1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to clearing House 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. 10 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: Welcome in the beginning of the Fifth Hour with Ben 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 3: Mahler and Danny G. 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: Radio, The Weekend is upon us. 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: This kicking off the weekend, our Friday Funday and a 14 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 3: special podcast. Today, special pod Danny G will return. He 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 3: is scheduled to return on Saturday. But today Danny is 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: away and we are going to chat with our guy 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 3: from the Overnight Show. 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: You hear him calling in randomly. 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: He sends a lot of messages on the Twitter machine 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 3: or x or whatever it is called. Andy the Comic 21 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 3: Book Guy is stopping by today to join us. Now, 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: why are we having Andy the Comic Book Guy on 23 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 3: Not just because he's got the gift of gab and 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 3: he's a fun character on the show, and he's part 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: of what we do on The Ben Mahler Show. But 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: more importantly, if you look at your calendar, today is 27 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: August eighteenth, Tomorrow on the nineteenth, it is on like 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: Donkey Kong, kind of like a Donkey Kong cartoon, because 29 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: we will have the Malor Meet and Greet, and Andy 30 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: the comic book Guy is kind enough to be hosting 31 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: this event. We were looking for a venue in southern California. 32 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: We did one in Minnesota several months ago. I did 33 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 3: a flash mob Mallar meet and greet back in the day, 34 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: which was last last week, actually last Thursday, in the 35 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: state of Maine. And I try to hang out with 36 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 3: people as much as I can when I travel around, 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 3: and life takes you to certain places. 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: But in southern California, this is obviously the base. 39 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 3: And so if you're a fan of the show, we 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 3: have so many great listeners in La Orange County, San Diego, 41 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 3: Santa Barbara, all over California. Palm springs, the high desert, 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 3: the low desert, you name it in the geography of 43 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: southern California. So I'm not expecting anyone to travel to 44 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: this from a million miles away. But if you're looking 45 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 3: for something to do tomorrow and you're a fan of 46 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 3: the show and you want to hang out with me, 47 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 3: and Eddie's going to be there at least for a 48 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: little bit. If you get there right at two o'clock, 49 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 3: you'll have a chance to meet Eddie, and then Cooper 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 3: Loop will be stopping by. I have a surprise. We'll 51 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 3: talk about it when we put Andy on here in 52 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 3: a second. So I am very excited about all this. 53 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 3: I love to go out and hang out with people, 54 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 3: even though I'm an introvert. Make the most of this 55 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 3: opportunity to meet people that provide me the opportunity to 56 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: continue to be a gasbag, blowhard and all that. On 57 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: the overnight and we'll get into all the specifics. They 58 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 3: are in the description on this podcast. Everything you need 59 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: to know is in the description box on the podcast. 60 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 3: It's also on the Twitter, slash x and the Facebook page, 61 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 3: so all of that is available for you if you 62 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 3: somehow do not grasp what we are talking about here 63 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 3: on this podcast, if you don't want to see stuff 64 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 3: written down. But it is tomorrow, and that's why we're 65 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 3: having Andy on today, nineteenth of August. It'll be in 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: the afternoon in southern California. We'll be hanging out. Andy's 67 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 3: got all kinds of promotions. We'll get into that, but 68 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 3: we'll get a little bit about his story. I want 69 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: to learn about Andy the Comic book Guy. Everyone's got 70 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: a story. I want to hear what Andy's story is 71 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: and how he found the show and all that. So 72 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 3: why don't we start down that road, Andy the Comic 73 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: Book Guy. Welcome to the Fifth Hour with myself, Ben 74 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: and Danny g Radio on assignment. Let's start with this. 75 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: How long have you been listening to the Overnight Show? 76 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 4: You know, it's kind of funny. I've always heard the 77 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 4: Ben Maller Show, but I never really knew what it 78 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 4: was until probably maybe, like I don't know, about a 79 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 4: year and a half ago, where I really started to like, listen, listen, 80 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 4: and then I started calling in. I think this past fall, 81 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 4: like last fall, because of the Sabers and Eddie's constant 82 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 4: disrespect of them. 83 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is offensive, and Eddie does this all the time. 84 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 3: He poops on certain teams that he thinks are below him, 85 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 3: and you Buffalo Sabers are at the very top of 86 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 3: his list. 87 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: You know, he's he's a hockey snob. Andy that's what 88 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: he is. 89 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 4: You know what's frustrating is the Sabers finished the season 90 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 4: with the exact same amount of points as the Penguins. 91 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: So and I know he's not a Penguins guy, but 92 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 4: he kind of is. It's his second team. He won't 93 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 4: ever say it is, but it is. He's it is. 94 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 3: Well, that's a whole different issue. The second thing with Eddie, 95 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 3: and we've been through this. He says he's a Steeler fan, 96 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: but he goes to Charger games all the time. I 97 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 3: think he's been to like two Steeler games and yeah, yeah, 98 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 3: one of those quirky things. And so you started to 99 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: listening that did your life change in any way? Because 100 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 3: normally the reason people find the show is either they're 101 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: having legal problem in their life, some kind of medical 102 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 3: either to them, or a loved one is under the weather, 103 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: or small that do not sleep at night. Other than that, 104 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: we have no one that actually finds the show. So 105 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 3: which of those categories? Which of those boxes would you 106 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 3: fall into? 107 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 4: Too many? But definitely it is the small business man 108 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 4: late hours one for sure. Definitely. Usually my drive homes 109 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 4: around midnight at one o'clock so in the morning, so. 110 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: When you're driving home late. 111 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 3: Now the comic book store is not open late, so 112 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: you're hanging out there working. 113 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 4: Oh absolutely not. Yeah, no, I mean I'm not like 114 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 4: the people think, like, oh, you're just like reading comics 115 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 4: or like, you know, playing Warhammer games. No. No, there's 116 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 4: a lot of work that goes on when the story 117 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 4: is closed. You got to order that stuff, you got 118 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 4: to unbox it, you got to sort it, you gotta 119 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 4: price stuff. It's a great life. 120 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: One man band. 121 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: Obviously you have people that work for you and stuff, 122 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 3: but you're you're the guy, You're the steward, you're the proprietor. 123 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: That's a big wordy proprietor. 124 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 4: But that's done on a Friday morning. 125 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: So tomorrow is the big day. 126 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 3: And I always get nervous the day before a mal 127 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,559 Speaker 3: Or meet and greet because you never know who's actually 128 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 3: going to show up. You're not sure, you know, we 129 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 3: hope a lot of people show up. We've done pretty 130 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 3: well in southern California. But you don't know what. You 131 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: don't know that in a song somewhere. So we're doing this. 132 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: We're having you on Andy to promote the fact that 133 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 3: if you're listening in a geographically desirable area within reasonable 134 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 3: driving distance, or if you're just bored out of your 135 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 3: mind and you want to come from far away. It 136 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 3: is tomorrow, We're going to hang out at your comic 137 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: book shop. What is the name it all? Everything's going 138 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: to be in the preview for the podcast. But for 139 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 3: those that don't like reading or maybe don't know how 140 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 3: to read, Andy, what is the name of the store 141 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: and where exactly is it located? 142 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: Let's start with that. How about that? 143 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 4: It is Brave New World Comics, located in Santa Clarita, California. 144 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 4: We're about a twenty five minute drive north of Pasadena. 145 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: Okay, so twenty five minutes north. 146 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 3: And when I think of Santa Clarita, I think of 147 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: an amusement park, which is not that. 148 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, there is a six Flags Magic Mountain out there 149 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: if you just were actually like a good twenty minutes 150 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: before that. So you know, if you're coming from LA 151 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 4: or the southern area, Bakersfield I think is the closest 152 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 4: place north. 153 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 3: You know, there's a McDonald's right off the highway there 154 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 3: that I have stopped at to use the facilities in 155 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 3: Santa Clarita up through central California. 156 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: When I'm just driving with the wife. We'll stop. 157 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: They have a really good bathroom at McDonald's, so if 158 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 3: anybody needs to take a whiz while visiting the comic 159 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 3: book shop, I'm sure you probably have bathrooms too, But 160 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 3: we This is a wonderful McDonald's right off the freeway, 161 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 3: not far from Wow. 162 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 4: How much did they pay you for that? Geez cau, 163 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 4: I get a cut. 164 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 3: It just provided great toilet paper. Just absolutely wonderful. So 165 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 3: you got the comic book shop Brave New World, Right, 166 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 3: is that the name of it? 167 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: I get it right? Did I screw it up? 168 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 4: Yes, Brave New World Comics. 169 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: Correct, Yes, this is a work I've noticed. 170 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 3: I don't know you, Andy, we're gonna meet for the 171 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 3: first time tomorrow, but I can tell from your calls 172 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: that this is a life's passion. That this is not 173 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: I don't think this is something that you just kind 174 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 3: of fell into, right, this is something you wanted to 175 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: do to own your own comic. 176 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: Book shop for a while. 177 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 3: I mean, kind of tell me the backstory on how 178 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,599 Speaker 3: you ended up finally pulling it off, because it's not 179 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 3: easy to get in that world. 180 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 4: It's pretty crazy. It kind of just happened. I moved 181 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 4: out to LA in two thousand and nine, and I 182 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: was pursuing a different career at the time, but for 183 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: a nine to five my guy that I ordered comic 184 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 4: books from, I traveled for the three years prior, from 185 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 4: like two thousand and six to two thousand and nine, 186 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: I worked as a traveling actor. It was great. It 187 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 4: was wonderful. So like right out of college, I only 188 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 4: played lead roles. I did it for three years. It 189 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 4: was wonderful. Then I was like, yeah, I'm going to 190 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 4: move to LA I'm going to do this shit. And 191 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 4: I did, and I was doing great, and I was 192 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 4: booking stuff. Almost booked a Super Bowl commercial, but it 193 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 4: was an Eminem's commercial where the red and yellow eminem 194 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 4: are walking down an island. Anyway, long story short, I 195 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 4: played in a Macated Island Man. But then they were 196 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 4: going to air it on the Spanish network instead, so 197 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 4: I slipped the bill. And then I got a woman pregnant. Wow, 198 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: and yeah we did it. You know, we had the baby. 199 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 4: She's great, she's almost thirteen now. It's crazy. But I 200 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 4: made a life choice and I started working in a 201 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 4: comic store just as a steady nine to five to 202 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 4: try and do something else. While that was happening, and 203 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 4: I got high by two publishers. I worked for them 204 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 4: for a few years. And then one of my clients 205 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 4: I worked with comics stores as a sales manager for 206 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 4: a publisher and was basically like, Hey, buy our comics. 207 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 4: You know, let me help you sell them in your store. 208 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: I can show you how it works. And it was great. 209 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 4: And then one of my clients, who owned Brave New 210 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 4: World Comics, was going to sell his store and a 211 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: call that was just like a health check in turned 212 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 4: into Hey, I think I'll buy your store. At the 213 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 4: end of the two hour conversation, so you you. 214 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: So I had the story wrong. I thought this is 215 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: something that you know you had wanted to do when 216 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: you were young. 217 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 4: I've always loved comics, don't get me wrong. I mean 218 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 4: I've been reading them since nineteen ninety I was six 219 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 4: at that time to date myself. 220 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, first comic that you fell in love with? 221 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: Was there one that stood out of you? Oh? 222 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 4: Definitely The X Men, hands down. The X Men and 223 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 4: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which have a new movie 224 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: out right now. I'm going to see it with my 225 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: daughter right after this call. As we prepare for tomorrow 226 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 4: nice and yeah, but uh yeah no, so it's it's uh, 227 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 4: definitely the X Men, hands down. Jim Lee's X Men. 228 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 4: Jim Ly's an artist. He's now the publisher of DC Comics, 229 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 4: which is it's kind of like if you know, you 230 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 4: worked as a producer at ESPN and now you like 231 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 4: run a show on Fox. That's kind of what Jim 232 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: Lee's career was like. 233 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: Around you bring up yeah, yeah, I had your daughter. 234 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 3: You decided, Hey, I got to kind of move on 235 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 3: from the acting thing full time. Because the conversation working 236 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 3: in the radio business. My wife has a stable job, 237 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 3: so I'm like, my position is, at least one of 238 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 3: us has to have a somewhat stable job if both 239 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 3: has messed up jobs where we could lose our. 240 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: Job at any moment. 241 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 3: The math on that the back of the napkin math 242 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 3: and he is not going to work out right, It's. 243 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 4: No, my fiance is they nurse that city of Hope 244 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 4: out here in the San Gabriel Valley, so much respect her. Yeah, 245 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 4: I used. 246 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 3: To live right here, right near the City of Hope. 247 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 3: That's quite the drive though, right, that's a bit of 248 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 3: a drive. 249 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: It is quite the drive. 250 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 4: I mean it's not that bad. No, it's not quite 251 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 4: the drive at all, and everyone should make it this Saturday, 252 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 4: August nineteenth from two to five. Yeah, that is not 253 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 4: that bad of a drive if you. 254 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 3: Had every day, if you had to make that, you'll 255 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 3: like your wife to go to the City of Hope. 256 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 3: You know, the same, Gabriel, because you live in the 257 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 3: Saint Gabriel Valley. That that's a bit of a job. 258 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 3: But a chance to meet, you know, the stars of 259 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 3: the radio show and hang out with you and there's 260 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 3: all kinds of great things. We'll get into in a 261 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: couple of minutes about the comic book shop and what 262 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: people can expect, and it's a big event. It's not 263 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: just the malor meet and great there's other stuff going on. 264 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 3: As far as the acting, you still do it at all? 265 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: Every once in a while, do you still go down 266 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 3: and audition for stuff? Or are you completely done with 267 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 3: that part of your life. 268 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 4: It's so funny you bring that up, So you know, 269 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 4: I really did take it seriously, and I know people 270 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: do say that, but truly, like it was a really 271 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: great time when I reflect back on it. But honestly, 272 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 4: like I have no desire to do it. I just 273 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 4: think it's so ridiculous. 274 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: Now you're all grown up, you still own a comic 275 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: book shop, but I do below you. And yeah, I Austin. 276 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 3: I had a lunch, like a business meeting with some guys, 277 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 3: and you know, we were all talking about you know, 278 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 3: family and kids and stuff like that. And one of 279 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 3: the guys is like, his daughter, she's going to school 280 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 3: to learn acting, and she's going to school in New 281 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 3: York and she wants to work on Broadway, like that's 282 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 3: the goal and all that, and we were talking about 283 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 3: the different things. Now, when you were traveling around as 284 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 3: an actor though as a thespian, were. 285 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: You on cruise ships? Were you like, what was your gigs? 286 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 4: No I refused to do cruise ships. Cruse ships really 287 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 4: wanted me. I was really good at the musical theater. 288 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 4: Thing no I did. Probably my favorite thing I did 289 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,599 Speaker 4: was I played Romeo and Romeo and Juliet. I was 290 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 4: twenty three. It was in Jackson Hawayoming at Off Square Theater. 291 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 4: I think they're still around. This was probably two thousand 292 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 4: and seven. So if you're from Jackson haw Wyoming and 293 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 4: you lived there in two thousand and seven and you 294 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 4: saw rome and Juliet. You saw Andy the Comic book 295 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 4: Guy as Romeo. 296 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: Andy the Comic book Guy. 297 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 3: I have never been to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but when 298 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 3: I did stuff years ago and I did a little 299 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 3: work with the Dogs, one of their trainers retired and 300 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. And I remember this guy 301 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 3: telling me, Oh, it's amazing the outdoors, you know, And 302 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 3: there's apparently a big like celebrity conclave there in Jackson 303 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 3: Hole where like people. 304 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: Apparently Hearston Ford owns a ranch out there or something. 305 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 4: I don't even know. I didn't really do any of that. 306 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: I just I was in the little downtown area and 307 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 4: we had to perform. I didn't really have time, like 308 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 4: truly it was. It was rehearsed for about two and 309 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 4: a half weeks. We rehearsed every day every except Sundays. 310 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 4: We had Sundays off, and then it was perform eight 311 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 4: eight shows a week. So we performed six and then 312 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: two and one day, two and Saturday, and we were 313 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 4: off on Sunday. And I did that for like three 314 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 4: years straight, with multiple I probably worked about nine different 315 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 4: gigs in that time. I just went from gig to 316 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 4: gig to gig. It was great. And then I had 317 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 4: no gig lined up and I was like, oh shit, 318 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 4: what do I do? So I was like my buddy 319 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 4: from my buddy moved out here and he convinced me 320 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 4: to move out here. And I was not trained for screen, 321 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: but I had a learning curve. I was good, but 322 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 4: I was making headway. I really was. But it's all good. 323 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 4: I love where I'm at. I'm not complaining. 324 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 3: Now, do you get crap from your friends in Buffalo 325 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 3: and your family in Buffalo because you know, normally, and 326 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 3: I've been to Buffalo before, Southern California kind of looked 327 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 3: down upon among the you know, the hardy people that 328 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 3: grew up in Buffalo with lake lizards, and they think 329 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: everyone in La is, you know, a softy right because 330 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 3: you know, it's perfect weather other than it gets a 331 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 3: little too hot sometimes, so you know, back home. 332 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 4: That is an interesting take, I would say, because it's true. 333 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 4: But I think that's a generational take. I think I'm 334 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 4: a millennial. I don't know if that really matters, but 335 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 4: I would say most of my peers that are similar 336 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: in age, everybody kind of just respects where we're all at. Honestly, 337 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 4: at this point in time, and there's really not a 338 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 4: lot of that. The only time I do get shit 339 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 4: like that, which does happen, is when I go to 340 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 4: at least two or three Builds games every year. So 341 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 4: when I go back, like I went back to the 342 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 4: Bengals game, and I don't give a crap what I 343 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 4: look like. I look like the stay Puff marshmallow Man, 344 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 4: but I am warm and they make fun of me 345 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 4: for that. They're like in a windbreaker and like a 346 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 4: hoodie and I'm just like, yeah, no way. 347 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 2: Explain. 348 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: That's a great point we should talk about. 349 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 3: But as someone that grew up in whether even though 350 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 3: I got family on the East Coast and stuff. My 351 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 3: brother lives in Appleton, Wisconsin, which is near Green Bay, 352 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 3: which is one of the coldest places, kind of like 353 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 3: Buffalo with the weather they have there. But I was 354 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 3: fascinated for someone that hasn't really experienced the bad way, 355 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 3: Like the worst I've been to I was at a 356 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: World Series game where it snowed years ago, and that 357 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: was pretty bad and I got very sick after that 358 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 3: and that really sucked. But I haven't been to an 359 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 3: NFL game in the snow. I'd actually like to do it. 360 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 3: At some point, but there's a hole. If you want 361 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 3: to be warm, right, you have to you got to 362 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 3: get what heat packs? How many layers when you go 363 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 3: into a. 364 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 4: Bill Oh dude, I don't fuck her oundry. I don't 365 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 4: know if I say I'm sorry, but it's true, like 366 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 4: I do not mess with the weather and I don't 367 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: mess with the water. And that's one thing they kind 368 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 4: of teach you growing up back in Buffalo. It's true, 369 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 4: like you just don't mess with it. Lake Euri will 370 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 4: kill you in a second if you screw around with 371 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 4: it and the weather. You just be prepared. And I 372 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 4: brought my daughter. We went to the Bengals playoff games 373 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 4: that sucked, and then I also took her to the 374 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 4: AFC Championship game two years ago in Kansas City when 375 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 4: it was Josh Allen versus Mahomes for the first time, 376 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 4: and the Bills got clobbered pretty bad in that one. 377 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 4: But we were there outside, and I would say neither 378 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 4: were really that bad. But we were really prepared. We 379 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 4: probably had probably at least five layers between a thermal, 380 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 4: a T shirt, a sweater, a hoodie, a jacket, a 381 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 4: whim breaker. 382 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: You were going. 383 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 4: Now you're in my jersey, my jersey on top of 384 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 4: all of it. 385 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: Its Mafi. You gotta have the jersey on Andy or 386 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: it doesn't work. Of course. 387 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, your daughter, I assume she her memories are of 388 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: southern California, right, even though you traveled around. 389 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 4: She's born and raised there, but she's been around. I 390 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 4: brought her quite a bit of places. I feel like 391 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 4: for kid her age. 392 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 3: Now, does she race the cold weather or does she say, Dad, 393 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 3: what the eff are you doing here? 394 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 4: You know, it's funny she doesn't get cold. She's like 395 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 4: a Viking. I don't know what it is. My kid 396 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,239 Speaker 4: doesn't really get cold. It's so weird. She kind of 397 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 4: speaking of making fun of She kind of makes fun 398 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 4: of me about that that I get cold. She doesn't. 399 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: I didn't get cold for the longest time. 400 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 3: You know. It was gotten a little older. I guess 401 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: that's what happens and recently. But when I was younger, 402 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 3: like it was a cold day, like SOCl cold, I 403 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 3: would have the window open, I'd have a fan in 404 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 3: the window blowing the cold there in. I could not 405 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 3: be cold enough. I loved I loved the chill. But 406 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 3: now I guess the blood thins as you get older. 407 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: Andy. 408 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, man, I don't know what it is. But California 409 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,239 Speaker 4: cold is different. It like cuts to your bone, like 410 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 4: and I only it only gets that cold for me 411 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 4: in like February and January and Buffalo. I'm like, no, 412 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 4: I'm good like with the wind, but like here, I 413 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 4: don't know what it is, man, Ben, It's like it 414 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 4: is cold. It just like cuts through everything. 415 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,959 Speaker 1: No, it is different because you're not used to it too. 416 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 3: It kind of comes out of nowhere and then you're like, wait, 417 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 3: so let's get back to the meet and greet though. 418 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 3: So it's tomorrow and it's in the afternoon here in 419 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 3: so Cal two o'clock till five o'clock. 420 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 1: Correct, that's the the. 421 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, the store is open from ten to five that day, 422 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 4: but we're saying the event is two to five. Yeah, 423 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 4: and we're gonna have a lot going on. It is 424 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 4: the Malor Meet and Greet. Absolutely. It is also the 425 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 4: six year anniversary of my ownership of the store, which 426 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: is very exciting. I bought it August first, well, I 427 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 4: bought it in July of twenty seventeen, but the first 428 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 4: day was August first of twenty seventeen. So we're celebrating 429 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 4: that as well. 430 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: That's great. 431 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 3: So you're gonna have all content you mentioned and all 432 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: this is online if you didn't see it the other day. 433 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 3: But one thing I noticed when I was in Maine 434 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 3: last week, Andy and I did a last minute thing, like, hey, 435 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 3: I had a little extra time. 436 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: I drove from Boston up to Maine. I'm like, hey, 437 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: anybody want to come hang out. 438 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 3: Most people kind of skim social media, they might not 439 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 3: pay attention. So maybe you're hearing this for the first time. 440 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: Everything will be on social media. But at the same time, 441 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 3: we'll just kind of walk you through everything again. So 442 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 3: it's your stores anniversary and there's all kinds of you 443 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 3: got all kinds of promote you're going for it. Andy, 444 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 3: this is a big thing if you're into the comic 445 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 3: book Whore and my dad, may he rest in peace, 446 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 3: love comic books. And when I was a kid, every 447 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 3: once in a while we'd mess around with the comic 448 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 3: book collection, and you know there were some that we 449 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 3: were not allowed to get near, and. 450 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 4: That well, yeah, yeah, that's true. We have those in 451 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 4: a showcase. So don't worry. It's all right. I'm sure 452 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 4: everyone will be okay. But yes, we have some exciting 453 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: stuff happening. So a bunch of our customers, they do 454 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 4: have their own small businesses. So one of our customers 455 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 4: makes her own plushes, she's going to be there. One 456 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 4: of our customers makes his own T shirts, he's going 457 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 4: to be there. We have like this. One of our 458 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 4: neighbors right up the block is the Old World Emporium. 459 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 4: It's like Andrea would love them a lot, one of 460 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 4: the callers on the show. But they're gonna have a 461 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 4: little pop up. We're gonna have our comic book artist 462 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 4: Gary Brown there. He's done a comic series called Baby Teeth, 463 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 4: which is a pretty pretty good at Indie one. It's 464 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 4: an awesome it's like a modern day Rosemary's Baby Horror. 465 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 4: He's the artist of it. It's on his own book, 466 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 4: Black Road, which is like this badass Viking book. So 467 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: he's going to be there to sign and sketch. My daughter, 468 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 4: Elizabeth Legal. She's twelve going on thirteen, but she draws 469 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: pretty damn well, I must say, And I'm not just 470 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 4: like a parent tooting their horn. But she's going to 471 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 4: be working her her stuff as well. For six bucks, 472 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 4: she'll be doing sketches of any player if you have 473 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 4: a player or a character or a person, or you know, 474 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: favorite comic book, comic book, superhero you wanted to draw, 475 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 4: She'll do that. Favorite court, She'll draws Josh Allen very well, 476 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 4: if you want your own Josh Allen Ben. 477 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 3: It's just you know, I was thinking when I woke 478 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 3: up today, that's the thing I would like to get tomorrow, 479 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 3: would be I thought. 480 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 4: So you know, Also, we're going to have a performance, 481 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: a fifteen to twenty minute performance. 482 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: Now. 483 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 4: This this performer performs at the Magic Castle. He won 484 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 4: America's Got Talent Season one, I believe or he was 485 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 4: a finalist. I'm not sure. My good friend, he's professional juggler, comedian. 486 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: I've in piseel and he's going to do a performance. 487 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 4: I believe that's happening at between two fifteen and two thirty. 488 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 4: So you want to show up on time if you 489 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 4: want to see that, because I think he's got a 490 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 4: tight out. He's got a gig that night actually so, 491 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 4: but he will be there doing a performance for everybody, 492 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 4: a live juggling comedy routine. 493 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, a Magic. 494 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: Castle andy for those that are not from me, I 495 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 3: think most yes, you have to know somebody to get 496 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: in the Magic Castle, and to be a magician working there, 497 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 3: you got to be pretty good, and they don't let 498 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: you in there. Right, it's not an amateur hour. That's 499 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 3: a big deal to be in the Magic Castle. And 500 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 3: I've never been. I assume you've probably been a bunch 501 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 3: of times. 502 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 4: Right, Wow, I've been twice. I've been twice. It is 503 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 4: absolutely worth the experience. I will say, it is the 504 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: only Like I I'm definitely that guy that when you 505 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 4: like watch like a ghost show or whatever, I'm like, okay, yeah, whatever. 506 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 4: But I will say, this man, this one magic trick. 507 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 4: I have no idea how this guy did it, and 508 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 4: it to this day blows my mind. And I'm like, 509 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: he's obviously not a wizard. It was some sort of illusion, 510 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 4: but it truly warps my mind. Long story short, I 511 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 4: was with my date and she had a like a 512 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 4: sleeveless dress on, like for her shoulders were totally there, 513 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 4: and he pressed his finger like at the tip of 514 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 4: her shoulder, her bare shoulder, and kept it there while 515 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 4: he did some card tricks and then removed his finger 516 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 4: maybe like two minutes later, and a whole deck of 517 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 4: cards just shot out and I was just like, I 518 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 4: don't know how that's possible. Doesn't translate to the audio, 519 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 4: but my god, the Magic Castle. You have to go. 520 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 4: If you have an opportunity, your. 521 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: Will taste of it tomorrow at the at the meet 522 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: and greet. 523 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 4: Well, he's a juggler comedian. 524 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: Though, you know, well, you'll be entertained, you'll be mesmerized. 525 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 4: I will absolutely be entertained. Yes, yes you will. Of course, 526 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 4: we're gonna have a sale obviously, that's just fun. We're 527 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 4: gonna have a sale. One of our customers, he also 528 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 4: makes his his own princeton, makes his own comic book. 529 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 4: It's kind of like a doctor who kind of comic. 530 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 4: He's going to be there. His name is Liam Dao. 531 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 4: We're going to also have Carbon Panther props, owned by 532 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 4: one of our customers, Aaron Toft. He makes props locally 533 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 4: here in LA for kind of like small budget movies 534 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 4: and pretty badass looking stuff. So him and his partner 535 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 4: Ali are going to be here. 536 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: So it's great. And there's no RSVP, right, there's now you. 537 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 4: May no, no, no, it's just come on show up. 538 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 4: The Meller Militia obviously as well, and we have a 539 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 4: very special Bromo pack for the Mellor Militia. Just find 540 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 4: me at any point in time and say go Bills, 541 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 4: and you're going to get a Brave New World Comics 542 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 4: Mellor Militia Ben Meller Show, Meet and Greet exclusive variant 543 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 4: comics pack for free. Valued depending on which one you get, 544 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 4: because they're all blind valued it up to fifty bucks 545 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 4: nice with five up to five of our store exclusives 546 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 4: in there. And we've done store exclusives from The Walking 547 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 4: Dead number one to Ninja Turtles one hundred to mighty 548 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 4: more from Power Rangers number one to Sagio Jimbo number one. 549 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 4: If you don't know any of those things, that's okay. 550 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 4: Just know that they're comics that you can only get 551 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 4: from our store and they have our logo on them, 552 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 4: very limited print run and they're awesome, and you get 553 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 4: one for free just by saying to me, go Bills. 554 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 4: And I've only told that to your people, Ben only 555 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 4: the mail Or Militia. To our people. I'm in the 556 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 4: Militia too. Our people only know that Ben so. 557 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: Speak easy situation. 558 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 3: But yes, a Raider fan or a forty nine er fan, 559 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 3: Rang Dauphins fan, you still have to. You have to 560 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 3: go down and genufleck to Andy to say go bills. 561 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 3: But then you make out like a bandit there because 562 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 3: Andy will hook you up with some stuff. 563 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 4: And I'll tell you what, if you don't want to 564 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 4: say go bills, I get it. You at least have 565 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 4: to say squish the fish. 566 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: Okay, there you go, squish the fish. So either one 567 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: of those will work. 568 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 3: And as an added bonus, and I have not baked 569 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 3: cookie recently because I ate too many of my cookies. 570 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 4: So I have the drops on the podcast exactly. 571 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Danny'll put some in later, I'm sure, but 572 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 3: so so anyway, so I've decided since Eddie ripped my 573 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 3: cookies like a schmuck, he took a shot at my baking, 574 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 3: and you know, Coop kind of belittled some of the stuff. 575 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 3: So I've decided to make some cookies. Now, I'm still 576 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 3: not one hundred percent sure. I think I'll go basic. 577 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 3: Everyone loves chocolate chip. I might make some other cookies also, 578 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 3: but I definitely will have chocolate chip. 579 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: I think I'm going that direction. 580 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 3: And awesome a bunch of them, and it's pretty much 581 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 3: first come, first served. When they're gone, they're gone. I said, 582 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 3: I'm not going to bake more. I don't think you 583 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 3: have an oven in the back of your store. 584 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 4: Andy, No, No, Now that said, we do have a 585 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: coffee shop next door. So if you're feeling some coffee, 586 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 4: there's that next door, literally right next door, and then 587 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 4: right around the corner are two pretty good bars. But 588 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 4: I mean we can play everything by ear. You know, 589 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: you got we got stuff to do. 590 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: I get it sending, but that the main part, the 591 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: meat of the meet and greet for our purposes. There 592 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: is like two to four, but it'll go. 593 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 3: On, and you know, I'm gonna stay and you know, 594 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 3: hang out as long as people are there to hang 595 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 3: out with me and all that. 596 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward. Now. I can't say the same about 597 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: Eddie and Coop. 598 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on with those guys, but 599 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 3: I I plan on being there for the duration. I'm 600 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 3: looking forward to it. We'll have a good time. It'll 601 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 3: be Yeah, it's gonna be great. 602 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 4: One more thing. 603 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: That never goes well, Andy, the one more thing. 604 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 4: I always say that on the calls. One more thing. No, 605 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 4: So at four o'clock we have the Brave New World 606 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: Comics epic Raffle every year, and we are having the 607 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 4: epic Raffle again this year. We're raffling off about fifteen 608 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 4: dollars worth of product, pretty pretty high end stuff. Usually 609 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 4: it's a like huge thing, but we decided this year 610 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 4: to make it even huge err by really focusing on 611 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 4: high end prizes. So there's some pretty dope stuff that's 612 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 4: going to be up for grabs. And everybody gets a 613 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 4: Raffle ticket just for showing up, and then you get 614 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 4: one for every twenty bucks you spend. So, and we 615 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 4: do have a deal for malor people, where you spend 616 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 4: twenty bucks, we're giving you a twenty dollars gift card 617 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 4: that's only for the militia as well. So, and I'll 618 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 4: remind all the people of this obviously, Yeah, let people. 619 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 4: We'll put it in writing in an announcement too. How 620 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 4: is this which should be. 621 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 3: Out comic store? Is this all just comics? Is there 622 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 3: any sports stuff in the back or we? 623 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, So, usually I would have more sports stuff ready. 624 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,719 Speaker 4: Right now, I'm gonna have a lot as much as 625 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 4: I can. We have a shit ton of cards. We 626 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 4: have so many cards, but I take them out seasonally 627 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 4: and usually I drop them week one of the NFL season, 628 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 4: just because I got to update the prices everything, you 629 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 4: know how that goes. So, but I will have a 630 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 4: selection available for at least militia that I would guesstimate 631 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 4: might show up who I think teams they might like. 632 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 4: So yeah, just based on the calls speculation. Yeah, you know, 633 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 4: and like just good ones. But yes, no, we definitely 634 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 4: do have We definitely do have sports stuff. We have 635 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 4: a big Bills flag flying in the store. 636 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 3: On a table and break a table like Real Bill's Mafia. 637 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 3: Probably not right, that would be. 638 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 4: Hey, I did announce twice every year, actually not even twice. 639 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 4: What is it, four years in a row now, Josh 640 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 4: Allen's played in the playoffs just in case people forgot, 641 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 4: but four years in a row, and every year I said, 642 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 4: if the Bills make it too, they don't even have 643 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 4: to win it, if they just make it to the 644 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 4: super Bowl, I will power bomb off our balcony into 645 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 4: a table. 646 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 3: Okay, and that's happening recorded for posterity sake. 647 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure, yes, when you do it. 648 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, my life insurance plans good, that's great taking care 649 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 4: of I can write it off as a marketing expense. 650 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 4: It's wonderful. Like, really, where out you have to delete 651 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 4: this podcast the week I do it though. 652 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 3: Well, Andy, thank you so much for hosting this event tomorrow. 653 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 3: I can't wait to meet you and everyone's going to 654 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 3: be there, hopefully have a great turnout. And I'll check 655 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 3: out some of the comic book stuff. I'm sure he'll 656 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 3: bring back some of the older stuff, will bring back memories. 657 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, do you remember what your dad used to like 658 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 4: do you have any memory of like specific I think 659 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 4: I don't think you ever said it. 660 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so he he had some old like Superman stuff, 661 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 3: but he loved like, you know, random crap like Alfredy Newman, 662 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 3: that kind of stuff. 663 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 4: Mad Okay, yeah, I think Mad magazine guy. 664 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 3: He collected that, and you know some of the Spider Man, 665 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 3: Batman those were when he was a kid. That's pretty 666 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 3: much all they had when he was growing up. So 667 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: a lot of that stuff, and then as we were kids, 668 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 3: he had gotten some different random things. 669 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: And so I'll check it out. 670 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 3: But Andy, I will end it here, and again thanks 671 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 3: to everybody who's going to show up, and everything's in 672 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 3: the description on the podcast. 673 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: Thank you for your thanks for hosting this, Andy, I 674 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 675 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for coming, guys, I'm really excited. I'm very 676 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 4: excited to meet and greet with you and the Mallard 677 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 4: militia and just have a great time.