1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: And now it's time for Joe Escalante live from Hollywood. 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: If by Hollywood you bean Burbad across the street promo 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: meaners and it's at that serves beer. 4 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: Sam. Joe Escalante here. Can you hear me? 5 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: Yes, I hear you. 6 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 2: There we go. 7 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 3: Now we got you leveled off? You're good? How you doing? 8 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm coming to you tonight from the thunder 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: Valley Casino in Lincoln, California, near the our nation's capital 10 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 2: of Sacramento. 11 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 3: I didn't know there was a Lincoln, California. 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: Well I didn't either. And this is an Indian reservation. 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: It's some like United Indian Tribes of of America, some 14 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: North America. And they have a big casino here, it 15 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: said luxury casino. And last night Sublime played, as you know, 16 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: the band that I manage here as part of a 17 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: radio At Christmas time, they have all these radio festivals 18 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: and this is when you kind of go around the 19 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: country and you thank the radio stations for playing your 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: music all year long. Of course, there's no such thing 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: as paola in the industry. That doesn't exist. It's illegal, 22 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 2: but it is no harm in flying around the country 23 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: and thanking people for their support throughout the year, and 24 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: usually when you see a Christmas show like k Rock's 25 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: Acoustic Christmas or All ninety eight seven's Alter Ego Festival 26 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: coming up in January, this is where we thank them 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: and we have a big party, and so that will 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: be the next time Sublime plays will be at the 29 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: Alter Ego Festival's sold out at the Forum. So don't 30 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: try to get tickets, or do try, I don't know. 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: Last night, tickets were floating around here for like thirteen 32 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: hundred dollars. 33 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: Yikes. 34 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: Yes, especially when the face value is like fifty nine dollars. 35 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 3: That's incredible. That's that is a hell of a markup. 36 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's kind of the way concert tickets go. 37 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: And you know, everybody's tried to do something about it, 38 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: and there doesn't seem to be anything you can do 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: other than I don't know how what the end result is, 40 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: Like the care played and whoever bought the tickets had 41 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: to be the person and they had to be like 42 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: identified their DNA or something like that. But this is 43 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: just how the business works and it's ugly, but when 44 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: you think about it, people the price of the ticket. 45 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: Have two opinions on this and it relates to Disneyland, 46 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: and this is a show about the business of show business. 47 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 2: Disneyland is always included, but people will pay what the market, 48 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 2: you know, will Bear's the that's the value of a ticket. 49 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: What is the price the market will bear. I remember 50 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: twenty something years ago Pearl Jam really made an effort 51 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: to try to solve these ticket price problems, but that 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 2: didn't work, and here we are. I mean, just last night, 53 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: the fifty nine dollars tickets going for thirteen hundred dollars, 54 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: and there's not much anyone can do about it because 55 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 2: that's what people are willing to pay to go to 56 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: this concert when it's sold out. However, there's one and 57 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: the same with Disneyland. Disneyland people complain about the prices, 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: but it's always too crowded. So if the prices are 59 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: too high, why are there so many people there? 60 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: Well, I there's a lot of people on the planet, 61 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: and they save up for a long time to go. 62 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: Okay, you almost hit on it, or what I think 63 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: the problem is. The problem is, yes, Disneyland is great 64 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 2: to so many people, and they all want to go, 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: and it's overpriced. You know, I used to cost me 66 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: like eighty five cents to get in, and then you 67 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: would buy individual tickets and now it's like two hundred 68 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 2: dollars for a park hopper certain days. But the problem is, 69 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 2: and if they caught, if they charged, many people think 70 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: if they charged one thousand dollars a day for a ticket, Sam, 71 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: it would still be overcrowded and you would just hate 72 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: your life waiting in those lines, even though everybody in 73 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 2: there paid a minimum of one thousand dollars to get in. 74 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 2: So if you charge one thousand dollars, maybe that would 75 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: thin out the crowd. Well, it would do a couple things. 76 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: It would just only be certain kind of person in 77 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: there and other people be locked out and it just 78 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: But the problem is people finance these tickets. That's my 79 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: that's my gripe, the financing of these tickets, So people 80 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 2: don't know what they're really because people are saying, I 81 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: have fomo, I must go. I have a disordered attachment 82 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 2: to material goods and the ability to go on to 83 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 2: Instagram and show my friends that I too was at 84 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 2: the Oogie Boogie Christmas or Halloween nights and look at 85 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: my picture of me and all my Disney gear, and 86 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: it's the same for concerts. It's like I have to 87 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: be there, But concerts are a little different because concerts, like, 88 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: let's say you were take it. There's a guy named 89 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 2: John Prine. We were talking about him yesterday. He died recently, 90 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: a music legend, and I saw him on his last 91 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 2: tour before he died, and I would have paid thousands 92 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: of dollars to see that had I known it was 93 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: the last one, and you could kind of tell it 94 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 2: was probably going to be the last one. So that's 95 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: a one time only thing now Disneyland, it's going to 96 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: be there today, tomorrow, the next day. These people are 97 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 2: still financing it. So they financed their what do you 98 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: call it, those annual passes. They're fifteen hundred dollars, I 99 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 2: don't know for the top ones. Yeah, when I was 100 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 2: a young teenager in Los Angeles, I were Orange County. Actually, 101 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: I paid one hundred and twenty five dollars for my 102 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 2: first annual pass and it was a major investment and 103 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: there were no blackout dates and it included parking. And 104 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: now they're through the roof and people just finance them. 105 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 2: They go, I mean, who doesn't have sixteen dollars a month? 106 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 2: You know, whatever the minimum payment is when you put 107 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: that on a credit card, or Disneyland will even finance 108 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 2: them for you too. They can Coachell is going to 109 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 2: finance their tickets for you. So I think the problem 110 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,239 Speaker 2: is people really don't know how much debt they're getting into, 111 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 2: and they and they are living for today and not 112 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: about the future. 113 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 4: I think you just explained about ninety nine percent of 114 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 4: impulse buys. Yeah, I mean I feel like that's what 115 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 4: it feels like. You know, whenever people are going in 116 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 4: on Disneyland passes or whatever and they're financing it, they 117 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 4: end up you know, that's like more of a planned 118 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 4: out impulse, Like they know that this is an impulse 119 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 4: that they're going to want to scratch more than once 120 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: a month, so they're going to go and finance it 121 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 4: and look at it as an investment in their happiness. 122 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 4: But a lot of people will get themselves in that 123 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 4: same kind of debt just doing impulse buys knowing they 124 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 4: could put it on credit, especially now during the holidays. 125 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, well people, I mean it's a problem with debt. 126 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: I'm not going to solve it here. People should listen 127 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: to Dave Ramsey Show on the station Fact and everybody 128 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: should listen to that show like for you know, you 129 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: get you listen to it for a couple weeks, a 130 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: couple of Months'll figure it out. But and then also 131 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: my Catholic culture says, you have to have a detachment 132 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: from these things. You cannot be so attached to material 133 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: goods that that you're ignoring the poor and maybe your 134 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 2: family's future. So that's that's my spiel on ticket prices, 135 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 2: Disneyland prices, and I think it's time to probably take 136 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 2: a break, am I Right? 137 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,679 Speaker 3: Sam, No, we've got four minutes. 138 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: We got four minutes because my topic was so boring 139 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: that it sounded like it was ten minutes. 140 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 3: All right, much longer. 141 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 4: And that's what she said, Oh about sex, that's what 142 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: she said. 143 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 3: Joking there, I know. 144 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: But what was she talking about sex? 145 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 3: I would yeah, yes, yes. 146 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 2: Is that is that what was happening? 147 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: Yes, she tends to talk about sex. 148 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, okay, Well coming up on the show today, 149 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 2: we're going to be talking a little bit about the 150 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: the paramount check that let's go to break No wait, 151 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: I'm oniing me tease it at least. Yeah, we had 152 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: the Netflix last week. The big news Netflix is going 153 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: to buy Warner Brothers Discovery. They're going to buy HBO Max. 154 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: They're not going to buy the cable channels, but they're 155 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 2: going to buy HBO and the entire Warner Brothers studio catalog, Bugs, 156 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 2: Bunny and all the movies. Well, a new buyer has 157 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: come in and said, I want to buy it too, 158 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: and I will pay more money, and I have a 159 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: bunch of reasons why my offer is better. So we'll 160 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: talk about that when we come back. Joe's Galante Live 161 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: from Hollywood. Joe's Galante Live from Hollywood, by Hollywood. You 162 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: leading Burbank. Hey, We're coming to you live from the 163 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, California, near Sacramento, and we 164 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: but you you can always hear this show anywhere anytime 165 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 2: from the with the iHeart Radio app. She's talking to 166 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: someone last night that was complaining Sam. They said that 167 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 2: sometimes we repeat the seven out the five o'clock hour 168 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 2: at six o'clock and I said, listen, you're the only 169 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 2: one in America listening to AM radio for more than 170 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: ten minutes at a time. And she really was at ledite. 171 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 2: She was just so I want to point out to 172 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: people that All these shows are on the iHeart radio 173 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: app or any you know, the Apple podcast app. They're 174 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: all there when Sam uploads. 175 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 3: Them and sometimes long after I've uploaded them. 176 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 2: So yeah, you can always you know, listen on all 177 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 2: these podcast apps. So the big news, I mean it's 178 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 2: some of the biggest news ever to happen to Hollywood. Actually, Sam, 179 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 2: is this purchase attempt being made by Netflix to buy 180 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: Warner Brothers and the well, the Warner Discovery. Basically they're 181 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: buying Warner Brothers, HBO and Warner Brothers. I mean, we 182 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: all knew that as Netflix got bigger and bigger and 183 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 2: bigger that they would gobble up many things, and this 184 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: is there they're making their big move. I mean, what 185 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 2: what what big studios do we have? We have Sony, 186 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 2: we have a Universal, we have Paramount, we have Warner Brothers. 187 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 2: And now they want to buy Warner but they want 188 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 2: to buy one. Why don't they buy them all? You 189 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 2: know what happens Disney? I guess that's the other one. 190 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 2: Only one I left out, so very controversial. Have you 191 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 2: had any time to contemplate this week? Sam, what do 192 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 2: you think about this? Like, how does it affect you 193 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: as a as a as a regular consumer of entertainment. 194 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 4: As a consumer, I had, you know, discussion with friends 195 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 4: about this, and it depends on which way this goes. 196 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 4: If Paramount comes in and hijacks the entire thing, it 197 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 4: changes the game as far as how things go. As 198 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 4: far as Netflix, everybody's worried that, you know, it was 199 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 4: going to affect the film industry in immeasurable ways, as 200 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 4: far as you know, how you know, talent and acting 201 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 4: in the film industry, the theaters, everything like that. And 202 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 4: with Paramount coming in, it brought in the discussion of 203 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 4: what the impact is going to have on the video 204 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 4: game industry. So it's now like there's different arguments on 205 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 4: different sides of nerdom because there's film nerds out there 206 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: who are terrified of Netflix and Warner Brothers merging, and 207 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 4: then there are people who are gamer nerds who are 208 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 4: terrified of Paramount and Warner Brothers merging. This is huge 209 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 4: both ways. Both sides stand to lose something here. 210 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 2: Well, we haven't talked about on this show, the Paramount, 211 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: because that's new this week. Paramount is trying to do 212 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: a hostile takeover bid for Warner Brothers Discovery and offering 213 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: shareholders a higher and all cash offer, attempting to bypass 214 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: Warner Management. Warner Management has been dealing with Netflix for 215 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: a while, and they say, yeah, we'd like to be 216 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: both by Netflix and we're all going to get rich 217 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: or whatever. But Paramount aw says they're coming in and say, wait, 218 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 2: I got seventy seven point nine billion dollars, which is 219 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 2: more than the other guys are offering, and I'm going 220 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 2: to buy everything. I'm going to buy the cable channels, everything. 221 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 2: We're going to gobble it all up, and so everybody's 222 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: going to make more money. That's in Warner Births now 223 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 2: the shareholders. So it just comes down to who controls 224 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 2: the shares, and a hostile takeover can be like, well 225 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 2: someone will they just keep buying up shares till they 226 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 2: have control and then they will sell to Paramount. So 227 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 2: it's a huge battle, and Paramount says they're a better 228 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 2: match because the government's going to come in and say 229 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: is this too much? In terms of anti trust laws, 230 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: the Sherman Anti Trust Act prevents people from owning too 231 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 2: much market share in any industry. And if this is 232 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 2: too much market share held by one person so that 233 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: it limits competition and it restricts barriers to enter the 234 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: market from other players. Then the government steps and says, 235 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 2: you can't, you can't do this. Sometimes the government will 236 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: come in and say they'll just go to one company 237 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 2: and say, you guys are too big already. You're just 238 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: getting too big, and so we want you to split up. 239 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: And that happened to telephone, the telephone industry a while ago. 240 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: And so instead of getting bigger allowing company two companies 241 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 2: to become huge, the government could come in and say, 242 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 2: one company, you're too big already. So the government has 243 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 2: a lot of power here. And so Paramount. What I 244 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 2: think what they're saying with the wink is, hey, remember 245 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: who we're friends with. David Ellison runs Paramount and his 246 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: father is the Ellison that is theoretically tight with President Trump. 247 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: So he's some people are saying, hey, we're in the club. 248 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 2: This one's going to get approved. The other one is not. However, 249 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: Ted Sorrando's the guy in charge of Netflix, is saying 250 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: he's been publicly meeting with Trump and saying, look, this 251 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 2: is how I'm going to build this company and save 252 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 2: jobs and protect jobs blah blah blah. So who is 253 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 2: it really who knows Trump better. And then there's some 254 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 2: other stories of like Trump's relatives are investing in a 255 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 2: company that would be part of the Paramount bid. So 256 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: does that weigh into it? Hopefully not, because that would 257 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 2: be good old fashioned corruption. That would be worse. And 258 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 2: then the president actually going on television and selling watches, Sam, 259 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 2: if you could imagine. 260 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: That, I can't not at all. 261 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 2: Or shoes, shoes, He's got shoes. Well, yeah, yeah, I've 262 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 2: seen I haven't seen the shoes. 263 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. No, they're like golden high tops. 264 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: Oh nice. Yeah, So, uh, this is this is God 265 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 2: is great just to watch this play out. And so 266 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 2: you think the gamers are more afraid of Paramount. 267 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, because Warner brother they are basically planning on. 268 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 2: Uh. 269 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 4: They've made clear which ips as far as video games 270 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 4: are valuable to them, and there was only one that 271 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 4: they I think mentioned a value, and that was Mortal Kombat, 272 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: and that's because they have that already crossing over doing film. 273 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: So a lot of the IP as far as Warner 274 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 4: Brothers games go, and those are all of the superhero games, 275 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 4: and there's a bunch of other really really really good 276 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: games that they're sitting on that they refuse to release 277 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 4: because of the same reason why we didn't see the 278 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 4: Batgirl movie come out. It's they're not wanting to invest 279 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 4: into it. 280 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 3: Yeah. 281 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 4: So, and now it looks like everybody who's a gamer 282 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 4: is terrified of what's about to happen to Warner Brothers 283 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 4: as far as Paramount goes, because Paramount looks to butcher 284 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 4: everything except for the one IP that has marketability as 285 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 4: far as movies go, and that's that's Mortal Kombat. 286 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 2: What about Paths of Exile? Paths of Exile? Did you 287 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 2: play that game? 288 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 3: I do not know. Good game? 289 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 2: This is when that's when that, I guess, just came out. 290 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 4: And by the way, the Game Awards just happened. The 291 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 4: viewership on the Game Awards was higher than the Super Bowl. 292 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 2: No, yeah, tell me it's not true, Sam. 293 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 3: It's true. 294 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 4: The viewership on the Game Awards is higher than the 295 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 4: Super Bowl. And it was a Game of France Expedition 296 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 4: thirty three that cleaned out won nine awards. Beautiful game, 297 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 4: beautiful game. 298 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 2: So I'm taking you like video games. 299 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 3: I'm a giant nerd. 300 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 4: I like a lot of things, but video games are 301 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 4: definitely on my list. 302 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: Dang. Okay, anyway, okay, well, I think we've we've covered it. 303 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 2: It's a big deal. We don't know, we don't know 304 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 2: who's going to buy the Warner Brothers catalog, but somebody's 305 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 2: going to buy it. It's going to change hands. And 306 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: if it's Paramount, then Paramount owns Warner Brothers, so they 307 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 2: could be just like Paramount Warner. Paramount Warner could be that, 308 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 2: or it's Netflix Warner. But when we come back, we'll 309 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: talk about what people fear will be in danger the 310 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: box office itself on Joe Scalante Live from Hollywood. All right, 311 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 2: Joe Scalante Live from Hollywood. But tonight coming to you 312 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: from the thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, California. Fine theater. Wow, 313 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 2: what a nice big old Native American just you know, 314 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 2: you know how they do it, these tribes, the tribals. 315 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: Tribals know how to take a piece of land. It 316 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 2: looks like crap, put a casino on it. That's a 317 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: problem with these casinos. This casino's awesome. The hotel's awesome, 318 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 2: non smoking hotel. You can smoke in the casino. But 319 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 2: and beautiful theater. And then you look out the window. 320 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 2: I got some big suite up here in the on 321 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 2: the eleventh floor, and I'm looking out at just, you know, 322 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 2: just desolation. I mean it's just it's just you look 323 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 2: out the window. You're like, there's no way to make 324 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: a good view out of this place, you know how 325 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: you see these casinos, They're like you're driving around and 326 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 2: through the desert of California and then all of a 327 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: sudden you see one and popping up out of the horizon, 328 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 2: and you know, there's just the only thing around it 329 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 2: is some grain silos. 330 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 3: That's the thing. 331 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 4: You can see it popping up like twenty miles away 332 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 4: when you're driving there. 333 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there they are. And then you get in 334 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 2: here and you look outside and go, all right, what's up. 335 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 2: I've got some grain silos and some alien jerky. 336 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 3: Hey, don't knock the alien jerky cow. 337 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: Mu's here, all right? Box office. Then the theaters, Sam, 338 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 2: did you see anything this week in the theater? Inside 339 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 2: a theater? 340 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: I did not go inside a theater this week. 341 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 4: I did last week, and I feel like I'm still recovering. 342 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, the big the big news is not new 343 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 2: movies this week. The big news is holdovers as Zootopia two, 344 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 2: not to be confused with we bought a Zootopia three, 345 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: which has just been announced the number one, and it's 346 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: third week and it's, you know, beating Wicked for Good. 347 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: I think I think I have a more updated one here. Yeah. 348 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: So five Nights at Freddy's is number two. And you 349 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 2: saw that, right, Yeah? I saw that one umber two 350 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,959 Speaker 2: ninety five million it raked in, so far Wicked for 351 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 2: Good is raked in three hundred and twelve million. Most 352 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 2: of that is the same twelve theater kids seeing it 353 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: five hundred and twenty five thousand times each. Yeah, so 354 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 2: that's not that's not an accurate you know metric. Now 355 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 2: you see me? Now you don't still hanging on? Wow? 356 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 2: And then Jujutsu Kaysen Colon execution, uh number four. I'm 357 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 2: sure everybody's seen that. And then there's a new movie 358 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: called La McKay that has come out. But it's kind 359 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 2: of a flop, I would say, and not so much 360 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 2: of a flop because no one expected it to be 361 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 2: a miracle. But it's like maybe twenty years ago this 362 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 2: would have been this would have been a pretty good release. 363 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 2: It's a comedy from James L. Brooks, Like what's he 364 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 2: known for? From everything? Like maybe as good as it 365 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 2: gets in terms of endearment. Broadcast news TV, Mary Tyler 366 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: Moore show TAXI, Yeah, the Simpsons, like executive producer, creator 367 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 2: of the Simpsons. This guy. When I was at CBS Television, 368 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 2: I was making deals for James L. Brooks every year, 369 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 2: two three, four pilots. He'd be, you know, hired to 370 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: direct some of them. You know, they wouldn't go through 371 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: and he wouldn't, but he'd be attached to him. But 372 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 2: if you had James L. Brooks attached to your TV 373 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: shows a director, you were gonna probably get put on 374 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: the air. So he's a legend. I don't think he 375 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 2: thought this thing would be a box office smash, but 376 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 2: you know it's not. People aren't going. But twenty years 377 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 2: ago this would have been a major, major film. But 378 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: this guy's peak was twenty years ago too, So he's 379 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 2: just doing what he's just doing what he does best. 380 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: So it's called Ella Mackay and it is starring a 381 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 2: woman named Emma McKay. Isn't that weird? Hey Emma mackay. 382 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 2: Maybe I don't know, maybe she's related to Ian mackay 383 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: from a minor threat. Ah, well, it's. 384 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 3: Kind of wow. 385 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 386 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 3: Let's take a moment to reflect on that. 387 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, like, was the role created specifically for her? 388 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: All that's missing is two l's and two m's. Is 389 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 2: it's it's interchangeable. Yeah. Yeah, she must have thought, like 390 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 2: I got you know, I got her agent says they 391 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 2: got a movie for you. It's called Emma Ella Mackay. 392 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: And then it just probably said, well, they'll never hire 393 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 2: me because it's just too weird, and they did it. Yeah, 394 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: And the supporting cast is like, you know, James L. Brooks, 395 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: he can get any call. He put up the phone 396 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: call anybody put in the movie anybody. So he's got 397 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 2: Jamie the Curtis Woody Harrelson, not bad. Albert Brooks one 398 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 2: of the greatest comic actors and writers of our time, 399 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 2: true national treasure. If you haven't seen Lost in America, 400 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 2: that's one of the greatest movies ever made with Albert Brooks. 401 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 2: So write that down right now. If you're listening to 402 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: the show, you must see Lost in America with Albert 403 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: Brooks and Julie Haggerty. 404 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 4: So wait, that is James L. Brooks, Albert Brooks. I'm 405 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 4: waiting for mel Brooks to make a cameo. 406 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 2: Oh, mel Brooks, Yeah, that would be good. But guess 407 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: who is also in it playing as secretary or something. 408 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: Julie Cavner. Really is that name ring a bell? 409 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 3: Not at all? 410 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 2: Mark Simpson. 411 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 3: Oh, Marge Simpson. 412 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, the voice of Marge Simpson. He cast her in 413 00:24:58,800 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 2: this thing. 414 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 3: So cool. 415 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 2: I think it's worth seeing. I will see it. 416 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 4: But also in the movie Forget Paris with Billy Crystal 417 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 4: back in the day. 418 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 2: Let's Forget You mentioned. 419 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 3: That I'm going to reflect on that as well. 420 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 2: So I haven't seen it yet, but I did see 421 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 2: a film that I think I can I can recommend it. 422 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 2: I think the listeners of the show. I think anybody 423 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 2: listens to the show is going to enjoy this. This 424 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 2: new movie on Netflix from Richard link Later. Remember him. 425 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: He did a lot of art not really artsy. He 426 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 2: just like low budget. I'm cool guy from Austin, Texas, 427 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: and I make weird, weird movies, slackers. Remember this. Just 428 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 2: like a camera following around people in Austin just talking 429 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 2: to each other, and then the two people would walk 430 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: would talk, then then one of them walk away, and 431 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 2: then he talked to someone else, and then that they 432 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 2: would walk away. And talk to someone else, and then 433 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 2: it was like weird, it's a weird movie. And then 434 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 2: Boyhood also another weird movie. But this one is a 435 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 2: love letter to the French New Wave cinema. Sam okay, 436 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: people who don't know, this is the filmmaking in the 437 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 2: nineteen fifties and early sixties in France that became kind 438 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:27,719 Speaker 2: of a rebellion against the cookie cutter films of the forties. 439 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 2: And then these upstart French people saying like why we 440 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 2: break all zurus, why do we have to have so 441 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 2: much story plot studios? So they you know, they use 442 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 2: a lot of you know, natural light, handheld cameras, jump cuts, 443 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 2: loose dialogue. They're like rough, fast, very conversational. And also 444 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 2: the French New Wave. I don't know if people know it, 445 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: but the French New Wave was inspired by an America 446 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: movie many say called The Little Fugitive. I would say 447 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 2: Little Fugitive is ranks right up there with Lost in 448 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 2: America as great. It was of the greatest films ever 449 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: made that if you listen to the show, you must 450 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: watch The Little Fugitive. It's about a little boy who 451 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: got thinks he killed his brother, so he runs away 452 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 2: and spends a couple of days living in Coney Island 453 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 2: and he's only like, you know, six years old. So anyways, 454 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 2: this film, I'm knowing amount of time, Sam. But this 455 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: film is in black and white and it tells the 456 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 2: story of the making of the movie Breathless by Jean 457 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 2: lu Goddard, and every and everybody's black and white, and 458 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 2: and it's hard to tell that this is a new movie. 459 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: So it's on Netflix. It's all French subtitle, English subtitles 460 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 2: or whatever, or whatever subtitles you want to use. But 461 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 2: check it out. No Velvege on Netflix, and it's a 462 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 2: little bit. You'll become a French cinema snop in ninety minutes. 463 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 3: Well, ladda, all right, let's. 464 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: Take a break, all right, all right, let's welcome back 465 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 2: joe Asklante. Here's my lawyer. 466 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 3: You don't want money. 467 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: He does it all for you and he knows, all right, 468 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: Joeyscalante live from Hollywood. Sam, Hey, uh, guess what. My movie, 469 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 2: The Harbor Chronicles appeared at the Culver City Film Festival 470 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 2: this week and won Best Cinematography for a Documentary. What 471 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: do you think of that? 472 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 3: Outstanding who held the camera? 473 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 2: This is a guy named Chris sard Ellis and he's 474 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 2: the director and he did a great job. And there's 475 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 2: a couple of people. You know, there's other outside footage 476 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 2: supply to the film, but he was known as a 477 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 2: still photographer. It's his first film, and you know, and 478 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 2: then if the movie won the Eyes we talked about, 479 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 2: won the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. 480 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 2: So so far too festivals, two prizes, pretty good. How 481 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 2: can you see it? Go to Harbor Chronicles, look it 482 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 2: up on the web and you'll figure it out. But 483 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 2: you know, it'll either be at the Bay Theater and 484 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 2: Seal Beach or at another festival because there's more festivals 485 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: that This is what happens with these movies. So the 486 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 2: director decides, I'm gonna put it in a bunch of 487 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 2: festivals because I want to get distributions. So usually I 488 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: say that's a waste of money. It's too expensive and 489 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 2: it won't yield any benefits. But if you're spending your 490 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 2: own money, and he certainly is. But it's doing well 491 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 2: because he's getting he's not just entering, he's winning awards. 492 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 2: So that definitely is going to help in the quest 493 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 2: for distribution. 494 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 4: Well, for the first time cinematographer winning awards, that's awesome. 495 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 3: Congratulating he's an Award Wiener, Yes he is. Are we 496 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 3: gonna celebrate him at Award Wieners. 497 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 2: I'm definitely gonna buy him a combo meal nice. So yeah, 498 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 2: I mean, I've made a bunch of things. You know what. 499 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 2: My first movie that I made, I did win an award. 500 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 2: I won Best Soundtrack by the Independent Music Awards. Thing 501 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: was legit, And I said, I didn't know it was 502 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 2: even happening. And I got a freakin' award. The statue 503 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 2: I got it in the mail and and I'd opened 504 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 2: the box and it said best Soundtrack Album for the 505 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 2: movie that darn punk And I just said, and have 506 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 2: my name on it. I don't think I put it 507 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: on my on my shelf behind my desk, and so 508 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 2: dreams can come true. 509 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 3: I should. 510 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 2: I should get awards for Monsters Across America and Alien 511 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,719 Speaker 2: Abductions with Abbey Hornseck. But nobody's nobody's submitting over there 512 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 2: at Fox Nation. All right, let me go to a 513 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 2: more self aggrandizement plug the Vandals Christmas Show at Ventura 514 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: Theater on this coming Friday, the nineteenth and the House 515 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 2: of Blues Anaheim in the Ambumon's almost sold out, so 516 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 2: if you want to go to that, you better get tickets. Now. 517 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 2: The Ventura one, that's a big, gaping theater that will 518 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 2: probably never sell out. But yeah, so you could probably 519 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: always get tickets to that. But the Anahemale is going 520 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 2: to be sold out probably by the time you listen 521 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 2: to this, but maybe not. Maybe you have one more 522 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 2: day of sales, maybe two at the most thirtieth annual. 523 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. You're gonna love it. 524 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 3: Okay. 525 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 2: So I got a couple of legal stories. One of 526 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 2: them is they the w NBA settled with a all 527 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 2: Are Forward, Dereka Hanby and the Las Vegas Aces and 528 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 2: they mutually agreed to dismiss the high profile pregnancy discrimination 529 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 2: lawsuit for the female athlete. I just thought that was 530 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 2: interesting that, you know, because when you have that doesn't 531 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 2: happen in the NBA. It only happens in the w 532 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 2: NBA so far. And they really didn't settle anything. They 533 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 2: just said, you know what, we're dismissing this and we're 534 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 2: just going to stop fighting each other. And you know, 535 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 2: I'm glad that I highlighted the issues of workplace protections, 536 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 2: pregnancy bias, and how professional sports, you know, handles this 537 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 2: kind of stuff family and career. So obviously, you know, 538 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 2: if you fire someone and to get pregnant in the NBA, 539 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 2: what is there a lawsuit in the WNBA? We really 540 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 2: don't there's obviously a lossuit. We really don't know how 541 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 2: this is going to play out, so but I find 542 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 2: it kind of interesting. So we'll see how that happens 543 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 2: as time goes on. Another one story that I've been 544 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 2: looking at is that there's a defamation fight tied to 545 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 2: a streaming docu series I'm involving Nick Carter. Nick Carter 546 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 2: is usually often in the on the in the news. 547 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 2: On this show that's known as a founding member of 548 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 2: the Backstreet Boys. His legal team is sending warnings to uh, 549 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 2: the producers of something called Fallen Idols Nick and Aaron Carter, 550 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 2: and and it says that they portrayed them in a or. 551 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 2: Nick Carter says, this lady says I raped her and 552 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 2: and you implied that I was guilty. So he's filing 553 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 2: a lawsuit against them. But when you're making documentaries and 554 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 2: if someone says someone was raped. You know, it's hard 555 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 2: to you know, usually they say, like, you know, Nick 556 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 2: Carter was denied these claims, blah blah blah blah blah. 557 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 2: So you know, they're saying that the editing and the 558 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 2: framing of the story suggested wrongdoing is fact, Sam, because 559 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 2: when you have defamation, what do you have to have 560 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,479 Speaker 2: You have to have a fact. They have to present 561 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 2: it as a fact. This guy raped this girl and 562 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,919 Speaker 2: it makes people spin on the ground, and if it's 563 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 2: not true, you got a defamation case. So all this 564 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 2: one all revolves around did the editing and the framing 565 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 2: of the story suggest that the allegation was a fact 566 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 2: rather than just an allegation? We shall see. 567 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, that whole family is definitely, you know, got got 568 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 4: a few issues. 569 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 3: I would say, can you name. 570 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 2: A famous family that doesn't you know, the showbized Hollywood family. Yeah, 571 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 2: other than the Nelson's. 572 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 4: I mean, I mean even the Baldwins. I mean, with 573 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 4: the number of Baldwins there are, they seem to just 574 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 4: gravitate towards issues. I mean, it just seems like if 575 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 4: you're going to be a celebrity family, you kind of 576 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,280 Speaker 4: need to bathe in the in. 577 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 3: All of that stuff. 578 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, and then they usually they're relying against one. 579 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 2: This is kind of going back to how the show started. 580 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 2: Is these people are they have a disordered attachment to 581 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:30,479 Speaker 2: the material things of this world and are seemed very 582 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 2: disinterested in just traditional things like just hard work and 583 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 2: raising families and going to church on Sundays, et cetera. 584 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 2: Stuff like that. Interested in these things, but these are 585 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,479 Speaker 2: the things that I believe bring people happiness and being 586 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 2: just a you know, a humble, you know, servant of 587 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 2: God and other people and focusing on that rather than 588 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,280 Speaker 2: on Hollywood fame. But once you get a little taste 589 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 2: of that Hollywood fame and you're like, you know, and 590 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 2: it's like a slippery slope or the whatever the thing 591 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 2: is in the boiling pot that doesn't realize the pot 592 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 2: is boiling. And pretty soon they're famous and they are 593 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 2: leading a hideous life and they're rich, but they're unhappy 594 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 2: blah blah blah. And that's one of the warnings of 595 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 2: this showbiz show is that we talk about all these 596 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 2: showbiz people in this big Hollywood business, but you know, 597 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 2: these people, most of them are living lives that you 598 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 2: wouldn't trade them for if you really knew what they 599 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 2: were like. And I always say too that nobody in 600 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 2: Hollywood ever died like and I know, like maybe I 601 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 2: just usually focus on actors, no famous actor very like. 602 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,880 Speaker 2: They don't die surrounded by their friends, their lifelong friends 603 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 2: and reflect on a happy life. They just like they 604 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 2: could die being in a lawsuit from their family, fighting 605 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 2: the guru that you told them how to live during 606 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:09,400 Speaker 2: the last of their lives. 607 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 4: For every Dick Van celebrating their hundredth birthday, happy birthday, 608 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 4: there's about a million other people who go by the 609 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 4: wayside and completely throw away their entire lives, their families 610 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 4: there and their long term happiness for short term fame. 611 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,319 Speaker 2: That is absolutely well said. And I'm glad you brought 612 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 2: out Dick Van, but Dick Van Dyke, who is actual 613 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 2: some distant relative of mine, So uh yeah, still living. 614 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 2: What a what a genius, what a giant. So very 615 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:46,399 Speaker 2: few of those bubble wrap them. And then I think, 616 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,879 Speaker 2: having said that, I think we're I think we're good 617 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 2: to go for this hour, and I will see you 618 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,439 Speaker 2: at the House of Blues next week or the Venture Theater. 619 00:37:58,239 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 2: And I now leave you with just a taste of 620 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 2: the greatest song ever written,