Kevin and Bean is the morning show on KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM

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, an alternative rock

Modern rock

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-format

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 radio station

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 in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, California

California

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. 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 bits, celebrity interviews, listener call-ins, and live music performances. Beginning in April 2009, Kevin and Bean are being syndicated in a number of markets, replacing The Adam Carolla Show.

Opening and listener call-in

Each episode opens with an audio montage (usually created by Baxter) featuring musical and audio clips that draw from current events in politics, pop-culture, and the news. Since 2008, 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

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

.
Recently though the segment of What It Do Nephew? has been taken away from the show.

Hourly segments and The Showbiz Beat

Music from the standard lineup of Kevin and Beans flagship station, KROQ, is played regularly during the program. Creative control over the choice of music and how many songs are played per hour has been a source of conflict between the hosts and station management over the years. This issue received particular attention when in July 2009 similar pressures from KIIS

KIIS-FM

KIIS-FM is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a partial Top 40 musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS in Rosamond, at 105.5 MHz...

-FM management prompted rival morning show host Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest

Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...

 to call and commiserate with Ryder and Baxter on air.

Because of the show's position as a morning drive-time program, traffic and news segments are also interspersed between the other material. Newscaster Boyd Britton, known as "Doc on the Roq", provides a brief hourly summary of current events, while Los Angeles-area traffic updates are provided by metro traffic reporter and Kevin and Bean co-host Lisa May.

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

Ralph Garman

Ralph Garman is an American actor, comedian, and radio host best known as the host of The Joe Schmo Show, for his voice work in Family Guy, and as the entertainment reporter and impressionist for the Kevin and Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station, KROQ-FM...

 and is one of the program's longest-running segments. Before the top of every hour, Garman highlights stories from pop culture and media and, with input from his colleagues, frequently mocks perceived hypocrisies and absurdities of public figures and the entertainment industry. The segment always concludes with an announcement of the day's birthdays for celebrities of varying degrees of fame.

Recurring segments

A large portion of the show's material is made up of segments that recur periodically. Many of these are based on listener participation, and involve the hosts taking calls on an interesting discussion topic or for a guest, or involve games and contests that have been created around the station's 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.

Several segments feature regular guests, including weekly interviews with TMZ.com

TMZ.com

TMZ.com is a celebrity news website that debuted on November 8, 2005. It was a collaboration between America Online and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. However, it is still affiliated with AOL News and has the AOL News logo affixed in...

's Harvey Levin

Harvey Levin

Harvey Robert Levin is an American television producer, lawyer, legal analyst and a celebrity reporter. He is the founder of celebrity gossip website TMZ.com.-Education:...

, "This Week in Rage" with former Kevin and Bean Show member Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...

, and sports updates from the Petros and Money Show

Petros and Money Show

The Petros and Money Show or "PMS" is KLAC-AM, 's afternoon drive time sports talk radio program, and airs every Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm PST...

 co-host and former Kevin and Bean Show sports reporter Matt "Money" Smith. Since January 2010, Dr. Drew Pinsky, whose syndicated radio program Loveline

Loveline

Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in North America, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, typically actors and musicians. Its flagship station is KROQ-FM in Los Angeles....

 is broadcast out of KROQ, has also appeared frequently on the program.

Some of the most popular (and controversial) pieces have involved vocal impressions and celebrity impersonations, which are typically voiced by Ralph Garman and Kevin and Bean assistant producer and Loveline co-host "Psycho" Mike Catherwood. Often, Ryder and Baxter will conduct fake interviews with celebrities like Spencer Pratt

Spencer Pratt

Spencer William Pratt is a former American television personality known for his role on MTV's The Hills, along with his wife Heidi Montag. He is the older brother of Stephanie Pratt, who also appears on The Hills....

, Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...

, Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...

, and Kevin Federline

Kevin Federline

Kevin Earl Federline is an American dancer, rapper, fashion model, and actor. Previously engaged to actress Shar Jackson, Federline is best known for his two-year marriage to pop singer Britney Spears...

, while 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 cholo with a penchant for marijuana use.

Celebrity interviews

In addition to faux interviews, numerous real celebrities and sports figures have appeared on the show over the years. Regular visitors to the show include Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...

, Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin

Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin is an American actress, stand-up comedienne, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate. Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of Seinfeld, and then for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom...

, Petros Papadakis

Petros Papadakis

Petros Papadakis is an American television personality and radio co-host of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio. He is a former tailback and American football team captain for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. He is also known as "The P."Papadakis's family...

, Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan

Joseph James "Joe" Rogan is an American comedian, video blogger, actor, writer, podcaster, and martial artist. He is best known for his work on NewsRadio, his work as color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and his hosting work on Fear Factor.-Acting:In 1994, Rogan co-starred on...

, and Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn

Lisa Olivia Munn is an American comedic actress, model, television personality and author. She began her career being credited as Lisa Munn. Since 2006, she has been using the name Olivia Munn personally and professionally....

. Other notable guests include Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...

, Andrew Siciliano, Joel McHale

Joel McHale

Joel Edward McHale is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television producer, television personality, and voice artist. He is best known for hosting The Soup and for his role as Jeff Winger on Community....

, Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons

William J. "Bill" Simmons III is a sports columnist, author, and podcaster. He currently writes columns and hosts podcasts for Grantland.com, which is affiliated with ESPN.com. He is a former writer for ESPN The Magazine and Jimmy Kimmel Live!...

, Adam Sessler

Adam Sessler

Adam Donovan Sessler is co-host of X-Play on G4 with Morgan Webb and, as of December 17, 2008, editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network. He is the only remaining television personality from the G4's origin network ZDTV.-Background:Sessler was born in Berkeley, California...

, Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe may refer to:*Michael Rowe, television writer for Futurama*Mike Rowe , host of the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs* Mike Rowe , retired Canadian professional ice hockey player...

, Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan

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, Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein is an American actress, singer, voice actress, writer and comedian. She is best known for her long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy, and as a cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv.A native of Highland Park, Illinois,...

, Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan is an American comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.-Early life:...

 Jay-Z

Jay-Z

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, Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

, Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana

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, Russell Martin

Russell Martin

Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr is a Canadian Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Yankees.Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his Major League debut, and continued in that role for nearly 5 years...

, Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

, David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier , also known as "D.A.G." , is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color.-Early life:...

, Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr is an American actor and stand up comedian. He is known for his role as Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer, the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, which ran from 2008 to 2010, and the back-stabbing sports agent Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire.-Early life:Mohr was...

 and more.

Closing segments

While the program generally ends with a short preview of the next show, on Fridays the show closes (and opens) with a cover of "Don't Bogart Me", by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

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 (itself a cover of a song first performed by the band, Little Feat

Little Feat

Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....

), as performed by the hosts.

History

Kevin and Bean 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 fellow DJ Doug "The Slug" Roberts (who was then working at KZZP

KZZP

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) 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

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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 and coverage in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...

. When the truth was revealed, the station was billed for the costs of the investigation by the LASD, 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. The event also became the inspiration behind the 1996 movie Power 98 starring Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

.

In March 2003, the show caused international controversy when Ralph made a prank phone call to the office of French president Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

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 while posing as Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...

. All were surprised when Chirac picked up the phone and began talking to "Jerry." Lewis' lawyers were quick to threaten with lawsuits and the bit has rarely been spoken of since. Though they appear to be under orders not to speak of the matter, Kevin and Bean have made oblique suggestions that Lewis "blackmailed" Kevin and Bean into making a contribution to the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Muscular Dystrophy Association

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, the beneficiary of Lewis' annual Labor Day telethon.

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. Though Kevin and Bean do not address specific lawsuits on the air, they often refer to being frequently sued, usually in the context of people not understanding or appreciating their attempts at humor.

In August 2007, a listener e-mailed a complaint to Kevin and Bean as well as put an article in The Advocate Magazine (Gay & Lesbian Magazine). The complaint was about a parody that Psycho Mike of the Kevin and Bean show did titled "Lean Like a Homo", and was made to make fun of Down's "Lean like a Cholo".

On May 8, 2009 – Westwood One announced that it will begin airing The Kevin & Bean Show on radio stations nationwide on May 11, 2009.

On September 15, 2011 Kevin and Bean won the NAB Marconi Radio Award for "Major Market Personality of the Year".

Personalities

Personality quirks abound on the show, with Kevin and especially Bean, and their numerous other personalities.

Kevin

Kevin has odd interests and characteristics that are mentioned on the show from time to time:

• Has packages mailed to his home using fake names, such as "The Duke of Tarzana".
• He is married to Melissa Ryder who runs a charity called Friends and Helpers.
• Has two twin daughters.
• He is very outspoken on his hate for American Idol.
• He dislikes old people.
• Is related to former NFL QB Jeff Hostetler .
• Suffers from Displaced Aphasia
  Aphasia
  Aphasia is an impairment of language ability. This class of language disorder ranges from having difficulty remembering words to being completely unable to speak, read, or write....
  
  
• While he acknowledges their influence, Kevin dislikes The Beatles
  The Beatles
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  . He says this is because when working at an Oldies Station, he was forced to play their music and it got on his nerves.
• While in rehab for an addiction to pain pills as a result of a botched back surgery he broke out in order to be with his toddlers on Christmas

Bean

Bean has odd and exotic interests and knowledge of arcane subject matter. In particular, he:

• Loves the Post Office
  Post office
  A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
  
  
• Owns many undeveloped websites, including one pertaining to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  Edmund Fitzgerald
  Edmund Fitzgerald may refer to:*SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that sank on Lake Superior in 1975 with all hands aboard**"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a song about the shipwreck by Gordon Lightfoot...
  
  , an American ship that famously sank in the Michigan waters of Lake Superior
  Lake Superior
  Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
  
   in 1975. Bean is obsessed with both the ship and the Gordon Lightfoot
  Gordon Lightfoot
  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
  
   hit song about it.
• Is obsessed with Clyde Tombaugh
  Clyde Tombaugh
  Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper Belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for serious scientific...
  
  , who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto
  Pluto
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  .
• Claims to have few if any memories from childhood. This could be a result of many things such as: Alien abduction, Dropped on his head as a child, Asperger's syndrome has not been documented for loss of memory yet, being molested by an old man or the dramatic and devastating bombings in WW2 as a child in England. It is rumored that house-hold name "Tim Huber" has been engaging in sexual intercourse with beans wife and daughters, Huber declined to comment but did admit to having "gotten up in that ass for days" in later interviews.
• Is fascinated by "jet packs" and longs to own one someday.
• He dislikes the handicapped.
• He wants to own a dwarf, or little person.
• Is Weird Al Yankovic's number one fan.
• Although Bean has yet to put up a personal website, he does have a blog. Once in a while the show has a segment where the cast reads Bean's blog entries.
• Lives in a pink house on Vashon Island
  Vashon Island
  Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon-Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,624 at the 2010 census. At , it is about 60 percent larger...
  
  , near Seattle, where he raises a host of farm animals including cows, pigs, sheep, and donkeys as family pets.
• Is married to Donna H. (Mendivil) Baxter, who was the island's mayor, and also a noted fashion designer.
• Has a cell phone that rings with the theme song from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey...
  
  .
• Was born and raised in England
  England
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  . As he puts it, he was born in Middlesex
  Middlesex
  Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
  
  , didn't know if he'd be a boy or a girl. Baxter does not, however, speak with an English Accent
  British English
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  .
• Longs to serve on a jury
  Jury
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   and is frustrated to hear callers complain about receiving summons. Finally chosen to serve on a jury, he served in January '08.
• Is a huge Fanilow, that is, a huge Barry Manilow
  Barry Manilow
  Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
  
   fan.
• Supports the Seattle Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
  
   and Seattle Seahawks
  Seattle Seahawks
  The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
  
  , especially when they play teams from L.A. or the favorite teams of other members of the show.
• Real name is Gene Baxter.
• Has a form of Autism called Asperger syndrome
  Asperger syndrome
  Asperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...
  
  
• Has an avid love of Christmas music. He collects it and listens to it all year round.
• Possesses an uncanny ability to recall Top 40 hits from throughout popular music's history, including chart positions and performers. Possibly due to Asperger's Syndrome, as has been claimed by other members of the show.

Other cast members and key staff

Also on the show are:

• Ralph Garman
  Ralph Garman
  Ralph Garman is an American actor, comedian, and radio host best known as the host of The Joe Schmo Show, for his voice work in Family Guy, and as the entertainment reporter and impressionist for the Kevin and Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station, KROQ-FM...
  
   — The Man of 1,000 Voices (George Bush, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Michael Jackson, the Pope, Jerry Lewis, Criss Angel, Christian Bale, Sean Connery, Sarah Palin, Doug Kriegel, Keanu Reeves and Bob Dylan, to name a few). He handles entertainment news segments and often acts as a substitute when Kevin or Bean is not present. He is also known to unleash bitter rants aimed at Kevin, Bean, 7-Eleven coffee lids, random celebrity stupidity, country music, and Joan freakin' Rivers
  Joan Rivers
  Joan Rivers is an American comedian, television personality and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries...
  
  . A recurring joke at Ralph's expense refers to his spending nearly 2 months filming Two for the Money
  Two for the Money (film)
  Two for the Money is a 2005 film directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo. The film is about the world of sports gambling.-Plot:...
  
   with Al Pacino
  Al Pacino
  Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
  
   and Matthew McConaughey
  Matthew McConaughey
  Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor.After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s, McConaughey gained notice for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused . He then appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Tiptoes, Sahara, and We Are Marshall...
  
  , only to have all but a few minutes of screen time cut from the movie. He is a Philadelphia native and a rabid Philadelphia Eagles
  Philadelphia Eagles
  The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   fan. Ralph collects memorabilia from the hit television series Batman, and says he would display Adam West
  Adam West
  William West Anderson , better known by the stage name Adam West, is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman TV series and the film of the same name...
  
   in a glass case in his home if he could. His Segment "Ralph's Showbiz Beat" is one of the most popular segments on the show.

• Lisa May — Technically, the traffic reporter. Lisa May chimes in during most of the segments, offering a female point of view. A good sport, she is not above putting her own foibles under the microscope and providing a focal point for the recurring game "Lick Lisa." A running joke on the show involves Kevin and Bean trying to offer other hot women the job of traffic reporter. Lisa has appeared on the TV show "Reba" and has done audio looping for the TV show "Alias." She is an avid fan of live theater, and tries to sneak in references to the plays she attends, which Kevin and Bean ignore.

• Dave Sanchez AKA "The King of Mexico" — The show's lethargic assistant producer, he was given the nickname 'King Of Mexico' because even though his parents are both Mexican and fluent in Spanish, he can't speak a word of it. He even failed Spanish in High School. Sanchez also speaks with a mild Mexican accent. He has set the Guinness World Record for constant TV watching twice, only to have his new record voided each time for inconsistent record-keeping. After a station concert or event, stories of Dave's drunken escapades run rampant. He idolizes young female stars such as Mandy Moore
  Mandy Moore
  Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
  
   and Kristen Bell
  Kristen Bell
  Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress. Although her first film role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...
  
  . Dave is a Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
   fan, even making songs extolling the team. When the Clippers fell short of the playoffs in the 2006-2007 season, he took some heat for his boasting, including a mocking song submitted by a listener. Dave is known for the 'No-Game Game,' in which he uses no game to get hot chicks. He has an obsession with the band, Paramore
  Paramore
  Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
  
  , attending one of their concerts one night at San Diego when they were scheduled to be interviewed on the Kevin and Bean show the next morning.
• DJ Omar Khan AKA "Omar" — The main DJ of the show who is mostly responsible for all the technical aspects of the show. He has a deep-rooted hatred for Rachael Ray
  Rachael Ray
  Rachael Domenica Ray is an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the syndicated talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels and $40 a Day...
  
   but loves Tim Allen
  Tim Allen
  Tim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...
  
  . A running joke has Kevin and Bean (while on remote segments) recount exaggerated stories of acts committed by Omar, only to have him remind Kevin and Bean that he is at the studio. He is also frequently heard laughing in the background whenever phone "interviews" are conducted, leading to a running joke that Omar is actually wherever the (fake) interviewee happens to be. Omar directed the infamous Cucamonga Heat movie often referred on the show. Recently he has expressed cartoon hate against the FOX hit show Glee
  Glee (TV series)
  Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
  
   with a segment called "Glee Cap" every Wednesday morning.
• Alex Warren AKA "Whore" and "Super Whore" — Formerly an assistant producer for the show. She has now been promoted to producer of the show.
• Jay "Lightning" Tilles — Formerly a producer of the Kevin and Bean show. He started as an intern of the show. He is now running the KROQ-FM
  KROQ-FM
  KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
  
   website because of his accomplishments with his video editing. Loves big trucks and is the Co-Owner of Long Beach Clothing Co.
• Beer Mug — Formerly an intern for Kevin and Bean, he now works with Jed the Fish, known for his failure at setting world eating records and his willingness to let Kevin and Bean talk him into dangerous feats. Currently he is taking over for Psycho Mike's position helping Kevin and Bean in studio on air.

Frequent Special Guests

• Petros Papadakis
  Petros Papadakis
  Petros Papadakis is an American television personality and radio co-host of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio. He is a former tailback and American football team captain for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. He is also known as "The P."Papadakis's family...
  
  
• Harvey Levin
  Harvey Levin
  Harvey Robert Levin is an American television producer, lawyer, legal analyst and a celebrity reporter. He is the founder of celebrity gossip website TMZ.com.-Education:...
  
  
• Frank Caliendo
  Frank Caliendo
  Frank Caliendo is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and as the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, Frank TV, which aired on TBS...
  
  
• Rich Eisen
• Joe Rogan
  Joe Rogan
  Joseph James "Joe" Rogan is an American comedian, video blogger, actor, writer, podcaster, and martial artist. He is best known for his work on NewsRadio, his work as color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and his hosting work on Fear Factor.-Acting:In 1994, Rogan co-starred on...
  
  
• Kevin Smith
  Kevin Smith
  Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
  
  
• Joel McHale
  Joel McHale
  Joel Edward McHale is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television producer, television personality, and voice artist. He is best known for hosting The Soup and for his role as Jeff Winger on Community....
  
  
• Adam Sessler
  Adam Sessler
  Adam Donovan Sessler is co-host of X-Play on G4 with Morgan Webb and, as of December 17, 2008, editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network. He is the only remaining television personality from the G4's origin network ZDTV.-Background:Sessler was born in Berkeley, California...
  
  
• Adam Carolla
  Adam Carolla
  Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...
  
  
• Olivia Munn
  Olivia Munn
  Lisa Olivia Munn is an American comedic actress, model, television personality and author. She began her career being credited as Lisa Munn. Since 2006, she has been using the name Olivia Munn personally and professionally....
  
  
• David Alan Grier
  David Alan Grier
  David Alan Grier , also known as "D.A.G." , is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jay Mohr
  Jay Mohr
  Jay Mohr is an American actor and stand up comedian. He is known for his role as Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer, the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, which ran from 2008 to 2010, and the back-stabbing sports agent Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire.-Early life:Mohr was...
  
  
• Andrew Siciliano

Recurring Themes, Characters, & Running Jokes

• "SANTA MONICA!!!!!!" — Started after the John Kilduff "Let's Paint" Public-access television
  Public-access television
  Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
  
   video was aired on Kevin and Bean. Kilduff had a number of crank callers calling in making "Santa Monica" shout-outs. Soon thereafter, Kevin and Bean got their own "Santa Monica" crank caller.
• "What it do, nephew?" — A daily listener call-in segment at the start of the show during which the best rant/story sometimes earns the caller a prize. (it used to be during the last 10–20 minutes of each day's program) Formerly known as "What Is Your Deal?", the segment was renamed after a greeting coined by Snoop Dogg
  Snoop Dogg
  Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
  
   and was expanded to include the phrase "what it do, baby boo" to greet Lisa May and female callers.
• "Robbie Joyner" - Whenever some one young has accomplished something Kevin chimes in with. "Do you know what I was doing at that age? Throwing rocks at my neighbor Robbie Joyner."
• "The Hot Bell" — Bean often rings a bell at the mention of an attractive woman's name. The practice extends to when callers specifically greet Lisa May, usually with a suggestive tone. A children's bicycle bell is used when attractive but underage stars are mentioned, such as the Olsen Twins, Lindsey Lohan and Miley Cyrus
  Miley Cyrus
  Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
  
  . A cowbell is used for larger women like Oprah Winfrey
  Oprah Winfrey
  Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
  
  . A sound clip for unattractive women is also used, alternating between the sound of a frying pan (as if their face was a result of being struck by a frying pan) and Chewbacca
  Chewbacca
  Chewbacca, also known as Chewie, is a character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by Peter Mayhew. In the series' narrative chronology, he appears in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi...
  
  's trademark growl.
• "Don't Bogart That Joint, My Friend ...." — Kevin and Bean start and end their Friday shows with a cover of "Don't Bogart Me" by Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
  Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
  Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise is an American band. It formed in 1994 when former members of the band Second Self met a blind street performer by the name of Robert Bradley. Robert Bradley was born in Alabama, but gained musical experience and spirit by singing as a child at The Alabama...
  
  , sung by the cast. For a while, they opened the Monday show with "The Boys Are Back In Town" by the Bus Boys after it was suggested by a listener.
• Cucamonga Heat — DJ Omar Khan made a film while in school called Cucamonga Heat that is clearly a low-budget film. After being featured in the show, there is an often-played clip of the film featuring a man sitting down in a chair (DJ Omar Khan) ordering a fake drug deal to occur. This clip is usually played (especially by Kevin) during instances where a clip (from a Movie) should be played usually as a joke or to signify that the thing being reviewed is bad. This also led to anyone named "Eric" to be greeted by "Yea, Eric" when calling in.
• "(Random Words) Playing at..." — Whenever a strange combination of words are mentioned randomly throughout the show, Kevin and Bean imply that the previously mentioned words are actually the name of a music group that are "set to play" at an upcoming concert. The comedy is in the combination of random words, usually set up as "," by the way..." This is done to poke fun at the absurdity of band names that Kevin and Bean learn about. One example involves the words "concrete vagina," first mentioned in a bit on February 11, 2008, with Bean stating that "They're playing at Coachella. They're very good."
• "The 909" — The guys often mock the Inland Empire
  Inland Empire (California)
  The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
  
   area of Southern California, for its reputation as a haven for meth labs and trailer trash. On one April Fool's Day, the show staged a fake Blink 182 concert in the area as an "apology", sending many 909ers on a frantic search for the bogus event. (It is also rumored/believed that portions of the 909 area code were "re-numbered" to 951 due to Kevin and Bean's constant negative opinion of the area and its inhabitants.)
• "Loquecia" — A feisty African-American hairdresser, voiced by Ralph, who calls in with recaps of reality shows, often pointing out how crazy white people are.
• "Rock Me Amadeus" — Ralph's affinity for the '80s pop song by Falco
  Falco (musician)
  Johann Hölzel , better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian pop and rock musician and rapper. He had several international hits: "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home " and posthumously, "Out Of The Dark"...
  
   led to a string of listener-submitted stories that would lead to a pun of the song title (such as "Rock Meet Ann B. Davis
  Ann B. Davis
  Ann Bradford Davis is an American television actress.Davis achieved prominence for her role in The Bob Cummings Show for which she twice won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series...
  
  ") and give Ralph an excuse to play it. When that song was eventually "retired", Ralph moved on to classic hits such as "She Blinded Me With Science
  She Blinded Me with Science
  "She Blinded Me With Science" is a New Wave song by British musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the UK in October 1982 and was subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science and the second edition of Dolby's debut album The Golden Age of Wireless. It is...
  
  " by Thomas Dolby
  Thomas Dolby
  Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.-Early life:Dolby was born in London, England, contrary to information in early 1980s...
  
  , "Electric Avenue
  Electric Avenue (song)
  "Electric Avenue" is a song by Eddy Grant, from his 1982 album Killer on the Rampage. It was released as a single in 1982, and went on to be very popular, reaching #2 on both United States and United Kingdom singles charts...
  
  " by Eddy Grant
  Eddy Grant
  Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.- Life and career :When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park...
  
  , "Heat of the Moment
  Heat of the Moment
  UK 7" single-Chart performance:-Popular culture:* "Heat of the Moment" was repopularized in 2005 when it was featured in the motion pictures The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Matador....
  
  " by Asia
  Asia (band)
  Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup as it included former members of several veteran progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton , Geoff Downes , Steve Howe and Carl Palmer Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a...
  
  , "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc
  Tone Loc
  Anthony Terrell Smith , better known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor.-Early life and career:...
  
   and, on one occasion, Meat Loaf
  Meat Loaf
  Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
  
  's "Bat out of Hell
  Bat out of Hell (song)
  "Bat Out of Hell" is a song written by Jim Steinman, for the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. It was released as a single in 1979, and again in 1993...
  
  ", and Eddie Money
  Eddie Money
  Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...
  
  's Two Tickets To Paradise
  Two Tickets to Paradise
  "Two Tickets to Paradise" is a song by American rock singer, Eddie Money, from his 1977 album Eddie Money. It was released as a single in June 1978 and reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Background and content:...
  
  . As of January 2011, Ralph has been using Aerosmith
  Aerosmith
  Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
  
  's Dude Looks Like A Lady.
• "Pedro Guerrero" — Riffing on the over-enunciated way that O.J. Simpson said the ballplayer's name on a 911 tape, the guys never pass a chance to repeat the name and will, at times, pronounce similar sounding names in the same way.
• Karl Malone
  Karl Malone
  Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...
  
   and "Santa" Karl — Reprised each Christmas season by former cast member Jimmy Kimmel
  Jimmy Kimmel
  James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money...
  
  , "Santa" Karl is somewhat of an inside joke for longtime listeners. In this bit, Kimmel takes calls from children, posing as Santa Claus
  Santa Claus
  Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...
  
   as he might be voiced by basketball player Karl Malone. As the children give him their gift wish lists, "Santa" Karl provides improvised, usually inappropriate responses laced with sexual innuendo and other adult references. This bit originated with Kimmel performing in a traditional Santa Claus voice, but changed during the year he began making fun of Karl Malone's radio program, vowing to perform his entire on-air appearances as an impersonation of Malone.
• "There's always room for J-Lo!" — Although now seldom heard, for several years Ralph made almost daily mentions of Jennifer Lopez
  Jennifer Lopez
  Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
  
   in the entertainment news bits, each followed with a lengthy explanation of how, despite the busy schedule and numerous more important stories, they were able to discuss Jennifer because "there's always room for J-Lo." This is a play on the Jell-O
  Jell-O
  Jell-O is a brand name belonging to U.S.-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. The brand's popularity has led to it being used as a generic term for gelatin dessert across the U.S. and Canada....
  
   slogan, "There's always room for Jell-O!".
• The Kevin and Bean Curse — Soon after being interviewed for the show, local athletes or their teams often encounter bad luck, including injuries and losing streaks. One notable victim was then-Dodgers closer Éric Gagné
  Éric Gagné
  Éric Serge Gagné is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher...
  
  .
• Kevin Breaks Up Bands — Since he reported the break-up of Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...
  
   before it was officially announced, Kevin is often blamed for causing the break-up, a trend that continued with Blink 182 and Audioslave
  Audioslave
  Audioslave was an American rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...
  
  .
• Every April 1, the show broadcasts a hoax, usually in an attempt to lure fans to events that do not exist (The "Mall of America
  Mall of America
  The Mall of America, also called MOA and the Megamall, is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, in the United States. It is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the...
  
   West" in Anaheim, a free Blink 182 concert, Ralph's Bachelor Party). They have also broadcast an entire show of Pirate Radio's Shannon in the Morning (a former LA radio show), as well as running the typical Saturday morning show to throw off listeners.
• "Point for Cake" — A once-recurring bit titled "The Burning Question" featured staffers (usually Ralph and Money) debating a pointless topic while Bean would keep score of who was winning the contest. One such debate, "Which is better, cake or pie?" lead to the catch phrases "point for cake" meaning something good and "point for pie" meaning something bad. Soon after the bit ran, caller Nioria Gutierrez, claimed that the phrases were being used on the set of The Shield
  The Shield
  The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
  
   and that guest star Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
  
   started using them herself.
• "Speecy-Spicy Sausage" — When the gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain
  Brokeback Mountain
  Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee. It is a film adaptation of the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx with the screenplay written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry...
  
   was making news, a parody clip was played in which Psycho Mike voiced both Heath Ledger
  Heath Ledger
  Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...
  
   and Jake Gyllenhaal
  Jake Gyllenhaal
  Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten...
  
   in a moment of passion. Part of the clip, which refers to Ledger's member as a "speecy-spicy sausage", caught on as a catch phrase.
• "AFRO Line" — Kevin and Bean's voicemail line, which is (323) 520-AFRO. Callers phone in rants, jokes, songs, puerile noises, and other commentary, which sometimes makes it on the air. The term "AFRO Line" was coined by former member, Jimmy Kimmel. A-F-R-O are simply the letters found on the keys of the number pad. Interestingly, the members of the show do not remember the inception of the AFRO line, but it was actually Bean that started it. Years ago, Bean recounted one of his vacations to a small town where the local radio station was accessible to the local population. According to Bean, people were allowed to walk in or call the radio station and make a public announcement about local community events like garage sales. Kevin and Bean thought it would be interesting to offer the same service to the K&B listeners and hence the inception of the AFRO line. However, over time, the original intent was lost and it became a repository for listener rants and jokes.
• "Dieu To" — A Vietnamese listener who calls periodically since 2002 into the show at various times though it has been noted by Kevin and Bean that contacting him is extremely hard to do. Notable traits of Dieu-To were his effed up eye, his love for Steven Segal (which he pronounces Cigar), fondness of buffets, and affinity for desserts. His search for a soul mate lead him to only date women who are 5'8 or 5'9.He was believed to be a fake persona created by Show participant Ralph Garman, though later dispelled with numerous in studio features and a parody segment of MTV Cribs which only furthered the mystery of Dieu To.
• The Butterball Hotline — Every Thanksgiving, Kevin and Bean call in to get advice from the turkey company, (much to the chagrin of Kevin) often leading to a disastrous, unintentionally funny bit. Bean plays a farmer attempting to get advice from the turkey company on how to kill a turkey with Ralph in the background voicing the turkey in question.
• Lisa May's Gift from QVC — Every year, for Christmas and Lisa May's birthday, Kevin and Bean call QVC
  QVC
  QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
  
   and purchase whatever is being shown on television at the moment for Lisa's gift, regardless of the price or usefulness of the product. The gift is always less than desirable, and the cheaper the price, the happier the boys are. One year, Lisa and Ralph enlisted the services of an actress to play the QVC operator, and tricked Kevin and Bean into thinking they just bought her a high definition TV.
• "Anna?" - A recent, running joke started the day after Anna Nicole Smith was found dead. The joke implies that the "KROQ microphones were there" at the moment of Smith's death, and a recording is played of Smith voicing an intro for the Kevin and Bean Show while walking down a hallway. Suddenly, sounds of Smith falling over are heard, and Producer Lightning, in a deep voice, says, "Anna?" The joke has since been expanded to include Bean's cow("cow?"), Captain America
  Captain America
  Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
  
  ("Captain?"), the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
  
   ("Turtle?"), Peter Petrelli
  Peter Petrelli
  Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers...
  
   calling out the name "Mohinder
  Mohinder Suresh
  Mohinder Suresh is a fictional character on the NBC drama Heroes, portrayed by Sendhil Ramamurthy. He is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and is a genetics professor at the University of Madras who holds a PhD in parapsychology...
  
  " from NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
  's Heroes
  Heroes (TV series)
  Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
  
  , astronaut Buzz Aldrin
  Buzz Aldrin
  Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
  
   and others.
• The Month - Forced to give the date multiple times during a broadcast and due to their making fun of that fact that October was coined as "Rocktober", Kevin and Bean have taken to giving each month a funny and sexually suggestive name. Such names include Va-January, Febru-areola, Mar-chi-ca-bow-wow (patterned after porn music), Aprilingus, May...I see them, Poon (June), Ju-like it in the ass, Ju-like cream in your coffee, Au-Au-Au-AUGUST, Slutember, Rocktober, Blovember, and Double D-cemeber. This word play has since been terminated by station management on July 9, 2009 because it 'may' be offensive to some listeners.
• Halloween Spooks - An annual tradition loved by all except Kevin. "Halloween Spooks" is a song performed by 1960's jazz trio Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross and is loved by the rest of the show except Kevin who complains long and loud about how annoying and stupid the song is. Bean begins October by playing the song in little snippets until Halloween
  Halloween
  Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
  
   when they will usually play the song in its entirety. The duration of the song will usually include the cast making fun of the odd and unusual vocalizations throughout. The show has created new versions of the song titled "Thanksgiving Cooks" and "Hanukkah Jews" to go along with their respective holidays. Songs for Martin Luther King, Jr., Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, the Chinese New Year, and Leap Day have also been made.
• Miss Double D-cember — Each December Kevin and Bean have 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. The current Miss Double D-cember is Christine.
• Kevin and Bean Foreign Correspondence- Every time Kevin and Bean find an interesting article that is in another country they go and call the country. Ralph always hates it and he always has a discouraging attitude towards the idea of calling other countries. The calls usually end up being unanswered, or it gets answered but Kevin and Bean wouldn't be able to communicate with the person on the other line, because of the language. In the end they would have to call Dave The King of Mexico to pretend that he is the guy that is in the country that they are calling.
• Hey!- As of late the Kevin and Bean crew has been adding an over zealous "Hey!" to the end of songs that do not usually require one. To which the person who does the hey gets teased.
• "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written, composed and performed by Canadian Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. It was inspired by the Newsweek article on the event, "The Cruelest Month", which...
  
  " — Bean is obsessed with the song, which he mentions whenever he can and plays on the anniversary of the wreck.

Noted former cast members

The show has been the stepping stone for celebrities such as:

• Jimmy Kimmel
  Jimmy Kimmel
  James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money...
  
   got his start as their sports announcer. Annually, he returns to the show to reprise his role as "Santa" Karl, an inappropriately crass Santa Claus character who takes calls from children in the voice of basketball player Karl Malone
  Karl Malone
  Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...
  
  .
• Adam Carolla
  Adam Carolla
  Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...
  
   would do spots as the cranky Mr. Birchum (who later became a character on Comedy Central
  Comedy Central
  Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
  
  's Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers is an American TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call...
  
  ). Adam has returned to the show to do a weekly segment called "This Week In Rage" after the demise of his own syndicated radio show
  The Adam Carolla Show
  The Adam Carolla Show was a syndicated morning radio program, which began airing on January 3, 2006 and ended on February 20, 2009. The show was produced by CBS Radio as part of its Free FM format, and was based out of KLSX in Los Angeles. On February 20, KLSX changed format from hot talk to Top...
  
  .
• Michael Dwight "Psycho Mike" Catherwood
  Michael Catherwood
  Michael Dwight Catherwood , known by his radio name Psycho Mike, is an American radio personality. He is known primarily for his work at KROQ-FM on Kevin and Bean and most recently as the co-host of Loveline.-Kevin & Bean Show:...
  
   — Former assistant producer for the show, he frequently stars in man-on-the-street segments as well as parodies of most commercial songs which generally involve crude themes. Psycho Mike is also an amateur body builder and a certified personal trainer, a recovering addict, and has appeared in several segments educating listeners about exercise and nutrition. He also voices Kevin Federline
  Kevin Federline
  Kevin Earl Federline is an American dancer, rapper, fashion model, and actor. Previously engaged to actress Shar Jackson, Federline is best known for his two-year marriage to pop singer Britney Spears...
  
  , Sergeant Rip Shred Master, Spencer Pratt
  Spencer Pratt
  Spencer William Pratt is a former American television personality known for his role on MTV's The Hills, along with his wife Heidi Montag. He is the older brother of Stephanie Pratt, who also appears on The Hills....
  
  , Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
  Antonio Villaraigosa
  Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa , born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years. He is also the current president of the United States Conference of...
  
  , Listener Rudy, Tom DeLonge
  Tom DeLonge
  Thomas Matthew "Tom" DeLonge, Jr. is an American rock musician. He is the guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists for the American pop punk band Blink-182 as well as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the alternative band Angels & Airwaves...
  
   and Anthony Kiedis
  Anthony Kiedis
  Anthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...
  
   among others. He often comes under scrutiny by other show participants due to the sexual noises he makes whenever an attractive female [or male] is mentioned. Still stops by to do voices. He recently participated in the series Dancing with the Stars.
• Matt "Money" Smith, Jimmy's replacement, now on AM570 as a co-host for a drive time sports talk show with Petros Papadakis, himself a frequent guest of the Kevin and Bean show, titled "The Petros and Money Show
  Petros and Money Show
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   (or PMS)" Monday through Friday from 4-7 on AM570 KLAC.
• The Virgin Kennedy aka Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
  Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
  Lisa Kennedy Montgomery is an American political satirist, radio personality, and former MTV VJ...
  
   a morning show intern who became a KROQ disc jockey and later an MTV veejay.
• Miss Cleo — Formerly an intern and a phone screener. Known for her enormous chest and inability to ad lib, the latter forming the basis to the on-air game "Title Fight," in which contestants must guess song titles that she describes.

Other personalities no longer with the show include:

• Big Tad — an overweight and incompetent production assistant, he was fired and rehired by Kevin and Bean several times. He would also drive the KROQ van and give out prizes at various public locations. He was later given a job by Jimmy Kimmel
  Jimmy Kimmel
  James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money...
  
   and was seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
  
   several times. Tad later worked on Carolla's radio show.
• Michael "The Maintenance Man" Burton — an actual maintenance man in the building where KROQ had its studios, he came to be an active member of the show, performing man-on-the-street interviews and making public appearances. In the fall of 1995, Burton left the show and filed a wrongful-termination suit charging the station along with Kevin and Bean with racial and religious discrimination. The suit was settled in late 1996.
• Paul, The Fifty-Five Year Old Intern (aka Richard Cheese aka Mark Jonathan Davis) — Also known as the World's Oldest Intern, would appear in comedy sketches and was a tireless fan of Frank Sinatra. He sang (badly) in the Sinatra style many times on the show. The gimmick of a middle-aged intern has since been stolen by 91X's Cantore In The Morning, as "Tom, the 47-year-old intern"
• Chet Waterhouse, Sports Reporter — Actually stand-up comedian Jeff Cesario
  Jeff Cesario
  Jeff Cesario is an American comedian and writer, who has written for Dennis Miller Live and The Larry Sanders Show...
  
  . The character of Waterhouse was a stereotypical bombastic sports reporter who spoke in a mealy-mouthed voice and used rickety metaphors. He was replaced by Jimmy Kimmel.
• Producer Frank Murphy
  Frank Murphy (radio)
  Frank Murphy is known as a radio personality and formerly as a producer for a number of popular radio programs such as the Don and Mike Show, Kevin and Bean, and Mark and Brian....
  
   on the Realistic Plug 'n' Talk. Frank was once challenged by Kevin & Bean to sell 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for his daughter at morning show events.
• Sports guy Dean - filled in for Matt "Money" Smith for a few months in late 2005, then later disappeared from the show without mention. it wasn't until many months later that it was noted that their superiors thought the team did not need a dedicated sports reporter, because of the addition to the production budget.

Television & Film

Over the years, Kevin and Bean have made various forays into other media:

• Kevin and Bean hosted Godzilla Theater on KCAL 9
  KCAL-TV
  KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
  
   in Los Angeles in the early 1990s. It was on after midnight and showed the various Godzilla movies interlaced with witty banter between Kevin & Bean.
• Kevin and Bean hosted an Addams Family
  The Addams Family (TV series)
  The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966...
  
   Marathon on KCAL 9 in Los Angeles in 1993. They did on the street interviews between classic Addams Family episodes.
• Kevin and Bean were hired by the Fox Network in the early to mid-1990s to do voice-overs in between Fox shows. Their radio banter did not translate well in such short segments, and they soon disappeared from that role.
• Kevin and Bean did a short stint on the E! Entertainment Television channel.
• Kevin and Bean were the announcers for the Grammy Awards of 2005
  Grammy Awards of 2005
  The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were hosted by Queen Latifah , and televised in the United States by CBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year...
  
  . Kevin returned as the solo announcer in 2006
  Grammy Awards of 2006
  The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Irish rock band U2 were the big winners, winning five awards including Album of the Year. Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West each were nominated for eight awards and won three,...
  
   and 2007
  Grammy Awards of 2007
  The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Dixie Chicks...
  
  .
• Both appeared in the 2001 movie Rock Star
  Rock Star (2001 film)
  Rock Star is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer whose ascendance to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band was inspired by the real-life story of Tim...
  
   as interviewers.

Christmas Compilation CDs

Over the years Kevin and Bean have released numerous Christmas related compilation CDs. The compilations consist of skits, bands covering Christmas related songs, and various KROQ personalities. These compilations are usually only available for a short period of time and after that are out of print.

• NO RELEASE (2009)
• Black Christmas EP
  Black Christmas EP
  Black Christmas EP is the Seventeenth Christmas release by KROQ show Kevin and Bean. The release was not a CD, but downloadable songs they put on the website...
  
   (2008)
• NO RELEASE (2007)
• Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas (2006)
• NO RELEASE (2005)
• Kevin & Bean's Christmastime In The 909 (2004) (a reference to the area code 909
  Area code 909
  Area code 909 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 714 on November 14, 1992. Western Riverside County was split off from 909 into area code 951 on July 17, 2004...
  
   for the oft-ridiculed Inland Empire
  Inland Empire (California)
  The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
  
  )
• The Year They Recalled Santa Claus (2003)
• Fo' Shizzle St. Nizzle (2002)
• Swallow My Eggnog (2001)
• The Real Slim Santa (2000)
• Kevin and Bean: Last Christmas (1999) (proceeds to the Starlight Foundation)
• Santa's Swingin' Sack (1998)
• A Family Christmas in Your Ass (1997)
• Christmastime in the LBC (1996)
• How the Juice Stole Christmas (1995)
• No Toys for OJ (1994)
• Santa Claus, Schmanta Claus (1993)
• We've Got Your Yule Logs Hangin' (1992)
• Bogus Christmas (1991)
• Feel the Warmth of Kevin and Bean's Wonderful World of Christmas (The White Album) (1990)

Availability

Listeners in remote areas, or even in particular buildings, often have a difficult time getting clear reception of the show. As a result, listeners have complained for years that Kevin and Bean were not on the Internet. However, on February 6, 2006, when KROQ started streaming online. (KROQ also did not have a web site for many years after the Internet became established.)

Kevin and Bean were also broadcast in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...

 for several years, but that station began broadcasting the Adam Carolla Show

Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...

 when it started in January 2006.

On January 3, 2011, the Kevin and Bean show began airing on San Francisco's legendary KITS 105.3 FM (Live 105). In September 2011, after only eight months, KITS switched to an all music format, dropping the Kevin and Bean show.

The show runs from 5:30 to 10:00, weekday mornings. The early hour will often repeat a comedy segment from the day before; segments from early in the show are often replayed a second time later in the show.

On November 10, 2008 the Kevin and Bean Show started an afternoon segment, 'Cinco De La Tarde', (Spanish for Five in the afternoon) weekdays from 5:00 - 6:00 PM. 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.

Beginning May 11, 2009, Kevin and Bean started syndicating on KEDJ

KEDJ

KEXX is a commercial radio station located in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting to the Phoenix Metropolitan Area on 103.9 FM. KEXX airs a modern rock music format branded as "X 103-9". In July 2009, the station added less commercials and plays deeper tracks rather than just radio hits unlike normal...

, 103.9 The Edge in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, KFRR

KFRR

KFRR is a commercial modern rock music radio station in Woodlake, California, broadcasting to the Fresno, California area.-History:...

 104.1 Fresno

Fresno

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 and KRZQ-FM Reno

Reno

Reno is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, US.Reno may also refer to:-Places:Italy*The Reno River, in Northern ItalyCanada*Reno No...

.
As of September 8, 2009, Kevin and Bean are no longer on KEDJ in Phoenix due a change in format at that station emphasizing music.

Starting September 8, 2009 Kevin and Bean began airing in mornings on newly launched Alternative music station KQLZ V99.1 in Boise, Idaho

Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

.

Beginning September 13, 2010, Kevin and Bean begain airing in mornings on Classic Rock: The Heat 99.5, KMRJ, in the Palm Springs, CA.

Kevin and Bean is also heard in portions of Iowa and Illinois in the afternoon on KCJJ

KCJJ

KCJJ is a radio station licensed to serve Iowa City, Iowa, USA. The station is owned by Steve Bridges' River City Radio. The station was assigned the KCJJ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission in 1982.-Programming:...

-AM 1630, which is located in Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...

External links

• Kevin and Bean's official webpage on kroq.com
• Fan site blog that discusses each daily Kevin and Bean show
• Audio of Ralph's call to Jacques Chirac (Scroll to bottom of page)
• Unofficial Kevin and Bean Archive
• Lisa May's Official Website
• Bean on Twitter