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And now it came from the radio.

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Yappa toy and welcome once again
to It came from the radio, the

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official show, The Big Apple
Con.

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This is your host, Mark Torres,
speaking with me on the phone.

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We have Mr. Hassan Godwin.
Yay.

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Always happy to be here, right?
Always, every day, you know.

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Thrilled Little little fun fact
for you, Hassan.

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Technically, this is our first
show of the new year.

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So we are now at 24 years.
We've been doing this show The

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dead silence.
All right, well.

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Congratulations I guess for
being old, but OK.

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But Speaking of someone who's
not, as though we have a special

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guest in the studio right now,
we have the Dragon Realms comic

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cons Anthony Rivera.
Say hi, Anthony.

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How you doing guys?
Thanks for having me.

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So as I mentioned, we're going
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just a few moments.
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Fine folks at Sci-fi dot radio,

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I suppose the fine folks at the
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This is your host, Martore.

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Speaking with me on the phone is
El Grandito Hassan Godwin.

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Hola.
And we have our special guest

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we're going to be talking to
with them about in the studio,

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we have Master Anthony Rivera
from the Dragons Realm Comic

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Con.
So Anthony, I love to ask all

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this the the same question to
all convention organizers.

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Why would you want to make a
convention?

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Because as we've known, Hassan
and I and everybody on the show,

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how long we've been on the air,
comic book conventions are crazy

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to put together and they're
insane.

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And you must be insane to do it.
So why are you doing it?

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Well first and foremost I'm a
pop culture nerd so it just

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basically came together that
after doing toy and collector

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shows in my home area to put on
a Comic Con because there's just

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so much fun.
I've been attending con since

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2011.
Pre COVID I was doing about 18

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cons a year and they're just so
much fun and the fact that I was

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able to do my own toy show gave
me the experience to put on a

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full Comic Con this year.
So not crazy, just experience.

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A little bit of both actually,
because I'm starting to see how

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overwhelming it is to put on a
show.

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But I also have the patience for
it, which is which is good.

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When you decide what was the
deciding factor, what was the

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catalyst per SE like, OK, this
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opposed to five years from now
or five years ago?

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It was all about timing.
I wanted to take my time putting

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the right show together.
So, you know, like I said, I was

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attending Constance 2011, you
know, seeing how the format is,

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talking to different promoters.
And then when I started doing my

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own toy show about five years
ago, that gave me more

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experience.
And then I started working with

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the promoter of Saratoga Comic
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on how to run shows.
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I just said to myself, OK, I got
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I got to promote this way and
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Though basically doing that
smaller show and working the

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bigger shows gave me the
experience to put on my own

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show.
And what is the most surprising

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thing about putting together a
show and the least surprising

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thing that you've done so far?
The most surprising thing is the

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creative freedom I have for the
show.

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I can do know how the show
however I want.

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I want to get the right
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The least is the pressure of
putting the show on because you

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have to get the right supplies.
You have to have, you know, do

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the ass right, get to get the
right celebrities.

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It's a lot.
So Hassan, he used to work for

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Wizard and he used to work with
the wizard Khan, right, Hassan?

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I did.
You can tell by his enthusiasm,

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his memories of working for
Wizard back in the day.

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Do you have a question for
Anthony?

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It's just interesting to me that
it seems like the evolution of

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being a pop culture enthusiast
means that eventually you're

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going to put your own show on.
So where did the idea come from

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that you're they're going to be
able to, It's kind of an

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offshoot of the original
question of why, but where's the

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idea come from?
Like, what do you get out of

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being the person who runs the
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It's all about being a good
event promoter.

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That's basically the bottom
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I mean, obviously I kind of want
to get out of doing my day job

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and I want to put on a show with
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People can say, hey, that con's
coming back, let's go back to

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it.
I want to show people that I can

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put on a good event for the
community.

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Does it come from like
experiencing, I'm sorry, Mark,

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does it come?
Does it come from like

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experiencing other shows and
then you deciding you could do a

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better job or, you know, or some
kind of, and I don't mean that

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in a negative way.
Do you see other shows and

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you're like, well, I could do
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I could do this way better than
the way this is being done.

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It's more about attending
different shows and see how

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every show promoter does their
show differently, taking ideas

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from what they do and
incorporate them into what I'm

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going to do.
Every Comic Con has a basic

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structure.
You've got exhibitors, you've

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got panelists, you got
celebrities, but you also need

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something to, it's basically the
wow factor, like, oh, they're

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going to have this at the show
instead of that show.

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I mean, that's great.
Let's go to that show instead of

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that show.
So it's basically how to get

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people from their homes to your
show to have a good time.

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Do you find that now that you're
going to have your own

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convention, the big convention,
you're going to miss out because

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you're not going to be able to
enjoy the convention because

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you're going to be busy working
in a convention?

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So with running my toy collector
show that I do in Newburgh with

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a couple of friends of mine, my
friend Angelo and my friend

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Jimmy, they've been helping out
for the past five years with the

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local show.
And what I've seen is the

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business point of view from it
and the pop culture enthusiasts

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part of view of it.
Because, yeah, you have to load

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your vendors in, you have to set
them up, you have to make sure

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they're all happy.
But at the same time, you get to

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see the antennas having a good
time.

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And that's basically that's what
it's all about.

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You want to make sure that your
patrons are enjoying the show,

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they're getting their money's
worth, and overall that you're

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happy as well.
So it's a combination of

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everything.
So what's the magic number?

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What is the the price point for
for the company to make money,

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to make a profit and the people
to actually be able to go, to

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afford to go and enjoy
themselves?

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What's that price point?
Where you where'd you get that

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number?
From so from what I've seen

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attending conventions, most of
the bigger shows or established

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shows or even medium shows, they
have a set price range.

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What I wanted to do was make my
prices a little cheaper.

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This way one is more affordable.
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$20.00 for Saturday.
If you get a weekend pass that's

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30.
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days.
So this way you they're not you

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know breaking their bank
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They can enjoy the show.
They can, you know, see all the

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cool stuff that's there, meet
their celebrities, and basically

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they're having fun without going
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Hassan, you got a follow up
question?

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How did this all start?
Like what was the what was the

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piece of pop culture that
launched you off into like being

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the complete hobbyist to the
point where you actually wanted

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to do your own show years later?
What was the?

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Do you remember what it was?
You're talking over 30 years

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ago.
I mean, I still, I still

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remember doing martial arts in
my room watching Power Rangers.

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That's how far back you're
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Like the original?
To the right guy, then right

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there across from you.
So basically when I started

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watching, you know, Power
Rangers as a kid, I grew up in

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the 90s, so I watched a lot of
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I watched, you know, Digimon,
Pokémon, Transformers, Ninja

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Turtles.
So over the years I became a

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gamer as well.
So pop culture has been a part

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of my life, you know, since I
was a kid all through school.

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Now that I have, you know, adult
money, I can now I can now

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afford some of the things I, I
enjoy as a kid more.

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Obviously I still have to be
responsible because I'm still

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enough to all.
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like, you see all the things you
wanted as a kid, now you can get

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them, but you're still going to,
you know, pay your rent and all

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that.
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So basically when I started
going to conventions in 2011, it

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just basically it was inevitable
that down the line from being a

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pop culture dork to attending
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toy show to now hosting my own
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So basically I'm kind of happy
where the path is leading to.

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Do you find that because there's
a large number of conventions

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that the competitors are your
enemy, or are they your friend?

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It really depends on on the
location.

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Like I chose to stay out of New
Jersey because there's a lot of

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conventions and jerseys and toy
shows and not there's anything

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wrong with that.
But as a business point of view,

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you have to look at an area
that's OK.

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There's like 30 shows in a
month.

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Yeah, I don't want to do a show
in them in that area.

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And then you have to be sure
that, you know, you're not

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stepping on another show's toes.
Like if you have a show on the

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same day as another show, that
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That's why I chose a weekend
that there was nothing really

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happening.
And so far it's working out

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great.
Do you remember when Wizard went

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up against New York Comic Con I.
Don't want to talk about it.

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So there's a lot of pain
involved.

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We missed out on that, actually.
Like they there was a chance

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that Wizard could have gotten
the New York Comic Con and we

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kind of missed that that window
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Like everybody was really mad
about it.

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So yeah, you got to take your
spots with that.

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There's like these convention
seasons and there's people who

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are really territorial and
whenever you get these, you

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know, when whenever you get
someone who might be slightly

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bigger than someone else and
wants to muscle people out of

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their position, it could be a
lot of business headaches that

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you don't really have the
bandwidth for.

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You know, you don't want to
have, you just want to be able

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to do a show.
So I completely respect that

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that position there.
That's the that's the cuteest be

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like, Oh yeah, that's awesome.
I mean he is right.

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It's also about, you know, there
are shows that, you know, I

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guess some of the smaller non
professional show.

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I can't say non professional.
There's no, I guess younger

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shows.
They don't really research the

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dates.
That's what you should do as as

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a event promoter.
Like, OK, so April, there's this

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show and that show that weekend.
Let's just try to avoid that.

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There's a local show in in
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They're going to go up against
Garden State Comic Fest and New

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Jersey toy Con.
And I'm like, oh, that that

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that's going to be a tough day
for them because you've got two

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shows that aren't that far apart
from each other and you're a

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little show starting out.
So it's important that when

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you're picking your dates that
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you.
Like the the weekend I chose,

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it's nowhere near Terrificon,
it's nowhere near Kineticon, and

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I'm basically out of their way.
So you said that you are a fan

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first in your mind because
that's what you started out and

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then you decided to take on the
business end.

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When you're making a convention,
is there a part of you that

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you're arguing with yourself
that the fan wants something but

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the business?
And it's like, no, we can't have

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that.
All the time, all the time.

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Like as a promoter, as a
promoter for my toy show, I see

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things that I want.
I'm like, I got to focus on the

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show.
I can't get that right now.

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So now that I'm doing a Comic
Con, it's going to be even even

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more tough because there's a lot
of cool vendors that are going

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there.
I got lightsaber guys, I've got

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toy collector guys, I've got, I
guess someone selling cannolis

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at the show.
There's a coffee vendor.

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There's a nice mixture of
vendors at the show.

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So it's not just one thing.
It's more of a pop culture show

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than a Comic Con, but it's going
to have that Comic Con feel

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because you have your
celebrities there, you have your

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panelists, you have your
attractions.

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And I think that's what's going
to bring people in and it's

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going to be tough because I have
to run the show, but it's also

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fun because I get to see the
show.

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One of the things that we've
talked about over the years

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during the show is that we see
that certain conventions lean a

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certain way and you don't know
it until you're actually there.

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Like some are very celebrity
heavy, some are very cosplay

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heavy from a very panel heavy,
some are very vendor heavy.

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Is your goal to try to make it
an overall thing or you're going

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to try to lean one or just see
what the what the people come in

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for and then you're going to
pivot to that?

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Well, so for the first show,
there's going to be a little

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trial there, trial and error.
So you want a nice diverse crowd

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of people to show up in a nice
diverse show.

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I don't want it to be a horror
con.

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I don't want it to be like a
pure superhero Comic Con.

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I want it to be as diverse as
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That's why I've got I got voice
actors, I've got TV actors.

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I have a nice, nice variety of
vendors that they don't sell

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just the same thing.
I got different panelists and

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different attractions.
So it's a good, it's a good

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mixture than your than your
traditional comic cons.

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Like, you go to New York Comic
Con, you see everything your

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Comic Con sold to to the brink
of just, you know, all different

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kind of vendors.
So I'm kind of trying to do that

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on a smaller scale.
So since you are a Power Ranger

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fan, was the first instinct to
get all the power Ranger actors

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and you know, screw everybody
else.

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When you're booking your
celebrities, it's all about, you

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know, their guarantees.
Obviously you want you know, big

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names to drill people in, but
you have to be sure that you can

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afford them.
For the most part, the Power

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Rangers are are pretty, they're
pretty stable with their

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guarantees.
But you know, first time show I

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want to get, you know, get
through it and see how I do.

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The celebrities they have have
no very decent guarantees.

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I'm happy with with who I got.
We just got Gary Littman, he was

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in Yu-gi-oh, he was in one
piece, a very good voice actor.

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We've announced I think about
six other ones.

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We have about 3 more to go and
they're all very nice.

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Son, you got a final question
for Anthony?

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Sure.
Do you, since you're, you're

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primarily a toy guy, right?
According to what you said, do

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you, do you trade since you
don't want to buy them because

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you're on a budget in, in the,
in the sense of running the show

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and you're trying to be
responsible?

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Do you trade toys for perks from
vendors at the show?

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Not really.
I'm more of a collector than a

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trader.
I mean, but if if you saw my if

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you saw my apartment, your jaw
would drop.

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I mean, my apartment is
basically a it's like a Holy

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Grail of pop culture items
there.

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So so the museum.
Basically, you're, you're not

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wrong.
I, I get shadow boxes, I I get

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all the kind of things for for
my stuff.

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So instead of selling tables,
Hassan is wants you to have

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people you just giving you
figures and toys and you get a

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table.
Instead, I think that's all

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right.
Oh, you're trying to bribe you

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with spots?
OK, Yeah.

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I wasn't saying that
specifically.

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I was just testing the waters.
Don't blow me up, Mark.

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I mean, if you have a couple of
90s Power morphers, we can start

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talking.
Hassan, do you have any?

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No, no, I, no, not power, no.
But we will.

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I will be in touch in the next
few weeks.

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Trust me, I'll see see what I
can arrange in the time that we

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have.
I'll be around.

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So it's social media time.
Where can people find out more

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about the convention, dates,
prices, all that fun stuff go?

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All right, so our main page is
Dragon from Comic Con on

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Facebook.
We also have at Dragon from CC

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on Instagram.
Those are the social many pages

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that we have.
If you want tickets, you can get

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them on.
The links are on both the social

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media sites as well as our
website, doctorcomiccon.com.

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Tickets start for adults 13 and
over at $20.

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Three day pass for adults is 30.
Children's tickets between 7:00

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and 12:00 or 15.
And we do have military and

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veteran discount tickets
available as well.

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Will there be a discount as
opposed to online as opposed to

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in person?
So if you buy them online, there

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was a $2.00 fee.
If you buy them at the door for

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the cash booth, there is no fee,
no.

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Yeah, people want to save $2.00
Go.

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Down there you go.
So why Dragons realm?

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Why not Anthony Riveras
convention?

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Well, Anthony Khan, why not?
You're kind, you do whatever you

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want.
That's true, that's true.

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But I don't want to see my name
in big green letters on a flyer.

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I figured everybody loves
Dragons.

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I mean, Dragons are, are, are
awesome.

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I mean, yeah, they're my my
first dragon favorite was

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Charizard from Pokémon.
And that's one of the biggest

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fan favors out there.
Even though they said he's

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overrated.
No, he's, he's really not.

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Charizard is the best.
And then just growing up, you

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know, Dragons are always my
thing.

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When I watched Yu-gi-oh, my
favorite was the Blue Eyes White

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Dragon.
And then so on and so forth.

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You know, I watch Game of
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Dragons.
I think Dragons bring people

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together.
And it's also, you know, it's a,

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it's a good theme.
So I think you should.

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I personally think you should be
the Anthony Con.

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Have your big picture with a
finger.

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Like, yeah, it's my convention.
Come on down.

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That way they'll know it's
associated with you as opposed

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to a mythological creature.
Hassan, do you agree with me on

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that?
I agree.

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Totally agree, but you know.
I actually thought about

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branding first.
Branding is very important.

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I think seeing myself doing
doing a weird pose on a flyer

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might turn people away, so I
stuck with the Dragons.

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I don't know.
See, you might not be old

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enough, but Hassan and I
remember Carvel, remember Fudgie

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the Whale, that the guy who
actually was the spokesperson

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for Carvel Ice Cream Place was
the guy who actually owned it.

450
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,400
And he had this really gravelly
voice and he used to talk about

451
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,120
his stuff.
And that's how you associated

452
00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,960
Carvel with the guy, remember?
That I don't think he wants to

453
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,640
be associated with Fudgie the
whale.

454
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,320
He's got.
He's got bigger goals.

455
00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:15,760
And Cookie.
Puss, cookie puss.

456
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,280
Yeah.
Yeah, so.

457
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,280
You're blowing us up, Mark,
giving us away.

458
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,840
So final thoughts, what are your
what's the one thing you want to

459
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,760
tell other people out there?
Should they make their own

460
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,240
convention or just not make
their own convention and go to?

461
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,080
Yours Oh, obviously go to my
convention, but if you're going

462
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,280
to start your own, it's
basically just it's a lot of

463
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,160
it's a lot of research and give
yourself plenty of time to

464
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,920
promote your show at least a
year.

465
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,880
A year is a good way to, you
know, get everything you need,

466
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,280
prep for it, get your supplies.
It's it can be overwhelming

467
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:49,640
because you have to work with
celebrities.

468
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,240
You have to make sure you know
they make their guarantees.

469
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,800
You have to fly them out.
You have to, you know, they

470
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,320
have, they're all their
contracts and whatnot.

471
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,800
It could be overwhelming if
you're not prepared for it, so

472
00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,040
prepare yourself for it.
So how long do you think that

473
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,560
you, so you said about a year.
So when you do that right and

474
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,320
you start with the contracts,
does that contract start at a

475
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:08,560
year?
You just what's the first thing?

476
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,040
Is the date venue?
What's the first thing you go?

477
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,560
For first thing you got to go
for is the location.

478
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,280
If you're going to plan out a
big show like that, it has to

479
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,400
have the space, it has to have
the parking and it has to have

480
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,160
the the capacity available.
Oh, is it free parking for your

481
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,680
convention?
Yes, as of right now there is

482
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,640
there is free parking the.
As for right now, wait a minute,

483
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:28,960
wait a minute, What does that
mean?

484
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,720
So, so the Danbury Sports Dome
is going to is that's where the

485
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,400
events going to be.
It's over in Danbury, CT and

486
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,480
they're going to rope off places
for event parking.

487
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,520
So there's over almost 1000
parking spaces, so there's

488
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,400
plenty of parking for everyone
to go to.

489
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,960
OK.
So basically show up early.

490
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,160
Yes, as early as you can.
Yes, the show starts at 10:00 on

491
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,440
Saturday and ends 5:00 on
Sunday.

492
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,560
So the Saturday hours are 10:00
AM to 7:00 PM and then Sunday is

493
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,720
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Hassan, you have any final

494
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,760
thoughts?
I wish you the best of luck.

495
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,200
I think this sounds fantastic.
I'm happy that there are more

496
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,280
shows that are, you know, that
are becoming local and then that

497
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,560
more people are being
entrepreneurial and following

498
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,480
their, their pop culture
passions.

499
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,360
I think we, you know, as much as
we have, I think we need a lot

500
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,560
more of it.
So, you know, I wish you the

501
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,520
best of luck and I I hope it
goes without a hitch and you get

502
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,320
to keep doing it.
That's actually my goal.

503
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,760
I mean, I wanted to do this
every year.

504
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,440
I think the attractions that we
have are great.

505
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,480
We're gonna raffle off a
Nintendo Switch too.

506
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,880
We're gonna have the sword
thrown from the Game of Thrones

507
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,200
there.
We have a match at the gallery

508
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,920
tournament.
We have a Super Smash Brothers

509
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,360
Ultimate Tournament.
One of my friends who's gonna

510
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,160
bend there is gonna do the the
Mike Tyson Punch Out challenge.

511
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,360
You know, 5 dollars, $5 per try.
If you win, you get the pot and

512
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,200
that's sort of, oh, that's one
other thing.

513
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,120
So many things I have to
remember well.

514
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,800
Go check out the website, find
out more stuff.

515
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,440
So yeah, my final thought is
thank you for coming down.

516
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,760
Let's continue to set look for
you having you come back next

517
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,000
year and for again.
So that is it for this week's

518
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,520
segment.
Everybody listening to us on the

519
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,600
air.
We'll see you next time.

520
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,960
For everybody else, stay tuned
for more.

521
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We've got you covered.
Hi, I'm Olivia Yonkers from Star

538
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,000
Trek Picard, and you're
listening to It Came from the

539
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,520
Radio now.
Back to our show.

540
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:59,320
And welcome back to It Came from
the radio, the official show,

541
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,680
the Vega ABBA Khan.
This is your host Mark Torres

542
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,280
speaking.
As mentioned earlier in this

543
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,560
show, we have just passed our
24th anniversary.

544
00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:11,200
What some of you may not know is
that this very show was

545
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,760
originally created out of my
desire to get my own combo

546
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,480
published.
Set book designated Part 1 of A5

547
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,360
issue series made its way to
print back in 2023.

548
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,520
It was then adapted into a radio
play which was performed at New

549
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,160
York Comic Con, presented by
Trauma Entertainment, the

550
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,880
independent film company behind
The Toxic Avenger.

551
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,440
This year, we hope to do the
same.

552
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:40,440
Issue 2 is coming out in just a
few months, and to help promote

553
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,000
that, I've decided to include
part of the virtual read of that

554
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,880
issue in this week's show.
The entirety of the performance

555
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:52,920
is on our YouTube page, but here
is part of Issue 1's performance

556
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,320
of Designated Enjoy.
Designated issue one, Page 1.

557
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,920
Establishing shots.
We visit the planet A7 in the

558
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,720
Dura system, 2 moons over around
the planet, along with a green

559
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,280
sun from space.
It seems like there's a serene

560
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,280
body of life, but a raging
battle between the peaceful

561
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,120
forelons and the warlike thrown
in, except torn apart.

562
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,360
On the planet we visit an old
alien castle.

563
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,840
From the looks of it, the
surrounding area has just seen a

564
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,480
great battle.
Lots of destroyed ships, tanks

565
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,360
and smoldering ash over the
area.

566
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,600
The castle itself is born, but
has no battle damage.

567
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,640
Inside the throw room, King
Tesson is standing on a throwing

568
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,560
room's balcony, surveying the
damage.

569
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,920
Although he may not look his
age, the king is over 400 years

570
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,040
old.
The grand entrance doors to the

571
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,200
room open as Futok, the King
Advisor rushes in.

572
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,200
Your Majesty, I've just received
information that the Geronians

573
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,600
are planning another attack.
Calm yourself, futok, we will

574
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,480
repel this attack.
Just as we've done with all the

575
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,080
others.
The reports say this attack will

576
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,280
have the full force of the
entire army.

577
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:00,960
Can we stand such?
An attack.

578
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,760
There's more.
King Brigan himself will be

579
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,240
heading the attack.
That's insane.

580
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,240
Why would he?
The King walks past Futock

581
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:15,760
towards the grand doors.
Sire, summon the designated,

582
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,200
have them meet me.
In the power chamber.

583
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,880
The king leaves Futock standing
in the throne room by himself.

584
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,480
I fear the worst.
Inside the power chamber, which

585
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,960
has three floors, a different
color light on each floor.

586
00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,480
There's a transport chamber and
a power core wall on scientists.

587
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,400
The king and well armed elite
soldiers gather around a lighted

588
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,800
chamber with three tubes in.
Five soldiers stand at attention

589
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,440
behind the king and head
scientists.

590
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,920
Futok is there too.
As you requested, sire, we've

591
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,840
prepared to remove the star
fragments from the power core,

592
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,840
but I must implore you to.
Remove it.

593
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,360
But sire, removing our newest
and best power sources at a time

594
00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:59,880
like this is.
These.

595
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,400
Fragments are not just a new
power.

596
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:06,640
Source they are.
That much more, yes, but we have

597
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,960
just only begun our research.
Taking away such a find is.

598
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,080
Remove.
The fragments.

599
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,240
The head scientist presses some
buttons on a nearby panel and

600
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,080
then the tube starts to descend
into the ground and.

601
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,200
This.
Scope surrounding the center

602
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,520
tube, and when it clears we see
a metal staff that holds five

603
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,280
star fragments in place.
They're about the size of

604
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,960
diamonds you see on an expense
of the gate.

605
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,600
The king, who is visibly upset,
turns towards the head

606
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:42,880
scientist.
Cutting into the Forlan lab,

607
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,360
we've seen a room full of
British Dronians standing over

608
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,640
dead Forlan scientists and
transport portals behind them.

609
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,320
In their circuit.
There was 1 remaining scientist

610
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,160
and he gives King Brigand of the
Dronians the 6th fragment.

611
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,360
The King has an overpowering
presence.

612
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,840
The King gnosts one of his men,
who then kills the last Forlan

613
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,880
scientist back into the power
chamber.

614
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,360
King Tesson turns towards the
five members near him.

615
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,600
You, my designated, are
entrusted with the safe keeping

616
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,440
of these star fragments.
I fear that King Brigan has

617
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,040
learned about our recent
discovery.

618
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,000
And will stop it.
Nothing to acquire.

619
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,880
It.
The leader of the chosen fuse

620
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,320
steps forward.
Sir, we have yet to fail you,

621
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,120
but even we can't withstand the
full force of the Geronian army.

622
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,000
Your mission will take you far
away from the line of battle.

623
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,160
I want you to take these
fragments and hide them so even

624
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,480
I won't know their location.
Just then, the doors to the top

625
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,240
floor of the chamber blast open.
The Geronians enter the chamber,

626
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,120
and King Brick leaves them with
his hand.

627
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,280
Is the 6th fragment glowing
frightly?

628
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,080
Destroy the generators, kill
them all and bring me those

629
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,080
fragments.
On the main floor, everybody's.

630
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,760
Running everywhere, they must
have found a way to penetrate.

631
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,640
Our shield, it doesn't take the
fragments frights in the metal

632
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,760
staff.
Outdoors.

633
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,680
Protect your fragments at all
costs.

634
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,240
Who the holy?
King Brigant starts making his

635
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,560
way to the main floor and
designated start to lead the

636
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:14,680
chamber.
So Dronian.

637
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:15,800
So there's flying the
generators.

638
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,080
Their defenses have fallen.
Let the Florida begin.

639
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,960
Portals are opening up all over
the entire chamber, letting him

640
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,880
board, droning at the same time
the Air Force King Tesla

641
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,560
arrived.
There's a lot of fighting and

642
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,560
chilling the dead man and
leading to an unoccupied

643
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,160
corridor.
King Brigant sees and leaves the

644
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,440
chamber.
Natasha, blonde, mid 20s,

645
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,160
physically fit, is right in the
middle of getting dressed for

646
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,800
work.
In a rush because she's late.

647
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,640
The clock reads 3:47 PM.
Her open purse is lying on the

648
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,360
bed where a name tag rests on
top of it.

649
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,720
Natasha pulls up her pants with
one hand and pulls her hand down

650
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,120
with her turtling sweater with
the other.

651
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,720
She's a hot nest.
Damn it, can't leave.

652
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,120
I'm late again.
Now dressed, she grabs her name

653
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,000
tag with Threes and Natasha from
her bed as well as her big bag

654
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,960
which she grabs in the bottom.
All the stuff falls out of her

655
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,920
bag.
Can't get a break.

656
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:12,640
Something always slows me down.
I'm cursed, I know it.

657
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,560
I get to work on time for once
in my life.

658
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,280
Turning to the city street,
there are lots of cars and

659
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,520
people going about their
business.

660
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,520
The only building you can see
clearly is the hospital, the Ed

661
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,120
Dials Center for help, which
takes up the whole block.

662
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,800
Natasha and her convertible
rushing to make the green light.

663
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,160
She is wearing her sunglasses.
There are three lanes on each

664
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,440
side of the street.
Natasha is in the middle lane.

665
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,920
A crowded city bus on the same
Rd. is in the far right lane

666
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,760
close to the intersection.
Going up the cross street is a

667
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,680
one way Rd. but people and cars
have made it 2 lanes.

668
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,600
A red minivan is approaching the
intersection coming towards the

669
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,080
news crew.
The reporter is standing right

670
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,680
in front of the hospital, but
the camera guy is shooting her

671
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,960
from an angle so that he can
just see a bit of the

672
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,480
intersection.
They're doing a live shoot.

673
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,080
In a few hours, Doctor
Precipicus, the newest

674
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,640
neurosurgeon to emerge in his
field, will perform a new

675
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,160
technique to remove the brain
tumor and Chris Hughes, a 12

676
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,320
year old boy who may not see his
13th birthday if the tumor is

677
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,200
not removed.
Inside the minivan we see Ed and

678
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,440
Adam with their parents.
They're in the back.

679
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,280
Ed is looking out the window,
which is closed and they're all

680
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,320
addressed as going to a semi
formal affair.

681
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,880
Hang on kids, we're almost
there.

682
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,240
The gallery is just around the
corner.

683
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,360
I can't wait for us to get a
close up view of that red

684
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,760
diamond.
Everyone who has seen it up

685
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,880
close says it almost pulses like
a heart.

686
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,200
Look.
Just then, the sky turns black.

687
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,000
Everyone in the area looks
towards the sky except Natasha,

688
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,200
who only sees the light turn
yellow and guns it to make the

689
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,560
light.
In the middle of the

690
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,120
intersection, the portal opens
up.

691
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,880
You can almost see the light
from the portal in the now

692
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,960
blackened skies.
Natasha fears to the right to

693
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,840
avoid the photo nearly hitting
the bus.

694
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,840
She then fears to the left to
avoid the bus and then comes on

695
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,400
to oncoming traffic, the bus
nearly hitting Natasha.

696
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,320
The boys hold the cars waiting
at the red light with the clouds

697
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,360
between, people walking by his
mountain and people waiting for

698
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,480
the bus.
The people in the minivan see

699
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,640
Natasha a little too late as
they hit her head on.

700
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,840
Quite some time later, Natasha
lays in a hospital bed.

701
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,600
She is moving her head
violently.

702
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:28,640
No lookout.
Natasha wakes up to see Doctor

703
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,440
Pacificus standing above her.
Relax.

704
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,120
We thought we had lost you, but
you're fine now.

705
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,520
Natasha, in a hospital gown and
wrapped in bandages, has tubes

706
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,840
sticking inside her body, the
leg and armour broken.

707
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,280
Her head is all bandaged up.
You can still see her face.

708
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,520
What?
Happened.

709
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,000
Where am I?
Who were involved in a massive

710
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,080
collision outside the hospital.
I'm Doctor Pacificus.

711
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,600
I've been taking care of you.
No.

712
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,200
You mean an accident?
All I remember is this light.

713
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,680
I tried to avoid it but.
Don't worry about that right

714
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,680
now, just be grateful you
survive.

715
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,480
There were a lot of people.
Involved to take how many died.

716
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:12,760
Just consider yourself one of
the chosen.

717
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,440
Few.
Leaving Natasha with that,

718
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,159
Doctor Pacifica exits from the
room.

719
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:19,600
Natasha sees Ed, the little boy
from the minivan.

720
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,520
He waves and walks away.
Natasha thinks she's screaming

721
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:27,080
and goes back to bed.
Sometime later at night, inside

722
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,960
the hospital, Natasha is fully
healed and finally dressed.

723
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,840
She's walking down a dimly lit,
deserted hospital corridor.

724
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:38,560
Hello, where is everybody?
She tries all the doors, all

725
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,400
locked.
We hear the voice of Ed.

726
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,920
This way over here.
Hello.

727
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,280
Who has said that?
One door opens.

728
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,440
In here.
Natasha enters to see Ed and I'm

729
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,000
unfamiliar Chris standing and
waiting for Natasha to enter.

730
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,040
You.
I'm so sorry I killed you.

731
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,240
Please stop haunting me.
You're silly.

732
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,560
I'm not haunting you.
I just wanted to see you.

733
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,280
And here you are, Huh?
Chris, what's up to Natasha?

734
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,360
Look, I really can't explain it
myself, so someone asked me to.

735
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,040
When you wake up, come.
To the cancer ward, room 530.

736
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,280
Where you got?
Yes, wait.

737
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,680
Natasha wakes up to find out
she's still in her hospital

738
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,000
again and lying on the couch in
Doctor Rain's office.

739
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,560
She only has a small scarf below
her hairline.

740
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,920
The doctor is sitting on a stool
next to her.

741
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,360
What did you learn?
Nothing.

742
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,200
I have to admit, once you went
under hypnosis, you didn't

743
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,640
respond to any of my questions.
It's possible you're.

744
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,880
Still having stress related
issues surrounding the accident.

745
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,840
Since you didn't have any
problems sleeping, I think

746
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,520
you'll be fine.
I'll draw up the release papers

747
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,840
in the morning.
Does the hospital have a cancer

748
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,320
ward?
Yeah, it's on the 5th floor.

749
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,200
Why do you ask?
No reason, just curious.

750
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,040
Shifting gears, we go to a
Geronium battle cruiser orbiting

751
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,000
the Earth.
A smaller ship is docking with

752
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,040
it.
Inside the cruiser we have 5

753
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,760
geroniums.
Each one is at a post on the

754
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,360
ship's bridge.
Brunon, the second in command,

755
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:24,680
is in charge of the bridge.
Rofon has returned raise Shields

756
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,000
and reengage the cloaking
device.

757
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,520
Rofon enters the bridge.
Brunon, Griezon.

758
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:35,480
Report after three cycles, I
have confirmed the location of

759
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:39,040
the star fragments.
We've had these confirmations

760
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,440
before.
I don't want to contact King

761
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,640
Bring In with another false
report.

762
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,920
Trust me, Captain, this gem has
never glowed brighter.

763
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,600
But if you are afraid, I will
retrieve the other fragments

764
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,760
myself.
How quickly you forget.

765
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,240
King Bring In wants that
pleasure all to himself and

766
00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,040
would surely kill you right
where you.

767
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,400
Stand for even speaking such
treason.

768
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,360
Why does our mighty king have to
come way out here?

769
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,880
Perhaps the rumors are true.
If the rumors were true and

770
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,680
these fragments were so
powerful.

771
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,520
Brunam grabs Rofan's hand with
the gem in it.

772
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,640
Then where is your power?
And there you have it, just a

773
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,360
little bit of the performance.
As I mentioned, you can see the

774
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,080
entirety of the performance on
our YouTube page.

775
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,640
And with that, we're going to
take a quick break and be right

776
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,040
back with more.
It came from the radio.

777
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,000
This is Michael Bell, the voice
of.

778
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,800
Duke from GI Joe and I am here
at Cradle Com and I am with it

779
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,680
came from the radio.
Now back to our show.

780
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,120
You're listening to what came
from the radio.

781
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,000
You know, this is Jennifer Leis
Feldman.

782
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,720
Sometimes I'm Doctor Feldy, but
Doctor Feldy is very busy right

783
00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:58,600
now with a patient doing lip
injections.

784
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,680
So right now I'm here with Red
Valentino.

785
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,120
Long intro warning.
He's done a lot.

786
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,600
So I want to give you a little
little clues to what he's done

787
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,800
so you're familiar with, you
know, what we're talking about

788
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,120
today.
So he's an actor, an

789
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,800
entrepreneur, film producer,
movie critic, workshop

790
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,600
instructor and writer.
And I'm sure more things, you

791
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,040
know, we're not just the work we
do.

792
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,560
We are other things as well as
the best selling author, there

793
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,240
are 21 novels.
Wren writes in multiple genres,

794
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:27,960
primarily romance, thriller,
young adult horror and To date

795
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,480
he's written more than 70 stage
plays that have been performed

796
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,000
in 12 countries in three
languages.

797
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,720
I barely speak English and I
forgot how to speak Spanish, so

798
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,400
that's really impressive. 8 of
his original screenplays and

799
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,000
seven of his stage plays have
been adapted for the screen.

800
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,320
Wren is the CEO and owner of
Blue Dasher Production, and as a

801
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,320
film officer, Wren has helped
bring more than 80 of the

802
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,760
dependent movies to the screen,
including A Beast in the Manor,

803
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,080
Dark Feast, Ever Actor, The
Farmhouse Murderers, Hollow

804
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,400
Lake, I Feel Fine, Shredded, A
Soldier's Descent and More.

805
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,080
As an actor, Wren has worked on
40 films.

806
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:09,360
His credits include Omniverse,
Desert Friends, 2-4, Nights in

807
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,840
Fear Forest, Friday the 13th,
Blood Loss, Gobble Foot.

808
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,440
I got to see that one.
I'm in a movie.

809
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,640
Omniville Turkey day, I don't
know if that's related.

810
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,080
The last sleepover night of the
Strangers, Politics, The stage,

811
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,920
shadows of the night, snow
falling on pumpkins, 2 truths

812
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:27,160
and a lie, Venus die trap and
many more currently almost done.

813
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:29,480
Well, actually, I cut it off.
So there's there's like two more

814
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:30,880
pages, but we're going to have
to stop.

815
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,960
Currently, Red plays fashionista
Velvet Vein on the popular web

816
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,640
series Horror Hound Bites
Forever Entertainment.

817
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,440
And Next up he'll be playing
newscaster Raiden Eisner and the

818
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:47,960
slasher film Midnight Maniac
with horror icon Co star Felicia

819
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,320
Rose, known for a sleepaway Cam,
best known for that and many

820
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,320
other things.
And he's the best selling author

821
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,680
of 21 novels.
I cut it off.

822
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,840
There's way more.
So welcome, right, Valentino?

823
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,480
My first question.
You're welcome.

824
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,520
First question, Get right into
it.

825
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:08,240
Why did you do all this work?
What's this massive stack of

826
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:11,400
accomplishments all about?
Yeah, that's an excellent

827
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,960
question.
Excellent question.

828
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,960
It's, I'm sure it's a form of
insanity, but I'll answer it a

829
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,040
little bit more in a literary
way.

830
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,000
But it's really about
storytelling.

831
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,760
It's really just about like
recognizing at a really young

832
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,360
age that I loved stories and
reading and, and just the

833
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,080
concept of a beginning in the
middle and an end of a story,

834
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,680
maybe not necessarily in that
order.

835
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,520
And just finding that within of
like that was my thing was just

836
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,080
to be able to tell stories in
different ways, you know, with

837
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,760
my face and body and voice as an
actor, with, you know, a script,

838
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,240
as a writer, with novels, as a,
as a fiction writer.

839
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:50,000
So just sort of really embracing
the life at a really young age.

840
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,560
I had amazing teachers and
really wonderful librarians that

841
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,560
put really important books in my
hand that transformed me and LED

842
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,320
me onto that path, if you will.
I was really lucky.

843
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,160
I, I published my first short
story when I was 15.

844
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,320
I was, I was in high school and
just kind of went from there.

845
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,760
And then all the other things
kind of think sometimes when

846
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,920
we're open to the universe of it
sending things our way that the

847
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,640
universe knows that we need
before we even do.

848
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,440
Sometimes it just kind of opened
up those, those floodgates for

849
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,720
me and, and allowing stuff to
come my way in terms of people,

850
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,960
in terms of collaborations and
other artists and so forth.

851
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,880
And just allowing that to happen
and thrive and flourish.

852
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,440
And I think the driving force
because you would ask the

853
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,600
question about like why, you
know, somebody asked me a

854
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,120
question when I was when I was
in grad school as a studying my

855
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,320
MFA and writing.
And somebody said, do you write

856
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,920
for yourself or do you write for
your younger self?

857
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,080
And it was such a like, it seems
like such a simple question, but

858
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,600
it had never been asked before.
And I thought started to think I

859
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,840
really looked to write the
stories that I needed and wanted

860
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,320
when I was a younger person
trying to navigate the world.

861
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,440
And so that kind of started to
fuel a little bit more of like a

862
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,640
specific purpose of why.
Yeah, Speaking of the universe

863
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,840
giving you what you need or
want, which I entertained that

864
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,840
idea.
Another idea, I was just talking

865
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,400
about this yesterday.
I've noticed I'm 41.

866
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:14,560
There's a lot of people that saw
things in me and told me I was

867
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:18,640
certain things or certain
characters like 5 years, 20

868
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,520
years before I actually did it,
you know, say, oh, you're this,

869
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,000
you're that.
I'm not going to get into it.

870
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,640
You know it because it'll sound
conceited, but it's like, you

871
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,120
know, that ended up happening.
And, you know, a lot of the

872
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,400
times people tell you who you
are and they're totally wrong.

873
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,120
And so you shouldn't really give
too much credence, You know,

874
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,000
never get too high on your your
compliments and never get too

875
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,840
low on your critiques.
It's it's a dance every single

876
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,320
day.
But yeah, sometimes people will

877
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,440
see things in you that you have
no idea you have this in you.

878
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,720
And it's like, maybe you should
think about that.

879
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,120
Maybe you should go down that
path that you never even

880
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,160
consider.
Or maybe maybe God speaks

881
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:53,960
through people.
I don't know, Maybe maybe

882
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:57,080
there's like entities or gods or
speaking through other people to

883
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,640
give you the info.
Yeah, absolutely.

884
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,080
Yeah.
I think sometimes we're just the

885
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,360
satellite and we have to be open
to those messages and then like

886
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,800
sort of decipher them and like,
but the but you talked about

887
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,600
timing is so important because
sometimes it's yeah, you take it

888
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,720
in, but it's not, you know, and
sometimes you do, sometimes you

889
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:14,040
don't that it's the right, right
time.

890
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,280
But my problem is always like,
when is the right time?

891
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:20,240
Like like recognizing that that
for myself, I'm like, oh, now's

892
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,920
the time to Start learning
Italian or whatever it is that

893
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,520
somebody right suggested.
I love that what you said about

894
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,880
other people seeing things in
ourselves that we might not be

895
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,280
seeing yet.
I really like that because that

896
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,520
has certainly happened in my
life and and my creative journey

897
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,480
for sure.
I mean, Speaking of you playing

898
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,680
fashionista velvet vein, next
question.

899
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,160
Maybe there's people that saw
you as a fashionista.

900
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,920
Maybe you never saw yourself
like it and then a director saw

901
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,040
you as in cast you it.
So you play fashionista Velvet

902
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,760
Vein on the popular web series
Hard Sound Bites.

903
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,280
How do you create your
character?

904
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,720
Is there any people that you use
as reference or when you're

905
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:59,960
speaking, are you ever thinking
of another actor, someone you

906
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:01,800
know when you're delivering the
lines?

907
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:03,520
Yeah, that those are great
questions.

908
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,280
And I haven't got to talk about
how Horror hound bites quite

909
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,800
yet, so I'm excited about that.
But Mandy Camino, I think it's

910
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,600
how you say her last name.
She writes every episode of that

911
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,040
show and she writes it's the
most delicious dialogue for me.

912
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,440
Like we, we talked about the
character when the when we first

913
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,120
started, they first started
producing the show.

914
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,520
Her husband, Anthony, I think
it's the producer and director

915
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,320
and they're together.
They're forever entertainment.

916
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,040
So it's a husband and wife team,
which is really exciting to work

917
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,520
with and they can put together
such an amazing cast, like a lot

918
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,400
of our sort of voice actors.
And so we brought a lot of those

919
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:38,920
sort of like fun nuances that we
had already in our in our

920
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,240
vocabulary, in our delivery.
I just kind of heightened it up

921
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,480
on camera in a really fun.
It's very funny.

922
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,320
It's a very funny show.
But to answer your question, I I

923
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,080
honestly, I went back to Joan
Rivers and fashion please and

924
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,760
just how she was so biting and
so unfiltered in a really fun

925
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,720
way and like sort of all
knowing, even though she herself

926
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:01,360
wasn't like a super fashionista.
So and I'm playing a fashionista

927
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,440
in the afterlife.
And so I feel like it's, it's

928
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,240
such a fun spin and that
supernatural way of like, what

929
00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:10,920
was my career like before I was
when I was living my character

930
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:14,080
versus now like perception.
You know, I have like every

931
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,640
episode, I tell you, I get the
like the most fun things to say.

932
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:20,320
And it's all because of Mandy,
who writes such great script,

933
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:24,720
script, dialogue for all of us.
But I just really appreciate it

934
00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:27,760
so, so much and so much fun.
It's such a fun character

935
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,160
because it's very larger than
life.

936
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,880
It's very over the top.
It's very campy.

937
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,320
It's all those things that that
and I have not done a lot of

938
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,240
comedy in my life, which I love
comedy, right?

939
00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:38,520
And so I.
Usually do like.

940
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,400
Classic Shakespeare like British
comedy.

941
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,360
British comedy, but not American
comedy.

942
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:48,720
So having that sort of like, you
know, really fun kind of

943
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,840
autonomy to just run with it.
And Anthony and Mandy have been

944
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,320
so great about just like letting
me stay in my lane and doing my

945
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,800
thing and just giving them as
much as I can.

946
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,480
Well, your character is in the
afterlife and there's conspiracy

947
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,720
theory is that, you know, Joan
Rivers ran her mouth so much and

948
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:06,440
then that's the reason why she
died.

949
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,040
There's some people that think
that she was killed because she

950
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,960
said certain things.
I'm not going to get into.

951
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,720
It not a political show, but
there's just there's a character

952
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,680
that people throw around the
name Big Mike.

953
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:21,200
I'm not saying whether I
believe, but yeah, they're

954
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,920
saying that Joan Rivers was
calling out, you know, some

955
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:25,880
president's wife without some
stuff.

956
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,560
Maybe that's why she's not here.
Do I know I'm not here?

957
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,440
Yeah.
I, I, I was a big fan of hers.

958
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,400
I still am.
But I never found like a

959
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,240
connection in terms of like
performance or creativity.

960
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:40,640
And so, like when I was sort of
searching for like the the core

961
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,600
of velvet vein, I was like, this
is like a male version Joan

962
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,840
Rivers.
And so I I that's what I went

963
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:49,200
back to her and looked at her
her most mostly her stand up.

964
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:53,080
So she had a really specific
delivery of how she hit the

965
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,000
punchline.
And and so I definitely mirror

966
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,360
was influenced greatly by that,
but who wouldn't be?

967
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,240
I mean one of the greatest
comics that ever lived.

968
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:03,200
Switching gears now, this is one
of my theories.

969
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,400
I have a lot of theories and a
lot of rules in my life, so I've

970
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,480
noticed this.
It's not a hard and fast rule,

971
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:12,520
but there's not a truth to it.
I found like managing life and

972
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,200
managing a film set requires
varied skill sets.

973
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,080
You might have to know like how
to turn off the water, how to

974
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:22,680
undo fire alarms, and also how
to put up a Christmas tree and

975
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,440
wrap gifts that are behind me.
Those are fake gifts.

976
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,360
But whatever.
You have to have varied skill

977
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,680
sets and abilities and usually
stability.

978
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,600
You got to be able to put out
fires metaphorically.

979
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,840
And also sometimes the fires are
real.

980
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:38,040
I have, you know, marks on my
carpet from real, real fires and

981
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,160
photo shoots.
My theory is basically like if

982
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:44,440
one person can manage their life
well, there's, there's a chance

983
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:48,000
that they can also manage a film
production well, a chance.

984
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,560
And if they can smoothly produce
multiple films, you know, I've

985
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:55,600
observed many directors produce
multiple films, I've noticed

986
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,720
that they also have that
capability to possibly manage

987
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:02,400
their their real life because
you also you have to manage

988
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:06,320
productive relationships on a
film set and in real life to be

989
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,760
successful.
So any thoughts on that?

990
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,400
Yeah, I think there's definitely
a correlation between the

991
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,520
balance of life, work, life,
whatever we want to call that

992
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,760
balance that we're navigating
constantly, especially as

993
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,640
creative people where sometimes
the world around us is not so

994
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,640
conducive to a creative life or
creativity kind of mindset.

995
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,280
So I think managing all those
things, I think it was sort of

996
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,000
air traffic controlling, plate
spinning, whatever metaphor you

997
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,960
want to use in terms of having
multiple things happening the

998
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,120
same time.
I think what I've gleaned the

999
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,000
most from film production of
being a film producer is

1000
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:42,480
anticipation is not to be idle,
is that is that you've got to be

1001
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,440
thinking ahead that long term,
short term is obviously very

1002
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:46,840
important.
Getting through the day right.

1003
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,360
You, you have your shot list,
you have your storyboarding of

1004
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,400
all your things, call times, all
that stuff, all that stuff sort

1005
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,200
of happening.
And it's but what I love the

1006
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,920
most about film work, which
really lends itself to my

1007
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,720
background in theatre as well as
the collaborativeness that has

1008
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:04,240
to happen.
Not one person can get a film

1009
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:07,360
made right.
And so I feel like recognizing

1010
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,960
how important each person is,
whether it's a production

1011
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,840
assistant or whether it's an
executive producer, that that's

1012
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,920
that person needs to be there in
order for that film to be

1013
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,840
completed.
And whatever role they're

1014
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:24,120
playing is significant in the
very in its own way and just

1015
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:25,920
recognizing that.
But I really think about

1016
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,960
troubleshooting ahead of time.
That anticipation I was talking

1017
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,840
about is all about seeing
potential problems and having

1018
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:36,400
that plan BCDEF everybody
letters you want in place so

1019
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,440
that when you have to put those
contingency contingency plans

1020
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:43,160
into action, you've got them
rolled up your sleeve, you know,

1021
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,840
and to pull that out and, and
put it into action very quickly.

1022
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:51,040
I think a good producer really
understands the director's

1023
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,600
vision.
But really, again, film starts

1024
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:55,840
with the script.
And as somebody who writes

1025
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,760
scripts and as an actor, I I
feel like what I bring to that

1026
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:03,480
process and what I learn every
time is about the processes of

1027
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,400
all the artistic people that are
on the set.

1028
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,320
Because I've been a director,
because I've been a writer,

1029
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,760
because I've been an actor, I
can understand what the actors

1030
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:13,800
creative process that they need
a minute to warm up, flip into

1031
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,080
character, find that emotional
core that they need.

1032
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:17,360
Well, even if it's comedy,
right?

1033
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:21,000
Comedy is not easy to do, right?
And so there has to be an

1034
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:22,680
element of truth in it for it to
land.

1035
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:26,280
And so I feel like just knowing
that those those boundaries and

1036
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,600
having that respect for
everyone's process is so

1037
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,720
essential.
It's something I continue to

1038
00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:32,480
learn.
And then it informs me and my

1039
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:36,520
processes and all those things
too by watching others and

1040
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:39,000
learning and just being an
observer, really, right?

1041
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:40,560
We're all really lifelong
learners.

1042
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:42,240
What do you think about it in
some capacity?

1043
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:47,440
Yeah to learn, but I often
reference along came Polly with

1044
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,120
Ben Stiller he he's a risk
assessment analyst and I often

1045
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:55,760
told myself that and I've even
been someone rudely because this

1046
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,080
is someone who was disorganized
goes are you an attorney?

1047
00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:00,440
I mean the guys everything was
still falling apart on his

1048
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:01,600
comedy thing.
It wasn't thinking.

1049
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,760
I always think of you boop up.
What could go wrong?

1050
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:08,400
What could mess up, You know, I,
I'm not the director on one film

1051
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,800
set recently, but I checked the
weather and I saw like 36 hours

1052
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:13,960
ahead of time so that we're
going to, I have a major

1053
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,560
snowstorm.
And we did, I mean, the AD

1054
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,160
couldn't even make it to set.
So I texted the director.

1055
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:21,280
It's not my job.
I'm the makeup artist on this

1056
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,040
one.
And I said, hey, you might want

1057
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,760
to e-mail everybody and tell
everyone that there's snow.

1058
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,200
So they leave like an hour
earlier because otherwise I'm

1059
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,840
going to be the only one that
throws the snowstorm.

1060
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:31,800
I'm taking precautions.
I'm going to be there on time.

1061
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,600
Everyone's going to be late.
We're going to have snow day.

1062
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,960
So it's like you as a director,
you got to be watching the

1063
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,720
weather and telling everyone,
you know, how to get their car

1064
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:39,200
out.
And it's.

1065
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,240
Yeah.
Yeah, they had to change.

1066
00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:43,400
You got to change that shot list
really quick because if you're

1067
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,960
interior scenes and your movies
in the middle of the summer.

1068
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:51,000
Yes.
And also maybe if, you know, if

1069
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,600
someone has a crappy car and you
know they're not going to make

1070
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,240
it to set, OK, get a new makeup
art, get a new AD because you

1071
00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:58,280
know, they're not coming and
think ahead like that.

1072
00:51:58,280 --> 00:51:59,800
You got to be a psychic.
Yeah, anyway.

1073
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,320
I know it's true.
It's true, yeah.

1074
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,000
All right, let's see Sacrifices.
OK, let's switch totally.

1075
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:09,080
Do you think Hollywood is dead,
or is Hollywood still the place

1076
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,640
to be in your eyes when it comes
to film production and acting?

1077
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:16,560
There's a renaissance.
I'm very optimistic, I think,

1078
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:20,800
yes, I do think that element
knew it and know it are dead and

1079
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,520
buried.
I'll just be truthfully honest.

1080
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:26,080
I think the way that films get
made, the way that films get

1081
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:29,360
distributed.
Same for television has changed.

1082
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,200
I mean, just, you know, people
are not going to the movie

1083
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,240
theatre as much as they used to.
I mean, there's just there's

1084
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:35,720
numbers that show that, you
know, studies and so forth.

1085
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:40,800
I think that there last year we
had an incredible year of film

1086
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:44,200
Hamnet, I mean weapons, you
know, you, you name it, there

1087
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:47,640
was some extraordinary films,
maybe not so much in terms of

1088
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,160
originality necessarily, but
certainly in the, in the way of

1089
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,880
delivery and, and, and the way
things stories were being

1090
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,880
presented.
We were talking about movies a

1091
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:01,640
lot, a lot last a lot more last
year than we had in quite some

1092
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:03,400
time.
And I look at the independent

1093
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:05,680
film makers, right?
I look at like Sofia Coppola

1094
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:07,680
with the last show or Gia
Coppola, I'm sorry, with the

1095
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,600
last showgirl, but Pamela
Anderson's a great example of

1096
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:14,480
that of like those those very
small budgeted when I say a

1097
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:17,280
small budget of like $1,000,000,
which is a lot of money for an

1098
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,440
independent filmmaker, right?
But in terms of Hollywood

1099
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:23,280
standards, small budget and
just, you know, having that

1100
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:26,880
autonomy to tell those brave
stories about real people going

1101
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:29,440
through extraordinary situations
and changing them forever.

1102
00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:31,880
And that's I feel like the
audience is starting to look

1103
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,480
more for depth and versions of
themselves because the world is

1104
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,080
changing so much and they're
trying to make sense of it.

1105
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,360
So I think more and more people
are going to look to movies.

1106
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,360
And I think that there are some
really exciting, clever film

1107
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,080
makers.
Chloe Jiao, of course, is a

1108
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,240
great example of that, that have
their finger on that pulse of

1109
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,840
those changes that are happening
and they're going to bring that

1110
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:53,080
renaissance into it.
I think it's going to be on the

1111
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:55,760
backs of the independent film
makers that really make it a

1112
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,280
difference in the change in the
next, you know, three to five

1113
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,440
years.
But yeah, change is coming in a

1114
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:03,640
really great, beautiful way.
You know, I think AI is a

1115
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:07,040
consideration for everyone on
the story writers.

1116
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,760
Everybody is thinking about that
and how that's that is impacting

1117
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:12,760
and how it can embed.
I think that's something that

1118
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,240
definitely will have to get
navigated or thought about

1119
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:17,320
during that that renaissance for
sure.

1120
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,160
But yeah, I think I think
really, you know, looking at

1121
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,640
some of the films that are that
are heading our way very soon

1122
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:24,800
are just very, very exciting.
And the film makers that are

1123
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,120
making them.
We're getting a lot more global

1124
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:29,920
cinema like it was just an
accident is a is an

1125
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:34,360
extraordinarily fantastic film
by an Iranian director that was

1126
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,520
made in collaboration with
France.

1127
00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:39,960
If anybody hasn't seen that's
just a very brave important

1128
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,520
film.
But I believe that the global

1129
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:45,760
cinema, international cinema is
going to start to tell stories

1130
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,360
more mainstream more and get
more mainstream attention

1131
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,960
because they can take a little
bit more chances sometimes in

1132
00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:55,240
the sort of the more formulaic
that we have to do sometimes in

1133
00:54:55,240 --> 00:54:57,400
the American Film.
So that was a long answer.

1134
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,520
I wish this was a longer format
because I was just thinking,

1135
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,120
God, I have three more questions
to ask you.

1136
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,080
We're not going to get to, so I
hope you can come back on.

1137
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:06,320
I can ask.
You more questions.

1138
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,080
Thank you.
Yeah.

1139
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:10,960
And I mean, you know, I just I
get updates on like marketing

1140
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:14,000
and Hollywood and and and tech.
So one of the updates I got was

1141
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,680
that Unilever that I think they
invested, I want to say it was

1142
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,000
like 30 million.
It was a number really high in

1143
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,640
UGC, the user generated content,
you know, the influencers for

1144
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:26,080
people that don't know this.
And so instead of the TV

1145
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,720
marketing, these big production
companies where you have, you

1146
00:55:28,720 --> 00:55:31,360
know, all these crazy cameras
and huge budgets to make the

1147
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,280
commercial, they're really going
towards the independent creator

1148
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:36,520
who just shoot stuff in their
living room at home.

1149
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:39,160
And that's what they're putting
their money into right now.

1150
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,480
That's so we're going to see
people that you've never seen

1151
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:43,840
before.
You know, maybe people like me,

1152
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,280
I don't know, I'm sick of
commercial stuff.

1153
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:49,040
It's kind of soul sucking, but
you know, influencer types, you

1154
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,880
like to do this stuff, I guess,
you know, make a couple $100

1155
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,680
cause the rates are getting
lower and they're all over the

1156
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,200
board, but they're, they're kind
of low because it's, these

1157
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,520
people are becoming a dime a
dozen cranking out

1158
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,200
advertisements.
But anyway, I'm gonna have you

1159
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:05,120
one more question.
This is have to be like a, a one

1160
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,680
minute answer.
Even though I'd love to have you

1161
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:11,120
here for like 3 days straight
and give you a bunch of coffee

1162
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,240
and we, we don't even sleep.
I'm just gonna interview for

1163
00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:14,640
three days straight.
How, how's that?

1164
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,920
It'll be it'll be a
methamphetamine fueled

1165
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:20,760
interview. 3 days.
I'm just kidding.

1166
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:23,360
No, don't do math.
Don't do math anyway.

1167
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,520
I'm doing a movie about that so
math is in my mind.

1168
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:25,920
I've.
Never.

1169
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,760
I've written about it, so I feel
ya.

1170
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,440
I gotcha.
Don't do it, don't do it.

1171
00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:33,680
So now, if you could tell your
younger teenage self one thing,

1172
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:35,360
what advice would you give
yourself?

1173
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:39,160
To absolutely that you know
what's best for you better than

1174
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:43,160
anyone would be the number one
thing to turn off that inner

1175
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:46,360
critic that you do not suck,
that you are really good at what

1176
00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:48,160
you do.
Believe in yourself.

1177
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,120
I think it's all it would all be
about like empowering anything I

1178
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,800
would say to my younger self
would be about you got this, you

1179
00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:57,600
know, do this and just remember
to be very gracious to anyone

1180
00:56:57,600 --> 00:56:59,920
and everyone who's helping you
along the way.

1181
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:04,400
I felt that I was, you know,
when I was moving into different

1182
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,760
levels.
But I think he we can never in

1183
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,240
this day and age, continue to
practice grace and gratitude in

1184
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:12,680
all forms, every chance we get.
Definitely.

1185
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,720
I had my friend who flew in last
night.

1186
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:18,760
You brought him into my dad's
dental office like 9:13 PM,

1187
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,560
Who's counting, you know, for
surprise dental visit.

1188
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:23,680
Because I appreciate him as a
friend that I want to make sure,

1189
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:26,400
Steve, they're taken care of.
That's, that's being thankful,

1190
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,400
you know, that's really honoring
friends, you know?

1191
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:30,200
You're a good friend.
You're a really good friend.

1192
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:34,760
Many people, yeah, I know I've
gotten some good Yelp reviews on

1193
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:36,240
that.
You know, I, I like in other

1194
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:37,920
areas, so I can be confident in
this.

1195
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:40,680
I just don't ask me anything
about finance or plumbing.

1196
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:42,640
You know.
So anyway, we're at the end of

1197
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:45,280
the interview, you want to give
your socials and website where

1198
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:48,280
people can find you.
Yeah, I'm at redvalentino.com.

1199
00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:51,120
All my socials are at Red
Valentino, you know I please

1200
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:53,640
reach out if I can help or
promote or support in any way.

1201
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:57,080
I'm always happy to.
And that's Wren.

1202
00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:01,440
So that concludes our interview.
And now back to the studio with

1203
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:05,200
Mark Torres for War.
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1204
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:13,400
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1205
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1206
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:25,840
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1207
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:27,800
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1210
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1214
00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:47,600
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1215
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,000
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1216
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,320
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1217
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,160
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1218
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:59,720
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