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Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Back

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Speaker 1: on the drive here on this Friday as we roll along,

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Speaker 1: and we have got a very special guest on the

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Speaker 1: phone lines, Leo McCafferty, producer of The Football Town, upcoming

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Speaker 1: film on the great, rich history of football in our

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Speaker 1: western Pennsylvania region. Here Leo a producer of that. He's

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Speaker 1: worked with the Steelers, with the Penguins, NFL films, a

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Speaker 1: very impressive background and resume, and of course he's one

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Speaker 1: of us, a fellow yins er. Leo, thank you for

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Speaker 1: taking the time, and you know, let's just start big picture.

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Speaker 1: What exactly is the Football Town and how did this

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, first thanks for having me. I appreciate being

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Speaker 2: on with you. All. This came together through the local

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Speaker 2: Draft Organizing Committee that the Steelers are a part of.

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Speaker 2: Visit Pittsburgh's a part of. There's a lot of folks

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Speaker 2: And one of the ideas that came about was creating

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Speaker 2: this immersive you know, I'll call it an IMAX film.

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Speaker 2: It's not truly Imax, but it's on the screen that's

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Speaker 2: so big that you know, that's what you know, people

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Speaker 2: the Steelers approached NFL Films and thought that they would

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Speaker 2: be the right entity to tell this story. And from there,

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Speaker 2: with relationships that I've had with both the Steelers and

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Speaker 2: you said, fellow yinzer, to hopefully help tell this story correctly.

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Speaker 2: So that's kind of the you know, the the nuts

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Speaker 3: I'm pretty excited about it, Leo, this sounds pretty cool,

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Speaker 3: and I'm curious, like how when does the story start?

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Speaker 2: Well, the story starts, you know, with with Pittsburgh being founded.

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Speaker 2: You know, we start with George Washington, We start with

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Speaker 2: You know, what brought people to Pittsburgh and what made

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Speaker 2: is a story about the region, the people of the region,

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Speaker 2: football has kind of been the thread, you know, certainly

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Speaker 2: over the last seventy five years or so, of what

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Speaker 2: they grew up here. So the story is really about

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Speaker 2: the people in the region, who they are, how they

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Speaker 2: to the people of Pittsburgh. You know, if you're from here,

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Speaker 2: I think you'll understand that. And if you're not from here,

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Speaker 2: hopefully this film will make you understand that.

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Speaker 3: So Leo and then piggyback off that if you don't mind. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: Is that a direct correlation? I mean a lot of

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. You know, there's the there's a quote from Joe

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Speaker 2: So I think that that type of hard work, that

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Speaker 2: You know, there's a natural correlation between the two. You know,

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Speaker 1: It is Leo McCafferty with us here on the drive

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Speaker 1: on the Steelers Audio Network. Leo, I loved what you

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Speaker 1: said about you know, people from this region, they understand

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Speaker 1: you hope that this that this film can teach them,

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Speaker 1: You know, Matt has a scouting background in football, so

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Speaker 1: he's been a lot of different places. I know you

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Speaker 1: have an extensive, impressive resume in your field. You know,

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Speaker 1: past two before I was able to get back home.

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Speaker 1: You know, most places you go to and you tell

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Speaker 1: regional food. Right, I'm from Buffalo, all the wings. I'm

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Speaker 1: from Baltimore, all the crab cakes, right, or maybe you

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Speaker 1: western Pennsylvania. From Pittsburgh. It's the Steelers that is the

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Speaker 1: thing that people are most synonymous with, you know, and

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Speaker 1: you think about Pittsburgh, it's the steel Mills. It's the

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Speaker 1: this story. It's got to be exciting for you, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you take a lot of pride in it.

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Speaker 2: I do take a lot of pride in it. You know.

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Speaker 2: It's a story that we're proud of. You know. I'm

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Speaker 2: hardly just me, and it's hardly just one entity that

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Speaker 2: you know, I remember being abroad and getting in a

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Speaker 2: It's just amazing that you know that the brand of

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Speaker 2: and it is it's something that you know, he had

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Speaker 2: that's from Pittsburgh. It's it's just something that you have

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Speaker 2: this profound level of prideeness in and it's a different level.

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Speaker 2: You know, if you watch a game, the announcers are

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Speaker 2: come out and they show their support. You know, if

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Speaker 3: So, Leo, I was born in nineteen seventy three, and

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Speaker 3: so I don't remember early super Steelers at all. I mean, frankly,

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl. But there was no doubt since probably the

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Speaker 3: assume you get those kind of stories all the time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we do. And that's also part of the story

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Speaker 2: of this film. You know, basically, it's from the cradle

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Speaker 2: away and your tombstone, which is this sacred thing that

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Speaker 2: represents your life. It says who you were married to,

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Speaker 2: the day you were born, the day that you were died,

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Speaker 2: and in a lot of cases around Pittsburgh, that you

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Speaker 2: remarkable it's just this remarkable level of attachment and love

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Speaker 2: it's very one that you're you know, you're you're prideful about,

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Speaker 2: and one that you show in so many different ways.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure that the film I've obviously seen it, but

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Speaker 3: it is more than just about It's not the history

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Speaker 3: I assume there was a time when this was the

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Speaker 3: best high school. You know, Bill Freelich and those guys, are,

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Speaker 3: I mean it's not now, but it's still really strong.

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Speaker 3: Pitt was a phenomenal per for a lot of years.

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Speaker 3: I would imagine there's a lot more of that in

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Speaker 2: Right, absolutely, yeah, this is this is way more than

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Speaker 2: just a historical look at the Steelers and their success,

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Speaker 2: which you could easily do a whole documentary on. But

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Speaker 2: this is this is the story of football in Western Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 2: You know, As I mentioned, this screen is gigantic. I

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Speaker 2: think it's seventy one feet wide by forty one feet tall.

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Speaker 2: And one of the pieces of this film is we

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Speaker 2: showcase and don't quote me on this, but I think

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Speaker 2: seven hundred and sixty six players from Western Pennsylvania were

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Speaker 2: drafted into the NFL and we use that screen to

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Speaker 2: showcase that in a really unique way. Yeah, exactly right.

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Speaker 2: And this is you know, this is just there are

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Speaker 2: so many great players that have come from Western Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 2: Pitt has a big piece in this as well. They

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Speaker 2: are such a storied historical franchise, you know, as it

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Speaker 2: relates to college football, you know, and the high school

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Speaker 2: the high school section of this film is probably my favorite.

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Speaker 2: You know. It's just a very emotional, very raw, very

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Speaker 2: it helps you understand why people in Pittsburgh, you know,

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Speaker 2: are so tied to this game. But yes, to your

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Speaker 2: point is this is all about the football that this

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Speaker 2: also produced great Hall of Fame players, great NFL players,

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Speaker 1: Oh, no doubt, we can't wait. You mentioned that screen

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Speaker 2: Yes, you're one hundred percent right. We basically we had

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Speaker 2: so everyone sort of had to reimagine how they were

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Speaker 2: So everything that was shot for this film was very

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Speaker 3: So, Leo, I'm half kidding, but in all your research,

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, and I'm going to give away the film,

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Speaker 3: Okay, you know, what is it?

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Speaker 2: I thought that was a great line. And you know,

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Speaker 1: Well, if if Crafton's finest, Bill Cower says, it's true,

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Speaker 1: it must be true, folks. Cayman Science Center website is

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Speaker 1: where you get your tickets. The Football Town debuts Saturday,

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Speaker 1: February twenty eighth Caymanscience Center dot Org. I've got it

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Speaker 1: on the front page. You cannot miss it. Leo McCafferty, producer, director,

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Speaker 1: The Football Town, one of us fellow yinzer. Leo, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time. All the best

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Speaker 1: and and have a great weekend.

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Speaker 2: Hey, guys, thanks so much for having me. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: I hope all of you enjoy the film.

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Speaker 1: Thanks partner, Take care, we'll talk to you soon. There,

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Speaker 1: he goes Leo McCafferty, great stuff. That's fun. And Matt,

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Speaker 1: that's good. That got me fired up. Like I was

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Speaker 1: It's it's one of those things that I think even

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Speaker 3: The city, even you know the history of it is.

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Speaker 1: Fact that George Washington and all that. I wonder if

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be awesome again. Caymanscience Center dot Org. I've

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Speaker 1: come back on the other side, some trade target conversation

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Speaker 1: all of that to close down the first hour of

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Speaker 1: the program when we return on the other side, West Sheeler,

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