The Kristian Harloff Show - HUGE! HBO MAX and Paramount Plus could merge! Interview Chris Mazzilli | Downey Sweepstakes

Episode Date: July 2, 2024

Get ready for an exciting discussion in this video as Kristian Harloff dives into the possibility of HBO MAX and Paramount Plus merging! Plus, don't miss our exclusive interview with Chris Mazzilli from Robert Downey Jr's dream Car Sweepstakes show on Max. The RDJ Dream Cars Sweepstakes has been running since June 16, 2023 through July 16, 2024 and will give away the six iconic cars featured in the six-episode Downey's Dream Cars series. FootPrint Coalition's nonprofit, which advances research frontiers and promotes solutions, is the beneficiary of the RDJ Dream Cars Sweepstakes. We also cover hot topics like The Acolyte, Beetlejuice Sequel, and much more! Stay tuned for all the latest updates and insights in the world of entertainment. Like, comment, and subscribe for more content like this!"

How's it going, everybody? Happy Tuesday. It is the big thing with me, Christian Harlow. Thanks for joining me here today. This is a really good show today. I'm excited about it. There's a few news stories, and they're big news stories, and whether it is the fact that Max and Paramount Plus might be merging, it looks like Beetlejuice screened, Beetlejuice 2, that is,

screened at a festival and opened it up. The Bear, Season 3, crushing. on Hulu, and I'll get a little editorial piece on the Acolyte, and whether or not I think that episodes 5 through 8 can turn it around. But the main thing here, too, is the interview that I have with Chris Mazzilli. Chris Mazzilli is the co-host of the show with Robert Downey Jr., Robert Dany Jr.'s The sweepstakes that they do on Max, and he also is co-owner of the Gotham Comedy Club, and a fellow New Yorker.

And great conversation with Chris. Really good conversation with Chris. And we talked about everything inside of the show, whether it's the things that he's working, the cars that he's working on, working with Robert Denny Jr., knowing Robert's dad, and that's how he got involved in all of it,

his involvement with the comedy clubs, talking about stand-up comedy in general, some of the comics that have come in through his club, and he's just a really good guy and have a conversation with him about it, It was great. So I'm excited to show you guys that interview. And then that's it.

That's the show. It's a big show. So, none of any further ado. Let's get into it. It's the big thing. It's me, Christian Harloff. Here we go. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.

To the big thing. It's Tuesday. And, man, we have a lot of stuff going on this week on the channel. You know, we have the accolite reviews. I just. I put another clip out for the Jamie Campbell-Bauer interview that we did. We have another, we have Sam Marell coming on next week with me and Roxy. You got Chris Mozilla on today.

The interviews are just, I told you, it was going to make a bigger push for interviews this year, and that's what we're doing. But we also have topics to talk about. So if you've never been here before, make sure you subscribe to the channel, as I mentioned, we have all these things, reviews, reactions, interviews, that and more. on the channel. So make sure you hit that button. So the first thing I'm going to talk about is this Max and Paramount story. So let's check this out from Dark Horizons. Max and Paramount Emerging is considered. Paramount Global is reportedly having active discussions with a number of

companies to potentially merge its money-losing Paramount Plus streaming service with an existing platform from another studio, according to CNBC. One of the companies that has expressed the desire to reach a deal is Warner Brothers' discovery. Such a deal would see the combining of Max and Paramount Plus in a joint venture that could strengthen both services by allowing them to better compete with larger rivals like Disney and Netflix. Emerged service would give customers more diverse programming and fewer reasons to cancel each month.

Ownership, however, wouldn't be 50-50 split, giving the financial. and libraries of the two studios. Warner Brothers Discovery had preliminary merger talks for a deal for all of Paramount Global early this year, but those didn't take off. NBC Universal and its Peacock platform also expressed interest in a joint venture with Paramount Plus, but talks did in progress and never got particularly far, says the new report. Max has around 100 million global subscribers with 52.7 in the U.S., while Paramount Plus ended its first quarter this year with 71.

million subscribers. Paramount Global is also reportedly considering partnering with a technology platform. You're going to see more and more stuff like this happening as the studios went to jump into this thing thinking it was a viable business that everyone was going to jump on board with that platforms and the libraries and realizing there's a lot more to it. You're essentially, you're running this whole TV network, if you will, and you've got to have new stuff that wants to keep people interested. So merging with a HBO Max, does that make sense? Yeah, it does. Of course, makes sense. HBO Max is, and HBO, the quality of HBO, has always been wonderful. Now, when you have also coupled that with everything that Discovery did, and that platform was doing

great, when it was HBO Max, it was phenomenal. Now it's Max, it's phenomenal. It's got, it's one of my favorite streaming services because of the quality stuff that they have. If you're adding all the stuff in the Paramount Plus and the library of Paramount and essentially getting all the licensing of that, now you own it, if you, certain movies that they have the the Taylor Sheridan universe and all that, you're going to up your claim and you're going to get more people. You're going to get those people who go to that Sheridan universe and you're going to get them signing up to Max and it's one of the main reasons, right? And I think there's some of the, and smarter people can tell me if I'm wrong, but I think that like I was talking to my wife about

this last night. I really liked 1923, even waiting for the second season of that. There's reports that is supposed to come out in 2024. Who knows? But I would assume that one of the reasons that the delay is happening is because of, well, wait a minute, if we sell this thing, we'll get some HBO Max money and we'll be able, they can invest in it, we'll put a little bit more into it, it'll be a Mac show. Let's hold off for a second before we announce another, anything. Let's chill out for a bit. We have some of these things.

We have all these other shows, whether it's Tulsa King, all these different programs, that also elevate a little bit more. If you start to see that Max label on the Paramount Plus, unless they still call it Paramount Plus, which they still could, and it just is kind of coupled into the Max logo in the same way that Max has all the different, whether it's the news outlets that they have on there or whatever else that they have on there,

and then there'll be another label for the Paramount Plus stuff in the same way that you have for a lot of these streaming. It just puts it more in contention, as they said in that report, to go up against Disney, to go up against Netflix, and it's already a contender. If not, I would rank HBO Max over or Max, I would rank that over Disney.

Overall, I mean, as a parent, Disney's great for all the different kids shows and all the classic movies. And now, well, Disney, the way that they incorporate Hulu or anything, I mean, I still watch Hulu through Hulu when I realized I could just do it through my Disney app. So I can see where they would be in contention, but I still would put as Netflix is, I think, the champ still and has done different things significantly to keep themselves in that number one spot, but out of all the stuff that I watch, I mean, Apple to me has the best quality stuff, to be honest with you.

But out of those three, I would put Max as the number one, and then I would put Netflix, and then I would put Disney or maybe even tie it, I don't know, it depends. But I put Max as the number one. You even hear myself say it, so you're adding Paramount Plus to it, it can only elevate it. I think it's a smart move. And it also makes sense that they wouldn't get 50-50.

Why would they get 50-50? as they said in the report, it's a failing service. It's got good stuff, it's got a good library, but not the amount of content and everything else that would bring more prowess, if you will, to that streaming service, which is Max. And more people come watch the show because they know it's on Max. Oh, I already have Max. I'm just going to sign up for Max.

I already have signed up for it. And now I get this. I wouldn't even heard of this Kingstown show or whatever the Jeremy Renner one is. And let me watch it. People love that show, by the way. And now people are going to watch it even more. Because it's the same, even though it's different in the same, in where Cobra Kai was on YouTube.

That's where it started. It was a YouTube Originals thing, and it was on, I think the first two seasons, maybe one. I think it was two. And then season three, Netflix picked it up. And it blew up because you got more eyes on it, right? Now Paramount Plus is not the YouTube Shorts or YouTube Originals. It's Paramount Plus.

But it's not Max. And more people, if you surveyed most people, as you saw, 100 million to 70 million, most people have Max, less people have Paramount Plus. So it would make sense. Now, these other places that are in the running for it or talking about it doesn't seem like anybody top contenders have really emerged, except I think HBO Max or Max is going to make this play, and I think it's going to make it happen. And I think it'll be for the better for that streaming circuit.

What do you guys think? Do you think that is indeed the case? Or do you think, no. That's not, it shouldn't. It should stand on its own. Someone else should pick it up. They should do something. It's license out their shit.

What do you think? Put your comments in there and let me know. We have a lot of other topics to talk about, as I said, the acolyte. We're going to get into the episodes and whether or not they can make a turnaround, the Beetlejuice. We mentioned Hulu. but I really want to share this interview with you with Chris Mozilla who co-hosts the show with Robert Downey Jr.

And he also owns the Gotham Comedy Club here in New York. And I didn't know much about Chris except what I knew as far as I'm hosting, being into cars doing this show on Max. And I really enjoyed the conversation with them. You'll see I hit it off of them pretty good. It just felt like somebody I knew

and I grew up with people just like him. So let me introduce him to you guys. This is Chris Mozilla from the Robert Downey Jr. Dreamcar, the sweepstakes show that they do on Max. Here he is. Enjoy the conversation. And we'll talk about it on the other side. You know what stinks?

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and I wish I would have shown it, but back in the day when I was, I used to do shows with Sebastian Manuscalc. I used to do shows with Brett Ernst, and those are regulars at his club. So I want to talk comedy with this guy, but then Robert Denny Jr. Susan Downey, who's also part of the show, was my boss for three years at Silver Pictures. I just ran into Susan recently at the Critics' Choice Awards. So there's so much I get to talk to with Chris, and I want to welcome him to the show. Ladies and gentlemen, Christmas, like.

What's up, Chris? How are you? Great, Christian. Thanks for having me. That's crazy. I didn't know that you knew Sebastian and Ernst. And you work with Susan. That's what a coincidence.

That's such a coincidence. Yeah. So I was a comedy store guy. I, when I, well, I was born in Queens and... I know that. I looked at that because I'm a Queens guy, too. I was born in Flushing. Oh, it's in Bayside.

I went to school at Holy Cross. That's crazy. Yeah, when I was through, I was born in a booth memorial hospital. Okay. Yeah, yeah. And, actually, my brother lived for a long time on Roselle. Okay, yeah. So I'm there's...

Right of Jericho. Yeah, well, I, I have been back in New York now for two weeks. Two weeks. Get out of here. I know. That's crazy. I know. I lived in L.A. for over 20-some-odd years when I, when I went, my

My first comedy I started at Florida State of all places. And then from there, I went to Los Angeles. And I started doing shows in Los Angeles. That's what I met. I met Brett. I met Sam Tripoli. I met Steve Renazisi, Rick Ingram, Sebastian, all these guys. And that's Steve Simone, a really good friend of mine.

Ari Shafir, the list goes on and on on. So I became a regular comedy store because of Brett Ernst. Brett saw me a bunch of times and recommended me to Mitzi. and I had the whole conversation, you're really good, and you got to come acting club. And she's like my Yoda. She was like my Yoda.

I love it. And so that was my spot. So then when I'm seeing that you, let's talk about that. How did you get involved in the comedy scene and tell me about opening up Gotham Comedy Club? It's all, it's kind of a crazy story.

So I actually, I wanted to be an attorney, if you could believe that. And I played soccer in high school. I was pretty decent. And I was talking to Columbia about going there. You know, like I said, I wanted to be an attorney.

so I was going to go there under grad. And then I blew my knees out. And ended my soccer career. It was before they had orthoscopic surgery. So back in the day, they would cut you like six inches on each knee. You ended up going to wheelchair. So I saw a bunch of different doctors. I was like, look, I finally just talked to the last guy.

He's actually the New York Jets doctor. And I said, if I was used someone, what would you tell me to do? He said, I would do the surgery. I let it heal on its own because you didn't tear anything in half. You kind of shredded it like choppy. Sure. So it changed my path. I didn't go to Columbia.

I went to FIT. studied menswear design, you know, got out of college, you'd death for a half a second, and decided I wanted to be an actor, went to acting school. Oh, wow, okay. How do you discover that in the middle of all, was that just something that was in there since you were a kid? Yeah, like, fuck out.

I had done some plays as a kid in school, you know, and I always kind of, and I was like, look, I'm living in New York City. I'm 20 years old. Why not? Let me give it a shot. Sure. What do we got to lose, you know? So I got lucky.

I got signed with an agent. I booked a couple things. I did a couple episodes of Law and Order and New York under covers from the New York space shows. And then from there, I started doing a stand-up. And, you know, going around to the clubs, I was like, you know, these clubs don't treat comedians very well. And they're not run very well. And I had a business background. My father had fruit and vegetable stores and in supermarkets, and I started working with him, was eight. So I knew a lot about business, you know, and I got hired to run another club for a short while and then decided to kind of bust out on my own.

and I met this comedian that was a Wall Street guy, and he had some money, and kind of that's how it came together. Yeah, I mean, that's great. I mean, Gotham is, well, so Mark Ellis is another, like, one of my best friends, if not my best friend. And we talk about Gotham all the time. And we, like, when we come in to do stuff, yeah, and it's like it's got the names that come in there. And obviously, from Seinfeld to Sebastian to everyone, it performs a guy. It's been a crazy one. You know, my brother joined me like 17 years ago and really kind of helped take the club to a different level.

So, listen, I love it. It's a special place. And, you know, to be honest, Christian, it doesn't feel like work. Like, I, to this day, and I'm doing it almost 30 years. The club was open 28 years last month. I love going to work. Right. You get to laugh all the time.

And stuff that we probably came and talked about on the air, they meant a crazy shit that you see at a comedy club. It's like, you know. Oh, my God. It's insane. The behind-the-scenes stuff is almost as funny stuff going on stage. Let me tell you. Dude, I saw stuff, and I've talked about it on here, the stuff that used to. And comedy store is a very different place today than I got passed at the end of 2002 into 2008.

And it was radically different. It was like the old stinky gym for a while, which I mean, which I wouldn't trade in the world. But it was very different to how it is today. And the shit that was going on with Don Barris and other stuff at the end on two in the morning was just incredible. But there's just, yeah, there's just something magical about, I can only imagine owning it and seeing the amount of people coming in and out. And if you legit like to see people laugh and have a good time, what a spot to have. Yeah. No, it's, yeah, I feel very, very blessed.

A lot of fun. Yeah, I'm sure. So, all right, let's talk about the other side of how we get related here where, as I mentioned, one of my things that I did, and speaking of Steve Simone, I remember I was working in development for a while. I went from working in, well, because I was doing stand-up all the time. My ex-girlfriend at the time, she's like, you got to do something. You got to have some kind of job. And I'm like, well, I think what I like is film. I like film.

She's like, intern somewhere. So I did. I interned a Village Road Show. And I, yeah. It was a great company. And my buddy, Fred Klein, also a New Yorker who I was, I was the guy that was, I didn't have anything to lose. I was raising my hand, getting involved in the meetings all the time.

So at the end of it, they were like, we recommend you to some places. And I went to, I was working at Alcon Entertainment, for a little bit doing stuff, but I was just kind of running around, like office managing. I know, it's not what I want to do. I want to be in development. So there was a job opening at Silver Pictures. And so I applied for it. My friend Jesse Israel helped me get in there. I had the interview, bullshit my interview the whole way through. And I went up getting, you know, the job working for David Gambino and, and Eric Olson. And the head of that company, or that department was Susan Downey at the time, Susan Levine. So, um,

And so I got to know her and she was always kind of, she just comes to stand-up shows, my shows all the time. And so we talked about when I went to, I saw it at the Critics Choice Awards. And then around that time was kiss-kiss, bang, bang and all that. And then Robert used to show up all the time too. And this is right where, you know,

right before the spike and where he is now. But you've gotten involved because you, you and correct me if I'm wrong, but you were friends with his father. Yes? Yeah. Yeah, crazy story. So about 20 or so,

years ago through a mutual friend and met his dad and his dad wanted me to produce a film for him. It was called Rockaway Bob. It was a script that senior wrote and Steve Bouchemmy was attached to. And we did a reading at the public and we were kind of moving along with it. And then senior got hired to direct a big budget documentary. So he left to go do that. But we stayed friends. And literally, we would have lunch like once a month, you know. And he loved comedy. He used to come to the club all the time. Matter of fact, I turned him on to Amy Schumann. to Sebastian. You know, he'd always say to me, you know, Chris, who should I know about? And he loved Sebastian, loved Amy. But we became good buddies. And it was, you know, we were very

close, you know, when Robert was going through his stuff, you know, and Robert and I were only a few months apart were like the same age. And, you know, and he admitted he said, look, I made mistakes, you know, as a father, but I love my son and, you know, and I wanted to do well. And, you know, when everything kind of turned around and believe me, Susan was a big part of that, Bob was So we never made that movie, but we stayed friends. And over the years, I got to meet junior at a few like family functions. Yeah. So that's how I knew him.

So you kind of, you put that, you know, piece of the puzzle to the side for a second. Fast forward, I have this restoration shop. Very good friend of mine is an agent at CAA. I know I knew him since he was an assistant at William Morris 30 years ago. And when he used to come to the comedy club, I used to take care of him, treat him like a king. And he was a nobody. And he went up to become like the head of A&E

And then he went back to agenting And now we actually works at Kimball's company His name is Scott Lanker But Scott said to me You know Chris You got all these different car ideas These production ideas You should meet this guy named Jay Peterson

He's got a production company called Matador content He was I think you guys would kind of hit it off And we did So the first thing we did We built a Camaro for Jay in the shop Sixty-8 Camaro convertible And then

We were working on pitching some different ideas together. And I went up doing a series with Matt Adore and Michelle Rodriguez called Riding Shotgun with Michelle Rodriguez. Initially, I was born on to produce it and procure the cars for it. And then I wound up being the co-host of that show. That was kind of the first project that Jay and I worked together. And it was great experience, great company. I love Jay. He's like a brother, good, good man. And then fast, we kept in contact. We built some other cars. But fast forward, two years later we built this really sick for a brongo for jay um big dollar custom beautiful beautiful car and four years ago he was driving it out in the hamptons and johnny shoelof was one of robert's

partners yeah saw it flipped out over it and said i love this thing who built it and would he talk would he talk to robert because robert wants to modify some of his cars so jay not knowing i knew robert said yeah my my car spirit guy this guy christmas zilli built it, I'm sure he'll talk to Robert. Here's his number. So Johnny calls me up, tells me what he just said to Jay. And I said, yes, and I'm happy to talk to him. I said, matter of fact, I know him. He's like, you know him?

I said, if you tell him, he'll know me, you know. So Junior and I get in the phone. And he says, Mizzily, he's like, I didn't know you had this restoration shop. I said, yeah, I said, it's been a passion of mine. I said, my little kid. My dad worked for Chevlae. He's a street racist, so I just, I love cars. And I could definitely help you.

I said, what do you want to do with the cars? He goes, well, I had this green charity called Footprint Coalition. We fund green initiatives, green companies. He said, you know, I have all these gas-guzzling cars. How could I drive these gas-cuszling cars if I had this green charity? I want to modify my cars in an eco-friendly way. Can you help me? And I said, yeah.

I said, no problem. I said, and what do you want to do when you're done with me? Because I want to sell them to fund the charity. So I said, look, I just did a sweepstakes with 36 Corvettes. And we did a TV series on History Channel called Lost Corvettes to kind of support. So I said, if I were you, you'll make more money if we do a sweepstakes and when we do a TV series, support it. He's like, oh my God, he's like, that's a great idea. I love that idea.

So myself, Jr., John Shuloth, and Jay Peterson got together four years ago. Jay and I pitched Robert and Johnny the idea of the show. Robert stopped us in the middle and said, you know what? I get it. I love it. The four of us will execute to produce it and me and Missile Co-hosted. So that's how the whole thing came together. It's really great. It's really great. And it's so funny. Like with here you say like, you know, I'm glad that that's the way we kind of transition to this from knowing his dad, like, leaning into this. And they're like, yeah, because you have that connection already. He's more comfortable in the first place when you get on the phone with him. So you have that you don't have to get through that. I got to sell you who I am type thing. He knows who you are. And the actual love for it and the love for cars, which is something I definitely want to get more into with you because that's got to be the most important thing. Like anytime you're talking to anyone, especially on the other side of the phone,

you want to, or whatever it is, you want to make sure that they know what the hell they're talking about, that they are going to trust the stuff that you have, and that you can, if you're going to co-host a show with him, he wants to make sure that you guys have a vibe. Yeah. Yeah. No question about it. And, you know, and he told me, he said he talked to his dad about it. And his dad kind of gave, and his dad was so happy, you know, it's a shame because his father

passed right at the beginning of production. Oh, man. You know, and I, listen, I miss him dearly. He was, he was a good man. We had a lot of laughs together. But, you know, like, look, I feel blessed to work with Robert. And they're just, they're lovely people. Yeah.

And he was great. I got to tell you, like, we didn't expect to have him involved as much as he was involved, you know. On set, he was an absolute pleasure, knew everybody's name, friendly, you know, just great guy. I mean, and at the end of the production, he actually gave everybody electric bicycles. Wow. That's awesome. You know, super nice. Do you get nervous to do you deal with so many big personalities that you just never know,

even though if you do have a relationship with somebody, you never. know. I mean, from everything that I've, A, from the times that I've met him and the things you hear, you never really hear many things about him since he's, you know, turned his life around, how, how he's, everyone says how pleasant he is. But do you ever get to that place? You've seen all the big personalities that you're like, shit, am I going to have to deal with this? Is this going to be a problem? This guy. And he says, the biggest movie star in the world. Do you know, do you still go through that even in your position? Hey, you know, no, who sees a thing, like, I'm a straightforward on guy. Yeah. You know, I put the work in. I'm nice, I'm respectful to everybody. And to be honest,

it's like, I think if somebody was misbehaving to being disrespectful, I just have the honest conversation, you know, because I don't, it's just not a healthy set to have that going on. Right. It's toxic and you can't, you know, and I would rather step away from something than be involved with something that was like that. Yeah. And you're probably not going to run into that with the cars and you guys, and especially with the fact, you guys, probably two little kids, in the same way that you're talking about the way you're talking about comedy before you got two ideal i mean just you're working with cars which you love you're working in comedy with you love and so you guys are probably just geeking out about cars the whole damn time yeah no it was and i tell you like robert was involved

in the design aspect of all those cars every little thing he was involved in you know the colors the finishes the option you know the different things and we felt like a lot of cool things over and above just restoring the cars like you know the vw bus you know has a rollout electric barbecue powered by solar panels on the roof. You know, the vet has mushroom leather interior. So all these unique, like, cool features. Yeah. So if people wanted to, because I, even before, I didn't, I didn't tell you this yet,

but wait as we were getting into it, I signed up. Oh, that's awesome. Let's do it. So if someone's watching right now and they're like, hey, I want to, like, and they weren't familiar, A, with the show, and B, with getting involved in the sweepstakes, how would they go about and do all that? So the show is currently streaming on HBO Max. There are six one hour episodes that follow the build of each car.

Five of them have been chosen to be given away. There's one left of EW bus. You go to RDJ DreamCars.com. You can enter the win. The drawing for the bus is actually July 16th of this time. But, you know, it's interesting because when I did the Lost Corvettes and even calling the winners for these, everybody says the same thing.

shock, I never won anything. And look, at the end of the day, there's not like there's millions of people entering this thing, you know, so you have like a realistic shot at winning. You really do. Yeah, it seems, I mean, just looking at the site, it was, and the fact, HBO Max, when you have that initial pitch, do you guys, is that, when you pitch it originally, was Zazloff there yet or not yet? He was there. So how's been working with him? Well, he was, what happened was we initially kind of pitched it to, discovery. Okay. Oh, okay. You know, so far removed for me, I really had no dealings with him. Okay. But he was a guy who's green-lit it and he's tight with Robert. And I gotta tell you,

like, our experience there was great. They were great to work with, you know, the people that were in charge of our show awesome. I mean, the whole thing was just, it was like a dream. I know. And it's like, you know, you go a little further down the road and then we get nominated for an Emmy. Yeah. Which nobody saw that comment. And then we won, which nobody, you're like, none of us expected that. We're sitting at the table at night. And, you know, and, you know, We had some pretty stiff competition. The show that we thought was going to win the whole thing was Blue Zone. I don't know if you saw it's on a Netflix show.

Okay. Where it talks about different areas of world where people live to over 100 and why they were. Were they eating? Right. Yep. So throughout the night, they won Best Director. They won Best Cinematography. And, you know, they were up the best lifestyle program like we were.

And I was like, these guys are going to win. They won those two things. They've done. And then next thing, you know, they call our name. So it was, it was wild. I'm sure it was, especially when you're not doing this for, like, the accolades as much as that you're doing it for, you mean, obviously it's a business decision. That goes with everything. But the fact they'll love for cars, the idea of working with a pal, like all those.

So it's, yeah, what did it add at Bonn? I'm going to Vegas with you, man. Listen, I say it all the time, I got lucky. I really did. You mean, think about, you know, Scott Lomper makes an introduction to Jay Peterson. Yeah. He's building that car. He has to be driving it.

Johnny sees it. Robert wants to have cars work. I mean, think about how it all came together. Yeah. It's nuts. It is. And it's, well,

I also feel, and I don't know if it just comes with age. And I do get more of that, everything kind of happens for a reason type of mentality, plus the idea that you, with positivity and goodwill and all those things, you can make things, really,

you can manifest it and do all those things if you really believe in it. And I think that comes with relationships and everything, too. I'm a total believer in that. Yeah. Total believer. You know, it's like set your goals and focus on it and make it happen. Yeah, and say it.

And consistently say it and believe it. That's the thing that people don't do because they think that it's some kind of like a magical thing. They're like, oh, manifestation. You can't, you can't just will things to happen. It's like if you believe in and you see yourself actually doing it and it's the only thing like forward, then it happens. And I mean, even this move, Chris, I got to tell you, even this move, I was like, I knew and I wasn't the one that wanted to move. It was my wife.

My wife and my kids wanted to get at L.A. My first initial thought was, I can't do what I do there. And I was like, stop that. I was like, of course you can. And already from the things that, and I put myself in there, it was like, in my head,

I have a studio in New York. Before I had it, I had a studio in New York. I have guests on my show all the time. I'm doing better than I did beforehand. And if you do it and you believe it, it'll happen. It's so true.

It's so true. Yeah. You've got to put it out there. It is. And work hard. Be respectful, be nice. All the little things that you learned as a kid, all these things, they're true. Yeah, it is.

And it's, and it is. And it's also good to be back in New York. I had a lot of really fun experiences in L.A. I did. I met a lot of good people. I have a lot of very positive memories there, but just walking around here and being around the people again, and this bullshit notion that we're rude people. Not rude.

We're just honest. Like you said it before. No, honest. Listen, I moved to the city 40 years ago, 1983. Okay. And I love it here. And I love New York. Listen, I love California, too, don't get me wrong.

Yeah. It's just a different vibe. It is. And I think, you know, to talk about the comedy part of what we're talking about, if you want to be a good comic, this is really what you need to be. Because I think the first are a little more clubs, but I just think it's much more competitive, pound for pound, they're better comedians. Not to say there aren't great comedians in LA, they absolutely are.

Yeah. But this is kind of like where it's at. I remember the first club that I ever did in New York when I was, I mean, I must have been 19. And I did, it's not there anymore. It was the Boston Comedy Club that Barry used to. Oh, yeah. And I used to do that.

Yeah. And I remember being there. And this guy gets up right after me. He was regular to the club, but he kept coming in. And I, you know, I was, I was fairly green. And I look up and I'm just like, who is this person? Like, this is talking about jokes about. No, it was Jeff Ross.

And it was, and it was Ross. He was talking about his dog and just like these poems that he had about, you know, Angelina about murder she wrote, Angela Lansberg. And these things that he was doing. And that was the first time I'd ever seen him. I know Sarah Silverman was there all the time. And so that was like moving from doing shit in Tallahassee leading into then Boston Comedy Club, that was my first taste as a New York comedy club.

Like that's what it really is like. And then going to L.A., it wasn't my intention at first to get back on stage. It was to be a writer. And when I went out there and then I was at the imprimand. one night. I've told the story a million times over, but I jumped up on stage one night with Rick Overton on some improv thing, and then I started doing it again, and it's just, it's, you're right, though, it's a matter of, it's just a grind here is, is, it's different. I love the LA scene, but it's different here. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So what's, so then you, are you, do you,

have you done, have you, and you might have done one already, but are you, has, has something, a TV show, Gotham related? Is that something that, and I don't mean like a stand-up special. I mean, like the kind of inner workings of the Gotham Club. Is that anything that you'd be willing to explore? You know, we never did something like that. We've done series. You know, we did one with Comedy Central. We did one from Mark Cuban.

We had Access TV. We did a number of them. But nothing kind of behind the scenes. I'd love to see that. I want to see it behind the scenes of Gotham. I think it'd be interesting. You know, I mean, there's definitely, there's something there.

And, you know, like, what's unique about comedy clubs is, you know, you're running a restaurant, you're running a theater. I mean, it's really, it's a lot of things wrapped up into one. Yeah. You know, and it's challenging. I'm sure it is. And so when you, there are people because you're, you know, you have your eyes on, on newer people coming in all the time.

Is there, let me give you two, two questions for you when it comes to the comedy scene. Is there someone in particular that you saw and you knew from when they were started going, oh, yeah, that that's someone that's going to blow up? And then the opposite, then the opposite question. If someone you're like, I don't know if this person's got it, and then they blew up. Well, yeah. Yeah. So two that come to mind, I missed in them earlier,

or Amy Schumer, you know, and she actually wrote about it in one of her books, you know, and I saw her early on him. I'm like, I said, listen, you have something special. People on it, maybe not see it. I said, would stick to what you're doing, you know, you have something, you know. And the other one was Sebastian.

I saw Sebastian up in Montreal. Some do a short set, and I was like, wow, this guy's really good. And I booked him to come do a weekend. And I watched him do a show and then call my brother, like, you got to come and see this guy. This guy is unbelievable. I mean, I don't know why he's not bigger, but he's unbelievable. And he came down. He was like, oh, my God.

So we actually met with him when he was done. And I said, look, I said, Sebastian, you know, you're unbelievable. And, you know, I respect the fact you have a manager. If you're ever not happy, you know, I'd love to talk to you about it. So that's kind of, I would say those are the two that, you know, I kind of had that feeling. And then it's funny. You mentioned Jeff Ross because I knew Jeff early on before his name was even changed to Ross.

Yeah. You know, and I'd watch him work stuff out. And I was like, I don't know. Like, he was doing different stuff. And he, you know, he would go up there with the notes and stuff like that. And I was like, I don't know if this guy's going to make. But there was something interesting there. Yeah.

But I didn't know if he was going. And then, you know, he's a great. Jeff's a sweetheart. He's a really solid human being, good people. He is. And, you know, it's funny you mentioned about Sebastian. because Sebastian had just, I think, just got made irregular when I was there. And before that, he was a doorman.

And I remember everyone, because he was just starting to blow up right around the time. Yeah, he was starting to get bigger and more gigs around that time. And I was 2003, 2004, but he was a dorm man. And I remember people saying nobody thought Sebastian was going to be, because Sebastian would continuously work stuff out. And he's one of the hardest workers you get. still my favorite bit is you get a black coffee and you go to work. It's my favorite line.

Ever, it's the best. I used to quote it all the time because David Gambino, who I worked with and who used to run Downey's company. But he, I used to quote Sebastian stuff to him all the time. He's like, who is this person you keep quoting all the time? And he went to see him and he's like one of his favorite comedians now. That's great. It's a small world.

It really is. It is. It really is. I'm excited for people to see your stuff, though, man. First of all, what I would tell people that, obviously, if you're in the New York area, you got to go to the Gotham Comedy Club. You have to. I mean, just listen to some of the people that we're talking about here, plus the other up-and-comers and new comedians come in and all the time. Make sure you check it out.

And then, obviously, the Robert Tann Jr. so the sweepstakes here with. Yeah, I mean, let me tell you, that VW that we built is just, I mean, if you had to go build one today like that, because it's got an electric motor in it, all customized. you're looking at 300 grand, maybe more. And the fact that Robert owns it, it's signed, you know, how do you put a value on? Who doesn't want Tony Stork's car? You kidding me? Come on.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's what, and that's, and whether you guys, you know, whether that's promoted or not, it's promoted within, just people who walking by and going, who doesn't want Tony Stark's car? I mean, come on. And plus the fact that he's so into it and he loves it so much. And then with, and you mentioned this earlier, too, and I think that it's something that I wanted to bring up

and a lot of people know it and Robert brings it up all the time as he should in the interviews is how instrumental like Susan was and is in his life and just turning things around and how she's unbelievable. She's unbelievable and the things that she's done and she was and I was so happy to see her because I mentioned briefly when I was at the Critics Choice Awards and I and she her table was a little a little bit up from mine and I had said I hadn't seen her in probably 10 years so I went up I approached them and what a year they had obviously last year with Oppenheimer.

And she's just so, like you could just see in how the pure joy of, and not even just when Robert was winning shit. Like when, like, Hillion was winning stuff or Nolan and she's just so, like, it was, it's just great to see like the progression of her career and the stuff that she's done. So how about her as far as, is she just what she's been bringing to the show also? Oh, yeah. No, no. She was very involved.

I mean, you know, both the downies were very instrumental. in that show. I mean, it wouldn't have happened the way it happened without them, period. Yeah. Well, Chris, I tell you, it's nice to,

yes, please, please, no, no, please, I see good things come to good people, you know, and I can't say enough about them. They're just, their quality people. Yeah, well, it was, it was an absolute pleasure to speak with you today. Same.

I'm glad that. And now you've got to come to the club. I'm definitely going to come to the club. I promise you that, because I already, for a lot of different reasons. One, I want to, I want to, I want to stake it out. I want to, you know, I want to see.

And then I also want to come. I want to take my wife for a show because I want to get her into the city. So I'm going to hit you up. I'm going to take you up on that. My pleasure. That'd be great to have you, you know. And just to reiterate, they want to, you know, enter the wind of bus. We've got a few weeks left.

It's R.DJ. Dreamcars.com. And I'm putting all of those links in the description, guys. So you should do it. And as Chris mentioned to you, there's not as many people that are signed up as you think. So you got a shot. And as I said, who in the world doesn't want to take a shot at this? Take a shot at it. Listen, and whatever you donate, it's a tax right-off.

It's a 100% tax deductible. It's an added bonus here. I got to have you start coming on my show and selling sponsorships. So anytime. Yeah, thank you so much for joining us, guys. Make sure you check it out. Links are in the description. Thanks, Chris.

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And I saw comments on my reactions and my reviews of, hey, listen, I haven't liked episodes 1 through 4, but you're crazy if you don't like 5. Five was great. Had a lot of good lightsaber fights. It had all this stuff. It had everything. It had the lore. It had everything that you needed in the Star Wars. I can't believe that you didn't like it.

I dug it. Those people I actually listened to as far as, because they're respectful comments. Other people with stupid comments that don't listen to. But those are comments that are like, okay. Those are comments that are fair and people really dug it. So to those people who felt like, hey, I didn't like those first four episodes, but I really liked that fifth. To them, the answer, they've already answered the question of, will episode six start to turn things around? Because in their mind, they said, well, five turned it around.

Five started to turn it around for me. So can six continue it for them is more of the question. but the question and I'm asking for those who don't who haven't responded to the show and then there's other people by the way who have been on board with this since episode one and said you guys are all nuts

this show's been great there's no turning around for this show there's no need to turn around this show because this show's been great and everybody is just hating I think people irresponsibly use that word hating all the time because you can dislike something

and criticize something and say I'm not enjoying this it doesn't mean you're hating on it. It just means you don't enjoy it. Now there are certainly people who are just hating to hate. But nonetheless, then there's people who just don't, haven't enjoyed it, like myself. And now the question can be, will episode six through eight unify all of those people, or at least a majority of those people?

Can there be a switch? And I don't know. It's a little tough for me to say that it can be. because it means that they would have to think that something was wrong in the tone because I'm not enjoying the tone itself in the way that this tone has been. I'll tell you what, I'm going to beagi this thing. I thought, guys, that by being in this new studio, that by being in this new studio, I wasn't going to get the flies and the squirrels and the birds, but there's a fly,

and he made his way in here, and I hate his guts. but anyway the the show will continue to be what it is I think

I think they have their tone and they know what their tone is and they have their story and they're going to continue their story now I was talking about this with Roka and Roka is convinced that Follone has changed the original version

of what Leslie Headland wanted and the show that that's I don't know where he's coming up with that or where he's whether it's just him thinking it or whether he's heard stuff i don't know i haven't heard any of that stuff i'm not sure um but i can only judge what i see and i think that this is a show that just is not landing for me and people keep saying well why do you why do you keep talking about this show if you don't like it because i want it to be good i'm i want i want to i want to i want to

be wrong and say they are going to turn the tone around and it's going to be completely you're you're going to watch this six episode and go, whoa, okay, look, this one delivered. This one worked. I pushed back on anybody who goes, you just wanted to hate it to hate it. That's not what I do. I've never done that. I'll never do that. If it shows good, if I go into it going, I'm skeptical, but I can come out.

I remember going to see Dread, that movie, I'm going, this movie is going to suck. And I came out raving about that movie. I don't do that. It's just not, I don't find any value in doing that. of wanting to hate something, just to hate something? There's no value in that. Let there's clicks in it. Don't give me the clicks.

It's not what I'm here for. I'm here to say, I like this, I don't like it, and then the same thing. You love it, you should love it. And I'm glad if you do. I'm hoping that skeleton crew does the same thing to me that Andor did. I didn't expect anything from Andor.

I thought Andor was going to be terrible. Now, I shouldn't say terrible. I shouldn't say terrible. That's not fair. I didn't care about the fact when they said Andor. It's like, we know he's dead. What do you need to see Andor for? It's the most least exciting show that they have announced, Andor.

Why are we doing Andor? He was kind of a forgettable character. Best show arguably that they've done. You can argue seasons one and season two of Mandalorian, but written script-wise overall, there's no comparison. And I'm hoping, because John Watts is involved in this. And John Watts did the old man, that show, which was really, really good show. And I feel like the writing on Jude Law,

I feel like the writing of this show is going to be pretty detailed. I feel like we're going to get some real stuff. I hope that we don't get. There is a consistent tone. And if you want to get into the broker conspiracy of the Filoni thing, there is a similar tone, though, to acolyte that there was in the writing of Asoka, that there was in Obi-Wan. It's like, I don't know.

And it's so funny how I changed my tune over the years because I used to think that Floney was the guy. I just don't think he's the guy anymore. I just don't think he's the guy. I think he's a good storyteller, but I don't think he's a great writer. And I don't think that I think his idea of what Star Wars should be

is very old school and is very contained. And I hope that that doesn't hurt skeleton crew. It certainly didn't hurt Andor and from what I hear he wasn't involved in Andor at all. So I wonder. I don't know. Could absolutely be wrong.

But will it turn it around Ackleine? I mean, I hope so. I'm looking forward to skeleton crew is all I can say. I think that's to me is like I've kind of, not that I've written it off, but I just I want, what I want to say to people is, hey man,

you're enjoying this show, amazing. Let's see if we can, let's see what the next one brings us in December. And then we'll say which one we thought was better. Maybe we'll agree, maybe we'll disagree, and then we'll move on. I don't even know if there's been any other shows. Well, Asoka, I guess.

Asoka Season 2 has been announced. But other than that, they've kind of pulled back on announcing 75 different shows. Not, not with animated, not included. I know they're doing the, I think they're doing another. Well, they just did The Tales the Empire. I never watched that one. guys like that right never watched that one um but as far as live action goes i don't know they even mentioned mandolarian but they're taking a they're pulling back a little bit which is a good thing

we still don't even know when the movies are coming out but i don't know we'll see after tonight i think it's an easier i think that there's going to be a definitive answer for me anyway if tonight is the same if i feel the same way about the episodes that i have felt to me it's going to be like yeah you know this show just it it was what it was and you guys if you feel the same way If it was as good as last week's for you guys, then you're going to say, you know, hey, not for you, but it is for me. But we'll say, do you think you can turn it around?

If you didn't like this, if you're not liking this show, do you think it's possible to turn it around? Or are you exactly what I said, someone who doesn't think it needs any turning around, and it's great the way it is. Put your comments in there. All right, a few more things. The bear, crushing it.

Disney has revealed that the third season of its acclaimed restaurant, kitchen set, comedy series, The Bear, reached 5.4 million views in its first four days of availability on Hulu. 24% more views in Season 2 premiere achieved in the same amount of time. It's a second consecutive season of growth for the Bear, which saw 70% viewership jump between the first two seasons. The launch broke the record of the best performance ever for an FX premiere on Hulu,

and was also the most watched season premiere for any scripted series on Hulu to date. Overall, including unscripted series, the Bear season three launch was Hulu's third. biggest season premiere of all time. The viewership accounts for Hulu, Hulu on Disney Plus in the U.S. and on the Star Section of Disney Plus in international territories where the episode was available. Okay, this is great news, man, because it's a great show. Now, I don't love the fact.

I'm very curious, though. This is what I will say. I wonder, though, if they would have just put out episode one, if they would have just put out episode one. would the same numbers have been as big and then gotten bigger as episode two, three, four, five come out week to week to week. Or are they just saying, I don't give a crap. Look at those numbers. We are thrilled.

We are thrilled with what we have. And they should be. Those are big numbers. The question is how long is it's in the conversation? Because they used to get this pushback from people when they were like, ah, people are still talking about fallout. You're wrong. You were talking about it for three weeks and it was over. Three weeks.

And people love that show. But if they would have done it week, two, week, to week, to week, to week, to week, to people would have watched it more. But it does go back to the previous conversation as we were talking about with Max and Paramount Plus, how important it was with the Hulu coming on over to Disney and how that adds to it. You're already on Disney Plus. You scroll around. You see it. You use the app that you're already on.

You watch the beer. And the show, and so for people asking, I love the show, I'm episode one. I finished. I just finished Dark Matter finally, and I loved the episode. I mean, this season, if you haven't watched Dark Matter on Apple, and you have Apple, watch that show. It's the story of Apple. They have all the quality stuff on there that not a lot of people aware of. Every time you bring up a show on Apple, they go, what's that?

And they have some of the best content. They're making quality stuff over at Apple, quality. Way, way more quality over quantity and great stuff. And Dark Matter is right up my alley. it was absolutely incredible. Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connolly, just doing amazing stuff. Now, the bear is something I will probably knock out this week

because I started episode one, really enjoying it thus far. Got to finish the rest of it. I will, and once I just tap into it, I won't stop watching it. But, yeah, it goes back to that conversation of should they have done week to week or, you know, the binge watch. And it's a conversation and a debate, I think, that happens on this show all the time. And I encourage it to happen in the comments section today, whether or not you think that it's a smart move for them to do it.

And clearly with the results that they had today, maybe that's the play that they wanted to do and they feel happy doing so. So go ahead and put your comments in there and tell me exactly what you think about that. Okay, last story of the day. Let's talk about this. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Oh, I said it. I said it. I'm sorry. Tim Burton's highly anticipated supernatural comedy sequel, Beetlejuice, has been announced as the opening film of the upcoming Venice Film Festival next month. It will world premiere out of competition on August 28th at the Litos Palazzo del Cinema, the screening coming just days ahead of its global release in the first week of September.

Michael Keaton returns to his iconic character from the 1988 original with Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara back as Lydia and Delia Dietz, respectively with Wednesday star Jenna Ortega as Lydia's daughter Astrid. After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Diet's family returned home to Winter River, still haunted by Beetlejuice. Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portrayal to the afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times, and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem. Justin Thoreau, Monica Balucci, Arthur Conti, and Willem Defoe, co-star, while Burton directs from a screenplay by Alfred Goh and Miles Millar. Now, if you watch my most anticipated movies of 2024 list, this was on the list. Why? I love, I'm not like a massive Tim Burton

fan. Respect him, legend. But there's a lot of stuff I don't like, and sometimes I thought his style overtook certain movies. But Beetlejuice ain't one of those. Beetlejuice is a classic. I love Beetlejuice. Love that movie. Love Michael Keaton's performance in it. I love the idea also because Michael Keaton in this makeup, you can't tell that he's

really aged. He still has that youthful energy and he's going to, he's going to knock it out of the park. But I do think that what's going to, I think Beatles is going to wind up being a, not the villain in this one. I think he's going to wind up being the hero in this one if I was to guess, but maybe I'm wrong. And I have a 12-year-old who is obsessed with Beetlejuice, took her to see the play, the musical, she loved that. So the fact that this is opening up a festival, it is curious,

though, I know it's only coming early, this is, it comes only, I think a week before is what they said, before the release, which is fine. Remember what happened with Indiana Jones. When Indiana Jones opened, I think it was Cannes, I think so. It opened, it didn't open him, but it was in Cannes. and the critics buried it, and it got some bad press right away. And I don't think that was a week beforehand. I think it was a few weeks, maybe in a month or two beforehand, and that was not the smartest play. So a week before, but even you've got to have real confidence in the movie.

And who knows, maybe they really did have a lot of confidence in the Indiana Jones movie, and they just kind of said, well, that didn't go over the way we thought it would. But this is always an interesting gamble when you put it out there, especially in a movie of this caliber. I don't think this movie needs a festival. People are, you want to see Beetlejuice, and I think that it's going to be, I think this movie can do very well.

And the fact that it's coming in September, September's not normally a movie released date month, where you get these big kind of titles. So this is going to be interesting. And it also, it's a good place to put a movie that you could look at Beverly Hills Cop 4, which I think is coming out tomorrow. Beverly Hills Cop 4,

you couldn't imagine. 20 years ago that that Beverly Hills Cop before is going to debut on television? What? And now it is. It could have also debuted in September or even October. Now, a summer movie, I don't know. I don't know if it could have been a summer movie. But this movie in September, I think it's going to be very, very well.

It might be one of the biggest September openings ever if I was going to guess. I think people are excited about this one. Anyway, what say you guys? Put your comments in there. tell me what you think. Please give me your comments and your feedback on the interview with Chris Mozilla. Like I said in the interview, sign up to that. I mean, he said there wasn't enough people.

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