Mini Announcement

a decision that I did not go into lightly. UM I'm sure, like I said, comes very much out of the blue to you, but this is something that's kind of been in the back of my mind for a little while now, and because we're all pals, I wanted to take a few moments here to kind of talk to you about it and um therapy through this thing together,

because that's what friends do. Because I have mixed feelings about it, to be honest, it's it's tough to do something for three and a half years that you really love but also know that it's time to kind of put it aside for uh, for the betterment of me,

um and not necessarily my mental health. I'm not I'm not suffering suffering a nervous breakdown or dare I say podcast fatigue, even though that's kind of true, But UM, I just I need to make some more time in my life right now, for for me, for my family. That's kind of the biggest reason behind all of it. Actually, it's just time, um, between Movie Crush and Stuff you

Should Know. I put out podcast episodes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, uh and technically Saturday if you count the the old reruns on Stuff you Should Know. But that's a lot and Movie Crush takes believe it or not, it takes about as much time some weeks, more time than Stuff you Should Know does between trying to book these interviews, which has always been a slog I know I've talked about it before a little bit. Um, it is very very hard to d I y, book your own show. Um,

it is hard when someone is booking it for you. Um, still a lot of work to do, but it's it's always been something that I've done. Movie Crushes a very small little show. We don't have a lot of resource help and never really asked for much because we want to kind of just fly below the radar, do our own thing and do it our way, which is great, Um,

but it is hard booking people. Things got a little bit easier, believe it or not, during COVID because I finally write my head around doing these remote interviews, which I always had refused to do previously during the before times, but it did get a little bit easier during COVID because I relaxed my rule on that there are a lot of people at home. It really just became about finding folks who had a good recording setup, so you know,

the audio quality was still pretty good. That was a priority for me to make it sound good still, But that aside, it is still difficult to book. Guess it's hard. When I brought in the cast of regulars and started looking around it my awesome colleagues here at work, and Casey and Annie and Paul and Maddie and Holly coming in, and my regular guests Paul Schneider and Joe Garden and

Hodgeman that have had a few times on. It was always good to count on them, and of course certainly Cole who has been there for me and has been a great, great recurring guest, and certainly a lot easier to book them, but I still wanted to do a mix of them and then people outside the network and outside my friend zone. Uh, And it was just tough. So that is a big reason as well. Um, I really enjoyed every episode I ever recorded. I you know, there was a lot of work that went in, believe

it or not, to watching the movies. Doing the research and making the notes for movies usually took about a half a day just for the movie itself. And then you know, you record the show's always fun, never not fun, and then you had to go through and re listen to them and add any edit notes and stuff like that. That's not quite as fun, to be honest, But a lot goes into the show, more than you probably think,

even those many crushes. I know, it seems like we're just rewheeling it, but that's a bit of the magic. That was quite a bit of work that went into those as well, and it just all got to be a little bit too much between that and stuff you should know, especially now that things are opening up a bit more. Um, Josh and I are going to start

doing live shows again at some point. I'm not sure if that's this year or not, but we will be traveling more for work, which we haven't been doing, and it's, uh, you know, all that's gonna take a little bit more time.

And and you know, I have a wife and a daughter and a family and and stuff that I like to do with them, and it kind of got to the point at times where I found myself saying more than I was comfortable with, Oh, gosh, I gotta go watch this movie for movie crush instead of Oh, I'm so excited to get to watch this movie for movie crush. And again, just to be clear, that was literally just

squeezing in these movies and doing that research. I always love sitting down in front of the microphone with every single guest, and I always loved interacting with all of you on the Facebook page and putting those mini crushes together. That was never part of the problem. Um, right up until now, I promise. UM. It really was to the point that where if you, if you love movies, you don't want it to become a chore uh, and you don't want to not look forward to sitting down and

watching a movie. The whole point of this is that I love movies, and that's why I got into this show to begin with. UH. And it's just seemed like more and more, um, even just simple little things like Emily and I might, you know, have a night free where we want to watch a movie together or something, and I couldn't because I had to do a movie Crush watch that she necessarily wasn't into, and then we're in two separate rooms and that's just not a lot

of fun. So that was a big reason. I'm trying to think if there really were any others, And that's kind of it, you guys, it's just time, just time. Life is short, and um, I really just wanted to

clear my schedule out a little bit. Housekeeping wise, I can say one thousand percent that that Movie Crush Facebook page is gonna stay very active, and I'm going to stay on it, and in fact, I'll probably be on it more than I have in lately because I have more time, and I'm gonna keep posting questions and polls and silly memes and kind of everything that we've been doing on Facebook, I'm gonna keep doing because, um, honestly,

you all are the biggest treasure from this whole experience. Um, I'm more proud of the community that's been created alongside this podcast than any of those episodes, even Uh, if you want to know the truth, that's it's been the best part. Um. It's I've said it before a bunch of times, but you are all the kindest, most fun funniest endearing, engaging, open hearted, open minded, bighearted group of people that I've ever seen gathered together on the Internet.

It's really remarkable in a place, you know, on Facebook that is can be assessibool of humanity. We have managed to carve out a great little corner for ourselves. And I if this show did one thing and that was it, then it was all worth it. So that's gonna keep going, not going anywhere. The movie Crushers page I did not start. That was obviously started by you guys. I really hope you'll keep that going. I imagine you will. That should not go anywhere either. I'm still going to be active

over there as well. And you know, I made the Facebook announcement and I saw some people say, you know, I hope this isn't like someone said, I hope it's not like Summer Camp where we promised to keep in touch and then don't. That's up to us, you guys, That's that's up to us. Um. I pledged to stay there and stay active and to keep the fire going for all of us who love each other and who love movies and TV shows so much. UM So it's really up to you at this point to to stay

there as well. Don't go anywhere. Um. Another thing I want to say is that I will be doing some shows here and there. Um, Please don't delete my podcast feed from your your player. Just kind of keep it tucked away and let it get a little dusty in the corner there, but keep it there because I know I'm gonna wanna podcast again with Annie. How How can I not? I know I'm gonna want to talk to Casey about a movie every now and then. I know

I'm gonna wanna this Halloween. You know, those horror movies are gonna come Colin, and I'm gonna want to get Joe Garden in there, or get our little round tables together and do some Halloween content. I know I'm gonna want to do it, so don't be surprised when you see the occasional episode pop up. There will be a super sized Mini Crush finale coming out um here in a couple of weeks that will feature Emily and Addie and Annie and Paul and of course Nol and Casey.

We've got some other special guests joining that have been kind to us over the years, and I'm really gonna blow it out for that last mini and let everyone say they're proper goodbyes, so that that will be coming your way soon. I hope this finds you all well. I know that this has been a source of comfort for people during the pandemic, and it was a source of comfort for me too. It was really something I needed, and so I thank you for that, and I thank

you for just making this show special. Um. But again, we're not going away. It's gonna take on a little bit of a different form, and I really hope everyone sticks around and it stays really active on that Facebook page. There's still a couple of more great interview episodes coming your way. There are two in the can that I've loved,

really good episodes, and then there's one i'm recording. I think this will probably come out the day after our record with my good friend Janet Varney, who kicked off movie Crush with the very first episode, and she shall also be the last, so big thanks to Janet for that. So three more interviews coming out, I think, one more regular mini and then one super size finale and then

that'll be it for now. So I just want to let you know what's coming down the pike and what to expect that of me, keep crushing it in your private life. My sincerest thanks to all of you. Um, we are really one great, big, happy family and I think of you all like that. And uh, although I will miss the actual recordings of the episodes, I do look forward to many more years of hanging out on Facebook together and making fun of each other, picking on

each other, supporting each other, and loving each other. They're on the Movie Crushed Facebook page. So thanks for listening and I'll see you soon. Don't go anywhere