September 8, 2024 • 29 mins
Actor Anthony Micheal Hall meant so much to so many who spent the 80's trying to find their way through those teen years. He's going to nearby this month for a special screeing along with a meet & greet. This week he spends a few minutes with Scott Fitzgerald to talk about that and his successful career.
Plus, the Kentucky Lottery is 35 years old. That means 35 years of scholarship and grant money for Kentucky post-secondary students. President and CEO Mary Harville visits with Scott and talks about what the lottery has meant to the state.
Plus, the Kentucky Lottery is 35 years old. That means 35 years of scholarship and grant money for Kentucky post-secondary students. President and CEO Mary Harville visits with Scott and talks about what the lottery has meant to the state.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Coming up this week in Kentucky Focus.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
If you grew up in the eighties, well this guy
was probably a big part of your child today.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Let me tell you something. You don't come into my
friend's house driving your motorbikes all over his floors.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Breaking windows, making a mess, stinking up the place, and
believe you do stink.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
And here's what's gonna happen. You can let go the girls,
and you're gonna apologize to all these people, and you're
gonna get.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
On your bikes and pep out of here.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So now we're gentlemen, so I'm gonna give.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
You a choice. Yeah, you can leave in peace.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You can stay and die.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Get out of here, Thank your pardon, you have a
lovely home. Terribly sorry, call me of lunch. Can we
keep this between us. I need produce my teaching job.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Hey, he's gonna be nearby. We'll talk to him and
find out how you can get up close and personal
with him.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Plus free money for college and why it's not.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Going away anytime soon.
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Well, I'm Scott Fitzgerald and you're listening to Kentucky polkus. Well,
if you grew up in the eighties, chances are you
probably know who this guy is.
Speaker 10 (04:22):
You guys have girlfriends, you know, Sue.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
One does really not referred to a twenty three year
old woman as as a girlfriend.
Speaker 10 (04:32):
I'm mistress, mistress lover. You guys are the ones that
got beat up with the homecoming game.
Speaker 12 (04:39):
Right, Susan?
Speaker 10 (04:42):
Do you think you could wrap up a bottle of
this sent for me?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Because it's I like.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
This, I'm too, And why don't you set yourself up
with them?
Speaker 10 (04:49):
To set yourself up?
Speaker 12 (04:50):
That's three cents peace.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We're joined by the King of All Study Halls, a
man who got his start as young as eight years
old and has worked his way through the adult roles
and iconic franchises like Well, Halloween and Reacher.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
We, of course you're talking about the great.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Anthony Michael Hall, who will be appearing just up the
road in Indianapolis for a special screening of the eighties
iconic kid Weird Science. And it's your chance to meet
and greet the eighties icon Anthony, Thanks so much for
joining us.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
How are you, my friend, I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Thanks for that intro, man, that was perfect.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Man, Thank you so much. Dude.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
You have no idea what it's like to be able
to talk to your brother, first of all, so glad
to have you in our neck of the woods.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You're going to be in Indianapolis September twenty seven. Tell us
about that, yes, sir, Well what I did.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
I started doing these tours about six years ago, pre COVID,
and you know, I love screening my film. So we
go out there, you know, and I read theaters out
and we you know, we have people coming to watch
the film, So I introduced the film. I'm usually keeping
the mic hot.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You know.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
It's like when you go to a film and some
people are talking at the screen. I become that guy
because I'm I had a little commentary throughout the film
because we've seen these movies, you know. And then after
the film's that, I hit the stage. I tell stories
for my career, you know, all the people I've worked
with that you know, been doing vacation as a kid
with Chevy in the John Hughes films, all the way
up to Halloween Kills a couple of years ago. So
I feel really blessed. Fortunately, been a long career, and
(06:07):
like you said, I've been very fortunate to be part
of some great franchises on top of the other work,
you know, in TV and films. So it's a fun
night and it's a really great, great thing that I
love doing and getting out there and interacting with the fans.
It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Dude.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It is so cool that you're getting so close and
personal with people because you have so many fans, Anthony.
There are so many people that just just look to
you as a teen icon. And I got to ask,
how does a kid born in Boston work his way
up through some of the most defining roles as you
just mentioned there. I mean, you've done, You've done S
and l Dude, you were an eighties icon and now
you're into like something like Halloween.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
What's life been like now that you can look back
on it all.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I mean, I know you're blessed, but dude, you gotta
some days chill out and go Wow, No.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
I do, I do. I'm really I mean, honestly, it's
not lost to me. It's not like I sit and
watch my own film. But I've been very fortunate, you know,
and I felt even as a kid, what I wanted
was longevity. I wanted to keep chipping away at it,
as my father used to say, you know, and I have.
So it's a great feeling of gratitude, dude, and just
also knowing you've contributed in some way, you know, to
be a part of these things, because it takes so
many people to make, you know, a film or a
(07:06):
TV show. So it's been a blast, you know, it
really has. And it's particularly with the John Houestilts that
at the beginning of my career I wouldn't be even
talking to you today, Scott without John. You know, he
was just such a incredible director and writer and just
a great guy to work for. He was like an
older brother. Never he was the boss, he was just
great guy.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Let's talk about weird science, Anthony, because that's why you're
coming Andy too. You worked with some of the greatest,
starting with director John Hughes as we mentioned. Then there's
of course the late Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Junior, and
Kelly LeBrock. I mean, those are some icons. What's your
biggest takeaway from Your Day's Film and Weird sign We're.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
All fun, you know, and we all had a blast
making those films because we shot you know, John was
just a great director to work force. Everybody was loose
and having fun. We shot in la and we shot
Universal Studios and Downy was great. We became friends on
that film. Bill Paxston, God rest his soul. He was
just an awesome guy. Yeah, he was really one of
the best. It's so much fun. He really loved the
process and working and you know, just a lot of
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great people I got to work with. Man, it was
just incredible experience and a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
When you go through and we're talking with Anthony Michael Hall,
He's going to be in Indianapolis on September twenty seventh,
Matt hattershows dot com is where you can get those
tickets and Anthony. When you work with these these folks
watching Weird Signs, it seemed like whoever cast that movie
did such a great job because you guys just seemed
to all click on every level.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Was that evident even behind the scenes while you were filming.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, I think that's a testament to John Hughes, because
he was great at finding people. The first of all
made him laugh and then he liked and truthfully, what
he did for me, Scotty differ all of us. And
by that, I mean we would shoot it the way
it was written and then we would add lib you know.
He would let us trifles. We do takes, you know,
two or three the way it was written, and then
we do two or three just goofing off. So he
really just kind of cut you loose as a kid.
And I was amazed, you know, I was here. I
(08:45):
am a little kid, you know, and I'm on set
and this guy was trusting me to come up with stuff.
And he was just a great collaborator that way. He
did that with all of us. You know, it was
just a real privilege to work with them.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Your sidekick.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Whyat how'd you guys gel? How long did it take
you to jel? What do you You guys still talk today?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, we see each other, you know, because I do
a bunch of signings every year. And he's a great guy.
He became a professor of medieval literature. He teaches the
Dan Wolf and stuff. Really interesting guy. But we're still
friends to this day. And he lives down in Southern California,
like close to San Diego with his family. He's a
great guy. Yeah, we're still friends and we see each
other a couple times a year.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Anthony Michael Hall joining us for just a few minutes
here is He's going to be up throw in Indianapolis
September twenty seventh, and you can get up close and
personal with Anthony.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Matt Hattershows dot com is where you can go.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Speaking of eighty stars, Anthony, I got to ask you all,
I have you have you had a chance to see
the documentary Brats yet?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
You know, I did see it. I found he'd be
really interesting, you know, And I wasn't that have to
be a part of it with Andrew, And you know,
I thought he did a really interesting job. He's carved
out a very interesting career for himself, you know, as
a director, and he's a writer as you know. Yeah,
and I thought that film was interesting. You know, it
was almost like to me, it felt more like his search,
right because he was kind of trying to figure out
what that you know, the effect that it had on him,
(09:55):
you know, it was interesting to see that it did
For me, it was kind of like water off my
back and I didn't really pay attention to it, and
it never really bothered me folks. But the rat pack
was more interesting than the brad Pack. But anyway, so,
but you know what, it was a way to sort
of identify my generation of actors. And the joke is
I wasn't even in the article because I was, you know,
I was kind of at the law. I was the
young end of that category of young guys and actresses
(10:17):
and everybody. You know, Listen, what's the real issue that
when people forget you, that's when you should be worried.
But if they remember you, that's a great thing. You've
done something that contribute.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
And right, and Anthony Michael Hall joining us again. He's
going to be up to run in Indianapolis September twenty seventh.
Mad hattershows dot com is where you can get your tickets.
And Anthony, you're such a big icon to folks. Is
it still crazy when you're out in town and you
get people that come up and recognize you.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
Oh, it's fun, man, because you know, be people my age,
you know, and then there's like a generation or two
behind that, and you never know. I mean, I try
to have to think about it. So when it happens.
It's nice and it's refreshing. But I'm grateful for it, yeah,
you know, and it's fun to be known for something
that you do. And I've been just chipping away there
for many decades, so I'm grateful for the work and
to be continuing.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Let me ask you this, anythink I'm a big fan
of the show Reacher. What's it like? Kind of break Oh?
I love that show. What's it? And when I found
out you were in this next next edition, I'm like, oh, yes,
so what's it like?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Going from what you're doing like a weird science eighties
kind of vibe to doing serious roles like Halloween and Reacher.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I like it, you know, because what I did one
of the things I committed to myself was a kid.
After I had these initial successes with John Hughes and
working with you know, a legend like him, was you know,
first of all, I just was going to be like,
no one's going to take it from me. I want
to work at this and make it my career and
my craft. So over time that would became a big
part of me. Scott's just doing diverse roles, playing different parts,
(11:34):
mixing it up, you know, because I had to. It
was like, what's the old thing? Necessities the mother of
an invention, you know, just to stay active, I had
to play different parts. And you know, it's crazy after
from period of time you look back and you've got
decades to work behind it. So it's it's something I
thank God for. I'm grateful for every opportunity, you know,
and it's fun to mix it up, you know. It
makes it more interesting for me as an actor, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
And it makes it more interesting for us as fans.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Anthony, to be honest with you, my son was a
big fan of the Halloween series and when I went
to see it and I knew you were in that,
and it was really cool to see you in a
different role. And you know, as much as I'm a
fan of your eighty stuff, it is cool and that's
why I'm looking forward to Reacher when it comes out.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Just a couple more questions.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, you got a lot in the works right now,
as we mentioned with Reacher, and you did Halloween.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Well now you're going to be reunited with Tim Burton.
Talk about that.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Yeah, this is crazy. So I got a call. I
was with my wife and our son and we were
in Slovakia, where my wife is from, and I got
to call that Tim wanted me to join the cast
of Wednesday. So we went right to Dublin and we
were there for about five weeks. And yeah, I've been
working on that. It was great, just great people too.
I mean, Tim unfortunately didn't direct it, so I was
swapping emails with Tim because he was doing some editing
actually in the south of Frea, because if you're Tim Burton,
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that's what you can do. You can go ahead it
in the south of fred right. I was shooting, but
I was working with some great people. Steve Buscemi, who
I've always admired, great guy, Lewis Gustman, Katherine Zita Jones
and then of course Jenna so great, great group of actors,
all really nice people too, really down to earth and cool.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
That's going to be a lot of fun too. And
we're just spending a few minutes with Anthony Michael Hall.
He's going to be in Indianapolis September twenty seventh, and
he's a very, very very busy man. It's been really
great to sit down and chat with you, my friend,
and you've helped so many of us find our way
in the eighties now as adults, we're all the same age,
and it's so cool to see you in the different roles.
Brother recap where folks can go and what they can
expect when they come to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Sure we can go to madhattershows dot com. It's a
promoter I'm working with at the Midwest named John Payne,
so matdhattershows dot com. And it's again I said, we're
screening the film. So I get up, I host the film.
We start the movie, and then afterwards I hit the stage.
I tell stories for my career and you know, working
with Chevy Chase and everybody in the Vacation Gang all
the way after the John Hughes films to Halloween Kills,
you know, just decades of people and fun stories that
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come up. And then I take questions from the audience too,
and then we do a little meet and greet after that.
So it's a real fun night, you know. We make
it a really fun interactive event for people.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Awesome. All the best to you, Anthony.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
We'll be looking for you down the line, looking forward
to that Reacher too, my friend.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Take good care, all.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Right, Scott, you too, man, Thanks for the warm well.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Thanks again to the legendary Anthony Michael coming out free
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Well, the
Kentucky Lottery is thirty five years old and they continue
to break sales records. Joining us to talk about all
this and where we go from here is Kentucky Lottery
President and CEO Mary Harville.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Mary, thanks for joining.
Speaker 12 (15:52):
Us, Thanks for having me so thirty five years old.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Mary. How did this all start, this lottery thing here
in the common blood.
Speaker 12 (15:59):
Well, it all starts in nineteen eighty eight when the
law was passed allowing a state lottery. Nineteen eighty nine,
the statute allowed the creation of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation
and there it all began, and the rest is his history. Right,
we were only bringing home a billion right in twenty seventeen,
and we're so thrilled that only a very few years later,
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now we are bringing home two billions. So excited for
all concerned.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Kentucky Lottery President's CEO Mary Harmel joining us now as
we're talking about some record sales for the lottery at
thirty five years old. Saul, I'll ask you the obvious question, Mary,
where does all this go?
Speaker 12 (16:37):
The answer is easy, college scholarships and grant programs all
across the commonwealth. In nineteen ninety nine, the General Assembly
decided to make all our proceeds, all Kentucky Lottery proceeds,
go to these scholarship and grant programs. So since that time,
we've contributed over five billion to college scholarships and grants.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Again, we're talking with Mary Marvel as the president and
CEO at the Kentucky Lottery. Is they celebrate thirty five
years and of course record earnings. Barry, what are some
of the examples of the scholarship if you have a
name all just some of the examples of the scholarships.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
And grants Folks can can get from the lottery.
Speaker 12 (17:13):
Oh but Scott, I do want to know them on Okay,
go ahead, please do it. The mic is yours, Mary,
absolutely well. Most folks know about the Keys program because
so many people get it, and that's forty five percent
of our funds go to fund those Key scholarships. But
we also fund a couple of need based programs. We
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fund the Work Ready Scholarship for folks attending our community
colleges and seeking their degrees and high demand fields and
also in the trades like plumbing and electrical work. We
fund the Dual Credit Scholarship for high school students to
be able to get that college credit before they even
set foot on campus. We fund a teacher scholarship in
a National Guard scholarship.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Mary Harville joining us now
we're talking about the success of the Kentucky Life Lottery.
There now thirty five years they've been with us and Mary.
If someone wants to get in touch with some of
these scholarships are tap into some of this money. I guess,
is there a certain place they can go or do
they just seek out the institution that they're applying to
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go to school?
Speaker 12 (18:15):
At well, they should go to the website for the
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority that's KAA dot com and
they can navigate through that site and find out all
they need to know about all the scholarships that we
find now the key scholarships you don't need to apply
for that. That just happens from eighth grade on. The
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students progress is recorded and when they choose a college
or a university in the state of Kentucky, then that
money will follow them to the university of their choice.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
You make that so easy for people marry. That's awesome
on every level. So let's have a little fun with
the lottery. How many different games do you estimate the
lottery has right now?
Speaker 12 (18:56):
There's usually seventy or eighty out there. You can't find
them all at one retailer, of course, but that's in
the scratch off. And then you've got fast Play if
you want to get a fast play game, that's an
instant play game comes right out of the terminal. We
have power Ball and Mega means if you want to
play those big national jackpipe games. And I might mention
(19:18):
that that Mega Man's Jackpie is getting up there. Now
it's over seven hundred million dollars, so folks were really
getting interested in that. And of course you can go
to Kwolllottery dot com and buy those draw games that
I just mentioned, and you can have fun with our
instant play games.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Mary Harville joining us. She is the Kentucky Lottery President
and CEO. Good things happening with the lottery right now
and a number of fronts.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Not only are we seeing.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Winners, we're also seeing winners in education, which means more
than anything here in the stage.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
At Mary is I'll ask getting a baby not be here?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Maybe an answer to this is there one part of
the state that generates more winners than others, maybe say
per capita, not per capita.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
Our winkers are randomly distremed because all our games are
so chance right. Well, we do hear folks say, oh,
you know, all the winners are in Louvale, or all
the winners are in Lexington, but that is merely because
that is where the population centers are. We do find
winners from all across the state. And it's really fun
when we have those folks come in.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
How cool is it in your job wherein somebody walks
through your front doors one of those winning tickets.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
How cool is it to see them?
Speaker 12 (20:26):
Oh, it's absolutely cool. Scott is like probably the best
part of my job because those folks are so happy.
And I don't know if you caught this, but earlier
this year we had some really fun winners. It was
called the Jones thirty. They are middle school teachers and
administrators that won a million dollars and they all came
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in at once and just had the most fun. First
they said, oh, you know, we're going to shine and
we want to remain anonymous. But before it was over
there all talking to the media and went on the
national television. They were a lot of fun. But yes,
it is great to meet and greet our winners. It's
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wonderful to hear what they want to do with their
prize winnings. And while you might think they'd say, oh,
I'm gonna buy a big boat or I'm going to
buy a new house, they're very thoughtful and what they
do with their prize winnings. They want to take care
of the family. They want to make sure their kids
have education, maybe take care of their elderly parents, give
back to the community. So it's always fun to talk
to our winners.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
We're spending a few minutes with Kentucky Lottery President and
CEO Mary Harville and talking about the success of the
lottery thirty five years old, continuing to break sales records
at the same.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Time doing wonders for education in our state.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
For sure, when someone does win, do they now have
the option of remaining anonymous after they win?
Speaker 12 (21:45):
Well, here's how it work, Scott. If a winner asked
us to remain anonymous, then we won't give that information
out to the media, and we respect that. But we
are as a state agency, we are our subject to
open records laws. So if we do have a media
quest for that information, we give it out. But it
really really hasn't happened that way. So we had the
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big winner, Scott, I don't know about.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
That, right.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
So as we move forward thirty five years old, looking
forward to another thirty five years, what's the outlook for
the lottery in this state in your opinion?
Speaker 12 (22:18):
I think it's great. You know, every year is a challenge,
because great, we've had a successful, record breaking year and
what have you done for me lately? Right, We've got
to move on, But we always do that, and it's
it's it's so much fun to sit down and say,
what can we think of next? Okay, so our players
love new and different, and we've got to think of
new and different, and what's new and different today is
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not tomorrow. And believe me, we're already thinking of what's
new and different for this next year. And I also
want to note that our Halloween theme games are out
at retail, launched, and I can promise you new and different.
But there's something else our players love too, and that
is nostalgia and we have delivered that as well. So
check out our tickets on sale right now at you know.
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And it's before I let you go married.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
It is telling to the success of the lottery in
a day and age when not only we have horse
racing here in the Commonwealth is very popular pulling for
people's gambling dollars, but you also have now online gambling,
online wagering, and the lottery is still going strong.
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You guys have to be doing something right at the lottery.
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We came to play scott and you can play Kentucky
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Mary Harville, CEO and President of the Kentucky Lottery, always
great to catch up with you folks. Anytime I hear
from you, guys, I love reaching out because you make
me happy when you talk about winners, and someday I'm
gonna bring that on, I promise you. Thank how bad
it does, Mary, please give all the best to those
at the Kentucky Lottery.
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Thanks for spending a few minutes with us.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
Thanks so much. I have a great day.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Thank you again to Mary Harville, President and CEO of
the Kentucky Lottery. We're back to wrap things up after this.
I'm Scoon Fitzgerald.
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Again. Thank you to eighties icon Anthony Michael Hall.
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He of course, is appearing at Indianapolis for a special
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That's three cents peace.
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We're joined by the King of All Study Halls, a
man who got his start as young as eight years
old and has worked his way through the adult roles
and iconic franchises like Well, Halloween and Reacher.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
We, of course you're talking about the great.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Anthony Michael Hall, who will be appearing just up the
road in Indianapolis for a special screening of the eighties
iconic kid Weird Science. And it's your chance to meet
and greet the eighties icon Anthony, Thanks so much for
joining us.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
How are you, my friend, I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Thanks for that intro, man, that was perfect.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Man, Thank you so much. Dude.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
You have no idea what it's like to be able
to talk to your brother, first of all, so glad
to have you in our neck of the woods.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You're going to be in Indianapolis September twenty seven. Tell us
about that, yes, sir, Well what I did.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
I started doing these tours about six years ago, pre COVID,
and you know, I love screening my film. So we
go out there, you know, and I read theaters out
and we you know, we have people coming to watch
the film, So I introduced the film. I'm usually keeping
the mic hot.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You know.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
It's like when you go to a film and some
people are talking at the screen. I become that guy
because I'm I had a little commentary throughout the film
because we've seen these movies, you know. And then after
the film's that, I hit the stage. I tell stories
for my career, you know, all the people I've worked
with that you know, been doing vacation as a kid
with Chevy in the John Hughes films, all the way
up to Halloween Kills a couple of years ago. So
I feel really blessed. Fortunately, been a long career, and
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like you said, I've been very fortunate to be part
of some great franchises on top of the other work,
you know, in TV and films. So it's a fun
night and it's a really great, great thing that I
love doing and getting out there and interacting with the fans.
It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Dude.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It is so cool that you're getting so close and
personal with people because you have so many fans, Anthony.
There are so many people that just just look to
you as a teen icon. And I got to ask,
how does a kid born in Boston work his way
up through some of the most defining roles as you
just mentioned there. I mean, you've done, You've done S
and l Dude, you were an eighties icon and now
you're into like something like Halloween.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
What's life been like now that you can look back
on it all.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I mean, I know you're blessed, but dude, you gotta
some days chill out and go Wow, No.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
I do, I do. I'm really I mean, honestly, it's
not lost to me. It's not like I sit and
watch my own film. But I've been very fortunate, you know,
and I felt even as a kid, what I wanted
was longevity. I wanted to keep chipping away at it,
as my father used to say, you know, and I have.
So it's a great feeling of gratitude, dude, and just
also knowing you've contributed in some way, you know, to
be a part of these things, because it takes so
many people to make, you know, a film or a
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TV show. So it's been a blast, you know, it
really has. And it's particularly with the John Houestilts that
at the beginning of my career I wouldn't be even
talking to you today, Scott without John. You know, he
was just such a incredible director and writer and just
a great guy to work for. He was like an
older brother. Never he was the boss, he was just
great guy.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Let's talk about weird science, Anthony, because that's why you're
coming Andy too. You worked with some of the greatest,
starting with director John Hughes as we mentioned. Then there's
of course the late Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Junior, and
Kelly LeBrock. I mean, those are some icons. What's your
biggest takeaway from Your Day's Film and Weird sign We're.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
All fun, you know, and we all had a blast
making those films because we shot you know, John was
just a great director to work force. Everybody was loose
and having fun. We shot in la and we shot
Universal Studios and Downy was great. We became friends on
that film. Bill Paxston, God rest his soul. He was
just an awesome guy. Yeah, he was really one of
the best. It's so much fun. He really loved the
process and working and you know, just a lot of
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great people I got to work with. Man, it was
just incredible experience and a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
When you go through and we're talking with Anthony Michael Hall,
He's going to be in Indianapolis on September twenty seventh,
Matt hattershows dot com is where you can get those
tickets and Anthony. When you work with these these folks
watching Weird Signs, it seemed like whoever cast that movie
did such a great job because you guys just seemed
to all click on every level.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Was that evident even behind the scenes while you were filming.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, I think that's a testament to John Hughes, because
he was great at finding people. The first of all
made him laugh and then he liked and truthfully, what
he did for me, Scotty differ all of us. And
by that, I mean we would shoot it the way
it was written and then we would add lib you know.
He would let us trifles. We do takes, you know,
two or three the way it was written, and then
we do two or three just goofing off. So he
really just kind of cut you loose as a kid.
And I was amazed, you know, I was here. I
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am a little kid, you know, and I'm on set
and this guy was trusting me to come up with stuff.
And he was just a great collaborator that way. He
did that with all of us. You know, it was
just a real privilege to work with them.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Your sidekick.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Whyat how'd you guys gel? How long did it take
you to jel? What do you You guys still talk today?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, we see each other, you know, because I do
a bunch of signings every year. And he's a great guy.
He became a professor of medieval literature. He teaches the
Dan Wolf and stuff. Really interesting guy. But we're still
friends to this day. And he lives down in Southern California,
like close to San Diego with his family. He's a
great guy. Yeah, we're still friends and we see each
other a couple times a year.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Anthony Michael Hall joining us for just a few minutes
here is He's going to be up throw in Indianapolis
September twenty seventh, and you can get up close and
personal with Anthony.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Matt Hattershows dot com is where you can go.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Speaking of eighty stars, Anthony, I got to ask you all,
I have you have you had a chance to see
the documentary Brats yet?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
You know, I did see it. I found he'd be
really interesting, you know, And I wasn't that have to
be a part of it with Andrew, And you know,
I thought he did a really interesting job. He's carved
out a very interesting career for himself, you know, as
a director, and he's a writer as you know. Yeah,
and I thought that film was interesting. You know, it
was almost like to me, it felt more like his search,
right because he was kind of trying to figure out
what that you know, the effect that it had on him,
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you know, it was interesting to see that it did
For me, it was kind of like water off my
back and I didn't really pay attention to it, and
it never really bothered me folks. But the rat pack
was more interesting than the brad Pack. But anyway, so,
but you know what, it was a way to sort
of identify my generation of actors. And the joke is
I wasn't even in the article because I was, you know,
I was kind of at the law. I was the
young end of that category of young guys and actresses
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and everybody. You know, Listen, what's the real issue that
when people forget you, that's when you should be worried.
But if they remember you, that's a great thing. You've
done something that contribute.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
And right, and Anthony Michael Hall joining us again. He's
going to be up to run in Indianapolis September twenty seventh.
Mad hattershows dot com is where you can get your tickets.
And Anthony, you're such a big icon to folks. Is
it still crazy when you're out in town and you
get people that come up and recognize you.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
Oh, it's fun, man, because you know, be people my age,
you know, and then there's like a generation or two
behind that, and you never know. I mean, I try
to have to think about it. So when it happens.
It's nice and it's refreshing. But I'm grateful for it, yeah,
you know, and it's fun to be known for something
that you do. And I've been just chipping away there
for many decades, so I'm grateful for the work and
to be continuing.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Let me ask you this, anythink I'm a big fan
of the show Reacher. What's it like? Kind of break Oh?
I love that show. What's it? And when I found
out you were in this next next edition, I'm like, oh, yes,
so what's it like?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Going from what you're doing like a weird science eighties
kind of vibe to doing serious roles like Halloween and Reacher.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I like it, you know, because what I did one
of the things I committed to myself was a kid.
After I had these initial successes with John Hughes and
working with you know, a legend like him, was you know,
first of all, I just was going to be like,
no one's going to take it from me. I want
to work at this and make it my career and
my craft. So over time that would became a big
part of me. Scott's just doing diverse roles, playing different parts,
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mixing it up, you know, because I had to. It
was like, what's the old thing? Necessities the mother of
an invention, you know, just to stay active, I had
to play different parts. And you know, it's crazy after
from period of time you look back and you've got
decades to work behind it. So it's it's something I
thank God for. I'm grateful for every opportunity, you know,
and it's fun to mix it up, you know. It
makes it more interesting for me as an actor, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
And it makes it more interesting for us as fans.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Anthony, to be honest with you, my son was a
big fan of the Halloween series and when I went
to see it and I knew you were in that,
and it was really cool to see you in a
different role. And you know, as much as I'm a
fan of your eighty stuff, it is cool and that's
why I'm looking forward to Reacher when it comes out.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Just a couple more questions.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, you got a lot in the works right now,
as we mentioned with Reacher, and you did Halloween.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Well now you're going to be reunited with Tim Burton.
Talk about that.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Yeah, this is crazy. So I got a call. I
was with my wife and our son and we were
in Slovakia, where my wife is from, and I got
to call that Tim wanted me to join the cast
of Wednesday. So we went right to Dublin and we
were there for about five weeks. And yeah, I've been
working on that. It was great, just great people too.
I mean, Tim unfortunately didn't direct it, so I was
swapping emails with Tim because he was doing some editing
actually in the south of Frea, because if you're Tim Burton,
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that's what you can do. You can go ahead it
in the south of fred right. I was shooting, but
I was working with some great people. Steve Buscemi, who
I've always admired, great guy, Lewis Gustman, Katherine Zita Jones
and then of course Jenna so great, great group of actors,
all really nice people too, really down to earth and cool.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
That's going to be a lot of fun too. And
we're just spending a few minutes with Anthony Michael Hall.
He's going to be in Indianapolis September twenty seventh, and
he's a very, very very busy man. It's been really
great to sit down and chat with you, my friend,
and you've helped so many of us find our way
in the eighties now as adults, we're all the same age,
and it's so cool to see you in the different roles.
Brother recap where folks can go and what they can
expect when they come to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Sure we can go to madhattershows dot com. It's a
promoter I'm working with at the Midwest named John Payne,
so matdhattershows dot com. And it's again I said, we're
screening the film. So I get up, I host the film.
We start the movie, and then afterwards I hit the stage.
I tell stories for my career and you know, working
with Chevy Chase and everybody in the Vacation Gang all
the way after the John Hughes films to Halloween Kills,
you know, just decades of people and fun stories that
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come up. And then I take questions from the audience too,
and then we do a little meet and greet after that.
So it's a real fun night, you know. We make
it a really fun interactive event for people.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Awesome. All the best to you, Anthony.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
We'll be looking for you down the line, looking forward
to that Reacher too, my friend.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Take good care, all.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Right, Scott, you too, man, Thanks for the warm well.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Thanks again to the legendary Anthony Michael coming out free
money for.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
College, and there's more where that came from. As everyone wins.
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Literally, I'm Scott Fitzgerald and you're listening to Kentucky pols.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Well, the
Kentucky Lottery is thirty five years old and they continue
to break sales records. Joining us to talk about all
this and where we go from here is Kentucky Lottery
President and CEO Mary Harville.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Mary, thanks for joining.
Speaker 12 (15:52):
Us, Thanks for having me so thirty five years old.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Mary. How did this all start, this lottery thing here
in the common blood.
Speaker 12 (15:59):
Well, it all starts in nineteen eighty eight when the
law was passed allowing a state lottery. Nineteen eighty nine,
the statute allowed the creation of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation
and there it all began, and the rest is his history. Right,
we were only bringing home a billion right in twenty seventeen,
and we're so thrilled that only a very few years later,
(16:22):
now we are bringing home two billions. So excited for
all concerned.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Kentucky Lottery President's CEO Mary Harmel joining us now as
we're talking about some record sales for the lottery at
thirty five years old. Saul, I'll ask you the obvious question, Mary,
where does all this go?
Speaker 12 (16:37):
The answer is easy, college scholarships and grant programs all
across the commonwealth. In nineteen ninety nine, the General Assembly
decided to make all our proceeds, all Kentucky Lottery proceeds,
go to these scholarship and grant programs. So since that time,
we've contributed over five billion to college scholarships and grants.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Again, we're talking with Mary Marvel as the president and
CEO at the Kentucky Lottery. Is they celebrate thirty five
years and of course record earnings. Barry, what are some
of the examples of the scholarship if you have a
name all just some of the examples of the scholarships.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
And grants Folks can can get from the lottery.
Speaker 12 (17:13):
Oh but Scott, I do want to know them on Okay,
go ahead, please do it. The mic is yours, Mary,
absolutely well. Most folks know about the Keys program because
so many people get it, and that's forty five percent
of our funds go to fund those Key scholarships. But
we also fund a couple of need based programs. We
(17:34):
fund the Work Ready Scholarship for folks attending our community
colleges and seeking their degrees and high demand fields and
also in the trades like plumbing and electrical work. We
fund the Dual Credit Scholarship for high school students to
be able to get that college credit before they even
set foot on campus. We fund a teacher scholarship in
a National Guard scholarship.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Mary Harville joining us now
we're talking about the success of the Kentucky Life Lottery.
There now thirty five years they've been with us and Mary.
If someone wants to get in touch with some of
these scholarships are tap into some of this money. I guess,
is there a certain place they can go or do
they just seek out the institution that they're applying to
(18:15):
go to school?
Speaker 12 (18:15):
At well, they should go to the website for the
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority that's KAA dot com and
they can navigate through that site and find out all
they need to know about all the scholarships that we
find now the key scholarships you don't need to apply
for that. That just happens from eighth grade on. The
(18:36):
students progress is recorded and when they choose a college
or a university in the state of Kentucky, then that
money will follow them to the university of their choice.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
You make that so easy for people marry. That's awesome
on every level. So let's have a little fun with
the lottery. How many different games do you estimate the
lottery has right now?
Speaker 12 (18:56):
There's usually seventy or eighty out there. You can't find
them all at one retailer, of course, but that's in
the scratch off. And then you've got fast Play if
you want to get a fast play game, that's an
instant play game comes right out of the terminal. We
have power Ball and Mega means if you want to
play those big national jackpipe games. And I might mention
(19:18):
that that Mega Man's Jackpie is getting up there. Now
it's over seven hundred million dollars, so folks were really
getting interested in that. And of course you can go
to Kwolllottery dot com and buy those draw games that
I just mentioned, and you can have fun with our
instant play games.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Mary Harville joining us. She is the Kentucky Lottery President
and CEO. Good things happening with the lottery right now
and a number of fronts.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Not only are we seeing.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Winners, we're also seeing winners in education, which means more
than anything here in the stage.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
At Mary is I'll ask getting a baby not be here?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Maybe an answer to this is there one part of
the state that generates more winners than others, maybe say
per capita, not per capita.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
Our winkers are randomly distremed because all our games are
so chance right. Well, we do hear folks say, oh,
you know, all the winners are in Louvale, or all
the winners are in Lexington, but that is merely because
that is where the population centers are. We do find
winners from all across the state. And it's really fun
when we have those folks come in.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
How cool is it in your job wherein somebody walks
through your front doors one of those winning tickets.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
How cool is it to see them?
Speaker 12 (20:26):
Oh, it's absolutely cool. Scott is like probably the best
part of my job because those folks are so happy.
And I don't know if you caught this, but earlier
this year we had some really fun winners. It was
called the Jones thirty. They are middle school teachers and
administrators that won a million dollars and they all came
(20:46):
in at once and just had the most fun. First
they said, oh, you know, we're going to shine and
we want to remain anonymous. But before it was over
there all talking to the media and went on the
national television. They were a lot of fun. But yes,
it is great to meet and greet our winners. It's
(21:06):
wonderful to hear what they want to do with their
prize winnings. And while you might think they'd say, oh,
I'm gonna buy a big boat or I'm going to
buy a new house, they're very thoughtful and what they
do with their prize winnings. They want to take care
of the family. They want to make sure their kids
have education, maybe take care of their elderly parents, give
back to the community. So it's always fun to talk
to our winners.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
We're spending a few minutes with Kentucky Lottery President and
CEO Mary Harville and talking about the success of the
lottery thirty five years old, continuing to break sales records
at the same.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Time doing wonders for education in our state.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
For sure, when someone does win, do they now have
the option of remaining anonymous after they win?
Speaker 12 (21:45):
Well, here's how it work, Scott. If a winner asked
us to remain anonymous, then we won't give that information
out to the media, and we respect that. But we
are as a state agency, we are our subject to
open records laws. So if we do have a media
quest for that information, we give it out. But it
really really hasn't happened that way. So we had the
(22:06):
big winner, Scott, I don't know about.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
That, right.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
So as we move forward thirty five years old, looking
forward to another thirty five years, what's the outlook for
the lottery in this state in your opinion?
Speaker 12 (22:18):
I think it's great. You know, every year is a challenge,
because great, we've had a successful, record breaking year and
what have you done for me lately? Right, We've got
to move on, But we always do that, and it's
it's it's so much fun to sit down and say,
what can we think of next? Okay, so our players
love new and different, and we've got to think of
new and different, and what's new and different today is
(22:39):
not tomorrow. And believe me, we're already thinking of what's
new and different for this next year. And I also
want to note that our Halloween theme games are out
at retail, launched, and I can promise you new and different.
But there's something else our players love too, and that
is nostalgia and we have delivered that as well. So
check out our tickets on sale right now at you know.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
And it's before I let you go married.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
It is telling to the success of the lottery in
a day and age when not only we have horse
racing here in the Commonwealth is very popular pulling for
people's gambling dollars, but you also have now online gambling,
online wagering, and the lottery is still going strong.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
You guys have to be doing something right at the lottery.
Speaker 12 (23:20):
We came to play scott and you can play Kentucky
Lottery online too, Okaywildlottery dot com.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Mary Harville, CEO and President of the Kentucky Lottery, always
great to catch up with you folks. Anytime I hear
from you, guys, I love reaching out because you make
me happy when you talk about winners, and someday I'm
gonna bring that on, I promise you. Thank how bad
it does, Mary, please give all the best to those
at the Kentucky Lottery.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Thanks for spending a few minutes with us.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
Thanks so much. I have a great day.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Thank you again to Mary Harville, President and CEO of
the Kentucky Lottery. We're back to wrap things up after this.
I'm Scoon Fitzgerald.
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And you're listening to Kentucky Focus.
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Let's a wrap on this week's Kentucky Focus.
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Again. Thank you to eighties icon Anthony Michael Hall.
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He of course, is appearing at Indianapolis for a special
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dot com. Also, thank you to Mary Harville, President and
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at the Kentucky Lottery.
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For all of us here at Kentucky Focus.
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And the Kentucky News Network, I'm Scott Fitzgerald saying, make
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