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Hi. Uh, yeah. Uh, my name is Todd. I
have a co-host named Paul. He is
currently represented by a jacket. Um,
there's really no nice way to say this.
I arrived at Paul's house. We just got
back from traveling to LA. I arrived at
Paul's house. We've had a great week. I
got here this evening to see my co-host
looking yellow green. And he said, "I do
not feel well." And I've been here half
hour, 45 minutes. He's steadily gotten
worse. So here we are uh live uh and it
is just me. So um yeah that is uh that
is not ideal. Uh Paul is upstairs um
dealing with the fact that he is not
feeling well. So he is represented by a
jacket. I am represented by this guy
with this hair and these glasses. Um I'm
going to do a few questions. I don't
know that I'm going to do a full hour.
Uh he may come down and join me, but I
think the reality is it's pretty
unlikely. So, I apologize that we're not
going to have our typical fun banter
because yeah, I can't banter with a
jacket. So, I I feel really bad about
him. It's very It's very too bad. Uh
yeah, poor Paul for sure. Um there is a
lot of movie talk. Uh there's actually
quite a few questions that came in ahead
of time. Quick update that what this is
this is uh podcast 850 which we do a
live podcast every 25 podcasts. Those
are always all questions from you guys
at the 50 marks. This is one. It is all
questions. No cars, so I'm gonna try to
stay away from cars. And yeah, it is sad
to hear that he's not with me. Um, yeah,
I'm not gonna answer Paul's designer
furniture questions. The jacket formerly
known as Paul is really, really funny. I
want to I want to give you kudos on
that. That is excellent. Um, jacket
formerly known as Paul. We've had quite
a week. We've been doing many car
things, but I'm not going to discuss
that right now. I'm going to jump in on
a few questions. There have been
questions coming in via email, via
Discord, and you guys are also here
live. Uh, I will do what I can for a
while to, uh, to co-host without a
co-host. Um, I'm going to start here
with Bruce, who asked a question that I
feel like should be covered. He asked it
by email. He said, "From the outside, it
looks like youtubing is an easy
business." Yes, it does look like that.
He said, "But as he watches a lot of
stuff, he realizes people are asking for
money. Doug Deuro has uh, built a side
business that sold for millions. Matt
Farah has a side business." He says,
"What are the various revenue streams we
employ and what percentage is is each of
those to our revenue? How do we grow,
etc." I look, YouTube does give this
impression and I know, look, we've got
500,000 subscribers almost with it with
among two channels. It seems like a lot
and it is a lot, but YouTube does not
pay the bills. YouTube actually barely
covers the expenses if we're talking
about something like our road trips,
which we love doing and you guys like
watching. So, uh, we have to have other
revenue streams. Now, the podcast has
advertising, as you've heard. Obviously,
the other thing that goes on is, uh, we
get sponsors, as you've heard us have
actual sponsors. Without those sponsors,
Paul and I could not do this for a
living because YouTube just doesn't, uh,
monetize that well. Now, we have pretty
good uh, uh, cost per thousand on our
ads, which is nice. We actually pretty
high in YouTube world, but we still only
monetize about half of the streams due
to ad blockers and that kind of things.
And we aren't uh we aren't beloved by
YouTube. The algorithm has never really
put us on. Everyone should know. And I
know that because every time we post a
video, we get two questions. One, why
don't you guys have more subscribers?
And the one that is really fascinating
after 16 years is, I've never seen you
guys before. And I'm just thinking, if
you're watching YouTube and you're
watching car content, you really never
had us served up to you ever before. So
that's what we deal with. But uh anyway,
um instead of watch questions, film
questions, instead I broke Paul. That's
that's funny and terrible. Uh no, uh I
did Shadow Sniper. I'll jump to your
question because you asked it a couple
places and you said you're a video
editor with roughly a year roughly a
decade of uh marketing experience.
What's the best way into film or
production industry? So, what I'm
guessing is you have worked for like
local ad agencies and that kind of
thing. Uh you're also asking for a work
from home role. I
it's where are you is question one. Uh
are you willing to move is question two.
And uh are you sure you need to work
from home? I mean Atlanta does film uh
quite a bit. Canada does quite a bit. Of
course LA is obvious. Um you need to get
on with somebody that is making an
independent film is probably if you
really want to do film is probably the
best way. other you can kind of
otherwise you can kind of side your way
in by working for companies that do TV
commercials or trailers and do that kind
of stuff. Uh folks in LA are often
looking for editors in that regard, not
guys cutting trailers and previews, not
guys cutting features. They're looking
for guys cutting TV commercials and that
kind of stuff in LA. So there is
possibility there. Um so you could look
into that kind of stuff. I mean there's
a larger conversation here. I know
you're on Discord. Thank you. Maybe we
follow up that way. But that's probably
what you're going to have to do is dig
in a little bit um in those in those
markets. I don't know about the work
from home thing. It's really going to
depend on who you end up working for. I
know some editors now that work uh a mix
depending upon what the clients need,
but they still there's a lot of times
you need to be in the room with a
filmmaker. Uh so it just depends on the
situation. Um let's
see. Nerd question about Ethernet. I'm
not going to tackle that right now
because I pretty much don't people seem
to think that
um that the that we're doing a lot of
streaming footage. Footage is so data
intensive that we keep it all on local
drives. There's no store it on the cloud
and pull it down. You just can't pull it
down fast enough at a financial place
that makes sense. So, we aren't doing
that. Um currently picnicking in the
back of the ute eating pork belly while
running around with the boys. Uh fun
side of a ute.
Hey, I like the utes. That's good. Um, I
am still running here. Let's see. Um, I
want to touch on the YouTube thing
again. Sorry, Bruce. I feel like I I
kind of left that question early. There
is a real perception that if you get
over 100,000 views and you get the
little plaque that YouTube is easy, it
is uh you'll notice anybody that makes a
lot of money on YouTube, pick them. They
started a side business. We have been
looking into alternates as well to pivot
just because YouTube is unpredictable
and the folks that we know that are
YouTube only are stressed and sweating
at all times. Um let's see. Okay,
there's been a couple questions along
these lines. I want to circle back to
these and that is related to my book
Paper Father. Uh you have been
listening. Thank you. And that is didn't
I say I was going to do an audio book of
Paper Father? By the way, sitting here
by myself is really weird. I have to
acknowledge that it's very strange, man.
I hope he feels better. Anyway, um many
of you have asked, aren't I doing an
audio book? And the answer is yes. Uh
the update on that and also there's
another question about other books or
other things. Uh so I'm going to answer
both of those. I am doing an audio book.
It has proven candidly to be hard for
me. Uh I am not an actor. I'm doing the,
you know, the general read. I'm doing
voices. I'm doing characters. I'm trying
to do, you know, a dramatic reading of
the book like you would with a good
audio book. And I am realizing that I am
not an actor even though I am enjoying
the challenge. I think we may get to the
back end. And I I look, honestly, I
don't know how good it's going to be. It
is me. Uh I think some of it is working
out well, but I am a I'm only able to do
it in fits and starts, but here's the
real difficulty that happened. Middle of
the year, as you may know, I lost my
voice completely due to laryngitis. I'd
actually never had that before. It was a
pretty bad uh situation with it and I
was in the middle of a road trip with
you guys for Utah. So, I pushed my voice
a lot which was actually painful. Um my
voice didn't feel normal for multiple
weeks afterward. And then I discovered
when I went back into the studio to do
the book, doing different voices didn't
feel good. So, I didn't do anything for
two or three months after that. just
getting to a place where I felt like my
voice could actually move around off of
my normal timber and do other things.
And I reached back to that now, but now
it's been so long since I got into it.
I'm not remembering, oh, that's right.
How did I do that voice and how did I do
that voice? So, it's taking a little bit
of slow ramp up. I'm going to get back
to it. I am not a guy that quits things.
It will be done sometime next year, but
it will have taken much, much longer
than I ever intended. So, thank you for
those of you that are interested. As far
as book updates are concerned, I don't
know uh if I will do that. I've thought
of two other ideas to follow that one,
but I am writing something totally
different. Sci-fi, completely different
next. I am working on another novel that
hopefully you guys will be interested
in. Hopefully it'll, you know, get
finished and be good. Uh I'd love to get
that finished next year as well that is
in process. I am enjoying it. It
couldn't be more different than Paper
Father. So, that would actually be the
next novel for me. And that's about as
far from cars as I can get.
Um, let's see what else here. Favorite
Christmas movie? Rain on rooftop on
Discord. Favorite Christmas movie. Well,
you have to say Die Hard. I mean, Die
Hard is a Christmas movie. That is my
favorite. Followed then by a legit
Christmas movie that is Love Actually.
Love Actually gets uh plenty of hate,
plenty of love. Very few people are
like, "Eh, you feel pretty strongly
about it." Uh, my wife and I have a
tradition of watching Love Actually
together, which is really cool. Uh, so
that's a lot of years and a lot of
watching Love Actually, which is really
awesome. So, I have to say that one as
well.
Um, what do I think of the Back to the
Future trilogy and which is my favorite?
I mean, the original is the best because
it isn't made with the expectation of
having a sequel. Those are my favorite
solo movies. We didn't build it to have
a sequel and so that movie is really
strong consistently. I mean, there's
oddities about it, sure, but that's such
a good movie. Uh, the second is a setup
for the third, which I feel like when
you do that with a second movie, it's
never as good as the third will be. Um,
the first is definitely the best, but I
think it is a surprisingly good trilogy.
Austin, uh, my dear friend Paul is sick.
That's why he's not here. Uh, we hope
he'll come down, but
um, yeah. Uh, Dan, is there a way to get
hard copy of Paper File in Australia? I
thought you could order it. I mean,
there isn't there isn't a hardback book,
but the paper uh, version I would think
would be available there, but I honestly
don't know.
Um, Paul Kavanaaugh is asking about the
use of drones in state parks. We don't
use them in state parks. If you've seen
stuff like our South Dakota piece where
somebody is zooming along in front of
the presidents, that's because we use
somebody else's stock footage. That's
why how that got done. Uh, let's see
what else.
Um, doing my best. Dear friend Paul is
not here and that is tough. Uh, oh, top
three DC movies that are not about
Batman. I'm going to come back to that.
I like that. That's good. Uh, week-long
trip to Park City in March. Six ski
days. How to split across the Park City
area ski resorts. Uh, do as many as you
can is the short answer. Don't forget
about Snow Basin. It's up uh further
north of all the ones that are obvious.
So, definitely go to Snow Basin. It's
good. The stuff that comes up the canyon
roads from Salt Lake has terrible
traffic. So, choose your days wisely. If
it's a major powder day, you might want
to avoid one of those places. Uh, I
prefer Deer Valley over Park City. Park
City gets crowded, but if you're a
border, you can't do Deer Valley, and I
totally understand that. Those are kind
of the rough uh, headlines on
that. Um, there is so much good stuff
already. I don't know how long I can
handle this. It's good stuff.
Um, let's see.
If every movie is
a If every movie is about an idea or
concept, not just plot, what is the
original Ghostbusters
about? H Jared, I like that. I'm going
to shoot from the hip here because I
haven't really thought about this until
reading your question. It is about
having a skill set that no one else
believes in and using that skill set to
save those around
you. That's my take. Uh let's see.
Uh, Chance, buddy, I would have called
you to sit in with Paul, but I knew a
half hour ago when I got here that he
didn't feel well, so there was no way to
have you up here in time. Okay. Three
top three DC movies that aren't about
Batman and the worst Marvel or DC
movie. Um, best movie show book you've
seen or read in the last years that
wasn't Paper F. Thank you for liking
Paper Father, man. I do appreciate it.
Uh, let's see. Best DC movies that
aren't about Batman.
You know what? The original Superman is
still very good. Even though it is 70s
cheesy, it is still very good and it is
I mean it was out front, right? So
that's very good. Uh the second uh
reboot of Superman, Man of Steel with
Zack Snider, gets a lot of hate. The
first twothirds of that movie is the
best Superman movie I've ever seen. The
last third I describe as punchy punch,
and that's never good enough. And so
that's really disappointing. But the
first twothirds of the this relationship
with his father, him struggling with who
he is, him going off on like a walkabout
because he's so frustrated and doesn't
know his place in the world. All that's
really good and and and honestly the
best Superman movie I've seen for the
first twothirds and then it becomes
Yeah. not as good. So that one's up
there. You know what? The latest Flash
movie got a lot of press as being the
best comic book movie ever. It's not
that good, but it is very good. And they
did the multiverse thing, which
everybody's overusing. They did the
multiverse thing better than I thought
they would. The visual effects still
look unfinished. And it wasn't as good
as the hype, which is the problem, but
it was surprisingly good in spite of
Ezra Miller's oddities. Um, he I mean,
he's in every scene and he's playing
himself twice. That's that shows talent
for
sure. Uh, fate to drive in. Well, you
saw our best road ever piece, uh,
northwestern Wyoming into Montana was
way up there. Even though, you know
what, uh, Park City, our area has great
stuff. There's a lot of great stuff
around. That's the thing. We're hoping
these road trip movies continue and we
can show off as many states as possible.
Um,
yeah. Why do I think the MCU has tanked
in recent years? Overexposure is the
short answer. Why are you doing TV shows
and movies? Why are you doing multiple
movies a year? A at some point, two
thoughts. At some point, you actually
exhaust the audience. Then there is the
secondary point is as soon as people
fell off and stopped watching all of
them and they were all intertwined, now
you feel like you can't go because you
missed something. And the last thing is
you started with all of the characters
that the average person has heard about
and now you've blown them out and now
you're into people that it's like, wait,
who? and they may be real Marvel
characters, but if they aren't kind of
known in the general zeitgeist, then you
have an uphill battle to even convince
somebody to go. So, all of those things,
I think, are playing into it. Uh, that's
uh that's my rough take on that.
Um, lots of movie questions. Thank you
guys. You're helping me as best you can.
I do appreciate it. Uh, there's a
question about Keanu Reeves of all
people. Legend is asking Kiana Reeves
movie that isn't the Matrix, the best
one and the Connie Connie the worst
Kiana Reeves movie that also isn't the
Matrix. So, you feel strongly about the
Matrix series. The best Kiana Reeves
movie that isn't the Matrix has got to
be Speed. Come on now. And Sandra Bulock
at her best. The two of them have great
great chemistry. The Dennis Hopper is
being fantastically nuts. That's a fun
movie. you watch it right now, it's
still really fun. So, I would definitely
say Speed. Uh, worst Johnny Pneumonic. I
want to put that out there as as way up
there in the bad category. Uh,
Constantine is one I read the script for
when it sold and the script was really
really good and the movie was only
average. I have a soft place in my heart
for Constantine, but it isn't a great
movie and the script was
phenomenal. Um, G-Shock or
Swatchwatch phone. Uh, yeah. Anyway,
um let's see. My wife is offering for
she and my son to come by and sit in for
Paul, which would be riotously funny. Um
favorite movies to own on 4K Blu-ray
that my list is growing. So, what are
your favorite movies and what are your
movies that you could watch at any
point? Because you should own your
favorite movies on Blu-ray. I do think
that's best. Uh Game Bear, favorite
trail for mountain biking. We have a lot
of great stuff in Park City. Uh there's
um tons of stuff in the Round Valley
area. There's one called Mid Mountain
that goes along the middle of the
mountains in Park City. Phenomenal.
Wasach Crest goes along the top of the
mountains, but we just rode Moab. I am
just discovering Moab and Moab is
teaching me that I am not a good writer.
So, uh there's lots of stuff in Moab.
Still experienced.
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Um Cutler Collin is a high quality
screen or sound more important for a
great viewing experience. Can I say
both? Both are impressive, but I feel
like because it is a visual medium
first, you can have okay sound, but you
need good visuals. Uh, when you watch a
movie on an airplane, the sound is never
going to be good. The picture is really
small. If you had it as a bigger image,
I think you would actually like it more
than if you improved the sound quality
in that environment. That's my That's my
take. Um, Todd Level watch question.
Mickey Mouse watch where the arms move
to tell the time. Yes or no? I again I'm
just gonna stay with my phone, but
that's very very funny.
Um, will I go to a 4K screen at home? I
mean, only if I had a bunch of 4K uh
DVDs. The truth is you get 4K streaming
feeds and typically they're not even as
good as HD Blu-ray, which is what I
typically have. Um, Don, I grew up in
Texas. Yes, I did. What was your first
skiing experience? My first skiing
experience was Snow Mass, which is near
Aspen, Colorado. I was five. I um had
seen the Olympics in the year or two
prior. You see where this is going?
5-year-old me was the smallest kid in my
ski class. We were in our second day of
ski lessons. The rest of the class moved
forward and I was left behind and I
remember the teacher passing me. She was
probably in her 20s, even though she
seemed older to me. She was like, "Good
job, Todd. You're almost there." And I'm
doing all I can to pull to catch up
through the flat spot. When I finally
started catching up, I needed to catch
everyone. And I had seen people in the
Olympics. Tucked. I have no idea what
I'm doing. I'm five. I tucked. I headed
for the class. I got almost to them. And
then I realized I had no idea how to
stop from that speed. I promptly fell.
One ski hit my other leg. Uh it broke my
leg. I didn't know. Um I tried to stand
up and was encountered with excruciating
pain. at which point I started screaming
out teacher teacher at the top of my
lungs and the only kid I knew in the ski
class heard my voice and they came back
and my leg was broken etc. And my mom to
this day tells the story of me looking
at her dead pan in the hospital and
saying am I going skiing tomorrow? So
that was uh that was the ski story. Tell
you a story about Paul.
Uh, my friend Paul worked for Autodesk
for years and he tells good and bad
stories about it, but it was interesting
because this week we were in LA and
Autodesk, his former employee, throws a
huge night for designers and um, they
always meet at the Hotel Figuro across
the street, which is where Toyota had
put us up for the press launch. So last
night there was a designers only or
Autodesk employees only meeting and I
think to his surprise but certainly to
kind of kind of warm my heart but to my
surprise he wandered over to that event
and uh was welcomed with open arms. They
were like Paul you got to get in here
and he met old friends and old designers
and people that he met at Autodesk many
of which he hasn't seen in the better
part of a decade and he was getting hugs
from people. He was involved in
conversations. He was instantly back in
that family and many of them treated him
like a celebrity because of this show.
All of that I find fantastic. That's a
story he would never tell you. But he
was telling me about it because I was
asking him how it went and he had a
phenomenal time and I appreciate that he
is still beloved by his uh co-workers
and many of the designers he worked with
while working in Autodesk. Uh was just
cool to hear that because uh yeah, he
just went to see if he could get in and
they were thrilled he was there which is
really really awesome.
Uh, favorite video game from my wife.
Well, my wife sees me play video games
with my son. So, uh, she's teeing this
up for me. Um, you know what? I actually
really like playing Fortnite with my
son. That's really fun. Uh, we've had a
lot of other good video games. Of
course, I love playing Gran Turismo or
anything. It's a really good sim with a
wheel, so that is uh lowhanging fruit
for me at all times. Uh, Doom got me
into video games back in the '9s. I know
that is terrifying on the university
computers. I got into Doom. I still like
shooter games. Why not?
Um, let's see. I'm flying, guys. I'm
doing what I can. I may wrap this up
fairly soon, but uh you guys are awesome
with questions. What is my wheel and car
color combo? It just needs to be bright.
And I am a guy that likes silver wheels.
I don't like chrome wheels. I like
silver wheels. I like reds, blues.
Obviously, I have a yellow Elise. I
think cars have a color that looks best
on them. The new Supra looks best in
yellow, but looks good in other colors,
but lots of cars, even sports cars,
don't look good in yellow, so I can't
put on everything. So, I don't have a a
set. Paul has two. He has maroon and
gold wheels and blue and gold wheels.
You've seen a lot of both, and there's
more to come. And uh there was a green
with gold wheels Bronco at the LA Auto
Show, and he just stopped and stared.
So, it's definitely a thing.
Um, what do I remember most fondly about
growing up in the UK? From age three and
a half to age 10, I lived in England. I
lived in Suriri, actually, not that far
from where they ended up shooting Top
Gear. And I used to jump on my BMX bike.
This is the height of the ET BMX bike
era. And I mean, we had no phones. It
wasn't like my parents could track me.
It was I'd literally leave a note on the
kitchen table. I was seven or eight. and
I'd jump on my uh BMX bike and go riding
through the muddy trails and wind up in
a forest where guys had built dirt ramps
and I would just go and do and launch
myself and come home later dirty. I that
was so cool. Really, really
fun. Um I have no idea if Paul is
upstairs listening. I think Paul is
upstairs dealing with the fact he is
quite sick and it was awful to get here
and find him fading honestly. Um, so
yeah. Let's
see. Do I have a video game I play
against Paul? Paul's not much of a
gamer. You kind of got to talk him into
it. Um, there was a game I played
forever ago called Times Spplitters that
we played together, and that was very
funny.
Um, let's
see. Do I have a movie where I hated its
sequels, but I've grown to appreciate
them with time? I think that the Matrix
sequels are underappreciated. They
aren't as good as the first one, but I
think they are better than people
remember them to be. And the car chase
sequence in the second one is one of the
best car chase sequences in movies. Full
stop.
Um, I am 43 with a self- assessed mental
mental age of 15, says Anthony. What is
mine? You know, I was old before my
time. So I, you know, in some ways I am
10 and in other ways I am about 40 and
it just depends on the topic. So yeah,
time spplitters. All right, good.
Somebody else recognizes that game that
has been around that that's been a
while.
Yeah. Uh, let's see. I am running back
and
forth. If I came home, this is good. If
I from Mandy, if I came home to a note
from my son in a similar fashion to when
I left notes from my parents and his
phone was left, how panicked would we
be? See, this is the interesting thing
about the modern time. We can track his
phone and I was just gone for the
afternoon. I mean, granted, I didn't
have a helmet either. I mean, this is
how far things have changed. There were
no car seats. We had no helmets. I was
gone for half the day. Uh, my parents, I
don't know that they were fine with it,
but they tolerated it. So I yeah, we
would not um we would not like that. Uh
even though my son is quite responsible.
Derek is asking if the Christmas music
has started at home yet. Derek, damn
you. Um sorry. Uh it will probably start
this weekend just post Thanksgiving and
I will grind my teeth a lot.
Yeah. Um okay, I'm jumping backwards
here. There's some I skipped. There is
so much going on here.
Um, let's see. I think Chance had a
question. I'm going to re refind it
here. That was about new line, but I
will have to figure that out if I can
find it
again. I am sorry that Paul is not here
to help me manage this because uh his
banter is never been more missed than
right
now. Top three national parks to visit
from Mike Gaul. I have not visited them
all, but you need to do Glacier. You
need to do Yoseimity. Even though
Yuseman is getting harder and harder to
visit, you need to do both of those.
They are jaw-droppingly epic. So, I
highly recommend both of those. Uh Zion
is cool, but it's like the desert
version of Yoseite. Um trying to think
where else I would put at the real top,
but those are the ones that first strike
me. Uh Arches is totally unique and
utterly drivable, so that's interesting.
Yellowstone is bizarre, but you will
spend a lot of time in the car. You will
see weird things, but you spend so much
time in the car. It's a really big park,
so that makes it very interesting. Um,
money, no object. What's my dream bike,
Richard? Uh, my dream mountain bike is
about 10 or 12 grand, then I would just
get one of the super light. There's so
many brands that I can't afford. Uh,
Pivot is one. Uh, the high-end. Um, uh,
Santa Cruz is really expensive. There's
another one I can't remember right now,
but it's like everything is seven grand
and up. Yeah, there's a lot of really
good
ones. Let's see.
Um, if I went back to editing for
Hollywood, is there a certain studio or
group you'd want to work for? That is
hard because I have been spoiled at this
point by telling our own stories and
that has its own pacing and I really,
really love that.
Um, wow. I mean, Disney is killing it.
Disney has a incredibly broad range of
product. When you think about Pixar,
traditional animated stuff, uh, you
know, the the normal Disney output,
Marvel and Star Wars, I mean, you're
going to get the most breadth if you
work there, I think, but everybody in
town wants to work
there. Let's see.
Um, best Thanksgiving side dish. I'm
going out there right now and saying I
don't like turkey and I don't understand
the purpose of stuffing. I know there
will be rage typing now. Um, so I'm a
child. I'd like mac and cheese. Or you
know what? There's a lot of really good
potato dishes out there. So there's
that. What's
random? Nearsided, far-sighted
stigmatism, bif focals. Are you asking
me what my problem is with my old eyes?
It's looking at too many computer
screens. I am fine at a distance, but in
order to see computer screens clearly, I
need to um I need to wear the glasses
now. So, that's just the reality. Rage
typing. That's good. Um I have never
been on the upper deck of a 747. Uh when
we were flying back and forth when I was
a kid, we were on 747s a lot. We were
always at the extreme back end of coach.
There was one year my mom flew back. I
mean, she's such a champion. She flew
back to the UK by herself because my dad
stayed for work and uh this is on my
mind because my poor friend Paul is
sick. Uh a little ways into the flight,
my sister, we're sitting in the middle,
of course, too. Middleway through the
flight, my sister gets sick and throws
up. I see this and it makes me sick and
I throw up. My mom is sitting between
two between two sick kids in the middle
of the back of the plane in the 747. And
the guy at the aisle said, "Should I get
the stewardist for you?" And I think she
wanted to tear his head off because it
was so obvious. But I know, knowing my
mom, she was probably like, "Yes,
please." I'm not sure how she got
through that flight, but it
happened. Um, how much more could I earn
now if I went back to editing? I You
know what? I um because of the creative
guy that I am, I've always been
underpaid my entire adult career because
I've always kind of fought for what was
the job that I wanted. If I were a
full-on editor, you can make a good
living, but the hours uh are atrocious
when you're on a project, and that is
the trade-off. Um, have we ever been to
Alaska, Game Bear? Would we ever think
about doing a road trip up there? Like
the Gears and Gasoline guys, those guys
do really good road trips. Uh, I'm
really proud of our road trips. I'd put
them with pretty much anybody's because
I think they they've played really well
and thank you guys for your response on
those. We have more coming. I really
really want to do the Alcan Highway.
Paul uh has lived there um well his
family has lived there so he's been up
there a lot. He feels um mixed about the
Alcan Highway. He asked his family to
talk me out of it recently and they all
talked me into it which I think he was a
little frustrated by. I would still love
to do the Alcan Highway and do a really
cool piece on that. I am crazy enough to
want to do the Alcan Highway in the
winter in a sports car. I will probably
get talked out of that. I also would
like to do I forget the road right now
off the top of my head, but there's the
road that goes up to the Arctic Circle.
Would love to do that. The problem is
half of that is dirt. So, if we were
going to do a sports car, it had to be
something I didn't care deeply about or
lift it, which, you know, now we're
building
that. Um, let's
see. Country. haven't been to that I
would love to go to. Uh there's a lot of
Europe I haven't seen that I would
really like to see. Um I would I do want
to do Australia and New Zealand. Of
course they're near nothing and it's a
long flight but we have friends there so
at some point we'll hopefully go over
there. Um I would love to do that. Um I
am fascinated by uh some of the places
in Africa though I don't know that I'll
ever visit them. South Africa intrigues
me just because it feels like the bottom
of the world trying to be western with a
very mixed history. I mean we all know
that. Um, but
um, yeah, there's a lot going on there.
Overland Prius to the Arctic Circle
Road. You know what? How long will
Toyota let us keep the Prius? Toyota
corporate is laughing about our Prius
videos. So, I appreciate that that's
going on. Um, let's see. So much
happening here, guys. I may not be on
much longer, but thank you for uh for
jumping on here.
Um, caller Colin, this is a good one.
Are live streams more daunting than
podcast and videos because of the live
nature or do we find it
easier? You know what? I I don't mind
it. I mean, we're talking to you guys.
That's something that we do. There's a
lot more setup and we have to kind of
stick to a specific time and our
podcasts when we record them audio-wise
are much more loose as far as we meant
to start 30 minutes ago and now we
started and they also have a little bit
of editing behind them so we can defend
ourselves. we don't have to be quite as
careful. Um, so all of that is helpful
actually. So I I think the normal
podcasts are easier than the live
streams. I wouldn't want to do a live
stream every time because it has those
kind of rigid realities about it and
it's harder to to catch something, if
you will. Um, so that's good. The, let's
be honest, the videos take the most
effort. They take a ton of time. So
that's hard. Um, have both Paul and I
been sick on a shoot? We have not. But
either one of us has been quite sick
midshoot and powered through. Uh that's
always really hard because you know that
the cars are there and we only have them
for a limited amount of time and money
has been spent for us to get there and
so we fight our way through.
[Music]
Um let's
see. Uh Nathan is asking a hint of what
the next book is about. Sure. It's a
it's a sci-fi story.
um about a character who is kind of a
hermit. I'm building a whole sci-fi
world if you want to think about it. So
imagine lots of planets, a huge expanse
of planets. You have a central planet
kind of like Coruscant in the Star Wars
movies and this character is now
retired. Used to work for the central
planet. He is the rare human that was
essentially a galactic law enforcement.
And he has retired and he wants to be
away from everything. and he got
permission in retirement to retire on
this like outer rim planet that is a
little forest planet and he's the only
person on it and he's thrilled by that.
The only because it's kind of outer rim
kind of stuff. The only requirement he
was given to be allowed to retire there
is if anything happens he needs to kind
of throw in the home office. But he's
retired. He has a reputation both good
and bad. And he's glad to be alone. And
that's where we start. And over time, he
suddenly is interrupted pretty early in
the novel by a
um by a capsule, a safety capsule
essentially that got ejected from
somebody's luxury starship. Well, the
luxury starship is owned, he happens to
know, by uh really one of the most
intelligent, controlling, and violent
races in the galaxy. So, that's
concerning. And the person in it is a
human woman from a cult group he always
hated. So now he has a known problem
because the minute that he kind of sends
up a flare, if you will, and lets the
home office know that she's here in this
stolen craft, those folks are going to
attack and people from the home office
are going to come looking. So he is
about to have all of the stuff he's
avoided come back at him. And it's
called the last stand. So I'm in process
and I'm I'm enjoying it very much. And
it is utterly opposite this and utterly
opposite everything we do. And these are
the things that I enjoy. So,
um, let's
see. Best cure for a sick voice. I suck
on the halls. Uh, little lozenes. I hate
that word, but that's what they are.
Those have been really helpful to me
over time. And feel like I need one
right now as I'm bombing my way through
this, but that's okay. Um, so that's
what I do for that.
Boondoc St. Ryan. Will my son be given
his first core car? Do we believe it's
important to teach him responsibility by
saving up for one? My son is watching.
He's going to have to help. He's going
to have to help. It's not just going to
be here's a car, here's your insurance.
He's going to have to help. There will
be a lot of discussion about that. And
that is an unknown reality right now.
But every time that uh every time he
hits a birthday, he's a year away from
having a permit. He's like, "What are we
getting for my first car?" He's been
asking that since he was 10. He's now
almost 14. So, um, yeah, that'll be
interesting to see how that
unfolds. Let's see. Um,
wow. I am reading as fast as I can,
guys. Uh, thanks for being here. I know
this is a very odd live and I am
desperately missing my friend Paul who
steps in and handles so many of
these. You know what? Here's a great
one. Trogdor 147. Anything I've learned
about myself as a result of these road
trips. Anything I've learned about how
to do a road trip. We mentioned this.
It's car adjacent, but it's it's one of
our favorite things. We've mentioned
this actually on the road trips. I hated
road trips growing up. I really hated
them. That was the worst possible family
idea was going on a road trip. And I
love them now. And it's yes, I'm doing
the driving. Yes, I'm listening to
audiobook to pass the time. But um I
enjoy the decompression from seeing the
same things you do every day. I enjoy
the brain activity of seeing something
you've never seen before and may never
even heard of. Okay, maybe you looked it
up online because we do that for some of
these stops. Maybe you looked it up
online, but now you're standing there
looking at the ball of yarn or the, you
know, whatever it is, the the random
extra Car hinge there in Nebraska. Why
am I at Carh Hinge, Nebraska? Because
they're doing these road trips. And I'm
standing there going, "This exists." And
it's amazing how that kind of broadens
your awareness to think about the person
that lives right there that built
Carhinge or, you know, these people that
travel through here and have never been
where I live. I find that really
broadening and I've enjoyed that a lot.
Um, as far as how to do a road trip, I
think the best way to do a road trip is
to have a swath of time and not have
firm deadlines. Ideally, if you can not
even have definite places to stay so
that you can really have it be elastic.
That's very hard to do. We are blessed
to do that on our road trips, but it's
extremely hard to do it that way. But
doing it that way has been very freeing
for us because we can take little side
roads or try something out or be like,
you know what, I'm ready to stop. So,
that's very nice.
Paul is actually busy fitting 33s to the
Prius. He's not. Uh and again, Toyota's
laughing at what we've done so far. Um
but anyway,
yeah. Let's see.
Uh, what are some what are some roads
and places we'd like to visit abroad in
every continent that we haven't been to
before? I would love to do honestly I
would love to do a series on best roads
throughout the entire US and then I'd
love to do a series on best roads
throughout the world. I would love
that's my dream project. The amount of
money it would take and the huge
sponsors have to come alongside. And the
problem is,
truthfully, go to the best road trip as
far as numbers you've seen on YouTube.
Those numbers are still probably less
than that channel's most successful
videos. For whatever reason, people
don't watch road trips as much as they
do straight up car comparisons. It's
very true for us. Uh, just candid
answers here. We don't have high
expectations for our road trips. We need
them to get about 150,000 views. They
don't always get that and that's really
a bummer because you guys seem to really
like them and we love making them. But
we also know that our comparisons are
going to make two or three times the
views of our road trips and that's most
people that do road trips. So doing a
monster road trip like that is uh is
really weird. Um
yeah, would love to do every every
continent. God be cool. Anyway, jumping
back
around. Uh, related road trip question
from Rick. If we're not filming
something, am I a podcast person or a
music person? If music, what's on the
playlist? I like all kinds of stuff. Um,
and my son now likes all kinds of stuff,
which I find really funny. Everything
from country to Rage Against the Machine
and because I have so much rage as a
middle-aged white guy. Anyway, uh
there's a lot of stuff in there um that
I really enjoy and it's fun to see him
enjoy a lot of range of stuff. Um but I
actually rarely listen to music on road
trips. I often listen to I listen to a
few podcasts, but generally I will find
an audio book that is the approximate
length of what I think I'm going to have
time for and I'll dive into the audio
book and that just in I enjoy that
because I enjoy the storytelling of it
in an audio way as I'm doing here. Uh,
but I also find this is just the way my
brain works. Invariably, listening to
other people's books sparks completely
divergent books of my own or stories
that I want to tell that aren't actually
related to this story, but something
some little moment in a scene. I'm like,
you know what would make a really good
story and then my brain is off. I'll
turn off the audiobook. My brain is off
running building
that. Um, okay.
My wife is awesome with three questions.
Favorite Western, unforgiven. Uh,
favorite food, uh, barbecue and average
airspeed, velocity of a laden swallow,
African or European, my
dear. When's the last time I had short
hair? When I was in ROC in college. Uh,
I was an ROC my freshman year of
college. I learned many things about
myself, including that I probably should
not wind up in the military. And once
they told me there was almost no chance
I was going to fly a fighter, it was
like, I'm out. I need to make films and
tell stories. And uh I literally went
from the buzz cut to long hair by not
cutting my hair for 18 months. And most
of that looked really awkward because
there was nothing. I was wasn't getting
it cut at all cuz my thinking was, well,
if you're going to have long hair, you
just don't get it cut. Uh yeah. So, it's
been a long long long time. And my wife
likes long hair, so she wins.
Um, okay. In action movies, when you see
blood spatter or water hit the lens and
it's not edited out, is it a miss to cut
it out or is it intentional? That is
100% intended. Well, let me put two
things together. Depending on the
filmmaker, some filmmakers really don't
like that and they're going to do
another take to make sure the lens is
clean. A lot of filmmakers feel like the
the raw, the veraritoss, if you will,
the son of a veritas. I feel of that
they like and they will leave it in. A
lot of times the guys that will leave it
in are also the guys that are moving the
camera a lot and doing a bunch of cuts.
And so it's such a fast spray that
they'll leave it and they'll move on and
you feel like you're involved. I don't
know. Depends on what you
like. Um, favorite parody movie. Come on
now. I mean, Monty Python Holy Grail's
already been mentioned. I have to stay
there. Um, there it is. Chance. Thank
you. favorite memory or experience while
working at New Line. All of the New Line
um all of the New Line stuff has really
shaped me. All of the Lord of the Rings
films were really formative and I cannot
believe I got to do the stuff I did on
those films. I will tell you one story
that I don't think I've told before that
I I don't know that I'm I like this
story, but it does make me laugh. When
Return of the King premiered in London,
I was tasked to work the premiere. Uh, I
got there early. I I flew over. I was
jetlagged, but I went and did the run
through and it was all running. It's
Leer Square for those of you from the
UK. That was where they premiered it.
They premier a lot of big things there.
I went away for the afternoon. I came
back that evening about an hour before
real people were going to start showing
up. And the the whole square was filled
with people. It was just
shoulderto-shoulder. So, I had to go
down and show ID and get down to the end
of the big walkway where all of the
limos were going to come with all of the
actual stars. Well, I look like this.
And I actually had a goatee at the time.
So I turned the corner at the end of the
alleyway and start walking up the
alleyway in my suit carrying my uh my
you know my long coat and I look like I
look and I got about halfway up and I
don't remember who said something but
they were convinced that I was from the
movie. And then now everybody starts
cheering and I'm sitting here thinking
if only you knew how little I matter to
this process. And there were these
cheers and people were asking for
questions and this kind of thing and I
thought I am irrelevant but it makes me
laugh that I happen to look like this
and uh and I'm not in the movie. And
then of course like you know VGO
Mortonson shows up who didn't look like
Arag Aragorn at all anymore. So uh very
funny and I just had to laugh at that
moment because um I am not the people
you came to see.
Um thoughts on the Toyota Signia? Uh,
thank god it looks better than the
Crown. The Crown sedan is ugly and
useless. Sorry, I have no thoughts. Uh,
that's car related, but anyway. Uh,
favorite of the Star Trek
series. Let's see. Um, I uh I actually
really liked the Next Generation with
Peard. I really really liked that. I was
a geek for that in its
time. Um, The Hobbit movies should never
have been three movies. You took three
books, you made three movies. You took
one book, you made three movies. That
was the wrong way to go. I actually want
to rewatch. Okay, everybody sit down.
Everyone sit down because this bothers
me and it may bother you too. I need to
rewatch Lord of the Rings movies next
month because next
month big breath is the 20th anniversary
of the release of Return of the King.
So, I'm going to sit down and watch all
three and I am excited about it, but I'm
also shocked that it was that long
ago.
Um, movies are getting longer because
people are enjoying the long
storytelling of uh, series and so movies
are trying to tell that level of story
and they're getting longer and longer.
Uh, what do you prefer? I actually like
the self-contained reality of a movie. I
kind of think if you can't do it in
about two and a half hours, you probably
should cut it up. But, uh, good stuff
still, I mean, long stuff can still be
fun. Uh, how do I decompress after these
live streams? I just go home and have
something to eat and I'll be fine. It's
going to be all
good. What do I think of the extended
lore for Star Trek and Star Wars? Like
the books, comic books, games,
etc. diminishing returns. Some of it's
really good. A lot of it's not good, but
you're capitalizing on a fan base and so
they do a lot of it. And um yeah, do I
like the Harry Potter movies? I do like
the Harry Potter movies. I wasn't a
person that read the books. My wife read
the books and she loves the movies, but
she's constantly saying, and it's
totally understandable, oh, this was
better in the book. And of course it was
because this is the reality of a novel.
Um, favorite James Bond actor, not my
favorite movies, but favorite actor,
Pierce Brosman, hands down. He
completely nailed the look, looking like
he does the humor, which Roger Moore
also did. Uh, and yet he still was good
in fight scenes. I don't think anybody
else has done all three of those
scenarios as good as he did.
Unfortunately, I think he's in some of
the worst movies, but man, I thought he
was
awesome. I will watch the long cut of
the Lord of the Rings movies. Thank you
for that question, McNow. Uh, let's see.
Favorite James Bond actor I covered.
Thoughts on Ready Player 1? Superb book.
Solid movie. Uh, I I really was amazed
that Spielberg did that. He was the
perfect person to do it. I think the I
think the movie is solid. I think the
movie is better. If you haven't se read
the book, uh, because the book is so
geeky detailed, frankly, a little too
geeky detailed, but it's one of the
things that makes it awesome, uh, that
the book is is
stronger. I may close it down here,
guys. because I went longer than I
thought I would, but
um I uh I'm enjoying this. Uh you know
what, Cutler Collins's biggest pet peeve
with movies and TV shows. It's happening
less common now, but there was a trend
in the early 2000s that when we ran out
of good storytelling, somebody's going
to get t-boned by another car and
they're not going to see it coming. And
oh my gosh, drama that got so overused.
Thankfully, it's going away now. Um, I
also don't need you to make a movie that
was intended to have a sequel. Make a
really good original first story. Free
Guy is a great example. Free Guy is a
fantastic original idea and it has an
actual ending. Now, they're doing a
sequel. Of course they are. When a movie
makes that much money, somebody's going
to ask for a sequel. But it was just
written to be that. And I've met many
filmmakers over the years who have made
bad first movies because we're going to
solve that in the sequel. No, you're
not. Make a good movie the first time,
tell a good story. I feel like Matrix is
a great example. Back to the Future
example. We've talked about great
examples. When you make a really good
first movie, if you are a good enough
storyteller, you can find the avenue to
tell a second. When I wrote this book, I
wasn't planning a second. Um, so I mean,
and I'm not saying that because I'm some
amazing storyteller, but I just sat down
to write this book. Many of you asked
for sequels and I've thought of them
since, but I didn't think about them at
the time. Uh, let's see. Shane, I'll
catch you up, buddy. What did I do with
Paul? Paul is represented by a jacket
because I got here and my dear friend
Paul was getting sicker by the minute
and he is upstairs now and I feel very
bad for him.
Um, I am probably going to call it. Uh,
thank you guys for saying you're sending
your best to Paul. I am apologizing that
he's not here, but I'm here trying to do
my best on 8:50. Again, this is an all
question podcast reminder that we do
podcasts. Uh we record Mondays and
Thursdays for Tuesday and Friday
releases. Uh we will keep doing two a
week uh through the end of the year. We
are going to take about a 10-day break
uh at Christmas time and we probably
will take a break next week for
Thanksgiving. So, keep those things in
mind. We love your questions. Uh we
typically take questions on social
media. We take your car debates or your
topic Tuesdays. We much prefer those on
email. Everyday driver TV@gmail. Again,
those podcasts are happening audio only.
Uh I will mention this rant. I feel like
a lot of times when podcasts are always
live streamed, people forget that there
are people only listening. So, uh they
start to be about well look at this
picture for 5 minutes and you can't see
the picture because you're driving in
your car. So, we are an audio-based
podcast. We will stay that way uh for
the forese foreseeable future. However,
every 25 we do these we do these live
ones. So, that will continue. Um, yeah.
Uh, you guys are awesome. We look, I I
say this, I'm going to say it again. We
cannot thank you enough for your
support. Uh, I would appreciate it if
you would watch our videos because that
first 24, 48 hours, that sets the
trajectory for everything we release.
Thank you for the love you've given to
our road trips because we love doing
them. We want to do more, but it's hard
for those. There's a bad return on
investment. We just appreciate the
return from the audience if that makes
sense. So, we want to keep doing those.
Uh we have an ongoing fight for
sponsors, but that's the reality of what
we do. And the reality is the only
reason we have sponsors do a podcast,
create videos, is because you guys
actually enjoy them. Without you guys,
we've got nothing. So, thank you for uh
for being here for us. Uh for worrying
about Paul, because I'm worried about
Paul. Uh, but you guys are great and uh
it's cool to hang out with you even
though it's solo. Um, this is much more
tiring when it's just me. Um, but uh,
thanks for the movie questions to help
me along and I hope everybody has a has
a great night and this will follow in
audio form uh when Paul has a chance to
edit it and uh, we'll be back next week
uh, with more podcasts. Thank you guys
and uh, have a great evening.
About this episode
A solo Todd takes the reins in this unique episode, as Paul is sidelined with illness. The discussion revolves around viewer questions, touching on topics like YouTube revenue streams, filmmaking insights, and personal anecdotes. Todd shares his experiences with road trips, movie preferences, and even updates on his upcoming audiobook. With a mix of humor and candidness, he navigates through various queries, from favorite films to thoughts on the MCU, while keeping the spirit of the podcast alive despite the absence of his co-host.
Original notes
Industry news compels the guys to discuss the possibility of Japanese sports car icons being combined into a single platform. For Topic Tuesday, they’re asked if off-roaders aren’t just for off road? They debate commuter cars for Derek D., who sometimes hates being a car enthusiast. Social media questions ask what is the most misused automotive phrase, at what point do you listen to your car-buying thoughts, and what’s the deal with E85?
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