last night at staples center.  As you know, the film freak and I love to sing the hits from Bon Jovi at the various karaoke bars around l.a…..but this was the real deal. Song list for the show was pretty good… and the guy can still rock.  Just kinda weird seeing so many chunky gals into his country music trying to rock out to “Living on a Prayer”.  Okay…now, how about some radio stuff. I think Adam got 4 great weeks out of the dancing show…which was amazing for his popularity outside of los angeles, the man show, love line and his morning show.  I think the producers of that show were stupid for letting him get voted off…because he was the only star with some personality…  If I was running that thing, I would have booted off a few others before Adam for no other reason than the dude has a top rated morning show in the #1 media market in the world.  Might milk that a bit…but okay.  Now, back to the radio show which is sounding great.  That Adam Carolla is one funny dude.  Oh… nobody know but 100.3 The Beat changed to some kind of rock station…and it’s dreadful.  I never understand how people try to program radio stations in los angeles, and forget about the cultural diversity of our area.  If that thing works… then, I’m the king of Panama!  Does Panama have a king??? oh well..  gonna park my ass in front of the tv this weekend and watch the Masters golf tourney.  Know its lame…golf on tv, but I dig it…and I dig you reading this garbage….  Blogs!  They’re red hot…. yuk

sorry peeps… been a few days since I updated this thing… but you know how time flies when you’re having fun…  Things are really rolling on the FM Talk blowtorch… what with the Ace Man on the #2 show in the country.  We love all the publicity that Adam Carolla is getting on the show…but is it just me or is that one tough show to watch???? I mean, YIKES….it is ponderous, f’ing ponderous!  Makes you just want to switch the channel and watch wrestling or some cage fighting.  Oh well… it is exposing our morning show to millions of people every night so I ain’t bitching…. oh wait, yes I am.  Either way, it’s good times…oh, and the chick that Adam is dancing with is red hot.  I guess that makes it a little easier to stomach…what a hot babe!  Back to radio…  glad we didn’t do any stupid April fool’s stuff this year…don’t know what the other stations did but it’s usually kinda lame… I did have an idea to bring Danny Bonaduce back on the morning show…saying that Adam was fired ..but nobody bit on that idea.  Oh, and we’re getting a lot of questions regarding the night show..and the departure of Brian Whitman.

Not a lot of stuff to say other than we wish Brian well as he moves on to his next gig.  Working now on stepping up the game of Tim Conway Jr. and the night staff.  Check it out when you can… And the fact that the first quarter is over…and it’s spring time is insane.  If you like motor sports, you’ll be happy to know that The Speed Freaks are back on 97.1 on Sunday nights at 7 following the tasting room with tom Leykis.  GTG…  my carpol tunnel syndrome is acting up with all this typing… thanks for reading this blog…. must be bored….  lol…