The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Nick Benson, Effects Designer for many films as well as theme creation for various businesses. Nick tells us how he got into the business and what he is doing now. We also have a short chat about what brought him to Phoenix this weekend. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
About Nick Benson
FX master, Nick Benson has provided his special effects magic on a collection of horror films that include, Tremors, The Blob, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Bride of Re-Animator.
About Mulligan’s Manor
Mulligan’s Manor is a loving and supportive group home dedicated to at-risk gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and heterosexual adolescents ranging from 12 to 17 years old. We are a family-oriented, LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Ally) community that nurtures and empowers our youth to reach their full potential, as well as provide tools for a safe and healthy life.
A “Mulligan” is known by golfers as a second chance, or a “do-over”. Our mission is to give every member of our family the second chance to experience the love and respect he deserves.
There are approximately 15,000 youth in the Child Protective Services system in Maricopa County, which means that in all likelihood there are hundreds of LGBTQ children in need of respectful housing.
In our second segment, we chat briefly about (spoiler free) The Menu and Glass Onion. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.
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Show Notes / Links:
- TG Geeks Episode 408
- TG Geeks Episode 409
- TG Geeks Episode 412
- Gini Koch Warns us about Phoenix Holiday Decorations
- Nerdy Chupacabras #134
- Phoenix Area Peeps – Come Meet Nick Benson – Raising Awareness for Mulligan’s Manor
- Lionsgate Presents Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret In Theaters April 28th
- Andrea’s Angle | Plane – Action Soars
- Hamish Downie’s Five More Questions With Brimo Morales
- This Got Made hosted by Carlton Tetley – Season 4 – Episode 7 : Protectors
We want to bring attention to a Public Service Announcement from the ’90s featuring Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) of Star Trek: Discovery.
Beat the Bash – PSA from Mike Costanza on Vimeo.
This ’90s PSA (GLAAD, La Pietra Foundation, MTV) brings awareness to gay bashing.
Starring Wilson Cruz, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Joseph Reitman. Writer/Director: Mike Costanza.
Director of Photography: Brad Rushing. Producer: Cara Coslow.
Thank You:
- The Arkle Times Post Dispatch News – Brian, the &-list YouTuber on Twitter @G33kOfAllTrades — Be sure to take a look at Arkle’s other venture: Arkle Studios presents Shameless Cash Grab
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- Here’s a special shout-out to “The Gay Geek” for graciously allowing us to post our episodes in their Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/thegaygeek. And a special Thank You to Jeremiah Reeves, the moderator, for being such a great guy.
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