EPISODE 509: DC STUDIOS SAVED! But at what cost?

Xaver Josiah (0:00)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:16)

Previously on TALK TIME LIVE Exclusive.

Stan Bush (0:19)

That was through the record label of Scotty Brothers Epic. Lenny and I had originally written The Touch with the movie Cobra in mind, the Stallone movie.

Xaver Josiah (0:32)

Sorry, Cobra, the Sylvester Stallone, Cobra?

Stan Bush (0:35)

Yes.

Xaver Josiah (0:36)

Wow.

Stan Bush (0:37)

Yeah. I don't know if it was actually pitched to him or pitch to them, to the movie, but that's the way we originally wrote it with that movie in mind. Then the record label one day they said, oh, you got the touches in this movie, Transformers, it's an animated movie about robots. I'm like, okay.

Little did we know, it would become this huge worldwide phenomenon.

Xaver Josiah (1:02)

What was your actual initial thoughts when they first came across the Transformers brand, I mean, they told you this, but when you started doing your research, what did you think about it?

Stan Bush (1:11)

Well, I had at the time a young nephew who had a Transformers toy, and I watched it convert it from a truck into a robot in like two seconds flat. I couldn't do it after 10 minutes, yeah.

Xaver Josiah (1:22)

No parent at that time could. They thought we were geniuses back then. We were just like, it was Rubik's Cube and it was Transformers. It's like, how are they able to do this?

Stan Bush (1:31)

Yes, exactly. That's a great way to describe it. This is Stan Bush, singer-songwriter of The Touch from Transformers The Movie, and you're listening to ACMG presents TALK TIME LIVE.

SPEAKER_2 (2:47)

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Xaver Josiah (2:51)

So come on and let's get it.

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Presents TALK TIME LIVE, The Prime Show. I am your host, Xaver Josiah. We got a loaded show for you today. This is the final show before New York Comic Con. We finally made it to this point. Thank goodness, because this has been a whirlwind of a week. I mean, both good and bad. Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't, you know, talk about my recent latest episode of TALK TIME LIVE exclusive with none other than the man behind the man in the voice behind one of the most iconic songs in cinematic animated history. And that is Stan Bush, who is the guy, co-writer and the voice of the touch and dare from Transformers, the movie, a movie that is beloved by so many to this day. They're celebrating the 40th anniversary this year. And just to have him on the show is just surreal for a guy who grew up as a Transformers fan, who a guy who is a huge Transformers fan, a guy who has Transformers Master, Masterpiece editions right next to him, who has the decal of the and embossed decal of the Autobot and Decepticon symbol on his desk and a LEGO Soundwave in his hub. Like it's like Transformers has been a huge influence in my fandom, but also my future. I mean, part of the reason why I became a not just a graphic designer, but a logo designer is because of my fascination with the Autobot and Decepticon symbol and how that was created. And I wanted to make something just as meaningful that and I understood even back then that a symbol of any kind shows meaning and purpose in a statement. And when you look at the Autobot and Decepticon symbol, it really speaks volumes of what the philosophies is between the two groups. You know, Autobots is, you know, wise, sage, wisdom, you know, leadership, Decepticons is, you know, deviance, deceptive, evil, you know, and it really, it really shows that it really fills that when you look at it. So I wanted to create logos that represents the clients that I have that really can reach out to people like that. And I've been doing that for years.

And inspiration and aspiration of what was done in that cartoon and any other stuff like that, I always paid attention to stuff like that. And then the movie came out and all hell broke loose and kids became men during that time. You know, our favorite character is dying. Our, you know, characters we didn't, you know, we never thought in our wildest dreams would be cursing up a storm in there. Man, it was it was it was great. As Stan would say, it's a very powerful film. But that song, The Touch, it it hit it hit hard on our in our heartstrings, man. And just to have him on the show, to personally have him on the show and get to talk about his career and his experience and how that that that song was formed and what was it originally for blew my mind. We get to talking about all of that. So please, if you haven't already, go out of your way. If you're a true Transformers G1 fan, go out of your way, check out that interview with Stan Bush. And thank you, Stan Bush, for not only coming on the show. He has been a class act dude since the moment I reached out to him. I reached out to him. He reached back immediately to my surprise. Even after this time, after 11 years of doing this, and as many people as I've had on this show on all different facets, eyes and genres and industries, I still get surprised when people reach out and sometimes how fast they reach out. And I'm always humble and grateful for it. So, I mean, he's been, he was always, he was on time. He was on point, never had an issue with that at all. I don't rarely do anyway, but like, he was just, he was consummate professional. And then on top of that, as you heard, he left me a great station ID liner. So, I'm so happy. We had a great conversation. It was an honor, it was a pleasure. Thank you, Stan. And please, like I said, if you're a G1 fan, go out of your way and check that out. But, you know, with all that said, I am glad that I was able to not only do that interview, but get through that interview in a lot of ways. And for it to go as great as it did, because if you're a wrestling fan, prior to this, like I was bummed out this week, because if you're a wrestling fan, you don't need a crystal ball to predict the obvious of what I'm about to talk about here. And, you know, we, I think it was Sunday. Yeah, it was Sunday, because Saturday was the pay-per-view.