Hey folks, I'm Matt major from growth mode content.
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-filled day I'm gonna I'm gonna avoid the bad
jokes today and just ask you who are you sir?
Oh Wow, what a change of pace. My name is Mike
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Tuesday genuinely didn't know that Matt You really
don't know. That's not an act. I know. Literally
look at my watch multiple times a day. We have
a very special guest who looks like he could
choke us out in about 3 .2 seconds. From across
the table, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, not even like
next to us. Right. Like right where he's sitting.
Yeah. Let's introduce him. Go ahead. My friend
Carlos here. Please go ahead and introduce yourself.
Hello. My name is Carlos Terny. I'm here from
Syracuse, New York. I own Champions Martial Arts
and great kids at school and summer camp programs.
And I'm excited to be here. We're excited to
have you, man. Thank you. Thank you. Carlos is
one of my good buddies. We were saying before
the recording began he's a fellow profound member
mm -hmm and I'll tell you what one of the things
that's been great about that organization it's
been nothing but phenomenal people but I've really
enjoyed getting to know you in that group because
what I've seen you do is what I believe is sort
of your mantra in business which is look for
ways to grow in yourself while helping others
try to grow absolutely and And if you wouldn't
mind, take a few minutes and just tell us about
your business a little bit and how you got here.
Yeah, so I've been in martial arts since 1983,
so a very long time. I opened my own business
about 15 years ago as far as our martial arts
business. So we've been serving families and
community for the last 15 years. It's been awesome.
It's been great for me, as well as my family,
my kids, and just the community as well. So then
about nine years ago, we decided to go into the
after school summer camp space It was it was
one of those things we felt like parents needed
and we could provide an environment for the kids
that can be safe They can learn they got social
connections things like that So I kind of took
what we did in martial arts and just expand it
to a different different market of people that
could use the benefits that we provide in martial
arts. That's kind of how we got started. And
then again, as as as my growth continued, it
was always kind of trying to find ways to kind
of continue to grow myself. I didn't go to college.
So this was kind of like me investing in myself
in the space that I wanted to grow in. And then
that was me kind of using that to help grow myself
as well as our programs, the impact of our programs.
That's that's incredible. You mentioned you got
your start. Back in the early 80s. Yes. Tell
us a little bit about that. What did you do in
the early days? So my uncle owned Taranese Martial
Arts. It was actually called Purple Dragons in
the beginning. Then it became Taranese Martial
Arts. So again, I started back then with him.
He's my mom's brother. So kind of got me in.
Mom kind of wanted to get me kind of out of the
troubled areas that we were in. So she kind of
put me in martial arts and my uncle took me under
his wing for a few years and helped me kind of
grow, just understanding martial arts and what
it was. And then during that space is when I
really started teaching and helping other people.
And I found it to be like my real passion. So
I've been teaching martial arts and saw about
12 years old. And it's just always been something
I enjoy doing. Like I love using my influence
and my impact, seeing someone else grow from
that. So that's kind of been like always been
a mission for me and a space I always wanted
to be in. So that's kind of how we got started.
I've had the opportunity to compete, traveled
the world fighting as a competitor, won 11 world
titles, fought on a television program, ran by
Chuck Norris for two years. So yeah, I had a
good run. I was on a fully sponsored team, took
me different countries, different places and
stuff. So it was a good run, good ride. And now
I'm to the point now, whereas I can kind of share
some of those journeys and share some of the
things I've learned along the way with our students
and with our members. So, you zoomed past that
incredible, a number of incredible details there.
Matt heard nothing but Chuck Norris. That was
it. It's true. And you know, I gotta tell you,
our man Danny Tripod over here. Did a little
research. Oh For you. Oh, let's go. Yes. This
is the season of Chuck Norris presents WCL World
Combat League This is the season apparently that
you were on. Yeah DVD let's go. Thank you Danny
Danny. Good words are gift to you. Good work
friend This is one of my best friends right here
to Raymond Daniels really? Yeah, like he fought
in Bellator. He fought. Um, he's done a lot of
folk like he's like A human highlight reel. If
you look him up, Raymond Daniels is incredible.
But he's like one of my very best, best friends.
So part of the World Combat League, they brought
him in. And they were looking for other fighters
that kind of matched some of his, including what
he did in the ring. And he obviously brought
me over, brought a couple other guys over as
well. But like he and I have been like best friends
for the last probably 23 years. Wow. So we've
known each other for a very long time. So yeah,
it's really good. Danny, good job. Yeah, in the
future, I think we need to give out DVD players
with the DVD. DVDs. I don't think no one owns
one anymore. I got one. I got one hidden away
somewhere. It happens to me all the time. People
will be like, check out this DVD. I'm like, where?
Where am I going to spin it on my finger? No,
that's great. So I fought in New York class,
which was really cool. We debuted in Houston,
and we had a fight in Houston. We had a fight
at one of the stadiums in Houston. I can't remember
what it was, but it's like a big stadium now.
And then we did the Mohegan Sun, and then we
fought down in Miami. It was actually a really,
really good run. So it was a fun time. So I had
two seasons of this. It was on television, so
it was on the versus back in the day. So it kind
of came out around the time UFC was becoming
UFC. And they are trying to give a different
look, right? More stand up fighting, not so much
ground. And they changed the ring. The octagon
ring was a little bit different than how they
had their ring. And the rules were different.
So all full contact kickboxing style fighting.
But it was a team base, which was actually really
cool. So you'll go out and win points for your
team. And at the end, whichever team had the
most points is how you won. So it wasn't necessarily
like you individually. It was a team accomplishment.
I remember it was like 1997, 98. And we used
to go to the. this one kid, his parents would
buy all the pay -per -views, whether it was wrestling
or UFC, which it wasn't called UFC then, I don't
think, but kind of the allure back then was you
would have a traditional wrestler versus a kickboxer,
or a karate specialist versus jiu -jitsu. And
they're literally in those type of uniforms.
Yeah, you're right. Like, wrestlers are wrestlers,
I got karate. And it was such a cool idea. And
then the sport, correct me if I'm wrong, it feels
like now it's evolved where everybody, it's...
I guess that's why they call it mixed martial
arts. It's a little bit of everything, a little
wrestling, a little jiu -jitsu, right? Is that
kind of... So it's phenomenal because I feel
like that's kind of how the world has shifted,
right? So everything is more of a modern style
now as opposed to what the traditional base was,
right? So when you're able to shift to that modern
style, it does make it more of a mixed martial
arts presentation or mixed martial arts system
that people are learning. So they're doing Muay
Thai, they're doing grappling, they're doing,
you know, something we're doing a lot, some other
type of system. to kind of help with footwork,
angles, things like that. So you do find a more
blend as opposed to when, like you said, when
it first came out, you had the big, you know,
Dan Severin. Yeah, the big guy, and then like
the other guy in the karate uniform. And then
Royce Gracie came in and he started choking everybody
out. He's like, oh, everybody's doing this and
that. And then the juicy guys come out, they
start getting knocked out by the boxers, kickboxers,
and they're like, oh, I'm gonna do some boxing
now. So now why don't we just do a little bit
of everything? That's it. Right, to give me a
more well -rounded competitor and fighter. So
when you're training people, are you training
different elements from Jiu -Jitsu, karate? Yeah,
yep. So I would say myself, my base when I first
originally started was more traditional, right?
More of a traditional Okinawan system, kind of
like the old school karate kid. Like that was
like, Master Miyagi would have been the system
that we teach comes under the Master Miyagi back
in the day. Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off.
And it's funny because they would do forms and
stuff in that movie, and they're actually forms
in the system that we were learning back at that
time. But as I grew as a martial artist, you
said... You know, always trying to grow and expand
myself. As I grew as a martial artist, I got
more into more of the combative self -defense
striking, more of the grappling to do things
like nature, Muay Thai, things like that. So
with that, I've been able to kind of blend a
system that I feel is more universal for what
society is today. Yeah. Right. And not just geared
towards the ring itself, because even in the
ring, you have rules as well as to what you can
and what you can't do. And unfortunately, in
society, there really is no. there is no rules
per se so you got to be able to survive the moments
that you're in so um that's kind of more of the
base that we kind of shifted to in our martial
art system um and i feel it's been good you know
it gives the confidence right but it's also a
fun learning opportunity for people too but it
gives you the confidence that if you ever had
to run to a situation at least you have a better
chance of getting out of it as opposed to maybe
some of the old traditional ways yeah wow that's
that's incredible do you um Do anything today
with competition? Do you coach or anything like
that in the competitive realm? So ironically,
I haven't. I kind of stepped away from this competition
probably five years ago, five, six years ago.
I kind of stepped away from it. My son, who just
turned 20 last week. is kind of taking an interest
of wanting to compete now. Oh, wow. So it's been
fun. It's kind of like triggering that little
spark in me again. So I'm excited for him to
want to take on that journey. It is a journey.
So I have to let him know that dad was actually
pretty good. But it was a process I had to go
through to get there. You don't just jump there.
So he's just kind of starting his process now.
And then as he goes through the process, he will
be able to figure out if it's what he really
wants to do long term. Because I've done it for
a very long time at a pretty high level. but
there's a commitment that takes to it too. So
he's gotta be wanting to take that type of approach
to it if that's what he wants to do. You can't
just half -ass martial art. Like I'll just dabble
in it. You gotta commit mentally and physically.
That's for sure. Something I love to talk to
with people that have been in a particular industry
for a long time is just, how has it changed?
How do you feel about the state of the sports,
whether it's the competitive nature or whether
it's even sort of the martial arts studios that
you find in local towns? That is a great question.
So I'm never one to speak of anyone not good
to any good. I just don't think that's a good
place for that. I feel that a person that's looking
for a martial arts program You first have to
understand why you're looking for that program,
right? What is it that you want to gain from
it, from yourself? Is it confidence? Is it self
-defense? Is it fitness? Those type of things.
That's what you have to look for. And then when
you go into the space and you find what you're
looking for, how is it serving you, right? So
is it serving the purpose that you need in your
life? If it's serving the person that you need
in your life, I don't feel there's any bad. martial
arts. Again, for me, I look at it from a space
of how is it going to help me in a situation,
right? I look at it kind of like insurance, right?
We all have insurance just in case something
happens. So when you go into martial arts, you
want to have some teaching and some systems that
just in case something happens, I have a better
chance of surviving it or getting myself to a
safer place. So as far as how I look at martial
arts and martial arts in general, as long as
the martial arts has that type of aspect to it,
And sometimes people can't see it with their
own naked eye, right? So you watch something
on the video and you're kind of like, ah, maybe
that won't work, or I don't see that happening.
That's probably because you're just looking at
it from a different view and you didn't understand
how the situation was presented to the public
per se, right? Because most time when you're
doing self -defense, it is what you call artificial
situation. So you're trying to create it as real
as you possibly can, but you can never really
create the real feeling of being attacked by
somebody. The only way that you can get that
is sometimes through competition, right? So like
the UFC, Muay Thai, you know, the grappling,
those type of things. When you have those things
mixed in, it does give you the ability to kind
of have that back and forth against another person.
Now you've got to figure it out. So that's why
I do like if you are in a system of martial arts,
you have the ability to go out and compete in
whatever that system is, whether it be karate,
whether it be, you know, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu,
whatever. You have the ability to go against
another person because if you're just in a classroom
training and training and training and you never
actually go test the skills. Not in the real
situation still artificial because it's not like
to the death or anything like that But you get
to have the understanding of how to read people
how bodies work things like that measuring distance
timing things of that nature so you do kind of
need that level of a Competition per se yeah,
so I think it's a whole when you ask the original
questions like how do I see it? I see it as as
a needed thing that I think people should have
just something to have like I said insurance
And then what is the purpose behind it, and what
is the effectiveness behind it? Can you make
it be effective? And I think that's important.
You know, on that is one thing I've learned and
noticed over the last few years, particularly
the last few months. We have another client.
We shoot his podcast, Impact My Life. His name's
Jason Nolan. He knows Jason. Oh, you know Jason.
Yeah, I've known Jason for a very long time.
Jason's a phenomenal martial artist and person.
He is, and we love him. And when you hear him
speak, right? And you have the same thing. He's
just very well spoken, very disciplined in his
ways. I'm a guy that's been in and out of therapy
for decades, right? And it's like you can spot
when someone has a really healthy mind and is
kind of speaking that therapy speak. And I found
that more than physical, I think the benefits
in martial arts are almost more mental. Would
you agree with that? There's a huge mental aspect
to it. It's a discipline that I can hear when
you speak. And I think it's amazing. So, you
know, a lot of people, when they think of martial
arts, right, they think of the punching, the
kicking, they think of the discipline that you
learn, the focus, things like that. But there
is a whole other element that comes around it,
and that's where you say it's more of the mental,
right? How does it affect your mental being,
right? And that being your social, how you socially
interact with people, emotionally how you deal
with things, right? It does help you in so many
different ways than just the punching and kicking
or the basic things. You know, people with confidence,
discipline, respect. That all comes with it.
so much more behind it as far as what you gain
as being in martial arts, the mental side of
it, how it helps you understand, you know, perseverance
and how not to give up, how to face things, how
to deal with emotions and things of that nature,
because you're in that space all the time. You
got someone kind of coming out. You got to respond
in those spaces, right? So how do I take that?
And this is another great martial artist instructor
can do this. How do I take what I teach you on
the mat? to make you be able to apply it to your
real life. Yeah. But it's not the punching, it's
not the kicking, but it's the process of how
we did everything to teach you how do you take
the process of what we taught you and put it
into your real life and ask for life. And ironically,
it's like if you have that mental discipline,
you can almost talk your way out of not. having
to ever get to the physical part of it. Because
if you're mentally disciplined, you might know
to walk away or how to talk somebody down. So
it's just amazing to hear and see all that. Yeah.
So again, I also do a lot of personal protection
workshops, like corporate personal protection
stuff. And that's some of the things that we
talk about is we go about it three P's, which
is like being prepared, being able to prevent,
and then protection. So a lot of times when you
get to a situation where you have to protect
yourself, you miss some cues and some things
that may have gotten you to a safer place. So
one, you probably put your in a space that you
probably shouldn't have been in. Maybe you're
walking at night and you shouldn't be walking
at night. Maybe you're on your phone, things
like that. Maybe you're not paying attention
to your surroundings, and all of a sudden, boom,
something's in front of you. Now something's
in front of you. how do you prevent the actual
altercation from happening? What are the steps
you gotta do to be able to do that? So understanding
how to train that and what that is, that takes
thought, that takes a minute to kind of take
a deep breath in, all right, what's the best
strategy for me in this point before it escalates?
Because once it escalates, now you're in a whole
different space that you have to be able to manage
as well. So again, as you said, as far as the
mental side of it, there are different levels
of, there's the preparation, being prepared.
Am I prepared for what's coming for my day, right?
I look at when we walk outside, our house every
day, it's like an orange. We're at the mercy
of the world. But at any time in that day, something
can throw us off and put us in a red space. That's
in business, that's in life, and that's whenever.
Then when it gets to black, that means we're
in that, oh my gosh, now I gotta, I gotta make
this work. I gotta, because now we gotta survive,
right? So where were we at in the orange space?
How did we get to the red space? And what do
we do to prevent getting to the black? But when
you're in that space where it feels like you're
a danger your business whatever business martial
arts or whatever When you feel you're in danger,
how do you respond at that time? Because that's
gonna bring you back to going back to be able
to come out of your house in orange Orange is
the new black lately I love it. I love it Carlos,
let's talk just a little bit more specifically
about your business today and what you got going
on there so Again, tell us a little bit about
a couple of the programs and I guess specifically
it's probably the summer programs of them. Yes
So again, as I said, we shifted to this up the
summer camp program back in about nine years
ago. So 2000 I think was 2016 or something like
that. Do those exactly was yeah I was inside
Aspen Athletic Club for my martial arts program.
And my kids were at an age where I needed to
have a place for them to go for summer camp,
because they couldn't really just come and hang
out in the fitness center. So as we're looking
at trying to set up our summer camp program,
I knew I couldn't really run it inside a fitness
center because families were not going to want
their kids being inside a gym all day. So I started
looking for a space, looking for a space. And
I found a space on Chapel Drive, the old Corky's
Pool Hall back in the day. So I found that space.
It was open for us. It was about 7 ,000 square
feet. able to clean it out, open it up, and we're
able to create our space for our summer camp.
So one of the things I enjoy most about summer
camp is, again, I'm able to have my own kids.
So I was able to kind of craft the camp that
I wanted my kids to feel safe in. So, you know,
we worked on our bullying systems and how to
make sure we deal with bullying. We worked on
social connection, make sure the kids are being
socially connected and be able to make friends
and relationships in the program. And then, you
know, we help kids kind of deal through emotions
and some of the things that they may be having
a hard time with, how to help them deal with
it, whether it be they lost a game or they didn't
get the color and crayon they want, like how
do we... and talk them through those steps to
understand how to deal with their emotions better.
So these are all things that I really wanted
for my kids because I didn't want to send them
to a space where they're just kind of in an open
space and people are just watching them and it's
not really no structure or programming behind
it. So that's kind of how we started the summer
camp program. And then obviously naturally when
you go into a summer camp program, parents need
summer camp, most of those parents probably need
their kids to go to a place after school. So
again, we start crafting our after school program
to be that same type of mindset, that same type
of programming. And that's kind of how we got
into that. So now we're nine years in. We had,
at one time I had three locations. I had to drop
the one. I had one in Lafayette. It was just,
it was too much on our team. So I was stretching
a little too thin. So we have Liverpool and we
have a place in Camillus area. Wow. So our Camillus
area right now, our summer camp, we're pretty
much sold out. We've been sold out since March
and then Liverpool we've been sold out since
I believe end of April. Wow. So that's incredible.
That's incredible. That's such a neat thing.
It's so needed, you know. Anybody who has kids,
so what do you do with them in the summer? Yeah,
right. I do. And, you know, there's no shortage
of, I guess, different options and programs,
but then, you know, which one is worthwhile,
and where do you trust to send your kid? The
biggest thing, again, we try to train our team.
We don't call our coaches, sorry, we don't call
our staff counselors. We call them coaches because
we believe that they have an integral part of
coaching these kids during the summer. And ultimately,
our team can have a great influence on them during
the summer that will prepare them going into
the school year. So that's really why I really
enjoy it. And then going into the app school
side of things, it was kind of like our martial
arts program. Most martial arts program, you
come two times a week. or three times a week,
right? And you're there for maybe 45 minutes,
it goes two times. Our after school program is
five days a week. So we have five opportunities
and five days to really help grow these kids
and be a part of their success tree, right? That
kind of gives a little bit more opportunity than
just our martial arts program. Are there any
major differences between this generation of
kids as opposed to some of the past generations?
Do you see a difference in anything? Yes, tablets.
Tablets, yeah. Tablets. Distractions. Distractions.
And I just think part of that distraction, it
gives a false sense of how to socially communicate.
So I think social communication with kids is
hard because they're on the tablets. And if they
are communicating with someone, they're communicating
through a tablet and not in real life. So I think
that makes it challenging for them. In addition
to just, I feel that kids don't understand well
enough how to transition through their emotions.
Right? And I think that's something that is not,
it's not something that they just grow into or
something have to be kind of taught. You know,
when you're feeling this way, you know, these,
let's talk about what you're feeling and let's
find the right solution for it. And then kind
of going that way. So I feel again, The way we
train our coaches, the way we train our team,
we look for those type of things, those type
of moments to help kids kind of grow from. And
it's an ongoing thing. You see the success sometimes.
You have a kid that has taken like 10 steps forward.
And then he has a moment, and it's like, well,
imagine how that moment was three months ago.
Imagine how that moment was six months ago. And
we're able to get him back on track within a
matter of time. You know, so although he took
10 steps forward, he's taken maybe three steps
back, but he's still seven steps ahead of where
he was. Right. Right. Right. So we're actually
winning. And that is that is I think that's key
to what we do. So yes, a little bit different.
That's incredible. I love to see that. Carlos,
tell us where folks can find you, find more information,
websites, things like that. Yep. So our website
is C .T. Champions M .A. That's our martial arts
website. And then our school program is great
kids dot com. And that's G .R. the number eight.
I love that name. Yeah, and we go we use the
term great because I was on my staff when we
had interviews You know I like the term great
kids because we want our kids to be great kids
What do great kids do great kids make great choices?
Right? Great kids become great leaders. So that's
kind of like our mantra through our whole program
is that we want our kids to be able to make great
choices. When they're making great choices, they're
making the right decisions. When they're making
the right decisions, everybody wins. And I always
look at, sometimes I shared, every choice has
a consequence and a destination. So if you make
a bad choice, you're going to have a destination
for that bad choice. But if you make a great
choice, That's gonna be a lot better, right?
So it's kind of like one of those things that
we try to work through with the kids just teaching
understanding that and then like our team same
thing We want our coaches coming in that have
that mindset of I want to be a part of this kid's
life And I want to try to make them as best as
I possibly can we can't get you out of here without
one Chuck Norris story One, it was kind of cool
to have a check signed by Chuck Norris, right?
Hell yes. So I have that still. I have it framed.
I have it framed. And then, you know, my name
is Carlos. So I always kind of was able to kind
of... chuckle back with him that his name is
Carlos too, because Chuck Charles, that's all
kind of this thing. That was kind of like one
of our little banters back and forth, but it
was really cool. It was a great opportunity.
That's awesome. Thank you. That is so awesome.
That's great. This is the closest I'll get to
meeting Chuck Norris. No, it was a good time.
It was great. I've had a great journey, and I'm
excited to be able to keep the journey going
and keep impacting lives. That's great, man.
We absolutely love to hear it. It's a great story.
You know, one of the things that I find really
interesting is there's so many different options
for things to do. And there's ranging from sort
of daycare where after school your kids just
go and play with other kids to other places that
genuinely try to help with homework and they
got some good programs. But, you know, these
sort of martial arts programs like that you have
and I think hopefully people offer in different
parts of the country all over the place. Just
what you talk about, about genuinely trying.
to help and develop these kids in the time that,
you know, I was watching cartoons after school
in those hours. So, you know, a lot of these
skills that we're talking about, you're trying
to impress upon kids. There's a lot of adults
that at no point got those skills. So I love
seeing this and I love what you're doing. It's
just a great mission and clearly you enjoy it.
I do. I have a passion for it. It's awesome.
It's awesome. We have an amazing opportunity,
as far as the team goes, and myself, to impact.
So we always talk about changing the world for
our kids, but what if we can change our kids
for the world? There you go. What if we can change
how our kids are in the world, which would make
the world better, as opposed to trying to change
the world to fit our kids? And that's some of
my approach that I kind of look at and I try
to take it to. That's awesome. I mean, that is
such an important thing. And you're out there
on the front lines doing it. We're trying. And
I thank you for that. I'm a father, so I appreciate.
I have a new appreciation for raising good kids
and protecting those kids and teaching them what's
right and wrong. And there's a lot of crazy things
going on in the world. So much appreciation from
us to you, man. I appreciate it. You know, he
also has the value beyond your own kids. It used
to be like, I want to get. But reality is I want
my kids to be safe. That means I want. all of
the other young people running around the world
to not be dirtbags, too. Not only that, but there's
a huge aspect of learning how to overcome adversity.
We can't teach these kids, we're going to keep
you away from all adversity. In my eyes, it's
like, no, we can't control the adversity, but
we can teach you how to overcome it. How to navigate
things. That is so important. I feel like that's
the key, and that's what you're doing. Thank
you. Thank you. Carlos, my friend, thank you
again for joining Good News York. This has been
a blast. I appreciate it. You can come back anytime.
Anytime. Honestly. Danny. This is awesome, man.
I appreciate it. Danny came through. Yeah, Danny's
the man. That's why we let him run the show.
He really knows what's up. But thank you, man.
And we will be back with some more Good News
York in a few minutes. Let's do it. All right.
Thank you. Thank you guys. All right, welcome
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love you, Zach It's Tuesday Newsday. It is Tuesday
Newsday. Great interview by the way with Carlos.
Carlos is the fire man. I feel extra inspired.
He's one of those dudes, one of the reasons I
love Carlos so much is he's one of those dudes
that every time I talk to him, I just get more
and more impressed and he's got more great stories
and it's just like, he's just like a genuinely
great human. And he really is disciplined mentally
like he talked about because I tried to get him
to throat chop Danny on the way out and he's
like, that would not be right. But anyway, Tuesday
Newsday. Want to give a little local love to
a young man Jamesville Dewitt's that did sound
weird James I desperately want to make woman
love to a woman or a man. What is that dumb and
dumber? Anyway, the day that Jamesville Dewitt
senior golfer Jackson Cerrone became the first
section three boys golfer to win the state championship
since 2013, dude. He crushed the field at Mill
Creek Golf Club in Churchville. He had, and I
wanna see if you remember this now, he posted
12 birdies and just two bogeys in two days of
play. I wanna test you on your lack of knowledge.
Are those like Pokemon? Yeah. Yep, you got it.
Moving on. Do you think we should invite him
in and give him one of my clubs? One, how about
you? Should we give him a bag? You think he needs
another bag of clubs? See which one he likes
the most? We'll give him one of the ones that
doesn't have a rip in it. Wait, dude. He could
build you a set out of all those six sets. He'll
hit every club and he'll go, okay, you want this
one, this one, this one, and this one. And that's
how you - For those not following along, I bought
way too many golf clubs recently. And I picked
them up in the morning. We still haven't figured
out what to do with them exactly. I genuinely
want to go to the driving range with you guys.
I genuinely would love that. My clubs are in
my car all the time. We've got to record all
day today. Not today. Not tomorrow. Next week.
One of these days soon when it's not raining.
We're going to have good luck. Pile in your Volkswagen
and go golfing. All right. Not golfing, but driving.
Don't threaten me with a good drive. Go driving?
You're not you when you're hungry. And Buffalo
Bills Josh Allen is here to help. My boy, Josh
Allen of the Buffalo Bills is now sponsored by
Snickers. Isn't that exciting? Now you can eat
them with no guilt? You can eat them with no
guilt, because if you eat them, apparently you
can hurtle over fucking NFL players. Are they
going to put the Snickers logo on his Bills jersey?
That is a great question, and I think that would
look bad. That's a great logo. They should do
that like NASCAR drivers do. You're absolutely
right. When we cover football players in ads.
Honestly, that's coming. Think that I'm not even
kidding you I've heard grumblings of like Super
imposing ads on players jerseys. You know what
I'm saying like CG. Yeah, it's pretty pretty
wild So here's think about that all right Let's
get real nerdy for a second nerd if you were
to do something like that You could do multiple
things one you could do unique ad placement Which
means if I'm watching the game, and you're watching
the game. There's a different sponsor on the
fucking players back Yeah, how wild would that
be? You know and also it could be time limited
so in the live feed it could be sponsored by
Target and in the recording it could be Walmart
do like That would be wild I always claim that
you are always three steps ahead of everybody
and you are again Because that's exactly what's
going on. I caught it during the Stanley Cup
finals around right now for in hockey hockey,
okay, and What I noticed is when they would cut
in between, you know, when they would blow the
whistle and play was dead. Yeah. And they would
show like the players skating around and I'm
like, what the hell? All the ads on the boards
are different. And then they would fire back
up. So what they did is they have ads that are
inside the arena that the eyeballs inside the
arena are going to see. And then the ads on television
are superimposed. They just covered the local.
Exactly. So in other words, you probably pay
an okay amount, like, you know, to have your
ad in the arena. I feel like they're getting
screwed by that. Well, I mean, I think if you
pay the big bucks, you get the national television
eyeballs. Well, here's the thing. Like, recently,
Danny and I were in a bar, and the Syracuse Mets
game was on the national... Yeah, the baseball
channel. And I recognized all these local companies
whose ads, their billboards are on the thing
at the stadium. And I was like, wow, that's cool.
These local companies are getting this massive
exposure. I would be pissed if I was that local
company supporting my local team. But you're
getting the eyeballs of the people at the game,
which is whatever, 50 ,000 people, whatever it
is. So you're paying for 50 ,000 eyeballs. It's
another one of those things where they've created
another fee, another level of something that
used to always be part of the game. of a deal,
you know what I mean? I know. I'm not arguing
with you, I'm just... There's a word for that,
there's like the encrapification, is that what
you call it? Encrapification, that is what it
is, yeah. Where it's not just the price gets
better, but the product gets crappier. Yeah.
You know what pisses me off too is like, we used
to have one of the major cable services, I don't
anymore, and what I hated was, there were like
three or four channels I wanted. We're in the
next tier, but in order to get those three or
four channels You got to buy the next tier and
get the whole of all the shit You don't want
are you complaining about cable? This is the
most boomer conversation that's ever happened
on this show. I'm 67. I never told you I That
makes sense. It just pisses me off. That was
kind of a boomer complaint, but whatever. Do
you watch Stranger Things? He's talking about
his cable package. It's a podcast airing in 1997.
I don't have it anymore. I'm saying back in the...
Anyway, Stranger Things, Andy Mack, have you
ever heard of either of those shows? No, I've
never heard of Stranger Things. Okay, well I'm
just fucking making sure. I don't want to sound
like a boomer. Which, ironically, I wouldn't
because it's a newer show. Well, anyway, it turns
out, according to staff at Vicky's, Matzorazo
ordered... Oh, I'm sorry. According to the staff
at Vicky's which is I guess an ice cream shop.
Yeah. Yeah some stars from Stranger Things and
Andy Mack were at their place of of business
eating ice cream and they met some fans and they
took Took some pictures and themselves a little
treat. They had themselves a little treat. So
that's just kind of a little interesting thing
I'll throw up the photo and in power in town
shooting a movie. Yeah, they're working with
American High and They were in town. So they
went and got some ice cream It was nice of them.
It was nice. And I thought that, you know, kind
of a lame story, but you know. It's pretty cool
that, you know, we can bring some celebrities
to town and bring some great focus and business
to local businesses. You wouldn't have that if
you didn't have a local movie studio in your
town. Well, I mean, that's kind of the point
is like, is it a lame story? Yeah, I just said,
hey, some guys from TV shows were here. It's
a great story. It's a great story because. You
know, that's the kind of vibe you get in New
York City or LA where you say, oh my gosh, I
was at the ice cream store and I met a couple
of celebs. You used to not get that around here.
You know, so let's be honest. Like of all the
celebrities, a lot of celebrities are kind of
jerks. Dead Kid is known for being just a genuinely
good person. I agree. You know, it's nice to
have him around town. Yeah, eating some ice cream.
We love to see it. Enjoy it. We got great ice
cream here. Speaking of celebrities. I don't
know if you've heard about, have you heard a
little controversy? I haven't heard of him. Luke
Bryan, the singer Luke Bryan, he's a country
singer. Is he like a huge douchebag? Well, if
he wasn't, he is now because he kind of made
a comment. He was performing in Bethel, New York,
which is basically the old Woodstock. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. And he is quoted as saying... This Upstate
New York venue is so rural, there ain't shit
here. Actually, the quote is, this is like my
eighth time here, I believe, and you know what
I always forget? There ain't shit here. This
is the countryest ass venue that I play. Which
I feel like, in that world, is kind of a compliment,
but people have not responded well to it. But
here's my argument. Bethel, New York is not Upstate.
Danny throw them I got a New York State map there
can you throw it up and this is what I wanted
to do I want to turn this into a bit where I
want to ask people and there's no right or wrong
answer I feel like we've discussed this on this
no no no but now we're gonna do a visual all
right I want you to show me the line where you
think upstate starts and ends I want to take
this out on the street, because everybody has
their own version. If you ask anybody from the
city, they go, oh, well, yeah, Platts, or not,
Plattsburgh. What do you call it? Newburgh is
upstate, or Woodstock is upstate. And you ask
people up here, and we go, that's not upstate.
So if you were to draw some sort of line, I'll
go first. All right. I'll go first. Danny, go
to the wide shot, I guess. In my eyes, I feel
it begins and ends with Albany. Think what listen
to me. I think anything north. That's ludicrous
west East and southwest of Albany is upstate.
So this would be this line right here. I say
Bam Anything wild that's to me is upstate anything
to the left of that to the left of this That's
upstate that's that's why the line is Poughkeepsie,
bro. The line is Poughkeepsie Which you probably
can't even see, because it's below the table,
because it's fucking downstate. So then you are
one of those. You are one of those. Everything
north of Poughkeepsie is upstate. Everything
south of Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie? Poughkeepsie.
That's fair. It's downstate. You know, I could
argue you're right, because the metro north I
used to take into the city all the time, and
the absolute first and last stop is in Poughkeepsie.
That's where it begins. That's what I'm saying.
So I find that. Fascinating. That being said,
here at Good News York, we love our friends and
our family, our mutual New York family, upstate,
downstate. Yeah, I love all of them. To the tip
of Long Island, to the top of the Adirondacks.
It's just interesting to me. Even out to Buffalo.
Like, when you travel outside of New York State
and you meet someone, you go, where are you from?
I'm from New York. Oh, my God! The city? Have
you ever been to the Twin Towers? No, no, no,
no. We're way north of that. See, but let's be
honest. Be completely honest and full disclosure.
All right. Three times. We all use this both
ways. Oh, of course. Depending on where we are
and where we're traveling, we are totally OK
when we say we're from New York that people think
it's the city. I think so. Yeah. You feel kind
of cool. We all use that to our advantage. We're
like, yeah, you know, it depends. If you want
to, you know, if it's like you want to don't
fuck with me vibe. You're definitely gonna, you
know, yeah, I can't do that with Ithaca. Yeah,
okay. Don't fuck with me. I'm from the mean street
I'm a New Yorker. I'm a New Yorker Don't ever
do that was the worst fake New York accent ever
if you do that. You will get your ass kicked
I'm getting coffee. I'm getting coffee walking
here. My mom's from the Bronx So and my dad was
from the Utica So I growing up got a little like
my first I went to you were the Yankee and Rangers
game But I also went to my first Bills game So
I had like a little bit of both the most Italian
you could possibly be My dad's a hundred percent.
My mom is nothing no Italian. So I'm 50 % really
50 % Italian I don't look at I got one last thing
because this is fucking mind -blowing. Oh, so
There's this great documentary on Netflix about
Osama bin Laden. Oh, I didn't heard about going
this way. Okay. No, I know and It is three episodes
Amazing We get to the end of the episode. I bet
I know how it ends. Yeah No, it's the same thing.
I found out the Titanic sunk before I saw the
movie. It sucked, but my point is You you watch
the end of the movie where they they go in on
this this compound where else they found some
bin Laden, right? They kill him Afterwards they
demolish the compound and now I went and I looked
on Google Maps or Apple Maps, whatever and I
found It's no close. It's a It's it's listed
as the Osama bin Laden compound and then I see
you zoom down You can see people go there. I
looked up videos people go there and they get
pictures. It's a historical site, right? Okay,
but that's not what I want to talk about Danny
throw it up here. Oh, this is fucking there's
a visual I'm saying the F word. I'm I'm Look
around the corner. What does that say? Osama
bin Laden's pizza. I swear to God, dude. I thought
it was a joke. Click on it, Danny. There's reviews.
They're only 67 % in positive. They got pictures
of pizza. It's a real pizzeria. Dude, there's
a fucking Osama bin Laden pizzeria. Listen. Is
this? Listen. There is nothing more red, white,
and blue than a fucking pizza shop at the sight
of a dead terrorist. But they hate America. God
bless America. Not clearly we won I Think it's
better than flying an American flag right there,
but I want can you click Danny? Is there a menu
like can you click on Sarah menu? There's reviews
Like what do you do go in and be like I'll take
the bomber. You know what I mean like give me
Give me the dynamite. Listen, I'm personally
just shocked the fact that they can get pizza
in the Middle East, which I guess maybe is stupid
of me. They can probably get every type of food,
just like we can get every type of food. But
we order it and have it sent here. That's going
to have a shipped. That's dangerous. That's yeah.
How is that possible? First of all, the fact
that there's pizza in Pakistan, maybe that speaks
to my ignorance. That's what I just. But that's
wild. But the fact that it's called Osama bin
Laden's pizza, like what are we in the free press
again? They're fucking brilliant. It worked.
I just plugged them. That guy fucked up their
whole town and, you know, the least they can
do is sell a couple slices on his dead ass. Well,
they killed him. So let's open a pizza place
around the corner. You know how many stupid Americans
want to come watch the fucking, come look at
the pile of rubble here? You better believe we'll
sell them pizza while they're around. There it
is. That's what it is, isn't it? It's a straight
-up tourist trap. They're like, oh, they're going
to bring Americans here to... And good for them.
Crazy. Because again, what a time to be alive.
There's nothing I'd rather enjoy while looking
at the If I'm by where the world's most terrorists
the most most notorious terrorists perished then
you know a slice of pepperoni What's your move
though? Do you go to the pizza place first and
bring it over and eat it while you're at the
place? Do you go and sit down? I'm wondering
Check it out because I mean normally you go to
historic site you want to disrespect it But they're
fucked the place so like yeah, right wipe your
hands on the wall and shit or I guess just no
walls, but It's crazy to me, you know The fact
that there's a web that was a wild story, bro.
Yeah, how do you where do you find this shit
on my couch? I was just because they were like
oh, yeah in the cushions at the end of the movie
They're like, you know now people go and they
you know, that's right. This started with the
document Yeah, and they go to this site. So I
was just curious I was like I wonder if I can
find the site and I found it on YouTube and there's
people standing there and and then and then I
was like, let me see if it's on Google Maps and
as I zoom in I see Obviously the compound as
a historical site and I'm like Osama bin Laden's
pizza. I'm just not a real dude I'm just surprised
it's not a dominoes. It's not a dominoes. It's
not a dominoes and it's not a subway and It's
a it's a pizza place and the pizza look good.
I Just I have so many questions What does it
taste like incredible do they serve Americans
because we're not well -liked in in parts there
That's who it's made for Westerners maybe not
specifically Americans, but but literally like
if that's a tourist site who the fuck Locals
aren't going to see that You want to go see where
uncle got blown up? That's what I'm saying fuck
like the idea of it. It's clearly a westernized
Tourist location just wild well some of bin Laden's
pizza. Hey, that's their Times Square, man Just
goes to show you you try to topple capitalism,
and we will put a fucking pizzeria on your grave
Yeah, all right. Well that was Tuesday Newsday
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go God bless America Weird how did it get weird?
I don't know we'll be back tomorrow. I won't
be here tomorrow You're gonna be flying solo
with some great guests Seriously, no I know that
whoops What day is tomorrow Wednesday? Wednesday,
you're not gonna be here concerts, and I'm not
gonna be here. I've got all day Well, I've got
my kids have concerts. They're performing and
the goddamn school put it at 10 a .m. And 1230
so I do remember who's gonna Why would you do
that to people like how am I without taking a
day off now? I have to take a day off, and I
love my kids. That's the thing I want to be there,
but really whatever happened to night concerts
when we were ready all the concrete one just
recently But at the same time they will have
some sort of event in midday, so I can't even
like it's weird. I agree I wish I could show
up with Osama bin Laden's pizza for everybody.
I'd be real popular at the real part of the local
school Can you imagine it's thrown? Why'd you
get thrown out of the PTA? Well, I had threw
a pizza party with Osama bin Laden's pizza in
Ithaca I might not get thrown well, but that's
a no progressive of you. Yeah real progressive.
Yeah anyway Put little dip cups of patchouli
in, you'll definitely be cool. That'd be great.
Yeah. That'd be great. We should go before we
get thrown off. Yeah. All right. Canceled. Bye.
All right. We'll see you tomorrow. Peace out.