In this episode Charlie Bruno The Mascot Dude welcomes back his good friend Ryan Mason to the show, This time around Ryan and myself made some big announcements. We talked about Halloween, the early 2000s, Disney, A few new projects.

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Show #9 with legendary mascot performer Robert Boudwin. Robert is about to release his first book The Extraordinary Life Of An Ordinary Man Mascots, Marathons & Mayhem — Twins, Transplants & Tattoos. Which is available now for presale Robert is by far most proud of his 4 children as he parents them as a single dad & always keeps in mind what is most important to him in life, his KIDS! In February, 2022 Robert became a REALTOR® after spending 2 years as the CMO & SVP of Sales of Spear Minerals marketing & selling Real Property Subsurface Minerals Rights & selling out a $3.6M portfolio. As a REALTOR® for JLA Brokerage he sells & buys residential houses for individuals & is partnered with Evermark for Commercial Real Estate needs. In his 1st 9 months he completed 5 transactions for $1.5 Million+ while the average Realtor doesn’t get their 1st client until that long. In the 1st half of 2023 he completed 5 transactions for over $1M (4 buys & 1 sale) & is currently actively working with 6 clients (4 buyers & 2 sellers) with scheduled closing dates. For over two decades Robert Boudwin was better known as Houston Rockets mascot “Clutch the Bear,” which was a character he created in 1995 & soley performed as until July, 2016. In addition to performing at over 2K games and 8K shows for the Rockets across the world in 12 countries, he served as a content creator in the engagement economy helping to build the Rockets brand through in-game experience, event planning & management, grass-roots marketing initiatives, community investment projects, creating an on-line presence & social media strategies widely being recognized as the creative driving force behind the entire Rockets In-Game Experience & Marketing Efforts for over two decades. He was producer/performer of popular school shows reaching over 1.5 million elementary students at over 2,300 shows as well as producing & directing Armed Forces Entertainment Tours military bases in Bosnia, Kosovo & England. Having been a prolific public speaker since 1995 & to this day, in the summer of 2016 Robert opened his own Consulting Practice with the XFL, NCAA, Amazon, TEDx, MENSA, NBA, Menchies, Nekter, U of Houston, HoustonOnTheCheap.com & Sam Houston Race Park being some of his higher profile clients until the Pandemic when his career pivoted to Realtor & Spear Mineral CMO as well as continuing to consult on various marketing & sales projects visible on this site under the consulting tab. Philanthropically he is best known for his work with organ donation awareness having run the Houston 1⁄2 Marathon twice in the full Clutch mascot costume promoting the cause that saved his father’s life & has served on the Corporate Board of Directors for Life Gift 2014-2022 & The Todd Kramptiz Foundation 2015-Present. He resides in Spring, TX with his 2 sets of twins because God cursed…HE MEANS BLESSED HIM & loves to chronicle his single parenting style at his radicaldadding.com! MASCOT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE METRICS -Performed in NBA, MLS, NFL, MLB, NHL & MILB stadiums & arena in almost every state and 12 countries around the world with over 2,000 games performed, 2,300 school shows & 6,000 appearances -HIGHEST 3rd party yearly appearance revenue as Pro Mascot Performer & Brand Manager (4 times average mascot in nation) -147K Facebook Followers (20x average mascot-INTERESTING CONTENT, 5 DAILY POSTS, STRATEGIC TIMING OF POSTS) -Has coached, trained & consulted for over 600 mascots during his 33 year sports entertainment career for performers at every level from 8 years old to folks in their 60’s for organizations from sport to corporations as well as theme parks to non-profits Lets get Social The Joy Of Entertainment: @thejoyofentertaining Instagram/Facebook: TheJoyOfEntertaining Charlie Bruno Instagram/Threads/X : @MASCOTDUDE

In this episode of The Joy Of Entertaining, The Mascot Dude is joined by the VP of Entertainment Busch Gardens Tampa Kristine Morgan.

We talk about her amazing career that is be going strong for over 30+ yearsWe go down memory lane and talk what auditions are like back them and today. Celebrate the 25 years of Howl-O-Scream and the fun events and shows that Busch Garden Tampa offers.I would like to thank Busch Gardens Tampa for allow her to join and share her journey.

Looking for a career path in theme park entertainment visit https://buschgardens.com/tampa/jobs/

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