Alright so we have the Oscars last night, more of us last Disney decided to move Avengers Infinity War up one week and we also have Black Panther box office results for week 3. How did everything turn out? Well let's get into it. My name is Brandon Keith Avery and this is Just My Pim. Hey what's good everyone thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of Just My Pim. I really do appreciate it but before we get into everything help you boy out by clicking that subscribe button I've just reached 2,000 subscribers so thank you very much help me reach 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 subscribers I really appreciate it. Also click the little bell so you can be notified when I make uploads and give me that thumbs up. Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes and since I'm asking you to subscribe if this is your first time finding a video of mine I do movie reviews I do film reviews I also do spoiler reviews and I also do trailer reactions and every once in a while I will just pop on camera to give money a pin on whatever I think is cool whether it's some news like Black Panther's box office how well that's doing the Avengers Infinity War date being pushed up the Oscars last night which I'll touch on just for like a millisecond and anything else whether it's like my top 10 this top 10 that whatever I just talk about things that I think is cool and so the first thing that we're going to talk about today is last night the Oscars for 2018 Oscars for the movie year of 2017 I still have not seen every film that was nominated for like best picture like Phantom Thread and Call Me By Your Name but I still do plan on seeing it those you know some people's like I saw your video last year at the end of last year for your top 10 best movies of 2017 and I had a top 10 best top 10 favorite that is the difference why wasn't Call Me By Your Name I believe that's the name of the movie on your list I didn't see the movie so I can't rate on the film or judge it or compare it to others if I haven't seen it but I have seen majority of the films that were talked about last night I'm very happy Kobe Bryant got him an Oscar for the animated short I forgot the name of it but I didn't even know I just saw him up on the stage I was like oh what the hell are you doing up there and then I was okay you know congratulations Kobe you know I'm saying wasn't that fan a big fan of you in basketball but that doesn't mean I don't like you either but I do like the line where he was like yeah and let me turn this down I may be clipping her a little bit so I'm sorry about that guys but he made a line where he was like yeah some people just feel like that we should just be shutting up and dribbling or whatever and I was like oh how are you talking about that Fox 4 news host that's stupid that made that idiot out of comment as a reference to LeBron James so congratulations there sir I also just want to say congratulations to Jordan Peele who is the writer and director for Get Out that came out February 2017 he won the Oscar for the best original screenplay I can't remember if it was original screenplay or adaptive screenplay I think it was original Francis McDormand for her she won the Oscar for her leading role in three billboards in Ebbing, Missouri that was well-deserved also Gary Allman got his first Oscar for gosh what is the name Darkest Hour playing the role of Winston Churchill well-deserved film I mean well-deserved award if Daniel Day Lewis would have won for Phantom 3 and I wouldn't have been able to comment because I have not seen that movie but I do really think that I really do think that Gary Allman deserves to win that and then for best picture you had what was it the darkest not the darkest hour the shape of water directed by Gilmorrow Del Toro and so I really do agree well I don't want to say I'm not upset about that role I'm not upset about that win right there I liked the film it was in my top 10 best of 2017 but if another fan would have won if three billboards from three billboards from Ebbing, Missouri if that would have won I wouldn't have been mad I wouldn't have been upset I wouldn't have you know hollered or cried or anything like that and you know actually that's all I was gonna talk about but I kind of want to talk about the Oscars a little bit more but I don't have all the information in front of me and that's what I'm trying to look at right now because we got best screenplay best leading actor best leading actress and best oh the best in a leading supporting role for women was Alison Janney with her role in Atanya that was well deserved she she did a great job there what was the uh oh gosh I should have I didn't I didn't think I would I thought I was going to talk about the other three categories and that was gonna be it but I'm having fun right now so who won who won best costumes I think I can't remember off the top of my head who won best costumes hmm well I'm not gonna look on this forever but best costumes I think that went to oh it was uh I'm gonna say a flashy movie where what goodness gracious I'm so sorry guys I can't think of it and I don't want okay the shape of water let's talk about this time I just the shape of water okay winners are in bold best picture okay here we go I got what I was looking for all right uh best director went to get more of the total for the shape of water uh who else done Kirk okay I'm not mad at that probably I'm not mad at that best actor good the Gary Oldman best actress okay got that best supporting actor Sam Rockwell and three billboards in every Missouri yes um I I saw this last night I just don't remember off the top of my head that's well deserved too he was up against uh Willem Dafoe and the Florida project I didn't see that Woody Harrelson uh Richard Jenkins Christopher Plummer yeah only thing that I couldn't comment on is against William Dafoe because I haven't seen the Florida project if you don't know who William Dafoe is he first popped on the radar to me in 2002 with the Spider-Man movie by Sony that was uh many many years ago best supporting actress like I said Alison Janie Atanya were all deserved best adapted screenplay is James Ivory for call me by your name I did not see that movie best original screenplay like I said is get out Jordan Peele best cinematography is Roger Deakins from Blade Runner 2049 that movie uh bored the hell out of me bored the hell out of me I was very tired when I saw that movie apparently I don't know best costume design was Phantom 3 and Mark Bridges best editing um Lee Smith now to me I'm not mad at that but I would have gave it to uh Jonathan Amos and Paul McKillis uh for Baby Driver uh I would have gave it to that best hair and makeup darkest hour okay uh I could have been a wonder I didn't see Vittoria and Abdul best original score shape of water who could that uh okay I'm not mad at that best original song yeah yeah yeah um best sound editing Dunkirk visual specs um first pilot could have went to Guardians of the Galaxy volume two or war for the planet of apes of course best animated feature coco that I would have been pissed if they didn't win that I didn't see no foreign language fans I didn't see no documentaries shorts but okay so yeah uh just wanted to run over there I enjoyed the show last night I think Jimmy Kimmel did a great job and so we'll see who's hosting the next uh the next Oscars next year next Avengers Infinity War has been moved up a whole week yeah yeah all right that's my little happy celebration dance of my chair um it was supposed to be coming out May 4th 2018 but now that it's coming out May uh not May April the 27th of 2018 which is great that means that it's going to be released around the world all at the same time now people I if a long time ago it was like I didn't understand why American made movies will be released in foreign countries earlier than the American release it didn't I didn't get that but it apparently it has to do with like marketing and you know buzz and things like that you know if it's doing well over there and everybody's raving about it that'll just entice people over in the United States I think that's the answer if I am incorrect please let me know down in the comment section below that is what the comment section is for to make sure in the fuzz on my chin also um you know they moved it up because they wanted to read away from spoilers because there are a-holes in the world that will just spoil things for people um no matter what like um I will never really I will never post a spoiler review for a movie that hasn't come out yet because with the live content live content creators and those comment sections and chat forms people will go and get all the spoilers out the spoiler review and then just go post them in comment sections without or or in live chats and things like that before the movie comes out and they can just run it for everybody you know so that's just not cool now I don't believe anything else is coming out on April the 27th um if it is I feel sorry for those movies um some movies that I do feel sorry for let me scroll down here real quick is rampage that comes out on uh April the 20th a week before avengers the affinity war super troopers two which I really don't care about myself and uh yeah those are you know I want super I mean I don't I don't care if super troopers two does good or not I mean I don't want it to do bad I just don't care I mean I first film I don't remember I saw I thought it was funny but rampage that doesn't look like a lot of fun and so I want that to do well but it's gonna be kind of competing against affinity war here and uh too bad for Amy Schumer I feel pretty um you know what this is really this will really um well it's up against the vengeance affinity war now so I don't know but it is a kind of programming but this I feel pretty movie real quick um based on with uh with Amy Schumer this will really tell me a lot with how popular she really is in the film industry because her film snatch flopped uh but what was it train wreck that came out in 2015 that did fairly well the reason why I'm bringing up uh Amy Schumer right now is because she was in a little bit well excuse me a little bit of the conversation with the whole Monique's the whole Monique boycott Netflix deal I had a video about that but I deleted it because I did not hit on a lot of points that I wanted to and I felt that some people could twist my words and I did not want that video to come out and bite me in the butt later on now I'll just go ahead and say this is the wage and gender is there a wage disparity between men and women in Hollywood yes is there a ways disparity between um white people and black people on Hollywood hell yes is there a ways disparity between black women and everybody else in Hollywood hell mega hell yes and it's bull crap and it needs to stop and it needs to be uh addressed so that is a serious issue um is the 500k that Monique was offered is that a low amount yes it is should Monique get the same amount of money as Amy Schumer at 13 million dollars and she said I want to get what the legends are getting I don't know how that makes sense numerically if you look at all platforms of entertainment uh Amy Schumer is here and Monique is down here I'm not speaking about talent because talent is that is um that is irrelevant that is a subjective opinion whether you then do a talented or not the objective opinion is whether they can get people to show up at theaters book sales sold out shows subscriptions on Netflix and if you just look at past numbers Amy Schumer no matter how long they've been in the business Amy Schumer is far ahead of Monique as far as numbers are concerned so I don't so that's that I may make another video about that later but um anyway Avengers got moved up I'm very happy about that um it also gives what you call it some a breathing room and we also get uh we got uh we are we we have six more release dates for the Avengers so we already had May the first of 2020 July the 31st of 2020 November the 6th of 2020 but they just released May 7 21 7 30 21 11 5 21 2 18 22 5 6 22 and 7 29 22 now I'm not finna go through here and try to guess what all those would be I will try to guess on some of them okay so of course right now we got uh we just have Black Panther come my February we got Avenger the defending war April 27th of this year and then the first weekend of July July the 6th we have Amen and the Wasps next March we have Captain Marvel uh next March May we have Avengers 4 and July 19th July 5th 19 after that we have uh Spider-Man Homecoming 2 which is gonna be change something else okay the next movie after that is gonna be May the 1st of 2020 I am very confident in feeling that that is gonna be Guardians of the Galaxy 3 why well we got Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 on May of 2017 so this will exactly be three years later there was a there was just about a three-year gap it was really like two years and you know eight months but we're just gonna say three years between August for August 2014 for Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1 three years later we get you know this is exactly three years so I'm very confident that we're going to get you know I lost my train of thought going into the Galaxy Volume 3 on May of 2020 July 31st of 2020 I believe that it's going to be the Black Widow movie that has already been confirmed by Chris Evans but he could have just been talking he doesn't necessarily make the decisions but I don't think he would just release that information just for the hell of it so I think that's gonna be that time also people have been clamoring for a Black Widow movie for the longest and then November of 2016 I think November 6th of 2020 I believe that is going to be Doctor Strange 2 we forgot the first Doctor Strange November of 2016 so this will be a four year gap but at the same time we do need another Doctor Strange maybe his villain will be Nightmare okay so that I also first 2020 Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Black Widow and then Doctor Strange 2 May 7th of 2021 I think that may go to Black Panther 2 now there is a date for February 18th of 2022 Black History Month it could be Black Panther but that would be four years I don't think they want to wait four years for a Black Panther 2 with the success of Black Panther the box office which I'm gonna talk about in a second it may go there and then after that I don't know guys we're just gonna have to wait and see maybe another Spider-Man movie who knows I don't think they're gonna make us wait three years for Spider-Man he's too big of a character has too big of a rogues gallery but anyway enough of the Oscars enough of Avengers and and release dates I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing we now have uh we're gonna talk about Black Panther and the success that it's making at this freaking box office so yesterday the act the estimated numbers was coming in the Black Panther was gonna make what was it uh 65 million and it has actually the official numbers have come in at 66 million dollars 66 million 306 935 dollars yes yes yes it only dropped another 40 percent and that is great guys um and and any of the drops it has not dropped more than uh 50 percent in either of uh the weeks and this is by Brad Brevrett at box office module it was yet another monster weekend for disney's marvels black panther as the superhero feature became the third fastest film to ever reach 500 million domestically and it is 500 million domestic the only other mcu feminist has done that as marvels the avengers in 2012 is 623 the weekend's new rivalies came in just a bit short of mojo's pre-weekend forecast red sparrow came as the runner up uh i don't care about red sparrow um with an estimated 65.7 disney marvel students black panther top that weekend straight become the third well i can't read box office for the third straight weekend becoming only the third film in an mcu to accomplish that feat over the first three weeks the others being captain america the one the soldier and the avengers as noted above the film top 500 million domestic becoming the third blah blah blah black panther's final i can okay i'm not gonna read his stuff word for word i can analyze this myself uh but black panther came in at number one red sparrow number two death wish number three i have reviews for red sparrow and death wish up on my channel if you want to go check it out also for game nine and peter rabbit um black panther so let me go here real quick to my rundown my my showdown my opening weekend showdown okay so right now let's go to the weekend so black panther the first weekend came in at 202 second weekend 111 and third weekend 66 it is beating every other it is beating every other um like okay so this showdown i didn't explain that because you can't see what i'm doing this is a opening weekend showdown against some of the best opening weekends of all time star wars the force awakens drastic world the avengers 2012 star wars the last jedi and black panther um black panther which i've talked about in past weeks has the fifth best three day opening weekend of all time and it didn't you know it didn't win the first opening weekend but that's okay but the second weekend it beat every other of those number films i just released except for the force awakens um and week two and week three because week three black panther has 66 million star wars the last jedi has 52 million the avengers has 55 million and dress world has 54 million the reason why i do these showdowns is because i like to try to assess where the film will end up now if you look at um the day to day uh black panther sunday black panther got 19 million above everybody else the next house was 17 million which was Jurassic world um this past saturday it beat every other movie at 30 million the highest was 23 million which was the avengers and on friday it did not beat everybody else um it beat the Jurassic world and avengers at 14 and 15 million black panther got 16 million this past friday but the last jedi got 19 million now um right now domestically black panther is at 501 million dollars uh at this point in time uh Jurassic world was at 500 million so it's only one million dollars ahead then again the reason why i am where is the cursor the reason why i am making these uh this going this day by day thing is because i just want to see if it's on track to make some amount because um Jurassic world made 652 million and so right now black panther is on pace of beating that so it could beat the 650 million it could go up to 700 million which is freaking fantastic so that's just really great to uh there's just something to really be excited about there i'm very very excited about it now um there are some major markets that black panther has not opened up in yet it opened up in japan uh this past weekend on friday i believe it will open up uh and on china and uh next weekend or whatever and this you know of course it's going to be slower the beginning it's not going you're not going to get the whole china box office chinese box office and uh and one weekend um but if i go to the foreign yeah the only numbers we have we don't have for black panther yet or china uh japan and russia and japan i'm not counting on that to make a lot of money i will be disappointed if black panther does not get at least 150 million from china not saying that it's supposed to that's just what i want uh usually um films average are average out around that amount uh for china so if i go to all the previous marvel cinema universe films let's go let's say marvels the avengers okay let's see what marvels the avengers made in china oh it only made 86 million so you know even though china is the biggest it's not the end be all but let's see what uh let's see what age of vulture i made in china oh shit excuse me i'm sorry 240 million so that's a big jump and you know just some you know that's that's potential if it made that much in china black panther that's man that's that's uh that's great iron man three let's see what that made in china real quick and iron man three you can compare to black panther a lot because both the budget was 200 million china budget uh it made 121 million let's see what it made in russia real quick well okay japan it made 25 this is iron man three what did it make in russia 44 million so those are nice little chunks of chains there you know you add everything up uh i like to see captain america civil uh captain america movie i like to see how they perform overseas because it then then the title name is captain america so it's representing america so other countries that you know don't really care about america you know but in china it made 180 million uh and russia it made 16 million so that's a lot less in japan than the last time it made 24 million so i think i'm not going to go through every mcu movie of what it made in all those countries but i think it was it was an age of all china made 240 million i'm not expecting it to do that i would like for it i would be disappointed if it didn't make oh excuse me at least 100 million dollars in china but i would like it to make i mean i wanted to make it if it can make 500 million great it won't but uh well i'm gonna say that uh let's knock on some wood here but uh i would like for it to make at least 150 million dollars and so let me just see uh black panthers doing amazing right now worldwide is it over 900 million yet i ain't even looking at that oh man that's right there are 899 million dollars 899 it's literally right there Jesus Christ oh man let me uh let me pull out let me pull out the the uh calculator that's when i get the exact figure okay 900 million let's do this we have a fun y'all can be y'all can have fun with me and geek out and play with numbers and stuff it is only 58 thousand dollars 58 thousand 79 dollars from 900 million which is amazing amazing um of course it will reach a billion dollars by next weekend um i am very confident by so by this time next week it will make where the hell is the cursor okay lord okay there we go by this time next week uh it will make uh a billion dollars and one just reason i know that is because let me go to my open weekend showdown i'm gonna do the week the weekly box office so if things stay consistent it will make another 81 million dollars domestically because the third not weekend the third week um Jurassic World made 81 million Avengers made 74 Star Wars last year i made 84 so i'm gonna i'm assuming this past weekend it made 143 million the week not weekend the week uh so i'm assuming that Black Panther will make at least 80 million if i'm just gonna low-ball at 75 but that's not including the foreign all the not just one foreign country all the foreign countries so this time next week Avengers will be at the one billion dollar mark it is that is pretty much guaranteed and you will see me dancing and celebrating things like that and uh i'm just right at 30 i'm right under 30 minutes so i'm gonna cut this video short guys because uh i don't have nothing else to talk about but guys that is just my opinion my thoughts my reaction my review zone you know a little bit of the Oscars you know Avengers Infinity War being pulled up and then the Black Panther success race so far uh i'm so happy about Black Panther i'm so happy about Marvel i'm so happy about all the sort of stuff they could have left out the CIA CIA destroying an American Revolution in Black Panther but i may make another separate video because there are so many different opinions of this movie um a new opinion is coming out people talking about Kilmonger they're just crazy to me and i'm gonna have to address that because it keeps coming up but the film is uh the film is loved uh universally for the most part but guys that is just my opinion what did you think about this video that you like it that you hated it i'll turn you on that i'll turn you off do you agree with me or do you disagree with me let me know in the comment section below let's get this conversation going to keep it flowing if you like this video go ahead and give me the thumbs up and if you don't this fine go ahead and subscribe to my channel go to my website check me out there book market and also look me up on social media facebook instagram and twitter it's right at the bottom of the screen i made it very easy by providing a link to all that good stuff down in the description box below but guys i just want to thank you again for tuning in to my opinion slash review or video opinion whatever of the Oscars uh Marvel and the Black Panther 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Welcome to toffy TV. We are joined by Jamie Yates the newest one of the newest members of Everton's fan forum Congratulations. Thank you very much. Yeah. Cheers. What was one of the main reasons why you wanted to be on the fans forum? Um, well, I'm sort of that a bit of a time in my life, or I've got I've got a bit of time on my hands as you know, I only moved back to Liverpool in August and and Sort of a big big part of coming back to my where I was born Was to be able to sort of fill a lot of my spare time with with everton stuff really I've done it from a distance as a Dedicated row blue nerd my whole life and Being an ambassador and all of that but to actually get involved in something where Maybe I maybe you know, I could help make some things happen. You know really care very deeply about the club I do a volunteer for everything in the community involved in all of that and It just seemed like another interesting thing. I just I mean to be honest with you I enjoyed filling out the application form and thought if they read this and aren't interested There's something wrong ever really and so, you know, I just went for it And I was so you know very fortunate that you know a few people voted for me And I got in there. Yeah, what do you think? What things sold you then what you think got you on to the application, right? Well, um, I'm a Very very enthusiastic. I've got kind of we've got quite a good sort of story in terms of my life in recent recent months You know being through some big changes in my life and Had some real big kind of mental health battles to face over the last 12 months and you know and things and Evan in the community about she's in since I moved down and have Have really kind of stepped in and helped So I was able to sort of tell that story.  I don't know if you know Becky talent. I had the One of the esteemed everton writers She she's a good friend of mine and she she read something I'd written about sort of me and my my Evertonian evertonianism I suppose and she sort of said it's like ever and runs through your life like a rule-blower ribbon You know, it's intertwined in so many ways and I was able to sort of get that across And just the fact that I'm I'm an enthusiastic person. I'm a good person I think bringing the best out on other people. I enjoy being part of a team and stuff and I felt like You know, I got that across. That's what will have sold me What would you all what be your perspective? Well, not perspective. Just yeah, I've everything can be everton's fans for him before you joined up What what what did you see from the outside? Okay? Just as a fan. Yeah, and I mean I said this at my interview that the process of issue for that form if selected you then have an interview in front of a panel of Existing members then it goes to the vote if you if you're shortlisted. It's all of it X factor or something, but I didn't have to sing You know, I said I want to find out more about this Yeah, I've been aware of it, but you know in preparing, you know and in Preparing my application. I'd had another look on the website and notice the stuff on the website was all a bit You know this would have been back in the last year of This was happening Everything was a bit seemed a bit not out of date, but nothing new had been put up for a few months Not particularly active on social media as a fan with there's always all my life had something to say I was as a kid. I was the bane of everton's life I would say this must be some little late little retired lady sitting in a house It used to work in the the mail room at everton back in the late 80s early 90s So I was writing in with ideas or writing to the players and say, you know To be a good goalie and can I do this and you know, I've drawn a picture there Oh, you know, it's just been a lifelong obsession and living so far away. I think that was how I have felt I could engage, you know, so it would seem to me like it should always be a thing that some someone like me should have been involved in but already maybe but Maybe they were they weren't that visible, you know Yeah, yeah, and and and while I was aware they've done some good little bits and bobs, I wasn't exactly sure how It's not I didn't see a phone number, you know that you could bring up Oh, yeah, you know, and I wondered if it was maybe a bit of a select kind of thing And I said that was one of my concerns and and were there plans, you know With the stadium move with all the consultation that's going on whether maybe plans to Open it up and make it more visible and make it a thing that 39,000 people Who are there, you know, regularly go can can think I wonder if the fans for them could help with that Or I wanted, you know, you know, what that's a really good point that because I think one of the problems I've had with the fans forum is the fact that he for me You don't don't make enough decisions or are not Giving the opportunity to make enough decision. I think that's more. I think that's a better way of saying it To affect really important things And I know people who are on the fence when we've been on the fence Someone will probably come at me and say well, we help do this and we help do that and they we help do this But as a fan, I don't I don't generally know that I don't know the rich what their achievements are because they don't Very very very rarely does anyone say well This was because of the fans for it does a change in the ticket and or whatever It's not the club always seem to take the credit for it Where is the fans for them should be allowed to come out and say we did that we helped do that We helped this thing we helped do that thing I think that very doesn't happen enough. Yes Where is he probably have been responsible and for some good things that probably being responsible for some Bad things maybe as well for at least they're taking an active role, and I think I think what happens It is like you've just said I think if I've got a problem with someone at Evan or something ever and I should be able to approach ever and The fans for them and know that it's gonna at least be brought up in a in a conversation with Evan so anything so whether it's the price of a cup of tea to the Availability of kits. Yeah, I Should be able to approach the fans for them And it should be be able to get dealt with And I don't think that's visible enough Yeah, I don't think it's ever been visible enough the fans for me is a is obviously it's I think it's required by UEFA now But I think for too long for me anyway I'm just talking about myself here. It felt like it was a little secret group that yeah congregated in a room Yeah, and I think there has to be a lot more visibility about it, and I think I Think possibly but getting your body You want to bring it out into the light Yeah, I can see that by talking to you Yeah, and I think that's should be more of that because I just think it just seems like this and I I do this I've got loads of You know capacity to get my ideas across whether anyone's listening that's a different thing Yeah, but I think I think the fans for them has a lot of capacity to change things And we've seen that you know the main side Derby we see me We seen the introduction of the sirens before Say cars and I know I know the fans for I've had something to do with that I was you know It was definitely discussed and it is proof that you know a young glad I think it was Young glad done if even in his 20s, you know He'd suggested it and the suggestion went through and this is how this how things happen this democracy, isn't it? You know it and we pride ourselves in the fact that you know the whole people's club Whatever way you want to put it, you know long before the people's club Kind of quote came out. We were a club I think that we've took pride in his supporters and And people from other clubs would look in and say it's a family club It's a club that's got something, you know everything the community in the Mason where they've done for 30 years They go that little step further and you know the club Trades makes money on the the facts, you know on those tags, you know people's club stuff and And it should be it should be brought out a little bit more I hope you know I've made it very clear in sort of in my application and and getting through and I'm on there now You know and I said in the little the little video follow-up video that they did after the first meeting I went to in the week You know I said up all through the meeting in the back of my mind It was like, you know, this isn't a little club that I've joined here You know my 11th club. I'm here representing Everybody, you know, I think because of for me And people might might disagree with me on this I think someone from the fans forum whether it be the chair the fans forum or whatever should be should sit in on Maybe a board meeting month to month. All right, not all the board meetings, but a board meeting that is maybe For them so they can go in and get a cut their points across to the people at the club Yeah, you know a board meeting that is about the fans forum. I don't know whether something similar happens I honestly don't know but again, I don't know should I know should I as a fan know anything I'm you know, it's you know, whether there's minutes of a meeting or something. I Don't know but I think things like that should happen because I think fan representation is so important now when fans feel like They probably don't have a voice, but they've never had we've never had a bigger platform in the world Or which is ahead all the time now. Yeah, but it doesn't feel like it permanates into the club at times And I think listen there's 30 36 and a half ever Tony and I go to some park most weeks 36,000 36 and a half thousand ever Tony's a lot of them will have good ideas a lot of them get a lot of money Yeah, yeah, I'm going to match. Yeah, a lot of people have good ideas and want to be able to Get their ideas across and I've seen this we have people listen we have people all the time Yeah asking us can you help with this and you help without and a lot of the time We'll our answer be the same if you've got something you want to talk about come and talk about it on the show we can't we can't Always do the thing for you because that's your thing. Yeah, but We will help you we will we can we can give you the couch and you can go And I think the fans for them is a similar thing. It should be a place where someone's got an idea They should be able to Get in touch with yourselves and set and rock up and say we've got this idea And I know that's been getting done. I know it's behind the scenes It's been getting done with the same with them in terms of the atmosphere It's been done a few times, but this time it's hopefully it'll be Something that moves on because that was atmosphere for fans is the big thing, isn't it? Mm-hmm, you know get an atmosphere how to create an atmosphere out of sustain atmosphere how to generate an atmosphere, you know things like you know prices of Mm-hmm beer in the ground. Yeah, you know getting people into the ground To have a few beers to generate atmosphere All starts with things like well what's going on in the ground, you know, how much of the beers well the beers are Listen if the beers outside there Three-pound fifty and the four-pound ten in the ground. Why would you go in the ground? Do you know what I mean? What's the selection base? Well, they've got Karl and Cause light and something else. Well, they got Guinness. No, they haven't got Guinness Well, I'm not going the ground and yeah, I need to think Guinness.  These are the things that matter on the max day No, I'm not saying me. I drink Guinness. So why would they go in there? I can't get a pint I only drink Guinness. I don't like beer. So why would you go in the garage? You know what I mean? These are the things that will all play a part in Getting people in the car Getting money into the club get in the atmosphere Team wins a game Fans go into the club shop because they're happy. Yeah by loads of stuff. Yeah, we're wins. Yeah club wins Yeah, I don't think we see enough for this and ever football. Yeah. Yeah. It's simple, isn't it? I mean it is it is as simple as that I think no agree with you completely Yeah, and I think And it's it's just about opening all these lines of communication given given a platform and For people and and you know again as you said, you know The the fans for my I felt as a as a fan and now even more so now I'm involved in it It's not about taking credit for that. We've done this. Yeah, but by showing Demonstrating what's been done. You're then building confidence in supporters that wow so that happened that happened great Well, I've all my life been thinking about this And it might be one just one little thing that would make a difference for loads of people and you know Move into the new stadium all of these things can be Trial runs for how yeah, you know can feed into the whole design process of the new stadium So that when they get there and they go great We've got all this up, but we didn't think about putting that in there We're gonna have to rebuild that bit already, you know, these things can all feed in it's all vital because we are the customers No, I think I think you're right because I think one of the problems is that fans go the game and you feel like they feel like Things are gonna change overnight Yeah, but they're not gonna change overnight so they're therefore watch the point and start it You know what I mean like we can't we can't change it to watch the point. Yeah, you can you can change anything you want. Yeah, like We go the game where the ones who can generate an atmosphere or can do the club has to play its part Yeah, but it's all it can all be done and what you're saying there is perfectly, right? I Think one of the big topics at the moment obviously, you know, we we've talked about a lot is obviously safe standing rail standing Atmosphere now fans will say to you will Can I've had a good reason? Well, we can't we cut if we wanted to because we could have the seats in there but It's having that conversation now We're a bunch of lads, you know, whether it be the group are helping at the moment or or whoever Or could go to the club and say we want Next cup game we want 50 seats together and the club say No, we'll give you 25 bite and they go, okay, we'll take the 25 25 going Make a make loads of noise get everyone up around them. They have a great time Next game give you 30 next game give you 40 next game give you 50 Yeah, so that by the time we do move into the ground.  Yeah, and that group feel like they can actually affect change now Yeah, yeah with yourselves. Yeah, and I've got a voice within the club Yeah, because that's what essentially what happens with alters. Yeah in you know other other countries is that they build up a Relationship a relationship a trust trust. I'm telling you right now Live and proof Club the club will be very skeptical of everything anything you do you have to build trust. Yeah, and every time They offer you something you've got to take it Yeah, and do the best with it. Yeah, and then the next time they'll give you a little bit more and give you a little bit It's exactly the same for us exactly the same for us But when we move sort of to the point with being that when we get to a new guy Where we it's a blind canvas.  Yeah, there's 250 Seats there rail standing. Yeah, which ones you owe which block do you want?   Yeah, which block do you want to be the yeah to be your block? Yeah, I know that we'll have that one right down there at the front That's the best place. Yeah, and everyone's happy But that's what it'll take it takes time You have to work with the club because I think there's too much of an idea that It's plastic plastic atmosphere if it's organized it's got to be organized. Yeah No, it has to and and and to Bring other people on board with it. And that you know, it doesn't that doesn't mean you have to then be labeled You're a member of the the singing section, but Yeah, again, just go back to like I defy anyone it was a estate to say they didn't enjoy that didn't enjoy being a part of that, you know, it was it was brilliant and it's It's yeah, you're exactly right You have to be you have to be proactive and it's very easy for all of us. We all do it I do it every day. You're mucking about on Twitter and you'll say, you know, come out with some opinion if you really believe in that opinion you have to Be proactive you have to write that opinion down and show it to someone who might be able to show it to someone Who then might be able to say well, okay We'll have a chat about that and then that chat becomes a meeting the ten people and that you know, it's a It's a simple process. It's exactly the same with the the team on the pitch You know these things you build trust you take responsibility You say all right. Well, I'll I'll be there and I'll do that and I'll show you that I can do it I think and you know you're right relationships. I think what's happened in the past is People have come forward and said they're gonna do things and maybe they've been done in the wrong way Or the club haven't listened and haven't taken people seriously or People haven't people have asked for things from the club and haven't backed it up You know, they'll want a section of tickets and then nothing's happened Or whatever it is, you know, it's got to be a two-way street the club. I do think now the club listen a lot more. Yeah but it's just being about being open isn't it yeah and about Tackling things that because too many people go to match grumble about things. Yeah, and nothing ever changes because People don't work together and this is not just ever and this is football. Yeah, we're all you know You look at look at like the the 20s plenty thing and that obviously 30 pound for a way tickets now Yeah, that's up. I think that's like eight nine years. Yeah get done. Yeah, because it for too long It was I'm sick of this.  I'm sick of this and then Then fans why don't we get together and sort it out and then it was like well, then it was Clubs, but then then all the clubs were separate and then all the clubs came together Yeah, and they got they got something done in the end because the power of fans together will get something done it's like when It's like when fans say we're gonna have a You know walk out or we're gonna walk late and then no one does it Yeah, yeah, who are you harming you're only harming yourself by not sticking together Yeah, you know a little bit of sacrifice now and again go can go along way and I think That's all we've got to do is fans the big one for me I always it always makes life every year the FA cup when people another final So whoever gets the file of every year always moans about the allocation. Yeah always. Yeah, but then it's always their problem Yeah, so You know, you'll get to the final new moan that you've only got 27,000 But you've got 30,000 season to close and you're moan and you have a little grumble But never goes anywhere and it's like why our fans of these clubs getting together and going for the greater good Like we got a way to get down. Mm-hmm. We want a bigger allocation. Yeah, and portion and making it publicly known because Too much is kept quiet now and so all these big organizations get away with far too much And the only way anyone's gonna put pressure on me. Is it the fans? I think Spain? I've just they're getting rid of Friday and Monday night football and generally getting rid of Monday night football because fans have just said we're not going Yeah, we're making a stance and we're not going so there's no atmosphere in the grounds So the TV looks terrible on TV. Yeah, so they're all their organizations before years and years as fans were just like It's on a Tuesday and it's on a Wednesday and it's on a Friday And it's on a Thursday and it's a half one kickoff And they'll keep doing it because no one yeah, and it's like why are we playing this game? It's like well Because no one's moaning about it. I think no one's having a moan So I think you know as I say They're the big things I suppose but it's a little I think if you get on top of the little things And I know people will accuse other people of being moaners and all the rest of it Just moan, honestly, you don't get anywhere in life without moaning Oh, yeah, and if someone's listening is backing up backing up with actual action, you know, that's that's how you really change things You know, and you know, I hope as I say I've been to one meeting. I don't know how everything works But I was very encouraged by what the representatives of the club said there about how they are actively working on and change in processes within the club in the way that through the the fan engagement department how How fan interaction is managed and how cases are logged and passed on to make sure nothing through the cracks, you know, that's that was pretty much verbatim and What they said, you know, and and that's really really encouraging and and you know, I'm there for my my term and I'll I'll do my best, you know, and I Seriously, dude, you know get in touch. I'm visible on Twitter I won't You should be and all the members of the fans for them should be a Like a local MP. Yeah. Yeah, you should be that's the way I see I'm the only member of the forum, which is I think it's 16 people and the only member who lives in L4 as well Okay, so I'm you know, I'm a big lump. You can't miss me round about all of the fans for as far as I'm concerned Should be visible on Twitter Everyone should know that we come to you we come to you. Yeah, and you will pass it on Yeah, we know that because it's visible. Yeah, and you will come back with an answer because that is your responsibility That's your job. Yeah has been part of the fans forum. I know you will take that stage. I don't have one else to take that seriously If someone wants something done it's something to do something if they feel I'm gonna drop a couple of ideas for you know, right? Yeah, there's a couple of ideas so yeah, I know the blue base is gonna be open after games I believe so if you want to but I think somewhere in in goodness and should be open after the game where fans can go afterwards and go and have a pint and just like Literally sit out where you know because there's traffic and there's a lot of people trying to get out the stadium So I think it should be somewhere out in the ground. Yeah, right Whether it be there where they sit or can go mm-hmm Now the perfect one would be the parking and his mother idea, right? Take this one. Yeah So I think if the fans some fans could congregate in the parking after the game, right? Yeah, leave a bar open So knowing the players go out the people there the fan plan Play a parade or whatever it's called Make them go out the lax last exit of the parking. Yeah, so they have to go up the stairs Yeah down the stairs yeah through the parking into their car park, right? Put a little barrier. Yeah, so all the fans can get stuff signed. Yeah by the players Yeah, but there's a bar open so they can get a drink and that out of the rain. Yeah, and out of the cold Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's not done by next week Oh, yeah, exactly. That's my idea Get it done. It's two bears one stone. Yeah All right, the idea space was the space Bombard you know because my brain do it, but this is it I've you know, we've just been chatting about our you know, our Evertonian lives, you know, and I have been a massive nerd my whole life about it all and had ideas and thoughts and You know one of my big things is you have my sherry's famous comment about we're not a museum Well, no, we're not. However, I'd like him we could we if we made A state of the art top-class museum facility on the new ground site We can fill it with what is proven the greatest football collection in the world We are a museum as a football team, but we have the great I think all that I think all that stuff we get taking care of I just think that at the moment. Yeah Where we are is actually We're sort of in limbo for all this stuff. Yeah, because it feels like If it feels like if you ask for anything it'll be like we'll get that in the new ground Yeah, yeah, we'll get that in the new ground. We'll get that in the new ground Yeah, that could be three four years away Yeah, yeah, the research in the gathering of information and ideas and trials of them it within the Goodison Sort of campus and everything in the community as well the blue base Is is a place that I know the ambition for that is for it basically to become somewhere an alternative to you know Maybe some you know the pubs or whatever somewhere where people people just local residents Not just ever Tony it's you know on any night that we can think are you going down the club because there'll be stuff on there They want it to be a going concern that don't want it to be viewed as a place that when the gate shuttle You know, nobody ever goes in nobody ever comes out. It's an official everton venue. It's not like Willy Wonka shot Exactly. Exactly.  I mean it's Physically with a building like that and metaphorically with the club that the doors need to be open, you know and Open to ideas and open to people feeling like this. So, you know, you know, yeah, so I'll do my best So you got Jimmy's fight enough for a minute He's fighting the corner for us all fighting for us all so I believe I believe you've got any ideas Get in touch with the fans for let's get all those positive ideas out there You've got some you've got something to be banging in the back here Yeah, that you want to see ever do yeah, get into the fans for you never never know It might might might end up, you know, you might mean like I want it. Yeah, the side ends for itself. Yeah, I got an idea like that that you want to see exactly Get it get it get it to them because it could happen. Yeah, the club thing is a good idea And they'll help you the atmosphere of it.  It's gonna make money, you know, these are these are these are things That you know why wouldn't why wouldn't they consider having a go? So so yeah, big thanks to Jamie coming in good luck with the fans for it. Thank you Thanks for watching get those questions and we'll see you later. See you


This is version 2 of Steel Brigade, commonly known as the Goldhead Steel Brigade, GI Joe's personalized action figure from 1992. This figure was first available as a mail away exclusive in 1992 and was also available in 1993. Yojo.com says it probably stopped shipping in 1993. You could receive this figure through the mail by taking advantage of offers in catalogs like this one, terrifying lasers of destruction. These catalogs were inserted with boxed vehicles. And if we turn the page to this one, we can see there is Goldhead Steel Brigade. That's the offer and the form for customizing the file card. This offer was said to be good through September 30th, 1994, or while supplies last. So I guess it's possible they ran out of figures by 1993, but it's also possible version 2 of Steel Brigade was shipped as late as 1994. This figure is commonly known as the Goldhead Steel Brigade. Although the coloring is entirely different from the first version, the Goldhead is the most noticeable change. This is the second version of Steel Brigade in the vintage era. Version 1 was issued as a mail away offer in 1987. There are numerous variants of version 1. Steel Brigade was a fan insert figure. It was advertised as a way for kids to join the GI Joe team. For instance, on this mail away coupon, it says in big bold letters, now you can be the next GI Joe. The figure itself was not customized, but the file card was. The file card would be updated based on information provided by the buyer. Order form for Steel Brigade included a space for the buyer to fill in a code name and a menu of options that would be used to personalize the file card. This is what the version 1 Steel Brigade file card looked like. It wasn't really a file card at all. It was a sheet of paper printed by a dot matrix printer. It was pretty sophisticated for the time. No two of these file cards would be exactly the same. Each one had the code name selected by the buyer, and these cut and paste paragraphs were updated based on the menu selections on the order form. Comparing the version 2 questionnaire to the earliest version 1 questionnaires, they are mostly the same just with some minor wording variations. For instance, on this selection where it says your logical mind loves a challenge, over here on version 2, that same question says you love a challenge. Just very minor changes like that, but mostly identical. If you look at a mail away catalog from around 1991 or 1992, you have these order forms for version 1 of Steel Brigade, and this would have been the very last time Steel Brigade was offered in its version 1 form before they switched over to version 2. And these questionnaires are the same as the version 2 questionnaires. They just copied and pasted the same questionnaire over to the version 2 offer. Steel Brigade version 1 had at least four figure variations. They are designated from earliest to latest as version 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. There are also accessories variations. The rifles were swapped around between them, and there's a slight variation on the patch. There was a version 1E, but that variant has recently been delisted from some collector's guides. It's now believed that it was a kit bash by collectors after the fact, and not a real factory issued variant. Goldhead is a recolored Steel Brigade version 1D. It has the same parts and accessories as that final, real, confirmed variation of version 1. With one caveat, the latest releases of version 1D included the same rifle that version 2 came with. Earlier releases of version 1D had a reissue of Airborne's rifle. The second edition of the Ultimate Guide to GI Joe by Mark Belomo lists the Goldhead Steel Brigade as version F, meaning it's a variation of version 1. In the recently released third edition of the Ultimate Guide to GI Joe, the Goldhead figure is no longer listed as version F, indicating it is a separate version. Note also that version 1E is no longer listed. Yojo.com also lists the Goldhead figure as a separate version, not a variation of version 1, and I agree with this. The color change is significant enough to call it a separate version. The file card imagery and the accessory colors are also updated, not just the figure. The Goldhead Steel Brigade is one of the rarest figures in the vintage GI Joe line, if not the rarest. Some collectors believe version 1A is even rarer than version 2. I disagree with that. Version 1A is certainly a rare figure, but in my experience it was easier and cheaper to find a complete version 1A than a version 2. So what exactly would Goldhead Steel Brigade's role be on the GI Joe team? I've always thought of Steel Brigade as support troops for the GI Joe team, not full team members yet, but probationary members or maybe new recruits. You could think of Goldhead Steel Brigade as a Steel Brigade squad leader, though with those colors that uniform seems more like a punishment than a promotion. Let's look at the accessories for Goldhead. As mentioned a moment ago, he had the same accessories as version 1D, at least one variation of version 1D, but some of those accessories were recolored. It's worth noting that all of these accessories were reissued from earlier action figures. That's the same as with version 1 of Steel Brigade, but version 1 of Steel Brigade at least had one unique accessory, the patch. Let's start by looking at the rifle, and I don't have this rifle in the figure's hand because it's just too tight a fit in the hand, and I don't want to run the risk of breaking the rare action figure, so I just don't force it in his hand. This rifle is an M16 with a grenade launcher and a bayonet and a scope. That's a really well made and well detailed accessory. As mentioned, this is not a unique accessory. This weapon was originally issued with 1989 recoil, but it was recolored, and the recoloring is quite dramatic. Recoil's rifle is in a light blue, and it looks much better in this dark gray. His next accessory is his backpack, and this backpack is in a vibrant green color. It should exactly match the green color on the action figure. The backpack itself has a bed roll and an entrenching tool. It's a reasonably well detailed backpack. This backpack was originally issued with 1983 airborne, and with the 1983 mail away duke, and the later 1984 retail duke action figure. This backpack was actually reissued many times. Besides being released in 1983 with airborne and mail away duke, and then in 1984 with retail duke, there was a brown version of this backpack in the 1984 battle gear accessory pack number two. And in 1987, of course, steel brigade version one had this backpack. In 1988, version two of duke, the tiger force duke also came with this backpack. And then of course we have the 1992 gold head steel brigade release of the backpack. The final accessory is the most exciting one. Gold head steel brigade included a patch. This was not an accessory for the figure. This was an extra bonus for kids. All vintage releases of steel brigade had a patch. This patch is recolored from the one that came with version one. Looks like somebody just took Photoshop to it. Oddly, the gold head steel brigade patch has an illustration of the head of a steel brigade, but it is not gold, it's in green. I really love these patches. They are so cool. And this is why it took quite a while for me to find the gold head steel brigade that I wanted to acquire for my collection. I really needed one with the patch. A lot of collectors will consider the figure to be complete without the patch, but I really needed it. Let's take a look at the articulation for gold head steel brigade. He had the articulation that was standard for G.I. Joe action figures in 1984, not 1992. Remember, this uses all reused parts, and it uses a chest from a 1983 figure. Well, up through 1984, all of the heads on G.I. Joe figures were swivel heads. They did not have the ball joint. So, since they were using a chest that went with a swivel head, they had to have a swivel head on the figure. So, he can turn his head from left to right, and that's the limit of his motion on that head. He can swing his arm up at the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around. He had a hinge at the elbow that allowed him to bend his arm at the elbow about 90 degrees. He had a swivel at the bicep that allowed him to swivel his arm all the way around. This was an O-ring figure, meaning the figure was held together with the rubber O-ring that looped around the inside. That allowed him to move at the torso a bit. He could move his legs apart about so far. He could bend his leg at the hip about 90 degrees and bend at the knee carefully about 90 degrees. Let's look at the sculpt design and color of Goldhead Steel Brigade. And this, once again, is a version 1D figure that is just in different colors, has exactly the same parts. Now, version 1 of Steel Brigade at least had one unique part, the head. But since this version 2 figure entirely copies this version 1 figure, it has no unique parts. Very little effort went into this figure. It looks like someone photoshopped a version 1 figure with different colors. Let's take a look at that head. That head is what everyone talks about. The head has three different colors on it, so it does not lack paint applications. It has that dominant gold color. That shiny metallic paint tended to wear off very easily, so you will often find Goldhead figures that have some of that gold paint worn away. His helmet covers all of his face. You cannot see any of his face. He has that gold up on the top and on the front, and has blue around the side and the back, and he has some black goggles. Because it has no face showing, that's how it can be a personalized figure without changing the figure to look like the purchaser. You just have to imagine that it's your face behind that helmet. Looking at the chest, the chest and the back piece are the same as Duke. That's the same front and back. But of course, the coloring is radically different. This Duke torso must have been readily available to Hasbro in the late 80s and early 90s because they went with the same torso for some variations of the male away starduster figure. On that chest, we have a green vest. I would call this a Kelly green. The version 1 figure also had a green vest, but it was more of an olive green. That vest has a couple pockets and unpainted jump wings. There is a black bandolier that runs from the left shoulder down under the right arm. That bandolier has some pouches and a gold buckle and a gold grenade. Unfortunately, as with Duke, that strap does not continue to the back. There's also a black undershirt that you can see above the green collar. Basically, this has the same paint masks as the version 1 figure, but instead of using silver paint, they used gold paint. Steel Brigade's arms are reused from the 1983 swivel arm Grand Slam and swivel arm Flash, the version 1.5 of each of those figures. Those arms feature dark blue sleeves and long black gloves that cover the entire forearm and some nice detail on those gloves. On the left arm, there is a white tampo patch, a steel brigade unit patch, which does not match the patch that came with the figure. I think that's too bad. It would have been nice to have a patch on the figure that matched the ones that a kid could put on his own shirt. This waist piece was reused from a 1982 Cobra soldier and the 1982 Cobra officer. They had the same waist piece. This was a fairly popular waist piece also used for the 1988 Tiger Force Duke. That waist piece has a gold belt. The belt has four black pouches, small pouches. Then of course we have his dark blue trousers. These legs were originally used on 1983 Airborne, both the upper and lower legs. On version 1 of Steel Brigade, those legs almost matched the colors on the original legs, but of course on version 2, the colors are dramatically different. These legs are blue. On the left leg, there is an unpainted pocket on the left thigh. On the right leg, there is an unpainted pistol holster and an unpainted strap that goes around the right thigh. And then in the pistol holster, there is a gold handled pistol. On his knees, he has knee pads. These knee pads actually extend a bit over the knee and I like that. I always thought that was a cool feature on the earlier G.I. Joe action figures. These knee pads however are unpainted. On the version 1 figure, those knee pads were painted. So we lose a paint application here, meaning the version 2 figure was cheaper to produce than version 1. Then we finish up with a pair of black boots. I thought these boots were well sculpted on Airborne and I still think so here. These colors, these colors just don't make a lot of sense. G.I. Joe often had colors that would not have made sense for a soldier to wear into combat. But on the version 1 figure, if you kind of overlook the light blue, he had overall some fairly subdued military colors. All that goes out the window with version 2. Ignoring the fact that these are not military colors, those colors on version 2, I'm not sure even go together. I don't think you would see that green and that blue together very often. It's almost like they chose the colors at random. Like I said before, it almost looks like they put version 1 of Steel Brigade in some kind of Photoshop filter and then just made another figure out of it. Let's take a look at the file card for Goldhead Steel Brigade. And in this case, I am using a scan of the file card from 3djoes.com. Carson, who runs 3djoes.com, gave me specific permission to use this. So thank you very much, 3djoes.com. If you have not checked out that website, it is a great resource for collectors and fans. The file card features an illustration of Steel Brigade. It is almost the same artwork as on the version 1 file card. But the colors are updated and I've noticed some of the details are updated as well. It looks like they tried to make that chest look like the Duke chest, but of course the strap is going the wrong way. On the version 1 artwork, you can see the straps on the chest are in the configuration of the airborne chest. This file card is unique. No two file cards would be exactly the same. The file cards would be updated with the user's code name and specialty, but I'll just quickly go through this so you can get an idea of what you would get on the file card based on how you filled out the form. This kid chose the code name Whiplash. That's not a bad code name. And he's in the army. Primary military specialty is special forces. Secondary military specialty is counter espionage. One of his weapons specialties is the XMLR3A laser rifle. That's the laser rifle that came with 1983 snow job. Martial arts expert Taekwondo, Kung Fu and karate. School training special forces school. That makes sense since his primary military specialty is special forces.  Under that section we have a signature line and this is where the kid could sign his own name. Now this one has a blank signature line and my version 1 file card also has a blank signature line. I think most collectors prefer to find these file cards without a signature on them, but for a personalized figure I wouldn't mind having that connection to the original owner. We have three sections here, traits, abilities and personality. Under traits it says command comes naturally to Whiplash. His self assurance as well as his ability to lead men in difficult situations is evident as he guides his fellow officers in dangerous combat. Under abilities it says Whiplash has an extraordinarily bright mind, not that he would brag. His skillful calculations and strategic planning by the book enable his team to always be one step ahead of the Cobra forces. Under personality it says Whiplash's intelligence and efficiency earn him the respect he deserves. His fellow officers look to him for advice and would follow his orders into the thick of battle. In the corner there is the steel brigade emblem which matches the patch. It says GI Joe Steel Brigade team and there is a serial number. The layout is slightly different from the version 1 card but it is substantially the same and I think this is the coolest thing about both versions of the figure. This was a way for the kids to join the GI Joe team. You're supposed to feel like you are joining the team. You get your own figure and your own personalized file card. Each Steel Brigade represents a GI Joe fan and the file card even says there is a Steel Brigade team. There is a team of GI Joe fans. We are Steel Brigade. Looking at how Steel Brigade was used in GI Joe media that won't take long. In the Vintage Era he made no appearances in the animated series and no appearances in the comic book series.


Wow, Chancellor, faculty, staff, parents, students, and Ann Coulter. Welcome to the graduation ceremonies of UC Berkeley 2017. I'm kidding, she's not here, she's not here, don't worry, don't worry, she's not here. But maybe she's watching, maybe she's watching, live streaming. Hey Ann, they let me speak, haha, yeah, that's right, yeah baby.   So after seven hard years of work, you're graduating, congratulations, you're on your way. Today is about you, so let me spend the next hour and a half telling you about me. No, it won't be an hour and a half, about 20 minutes, anyway. Guys, I gotta tell you, I can't believe I'm giving this commencement speech right now, it's very surreal to me. I graduated from UC Berkeley almost 25 years ago, yeah man. Go Bears, and I still can't, back then I never would have imagined that I'd be up here giving this speech. When you first invited me to give the speech, I immediately accepted, I was honored, I was excited, and then the next day, I started freaking out.  I'm a comedian, I don't want to write a speech. I mean, it was almost like I'd given myself a homework assignment. Yeah, I mean, I dropped out of a PhD program to not write homework, but here I was. Yeah, and the worst part of the homework assignment was that if I did not turn in this homework assignment and complete the speech, not only would I not graduate, but you wouldn't graduate. Yeah, it started weighing on me and I started getting nervous, I was losing sleep, I actually couldn't figure out, I said, why did you pick me? And then I found ways to calm myself. You know, for example, I thought, well, I don't even remember who gave my commencement speech back in 93. Yeah, and then I thought, will you guys remember who gave your commencement speech here today? Well, no, I thought most likely no, because most of you are probably stoned. Yes, thank you, Cal. Thank you, that made me feel much better. And if you do remember who gave your commencement speech, then you just need better weed. Now, guys, I prepared for this speech and in preparing for this speech, I went online and I did some research. I found that Cal alumni and researchers have won 90 Nobel Prizes, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, yeah, 14 Pulitzer Prizes, 117 Olympic gold medals and 20 Academy Awards. Yes.  I graduated from Cal in 1993 with a bachelor's in political science and a minor, yes, poli sci and a minor in Italian. Yes, I have won zero MacArthur Fellowships, zero no bells, zero Pulitzer Prizes, zero gold medals. I haven't even won a bronze medal, but I'm that guy from the CBS sitcom, Superior Donuts. So I'm giving the speech. Yeah. Yeah, it didn't make sense to me either, man. Guys, listen, I had to dig deeper to find out what really happened. And I was told that you were originally you tried to get Barack Obama. Yeah. Now, see, that makes sense. But when he said no, you settled on me. What are you guys lazy? Would you guys go out to the first African American president of the United States of America? He said no. And then you go, well, who's someone who's looking for more Instagram followers? Someone who'll do this and won't say no. Call Maz. He'll do it. And you know what? You were right. I am looking for more Instagram followers. Here, come in. Let's do a selfie real quickly, everybody. Here we go. Here we go. Get close. I'm going to tag all of you. Hold on. Here we go. One, two, three. And one with these guys. Now I've got the picture, but I still don't know why you picked me. I thought, in all honesty, I thought that maybe you guys picked me because I'm a Cal alumnus and I could tell you some facts about Cal that will make us all feel good about UC Berkeley. For example, you guys probably know about this. Cal Forbes. Forbes just ranked Cal as the number one value college in all of America. Yes. Which has your parents breathing a sigh of relief going, woo, we got our money's worth. At just under $13,000 a year, your parents could have been driving around the past four years in a Jaguar XE.  That's value for your money. Just this year, Cal scientists figured out why shoelaces come untied. Yeah, I read that in the Daily Cal and I thought to myself, you can get a grant for that? And then I thought they should have just paid me. I have kids. I would have told them to double not it. Duh. Now Cal is not just an academic behemoth, but it also has great sports. Yes. Cal is ranked number one in watching football games. Cal football games. Yes. Cal fans were ranked number one in watching Cal football games and going, yeah. Oh. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Oh. Usually ending in, oh. But we love our team. Yes. Go Bears. Now, you know, Cal's Sproul Plaza was the birthplace of the free speech movement in the 1960s and has since been the birthplace of several thousand drug deals. If Cal were a celebrity, it would be Lucy Lu. Smart, beautiful, and mostly Chinese. Yeah, the Chinese guys like that. There you go. That was good. You like that? You like that? You can clap. Yeah, man. And lastly, lastly, here's a good statistic. Cal is ranked number one is the top university in all of the Bay Area beating out Stanford in every category that counts. Yeah. Yes. Yes. This was a study done by me in my own head. Go Bears. So it's clear that I graduated from Cal. But there's a lot of Cal alumni who aren't giving this speech today. So I thought to myself, there must be another reason why you guys invited me. And I realized the reason I was invited is most likely because I am a Cal alumnus who also happens to be an immigrant. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's right, Fox News. Immigrants taking your jobs again. Yeah, baby. In a time when anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise and we have a president who fans the flames of fear against immigrants and refugees, leave it to the students at UC Berkeley to send a message of inclusivity to the world by choosing an immigrant to give the commencement speech here today at Cal. Now, before I go any further, I know that some of you are thinking, oh no, here comes the anti-Trump stuff. And this being Cal, most of you are thinking, oh yes, here comes the anti-Trump stuff. Yeah. Let me assure you today is not about Democrats or Republicans or Independence or Green Party or any of that stuff. Today, there's only love for everybody. I'm serious. Yes. I'm serious. Listen, even if you voted for Trump, we still love you. We do. Listen, I know immigrants that voted for Trump. Yes. I have immigrant friends who voted for Trump because they wanted fewer taxes. They ended up with fewer relatives. But still, things happen. Things happen. Speaking of Trump, if you're thinking of committing a federal crime, this weekend would be a good time to do it because he just fired the head of the FBI. Jim Comey. Yeah. Easy Comey. Easy Comey. Trump keeps firing people. Can someone let him know he's no longer on the apprentice? Okay. Enough Trump stuff. Let's get serious. Guys, let me start by saying, and I know this is being live streamed as well. So let me tell the world, immigrants love America. All right? We love America. We run away from strife and conflict and poverty to come here for a better life. As cliche as it might sound, America is still the land of opportunity where anyone can become anything. I was born in Iran. Yes, my Iranians. Yeah. At the age of six, my family was forced to flee the Iranian Revolution, and we came to America. Today, I stand in front of you giving the commencement speech at one of the top universities in America, if not the world. I am the American dream. Now, as many of you know, Berkeley has students from over 160 different countries, and that number does not include the immigrant students with US high school degrees. Cal was the first campus to have an undocumented students program and is the role model for dozens of other programs that are being created across the country. I know that many of you are first generation Americans or your parents are first generation Americans. Yes. For many of you, you're the first graduating in your family. Yes. Guys, your parents have sacrificed so much. They fled war and revolution and worked hard and swallowed their pride to get you here today. We have an amazing mix with us today. I know, for example, we've got Mexican Americans. Let me hear Mexican Americans. Let me hear Mexican. Yes. Yes. We've got Indian Americans. Indian Americans. Let me hear Indian Americans. Yes. Chinese Americans. Chinese Americans. Iranian Americans. Syrian Americans. Yes. Let me keep it going. What else do we have? Just yell what you have. Lebanese Americans. Where are you from? There we go. We got it. He brought his flag. He brought his flag. There we go. We have Vietnamese Americans. Armenian Americans. Give it up for wherever you're from. Give it up. Give it up. Colombian Americans. Yes. Palestinian Americans. Yes. Iraq, guys. This is a beautiful mix of people. Let's keep it going. Where's my Native Americans? Native Americans? Native Americans. African Americans. Where's my African Americans? Yes. Where's my white people? White people. White people. Yes. We love you, white people. White people. You're the rice and we are the spice. Yes. White people. Without us, all day long, you'd be eating meatloaf. Because of us, you have chow mein and you have sushi and you've got a kebab and hummus and curry. Who doesn't love curry? This is America right here. Look at it. This is America. Now, guys, yes. Give it up for you. America. This is America. Guys, my parents came to America and they brought us in late 1978. They were in the middle of their lives back in Iran, but they had to leave their home and bring the kids and work. And they had to come to a foreign land. But back then, in late 1978, America welcomed us. But then things changed quickly when Iranians took Americans hostage in Iran. And suddenly, we started getting blamed for the actions of a government that we had fled and that we opposed. Yes. Things turned ugly when that anti-immigrant sentiment started coming home and hitting close to home. When I would be in the fourth grade and I would have older kids call me an F and Iranian. Other Iranians were being beaten up and shot at, just for being Iranian in America. Unfortunately, this has been a part of American history for other communities as well. As we all know, Japanese Americans during World War II were put into internment camps for the actions of the Japanese government. More recently, after September 11th, Indian Sikhs were shot and killed just because they were war turbines. Even more recently, just this past year in Kansas, a man went and shot two Indians and then went and claimed that he had shot two Iranians. Our own president fans this anti-immigrant flame by calling Mexicans rapists and drug dealers and by clumping in Syrian refugees with ISIS, even though they're fleeing ISIS. Earlier this year, when the administration tried to impose their travel ban, I knew a storm was coming. The travel ban was sold as a way to keep terrorists out of America and to keep America safe. However, none of the countries that were in the travel ban had committed an act of terror in America. Again, people who had done nothing wrong were being blamed. I heard a lot of the real stories of what was happening. I heard of an elderly couple who had flown to America, to Los Angeles, with a visa to come see their son. And once they landed, they were coaxed into signing a piece of paper that revoked their visa. They were put back on an airplane and sent back to Iran. I heard of another Iranian man in Norway who had gotten a visa to come see his father, who was sick and basically on his deathbed, and his visa was revoked. I heard of a Syrian refugee family who had been living in the Middle East in a refugee camp, had been vetted after several years, told they could come to America, sold all of their belongings and then told they can't come to America. This travel ban was not keeping America safe. It was tearing families apart and ruining lives. Hearing those stories reminded me of my own experience. What would have happened if on December 5, 1978, when I came here with my family, they put us back on a plane and sent us back to Iran? What kind of psychological damage would that have done to me and my family if we had to be sent back into a revolution that we were fleeing? Imagine your own parents and your own grandparents. What would have happened if when they landed in America they were sent back? How would that have changed your destiny? Immigrants and refugees are not just numbers. They are people coming to America for a better life. Yes, I believe I believe that most Americans are good people and if they could only hear the stories of the struggles of these refugees and these immigrants, they would welcome them rather than shunning them. If I can drive one point home to you today, it would be to put yourself in the shoes of the less fortunate and have empathy. You are blessed to be graduating from one of the top institutions in the world. Not everyone has that opportunity. So when you come across others in America or around the world who are less fortunate than you, be open to them and try to understand their experiences. Try to help them if you can. Always fight for the underdog. One of the coolest things I saw when I went to a protest at LAX against the travel ban was the group of lawyers who'd shown up and were waiting for people to arrive so they could volunteer their services to help them. Be that lawyer. Now, whether you're an immigrant or not, we're to crossroads in American history and you graduates are right in the thick of it. Do we keep the American dream alive and let people from around the world come to this country to make the best of their lives or do we close ourselves in and kill the American dream? 25 years from now, who will be giving this speech? Will it be someone from Damascus or Mogadishu? Or who knows maybe an undocumented student? Yes, I would encourage us to aim for a future America that welcomes people of different backgrounds and thrives on diversity. Now since we're at Berkeley, I have to talk about another topic as well and that is free speech. I'll keep it brief. As someone born in Iran where free speech is limited and people fight for it on a daily basis, sometimes even dying for it, I would urge you to always, always fight for free speech and never take it for granted. Now, as the chancellor so eloquently put in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, I know that Berkeley recently found itself in the middle of some controversies with threats of violence and had to make some decisions about and culture and Milo Yiannopoulos on this campus. Let me tell you in preparing for this section of the speech, I actually have to go back and read some of the writings of Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos. Oh my God, talk about torture. I mean they say a lot of stupid stuff so I can understand why you don't want them to speak here. However, I would encourage you to fight even for their right to free speech. I know that's not a popular thing to say at Cal, but I really feel that's a conversation we should have and I also feel that if we let them speak, eventually they will hang themselves with their own words. We saw that with Milo, the way Milo did.  I've done stand-up comedy around the world and in 2007, I got to go to the Middle East and do a tour in five different countries and whenever we do shows in the Middle East, the promoters would tell us you can talk about anything you want but no sex, no religion and no politics. So we'd say hello and good night. Or since we were in the Middle East, salam aleikum and aleikum salam. Fox News will take that clip as well and put it with the immigrant. He spoke Arabic and he took our jobs. But let me tell you the reason they didn't want us talking politics, they didn't want us talking about their leaders in their own country. So if you were in Egypt you couldn't talk about Hosni Mubarak who was the president then but you could talk about a leader in another country. As a matter of fact, at one point one of the promoters got word to us that the Ministry of Information had contacted them asking us if any of us had any material about Hosni Mubarak. I swear to God. The reason was a journalist a few months earlier had written a piece where he said that Hosni Mubarak was looking older these days and he'd been thrown in jail for it. Yeah, so I quickly told the promoters I have no jokes about Hosni Mubarak, that handsome young devil. But here's the thing where it comes to free speech. When I came back to America, people would ask me what's the difference between stand-up in the Middle East and America? I would tell them the difference is in America we're encouraged to make fun of our leaders. In America our late night hosts make fun of our leaders on a nightly basis because we are secure in our government. Our leaders are secure in their leadership. In America we hold an annual dinner where the president shows up and gets roasted. And then this year Donald Trump decided not to attend. And I thought oh my God we're closer to a Middle Eastern dictatorship than an American democracy. Why is President Trump afraid of being made fun of? Is he not secure in his leadership?  These are tactics that a Middle Eastern dictator like Hosni Mubarak would be using in 2007 rather than a tactic that the leader of the free world should be using in 2017.  Yes let's be the ones, let's not be the ones attacking free speech, let's be the ones defending it. Now I know I'm getting a little political here today and I'm sure that some of your parents and grandparents are not too happy about it but hey it'll be make for good conversation over brunch and mimosas. But I'm not going to apologize and I'll tell you why. In many immigrant cultures we're told not to question authority. Growing up my parents would tell us that we have a reputation in the community and that we should just stay out of trouble and not rock the boat. But in America we're encouraged to question authority and I implore you to keep rocking the boat even when you graduate. Yes, criticize our leaders and hold them accountable. Guys the travel ban reminded me that even though I've lived most of my life in America some people don't consider me American. It reminded them that my rights could be taken away at the drop of a hat. I woke me up. The travel ban woke me up and I started going to the protests at LAX and I started posting on social media and some people that were fans of mine on on on Facebook would write me back and say maz stop talking politics you're going to lose a fan and I would write back oh well I would rather fight for what's right and follow my heart than sell tickets to a comedy show. I encourage you to get involved be politically active.  We all know there's so many battles that need to be fought immigrant rights women's rights black lives matter global warming LGBTQ rights and many many more stay politically active. Though there's much work to be done you guys a lot of this work falls in your lap I'm very optimistic about your future. I think you'll be more integrated and more progressive than many generations before you. I myself am Iranian American and my wife is Indian American. Our kids are confused but they don't know the difference in color they don't judge people based on color. Keep pushing the envelope of inclusivity. Now as much as I'm not I'm not a religious person I try to live my life by these three tenets that I've heard in the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism good words good thoughts good deeds try to live your life with those tenets. I will end today on a less political note I'm gonna I'm gonna leave you with a few parting tips that I've gleaned over the past 24 years since I was sitting where you're sitting here today. Let's call these final tips. Tip one always tip preferably 20 percent if you can. I believe in karma and that what you put out in the world will come back to you but it also feels good.  Tip two find what it is that you love to do and do it and only you know what that thing is. My mom yes my mom wanted me to be a lawyer when I told her that it did not want to be a lawyer she told me and I quote well then at least become a mechanic. I swear to God I asked her I said how'd you go from from lawyer to mechanic. She said everybody needs a mechanic nobody needs a comedian it's true.   Picking your passion for your life is not a secure choice but if you can find that passion you will be happy and you will you will follow your passion and lead a great life. So find that passion and live that live that passion. Tip three travel the world is big and it's beautiful. Go see the world and by seeing the world I don't mean a weekend in Cabo.  Tip number four never pay full price for that rug always negotiate and in negotiating always say my friend it helps my friend discount for me my friend tip five kiss your parents every time you see them yes kiss your parents every time you see them especially if they're immigrants because you never know tomorrow they might be deported UC Berkeley I want to thank my family who came out today my wife my mother my sisters my friends my my old school teachers I want to thank you for inviting me I want to thank everyone here and congratulate them once again congratulations UC Berkeley class of 2017 and go


I hate to do this to you, but we are going to be watching a clip from one America news network OAN and This clip is interesting because it features Pastor Jesse Lee Peterson and he's going to explain why gay pride Shouldn't be celebrated because here in America. We shouldn't be Celebrating perverted things.  So in lieu of gay pride month Perhaps we should have a white history month. That's the argument.  Let's watch And we should have never fallen for this idea that oh We just want to come out of the closet Just let us out of the closet and then they said oh, we want to go to church But we don't want to be talked about at church So a lot of preachers stop mentioning that homosexuality is wrong That something has gone wrong and they must repent and return to God now. They have taken over the churches There are a lot of preachers who are afraid to speak out against so-called pride month, you know, I started the White history month in July why this is our before if you're coming up when we're celebrating white history And what I've noticed that in America a country that was founded by white people and Created by white people wanted the greatest country on this side of heaven.  What's pride pride? What's happy about being perverted? There's nothing good about that living in sin, right? And but we celebrate. I don't but they celebrate that But when it comes to white history They afraid to even mention white history, but we got to bring that back because that's who made America great We got to show our appreciation and not one Christian should be celebrating gay pride They should be praying that these people repent and overcome the fallen state return to the father God is not pleased and allowed that his children are allowing this to happen in a Christian country It's not a secular country. It's a Christian country.  So we talked about this not too long ago.  It's not them the person It's the spirit that made a home in them and it came from them overreacting to Some sort of a situation in life where this from someone messing with them when they were kids or Overreacting to an angry mother because you become like what you hate So it's an evil spirit and they can overcome it if they don't accept it as a right They have to see that yes, they're stuck into it But it's something wrong with it and in that they're able to overcome it God will remove that spirit away from them. Okay, so in short you can overcome it I think you know where I'm going with this so on His Twitter page as you can see, you know He he has all of his likes here and he liked a tweet from Donald Trump where Trump says make America great again And then if you scroll down a little bit more you see that he liked a tweet from your daddy only fans xxl boy where there is a video of part two of a Collaboration with Sean boy and Anthony D And basically this is the video of two men having gay sex and it is censored But as you can see there is one man eating out another man's booty hole Like this on his public account for his show My god, this is like This is hilarious. This is hilarious and he left that liked tweet up for Hours it was there for hours and immediately after he realized that he liked that tweet He said his account to private probably because he's gonna scroll through and make sure that he didn't like any other Gay porn tweets because he maybe thought that he was using his throwaway account not logged into his public account And I'm sure he's got to make sure everything is okay So I don't know if he's even gonna speak to this spoiler alert past Mike. He doesn't he's just been pretending as if He didn't forget to log into his throwaway account when he liked that gay porn tweet It's astonishing like he really is just trying to pretend as if it didn't happen I expected at least him to blame a single staffer like I expected that he's made videos on how to deal with your gay co-workers Like this is one of the most homophobic individuals within the right wing movement and He's just pretending like we all didn't see him Watch gay porn on Twitter and like the tweet So I think that whenever Jesse Lee Peterson attacks members of the LGBTQ plus community and calls them perverted or disgusting I think it is incumbent on us to remind him that we didn't forget about his very dirty tweet that he liked In fact, I'm gonna do that right now I'm going to ask him if he remembers liking this very very gay tweet And I have to say that his obsession with alpha males and beta males makes so much more sense now He doesn't like beta males because he's attracted to alpha males. He likes bears. That's the kind of porn that he was watching That's why he doesn't like beta males.  I mean, that's fine.  But I mean conservatives are just shameless, you know, it seems like This isn't a scandal like it would be in the 2000s one because Jesse Lee Peterson isn't as big of a figure as someone like Ted Haggard, but on top of that, I think that most people just don't care anymore, right?  I think it's fake or something like that So it's just it's entertaining but um, whenever he's going to condemn This community the LGBTQ plus community.