Digital Social Hour
How Two Creators Built a $0 to Web3 Entertainment Empire | Crouton Jones DSH #1100
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🚀 From $0 to building a groundbreaking Web3 entertainment empire - discover how two passionate creators are revolutionizing the animation industry with blockchain technology! Join Sean Kelly as he sits down with the masterminds behind Crouton Jones, an innovative animated series that's combining community-driven content creation with crypto utility. Learn how they're pioneering the world's first global brand token, creating an animated universe that spans multiple languages through AI technology, and building a platform where creators worldwide can contribute and get rewarded. From their unique approach to fair launch tokenomics to their vision of building a Marvel-level entertainment empire, this episode is packed with golden insights for entrepreneurs and crypto enthusiasts alike. Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their journey, their innovative content creation hub, and how they're transforming the way brands are built in the Web3 era. Whether you're a crypto investor, creative professional, or animation enthusiast, this conversation reveals the future of entertainment and community-driven brands. Watch now to discover how these visionaries are building the next big thing in Web3 entertainment, one crouton at a time! 🎬 Don't forget to subscribe for more groundbreaking conversations with industry innovators on the Digital Social Hour! 🔥 #bitcoin #ethereum #cryptonewstoday #bitcoinanalysis #cryptonews #bitcoin #cryptonews #solana #crypto #ethereum CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Cryptocurrency Trends and Insights 04:58 - Today's Sponsor: Specialized Recruiting Group 07:20 - What is Crouton Jones? Overview and Concept 08:24 - Animated Series: Behind the Scenes 11:36 - How Are You Going to Get It Done? Strategies for Success 16:02 - First Time in Vegas: Experience and Highlights 17:41 - Vegas is Awesome: Attractions and Activities 19:00 - Crouton Jones: The Work Behind the Project 21:09 - The CroutonVerse: Expanding the Universe 23:38 - COD: Changes in the Gaming Landscape 25:00 - Best Horror Movie Series: Top Picks 27:09 - Best Movie of All Time: Iconic Films 30:03 - Best TV Show of All Time: Must-Watch Series 32:30 - Cartoon Network Going Under: Industry Impact 34:53 - Using AI to Translate: Technology in Media 36:10 - How to Watch the Show: Viewing Options 37:53 - Global Brand Token: Understanding the Concept 38:10 - Content Creation Hub: Resources and Tools 40:39 - Closing Messages: Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Crouton Jones https://www.instagram.com/croutonjonescto/ https://linktr.ee/CroutonJones SPONSORS: SPECIALIZED RECRUITING GROUP: https://www.srgpros.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What is Crouton Jones and its concept?
We are, man. This is going into this year, man. This is the next big thing. Yeah. This is going to be the next four years. It's going to get crazy for crypto. And I think that we've timed this launch of Crouton Jones perfectly, to be completely honest with you. I'm very, very excited. Yeah, I'm pumped. Bitcoin, $105,000.
New all-time high yesterday, right? Yeah, new all-time high. I saw that. I saw that. Trump's been stocking up on crypto. I saw him buy like... Yeah, gotta do it. Yeah, tens of millions of dollars of crypto added to the wallet. And now you got these big corporations adding to their wallets, right?
Yep, yep, exactly. It's just, you know, the more and more it starts to go mainstream and... Yes. You don't work on the regulations, work on the technology, you know, really filter out these scams and... dial in what this looks like for the digital world that we're going into.
It's just more and more mainstream people are going to get involved and you really see the institutional money really starting to flow in. It's very exciting.
I've described it as you're moving from an analog world into a digital world. And that's why I tell people all the time, like, if you're not going to do anything else with cryptocurrency, at least buy like a dollars worth of Bitcoin every single day. Because that will be the quote unquote gold in that digital world as we move into that digital world.
So at least stock up on that because the more that these corporations see where we're trending to, the more that they're going to do that as well. So you might as well take the ride with them. And because this is like the, you know, a real wealth transformation that's going on right here.
And you can be a part of that. Agreed. Yeah. You got guys like Saylor saying Bitcoin's going to these absurd amounts, right? I mean, yeah, it wouldn't hurt to DCA into Bitcoin and Ethereum, in my opinion. Of course. I know people that have been buying it every week for the past like five years and they're chilling right now. And it's only been five years. Imagine 20 years.
Right. Well, I mean, you're door dashing like $30 worth of door dash every single day. Why not just do $5 of your door dash into Bitcoin? Oh, I'm not spending that little. All my door dash orders are fat, bro. Yeah. I'm over here like, dude, I have $200 every single time. Yeah, that's normal. $100 is like the minimum. Well, my girl eats with me.
I have kids, dude. Me and my wife have four kids. I do one of those long hauls, man. It's pricey. Well, Sean's like getting DoorDash, the most expensive sushi of all time because he's got that big brain. I don't get fast food. I'll say that. That's great. It's great. I used to though. Heavy. Yeah. I launched a revolt on fast food.
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Chapter 2: How are they using AI in the animation industry?
That's what we call it now. Does McDonald's still have the playgrounds? They're getting rid of them because of all the lawsuits and lost kids. Tons of both. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. One usually leads to the other, they say.
Chapter 3: What makes Crouton Jones unique in the entertainment space?
I was actually a little scared of those playgrounds growing up. Were you? They seemed dirty and stuff. You seem like a ball pit guy. You're very ball pit vibed up. Yeah, I like ball pits. I can see your hair kind of sticking through the ball pit, even though you thought you're hidden.
Yeah, ball pits are fine, man. We all see you, bro. Yeah, it's hard to hide the throw and the height, dude. Yeah, that's true. Wherever I go, I kind of stand out a little bit. I imagine you at like a trampoline park, dude, doing like a double backflip, just dunk. Yeah, I used to love those. Yeah. I haven't been in a while. Bro, I did not realize that you were going to be this tall.
I get that all the time. Yeah. I'm a pretty tall guy, too, myself. And whenever you came in here, I was like, okay, small forward. Okay, I get you. Well, you saw me sitting in a love sack out there, and I was slouched. Yeah, and your knees were up there past your eyebrows. Yeah. So I was like, okay. I'm a short king. But power stance. Yeah, power stance. Your power stance all day.
Little Danielle Cormier. Yeah, there's a lot there, you know? He calls me Dana White, dude. That's a compliment in my eyes. Absolutely. He's Vince McMahon. Okay. Before the allegations. Yeah, before the allegations. I want to say before the allegations. They've been there a while. Yeah, tons of allegations. A lot of allegations.
Yeah, shout out to Dana. He's out here in Vegas. That's a legend. Yeah, absolutely. I was just at Power Slop the other day. No way. What was that like? Dude, it's intense. I'm not going to lie. Seeing it in person is different than what you guys see on Instagram clips. Oh, man, it has to be brutal.
Because these guys are on the, after they get knocked out, they're on the floor for some of them for minutes. Like, they're messed up, dude. I can't imagine. There was four knockouts that night. What does it sound like?
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Chapter 4: What are the main challenges in building a Web3 entertainment empire?
Yeah, it was like the pre-internet show for sure. Absolutely. But going back to Crouton Jones, how did this thing start and what is it? Man, you want to open up on the story because Travis is actually the originator. Oh, yeah. I'm going to have a little story about how this all began.
Awesome, yeah. So Crouton Jones, what it is, is first and foremost, it's an animated series, okay? And what we did was... You know, me and another partner of ours who's in on the project with us, Dennis Gleason, we wrote this storyline out of Crouton Jones kind of vaguely. And what Crouton Jones is, is he's a detective and it's shot in like the 70s era. And think Shaft, if you will.
I don't know what that is. OK, Shaft is like a old school, like real smooth pimp kind of like detective guy. OK, like he works with the police force, but he's not with the police force. Ladies man, like a ladies man, Batman, bro. Something like a Sherlock Holmes, kind of like a Sherlock Holmes. But if Sherlock Holmes is like a pimp. Yeah. And he's a he's a bad dude.
Forget Watson and bring the ladies in. And a lot of respect. That's Crouton Jones. There you go. Respect. Respect. So, you know, the animated series... Okay, so with the animated series, it's going to be something like Breaking Bad, okay, or The Sopranos. We're not going for like a Simpsons-style show here or like a Family Guy where there'll just be tons and tons and tons of episodes.
This will be one big story arc that we tell over maybe six to seven seasons, but it'll be, you know, big-time story arc of like... you know, drama, high tension, things of that nature. And it all takes place inside of New Snack City is where the Crouton Jones world takes place. So he comes on to the force with his partner, Frank Silverstein, who's a hot dog, okay? They come into the academy.
They're working as police officers for many, many years. Yeah.
and then what they realize is they can't fight the crime inside of new snack city the way that they really want to so crouton jones decides to step out of the police force and open up his own detective agency and he asked frank silverstein to come along with him and he does that way that they can fight against the big crime organizations that is inside of new snack city that's controlled by these five crime families that control the underworld inside of new snack city
You want to tell them a little bit about the mafia?
Yeah, I do. That's one of the ones. Absolutely, brother. The big thing is, you know, movies from the 70s. We're big movie guys, man. So we take a lot of the best movies we've seen, you know, Goodfellas, American Gangster. Yes. Just different things over the years. So we really are storytelling here. So, man, it's high drama. You're going to hate us sometimes. You're going to love us sometimes.
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Chapter 5: How can the community participate in Crouton Jones?
It was thought about. We thought about it and thought about it. And everybody told us, they said, if you don't do the pre-sale, y'all are doomed to fail. Every single company has told us this, right? But we believe in the community. That's the whole thing. That's the whole goal. We think that the community is looking for a good, solid project to get behind. And we're betting on that.
And if we're wrong, okay, sorry about it. I guess we just screwed up. But at the end of the day, we can say we did everything possible in our power to put out a good project with a good message and try to go community first with it. And either people are going to buy into it or they're not. That's what's going to happen at the end of the day.
So far it's been working. This is actually just a surreal moment that we're even on this podcast. Yeah, it's dope, bro. First time in Vegas. Oh, wow. First time for both of you guys.
Hit Fremont, staying at the MGM, just seeing all of the art and everything that's here, flying out last minute. Y'all hit us up to do the podcast. It was like, man, are we ready to go there, dude? And it's just... But now we're seeing Monday Night Football tonight, bro, in Vegas with the Raiders and the Falcons, bro. It's going to be sick, man.
Oh, you're hitting the stadium after this? I have to. Got to go check it out. We're here. Might as well. Yeah, dude, my first time in Vegas. I couldn't believe it. Yeah. And the hotels. It's a different world. It's like you see all this stuff in movies and TV shows, and then you get here, and you're like, that is right there. Yeah.
That is crazy. Are we living in a simulation? You know, that's what everything around here is like. The mountains, bro. I didn't realize there were so many mountains here. Red Rock, yeah. Unbelievable. Beautiful, yeah. It's beautiful. Hike up there. Yes. Do a little microdose. Absolutely.
fun up there yeah dude yeah yeah vegas there's something for everyone here you know yeah but man i'll tell you this i was like you know vegas has this reputation of being like super sketchy outside like to the regular people or whatever but we get here everything is so clean there's no litter anywhere yeah everybody's super like helpful and very nice and it was just completely a different vibe than i thought it was going to be it really really impressed me
Yeah, we get that rep of you just come here to drink and have fun, cheat on your girl or whatever, all the movie stuff. Yes, exactly. But there's a community outside of the strip too. Yeah. You know? No, it's been sick, man. The people have been awesome, man. Everybody we've just been in contact with. You're making connections out here. Um, it's just been, it's been awesome. Yeah. Yeah.
It's like, you know, one thing we do whenever we go to these cities, we like to take taxi cabs and you know, if we, if we have to, we'll do Ubers, but we love to take taxi cabs cause it's just like, those are like the real dudes, you know what I mean? And they're all just super nice here. They're so helpful. They're like give you all the tips and information and everything.
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