WEBVTT 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:12.660 Hey, everybody. Welcome to Good News York. I'm 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:14.960 your host, Matt Major, founder of Growth Mode 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.859 Technologies, joined by my teal -shirted friend, 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:22.940 Mike. I don't know, what color? Sea foam? Sea 00:00:22.940 --> 00:00:24.320 foam. What color is that? No, yeah, I think you're 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.960 right. It's like a mint, maybe a sea foam. You 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:28.859 can tell I'm an adult because I know colors other 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:31.140 than green at this point. I am not. I almost 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:33.759 feel like a failure. The founder of Growth Mode, 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.409 by the way. You are. I'm not. I am. You're right. 00:00:36.490 --> 00:00:38.229 Matt, this is exciting because this is the first 00:00:38.229 --> 00:00:40.490 time we're doing like in a new official thing. 00:00:40.909 --> 00:00:44.969 It's Tuesday News Day. 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The 00:02:22.789 --> 00:02:25.469 whole thing. And not that I hadn't really planned 00:02:25.469 --> 00:02:27.169 to talk about this, but since we're on that topic, 00:02:27.210 --> 00:02:29.830 I do want to say, fellas, this is episode. What 00:02:29.830 --> 00:02:34.729 do we say it was? Twenty six. Ninety plus percent 00:02:34.729 --> 00:02:38.020 of podcasts do not make it to episode 20. Fuck 00:02:38.020 --> 00:02:41.800 yes, so we're in the we are 10 % we are We're 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.500 the other way less, you know, we are we are in 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:48.900 the ultra minority now the next Level is 90 plus 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:55.060 percent. Don't make it to episode 100 to so I 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:57.240 do want to give a shout out to another local 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.879 podcast Living Local 315, they've been around 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:01.599 a long time. I don't know them personally, but 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:03.580 we've been seeing them around. And I noticed 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:06.180 that they just hit their 200th episode. No kidding. 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:10.080 That's amazing. It is. And hat tip to them. I 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.580 love seeing people make content, especially here 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:15.379 in New York. It's the whole reason we're here 00:03:15.379 --> 00:03:18.580 is to really show off what's spectacular about 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.379 it. And so many great things. One thing I love, 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.800 too, that made me want to be part of this even 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.250 more is that You said from the jump, you were 00:03:28.250 --> 00:03:30.610 like, and by the way, this isn't just about central 00:03:30.610 --> 00:03:32.909 New York. This is about the Adirondacks. This 00:03:32.909 --> 00:03:34.710 is about the Mohawk Valley. This is about Western 00:03:34.710 --> 00:03:38.110 New York, Southern Tier, New York City. To me, 00:03:38.370 --> 00:03:41.490 that is such an important part of this because 00:03:41.490 --> 00:03:43.770 I feel like it's New York City and then the rest 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:46.169 of the state. It's like you hear news all about 00:03:46.169 --> 00:03:50.150 New York metro area or this imaginary place upstate 00:03:50.150 --> 00:03:51.650 where there's only like 10 people. That's what 00:03:51.650 --> 00:03:55.150 they think, at least. And I love that we're just... 00:03:54.889 --> 00:03:57.689 We are just including everybody. I like expanding 00:03:57.689 --> 00:04:00.150 the definition of local by just a little bit, 00:04:00.150 --> 00:04:02.409 right? A lot of people think local. They think 00:04:02.409 --> 00:04:05.030 your hometown, maybe your county, your kind of 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:07.050 region. And I get that. That makes a lot of sense. 00:04:07.110 --> 00:04:08.430 That's where we all spend the most of our time. 00:04:08.430 --> 00:04:12.770 It's what we talk about the most. But our state 00:04:12.770 --> 00:04:15.289 family, you know, when you look at the grand 00:04:15.289 --> 00:04:18.189 scheme of things of the world, even just to expand 00:04:18.189 --> 00:04:22.069 to New York state is still such a tiny corner 00:04:22.069 --> 00:04:24.850 of the world. And for us to really embrace all 00:04:24.850 --> 00:04:27.850 of it. Yeah, it's something I need to do that. 00:04:28.029 --> 00:04:30.589 Which by the way, let's let our resources let's 00:04:30.589 --> 00:04:34.310 non politically, virtual gerrymander right now 00:04:34.310 --> 00:04:38.050 I want to ask is not political. Okay, because 00:04:38.050 --> 00:04:40.769 I'm very curious to what I trust you more than 00:04:40.769 --> 00:04:44.009 anybody on this. That's when you hear upstate 00:04:44.009 --> 00:04:47.129 New York. Yeah. Oh, give me the give me the give 00:04:47.129 --> 00:04:49.079 me it. Give me the we're going into the what 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.060 is upstate. Yeah, come on. This is the most controversial 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.540 topic in the entire Empire State. Shouldn't be 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:59.899 though. I agree with you. So my stance. Upstate 00:04:59.899 --> 00:05:02.939 is everything north of Poughkeepsie. I love it. 00:05:03.339 --> 00:05:05.220 It's that simple. And you're you're including 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:07.720 like Buffalo or like West everything north. Yep. 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:10.060 Everything north of Poughkeepsie and South New 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:14.019 York City, Long Island, whatever downstate. Everything 00:05:14.019 --> 00:05:15.079 above it up. I'm going to tell you something. 00:05:15.310 --> 00:05:17.470 That actually checks out, and I'll tell you why. 00:05:17.790 --> 00:05:19.350 Because when I lived in the Mohawk Valley before 00:05:19.350 --> 00:05:22.069 I moved away to Ithaca, shout out Ithaca, love 00:05:22.069 --> 00:05:25.850 you, I would take the metro north into the city 00:05:25.850 --> 00:05:29.689 and back. The absolute first or last, depending 00:05:29.689 --> 00:05:32.790 on which way you're coming, stop is the Poughkeepsie 00:05:32.790 --> 00:05:34.870 Train Station. That's the start of the metro. 00:05:34.970 --> 00:05:38.009 That's it. So that actually checks out, bud. 00:05:38.389 --> 00:05:43.300 Poughkeepsie is like the checkpoint. Feel like 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:46.379 yeah, you know into the city or not you want 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:47.779 to hear a funny story about because you're sure 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:51.040 My band played at the Chance Theatre Which is 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:54.040 actually it was a really popular venue for a 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.120 long time back in the day describe how you get 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:58.360 there Because I want to I want to know if this 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.399 is a place that I get to the Chance Theatre You 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.399 mean like literally like direction was it like 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.860 down like a cobblestone? Road for some reason 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:07.899 I remember something like that like it was almost 00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:10.220 like this isn't a road We're driving on no, it 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.459 was like a main street. Okay of sorts. There's 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:15.480 a theater Yeah, it's a theater the balcony with 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.379 a balcony. Yeah, it's gotta be the same place 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:21.519 I mean, I saw guar there dude. Shut the that's 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:26.610 what this story is about if we were there I'm 00:06:26.610 --> 00:06:29.009 gonna shit my pants. This is real, by the way. 00:06:29.170 --> 00:06:32.029 Wait, wait, wait. When? Hold on, when? I don't 00:06:32.029 --> 00:06:33.829 know. Wait, you started out with your band. Did 00:06:33.829 --> 00:06:35.290 you open for them or something? No, no, no, no. 00:06:35.730 --> 00:06:38.949 Okay. Wow. My head's about to explode. This is 00:06:38.949 --> 00:06:39.790 going in a whole different direction. This is 00:06:39.790 --> 00:06:43.069 crazy. I swear to God this is not staged. Yeah, 00:06:43.129 --> 00:06:45.670 what? I am being completely genuine. So, the 00:06:45.670 --> 00:06:48.050 story is, so we got booked for this battle of 00:06:48.050 --> 00:06:50.980 the bands, and we're at the Chance Theater. Here's 00:06:50.980 --> 00:06:53.379 the funny part. We get there. We realize we're 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.300 not playing the Chance. I got excited. I thought 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:58.579 we were. Oh, we're playing. There's like an area 00:06:58.579 --> 00:07:01.519 up at the top of the theater where it's a small 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.699 room where they have smaller bands play. Interesting. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.240 So we're technically in the same doors. All right. 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.379 You know what I mean? Whatever. So before we 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:11.620 go on, as I always do, I like to poke around. 00:07:11.620 --> 00:07:13.480 And I went into the Chance Theater and I was 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.040 like, this is so fucking cool. Like this is this 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.470 is a nice venue. Yeah. in a not so nice area. 00:07:19.610 --> 00:07:21.189 I mean, you know, there's some tough parts of 00:07:21.189 --> 00:07:23.629 Poughkeepsie. And so then we walked downstairs 00:07:23.629 --> 00:07:25.970 and we wanted to go into the bar for a drink 00:07:25.970 --> 00:07:29.550 and the door was locked. And I look in, it was 00:07:29.550 --> 00:07:32.449 a glass door and I'm like, what the hell? I'm 00:07:32.449 --> 00:07:34.230 like, what is going on? There was a music video 00:07:34.230 --> 00:07:37.790 being shot and it was Gwar. Gwar was in full 00:07:37.790 --> 00:07:39.870 costume. There were like cinema cameras moving 00:07:39.870 --> 00:07:42.350 around, chicks dressed up. I think they were 00:07:42.350 --> 00:07:44.519 supposed to be strippers. And the door was locked 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.000 because they were shooting a music video. Come 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.779 to find out, Guar was playing at The Chance that 00:07:48.779 --> 00:07:50.839 night. Tell me you were fucking there. I had 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:56.319 to. When was this? I don't know. I guess it would 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:03.680 have to be 2011, 10, 12. That would have been 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.839 13. I don't know. I got if I knew this was going 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:08.720 to go this way, I would have done the work beforehand. 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:11.579 So. Okay, now that I think about it, so here's 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:13.740 the only reason I know when it was. I mean, they 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:14.959 probably played there more than once. This was 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:18.339 right before Malachi was born for me. Okay. So 00:08:18.339 --> 00:08:22.339 that was 2001. Oh, no, no, no. That's way too 00:08:22.339 --> 00:08:24.879 early. Yeah. Okay. So it wasn't the same night. 00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:26.379 So it wasn't the same, but it had to have been 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:33.169 the same place. The only time I've ever seen 00:08:33.169 --> 00:08:35.850 a show in Poughkeepsie was to see guar you blew 00:08:35.850 --> 00:08:38.409 my head open because first of all that I just 00:08:38.409 --> 00:08:41.149 go you want to hear a funny story and Then suddenly 00:08:41.149 --> 00:08:42.870 I talk about the chance. Is that the only band 00:08:42.870 --> 00:08:45.470 they book? Maybe that's it. Maybe I was it's 00:08:45.470 --> 00:08:48.049 the only wait a minute Wouldn't that be so guar 00:08:48.049 --> 00:08:50.370 if they had a residency, but the residency was 00:08:50.370 --> 00:08:52.370 in Poughkeepsie, New York Yeah, like Vegas. It's 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:54.649 true Well, either way the story was it was just 00:08:54.649 --> 00:08:56.710 amazing that I got to like accidentally almost 00:08:56.710 --> 00:08:59.210 walk into a guar music video When I was there, 00:08:59.210 --> 00:09:01.990 they brought a John Benet Ramsey doll on stage. 00:09:05.169 --> 00:09:10.269 And that is awful. Yeah. Yeah. Can you say the 00:09:10.269 --> 00:09:12.509 rest or maybe not? It was pretty gross. Yeah, 00:09:12.549 --> 00:09:15.830 yeah. Yeah. One of your favorite movies, Empire 00:09:15.830 --> 00:09:17.750 Records, there's a there's a very famous part 00:09:17.750 --> 00:09:20.029 with Guar in it. Hey, Mark, you love Guar. Why 00:09:20.029 --> 00:09:22.330 don't you join the band? Yeah, it's one of my 00:09:22.330 --> 00:09:23.830 favorites. It's one of the reasons I like Guar, 00:09:23.889 --> 00:09:25.590 honestly. And one of the reasons you eat pot 00:09:25.590 --> 00:09:28.049 brownies. They put on a hell of a hell of a show, 00:09:28.210 --> 00:09:30.059 though. God, yeah, I mean it's it's the kiss 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:33.220 effect, right? It's like the the music with all 00:09:33.220 --> 00:09:35.240 due respect the music is secondary to the show 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.639 itself Right. Yes, but Here's the thing. It's 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.659 the kiss effect in terms of like the outfit because 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:43.580 Gwar if you've ever seen Gwar they get there 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:47.559 There's this like demon metal band in full Demon 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:51.639 costumes, right do it And these characters and 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:55.100 all this stuff, but yeah, they are the wildest 00:09:55.100 --> 00:09:57.799 fucking band ever and they get crazy with the 00:09:57.799 --> 00:09:59.919 crowd. And here's what got really wild, is they 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:01.399 have, now I heard about this before we went, 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:03.539 they have blood cannons, they go, right? So the 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:05.960 difference is they shoot like fake liquid blood 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.720 into the crowd. Don't they take penises? They 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.440 had everything. Yeah. And that's, that's what 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.980 I'm getting to is it's literally any, any, no, 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:14.720 no, any liquid you can or probably shouldn't 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.120 imagine. Uh, they have a fake like cannon that 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:19.620 they shoot into the crowd. So it's all different 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:22.799 colors. And when you leave a guar show, if you 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.500 were where we were towards on the floor where 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.879 you're getting hit by all this shit, you come 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.559 out tie dye. Literally like because of all the 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.759 get covered in every different color, but I would 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.659 assume you if you're a true guarantor I would 00:10:33.659 --> 00:10:37.360 assume you want that you don't know man My favorite 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.019 like you you get to say like I got it was one 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.620 of those deals where it was almost like What's 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:44.179 -his -name Gallagher Gallagher? I was just gonna 00:10:44.179 --> 00:10:46.960 ask where the balcony they had Plastic that they 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.580 could hold up if they didn't want to get sprayed 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:50.360 up on the higher level was my next question Is 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.240 the front couple rows like Gallagher? Well, it 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.200 was like a pit, you know, so you had the floor 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.750 and you had you know, people moshing or just 00:10:56.750 --> 00:10:58.210 standing or whatever and just getting covered 00:10:58.210 --> 00:11:02.090 in guar juice. Sidebar along these lines. Well, 00:11:02.269 --> 00:11:03.870 have you you went to school with the boys from 00:11:03.870 --> 00:11:05.509 Showtime? Yeah. Very good friends of both of 00:11:05.509 --> 00:11:09.690 ours. I was in the band. Love them. Killer band. 00:11:09.710 --> 00:11:11.549 Did you ever hear about their experience with 00:11:11.549 --> 00:11:15.169 Gallagher? It is wild. No, I'm not going to tell 00:11:15.169 --> 00:11:16.870 it. We'll have to have them on. This one Gallagher 00:11:16.870 --> 00:11:21.570 lived in Illion. Correct. He came. I forget why. 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.039 Dude, he came, I'm pretty sure, he did like a 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:25.919 Bill Keeler episode. He did a Bill Keeler episode. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:28.080 And he didn't leave town for two months. That's 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.720 correct. That's part of this story. This is like 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:33.299 a real thing. No, no, no, I know. So he does 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.940 a show, like you said, I believe it was just 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:37.820 like a fat cat. Local radio show. But then he 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.879 comes on the local radio, Bill Keeler, and I 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:41.600 believe, and again, I don't want to tell the 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.460 story because I don't know all the details, but 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:45.340 the boys from Showtime, I think were on that 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:47.440 same episode, kind of hit it off with Gallagher, 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.500 and Gallagher was like, hey, When do you guys 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:52.379 rehearse? And they're like, uh, we rehearse Tuesday 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:55.259 nights at the, you know, at a place in, in Ilion, 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:57.720 New York. I don't want to say it. And, uh, he's 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:00.220 like, can I stop by? I've got some lyrics of 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:02.700 like, I write lyrics and they're like, okay, 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.440 sure. And Gallagher showed up to their rehearsal. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:09.440 He stuck around for days and his lyrics got off. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.139 He like couch surfed. He like stayed in local 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.940 people's homes. Look it up. They did a story 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:16.500 on it. I don't know if it's circus .com or whatever. 00:12:16.909 --> 00:12:18.950 But anyway, long story short, and we'll have 00:12:18.950 --> 00:12:20.450 to have these guys on to tell because it's amazing. 00:12:20.669 --> 00:12:22.529 He stuck around for like two weeks and kept showing 00:12:22.529 --> 00:12:24.990 up to their rehearsals and got mad at them when 00:12:24.990 --> 00:12:28.289 they wouldn't like accommodate him to play his 00:12:28.289 --> 00:12:32.230 songs. It's wild, dude. It's wilder than I'm 00:12:32.230 --> 00:12:33.929 put a pin in that one because we got to come 00:12:33.929 --> 00:12:35.870 back to that. We haven't even got to the news. 00:12:35.870 --> 00:12:39.690 We have not even been wanted. Dude, what would 00:12:39.690 --> 00:12:42.370 have thought when we hit when we said let's go 00:12:42.370 --> 00:12:45.090 on that we'd be talking about war and gal. Let's 00:12:45.090 --> 00:12:48.409 go. This is why podcasts are awesome and you 00:12:48.409 --> 00:12:50.129 should subscribe to Good News York. You should 00:12:50.129 --> 00:12:51.750 just subscribe to us. All right. You want to 00:12:51.750 --> 00:12:53.870 hear some news, please? Let me tell you some 00:12:53.870 --> 00:12:57.389 news from actual current news. Even here. Not 00:12:57.389 --> 00:12:59.289 from 20 years ago. The first thing I want to 00:12:59.289 --> 00:13:01.009 talk about. All right. This is exciting. All 00:13:01.009 --> 00:13:02.850 right. You know, we keep bringing up paperwork. 00:13:03.110 --> 00:13:04.730 Oh, yes. You know, it's serious when he's got 00:13:04.730 --> 00:13:06.409 paperwork. Well, I figured you are. He's like 00:13:06.409 --> 00:13:08.690 a real anchor. Well, I don't know about that. 00:13:08.750 --> 00:13:11.350 I'm no Bill Worden. Well, shout out for your 00:13:11.350 --> 00:13:14.049 local. Well, yeah, with the news, I got to have 00:13:14.049 --> 00:13:16.580 it. So this is, you know, we keep talking about 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:18.720 this micron thing and it's a huge deal. And it's 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.340 probably the biggest thing since the Erie Canal. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.240 And that's not a joke. It's going to be incredible 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:26.720 for the economy here. But that's not all because 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.299 the Greek yogurt giant Chobani is planning to 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:31.080 build a one point two billion dollar production 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.620 facility that would bring more than one thousand 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:36.320 jobs to Rome's Griffiths Business and Technology 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.299 Park to Rome. Yeah. And the project is in the 00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:42.059 former Air Force Base 50 miles east of here in 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:45.049 Syracuse, New York. Did you know? Or actually, 00:13:45.169 --> 00:13:47.629 I'm sorry. It's going to cement New York as the 00:13:47.629 --> 00:13:49.669 number one yogurt producer after that, which 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:51.870 I think is I mean, if you're going to be good 00:13:51.870 --> 00:13:53.470 for something, it might as well be yogurt. It 00:13:53.470 --> 00:13:55.529 might as well be yogurt. Here's the thing that 00:13:55.529 --> 00:13:58.909 base, you know, as you know, when we were kids, 00:13:59.009 --> 00:14:01.470 they closed it as an as an official Air Force 00:14:01.470 --> 00:14:04.690 base. And, you know, lots of jobs went away and 00:14:04.690 --> 00:14:07.669 things like that in the. Recent years, though, 00:14:07.830 --> 00:14:09.769 they've been working hard at bringing all kinds 00:14:09.769 --> 00:14:12.230 of things. And there's a number of really incredible 00:14:12.230 --> 00:14:16.669 high tech companies of all sorts now being based 00:14:16.669 --> 00:14:20.009 at the former base. And there's a lot of the 00:14:20.009 --> 00:14:22.169 facilities that are originally there from the 00:14:22.169 --> 00:14:25.169 Air Force that are available and able to be kind 00:14:25.169 --> 00:14:27.669 of remodeled and repurposed. So it's exciting 00:14:27.669 --> 00:14:30.610 to see that. It really is. Chibani is a company 00:14:30.610 --> 00:14:33.250 that's been in New York for a little while here. 00:14:33.309 --> 00:14:36.690 They've had a great presence. I believe closer 00:14:36.690 --> 00:14:39.110 to you, right? Yeah, actually it's funny you 00:14:39.110 --> 00:14:44.309 say that southern tier Right here it says The 00:14:44.309 --> 00:14:46.370 governor said Chobani has been a major employer 00:14:46.370 --> 00:14:49.149 in the Mohawk Valley for decades and this investment 00:14:49.149 --> 00:14:51.789 is gonna bring more than 1 ,000 jobs Here's another 00:14:51.789 --> 00:14:55.070 thing that I found amazing is that once the new 00:14:55.070 --> 00:14:58.070 plant reaches full capacity the company is gonna 00:14:58.269 --> 00:15:01.149 Purchase an estimated six billion pounds of milk 00:15:01.149 --> 00:15:03.970 a year creating additional economic opportunity 00:15:03.970 --> 00:15:06.590 Did you know that dairy is the largest single 00:15:06.590 --> 00:15:09.070 segment of the state's eight billion dollar agricultural 00:15:09.070 --> 00:15:11.610 industry? You know the number of times that I've 00:15:11.610 --> 00:15:13.629 been to the dairy barn at the state fair you 00:15:13.629 --> 00:15:16.450 think I would know that You think I would know 00:15:16.450 --> 00:15:18.710 that but that's you know Chobani is a company 00:15:18.710 --> 00:15:20.730 that is also very well known for treating people 00:15:20.730 --> 00:15:24.029 well They're very popular with their employees 00:15:24.029 --> 00:15:26.809 and too soon things of all that nature. So it's 00:15:26.809 --> 00:15:30.450 pretty awesome to see them expand, especially 00:15:30.450 --> 00:15:33.490 in Rome. Shout out to Oneida County all along 00:15:33.490 --> 00:15:35.950 the thruway. And as we talk about these things, 00:15:36.190 --> 00:15:38.169 all along the thruway, we are hearing these announcements. 00:15:38.529 --> 00:15:40.009 That's not even the only one. You know, I have 00:15:40.009 --> 00:15:41.769 another one. I don't think I even gave you this. 00:15:41.950 --> 00:15:43.090 Wait, wait, before you do that, I got to ask 00:15:43.090 --> 00:15:45.350 you one quick one. Oh, shit. OK. Do you know 00:15:45.350 --> 00:15:47.210 the difference between Greek yogurt and regular 00:15:47.210 --> 00:15:50.549 yogurt? I assumed one was. Was gonna ask you 00:15:50.549 --> 00:15:52.690 and then at the last second of the article I 00:15:52.690 --> 00:15:55.470 saw one of the last line says Greek yogurt is 00:15:55.470 --> 00:15:59.350 strained of excess way Giving it a thicker texture 00:15:59.350 --> 00:16:01.370 than regular yogurt. I guess I didn't need to 00:16:01.370 --> 00:16:03.669 read that. It's kind of All right, it's thick. 00:16:03.909 --> 00:16:05.370 I didn't know what the difference. I know it's 00:16:05.370 --> 00:16:07.529 all great people love it All right, go ahead. 00:16:07.590 --> 00:16:10.769 What do you got? I didn't know that's why I feel 00:16:10.769 --> 00:16:12.870 like that's become all the rage compared to what 00:16:12.870 --> 00:16:14.850 was kind of traditional yogurt Oh God, right. 00:16:14.889 --> 00:16:16.909 It's it's a whole new world. My wife is they 00:16:16.909 --> 00:16:18.509 figure out a better way to get us with those 00:16:18.509 --> 00:16:23.539 Greeks Our man Ryan McMahon, to date the only 00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:25.600 politician who we have embarrassed at a ballpark, 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:29.460 shared the news yesterday that here in our own 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:32.899 Onondaga County, United Auto Supply is expanding 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:36.840 their operation out in Getty's. 19 million they 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.740 are going to put into their existing operation 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:42.559 and create 65 new jobs. They currently have 433 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:49.110 people on site every day. In New York State, 00:16:49.129 --> 00:16:52.570 we are getting these reports of new mostly manufacturing 00:16:52.570 --> 00:16:57.450 operations today's situation in both cases expanding 00:16:57.450 --> 00:16:59.870 mm -hmm not even new businesses established New 00:16:59.870 --> 00:17:02.029 York businesses continuing to grow and expand 00:17:02.029 --> 00:17:04.609 here in New York State and it's it's a story 00:17:04.609 --> 00:17:06.130 that Unfortunately, I think you're gonna get 00:17:06.130 --> 00:17:08.329 sick of hearing now as we're doing the news here 00:17:08.329 --> 00:17:11.529 because there is so much of it It's you know 00:17:11.529 --> 00:17:13.829 When you told me we were gonna start good news 00:17:13.829 --> 00:17:15.890 York and it's gonna be the positive things happening 00:17:15.890 --> 00:17:18.430 in New York State My first thought, and I'm sure 00:17:18.430 --> 00:17:20.930 it was yours, was, yeah, good luck. Where are 00:17:20.930 --> 00:17:22.410 we going to find all this shit? Because we're 00:17:22.410 --> 00:17:25.670 buried in negative news all the time. Dude, when 00:17:25.670 --> 00:17:29.470 we just started actually including news into 00:17:29.470 --> 00:17:31.470 Good News York, you know, this Tuesday Newsday, 00:17:31.730 --> 00:17:33.950 and I'm combing through, there's a lot of good 00:17:33.950 --> 00:17:37.269 shit happening. A lot. And, you know, we can 00:17:37.269 --> 00:17:39.789 all joke about, oh, yeah, upstate New York is... 00:17:39.789 --> 00:17:41.210 Dude, it's not really something you can joke 00:17:41.210 --> 00:17:43.349 about anymore. This Micron thing, the Chobani 00:17:43.349 --> 00:17:46.880 thing. How about this one? ground round is coming 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.660 back boy now now hold on hold on before we get 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:53.359 too excited you go before we get too excited 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.680 and let you go it hasn't been announced that 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.700 the new ground round is opening in new york state 00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:05.299 yet but but but there is a couple in massachusetts 00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:07.759 that is bringing it back they've cranked open 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.079 their first location i almost did fake news and 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.700 no No, their goal is to expand. But right now, 00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:17.180 the first location is open in Massachusetts. 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.000 If you want to take a road, we might actually 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.220 have to take a road trip to go to the ground 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:24.420 round. But have they broke ground round? Here's 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:26.920 the thing. They're bringing back all the classics 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.019 of ground. Oh, including laying all the hits. 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.579 Pay what you weigh. Remember, pay what you weigh. 00:18:36.190 --> 00:18:39.710 is wild to do in 2025. You know, it was... I 00:18:39.710 --> 00:18:41.089 remember when I was a little kid, you used to 00:18:41.089 --> 00:18:43.130 go there on a certain night a week or something, 00:18:43.150 --> 00:18:44.970 and as the kid, you stand on the scale and pay 00:18:44.970 --> 00:18:46.569 what you weigh. Now, I was a fat kid, so it was 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:48.230 probably a better deal for my mom to pay market 00:18:48.230 --> 00:18:55.150 price, but... That's fantastic. It was a great 00:18:55.150 --> 00:18:59.559 promotion. I was a fat kid. Well, listen... It's 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:01.740 probably, I gotta say, as you mentioned, you 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.380 know, these old restaurants and things like that 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:05.460 that used to be around are gone, people miss, 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:08.099 ground round is the top of everyone's list. And 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:11.460 I think Pondo is the next, like, it depends on 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:14.019 if you want table service or buffet. That's where 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:18.619 which one comes first. I miss Ponderosa. Ponderosa 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:20.440 and Herkimer, bro. Dude, that's what I'm talking 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:24.240 about. That's where I lived. That was... You 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:27.019 got to remember this is, you know, mid -90s, 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:29.059 okay? The thought of an all -you -can -eat buffet, 00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:33.460 like, what? And I don't know what it is. With 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:36.180 chicken wings on it. I experienced this the other 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:39.579 day, Easter Sunday. My wife's family, we have 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:42.099 a tradition. You can actually go to the Cornell 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:45.359 Dining Hall. It sounds funny, but it's open to 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.160 the public all the time, but we go on. And my 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.200 gut, you got to remember, the Statler Hotel. 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.180 The hotel at Cornell where the the Statler's 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:56.799 the hotel students. They have a hotel management 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.019 program That's where they train. So it is five 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:02.119 -star quality food. Well, guess what the dining 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.740 hall gets It's the same same student Wow, so 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.500 you're getting five -star and it's like 20 bucks 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:09.440 a head and it was all you can eat and I said 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:12.000 Sunday I said this reminds me of Ponderosa when 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.599 I was a kid the excitement of just going in there 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.400 and going I could get Asian cuisine I could get 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:21.160 pizza dude. I could get chicken tenders The pudding 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.960 you go there all the time with your family, but 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.539 I'll tell you the real heyday for me It was when 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.680 we were teenagers and when we were you know in 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:29.220 our cars and figuring out our own meal had to 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:33.019 be like I don't know 40 % of where we went to 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.500 eat was Pondo and the best part about Ponderosa 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:37.880 was they had that buffet right and they always 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:42.140 had that deal where for like 25 cents more they'll 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:45.119 give you a full steak and a baked potato Yeah, 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.380 right, and you look at it. You'd be like I how 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:52.349 could I not? I mean by that 79 cent steak, you 00:20:52.349 --> 00:20:55.289 know easy up like I have to and it's brilliant 00:20:55.289 --> 00:20:57.049 because what happens is you eat that steak and 00:20:57.049 --> 00:20:59.369 they don't anything on the buffet So they you 00:20:59.369 --> 00:21:01.190 know, they had it all figured out. They really 00:21:01.190 --> 00:21:04.670 did but really did There was no ground round, 00:21:04.730 --> 00:21:06.750 but I'll tell you those wings those breaded chicken 00:21:06.750 --> 00:21:09.029 naked wings Those they're the only naked wings 00:21:09.029 --> 00:21:11.589 I've ever liked and for those of you Maybe tuning 00:21:11.589 --> 00:21:13.609 in that aren't native New Yorkers, especially 00:21:13.609 --> 00:21:16.619 Buffalo area naked wings mean no sauce Feel like 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:18.579 I do have to explain that I mean, I don't you 00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:20.099 still give him a takeout my dad you sort them 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:23.079 for parties We'd get bulk pondo wings, but naked 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:25.339 wings don't taste good to me, but I'll tell you 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:27.619 what I agree with you Well, they had upon the 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:29.700 ones did they weren't just playing you know I 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:32.339 mean they were mini drumsticks. They were oh, 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:35.140 they were so good They were light tan a pondo 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:38.680 want some more good news Yeah, okay, I would 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:42.289 love that Our friends at FXMAT Brewery, Saranac 00:21:42.289 --> 00:21:45.250 Brewery, have secured seventh place among the 00:21:45.250 --> 00:21:48.529 top 10 craft breweries, and 17th in the top 20 00:21:48.529 --> 00:21:50.569 overall breweries across the nation. And these 00:21:50.569 --> 00:21:53.210 results were featured in the Brewer's Association 00:21:53.210 --> 00:21:55.809 Annual U .S. Craft Brewing Industry Report. And 00:21:55.809 --> 00:21:57.690 I say that, I always cite it because every time 00:21:57.690 --> 00:22:00.490 we do this, I talk about, I don't put faith in 00:22:00.490 --> 00:22:01.549 these polls. Yeah, who came up with it? It could 00:22:01.549 --> 00:22:04.329 be anybody. We could do a poll today. Yeah, but 00:22:04.329 --> 00:22:07.250 if this is an association of brewers, that's 00:22:07.250 --> 00:22:11.779 legit. And, you know, I have nothing bad to say 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:13.880 about Saranac Brewery except for one thing. Don't 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:16.460 get nervous. Why would you get rid of Saranac 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:19.880 Thursdays? That was everything. That was everything 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:24.380 for this area. I completely agree. Do you actually 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:27.599 know? Is it a budget thing? I'm not attacking 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:30.299 the brewery. I'm expressing how sad I am. I don't 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:33.119 want to get sentimental, but our man Joe Boogie... 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.980 who was the king of Utica, he was the man that 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:38.059 got the party started. Yeah, yeah, disruption 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:42.299 network. He passed away. And they canceled Serenac 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:44.380 Thursdays afterwards. I don't know if they're 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:46.960 related, but to me, I don't know. In other words, 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.440 I don't know that you could have that event without 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.099 Joe around. If Joe Boogie is going to die. If 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:53.000 Joe was here, it's going down. We might still 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:55.039 have Serenac. Now, to be fair, they will tell 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.740 you that they have changed it a bit. They do 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.200 not have Serenac Thursdays, but they now have 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:00.339 a beer garden where they have events and they 00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:02.920 have bands and things. It's not the same. No, 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.480 of course. It's not the same. But you know that. 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:06.099 And for those who don't know, Serenac Thursdays 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:07.839 was a summer concert series that they had at 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:11.319 the brewery in Utica. And they took this back 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:14.779 like shipping dock area and literally turned 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:17.279 it into a concert venue. It was perfect. It looked 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:20.660 like. Remember that extra space Willy Wonka and 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.880 the chocolate factory it looked like when in 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.700 the part of the movie where they where he comes 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:27.480 out and he fake collapses and Kind of that area 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.059 within the fence of the factory. That's kind 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.880 of what it was. Oh, yeah Yeah, the old like brew 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.640 house and everything's been there forever. Exactly. 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:35.319 Yeah, you know the big smokestack super cool 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:39.460 event, but As society's changed a bit, right? 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:41.059 I mean people aren't drinking like we used to 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:43.619 now imagine that back in the day when everybody 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:47.019 was partying hard It was wild On a good night, 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:49.279 if the weather was good, they would have between 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.279 three and five thousand people there easily on 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.940 a Thursday night after work. And it was awesome. 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.720 Yeah, because it started there. It started there 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:58.140 about five o 'clock. And I know at some point 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:01.079 we'll find these old. My podcast career started. 00:24:01.309 --> 00:24:04.529 at Serenac Thursdays with Farda and I. That's 00:24:04.529 --> 00:24:07.069 a great story at the You Should Be Here podcast. 00:24:07.210 --> 00:24:08.829 OK, that was the name of the show. And the idea 00:24:08.829 --> 00:24:10.190 was we were going to go to a bunch of different 00:24:10.190 --> 00:24:12.690 events and live broadcast. It ended up being 00:24:12.690 --> 00:24:14.609 mostly just Serenac and because the other where 00:24:14.609 --> 00:24:16.609 you should have been at Serenac Thursday. But 00:24:16.609 --> 00:24:19.569 we were there every week and did a great live 00:24:19.569 --> 00:24:21.890 podcast. It was a super cool thing. And the way 00:24:21.890 --> 00:24:23.829 it worked is, you know, it started at like five. 00:24:23.849 --> 00:24:25.269 They'd have the music at the brewery and stuff 00:24:25.269 --> 00:24:27.210 like that, and they'd go to like eight or so. 00:24:27.430 --> 00:24:29.490 And that was over. But then you'd go to Varick 00:24:29.490 --> 00:24:32.380 Street, which was the entertainment area. It's 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:35.400 right there. And all the local bars there would 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:38.440 have live bands. And, you know, it was a great 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:40.380 all night. Say hi to Rainbow. Get a picture with 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:43.200 him. Yeah, good old Rainbow. Rainbow moved to 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.799 New York City. Maybe that's maybe that's the 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.920 other half of things are bad when when Rainbow 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:49.640 is moving out. You know, I thought we were just 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:51.279 talking about all the good things. That's a he 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.579 is a staple. Dude, he moved to New York City. 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:55.339 And then the next day he was in somebody's music 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:57.920 video. Did you see that shit? No, I don't remember 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.480 who it was, but I'm not surprised. Literally, 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:02.480 literally the big announcement he's in in the 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.839 city. And the next thing you know, somebody's 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:06.420 video comes out and they go, that's rainbow in 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:09.240 the video. Speaking of bands, we'll interview 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.440 him sometime. I got very, very exciting. What 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:14.519 else you got? Well, a red hot band with a famous 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:17.559 sounding name to rock the New York State Fair. 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:23.019 The Red Hot Chili. Pipers will perform at the 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:25.140 New York State Chevy Court stage on Wednesday, 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:29.539 August 27th at 6 p .m. Don't be fooled. That 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:32.160 took a hard left turn. I know. That's how I felt 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:34.359 when I was reading it. Don't be fooled by the 00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:36.160 famous name. It's not the red hot chili peppers. 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:39.579 Some fans mistakenly assumed it would be the 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:42.500 red hot chili peppers. But in fact, it is a bagpipe 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:45.420 group. So I imagine thinking you're going to 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:50.480 show up for fully and you get. Do bagpiper. You 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:55.000 get so much better. It's like hitting the lottery, 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:57.920 honestly. I showed up to see a shitty band and 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:03.480 I got to see actual talent. What a mistake. Listen, 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.720 there's only so many songs you can sing about 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.799 California and the Chili Peppers surpassed that 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:11.339 amount 18 albums ago. You know, the Under the 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:13.880 Bridge video was the first video that ever made 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.920 me want pecs because remember, he runs in slow 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:19.259 motion. Yeah. And his pecs are perfect in their 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:22.799 bounce. I was like, I want those muscles. The 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.960 reason I'm telling you about that, I wouldn't 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:27.799 do a whole thing just to say the name is because 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:31.099 when I read it up until I printed it out, you 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:32.759 thought I thought it was the chili peppers, which 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.799 leads me to this is a public service announcement. 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.880 We're going to revisit this story because I am 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:38.640 telling you in August, people are going to show 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:41.579 up. Thinking it's the chili I know this because 00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:43.480 look what we go through with misinformation and 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.579 disinformation and people reading headlines without 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:47.420 actually reading the article There's gonna be 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:49.079 a huge sector of pissed off. Here's the thing 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.619 hot take Red hot take if you name yourself the 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:57.779 red hot chili pipers. Mm -hmm Do you invite said 00:26:57.779 --> 00:27:01.059 confusion and should be on the hook? For it. 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.940 I think you do you know what you're doing. You 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.759 know what you're doing. Here's the thing if you 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:09.289 were a bagpipe band that covers Chili Peppers 00:27:09.289 --> 00:27:12.309 songs? Fuck. Is that what they are? I didn't 00:27:12.309 --> 00:27:15.269 even read. See? Misinformation. Then it's a valid 00:27:15.269 --> 00:27:17.990 name. But if they just went with some pun that 00:27:17.990 --> 00:27:19.410 actually, and they don't do anything else to 00:27:19.410 --> 00:27:22.170 do with the Chili Peppers, the jury's out. Somebody's 00:27:22.170 --> 00:27:23.470 going to have to listen to this band and tell 00:27:23.470 --> 00:27:25.089 us what the hell they actually do. We're going 00:27:25.089 --> 00:27:26.410 to have to Google this. Was this the State Fair? 00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:27.769 It's going to be at the State Fair free. We're 00:27:27.769 --> 00:27:29.589 going to have to go there. The Chili Peppers. 00:27:30.410 --> 00:27:33.069 I just want it on record. The whole reason I 00:27:33.069 --> 00:27:34.990 read this. We're gonna revisit this because I 00:27:34.990 --> 00:27:36.390 promise you there's gonna be a lot. We need to 00:27:36.390 --> 00:27:37.970 write this down and be there. We need to just 00:27:37.970 --> 00:27:39.849 capture that footage of the people showing up 00:27:39.849 --> 00:27:42.569 going, jelly poppers, jelly poppers. And then 00:27:42.569 --> 00:27:44.250 they come out. And they come out with the horns 00:27:44.250 --> 00:27:47.190 and people like, what the fuck? What if we... 00:27:47.190 --> 00:27:48.890 We didn't sign up for corn? Come out, we don't 00:27:48.890 --> 00:27:51.509 look it up. Let's just go and like literally... 00:27:51.509 --> 00:27:53.779 You just go to the fair every day? Go there and 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.420 no, I'm saying fuck the schedule. We'll just 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:59.539 wait around Chevy court Till the fucking chili 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:02.140 piper show up. No, I'm saying we're the first 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:07.740 in line, dude No, I'm saying let's go let's not 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.500 look them up and find out if they do chili pepper 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.880 song Let's just go and get a blind reaction. 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.019 I see you know, I mean, yeah Anyway, speaking 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:17.339 of oh, here's a picture of them. There's lots 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:19.079 of other great artists that you probably have 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.569 been I have heard of booked at the fair as well, 00:28:21.569 --> 00:28:23.230 right? I'm not reading it. It's actually telling 00:28:23.230 --> 00:28:25.809 me. Actually, I will tell you there. Here's some 00:28:25.809 --> 00:28:28.710 of the lineup for the New York State Fair. Yeah. 00:28:28.910 --> 00:28:31.230 Cheap trick is common. Steve Miller band. Kids 00:28:31.230 --> 00:28:36.789 bop. Huh? Hold on. Slow down. What? We got two 00:28:36.789 --> 00:28:39.069 out of three are great. Kids bop, though. Look, 00:28:39.569 --> 00:28:44.400 kids bop was like who performs kids bop. Kids. 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:46.559 Oh, really? Yeah, it's like they you ever hear 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:49.579 them. I thought it was adult singing clean versions 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:52.079 of the pop song close It's kids singing clean 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.099 versions of the but it's like a group. It's a 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:58.619 chorus of kids just going like I don't give me 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:02.079 a song. So they're a child cover band kind of 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:05.740 yeah, it's for the kids man legal Labor laws 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:08.980 in this state. Oh we are going is coming. All 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.579 right. And in a hard turn of events, Busta Rhymes 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:15.200 will be there. Yes. Herman's Hermits. No way. 00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:18.460 Sister Hazel. Hold on, hold on. We're going to 00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:21.779 go from Busta to Herman's Hermits. Back to back, 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:24.779 baby. Not the same day. 24th, 26th. What if they, 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:28.619 like, do a duet? Imagine Busta remixing a Herman's 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:31.440 Hermits song. I got you all in check. How many 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.000 Herman's Hermits are left? I don't know, but 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.720 they're Hermits. Aren't they? Can't find them. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:40.670 Aren't they like? What's their hit? Oh? Come 00:29:40.670 --> 00:29:46.369 on I Don't know and any what is it myself? I'm 00:29:46.369 --> 00:29:49.009 being a music whiz and I cannot think of one 00:29:49.009 --> 00:29:51.970 Herman's hermit song We know it we got to know 00:29:51.970 --> 00:29:54.509 it while he's looking that up sister hazel red 00:29:54.509 --> 00:29:57.730 hot chili pipers sister Maddie and Tay yacht 00:29:57.730 --> 00:30:01.829 rock review Blippi my son will be excited and 00:30:01.829 --> 00:30:10.759 shaggy is closing it out sugar wasn't me Shaggy 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:15.500 is the foremost expert. That was actually pretty 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.180 good. I learned more about cheating from Shaggy 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:19.259 than really anyone else on earth. Well, listen. 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:23.160 All right. And in a while, you are looking that 00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:26.099 up. We are going to play a small game. OK, now 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.740 this is risky. I still hold on. We're going to 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.599 hold for it. I still don't know what who Herman's 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:33.740 hermits is. I'm into something good. OK, I'm 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:35.980 into something good. What are they going to play 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.539 for the? Dressed to the show. They're just going 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.920 to play that over and over, and then the Chili 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:44.339 Pipers come out. No milk today. No milk. Lost 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.559 me on that one. What if Herman's Herman? Is there 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:51.299 a year just out of curiosity? 1966. OK, that's 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:53.539 when I was thinking. Yeah, great year. And then 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:55.299 the Chili Pipers come out with Herman's Hermits, 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:58.099 and to cap it off, Guar comes out and squirts 00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:00.619 fake penises all over the crowd. Now, that's 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:03.019 a show I would go to. Charge Extra, that's going 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:09.089 to be at the end. Oh, is it Herman only one hermit 00:31:09.089 --> 00:31:12.029 Feel like this is controversial, but we're gonna 00:31:12.029 --> 00:31:20.930 play a game guess the pedophile I read So I thought 00:31:20.930 --> 00:31:23.369 we're not we can't read bad news, so I've got 00:31:23.369 --> 00:31:25.250 to lighten it up I turn it into a game. I just 00:31:25.250 --> 00:31:40.089 want to in a I knew you didn't like it go one 00:31:40.089 --> 00:31:50.299 of two ways This is not a joke Read now, why 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:52.119 would I read that on good? Listen, it's a heavy 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:54.539 article. I want to play a game. I thought we're 00:31:54.539 --> 00:32:11.400 not a bad I mean really So here's the band Which 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:13.880 which I knew you wanted to I guess we'll put 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:25.000 it not a joke ironically Danny walked up he goes 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.539 because I want to play a guy Abel came in one 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:29.740 of our other ways he walked in I go which one 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:32.799 he goes definitely guy with I mean really I'm 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:39.220 not I'm not into any sort of profiling I think 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:59.099 you walks around So here's the band like So if 00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:01.160 it wasn't him, he would one of our other employees. 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:03.940 You walk in, I go, which one? He goes, Oh, definitely 00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.240 a guy with a comb. We do. Listen, I'm not I don't 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.880 really feel bad about showing his face. He's 00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:11.380 a piece of shit. So, yes, I mean, but when he 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.819 was in a band, walks around with a pornographer 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:46.660 pervert. Like the only thing that Were you a 00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:53.299 pornographer? Talk about being on We kind of 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:59.039 missed this one To launch his new so there's 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.640 a lot of these stay me 70. Yeah, he's moving 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:04.539 And with our friends at Flintstones who we love 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:06.680 what do you think is company absolutely amazing? 00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.719 Check them out greatest. Do you think that does 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.079 like dispensary? I've ever been to and I've been 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:22.869 to Colorado. It's absolutely Anywhere but but 00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:25.869 like the prices Pretty much in line with everybody 00:34:25.869 --> 00:34:29.329 else. So we need to it's not a premium product 00:34:29.329 --> 00:34:33.010 How much so are there's a lot of actually making 00:34:33.010 --> 00:34:35.269 on their own, you know brand deals of all kinds 00:34:35.269 --> 00:34:36.710 of products I'm just interested. You know, how 00:34:36.710 --> 00:34:38.469 does that work out for them? What do you think 00:34:38.469 --> 00:34:41.510 guys on the show? How do you think that? Yeah, 00:34:41.690 --> 00:34:43.610 I mean like I think if it's more of like expanding 00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:46.250 your portfolio, right? Like I think a lot of 00:34:46.250 --> 00:34:49.159 these guys are already Celebrities and whatever 00:34:49.159 --> 00:35:19.719 right so it's it's Like a lot of these guys are 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:22.400 already established celebrities in whatever industry 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.960 they're in right whatever so it's it's Ken it's 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.420 kind of we were talking about earlier off it's 00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:28.780 new so you're getting it on the ground like and 00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:41.619 people think early retirement in the canvas area 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:48.119 I can see that but I am good I do have investments 00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:50.380 and I pride myself on it. And I feel like one 00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:52.840 of the first rules I was taught was investing 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:56.239 what people need. You know, medicine, food, whatever. 00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.900 It's available for you. It's new, so you're getting 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:02.400 it on the ground floor. Who the hell doesn't 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.460 like cannabis? So the other side to that too 00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:06.659 is, you know, like anything else, if you have 00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:09.440 a celebrity, just like anything else, you can 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.000 walk into my store every time and go give me 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:13.469 mellows and that makes it sell more. You're buying 00:36:13.469 --> 00:36:15.670 in the cannabis area. I could see that. Oh, we're 00:36:15.670 --> 00:36:18.050 out of extra advantage Yeah, the reason for that 00:36:18.050 --> 00:36:20.590 is it becomes a very just like if you go to these 00:36:20.590 --> 00:36:23.769 legal shops almost never but it's also brilliant 00:36:23.769 --> 00:36:26.909 on his part because it's First of all, you're 00:36:26.909 --> 00:36:29.809 gonna sell it based on your name. There is Carmelo 00:36:29.809 --> 00:36:32.329 kind and it's available for you And that's why 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:35.090 we're exactly same brands. I mean, but the exact 00:36:35.090 --> 00:36:38.590 same thing. No, I mean very right So why wouldn't 00:36:38.590 --> 00:36:41.550 I you know have a lot more of him now with you 00:36:41.550 --> 00:36:43.289 familiar with you? Walk in this store every time 00:36:43.289 --> 00:36:45.809 and go give me mellows. It's my understanding 00:36:45.809 --> 00:36:48.070 and you're buying his stuff without Might be 00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:50.710 buying a stick around on a regular day in town. 00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:57.150 So It's a little gossip, but it's also on his 00:36:57.150 --> 00:36:59.050 part because the chance we'll see him first of 00:36:59.050 --> 00:37:01.449 all You're gonna sell it based on your name. 00:37:01.449 --> 00:37:08.650 Where is Carmelo a king when I? So, I mean not 00:37:08.650 --> 00:37:11.350 I mean to the Knicks why fucking why wouldn't 00:37:14.029 --> 00:37:16.769 Just it couldn't get any better here, I mean 00:37:16.769 --> 00:37:19.670 he's got buildings around my own How incredible 00:37:19.670 --> 00:37:28.449 is that? They worship me and they put my name 00:37:28.449 --> 00:37:35.090 on things I don't really like it here. I'm so 00:37:35.090 --> 00:37:36.610 cool that I don't even have to live in the town. 00:37:36.610 --> 00:37:42.699 They worship Someone who walks in right now that 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:45.219 was yeah, okay who has this kind of power? Yeah, 00:37:45.219 --> 00:38:00.429 it was like There's a place in this They worship 00:38:00.429 --> 00:38:02.349 me and they put my name on things. I live in 00:38:02.349 --> 00:38:08.590 another state. So I'm I'm so cool that I don't 00:38:08.590 --> 00:38:14.860 even have to live in the town Someone could walk 00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:17.800 so the answer is in a perfect world where we 00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:19.519 are now you're gonna put a building in a perfect 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:22.159 world We have unlimited resources. It is a massive 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:24.639 building like it is like the state tower building 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:35.320 or building I want as much space in a property 00:38:35.320 --> 00:39:12.730 as possible So the answer is in a perfect A, 00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:16.050 if you gave that to me, I could probably fill 00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:20.150 it with different ventures, different facilities 00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:23.989 set up for different things. But also, I'm insane. 00:39:24.510 --> 00:39:25.550 I have a dedicated studio for 10 different types 00:39:25.550 --> 00:39:27.150 of things. You guys only know a fraction of it, 00:39:27.269 --> 00:39:30.030 and I am limited by my budget. This is why I 00:39:30.030 --> 00:39:32.050 have to do this question. If I had a bigger budget 00:39:32.050 --> 00:39:33.650 program, I would be really fucking dangerous. 00:39:33.650 --> 00:39:35.550 Because I knew you would answer it in an interesting 00:39:35.550 --> 00:39:38.150 way, but being the entrepreneur is the first 00:39:38.150 --> 00:39:40.750 thing. I was looking at new towers of 19 stories. 00:39:41.389 --> 00:39:43.030 million square feet and then there's a little 00:39:43.030 --> 00:39:46.610 melody and I would have filled it. If you gave 00:39:46.610 --> 00:39:50.309 that to me. Anytime I get in the car with Matt, 00:39:50.309 --> 00:39:52.070 we could be going to the store on the corner. 00:39:52.090 --> 00:39:55.369 It ends up being a 15 -minute detour if he just 00:39:55.369 --> 00:39:57.989 goes around and shows me buildings. And I'm like, 00:39:58.030 --> 00:39:59.389 oh, cool, what would you put in there? He's like, 00:39:59.590 --> 00:40:01.329 I'm not sure, but I just want a big building. 00:40:01.750 --> 00:40:04.369 So this is why I asked you this question. Any 00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:06.630 amount of space you give me, I will fill. Because 00:40:06.630 --> 00:40:08.449 I knew you would answer it in an interesting 00:40:08.449 --> 00:40:10.809 way. But being the entrepreneur and just the 00:40:10.809 --> 00:40:11.809 person that I dream. Dude, I was looking into 00:40:11.809 --> 00:40:14.750 buying Remington Arms in Illion, that is a million 00:40:14.750 --> 00:40:16.690 square feet. Matt, this morning you wanted to 00:40:16.690 --> 00:40:18.539 buy it. I drive around town or I look at the 00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:21.579 commercial real estate listings. I look at any 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:26.280 time I get in the car with Matt It ends up being 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:31.639 a 15 minute And I'm like, oh cool, what would 00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:37.219 you put in there? You asked me that and I said 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:39.360 this could it be a shop? Could it be a restaurant? 00:40:43.210 --> 00:40:45.889 That's literally what I do. I dream, you know, 00:40:45.969 --> 00:40:48.010 sort of all the time. And I'm not trying to hop 00:40:48.010 --> 00:40:50.789 on your bandwagon here, but we drive around town 00:40:50.789 --> 00:40:52.469 or I look at the commercial real estate listings 00:40:52.469 --> 00:40:55.409 and look at especially me up on this. I said, 00:40:55.769 --> 00:40:57.849 you know, you got this new warehouse, a vacant 00:40:57.849 --> 00:41:00.480 whatever. commercial building, but I have to 00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:03.699 be in and just imagine what can be used for and 00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:06.219 But you take the next level dude mall. I have 00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:07.920 a detailed plan for a shopping mall. I could 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:10.239 be really cool in that space Shopping town or 00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:11.980 something. Could it be a shop to turn it into 00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:14.079 a facility that would do all kinds of crazy things? 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.139 Makes this sort of thing. This town needs another 00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:18.019 shop. That's literally what I know. No, I'm saying 00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:21.000 to use that facility. Actually, I would turn 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.639 it into a bandwagon here, but we had a pre -production 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:27.199 meeting today with a client and Danny can back 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:29.900 me up on this. I said, I have this issue when 00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:33.380 I see a vacant commercial building, I have to 00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:35.860 peek in and just imagine what an incubator is. 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:39.139 But you take it to the next level. Dude, I have 00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:41.300 a detailed plan for a shopping mall. I could 00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:43.760 get like a shopping town or something on the 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:46.119 bagpipe to turn it into a facility that would 00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:48.059 do all kinds of things. Repeat after me. That's 00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:49.860 what this town needs, another shopping mall. 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:52.900 No, no, I'm saying to use that facility. Lights. 00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.659 Actually, I would turn it into an incubator. 00:41:54.730 --> 00:41:57.309 Rise up lights. That's how you say razor blades 00:41:57.309 --> 00:42:00.349 with an Australian accent. Rise up lights. I 00:42:00.349 --> 00:42:02.289 got some unique ideas. On that note, and every 00:42:02.289 --> 00:42:05.969 year you throw a bash with a good news place. 00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:08.090 Tuesday Newsday. At this place that's in incubation. 00:42:10.489 --> 00:42:14.610 They're no red hot chili pipers. It really is 00:42:14.610 --> 00:42:18.250 a dad joke bit. I'm going to dip out of here, 00:42:18.309 --> 00:42:21.190 but before we go. Repeat after me. What? Rise? 00:42:21.630 --> 00:42:23.690 What are you doing? I'm scared. Our expert producer 00:42:23.690 --> 00:42:26.230 has some news that he's going to talk to us about. 00:42:26.530 --> 00:42:28.389 Lights. Lights. I'll say it fast. Rise Up Lights. 00:42:28.750 --> 00:42:30.809 Danny's coming? It's a classic game. It's got 00:42:30.809 --> 00:42:32.849 some new life. Rise Up Lights. He's going to 00:42:32.849 --> 00:42:36.510 give us some expert input on it. This has been 00:42:36.510 --> 00:42:39.889 an insane episode of Good News York Tuesday Newsday. 00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:43.730 Are we going to start like a dad joke bit? I 00:42:43.730 --> 00:42:50.349 mean, isn't this one giant dad joke bit? I'm 00:42:50.349 --> 00:42:52.909 gonna dip out of here, but before we go. Oh shit. 00:42:53.110 --> 00:42:55.969 What before we go? What are you doing? Our expert 00:42:55.969 --> 00:42:58.510 producer has some news that he's gonna talk to 00:42:58.510 --> 00:43:03.750 us about about Oh Danny It's a classic game that's 00:43:03.750 --> 00:43:14.289 got some new life He was a deadhead but no more 00:43:14.289 --> 00:43:19.219 he's a pepper But I am joined now by a much handsomer, 00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.340 much more charming, our producer of Good News 00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:25.179 York, our friend, my coworker, I love him, Mr. 00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:28.599 Danny Tripodi, everybody. Whoops, that's not 00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:32.880 what I'd like to hear. Danny. Yeah, first of 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:36.380 all. Danny Tripodi. I actually did not know you 00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:38.340 were coming on. Yeah, so this is great. Neither 00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:41.380 did I. Matt left. No, I just really wanted to 00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:44.579 talk about Chili Peppers. I think it's very important. 00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:48.119 And before you start, I will say no more. He's 00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:51.940 a pepperhead. But I am joined now by a much handsomer, 00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:55.199 much more charming, our producer of Good New 00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:59.400 York, our friend, my coworker, Mr. Danny Tripodi. 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:05.260 Yeah, Danny is a nerd, but the good kind of nerd. 00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:07.320 First of all, which actually you just want to 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.340 be completely transparent. You know, people made 00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:10.760 fun of nerds back in the 90s, and now all those 00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:12.920 assholes are calling those nerds. Can you help 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:17.420 touch my modem? I think it's very important. 00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:19.019 It's the ultimate redemption. Anyway, I will 00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:21.559 say, first of all, tell us about what's going 00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:25.480 on among many other things. Is it October? No, 00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:27.940 I'm not talking about that. One of the people 00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:31.059 that are putting on a very big event. Mike, for 00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:33.739 a nerd. I know exactly what I want to say, so 00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:36.820 I'm just here to say it. Yeah, Danny is a nerd, 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:39.340 but the good kind of nerd. As of today, Oblivion, 00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.920 I'm looking at you, camera three. You know, people 00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:43.400 made fun of nerds back in the 90s, and now all 00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:45.380 those assholes are calling us nerds. Like, can 00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:47.219 you help fix my modem? Oblivion is getting a 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:49.280 remaster because apparently Todd Howard got bored 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:50.199 of selling Skyrim for the ninth time. It's the 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:52.579 ultimate redemption. But anyway, you know what? 00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.659 First of all, tell us about what's going on. 00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:57.360 And here we are. It's in Unreal Engine 5 now, 00:44:57.739 --> 00:45:00.079 has modern menus, big quality of life stuff. 00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:03.980 It comes with all the things that you would expect 00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:06.940 from an Oblivion remaster, including, so this 00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:10.539 is why I'm irritated, the crown jewel of DLC. 00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:14.280 So back in 2006, Bethesda made history by being 00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:16.960 the first company to charge for DLC. It's been 00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:19.940 announced by Bethesda. So Oblivion is getting 00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:21.719 a remaster because apparently they got hired, 00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:23.980 got bored of selling Skyrim for the ninth time 00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:26.110 and said, you know what? And they started that 00:45:26.110 --> 00:45:29.289 by charging. And here we are. It's in Unreal 00:45:29.289 --> 00:45:32.190 Engine 5 now. And it has modern menus. Big horse 00:45:32.190 --> 00:45:34.369 skull factor. It didn't help people in combat. 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:37.340 All the things that you would expect from a little 00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:39.820 bit more of the remaster, including, and this 00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:43.440 is why I'm irritated, the crown jewel of DLC. 00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:46.719 Back in 2006, Bethesda made history. Everything 00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:49.679 is asking for a battle pass. I can log into the 00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:51.019 Sims and they're going to say, hey, we have a 00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:55.679 battle pass. Every bit in the game is charging 00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:57.960 extra for games and it's all because of Todd 00:45:57.960 --> 00:46:01.840 Howard and the Bethesda team charging $2 .50 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.739 for that horse armor. Gamers were furious. But 00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:07.159 unfortunately, we're also to blame in combat. 00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:08.880 We were all dumb enough to buy it back in 2006. 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:10.840 It just made your horse look a little bit more 00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:14.059 shiny. Hey, it was $2 .50. Oh yeah, they were 00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:17.230 dragged for it. But now here we are. We're in 00:46:17.230 --> 00:46:19.570 20 years later. They're re -releasing. Everything 00:46:19.570 --> 00:46:22.210 is asking me for a battle pass. I can log in 00:46:22.210 --> 00:46:23.789 to the Sims and they're going to say, hey, we 00:46:23.789 --> 00:46:27.110 have a battle pass. Every bit in the gaming industry 00:46:27.110 --> 00:46:28.969 now. And you know what, Mike? I will be buying 00:46:28.969 --> 00:46:32.389 it again. Chief Todd Howard and the Bethesda 00:46:32.389 --> 00:46:35.750 team. Charging $2 .50 for that f***ing horse 00:46:35.750 --> 00:46:39.059 armor. You did it again. Unfortunately, we're 00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:41.059 also to blame because we were all dumb enough 00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:43.960 to buy it back in 2006. He got me again. I bought 00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:47.139 $2 .9 times. And you know what, Todd, I'm buying 00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:50.860 Oblivion. Here we are. Almost 20 years later, 00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:54.559 they're releasing Oblivion. It's available today 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.500 after their announcement with this new high res 00:46:57.500 --> 00:47:00.219 horse armor in their deluxe edition. And you 00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:03.280 know what, Mike, I will be buying it again. And 00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:05.980 all of a sudden, history repeats itself. My initial 00:47:05.980 --> 00:47:09.550 reaction was. Todd Howard squeeze amul you did 00:47:09.550 --> 00:47:12.289 it again. Yeah. And then I did it again. That 00:47:12.289 --> 00:47:15.409 was the most annoying game almost every day. 00:47:15.429 --> 00:47:18.230 He got me again. I bought Skyrim nine times and 00:47:18.230 --> 00:47:21.110 you know what? I'm buying rewards and oblivion. 00:47:21.110 --> 00:47:24.210 We are in a society now that I was stupid. I'll 00:47:24.210 --> 00:47:26.690 never do that again. And then here he comes. 00:47:27.230 --> 00:47:30.130 So I mean, from a business standpoint, I'm serious. 00:47:30.329 --> 00:47:32.590 You know, as a fan of games, it gives you something 00:47:32.590 --> 00:47:34.250 brilliant. I remember the first time I turned 00:47:34.250 --> 00:47:36.329 on Call of Duty, not only customize, you know, 00:47:36.349 --> 00:47:37.650 for different all of a sudden I had to buy a 00:47:37.650 --> 00:47:39.849 battle pass. And my initial reaction was zen 00:47:39.849 --> 00:47:50.500 out. Every day it might be for 20 minutes But 00:47:50.500 --> 00:48:10.730 I go back You're here and you can download it 00:48:10.730 --> 00:48:13.650 right now, so. I'm gonna go home after this and 00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:16.030 download it. But it also gives you a reason like, 00:48:16.369 --> 00:48:17.650 you know, I might be bored with Call of Duty 00:48:17.650 --> 00:48:19.030 at this point. You know, I might be going, oh 00:48:19.030 --> 00:48:20.309 my god, how many times am I gonna play it? It's 00:48:20.309 --> 00:48:22.570 the same shit. But you can, you have such a fan 00:48:22.570 --> 00:48:25.349 base that you can just announce it on a whim 00:48:25.349 --> 00:48:28.289 and immediately the world flips out. It's a nightmare. 00:48:28.289 --> 00:48:30.489 Did you not know before today that this was happening? 00:48:30.789 --> 00:48:32.570 When you read it, it sounded like you just found 00:48:32.570 --> 00:48:35.369 out. So Danny, before we go, first of all, thank 00:48:35.369 --> 00:48:38.070 you. Wonderful monologue. Thanks for getting 00:48:38.070 --> 00:48:40.730 released. I would like you to plug. Hey, you 00:48:40.730 --> 00:48:43.170 know what? Oblivion remasters here and you can 00:48:43.170 --> 00:48:45.090 download it right now. So we got retro game. 00:48:45.150 --> 00:48:47.269 I'm going to bring it in happening. That's May 00:48:47.269 --> 00:48:50.809 17th, Saturday at the Elite Gaming Center. It's 00:48:50.809 --> 00:48:53.670 the basement of the Adrian building. It's to 00:48:53.670 --> 00:48:55.849 Clinton Square. You have such a fan base that 00:48:55.849 --> 00:48:59.090 you can just announce it on October 10th, 11th 00:48:59.090 --> 00:49:01.329 and 12th at the On Center. It's a nightmare. 00:49:01.409 --> 00:49:04.570 It's the big retro game con 12. It's it's the 00:49:04.570 --> 00:49:06.550 best. We're allowed to announce Danny before 00:49:06.550 --> 00:49:10.699 we go. We got a slew of people, but off the top 00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:12.719 of my head, I don't want to butcher it. We got 00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:15.400 Ellen McClain, who's the voice of GLaDOS, the 00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:18.059 killer robot from Portal. We got Retro GameCon 00:49:18.059 --> 00:49:21.079 Spring Edition happening. It's May 17th, Saturday 00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:24.119 at the Elite Gaming Center. It's the basement 00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:27.519 of the Entrium building. It's two, Clinton Square. 00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:31.139 And then our main show in October, that's October 00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:34.539 10th, 11th, and 12th at Beyond Center. It's the 00:49:34.539 --> 00:50:00.320 big Retro GameCon in 2012. You're a gamer a proud 00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:03.940 nerd I say anyone who's awesome then you need 00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:05.559 to come to this thing. We're gonna be actually 00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:07.960 we had a meeting this morning, and we're going 00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:10.119 to we don't know what yet, but Good News York 00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:12.199 growth mode content. We're going to be there 00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:16.579 in in some capacity, whether it's live, live 00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:19.340 episode from Retro Game Con or just shooting 00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:21.559 footage or both. We cannot wait. So that'd be 00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:23.780 great. Is there somewhere maybe I know what cosplay 00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:26.940 is? Yep. Check us out at Retro Game Con dot com. 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:29.300 Tune into our socials. I think that's when people 00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:31.599 try something else before we go. Characters. 00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:35.840 Sure. All right. I have said As we get plenty 00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:39.480 today. We need to educate Mike a little bit more 00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:41.940 about what has to happen. Especially when we 00:50:41.940 --> 00:50:45.619 get into the cosplay that is quite prevalent 00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:49.880 at the event. I think we should educate Mike 00:50:49.880 --> 00:50:52.619 on cosplay and have him dress up as different 00:50:52.619 --> 00:50:55.880 hair. Oh, yeah. That'd be great. Oh, can I say 00:50:55.880 --> 00:50:59.909 it? Be so. Yes, I just want to dress up as funny. 00:51:00.309 --> 00:51:02.670 Yeah. No, I think that's when people dress up 00:51:02.670 --> 00:51:06.610 like like Characters, right? Sure. All right. 00:51:06.670 --> 00:51:13.170 I have said plenty today Good news you I'm Mike 00:51:13.170 --> 00:51:17.210 Brindisi. This is Danny Tripodi Matt Mazer, who's 00:51:17.210 --> 00:51:19.469 actually producing right now for the segment, 00:51:19.510 --> 00:51:23.190 and we will be back tomorrow. Some exciting news 00:51:23.190 --> 00:51:25.010 coming down the pipeline for Good News York. 00:51:25.190 --> 00:51:27.150 So stick around for that. Good News York dot 00:51:27.150 --> 00:51:30.610 com. Love you guys. Oh, can I say it? Be so. 00:51:31.289 --> 00:51:31.510 Yes.