Taxi Dancing with the Stars!

Joe Escalante's weekly sojourn into the business end of showbiz. This week... Timothy Busfield is in some MAJOR legal trouble, but, as always, Joe is cautious in reserving any judgment before any evidence is made clear. After a recap of the latest Box Office numbers and Joe's night managing Sublime at Alter-Ego (Thank you iHeart!!!), Joe discusses the latest Beach Boy's documentary on Disney+ and confesses his darkest secret... He's always liked the Beach Boys better than The Beatles <GASP!>. Who know, a SoCal kid would identify better with a band with a tan over a band that hadn't seen sunlight until they left Liverpool??? And, in Celebs Behaving Badly... Chris Brown's case against the documentary reminding him of his violent history against women was dropped. Laker Legend Lamar Odom got a DUI in Vegas. Kiefer Sutherland got busted for being a drunken dick to a Uber/Lyft driver... Which reminded Joe of LA's history of underground dance clubs, where "Taxi Dancers" would dance in clubs with people for money per song, and the factors that led to its ultimate demise. Someone needs to do a documentary on this...

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Taxi Dancing with the Stars! is an episode from Barely Legal with Joe Escalante by KEIB-AM (KEIB-AM).

This episode is 41:35 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2026.

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