DTH Classic: Our First Tyler Hynes Interview (2020)

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[00:00:47] It's a great day to be alive. It's a great day to be alive. I can think of a few reasons. One, we just had a delicious lunch. We did. It was really good. And that's always a good reason to be alive. Two, getting to hang out with my boys, getting to hang out with my friends. That's right. That's another good reason. But the real reason why today is worth living for... You really did it here. It's because Tyler Hynes is with us. Tyler, welcome to the podcast. Thank you, my friend. Happy to be here. Happy New Year to you as well. Happy New Year 2020, boys.

[00:01:15] Wow. Tyler, you told us beforehand you're a huge fan of the podcast. Which episode do you think is your favorite of all of them? So far, this one I have to say is maybe my top one. This is a good one. And we're only a few seconds in, so that's really... That's pretty impressive. I love how Tyler is not letting down the Canadian stereotype. He respects all of our viewpoints right out of the gate. Which I think is wonderful. I'm neutral. That's right. I'm neutral. Tyler, are you a New Year's resolution boy? And if so, what is your resolution?

[00:01:45] That's a good question. I haven't come up with a New Year's resolution this year. If I were to, it would probably be something profound and boring. So we'll probably just go without the New Year's resolution just in case I don't live up to it. How about New Year's resolution? Join the boys on Deck the Hallmark every week and just give us a life update. That's right. How about this? Whenever you guys want to have me, I will be right there. Wow. This guy. So be honest, is 2020 going to be your year? Year of the Tyler? Year of the Heinz?

[00:02:14] I mean, this last year has been pretty fun. I got to say, I was lucky enough to work with some really great people as well as be able to work a lot with some close friends of mine, which has been really fun. So hopefully 2020 will be more of that. Now, Tyler, on Twitter, there's a couple things I have to ask you about. And then we're going to dive. We're going to do a deep dive and we'll let you tell us about how you got into acting. First of all, hashtag Heinz. That's a new one for me. Are you aware of the Heinz? Do you communicate with the Heinz on a regular basis?

[00:02:44] How important are those in your day? Who's your favorite Heinz? What's a top Heinz? Well, one, I am aware. Two, I am a fan. Three, somebody created this and bless their hearts, they've been killing it and running with it ever since. And four, my favorite Heinz would have to be Ruth Hill because I'm terrified that I will upset her. And she's my queen. We're not entirely sure. And she tells me what to do. Oh, wow. Yeah.

[00:03:14] You sped up there for a second. And then second of all on Twitter, there is an account that's Tyler Hynes shirts. And that's the account. It's Tyler Hynes shirts. And I want to know, like, how did that work? You're running that account, right? Like that's you. Like right now, like if they look at this podcast, you're wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt. Is this like, does this every day they just go Henley sweater, the neck? Like what, what's going on there? Like, do you, how weird is it to wake up every day knowing that there's an account out

[00:03:43] there that is Tyler Heinz shirts? Someone's going to screenshot this. It's going to be on the account. Well, one, it's my mom. Thanks mom. I appreciate all your support. No, I don't know who started that. I don't know who the person is behind the account. It's very funny. Very fun to watch. I guess it started out of the fact, I think that's the first one. I just found it so funny that when I do the wardrobe fittings for these things, there is a lot of Henley talk. I wasn't even aware of what a Henley was until I did one of these movies.

[00:04:11] And so I became abundantly aware of what a Henley was and the sweaters and how important they are to these movies. And I just kind of found it a little bit funny and fun. And I thought at the end of these movies, why don't I just give them away? Because sometimes I walk away with some of the clothes, started taking some of the clothes, thankfully from the wardrobe allowing me to do that and giving it away to fans. I spoke to Ruth and I thought, hey, wouldn't that be a great idea? And she said, I'll organize it.

[00:04:39] And so she does like this contest every movie and people can chime in with comments or their opinions on things. And she'll pick at random a winner to be able to get one of these Henleys and I'll ship them all off. So I think that's sort of how the Henley shirt account started. Oh, so it's just Henleys. I mean, it's not Henleys. I mean, it depends. The last movie in Vail, there was talk about the fact that I wore too many Henleys in

[00:05:07] the one prior, so this one was going to be more crew neck, less Henley. That's right. So this one is, we got one Henley, one crew neck, a couple of scripts. I think that's what we did this year. You mean to tell me you're never just skateboarding with your bros wearing a Henley? Is that what you're saying? You know, I haven't kept any of Henleys after the movie. I think I might have won, but I think I gave the one I kept to a teacher who taught me in elementary school, was a fan of the movie. So I said, I'm going to send that one off soon. So you're wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[00:05:37] You're wearing a Ninja Turtles shirt. What's the best shirt, the best graphic tee you've got? Is that the best one? This is it for sure. I wear three shirts essentially. Two of them are Harley shirts and the other one is this one. And I get the most comments on this shirt. I was a huge Ninja Turtles fan. Can you just pose? Can you pose for a picture for the people? There you go. There it is. That's going to be on the account right there. Tyler, you can send that to PO Box 6603, Greenville, South Carolina.

[00:06:06] That's where you can send it. Yeah, we'll take that. I will never depart with this one. That's for sure. You shouldn't. Let's dive into your world. You were a child once from what I've gathered. What was that kind of like? What was little Tyler Hynes, little Hynes? What was he into as a kid? Where did the love of acting come from? Was it early on? How did it happen later in life? What were you like as a kiddo?

[00:06:32] A kid, loud, maybe obnoxious, a little bit distracted. And how I started doing acting is I got a discount. My parents had humble beginnings and we had a discount at a theater company here in Toronto, Canada where I was born. And they stuck me just to get rid of me in the summer for two weeks because I probably was terrible to be around.

[00:06:56] And I started, I did a play with them, a professional play when I was seven and I got paid and I got people to cry. And that was wildly enjoyable to me for some sick reason. And I just kind of kept doing it after that. And I continued through elementary, high school, and just kind of did it along with life. And yeah, at a certain point I kind of had to understand that this is what I do and I should

[00:07:26] probably be better at it. Well, there's lots of ways that you can make someone cry. And I think acting is the nicest way. What's the name of the play when you were seven years old? What was the name? It was, it was a Christmas Carol. Oh, you tiny Tim. I was, I was like five characters as well as tiny Tim. I had a huge list. So at the end of every play, it was God bless us. Everyone. I mean, who's not crying there? Come on. Little hiney saying God bless us.

[00:07:56] I'm tearing up just now. I'm just thinking about it. We, we, this is just a selfish question. We just recently went to the theaters and watched cats together. Oh no. Have you seen it? Have you ever been in cats? Cause I like to think that you're a Jellicle cat and that you're doing Jellicle cat things. So have you ever been in cats? Oh, sorry to crush your dreams, but that was a beautiful one that you have. Um, but no, I, I haven't seen cats. I didn't see the play.

[00:08:24] Uh, I'm terrified of that idea in general. Um, and musicals. I started doing them when I was a kid and I remember them being really cool. And I think the ones that I did were cool. I could be wrong, but I've seen some sense and some on Broadway and it's not entirely my cup of tea. So cats in the theater sounds like. Yeah. We did it for our Patreon account, Tyler. We didn't actually want to see it. We did it as well. No, we did want to see it.

[00:08:47] It was like, Oh, but if I understand that you were, I think in the running to be the, the first, uh, Alexander Hamilton and Hamilton and Lin-Manuel beat you. So I think, I think he has a future. I think he has a future in musicals. Lin-Manuel wrote the part for himself. Yeah. He's like that Tyler Hines. Boy, let's see who does it better. Oh my goodness. He's too good. Uh, so Tyler, when did you, was it at seven or was it later on in elementary high school where you got a professional acting role and you went, I'm going to do this as a career?

[00:09:16] Like when was that? Well, the first thing I did was like, I, like I was a union member at seven years old. I was doing two shows a day. I was getting, um, paid reasonable, especially for me being broken. Um, I was a seven year old and, uh, uh, tons of money. Yeah. And, uh, so I started like professionally, like right away. One of the first things I ever auditioned for was one of my favorite movies of all time, which is Billy Madison. Yeah.

[00:09:45] I did seven callbacks for that movie and, uh, it went to the other kid. And I remember meeting Adam Sandler, um, at seven, but I've tried harder to get that job. Um, I lost it to the other guy, but yeah, no, I started, I started working professionally when I was seven. So sort of kept doing it. So Adam Sandler did seven callbacks for the kid role. Like most of his movies on Netflix, he doesn't do seven looks at his draft. That's wild. Have you guys seen uncut gems?

[00:10:15] Oh, it's so good. It's amazing. It's so good. Have you seen it? No, I haven't. I'm trying to rally people. Yeah. I can't wait to see this movie. The safety brothers are incredible. I had a good time with Robert Pattinson was great. He's but Sandler crushes it in it. He's so good in it. For sure. Amazing. I want a Hallmark version of uncut gems. There's no way to make it. I'll watch that. It's literally opening credits and closing credits. That's all it is. And that's what I'll pitch it. I'll pitch it. I'll pitch it to Hallmark.

[00:10:42] They said it was possibly the most F words in a feature film. Really? Yeah. There's over 500 F words in uncut gems. Congrats. Yeah. No, no. It's like five a minute. Think about that. That's impressive. That's getting it done. Man. It just sounded like another day at the office. Tyler. Tyler's like challenge accepted, man. Let me see if I can pull that off at a Hallmark. Yeah. So it's funny.

[00:11:08] So what, uh, what led you from professional actor age seven paying the bills to the world of Hallmark? Uh, it started, um, the first one I did, I got a call just a couple of days before we shot it. It was a movie called it's Christmas Eve with LeAnn Rimes. And from what I understand, uh, I wasn't part of that conversation, but I understand that Leanne, uh, picked me, um, specifically, I don't think I was really on their radar.

[00:11:33] Um, and Leanne had suggested me and they were kind enough to, uh, say yes. And, uh, they gave me a call and asked me if I wanted to do it. And two days later I was shooting a Hallmark movie, my first one. And I have two, two buddies, um, who do them. Brennan Elliott is a good friend of mine. And, uh, Andrew Walker, who's married to my cousin. So I immediately called them and asked them what the heck I was getting myself involved. Yeah. Wow.

[00:12:01] Brennan and we've had both Brennan and Andrew on the show multiple times, Tyler. So you got to catch up. Yeah. Have you tried Andrew's, uh, juice yet? Have you tried little West juice? Of course. Of course. I've tried it when it was clover juice back in the day. Oh, wow. We don't talk about those days. We don't talk about them. Um, now I understand, um, that, uh, so she, she calls you and she says, I want this guy. Uh, you do it's Christmas Eve and it was kind of a new world. I can imagine it's a new world. Did LeAnn know you? Did Leanne?

[00:12:31] Yeah. No, I, I don't, I don't think she knew me at all. I think maybe I was on a list somewhere or somehow my name came up. I don't know how, um, you have to ask her, but yeah, that first one happened. And then by the end of that, again, it was like two days before we started shooting that I got the call. I was literally driving my motorcycle in LA and, um, my agent tried to explain it to me over the phone while I was driving the bike. And I just kind of gave up and asked my mom to read the script because she said something about singing and I'm terrified of that idea.

[00:13:00] So I asked my mom to read the script and make sure I wasn't going to be singing in this thing. And, uh, and then we went and we did it. And, um, it was a really great experience. I loved it. I, Leanne was incredible. The whole cast and crew were very, very sweet. Hallmark was very, very sweet and kind to me. And, uh, and that was kind of that. And then they called me again right afterwards for another one. How do you see, how do you seen a Hallmark movie before shooting the, this movie or was

[00:13:28] it your first kind of experience even in that world? Yeah. I, I was completely unaware, um, of the movement and sensation that is Hallmark. I had never seen a movie. I don't even know that I've even heard too much about it. Um, it just sort of wasn't in my, in my realm, but, uh, yeah, I, I did the first one and Leanne too. Like she, she's not like, uh, deep in that world either. So she didn't really give me the ropes.

[00:13:54] It was, it was Taylor Cole really kind of broke it down for me and explained why the water was so warm. And I was like, okay. So she was kind of the movie. We went to the TCA is which is their big event in LA. And I got to meet a lot of very nice people. And I very quickly became abundantly aware of how sweet everybody is and how nice of a family to be a part of. So you did a ton of TV work, uh, and film work really before Hallmark.

[00:14:22] Um, pretty much a regular on a ton of TV shows. If you look him up on IMDB, the filmography is a pretty long list. Anything that sticks out to you as a memorable experience or a fun story from any of those people? Particular ventures. One of the movies I did when I was like, I think 15 or 16 was about, uh, a kid named Jonathan Wambach. It was a true story about a kid who had been beaten into a coma and came out, uh, with physical disabilities and had to learn how to eat, walk, talk again.

[00:14:52] And I played him in a movie and it was very challenging. And, uh, the response to the movie was very good. Um, people seem to really appreciate it. They were even showing it in schools and things like that years afterwards. That was a very rewarding experience simply because I got close with the family and Jonathan and he became a really good friend of mine. That one will always sort of stick with me. Um, simply because of that experience. So I would definitely say that. And then recently, you know, doing letter Kenny with my buddy, uh, Jared Kiso. Who was one of my good friends.

[00:15:21] That was a lot of fun too. So I, anytime I can work with my friends, it's really, really pleasurable. Nice. What about, what about an audition that you just a role that you thought you were going to get, you didn't get, or an audition that just went terrible. That just was a bad audition. Yeah. One of my favorite movies of all time is there will be blood. Oh, Paul Thomas Anderson. So good. Yeah. Yeah. And so I was a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan and the Daniel day Lewis fan and there will be blood. Uh, they asked me to audition for the role that Paul Dano plays.

[00:15:53] Yeah. And, um, it was incredible. The script was, I mean, it's just, it's, it was something that I was obviously very much wanting to be a part of. And I, I had never done like acting lessons and I, I had done some coaching with a specific coach that people had recommended and said was very, very good because I wanted to be a hardworking actor and do my due diligence. And, um, it just went so sideways. The casting director couldn't have been sweeter.

[00:16:22] She cleared her schedule. Like I was alone in the audition waiting room. She gave me time to prepare. We went in and did it. And I was just so grooved in to what I had rehearsed with my acting coach, this acting coach that I used for that one time, which was the wrong choice to make. And it just went so sideways that I couldn't get out of it. And I haven't used an acting coach. That is quite the story. Wow.

[00:16:51] Paul Dano is incredibly memorable in that film. So is it, was it a tough watch? Is it a tough to watch? There will be blood. Well, no, I mean, he, I obviously the first time I watched it, I was, I was probably a little bitter and thought some choices had could have been different. But, uh, the story behind that is somebody else had been cast for that role. And apparently a few days into the shooting, I guess there was some, uh, I don't know, trouble or some last minute decisions that Paul Thomas Anderson made to basically replace that actor.

[00:17:21] Uh, I don't really know why, but it came up that Paul Dano, uh, was a good option. I think from Daniel Day Lewis, cause he worked with him just prior to that. And so he got the call and came in and ended up playing that role, but I don't think it was originally supposed to be him. Wow. I didn't know that. That's fascinating. I imagine I'm not, I'm not an actor. I just host a podcast and I imagine acting's really hard because of stories like that, where you audition for something you think it's going to happen. It doesn't happen. You see it and you're like, this is amazing.

[00:17:51] I wish that was me, but then you got to keep working and you got to keep auditioning. What, what is your kind of, uh, I guess, what do you do? How do you, how do you get past the disappointment of not getting a job and going on to the next thing and the next thing after that? Do you have kind of something that you have to teach, uh, tell yourself? Do you just kind of have to get over it? What's kind of been your thing over your career to get you to keep going and keep auditioning? Oh, well, one, I've been on the other side of the camera enough, um, in things that I'm

[00:18:19] directing or producing and I've had, I hate casting things because there is nothing more painful than to watch people come in and like really kind of swing for the fences on something and then have them not get that job for reasons that have nothing to do with them. And so I've been a part of that so much. I've been the one making those decisions that I know abundantly that there are 99 reasons why someone will or will not get the job.

[00:18:44] And, you know, a very small portion of that most of the time is how well they performed in that audition room. So I understand that very well. So it doesn't really bother me too much. Um, also it helps when you're working and you're already making money. That definitely helps when you're, when you're broke and you're not getting any jobs. It definitely hurts a little more, but if you have, um, a few things going, it makes it a lot easier to sort of just let go and focus on the things that are in front of you.

[00:19:11] Have you ever been offered something that you turned down and then later went, man, I can't believe I turned down this role. No, I'm not nearly that cool yet. Someday I hope to have that regret. I don't know that I have. I wasn't going to ask it, but after the, there will be blood story, I felt like I had to like, maybe, maybe you just had been offered something else and you just were like, nah, I'll pass. No, the only time I've had something similar to that is I had five jobs booked at one time

[00:19:41] and I had to turn down two or three. I think by the end of it, I did two jobs out of the five that I'd booked because of conflicting dates and then people back pulling out the last minute. And I had lost other really good opportunities because of something that had booked me, but then they changed. It's like, that's the only sort of agonizing experience that might be similar to that. But no, I'm not turning down jobs and regretting it because it's massive. They offer me a job. I'm taking it.

[00:20:19] If you weren't acting, what, what would you want to do with your life? Um, I mean, all of my friends are Masons. My dad's a Mason. My brother's a Mason. They have a masonry company. Um, so working with bricks and exteriors of buildings and stuff. And so, uh, I've always kind of done that here and there, um, just to help friends or to just sort of be around, uh, my family. And I would probably be doing what one of my best friends is doing, which is having a

[00:20:46] masonry company and now buying and flipping houses. I think I would probably be doing that or music. I love music as well. It's amazing to me how many of the Canadian actors we have on who said they used to work construction or woodwork construction or masonry or something like that. Like it is wild. It's, it's, it's Paul Campbell. Like he still does construction when he's not working. I'm pretty sure Andrew Walker said something about like, it seems like all you guys. We got so much bad weather here that there's just a lot of construction that needs to be done. Yeah.

[00:21:17] Is it nice to shoot like near your home? Like when you shoot these movies in Canada, are they near your hometown at all? Or do you still have to travel a good, good deal? No, they're all in Vancouver. Um, the last one we did was in Calgary and Vail, Colorado. So that was, um, still far. I haven't shot anything. No, none of the hallmarks have been, uh, in around Toronto or Ottawa where my family's from. It's all been, uh, Vancouver pretty much.

[00:21:43] What did it take some, uh, getting used to on your end when you go up to this first movie, uh, with Leanne and it's 14 days and it's fast. Did that take some getting used to like, didn't like, I know you called your boys and asked them for advice. Did they give you any, and were you able to, did you adapt pretty quickly to the, the, how quickly they do things on these hallmark movies? Yeah, I kind of, uh, I understood that that was going to be the challenge simply just because of the schedule.

[00:22:10] And then if you look at the script, you obviously know what the work is ahead of you. Um, I had a producer, a buddy of mine, um, who had worked at hallmark and done a bunch of these movies and, uh, now produces them as well. He explained it to me one time of that.

[00:22:26] He's like, there's, I, uh, he explained to me that essentially that there is a, uh, somewhat of a shorter list for guys who are capable of doing these movies because some actors do get overwhelmed with the sheer volume of, um, work that needs to be done in the timeframe that we have. And the sort of, um, lack of prep or, uh, there's just a lot of things in these movies that, that make it a sort of physical challenge and, uh, a logistical challenge to achieve.

[00:22:55] And so, um, I think I understood that pretty quick, um, and have definitely gotten better at, uh, finding ways to navigate that while trying to keep the quality as high as I possibly can. Yeah. I, I think, uh, in talking to people that work on these movies, there's, you know, there's a different rhythm. And a lot of that is, is they don't do a bunch of takes. I mean, you got to do all these different scenes, your different locations, your, you know, doing a feature film in 14 days.

[00:23:21] Um, are you a guy that, that, that likes to ask for more takes? And if so, is this something you had to get used to it? You seem like a guy that's like, whatever. I'm just curious in watching the first one after you filmed it. Um, is it different than watching a TV show where you're like, okay, it's a procedural. It took place in this building. I know the choices they were made or watching a film where you got a bunch of takes and you don't know which one is going to show up. Um, what was it, what was your experience watching yourself in your first Hallmark movie?

[00:23:50] Like, I mean, it's, it's tough. Um, yeah, there isn't room for tons of takes. Um, like Terry Ingram, who did the last two movies with me. Um, I love him to death. He's a great director and he doesn't do very many takes. And I love that. Like usually I just do one and if he's got what he needs, he'll just say, uh, you're good. And I'm like, yeah, I'm always good. And I like that rhythm.

[00:24:14] Um, it's, so they do that and big features as well. Like, um, like Clint Eastwood. Yeah. Clint Eastwood doesn't do a lot of takes and even Spielberg on some of his movies, he moves at a pretty relentless pace that, um, a lot of people who are making these films aren't used to.

[00:24:30] Obviously it's more time than we have on these Hallmark movies, but, but, um, yeah, I personally just like to come in prepared and sort of get it done quick and loose and happy and fun and sort of keep the energy raw and, and real once you sort of figure out where everybody is and what's going on. So I, I love that rhythm. No, I definitely don't ask for a lot of takes.

[00:24:52] I'm interested in kind of your, uh, how you go into a movie and how much of it is. I'm going to do this. Hallmark movies. They're all, they're all kind of similar in nature and the guys are all kind of similar and the girls are all kind of similar. Um, do you, do you, um, kind of hang out with whoever the actresses and adapt your character to who she is? Or are you kind of, I'm going in, it's a Hallmark movie. I'm going to do my thing and say the lines.

[00:25:19] And I know that it's really not all about me kind of what's your, uh, philosophy going into these movies as far as getting ready and preparing. That's a very good question. Um, nobody's really asked me that, but, um, that's a good question because, um, they are their own specific thing and you can sort of come in from the onset and have the point of view or approach of like, okay, there's a lot of work to be done.

[00:25:43] There's a lot of words to say. There's not a lot of time when we get on these sets to really sort of figure out and finesse and try to make something. So let's just try to be charming and happy and look at each other doe-eyed and, and, and be that way and just get our way through it. Um, which is not a bad approach. It's, it's definitely a way to survive and, and, and hopefully make something that just overall feels nice and warm and charming. But my approach, I'm not sure how other people do it. I, I do it differently. I.

[00:26:12] I very early on after the first one, because it was so quick, maybe the first one was a little bit of that, what you were saying, but after the first one, I, I decided, uh, I wanted to treat these things. Um, like, like I would anything incredibly important. I really wanted to sort of, cause you, you have a beginning, middle and end. You have a character, you can make an arc, you can do all the things you do in other movies. Um, and the fact that we do kind of know where they end up or that they all sort of

[00:26:42] have maybe somewhat of a familiar rhythm to them, um, adds an element of it that makes it a bit of like a sport. It's like, how do we make this one fresh or, or how can I twist this or, or make these characters feel different in their sort of overall energy, as opposed to like, I, you know, I can't come in with like a prosthetic nose or dye my hair blonde. You know what I mean?

[00:27:06] I would love to be able to, you know, transform more from each character, each character, but it just doesn't really, um, allow for that. So my approach has been, um, just try to find as much of the dynamics as you can and feed those things and not treat it as just some sort of charming light thing, but try to find something a little bit more fun and deeper. And then, um, and then hopefully as we keep going with these, uh, do more that can show a bit more,

[00:27:36] range between characters I think would be the hope. So, uh, which of the Hallmark characters that you've played has been your favorite because of maybe a dynamic that you were able to bring into the role or maybe a story or the arc or whatever, uh, which one? Um, that's a good question. I liked the last one a lot. It was a really fun circumstance because it was Lacey who is an incredible human being. She's incredibly kind and sweet and sincere.

[00:28:05] Uh, I felt like I learned a lot from her just in her sincerity. There's times where we're doing scenes where I was looking at it and it's like, you're just such a genuine person. And maybe I should stop trying to be funny and just be as sincere person. Like, um, so there was a few times I, I learned a bit from her in that regard.

[00:28:23] And also it was fun to have Terry Ingram, who was our director back right after having done a movie with him. That was the first time I'd worked with the same director twice. And Terry, um, is one of my favorites. I think he's super talented. I love his rhythm and how he shoots. And so I think that whole combination, um, mixed with the experience of going to Vail, uh, made the last one, maybe my favorite one.

[00:28:46] So Tyler, in the last answer, you said something about being funny. Uh, and here's the thing. Hallmark movies aren't funny. Like I think we're both on the same page there. Uh, and I, I, I say that as a joke, but also like we had a writer tell us off, you know, off the record that basically they wrote a movie one time and the people came back and said, this is too funny. Like there's a, there's a desire in these formulas to make sure that the humor, like you can have something that's cute and charming,

[00:29:14] but just like belly laugh funny is not going to take place in these movies. Having said that in the last two movies that you've been in for the network, winter and veil mistletoe secret, particularly mistletoe secret. People have, have commented that your delivery, uh, your, your sarcasm has really worked in a, in a comedic capacity. And so maybe they were laughing at Kelly Pickler. I don't know, but I, I do think like there's something to, I'm, you're not going to don't comment. Don't worry. Just act like it didn't happen. Um, I do

[00:29:44] think there's something to like your delivery of lines and, and it is like, it gets chuckles out of us. I don't ever laugh at these. Have you gotten any notes? Yeah. Positive or negative from executives about your delivery and the funniness of them? Well, I'll explain that to you. First of all, don't ever come from my girl, Kelly Pickler. Kelly Pickler is a G. All right. Smart man.

[00:30:08] That being said, um, yes, the, the, the, the thing is with these movies, which I realized very early on, which again is why I'm such a fan of them and why I'm such a fan of the execs at Hallmark and the decision-making that they're making. I think what they're doing is incredibly smart. I think it's incredibly, uh, smart business wise. I think it's incredibly smart entertainment wise.

[00:30:34] And that is because I watch now with these live tweeting sessions, with these movies, people's reactions and what they say. And essentially the idea is we want to have a place where people don't have to be triggered in any way. We want people to just have a nice safe place to be for an hour or two.

[00:30:54] And I think that that is an incredibly, uh, noble pursuit. I think it's a worthwhile pursuit. And I think it's something that we can absolutely do while still having emotion, while still being funny, while still being sweet, while still being romantic, but it's a very, very delicate balance.

[00:31:11] It's something that I've had to sort of, um, calibrate as I've gone. And then watching the movies, I kind of see what lands and what follows through. I see people's reactions and I think I'm getting better and better at it where I'm able to do more and have it actually stay in the movie, which is a very delicate balance because every actor wants to come in and they want to be funny or they want to be, um, emotional and they want to be angry or sad when they're sad and mad when they're

[00:31:41] they're mad. But again, it's like, these are a specific, um, experience. And if you understand that experience, you can calibrate it just so much, um, in the right way where it can just enhance the experience and not take away with what we're trying to achieve, um, as an experience for these audience, which is not being triggered and having a nice safe place. Um, so I think, yeah, it's, it's really nice to see that. And mistletoe secret was specific because the dynamics between all the

[00:32:11] characters, me and Terry were talking about this on the last one, because we did that one together, uh, the director, um, because the dynamics were so wacky, like the, it could have been very bad. Like, you know, the other, um, the other character, him being the way he is and Kelly reacting the way she is and me being a writer and be disgruntled or whatever it is. It's like, there, there are so many dynamics in there that could have been very bad if they were not appropriately handled.

[00:32:41] Um, and, but in that, uh, because the dynamics were so rich, the possibility was there to really handle it. Right. Which I think we did a pretty good job and it made it more funny. Yeah. I made it a bit more dynamic. Watching that movie, like your character's mistletoe secret, your character's best friend is the worst best friend on the planet. Like no one would have this guy as a best friend. And I, I do think that you playing that for laughs, like, and, and being snide and sarcastic really worked. Whereas we don't get to see

[00:33:11] that a lot. Lots of times the best friend's just not a good person. And that person just lets it happen. Whereas with you, there was, that was one of the, it was the best thing about that movie. The dynamic between you and your best friend and how, listen, you, you, you know that your best friend is not a good person. You're giving them, you're giving them stuff right back. And so that dynamic was so much fun. And we talked about on the podcast and also just reading the comments from our Patreon community. They love that dynamic.

[00:33:37] And so I, that you, you figured it out correctly in that case, cause it could, it's definitely that, that fine line between, uh, you know, having a friend and, and, and talking crap to one another and then just, and then going over the top, which you, which you, because no hallmark lead is going to be the smart aleck cracking wise always has the last, you know, the last laugh, the last word, no hallmark male lead is ever going to be that. And so I just thought that was the, the outstanding part of that movie. But, and I'm, I'll let you come in a second.

[00:34:06] We've been talking a while, but in winter and veil, you managed to have a little of that undertone. Is that just who Tyler Hines is? Like, is that easy to bring to the set? Well, I mean, I'm absurd in real life. Like, like it's, it's not, when you do these movies, when I get a script, I go like, where's the fun going to come? Like what's, what's valuable about this story? That's maybe different from the last one. And then like mistletoe secret, you go, Oh my goodness, these dynamics.

[00:34:36] Maybe don't make sense. And like, this guy is so terrible. Why is he still my friend? And there's all kinds of things you can kind of come up with that are problems. But as soon as you start turning them on their head and going, okay, well, I have friends who are incredibly, you know, obnoxious or, or, or self-centered, but I still love them because it's not coming from a malicious place.

[00:34:58] And to Chris's credit, the other actor, he played it just the right way. And when I showed up and I saw him start speaking, I was like, Oh good. You're doing that. Perfect. That means I can do this. And to your question earlier too, about like, when I go to these sets, do I sort of watch what other actors are doing and sort of find ways to accommodate? That's a hundred percent what I do.

[00:35:20] How I approach everything is I kind of try to figure out what it is about this thing that is valuable. What is it that makes it sort of special and where to focus my attention. And then when I show up, I, the first thing I do is take the temperature of the room for every scene. I, we sort of do a blocking, which is where we all sort of stand and say the words. And I am never the guy who's not looking at his paper. I have my paper cause I'm busy watching everybody else and what they're doing.

[00:35:48] So then I go, Oh, this person's doing that. That's where he's coming from. You know, in, in, um, veil winter unveiled, but my Greg who played my dad was so good, was so dialed in on being this like kind of downtrodden working man in just the right way. That I was like, as soon as he started speaking in the first scene, I turned up Terry. I was like, who is this guy? Where he's doing this. You're going to let him do this the whole movie.

[00:36:16] And he was like, yeah. And I'm like, amazing. My job's done. Now he is the rep. He's the heart of this entire movie. He is why we're doing everything. So now my adjustment becomes, I don't have to try to yuck it up the whole movie. I don't have to try to, you know, find things that are going to make this movie entertaining. Greg being the heart of the movie as an audience, you now go, I care for this guy. I care for the circumstance. I want them to win.

[00:36:43] And that leaves room for me to be less sarcastic and more sincere. You know what I'm saying? It's like, you kind of, you just kind of adjust to the elements that are present, whether it's in the script, what's important about the script when the actors show up and start doing their thing, what are they doing? And then you, you adjust accordingly. And all of those sort of little calibrations you do along with, you know, not too funny, not too snarky, not too mean, not too mean spirited.

[00:37:10] You know what I mean? All in the right way. That's how you can, you squeeze out inches on these movies, which has been a fun challenge. Did you ever have something in one of the last two movies that was just great? It killed with the cast and crew. It was really funny. And then they just didn't put it in the movie. You were just like,

[00:37:36] um, uh, no, I think. I feel like he's not telling us. That's what I feel like right now. Well, I haven't, so the veil, I haven't fully watched yet because I, when I, when I'm live tweeting, my thumbs are bleeding. Like there is, there is, it is an absolute chaotic experience with the live tweet. There are so many fans and I have this like, um, issue,

[00:38:03] which I'm going to have to start dealing with, with social media, which is like unanswered. I hate not acknowledging people. I find it very disrespectful when people don't acknowledge the social media is probably the, Oh, I've got a poor connection. Oh, we're here. We're here. You look great. You look great. Yeah, I know. Um, yeah, everything, everything's going great on. Yeah. I have this thing where I want to answer. I want to answer

[00:38:28] everybody's questions. And so it's been, um, something that I even forget what that, where the, where the question started at, where it got cut off in the middle there. I said that what, what it was or ever something that, uh, you found funny that you couldn't be, and you said, I've not seen winter and veil yet. If they haven't seen it. Yes. And wow. I really went on a tangent there. Sorry. You're good. That's what we do here. But yeah, the moral of the story is I haven't seen the full movie.

[00:38:54] I have to sit down and watch it. I peeped up a few times while we were live tweeting, but there was so much activity and so many people saying so funny, so many funny and sweet things that I was just trying to accommodate the people who were there and haven't fully watched the performance. I will say there was one line that I was happy that I did hear come through, which is when I grab her arm and I take her to go dance. And I've taken her hand and arm in various forms, at least seven times now at that point in the movie, which again, there's conversations. I'm grabbing your hand and now

[00:39:24] I'm grabbing your arm. I'm coming up with creative ways to do the same thing. I walk away and I say something like get ready for the worst dance of your life or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, I heard that. I was like, Oh, they kept that. That's good. I like that. It's fun. Speaking of you were talking about how much you enjoyed acting with the dad in this movie and mistletoe secret. You got amazing scenes with Patrick Duffy. That was just, just incredible scenes in that movie with your conversations, Patrick W. What is it like working with someone

[00:39:50] like Patrick Duffy? Just such a career. Is it just so much fun just getting to sit and talk with those, those people who have just been doing it forever and just hearing the stories and the words of wisdom that they're sharing with you? Yeah. I mean, Patrick is such a legend as a human being. He's literally the nicest guy in the world. Like he couldn't be more of a professional and more casual

[00:40:13] and more kind. When he came in, he had these long scenes where he would be talking and I would just get to sit there and watch him speak for five minutes. And it was very enjoyable to just be in that position. That was a lot of fun. And Lacey as well. Lacey's had a long, very colorful, fun career. And so it was great. She's an incredibly sweet, open person and had fun stories to tell. And, uh, I mean, she should have, what? Miranda Carey directed a Hallmark movie and she was in it.

[00:40:42] Did you guys know this? Yeah, we, uh, we've seen it. We, we're debating and we've done that with Brennan on if she actually directed it or not. And we have different feelings on that. Uh, uh, Hey, Tyler, let me ask you this. Uh, the first couple of movies, you're, you're a clean shaven young buck. And in, in these later movies, you got the beard going. So are you just a beard guy now or all your movies, you can have a beard or what's going on? Well, as soon as the beard appeared, um, the

[00:41:08] outpour of support for my beard was strong. I, I, every comment I've ever received is how much people like the beard. I have yet to receive anything saying, shave your hideous face. So that tells me that the beard is appreciated personally. Um, I don't really care either way. It is nice not to shave, but when you have a beard, you have to carefully quaff and maintain this. You didn't

[00:41:34] just wake up and throw on a mutant Ninja turtle shirts. Just want to know a lot of hours preparation. Um, but I've had to have the beard for different jobs. Like I, uh, the mistletoe I shot letter Kenny right afterwards. And then, um, veil, same thing. As soon as we wrapped, I went straight to letter Kenny and I have to have a beard in that. And then I'm going to be doing this, um, star Wars thing where I also need to grow. It's, um, it's, uh, not, it's not, it's not, it's not Disney.

[00:42:04] It's not a star Wars thing per se. It's, it's basically, um, the short explanation for it is there's some incredibly, incredibly talented people, some of which work on, uh, the big star Wars movies, as well as other incredible movies like blade runner and every movie that we all love. Um, and they are kind of getting together led by a guy named Ash Thorpe. Um, and, uh, they're basically making what they want to see in the star Wars universe,

[00:42:31] which is sort of like Sicario meets star Wars. Whoa. So like Roger Deakins, like you said all those movies, he's the cinematographer for all those movies he's involved. No, no, not Robert Deacon. No, no, no. Ash Thorpe is, is, is a, he's a graphic designer who does all the titles and all these visual effects. Dennis Villeneuve is like one of my favorite directors. And I, you said Sicario. And so I was just like, now my interest is completely peaked. I'm,

[00:42:57] I'm, yeah. Denny Villeneuve is amazing. So like, you know, um, Ash works with Denis and all of these incredible directors on their movies. Cause Ash was the top of his field. Um, but he's directing this and he's creating this, um, with another gentleman named Olaf and, um, they're both super, super talented and they're having guys like, no, not the snowman. He's incredible. First time he's, I guarantee Olaf's never heard that joke either.

[00:43:23] I'm not getting sick of that. What do you want for that guy? I'm sorry. It's frozen. I threw out Roger Deakins and Villeneuve and you're throwing out Olaf the snowman. I just want to make that clear. Josh, dad's great. Can we, can we pivot to veil? Are we there yet? Let's pivot to veil. I really, the only question, we have a segment on our show called what the hallmark. It's when we kind of talk about the questions that we still have. Lots of times people in these movies just say things and then keep going. And we have questions about that.

[00:43:51] Yeah. There's one big thing in this movie that just rocked our world. And it's the fact that Lacey's character once planned and through a retirement party at Dodger stadium, Dodger stadium, Tyler. Um, and so it's a small venue. Yeah. And I like to think of you as a guy, you become your character. You are invested, you know, the story, you know, the world in which they live in. And so I know,

[00:44:18] you know, the details behind this party and I need to know whose retirement party is thrown at Dodger stadium. Somebody important. I would imagine let's go with Elon Musk. With 40,000 of his closest friends there. Hey, uh, Tyler, what filming in Vail? It seemed like they shut the town down and there was like four people in Vail. What's going on there? Like, is, did, did they like, it just seemed like no one was in Vail. It seemed like you had the place

[00:44:47] to yourself. Like, how did that work? Well, you're not wrong. Um, for some reason, when we were there, it was very quiet. I was shocked when we were in Vail too. I was like, why is there nobody here? It's not ski season. And it was, um, sort of, there was a bunch of shooting we did during Thanksgiving, uh, weekend. And so I think a lot of people were not up there for those two reasons that I wasn't ski season. And, um, uh, because of Thanksgiving, it was kind

[00:45:13] of really nice and quiet, which, which was very fun for me personally. I got to sort of enjoy the town to myself. Nice. There's, uh, this really fun scene where you guys go, uh, tubing and you get, we get a lot of fun shots of you guys tubing. How many times did you have to tube? There's like a, like as far as angles, it looks like a handheld. There's a handheld following you spin down the hill. It seems as if it was shot a few different times. How many times did you have to tube down that hill? I think we did it like five times. Lacey was terrified the first time, but she was more

[00:45:42] terrifying of skiing on the lake, which was, um, a very unique fear to have because she was scared to go through the ice. But, um, the, uh, the, uh, the tubing we did, yeah, maybe like five times total. It, we did, you know, once with the sort of, there was a snowmobile with a camera mounted that went down with us. And then we got the sort of little GoPro out and it was like me in the deep holding hands going down together as if she's Lacey. And then that turned into, why don't we

[00:46:09] all just combine our three tubes and go down the three of us. So then me and Lacey could be together and our DP, um, Neil could use the camera and film it. So it kind of just got more elaborate as we went because we all just wanted to keep going down that hill. The, uh, this is the really, the only reason you're on this next question, Tyler, you seem wonderful, but this is, we had to get to the bottom of this, the hot chocolate. Oh, yeah, that, that looked phenomenal. Was that,

[00:46:36] was that the real deal? Did you actually get to like, cause that's a real drink in Vail. We, we, we did the research. We found out, did you actually get to drink that drink in Vail or are you just drinking a prop drink? Are you one of these guys? Okay. It was that delicious. It was that elaborate, that delicious. That was the first day of shooting that we did. And, uh, I think that was the first shot, first scene that we did in the entire movie and yeah, them drizzling in. And when you drink it, like they're like, it wasn't the, I guess it was the little like chocolate balls

[00:47:06] or something like crunchy. There was something crunchy that was happening and me and, uh, me and Lacey. Yeah. Those are very real reactions. We're like, this is ridiculous. Is that the best thing you've had on set? Like while filming a movie? Yeah, I would say that was definitely the best thing. The strudel was pretty good. We ate a lot of it, but the, uh, the hot chocolate was something else. It was like a little piece of art in your mouth. So if I have a chance to get some, I should definitely go on my way to get some, I think you should get on a plane, fly all the way

[00:47:32] to Vail. Yeah. Drink that hot chocolate and fly back. Join us. Here's the thing is we could probably cover the flight and credit card points. If you want to hit the, get the hotel for us, Tyler, I think we're, let's go. I got the hotel. I know exactly the hotel to stay at. We can do this boys. I love it. I have an idea. I have an idea. It's a, it's a new podcast we're launching where we just go to different places around the country with Tyler and, and eat food and, and talk about it. What we should actually do is at the end of these movies, we should travel to

[00:48:01] those movies and eat all the things that they ate. Oh man. I love this guy. Dude, I could not be more in. Tyler gets it. He gets it. Man, we probably just became best friends. Travel show, food show, Hallmark show. I mean, I think you guys are checking a few boxes there. Hey Bill, you listening? Come on, Bill. You listening? Hey, and you could bring along, how often do you talk to Andrew and Brennan? Like just ballpark it. Well, I talked to Andrew like a week ago. He just had a baby.

[00:48:29] So all of, you know, his family, my sort of extended family were all with them in LA. And so I spoke to him and then Brennan, I think he texted me the other day. Cause you guys, you and Brennan were both in a movie with Lacey on this weekend, right? Like this past weekend. Isn't that wild? Yeah. Yeah. Both of our movies aired back to back. Yeah, exactly. It's crazy. It was a big weekend. Yeah. We could get all of them in to just try different food and stuff. I love it. I love it. I mean, that's, that's the show idea, right? You know, you, you take out the actors

[00:48:56] from their movies. Maybe they take you and show you what they ate during the shooting of the movie. It's a travel show. It's a food show. And you bring the stars from Hallmark and you're going to do that. We're in. You have us at home, man. I mean, I don't know, you know, man, I mean, you don't look great, but we'll bring up the handsome. We also all have fan, uh, social media

[00:49:20] about our shirts. Everybody has Dan shirts. That's an account. Um, do we want to do rapid fire, rapid fire to close it. If you've got the time, that would be great. We each get, hold on guys, before we keep going, is this clear enough? Yeah. It's great. It's way better. Yeah. Yeah. It's wifi. It's who cares anymore? Cellular is the weight of the future. It's the weight of the future. Gosh, yeah. It's the weight of the future because you don't have to wait because of how clear

[00:49:47] it is. Uh, we each get to ask you three questions, um, and you have to answer them as quickly as you can. Uh, we, uh, we did a coin toss backstage to decide who gets to go first. Panda does get to go first. So Panda kick us off with your first rapid fire question. Uh, best skateboarding trick you can do. Uh, I can do big, terrifying things for some reason. I don't have a problem doing that. It's

[00:50:11] intricate, um, difficult things that I have trouble doing. Really? Okay. Yeah. Um, your dream director to work for, uh, Paul Thomas Anderson. There it is. What is, uh, some, if, if, uh, you have, uh, someone coming over and it's a big night and you want to make them from some food, some dinner, what is the, the Tyler Hines go to? I'm making this food and it's going to be great.

[00:50:37] I make sweet potato, uh, like mashed potatoes and, uh, chicken or steak and some veggies, broccoli. Is it a grilled situation or is it, this isn't a, this is just a followup. Is it a grilled situation or oven or what do you do? Uh, all grilled. Oh, well, I mean the, the, the sweet potatoes would be boiled and then mashed and then the, the chicken would be on the grill. You know, you know, way your way around the kitchen. I got a few moves. That's one of them.

[00:51:04] That's probably the go-to. Um, and I make good pancakes. I got you. Nice. Uh, best restaurant you've ever eaten at? Uh, my favorite restaurant. Um, one of them just closed. It's a whole, an old diner here in Toronto called the tulip devastating. I've been going there since I was a child eating cheap spaghetti. And then the other one I go to is square boys, which is in Toronto.

[00:51:28] It's a Greek again, uh, diner, very cheap. They're all Greek. And for some reason, the, um, guy who's always working there, uh, always verbally assaults me and I love it. Best insult from the square boys guy. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Uh, uh, most expensive drink you've ever purchased or consumed. I'm not like a fancy kind of guy. Whenever I see expensive wines and things, I think is the taste

[00:51:58] really that valuable. Um, so I did have the other day, this shows you how much I don't spend that much money on alcohol. I had aged Greek, um, liquor and I think it was like $18 for a small glass. I know it's pathetic, but was that down at the square boys or that was at a different place called Mamaka's, which is another Greek restaurant. I love your big Greek food fan.

[00:52:26] I love Greek food. Uh, are you, uh, quickly, are you a Raptors fan? Uh, I am a full blown, um, what do they call them? Like a bandwagon fan jump on when they're popular. Yeah. Like I wasn't sitting here going to games, but when they were winning, I, I enjoy, I don't like, I'm not a big sports guy. I've been a skateboarder. It's like a solo sport. Um, I just enjoy, I don't know, like the story side of it. So like when the Raptors are coming

[00:52:53] from nowhere and everybody's like, there's no chance they're going to win. And Kawhi Leonard is this weird, quiet guy who laughs really awkwardly. I tune in for that. Yes. I love it. I love the story aspect of it. So when the Raptors were doing that, I was fascinated by their rise. Uh, which of the Tony Hawks is the best video game? One, two or three. That's a great question. They're all terrible. The best skateboarding game is, is skate. Skate is like, you need

[00:53:22] skate or whatever it is. It's on like Xbox and stuff. It's the closest to being accurate. Really? Tony Hawk was like, you press X and that's a kickflip. It doesn't make sense. What's your soundtrack for your skating? That's not my question by the way. The soundtrack was strong for sure. Definitely. When I was a kid, it was, we had those, um, playlists downloaded. Yeah, you did. A lot of ska and punk. You, you, you get into it. Punk, punk music, ska less. Punk music was huge in my school. My, my school was entirely in

[00:53:52] either. You're in the most hick person you've ever seen in your life or you were like, you know, black hair, uh, studded everything, metalhead, punk music. It was one or the other. Wow. That's a tough dividing line there. Um, we all got along though. Bizarrely. I'm somewhere in the middle. I'm a heck. And, and you could do letter Kenny. You can also go skateboarding. That's Canada. Exactly. That's Canada. All right. So if Bill and Michelle are listening, Bill listens to every episode, I don't want to put any pressure on you. Uh,

[00:54:21] the, the hallmark, the hallmark starlet that you would most like to work with in a future movie. Um, a friend of mine named Elizabeth Moss, um, who's from handmaid still, I think recently said that she wanted to do a hallmark movie and I think that would be very fun. But I've been very, I've been very lucky in, in, um, everybody that I've worked with, I've loved every single one of them. And, um, I think they've all been very talented and, uh, yeah,

[00:54:51] I think I've been, I don't even know that there is anybody else. I, I, this is, uh, this is the first, first time in our hour with Tyler that he's given a political answer and you know what? You're entitled. So nice job. I mean that though. They've all been really, really, really good. Yes. You know, some of them, Elizabeth Moss is a great answer. I would love to see Elizabeth Moss on a hallmark. That'd be unreal. Um, you get the chance

[00:55:16] to pitch a hallmark movie to, to the team. Um, I don't really want to know what it's about, but how are you incorporating your friends from deck the hallmark to be a part? What, what specific extras would we play? What would we, what would we be in that, that movie? That's a good question. Well, me, me and Lacey were talking about, um, like shooting something

[00:55:41] in Greece. Like if there could be like one of these travel ones, like a destination movie where it takes place in Greece and you guys could be, um, I want you guys to be bad guys. So I think that's going to be more fun and dynamic. The square boys owners in Greece and we just make fun of you the entire time. That would be great. What it could be is like, if, if, if she has like,

[00:56:06] if she's the local and I'm the tourist and then she has like a Greek restaurant or a Greek bakery, cause those are big there and it's in a bit of trouble. And you guys are the rival bakery, the new bakery who is like more popular and more cutting edge. And you guys are putting her out of business. Yes. No, he gets it. And that sounds like more of a speaking role, which we're fine with as well. I mean, we can, I mean, we'll get paid to talk as it is. Of course you got to speak.

[00:56:34] That's true. Uh, we did it. We did it. Tyler, I can, you're a gentleman and a scholar, sir. Thank you so much for giving of your time to us and spending like over an hour with us. So God bless you, man. Anytime, all the time boys has really been a lot of fun. How can people, uh, follow you and all of your fan accounts on the social media? Where did they find you? Tyler's t-shirts. I think it's Tyler's shirts or something. Um, I should pull that up and we should, we should plug that for sure. I'll figure it out. Okay.

[00:57:04] Mine is simple. Tyler underscore Heinz. I think that's the same for Twitter as it is for Instagram. And I think Facebook is just Tyler Heinz. I think, I don't want to use Facebook too much, but let's give the, let's give the Tyler Hynes shirts. It's at Heinz shirts at Heinz shirts. And the, the title is Tyler Heinz's shirts with a, with a double S at Heinz shirts at Heinz shirts.

[00:57:27] H Y N E S S H I R T S at Heinz shirts. We're proud to support the work of Tyler Heinz. Whenever he's filming, we have his back. We'd like to thank Hallmark channel and the Heinies. Um, let's get, let's give Heinz shirt like a, like a, a pinned, uh, tweet video. So like, welcome people. Let's welcome people to the Heinz shirt Twitter account. Do I have to do that? Yeah. Yeah. You do not getting paid anything. Just, Hey, welcome to Tyler Heinz shirts. Thanks for

[00:57:56] stopping by. I hope you enjoy my shirt. Something like that. And action. Okay. Here we go. Welcome to Tyler Heinz shirts. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy my shirts. They smell like me. That's great, man. They're going to love that. They're going to love it. Fantastic. They're going to love it. A lot of people happy today. It made me happy that we did that and I don't know them at all. And I just think it's a treat. Tyler, thank you. This was so much fun. Um, and I know that this just happened. And so it's

[00:58:21] sound, it's going to sound a little crazy, but we always send this podcast the same way. So just go with us on this. May we be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas. You're about to hear some ads that help keep the lights on here in the old studio. Thanks for listening or don't listen. It's really up to you at this point. It's at the end of the show. I mean, you're listening to me. Hi, but here they come. I promise they're coming.

[00:58:51] Yep. Here they are. Happy day. Go on. Bye.