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3:10 So that's 7:00 PM. So For more information go to www.emetal.info and I believe we have Hasan Godwin, the man on the inside on the phone or not. Yes. Yes, we do. Oh, there you are. Hello. I had you on mute because I was doing something I didn't want to it disturb your housekeeping. Oh, I think. That's terrible. It's a terrible thing to do. So as I was mentioning earlier, normally we would have the news, we have the non news because actor Paul Rubens died and I is a huge Paul Rubins and him and Herman fan. I figured we can take this time to talk about it. Hassan, were you a fan of Paul and or Pe's work? Yes, I never watched TV's Playhouse though. But I did watch the Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Big Top Pee Wee, which is strange sequel.

4:02 And I've, you know, I've seen Buffy, the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where he was a vampire. And a number of other things where he would just crop up like just mysteriously and I, you know I mean I remember the controversy behind him, but that kind of I was very happy for him that that didn't that didn't really tank his career and that he basically was. I recognized him as an eccentric like force in the in the entertainment industry. You know, it's kind of seminal. So what I can do and you can jump in when I do my whole relationship with Pee Wee as we as we continue on. So my first time ever seeing Pee Wee's Big Adventure was in 1985. I was with my sister and her soon to be husband. I was supposed to be the the, the, the what do you call the the, the blocker so that nothing would happen between my sister and her future husband.

5:02 So it took us to go see Godzilla in the city, which was one of the few times I've actually seen 19. 85 Yeah, 1985 in Manhattan. So it was a very big deal for me. And so as we finished watching that movie, they decided to sneak into another movie, which happened to be Pee Wee's The Adventure. And so we we saw it, and we left before the movie finished. So I it took me as bad. In the old days, if you didn't see movie in the theater, you had to wait at least a couple of years to find out before it came on a video. Because yeah, so I saw port. PIO, one of the cable, one of the scant cable, right? Cable channels, yeah. So I snuck in the CP. We, I saw the movie. I'm like, this is the greatest thing ever. And then we left.

5:43 I believe it was after the large Marge section. So I had. You know what? Before you before you go on that moment. Freak me out. I'll be. I'll be very honest. So, like, I'm not going to handle this one. Well, I knew it as soon as I saw it, and I understood it as a claymation. I understood exactly what it was. But it still didn't sit well with me. Sound of two garbage trucks crashing from the falling vampire. So, so then I didn't know what happened. So you know, I was like what was what happened? Did he ever find his bike?

6:24 I don't know. So too many years to find out. And then I happen to find his HBO special. So I didn't even know that was a thing. And his HBO special was more of like a PG13 kind of a Dolty type thing. And I was like holy crap, this is very different than what I was expecting. But it was hilarious and my mom was a was a huge fan of Joan Rivers. And for some odd coincidence, Joan Rivers was friends with peewee. So when Joan Rivers had the big controversy of taking over for going up against the Carson and the late night talk show was where she had her own show on Fox. Peebee Herman used to show up all the time. So me and my mom used to bond over Peebee Herman talking to Joan Rivers of all things. But yeah, awesome.

7:14 And then he, he did the Playhouse. And once again, I was a huge fan. It won me away. Right away. The Playhouse was an amazing thing and they had the secret word, you know, you all know what to do. And everyone says the secret word, right. Scream, That's right. For the rest of the day, when everyone says the secret word scream real loud, that's that was that was the thing. And I remember how big that show was at the time. I never watched it, but I do remember it was it was enormous. There were two shows that that everyone watched that I didn't watch when I was when I was a kid. One of them was the great space coaster, which I just never seemed to get a can see.

7:54 Yeah, and the other. One was, yeah, The other one was PB's Playhouse. Those were the two like everyone was watching it. And I was not. That's the, you know, it was like one of those things where you just left out. Yeah. And you remember back in the day when we were kids, we had to find things on television. There was no way to pinpoint exactly okay, what channels that come on at exactly what time. I mean, you could but that. Right. Felt like homework, right? You know, you have to look at the TV Guide and do, you know, read stuff and read it and figure out, Yeah. Reading is unacceptable when you're young. So I just couldn't, you know, like, I would hear about these shows, but I could never find them, right? And you know, like.

8:41 And by the time I found the great space coaster, it was a little young for me. But I've never seen an episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse. I just never found it. One of the highlights of Pee Wee's Playhouse was that Laurence Fishburne was on that show as cowboy artist Morpheus. You know that he was Cowboy Curtis. So like going back like. Everybody needs to eat, man. Everybody needs to paycheck and I forget the actresses name but she's like on law and order like the longest time and she was reaping the mail lady. So when law and order came out like hey it's reaping the mail lady in law and order. Oh that's not really it's one of those things they just see these people. And then a Phil Hartman, the late, great Phil Hartman was also on that show.

9:24 He also was part of creating the Peewee's Playhouse show, and he also was part of writing the The Big Big Adventure that Tim Burton made, so I remember. To why? Why I had so much staying power? Because he was, you know, he was a genuine communee genius, yes, the two of them together like created lightning in a bottle. And then you throw in Tim Burton's and his and his vision and peewee and Paul said like, exactly what he, what he envisioned was what Tim Burton made. So I was like, wow, that's really cool that you have this, you know, thing in your mind and that's what you see by this, by this new director, that they took a chance on Tim Burton. But I remember that my brother, I was talking to my brother one day and he said that he was on the train and it was a whole bunch of kids and somebody had said the secret word and they all just screamed.

10:15 And then this is on a train, so you're just talking, blah, blah, blah. And it goes like, what the hell? So that was when he realized how big Pee Wee Herman was. Pee Wee's Playhouse was, I mean, like, as a person on the outside again, which is basically what my role here is in your in your recollection. It was. I knew about it. I just heard about it all the time. It wasn't. When? Now it's Okay Pee wee. TV's Big Adventure came before Peewee's play out, correct? Is that correct? Yes, correct. Okay I as you say with the way movies are and how long it takes for movies to hit like cuz I never saw Peebe's big Adventure in the in the movie theater right.

10:59 So that was how? Long It's taking to hit like HBO, right? Right. So that was years after then? Right, Okay. So TV's Playhouse was a thing? Right. Was already a thing by that. Correct. So I knew that there's the PB Herman phenomenon had had already happened. I didn't know the order of things. I didn't know what started what I saw the movie to see what all the fuss was about about the TV show and that's that's kind of that was my introduction to PB Herman. And it's just, I mean it was just weird. It was just it was you know he was wonderfully weird. But I mean, you have to be kind of an adult. Appreciate the the phenomenon that that was especially in the 80s, right.

11:46 So and so I was a huge fan and actually this was one of those times actually probably the first time when I had to come with terms of separating the actor from the character because then as you mentioned earlier, he was, he went into he got arrested, you know he got arrested for being in an adult movie theater doing adult movie theater stuff and. Which leads me to believe he wanted to be arrested because it's it has been rumored like, I can say that but when they had that mug shot, if it's like a very famous mug shot at him, he looked nothing like Pee Wee because it wasn't him and everybody was like, oh, you know, Pee Wee is in the adult film. I'm like, no, Pee Wee didn't do it. The actor did it.

12:31 And that was my first time being able to separate that. From that point on. I've always been able to distinct between the actor and the character. So when the actor was in trouble it was kind of it was kind of rough. And then before that I remember Peebee was at the the Oscars. I mentioned this on the show before for and a RoboCop had to rescue him because he was being attacked by the ED20 9HE flew into the audience and the Oscars are like who's the greatest Oscars ever. But you mentioned Buffy. So Buffy happened as a result of him being arrested, and in an interview he said that in his contract the character was meant to look as close as possible to the mug shot. And I was like, that's awesome because, you know, he owned it. Yeah, so absolutely.

13:21 Really cool to see an actor. I was like, wow, you know, You know, I was really happy that the actor was still getting work, you know? And then Tim Burton. I casted him as a Penguin's father and the second Batman film. Yes, he did. Yes, he did. So I'm like, you know, it it shows that there is some camaraderie and there was people, you know, who backed him up as an actor, you know, separate from Pee Wee. I thought that was kind of cool. And then of course the return of Pee Wee at the MTV Movie Awards, it was, I think it was a 90 something Movie Awards and it was the opening of the Movie Awards and he just comes out and full on. Yeah, and full on Pee Wee. So Pee Wee came back and his the big line was heard and he I'm like, all right, you know, you just, you can't not like this guy. No, you can't.

14:13 You can't, so I. Don't know. I never understood the TV dance, though, But it was the tequila. Yeah, I didn't get it either because I'm watching the movie and he just did it. So I was like, oh, is this the thing? But apparently it wasn't the thing, because it wasn't in the HBO special which preceded the movie. No, it was just, it was just there. I was like, all right, cool. But then it was everywhere after, right? Yes, they they did a rap song. Do do do, do, do do. Tequila. Tequila is a song. Yes. Yes. It's a genuine. It was a real song, right? And then he kind of, you know, he Co opted that song for the scene in the movie, right? And then now that song and that dance have been synonymous with each other ever since.

14:55 Culture. History. Yes. Yeah, So, so then he he was doing both things. He was doing Pee Wee stuff. He was doing non Pee Wee stuff. He was in a mystery man. He was in a Murphy Brown, he was in Nightmare Before Christmas. So he was doing both things now and never. Saw A Nightmare Before Christmas. The The little, the little voice said, Hey, I'm going to come back to Broadway and Pee Wee came to Broadway and he brought the original HBO special updated for Broadway. And I was like, I must go see this because I'm a huge New Year harm and fan. So I went and I was late going to see this. So the usher maybe you had? You had Broadway tickets to see TV Herman, and you were late. Yes. The traffic.

15:36 The traffic. I, I, I put aside two hours for traffic. It was not enough. It was not enough. I was like, yeah, two hours should be fine. But no, I was wrong. So once again, I didn't see the whole thing and I had to wait until it went on HBO to see what I had missed. But just by timing, the usher made us wait for a few seconds and then like, OK, and they opened the doors. And when they opened the doors, you know, the both doors opened up, You can clearly see the Playhouse. And I was like, Oh my God, it's like my childhood is like a magical moment where the Playhouse just opens up in front of me. And it was exactly what I saw on TV, like, Oh my God, this is the Playhouse.

16:20 And did. You have that. Did you have that goofy look on your face like I had when we interviewed my camel? Maybe I no one. So I sat down and having you. Here, did you hear a choir? I did hear the choir. I did hear. I was like, Oh my God, this is the greatest thing ever. And I we sat down and I saw and I saw the whole play and because I had was really familiar with the HBO special, I already knew what was going, you know, going back and forth. So I had the idea of the story and I saw where they updated stuff and they casted Phil Lamar, who I was a huge fan of. He was EU PS:. Guy on ma DTV and he was also a voice actor and an actor in his own right.

17:01 So he took over the Laurence Fishman role and then they had most of the original cast members from the previous Playhouse were reprising their roles. And Miss Yvonne they had the the cherry they you know, the chair actually stood up and danced. It was crazy. It was it was insane just to see it in person and it was great. And then, you know, they came out standing ovation A. And the little voice said, hey, Mark, this is the great time, yeah, to say, you know, to start a peewee chant, you know, peewee peewee. And I was like, Nah, I'm not going to do that. And I regret that I didn't do that. So years later, peewee and Paul Rubens was going to be at New York Comic Con and I was like, I must see him. I must see him.

17:44 So I went down New York Comic Con. I I waited on line. I got in and I'm like, there was something that I had been bothering me for years because in the Peewee's Playhouse he had a scooter, but in the movie he had a bike. And I've always wondered what the hell happened to the bike. So it's been bothering me for years, you know, you see something as a kidding. You have that one question that's sitting there, hey, why did So it's been bothering me because I'm like, if I ever get a chance that's I want to, I want to ask him that question. So we go into the panel and I'm like, I'm going to ask my question. I'm already prepared for asking that question. I found the seat, and as I sat down, I realized that right in front of me, in the aisle, was the microphone. So I'm like, Oh my God, I can just jump right up here and be the first on line to ask a question. So Paul comes out and I and I immediately shoot. I stand up, right?

18:33 And so I'm like, right there. Like, the moment was here. Like, this is my moment. I'm going to ask my question. And then it dawned on me as a huge line was falling behind me that I have the first question and I say, you know, I think this is going to be an awesome moment. So, and Paul, you know, Paul was talking and and Paul said something and interviews and he's done it ever since. He says if he tells a story that sometimes that it's one of those stories we have to be there. But sometimes you're rambling on, you forget the ending. All you have to do is take a beat and say I love that story and then you're saved. So he said that he was going to do that during the the Q&A and there was no moderator. So he's like there was supposed to be a moderate. They're not going to be a moderate. I was like, all right, fine.

19:17 So he says, hey, do you have a question? And. And my little mark voice, the voice that I always say, listen, he said ask him what today's secret word is. And I said, and I did it and the whole audience roared for me. I I never had such a moment in my life that of of admiration, appreciation of all these people. Yeah, just like that. And it was such a a beautiful moment and and it and it dawned on me later that I changed that whole panel because if I didn't have that first question, if I didn't ask that question, it would have been a completely different panel. But we had the secret word and he gave us the secret word and we screamed when we had a secret during the entire panel.

20:00 And I'm like, Oh my God, it's so it's such a surreal moment and it was like a last minute thought so then after that and I've never helped. I've never felt so much admiration before in my life. It was an amazing. Convention moment. And I shared it with Paul and Paul's like, you must be a star for the for the single world for the day. That's my best. So I, I and then I got to ask my question. So I waited and I and I said, oh, you have another question? Yeah, I do. What happened on the bike? And he goes, you know, I never thought about that. I didn't say exactly like that. But he says, you know, I never thought about that until this moment. And he's like, that's a really good question. I was like, holy crap, I really stumped the Paul and he never even thought of that isn't bothering me for 20-30 years and it is A and then he actually had a legitimate answer.

20:48 So I was like wow, I was not only was I was a great time, I was also satisfied with that answer. And the best part about this New York com comp panel, even better than the experience I had is that somebody was recording it. So you can go on YouTube and you can see it and you can hear my voice and I'm there and like I can relive that moment anytime I want. And I actually posted on a Facebook page so you can hear me. No way. Yeah, So I I got to relive it. And, you know, sometimes if you have a story, you have an experience and it doesn't quite match up to how you remember it. I went back and I'm like, yeah, that's exactly what happened. This, this is it. Yeah. So. I don't have any stories like that, so I got. Jealous now?

21:32 Jealous of Dark? Jealous of dark Paul Rubens battle. OK, good. I'm sorry. And so he was very humble and he was very appreciative. And this was 2019, so people who don't know he had died of cancer, which he had for six years. So he already was diagnosed with cancer at this point in time. So, and he kept it to himself. Much like my other huge comic, a guy I really like was Norm MacDonald. So we had no idea that they were suffering in private. And the fact that at that point in time he knew. And at that point in time he was so humble. He'd been teared up a couple of times, saying how much he loved the fans and how much he appreciated. Yeah, yeah, that's those moments are are significant and they're incredible. Now it means more to me, cuz he knew at the time when no one else. They're really incredible.

22:23 But I mean in hindsight you never you realize it a little bit then, but then you know something like this happens and it makes it even more of a big deal. It it really, it really was. And then the the only I would say the sad part for me is that as you mentioned, the second Pee Wee Herman film which wasn't as good as the first one, cuz I don't think Phil Hartman was. Big Top, You know, Big Top Pee Wee wasn't as good as Big Adventure. It is funny because there was an interview where he said he wanted to have the longest on screen kiss in any movie in that movie and then they cut it down, but it was still pretty long. I'm like he was just, he was just trolling the audience.

23:03 That's what he was doing. And so then they made the third Pee Wee movie, which I was like, all right, one good pee movie, 1 not great pee movie. It's 5050. The third one can can win me back over. And sadly the Netflix one directed by Judd Apatow was not as good as the original. It just couldn't live up to. So I. Never even thought that one. It was a Pee Wee's next journey or something like that big event should be Wee's Big Holiday, I think it was called And it was all right, but it just, it was missing something. Maybe because that lightning in a bottle of Tim Burton, Paul Rubens and Phil Hartman putting it together. But the fact that I got to see the play and it was, you know, as great as it was and then I, when I got to interact with him, was as great as it was. I'll take that.

23:50 You know, movies don't have to be great. The character, I still enjoy the character. I still enjoy him as a person. I still enjoy him as an actor and being able to separate the two. I'm I'm glad that both of them did well for me. Yeah. And I mean, I'm, I'm kind of happy that it was a big enough moment for you that you can share that moment with the rest of us, because that's an amazing story. It really is, you know, They say don't meet your heroes, but this time it it worked. The one. Time. You, if you were. If you were me, it would have been terrible. Well, you know, I I have told my my Lutheran story many times. Yeah, so. Well aware of that. Well, we take that with a grain of salt, but just the fact that, you know, it was, it was a great experience and I'm really happy that I managed to do that.

24:38 So when Pee Wee Pat, when Paul Rubin passed away, he released a statement. Well, I guess his people released a statement. It says please accept my apology for not going public. With what I've been facing the last six years, I've always felt a huge amount of love and respect for my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoy making art for you. Yeah, and he was 70 years old, which blows my mind. I was like, holy crap, he was so much older. Yet I was like he stayed that same age for me. Yeah, he looked timeless, so we're almost out of time. Do you have any final thoughts on PB or anything else you'd like to share with the audience today?

25:18 No, not really. I think your story kind of tops everything, man. That's a fantastic story. So my my my suggestion is if if you enjoy peewee and enjoy Paul Rubens, please don't look at our Facebook page. There's a link on that to the YouTube page. Watch that 2019 panel. It was a great panel, gives you great insights on his entire career of a lot of decisions that were made, a lot of behind the scenes stuff. And you get to enjoy his last secret word of the day, which was New York. So for those of you listening to us live, make sure you join us next week. No? Yeah, that's right. And for the rest of you, we'll be back with more. It came from the radio. Hi, you've heard my voice.

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27:06 What is up everyone? Comics. It has been a week, which means only one thing. It is time for the comic insider to rip into yet another book and tell you everything that I found inside there. Today's book is Cinderella versus the Queen of Hearts. Part one of three Mousetrap. This story is written by David Franchini. Artwork by Jordy Taragana, Colors by Robbie Bevard, Letters by Taylor Esposito. This book was produced by. It's part of their grim universe. Line. The book starts off with Cinderella. In our world, she has taken a job as an online assassin, which means that she gets her assassination assignments from a text via her smartphone. She's in terrible disguise in the barbershop, with a fake mustache and a fake beer awaiting her target to show up. Everybody can see through it.

27:57 Everybody thinks she's crazy. Everybody, you know? The Barber asked her. You know. Do you realize we can see you? And she's oblivious, As is typical for Cinderella, A man arrives and she tries to kill him. It's the wrong man, of course, because it's Cinderella. And then when she compares the picture that she got via text to the person that she just tried to kill, they looked nothing alike. But she, of course, thinks they. Are dead ringers from one another. Lo and behold, the real target arrives at the barbershop. She sees him. She runs after him. She kills him at Leaf Industries Leaf Industries in Chicago, IL. Mr. Leaf, mulling over his plans for world domination. Than the future decides she's up for the next task and sends her. After the Queen of Hearts.

28:44 Cinderella finds the Queen of Hearts in the grocery store. He does a terrible job of tailing the Queen of Hearts. At one point wearing a box. She crawls through the street with the box over her head as though she is Incognito. She follows the Queen of Hearts to the Queen of Hearts warehouse. She breaks in as a surprise attack. Queen of Hearts is ready for her. Spring is a. Series of traps for Cinderella to have to go through if she wants to get a crack at the Queen of Hearts. Cinderella versus the Queen of Hearts Part one. Well, I didn't really know much about this story or these characters going into it. They they have so much of A history with in scope they're pretty popular. So you know, I'm just reading pretty fresh, but I got the gist of it very quickly. I think it's very poppy.

29:29 I think the dialogue is is is well written. It's very snappy. There's a lot of. Genuinely funny 1 liners in it. Cinderella plays like Zenith Scope's version of Harley Quinn. She is just that deranged and just that out there and just that deadly and just that homicidal. But it works. In the comic book, it really works. It's really jumpy. It doesn't sit still for too long. It moves very. It's it's it's very fast-paced, very direct and gets to the point and it doesn't hold anything back. It's, it's. Raucous. It's kooky. It's just crazy out there. So I did enjoy this. I thought it was a really solid read. I enjoy.

30:09 I I I found it very funny. I actually did laugh out loud a couple of times in it and I really once I once it started to roll and I started to get into it and understand exactly what they were going for, I was all in with it and I cut through the 32 page issue quite quickly. So I would recommend it. I think it's a. I think it's a darn good book. It's a micro series. I think there's only three of them with Cinderella versus the Queen of Hearts. I was quick to read the second and third books, which I will also be reviewing. So then about does it from the comic book inside a archaeological excavator of funny book magazines. I will be back next week with yet another book. Remember, books are great.

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31:36 Now back to our show. Hey, it came from the radio fans. It's Chris Woolsey, the king of streaming back for another segment of Chris's pics. For it came from the radio and this week we are going to be talking about what is hot on Red Box free streaming. We have got a phenomenal grab bag of titles for you this month. We have one of my favorite comedies that there was kind of a sleeper. It's a hidden gem. I think it's fantastic called Wedding Days DAZE. And that's starring Jason Biggs from American Pie and Isla Fisher from Wedding Crashers.

32:22 And Jason Biggs plays this poor guy who proposes to his girlfriend, who then proceeds to die on him. He's completely ruined by the experience, understandably, and his buddy just keeps hounding him and hounding him to get out of his funk. And finally, just to get this guy off his back, Jason Biggs turns. In a in a in a a moment of upset and proposes to the waitress at a diner that they're at and it ends up at. This waitress is having the worst day in the history of days and she thinks that maybe taking the proposal of a a cute young guy might be the ticket out. And so she agrees to marry him and she's like a dog with a bone and she will not let it go.

33:13 And it is. Hysterical. It's uncomfortable, it's awkward and it's a really fun movie. Check it out on Red Box streaming Wedding Days with Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. I am also a big fan of the actor Ed Harris, and we've got this great Ed Harris movie. It's a drama, very dramatic. This is called Frontera. It's starring Ed Harris. And Eva Longoria and one of my favorite character actors, Michael Pena. And it's a story about a murder in a small Arizona town and what exactly takes place after the murder.

33:56 And it's just a really interesting social commentary. It talks a lot about just raises a lot of interesting ideas about immigration and racism and profiling, and I just really liked it. And I thought it was a very well created, thought provoking film from Tara. Check it out, the performances are spectacular. Also, just to keep the the ball moving around the court, we have a great horror film. Speaking of arid environments, we have Desert Shadows and this is starring Mitch Pelegi, who is from The X-Files and. Julie Ann Prescott from the Andyville Harvest, as well as Bill Farmer from Space Jam, and it's about two brothers who go out into the desert on a hunting trip and quickly the hunters turn into the hunted.

34:54 And there's a lot of family history and turmoil that gets brought up as this sort of scary situation unfolds as this. Here before unknown creature begins to hunt the brothers. But if you like horror films and you like jump scares, Desert Shadows is definitely the one for you. Now this is another of my absolute favorite movies. I have not seen it in a while and I went back and watched it. My gosh, it's good if you like martial arts on Bach, the Thai Warrior. So this is starring Tony Jaw, who is one of those? Actors who, when you see him do his martial arts, it's kind of like the first time you saw Jackie Chan perform and you went.

35:42 There's no way a human being is actually doing these things. It is a great film, great story. In my opinion, it's one of the best independent martial arts films of all time. It is great. So tech check out on Bach. The Thai Warrior. If you like Muay Thai or you just like martial arts in general, this one is a classic. Again, check out Redbox Free streaming. You can go to your favorite App Store and download the app for your laptop or desktop, for your connected TV, for your mobile device, your tablet, wherever you watch films and TV shows you can watch. Red box for free again.

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37:09 Go to Amazon and try Ranger Rod Pet Poopy Bags Today. Now. Back to our show. This is Charlie Saladino from. It came from the radio. I'm alive at Trek Long Island and Oh my God, I am so honored to be here with Tanya Lamani. And a great season actress. She has lived an iconic life and she's such a beautiful and lovely person. Tanya, how are you? I am fine. I am so delighted to meet you Charlie, and to meet all these incredible fans that the last couple of days that I met and talked to, it is an honor to be able to be remembered after how many years Star Trek how.

37:59 Many years and they still Remember Me and other actors and I am so honored. Well, Tanya, you had a memorable role. You tell everybody what the role was because the minute you say it, they'll know who you are. My role is a character named Kara and she was a love goddess. On Argelius, planet of Argelius and Scotty, the character in Star Trek had an accident and lost interest in women. So the good Doctor, and the and and the Captain, They took him to Argelius to see if he could be cured, and they brought him to. A nightclub where I did my dance and you see in this show what a big smile Scotty had and and he was cured. I cured him.

39:08 I have a big smile on my face because I'm sitting right next to you. But you are such a seasoned actress. Tell everybody what? Films that you were in that were unbelievable and the and the stars that you work with. I have had an A good fortune to work with the most incredible actors and and films that are still remembered. I did a lot of television. Like flying. None. Get smart. It takes a thief. And on and on and on. And then, of course, films like the Hell with Heroes with Rock, Taylor and I worked with Bob Hope, and in a movie it was called The International Affair.

40:03 With international girls in and Bob Hope, of course, was so funny on or off the screen. He was amazing. I worked with Bob with in musicals, with lots of big stars like Walter Slazak and I I can't tell you all the people that I were. I worked with Elvis and he's really, truly was a king. And he still is a king and his name will be there forever because he was a very special, special human being and so gorgeous.

40:46 Oh my God, I have to. I even thought he was gorgeous. I have to tell you a quick story about him when I came, when I was on a set, standing in the makeup room. What movie was it? It was not a movie. It was a 68 comeback special. I was Little Egypt and he came in into the dress and near the dressing room on a set and he started introducing himself to everyone. He said, oh, I'm Elvis and he would shake their hand and and the guy with Sam, John and the girl with Sam, Mary and so on and so forth. And then he came to me and he says I'm Elvis, you must be Little Egypt, Tanya.

41:26 And I took his hand and I go yes. And he start talking. I don't know what he was saying. He kept talking and I kept saying yes and he kept saying blah, blah, blah, blah. I go yes. And he kept saying blah blah blah, I go yes. And then finally, very loudly he says Tanya, I go yes. He goes, may I have my hand back? Because I was holding his hand so, so tightly. You know, the next day he came on the set, he remembered everybody's name. He was amazing, amazing, very generous. And then few years later he was performing in Las Vegas in the big room, the main room, and I had my show in the lounge. In those days, lounges were really terrific and and somebody said he's in the audience.

42:18 I go really. I was getting ready to go to do my show. So I came over and I said hi Elvis. He stood up and says oh hi darling, he says hi so good to see you. I said oh. He says yeah, I came to see your show. I got nervous because I had to sing in my show. I thought Elvis is going to hear me sing. So I went backstage and put my sexiest outfit and I and I went and I did my medley of three songs, you know, and he stood up and gave me a standing ovation and everybody got up. This is the kind of a person he was. Very generous, very kind, very brilliant, you know. It's it's it's amazing to have these memories and. And for for all the shows Gregory Peck, iconic people, Elvis and and and you yourself and and these now as I said to you before.

43:24 These were my iconic heroes. These were your, your working buddies. I know Mickey Rooney and I. We traveled in a show called Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and he was a character. He was such a character. At one point he was chasing me, trying to propose to me, and I kept avoiding him because I didn't want to marry him, you know, And he was proposing to me, you know. So he was a character, but a brilliant actor. Brilliant actor, yes. So here's the question that I have to ask because this is what we're here for. What do you think about all this and Star Trek did? Could you ever imagine when you were when you were belly dancing and being beautiful on that episode? That it was going to be all this? No, no.

44:26 My agent, Mr. Samuels, my first agent. He must have been. I thought he was 100 years old. He must have not been 100 years old. But in my mind at the time, I was very young. So he said you have an appointment. I said where paramount I go, oh, OK What is the show? He goes. I don't know. I said what is it about? He goes it was something about stars or something. I go, OK, he says. Never mind, just go get the job. So of course I did. I auditioned. I got the role because they wanted someone who can act and dance. So I did and I had no idea that it's going to be all these years like what, 55 years later this popular.

45:17 And you know, we never, we the actors never knew if somebody liked us or not because we never were exposed to our fans until later, so many years later. And now we meet our fans, the first thing I do is say thank you fans for supporting us. Thank you and nice meeting you, you know. So yes, no, we never thought it would be this way. No. Ohh. My God, Tanya, you're beautiful. You're lovely. You're you're an amazing person. You're a wonderful person. Tell people how they could see you, your work, what you've done, all your social media. If you have.

46:01 Yes, I do. As a matter of fact, I I write books. I'm an author. I'm also. Let's talk about that go OK. I also wrote screenplays as well. My book that I wrote about Hollywood is all about Hollywood. At that time. When I wrote it, which was 2007, there was no me too. There was nothing, and we could never say a word about anybody. But we had sexual harassment like you would not believe, and we had to learn how to deal with that. Of course I was not about to play the game because first of all, I knew I couldn't even and I wouldn't even know how to play the game. I'm not that conniving or that brilliant, especially when I was that young.

46:57 So I learned how to be a diplomat. What I would do is to distract a man who was trying to come on to me. Really, at the point of of no return type of a thing, I would start cracking jokes. I started dancing. I start saying, oh, I What do you think about my mother? Was this and that? What about your mother? Before they knew it, we were talking about mothers, and they forgot what they were supposed to do. And then that would be when I was able to get away with it, and some instances I was not. So I would grab my purse and ran out of the office as quickly as I could, crying all the way home, saying why can't I get the role? Now I'm not going to get the role. I don't know how to do it, you know, But I know there's a lot of actresses like that, you know? So when I wrote this book, I named all the names it's called Have Belly, Will Travel.

48:02 And people were say, you can't put all that information in there. I said, Oh no, I can't because I said I want the new talent coming to Hollywood with stars in their eyes to know what to expect and be ready for it, you know, So that was my first book. Lots of juicy stories in there. I dated Shatner. It's all in there and it's about Elvis. It's a it's a very interesting book of my experience as a young girl. I wrote another book, but it's not published yet. We're in a process called Passport to Freedom, which I really recommend as many people as I can to write their ancestry stories because it's important for their families, you know.

48:55 And so I'm in the process of doing final edit for the publishers on that. So now, where can they get your first book? I'm sorry, where? Where can people get your first book if they Oh yes, they can go on www.tanyalamanigeorge.com and they will find my website and a lot of information is right there. So that's yeah, everybody go there. The book is interesting. I was looking at it.

49:37 I can't wait for this other book to be published, Passport to Freedom, because that looks like a true American dream come true story. I know it's about my my parents growing up in Ukraine and during Lenin and Stalin time, where all the horror took place in that regime. And when they grew up, they escaped to Iran. And then I was born in Iran. We all had a dream to come to America. And my father wanted to become a a working geologist in America. My mom's art, which she was an artist to be in museums, and I wanted to go to Hollywood.

50:26 And when we came to America, we were poor. We worked hard doing whatever we could until my father goes to Washington, DC and he got a job as a top geologist for the American government. My mom's art went into museums and of course I went to Hollywood and I was working actress, so. Folks. This she is an example of a true American You come to this country, you work hard, you work hard for any dreams you want, and they do come true, don't they, Tanya? Absolutely. All you have to do is work hard and make it happen. Nothing happens without you being persistent being. Have a lot of faith and pray a lot well. Tanya, you absolutely.

51:23 A thrill and an honor for me to be here with you. You're a an amazing person. You're a wonderful lady. You're a beautiful lady. And I thank you so much for this interview. Thank you and so good to meet you and talk to you. God bless. Thank you. Thank you, Tanya. And this is Charlie Saladino live at Trek Long Island and we're going back to the studio. And you, Mark, take it away. The Comic Book Depot has been in business since 1993. Go One Stop Comic Book Shop for comics, gaming, and collectables. The Comic Book Depot Club membership is $15 and gets you 15% off new comics, back issues, graphic novels and 10% off Comic book supply.

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52:49 Was it June? I don't even remember when. It was June 3rd. Was June 3rd. Oh, wow. OK. So yeah, so it was a little while ago. Is the second time that we've seen them. We saw them separately. Right. So we've seen them separately last year which was it was very good. But honestly, I think this time K flay was better than last time grandson was. So here's here's the thing. Like I went to a grandson. Wait, we went to the K Flay concert first last year, I think. And I thought that was a good concert. It was fine. You got to do a meet and greet, right? Yeah. You have to meet another celebrity, which is good. And then we went to the grandson concert. And keep in mind, I've never seen these people before. I've never listened to them before. I just went to the concert and I thought the grandson concert was one of my favorite concerts.

53:36 You know, it was like. No, it was because it was very personal. It was very like. I don't know. It's just good without the sound effects and everything it it was nice. Yeah, I just liked the music. I I had the I felt the energy, I felt the excitement about it, and that was good for that. So then these two are what? Friends? Friends, yeah. So they're friends and they decided that they were going to do their own tour together. So Casely opens. Right, We actually, we get what, third or second We're in the standing room? Only we. Were in like we were in 3rd and. 1st 3rd. And 4th then we got to 3rd. And then by the end I was in. Second, really. Okay. All right. Yeah. So the K flay part was which one you said that was better? That part was really good.

54:19 Honestly, that part I liked a lot this time. That was great. And I think that's pretty cool. I mean, I liked it, I thought. I think I kind of liked this one better. I wasn't really sure. She kind of seemed. The same to me a little bit, but she. Seemed a little bit. I don't know. She seemed better to me the way. That she might have been yeah. You know I'm but OK so then we move on to grandson which is one of his things is to tell people to turn to your left or right and introduce yourself to the people. Nasty right. So did you meet anybody or? I mean like a quick little hello. OK, so like, I meet this girl and this guy, and this guy must have been six feet and like 300 bouts, right? And he was just huge.

55:05 The guy was all muscle, you know, right. So the concert goes on and and and grandson goes start a mosh pit. Basically he goes I want to split the room so create a pathway in the middle and then he was like on a count of three. Both sides run into each other. Right, which this guy, who is like 300 pounds in all muscle, decided I I think he was just there for the mosh pit. Yeah. Oh yeah, definitely. So he was crushing everybody. Oh yeah, right. Him and all these other people going back and forth. And look, you know I'm OK with mosh pits if I'm not at him.

55:47 Yeah. Right. Yeah, you too. And the whole thing was a matter of like. This crowd was crushing us so much that had to make sure that you guys were protected, you and your friend, and weren't going into the barrier and getting crushed, right? The music was good, you know, We had a fun time listening to the music, but a lot. The mosh pit was a little tough when I didn't want to move you guys out because it wouldn't have been fair in a way. You know, you want to watch them from the distance. You're watching it, You know you got good placement. So part of the concert I for me like was not the best because like as much as his music was good. No, it was like full of the. Yeah.

56:29 And I think, like, I think that's great for people who love mosh pits and want to be in the middle of it. And it's a huge deal. And they're excited about the energy of the concert. Yeah, you know, for me, you know, at my stage in life at this point, I'm not mosh pitting anymore, you know, and. I'm not. I don't think I ever want to go into a monster. Those things are crazy. They are. They're. Cuz like people have gotten, you know, really hurting. Well, you should get really hurt. But you know, the cool part is like, he jumps in the crowd, he gets body, Sir. Yeah, you know, the music is really good, you know? So like, I think that's great. It's yeah, it's nice, but at the same time it's sort of just like, I don't know, it's a lot I wouldn't want to be in. A mosh pit where I could potentially get, like, hurt like that is what I just wanted to just like, enjoy the music, you know?

57:16 Yeah, I think, like, I didn't know that he was even a guy who didn't much pits, you know? I didn't think he like completely, completely was, but then again we saw him at a smaller venue. This was a small circle, wasn't a huge venue. Yeah, but it was small. It was bigger than like the one we. Went well. We went to the Mercury Lounge, which was definitely smaller, a lot smaller. But anyway, I think like, overall, I like his music. I think it's good. Yeah. And I would say, you know, with some. Yeah, no, definitely. Listen, just beware of the mosh pits, all right? Stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected. Hey guys, this is Christy from Custom Cakes by Christy, I want you to know that I'm here for you. I'm keeping my private kitchen open for any needs your family may have. I've been focusing on bread, soups, muffins, quiches, and other basics, but I'm still accepting dessert orders as well. Please follow my Facebook for immediate pick up items. Private message me for custom orders Custom Cakes by Christy INCKRISTY.

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