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Mindy Hargesheimer (00:00): 

Hey guys, welcome back to the podcast. I'm excited to have you back for another really fun guest today.  I've got Paul Farnsworth from B&B theatres here with me today. We're gonna dive into the history of  this family owned theatre that has been here for well over a hundred years, and we're gonna talk about all  about what makes B&B theatres such an incredible movie theatre experience for all of us. So be sure to  tune in to hear the full story. And I'm excited for you guys to meet Paul. All right, Paul, thank you for  coming on the podcast. 

Paul Farnsworth (00:38): 

You bet. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (00:39): 

Happy to be here. I'm so excited to have you here today. 

Paul Farnsworth (00:41): 

Well, thanks. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (00:41): 

BB theatres, you have a long history, which with BB, which I'm excited to dive into. 

Paul Farnsworth (00:46): 

Yeah. I have a long history with them and they have a long history without me, you know, before I came  around that that, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (00:51): 

Yeah. Yeah. All right. So Paul, you are the executive director of communications and content for BB  theatres. 

Paul Farnsworth (00:57): 

That is correct. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (00:57): 

Tell me a little bit more about what that means. And by the way, as I mentioned to you before the podcast,  you are essentially kind of an actor. I don't say that of itself. Right? Like, you are so good on camera.  Your TikTok, you've got a whole persona. Yeah. 

Speaker 3 (01:10): 

You've 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:10): 

Got all this stuff I never even knew about, and now I am just like going down the rabbit trail. I'm  watching all of your content that you're creating for all the movies and everyth. 

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Thank you for saying such nice things. I don't know that I feel like an actor, per se. I think I just drew sort  of the short straw when we were like, oh, we need somebody to create some short form content. Yeah. I  guess this is a thing that people are doing, and here we are like eight years later. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:29): 

He's a good storyteller. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (01:30): 

It worked out. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:31): 

Well, perfect. Um, well good. Well, uh, congratulations on a hundred years. BB theatres. 

Paul Farnsworth (01:37): 

Thank you. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:38): 

Not for you a hundred years. 

Paul Farnsworth (01:39): 

No, no, no. Yeah. But since 1924 Yeah. We've been doing our thing. Yeah. In one way or another. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:44): 

Okay. So tell us, 

Paul Farnsworth (01:44): 

It's been a wild journey. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (01:45): 

Yeah. Tell us what you do with BB theatres, and then we'll get into of course, how long you have been. 

Paul Farnsworth (01:50): 

Yeah, that's a great question. So yeah, my title is Executive Director of Communications and Content.  Mm-hmm <affirmative>. Which means different things on different days. 

Speaker 4 (01:57): 

Sure. 

Paul Farnsworth (01:57): 

Frankly, 

Speaker 4 (01:58): 

Yeah. 

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Uh, the communications part, I mean, I oversee our communications strategy. Generally anything internal  or external sort of comes across my desk to get my eyeballs on it. I handle media relations, government  relations a little bit if and when that occurs, which it rarely does. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (02:12): 

That sounds a little, uh, daunting. 

Paul Farnsworth (02:13): 

Well, yeah. And we have other people who I, I defer to Sure. I'm like, I would say this, but I don't know  anything about the law or whatever. So, <laugh>, uh, and then, you know, working with our partners and  vendors just to kinda make sure that we are representing their interests appropriately and that they  understand kind of what we need outta the relationship. Yeah. 

Speaker 3 (02:27): 

But 

Paul Farnsworth (02:27): 

Then, uh, content I think has kind of become, uh, more of my day to day. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (02:32): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (02:33): 

Um, we 

Mindy Hargesheimer (02:33): 

Have And how so, because you are doing a lot of social media 

Paul Farnsworth (02:36): 

Yeah. Appearances, which I love. Well, there's, we have contractual obligations with our studio partners,  which sounds more daunting and intimidating than it is. Basically, we've reached the point on our, on our  platforms, particularly on TikTok, where they are like, we will give you a supplemental budget to create  content exclusively for our titles. Okay. Uh, so that's what we spend a good part of the week doing. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (02:58): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (02:58): 

Then also B&B branded sort of identity, uh, promoting concepts as well. Yeah. They just service our  brand Yeah. And kind of our guests. 

Speaker 4 (03:07): 

Yeah. 

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So I have a little team and we kind of just get together every Monday and be like, what's coming down  the pipeline? What this week? And it's not only theatrical too, weve got, I mean, locations with bowling  alleys and arcades and food and beverage. So we're kind of trying to figure out how to promote all that  stuff, but 

Mindy Hargesheimer (03:22): 

Okay. Stay 

Paul Farnsworth (03:23): 

Fun and not be too commercial and gross about it, so. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (03:26): 

Yeah. Well, I I think you're winning it, it not being gross. I think you've got 

Paul Farnsworth (03:29): 

That down. Thank you. Yeah. That's good. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (03:30): 

You've my vote of confidence. I'll take that. So, yeah. Um, okay. So I was really excited to reach out to  you and your team to have you on. I love movies. I love, um, storytelling. Yeah. I love getting lost in a  plot of something. Um, it's actually really funny. I had to get together with girls the other night and we  

were talking about what people are streaming, and there were a few people that were like, I don't, I don't  watch anything. And I was like, I don't understand. 

Speaker 3 (03:53): 

How 

Mindy Hargesheimer (03:53): 

Do you not get into the storyline of something, whether you're streaming it or a new movie that's out.  Yeah. 

Speaker 3 (03:57): 

And, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (03:57): 

You know, we all grew up in the movie theatre experience. So how did you get into B&B theatres?  Because I noticed that you've been there for 17 years. 

Paul Farnsworth (04:05): 

Yeah. Kind of a little while now. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (04:07): 

Was it all about the movie theatre experience, or was 

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It it was, it still sort of is for me. Yeah. I think, um, you know, I grew up like so many people loving  movies, loving watching them in movie theatres, loving watching them at home with my older brother. I  just love movies. My first job was in a video store, 

Speaker 4 (04:21): 

Uhhuh 

Mindy Hargesheimer (04:21): 

Club 

Paul Farnsworth (04:22): 

Video in Thes Ocean, Missouri, which is no more like the rest of the video stores Yeah. Is extinct. Um,  but I, I got, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (04:28): 

They haven't made the last store until like an Airbnb. Didn't Blockbuster 

Paul Farnsworth (04:31): 

Do that? No. It's like a, a quick loan store now or something. Yeah, sure. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (04:35): 

Of course. 

Paul Farnsworth (04:36): 

Um, but, uh, I, I, I got married in St. Louis and moved back to my hometown, which is Neosho, Missouri.  This would've been in 2008. And I'd have a job. Okay. 

Speaker 3 (04:45): 

A 

Paul Farnsworth (04:45): 

Friend of mine was managing the movie theatre there in town, which is A, B, b, and he said, Hey man, I  need like an assistant manager if you want to come manage this place with me. And I said, sure. And then  three months later, he left to go work for a bank, and I took over and kind of just never left. So I was in  management, meant to be for B&B for six years before I came to the corporate office. Okay. Uh, about  10 years ago. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (05:02): 

That's so crazy. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (05:03): 

It's been a journey. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (05:04): 

What's the culture like there, working there? Did you get fun perks?

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Paul Farnsworth (05:09): 

Yeah. Well, yes. I think the, it's a fun industry. Yeah. You know, and it's fun to be a part of something,  kind of a proximity to Hollywood kind of is fun. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (05:17): 

Hollywood 

Paul Farnsworth (05:17): 

Adjacent, uh, the culture of B&BI think is really exceptional. 

Speaker 4 (05:21): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (05:21): 

It's family owned has been for a hundred years, so that's its own kind of thing. You know, decisions are  made, not impulsively, but I mean quickly. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. We're very nimble because we're not  beholden the stockholders. So I think there's that kind of culture that prevails of like, we're moving, we're  hustling, we're growing. Yeah. And sometimes things happen, we learn on the fly and it's 

Speaker 4 (05:39): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (05:39): 

You dig it or you don't. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (05:41): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (05:41): 

But I think the culture of the industry is one of just excitement and tradition mm-hmm <affirmative>. And  history. 

Speaker 4 (05:46): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (05:47): 

Um, but it's evolving too. It's been changing a lot over the last few years, and so we're all kind of trying  to, which you 

Mindy Hargesheimer (05:53): 

Definitely wanna talk about. 

Paul Farnsworth (05:53): 

Yeah. We're trying to forecast a little bit and keep up, but also, um, stay ahead of the curve if we can and,  and kind of read the tea leaves and make the right choices.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (06:01): 

What do you, you know, for people that are listening and watching who love movies, and maybe they like  watching 'em at home, maybe they love going out to BB theatres, but what, you know, what would you  wanna convey to them about what makes B&B so different, um, in terms of the experience there and 

Paul Farnsworth (06:17): 

What they can expect? Geez, yeah. I could go on and on 

Mindy Hargesheimer (06:18): 

A reminder to keep going and, you know, date their kids solo, whatever. 

Paul Farnsworth (06:22): 

Well, I think, you know, we've been talking about the threat of streaming or whatever for a long time.  Mm-hmm. I, I feel like there's absolutely room in the marketplace for everybody. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (06:30): 

I 

Paul Farnsworth (06:31): 

Have all the services. My kids watch 'em every day, but this, the movies are different. Yeah. And I think  going to the movies is a different kind of experience. So I think there's the argument to be made for going  to the movies period, and then an argument to be made for gonna the movies with us. 

Speaker 4 (06:44): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (06:44): 

Um, and, and I think the thing about us is, um, we are all fans first. Everyone, virtually everyone in our  office came from a theatre management background. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (06:54): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (06:55): 

We just all kind of love it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (06:56): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (06:56): 

And we hope that that translates into the experience that our guests have as well. That we are there to  celebrate fandom. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. And, you know, the, the, what makes that experience  different is a sense of community. We're all sharing kind of in the same experience. It's bigger, it's louder.  It's supposed to be cleaner, it's supposed to feel better and more exclusive. And so those are kinds of the  things that we're

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Mindy Hargesheimer (07:17): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (07:17): 

We're aspiring for. Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:18): 

That would be, I mean, I can imagine working alongside people who have a similar background who all  have that same love. Like that would be a completely different working culture. I'm thinking about people  who are like, I wanna go work, you know, get into BMB theatres 

Paul Farnsworth (07:29): 

For sure. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:30): 

Because you have how many area, locations, theatres in Casey? 

Paul Farnsworth (07:33): 

Um, yeah. I guess it depends on how you slice the metro. We've got maybe 10 across Kansas City. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:37): 

Okay. Yeah. And then how far and wide does BB theatres go across the country? 

Paul Farnsworth (07:42): 

I mean, we're technically nationwide. We've got a few outliers. One in Washington state. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:46): 

A 

Paul Farnsworth (07:46): 

Few in Florida and on the East Coast. But, um, we're largely in the Midwest, Missouri, Kansas,  Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:52): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (07:52): 

Um, which feels like home to us. Our owners are from Missouri and Kansas. So, I mean, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (07:57): 

Yeah. 

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Whenever we can acquire or expand in this area, we're like, ah, man, it's our backyard. And it's, it feels  really organic and natural, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:02): 

Which I did wanna ask. So of course I was doing my homework on B&B theatres. Um, but I always  like to know what's behind the name. So B&B. Yeah. Is it the husband, wife, or what's 

Paul Farnsworth (08:12): 

The story there? Uh, well, what stands for Bills and Bagby? Or Bagby and Bills, depending on who we  ask. Okay. How much of the story do you want? I don't know. Much time. We got 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:17): 

You. Yeah. I got all the time in the world. I'll, I'll give you, I'm a nerd and I love the details. I'll you 

Paul Farnsworth (08:21): 

Give the elevator together. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:22): 

Uh, 

Paul Farnsworth (08:23): 

There were, the, the Bills family owned a circuit of theatres in Missouri. This is a long, long time ago.  The Bagby family owned a, a similar, similarly sized theatre circuit in Kansas. 

Speaker 4 (08:33): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (08:33): 

And they were not competitive. They shared best practices. They went to conventions together. Long  story, very, very, very short. Bob Bagby, who was a second generation movie theatre owner in Kansas,  married Bridget Bills. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:46): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (08:46): 

Who was a second generation movie theatre owner in Missouri. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:49): 

Interesting. 

Paul Farnsworth (08:50): 

And so they merged kind of their families and their businesses together 

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Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (08:53): 

To create what became B&B theatre. So when we say B&B theatre is, is a century old, that isn't  exactly true. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (08:59): 

Okay. But 

Paul Farnsworth (08:59): 

The families that have been owning and operating the company Yeah. Have been at, at the helm for a  century. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:04): 

Is it, is it the oldest or is there another theatre? 

Paul Farnsworth (09:08): 

Uh, I think there may be a family held one that's a little bit older. We are the largest privately held. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:13): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:14): 

And the fifth largest circuit overall. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:16): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:16): 

Uh, which sounds impressive, I hope. But like, the difference between one and two and us is a factor of  like, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:21): 

Right. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:22): 

50. Yeah. So, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:23): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:23): 

Uh, a MC and Regal have lots and lots more locations, but, uh mm-hmm <affirmative>. You know, they  operate of course, very differently.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (09:28): 

Yeah. So I was saying last night that, um, my husband and I have two daughters, and our 8-year-old just  out of nowhere was like, mom, I wanna go to the movies. And I was like, okay, good. Which is really  exciting. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:37): 

Bless you child. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:38): 

Bless you child. Yes. Because we were, um, you know, we were talking about how like Zootopia came  out Right. And she's really excited for SpongeBob coming out, which, by the way, this episode will come  out after the first of the year. So I think SpongeBob is coming out in December, right? You said? 

Paul Farnsworth (09:51): 

Yep. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:51): 

Um, but I just thought it was so cute, you know, for, to have an 8-year-old to be like, I wanna go back.  She loves the experience of it. 

Paul Farnsworth (09:58): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (09:58): 

Um, what 

Paul Farnsworth (09:59): 

Does she love about it? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (10:00): 

Well, she wanted to go see the big screen. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (10:02): 

And 

Mindy Hargesheimer (10:02): 

So we talked about the, um, screen X, which is the three. Do you wanna talk? 'cause I wrote down, I was  looking at it, you guys have a multitude of different theatre experiences. We do. I'm not even sure  everybody knows that. Whether they, you know, hadn't been in a while, or maybe, I don't know if all the  theatres have all of the same, but it's like grand screen, screen X, um, screen screenplay, which is for kids  different 40 x. I mean, talk about that because that's like a differentiator, right? For 

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The experience. Yes. Very much so. Yeah. And a lot of those are exclusive to B&B, certainly in the  area. Um, yeah. And man, we could spend a lot of time on that. The, the grand screen is what's known as  our premium large format. Mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (10:37): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (10:37): 

Or our PLF. So a lot of movie theatre operators have their own kind of version of that. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (10:42): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (10:42): 

Our grand screens are some of the largest screens in the nation. Like 

Mindy Hargesheimer (10:46): 

How big is that? What does that even mean? 

Paul Farnsworth (10:48): 

Um, I mean, geez, we use different metrics. It's like four stories tall. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (10:51): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (10:51): 

They're like 70. That helps 70 feet give or take. They're huge. 

Speaker 4 (10:54): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (10:54): 

Uh, and then screen X, we are, um, I think the largest partner that Screen X has domestically, instead of  just one screen in front of you, there are two projectors on each of the auditorium. Sidewalls mm-hmm  <affirmative>. So it kind of wraps around you in like a 270 degree thing. And admittedly, I was very  skeptical of that when they, when I learned about the technology, I was like, man, I don't wanna be, I felt  like I'd be like watching tennis or something. Like you have to be Oh, okay. Turning your head or  whatever. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:18): 

Sure. But 

Paul Farnsworth (11:18): 

It just fills up your periphery and kind wraps around you.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (11:21): 

And I just wanna add, by the way, we saw, um, top Gun. 

Paul Farnsworth (11:24): 

Yeah. That's what I was gonna say was a 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:25): 

Couple years ago. 

Paul Farnsworth (11:26): 

Yeah. Maverick, Uhhuh 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:27): 

Maverick. Um, that, that came out and it was a total game changer to be able to experience that Agreed in  that setting. 

Paul Farnsworth (11:32): 

Yep. Yeah. And movies like that are perfect 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:33): 

For it. And then Dune too, I think we 

Paul Farnsworth (11:35): 

Saw Sure, yeah. Where, where there's just a ton of atmosphere and Yeah. It's incredible. Screen X is  incredible. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:39): 

Yeah. Uh, 

Paul Farnsworth (11:40): 

We have MX four D or four DX, uh, depending on which location you're at, which are like moving seats.  So there's like sensory elements. So 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:47): 

It's like a ride. 

Paul Farnsworth (11:48): 

It is a little bit, yeah. There's like a little kind of vibration thing. Uh, s smoke, fog, rain mist bubbles. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (11:55): 

Oh my gosh. Really? I didn't know there was that much. Yeah. Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (11:57): 

It's crazy. And that one, I think probably more than the others is really content driven.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (12:02): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:02): 

So you really need to have the right thing in there, as you can imagine, like children's films do well, and  then horror, horror titles 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:07): 

Was gonna say, oh, okay. It's very, very opposite. Genres. Great. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:11): 

I would say, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:11): 

What are some examples of movies that have, 

Paul Farnsworth (12:13): 

Um, do you remember this done really well? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:16): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:16): 

Yeah. That did very well. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:17): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:17): 

It's not really a cup of tea. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:18): 

No, not really. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:19): 

Okay. Mm-hmm. And then my personal favorite moment from MX four D was, uh, do you remember the  Dreamworks Grinch a while back with like, Benedict Cumberbatch was the voice of the Grinch. Oh,  yeah. Yeah. That one. So we walked in a screening of that that was full of just like a lot of kids. It was the  scene where the Grinch and Max were sliding down the hill. 

Speaker 4 (12:33): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:34):

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And so all the seats were kind of moving with the sled. That's awesome. And there was like snow 

Speaker 4 (12:39): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:39): 

Pushing out of these things at the top of the screen. So these kids were like, it's cool. And so fun. That's  kind of the magical escapism that the movies are for. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (12:47): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (12:47): 

It's cool to see these platforms and different amenities evolve 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:51): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (12:51): 

To, to continue to develop that. Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (12:54): 

Are you, like, where do these ideas come from? Like, do you play a part in meeting with the team to  figure out like, what do we wanna provide in terms of an experience moving forward for, you know, our  customers? Or how does that work? 

Paul Farnsworth (13:05): 

I think you mean me personally? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:06): 

Yeah. You and like anyone within the company. Like, 

Paul Farnsworth (13:08): 

I think kind of tangentially, they sort of ask generally like, what do you guys think of this? Yeah. Because  there are a lot of things out there mm-hmm 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:15): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (13:15): 

Um, and some things that we've kind of said no to, but 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:17): 

Yeah.

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Paul Farnsworth (13:18): 

Um, generally, and we have a programming and development team who kind of figure out what our  billings are gonna look like, what they're gonna offer, and then it's up to us to tell people about them and  encourage 'em to try 'em out. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:26): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (13:27): 

Uh, screenplay I think is one of my favorite ones. That's the one with the playground in the auditorium. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:31): 

Yes. 

Paul Farnsworth (13:31): 

Super duper 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:32): 

Cool. We had definitely done that. I mean, there was a point where I was like, yeah, I think we had one  kid watching the movie. And then so kind of explain it, it's on one side of the theatre, is that what it is?  Yes. Sort of a playground that goes, goes like, 

Paul Farnsworth (13:42): 

There's a playground. Exactly. Right. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:44): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (13:44): 

That for 30 minutes before the movie starts, kids are actually encouraged to kind of run around and 

Mindy Hargesheimer (13:49): 

To 

Speaker 4 (13:49): 

Get a little exhausted, 

Paul Farnsworth (13:50): 

Get their wiggles out, or I mean, if it's, you know, 105 outside or Yeah. Zero 

Speaker 4 (13:55): 

Uhhuh. 

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Uh, then there's a place you can go once all, like, run around a little bit, but there's a custom pre-show on  screen during that play time 

Speaker 3 (14:02): 

With 

Paul Farnsworth (14:02): 

A little timer that's like, this is how much time you got left mm-hmm <affirmative>. Till the movie starts.  Um, there's music and interactive activities and stuff, but also like suggestions for how you watch movies  together as a group. 

Speaker 4 (14:12): 

Okay. 

Speaker 3 (14:12): 

So 

Paul Farnsworth (14:12): 

You're kind of saying like, yes, you're playing, but there will come a time where we go to our seats  together and we sit down and we use whisper voices and that kind of thing. Yeah. 

Speaker 3 (14:19): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (14:20): 

We were sort of met with some reluctance from the general population. They're like, oh, my kid would  never sit down or whatever. 

Speaker 3 (14:26): 

Oh. 

Paul Farnsworth (14:27): 

We found almost without exception, that's not the case. Yeah. That they're really, we have a song to get  'em to their seats and they get to help bring the lights down. So it's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:33): 

Kind of very innovative. 

Paul Farnsworth (14:34): 

Makes them a part of it. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:35): 

Yeah. For sure. Yeah. 

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It's awesome. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:36): 

I think, um, kind of on the topic of kids, so we've got two kids, as I've mentioned. You have kids? 

Paul Farnsworth (14:42): 

I got three kids. Yes. Three kids. 16, 13, and eight. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:45): 

Okay. So the, oh, so they have grown up in this world of B&B, 

Paul Farnsworth (14:48): 

They've known nothing else. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:49): 

Yeah. They're gonna end up in the, the, the industry. Right. 

Paul Farnsworth (14:51): 

Well, my daughter works at the theatre and Liberty, so, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:53): 

Well, of course she does. Yeah. There we 

Paul Farnsworth (14:54): 

Are. Second generation ourselves. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (14:56): 

Yeah. Um, you know, the idea of like the birthday parties and things like that, do you get a lot of interest  for people to do that? Um, kind of like special events that people come in for? Oh, yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (15:06): 

Does that 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:06): 

Go beyond Kids does go all 

Paul Farnsworth (15:07): 

The time. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:08): 

Family affairs, 

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Shoot. I mean, yeah, we do birthday parties all the time, but I mean, you name it, we've done it. We've  done like military farewells, we've held weddings. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:16): 

Really? 

Paul Farnsworth (15:17): 

People have actually, literally been married in our buildings. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:20): 

Interesting. 

Paul Farnsworth (15:20): 

We've done a lot of receptions. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:21): 

What do they do? Do they pick a movie? Like, can they customize the movie that they wanna play? Or is  it like whatever's coming out 

Paul Farnsworth (15:27): 

Depending on what you, you want to do? Yeah. And the time of year and I guess what your budget is. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:31): 

Right. 

Paul Farnsworth (15:32): 

We can kinda make anything work. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:33): 

That's wild. 

Paul Farnsworth (15:33): 

But I mean, there are a lot of people who, who came to B&B for their first date. Okay. And they're like,  man, we wanna get married in the auditorium where we kind of full spent our first time together. Yeah.  Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:42): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (15:43): 

And it's cool man, to be a part of that, you know? No 

Mindy Hargesheimer (15:45): 

Kidding. Yeah. Are there any other crazy, like, things that people have done that are kind of outlandish  ideas that people are like, I didn't even know. I didn't even think about that.

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Paul Farnsworth (15:52): 

I, I mean, we are kind of constantly surprised Yeah. At what people wanna do. We rent a ton of, our  buildings are rented on Sunday mornings for church services. Okay. Um, sometimes they, they choose to  stay there or they're in between facilities. And so it's cool like to be, um, not only a place where people  can go watch a movie, but a kind of a community hub mm-hmm <affirmative>. And where, just a space  where people know what to expect. They're like, yeah, I know what the building's like, I know where it is.  I know it's gonna be presentable and people are gonna be friendly. Can we use it for X, Y, or Z Feels 

Mindy Hargesheimer (16:20): 

Very comfortable and we 

Paul Farnsworth (16:21): 

Hope so. Yeah. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (16:22): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (16:22): 

The answer almost without exception, is gonna be Yes. We wanna make it happen. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (16:26): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (16:27): 

Uh, provided that we aren't obligated to have movies on screen. Yeah. Which we sometimes are. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (16:30): 

There you go. Yeah. Um, okay. So we are wrapping up 2025. I would love to talk a little bit about, um,  you know, how the industry has evolved mm-hmm 

Speaker 3 (16:38): 

<affirmative>. And 

Mindy Hargesheimer (16:39): 

Like where we've gotten to, where do you see 2026? What are you most excited about when it comes to  the theatre experience or even big movies that are coming out that you would encourage people to go see  on a certain screen, maybe? 

Paul Farnsworth (16:53): 

Wow. Yeah. Um, I can an, I could approach that from a couple of different directions. I mean, 20, 25 has  been a challenging year Sure. Really for the industry. Many, and it's been a while since we haven't had  mm-hmm <affirmative>. A challenging year. Yeah. Um, 2019 was kind of the benchmark for a long time.  Yeah. Pre pandemic, everybody's sick of talking about it, but it's still felt. 

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Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (17:14): 

I think, um, economically, I think people are still kind of figuring out the new, whatever <laugh>, um,  and where honestly we fit in that. 

Speaker 4 (17:23): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (17:23): 

Um, I think during lockdowns and stuff, people fell out of habits that they had been into in for a long  time. 

Speaker 3 (17:30): 

Yeah. And 

Paul Farnsworth (17:30): 

It used to be like, if you didn't have anything to do, you're like, I don't know, man, you wanna go to the  movies? Yeah. Like, that's what you do. And so we've been really trying to work to restore that, um, sense  of Americana, I guess. I like that this is just part of the, the habit of being in this country and the freedom  or whatever to enjoy yourself at the movies. 

Speaker 4 (17:46): 

Yep. 

Paul Farnsworth (17:46): 

Um, there were some, some rough patches. A lot of things got moved around this year, and so mm-hmm  <affirmative>. Um, coming into Q4, we were like, man, let's, I hope this shows up. The holiday season is  always 

Mindy Hargesheimer (17:57): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (17:58): 

Enormous. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (17:58): 

Of course. 

Paul Farnsworth (17:59): 

Uh, and incredibly sign 

Mindy Hargesheimer (18:00): 

Significant. Just that kind of start, like right before Thanksgiving or what is the Yeah. Holiday season.  Yeah.

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Paul Farnsworth (18:03): 

Yeah. Um, and really through the end of the year. Yeah. And it, it has absolutely been what we've needed  it to be mm-hmm. And want it to be. And so for us, I mean, we don't really pay much attention to like  critics or pundits or whatever. Yeah. They say what they say and life goes on. 

Speaker 4 (18:16): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:16): 

Um, but the cycle has been accurate. 

Speaker 4 (18:19): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:20): 

Uh, ups and downs. And then when there are good movies mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (18:22): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:23): 

Released at Good Times mm-hmm <affirmative>. People show up with, I mean, that just, that will always  be the case, I think. And so, I mean, this Thanksgiving was good. And then going into the holidays with  Christmas, we've got, I mean, on December 19th alone, we've got the SpongeBob movie where you and  your family will be, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (18:37): 

Which I mentioned that song is on repeat in our house right now. The I Spice, I'm 

Paul Farnsworth (18:42): 

So sorry, sponge. Oh, I mean, that's a great, yeah. But after I'm hours and hours and hours. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (18:45): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:45): 

We Wait, I've, I've gone through those phases 

Speaker 4 (18:47): 

As well. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:48): 

<laugh>. Um, but I mean, and there have been some surprises. Like five nights at Freddy's Two was one  that like, just kind of came outta nowhere and was really way bigger than anybody kind of projected  Uhhuh

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Speaker 3 (18:57): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (18:57): 

And so those little surprises are always nice. But in December, there's, I mean, SpongeBob, the House  Made David, which is like an ever release from Angel that's about like, which I, who became King David  after he slew the Giant and everything. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:08): 

I think I saw. Okay. 'cause we'll have to get to you and what you get to do. Yeah. Because you went to go  see that, was it a movie premiere or 

Paul Farnsworth (19:15): 

It it was, yeah, we went to the carpet for that 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:16): 

One. We'll see that in a second. But, uh, 

Paul Farnsworth (19:17): 

And then Avatar, of course, fire and Ash, which is the sequel to the third highest grossing film of all time.  Yeah. Which is the sequel to the first highest grossing film of all time. Right. So we'll see if it breaks  records. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:27): 

James Cameron, right? Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:28): 

He's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:29): 

He's killing it. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:29): 

I mean, and, and so I guess the point is there's no shortage of great movies. Yeah. There really is diverse  content for everybody. And that will carry us through 2026 mm-hmm 

Speaker 3 (19:38): 

<affirmative>. And 

Paul Farnsworth (19:39): 

It just builds upon itself. That's what's I think so exciting about the industry too, is when people show up  for Avatar, for example, they'll get the six minute trailer for The Odyssey from Christopher Nolan, which  people are excited about. 

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Oh, right. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:48): 

And they'll get the teaser for Avengers Doomsday, which is like, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:51): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:52): 

The promise of kind of returning to the spirit of like endgame. That will 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:55): 

Really be interesting to see how that brings to it. It'll, I know. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:58): 

It will be. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (19:59): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (19:59): 

Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:00): 

Because at the end of the day, we all have to get out of our living room some basements and, you know. 

Paul Farnsworth (20:04): 

Yeah. And it's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:05): 

A, have something that kind of moves you in a different way visually. 

Paul Farnsworth (20:08): 

It's a reminder. I think that some things are better. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. With a lot of people and  scaled up 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:15): 

Like, and 

Paul Farnsworth (20:15): 

Going 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:16): 

Out to eat, you know, let's just small dumb comparison. But

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Paul Farnsworth (20:19): 

Honestly, you're exactly right. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:20): 

I'm not a great cook and it's not as good at home, so why don't we go out? 

Paul Farnsworth (20:23): 

It's funny you say that. 'cause one of our owners, um, this would've been Elmer Bills, who is the  grandfather of our current, uh, president Elmer Elmer Bills. Mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (20:32): 

<affirmative>. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:32): 

He, 

Paul Farnsworth (20:32): 

He would say everybody has a kitchen table, but they still go out to eat. And so there's all kinds of reasons  to stay at home, but there's all kinds of reasons to get out too. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (20:39): 

A hundred percent. Yeah. But I am also, um, you know, this is all stemming off of eight years of Kansas  City bucket list. Yeah. Which is ultimately me being the anti homebody. Don't get me wrong, love my  couch, love hanging out, um, comfort of my pajamas and everything, but I crave personally like getting  outta the house in a new experience. Yeah. You know, whatever that is. And so I think that it's just that  reminder for people that, like you rarely regret it. It is so fulfilling to take the time, get your family out, go  on a date, go by yourself during the middle of the day, whatever change of scenery, gotta move around. 

Paul Farnsworth (21:13): 

Preach. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (21:13): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (21:14): 

Well, and, and we're not, you know, we, we don't have an agenda. We're not, uh, pioneers or anything, but  we feel, I think a sense of obligation maybe mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (21:22): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (21:22): 

Uh, and responsibility to provide that. 

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Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (21:25): 

And, and I even see it in, in my kids, you know, my youngest grew up during a weird time in the world.  Yeah. Where you, it wasn't as easy to go out or whatever. And so we're doing things, uh, we're hosting  trivia, for example, and like bingo at a number of our locations. Oh really? Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (21:39): 

Is that like in the lobby? Are you doing it in the theatre? 

Paul Farnsworth (21:42): 

Uh, it kind of depends on, on, well, rarely in the theatre, but in a lot of our locations we have, uh, like big  lobbies with a lot of room for, for seating or at, at, uh, Johnny's in Liberty. We have kind of like a stage 

Speaker 4 (21:54): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (21:54): 

But these things are, are free to attend. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (21:56): 

Perfect. And 

Paul Farnsworth (21:57): 

They're just kind of designed to create exactly what you just described of like a place where you can go  and just kinda hang out and not be at home. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:02): 

So you're pairing an experience, I mean, a couple experiences together, which is pretty cool. 

Paul Farnsworth (22:07): 

Well, yeah. And I think trying to redefine ourselves. Yeah. You know, there's the movie theatre, but then  there's also B, b, you know. Yep. Like what's going on at BB 'cause we know there's more than just  movies there. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:16): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (22:16): 

And have some, some kind of activation or event Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:19): 

As 

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Often as we can. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:20): 

I think the other thing that's really important is to note what you guys are doing for like inclusivity mm hmm 

Paul Farnsworth (22:26): 

<affirmative>. You 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:26): 

Know, sensory stuff like that. Can you talk about that? 'cause I think there are so many people that might  be unaware that you guys have, um, do you have sensory backpacks, right? We 

Paul Farnsworth (22:35): 

Do. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:36): 

And all that. So talk about that. 'cause I think there's a huge audience of people, um, both kids and adults  alike that would put them at ease. Maybe they don't know or they forgot, you know? 

Paul Farnsworth (22:45): 

Right on, man. Yeah. Um, I was fortunate years and years ago to cross paths with Deb Wirick who was  with Variety of Kansas City. Yeah, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:51): 

That's right. 

Paul Farnsworth (22:52): 

Like the children's charity. Uhhuh 

Mindy Hargesheimer (22:54): 

<affirmative>. And 

Paul Farnsworth (22:54): 

She is great. Um, she's since kind of moved on and there's another great team at Variety kc, but Deb was  just sort of like nonjudgmental Yeah. But also kinda like you guys, I think should consider doing more 

Mindy Hargesheimer (23:06): 

Because you didn't have anything at the time. 

Paul Farnsworth (23:08): 

Well, I mean, it was just kind of minimal. Were complete compliance with a DA, you know, but, but it  just wasn't really on the radar. In, in Yeah. I think the best kind of way. And, and we just had a great  conversation. Like, well, what, tell me what there is, because I didn't even know what the needs were that  we weren't meeting.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (23:25): 

You didn't know what you didn't 

Paul Farnsworth (23:26): 

Exactly. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (23:26): 

Yeah. I mean, needed somebody coming and enlighten you. 

Paul Farnsworth (23:29): 

And so it, man, it became a, a thing and I'm really proud to say we've become a leader in the industry.  Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (23:35): 

That's huge 

Paul Farnsworth (23:35): 

For our sort that inclusion revolution. So what you're talking about is our sensory backpacks. Yeah.  Which are free mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (23:40): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (23:40): 

And they're not ex exclusive to BB you can get 'em at like sporting games and at the zoo and stuff. Yeah.  Um, but they have like a weighted lap blanket, uh, noise dampening headphones, little fidget cubes. 

Speaker 4 (23:49): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (23:50): 

So anybody, even adults who have sensory concerns or they're troubled by whatever the atmosphere or  the lack of lighting, it's just designed to make it easier for em. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (23:59): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (24:00): 

Um, and it's totally free. They don't have to pay us or anything. We have sensory showtimes that we host  where the lights are a little bit brighter, the sound is a little bit lower. 

Speaker 4 (24:07): 

Okay. 

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And those are a beautiful thing to attend because it's kind of a circus man. 

Speaker 4 (24:12): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (24:13): 

And it's great. 

Speaker 4 (24:14): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (24:14): 

So like everybody's running around. People are having whatever outbursts they need to have, and no one  cares. Yeah. And it's really, really great. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (24:20): 

Yeah. So I was reading, so you have the, the backpacks open caption show times, um, offering lessons in  basic Spanish and American sign language to your staff. Is that 

Paul Farnsworth (24:30): 

Right? So you, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (24:30): 

So like, you guys are doing a ton. 

Paul Farnsworth (24:31): 

We're trying, which is awesome. Yeah. And, and seriously we're open. I mean, if anybody listening, like  send us an email and say, oh my gosh, think about this. And we will, um, we partner with behavioral  health, Kansas City mm-hmm <affirmative>. For that, uh, what we call inclusion at the movies, which is  an an internal employee facing program that's like, here's some basic sign language you can learn. Yeah.  Here's some basic Spanish. 

Speaker 4 (24:50): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (24:50): 

And then also appropriately teaching them how to engage. You don't wanna make assumptions about  what a person may or may not need, but there might be an appropriate, comfortable, diplomatic way to  bring it up. 

Speaker 4 (25:00): 

Sure. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (25:00): 

Uh, and so just crossing those kinds of bridges to make sure that we're

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Mindy Hargesheimer (25:03): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (25:03): 

You know, everybody feels like they're welcome with us. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:05): 

I love that. 

Paul Farnsworth (25:06): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:06): 

Um, let's also talk about, for people who do regularly go to the movies, the Backstage Pass. Right? Right. 

Paul Farnsworth (25:13): 

So 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:13): 

What does that entail? 

Paul Farnsworth (25:14): 

The Backstage Pass is our loyalty program Okay. Is totally free to join and anybody can sign up on our  website, which is bb theatres.com. Two Bs as in boy. Yep. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:22): 

T-H-E-A-T-R-E-S-B&B, 

Paul Farnsworth (25:24): 

Uh, doesn't cost anything. And you use your phone number as like your account number. So when you go  in, you will be asked, you remember the Backstage Pass? Mm-hmm <affirmative>. Given your phone  number, and then you're good to go. But you, for each, for basically for every dollar that you spend, you  earn points on your account, which can be redeemed for rewards or for discounts or for coupons down the  down the line. My personal favorite perk though is Treat Yourself Tuesdays. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:44): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (25:44): 

Which is Tuesday's, kinda like the industry sanctioned Discount Day. Um, but tickets for Backstage Pass  members started just six bucks on Tuesdays. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (25:53): 

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You get half off your popcorn and that kind, I mean, it's just the day to go. And so really, if you've never  been to one of those amenities that we were talking about, you're like, oh, I don't know if I'd like 

Speaker 4 (26:01): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (26:01): 

MX four D that sounds kind of crazy. Go on a Tuesday, check out, you know, that's, that's for 

Speaker 4 (26:05): 

Six 

Paul Farnsworth (26:05): 

Months the time to shoot your shot and see if you like it. 

Speaker 4 (26:06): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (26:06): 

Um, or the movie that you're like, I don't know if this one's gonna be a good one or not. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:10): 

Everybody 

Paul Farnsworth (26:10): 

Goes on Tuesdays, why not do it? It's super duper busy Day us. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:12): 

'cause it's free free to download the app and join. 

Paul Farnsworth (26:15): 

Yeah. The app's free, so why not? Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, that's, that's another thing that's kind of rare.  Honestly, we don't have any kind of paid subscription. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:22): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (26:22): 

Um, it's just a free way to kind of give back for people who visit with, uh, frequency and high patronage.  So 

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Let's talk about you for a second. Okay. As I told you, I was going down a rabbit trail to figure out, let's  learn about Paul. You know, just thinking he's like executive, you know, director of communications or,  you know, what was, was that your title? 

Paul Farnsworth (26:41): 

Did you think I'd be all stodgy? Yeah. Come in with a tie and 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:43): 

Stuff. It's probably just a little bit. Yeah. You know, just kind of like, you know, you, you by default  profile people when they have a title or whatever. Of 

Paul Farnsworth (26:49): 

Course. I feel like my name too is like a 75-year-old man's name. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:52): 

Okay. I, I actually wrote this down. Um, do you know, well, you obviously know you're not the only Paul  Farnsworth. 

Paul Farnsworth (26:58): 

Uh, I did know that. Yeah. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (26:59): 

Because I originally stumbled upon an internationally acclaimed theatre designer, including Wicked and  Jesus Christ Superstar. I wrote down, did you know that name? Paul 

Paul Farnsworth (27:08): 

Barn? No, I didn't know 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:08): 

That. I was like, well, okay, that's kind of adjacent 

Paul Farnsworth (27:10): 

It is 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:11): 

To what you were doing. So I was like, I'll have to ask him. 

Paul Farnsworth (27:13): 

And then suspiciously. So in fact, yeah. I should 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:14): 

Quickly found out with Google Images. It wasn't you, but Yeah. Just in case you wanted to know if you're  being, um, your identity is being stolen. You do have some accolades for what you have. 

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It's fantastic. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:24): 

Yeah. Your theatre design. 

Paul Farnsworth (27:25): 

I didn't just add that to the resume 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:26): 

<laugh> shit. Yeah. Um, I thought that was funny. But then, oh, and then the other thing is too, um, you  are writing Falco in your Facebook profile image. I 

Paul Farnsworth (27:34): 

That's right. Do 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:35): 

You still go on Facebook? Do you know that that's still your profile picture? Yes, 

Paul Farnsworth (27:37): 

I do know that. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:38): 

Okay. Which I absolutely love. I just saw Falco in the Flesh at Planet Comic-Con last year. 

Paul Farnsworth (27:45): 

I was there as well. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:45): 

Okay. I figured as much. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (27:46): 

That was incredible. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (27:47): 

Is that a favorite movie? I mean, that movie is, to me, my childhood, my sister and I joke about all the  time how creepy the movie actually really kind of, it. Wait, that could be offensive. 

Paul Farnsworth (27:57): 

It didn't offend me. I, I don't know that I agree with you. I think it's a perfect movie. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:01): 

It's so dark and so interesting. But yet we watched it all the time. 

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Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:05): 

Everybody knows about 

Paul Farnsworth (28:06): 

I feel that way about a lot of movies that I watched growing up. Did you ever see a Return to Oz? I don't  wanna Side. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:13): 

I feel like I 

Paul Farnsworth (28:13): 

Derail art this 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:14): 

Year. I have seen it, but 

Paul Farnsworth (28:15): 

It's very much the 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:16): 

Way I have to go back and double check it. 

Paul Farnsworth (28:17): 

That when I was a kid, I remember thinking like, oh, this is crazy. Like, how wild. And now I've seen it  again as an adult. Like, this isn't, it's the stuff of Nightmares. And I think that, uh, there are elements of  the never ending story, I think that Yeah. Are a little bit, yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:28): 

A 

Paul Farnsworth (28:28): 

Little bit heavy for, for a Young Mind, but a little 

Mindy Hargesheimer (28:30): 

Different. But there were so many, I mean, we even joke about your parent, like the songs that are out  now, you know, or the, the, the songs that we listen to as kids, when we go back and listen to the Now, we  were like, 

Paul Farnsworth (28:39): 

What? 

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Holy smokes. I know. Yeah. Like, what were we even singing? Yep. And thank goodness I didn't know  all the words to them, but kind of a similar thing probably with movies and jokes that are in 'em too.  Okay. So anyway, back to you and your amazingly fun persona that you have on social media. Talk about  what you get to do with this job, because I think it is such a testament to like how much fun you're having  working with B&B theatres. Um, and you're really bringing that to the screen to show people. I think  it's such a good reminder of like, how much fun movies are and it's for everybody. 

Paul Farnsworth (29:09): 

Yeah. You know, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (29:09): 

There's so much excitement in it. 

Paul Farnsworth (29:10): 

Thank you. Yeah. It's really, it is actually genuinely good to hear you say that. Yeah. Um, because it is  fun for us, but it's also, I mean, it's, it's a, it is a job. Yeah. And, and, um, we sort of feel the burden of like  having to constantly create something. I bet. And, and, um, meet a, a posting schedule or whatever. So I'm  glad that it's, it's translating the way that we want it to. Yeah. It came up I think years and years ago, man.  I, I truly don't remember. It's been years though when, I mean, when Facebook was kind of in its prime. 

Speaker 4 (29:40): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (29:40): 

We recognized that we were, we didn't really have much of a presence. And we, this was, man, I'm sorry I  keep like interrupting myself. In 2014, we bought Dickinson theatres. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (29:52): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (29:53): 

Which had a major Kansas City presence. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (29:55): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (29:55): 

So we, we doubled overnight at that point, basically. So they weren't 

Mindy Hargesheimer (29:58): 

Based out of KC though? 

Paul Farnsworth (29:59): 

Uh, I think maybe they were. Yeah. 

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Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (30:01): 

That's a great question. I'm kind of embarrassed. I don't know the answer. But it was, uh, uh, an important  moment for us because we, we offered everybody from Dickinson a job, and it became this merging of all  these of, of two disparate corporate cultures. Yeah. And so at that time, we, we began building out  broader teams of like, okay, cool. Let's have like a sales team and let's create a marketing team. We didn't  really have this 

Speaker 4 (30:23): 

Go figure it out. 'cause 

Paul Farnsworth (30:24): 

We were very, we were pretty small. Yeah. And so, uh, I came up from where I was living in St. Louis  and Chris Tickner, who's now our director of marketing, moved from like Wiley, Texas, and we kind of  assembled this group of people. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (30:36): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (30:36): 

This was one of the things that we recognized that we didn't exactly have was much of a digital presence. 

Speaker 4 (30:40): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (30:41): 

And we're like, well, geez, how do you even do that? Mm-hmm 

Mindy Hargesheimer (30:43): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (30:43): 

And so we started just kind of making videos. Yeah. Um, and 

Mindy Hargesheimer (30:48): 

So is he the other guy that I might see 

Paul Farnsworth (30:50): 

Yeah. In a 

Mindy Hargesheimer (30:50): 

Lot of that 

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We are often mistaken for brothers. We look sort of similar. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (30:53): 

Yeah. I can see that 

Paul Farnsworth (30:54): 

He has like glasses and beard and stuff. Um, but what really kind of put us in our, our current trajectory  was, uh, we got on Musically, which was the precursor to TikTok. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (31:06): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (31:06): 

And so, as far as movie theatre companies are concerned, we were basically first to market. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (31:10): 

And, 

Paul Farnsworth (31:11): 

Um, still have, I think, the best engagement in some of the highest, um, viewership of any movie theatre  company on the platform. Yeah. And so as we started building that out, opportunities kind of began to  open up for us mm-hmm 

Speaker 4 (31:22): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (31:23): 

Almost as if we were like an influencer. 

Speaker 4 (31:25): 

Yeah. Which 

Paul Farnsworth (31:26): 

Is insane because we don't want to be 

Mindy Hargesheimer (31:29): 

That, I don't think. Yeah. But, 

Paul Farnsworth (31:30): 

Um, it depends 

Mindy Hargesheimer (31:31): 

On how you look at it, but you were 

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Creating content. Well, that's true, I guess. Yeah. I mean, we wanna, we wanna influence, I guess and  incentivize Yeah. And inform. But we were really coming from it from this place of like pure, I mean, we  were just excited about movies and we wanted to talk about 'em and 

Speaker 4 (31:47): 

Like, 

Paul Farnsworth (31:47): 

Hey, this is coming out and we're gonna watch it and you guys can, and Yep. 

Speaker 4 (31:50): 

Come 

Paul Farnsworth (31:50): 

Here to watch it. Long story short, um, it started with a junket for Acrimony. Okay. Which is a movie  from Lionsgate directed by Tyler Perry. 

Speaker 4 (32:00): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (32:00): 

This was like eight or nine years ago. And they said, if you can get to New York City, like you gotta pay  to get there, you gotta pay for where you're staying and your food and everything, but we have a slot for  you if you want to do it. And so we're like, man is like, is that worth it? It was like thousands of dollars to  go. So we did. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:14): 

That's kind of, was that like your first opportunity 

Paul Farnsworth (32:16): 

To kinda like, that was the first 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:18): 

Do a big 

Paul Farnsworth (32:18): 

Yeah. It was the first step out of Liberty. Yeah. Really? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:23): 

Yeah. But 

Paul Farnsworth (32:23): 

Also kind of linking Arms with a studio, Uhhuh 

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<affirmative> 

Paul Farnsworth (32:27): 

To promote a specific film. Perfect. And we did it and it was great. And then we did that for a couple  years, paying our own way. Yeah. They're like, we can create a spot for you if you can get there. And it,  as we continue to grow it, it continued to evolve to now they're, they're like paying for us to go. And, um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:42): 

How often are you doing that? 

Paul Farnsworth (32:43): 

Well, at this, there are sort of seasons to it. Okay. I mean, during busy times. Um, I mean, geez, literally  last week I flew from Kansas City to New York City to Salt Lake City. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:54): 

Back 

Paul Farnsworth (32:55): 

To Kansas City, to LA back to Kansas City. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:57): 

Oh my gosh. 

Paul Farnsworth (32:58): 

In like four days. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (32:58): 

Literally coast to coast. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:00): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:00): 

Because you did David. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:02): 

I did Super Girl Before that Super 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:03): 

Girl that, that's right. Which was the, which you had the shirt on. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:05): 

Yeah. 

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Awesome. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:06): 

And then I was in LA just now for, uh, song, song Blue, and I can only imagine part two. Okay. Which  comes out next year. Okay. 

Speaker 3 (33:13): 

Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (33:15): 

So it's crazy. And we kind of rarely say no. I mean, if, if they're paying for it, we want to take advantage  of it. And it's fun too because man, like I really do feel this way and I, like, somebody needs to tell me if I  ever stop be being this way because Chris and I both, we come from small towns. We love movies, we  love managing movies, theatres. Yeah. So it's like a ride for us. 

Speaker 4 (33:35): 

I bet. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:36): 

And it's, so, I, I think a lot of the feedback that we get is from people like us in towns, like the ones we  come from Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:42): 

Who 

Paul Farnsworth (33:42): 

Are like, this is so crazy that you're there. And they kind of feel like we taking them, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:46): 

It's a like a dream job a little bit. Do you feel like it's like you get, 

Paul Farnsworth (33:48): 

Uh, I mean, kind of. Yeah. And it's kind of like, you know, we've met people that we never thought we  would ever get to see. And, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:55): 

Uh, Keanu Reeves. 

Paul Farnsworth (33:57): 

Keanu Reeves a couple times. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (33:58): 

That's amazing. 

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And like, p Paramount, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:00): 

I just, I love Hollywood and movies and everything that I'm like, can you bring me along maybe  sometime to a premiere know, I'm not like on the payroll, but 

Paul Farnsworth (34:07): 

What would be the one that you would want to get to? Oh, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:09): 

I don't even know. That's a really good question. What's coming out next year? Maybe we could narrow it  down to something 

Paul Farnsworth (34:14): 

Like that. Yeah. Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:15): 

I would totally do a James Cameron movie any 

Paul Farnsworth (34:17): 

Day. Sure. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:17): 

Yeah. Why not? 

Paul Farnsworth (34:18): 

So, um, I mean, devil Wears Prada two is gonna be 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:21): 

A big one. Oh, that's a no brainer. 

Paul Farnsworth (34:21): 

Yeah. I thought that might be a good 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:22): 

One. That's right at my alley. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (34:24): 

Um, I don't know that we're guaranteed and it's kind of always like, it's always a welcome surprise. It's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:29): 

So fun though. 

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I don't want to like, uh, show our hand too much here, really. But what we've allowed to be our sort of  guiding light is just fandom gratitude. 

Speaker 3 (34:38): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (34:39): 

Um, transparency. I mean, we are so thankful for those opportunities and we don't take any of 'em for  granted. And I, I don't know that that's a common, uh, kind of reaction. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:51): 

Reaction or Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (34:52): 

Partnership 

Paul Farnsworth (34:52): 

Can Yeah. That, that's, that's often offered to the studios. And so I think it might be refreshing, but that's  just the way we do it. So 

Mindy Hargesheimer (34:57): 

How many movies come out per year? Like how, like how many movies did BMB theatre show in 2025? 

Paul Farnsworth (35:04): 

Oh man, I have no idea. Do 

Mindy Hargesheimer (35:07): 

Mean these come out every week? Um, do they come out every, or is it kind of like ebb and flow? 

Paul Farnsworth (35:11): 

Yeah, it's, well, that has been, I think one of the contributing factors to the downed years that we've had is 

Speaker 4 (35:17): 

Oh, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (35:17): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (35:17): 

Is less content being released theatrically. And that's one of the reasons why people are so excited for  2026. 'cause I think there's like a hundred theatrical releases next year. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (35:25): 

Okay.

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Paul Farnsworth (35:26): 

Maybe more. And over, over the last five or six years, we've been down 20, 30%. Yeah. Just in terms of  the number of movies go going to theatres, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (35:34): 

Has it just caught up? Like, is that what it used to be pre COVID and has it caught up? Or is there a  rhyme or reason why? 

Paul Farnsworth (35:40): 

Yeah, the answer to that question will probably depend on who you ask. Okay. I think there was, there  were a couple years where studios were doing a lot of experimentation. 

Speaker 4 (35:46): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (35:47): 

Um, I really don't wanna talk about the We can, we can talk about whatever you want, but I don't wanna  keep like Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (35:52): 

But like 

Paul Farnsworth (35:52): 

The pandemic was a thing that triggered whatever. 

Speaker 4 (35:56): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (35:57): 

And so for a time, studios were like, maybe we just push this to streaming. And it was like, in real time  we were seeing models put to the test. 

Speaker 3 (36:06): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (36:07): 

Uh, a great example is Wonder Woman 1984. I dunno if you remember that one. It opened day and date.  So it opened in theatres the same time it opened on HBO Max. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (36:15): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (36:15): 

And what was so compelling about that, first of all, is that they didn't make their money back without a  theatrical exclusive window.

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Speaker 4 (36:21): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (36:22): 

But also, um, the, the like guest or the viewer rating for the film was notably lower for people who  watched it at home. Interesting. So that was like, in real time, we're seeing people say the same movie in a  movie theatre is a better movie. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (36:37): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (36:38): 

Which is an incredible testimonial to the experience, but there's still been a lot of that and, and shuffling  around properties and ips across streaming platforms. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. There is, I think this is  just me talking like, honestly, not even as Paul anymore from BB just me. I, I think there's probably a  critical mass of, of people are gonna get, I don't know, fed up with like 

Speaker 4 (37:00): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (37:00): 

It's basically cable. Again, we're paying for all these things. It really is, I don't know, talking where it's  gonna end up. 

Speaker 4 (37:04): 

Yeah. Yeah. But 

Paul Farnsworth (37:05): 

The theatre industry has been through it all a hundred times. We've been through 

Mindy Hargesheimer (37:09): 

You've probably learned so much though. 

Paul Farnsworth (37:11): 

Well, yeah. We really have. Yeah. I mean, and, and a lot of that I wasn't around for like wars and  recessions and whatever, but the pandemic. 

Speaker 4 (37:18): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (37:19): 

Um, I think we op we were operating very lean mm-hmm <affirmative>. Now, I think we, we realized  what, what it took to really run efficiently because we kind of had to get serious about it. You know, 20,  um, 19, 20 20. You could be, not that we were, but you could operate fairly inefficiently. Yeah. And 

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people would show up and, and spend money. And now it's, it's a lot more competitive kind of landscape.  And so yeah. We've, we've learned some, some important good lessons mm-hmm 

Speaker 3 (37:44): 

<affirmative>. And I 

Paul Farnsworth (37:44): 

Think in many ways we're as strong companies we've ever been. And so it's exciting to be positioned in  that way. Going into this new year or this holiday season and this new year, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (37:52): 

Do you get, does BNB theatres get every movie? Or, or maybe then, you know, aside from like indie  movies or something like that, but like how does that work? Or do you have to go in asking for certain  movies to come? 

Paul Farnsworth (38:04): 

Fortunately, I don't have to do any of that because it sounds like a terrible process. Yeah. But we have,  um, film buyers who are great, intelligent, competent people. I'm friendly with all of them, but they, they  enter those negotiations literally every week. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (38:17): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (38:18): 

Uh, where that's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (38:19): 

Like a whole other topic to get into. Oh. 

Paul Farnsworth (38:20): 

And frankly, I don't understand it and I don't want to Yeah. 'cause I think it is probably as political as this  industry gets Yeah. About like cur, you know, I mean, you have to curry favor and you have to kind of  scratch backs and mm-hmm 

Speaker 3 (38:31): 

<affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (38:32): 

They negotiate film rental terms, which is something that a lot of, you know, okay. Joe Moviegoer doesn't  know about. Yeah. We don't, we don't own these movies. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. We, we, we rent them  literally. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (38:41): 

Oh, that's funny. 

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And so we pay a percentage of box office back to the studios. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (38:45): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (38:46): 

And depending on what studio that is mm-hmm <affirmative>. Uh, the percentage may or may not be Got  it. Significantly higher. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (38:51): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (38:51): 

So, which is why the price of concessions is what it's, and so, uh, the film buyers figure out what movies  to play in what towns, in what auditoriums 

Mindy Hargesheimer (38:59): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (39:00): 

At what times and at what rate. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:02): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (39:02): 

Which just does not interest me at all, but it is No, I know. Super important 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:06): 

Work. My mind just went to like, we're in the world of like, you know, soccer and sports and how people  have to figure out like who's playing where and what time, what day, and what field. And I'm like, that  would make me crazy trying. 

Paul Farnsworth (39:15): 

Well, and, and I 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:16): 

Thank goodness 

Paul Farnsworth (39:17): 

It, it, it matters for all kinds of reasons. Yeah. They have a great understanding of our market  demographics. And so, for example, we have a number of theatre locations in towns with like huge  military bases. Yeah. 

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We 

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Have one in Waynesville, like right outside Fort Leonard Wood. Um, we're close to like Whiteman Air  Force Base. So there are certain movies that you can understand would play a lot better in those towns.  And so those kinds of considerations are really important when deciding what movies to put where. Yeah.  Um, and then we have auditoriums, like the lyric mm-hmm <affirmative>. Which are designed to play. I  had never even 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:47): 

Heard of that until I pulled that. Yeah. It's, 

Paul Farnsworth (39:50): 

I mean it's, it just has higher end finishes. It's just like, oh, this feels kind of special in here. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:53): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (39:54): 

But the idea is to play art house films or indie titles in there. Okay. As much as we can. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (39:58): 

Got it. 

Paul Farnsworth (39:58): 

Um, and so just to kind of create, uh, a diverse slate. Yeah. Like if there's something you're looking for,  we're trying to create a place where it can play. So 

Mindy Hargesheimer (40:05): 

As I'm looking through like the different theatre experiences, so what makes some of the theatres around  Casey different from one another? Like, can you talk to that? Like, would I go to Liberty for one reason  or would I go to, 

Speaker 3 (40:19): 

Um, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (40:19): 

Power and Light for another reason? Like what kind of makes the theatres Yeah. Or are they all pretty  much the same? 

Paul Farnsworth (40:24): 

No, that's a good question. I hope there will be things that feel the same. Yeah. Um, that you feel like, oh,  I must be at a BB 'cause I feel so good here, or whatever. Yeah, 

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Of course. 

Paul Farnsworth (40:31): 

Um, yeah, main Street downtown of Power Light mm-hmm. I think is a super exclusive, it's very unique  building across the BB Circuit. Of course. I mean, it's a hundred year old place. Um, so yeah, of course  you can go there and watch movies, but there's, uh, there's a beautiful bar there. Mm-hmm <affirmative>.  There's, we have live music and we host all kinds of events there. It's just like a spot. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (40:48): 

Yeah. Um, 

Paul Farnsworth (40:49): 

That kind of has its own vibe and feel to it. And plus you're downtown, so if there's a bunch of other stuff  you wanna do, you're right in the heart of it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (40:54): 

Crime, location, 

Paul Farnsworth (40:55): 

Um, a lot of those theatrical amenities can be found across the metro from Overland Park to Shawnee Lee  Summit to Liberty. Um, we actually own what's called the Northland location off 1 52 and yeah, 1 52 in  Brighton. Okay. Which is like three miles from Liberty. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:09): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (41:10): 

So those, we kind of try to counter program a little bit. Sure. Like if there's not something playing in  Liberty, it might be playing down the road at Northland. So there's a bit of that. Um, and then I think one  unique thing that's worth mentioning is our location in Shawnee is home to, um, MTKC, which is like live  theatre. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:26): 

Oh, really? 

Paul Farnsworth (41:26): 

So we partnered with Music theatre, Kansas City. Ah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:29): 

Is that new or have I just been 

Paul Farnsworth (41:31): 

No, it's been, it's been a few years now, but it's, it's been an evolution for sure as we've kind of continued  to build out their space there. But I mean, they have, I mean, it's, it is legit, like full on because the MTKC  is an incredible program of young, talented music theatre people. Okay.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (41:47): 

But they 

Paul Farnsworth (41:47): 

Also have like adult pro shows, Uhhuh 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:49): 

<affirmative>. Uh, 

Paul Farnsworth (41:50): 

So we do Christmas stuff. And you do like elephant stuff every year, but also full, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:53): 

So you're going see a live performance or is it, and then you pair it with a movie or it's just in and 

Paul Farnsworth (41:57): 

Itself your own? No, that is its own. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (41:59): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (41:59): 

Dedicated auditorium. Very. So there's never a movie playing in there. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:02): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (42:02): 

Um, the, I mean the, the, the truth of it is the bagby kids who are, are pre, we have three presidents right  now at B. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:09): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (42:10): 

Bobby, Brittany, and Brock Bagby. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:11): 

All bes. All bes of course, 

Paul Farnsworth (42:13): 

Should 

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Have known. 

Paul Farnsworth (42:13): 

And they're also all MTKC alum. Okay. And so 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:16): 

There's 

Paul Farnsworth (42:17): 

A soft spot certainly for them, for, for the program. Yeah. 

Speaker 4 (42:19): 

But 

Paul Farnsworth (42:19): 

They also just do incredible work. And so it's a nod to their history with the organization, but also I think,  you know, an intentional Yeah. Show of appreciation for the arts generally. And it's, it's cool to have a  live theatre. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:31): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (42:31): 

I'll check that out. You really should. It's really, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:33): 

See, this is why incredible. I love talking to people. 'cause like, you know, I know so much about what's  happening around Casey and then never fails me that I'm like, I didn't know. 

Paul Farnsworth (42:40): 

I didn't know that that was the thing. I'm the exact, like, I, I, I, I know how much I don't know. So I love  being surprised. Yeah. I'm constantly being like, oh my gosh, I didn't know that was so close to home. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:48): 

Yeah. Yeah. But you didn't grow up in kc, you're from the Ozarks 

Paul Farnsworth (42:51): 

Yeah. From Southwest Missouri. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (42:52): 

Did you watch the show Ozark? 

Paul Farnsworth (42:55): 

I did <laugh>, I did.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (42:57): 

That's not your family background, is it? 

Paul Farnsworth (42:59): 

Uh, no, but I mean, I knew some people who could have been extras. I 

Mindy Hargesheimer (43:03): 

Love it. Yeah. Um, okay. So before we wrap up and do some fun rapid fire 

Paul Farnsworth (43:08): 

Questions, oh, let's go. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (43:09): 

Because you do live in the KC Metro mm-hmm <affirmative>. With you and your family. Um, anything  else that you want to talk about with BB Brag about, I mean, you guys have such like, you know, like I  said, my family, we go to BB theatres and op and you know, you can just tell, it's like such a welcoming  family experience. My daughters love screen X. They, you know, it's such a good experience for us. We  love it. So anything else that you wanna share from your perspective about, you know, it being such a  great, um, thing for KC people to do? 

Paul Farnsworth (43:37): 

Yeah. I don't know. I feel like this has been a great conversation. I don't want to Yeah. It has sit here and  horn toot <laugh> as they say this. But I 

Speaker 4 (43:45): 

Am opening that up 

Paul Farnsworth (43:46): 

For you too. But this, well, thank you. This has been, I mean this has been a, um, a hot button issue for  me. Really. Mm-hmm. As we've grown it. I have been adamant along with so many other people in our  office. I'm like, we have to get big. Yes. We have to grow, we have to expand, we have to go into new  markets, but like, we need to be, we gotta be who we are. 

Speaker 4 (44:04): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (44:04): 

And we can't allow that to change. And that's the thing that keeps so many of us with the company. 

Speaker 4 (44:09): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (44:09): 

And I, there, I don't think there was a time really where, where it was at risk, but I think we felt it, the  pressure

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Speaker 4 (44:14): 

Yeah. Of 

Paul Farnsworth (44:15): 

Getting big. I 

Speaker 4 (44:16): 

Bet. 

Paul Farnsworth (44:16): 

And like, oh my gosh, we have to kind of work in the service of numbers and we have, you know, uh,  vendors and partners and landlords and bankers. Mm-hmm <affirmative>. We have to keep those people  happy, but never, ever at the expense or at the compromise of our values. Right. And of our integrity. And  those are the things that really do come from here. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (44:34): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (44:34): 

Um, I mean our, our owners live in Kansas City. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (44:37): 

Yeah. I love that. 

Paul Farnsworth (44:38): 

And, and they are from 

Mindy Hargesheimer (44:39): 

This place. Yeah. That's why I wanted to learn more about the brand because of all of that 

Paul Farnsworth (44:42): 

Back. And like, I, I really can't overstate it as a differentiator for us when we go to LA or when we go to  New York City. We are different. And it's not embarrassing. Yeah. It's like people are like, oh my gosh.  Like, you guys are on time and you're nice and you're courteous and you know. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (44:58): 

You 

Paul Farnsworth (44:59): 

Don't 

Mindy Hargesheimer (44:59): 

Go figure, 

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Push anything. 'cause we, I think there is a sensibility about this part of the country, but also about our  company. Mm-hmm 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:05): 

<affirmative>. That is 

Paul Farnsworth (45:06): 

Really important to us. And, um, it's just great for 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:09): 

Us. And that just makes its way through and you know, like your staff day to day. 

Paul Farnsworth (45:13): 

I hope it does. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. And it's, it's a through line of all of our training and orientation and  development pieces is like, here's the skills that you need, but also this is what we wanna project. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:22): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (45:22): 

So I, I guess I only mention that because that is the standard. And when people visit us in Kansas City,  they should experience that. And if they don't, they can let me know. 'cause we wanna get it righted. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:31): 

I love it. Okay. So we're gonna get into some rapid fire questions. Okay. But I kind of wanna add one on  like what is your go-to movie that you could watch over and over and over again? 

Paul Farnsworth (45:40): 

I have a, oh my gosh, I have a bunch of those. Okay. This is a rapid fire. I just say off the top. Yeah. Um,  Jurassic Park. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:45): 

Okay. The original, 

Paul Farnsworth (45:46): 

Yes. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:47): 

OG 

Paul Farnsworth (45:47): 

From 1994. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:47): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>.

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Paul Farnsworth (45:48): 

Uh, the Matrix I think is on there. And I think my wild card. I know. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:52): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (45:53): 

He's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:53): 

Dreaming. Made his way through 

Paul Farnsworth (45:54): 

You. And then, uh, do you know my Keanu story by the way? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:56): 

No. 

Paul Farnsworth (45:56): 

I can tell you now or I can tell you later. No, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (45:58): 

Tell me now. Tell me now. 

Paul Farnsworth (45:59): 

We were on the carpet for John Wick three. Okay. And I'd never met Keanu Reeves before. I was very  excited to meet him. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:04): 

Yeah, of course. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:04): 

And so he's coming down the pipeline. He's very, he's very, he was with Chad Stulski who directed that  movie and was also the stunt coordinator. They were kind of working together. I did my interview  questions and then there's a moderator, like a handler 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:15): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:15): 

Who will tap you when it's time to stop talking. Oh. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:18): 

Like,

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Paul Farnsworth (46:18): 

We're done, we're moving on. How 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:20): 

Nice. So 

Paul Farnsworth (46:20): 

I knew it was time to wrap. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:21): 

So 

Paul Farnsworth (46:21): 

I said, I may never see you again. So I'm just kind of like, shoot my shot here, man. I would love to do a  wild stallion's air guitar from Bill and Ted if you're agreeable. No way. And the lady was, she was like,  Nope, we're not doing that. We're here to talk about John Wick. We're not doing anything else. 'cause it's,  that's not from the same studio. 

Speaker 4 (46:39): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:40): 

And he looked at her and he said, but he wants to do it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:44): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:45): 

And I want to do it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:47): 

Yes. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:47): 

So I think we're gonna do it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:48): 

No way. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:49): 

So then we did it together. He got it. So that was one of those moments like, don't meet your heroes man.  Unless your heroes count Reeves. 

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Yeah. Because 

Paul Farnsworth (46:54): 

He will not let you know. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (46:54): 

But I've heard that about him. I've heard that he is genuinely like a good guy. 

Paul Farnsworth (46:59): 

I think that's true. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:00): 

So that's not surprising to me as someone who really does love pop culture and 

Paul Farnsworth (47:04): 

Yeah. And it's cool when you realize too that, I mean, I love that they're just guys. They're just people  doing their jobs. Yeah. And it's cool when they have stayed grounded despite 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:11): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:11): 

Worldwide acclaim. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:12): 

Love 

Paul Farnsworth (47:13): 

My wild card answer to wrap this one up is School of Rock 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:16): 

Jack Black. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:17): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:17): 

Just saw him, uh, he's coming out with Paul Rudd in 

Paul Farnsworth (47:20): 

Anaconda. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:20): 

Yeah. There you go.

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On Christmas Day. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:22): 

Yeah. I just saw him this morning on the Today Show talking about that. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:24): 

Yeah. What a weird, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:25): 

He's a riot. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:27): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:27): 

Yeah. I can only imagine hanging out with him like grabbing a drink or lunch with that guy would be, 

Paul Farnsworth (47:31): 

I couldn't even keep up. I don't even know what you do. So funny. You just let him go. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:34): 

Yeah. Just let him go. Exactly. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:35): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:35): 

Yeah. Okay. Good. I love that. Alright, what is currently on your Kansas City bucket list? What do you  wanna do? Good 

Paul Farnsworth (47:42): 

Heavens. Oh my gosh. I don't, well, I mean, fingers crossed. Somehow I score some World Cup tickets. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:50): 

Okay. Yeah. I was gonna say FIFA is making its way through most conversations. 

Paul Farnsworth (47:54): 

So I don't think I have a prayer. I don't think I know the right people. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (47:57): 

I don't know even how that works. I don't even pretend to know. So 

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Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:01): 

Yeah. I don't, where are we at with that? Like, are you in a drawing and then, or is there even a drawing  anymore? 

Paul Farnsworth (48:07): 

If there is, I'm not in it. Okay. The, the chances of me it's, but I'm putting it out there. I'm manifesting. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:11): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (48:12): 

I love it. I guess that would be a major bucket list. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:14): 

You gotta figure that out. Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (48:15): 

Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:15): 

Okay. Done and done. Um, anybody that you would want to hear on this podcast, anyone that you'd love  to 

Paul Farnsworth (48:22): 

See 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:23): 

Or hear a bit more about their story here in kc 

Paul Farnsworth (48:26): 

Wow. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:26): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. Related to Kansas City. They don't have to live here. 

Paul Farnsworth (48:30): 

Oh my gosh. I don't know. I, well, um, one thing that I think I have found fascinating 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:35): 

Yeah. 

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Is about the history of the city. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:38): 

Okay. So 

Paul Farnsworth (48:39): 

I don't know who would well be the guy or the person 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:43): 

That's on my list of things to figure out. Okay. Because I do think there's so many people that are  interested in history in general. Um, well, and actually one of my questions is what do you wanna know  more about regarding the Kansas City lifestyle? That, but it could be the history of, 

Paul Farnsworth (48:54): 

So that would be it. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (48:55): 

We gotta find out who those people would 

Paul Farnsworth (48:56): 

When we took over Main Street. That building has a huge Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:00): 

History 

Paul Farnsworth (49:00): 

And we kinda learned a little bit about that. And we did like a prohibition tour. It's just cool. Like, there's  been a lot of things that have happened here and I don't know enough about them. I know. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:07): 

Okay. I love that. Yeah. Um, have you had any ghosts in that building? Any 

Paul Farnsworth (49:11): 

Stories I've been told, I've been told, but I have not personally witnessed any. Okay. After that I, I am  grateful. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:16): 

Um, do you have a favorite hidden gym in Kansas City? A local haunt or 

Paul Farnsworth (49:24): 

A local haunt? 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:26): 

Anything that you're like, this is,

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Paul Farnsworth (49:27): 

I'm afraid I'm disappointing because I'm such a sandwich. No, you're not at all. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:29): 

No, you're 

Paul Farnsworth (49:30): 

Good. Um, I, I think what my answer is gonna be is we, we love sort of touring dog parks around. Okay.  Great. Kansas City. No, there's no wrong answer. I love that. We've been to a bunch. I mean, we, we sort  of make it a point to like go to different parts of the city with our dog. We just got a new dog last year,  Murphy. Congratulations. Who's a Beagle Bassett Mix. I know. Aw. And so we 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:48): 

Puppy, or did you 

Paul Farnsworth (49:50): 

She was a puppy. Yeah. So she's just a year old now. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:52): 

So fun. 

Paul Farnsworth (49:52): 

Um, so I guess that's kind of my answer. And we sort of found some, and it's given us a great excuse to 

Mindy Hargesheimer (49:57): 

Any that have a name that we could add to our list. 

Paul Farnsworth (49:59): 

Well, I mean 

Mindy Hargesheimer (50:01): 

That, you know, off the top of your head, 

Paul Farnsworth (50:02): 

There's, I mean, just the ones in Liberty, I remember the names of, there's like Stockdale Park and then at  Betta Park there's one and 

Mindy Hargesheimer (50:08): 

Okay. 

Paul Farnsworth (50:08): 

Downtown Liberty. I'm sorry. 

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Love it. No, you're good. No, I will go find it. Put 

Paul Farnsworth (50:11): 

Me spot. I'm getting a little sweaty with these hot, these hot seat questions. Well, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (50:14): 

No, I mean, rapid fire is definitely what it is. You're like, oh my gosh, I have to think all this time. Yeah.  Yeah. And I am terrible at it, which is the irony of me making people do it. Um, okay. In your opinion,  what makes Kansas City so unique? So great. 

Paul Farnsworth (50:27): 

Okay. Yeah. This is my opinion. I lived in St. Louis for four years. Well, sort of, I lived in West County.  Okay. Which is really, it's a, it's its own thing. Um, which was a very, it was not a community where I  felt, I don't know, it's never felt at home there. Okay. Um, and within five months of living in this area, I  was like, okay, man. I mean the, the pace 

Speaker 4 (50:52): 

Mm-hmm <affirmative>. 

Paul Farnsworth (50:52): 

Of the city is agreeable. 

Speaker 4 (50:54): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (50:54): 

It's easy to navigate, it's clean. People are friendly. 

Speaker 4 (50:58): 

Yep. 

Paul Farnsworth (50:58): 

I, that's it for me. Perfect. And, and I think that it's great that we have a big city 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:03): 

Yeah. 

Paul Farnsworth (51:04): 

Where that feels like a small one. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:06): 

Love it. 

Paul Farnsworth (51:06): 

And, uh, I'm here for that.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (51:08): 

And you get to raise your kids on that. 

Paul Farnsworth (51:09): 

That's right. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:09): 

Um, and then the last question, and you said you're a bit of a homebody, but maybe you have an answer  to this. If you could have your last meal on earth at a Kansas City restaurant, where would you have your  last meal? Oh, 

Paul Farnsworth (51:19): 

I don't know. I need a recommendation for that. Okay. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:22): 

You guys like to eat at home? 

Paul Farnsworth (51:23): 

We do. Great. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:24): 

And 

Paul Farnsworth (51:24): 

It's great. Although my policy generally is if somebody else cooks it or pays for it, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:29): 

Uhhuh, 

Paul Farnsworth (51:29): 

I will eat it. Done graciously, <laugh>. I don't much care what it is. Um, yeah. I'm, I'm sorry I'm not  You're fine Sure. What to you, but I'm serious. I would welcome from you. What do you 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:38): 

Have? Well, I've got plenty for you. 

Paul Farnsworth (51:39): 

Yeah. Yeah. Gimme a list. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (51:40): 

I'll give them to you, uh, off, off the podcast recording. Perfect. We'll see what kind of food you like. 

Paul Farnsworth (51:45): 

That'd be great. Okay.

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Mindy Hargesheimer (51:46): 

Um, well thank you so much. This has been really fun. Like, it's been a pleasure. I love the industry that  you're in. We obviously, I've talked a lot about how we love the experience that we have at BB theatres.  Really excited for what's to come in 2026. Um, we're here to support you guys, like, it's so great. The  backstory is from Kansas City, a hundred years old as of 2024. That's 

Paul Farnsworth (52:04): 

Right. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:04): 

That's incredible. Um, where can people find B&B theatres? Where should they follow you and your  fun shenanigans with Keanu Reeves and all the things? 

Paul Farnsworth (52:13): 

Yeah. Uh, basically any social media platform at BB theatres. Okay. B-B-T-H-E-A-T-R-E-S. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:20): 

Yep. 

Paul Farnsworth (52:20): 

Theatres, 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:21): 

Theatres, 

Paul Farnsworth (52:22): 

Uh, or our website, bb theatres.com. And that'll redirect you to any of our platforms, but engage with us.  Another thing I think that 

Speaker 4 (52:28): 

Helps 

Paul Farnsworth (52:28): 

Set us apart is if you email, if you drop us a, a voicemail or if you comment on anything, by golly we  respond to it. So like, we wanna be sure that we're interacting and, um, great 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:38): 

Customer service. 

Paul Farnsworth (52:38): 

We wanna hear from people 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:40): 

And download the app. Make sure and

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Paul Farnsworth (52:42): 

Get the app 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:42): 

Backstage fast. Thanks. Quite a And um, and we're gonna do a giveaway too. 

Paul Farnsworth (52:45): 

We are, that's 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:46): 

Right. Yeah. We're gonna do some, uh, we're gonna do a little giveaway, so we'll get to that, um, later on  what that'll entail. But Sounds 

Paul Farnsworth (52:51): 

Good. Really 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:52): 

Exciting. Well, thank you so much for coming on. My 

Paul Farnsworth (52:53): 

Pleasure. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:54): 

So good to meet you. Thank 

Paul Farnsworth (52:54): 

You. We'll see at in the movies. Yeah. 

Mindy Hargesheimer (52:56): 

All right. Take care. Thank you so much for tuning in and finding inspiration in these incredible stories. If  you love what you hear, be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Leave a rating and share the  show to help these Kansas City voices reach even more listeners.