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Tell me why you like fireworks. I've always been a pyromaniac. I mean, I got guns. I got

fireworks. Some of this stuff is just so cool. And it's gotten so much better in the last 20 years.

The stuff that consumers can buy today

is almost as good as some of the commercial stuff was 25 years ago i mean there are there's

limits to you know how much uh powder can be in a firework and and be a retail, a consumer firework.

But the effects have gotten so much better.

The designs have gotten so much better.

The quality has gotten better.

It's just put on a heck of a show.

This is Mick.

He's 67 years old, and he and his wife Marcella own Mockport Fireworks, a fireworks

store in Mockport, Indiana. We've been doing that for 26 years. Wow. It's fun. It's hectic,

and it's 4,000 square foot building with no air conditioning and no heat in the winter, so, you know, it's kind of throwback to the old days.

Today, Mick is semi-retired, and the fireworks store is more of a part-time gig.

The store is typically open mid-May through July, then opens again for Labor Day, and later in the year for New Year's.

But with getting inventory and special orders, there's at least some work year-round.

There's probably a hundred people have my phone number that can call me any time during the year.

We've sold fireworks for weddings, for funerals, for birthdays, for family reunions, you know, so we're pretty equal opportunity in that regard.

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