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The Mark Simone Show

WOR weeknight host Jimmy Failla interview.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy and Mark dive into how being a broadcaster in NYC affects their energy. Eric Adams has officially endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York.

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0:00.0

Now more Mark Simone on 710 WOR.

0:05.2

Well, hey, we had a special dinner last night, big, beautiful steakhouse for 25 of our biggest best sponsors and a few people spoke.

0:13.6

Jimmy Fela stole the show.

0:15.5

Everybody loved him.

0:16.5

Jimmy Fela is now on W.R.

0:18.9

You can listen to him every night, 9 o'clock, 9 to midnight.

0:22.9

Excellent show every weeknight.

0:24.6

And he's got the best late-night show on television, Saturday nights, 10 o'clock Fox News Channel.

0:30.8

Jimmy Fela, how you doing?

0:33.2

Well, you know what?

0:34.0

I didn't really arrive in showbiz until I was telling jokes at a podium in a steakhouse at 530. I mean, that's the gig. You know, when you get into the industry, you know, people dream about the Tonight Show in Vegas. But, you know, anytime you're at an East Side Steakhouse at 5 p.m. with a sober crowd, that's the real comedy. But was what a great night huh yeah well i hate to

0:54.7

break it to you even if you're hosting the tonight show they'll make you go to a dinner with all

0:58.2

the top sponsors and tell some jokes oh i do i do it all the time at fox but we have such a good

1:04.0

time like it was such a good hang obviously you kicked it off did a phenomenal job so many laughs

1:09.6

tossed it over to Menti.

1:11.4

And you know what else?

1:12.1

And Menti was great as he always is.

1:14.1

And you know what was the most pleasant surprise of it all is Brenda K. Star.

1:18.4

Yeah.

1:18.9

I was goaded into singing, God bless America while we ate dinner.

1:22.8

It was like a weird dream, you know, because it felt like a a wedding rehearsal dinner we all got up and gave a

1:29.6

toast and Brenda sang but they didn't go through with the marriage so I guess that's good but what a

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