Pam Abdy
Appearances
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Oh. Oh, he's got the leather. He's got, like, the bachelor leather couch.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Are you able to sleep on planes? I fall asleep in a second. Oh, I'm so envious of that.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
But also, but like to Jason's point though too, like I want to get into that because I'm fascinated watching from the sidelines about movies and stuff and like why, you know, what is your opinion about, because I'm sure you guys talk about this, we all talk about this, everybody in the business talks about what's the state of the business?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Because it seems like, first of all, it seems like you tell me the perception is that the star of any movie now is the idea. Because movie stars, at least there are some that can still, you go, oh, I want to see that person. I like that person. But for the most part, do I have that right?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
What brought audiences to that is the concept before the star, right?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Months. Yeah, like two, three months. Yeah, that was fun. It was good to see everybody.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Right. You know, almost to that point, you know, it seems like, and you guys tell me, more people than ever out of work in the history of the entertainment business. It seems like writers that used to work all the time can't find a gig. Actors, directors, producers, crew, everybody. Why is that in your opinion? And what does your crystal ball say about the future of that? Do you see that changing?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Like Village Roadshow, didn't they just go bankrupt or something? It just seems like... the entertainment business is collapsing.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
That was just from somebody who just got, you get somebody passed on.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
I'm going to jump in real quick with a super fast answer than you guys do. It's because comedy now you can get on your phone in little tiny bites and you're fulfilled. And I think that has a bit to do with it. That does make sense, Sean. You're welcome.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Also, comedy is different now. Comedy is different than when we grew up. It's told in a different way.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
The little thing that I did, Jay, I was there like, you know, we had night shoots and it was two in the morning. Yeah, listener Sean was in it as well. Yeah. But like two in the morning, I'm like, okay, bye everybody. I got to go home and I look back and I'm like, there's Willie still going until like five, six in the morning. It was unbelievable. It was a crazy time.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
And reactionary too, right? Yes, very. Yeah, one of the greatest things I've ever heard is everybody wants to be the second person to say yes. That's a great quote.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
What do you guys think about, like, remember Quibi when Quibi came out?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Okay. And I just read, I didn't read the whole thing. I read a blurb about that. That's coming back now, like short, short little things, like short episodes that are two minutes long and they're really picking up and kids on social media are loving it. They want a whole season of like two minute episodes and 10 two minute episodes or something that tell a story. What do you think about that?
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
I'm sorry about last night too. I was going to grab a bite of steak and I forgot I had a dinner because our friend's dog died.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
But wait a minute, I agree, but there are examples where that has happened, but it worked where the documentary, I mean, the film of the documentary is actually engaging and thoughtful and successful and,
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
So interesting to talk to that kind of caliber of people on the show. We never get to talk to those people. We're always talking about them or about studios or about whatever.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Yeah. And I think it'd be super fun. And like they said- I think you'd both be horrible.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
You guys are talking about the snacks. Yeah. No, wait. I got one. Oh, here he comes. You know, but the biggest movie that they did was so great. What was it? Last year? What was it? The Hasbro? The Doll? What was it? No, it's not.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
It felt a little excuse-y. Do you know what I mean? No, I swear to God. Because the initial thing was like, yes, of course I want to go to JAR and have a steak with you.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
That's not a word either. Bar bi would have been great. Let's see here.
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"Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca"
Yeah, well, I'm telling you, when I got stuck in that elevator, like my therapist said, the best thing you could do from now on because then I was in such a massive panic. She goes, ride as many elevators as you possibly can.