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She showed Hollywood 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: that women could open and carry movies as the lead characters. 27 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: She started in such movies as Brown Sugar Yeah, Foxy 28 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: Brown Yeah, Coffee, Cheba Baby, and Friday Foster, to name 29 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: a few. She also started Jackie Brown, written and directed 30 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: by Quentin Tarantino, and received a Global Golden Globe nomination 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: for Best Actress. I Rashan McDonald first met her when 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: she's being honored in the ball That's when I really 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: really met her, you know, like I said, she still 34 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: I was just unknown. Rashan mc didn't have my show 35 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: nap and now we're moving big Now stands for a 36 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: National Association of Black Broadcasters in Washington, d C. Please 37 00:01:53,520 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: welcome to Money Making Conversation. Pam Grier. Hey, extraordinary, thank you, 38 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: thank you for having me on your show. I'm so 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: glad you fin it well. You know, first of all, 40 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: I'm happy to be uh, you know, first of all, 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: let me just talk about I I gotta get this 42 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: first part of our relationship. I've been done and and 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: and uh. And on the Jamie Fox Show, a young 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: man came into my life. I was co executive producer 45 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: to the Jamie Fox Show and he was the executive 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: producer Jamie Fox Show at the time. His name is 47 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: Bennie Richburg. And he really he changed my life as 48 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: a writer. And uh. And he's always said, because you know, uh, 49 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: you know, Pam Grid, that's my good best friend. I go, 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: Pam Gird your friend Benny, because Bennie short he's showed, 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: you know, he needs the sexiest looking dude, Benny Betty. 52 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: You know Pam Grid. Yeah, man, Pam Grid my good friend. 53 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: He always would tell me that, And then I'm damn 54 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: you know what I believe? Afterwhile, then I'm looking at 55 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: her own on the Wendy Williams Show and she brings 56 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: up Bennie Richberg name because they are good friends. And 57 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: so so tell me, how did you and Bennie Richberg? 58 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: This this incredible sitcom write an incredible man become friends 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: well getting rich for salp my autobiography had just been 60 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: published by Grand Central Publishing, and it was in a 61 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: store for one of the industry bookstore called Samuel French. 62 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: He saw my book. It was number twenty on the 63 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: New York Times bestseller list, and he lost his mind, 64 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: jumped out of the car, ran into the store, bought 65 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: the book, read it, and optioned it that night. And 66 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: I said, do you know you'll be writing like Quentin 67 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 1: did from the female side of your brain? He said, 68 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. And Thenny it took you two years. 69 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: But he jumped in the car with his with his 70 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: favorite dog, drove out to California and a blizzard from 71 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: California to Colorado, saw a mountain lion run across the 72 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: road and said, no, she don't live out here, and 73 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: he's getting He found out me as she do, and 74 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: he lowered the whole camped down and went through the 75 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: hire history of my family, the Black West Underground Railroad, 76 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: writing the my autobiography, adopting into a screenplay, and did 77 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: the most brilliant job. Took him two years. Talk about 78 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: a professor, a teacher, I call him Lord of the 79 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: Pen he's so good at what he did, and he 80 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: was so committed and came out with one of the 81 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: best screenplays. And we not only have we become friends, 82 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: I have watched him and heard about your legacy, his legacy, 83 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: Will Smith, legacy, Jazzy, Jeff, everybody who um you know 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: they kind of grew up together, were around And so 85 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: when he brought up the book with Jazzy and Iris 86 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: was around him heard himself interests that I have to 87 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: be in a pen Green movie. I want Interest to 88 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: play my grandfather, Daddy Ray, who was the first feminist 89 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: in my life, who taught all of us girls how 90 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: to hunt and fish and shoot and drive and be 91 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: self sufficient. He said, if you're a woman knows how 92 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: to do something, a man will respect you. And that 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: has been my mantra motto, uh, my threat of since then. 94 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: And I want to tell you it was. It has 95 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: been such a great partnership because he taught me a lot. Yes, yes, 96 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: you know, because I had wasn't some screenwriting scholarships because 97 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: I wanted to enhance my career not only as an actor, 98 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: butt a writer and a director. And I want a 99 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: couple of grants and scholarships and He just made me 100 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: a better writer. And I hope you got to meet him. 101 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: You got to meet him. You already know him. You've 102 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: got to talk to him and find out what he's 103 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: been to him, because, let me tell you, he is 104 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: just a wealth of knowledge and will really assist people 105 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: in writing, not only for blogs or uh newspapers, magazine, screenplays, novel. 106 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: He went through a great process and I learned, and 107 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: I want to tell you there's nothing better than finding 108 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: someone who is generous shooting their gift. This is Bennie Richberg. 109 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: She's she's talking about Richburg and Benny Richburg. Just the 110 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: backup the story, just in case people just came online. 111 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: Um talent sitcom writer. I met him on the Jamie 112 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: Fox Show. Didn't even know it, walked into the writer's 113 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: room and he welcomed me with open arm and he 114 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: taught me because I was just one of the confident guys. 115 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: And like like Mrs Greer saying, is that you think 116 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: you know until you work with an expert or somebody 117 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: who understands the levels. Myra brocka Kill was on that. Yeah, 118 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: and you know he started out with Fresh Prince for 119 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: five years, The Martin Show for five years and the 120 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: Jamie Fox Show for five years. So I just said, well, 121 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: I know you were considering some other writers, but Bennie, 122 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: I think you can do it. And when you talk 123 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: to him and he will have you Howard, because he says, 124 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: I can't live pang down. I have to see. Yes, 125 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: I know you can do it. I've watched you write 126 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: the show for many characters and out of some drama 127 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: is humor and so there's a lot of sad time. 128 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: There's a lot of humor in in my life story, 129 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot of tragedy. But you will you will 130 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: have the beats. I think you can handle the beats 131 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: of something that's tragic and the comedic and satirical. I 132 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: know you can do it. And he didn't let me down. 133 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: People see this. He was so good that Jay Farrell 134 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: when um are you here? Absolutely, I'm here, Come on, 135 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: Lee Lee Ross of of Caller, who wrote of some 136 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: of the shows, the video games are Call of Duty 137 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: for Infinity would he designed a video game for me? 138 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: And the video game is for a family, you know. 139 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: It's it's one of those for PlayStation four and it's 140 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: called shall Leon Shuffle And I'm this this Seafood is 141 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: master of martial arts, and I teach you my disciples 142 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: to kill zombie rat. I'm hearing this voice in the 143 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: studio leg and it's Jay Sarah and all of a sudden, 144 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: like oh, something hit me. His voice, his manner, his performance. 145 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: I said, I think I found my Richard prayer. And 146 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: I ran out the door, stood in the parking lot 147 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: screaming the be a beginning. You gotta meet Jay tayl. 148 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: I think I heard Richard, but I think we found him. 149 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: I think I know he's going to be a great Richard. 150 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: And they met and they read the scenes and they 151 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: worked something and Jay I said, Jay, you gotta He says, 152 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: I gotta do with you for you, and so Ja 153 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: Sare is gonna play with your prayer. You're just outbo 154 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: was gonna play my grandfather. Let me tell you all 155 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: because of the beating, I will just tell you that 156 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: Jay Farrell, don't know who he is from a star 157 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: of Saturday Live, can do anybody voice, especially washing Oh 158 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: he can knock. He's so good. He has over two 159 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: hundred characterizations. But when he didn't even do it acterrization 160 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: of Richard, he basically channeled all everything that I told 161 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: him about Richard and what he read about and the screenplay, 162 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: it just jumped off. And when he had certain body 163 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: movements and and facial expressions, My god, I'm not kidding. 164 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: He's gonna be nominated. He gonna take it, he gonna 165 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: he gonna take it. He's gonna walk. And if I 166 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: can find when it can help us find our camera. 167 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: Dobson who played with clear Patrick Jones and you stop 168 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: stop Kareem doji bar. I think we found him. He 169 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: was going to find up Freddie Prince. And then the 170 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: most exciting character was the agent John Gaines. He was 171 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: a very game of as he was. He was the 172 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: most powerful agent at a p A in the industry. 173 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: He at me camera, Richard Roundtree, who was shafts the case, 174 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: Todeve Martin, and John Candy. He had all of us 175 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: who were basically being hot, bankable actors at that time. 176 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: I would love to have Yan RELs play him cool. 177 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: One minute, we're gonna come back. Hey, we're gonna come back. 178 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: One minute, we're gonna do a break, and I'm gonna 179 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: come back and we're gonna do another ten minute breaks. 180 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm not letting you go. I'm I'm gonna have a 181 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: relationship with PA group and I'll come back. We'll be 182 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: right back with more pas, right back, more money making conversations. 183 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: I'm she's on the phone. We just wrapped up the 184 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: first half of our interview. She's a movie legend, Blaze 185 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: the trail for all actresses. She made be Jella jealous 186 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: when I was young when she started dating Freddy Prance. 187 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: You know, I was just so mad, like I had 188 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: a shot. You know. She's the official ambassador and spokesperson 189 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: for brown Sugar, the new streaming service from Bounce TV, 190 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: featuring the biggest collection of the baddest African American movies 191 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: of all time. That is such a cute promo commercial. 192 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: You land on that couch looking all hot and bothered. 193 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: Pam Brown Chicken tell us about that op. Round Sugar 194 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: is like Netflix but blacker okay, and it has the 195 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: largest largest inventory catalog of not only the movies that war, 196 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: coin black exploitation, action, comedy musicals. Um. It is one 197 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: of the most holific uh streaming service that you can have. 198 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: Because you couldn't have it, you wouldn't have enough room 199 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: in your house. Plus my mom could not see most 200 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: of the movies that I did or anyone did because 201 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: she was, you know, taking care of children. So now 202 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: at eight nine, we have these movie festivals with her 203 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: and all her ninety and year old friends. They come 204 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: over and see all the movies that evoked such great memories. 205 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: You can be literally Tyson, j Zerogo, Billy D Williams, 206 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: all my movies, everybody's movies, documentaries as well from Michael Jackson. Uh, 207 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: there's just it has just grown. And the one good 208 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: thing that I brought to them when they brought their 209 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: their concept to me, as I said, it's important after 210 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: the red carpet is over and the premier is over 211 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: the film. If you don't have a wealth of money 212 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: to keep promoting image and the brand, you can't. And 213 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: so they will be helping to promote the brand of 214 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: the black actor, the pop culture, black directors and producers, music, style, clothing, 215 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: all of the pop culture. So that we can leverage 216 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: two more movies, a viability, a bank ability. That's why 217 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm on your show. So that will be more Black Panthers, 218 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: They'll be more movies of afrocentric content. Well, you know, 219 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: I feel it perfect time. I feel it all started. 220 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: I feel with hidden Figures and Hid Figures can even 221 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: before that, because before Hidden Figures. You know, if you 222 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: look at the films that Denzel has been in, yes, 223 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: you know, uh we can go back from you know 224 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm saying is that you know Denzel, that Samuel Jackson, 225 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: but that he hadn't Figures, the Moonlighting in the Black Panthers, 226 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: all these are just these are not bankable stars. They 227 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: were out there and taking these movies and winning Oscar 228 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: Oscar Oscar for their for their work and all these things. 229 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: It's that, It's just I feel that this is perfect 230 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: timing because of the fact that it is so topical. 231 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: It's so you know, like like I said that if 232 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: your life the brand those movies there, I enjoy them. 233 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 1: I really get a kick out of The music is 234 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: amazing if you want to amazing, and the inspiration of 235 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: the films and the music and the overall pop cultures. 236 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: My films are not playing in the Netherlands. I know 237 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: they should. I'm sure you do you remember your movie? 238 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: Do you remember? Do you remember that scene in coffee? 239 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: You know, I believe I believe it's coffee I saw 240 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: the other day. Well, you know, when when he's trying 241 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: to convince you to put down that gun, and you're 242 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: about to lord that gun. And then and then, and 243 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: then you realize he's cheating on you because that woman 244 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: come out of the bedroom upstairs and you go. I said, 245 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: don't Lord of the gun, even though I've seen that 246 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: movie so many times. I said, don't lord the gun. 247 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: Don't lord of the gun. Because he was a good 248 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: slick talker. He was a good talker. Are you kidding me? 249 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: And she shot it, she shot it, she shot it. 250 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: I love, I love your career. I love I love, 251 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: I loved you. I had been let me tell you, 252 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: I've been blessed and the journey has been fantastic. But 253 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: what I also want to bring up, because of the 254 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: money making entity that our films have provided, is our 255 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: movies would stay in the theaters for so long. Usually 256 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: they expected in our movies in the theater one week. However, 257 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: our movies, mind Jim's friends, he's in cameras, we'd be 258 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: in the movies for at least eight weeks, keeping out 259 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: the other mainstream movies. And so when Jack Silverman of 260 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: The Silverman uh movie theater distribution, they had theaters all 261 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: around the country, he would say pam your movies just 262 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: staying longer, and people gonna get mad at you because 263 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: we're not letting other movies because you will stay long 264 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: and make of money. And so out of that, out 265 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: of the necessity becomes genius. So they started developing the 266 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: multiplex there, so you can see a black film and 267 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: the Asian film, a martial arts film, a Disney film, 268 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: a child film, a dately. You can see different types 269 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: of movies. And back then they started to make like 270 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: maybe five or six in the city and then the suburbs, 271 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: and then they realized it was such a money making venture. 272 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: They started making movie theaters that now gone from one 273 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: theater to another to see two movies in one day, 274 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: many times because because that's what I'm in, because of 275 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: our success, because that's how I watched a movie. I 276 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: go and see one movie, as the Majestic in Houston, Texas, 277 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: I go and see one movie and walk out, and 278 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: then I saw Shaft that way, I saw Another Professor, 279 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: that way, I saw I saw Truck, I saw all 280 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: those movies. And you're right, it was it was. It 281 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: was a period where you just walked this so one 282 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: movie and you walked out. It was no multiplex. We 283 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: helped invent the multi theater plex, the black film, the 284 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: ethocentric pop cultural film, helped invent almost the fourth hand. 285 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: You gotta do this so you can make more money, 286 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: and we are the ones that provided that in potential. 287 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: You got an extra thing happening here. We talked about 288 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: the Brown Sugar app We talked about the biopic of 289 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: your life. You got a movie coming out with Diane Keaton, 290 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: who's one of my favorite actresses. I love her to 291 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: and and a series with Fox cat get to that. 292 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: I want to go to them one at a time. 293 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Diane Keaton and then we're gonna go 294 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: with bless This Blessed the Mess on Fox in February, 295 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: talk about Diane Keaton's let me tell you we were 296 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: separated at birth. I'm my kid were We are so 297 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,479 Speaker 1: funny and crazy and wearing hats and just you know, 298 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: but we're very generous, very giving, and we both drink 299 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: red wine with ice cubes in it. That drives people crazy. 300 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: But she's sorely funny. She gives more than one fifty percent. 301 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: And that's what the actors that we just give so 302 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 1: much until we're exhausted and It was such a great 303 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: She's always on my bucket list to work with she 304 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: and Meryl Street and I want to I want to 305 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: direct Viola Davis. I mean, I've got a list. But 306 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: let me tell you're working with her sometimes you just 307 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: laugh so hard you hammle lose a kidney on this. 308 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: And she didn't made me laugh all damn day. But 309 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: she's so funny and so generous. It was great to 310 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: work with her and Jackie We we were in Real 311 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: Perlman as well. Now, bless the mess on Fox, and 312 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: this mess it takes like it's me and Lake Bell 313 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: and Dak Shepherd and Ed. They gored Jr. And Lake 314 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: and back leave New York. Broke been too disillusion driving 315 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: back to his aunt's farm in Nebraska. And they got 316 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: to come and deal with me. And they think they're 317 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: gonna bring some slick city mess. Come on, now, I 318 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: bring my country behind to this character, which a lot 319 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: of people haven't seen unless they've come here. Been he's 320 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: seen it. Then he has seen deer fighting on the property, 321 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: a mountain, lions horses show up, there's buffalo turkey. That's 322 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: all kinds of he says. He says, yeah, she really 323 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: lived out here because it keeps my instinct shirt to 324 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: live in a place that so can be so dangerous. 325 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: It scares some of my friends who have been ro blancos. 326 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: I have to walk them out to their car. But anyway, 327 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: and I got a single uncle, I've gotta I've got 328 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: my father wants to which you learned, you know, be 329 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: y'all on a date or something like that. And then 330 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: I met one uncle at a reception at a book signing, 331 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: and he said, well, you know, do you have a 332 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: lot of guns that as well? Yeah, Stevens the Gulls 333 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: giving me a gun at above the Lawn. I got 334 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: my gun out of Miami Vice and you know, everyone 335 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: giving me a gun or something from the show. My 336 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: grandfather gave me his punting rifles thirty sixes. But I said, 337 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: but don't worry about my guns, just worry about my chainsaw. 338 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: I love you, Okay. Here's here I own the phone 339 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: with Pam Grier, the legendary Pam Grier. She has an 340 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: app uh promoted through Bounce. It's called brown Sugar. She 341 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: has a biopick with my boy Binny rich Berg that's 342 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: coming out Rotten Tomatoes from Jay Farrell. Jay Farrell was 343 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: in it. Uh Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the 344 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: second greatest female action hero and hero in film history. 345 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: Who above you? Who they saying? Above you? Are you? 346 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: You're the greatest as far as I'm concerned. You were 347 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: doing a lot of special effects. You know, you were 348 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: really fighting, you were really fighting. The greatest or maybe 349 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: the first or second is because I had to do 350 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: all those stunts. You saw a sport bra I know, 351 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: I know, Bam. I want to thank you for I 352 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: didn't have a stunt woman and also because of me 353 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: entering and creating this job, I needed a stunt person, 354 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: which helped to create the stunt woman's association because let 355 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: me tell you when yes, I was a martial artist. 356 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: Yes I was a gymnast. Yes I rode horses and 357 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: gymp horses and a re scuba diver, and I had 358 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: I had a athletic ability. 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