[LAUGHTER]
WELCOME BACK TO OZARKS FOX
AM WE ARE TALKING TO MIKE
NICHOLS OUR FRIEND WHO HAS BEEN
AN ENTERTAINER FOR A LONG TIME.
TO MIKE WE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS
IN COMMON.
THANK YOU FOR COMING UP I
KNOW YOU ARE IN EUREKA SPRINGS.
I WAS THERE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AND
TELL US HOW YOU GOT IN THE
BUSINESS.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
44 YEARS.
MAYBE THIS WILL BE YOUR
CAREER SOMEDAY.
I KNOW YOU ARE.
I WENT ON THE ROAD AND 79
WITH THE PHONE COMPANY AND THEY
NURTURED ME ALONG AND OVER THE
YEARS JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SHOWS AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT
TIME.
I HAVE LEARNED TO BE AN
ALL-AROUND ENTERTAINER.
SUE MIGHT TELL US ABOUT THE
SHOW.
YOU HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN BRANSON IN EUREKA.
I WAS IN THE SHOW THE OZARK
MOUNTAIN HOEDOWN THEATER GREAT
IT OPENED IN 82.
I BOUGHT IT IN THE 90S AND
HEADED THROUGH THE 90S AND BACK
THEN THINGS WERE A LOT
DIFFERENT AND WE WERE PACKED
EVERY NIGHT AND I SOLD THE
THEATER AND WENT TO WORK WITH
MO BANDY AND I WAS WITH HIM FOR
FIVE YEARS AND WHEN RAY STEVENS
LEFT BRANSON HE CALLED ME AND I
WENT TO BRANSON AND WORKED WITH
RAY STEVENS AND TOURED WITH HIM
AND AFTER ALL OF THAT, SOMEHOW
OR ANOTHER THE OZARK MOUNTAIN
HOEDOWN CAME BACK TO ME AND WE
STARTED ON THAT AND LINDA GOT
BUYING IT BACK.
IT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN AND WE
WERE REBUILDING IT.
YOU DO GOSPEL AND COMEDY.
IT SAY FAMILY VARIETY SHOW
WE DO HIGH ENERGY AND IT'S
FUNNY BECAUSE OF THE NAME.
IT HAS BEEN THAT FOR YEARS
BUT IT'S A HIGH ENERGY SO
SEVERAL ARE FROM BRANSON AND WE
HAVE SOME IN THE CENTRAL ROGERS
ARKANSAS AREA THEY HAVE NEVER
WORKED IN BRANSON BUT THEY ARE
ENTERTAINERS, THEY ARE
VETERANS.
IT'S A SEVEN-MEMBER CAST AND IT
HAS JUST BEEN, WE ARE IN THE
GROWTH NOW TRYING TO GET HER
BACK TO LIFE AND IT'S NICE FUN
FAMILY SHOW.
CAN I JUST SAY, THANK YOU
FOR KEEPING THE THEATER ALIVE.
I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE BRINGING
THEM BACK.
THESE FAMILY SHOWS ARE
BECOMING FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR
GRANDPARENTS AND YOU CAN BRING
YOUR KIDS AND PEOPLE LOVE IT.
WE ARE GLAD TO BE DOING IT.
YOU ARE A GREAT SINGER.
ARE YOU A SONGWRITER?
TO MIKE YES.
AND YOU CAN COME ON THE SHOW
AND A TIME
I COULD LISTEN TO YOU TALK.
TO MAKE US LIKE WOLFMAN JACK,
ONLY SMOOTHER.
WOLFMAN JACK MEETS SMOOTH.
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL
ME THAT.
BUT IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I CAN
SING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN I
SOUND BUT I CAN ALSO SING BASE.
I AM DEFINITELY NOT A TENOR
SINGER.
YOU HAVE HAD SOME GREAT
THINGS OF THE CHARACTER
INERTIA, DICTATORSHIP PATCHES
HAS BEEN AROUND HOW LONG?
29 YEARS.
ASSUMING THAT GUY HAS SOME
GREAT STUFF COMING OUT.
IS HERE TODAY.
HOW DID I MISS HIM?
AND LORD KNOWS WE ARE READY
FOR WHATEVER.
DO YOU KNOW OUR FRIEND SEAN
PAUL?
SUE MIKEY WERE AT THE SHOW THE
SAME NIGHT I WAS.
SO WE HAVE TATER TRIP COMING
UP.
LOOK OUT PRICE
I CAN'T WAIT.
MORE FUN ON OZARKS FOX AM AFTER