SEVEN FIVE RADIO

Not only is this a great song, but the singer Oliver Anthony has a hell of a voice!

That is the quote from Washington DC Councilman Trayon White. Since the passing of St. George, the DC Council has put the hand cuffs on the cops. The DC police union said this:

“In 2020, the Council passed the Policing and Justice Reform Act. This was a 26 subtitle bill that made sweeping changes to policing. The bill eliminated due process and disciplinary rights of police officers, created a new ability for investigators to ‘Monday morning quarterback’ all uses of force, prohibited officers from using body-worn camera to complete basic reports, and generally hamstrung police. Councilmember Nadeau added several amendments to this bill that prohibited officers from protecting themselves and others in a riot. She also openly advocated to ‘defund the police’. The fact that she is now pretending to be ‘pro-public safety’ is laughable. She is absolutely to blame for the violence and mayhem in this city,” wrote D.C. Police Union Chair Gregg Pemberton, “Before we discuss bringing in the National Guard, we should be having serious discussions about repealing the Policing and Justice Reform Act of 2021, which prohibits cops from doing their jobs of keeping communities safe and keeping criminals off the street.”

The worst part is that we all knew this was going to happen.

This movie was released in 1990, showing Detroit full of zombies high on drugs, total anarchy in the streets and no cops to be seen for miles! What’s the difference between the movie and today!?

One of the best directors from the best decades in Hollywood has passed. William Friedkin who directed some of the most critically acclaimed movies including “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist.” I tried to book Friedkin on the show, with no success. One of Friedkin’s best attributes is that he looks for authenticity. In “The French Connection” to portray the story as accurate as possible, not only did Friedkin have Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso on the set as technical advisors, but he cast them in the movie! Egan brought Friedkin, and actors Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider to “shooting galleries.” And the scene where the Police Supervisor stripped the Lincoln looking for heroin was portrayed by the actual police officer who searched the car looking for heroin in the actual case! Friedkin wasn’t done there. In “The Exorcist” Friedkin went out and cast an actual priest to play the priest! And where the scene called for the priest to be shocked, Friedkin actually slapped a priest and started rolling the film! And in the movie “Blue Chips” who else to cast as a college basketball superstar than a college basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal. And for the chase scene in “French Connection” Hickman had to have a New York City Transit Authority Motorman play a New York City Transit Authority Motorman as the boss of the Transit Authority giving permission would not let Friedkin use an actor.

Besides authenticity, Firedkin was also responsible for some of the most epic car chases in movies. “To Live and Die in LA” and of course, “The French Connection.” In “Connection” Friedkin has a car chase a subway! Friedkin has stunt driving legend Bill Hickman doing double duty. He was a character in the movie and the stunt driver of that Pontiac LeMans chasing the train.

Friedkin was at the right place at the right time for film making. As Friedkin was making “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist” you had Sam Peckenpah making “The Wild Bunch,” Steven Spielberg making “Jaws,” Francis Coppola make Godfather I and II, Martin Scorsese make “Mean Streets” and “Taxi Driver,” and George Lucas make a little film called “Star Wars.”

Well, my vacation was a typical Scoop event. I had the kids go with my ex- wife. So it would be a quiet trip. Dad was pissed. He said that the ex was being mean by not letting me bring my kids to Yhanundasis. I see my kids 7 days a week. I’d like to do normal things as an adult. I watched Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy every night! But dad wants to see his grandkids. I’m not a grandfather so I guess being a grandparent is better than being a parent. I guess since your kids disappoint you, you look to your grandkids for hope!

Here’s what I experienced while I was home. Bad weather and a bad dog. That’s about it. I even called Little Billy Keebler but he was busy doing nothing! We went to the big city of Utica, NY in the Family Truckster to go shopping for the week. Scoop Sr said to be mindful of the saloons, gambling houses and loose women. I reminded dad that I was also eligible for an AARP membership and this wasn’t an episode of Little House on the Prairie. His response was: “Again; be careful of the saloons, gambling houses and loose women! And we’ll go to the barber to get you an haircut.” Sunday was nice but by the time we got back, it was too late to do anything. But we got back in time for Wheel of Fortune! Since there was no Planet Fitness and the wifi sucks, I took a page from JB Gunner and went hiking by myself. Unlike JB, there was no honey’s around! Friday we did go to the Roadkill Grill and the Regal Beagle! Both of these Gin Mills make Moe’s Tavern on the Simpson’s look like the hottest club in New York, LA, Miami, or Vegas! And the male/female ratio was 100 to 0! At the “Grill” one barfly looked like a mid-card wrestler from ECW named Rudy was going hog wild as at the other end of the bar was a rather attractive female that was just below 300 lbs and had a neatly trimmed beard! You thought Rudy just got out of jail after 25 years! I looked around and I knew almost everyone in the bar! There was a DJ playing songs for listening and karaoke. I greased the guy to play long songs to kill time include: Black Sabbath’s “Wheels of Confusion”, and the Allman Brothers Band’s “Dreams.” The poor girl messed up every song! In between looking like a “G” with the DJ, I was talking to Rudy about which Black Sabbath album was better. Great I was now a barfly! The Stanton Brothers stumbled to the Beagle where there were no ladies! I told my brother Shovel Stanton that we baddest set of brothers since the Dudley’s! We couldn’t beat retired midget wrestlers at that point. But; were the only brothers in the bar!

The next day we went boating. Dad bought a mini aircraft carrier. 25 feet long with the capacity to seat 15 comfortably. Current payload: 2 fat drunks! Meanwhile there were people on jet skis with 3 people on them! I can’t tell you how many boatloads of dudes were out there! It was like I was back in the Navy. Then as my brother and I were navigating to dock at a place for more alcohol, a boat pulls out with nothing but chicks on it. My brother turned the wheel as we were going to go in their general direction. Then the phone rings. Dad needs our help with mom. Shiiiiiiiiiit! We helped ma and stayed home for Wheel of Fortune!

The best part was the Yhanundasis Mensa Club. Literally a bunch of old guys (and a few old gals)talking shit! I was allowed to attend as I was part of a legacy (Front End Loader Stanton). I was laughing my ass off as these people were talking shit, drinking booze and talking about how fucked up the government is! It was a bigger audience than a typical week for 75 Radio!

It was such a disappointment that I followed the Instagram account of Ms. Danila Rodrigues! She went on vacation in Myrtle Beach with her family. Danila was on the July 1 show at the 4^th of July party! And she had a beautiful room, great weather and looked like she had a great time. And man, she always look like a million bucks! And the poor lady took pity on some of her simpleminded fans! She followed the account of one ScoopStanton and conversed via Instagram and Facebook! I was enjoying her vacation! She would post something nice on her trip. And I would post pics of my parents rotten dog or the rain! One account is what success looks like. The other account is what failure looks like. And failure loves the Sons of Anarchy and Jack Daniel’s!