Staff Meeting: Mickey is Leaving...Kind Of

[00:00:00] Speaker A: I had to call a staff meeting to talk about something very, very important. [00:00:05] Speaker B: Yourself. [00:00:06] Speaker A: Myself? The most important thing in this room right now. No, no, I'm kidding. [00:00:11] Speaker C: Are you guys getting a divorce? [00:00:13] Speaker A: In some ways, yeah. In some ways, yeah. [00:00:17] Speaker B: It's a trial separation. [00:00:19] Speaker A: It's a trial separation. [00:00:21] Speaker C: I always knew Michelangelo would do this. [00:00:23] Speaker A: We had talked. [00:00:24] Speaker B: Let him talk. Let him talk. Let him talk. Let him talk. [00:00:26] Speaker A: It's okay. We had talked about it kind of a little bit earlier, that there was always a chance. We hear it all the time. Mickey's military service, it's a. It's a dang check. A blank check. You're right. And sometimes you got to cash in, and I'm cashing in, so I'm having to be deployed, which means the store cannot support you any longer. Chris. You either got to earn your keep or get out of here. No more sitting your ass on the couch, being a lazy, hanging out cropsy, hanging out with Alfred. No, sir. You gotta be in some work. You know, this is what happens when things like this happen. Some people, they rise to the top. You know, there's three mice, they're in a thing of butter. They're running. I don't know how that thing goes. [00:01:15] Speaker B: That is a great Mickey ism. [00:01:18] Speaker C: You're the three mice in the butter. [00:01:20] Speaker A: The Christopher Walken, when he tells his son, Leo DiCaprio, catch me if you can, he says, the three mouse, they fall in a bucket of milk. And, you know, only one of them gets out, runs so fast, they turns the milk into butter. So I'm gonna need you to start running a little faster and turn this soured milk into butter. But with that being said, don't change the sour milk smell in the basement because I want that to stay the same. [00:01:48] Speaker B: It's a rich patina in the basement. [00:01:50] Speaker A: That beautiful, rich patina. But there's even more to it. And the biggest thing is, and this is for you, Michelangelo, as you do when you deploy, you have to sign over a power of attorney. My power of attorney is Molly. So now she owns half the store while I'm gone. Decisions can't be made. Well, without her. [00:02:13] Speaker B: I had to go ahead to sell my half to her already. I really. I really wanted, like, I've been upgrading my Cedar collection. C D. Collection. [00:02:29] Speaker A: Is that a Michelangelo? [00:02:30] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:02:31] Speaker B: They're like. It's like a floppy disk, but, like, laserdisc size. They're really cool. They're like. [00:02:37] Speaker C: It's like you have. [00:02:38] Speaker B: You have, like, a vinyl record and the movie never is exposed. It goes the cardboard vinyl record sleeve into. Anyways, it's a very expensive hobby. So I have actually. So she owns. Great. [00:02:59] Speaker A: That's what. [00:03:00] Speaker B: She's far better off in her hands. [00:03:02] Speaker A: That's what she wanted to do. Yeah. Yeah. So. So you're leaving and you're leaving me. You're. You're failing video store with your buddies. God. [00:03:09] Speaker C: Oh, no. [00:03:10] Speaker A: What a romantic guy I am. [00:03:12] Speaker C: That's a real twist the knife. [00:03:15] Speaker A: But. But so there are some things that I need you to do, Chris. There's like. It's a small list. It's not a big list, just some, like, minor things. [00:03:24] Speaker C: I will take this on. This is my mission. I have a mission. You have a mission. I have a mission. [00:03:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:29] Speaker B: Why aren't you leaving them for me to do? [00:03:31] Speaker C: Just are talking. [00:03:33] Speaker A: You continue to be you. Okay. [00:03:36] Speaker B: Okay. But, like, I want to, like, fill your shoes. [00:03:40] Speaker C: So wait, you're gonna make shoes? I'm gonna fill your shoes. [00:03:44] Speaker A: That's fine, if that's what you want. Okay, well, then take what I'm telling Chris to do, okay? You do it, and then, Chris, you do whatever Michelangelo does. [00:03:52] Speaker C: This seems. [00:03:52] Speaker B: But for the sake of the podcast, Chris, you pretend I. That Mickey is talking directly to you and you're going to be doing these things. [00:03:58] Speaker C: Okay, that makes sense. [00:04:00] Speaker A: Okay, first things first. Figure out how to use the cash register. It hasn't been working since Marika left. All right? That's the first thing. If you can figure that out, that's going to help our business a little bit. It might help a little bit. All right. [00:04:15] Speaker C: It's so weird because you guys don't take credit cards, but then you don't have a cash register. [00:04:21] Speaker B: We got the thing where it's like. [00:04:26] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm turning. [00:04:28] Speaker B: I don't know what it's called. [00:04:29] Speaker C: You got the shook. Shook. [00:04:31] Speaker B: The shook, shook, shook, shook. [00:04:35] Speaker A: I'm gonna need you to. I'm gonna give you the key to my 15 year aged Glenn Levitt in the bottom cabinet of the top drawer upstairs. So you can have that. You can have a pour over now and again, but don't. I wanna. At least save me one drink for when I get back? [00:04:51] Speaker C: Okay. Okay. [00:04:53] Speaker B: FYI, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just filled with his farts. [00:04:56] Speaker A: It actually could be a piss bottle. I'm not. I'm gonna. And the joke's on you, buddy. How much do you recommend? You gotta drink it. [00:05:05] Speaker C: You gotta drink it while you're still standing here watching. Please drink it. Yeah, that type of thing. Yeah. [00:05:13] Speaker A: At the end of each movie that we watch together, Michelangelo typically gets either a back rub or a foot rub. I'll let you decide what you prefer. [00:05:22] Speaker C: Oh, yeah? [00:05:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:25] Speaker B: Is that why I'm very ticklish? So you're really gonna have to take me down. [00:05:30] Speaker A: Well, typically there's a lot of pitches involved. [00:05:32] Speaker C: You're just halfway through the movie and just start greasing yourself up. Is that why you do that? [00:05:37] Speaker B: No comment. [00:05:38] Speaker A: But it was really awkward after the Al Pacino classic. Cruising, cruising. [00:05:47] Speaker B: I thought it fit perfectly. [00:05:49] Speaker A: I don't think it was awkward at all. I thought it was actually was on theme. [00:05:53] Speaker B: I was huffing. I was huffing. That bandana just had farts in it. [00:06:00] Speaker C: Everything got farts in it. [00:06:04] Speaker B: A lot of piss and fart. Tonight, we're. It's an emotional episode. Yeah. [00:06:11] Speaker A: So. And then. And then finally just, you know, take care of my. My guy here while I'm gone, cuz I will see, you know, what I can do as I move forward. Hopefully I can still join you guys from. From overseas. Hopefully I can still join you guys for a lot of things, but I just take care of my guy. [00:06:29] Speaker C: Yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but can't get them wet and don't feed them after midnight. [00:06:33] Speaker A: After midnight? Yep. You're tracking. Exactly. [00:06:36] Speaker C: Okay, good. [00:06:37] Speaker A: Yeah, and I wanted to. It's kind of like one of my parting things. [00:06:43] Speaker B: Call me Jismo. Call me Jismo. [00:06:48] Speaker A: This is gonna be the most adolescent episode ever. You know, there's gotta be a porn that's got going on, right? There's gotta be a porn that has. [00:06:56] Speaker B: It just. [00:06:59] Speaker A: Watching it. So within that vein of watching new and strange things, I wanted to know, you know, we make a lot of recommendations. I didn't know if. Michelangelo, you knew this might be happening if you'd put together any kind of recommendations. Things I should watch before I go. [00:07:16] Speaker C: You should watch? [00:07:17] Speaker A: Yeah, anything I should watch. [00:07:19] Speaker C: Oh, my God. [00:07:20] Speaker B: Do you want me to go first? [00:07:21] Speaker A: Why don't you go first? Why don't you go first? [00:07:22] Speaker B: I knew you were gonna ask that. Okay, so the first thing I'm gonna recommend now, you're typically. We're a physical media. We're big on physical media, obviously, being a video store. But you're traveling. [00:07:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:37] Speaker B: You can't, like, you don't have room to put a bunch of, like, it's. It's vhs and DVD's and shit like that, you know, on your person. So I'm gonna recommend that you, at least for the ten months that you're gone, that you subscribe to shudder or I give you my login. [00:07:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:59] Speaker B: Because I think not only will you have a plethora of, like, fun horror films and different interesting collections that are being curated by different artists. Joe Bob, you're gonna be away from home and what, what better way makes. [00:08:14] Speaker A: You feel more at home? [00:08:15] Speaker B: Have a fun night in. Yeah, I. Exactly. [00:08:18] Speaker A: That is a great recommendation. Great recommendation. [00:08:23] Speaker B: I'm also going to recommend 1970 Seven's Martin. [00:08:30] Speaker A: Surprise. [00:08:32] Speaker B: We were just in Pittsburgh and Braddock and it'll be fun to watch that. Yeah, I took a couple pictures of Braddock. [00:08:39] Speaker A: Maybe I'll post one. [00:08:41] Speaker B: Yeah. And, you know, it's. You don't live in Braddock, but you live by Braddock, so it's a little touch of home for you. [00:08:48] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:08:49] Speaker B: In 1990, two's army of darkness. [00:08:52] Speaker A: Sure. [00:08:52] Speaker B: You're gonna need a laugh, right? [00:08:53] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, yeah. [00:08:54] Speaker B: A good comedy horde along those lines. 1980 Seven's monster squad. [00:09:00] Speaker A: Love. So monster squad. [00:09:01] Speaker B: I mean, come on. [00:09:02] Speaker A: Come on. [00:09:03] Speaker B: You need comfort food when you're away from home. And then it's on shutter. It's called mute Witness. It's from 1995. It's something you haven't seen before and it is really interesting. Mute witness, it's a horror movie, is being filmed in Russia and the. I think she's the script supervisor. She works on the film and she's mute. [00:09:28] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:29] Speaker B: And she witnesses something. And that's all I'm gonna say about it. But it's called mute Witness 1995. It's like a russian european USA collaboration. And it's really cool. And it doesn't like I was surprised that it's from 1995. It looks like it's from like the late eighties. [00:09:51] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Yeah, that one's got me jazzed. I might. I might start. Should I start there or no? [00:09:58] Speaker B: I don't know. I mean, it sort of depends on where you are emotionally. [00:10:02] Speaker A: Gotcha. Gotcha. [00:10:05] Speaker B: But those, those are my, those are my viewing recommendations. [00:10:11] Speaker C: Man. I don't know. I'm very. I can't think of anything off the cuff. [00:10:17] Speaker A: That's fine. That's fine. Do you have. Let me ask you, you know, we've had. [00:10:20] Speaker C: Actually, I did. I did call out in the last episode, the Criterion channel is starting that Giallo series. So if you ever want to catch up on your italian horror films or. [00:10:28] Speaker A: I'll do it. [00:10:28] Speaker C: Giallos. And actually, real quick, similar to the vein of what Mickey was calling out, Michelangelo's calling out with shudder, I proponent boy. Wow. At this moment. [00:10:46] Speaker A: When I leave, I. [00:10:47] Speaker B: Got kicked when he's down. [00:10:48] Speaker A: If you all start calling Mickey and I come back and you're like, no, it's Mickey's. It's Mickey's. No, that's Mickey's. I'm gonna be. [00:10:56] Speaker C: Playing Mickey, too. [00:10:58] Speaker A: Oh, don't you dare. [00:10:59] Speaker B: Don't you dare. [00:11:03] Speaker C: I'm a big proponent of night flight. Night Flight was a culture tv show, video magazine in the eighties, and it now lives as a streaming service. So it actually, they carry tons of b. Horror movies, foreign horror movies, music, documentaries, very. A lot of grindhouse stuff. It's, like, cheap, too. It's like 30, $40 for a year. [00:11:31] Speaker B: There's actually. We're not sponsored by them, but they do have a sale going on right now. [00:11:35] Speaker C: Oh, really? [00:11:35] Speaker B: Like 30 some odd dollars for the year. Yeah, they're, like, a crazy good deal. [00:11:40] Speaker C: They're super into it. [00:11:41] Speaker B: They are. No offense to shudder. I love shudder, but if Joe Bob wasn't on shutter, I probably would stop subscribing to shudder. [00:11:48] Speaker A: Okay. [00:11:49] Speaker B: Cause I feel like night flight is what shudder should be. [00:11:53] Speaker A: Okay. [00:11:54] Speaker B: As far as, like, it really feels like you're, like, you went back in time and you're flipping through. You're flipping through the channels, you know, you're watching, like, obscure, like, local New York television, I think even, like, especially. [00:12:08] Speaker C: For, like, people our age, too. They even have, like, old episodes that, like, was music videos, and they actually have the original commercials. So it's like, like, you know, like commercials from the late eighties, early nineties. It's like, you know, like the cd collection. That's like. No, that's what I call Rock 38 and stuff like that. It's like, wow. [00:12:27] Speaker A: So they have that along with the, like, intertwined throughout. [00:12:32] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:12:33] Speaker A: That's incredible. That's actually great. Okay. Night flight. Night flight. [00:12:36] Speaker C: They're really fun. [00:12:36] Speaker A: It's a great recommendation. [00:12:37] Speaker C: Check it out. [00:12:39] Speaker A: All right. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Hold that thought. Chris on somebody's coming down here. Oh, no, it's. It's the new owner of the store and podcast regular Molly. [00:12:51] Speaker B: It's the new boy. [00:12:52] Speaker C: Clean up around here. The landlord's coming around. [00:12:55] Speaker B: We're working. [00:12:57] Speaker D: I guess I'll do it. [00:12:59] Speaker A: Yeah. Um, let me make sure that your mic's working real quick, Molly. I'll edit this out. Give it a mic test. [00:13:06] Speaker D: Um, I am wrapped around the wheel of your chair, by the way. [00:13:09] Speaker A: Can you guys hear okay, you're good? [00:13:11] Speaker C: Yep, perfect. [00:13:15] Speaker B: Okay. Hello, new boss. [00:13:18] Speaker A: Hello, new boss. [00:13:19] Speaker D: Listen, be some changes around here. [00:13:22] Speaker A: Whoa. Coming in hot. [00:13:25] Speaker C: Oh, no. [00:13:26] Speaker D: I've made a list. Made it to do list. [00:13:32] Speaker C: Crack the whip. [00:13:35] Speaker D: Yeah. See this thing in my hand right now? [00:13:38] Speaker A: She's holding. She's holding this belt buckle on. [00:13:41] Speaker B: Hold on, belt buckle. [00:13:43] Speaker A: Oh. Oh, that popped the mic. Oh, they didn't hear that. Nope, nope. Not hearing it. It's too loud. She has a belt down here, and she's, like, cracking it like a whip. And she's got the belt buckle, like. And also, why is she being so aggressive? You're. [00:14:04] Speaker B: You're taking. [00:14:04] Speaker A: You should be in a different. [00:14:05] Speaker D: I just feel like I gotta whip some things into shape. [00:14:08] Speaker A: I. Wow. Okay. [00:14:11] Speaker B: Yes, ma'am. [00:14:11] Speaker C: Uh oh, yeah, yeah. [00:14:14] Speaker A: Oh, God. [00:14:14] Speaker B: Chris. [00:14:15] Speaker A: Chris is, like, actually sitting up straight. [00:14:17] Speaker C: Normally was slouched over on the right here. [00:14:22] Speaker D: You all just got tricked by my performance of whipping things in voice actress and actress. [00:14:33] Speaker A: Molly, thank you for doing that for us. No, but Molly, I have one question for you. You know, as we're looking, you know, forward, as we're looking forward. Thank you. [00:14:42] Speaker D: Thank you. [00:14:43] Speaker A: You know, I'm kind of turning over a piece of this to you so you can, you know, come in and help out, pick up some of the loose weight or that's loose weight. Chris, not talking about you, but, um. But you've been doing this for a little bit, coming into the store and everything like that. Do you have, like, a time from when you did the podcast with us? You thought that that was fun? You discovered something from the films that were kind of cool and fun, or you saw a film that you thought, you know, I was going in there, like, I don't really want to see this, but ended up being really great. Or maybe having conversation with us changed your mind about a film that you otherwise weren't crazy about. Well, or vice versa. Anything. [00:15:30] Speaker D: I think I gotta take it back to. Gingersnaps. [00:15:33] Speaker A: Ginger snaps. [00:15:35] Speaker B: Nice. [00:15:36] Speaker D: Ginger snaps. Was that the first one I did? [00:15:39] Speaker A: I don't think was the first one. Was it? [00:15:40] Speaker D: I think it might have been the first one I did. [00:15:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:42] Speaker B: It was early, for sure. [00:15:43] Speaker A: That was a good time. [00:15:44] Speaker D: Yeah. I would have never watched that movie had it not been for this. And, you know, I think I had a lot to learn about teenage girls and periods. [00:15:52] Speaker A: Yeah. So. [00:15:53] Speaker D: And then taught me a lot. [00:15:54] Speaker A: You're glad that Michelangelo got to. Got to show you. [00:15:58] Speaker D: Yeah. What it's like. [00:15:59] Speaker A: Learn about what it's like to be a teenage girl. [00:16:01] Speaker D: Yep, yep, yep. [00:16:03] Speaker B: See, it's a metaphor, Molly. [00:16:07] Speaker D: Okay. And what's that? [00:16:09] Speaker B: It's a metaphor. [00:16:10] Speaker C: Metaphor. [00:16:13] Speaker B: The change of the werewolf and the change of your body. Into a woman. [00:16:16] Speaker D: Oh, got it. Yeah. Oh, now I get it. Now I get it. [00:16:22] Speaker B: And, like, you know, you get your period and you turn into a monster. That's what Mickey says. You turn into. [00:16:28] Speaker A: She howls at the moon. [00:16:30] Speaker B: Unreasonable. [00:16:31] Speaker A: Howls at the moon. [00:16:32] Speaker B: I'm not gonna say what he says now. [00:16:34] Speaker D: It all makes sense now. I know. Thank you for the lesson. It was a thing I did not know. And the reiteration here just now was also very helpful. [00:16:45] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:46] Speaker D: I really appreciate it. I can't wait to learn more. [00:16:49] Speaker A: I can't wait for him to mansplain how to run our videos. [00:16:51] Speaker D: Can't wait. [00:16:53] Speaker B: And you can listen to it, that episode, or you can watch it. We have it on the YouTube at the return Slide of Horror podcast. Check that out on the YouTube channel. [00:17:03] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:03] Speaker D: And on that note, you're gonna go start. I think I better get to snapping. [00:17:10] Speaker A: Yeah. All right. Molly's. Molly's leaving us. She's gonna go up and start putting. You. Do not rearrange the videos. Honey, I'm not even out the door yet. [00:17:18] Speaker D: When you come back, it's gonna look brand spanking new. [00:17:22] Speaker A: I don't want that. [00:17:23] Speaker B: We're going all digital. [00:17:24] Speaker D: All digital. [00:17:26] Speaker A: I'm gonna come back, and it's just gonna be a streaming. It's gonna be a. [00:17:29] Speaker D: It's gonna be a QR code now instead of a return slot. [00:17:32] Speaker A: No, no, the QR code of horror. [00:17:35] Speaker D: No? Nobody? All right. Hey, Mickey, thank you for the good times. [00:17:43] Speaker A: Hey, thank you for the good times. [00:17:44] Speaker D: And can't wait till you're back so we can have more of them. [00:17:47] Speaker A: Heck yeah, man. [00:17:49] Speaker D: Peace out, peeps. [00:17:52] Speaker C: Bye, bosses. [00:17:53] Speaker A: Wow, she's really got you. Chris is just, like, straight and narrow, man. You're, like, you know, kind of piggybacking on what Molly said. You know, we've been doing this for a long time, Michelangelo. Like, what, three years now? [00:18:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:10] Speaker A: Yeah, three years, I think. [00:18:11] Speaker B: More, maybe. [00:18:12] Speaker A: Really? Yeah. I mean, it was beginning of the pandemic, so you can kind of trace it back to that. We just started playing around. But I want to ask you the same question. Have you had any discoveries? Have you had any, like, things that just happened on the podcast that when you weren't planning for or in the video store, and you just, like, man, really? Like, you had a moment. [00:18:35] Speaker B: So I think the biggest thing for me is we did a. Like, a Christmas episode, and we have a few of them out there, but there was one in particular where, like, you can literally hear me change my mind about Christmas, about. But it goes. It goes beyond that. Right. Like, learning to. Sorry. Learning to accept things as they come and learning to, like, participate in community. [00:19:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:16] Speaker B: You know, I had a chip on my shoulder about Christmas because of all of this, like, childhood trauma. And you just, you just convinced me that, like, it's. It's not about the. The cynical, capitalist part of that holiday that was bothering me. It's. It's. It's. It's about so much more than that. And, like, that has had spillover into my life and sort of, like, you know, I'm a person who likes repetition. I'm a person who can get bogged down into, like, cycles of behavior. [00:19:51] Speaker A: Sure. [00:19:51] Speaker B: So it's. It's good to be reminded that it's like you got to go outside of your comfort zone sometimes, and you got to, like, participate, and you have to be part of the community. That's, like, a positive thing. I mean, sure, you might meet some jerks out there, but more often than not, you're. You'll meet some really amazing people, and it'll change the course of your life in a really great way. Um, so that's been, like, the biggest change for me. It has nothing to do with horror films and has everything to do with, like, the quality of my life. [00:20:23] Speaker C: Yeah. Charlie, you had a Charlie Brown moment. The meaning of life and Christmas from this episode. [00:20:30] Speaker A: Check out the episode. You can hear it in real time. It's like he gets quiet and, like, kind of pulled back and, you know, to piggyback off, kind of what you just said there, you know, you have. Since we started this, you have taught me the power of being vulnerable and how sharing, you know, how you feel. Because most of my. Most of my life, I cover up everything with jokes, you know? [00:20:59] Speaker B: Mm hmm. [00:21:02] Speaker A: But. [00:21:11] Speaker B: Where'D you go? [00:21:15] Speaker A: There's, like, a gas can or something over here. The fumes are getting my eyes, creating this weird stuff I can't explain. No, but you've taught me to be vulnerable, and you've taught me a lot, and I've enjoyed. Give me 1 second. [00:21:31] Speaker C: Yeah, you're good. Maybe I can interject your eye on a goddamn thing. [00:21:39] Speaker A: We know that, Chris. We're aware. No, but I have enjoyed everything we talked about every minute. Getting to know a friend that I did not know this close or well when we were side by side. 20 years. 20. Not 20. Yeah, 20 years ago. I've gotten to, like, rediscover this, like, amazing person, you know? I've gotten to, like, have all these conversations, whether they're completely dumb or really serious conversations. And I've been. It's okay to be wrong, and it's okay to, like, tell people how you feel, and it's okay to, like, disagree. It's like, it's what I'm telling you. This podcast has a lot to do with. Just what I think is missing in so many people's lives is friends getting together to talk to, to not be scared, to be, like, vulnerable and just. Just hang out. So I really appreciate everything, man. [00:22:29] Speaker B: You are. You are the older brother I always, like, wish I had. [00:22:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:22:36] Speaker B: That's how I feel about you. You teach me so much about, like, you're such a passionate person. [00:22:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:22:49] Speaker B: And it's. It's a overwhelming and beautiful to, like, share that passion with you and, like, doing this with you has been one of the most fulfilling things I like. It's. It's in so many ways has gotten me through the, like, the. Just like, you know, all the pits, slings and arrows of the last few years and, like, having a creative outlet. [00:23:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:23:23] Speaker B: And the ability to be with people I love and to just. Oh, my God, the laughter. The laughter you give me, like, the. I was just with you the other day, and I was telling a story about my grandmother's funeral and trying to get my tie tied, and I'm not going to go into the whole story, but I tell the story. And then you said something was, it fell to the ground. [00:23:56] Speaker A: Which, if you. [00:23:57] Speaker B: Know the story, it's just like, he said it in such an emotion. It was just like the perfect button to the story, and I fell to the ground laughing. It was like, which happens often on the podcast, where I just lose my breath with laughter. And it's just like that, that goes such a long, long, long way. One. One conversation with you and I'm good for a week. [00:24:20] Speaker A: Yeah, I wish. I wish I could some. I wish I could someday feel that. That sounds special. That sounds really special. With that all being said, I hope that as we've done this, that not just, like we've had these great moments, but also I hope our audience are those that listen. The two or three people that do have also had enjoyed it and know that the. The story and the podcast goes on, I will be somehow involved. We're going to figure that out as the months come. But Chris is still committed to it. Michelangelo is still committed to it. Molly's still committed to it. And I say, you know, returns a lot of horror. Podcast and store, you know, will go on, must go on. [00:25:20] Speaker B: One thing I will severely miss is Mickey isms. Yeah, like, hitch in my wagon. We just heard the loose weight. That's a new one. But I got a list here of some. Let's go cross that bridge when it gets here to us. [00:25:50] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:53] Speaker B: The jury is out, as in, the decision has not been made. Still my heart. Oh, yeah, still my heart. Yeah, still one fatal swoop. Burnt out of shape. [00:26:14] Speaker C: What? [00:26:15] Speaker B: Burnt out of shape. Surprises didn't come up in the burning. Yeah, cropsy got burnt out of shape around the robin. Okay, do you know what that means? [00:26:32] Speaker C: Like, is that round robin just said differently? [00:26:35] Speaker B: I don't know. [00:26:36] Speaker A: You just said, around the robin. Around the robin, around the robin. It's like a round robin, right, where everybody's kind of sharing off the same thing, but the guy who's, like, on the outside watching that happen, he's going, around the robin. [00:26:58] Speaker C: Why is there a guy? [00:27:00] Speaker B: There's always a guy on the outside. And then here's my favorite. When I first saw you, I was taking a bath, as in stunned by your beauty. When I first saw you, I was taking a bath. [00:27:20] Speaker C: Taking a bath. [00:27:22] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:27:24] Speaker B: But you say stuff like that all the time, and I love it. [00:27:28] Speaker A: Yeah, it's. [00:27:28] Speaker B: It's. It's. It's part of who you are, and it's wonderful. It's wonderful. So I'll do my best to keep the basement smelling like it smells. [00:27:43] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:27:45] Speaker C: Keep on going back to the smelly element. [00:27:47] Speaker A: There's something about a smell to the basement when, you know. You know when you walk in and you just, like, you smell your grandmother's cooking or you walk in and you. And you smell like. I can't think of anything more than dirty socks. Dirty socks. And you just know. You just know a place is defined by smell. This place is definitely defined by a smell. And as many people as it may turn off, man, it kind of. It turns me on, you know? It's like, I'm gonna get back. I'm gonna be like, hell, yeah. We're back to movies. We're back to the. To the good times. So please don't change this basement. [00:28:28] Speaker B: It's. We'll do it. We'll do our best to keep the spirit of what we do alive while you're. While you're away without. Without negatively changing. Right. You got to change. That's. That's the tough thing, right? Is that. [00:28:46] Speaker C: I mean, it's just gonna be a pause, too. You know what I mean? Like, it's just gonna be. It's a temporary situation. [00:28:53] Speaker A: Yeah. But also, I mean. I mean, growth. I do see what you're saying. Growth will happen without me, and that's fine, but just keep the spirit of it. The patina, the smell. Just keep the smell there. [00:29:10] Speaker C: Welcome to the return slot of period peace dramas hosted by Chris. [00:29:15] Speaker A: That is definitely not the right smell. We're all gone. [00:29:18] Speaker B: That's the right smell. Chris finally become successful. 20 minutes. Easily digestible. [00:29:29] Speaker A: 20 minutes about period dramas. [00:29:32] Speaker C: We're now going to this victorian era romance. This is a story. [00:29:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I can see that. This is slowly going to divulge into, like, just like, that NPR voice. Like, hi, you're listening to, you know. [00:29:45] Speaker C: But got that smooth jazz intro. [00:29:47] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. With that being said, guys, I got to get back in pack. I got so many more things to get done before I go. Yeah, I will. I will check in when I can. I cannot wait to listen to the first episodes that you guys do when I'm traveling, because that's where I'm going. And you know where I'm going to hear that? Where? Wherever podcasts are available. Maybe red towers YouTube channel. Maybe I'm gonna go on Instagram and see follow up content. And you know where that is at the return slide. At the return slide. Wait, who's gonna. Chris, whose job is it gonna be? Would just say this when I'm gone. [00:30:25] Speaker B: It's mine. That's why I wrote them down, and I have them in front of me, so I can't, with confidence, say them. [00:30:30] Speaker A: Okay. All right, so where are you gonna get the extra content? [00:30:33] Speaker B: Well, you can go to Instagram at the return slot, underscore of horror pod, or go to our YouTube channel at the return slot of horror podcast. There's a link tree there, which we have to update. So there's a link tree on our instagram that we have to update. But you can also just look up the return slot of horror podcast on anywhere where you listen to your podcast, Spotify Apple podcasts. We say anywhere, but I think it's two places. [00:31:00] Speaker A: Yeah, there's more apple. It's Amazon, and it's Google play. [00:31:06] Speaker C: Pocket cast. There's another. [00:31:10] Speaker B: I don't think we're on pocket cast, though. [00:31:12] Speaker C: They are the. [00:31:13] Speaker A: Yeah, we are. [00:31:14] Speaker B: We are. [00:31:14] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, we are. [00:31:15] Speaker B: I don't know what's going on. [00:31:17] Speaker A: We're on all the casts. [00:31:18] Speaker B: Do you. Mickey, do you. Do you have, like, a favorite episode? [00:31:22] Speaker A: Um, I have favorite parts of fate. Like, I loved the Christmas episode. That first Christmas episode was great because it did turn into, like, an actual, like, discussion about Christmas that was. That was brought about because we were actually talking more about horror in Christmas, but somehow it turned into, like, the spirit of Christmas. And I think that's what talking about films are, right? Even a film that is. That is about, um, a masked killer that's attacking babysitters still, there's something. It's saying about society saying something about us and where. Where we are in our lives. You can have those conversations, and that's what these. This content should pull out of you. So the Christmas episode is a very special one to me. I also, um. I really. I always thought lost boys was a great, fun episode. [00:32:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:17] Speaker A: You know? [00:32:18] Speaker B: Yes. [00:32:18] Speaker A: You know, because the nostalgia, you know, it's like, there's something about talking about films from when we were kids that mean a lot to me. So. So, yeah, I mean, I'll put those two out there for now. And then I think my favorite episode is yet to come. It will come sometime down the road. [00:32:35] Speaker C: Oh. [00:32:36] Speaker A: So keep listening. Keep tuning in. And you guys keep. Keep talking about these movies. [00:32:43] Speaker B: It's such a really amazing thing to be able to go back in time and listen to a conversation you had with your friends. [00:32:52] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:32:53] Speaker B: And when you're gone and I'm missing you, I'm gonna be able to do that. [00:32:57] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:32:58] Speaker C: What a true something. Something a lot of people don't get to have. [00:33:01] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. [00:33:02] Speaker B: I hate. Hate listening to the sound of my voice, but, like, the privilege of being able to listen to you, Mickey, or to Chris or to Marika and our really old episodes or Molly, like, it makes. It, like, cancels out the. The issue I have listening to myself. And, like, it's just like, it's. It's a. It's wonderful to me, and I know that's weird. It's so. It's like, you know, I'm making a product that I. That I love, and that could. That's a weird thing to. I guess, say, but, like, I'm. I'm very proud and happy with, like, the process and the result. [00:33:51] Speaker C: Absolutely. [00:33:51] Speaker A: Agreed. Agreed. [00:33:53] Speaker C: I mean, the. The joy is the. The beauty of being able to hop on and connect with friends about these things and the fact that we can do this is a privilege. It's an honor to be here, to be talking to you guys. It's something I look forward to. [00:34:08] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:09] Speaker C: Whenever we're not doing it, I miss it. I'm gonna miss talking to you, Mickey. [00:34:13] Speaker A: Yeah, well, it'll be temporary, like you said, but. Yeah, I didn't. I rarely said this before I met Michelangelo or. No, before. I, like, we reconnected, but I love you guys. [00:34:29] Speaker B: I love you, too, man. I love you, too. I've noticed that. [00:34:34] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:35] Speaker B: I will tell you, I love you. I'm a guy who says, I love you. And you'd be like. You'd be like, okay, bye. [00:34:43] Speaker C: Just like my father. [00:34:45] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm too stoic for this. You should be used to it. But. [00:34:52] Speaker B: Three men dealing with their father and brother issues, but to the guise of horror films. [00:34:58] Speaker A: But, yeah, you have actually made it okay for me to say that. And you know what? I use it now with. I use it now with friends that I. That I truly love. Now. Now I can tell my son I love him. I can tell my wife I love. Thank you, Michelangelo, for teaching me. I tell my wife that I love her. You know, it's like, thank you for doing. [00:35:15] Speaker B: Let me know when you finally break through that barrier. You can say it to your mom. [00:35:24] Speaker A: Nice. That's nice. All right, guys, I'll stay in touch as best I can. [00:35:30] Speaker B: I love you, Mickey. I love you, listeners. I love you, Chris. I love you, Molly. I love you, Allie. [00:35:35] Speaker C: Love. [00:35:36] Speaker B: Thank you. Thank you for your service. [00:35:39] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:40] Speaker A: Mickey, out of.