April 22, 2024 • 56 mins
T TIME with Theresa - Season 4, Episode 26 "I Want Moore!". Hosted by Theresa Farrell. Tonight's guest is Writer, Director, Producer and Actor Omar Moore. T TIME with Theresa is aired live on Strong Island Television from Paradise Studios NY - www.strongisland.com
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Good evening, and welcome to Teitime. Hey, everybody, welcome to Tea
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Time. I'm so glad you're joiningme tonight. That's right. It is
a Monday night, eight o'clock.It is April twenty second, and I'm
gonna talk about one weekend, really, really really briefly. Friday, I
went to base, so i'd hungout there. I spent most of the
weekend auditioning. I sent in acouple of auditions and I'm learning lines.
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I have some scripts that people sentme, and I'm very blessed that I
booked three rolls for indie projects andI have to learn my lines. And
yesterday I was at my sister.We did like a slider night. We
had hamburgers and pulled pork and likeroast beef, and it was a slider
night and at my sister's and thenI came here. It's beautiful Paradise Studios.
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I joined the boys of Limo Talk, graz Ritchie and Bobby, and
it was just nice to be backafter a long time being away. And
I love the guys, and youknow, I always loved being there with
them. So shout out to LimoTalk and all the guys. All right,
listen. I also want to saythat Murdered by the Mob if you
haven't seen it yet, come seeit. Okay. It is the longest
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running murder mystery show in Manhattan.There's me as Bunny and Ralph Rocco.
Ralph Brocco is there as a vetoand it is like going to an Italian
wedding. Someone gets whacked. Youeat, you sing, you dance,
you drink, and you gotta figureit out. A lot of audience participation.
It's so much fun. So goto Murder by themob dot com.
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We're doing pretty much two shows everymonth up until I think August. So
just go to the website and whenyou come to the show, let me
know you're there. All right,So listen, I have a friend of
mine in the house from Stanton,Italy, all the way from Stanton,
Italy. He's a writer, director, actor, producer. My friend Omar
Moore is here with me. Hello, how you doing. I'm good.
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I better know what I call himdimples because he's gotten some great dimples.
But yeah, so thank you fortaking the ride. Thank you for I
appreciate I told you get here earlybecause then in Hitler's traffic on the belt
in the sunny state. Isn't paintingthe behind. But it's always nice to
have someone in person, you know, it's it's it's a lot nicer than
virtual. So I want everyone toget to know you because you're very talented.
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My friends somewhat go on, you'reso modest. So are you originally
from Satin Earlan? Where'd you growup? No? Actually I grew up
in Brooklyn, Okay, Brooklyn boyYes, yeah, yes, Brooklyn,
East, New York, Brownsville,Yes, rough neighborhoods okay, all right,
all right? And then you movedto the island of Stanton. No,
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actually I moved down south. Youdid out in New York for a
while. Yes, I used tolive in Savannah, Joegia. Yes,
beautiful, Yes I lived. Butmost of your schooling was up here?
Yes, so, middle school,elementary, high school, everything was here.
Okay? So why you were inschool? Like, were you part
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of the arts or were you partof the athletics? Where did your wheelhouse
land in school? The funny partwas that in school I was mostly into
football, basketball, all the sportsstuff. So you played like most of
them, right, yeah? Athletes? Yeah, I was always fascinated though
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with you know, the acting andmusic they put on shows in school,
and forrest, you never like dabbled. It's funny because I thought they were
the nerves then, because I wasa job, you know. But little
did I know that I was gonnayou know, yeah, because I know
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in my high school the jocks actuallyone year participated in what we call sing
one of the sing shows, andI have to say they did pretty good
because because they are athletic and flexible, they were able to do some of
the moves. Yes, hidden talent. Speaking about moves, let's talk about
your moves, okay, because thisman can dance. Okay. You do
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many forms of dancing. You cando ballroom, break dancing, freestyle,
disco was my back in the day. Disco girl, you do hip hop,
jazz, wine, dancing, poplocking. I can't do that.
I wish I can salsa, swing, Hello, go and tap. Now
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you know you're talking to a girlwho took like fourteen years of tap dancing
lessons. I love tap, Yes, I love it. And my dream
was to like tap dance with GregoryHines before I die. Oh yeah,
but unfortunately he passed and I'm notgoing to get that opportunity, but yes,
I could hoof it. Listen,I was the one that was the
bottle caps under the shoes and youknow, trying to get my tap.
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Yes, yes, did you havea favorite edt of all that? Because
like me, it's tap. Ilove to make noise. H. I
would have to say the swing,Yeah, yeah, I love the energeticness
of it. Yeah, the swing. And I would say the tango as
well, because it's so romantic andsexy, you know. Yeah, So
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I would have to say, now, I know you did this, but
did you did you do any kindof competing? No? No, I
mean I've learned, you know.So it's nice that you have like a
you know, like a plethora ofdifferent various answers in your back pocket.
Yeah. Well, growing up,I mean, especially where I was at,
you know, you learned all thesedifferent styles from dance classes to uh
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watching other people do it, andyou know you pick it up, you
pick it up very quickly. Yeah, yeah, your fast. Okay,
So what came first? Checking inthe egg, the acting, the directing,
the writing, what came first?It was actually the acting really yeah.
Uh, you know my mother wasa writer, Okay, and thats
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a lot it always was in me, but I didn't have the confidence yet,
and I always was more fascinated withthe acting aspect. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. So I remember doing aplay by a woman named Nellie King,
and she gave me a part ofa Jamaican derlic and I remember the
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first time going on stage. Itwas a pas tous of five hundred people
in there. Wow. And Igotta tell you, it was funny and
it was crazy because I played oppositeof U, this other woman who she
was a seasoned actress. But whenwe were going out there, her hands
was sweaty, like she had boughtwater into it. And when I knew
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that this was for me is whenshe jumped to her last line when she's
supposed to open the door and greetme, and she jumped to her last
line Wow. And I swear myeyes were like, I was like,
oh my god. Now the improvcomes in. You're like, okay,
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now what do I do because there'sso much backpedaling in that, you know.
That's when I found out that thiswas for me, because she,
I mean, I was so calmabout it, and I just threw her
lines that her back, Oh that'sgreat. And then we settled down and
got through it. When we gotoff the stage, I told her otherwise.
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I was like, don't you everdo ye mean to? But you
know, sometimes your nerves get thebest of you and you're like you could
skip jump, forget. I mean, it happens, But that was a
great recovery. He listen, likeI said. That's when I knew this
is for me. You know,theater. Theater was your first. Absolutely,
I love the theater. The theater. I love the theater. Now
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I see why so many actors theygo back, yes to theater. That's
when I started too. Yes,it's nothing like it, yes, nothing
like to enhance. It enhances yourskills and your ability to be able to
jump into lines. Yeah. Yeah, Well, speaking about theater, I
want to talk about what you didthis past weekend because we have a post
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of promises you did. You justdid this past weekend Gladys Coming play called
Promises we Can't Keep, And Ithink that's the second there it is promises
we can't keep. Just keep thatup a second. So this was a
play that was in Connecticut this pastweekend. You did Friday, you did
one show, Saturday, you didtwo shows. Now, when was The
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last time you actually did a playwas on stage I would say about five
or six years ago, right beforeCOVID, And it was a play of
mine that I had wrote dedicating tomy mother, called Back in the Days,
And that was the last time.But when Gladys called me and asked
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me would I come in and playeda part? I was like, yes,
I said definitely, because I haddone something with her about ten years
ago. A place she had donewas that the very very very first place
she ever did called Prayers Changed Thing. Yes, Yes, years ago,
Yes, And it was amazing.It was amazing. She writes very spiritual.
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Yes, God, it's more likea gospel, like a gospel play,
you know. And you and andher I know. Her thing is
to leave the theater very uplifted andenlightened. You know what I'm saying.
So it was amazing. And Itell you the singers and it was Lisa
Bellamy event early uh to Seanna Perry. The singers. The girls were amazing.
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I mean, I mean the otheractors. I brought two of my
fellow New York Gers. I've broughtthe Jamie and Kevin a come and with
me up there, and they hadthe talented mother Charlene Perry, and we
went out there and showed out andthe audience was amazed. It was a
great, great, great weekend.Now, when you did the first play
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with her, Prayers changed things.Did you tour with the Yes? Actually
we went to like, yeah,two or three different locations, and she's
hoping to do it with this aswell. Yes. She already actually called
me and was like yes, She'slike, I'm looking to do more stuff.
So I said, yeah, wellget to me early. So I
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can't what theater was that in Connecticutbecause I want to give it a shout
out. It was music back then. It was MBT in Connecticut, Yes,
which is a nice, beautiful andyou said it's like two hundred people.
Yeah, it's a nice it's anice venue. So how nevers were
you on Friday? You know what, I wasn't nervous because you know,
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I actually helped with directing it andeverything, so you know what theater and
stage is like a calm place forme, you know, so I'm more
like getting everybody else ready and gettingthem positions and everything, and then you
know, I just walk out thereand do what I do. Yeah,
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So it was a great weekend.You had a great turnout. It was
a great play I heard. I'msorry I couldn't get there, but I
heard wonderful things about it, andI'm hoping, you know, she does
other shows. I'd love to comesee it. Oh, absolutely absolutely,
And I have to give a quickshout to my makeup artist, Crystal traveled
all the way out there, youknow, the cave and support us.
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She took a bunch of video andpictures. So it was nice. It
was nice. That's great. No, it's really it's there's nothing like like
you said, there's nothing like livetheater. This isn't, this isn't.
It's that it's that gratification that youget, like on the spot, you
know, and you know, youknow you're doing it, and hey,
listen and that crowd, we'll talkback to you and let you know.
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Yeah, so cool. All right, so listen again, write director,
actor, producer more with omar whenwe get back. We'll be back right
after this. Don't go away,stay right there. Wonder Woman was everything
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to little girls, especially that lookedlike me. She stands for being a
voice for people that need a voice. My organization renovates homes for people with
disabilities and when I come home aself care routine makes me feel my best.
I'm very proud of the difference thatwe're making. It. To see
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that impact in my community inspires meto work even harder for everyone around me.
All right, is everybody having agood time? That's what I thought.
All right, So we are liveParadise Studios, New York to keep
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yourself around with flus coming out toHi. Well, hi there, Teresa.
It's jian Yorke from General Hospital.I am just checking in because apparently
you have a great talk show calledTea Time on Strong Island TV. I
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want you to have continued great successand have a lot of fun. It
sounds like you're having a lot offun, and that's pretty much the key
to everything, isn't it. Socontinued success I'm proud of you. Have
a great day, Teresa. Bye, Hey everybody, welcome back to Tea
Time. Let's give some shout outsto Michael Norton and John's watching. I
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think he's in Stanton Island, Bruno. I'm sure Greg de Philippo's watching.
Thank you everyone for watching my show. Please like it, please share it.
I'm with Oman Moore. He isnot only a writer director. He
does everything, he acts, heproduces. The man does everything. And
you know, we're talking about hiscareer, how he started acting and on
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the stage, because there's nothing likelive theater. And so when you said
you wrote a play, the firstplay you had written, you said was
about your mom, About your mom. No, actually, actually that was
the first musical, the first musicI ever wrote. Yeah, wow,
Yeah, so you wrote songs too, well. I didn't write all the
songs. I had a little helpdoing it. Yeah, But the storyline
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and everything I wrote was for youknow, my mother loved the fifties area,
the fifties, and I wrote abouta young lady who was very talented
in singing, and her mother wasa past singer and tries to warn her
about the industry and you know,all the dangers of it. But as
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you know today, children are verycocky and stuff, so he doesn't listen
to her. In an argument withher mother, she falls and hit her
head, and when she wakes up, she's back in the days where Edda,
James, Frank Sinatra, all thesebig time singers, and she finds
out very quickly that they don't giveup. The other spot in the long
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light to just everyone. So ohyeah, I love it. Okay,
So let's talk about your career inthe movie industry and we'll pivot a little
bit, because what was the firstthing you did? I have here.
You did Whatever it Takes the movieWhen Blood Runs Cold. You directed it,
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you acted in it, you producedit, you wrote it. But
is there anything that you did beforethat that I do not have, because
let's face it, there's a lotof things that I know you did that
I don't have. No, no, no. I mean my actual first
movie role was Whatever it Takes thatI would zone it was, you know,
my hands were in everything, yes, along with a Sean What is
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it to wear that many hats?Though? I mean like I act,
I show up, I act.I did write a short film which I'm
hoping to film one day, butI don't know. It's juggling, juggling.
It's a lot. It's a lot, and it's still a learning process
for me going through everything and tryingto learn all the different dynamics of it.
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And I have to say that Ihave a very good team of people
that I'm working with, and youknow JV JV. He come on the
show him and Don has been teachingme a lot about behind the scenes and
things that I need to learn,stuff that you need to do. And
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you know what the thing is isthat you have to want to be open
to learning and not have an attitudeabout it by oh, who this person
think they are? You know,telling me this and that, but don't
have tunnels, right. Yeah,And you know I've learned a lot going
forth and it just helps me bemore creative going forward. You're extremely creative,
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man, you really really are.As a matter of fact. Twenty
twenty one, you did COVID stories, yes, and that The Way We
Were was one of them. Youhad How many episodes did you do?
I did six episodes? You didsix? Yes. One was with your
friend Stax, Yes, Clicerio,who I had one weeks ago, Love
Her, Love Us, Love Stacksthat you wrote it again, directed it,
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Yes, and it was just againI you know, as a comic,
I was like, you know,during COVID either there were going to
be a lot of pregnancies or alot of divorces, you know what I'm
saying. And you took it tothe next level and you were showing different
scenarios. I watched the one withstacks her being the single mom with the
daughter and the husband passing and tryingto hang out with somebody new. And
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you know, and what I love, What I love about your writing is
that it's so authentic and it's Ithink, something that everyone can relate to.
Do you know what I'm saying thatI try to write from every angle,
yes where you know, whether it'sa child, whether it's a woman,
whether it's a man, everything thateverybody can relate to and whatever scenarios.
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Right, And speaking about children again, another shout out to you because
obviously we in the acting entertainment worldneed something to supplement our work when we're
not working to pay the bills.And I want to thank you as a
special education teacher because it takes avery special person to work with children with
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special needs. It's not an easyjob. A lot of my friends do
it and it's very very challenging.So kudos to you, my friend for
thank you for doing that for manymany, many many years, many many
many years. He's studying. Ohyeah, coming to an end now.
But but COVID Stories was again.You You also keep very current and when
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there's something going on, you're likethe first one jumping to the front of
the line and trying to get itout there before anyone else. Yeah,
you know, I'm saying, andyou and I have discussed some topic thing.
I just go of this. Ijust said of that, and I'm
like, Okay, great, let'sdo it. Let's just do it because
you got to. You gotta getthere before someone else does. And that's
that's how it works. Twenty twentyone, you did No is not now?
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Is not the time? Now?Is not the time? Is it
now? Now? It is notall the time? Which was a short
you actually acted and wrote it,wrote it. Yeah, that was No,
No, it is not the time? Is it nowhere? Now?
I don't know I put both.That was twenty twenty one, but you
wrote it, you acted in it. Twenty twenty two Love is Love,
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Yes, which was a short Youalso co wrote that and directed. It
was directed by Alex Hugo right.No, that was actually by what is
Which one was? Which one didAlex direct? You know? I thought
it was that one. No,Now It's not the time? That was
Jermaine Smith, Okay, And Loveis Love was Lord of Spizio, got
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it? Got it? Yes?Okay? Cool? And then that brings
you to Paper, Paper People,Paper right to the top. That is
his TV series. This is like, this is like leave it up there,
please, This is a drama.I know I brought a little yuma
to it, but this is almostlike power book, right, It's almost
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it's almost like a power book.And this you started a while ago.
I know we filmed this two yearsalready. I mean I would say even
three, Yeah, you know thatlong already. But Paper is great.
Thank you, thank you for that. And I don't know how we I
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think you contacted me on Facebook andwe were friends on Facebook. You contacted
me. You said, hey,I'd like you to play the secretary in
Paper, and you know, youlike, I think we need a lot
of comic relief. And you hada little twist to it. And I
remember the scene that I did,and all I remember is you yelling cut
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and everyone's cracking up. And thenthe girl that I put opposite she's like,
I'm biting the inside of my cheeks. I don't land you should be
a maze I should, but itwas, it was, It was great.
It was a great experience. Everyoneeveryone. John was on set that
day, John Watch. John wason set that day and I think it
was on set that day with me. I'm not too sure, but there
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were a lot of people there.Stax was there, even though I can't
remember her being there because there wereso many people there. But it's a
great series. Tell me, telleverybody what awards that show has waked us.
We have. Let's see, we'vewon Best TV Series and Slash Pilot
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right and two film festivals. Yeah, best Ensemble and it was something.
Oh yes, how could the youngtalented Kevin Ben score me one best actor?
Such a talented brother, Yeah,such a talented brother. Yes,
it's a great I think what Ilove about you too, is that you
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know how to cast you really do. I mean you really, I mean
you know who needs to play,what, what parts they do, and
you're you're pretty chill. You're prettychill on the set, which is nice.
And you make it a very relaxedset. You know, there's nothing
that's tense about it. And Ithink that's what makes us all relax and
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then try to put our best outthere. For you, Yeah, I
mean you you pretty much know whenyou hear someone reading the lines and stuff
like that, if they fit,and as other directors out there know,
it's a certain look whatever the partis, the way that person presents it
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and everything like that. So youknow, it helps a lot too when
you know people and you've worked withthem before, So yeah, what to
expect from them, what they bringto the table, right, You know
how it works that kind of thing. You know, obviously you want someone
that's dependable, comes from payed,you know, and then it's nice when
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you build a rapport and you wantto work with those people again. Absolutely.
Yeah. As a matter of fact, I got a call from Alma
saying, girl, I'm writing thisthing called Me and My Nuts, and
I got you in mind to playthe secretary. And I have to say,
we're gonna take my next break andwhen we come back, we're gonna
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talk about Me and my Nuts.So don't go away, people, We'll
be back after this wonder woman waseverything to little girls, especially that looked
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like me. She stands for beinga voice for people that need a voice.
My organization renovates homes for people withdisabilities, and when I come home
a self care routine makes me feelmy best. I'm very proud of the
difference that we're making and to seethat impact in my community inspires me to
(26:34):
work even harder for everyone around me. Hi, I'm Georgia Rose, founder
of Zankuda. You can watch meon the Soul Space podcast every Friday at
noon on Channel twenty for spiritual guidance. And as you all know, that
is how I first opened into myown psychic gifts was through the angelic realm
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astrology. And so we've got Marsand the Sun together in Scorpio creates a
lot of combustion in the astrological world. We call it a Kazini and taro
with the four cups right tied up. It means we have a lot of
choices to make, and we're notlooking at what's really being divinely given to
us. We're too busy in thebusyness of the choices to really see the
divine intervention and divine timing. Andfind guy where the place? Watch the
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whole Space podcast. I ain't doingSouth the Voice Valent today. Why are
you watching me? You should bewatching Teresa Kindistracy tee Time with Teresa kind
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of Stracy Farrell. It makes sureyou you follow Teresa on Facebook. Tee
Time with Teresa Kinda Stracy far We'llsee you there say my name. Hey
everybody, welcome back to tea time. I'm so good you're joining me tonight
Craig's rot everyone's watching. Thank youeveryone for watching the show. I feel
the love people, I feel thelove. And now we're gonna talk about
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Me and my Nuts because oh thereit is cast. That's the first that's
actually for the first episode. Wefilmed actually two episodes, and we are
going to be filming number three sometimemaybe in June. You're already halfway through
four. This man is just amachine. Okay, He's just gonna keep
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going, keep going, keep going. But Omar called me up and he
said, I wrote this thing Meand My Nuts with you and mind playing
the secretary Wanda, and I wantto thank you in front of everybody for
Wanda because she is hysterical. Icouldn't see anyone else playing this role,
so I already knew when I waswriting it. In mind, I was
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like, I already know who's playingthis. Well, I thank you,
my friends. But we have aokay. So we had a red carpet
premiere in State in Italy. Therethey are Staten Island. Now if you
notice, keep that up, please, If you know Wanda me. I'm
missing from that. So let mejust explain what happened. Thank you.
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Let me explain what happened. Thatwas a couple of weeks ago, and
I just got back from Florida late, late, late late on a Tuesday.
And that was the following day,Wednesday. And everything was fine.
I was fine, Everything was good. And I put on this beautiful black
gown and I drove two hours toStaaten Island and I got there two hours
early. I got there at fiveo'clock because the red carpet was at seven
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and then the show was at seventhirty and we showed episodes one and two,
and I just didn't I knew Iwas tired, but I just didn't
feel right. So I excused myselfafter I went to the lady's room,
and then I came back out andI said, I gotta go back.
I went back to the lady's room. Well, needless to say, I
ended up in the er and Iwas dehydrated and I had a horrible stomach
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virus that caused something to blink inmy system down there, and yeah,
and Omar came to the ambulance andI was taken away and I was so
upset. As they're pushing me onthe way out, I'm like, wait,
wait, can we stop in frontof the poster so I could take
a picture because I was here,I have no proof that I was there.
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And the EMS guy's like, no, we gotta get you in the
ambulance. In the meantime, I'msitting on the sidewalk and they're like,
we can't put you in until yougive a shirt assurance inf I was like,
you know, I'm gonna have takena picture in front of the poster.
But anyway, needless to say,Omar kept texting me and checking on
me, and after blood and urineand a cat scan with a contrast and
(30:41):
two bags of fluid and everything else, he kept texting me, are you
okay? And I'm like, I'mwaiting for results and waiting for results,
and the sweetest thing anyone has everdone for me this man. Seriously,
I get it here for clemped becausehe got me on the phone and he
put me on speaker and he said, the audience wants to tell you what
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they thought of your performance as Wanda, And they were hooting and hollering and
shouting and screaming and clapping and Igot so emotional because it meant the world
to be for you to do that, because I was so pissed off that
I missed this stand from here becauseI looked good. I look when I
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left. I felt so bad foryou, and I was like, you
know, and I could not believethat this woman was in the hospital.
She's like, maybe I can getout and get back there, and I
was like, Teresa, relaxed,Okay, maybe I can get I know
I want to, but I technicallyI can't. They wanted to actually keep
me overnight, and I said,listen, I don't live on Staten Island.
I live on Long Island, andI need to get back home.
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But you know, needless to say, I'm all fine, everything's good.
I'll lost three pounds, which wasgreat. But obviously the audience loved it.
Loved episode one, loved episode two. We did show Episode one at
Cinema on the Sound in City Island, Old. They laughed the whole time.
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Shout out to Jerry Landy as matterof fact, this Saturday, shout
out if you're not doing anything.Cinema on the Sound, seven o'clock this
Saturday, the twenty seventh, Jerryshowing his short film that I did I'm
in called Joey. So maybe youguys, if you're not doing anything,
come on out, put up thepicture of Omar and I that is on
set. That's episode two, myfriends, Yes, that is okay,
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that's episode two, and thank you. And I have to say though,
I mean it's hysterical, it's funny. The man writes funny, and as
a comic, I appreciate that.Hey, it's hard getting through the shoots.
It is so hard. JV makesit so difficult because you never know
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what he's going to do. Youdon't, you don't. And there was
a there was a time when there'sone line because there's one line that I
throw to Albania, you know whereshe needs a bigger job, like keep
it, and I'm like, okay, yeah, shout out to like he
angry guy in June r O C. D person you know, and shout
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out to all you guys. Sobasically it's about a doctor who loses a
bet and he has to take onfive new patients right O C. D
Anger Management, sex addict, andsplit personality, which is played by om
He does an amazing job, amazingjob. He does an amazing job.
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You really really do. And andeveryone everyone, everyone told me that who
did see it. This was submittedin different festivals. So we are hoping
that you can see it on LongIsland towards the summer. But it's going
to be in a number of festivalsand we'll keep everyone posted as to where
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that's going to be. But telleveryone what what, Yes, I have
been waiting to say that. Imean, we have been doing our thing
in the awards and the festivals.Uh, we don't want Best Pilot,
Best Film. Uh. We wonBest Actress by no other than and Best
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a Director for JV. Yes,I was so happy for that's amazing,
amazing. That's the time I've everwanted actually anything, So I'm excited about
it. Yes, and we were, but we didn't win Best Ensemble.
We wut of the four. Hello, that's not too shabby, absolutely,
you know. And like I said, everyone who sees it, it's getting
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it's just getting great reviews. Itreally is, it really is. And
that was the New Jersey. Youput that up. The New Jersey was
New Jersey jer film. There itis New Jersey Film Awards. That's what
we want. And it really wasan honor to even be nominated and to
win, because you text me inthe morning, You're like, how you
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want what? I was in?Shock? Really really? But I love
playing Wanda. She's an amazing character. She's sassy, she's she's feisty,
she tries to keep look she's she'sthe doctor's right hand girl, and she
tries to keep him in line whenevershe can. But he's not such a
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good influence on him either, youknow what I mean. So you know,
but it's it is, it's somuch wrong. But we're going to
keep everybody you know updated. Asmatter of fact, you can find Omar
on Facebook, Omar more and andon insta It's the Paper Underscore series on
Instagram and that's basically. And thenI'll post something, he'll post something,
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We'll share it because you need tosee me in my nuts. Everyone needs
to see me. We're trying toget a buzz about it. We're trying
to get it, you know.We want to obviously try to get it
mainstream, whether it's on B E, T or FX or Stars. You
know, they're not even ready forepisode three, they're not even ready for
it. She's going to bring itand this is just getting every episode is
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just getting better and better. Andthree, let me tell you something.
He's bringing on two more patients.And again I'm reading this, and we
have rehearsal twice a week Wednesday nightsand Sunday nights, and it's hard to
get through because we're all cracking up, and we have a bliss on Saturday
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because that's what we end up doingexactly. It's just too much fun.
Yes, and you know, listen, my job is getting everything written and
getting all the characters together. Andyou know, I have to give another
shout out to JV because he's beenhelping me. He's directing it and I'm
like just co directing kids. Butas guy is so talented because he's not
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just directing, he's playing Doctor Wieneras well, playing the major part.
And him and Don are the filmcompany as well. Yes, shout outs
to create a flow because they are. Yeah, they do an amazing job
on the editing and everything like that. So you know, more hands in
the pot to help makes it allcome out nice. Now, you you
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have you started more than music?Yes, when did you start that?
I started that? I would sayabout twelve to fifteen years ago. Yeah,
I wanted to have something on myown. Yes, and I like
it. I like it because it'smy last name. Yeah, you play
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on the words you know your lastname, and then it is more the
music, right, it's more thanI'm just gabble and everything. So I
like that a lot. And thenthe Deja Vu film distribution and you connected
with them at all. They areactually supposed to be the ones getting paper
on two B okay, all right, so it should be coming soon and
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also on fobu so okay, allright, keep our fingers crossed, keep
everything for us, Yes, absolutely, yes, shout out for paper,
everybody involved in paper. Seriously.I mean you got two hits on your
hand. My friends and I gotother stuff keeping with stories. Yes,
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no, it's really really really cool. But you also do Okay, I
was gonna say, we don't needto take my last break yet another couple
of minutes. But you also havealso touched upon obviously comedic comedic comedic acting.
You also do. You also arean impressionist. You do really who
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you now somewhat? I do itprivately, okay, but I do a
lot of different things. You do. You know what, Remember remember the
characters, remember the show Living Colors. Yes, I loving Living Color you
can, so, I do alot of differentations, do a lot of
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those characters. Yeah, And whichone was your favor on that show?
Oh my god, it was somany and it's so funny. I was
watching the interview the other day andthey were talking about Fireman Bill and it's
about the one one and what wasit? The guy? Uh, the
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the two gay guys. Oh yes, yes, yes, just hysterical.
Yes, it was just so many. They were kicking Saturday night. Oh
my god, they were, theywere. You couldn't you couldn't compare it
was. I used to set acloude to wait for that to come on
because it was hysterical and there wasso many people that got their breaks from
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them. Yeah, j Lo asa dancer, Jim Carrey, the Wayne's,
Tommy Grid. So many people gottheir break from that. So it
was just a great show. Youalso just did some voiceover, some voiceover
working just a little bit, yeah, just a little bit. Yeah.
And yes, I used to hosta lot of different shows, from fashion
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shows to you know, talent shows, you know, growing up, and
that's what actually broke me out ofyou know, my fear of being on
stage because I remember the very firsttime someone was having a talent show and
it was at that theater. Itwas like four hundred and something people in
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that theater, and the Coast nevershowed up. So someone came to me
and was like, YO, wouldyou mind going out there and hosting the
show? And I was like okay. I just took it like it was.
I was like, okay, Itook it. Well, that's how
you have to do. You haveto jump in the bed. And I
jumped out there and when it wasover, everybody was like, you know,
because I was doing all kinds ofthings to keep their audience going and
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stuff like that. And when itwas over, people were like, how
long have you been doing that?And I was like, uh, my
first first time. So that reallythat's just professionalism, you know. It's
like taking the bull by the horns. It's like the first time the first
time I actually did Murdered by theMob, I had this these bunch of
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women come up to you like,oh my god, you were fantastic,
You're wonderful. I'm like, youwant to know a secret, like what
I go? This was my firstshow and they're like whoa, whoa yeah,
and it's not. It's just nice. It's a great feeling. Take
the time out to tell you howmuch they appreciate your work. That's like,
that's like golden. It's just awesome. Hey, you know what's golden?
I gotta take my last break.But more with Omar, more with
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more, more with mister Moore,More with Oma more so guy back after
this wonder woman was everything to littlegirls, especially that looked like me.
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She stands for being a voice forpeople that need a voice. My organization
renovates homes for people with disabilities,and when I come home a self care
routine makes me feel my best.I'm very proud of the difference that we're
making, and to see that impactin my community inspires me to work even
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harder for everyone around me. Hey, everybody, it's Teresa from teen Times.
What's my show about? I interviewpeople in the entertainment industry, producers,
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at ten am on Channel twenty onOptimum TV. So tune in because it's
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Teresa Barrow? And who you know? Tera Barrow? And bad Boy.
(43:30):
Terresa Farrow got the radio, TeresaFarrow. Who's your favor Gina?
Teresa Farrow? Right now, TeresaFarrow? All right, I love you,
love your story. Hey, everybody, welcome back to tea Time.
I'm so glad you're joining me tonightbecause my friend Omar More is an house
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he's an actor, he's a writer, he's a director, he's a producer.
He does it all. So tellme. Because we were talking about
Me and My Nuts, which islike the hottest, the hot test,
funniest TV series out there, Okay, and we are going to try to
put it on as many platforms aswe can because everyone needs to see this.
We all need some comic relief.Yes, so tell me how did
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you come up with Me and MyNuts? And how do you come up
with most of your Well, whenI tell people this, they look at
me in amazement because I tell themthat it's sent to me in a dream.
And wow, I keep books everywherein the house. Yeah, everywhere.
I mean, my lady can tellyou I keep books everywhere because it
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down before you forget it. Letme tell you, I am always if
it's two o'clock in the morning,it's like God won't let me go to
sleep until I get up and startwriting it. Wow, And it's like
nudging me and like get up,all right, put this down before you
forget it. So I get upand I start writing. Whether it's two,
three, four o'clock in the morning, I get up and start writing.
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It's starting it. And then whenI get up, I start finishing
up, outlining it, putting itdown. And I tell you, it's
so detailed. That's the crazy partabout it. It's so detailed when it
comes to me and I can havelike two or three projects in mind that
I want to do right now,and then he'll push something else. Because
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this happened with a play that Idid, what If, and I was
I had something else in mind todo it, and then he pushed this
thought of this play called what Ifinto my head and I couldn't stop writing
it, so I had to getit all out before I could move on
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to anything else. So you know, it's a God given gift, and
it is. It really is.And you again me and my nuts is
there are nuts, actually edible nuts. That is symbolic in the show.
And mental health is not something weare making fun of. I'm and at
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the end of the show we doput up a hotline for mental health,
so it is also caring about thatcommunity as well. Right, Is that
very important? Right? I'm soglad you said that, because the first
thing I thought of was that,I know people want to think that,
you know, oh, he's makingfun of mental illness, but I'm not,
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because as you can see that,the doctor comes with cures that are
legitimately able to work on a patient, on each patient. So yes,
yeah, it's important. So tellme, do you see yourself doing anything
with the theater in the future.Absolutely. So. I have two plays
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that actually Gladys Cummings want me tobring out to Connecticut. One is Back
in the Days where we talked aboutand Secret Confessions. Secret Confessions is a
play that I loved doing shout outto Tanisa Pierson is a play about a
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woman abusing her husband. M ithappens, and it happened listen. I've
never personally done it. I haven'tbeen it, but I remember doing it
and Yonkers at a festival for plays, and after the show I had three
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guys come up to me. Onewas about six two, the other one
six' five and the other onewas about six feet tall, six better.
They told me that they can laughat this now, but they lived
through it. Wow. And Iwas blown away when they said that.
I was like what and they waslike yeah yeah. There was like I
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can relate to this because look atme. I can't go to the police
and they can't even raise their handto defend themselves because the woman they were
with was like for anyone vertically challenged. And they were like, you know,
I would get laughed at by myfriends if I said anything more.
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If I went to the police,the cops will look at me and be
like, yes, are you kiddingme? It's embarrassing, but it happens.
It does happen. There are menout there that are very abused,
whether it's physically, verbally, mentally. It doesn't just happen to women.
No, it happens to men morethan people think it does. Yeah.
It's almost like a silent abusive situation. And it starts out just like any
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other situation. It starts off verballyand then it goes to physical. Yeah.
Yeah, wow. So that issecret confession, secret confession. So
that's already done. Oh, it'swritten over it. We've done it several
times bringing it back. Yeah,I'm bringing it back with a new cast.
And it's so funny that you saidthat, because I was actually thinking
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about you and one of the wellyou know, I'm damn for live theater,
kidding, and I've never actually I'veonly performed stands up once or twice
in Connecticut. So I love toI got family there I could put behind
behind that. Yeah, I coulddo that for you, glad I mean
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Glad to Gladys right, Hello,So when are you thinking about bringing that
back there? Because you got alot on your plate right now. I
know, Well, we would haveto start, we heard sing, and
so it probably wouldn't be until before. It's not a comedy, Oh no,
it's not. It's it's some comedyin it. There's a little relief
you gotta throw a little comic.Yeah, but yes, it's definitely more
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of like drama, and it reallyhits people. And I sometimes I worried
about I had to do the samething I did with me and my nut
as like a disclaim at the end, because I don't want people to be
dramatic from it from who suffered,you know, through the same situation.
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But it hits home. Oh,Yeah, it really hits a lot of
people. So who's who's actually livedthrough it? You know? So and
this and this came two years ago. Yeah, that came to me years
ago too. That and when theyhad a crazy part is. I wrote
that in a week. Wow,in a week because it just kept pouring.
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And how long is the it's about? I would say maybe hour forty
five minutes? Wow? You dointis with that? Yeah, because you
had an intimission this weekend like youdidion. I actually ay you feeling indimission.
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But that's nice, especially when youknow it worked before you know it's
gonna work again. Yes after Ohplease, let me tell you I actually
played the husband that gets beat upand Tanisha Ferry, I mean person Tisia,
she plays the wife and she's aboutyour height. Okay, she verted
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me challenge on top too, soshe's a little spitfire as well. And
let me tell you, I waslike, look because I remember a funny
story that well her husband used totell her, you know, he called
me. He was like, ohma, listen, I think Tanisha is
liking this road a little too much, all right, because she is really
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into this thing. Yeah, letme tell you on stage, she gets
a little too into it. Iused to be like, okay, Tenisa,
hold back, all right, allright with the hitting the stuff.
Yeah yeah, yeah, but youknow it's all in love and everything,
and it's just to create that atmosphereto let people, you know, make
it. But you do, youdo want people to be in that moment,
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live it with you. Yes,it's it's it's it's it's it's.
Oh. We could tell because theaudience, you know, the guys,
they were getting frustrated because they're like, how you letting this little woman beat
you. I'm like, listen,it happens. It does, happens,
It does, And I think youknow, it's a subject that's not touched
upon, and kudos feel to youfor doing that because it needs to be
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needs to be put out there.You know, there are a lot of
topics out there today. You know, we have this woke society and everybody's
everybody's so sensitive and you know,and as a comic, as a performer,
you know, like I said manytimes on my show, we go
out there to make jokes to makepeople laugh. We don't do anything maliciously
with you know, bad intentions,and you know, some people. I'm
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sorry for you. Guys. Theyget a little twisted, you know,
they get a little twisted, andit's like, you know, people,
you come into a comedy club.We try to make people laugh. And
you know, I don't talk aboutI call it well, I don't do
politics or religion. Those are thetwo things I stay await from. I
don't need to discuss either one.And people have lost friendships over forty years
over it, which is crazy withinitself. But you know, there are
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some topics that need to be touchedupon. So, like I said,
kudos for you for doing that,and I'm looking forward to Secret Confessions absolutely
awesome. Yeah, so again we'regonna start filming Me and My Nuts episode
three. But again, everybody checkout Omar Omar more on Facebook and it's
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Paper the Paper Underscore series on Instagram. He's gonna post stuff. I'm gonna
post stuff. I think we showedeverything else, right, I think we
showed everything there. So listen,I have one minute left. Okay,
First of all, before you putthat up, thank you my friend for
doing this for me. Thank you. I love you. I appreciate you.
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Say. Okay, So I'm closingmy show with a beautiful picture.
Thank you of Robert Mann. RobertMann was my very first mentor and my
very first teacher, dancing teacher.He owns Robert Mann Dance Center in Bayside,
Queens, and I was four yearsold when my mother put me on
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his stage and I stayed there forabout fourteen fifteen years all throughout high school.
So I was with Bob from thetime I was four up until seventeen,
eighteen years old. Bob passed awayat seventy nine. We had a
wonderful, beautiful service for him inBayside at Sacred Heart on Friday, and
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my beautiful friend Grace Gudotti Matranga sangthe service and it was a beautiful,
beautiful tribute to him, and myfriend Maria DeMarco was there and Bob.
I just want to say I missyou, I love you. I'll hope
you dancing up there and everybody else, thank you, Carmine, everybody else.
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I want to tell you thank youfor watching tea time. I appreciate
it. Remember tell everyone you loveyou love them, and I'll see you
next week. Chow. Everybody saygoodbye bye.
Good evening, and welcome to Teitime. Hey, everybody, welcome to Tea
(01:25):
Time. I'm so glad you're joiningme tonight. That's right. It is
a Monday night, eight o'clock.It is April twenty second, and I'm
gonna talk about one weekend, really, really really briefly. Friday, I
went to base, so i'd hungout there. I spent most of the
weekend auditioning. I sent in acouple of auditions and I'm learning lines.
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I have some scripts that people sentme, and I'm very blessed that I
booked three rolls for indie projects andI have to learn my lines. And
yesterday I was at my sister.We did like a slider night. We
had hamburgers and pulled pork and likeroast beef, and it was a slider
night and at my sister's and thenI came here. It's beautiful Paradise Studios.
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I joined the boys of Limo Talk, graz Ritchie and Bobby, and
it was just nice to be backafter a long time being away. And
I love the guys, and youknow, I always loved being there with
them. So shout out to LimoTalk and all the guys. All right,
listen. I also want to saythat Murdered by the Mob if you
haven't seen it yet, come seeit. Okay. It is the longest
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running murder mystery show in Manhattan.There's me as Bunny and Ralph Rocco.
Ralph Brocco is there as a vetoand it is like going to an Italian
wedding. Someone gets whacked. Youeat, you sing, you dance,
you drink, and you gotta figureit out. A lot of audience participation.
It's so much fun. So goto Murder by themob dot com.
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We're doing pretty much two shows everymonth up until I think August. So
just go to the website and whenyou come to the show, let me
know you're there. All right,So listen, I have a friend of
mine in the house from Stanton,Italy, all the way from Stanton,
Italy. He's a writer, director, actor, producer. My friend Omar
Moore is here with me. Hello, how you doing. I'm good.
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I better know what I call himdimples because he's gotten some great dimples.
But yeah, so thank you fortaking the ride. Thank you for I
appreciate I told you get here earlybecause then in Hitler's traffic on the belt
in the sunny state. Isn't paintingthe behind. But it's always nice to
have someone in person, you know, it's it's it's a lot nicer than
virtual. So I want everyone toget to know you because you're very talented.
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My friends somewhat go on, you'reso modest. So are you originally
from Satin Earlan? Where'd you growup? No? Actually I grew up
in Brooklyn, Okay, Brooklyn boyYes, yeah, yes, Brooklyn,
East, New York, Brownsville,Yes, rough neighborhoods okay, all right,
all right? And then you movedto the island of Stanton. No,
(04:08):
actually I moved down south. Youdid out in New York for a
while. Yes, I used tolive in Savannah, Joegia. Yes,
beautiful, Yes I lived. Butmost of your schooling was up here?
Yes, so, middle school,elementary, high school, everything was here.
Okay? So why you were inschool? Like, were you part
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of the arts or were you partof the athletics? Where did your wheelhouse
land in school? The funny partwas that in school I was mostly into
football, basketball, all the sportsstuff. So you played like most of
them, right, yeah? Athletes? Yeah, I was always fascinated though
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with you know, the acting andmusic they put on shows in school,
and forrest, you never like dabbled. It's funny because I thought they were
the nerves then, because I wasa job, you know. But little
did I know that I was gonnayou know, yeah, because I know
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in my high school the jocks actuallyone year participated in what we call sing
one of the sing shows, andI have to say they did pretty good
because because they are athletic and flexible, they were able to do some of
the moves. Yes, hidden talent. Speaking about moves, let's talk about
your moves, okay, because thisman can dance. Okay. You do
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many forms of dancing. You cando ballroom, break dancing, freestyle,
disco was my back in the day. Disco girl, you do hip hop,
jazz, wine, dancing, poplocking. I can't do that.
I wish I can salsa, swing, Hello, go and tap. Now
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you know you're talking to a girlwho took like fourteen years of tap dancing
lessons. I love tap, Yes, I love it. And my dream
was to like tap dance with GregoryHines before I die. Oh yeah,
but unfortunately he passed and I'm notgoing to get that opportunity, but yes,
I could hoof it. Listen,I was the one that was the
bottle caps under the shoes and youknow, trying to get my tap.
(06:24):
Yes, yes, did you havea favorite edt of all that? Because
like me, it's tap. Ilove to make noise. H. I
would have to say the swing,Yeah, yeah, I love the energeticness
of it. Yeah, the swing. And I would say the tango as
well, because it's so romantic andsexy, you know. Yeah, So
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I would have to say, now, I know you did this, but
did you did you do any kindof competing? No? No, I
mean I've learned, you know.So it's nice that you have like a
you know, like a plethora ofdifferent various answers in your back pocket.
Yeah. Well, growing up,I mean, especially where I was at,
you know, you learned all thesedifferent styles from dance classes to uh
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watching other people do it, andyou know you pick it up, you
pick it up very quickly. Yeah, yeah, your fast. Okay,
So what came first? Checking inthe egg, the acting, the directing,
the writing, what came first?It was actually the acting really yeah.
Uh, you know my mother wasa writer, Okay, and thats
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a lot it always was in me, but I didn't have the confidence yet,
and I always was more fascinated withthe acting aspect. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. So I remember doing aplay by a woman named Nellie King,
and she gave me a part ofa Jamaican derlic and I remember the
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first time going on stage. Itwas a pas tous of five hundred people
in there. Wow. And Igotta tell you, it was funny and
it was crazy because I played oppositeof U, this other woman who she
was a seasoned actress. But whenwe were going out there, her hands
was sweaty, like she had boughtwater into it. And when I knew
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that this was for me is whenshe jumped to her last line when she's
supposed to open the door and greetme, and she jumped to her last
line Wow. And I swear myeyes were like, I was like,
oh my god. Now the improvcomes in. You're like, okay,
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now what do I do because there'sso much backpedaling in that, you know.
That's when I found out that thiswas for me, because she,
I mean, I was so calmabout it, and I just threw her
lines that her back, Oh that'sgreat. And then we settled down and
got through it. When we gotoff the stage, I told her otherwise.
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I was like, don't you everdo ye mean to? But you
know, sometimes your nerves get thebest of you and you're like you could
skip jump, forget. I mean, it happens, But that was a
great recovery. He listen, likeI said. That's when I knew this
is for me. You know,theater. Theater was your first. Absolutely,
I love the theater. The theater. I love the theater. Now
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I see why so many actors theygo back, yes to theater. That's
when I started too. Yes,it's nothing like it, yes, nothing
like to enhance. It enhances yourskills and your ability to be able to
jump into lines. Yeah. Yeah, Well, speaking about theater, I
want to talk about what you didthis past weekend because we have a post
(09:54):
of promises you did. You justdid this past weekend Gladys Coming play called
Promises we Can't Keep, And Ithink that's the second there it is promises
we can't keep. Just keep thatup a second. So this was a
play that was in Connecticut this pastweekend. You did Friday, you did
one show, Saturday, you didtwo shows. Now, when was The
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last time you actually did a playwas on stage I would say about five
or six years ago, right beforeCOVID, And it was a play of
mine that I had wrote dedicating tomy mother, called Back in the Days,
And that was the last time.But when Gladys called me and asked
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me would I come in and playeda part? I was like, yes,
I said definitely, because I haddone something with her about ten years
ago. A place she had donewas that the very very very first place
she ever did called Prayers Changed Thing. Yes, Yes, years ago,
Yes, And it was amazing.It was amazing. She writes very spiritual.
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Yes, God, it's more likea gospel, like a gospel play,
you know. And you and andher I know. Her thing is
to leave the theater very uplifted andenlightened. You know what I'm saying.
So it was amazing. And Itell you the singers and it was Lisa
Bellamy event early uh to Seanna Perry. The singers. The girls were amazing.
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I mean, I mean the otheractors. I brought two of my
fellow New York Gers. I've broughtthe Jamie and Kevin a come and with
me up there, and they hadthe talented mother Charlene Perry, and we
went out there and showed out andthe audience was amazed. It was a
great, great, great weekend.Now, when you did the first play
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with her, Prayers changed things.Did you tour with the Yes? Actually
we went to like, yeah,two or three different locations, and she's
hoping to do it with this aswell. Yes. She already actually called
me and was like yes, She'slike, I'm looking to do more stuff.
So I said, yeah, wellget to me early. So I
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can't what theater was that in Connecticutbecause I want to give it a shout
out. It was music back then. It was MBT in Connecticut, Yes,
which is a nice, beautiful andyou said it's like two hundred people.
Yeah, it's a nice it's anice venue. So how nevers were
you on Friday? You know what, I wasn't nervous because you know,
(12:39):
I actually helped with directing it andeverything, so you know what theater and
stage is like a calm place forme, you know, so I'm more
like getting everybody else ready and gettingthem positions and everything, and then you
know, I just walk out thereand do what I do. Yeah,
(13:00):
So it was a great weekend.You had a great turnout. It was
a great play I heard. I'msorry I couldn't get there, but I
heard wonderful things about it, andI'm hoping, you know, she does
other shows. I'd love to comesee it. Oh, absolutely absolutely,
And I have to give a quickshout to my makeup artist, Crystal traveled
all the way out there, youknow, the cave and support us.
(13:22):
She took a bunch of video andpictures. So it was nice. It
was nice. That's great. No, it's really it's there's nothing like like
you said, there's nothing like livetheater. This isn't, this isn't.
It's that it's that gratification that youget, like on the spot, you
know, and you know, youknow you're doing it, and hey,
listen and that crowd, we'll talkback to you and let you know.
(13:45):
Yeah, so cool. All right, so listen again, write director,
actor, producer more with omar whenwe get back. We'll be back right
after this. Don't go away,stay right there. Wonder Woman was everything
(14:11):
to little girls, especially that lookedlike me. She stands for being a
voice for people that need a voice. My organization renovates homes for people with
disabilities and when I come home aself care routine makes me feel my best.
I'm very proud of the difference thatwe're making. It. To see
(14:33):
that impact in my community inspires meto work even harder for everyone around me.
All right, is everybody having agood time? That's what I thought.
All right, So we are liveParadise Studios, New York to keep
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yourself around with flus coming out toHi. Well, hi there, Teresa.
It's jian Yorke from General Hospital.I am just checking in because apparently
you have a great talk show calledTea Time on Strong Island TV. I
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want you to have continued great successand have a lot of fun. It
sounds like you're having a lot offun, and that's pretty much the key
to everything, isn't it. Socontinued success I'm proud of you. Have
a great day, Teresa. Bye, Hey everybody, welcome back to Tea
Time. Let's give some shout outsto Michael Norton and John's watching. I
(15:46):
think he's in Stanton Island, Bruno. I'm sure Greg de Philippo's watching.
Thank you everyone for watching my show. Please like it, please share it.
I'm with Oman Moore. He isnot only a writer director. He
does everything, he acts, heproduces. The man does everything. And
you know, we're talking about hiscareer, how he started acting and on
(16:10):
the stage, because there's nothing likelive theater. And so when you said
you wrote a play, the firstplay you had written, you said was
about your mom, About your mom. No, actually, actually that was
the first musical, the first musicI ever wrote. Yeah, wow,
Yeah, so you wrote songs too, well. I didn't write all the
songs. I had a little helpdoing it. Yeah, But the storyline
(16:33):
and everything I wrote was for youknow, my mother loved the fifties area,
the fifties, and I wrote abouta young lady who was very talented
in singing, and her mother wasa past singer and tries to warn her
about the industry and you know,all the dangers of it. But as
(16:55):
you know today, children are verycocky and stuff, so he doesn't listen
to her. In an argument withher mother, she falls and hit her
head, and when she wakes up, she's back in the days where Edda,
James, Frank Sinatra, all thesebig time singers, and she finds
out very quickly that they don't giveup. The other spot in the long
(17:19):
light to just everyone. So ohyeah, I love it. Okay,
So let's talk about your career inthe movie industry and we'll pivot a little
bit, because what was the firstthing you did? I have here.
You did Whatever it Takes the movieWhen Blood Runs Cold. You directed it,
(17:42):
you acted in it, you producedit, you wrote it. But
is there anything that you did beforethat that I do not have, because
let's face it, there's a lotof things that I know you did that
I don't have. No, no, no. I mean my actual first
movie role was Whatever it Takes thatI would zone it was, you know,
my hands were in everything, yes, along with a Sean What is
(18:06):
it to wear that many hats?Though? I mean like I act,
I show up, I act.I did write a short film which I'm
hoping to film one day, butI don't know. It's juggling, juggling.
It's a lot. It's a lot, and it's still a learning process
for me going through everything and tryingto learn all the different dynamics of it.
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And I have to say that Ihave a very good team of people
that I'm working with, and youknow JV JV. He come on the
show him and Don has been teachingme a lot about behind the scenes and
things that I need to learn,stuff that you need to do. And
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you know what the thing is isthat you have to want to be open
to learning and not have an attitudeabout it by oh, who this person
think they are? You know,telling me this and that, but don't
have tunnels, right. Yeah,And you know I've learned a lot going
forth and it just helps me bemore creative going forward. You're extremely creative,
(19:10):
man, you really really are.As a matter of fact. Twenty
twenty one, you did COVID stories, yes, and that The Way We
Were was one of them. Youhad How many episodes did you do?
I did six episodes? You didsix? Yes. One was with your
friend Stax, Yes, Clicerio,who I had one weeks ago, Love
Her, Love Us, Love Stacksthat you wrote it again, directed it,
(19:33):
Yes, and it was just againI you know, as a comic,
I was like, you know,during COVID either there were going to
be a lot of pregnancies or alot of divorces, you know what I'm
saying. And you took it tothe next level and you were showing different
scenarios. I watched the one withstacks her being the single mom with the
daughter and the husband passing and tryingto hang out with somebody new. And
(19:55):
you know, and what I love, What I love about your writing is
that it's so authentic and it's Ithink, something that everyone can relate to.
Do you know what I'm saying thatI try to write from every angle,
yes where you know, whether it'sa child, whether it's a woman,
whether it's a man, everything thateverybody can relate to and whatever scenarios.
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Right, And speaking about children again, another shout out to you because
obviously we in the acting entertainment worldneed something to supplement our work when we're
not working to pay the bills.And I want to thank you as a
special education teacher because it takes avery special person to work with children with
(20:41):
special needs. It's not an easyjob. A lot of my friends do
it and it's very very challenging.So kudos to you, my friend for
thank you for doing that for manymany, many many years, many many
many years. He's studying. Ohyeah, coming to an end now.
But but COVID Stories was again.You You also keep very current and when
(21:06):
there's something going on, you're likethe first one jumping to the front of
the line and trying to get itout there before anyone else. Yeah,
you know, I'm saying, andyou and I have discussed some topic thing.
I just go of this. Ijust said of that, and I'm
like, Okay, great, let'sdo it. Let's just do it because
you got to. You gotta getthere before someone else does. And that's
that's how it works. Twenty twentyone, you did No is not now?
(21:29):
Is not the time? Now?Is not the time? Is it
now? Now? It is notall the time? Which was a short
you actually acted and wrote it,wrote it. Yeah, that was No,
No, it is not the time? Is it nowhere? Now?
I don't know I put both.That was twenty twenty one, but you
wrote it, you acted in it. Twenty twenty two Love is Love,
(21:49):
Yes, which was a short Youalso co wrote that and directed. It
was directed by Alex Hugo right.No, that was actually by what is
Which one was? Which one didAlex direct? You know? I thought
it was that one. No,Now It's not the time? That was
Jermaine Smith, Okay, And Loveis Love was Lord of Spizio, got
(22:15):
it? Got it? Yes?Okay? Cool? And then that brings
you to Paper, Paper People,Paper right to the top. That is
his TV series. This is like, this is like leave it up there,
please, This is a drama.I know I brought a little yuma
to it, but this is almostlike power book, right, It's almost
(22:37):
it's almost like a power book.And this you started a while ago.
I know we filmed this two yearsalready. I mean I would say even
three, Yeah, you know thatlong already. But Paper is great.
Thank you, thank you for that. And I don't know how we I
(23:03):
think you contacted me on Facebook andwe were friends on Facebook. You contacted
me. You said, hey,I'd like you to play the secretary in
Paper, and you know, youlike, I think we need a lot
of comic relief. And you hada little twist to it. And I
remember the scene that I did,and all I remember is you yelling cut
(23:25):
and everyone's cracking up. And thenthe girl that I put opposite she's like,
I'm biting the inside of my cheeks. I don't land you should be
a maze I should, but itwas, it was, It was great.
It was a great experience. Everyoneeveryone. John was on set that
day, John Watch. John wason set that day and I think it
was on set that day with me. I'm not too sure, but there
(23:45):
were a lot of people there.Stax was there, even though I can't
remember her being there because there wereso many people there. But it's a
great series. Tell me, telleverybody what awards that show has waked us.
We have. Let's see, we'vewon Best TV Series and Slash Pilot
(24:06):
right and two film festivals. Yeah, best Ensemble and it was something.
Oh yes, how could the youngtalented Kevin Ben score me one best actor?
Such a talented brother, Yeah,such a talented brother. Yes,
it's a great I think what Ilove about you too, is that you
(24:29):
know how to cast you really do. I mean you really, I mean
you know who needs to play,what, what parts they do, and
you're you're pretty chill. You're prettychill on the set, which is nice.
And you make it a very relaxedset. You know, there's nothing
that's tense about it. And Ithink that's what makes us all relax and
(24:49):
then try to put our best outthere. For you, Yeah, I
mean you you pretty much know whenyou hear someone reading the lines and stuff
like that, if they fit,and as other directors out there know,
it's a certain look whatever the partis, the way that person presents it
(25:10):
and everything like that. So youknow, it helps a lot too when
you know people and you've worked withthem before, So yeah, what to
expect from them, what they bringto the table, right, You know
how it works that kind of thing. You know, obviously you want someone
that's dependable, comes from payed,you know, and then it's nice when
(25:30):
you build a rapport and you wantto work with those people again. Absolutely.
Yeah. As a matter of fact, I got a call from Alma
saying, girl, I'm writing thisthing called Me and My Nuts, and
I got you in mind to playthe secretary. And I have to say,
we're gonna take my next break andwhen we come back, we're gonna
(25:52):
talk about Me and my Nuts.So don't go away, people, We'll
be back after this wonder woman waseverything to little girls, especially that looked
(26:14):
like me. She stands for beinga voice for people that need a voice.
My organization renovates homes for people withdisabilities, and when I come home
a self care routine makes me feelmy best. I'm very proud of the
difference that we're making and to seethat impact in my community inspires me to
(26:34):
work even harder for everyone around me. Hi, I'm Georgia Rose, founder
of Zankuda. You can watch meon the Soul Space podcast every Friday at
noon on Channel twenty for spiritual guidance. And as you all know, that
is how I first opened into myown psychic gifts was through the angelic realm
(26:55):
astrology. And so we've got Marsand the Sun together in Scorpio creates a
lot of combustion in the astrological world. We call it a Kazini and taro
with the four cups right tied up. It means we have a lot of
choices to make, and we're notlooking at what's really being divinely given to
us. We're too busy in thebusyness of the choices to really see the
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(27:19):
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(27:44):
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Time with Teresa Kinda Stracy far We'llsee you there say my name. Hey
everybody, welcome back to tea time. I'm so good you're joining me tonight
Craig's rot everyone's watching. Thank youeveryone for watching the show. I feel
the love people, I feel thelove. And now we're gonna talk about
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Me and my Nuts because oh thereit is cast. That's the first that's
actually for the first episode. Wefilmed actually two episodes, and we are
going to be filming number three sometimemaybe in June. You're already halfway through
four. This man is just amachine. Okay, He's just gonna keep
(28:26):
going, keep going, keep going. But Omar called me up and he
said, I wrote this thing Meand My Nuts with you and mind playing
the secretary Wanda, and I wantto thank you in front of everybody for
Wanda because she is hysterical. Icouldn't see anyone else playing this role,
so I already knew when I waswriting it. In mind, I was
(28:47):
like, I already know who's playingthis. Well, I thank you,
my friends. But we have aokay. So we had a red carpet
premiere in State in Italy. Therethey are Staten Island. Now if you
notice, keep that up, please, If you know Wanda me. I'm
missing from that. So let mejust explain what happened. Thank you.
(29:07):
Let me explain what happened. Thatwas a couple of weeks ago, and
I just got back from Florida late, late, late late on a Tuesday.
And that was the following day,Wednesday. And everything was fine.
I was fine, Everything was good. And I put on this beautiful black
gown and I drove two hours toStaaten Island and I got there two hours
early. I got there at fiveo'clock because the red carpet was at seven
(29:30):
and then the show was at seventhirty and we showed episodes one and two,
and I just didn't I knew Iwas tired, but I just didn't
feel right. So I excused myselfafter I went to the lady's room,
and then I came back out andI said, I gotta go back.
I went back to the lady's room. Well, needless to say, I
ended up in the er and Iwas dehydrated and I had a horrible stomach
(29:55):
virus that caused something to blink inmy system down there, and yeah,
and Omar came to the ambulance andI was taken away and I was so
upset. As they're pushing me onthe way out, I'm like, wait,
wait, can we stop in frontof the poster so I could take
a picture because I was here,I have no proof that I was there.
(30:18):
And the EMS guy's like, no, we gotta get you in the
ambulance. In the meantime, I'msitting on the sidewalk and they're like,
we can't put you in until yougive a shirt assurance inf I was like,
you know, I'm gonna have takena picture in front of the poster.
But anyway, needless to say,Omar kept texting me and checking on
me, and after blood and urineand a cat scan with a contrast and
(30:41):
two bags of fluid and everything else, he kept texting me, are you
okay? And I'm like, I'mwaiting for results and waiting for results,
and the sweetest thing anyone has everdone for me this man. Seriously,
I get it here for clemped becausehe got me on the phone and he
put me on speaker and he said, the audience wants to tell you what
(31:03):
they thought of your performance as Wanda, And they were hooting and hollering and
shouting and screaming and clapping and Igot so emotional because it meant the world
to be for you to do that, because I was so pissed off that
I missed this stand from here becauseI looked good. I look when I
(31:25):
left. I felt so bad foryou, and I was like, you
know, and I could not believethat this woman was in the hospital.
She's like, maybe I can getout and get back there, and I
was like, Teresa, relaxed,Okay, maybe I can get I know
I want to, but I technicallyI can't. They wanted to actually keep
me overnight, and I said,listen, I don't live on Staten Island.
I live on Long Island, andI need to get back home.
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But you know, needless to say, I'm all fine, everything's good.
I'll lost three pounds, which wasgreat. But obviously the audience loved it.
Loved episode one, loved episode two. We did show Episode one at
Cinema on the Sound in City Island, Old. They laughed the whole time.
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Shout out to Jerry Landy as matterof fact, this Saturday, shout
out if you're not doing anything.Cinema on the Sound, seven o'clock this
Saturday, the twenty seventh, Jerryshowing his short film that I did I'm
in called Joey. So maybe youguys, if you're not doing anything,
come on out, put up thepicture of Omar and I that is on
set. That's episode two, myfriends, Yes, that is okay,
(32:35):
that's episode two, and thank you. And I have to say though,
I mean it's hysterical, it's funny. The man writes funny, and as
a comic, I appreciate that.Hey, it's hard getting through the shoots.
It is so hard. JV makesit so difficult because you never know
(32:57):
what he's going to do. Youdon't, you don't. And there was
a there was a time when there'sone line because there's one line that I
throw to Albania, you know whereshe needs a bigger job, like keep
it, and I'm like, okay, yeah, shout out to like he
angry guy in June r O C. D person you know, and shout
(33:21):
out to all you guys. Sobasically it's about a doctor who loses a
bet and he has to take onfive new patients right O C. D
Anger Management, sex addict, andsplit personality, which is played by om
He does an amazing job, amazingjob. He does an amazing job.
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You really really do. And andeveryone everyone, everyone told me that who
did see it. This was submittedin different festivals. So we are hoping
that you can see it on LongIsland towards the summer. But it's going
to be in a number of festivalsand we'll keep everyone posted as to where
(34:06):
that's going to be. But telleveryone what what, Yes, I have
been waiting to say that. Imean, we have been doing our thing
in the awards and the festivals.Uh, we don't want Best Pilot,
Best Film. Uh. We wonBest Actress by no other than and Best
(34:30):
a Director for JV. Yes,I was so happy for that's amazing,
amazing. That's the time I've everwanted actually anything, So I'm excited about
it. Yes, and we were, but we didn't win Best Ensemble.
We wut of the four. Hello, that's not too shabby, absolutely,
you know. And like I said, everyone who sees it, it's getting
(34:52):
it's just getting great reviews. Itreally is, it really is. And
that was the New Jersey. Youput that up. The New Jersey was
New Jersey jer film. There itis New Jersey Film Awards. That's what
we want. And it really wasan honor to even be nominated and to
win, because you text me inthe morning, You're like, how you
(35:13):
want what? I was in?Shock? Really really? But I love
playing Wanda. She's an amazing character. She's sassy, she's she's feisty,
she tries to keep look she's she'sthe doctor's right hand girl, and she
tries to keep him in line whenevershe can. But he's not such a
(35:34):
good influence on him either, youknow what I mean. So you know,
but it's it is, it's somuch wrong. But we're going to
keep everybody you know updated. Asmatter of fact, you can find Omar
on Facebook, Omar more and andon insta It's the Paper Underscore series on
Instagram and that's basically. And thenI'll post something, he'll post something,
(35:55):
We'll share it because you need tosee me in my nuts. Everyone needs
to see me. We're trying toget a buzz about it. We're trying
to get it, you know.We want to obviously try to get it
mainstream, whether it's on B E, T or FX or Stars. You
know, they're not even ready forepisode three, they're not even ready for
it. She's going to bring itand this is just getting every episode is
(36:22):
just getting better and better. Andthree, let me tell you something.
He's bringing on two more patients.And again I'm reading this, and we
have rehearsal twice a week Wednesday nightsand Sunday nights, and it's hard to
get through because we're all cracking up, and we have a bliss on Saturday
(36:42):
because that's what we end up doingexactly. It's just too much fun.
Yes, and you know, listen, my job is getting everything written and
getting all the characters together. Andyou know, I have to give another
shout out to JV because he's beenhelping me. He's directing it and I'm
like just co directing kids. Butas guy is so talented because he's not
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just directing, he's playing Doctor Wieneras well, playing the major part.
And him and Don are the filmcompany as well. Yes, shout outs
to create a flow because they are. Yeah, they do an amazing job
on the editing and everything like that. So you know, more hands in
the pot to help makes it allcome out nice. Now, you you
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have you started more than music?Yes, when did you start that?
I started that? I would sayabout twelve to fifteen years ago. Yeah,
I wanted to have something on myown. Yes, and I like
it. I like it because it'smy last name. Yeah, you play
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on the words you know your lastname, and then it is more the
music, right, it's more thanI'm just gabble and everything. So I
like that a lot. And thenthe Deja Vu film distribution and you connected
with them at all. They areactually supposed to be the ones getting paper
on two B okay, all right, so it should be coming soon and
(38:12):
also on fobu so okay, allright, keep our fingers crossed, keep
everything for us, Yes, absolutely, yes, shout out for paper,
everybody involved in paper. Seriously.I mean you got two hits on your
hand. My friends and I gotother stuff keeping with stories. Yes,
(38:37):
no, it's really really really cool. But you also do Okay, I
was gonna say, we don't needto take my last break yet another couple
of minutes. But you also havealso touched upon obviously comedic comedic comedic acting.
You also do. You also arean impressionist. You do really who
(39:02):
you now somewhat? I do itprivately, okay, but I do a
lot of different things. You do. You know what, Remember remember the
characters, remember the show Living Colors. Yes, I loving Living Color you
can, so, I do alot of differentations, do a lot of
(39:22):
those characters. Yeah, And whichone was your favor on that show?
Oh my god, it was somany and it's so funny. I was
watching the interview the other day andthey were talking about Fireman Bill and it's
about the one one and what wasit? The guy? Uh, the
(39:45):
the two gay guys. Oh yes, yes, yes, just hysterical.
Yes, it was just so many. They were kicking Saturday night. Oh
my god, they were, theywere. You couldn't you couldn't compare it
was. I used to set acloude to wait for that to come on
because it was hysterical and there wasso many people that got their breaks from
(40:06):
them. Yeah, j Lo asa dancer, Jim Carrey, the Wayne's,
Tommy Grid. So many people gottheir break from that. So it
was just a great show. Youalso just did some voiceover, some voiceover
working just a little bit, yeah, just a little bit. Yeah.
And yes, I used to hosta lot of different shows, from fashion
(40:30):
shows to you know, talent shows, you know, growing up, and
that's what actually broke me out ofyou know, my fear of being on
stage because I remember the very firsttime someone was having a talent show and
it was at that theater. Itwas like four hundred and something people in
(40:51):
that theater, and the Coast nevershowed up. So someone came to me
and was like, YO, wouldyou mind going out there and hosting the
show? And I was like okay. I just took it like it was.
I was like, okay, Itook it. Well, that's how
you have to do. You haveto jump in the bed. And I
jumped out there and when it wasover, everybody was like, you know,
because I was doing all kinds ofthings to keep their audience going and
(41:15):
stuff like that. And when itwas over, people were like, how
long have you been doing that?And I was like, uh, my
first first time. So that reallythat's just professionalism, you know. It's
like taking the bull by the horns. It's like the first time the first
time I actually did Murdered by theMob, I had this these bunch of
(41:35):
women come up to you like,oh my god, you were fantastic,
You're wonderful. I'm like, youwant to know a secret, like what
I go? This was my firstshow and they're like whoa, whoa yeah,
and it's not. It's just nice. It's a great feeling. Take
the time out to tell you howmuch they appreciate your work. That's like,
that's like golden. It's just awesome. Hey, you know what's golden?
I gotta take my last break.But more with Omar, more with
(41:59):
more, more with mister Moore,More with Oma more so guy back after
this wonder woman was everything to littlegirls, especially that looked like me.
(42:22):
She stands for being a voice forpeople that need a voice. My organization
renovates homes for people with disabilities,and when I come home a self care
routine makes me feel my best.I'm very proud of the difference that we're
making, and to see that impactin my community inspires me to work even
(42:43):
harder for everyone around me. Hey, everybody, it's Teresa from teen Times.
What's my show about? I interviewpeople in the entertainment industry, producers,
directors, actors, and guess whatMy show is on every Saturday morning
at ten am on Channel twenty onOptimum TV. So tune in because it's
(43:08):
fun, interesting and excited. Nah, who's the best comedian? You know?
Teresa Barrow? And who you know? Tera Barrow? And bad Boy.
(43:30):
Terresa Farrow got the radio, TeresaFarrow. Who's your favor Gina?
Teresa Farrow? Right now, TeresaFarrow? All right, I love you,
love your story. Hey, everybody, welcome back to tea Time.
I'm so glad you're joining me tonightbecause my friend Omar More is an house
(43:52):
he's an actor, he's a writer, he's a director, he's a producer.
He does it all. So tellme. Because we were talking about
Me and My Nuts, which islike the hottest, the hot test,
funniest TV series out there, Okay, and we are going to try to
put it on as many platforms aswe can because everyone needs to see this.
We all need some comic relief.Yes, so tell me how did
(44:15):
you come up with Me and MyNuts? And how do you come up
with most of your Well, whenI tell people this, they look at
me in amazement because I tell themthat it's sent to me in a dream.
And wow, I keep books everywherein the house. Yeah, everywhere.
I mean, my lady can tellyou I keep books everywhere because it
(44:38):
down before you forget it. Letme tell you, I am always if
it's two o'clock in the morning,it's like God won't let me go to
sleep until I get up and startwriting it. Wow, And it's like
nudging me and like get up,all right, put this down before you
forget it. So I get upand I start writing. Whether it's two,
three, four o'clock in the morning, I get up and start writing.
(45:00):
It's starting it. And then whenI get up, I start finishing
up, outlining it, putting itdown. And I tell you, it's
so detailed. That's the crazy partabout it. It's so detailed when it
comes to me and I can havelike two or three projects in mind that
I want to do right now,and then he'll push something else. Because
(45:22):
this happened with a play that Idid, what If, and I was
I had something else in mind todo it, and then he pushed this
thought of this play called what Ifinto my head and I couldn't stop writing
it, so I had to getit all out before I could move on
(45:42):
to anything else. So you know, it's a God given gift, and
it is. It really is.And you again me and my nuts is
there are nuts, actually edible nuts. That is symbolic in the show.
And mental health is not something weare making fun of. I'm and at
(46:07):
the end of the show we doput up a hotline for mental health,
so it is also caring about thatcommunity as well. Right, Is that
very important? Right? I'm soglad you said that, because the first
thing I thought of was that,I know people want to think that,
you know, oh, he's makingfun of mental illness, but I'm not,
(46:27):
because as you can see that,the doctor comes with cures that are
legitimately able to work on a patient, on each patient. So yes,
yeah, it's important. So tellme, do you see yourself doing anything
with the theater in the future.Absolutely. So. I have two plays
(46:51):
that actually Gladys Cummings want me tobring out to Connecticut. One is Back
in the Days where we talked aboutand Secret Confessions. Secret Confessions is a
play that I loved doing shout outto Tanisa Pierson is a play about a
(47:16):
woman abusing her husband. M ithappens, and it happened listen. I've
never personally done it. I haven'tbeen it, but I remember doing it
and Yonkers at a festival for plays, and after the show I had three
(47:38):
guys come up to me. Onewas about six two, the other one
six' five and the other onewas about six feet tall, six better.
They told me that they can laughat this now, but they lived
through it. Wow. And Iwas blown away when they said that.
I was like what and they waslike yeah yeah. There was like I
(48:01):
can relate to this because look atme. I can't go to the police
and they can't even raise their handto defend themselves because the woman they were
with was like for anyone vertically challenged. And they were like, you know,
I would get laughed at by myfriends if I said anything more.
(48:22):
If I went to the police,the cops will look at me and be
like, yes, are you kiddingme? It's embarrassing, but it happens.
It does happen. There are menout there that are very abused,
whether it's physically, verbally, mentally. It doesn't just happen to women.
No, it happens to men morethan people think it does. Yeah.
It's almost like a silent abusive situation. And it starts out just like any
(48:47):
other situation. It starts off verballyand then it goes to physical. Yeah.
Yeah, wow. So that issecret confession, secret confession. So
that's already done. Oh, it'swritten over it. We've done it several
times bringing it back. Yeah,I'm bringing it back with a new cast.
And it's so funny that you saidthat, because I was actually thinking
(49:10):
about you and one of the wellyou know, I'm damn for live theater,
kidding, and I've never actually I'veonly performed stands up once or twice
in Connecticut. So I love toI got family there I could put behind
behind that. Yeah, I coulddo that for you, glad I mean
(49:32):
Glad to Gladys right, Hello,So when are you thinking about bringing that
back there? Because you got alot on your plate right now. I
know, Well, we would haveto start, we heard sing, and
so it probably wouldn't be until before. It's not a comedy, Oh no,
it's not. It's it's some comedyin it. There's a little relief
you gotta throw a little comic.Yeah, but yes, it's definitely more
(49:54):
of like drama, and it reallyhits people. And I sometimes I worried
about I had to do the samething I did with me and my nut
as like a disclaim at the end, because I don't want people to be
dramatic from it from who suffered,you know, through the same situation.
(50:16):
But it hits home. Oh,Yeah, it really hits a lot of
people. So who's who's actually livedthrough it? You know? So and
this and this came two years ago. Yeah, that came to me years
ago too. That and when theyhad a crazy part is. I wrote
that in a week. Wow,in a week because it just kept pouring.
(50:39):
And how long is the it's about? I would say maybe hour forty
five minutes? Wow? You dointis with that? Yeah, because you
had an intimission this weekend like youdidion. I actually ay you feeling indimission.
(51:00):
But that's nice, especially when youknow it worked before you know it's
gonna work again. Yes after Ohplease, let me tell you I actually
played the husband that gets beat upand Tanisha Ferry, I mean person Tisia,
she plays the wife and she's aboutyour height. Okay, she verted
(51:21):
me challenge on top too, soshe's a little spitfire as well. And
let me tell you, I waslike, look because I remember a funny
story that well her husband used totell her, you know, he called
me. He was like, ohma, listen, I think Tanisha is
liking this road a little too much, all right, because she is really
(51:45):
into this thing. Yeah, letme tell you on stage, she gets
a little too into it. Iused to be like, okay, Tenisa,
hold back, all right, allright with the hitting the stuff.
Yeah yeah, yeah, but youknow it's all in love and everything,
and it's just to create that atmosphereto let people, you know, make
it. But you do, youdo want people to be in that moment,
(52:07):
live it with you. Yes,it's it's it's it's it's it's.
Oh. We could tell because theaudience, you know, the guys,
they were getting frustrated because they're like, how you letting this little woman beat
you. I'm like, listen,it happens. It does, happens,
It does, And I think youknow, it's a subject that's not touched
upon, and kudos feel to youfor doing that because it needs to be
(52:30):
needs to be put out there.You know, there are a lot of
topics out there today. You know, we have this woke society and everybody's
everybody's so sensitive and you know,and as a comic, as a performer,
you know, like I said manytimes on my show, we go
out there to make jokes to makepeople laugh. We don't do anything maliciously
with you know, bad intentions,and you know, some people. I'm
(52:52):
sorry for you. Guys. Theyget a little twisted, you know,
they get a little twisted, andit's like, you know, people,
you come into a comedy club.We try to make people laugh. And
you know, I don't talk aboutI call it well, I don't do
politics or religion. Those are thetwo things I stay await from. I
don't need to discuss either one.And people have lost friendships over forty years
over it, which is crazy withinitself. But you know, there are
(53:15):
some topics that need to be touchedupon. So, like I said,
kudos for you for doing that,and I'm looking forward to Secret Confessions absolutely
awesome. Yeah, so again we'regonna start filming Me and My Nuts episode
three. But again, everybody checkout Omar Omar more on Facebook and it's
(53:36):
Paper the Paper Underscore series on Instagram. He's gonna post stuff. I'm gonna
post stuff. I think we showedeverything else, right, I think we
showed everything there. So listen,I have one minute left. Okay,
First of all, before you putthat up, thank you my friend for
doing this for me. Thank you. I love you. I appreciate you.
(53:57):
Say. Okay, So I'm closingmy show with a beautiful picture.
Thank you of Robert Mann. RobertMann was my very first mentor and my
very first teacher, dancing teacher.He owns Robert Mann Dance Center in Bayside,
Queens, and I was four yearsold when my mother put me on
(54:22):
his stage and I stayed there forabout fourteen fifteen years all throughout high school.
So I was with Bob from thetime I was four up until seventeen,
eighteen years old. Bob passed awayat seventy nine. We had a
wonderful, beautiful service for him inBayside at Sacred Heart on Friday, and
(54:42):
my beautiful friend Grace Gudotti Matranga sangthe service and it was a beautiful,
beautiful tribute to him, and myfriend Maria DeMarco was there and Bob.
I just want to say I missyou, I love you. I'll hope
you dancing up there and everybody else, thank you, Carmine, everybody else.
(55:02):
I want to tell you thank youfor watching tea time. I appreciate
it. Remember tell everyone you loveyou love them, and I'll see you
next week. Chow. Everybody saygoodbye bye.
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