Mike The Pike Productions Inc (MIKP)

[ArcticFrost]

Wow, an intro. I've never had an intro before when I joined a message board. Great now everyone is expecting to know what Penny Stock's mate is like.

In a nutshell: She's a great girl who thinks all of you are whack jobs to be crazy enough to invest in penny stocks. She especially thinks her husband is nuts for doing so and has to give him mad money to throw down the drain in order to keep herself from divorcing him for his lack of financial prudence.

Mad money is money I allow my husband to take out of our savings and spend secretly to his heart's desire so he won't steal our money and do it anyway. He rarely tells me what he's doing and for good reason. (Any of you that are married to women with expressive faces understand why he doesn't tell me anything)

I talk a lot so expect me to type a lot. If I think you're all crazy then, "What am I doing here?" you may ask. . .

It's because you are the luckiest bunch of whack jobs I have ever met. Don't one of you try to tell me that you knew you were making a sound investment. So here's what happened to me the last few days.

Some background info: Last year my husband rants about a charitable gift card idea he invested in and, ". . .oh boy isn't that spiffy. . ." went through my brain. I smiled and encouraged him because what do I really care what the dude does with his mad money? Lose it all, see if I care, the real money is safely tucked away.

So his next update is a year later after I ask, "What ever happened to your charity thing-a-ma-bob?" He replies, "I haven't wanted to tell you because I don't want you to influence me." I instantly say don't tell me because the purpose of the mad money is to allow my husband to be who he is without making excuses or feeling guilty. He makes me very happy and I want him to be as happy as I am in this marriage.

The very next day he bubbles over and tells me everything. I get mildly interested because I love the entertainment industry. I follow it pretty closely, much more so than the average American, but not so much so to be fooled by Hollywood's elitist shananigans. One thing I do have a knack for is knowing what is and what will be hot in entertainment, who will and who will not succeed. Case in point: Many years ago I knew Disney would come back strong after decades of stagnation and I bought it's stock. It split three times that year. Not a single analyst clued me in because Disney was not on anybody's radar. Besides I can't stand this stock stuff, I find it a bore and I find analysts self-touting windbags that know nothing about nothing. My husband was shocked when I asked him to buy me my Disney stock. (As you can see by all this text I'm quite a windbag myself)

So after he lays it all out, I do a little hunt on your boy, Mark B Newbauer and his "plans". One post on this board speculated that the concert was basically a bluff because anyone can "book" a talent, it doesn't mean the talent is actually talented and that was my first thoughts before I started looking into things.

Researching entertainment is not researching real companies. Entertainment is a state of mind. Understanding the state of mind of people who relish entertainment is the only way to have a good edge on what will be successful and what will not.

Can I give you tangible evidence that you guys are the luckiest dogs that will soon be touting what a savy investor you are (even though we all know that's not true)? Nope. There isn't anything specific I can point to and say this confirms Mark Newbauer's plan is genius and you all are in for the ride of your lives.

But here's my analysis (told you I was a windbag): He's positioned well. It seems the big boys (and girls) in LA are taking his potential seriously. He's not up and coming, he's there and the people who make money in that town are waiting to see if he can do 'things' with his potential. That means he can attract serious talent, how he handles that will define whether he can be successful or not. Personally I like how he's playing the game. It's inventive, unique and compelling. People in that town love, no crave, to be a part of compelling unforeseen success. He seems to be purposely setting up that scenario. He's not your average wanna be Hollywood type, I find his careful planning to be very unHollywood like.

Don't be fooled by my seemingly high expectations. You'll likely win big on the concerts and lose it all on the films. Whoever posted that people don't make money on concerts - respectfully - you don't know what you're talking about. That's the ONLY way to make real money in the music industry if you aren't a record company and anyone involved in that industry knows it.

However, the inde side of it (for you who aren't in the know inde means independant films) is likely to lose bigtime and for good reason. Everyone wants to be a producer/director/writer and only a very few deserve to be. I haven't read his screenplay so my best guess is its a flop, most aren't very good. But here's what will happen if it turns out to be mildly successful:

Everyone will want to be Mark's 'friend'. They'll call him constantly asking what his next project will be and can they be a part of it. And all of you investors will let out a long sigh realizing you succeeded fairly by the seat of you pants. Here's what will happen if it turns out to be a full blown success:

Mark won't answer his phone, he'll hire people to do that for him. Some big star's "people" will talk to his "people" and they'll do the deed, whatever that may be. And all of you will be filthy rich, okay maybe not filthy, but certainly better off than you deserve to be as penny stock traders.

If I know all this about inde why would I support my husband and want to get involved myself? Because you can have four flops in a row, maybe ten, all it takes is one win and game over, you're on the high score list. Inde is so in right now even the studios are drooling all over themselves to take part. But that's not the reason, it's because this Mark dude went and got himself a public owned company and is setting up concerts to fund his inde extravagances. Smart, smart, smart! For it may insure the budgets he needs to give his indes the best chance for success.

Like I say, I'm not so into entertainment that I'm fooled by Hollywood elitism. I know my hubby's investment is far from a sure thing, but I like how this Mark fellow operates. My research tells me the people in the know in Hollywood may be thinking the same thing. The most important game in Hollywood is to get noticed. He's getting noticed and that's a huge success in itself. My gut says, Mad Money may become Glad Money.

If you managed to read this far, then please note: I promise not to be so long winded from now on

Arctic Frost