December 17, 2025 • 40 mins
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A con can be more than a weekend hang—it can be the spark for a local film movement. We sit down with actor Jim Gleason to gear up for CajunCon, swap Wonka and mall-theater memories, and dig into how fandom, policy, and smart planning can power Louisiana’s next chapter. Jim’s prepping his first con table the intentional way, building a collage of roles across Star Trek Continues, Mayfair Witches, Disney’s Secrets of Sulphur Springs, and a long-running audio drama, then pairing it with a simple goal: make every visitor feel like the moment matters. With a rare reunion of three of the original Wonka kids and a custom set build, the event taps pure nostalgia while opening space for real conversations with fans.
Voiced by Brian Plaideau
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SPEAKER_03 (00:07):
Welcome to Nola Film Scene with TJ Play-Doh.
I'm TJ, and as always, I'mPlay-Doh.
We're live and may have been alittle too soon, but that's
alright, cuz you know, it's justjokes.
Welcome, Jim Gleason, to yoursecond NOLA film scene.
SPEAKER_02 (00:23):
Pete.
Number two.
And number two.
How are you, Jim?
Good.
How you doing, TJ?
SPEAKER_00 (00:29):
Doing really good.
It's been a while.
We're excited for Cajun Con.
We're gonna see you in a fewdays.
SPEAKER_02 (00:36):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And what uh is is this yourfirst con?
It's the first time that I'mgonna have a table.
Yes.
Uh I've been to uh Fan Expo anumber of times, and uh over
here in in my hometown ofMandeville, they have the St.
Tammany con.
I've been to that a couple oftimes.
I went to the most recent one,and uh so yeah, I'm really super
(00:57):
excited.
That's awesome.
Yeah.
Well, when I saw this one,because you know, Scott's been
promoting this thing for a year,he's really been promoting it
for a year.
And when I saw this one, becauseI'd seen Scott at a few other
events and stuff, and we'd beenin touch, uh, when I saw, and
you'll you'll you'll appreciatethis, uh Brian, perhaps you
will, TJ, but when I saw thatthree of the surviving four
(01:22):
Wonka kids are gonna be there, Iwas all over it.
And so uh I just browbeat ScottInnis until he gave me a table.
SPEAKER_00 (01:31):
Nice.
Yeah, so we had Scott on theother day, and he was talking
about the set piece that theybuilt.
They spent ten grand, and it'snot a secret, he said it uh on
the live stream.
They spent ten grand buildingthis set piece for the Wonka
kids to sit inside autographs,and it's it's gonna be something
(01:51):
to behold.
He showed us uh his room wherehe's got all the stuff that he's
accumulating to take to the conto put out.
It's it it's gonna be quite theundertaking.
I I don't know when you'replanning on going.
We're gonna get there on Fridayand start setting up.
We'll have some merch.
We'll have some we'll have someNOLA film scene t-shirts and
(02:15):
some other small merch andhopefully get to hang out with
lots and lots of friends.
SPEAKER_02 (02:21):
Yeah.
Well, I'll be um I'll be thereFriday to set up, and then I'll
be there all day Saturday andSunday.
And I even, you know, uh I oneanother thing that's exciting
about it is there's a lot ofother cool guests like Lou
Ferrigno's gonna be there and umuh Clint Howard, who I would
love to say hello to.
Um, the son of the brother of,excuse me, the younger brother
of Ron Howard, um, who is a StarTrek fan.
(02:45):
Uh saw him first when I waswatching Star Trek, and then he
had that series, Gentle Ben,back in the in the 60s, where he
was best friends with a bigblack bear, and and then he's
been in just about everythingthat Ron does, and then uh even
a nice uh little role onSeinfeld.
And uh, you know, EddieMunster's gonna be there.
And I just saw that.
Yeah, so there's a lot of cool,cool guests.
(03:08):
Um, I'm really excited aboutthat.
SPEAKER_03 (03:10):
Are you are you bringing Ron Howard any tronya?
SPEAKER_02 (03:13):
Yes, I'm gonna bring Clint.
It's Clint Howard.
Brian, how dare you?
Oh, I will be.
SPEAKER_03 (03:17):
I was going for the trona joke.
SPEAKER_02 (03:18):
Tronya! It's tronya.
SPEAKER_03 (03:22):
It was as bald as I am.
We are Power Rangers are gonnabe there, Flash Gordon, oh yeah,
Charlie Brown kids.
Uh is it the guy from um BlazingSaddles, Boston?
SPEAKER_02 (03:33):
Oh yeah.
No, it's um you had to say that.
Why would you but it's BurtonGilliam.
Yeah, yeah.
A little Burton Gilliam story.
Um Burton Gilliam for a whilewas also uh refereeing fights on
Tuesday on USA's Tuesday nightfights.
And so years ago, before I leftfor Los Angeles, I uh I was
working at uh the cableconvention where all the cable
(03:56):
stations had their their booths,and I was working as a cable uh
booth there, and I saw BurtonGilliam was there, so I made a
point to go over and talk tohim.
Uh talked about blazing saddles.
He was a fireman and met BellBrooks and said, Mel Brooks
said, You're working on my movietomorrow.
And then boom, he was in themovie.
And this is what this is nowthis is what Burton Gilliam told
(04:17):
me.
And I told him I was a big fightfan, and I'd seen him refereeing
fights and stuff, and hecouldn't have been kind, more
kind, more affable, just awonderful guy.
So I'm excited about seeing him.
And actually, uh uh Brian, youknow uh you know Jean Calderera.
SPEAKER_03 (04:32):
Yes, I think we're more Facebook friends than in
than in person, but yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (04:35):
Well, sh apparently she knows Burton Gilliam real
well, like family friend kind ofthing.
So that's kind of cool.
Maybe we'll see Jean at this.
She has to come all the way upfrom Homa, so she may not make
it.
SPEAKER_03 (04:45):
World of delighting.
That's it.
Yeah.
Very cool.
So yeah.
Now, when Creek Wilson, when hegoes to a con, he's kind of
leading with his mariner'sghost.
And there's nothing wrong withsure, sure, sure.
When you go, uh-huh, do you havea lead with this with this type
of crowd?
Or what's your what's on yourbanner?
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
Oh, well, what's I don't know, I'm not sure what's
on my banner because uh Scott'sthe one that put it together.
I said, Do I need a banner?
Or do you I says, I got a bannerfor you.
I was like, cool, dude.
Um, but you know, if you've beento these cons, they usually
whoever's at the table usuallyhas some photographs that
they're, you know, that theyhave there ready to sign and and
purchase.
And so I've worked on a numberof projects that I believe are
(05:26):
kind of con worthy, if you will.
So uh, like I was on the theill-fated 2015 Fantastic Four.
Uh I worked on uh MayfairWitches, I worked on Secrets of
Silver Springs for Disney.
Uh I worked on a fan-produced uhStar Trek show called Star Trek
Continues, um, where they gotthe original cast and they
(05:47):
rebuilt the original sets.
I mean, this is an amazing show.
If you find it on YouTube, checkout Star Trek Continues if
you're a Trek fan.
So I worked on that, and I diduh uh uh the main voice in a in
an audio drama of zombieapocalypse show that lasted for
about four years, called We AreAlive, and it's got a bunch of
spin-offs, and I was in a coupleof those.
So I was like, what picturesshould I bring?
(06:08):
And I realized I'm gonna createsomething I have never seen,
which is a collage.
So I got I've got somescreenshots of the shows, and
then I had my own pictures thatI took with the people on the
show, and so those are gonna bemy picks.
So I'm not really leading withany one thing per se, but uh,
I've got a little something foreverybody.
If you're a kid, I've got sulfursprings.
(06:29):
If you're a Trekkie, I've gotStar Trek Continues.
If you're if you like, you know,AMC Anne Rice stuff, I got
Mayfair Witches.
So uh and then I have just astandard headshot that I'm gonna
I'll have for uh available.
Um and I'm thinking of bringingsome other like fun, not related
to stuff that I did, but funmerch that that I have at home
that I've been trying to sell onon Facebook Marketplace for a
(06:50):
while.
I'll throw it up there and seeif somebody wants to come by and
I'll sign it and they can buyit.
Whatever.
Cool, nice.
So I'm really excited.
Um I'm I just took the uh thefiles to the printers today.
I'll get the I'll get the printstomorrow and uh I'm excited to
to see them.
So excellent.
SPEAKER_00 (07:06):
Yeah, that's awesome.
SPEAKER_01 (07:07):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (07:08):
Brian just told me our banner's ready uh to be
picked up, so he's gonna getthat probably tomorrow.
Nice.
I'm excited to see it.
I haven't I haven't seen a proofor anything of it yet.
Well, I guess I kind of did.
I saw the logo that you that youuploaded.
SPEAKER_03 (07:22):
Yeah, we had the original pictures and the the
quality was too low, so we hadto go back and it worked, and
you know, yada yada yada.
I I wonder where you got theidea for a collage, Jim.
SPEAKER_02 (07:33):
Well, I didn't steal it.
I honestly just came to me thatuh why why settle on one
picture?
Because I don't think thatanybody's gonna want just one
little picture.
SPEAKER_03 (07:42):
So I thought, I'll put this in the back.
I'm guess teasing because youknow that's pretty much all I
post.
I that's true.
That's true.
I I put it in your brain.
SPEAKER_02 (07:49):
I think subliminally I was getting vibes.
Another thing I'm kind ofexcited about is uh you know,
Brian, that I am a nut for uhWilly Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory So I said to I said toScott, I said, Hey Scott, if you
have a panel, I'll be yourmoderator because I know so much
trivia about that movie.
(08:10):
And he said, Well, we don't havea panel set up, but maybe we'll
put one together for Sunday.
So he's he's gonna be sorry thathe said that.
So so that I can be.
I have a whole I'm getting readyto write out a whole series of
questions and I got a triviaquit quiz for the for the
participants, uh for the for thekids, you know.
(08:32):
Um yeah.
So nice.
Yeah, I'm looking forward.
SPEAKER_03 (08:39):
Yeah, right?
SPEAKER_00 (08:40):
So maybe so, yeah.
He was talking about not doingpanels, but I think a lot of
people really want them, reallywant to see the panels.
They they like that interactionwith them whether or not having
uh to pay for an experience,either autographs or photos or
(09:00):
whatever.
SPEAKER_01 (09:01):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (09:02):
But they can interact and ask questions and
and hear from them personallyabout their experiences from
that, because that that moviewas it's iconic and it's it was
probably life-changing for allof them, for everybody that was
in it.
SPEAKER_02 (09:15):
I was w doing my my research recently, it came out
in 71, did not do well at thebox office, and uh eventually um
the uh whoever had the rights toit, they sold the rights to it
for like$500,000, and then theystarted and whoever bought it
started playing it uh uh aroundThanksgiving time every year,
(09:37):
and it took off.
And then then and that was rightbefore the age of you know home
video and VHS and then laterDVD.
They took off.
And now it's become like atotal, a total classic.
SPEAKER_00 (09:48):
So I remember it from when I was a kid.
That's one of the earliest moviememories that I have.
Yeah, me too.
Is that and Wizard of Oz.
I remember watching both ofthem, and back back in the 70s,
the late 70s, my dad had theprecursor to VCRs.
It was called a VTR, a videotape recorder.
Wow.
(10:09):
And it looked like a VHS tape onsteroids.
It it looked just like a VHStape, but giant.
They were huge.
But you could set it up, it hadthese big, huge buttons, a play,
you hit the play and the record,and you could you had to have it
on the right channel on the TV,but you could he would record
movies.
Uh-huh.
And he he had this remote, hewould pause, he would watch it
(10:30):
when it was recording, and hewould pause it when the
commercial would come on, andthen as soon as the commercials
ended, he would hit recordagain, so we would have a whole
movie without commercials.
SPEAKER_02 (10:39):
So he was an editor as well.
That's right.
I saw Willie Wonka and theChocolate Factory in the theater
at Lakeside Mall when there wasstill a theater over there.
SPEAKER_03 (10:48):
Wow.
SPEAKER_02 (10:49):
Yeah, that's how that's how far back I go, Brian.
Wow.
No comment necessary.
Oh, I know.
SPEAKER_03 (10:55):
I saw Rocky and Jaws in uh no, I didn't get to see
the first Jaws, but Star Warsthere.
Yeah, many other movies.
I saw Star Wars there, yeah.
Yep.
Yeah.
I I miss I miss the old days ofmovies.
I'll say it.
I was a kid, and during StarWars I went to the bathroom,
then I stopped by theconcession, and they had that
book.
It's I don't know if it's calledan Ash can or what, but it's
like a little preview, and ithad some of the screenshots and
(11:18):
it, you know, real tiny.
And I stared at it.
It forgot to go back in themovie, went in the movie, and
then when we came out, I draggedmy parents.
I need that.
I need that.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
I'm always been about thatmerch.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm looking forward to thisweekend.
Movie memorabilia.
Yeah.
What going from a guest to beinga guest?
Well, a fan to being a guest.
(11:39):
What are some of the things youhave heard that excite you about
it?
And maybe things that you'rewaiting to see what happens?
SPEAKER_02 (11:46):
Well, I haven't really heard uh too much about
uh what happens.
I mean, I've seen it, you know.
Um, and uh I'm just curious asto how much people how much
people are gonna actually buyfrom me, you know, who knows?
Maybe nothing.
Uh maybe something, maybe I canbreak even, maybe I can make a
little bit of a skrilla.
I don't know.
I don't know.
(12:06):
But one thing that I really wantto do is no matter who walks up,
just make them feel special.
Do you know what I mean?
I just want to make them feel uhwelcome and and and I want to,
you know, be enthused thatthey're there and I want them to
feel like them coming over mybooth uh was something they'll
remember, you know?
So and I have no I have zeroexpectations.
(12:28):
I've been to some, you know, um,but I have zero expectations.
I mean I've been to some wherethe person's sitting there, that
won't be me.
SPEAKER_03 (12:36):
Right, right.
SPEAKER_02 (12:37):
Right, right.
You know, now maybe if I did10,000 cons, I might be the guy.
Yeah.
But but that's not gonna be methis weekend.
I'm gonna be, you know, talkingto people and and just saying
hello and really making themfeel like, hey, this this is a
special moment.
Yeah, and you appreciate thefans, you know.
SPEAKER_03 (12:53):
Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
Oh there have been times like Imet Giancarlo Esposito and his
energy wasn't super high, but hewas exhausted.
You know what I mean?
So there's a difference, andI've seen people at cons.
Sometimes it's in the photo offand they're like, I'm taking a
picture with the fans.
Yeah.
No, no, and it's hard to keepyour energy up, but it's that
they are not only paying fortheir time with you and
(13:14):
celebrating all you've done, butthey've watched you all your
career.
And you hear a lot of greatstories though, whether it's
voice actors, where the artisticchild finally speaks when they
hear him in person or her.
The fans just and I know from myown experience, like Chase
Momoa, you know, you have apicture to share and nobody can
believe it.
(13:35):
So I I I think you're gonna dookay.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_00 (13:40):
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm just excited.
It's gonna be fun.
That's it's gonna be fun, andit's a little bit weird for us
because we're not going ascelebrity guests, we're going as
sponsors, so we do have a booth,but a little bit, a little bit
of a different take on it.
Brian is way more experienced inthe the con experiences than I
(14:02):
am.
I've only I can count on bothhands the number of cons I've
been to in my life.
And same thing.
I mean, I understand them, I getthem, but I don't know.
We'll see.
Yeah.
Should be fun.
SPEAKER_02 (14:14):
It's just people having fun, you know.
SPEAKER_03 (14:15):
Yeah, totally.
SPEAKER_02 (14:16):
Walking around looking at stuff, looking at
(14:56):
looking at, you know, peoplethey don't know, celebrities.
(15:38):
Why are you famous?
Well, if you have to ask methat, I'm not famous, I guess.
SPEAKER_01 (15:42):
Uh you know, but uh I'll show them.
What about these?
And what about these?
And what about these?
So, you know.
Never heard of Anne Rice.
Hello.
How about Disney?
I of course you'd never heard ofStar Trek, have you?
SPEAKER_03 (15:58):
And they're gonna have the usual vendors.
Yeah, you know, maybe not usual,they're gonna have vendors,
cosplays.
I don't know how many cosplayhosts or guests he has, but it's
a con.
There'll be some cosplay.
Oh, without a question.
Without a question.
Uh the the normal people willask me, Well, why do you like
that?
And I say, Well, do you go tofootball games and dress up and
wear the shirt or like somebodyused to be a super fan and paint
(16:21):
their face and all that?
The same thing.
No, it's not that's for kids.
Well, it's not.
You know, it started as kids,but you know, I've been Comic
Con and well, comic books andDisney all my life.
Why should I give it up now?
SPEAKER_02 (16:32):
You know, if it was still a tubbies, I'd agree with
you.
Just because you got old, dude,doesn't mean I gotta get old.
SPEAKER_00 (16:37):
That's right.
SPEAKER_02 (16:38):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_00 (16:39):
You know, I don't know if you caught it, Jim.
Uh so I mean, you know, Brianand I hold you in high esteem
anyway.
But I don't know if you caughtit when we were talking about
the the Star Trek.
No, I didn't.
Did you did you geek out alittle bit?
I don't know if you caught itwhen you mentioned the Star Trek
thing that you were in.
Brian's eyes went Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:02):
Oh, I'm I'm definitely a trekkie and never
try to call me a trekker.
I'm old school for right.
I watched the cartoon as a kid.
I watched the replay of thefirst season and was there for
the second.
Uh Next Generation when it camein.
Yeah.
I had not only amigo actionfigures, I had the Enterprise.
So I had a teleporter you spin,he had his chair, yeah, Klingon.
SPEAKER_02 (17:21):
I remember that.
Yeah.
Well, this show was really cool.
Uh let me just talk for a secondabout Star Trek Continues.
It was made by a guy named VicMignona, um, who is a voice hunt
a voiceover guy as well.
Does a lot of uh animated voicework.
And his girlfriend was at thetime a girl named Michelle
Spectre, who I was in a theatergroup with out in in Los
Angeles.
(17:42):
Well, they went out to Georgia,and you know, if you know, and
you may not know this, Brian,but it's Space, The Final
Frontier, These are the Voyageof the Starship Enterprise.
It's five-year mission, and theshow was only on for three
seasons.
So the original goal, right?
So the his this guy, Vic'soriginal goal was, I'm gonna
recreate all the sets.
(18:03):
They're free, he he it's amazingwhat he has done.
And I'm and we're gonna do thelast two seasons.
And so uh, you know, they theycast the show and and I told
Michelle, I said, Hey, you know,your boy would like to be on the
show.
So I wanted to wear the tunic.
Well, they they cast me as analien.
Um, so but uh but when we werebetween shots, I was like, I
(18:26):
need to put a tunic on.
My friends, and you know, do youknow Scotty?
Um oh what's Scott's?
Why don't I can't why I can'tremember Scotty's last name?
But he um he's Brandon Routh'shandler, so he works for one of
these companies that getssupplies.
Whitehurst, Scotty Whitehurst.
Um but Scotty um was therebecause he was working with the
show, and I said, Scotty, comeon here, choose my phone.
(18:47):
I went in the truck, I went inthe I went in the uh the
transporter room, I went uh tothe transporter controls, I sat
in the chair on the on the onthe bridge, uh, and so I got
pictures of those, which iscool, and some are in the in the
collage for that.
So, you know, total nerd here.
But then what happened was a somany people were doing these uh
fan-produced shows, and a lot ofthem were really bad.
(19:07):
This one was not, but a lot ofthem were bad.
And CBS was like, cease andcease and desist everybody.
So he wrapped it up.
They didn't get to do the fulltwo seasons, but in the last
two-part episode that they shot,they're wearing the Star Trek
the motion picture uniforms.
Nice.
So a nerd like you, Brian, uh,knows what I'm talking about.
You bridge the gap.
(19:27):
They they totally bridged thegap, and that was their goal
originally.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:31):
Yeah.
Wow, they they CD everybody thatwas making fan films or any
anything Star Trek related.
SPEAKER_02 (19:38):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (19:39):
Wow.
SPEAKER_02 (19:40):
It's too bad too, because this was a good show.
It was a very good show, and itreally kind of captured the
spirit of of the originalseries.
We've got the the the moralitytales and the and the societal
like uh commentary, you know.
Uh Lou Ferigno was in one and hewas painted he was painted
green.
And it was it was about uh liketrafficking of women.
(20:04):
So uh so you know they try tokeep it very topical and keep it
very relevant to the to theissue the the social issues of
the time, much like the originalseries did.
SPEAKER_00 (20:13):
Yeah.
They've always been about that.
SPEAKER_02 (20:16):
When did they do that?
Um the nineties?
No, no, no.
This was yeah, I it was after Imoved home.
It was after I moved home fromfrom Los Angeles, and I came
home in 2012.
So this would have been six,seven years ago.
I gotcha.
Something like that.
And uh yeah, so I drove over toGeorgia and shot an episode and
came home.
SPEAKER_00 (20:33):
It was awesome.
That's good to know about the Cand D though.
Uh I I guess some IPs are realstrict about that.
Some don't mind fan filmsbecause it brings attention to
the original work.
As long as you're not profitingoff of it without their
permission, they're usually I Idid a fan film based on the The
Last of Us franchise.
(20:56):
It was a student film, and thelast I saw it had we had them,
we had the guys, the thefilmmakers from that on the the
show last year.
It had over 500,000 views onYouTube.
SPEAKER_02 (21:07):
Wow.
SPEAKER_00 (21:08):
And it originally was supposed to be a short, but
it ended up they had so muchgood usable content that they
expanded it, expanded it into aI think they're calling it a
mini feature.
It's a little bit between ashort and a feature.
I think it's an hour long,maybe.
I don't remember exactly, but itturned out really, really good.
(21:30):
The cinematography was really,really good.
But they didn't everyone wasvolunteers.
Every all the props, everythingwas either purchased with their
own money or donated.
They didn't make any money offof it.
You know, it's not spot, it'snot monetized or anything.
So I guess they're checking allthe boxes and they they put the
disclaimer that it's a fan filmand wasn't made with uh the
(21:53):
endorsement of the the originalpeople, Sony and all that.
SPEAKER_01 (21:57):
But yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (21:58):
That's too bad that they did they make them take it
down completely?
No.
Or is the stuff that it was youcan still say they kept it up on
YouTube.
SPEAKER_02 (22:05):
So you go to the Star Trek continues, and I think
they have nine, nine or eleveneleven episodes, something like
that.
SPEAKER_00 (22:12):
Did you see the one that they did last year, Brian?
Do you remember the name of it?
The man, they but they de-agedShatner in it, that one?
Yeah.
And I my understanding, it was aSAG project.
I just I can't remember the nameof it.
I'm drawing a blank.
SPEAKER_02 (22:27):
So I just what was that uh terminology you using,
Brian?
What did they do?
SPEAKER_03 (22:32):
Oh they de-aged him.
Oh kind of like Downey, RobertDowney Jr.
Gotcha Avengers movies, youknow.
It's TGI, not AF Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (22:41):
There's a difference.
SPEAKER_03 (22:43):
Yeah.
So oh while you're talking, Iwas gonna see if I could pull up
the take.
SPEAKER_02 (22:47):
Oh, yeah.
So yeah, uh, I mean, what elsecan we talk about about this uh
this weekend?
I mean, uh I there's a the listof people that are there is just
astonishingly long.
And I don't think I've ever seena a longer list of people on any
con ever.
It's the longest list I've everseen.
SPEAKER_00 (23:06):
So I haven't either.
SPEAKER_02 (23:07):
It's over 80.
Yeah.
And I'm I'm sure I'm spacing onuh some cool guests, but I just
uh I'm gonna pull them up.
SPEAKER_00 (23:16):
There's gonna be uh fifteen WWE wrestlers, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (23:20):
Uh Ninja Turtles and a couple from Mid-South
wrestling.
Uh when I was a kid, we I livedin southern Ohio for a while and
Mid-South was what we watched.
And Bill Dundee is gonna bethere.
SPEAKER_03 (23:31):
Yep.
SPEAKER_02 (23:32):
And Jerry Lawler.
Yeah, is Gene Duggan gonna bethere too?
SPEAKER_03 (23:36):
Yeah.
Oh, and unless I'm mistaken, TedDBS, Million Dollar Man.
SPEAKER_02 (23:40):
Yeah, million dollar man, and Jake the Snake is gonna
be there too.
Jake the Snake is like.
But he wasn't Mid-South.
SPEAKER_03 (23:47):
Um uh Ron Simmons, who was Farouk, and then part of
the APA.
That's 90s wrestling.
I mean, he had been around for along time.
That's oh, Kevin Von Eric, whichwas he came by with his iron
claw.
Yeah.
Um, Gray Delisle, Kate McCucci.
Yep, and Scott Ennis will form aScooby-Doo reunion.
SPEAKER_02 (24:06):
You know, Kate, um, Kate was part of a a duo called
uh Garfunkel and Oats.
Garfunkel and Oats.
And um Ricky Lindholm was uh theother part of that duo, and I
knew Ricky from when I taught inLos Angeles, so that's my my
connection there.
Fun.
You do this long as as I have,you you make connections.
(24:26):
It's fine.
SPEAKER_03 (24:27):
We didn't sterling?
unknown (24:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (24:29):
Oh yeah, that's right.
SPEAKER_03 (24:30):
Uh see.
SPEAKER_00 (24:31):
Uh we we talked about the six degrees of
separation game with KevinBacon, and we had uh Rachel
Jacob on, and she said, I thinkit's down to like two or three
now.
It's not six anymore.
SPEAKER_01 (24:42):
Yeah, right.
SPEAKER_00 (24:43):
It might be two with you with some of these people
that are gonna be there, ormaybe even one.
SPEAKER_03 (24:47):
Some are one-on-one, yeah.
If they count background, I'mtwo two different wings.
So the question is do they countbackground?
When I posted, people are like,What about crew?
I was like, I'm I'm cool withcrew.
Uh Cat Cressida of the Bride ofthe Haunted Mansion.
Okay.
And she was on uh Dexter'sLaboratory.
She was the sister.
All right.
We talked to Greg Berger,Grimlock from Transformers.
(25:10):
Okay.
Let's see.
What who else?
Who else?
Yeah, he was really he was Gregwas.
SPEAKER_02 (25:14):
Oh, yeah, Rev Brown, the first uh Captain America.
Second.
Oh, the 70s Captain America.
SPEAKER_00 (25:20):
This is the yeah, that's the one that we all
remember with the motorcycle andshield and Pippi Longstocking.
SPEAKER_03 (25:26):
Hal Aaron is coming.
Uh this guy, Creek Wilson.
Yeah.
I got one degree.
Yeah, Butch Patrick.
unknown (25:32):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (25:32):
Eddie Munster is coming.
SPEAKER_01 (25:33):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (25:34):
So, you know, I'm at I think you might have to
stretch, but you're gonna findsomebody you like there.
SPEAKER_02 (25:39):
Oh, sure.
I met at an event uh that JohnSchneider put on, and Bush
couldn't have been nicer.
Just a sweet guy, totally sweetguy.
SPEAKER_03 (25:47):
Did he bring the wolf doll?
Did he bring Fang?
SPEAKER_02 (25:49):
I don't know if he had Fang or not, but I they did
I think they had the uh like aMunster coach there, and he was
taking pictures next to theMunster coach.
That's awesome.
Yeah, that's totally cool.
For for geeks like me, that'sreally cool stuff.
SPEAKER_03 (26:03):
I love the Munster.
I just wish they could actuallyget it right.
SPEAKER_02 (26:06):
You know, do a re uh a new one.
Yeah, I know.
They just uh can't seem to getit right, man.
So much of that rested on theshoulders of Fred Gwynn, though,
you know what I mean?
Oh yeah.
You know, it'd be tough toreplace him.
SPEAKER_03 (26:20):
With Halloween we just passed, I was watching for
the Halloween that almost wasn'twith with Judd Hirsch as
Dracula.
So it I love it.
You can talk about its qualitylater.
But Fred, uh not Fred Gwynn.
Um the guy who played Herman inthe later Munsters in in one of
the sequels, he was in Star Trekas one of the ambassadors, and I
(26:41):
just blanked, but he was he wasyou know like here he is as
Frankenstein as Herman, and thenhe played it later, which would
have had a more powerful effectif I could just remember his
name.
Was it Ed Herman?
John Shuck.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yep.
So I was like, oh man, he'salways been in the makeup.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that brought everything toa screeching halt.
Didn't it though?
SPEAKER_02 (27:01):
But yeah, this that that lineup is just quite a
lineup, and then of coursethere's lots of other uh voice
people that are gonna be thereand uh Power Rangers.
Yep, yeah.
I'm not as familiar with thevoice world as you are, Brian.
SPEAKER_03 (27:12):
I know you're deep into that, so that's now jumping
ahead the fan expo New Orleans,they are having a voice acting
competition.
Not nice.
So uh I'm gonna enter.
I gotta come up with asubmission.
They say do a 30-second clip.
I'm like, what voice do I pick?
What and of course I've beenbusy shooting a film this past
couple weekends, but do a do acollage.
SPEAKER_02 (27:33):
Do a collage of voices.
SPEAKER_03 (27:34):
That's what I think, but uh different ones where they
don't want you to.
Whatever.
That's okay.
I'll do what I want.
SPEAKER_02 (27:41):
Well, if I'm putting my own thing together, I'll do
it my own way.
There you go.
SPEAKER_00 (27:45):
That's right.
What what's the deadline on thesubmission?
I think I'm gonna submit aswell.
SPEAKER_03 (27:50):
They haven't put out a deadline.
You just uh from their Facebookpost, you click the link, and
it's a Google Doc, you fill itout, there's a little part for
bio, and then you attach an MP3file of your vocal submission,
but 30 seconds.
Are you gonna uh duplicate theuh picture with uh uh the
hobbits?
Um no, uh I'm gonna spare mymoney.
(28:13):
They just announced today dogpool is coming.
The dog from dog Wolverine theugly dog.
Yeah, yeah.
There's your star of the con.
I can't wait.
SPEAKER_02 (28:22):
I'll tell you, the Fan Expo is a little thin this
year comparatively.
SPEAKER_03 (28:27):
Well, that there'll be more announcements coming.
SPEAKER_02 (28:30):
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's January 10th.
They better hurry up.
SPEAKER_00 (28:35):
It might be too late, but we might we ought to
think about sponsoring it.
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (28:39):
Uh I I put in for our passes and we can talk about
trying to sponsor, but I thinkwe've missed the deadline.
Maybe Galaxy uh Galaxy Con NewOrleans in June.
Yeah, maybe so.
Yeah.
Or July.
There's you know, MississippiCon in June, which has the
Bionic Lee Majors and LindsayWagner come from.
Sold.
SPEAKER_02 (29:01):
Bionic duo.
SPEAKER_00 (29:03):
I had the the six million dollar man.
It was it was about a foot tall,and you could look through one
of the eyes.
Sure.
It had the arm.
Yeah, I remember that.
I'm a 70s kid.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (29:14):
Christmas is coming up.
Maybe somebody wants to buy ussome old toys.
Go back and get that retro forus.
SPEAKER_00 (29:19):
That's right.
SPEAKER_02 (29:20):
Very cool.
So, what's your goal for the uhthe con this weekend?
SPEAKER_03 (29:25):
Because we're not going as celebrities.
I think in your opinion, I thinkof you as celebrities.
So thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (29:31):
Thank you.
You're welcome.
SPEAKER_03 (29:32):
But like, you know, our the podcast is part of the
advertisement, but not asprominent as yours.
So, and then we have ourfriends.
I've I've contacted as manypeople can.
It's still free, folks.
If you want to go, all you needis a screenshot of the golden
ticket.
Don't even need the physicalpart.
And they're so crazy, Jim.
It's free parking.
Yeah.
They really want to get peoplein.
(29:52):
So, but uh, I've talked to mycon people.
I'm like, this is where I'll be.
Make sure they had a ticket.
So it's gonna be that kind ofthing.
And people will be able to findme for selfies instead of me
going to fight and find them.
SPEAKER_00 (30:03):
Right.
That's right.
Very good.
Yeah, I'm just hoping for somenetworking and making some new
friends.
Yep, yep.
SPEAKER_03 (30:10):
And some more listens will be good.
We might broadcast from there.
You know, we gotta see our powerset up when we go there Friday.
You know, it should be okay, butyou never know.
SPEAKER_00 (30:19):
See what the signal is like inside sometimes.
Buildings and signals not sogood.
We'll see.
SPEAKER_03 (30:24):
I wonder what kind of facility the Lamar Dixon
Center is.
This will be my first timethere.
I mean it's professional, youknow.
He was it is it a conventioncenter?
I think so.
Okay.
And the picture the video I saw,it looked rather large.
Kind of like It's pretty big.
Ponser Train Center out here inKenner, where uh Nola Con was.
We need to have a Nola Film Conor something, TJ.
(30:46):
We need to do our own and bringwho we want here.
SPEAKER_00 (30:49):
I you know, I've thought about it, but then I
thought I I listened toeverything Scott was going
through to put to put thattogether in two years to get it
going and woof.
I mean, I know you're thecelebrity Wrangler, Brian.
I just don't have I don't havethe context to bring in the the
heavy hitters like he does.
You never know.
SPEAKER_03 (31:09):
You know, Jim knows people, we know people.
That's it.
It could be highlighting NewOrleans and kind of like uh the
TV where they would sell theirtheir videos to distributors,
we'll sell New Orleans todistributors and to filmmakers.
So it'll be a two-edged con.
Yeah, yeah.
Maybe so.
That's green.
Yeah, right.
So I I'm just looking to havefun and and see my people and
(31:31):
meet new people.
Yeah.
And then uh I might wander tocon and see who I can talk to
and hand out my business cardfor the new games.
I'll be doing my little rounds,you know, checking stuff out,
taking a taking a break.
Scott originally had two robes,and then he lost one because
it's gonna be like a handicapprompt special needs uh event.
And what are you gonna do?
(31:52):
Complain?
Right.
How do you yeah, I'll push youkids out of here.
I say combine the two, let alittle, you know, stars go
wandering and made with made.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, because I used to do thatas Captain as Captain Crescent.
That's one of the things we did.
SPEAKER_02 (32:06):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (32:07):
So I I miss being a super fan.
Might be better this year not tobe.
But that's that's when you gottadig deep and and and bring your
love for the saints out.
SPEAKER_02 (32:16):
That's a rebuilding year.
It's rebuilding four years.
Yeah.
You know, I think it's it's it'sa two or three year at least
rebuild.
SPEAKER_03 (32:26):
So we'll see.
We'll see.
And again, I brought us waydown.
SPEAKER_02 (32:29):
Yeah, thanks.
Thanks.
Well, Brian, you've got a knack.
You got a knack, buddy.
SPEAKER_03 (32:34):
Well, that's where we can insert something to get
big paws.
That's it.
It's the next chapter, that'swhat I am.
So we've still got some time.
Do you want to talk about whatyou hope for the new local
industry?
SPEAKER_02 (32:48):
Yeah, yeah.
Um, you know, uh Film Louisianais a great organization, and
they recently uh went to thelegislature and they got a a law
called uh, I think it's calledAct 44, uh pass, which takes the
decision making out of the handsof the legislature and puts it
(33:09):
into the Economic DevelopmentCommittee.
Oh yeah, and they're very pro uhfilm.
And they also eliminated the capper actor and some other cap
that was keeping people fromcoming here instead sending them
over to like Atlanta orwhatever.
So they got rid of like two orthree roadblocks that were
stopping people from cominghere.
(33:30):
And uh and then they had a bigevent out in Los Angeles where
they promoted, you know, film.
And uh so Jason Wagginspack cameand talked to um for those of
you that are listening orwatching or whatever you guys do
with us.
Um, I've been the uh presidentof the local SAG After Board for
this is my third term, and uhJason Waggins pack has come and
talked to us and our our lastmeeting, Trey Burvant, who is
(33:53):
another board member of uh filmLouisiana, came and spoke.
And they had their event andthey promoted it, Louisiana, and
they they put together alookbook.
Because most people, filmmakersfrom outside of the city or
outside of the state, think, ohyeah, it's swamp.
But there's so many otherlocations that will double for
other locations.
So they put together a lookbookand they gave it out, and people
like, wow, I didn't even knowthat you had this stuff.
(34:15):
So I'm hoping that chain turnsthe tide.
And um there are a fewfilmmakers in town um who have
made their own low-budgetshoestring films.
Um and uh I just think it's timefor uh for us to learn the
business end of filmmaking andwrite our own scripts, put our
(34:40):
own productions together, raiseour own money, and make our own
films here so that we don't haveto wait on Los Angeles to come
into town.
We don't have to wait on NewYork to come into town.
So um I'm gonna be reaching outto a bunch of people, and it's
all still very much in the airin the next couple of months and
start starting to try to get agrassroots uh uh film production
(35:03):
mentality together so that wedon't have to rely on anybody.
We'll do our own thing.
unknown (35:07):
You know?
SPEAKER_00 (35:08):
And Mahoney's talking about doing that very
thing, putting a board togetherand doing doing that very thing
that you're talking about doing.
I think we might need to getsome get some minds together and
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (35:19):
So there's too there's just too many it's been
too long for us to wait aroundas long as we have.
And uh, you know, you know, oneof the things that when we
struck last time, when I say we,the union struck in
twenty-three, it occurred to mewhy do we have to keep going to
the table the negotiating tableevery three freaking years just
to get beat up and beat up andbeat up and beat up by these
(35:42):
rich, power hungry people likeBot Zaslot, David Zaslot, who in
four years made almost half abillion dollars in bonuses when
we're screw you know, I'm l Iliterally I took a check to the
bank the other day.
I got a bunch of residualchecks, and one of them was for
two cents, and the guy was like,You got a check for two cents?
I was like, Yeah, put it in.
(36:03):
Why would we why do we have todo that?
Like, why do we have to sufferwhen they make all that money?
And so, you know, it's just aand what listen, I don't care
how rich you are.
Once you get past fifty million,it becomes uh a just uh like an
obsessive video game.
Like you this the dude, DavidZaslov, he's probably worth
(36:25):
three hundred and fifty milliondollars.
No, wait, more.
He made that in four years, sohe's probably worth a lot more.
You could take it all awayexcept for 50 million.
He'd never know that hisday-to-day life wouldn't change
at all.
You know, these these studioexecutives and these producers,
it's almost like, what's on yourscreen?
I got this on my screen.
How much have you got on yourscreen?
(36:46):
I want more, I want more thanyou have.
That's what it it it's what itboils down to.
It's ridiculous.
So high s I said, why don't westart our own production
companies, a SAGAFTRA, SAGAFTRAproductions.
We're gonna make our own movies,we're gonna start our own
streaming platforms, we're gonnas have our own distribution.
And uh yeah, all you know,Paramount and Warner Brothers
and all you guys, you can't useour actors anymore.
(37:07):
We're gonna make our own thing.
And you can use all all thenon-union people you want, but
you're not using our actorsanymore, and we're not gonna go
to the negotiating table withyou anymore, you know?
So that was a that was a dreamthat I had.
And then that sort oftransferred over to Louisiana.
Why don't we just do our ownthing, man?
Why don't we just make our ownmovies?
The tri the trip is the thetrick is finding good scripts,
(37:27):
yeah, and then meeting someonewho knows how to raise funds.
You know, that's the big thingis yeah is raising the money.
Who do you turn to?
Like who do you go to?
So we're gonna start working onthat in the near future, I
think, and making stuff happen,man.
It's we have to make it our ownstuff happen.
SPEAKER_03 (37:43):
That's my sense.
Yeah.
I like it.
We uh like I just did anindependent, and I think it's
gonna be like a mini feature,like TJ says, because I don't
think it's gonna make it to thehour and a half more.
And the cinematography, theorganization, the people, the
scripts, all of it was top-notchprofessions.
So why shouldn't it be SAG?
SPEAKER_01 (38:01):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (38:01):
It's that roadblock, and it's like TJ was saying, and
you were saying, of course,access to the money.
So I think if we can hurdle thatas a group, and I say as a
group, I'm not SAG yet, but Iwill be.
SPEAKER_02 (38:12):
Oh yeah.
And if any of you peoplelistening or watching or
whatever, um are filmmakers, uhI just want to tell you there is
a contract for your sizeproject.
It's not very expensive, thepaperwork is not very difficult.
If you uh literally, if you'redoing a micro budget, you can go
online to the SAGAPT website,put in your information, and in
(38:34):
five minutes, it will beapproved.
It's that simple.
Um the thing is, what happensthen is you now have an
opportunity to hire uh, youknow, professional actors.
Whereas you're if you're doingsomething that's non-union, the
first rule of the union is yeah,you can't do it.
So this is not, and please don'tget me wrong, I'm not saying
non-union actors can't act.
(38:55):
Of course, I'm sure there's alot of great you're a great
example, Brian.
Your growth has been amazing,and I'm sure you do a great job.
But if I'm making a movie, Iwant to be able to hire whoever
I want and not be limited to acertain pool.
So we've always got thosecontracts, and uh so check it
out.
Sagafter.org.
Cool.
Yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
(39:15):
And with that, so come on outand support Scott.
I'm I mean, you know, Scott,it's such a huge undertaking for
Scott to have taken on uponhimself.
And uh, I'm really happy that hedid, and uh I want to do
whatever I can to support that,you know.
It's not gonna stop.
That's awesome.
We're gonna watch you there too.
SPEAKER_03 (39:34):
You shouldn't be like keep coming to cons.
Sorry, right selling the stuffgators, you know.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, that's right.
Make it a merch.
Don't talk there.
It is.
We're starting to dip our toeinto it, so we're gonna come up
with designs.
TJ, my wife says we need amascot.
So we need the top.
SPEAKER_00 (39:51):
Maybe, maybe we'll do a contest.
Mascot contest.
The mascot you'd have.
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Oh, cool.
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SPEAKER_03 (40:34):
She wants to take care of you.
Jim, thanks.
Thanks for joining me.
See, you guys can get this.
We're ready to believe you.
How about we're here to pump youup?
SPEAKER_00 (40:47):
That's yeah, I remember that.
SPEAKER_03 (40:48):
Hans and guns.
I know it was the Ghostbusters,but I had to, you know, in my
own.
Oh, I gave it away.
We should have done a contest.
Anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (40:55):
Oh well.
All right, guys.
Thank you so much for bringingme on.
Come back to CajunCon thisweekend.
See everybody Saturday.
Probably see you Friday, Jim.
Oh, you'll see me Friday.
Yeah.
Thanks, Jim.
All right.
Y'all take care.
Welcome to Nola Film Scene with TJ Play-Doh.
I'm TJ, and as always, I'mPlay-Doh.
We're live and may have been alittle too soon, but that's
alright, cuz you know, it's justjokes.
Welcome, Jim Gleason, to yoursecond NOLA film scene.
SPEAKER_02 (00:23):
Pete.
Number two.
And number two.
How are you, Jim?
Good.
How you doing, TJ?
SPEAKER_00 (00:29):
Doing really good.
It's been a while.
We're excited for Cajun Con.
We're gonna see you in a fewdays.
SPEAKER_02 (00:36):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And what uh is is this yourfirst con?
It's the first time that I'mgonna have a table.
Yes.
Uh I've been to uh Fan Expo anumber of times, and uh over
here in in my hometown ofMandeville, they have the St.
Tammany con.
I've been to that a couple oftimes.
I went to the most recent one,and uh so yeah, I'm really super
(00:57):
excited.
That's awesome.
Yeah.
Well, when I saw this one,because you know, Scott's been
promoting this thing for a year,he's really been promoting it
for a year.
And when I saw this one, becauseI'd seen Scott at a few other
events and stuff, and we'd beenin touch, uh, when I saw, and
you'll you'll you'll appreciatethis, uh Brian, perhaps you
will, TJ, but when I saw thatthree of the surviving four
(01:22):
Wonka kids are gonna be there, Iwas all over it.
And so uh I just browbeat ScottInnis until he gave me a table.
SPEAKER_00 (01:31):
Nice.
Yeah, so we had Scott on theother day, and he was talking
about the set piece that theybuilt.
They spent ten grand, and it'snot a secret, he said it uh on
the live stream.
They spent ten grand buildingthis set piece for the Wonka
kids to sit inside autographs,and it's it's gonna be something
(01:51):
to behold.
He showed us uh his room wherehe's got all the stuff that he's
accumulating to take to the conto put out.
It's it it's gonna be quite theundertaking.
I I don't know when you'replanning on going.
We're gonna get there on Fridayand start setting up.
We'll have some merch.
We'll have some we'll have someNOLA film scene t-shirts and
(02:15):
some other small merch andhopefully get to hang out with
lots and lots of friends.
SPEAKER_02 (02:21):
Yeah.
Well, I'll be um I'll be thereFriday to set up, and then I'll
be there all day Saturday andSunday.
And I even, you know, uh I oneanother thing that's exciting
about it is there's a lot ofother cool guests like Lou
Ferrigno's gonna be there and umuh Clint Howard, who I would
love to say hello to.
Um, the son of the brother of,excuse me, the younger brother
of Ron Howard, um, who is a StarTrek fan.
(02:45):
Uh saw him first when I waswatching Star Trek, and then he
had that series, Gentle Ben,back in the in the 60s, where he
was best friends with a bigblack bear, and and then he's
been in just about everythingthat Ron does, and then uh even
a nice uh little role onSeinfeld.
And uh, you know, EddieMunster's gonna be there.
And I just saw that.
Yeah, so there's a lot of cool,cool guests.
(03:08):
Um, I'm really excited aboutthat.
SPEAKER_03 (03:10):
Are you are you bringing Ron Howard any tronya?
SPEAKER_02 (03:13):
Yes, I'm gonna bring Clint.
It's Clint Howard.
Brian, how dare you?
Oh, I will be.
SPEAKER_03 (03:17):
I was going for the trona joke.
SPEAKER_02 (03:18):
Tronya! It's tronya.
SPEAKER_03 (03:22):
It was as bald as I am.
We are Power Rangers are gonnabe there, Flash Gordon, oh yeah,
Charlie Brown kids.
Uh is it the guy from um BlazingSaddles, Boston?
SPEAKER_02 (03:33):
Oh yeah.
No, it's um you had to say that.
Why would you but it's BurtonGilliam.
Yeah, yeah.
A little Burton Gilliam story.
Um Burton Gilliam for a whilewas also uh refereeing fights on
Tuesday on USA's Tuesday nightfights.
And so years ago, before I leftfor Los Angeles, I uh I was
working at uh the cableconvention where all the cable
(03:56):
stations had their their booths,and I was working as a cable uh
booth there, and I saw BurtonGilliam was there, so I made a
point to go over and talk tohim.
Uh talked about blazing saddles.
He was a fireman and met BellBrooks and said, Mel Brooks
said, You're working on my movietomorrow.
And then boom, he was in themovie.
And this is what this is nowthis is what Burton Gilliam told
(04:17):
me.
And I told him I was a big fightfan, and I'd seen him refereeing
fights and stuff, and hecouldn't have been kind, more
kind, more affable, just awonderful guy.
So I'm excited about seeing him.
And actually, uh uh Brian, youknow uh you know Jean Calderera.
SPEAKER_03 (04:32):
Yes, I think we're more Facebook friends than in
than in person, but yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (04:35):
Well, sh apparently she knows Burton Gilliam real
well, like family friend kind ofthing.
So that's kind of cool.
Maybe we'll see Jean at this.
She has to come all the way upfrom Homa, so she may not make
it.
SPEAKER_03 (04:45):
World of delighting.
That's it.
Yeah.
Very cool.
So yeah.
Now, when Creek Wilson, when hegoes to a con, he's kind of
leading with his mariner'sghost.
And there's nothing wrong withsure, sure, sure.
When you go, uh-huh, do you havea lead with this with this type
of crowd?
Or what's your what's on yourbanner?
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
Oh, well, what's I don't know, I'm not sure what's
on my banner because uh Scott'sthe one that put it together.
I said, Do I need a banner?
Or do you I says, I got a bannerfor you.
I was like, cool, dude.
Um, but you know, if you've beento these cons, they usually
whoever's at the table usuallyhas some photographs that
they're, you know, that theyhave there ready to sign and and
purchase.
And so I've worked on a numberof projects that I believe are
(05:26):
kind of con worthy, if you will.
So uh, like I was on the theill-fated 2015 Fantastic Four.
Uh I worked on uh MayfairWitches, I worked on Secrets of
Silver Springs for Disney.
Uh I worked on a fan-produced uhStar Trek show called Star Trek
Continues, um, where they gotthe original cast and they
(05:47):
rebuilt the original sets.
I mean, this is an amazing show.
If you find it on YouTube, checkout Star Trek Continues if
you're a Trek fan.
So I worked on that, and I diduh uh uh the main voice in a in
an audio drama of zombieapocalypse show that lasted for
about four years, called We AreAlive, and it's got a bunch of
spin-offs, and I was in a coupleof those.
So I was like, what picturesshould I bring?
(06:08):
And I realized I'm gonna createsomething I have never seen,
which is a collage.
So I got I've got somescreenshots of the shows, and
then I had my own pictures thatI took with the people on the
show, and so those are gonna bemy picks.
So I'm not really leading withany one thing per se, but uh,
I've got a little something foreverybody.
If you're a kid, I've got sulfursprings.
(06:29):
If you're a Trekkie, I've gotStar Trek Continues.
If you're if you like, you know,AMC Anne Rice stuff, I got
Mayfair Witches.
So uh and then I have just astandard headshot that I'm gonna
I'll have for uh available.
Um and I'm thinking of bringingsome other like fun, not related
to stuff that I did, but funmerch that that I have at home
that I've been trying to sell onon Facebook Marketplace for a
(06:50):
while.
I'll throw it up there and seeif somebody wants to come by and
I'll sign it and they can buyit.
Whatever.
Cool, nice.
So I'm really excited.
Um I'm I just took the uh thefiles to the printers today.
I'll get the I'll get the printstomorrow and uh I'm excited to
to see them.
So excellent.
SPEAKER_00 (07:06):
Yeah, that's awesome.
SPEAKER_01 (07:07):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (07:08):
Brian just told me our banner's ready uh to be
picked up, so he's gonna getthat probably tomorrow.
Nice.
I'm excited to see it.
I haven't I haven't seen a proofor anything of it yet.
Well, I guess I kind of did.
I saw the logo that you that youuploaded.
SPEAKER_03 (07:22):
Yeah, we had the original pictures and the the
quality was too low, so we hadto go back and it worked, and
you know, yada yada yada.
I I wonder where you got theidea for a collage, Jim.
SPEAKER_02 (07:33):
Well, I didn't steal it.
I honestly just came to me thatuh why why settle on one
picture?
Because I don't think thatanybody's gonna want just one
little picture.
SPEAKER_03 (07:42):
So I thought, I'll put this in the back.
I'm guess teasing because youknow that's pretty much all I
post.
I that's true.
That's true.
I I put it in your brain.
SPEAKER_02 (07:49):
I think subliminally I was getting vibes.
Another thing I'm kind ofexcited about is uh you know,
Brian, that I am a nut for uhWilly Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory So I said to I said toScott, I said, Hey Scott, if you
have a panel, I'll be yourmoderator because I know so much
trivia about that movie.
(08:10):
And he said, Well, we don't havea panel set up, but maybe we'll
put one together for Sunday.
So he's he's gonna be sorry thathe said that.
So so that I can be.
I have a whole I'm getting readyto write out a whole series of
questions and I got a triviaquit quiz for the for the
participants, uh for the for thekids, you know.
(08:32):
Um yeah.
So nice.
Yeah, I'm looking forward.
SPEAKER_03 (08:39):
Yeah, right?
SPEAKER_00 (08:40):
So maybe so, yeah.
He was talking about not doingpanels, but I think a lot of
people really want them, reallywant to see the panels.
They they like that interactionwith them whether or not having
uh to pay for an experience,either autographs or photos or
(09:00):
whatever.
SPEAKER_01 (09:01):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (09:02):
But they can interact and ask questions and
and hear from them personallyabout their experiences from
that, because that that moviewas it's iconic and it's it was
probably life-changing for allof them, for everybody that was
in it.
SPEAKER_02 (09:15):
I was w doing my my research recently, it came out
in 71, did not do well at thebox office, and uh eventually um
the uh whoever had the rights toit, they sold the rights to it
for like$500,000, and then theystarted and whoever bought it
started playing it uh uh aroundThanksgiving time every year,
(09:37):
and it took off.
And then then and that was rightbefore the age of you know home
video and VHS and then laterDVD.
They took off.
And now it's become like atotal, a total classic.
SPEAKER_00 (09:48):
So I remember it from when I was a kid.
That's one of the earliest moviememories that I have.
Yeah, me too.
Is that and Wizard of Oz.
I remember watching both ofthem, and back back in the 70s,
the late 70s, my dad had theprecursor to VCRs.
It was called a VTR, a videotape recorder.
Wow.
(10:09):
And it looked like a VHS tape onsteroids.
It it looked just like a VHStape, but giant.
They were huge.
But you could set it up, it hadthese big, huge buttons, a play,
you hit the play and the record,and you could you had to have it
on the right channel on the TV,but you could he would record
movies.
Uh-huh.
And he he had this remote, hewould pause, he would watch it
(10:30):
when it was recording, and hewould pause it when the
commercial would come on, andthen as soon as the commercials
ended, he would hit recordagain, so we would have a whole
movie without commercials.
SPEAKER_02 (10:39):
So he was an editor as well.
That's right.
I saw Willie Wonka and theChocolate Factory in the theater
at Lakeside Mall when there wasstill a theater over there.
SPEAKER_03 (10:48):
Wow.
SPEAKER_02 (10:49):
Yeah, that's how that's how far back I go, Brian.
Wow.
No comment necessary.
Oh, I know.
SPEAKER_03 (10:55):
I saw Rocky and Jaws in uh no, I didn't get to see
the first Jaws, but Star Warsthere.
Yeah, many other movies.
I saw Star Wars there, yeah.
Yep.
Yeah.
I I miss I miss the old days ofmovies.
I'll say it.
I was a kid, and during StarWars I went to the bathroom,
then I stopped by theconcession, and they had that
book.
It's I don't know if it's calledan Ash can or what, but it's
like a little preview, and ithad some of the screenshots and
(11:18):
it, you know, real tiny.
And I stared at it.
It forgot to go back in themovie, went in the movie, and
then when we came out, I draggedmy parents.
I need that.
I need that.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
I'm always been about thatmerch.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm looking forward to thisweekend.
Movie memorabilia.
Yeah.
What going from a guest to beinga guest?
Well, a fan to being a guest.
(11:39):
What are some of the things youhave heard that excite you about
it?
And maybe things that you'rewaiting to see what happens?
SPEAKER_02 (11:46):
Well, I haven't really heard uh too much about
uh what happens.
I mean, I've seen it, you know.
Um, and uh I'm just curious asto how much people how much
people are gonna actually buyfrom me, you know, who knows?
Maybe nothing.
Uh maybe something, maybe I canbreak even, maybe I can make a
little bit of a skrilla.
I don't know.
I don't know.
(12:06):
But one thing that I really wantto do is no matter who walks up,
just make them feel special.
Do you know what I mean?
I just want to make them feel uhwelcome and and and I want to,
you know, be enthused thatthey're there and I want them to
feel like them coming over mybooth uh was something they'll
remember, you know?
So and I have no I have zeroexpectations.
(12:28):
I've been to some, you know, um,but I have zero expectations.
I mean I've been to some wherethe person's sitting there, that
won't be me.
SPEAKER_03 (12:36):
Right, right.
SPEAKER_02 (12:37):
Right, right.
You know, now maybe if I did10,000 cons, I might be the guy.
Yeah.
But but that's not gonna be methis weekend.
I'm gonna be, you know, talkingto people and and just saying
hello and really making themfeel like, hey, this this is a
special moment.
Yeah, and you appreciate thefans, you know.
SPEAKER_03 (12:53):
Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
Oh there have been times like Imet Giancarlo Esposito and his
energy wasn't super high, but hewas exhausted.
You know what I mean?
So there's a difference, andI've seen people at cons.
Sometimes it's in the photo offand they're like, I'm taking a
picture with the fans.
Yeah.
No, no, and it's hard to keepyour energy up, but it's that
they are not only paying fortheir time with you and
(13:14):
celebrating all you've done, butthey've watched you all your
career.
And you hear a lot of greatstories though, whether it's
voice actors, where the artisticchild finally speaks when they
hear him in person or her.
The fans just and I know from myown experience, like Chase
Momoa, you know, you have apicture to share and nobody can
believe it.
(13:35):
So I I I think you're gonna dookay.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_00 (13:40):
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm just excited.
It's gonna be fun.
That's it's gonna be fun, andit's a little bit weird for us
because we're not going ascelebrity guests, we're going as
sponsors, so we do have a booth,but a little bit, a little bit
of a different take on it.
Brian is way more experienced inthe the con experiences than I
(14:02):
am.
I've only I can count on bothhands the number of cons I've
been to in my life.
And same thing.
I mean, I understand them, I getthem, but I don't know.
We'll see.
Yeah.
Should be fun.
SPEAKER_02 (14:14):
It's just people having fun, you know.
SPEAKER_03 (14:15):
Yeah, totally.
SPEAKER_02 (14:16):
Walking around looking at stuff, looking at
(14:56):
looking at, you know, peoplethey don't know, celebrities.
(15:38):
Why are you famous?
Well, if you have to ask methat, I'm not famous, I guess.
SPEAKER_01 (15:42):
Uh you know, but uh I'll show them.
What about these?
And what about these?
And what about these?
So, you know.
Never heard of Anne Rice.
Hello.
How about Disney?
I of course you'd never heard ofStar Trek, have you?
SPEAKER_03 (15:58):
And they're gonna have the usual vendors.
Yeah, you know, maybe not usual,they're gonna have vendors,
cosplays.
I don't know how many cosplayhosts or guests he has, but it's
a con.
There'll be some cosplay.
Oh, without a question.
Without a question.
Uh the the normal people willask me, Well, why do you like
that?
And I say, Well, do you go tofootball games and dress up and
wear the shirt or like somebodyused to be a super fan and paint
(16:21):
their face and all that?
The same thing.
No, it's not that's for kids.
Well, it's not.
You know, it started as kids,but you know, I've been Comic
Con and well, comic books andDisney all my life.
Why should I give it up now?
SPEAKER_02 (16:32):
You know, if it was still a tubbies, I'd agree with
you.
Just because you got old, dude,doesn't mean I gotta get old.
SPEAKER_00 (16:37):
That's right.
SPEAKER_02 (16:38):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_00 (16:39):
You know, I don't know if you caught it, Jim.
Uh so I mean, you know, Brianand I hold you in high esteem
anyway.
But I don't know if you caughtit when we were talking about
the the Star Trek.
No, I didn't.
Did you did you geek out alittle bit?
I don't know if you caught itwhen you mentioned the Star Trek
thing that you were in.
Brian's eyes went Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:02):
Oh, I'm I'm definitely a trekkie and never
try to call me a trekker.
I'm old school for right.
I watched the cartoon as a kid.
I watched the replay of thefirst season and was there for
the second.
Uh Next Generation when it camein.
Yeah.
I had not only amigo actionfigures, I had the Enterprise.
So I had a teleporter you spin,he had his chair, yeah, Klingon.
SPEAKER_02 (17:21):
I remember that.
Yeah.
Well, this show was really cool.
Uh let me just talk for a secondabout Star Trek Continues.
It was made by a guy named VicMignona, um, who is a voice hunt
a voiceover guy as well.
Does a lot of uh animated voicework.
And his girlfriend was at thetime a girl named Michelle
Spectre, who I was in a theatergroup with out in in Los
Angeles.
(17:42):
Well, they went out to Georgia,and you know, if you know, and
you may not know this, Brian,but it's Space, The Final
Frontier, These are the Voyageof the Starship Enterprise.
It's five-year mission, and theshow was only on for three
seasons.
So the original goal, right?
So the his this guy, Vic'soriginal goal was, I'm gonna
recreate all the sets.
(18:03):
They're free, he he it's amazingwhat he has done.
And I'm and we're gonna do thelast two seasons.
And so uh, you know, they theycast the show and and I told
Michelle, I said, Hey, you know,your boy would like to be on the
show.
So I wanted to wear the tunic.
Well, they they cast me as analien.
Um, so but uh but when we werebetween shots, I was like, I
(18:26):
need to put a tunic on.
My friends, and you know, do youknow Scotty?
Um oh what's Scott's?
Why don't I can't why I can'tremember Scotty's last name?
But he um he's Brandon Routh'shandler, so he works for one of
these companies that getssupplies.
Whitehurst, Scotty Whitehurst.
Um but Scotty um was therebecause he was working with the
show, and I said, Scotty, comeon here, choose my phone.
(18:47):
I went in the truck, I went inthe I went in the uh the
transporter room, I went uh tothe transporter controls, I sat
in the chair on the on the onthe bridge, uh, and so I got
pictures of those, which iscool, and some are in the in the
collage for that.
So, you know, total nerd here.
But then what happened was a somany people were doing these uh
fan-produced shows, and a lot ofthem were really bad.
(19:07):
This one was not, but a lot ofthem were bad.
And CBS was like, cease andcease and desist everybody.
So he wrapped it up.
They didn't get to do the fulltwo seasons, but in the last
two-part episode that they shot,they're wearing the Star Trek
the motion picture uniforms.
Nice.
So a nerd like you, Brian, uh,knows what I'm talking about.
You bridge the gap.
(19:27):
They they totally bridged thegap, and that was their goal
originally.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:31):
Yeah.
Wow, they they CD everybody thatwas making fan films or any
anything Star Trek related.
SPEAKER_02 (19:38):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (19:39):
Wow.
SPEAKER_02 (19:40):
It's too bad too, because this was a good show.
It was a very good show, and itreally kind of captured the
spirit of of the originalseries.
We've got the the the moralitytales and the and the societal
like uh commentary, you know.
Uh Lou Ferigno was in one and hewas painted he was painted
green.
And it was it was about uh liketrafficking of women.
(20:04):
So uh so you know they try tokeep it very topical and keep it
very relevant to the to theissue the the social issues of
the time, much like the originalseries did.
SPEAKER_00 (20:13):
Yeah.
They've always been about that.
SPEAKER_02 (20:16):
When did they do that?
Um the nineties?
No, no, no.
This was yeah, I it was after Imoved home.
It was after I moved home fromfrom Los Angeles, and I came
home in 2012.
So this would have been six,seven years ago.
I gotcha.
Something like that.
And uh yeah, so I drove over toGeorgia and shot an episode and
came home.
SPEAKER_00 (20:33):
It was awesome.
That's good to know about the Cand D though.
Uh I I guess some IPs are realstrict about that.
Some don't mind fan filmsbecause it brings attention to
the original work.
As long as you're not profitingoff of it without their
permission, they're usually I Idid a fan film based on the The
Last of Us franchise.
(20:56):
It was a student film, and thelast I saw it had we had them,
we had the guys, the thefilmmakers from that on the the
show last year.
It had over 500,000 views onYouTube.
SPEAKER_02 (21:07):
Wow.
SPEAKER_00 (21:08):
And it originally was supposed to be a short, but
it ended up they had so muchgood usable content that they
expanded it, expanded it into aI think they're calling it a
mini feature.
It's a little bit between ashort and a feature.
I think it's an hour long,maybe.
I don't remember exactly, but itturned out really, really good.
(21:30):
The cinematography was really,really good.
But they didn't everyone wasvolunteers.
Every all the props, everythingwas either purchased with their
own money or donated.
They didn't make any money offof it.
You know, it's not spot, it'snot monetized or anything.
So I guess they're checking allthe boxes and they they put the
disclaimer that it's a fan filmand wasn't made with uh the
(21:53):
endorsement of the the originalpeople, Sony and all that.
SPEAKER_01 (21:57):
But yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (21:58):
That's too bad that they did they make them take it
down completely?
No.
Or is the stuff that it was youcan still say they kept it up on
YouTube.
SPEAKER_02 (22:05):
So you go to the Star Trek continues, and I think
they have nine, nine or eleveneleven episodes, something like
that.
SPEAKER_00 (22:12):
Did you see the one that they did last year, Brian?
Do you remember the name of it?
The man, they but they de-agedShatner in it, that one?
Yeah.
And I my understanding, it was aSAG project.
I just I can't remember the nameof it.
I'm drawing a blank.
SPEAKER_02 (22:27):
So I just what was that uh terminology you using,
Brian?
What did they do?
SPEAKER_03 (22:32):
Oh they de-aged him.
Oh kind of like Downey, RobertDowney Jr.
Gotcha Avengers movies, youknow.
It's TGI, not AF Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (22:41):
There's a difference.
SPEAKER_03 (22:43):
Yeah.
So oh while you're talking, Iwas gonna see if I could pull up
the take.
SPEAKER_02 (22:47):
Oh, yeah.
So yeah, uh, I mean, what elsecan we talk about about this uh
this weekend?
I mean, uh I there's a the listof people that are there is just
astonishingly long.
And I don't think I've ever seena a longer list of people on any
con ever.
It's the longest list I've everseen.
SPEAKER_00 (23:06):
So I haven't either.
SPEAKER_02 (23:07):
It's over 80.
Yeah.
And I'm I'm sure I'm spacing onuh some cool guests, but I just
uh I'm gonna pull them up.
SPEAKER_00 (23:16):
There's gonna be uh fifteen WWE wrestlers, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (23:20):
Uh Ninja Turtles and a couple from Mid-South
wrestling.
Uh when I was a kid, we I livedin southern Ohio for a while and
Mid-South was what we watched.
And Bill Dundee is gonna bethere.
SPEAKER_03 (23:31):
Yep.
SPEAKER_02 (23:32):
And Jerry Lawler.
Yeah, is Gene Duggan gonna bethere too?
SPEAKER_03 (23:36):
Yeah.
Oh, and unless I'm mistaken, TedDBS, Million Dollar Man.
SPEAKER_02 (23:40):
Yeah, million dollar man, and Jake the Snake is gonna
be there too.
Jake the Snake is like.
But he wasn't Mid-South.
SPEAKER_03 (23:47):
Um uh Ron Simmons, who was Farouk, and then part of
the APA.
That's 90s wrestling.
I mean, he had been around for along time.
That's oh, Kevin Von Eric, whichwas he came by with his iron
claw.
Yeah.
Um, Gray Delisle, Kate McCucci.
Yep, and Scott Ennis will form aScooby-Doo reunion.
SPEAKER_02 (24:06):
You know, Kate, um, Kate was part of a a duo called
uh Garfunkel and Oats.
Garfunkel and Oats.
And um Ricky Lindholm was uh theother part of that duo, and I
knew Ricky from when I taught inLos Angeles, so that's my my
connection there.
Fun.
You do this long as as I have,you you make connections.
(24:26):
It's fine.
SPEAKER_03 (24:27):
We didn't sterling?
unknown (24:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (24:29):
Oh yeah, that's right.
SPEAKER_03 (24:30):
Uh see.
SPEAKER_00 (24:31):
Uh we we talked about the six degrees of
separation game with KevinBacon, and we had uh Rachel
Jacob on, and she said, I thinkit's down to like two or three
now.
It's not six anymore.
SPEAKER_01 (24:42):
Yeah, right.
SPEAKER_00 (24:43):
It might be two with you with some of these people
that are gonna be there, ormaybe even one.
SPEAKER_03 (24:47):
Some are one-on-one, yeah.
If they count background, I'mtwo two different wings.
So the question is do they countbackground?
When I posted, people are like,What about crew?
I was like, I'm I'm cool withcrew.
Uh Cat Cressida of the Bride ofthe Haunted Mansion.
Okay.
And she was on uh Dexter'sLaboratory.
She was the sister.
All right.
We talked to Greg Berger,Grimlock from Transformers.
(25:10):
Okay.
Let's see.
What who else?
Who else?
Yeah, he was really he was Gregwas.
SPEAKER_02 (25:14):
Oh, yeah, Rev Brown, the first uh Captain America.
Second.
Oh, the 70s Captain America.
SPEAKER_00 (25:20):
This is the yeah, that's the one that we all
remember with the motorcycle andshield and Pippi Longstocking.
SPEAKER_03 (25:26):
Hal Aaron is coming.
Uh this guy, Creek Wilson.
Yeah.
I got one degree.
Yeah, Butch Patrick.
unknown (25:32):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (25:32):
Eddie Munster is coming.
SPEAKER_01 (25:33):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (25:34):
So, you know, I'm at I think you might have to
stretch, but you're gonna findsomebody you like there.
SPEAKER_02 (25:39):
Oh, sure.
I met at an event uh that JohnSchneider put on, and Bush
couldn't have been nicer.
Just a sweet guy, totally sweetguy.
SPEAKER_03 (25:47):
Did he bring the wolf doll?
Did he bring Fang?
SPEAKER_02 (25:49):
I don't know if he had Fang or not, but I they did
I think they had the uh like aMunster coach there, and he was
taking pictures next to theMunster coach.
That's awesome.
Yeah, that's totally cool.
For for geeks like me, that'sreally cool stuff.
SPEAKER_03 (26:03):
I love the Munster.
I just wish they could actuallyget it right.
SPEAKER_02 (26:06):
You know, do a re uh a new one.
Yeah, I know.
They just uh can't seem to getit right, man.
So much of that rested on theshoulders of Fred Gwynn, though,
you know what I mean?
Oh yeah.
You know, it'd be tough toreplace him.
SPEAKER_03 (26:20):
With Halloween we just passed, I was watching for
the Halloween that almost wasn'twith with Judd Hirsch as
Dracula.
So it I love it.
You can talk about its qualitylater.
But Fred, uh not Fred Gwynn.
Um the guy who played Herman inthe later Munsters in in one of
the sequels, he was in Star Trekas one of the ambassadors, and I
(26:41):
just blanked, but he was he wasyou know like here he is as
Frankenstein as Herman, and thenhe played it later, which would
have had a more powerful effectif I could just remember his
name.
Was it Ed Herman?
John Shuck.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yep.
So I was like, oh man, he'salways been in the makeup.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that brought everything toa screeching halt.
Didn't it though?
SPEAKER_02 (27:01):
But yeah, this that that lineup is just quite a
lineup, and then of coursethere's lots of other uh voice
people that are gonna be thereand uh Power Rangers.
Yep, yeah.
I'm not as familiar with thevoice world as you are, Brian.
SPEAKER_03 (27:12):
I know you're deep into that, so that's now jumping
ahead the fan expo New Orleans,they are having a voice acting
competition.
Not nice.
So uh I'm gonna enter.
I gotta come up with asubmission.
They say do a 30-second clip.
I'm like, what voice do I pick?
What and of course I've beenbusy shooting a film this past
couple weekends, but do a do acollage.
SPEAKER_02 (27:33):
Do a collage of voices.
SPEAKER_03 (27:34):
That's what I think, but uh different ones where they
don't want you to.
Whatever.
That's okay.
I'll do what I want.
SPEAKER_02 (27:41):
Well, if I'm putting my own thing together, I'll do
it my own way.
There you go.
SPEAKER_00 (27:45):
That's right.
What what's the deadline on thesubmission?
I think I'm gonna submit aswell.
SPEAKER_03 (27:50):
They haven't put out a deadline.
You just uh from their Facebookpost, you click the link, and
it's a Google Doc, you fill itout, there's a little part for
bio, and then you attach an MP3file of your vocal submission,
but 30 seconds.
Are you gonna uh duplicate theuh picture with uh uh the
hobbits?
Um no, uh I'm gonna spare mymoney.
(28:13):
They just announced today dogpool is coming.
The dog from dog Wolverine theugly dog.
Yeah, yeah.
There's your star of the con.
I can't wait.
SPEAKER_02 (28:22):
I'll tell you, the Fan Expo is a little thin this
year comparatively.
SPEAKER_03 (28:27):
Well, that there'll be more announcements coming.
SPEAKER_02 (28:30):
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's January 10th.
They better hurry up.
SPEAKER_00 (28:35):
It might be too late, but we might we ought to
think about sponsoring it.
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (28:39):
Uh I I put in for our passes and we can talk about
trying to sponsor, but I thinkwe've missed the deadline.
Maybe Galaxy uh Galaxy Con NewOrleans in June.
Yeah, maybe so.
Yeah.
Or July.
There's you know, MississippiCon in June, which has the
Bionic Lee Majors and LindsayWagner come from.
Sold.
SPEAKER_02 (29:01):
Bionic duo.
SPEAKER_00 (29:03):
I had the the six million dollar man.
It was it was about a foot tall,and you could look through one
of the eyes.
Sure.
It had the arm.
Yeah, I remember that.
I'm a 70s kid.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (29:14):
Christmas is coming up.
Maybe somebody wants to buy ussome old toys.
Go back and get that retro forus.
SPEAKER_00 (29:19):
That's right.
SPEAKER_02 (29:20):
Very cool.
So, what's your goal for the uhthe con this weekend?
SPEAKER_03 (29:25):
Because we're not going as celebrities.
I think in your opinion, I thinkof you as celebrities.
So thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (29:31):
Thank you.
You're welcome.
SPEAKER_03 (29:32):
But like, you know, our the podcast is part of the
advertisement, but not asprominent as yours.
So, and then we have ourfriends.
I've I've contacted as manypeople can.
It's still free, folks.
If you want to go, all you needis a screenshot of the golden
ticket.
Don't even need the physicalpart.
And they're so crazy, Jim.
It's free parking.
Yeah.
They really want to get peoplein.
(29:52):
So, but uh, I've talked to mycon people.
I'm like, this is where I'll be.
Make sure they had a ticket.
So it's gonna be that kind ofthing.
And people will be able to findme for selfies instead of me
going to fight and find them.
SPEAKER_00 (30:03):
Right.
That's right.
Very good.
Yeah, I'm just hoping for somenetworking and making some new
friends.
Yep, yep.
SPEAKER_03 (30:10):
And some more listens will be good.
We might broadcast from there.
You know, we gotta see our powerset up when we go there Friday.
You know, it should be okay, butyou never know.
SPEAKER_00 (30:19):
See what the signal is like inside sometimes.
Buildings and signals not sogood.
We'll see.
SPEAKER_03 (30:24):
I wonder what kind of facility the Lamar Dixon
Center is.
This will be my first timethere.
I mean it's professional, youknow.
He was it is it a conventioncenter?
I think so.
Okay.
And the picture the video I saw,it looked rather large.
Kind of like It's pretty big.
Ponser Train Center out here inKenner, where uh Nola Con was.
We need to have a Nola Film Conor something, TJ.
(30:46):
We need to do our own and bringwho we want here.
SPEAKER_00 (30:49):
I you know, I've thought about it, but then I
thought I I listened toeverything Scott was going
through to put to put thattogether in two years to get it
going and woof.
I mean, I know you're thecelebrity Wrangler, Brian.
I just don't have I don't havethe context to bring in the the
heavy hitters like he does.
You never know.
SPEAKER_03 (31:09):
You know, Jim knows people, we know people.
That's it.
It could be highlighting NewOrleans and kind of like uh the
TV where they would sell theirtheir videos to distributors,
we'll sell New Orleans todistributors and to filmmakers.
So it'll be a two-edged con.
Yeah, yeah.
Maybe so.
That's green.
Yeah, right.
So I I'm just looking to havefun and and see my people and
(31:31):
meet new people.
Yeah.
And then uh I might wander tocon and see who I can talk to
and hand out my business cardfor the new games.
I'll be doing my little rounds,you know, checking stuff out,
taking a taking a break.
Scott originally had two robes,and then he lost one because
it's gonna be like a handicapprompt special needs uh event.
And what are you gonna do?
(31:52):
Complain?
Right.
How do you yeah, I'll push youkids out of here.
I say combine the two, let alittle, you know, stars go
wandering and made with made.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, because I used to do thatas Captain as Captain Crescent.
That's one of the things we did.
SPEAKER_02 (32:06):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (32:07):
So I I miss being a super fan.
Might be better this year not tobe.
But that's that's when you gottadig deep and and and bring your
love for the saints out.
SPEAKER_02 (32:16):
That's a rebuilding year.
It's rebuilding four years.
Yeah.
You know, I think it's it's it'sa two or three year at least
rebuild.
SPEAKER_03 (32:26):
So we'll see.
We'll see.
And again, I brought us waydown.
SPEAKER_02 (32:29):
Yeah, thanks.
Thanks.
Well, Brian, you've got a knack.
You got a knack, buddy.
SPEAKER_03 (32:34):
Well, that's where we can insert something to get
big paws.
That's it.
It's the next chapter, that'swhat I am.
So we've still got some time.
Do you want to talk about whatyou hope for the new local
industry?
SPEAKER_02 (32:48):
Yeah, yeah.
Um, you know, uh Film Louisianais a great organization, and
they recently uh went to thelegislature and they got a a law
called uh, I think it's calledAct 44, uh pass, which takes the
decision making out of the handsof the legislature and puts it
(33:09):
into the Economic DevelopmentCommittee.
Oh yeah, and they're very pro uhfilm.
And they also eliminated the capper actor and some other cap
that was keeping people fromcoming here instead sending them
over to like Atlanta orwhatever.
So they got rid of like two orthree roadblocks that were
stopping people from cominghere.
(33:30):
And uh and then they had a bigevent out in Los Angeles where
they promoted, you know, film.
And uh so Jason Wagginspack cameand talked to um for those of
you that are listening orwatching or whatever you guys do
with us.
Um, I've been the uh presidentof the local SAG After Board for
this is my third term, and uhJason Waggins pack has come and
talked to us and our our lastmeeting, Trey Burvant, who is
(33:53):
another board member of uh filmLouisiana, came and spoke.
And they had their event andthey promoted it, Louisiana, and
they they put together alookbook.
Because most people, filmmakersfrom outside of the city or
outside of the state, think, ohyeah, it's swamp.
But there's so many otherlocations that will double for
other locations.
So they put together a lookbookand they gave it out, and people
like, wow, I didn't even knowthat you had this stuff.
(34:15):
So I'm hoping that chain turnsthe tide.
And um there are a fewfilmmakers in town um who have
made their own low-budgetshoestring films.
Um and uh I just think it's timefor uh for us to learn the
business end of filmmaking andwrite our own scripts, put our
(34:40):
own productions together, raiseour own money, and make our own
films here so that we don't haveto wait on Los Angeles to come
into town.
We don't have to wait on NewYork to come into town.
So um I'm gonna be reaching outto a bunch of people, and it's
all still very much in the airin the next couple of months and
start starting to try to get agrassroots uh uh film production
(35:03):
mentality together so that wedon't have to rely on anybody.
We'll do our own thing.
unknown (35:07):
You know?
SPEAKER_00 (35:08):
And Mahoney's talking about doing that very
thing, putting a board togetherand doing doing that very thing
that you're talking about doing.
I think we might need to getsome get some minds together and
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (35:19):
So there's too there's just too many it's been
too long for us to wait aroundas long as we have.
And uh, you know, you know, oneof the things that when we
struck last time, when I say we,the union struck in
twenty-three, it occurred to mewhy do we have to keep going to
the table the negotiating tableevery three freaking years just
to get beat up and beat up andbeat up and beat up by these
(35:42):
rich, power hungry people likeBot Zaslot, David Zaslot, who in
four years made almost half abillion dollars in bonuses when
we're screw you know, I'm l Iliterally I took a check to the
bank the other day.
I got a bunch of residualchecks, and one of them was for
two cents, and the guy was like,You got a check for two cents?
I was like, Yeah, put it in.
(36:03):
Why would we why do we have todo that?
Like, why do we have to sufferwhen they make all that money?
And so, you know, it's just aand what listen, I don't care
how rich you are.
Once you get past fifty million,it becomes uh a just uh like an
obsessive video game.
Like you this the dude, DavidZaslov, he's probably worth
(36:25):
three hundred and fifty milliondollars.
No, wait, more.
He made that in four years, sohe's probably worth a lot more.
You could take it all awayexcept for 50 million.
He'd never know that hisday-to-day life wouldn't change
at all.
You know, these these studioexecutives and these producers,
it's almost like, what's on yourscreen?
I got this on my screen.
How much have you got on yourscreen?
(36:46):
I want more, I want more thanyou have.
That's what it it it's what itboils down to.
It's ridiculous.
So high s I said, why don't westart our own production
companies, a SAGAFTRA, SAGAFTRAproductions.
We're gonna make our own movies,we're gonna start our own
streaming platforms, we're gonnas have our own distribution.
And uh yeah, all you know,Paramount and Warner Brothers
and all you guys, you can't useour actors anymore.
(37:07):
We're gonna make our own thing.
And you can use all all thenon-union people you want, but
you're not using our actorsanymore, and we're not gonna go
to the negotiating table withyou anymore, you know?
So that was a that was a dreamthat I had.
And then that sort oftransferred over to Louisiana.
Why don't we just do our ownthing, man?
Why don't we just make our ownmovies?
The tri the trip is the thetrick is finding good scripts,
(37:27):
yeah, and then meeting someonewho knows how to raise funds.
You know, that's the big thingis yeah is raising the money.
Who do you turn to?
Like who do you go to?
So we're gonna start working onthat in the near future, I
think, and making stuff happen,man.
It's we have to make it our ownstuff happen.
SPEAKER_03 (37:43):
That's my sense.
Yeah.
I like it.
We uh like I just did anindependent, and I think it's
gonna be like a mini feature,like TJ says, because I don't
think it's gonna make it to thehour and a half more.
And the cinematography, theorganization, the people, the
scripts, all of it was top-notchprofessions.
So why shouldn't it be SAG?
SPEAKER_01 (38:01):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (38:01):
It's that roadblock, and it's like TJ was saying, and
you were saying, of course,access to the money.
So I think if we can hurdle thatas a group, and I say as a
group, I'm not SAG yet, but Iwill be.
SPEAKER_02 (38:12):
Oh yeah.
And if any of you peoplelistening or watching or
whatever, um are filmmakers, uhI just want to tell you there is
a contract for your sizeproject.
It's not very expensive, thepaperwork is not very difficult.
If you uh literally, if you'redoing a micro budget, you can go
online to the SAGAPT website,put in your information, and in
(38:34):
five minutes, it will beapproved.
It's that simple.
Um the thing is, what happensthen is you now have an
opportunity to hire uh, youknow, professional actors.
Whereas you're if you're doingsomething that's non-union, the
first rule of the union is yeah,you can't do it.
So this is not, and please don'tget me wrong, I'm not saying
non-union actors can't act.
(38:55):
Of course, I'm sure there's alot of great you're a great
example, Brian.
Your growth has been amazing,and I'm sure you do a great job.
But if I'm making a movie, Iwant to be able to hire whoever
I want and not be limited to acertain pool.
So we've always got thosecontracts, and uh so check it
out.
Sagafter.org.
Cool.
Yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
(39:15):
And with that, so come on outand support Scott.
I'm I mean, you know, Scott,it's such a huge undertaking for
Scott to have taken on uponhimself.
And uh, I'm really happy that hedid, and uh I want to do
whatever I can to support that,you know.
It's not gonna stop.
That's awesome.
We're gonna watch you there too.
SPEAKER_03 (39:34):
You shouldn't be like keep coming to cons.
Sorry, right selling the stuffgators, you know.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, that's right.
Make it a merch.
Don't talk there.
It is.
We're starting to dip our toeinto it, so we're gonna come up
with designs.
TJ, my wife says we need amascot.
So we need the top.
SPEAKER_00 (39:51):
Maybe, maybe we'll do a contest.
Mascot contest.
The mascot you'd have.
Nola Film Scene dot shop.
Get your merch.
Oh, cool.
And I want to plug our sponsorreal quick too, while I'm
thinking about it.
SPEAKER_03 (40:04):
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SPEAKER_00 (40:04):
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(40:24):
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SPEAKER_03 (40:34):
She wants to take care of you.
Jim, thanks.
Thanks for joining me.
See, you guys can get this.
We're ready to believe you.
How about we're here to pump youup?
SPEAKER_00 (40:47):
That's yeah, I remember that.
SPEAKER_03 (40:48):
Hans and guns.
I know it was the Ghostbusters,but I had to, you know, in my
own.
Oh, I gave it away.
We should have done a contest.
Anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (40:55):
Oh well.
All right, guys.
Thank you so much for bringingme on.
Come back to CajunCon thisweekend.
See everybody Saturday.
Probably see you Friday, Jim.
Oh, you'll see me Friday.
Yeah.
Thanks, Jim.
All right.
Y'all take care.
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