Speaker 1: Hi, it's Jamie here. I just wanted to take a
Speaker 1: quick moment to let you all know if you haven't
Speaker 1: already seen that. Patrick Tyndall and I my co director
Speaker 1: on the Joe Al's documentary Not Your Average Joe, which
Speaker 1: is still forging ahead. We are currently running a go
Speaker 1: fundme campaign to get us to Los Angeles to shoot
Speaker 1: some interviews and some b roll. We've already been out
Speaker 1: to LA a couple of times. This time we're going
Speaker 1: out to focus on a bunch of other topics, including
Speaker 1: Joe's motor racing career, which lasted for a few years.
Speaker 1: He used to race with Dicky Smothers of the Smothers Brothers.
Speaker 1: He even introduced a very well known film star to
Speaker 1: motor racing who went on to have a very illustrious career.
Speaker 1: We're also speaking to the man who made the articulated
Speaker 1: sharks for Jaws three, which barely got you used in
Speaker 1: defense really of what the film could have been. We're
Speaker 1: also speaking to Anne deuson Berry, who was one of
Speaker 1: the stars of Jaws two, who worked very closely with Joe,
Speaker 1: because Joe shot a lot of second unit on Jaws two,
Speaker 1: and of course there's a lot of scenes in that
Speaker 1: film that are kind of action sequences. Also, I've managed
Speaker 1: to convince Dean Coundy, the dop on Escape from New York,
Speaker 1: another film that Joe was the production designer on, to
Speaker 1: do an interview. So we're interviewing Dean near his home.
Speaker 1: Quite a thrill to be able to talk to somebody
Speaker 1: who's work I admire that much. We're going to have
Speaker 1: to really focus in on the Escape from New York stuff,
Speaker 1: but maybe maybe if we get on I could get
Speaker 1: him as a podcast guest in the future. We've also
Speaker 1: been chatting to Leah Thompson directly managed to get hold
Speaker 1: of her and she is very busy at the moment.
Speaker 1: She said, let me know nearer the time, so I've
Speaker 1: just sent her any and hopefully we can fit her
Speaker 1: in as well. So we're going to be in LA
Speaker 1: from the twenty second to the twenty eighth of February
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, cramming in a lot of these interviews.
Speaker 1: We're hoping to also hang out with Joe a little
Speaker 1: bit and maybe even get some more stories. What I
Speaker 1: have to remind myself is that we've really only shot
Speaker 1: like between ten and twelve days on this documentary, and
Speaker 1: some of those days were just one interview, you know.
Speaker 1: Other days it was a full run of interviews with
Speaker 1: Joe for the day, or maybe multiple people. But it's
Speaker 1: actually only a short number of days that we've worked
Speaker 1: on this, and what we've achieved so far is amazing.
Speaker 1: We've even managed to get in touch with Amblin, Steven
Speaker 1: Spielberg's company, and maybe we'll get a response from Stephen himself.
Speaker 1: We've sent him a gift and a message about the
Speaker 1: documentary and how we would really love if he could
Speaker 1: be involved. You know, Joe's ninety this year. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying we're running out of time. Joe's doing well, but
Speaker 1: you know, this is a diminishing window, and we've been
Speaker 1: working on this for a long time, in between our
Speaker 1: regular jobs and you know, all the other things that
Speaker 1: go on in life. This is really a passion project
Speaker 1: and we're hoping that Stephen can see that, and he
Speaker 1: can see the importance of getting Joe's story out there
Speaker 1: as well and leaving a legacy for the great Man.
Speaker 1: So I wanted to appeal to your behind the scenes
Speaker 1: loving nature and hope that you'll be able to maybe
Speaker 1: donate towards the GoFundMe. I'll leave the link in the
Speaker 1: show notes. We're currently at one thousand dollars. We need
Speaker 1: about three thousand to make this happen, but anything we
Speaker 1: can get over like eighteen hundred pounds would be amazing.
Speaker 1: So if you've never contributed to the podcast Patreon and
Speaker 1: you feel like you'd like to support me in my work,
Speaker 1: then please check out the GoFundMe link in the show notes.
Speaker 1: If you have already supported me on Patreon, then please
Speaker 1: just you know, just share. Go on social media. I've
Speaker 1: literally been posting for days. It's on Mastered, on Blue Sky,
Speaker 1: linked in, Twitter, Instagram, my personal Facebook, my film Mementary's Facebook,
Speaker 1: on Instagram, it's on my film Memnentitar's account, and on
Speaker 1: my Joe Alves doc account. So I've been posting it everywhere.
Speaker 1: So if you have already donated and you want to
Speaker 1: help out still, or if you are unable to donate,
Speaker 1: then just please go on those social media platforms and
Speaker 1: share and comment and let's get uh, let's get the
Speaker 1: algorithm on our side. So I'd really appreciate that, and
Speaker 1: I'll be reporting back as to what happens on our
Speaker 1: la adventure later this month on a later episode or
Speaker 1: a little bonus extra like this, I'll include some photos
Speaker 1: on social media as well, and maybe on the YouTube channel.
Speaker 1: Thanks as always for your support, and I really do
Speaker 1: appreciate any help you can offer. This is literally just
Speaker 1: me and Paddy making this documentary. Literally the two of us.
Speaker 1: We have had her recently, from an editorial team of
Speaker 1: two some friends of ours, and a sound designer who's
Speaker 1: a friend of mine as well in a graphics animator friend,
Speaker 1: all doing this stuff for the love of it, But
Speaker 1: for the most part, it's me and Patty. Patty's shooting it,
Speaker 1: I'm organizing it. I'm doing the interviews. I'm doing additional editing.
Speaker 1: We're coming up with ideas together. We really need as
Speaker 1: much help as we can get if we're going to
Speaker 1: get this across the finish line. So I'll stop pleading now.
Speaker 1: Have a great day, have a great weekend, and I'll
Speaker 1: speak to you soon.