Good morning, everybody. Matt Major, Growth Mode
Content. Welcome to Good News York. This is an
action -packed morning already, and I'm only
a cup and a half of coffee in, so forgive me.
But if there was ever a way to be energized...
We got yesterday's birthday boy back. Happy birthday.
We wished you a happy birthday on the show yesterday.
I took the day off. I was plain hooky. I was
sick. I'm still not feeling well, but yes. I
was sad that I didn't get to share my birthday
with you guys. It's all right, buddy. My brothers
and sisters. It's all right. But I'm here now.
Birthday day dos. Dos. We're surrounded by the
queens. Oh, baby. I am so... This is long overdue.
It is. You and I talked about this like the first
week we opened. It is, it is. Having these two.
These are our good friends Stacy and Jenna, the
cosmetic queens. You might know them from their
podcast, Stab and Jab. It is the most festive
podcast that we record. I'm not gonna lie. But
we wanted to bring these ladies in and and talk
a little bit on good news York about their business
Because not only do they do incredible things
in their business. It's growing. It's expanding
You're doing some other things in the community.
It's like we did your everything we want to talk
about here. Yeah, so We had to have you in welcome
ladies. Yeah, welcome. Thank you Thank you. This
is probably gonna be a three -hour episode because
Stacey and I are here That corner is trouble
or a lower case? That's definitely capital. Seriously.
So with that, why don't we let Jenna start? Yeah,
yeah. We'll put you right on the spot. Come on.
Initiate SWAP. Really love to be put in the spot.
I know you do. I know you do. But you know what
you're great at talking about is what you do.
So if you could, just give us the quick overview.
What is your business? What do you ladies do
all day long? Sure. So we focus on cosmetic injectables
and cosmetic dermatology. We have all sorts of
gadgets, not just injectables. So we have lasers,
and we have, I don't know. We have gadgets. We've
got Tri -Lift, I mean, there's so many different
things. We've got the things for the... Our new
Pladuo. Oh yeah, you got a new machine. A what
now? Oh yeah, we'll talk about this. I mean,
basically we like to think of the whole picture.
The skin, the muscle. the internal structures,
we're not just focusing on one area. We want
to focus on the big picture for anti -aging.
Are you considered estheticians? Is that the
correct no? No, we love our estheticians. We
love them so much and we partner. We are good
collaborators with our esty besties. They're
more going to focus on taking off the vellus
hair of your face, which would be known as dermaplaning.
They're going to focus on hydration, skincare
lines. They go in conjunction with us, but top
layer, some of them, if they have medical directors,
can break the skin and do some microneedling,
which increases collagen in the face, which we
lose, and that's what makes us start to melt,
like the Wicked Witch. We're doing more of the
medical side. So Jenna's a nurse practitioner.
I'm a physician assistant. We've been doing this
a very long time now. And we're going to do things
that decrease the collagen decline in the skin,
like she was saying, restore facial structures.
Anything that you can do to make you look younger
without a surgical intervention. Very nice. Love
that. Wow. Yeah, I could uh, I mean Matt and
I we get torn apart on social media for our eye
bags. So yeah, we're gonna some perf some prf
Like I know I have them but the and I sound like
I'm making excuse the lighting really Brings
them out on us. I mean they aren't as bad as
as they look on your beautiful It's not really
the lighting beautiful inside and out you guys
so and it was your birthday yesterday Yeah, but
it's not my birthday ladies are so encouraging.
Let's give ourselves grace. Thank you. Thank
you I've just accepted that I don't sleep and
this is what I look like for years Nothing to
do with the lights. I'm sorry your natural self
one one thing that I think is I mean you and
I know each other from from college, but at the
same time On the outside, you guys, it's just,
you are a little bit different than I would say
a traditional doctor's office. You see your social
media videos, you talk to you guys, you have
bubbly personalities, you're always decked out
in pink. Tell us about the office, the vibe of
the office, because it is, it's so inviting.
Go for it, Jenna. I know you love this. I love
our office. I feel like it's so welcoming. we
have a waiting room which we call the living
room and people who don't know each other sit
in there and they converse and they laugh and
it's like the best sound I feel like like when
we're back in our bedrooms even though there
are our rooms that we treat our patients we call
them bedrooms right and it's kind of just like
a big party the entire time people have literally
come to the office and been like I've seen you
on social media I feel like I know you guys I
am just basically here to test the waters and
see if you guys really are legitimately as cool
as you are on social media. And we're like, OK,
did we test the test? It's a lot of pressure.
Yeah. And they're like, yeah. This is our authentic
self. Yeah. We can't fake this. We're weird.
We're fun. We're nerds. We're cool. I mean, yeah.
And we treat everyone like family. And I think
that's what sets us apart. We've been told a
million different times, don't have a business
model like that. It gets too messy. It gets too
weird. Stop giving away treatments and money
and things to people. We actually have something
called the sparkle box. So if someone comes in,
they're having a bad day. They're down on their
luck. They tell us a story. I feel like our chair.
is a therapy chair. We are not therapists. As
soon as they get in the chair, it's like it all
unleashes. And I don't know if it's because we're
like stabbing, jabbing, burning. Sure, they're
already on an edge. But it's like a physical
release for them. Yeah. And then all of a sudden
we're like, how are you doing? And they're like,
what? And it just all falls apart. Then we're
able to like make a connection with them and
I feel like that connection sets us apart from
everyone else I think it's because what you guys
do is a very Personal and intimate procedure
so they have to feel comfortable with you and
I think because of your personalities and your
social media president presidents present presence
I think I think that's just inviting for them
and they feel comfortable in in unloading on
you. You get that with bartenders and hairdressers
too. But I think it's next level for you guys
because of how approachable you are. It's amazing.
Well, and we truly do care. So then we remember
the things, we know the things, we try to help
where we can. We have a new foundation that we're
starting. A what now? Um, called the CQ care.
So it started out as this sparkle box where we
would just kind of ask the reps when we'd place
a big order, can we get a little bit of free
samples so that when people come in and we had
a few patients, right? Like congenital birth
defects. One girl had told us, you know, I'm
not leaving my house. It's actually affecting
my relationships. Um, and I said, you know, to
one of the docs, like, I want to treat this girl.
you know, no charge. I'm going to donate my time.
I got the product. And they were like, no, those
are the people that would pay even more money.
And I'm like, that is not how we roll. Yeah.
So we started this thing on our own where we
kind of have this sparkle box. And we would ask
each other once in a while, like, would it be
OK if I sparkle box this patient? And now we
don't even ask anymore because we just know both
of us are just so in sync with Yes, if we can
do something to give back to these people, we're
doing it. So we don't even ask each other anymore.
But you can dip into the sparkle box for someone
who's going through a divorce, someone who lost
a child, somebody who is just down on their luck
and lost their job, whatever. So we were like,
wouldn't this be so cool if we could make it
on a bigger scale? So. You know the idea, like
when you go to a restaurant and you're like,
I'm going to pay for their meal. Yeah, yeah.
But I don't want them to know. And I just want
to pay it forward. Don't tell them till after
I leave. So like, I love that kind of stuff.
Been doing it for a long time now that I actually
have some money to do that. Yeah. And it gives
me such a good feeling selfishly. But I also
have had the opportunity to see the joy it brings,
right? So. Now, working in aesthetics, we were
always worried, is this going to be kind of vain?
Does this really make a difference? I think that
this time in our life, working in aesthetic medicine
has made the biggest difference and the biggest
impact because when people are going through
traumatic events, they are emotionally drained.
But you see that on a physical level. You see
them come in tired, upset. drained, they've had
no time for self care. So we've decided to do
three kind of branches. The first branch will
be you can actually sponsor a patient. And it
can be a cancer patient or somebody going through
something crazy. We have a new machine that actually
regrows hair. We've actually had the opportunity
to do this for a couple of our patients. And
it's been really a game changer because you're
already going through something so deep and traumatic.
And their hair is part of their identity. Absolutely.
And so for us to be able to expedite that process
of that coming back or give them a little bit
of a attagirl, attaboy, that's been huge. So
that'll be the first one. You can sponsor a patient.
So you can make an anonymous donation. We're
going to have programs where you can round up
just like Taco Bells. You want to round up? I'm
like, no. You make enough money. I'm going to
spend my money with someone else. You donate
the money. But you could round up, you know,
your pill. And Jenna, what's this called? CQ
Cares. Oh, that's great. That's a great name.
CQC, baby. CQC. And then the second branch is
going to kind of be anything that's of no fault
to their own. Right. So car accidents, domestic
violence, cancer, scars, car accident, car accident.
Anything that is a congenital birth defect, anything
that you know, has left a lasting impression
on the face that people feel insecure about that
we can help fix. We have lasers, we have injectables,
we have all of these cool things that we've learned
from people in our journeys that have been willing
to like kind of take us under their wing and
teach us. we're going to be able to just take
that product and treat them, and then at the
end say, this is on us. We've had patients who
have had radiation to the neck that we're unable
to swallow, and then we've been able to use certain
modalities at the office, and then they're like,
I ate a mushroom, and we're like, go! I think
we cried for 30 straight minutes after hearing
that. We're like, we're doing it. Yeah. That's
amazing. And then the third part is those patients
who just are having a rough time and haven't
had the self care. And so we'll be able to have
some of the reps give back a little bit for the
larger orders that we're placing. We'll have
people be able to donate. And then sometimes
we could just grab a thing. And then the next
thing we were actually thinking of doing is going
to local community businesses. There's always
those workhorses in any business that give, give,
give, give, give, give, give, give, give and
never take, ask, get anything in return. Right.
So I know you and I are very good friends with
Kate. from David's Refuge. Oh, I love Kate. So
she was our first one to kind of be a guinea
pig in this because we had talked to everyone
and we're like, shout her out. We love her. Love
you so much. And there's just, there's so many
good people like that in our community that go
unnoticed. They fly under the radar. Kate would
never say anything. And we're like, why don't
you just come in and get like a self care? Like
she doesn't, she doesn't meet those criteria
of having cancer or having, you know, she's beautiful,
but we're like, when's the last time you've done
something for yourself? Because she's like, go
to mom, go to business owner, go to wife, go
to friend. I'm like, let's treat those people.
So once a quarter, we'd also like to incorporate,
you can nominate somebody from a local business
that we could give back to and kind of just treat
them a house. That's awesome. CQ cares. CQ cares.
That's amazing. I love that. It's uplifting.
Man. I have so many questions. Go ahead. No,
so I was just going to say, while we're on this
great new things kick that we've been talking
about, I understand you're also going to have
a new location here in the city we might be able
to talk about? We cannot wait. I mean, if one
more person asks us, when's it going to be? We're
like, I don't know, because construction is a
pain right in my. So you got to build out. Your
space and everything, huh? OK, so we have this
angel. Her name is Claudia. She owns Inspire
at the Grainery, which is just this beautiful
salon. It had some residential space that was
upstairs. And we kind of got talking to her.
We have some mutual friends. And she was like,
what if the queens went upstairs? We looked at
the space. It has balconies. We're like, this
is meant to be. Hello, sir. Hello. That's awesome.
Stab you in the face. And I don't know, it's
just construction is a pain in the ass. Getting
all the permits. You gotta get the permits, but
then the construction people that were contracted
have moved on to other jobs because it took so
long. And then you run into something, and then
you have to fix something else. So Claudia's
really been great, and we have been waiting patiently.
I'm a little impatient, to be honest with you,
but we've been waiting. to move into this new
space. And I think the light is finally at the
end of the tunnel. We can see it. Awesome. There's
parking on both sides of the building, which
is huge. Because I mean, it's downtown Syracuse.
When you were going to look at it, I'm like,
parking is going to suck. But two parking lots,
free parking. You don't have to worry about finding
parking because they're huge. And then we'll
just be on the... The girls downstairs are fantastic.
Whereabouts is it downtown? It's right on North
Warren Street. So if you're familiar with Clinton
Square, we're about a block over. OK. It's called
Inspire at the Greenery. Jackie Colello has just
done beautiful murals on both sides. OK. I know
a building you're talking about now. It's amazing.
It's a great location, great parking, great people.
You know, the girls downstairs do all of like
the aesthetic kind of hair stuff. And then we've
got girls that do lashes, nails, and some of
the esthetician work. And then we'll have some
space in the two upstairs floors. Just come in
and get it all done. Yeah. Yeah. So Matt and
I were growth mode. We shot the retro game con
this past weekend at the convention center. And
there was an after party. This has to do what
we're talking about. And as we're driving to
the after party, I'm like, I'm sold. As we're
driving to the after party, I have it right here.
We went by the Niagara Mohawk building, which,
can you see it here? I love it. And I immediately
said, you know what that look, if Jenna and Stacey
were like villains in a movie, this would be
their headquarters. That would be our lair. That
would be your lair. Like, look at that. Doesn't
it look like Stab and Jab or Cosmetic Queen's
HQ? I don't even know if we're villains. I think
we could be princesses. Or you could just be
yourself. Yeah. But doesn't it look like, hey,
welcome to Cosmetic Queen's HQ? 100%. It's a
mate? I don't know. He's not lying. We were driving
down the street, and he's like, oh my god, that
looks like that. I'm like, that should be their
building. There's an underground garage to keep
our cars in so we can, like, sleep on a pole,
something like that. And slip into our pink scrubs.
Absolutely. Easy. This is my dream. So you guys
obviously do a lot of work on faces. Is this
also, is it like full body service? Like what
are some of the things that you do? Can you fix
my knee? No. I mean, technically probably I could
do some injections. So we kind of have like...
crazy background. Jenna was neuro ICU. I was
urgent care, emergency medicine, surgery. So
we probably could fix your knee. Do you want
us fixing your knee? Probably not. We stay in
our lane. We try to do what we're really good
at and what we're passionate about, which is
what I think drives us to be good at it. We do
all sorts of body stuff. So Jenna, her one of
her. big passions is dermatology. So why don't
you tell them what you do with the body? So we
just do skin exams. And I'm a little bit meticulous
with that. I take a little dermatoscope, which
is like a little microphone with illumination.
A microphone? Microscope? Yep. But I thought
the microphone was weird. I was like, OK. Did
I say microphone? You did. That's OK. I take
a microphone. It's very early. Don't worry about
it. Staring at my good this mall looks great
guy. What's up? What's up arm here? How we do
it? So and I just typically check everything
head to toe And then if she finds something that's
suspicious she takes a nice picture of it puts
it in the patient's chart We decide whether we're
gonna just monitor it or whether she's gonna
take a little punch biopsy get those results
back and then we either excise it right in the
house or we refer to some of our friends in the
community who can actually do some surgery or,
you know, more complicated excisions and flaps
and things like that. We have some lasers and
a machine called the tri -lift. We've got our
new machine called the Pleduo. Those can all
treat body areas. For instance, I've lost a lot
of weight recently, and over the last two years.
And so these machines can tighten skin anywhere.
So yesterday, Jen was like, we're ploduo -ing
your butt. I'm like, can't wait. This should
be fun. Ploduo that ass. Yeah, ploduo. Ploduo.
That ass. Junk in a trunk. Ploduo. Sounds like
a Disney movie. Disney's ploduo. Oh, I like that.
It goes that corner again, you know? I know.
The kids are getting rowdy. I can't wait. So
it's plasma. Nitrogen, nitrogen plasma. Real
weird shit that we're doing now. We are the first
ones on the West Coast to have this machine.
You mean East Coast? East Coast. It's on the
West Coast. We're the first ones up. President?
Microphone? West Coast? Where are we today? Okay,
we got to talk about... It's very early. The
Indian henna night that we went to last night
fried our brains. I know. It was so amazing.
You guys went to a wild party. These people are
the nicest people in the whole world. It was
so fun. They just kept trying to get us to eat
and drink and be merry. That's the judge of good
people is how much they are concerned about other
folks having enough to eat. Absolutely. I mean,
just delights. I mean, beautiful. Just stunning.
This culture is like none other that I've ever
been to for a party, but it fried our brains.
So back to the nitrogen. Yes. Yeah. So as you
are aware, we have solid, we have gas, we have
liquid and then we have plasma. This is like
such a cool thing. So we take the nitrogen and
argon gas and then we actually have a machine
that develops it into plasma and we pop that
into your face or your body. And it works on
a cellular level in an anabolic state to actually.
anaerobic state to actually create new collagen
and work on fine lines, wrinkles, tightening
without a lot of downtime, without like any pain.
This is such a cool thing that we have now because
the East Coast doesn't have it from anything
that we have correct It's new technology. Yeah,
it doesn't well, so the technology has been around
a really long time But to get it to be stable
right and the dualness Correct. Is it is it like
an injection sort of thing? Or is it something
that's just like applied to the surface? It actually
looks like we are lighting your face up with
lightning. Okay, you see this spark I see And
then what it does is it actually penetrates through
the epidermis of the skin without breaking the
skin. So reduced ability. No needles involved.
Correct. So reduced healing because you don't
have to worry about infection and things like
that. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow. And you can hear that
pop, pop, pop. You can use this on eyelids. You
can use it on body. It helps with stretch marks.
It's like a laser surgery type. Yeah. That's
incredible only without like breaking the outer
layer and having you know opportunity for infection
and Healing downtime and actually helps with
bacteria. Yeah, so like rosacea patients or acne
patients like wild Wild differences. I there's
nothing like yeah, and we try to stay on the
cutting edge As you can tell I do talk a lot
So I try to pick everybody's brain. I try to
learn as much as possible. We're always traveling
to conferences and meeting new people and networking.
But I'm also like a skeptic. You have to prove
to me that there's clinical -based, evidence
-based medicine. Back it up. Please do not just
tell me something. and just say, well, that's
just because someone told me. There's been such
an attack. It works great. Trust me. There's
been such an attack on science and facts in this
country over the last 10 years. And it's just
nice to hear that someone valuing. Valuing. That's
important. Especially when it comes to medicine
and people's health. And we're doing this on
people's faces and bodies. And first, do no harm.
We would not do anything to our patients that
we haven't already done on my mom and dad as
guinea pigs. Or on ourselves. So if we go visit
your parents, they're like this because of all
the things that went wrong. Poor Tom just had
his first pledo treatment the other day. We called
him Trilift Tom at the beginning. We're going
to have to name him like Pledo Papa for this
or something. How are you pledoing? Oh, he did
great. He sometimes screws with us. Like, he'll
pretend like he's stroking out, or he'll pretend
he's blind, or he'll, like, shout out in his
face. It's so fun when he does that. And our
butt puckers up, and we're like, did we just
kill my dad? But he did so well. You know where
she gets it from now. Yeah, exactly. He could
not shave for a couple days, and I've never seen
my dad with facial hair here. He has a mustache,
but I've never seen a beard. And he came in,
and I was like, who are you? What is this? And,
but he did great and he's like, my parents love
telling people to guess their age because nobody,
people guess in the 50s or like early 60s and
they're like, we're over 70. Yeah. Love that.
That's awesome. Can this, this thing, is that.
La duo. Good for like a big scale. So say people
lose a massive amount of weight and they've got
just like. extra skin like crazy. No, so we draw
the line. We're like, listen, we're not going
to take your money just to see these minimal
results. If you've had a significant, you've
had gastric bypass, you've had a significant
weight loss, you've been utilizing GLP -1s, and
you've got a significant amount of skin, we're
going to refer you for a surgical correction.
Get that lopped off. Yeah, just get it lopped
off, and then we'll work on the scars and stuff.
You can tighten it up. Now if you have some like,
like people's necks or hands or just like they've
had like a baby and they have like just a little
bit of creepiness and just a little bit of skin
that needs to contract, then that's totally something
we can address. Awesome. Let me ask this. What
are like three or five things that everybody
can do at home before they would come to see
the cosmetic queens just on a daily basis that
everybody should be doing just to preserve their
skin or wrinkles and you know, just daily stuff.
What do you got? Jenna's number one. Sunscreen.
Really? Every day. Doesn't matter if it's sunny
out, which we have that, but today this is great.
Or even through the cloudy days. Reflects off
snow. The UV rays penetrate. So you're saying
put sunscreen on every day. Especially your face
and your ears and your neck. Tell them what SPF.
SPF 30 or greater. And tell them what kind. I
personally like color science, but you can do
Ulta MD. I meant like tell them like mechanical,
chemical. Yeah. What do you like? I mean, that's
that's big. I use a bunch of databases, so it
depends on what chemicals are in there. So I
do like to look at ingredients, but I like the
mechanical. You know, the zinc oxide, the iron
oxide. The titanium dioxide, those are the ones
that I look for in a sunscreen. If it has any
components that start with O, this is the easiest
thing. Do not buy that one. Whoa, no O. And if
you go to Target, Walmart, any of the local stores,
CVS, Kinney's, those are the ones that you'll
see. There's three of them that always come up
as the first ingredients in the ingredient list.
And it's like your ones that you would have used
as a kid, like your banana boat and your, like,
Neutrogena and your... Unfortunately, it can
change hormones and cause cancer. So a lot of
people are out there and they're like, don't
use sunscreen. No. Use the proper sun. Use the
right one. Be smart about what you're looking
to put on your body. I mean, your skin's your
biggest organ. Right. That's true. That's scientific.
So you're saying use sunscreen every day. mechanical
and no ingredients that have the letter O in
it. I have one more thing for the sunscreen.
Oh, please. Do you think it's just as easy as
as simple as putting it on one and done? Sure.
No, every two hours that you are outside, it
needs to be reapplied. And it needs to be if
you're using the spray one. Yeah, I hate the
lotion ones. Well, me too. But. You have to spray,
and then you have to rub it in. And it's one
inch an inch away from your skin. Rub it in,
and then I recommend a second round of it. Spray
one inch in, rub it in, because it's not getting
to the level as a cream would. Right. And cream,
you need like a cup, like half of this cup to
do your whole body efficiently. Oh my god. So
I mean, you're going through sunscreen. And just
think about, like, that's every two hours you're
outside. So Jenna keeps this cool little brush
stick in her car and now she's got me doing it.
But we just brush quickly our hands from driving,
our face, our neck, our ears. Is this for vanity
or like anti -aging or is it also obviously to
prevent skin cancer as well? Both. Sun and smoking
are the biggest things. So if that's another
tip, quit smoking. Quit smoking, quit vaping.
It's bad for your health. We all have our vices.
What about vaping cannabis? So, vaping in general,
bad for your health. We're big fans of cannabis,
actually. We think, you know, maybe look at a
different modality or a way that you could possibly,
potentially, you know, ingest that, such as gummies
or tinctures or things like that. Because vaping
in general, it's been shown now, the studies
are out, this is not good for your lungs. I feel
like anybody who's vaped knew that the first
time they tried it. 100%. Like this is not a
good thing. Immediate pneumonia. It's wild. And
they're finding that, you know, smoking, you
stop smoking, within four hours, things start
to physiologically change and go back to a healthier
state. With vaping, it's permanent irreversible
lung damage. Jesus. Just gonna put that out there.
And we all have our vices, right? Like I have
some patients who I'm like, listen, I'm not like
trying to be a Debbie Downer, but it is my job
to like, if you've asked me what you can do to
make a difference in your health, this is a big
one. Awesome. Fair. Cosmetic queens. You guys
are amazing. How do people book an appointment,
get a hold of you? How does that all work? Oh,
so easy. You can go to our Instagram. There's
links on that. So the .cosmetic .queens on Instagram.
We also have a Facebook under the Cosmetic Queens.
Jenna's the Cosmetic NP. I am the Cosmetic PA.
We have a number, which is easy to remember,
315 -234 -3535. That is great. Super easy. Yeah,
really like your dance. I love the dance. And
you can Google search us. We come right up. Sweet.
And you have a great podcast with us here at
Growth Mode Content called the Stab and Jab Podcast,
which is just wild. It's really a good one. We
love it. It's the equivalent of the Indian wedding
you went to. It's a party. It's a party. It is.
It really is. Yeah. It's true. Love you guys.
And I think I'll end on this, which is I don't
know if you guys realize that your friendship,
you know, the bond that you guys have is palpable.
And I think that's a big part of why people are
drawn to you, not even just in business, I think
just for your podcast and just in general, and
why people are so open with you guys. There's
something about this sisterly, it's just, it's
a dynamic duo. Like some people are just meant
to be together, you know what I mean? It's great,
I love it. Last night somebody at that party
was like, you two are sisters? I'm like, and
I think it's weird people think we've known each
other since we were like very very young and
it has been a little longer now we we never know
we never know how old my dog Dahlia is she's
always two we never know how long we've known
each other it's always like four or five years
it's just like we never know time is passing
and we're not you know it's just like one of
those things where obviously on your own you
guys have a lot to offer you're both amazing
but it's just when you two are together, it just
feels right. Like, it's Jenna and Stacey, Stacey
and Jenna. That's why you guys are killing it.
We have people that ask for us both in the room
at the same time. Right. They want the full...
Can we get the Jenna Stacey appointment? How
do we book that? It would be like if you were
going to visit Simon and Garfunkel and you got
Simon and you're like, this is cool, but like,
let's get Garfunkel in here. You know? Like,
I want the full... Wait, which one is Garfunkel?
Garfunkel? Paul Simon, you know, he was the main
guy. Which one of them? Oh, um, I think I would
go Simon and Garfunkel. Oh, okay, great. Stacy
Simon and Jenna Garfunkel. There you go. Yeah,
I think we're into that. Let's listen to that
music. We nailed it. Do it. Simon and Garfunkel.
My dad raised me on that. Neil Diamond, baby.
That's your balls, it's Neil Diamond. And I do
think that our differences celebrate like each
other and like really come in handy because...
The experiences she's had in life really like
helped guide me in certain decisions or medical,
you know, and then same vice versa. I feel like
she always calls herself the awkward turtle.
But like I've really seemed to her seem seem
to her. I've really seemed to her president.
Microphone. I really think that you've evolved
kind of into like like feeling more confident
and being more present in in. being able to public
speak. And she just did a Center of Excellent
event and she did her first presentation and
like nailed it. And I wasn't as sweaty as I was
when I do. I think it's like anything. The more
you do it, the more comfortable. It's like immersion
therapy, right? Like we just like throw her to
the wolves. It's the way to do it. And then I'm
like, you're not afraid of the wolves anymore.
It was also easy because Stacey sat like in front
of me, like here. So I just presented to her
and just made sure I scan the crowd real quick.
and I'd be like. That's great. That's how you
do it. Good job. That is how you do it. I hate
when people would be like, just imagine everyone
in their underwear. I was like, that grosses
me out. Have you seen the people in this room?
Yeah, then I'd be like, no. No, I'd rather stare
at Stacey. I don't want to end this yet. Oh.
I want to congratulate you guys on Good News
York. Thank you. I mean, I have watched you from
the very, very, very, very beginning. Don't get
me wrong. And you guys have literally catapulted.
And I feel like, Matt, we've known each other
before you started this, and local IT. And you've
run that IT department very differently than
other people. And I've always been like, OK,
he's really into business. You love buildings.
I'm going to buy a building. You do love any
building he sees. Anytime he's like, what could
we do with that space? The creativity. And you've
run your IT department differently. But this
branch that you're now going out into the podcast
world, I just want to applaud you guys. I've
seen the different things that you guys have
done, that you've interviewed, that you've gone
to, that you're doing with the community. It's
just. this is a totally cool vibe that we're
doing in a podcast realm, and podcasts fail a
lot of the time. And you guys just tell these
people, because we're gonna have new people listening
to this because we're on it, tell them how many
podcasts you've done already now. No, this is,
Danny, what episode is this? 110. 110 episodes.
Well, so yeah, when we hit 100 a week or two
ago, We gave out the stat that is just over five
percent of all podcasts make it to episode 100
Wild and most people just sort of give up if
they don't become famous on episode two, but
you know, yeah There's an important element to
it and that is because of our clients at growth
mode content and your podcasts such as yourselves
That allows us to do this. Right. You know, that's
our bread and butter is our clients and their
podcasts. And we're able to do this because of
you, because of our clients. So as much as you're
praising us, we praise you for that. So I mean,
this is and this guy, I mean, I've praised him
a million times on the air. He's a brilliant
businessman. He leads with his heart. He treats
his his clients and his employees like gold.
And, you know, I'm just and Danny, we couldn't
do without Danny Tripodi. So, I mean, Amanda,
I mean, Amanda, the staff here, Amanda Miller,
phenomenal. And you guys always are looking to
push the envelope. Like, you know, what do you
guys need? What can we do? Is this graphic okay?
We're gonna get those edits. Come dress up as
a unicorn. Yeah, that's coming. Let's give you
extra value where we can. Let's go to an Indian
wedding. I mean... You know, we do it all. And
I mean, I'm just a little disappointed that we
haven't farted yet or done like... Thank you.
Thank you. I'm like, there's so many gadgets
over here and we haven't really... All of them.
I have this problem with TikTok shop, where I
see these goofy little things. I'm like, Mike
would love this. And then I realize he does love
it. And it just annoys me. So much. It just annoys
me. Yeah, it's great. But you guys are great.
We love you. We see you. We see you. We really
do. The hard work that you're putting into it.
We really appreciate that. Yeah, we really do.
Honestly, it means the world. And to see that
we're getting some traction for these efforts
and some people are appreciating them, really,
it's awesome. And I've been listening to some
of your podcasts. And I think it does kind of
like what our idea was behind the foundation.
You're letting people shine that may not always
shine. I'm in your face, glittery sparkle bomb
has gone off. If I'm in a room, you can hear
me. But there are other people who are doing
great, great, great, great work in our community
and have such good news to share with Good News
York. That's why we do it. And you're giving
them a platform and an ability to share it. Yeah,
and get their voice out and become heard. And
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folks, that is all for this segment. I think
that we might, do we have a second segment today?
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This is, hold on. We'll be right back. Yeah,
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We're back. What's going on, guys? Good news,
York. This is an action packed. I love when we
have. Double bill episodes. This one's gonna
go crazy because not only do we have the incredible
Cosmetic queens here telling us everything we
need to do to not look like such schlubs, right?
We've got we've got an og here. We've got my
old buddy Jeff now We've talked about in the
past how many many years ago. I opened a podcast
studio downtown and what was the tech garden?
Yep And during that time, we made a bunch of
casts, and we talked about a bunch of interesting
people. And one of them was this guy, Jeff. Now,
at the time, it was specifically the name, was
it Salt City Horror Fest? Was it the name of
the festival? Yeah, it was Salt City Horror Fest,
and then we did, it was kind of a branch off
from the Sean Lue Horror Fest, started off with
a Sean Lue Horror Fest, was with a friend of
mine back in the day. He passed away of brain
cancer. Oh, wow. So we dedicated a film festival
for about five years. raised over 30 grand between
Gale Sound Children's Hospital, American Cancer
Society, and a couple of other organizations.
And then we started the Brew and View 35 millimeter
film series. And we were doing like benefits
for like the Assault City Roller Derby team.
And then we were doing stuff for like the SBCA
and the Cat Coalition. So all of our little film
events were kind of the circle around. raise
the money for good causes, local stuff like that.
And then Salt City Horror Fest, that lasted for
a while too. This guy has got some legitimate
local film credits. Everything he's talking about,
he's involved in. I think, do you still work
with the most as well? Yep, been there 25 years.
Wow. And one of the OGs from there, still around.
I'm the longest in front of employee there still.
I got, IMAX is a, like film, IMAX film. When
it started off with a dome screen, it was a 15
per 70 millimeter IMAX film. And then, you know,
I was one of like maybe five IMAX projectionists
in upstate New York that could run that projector.
And then during COVID, we got rid of the film
stuff and like redid the whole theater. It's
still a dome, but now it's all laser projection.
It's pretty awesome. And been working with After
Dark. doing side horror screenings and creamers
and stuff, because the most can't. They don't
want to sponsor horror stuff because of the science
center, so we have an outside promoter come in.
They want to be slightly more family friendly
than some of these classics, right? But honestly,
I'd love to talk about that just for a minute,
because I think that's a resource that so many
people don't even realize. And I remember even
from when I was young, we'd go to the most to
see this IMAX theater, and they'd talk about
how we have the IMAX dome, because there's even
different types of IMAX, right? And it was such
a unique and special thing that right here, we
had this incredible theater. I've become a huge
fan of the sphere in Las Vegas, but I consider
that just a larger scale. of the theater at the
most. It really is sort of that very similar
dome concept, just a little bigger. But if you
could just talk a little bit about just how rare
these types of theaters are anywhere in the country.
It's now the National Grid Explorer Dome. And
before it was the Bristol Omni Theater, it's
still the same thing, just a different name.
And they are really rare. There's a lot of theaters
were like torn down. There was a period of time
when they all just like rip them down, and then
they rebuild them for digital systems. But we
kind of just converted everything to digital.
And this is the only theater in New York that
does 4K laser projection. Wow. That scale. And
it's so crystal clear, the image. It's amazing.
You got four 4K lasers. There's no, they're all
Chrissy projectors that are amazing. There are
no lamps that you have to change out, none of
that stuff, and it's beautiful, and it's so sick
to see a movie in there. Do they need to, I remember
when it was the regular film, The Giant Projector,
it was a big thing. The movie had to be shot
a certain way for that, right? Do you still,
with the digital, does it have to be specifically
shot for this format, or can they take kind of
more standard movies? A lot of these have, 40
minute documentaries are shot digitally, so you
can just like render it to fit domes. You can
go flat, which is at Destiny USA, that's a flat
IMX, and that's a crappy Christie, I think it
might be a Barco, but they have bulbs in their
projectors, so we are way better than them. Yeah,
that's great. Yeah, I got a question about that
because, you know, you see... Now with technology
and there's 4K and high def and you know, there's
there's these videos you can see online where
like they'll show an old episode of Dawson's
Creek and they're like, you know, you can clearly
see now when they walked outside and stepped
on the snow that it's it was blankets because
they didn't have HD back then. I feel like and
correct me if I'm wrong. In horror, there's a
lot of sleight of hand, a lot of shadows, a lot
of lighting that goes in to make some of these
effects look real. Has the 4K and high -def made
it a little more complicated to shoot horror
films? No, not actually. A lot of horror directors
and special effects departments are still sticking
with practical effects, and they can get more
out of it. It looks better because you can make
it more bloody with better colors and the lighting
and stuff. It really hasn't changed. Even if
you remaster an older film from the 80s or the
70s and 4K, it just looks better. The movies
were shot on film, so you still have that film
quality that makes it look more like a film and
not like a digital something or other. There
was a whole heyday during the 80s when he did
all these like shot on video horror films that
were like on VHS cameras and VHS tapes. And they
still looked like garbage, but they were meant
to look that way. Right. So it's like that. Horror
is like something that everyone like appreciates
and respects no matter how it looks Because you're
always a fan of that genre and you can watch
like the crappiest horror film and still be entertained
because it looks like garbage or Something that's
like, you know alien which just looks amazing
and the alien earth show that was just on on
Fox, you know Yeah, it was it was fun But my
forte is like still trying to do original film.
So that's what the palace is. Yeah When Michael
Haggerty and Paul Valente were there, they just
let me kind of like run wild and do whatever
I wanted. That's why we're doing these maroon
views and all these horror festivals. It was
like, you know, they weren't... It was rather
inexpensive to do a movie there. And, you know,
I basically didn't make a dime. Still don't make
a dime doing these. It's more for the love of
trying to... Self -fulfill it. Yeah. And considering...
Probably over a thousand films I've screened
in that venue on 35 or at other places too. So
I've done a lot of 35 millimeter movies and I
have not run the projector once. It's always
like, I'm the guy who puts it all together. Who's
just like putting fires out and all that kind
of stuff. And we'll hire a projectionist. He'll
do, he'll take care of the movies and love of
35. The palace just recently had a tech service
call. So they have all new stuff in there. So
It looks a lot better, sounds a lot better. We
were having some sound issues recently for the
last couple things we were doing, you know, some
mini horror festivals and whatnot. But we got
all those bugs like tweaked out and had some
professionals from Buffalo come out and like
fix everything. So it looks, it sounds a lot
better now. We had a, they spent like a good
12 hours tweaking stuff. I like 35 because that's
the way it was like when we grew up and I grew
up in the theater, I watched you know, movies
like, you know, when I was five years old, watching
Alien, The Beast Within, and stuff like that.
And it's, you know, I want to bring them back
for those people that want to bring their kids.
You know, I want to, when my kid gets old enough,
I want him to see Alien in the theater or film.
And a lot of my friends, I grew up in high school
and now dads who are, I see them with their kids
watching original film prints because that's
what he grew up and he wants his kids to have
that experience too. Kind of how it was intended
to be shown, you know? Exactly. That's awesome.
I'm a big fan of the Palisade. I got married
there. And I just think it's one of the coolest
places ever. We made use of it. We made movie
trailers and everything. Oh, that's awesome.
Before the ceremony is done. That is awesome.
It was cool. So Jeff, let's talk about what's
happening specifically coming up here. You've
got an event with a bunch of awesome movies and
some panels and things. Tell us a little bit
about that. The Syracuse International Film Fest,
which was created by Owen Shapiro, started in
2003. I've been involved with them, guys, since
probably 2005. And more, they're a tech guy.
And one of the best memories is me and James
Earl Jones at the landmark. Wow. Awesome. But
we've had a lot of cool people, some Joel Schumacher,
he was there when he did Falling Down on 35,
and that was the same time we had Bobcat there.
And there was a funny story, I have to segue
off of, we were screening. Um, falling down was
the scope print, which is, you know, flat. It's
more like a four by three image where scope is
more like it's 16 by nine. Okay. You see it on
the screen. Yep. So the projection is, um, my,
my friend, George Abba, who recently passed away,
he was also IMAX projectionists. He was running
the movies and falling down was scope and Joe
Schumacher comes running in. He's like, the movie
looks like shit. It's like garbage because it's
like crap cropped and stuff. And then George
is like, You shot it in scope. We're showing
it in scope. He's like oh fuck man. Oh And then
you hear out in the audience you hear Bobcats
yells Joel shut the fuck up, man You gotta shut
the fuck up people are trying to watch your fucking
movie out here, and then Joel just like got all
like, oh, man. And then he scattered out of the
projection booth all defeated and stuff. Wow.
Side note, that is one of my most favorite movies,
Falling Down. It's so underrated. Because that
character in that movie is all of us at some
point. He's doing what we all like when you're
stuck in traffic and you're having the shittiest
week of your life. That movie is what you envision
you wish you could do. It's so great. And he
was phenomenal in that movie. I'm blanking out
on the... Who was the star of that? It was Douglas.
Michael Douglas. Just a performance for the ages,
man. Such a good movie. Yeah, it was the classic.
And just to show that with Joel Schumacher, the
director there, was amazing. You know, sitting
with Bobcat, because we showed a couple of his
movies that weekend, too. And it was pretty cool.
But this weekend... We usually the last couple
years when Michelle took it over from Owen and
Owen now lives in Rochester So Michelle has been
taking the reins. She's the new director of there
We did it one year at the Red House and then
we did something, you know We tried to do some
stuff at the most but it didn't work out. But
this year she's out of Casanovia Friday this
Friday Saturday tomorrow Saturday and Sunday
and I think it's a Stephen Baldwin's getting
the Sophia Ward on Sunday afternoon But he's
in town for the whole weekend so he'll be coming
to the palace more than likely on Saturday just
to pop in and say hi and stuff and I think he's
friends of Guinevere Turner who is the screenwriter
who will be there on Saturday doing a Q &A for
American Psycho, which we're doing on 35 and
this is like a pristine print I got screenshots
from the projectionist who over at the palace
now is Adam Ast. He's a local musician, really
awesome dude. And he's like, dude, you got to
check out these like screenshots of the movies
like in Mackey. Like, like it was like never
screened before. So I'm super stoked to see that
movie on 35. So she's Eric, one of your Turner
and she has a history of, you know, been working
with, you know, doing a lot of shorts and a lot
of TV shows. I think I have some of her bio stuff
here. Really sweet lady. And I'm just looking
forward to meeting her because I found a Newsweek
with David Duchovny on the cover of it. Nice.
And in the top corner was a little thing about
American Psycho. So I'm like, oh, crap. I got
to bring that with me. And I read the article.
And she talks in the article and stuff like that.
So I'm going to have her sign it. That's awesome.
I'm still a fan boy. Yeah, hey. Just the stuff
I own. But yeah, it's cool. We're doing two horror
films before that on digital. This movie called
Al Jocko, which is a 20 minute, 22 minute short
from Puerto Rico. It's a urban legend about this,
like this, like the zombie fisherman guy who
allegedly is still there, his ghost and he'll
haunt people and this one section of the island.
And so he the director Adrian I met over the
summer working the state fair and I said hey
you know what let's screen your movie and he's
like all right so we got his movie submitted
and it's playing and it's really good it's won
some awards and we're looking forward to having
that play officially for it's like us premier
yeah so that would be first and then this movie
jacked which is another uh film that was shot
actually locally in Ithaca It's kind of like
a throwback to the 80s slasher genre. People
get stuck in a car, and then they're getting
stalked by this serial killer, and they call
him The Creep. And we have the DP there, the
director, and a couple of the cast members that
are going to be doing a Q &A. That's awesome.
That's awesome. How do folks get tickets to this?
Is it all at the door? Do they get them in advance?
How does it work? You get them at the door, and
it's blocked. It's like the... The two horror
films in the beginning, Jacked and Jacko, El
Jacko, it's like a $15 ticket so you can see
a double feature. And then American Psycho is
like 15 bucks. And then the last film, which
is Just Kids, which was shot on the West Coast,
it's very controversial about transitioning and
how families can cope with that and how certain
states are trying to ban the... you know, the
process of doing it. I see. You know, the medical
stuff. And it's really informative. If you are
on the fence about, you know, transition, you
know, what it really is, I would say watch Just
Kids. You can educate yourself on it and you
can educate that it's not just, you know, a blue
-red topic. It's, you know, about people and
what they have to go through and with their families
and how do they make adjustments to make themselves
feel like they belong in society and it's a very
heartwarming movie and I almost cried watching
you know preview of it and um yeah so it's really
good so that's last we don't have anyone um coming
out for that movie unfortunately um it's just
you know we weren't able to get that work out
because the people the directors and the producers
are in you know other projects and stuff but
each Segment is like there's three blocks. They're
$15 each or for 25 bucks You can just like see
and spend the whole day there So it's a really
good deal and you can get them at the door or
the Syracuse International Film Fest website
Awesome, you can google Syracuse International
Film Fest and it'll take you right there and
you can get them online I love this. I love this.
It's this sounds so incredible. Yeah great movie
lineup and You know, anytime you can go. I mean,
honestly, 25 bucks for the whole day. I don't
think you can go watch one movie at the mall
for 25 bucks. No. No. I'm exes like 1850. Yeah,
yeah. I gotta ask because, you know, I have friends
that are into the horror genre. Yeah. And when
you're, I don't know, when you're experiencing
my experience, people who are in the horror genre,
I mean, they are in. All in. Very passionate.
And I am a gigantic wuss. And I saw The Exorcist
when I was very young by accident. My babysitter
had it on or something, and it ruined me. I was
terrified. So I'm a giant wuss. I'm too afraid
to watch horror films. I like suspense. But my
question is, and I know it's subjective, but
in the horror genre, what is it that drives you
and that make the films and the people that watch
them to these horror films? Is it the gore? Is
it the story? Is it the jump scare aspect? What
makes it so addicting? For me, when I was growing
up, it was like my mom loved horror films. And
so it's kind of like where you're raised if...
If you're raised into that situation, you kind
of like your mom's love and the passion of like
the sci -fi horror stuff. She really liked the
alien type of movies. And so it kind of rubs
off on you. And then when you watch them, you
get an appreciation of like, I kind of like watching,
you know, I'm not really scared, but I am. And
as long as I know that it's fake, then I'll be
fine. I'm not going to have nightmares watching
like a chest burster come out and blood squirting
at everybody. And for me, And I would say for
everybody else who are horror fans, they each
have their own thing that drew them into it.
Could be any one of those. It could be the gore
aspect, because you got like, you know, gore
porn, horror, like, Terrifier, you know, those
other Ellie Roth movies. And that's like over
the top. Sure. People like really love that over
the top extreme violence. Yeah, yeah. Where...
I'm not really necessarily into that, but I watch
the movie just because it's practical effects
and I want to see, you know, what things are,
you know, what people are doing these days. Yeah.
And the movies are entertaining, but it's nothing
that I consider, like, my favorite. I'm more
old school, zombie stuff, Donald the Dead and
all you living dead stuff because it's spooky.
Yeah. And then you kind of think that, you know,
could this really happen? Right. And then you
look on the streets and you see people all drugged
out and they look like zombies. Right. Could
that be that back then in 1968 or in Now You
Let Me Die? Because these just people be all
like mepped out and just like walk around like
zombies and stuff. And then you start like really
like going in that rabbit hole and then you're
like looking around and then you're like, you
know what? You know, there's space, you know,
we're going to space now and then that's alien.
Yeah. What are we going to find when we're out
there? And it makes you really think you open
your mind and then you really think about these
things. Maybe I'm meant to love horror because
I've always said my my favorite. movie plots
or TV plots are obviously it's fiction but who's
to say it can't happen or it's not real like
like The Walking Dead like you know I love that
stuff you know 28 Days Later is another one like
that kind of stuff where it's like yeah okay
it's fiction but maybe this could happen so maybe
that's I meant to watch horror yeah you look
at 28 Days Later it's a Rage Vires There's viruses.
You never know. Oh, yeah. We could be lucky and
or or, you know, there could be an asteroid that
crashes and then there's a bacteria that, you
know, kills the population and we have to deal
with stuff. This this might be a hacky question
to my last question. So because I'm not a horror
fanatic, if you were to give me one or two, what
is the Shawshank Redemption of horror movies
where for you, you're like, this is the closest
to perfect horror movie you could get like just
a masterpiece? To me, Donald the Dead, George
Romero, 1978. Awesome. And then Alien, 1979,
Dan O 'Bannon. I actually did see Alien and it
is phenomenal. What makes those better than all
the other options? Because one, it ties everything
in. Social commentary with Donald the Dead. You
know, it's like there's politics on the side,
but then it doesn't really go too deep because
George Romero is like, you know, he always throws
stuff in there politically. So if you're interested
in like seeing like the The late 70s and like
the scheme of like how things are on a political
scale It's very subtle and plus it like deals
with like how you get a group of people and now
they have to spend all the time together and
how they deal with like their little group of
like four or five individuals and how you know
and It's not all peaches and cream. It's a lot
of conflict amongst them. And so who are the
real heroes? Is it them, or is it the zombies?
Because you don't see the zombies fighting amongst
themselves. They see the human. Interesting.
I got to see. Which is actually very fitting
for today. Yeah. I mean, it still holds up. Yeah,
and it's one of those movies where the effects
were top notch back then. It was really awesome.
Tom Savini did a great job with practical effects.
And so that's a movie that you would want to
watch just to say, hey, you know what? This is
like a good, true horror film, and it's a classic.
You know, it's Exorcist up there, but it's completely
demonic possession. It could happen. Exactly.
You got Silence of the Lambs based on a serial
killer. It could happen, yeah. Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, Adguin, you know, it's everything is
a could -happens thing, you know, a terrifier.
You got a killer clown. There could be really
a killer clown out there. You're selling me.
That's my whole mantra, like I said. I love that
kind of stuff. I gotta ask you, what do you feel
is the most overrated horror movie of all time?
Good one, I was thinking about that. I would
say some of the... Friday the 13th? No, they're
not really overrated. Good, because I love those.
Maybe the terrifying movies are great, but then
they got kind of overrated. Like part three,
I think there was a fatigue that set in. It's
like one and two were like, oh my God. Then part
three was just like, oh, we've seen this already
in one and two. I think three was a little overrated
because people were really stoked and then they
realized it was basically the same movie that
they watched over again. Just like Home Alone.
Yeah, Home Alone 2. Home Alone 1 and 2 were great.
Three? What the hell are we doing? What the hell
are we doing? But I'm not saying that it's an
overrated film. I'm just saying that it's more...
a fatigue that sets it. You're talking about
Friday the 13th? Well, not necessarily. Oh, Terrifier.
Terrifier. Sorry, sorry, okay. And I wouldn't
say, like, there is, like, a really overrated
film of horror. I think it's more of a fatigue
thing. You know, like, the genre goes through
phases. 80s was all slasher films. And then they
got to a point where you were just fatigued from
watching slasher films. You just want to watch
something different. And I think that's more
or less what it is. It's not like an overreach.
Great answer. Now with that in mind, you find,
I feel like horror movies are the ones that have
the longest series, right? You know, Friday the
13th, part 406. You know, and all of these. How
do they survive without getting that fatigue,
that burnout? I think it's the character. So
the first 513th was a woman, a mom, who was all
mad that, you know, a bunch of campers, you know,
a bunch of, you know, people ended up, you know,
not keeping an eye on her son and he drowned.
And then the part two was like the son. So you
had Jason Voorhees, you know, growing up, killing
off, like, you know, campers and whatever. And
I think, like, at that point, you kind of start
falling in love with, like, that bad guy. And
that's where you get, like, your you're like,
oh, this is cool. And so you're kind of curious
to see where it goes. So Jason Voorhees, you
create an icon for the horror community. And
that icon actually stays because now I, when
I grew up watching Jason, now my kid, you know,
they're going to want a new Jason Voorhees. They
want the, you just keep going. Same thing with
Freddy Krueger, Robert England, you know, created
the perfect character. And so you want to see
him because he's funny, he's entertaining. and
he's goofy and so you want to see all those movies
because each story is somewhat different and
whatever and it's more you're watching the character
not necessarily the movie. You bring up a good
point because it's like how do you make a psychotic
slasher a protagonist in a film? You come up
with a great backstory of why he's doing it and
revenge and suddenly it becomes like You don't
love the guy for killing people, but you're like,
get why he's doing it, you know? Yeah. And that's
a great answer. Yeah, that's a good call on that.
Yeah, Jason Voorhees, you know, he's killing
camp counselors because the camp's counselors
were, like, too busy doing stuff with each other,
you know? Like, naked and kissing, blah, blah,
blah. And then you let the poor kid drown in
the water. So then you... Jason hates camp counselors,
right? That's who gets murdered, you know, there's
other people but he focuses on the camp counselors
because they thinks they're bad and they're evil
and then you look at all the movies that were
kind of like ripoffs of like Friday 13th like
the burning was basically a ripoff of like the
Friday 13th movie, but you know, they're all
good and I think the 80s was the probably the
best decade for like yeah horror films Yeah,
it was definitely the heyday For sure. With that
in mind, you're a guy who's obviously incredibly
plugged in, both locally in the film scene as
well as just everything that's happening. What's
up and coming that people might not know about?
Whether it's something that is being produced
maybe in New York or just in the horror scene
in general, if you're a fan, what can folks look
forward to with films that are being made or
being announced, things of that nature? So in
2019, a movie was released by IOC Films, a film
channel. It was called A Wretched, and it was
made in Michigan. And it was the Pierce Brothers
who directed the film. Their father was the effects
guy for Evil Dead, the original from, you know,
81. So... They're in town now shooting Wretched
Part 2. So I did a couple days on set working
with the generator operator setting stuff up.
And I met the directors, the Pierce brothers.
They're really cool. So they're in town. I don't
think it's like... It's like common knowledge
because you know, they're online talking about
it But they're making the sequel the wretched
and I would say the wretched is a pretty creepy
film It did really good at the box office in
2019. So watch that and then maybe we'll bring
the sequel to Syracuse into a premiere Hey, so
there's that and then there's always going to
be like these film festivals like pop -up I work
with a guy down in New Jersey. He'll bring up
film principal do like the Cif Horror Fest or
just Horror Fest or something. And recently I
did this thing called Terorama where I found
an online on Facebook, Groovy Doom posts these
things. He's down in North Carolina. He'll take
ads, newspaper clippings from the 80s of like,
you know, the movies that were coming out in
the newspaper. Oh, you know that. And so he posted
one from this thing called Terorama, which was...
House by the Cemetery, Gates of Hell, Superstition,
and The Evil Dead. It was like four films playing
at the Hollywood theater. It was like Hollywood
theater. I'm like, oh, those movies. And I'm
like, oh, that was, you know, Maddie Dell, like
in 1985. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to
do that. I had the ad converted to, you know,
with today's information. But I took the same
ad, same artwork, did the same lineup. We did
that at the Palace not too long ago, and it was
great. So there's I'll find something and I'll
yeah, then I'll feel like you know I want to
do that because I always wanted to do kind of
like a spook -o -rama type of thing. Yeah And
terram it was something that fell on my lap I
saw Evil Dead the musical many years ago in a
theater in Vegas. That was that was a good time
man. Did you really? It's like kind of mixed
down. There's like the Evil Dead Broadway show
that's going on or something like that and I
guess it's not really selling well. I don't know
why But I did think, I did see the musical, and
when it was, I think it was in Rochester, when
it came out, The Evil Dead. It was alright. I
just remembered, there was another reason why
I don't think I don't watch horror films is,
I just remembered, I watched Freddy vs. Jason,
and there was the only, one of the only times
I vomited during a movie, I was at my friend's
house, and he eats somebody's heart. Like, literally,
like, eats their heart, and... And I just, I
remember running to the bathroom and vomiting,
and it's all coming back to me. So, in the Temple
of Doom... Like, stick to Care Bears. Oh, Temple
of Doom? Wait, took the heart out? Did you vomit?
Golly, ma, shook dee day. No, I didn't vomit,
but I was very, I remember being very terrorized
by that. Although, when they're eating dinner
with, wherever they were, it's been so long,
same movie. In India. In India, and they eat
snake. That almost made me vomit. So I think
it's more about me than the film. That was a
PG -13 movie. It was it? Yeah. I mean, that's
like right on the cusp of like when PG -13 first
came out. I'm like, I vomited during fun gully.
That was really when she jumped through the air.
I don't know. For a few good men. You don't want
me on set. For a few good men. You can't handle
the truth. I could pick on Mike all day long
here, but it's very easy. Jeff before we go let's
one more time give folks the all the just the
key details the date time Website for tickets.
Yes. So this Saturday at the Palace Theatre starting
at five o 'clock We're doing a horror short from
Puerto Rico called Al Jocko Followed by a feature
horror film shot in Ithaca called jacked We're
gonna have the director DP and the two main leads
there for that We have after that is a 35 millimeter
print of American Psycho with the screenwriter,
Guinevere Turner, and she's gonna be there doing
a Q &A, which is gonna be moderated by a local
film author, or a local novelist called Tommy
Clark. He's a... internationally known, grew
up in Syracuse, still lives here, and he makes
all these horror novels that do pretty good.
So he'll be there moderating the Q &As. Then
after that, we have a really controversial film
called Just Kids that deals with transitioning
from men to girls or girls to guys, or however
you want to do it. And it's like, if you want
to really learn more about the content... It
doesn't matter if you're a Republican or a Democrat,
if you need to learn about something that you
may disagree with or agree with, I will watch
this movie and educate yourself on it. Well said,
man. And then you can see all four of them, or
those three blocks, each block is broken down
into, like the first two is one block. Psycho's
a block, and then Just Kids is a block. So those
are $15 each. But if you want to just come for
everything, it's 25 bucks. And then you can get
the tickets through the Syracuse National Film
Festival website, which you can just Google it,
and it will pop up. And anything you want to
know will pop up. If folks want to come to the
second or third movie, about what time do they
start? So the first two is 5, and then about...
Two and a half hours later will be so I would
say about seven thirty eight o 'clock will be
American Psycho and then probably like ten o
'clock ten thirty will be just kids and There's
there's snacks and drinks and all kinds of cool
things like that at the palace to enjoy during
the year Yes, is have a nice IPA selection. Oh
my last question Halloween's coming up is is
it fair to say that Halloween is kind of the
the Super Bowl for anyone in horror films, whether
they're fans or filmmakers, or is that kind of
a myth? No, you're absolutely right. It's not
a myth because Halloween is based around basically,
you know, a pagan ritual or whatever. I'm not
too, you know, hip on the whole thing. I think
Halloween is like an opportunity to wear a mask
and have some fun and watch the horror films
and decorate. and now I have kids and it's really
fun taking them out trick -or -treating. But
for me growing up and Halloween was with Michael
Myers. And what better way to spend Halloween
and we're gonna show the original Halloween on
35 millimeter at the Palace on the 24th, the
Saturday, the 24th or whatever that day is. But
it's just one night only, original film print
of... Wow. Michael Myers, the original Halloween.
It's the 25th of Saturday, 24th is a Friday.
Yeah, so The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a great
movie to watch during the holiday season if you
just want to get like shit -faced drunk, have
a blast with dancing on stage and have a good
time. You know, debauchery, everything you can
think of happens at a Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Like, the things you see in the corners of the
palace are really awesome. I've heard. You know
how I said I got married at the palace? Yes,
I do. I got married the day after Rocky. Don't
they throw stuff like cinnamon sugar toast or
something? They had the event the night before,
and they had to clean the entire place from head
to toe. It was crazy for us to come in to have
a whole wedding there. It was wild. Yeah, because
you got bread, you got rice, you got hot dogs.
Everything you think of is just so much fun.
It's not like a regular show where they got to
sweep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to mop, and
then vomit, because people get really shit -faced
drunk here, and it's fun. Yeah, so that's the
Friday and then Saturday. You really need to
see how... on the big screen on film. That sounds
awesome. It's kind of an original print so it's
a little beat up. That makes it cooler. Oh yeah,
because the funny thing with film is as it ages,
certain film quality fades. Sure. So when you
see something like 1969 in technicolor or color
or whatever, it looks great, but now you see
it's like pink. Yeah. But it adds charm, but
then Kodak. Created a film quality Eastman Kodak,
which like stood the test of time and then the
color stays so Rochester, New York shot out And
so anything if you're a film collector Look for
Eastman Kodak color film because that stays and
then you don't have to worry about 40 years from
now Watching a pink print. This is awesome, man
Jeff Meyer, you got to come back now. We're up
and rolling again So you got to be a regular
visitor and tell us about all the enjoyed this
man All the cool things happening all over. Oh,
I love I love Talking, you know, we can I can
have a whole conversation about comic books and
collecting toys movie posters See, you know,
it's amazing this guy's own show. I was gonna
say yeah I think we need a Jeff Meyer show. That's
it. That's it But appreciate this. You guys are
awesome. Matt, it's been a long time, and I totally
appreciate you having me on the show. Same with
you. Anytime. I had a blast talking. I could
do this all day with you. I could ramble on about
everything. I know. That's why we do it. That's
what the podcast is all about. That's right.
Let people dig in deep beyond just a commercial
or something. These guys, Grindhouse, they're
awesome. They are a repertory archival place
where they released and got the licensing for
Evil Dead. So I use them a lot for finding, like,
gory movies. They own the rights to, like, Campbell
Holocaust, Make Them Die Slowly, and The Gates
of Hell. And Bob Moravsky is a guy that owns
it with Sage Stallone before he passed away.
So Bob won an Academy Award for film editing
for The Hurt Locker. So these guys are legit
that run this company. Grindhouse releasing.
I'm just throwing a plug out there because I've
written a lot of movies from them. Awesome. I
love that, man. Jeff. Thank you again. Mike,
it's been a great day after your birthday. Love
you. Love you. Thanks, buddy. Love you. Thanks
for coming back to work. Yeah, of course. Danny,
as always, thanks for running the board, my friend.
Danny, thank you for running the show. We will
be back. It's Thursday. We will not be back tomorrow.
No, we will be back Monday sponsored by ads on
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out. Peace.