Go for it.

What's up, dude?

Strider Wilson, I'm the host of this podcast.

That's mine.

Gonna be called History is Nank.

Dude, dude.

I'm your host, Strider Wilson. Friggin' what up, dude. Welcome back to another ep of history as dank. Dude, I'm your host, Strider Wilson.

Dude, we got Aaron going beast mode on the sticks as per used. Dude, what's going down there,

dude? What up? You freaking post it up right now, dude, and I'm very excited, dude. We've got an absolute

legend in the house right now. This man, he's a man of taste. He is a man of class. He's a creative. I've known this man for over a decade at this point. Welcome to the pod. He's currently a gallerist, but he's an actor. He's a filmographer. He does it all. Welcome to the pod. Mark Beatty. Thank you, Strider. What up, dude. Just enjoying the atmosphere,

posted up. Dude. Living the dream, really. Let's go, dude. Right now, well, just a little bit of our

backstory, our personal history before we dive into some, we have a shared connection and a love and

appreciation for the arts. Absolutely. Today we'll be talking about the visual arts, but the medium that we met in was improv and sketch. Improvent sketch, full-blown, Hollywood Boulevard, Second City. Were there ever any shootings outside your classes that were going on? I remember one time we pulled up on the news, there was a guy on Vine with a pistol just like shooting at people. I remember like talking to a family member

like, oh man, it was a great class. And I looked over and there was like someone just walking really fast with a handgun. And I'm still in denial that that was happening because I'm naive and I'm from St. Louis. And even though there's a lot of that there too. Okay. So Mark, I think when you said St. Louis right there. Aaron, I think I maybe heard him pop wood over there in the studio because Aaron's a huge Cardinals fan. Are you a baseball guy at all? And how do you feel about the Cardinals? Well, I love him. And so he said, I'm an actor. So I went back, explored the team there, or the media scene there. Yes. Booked a bunch of stuff. Shout out to Sharon Tucci, my agent, and St. Louis, Talent Plus.

Come on.

Cool Fire Studios. So we did a spot for the arch. They did to put 38 mil into a renovation. Me and my boy, Chad, played Lewis and Clark going back to explore the new grounds. That's sick because they left from St. Louis. They left from St. Louis. I think, yeah, like around that turf, but the arch commemorates, you know, the whole westward expansion. And so we did this part, the series, and then one of the promos was to throw out opening pitch at Bush Stadium. You got to throw the opening pitch. Absolutely. In character, doing what I love. And, but now here's the thing. Lewis threw his shot.

Strike. Mine, very wide. Got it in the glove, though. So that's all it matters. Got the payday, got the ball, got it in the glove, boom. Catcher framed it. Yeah, he had to jump. He had a jump. But he got it. But I didn't want to hit it in the dirt. and my goal was to get into the glove and I did,

so that I'm happy with it.

I got to tell you, if you're going to, That's right. You keep it on his toes. But I didn't want to hit it in the dirt. And my goal was to get into the glove and I did.

So I'm happy with it.

I got to tell you, if you're going to, that's awesome.

That's an amazing experience.

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