Happy Monday, collector friends! Some notes on failures here today, but it was a better weekend than it may seem.
I received a lot of messages when Clearing the Bases didn’t show up Sunday morning as expected. Not everyone sees a community post on YouTube. I am extremely grateful for these messages. It tells me that what I do is valued.
So, what happened? Well, it was a confluence of events.
Streamyard has been performing poorly for me recently, so I moved to Restream. Restream worked well the first time I used it, so I tried it again Sunday morning. Everything seemed to go great until I downloaded the video and discovered that it was blank.
No audio, no video.
I reached out to Restream and they had no answers, so I canceled that subscription too. I may need to go back to Streamyard, but I’m open to ideas.
In the meantime, I may try and recreate the video on Monday. We’ll see.
PRESENTED BY THE PENNYSLEEVER
New Pennysleever vintage products coming very soon!
Here are the products that I use from The Pennysleever:
Paid Subscriptions Didn’t Work Out
I already emailed those who upgraded, but I didn’t receive enough upgrades to make it sustainable. It was very disappointing but I’m moving on. I refunded those who upgraded.
I could’ve kept grinding and marketing it and trying to add more subscribers, but it was a failure. Fail fast.
I still love the newsletter and will keep doing it. I might focus my extra time and efforts on rejuvenating the Attic Finds book I vacated under duress a couple of years ago. We’ll see.
🗣️ YouTube Comment Of The Week
I’m not saying that I agree with this comment, but I’m not not saying it.
🎬 Upcoming Videos
Attic Find Friday will continue
Peak nostalgia viewer responses
#29-25 of my ACE 100 list
A subscriber’s killer music card collection — I keep putting this one off because it’s big and intimidating
Amazing ticket collection
Subscriber collection rooms
Yeah, these are piling up, but I cleared a couple out last week and I’ll try to do the same this week.
📩 Upcoming Newsletters
Missing Caitlin Clark card in Panini checklist?
22-year TTM wait
If you have a cool story about collecting for either a video or newsletter, please send it to me.
🎬 Channel Highlights From the Past Week
The return of Attic Find Friday was fun!
And I had a pseudo-AFF interview that was fun:
Midlife Graig doesn’t read newsletters, but I have him to thank for me doing AMAs and I really enjoy them:
Me: “Derek Jeter was an all-time great!”
Some commenters: “HOW DARE YOU SAY HE WAS TERRIBLE?!”
I asked Kenneth what facts I got wrong. I’ll report back if he responds. None of what he said constitutes a fact. I think what he’s upset about is my opinion that Derek Jeter was overrated by the media, which, as I said, isn’t Jeter’s fault.
🎁 My Pickup Of The Week
👻 Brief Horror Movie Review of the Week
Weekend of Mike was a huge success, to say the least. I ate a lot of junk food and watched a ton of horror movies. In order:
Smile 2: this series has become a must-watch. One of the greatest opening scenes ever. 4 out of 5 stars.
What You Wish For: really unique and surprising. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Strange Darling: same as above, unique and surprising. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Speak No Evil: this is why I’m antisocial. Perfect for what it is. 5 out of 5 stars.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: the original slasher somehow holds up after 50+ years. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: more peak nostalgia. Not horror, you say? Isn’t it, though? 5 out of 5 stars.
🔗 Links:
On this date in sports history: On March 17th, 1955, Maurice Richard was suspended for the remainder of the season for attacking an opponent with his stick and hitting a referee in the head. Riots broke out around Montreal, and Richard had to go on the radio the next morning to ask people to stop.
