Kevin and Bean

The Kevin & Bean Show
Other names Kevin and Bean
Genre Comedy, Variety
Country United States United States
Home station KROQ-FM
Starring Kevin Ryder
Gene 'Bean' Baxter
Ralph Garman
Allie Mac Kay
Dave 'The King of Mexico' Sanchez
Creator(s) Kevin Ryder
Gene Baxter
Producer(s) Dave Sanchez
Air dates since January 2, 1985
Website http://kroq.radio.com/shows/kevin-bean
Podcast http://kroq-data.com/wah/kevinandbean.xml

Kevin and Bean is the morning show on KROQ-FM, an alternative rock-format radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter. The show has been on the air since 1990 and intersperses music and news with comedy, celebrity interviews, listener call-ins, and live music performances.

Format

Opening and listener call-in

Each episode opens with an audio montage (usually created by Baxter[1]) featuring musical and audio clips that draw from current events in politics, pop-culture, and the news. Since 2008,[2] the opening has featured a segment called "What it do, nephew?" where listeners are invited to phone in on a topic of their choosing. This segment has appeared in various forms throughout the show's history, and was previously known as "What is your deal" before being renamed after a phrase coined by rapper Snoop Dogg.[3] The segment of What It Do Nephew? was later dropped from the show.

Hourly segments and The Showbiz Beat

Music from the standard lineup of KROQ is played regularly during the program.[4][5]

"The Showbiz Beat" is an hourly entertainment-news report featuring Ryder and Baxter's actor co-host Ralph Garman.[1][6]

Recurring segments

Many of the show's periodically recurring segments are based on listener participation, and involve the hosts taking calls on a discussion topic or for a guest, or involve games and contests created around promotional giveaways. Ryder and Baxter will also occasionally read emails sent to them, and play messages from the show's voice mail service, known as the "Afro Line". Other segments focus on the hosts and their personalities and quirks, like "Thanks for That Info, Bean", which pokes fun at Baxter's intense interest in seemingly trivial topics, and "A Moment with...", where a humorous audio clip of a statement made on-air by a host is replayed. "Would You Like to Take That Back?" is another feature during which the hosts give each other the option of "taking back" an unsuccessful or poorly delivered joke or pun.[7]

Several segments feature regular guests, including weekly interviews with TMZ.com's Harvey Levin,[8] "This Week in Rage" with former Kevin and Bean Show member Adam Carolla,[9] and sports updates from the Petros and Money Show co-host and former Kevin and Bean Show sports reporter Matt "Money" Smith. Since January 2010, Dr. Drew Pinsky, whose syndicated radio program Loveline is broadcast by KROQ, has also appeared frequently on the program.[10]

Vocal impressions and celebrity impersonations are typically voiced by Garman and former Kevin and Bean assistant producer and Loveline co-host "Psycho" Mike Catherwood.[6][11] Ryder and Baxter often conduct fake interviews with celebrities including Gene Simmons and Sean Connery. On other occasions impressions might involve a relatively unknown person in a news story or current event. Garman and Catherwood have also created several alter-egos, including Loquecia, an African-American woman who reviews and ridicules reality television shows, and Rudy, a stereotypical heavily accented, marijuana-smoking cholo.

Closing segments

The program generally ends with a short preview of the next show, and on Fridays the show closes (and opens) with a cover of "Don't Bogart Me" by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise (a song first performed by the band Fraternity of Man), as performed by the hosts.[12]

History

The show debuted on KROQ on December 31, 1989, when they hosted the annual countdown of the year's best songs. On June 13, 1990, the show aired a segment called "Confess Your Crime", which included a bogus phone call from DJ Doug "The Slug" Roberts (who was then working at KZZP) as an anonymous listener claiming to have committed murder. The parents of a missing woman believed the fictional caller to be responsible for their daughter's death, leading to an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and coverage in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. When the truth was revealed, the station was billed for the costs of the investigation by the LASD,[13] and sued by the distraught parents. KROQ suspended Kevin and Bean for five days without pay, directed each of them to perform 149 hours of community service, and forced them to pay the Sheriff’s bill out of their pockets.

In January 2004, a Los Angeles man filed a breach of contract suit against the station and Kevin and Bean saying he was cheated out of a free SUV.[14]

Each December the duo hold a pageant to choose a voluptuous woman as Miss Double D-cember for the upcoming year. The winner appears with Kevin and Bean at various KROQ shows and events.[15]

AC/DC? is an obviously false answer given by listeners to giveaway questions when stumped. This originated during a segment called "Famous Deads" where contestants were given trivia questions where all the answers had the word "dead" in them. After Kevin and Ralph explained repeatedly for a solid minute that the answers shall have the word "dead" in them, the very first contestant to call in obliviously answered with "AC/DC?"[16]

Kevin and Bean were inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on April 14, 2015 during a ceremony hosted by NAB President (and former Oregon Senator) Gordon Smith.[17] Bean said, "We are happy to share the recognition with our great team who works just as hard as we do to make the show successful."[18] The three-day NAB trade show is held every April at Las Vegas Convention Center.

Personalities

Kevin

Ryder has odd interests and characteristics that are mentioned on the show from time to time. He has packages mailed to his home using fake names, such as "The Duke of Tarzana".[19]

Bean

Baxter was born and raised until his early teens in Middlesex, England,[20] but graduated from Bowie High School in Bowie, Maryland in 1977, and speaks with an American accent. He is obsessed with Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto.[21] He maintains a blog,[21] and the show occasionally has a segment where the cast reads his blog entries. He lives in a pink house on Vashon Island, near Seattle,[20][22] where he raises a host of farm animals including cows, pigs, sheep, and donkeys as family pets. He is married to Donna H. (Mendivil) Baxter,[20] who was the island's mayor, and works as a fashion designer.[23] Bean talks from a room in his guest house where he has a sound mixing board, recording equipment, a video monitor showing staff in the KROQ studio in Los Angeles, a computer and a microphone attached to a high-quality phone line.[24]

Other cast members and staff

Also on the show are:

Former cast members

Personalities no longer with the show include:

Television and film

Christmas compilation CDs

The release was not a CD, but downloadable songs they put on the website. After some controversy the songs were removed.

Availability

On November 10, 2008, the Kevin and Bean Show started an afternoon segment, "Cinco De La Tarde" weekdays from 5-6 p.m.[40] As of August 3, 2009, this segment has been discontinued and the morning show has been restored to its original 10:00 AM end time. A Best of Kevin and Bean show called "Same Shit, Different Day" was added on Saturday mornings airing from 7:00-10:00 AM.

On May 11, 2009, Kevin and Bean began syndicating on KEDJ, 103.9 The Edge in Phoenix, Arizona,[41] KFRR 104.1 Fresno and KRZQ-FM Reno. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baxter, Gene (November 18, 2008). "Kevin and Bean Archive: Interview with Gene Baxter". Kevinandbeanarchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ Baxter, G., May, L., Ryder, K., Catherwood, M.D. (Hosts) (November 12, 2008). The Kevin and Bean Show: What it do, Nephew? (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ Baxter, G., May, L., Ryder, K., Catherwood, M.D. (Hosts) (13 September 2006). The Kevin and Bean Show: What it do, Nephew? (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ Baxter, G., et al. (Hosts) (2 September 2009). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  5. ↑ Baxter, G., et al. (Hosts) (June 21, 2007). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carney, Steve (28 May 2003), "Keeping it together on the air", Los Angeles Times: E.3, retrieved May 14, 2010
  7. ↑ Garman, R., Ryder, K. et al. (Hosts) (May 19, 2009). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  8. ↑ Levin, H. et al. (Guest and Hosts) (21 August 2006). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  9. ↑ Carolla, A., Ryder, K. et al. (April 10, 2009). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  10. ↑ Baxter, G., Pinsky, D., Ryder, K. et al. (Guest and Hosts) (14 Jan 2010). The Kevin and Bean Show (Radio Broadcast). Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  11. ↑ Briand, Jenna (March 16, 2010). ""Loveline" Gets New Co-Host, Late-Late Time Slot". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Kevin and Bean FAQ". KROQ. Retrieved December 27, 2014. What's the name of that Bogart song? Don't Bogart Me by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, available on "Hempilation 2."
  13. ↑ Bonin, Liane (2003-03-19). "Jerry Rigged". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2006-08-19.
  14. ↑ "TV News 01/12/2004". Entertain your brain. 2004-01-12. Archived from the original on 2006-03-18. Retrieved 2006-08-19.
  15. ↑ "Miss Double D-cember". www.kroq.com. 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  16. ↑ "Famous Deads for Dead Man's Party Tickets". Kevin and Bean archive. 2010-10-24.
  17. ↑ http://www.nabshow.com/news-releases/kroq-morning-show-hosts-kevin-bean-be-inducted-nab-broadcasting-hall-fame. Retrieved December 9, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ http://laradio.com/ April 16, 2015
  19. ↑ "Kevin Makes Up Names On Mail Orders" (MP3). Kevin and Bean Archive.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Biography for Gene 'Bean' Baxter". IMDB. Retrieved 2006-08-17.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Bean's blog". Clyde Tombaugh. typepad.
  22. ↑ "King County, Washington records office department". Archived from the original on 2001-02-10. search for "Gene, Baxter L"
  23. ↑ "Elsie Katz Couture fashion line, by Donna H. Baxter". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  24. ↑ "LA Times".
  25. ↑ YouTube - Clippers Suck. My tribute to the King of Mexico's favorite team, the LA Clippers. Thanks to Kevin and Bean for playing it on their show!
  26. ↑ “”. "Cucamonga Heat". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  27. ↑ "What happened to Michael the Maintenance Man?". The Unofficial KROQ faq. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2006-08-17.
  28. ↑ "Where Are They Now at laradio.com". Ontario Empblog. 2003-11-27. Retrieved 2006-08-17.
  29. ↑ McLaughlin, Laurie. "Straight Man: Lisa May trades barbs with Kevin & Bean on KROQ-FM". Titan Magazine of Cal State Fullerton. Retrieved 2006-10-13.
  30. ↑ "KROQ Morning Show Bids Adieu To Traffic Reporter Lisa May".
  31. ↑ controversial exit from KROQ: traffic reporter Lisa May) http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150304/another-controversial-exit-from-kroq-traffic-reporter-lisa-may=Another controversial exit from KROQ: traffic reporter Lisa May). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  32. ↑ Reba at the Internet Movie Database
  33. ↑ "Lisa Birthday Gift Shopping On QVC". Kevin and Bean archive. 2006-06-23.
  34. ↑ "Lisa Gets Her QVC Christmas Gift". Kevin and Bean archive. 2006-12-13.
  35. ↑ Staff (2006-12-20). "Kevin and Bean Addams Family Marathon". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  36. ↑ ASIN B000L9OBZA
  37. ↑ ASIN B0006U1ER2
  38. ↑ ASIN B000B9H47C
  39. ↑ ASIN B0002H4YN0
  40. ↑ "Bean's Blog". www.kroq.com. 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  41. ↑ "KEDJ Adds Kevin And Bean For Mornings". AllAccess.com. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2010-09-23.

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