On the subject of First Time Film Club and Limitless Possibility

On the subject of First Time Fillm Club and Limitless Possibility
which is dedicated to my friend Allison Reese

Nothing is Unpossible.

It was as if a “far in the future” me would eventually visit a “recent future me” and tell us that one day I would be able to turn my love of movies into something more than a hobby. "Recent future me" would, of course, trust “far in the future me”, as Marty McFly has taught us all to do.

Was that confusing? What I mean to say is, it was as if I could sense that something new and cool was waiting just over the horizon… Better? Also, don’t call me chicken.

For “in the present me,” several things happened around the same time.

I accomplished a goal that had been out of reach for 5+ years: National Comedy Theatre got a liquor license. We built the Lounge and started serving delicious beer.
The thing about the liquor license is, it was something we wanted way back in 2007 before NCT ever even opened for real. At that time we were told we couldn’t have it. We were told, for years, that it was unpossible.

As it turns out, it was not.

I was able to do. Not “do not.” Nor “try not,” as Yoda might put it.

Just as that was all in the process of happening, my friend Allison revealed that she had never seen Star Wars before. I really couldn’t let that stand. I mean, after all, she’s a bright young woman with a big future in front of her. In fact, she’s moving to LA to pursue her dream of being a big time comedian. No one will hire her if she doesn’t know the difference between a Taun Taun and an AT-AT! I did what any mentor would do… I bullied her into coming over and watching all 3 original Star Wars with me.

And it was really fun.

Watching each one accompanied by the fresh eyes of the uninitiated was amazingly entertaining for me.
(movie is paused)
“Now, something is about to happen Allison and I don’t want you going through life with the wrong impression. You are about to see Greedo shoot first and, this is a lie. It is revisionist history. Han shot first. Say it, Allison, say Han shot first.”
“Han shot first.”
(movie is resumed)

Meanwhile, back at the bat cave... I was listening to Riki Lindhome interview Tom Lennon and Chris Hardwick, I was inspired.

I started reading the Nerdist Way.

I started believing that I could make and follow my own nerd path if I worked for it.

If we can serve beer at NCT… we can do anything! Except allow anyone under age 19 to serve that beer…
So... aside from breaking the law, we can do anything!

I decided that, once the madness of the Lounge had died down, my next big project would be to start screening movies at NCT. Something inspired by Doug Benson’s Movie Interruptions but with the twist inspired by watching Star Wars with Allison.

I think the Nerd Universe heard me.

A representative of local awesome Bookmans Entertainment Exchange came out to the show and we set out to work together, partnering to bring our Movie Mashterpiece Theatre shows AND the First Time Film Club to the people, on our stage at National Comedy Theatre.

…And now I am in the process of working hard to make that happen.

Our first event is coming up soon, I am nervous and excited. Many thanks are in order, obviously. Thanks to Lori from Bookman’s for helping to make it possible. Thanks to Midnight Movie Mamacita and friend Andrea Beesley for getting the whole thing started in the first place with the MashTerpiece Theatre project. Thanks to Allison for spending her youth playing the “sports” instead of becoming a nerd like me. And thanks go out across the nerd universe to Chris Hardwick, Riki Lindhome, Tom Lennon, and Doug Benson, my heroes who have inspired me.

“You have just taken your first step into a larger world.” –Obi Wan