B Smith's Second Sticks- Pete Ozarowski

Pete Ozarowski, or Pete O, is a person who started life in motion and has never stopped. The non-scripted industry is filled with people who are steadfast and resilient, creative and inventive. All those words describe this man. Fun fact: Pete O actually created the "Second Sticks" moniker back in 2009, when he established a resale website for film and television production gear. I later joined him in this endeavor; the website still remains, as does the possibility of re-starting this great notion, but he was kind enough to let me appropriate the name for the podcast. B Smith's Second Sticks talks with Pete O about his production origins in Vermont as a PA and a body double for Sean Astin (links in show notes), his relocation to the West Coast, his long career as an AC and a Camera Operator on shows such as Fear Factor, Gray's Anatomy and many more, and his return to the east coast, where he presently lives in South Carolina. We recall his fantastic steady cam work on the "Kitty Girl" music video in Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars 3; click the link in the show notes to see for yourself. We also talk about the need to reinvent ones self in the face of losing most everything, the survivor instinct that remains strong in many of us (present company included), and we fit in a little talk about the upcoming prospects for the 2026 Green Bay Packers. And, we laugh a lot! See you on the pod!Show notes:Icebreaker movie starring Sean Astin (whom Pete O worked as his body double)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179861/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_ql_1Icebreaker, available to buy or rent on Amazon Primehttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.6e96fa7b-e481-440d-9e37-a61a150b1e9b?ref_=imdbref_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars 3 - "Kitty Girl" music videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alq056oB4fEAd links:Take 30% off The Cumin Club, delicious Indian food meals delivered to your doorhttps://www.thecuminclub.com/discount/STICKSTake 20% off Big Fork Brands, Bacon Sausage, Chicago style sauces and morehttps://bigforkbrands.com/discount/SSTICKSF22 Studios - for all of your Film and Television Production Needshttps://f22studiosla.com/