tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88123272388824104642024-03-04T20:34:56.207-08:00News & Updates | FortyFPS Productions | CJ WallisThe latest news, press & announcements for FortyFPS Productions and filmmaker CJ Wallis. #birdseyeview FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.comBlogger460125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-27847159662618407482022-11-08T19:30:00.007-08:002022-11-08T19:30:52.820-08:00Curren$y's "Drive In Theatre 2" Artwork Released!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzeByYyh1FEL-ZlCwUhO53NH4uSUKRh37OdXz3P9LAFFpPAY6BWkEmUgcYDAEDEllNedxgcW7_GdajHvZ47e-uGRSJFO0Wvt7HbGqFHt8cpWm4_8jcA0K-XiXF8PV3zMaBZxBoV_Y1rUPRU6GcY-QM--zKM0S_7GggsgieGcYqbZ3LyepvoKHKtXipg/s3000/CURREN$Y%20-%20DRIVE%20IN%20THEATRE%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="631" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzeByYyh1FEL-ZlCwUhO53NH4uSUKRh37OdXz3P9LAFFpPAY6BWkEmUgcYDAEDEllNedxgcW7_GdajHvZ47e-uGRSJFO0Wvt7HbGqFHt8cpWm4_8jcA0K-XiXF8PV3zMaBZxBoV_Y1rUPRU6GcY-QM--zKM0S_7GggsgieGcYqbZ3LyepvoKHKtXipg/w631-h631/CURREN$Y%20-%20DRIVE%20IN%20THEATRE%202.jpg" width="631" /></a></div><p>The highly popular Curren$y album is getting a double feature. THE DRIVE IN THEATRE PART 2 will be released soon from Jet Life Recordings. Artwork by CJ Wallis</p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-56720566892992886912022-11-07T15:22:00.002-08:002022-11-07T15:22:22.641-08:00New Kevin Trudeau Documentary Feature Announced! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyioJVpakmX1AJS2Qj7VpBPo_XORIeKO6vyDn1ZQni2lignoSgz8ULEE5BQwaooiv91BCLbuPwW2D80wg4Km-7xRsQXNQjSlDE5Pypf8XLXN0FXAYYEY3HCucoxKbrgj9jMvi0TAZw1hIHrYUh1LXm4NC46b_qSJzH5lNJTwjwWyIclTivNx8GOwmxA/s10800/KT_Teaser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="10800" data-original-width="7200" height="841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyioJVpakmX1AJS2Qj7VpBPo_XORIeKO6vyDn1ZQni2lignoSgz8ULEE5BQwaooiv91BCLbuPwW2D80wg4Km-7xRsQXNQjSlDE5Pypf8XLXN0FXAYYEY3HCucoxKbrgj9jMvi0TAZw1hIHrYUh1LXm4NC46b_qSJzH5lNJTwjwWyIclTivNx8GOwmxA/w560-h841/KT_Teaser.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><br /><p>We are excited to finally announce a brand new documentary feature with New York Times best selling author and infomercial pioneer Kevin Trudeau! </p><p>The fifth documentary from director CJ Wallis is nearly completed filming and will be available across major streaming services in late 2023.</p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-28497327846152586822022-09-29T07:55:00.000-07:002022-09-29T07:55:52.366-07:00Ron Sexsmith "What I Had In Mind" Music Video<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijpWAv7W6E8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-10210533526996532502022-05-05T12:25:00.006-07:002022-05-05T16:31:53.031-07:00Stu's Show Review - Cinema Scholar<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKmqJhCiLtQtecmUusfwvuU4b2u6Z7Q76nPohRsLwe6I-HKQH2s9Af5WT3dHErt8Vfo8MU_MLRThub1f6Ebp5C8w_hR-Siy0LdP4TCD5wC-4cAuvmsheVsEQpXX7hZ4KtlWCjaNAoF5Nbk6ffwk7ib4RUZ03QTL_7IjcJbA51aYd6DwuuiwmvaVfijA/s4096/00_EDITING%20TIMELINE.01_23_07_23.Still005.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="4096" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKmqJhCiLtQtecmUusfwvuU4b2u6Z7Q76nPohRsLwe6I-HKQH2s9Af5WT3dHErt8Vfo8MU_MLRThub1f6Ebp5C8w_hR-Siy0LdP4TCD5wC-4cAuvmsheVsEQpXX7hZ4KtlWCjaNAoF5Nbk6ffwk7ib4RUZ03QTL_7IjcJbA51aYd6DwuuiwmvaVfijA/w644-h340/00_EDITING%20TIMELINE.01_23_07_23.Still005.jpg" width="644" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Director C.J. Wallis deftly manages to make a documentary about a lifelong fan of televisions Golden Age. Yet, he turns it into a biting narrative on the gross ineptitude of the health care system in the United States...</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is accomplished via careful editing, solid use of humor, and Shostak’s often overbearing yet unrelentingly positive personality!"</span></i></b></p><p><br /><br />Introduction</p><p>Stu’s Show is a heart-warming documentary centered around Stuart Shostak, a lifelong Lucille Ball fan, who also managed to become her personal archivist for more than ten years. Shostak’s endearing love of the Golden Age Of Television and its iconic stars are the focal points of this documentary. Stu’s Show also shines a light on everything that is wrong with our health care system when his long-term girlfriend Jeanine Kasun suffers a debilitating aneurism.<br /><br /></p><p>Synopsis</p><p>Stu’s Show is a multi-faceted title as it serves as not only the name of this fascinating documentary but also as the title of Shostak’s long-running internet talk show. For more than fifteen years, Shostak has been hosting “Stu’s Show” which is described on his website (www.stusshow.com) as follows:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>“What began as a protest toward the current television industry’s continual snubbing of its history, its pioneers, and its heritage has blossomed into a series of over 500 broadcasts preserving classic TV and the people responsible for it. Each broadcast contains in-depth discussion of lives, careers, behind-the-scenes memories, as well as recollections of events and programs we all grew up watching!”</p><p>Shostak takes the viewer on a guided tour of his studio and storage facilities, which also happens to be his house. It turns out that he has been on a lifelong journey of archiving and preserving television shows from the 1950s. For over 40 years Shostak has done this thru his company, Shokus Video. Shostak’s love of TV’s Golden Age, and especially Lucille Ball, eventually led to his hiring as Ball’s personal film archivist in 1981. He would hold this position until her death in 1989.</p><p>We learn about Shostak’s early days in the 1970s as an “audience coordinator” for game shows and sitcom television shows that were filmed in front of a live audience. Shostak’s job was to make sure that the audiences were amped up and that all seats were filled. He eventually would work as the “warm-up act” for shows such as Diff’rent Strokes and Silver Spoons. The viewer bears witness to all of this via clips and interviews with those that were there.</p><p>During the final years of Lucille Ball’s life, Shostak worked tirelessly with her then-current husband to preserve her legacy. He also organized some of the first I Love Lucy festivals. As fate would have it, it was at one of these festivals that Shostak would meet a woman that would forever alter his life. Jeanine Kasun, much like Shostak, was a boomer and a child of television’s Golden Age. She went to festivals and networked with its stars much in the same way Shostak did.</p><p>While the pair become close, they choose to live apart from each other because of their eccentricities. Everything changes however when Kasun suffers a brain aneurism and is hospitalized. With her life hanging in the balance and in a lengthy coma, Kasun manages to pull through. Subsequently, Shostak takes his manic energy and channels it towards advocating on Kasun’s behalf to make sure she gets the care that she needs. This proves to be quite a challenge.<br /><br /></p><p>Analysis</p><p>Director C.J. Wallis deftly manages to make a documentary about a lifelong fan of televisions Golden Age. Yet, he turns it into a biting narrative on the gross ineptitude of the health care system in the United States. Normally, such a narrative shift in a fairly short documentary feature would cause the viewer to quickly lose focus and tune out. However, Wallis creates a perfect balance between the two tonal shifts. This is accomplished via careful editing, solid use of humor, and Shostak’s often overbearing yet unrelentingly positive personality. </p><p>Let’s not kid ourselves, this is a “feel good” documentary about a guy and his gal. We are rooting for them all the way and in the end, the payoff is fantastic. Wallis smartly bookends Stu’s Show with footage of Shostak’s wedding to the love of his life, replete with all of the Golden Age celebrities you could shake a stick at. The “home movie” footage of Lucille Ball is merely an added treat. Ms. Ball’s domineering yet jovial personality has clearly rubbed off on Shostak.</p><p>Shostak’s almost childlike love for old television shows, as well as his endearing love for Jeanine Kasun are what drive Stu’s Show forward. We see Shostak meeting and growing close with such TV legends as Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Dow, and Butch Patrick. Subsequently, we feel the genuine excitement for him. Television and film legend Ed Asner appears with Van Dyke and is interviewed shortly before Asner’s passing. This is an added bonus, especially when Asner and Van Dyke both gush about Shostak and Kasun. </p><p>As previously stated, the fabulous wedding at the end of Stu’s Show is a glorious way to close out Wallis’s fantastic documentary. This is especially true when we see all that Shostak and Kasun have been through just to get to this point. It’s also especially poignant to see that these icons of television’s Golden Age care enough about these two “outsiders” that they attend the wedding ceremony. It hits the viewer in all the right spots.<br /><br /></p><p>Conclusion</p><p>The great thing about watching Stu’s Show is that its central characters are so likable. Further, director C.J. Wallis shows us that these two central characters are both people that we all can associate with and relate to. They experience problems that we all have gone through. Additionally, Wallis drives home the point that chasing your dream is not a pointless and futile endeavor. Chasing one’s dreams is a good and attainable thing. This is evidenced by what Stu Shostak and Jeanine Kasum have achieved in their incredible lives.</p><p>Stu’s Show is produced by Mallory Kennedy and CJ Wallis. The film is directed by CJ Wallis and features Stu Shostak, Jeanine Kasun, Ed Asner, Margaret O’Brien, Tony Dow, Wink Martindale, Geri Jewell, Stanley Livingston, Betty White, and Lucille Ball.</p><p>Stu’s Show started streaming on major digital platforms on May 2, 2022.</p><p> </p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-43267476734642890632022-05-05T10:09:00.005-07:002022-05-05T10:09:56.982-07:00Stu's Show Review - North Shore Movies<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"3.5/5....A riveting and ultimately uplifting film!"</i></b></span></p><p>Stu Shostak loves television, especially the vintage shows of the ’50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. The documentary STU’S SHOW revels in this, both in exploring his own unusual career and presenting a parade of veteran actors who have become his friends. Then the film shifts from Stu’s love for the stars of TV’s past to a love story between him and a fellow fan, Jeanine Kasun. What makes this a riveting and ultimately uplifting film is that it’s because of him that she’s alive.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Shostak has an effervescent personality that bubbles over with his love of television. Early on he got a job giving out tickets to tapings of TV shows, working his way up to doing the “warm up” of audiences. Then he made a connection that would change his life. He met Lucille Ball who was taken not only by his enthusiasm but his depth of knowledge and willingness to work hard. He got to work on her final series, “Life With Lucy” as an assistant to Ball’s husband Gary Morton, and even – through Ball’s insistence – got to appear in an episode.</p><p>After the actress’s death in 1989, he got co-produced the “Loving Lucy” fan conventions devoted to her career, eventually meeting Jeanine Kasun, someone who was as fanatically devoted to classic TV as he was. Eventually they got together but, despite having been married, decided to maintain their own separate homes. Meanwhile, he began amassing an incredible archive of television memorabilia from old copies of TV Guide to films and videotapes of TV programs some of which he literally rescued from the dumpsters where they had been discarded. He also created a show on the internet in a pre-podcasting age where he interviewed many of his idols. Actors like Tony Dow (“Leave It To Beaver”), Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), and game show host Wink Martindale treated him as a colleague and friend.</p><p>That support system helped sustain him when Kasun collapsed with a brain aneurysm. As someone without an official tie to her – neither husband nor blood relative – he had no say over her treatment or ability to interact with the doctors and other medical staff treating her. In this part of the film we see that the same tenacity that got him from TV fan to TV historian and archivist could be marshaled in the cause of saving the woman he loved.</p><p>He learns that the choices for care – such as what facility she was sent to – could make a profound difference in her prognosis and simply refused to accept that he was powerless to do anything about it. Since the film opens with their wedding, it’s not a spoiler to note that their story has a real-life happy ending befitting two sitcom devotees who had enjoyed so many fictional ones.</p><p>“Stu’s Show” is an exercise in nostalgia where you may be surprised to greet the older versions of one-time child actors like Butch Patrick (Eddie from “The Munsters”) or Margaret O’Brien (Judy Garland’s little sister in “Meet Me In St. Louis”), but it’s also a chance to meet someone who showed that being a somewhat over-the-top fan is not incompatible with being a responsible and caring adult.</p><p><br />See <a href="https://northshoremovies.wpcomstaging.com/2022/05/05/review-stus-show/" target="_blank">the original review here</a></p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-41107343440601818722022-05-04T10:13:00.003-07:002022-05-05T16:31:43.590-07:00Stu's Show Review - The Movie Club<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DqKGs8BdX9e_iEZeGO9stikjjo9xqwyWB3gxupHF2R7jp7ZbaG_f2kjshERWnAF2ApTz4ypPff_uPzhldoSxHtWxHmyo6zt4QXiW2sGgi8IfREFWKvc-0NxSs1lqY9sL96dP829w3GE5xCpfC9OUkBOn_SwaZ8o3tjQuPMoKwMkS3CcmdpUlP-UgLQ/s1920/00.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1920" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DqKGs8BdX9e_iEZeGO9stikjjo9xqwyWB3gxupHF2R7jp7ZbaG_f2kjshERWnAF2ApTz4ypPff_uPzhldoSxHtWxHmyo6zt4QXiW2sGgi8IfREFWKvc-0NxSs1lqY9sL96dP829w3GE5xCpfC9OUkBOn_SwaZ8o3tjQuPMoKwMkS3CcmdpUlP-UgLQ/w643-h468/00.jpg" width="643" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"81%....No goal is too far out of reach. Ultimately, this is the message you’ll walk away from after watching “Stu’s Show.” Not a bad place to be when you first sat down to watch a documentary about Lucy!"</span></i></b><br /><br /><br />When settling down to watch “Stu’s Show,” a documentary about TV historian Stu Shostak, a collector of everything old television, you might be preparing to watch a documentary about him and his relationship with his idol Lucille Ball. That’s how it’s presented anyway.</p><p>However, set that thought aside and prepare for much more than a movie about Stu and his friend Lucy. Their knowing one another comes up, of course, but this movie is much more than super-fan Stu getting a chance to be on the show of the legendary comedians. It’s also about how he meets, gets to know and proposes to his wife, Jeanine Kasun. She, too, loves all things related to old TV shows, particularly the 1950s and 1960s.</p><p>By bringing Jeanine into the mix, what director C.J. Wallis has created with this film is, very much, two different worlds. The one that television has created for Stu and the one that Stu has created for himself.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Stu is rather animated and almost childlike in his love for old television shows. You’ll find yourself getting excited for him as he gets opportunities to meet and become close with people such as Butch Patrick from “The Munsters,” Tony Dow of “Leave it to Beaver” fame and Dick Van Dyke. Ed Asner is interviewed before his passing and only has nice things to say about Stu and Jeanine. In fact, everyone I’ve mentioned are mad about the couple and have become close enough to them that their wedding is quite the affair filled with people Stu has treasured most of his life. Who has a life like this but Stu? It’s unreal.</p><p>“Stu’s Show,” tells us that he got his start handing out tickets to bring in live audiences for the tapings of shows. He then moved up to that show’s warm-up guy. One show mentioned was “Silver Spoons.” It’s around this time that he meets Lucille Ball. Extensive knowledge of her and the history of her programs earns him not only her admiration but a speaking part in her latest production. She insists. Stu seems to have a lot of luck like this.</p><p>Later, going to conventions based on his love of Lucy and others, he makes lifelong connections. He gets help from those connections when he creates a radio program on the internet based on the subjects of those conventions. From what I can tell, he seems to be the person who started the modern-day Podcast.</p><p>From his days of recording “I Love Lucy” and other programs on Beta and VHS, he seems to have manifested for himself a life surrounded by what he loves most. Lucy, the woman who greenlit shows such as “Star Trek” and “Mission Impossible,” shows Stu loves, was giving a seminar on the art of television. It’s suggested to him that he not take the class because she’s not very nice. Adoring her, he takes it anyway. After befriending her, he decides then and there that he’ll never take unsolicited advice and instead always listen to his heart. Oh, what he would have missed out on had he not taken that class.</p><p>The documentary then gets very deep into his relationship with Jeanine. They meet at the Lucy convention, where he is hosting Lucy trivia contests. We learn who she is, and suddenly, she has a health issue that puts her in the hospital. A large part of the film is Stu’s fight with insurance companies and institutions where she is placed. Un-Stu-like, anger swells in him. As if choreographed, he gets enraged, which he displays physically as he explains what she means to him and what he’d do if she weren’t cared for properly. This is not the Stu from the beginning of the film.</p><p>That said, meeting them both is what’s so unique about the documentary. Wallis introduces us to someone we can all relate to. He may be going through some similar circumstances in life. Then, Wallis offers to us that no dream is impossible… no goal is too far out of reach. Ultimately, this is the message you’ll walk away from after watching “Stu’s Show.” Not a bad place to be when you first sat down to watch a documentary about Lucy.</p><p>“Stu’s Show” will be available on major digital platforms May 2, 2022.</p><p>See <a href="https://tmc.io/stus-show-movie-review/" target="_blank">the original review here</a></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-62596026813624731432022-05-02T09:10:00.003-07:002022-05-02T09:10:51.662-07:00Stu's Show Review - Forces Of Geek<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLRwKVEVT37sJqiVFK9LIpoPUPgWMwItxX0Rf9BBY1FlT4tCQgLTkoTQgR2BiIJwRttQAKE79Dn45eZtzQ0SD8vxRNCLcu7TUkGzskjt6uTbXATRKt7vauRzN4zOQs6NLPrLP6TRuXs5k59pheDh3bkSAkeLfEByF3Ueq9Td3frwD_5Rf6qYEggXE4g/s4096/00_FEATURE.15_14_16_10.Still005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="4096" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLRwKVEVT37sJqiVFK9LIpoPUPgWMwItxX0Rf9BBY1FlT4tCQgLTkoTQgR2BiIJwRttQAKE79Dn45eZtzQ0SD8vxRNCLcu7TUkGzskjt6uTbXATRKt7vauRzN4zOQs6NLPrLP6TRuXs5k59pheDh3bkSAkeLfEByF3Ueq9Td3frwD_5Rf6qYEggXE4g/w650-h343/00_FEATURE.15_14_16_10.Still005.jpg" width="650" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />"Educational and perhaps surprisingly entertaining considering the dark places it goes, in Stu’s Show, Wallis successfully documents a deep, abiding love story in which all of the diverse aspects of one man’s life come into play under some of the most harrowing circumstances one can ever imagine!"<br /></span></i></b><br /><br />I just watched this great new fairy tale movie.<p></p><p>It’s about this boy named Stu who has all these imaginary friends. He grows up to love a beautiful princess but she falls under an evil spell and it looks like she might sleep forever. But Stu doesn’t give up on her! He harnesses the strength and power he learned from his imaginary friends, and the friends become real, magical beings whose love helps revive the Princess!</p><p>Then, Stu and his Princess are married, with all their magical friends in attendance, and they live happily ever after.</p><p>An oversimplification, perhaps, but that’s the way I saw it.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Stu Shostak, the hero of Stu’s Show, the new documentary from CJ Wallis, grew up loving television shows and characters.</p><p>He later began to meet and actually work with some of the performers who played the characters he knew so well, including the late, great Lucille Ball.</p><p>If you’ve never met or seen him, you should know going in that Stu Shostak is a passionate man, obsessive in his love for classic television. He is also charming, funny, opinionated, incredibly knowledgeable, and with a loud, grating, obnoxious, in-your-face style that’s been known to drive some people bonkers! Whether he picked this up from Lucy or had it in him all along, it would actually come to serve him well in his dealings with unfeeling institutions and insurance companies.</p><p>When Stu’s girlfriend, Jeanine Kasun, suffered a brain aneurysm, she fell into a coma. Channeling the indomitable spirit of Lucy, Stu went on the offense, fighting both her condition and those who were not treating it properly (to say the least!). Scores of the actors and actresses who had become friends with Stu and Jeanine rallied around her in her time of need—and also helped try to keep Stu from killing anyone for mistreating her!</p><p>The documentary opens and closes with footage of Stu and Jeanine’s star-studded wedding ceremony after Stu simply refused to accept defeat and Jeanine defied the odds and began to recover.</p><p>By way of full disclosure, I was buying Betamax tapes of The Jack Benny Show from Stu way back in the 1980s, although I didn’t know him at the time. No, I came to know Stu through Mark Evanier’s plugging of Stu’s Internet Radio Show, also called Stu’s Show. In 2015, I even appeared on Stu’s Show as a guest—via a really poor phone connection—with Kathy Coleman, when we were plugging her autobiography. My wife and I both became fans and virtual friends of Stu and his charming and funny sidekick and co-host, Jeanine.</p><p>Stu’s Show, the movie, isn’t really about Stu’s talk show though.</p><p>Stu may have grown up watching Ozzie and Harriet, My Three Sons, and The Dick Van Dyke Show but at the end of the day, as is the case with all of us, Stu, himself, is the star of his own life, his own show. This documentary plays as a “very special episode,” and features a lot of familiar guest stars including Margaret O’Brien, Beverly Washburn, Michael Cole, Ed Asner, Geri Jewell, Stan Livingston, Butch Patrick, and many more, but in the end, it’s still an episode of Stu’s Show.</p><p>Stu’s friendship with Lucy is an important part of who Stu is as a person. Like everyone else in America for decades, he met Lucy from her various TV series—I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, and Here’s Lucy. Unlike most of the rest of us, though, he got to meet and eventually work with Lucy in real life, even appearing in her final series, Life with Lucy. It’s their close relationship that highlights the early part of this documentary.</p><p>They say “Never meet your heroes.” We’re told here, as elsewhere, how demanding and unwavering TV’s greatest redhead could be in real life, how she always had to be tougher than the men as a female executive. We’re also shown a few hints of that here in rare, behind the scenes footage. Lucy was a woman who trusted her well-honed instincts, knew what she wanted in every circumstance, and simply never saw any reason to accept no as an answer. Whether or not he realized it at the time, Stu clearly learned a lot from Lucy.</p><p>It was a shared love of Lucy that eventually brought Stu Shostak and Jeanine Kasun together in their wonderful nerdy romance. After all, what’s a guy to do when he meets a woman who, like him, can quote classic TV sitcom dialogue?</p><p>Stu and Jeanine were enjoying a lovely relationship but chose not to marry. Although it seemed like a good idea at the time, this would sadly lead to some major problems when attempting to deal later with her medical needs. With very little warning, Jeanine collapsed one day while on the phone with Stu, beginning the couple’s fall down a most unexpected and unwanted rabbit hole.</p><p>Director CJ Wallis has accomplished a splendid job of introducing the real-life characters of his film and balancing the various concurrent tales herein. There’s a considerable amount of humor throughout, and yet we aren’t spared the nightmarish aspects of Jeanine’s situation and Stu’s seemingly endless struggles to get her the proper care, to get her back. It’s a tough wire to walk and yet Wallis makes it all the way across, right up to this fairy tale’s happy ending.</p><p>By the time we end up at the wedding, the viewer is so invested in our heroes that the feels—as the young folk say— hit hard when Jeanine comes walking down the aisle past all the familiar faces that all of us of a certain age grew up with, too. Stu Shostak’s former imaginary TV friends came through for Jeanine and Stu in the real world. They were there for her long and difficult recovery, and they turned out en masse for their wedding. Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow) was even Stu’s Best Man!</p><p>Educational and perhaps surprisingly entertaining considering the dark places it goes, in Stu’s Show, Wallis successfully documents a deep, abiding love story in which all of the diverse aspects of one man’s life come into play under some of the most harrowing circumstances one can ever imagine. But, man, you gotta love a happy ending!</p><p>See <a href="https://forcesofgeek.com/2022/05/stus-show-review.html" target="_blank">the original review</a> here</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-91186217349214708022022-05-01T10:58:00.006-07:002022-05-01T10:58:54.620-07:00Stu's Show Review - Impulse Gaming<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_njrRh3OajFKqjbRlubSdeb-xfBiwV1e7ekGZy-_nBB-q0bP0zj7RQe6X6vK3VrgnoknYjgtA4FxCfIyIHL2cBxzJSXRBeZ_pngBzxb6DlOVY0C7nZVY2tyJY8BwUbVDGK1munTAV8hD_1KN5WP92sLD9UuDC3w9uxK96IYh23xTHxixQF8OBYvNLA/s1284/240997508_10159439507721100_1965254939606038238_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1284" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_njrRh3OajFKqjbRlubSdeb-xfBiwV1e7ekGZy-_nBB-q0bP0zj7RQe6X6vK3VrgnoknYjgtA4FxCfIyIHL2cBxzJSXRBeZ_pngBzxb6DlOVY0C7nZVY2tyJY8BwUbVDGK1munTAV8hD_1KN5WP92sLD9UuDC3w9uxK96IYh23xTHxixQF8OBYvNLA/w593-h541/240997508_10159439507721100_1965254939606038238_n.jpg" width="593" /></a></b></span></div><b style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />"3.75/5....In the doom and gloom of a post Covid-world “Stu’s show” is like a technicolour burst of life and an enthusiastic love letter to pop culture!" </i></b><p></p><p>Stu Shostak knows there’s no business like show business. This TV archivist and historian has been working in Tinseltown since offering tickets to live tapings and playing the warm-up guy. His love of TV is infectious, as the documentary “Stu’s Show” proves. The film is warm and bubbly look at love, loss and a lady named Lucy.<br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>This film from CJ Wallis has two major narrative arcs. The first is a nostalgic look at classic TV by one of the medium’s biggest fans. Shostak has many feathers to his cap, as he is also known as a podcaster. He interviews his famous friends from the golden age of TV and waxes lyrical about his love of old programs like “I Love Lucy” and “The Flintstones.” In some ways this is like an answer to “I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story” for TV’s Golden Age.</p><p>The other part of this story is about Shostak’s own leading lady, Jeanine Kasun, and she also loves television. She had a brain aneurism and Shostak was a protective partner who railed against the failings of the US healthcare system. It is quite a different change in tact and yet it somehow all comes together and works. Shostak and Kasun prove that they have had one rich and intriguing life, even if they aren’t household names.</p><p>No surprises that this film has cameos from those famous TV stars the couple admire. In a way this documentary becomes like a Lucille Ball documentary, as Shostak reminisces about working for he during her twilight years. These scenes should appeal to fans of her show and the other programs by contributors like “The Munsters,” “The Mod Squad” and “The Facts of Life,” etc.</p><p>In the doom and gloom of a post Covid-world “Stu’s show” is like a technicolour burst of life and an enthusiastic love letter to pop culture. The stories are interesting and you will sit there wishing you were friends with these delightful souls. “Stu’s Show” may have some dark elements at times but ultimately this is a fun look at TV’s ultimate fan. “Stu’s show” proves life can be rich and fun, if you remain true to your authentic self and find your people.</p><p>See <a href="https://www.impulsegamer.com/stus-show-film-review/" target="_blank">the original page here</a>!</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-22595635012341477332022-04-30T06:17:00.005-07:002022-04-30T06:18:31.219-07:00Stu's Show Review - MovieHole<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6l97AIbNBF4fGEH9wOgmqYZxUuLG7qo12dm8I49CjIhJqitYIjE4CjjJt70XPm8a7tFTxzKsB6jC-0wCvEE_ubrSgxH9OQPp7khTwDncXU0L3QbqA4IanoTejouX7xeivlGQs0K2OEE2kZK-Jf6iVQ_5XrkBUY7w6zqR1dX7RQcoD8G5G193_nYwqeA/s2048/86698205_10162975172700246_141866940200124416_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6l97AIbNBF4fGEH9wOgmqYZxUuLG7qo12dm8I49CjIhJqitYIjE4CjjJt70XPm8a7tFTxzKsB6jC-0wCvEE_ubrSgxH9OQPp7khTwDncXU0L3QbqA4IanoTejouX7xeivlGQs0K2OEE2kZK-Jf6iVQ_5XrkBUY7w6zqR1dX7RQcoD8G5G193_nYwqeA/w615-h324/86698205_10162975172700246_141866940200124416_n.jpg" width="615" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />"...it’s clear that Shostak has more than left his mark on the game...And with “Stu’s Show”, so has director C.J Wallis. Bravo"</span></i></b><p></p><p>A delightful companion piece to Paramount+’s “The Offer”, Upstream Flix and director CJ Wallis have “Stu’s Show”, another showbizy-yarn chronicling a story you likely haven’t read about in EW or Variety.</p><p>While the former concentrates on household names like Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, “Stu’s Show” turns its spotlight on a lesser-known but no less influential industry figure: Stu Shostak.<br /><br /><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Shostak, a super fan turned TV host and historian, has an interesting tale. From his avid collecting, love of old school Hollywood (in particular the television shows of the time), and his friendship and business relationship with the iconic Lucille Ball, he’s led quite a unique life. Via the many famous folks speaking on camera, including Ed Asner and Tony Dow, it’s clear that Shostak has more than left his mark on the game.<p></p><p>And with “Stu’s Show”, so has director C.J Wallis. Bravo.</p><p><br />Check out <a href="https://moviehole.net/at-home-the-offer-vinyl-nation-barbee-rehab-crush/" target="_blank">the site</a> here.</p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-81593249886795773482022-04-29T19:48:00.007-07:002022-04-30T06:17:49.399-07:00Stu's Show Review - Film Threat<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXZisSQD65XK2OdUero0pYnE6XQVT6wcKUAoCQsC1t-qCNHl2ZjSrrD79hSL-LJgv5s6URQiVpFamoXkhCqNNdKf0KH3x2DbCySChI2_QJgQm2I2rxqpUEm-hv4NL2DFQSs9kzhaAxho8aBIYEuTb1DC5_MpTdGfKCIg2zz54edwFwmOsTaXF_n8wRw/s2880/39314_1397405054932_2613758_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2880" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXZisSQD65XK2OdUero0pYnE6XQVT6wcKUAoCQsC1t-qCNHl2ZjSrrD79hSL-LJgv5s6URQiVpFamoXkhCqNNdKf0KH3x2DbCySChI2_QJgQm2I2rxqpUEm-hv4NL2DFQSs9kzhaAxho8aBIYEuTb1DC5_MpTdGfKCIg2zz54edwFwmOsTaXF_n8wRw/w631-h410/39314_1397405054932_2613758_n.jpg" width="631" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;">"8.5/10…boundless energy and excitement jump off the screen..."</span></i></b><p></p><p><br />Stuart Shostak, the subject of director C.J. Wallis’ Stu’s Show, reminds me of a much livelier and entertaining version of Marvel’s The Watcher. The titular super fan collects reels, Betamax, VHS tapes, and DVDs for everything from the Golden Era of television and on. I can relate a bit on a much smaller scale because I used to record Late Night with Conan O’Brien every night on VHS. There was a certain magical feeling in being able to rewatch a tape in the days before DVRs and streaming when you never knew if something special you saw would show up again in a rerun.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>The documentary is a fascinating look at two very different stories. It opens with Shostak’s star-studded wedding to longtime girlfriend and fellow TV junkie Jeanine Kasun. The affair is filled with celebrities of yesteryear, such as Ed Asner, Dick Van D**e, and Wink Martindale. The first portion focuses on Shostak’s passion for the shows of that generation, his friendship with Lucille Ball, his love story, and Shostak’s career in the entertainment industry.</p><p>Amazingly, Shostak actually became good friends with many of his television idols out of a good amount of both sheer will and luck. For example, Ball became his mentor and friend, even getting him a speaking part on one of her shows. Shostak paints a picture of Ball as a compassionate motherly figure who had a firm grasp on every aspect of show business, as opposed to the nasty “never meet your heroes” kind of person that others have made her out to be.</p><p>I grew up watching Nick at Nite reruns of shows that Shostak adores, like My Three Sons and Leave it to Beaver. It was the early days of pop culture entertainment, which like the subject here, I’ve been obsessed with for my entire life. Will viewers who don’t know about or care for the Golden Age of Television be invested in Stu’s Show? I believe so because Stu Shostak is an interesting character in his own right. His boundless energy and excitement jump off the screen, giving the first half a light and upbeat tone.</p><p>The second half takes an unflinching look at some of the horrors of the healthcare industry. The film takes a dark downturn when Shostak and some of his famous friends describe the kind of neglect and mistreatment Kasun received in multiple facilities after a life-threatening condition. Shostak had to devote all of his time and energy to making sure that she got even the most basic of care because the staff was overwhelmed and/or simply didn’t put in the effort unless someone was watching. Justifiably so, Shostak was rightfully livid at this.</p><p>I had just watched the documentary Pharma Bro, which is about a villainous type of person who raised the cost of a life-saving drug by 800% out of sheer greed, right before viewing this. I can only conclude that the state of health care in the United States is in shambles. It’s a sobering reality that I hope enough people will care to enact change one day (possibly after viewing films like these).</p><p>The end of Stu’s Show features a bit more of the joyous wedding. My only minor criticism is that I wish this part of the movie was longer after the downer about healthcare right before. On the other hand, I love the revelation that Shostak’s major goal in life was to be a warm-up entertainer for television shows (which he did for many years) because it shows that we don’t all have to have grand ambitions in order to be fulfilled.</p><p>Stu’s Show will be available on VOD on May 2, 2022.</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-71714278177579495382022-04-28T10:03:00.001-07:002022-05-02T10:07:36.650-07:00Stu's Show Review - RedCarpetCrash<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRLE5dN3CwBgh3WFZoIHAVDCIS73gWWUss7JMl2KF-njJGVjdqnL-U6B5a1X55ESYX-uPCazg0YKj4C1ao4zGVGKQ5f8Awqxl1cp9oSQzNFFJou_hfUlRDqIZBf_xzXfALF_s8mGXWrckLIlRrUqaPT_8jMdmki_U_7j8g2ebftfCuvP7WBuXMstG5Q/s1920/1920x1080%20-%20Still%20BG3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRLE5dN3CwBgh3WFZoIHAVDCIS73gWWUss7JMl2KF-njJGVjdqnL-U6B5a1X55ESYX-uPCazg0YKj4C1ao4zGVGKQ5f8Awqxl1cp9oSQzNFFJou_hfUlRDqIZBf_xzXfALF_s8mGXWrckLIlRrUqaPT_8jMdmki_U_7j8g2ebftfCuvP7WBuXMstG5Q/w659-h371/1920x1080%20-%20Still%20BG3.jpg" width="659" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"You may recognize many of the faces interviewed here, but you’ll surely recognize the love Stu showed for Jeanine!"</span></i></b></p><p>Greetings again from the darkness. We tend to pay little attention to historians and archivists until we need them. By then, their importance cannot be overstated. If you know the name Stuart Shostak, it’s likely you assume this documentary from CJ Wallis will be about Stu’s internet talk show and his commitment to preserving ‘classic’ TV shows. If that’s your assumption, you will be partially correct, but also in for quite a surprise. Much of the film is dedicated to Stu’s personal life … a life that sets a strong example on how to hustle and how to care for loved ones in need.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>“Stu’s Show” serves as both the title of this documentary and the title of Mr. Shostak’s internet talk show where the format involves interviewing those who were involved in television during the 1950s through the 1980s. Stu is a staunch believer that these folks (many of whom the industry has long ago forgotten) deserve to tell their stories, and we benefit from hearing them. Stu himself takes us on the tour of his studio and warehouse, both of which are located in his home. He points out shelf after shelf of archival footage in a variety of formats – from film to digital. This is no casual collection. Rather it’s 50-plus years of work from the man who served as the personal archivist for none other than Lucille Ball over the last 10 years of her life.</p><p>Stu walks us through the early days of how he started working as a ticket hawker/procurer for TV shows – the guy responsible for making sure the audience seats were filled (this was in the days when many shows were filmed in front of a live studio audience). He then worked as the warm-up act ahead of filming episodes for shows like “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Silver Spoons”, prior to his affiliation with the legendary Lucy on her final TV series. All of this is documented through clips and interviews from those that were there. Many of the recollections focus on Stu’s personality. “Exuberant” and “enthusiastic” are often used to describe him, and it seems what appealed to Lucy was his willingness to hustle after what he wanted (a trait they shared).<br /><br />Classic TV lovers will appreciate Stu’s dedication to keeping the past alive; however, it’s the second half of the film that gives us the real reason to respect him as a person. After Lucy died in 1989, Stu co-founded a “Loving Lucy” convention, and one of the most loyal attendees was Jeanine Kasun. Stu and Jeanine shared a love of classic TV and would quote dialogue back and forth, thus establishing a bond that was quite special. For many years, the two were very close, though choosing to live apart in recognition of their individual quirks. But things changed quickly when Jeanine suffered a brain aneurism and was rushed to the hospital with her life in danger. Despite an extended coma and being written off as soon-to-die, Jeanine hung in. Equally impressive is how Stu became her advocate. He turned his penchant for excitable talking into ensuring that his beloved Jeanine received the treatment she needed, in spite of the challenges faced by her situation and the state of the healthcare system.</p><p>Most of us have experienced some frustration and a swell of emotion when visiting a loved one in the hospital. But Stu rallied friends and the stream of visiting celebrities surely did not go unnoticed by hospital personnel. Jeanine’s recovery was a slow process involving multiple hospitals and caregivers, and Stu spent as much time with her as possible. Bookending the film is video from their wedding … a ceremony with the look of a classic TV reunion attended by many of the celebrities Stu had interviewed over the years, including Tony Dow (Wally in “Leave it to Beaver”) as the Best Man. You may recognize many of the faces interviewed here, but you’ll surely recognize the love Stu showed for Jeanine.</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-28607229710179255232022-04-27T13:45:00.001-07:002022-05-02T09:12:40.235-07:00Stu's Show Review - BattleRoyalWithCheese <p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnw7updTv6XFAaq90n478Lu9WP5MhZhEV3E3twYHRiphh9JwWXdILGnwXYtAnqsP_QmwOw1fit-2URvW7w5mzDfxhshHuxHNp_AWV7i_lgJK2gemT63wwrI6XadkCUYekiuiY1JEYfECZagjUJcnNscjRaw-OlwWoqiDx8NvtXpb-PyoKvWBbPXhmoqg/s2880/180629_1604469231407_7904184_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="2880" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnw7updTv6XFAaq90n478Lu9WP5MhZhEV3E3twYHRiphh9JwWXdILGnwXYtAnqsP_QmwOw1fit-2URvW7w5mzDfxhshHuxHNp_AWV7i_lgJK2gemT63wwrI6XadkCUYekiuiY1JEYfECZagjUJcnNscjRaw-OlwWoqiDx8NvtXpb-PyoKvWBbPXhmoqg/w649-h432/180629_1604469231407_7904184_n.jpg" width="649" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />"It’s clear that nobody should get in between him and the love of his life"<br /></span></i></b><br />Stu’s Show: Review<p></p><p>Stuart Shostak is probably the biggest Lucille Ball fan you’re ever likely to meet – besides his wife that is. As a young man he was obsessed with the golden age of American television and would spend hours going through clips that he would painstakingly put together, in order to create a documentary about his favourite era.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Then one day whilst working on Life with Lucy, Stu plucked up the courage to give Lucille Ball his work and show her what he had done, and from that moment on Lucille Ball changed his life forever. Now working to keep her work and others alive including people such as Dick van Dyke, Ed Asner and Betty White, Stu decided to start his own internet television show. A show where he interviewed all the brightest and the best of television.</p><p>Stu’s Show is a documentary all about the life and career of Stu Shostak which picks up right where he met Lucille Ball and goes even further than he’d ever imagine. Starting out as a friend of Ball’s, Stu would make her life’s work his own and carry on her legacy long after her death which he still does today. However, for those who may be unfamiliar with Shostak and his work, they may start to wonder if he’s just a loving fan or an obsessive opportunist.</p><p>After all, once Lucille Ball died then Stu’s life and career with her could have been over if he hadn’t started conventions in her name and married the biggest fan on the circuit. However, there is another side to Stu’s story and it’s one that’s very personal. Because of course this is Stu’s Show and this is his life. So, the documentary then turns to the relationship he has with his then girlfriend and the issues she had whilst recovering from a coma.</p><p>What started out as a light hearted brush with fame becomes a damning indictment of the American medical system. With stories about inadequate care and the rising costs of insurance which meant that his love’s life hung in the balance, it’s enough to make anybody’s blood boil.</p><p>That’s also where it shows Stu Shostak at his most passionate. Because as the documentary shows Stu retelling those stories, it’s clear that nobody should get in between him and the love of his life.</p><p>You could either see Stu Shostak as a man obsessed with celebrity so much that he wanted to be one, or you could see a man whose life led him to new and wonderful places. However, nobody can deny that it’s Stu’s Show and he told it in his own way.</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-6515510580519448012022-04-26T07:34:00.001-07:002022-04-27T07:44:55.599-07:00Stu's Show Review - Vocal<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywMVJrlg2HJaqsSZwWoRGMpy-nIWboDmyXtmt68gbldx4uuCWxpcvmZ-Z-o5Fp63kp_bM69xAMI86iO8hfX2kqDby8DfNQ8aKdouRD-3EcqNeZ_F2AsMavs6qIW21673zI3m3DzlgjZpn7krhLii6II3vDuZVmIcUP5WTwCbNUBi-OvPw8tDk2Yd7Dg/s720/6266a91313e634001e1b2e70.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="720" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywMVJrlg2HJaqsSZwWoRGMpy-nIWboDmyXtmt68gbldx4uuCWxpcvmZ-Z-o5Fp63kp_bM69xAMI86iO8hfX2kqDby8DfNQ8aKdouRD-3EcqNeZ_F2AsMavs6qIW21673zI3m3DzlgjZpn7krhLii6II3vDuZVmIcUP5WTwCbNUBi-OvPw8tDk2Yd7Dg/w643-h394/6266a91313e634001e1b2e70.jpg" width="643" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />"Stu’s Show is more than one documentary and they are both pretty terrific."</span></i></b><p></p><p>Documentary Review: 'Stu's Show' is a Documentary about Showbiz, Love and Healthcare</p><p>Stu’s Show begins as one kind of documentary and ends as something completely different, richer, and more thoughtful. What looks like the story of a Hollywood outsider who became an unlikely ally and friend to the stars of the Golden Age of Television, slowly morphs into a harrowing story about our modern Healthcare system and the people on the fringes of society who are forced to struggle and risk death to get the care they need from an often uncaring and indifferent healthcare system.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Stu Shostak is a boomer, he grew up at a time when television was new and parents moving into the working world created a generation of kids whose babysitters were I Love Lucy reruns and family meals were held in front of televisions with Leave it to Beaver and My Three Sons providing the soundtrack. Family time was TV time and Stu Shostak became obsessed with the stars of the so-called Golden Age of Television.</p><p>As a grown up, Stu found his way to the fringes of the television world. He started out in menial jobs in Hollywood before getting his big break as a warm up comedian before episodes of the television series Silver Spoons. That gig eventually placed Stu in the orbit of his all time television hero, Lucille Ball. For the last years of Lucy’s life, Stu was a constant presence in her varying projects. With Lucy’s husband, he helped to preserve Lucy’s legacy and organized I love Lucy festivals.</p><p>Unknown to Stu at the time, a woman in the crowd at the first I Love Lucy festival in Hollywood was a woman who would change his life. Jeanine Kasun was just like Stu, a child of television who watched those golden age shows with the same obsessive glee. She attended festivals and made connections with the stars of old shows the same way Stu did, through enthusiastic fandom and an encyclopedic dedication to television history.</p><p>It wasn’t until years later that Stu and Jeanine would meet and fall in love. Stu adapted to the internet age very quickly by starting a very early form of internet radio show. Stu’s Show began as Stu sharing his love for old television shows and his efforts to preserve television history and telling stories about his time with Lucy and working as a warm up comic. He then expanded to having a regular coterie of guests from the Golden Age of Television.</p><p>Jeanine became a dedicated listener to Stu’s Show and eventually became a contributor, calling in to share her own love of classic television. Stu was so impressed with Jeanine’s knowledge of the Golden Age of Television that falling in love was a quick process. Jeanne moved to near where Stu lived and though they had separate homes, they were, for all intents and purposes, a married couple, if not in the legal sense. That becomes important in the second half of this story.</p><p>Stu and Jeanine saw no need to get married. Then Jeanine had a stroke. It was devastating and it appeared that she might not survive. As tough as that news was, it became even more difficult because Stu could not make her medical decisions. Being that they were not married, all of Jeanine’s medical decisions had to be made by family members who were not there. Those family members, though they cared, had no idea the horrors that Stu was facing having to find a care facility that would actually take care of Jeanine.</p><p>Stu’s Show shines a light on something that, as Americans, we’ve somehow come to accept as part of our culture. In nearly every corner of the country there is a care facility where, if you ask residents about it, they say something like ‘oh, you don’t want to end up there.’ Stu encounters one such facility where patients were left sitting in hallways for hours on end, untended to or cared for. Patients are left in filth, develop bed sores and infections from lack of care as an overburdened staff struggles to keep up.</p><p>These underfunded facilities are horror shows where mostly poor people who suffered devastating injuries or illnesses requiring care and rehabilitation face death for the simple lack of insurance or a lack of money that could put them into a facility more capable of providing the comprehensive care that might save their life. Stu and Jeanine are lucky enough to have doctors on their side, and just enough money that Jeanine doesn’t have to stay in one of these facilities, but it is a harrowing story that you must see to believe.</p><p>Most of Stu’s Show is the wholesome story of a TV loving guy and the TV loving gal he fell in love with and the stars and shows that brought them together. But it’s also a story about the abject horrors that our current healthcare system visits upon those who may not have the money to afford the kind of care that helps to keep people alive. Jeanine’s stroke was fully survivable and she still nearly died and her story is a damning indictment of the healthcare industry in America.</p><p>Stu’s Show is more than one documentary and they are both pretty terrific. One is a wholesome story about a showbiz personality and his undying love of classic television shows. The other is a harrowing tale of the failures of the American healthcare system. It’s quite something that both of these stories work so well together. Director C.J Wallis was blessed with Stu Shostak, a personality who merges these two stories so incredibly well.</p><p>Stu’s Show will be available for streaming rental on May 3rd, 2022.</p><div><br /></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-7015857397325984432022-04-12T13:12:00.002-07:002022-04-12T13:14:03.068-07:00Stu's Show Review - (re)Search My Trash<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rTGgegCbozDAG9lihfNCjkFVBC0YmCXn0trtlwznjOq1WhxHbrVdhNZ8pK36mANDpnsAt8efVmfoObz4-jGmKyWdY_tKgB6KahF-uh3TTA0SmvRA7RBo15Y1nKjycEmpBpNH6_hK6bsFHbzgTE-ZC4JpNvQ8sX-2CYXAWfqx8LUES6IhrP1ib2LLIA/s3840/00_FEATURE.00_46_52_08.Still024.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2034" data-original-width="3840" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rTGgegCbozDAG9lihfNCjkFVBC0YmCXn0trtlwznjOq1WhxHbrVdhNZ8pK36mANDpnsAt8efVmfoObz4-jGmKyWdY_tKgB6KahF-uh3TTA0SmvRA7RBo15Y1nKjycEmpBpNH6_hK6bsFHbzgTE-ZC4JpNvQ8sX-2CYXAWfqx8LUES6IhrP1ib2LLIA/w645-h344/00_FEATURE.00_46_52_08.Still024.jpg" width="645" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>"...so whether or not any of the series quoted in the movie or the names Lucille Ball, Edward Asner, Butch Patrick and whoever else mean anything much to you, this is just a well-told documentary with a not only for the genre strong narrative arc, and a good sense for storytelling!"<br /></i></b></span></p><p>review by Mike Haberfelner</p><p>When Stuart Shostak got married to his longtime girlfriend Jeanine Kasun, it felt a little bit like a celebration of yesteryear's (as in 1960s and 70s) television, what with many of the TV-stars, showrunners and whatnot still alive in attendance. And it shouldn't be all that surprising, as for years Stuart has run a wildly popular podcast, aptly titles Stu's Show, inviting showbiz royalty every week, besides being a passionate private archivist of TV programs of old.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>It all started way way back though, when as a college kid Stuart, decided he wanted to break into the entertainment industry - at first as a ticket hawker, but eventually he was promoted to warm-up comedian. A decisive moment in his life came when he made the acquaintance of Lucille Ball, whom he'd been a fan of since her I Love Lucy Days, and became her personal film archivist, as well as working on her short-lived series Life with Lucy in the 1980s, where he even appeared on camera in one episode. Lucille Ball died in 1989 but remained a strong influence on Stuart's life nevertheless, as he started organizing Lucy-conventions - where he eventually met Jeanine Kasun, a massive Lucy fan herself. Now it stands to argue whether the predilection for a certain TV series is the best foundation for a long relationship as a rule, but it certainly was in Stuart and Jeanine's case as when she became gravely ill and was given up by pretty much everyone, he fought for her and with her, and their "showbiz" wedding that started the movie was really only the happy ending of all they've been going through together ...</p><p>Of course, it helps to be a fan of vintage television to enjoy Stu's Show - but while this is of course the framing of the movie and really Stuart Shotak's life as such, the film is about more than just that, isn't just a blind celebration of yesteryear's show business but veers from anecdote-filled picaresque of Stuart's early days into downright drama when it comes to Jeanine's illness and his handling of the situation, to end on a high note that realy finds the movie's way back to its TV theme rather effortlessly - so whether or not any of the series quoted in the movie or the names Lucille Ball, Edward Asner, Butch Patrick and whoever else mean anything much to you, this is just a well-told documentary with a not only for the genre strong narrative arc, and a good sense for storytelling. And the result is, quite unsurprisingly, a very enjoyable watch.</p><div><a href="http://www.searchmytrash.com/movies/stusshow(2022).shtml" target="_blank">Click here</a> to view the article.</div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-12054262192105203602022-04-09T07:42:00.002-07:002022-04-09T07:42:49.003-07:00Stu's Show Documentary Releasing May 2nd!<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7PZYmYAVgQ0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Courtesy Upstream Flix, the brand-new trailer for CJ Wallis’s comprehensive new film on TV historian Stu Shostak.</p><p>The pic, premiering May 2 on digital, features screen-legends Tony Dow (“Leave it to Beaver”), Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”), the late Ed Asner (“Lou Grant”), Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”), Academy Award Winner Margaret O’Brien, Geri Jewell and many, many more.</p><p>Shostak got his start handing out tickets to Norman Lear sitcom tapings to people in Hollywood and parlayed that into doing audience warm-ups prior to tapings for shows such as “All In The Family” and “One Day At A Time”.</p><p>The film also indirectly tells the story of television legend Lucille Ball who, contrast to popular belief, was an extremely kind and generous person who treated those around her like family. Ball is hired to hold Q&A’s at a Los Angeles based College which provides a window of opportunity that alters the course of Stu’s life. Shostak’s encyclopedic knowledge of Ball’s career earns his way into becoming an essential part of her small inner circle as her archivist and assistant to her husband Gary Morton.</p><p>After Ball passes away, Shostak pioneers what we know now as “podcasting”, hosting internet shows interviewing celebrity cast and crew of the golden age of television. He also co-produces the widely successful LOVING LUCY conventions which welcomed prior cast, crew and superfans from around the world to come together for a few days to celebrate their love of I Love Lucy.</p><p>At one of these Loving Lucy conventions Stu meets Jeanine Kasun, a music teacher and Lucy super-fan, who noticed Shostak hosting game shows, events and trivia contests. The two speak on the phone at length and eventually begin dating until Jeanine suffers a brain aneurysm and the two, alongside the legends of television, enter into a war with the medical industry to keep her alive.</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-70923723929211528922022-01-21T15:16:00.002-08:002022-01-21T15:16:36.359-08:00Curren$y & Alchemist "Continuance" Album Artwork Released!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMRwZ9hcKSfuoEZJdvrtLIqYbe9DWXiDT9agLmeod33FSEpQxNusuGRSzeAjb38DgaxPNgYD8ivcUVf8aWiemxIxmvI9xox7Ymnl9n7pA_dIQn_If-rh2aALy4xhSyxSO5aCbK3fwfYnblmsWgfNIW0wCkZo0qKHGodG82zqck0ZsH3dssHWFskPDgaw=s3600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMRwZ9hcKSfuoEZJdvrtLIqYbe9DWXiDT9agLmeod33FSEpQxNusuGRSzeAjb38DgaxPNgYD8ivcUVf8aWiemxIxmvI9xox7Ymnl9n7pA_dIQn_If-rh2aALy4xhSyxSO5aCbK3fwfYnblmsWgfNIW0wCkZo0qKHGodG82zqck0ZsH3dssHWFskPDgaw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
Curren$y has released the artwork for the upcoming Covert Coup sequel produced by Alchemist called "Continuance". The artwork is by CJ Wallis. <br /><br />Grab one of the remaining <a href="https://www.fortyfps.store/product/forty-cover-designs" target="_blank">Birdseyeview Print Series 2</a> which is a full set of premium prints of 40 Spitta album covers with over half the boxes containing a limited foil print or autograph!
<br /><br />Check out our continuing <a href="http://www.fortyfps.com/album-artwork.htm">archive of designs here</a>!FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-15949681841646794392021-12-23T08:37:00.005-08:002021-12-23T15:05:37.728-08:00Curren$y's "Pilot Talk 4" Artwork Released!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgskGLbiDr8T0ptnGC8J98Q7tMxgokkxRhd1kmkGBV2G2TZzL8W_JaOIjPA0dTXSHh5FBVNzy4pqzW8bFRgNiQucyfZDp-Aaib2gOMRmR72YiYvG-ZbK-OXXidZnbeHyOK38slc-2VtX7K4H1vn7_NtaK_d44MKtF5ljAuYNfzrBHKEtL3OjmrhSZ68UQ=s3000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgskGLbiDr8T0ptnGC8J98Q7tMxgokkxRhd1kmkGBV2G2TZzL8W_JaOIjPA0dTXSHh5FBVNzy4pqzW8bFRgNiQucyfZDp-Aaib2gOMRmR72YiYvG-ZbK-OXXidZnbeHyOK38slc-2VtX7K4H1vn7_NtaK_d44MKtF5ljAuYNfzrBHKEtL3OjmrhSZ68UQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span>Curren$y has released the artwork for the fourth installment of the fan-favorite "Pilot Talk" series produced by Ski Beatz. The artwork is by CJ Wallis. </span><p>Grab one of the remaining <a href="http://www.fortyfps.store/product/forty-cover-designs" target="_blank">Birdseyeview Print Series 2</a> which is a full set of premium prints of 40 Spitta album covers with over half the boxes containing a limited foil print or autograph!</p><p>Check out our continuing <a href="http://www.fortyfps.com/album-artwork.htm">archive of designs</a> here!</p><p><br /><br /><b><u>UPDATE: 12/23/21</u></b><br /><br />The tracklisting artwork for Curren$y's Pilot Talk 4 has been released. The album is made up of ten tracks produced by Ski Beatz and features J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A on Audio Dope 6! <br /><br />Pilot Talk 4 releases Friday, December 24th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjijegIETBVLEz5-wP16eriVSwST3Ycyr10eWmlwKncaNBYueCMZJbF_azNC5aV-EcJJQZLfqjn6T-Uepak4O4-eluFTcVCpW4J35T036PuLPEqqXdRjnmP3liAoQwycxdizHnCTRYZSwhz-YB4PDC67Rndv1S57_cCZ8iJTKFMuCFUxpiLsVVNd1BoIg=s3600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjijegIETBVLEz5-wP16eriVSwST3Ycyr10eWmlwKncaNBYueCMZJbF_azNC5aV-EcJJQZLfqjn6T-Uepak4O4-eluFTcVCpW4J35T036PuLPEqqXdRjnmP3liAoQwycxdizHnCTRYZSwhz-YB4PDC67Rndv1S57_cCZ8iJTKFMuCFUxpiLsVVNd1BoIg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br />FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-33166054007666079102021-12-10T10:21:00.012-08:002021-12-10T10:24:24.644-08:00Curren$y's "Pilot Talk 4" Animated Teasers Released!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='567' height='557' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzoLSmnCgWCp_RV5tydZra4xTBSr5tezUzsVE8BvbEJzZ4E0pYhXW2jMcKeJ5tqduuvqnMnsfUX5p-4ozhNOw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p>The first of our animated previews of Curren$y's artwork for "Pilot Talk 4" has been released with an exclusive track from the album. Curren$y posted: "Let’s start rolling this out. Here’s a diagnostic test. Let’s see if you can see the vision. #pilottalk4</p><p><br /></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-35397052710000542132021-12-07T16:38:00.008-08:002021-12-07T17:11:45.213-08:00CJ Wallis Thrillist Interview on PT Anderson Website<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiuUl3QKgR-nr0FAsdrj6dbe-fS9-fkEQslHO3uyHymiCmb3jU_nWW7j1txBeDX0klKVDkjAH1VD0iRtUDgBZr_8-BblBirUH1OFEQ5P7eJJ83y5pz_ieRtFD0KwHDyQvjNvRyXQNUHw6/s1584/crop.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1584" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiuUl3QKgR-nr0FAsdrj6dbe-fS9-fkEQslHO3uyHymiCmb3jU_nWW7j1txBeDX0klKVDkjAH1VD0iRtUDgBZr_8-BblBirUH1OFEQ5P7eJJ83y5pz_ieRtFD0KwHDyQvjNvRyXQNUHw6/w640-h426/crop.webp" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />"The "Licorice Pizza" filmmaker fascinates and puzzles his admirers—and one website has tracked his career for more than two decades with an obsessive attention to detail."</span></i><p></p><p>Thrillist reached out to discuss the 20+ year history of our Paul Thomas Anderson website to promote Anderson's new film Licorice Pizza. The article titled "Cigarettes and Red Vines: The Story Behind the Definitive Paul Thomas Anderson Fan Site" is now out and features an interview with director CJ Wallis </p><p>Click here to <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/cigarettes-and-red-vines-paul-thomas-anderson-fansite" target="_blank">read the full article</a>! </p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-3400355451881193462021-11-25T07:38:00.005-08:002021-11-28T13:04:43.859-08:00Curren$y's "Land Air Sea" Artwork Released!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9UUhmwgPKJMmi7X1Iw8-v8m8p9zs_A-EwYOz4H_bspRmawojqESU9IvEJD8rR9U25zmvWkw1oFSctzn-50oMVk88TDsCwbrNuq6henvrh1aVWrXXU6NKkZE3usIB6lrPjpOJlKRZ0ied/s2048/LANDAIRSEA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9UUhmwgPKJMmi7X1Iw8-v8m8p9zs_A-EwYOz4H_bspRmawojqESU9IvEJD8rR9U25zmvWkw1oFSctzn-50oMVk88TDsCwbrNuq6henvrh1aVWrXXU6NKkZE3usIB6lrPjpOJlKRZ0ied/w640-h640/LANDAIRSEA.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Curren$y has released his latest EP and our artwork for "Land Air Sea" produced by Cash Fargo. <br /><br />Grab one of the remaining <a href="http://www.fortyfps.store/product/forty-cover-designs" target="_blank">Birdseyeview Print Series 2</a> which is a full set of premium prints of 40 Spitta album covers with over half the boxes containing a limited foil print or autograph!<br /><br />Check out our continuing <a href="http://www.fortyfps.com/album-artwork.htm" target="_blank">archive of designs</a> here!<br /><br /><br />11.28.21 UPDATE: Here is the tracklistings & artwork </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUmHGWmcwoZaK5re6J67JIRhQqkOGNyc2NkaCxHpqFCIwgWxIvgUjCF95Q-DNyCmXKJ5cExr9Da166mpi7876zQnlrSAWK5qa1e1Pr_cpc43SzdfdE2V16sbAAzA-nLvIJc0rQGTu2Ons/s2048/LANDAIRSEA_BACKv2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUmHGWmcwoZaK5re6J67JIRhQqkOGNyc2NkaCxHpqFCIwgWxIvgUjCF95Q-DNyCmXKJ5cExr9Da166mpi7876zQnlrSAWK5qa1e1Pr_cpc43SzdfdE2V16sbAAzA-nLvIJc0rQGTu2Ons/w640-h640/LANDAIRSEA_BACKv2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-72297403454217932992021-11-01T15:31:00.007-07:002021-11-20T15:35:49.809-08:00"Nutritional Exorcism" Book & Cover Art Released<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1401" height="920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1YTwSxJZe1XVLyDlWoCiDBF3Bev5wbIbyj0-HrR8ylsWLjDZUAe3UbweH24_nD1gCQ1lGXhYtKZ5cCKtqbSN7Tq1o6bMwTqTx98xpzTeyU4RHCPyvrUHPoSg2zyGJwKwKJh3nWoPnYrb/w438-h640/252343313_10165655008620246_622245580196491295_n.jpg" width="640" /></div><p>The second book, first non-fiction, from producer Mallory Kennedy is "Nutritional Exorcism," the testimonial account of her health journey that began after the 2016 Baton Rouge flood that consumed her family home. The cover art was designed by CJ Wallis and released via Blackbill Books. </p><p>You can <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1592609896" target="_blank">download it for FREE</a> exclusively on Apple Books</p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-11714394991668004532021-10-24T08:31:00.009-07:002021-11-16T08:35:05.594-08:00Curren$y & Harry Fraud "Regatta" Artwork Released!<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbb4j4LmZQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:640px; min-width:420px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbb4j4LmZQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; 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Brand new cover art design by CJ Wallis for Curren$y and Harry Fraud's album "Regatta", releasing on October 29th!FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-24668461653620063252021-10-21T12:03:00.073-07:002021-11-20T14:41:14.936-08:00Carl Davis Interviewed For "Napoleon Complex" Documentary<p><imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1180" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvgSU_bgPRM0WpBRJEc8uaLAvhFFgO1wFv0Mb9QJIWfQf2NKQV-w1njRuNj70MNwEEZeAiS2f3GlNnfIUyVYXhFvT2ZYh42x8tj2-ZXWroLFhHctWYxkeVr9dWbJo5FHJb9_YOm0h6n5B/w687-h387/_methode_sundaytimes_prod_web_bin_e22fbd22-9a9a-11e6-9703-be9a8cb3b5dc.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Davis" target="_blank">Carl Davis</a>, responsible many of the great modern silent film scores, sat down for an entertaining and insightful interview for our upcoming documentary "Napoleon Complex."</p><p>Tasked to write an astonishing 5.5 hour score to accompany Abel Gance's 1927 epic "Napoleon" silent film restored meticulously by historian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Brownlow">Kevin Brownlow</a>. In 1980, the film premiered in London accompanied by a live orchestra conducted by Carl.</p><p>Napoleon Complex on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15718932/">IMDB</a></p>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-85092090934467953762021-10-04T08:27:00.016-07:002021-11-16T08:30:41.652-08:00Curren$y "Still Stoned On Ocean" Artwork Released<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUn9128FtKU/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:640px; min-width:420px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUn9128FtKU/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; 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Brand new cover art design by CJ Wallis for Curren$y's album "Still Stoned On Ocean", releasing on October 8th!FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812327238882410464.post-52489880296758424752021-09-21T14:59:00.003-07:002021-11-20T15:33:25.826-08:00Larry The Cable Guy Joins Jim McMahon Documentary! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="640" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSjYr7LF_pTtFb6xvmUhgrUj91kKm-rDnlZESFiNtu6UDVd90tYgBJWLFfEdv4eXCFUisY43v69KMJkpCqjzYoDQsusr0wN18606TYcKqUKNiMNWReFGenvH1zcIH492mo4bMZ2QiL-G1/w680-h357/Screen+Shot+2021-11-20+at+3.02.28+PM.png" width="640" /></div><div><br /></div>We spent the morning at the home of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_the_Cable_Guy" target="_blank">Larry The Cable Guy</a>, long-time friend of Jim McMahon. The entertaining interview was shot in his personal movie theatre and is the last footage shot for the film!<div><br /></div><div>Check out the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12837946/" target="_blank">full cast of characters</a> on IMDB<br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>FortyFPS Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876004383026038707noreply@blogger.com0