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In honor of the impending return of Brooklyn 99, here are 99 reasons that...

1. He was precocious enough to know, at 5 years old, that he wanted to change his name (x)

2. He has a bunch of nicknames: Sandy Amberg, Young Sandwich, etc. but the most endearing one is 'Droidy', his family's name for him (x)

3. He is still super close friends with people he's known since: Elementary School (Chelsea Peretti) (x)...

4. Junior High/High School (Kiv and Jorm) (x)

5. … Summer Camp (Irene Neuwirth) (x)

7. ...and Film School (Chester Tam) (x)

8. Before he met Joanna, he dated other famous ladies but - out of respect - he never discussed it/them (x)

9. He loves turtles and tortoises. When he was a kid, he had a pet turtle that he named 'Squirt' because the first time he held it, it peed on him. His Mom, Margie, accidentally killed Squirt when Andy was at Summer camp... (x)

10. … Maybe this is why, when shooting 'Popstar', Andy fell hard for Maximus (Conner 4 Real's turtle). He says they "had a good thing going" and that he wanted to adopt him. In the end, he decided against it because there are a bunch of coyotes in his neighborhood and he was worried the little guy wouldn't be safe. (Popstar: DVD Commentary)

11. Speaking of his Mom, despite being a super private person, he appeared on 'Finding your Roots' so that he could help her track down her birth family (x)

12. When he succeeded he cried (although we never got to see it on camera) (x)

13. That's because, like all good boys, he loves his Mama which is why - as part of the same episode - he said "My mom is basically the kindest person I know… and many people would corroborate that" (x)

14. Andy's Sisters, Hannie (Johanna) and Darrow, used to make him wear diapers and put his hair in pigtails until he was 5 years old. He says he didn't mind because he just liked that they were paying attention to him (x)

15. That's why he sees his identity in comedy as being 'America's kid brother'. When he was young, he would annoy his sisters until they laughed and he claims to have been replicating that approach to entertainment ever since

16. Although a bunch of his characters have 'Daddy Issues', Andy definitely doesn't. He's super close with his Papa (Joe) and has said "he's a good man" and "the best Dad in the world" (x)

17. Joe was Andy's youth soccer coach and in one scene in 'Hot Rod', Joe's favorite photograph can be seen in the background. It shows a very young Andy posing with a soccer ball, after "scoring the winning goal against Mersey" (x)

18. He's been a loyal Golden State Warriors fan since he was a little kid, living in Oakland (then Berkeley) and, in 2010, he correctly predicted that they would "win a Championship in my lifetime" (x)

19. The proceeds from his Umami Burger ('The Samburger') went to a deafness early detection program in Berkeley. This cause is close to his heart because Margie uses hearing aids and used to work in the special needs program, teaching deaf kids (x)

20. He, Kiv, and Jorm have made multiple donations to their old school district, including $250 000 to its theater program (x)

21. On the subject of The Lonely Island; Andy always goes out of his way to make sure that everyone knows how much he owes to his buddies. For instance, he told Marc Maron, during his WTF appearance, that "I get a lot of credit for what Kiv and Jorm have done" (x)

22. He makes this face when he knows he’s said something naughty…

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23. During his 'Wild Horses' appearance, he said that he can't watch scary movies because they freak him out too much. He told 'Complex' that he's still scared of 'The Shining' (x)...

24. … Similarly, when he was at UC Santa Cruz he worked at the Del Mar movie theater and he had a hard time coping with screenings of 'Species 2' (x)

25. He fell in love with Joanna, the moment he met her, when she greeted him by addressing him as 'Steve the C**t' (x)

26. He listened to 'Ys', everyday for a year, before he and Joanna started dating (x)

27. He bought the original portrait that was used as the basis of the cover art for 'Ys' and gave it to Joanna as a Christmas present, so that she could hang it in her music room (x)

28. He loves birds and goes hiking and birding with Joanna (x)

29. Every new comment he makes about Joanna becomes an instant contender for 'most beautiful thing a person has ever said about their spouse' (x)

30. For example, he readily admits that Jake's iconic heart eyes are the result of him thinking about his amazing wife (x)

31. There are many stories about how incredibly romantic Andy and Joanna's wedding was and Jorm has said that it featured "the most magical vows I've ever heard" (x)

32. The Newsombergs now live in Charlie Chaplin's old house (x)

33. On the Emmys Red Carpet (2015), the year he hosted, they took a momentary break from posing for the world's press to whisper 'I love you' to each other (x)

34. At last year's Vanity Fair party, Andy carried Joanna's purse for her so she could grab a snack (x)

35. He was a semi-permanent fixture in the audience for her recent run of shows for the 'Strings/Keys Incident' tour, even officially confirming his status as the 'President of her Fan Club' (x)

36. He used his Golden Globes monologue to call out the government for framing and murdering the Black Panthers (x)

37. On the Carpet for the Guy's Choice Awards, he called the event "a ridiculous farce", adding that "men already have it so easy - it's insane that there's a show that celebrates them". That makes sense when you consider that he, Kiv and Jorm have made an entire career out of parodying toxic masculinity (x)

38. He once said that only "idiot-ass men" think that women aren't funny (x)

39. He’s been wearing glasses since 7th Grade and he has the most heartbreakingly cute habit of nudging them up his nose, (especially when he wears his Sol Moscot frames) (x)...

40. ... and of rubbing his eyes under them (x)

41. He barely ever wears glasses for roles but he also avoids contacts (because he doesn't like touching his eyeballs) which means he's almost always 'acting blind' (x)

42. He has worn his glasses in character a few times - as 'himself' ('Lady Dynamite'), as 'Paul' ('I Think You Should Leave') and during a very small number of SNL sketches (e.g. during his one appearance in a 'Gilly' with Kristen Wiig) (x)

43. He can't tolerate glare and when that makes him squint it's a sight that's too cute for words (x)

44. He owns about six outfits and has been rotating them for well over a decade (x)

45. He barely ever breaks during shooting/while performing, so when he does it's aggressively adorable. (x), (x)

46. He's a grown ass man who persuades people to come with him to the bathroom because if he goes by himself he'll get lonely (x)

47. He didn't announce he was leaving SNL, until after his last appearance, selflessly choosing not to detract from Kirsten Wiig's huge and emotional send-off (x)

48. He undertook a quest to smell like Lorne Michaels (x)

49. He's ageing like a fine wine (x)

50. To protect their daughter's privacy, Andy and Joanna never announced that they were expecting. They've never released their little girl's name or date of birth and most news outlets still report that they became parents in August 2017 (even though that's inaccurate) (x)

51. Although he's careful not to talk about his daughter often, sometimes he can't keep from gushing about her. For example, when asked about his first year of fatherhood he said: "It’s been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Just like a beautiful, incredible dream. It has surpassed every expectation I ever had. It’s definitely been very blissful" (x)

52. After their daughter was born, Andy and Joanna spent the first 40 days at home with her (in a practice known as 'confinement'). He's described it as being "a really special time". (x)

53. Andy is famously mild-mannered but, when asked about what triggers his 'Dad claws', he admitted that if anyone attempted to touch his daughter, without permission, he'd "probably sock them hard in the face"…

54. ...Characteristically, he went on to add that he hopes that never happens, since he hasn't been in a fight since 6th Grade (x)

55. Cyndi Lauper was his first celebrity crush and he plays her record ('She's so unusual') for his daughter all the time. (x)

56. His is the very definition of a precious laugh (x)...

57. It's made even more wonderful by the way it makes his voice go high-pitched (x)

58. … and the way it causes his eyebrow to rise involuntarily

59. It's impossible not to smile at his impression of his Mom (x)

60. And laugh at his impression of John Mulaney (x)

61. He was so convinced he wouldn't win the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical, that he didn't prepare a speech. Instead, as he explained to David Letterman, he "just went… and started drinking". The resulting list of improvised 'thank yous' was perfect in every way (x)

62. As producers, Andy, Kiv and Jorm have given life to some amazing projects ('Alone Together', 'Brigsby Bear', 'I Think You Should Leave')...

63. … and gone out of their way to support women in comedy ('Party Over Here', 'PEN15') (x)

64. As well as being a comedy legend, he's a super-talented dramatic actor, who gave the performance of a lifetime in 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' but, after the movie wrapped, and it was time to do press for it, he was straight back to goofing around (x)

65. His lip bite should be illegal (x)

66. Even though he wears the same vanishingly small number of outfits, over and over, he has a vast collection of the most excellent socks (x)

67. He always gives 'editing notes' during his own interviews (x)

68. He has a super sweet and sincere way of thanking interviewers when they compliment him (x)

69. He adjusts his hoodie constantly (x)

70. The two most perfect Jake laughs in b99 are actually real Andy laughs 'https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W38A_xuXaeg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sVm9nYrTWRQ

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71. Virtually everyone who has ever worked with Andy has talked about what a wonderful person he is. This explains why so many of them have been involved with more than one of his projects (x)

72. It's not only his colleagues who talk about what a delight he is (x), (x)

73. This lovestruck fool wore his own wife's merch when he went out to dinner (x)

74. No one else uses the word 'dinky' quite like Andy (x). The same goes for 'snacky' (see point 70)

75. He does this with his tongue (x)

76. He still likes to play soccer but his eyesight is so bad that he has to keep his glasses on for it

77. When he lets his gorgeous floofy hair grow a little it sits perfectly over the arms of his glasses (x)

78. He gifted the world with Jakey's little curl (x)

79. At the James Franco Roast, he couldn't bring himself to be mean to anyone except himself (and Jeff Ross, a little!) (x)

80. In fact, he's always been willing to laugh at himself (x) and he still is (x)

81. He changes b99 scripts to make them more feminist (x)

82. Despite their humble insistence that they just benefited from 'good timing', the reality is that Andy, Kiv and Jorm (along with Chris Parnell) revolutionized digital media, when 'Lazy Sunday' popularized YouTube, increasing its traffic by 85% overnight (x)

83. He once attended the Vanity Fair party because his Mom told him to (x)

84. He has an amazing way of subtly but firmly shutting down inappropriate questions, like when this interviewer suggested that Holt being gay was something that could have been played for laughs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=idQsYQfkR5o

85. He auditioned for SNL at the same time as Bill Hader. Hader thought he'd blown it because Andy had a bunch of props and Bill had none. In the meantime, Andy thought he'd blown it when he saw Hader and realized 'this guy doesn't need any props' (x)

86. His bromance with Seth Meyers is one for the ages (x)

87. Every single second of this video is proof of why Andy, Kiv and Jorm deserve the world (x)

88. He once dragged Mulaney up on stage for SNL Goodnights, even though writers weren't allowed to join in (x)

89. He has a hilarious phobia of pooping anywhere except his own bathroom (x)

90. His beautiful, beautiful, face: His smile (radiant), his eyes (caramel - hella disarming), his ears (adorably asymmetrical), his nose (perfect), His chin (the dimple… *swoon*), his jaw (could cut glass), The 'Sambeard' (another amazing layer of pretty) (x)

91. His body: His butt (x), his thighs, (x) his soft lil tummy (The ‘Sambelly’) (x), his hands. (x), his arms (x), his hips…

(Gif credit: @amystiago /@badpostandy on Twitter)

92. All signs point to the fact that, like Jake, Andy uses his glasses case as a wallet (x)

93. Jake's "cool-cool-cool-cool-cool-cool" is an irl Andy-ism that the writers worked into b99 scripts. What's even better is that Joanna does it, too (x)

94. He has a really good arm and is low key competitive, which is super hot https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e32K_nBDy3Q

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95. He's one half of the cutest Red Carpet pose of all time (x)

96. He barely ever seems to get mad but if angry Jake is anything to go by, maybe he should... (x)

97. He's a huge nerd, who geeks out over GOT, LOTR, 'Star Wars', 'Alien(s)' and anything relating to time travel (x), (x)

98. He has a gorgeous speaking voice, especially when he’s tired or a little sick. (Bonus points for any time he uses the word ‘correct’. See point 30) (x)

99. He’s still so committed to his b99 fans and fam, even after all this time and is as excited as the rest of us that...

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MD3 watches Carole & Tuesday season 1 part 1

9:34 PM 9/1/2019 Carole and Tuesday ep1

Watch Shinichiro Watanabe and Studio Bones go fully into revolving a series around music.

I was going to say something about how this entire exposition dump is too blunt, that everything is falling into place too easily. But not only is it the natural thing for these 2 characters to do when they're introducting themselves to each other, but the tone of these scenes are really nice. Just the thing for someone who's been watching almost exclusively iyashikei for a while now.

I'm surprised they're using actual terms like "Google" and "INstagram". I wonder if there's a real Instagram account named "carole_and_tuesday". Well, if Netflix didn't, the fanbase will have.

I like that the episode begins with narration explaining that Carole and Tuesday will become famous musicians. Because if the tension of the episode/series is based on already knowing their ending of their story, then that means, it won't hurt me to have already seen some spoiler scenes from later in the series. ^-^

That ending theme really sounds like a Cyndi Lauper or at least a 1980's song, with all that synthesizer. Tuesday was talking about her earlier in the episode. Do I have to go research Lauper to understand future references?

9:59 PM 9/1/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep2.

Is there a setting on Netflix that automatically lets me always see the ending and opening credits? I just don't feel complete when those opening songs and ending themes get skipped. And often, I can't scramble for the remote in time to ensure I get to watch the credits. I'm pretty sure there's science behind the benefits of staying for credits and easing back into the next episode with an opening song. I mean, that whole Interest Curve theory works pretty well for overall plots, scenes, videogame rising tension, Star Wars, Haikyuu, etc. I need that cool-down after a story for an optimal experience. That's why I always stayed in movie theaters during credits, even before the MCU.

I forgot to note during ep1, but I like the future-ized version of vocal synthesizers liek Hatsune Miku, and there's this whole company that has had exclusively virtual/artifical singers for its entire successful history so far. Did that Tao guy mention the name of his company?

I also liked that Angela's mom is going to represent that Stage Mom archetype and how that's destructive and contributes to the cliche of "child actors" ending up badly. If we're going to have a series about the entertainment business, it's good to at least mention that.

Oh yeah...Did Carole's uni-wheel skateboard exist before the real life version that's been advertised on YouTube lately?

Something tells me Tao's business is going to be a better example of the highly manufactured music process, than Black Mirror's "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too". These chats that Carole and Tuesday have, while her owl gets sleepy, are realy soothing. It's reminds me of iyashikei genre's tone. And Carole's seiyuu has a soothing voice that's also more interesting that just the typical bishoujo voice.

So the title is based on Bruce Springsteen's song.

Carole wants to try a grand piano, and I was thinking of those pianos inside shopping malls. But would malls even still exist in the future? LOL And why is there a piano in a place called "Mars Immigration Memorial Hall"? Sounds like a federal administrative building. ...Except for the "Memorial" part. Yeah, what would a building like that be for? Maybe a piano will make sense there when I see it.

DJ Ertegun is getting a pretty big introduction. Ok, I'm curious. Did he produce that talent show I've seen spoiler clips of?

I feel kind of bad for Carole's security guard friend, but I like that one of the people in charge of the venue is cool with them just using the piano. LOL

Did I mention yet that I really like the music in this series? The songs I've seen in spoiler clips, anyway.

LOL omg Roddy recorded them running from the security guard too. LOL ^o^!

omg and he totally uploaded it. LOL

I'd be funny if anyone, not just people with more computer experience, but I mean idiots like me, could so easily use facial recognition software, find someone's Instagram, and just use the geotagging to find anyone.

I know it's cliche for the has-been agent/manager/scout to find a new talent and it gets him out of his self-destructive patterns, but it's still nice. I'm glad to see Gus not drinking his liver to death and picking fights.

I really should stop after ep2, but I'm really curious to see how they'll deal with a manager out of no where.

10:43 PM 9/1/2019

Carole & tuesday ep3

Tuesday's brother sounds really familiar. I know that the bishonen/biseinen voice is a common archetype, but still. Is that Takahiro Sakarai? He voices Cloud in Final Fantasy VII. Or maybe...No. Not deep enough for Hikaru Midorikawa. That's just wishful thinking for my old favorite.

I feel bad for Tuesday's brother. I don't know how, but there's a sense that he feels bad about how their mom treats her. Maybe it's camera lingering on his reponses to her, like he's hesitating to go along with her commands. Maybe that kind of direction implies he questions her and is reluctant to follow. Well, if not, then that completely askewed fireplace behind him in this ep's early scene definitely is saying something.

It's really funny how this pizzeria scene used reading Wikipedia as not just exposition but showing everyone's funny reactions. Just like when people read a real Wiki! LOL I hope more movies do this kind of integration of believable internet use.

"Teen Vogue"?

It's funny now durian has become the popular flavor.

Is the currency "oolongs"? LOL That's really close to "woolongs" from Cowbow Bebop. I wonder why they didn't go ahead and use "woolongs" as a direct reference.

Ok. This laundromat scene and a random stranger getting involved in their unfinished song, is pretty endearing. ^____^

I just realized that everyone is walking around with these AI pets, like the All-Mates from Dramatical Murder.

It's the partially-shredded Banksy! LOL

I thought he expected them to do a nude drawing of him or something. Now does he think they're athletic trainers? ...Groupies. He thinks they're groupies. Ok. That was a lot of weird misdirect. But I guess that confusion is teh point of this scene. LOL

She's actually burning her sheet music?! I'm pretyt sure Ertegun was being metaphorical. So are they portraying Tuesday as the oblivous literal type? Or was she trying to activate the fire sprinklers to get back at his insults?

They're pretty lucky that everyone takes their shenanigans well.

This "running again" running gag is starting to grow on me.

So Ertegun mentioned, like Tao, that he also constructs his music from computer-analyzed trends. So is this the theme of this series? Music by computer calculations vs music by humans?

They're funny. ^____^ Turning back at Ertegun's house just to yell at him without him even hearing. I wonder if they're going to go the old fashioned route of gigs at bars, like Gus was talking about.

11:12 PM 9/1/2019

Maybe I can watch ep 4 without taking so many notes. I just want to watch it.

11:13 PM 9/1/2019

Carole & tuesday ep4

Good gobs, this series is much harder to stop watching than Violet Evergarden. Proably because Violet Evergarden was a cry fest and that's easier to drop. I can't do that much crying all the time! At least Carole & Tuesday is soothing and fun.

Roddy is still there. LOL

Isnt' there something wrong with it if it's only 19 oolongs?

Ziggy likes Tuesday now. ^u^

Ooh, poor Ziggy.

Heh. Maybe I don't actually want to stop writing reactions. ^^;;;

This whole episode is uneasy. You know they're not actually going to be able to make this crazy music video. That direction AI robot is going to turn out to be worthless. And in any case, a big action music video doesn't fit their type of songs. It's like going up the roller coaster, waiting for the fall, when you don't liek roller coasters! x~x! Ok. After this episode, I'll call this binge a night.

This montage of them trying on clothes woudl be a good music video for them.

I wonder why they didn't start with giving the robot budget restrictions or any kind of limitations first, before it told them what was possible.

I really like that Marie is just so casually asking these young people if they have boyfriends or girlfriends. You never see that in anime!!!!!!!!!!! ;u; It's usually a big deal and used for comedy because of the heteronormative expectations!!!!! but here, she's just being normal about it! ;U;!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!

I don't collect Gunpla, but I call figure collection abuse! lol

Why is this robot talkign out loud to itself?

Dude, the bartender is super stressed, watching Gus and Marie. Do they have a history of big arguments that could wreck his bar? O_o???

Just say "congratulations" if you're going to burst in like that. LOL Takes the edge off your eavesdropping. LOL

"I hope you're happy this time." Awwwwwwwwwwwwww~ That's so sweet. ;u;

Who's that random dancer in the video? LOL

Wait a sec...The car was blown up?!?

Where is the AI scammer getting returned to?

Ok, that was funny at the end. Maybe I can stick around for another episode. ^^;

11:42 PM 9/1/2019

I'm going to switch to dub, so I can get some stuff done in these 20 minutes before 12am. o~o;

11:46 PM 9/1/2019

Carole & tuesday ep5

Wow. Roddy's dub actor is Michael Sinterniklaas? ...Or maybe Yuri Lowenthal? ...Hm... Then again, there are so many new dub actors that I often find myself confusing older A-listers I'm familiar with. ^^;

Wait. The dub Tao said "woolongs"! So it's a direct reference to Cowbow Bebop in the dub!

"You're not as cool as you used to be"? Really? *That* cliche? Listen, I've liked a lot of tropes used in this series so far, but that was mean and hackneyed.

Only 1 song? Good. They only have like 3 songs.

So the Martian environment caused Angela's mom to become androgenous? Is that why the media lost interest in her as a child actor, once she hit her 20's? It always creeps me out how when these child actors turn 18/legal, everyone give this sense like they're leering at him in anticipation. I guess once Angela's mom wasn't able to transition from child actress to "specifically-female sex pot" they gave up on her career. That's kind of weird, huh? When child actresses get old enough, as soon as they're legal, everyone expects them to sell sex with their image, even when they just _barely_ became old enough. I don't pay enough attention to non-geeky entertainment media, but are male child actors expected to become sex symbols as soon as they turn 18 too? That's kinda sad.

Well, Roddy explaining to Beth why likes their music, explains why he's sticking around.

How did Tuesday's luggage find her? ^.^

I like how cool Carole's landlord and Tuesday's brother are being about leaving them alone to continue pursuring music.

12:16 AM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep6

It's funny how they're all hanging out at Carole's place all the time now.

Well, that Skip guy was pretty cool.

Oh~ Skip was talking about Crystal forgetting the type of music she originally wanted to play. I thought he was talking about himself or something. First time I saw this clip of him talking to Crystal, he said "it's your song". I thought that meant he wrote it for her. But now hearing the same line dubbed, I finally understood it means that Cyrstal wrote this song and it was her original sound, that she's forgotten now that she plays music that sounds more like manufactured pop.

Is that why they call alcohol "liquid courage"? ^^;;;;;;;;;

Oh, they really did write a faster song just for this festival? No, wait. This is that laundromat song. ^_^

Wow. They're really throwing stuff at them while they play. I feel like I've seen this portrayed only once before in an idol series, but then it had that stereotypical "somoene stands up for the protagonists" moment. It's kind of refreshing for this more realistic portrayal, then the encouragement come in a more practical way.

Aw, Crystal is giving them a pep talk. There are so many nice mentor figures at this festival. ;u;

12:37 AM 9/2/2019

I should stop here and go to bed. ^^;

It occurrs to me that I keep expecting an episode preview, full of joke narration, like you usually hear after an ending theme. LOL I guess Netflix really does expect you to binge everything. ^^;;; No need for previews and omake, huh?

Ok. I'll save ep7 for tomrrow.

Good series. ^____^

5:03 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep7

I'm so glad all these video essays on YouTube have been teaching me to pay more attention. Or else I wouldn't have noticed how round-table Gus/Carole&Tuesday/Roddy are together, in contrast to Tao/Angela/Angela's mom.

Angela *better* have her own category. I can't imagine having American Idol and suddenly back-in-the-day Miley Cyrus show up as just a regular contestant. C'mon.

I know I sound like an old fogey, but I really like when modern media shows people streaming their life. Because it's actually happening, and there was such a long time when movies/shows would go to lengths to not show technology even when it's become a daily part of life, just for fear of free product placement. Seeing Pyotr streaming himself and everyone say he's "Instagram famous" may make this bit dated in 10-20 years, but I feel like it's a better representation of now, vs just avoiding portraying it all together.

Is that native Maritan at the auditions a reference to Space Channel 5? LOL Naw~ LOL

"I won't do things like that anymore. It happened because of the medicine's side effects. I'm stable now." Did this just get even darker than "stage mom" drama? o~o!

Ok. Physical abuse. As long as it doesn't go into incest sexual abuse territory, I think I can handle this character development.

Also, Angela's mom looks like she used to be her dad? That photo looked very male-presenting. I thought she was her mom, who just looked/sounded "manish" because of the androgenous effects of the Martian environment?

I really like how this whole cast works together. It's really sweet and warm. I know that this scene of Carole, Tuesday, and Gus running into Roddy are supposed to portray that but in a bittersweet way, like Tuesday is contemplating all of this warmth going away if her identity is discovered through the Mars Brightest audition, but let me just enjoy it as a "slice of life" moment for now. ^-^

Oh, Tuesday was sad about not knowing much about Carole's background. Wow, I feel like there was only 1 moment for that setup. I totally thought she was afraid of this found family of hers being taken away when her identity is revealed. Ah, well. Let's see where this goes.

Carole *is* cool and to be envied. ^_^

Time for a song! I thought that if Tuesday was going to keep feeling so sad, they'd have to vent it in a song. lol

I like how just random people get involved with Carole & Tuesday's lives. I just watched a spoiler clip of one of their future concerts and looking at the background "finger snappers" I thought they totally found those guys on the street and asked them to snap their fingers for their song. LOL But isnt' this guy teaching them special handshakes the same guy from the laundromat? o.o? That was funny. LOL

Ah, so this is about Tuesday learning to be "bold" like Carole.

Dog race betting!? ;o;

Ack. TV crews.

Oh, this is about Tuesday not needing the sunglasses anymore.

5:43 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep8

The heck? That's a lot of doing BEOFRE asking! Even if it's 2 seconds late, that's too late! o~o!

Cybelle is always liking their Instagram posts. lol I was just reading this [https://twitter.com/_le_hibou/status/1168178112007458818] "To people who follow artists: It may not be obvious but artists do notice followers who regularly interact or reply to their art!! I don’t always know the proper way to respond but I do know who all my “regulars” are if you will lol" Reminds me that I recently had someone who often likes my IG posts, come meet me in real life and have so many expectations...Now I keep worrying about having said all the wrong things, just being a disappointment, and not having helped enough. @_@;

That's mean, Gus. Don't just assume Angela is going to embarass herself. Even if we didn't have all these background scenes of her singing well, don't say junk like that. ~.~;

Ah, when death metal becomes the classical music of old fogeys... ^____^

"I feel like I've gained their approval to exist." Sheesh. To think someone ouwl dsay it so directly and so casually. o_O

When I first saw this YouTube clip of Pyotr performing I couldn't stop marvelling how this seems like it's completely hand-drawn. Remember when all the idols shows started to just CGI all the performances and it looked horrible. Like compare UtaPri's first season vs 3rd. Or the earlier Idolmasters vs the recent ones. It's amazing to me that anyone is fully hand-animating this anymore.

Ok. I'll admit. I've been watching "Bulldog Anthem" repeatedly even before starting to watch this series. I just like opera mixed with modern music, ok.

Was Gus the one squeezing his hand nervously when the announcer mentioned that Carole & Tuesday don't use AI to compose their songs?

I thought it was weird to choose between different music genres represented by each contestant. Like I love death metal, and fushion music, and pop is fun too. But I love that whole acoustic singer-songwriter genre. ^_________^

It's weird that they're judging OG Bulldog on his identity lies, vs his singing. Is that how these music audition songs go? I don't really watch those. I mean, it's off-putting after he called everyone in the audience/judges fake and made up so many outrageous things about his background, but his song was still nice.

But maybe that's the contrast represented between OG Bulldog vs Carole & Tuesday. Bulldog was building this whole identity/persona to sell along with his music. Whereas even the judge noted how Carole & Tuesday were presenting their music in and of itself alone. I guess that was the point.

Maybe it's been a long time since I watched battle anime or the martial arts genre, or Pokemon, but do rival always start introducing themselves to the protagonists by telling them they hate them? The latest rival I remember being really nasty about their introductions was Yuri Plizetsky from Yuri on Ice. I guess I'm too accustomed to the old fashioned formalities of martial arts anime, where you send a letter of challenge and formally show your opponent respect, even if it annoys you that they offer you genuine challenge. In fact, it's because martial artist characters usually recognize the importance of being challenged, that they revere their worthy opponents and recognizing someone as a "rival" was always a sacred thing. Even rival who hated each other like Ryouga and Ranma are still very respectful towards each other.

And talk about Shadow projecting. If anyone is the "amatures who get carried away with themselves" it's definitely Angela. I mean, she can sing, but everyone recognizes her as a model and is calling her a music amature.

6:25 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep9

Cybelle's really storng on the stalker vibes.

omg Did the guest judge just get killed?

Did Cybelle just bite Tuesday????? O~O!! This is getting into extra weird levels of stalker! ;o;

I'd feel kind of hyprocritical if I don't admit that Angela's songs are nice. Even though I said that OG Bulldog's background doesn't effect the quality of his song, knowing how nasty Angela has been for most of this series has infused watching her performances with bitterness. But her songs are nice, in and of themselves.

I'm glad Tuesday was able to reject Cybelle so soon. And I'm glad Cybelle lost, so her creepiness can exit the series sooner. But I'm afraid a violent stalker subplot is going to start. o~o!

6:49 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep10

Ertegund judging Carole & Tuesday. I should have seen that coming.

Is this what they call "emotional blackmail"? When someone threatens to suicide or hurt themselves if some girl doesn't like them? Notebook stuff?

So I didn't react much on ep10 because I was trying to multi-task. I even tried switching to dub. But I'm switching back to sub for ep11.

7:54 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep11.

I guess Angela is doing the sleuthing in the background for this ep.

These pre-song interviews are fine in fiction, but I can't believe if they do it right before in an actual show. Then again, reality TV really over-inflates drama where ever they can. ~.~;

I want to get an album of Carole & Tuesday and listen to it before I sleep. ^___^

Ertegun taking cheap shots. Tuesday DID preform.

I can't help but deflate the stakes in this Mars Brightest arc since Carole & Tuesday started so low, that any kind of exposure seems fine. And I like lower stakes for an iyashikei-like tone. Anyway, look how hyper stressed all the overly ambitious characters are, who absolutely have to win or lose everything. I'm fine with middle stakes.

I like that Catherine stated her judgement as "If you asked me who I'd want to hear again...". That's an interesting factor.

Again, I'm glad Carole & Tuesday keep running into people who are just cool with all the craziness that follows them. Pyotr could become a nice side character. And apparently, his stakes were also low enough that all he really wanted was some exposure. He's already IG famous anyway.

Are they really going to leave the crime pinned on Angela's poor manager?

So much for low stakes and low ambition.

At least this show always resolves its issues quickly. So far.

Blocking is really nice in this scene. Them sitting on opposite sides of this weird bench, really makes them seem far apart. Appropriate. Gotta remember this technique.

Dude, is Carole going to get a bad injury too? o_o

Oh, yeah, she still didn't give Teusday her birthday gift.

8:27 PM 9/2/2019

Carole & Tuesday ep12

Well, I'm looking forward to the last-minute escape in a week, to get to Mars Brightest.

Always running with Carole. LOL

"I should have brought her back no matter what she thought." Hang on, Gus. That should be "I should have tried to bring her back and ask her again what she thought."

I'm glad Tuesday's brother Spencer is cool.

Already sent the instruments to the venue? Gonna be cutting it close, huh? ^o^

That's packing a lot of "endearing backstory motivation" into one scene for a so-far less palatable character. I guess this really is the last episode of this season. Is there a 2nd season of Carole & Tuesday?

MOre cool random people they meet on the street. LOL

Oh wow. Angela's manager came back. Aw. Forgiveness is wholesome. ^______^

I'm glad they're not driven by ambition. That's fine for martial arts anime and battle anime, where winning represents something about honing your skill. But I think Carole & Tuesday are more about just having the chance to sing and enjoy music.

It's like, "You can have all the high-production concerts and collaborations with Ertegund. Carole & Tuesday are here to play good music."

Even got that jerk Ertegund to cry, huh? LOL

Wait a sec. Does Netflix USA not have season 2 up yet. Because I've seen clips on YouTube that weren't in this season. Wow. I heard about Netflix withholding episodes but this is just weird...Or maybe that was nother streaming service?

I guess that's it. I'll go re-watch the spoiler clips on YouTube then.

9:03 PM 9/2/2019

https://trinikid.com/carole-tuesday-plot-netflix-release-date-and-more

"Flying Dog" was involved with Carole & Tuesday?! They worked on my favorite Sengoku Basara 2009 series! *O*!

Ok. So season 1 was split into 2 parts. And these 12 eps I just watched were part 1 of season 1. And there's a part 2 of season 1 to come. And season 2 is teh one that's iffy about production.

9:08 PM 9/2/2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_%26_Tuesday

Wait a sec. Ertegun is freaking Mamoru Miyano?! LOL!!!!!!!!!! Well, after Tamaki Suoh I'm convinced he does "over dramatic self-agrandizing" characters well. LOL Isn't the manager of Zombieland Saga like that too?

Roddy is freaking Miyu Irino?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *O* I guess he finished his hiatus abroad. O.o Wait! That means whenever there's a Ertegun/Roddy scene, it's Riku and Sora together again! LOL

Megumi Hayashibara is in this series too?!?! *u*

Oh, Watanabe is the supervising director with someone else doing the usual directing?

Looks like season 1 part 2 is still airing in Japan. Netlflix is probably going to wait until the season is done before they send it to Bang Zoom Entertainment for dubbing, AND THEN it'll be on Netflix.

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SUMMER CAMP NIGHTMARE (1987, d. Bert L. Dragin)

OK, campers. Since it’s our last day together here at Camp Analog Scum, I thought we might have a little discussion about the power dynamics inherent in the summer camp flick. For a lot of kids, summer camp is a chance to blow off some steam. You’ve spent all year getting bossed around by your teachers, your principal, your parents, whomever, and now you get a few weeks of relative freedom out in the wilderness to run wild. Sure, you’ve got counselors to answer to, but what are they gonna do? In a lot of ways, summer camp is like one big dare to see how much shit you can get away with and not get in trouble. It’s the ultimate quest for extreme fun. But what would happen if that fun got a little too extreme? Could it lead to, say, armed revolution and lawlessness? Well, that’s what we’re working with in today’s film, 1987’s Summer Camp Nightmare, either the darkest comedy or the funniest drama ever, depending on who you ask.

Things start out innocuously enough, with busloads of eager kids arriving at Camp North Pines for Boys. Our hero, a nerdy kid named Donald Poultry (amazing name) is narrating everything into his trusty tape recorder, because he’s a tech wiz, because he’s a nerd in the 80s, c’mon, try and keep up. These little devils are pumped for a summer of gorging on junk food, reading nudie mags, catching up on reruns of Dynasty, and most of all, trying their luck with the girls over at Camp South Pines for Girls. We meet a few of our junior counselors, including Mason, the obnoxious Guido; Chris, the attentive older brother type; Stanley Runk, aka “Runk the Punk” who is, well, you can figure it out; and last but certainly not least, Franklin, who is super smug and really into philosophy and believes that society is governed based off of fear. Yeah, Franklin is “that guy.”

Unfortunately, everyone’s plans for a summer of debauchery and decadence are ruined by the arrival of Mr. Warren, the new camp director. Mr. Warren is kind of an old fuddy-duddy who speaks in a hushed voice and with great moral authority, so in other words, he’s supposed to remind you of Ronald Reagan. Anyway, Mr. Warren is like, no one is allowed to curse, smoke cigarettes, or drink booze, all of which seem like pretty boilerplate rules for a kid’s camp, but everyone acts like he’s a total fascist. What’s not as cool is when he rigs the TV in the rec room to only play the televangelist channel. OK, that sucks. They literally do that to punish Hannibal Lecter. Mr. Warren also decrees that the old rope bridge that leads to the girls’ camp is off limits, because it’s in disrepair and too dangerous. Damn, guess the panty raids are cancelled, huh?

Oh, and Mr. Warren is super into catching butterflies, which is a perfect hobby for this character in that it’s so innocent that it’s kinda weird at the same time. So he takes a bunch of little kids in Franklin’s bunk on a butterfly hunt, and one of them, I think his name is Eddie, comes back in tears, because he peed his pants. But Franklin somehow twists this around and concocts this story about Mr. Warren molesting Eddie. He even tells Runk the Punk about it. This is our first hint that there may be more wrong with Franklin than just being “that guy.”

Before long, our boys are engaging in shenanigans. Chris and Donald rig the TV in the rec room to play some good ol’ scramble vision porn, but Mr. Warren catches them, unplugs the TV, closes the rec room for good, and locks Chris up. Then it’s time for the cross-camp talent show! We get a rapping emcee, because he’s the only black kid in camp! Cool! Then three of the girls do an original song about how the girls will take care of the boys “down south” while dressed up like Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, and…um, I think also Madonna? For some reason Mr. Warren doesn’t seem to mind, perhaps the innuendo just goes over his head? But then, in easily the best scene in the movie, Runk the Punk and Mason do a totally bitchin’ lip sync to Fear’s classic “Beef Bologna.” This time, Mr. Warren understands that the song isn’t actually about lunch meat, and freaks out. He sends the girls home, and cancels the dance scheduled for next week. This proves to be the final straw. Franklin holds a campfire pow wow with some of the other counselors in training, plus Donald, who by the way owes Franklin a favor because he saved him from drowning one day. They decide to stage a coup and take Mr. Warren and the other counselors into custody. Viva la revolucion!

The next day, everyone springs into action. Franklin creates some unrest by starting a “Free Chris Wade!” chant, then head over to the administration building to bust Chris out. Mr. Warren and the other counselors are like, what the hell this is insane you’re acting like total jerks, at which point Franklin is like, oh no, we’re super serious about this whole revolution thing, and by the way, I have a gun. Oh shit, Franklin DOES have a gun. Mr. Warren and the counselors are lead into the administration building at gunpoint, and locked up. Chris is like, hey man, I appreciate you busting me out and all, but we’re not really gonna take the law into our own hands, right? To which Franklin is like, don’t worry, we’ll let them go soon, we just wanna have some fun, I’m definitely not a power-hungry sociopath. Yeah, this is the point in the movie where it becomes more and more clear that, despite his guarantees, Franklin miiiiiiiiight just be a power-hungry sociopath.

Feeling the rush of having staged a successful, bloodless revolution, Franklin decides to also liberate the girls camp. Before long, all of the boys and the girls are living together, and it’s just a nonstop hormonal jamboree. During one of the now nightly dances, Runk the Punk decides to bring in the tied up and gagged Mr. Warren, to torture him by making him witness all of the grinding and making out that’s going on. None of these kids are leaving room for the Holy Spirit! Chris and this girl Heather, whom he’s fond of, are like yo, what the hell, this is going too far! And Franklin is like, oh hey, I’m wearing military fatigues now, so don’t fuck with me, you’re excommunicated. He orders Runk the Punk to take Mr. Warren back to his like, prison cell or whatever, but along the way, Mr. Warren tries to fight back, kicking Runk the Punk a bunch of times.There’s a scuffle, and oh shit, Mr. Warren accidentally gets stabbed and dies! Whoa! When Franklin finds out, he orders Runk the Punk and some other dude to ditch Mr. Warren’s body down by the caves. They’re in too deep now, there’s no turning back.

Things start to take a turn into Lord of the Flies territory. Franklin decrees that anyone who talks to Chris or Heather will be punished, and names Donald minister of propaganda. The whole free love thing turns dark too, when Mason rapes Joanie, whom you may remember as Cyndi Lauper from the talent show. Donald and another girl catch him, and he’s put on trial. Mason acts like a super gross, misogynist piece of shit, and Franklin decides that, as punishment, Mason will be forced to cross the rope bridge, hand over hand. If he lives, then he’s innocent. If he dies, then, well, he’s dead? He makes it, but then decides to mouth off to all of the girls, which is a bad idea, because they literally form a mob and Lynch him. Holy hell! I mean, it’s hard to feel bad for this piece of shit, but I didn’t think the movie was gonna go THERE.

At this point, some of the campers start to think that maybe this whole revolution thing wasn’t the best idea, while others just go more and more insane. Donald uses his computer nerd skillz to try and contact the outside world, but gets caught, and is sentenced to also walk the rope bridge. But Donald is a total dork, he’s gonna die for sure! Chris decides this is the time for the counter-revolution to begin. As Donald flails along on the rope bridge, losing his precious glasses in the process (which of course made me think of the classic Milhouse gag, “I need those to live!!!”), some of the kids start just straight up wailing on Franklin and his gang. Runk the Punk gets thrown off the hill, wow! Chris punches the shit out of Franklin’s face until he’s hamburger meat, whoa! Then the cops show up, somehow? Anyway, since Donald had been keeping his tape recorder diary thing, the cops are like, ok, we’re arresting the perps, everyone else get on the buses, you’re going home. Franklin is in the back of a cop car. The cop is like, we’re gonna contact your parents in Europe, implying that Franklin was never this salt of the Earth revolutionary, just a fucked up rich kid looking for some kicks at any cost. Whatever, man.

It probably wouldn’t surprise you to learn that Summer Camp Nightmare was co-written by none other than Penelope Spheeris. Early in her career, before she got famous thanks to directing the Wayne’s World movie, Spheeris excelled in this kind of movie: the kind of story that starts out looking like a typical popcorn flick, before descending into pure darkness. She did the same thing with Suburbia, her excellent film about a group of punk squatters living in Los Angeles, which features one of the heaviest, most gut-punching endings to any movie I’ve ever seen. If she and director/co-writer Bert L. Dragin were trying to combine Meatballs with Lord of the Flies, then they definitely succeeded. It’s far from pleasant, especially when things get rapey and murdery, but that’s the point. Subversion is the name of the game. Best of all, both sides are judged in equally harsh terms. Mr. Warren may be a sanctimonious dick, but Franklin’s way is even worse, and it doesn’t let either of them off the hook. It’s a somber note to close up Camp Analog Scum on, but hopefully next year won’t be quite as macabre. Though I doubt it…

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davidcdelreal · 6 years

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A Surprising List of Successful People Who Filed for Bankruptcy – And Made It Back

A good friend once told me sometimes you have to take a step back to go forward.

That’s exactly what some famous, successful people did when they filed for bankruptcy. And most made it back to solvency.

Some even went well beyond their previous levels of wealth and fame after filing for bankruptcy.

In fact, for most it ended up being little more than a bump in the road of an otherwise successful life.

The point of this post isn’t to recommend bankruptcy. But it is to show experiencing financial disaster isn’t terminal! We all need to know this.

Rags-to-Riches-Back-to-Rags-Then-Back-to-Riches (Say That 10x Fast)

That’s the theme I found in researching these nine successful people who surprisingly filed for bankruptcy. Each came from humble beginnings. In fact, most grew up dirt poor and often in dysfunctional family backgrounds.

Three – Walt Disney, Cyndi Lauper and maybe Willie Nelson – marginally qualified as coming from middle-class backgrounds. Or maybe working poor was closer to the truth.

I think there’s a message in that. Coming from nothing may have been the “secret quality” that enabled each to bounce back from crushing financial troubles, and rise up like a phoenix.

Each came from nothing, or something close to it, took a chance – and failed – but got back up and tried again.

That’s the lesson in the lives of these successful people. It may not even be an exaggeration to say their recovery from bankruptcy was found in the poverty of their youth.

See if you can find any other encouraging patterns in the lives of the people on this list. We’ll discuss a few at the very end of this post.

Abraham Lincoln

Surprised? I was. Abraham Lincoln is widely considered to be the greatest of American presidents – right up there with George Washington.

He managed to hold the country together during the Civil War, which was the single greatest challenge to the nation’s unity in its history. Uniting the country against foreign enemies can be a tall order. Overseeing a conflict of American-versus-American is a crisis with a dimension all its own. Lincoln succeeded.

But Abraham Lincoln wasn’t always president or even a politician.

Early in his life, he was a storekeeper. It was 1833, Lincoln was in his 20s, and he and a partner opened a general store in new Salem, Illinois. It didn’t go well for the man who wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln and his partner purchased inventory from other stores on credit. But the business didn’t do well, and debts mounted. Lincoln sold his stake in the store, but his business partner later died. Lincoln then became liable for $1,000 in obligations, worth about $28,000 today.

There’s a little bit of a glitch in this story. Modern bankruptcy didn’t exist in the 1830s, not the way it does today. Instead of filing for bankruptcy, then moving on with his life, Lincoln was required to repay his creditors over 17 years.

It was actually from the ashes of that business failure that Lincoln began his political career, launching his campaign for the Illinois General Assembly. His bid failed, but he became a lawyer shortly after. And on his second run for office, he then served for successive terms in the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives.

In 1860, he was elected the 16th president of the US – one of the most beloved in history.

Dave Ramsey

Let’s fast-forward, oh – about 150 years – right up to our own time.

If you spend much time on financial blogs, including Good Financial Cents, you’ve probably heard of Dave Ramsey. He’s one of the most famous and widely read personal financial advisors of all time.

But his rise to that level was hardly a straight line to pay dirt.

Dave came out of the starting gate like a championship horse. By the age of 26, he built a portfolio of rental real estate worth over $4 million through his brokerage firm, Ramsey Investments, Inc. He had become a superstar in the real estate market of his home state of Tennessee at a very tender age.

But success didn’t last. His real estate holdings were heavily leveraged, and creditors began calling in his debts. This forced him to file for bankruptcy.

Much like Abraham Lincoln, as Ramsey emerged from bankruptcy, he began to move in a different direction. Rather than trying to resurrect his real estate empire, he instead began providing financial counseling for couples at his local church.

At the same time, he began attending workshops and seminars on consumer financial problems. From those seminars and from the teachings of other personal finance counselors – as well as from his own experience – he put together a set of lessons and materials.

On request from many of his clients, he wrote his first book, Financial Peace, in 1992.

That was just the beginning of Dave Ramsey’s post-bankruptcy life. Shortly after, he co-hosted a local financial radio program that eventually grew into The Dave Ramsey Show.

That radio program airs on 550 stations and reaches an estimated 8.5 million listeners.

And Dave Ramsey’s current net worth? How about $55 million!

MC Hammer

MC Hammer rose to fame on the song U Can’t Touch This, in 1990. The song wasn’t even fully original. It was largely a remake of Super Freak, released by Rick James in 1981. (For the record, Rick James also participated in the creation of U Can’t Touch This.)

The song wasn’t just popular from an entertainment standpoint alone. It’s been an ongoing commercial success, playing in movies, TV shows, commercials and elsewhere as background music. 27 years after its release, it’s one of the most recognizable songs ever.

Like so many successful celebrities, MC Hammer grew up poor.

But he developed an entrepreneurial streak in childhood. Living near the Oakland Coliseum, home to the Oakland A’s, he made money selling stray baseballs and dancing to a beatboxer. As a teenager, he worked as a bat boy for the A’s. It was there Reggie Jackson gave him the name “Hammer”, because of his resemblance to Hank Aaron.

His baseball experience set the stage for his entertainment career. At the peak of that career, he had an estimated net worth of over $33 million.

But as is often the case with celebrities, money management wasn’t his strong suit. He spent too much on luxuries and on supporting family and friends. By 1996, and $13 million in debt, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

But MC Hammer’s money troubles continued to follow him even after bankruptcy. In 2011, the IRS filed a lawsuit for nearly $800,000 in back taxes.

But Hammer handled it all, and has recently been reported to be worth $1.5 million. That’s not close to what he had at his financial peak. But this is the guy who’s shown the ability (and talent) to roll with the punches, and rise to new heights.

Walt Disney

Another famous person from humble beginnings, Walt Disney showed entrepreneurial drive at an early age. But he also filed for bankruptcy, while still barely more than a teenager. And it almost happened a few years later, just before one of his greatest successes.

Born in 1901, Disney formed Laugh-O-Gram Studio in 1920, making animated fairytales. He got a financial backer, and began building a staff of animators. But the financial backer went broke, leaving Disney unable to pay his animators or his debts. The company filed bankruptcy in 1921.

Using a loan from family, he started a new company in 1923.

It was in 1928 that he created Mickey Mouse, causing his career to take off. But when he began to make his first full-length animated movie – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – costs outstripped available financial resources. Production costs reached $1.5 million, three times more than the original budget. The movie almost wasn’t released.

Close to bankruptcy once again, Disney was able to get a bank loan to complete the film and release the movie.

That was the event that set Disney on a roll that would last the rest of his life. The film grossed $6.5 million – more than four times the production budget.

It became the most successful motion picture of 1938, and the most successful sound film made up to that point. It was followed by other Disney classics, including Pinocchio and Fantasia.

When he died in 1966, Walt Disney was estimated to be worth an incredible $5 billion.

How much would that be in today’s dollars? Wow!

Imagine what we wouldn’t have today if Walt Disney gave up and quit after he filed bankruptcy back in the 1920s?

P.T. Barnum

This one is a trip back to the days of Abraham Lincoln, but it has a contemporary link through the movie, The Greatest Showman. The movie is well worth seeing. Phineas Taylor Barnum literally rose up from street poverty (and an orphan to boot), to become quite possibly – as the movie title suggests – the greatest showman ever.

He was the founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus (more recently known as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus), which lasted from 1871 to 2017.

But like other entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires on the celebrity bankruptcy list, P.T. Barnum’s rise to the top was hardly a straight line.

Born in 1810 (one year after Abraham Lincoln), he started his career as a showman at the age of 25. By 1841 he purchased Scudder’s American Museum in New York City, upgrading the building and adding exhibits. He turned it into one of the most popular show places in the city.

But the building burned down five times, after which Barnum built it into a city of its own. The cost was enormous, and not supported by the revenue it generated. Barnum was forced into bankruptcy.

His recovery came when he began lecturing on “The Art of Money Getting”, which might’ve been his greatest talent. The income he earned on those lectures enabled him to repay his debts.

That set the stage for the venture P.T. Barnum became best known for – the three-ring circus. That came about when he was 64 years old (proof age was never a barrier to success – even way back in 1873!).

Barnum was one of the first circus owners to create a moving circus and believed to be THE first to buy his own train to make it happen.

George Foreman

George Foreman is a former boxer and current entrepreneur. He won the gold medal in the heavyweight division of the 1968 Olympics. Shortly after, he turned professional and won the world heavyweight title in 1973.

He retired from boxing, moved back to his hometown, and became an ordained Christian minister. He started a youth center for troubled children, where they could participate in sports. But the declining income led him to file for bankruptcy in 1983.

The bankruptcy aside, Foreman continued his ministry, as well as the operation of the youth center. He also launched a boxing comeback. In 1994 – at the age of 45 – he regained a portion of the heavyweight championship. To date, he’s the oldest world heavyweight champion in history.

Foreman finally retired from boxing in 1997, at the age of 48. But by the time he did, he had a record 76 wins – including 68 knockouts – against just five losses.

During his second boxing career, he began lending his name to advertise various products on TV. He also reinvented his public personality. Once a menacing boxer, he adopted a friendly personality that was warmly received by the public – and a critical component of his success as an entrepreneur.

Following his active boxing career, he spent 12 years as a ringside analyst for HBO. Along the way, he launched the George Foreman Grill, which sold over 100 million units worldwide. He sold the naming rights to the grill in 1999 for a whopping $138 million.

Incredibly, George Foreman’s current net worth has been estimated at $300 million.

Cyndi Lauper

Much like Walt Disney, Lauper’s bankruptcy came before she had success. She spent several years singing and writing songs for a group called Blue Angel. The group’s first album was launched in 1980, but never caught on with the public. This forced Lauper to file for bankruptcy in 1981.

From there, she worked in restaurants and retail to keep herself afloat. Success came with the 1983 release of her She’s So Unusual album, that included Cyndi Lauper classics, like Money Changes Everything, Time After Time, She Bop, All Through the Night and Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

That’s a virtual career’s worth of big hits!

But that was just the beginning of her run of superstardom. Other albums followed, including True Colors, as well as several industry awards. In 1985, she released The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough, as part of the soundtrack to the movie The Goonies.

Lauper’s dramatic recovery from bankruptcy wasn’t her first “rebirth”. In 1977, she damaged her vocal chords and was told by doctors she would never sing again. Six years later, she released She’s So Unusual, and became a modern music legend.

As the saying goes, it’s hard to hold a good man down. Or in this case, a good woman.

Today, Cyndi Lauper has an estimated net worth of $30 million.

Willie Nelson

One of the most prolific country singers ever, Willie Nelson was born to a struggling family at the height of the Great Depression. His music career was motivated by – if you can believe it – his hatred of picking cotton.

It was a common local occupation in his Arkansas hometown, and one his family participated in. He chose instead to earn money by singing in local dance halls and taverns, beginning at age 13.

After high school, he held a variety of odd jobs, one of which was a disc jockey at a radio station in Texas. It was a major break. He was able to use the equipment at the radio station to launch his first recordings, and begin his professional music career.

It was the beginning of a career that would last decades, enabling him to reach legend status.

Nelson didn’t file for bankruptcy but faced something perhaps much worse. In 1990, the IRS claimed he owed $32 million, and seized his assets. The debt had largely been created by his former manager, who failed to pay taxes for a number of years.

Nelson turned to his music and fame to ultimately settle the debt, which was subsequently reduced to $16 million. He released an album called The IRS Tapes: Who’ll Buy My Memories? All profits went to the IRS. As well, many of his assets were auctioned off.

Ultimately his tax debt was paid by a settlement from his previous accounting firm, whom he claimed had put his money into illegal tax shelters. Nelson was financially in the clear by 1993.

After that, he released several albums and continued to tour.

Today he has an estimated net worth of $15 million.

Elton John

One of the most successful artists of all time, Elton John sold more than 300 million records. He produced more than 50 Top 40 hits, and seven consecutive number one albums in the US.

His tribute to Princess Diana Candle in the Wind 1997 – originally written as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe – sold over 33 million copies. It was the biggest selling song in history in both the US and Britain. He was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Elton John is also one of the longest lasting musical talents in history. He first achieved fame in 1970 with the release of the single Your Song, which reach number seven in the UK, and number eight in the US.

It was an elevator ride up from there. Hit albums were being churned out almost annually, and he reached superstar status with the release of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in 1973, and Caribou in 1974.

But like so many celebrities, Elton John enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. In 2002, he declared bankruptcy after incurring huge debts on properties he owned all over the world. Wikipedia also confirms he went on a two-year spending spree – around 2000 – in which he spent about 1.5 million British pounds per month (well over $2 million per month).

The episode proved to be only a temporary setback for the music icon. Beginning in 2003, he entered an agreement to perform 75 shows over three years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

He contributed productions for Walt Disney movies and did concert tours on a regular basis. No doubt royalties from previous songs and performances also provided a steady cash flow.

As of 2018, Elton John’s wealth has been estimated at $450 million.

The Take-aways From Successful People Who Filed for Bankruptcy and Made it Back

What can we learn from the lives of these nine people? Here’s what I came up with:

Poverty early in life wasn’t an obstacle. As I wrote at the very beginning, it may have been poverty early in life that enabled them to survive a financial disaster, then rebuild.

Bankruptcy didn’t stop them. Each not only rebuilt their lives but most went on to greater heights after bankruptcy.

Financial troubles were often caused by mismanagement. What we see in these nine is a pattern of:

Going deep into debt to launch a business venture

Financial mismanagement, including nonpayment of income tax

Trusting in, or providing for, people close in their lives (managers, friends, family, etc.)

Excessive spending

The last three are common causes of bankruptcy. The first happens when you start a business venture. That has to be considered as a possibility for anyone who does – think of it as an occupational hazard.

Most have a strong entrepreneurial drive. They fail at one business venture, but get back up and try another. With the exception of Abraham Lincoln, each was or is an entrepreneur at heart. Business failure comes with the territory. It didn’t scare them away, and it shouldn’t scare us either.

They’re all risktakers. I think it’s safe to say each of these individuals ended up in bankruptcy because they were taking chances. Failure is always a possibility when you do.

Bankruptcy isn’t life ending. In each of the nine cases, financial failure wasn’t the end of the road. Each got back up, made another charge, and hit pay dirt. Most of them even had their best days after filing for bankruptcy.

I think that’s the biggest lesson of all – failure is only the end if we let it be.

And we don’t have to.

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