Porn Valley- Joe Friday was on KSEX’s Labor Day edition of The Wanker Show. Accompanying Friday was his wife Reina Leone. Wankus asked Friday how he was because Friday seemed real hung over when he got to the studios. Leone hasn’t been shooting as much, she said, but is now working at L.A. Direct’s office. “I’m there pretty much during the week. I’m scheduling all the girls but it’s nice because you get to see all the hot girls coming in.” But she is shooting here and there. Wankus asked if she were directing.

“We’ve had chats in the past- you’d be a good director in my opinion. You at least have the vision, anyway.” Wankus asked Joe how Friday productions was going.

“It’s going good,” Friday said. “We’re at the end of the year. We’re kind of under the wire getting a bunch of movies out before the deadline at the end of the month.” Friday said he had some pre-noms.

“We pushed out seven titles this year- we launched in January.”

Besides that, Friday was involved in an altercation in Santa Barbara, and Wankus pressed him for details. “When he was drinking his miseries away in some bar.”

Friday couldn’t remember the name of the place where the incident occurred but said it was an Irish bar. “There was Irish on the wall. They served Jameson- it was great.”

Asked what he was doing there, Friday said he was passing through town on his way back to L.A. and decided to drink- for six hours. Friday said he was in no condition to drive by the time he got to the bar. “It was one of those weekends.”

According to Friday, Santa Barbara’s not a big town and he stands out like a sore thumb and some of the local yokels wanted to start something with “the out of town drunk”. Wankus took that to mean that some of the local surfer boys wanted to start shit. Friday said one in particular.

“When you’re sitting at a bar you can see the jackasses making comments and just egging you on- shit like that,” Friday said. “I’m not one to take shit so I just looked right back at them. One of them decided to take a shot. He came up from behind me and grabbed a hold of my arm.” Friday said he was sure he was giving it right back to prompt that situation.

“He grabbed a hold of my arm,” Friday continued. “I didn’t turn around to look. I turned around swinging. I connected and we went to the ground. He threw a couple of shots and missed.” The cops showed up.

“I had knees in my back and I thought it was his buddies,” said Friday. “I came up lunging with elbows…”

Wankus pointed out that Friday was formerly SFPD as well as Leone. Friday was taken to the station but said there was no bonding about his former copdom. “They didn’t want to hear it. While they were picking me up I was still trying to head butt the little prick who wasn’t moving.” Wankus said Friday was lucky that he didn’t get Rodney Kinged. Friday admitted that he was pretty mouthy.

The cops ran Friday through the computers and Friday said it’s the first thing that shows up- if you’re a cop or a former one. “I’m not currently a police officer but am still considered in the state of California to be a police office because I have the full credentials.” Friday seems to think it may ultimately have worked in his favor.

“I’m 28 and have never been arrested in my life- in this country,” he added, a comment which struck Wankus funny. Friday was told by the cops he should no better.

“Blow me,” he told them. “Fuck you. I drank a little too much, kiss my ass.” Wankus said he lived there four years and Santa Barbara cops are assholes. Friday, however, said he lucked out. “The little jackass spent the night in the hospital and I spent the night on a cold concrete floor.” Friday was put in the tank and given several misdemeanor charges. He was also given a court date.

“They said if the DA wants to take it any further- the victim-we’ll talk then,” Friday said. Wankus said Friday seemed to be the victim in this case and his impression of Santa Barbara was that everyone he met he just wanted to beat.

“They all thought they were tough, but as soon as you confront them, they’re like, hey, that’s cool.” Friday said the town is inhabited by all these Cal Poly college town pricks. Friday already made his court date and the charges were dropped down to disorderly conduct and drunk in public with some fines. “And community service,” he added. Friday said he had a public defender and had no record.

“The judge even said you should know better.” But Friday wound up busting the cheek bone and fractured the nose of his assailant. “There was some significant damage.” By the same token, there were no charges filed against Friday. Wankus then pressed for details about Friday’s arrest outside of the country. Friday said he was taking a day trip to Tijuana and had to buy his way out.