Dec. 17, 2024

Sebastian Maniscalco, Chuck Lorre (Bookie); White Hot EP Andria Parides

Join us for an exciting exploration of the vibrant world of live entertainment production and Season 2 of HBO's Bookie, as we chat with the extraordinary executive producer Andria Parides and Sebastian Maniscalco and the cast of Bookie in this episode...

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Join us for an exciting exploration of the vibrant world of live entertainment production and Season 2 of HBO's Bookie, as we chat with the extraordinary executive producer Andria Parides and Sebastian Maniscalco and the cast of Bookie in this episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon.

Known for her impressive work on major events like the Met Gala and the People's Choice Awards, Andria Parides shares her remarkable journey from her early days at MTV to becoming a powerhouse in live TV production. The conversation highlights the exhilarating nature of live broadcasting, from the unpredictability of red carpets to spontaneous interactions with talent. The conversation touches on the potential role of AI in enhancing live sports and events, as well as the increasing influence of streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon in live programming.

Then, Kyle speaks once again with Sebastian Maniscalco, this time, in support of Season 2 of his HBO series Bookie. Additionally, Kyle talks with co-star Omar J Dorsey, Writer / EP Nick Bakay and the TV icon, executive producer / writer / director Chuck Lorre.

Don't miss the fun an insights on live TV and scripted TV in this episode of Pop Culture Weekly.

Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief & Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming: https://www.deathandgrief.show/Chapter-One-The-Diagnosis-AKA-WTF/

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In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, I talk with

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Sebastian Maniscalco once again, along with Omar J. Dorsey and

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Chuck Lorii all about season two of Bookie, and I

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talk with producer Executive Producer extraordinaire Andrea Priez.

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Let's go Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon

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from my Heart Radio your pop culture news, views, reviews

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and celebrity interviews on all the movies, TV, music and

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pop culture u Crabe Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon net Net.

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Hello, and welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon.

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I of course am Kyle McMahon, and I thank you

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as always for hanging out with me for another episode.

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In this episode, we have all sorts of cool stuff

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coming and I speak once again with Sebastian Manuscalco, who

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you know. I spoke with him a couple of times

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for his film about My Father in Chicago. The film's

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called About My Father. I talked to him in Chicago

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and his co star Omar J. Dorsey, who he stars

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in the series Bookie with on HBO and Max. Bookie

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is so funny, it's got hard, It's just a great show.

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So I talk with those two as well as Chuck Lurie,

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who you may know from like every giant sitcom ever,

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as well as Nick Pickay who created the show with Chuck.

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Loriiy and I talk with Andrea Puritez, who is well

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known and well respected executive producer of live events. She

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has done every major live event you could think of,

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from the Mech Gala to People's Choice Awards, MTV all

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kinds of stuff. She is an awesome person and we

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are going to start with her. So Andrea is Andrea

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Pritus is an accomplished TV producer. Her career is a

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testament to the power of vision, perseverance, and creativity. Andrea

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has been at the helm of some of the most

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compelling television and live projects, working tirelessly to turn ambitious

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ideas into.

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Must watch programming.

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I mentioned at the top of the show that she

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has been an executive producer on the People's Choice Awards,

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People's Choice Country Awards, Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, iHeartRadio Music Festival,

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MTV Movie and TV Awards, and.

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So much more.

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She's got incredible insight into you know, live entertainment that

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nobody else would be able to give the insight that

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she does because she's at the top of it.

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She has a keep.

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Understanding of storytelling and an unmatched ability to lead production teams.

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She's navigated the fast pass world of TV with expertise

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and flair, and from balancing the creative process to managing

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complex logistics in live entertainment. She has a wealth of

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insights to share with you about what it really takes

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to produce captivating TV and captivating live entertainment.

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So sit back.

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Relax, and get ready to hear from one of the

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brightest minds in television production. Andrea Puritas. First of all,

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thank you so much for joining me. Andrea Paritez, how

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are you.

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I'm doing well. Thanks so much for having me. It's

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lovely to be chatting with you.

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Yes, you as well.

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So you have a very interesting career. You're an EP,

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you're producer, You've done all kinds of things. Tell me,

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tell me what you do well.

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I would say my resume says that I'm a live

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producer first and foremost, so like big award shows, concerts,

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live sporting events. That kind of thing is like my specialty.

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But I love the development side of things and coming

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up with show ideas and hopefully seeing them into fruition

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when you could sell an idea. But yeah, you know,

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I was at MTV for fifteen years, so across like

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the VMAs and Movie Awards and Red Carpets and Hip

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Hop honors and all that good stuff. So that's kind

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of where I grew up, as I like to say,

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I grew up on the extension of college at MTV.

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I love that. And how did you get into this?

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How did you get into this field?

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Well, so my sister is also a TV producer, but

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she's in the talk show space, which is very different.

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But I always loved music.

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I play the piano, and for me growing up, I

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also loved like WWF like professional wrestling WWE, and I

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thought that was like the coolest thing ever. And I

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was like, how can I take like all these things

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that I like and you know, get paid for them.

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So I majored in communications and then I interned at

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MTV and then I stayed there for fifteen years.

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So that's kind of how I did it.

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It was just like, what do I love and how

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can I make that into reality?

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That's so awesome and you have done so well with it,

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you know, producing some of the biggest live shows around

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and you're Emmy nominated, right, yes, yes, which that was

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like crazy.

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Yeah, it's you know, it's kind of it's really lovely

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when you could see it's like so much hard work

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go into something and it's not just like I'm one person, right,

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there's ten million people that add into everything, and it's

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really lovely when you could be recognized, but also when

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you're just putting out content that can make a difference

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in the world as well. And I think some of

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the projects that as I've gotten later into my career,

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you know, it's luckily you can start to like pick

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and choose on what you want to work with and

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who you want to work with.

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And what that looks like.

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So it's nice to be able to you know, while

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I always said while every Jersey Shore hit I produced,

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there was a Trailblazer Honors that was really lovely to

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put on because you're.

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Putting good out into the world.

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bit of that get recognized.

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And what's interesting, you know about you saying that is,

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you know I've thought about this with my show and

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the you know, the platform, the pop culture platform, and

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you know, I've thought, at the end of the day,

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like does it really matter what I do? And you know,

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I've gone back and forth. I don't focus on gossip

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and all that. I'm not looking to tear people down.

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I've had people come, you know, celebrities come and open

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their heart, and that's fine.

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I'm always looking for a redemption story.

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words because other people can learn from that. And then

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at a more different level, but in the same sort

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of show. Sometimes we're just talking about projects. You know,

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here's Robert de Niro talking about his new film. Here's

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the thing, though, it is what I've kind of learned

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for myself is that it is a escape for people.

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might be for a eight minute video, you know, whatever

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it is, and if that can bring them some joy

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in their day from all the chaos around us constantly,

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then like that is pretty freaking cool, you know what

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Definitely, I think it's you know, we're not doctors, we're

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not scientists, we're not changing the world in that capacity.

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But I think we're providing relief to a lot of

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people from their everyday.

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Lives and from the stress.

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And I remember during the pandemic, like I was busier

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than ever because I was working for a startup like

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live stream company, and like everybody was live streaming, so.

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It was NonStop and busy and hectic.

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But then at the end of the day, it's like

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you see all these people in the comments being like

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this was the best forty five minutes of my day,

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or this was like the best couple hours of my

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day because I just got to like stop thinking about

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what was going on and really just focus on like

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taking a breath and you know, hanging out with my

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virtual family. So it's you know, it's things like that

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where it's like, again, we're not not curing cancer, but

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we're also you know, maybe putting a smile on somebody's face.

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If we can, Yeah, which is like to me, that's

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huge because you know there's been so many I mean

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it's probably similar to you and talking for you and

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please correct me.

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But like, growing up, I was such a media hound.

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You know, I would watch you know, all the shows

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and all the movies, and you know, buy the books

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and the graphic novels and all that stuff, and that

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was my escape growing up, and you know, I've grown

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into somebody that now is getting paid to do it cool,

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which is awesome, but it's like we, you know, my

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little show maybe an escape for somebody else, and that

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is really super powerful, you.

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Know, absolutely, and like if anybody can understand it, we

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can because we were fans, right, and like we are fans,

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So there's this like relatability and understanding what we're putting

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out there because you know, we were those kids that

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were like I have to know all about it. I

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want to know all the stats, Like I want to

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know all the details, who's on that red carpet, what

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are they doing over here?

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And like the coolest thing.

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Ever is to be part of that for somebody else

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and to be like, oh, maybe, you know, maybe I

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can make a I don't want to say a dream

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come true, but maybe I can make somebody have a

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little bit more information on something they wanted, or a

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little bit show their artist in a different way and see,

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oh I got to see that song that they performed

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and I've never seen it before and we were able.

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So I totally get that. It feels like we're lucky

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enough to have been fans and to still be fans

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and to be able to put that energy out there

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for people.

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For sure, and then you know, with you you also,

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it's cool because, as you were saying, you're at a

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point where you can kind of pick your projects and

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you can do something fun and live, I've like a

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live award show, but then you can do something inspirational

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that you know, maybe brings a tear to your eye

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with an honor show or whatever.

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So it's like the range that.

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You are able to do is pretty awesome, and I

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would assume it's very fulfilling for you as a.

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Creative definitely, And I think, like, you know, being able

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to focus on certain topics that really are impactful. You know,

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I have a project in development around mental health, and

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like more than ever, it's like we've seen so many

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different celebrities speak out on mental health and trying to

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make it like less taboo, and I think that's you know,

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that's so rewarding in the sense of like whoa, okay,

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Like we're shedding light to a topic that like maybe

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five years ago, ten years ago, it just you didn't

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want to talk about it.

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And then in the same token.

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I'm like, let's go People's Choice Awards, Let's have the

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most fun ever and get stand voted stuff on. So

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it's a really really nice balance to be able to

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have a little bit of.

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I love that.

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And so you're doing a show, you know here, you're

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here for the People's Choice Awards or you know, whatever

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one it is that you want to use for this example.

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But do you feel like I would? I feel like

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the pressure. I would be like, oh my god, they

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don't even let me on live by the way, on

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the radio, they put a delay on me because I

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sometimes have a potty mouth on accident. So like I

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can imagine, well, right, I can't imagine doing live television.

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It's like the biggest rush though. That's what I will say.

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I'll say some people really like thrive under that pressure,

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and I like to think that I'm one of them,

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because you know, one it's like when you're live, that's over.

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When you're when you're done, you're like, we're off air.

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We don't have to go into an edit. We don't

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have to like change anything up. I mean sure, if

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there could be tiny things you have to do for

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like a West Coast airing, but you know when you're live,

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you're in that moment. I'm in our host's ear. I'm

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telling them what's coming up next, Like.

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We're hoping that everything is going accordingly.

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And it's really exciting because it's like you've worked so

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hard for so long to put all the right people

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in place to make this magic happen. And again, it's

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not one person, it's many people. It's many really talented people,

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and it's like putting all the puzzle pieces together and

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then you're just like, let's go with it, let's see

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what happens, and you know, stuff, sometimes you just have

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to throw everything up in the air.

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Like red carpets.

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It's like you can have a format and that's cool

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and everything, but like it's fake because the second that

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carpet opens and you see who you're talking to and

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you're not talking to. It's like you'll always have guideposts

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to get you to where you need to go, and

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there will always be business that needs to be done,

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but you never know what's going to happen.

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And that's that's the wild part.

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Red carpets are always like whoa, look, yeah, let's see

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what happens today.

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Yeah, And then of course you're dealing with talent and

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you know talent reps and managers and agents and lawyers.

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And assistants and you know MUA teams at all.

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So you know, literally anything can happen at any time,

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and I guess in your position, you have to be

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ready for anything.

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Yeah, I mean everybody has an opinion, that's for sure.

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Everybody has like what they're looking for for their whether

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it's their artists, their their talent, whatever it looks like.

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But what I like to always say in meetings is that,

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like we have one common goal, like I'm not against you,

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you shouldn't be against me. Like we want this to

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be a really successful overall show for everybody involved, not

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just for one person, not just for one act, not

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just for you know, one big moment. It's like we

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want we're on the same team, like let's make some

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magic happen. Let's figure it out together. But yeah, it's

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a lot of the whole like how do I enagle

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this and say this the right way? So there's not

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a lot of hurt feelings if you will.

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Yeah, yeah, And what is something you know you've done

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so much already and you're you're young, you have you know,

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a long time of I mean reality, you know, I mean, yeah,

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you have a law, you have decades of continuing to

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work so so far with all you have accomplished, what

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is your biggest thing that you're like.

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Yeah, I did that.

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You know, There's been a lot of moments where I've

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brought together different fandoms, which I think is really exciting

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and like knowing how much that Like, I grew up

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on WWE, and I love WW. I've always tried to

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get their superstars into my programming. And you know, a

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few years back, it might be twenty nineteen, I was

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at MTV still and we were talking about like different

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categories for an award show, and one of them was

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brought up was like, what's let's think of like a

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best fight and you know, are uh whoever was in

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charge of the time, he wanted to make it a

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little different, and so my boss at the time, she

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was like, what are some good examples that you can

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think of for this moment that feel different?

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And I was like, well, I.

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Was like, you know, if we want to try to

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do something, why don't we do the first female main

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event of WrestleMania.

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And we got all of the women to be able

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to be nominated.

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They came to the show and it was exciting, and

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I think it's like, that's a small moment, right, but

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it feels like an impactful moment because probably not a

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lot of people would have.

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Thought about that.

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So there's little things like that throughout my career that

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have been really really special. And I think I don't

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think there's like one overall show or one overall artist

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or anything like that. I think it's more of like

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these smaller moments that count a little bit more for

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me than like the bigger picture. I mean, I have

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like my favorite shows and things like that that I'm

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super proud of, But I think it's just like being

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able to work with people in different capacities and being

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able to like tie in these different points to pop

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culture into your project is really really rewarding.

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Yeah, yeah, I can absolutely see that.

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And has there ever been a time where you were like, wow,

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like that was by the seed of my pants, you

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know what I mean, like and not within even your control.

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But as we said, I mean live literally broadcasts.

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Totally without mentioning names. We've had artists that haven't shown up.

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We've had artists that have decided they don't want to

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get out of their dressing rooms and they're missing their

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live hit. We've had people get sick right before the

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show and we have to replace them.

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So there's certainly like you.

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Can have backup plan on backup plan on backup plan

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and feel the most prepared in the world.

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And that's going to be the show where.

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Something goes wrong and you don't have that exact plan, right.

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But I do like to say that if we don't

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have a plan together, then something's absolutely going to happen.

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And if we do have a plan together, something's absolutely

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going to happen.

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It doesn't matter.

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So it's you know, you have to feel protected as

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much as you can. But that's you know, the skill

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set of myself and like the production companies I work

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with that know this and know how to pivot and

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know how to you know, make sure that all of

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our talent that's on stage, that our hosts are on stage,

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that they understand that anything can happen and anything will happen,

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and you you roll with the punches, you know, you

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just go with it. It all it all airs right,

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it's there somehow.

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Yeah, what are you you know, what's the next projects

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that you can tell us about that are coming up

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in your immediate you know.

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ORMI the next year.

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Yeah.

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So outside of like the big award shows that I do,

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I do a ton of like talent consulting and I

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do a lot of show pitching because I think that

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I learned over the pandemic that I really like the

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development side of things. So that's been really exciting. And

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you know, in the immediate I'm working with the brand.

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I'm going to the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight

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in a couple of days, and that's going to be

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gnarly and wild. So that's again it's a it's a

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little bit of like my background in the sense of

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it's entertainment, it's sports, and it's it's sponsorship, right, it's brand,

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so it's I've done all that for many years. So

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that's in the immediate. That's That's why I have some

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wrinkles under my eyes because I'm tired. Yeah, being in

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a couple of days and then I'm preparing for an

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event that is not televised, but it's a live event

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on the ground right before the Super Bowl the day

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of at the super Bowl at the venue with a

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lot of NFL legends and music and like local things

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happening from the New Orleans side of things. So that's

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a big one that I'm looking into for our next quarter.

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But I do have a.

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Few interesting things up my sleeves that I can't announce

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quite yet, but exciting stuff Like it's you know, I

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always feel like, while there are certain shows that I

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feel like I can do and do well and that's great,

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after a while you're like, how many more of these

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am I going to do?

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Right?

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So I think it's always looking at things in the

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perspective of what's going to keep my brain working creatively

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and where am I going to get excited about, Like

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what's something that I can get excited about again, what

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is like just.

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Bringing something new to my world?

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So that's really like in between my larger shows, I

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probably do like two or three big shows a year,

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and then in between is when I like get to

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have a little bit more fun in the sense of

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let me play around, let me pilot in real time,

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let me partner with different people and see what makes sense.

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And again, like with the consulting I was mentioning, that's

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something that I love to do with different types of

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like artists and personalities and superstars and all that kind.

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Of stuff because.

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It's a completely different part of my brain that's working

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as opposed to when I'm just doing the live side

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of things.

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Yeah, yeah, that is awesome, and it kind of sounds like,

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you know, you can do these bigger shows throughout the

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year and then you get to like experiments if you

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will use like different parts of your brain and create

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different parts of your creative energy ease and kind of

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you know, flex because you're a master at the big

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live shows, you know, and so now now you can

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be like all right, you know, like what's something I'm

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I'm super passionate about that's outside of the box of

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what I normally do.

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So you know, literally it.

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Like fills up my cup a little bit more like creatively,

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and like I'm allowed to like spend time in my

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passion projects and to really fulfill more of my my

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side of things as opposed to doing this for a

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network or a streamer or somebody else, you know.

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And that's great, and I love doing all of that.

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Don't get me wrong, But this is when it's like, oh, well,

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let's have a little fun for Andrea. Let's do a

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little this over here and see what happens.

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And if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. That's okay.

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It's only myself, you know, to blame on that end.

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But it's so far it's been a very like healthy

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balance of that and I feel very lucky to be

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able to do that.

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That's so awesome.

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And finally, what do you think where do you think

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the You know, in some ways the TV industry is

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drastically changing the broadcast industry. I think, you know, a

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big saving grace has been live events.

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Whether sports or award shows or whatever.

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Do you see that over the next whatever, ten, five, ten,

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twenty years changing as well?

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And if so, like kind of where do you see

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that changing?

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Yeah, you know, it's super interesting that you say that,

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because I think, you know, it's a couple fold there's

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a couple different things to think about. But you know,

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something that everybody is like super concerned about is AI, right,

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Like it's a gift and a curse honestly, Like it's

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incredible and amazing, and then it's also like frightening because

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you're like, how the heck is this happening?

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You know?

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But I think in live events and in sports it's

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it's such a safer place for AI, Like it's not

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something that they could truly take away jobs or anything

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like that. And I think if anything else like AI

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is only to that lane and listen, I'm not an

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expert on it, but it just feels like less of

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a risk with something that's happening in real time as

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opposed to something that is getting created along the way,

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and it's a long process and it's an edit process,

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and it just, you know, it feels like it's a

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little bit of a safer space. That being said, I

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think streamers are coming in like fast and furious with

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the live side of things.

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Like Netflix is making a.

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Really huge stamp and saying we're experimenting here, We're gonna

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do a lot of these different shows we're looking for live.

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Same thing with Amazon, same thing like with sports and

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live sports in general. Like it's interesting because linear always

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led like that was like the phrase for half of

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my career. Linear leads everybody else is the backup. That

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is so not the case at all anymore. And I

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think it's interesting to watch things evolve. I think live

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events will always be around, but I do think they're

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going to get specific on the approach on how live

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events are produced, especially with the range of things. And

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I also think coming from like the network side of things,

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00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:08.480
it's like if somebody says, oh, you need to cut

472
00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:11.279
your budget significantly, guess what You're gonna probably cut a

473
00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:13.839
temple because that's a lot of money and that's right

474
00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:15.920
out the door one, two, three, as opposed to like

475
00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:19.039
deep diving into a lot of other things. But I think,

476
00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.480
you know, more people are tuning into the netflixes, more

477
00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:25.759
people are tuning into the Amazons of the world because

478
00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:29.720
these are now destinations for lives. So I think like

479
00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:32.279
the past couple of years have been interesting seeing it all,

480
00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:35.319
and I only think it's gonna I would say, like

481
00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.880
the next five years, it's only going to get busier

482
00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.359
and busier and busier in the live space, hopefully because

483
00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.839
that is good.

484
00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:46.440
That is job security. But I think it's it's.

485
00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.400
You know, it's definitely a lane to watch because that's

486
00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:51.880
where the money has been getting greenlit lately, which is

487
00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:56.519
also bananas, so we'll see. But's it's definitely an interesting time.

488
00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:59.640
I think it's safer than it once was.

489
00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:03.519
Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Uh, where can we find you

490
00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:05.119
and follow you in all your adventures.

491
00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:11.640
I mean, humbly, my Instagram name and across all socials

492
00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:16.559
is Andrea the Coolest again humbly, so it's my first name,

493
00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:18.799
and then d A and then I just it's you know,

494
00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:20.480
A D A C O O L E S T.

495
00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.920
I won't change it because it's who I am. At

496
00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:25.720
this point, it was like it was my screen name

497
00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:29.279
on my sidekick. If I'm dating myself one hundred million years,

498
00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.799
you could find me there across you know, Instagram, X,

499
00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.079
TikTok all those good places, and then of course on LinkedIn,

500
00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.519
it's just my professional self.

501
00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.680
Andrea Paritas.

502
00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:43.440
So awesome, Andrea, thank you so much. You got to

503
00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.359
come back and we'll talk. Come back, Yes, and thank you.

504
00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:49.519
Thank you, Kyle. This is awesome. I really appreciate it.

505
00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:58.960
Of course, Andreas besides being like a brilliant mind in

506
00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:03.000
entertainment and especially live entertainment and television.

507
00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.200
She's just cool, like you just want to chill with her.

508
00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:09.720
And on top of that, she's a great person, like

509
00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.920
a super nice, awesome person.

510
00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.759
So we love you, Andrea Peritas.

511
00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:19.599
All right, we're gonna take a quick break and when

512
00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:25.839
we get back, I'm going to speak with Sebastian Maniscalco, Chuck, Lorie,

513
00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:31.279
Nick backay Omar J Dorsey all about.

514
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Season two of Bookies.

515
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Let's pay the bills, support our sponsors that make this

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show happen, and I'll see you in sixty Welcome back

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to Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon.

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Grow, and it's because of you and your support and

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very interesting, by the way. Oh and if you want

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527
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529
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531
00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:38.000
voicemail to me. You have sixty seconds there, so choose

532
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your words carefully or.

533
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Leave multiple ones. I probably shouldn't open it up to

534
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that anyway.

535
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In any event, let's get into the next segment. If

536
00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:50.440
you haven't watched Bookie yet, it is a sharp and

537
00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:55.279
darkly comedic series on HBO and it dives into the

538
00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:59.039
chaotic world of sports betting, but it brings humor and

539
00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:04.279
drama to the game. It was created by the powerhouse

540
00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:09.559
duo Chuck Laurie and Nick Backay. In it follows Danny,

541
00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:12.559
who was a small time bookie that's basically just trying

542
00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:16.880
to stay afloat in the rapidly changing world of online gambling.

543
00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:21.119
So as he navigates a color forecast of clients, some

544
00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:25.279
of which you may know, as well as personal strugg struggle, olders,

545
00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:30.839
personal struggles, and the looming pressures of a really cutthroat industry.

546
00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:35.079
Bookie offers a raw, witty, and compelling look at the

547
00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:40.160
ups and downs of chasing, ultimately the American dream. It

548
00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:43.559
is really a great show. I look forward to it

549
00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:48.440
and season two is here now. As I mentioned with

550
00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:52.400
Chuck Laurie and Nick Backay, they are two influential figures

551
00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.480
in the world of TV. They are known for their

552
00:27:55.519 --> 00:28:00.119
contributions to both comedy and storytelling. Chuck Laurie, who who

553
00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:04.599
is often dubbed the King of Sitcoms, is a prolific

554
00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:09.240
television producer, writer, and director behind some of the most

555
00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:14.440
iconic sitcoms of the past thirty years, including The Big Bang, Theory,

556
00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.240
Two and.

557
00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.759
A Half Men, Mom.

558
00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:22.160
His ability to craft relatable, character driven humor has really

559
00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:26.160
made him a household name and earn him numerous awards

560
00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.279
and accolades.

561
00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:30.759
And how often can you say that about.

562
00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:35.680
A TV writer, producer, director now? Nick Backay is a

563
00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.559
very gifted writer. He's also a producer and an actor.

564
00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.000
He is best known for his comedic sensibilities and his

565
00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:46.319
voice work, notably, I would say as one of my

566
00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:51.039
childhood favorites, the sarcastic Salem, the Cat in Sabrina, the

567
00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.519
Teenage Witch, and all of its spin offs. In addition

568
00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:57.480
to his on screen roles, though, Backay has an impressive

569
00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:01.680
resume as a writer and producer, having colaborated with Lourie

570
00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.880
on projects like Two and a Half Men and Mom. Together,

571
00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:09.359
Laurie and Backay have combined their talents to create memorable

572
00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:14.000
television that resonates with audiences through their humor.

573
00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:16.319
Heart and sharp wit.

574
00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:20.079
Here they are Chuck Lourie and Nick Backay.

575
00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.359
First of all.

576
00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.880
Thank you so much, Chuck and Nick for joining me.

577
00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:30.839
I really appreciate it. Thank you, of course. So Bookie

578
00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:36.440
is awesome. And season two continues with that mix of

579
00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:41.559
funny and dramatic, and there's family and relationships and all

580
00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:46.480
kinds of stuff. What was it that made you want

581
00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:48.799
to do this project for both of you?

582
00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:52.440
I think for me up again with meeting Sebastian a

583
00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:56.920
couple of years ago, and the original discussion was is

584
00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.200
there a way to translate his stand up act into

585
00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.559
a into a series of some sort? And I didn't.

586
00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:05.799
I really didn't know how to do that. I did

587
00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:09.880
not know how to make that transition. Then I saw

588
00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:16.000
The Irishman, where he played a psychotic crazy Joe Gallo

589
00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.759
and a scene opposite Bob de Niro and Joe Peshi,

590
00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:24.200
and he was terrific. And then the other problem then

591
00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.599
was I don't know how to write a series about

592
00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:28.279
a psychotic killer and make it funny.

593
00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.400
I really don't.

594
00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:35.359
And so I brought this problem to Nick, and Nick,

595
00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:40.759
without hesitation, said make him a Bookie. And we were

596
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:44.039
often running. We presented the idea to Sebastian and he

597
00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:47.960
blessed it, and and and here we are just about

598
00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.960
to release season two.

599
00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:53.799
And how about for you, Nick, Well, you know, it

600
00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.920
was the same thing Chuck reached out to me about

601
00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.920
working with Sebastian, which was the quickest, yest ever because

602
00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:02.480
they's you know, that was easy and obvious, and then

603
00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.880
it was this idea and then and then it became

604
00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:08.000
really exciting for me and Chuck also because it let

605
00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:12.599
us deviate from the norm of the multiicam and a

606
00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:15.599
and a living room set and the usual drill. And

607
00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.160
the more we explored that, the more fun we had.

608
00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:21.519
And you know, and also I think we had a

609
00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:27.640
really really special time writing the relationship with Omar Dorsey's

610
00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:31.920
character Ray and Sebastian's character that these two guys not

611
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.720
only the messes of their private lives, but I think

612
00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.359
one of the joys of the show is just these

613
00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.400
two guys when they're in the car together making their

614
00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.920
rounds and the things they get to talk about. I

615
00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.880
think we have more fun writing that than anything.

616
00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:46.240
Yeah, that's that's actually the romantic heart of the series

617
00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.319
is those two guys.

618
00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:51.640
Yeah, And that's what I find enjoyable is you know,

619
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.279
first of all, I love that you went that you

620
00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:56.720
didn't go with the multi caam for this one because.

621
00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.480
I feel like it it's where it needs to be.

622
00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:03.160
You know, it's so perfect the way it is. And

623
00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:06.400
as you said, you know that that heart The two

624
00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.319
relationships that I, as if you were anyway, care about

625
00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:12.839
the most is those two and their interactions with each other.

626
00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:17.160
How did those characters develop as you saw you know,

627
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:22.599
Sebastian and Omar together over the first and now second season.

628
00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.920
Well, I mean, look these guys when we saw them

629
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:32.119
read together when we were auditioning, it was immediate that

630
00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:34.720
these guys were meant to play these parts together. I mean,

631
00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:38.759
Sebastian was locked and loaded, Omar was immediately our guy,

632
00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.039
and like Chuck has said, they looked like an old

633
00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:44.920
married couple from Jump Street. And then it really was,

634
00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.759
you know, when we knew we had this nice thing

635
00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:49.519
of this like we have this you know, sort of

636
00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:52.559
hard scrabble bookie and this guy who who was an

637
00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.440
NFL player, who who who blew it right? And I

638
00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:59.960
always loved exploring the idea of that guy who bought

639
00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.920
his grandmother of the house with the NFL money and

640
00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:06.680
then had to move her out of it, which is

641
00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.440
you know, with the story you never hear and you

642
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:12.680
know has happened, you know, And but also his love

643
00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.599
for that grandmother is you know, one of the redeeming

644
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:19.039
parts of the show as well. But it really, you know,

645
00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.839
a lot of it is listening to your actors, listening

646
00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.839
to what they do well and how they relate to

647
00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:27.079
each other and rolling with it. And season two gave

648
00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.880
us a chance to really capitalize on that.

649
00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.640
And and finally, how how long can you go? I mean,

650
00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:36.240
I would love to see their adventures forever?

651
00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:42.000
Well, let's call David Zasla ask him, Let's go for it, Hi, Dave,

652
00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:47.839
We'll find out. We'll find out, you know, I mean,

653
00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:51.640
we have there's so many more stories to tell, and

654
00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.400
we love these characters, so we're hoping.

655
00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:57.359
I love that. Thank you both so much.

656
00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.680
I can't wait for everybody to see Bookie season two

657
00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:05.119
exclusively on Max. Thank you, Chuck and Nick, Thank you,

658
00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:11.559
Thank you have a great thank you too. Come Chuck

659
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:16.719
LORII and Nick McKay two brilliant minds in the world

660
00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:21.639
of television comedy, and I am honored to be able

661
00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.079
to have them on the show.

662
00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:26.039
So thank you, Chuck and Nick.

663
00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:30.440
I really do appreciate it, all right, last, but not least,

664
00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:36.800
Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey are two very dynamic

665
00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:42.000
talents who have made significant impacts in their fields. Sebastian,

666
00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:45.159
who of course, has been on the show before. Sebastian Maniscalco,

667
00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:49.320
is a renowned stand up comedian and actor, celebrated for

668
00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:55.800
his energetic performances, his sharp observational humor, and his vivid storytelling.

669
00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:59.960
Drawing inspiration from his Italian American upbringing, he delivers hello

670
00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:04.840
various takes on family, culture and those awkward moments of

671
00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.400
every day life.

672
00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.079
Omar J.

673
00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:11.320
Dorsey is a powerhouse actor known for his commanding screen

674
00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:15.880
presence and nuanced portrayals. From his role as Hollywood and

675
00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:19.440
Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar to his performances in films like

676
00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.400
Selma which You Know I Was In and the Halloween franchise,

677
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:28.239
Dorsey has consistently brought authenticity and depth to all of

678
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:32.559
his characters. Together, these two artists represent the best of

679
00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:35.760
the aircraft, each contributing to the world of comedy and

680
00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:41.119
entertainment with charisma, talent, and dedication. Let's talk to them.

681
00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:51.280
Sebastian Menescalco and Omar Jay Dorsey congratulations on Bookie season two.

682
00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:55.599
I love it just as much as I love season one.

683
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:59.960
I wondered what drew you both to the project SETI

684
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.840
and start with you.

685
00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:05.519
It was something that you know, I gravitated towards because

686
00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:09.239
I've played myself in a lot of these TV or

687
00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.880
film things that I've done, whether it be about my

688
00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:14.159
father or a pilot that I did eight years ago

689
00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:17.559
playing myself, And I like the fact that this was

690
00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.480
a character he is based in Los Angeles. It was

691
00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:23.039
about a topic that I found interesting. I've never really

692
00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:28.519
seen TV show dive into the world of gambling like this.

693
00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:32.039
We not only cover gambling, but we also covered these

694
00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:35.079
guys' personal lives, what we're dealing with at home, which

695
00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.880
I don't think. You know, sometimes you just have a

696
00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:42.159
connotation of a bookie as some guy breaking legs, collecting money.

697
00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:44.679
You don't really see that he's got a wife and

698
00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:48.000
he's going to a PTA meeting, or you know, he's

699
00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:53.559
got other responsibilities, whether it be in this season, my

700
00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:57.239
mother in law moving in with us, or you know,

701
00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:01.079
Ray dealing with you know, his grandmother, her and what's

702
00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:04.599
going on living with her. So I like the fact

703
00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.840
that you see the gambling, and you also see the

704
00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.679
personal life.

705
00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:10.119
Yeah, and how about for you are Omar.

706
00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:12.760
What drove me to it is like I was doing

707
00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.760
so much trauma right then, so at least drama films

708
00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:18.320
and being on the show for seven seasons, it was

709
00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.519
so heavy drama.

710
00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.679
So I just want to go somewhere and have fun

711
00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.239
every day.

712
00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.559
And you know, when I saw that it was Sebastiator

713
00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:27.840
and I saw that it was Chuck Laurie, NICKOKAYI I've

714
00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:31.320
been watching Nick Makay since I'm ESPN right, and Chuck

715
00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:36.119
Lurie is the godfather of comedy on television. So I

716
00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.760
really tried my best to get into this project. I said,

717
00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.920
I really want to do it really badly. Uh So

718
00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.079
I put on my best book forward and my auditions

719
00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:45.679
and you know I got in there. But you know,

720
00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.440
just being able to go to work every day and

721
00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:50.960
laugh and have fun and just being around that crew

722
00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.519
that we're around, I mean, it really drew me to it.

723
00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:55.519
So that that was the main I don't sell a

724
00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.000
point for me.

725
00:37:56.719 --> 00:38:00.280
Yeah, I was just speaking with Chuck and Nick and

726
00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:03.280
and we were discussing how the two of you are

727
00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:08.039
really you know, the romantic heart of the show if

728
00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:12.280
you will like and as a viewer, I you know,

729
00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:14.639
I love the whole thing, But it's the two of

730
00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:19.360
you and your relationship with each other that really is

731
00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:23.760
like you don't see that so often in TV today,

732
00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:26.199
And I think the way you play off of each other,

733
00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:30.719
your characters and their relationship, I think is such a

734
00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:34.360
huge key to it being so damn good, you.

735
00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:37.679
Know, right, you know, it's like they're work spouses. You know,

736
00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:39.840
you have your work husband, your work wife. It is

737
00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:43.360
like these guys are in this car or in that

738
00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:47.639
office for ten to twelve hours a day and they

739
00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:49.480
have to learn how to live with each other. So

740
00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:51.199
whether it's he doesn't want to listen to my hip

741
00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.840
hop or I don't want listen to is yacht rock,

742
00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.840
we're gonna we have to figure a way out about that,

743
00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:58.119
you know, We've got to figure out a way to coexist.

744
00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.280
But they're best friends.

745
00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:02.280
There's a lot story between two dudes who really just

746
00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:05.159
love each other and they love spending time with each other,

747
00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:07.679
and they have a really cool job, you know. So

748
00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.760
that's I do believe that's the hard and soul of

749
00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.159
the show. So yeah, Danny and Ray are the ones that.

750
00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.960
I mean, don't get me wrong, everybody else around it

751
00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:19.519
are really good and we're really excited to see everybody.

752
00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.280
But I do think that hard and soul of it

753
00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.960
is Danny and Ray.

754
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.920
Yeah.

755
00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.400
Yeah, and Sebastian.

756
00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.320
I the last time I spoke with you was out

757
00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:29.880
in Chicago for about my father. And you know, through

758
00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:32.559
your stand up, through other projects that you've done, so

759
00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:37.960
many have been personal. How much of you is in

760
00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.679
this character.

761
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:42.519
I think there's a sensitivity to Danny that I could

762
00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:44.800
definitely relate to. I mean, I'm not a guy like

763
00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:48.079
killing people for money here, and I'm not breaking legs

764
00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:50.880
or anything like that. There's a bit of compassion that

765
00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:53.719
this guy has for not only the people that he's

766
00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:59.280
in business with, but you know, I mean, yeah, he's

767
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:02.679
got a he's got a girlfriend and a wife.

768
00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:05.440
You know, there there is he's definitely flawed.

769
00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:11.119
Uh not that I have a girlfriend, but he's he's

770
00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:13.880
a sensitive guy and uh and and I kind of

771
00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:17.079
relate to that sensitivity and that compassion that you typically

772
00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:20.880
might not see from a criminal who has done uh

773
00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:22.480
done time in prison.

774
00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:27.480
So yeah, I love that. Thank you both so much.

775
00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:30.519
I can't wait for everybody to see Bookie season two

776
00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:39.760
exclusively on Max. Thank you both, Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J.

777
00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.039
Dorsey.

778
00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:45.960
Hilarious, guys, Bookie is amazing and you've got to watch it.

779
00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.119
Season two is out right now on HBO and you

780
00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:52.960
will not regret it if you haven't watched it yet.

781
00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:55.000
So hit me up and let me know what you

782
00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:58.000
think about Bookie and let me know what you think

783
00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:02.079
about this episode and and you know all the guests

784
00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:05.840
and what was your favorite anecdotes or stories or whatever.

785
00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.719
I want to hear from you using the free iHeartRadio

786
00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:12.960
app the talk button there or pop podcast dot popcultureweekly

787
00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:17.199
dot com and click on the talkback button there. All right,

788
00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:21.360
that is our show for this episode. I can't wait

789
00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:25.000
to see you next time. We have some Christmas stuff

790
00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:28.800
holiday stuff planned, so be sure to check it out

791
00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:31.519
and let me know what you think too. What are

792
00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.920
your favorite Christmas movies?

793
00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:36.239
What are your worst favorite? No, what are your.

794
00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:39.559
Least favorite Christmas movies or most hated Christmas movies? Let

795
00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:42.920
me know we just might feature you on the next episode.

796
00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:47.719
All right, until next time, I love you, We thank

797
00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:49.599
you for listening to Pop Culture Weekly.

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