Ep. 136 - Guest: S. Lamar Wilson (Blackbeard the Pirate)

Victoria Henley with chats with S. Lamar Wilson, who portrays the legendary and fearsome Blackbeard the Pirate, on location at the wildly popular Pirates Voyage and Dinner Show in Myrtle Beach SC. Listen in as Captain Blackbeard chats, fully in character, about what it’s really like working with mermaids, Sea Lions, and a swashbuckling crew of buccaneers at one of Dolly Parton’s most acclaimed entertainment venues.

Episode Transcript

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Pass with Victoria Henley on the FCBRadio Network. Hi everyone, it's Victoria

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Henley here with backstage Pass. Iam here at the Pirates Voyage and Dinner
Show with the one, the only, the Fearsome Blackbeard. Blackbeard, how
are you who there, Lassie.I'm doing quite well. We've had a
busy season here and uh well,you know, I like you. We
could always use the new mermaid.Oh hey, I'm tempted, you know,

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new thing for the resume. SoBlackbeard. We just saw the show.
It was absolutely incredible. There weremermaids, there were dogs, there
were US seals. Tell us ifwe come to the show, what can
we expect, Well, you canfirst expect to be fed very well.
We have a four course meal thatcomes with a biscuit, some warm,

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lovely vegetable shop. It's great forthe dipping. We serve your half a
chicken. We call it half acat clak, but that's really half a
chicken, half a roasted baked potato, and some corner of a cob some
lovely ham and an apple turnover fordessert. So you have to come hungry

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if you're going to come see theshow. You know, I just ate
and I'm hungry just hearing that description. Very good. Yes, so it
is a full feast. It trulyis of epic proportions. Now, black
Beard, tell us a little bit. You've been a pie. You are
probably the most famous pirate in theworld. Tell us what is it like
to be black Beard? Well,it's good to be the king, That's
what I say. It's good tobe the pirate king. But I have

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a lovely, lovely cost of charactersthat come out, and the acrobatics,
the mermaids, the spectacular stunts,and the fire. It's something you will
never forget. And I kind ofkeep the order to all of the chaos
with all of my mates urning around, flipping through the air. You've got

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to keep them in good order becausewe have to do this quite a few
times a day. That's true.I mean, there's so much going on
in the show. It's hard topick just one standout moment. What is
your favorite part of pirates voyage?Will let me think that's really not a
very hard one for me to haveto use my brain on it's the mermaids.

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Oh they're so lovely. Did Imention you'd be a lovely mermaid?
Ha ha ha. I might justconsider that someday, black Beard. Well,
I mean, it really is trulya show for all ages. I
saw kids, I saw full grownadults all dressed up in character. Who
would you say this show is for? Who's the audience? The shows for

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everyone for all ages. I've seenthe wee ones as young as three and
four years old getting so excited theyget their faces all painted up like marmaids
or pirates. And then I've seensome of the older people that made just
about as much noise as some ofthe young ones out there. So I
will say it is wonderful family entertainment. The food is fantastic, and you

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have got to watch everything in theshow because that's a lot going on.
You will not be disappointed. Iguarantee it. You've got to keep your
eye on it, that's for sure. Now for an animal lovers out there,
we I mean there are ducks runningaround, there are seals, dogs.
Tell us a little bit about that. Has it always been part of
the show, Is it's something newI know, we've always had the animals
as part of a show. Westart the show out with our gypsies that

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come out with some of our macaus. So right before the show starts,
you've got to see these builtiful scarletand red mccause and some blue and gold
mccaus. A is a circle thearena, and then of course when I
come down and I've got my ownlittle pit. His name is Mono.
He's a blue and gold macau.We also have dogs in the show.
We have ducks in this show,and as you mentioned, we have actually

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they're not seals, they're sea lions, and we have a couple of them
that like to come out and stealthe stage every show. They think they're
the boss. They eat about thirtyfive pounds of fish per day, these
blokes. Do you know I heardSalty the Sea Lion about a thousand times
and I'm still calling him a seal, So I'll have to go Salty the

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Sea Lion. You don't want tomiss that. Now you want to see
Pirates Voyage. We will be sharingall of the links social media handles so
you can get connected. Blackbeard.How do we connect with Pirates Voyage?
How do we come see the show. The easiest way to come see the
show or to get your tickets isgo to www. Dot pirates Voyage dot
com. There you can order ticketsfor here in Myrtle Beach, and if

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you happen to be at our sisterto location up in Pigeonfords, Tennessee,
you can choose that and buy ticketsup there. You definitely want to make
sure you check that out. Itis so much fun for the whole family.
Blackbeard, thank you so much forspending time with us. Hi,
thank you, Lassie, and don'tforget I've always got a place open for
another matter. Maid, I'm gonnaget my audition ready. I'll tell you

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what well. Thank you again asalways for listening, and we'll see you
next time on Backstage Pass. TheFCB Radio Network, first class broadcasting worldwide