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-I´ve been often asked
the question,
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"What´s so captivating
about fireworks?
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I believe a lot of it has to do
with the energy.
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It´s bigger than life.
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There´s an edginess to it
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because they know
it´s dangerous.
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But it´s so dynamic
and so powerful
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and sometimes so beautiful
and so delicate.
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♫♫
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-Fireworks By Grucci
is my life and soul.
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Ready to do some work today?
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-3-2-1, fire.
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-♫ All my days... ♫
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-A world-renowned
fireworks company.
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We were dubbed
the "First Family of Fireworks."
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-What´s our status?
-...family owned...
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-Put the third right
next to senior --
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Felix senior
and Felix the third.
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-And now in the sixth
generation.
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-Are you doing Vegas
for New Year´s?
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-Vegas.
-The Gruccis have been
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perfecting the art
of pyrotechnics
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since the 1850s in Bari, Italy.
-And with each generation...
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-The most spectacular event
of the night -- the fireworks.
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-...it got
a little bigger each time.
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The 2008 Olympics in China...
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-What a stunning,
stunning achievement.
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-...multiple
presidential inaugurations.
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-He´s loving those fireworks.
-Guinness World Records.
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-It´s up!
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-It´s a medium for our art form,
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but it is explosive
and it´s dangerous.
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People think that it´s magic,
that it just happens,
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and they don´t see the many,
many hours
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that´s behind the scenes.
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It´s a tremendous amount
of pressure
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when you push that button.
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When you hear the crowd,
the roar...
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there is nothing like it.
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-Come on.
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-It´s not just a paycheck,
it´s not just a form of income,
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it´s our life.
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-And it´s the heart
of this family.
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[ Firework explodes, crackling ]
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Thank you.
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Alright, put that behind you.
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-Sink down into it, huh?
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-Well, it´s a down,
so no matter what you do,
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it´s gonna sink a little bit.
-Oh, yeah, that´s much better.
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-Okay. Alright.
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-How you doing?
-Good.
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-Phil and Debbie, take 1.
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-I´m Phil Grucci --
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Felix James Grucci,
my formal name.
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C.E.O. and Creative Director
of both Fireworks By Grucci
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and Pyrotechnique by Grucci
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and husband
to Debra Lynn Grucci.
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-My name is Debra Grucci
and I am wife to Phil Grucci,
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mother to Christopher
and Lauren Grucci, and...
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-My rock.
-Yes.
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But that´s for you to say,
not for me to say.
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We have been married
for 32 years.
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So this is my office?
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This is my office right here.
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-I´m not good with dates
and years.
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She´s always good
with dates and years.
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-You know what?
Actually it´s 33.
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-It´s 33 years.
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Yeah, that´s why I said,
when you said that,
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I´m thinking it´s 33 years.
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33 years we´ve been married.
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We have multiple members
of the family
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that are involved
in the business.
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My son Christopher --
Our son Christopher.
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-Christopher Grucci, take 1.
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-Christopher just got married.
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-No matter what we do,
fireworks or weddings,
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there´s always
a last-minute scramble.
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-Our daughter, she does
a lot of the photography.
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-Um, should I start?
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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-She just blessed us
with our first grandson.
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-He knows he´s cute.
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Yeah.
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-Her and her husband, Emmett.
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-Love you.
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And then
we have our nephew, Corey.
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-I start my morning
checking e-mails.
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I´m sorry.
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-There´s always something.
-Always.
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-He´s on.
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-We have over 400 employees
that work for us.
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-Bodie´s been around since,
what, the mid-80s doing this,
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with the hand fire?
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-I´ve been working for Fireworks
By Grucci for 30 years.
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-Although their last name
is not Grucci,
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they´re Gruccis.
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-I´ve done everything
but a divorce in fireworks.
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I´d like to get that
under my belt before I retire.
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-♫ Everybody see me climb ♫
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[ Fireworks exploding ]
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♫ Everybody see me climb ♫
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♫ Everybody see me cli-i-i-mb ♫
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♫ Everybody see me cli-i-i-mb ♫
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♫♫
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-We have always had
our studio office
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and equipment distribution
in Bellport.
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It´s about 50 miles out from
Manhattan on the south shore.
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-This village is our home.
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When we first started dating,
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he brought me to visit
his family for the first time.
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From that first day, I said,
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"This is where
I would love to live.
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This is where I want
to live and die."
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And so far, half of it
has come true.
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-Sure.
-The other half I can wait for.
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[ Telephone rings ]
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-This weekend we´re going to be
at the village of Island Park.
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So we actually have the whole
show programmed
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before we even get to site.
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Right now,
I have the actual animation
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for what the show
will be like this weekend.
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And I can actually watch
to the millisecond
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every effect that will happen.
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Now you can see
that´s the opener.
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Many years ago, a lot of this
was written down in a notebook.
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This is showing me exactly
what is firing at each time.
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So at 5 minutes, 20 seconds,
this event is gonna fire.
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This is actually gonna be
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a fan-shaped strobe
chrysanthemum mime
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with pink Dahlia.
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There it is.
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♫♫
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Every time we have
a fireworks show,
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yes, this is where we´ll come
to pick up the trucks
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and actually pick up
the fireworks.
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You´re not gonna see this
on the map,
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mainly because
we don´t want anyone
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to really know where it is.
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♫♫
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These bunkers have been here
since the ´40s.
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They used to actually store
ammunition for the military.
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We´re gonna get a look inside.
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In this bunker here,
we have our mortars.
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This is a 4-inch mortar...
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5, 6.
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8s back here, these are 12s.
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This is a 10-inch.
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And when you first look at it,
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some people say,
"How do you figure that out?"
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But looking at these
for so long,
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you pick it up quickly.
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♫♫
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♫♫
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-That´s good.
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-One of the biggest things
that everyone assumes
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is we just show up 10 minutes
before a show,
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load the fireworks,
fire it and break it down.
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And that is absolutely not true.
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-How´s it going, man?
-Good. How you doing?
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-To perform at our level,
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we´re there, you know,
6:00, 7:00, 5:00 in the morning.
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-It´s like a jigsaw puzzle.
-Yeah.
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-We´re not leaving site
until the driver comes
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to pick up all the equipment
and unexpended product
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and bring it back to storage
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until sometimes 2:00
in the morning.
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Very good.
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Whether it be just one device
or thousands of devices,
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it still takes
the same amount of effort.
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These are wireless modules.
What this is --
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Technically it´s a controller.
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The panel´s the brain.
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So now when I turn this on,
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our wireless system
will communicate,
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and it will know exactly at
what time it´s to fire
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whatever circuits
we have plugged in.
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If this was Mod 4, Q1,
at that very specific moment,
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Mod 4, Q1 will ignite
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and that we expect
you´ll see in the air tonight.
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When my grandfather
was doing fireworks,
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he would literally light it,
he´d run back.
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The shell would fire,
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and you were right next
to that mortar.
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He wanted to make the world´s
largest firework and he did
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and there´s an image of him
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being lowered down
into the mortar with a crane
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to pretty much fuse
that shell in the mortar.
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Now everything we fire
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is with computers
and electric matches.
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We are no longer
putting any part of our body
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over that mortar.
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All shows on Long Island
hit a certain way,
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´cause
it´s right in your backyard.
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I was here with my grandfather,
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I was here
with my uncles years ago.
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My great grandfather
has performed here before,
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and here I am tonight
carrying that torch.
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-I´ve lived in Island Park
almost my entire life.
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I´ve come here every summer
to see the fireworks.
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-They put on an amazing show.
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Everyone´s smiling
and oohing and ahhing
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and you feel
that sense of community.
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-I´ve been coming here
since I´m a little kid myself
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with my grandmother and parents,
and we´ve come every year.
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-We are less
than 30 minutes away.
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Definitely have that
preshow jitters right now.
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Every show, no matter how big,
no matter how small,
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that last hour leading up
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really starts hitting home.
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So we´ll hang out here till
after the national anthem,
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then we´ll hit play.
-And then we go home.
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-Then we go home.
-We go home.
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-It´s not that easy.
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Once you start seeing
everyone gathering together
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and you really hear
the audience talking
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and you know, "Wow, this is it.
We´re in show time."
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-It´s so exciting.
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[ Laughs ]
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Love it. Love it.
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-They say the moment you
lose that, it´s time to retire."
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[ Fireworks crackling ]
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♫♫
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♫♫
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This is why we do it.
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You know?
You hear everyone get excited.
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You know, you feel that power.
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You ever listen to music...
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...and you feel that bass drum
in your chest, in your body...
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there´s something that happens,
you know,
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gets you excited.
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And to hear and feel and see,
you´re getting all the senses.
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The best part about fireworks
is when you hear the crowd.
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The roar -- there is nothing,
nothing like it.
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And you really get a feel
of what a sports athlete
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or a famous rock star,
a musician would feel like
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at a big event.
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♫♫
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♫♫
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You smell all the mortars...
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[ Crowd cheers ]
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...like, "Oh, there it is,
the smell of success."
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Like, "Wow. That´s us."
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♫♫
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-To understand
the development of fireworks,
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you actually have to go
back to ancient China.
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There was a tradition
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of throwing bamboo stalks
into fires
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to ward off evil spirits.
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My name is Voula Saridakis,
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and I am a curator at the Museum
of Science and Industry
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here in Chicago.
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Gunpowder was developed
out of the work
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of the Chinese alchemists
who used their tools
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to grind these compounds
into powders.
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You begin to see more
and more Chinese
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using gunpowder and pouring
small amounts of that
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into the bamboo,
throwing that into the fire
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and creating even
bigger explosions.
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And eventually,
because of the developments
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going on in the military,
they thought to themselves,
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"Well, if they´re sending these
projectiles into the air,
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maybe we could do
the same thing."
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And that´s how you see
the birth of aerial fireworks.
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When they traveled out of China,
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they eventually made their way
to Europe.
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Early on, the biggest
celebrations using fireworks
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focused on European leaders
and the monarchs.
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They loved fireworks.
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Then what happens is in
the middle of the 15th century,
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you have the Renaissance.
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Where does that birth happen?
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It happens in Italy.
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But then in the 1800s,
you have a number of different
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Italian families
emigrate from Italy
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through Ellis Island
to the United States,
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such as the Rozzis,
the Zambellis,
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and, of course, the Gruccis.
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♫♫
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-How did we both meet?
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We met in high school
in our senior year.
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We knew each other in --
-From the beginning.
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-Right, so there was that
slightly giddy chatter
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back and forth
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and I knew I was in love
with her when I saw her.
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And then we went on
our senior trip upstate.
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That´s where it all began.
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I didn´t make my move
quick enough.
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So she asked me for a kiss.
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-And then our psych teacher
pulled him over one day
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and said, "Are you..."
-Mr. O´Neil.
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-"Are you, uh, dating Debbie?"
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And Phil said,
"Um, yeah, I think so."
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And he said,
"You´re done, buddy.
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You´re done. It´s over."
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[ Both laughing ]
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[ Rooster crows ]
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[ Vehicles passing ]
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-I grew up with tons of cousins,
and, you know, aunts and uncles.
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And we would always kind of go
to all these firework shows
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as, like, a little army.
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[ Chuckles ]
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This one here was done
for Oswego´s Harbor Fest.
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I´m a photographer.
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And then this one...
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Through the photography,
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I definitely look at the
fireworks very differently.
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It´s like a dance with them
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when you´re trying
to capture them on film.
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It´s a little nerve-wracking
´cause you --
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you kind of have that, like,
one chance to get that shot.
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Our family has always been
very, very close.
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Usually at lunchtime,
we like to call Grandma.
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Phe gets a lot of FaceTime
with Pop Pop, which is my dad,
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and Grandma, my mom,
and he loves it.
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-[ Gasps ]
-Who´s that?
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-How´s my buddha bear?
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-Can you say hi to Gamma?
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Wanna do claps for Phelim?
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Claps for Phelim.
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00:15:43,879 --> 00:15:45,881
-Oh, that´s funny, Lauren.
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He´s trying to figure out
how to clap.
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-With the popsicle in his hand.
-With the popsicle.
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00:15:53,789 --> 00:15:56,461
-So Phe turned one
on August 6th,
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and I tried to have
a small, little get-together,
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but...
-Go to Mommy.
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-...that doesn´t happen
with our family.
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There´s so many of us.
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-That´s his little cake.
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-Come on, everybody,
out of the pool!
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Come on! Let´s go! Let´s go!
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-I´m really happy,
and I feel really fortunate
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that Phelim is gonna
grow up with
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still a tight-knit group.
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-♫ Happy birthday to you ♫
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[ All cheering ]
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-[ Laughing ]
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-Just what yous are doing.
Line up.
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-Are you gonna be
in the picture?
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-Get in the center.
You and Mommy get in the center.
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00:16:37,803 --> 00:16:39,935
-When my great-grandmother
was around,
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it was very important to us
that we always gather.
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-Come on, Felix.
Look this way.
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There we go.
One more.
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-So, like, every Sunday,
we would get together
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and we would have Sunday dinner.
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-Come on, now.
Everything is getting cold.
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-When I was thrust
into the Grucci family,
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we had a place
at that table every Sunday.
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We knew where we sat.
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00:17:03,629 --> 00:17:06,031
I enjoyed it to the point
that I made sure
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I was the first one there
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so that I could be
behind the stove with Nanny.
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And I learned how to make
all of her traditional dinners,
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her sauces.
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-I mean, it was like --
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If you didn´t go
to Sunday dinner,
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it was, like, you know,
it was, like, a big deal.
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-We´re telling war stories.
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So that is the boardroom,
if you will.
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-Being around the dinner
table on Sundays
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is definitely where
the next generation
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learns about the dynamic
of the family, what it was like.
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-The first generation
of our family --
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Angelo, was in Bari, Italy.
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He was a produce distributor.
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But yet his love and passion
was to go and build fireworks.
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This is, you know,
back in the 1800s.
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And then his son Anthony,
also in the Bari region,
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apprenticed under my second
great-grandfather.
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And they both came
through Ellis Island.
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They took the journey
like many other immigrants did
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and came and set their flag
right here
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very close to the town
of Bellport that we´re in now.
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00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:32,748
Four generations of family
members in this village.
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Okay. Alright.
Sounds good.
379
00:18:39,124 --> 00:18:41,126
Alright, thanks, Shel.
Bye-bye.
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Go ahead. Uppie, uppie.
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Good girl.
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00:18:48,964 --> 00:18:50,365
Okey-doke.
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We´re heading right now
to the four corners of Bellport
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where we´re going to be
building our studio.
385
00:19:01,406 --> 00:19:03,378
It´s not much right now
to look at.
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00:19:03,378 --> 00:19:05,050
You know,
using your imagination,
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00:19:05,050 --> 00:19:07,653
I look at the building
and I know what it could be.
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00:19:19,795 --> 00:19:24,630
My great uncle owned this
building before he passed away.
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So he owned
the whole corner here
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and then he sold it
to an independent,
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not related to the family.
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So that was another special part
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00:19:32,007 --> 00:19:34,610
about getting it back
into the family.
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Come on, take a look at this.
This a good plan?
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00:19:36,812 --> 00:19:38,483
-These are the new ones?
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00:19:38,483 --> 00:19:40,746
-So here´s where we´re standing.
This whole corner...
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00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:43,549
And having our studio
right in the heart of that,
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00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,421
that´s a dream to me
to keep that here.
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00:19:46,421 --> 00:19:48,153
And then all the offices --
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00:19:48,153 --> 00:19:51,657
Danny with music and Corey
and graphic artists.
401
00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:53,859
-Yeah, I like that.
That´s nice.
402
00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:58,003
-My generation saw the evolution
of the technology
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00:19:58,003 --> 00:19:59,705
from going up
to the firework shell,
404
00:19:59,705 --> 00:20:01,537
lighting it with a torch,
which is a little bit
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00:20:01,537 --> 00:20:04,169
more refined
than a cigar or a burlap sack,
406
00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:05,941
to firing a firework
electronically,
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00:20:05,941 --> 00:20:07,513
push of a button,
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00:20:07,513 --> 00:20:09,745
just like you would flick
the light switch.
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00:20:12,618 --> 00:20:15,781
My first memory of anything
related to the business,
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00:20:15,781 --> 00:20:18,123
I was about 5 years old.
411
00:20:18,123 --> 00:20:21,026
I was on the barge with my dad.
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00:20:21,026 --> 00:20:23,689
Back then, it was
an old, rickety, wooden barge,
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00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,891
and if my father gave me
the scissors
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to cut one piece of fuse,
I was on top of the world.
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00:20:29,735 --> 00:20:31,967
That´s probably
where I got the fever
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and got the attraction
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00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:35,501
and the love for this art form.
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00:20:37,573 --> 00:20:39,505
The highlights
of our family business,
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00:20:39,505 --> 00:20:41,977
in my memory, date back from --
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certainly dominating,
if you will,
421
00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:47,513
on Long Island firework displays
when it was very regional,
422
00:20:47,513 --> 00:20:49,484
back in the ´60s and ´70s.
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00:20:49,484 --> 00:20:56,562
♫♫
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00:20:56,562 --> 00:20:58,624
Producing firework displays
at Coney Island
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every Tuesday night.
426
00:21:03,268 --> 00:21:06,231
Rockaways´ Playland
every Wednesday night.
427
00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:08,103
Then we had that one opportunity
428
00:21:08,103 --> 00:21:10,636
to put the name
on the world stage.
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00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,708
That was in 1979.
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00:21:12,708 --> 00:21:20,716
♫♫
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00:21:20,716 --> 00:21:22,087
We went to Monte Carlo
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00:21:22,087 --> 00:21:24,890
to compete against
four other countries --
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00:21:24,890 --> 00:21:29,154
Spain, France, Denmark,
and Italy -- and then us.
434
00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:30,696
Scared as can be
to go over there
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00:21:30,696 --> 00:21:33,228
and compete
against the big boys.
436
00:21:33,228 --> 00:21:36,231
My father, he was the one that
was driving this competition,
437
00:21:36,231 --> 00:21:38,233
wanting to compete.
438
00:21:38,233 --> 00:21:41,837
Finally, Dad was able
to convince my grandmother,
439
00:21:41,837 --> 00:21:44,169
because she was the one
that really made the decision,
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00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:46,872
for us to take the chance
and go over there.
441
00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,614
Then we put all
of our efforts to it.
442
00:21:48,614 --> 00:21:51,176
We went over there
and won the competition.
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00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:54,550
[ Cheers and applause ]
444
00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:57,222
So this is the medal that
we actually were presented
445
00:21:57,222 --> 00:22:00,255
in Monte Carlo
when we won the --
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00:22:00,255 --> 00:22:04,129
what would be equivalent
of the Olympics of fireworks.
447
00:22:04,129 --> 00:22:08,734
This medal, as important
as this was to us,
448
00:22:08,734 --> 00:22:11,166
we put this in the casket
with my father,
449
00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:13,939
so we, uh...
450
00:22:13,939 --> 00:22:15,571
you know, we put --
451
00:22:15,571 --> 00:22:19,805
we...let him stay
with the medal.
452
00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:26,151
-This is a 6-inch firework,
we call it.
453
00:22:26,151 --> 00:22:28,253
It´s 6 inches in diameter.
454
00:22:28,253 --> 00:22:30,956
That´s how you measure
a firework, never by the length.
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00:22:30,956 --> 00:22:34,620
-In 1983, we had the highest
and the lowest year
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in the history of our family.
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00:22:36,161 --> 00:22:40,966
♫♫
458
00:22:40,966 --> 00:22:42,868
We just finished producing
459
00:22:42,868 --> 00:22:44,900
the centennial
of the Brooklyn Bridge.
460
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:48,273
[ Patriotic music plays ]
461
00:22:48,273 --> 00:22:50,275
-Happy Birthday,
Brooklyn Bridge.
462
00:22:50,275 --> 00:22:52,177
Thanks
to the Felix Grucci family,
463
00:22:52,177 --> 00:22:53,679
we were dazzled this week
464
00:22:53,679 --> 00:22:55,981
by the most spectacular
fireworks display
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00:22:55,981 --> 00:22:57,242
this city has ever seen.
466
00:22:57,242 --> 00:22:59,244
-I was in my first year
of college.
467
00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:01,086
I´ve got a beautiful picture.
468
00:23:01,086 --> 00:23:03,348
I´m on the top of the Brooklyn
Bridge on one of the towers,
469
00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:05,721
and you see the necklace
of the Brooklyn Bridge
470
00:23:05,721 --> 00:23:07,392
and the roadway below it.
471
00:23:07,392 --> 00:23:10,656
It´s one of my favorite pictures
of just, like, back in the day.
472
00:23:10,656 --> 00:23:14,129
-It took 6 days and 28 men
to rig the 9 launching sites
473
00:23:14,129 --> 00:23:16,131
from which the shells
were fired electronically
474
00:23:16,131 --> 00:23:18,033
on preset music cues.
475
00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:19,705
-That was something
that was spectacular.
476
00:23:19,705 --> 00:23:21,937
It set the benchmark up
as high as it could be.
477
00:23:21,937 --> 00:23:24,940
-There were swimming fishes
darting over the East River,
478
00:23:24,940 --> 00:23:26,371
bursts of golden palm trees,
479
00:23:26,371 --> 00:23:28,814
chrysanthemums spreading
hundreds of feet
480
00:23:28,814 --> 00:23:30,215
from shore to shore.
481
00:23:30,215 --> 00:23:34,920
[ "The Stars and Stripes
Forever" playing ]
482
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,882
-When they write
about the celebration
483
00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,384
in the history books,
they´re gonna write about Grucci
484
00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:42,688
doing this mammoth
firework show
485
00:23:42,688 --> 00:23:45,430
to exceed
what was done for the opening.
486
00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:47,062
And that, in itself,
is a feat that --
487
00:23:47,062 --> 00:23:49,094
that we´re gonna be
real proud of.
488
00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,036
[ "The Stars and Stripes
Forever" continues ]
489
00:23:55,971 --> 00:23:59,705
[ Somber music playing ]
490
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:02,177
-And then in November,
491
00:24:02,177 --> 00:24:03,879
we had an explosion
in our factory
492
00:24:03,879 --> 00:24:05,080
right here in Bellport.
493
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,012
[ Explosions ]
494
00:24:10,255 --> 00:24:12,888
-Several explosions
in the Grucci compound
495
00:24:12,888 --> 00:24:15,160
rock the Long Island
neighborhood this morning,
496
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,123
damaging over 75 nearby homes.
497
00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:20,265
-Because the facility
was so small,
498
00:24:20,265 --> 00:24:22,868
it basically went through
the entire facility.
499
00:24:22,868 --> 00:24:24,399
-There were people running
out of their homes
500
00:24:24,399 --> 00:24:26,201
with blood coming down.
501
00:24:26,201 --> 00:24:27,402
Windows just blown out.
502
00:24:27,402 --> 00:24:31,106
It was just a terrible sight
to view.
503
00:24:31,106 --> 00:24:33,378
-We believe it was
chemically related
504
00:24:33,378 --> 00:24:36,041
based on a formulation
that we were working with
505
00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:38,714
at the time that was
drying in the buildings.
506
00:24:38,714 --> 00:24:43,118
-officials estimate that as many
as 75 to 100 houses in the area
507
00:24:43,118 --> 00:24:47,052
were so badly damaged that their
residents had to be evacuated.
508
00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:50,155
-24 others, most of them
area residents, were injured.
509
00:24:51,897 --> 00:24:55,501
-We lost my dad and my cousin,
the family.
510
00:24:55,501 --> 00:24:58,203
Totally leveled everything.
We lost everything.
511
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,242
-My dad and my cousin,
it was on a Saturday.
512
00:25:07,242 --> 00:25:09,515
And they were outside
of the building.
513
00:25:09,515 --> 00:25:11,346
That´s what hurts even more.
514
00:25:11,346 --> 00:25:14,850
It wasn´t a, you know, human
error or something like that.
515
00:25:16,321 --> 00:25:18,483
They were that close to being
off the facility
516
00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:20,325
when this took place.
517
00:25:20,325 --> 00:25:22,287
And it destroyed us.
518
00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:23,989
We were cut short.
519
00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:26,491
I was 19 years old
when we had the explosion.
520
00:25:26,491 --> 00:25:28,834
So I was just getting
into the time
521
00:25:28,834 --> 00:25:31,537
where I would´ve enjoyed
working with my dad
522
00:25:31,537 --> 00:25:34,800
side by side,
going out on many shows.
523
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,141
-It´s not known yet
524
00:25:36,141 --> 00:25:39,004
if Grucci Fireworks
will ever be seen again.
525
00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:41,146
-We had no business,
we had no inventory.
526
00:25:41,146 --> 00:25:44,479
We obviously lost
two members of the family.
527
00:25:44,479 --> 00:25:48,053
And I remember it
like it was yesterday --
528
00:25:48,053 --> 00:25:50,385
sitting around the table
529
00:25:50,385 --> 00:25:52,558
and then determining
what we´re gonna do.
530
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,263
So we´re, uh...
531
00:25:58,263 --> 00:26:00,496
if it wasn´t for the strength
of the family...
532
00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,931
I´m sorry.
533
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:08,373
If it wasn´t for the strength
of the family
534
00:26:08,373 --> 00:26:12,538
and the people,
the employees that we had,
535
00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:16,842
we would´ve never had decided
to keep going forward.
536
00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:20,516
-My sister and myself
and the rest of my family,
537
00:26:20,516 --> 00:26:22,417
we sat around that same table
538
00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:25,851
where there was many joyous
Sunday afternoon dinners.
539
00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:27,993
We found ourselves huddled
around that same table,
540
00:26:27,993 --> 00:26:29,394
having to make some of the --
541
00:26:29,394 --> 00:26:31,256
probably the toughest
decisions of our life,
542
00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,529
whether or not we were gonna
stay in the business,
543
00:26:33,529 --> 00:26:35,400
should we get out.
544
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,904
-To be completely transparent,
we´ve had bankruptcy attorneys
545
00:26:38,904 --> 00:26:41,266
at my grandmother´s house
around the table
546
00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:43,168
when all of that happened,
saying,
547
00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:46,612
"How are we gonna afford
to pay the bankruptcy attorneys
548
00:26:46,612 --> 00:26:50,215
to go into bankruptcy, never
mind go through bankruptcy?"
549
00:26:50,215 --> 00:26:53,979
-The answers all came back
to the same point.
550
00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:56,151
If we´re going to get out
of the business,
551
00:26:56,151 --> 00:26:59,224
it can´t be left
on that negative of a mark.
552
00:26:59,224 --> 00:27:02,027
We can´t be remembered
for the catastrophe,
553
00:27:02,027 --> 00:27:04,429
for the explosion,
for the deaths.
554
00:27:04,429 --> 00:27:09,134
-So my answer was very clear --
"We need to go forward."
555
00:27:09,134 --> 00:27:16,942
♫♫
556
00:27:16,942 --> 00:27:19,444
We all made the decision,
and it was all heads down
557
00:27:19,444 --> 00:27:23,078
and working out of a garage,
you know, for two winters.
558
00:27:24,980 --> 00:27:28,584
-It was one of those moments
that you either band together,
559
00:27:28,584 --> 00:27:31,386
have each other´s back and
support each other through it,
560
00:27:31,386 --> 00:27:34,289
or you fall apart
and we´re still here.
561
00:27:36,662 --> 00:27:39,224
-I think he would be
very pleased to see
562
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,466
what has happened
and where we are.
563
00:27:41,466 --> 00:27:47,933
♫♫
564
00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:49,675
The first program after that,
565
00:27:49,675 --> 00:27:52,938
we were called by Steve Wynn
out in Las Vegas.
566
00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:58,684
He said, "Hey, I want you
to come out and do my opening."
567
00:27:58,684 --> 00:28:01,246
And my brother and myself
got in a U-Haul truck
568
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,949
and drove from New York
all the way out to Las Vegas,
569
00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:05,190
through the Mojave Desert,
570
00:28:05,190 --> 00:28:08,494
breaking down five times
getting there.
571
00:28:08,494 --> 00:28:11,957
And we produced this major
performance in Las Vegas,
572
00:28:11,957 --> 00:28:15,000
which basically put our flag
in the Las Vegas market,
573
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,362
which is our
second-biggest market.
574
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:20,305
[ Fireworks exploding ]
575
00:28:20,305 --> 00:28:23,068
And then multiple
presidential inaugurations.
576
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:24,469
President Bush...
577
00:28:26,942 --> 00:28:28,614
...then President Clinton...
578
00:28:30,516 --> 00:28:31,947
...President Trump.
579
00:28:34,550 --> 00:28:37,222
And then I was commissioned
as the lead designer
580
00:28:37,222 --> 00:28:40,485
for all of the fireworks
in the 2008 Olympics in China,
581
00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:42,457
the birthplace of black powder.
582
00:28:42,457 --> 00:28:44,229
It was a big moment
in my personal career
583
00:28:44,229 --> 00:28:45,561
as well as in our family´s.
584
00:28:45,561 --> 00:28:49,194
-What a stunning,
stunning achievement.
585
00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:52,037
-We´re being invited back now
to the Middle East.
586
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:55,300
So it´s an exciting time.
587
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,002
But, you know,
the clock doesn´t stop.
588
00:28:57,002 --> 00:28:58,273
The clock keeps ticking.
589
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:05,180
-Fireworks still capture
the imagination of Americans,
590
00:29:05,180 --> 00:29:07,513
and especially
for the 4th of July.
591
00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:09,314
It´s a tradition that goes back
592
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:12,658
to the very first
Independence Day.
593
00:29:12,658 --> 00:29:17,322
On July 3, 1776,
you have John Adams,
594
00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:19,224
who eventually becomes
the second president
595
00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:21,697
of the United States,
write a letter to his wife,
596
00:29:21,697 --> 00:29:25,771
Abigail, saying that
the first independence
597
00:29:25,771 --> 00:29:28,534
of the colonies from the British
should be celebrated
598
00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:31,306
with bonfires and illuminations.
599
00:29:31,306 --> 00:29:33,438
And by this, he means fireworks.
600
00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:39,414
And it was, in fact,
celebrated with fireworks
601
00:29:39,414 --> 00:29:41,116
all throughout the colonies
602
00:29:41,116 --> 00:29:45,150
and has become a major staple
of July 4th celebrations
603
00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,192
all throughout
the country since then.
604
00:29:54,029 --> 00:29:57,032
-Long story short, what they´ll
accept are these 8-inch grids.
605
00:29:57,032 --> 00:30:00,706
-This is the third round
in the kitchen for breakfast.
606
00:30:00,706 --> 00:30:02,467
-What time is it now?
-3:00.
607
00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:03,739
-Yeah, we gotta be there
by 5:00.
608
00:30:03,739 --> 00:30:05,440
What does it say,
an hour to get there?
609
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,742
That´s fine.
610
00:30:06,742 --> 00:30:08,173
-Well, 56 minutes.
-With traffic and...
611
00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:09,414
-Aha.
612
00:30:09,414 --> 00:30:12,417
-Aha, aha.
613
00:30:12,417 --> 00:30:14,049
-Where are you going?
You going home?
614
00:30:14,049 --> 00:30:15,821
-We´re going to
a fireworks show.
615
00:30:15,821 --> 00:30:18,423
-Oh, fireworks?!
-You want to come?
616
00:30:18,423 --> 00:30:19,755
-You want to throw that in,
Lauren, that thing?
617
00:30:19,755 --> 00:30:22,528
Just in case you want
to walk around?
618
00:30:22,528 --> 00:30:24,359
-No, I have a stroller.
619
00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:28,534
♫♫
620
00:30:28,534 --> 00:30:32,097
-It´s July 1st. It´s the start
of the 4th of July weekend.
621
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:33,368
Yeah, load it up.
622
00:30:33,368 --> 00:30:35,240
Little Phelim is there,
ready to go.
623
00:30:37,142 --> 00:30:40,345
It´ll be our first sight to
see how he reacts to fireworks.
624
00:30:40,345 --> 00:30:48,453
♫♫
625
00:30:48,453 --> 00:30:50,115
See you later, buddy.
[ Smooches ] Alright?
626
00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:52,558
You feel better?
You got a little rest?
627
00:30:57,122 --> 00:30:58,423
How you doing, man?
You all ready to go?
628
00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:00,095
-I´m ready.
629
00:31:00,095 --> 00:31:03,228
-Copy that. All of you,
use your...
630
00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:05,330
Radio should be on Channel 2
right now.
631
00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:06,672
-Yes, it is.
-Who´s doing aerials?
632
00:31:06,672 --> 00:31:08,804
-Kim is doing aerials.
633
00:31:08,804 --> 00:31:10,876
-There´s a lot of pressure when
you go on one of these programs.
634
00:31:10,876 --> 00:31:12,608
Thank you.
635
00:31:12,608 --> 00:31:15,410
You have the safety aspect
that weighs heavily on you
636
00:31:15,410 --> 00:31:17,683
and then you got
the entertainment aspect
637
00:31:17,683 --> 00:31:21,146
to please the client,
please the audience,
638
00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:23,819
and do it all safely.
639
00:31:23,819 --> 00:31:27,222
-Phil´s grandmother,
a.k.a. Nanny --
640
00:31:27,222 --> 00:31:30,395
-Nanny.
-Nanny. Her name was Concetta --
641
00:31:30,395 --> 00:31:32,728
would sit in the command center.
642
00:31:32,728 --> 00:31:35,901
And during the program,
she did the entire rosary
643
00:31:35,901 --> 00:31:38,433
and she would just continue
doing the rosary
644
00:31:38,433 --> 00:31:40,165
until it was over.
645
00:31:40,165 --> 00:31:42,237
-She would go down --
-...see her sitting there
646
00:31:42,237 --> 00:31:44,369
and the rosaries
would just start moving faster
647
00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:45,771
and faster and faster-
648
00:31:45,771 --> 00:31:47,613
-Like a chain saw,
it was going so fast.
649
00:31:47,613 --> 00:31:51,416
-[Laughing]
Because she was so nervous.
650
00:31:51,416 --> 00:31:53,849
The main thing that worries me
651
00:31:53,849 --> 00:31:57,452
was all the work
and time and energy
652
00:31:57,452 --> 00:31:59,424
that goes into these programs...
653
00:31:59,424 --> 00:32:02,788
[ Indistinct conversations ]
654
00:32:02,788 --> 00:32:06,491
...that when they go
to start that computer,
655
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:08,834
that computer doesn´t run
656
00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:12,768
or something will not start
when it´s supposed to start.
657
00:32:12,768 --> 00:32:14,399
[ Indistinct conversations ]
658
00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,502
-So we´re gonna have you
right over at that corner.
659
00:32:16,502 --> 00:32:18,273
Right there.
-Alright.
660
00:32:18,273 --> 00:32:20,175
We´re about three and a half,
four hours from showtime.
661
00:32:20,175 --> 00:32:21,707
The sun is starting to set.
662
00:32:21,707 --> 00:32:24,349
-You can square off
to me a little, yeah.
663
00:32:24,349 --> 00:32:26,612
-My stomach right now
is starting to churn a bit.
664
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,514
You know, you got
the preshow jitters.
665
00:32:28,514 --> 00:32:32,217
-I am here with Phil Grucci,
CEO of Fireworks By Grucci.
666
00:32:32,217 --> 00:32:34,389
They are the first family
of fireworks,
667
00:32:34,389 --> 00:32:36,892
and there are 20,000 people
here to see your display.
668
00:32:36,892 --> 00:32:38,393
-They are. They´re here.
They´re waiting.
669
00:32:38,393 --> 00:32:40,225
They´ve been here
for a few hours now.
670
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:43,328
There is a series of things
that could go wrong.
671
00:32:43,328 --> 00:32:46,502
[ Indistinct speaking
over radio ]
672
00:32:46,502 --> 00:32:47,903
-Copy.
673
00:32:47,903 --> 00:32:50,275
-And we have a protocol
and a checklist
674
00:32:50,275 --> 00:32:53,478
on what to do if this happens,
what to do if that happens.
675
00:32:53,478 --> 00:32:56,812
-Timecode is going.
676
00:32:56,812 --> 00:32:59,885
-We don´t get a dress rehearsal.
677
00:32:59,885 --> 00:33:01,346
If something fails then,
678
00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:03,519
not only are you
disappointing yourself,
679
00:33:03,519 --> 00:33:05,891
you´re disappointing
everybody in that crowd.
680
00:33:09,294 --> 00:33:11,897
-Thank you very much.
Let´s hear it, Nassau County!
681
00:33:11,897 --> 00:33:15,831
We are [indistinct]
682
00:33:15,831 --> 00:33:19,404
We have over 20,000 people
here tonight
683
00:33:19,404 --> 00:33:20,936
for the Grucci fireworks.
684
00:33:20,936 --> 00:33:23,539
[ Cheers and applause ]
685
00:33:23,539 --> 00:33:25,340
-Good evening.
686
00:33:25,340 --> 00:33:29,344
The New 104.7 WHLI
687
00:33:29,344 --> 00:33:32,417
is live here at Eisenhower Park
at East Meadow
688
00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:35,551
to celebrate America...
689
00:33:38,423 --> 00:33:40,255
It´s time to celebrate.
690
00:33:41,827 --> 00:33:44,660
Let´s all count down together.
691
00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:48,534
10, 9, 8, 7,
692
00:33:48,534 --> 00:33:54,399
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
693
00:34:00,275 --> 00:34:02,307
-It´s time to celebrate.
694
00:34:03,979 --> 00:34:06,381
Let´s all count down together.
695
00:34:06,381 --> 00:34:09,054
10, 9, 8...
696
00:34:09,054 --> 00:34:10,856
-The audience is hearing
the narration
697
00:34:10,856 --> 00:34:12,317
that led up to the show.
698
00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:16,562
-...5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
699
00:34:18,694 --> 00:34:20,465
-But when the countdown
got to zero,
700
00:34:20,465 --> 00:34:22,297
there were no fireworks
launching because the timecode
701
00:34:22,297 --> 00:34:25,300
is what drives our computers
to fire the fireworks.
702
00:34:26,331 --> 00:34:28,333
-I know.
703
00:34:28,333 --> 00:34:31,036
Alright, so what´s the best way
to go about this now?
704
00:34:31,036 --> 00:34:33,478
-You´re always running through
your mind what could go wrong
705
00:34:33,478 --> 00:34:36,441
and what do you do
when it goes wrong?
706
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:38,784
-If there´s any type
of technical issue,
707
00:34:38,784 --> 00:34:40,816
it´s always a little
nerve-wracking.
708
00:34:40,816 --> 00:34:43,318
But I just have a lot
of confidence in my dad...
709
00:34:46,692 --> 00:34:48,894
...and the crews that are
out there doing all the work
710
00:34:48,894 --> 00:34:50,996
that like,
"They´ll figure it out."
711
00:34:50,996 --> 00:34:52,457
-Pat, go to channel --
712
00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:55,060
[ Cheers and applause ]
713
00:34:57,402 --> 00:34:58,804
-During the program,
714
00:34:58,804 --> 00:35:00,405
you´re looking at all
the technical aspects
715
00:35:00,405 --> 00:35:02,708
and the safety aspects of it.
716
00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:04,109
But when it´s all over,
717
00:35:04,109 --> 00:35:05,971
and then you hear that roar
of the crowd...
718
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:08,413
[ Explosions ]
719
00:35:08,413 --> 00:35:10,015
[ Cheers and applause ]
720
00:35:10,015 --> 00:35:13,679
...it makes all of that pressure
all worth going through
721
00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,621
time and time again.
722
00:35:15,621 --> 00:35:17,022
[ Fireworks exploding ]
723
00:35:17,022 --> 00:35:23,428
♫♫
724
00:35:23,428 --> 00:35:29,665
♫♫
725
00:35:29,665 --> 00:35:30,996
The number of employees we have
726
00:35:30,996 --> 00:35:32,868
between the two companies
that we have
727
00:35:32,868 --> 00:35:35,400
all total is over 400.
728
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,673
Fireworks By Grucci
is the entertainment company.
729
00:35:37,673 --> 00:35:40,976
Pyrotechnique By Grucci
is the manufacturing firm.
730
00:35:40,976 --> 00:35:43,749
Every day when Christopher
and that staff
731
00:35:43,749 --> 00:35:46,111
that goes into that facility,
732
00:35:46,111 --> 00:35:48,453
you´re hoping that
they follow the procedures
733
00:35:48,453 --> 00:35:49,815
because they´re working
with explosives.
734
00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:51,987
They´re not manufacturing
sneakers.
735
00:35:51,987 --> 00:35:53,789
Hence the hairline
that I have here.
736
00:35:53,789 --> 00:35:55,521
[ Both laughing ]
737
00:35:57,663 --> 00:36:00,025
-In a week or two,
I have to go out to Vegas,
738
00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:03,428
so I´m gonna be traveling again
in a couple weeks
739
00:36:03,428 --> 00:36:05,100
and then again for New Year´s.
-Mm-hmm.
740
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:08,634
-I think my earliest memory
of fireworks has to be
741
00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:11,436
when we were out on a beach
somewhere watching a show,
742
00:36:11,436 --> 00:36:15,841
and [laughs] I actually had
to take my socks of--
743
00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:19,685
Or my mom had to take my socks
off and put them in my ears
744
00:36:19,685 --> 00:36:20,986
because when I was younger,
745
00:36:20,986 --> 00:36:22,818
the fireworks actually
used to scare me.
746
00:36:22,818 --> 00:36:25,190
They were too loud for me.
I didn´t like them.
747
00:36:25,190 --> 00:36:28,453
And we had members of the family
and friends being like,
748
00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:31,997
"Ah, look, the youngest Grucci
with socks in his ears
749
00:36:31,997 --> 00:36:33,559
because he´s scared
of fireworks."
750
00:36:33,559 --> 00:36:37,102
But, obviously,
I grew out of it.
751
00:36:37,102 --> 00:36:40,035
-Most of the business that
Pyrotechnique By Grucci does
752
00:36:40,035 --> 00:36:43,539
is manufacturing, uh,
with government contracts.
753
00:36:43,539 --> 00:36:47,973
-Our company has a long history
with supplying our soldiers
754
00:36:47,973 --> 00:36:50,816
with training devices,
primarily.
755
00:36:50,816 --> 00:36:54,149
It started with my grandfather,
back during the Korean War.
756
00:36:54,149 --> 00:36:56,481
He was commissioned
by the Navy to build
757
00:36:56,481 --> 00:36:58,453
a atomic-bomb simulator.
758
00:37:00,526 --> 00:37:03,128
-This is the simulator
my family made.
759
00:37:03,128 --> 00:37:04,790
It was a big explosion.
760
00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:07,533
It meant to simulate
the mushroom cloud
761
00:37:07,533 --> 00:37:11,937
that you would see when
a nuclear bomb were to go off.
762
00:37:11,937 --> 00:37:15,641
And it was to help with
training purposes for timings
763
00:37:15,641 --> 00:37:18,574
and "When this is happening,
this is how you react."
764
00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:24,009
-In 1997,
I was saying to myself,
765
00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:26,211
"We have to diversify
our company."
766
00:37:26,211 --> 00:37:28,684
Because we´re totally locked
into entertainment.
767
00:37:28,684 --> 00:37:30,215
If there was ever
anything that happened
768
00:37:30,215 --> 00:37:34,119
on the entertainment side,
the economy takes a crash,
769
00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:36,762
we have to diversify
to support ourselves.
770
00:37:36,762 --> 00:37:41,226
Sure enough,
unfortunately, we had 9/11.
771
00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:43,899
And who was celebrating?
772
00:37:43,899 --> 00:37:45,731
And then COVID came along...
773
00:37:45,731 --> 00:37:48,233
-It´s now officially declared
a global health emergency.
774
00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:50,506
-...no outdoor entertainment
again.
775
00:37:50,506 --> 00:37:52,107
-...triggering
a new closure culture.
776
00:37:52,107 --> 00:37:54,039
-March Madness games
are on hold.
777
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:56,582
-The lights have gone out
on Broadway.
778
00:37:56,582 --> 00:38:00,546
-We ended up having maybe
6 shows that 4th of July.
779
00:38:00,546 --> 00:38:02,948
-A Fourth of July holiday
like no other.
780
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:06,191
-The vast majority of parades
and firework shows are canceled.
781
00:38:06,191 --> 00:38:09,695
-To go from 40 to 60 down to 6
for one Fourth of July
782
00:38:09,695 --> 00:38:10,956
is just --
783
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:12,928
I´ve never seen
anything like that.
784
00:38:12,928 --> 00:38:15,931
Then New Year´s came,
785
00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:17,803
and there was no shows
for the New Year´s.
786
00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,107
And that´s when we offered
everyone the chance
787
00:38:22,107 --> 00:38:25,310
to go down to Virginia to work
on the manufacturing plant
788
00:38:25,310 --> 00:38:26,872
because that plant
was running the whole time
789
00:38:26,872 --> 00:38:29,314
´cause it was
an essential business.
790
00:38:29,314 --> 00:38:31,246
Having that side,
the military side,
791
00:38:31,246 --> 00:38:34,980
being able to keep functioning
even through the pandemic
792
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:36,622
kept everyone on board
793
00:38:36,622 --> 00:38:38,684
and kept everyone having
an income during that time
794
00:38:38,684 --> 00:38:40,656
when a lot of people
lost theirs.
795
00:38:41,957 --> 00:38:44,289
Winnie. [ Whistles ]
Hey, come here.
796
00:38:44,289 --> 00:38:46,191
-Come here.
-Here she comes.
797
00:38:46,191 --> 00:38:48,263
Come on, Winnie.
-Winnie, come here.
798
00:38:48,263 --> 00:38:51,797
-I just got married to Lemonia
a couple weeks ago.
799
00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:54,169
-Hi, girl!
800
00:38:54,169 --> 00:38:55,941
One of the first times
we hung out,
801
00:38:55,941 --> 00:38:57,743
my arms got tired
802
00:38:57,743 --> 00:38:59,845
and I made you row
the whole way back.
803
00:38:59,845 --> 00:39:01,276
-I don´t remember that.
-Yeah.
804
00:39:01,276 --> 00:39:03,208
-It sounds like you, though.
805
00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:04,750
We´ve been together for a while,
806
00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:07,753
but finally made it
government official.
807
00:39:07,753 --> 00:39:10,355
[ Cheers and applause ]
808
00:39:12,157 --> 00:39:15,220
-This is my favorite memory
of our wedding.
809
00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:19,665
It was our first look
that we did before our ceremony.
810
00:39:19,665 --> 00:39:25,330
The fireworks were the very
finale of the wedding night.
811
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:28,333
[ Cheers and applause ]
812
00:39:28,333 --> 00:39:33,779
And it just meant so much
that it came from him
813
00:39:33,779 --> 00:39:36,111
that was so meaningful.
814
00:39:46,692 --> 00:39:49,254
-Hey, Siri, call Corey Grucci,
mobile.
815
00:39:52,197 --> 00:39:53,899
Hey, Corey.
-Hey, how are you?
816
00:39:53,899 --> 00:39:55,360
-Good. You´re here, right?
On property?
817
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,202
-Yeah.
-Yeah, why don´t you come over?
818
00:39:57,202 --> 00:39:59,905
Alright? Bye-bye.
819
00:39:59,905 --> 00:40:03,238
We´re working on a program right
now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
820
00:40:03,238 --> 00:40:06,041
for the World Tourism
and Trade Commission.
821
00:40:06,041 --> 00:40:09,114
It´s a big convention
that´s gonna happen.
822
00:40:09,114 --> 00:40:12,077
Over here,
Mohammed bin Salman,
823
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:13,849
which is the Crown Prince
of Saudi Arabia,
824
00:40:13,849 --> 00:40:16,351
will be sitting here
with a very keen eye,
825
00:40:16,351 --> 00:40:20,225
looking at us put explosives
on their most important
826
00:40:20,225 --> 00:40:23,058
historical facility
in their country.
827
00:40:23,058 --> 00:40:25,390
So that ratchets
everything up another level
828
00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:28,794
when it comes to the pressures
when you´re pushing the button.
829
00:40:32,267 --> 00:40:37,673
-Fireworks were very limited
in color for the longest time.
830
00:40:39,174 --> 00:40:42,247
Up until the beginning
of the 19th century,
831
00:40:42,247 --> 00:40:46,752
for the most part, they were
orange or this amber-like color.
832
00:40:46,752 --> 00:40:49,715
It´s not until the beginning
of the 19th century
833
00:40:49,715 --> 00:40:52,818
that you see
the brilliant colors
834
00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:55,360
that we´ve come to associate
with fireworks today.
835
00:40:58,123 --> 00:41:01,396
And that´s because
instead of potassium nitrate,
836
00:41:01,396 --> 00:41:03,098
they switched over
837
00:41:03,098 --> 00:41:07,372
to a very unstable compound,
potassium chlorate.
838
00:41:07,372 --> 00:41:09,034
-♫ Like a chandelier ♫
839
00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:10,706
♫ Grateful just
to have me here ♫
840
00:41:10,706 --> 00:41:12,137
-And, depending
on the metal salt,
841
00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:14,780
you would get a different color.
842
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:20,185
So, for example, if you used
copper filings in your recipe,
843
00:41:20,185 --> 00:41:24,990
you would get this green color
and the potassium chlorate
844
00:41:24,990 --> 00:41:28,293
would make that an even
more brilliant green color.
845
00:41:28,293 --> 00:41:33,358
♫♫
846
00:41:33,358 --> 00:41:38,403
♫♫
847
00:41:38,403 --> 00:41:40,435
-How you doing, man?
848
00:41:40,435 --> 00:41:42,137
Getting ready for a good show?
849
00:41:44,510 --> 00:41:47,042
This show started
about four months ago,
850
00:41:47,042 --> 00:41:49,314
believe it or not --
a very short timeline.
851
00:41:49,314 --> 00:41:51,376
Let´s have you look
at that one, right?
852
00:41:51,376 --> 00:41:52,948
The other one I´m okay with.
853
00:41:52,948 --> 00:41:54,920
Look at this one.
854
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,252
What if that thing fires
into those objects?
855
00:41:57,252 --> 00:41:59,084
What makes this program
also very unique,
856
00:41:59,084 --> 00:42:03,829
it´s a UNESCO site, so it´s
a Heritage significant facility.
857
00:42:03,829 --> 00:42:06,061
Alright, next.
858
00:42:06,061 --> 00:42:08,093
It´s a very sensitive location,
859
00:42:08,093 --> 00:42:10,165
multiple hundreds
of years old
860
00:42:10,165 --> 00:42:11,997
and a very sensitive spot.
861
00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:16,301
And we´re gonna be putting
pyrotechnics on this structure.
862
00:42:16,301 --> 00:42:19,204
Got that helmet on still, huh?
863
00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:21,777
We have over 100
pyrotechnicians,
864
00:42:21,777 --> 00:42:25,951
electricians, sound technicians,
other designers.
865
00:42:25,951 --> 00:42:28,253
We´re flying drones
with pyrotechnics on it.
866
00:42:28,253 --> 00:42:29,915
We have lasers
and we have lights
867
00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:33,288
and we have pyrotechnics
and fireworks.
868
00:42:33,288 --> 00:42:36,121
Looks pretty impressive,
doesn´t it?
869
00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:38,023
No, it´s gonna be good.
-Your team is the best.
870
00:42:41,827 --> 00:42:44,099
-The emotions
that go through all of us
871
00:42:44,099 --> 00:42:48,904
as we prepare
for these types of programs,
872
00:42:48,904 --> 00:42:50,506
we really have to focus
on the stage.
873
00:42:50,506 --> 00:42:53,338
How do we bring
this building to life?
874
00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:55,511
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
875
00:42:55,511 --> 00:42:59,314
All of those little fine details
on top of the design,
876
00:42:59,314 --> 00:43:01,116
what could we do different
on this program?
877
00:43:01,116 --> 00:43:03,118
What could we do
that´s utilizing
878
00:43:03,118 --> 00:43:04,850
our new technology of drones,
879
00:43:04,850 --> 00:43:06,291
integrating that
into the program?
880
00:43:06,291 --> 00:43:09,454
So the emotions are --
are wildly different
881
00:43:09,454 --> 00:43:15,060
from intimidation, fear,
excitement, pressure.
882
00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:16,602
There´s a lot of pressure to --
883
00:43:16,602 --> 00:43:19,505
´Cause we can´t ask for
another week if we´re not ready.
884
00:43:19,505 --> 00:43:21,106
The show is gonna start.
885
00:43:21,106 --> 00:43:22,508
-Huh?
-The show´s gonna start...
886
00:43:22,508 --> 00:43:24,069
-[ Speaks indistinctly ]
887
00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:29,845
♫♫
888
00:43:29,845 --> 00:43:31,446
-Good luck, my friend.
-Good luck.
889
00:43:31,446 --> 00:43:37,953
♫♫
890
00:43:37,953 --> 00:43:44,259
♫♫
891
00:43:44,259 --> 00:43:50,566
♫♫
892
00:43:50,566 --> 00:43:52,437
-We worked so hard at it.
893
00:43:52,437 --> 00:43:55,070
Every night,
we were rehearsing,
894
00:43:55,070 --> 00:43:57,472
making tweaks
and cutting things out.
895
00:43:57,472 --> 00:44:04,249
♫♫
896
00:44:04,249 --> 00:44:11,056
♫♫
897
00:44:11,056 --> 00:44:13,358
We don´t let technology
drive the design.
898
00:44:13,358 --> 00:44:16,662
It´s the other way around.
899
00:44:16,662 --> 00:44:19,124
The design is driving
the technology.
900
00:44:19,124 --> 00:44:21,066
Continuing using
our imagination,
901
00:44:21,066 --> 00:44:23,268
we´re gonna continue
to drive that design.
902
00:44:27,132 --> 00:44:29,474
I think we were very successful.
903
00:44:29,474 --> 00:44:30,676
We had a great team.
904
00:44:30,676 --> 00:44:32,638
[ Fireworks exploding ]
905
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,041
[ Cheers and applause ]
906
00:44:36,041 --> 00:44:37,613
Nice job.
907
00:44:37,683 --> 00:44:40,916
Nice job.
908
00:44:40,916 --> 00:44:43,418
You did a fantastic job.
You were ready to go.
909
00:44:43,418 --> 00:44:44,990
It was a smooth performance.
910
00:44:47,392 --> 00:44:52,528
♫♫
911
00:44:52,528 --> 00:44:57,663
♫♫
912
00:44:57,663 --> 00:45:01,166
-The fireworks aspect
of our family
913
00:45:01,166 --> 00:45:03,709
has always been
a roller-coaster ride,
914
00:45:03,709 --> 00:45:06,712
as any entertainment
business is.
915
00:45:06,712 --> 00:45:09,344
You have one year,
it could be a great year
916
00:45:09,344 --> 00:45:11,647
and you´re living off of caviar.
917
00:45:11,647 --> 00:45:13,348
And the next year,
918
00:45:13,348 --> 00:45:16,351
you´re having meetings
with bankruptcy attorneys.
919
00:45:16,351 --> 00:45:19,585
But the true testament
behind this family
920
00:45:19,585 --> 00:45:23,659
has always been the strength
to move forward
921
00:45:23,659 --> 00:45:27,192
and to find a way
to make it happen.
922
00:45:27,192 --> 00:45:29,334
-Everyone who is
part of the family
923
00:45:29,334 --> 00:45:33,999
and working with the company
wants to be involved.
924
00:45:33,999 --> 00:45:36,371
-It´s part of the job.
I´m gonna be going away a lot.
925
00:45:36,371 --> 00:45:38,544
-It´s not just part of the job.
It´s just...
926
00:45:38,544 --> 00:45:40,005
-Part of the family.
927
00:45:40,005 --> 00:45:41,446
-Yeah.
That´s just how the family is.
928
00:45:41,446 --> 00:45:43,509
The secret ingredient
that´s kept us together
929
00:45:43,509 --> 00:45:46,211
and going for six generations
is the choice.
930
00:45:50,115 --> 00:45:52,257
-We may have to scratch
the set pieces
931
00:45:52,257 --> 00:45:54,289
because they´re requiring
75 feet.
932
00:45:54,289 --> 00:45:56,692
So we´re trying.
933
00:45:56,692 --> 00:46:00,265
-My dad -- the passion that
he has for the company --
934
00:46:00,265 --> 00:46:02,067
I´ve never seen
anything like it.
935
00:46:02,067 --> 00:46:03,298
-So drones --
936
00:46:03,298 --> 00:46:05,370
So we´re not gonna ship them
to Dubai.
937
00:46:05,370 --> 00:46:07,132
-Right. He knows that, yeah.
938
00:46:07,132 --> 00:46:09,174
-I´m convinced at this point
939
00:46:09,174 --> 00:46:12,538
that retirement phase
will never really happen.
940
00:46:12,538 --> 00:46:14,540
-Okay. Alright.
941
00:46:14,540 --> 00:46:16,782
-The succession is on paper...
942
00:46:16,782 --> 00:46:18,784
[ Inhales ]
943
00:46:18,784 --> 00:46:21,547
...but that paper´s
in the cloud.
944
00:46:21,547 --> 00:46:23,218
-Okay. Thank you.
945
00:46:23,218 --> 00:46:25,050
-I personally don´t think
he´ll ever completely
946
00:46:25,050 --> 00:46:27,623
be uninvolved with the company.
947
00:46:27,623 --> 00:46:30,295
-Got a kind of funny
10-year plan
948
00:46:30,295 --> 00:46:32,758
that´s 15,
16 years old right now
949
00:46:32,758 --> 00:46:36,401
that in 10 years, we would be
moving into that retirement age.
950
00:46:36,401 --> 00:46:37,663
Be there in two minutes.
951
00:46:37,663 --> 00:46:39,334
-[ Laughs ]
952
00:46:39,334 --> 00:46:42,137
Um, I think we´re in year 20
of his 10-year plan.
953
00:46:42,137 --> 00:46:44,740
-How can we dress this up
if it´s gonna happen?
954
00:46:44,740 --> 00:46:47,112
Fortunately,
I still love what I do.
955
00:46:47,112 --> 00:46:48,413
You know, I still get up
in the morning
956
00:46:48,413 --> 00:46:50,646
with the energy
and love what I do.
957
00:46:50,646 --> 00:46:57,753
♫♫
958
00:46:57,753 --> 00:47:05,060
♫♫
959
00:47:05,060 --> 00:47:12,167
♫♫
960
00:47:12,167 --> 00:47:15,641
It´s bigger than life.
961
00:47:15,641 --> 00:47:17,442
You´re not looking at e-mails.
962
00:47:17,442 --> 00:47:20,245
All of the troubles
of the world kind of disappear.
963
00:47:20,245 --> 00:47:25,450
♫♫
964
00:47:25,450 --> 00:47:27,252
I´ve watched the audience,
and you could see
965
00:47:27,252 --> 00:47:30,355
a grandfather
sitting with his grandson.
966
00:47:34,259 --> 00:47:38,393
And with the exception of
the wrinkles on the grandfather,
967
00:47:38,393 --> 00:47:40,465
they both have
the same look on their face.
968
00:47:40,465 --> 00:47:43,328
You know, the eyes are wide
open, the mouth is open.
969
00:47:46,401 --> 00:47:48,303
And then hearing the roar
of the audience, you know,
970
00:47:48,303 --> 00:47:50,776
that´s -- that´s somewhat
cliché, but it´s the truth.
971
00:47:52,778 --> 00:47:55,581
-Never did I ever think
972
00:47:55,581 --> 00:47:58,684
that I would end up working
973
00:47:58,684 --> 00:48:02,147
and being a part
of a fireworks family.
974
00:48:02,147 --> 00:48:04,550
So it has just been --
975
00:48:04,550 --> 00:48:09,424
As an outsider coming in,
now an insider --
976
00:48:09,424 --> 00:48:11,296
-33 years,
you´re no longer an outsider.
977
00:48:11,296 --> 00:48:15,531
-Oh, no longer, but I´m so
grateful to be a part of it.
978
00:48:15,531 --> 00:48:18,333
-We´ve got still
a lot more to go, too.
979
00:48:18,333 --> 00:48:19,505
-♫ I won´t break ♫
980
00:48:19,505 --> 00:48:21,607
♫ Oh oh oh oh ♫
981
00:48:21,607 --> 00:48:23,168
♫ I won´t break ♫
982
00:48:23,168 --> 00:48:25,541
♫ My heart´s strong,
I won´t break ♫
983
00:48:27,442 --> 00:48:28,814
♫ I won´t break ♫
984
00:48:28,814 --> 00:48:31,376
♫ My heart´s strong,
I won´t break ♫
985
00:48:31,376 --> 00:48:33,519
-♫ I won´t break,
nah, I can´t break ♫
986
00:48:33,519 --> 00:48:34,850
♫ Waiting to get my chance ♫
987
00:48:34,850 --> 00:48:36,451
♫ I got more
than what it takes ♫
988
00:48:36,451 --> 00:48:38,283
♫ I changed from nothing
to the man I am ♫
989
00:48:38,283 --> 00:48:39,655
♫ Waking up at 9:00 am ♫
990
00:48:39,655 --> 00:48:41,426
♫ Trying to get to see
a better me ♫
991
00:48:41,426 --> 00:48:42,888
♫ Every chance I am ♫
992
00:48:42,888 --> 00:48:44,489
♫ They say,
"Can you just take a break ♫
993
00:48:44,489 --> 00:48:46,331
♫ For your mother´s sake?" ♫
994
00:48:46,331 --> 00:48:48,564
♫ I just want to see her move in
right next to a lake ♫
995
00:48:48,564 --> 00:48:51,166
♫ I might bend and, yeah,
I might shake ♫
996
00:48:51,166 --> 00:48:52,568
♫ But against
the strongest matches ♫
997
00:48:52,568 --> 00:48:53,799
♫ Believe I won´t break ♫
998
00:48:53,799 --> 00:48:55,841
♫ Never break ♫
999
00:48:55,841 --> 00:48:58,604
♫ No matter what they say ♫
1000
00:48:58,604 --> 00:49:01,346
♫ Prepare for what comes
my way ♫
1001
00:49:01,346 --> 00:49:03,949
♫ I got more than
what it takes ♫
1002
00:49:03,949 --> 00:49:06,612
♫ I might bend,
but I cannot break ♫
1003
00:49:08,213 --> 00:49:09,915
♫ I won´t break ♫
1004
00:49:09,915 --> 00:49:12,487
♫ My heart´s strong,
I won´t break ♫
1005
00:49:14,259 --> 00:49:15,821
♫ I won´t break ♫
1006
00:49:15,821 --> 00:49:18,494
♫ My heart´s strong,
I won´t break ♫
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