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Speaker 1: Award nominated author for the book The Sister Accord fifty

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Speaker 1: the Sorority girl. You know family mother too. Straight out

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Speaker 1: That's why you wrote that book, and that's why you

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Speaker 1: week for someone else. Um Like, so true, so true.

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Speaker 1: to be successful. You just had to tap into new

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Speaker 1: But you had the hustle because you know it was

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Speaker 1: The one thing I've found glaringly when I started this journey,

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Speaker 1: So it's important to surround yourself with that positive, you know,

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Speaker 1: One that stood. If you said your belief is that

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Speaker 1: oh Man, I say that all the time. I mean

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Speaker 1: What is the legacy you want to leave? And kind

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Speaker 1: legacy that I personally want to leave is to bring

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Speaker 1: and day out. And through Excel Lifestyle and the mission

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Speaker 1: You are so good, Megan Eden, You're good. You're really good. Uh.

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Speaker 1: She's from Rhode Island, made her way through the Virginia

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Speaker 1: A lot to say about this young man. It's a comedian, actor, director,

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Speaker 1: television producer, filmmaker. He rose to fame with the critically

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Speaker 1: acclaimed film Hollywood Shuffle, a satire depicting the trials and

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Speaker 1: tribulations of black actors in Hollywood. He is a new

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Speaker 1: documentary film out, making The Five Heartbeats, about his journey

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Speaker 1: to making the blockbuster iconic film The Five Heartbeats. Please

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Speaker 1: welcome the Money Making Conversation. The incredible Robert hounsing, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for having me. Boys, just go. You

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Speaker 1: just gotta know how much I love him whenever you know,

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Speaker 1: when you you know how important he is to my career.

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Speaker 1: This is the first time and every time I see him,

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Speaker 1: always hugging and saying, man, you know, you're the reason

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Speaker 1: I'm where I'm at. He stopping to show stop it.

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Speaker 1: And I don't laugh this off now because he knows.

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Speaker 1: Because what happened was in the eighteen when I was

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Speaker 1: finished doing Steve showed me and the Boars and ABC.

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Speaker 1: I was. I didn't have no agency. I was just

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Speaker 1: out there, just basically wild it out in the l a,

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Speaker 1: you know, as a comedian, and he hired me on

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Speaker 1: his very popular w B show The Parenthood as a writer.

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Speaker 1: If he does not hire me as a writer, I

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Speaker 1: have no foothold in the writing business. Because he knows

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Speaker 1: how difficulty is for African American writers to even especially

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Speaker 1: back then, an opportune to the right. And I always

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Speaker 1: look at him and I thank him. I said, man,

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Speaker 1: thank you, brother, because I wouldn't be interviewing him right

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Speaker 1: now because that's his that's his m old. He gives

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Speaker 1: people an opportunity and that's why he's had such longevity

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Speaker 1: and such positivity in this business. And that's why I'm

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Speaker 1: happy to have you on my show man just to

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Speaker 1: help you out. Well, Brank you so much. I just

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Speaker 1: want to get this word out about the documentary. But but,

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Speaker 1: but here's the thing, you know, because you know, you

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Speaker 1: are the architect of designing and creating and building on

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Speaker 1: stuff from a business perspective on the way down. So

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Speaker 1: my whole thing is, uh, this is my new documentary.

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Speaker 1: It's about the Five Heard Beats. People you know, over

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Speaker 1: the years love the Five Heartbeats. Over two hundred million

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Speaker 1: clips have been shared worldwide from this film, and so

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Speaker 1: people ask me all the time about doing a sequel

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Speaker 1: or something like that. I could never figure it out.

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Speaker 1: But sometimes the stories behind the scenes are more you know,

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Speaker 1: exciting sometimes in the movie. And this documentary is a

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Speaker 1: roller coaster ridd about how I made The Five Heart Beats.

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Speaker 1: I saw close to ten thousand actors and open calls

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Speaker 1: to to to the side on the four guys that

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Speaker 1: would be in the film. It is my journey with

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Speaker 1: the Temptations. Because a lot of people don't know that,

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Speaker 1: you know, initially they think it's the Dells, they think

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Speaker 1: it's the Temptations. In the documentary, I set the record straight.

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Speaker 1: But it's a roller coaster ride. And it's like having

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Speaker 1: a front row seat on the set watching this movie

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Speaker 1: be made. And so I'm really proud of it. And

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Speaker 1: it's one night only Fathom Events. If they want to

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Speaker 1: get tickets, they can google Robert Townson dot com making

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Speaker 1: the five heart beats. But I'm just excited to talk

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Speaker 1: to you, so thank thank you again for having me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about a lot though. You can you

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Speaker 1: can slow down the energy because you get off the air.

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Speaker 1: I got you for a minute. I got my man,

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Speaker 1: Robert Townson. So I know you've been doing a lot

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Speaker 1: of quick I can hear that little quick tone. Thank you. No, no, man,

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Speaker 1: you're not going anywhere with my friends because we got

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Speaker 1: people today. But I want to let you know about

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Speaker 1: what Sean McDonald's doing right now for Robert Hownson. You know,

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Speaker 1: I got the link and I got the social media

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Speaker 1: Also will be updated on my ra Sean McDonald fan Club,

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Speaker 1: And guess what I'm putting boost. I'm buying some boost

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it because that's what we're

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Speaker 1: supposed to do, Robert. That's what we're supposed to do. Man,

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Speaker 1: we suppose your friend, you know. And and and that's

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Speaker 1: what social media is a big game changer when we're

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Speaker 1: you know, people trying to get the different media out let,

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Speaker 1: Let's say, come on, really, Robert Townson, Okay, we booting

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Speaker 1: somebody off the Monday Show, were booting somebody off the money.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, my brother, I love you. And so so

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Speaker 1: let's talk about this, Robert, you know, about the five

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Speaker 1: hearty because my program direct he went, that's my favorite

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Speaker 1: movie and my favorite movie, and so why is it

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Speaker 1: and then both of them project manager raised finger that's

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Speaker 1: my favorite movie too. Uh. You know, I think people

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Speaker 1: love The Five Heart Beats because there's some some themes

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Speaker 1: in that film that I think resonate with a lot

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Speaker 1: of people. You know, it's the rags the richest story.

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Speaker 1: It's friendship, it's forgiveness, and at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: it's family. The five guys are at that you know,

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Speaker 1: barbecue together and they're still friends and they're still with

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Speaker 1: it really gives people hope. And you know, and Eddie

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Speaker 1: here's the thing in the in the documentary, I talked

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Speaker 1: how David Ruffin really influenced me. And I met with him.

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Speaker 1: And when I met with him, he was strong out

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something. You amazed me, man um Uh.

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Speaker 1: When I look at my life, You've played so many

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Speaker 1: When the Hollywood Shuffle came out, I was doing radio

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Speaker 1: this movie? Because you just struck a nerve. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's the years media man, Yes, sir, I saw this movie.

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Speaker 1: Been a fan, been a super fan this movie. Why

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Speaker 1: just creating new art. Well, I'm Jesus um just the

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Speaker 1: Because three movies this young man has done, I say,

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Speaker 1: by myself. That's right, that's right, that's right. That's I apologize.

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Speaker 1: I apologize, No, no, all good, all good, But but

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Speaker 1: So your instincts are right again, Rashaan. So it's it's

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Speaker 1: name is Roshan. I think I got a pretty cool name.

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00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: But Donna Tella, Donna Teller though, Donna, that that's a name.

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00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 1: Bo They got some money associated with that name. Success

852
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: had to go with that name. Yeah, growing up everyone

853
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 1: makes fun of me. But now now I'm laughing at that.

854
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: Go on now because that name was associated with money. See,

855
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: if I know you young, I would have told you, girl,

856
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna make some money with that name. The people

857
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 1: there about rihardshan Rishaw McDonald man that name. You're gonna

858
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Speaker 1: make some money with that name. So Donna tell her, girl,

859
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 1: I'll be in New York this weekend, Labor Day weekend,

860
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: and you got this restaurant. We're gonna talk about a lot.

861
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about a lot because I want to

862
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,280
Speaker 1: talk about that transition you made as a lawyer, because

863
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 1: you know where I go. I go through these bios

864
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: on Money Made Conversation, and I got you for two breaks,

865
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 1: which I think it's very fortunate because I know you're

866
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 1: very busy, and I always talk about these transitional moments,

867
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: how you live a balance life, and and and You've

868
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: done so many unique things with your life that I

869
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,720
Speaker 1: gotta get the story out. But first, Rashan McDonald's gonna

870
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: be I'm ribbing in h New York on US Sunday morning,

871
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: so I gotta go check in. You know wantlet you're

872
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: check in the hotel of the three pm. Okay, So

873
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw my luggage to the to the Beilman,

874
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: and at noontime, I'm gonna get me some pizza. Let

875
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: me tell Let me tell you some about Rashan McDonald.

876
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: I love Hamburgers. I can't get enough of Hamburger. I mean,

877
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,319
Speaker 1: I cannot get enough of hamburg and I cannot get

878
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 1: enough of pizza. Lord have mercy. I just love me

879
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,799
Speaker 1: some pizza now now, I was happy about getting you

880
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 1: on the show because your show, because you're an artisan.

881
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,360
Speaker 1: When he comes, that's a that's a certain style of

882
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 1: pizza that you do. That's correct. This is this is

883
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 1: not your every pizza. My father was born in Naples,

884
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: which is the birthplace of pizza, and I studied with

885
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: master chefs in Naples on how to make pizza. And

886
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: I've created a very unique type of pizza with um

887
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 1: ancient grains, and we do a slow rise, so we

888
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: let our dough rise over three days, so we use

889
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 1: very very little used which makes a very light and

890
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: digestible dough. And we use premium toppings, nothing but the preservatives,

891
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 1: fresh tomato sauce, fresh the best mozzarella from Italy Galbani.

892
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: So we really take pride in in our pizza and

893
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: most importantly, it is delicious. That's important. The brand of

894
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: social media play in your personal life and your professional

895
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: life and getting the word about all about your brand.

896
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,280
Speaker 1: How important to social media? Yeah, I mean it's it's

897
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: it's full important. It's how the young people communicate to

898
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: all and we help to keep keep up with it.

899
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: I started. I mean, how I got into such TV

900
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: is because when I first opened the restaurant. I didn't

901
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: know anyone I had. I didn't have the same soft

902
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: fighting now a well being budget, and night was just

903
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: all gross fRoots and know how to get the world out.

904
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:14,720
Speaker 1: So I started on local TV and then I always

905
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: was with technology and I was one of the first

906
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: people in about them to use UM the open table

907
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: system which is now everywhere, because I didn't think people

908
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:28,319
Speaker 1: are actually gonna make reservations where I wanted to. You know,

909
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,800
Speaker 1: if you came into my restaurant, it's all about personal service.

910
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: If you have your favorite table and your your favorite meal,

911
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 1: and if I make you feel like a million bucks

912
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: from you come in, I know I'm I'm gonna get

913
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: you and have a customer for life. So on social

914
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: media hit two, it's so important everyone from in the

915
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: case to social media, the bad and the ugly. You know,

916
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 1: everyone thinks the critic too, and a lot of people

917
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 1: don't know about when they come and they they criticize

918
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: things that they don't know about. UM. But I think

919
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,919
Speaker 1: it's I think it's great. Uh, it's it's the wave

920
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,880
Speaker 1: of the future. It's not going anywhere. That's how we

921
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: communicate today. UM. It's really interesting on top of it.

922
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 1: It's really interesting when I I love who you are.

923
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,240
Speaker 1: I love the fact that you are a decision maker

924
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: in your personal life even though people are telling you

925
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: you should do this. That's a mature decision that you

926
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,279
Speaker 1: made at twenty six years of age. But now you

927
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,880
Speaker 1: have such a great balance life. You're a wonderful husband,

928
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,880
Speaker 1: your your mother. How does that balanced life play a

929
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 1: part in your life with all these yes, sure, I

930
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: I agree. You know. Um, money is not my god,

931
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: it's it's it's money. I think it's important that balance life.

932
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 1: It's so importanting and actually I'm feeling heavy because I'm

933
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 1: pregnant with twins as we speak. So, um, I met

934
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 1: my husband later in life. He's a he's a whole.

935
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: But it's it's really really important to choose that balance

936
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: in your life. And if you it's it's only work

937
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,319
Speaker 1: all the time. And for me, it was worked for many,

938
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 1: many years, but I still managed to work. But I've

939
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: changed the definition. I used to have high end dining

940
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 1: restaurants and I moved into upscale quick service because I

941
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: wanted to scale and create a platform but still have

942
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: time to be home with my family. So that was

943
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: a decision based on my personal life too, because I

944
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: want to Yeah, you can't. You can't mess up being

945
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: a parent, you know, you can't. You don't have a

946
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: duel over there with that. So, um, I wanted to.

947
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: I wanted to strike the balance. But I'm still a

948
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: woman that needs to work and that's driven and creative,

949
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:43,719
Speaker 1: and I think that's important for my son to see

950
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: as well. So I think it's yeah, you gotta just

951
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:50,960
Speaker 1: gotta keep that in mind constantly. Um, and I'm able

952
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: to um turn it on and off bee that business

953
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 1: person and then trying to be the mom and and

954
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 1: try and you have to be just very highly organ efficient.

955
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: And you know you're about to go from tweening, you

956
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: got to go about to go from mom the super mom.

957
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 1: Now you know that. Oh my gosh, I can't believe

958
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 1: it's happening. I'm still in shocked. Well, well, I think

959
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: it happens because you know, first of all, God plays

960
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,319
Speaker 1: is rolling all this and you want it, you know,

961
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: you you you know, like you said, you can't do

962
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 1: a do over, and and that's important that you said. Like,

963
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 1: I have a daughter, she's twenty one, and I know that,

964
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: you know, when she called me and said Dad, I

965
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: love you, Dad. Could you help me? Dad? What about this?

966
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:40,040
Speaker 1: That is so cool to me? When you when you

967
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,480
Speaker 1: get to that stage, you're gonna really appreciate it's the best.

968
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: You know, it's the best that you know. All you

969
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 1: want in life is like your dad did for you.

970
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 1: He just wanted your life to be better than his life.

971
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 1: He was an immigrant, Okay. And then you've done those

972
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 1: things you've done, You've exceeded his expectation. Even like you said,

973
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: your son his son or restaurant on it. When you

974
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,920
Speaker 1: were sitting down and this, this idea, this is what

975
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 1: I want to do in my life came about. And

976
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:04,839
Speaker 1: so when I when I think about all these things,

977
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: and I think the fact that you said, Richard, look,

978
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 1: I was successful over here, but I didn't needed the balance.

979
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: So I went to a different style of restaurants of

980
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:16,400
Speaker 1: serving serving your community in the food world because it

981
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:19,360
Speaker 1: fits your lifestyle better. And that's what that's what the

982
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,680
Speaker 1: restaurant a gram Sister station. It fits your lifestyle better.

983
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 1: But it's also amazing food and it's healthy food, absolutely food.

984
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:28,880
Speaker 1: Because I want to let me just say something right

985
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:30,839
Speaker 1: quick through there's a lot of people run way. They

986
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: hear the word healthy. You know what I'm saying, No, no, no, no, no.

987
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: Great food done the right way. You know, she's the

988
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,360
Speaker 1: right way. You know the dough. You know when I

989
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 1: stay healthy, I'm saying, like, for example, give you an

990
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 1: example mastarella. People don't realize Americans look for the whitest

991
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:53,480
Speaker 1: mazzarella out there. That means there's constans in it. That's

992
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:56,400
Speaker 1: what it means when you I'm talking about healthy. Just

993
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: start getting the best chemicals and knowing the difference. And

994
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 1: and so for me, I researched and I used the

995
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:09,920
Speaker 1: best products, whether it's from Italy or New York. I

996
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: give the people the best product and they know it.

997
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 1: Tastes that are all at junk folding and preservatives that

998
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: are cheaper, and then you feel like gross afterwards. Honestly,

999
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 1: it's delicious. Just tell everybody when they can find it.

1000
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,760
Speaker 1: And then I'm a wrapping up with Roshan McDonald. Stop

1001
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:34,280
Speaker 1: tell everybody, Donna Tellizzarro. The pizza bar on the lower

1002
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:37,320
Speaker 1: level Concourse in the corner. It's right across from Magnolia

1003
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: Bakery and ground from Prato. Now ra Sean McDonald will

1004
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 1: be there this Sunday. Labor day weekend and you'll see

1005
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 1: an African American man. Please don't come near him because

1006
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 1: it's table with food. The food. Okay, don't mess with

1007
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,359
Speaker 1: me taking my picture wanting to go. Are you that?

1008
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: Are you that baking guy? No, don't do that. Please

1009
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: don't do that because with Sean McDonald's eating with Sean

1010
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 1: McDonald gonna have his meat lover's pizza because it would

1011
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:02,600
Speaker 1: be a square because she told me it comes to

1012
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 1: square and the meat them and the saut is gonna

1013
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: be to the edge because artisanal pizzas normally don't do that,

1014
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,239
Speaker 1: but at provar Pizza Ball they do it like that.

1015
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: Then Roshan gonna tell wait for your excuse me, give

1016
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:15,960
Speaker 1: me a strong bowlie I wanted to go, and then

1017
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: I want to cannoli for my dessert, and I'm gonna

1018
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,280
Speaker 1: get those meatball because it's been recommended by the owner.

1019
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: That's what we do with Provo Pizza Ball. First left,

1020
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: lower level, Grand Simple Station. Rashan will be there and

1021
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 1: you can be there every day down to tell her

1022
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 1: congratulations on your twins, congratulations on your life, appreciate your

1023
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:36,440
Speaker 1: calling my show. Thank you so much for Sean your winner.

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Speaker 1: Wow money make conversation, keep winning everybody rashand McDonald WHOA.

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Speaker 1: did you see that journey shaping itself like that? You

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1048
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Speaker 1: one thing that I can say that's been consistent in

1049
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:12,560
Speaker 1: my life was that I've always had faith and then

1050
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:16,399
Speaker 1: I've always been ready. So whatever opportunity presented itself to me,

1051
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Speaker 1: I was able to take advantage. Whether it was a

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