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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Reatha Grey, has been on Frank About Health about 8 times and she keeps on getting better.
The audience will learn about how she has been recovering from her cardiac scare last February and also more about how she is keeping herself busy and active on her Tik Tok series Retirement House.
Reatha Grey is a senior healthcare advocate and has also advocated for others with their healthcare needs. She has been on Frank About Health several times over the last 2 years and today we are going to discuss her latest venture on Tik Tok with over 5 million followers.
IMDB: www.imdb.com/reathagrey
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ReathaGrey/
Linked IN: www.linkedin.com/in/reatha-grey-b1167a18/
Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@retirementhouse?lang=en
#retirementhouse
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In this episode of Frank About Health, Frank is joined by actor and senior healthcare advocate, Reatha Grey. They will be discussing her life since she was on the show last, her recovery story from her cardiac scare, and how she uses her social media platform to share her message on her popular series, The Retirement House. This episode is not as much focused on healthcare, but more on PR for Reatha, what she does to advocate for healthcare, and her social media platforms. To start off the show, Reatha was part of a series on Frank About Health last February that primarily discussed her case when she had a cardiac scare. Since then, she has been getting better and is regularly active in her life. Reatha has traveled to the Bahamas, marched in parades, scuba dive, and filmed more content. With that being said, with the increase of technology over the years, she is able to stay on top of her advocacy and encourages others to learn and advocate for themselves whether it be needing help with technology or speaking with a doctor. There is always something to advocate for and she does what she can to help.
Before the break, Frank showed a clip of The Retirement House to the viewers. The clip showed Reatha and her friends living in one big house and answering questions since the video was sponsored. Reatha goes into detail and shares what the premise of the joke is and to clarify that some of the jokes exaggerate the truth a little bit. Though everyone in the Retirement House doesn’t live in the house full time, they do film and record podcasts at the house and utilize it quite a bit. Reatha and the rest of the members of The Retirement House would be considered as “Grand Influencers,” giving advice and making content for the older generations, defying the stereotype that social media is only for kids, teens, and young adults.
Reatha Grey was a star in the late Betty White series, Off Their Rockers, a senior comedy show. She shares her story on how she got casted in Off Their Rockers and how the show dynamic was so different compared to any other television series. Since the comedy series cast was senior citizens, the directors and production teams understood that their needs are going to be different than a regular show. Reatha explains that the team for Off Their Rockers, “they did not overwork us, they let us have a good time, they let us take time off when we need it, and they let us come back when we can.” The team understood and were accommodated to their health needs and prioritized it when Off Their Rockers was still on the air. Since then. Reatha’s career has taken her in many directions, with the potential of taking The Retirement House to a major streaming platform. Due to the writer’s strike, which has been put on hold, and a lot of people have been suffering. Reatha points out that not everyone in Hollywood is rich, so with the strike there is not a lot of income to help pay for basic needs or to apply for healthcare. With the strike making it difficult for everyone on both sides, Reatha, and the rest of the cast of The Retirement House will continue to make content.
After the final break, Frank and Reatha pick up where they left off, discussing about the writer’s strike limitations and future interviews that have been cancelled or have been put on hold. Reatha explains that with talk shows, mostly everyone was under the impression that they were not going to comeback if a show had union writers. “If you weren’t using union writers before, then you are not under the contract,” says Reatha. It has been like everyone has been shamed into not coming back regardless of if a show had union or non-union writers or actors. With strike, it is really starting to make an impact and causing more risk every day, leading to job loss. A recent commercial Reatha has participated in, it has been a cushion of income that has helped her during this time since content creation can only make so much for popular creators.
00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:52.140 Frank R Harrison: hey, everybody, and welcome to a new episode of Frank about health. Today we're gonna talk about health from an advocate point of view. What do I mean by that, my dear friend, Rita Gray is here to join us, for now, possibly the ninth time on Frank about health.
00:00:52.140 --> 00:01:12.589 Frank R Harrison: But we're not necessarily going to talk about a health care topic today. Why? Because right now she is engaged in a very high profile. Tiktok series called retirement house. That's why this episode is called Rtha's Retirement House. We want to talk about the show. We want to talk about its reach. We want to talk about the impact it has
00:01:12.590 --> 00:01:36.889 Frank R Harrison: on seniors as well as on overall entertainment value that she's well known for all of you. Remember her from Betty Whites off their rockers. You also remember her from having talked about her cardiac event last February. You remember her from talking about social justice and healthcare. You remember her from just being there for everybody when they needed you. And that's why I consider her
00:01:36.890 --> 00:01:58.040 Frank R Harrison: one of my dearest friends, and for that reason this episode is to celebrate Aretha Gray her show retirement house, as well as to find out how she's doing. Since those events that happened last February, there is not going to be a disclaimer on this show. This is an entertainment value show. Only all I hope is that at the end of the show you all click on to your Tiktok
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:21.389 Frank R Harrison: channel, and your browser and your app and your website, and whatever you use and watch Retirement house. There are so many plugs for things like Barbie and snickers and other brands that are very important, and an important brand of mine, Hilton. She was on one of their commercials, so for that reason alone. We're going to consider this A. Pr show. I'm being frank about Rtha tonight, and thank you, Rita, for coming on
00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.380 Frank R Harrison: unmute.
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:29.310 Frank R Harrison: unmute.
00:02:32.510 --> 00:02:37.860 reathas: I am unmuted. Okay, thank you for having me on, Frank.
00:02:38.130 --> 00:02:47.089 Frank R Harrison: You are so welcome. So I guess let's just start. First of all, as everyone knows in February, during cardiac health awareness month
00:02:47.140 --> 00:03:13.899 Frank R Harrison: we had featured all about different ways of removing plaque from coronary, artery, disease, and other kinds of problems that we had presumed you were suffering from. Later we found out that was not the case thankfully, but you were involved in the third episode series, talking about your case and learning about the solutions we were having. But since then how have you been feeling, and how have you been managing your cardiac issues?
00:03:13.970 --> 00:03:20.000 reathas: Well, I've been feeling fine. I went to the Bahamas last week and
00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:29.720 reathas: shot episodes of Retirement House, which was lots of fun. I went jet skiing. I went scuba diving. I went swimming.
00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:35.660 reathas: We walked around the island of Carousel and Bonaire, and
00:03:36.580 --> 00:03:39.970 II did. Great. I still have a little
00:03:40.550 --> 00:03:55.169 reathas: breathing problem. We haven't quite conquered that yet, so I do wear out. But II marched in a parade for like a mile, and I haven't been walking more than like a block or 2, which is my fault.
00:03:55.340 --> 00:04:01.290 reathas: and I made it. I couldn't believe it. They they didn't tell us we. They had a kind of all
00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:11.349 reathas: parade, and they wanted us to be part of it. And so it was like, what like, we're gonna walk over there to the other side of the bridge. It's like.
00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:14.100 reathas: okay. But I did.
00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:20.220 reathas: I did it. So I'm I'm doing well now. And my back. I also had a bad problem
00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:26.280 reathas: that had developed. And I went to see the doctor. Well, first I went to
00:04:26.510 --> 00:04:30.509 reathas: a masseuse who normally I would just get a massage.
00:04:30.650 --> 00:04:36.210 reathas: but they have something called stretching. and they literally stretch your body for you.
00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:45.130 reathas: And I said, Well, let let me try this, because I was ready to go in the hospital and have surgery. I didn't care. It was like, Fix this.
00:04:45.590 --> 00:05:04.330 reathas: And she stretched me and stretched me, and my back doesn't hurt anymore. So I went to the pre surgery and I talked to the doctor. I said, I don't have any pain, so I don't wanna surgery, he said. Pain. I'm not gonna force you to have a surgery, said, your back is still messed up, but if it doesn't hurt
00:05:04.950 --> 00:05:05.920 reathas: fine.
00:05:06.190 --> 00:05:08.809 reathas: so all in all, I'm pretty good
00:05:09.670 --> 00:05:27.789 Frank R Harrison: good. I'm glad to hear that, and I know that you had been an advocate for me as well in April for those of you who knew that I took 2 weeks off in April. It was to take care of a dear friend of ours for Tease Brown over a recent leg injury that she suffered, and all the potential
00:05:28.070 --> 00:05:45.500 Frank R Harrison: issues she could have faced with not having the right treatment, the right doctor, the right surgeon, the right medication, so forth and so on. But there you were, almost like, what would be the right word definitely an advocate. But it would be more like, Okay, we're gonna get this mission accomplished, you know.
00:05:45.520 --> 00:05:54.749 reathas: Bernice is in La, and you came all the way from New York to La to add, but you were so helpful to me to bring me out there.
00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:56.110 reathas: you know.
00:05:58.780 --> 00:06:01.000 reathas: Go ahead, I'm sorry.
00:06:03.970 --> 00:06:14.389 Frank R Harrison: Oh, no, no! What what I was saying is that the way that you shifted gears from being the actress? You are the friend that you are, the person that you are. You were like, okay, we're gonna accomplish this
00:06:14.390 --> 00:06:34.599 Frank R Harrison: medical mission, I mean, I thought it was a talent in its own way, I don't know how else to call it, you know you had talked about it on the show in the past with some friends of yours that were in either hospice care, or they were probably suffering from dementia, and you knew the end was near. But you had known the paperwork to file. But in this case we were talking about taking a friend
00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:43.260 Frank R Harrison: who you had only met on one occasion, but knowing exactly the type of treatment center, the rehabilitation efforts, the paperwork she needs to look at.
00:06:43.270 --> 00:07:04.020 Frank R Harrison: Can you speak a little bit about how your mind ticks that way? I know that. First of all, you're a techie, as you've mentioned on the show, and you're familiar with even the new technologies as they are dealing with things like hipaa and insurances and Medicaid Medicaid, or in the State of California Medical, you know. I guess. What is it that has
00:07:04.090 --> 00:07:06.749 Frank R Harrison: given you that passion to just
00:07:06.760 --> 00:07:12.079 Frank R Harrison: go it right into high gear and become a healthcare advocate. It's like a secret career of yours.
00:07:12.550 --> 00:07:24.230 reathas: Well, I think that every case is different. Every insurance plan is different. Every Hmo is different. So it's really very difficult.
00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:31.290 reathas: And I don't understand how people who have not kept up with technology are able to
00:07:31.470 --> 00:07:41.229 reathas: even get through the simplest steps. Some people get very high levels of treatment because they know how to work the system.
00:07:41.260 --> 00:07:49.270 reathas: Other people end up on the street because they don't know how to work the system. Most of the paperwork has to be done
00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.700 reathas: on a computer at the very least. On your phone.
00:07:52.730 --> 00:07:58.379 reathas: You have to schedule your appointments on some type of computer
00:07:58.630 --> 00:08:09.340 reathas: and a lot of people just don't know how to do it. I've been telling people for years. If you don't do anything else, learn the basics and keep up with the technology because what
00:08:09.380 --> 00:08:23.100 reathas: pushes one thing this month next month that button has moved over here, but they didn't tell you that. And so you're looking over here for 10 min, saying, Where is it? And then finally, you Google it. And oh, it's over here.
00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:28.830 reathas: But you even have to know that you need. You need to know even what you have to Google. So
00:08:29.110 --> 00:08:31.930 I kept up with the technology from
00:08:32.010 --> 00:08:35.460 reathas: the very first computer. My brother was a real techie.
00:08:35.630 --> 00:08:37.720 reathas: and so he would
00:08:37.850 --> 00:08:46.029 reathas: try to outdo me, and knowing so that May gave me a little competition to keep up with what was going on in the tech world.
00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:47.770 reathas: Right?
00:08:47.800 --> 00:08:54.519 reathas: That that gives you A leg up above other people of how they handle your
00:08:54.900 --> 00:09:03.739 reathas: advocacy. I tell everybody you need to be able to advocate for yourself. and you need to be able to tell your doctor what you need.
00:09:04.040 --> 00:09:25.319 reathas: And sometimes I come in and I listen to people, and it's like, so what you need, you tell them the wrong thing. He's never gonna get you? Well, if you keep insisting on having your big toe treated. But at the same time you've had a lump on your throat weeks, and you know oh, you're not worried about that. No, you need to be worried about that.
00:09:25.430 --> 00:09:30.230 reathas: So it's a matter of mainly advocating for yourself.
00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:50.359 Frank R Harrison: Yes, yes, so last self attention in terms of self care, self, love, self, trust, self, awareness, you know. And II think, would you say that you, being the actress that you've been for whatever number of years it's been, has just kept you insightful into how you needed to be mindful of your needs
00:09:50.540 --> 00:09:52.999 Frank R Harrison: above and above and everything else.
00:09:53.760 --> 00:09:59.359 reathas: Well. people in the entertainment industry tend to be a little narcissistic.
00:09:59.530 --> 00:10:06.070 reathas: and so we tend to look out for ourselves, and we try to advocate for ourselves.
00:10:06.130 --> 00:10:15.220 reathas: and everyone doesn't always do that. They? Wanna, you know. Oh, I don't need anything, and I don't need any help, and they genuinely do need help.
00:10:15.470 --> 00:10:23.629 reathas: So. coming from that profession, we, we kind of just walk in the door, saying, You need to help me.
00:10:23.900 --> 00:10:51.579 Frank R Harrison: Yes, but at least it's in a productive way. We all know the difference between malignant narcissism and I guess healthy narcissism. But either way, that being said, I wasn't gonna do this. But I'm just being mindful of a meeting I had earlier today with the producers of the network. About how to be more authentic to my audience. I think I'm gonna share about something that I think you're already aware of. But what happened to me over the weekend? I actually thought I was having a heart attack.
00:10:51.760 --> 00:11:15.699 Frank R Harrison: and you and I were speaking on the phone as I was speaking with my doctor and speaking to other friends and family members, and I spent 4 h yesterday at and Nyu Langone's emergency center being evaluated up and down from X-rays to Covid tests to blood, draws a one c measurements, even determining if I was having a seizure which wasn't the case thankfully, and
00:11:16.030 --> 00:11:37.410 Frank R Harrison: after 4 h they found out I did not have a heart attack, but the fact that I had done the kind of push that you were suggesting, as well as other friends and family. I now found that if I even had those symptoms, they could be the precursor of an event that could happen down the road, that at least now I am prepared to manage. If that were the case.
00:11:37.530 --> 00:11:46.230 reathas: anxiety. But I tell people at the time you don't have an Md. Behind your name.
00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.829 reathas: You can't be the judge of that. They have machines that can judge that
00:11:51.150 --> 00:11:56.999 reathas: and anxiety attacks. I mean, in today's world.
00:11:57.060 --> 00:12:11.810 reathas: we're all having anxiety attacks, and some people don't distinguish between the 2. And they say, Oh, I'm not going to the hospital, and then they don't wake up the next morning, so it's worth the trip to the doctor's office to the hospital.
00:12:11.880 --> 00:12:18.709 reathas: Get those tests running those loud machines.
00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:26.489 reathas: They examine you. They X-ray you. They ultrasound you better to be safe than sorry.
00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:50.290 Frank R Harrison: Exactly. Well, we're about 2 min to break. So wanna close out the show to close out the segment by showing the first clip of 4 of retirement house for everyone to watch, and during the commercial break, if you have a chance, take out your your phone or and your tik tok and search for some more of these videos. So bear with me a second while I share the screen.
00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:42.549 Open door retirement house. the Internet's favorite Gram Pulitzers come on in and take a tour. No, we made cookies welcome to our backyard. We love to sit out here and play cards and drink toachada and gossip. You know the vibe
00:13:42.550 --> 00:14:06.089 love it so why did you all make a move? We always dreamed of living together and showing the world that you can live your best life at any age, and because of open door, it's never been easier to start the buying or selling process. What moves did you make? Well, we left our old lives behind it made it big social media. And then we found this gorgeous house and paid all cash for it, being an influencer, has its perks.
00:14:07.970 --> 00:14:24.480 What advice would you give to a future move maker? Yes, sorry. Keep it simple, silly. You're gonna make a move plan and move quickly. Use open door to get a preliminary offer and then get to plant, download, open to a rep. Start your home search amazing. Bye!
00:14:27.680 --> 00:14:28.970 Open door.
00:14:34.780 --> 00:14:37.520 Frank R Harrison: I'm back. Did you hear that?
00:14:37.570 --> 00:14:39.000 Frank R Harrison: Everybody heard it
00:14:39.190 --> 00:15:04.540 Frank R Harrison: awesome. So when we return we'll learn more about tick tock the character she plays on the series while you are listening to our commercial messages feel free to watch some more of the tick Tock videos again, search for Retirement House. Rtha Gray is on it as well as her other grand influencers. So stay tuned right here on talk radio dot. Nyc, while we continue on this episode of Frank about health
00:15:04.630 --> 00:15:08.879 Frank R Harrison: and Rita's retirement house. Okay? See you in a few.
00:17:14.310 --> 00:17:39.730 Frank R Harrison: hey, everybody welcome back. And for those of you on talk radio, dot. Nyc, also, we are streaming live on Facebook, on Linkedin, on twitch.tv and on our Youtube channel. So if you have any questions just put them into the social media links, and I will be able to answer them. Or you can email me at Frank R. Harrison, one at Gmailcom
00:17:39.730 --> 00:17:49.469 reathas: again. We're here with Rita Gray talking about her Tiktok Series Retirement House before you move on.
00:17:49.490 --> 00:17:55.610 reathas: That was my next question. Open door is a brand sponsor.
00:17:55.990 --> 00:17:58.080 For Retirement House.
00:17:58.390 --> 00:18:06.889 reathas: The running gag is that we moved in together, and we're living together, and we do tick tocks to support ourselves. Well, that's
00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:18.699 reathas: kind of old little white lie. We don't live together. Some of the men are married to other women. They their wives, would be very upset to hear that.
00:18:19.760 --> 00:18:26.469 reathas: But we we do go and film at that house one or 2 days out of the week
00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:39.679 reathas: and open door. We I'm sure you have the same type of commercials all over the country where they go in. And they say, Oh, we can sell your house in 8 days. And so it's one of those
00:18:40.290 --> 00:18:48.179 reathas: type advertisements. But we do love the house that we live in the pool is there? We have a pool table and a
00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:57.809 reathas: that game that the guys play with the you turn the sticks and they kick the little ball around.
00:18:57.900 --> 00:19:05.360 reathas: And we also do a podcast which we shoot in the living room. and we have all kinds of guests on there.
00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:22.019 reathas: Recently we had the old days on there. They're an older set of gentlemen who are gay, and they are a hoot. So you can check out the old days, and we have a lot of rappers that come on the show. And we do
00:19:22.490 --> 00:19:29.210 reathas: our different podcast. With them. So we, it's a very utilitarian house.
00:19:29.510 --> 00:19:36.349 Frank R Harrison: very nice. And how how long have you been doing this particular series? I think it's going on a year and a half now. Right?
00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:47.059 reathas: Yeah. Well, I'm I've been on the show. I came on the second season the first season. I don't know what happened to those people, but they disappeared, and I'm glad they did
00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:54.079 reathas: so. They had more auditions. I was in the second group of auditions, and I got booked on the
00:19:54.330 --> 00:20:01.039 reathas: second season of the show, which is just turned into one long season now.
00:20:01.330 --> 00:20:05.879 reathas: but it's been since January of last year.
00:20:06.010 --> 00:20:11.829 reathas: and it, it's been just balls of fun. I can't tell you how much fun it is
00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:35.669 reathas: E. Every time I look at it. It's just like my, my, my break from reality, just to watch all the tricks and traps that you're all engaging in. You know. Older women don't do that, or older men don't do that. Well, we do. And so we get a lot of comments and say, Oh, I wanna be like you and I grow up. I wanna be like you and I
00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:46.639 reathas: get old because a lot of people are afraid of becoming. Oh, I was terrified of being old. II was at that generation that you know. If you're 30 you might as well die, cause you're old.
00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:53.440 reathas: and I'm way past 30 now, and I'm having the time of my life.
00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:59.090 Frank R Harrison: Awesome, awesome. So how did the term grand fluencers come? I think it's awesome.
00:20:59.300 --> 00:21:15.870 reathas: Yeah, I'm not really sure how that came about. It came about right, as we had become popular. So I don't want to say that we created it because we really didn't. But it was kind of coin for the group of seniors that were doing influencer things.
00:21:15.890 --> 00:21:34.860 reathas: And and we and we actually are influencers. Sometimes we do absolutely ridiculous things on the show. Sometimes we give advice and give good advice hopefully. We talk about the I think it's 400 and some odd years of
00:21:35.230 --> 00:21:44.890 reathas: it in knowledge between all of us that we've got over 400 years of knowledge.
00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:57.019 reathas: and we hopefully have learned a few things along the way, and hope some of them on to the young people. A lot of people will say, Why are you guys on Tik tok? That's the kids. Only watch that.
00:21:57.140 --> 00:22:02.979 reathas: No, I've been in the supermarket, and grown women have come up to me and said, Aren't you on ticket?
00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:10.340 reathas: So people just watch our show, and hopefully we can give good advice.
00:22:10.970 --> 00:22:16.139 Frank R Harrison: 5.2 million followers. Do you have any idea what percentage?
00:22:16.190 --> 00:22:29.929 reathas: Oh, 4.2? Okay. Alright. So I mean. I actually thought it was 5.2, I thought, that's the number I saw. I hope it's 5.2, because that's even more market share.
00:22:30.230 --> 00:22:36.080 Frank R Harrison: But, Mike, but, Mike. My question is, is that what percentage do you think are seniors watching 50%?
00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:44.710 reathas: I don't think it said Hi. They have algorithms. And they look at them, and they tell us, and I immediately forget
00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:50.439 reathas: how many, how old they are and how many they are. But
00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:52.550 And then we do
00:22:52.820 --> 00:23:15.199 reathas: brand sponsorships with companies that clearly are not directed towards 18 year olds like open door. But we've also done a brand partnership with Kfc. And the thing is doing brand partnerships. They want something that will get the brand out there, but they don't necessarily want it to look like a commercial.
00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:21.639 reathas: So even the way we show our house is more like, Oh, see how
00:23:21.850 --> 00:23:33.310 reathas: this lovely house could be sold or bought by you through this particular company. So it's it's a mixture of people that watch
00:23:33.590 --> 00:23:55.579 Frank R Harrison: awesome now in in terms of the way that you first reach people when you launch the show in 2022, and compared to the timeframe. Now, have you found any difference in the duration of your clips like from one or 2 min to like half hour? Or do you actually live stream full length interviews or full length content. Now, how have things shifted
00:23:55.760 --> 00:24:13.920 reathas: a lot of times? We will just go on, live and take questions. And it's amazing how many people get alerted to it and actually turn to the live streams. And then we do the podcast which is taped. It's pre recorded.
00:24:14.210 --> 00:24:29.450 reathas: And it, depending on who, I guess is depends on how much how many people actually come in and watch the live show. You may have seen the story that took place in your lovely city, New York City.
00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:32.450 reathas: The influencers
00:24:32.730 --> 00:24:35.060 reathas: decided he wanted to give out
00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:40.630 reathas: these games, these electronic games, and he was giving out like 300 of them
00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.800 reathas: Union Square. That's when that happens.
00:24:43.830 --> 00:24:57.269 reathas: and II don't blame him, I mean I my friends were shocked like? Did he even know that he needed to permit? Why would he do that? Did he know all those people in his show up? He's 21 years old, and he makes a million dollars a month.
00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:59.779 reathas: No, he didn't know.
00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:09.389 reathas: surrounded by all these people and he he had the games there. He had like $300,
00:25:09.550 --> 00:25:17.920 reathas: I 3, 300 games to give out, and of course there were thousands of people there, the police. Everybody was upset, and
00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:22.669 reathas: he's gone back on the Internet and said.
00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:33.079 reathas: I'm I was appalled by your behavior, not what I expected to happen. He really he really didn't know when I was 21 years old.
00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:36.970 reathas: and even though he realizes he's world famous.
00:25:37.270 --> 00:25:43.050 reathas: it just probably didn't click in his head that people would come from Jersey. Philly.
00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:52.429 reathas: he, you know all the burrows. It just didn't occur to him, and so they didn't even arrested the poor man. I haven't talked to him since.
00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:58.800 reathas: but he has been one of our guests on our show, and he's the sweetest young man he really is.
00:25:58.930 --> 00:26:00.879 reathas: but it caused quite
00:26:01.550 --> 00:26:03.080 reathas: a commotion.
00:26:03.510 --> 00:26:22.609 Frank R Harrison: But you know the irony is that the growth of something like Tiktok or other kinds of social media that definitely attract to a younger audience or predominantly attract to a younger audience. It's uncharted territory. So I guess those become basic. I mean, they're they're high legal risk in that scenario. But
00:26:22.690 --> 00:26:29.220 Frank R Harrison: they become hard lessons to learn from at least to do it the next time. Right?
00:26:29.290 --> 00:26:38.999 reathas: Exactly. And it's just him and his camera crew, which I think is 2 people. That's his whole company, because people said, Well, didn't some adults tell him what to do?
00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:47.680 reathas: There are no adults involved in this company, so I mean, they are adults. But you know they're 2122,
00:26:47.830 --> 00:26:50.640 reathas: 27 and 28,
00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:55.389 reathas: you know. And it it's funny because these young men.
00:26:55.740 --> 00:27:00.080 our our bosses, you know. They tell us what to do.
00:27:00.260 --> 00:27:07.630 reathas: Hysterical, because we'll know better. We'll just say, Hmm, okay.
00:27:08.290 --> 00:27:36.790 Frank R Harrison: Well, you know the irony, though, and I know this is not to really address the current sag after a writer's strikes that are going on on the entertainment industry right now. But the irony of what you're doing is allowing you to continue working while that traditional industry is right now limited in the content that it's producing. So I guess there is a kind of balance effect there, even if your boss is younger. Well, the the problem is, the the
00:27:36.830 --> 00:27:47.780 reathas: streaming industry is not covered by any current contract is screen accurate. It should be. It definitely should be, and
00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:58.439 reathas: I don't know if it will be in this negotiations, but in some negotiations soon it should fall under the jurisdiction of the screen. Actors deal or some union
00:27:58.750 --> 00:28:09.619 Frank R Harrison: right? Right? Okay. So we're about to take our next break. And when we return I'm gonna show the second clip. And then we're gonna further our discussion about retirement house and
00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:29.340 Frank R Harrison: the growth that it's taking, and then also tie in a little bit of the healthcare story behind it which I have a few questions about it. I don't know of any particular one, but I have the questions that may discover one, so please stay tuned right here on Frank about health as we are with Rita Gray talking about Aretha's retirement house right here on talk radio. Nyc.
00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:36.740 Frank R Harrison: Facebook twitch Linkedin and Youtube and please stay tuned. We'd be back in a few.
00:30:54.670 --> 00:30:56.580 reathas: your mic is off, Frank.
00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:25.380 Frank R Harrison: Okay, I was trying to show segment. 2. I guess that was a technical difficulty. But you know, let's just continue talking about where we were in the last segment. What I wanted to understand also, in terms of what I refer to as the health care story, be re behind Retirement house.
00:31:25.390 --> 00:31:26.990 My question is.
00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:29.289 Frank R Harrison: do you think that
00:31:29.350 --> 00:31:38.419 Frank R Harrison: there's a crossover between what you did on off their rockers and what you are doing right now on Retirement House. And
00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:47.270 Frank R Harrison: is it your role as a the way you've been advocating for people's health care, especially senior care? Did that
00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:53.239 Frank R Harrison: influence you to audition for this this series that you're involved in.
00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.619 reathas: I had no idea what I was auditioning for.
00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:03.750 reathas: I knew the casting director. She called me, said, Just go. And I said, Okay, fine.
00:32:03.890 --> 00:32:10.480 reathas: And we did so. They wanted to see us dance, to see what we could do, how how we could move.
00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:25.319 reathas: And they wanted to see. I just it was a chemistry type audition. Whether or not we could get along because we're 6 people. And even though we don't really live together we spend hours together shooting.
00:32:26.130 --> 00:32:42.730 reathas: and so I went, and I guess I had the personality and had the moves that they were looking for. So II was chosen to do the show. And because we're an older cast we have problems that other
00:32:42.870 --> 00:32:46.819 reathas: Cass probably don't have as often as we do. We've had
00:32:47.130 --> 00:32:49.699 reathas: different things.
00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:58.670 reathas: one of our guys had some type of brain injury, but he came back and and people miss us when we're gone.
00:32:58.970 --> 00:33:04.470 reathas: I was in the hospital for a little while, so I missed a couple of shows right?
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:14.750 reathas: So we we do have health issues. But the good news is, they're very kind and very good to us, so they don't overwork us.
00:33:15.110 --> 00:33:17.889 reathas: We all have a good time and
00:33:18.230 --> 00:33:24.369 reathas: They let us take off when we need to be off, and let us come back when we can.
00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:30.980 Frank R Harrison: Awesome. So tell the audience out there who your character's name is.
00:33:31.230 --> 00:33:32.600 reathas: Kind of Retirement house.
00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:38.410 Frank R Harrison: My character's name and I did not pick it. It was given to me is
00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:42.870 Frank R Harrison: II say, I call it Karma. But you were saying the name
00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:44.520 reathas: Rose.
00:33:44.950 --> 00:33:56.549 reathas: Okay. And who is Rose that you can think of? Well, the rose that immediately came to my mind and I thought was funny was Rose nylon played by Betty White.
00:33:56.700 --> 00:34:07.969 reathas: And so I was flattered. I don't think the producers thought of that, because I don't think they remember golden girls. It's amazing we play little games every once in a while.
00:34:08.050 --> 00:34:10.420 reathas: and we'll ask them.
00:34:11.250 --> 00:34:31.560 reathas: you know, who is quite gable, and they're like I don't know. And they'll ask us things like, who's 20? I forget. I can't even remember the names of the weekend. They'll say things like, Who's the weekend? I said Saturday and Sunday. No, no! Who the rapper, the weekend?
00:34:31.590 --> 00:34:33.529 reathas: Oh, I don't know.
00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:39.679 reathas: so I don't think it was purposely connecting, but I'm flattered that
00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:48.309 reathas: have the name of a character that Betty White also did play. Now you'd ask me about connecting
00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:51.940 reathas: Retirement house with the Golden Girls.
00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:58.630 reathas: and it's really there's a scripted show, and I just partially scripted.
00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:02.459 reathas: But there's a scripted show. It did teach lessons.
00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:09.909 reathas: They did give a welcome knowledge, but I didn't really consider the same to this shows
00:35:09.930 --> 00:35:20.850 reathas: in any way connected other than the fact that my first TV show, which was off the rockers starred Betty White
00:35:21.130 --> 00:35:31.810 reathas: and I was over 60, and if someone had told me, even 10 years before that that I would have my first TV show weekly TV show.
00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:39.250 reathas: and we just said, Oh, no, it's too late, and it it isn't. And so this is my second.
00:35:39.390 --> 00:35:43.970 reathas: It's not a TV show, but my second series of shows
00:35:44.110 --> 00:35:52.469 reathas: that I'm doing, and if you told me I would have been doing anything over sale over 70, I really would have said you're off your rocket
00:35:55.750 --> 00:36:07.779 Frank R Harrison: totally agree. But I mean you gotta share also more about your recent Barbie stint. II tried to find that link for tonight's show, but couldn't. Can you go into that a little bit.
00:36:07.910 --> 00:36:08.850 reathas: Well.
00:36:09.310 --> 00:36:12.789 reathas: II suggested a
00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:19.250 reathas: bit that we do when I cause I went to the theater to see something else.
00:36:19.330 --> 00:36:29.449 reathas: and Barbie was playing at the theatre, and there were all these people, adults and young women, down to little tiny girls
00:36:29.570 --> 00:36:39.829 reathas: like Barbie or Ken. There was some Ken's there. There was some Barbies there, and I thought. Oh, this is crazy. And
00:36:39.850 --> 00:36:47.650 reathas: in the movie even they talk about all the different barbies. So I said, well, you know, as a senior, I'm
00:36:47.930 --> 00:36:55.509 reathas: why does Barbie get to stay the same age all these years? And I'm getting old. What? What's up with that.
00:36:56.070 --> 00:36:58.300 reathas: So we did a little skip
00:36:58.540 --> 00:37:07.429 reathas: that I think again, that our producers really didn't get it because they're 27 and 28. We did a skit where, basically, I'm
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:23.700 reathas: calling out to God, saying, Why, why, pretty good, all things considered. But our our
00:37:23.910 --> 00:37:35.640 reathas: producers have at their own discretion, can take things off and put things on so they thought that it was not hitting the mark. But I think it just didn't stay on
00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:38.190 reathas: Tiktok long enough.
00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:40.690 reathas: It might come back. Please come back.
00:37:41.370 --> 00:38:03.119 Frank R Harrison: Well, you also did tell me that you were where your producers were in talks of turning retirement house into a potential reality. Show whether it be on Hulu or Netflix, or maybe even on major network. I don't know what. What is the status of that? Or can you say anything about that.
00:38:03.230 --> 00:38:10.399 reathas: Nothing is tapping, no one's, no one's talking. Even the people that are negotiating the contracts are not talking so
00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:16.069 reathas: there's no negotiating going on. although I hear that the writers are going to
00:38:16.250 --> 00:38:18.680 reathas: meet with the producers
00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.370 reathas: and tomorrow.
00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:29.500 reathas: Yes. Well, they were supposed to meet today. But now I think it's been moved to tomorrow. but they keep saying
00:38:29.520 --> 00:38:33.649 reathas: the A. MPTI think that's the right initials.
00:38:34.030 --> 00:38:36.320 reathas: Which are the producers.
00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:44.459 reathas: I just coming to the table with the the contract that they already brought to the table, and they, the writers, have already turned it down.
00:38:44.510 --> 00:38:49.059 reathas: so I don't know. This could go on for a while.
00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:58.079 reathas: People think that all all actors make millions of dollars. You don't make millions of dollars. The average
00:38:58.310 --> 00:39:01.319 reathas: person in the screen actors Guild cannot
00:39:01.950 --> 00:39:14.129 reathas: make enough money to even pay for their healthcare, and you only have to make $2425,000 a year to be able to qualify for your health care and most actions
00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:16.930 reathas: usually don't qualify. And
00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:25.180 reathas: one person that at the very beginning of the strike was shocked because she had been a regular on
00:39:25.190 --> 00:39:27.790 reathas: a TV show for 10 years.
00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:30.230 reathas: and she
00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:43.799 reathas: that her account her character, you know, for whatever reason, got written off she wasn't fired, I don't think but she was written off the show, and then she discovered the next year she didn't make enough to qualify for her health care.
00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:53.720 reathas: and she's been getting health care for 10 years, and it it the contract for healthcare and things are very lopsided. And
00:39:54.070 --> 00:40:21.770 Frank R Harrison: it it everybody in Hollywood is not rich, right? Right? It. It's just their popularity. Quotient is the question, their monetary value at that time, so forth and so on. But it doesn't always quantify in terms of real life, income, and benefits that I guess the average everyday laborer is dealing with, depending upon what field they're they're in. There's no unemployment if you're on strike.
00:40:22.040 --> 00:40:23.240 reathas: So
00:40:23.450 --> 00:40:27.509 reathas: if you're on strike for months as they have been.
00:40:27.580 --> 00:40:31.110 reathas: they're trying to create a new bill that will
00:40:31.150 --> 00:40:35.230 reathas: generate unemployment for people who are on strike.
00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:42.459 reathas: But you know it might be too little too late. People are gonna lose cars, lose houses.
00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:51.970 Frank R Harrison: Hmm! Incredible! Well, I may have found the clip that I was about to play. So let's do that before we go into our next.
00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:06.850 Frank R Harrison: Actually, you didn't see that, did you?
00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:14.690 reathas: Alright? Because I forgot to share the screen. But what I love about tick tock is that it's an endless loop. So
00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:31.450 this is a nun, and this shirtless guy comes running past me on the beach. I feel about nobody wants to see that. He turned around and said, You
00:41:32.510 --> 00:41:41.060 me and I yelled out, It's a prank show for TV. And then he replied, that
00:41:43.510 --> 00:42:11.529 Frank R Harrison: please stop that part. By the way, now is the time for the disclaimer. Please be aware that we are, under most circumstances, not using profanity or adult language on this show, but it was bleeped out. And please know that it's not meant to offend anyone who's listening to this episode of Frank about health. It's rather to entertain you and know that Rita Gray's retirement house is the place to be when you're on tik tok!
00:42:11.530 --> 00:42:28.879 reathas: And and that actually was a a recounting a clip that I had done on Betty White out there, rockers. although if you listen to the words, some of the songs, and these are songs that the young people are are listening to, and I don't care what they say.
00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.329 reathas: I tell people.
00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:42.779 reathas: This is not for children. I don't know why people think this is for children. The the rap songs and things that are there. They talk about all kinds of things, and use all kinds of words.
00:42:42.830 --> 00:42:53.709 reathas: and they play it. II advocate for all parents to listen to these songs because you have no idea what they're talking about.
00:42:54.030 --> 00:42:56.130 reathas: I didn't either, but I do now.
00:42:56.950 --> 00:43:14.279 Frank R Harrison: Well, you know, II have my own thoughts on the music industry today because of the way that the industry has been imploded because of technology and AI. But that would be another show. Yet, from what you've just said, that might be part of the impact that you're seeing where
00:43:14.330 --> 00:43:31.280 Frank R Harrison: things like AI are trying to distort a lot of the stuff that is out there, whether it's for the benefit or the disadvantage we we just have yet to determine. All right, we're about to take our next, our final break, and then when we return. We'll talk about the future of Rita Gray Retirement House.
00:43:31.310 --> 00:43:40.110 Frank R Harrison: And what else is happening right here on the network. So please stay tuned right here on talk radio and Nyc. And all of our socials. We'll be back in a few.
00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:51.659 Frank R Harrison: hey, everybody, and welcome back. And now I like to show another clip, because there's some interesting stories behind it, but it is an indication of the
00:45:51.700 --> 00:46:02.700 Frank R Harrison: traction and the progression that Retirement House is having not only on the Tiktok community, but in our overall community. So bear with me. I think I'm gonna get this right this time.
00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:23.119 Sorry. Why, me crack it! Why, me crack that soldier, Buddy Superman at all.
00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:30.469 And so now why you? So I mean. that's all that. Well, and you write that song, that word.
00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:47.539 Frank R Harrison: okay. Now, you were actually filming that around the time when I was out there in April, I believe, or maybe shortly afterwards, do you wanna share with the audience what that whole scene was about, and how it came to fruition.
00:46:48.330 --> 00:46:57.770 reathas: Well, actually, we were trying to get a segment together to go on. One of the game shows talent shows.
00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:08.150 reathas: and so we didn't make it for the Talent show. but one of our choreographers had access to that. He'll be a bad
00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:29.590 reathas: a in the middle of Los Angeles, and said we could borrow it to do our little dance to. So we thought, well, that's great, and we we love doing it up there, except I just I rediscovered that I'm afraid of heights, and I, every time we shoot it I go put my head down, they say, are you okay? Are you okay? Yes, let's just shoot it.
00:47:30.170 --> 00:47:35.890 reathas: But it it was a lot of fun. But on those helio paths
00:47:35.990 --> 00:47:43.480 reathas: they don't have any fence around it which makes sense, because the helicopter blades would get tangled, and it would be a mess.
00:47:43.660 --> 00:47:53.270 reathas: but you could just fall right off the edge, and so I stay very close, or as close to the middle as I humanly.
00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:58.649 Frank R Harrison: But I think it was America's got talent from what you were telling me, right
00:47:58.680 --> 00:48:09.820 reathas: and the only reason why you didn't make. It is because of one wrong dance move, or one. We have no idea why we didn't make it.
00:48:10.190 --> 00:48:14.580 reathas: No, we did not.
00:48:14.640 --> 00:48:20.929 reathas: They get people. They get people by. And you might
00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:28.610 reathas: notice some people. If you watch the shows and you watch the Internet. they will take people off of the Internet.
00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:32.120 reathas: They're scouts, scout people on the Internet.
00:48:32.430 --> 00:48:40.120 reathas: and some get invited to the show to to audition. Some don't. So we were trying to get invited to the show.
00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:52.279 Frank R Harrison: Awesome, awesome. So I know. Given the strike has had its limitations. Were you about to appear on any talk shows, I think you and I know of one in particular. Are you free to mention it or no?
00:48:53.100 --> 00:49:02.510 reathas: Well, the talk shows thought they were gonna come back without writers. and it was found on on all by all the other actors.
00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:10.499 reathas: and for the most part the shows that had said they were going to come back have been shamed into not coming back.
00:49:11.430 --> 00:49:25.110 reathas: The the main distinction, I believe, is whether or not you ran your show with or without writers before. If you weren't using Union writers before
00:49:25.770 --> 00:49:28.959 reathas: then. You really aren't already under the contract.
00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:31.000 reathas: So
00:49:32.190 --> 00:49:35.819 reathas: some of the show said, well, we use Union and Non Union
00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:50.779 reathas: actors which isn't supposed to happen either. So they, they, I think, have been shamed into. You're not you using non Union writers, and that's against the writers. Guilt. So you need to not go back. So
00:49:51.520 --> 00:49:55.620 reathas: at this point I think all of the daytime shows have been
00:49:56.660 --> 00:50:06.550 reathas: persuaded to not. She's when they were scheduled to come back. They were scheduled to come back, I think, in the next week or so.
00:50:06.870 --> 00:50:08.090 reathas: and
00:50:09.490 --> 00:50:11.730 reathas: they're just not going to do it.
00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:38.910 Frank R Harrison: I guess everybody I mean. II was actually looking on good morning, America this morning about how other people in the industry, whether they're location scouts or the catering staff, or people like that are essentially out of work when there's no production. So it definitely is impacting more than just unionized labor, but that in itself could lead to a mental health issue when the strike is over. Wouldn't you say? Or some kind of phobia to going back to work? You think that might be a case
00:50:38.990 --> 00:50:43.709 reathas: like I said. There are people that have already gotten into the danger of
00:50:43.780 --> 00:50:46.820 reathas: losing their homes losing their cars.
00:50:47.140 --> 00:50:49.340 reathas: They've tried to.
00:50:51.580 --> 00:50:54.340 reathas: the lower tier actors
00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:59.190 reathas: by donations and things like that. But
00:50:59.540 --> 00:51:06.400 reathas: you know, how long can that last? The the big stars are putting money into what they call the actors fund.
00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:23.059 reathas: The actu's friend is always existed, or many, many, many years is existed to help actors that we're struggling now. These are not actors who've never worked a job, and they just struck because we have people from all over the country all over the world coming to Hollywood
00:51:23.100 --> 00:51:28.470 reathas: to be a star. But these are people who have worked in the industry.
00:51:28.740 --> 00:51:38.509 reathas: and they fill out forms, and they ask to, you know, be subsidized, and they don't have to pay the money back. But this is so
00:51:38.820 --> 00:51:50.450 reathas: large that is not going to be able to happen for long. And even though II used to tell people when I was the casting person, people would
00:51:50.620 --> 00:52:01.140 reathas: call me up. And they say, Rita, please give me some work. They're gonna cut off my phone. I owe them $50 and they they're gonna cut off my phone, please. and I would tell them.
00:52:01.220 --> 00:52:15.540 reathas: honey, they want to cut off my phone. But they want $500. I can't. I can't give you a job. It's not right, for because I will lose my job and they will cut off my phone, and then we'll both be out of work.
00:52:15.910 --> 00:52:19.739 reathas: So that's the problem. You can be a gazillionaire.
00:52:20.180 --> 00:52:32.730 reathas: But you can't just give away all your money because you own well, you you pay for people more than the rest of us do.
00:52:32.810 --> 00:52:46.130 reathas: Yeah, if you've got a big house, you pay for the cleaning people. If you've got a big lawn, you pay for the gardeners, and it's not just a gardener, it's a whole landscaping group. If you're driving them, they back.
00:52:46.240 --> 00:52:51.430 reathas: or a Mercedes, ben it. It's not gonna fix itself.
00:52:51.530 --> 00:52:56.800 reathas: All of those cost more than my little car to go to the shop.
00:52:57.070 --> 00:52:59.709 reathas: So it's it's very difficult.
00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:12.529 reathas: or the top tier to totally subsidize the bottom tier. And then, like you said, the the cameramen are out of work. The sound people are out of work. The hairdressers, the makeup
00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:14.619 of these people are out of work.
00:53:16.370 --> 00:53:19.999 reathas: A lot of them are are driving at Ubers. Now
00:53:21.750 --> 00:53:30.479 Frank R Harrison: you're not gonna believe that. But on my way home today, so we can meet and do the show. And plus a meeting I had earlier. I was in an Uber
00:53:30.790 --> 00:53:44.990 Frank R Harrison: with a teacher and a rehab, a drug rehab counselor who's driving uber uber to make ends meet. And we were having a psychological discussion about people in rehab. But yet I thought hmm!
00:53:45.200 --> 00:54:08.860 Frank R Harrison: It would be a little premature to ask him to be on the show, being that I just met him. But it's just a a mirror to what you just said, that everybody is using alternative means to supplement those gaps that are in that are relatively unstable. And I don't know if it's across all industries, really, as a result of people still being shy about returning back to work full time, whether they can or can't.
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:23.150 reathas: You know a lot of people want to stay hybrid or remote, and things like that. Well, they do. And it's it's unfortunate that people that will not benefit at all from this strike. The hairdressers aren't gonna get a dime more
00:54:23.220 --> 00:54:26.660 reathas: because they were out of work while we were striking.
00:54:27.080 --> 00:54:29.460 reathas: So it's it's
00:54:30.220 --> 00:54:33.809 reathas: it's a very sad situation, but at the same time
00:54:33.910 --> 00:54:48.179 reathas: they're striking, for at least the actors are striking for residual increase, and, to be honest, between you and me and I. If I did not have a currently running
00:54:48.610 --> 00:54:49.900 reathas: commercial.
00:54:50.040 --> 00:54:53.939 reathas: they pay individuals. I'd be in all kinds of trouble. Right?
00:54:54.300 --> 00:55:05.050 reathas: Tell the people out there about that commercial because I see it 3 times a day, literally here on the East coast. I'm not gonna use the name of it, but it is
00:55:05.120 --> 00:55:11.359 reathas: medication and the pharmaceutical commercials tend to run.
00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:17.070 reathas: It may be a year, 2, 3 years before they refill them.
00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:25.480 reathas: so I've I've got a cushion that's been taking care of me, but at some point it'll stop running, too.
00:55:25.810 --> 00:55:40.830 reathas: So that's one of the reasons that the residuals are so important to actors, because when you're not being employed. If you get it, they're still running your series or your commercial, whatever. They're still running that 2, 3 times a day.
00:55:40.890 --> 00:55:44.560 reathas: Yeah, with all the streaming stuff even more so.
00:55:44.840 --> 00:55:55.789 reathas: So that's how they can survive. But it's it gets to the point where you have to renegotiate. And that's what they're saying they're not going to renegotiate
00:55:55.820 --> 00:56:02.420 reathas: because they feel like they're not making any money. And one of the key arguments is
00:56:02.530 --> 00:56:08.949 reathas: well, just let us know how much money you are making, because we even if way out of the ballpark.
00:56:09.080 --> 00:56:17.949 reathas: we don't know, because you won't tell us how many, how much money you're making it. Betty White, off their Rockies was playing on an airplane that I was flying on when I
00:56:18.250 --> 00:56:27.129 reathas: years ago, and I called up the Union and said, Are we supposed to get paid for stuff playing on the air for every?
00:56:27.180 --> 00:56:28.440 reathas: And they said, Yeah.
00:56:28.750 --> 00:56:35.290 reathas: I said, Well, is there a reason why I'm not. We have no accounting, and we don't know how much money they make.
00:56:35.700 --> 00:56:38.179 reathas: We don't know how much money they spend.
00:56:38.450 --> 00:56:42.799 reathas: so we just we just don't know, and that has been
00:56:42.930 --> 00:56:44.400 reathas: 12 years ago.
00:56:44.850 --> 00:56:50.240 reathas: They're still claiming that they don't know how much they get. Come on. Now
00:56:50.320 --> 00:57:16.210 Frank R Harrison: we're about to. We're about to end the show and it with at the risk of turning this into a show about labor unions which, trust me, could be a topic in the future, and you are, of course, welcome back to come on the show. I'm gonna have to end it right now. But I wanted to say to everyone. Please stay tuned to Tiktok's retirement house to watch Rita in action. Skits are always in production. I know you're producing some more tomorrow
00:57:16.210 --> 00:57:34.950 Frank R Harrison: simultaneously. Also be aware of tomorrow's slate of shows right here on talk radio, Nyc. At 10 A. M. With Tommy D. Its philanthropy and focus at 110'clock. It's Stephen Fry, and always Friday, 120'clock. It's Intangi with Matthew Asbell and 10'clock. The hard skills with Dr. Mirabanku
00:57:34.950 --> 00:57:49.829 Frank R Harrison: and ladies and gentlemen, we will be back next week on Frank about health with the stages of epilepsy, podcast with Jeff. Demetrique, and also thank you Sam, for the shows that you do the meeting we had earlier. Thank you. Also to
00:57:49.830 --> 00:58:12.289 Frank R Harrison: Logan behind the scenes. This has been an interesting show to to try to mix and match while while setting it up for tomorrow's production. When this show ends toggle back in. So we can talk about the show further. And, ladies and gentlemen, we're signing off now, so please stay tuned to tomorrow's latest shows, and we'll see you next week.
00:58:12.300 --> 00:58:18.850 Frank R Harrison: Alright. Thank you, Rita, for everything.
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