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Joey McIntyre · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: On with mario.
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  Speaker 2: Lopez what's up you're on mario lopez joining me right
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  Speaker 2: now he is one-fifth of the legendary boy brand new
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  Speaker 2: kids on the block my man joey mcintyre how's it
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  Speaker 2: going joey.
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  Speaker 1: It's all good man good to see you.
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  Speaker 2: Always nice to see brother and catch up this is
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  Speaker 2: cool you're heading back to stage in a new play
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  Speaker 2: called radio galaxy at the wallace theater in la i
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  Speaker 2: saw your last play Did a really good job.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Greg, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So theater is always fun. What is Radio Galaxy about?
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  Speaker 1: Sounds wild. Well, it's a straight play, meaning it's not
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  Speaker 1: a musical. So it's great, man. It's about two families
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  Speaker 1: kind of colliding. You have sort of a, it's a
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  Speaker 1: diverse cast. One family is Indian, one family is American.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of Italian-American jersey. And they both have kids that
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  Speaker 1: need each other's help. So I'll give you the full
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  Speaker 1: lowdown is that our kid is 17 and I'm not
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  Speaker 1: his biological father. So he has a donor. But now
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  Speaker 1: the donor has his own family and a daughter that
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  Speaker 1: needs a bone marrow transplant. And so they contact us,
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  Speaker 1: which is against the rules. And my Italian Jersey attitude
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  Speaker 1: doesn't like that at all. So it gets very heavy.
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  Speaker 1: It's a funny play because Michelle Kushner is a great writer.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a lot of laughs along the way, but
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  Speaker 1: it's heartbreaking in a lot of different ways, but it's
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  Speaker 1: also hopeful. And it's all in like 90 minutes. So
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  Speaker 1: it packs a punch. That's cool. I like that.
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  Speaker 2: A very original premise, but Realistic, too. I'm sure it
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  Speaker 2: strikes a chord with a lot of people. Why the
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  Speaker 2: title Radio Galaxy?
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  Speaker 1: Good question. Our kid is 17, and he's brilliant. He's
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  Speaker 1: into the stars. Radio Galaxies are these quasars, which I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't know what a freaking quasar is. They simultaneously all
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  Speaker 1: went out in the universe. And this young kid wants
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  Speaker 1: to know why. And so, of course, it turns out
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  Speaker 1: his biological father is a astrophysicist. So genetically, this is
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  Speaker 1: why it's happening.
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  Speaker 2: Got it.
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  Speaker 1: Me, I just want him to get a good job
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  Speaker 1: and get a good nine to five and work his
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  Speaker 1: butt off like I do.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 1: Again you know worlds collide there but um yeah so
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  Speaker 1: it it it has a lot of different layers you
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  Speaker 1: know it's about the stars it's about family it's about
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  Speaker 1: different cultures um and uh yeah it's it's a it's
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  Speaker 1: good stuff i.
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  Speaker 2: Like that you're doing a straight play too there's no
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  Speaker 2: singing but you will be singing uh with the new
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  Speaker 2: kids just wrapped up another run of your vegas residency Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The Vegas residencies, especially at our age, that's got to
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  Speaker 2: be a lot more fun than the tours, right?
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  Speaker 1: You're kind of hanging out and doing your thing. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know, buses, at one point in your life, a
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  Speaker 1: tour bus, there's nothing cooler, right? But like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: now like trying to sleep going 70 miles an hour
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  Speaker 1: down the highway is ridiculous. I mean, even in the
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  Speaker 1: best case scenario, you know, it's, you know, I.
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  Speaker 1: It blows my mind how many artists still freaking tour
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  Speaker 1: because it's such a grind. It's the best once you
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  Speaker 1: get on tour, but on stage. But yeah, Vegas was nice.
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  Speaker 1: It was it was a good change of pace. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure there'll be another tour soon and
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  Speaker 1: we're going to have to jump on those buses again.
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  Speaker 2: You got to do what you got to do to
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  Speaker 2: spread the love. I can't believe this year is the
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  Speaker 2: 40th anniversary, man, of New Kids debut album back in 1986.
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  Speaker 1: I remember when.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all came on the scene. I don't think people, the
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  Speaker 2: youngsters here realize how, you know, what a splash it
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  Speaker 2: was pre-social media, pre-internet and the whole deal. And I never,
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  Speaker 2: the cool thing about it, I've never heard like any
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  Speaker 2: beef amongst you guys. You guys have always been like
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  Speaker 2: pretty cool, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Has there been, was there like drama I'm not
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  Speaker 1: aware of or? We, we keep it under wraps, man.
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  Speaker 1: We're like the mafia, you know what I mean? We
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  Speaker 1: handle our business inside. No, I mean, we're, we're lucky, man.
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  Speaker 1: I always think of our parents, you know, our parents
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  Speaker 1: were all working class Boston families and raised us with
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  Speaker 1: good values. And yeah, I mean, personnel, we, we clash
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  Speaker 1: a lot, you know, but we keep our eyes on
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  Speaker 1: the prize and remember, you know, how lucky we are. And, um,
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  Speaker 1: You know, a lot of bands don't stay together for
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  Speaker 1: that reason. It's really hard to do that. But we've
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  Speaker 1: been able to make it work and, you know, just
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  Speaker 1: keep doing what we're doing.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. No, I know. Your son, man, Griffin, he's
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  Speaker 2: blowing up on social right now with his own musical stuff, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a phenomenal talent and great songwriter. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a wacky business. We all know that, right? We
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  Speaker 1: all know it's changed so much, you know, even in
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  Speaker 1: the last five years. So... You know, you just got
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  Speaker 1: to whack at it. There's a lot of talent out there,
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  Speaker 1: but he knows what he's got and he works hard,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm super proud of him too. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. That's great to see, man. Well, congratulations on everything, Joey.
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  Speaker 2: And listen, everyone, if you happen to be in the L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Area.
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  Speaker 2: Be sure to check out Joey in the new Play
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  Speaker 2: Radio Galaxy playing through the 22nd this month at.
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  Speaker 1: The Wallace Theater.
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  Speaker 2: Thewallace.org for all the info on the tickets. We'll put
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  Speaker 2: it on our website as well. Joey, thanks for.
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  Speaker 1: Stopping by, man. You're the best, man. I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: You got it, brother.
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  Speaker 2: Good to see you.
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  Speaker 1: Take care. All right, dude. Take it easy.
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  Speaker 2: On with Mario Lopez.