He mau pule wale nō ia maiā Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Wakinekona Wailele ma kahi lehulehu i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, akā ua hana ia i gehena o kahi hopena! Ua laki au e kamaʻilio me ke kāne ma hope o ka pupule a me nā moʻo nui, ʻo Kevin Lewis. Ke kūkākūkā nei i nā mea āpau mai kāna ʻoihana, a i ka hana ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, e hana pū ana me nā papeti a me nā holoholona i kūpono i nā mea hoʻokūkū a me nā mea hou aʻe ma lalo.

Jacob Davison: Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kāu kua? He aha kāu i hoihoi ai i ka hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

Kevin Lewis: Ua ulu au ma Denver, Colorado a makemake au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi. Ua ulu wau i nā makahiki 70, no laila ʻoiaʻiʻo Star Wars e like me kēlā me kēia keiki. A like nā mea like ʻO Star Trek: ʻO ke Kiʻi ʻoihana, ʻEleʻele a hele mau wau i loko o sci-fi. A laila ʻo 80's ʻike wau ʻO ka makeʻino a Nā Raiders o ka pahu i hala ʻo ia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mua loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma kahi i ʻike maoli ai wau i ka hana a kahi alakaʻi. Star Wars a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻia e ke Akua (ʻakaʻaka). Akā i hao, Ua ʻike wau i nā kī ʻana, ua ʻike wau i ka ʻoki ʻana, ua ʻike au i ka hele ʻana. Me hewa make a Make 2 hewa Ua hiki maoli nō iaʻu ke ʻike i ka hana a kahi alakaʻi me kā Sam Raimi hana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia ka paila VHS a ʻO kahi moe moe ma ke alanui Elm a ʻo nā mea āpau a pau i kēlā manawa ua kaulia wau. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, he pahu paʻi kiʻi VHS kaʻu. Ke hana nei au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maVVS a me Super 8. Ua hele wale wau ma waena o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, mālama ʻia ia mea a hana wau i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni VHS hou ma hope o ke kula i kapa ʻia ʻO kaʻOiaʻiʻo a kūʻai aku mākou i nā likiki a he pāʻina nui kā mākou. Ua hana wau ia me nā hoaaloha a hoʻololi i kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ke kahawai ma Denver e hana nei i kahi haumana. No laila ua hoʻohuli wau iā ia a loaʻa iaʻu ke kula ʻekolu mau makahiki ma ka lālani! A laila hele wau i ke kula Film ʻo USC a laila hana i kaʻu hiʻohiʻona mua, Ka Palapala. Ua kī aku mākou iā ia me Patrick Flannery a me Robert Forster lāua ʻo Natasha Grayson. ʻO ia ma Slamdance. No laila, he ʻano evolution kēlā, e ʻike ʻoe.

JD: Ike au! A he aha ka mea i alakaʻi ai iā ʻoe e pili pū ʻO Willy Wonderland?

KL: I hana ia Ka Palapala a ua hana wau i ʻelua mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe me kahi i kāhea ʻia ʻO Puna Malibu. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo T&A me ka Crown Entertainment nāna i hana ʻO kaʻu kumu aʻo a ʻO Galaxina. Ua kākau wau i ka palapala i nā lā ʻekolu a kī i ka ʻeiwa. He pupule ia, ua kī maoli mākou iā ia ma 35mm maoli. Ua hana au ia mea, he hana nui ia, akā leʻaleʻa. Ua hālāwai au i kēia mea hana keaka ʻo Jeremy Daniel Davis. ʻO kāna hana hana mua ia ma ʻO Puna Malibu. I ka lā hope, aia mākou ma hope iki o ka papa kuhikuhi akā ua hoʻohiki wau iā ia i kahi hoʻomaikaʻi a ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona. Makemake nā mea hana iaʻu e ʻoki iā ia a neʻe i mua akā ua ʻōlelo wau "ʻAʻole, ua hoʻohiki wau iā ia a na mākou e hana." A hana mākou.

ʻO Flashforward i mau makahiki ma hope aku a ke hana nei wau i kahi papahana ʻē aʻe a ke kōkua nei kēia mea hana iā mākou e makemake e lawe i kahi hoaaloha i kapa ʻia ʻo Jeremy. A ʻo Jeremy Davis ia! Ua kōkua ʻo ia iaʻu ma ia mea a ua hele a mamao loa nā mea, akā auē ʻaʻole hiki mau nā mea. ʻOi loa ma Hollywood. (ʻAkaʻaka) Hoʻomau mākou i ka launa ʻana a me ke alanui āna i lawe mai ai iaʻu ʻO Willy Wonderland kōmi ʻōkuhi. ʻO ka mea ʻoluʻolu ʻo Siren Sarah, ʻo Jessica Davis, aia ʻo ia i kahi papa hana me GO Parsons ka mea kākau o ʻO Willy Wonderland. Ua aloha ʻo ia i ka palapala, ua lawe ʻo ia iā Jeremy, ua aloha ʻo ia iā ia a ua manaʻo ʻo ia iaʻu. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia iaʻu ma muli o ʻO Malibu a he kanaka wau no kaʻu ʻōlelo. ʻOluʻolu maoli ia. Nā mea i hala he mau makahiki he XNUMX a ʻoi paha ma mua o ka uku ʻia. Inā ʻaʻole wau i hana Malibu Sprinbreak ʻAʻole wau i hana ʻO Willy Wonderland. Hāʻawi wau iā Jeremy, hana ʻo ia i kēia papahana me ka luhi ʻole no nā lā a me nā pō no nā makahiki a ʻo ia ka mea nāna i lawe mai iaʻu.

JD: ʻAe! ʻAʻole wale ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e hana ʻia me ka hopena butterfly.

KL: Pololei, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike.

JD: Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kiʻi, he aha ka mea i hoʻopiʻi iā ʻoe? Ua kūkākūkā paha ʻoe me ka mea kākau, GO Parsons?

KL: ʻAe, maikaʻi loa ka script. ʻO ka mea mua loa, he mea hoihoi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻano e ʻōlelo ʻole. A ua noʻonoʻo wau i kona kū hoʻokahi a me ke kumu. He mea aloha nui wau i ka moʻomeheu pop no laila ʻohiʻohi wau i nā mea pāhenehene, nā kiʻi hana, kēlā ʻano mea, a ua ulu aʻe wau me Showbiz Pizza a nui nā pāʻina hānau ma laila. ʻIke wale wau me ia. Ua ʻike au i 'eighties', ua ʻike au i ka waina i loko o ia mea, ua ʻike au i ka retro i loko ona, ka weliweli kanawalu kanawalu. Ua kamaʻilio wau iā GO a paʻi maikaʻi mākou ia. Ua hana pū mākou āpau i ka palapala. E hoʻouna ʻo ia iaʻu i nā kiʻi o nā animatronics a me nā mea āna e noʻonoʻo nei. ʻO Derned Easter Bunnies mai Hell, kēlā ʻano mea. He launa maikaʻi.

JD: Kani paha ia! A laila pehea i pili ai ʻo Nicolas Cage ma ke ʻano he mea hana a he mea hana keaka?

KL: Loaʻa iā mākou kahi luna hoʻolei a hāʻawi i kahi hāʻawi. ʻO Nic wale nō kā mākou makemake. ʻIke wale wau e kiʻi ʻo ia i kēia. Hūlū ka hapa nui o nā mea hana keaka i kahi ʻāpana kahi e walaʻau ʻole ai kā lākou ʻano. Ua ʻike wau e kū ʻo ia no ka pilikia. Ua loaʻa iā mākou i kāna luna, ʻo Mike Nylon a makemake nui ʻo ia iā ia a hāʻawi iā Nic, makemake ʻo Nic iā ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "ʻAʻole hana hou lākou i nā palapala e like me kēia." Aia ʻo ia ma ka moku. Ma muli o kona kuko e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo ia ke kumu i hele mai ai lākou ma ke ʻano he mea hana. Makemake nui lākou e ʻike e hana a hana ʻia.

JD: Kani paha ʻo ia i loko maoli. He aha ke ʻano o ke kuhikuhi ʻana iā ia pēlā?

KL: Kupanaha ia. Aia ʻekolu mau mea e pili ana iā Nic Cage. He mea hana papa honua ʻo ia, maopopo iā mākou āpau a me ka mea hana keaka lanakila. He ʻano ʻano ʻo ia iā ia iho, i kāna pono ponoʻī. Helu ʻelua, e ʻōlelo wau i kahi hoa kupaianaha e hana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Kūpono ʻia e mākou a hana luhi ʻole e like me ka poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka helu ʻekolu, e ʻōlelo wale wau he kanaka maikaʻi ʻo ia. He ʻuhane lokomaikaʻi ʻo ia. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi manaʻo kūlike ʻole, ua ʻike maka mākou i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Hana ʻoi ʻo ia i ka hana nui, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e noho i kāna trailer a ʻo wai paha. Aia ʻo ia ma laila. Kupaianaha ʻo ia.

JD: Hōʻike ʻia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

KL: Auē. Ua minoʻaka ka poʻe kime a me nā limahana ma ko lākou alo mai ka hoʻomaka a hiki i ka wā i haʻalele ai. Manaʻo wau e hōʻike nei ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

JD: I ke kamaʻilio ʻana, pehea ʻo Emily Tosta i hui pū ai me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a pehea ke ʻano o ka hana pū ʻana me ia?

KL: Ua maikaʻi ʻo Emily. A ʻo Mike Nylon maoli nō, ka luna o Nic i kuhikuhi iā mākou iā Emily. Hui mākou i kahi hui me ia, maikaʻi loa ia. Loaʻa iā mākou makemake mākou e hana. He mea hauʻoli ia e hana pū me ia.

JD: E kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā hōkū ʻē aʻe o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, nā animatronics a me ka hui. He aha ka mea i hele i loko o nā manaʻo mua a laila hoʻokō iā lākou?

KL: ʻO Ken Hall ka mea nāna lākou i hana a aia he ʻehiku lole komo. Loaʻa iā mākou hoʻokahi wale nō. A laila ʻo Ozzy he papeti, no laila he ʻewalu mau mea holoʻokoʻa. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā mea like ʻole, akā ʻike wau e loaʻa ana ka poʻe i ka lole a ua hoʻoholo mākou e pāʻani i nā kāne a me nā wahine, a he leʻaleʻa lākou. Aia lākou i nā hoʻopiʻi a he mau pulley kā mākou ma laila no ka mea ke nānā ʻoe i nā animatronics e like me Chuck-E Cheese a me nā mea, nā maka a me ka waha. No laila he mau pulley kā mākou no ka maka a me nā waha e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kēlā manaʻo.

Ua makemake au e lilo i meaola a manaʻo maoli. Aia kēia mau animatronics. Hoʻomaka ʻia i Nowemapa a ʻano ʻē maoli ia no ka mea ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka hana mua ma kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo ia ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka hana. Akā pono ʻo ia e hoʻomaka mua ma mua o ka hana mua ʻana, no laila ʻo Nowemapa ia a hana mākou i mua o Ianuali. A laila hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā mea ola no ka pule mua o ke kī ʻana. ʻO ka pule mua o ke kī ʻana ua hana mākou i nā hana ma waho o Willy no ka mea pono mākou e hāʻawi iā ia i ka manawa e pono ai. ʻLelo aku wau iā ʻoe, i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o kēlā mau mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o kēia mau pahu nui nui, ua like ia me Kalikimaka. Ua pīhoihoi wale nā ​​poʻe āpau e ʻike iā lākou. Hele aku ka pāpale iā Ken Hall. Hana kupaianaha.

JD: ʻAe, ua hauʻoli loa wau i kēlā. Ma kēlā memo, he aha ke ʻano o ke mele ʻana i nā hakakā ma waena o Nic Cage a me Willy a me ka hui?

KL: ʻOluʻolu! Makemake wau e hana i kekahi mea ʻokoʻa a pupule nā ​​hakakā a pau. A ʻo Charlie Paris koʻu luna hoʻonohonoho kūloko a maikaʻi ʻo ia. No laila ua hana pū wau me Charlie e hana i nā hakakā akā maikaʻi nō naʻe a lepo a lepo hoʻi. Nui nā ala i hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻokokoke aku iā ia, ma kahi manawa e noʻonoʻo ana wau e hana i Hoʻopiʻiʻiaʻo Tiger, Hoʻokani pahu mea ma ka hopena. Akā he 20 ko mākou mau lā no laila ʻaʻole e hoʻokō ʻia. ʻO kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni he wili hale, kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo punk rock, he mele ia ma ka 2 am. ʻO ia nā mea aʻu i ʻōlelo mau ai iaʻu iho.

ʻO ia kā mākou e hana nei. No laila ke kumu o ka hakakā a me ka pelapela o nā hakakā. Akā ʻokoʻa loa lākou. ʻO kaʻu DP a ʻo wau, ʻo Dave Newbert i hana i kahi hana kupanaha. Ua hoʻomohala mākou i kahi mea a mākou i kapa aku ai ʻo "Rage Cage" a i ʻole "Cage Rage" kahi i huhū ʻo Nic a hoʻomaka i ka hele ʻana i ke kaona i nā mea ola pana mākou iā ia e like me nā 18 kapuaʻi kekona ke lulu nei mākou i ka pahu paʻi kiʻi A laila ke hana nei mākou i ka lawe ʻana i nā ipukukui a hoʻomālamalama iā lākou i ka aniani e kiʻi i ka nānā ʻana o ke aniani kilohi. Ua makemake mākou e hana i kahi mea kūʻokoʻa e hōʻike ai i kēlā.

JD: Aloha au i ke ʻano o ka optical! A ua nānā nui ʻia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana o fx pono. Ke noʻonoʻo nei wau i kēlā mea i kēia manawa no ka mea ua kau wale lākou Ka Hōʻike Muppet ma Disney Plus a ke kamaʻilio nei kēlā me kēia e pili ana. ʻIke wau i loko o ke kaiāulu weliweli kahi hoʻopiʻi no kēlā ʻano fx pono, lole, a me animatronics. No ke aha kou manaʻo ʻo ia ia?

KL: ʻAno maikaʻi loa ia, no ka mea ma mua o koʻu haʻalele ʻana, ua noi au i kahi hui o nā hoaaloha “He aha kāu e makemake ai e ʻike ma Wakinekona Wakinekona? E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ʻelima mau mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike. ” Ua like lākou me "Let Nic Cage be Nic Cage" akā ʻōlelo lākou āpau i fx kūpono. Manaʻo wau no ka nui o ka CG i kēia manawa, hilinaʻi nui mākou iā ia no nā mea āpau. Kupaianaha no ka mea, ua ʻike wau i ka wikiō ma hope o nā hōʻike o Mindhunter ka hōʻike a Netflix David Fincher. ʻIke ʻoe iā CG akā ʻo ia ka CG āu e manaʻo ai. Ke hoʻohui nei i nā hōʻailona alanui a me nā mea. A maikaʻi kēlā CG akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike ia, nani ke nānā aku.

Akā manaʻo wau e hiki mai kahi kiko kahi e hilinaʻi nui ai iā CG. Aloha au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Marvel akā piha lākou i nā mea pale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Manaʻo wau e luhi ka nui o ka poʻe iā ia a hiki iā lākou ke ʻike ma o ia mea. Ma muli wale nō o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e kau iā ia. Makemake ā e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hana a Spielberg a inā he manō ʻo CG. E hōʻike ʻia paha kēlā manō ma loko o nā minuke 15 mua o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni akā ʻaʻole. A no ke aha? Ma muli o Bruce ka manō mīkini. ʻO Bruce maikaʻi ʻole. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mākou, ʻaʻole kiʻi ʻoniʻoni nui. Ua manaʻo wale wau he pono ka fx pono e pono ai ka vibe. A ʻo Chuck-E-Cheese a i ʻole Showbiz Pizza aia lāua ma laila. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopā iā lākou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haha ​​iā lākou. Aia ʻo CG i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. He mea ʻakaʻaka no ka mea e holoi ana kekahi o ia mau aniani iā ​​Nic. ʻO nā mea āu e manaʻo ʻole ai.

ʻO wau e ʻōlelo nei, aia nā mea me e like me ke alelo a Artie a i ʻole Siren Sarah e lele ana e like me kēlā. No laila, aia ʻo CG i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Akā  palena palena loa. Ua makemake mākou e mālama ia mea he mea maoli a kūpono hoʻi i hiki. He mea hoʻomākeʻaka ia, ʻo ia ke ʻano me Knighty Knight ke hou ʻo ia iā Aaron. Ua kī wau i kēlā a he maʻalea ia o nā aniani. He kahua hoʻomoana ia me kahi nahesa kahe a mākou i hana ai ma kēlā. ʻO ka mea hoʻomākeʻaka e pili ana i ka Naita Knighty hoʻokahi, ua kū mākou a hoʻohana i kahi pahi kaua CG. A he nui ka manawa i hala, hala ʻelua mau hola. A pono wau e noʻonoʻo e pili ana iā Tim no ka mea he 20 wale nō lā o kā mākou no laila hoʻoholo wau e mālama e like me ka hiki. Manaʻo wau e hōʻike ʻia ma luna ona, ke ala o ke ʻano o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

A ʻo Ozzy, ka mea aʻu i ʻōlelo ai he papeti no laila he pēpē kā mākou i ʻaʻahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻia a holoi iā lākou. ʻO ka mea hoihoi me ia ke hana ʻoe i nā mea e kī i nā pā, kī i kāu mau mea. Pana aku ʻoe iā Nic e hakakā ana iā Ozzy a laila haʻalele ʻoe iā Nic a me Ozzy e hakakā ana a laila lawe ʻoe i nā ʻīlio a laila kī aku ʻoe i kahi pā me kēia hakahaka a he manawa lōʻihi kēlā. Ke hele ʻoe ma kahi moʻohelu kālā indie a me nā mea e like me kēlā, pono ʻoe e kaomi. I ka pau ʻana o kā mākou hana me Ozzy, ua like ka AD Mua e like me "Man, ua maʻi nui wau i kēlā manu!" No ka mea ʻo nā ipu o ka hōʻike ʻana iā ʻoe pono ʻoe e hana i kahi pā me ka ʻole o Ozzy no laila he keu keu. No laila, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā mākou nā kālā āpau i ka honua e hana wau i ka hana. ʻO ia ka mea aʻu i manaʻo ai ʻo Willy's. He hoʻolei i nā makahiki 80 a ʻo ia kā lākou. No laila hauʻoli wau i ka holo ʻana.

JD: A manaʻo maoli wau ua hana kēlā. Aia kekahi nalu o ka animatronic a i ʻole maskcot makaʻu i nā makahiki i hala aku nei me kēia, a ʻElima mau po ma Freddy's a Māhele ka maiʻa kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻoweliweli. No ke aha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo pono ai i kēia manawa he ʻano maʻamau kēlā?

KL: He mea hoihoi kāu e ʻōlelo ai. I koʻu hui ʻana me kaʻu DP Dave Newbert. Ua hoʻomaka mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana ia a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "Maopopo iā ʻoe, e Kevin. Manaʻo wau he ʻano kēia iā ia iho. E hele ma google a i ʻole nā ​​mea āpau a kikokiko 'animatronics pouli' ”A hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i nā ʻano mea pupule āpau. No laila ua huki wau i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e like me Magic a ʻO nā pāpā. Nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i nā makahiki 80 no kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Manaʻo wau aia kekahi mea hoihoi me ia. Nānā i IT, me nā clowns pū kekahi. IT he puke kupaianaha ia, a laila he TV Miniseries, a laila ʻelua mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kupaianaha. Manaʻo wau he mea hoihoi ia me ka pīhoihoi o kēia mau mea, kēia mau mea i manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi loa me nā keiki akā aia kekahi mea hewa a ʻeleʻele paha e pili ana. ʻIke ʻoe, he kāne me nā mea keʻokeʻo no makeup. Mea like me nā animatronics. Ke kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻoe a nānā ʻoe i luna i kēia pilikua huluhulu nui.

Maikaʻi paha ia, e like me ka muppet. Akā he mea hoʻomākeʻaka, e noʻonoʻo ana wau e pili ana iā Kermit The Frog a lawe ʻoe i luna Nā Muppets. Aloha au Ka Hōʻike Muppet ke ulu nei akā lawe ʻoe iā Kermit a waiho iā ia i kahi alaloa mālamalama me kahi kukui ma luna ona a i ʻole kekahi mea a lawe ʻo ia i kahi vibe ʻokoʻa ... akā ʻo Kermit ia. Manaʻo wau ke lawe nei i kahi keiki kao a huli iki i kona poʻo. E pili ana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni animatronic, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou. Ua lohe wau i ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ʻElima mau po ma Freddy's kiʻiʻoniʻoni a loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau mea kupaianaha me kēlā me Jason Blum a me Chris Columbus. ʻIke paha wau e ʻokoʻa paha kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma mua o kā mākou. Akā manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou āpau ke noho pū. Manaʻo wau ke nānā nei ka poʻe ʻO Willy Wonderland e nānā i kēia mau mea āpau a ʻike ʻole paha. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he pono hoʻokahi wale nō. Me he mea lā Star Trek a Star Wars, hiki iā ʻoe ke makemake i nā mea ʻelua.

Ua noʻonoʻo maoli wau e pili ana i ka hoihoi me kēia animatronics a me ka psychology ma hope o ia. I ke ahulau, nui nā ʻano o nā ʻano wahi i pani ʻia i kēia manawa. Kuhi wau e hele ana ʻo Chuck-E-Cheese i kahi ʻoihana kaumaha. ʻEhā kaʻu mau keiki. ʻElua mau ʻōpio a me ʻelua mau keikikāne ma 5 a 7. Ua hele aku lākou āpau i Chuck-E-Cheese. Manaʻo wau he ʻano kaumaha no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i kēia hanauna hou o nā keiki ke ʻike me kēlā. E lilo ana ia i ʻano ʻano waina. E noʻonoʻo ana wau e pili ana i kēlā ma mua o koʻu haʻalele ʻana, ke hana nei au i ka reconnaissance ma Chuck-E-Cheese a lawe mai i kaʻu mau keiki a hiki i kēlā manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi e loli ana i ka uila. Ke hana nei lākou i nā mea me nā kelepona a me nā pōkole liʻiliʻi. No laila manaʻo wau he ʻano passe ka animatronics. ʻAʻole maopopo paha ka hanauna hou i kēia mau mea. No laila ʻoluʻolu e kiʻi i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma waho no ka poʻe e like me ʻoe a me aʻu i ulu aʻe me kēia mea.

JD: ʻ yeah ʻae. Nui nā pāʻina lā hānau ma Chuck-E-Cheese ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi a laila ua kolo lākou iaʻu i waho. Me kona mau maka lopako nui!

KL: Loa. ʻO ka maka a me ka waha, ʻo ia ka ʻaoʻao makaʻu. A manaʻo wau ʻo ia pū ke kūlike ʻole ka leo akā pāʻani lākou i kā lākou mele, ʻano ʻē wale ia. Ke waiho nei a ʻaʻole pololei kekahi mea.

JD: ʻAno ʻole loa. Ke hele nei i kahi mea āu i ʻōlelo ai me ka maʻi ahulau, Ua ʻike wau iā ʻoe i kākau ai e pili ana i kāu ʻike koʻikoʻi ponoʻī me Covid. Me ka manawa a kokoke i ka hoʻokuʻu o ʻO Willy Wonderland no ke aha ʻoe i manaʻo ai he pono e kamaʻilio e pili ana ia?

KL: He nīnau maikaʻi loa kēlā. Aia wau i ka haukapila a ke maikaʻi nei au i kēlā manawa. Ua haʻi mai kekahi mau hoaaloha iaʻu e pono wau e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia ke maikaʻi a maikaʻi a mākaukau hoʻi. ʻO Willy WonderlandHe kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo S a ʻaʻole au makemake e haʻalele i kēlā. ʻAʻole wau i makemake e lilo ke kukui i luna iaʻu a hōʻike iaʻu iho ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻilihuna maikaʻi ʻole. ʻAʻole wau makemake i kēlā. Akā ʻo ka nui o kaʻu kamaʻilio ʻana me koʻu mau hoaaloha a me ka poʻe aʻu e hilinaʻi nei hey hoʻoikaika iaʻu. Ua hoʻi mai wau i ka home a ʻike i kaʻu wahine a me kaʻu mau keiki a ʻike i ka mea aʻu i hele ai ma loko ... ua kokoke wau i ka ʻea, pal. Ua hele au i hoʻokahi kapuaʻi. 

A haʻi mai ke kahu iaʻu hiki iā lākou ke helu ma ko lākou mau lima ʻelua i ka mea e ola ana i waho o ICU. ʻO wau hoʻokahi, mahalo i ke Akua. Ua hoʻi wau i ka hale a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hiamoe i kēlā pō. Ua kuʻi wale ka ʻatikala holoʻokoʻa iaʻu. Ua kikokiko wale wau ia a hoʻouna wau i waho a makemake maoli kaʻu mea hoʻolaha iā ia a haʻi mai iaʻu he pono e hele i nā poʻe. Ma waena o 10 mau minuke, makemake ʻo Indiewire e paʻi. A ua manaʻo wau "ʻAe, inā he mea hōʻeuʻeu ia." Ua nānā au me nā mea hana o ʻO Willy Wonderland no ka mea ʻaʻole wau i makemake e lawe i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a ʻokoʻa loa ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Kākoʻo nui lākou i ka manaʻo. ʻLelo wale wau “Maliʻa paha manaʻo ʻia. Inā hiki iaʻu ke hoʻouluulu i hoʻokahi kanaka e kau i ka pale maka, kū ʻeono mau kapuai kaawale, e noʻonoʻo wale ʻaʻole kēia he hoax a he maoli ia, hoʻokahi wale nō kanaka, a laila maopopo iā ʻoe he aha? He mea pono ia. ” No laila, kau wau i waho.

JD: Ua manaʻo wau he ʻatikala kupaianaha ia.

KL: Mahalo, hoa aloha. ʻO mākou a pau ke Keʻena Luna, kāne!

JD: Ua aloha au i kēlā, he mea hōʻeuʻeu loa ia. ʻElua mau nīnau hope loa. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau papahana i luna, a i ʻole kekahi mea i ka paipu?

KL: ʻAe. Loaʻa iaʻu he mau kākau ʻoluʻolu ʻelua. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻano makaʻu / hana hana aʻu e hana nei. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Halloween kaʻu e hana nei. Pākuʻi ʻia nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ke ʻano like o ʻO Willy Wonderland. Makemake wau e hana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni leʻaleʻa no ka poʻe. Makemake wau e kau i ka minoʻaka ma ko lākou alo a leʻaleʻa. Manaʻo wau me nā mea āpau e hana ʻia me Covid, ka ʻāina kālaiʻāina a me nā mea āpau, ke kāne e pono ai nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni leʻaleʻa wale nō. Makemake wau e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e like me kēlā a ʻoluʻolu wau e kamaʻilio me nā poʻe e like me ʻoe iho.

JD: Mahalo iā 'oe! A ʻo ka nīnau hope loa, ma hea wau e kiʻi ai ʻO Willy Wonderland kapa koʻokoʻo? Makemake nā kānaka āpau i ʻO Willy Wonderland pālule limahana?

KL: ʻO ka pālule, ʻike wau ua holo lākou i waho o lākou akā ua kauoha lākou i nā mea hou aʻe. Aia i waho, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoka. He pāpale luina ka pāpale i hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu akā manaʻo wau e loaʻa ana kēlā mau mea. E, e ke kāne inā loaʻa iā lākou iā Punch Pops a ʻike paha wau he pupule kēia akā ʻaʻole anei e ʻoluʻolu inā loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Funko Pops o Willy a me The Janitor a me ka Janitor leʻaleʻa? Pehea kēlā?

JD: ʻO Funko Pops, nā kiʻi hana, ka shebang holoʻokoʻa.

KL: Nā helu hana NECA, ka lā piha piha? ʻOluʻolu! Aloha wau iā ia.

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