WEBVTT - Saved By The Belmore Presents: CUTTING YOUR TEETH (Episode 3) 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:17.120 Hello, and welcome to an all new episode of Saved 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:22.720 by the Belmore. It's me your host, Mr Stephen Belmore. Gosh, 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.000 I'm so happy to be here. And of course I'm 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.800 back with my gal pal, my best friend, my producer, 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:34.879 my cousin. That's friend. Hi, it's me Cindy. Well, I 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:36.839 was going to get to it, Cindy, so let's not. 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:43.240 Let's not jump guns here, okay, of course, sorry, Steve. Regardless, Cindy, 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.680 what is new with you? Well, as you know last week, 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.839 I finally returned to the dating scene. But remember my 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.760 date did have a klonopin. It is accidental drowning in 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:57.560 some New England clam chowder. Yeah it was. Wait, wasn't 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.319 New England. I thought it was a Manhattan chowder. No, no, no, no, no, 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.560 it was. It was definitely New England. And see, that's 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.520 that's why it's dangerous. It's hard to come back after 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:12.040 being submerged in such thick chowder. But he's out of 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:15.440 the woods, he's out of the coma, Cindy. That is 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.360 so great. You know, I love chowder, so I put 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.200 myself and my life on the line all of the time. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.200 But I'm just I'm so excited for you. So does 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.320 this mean that you're going to keep dating? Well, actually, 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:34.000 unfortunately no, Yeah, he um woke up and almost instantly 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.920 told me he wasn't looking for anything serious. Oh yeah, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.800 and he was married as well. Oh, Cindy, that's that's 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.680 a shame. Yeah, but for time, we really do need 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:46.960 to move on to stuff I didn't know, right, No, 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.040 that's right. I didn't think you'd actually have anything to 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.760 catch us up on, Um. But there's plenty of fish 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.760 in the see, you just got to cast a wider net. Okay, 0:01:55.840 --> 0:02:00.360 so let's get started on me, all right. Absolutely, So, 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.840 as you know, production on Rent has come to a 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:08.359 halt because I refused to allow all of the students 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.840 to audition. And yes, that is solely based on the 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.360 fact that their parents have slighted me. If they've slighted me, 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.200 then they're not welcome. If they haven't, they can get 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.440 an audition. Well did that affect a lot of the 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:25.400 kids about fifty percent? Yeah, But still, I don't need 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:29.480 that toxic energy surrounding me when I'm trying to pull 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:34.800 literally pull performances out of these dry sponges their parents 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.040 called children. And I mean, you know how it is. 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.080 I okay, so that's on Halts. I'll let you know 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:44.080 what goes on with that. I'll let everybody know. They'll 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.680 probably be a go fund me. I'll drop the link 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.679 when it's out. Um. I do have some good news 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:53.640 and some bad news, Cindy. The good news is, after 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:58.480 four different failed change dot org petitions, I was able 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:03.600 to add stage make up to my syllabus. Wow, congratulation, 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.840 Thank you so much, Cindy. It was so great. But 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:11.320 the bad news is, after an unfortunate accident with Julius 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:15.680 Smith's eyeball and a pencil eyeliner, I've had to remove 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.880 it and re add History of Theater, which I teach 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.560 by showing a bootleg taping of the fan of the opera. 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.720 What happened with Julia's I I have no idea. I 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.239 picked it up, I rented it off, I put it 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:28.760 in a zip blog bag and stuck it in her 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.240 pocket when they were taking her out on the stretcher. 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.520 But I haven't had time to follow up. Her last 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.320 name is long to look up in the system. So, Steven, 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:42.080 that sounds very serious. I mean, the paperwork, did you 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.480 at least I didn't do any paperwork that's not I'm 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.520 a creative person. Her eye felt it popped out. Oh 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.640 my goodness. Well the thing was, I said, you're doing great, 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.640 and I gave her a little a little smack on 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:59.080 the back, okay, and then she was holding the eyeliner. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.560 Oh so it was your fault. Well that was the 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.440 first and then someone else bumped into her front and 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.000 hit her hand, so it was kind of like a 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.560 double Dutch situation. You know, this reminds me I should 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.880 reach out to legal. Oh yeah, please reach out to 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.920 our on staff legal team to make sure that it's 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.720 okay that we we tell that story. But again, not 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.200 my fault. She should have known how to use a 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.480 gel eyeliner. I mean, she's fourteen years old. Grow up. 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:31.800 So anyway, now I'm stuck teaching the goddamn history of theater, Sandy, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.760 it may as well be a politics class. I just 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.000 can't seem to care about it. But you know what 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.839 I do care about inspiring people, and that's why I 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.679 have come up with a new segment, stories of cutting 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:52.359 my teeth. As many of you know, sometimes artists, and 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:55.200 I use that term broadly, I have to take jobs 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:59.800 they otherwise would not to support themselves in pursuing their 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.080 whatever it may be. And this is the story of 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.320 the thirteen years I spent cutting my teeth after my 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:11.160 parents cut me off while auditioning for Broadway shows and 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:16.440 getting callbacks for Broadway shows. You remember the callback? Yes, yes, 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:20.000 the callback. There was the callback for the one plus 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.919 others and waiting tables at New York's most exclusive restaurants 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:28.360 in diners. It's a special segment because not only are 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:32.359 Cindy and I best friends, roommates, cousins, we worked together 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:36.760 in several different restaurants in New York City, the Big 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.080 Apple as locals call it, And that's where Cindy met 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:45.239 her husband, her ex husband, Yeah, who I actually hooked 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:50.039 up with first at a server holiday party, and anyway, 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.479 he wasn't gay. It was a confusing time for him, 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.680 but he did meet Cindy soon after, and then he 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.640 did leave Cindy not too soon after that and is 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.680 now dating an unnamed real wife of New York who 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.920 I do still hope to meet some day. Yeah, about that, 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:10.200 I'm not comfortable asking him to introduce you to at 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.440 least not yet. Well time heals all wounds, Cindy. Okay, 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:17.360 you'll get there. But now let's get into celebrities who 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:24.520 have wronged me. Okay, so you remember when Morgan Freeman 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.800 came in. Oh, yes, everyone loves Morgan Freeman. He's an 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:33.080 actor from Bruce Almighty. He's most well known, Godly got 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.920 so good. I thought he was so good. He ordered 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.279 a tomato soup. I brought it out to him and 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.839 he was a total diva. He was very upset. He 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:48.680 asked to speak to a manager. It just really confused 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.159 me how this iconic actor could be so upset over 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:55.200 a simple confusion. Well, actually I remember that day. Wasn't 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.359 the bowl of tomato soup? Didn't you bring up a 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:02.920 bowl of salsa instead? We were out of the tomato soup? Gotcha. 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:04.760 But but then there was a part where we started 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.760 screaming lines from shash Redemption at him, which I don't 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.480 think he liked. Well that's because he couldn't handle it. 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.640 God forbid, somebody's a better actor, you know. You know 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.520 I did not consider that it was upsetting, So needless 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.640 to say, I won't be starring in the shosh Anc 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:28.360 Redemption too. Uh that that was a joke since thank you? 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.800 Um remember Diane Keaton, Diane Keaton comes in. Everyone just 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.440 loves Diane Keaton because she can scream in every movie 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:40.240 she's in. I scream everywhere I go. I don't get 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.440 the big deal on that, and she's not even that great. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.400 She wouldn't even let me try on her hat. Do 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.480 you remember that? I do remember that, but I remember 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.840 more specifically, more importantly, that that wasn't Diane Keaton. Actually, 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.680 well that makes it even worse because she's not even original. 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.720 There's another woman walking around just like her, exactly. And 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.280 if it was just a regular lady, then wouldn't she 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.000 be honored to let you wear her hat? You would think, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.720 you would think Cindy. But speaking of women who don't 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.160 know when they're being honored, Sarah Michelle Geller, you remember her. 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.760 She kept saying she wasn't Sarah Michelle Geller. I knew 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.000 she was Sarah Michelle Geller. We got into an argument. 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.760 It was over a plot point in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.559 which there's just a lot that goes on that didn't 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.360 make sense to me. God for a bid I questioned something, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.400 Sorry that I'm not a sheep, but you know, you 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.000 actually did have a point in that argument, So I 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.320 stand by it. I stand by it, thank you. Uh. 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.400 And then finally, Danny de Vito, when this is actually 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.439 more of a Cindy story than mine, because we were 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.160 closing the restaurant and I was in the back. I 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.040 was head server. I was counting the money, uh, screaming 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:53.840 at all the other servers for drinking, you know, just 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.079 really doing what I loved at the time. And then 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.480 when I come out of the back, Cindy is in 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:04.199 the clothes restaurant, slow dancing with none other than than 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:09.320 Matilda's Danny de Vito. Yes, yes, yeah, he was picking 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.720 up his take out, and you know, one thing led 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:17.040 to another, and he gave me a phone number. I remember, 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.880 you were so excited. Yes, I was so pissed. It 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.199 did turn out. I called the next day. It turned 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.679 out that it was fake. It was a fake phone number, 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.320 so that was that makes sense. He's married, actually to 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:35.000 the mom in Matilda, the actual mom. I knew they 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:40.000 were married. Yeah, you know that's not what he told me. Um. Yeah, no, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.240 I remember saying like he's married, and you were like, 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.600 who has time for that? You know, we all do 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.960 desperate things. I had sex with your husband, for God's sakes, 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:52.920 it was just a makeout. It was a makeout, and 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:57.800 it was before you were dating. Just the makeout though, right, Yeah, totally, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.720 totally okay because sometimes you know, yeah, I never know 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:07.600 with you. Yeah my ex husband. Yeah yeah, he's nice, 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:24.600 good kisser. So Cindy, it's time to move on to 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:30.040 our very special guests, and I'm so excited to have him. 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:35.040 Very exciting. Not only is he a Broadway producer bumping 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.560 elbows with some of the hottest celebrities to ever grace 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:42.560 the red carpet, he's gay, and he's an uncle to 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:46.679 one of my absolute favorite students who became one of 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.440 my absolute favorite students um when I found out this information, 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:54.400 Jenna I think her name is Jennifer Jenna Vieve, It's 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:58.240 something like that. She she quickly became my favorite student. 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.199 When I was on Instagram, as I always do, perusing 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.880 the student's Instagram accounts and fake Instagram accounts which they 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:08.199 have now, and I saw her in a photo with 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.280 none other than the star of the Dear of Enhance 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:17.200 and Film, Ben platt Way, and I said, what holiday, Hubie, whatdy? 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.600 I was flabbergasted, and so I do some click click 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.160 click gang next thing I know. I realized her uncle. 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.640 He has a gay face. I could tell. And after 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:31.000 convincing her to introduce us via some good old fashioned 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:35.320 B and B blackmail and bribes, blackmail and bribes, please 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:47.839 welcome Broadway producer Matt Farley. Hi, Matt. Do we call 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.520 you Matt? Or do we call you? Um, Matthew? I 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:54.520 don't what's the stage name? I'm not really a performer, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.760 you know, so I guess Matt's probably Matt's fine. Go 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:02.000 with Matt. Oh, let me clarifying. What does a producer do? 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.920 You know? Um? My role is a lot about allocating 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.320 funds to get the productions able to actually do their run. 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.640 So it's a lot of you know, contributing funds, myself, 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.200 finding other people to contribute funds so that, you know, 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.040 putting up a Broadway shows. It's so expensive, so it's 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.280 a lot of it's kind of the boring business side, 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:24.320 you will, of these really fun special pieces. No such 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.040 thing as a boring side. I've put on quite a 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.760 few shows myself. I have a one man show of 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.920 the Crucible where I play all of the roles. Um, 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.760 it's John Proctor is not involved. He was cut from 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.800 the script. Uh, so I get what you're saying, and 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.640 that leads me to my follow up question, how well 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.280 do you know Ben Platt? Oh? Um, you know, we 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:51.600 just uh that was it was Gentleman's birthday. Isn't she 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.000 the best? Isn't she just the best? So sweet? God? 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:58.000 I love her so much. Same and yeah, you know, 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.160 it was Gentleman's birthday last year. She was obsessed with 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.400 the show, and so I just I sent a few 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.319 emails to some people I've worked with on a few 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.400 shows in the past, just to see if they could 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.920 get her backstage after the show, just to say hi. 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.079 And so we both met Ben that night, and he 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.680 was super nice to gentle En. It was really lovely. Yeah, 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.320 oh my god. And did anything progress there with you 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:24.280 and Ben in terms of what friendship? You know how 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:29.920 gays are? Oh yeah, I guess so, you know, not really. 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.760 He you know, had just done a big show and 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:34.319 I was really grateful that he came out to meet 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.200 my niece. So I said thank you so much. And 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:37.800 then you know, I think he just went on his 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.480 way too. You know, they can't talk to him if 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.840 the rest of their voice, so you know, okay, well 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:48.480 we'll talk about that off the air, sorry to disappoint. Yeah, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.720 me too. What did you think of Dear Evan Hanson 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:56.080 the movie, which is I believe based on the musical. 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:01.600 Isn't that right, Cindy. I believe it's a loose adaptation. Yeah, no, 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.280 it's pretty. Uh, it's pretty pound for pound the same story. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.080 I saw it. I had a great time. Yeah it is. 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.960 It's pound for pound, I said that. Yeah. Well, see, 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:15.560 I thought Dear Evan Hanson was like a diary type novel. Yeah, 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.560 so this is all very interesting and brand new to me. 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.200 Cindy thought it was the sequel to Dear John, so 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.520 she was expecting something else. Yeah, yeah, that's so funny. No, 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.120 it's not. Nicholas Sparks is not involved at all. Actually, 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.680 it's an interesting story. You know. Some people think it's 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.760 a little problematic. But I had a great time. I 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:39.440 thought it was nice, you know. Okay, So follow up 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:41.840 question to that is, do you think I could play 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:46.800 the role of Dear Evan Hanson. Um, it's time to 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:50.000 stand on the huh, Cindy. Look at the lyrics before 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.880 I put them in the put them in the church 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:57.480 before in turn the key I used to the key 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.920 I used to slam on the brakes. I used to slam. 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.640 I used, I used to slim, used to slam on 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:09.560 the break. Sorry, we should have rehearsed. Um no, I 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:15.000 I rehearsed Cindy's you know, overcorrecting. Absolutely absolutely, yes, I 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.320 think we actually need to go up an octave on 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.120 that one. We will have an arrangement ready for the 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.600 next episode. Well, yeah, I mean there's you know, there's 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.880 sort of two different conversations. Is you know, are you 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:26.600 able to sing the part, which you know a lot 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.080 of people can do. It's I mean it's a it's 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.400 a hard it's a vocally challenging part, but also you know, 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.800 for some people, not for me. Yeah. And then there's 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.120 also like, are you someone who could play a fifteen 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.720 year old in a convincing way? Well, you tell me. 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.360 I mean I've been playing fifteen since I was ten, 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:47.640 you know, yeah, wow, that's awesome. Yeah, Like I said, 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.280 I really I really worked on mostly the fundraising side 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.720 of things. Who am I to give any casting advice? 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:57.040 You know totally? Yeah, Well yeah, we'll talk about it. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.240 It's so modest. Um, so speaking, how much money do 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.320 you make? Excuse me, how much money do you make 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:07.680 in a year for our listeners. Uh huh, I mean 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.040 the money I raised for the productions that can range. 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.760 It kind of depends on the budget of the show 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.040 we're working. Well, I mean for like you personally, how 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.720 I think what Steve has asked is how much do 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:24.520 you take home annually before taxes net? Um? You know, 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.040 I'm not gonna lie. I'm a pretty fortunate guy. Nothing crazy, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:30.560 but you know, I've been fortunate to make a living 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.080 doing this. And you know I have a nice little 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.240 house out on Long Island that I go to in 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:41.720 the summer. Five figures, six figures seven, seven figures. It's 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.720 one of those Yeah, yeah, you know we're all out 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:49.640 here trying. Oh he's rich, he's rich. Okay, did I 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.680 hear that you had a house on Long Island? Yes, 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.720 I live on Long Island. I've never been. I hear. 0:16:55.760 --> 0:17:00.720 It's beautiful. Uh well, let's move on from numbers. Yeah. 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.879 Have you ever met at Dina Menzel? I've seen her live, 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.440 but we've never met. You know, she was in Wicked. 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.520 You know that she was in That was the show 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.040 I saw her and yes, I yes, it's a great show. 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.040 It's still on. You should go check it out. Well, 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:20.359 it's gonna be a movie and Ariana Grande is playing Glinda. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.480 How do you feel about that? I know a lot 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.679 of people are upset. I mean I played Alphaba many times, 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.560 so many times. I was thrilled about Arianna because I 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.040 was like, I would love to play across her. Cynthia 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:36.840 Arriva is a good choice. Um, different styles, but yeah, yeah, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.239 So how do you feel about miss Grande? You know, 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.280 I have seen her. I took gentlemen to see her 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.879 at the Barclay Center when she came, and she was 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.400 so her vote. I mean, her vocal skills are really unbelievable. 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:51.800 So I'm excited to see what she does with the role. Um, 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:53.439 there's such a variety of ways you can kind of 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.320 sing those parts. I think it'll be really exciting to 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:56.800 see how they do that in that movie. So I 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.320 think it's gonna be great. You know, I gotta say, 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.200 I'm kind of e is to hear you've played Alphabet 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.280 multiple times. That's really why quite a few times. Yes, 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:09.320 I've I've painted Nobe Moms the Wicked. We painted him 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.439 green head to toe. I do every year. You know, 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:16.080 it really only requires the face, hands and neck. But 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.000 Steve is just so committed. It's really clear you two 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.680 are very committed to the arts. It's um, well, Steve 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:27.399 really just inspires me. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I do best. 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.320 You know, there's people who inspire and there's people who 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:36.960 get inspired. So have you ever dated anybody famous? Not? Really? No? No, 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.000 you know, I know I work kind of close to 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:41.560 all these big exciting things, but you know, kind of 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.040 have a boring, normal personal life, just like anyone else 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:48.199 with a boring, normal job, you know, totally. Yeah. So 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:53.879 are you dating anybody not famous? Um? Yeah, yeah I have. 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:58.679 So you're dating? Yeah, I've been seeing someone. Is this 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:03.200 a creative question? Um? Is it serious? If you want 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:06.359 to answer that, that would be great. Is it serious? Uh? 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.720 You know he might listen to this, and I'm sure 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.600 he will. Everybody does. Uh huh. I would say, you know, 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.480 we're having fun. It's it's early, but I'm having a 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:20.239 great time. I love that he's being shy. Yeah. I 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:23.919 love that you're being shy, very uncomfortable. Well that's you know, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.960 when you're out of your comfort zone, you're growing. Oh 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:32.840 so that's something to keep in mind. You know, if 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:34.720 you feel like I want to crawl up in a 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.200 ball and I want to die. That's when you're at 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:41.480 your best. And that's how I teach your little Genevieve 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.520 Jenna Jenna Lynn. Is it that's how that's the approach 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:50.879 you go with? Yes? Oh yes, listen, Matt. I'm sure 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:56.800 that we will meet over Martini's and who knows what soon. Um, so, 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:02.320 thank you so much, and I will snapchat you. Um sure, 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:04.720 I don't think I have that, but you you can 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:09.720 just email email me the snapchat user name and we'll yeah, well, 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:12.600 we'll make the connection. Okay. Cool, I'm gonna Cindy can 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:15.040 send you a guide on how to download the app 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:17.520 to your phone. Yeah. I'm definitely going to be making 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:21.679 some phone calls. So that's great, fantastic, okay, cool, okay, cool, 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:33.120 thanks so much, Thank you so much. Bye bye Matt, Bye, Wow, 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:37.080 CYNDI I think that went so well. I think there 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:40.840 was some spark there. I don't know. I'm feeling. I'm 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:44.080 I have goose bumps right now. I'm covered in goose bumps. 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:47.400 I'm tangling. I feel so alive. But you know what, 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:51.600 I'm happy I feel this way because it's time for 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:57.119 our final segment. My favorite Belmore's chore, which I just 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:01.639 love to do because I give pat with my guidance, 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:06.720 with my advice, you know. And it's not always easy 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:13.119 to completely make myself open and vulnerable person, but I 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.159 do my best and that's why I'm here. So, Cindy, 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:21.000 who are we helping here today? Well, today's question comes 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:25.720 from a listener who asks, dear Mr Belmore, You've always 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:30.480 talked so deeply about your illustrious musical career, but when 0:21:30.520 --> 0:21:34.160 I search on Google for your name, nothing comes up. 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:39.240 Care to explain? Um? Well, and Cindy, remind me to 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:42.320 talk to you about the choosing of the questions I 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:45.520 could have. Want I picked a different question? Um well, 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:48.000 it's fine because it's an easy answer. I can go 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:50.720 back into the inbox. No, no, no, it's it's it's 0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:53.520 an easy answer. That was the only one we got 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.719 this week. I think that's what happens, Cindy. It's an 0:21:56.760 --> 0:22:00.280 easy answer. Of course. I used to go by my 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:04.400 stage name, which you can find out if you subscribe 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:10.080 to my Patreon, which is coming soon. So you will 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.800 subscribe to my patreon. It's a hundred dollars a month. 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:17.080 It's going to come with uh, three bonus episodes, my 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:22.359 head shots from over the years, a personalized autographed photo 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:26.280 of me that you can print out and hang. It's 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:29.080 totally worth it, and it will be here in time 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:33.800 for the next major gift giving holiday. Okay, so let's 0:22:33.880 --> 0:22:37.840 move on to the next question, Cindy, because I feel 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:40.760 like that listener had a bit of a tone and 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:44.480 I can't say that I was thrilled about that. Uh sure, 0:22:44.600 --> 0:22:50.479 um let me Uh, okay, you're checking the spam folder. 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:55.000 Here we go. There is one from someone named best. 0:22:56.640 --> 0:23:04.439 No not, absolutely not. Go to a different question next. Okay, Um, Cindy, 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:07.400 this is why you're supposed to prepare beforehand. You said 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:09.840 you went through the folders and that you had a 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:12.479 good question. I got, you know, I thought that that 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:16.160 first one was was really good. Um oh my god. Okay, Okay, 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:19.640 here's what it says, dear Mr Belmore. I am a 0:23:19.680 --> 0:23:24.199 current student of yours and was obviously surprised when I 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:28.679 heard you had a public access radio show. I was 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:31.720 even more surprised when I heard you talking about my 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:35.879 parents inevitable divorce. My parents have been happily married for 0:23:36.280 --> 0:23:39.680 you know what, Cindy, I'm gonna call a self care here. 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:42.600 I'm going to choose not to listen to the rest 0:23:42.640 --> 0:23:46.720 of this hater's question, and instead we'll remind all of 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:51.200 my listeners to remove any toxic energy from their lives 0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:55.439 because life it's too short. I agree, But you know 0:23:55.520 --> 0:24:00.280 that might be a great thing to handle off the air. Yeah, well, 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:02.520 speaking of things to handle off the air, I like 0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:06.960 fall transparency with my listeners, and I think that you 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:08.440 and I are going to have to have a little 0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:14.760 discussion because the job performance it's slacking. I feel like 0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:17.240 ever since you had to pick up that night job 0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:20.239 at Right Aid, you're just there's Right Aid. And then 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:23.960 I'm also working at Blazing Saddles on the weekends too. 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:27.359 It's just well, that's I told you working at a 0:24:27.400 --> 0:24:31.439 cowboy themed gay bar in midtown of Manhattan wasn't going 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.760 to help your self esteem. Well, you know, I heard 0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:37.040 from a lot of folks that the tips are really good, 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:40.119 but I'm just not quite seeing well, I think the 0:24:40.160 --> 0:24:44.879 tips are good for gay men. Cindy, you know that 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:48.800